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Ben Wetherbee βš“β„πŸ @wetherbeephd
Joined August 2010
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My article "Epideictic Priming amid COVID-19: Metonymy under the Microscope" -- which looks at the abstraction of disease through microbiological imagery -- is in this special issue. Jazzed to read the whole thing.
American Society for the History of Rhetoric@ASHRhetoric
3 Nov 2023
πŸŽ‰πŸŽ‰πŸŽ‰The special issue "Rhetoric in Motu" for the Journal of the History of Rhetoric is out online today! Check out the fantastic work from our contributors via the link below. What are you looking forward to reading? scholarlypublishingcollectiv… #TeamRhetoric
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O’Shea Jackson Jr
@OsheaJacksonJr
Jun 1
I saw it. Now you have to see it. His name is Samuel. And he…is a king.
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toe, lover (living)
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Matt Dowell@dowellml
Mar 9
A rude thing to say perhaps sitting here on sabbatical, but if teaching is one of the things in life that really satisfies a cognitive-social-emotional-collaborative need in life and you’ve done it for 39 straight semesters, there’s a real absence when not doing it.
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ArtButMakeItSports
@ArtButSports
Feb 22
Suprematism, by Nikolai Suetin, 1920-21, πŸ“Έ by @tiltoncreative
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The G.L.O.A.T.@LakeSuperior
Jan 26
Pro ice. Anti ICE.
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Northern Michigan Hockey
@NMUHockey
6 Dec 2025
THE STREAK ENDS TODAY! #NMUWildcats | #CCHAHockey | #NCAAHockey
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nba paint
@nba_paint
25 Nov 2025
Pistons this season.
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Bare minimum for holding a conversation: Gorgias, Hollow Knight, Octavia Butler, A Tribe Called Quest, the Oxford comma, and RoboCop.
That silly bourgeois tweet we're all making fun of

ALT That silly bourgeois tweet we're all making fun of
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Saying rhetoricky things tomorrow about two of my favorite writers at @ISHRhetoric 2025
Title slide for "The Human Depths: James Baldwin's Counterimage of Burkean Logology," with images of Kenneth Burke and James Baldwin

ALT Title slide for "The Human Depths: James Baldwin's Counterimage of Burkean Logology," with images of Kenneth Burke and James Baldwin

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Pov: You don't know what "pov" means
The Figen
@TheFigen_
15 Jul 2025
You find yourself in a museum.
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Pov: You're an old windmill in Sweden
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just wrote the phrase "crackling polysyndeton"
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please clap
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My most masculine quality is how much I love little collectible lighthouse figurines
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Typing out "University Press" every time in Chicago style almost physically hurts when I'm used to MLA's merciful shorthand of "UP"
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Nick Offerman
@Nick_Offerman
2 Jun 2025
Ron was best man at a gay wedding you dumb fuck. #HappyPride
Michael Flynn Jr
@realmflynnJR
1 Jun 2025
Good morning and Happy Sunday! No quotes today. Just wanted to post how I feel about β€œpride” month.
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Thanks, Google. No one wants this. (1775 is the correct answer.)
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Student eval comment from this term, lol
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Ryan M. Spaeder
@theaceofspaeder
3 May 2025
#Tigers Riley Greene is the first player in MLB history to hit multiple home runs in the 9th inning of a game.
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giardiniera in mac & cheese
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