Sherry Howard
@showard477.bsky.social
community college humanities/humanity educator (and West Virginian lost in Ohio)
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One thing that comes through awfully clearly in these ICE videos is how many of these goons gravitated toward the job because being able to assault people with impunity is a big thrill for them.
October 3, 2025 at 9:44 PM
One thing that comes through awfully clearly in these ICE videos is how many of these goons gravitated toward the job because being able to assault people with impunity is a big thrill for them.
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I realize many people don’t quite get that not every single professor in every single university teaches computer science and might actually be trained in and invested in teaching other things, like let’s say, history? Or poetry.
Or sociology.
It is not our job to teach students how to use AI.
Or sociology.
It is not our job to teach students how to use AI.
If you don’t teach your students how to use AI, you’re doing them a huge disservice because they won’t have jobs in the future.
September 28, 2025 at 11:25 AM
I realize many people don’t quite get that not every single professor in every single university teaches computer science and might actually be trained in and invested in teaching other things, like let’s say, history? Or poetry.
Or sociology.
It is not our job to teach students how to use AI.
Or sociology.
It is not our job to teach students how to use AI.
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Vague, open-ended designations of "terrorism" are a signature of authoritarian regimes. Antifa isn't a group but the label can be attached to whomever the regime disfavors.
September 18, 2025 at 1:35 AM
Vague, open-ended designations of "terrorism" are a signature of authoritarian regimes. Antifa isn't a group but the label can be attached to whomever the regime disfavors.
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The point of college is not to enter with a set of beliefs and stick to them, defending them in debates.
Students learn to question received wisdom, understand multiple perspectives, and value evidence, guided by expertise.
In fact, that's what many attacking higher ed actually object to.
Thread.
Students learn to question received wisdom, understand multiple perspectives, and value evidence, guided by expertise.
In fact, that's what many attacking higher ed actually object to.
Thread.
The right sets the terms of our political discourse in so many ways, one of which is the idea that there isn't enough "debate" and "free speech" on campus.
We need to push back on this. The truth is (speaking for myself as a history prof), I don't really emphasize debate much in my classes/
We need to push back on this. The truth is (speaking for myself as a history prof), I don't really emphasize debate much in my classes/
September 13, 2025 at 2:58 PM
The point of college is not to enter with a set of beliefs and stick to them, defending them in debates.
Students learn to question received wisdom, understand multiple perspectives, and value evidence, guided by expertise.
In fact, that's what many attacking higher ed actually object to.
Thread.
Students learn to question received wisdom, understand multiple perspectives, and value evidence, guided by expertise.
In fact, that's what many attacking higher ed actually object to.
Thread.
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If a single semester at Utah State could turn a kid from a conservative background into a wild eyed leftist, pretty sure we’d see armies of revolutionaries graduating after four full years at universities across the nation.
September 12, 2025 at 11:00 PM
If a single semester at Utah State could turn a kid from a conservative background into a wild eyed leftist, pretty sure we’d see armies of revolutionaries graduating after four full years at universities across the nation.
Voices from the Fields—a Substack from the amazing Katie Frey, a writer, mom, and leader who refuses to let MAGA cruelty become the norm for her children or her community
Hope? It's for the Birds
You Fielded A Question. A Humanidemocratiliberaprogressarian Shares An Answer.
open.substack.com
August 22, 2025 at 10:52 PM
Voices from the Fields—a Substack from the amazing Katie Frey, a writer, mom, and leader who refuses to let MAGA cruelty become the norm for her children or her community
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1977: why would the bartender in star wars even care if some robots with artificial intelligence came into his bar
2025: ohhh ok
2025: ohhh ok
July 9, 2025 at 2:12 AM
1977: why would the bartender in star wars even care if some robots with artificial intelligence came into his bar
2025: ohhh ok
2025: ohhh ok
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i feel like the entire media is the kid who doesn't read the syllabus, but the syllabus is the constitution
THE WAR POWER IS IN ARTICLE I
THE WAR POWER IS IN ARTICLE I
THE WAR POWER IS IN ARTICLE I
THE WAR POWER IS IN ARTICLE I
THE WAR POWER IS IN ARTICLE I
June 18, 2025 at 12:54 PM
i feel like the entire media is the kid who doesn't read the syllabus, but the syllabus is the constitution
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A federal officer cannot be “doxxed.” The public has a right to know who is operating in our government, especially if they have the power to imprison someone.
