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The American Revolution I Didn't Know: Thoughts on a 12-hour teachable "moment" from Ken Burns. Surprises and provocations, gritty details and historical sweep. Also brutality, hypocrisy, and oh yeah, our lofty ideals. My latest at History Keeps Happening. jilllawrence.substack.com/p/american-r...
The American Revolution I Didn't Know
Thoughts on a 12-hour teachable "moment" from Ken Burns
jilllawrence.substack.com
December 2, 2025 at 2:46 AM
The American Revolution I Didn't Know: Thoughts on a 12-hour teachable "moment" from Ken Burns. Surprises and provocations, gritty details and historical sweep. Also brutality, hypocrisy, and oh yeah, our lofty ideals. My latest at History Keeps Happening. jilllawrence.substack.com/p/american-r...
Someone in Maryland needs to explain to me why car registration renewal fees are so high. Shouldn’t have to pay nearly $600 for a 3-year renewal.
December 1, 2025 at 2:05 PM
Someone in Maryland needs to explain to me why car registration renewal fees are so high. Shouldn’t have to pay nearly $600 for a 3-year renewal.
Only among the officials and commentators
Is there any doubt that was pass interference? Smith got hit and shoved away from the ball before it arrived.
November 28, 2025 at 10:33 PM
Only among the officials and commentators
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💻 If you missed #ACESVCON25 in Sept., now is an opportunity to purchase and watch 4 thoughtfully curated recording bundles with three courses each through 12/19. Includes fact-checking, strengthening skills, life & editing, and freelance. Boost your skills before the deadline! tinyurl.com/mv6zxp7a
November 17, 2025 at 2:30 PM
💻 If you missed #ACESVCON25 in Sept., now is an opportunity to purchase and watch 4 thoughtfully curated recording bundles with three courses each through 12/19. Includes fact-checking, strengthening skills, life & editing, and freelance. Boost your skills before the deadline! tinyurl.com/mv6zxp7a
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Y’know, it’s okay to just repeat the noun phrases you used before instead of using “the former” and “the latter” to point back to them—especially if the original noun phrases are actually *shorter* than three syllables each.
#AmEditing
#AmEditing
November 4, 2025 at 11:06 PM
Y’know, it’s okay to just repeat the noun phrases you used before instead of using “the former” and “the latter” to point back to them—especially if the original noun phrases are actually *shorter* than three syllables each.
#AmEditing
#AmEditing
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this rocks. when indiana edu killed the student newspaper, Purdue stepped up, printed the forbidden issue, drove it to Bloomington and stocked the boxes.
October 18, 2025 at 6:27 PM
this rocks. when indiana edu killed the student newspaper, Purdue stepped up, printed the forbidden issue, drove it to Bloomington and stocked the boxes.
It’s going to be a lot of fun
Today begins ACES #VCON25! 🎉 Fellow attendees: Don’t miss my chat with Jess Stampe, Jonathan Fusfield, and Brian Tich at 2:30 pm ET / 11:30 am PT. We promise it’ll be a fun time and a worthwhile conversation!🤗
September 17, 2025 at 4:08 PM
It’s going to be a lot of fun
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Today begins ACES #VCON25! 🎉 Fellow attendees: Don’t miss my chat with Jess Stampe, Jonathan Fusfield, and Brian Tich at 2:30 pm ET / 11:30 am PT. We promise it’ll be a fun time and a worthwhile conversation!🤗
September 17, 2025 at 12:59 PM
Today begins ACES #VCON25! 🎉 Fellow attendees: Don’t miss my chat with Jess Stampe, Jonathan Fusfield, and Brian Tich at 2:30 pm ET / 11:30 am PT. We promise it’ll be a fun time and a worthwhile conversation!🤗
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I went to see a game of vintage base ball, a growing retro-version of the sport, played by the rules of 1863. Underhand pitching. No gloves. A ball caught on a hop is an out. Hardly any strikeouts or walks. Baggy uniforms. Lots of facial hair.
