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Technical Communication & Social Justice Journal @techcommsj.bsky.social · 09/04/2026

Today, we’re spotlighting @alexslotkin.bsky.social and April O’Brien’s article, "Situating Public Memory as a Keyword in Technical and Professional Communication.” They make a case for bringing public memory and TPC together as a tool to further social impact. 1/2

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Alexander Slotkin @alexslotkin.bsky.social · 22/03/2026

From the editor (abbrev): Slotkin blends family history with an analysis of Jewish Rhetorics scholarship to call for diversifying our understanding of Judaism to include the perspectives of Mizrahi (Middle Eastern & North African) Jews. He weaves family photographs, his grandmother’s ghost tales…🧵

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Alexander Slotkin @alexslotkin.bsky.social · 16/02/2026

I’m grateful to share my new article, “Constellating Jewish Rhetorics: A Call for New Directions from an Iraqi Jew,” published in Constellations: a cultural rhetorics publishing space. This was the easiest and hardest piece I’ve ever written. 🧵 #culturalrhetorics #Jewishrhetorics

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Alexander Slotkin @alexslotkin.bsky.social · 09/05/2025

Grateful to be included in this collection alongside so many brilliant scholars—what a great end to the semester! ☺️ #teamrhetoric #tpc #techcomm

A photo of my chapter: “Illegibility as a Pedagogical Strategy in Technical and Professional Communication”

A photo of the cover of “The Routledge Handbook of Social Justice in Technical and Professional Communication”

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Alexander Slotkin @alexslotkin.bsky.social · 12/04/2025

#4c25 was incredibly fun; I got to learn from brilliant people, catch up with folx I don’t see often enough, and get to do a little sightseeing (cherry blossoms and Poe’s grave!). Dm me if we didn’t get to connect this time around—always happy to talk on Zoom or whatever!

An engraving of Poe’s head on his grave marker

Poe/raven - inspired public iconography.

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Alexander Slotkin @alexslotkin.bsky.social · 09/04/2025

Getting into Baltimore today for #4C25. Besides Poe’s grave, what else do I need to see?

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Alexander Slotkin @alexslotkin.bsky.social · 28/01/2025

How do ya’ll keep up with so many social media accounts? I feel like if I pay attention to one I forget the others 😔

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Alexander Slotkin @alexslotkin.bsky.social · 11/01/2025

A few days late, but the first meeting for my Intro. to Cultural Rhetorics seminar (the first grad class I’m teaching) went well! The best part? Just how quickly students were able to connect the content to their own identities and positionalities, and their openness to share that with me.

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Alexander Slotkin @alexslotkin.bsky.social · 11/01/2025

What are the odds that TikTok won’t be banned? Feels like I’m losing Vine all over again 😢

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Alexander Slotkin @alexslotkin.bsky.social · 25/12/2024

Happy Christmas and Merry Chanukkah…or Merry Christmas and Happy Chanukkah! 🎄🕎

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Alexander Slotkin @alexslotkin.bsky.social · 24/12/2024

The bigger thing for me is thinking about how many people COULDN’T get away with this. I have a feeling that if he were a woman of color for example, no one would have defended it.

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Jennifer LeMesurier @rhetorologist.bsky.social · 23/12/2024

Let me guess. He won't be charged with terrorism...

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Starbucks Workers United @sbworkersunited.org · 24/12/2024

More than 300 Starbucks stores and 5000 BARISTAS are on an unfair labor practice strike today! This is the largest ULP strike EVER in Starbucks’ history. ❌📝NO CONTRACT NO COFFEE❌☕️

SBWU baristas in Arizona on ULP strike, holding picket signs that say no contract, no coffee!

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🌈Dr. Frizzle @swilua.bsky.social · 30/11/2024

every family tree has queer branches, leaves, roots whatever the family you know is like, there are people who came before you who were like you & they will whisper to you, carry you they lived through turbulence too reach for the sky, burrow to the earth, breathe the words of the tree of life

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Pulp Librarian @pulplibrarian.bsky.social · 17/11/2024

To be fair, this is how I dance nowadays...

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onion person @junlper.beer · 18/11/2024

lmfao

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Alexander Slotkin @alexslotkin.bsky.social · 10/11/2024

Haven’t posted here in a long time. Is there where we’re all migrating?

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Alexander Slotkin @alexslotkin.bsky.social · 05/01/2024

Hey ya'll, it's my birthday! Feel free to share something nice with me here (e.g., something cool you did or read, a piece of good news, well-wishes, curses, etc.)

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Alexander Slotkin @alexslotkin.bsky.social · 01/01/2024

Printed in 1869, these two were rescued from a house fire; if you flip through the pages, you can actually still smell the smoke! 🔥 There’s an entry for each day. And seeing that it’s the start of the new year, I thought I’d share a couple of pages for Jan. 1st. ❄️

A page for January, with January personified as an old man

A page for the first of January, discussing what historical figures who born on January 1

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Alexander Slotkin @alexslotkin.bsky.social · 25/12/2023

Celebrating Christmas the only way I know how: with Chinese food and a movie

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Alexander Slotkin @alexslotkin.bsky.social · 08/12/2023

A late Chanukah Sameach (Happy Chanukah) from the Slotkins! 🕎

A menorah lit for the first night of Chanukah.

