SciEditor—Adrienne Montgomerie
@scieditor.ca
Awesomer of hard words, teacher of tech and editors, sea-kayaker, SciEditor.ca, eiw365.com
If you cmd + i on a song in Apple Music, you can click the Options tab and set the start time to skip the intro that doesn't quite slap as hard as the rest. (Can also skip weird outtros there & set the fade to turn your playlist into a personal DJ!)
December 5, 2025 at 12:51 PM
If you cmd + i on a song in Apple Music, you can click the Options tab and set the start time to skip the intro that doesn't quite slap as hard as the rest. (Can also skip weird outtros there & set the fade to turn your playlist into a personal DJ!)
Seeing this flowchart I made of the publishing process, it’s easier to understand why I haven’t found a satisfactory one already. Publishing is complex! Layered! Variable!
This shows workflow parts usually covered by "and then magic happens" [for months!]. scieditor.ca/2025/11/publ...
This shows workflow parts usually covered by "and then magic happens" [for months!]. scieditor.ca/2025/11/publ...
Publishing Workflow – Right Angels and Polo Bears
scieditor.ca
December 5, 2025 at 12:12 AM
Seeing this flowchart I made of the publishing process, it’s easier to understand why I haven’t found a satisfactory one already. Publishing is complex! Layered! Variable!
This shows workflow parts usually covered by "and then magic happens" [for months!]. scieditor.ca/2025/11/publ...
This shows workflow parts usually covered by "and then magic happens" [for months!]. scieditor.ca/2025/11/publ...
I stand with Franklin!
December 3, 2025 at 6:30 PM
I stand with Franklin!
I still feel obliged to at least look at Word's suggestions, but what a waste of time all the false positives are! Go home, Word. You're drunk!
December 3, 2025 at 4:56 PM
I still feel obliged to at least look at Word's suggestions, but what a waste of time all the false positives are! Go home, Word. You're drunk!
Felt cute; might delete later. (Prevented distraction during a call by cleaning off my desk) #amediting
December 3, 2025 at 4:53 PM
Felt cute; might delete later. (Prevented distraction during a call by cleaning off my desk) #amediting
This does inflated harm to the whole area of knowledge!
The authors of a highly publicized study predicting climate change would cost $38 trillion a year by 2049 have retracted their paper following criticism of the data and methodology, including that the estimate is inflated.
Authors retract Nature paper projecting high costs of climate change
The authors of a highly publicized study predicting climate change would cost $38 trillion a year by 2049 have retracted their paper following criticism of the data and methodology, including that …
retractionwatch.com
December 3, 2025 at 4:35 PM
This does inflated harm to the whole area of knowledge!
Alert the irony awards! Faked refs in an... ethics journal about… whistleblowing — NOTE: It was a READER who complained. Not the editors. Not the peer reviewers... 😒🤨
Some #authors use #generative #artificial #intelligence to create #reference #lists for their research papers. From @retractionwatch.com: “One reader recently alerted us to #fake references in … an #ethics journal. In an article about whistleblowing.” retractionwatch.com/2025/12/02/f...
The case of the fake references in an ethics journal
Many would-be whistleblowers write to us about papers with nonexistent references, possibly hallucinated by artificial intelligence. One reader recently alerted us to fake references in … an ethics…
retractionwatch.com
December 3, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Alert the irony awards! Faked refs in an... ethics journal about… whistleblowing — NOTE: It was a READER who complained. Not the editors. Not the peer reviewers... 😒🤨
"This AccessAbility online guide is meant for anyone involved in the process of designing communication materials." accessability.rgd.ca
Home - RGD AccessAbility
accessability.rgd.ca
December 3, 2025 at 3:39 PM
"This AccessAbility online guide is meant for anyone involved in the process of designing communication materials." accessability.rgd.ca
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@theatlantic.com discusses why it’s problematic that #universities, after years of doing essentially nothing to address the rise of #generative #artificial #intelligence (#AI), are now scrambling to do too much with it. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1... (gift link)
Colleges Are Preparing to Self-Lobotomize
The skills that students will need in an age of automation are precisely those that are eroded by inserting AI into the educational process.
www.theatlantic.com
November 29, 2025 at 9:56 PM
@theatlantic.com discusses why it’s problematic that #universities, after years of doing essentially nothing to address the rise of #generative #artificial #intelligence (#AI), are now scrambling to do too much with it. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1... (gift link)
Newer LLM models ("AI") made up even more BS than previous models! "Premium chatbots provided more confidently incorrect answers than their free counterparts."
Much need for editors to vet quality!
www.cjr.org/tow_center/w...
Much need for editors to vet quality!
www.cjr.org/tow_center/w...
AI Search Has a Citation Problem
We compared eight AI search engines. They’re all bad at citing news.
www.cjr.org
December 2, 2025 at 1:44 PM
Newer LLM models ("AI") made up even more BS than previous models! "Premium chatbots provided more confidently incorrect answers than their free counterparts."