@theguardian.com
www.theguardian.com/sport/2025/j...
@theguardian.com
www.theguardian.com/sport/2025/j...
Vintage base ball: the charm of a sport where the 1860s never ended
In New York’s Hudson Valley, a league plays by old-school rules – with underhand pitching, no gloves, and questionable facial hair – to revive the game’s early quirks
www.theguardian.com
July 17, 2025 at 2:31 PM
I went to see a game of vintage base ball, a growing retro-version of the sport, played by the rules of 1863. Underhand pitching. No gloves. A ball caught on a hop is an out. Hardly any strikeouts or walks. Baggy uniforms. Lots of facial hair.
@theguardian.com
www.theguardian.com/sport/2025/j...
@theguardian.com
www.theguardian.com/sport/2025/j...
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It’s true that Andor ends tonight, but one day, we’ll get a new Star Wars show called Ifthen.
May 14, 2025 at 12:48 AM
It’s true that Andor ends tonight, but one day, we’ll get a new Star Wars show called Ifthen.
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#PlainLanguage encourages candor—especially in technical content. It meets busy readers’ needs of having direct, simple, clear, AND engaging content they can easily consume.
As I routinely advise the writers I work with: We want to seek to *inform*, not to impress.
5/5 #ACESChat
As I routinely advise the writers I work with: We want to seek to *inform*, not to impress.
5/5 #ACESChat
May 7, 2025 at 8:30 PM
#PlainLanguage encourages candor—especially in technical content. It meets busy readers’ needs of having direct, simple, clear, AND engaging content they can easily consume.
As I routinely advise the writers I work with: We want to seek to *inform*, not to impress.
5/5 #ACESChat
As I routinely advise the writers I work with: We want to seek to *inform*, not to impress.
5/5 #ACESChat
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Understanding information easily *is* a universal human right, not a privilege a writer bestows on their audience.
With #PlainLanguage, we want to seek:
– simple, not simplistic
– clear, not condescending.
– concise, not (necessarily) short
3/ #ACESChat
With #PlainLanguage, we want to seek:
– simple, not simplistic
– clear, not condescending.
– concise, not (necessarily) short
3/ #ACESChat
May 7, 2025 at 8:24 PM
Understanding information easily *is* a universal human right, not a privilege a writer bestows on their audience.
With #PlainLanguage, we want to seek:
– simple, not simplistic
– clear, not condescending.
– concise, not (necessarily) short
3/ #ACESChat
With #PlainLanguage, we want to seek:
– simple, not simplistic
– clear, not condescending.
– concise, not (necessarily) short
3/ #ACESChat
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#PlainLanguage is “wording, structure and design are so clear that intended readers can easily
1. find what they need,
2. understand what they find, and
3. use that information”
2/ #ACESChat
1. find what they need,
2. understand what they find, and
3. use that information”
2/ #ACESChat
May 7, 2025 at 8:04 PM
#PlainLanguage is “wording, structure and design are so clear that intended readers can easily
1. find what they need,
2. understand what they find, and
3. use that information”
2/ #ACESChat
1. find what they need,
2. understand what they find, and
3. use that information”
2/ #ACESChat
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Put simply: #PlainLanguage principles emphasize placing the most important information first — prioritizing the readers’ needs and what *they* need and want to know. That also means plain language is dynamic and changes depending on who the intended audience is.
4/ #ACESChat
4/ #ACESChat
May 7, 2025 at 8:05 PM
Put simply: #PlainLanguage principles emphasize placing the most important information first — prioritizing the readers’ needs and what *they* need and want to know. That also means plain language is dynamic and changes depending on who the intended audience is.
4/ #ACESChat
4/ #ACESChat
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We all appreciate learning information simply, quickly, and succinctly, right? #PlainLanguage encourages that by catering to what we, the reader, need to best understand information in a given context.