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Jon Ippolito @jonippolito.net · 16/11/2023

Harvard's metaLab has launched aipedagogy.org , chock full of tasty assignments by trailblazers of generative AI in the classroom like @annamillsoer.bsky.social. (My own "AI Sandwich" is also on the menu.) I've already stolen Juliana Castro's "Illustrate a Hoax" for my own class! [🐘 repost]

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Alexander Slotkin @alexslotkin.bsky.social · 17/11/2023

It has been dark, cloudy, and raining nonstop since Monday. You can’t charge anything solar, and I’ve had to pull in some of my plants so they don’t drown. Is this the new normal?

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Alexander Slotkin @alexslotkin.bsky.social · 08/11/2023

Check out my interview with Klal Rhetorica, the group for “all things Jewish rhetorics!” I talk a bit about my work, the group, and what I hope Jewish rhetorics can become 😊 docs.google.com/document/d/1...

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Alexander Slotkin @alexslotkin.bsky.social · 02/11/2023

I don't really talk about it any more, but I used to write fiction. In honor of Tuesday’s All Hallows Eve, here's a reprint of the first story I published (the original journal went defunct, and now this one will be too ...I had nothing to do with it!): www.scarletleafreview.com/short-storie...

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Dr Rehaminator's Monster Cock @drrehaminator.bsky.social · 29/10/2023

I didn't even know that this was a feature. Now that I know, I've turned it on. You all should turn it on as well!

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Alexander Slotkin @alexslotkin.bsky.social · 27/10/2023

Remember, Confederate statues need to be destroyed rather than preserved in order to chip away at white supremacy in our communities. See my article in JOMR 👇 journalofmultimodalrhetorics.com/6-1-issue-slot…

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🎃 Zack o' Lantern 🎃 @zackdavisson.com · 25/10/2023

Skull Woman - Hiroshi Hirakawa

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Alexander Slotkin @alexslotkin.bsky.social · 21/10/2023

Crayon on print just looks BEAUTIFUL!

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Accessibility Awareness @a11yawareness.bsky.social · 18/10/2023

Hyperlink text should make sense when read out of context. Screen reader users can navigate from link to link, and can listen to links in a list. When navigating this way, only the link is read. So "click here" or "read more" won't make sense.

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Roxane Gay @roxanegay.bsky.social · 18/10/2023

I do like it here. I hope more people come over.

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Garth Marenghi's Catbus @catbus.phd · 10/10/2023

tfw a specter is haunting Europe

person in classic 'cut two holes in a sheet' ghost costume, but the sheet is red with a hammer and sickle on the front

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jess rauchberg @jessrauchberg.bsky.social · 25/09/2023

With every friendship, shout out, and collaboration we become more powerful 🫶🏻

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Le Ca-ghoul @lecagle.bsky.social · 22/09/2023

Fuck YEAH we are!!! also, og's know the flu shots are where this all started so GET IT ALEX

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Alexander Slotkin @alexslotkin.bsky.social · 22/09/2023

@lecagle.bsky.social Are we doing vaccine announcements on bsky? I'm not eligible to get my COVID booster yet, but I DID get my flu shot yesterday.

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Alexander Slotkin @alexslotkin.bsky.social · 15/09/2023

Shana Tova! 🎉 For those who don’t know, tonight starts the Jewish new year. Typically, we eat something sweet (apples dipped in honey or date syrup) to kick off the new year right. So if you've never had the pure joy of dipping apples in honey or date syrup, go ahead and treat yourself!

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Alexander Slotkin @alexslotkin.bsky.social · 14/09/2023

It's only the start of the semester, and yet I somehow have to hike up mount grade-more once again...

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Jay 🦋 @jay.bsky.team · 12/09/2023

And this concludes our social experiment. Thank you for your participation.

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Alexander Slotkin @alexslotkin.bsky.social · 03/09/2023

Idk about ya’ll, but I think universities should give us coffee budgets ☕️

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Alexander Slotkin @alexslotkin.bsky.social · 29/08/2023

First (of many) job applications submitted! 🎉

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Alexander Slotkin @alexslotkin.bsky.social · 29/08/2023

Bottled water is completely sold out at my supermarket because of Idalia. I'm not surprised (and didn't need more water), but I am always disappointed by how quickly it goes. It's a basic need, even if there are work arounds; everyone should have it if they'd like.

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Jess Zimmerman @jesszimmerman.com · 22/08/2023

Alt text is an important accessibility feature but if that’s not enough for you please consider that it’s a great opportunity for more jokes

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