Matthew J. Smith
@smithmj303.bsky.social
I study and teach on race religion sexuality ecology & science in the U.S. empire.
On the territory of the Anishinaabeg, Three Fires Confederacy.
On the territory of the Anishinaabeg, Three Fires Confederacy.
one of the really disheartening things about grading in the age of AI (and grades) is that element of trust. do you really think that or were you fed that? the constant questioning of whether a student is being real with me or not is maddening. i don't know how to teach this way.
April 17, 2025 at 7:20 PM
one of the really disheartening things about grading in the age of AI (and grades) is that element of trust. do you really think that or were you fed that? the constant questioning of whether a student is being real with me or not is maddening. i don't know how to teach this way.
i just wanna read one essay written by a student who is mad as hell.
April 17, 2025 at 12:52 PM
i just wanna read one essay written by a student who is mad as hell.
student use of AI for writing essays skyrocketed this semester. super depressing. it improved a bit after one initially rough semester, and now its just tanked.
its simple people: do the readings, engage the readings, write out your thoughts. the writing just keeps getting worse. :(
its simple people: do the readings, engage the readings, write out your thoughts. the writing just keeps getting worse. :(
April 17, 2025 at 12:47 PM
student use of AI for writing essays skyrocketed this semester. super depressing. it improved a bit after one initially rough semester, and now its just tanked.
its simple people: do the readings, engage the readings, write out your thoughts. the writing just keeps getting worse. :(
its simple people: do the readings, engage the readings, write out your thoughts. the writing just keeps getting worse. :(
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A big win in Michigan against book banning. www.mlive.com/news/grand-r...
Book ban lawsuit against West Michigan school district dismissed by appeals court
The lawsuit had sought to ban 14 “sexually explicit” books from the school district’s library.
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April 16, 2025 at 12:01 PM
A big win in Michigan against book banning. www.mlive.com/news/grand-r...
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RFK Jr. wants to eradicate autistic people and also has no idea what an autistic person is
April 16, 2025 at 9:20 PM
RFK Jr. wants to eradicate autistic people and also has no idea what an autistic person is
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Northwestern is ready to join the National Day of Action for higher ed. Stand up and come together for our students!
April 17, 2025 at 2:25 AM
Northwestern is ready to join the National Day of Action for higher ed. Stand up and come together for our students!
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Tomorrow at Northwestern and across the country we stand up for higher ed. Join us.
April 16, 2025 at 1:05 PM
Tomorrow at Northwestern and across the country we stand up for higher ed. Join us.
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Microsoft Worker Fired for Israel Protest: "Cloud & AI Are the Bombs & Bullets of the 21st Century"
Microsoft Worker Fired for Israel Protest: “Cloud & AI Are the Bombs & Bullets of the 21st Century”
Microsoft fired two workers who protested the company’s ties to Israel’s assault on Gaza at its 50th anniversary celebration last Friday. The workers protested after leaked documents revealed that...
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April 11, 2025 at 5:15 PM
Microsoft Worker Fired for Israel Protest: "Cloud & AI Are the Bombs & Bullets of the 21st Century"
This is giving me major Andor vibes. Use prisons overseas so less people know what's going on...
PIC Abolition is such an important movement right now.
PIC Abolition is such an important movement right now.
Gross human rights abuses at prisons in El Salvador have caused at least 368 deaths, according to Noah Bullock, executive director of Cristosal.
April 9, 2025 at 11:40 AM
This is giving me major Andor vibes. Use prisons overseas so less people know what's going on...
PIC Abolition is such an important movement right now.
PIC Abolition is such an important movement right now.
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I’m so grateful for the invitation to talk with Joseph and Pippa about my work. We’ll be live ON Thursday, April 10 at 3pm ET.
Join us this Thursday for the final episode of Religion & Season 5, Religion & The Madhouse ft. @jlweisenfeld.bsky.social!
Learn more about our panelist, co-hosts, and register today.
You won't want to miss what is sure to be an interesting conversation.
raac.indianapolis.iu.edu/programs/rel...