Acting ICE Director Todd Lyons: "If you look before January 20, and even after January 20, the men & women of ICE did not have to have masks on their face. Me personally, I don't want those officers having to wear masks bc it's hot, it's dangerous. But ICE agents are being doxxed at a horrible rate"
June 23, 2025 at 2:41 PM
A federal officer cannot be “doxxed.” The public has a right to know who is operating in our government, especially if they have the power to imprison someone.
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1/2 Marker of our times:
Public discuss has normalized idea that whatever is churning around in Trump's mind can, *w no restraint or involvement from anyone else,* plunge world into recession ("my tariffs") or major war (Iran)
And that he'll make "reveal" of his whim something like 'Survivor.'
Public discuss has normalized idea that whatever is churning around in Trump's mind can, *w no restraint or involvement from anyone else,* plunge world into recession ("my tariffs") or major war (Iran)
And that he'll make "reveal" of his whim something like 'Survivor.'
June 21, 2025 at 6:45 PM
1/2 Marker of our times:
Public discuss has normalized idea that whatever is churning around in Trump's mind can, *w no restraint or involvement from anyone else,* plunge world into recession ("my tariffs") or major war (Iran)
And that he'll make "reveal" of his whim something like 'Survivor.'
Public discuss has normalized idea that whatever is churning around in Trump's mind can, *w no restraint or involvement from anyone else,* plunge world into recession ("my tariffs") or major war (Iran)
And that he'll make "reveal" of his whim something like 'Survivor.'
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New research from MIT found that those who used ChatGPT can’t remember any of the content of their essays.
Key takeaway: the product doesn’t suffer, but the process does. And when it comes to essays, the process *is* how they learn.
arxiv.org/pdf/2506.088...
Key takeaway: the product doesn’t suffer, but the process does. And when it comes to essays, the process *is* how they learn.
arxiv.org/pdf/2506.088...
June 18, 2025 at 7:32 AM
New research from MIT found that those who used ChatGPT can’t remember any of the content of their essays.
Key takeaway: the product doesn’t suffer, but the process does. And when it comes to essays, the process *is* how they learn.
arxiv.org/pdf/2506.088...
Key takeaway: the product doesn’t suffer, but the process does. And when it comes to essays, the process *is* how they learn.
arxiv.org/pdf/2506.088...
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This is an obvious point, but cannot overstated. There is an enormous difference between deporting someone - where they get off a plane as a free citizen in their home country AND FUNNELING THEM INTO A BRUTAL PRISON FROM WHICH THEY HAVE NO CHANCE OF EVER EMERGING!!!
April 18, 2025 at 11:08 PM
This is an obvious point, but cannot overstated. There is an enormous difference between deporting someone - where they get off a plane as a free citizen in their home country AND FUNNELING THEM INTO A BRUTAL PRISON FROM WHICH THEY HAVE NO CHANCE OF EVER EMERGING!!!
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This “genius” genuinely believes that healthcare budget analysts can simply be reassigned to making toasters.
April 12, 2025 at 6:02 PM
This “genius” genuinely believes that healthcare budget analysts can simply be reassigned to making toasters.
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Why? Because if Trump can legally say “We can’t bring him home” without having to prove it, that means he doesn’t have to bring anyone home. And if he doesn’t have to bring anyone home, he can send anyone there forever. END/
April 12, 2025 at 4:15 PM
Why? Because if Trump can legally say “We can’t bring him home” without having to prove it, that means he doesn’t have to bring anyone home. And if he doesn’t have to bring anyone home, he can send anyone there forever. END/
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this guy should call his senator tbh
While markets plunge and retirement accounts reel from Trump’s tariffs:
Elon and DOGE are taking a blowtorch to Social Security
They shut down local offices
They shut down phone services
They shut down website services
And now they’re proposing another round of mass layoffs
Elon and DOGE are taking a blowtorch to Social Security
They shut down local offices
They shut down phone services
They shut down website services
And now they’re proposing another round of mass layoffs
April 8, 2025 at 12:31 AM
this guy should call his senator tbh
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This is really unfair to everyone who just voted for him for the racism.
April 7, 2025 at 12:18 AM
This is really unfair to everyone who just voted for him for the racism.
