Encyclopedia Briannica
@e-briannica.bsky.social
technical editor, historical linguist, 2D cartoon person
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My profession is #TechnicalEditing, my special interest is #HistoricalLinguistics. I deeply love #CompoundMorphology and #ReferenceWorks and I'm always hunting for new #CutthroatCompounds.
I am a part of many wonderful organizations: #Wordnik, #OddSalon, #ACES, #DSNA, #ADS, and #NPL.
I am a part of many wonderful organizations: #Wordnik, #OddSalon, #ACES, #DSNA, #ADS, and #NPL.
I'll be speaking at #ACES in Atlanta this April with my former coworker Lindsay Boe about how to succeed in Technical Editor roles. Learn from my mistakes and set yourself up for success! #AmEditing
The ACES 2026: Atlanta speaker lineup is set! You’ll see returning favorites you know and trust, alongside first-time speakers bringing fresh perspectives and new ideas to the editing conversation.
Join us in Atlanta: https://aceseditors.org/conference/aces-2026-atlanta
Join us in Atlanta: https://aceseditors.org/conference/aces-2026-atlanta
December 24, 2025 at 3:00 AM
I'll be speaking at #ACES in Atlanta this April with my former coworker Lindsay Boe about how to succeed in Technical Editor roles. Learn from my mistakes and set yourself up for success! #AmEditing
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🎬 Filmmakers! The Internet Archive’s 2026 Public Domain Day Remix Contest is open!
🎥 Create a 2–3 minute short film using at least 1 piece of public domain material from 1930. 🎶🎭📚
📆 Deadline: January 7, 2026
💰 First prize: $1,500
ℹ️ Details 👉 blog.archive.org/2025/12/01/2...
#publicdomain #contest
🎥 Create a 2–3 minute short film using at least 1 piece of public domain material from 1930. 🎶🎭📚
📆 Deadline: January 7, 2026
💰 First prize: $1,500
ℹ️ Details 👉 blog.archive.org/2025/12/01/2...
#publicdomain #contest
December 24, 2025 at 2:00 AM
🎬 Filmmakers! The Internet Archive’s 2026 Public Domain Day Remix Contest is open!
🎥 Create a 2–3 minute short film using at least 1 piece of public domain material from 1930. 🎶🎭📚
📆 Deadline: January 7, 2026
💰 First prize: $1,500
ℹ️ Details 👉 blog.archive.org/2025/12/01/2...
#publicdomain #contest
🎥 Create a 2–3 minute short film using at least 1 piece of public domain material from 1930. 🎶🎭📚
📆 Deadline: January 7, 2026
💰 First prize: $1,500
ℹ️ Details 👉 blog.archive.org/2025/12/01/2...
#publicdomain #contest
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The full spiked 60 Minutes CECOT package, clean & subtitled. 5/5
December 23, 2025 at 1:30 AM
The full spiked 60 Minutes CECOT package, clean & subtitled. 5/5
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The full spiked 60 Minutes CECOT package, clean & subtitled. 4/5
December 23, 2025 at 1:29 AM
The full spiked 60 Minutes CECOT package, clean & subtitled. 4/5
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The full spiked 60 Minutes CECOT package, clean & subtitled. 3/5
December 23, 2025 at 1:29 AM
The full spiked 60 Minutes CECOT package, clean & subtitled. 3/5
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The full spiked 60 Minutes CECOT package, clean & subtitled. 2/5
December 23, 2025 at 1:28 AM
The full spiked 60 Minutes CECOT package, clean & subtitled. 2/5
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The full spiked 60 Minutes CECOT package, clean & subtitled. 1/5
December 23, 2025 at 1:28 AM
The full spiked 60 Minutes CECOT package, clean & subtitled. 1/5
I love the holidays because it's when my two favorite annual podcasts come out:
1. Till Death Do Us Blart (5 men slowly go mad year over year)
2. Comedy Bang Bang Best Ofs (2 men slowly go mad over 4 episodes recorded in one day)
1. Till Death Do Us Blart (5 men slowly go mad year over year)
2. Comedy Bang Bang Best Ofs (2 men slowly go mad over 4 episodes recorded in one day)
December 22, 2025 at 8:15 PM
I love the holidays because it's when my two favorite annual podcasts come out:
1. Till Death Do Us Blart (5 men slowly go mad year over year)
2. Comedy Bang Bang Best Ofs (2 men slowly go mad over 4 episodes recorded in one day)
1. Till Death Do Us Blart (5 men slowly go mad year over year)
2. Comedy Bang Bang Best Ofs (2 men slowly go mad over 4 episodes recorded in one day)
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"I'm not in denial, I'm in open rebellion" damn that quote goes hard
“I am so bored by AI. One of the things I love about the theatre is AI can’t do it.”
