Colleen Barry

What people think goes on in a copy editor’s brain all day: “I love the Oxford comma and hate splitting infinitives!” What is actually happening in my brain all day: *endlessly overthinking prepositions*

If you’re ditching Twitter for Blue Sky, look me up! I’ve been hanging out there since last summer. bsky.app/profile/copycu…

@northboundlane Nice!

@H_E_Saunders and I won autographed Goosebumpses at the #ACES2024 silent auction!

OK #ACES2024, I’m late but I’m here! If you see me, come say hi!

@cococoyote Ha!

@MerriamWebster Borborygmus

Happy Valentine's Day! We're feeling the love and want to give away a couple of these. All you have to do is reply with a word you absolutely love to say out loud.

@ACESEditors Did the conference hotel already book up? I just tried to find a room and the hotel site is telling me that the rate isn’t available for the conference dates.

As of today, you no longer need an invite code to use BlueSky! I’ve been hanging out over there and I enjoy it; it’s a lot like 10-years-ago Twitter. Check it out! bsky.social/about/ techcrunch.com/2024/02/06/blu…

@baylorgrad Sent!

@CopyCurmudgeon Yes, please!

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

@MaxxTheLycanroc Can I DM you?

@CopyCurmudgeon I would like one

@gintautasd Aaayyy, congrats!

📣📣📣

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.”

@printeralia Sent!

@CopyCurmudgeon I want to press buttons!

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.

@_schem Congrats, Emily!

🥁 in some personal news! thrilled to be joining @politico today, where i'll be working with their very talented visuals team as an editorial art director and designer for the next several months!

@joshua_eaton Oh yeah, “let it ring twice and then hang up and get your quarter back” meant “pick me up from the mall.”

@editwithemily Ugh, I’m so sorry.

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.