Sylvia Foolproof Suddes
@bossproofreader.bsky.social
Copy-editor extraordinaire.
Goddess.
Goddess.
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Timothy Snyder:
October 26, 2024 at 7:52 AM
Timothy Snyder:
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¡Una lección imprescindible para l@s investigadores que son ratones de bibliotecas/archivos y tienen un montón de imágenes de sus fuentes sin organizar!
#DH #BookHistory
#DH #BookHistory
✨ ¡Publicado recientemente! ✨
Una nueva lección de @dvmcrae.bsky.social:
🔗 doi.org/10.46430/phe...
Gracias a @bibliowingate.bsky.social y @alereclus.bsky.social por sus críticas, y a @jenniferisasi.bsky.social por la edición.
Una nueva lección de @dvmcrae.bsky.social:
🔗 doi.org/10.46430/phe...
Gracias a @bibliowingate.bsky.social y @alereclus.bsky.social por sus críticas, y a @jenniferisasi.bsky.social por la edición.
Gestionar fuentes primarias digitales con Tropy
El propósito de este tutorial es mostrar a los investigadores cómo iniciar un proyecto de Tropy con el fin de gestionar las imágenes digitales de sus fuentes primarias.
doi.org
January 28, 2026 at 6:26 PM
¡Una lección imprescindible para l@s investigadores que son ratones de bibliotecas/archivos y tienen un montón de imágenes de sus fuentes sin organizar!
#DH #BookHistory
#DH #BookHistory
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You might have some ruminate endosperm in your kitchen. Nutmeg is from the seed of Myristica fragrans, & that seed has ruminate endosperm. 🧵 📷: Dan Brekke CCBYNC2. #Myristicaceae #seed #endosperm #ruminate #Botany 🌾🧪🌱
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January 28, 2026 at 11:30 AM
You might have some ruminate endosperm in your kitchen. Nutmeg is from the seed of Myristica fragrans, & that seed has ruminate endosperm. 🧵 📷: Dan Brekke CCBYNC2. #Myristicaceae #seed #endosperm #ruminate #Botany 🌾🧪🌱
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The Doomsday Clock has moved to 85 seconds to midnight, the closest it has come to catastrophe since its debut 80 years ago.
a black and white photo of a clock with the hands on the numbers 10 and 11
ALT: a black and white photo of a clock with the hands on the numbers 10 and 11
media.tenor.com
January 28, 2026 at 4:52 PM
The Doomsday Clock has moved to 85 seconds to midnight, the closest it has come to catastrophe since its debut 80 years ago.
The fog has lingered all day.
No wonder everyone drinks.
No wonder everyone drinks.
January 28, 2026 at 4:28 PM
The fog has lingered all day.
No wonder everyone drinks.
No wonder everyone drinks.
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Peterlee Town Council slams Durham Reform over 10% tax rise
Town council 'forced' to increase tax bills by 10 for County Durham residents
Council leaders have been asked whether they considered the impact £1 million funding cuts would have on communities.
www.thenorthernecho.co.uk
January 28, 2026 at 4:17 PM
Peterlee Town Council slams Durham Reform over 10% tax rise
I try to learn at least ‘good morning’ in my Uber driver’s native language before leaving the flat.
The lovely Romanian lass who drove me this morning was delighted and offered me half her food while we chatted at my destination and her next client called her.
The lovely Romanian lass who drove me this morning was delighted and offered me half her food while we chatted at my destination and her next client called her.
January 28, 2026 at 4:17 PM
I try to learn at least ‘good morning’ in my Uber driver’s native language before leaving the flat.
The lovely Romanian lass who drove me this morning was delighted and offered me half her food while we chatted at my destination and her next client called her.
The lovely Romanian lass who drove me this morning was delighted and offered me half her food while we chatted at my destination and her next client called her.
I can’t believe this is really happening.
Please this needs to be SHARED. Let’s do our part. Watch & Share.
January 28, 2026 at 3:22 PM
I can’t believe this is really happening.
Bench marks explained.
January 28, 2026 at 7:31 AM
Bench marks explained.
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What would happen if everyone in mn just dressed like these fuckers? And no one could tell who was who? It’s cold enough for the full mask.
The Problem Is Bigger Than ICE newrepublic.com/article/2057... via @newrepublic.com
...Customs and Border Protection is even more radical than ICE.
...Customs and Border Protection is even more radical than ICE.
The Problem Is Bigger Than ICE
Criminal justice expert Jessica Pishko says ICE’s abuses in Minneapolis are rooted in an over-criminalization of immigration policy and that Customs and Border Protection is even more radical than IC...
newrepublic.com
January 28, 2026 at 7:10 AM
What would happen if everyone in mn just dressed like these fuckers? And no one could tell who was who? It’s cold enough for the full mask.
I am perplexed we continue to use ward’robes’ and ‘cloak’rooms.
We have moved out of the Middle Ages.
We have moved out of the Middle Ages.
a man with long white hair and a beard is sitting in front of a crowd .
ALT: a man with long white hair and a beard is sitting in front of a crowd .
media.tenor.com
January 28, 2026 at 7:14 AM
I am perplexed we continue to use ward’robes’ and ‘cloak’rooms.
We have moved out of the Middle Ages.
We have moved out of the Middle Ages.
Divide and conquer.
If a group *thinks* (is told) people (immigrants in almost all cases) are getting something for free, that group is more intent on those immigrants not getting something (indeed, not getting *anything*).
If a group *thinks* (is told) people (immigrants in almost all cases) are getting something for free, that group is more intent on those immigrants not getting something (indeed, not getting *anything*).
