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Timothy Oleksiak

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Associate professor of rhetoric and writing, food eater, and enthusiastic lover of music πŸ˜ƒ I very much follow to learn from folks. I would never claim to speak on behalf of any organization or group. My shares and thoughts are representative of a moment.

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The reviews used to justify this excluded nearly 97% of all studies from inclusion in their analysis. This is an absolutely obscene hatchet job by the NHS specifically created to eliminate access to hormones for trans youth.

09.03.2026 20:19 β€” πŸ‘ 1585    πŸ” 542    πŸ’¬ 20    πŸ“Œ 24

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09.03.2026 02:37 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

This could be dope. This could be horrible.

08.03.2026 23:30 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

That's right. Our display copies will officially be cheaper than a bottle of smart water at the #4C26 convention center Starbucks (plus you won't have to wait in a 20 minute line). Come and get em 8AM - 12PM!

07.03.2026 11:07 β€” πŸ‘ 11    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Pssssst hey graduate students at #4C26. We're going to be giving way what we don't sell to, well, YOU, so come by our booth before 12PM and pad out your research libraries. You know you'll need it for that lit review.

07.03.2026 11:01 β€” πŸ‘ 8    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 2

Our sponsored panel is THIS MORNING at 8:00! "Swipe, Speak, Survive: Queer/Trans Rhetorics of Navigation, Resistance, and Worldmaking" in Room 26 C #4C26!

06.03.2026 12:07 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1

Small but mighty crew: #Adequate contributors meet up at #4C26

06.03.2026 02:10 β€” πŸ‘ 10    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Displayed books on a table with Adequate among them

Displayed books on a table with Adequate among them

Y’all. 2008 was my first #CCCC and I didn’t think it was possible to see a book I had a hand in making among the available books in my field. So happy to see #Adequate in the wild #4C26

06.03.2026 02:09 β€” πŸ‘ 13    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

β€œI’m not going to restrain him” is literally what checks in that β€œchecks and balances” stuff is. The abdication of congressional power is as horrific as this administration.

03.03.2026 11:26 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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ProPublica Sues Education Department for Withholding Records About Discrimination in Schools Under Secretary Linda McMahon, the work of the Office for Civil Rights, which aims to protect students from discrimination, is cloaked in secrecy.

NEW: ProPublica has sued the Department of Education in federal court, accusing it of withholding public records about how it’s enforcing civil rights protections for millions of U.S. students.

02.03.2026 16:51 β€” πŸ‘ 1732    πŸ” 472    πŸ’¬ 24    πŸ“Œ 19

I'm on a podcast! And @timothyoleksiak.bsky.social too! Come listen to us promote Adequate: Rewriting the Logics of Success in Rhetoric and Composition. We're a fucking delight, if I do say so myself.

02.03.2026 16:52 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

For decades all major parties have blank-checked the USA military industrial complex. So much waste. So much denied. Remember always that budgets are values. They never aren’t.

02.03.2026 14:02 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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a woman is laying on a bed with her eyes closed and the word gurl written on her chest ALT: a woman is laying on a bed with her eyes closed and the word gurl written on her chest

Like straight up just bombed a dude out of existence. Because you ended a deal that β€” though not perfect β€” held it together in the Middle East.

And you make it worse?!

28.02.2026 23:59 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

When there are no consequences for the last bad thing, you'll get a next worse thing.

28.02.2026 14:00 β€” πŸ‘ 3130    πŸ” 953    πŸ’¬ 21    πŸ“Œ 29

This is a bad idea.

28.02.2026 20:45 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

If you oppose the attack on Iran, get ready for McFascist and his supporters to toggle between "This isn't a war" to avoid legal responsibility for atrocities and "We're at war!" so they can accuse us of treason.

1/2

28.02.2026 13:28 β€” πŸ‘ 10    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0
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Cover of The Lancet:

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27.02.2026 11:15 β€” πŸ‘ 8158    πŸ” 3442    πŸ’¬ 158    πŸ“Œ 220
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Insurer Agrees to Pay Millions for Failing to Fix Errors That Made It Harder for Customers to Get Mental Health Care EmblemHealth will compensate customers who paid out of pocket for mental health care because they couldn’t secure an appointment with a provider listed as being in-network. It also pledged to take add...

EmblemHealth agreed to pay a $2.5 million settlement for failing to fix errors in its provider directory.

The settlement comes after ProPublica's 2024 investigation that examined how these errors can limit patients’ access to mental health care.

26.02.2026 22:17 β€” πŸ‘ 381    πŸ” 102    πŸ’¬ 9    πŸ“Œ 3
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Summers To Resign From Teaching Appointments, Relinquish University Professorship Over Epstein Ties | News | The Harvard Crimson Former Harvard President Larry Summers will resign from his academic and faculty appointments at Harvard at the end of the academic year, relinquishing his University Professorship β€” Harvard’s highest...

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"Former Harvard President Larry Summers will resign from his academic and faculty appointments at Harvard at the end of the academic year, relinquishing his University Professorship β€” Harvard’s highest faculty distinction β€” and remaining on leave until that time"

25.02.2026 16:22 β€” πŸ‘ 2024    πŸ” 414    πŸ’¬ 44    πŸ“Œ 133

It makes me feel things. Things I’m not ashamed of feeling πŸ€ͺ😈

24.02.2026 15:22 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Egg is one of the best characters in this GoT world. This season is like what happens when you put a short story on tv.

24.02.2026 12:37 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Minneapolis isn't an especially sweary place but there are so many houses that have homemade "FUCK ICE" signs and I've had multiple conversations with parents about how we're okay with our kids using that word in this context because sometimes it IS okay to swear and this is one of those times.

24.02.2026 00:02 β€” πŸ‘ 4754    πŸ” 962    πŸ’¬ 55    πŸ“Œ 29
University Press of Colorado - CCCC26 The University Press of Colorado, including the Utah State University Press imprint, publishes forty to forty-five new titles each year, with the goal of facilitating communication among scholars and ...

Hey hey! Our #CCCC2026 virtual booth is now up and running! Check out our newest titles as well as ALL #writingstudies #teamrhetoric books, all at 40% off!

23.02.2026 17:43 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

This is on our dime and they lied about it.

23.02.2026 12:51 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I just love this

22.02.2026 05:05 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Disgusting.

18.02.2026 23:50 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Today's caucus member publication is "Studying Surveillance Through Hybrid Concealment Practices: A Queer Analysis of Digital Sex Work Safety Guides" by Rachael Jordan, as part of a Peitho cluster conversation edited by Morgan C. Banville and Gavin P. Johnson

wacclearinghouse.org/docs/peitho/...

17.02.2026 15:28 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1

I say we strive for 10 with hard stop at 15.

17.02.2026 04:41 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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β€œI Have Been Here Too Long”: Read Letters from the Children Detained at ICE’s Dilley Facility Hundreds of children are currently being held with their parents at an immigration detention center in Dilley, Texas. In letters and drawings, eight kids convey the pain of feeling trapped with no end...

ProPublica received eight handwritten letters from children who have been held at the detention center that 5-year-old Liam Conejo Ramos was recently released from.

We'll let their words speak for themselves.

16.02.2026 02:00 β€” πŸ‘ 3383    πŸ” 2032    πŸ’¬ 98    πŸ“Œ 123

I’m so proud of you πŸ₯Ή

16.02.2026 00:12 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0