Stefan Fatsis

DC! this is Wednesday. come talk words and history with me and the wonderful @stefanfatsis.bsky.social.

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Attention Crossword Enthusiasts! We have @natanlast.bsky.social, The @newyorker.com Crossword Contributor is coming to Hill Center on Wednesday to discuss his new book with writer @stefanfatsis.bsky.social: www.hillcenterdc.org/event/natan-...

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Orange cover, with author’s name across the top. The title occupies the top third, in the style of a dictionary entry. Beneath that is a double-torsoed man in gray: one half stands, looking at text on a phone, and the other bends down at the waist to attend to an oversized fragment of a dictionary page.

Highly recommend Unabridged, by @stefanfatsis.bsky.social. Especially in an environment of unchecked doublespeak, it’s good to read about people who have devoted their lives to the principle that words and their definitions matter.

Videos Show How ICE Vehicle Stops Can Escalate to Shootings A WSJ visual investigation found that the Minneapolis ICE killing is one of 13 incidents where federal immigration agents have used deadly force against civilians in vehicles since July.

WSJ investigation: In the past 6 months ICE agents have fired at vehicles 13 times, leading to:

* 8 people shot
* 5 of which were U.S. citizens
* 2 died
* no victims drew a weapon

The playbook: Agents box in a vehicle, block attempts to flee, then fire

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Cool! I should have come!

🚨 The White House is now actively covering up a murder.

Forensic analysis of objective video evidence. This is how you serve readers searching for clarity.

Baltimore, 1/7/26, 11:24 a.m.

I've watched thousands of videos from the Jan. 6 riot as part of NPR's reporting and archive project on that day.

Here are some of the lesser known videos that have really stuck with me.

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Is the Dictionary Done For? The print edition of Merriam-Webster was once a touchstone of authority and stability. Then the internet brought about a revolution.

"Stefan Fatsis’s Unabridged is a good-natured and sympathetic account of what seems to be a losing struggle."

@newyorker.com has a great read on UNABRIDGED by @stefanfatsis.bsky.social and dictionaries. Read it here:

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Book cover: Proto: How One Ancient Language Went Global by Laura Spinney

Book cover: * Unabridged: The Thrill of (and Threat to) the Modern Dictionary by Stefan Fatsis

Book cover: * Why Q Needs U: A History of Our Letters and how We Use Them by Danny Bate

Book cover: * Friends with Words: Adventures in Languageland by Martha Barnette

And I’ll close with word books because it was a fantastic year for word nerdy new releases.

📖 Proto by @laurainparis.bsky.social
📖 Unabridged by @stefanfatsis.bsky.social
📖 Why Q Needs U by @dannybate.bsky.social
📖 Friends with Words by @marthabarnette.bsky.social

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Carol of the Bells in #
Kyiv subway.

Voices of the Embassies of Germany, France, and the United Kingdom came together to perform Shchedryk in the Kyiv metro as a sign of solidarity with Ukraine.

Thankful to everyone who stands with us!

Thanks my friend! On my list: Stupid TV, Be More Funny by Alan Siegel

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Deported and Imprisoned Archives A case-by-case investigation that examines the Trump administration’s claims that these immigrants are all “sick criminals” and “terrorists” and that shows what they suffered during months in one of t...

CBS didn't run the 60 Minutes segment on CECOT, but over here at @propublica.org we've been working on the story since March, including finding out who each and every man sent to that maximum security prison was.

You can see our reporting here: www.propublica.org/series/depor...

Is the Dictionary Done For? The print edition of Merriam-Webster was once a touchstone of authority and stability. Then the internet brought about a revolution.

Holy %$##*%^&. A @newyorker.com essay by Louis Menand about my book

Poo-Poo™️ and Pee-Pee™️

Inside Stephen Miller’s Dark Plot to Build a MAGA Terror State He is descended from Russian Jews—you know, the kind of people who were once denounced as alien and unassimilable. Today, his project is to unleash government persecution of those he deems alien and u...

Stephen Miller is employing state terror in service of the open goal of shifting the ethnic mix of the country. In numerous ways he's doing this at the expense of public safety.

We spent weeks reporting on Miller's real aims. Here's the result. We hope you'll read:
newrepublic.com/article/2041...

Why is this a kicker problem tho? Isn't the real issue the ease with which offenses/quarterbacks move the ball downfield?

Live updates: Two deceased in active shooter incident at Brown University Serving the Brown University community since 1891

Kudos to the Brown University students who are posting continuous live updates, spaced just minutes apart, on the campus shooting. A lot of grace and professionalism under immense pressure.

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A promotional image for a Grammar Girl podcast bonus interview featuring Mignon Fogarty and Stefan Fatsis. Mignon Fogarty is smiling on the lower left. Stefan Fatsis is resting his chin on his hand on the lower right. A large, stylized illustration of a white sheep is behind them. The title in large, bold, orange and white text reads: "BONUS The 'sheeple' incident and the problem with example sentences." The background is green.

When Stefan Fatsis wrote the definition for "sheeple" for @merriam-webster.com, it generated backlash — but not from who you'd think! @stefanfatsis.bsky.social told me all about it and more when we discussed his new book, "Unabridged."

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Wut? It’s in the Dictionary. A New Book Explains How.

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As a washed print guy, pretty damn cool to see Dan Piepenbring's thoughtful @nytimes.com review of UNABRIDGED in Sunday's ink-and-paper books section

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