January 28, 2026 at 7:09 AM
Divide and conquer.
If a group *thinks* (is told) people (immigrants in almost all cases) are getting something for free, that group is more intent on those immigrants not getting something (indeed, not getting *anything*).
If a group *thinks* (is told) people (immigrants in almost all cases) are getting something for free, that group is more intent on those immigrants not getting something (indeed, not getting *anything*).
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People: I feel like my smart device is listening to what I'm saying.
Tech companies: nah we would never do that we care about your privacy stop being so paranoid.
Google's "voice-activated assistant spied inappropriately on smartphone users, violating their privacy"
www.reuters.com/sustainabili...
Tech companies: nah we would never do that we care about your privacy stop being so paranoid.
Google's "voice-activated assistant spied inappropriately on smartphone users, violating their privacy"
www.reuters.com/sustainabili...
Google settles Google Assistant privacy lawsuit for $68 million
Google agreed to pay $68 million to settle a lawsuit claiming that its voice-activated assistant spied inappropriately on smartphone users, violating their privacy.
www.reuters.com
January 27, 2026 at 10:27 AM
People: I feel like my smart device is listening to what I'm saying.
Tech companies: nah we would never do that we care about your privacy stop being so paranoid.
Google's "voice-activated assistant spied inappropriately on smartphone users, violating their privacy"
www.reuters.com/sustainabili...
Tech companies: nah we would never do that we care about your privacy stop being so paranoid.
Google's "voice-activated assistant spied inappropriately on smartphone users, violating their privacy"
www.reuters.com/sustainabili...
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Google has agreed to pay $68M to settle a class-action lawsuit that alleged the technology giant's voice assistant had illegally recorded users (even if they didn’t activate it with “Hey Google”) and then shared their private conversations with advertisers.
January 27, 2026 at 6:08 AM
Google has agreed to pay $68M to settle a class-action lawsuit that alleged the technology giant's voice assistant had illegally recorded users (even if they didn’t activate it with “Hey Google”) and then shared their private conversations with advertisers.
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Relaxed, slow paced village life in Snailton-on-the-Bend - 15th century, BnF Français 22971, f. 60v
January 27, 2026 at 5:41 AM
Relaxed, slow paced village life in Snailton-on-the-Bend - 15th century, BnF Français 22971, f. 60v
January 27, 2026 at 9:58 AM
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📜 A Manuscript Page, 17th Century
“Those who pair poison with its cure cannot know the taste of love;
Let those come who delight in poison and eat without calling it bitter or sweet.“
✏️ Muhyî-i Gülşenî (1528-1604)
“Those who pair poison with its cure cannot know the taste of love;
Let those come who delight in poison and eat without calling it bitter or sweet.“
✏️ Muhyî-i Gülşenî (1528-1604)
January 26, 2026 at 2:49 PM
📜 A Manuscript Page, 17th Century
“Those who pair poison with its cure cannot know the taste of love;
Let those come who delight in poison and eat without calling it bitter or sweet.“
✏️ Muhyî-i Gülşenî (1528-1604)
“Those who pair poison with its cure cannot know the taste of love;
Let those come who delight in poison and eat without calling it bitter or sweet.“
✏️ Muhyî-i Gülşenî (1528-1604)
The wonderful librarian, Sylvia(!), went to the cellar archives because I get dizzy with the microfiche screen.
That’s me three years into my career as a copy-editor.
That’s me three years into my career as a copy-editor.
January 26, 2026 at 11:09 AM
The wonderful librarian, Sylvia(!), went to the cellar archives because I get dizzy with the microfiche screen.
That’s me three years into my career as a copy-editor.
That’s me three years into my career as a copy-editor.
Morning, @mackaszechno.bsky.social.
Please advise.
We though N Ang might mean facing north (upwards), but aren’t all benchmarks facing upwards?
Please advise.
We though N Ang might mean facing north (upwards), but aren’t all benchmarks facing upwards?
January 26, 2026 at 7:10 AM
Morning, @mackaszechno.bsky.social.
Please advise.
We though N Ang might mean facing north (upwards), but aren’t all benchmarks facing upwards?
Please advise.
We though N Ang might mean facing north (upwards), but aren’t all benchmarks facing upwards?
Have reassured my niece her paternal aunties will lower the tone at her posh upcoming wedding.👰♀️🤵🏼♂️
January 26, 2026 at 7:04 AM
Have reassured my niece her paternal aunties will lower the tone at her posh upcoming wedding.👰♀️🤵🏼♂️
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I have run out of readers' wildlife photos, so I tender one photo of a happy duckling in Botany Pond last year, zooming around in preparation for learning to fly:
whyevolutionistrue.com/2026/01/23/n...
whyevolutionistrue.com/2026/01/23/n...
January 23, 2026 at 4:20 PM
I have run out of readers' wildlife photos, so I tender one photo of a happy duckling in Botany Pond last year, zooming around in preparation for learning to fly:
whyevolutionistrue.com/2026/01/23/n...
whyevolutionistrue.com/2026/01/23/n...
Recently, I read that telly-watching inhabitants of the USA think Jessica Fletcher sounds English.
To me, she sounds American.
(We all know she was a Brit.)
To me, she sounds American.
(We all know she was a Brit.)
January 25, 2026 at 5:44 PM
Recently, I read that telly-watching inhabitants of the USA think Jessica Fletcher sounds English.
To me, she sounds American.
(We all know she was a Brit.)
To me, she sounds American.
(We all know she was a Brit.)
At the allotment.
January 25, 2026 at 10:56 AM
At the allotment.