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Robin Marwick, ELS (mostly not here) @RobinMarwick

Freelance medical editor, certified structural, stylistic & copy editor. #scicomm, #contentstrategy, #BadGraphs. She/her. Not posting much here anymore.

Joined March 2011
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NW Editors Guild (Find us on other socials)@EdsGuild
7 Sep 2023
Meet Bunty, brand new #StetPet editorial assistant of ON editor @RobinMarwick. "This is Bunty, and although she’s not very good at stetting yet (she’s only 3 months old), she’s delighted [to be a #StetPet]!"
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Airedale terrier puppy sitting outdoors, surrounded by grass and flowers

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Airedale terrier puppy smiling at camera

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Airedale terrier puppy rolling on a blanket on the carpet with head facing one way and paws facing the other direction

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Sonia Weiser weischoice.bsky.social@weischoice
28 Aug 2023
Update: there are now 305 publications/organizations/news channels listed. I added a column for people to describe the nature of the assignment and there's still a column for any higher up at the outlet to comment on their practices. docs.google.com/spreadsheets…

Publications That Have Asked for Unpaid Writing/Editing/Fact-Checking Tests As Part of the Applic...

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Sonia Weiser weischoice.bsky.social@weischoice
26 Aug 2023
Good morning to everyone but the 258 publications asking people to do unpaid tests as part of the application process docs.google.com/spreadsheets…
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Love this. There’s a glancing reference to data quality in my #BadGraphs talk but not enough time to go into detail — this perfectly illustrates why it’s important!
Sketchplanations@sketchplanator
20 Aug 2023
Chihuahua syndrome: messy data from variations in spelling or input. The name The chihuahua syndrome is from @EdwardTufte in his new book Seeing with Fresh Eyes, based on an anecdote from Chris Groskopf @onxyfish
Chihuahua syndrome illustration: an analyst wonders at the number of dog breeds when most of them are misspellings of chihuahua

ALT Chihuahua syndrome illustration: an analyst wonders at the number of dog breeds when most of them are misspellings of chihuahua
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This is a graph so bad I’m not even sure I can fit it into my #BadGraphs talk, I’d need to change the y-axis. (Thread. 🧵)
Tyler Black, MD
@tylerblack32
4 Aug 2023
Play the ANTIVAXXER CHERRYPICKING GAME! On this graph are 4 "peaks" of cardiac deaths, over 60 (weeks?/months?) in a (place?) for a (young group of people) During which time did FORTY PERCENT this young group get C19 Vax? Click your response below: (rules on image and alttxt)
An unlabeled line graph is shown with 4 "peaks" highlighted, and the title of the chart is "cardiac deaths in an undefined young age group in an undefined country. Data hints: 1) at least 1 year is shown 2) during 4 of these time points, 40% of this age group received Covid Vaccination! 3) time can flow both directions! this is either oriented so time is going forwards, or it's oriented so time is going backwards! How to play: Try to cherrypick the moment that vaccinations caused sudden cardiac deaths! Just like an antivaxxer would! THE POINT OF THIS GAME aka REALITY CHECK: There is NO appreciable effect of the COVID-19 vaccination on sudden cardiac deaths in young people. Antivaxxers LOVE to cherry-pick data to try and show an effect like this, but that's all they're doing: picking the data they like and discarding the data they don't like.

ALT An unlabeled line graph is shown with 4 "peaks" highlighted, and the title of the chart is "cardiac deaths in an undefined young age group in an undefined country. Data hints: 1) at least 1 year is shown 2) during 4 of these time points, 40% of this age group received Covid Vaccination! 3) time can flow both directions! this is either oriented so time is going forwards, or it's oriented so time is going backwards! How to play: Try to cherrypick the moment that vaccinations caused sudden cardiac deaths! Just like an antivaxxer would! THE POINT OF THIS GAME aka REALITY CHECK: There is NO appreciable effect of the COVID-19 vaccination on sudden cardiac deaths in young people. Antivaxxers LOVE to cherry-pick data to try and show an effect like this, but that's all they're doing: picking the data they like and discarding the data they don't like.

