Doc Impossible
@impossiblephd.bsky.social
Thing explainer and #TeamRhetoric technical writing scholar who loves explaining trans science! Altersex trans lesbian. Opinions mine.
Don't crack eggs. Build nests.
I write Stained Glass Woman!
Stainedglasswoman.substack.com
Don't crack eggs. Build nests.
I write Stained Glass Woman!
Stainedglasswoman.substack.com
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Hi! I'm a technical writing professor with specializations in biomedical communication, page design, and trans stuff, and I do Thing Explainers on all that.
This is a thread of some of my bigger pieces, for anyone stumbling across my profile for the first time!
stainedglasswoman.substack.com
This is a thread of some of my bigger pieces, for anyone stumbling across my profile for the first time!
stainedglasswoman.substack.com
I believe in you, Emily. 💜🫂💜
January 14, 2026 at 1:34 AM
I believe in you, Emily. 💜🫂💜
Yesssss! Alesha is the best!
January 14, 2026 at 1:30 AM
Yesssss! Alesha is the best!
Because it's funny and whimsical and a joke that isn't for you.
January 13, 2026 at 5:41 PM
Because it's funny and whimsical and a joke that isn't for you.
Yes, for joy. Surviving peer review is an essential pre-publication part of the process.
January 13, 2026 at 4:11 PM
Yes, for joy. Surviving peer review is an essential pre-publication part of the process.
Back to school fit!
(Repost because bsky is being a butt for me today)
(Repost because bsky is being a butt for me today)
January 13, 2026 at 4:09 PM
Back to school fit!
(Repost because bsky is being a butt for me today)
(Repost because bsky is being a butt for me today)
Back to school fit!
(Repost because badly is being a butt for me today)
(Repost because badly is being a butt for me today)
January 13, 2026 at 4:09 PM
Back to school fit!
(Repost because badly is being a butt for me today)
(Repost because badly is being a butt for me today)
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The net economic impact of the 15 public universities in FY2024 was $44.9 billion - in other words, public universities add nearly $45 billion per year to the entire state economy that would not exist without the universities.
January 13, 2026 at 3:22 PM
The net economic impact of the 15 public universities in FY2024 was $44.9 billion - in other words, public universities add nearly $45 billion per year to the entire state economy that would not exist without the universities.
Agreed. That said, one of my private opinions about academia as a whole is that it has many rituals of social violence baked in and viciously defended, and which amount to little more than hazing with a cap and gown on.
January 13, 2026 at 4:03 PM
Agreed. That said, one of my private opinions about academia as a whole is that it has many rituals of social violence baked in and viciously defended, and which amount to little more than hazing with a cap and gown on.
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At some point I noticed how devastating, negative and mean ways people treat peer review. a teardown of something which doesn't live up to unseen standards. That's not helpful, that's discouraging
focus upon the positive. praise and point out specific things which worked best.
focus upon the positive. praise and point out specific things which worked best.
January 13, 2026 at 3:53 PM
At some point I noticed how devastating, negative and mean ways people treat peer review. a teardown of something which doesn't live up to unseen standards. That's not helpful, that's discouraging
focus upon the positive. praise and point out specific things which worked best.
focus upon the positive. praise and point out specific things which worked best.
There is. The typo was mine, not the original.
January 13, 2026 at 4:00 PM
There is. The typo was mine, not the original.
Seriously, 100%. Just tell them you got food poisoning. It happens to everyone from time to time.
January 13, 2026 at 11:32 AM
Seriously, 100%. Just tell them you got food poisoning. It happens to everyone from time to time.
They're a bunch of bimbo stickers. 💜
January 13, 2026 at 10:31 AM
They're a bunch of bimbo stickers. 💜
It means that you're using every civilian plane, boat, and car *of your own civilians* as a human shield. That you're okay with compelling your enemies to kill your civilians because they have no other choice.
You turn your people into meat shields forever.
To win one engagement.
Yeah.
*Yeah*.
You turn your people into meat shields forever.
To win one engagement.
Yeah.
*Yeah*.