2/ #ACESChat
2/ #ACESChat
May 7, 2025 at 8:09 PM
We all appreciate learning information simply, quickly, and succinctly, right? #PlainLanguage encourages that by catering to what we, the reader, need to best understand information in a given context.
2/ #ACESChat
2/ #ACESChat
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#PlainLanguage de-centers the writer; yes, they have a message to express — but that message will fall into a black hole if readers can’t or don’t understand it or (worse) don’t even want to look at it because the text is daunting and unrelatable.
3/ #ACESChat
3/ #ACESChat
May 7, 2025 at 8:10 PM
#PlainLanguage de-centers the writer; yes, they have a message to express — but that message will fall into a black hole if readers can’t or don’t understand it or (worse) don’t even want to look at it because the text is daunting and unrelatable.
3/ #ACESChat
3/ #ACESChat
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Anna Jo Bratton is our new AP Stylebook editor.
Anna Jo has served on the AP Stylebook committee for more than a decade. She played a critical role in devising guidance around business, technology and disabilities, as well as several other topics.
Anna Jo has served on the AP Stylebook committee for more than a decade. She played a critical role in devising guidance around business, technology and disabilities, as well as several other topics.
April 22, 2025 at 3:52 PM
Anna Jo Bratton is our new AP Stylebook editor.
Anna Jo has served on the AP Stylebook committee for more than a decade. She played a critical role in devising guidance around business, technology and disabilities, as well as several other topics.
Anna Jo has served on the AP Stylebook committee for more than a decade. She played a critical role in devising guidance around business, technology and disabilities, as well as several other topics.
The shows @guster.bsky.social played were incredible and the protest was perfect. So glad the show went on.
"Our challenge, beyond putting on an indelible show, was to find a way to make our dissension clear, with dignity and creativity," writes Guster's Ryan Miller:
Why I Played the Kennedy Center
How our band made the decision to perform—and why we probably won’t be welcomed back
bit.ly
April 10, 2025 at 9:22 PM
The shows @guster.bsky.social played were incredible and the protest was perfect. So glad the show went on.
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"His words struck a chord ... reminding us of the courage it takes to tell our own stories, and the responsibility we have as editors to honor the stories of others."
— ACES executive director Gigi Sutton on journalist @lzgranderson.bsky.social, the #ACES2025 keynote speaker.
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— ACES executive director Gigi Sutton on journalist @lzgranderson.bsky.social, the #ACES2025 keynote speaker.
zurl.co/OGIMM
LZ Granderson: Keynote Speaker, ACES 2025 Salt Lake City
zurl.co
April 10, 2025 at 7:52 PM
"His words struck a chord ... reminding us of the courage it takes to tell our own stories, and the responsibility we have as editors to honor the stories of others."
— ACES executive director Gigi Sutton on journalist @lzgranderson.bsky.social, the #ACES2025 keynote speaker.
zurl.co/OGIMM
— ACES executive director Gigi Sutton on journalist @lzgranderson.bsky.social, the #ACES2025 keynote speaker.
zurl.co/OGIMM
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Guster Perform With Cast of ‘Finn’ After LGBTQ+ Musical Canceled Following Trump Kennedy Center Takeover
Guster Perform With Cast of ‘Finn’ After LGBTQ+ Musical Canceled Following Trump Kennedy Center Takeover
Guster performed with the cast of the LGBTQ+ musical 'Finn' after it was canceled following the Trump Kennedy Center takeover.
bit.ly
March 31, 2025 at 12:50 PM
Guster Perform With Cast of ‘Finn’ After LGBTQ+ Musical Canceled Following Trump Kennedy Center Takeover
March 30, 2025 at 4:24 AM
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Here are you SWEET 16 TIP TIMES
March 24, 2025 at 3:17 AM
Here are you SWEET 16 TIP TIMES
Nice of the NCAA to bring back the PAC-12 After Dark #MarchMadness
March 24, 2025 at 1:54 AM
Nice of the NCAA to bring back the PAC-12 After Dark #MarchMadness