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nickorsillo.bsky.social
I'm an academic copy editor, proofreader, and Czech-to-English translator; would-be historian; and keeper of life in glass boxes. www.nicholasorsillo.com
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Should it be Hernandez's and Smith's paper? Or Hernandez and Smith's paper? Writing about joint possession in academic contexts seems tricky, but it's really not. I take a look at the rules and present some real-life examples in my latest blog post. #academicsky #acwri #grammar #amediting

submitted 20 hours ago • 1 comment

Definition from Webster's dictionary. Just because DOGE might be #fugazi, it certainly isn't a #minorthreat.

submitted 23 hours ago • 0 comments

Thank you @czechacademy.bsky.social!

submitted 23 hours ago • 0 comments

For researchers, scholars, and scientists working in Czechia: If you're planning on submitting a grant proposal to the #CzechScienceFoundation by April 3 and need help proofreading the English section, feel free to get in touch. I’m an experienced academic editor and CZ-EN translator. #GAČR

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Pro české vědce - Pokud se chystáte podat projekt na #GAČR do 3. dubna a potřebujete pomoc se korekturou anglické části návrhu, dějte mi vedět. Jsem zkušený korektor odborných textů v angličtině a překladatel do AJ. #věda

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I sometimes doubt my parenting skills, but then things like this happen. On the way to school, we passed a Tesla, which evoked this response from my 12-year-old: "Why is Musk obsessed with going to Mars when the Earth becomes uninhabitable? Why doesn't he use that money to make Earth habitable?"

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www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/a-m...

submitted 3 days ago • 1 comment

A good overview of the historical relationship between Russia and Ukraine. I'm especially glad to see that this piece comes out of the Dept. of History at @urochester.bsky.social, where I did my undergrad, even though Dr. Lenoe joined the faculty after my time there.

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Maybe it's time for me to watch the 1995 satire Canadian Bacon again! Made at a time when the thought of the US president vilifying and threatening Canada was a joke! m.youtube.com/watch?v=4jf8...

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The New Yorker style guide enters the 21st century (or maybe the late 20th)! Don't worry, they didn't get rid of the dieresis (e.g., reëlection). The article beats around the bush on how to put Trump Jr. in the possesive form. It's Trump, Jr.,'s. #copyediting #amediting

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TIL that the first ship built for the Massachusetts Naval Militia (1776) was called TYRANNICIDE @pptsapper.bsky.social

submitted 4 days ago • 24 comments

For no particular reason certainly not one named Chuck Schumer and the his punk ass Senate colleagues I am again sharing this academic work showing that accommodation pushes politics to the right www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

submitted 4 days ago • 25 comments

This looks like a great tool for staying up to date on academic papers in your network.

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"We are driving a dagger straight into the heart of the climate change religion to drive down cost of living for American families, unleash American energy, bring auto jobs back". What do today's "Republicans" think about Nixon, who established the EPA? #EPArollback

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One of the first signs of spring here in the Czech Republic... the #snowdrop flower. Illustration from 1950 Czech publication Chráněné rostliny (Protected Plants) by Jaroslav Veselý, who headed the Czechoslovak state nature conservation agency from the 1950s to the early 1970s. #envhist #botany

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Word flagged a grammar error for me today. It took me a minute for me to figure out what was going on. "...medical experts asses data...". No, Word, I don't need an apostrophe after "experts," but I think I'll add an extra "s" to "asses"! #copyediting #proofreading #typo

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Took a break from editing and pulled this gem off the shelf. Published in 1945 right after #WWII and edited by S. Welles, US under secretary of state till 1943. He's known for the Welles Declaration, which refused to recognize the 1940 Soviet annexation of the #Baltics. #WW2 #geopolitics #history

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www.npr.org/2025/03/10/n... "advertising insiders view spending money on ads on X a type of 'insurance policy' to avoid being sued, or become the subject of regulatory scrutiny in the Trump administration." Doesn't that sound like a protection racket?

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#Vance says #Orban 's approach to higher ed "has to be the model for us." Thankfully, the US education system isn't as centralized as in Hungary, but still... Anyway, I guess that law degree from "despicable leftist" Yale is working out alright for old JD. #CEU www.bostonglobe.com/2025/03/07/m...

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I'd heard a lot about #AIhallucinations from #AcademicEditing and #AcademicWriting colleagues. But I'd never encountered them myself until I tried playing around with ChatGPT, asking for sources about a very specific topic. The results were off the wall! www.nicholasorsillo.com/l/ai-halluci...

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You always gotta think positive!

submitted 14 days ago • 0 comments

Interesting statement on Russia and Ukraine from leadership at the George W Bush Presidential Center. www.bushcenter.org/publications...

submitted 15 days ago • 91 comments