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Freelance editor, typesetter and technical illustrator, living in Lichfield. Online chess player (BlackberryA at Lichess if you fancy a game).
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It can only be a matter of time before this happens with the new bollards in Lichfield.

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Fifty years ago the school bus sometimes went through Kempston Hardwick - as unlikely a site for a theme park as you can imagine! #Nostalgia #Universal #1970s www.theguardian.com/travel/2025/...

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Tariffs xkcd.com/3073

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It would be really helpful to those of us who have to copy-edit reference lists if authors could ensure that their reference management software capitalises things correctly. (Yes, I am feeling grumpy about this!) #AcademicSky #ScientificPublishing

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Can’t argue with this. svpow.com/2025/04/04/t...

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Here are the US reciprocal tariffs against all the territories mentioned in Enya’s Orinoco Flow

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We take tariffs on our beautiful Heard Island very seriously. We will be consulting all mammals and flightless birds and will make an announcement in the near future detailing our response. #heardisland #tariff #mcdonaldisland #trumptariff

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Our open letter response to the #USCommerceDept and #POTUS

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About a month ago I asked 'Why do so many research papers have grammatical errors in the paper's title?' Time to post examples, starting with this, from the Journal of Applied Statistics in 2007: #AcademicSky

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Why would anyone who can avoid it come to the US now? Heartbreaking. Pointless. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

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Too late. Cancelled my subscription. www.theguardian.com/news/2025/ma...

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Battery breakthrough as 99.99% of lithium extracted from old cells New recycling method offers environmentally friendly way to deal with increasing e-waste from old smartphones and electric cars. buff.ly/yXsjSE8

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Here’s this week’s cartoon for @theguardian.com www.theguardian.com/football/pic...

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Given the news about Andrew Tate being platformed on Spotify (and Spotify has other problems, too - this is the last straw), I'm trialling Tidal. Any thoughts about the latter or alternative suggestions? #MusicSky

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Becky Burke of Book Island (a picture book publisher in the UK founded by my fellow Tokarczuk translator Greet Pauwelijn) was "detained" by ICE at the Canadian border on 2/28. Her father asked that her story be shared in case someone can help her. He writes:

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Animalgesics. #art #pills #moles

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Here’s this week’s cartoon for @theguardian.com www.theguardian.com/football/pic...

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What could they possibly be thinking?

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On the 1% Club, every time Lee Mack says 'Let's see who got it right' they show all the people who got it wrong.

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Hard to disagree with any of this from @jayrayner1.bsky.social. www.theguardian.com/food/2025/fe...

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Why do so many research papers have grammatical errors in the paper's title? I understand that non-native English speakers make such mistakes, but how do prestigious journals from big publishers not spot them? This copy-editor is available! #AcademicSky

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Rick Buckler, drummer of The Jam, dies at 69 after short illness

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Pub quiz music round last night: 70s New Wave pop. From Lena Lovich to The Stranglers, all those hours listening to the radio over 40 years ago finally paid off with a perfect 20/20 score. open.spotify.com/playlist/7yX... #MusicSky

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Lichfield City Council by-election today: Con, Lab, LibDem, Green and Reform candidates. Two are beyond the pale, and Lab seems to be trying to outdo them in nastiness, so the choice was LibDem or Green. FPTP, so LibDem, without enthusiasm.

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