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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drafting something but feeling snarky re: the application approval from last year; def need to sit on it for a few days 😅
November 28, 2025 at 5:21 PM
drafting something but feeling snarky re: the application approval from last year; def need to sit on it for a few days 😅
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I don’t know if anyone else notices or cares, but when I see a presentation in which the speaker uses obviously generated-AI images to illustrate their slides, it makes me immediately less confident in whatever other content they’re presenting.
November 28, 2025 at 3:07 PM
I don’t know if anyone else notices or cares, but when I see a presentation in which the speaker uses obviously generated-AI images to illustrate their slides, it makes me immediately less confident in whatever other content they’re presenting.
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ROCK ‘N’ ROLL FRIDAY
November 28, 2025 at 2:00 PM
ROCK ‘N’ ROLL FRIDAY
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One of three Tawny Frogmouths I encountered on a short walk down the Darwin esplanade last night. They were rather chill, allowing me to get this photo with my phone.
#WildOz #UrbanBirds
#WildOz #UrbanBirds
November 26, 2025 at 9:35 PM
One of three Tawny Frogmouths I encountered on a short walk down the Darwin esplanade last night. They were rather chill, allowing me to get this photo with my phone.
#WildOz #UrbanBirds
#WildOz #UrbanBirds
have been watching #LoveIsland the past 10 hours straight, as one does on Thanksgiving
November 27, 2025 at 2:46 PM
have been watching #LoveIsland the past 10 hours straight, as one does on Thanksgiving
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Arizona is home to 5 species of free-tailed bats (family Molossidae) and we currently have 4 in care. They definitely look related but when they are all together you can really see their differences. They are all very mellow, gentle, and social bats. 🦇
#bats #arizona #wildanimals
#bats #arizona #wildanimals
November 26, 2025 at 8:04 PM
Arizona is home to 5 species of free-tailed bats (family Molossidae) and we currently have 4 in care. They definitely look related but when they are all together you can really see their differences. They are all very mellow, gentle, and social bats. 🦇
#bats #arizona #wildanimals
#bats #arizona #wildanimals
cannot believe it is Week 14 in the semester, and that next week is the last class.
November 25, 2025 at 9:02 PM
cannot believe it is Week 14 in the semester, and that next week is the last class.
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Tuesday afternoon before Thanksgiving ...
a cat wearing a blue shirt is sitting on a laptop computer
Alt: a cat wearing a blue shirt is sitting on a laptop computer typing quickly
media.tenor.com
November 25, 2025 at 6:43 PM
Tuesday afternoon before Thanksgiving ...
Louise Erdrich in the Feldbrook St. Little Free Library 🆒
November 25, 2025 at 8:20 PM
Louise Erdrich in the Feldbrook St. Little Free Library 🆒
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One of my favorite things is getting to tell friends who are new to NYC that the subway "stand clear of the closing doors please" voice is a trans woman named Bernie Wagenblast and she's amazing.
November 24, 2025 at 6:19 PM
One of my favorite things is getting to tell friends who are new to NYC that the subway "stand clear of the closing doors please" voice is a trans woman named Bernie Wagenblast and she's amazing.
Lots of people we know and love on this list! Congratulations to PRWR Professors Jeannie Vanasco & Elizabeth Evitts Dickinson and TU Reading Series author Karen Russell for appearing on this list of NPR's 2025 Books We Love:
November 25, 2025 at 6:22 PM
Lots of people we know and love on this list! Congratulations to PRWR Professors Jeannie Vanasco & Elizabeth Evitts Dickinson and TU Reading Series author Karen Russell for appearing on this list of NPR's 2025 Books We Love:
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A round of applause for the French is in order! 👏👏👏
November 24, 2025 at 6:56 PM
A round of applause for the French is in order! 👏👏👏
I have a lotta projects that aren't giving closure just yet, and I need some closure!📖
November 25, 2025 at 6:04 PM
I have a lotta projects that aren't giving closure just yet, and I need some closure!📖
Today's tasks:
☕uploading feedback on Teaching Philosophies to Bb
☕write 1 hour on a chapter
✅walk pups
☕meet with the GAs
☕2 portfolio reviews
☕write a LoR
☕outline proposal for a grant
☕review 5 honors college applications
☕uploading feedback on Teaching Philosophies to Bb
☕write 1 hour on a chapter
✅walk pups
☕meet with the GAs
☕2 portfolio reviews
☕write a LoR
☕outline proposal for a grant
☕review 5 honors college applications
November 25, 2025 at 5:46 PM
Today's tasks:
☕uploading feedback on Teaching Philosophies to Bb
☕write 1 hour on a chapter
✅walk pups
☕meet with the GAs
☕2 portfolio reviews
☕write a LoR
☕outline proposal for a grant
☕review 5 honors college applications
☕uploading feedback on Teaching Philosophies to Bb
☕write 1 hour on a chapter
✅walk pups
☕meet with the GAs
☕2 portfolio reviews
☕write a LoR
☕outline proposal for a grant
☕review 5 honors college applications
it's so nice how quiet email is this week of holidays.
