Kristy Ironside
@kristyironside.bsky.social
I truly don't understand why presses do this, and I swear that copyeditors insert errors to be able to later correct them because they're being paid piece rates. Exhibit A: the copyeditor of a chapter I wrote changed "General Secretary of the Communist Party" to "Party Leader Minister." Just... why?
May 29, 2025 at 12:07 PM
I truly don't understand why presses do this, and I swear that copyeditors insert errors to be able to later correct them because they're being paid piece rates. Exhibit A: the copyeditor of a chapter I wrote changed "General Secretary of the Communist Party" to "Party Leader Minister." Just... why?
I should have added that: any donations today will be matched 1:1!
March 12, 2025 at 11:51 AM
I should have added that: any donations today will be matched 1:1!
On the Fulbrights and other government-funded grants, I hope they have the good sense to keep them (but I have my doubts). My PhD student won an American councils grant to go to Estonia for 6 months; it will be hard to pull off archival research for his diss without this trip. Sigh.
February 27, 2025 at 10:35 PM
On the Fulbrights and other government-funded grants, I hope they have the good sense to keep them (but I have my doubts). My PhD student won an American councils grant to go to Estonia for 6 months; it will be hard to pull off archival research for his diss without this trip. Sigh.
YUP. As a Canadian/international student in the US, I was never entitled to get a FLAS or a Title fellowship. (I later did, for Georgian, when I had a green card.) Even now, at McGill, I direct my US students toward these programs.
February 27, 2025 at 10:32 PM
YUP. As a Canadian/international student in the US, I was never entitled to get a FLAS or a Title fellowship. (I later did, for Georgian, when I had a green card.) Even now, at McGill, I direct my US students toward these programs.
Exactly. The fellowships help to even out opportunities for language study between institutions: most places now only teach Russian, and even this is under attack. They certainly don't teach Uzbek. This is going to further entrench inequalities in training.
February 27, 2025 at 10:10 PM
Exactly. The fellowships help to even out opportunities for language study between institutions: most places now only teach Russian, and even this is under attack. They certainly don't teach Uzbek. This is going to further entrench inequalities in training.
Also, it occurs to me that the federal funding helps to even out opportunities for language study between institutions: most places now only teach Russian, if at all, certainly not Armenian, Estonian, etc. This is going to further entrench inequalities in training.
February 27, 2025 at 9:59 PM
Also, it occurs to me that the federal funding helps to even out opportunities for language study between institutions: most places now only teach Russian, if at all, certainly not Armenian, Estonian, etc. This is going to further entrench inequalities in training.
It almost certainly means the program is going to suffer financially and courses will be cut. Sigh.
February 27, 2025 at 9:58 PM
It almost certainly means the program is going to suffer financially and courses will be cut. Sigh.
This is so incredibly sad. I know so many people who benefitted from these programs.
February 27, 2025 at 9:27 PM
This is so incredibly sad. I know so many people who benefitted from these programs.
Can I just say how much I love this resource? I'm teaching my 1990s class (now "Post-Soviet History") class again next year, and this will be essential!
January 24, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Can I just say how much I love this resource? I'm teaching my 1990s class (now "Post-Soviet History") class again next year, and this will be essential!
Congratulations, Seyward!
January 13, 2025 at 4:05 PM
Congratulations, Seyward!
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It's basically a combat, stealth, and puzzle game rolled into one with story elements from the Indiana Jones movies. The gameplay reminds me somewhat of Assassin's Creed, with lots of free exploration but less (though not no) emphasis on skill development. And the graphics are amazing!
January 1, 2025 at 1:53 PM
It's basically a combat, stealth, and puzzle game rolled into one with story elements from the Indiana Jones movies. The gameplay reminds me somewhat of Assassin's Creed, with lots of free exploration but less (though not no) emphasis on skill development. And the graphics are amazing!
I am obsessed with the new Indiana Jones game. It's super addictive!
December 31, 2024 at 9:07 PM
I am obsessed with the new Indiana Jones game. It's super addictive!
It's so annoying! And such a waste of time to have to clean up something that I know I didn't submit with so many errors.
December 4, 2024 at 2:22 AM
It's so annoying! And such a waste of time to have to clean up something that I know I didn't submit with so many errors.
I sort of wonder if these copyeditors are being paid per correction because they make such odd changes, seemingly for the sake of making changes. They changed Brezhnev's title from "General Secretary of the Communist Party" to "Party leader minister," for example. It's just wrong... and weird!
December 4, 2024 at 1:44 AM
I sort of wonder if these copyeditors are being paid per correction because they make such odd changes, seemingly for the sake of making changes. They changed Brezhnev's title from "General Secretary of the Communist Party" to "Party leader minister," for example. It's just wrong... and weird!
Much of the copyediting at academic presses is being farmed out to copyeditors, often in India, with zero familiarity with academic language, to say nothing of specific fields. It's a problem. I had a copyeditor mangle a piece of mine recently; it took hours to correct the mistakes he introduced.
December 4, 2024 at 1:40 AM
Much of the copyediting at academic presses is being farmed out to copyeditors, often in India, with zero familiarity with academic language, to say nothing of specific fields. It's a problem. I had a copyeditor mangle a piece of mine recently; it took hours to correct the mistakes he introduced.
On my list! Thanks!
December 3, 2024 at 9:44 PM
On my list! Thanks!
I'm trying to review their book! But yes, they're on the list! :)
December 3, 2024 at 8:51 PM
I'm trying to review their book! But yes, they're on the list! :)