Sarah Gunning, Ph.D.
@sgunning.bsky.social
Associate Professor of #techcomm and Director of M.S. Professional Writing & the Communicating Complex Information certificate @ Towson University, MD.
Loves: outside, plaid, wool, weird perfumes, gardening all the things, seeing new places, reggaeton
Loves: outside, plaid, wool, weird perfumes, gardening all the things, seeing new places, reggaeton
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it’s a good thing we don’t have socialized healthcare because otherwise we might have to endure untenable wait times for basic care. anyway the annual checkup I scheduled last July to take place in March has just been rescheduled to May
February 9, 2026 at 7:23 PM
it’s a good thing we don’t have socialized healthcare because otherwise we might have to endure untenable wait times for basic care. anyway the annual checkup I scheduled last July to take place in March has just been rescheduled to May
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“Collection of Handwritten Letters from Children in Detention Center” sounds like an exhibit in the Holocaust Museum.
1/ ProPublica collected handwritten letters in mid-January from children held at the Dilley Immigration Processing Center, the same facility where 5-year-old Liam Conejo Ramos was taken.
Hundreds of kids are still detained.
We’ll let the children’s words speak for themselves. 🧵
Hundreds of kids are still detained.
We’ll let the children’s words speak for themselves. 🧵
February 9, 2026 at 6:31 PM
“Collection of Handwritten Letters from Children in Detention Center” sounds like an exhibit in the Holocaust Museum.
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First shot: sugarcane
The backbone of Puerto Rico's agricultural economy since colonial times
Still used to make rum of course!
The backbone of Puerto Rico's agricultural economy since colonial times
Still used to make rum of course!
February 9, 2026 at 2:33 AM
First shot: sugarcane
The backbone of Puerto Rico's agricultural economy since colonial times
Still used to make rum of course!
The backbone of Puerto Rico's agricultural economy since colonial times
Still used to make rum of course!
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Benito is a threat b/c he makes art so alluring and enjoyable you want to understand everything about it and then you end up learning about sugar and slavery and colonialism and the Taínos and Hawaii and then you probably have some thoughts of your own, and that's why art is powerful and dangerous
February 9, 2026 at 1:38 AM
Benito is a threat b/c he makes art so alluring and enjoyable you want to understand everything about it and then you end up learning about sugar and slavery and colonialism and the Taínos and Hawaii and then you probably have some thoughts of your own, and that's why art is powerful and dangerous
All those Ice ads last night were gross
February 9, 2026 at 2:48 PM
All those Ice ads last night were gross
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Not at all surprised to learn that Bad Bunny has a historical adviser. His halftime show was a reminder that our history and culture are deeply intertwined with the rest of the western hemisphere. We should think of his performance as part of #America250. #SuperBowl
news.wisc.edu/pop-star-bad...
news.wisc.edu/pop-star-bad...
Pop star Bad Bunny needed a Puerto Rican history scholar. UW–Madison had just the one.
Bad Bunny collaborated with UW–Madison history professor Jorell Meléndez-Badillo on Puerto Rican narratives that accompany the new album “DeBÍ TiRAR MáS FOToS.”
news.wisc.edu
February 9, 2026 at 11:38 AM
Not at all surprised to learn that Bad Bunny has a historical adviser. His halftime show was a reminder that our history and culture are deeply intertwined with the rest of the western hemisphere. We should think of his performance as part of #America250. #SuperBowl
news.wisc.edu/pop-star-bad...
news.wisc.edu/pop-star-bad...
thou does not pick up-eth their prescriptions at CVS on a Sunday
February 8, 2026 at 5:59 PM
thou does not pick up-eth their prescriptions at CVS on a Sunday
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Well, it's Sunday. And that means it's time to shake things up with a little grown-up show and tell! So show us something neat and tell us about it! Something you made, something you did, something you're proud of. Friends, pets, family. Anything really! Go on, show us!
February 8, 2026 at 4:54 PM
Well, it's Sunday. And that means it's time to shake things up with a little grown-up show and tell! So show us something neat and tell us about it! Something you made, something you did, something you're proud of. Friends, pets, family. Anything really! Go on, show us!
TRA TRA BABY🎶
Happy Bad Bunny Super Bowl Half Time Show for all who celebrate!
February 8, 2026 at 2:24 PM
TRA TRA BABY🎶
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You don't necessarily need to say "image of" in your alt text for users to know it's an image. Screen readers will announce that it's an image. But it can help readers to specify if it's a hand-drawn image, Polaroid, infographic, screenshot, chart, map, diagram, or so on.