Much need for editors to vet quality!
www.cjr.org/tow_center/w...
Much need for editors to vet quality!
www.cjr.org/tow_center/w...
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Canadians! You can now vote for the Canadian Word of the Year!
(If we had the option to choose a Canadian WOTY in French as well, I'd suggest the gender-neutral pronoun "iel" which has been in the news a lot in Quebec this year, but probably not applicable since this is an English dictionary)
(If we had the option to choose a Canadian WOTY in French as well, I'd suggest the gender-neutral pronoun "iel" which has been in the news a lot in Quebec this year, but probably not applicable since this is an English dictionary)
2025 has been an eventful year for Canada's identity. To commemorate the year, The Society for Canadian English is choosing a 2025 word of the year (CWOTY), based on the Dictionary of Canadianisms on Historical Principles.
Have your say: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
Have your say: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
November 27, 2025 at 12:23 AM
Canadians! You can now vote for the Canadian Word of the Year!
(If we had the option to choose a Canadian WOTY in French as well, I'd suggest the gender-neutral pronoun "iel" which has been in the news a lot in Quebec this year, but probably not applicable since this is an English dictionary)
(If we had the option to choose a Canadian WOTY in French as well, I'd suggest the gender-neutral pronoun "iel" which has been in the news a lot in Quebec this year, but probably not applicable since this is an English dictionary)
This title is burned in my brain because I have to correct it every time. LOL It's not "Origin of THE Species." Thank you for your attention to this matter.
🔆 #OTD Nov. 24th, in 1859
Darwin's evolutionary (and revolutionary) book is published,
"On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection"
It changed our view of life...
"Nothing in biology makes sense, except in the light of evolution."
- T. Dobzhansky
Darwin Online 🧪
darwin-online.org.uk
Darwin's evolutionary (and revolutionary) book is published,
"On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection"
It changed our view of life...
"Nothing in biology makes sense, except in the light of evolution."
- T. Dobzhansky
Darwin Online 🧪
darwin-online.org.uk
November 24, 2025 at 2:53 PM
This title is burned in my brain because I have to correct it every time. LOL It's not "Origin of THE Species." Thank you for your attention to this matter.
Reposted by SciEditor—Adrienne Montgomerie
🔆 #OTD Nov. 24th, in 1859
Darwin's evolutionary (and revolutionary) book is published,
"On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection"
It changed our view of life...
"Nothing in biology makes sense, except in the light of evolution."
- T. Dobzhansky
Darwin Online 🧪
darwin-online.org.uk
Darwin's evolutionary (and revolutionary) book is published,
"On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection"
It changed our view of life...
"Nothing in biology makes sense, except in the light of evolution."
- T. Dobzhansky
Darwin Online 🧪
darwin-online.org.uk
November 24, 2025 at 2:03 PM
🔆 #OTD Nov. 24th, in 1859
Darwin's evolutionary (and revolutionary) book is published,
"On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection"
It changed our view of life...
"Nothing in biology makes sense, except in the light of evolution."
- T. Dobzhansky
Darwin Online 🧪
darwin-online.org.uk
Darwin's evolutionary (and revolutionary) book is published,
"On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection"
It changed our view of life...
"Nothing in biology makes sense, except in the light of evolution."
- T. Dobzhansky
Darwin Online 🧪
darwin-online.org.uk
"60% of OpenAI model's responses contain plagiarism" — report is bit old, but about ChatGPT 3.5, nonetheless. "45.7% of all outputs contained identical text, 27.4% contained minor changes, and 46.5% had paraphrased text." 1/2
www.axios.com/2024/02/22/c...
www.axios.com/2024/02/22/c...
New report: 60% of OpenAI model's responses contain plagiarism
Plagiarism detector maker Copyleaks studied GPT 3.5, OpenAI's previous-generation model.
www.axios.com
November 24, 2025 at 2:47 PM
"60% of OpenAI model's responses contain plagiarism" — report is bit old, but about ChatGPT 3.5, nonetheless. "45.7% of all outputs contained identical text, 27.4% contained minor changes, and 46.5% had paraphrased text." 1/2
www.axios.com/2024/02/22/c...
www.axios.com/2024/02/22/c...
Loving @jen-hamilton.bsky.social's book/AU journey posts, like this one on FB www.facebook.com/share/v/1Bfk...
Redirecting...
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November 23, 2025 at 4:32 PM
Loving @jen-hamilton.bsky.social's book/AU journey posts, like this one on FB www.facebook.com/share/v/1Bfk...
I don't record my yoga but I had to share this experience of downward [CAT! Thankyouverymuch] which is, honestly, one of the benefits of home practice
November 22, 2025 at 1:40 PM
I don't record my yoga but I had to share this experience of downward [CAT! Thankyouverymuch] which is, honestly, one of the benefits of home practice
As an avid #audiobook reader with 4 on the go and many colleagues doing the same, I'm surprised that BookNet stats say the share of buyers remains steady at 8%. Wonder if library audiobooks skew this. From: booknet-canada-aqx4.squarespace.com/blog/researc...
