If you're interested in academic discourse regarding interstellar travel, you should check out the I4S quarterly newsletter. It's free, and the digest is really worth checking out.
Their summary of the upcoming paper “Development of a Model Framework for Examining Language and Cultural Issues in Human Starfaring Civilizations” was really thought-provoking.
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I love it when something I learned in a previous edit comes in handy. I just queried the use of "poisonous" where "venomous" seemed more appropriate, which I had learned about years ago for another edit, and I may or may not have squeed when I spotted it this time.
FYI:
venomous = toxins are injected
poisonous = toxins are ingested
Bite, sting, or barb? Venomous.
Dangerous to eat or touch? Poisonous.
I updated my blog post "Efficiency Tools for Editing" to include two Word tricks I love: using New Window to see editing markup in one window and no markup in another simultaneously, and creating a custom editing tab in the Word ribbon! (Yes, this exclamation mark is warranted.)
While reviewing artwork for a children's picture book, I found inverted clothing patterns and limbs, missing background colors, perspective issues, thought bubbles that should be speech bubbles, errant lines, and layout problems.