Ethan Hawke is a dude 👌🏻
Ethan Hawke is a dude 👌🏻
December 10, 2025 at 5:10 AM
"I'm not in denial, I'm in open rebellion" damn that quote goes hard
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The first ever monolingual Irish dictionary has been launched www.rte.ie/news/ireland...
Groundbreaking monolingual Irish dictionary launched
A groundbreaking new monolingual dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge that provides people with a new way to understand, use and learn the Irish language, without relying on dictionaries in English or in ot...
www.rte.ie
December 10, 2025 at 8:12 AM
The first ever monolingual Irish dictionary has been launched www.rte.ie/news/ireland...
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New research found that Instacart is charging shoppers different prices — despite ordering the same items from the same store at the same time.
The price differences could amount to an extra $1,200 a year for the average household of four.
Corporate greed is out of control.
The price differences could amount to an extra $1,200 a year for the average household of four.
Corporate greed is out of control.
Instacart’s AI-Enabled Pricing Experiments May Be Inflating Your Grocery Bill, CR and Groundwork Collaborative Investigation Finds - Consumer Reports
Exclusive: Instacart’s AI pricing may be inflating your grocery bill.
www.consumerreports.org
December 9, 2025 at 7:15 PM
New research found that Instacart is charging shoppers different prices — despite ordering the same items from the same store at the same time.
The price differences could amount to an extra $1,200 a year for the average household of four.
Corporate greed is out of control.
The price differences could amount to an extra $1,200 a year for the average household of four.
Corporate greed is out of control.
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Not sure what to get that author friend for the holidays? Use the #EFA Job List to find a freelancer you can book them time with to help them reach their goals: https://twp.ai/4itGls
December 8, 2025 at 10:14 PM
Not sure what to get that author friend for the holidays? Use the #EFA Job List to find a freelancer you can book them time with to help them reach their goals: https://twp.ai/4itGls
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With this year's new member t-shirt, we wanted to envision a world where we get things right--one where technology enables you to be your whole self online. This future is possible with your support: eff.org/power-up
December 9, 2025 at 5:28 AM
With this year's new member t-shirt, we wanted to envision a world where we get things right--one where technology enables you to be your whole self online. This future is possible with your support: eff.org/power-up
I deeply relate to the sentiment of this foreword to "Origins of NASA Names" from 1976 and I am so glad for them that this project was completed. #AmResearching
December 8, 2025 at 5:33 AM
I deeply relate to the sentiment of this foreword to "Origins of NASA Names" from 1976 and I am so glad for them that this project was completed. #AmResearching
"On which step of the ladder do you feel you personally stand at this time?" is a bad survey sentence. Death by committee? Hire an editor, OneMedical. Think about how a human person will experience this. Start with "imagine a ladder."
"And will this wind..." www.youtube.com/watch?v=tjEt...
"And will this wind..." www.youtube.com/watch?v=tjEt...
December 2, 2025 at 8:12 PM
"On which step of the ladder do you feel you personally stand at this time?" is a bad survey sentence. Death by committee? Hire an editor, OneMedical. Think about how a human person will experience this. Start with "imagine a ladder."
"And will this wind..." www.youtube.com/watch?v=tjEt...
"And will this wind..." www.youtube.com/watch?v=tjEt...
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This is actually quite brilliant, up to and including the final sentence 🔥
December 1, 2025 at 11:09 AM
This is actually quite brilliant, up to and including the final sentence 🔥
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"Never spread the lie in the headline" should be a hard rule of 21st century journalism.
Research shows that repeating lies helps to spread them, and people read headlines more than they read stories.
Research shows that repeating lies helps to spread them, and people read headlines more than they read stories.
News media has to do better with headlines that present false and unverified public health claims.
November 30, 2025 at 1:10 AM
"Never spread the lie in the headline" should be a hard rule of 21st century journalism.
Research shows that repeating lies helps to spread them, and people read headlines more than they read stories.
Research shows that repeating lies helps to spread them, and people read headlines more than they read stories.