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Lex McMenamin (they/them)@leximcmenamin
26 Jul 2023
rest in peace, sinead
Sinead O'Connor commenting on a New York Times article, 5/17/2021: IT IS NO MEASURE OF HEALTH TO BE WELL ADJUSTED TO A PROFOUNDLY SICK SOCIETY

ALT Sinead O'Connor commenting on a New York Times article, 5/17/2021: IT IS NO MEASURE OF HEALTH TO BE WELL ADJUSTED TO A PROFOUNDLY SICK SOCIETY

The Irish Times
@IrishTimes
26 Jul 2023
Sinead O’Connor, acclaimed Dublin singer, dies aged 56 irishtimes.com/culture/music…
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James@james_j_bailey
26 Jul 2023
Sinéad O'Connor was brilliant, smart and courageous as fuck. I hope she’s remembered for her sense of humour, too. Here she is attending an anti-Sinéad O'Connor demonstration in disguise. Truly one of a kind 🖤
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Sinead O'Shea@SineadEOShea
26 Jul 2023
This statement by Sinéad O'Connor about the consequences of tearing the picture of the Pope:
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Robin Marwick (gone away)@electricland
23 Jul 2023
Twitter friends, an important announcement
Me with a very small Airedale puppy in my lap

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Snoozing Airedale puppy cuddled up to my chest (I’m wearing a seatbelt)

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Snoozing Airedale puppy draped over my left arm

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Airedale puppy tackling a squeaky toy and ignoring a bowl of kibble

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Sarah Hollowell 🦝@sarahhollowell
19 Jul 2023
It's all completely horrible but the mass email thing is especially sticking with me because what the fuck. Mass emails aren't for things like TELLING PEOPLE THEIR IMPRINT IS DEAD NOW
Jennifer Azantian@jenazantian
19 Jul 2023
I am so furious about the @InkyardPress situation. The poor team over there! My poor clients! What a casually cruel way to handle this. A mass email?! Did we not learn our lesson about mass emails?!?! I don’t know where to even put how ragey I am right now.
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Rua M. Williams@FractalEcho
19 Jul 2023
This is not an email I ever expected to receive or send.
Image of email reads "The AI design of your email is clever, but significantly lacks warmth. Would it be possible to be contacted by a human being moving forward instead of AI? Many Thanks"

ALT Image of email reads "The AI design of your email is clever, but significantly lacks warmth. Would it be possible to be contacted by a human being moving forward instead of AI? Many Thanks"

Image of response reads "It's not AI. I'm just autistic. See you next Friday. Sent from Proton Mail mobile.

ALT Image of response reads "It's not AI. I'm just autistic. See you next Friday. Sent from Proton Mail mobile.

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philip lewis
@Phil_Lewis_
18 Jul 2023
Editors: we don’t have to publish everything
CiCi🌸@CiCiAdams_
18 Jul 2023
What is wrong with y’all?
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Definitely! I’m always hoping to see someone I know, plus I’d love to be there myself someday. (I have been in a couple of journal article acknowledgements, which is always super exciting.)
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The Journalist's Resource@JournoResource
6 Jul 2023
"We’re just at the onset of understanding how much images are being manipulated and are being used to manipulate people," says @BrownUniversity @Brown_SPH prof Stefanie Friedhoff. journalistsresource.org/home…

Visual health misinformation: A primer and research roundup

With rapid advances in technology, it’s becoming easier to create and spread visual content that’s inaccurate, misleading and dangerous.

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Strange Horizons@strangehorizons
6 Jul 2023
The finalists for this year's Hugo Awards have just been announced: en.chengduworldcon.com/news3… Strange Horizons is on the ballot under the best semiprozine category. We are honoured to receive your consideration - for the 11th year running! Thank you. [But one caveat. 🧵]

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I am not a design expert but I feel confident in saying this is Bad
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Gretchen McCulloch now at @gretchenmcc.bsky.social@GretchenAMcC
5 Jul 2023
A use of boustrophedon
Evan Bradley@yEvb0
4 Jul 2023
🌽🌽🌽🌽🌽 Preferred corn (on-the-cob) eating method: 🌽🌽🌽🌽🌽
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Dr Anton Howes
@antonhowes
4 Jul 2023
Historians! Does anyone have access to Vatican records that show who had an audience with the Pope on 12 April 1771 ??? My grandmother has fully translated a Grand Tour manuscript diary written in French by an English aristocrat - it’s the only way to identify the author!
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Valancourt Books@Valancourt_B
30 Jun 2023
The literary detective work we posted about yesterday got far more interest than anything we post about our books. Maybe we need to launch a spinoff business, like an escape room where we don't let you out until you've unraveled some complicated publishing rights situation.
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Pleasant update to previous RT!
Valancourt Books@Valancourt_B
3 Jul 2023
Thrilled to have signed worldwide rights to Margaret O'Donnell's THE BEEHIVE (1980), a book compared to Atwood's Handmaid's Tale, which came out some yrs later. If you'd like to keep up with this & other releases, please sign up for our email newsletter on the front of our site!
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