Colleen Barry

Anyone want Bluesky invite codes? It’s a lot like old Twitter over there.

My landlord, a Somerville native who rents out his old house, just offhandedly provided the most chef’s-kiss example of Boston-area parochialism I have ever encountered: “[A Somerville alderman] grew up here, went to Harvard and then came back.”

Any mutuals want to check out a social media site with buttons on the posts and headlines on the link cards? I have a couple codes.

Do any of my charming and intelligent mutuals still need an invite to the new place?

The best time to be in northern New England is obviously late September/early October, but the second-best time is in August right after a rainstorm. https://t.co/Lkr2ZcHxx8

Hey hive mind, what are your best recs for things to do, see and eat in Montreal and Burlington, Vermont?

Getting kicked out of my family vacation for bellowing, “Do not cite the deep lore to me, witch,” when my 5-year-old niece told me I had to watch the Mario movie to know about the characters, like how Peach comes from the Mushroom Kingdom and Bowser wants to marry her.

RT @propublicaguild: @nyguild @newsguild 3/ Next up: We look forward to writing a strong collective bargaining agreement that will help set…

RT @propublicaguild: @nyguild 2/ We’ve heard from so many of our fellow journalists and @NewsGuild members as well as readers who have show…

RT @propublicaguild: 1/ Today, we won voluntary recognition of our union with @nyguild with 97% support of eligible staff members across th…

New Twitter logo, old Twitter problems. https://t.co/0xm5OtAz7i

Reminder that I’m also on bloosky now.

Colleen Barry @CopyCurmudgeon

I’m checking out the other place. Come find me, or let me know if you’re there. https://t.co/Kzh4qWcFEv

For about the 200,000th time, I fixed a typo in a source’s name to make it match what’s on their workplace’s website. For the first time, it turned out the reporter was right and the website was wrong. Can I … bill the source? #AmEditing

Even my coffee is making the Monday face. https://t.co/RjGUsPuEEf

The prophecy has been fulfilled: The drawer of miscellaneous computer stuff had a cable that I needed and couldn’t find anywhere else in the house.

RT @ksteenbeeke: Copyeditors at the New Yorker be like “In my in-box there’s an e-mail from a teen-ager who won’t coöperate in the reëlecti…

Old (2021) https://t.co/cTbTCyWpqq