Learn more about our panelist, co-hosts, and register today.
You won't want to miss what is sure to be an interesting conversation.
raac.indianapolis.iu.edu/programs/rel...
April 8, 2025 at 9:03 PM
I’m so grateful for the invitation to talk with Joseph and Pippa about my work. We’ll be live ON Thursday, April 10 at 3pm ET.
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"Detained Without Evidence": Maryland Father Remains in El Salvador Prison After SCOTUS Ruling
“Detained Without Evidence”: Maryland Father Remains in El Salvador Prison After SCOTUS Ruling
The Supreme Court has paused a lower court order that instructed the Trump administration to immediately bring back a U.S. legal resident who was “mistakenly” sent to El Salvador, giving the court...
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April 8, 2025 at 3:02 PM
"Detained Without Evidence": Maryland Father Remains in El Salvador Prison After SCOTUS Ruling
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This is Utah in case anyone’s wondering how pissed off people are. I have never seen anything like this.
April 5, 2025 at 7:06 PM
This is Utah in case anyone’s wondering how pissed off people are. I have never seen anything like this.
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I'm grateful to Roberto Sirvent of @blackagendareport.bsky.social for interviewing me about *Black Religion in the Madhouse: Race and Psychiatry in Slavery's Wake*
BAR Book Forum: Judith Weisenfeld’s Book, “Black Religion in the Madhouse” | Black Agenda Report
This week’s featured author is Judith Weisenfeld. Weisenfeld is Agate Brown and George L. Collord Professor in the Department of Religion at Princeton University. Her book is Black Religion in the Mad...
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April 3, 2025 at 1:26 PM
I'm grateful to Roberto Sirvent of @blackagendareport.bsky.social for interviewing me about *Black Religion in the Madhouse: Race and Psychiatry in Slavery's Wake*
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Tonight, join a zoom conversation about caregiving toward liberation, and how we can collaboratively build the world we want to live in, even in desperate times.
Join Kim Wilson (co-editor, with me, of “We Grow the World Together”) and contributors Nadine Naber and D’Marria Monday!
Join Kim Wilson (co-editor, with me, of “We Grow the World Together”) and contributors Nadine Naber and D’Marria Monday!
April 1, 2025 at 12:35 PM
Tonight, join a zoom conversation about caregiving toward liberation, and how we can collaboratively build the world we want to live in, even in desperate times.
Join Kim Wilson (co-editor, with me, of “We Grow the World Together”) and contributors Nadine Naber and D’Marria Monday!
Join Kim Wilson (co-editor, with me, of “We Grow the World Together”) and contributors Nadine Naber and D’Marria Monday!
practice friendship.
March 25, 2025 at 8:12 PM
practice friendship.
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“Partisans of Israel, infuriated that scholarship on Palestine had found a place at Columbia, once named it “Bir Zeit on the Hudson”. But if it any longer merits the name of a university, it should be called Vichy on the Hudson.” www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Does Columbia still merit the name of a university? | Rashid Khalidi
Columbia has long been run more as a business empire than as an educational institution. Now it’s acting like Vichy on the Hudson
www.theguardian.com
March 25, 2025 at 7:41 PM
“Partisans of Israel, infuriated that scholarship on Palestine had found a place at Columbia, once named it “Bir Zeit on the Hudson”. But if it any longer merits the name of a university, it should be called Vichy on the Hudson.” www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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I just ordered @apetro.bsky.social's forthcoming book, *Provoking Religion: Sex, Art, and the Culture Wars.* Use the discount code AUFLY30 for 30% off.
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March 24, 2025 at 3:29 PM
I just ordered @apetro.bsky.social's forthcoming book, *Provoking Religion: Sex, Art, and the Culture Wars.* Use the discount code AUFLY30 for 30% off.
global.oup.com/academic/pro...
global.oup.com/academic/pro...
What are some of the best new books people are reading in the Environmental Humanities?
March 24, 2025 at 8:22 PM
What are some of the best new books people are reading in the Environmental Humanities?