Sherman Dorn
@shermandorn.com
Personal account, historian of education policy
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January 9, 2026 at 11:44 PM
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Idea for 2026 list, @whoculture.bsky.social @elittlechild.bsky.social: best bad FX/anachronisms. Now that BBC is putting Classic Who on YT, I got to revisit my favorite, at 1'23" of "Planet of Fire": an alien spaceship with a 1980s phone number pad!
January 4, 2026 at 4:50 PM
Idea for 2026 list, @whoculture.bsky.social @elittlechild.bsky.social: best bad FX/anachronisms. Now that BBC is putting Classic Who on YT, I got to revisit my favorite, at 1'23" of "Planet of Fire": an alien spaceship with a 1980s phone number pad!
Simon just asked me to go for a walk as I was finishing a moka pot's worth of coffee. It'll be a few minutes, pup!
December 25, 2025 at 10:09 PM
Simon just asked me to go for a walk as I was finishing a moka pot's worth of coffee. It'll be a few minutes, pup!
Current view, a few minutes before the solstice.
December 21, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Current view, a few minutes before the solstice.
December 17, 2025 at 4:06 AM
My EdD advisees this morning at ASU.
There is good news every day, though sometimes it’s helpful to have it scheduled
There is good news every day, though sometimes it’s helpful to have it scheduled
December 15, 2025 at 5:01 PM
My EdD advisees this morning at ASU.
There is good news every day, though sometimes it’s helpful to have it scheduled
There is good news every day, though sometimes it’s helpful to have it scheduled
It's okay. It turns out that there's a place for typefaces that need sheltering
December 10, 2025 at 3:13 AM
It's okay. It turns out that there's a place for typefaces that need sheltering
My view last night as part of the tote bag* of WWDTM audience members.
Shantira Jackson absolutely used a higher-ed acronym on the stage, and explained it. Hope that makes it into the show!
* I believe that is the correct collective noun for public radio listeners.
Shantira Jackson absolutely used a higher-ed acronym on the stage, and explained it. Hope that makes it into the show!
* I believe that is the correct collective noun for public radio listeners.
December 5, 2025 at 1:50 PM
My view last night as part of the tote bag* of WWDTM audience members.
Shantira Jackson absolutely used a higher-ed acronym on the stage, and explained it. Hope that makes it into the show!
* I believe that is the correct collective noun for public radio listeners.
Shantira Jackson absolutely used a higher-ed acronym on the stage, and explained it. Hope that makes it into the show!
* I believe that is the correct collective noun for public radio listeners.
What I’m imbibing mid-morning
November 29, 2025 at 6:18 PM
What I’m imbibing mid-morning
I'm refusing to read that until after the holiday weekend, so I don't know if this excerpt from my review of Crow & Dabars is at all relevant.
November 28, 2025 at 7:25 PM
I'm refusing to read that until after the holiday weekend, so I don't know if this excerpt from my review of Crow & Dabars is at all relevant.
And the right getaway car
November 27, 2025 at 10:24 PM
And the right getaway car
An accurate headline from @azmirror.com, part of @statesnewsroom.com
November 19, 2025 at 2:07 PM
An accurate headline from @azmirror.com, part of @statesnewsroom.com
Also: Novo coffee is good
November 17, 2025 at 4:20 AM
Also: Novo coffee is good
A few moments later you show WHY it’s news
November 14, 2025 at 3:07 AM
A few moments later you show WHY it’s news
C’mon it’s as clear as
November 14, 2025 at 12:09 AM
C’mon it’s as clear as
I have Thoughts about this.
Also: constantly disappointed that Southwest lies to me. Never once found Tolstoy in the seat back
Also: constantly disappointed that Southwest lies to me. Never once found Tolstoy in the seat back
November 12, 2025 at 9:17 PM
I have Thoughts about this.
Also: constantly disappointed that Southwest lies to me. Never once found Tolstoy in the seat back
Also: constantly disappointed that Southwest lies to me. Never once found Tolstoy in the seat back
You repeated my insight!!
November 12, 2025 at 6:48 PM
You repeated my insight!!
Mayo is disgusting. DO NOT REPEAT THIS INSIGHT
November 12, 2025 at 4:39 PM
Mayo is disgusting. DO NOT REPEAT THIS INSIGHT
C'mon, that would require NY Giants level of ...
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... never mind
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... never mind
November 12, 2025 at 1:23 AM
C'mon, that would require NY Giants level of ...
<check notes>
... never mind
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... never mind
My second (and final) leg home isn’t canceled but whooo…
It’s “2 am in Denny’s and yes I’ll have another pot of coffee” vibes in the C concourse
It’s “2 am in Denny’s and yes I’ll have another pot of coffee” vibes in the C concourse
November 10, 2025 at 3:01 AM
My second (and final) leg home isn’t canceled but whooo…
It’s “2 am in Denny’s and yes I’ll have another pot of coffee” vibes in the C concourse
It’s “2 am in Denny’s and yes I’ll have another pot of coffee” vibes in the C concourse
Images from my time in Providence for the History of Ed Society meeting.
I'm now disappointed in myself that I didn't take the cinnamon stick garnish back to my hotel room. That would've made my herbal teas much better.
I'm now disappointed in myself that I didn't take the cinnamon stick garnish back to my hotel room. That would've made my herbal teas much better.
November 10, 2025 at 12:13 AM
Images from my time in Providence for the History of Ed Society meeting.
I'm now disappointed in myself that I didn't take the cinnamon stick garnish back to my hotel room. That would've made my herbal teas much better.
I'm now disappointed in myself that I didn't take the cinnamon stick garnish back to my hotel room. That would've made my herbal teas much better.
Wonderful essay.
And then following a link I start to read Frantz Fanon and realize something...
And then following a link I start to read Frantz Fanon and realize something...
November 8, 2025 at 10:22 PM
Wonderful essay.
And then following a link I start to read Frantz Fanon and realize something...
And then following a link I start to read Frantz Fanon and realize something...