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Amy Sherman @andcleverness.bsky.social · 20h

bread dough is rising, pumpkin is roasting, blanched greens are freezing, cashews are soaking—this is urban cottagecore

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Pavel @spavel.bsky.social · 21h

bitch what

Onedrive settings. A toggle for using AI to detect and identify faces is set to on. The caption says, you can only turn off this setting 3 times per year.

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Amy Sherman @andcleverness.bsky.social · 3d

today's using-up-CSA-veg trick: roasted beets transformed into chocolate muffins

roasted beet purée in a food processor bowl

chocolate muffins on a wire rack. my hand is holding one that has been half-eaten

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University Press of Kansas @univpressofkansas.bsky.social · 3d

We are thrilled to announce that Kelly Chrisman Jacques has been appointed as the new director of the University Press of Kansas!

Read more on this exciting news here: news.ku.edu/news/article....

Kelly Chrisman Jacques to serve as director for University Press of Kansas

Kelly Chrisman Jacques will be the next director of the University Press of Kansas, following an appointment by the UPK board of trustees. Chrisman Jacques will succeed Tim Paulson, whose last day is...

news.ku.edu

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Amy Sherman @andcleverness.bsky.social · 3d

it's a take-it-one-paragraph-at-a-time kind of day

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Amy Sherman @andcleverness.bsky.social · 3d

happy birthday!

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Mick Gusinde-Duffy @mickodopolous.bsky.social · 3d

2021; still eminently quotable:

"With more than 4,000 degree-granting institutions and fewer than 130 university presses in the United States and Canada, this vital infrastructure of knowledge and career advancement is directly supported by less than 3 percent of the institutions it benefits."

Association of University Presses @aupresses.bsky.social · 3d

Worth repeating: "University presses are essential infrastructure for the humanities & should be financially supported in the same way that other higher education inter-institutional infrastructure is." Some powerful examples here:

Institutions and funders must recognize the contributions of university presses to the humanities infrastructure (opinion)

Recognizing the university press community’s essential contributions to that infrastructure will be crucial as institutions and funders plan for the future, write Charles Watkinson and Melissa Pitts.

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Association of University Presses @aupresses.bsky.social · 3d

Worth repeating: "University presses are essential infrastructure for the humanities & should be financially supported in the same way that other higher education inter-institutional infrastructure is." Some powerful examples here:

Institutions and funders must recognize the contributions of university presses to the humanities infrastructure (opinion)

Recognizing the university press community’s essential contributions to that infrastructure will be crucial as institutions and funders plan for the future, write Charles Watkinson and Melissa Pitts.

bit.ly

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NPR @npr.org · 4d

For the first time on record, renewable energy generated more electricity for the planet than coal, a new report says. n.pr/47hcegr

Renewable energy outpaces coal for electricity generation in historic first, report says

For the first time on record, renewable energy generated more electricity for the planet than coal, a new report says.

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Amy Sherman @andcleverness.bsky.social · 4d

5. White Cheddar w/ Mushroom + Thyme + Gruyère

ingredients set out on a white background: sliced mushrooms, elbow macaroni noodles, Rebel Cheese vegan Gruyère, dairy-free white cheddar sauce mix, fresh thyme

a bowl of mac and cheese with mushrooms, thyme bits, and shreds of white cheese visible

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Amy Sherman @andcleverness.bsky.social · 4d

"Elizabeth now says that reading police files under the certain knowledge that the police are lying to you is surprisingly effective."
—THE THURSDAY MURDER CLUB

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Karl Bode @karlbode.com · 4d

twice a year the entire U.S. press becomes a marketing extension of a single billionaire-owned retailer, and nobody in any position of editorial power thinks it's weird or gross

photo of Google News search results for Amazon Prime Day (the second this year)

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Amy Sherman @andcleverness.bsky.social · 4d

a pile of unread magazines is classic living room decor!

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Amy Sherman @andcleverness.bsky.social · 4d

aspirational subscriptions, for the person we believe we could be

Amy Sherman @andcleverness.bsky.social · 4d

in college one of my classes had as a weekly assignment to read the New Yorker cover to cover. I couldn't keep up with a weekly mag now, but I like the idea of returning to a regimen of reading an entire issue of something in print, including all the stories I wouldn't pick to read individually

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Island Press @islandpress.bsky.social · 5d

📚 A new chapter begins! Island Press will be joining @princetonupress.bsky.social in 2026 — uniting two mission-driven publishers dedicated to shaping a better planet.

Learn more about this historic collaboration: islandpress.org/PUP

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Honorée Fanonne Jeffers @blklibrarygirl.bsky.social · 6d

Loved this poetry book so much! It was an honor to judge.

University of Pittsburgh Press @upittpress.bsky.social · 6d

Congrats to John Bonanni @bananascallops.bsky.social, winner of the 2025 Donald Hall Prize for Poetry for his collection, RETROVIROLOGY, selected by @blklibrarygirl.bsky.social!

UPP will publish RETROVIROLOGY in the Fall 2026:
www.awpwriter.org/AWP/Contests...

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Amy Sherman @andcleverness.bsky.social · 6d

the nice thing about projects like this is that I feel like I am making a tangible difference that will help the author. editing is so often subjective, which means I'm often second-guessing myself, but it's hard to argue with word counts

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Amy Sherman @andcleverness.bsky.social · 6d

I track with and without too!

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East Bay Booksellers @ebbooksellers.bsky.social · 6d

This is of niche industry interest, but here goes:

The digital catalog platform most independent bookstores use to peruse and order new books for their stores (called Edelweiss) has jacked up their prices on publishers to catalog new titles 200-300%.

Why does this matter?

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Amy Sherman @andcleverness.bsky.social · 6d

I'm editing a manuscript that needs to be cut down quite a bit. it's kind of overwhelming to try to wrap my head around what needs to be done, but I've made a little spreadsheet to break it down by chapter and track my progress, and it's surprisingly encouraging to have while I work

a spreadsheet. column A lists Prologue, Intro, Chapters 1-6, and Epilogue. Column B, headed "total," lists each chapter's original word count (mostly in the 20 thousands), and at the bottom, in bold, the total word count. Column C, headed "current total," lists updated word counts for the intro and chapter 1, and the updated total word count in bold at the bottom. Column D, headed "change," lists the difference between the original and updated word counts for edited chapters. These differences are automatically calculated. The updated total word count is also automatically calculated, using the formula that appears in the formula bar.

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Amy Sherman @andcleverness.bsky.social · 6d

I don't want an obsequious chatbot, I just want:
a) to be able to attach comments to endnotes/footnotes
b) to be able to convert PDFs with endnotes/footnotes to a Word doc