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Hannah Hopkins @hannahhopkins.bsky.social · 28d

Shoutout to @dustinedwards.bsky.social & co for everyone's favorite www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Infrastructural Storytelling: A Methodological Approach for Narrating Environmental (In)justice in Technical and Professional Communication

This article offers infrastructural storytelling as a methodological approach attuned to the emplaced dynamics of digital infrastructure. Countering the clean progress narratives of sustainability ...

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Hannah Hopkins @hannahhopkins.bsky.social · 28d

I look forward to talking about corporate tech sustainability reports with the undergrads every semester, but it's really just this bizarre image from Google's 2024 and 2025 reports that haunts me.

Starting today, he haunts a whole new class of tech writing students.

A worker with solar panels. He holds a tablet above which is projected a map of a housing development.

A worker with solar panels. He holds a tablet above which is projected an imagined "rooftop solar potential" dashboard.

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Hannah Hopkins @hannahhopkins.bsky.social · Sep 4

data center studies hive is the best hive ✨

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Tech Policy Press @techpolicypress.bsky.social · Jul 30

Current concerns about AI’s adverse climate impacts are largely confined to operational energy and water use by data centers. While these impacts are important, they represent only a fraction of the ways in which AI can influence climate outcomes, write Felippa Amanta and Charlie Wilson.

The Overlooked Climate Risks of Artificial Intelligence | TechPolicy.Press

Felippa Amanta and Charlie Wilson explore how AI contributes to climate risks beyond data centers.

www.techpolicy.press

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DWRL @dwrl.bsky.social · Jul 9

On Tuesday morning, DWRL ADs @hannahhopkins.bsky.social and @trentwintermeier.bsky.social led a workshop at the Seaholm Power Plant, which explored the scales required to investigate energy's contours and expose its capacities.

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Hannah Hopkins @hannahhopkins.bsky.social · Jul 4

AI, but for predicting the exact date and time you're going to get REALLY into Marconi Union

Hannah Hopkins @hannahhopkins.bsky.social · Apr 10

shhhhhh we can't handle more traffic on 400 !!

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Hannah Hopkins @hannahhopkins.bsky.social · Mar 31

AI, but for telling you which jobs are going to require you to switch from Gmail to Outlook

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Hannah Hopkins @hannahhopkins.bsky.social · Mar 17

Thank you, sweet Carolina! So grateful to be in this with you. xoxo

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Hannah Hopkins @hannahhopkins.bsky.social · Feb 12

Thank you so much, Caddie!

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Hannah Hopkins @hannahhopkins.bsky.social · Feb 12

Infrastructure gang for LIFE. Thanks, Dustin!

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Hannah Hopkins @hannahhopkins.bsky.social · Feb 11

My first solo-authored article is up now in RSQ! This piece was a dream to work on. I'm so humbled by the generosity of the RSQ reviewers and editors, and even more sure that my crackerjack home team of friends + colleagues is the best in the game. Check it out! bit.ly/hhopkinsrsq

A Sense of Direction: Rhetoric, Energy, and Infrastructure

This article argues for a sense of proprioception as a conceptual frame for how energy materializations tangle with digital infrastructure, suggesting terms through which rhetoricians might advance...

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Hannah Hopkins @hannahhopkins.bsky.social · Jan 9

AI, but for choosing a first day icebreaker that won’t mortify me or anyone else

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Hannah Hopkins @hannahhopkins.bsky.social · Jan 2

AI, but for predicting how and where I’ll mess up the lyrics when I sing in my car

Hannah Hopkins @hannahhopkins.bsky.social · Dec 31

I think what Little Women was missing was a rug plot.

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Hannah Hopkins @hannahhopkins.bsky.social · Dec 31

Is the Instagram targeted ads team… okay?

An ad for a rug. The text reads “I’m excited to introduce my newest collection with Ruggable. Enjoy war…” and then cuts off

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Hannah Hopkins @hannahhopkins.bsky.social · Dec 30

I line-dried my laundry today. It is December 29.

a cartoon of a staircase with the words something is quite wrong

Alt: Ms. Clavel from Madeline, running down the stairs. Saying “Something is not right, something is quite wrong, and so… I sing this song!”

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Hannah Hopkins @hannahhopkins.bsky.social · Dec 15

In the end, maybe the undeletable Microsoft Word section breaks are the friends we made along the way

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Hannah Hopkins @hannahhopkins.bsky.social · Dec 4

AI, but for predicting how often I’ll forget about the tea I just brewed (it’s every time, help)

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The Museum of English Rural Life (MERL) @themerl.bsky.social · Dec 2

WHO HOG

Friz(ombie!) @frizfrizzle.bsky.social · Nov 30

WHO HOG

Wallace, a gnome and Gromit wearing Christmas jumpers with HO on all of them. Wallace has a mug with W on it and Gromit has a mug with G on it, spelling WHO HOG.

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Hannah Hopkins @hannahhopkins.bsky.social · Nov 25

AI, but for telling me which journal’s online reading interface will make me the most enraged

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Sasha Costanza-Chock @schock.cc · Nov 25

The Oracle for Transfeminist Technologies is back in stock!

A perfect gift for anyone interested in radical imagination, transfeminism, design, play, ecological futures, etc

cc @codingrights.bsky.social

store.alliedmedia.org/products/the...

an artistic black and white illustration with decorative elements including octopus tentacles (with textured suction cups), hands, leaves, and flowers. In the center, there's text saying "it's here!" in purple/indigo text. At the bottom of the image is a black banner with white text reading "The Oracle for Transfeminist Technologies". The art style matches the oracle deck shown in the previous image, with similar botanical and tentacle motifs.

Then there's an animation of the cards in the deck bouncing around the screen.

The overall design has a symmetrical layout with the decorative elements framing the central announcement text. The illustration style is clean line art with detailed shading particularly visible in the leaves and tentacle textures.

This image shows a set of oracle or tarot-style cards and what appears to be an accompanying guidebook laid out on a wooden surface. The cards feature distinctive artistic designs in different colors:

A pink card labeled "OBJECTS"
Two identical purple cards labeled "VALUES"
A red card labeled "SITUATIONS"
A salmon/pink colored card that appears to be labeled "JOKER"
A turquoise blue card labeled "TERRITORIES"
There's also a white book or pamphlet titled "THE ORACLE FOR TRANSFEMINIST TECHNOLOGIES" with what appears to be a website listed below the title.

The cards feature black artistic illustrations including botanical elements, tentacle or spiral motifs, crystals, and abstract designs. The artwork style is consistent across all cards, using bold black illustrations against their colored backgrounds. The cards appear to be part of a specialized oracle deck focused on technological and social themes.

All of these items are photographed on what appears to be a light wooden table or surface with visible wood grain.

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Donnie Johnson Sackey @donniejsackey.bsky.social · Nov 24

I wasn't sure if anyone has done this yet, but I went ahead and created a starter pack for #TechCommSky for folks from #TechComm who are slowly but surely migrating to this space. It's not perfect or comprehensive. Please forgive me.

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