El is in the Details
@elsbells.bsky.social
Copy and line editor*, queer, 24/7 nerd, political. Reads, writes, sings, plays D&D. Passionate. Occasionally hopeful. Loves music — & dogs, most especially my own giant floof. They/them.
*Expect typos in posts; I’m using my thumbs.
*Expect typos in posts; I’m using my thumbs.
I will keep this in mind to check on next year (or early in 2026, depending on finances).
Because a variety of tiny jams. In tiny jars.
How can one not feel better* afterwards?
*assuming no MCAS, for enjoying old jams.
Obviously you need the new stuff.
Because a variety of tiny jams. In tiny jars.
How can one not feel better* afterwards?
*assuming no MCAS, for enjoying old jams.
Obviously you need the new stuff.
December 11, 2025 at 10:26 PM
I will keep this in mind to check on next year (or early in 2026, depending on finances).
Because a variety of tiny jams. In tiny jars.
How can one not feel better* afterwards?
*assuming no MCAS, for enjoying old jams.
Obviously you need the new stuff.
Because a variety of tiny jams. In tiny jars.
How can one not feel better* afterwards?
*assuming no MCAS, for enjoying old jams.
Obviously you need the new stuff.
Skunks deserve more love than that. They’re cute little guys, and as long as we give them space, everything’s usually cool.
December 11, 2025 at 10:16 PM
Skunks deserve more love than that. They’re cute little guys, and as long as we give them space, everything’s usually cool.
A new dx is a lot to cope with.
In my experience, even when one proved helpful, it first shook up my world.
In my experience, even when one proved helpful, it first shook up my world.
December 11, 2025 at 8:43 PM
A new dx is a lot to cope with.
In my experience, even when one proved helpful, it first shook up my world.
In my experience, even when one proved helpful, it first shook up my world.
Quark in this window, with the wintry cold beyond, is a visually restful sight.
Thanks for both the lovely cat and composition.
Thanks for both the lovely cat and composition.
December 11, 2025 at 8:41 PM
Quark in this window, with the wintry cold beyond, is a visually restful sight.
Thanks for both the lovely cat and composition.
Thanks for both the lovely cat and composition.
I haven’t been seeing the drama posts. But I am on the waitlist to migrate, because it seemed like a safer place run by folks who are less capricious/vindictive and who align more with my values.
Do you think I might be making a mistake?
Do you think I might be making a mistake?
December 11, 2025 at 8:38 PM
I haven’t been seeing the drama posts. But I am on the waitlist to migrate, because it seemed like a safer place run by folks who are less capricious/vindictive and who align more with my values.
Do you think I might be making a mistake?
Do you think I might be making a mistake?
I don’t understand preferring your child starve to death rather than transition.
That’s sick, and that should be the framing of any article about this guy.
That’s sick, and that should be the framing of any article about this guy.
December 11, 2025 at 6:36 PM
I don’t understand preferring your child starve to death rather than transition.
That’s sick, and that should be the framing of any article about this guy.
That’s sick, and that should be the framing of any article about this guy.
Thank you so much!
December 11, 2025 at 6:21 PM
Thank you so much!
Sufjan covered this? Gotta go find that right away, thank you!
December 11, 2025 at 6:08 PM
Sufjan covered this? Gotta go find that right away, thank you!
Would they be willing to share it?
December 11, 2025 at 6:01 PM
Would they be willing to share it?
I love you and am so glad you’re in this world, shining fierce and bright. 💖
December 11, 2025 at 6:00 PM
I love you and am so glad you’re in this world, shining fierce and bright. 💖
It’s cinema, not amateur porn.
…the kids* are not okay.
*relatively speaking
…the kids* are not okay.
*relatively speaking
December 11, 2025 at 5:56 AM
It’s cinema, not amateur porn.
…the kids* are not okay.
*relatively speaking
…the kids* are not okay.
*relatively speaking
I used to respect your journalism and believe you were worth supporting.
But that was when you had integrity. “Unusual”? Really?
But that was when you had integrity. “Unusual”? Really?
December 11, 2025 at 5:52 AM
I used to respect your journalism and believe you were worth supporting.
But that was when you had integrity. “Unusual”? Really?
But that was when you had integrity. “Unusual”? Really?
I’m so glad you’re covering the show again this year!
Also losing it slightly at “Temu Hozier.”
Also losing it slightly at “Temu Hozier.”
December 11, 2025 at 5:43 AM
I’m so glad you’re covering the show again this year!
Also losing it slightly at “Temu Hozier.”
Also losing it slightly at “Temu Hozier.”
I’m a freelance editor, and end up having to gently encourage business clients out of using 5-paragraph structure and elementary persuasive technique for their blog posts.
We tend to use what was drilled into us. Even after we’re aware of other options, it takes work to form new habits.
We tend to use what was drilled into us. Even after we’re aware of other options, it takes work to form new habits.
December 11, 2025 at 3:15 AM
I’m a freelance editor, and end up having to gently encourage business clients out of using 5-paragraph structure and elementary persuasive technique for their blog posts.
We tend to use what was drilled into us. Even after we’re aware of other options, it takes work to form new habits.
We tend to use what was drilled into us. Even after we’re aware of other options, it takes work to form new habits.
Thank you! You're certainly not wrong about the prevalence of racism and domestic violence—it honestly shocks me when people aren't aware how often law enforcement members incline in those directions.
December 10, 2025 at 9:10 PM
Thank you! You're certainly not wrong about the prevalence of racism and domestic violence—it honestly shocks me when people aren't aware how often law enforcement members incline in those directions.
Also: lot of long reviews aren’t that good.
Common issues:
•Full of untagged spoilers
•The reviewer uses a checklist of questions they’ve made (or found) for reviewing books in general, then answers each question in, at best, a sing-song school–book report format
•Rambling
Common issues:
•Full of untagged spoilers
•The reviewer uses a checklist of questions they’ve made (or found) for reviewing books in general, then answers each question in, at best, a sing-song school–book report format
•Rambling
December 10, 2025 at 9:09 AM
Also: lot of long reviews aren’t that good.
Common issues:
•Full of untagged spoilers
•The reviewer uses a checklist of questions they’ve made (or found) for reviewing books in general, then answers each question in, at best, a sing-song school–book report format
•Rambling
Common issues:
•Full of untagged spoilers
•The reviewer uses a checklist of questions they’ve made (or found) for reviewing books in general, then answers each question in, at best, a sing-song school–book report format
•Rambling
Saw it once willingly (Kate Winslet fan, & I’d been to a museum exhibit about the actual Titanic and found it interesting). Was underwhelmed, although many of my peers enjoyed it.
December 10, 2025 at 8:29 AM
Saw it once willingly (Kate Winslet fan, & I’d been to a museum exhibit about the actual Titanic and found it interesting). Was underwhelmed, although many of my peers enjoyed it.
Right. It would be a very different story with wildly different characters.
December 10, 2025 at 6:25 AM
Right. It would be a very different story with wildly different characters.
This is really good, Brooke. It’s bruising, gritty, and graphic.
December 10, 2025 at 6:22 AM
This is really good, Brooke. It’s bruising, gritty, and graphic.