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These are the same people that were willing to let their grandparents die so they could eat at Arby's again without a mask
April 3, 2025 at 7:48 PM
These are the same people that were willing to let their grandparents die so they could eat at Arby's again without a mask
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Those trying to understand the tariffs as economic policy are dangerously naive.
No, the tariffs are a tool to collapse our democracy. A means to compel loyalty from every business that will need to petition Trump for relief.
1/ A 🧵 to explain his plan and how we fight back.
No, the tariffs are a tool to collapse our democracy. A means to compel loyalty from every business that will need to petition Trump for relief.
1/ A 🧵 to explain his plan and how we fight back.
April 3, 2025 at 3:29 AM
Those trying to understand the tariffs as economic policy are dangerously naive.
No, the tariffs are a tool to collapse our democracy. A means to compel loyalty from every business that will need to petition Trump for relief.
1/ A 🧵 to explain his plan and how we fight back.
No, the tariffs are a tool to collapse our democracy. A means to compel loyalty from every business that will need to petition Trump for relief.
1/ A 🧵 to explain his plan and how we fight back.
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trump: I’m going to protect women
women: no thank you
trump: I’m gonna do it
women: please don’t
trump: I have kicked those 7 trans girls off the jv volleyball team
women: what
trump: and brought back andrew tate
women: why
trump: YOU’RE WELCOME WOMEN also you can’t vote anymore
women: no thank you
trump: I’m gonna do it
women: please don’t
trump: I have kicked those 7 trans girls off the jv volleyball team
women: what
trump: and brought back andrew tate
women: why
trump: YOU’RE WELCOME WOMEN also you can’t vote anymore
February 27, 2025 at 5:06 PM
trump: I’m going to protect women
women: no thank you
trump: I’m gonna do it
women: please don’t
trump: I have kicked those 7 trans girls off the jv volleyball team
women: what
trump: and brought back andrew tate
women: why
trump: YOU’RE WELCOME WOMEN also you can’t vote anymore
women: no thank you
trump: I’m gonna do it
women: please don’t
trump: I have kicked those 7 trans girls off the jv volleyball team
women: what
trump: and brought back andrew tate
women: why
trump: YOU’RE WELCOME WOMEN also you can’t vote anymore
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“That is why Trumpists are so focused on “ending DEI” in the federal workforce. They see anti-discrimination and inclusion as a ladder of upward mobility for people they do not believe should have one.”
The Great Resegregation
The Trump administration’s attacks on DEI are aimed at reversing the civil-rights movement.
www.theatlantic.com
February 22, 2025 at 3:49 PM
“That is why Trumpists are so focused on “ending DEI” in the federal workforce. They see anti-discrimination and inclusion as a ladder of upward mobility for people they do not believe should have one.”
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I try to keep the language on here… PG… but in this case i can’t.
You, Trump, are a traitorous piece of shit
You, Trump, are a traitorous piece of shit
February 19, 2025 at 6:27 PM
I try to keep the language on here… PG… but in this case i can’t.
You, Trump, are a traitorous piece of shit
You, Trump, are a traitorous piece of shit
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Anyway, I wrote all this already. I'm just still processing that a bunch of replacement-level rats could gnaw through so much of a century of hard-won progress, in just a few weeks. As someone with some residual pride in this country it's mostly just embarrassing. defector.com/billionaire-...
Billionaire Dipshit And His Strike Team Of Greasy Beavises Are Stripping The Wires From The Federal Government | Defector
The most important thing to know about both the chittering Renfields gnawing through the ductwork of the American administrative state and the billionaire sociopath they serve is that they don’t care....
defector.com
February 12, 2025 at 6:15 AM
Anyway, I wrote all this already. I'm just still processing that a bunch of replacement-level rats could gnaw through so much of a century of hard-won progress, in just a few weeks. As someone with some residual pride in this country it's mostly just embarrassing. defector.com/billionaire-...
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JD Vance - If you believe any of the multiple federal courts that have ruled against you so far are exceeding their statutory or Constitutional authority, your recourse is to appeal. You don’t get to rage-quit the Republic just because you are losing. That’s tyranny.
February 9, 2025 at 7:34 PM
JD Vance - If you believe any of the multiple federal courts that have ruled against you so far are exceeding their statutory or Constitutional authority, your recourse is to appeal. You don’t get to rage-quit the Republic just because you are losing. That’s tyranny.