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Katharine O'Moore-Klopf, ELS
@kokedit.bsky.social
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No to fascism and to interference with people’s civil rights.

Medical editor 🧪✍️ helping researchers in 20+ nations get published in 60+ medical journals. Member of ACES, AMWA, BELS, CSE, EFA. She/her. New Yorker. https://www.kokedit.com/
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My sweet 16-year-old American Shorthair says, “Happy #Caturday!”
A beloved black American Shorthair cat looking to her right side.
November 15, 2025 at 11:14 PM
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I have a copy of the new University of Chicago Press book *Medical Editing: A Guide to Learning the Craft and Building Your Career*. At the top right on the back cover is my review. I’m thrilled bcz I’ve been a #medical #editor for 30 years, & Barbara Gastel’s book is the 1st about the profession!
Front cover of the book Medical Editing: A Guide to Learning the Craft and Building Your Career. Back cover of the book Medical Editing: A Guide to Learning the Craft and Building Your Career.
November 11, 2025 at 3:34 PM
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#Editors and #proofreaders, here’s great resource from @louiseharnby.bsky.social on getting #work: www.louiseharnbyproofreader.com/work.html
Photo of resources for finding work as an editor or proofreader.
November 9, 2025 at 4:30 PM
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😆 “I Want Another President for Christmas!”

But it doesn’t hafta be a guy, yanno. 😉

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Short video of a person singing “I Want Another President for Christmas!”
November 9, 2025 at 4:01 PM
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My morning beverage today is genmaicha green #tea with roasted rice and matcha.

The caption on my tea mug: “Remember to close all parentheses. We’re not paying to air condition the entire paragraph.” #editor
A bag of genmaicha tea leaves sits next to a teapot holding fresh-brewed tea, which in turn sits next to a mug of hot tea.
November 9, 2025 at 3:08 PM
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Political cartoon, by
@deadder.bsky.social, about the cost of the White House ballroom, versus everyone else’s cost of living. cagle.com/cartoonist/m...
Cartoon of Donald Trump showing the floor plan for his ballroom to be added to the White House, while a citizen, weighed down by a shopping cart full of unaffordable food looks on. The cart is labeled “The cost of living.”
November 8, 2025 at 9:30 PM
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Peel-and-stick #postage-stamp holders that your #favorite #medical #editor used back when it was necessary to send business-expense payments and client correspondence by #snail #mail.
A sheet of stickers for use n sending snail mail. Each sticker says, “I edit, therefore I live.” Each sticker also uses editing marks.
November 8, 2025 at 6:38 PM
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I *love* flying sandwiches. 🤣 www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

(Image modified from a collage by Hazel Zavala / Getty: www.bonappetit.com/story/take-y...)
Image of a flying sandwich.
November 7, 2025 at 9:48 PM
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This morning’s beverage: sencha green #tea from Yamasan Co. Ltd. in Kyoto, Japan. 💚
Photo of a colorful teacup of green sencha tea, next to a bag of green sencha tea leaves.
November 7, 2025 at 1:57 PM
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This recent Facebook post from The Godless Clitterati speaks to me. It describes how I came to be my own person as a woman, refusing to be the kind of woman my Southern Baptist mother was. www.facebook.com/share/p/17fU...
Image of a Facebook post about raising women to be people, not just wives.
November 5, 2025 at 4:44 PM
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*This* is NYC, where I commuted to work for #publishers Simon & Schuster and Churchill Livingstone. 💗 For the newest cover of The New Yorker, Edel Rodriguez portrays Zohran #Mamdani, NYC’s incoming mayor, in the subway. Mamdani campaigned out and about in the city. www.newyorker.com/culture/cove...
The artwork for the cover of the November 17, 2025, issue of The New Yorker, by the artist Edel Rodriguez, showing Zohran Mamdani, New York City’s incoming mayor, in the subway.
November 5, 2025 at 3:14 PM
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The New York Times calls it: Democrat Zohran Mamdani wins the New York City mayoral race! 🎉
The New York Times calls it: Democrat Zohran Mamdani wins the New York City mayoral race!
November 5, 2025 at 2:44 AM
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Too close to officially call yet. But 💗.
Screenshot of The New York Times showing Zohran Mamdani in the lead with 50.2% in the New York City mayoral race.
November 5, 2025 at 2:30 AM
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I voted in the state of New York, which is celebrating 100 years of women’s right to vote.
A sticker saying “I voted” in the state of New York, which is honoring 100 years of women’s right to vote.
November 4, 2025 at 10:52 PM
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Hey, Americans—go vote today!
Hey, Americans—go vote today! The image is a red, white, and blue button that says: VOTE.
November 4, 2025 at 2:57 PM
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Dancers surrounded #Trump’s table at his lavish Roaring ‘20s/Great Gatsby party last night. Marco #Rubio and his wife were also at the table. All while so many #Americans can’t #afford to #eat. #SNAP www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
Photo of Donald Trump’s lavish Great Gatsby party going on while many Americans cannot afford to pay for their own food.
November 1, 2025 at 11:04 PM
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Now *this* is what a great #association for #professionals does to take care of its members! ⭐❤️ @efafreelancers.bsky.social shared the tool “Resources for SNAP Shortfall” with all of us #editorial #pros to be of help. www.the-efa.org
A graphic created by the Editorial Freelancers Association about resources that can be used when the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) runs out of funding. #EFA #caring
November 1, 2025 at 7:49 PM
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And I’m a 5’5” 66-year-old #medical #editor.
Photo of a smiling woman wearing a T-shirt that reads: “I’m a medical editor.”
October 31, 2025 at 2:25 PM
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Our 5’2” 10-year-old granddaughter is a fox for Halloween this year. 🧡
Photo, from the front, of a girl dressed as a fox for Halloween. Photo, from the back, of a girl dressed as a fox for Halloween.
October 31, 2025 at 12:25 PM
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Best Halloween profile picture I’ve seen! ❤️
Drawing showing Linus of the Peanuts cartoon series writing a letter that says: “Dear Great Pumpkin, please do something about your evil cousin, Trump.”
October 30, 2025 at 1:09 PM
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I’m drinking #pumpkin spice #tea this morning. 🎃
Photo of a teacup covered with images of sunflowers and filled with steaming hot pumpkin spice tea.
October 30, 2025 at 12:52 PM
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This was my brother Wally and me yesterday as he talked me through a batch of software updates to my PC. He lives in TX, & I live in NY State. Thank goodness for technology for chatting long-distance while seeing a kind face in real time. And thank goodness for a sibling who’s an IT professional! ❤️
Photo from a video chat showing a silver-haired man at a computer keyboard with glasses talking with a silver-haired woman with glasses.
October 4, 2025 at 6:39 PM
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The Board of Editors in the Life Sciences offers the 2026 #BELS Professional Development Scholarship Award of up to US$500 to a member to attend a professional meeting, workshop, or similar activity. Applications due Nov. 30, 2025. buff.ly/bpZPScr Questions? [email protected]. #career #editing #STEM
Graphic showing information about the BELS Professional Development Scholarship Award of up to US$500 to a member for professional development.
October 2, 2025 at 5:47 PM
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This name tag still makes me smile. 🤗
Photo of a Facebook post showing a name tag created for a grandparent by a young grandchild.
September 21, 2025 at 4:05 PM
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Stick-on Post-it fax header notes—things I used on the job back before everything in #publishing was #digitized. Even #manuscripts were handheld paper stacks.
A stick-on Post-it header notes to attach to the top of a page for faxing.
September 20, 2025 at 4:17 PM