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Sarah Gunning, Ph.D.

@sgunning.bsky.social

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Associate Professor of #techcomm and Director of M.S. Professional Writing at Towson University, Maryland. Loves: outside, plaid, wool, weird perfumes, gardening all the things, seeing new places

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Sarah Gunning, Ph.D. @sgunning.bsky.social · Jan 30

New article out! on nonprofit #grantwriters journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1...

How do nonprofit proposal writers learn their jobs? Results of a nationwide survey and interviews
preview of the PDF of the article

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Brie ✿ @riebrie.fears.men · 1h

Always thrift, always second buy, give away if you can! I just got donated a big box of baby girl clothes from a friend of a friend and I’m eternally grateful. 🥹

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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 16h

Nobel Prize given for showing the importance of investing in science for innovation and long-term economic growth. Basically the opposite of what the US is doing. 😭

Nature @nature.com · 19h

Joel Mokyr, Philippe Aghion and Pewter Howitt share economics prize for work that underlines the importance of investing in research and development.

go.nature.com/4hj9NNV

Economics Nobel prize won by researchers who showed how science boosts growth

Joel Mokyr, Philippe Aghion and Pewter Howitt share economics prize for work that underlines the importance of investing in research and development.

go.nature.com

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✬Communiggty Centric✬ @urbanaudacity.blacksky.app · 3h

I refuse to be beholden to notifications. I turned them all off, and I am simply never notified about anything.

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Sarah Gunning, Ph.D. @sgunning.bsky.social · 15h

I have tried the cutting-w-dental-floss thing and it didn't work well. does the cake have to be hot? This cake has a thin layer of toasted almond slices across the top, which complicates things.

Sarah Gunning, Ph.D. @sgunning.bsky.social · 15h

nonetheless, I made a small cake 🍰

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SPOOKY Mistress Usili (Sage) 🏳️‍⚧️ @usili.bsky.social · 20h

... christ, about 9% of the JPL workforce to be laid off.

www.reuters.com/business/wor...

NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory to lay off about 550 workers

NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory said on Monday it will cut nearly 550 jobs as part of a restructuring, not related to the current U.S. government shutdown.

www.reuters.com

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Sarah Gunning, Ph.D. @sgunning.bsky.social · 15h

sometimes you just think through the things you survived earlier in the day and are like 👀 smh

Sarah Gunning, Ph.D. @sgunning.bsky.social · 16h

the sound little cats make when they are sipping water. 🥲

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Sarah Gunning, Ph.D. @sgunning.bsky.social · 16h

ok I found one recipe that is pectin. I think I can handle this.

Sarah Gunning, Ph.D. @sgunning.bsky.social · 16h

oh goodness, a canning pan, tongs....idk if I can do this 👀

Sarah Gunning, Ph.D. @sgunning.bsky.social · 16h

folx either live in the past or they live in the future

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ayla computer @aylac.top · 1d

put your forehead on your cats forehead do that spiritual bonding

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Sarah Gunning, Ph.D. @sgunning.bsky.social · 17h

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/13/b...

Tim Curry Isn’t Done Yet

www.nytimes.com

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Tibor M. Kalman @kalmantibs.bsky.social · 20h

Gustav Klimt, Apple Tree I, c. 1912.
Oil on canvas.

🙏🏼🌍🕊️

📷 Painting and Fine Arts | Private Collection

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Cheryl Lynn Eaton @cheryllynneaton.bsky.social · 1d

This is going to be a great week! I am willing it into existence!

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Sarah Gunning, Ph.D. @sgunning.bsky.social · 17h

this was the DREAM I was talking about earlier today; ideal!

Todd Jackson @tdjacks.bsky.social · 17h

I got to use a 100-500mm lens for a couple of shots yesterday. So a moon pic for today’s post

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Kate Heartfield @kateheartfield.com · 17h

I'm working with six interview transcripts tonight, writing a non-fiction project, and it strikes me that interviewing is one of many ways that being a journalist has made me a bettter fiction writer. I can glance at any of these transcripts and identify the source by how they frame their thoughts.+

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Sarah Gunning, Ph.D. @sgunning.bsky.social · 18h

obsessed w new planners

Sarah Gunning, Ph.D. @sgunning.bsky.social · 18h

it's dark and raining, so it is necessary

Sarah Gunning, Ph.D. @sgunning.bsky.social · 18h

6:05pm house shoes and pajama pants 👖

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The Paris Review @parisreview.bsky.social · 18h

“You build a novel. You have to build it like a building so that it stays standing when you’re not in it.” —Rachel Cusk

buff.ly

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Sarah Gunning, Ph.D. @sgunning.bsky.social · 18h

Pinning things is still relaxing in 2025; why has the Pinterest icon gone away in so many online stores?

Sarah Gunning, Ph.D. @sgunning.bsky.social · 18h

someone on here mentioned making hot pepper jelly w their garden and another person mentioned making a PBJ with said jam, and I am now on a mission. I have red habaneros, purple buena mulata, and carnivale cayenne to pick.

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Roxane Gay @roxanegay.bsky.social · 19h

I would love for there to be a place where we could talk about student issues and it would be good faith engagement and people would safely assume you're not making fun of students or anything, just generally seeking guidance.

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Kat Arney @katarney.bsky.social · 1d

"News-flavoured content" is such a good way of putting this

Boo!-per Lund @cooperlund.online · 1d

I've been blaming memes for this, and I think it fits. A lot of the angriest people out there aren't actually consuming news, they're consuming news-flavored content, and the content is a funhouse mirror version of reality that they're mistaking for being real.

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