February 8, 2026 at 4:29 AM
You don't necessarily need to say "image of" in your alt text for users to know it's an image. Screen readers will announce that it's an image. But it can help readers to specify if it's a hand-drawn image, Polaroid, infographic, screenshot, chart, map, diagram, or so on.
Without naming your job, tell me something you say over and over again at work
"It's all about your audience. Be 2 steps ahead of them at all times and reduce their cognitive load!"
"It's all about your audience. Be 2 steps ahead of them at all times and reduce their cognitive load!"
Without naming your job, tell me something you say over and over again at work
"This paragraph needs a topic sentence."
"This paragraph needs a topic sentence."
Without naming your job, tell me something you say over and over again at work.
"Where are your citations?"
"Where are your citations?"
February 8, 2026 at 12:35 AM
Without naming your job, tell me something you say over and over again at work
"It's all about your audience. Be 2 steps ahead of them at all times and reduce their cognitive load!"
"It's all about your audience. Be 2 steps ahead of them at all times and reduce their cognitive load!"
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What if the president of the United States was responsible for one single thing
February 6, 2026 at 3:05 PM
What if the president of the United States was responsible for one single thing
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If you're trying to impress me with your vehicle, it better be a food truck.
February 7, 2026 at 3:26 PM
If you're trying to impress me with your vehicle, it better be a food truck.
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I'm trying to avoid ordering doordash, give me your best grill cheese ideas
February 7, 2026 at 12:07 AM
I'm trying to avoid ordering doordash, give me your best grill cheese ideas
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Admiring photos of my dog when he’s right next to me.
February 7, 2026 at 12:39 AM
Admiring photos of my dog when he’s right next to me.
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A barred spiral galaxy, observed with the Apache Point 2.5m Telescope in the SDSS survey.
It is at redshift 0.050 (lookback time 698.4 million years) with coordinates (212.79369, 0.57879).
38 volunteers classified this galaxy in Galaxy Zoo 2.
It is at redshift 0.050 (lookback time 698.4 million years) with coordinates (212.79369, 0.57879).
38 volunteers classified this galaxy in Galaxy Zoo 2.
February 7, 2026 at 3:31 PM
A barred spiral galaxy, observed with the Apache Point 2.5m Telescope in the SDSS survey.
It is at redshift 0.050 (lookback time 698.4 million years) with coordinates (212.79369, 0.57879).
38 volunteers classified this galaxy in Galaxy Zoo 2.
It is at redshift 0.050 (lookback time 698.4 million years) with coordinates (212.79369, 0.57879).
38 volunteers classified this galaxy in Galaxy Zoo 2.
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maybe I will make fresh pasta tonight. I would love to learn how to roll gnocchi, but it's never turned out well for me so far.
February 7, 2026 at 4:37 PM
maybe I will make fresh pasta tonight. I would love to learn how to roll gnocchi, but it's never turned out well for me so far.
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very charmed that in its eulogy to mass market paperbacks the NYT found an 18-year-old who uses the word "reckon" www.nytimes.com/2026/02/06/b...
February 6, 2026 at 3:44 PM
very charmed that in its eulogy to mass market paperbacks the NYT found an 18-year-old who uses the word "reckon" www.nytimes.com/2026/02/06/b...
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Today's frog is the upper Amazon tree frog.
February 7, 2026 at 11:25 AM
Today's frog is the upper Amazon tree frog.
9:24am: Wind has blown the door off my greenhouse
February 7, 2026 at 2:24 PM
9:24am: Wind has blown the door off my greenhouse
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A spiral galaxy, observed with the Apache Point 2.5m Telescope in the SDSS survey.
It is at redshift 0.018 (lookback time 257.3 million years) with coordinates (110.88849, 41.43490).
45 volunteers classified this galaxy in Galaxy Zoo 2.
It is at redshift 0.018 (lookback time 257.3 million years) with coordinates (110.88849, 41.43490).
45 volunteers classified this galaxy in Galaxy Zoo 2.
February 6, 2026 at 8:52 AM
A spiral galaxy, observed with the Apache Point 2.5m Telescope in the SDSS survey.
It is at redshift 0.018 (lookback time 257.3 million years) with coordinates (110.88849, 41.43490).
45 volunteers classified this galaxy in Galaxy Zoo 2.
It is at redshift 0.018 (lookback time 257.3 million years) with coordinates (110.88849, 41.43490).
45 volunteers classified this galaxy in Galaxy Zoo 2.
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Your Black History Moment
Not in The Epstein Files.
Not in The Epstein Files.
February 6, 2026 at 9:33 PM
Your Black History Moment
Not in The Epstein Files.
Not in The Epstein Files.