Matthew Somoroff

another phrase I’d like to bring back into wider use:

get a load a’ this guy!

I’ve probably listened to “Another Life” 15 times since hearing about D’Angelo yesterday. I could listen to this song multiple times every day and never get tired of it

I’ve never seen them live either. I need to be careful about my hearing, but I’ve enjoyed their recordings immensely

oh man music truly is the healing force of the universe

energy never goes away; it just changes form and place

if anything could be a balm on the day of D’Angelo’s death, new Sunn O))) could

and sometimes hitting the "accept change" button hundreds of times in a row

actually a good thing I don’t have any of his music on my phone right now (I don’t use streaming) because if I did I’d definitely be playing “In Another Life” and I’d probably be a mess

in the office today and I need to find a coworker who understands the gravity of this

oh wow. I usually say I wasn't expecting another album, but this makes me realize that on a subconscious level I was still waiting for it

one of the saddest changes: replacing the plural noun "toughs" with the much blander "men"

Love this breakdown! Explains so neatly and simply why buying direct (from the press) is the best way to support authors.

a man in a suit and tie is crying and says " look how they massacred my boy " Alt: Don Corleone in The Godfather as he looks at the corpse of Sonny and begins to cry; he says, "Look how they massacred my boy"

when you get the files back from the author and see they've rewritten the manuscript while reviewing copyedits

actually dealing with this right now

Someone on Twitter replies to me: "meh. buy american or stfu." Two hours later, in a separate thread, the write: "$30 for a single button-up is ridiculous unless it is decent quality silk."

This two-parter below is exactly why it's hard to make clothes in the United States.

Let's look at how much it costs to produce a button-up shirt in the US. 🧵

rewritten during copyediting review

should probably take this down.

authors, I sympathize! believe me

Author Separation Anxiety Syndrome:

A collection of related behavior patterns presented by an author who finds themselves unable to finalize manuscript edits and let go of the manuscript to allow it to move into production.

Sometimes referred to as Author's Remorse Syndrome

no, this is the first I’ve heard of it!

the book I’m working on does analysis of how bad the food served in prisons is and how it contributes to the suffering of the inmates, etc

hey you know what’s really bad? PRISONS

project-editing a book on prison food that’s forthcoming from UNC Press. stay tuned!

omg I love this gif

oh dang! that’ll show me 😆

hard at work, eh? 😜

"Vice Provost for AI"

we're in the Bad Place

“inbox zero” has got to be a concept cooked up by one of those productivity/self-improvement hacks

totally fine if a given person *prefers* to have an empty inbox or a desk with a minimum of objects on it, but to propose that these are universal, objectively desirable goals is to peddle snake oil

my only quibble with your sentiments is that the serial comma can be called just that—no need to bring that elitist British institution into the matter

(speaking of unhingedness)

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seems like a disincentive to continue communication with a person

he really walked into that one

it was truly a pleasure!

back before I started my current in-house job I had the distinct pleasure of copyediting this book. very smart analysis and written with a lot of heart. highly recommended!