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Why do you appreciate unions?
I’ll start:
Weekends off
Paid vacations
Work breaks
Sick leave
Paid holidays
No child labor
Safer working conditions
Health care and retirement benefits
I’ll start:
Weekends off
Paid vacations
Work breaks
Sick leave
Paid holidays
No child labor
Safer working conditions
Health care and retirement benefits
November 30, 2025 at 1:08 AM
Why do you appreciate unions?
I’ll start:
Weekends off
Paid vacations
Work breaks
Sick leave
Paid holidays
No child labor
Safer working conditions
Health care and retirement benefits
I’ll start:
Weekends off
Paid vacations
Work breaks
Sick leave
Paid holidays
No child labor
Safer working conditions
Health care and retirement benefits
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November linkstack (linkducken?), stuffed with words of the year, wordy gifts, and more. | Ht @gretchenmcc.bsky.social @e-briannica.bsky.social @mikepope.com @grammargirl.bsky.social @stefanfatsis.bsky.social @babynames.bsky.social @kottke.org @nybooks.com fritinancy.substack.com/p/november-l...
November linkstack
My Black Friday gift to you: news about names, brands, language, and culture.
fritinancy.substack.com
November 28, 2025 at 3:28 PM
November linkstack (linkducken?), stuffed with words of the year, wordy gifts, and more. | Ht @gretchenmcc.bsky.social @e-briannica.bsky.social @mikepope.com @grammargirl.bsky.social @stefanfatsis.bsky.social @babynames.bsky.social @kottke.org @nybooks.com fritinancy.substack.com/p/november-l...
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On December 4, 2007, in the Usenet group “Friends of the Friendless,” someone wrote:
“Happy Friendsgiving Y’all!”
And that is the first recorded use of ‘Friendsgiving’ in print.
“Happy Friendsgiving Y’all!”
And that is the first recorded use of ‘Friendsgiving’ in print.
November 25, 2025 at 7:36 PM
On December 4, 2007, in the Usenet group “Friends of the Friendless,” someone wrote:
“Happy Friendsgiving Y’all!”
And that is the first recorded use of ‘Friendsgiving’ in print.
“Happy Friendsgiving Y’all!”
And that is the first recorded use of ‘Friendsgiving’ in print.
As mentioned in the comments, one of the most impressive things about filming himself saying 1 word a day for 5 years is keeping a conversational tone through the length of a sentence over a week or month. Prosody! www.youtube.com/watch?v=E-bc...
5 Years: 1 Word Per Day
YouTube video by CyanSandwich
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November 23, 2025 at 5:42 PM
As mentioned in the comments, one of the most impressive things about filming himself saying 1 word a day for 5 years is keeping a conversational tone through the length of a sentence over a week or month. Prosody! www.youtube.com/watch?v=E-bc...
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Tech companies: AI is the future! You must embrace it or risk being left behind!
Also tech companies: Our AI products suck so much that we must actively bully our customers into using them.
Also tech companies: Our AI products suck so much that we must actively bully our customers into using them.
November 21, 2025 at 8:48 PM
Tech companies: AI is the future! You must embrace it or risk being left behind!
Also tech companies: Our AI products suck so much that we must actively bully our customers into using them.
Also tech companies: Our AI products suck so much that we must actively bully our customers into using them.
Thinking about terms popularized by Super Bowls: "I'm gonna go to Disney World!" (1987), WARDROBE MALFUNCTION (2004), LEFT SHARK (2015). What else? #AmResearching
November 21, 2025 at 7:38 PM
Thinking about terms popularized by Super Bowls: "I'm gonna go to Disney World!" (1987), WARDROBE MALFUNCTION (2004), LEFT SHARK (2015). What else? #AmResearching
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Lack of government transparency got you down? Know of an agency that should be put on blast? Submit your public records horror story to the Foilies, and give them a chance to earn the recognition they deserve. www.muckrock.com/news/archiv...
It’s time to name and shame: Let us know 2025’s worst transparency offenders with a Foilies nomination!
Brought to you by the Electronic Frontier Foundation and MuckRock, the Foilies “honor” the institutions and individuals most determined to keep the public in the dark.
www.muckrock.com
November 20, 2025 at 5:02 PM
Lack of government transparency got you down? Know of an agency that should be put on blast? Submit your public records horror story to the Foilies, and give them a chance to earn the recognition they deserve. www.muckrock.com/news/archiv...