Megan Schindele

I've gotten out of the habit of checking this place, alas. But hello, if you're seeing this.

Just enough, I'd say. :)

Ha! I didn't even realize that was a thing. :D Sorry for the confusion!

We're more than six months into Chicago 18 now, and I still am not used to capitalizing "from" and "with" in titles. Not even two years of editing mostly in APA or AMA can cure me of wanting thinking those two should be lowercased in titles.

I'd be hard-pressed to pick a particular clip at this moment, but I have always adored Robin Williams's An Evening at the Met. It's almost forty years old now, but it's just brilliant. (You can apparently watch the whole thing on YouTube.)

here’s a curse word free version of “look it up” as requested by countless teachers and librarians 🥰😘

I hate it when I accidentally tell all my secrets to the editor of the Atlantic. Real oopsie doopsies

Jeffrey Goldberg thinking he was being pranked and then realizing he was actually just in the war plans group chat is such a good microcosm of how it feels to be alive right now, everything seems fake until you realize it’s actually real and incredibly stupid

A screenshot of a post on X by Senator Tina Smith (@SenTinaSmith ): "Needs 60 Senate votes to completely dismantle it and you can count me as a hell no. See you in court." Below, a post by Pop Crave (@PopCrave , 1d ago) reads: "Donald Trump has signed an executive order calling for the elimination of the U.S. Education Department." Accompanying the post is an image of Trump speaking at a podium with a microphone, wearing a blue suit and red tie, with an American flag and stars in the background.

Need more “Hell No!” energy like this.

Keep hearing reports of guys trusting ChatGPT’s output over experts or even actual documentation. Honestly feels like the AI Bubble’s hold over society has strengthened considerably over the past three months

chatgpt has fully broken-through to every facet of the corporate environment. I'm spending a not-insignificant amount of my time every week now explaining to people that just because chatgpt told you that something was possible doesn't mean that it a) is or b) even exists

YES. May I also propose: preached-->prought?

I think people who have these in their homes should be required to have a notification on their entryway so you know you might be recorded

Oh neat, March 28 is national "Smash Your Amazon Echo Devices With A Hammer" day.

OpenAI declares AI race “over” if training on copyrighted works isn’t fair use National security hinges on unfettered access to AI training data, OpenAI says.

How am I supposed to make money if I can’t steal stuff

arstechnica.com/tech-policy/...

Congrats, they heard you! The Social Security Administration has decided tonight to abandon its plans to end phone service for millions of Americans filing retirement and disability claims. Thank you to all who shared our post and made calls today—you did it!

Me, rewriting someone's cover text and looking up synonyms for "story." (I use "tale" and "journey" *a lot.*)

I sympathize. I don't believe in hell either, yet somehow I still hope Reagan is burning there.

I finished a crocheted throw for myself last week. I've made lots things for other people, but mostly I don't make stuff for myself. I absolutely love this throw, though. I feel like, "Aww, somebody loves me," and that somebody is myself.

"A screenshot of an NBC News article headline. The headline reads: 'Texas bill would make identifying as transgender a felony punishable by jail.' Below the headline, a subtext states: 'The bill, while unlikely to pass, highlights the increasing extremism of legislation targeting trans people, especially in Texas, in recent years.' The NBC News logo is visible at the top, along with a navigation bar that includes a 'WATCH' button and a user profile icon."

I need y'all to sit with this headline and understand what is being done to our community. They're trying to criminalize our very existence.

This is a campaign of eradication.

www.nbcnews.com/nbc-out/rcna...

we're in legit first they came for territory and a lot of people have been failing at this test they cite all the time

THIS IS HUGE! Researchers at Stanford University have developed a dual-antibody treatment that remains effective against ALL SARS-CoV-2 variants by targeting a less-mutable part of the virus. This breakthrough could lead to longer-lasting therapies that OUTPACE viral evolution. 🧪🧵⬇️

I am extraordinarily tired today, but I have already edited two full children's books and am starting on a third. Woo! #AmEditing

Mostly? That aspect has a improved a lot since I have taken on more of a caregiver role in the last year or so. (Truth be told, though, if anyone NOT an older relative calls me "kiddo," it makes me feel absolutely murderous.)

Yeaaaah, I'm three years and a bit away from fifty, and my parents and MiL still call me one of the kids.

‘Like a horror movie’: German tourist detained by ICE says she spent week in solitary confinement A German tourist is fighting to get released from an immigration detention center after she was denied entry at the San Diego border and taken into custody by ICE last month.

“She says it was like a horror movie. They were screaming in different rooms”

I would argue no one should travel to the U.S. right now because it’s important to vote with your wallet. Don’t spend tourist dollars there

Another reason? The threat of being detained by ICE. It’s not safe in America

Oh, yeah. Amen!

I am *absolutely* incorporating "fibliography" into my vocabulary.

Participating in a nationwide economic boycott is easy when you live in a small town with no national chains and also you had no plans to leave your house anyway

Guess we are doing this again.
We’re not gonna abandon the red states we’re gonna build solidarity with the citizens inside the rightwing autocratic core.