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A11yNYC with Blake Bertuccelli-Booth and Dylan Isaac. "PDF to Accessible Markdown: Introducing Equalify Reflow, an Open Source AI Tool."

Making PDFs accessible slowing you down? Learn how open‑source AI turns them into accessible, dynamic content. Join us online + NYC on Apr 7!

Pre-approved for IAAP CAECs.
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Word 365's grammar checker suggested I change "After this is done, you assholes are buying me a new one" to "After this is done, your assholes are buying me a new one."

Okay this one had me cracking up. #editorlife #amediting

Free pattern: www.gosyo.co.jp/knit_pattern...

Closeup of crocheted lacey pattern with repeated fan-like motifs.

I may be late for #showMeYourKnits lace but am slowly working on this shawl. I didn't think I'd be able to manage this thin yarn but am very happy to find I could! #crochet 🧶

"Likely" "apparent" - way to fudge.

Ha first time as an editor that I've encountered a non-breaking hyphen in the text. Impressed that the authors took the time to use it. #AmEditing #Edibuddies

Trump Writes Netanyahu Strongly Worded Check

Trump Writes Netanyahu Strongly Worded Check

Grammarly's presentation of something they call Expert Review, including my name (plus Stephen King's, plus Mary Norris's), though to be sure I've never been contacted by Grammarly, much less compensated.

What in the absolute fuck is this.

That's what I was expecting to find 😂

In Memorandum > In Memoriam

#AmEditing

Text on an academic article about "Moving Things: Moving Cartloads of Treasures from Venice to Ethiopia, ca. 1400" pasted into Grammarly in a Browser. It offers to invoke the digital ghosts of David Abulafia, Barry Flood and Chris Wickham to give me "expert feedback".

Using Grammarly for the first time in forever ... WHAT?

As a non-native speaker writing primarily in English, I used to use it to check prepositions, point out too long/convoluted sentences etc.

It now offers to summon colleagues both living and dead to "expert review" the piece???

What?

- contextualized ("a contextualized overview")

I understand the intent behind the word, but I find it meaningless. Is it possible to create an overview (in this example) that does not consider context? #AmEditing #PlainLanguage

Anne still wins Best Brontë for me. See also below. 😁
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#Edibuddies

When writing alt text, ask yourself if you would picture an approximation of the image if it was described to you over the phone using the alt text you've written. Doing that exercise can be a good way to determine if you're on the right track.

"Democrat-appointed" sounds more natural to me than "Democratic-appointed" and Perplexity agreed, but N-gram shows that "Democratic-appointed" is more commonly used. Recognizing what to check and where is one of the many skills editors need 💡 #AmEditing #Edibuddies books.google.com/ngrams/graph...

whyyyyyyyy am i editing in figma so often these days 💔. note to others: let editors work in the word doc before the designer gets involved 🙏 #amediting

Blue and white patterned ceramic teapot in the shape of an octopus with head to the right and legs to the left

Octopus Teapot by Japanese ceramic artist Keiko Masumoto #womensart

It was line editing but I ended up having to check a lot of internal discrepancies - so flipping back and forth and guessing what they may have intended and suggesting solutions took a lot of brain power 💪 😁

Ha, was going to add "co-creating" to this list then realized I'd already put it at the top 😆 #AmEditing #PlainLanguage

I edited really hard yesterday. Today, my brain feels depleted. Editing is hard work, my friends! #AmEditing #edibuddies

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I highly recommend this free intro to privacy and risks of genAI. It takes just 30 minutes to complete. I now feel more confident about what to be careful of. #AmLearning #FreeTraining #genAI
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The papyrus is decorated with line drawings in black ink. Osiris is sitting on a throne, wearing the double crown of Egypt and holding a crook and flail as a symbol of royalty. In front of him is a large lotus flower with deities standing on top, and behind him a papyriform column. Along the top of the papyrus are some hieroglyphs and two rows of seated underworld deities. At the very top is a row of stars.

Osiris on his throne in the Hall of Judgement. Detail, just a few cm tall, from the Book of the Dead. The papyrus is broken where it was rolled up, and the fragments had slipped inside the glass, so I realigned them in Photoshop
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#FindsFriday #TinyJoys #AncientEgypt

I keep forgetting to post things here on lovely Bluesky! Here is my completed #sittingbythefire #crochetblanket all 900 squares of it! If you’d like to see more please check out my latest video on YouTube. Links on my profile. ☺️❤️
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#crochet #crochetafghan #crochet🧶

The shadow of an airplane passed right over us. A flash of shade and it was gone. #TinyJoys

On the plus side, they did say I could shorten it significantly—so I will! 😁

Oh god, editing genAI word diarrhea 🤦‍♀️ Can there be a greater waste of time? (I totally understand why the writers used genAI and sympathize, but sigh.) #AmEditing #Edibuddies

I start doubting myself when those get mixed up too often!

Please no comments on the vileness of genAI 🙏 I understand the many reasons why *not* to use genAI. But I also feel that blanket condemnation of genAI use is a privilege of those of us who grew up with English. We are simply lucky that English is the de facto common language.