November 21, 2025 at 7:28 PM
As an avid #audiobook reader with 4 on the go and many colleagues doing the same, I'm surprised that BookNet stats say the share of buyers remains steady at 8%. Wonder if library audiobooks skew this. From: booknet-canada-aqx4.squarespace.com/blog/researc...
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That notebook full of business insights? 📝➡️📚
It could be your next book.
We help professionals transform rough drafts into polished manuscripts that establish #ThoughtLeadership. Your expertise deserves to be shared.
Let's make it happen. zurl.co/ibD56
#BusinessBooks #WritingTips
It could be your next book.
We help professionals transform rough drafts into polished manuscripts that establish #ThoughtLeadership. Your expertise deserves to be shared.
Let's make it happen. zurl.co/ibD56
#BusinessBooks #WritingTips
November 21, 2025 at 5:00 PM
That notebook full of business insights? 📝➡️📚
It could be your next book.
We help professionals transform rough drafts into polished manuscripts that establish #ThoughtLeadership. Your expertise deserves to be shared.
Let's make it happen. zurl.co/ibD56
#BusinessBooks #WritingTips
It could be your next book.
We help professionals transform rough drafts into polished manuscripts that establish #ThoughtLeadership. Your expertise deserves to be shared.
Let's make it happen. zurl.co/ibD56
#BusinessBooks #WritingTips
Well, this looks like a worthwhile read for PD, editors! The Impact of Generative AI on the Novel. Minderoo Centre for Technology & Democracy. University of Cambridge. 83 pp! www.mctd.ac.uk/wp-content/u...
www.mctd.ac.uk
November 21, 2025 at 4:26 PM
Well, this looks like a worthwhile read for PD, editors! The Impact of Generative AI on the Novel. Minderoo Centre for Technology & Democracy. University of Cambridge. 83 pp! www.mctd.ac.uk/wp-content/u...
Went to "like" a YouTube video and was mildly amused by this current count.
November 19, 2025 at 5:24 PM
Went to "like" a YouTube video and was mildly amused by this current count.
While boards push mgmt to replace workers with AI prompts, "contemporary AI systems FAIL to complete the vast majority of projects _at a quality level that would be accepted as commissioned work_." www.remotelabor.ai
Remote Labor Index
Measuring AI Automation of Remote Work
www.remotelabor.ai
November 18, 2025 at 2:54 PM
While boards push mgmt to replace workers with AI prompts, "contemporary AI systems FAIL to complete the vast majority of projects _at a quality level that would be accepted as commissioned work_." www.remotelabor.ai
First tool use in THIS species, the headline should say. Wolves figured out how to swim out to buoys and pull them to shore to get a meal out of the crab traps. www.thecanadianpressnews.ca/environment/...
B.C. wolves use line to pull up crab traps in first possible tool use by species
Researchers have captured video footage of wild wolves in British Columbia pulling crab traps out of the sea by their lines to eat the bait inside, in the first evidence
www.thecanadianpressnews.ca
November 18, 2025 at 12:56 PM
First tool use in THIS species, the headline should say. Wolves figured out how to swim out to buoys and pull them to shore to get a meal out of the crab traps. www.thecanadianpressnews.ca/environment/...
#Narration is an art. In a thread about annoying voice sounds in #audiobooks, a spontaneous love for Julia Whelan broke out. Just comment after comment spontaneously mentioning how great she is.
How do I find a list of her work for my next reads? (She did Really Good, Actually — my current read.)
How do I find a list of her work for my next reads? (She did Really Good, Actually — my current read.)
November 18, 2025 at 12:12 PM
#Narration is an art. In a thread about annoying voice sounds in #audiobooks, a spontaneous love for Julia Whelan broke out. Just comment after comment spontaneously mentioning how great she is.
How do I find a list of her work for my next reads? (She did Really Good, Actually — my current read.)
How do I find a list of her work for my next reads? (She did Really Good, Actually — my current read.)
Hearing someone ask tell her another human that they "do not understand their _prompt_" instead of saying "question" is replacing my annoyance at having "an ask".
November 17, 2025 at 7:03 PM
Hearing someone ask tell her another human that they "do not understand their _prompt_" instead of saying "question" is replacing my annoyance at having "an ask".
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If you’re a #conscientious #objector to the use of #generative #artificial #intelligence at your #job or, if you’re #self-employed, in your #profession, you’ll likely get better results if you join with other people to build an #AI #resistance #movement. www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/ar...
Is AI being shoved down your throat at work? Here’s how to fight back.
Resistance to exploitative AI starts with building a movement.
www.yahoo.com
November 16, 2025 at 8:39 PM
If you’re a #conscientious #objector to the use of #generative #artificial #intelligence at your #job or, if you’re #self-employed, in your #profession, you’ll likely get better results if you join with other people to build an #AI #resistance #movement. www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/ar...