📭
📭
November 25, 2025 at 5:01 PM
it's so nice how quiet email is this week of holidays.
📭
📭
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There is beauty everywhere but especially in autumn in Philadelphia! 😻
November 24, 2025 at 5:32 PM
There is beauty everywhere but especially in autumn in Philadelphia! 😻
is there THAT much difference in a 35L bag vs a 40L and also can I NOT buy a new bag for every trip I take?? My H will kill me
November 25, 2025 at 4:00 PM
is there THAT much difference in a 35L bag vs a 40L and also can I NOT buy a new bag for every trip I take?? My H will kill me
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The year I cookied Thanksgiving dinner instead of cooking Thanksgiving dinner.
November 24, 2025 at 3:42 PM
The year I cookied Thanksgiving dinner instead of cooking Thanksgiving dinner.
looking at gorgeous wallpaper and I see it's $170 a yard. A YARD
November 25, 2025 at 3:57 PM
looking at gorgeous wallpaper and I see it's $170 a yard. A YARD
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Two miles of ice core on the shelf at our national ice core facility in Lakewood, Colorado. The WAIS Divide core from West Antarctica is a 3400m long (deepest US core, 2nd deepest ice core ever) 68,000 year old record of high resolution climate.
November 24, 2025 at 5:03 PM
Two miles of ice core on the shelf at our national ice core facility in Lakewood, Colorado. The WAIS Divide core from West Antarctica is a 3400m long (deepest US core, 2nd deepest ice core ever) 68,000 year old record of high resolution climate.
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Just added a new “smooth mode” to Pro Color Harmonies.
@ryanfeigenbaum.com ’s carefully designed lightness/chroma boundaries created abrupt jumps when the input values shifted, so I added an optional interpolation layer that blends everything together more gently.
meodai.github.io/pro-color-ha...
@ryanfeigenbaum.com ’s carefully designed lightness/chroma boundaries created abrupt jumps when the input values shifted, so I added an optional interpolation layer that blends everything together more gently.
meodai.github.io/pro-color-ha...
November 25, 2025 at 10:27 AM
Just added a new “smooth mode” to Pro Color Harmonies.
@ryanfeigenbaum.com ’s carefully designed lightness/chroma boundaries created abrupt jumps when the input values shifted, so I added an optional interpolation layer that blends everything together more gently.
meodai.github.io/pro-color-ha...
@ryanfeigenbaum.com ’s carefully designed lightness/chroma boundaries created abrupt jumps when the input values shifted, so I added an optional interpolation layer that blends everything together more gently.
meodai.github.io/pro-color-ha...
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‘Tulip’ comes from the Turkish word ‘tülbent’ which means "turban."
The flower got its name from the resemblance of its overlapping petals to the folds of fabric in a turban.
The flower got its name from the resemblance of its overlapping petals to the folds of fabric in a turban.
November 25, 2025 at 2:52 PM
‘Tulip’ comes from the Turkish word ‘tülbent’ which means "turban."
The flower got its name from the resemblance of its overlapping petals to the folds of fabric in a turban.
The flower got its name from the resemblance of its overlapping petals to the folds of fabric in a turban.
gravy AND green bean casserole says the midwest girl
with charity and goodwill, i must here part ways with rolls.
November 24, 2025 at 10:59 PM
gravy AND green bean casserole says the midwest girl
it's nice cutting and pasting from drafts into The Final Version and seeing that you have 1,300 perfect words out of 6,000, YES
November 24, 2025 at 10:27 PM
it's nice cutting and pasting from drafts into The Final Version and seeing that you have 1,300 perfect words out of 6,000, YES
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You gotta ask yourself, why do they care about higher ed so much, given the lengths they go to trivialize and ridicule everything we do? I can only assume it's because what we do actually makes a difference.
Wealthy People Have Always Shaped Universities. This Time Is Different. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/24/u...
Wealthy People Have Always Shaped Universities. This Time Is Different.
www.nytimes.com
November 24, 2025 at 9:57 PM
You gotta ask yourself, why do they care about higher ed so much, given the lengths they go to trivialize and ridicule everything we do? I can only assume it's because what we do actually makes a difference.