Emily Gresbrink, Ph.D. ✨
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Emily Gresbrink, Ph.D. ✨
@emilygresb.bsky.social
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👩‍🏫: Asst Professor of Technical Communication, MSU Mankato
📕 : digital comm + risk/crisis + structured authoring + tech comm pedagogy
🧡: camping + memes + roller derby + dnd + pets
(Opinions solely mine)
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@mnrollerderby.bsky.social looking extra tough and ready to rumble this all stars season 💪🏻
A photo of Minnesota Roller Derby’s all star program. The skaters are in blue jerseys and the coaches are in black.
April 30, 2025 at 3:55 AM
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Was in NYC for 30 minutes and

1. Saw one rat
2. Found $20 in a puddle
3. Took a selfie for proof of life
4. Was verbally harassed to take an Uber by a strange man not in an Uber (Law and Order taught me not to)

Thanks Midtown for the rapid fire NYC experience! See you eventually.
A selfie of Emily in midtown Manhattan in front of Penn Station. It is rainy and cold.
April 12, 2025 at 8:08 PM
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Back to #4C25 next week! Find me in AA.12 on Thursday at 10:30, "The Darwin (Typing) Mixtape," where I will be talking about DITA, AI, and what happens when mixing the two together. Then Saturday, I'm sitting on the queer caucus panel with my boo @rachaeljay13.bsky.social and a few amazin' others!
a blue and purple graphic which says "2025 CCCC annual convention, Baltimore, April 9-12. Computer Love. I'm attending! NCTE, a Constituent Group of NCTE."
April 6, 2025 at 3:42 AM
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Five years ago, my stepson was eLearning as a first grader and dropped this absolute banger of a class post.
An eLearning post where a child describes himself as caring, kind, nice, helpful, smart, and dabbing. He is indeed dabbing in this image.
March 22, 2025 at 5:00 AM
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No thoughts, just Meatball 🍖
Meatball, a brindle mastiff pit mix, smiles at the camera with a curled paw
February 26, 2025 at 2:34 AM
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Went to a friend’s to pick up some old garage goods as part of her dad’s estate sale and grabbed this 1970s/ish operators manual (because #technicalcommunication) .

The power tools have no right being this precious 🥺
The front cover of a Sears craftsman power router manual. It is orange with white text and images. The inner page of an operators manual for power tools. It is two column in format. One graphic shows a drill with a smiley face. The other shows a power router looking very concerned with the text, “never when dull” underneath.
February 17, 2025 at 12:01 AM
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My dad yesterday when he found out I have a cricut (I am the favorite child again)
Close-up of a ginger cat with a heart emoji in its eyes
February 15, 2025 at 6:06 PM
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Oh, btw: I got married today.

8 years of a consistent, trusting, and deeply fun life and love? It was definitely time to make it legal. We will have a big ol’ party soon enough.

Happy Valentines Day ❤️
A picture of a white femme person in a dress embracing a white masc person in a suit. They are both joyful.
February 15, 2025 at 6:00 AM
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My perfect angel baby coworker of the day 🥺
Luna, Emily’s pocket pittie, looking very sad and pathetic. She is is neither. Emily just has a cheese stick off camera.
February 1, 2025 at 1:52 AM
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Leaving at 8:08a - okay bye Waylon, see you in a little bit, don’t do anything foolish while I’m out teaching

Waylon at 8:38a - Alexa play Break Stuff by Limp Bizkit
A picture of Emily kenneling Waylon before they leave for work Waylon on top of the coffee table absolutely doing something foolish
January 27, 2025 at 11:02 PM
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Without downloading any new pics, where are you mentally?
A grey Maine coon cat in a blue and black cat condo. She looks grumpy and bothered with squinty eyes and one paw slightly raised.
January 26, 2025 at 5:43 AM
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If you’re still on Tw1tter, gimme a good reason why …. I’ll wait.
I’m not gonna alt text n4zi content
January 24, 2025 at 6:05 AM
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Today’s subzero temp plans 💤
A picture of Emily rotting on a brown couch under a big buffalo check blanket. Their dog Waylon’s head can be seen popping up.
January 19, 2025 at 10:01 PM
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I’m not watching the inauguration anyways, but if I’m being honest…it’s not gonna be that cold on Monday. I checked D.C. against my hometown of Saint Paul, MN and it’s gonna be balmy in D.C.
Screenshot of the weather in Washington DC for the next five days Screenshot of the weather in Saint Paul, Minnesota for the next five days
January 18, 2025 at 4:27 PM
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Me before I ate that nacho chips and cheese lunchable full of salt and flavor
SpongeBob SquarePants passed out on the floor in a spotlight
January 16, 2025 at 12:47 AM
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RN at my primary care appointment this morning: Emily, do you feel ill this morning? Did you drink water today?

Me: I feel fine but no, no water. Why?

Also me:
A picture of a blood pressure machine. The reading is 90/63. User is clearly dehydrated and dumb about it.
January 15, 2025 at 11:09 PM
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My big self-care act of the week was getting a lash lift and tint. I found a wonderful esthetician in a local queer job posting group (can’t recommend those enough for small bizzes btw) and now I’m feeling like this powerpuff girls moment.
A screenshot of the 1990s cartoon the Powerpuff Girls. The three girls have their eyes closed and are looking extra cute with long eyelashes.
January 11, 2025 at 7:32 AM
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She is just perfect 1000/10
My dog, Luna, looking smirky and content while getting a head scratch. She is a medium size brown and white staffie mix.
January 5, 2025 at 7:02 AM
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One dog loves Wicked (2024) and one dog is terrified of it 💀
Waylon (brindle and white TWC) is splooted on the couch while Wicked plays in the background. Meatball (brindle mastiff mix) is looking concerned on the couch while Wicked plays in the background.
December 31, 2024 at 10:44 PM
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The one bumper sticker that will never come off my car
A yellow diamond sticker made to look like a safety sign. It says Taco Bell wrappers on board in block letters.
November 27, 2024 at 10:02 PM
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I had this on my car for a long time and was honked at daily. The honking got old, but I stand by it.
A bumper sticker with pastel tie die and white font. It says “Honk if you don’t understand NFTs.” It is made by The Funnel Cake Tree.
November 27, 2024 at 9:59 PM
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🚨 he came back! 🚨
Murphy has arrived!! A brown tabby with a white ascot and a flat affect. He has paws that look like ankle socks.
November 25, 2024 at 1:29 AM
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Oh yeah and then there’s this demon (friends and foes familiar with my lore will know this is my cat! I lovingly rehomed her to my dad after she repeatedly beat up my smallest dog for months on end. Everyone is much happier now!)
An image of a gray and white cat in a tan cat tree. The cat stairs at the camera ominously.
November 25, 2024 at 12:04 AM
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I am cat-sitting for my parents while they are on a cruise in Europe; this is the second time I’ve seen this cat in the open in 5 years. Shy king!
A picture of a hallway with beige carpet. In the door frame is the rear haunch of a tubby brown cat. He has white paws.
November 24, 2024 at 11:14 PM
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I love the Domingoverse so much
A screenshot of Marcello Hernandez from SNL, dressed as Domingo, with Sabrina Carpenter (in a red bustier). The highlighted comment from actor Mariska Hargitay says “Hot Domingo”
November 19, 2024 at 3:18 AM