Your friendly neighbourhood editor for academic writing in arts and humanities, esp. music/ology. Also proofreads and branches out into other subjects occasionally. Ich spreche auch Deutsch! 🇩🇪https://bsky.app/profile/clarionediting.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/clarionediting.bsky.social/post/3lu3paubyqk2fI am rather proud of my MP, @chrishinchliff.bsky.social, today, as he actually has some principles. https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2025/jul/16/keir-starmer-to-remove-labour-whip-from-at-least-three-persistent-rebel-mps?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other16 Jul 2025 15:11 +0000at://did:plc:6kmppbhtdhjuaxrnf22udqe5/app.bsky.feed.post/3lu3paubyqk2fhttps://bsky.app/profile/clarionediting.bsky.social/post/3lty7mjvsxk2pWell, that’s a bummer. Guess I’ll be using something else, then. [contains quote post or other embedded content]15 Jul 2025 05:53 +0000at://did:plc:6kmppbhtdhjuaxrnf22udqe5/app.bsky.feed.post/3lty7mjvsxk2phttps://bsky.app/profile/clarionediting.bsky.social/post/3ltrioybfck2hAcademics! You need to know this when you put URLs in your references. Good editors will take all that extraneous stuff out again, but you’d be amazed how many don’t know they should, and it will often make its way right through to publication. [contains quote post or other embedded content]12 Jul 2025 13:47 +0000at://did:plc:6kmppbhtdhjuaxrnf22udqe5/app.bsky.feed.post/3ltrioybfck2hhttps://bsky.app/profile/clarionediting.bsky.social/post/3lt4xyy5yxc2qOne for @marcusbrig.bsky.social (Translation: Earworm to take with you) [contains quote post or other embedded content]04 Jul 2025 09:55 +0000at://did:plc:6kmppbhtdhjuaxrnf22udqe5/app.bsky.feed.post/3lt4xyy5yxc2qhttps://bsky.app/profile/clarionediting.bsky.social/post/3lq5xftyeqs2uA warning for academics! But we beleaguered human copyeditors need you to push back against your publishers using AI (which really *can’t* do the job) for your work and insist that they employ humans, preferably with adequate remuneration. [contains quote post or other embedded content]27 May 2025 15:01 +0000at://did:plc:6kmppbhtdhjuaxrnf22udqe5/app.bsky.feed.post/3lq5xftyeqs2uhttps://bsky.app/profile/clarionediting.bsky.social/post/3lpjcvra4c22lCan anyone tell me whether the new EU veterinary agreement thingy extends to not having to do ridiculous paperwork when you want to take your dog on holiday?? @europeanmovement.co.uk @andrewhesselden.bsky.social @iandunt.bsky.social @robfordmancs.bsky.social @ottoenglish.bsky.social19 May 2025 10:01 +0000at://did:plc:6kmppbhtdhjuaxrnf22udqe5/app.bsky.feed.post/3lpjcvra4c22lhttps://bsky.app/profile/clarionediting.bsky.social/post/3lmeqe3u4l226As someone who just had to deal with a thesis with 75 of the buggers (all inserted wrongly), I definitely can relate. (I got there in the end!) [contains quote post or other embedded content]09 Apr 2025 10:03 +0000at://did:plc:6kmppbhtdhjuaxrnf22udqe5/app.bsky.feed.post/3lmeqe3u4l226https://bsky.app/profile/clarionediting.bsky.social/post/3llu5qff2qc2uSharing because I used to teach Lydia! [contains quote post or other embedded content]02 Apr 2025 19:47 +0000at://did:plc:6kmppbhtdhjuaxrnf22udqe5/app.bsky.feed.post/3llu5qff2qc2uhttps://bsky.app/profile/clarionediting.bsky.social/post/3llqtowyrys22An excellent article - and copyedited by yours truly [contains quote post or other embedded content]01 Apr 2025 12:09 +0000at://did:plc:6kmppbhtdhjuaxrnf22udqe5/app.bsky.feed.post/3llqtowyrys22https://bsky.app/profile/clarionediting.bsky.social/post/3lkt2tt4eo22vWell, I guess I should be honoured that the tech bros pirated my academic work to feed the machine that could put me out of a job 🤷‍♀️ [contains quote post or other