Laura Skorczeski
@lauraskor.bsky.social
Nonfiction Editor 📑 Geographer 🌏 Bibliophile 📚 Library Assistant 📖
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Reminder that the best thing you can do to support open and free information is to USE YOUR LIBRARY #booksky #librarysky #diversebooksky #supportyourlocallibrary #diversebooks #libraries
January 22, 2025 at 12:47 AM
Reminder that the best thing you can do to support open and free information is to USE YOUR LIBRARY #booksky #librarysky #diversebooksky #supportyourlocallibrary #diversebooks #libraries
Reposted by Laura Skorczeski
Here’s a panel discussion of the kinds of editing in academic publishing. It’s free, it’s coming up January 18, and it’s organized by the joint Academic Editing Chapter of the @efafreelancers.bsky.social and Editors Canada. Get details and register here: us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi... #AmEditing
Welcome! You are invited to join a meeting: From academia into academic editing: A panel for prospec...
Editing careers are diverse. So are the pathways to getting one. Maybe you love:
- detailed outlines
- conceptualizing big-picture ideas
- fine-tuning each piece of punctuation, word, or sentence
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January 11, 2024 at 7:45 PM
Here’s a panel discussion of the kinds of editing in academic publishing. It’s free, it’s coming up January 18, and it’s organized by the joint Academic Editing Chapter of the @efafreelancers.bsky.social and Editors Canada. Get details and register here: us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi... #AmEditing
Is there a term for when the same random thing (in this case, Carhartt jackets) that you've never heard of before shows up in two (completely unrelated) books you read back-to-back? Literary synchronicity? (And does this mean I'm supposed to start wearing a Carhartt jacket?!)
January 11, 2024 at 3:56 AM
Is there a term for when the same random thing (in this case, Carhartt jackets) that you've never heard of before shows up in two (completely unrelated) books you read back-to-back? Literary synchronicity? (And does this mean I'm supposed to start wearing a Carhartt jacket?!)
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Ah, geez. #AI is #fabricating #news stories. Be careful what you believe is news. www.cnn.com/2023/11/02/t... #AmEditing
How Microsoft’s AI is making a mess of the news | CNN Business
False claims that President Joe Biden fell asleep during a moment of silence for victims of the Maui wildfire. A conspiracy theory that the latest surge in Covid-19 cases is being orchestrated by t...
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November 2, 2023 at 4:52 PM
Ah, geez. #AI is #fabricating #news stories. Be careful what you believe is news. www.cnn.com/2023/11/02/t... #AmEditing
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*This* is why I #edit for #multilingual #physician-#researchers who are not fully fluent in English: The world needs these authors' #research. Nations where the native language is English are *not* the only ones whose #scientists are doing great work! https://tinyurl.com/24hvdw9x #AmEditing
July 26, 2023 at 6:17 PM
*This* is why I #edit for #multilingual #physician-#researchers who are not fully fluent in English: The world needs these authors' #research. Nations where the native language is English are *not* the only ones whose #scientists are doing great work! https://tinyurl.com/24hvdw9x #AmEditing