January 13, 2026 at 3:03 AM
It means that you're using every civilian plane, boat, and car *of your own civilians* as a human shield. That you're okay with compelling your enemies to kill your civilians because they have no other choice.
You turn your people into meat shields forever.
To win one engagement.
Yeah.
*Yeah*.
You turn your people into meat shields forever.
To win one engagement.
Yeah.
*Yeah*.
I'm the daughter of two lieutenants colonel. If you're from a civvie family, you're not gonna get why this is so horrifying right away, so let me explain:
This trick only works once.
After which your enemies must assume that ALL civilian vehicles are actually combat equipment.
And they attack.
This trick only works once.
After which your enemies must assume that ALL civilian vehicles are actually combat equipment.
And they attack.
Breaking NYT:
The Pentagon used a secret aircraft painted to look like a civilian plane in its first boat attack, according to officials briefed on the matter.
The laws of armed conflict forbid combatants from feigning civilian status.
That is a war crime called "perfidy."
The Pentagon used a secret aircraft painted to look like a civilian plane in its first boat attack, according to officials briefed on the matter.
The laws of armed conflict forbid combatants from feigning civilian status.
That is a war crime called "perfidy."
U.S. Attacked Boat With Aircraft That Looked Like a Civilian Plane
www.nytimes.com
January 13, 2026 at 2:58 AM
I'm the daughter of two lieutenants colonel. If you're from a civvie family, you're not gonna get why this is so horrifying right away, so let me explain:
This trick only works once.
After which your enemies must assume that ALL civilian vehicles are actually combat equipment.
And they attack.
This trick only works once.
After which your enemies must assume that ALL civilian vehicles are actually combat equipment.
And they attack.
Please pass along my 🫂
January 13, 2026 at 2:46 AM
Please pass along my 🫂
Absolutely stunning!
January 13, 2026 at 2:45 AM
Absolutely stunning!
Proxies are dirt cheap, and so are computer printouts. $2 per high-quality print, and going down from there if you order more. 😉
January 13, 2026 at 12:59 AM
Proxies are dirt cheap, and so are computer printouts. $2 per high-quality print, and going down from there if you order more. 😉
Between the two of us, four very compelling arguments. 🤭
January 13, 2026 at 12:08 AM
Between the two of us, four very compelling arguments. 🤭
I guess there's one other thing I want to say about this:
For literally everything I've ever sent out to peer review before, the peer review process has been *brutal*. Cruel, even. People literally made up things about my work that weren't there, to attack.
Reading this was *profoundly* healing.
For literally everything I've ever sent out to peer review before, the peer review process has been *brutal*. Cruel, even. People literally made up things about my work that weren't there, to attack.
Reading this was *profoundly* healing.
The first peer review for my & my coauthor's book came back today. It begins with this:
"This manuscript is insightful, contains careful reflective analysis, and moves an undeserved area of inquiry forward by leaps and bounds. "
I am *sobbing*. There's lots to do, and great advice in it, but wow.
"This manuscript is insightful, contains careful reflective analysis, and moves an undeserved area of inquiry forward by leaps and bounds. "
I am *sobbing*. There's lots to do, and great advice in it, but wow.
January 12, 2026 at 11:53 PM
I guess there's one other thing I want to say about this:
For literally everything I've ever sent out to peer review before, the peer review process has been *brutal*. Cruel, even. People literally made up things about my work that weren't there, to attack.
Reading this was *profoundly* healing.
For literally everything I've ever sent out to peer review before, the peer review process has been *brutal*. Cruel, even. People literally made up things about my work that weren't there, to attack.
Reading this was *profoundly* healing.
Well, we'll see what the second reviewer says.
January 12, 2026 at 10:51 PM
Well, we'll see what the second reviewer says.
How can you say?! You haven't read it!
January 12, 2026 at 10:50 PM
How can you say?! You haven't read it!
My first Commander mill deck.
January 12, 2026 at 9:09 PM
My first Commander mill deck.
Yep, lol, apparently I couldn't see the typo through the tears.
January 12, 2026 at 9:08 PM
Yep, lol, apparently I couldn't see the typo through the tears.