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Colleen Barry

@CopyCurmudgeon

AP style by day, AP flour by night. she/her

 Bostonish
Joined February 2010
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What people think goes on in a copy editor’s brain all day: “I love the Oxford comma and hate splitting infinitives!” What is actually happening in my brain all day: *endlessly overthinking prepositions*
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If you’re ditching Twitter for Blue Sky, look me up! I’ve been hanging out there since last summer. bsky.app/profile/copycurmudg…
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OK #ACES2024, I’m late but I’m here! If you see me, come say hi!
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As of today, you no longer need an invite code to use BlueSky! I’ve been hanging out over there and I enjoy it; it’s a lot like 10-years-ago Twitter. Check it out! bsky.social/about/ techcrunch.com/2024/02/06/bl…

Bluesky is now open for anyone to join | TechCrunch

Bluesky looks and functions like Twitter at the outset, but the platform stands out because of what lies under the hood.

techcrunch.com
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Anyone want Bluesky invite codes? It’s a lot like old Twitter over there.
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My landlord, a Somerville native who rents out his old house, just offhandedly provided the most chef’s-kiss example of Boston-area parochialism I have ever encountered: “[A Somerville alderman] grew up here, went to Harvard and then came back.”
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Any mutuals want to check out a social media site with buttons on the posts and headlines on the link cards? I have a couple codes.
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Do any of my charming and intelligent mutuals still need an invite to the new place?
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The best time to be in northern New England is obviously late September/early October, but the second-best time is in August right after a rainstorm.
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Hey hive mind, what are your best recs for things to do, see and eat in Montreal and Burlington, Vermont?
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Getting kicked out of my family vacation for bellowing, “Do not cite the deep lore to me, witch,” when my 5-year-old niece told me I had to watch the Mario movie to know about the characters, like how Peach comes from the Mushroom Kingdom and Bowser wants to marry her.
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New Twitter logo, old Twitter problems.
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Reminder that I’m also on bloosky now.
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I’m checking out the other place. Come find me, or let me know if you’re there.
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For about the 200,000th time, I fixed a typo in a source’s name to make it match what’s on their workplace’s website. For the first time, it turned out the reporter was right and the website was wrong. Can I … bill the source? #AmEditing
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Even my coffee is making the Monday face.
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The prophecy has been fulfilled: The drawer of miscellaneous computer stuff had a cable that I needed and couldn’t find anywhere else in the house.
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Copyeditors at the New Yorker be like “In my in-box there’s an e-mail from a teen-ager who won’t coöperate in the reëlection, instead focussing on his début Web site”
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I’m checking out the other place. Come find me, or let me know if you’re there.
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Hey journalists: @BostonGlobe is looking to hire reporters covering technology, higher education, climate, addiction, and more
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I’m excited to join the @propublicaguild with my amazing colleagues to help carry on our mission of holding the powerful to account, now and in the years to come.
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