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Sarah Gunning, Ph.D.

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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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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 44m

This school year, many Texas districts are teaching from an elementary curriculum that features extensive content about the Christian faith, according to a New York Times analysis. More than 300 of the state’s roughly 1,200 districts signed up to use the lessons.

Inside the New Bible-Infused Texas English Curriculum

This school year, many Texas districts are teaching from an elementary curriculum that features extensive content about the Christian faith, according to a New York Times analysis.

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📄 @autokynephile.bsky.social · 1h

having a cat makes every day a challenge to take the strangest pics of the creature imaginable

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Brie ✿ @riebrie.fears.men · 2h

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 · 18h

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 · 21h

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.

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✬Communiggty Centric✬ @urbanaudacity.blacksky.app · 5h

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 · 16h

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 · 17h

nonetheless, I made a small cake 🍰

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SPOOKY Mistress Usili (Sage) 🏳️‍⚧️ @usili.bsky.social · 22h

... 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 · 17h

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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 · 18h

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

Tim Curry Isn’t Done Yet

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Tibor M. Kalman @kalmantibs.bsky.social · 22h

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 · 19h

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

Todd Jackson @tdjacks.bsky.social · 19h

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 · 19h

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 · 19h

obsessed w new planners

Sarah Gunning, Ph.D. @sgunning.bsky.social · 20h

it's dark and raining, so it is necessary

Sarah Gunning, Ph.D. @sgunning.bsky.social · 20h

6:05pm house shoes and pajama pants 👖

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The Paris Review @parisreview.bsky.social · 20h

“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 · 20h

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 · 20h

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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