embedded content]20 Mar 2025 15:57 +0000at://did:plc:6kmppbhtdhjuaxrnf22udqe5/app.bsky.feed.post/3lkt2tt4eo22vhttps://bsky.app/profile/clarionediting.bsky.social/post/3lhr6atmbgk2bWorth saying about just about every use of generative AI [contains quote post or other embedded content]09 Feb 2025 17:38 +0000at://did:plc:6kmppbhtdhjuaxrnf22udqe5/app.bsky.feed.post/3lhr6atmbgk2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/clarionediting.bsky.social/post/3lhr3vardus2bHey, @chrishinchliff.bsky.social, as one of your constituents who voted for you, this describes me and many people I know. Please get your leadership to understand this. Otherwise I’ll be voting LibDem next time. [contains quote post or other embedded content]09 Feb 2025 16:55 +0000at://did:plc:6kmppbhtdhjuaxrnf22udqe5/app.bsky.feed.post/3lhr3vardus2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/clarionediting.bsky.social/post/3lfd3jdvmrk23And here we go again… [contains quote post or other embedded content]09 Jan 2025 16:21 +0000at://did:plc:6kmppbhtdhjuaxrnf22udqe5/app.bsky.feed.post/3lfd3jdvmrk23https://bsky.app/profile/clarionediting.bsky.social/post/3leixmlqpic2lAnd editors worldwide rejoice at the correct use of the en dash, too. [contains quote post or other embedded content]30 Dec 2024 07:02 +0000at://did:plc:6kmppbhtdhjuaxrnf22udqe5/app.bsky.feed.post/3leixmlqpic2lhttps://bsky.app/profile/clarionediting.bsky.social/post/3lec3pozwns2sAuthors, please be nice to your editors. If they make changes you don’t agree with, maybe ask them why rather than telling them they don’t know what they’re doing. Consider that your writing style may be out of date. Don’t accuse them of changing sentences that they haven’t.27 Dec 2024 13:27 +0000at://did:plc:6kmppbhtdhjuaxrnf22udqe5/app.bsky.feed.post/3lec3pozwns2shttps://bsky.app/profile/clarionediting.bsky.social/post/3lebgobuab22sAn example of what many of the big-name publishers are up to behind the scenes. Elsevier is not the only one that is scrimping on copyediting - others technically employ editors, but at well less than minimum wage. The result is that the journals go massively down in quality and comprehensibility. [contains quote post or other embedded content]27 Dec 2024 07:10 +0000at://did:plc:6kmppbhtdhjuaxrnf22udqe5/app.bsky.feed.post/3lebgobuab22shttps://bsky.app/profile/clarionediting.bsky.social/post/3ld6dyc2qcc2rInteresting article about refusing AI - applicable to many academic fields, I think refusinggenai.wordpress.com https://refusinggenai.wordpress.com/13 Dec 2024 08:19 +0000at://did:plc:6kmppbhtdhjuaxrnf22udqe5/app.bsky.feed.post/3ld6dyc2qcc2rhttps://bsky.app/profile/clarionediting.bsky.social/post/3lczejt3ghs2sOkay, Bluesky, I have muted a thread - so why am I still seeing it? 🤷‍♀️ @support.bsky.team11 Dec 2024 08:45 +0000at://did:plc:6kmppbhtdhjuaxrnf22udqe5/app.bsky.feed.post/3lczejt3ghs2shttps://bsky.app/profile/clarionediting.bsky.social/post/3lcu5ucqgy22yYaaaaayyy! Monday!!!! (Seriously. I love my job. Today: a conductor’s perspective on Schubert.)09 Dec 2024 07:03 +0000at://did:plc:6kmppbhtdhjuaxrnf22udqe5/app.bsky.feed.post/3lcu5ucqgy22yhttps://bsky.app/profile/clarionediting.bsky.social/post/3lcnbtv6y5s2dJust done my first Bluesky cull of people I followed who haven’t followed me back. Sorry, unless you’re famous, it’s just rude. Your bleets aren’t that amazing.06 Dec 2024 13:25 +0000at://did:plc:6kmppbhtdhjuaxrnf22udqe5/app.bsky.feed.post/3lcnbtv6y5s2dhttps://bsky.app/profile/clarionediting.bsky.social/post/3lciurjtfgs23Ah, AI, this has really convinced me how world-changing you are 🤷‍♀️ [contains quote post or other embedded content]04 Dec 2024 19:21 +0000at://did:plc:6kmppbhtdhjuaxrnf22udqe5/app.bsky.feed.post/3lciurjtfgs23