Ashley Howard @ashleydhow.bsky.social · 27/09/2026A rather poignant example of the future we create through micro decisions—whether to use AI, software, etc. This is what Word suggested for my essay about a 16th century poem (Donne’s Twickenham Garden) 010
Ashley Howard @ashleydhow.bsky.social · 27/07/2026Odysseus to Sinon: “You know, sometimes all you need is 20 seconds of insane courage. Just, literally, 20 seconds of just embarrassing bravery” 010
Ashley Howard @ashleydhow.bsky.social · 23/07/2026For all the criticism of Nolan’s film, I’d like to see just one review written in dactylic hexameter 010
Ashley Howard @ashleydhow.bsky.social · 23/07/2026August is basically one long episode of the sunday scaries 🥲 000
Ashley Howard @ashleydhow.bsky.social · 22/07/2026The film has issues, but there are parts I genuinely loved from a literary perspective. I have so many conference paper ideas… can’t imagine how a classicist must feel 😅 020
Ashley Howard @ashleydhow.bsky.social · 21/07/2026The skeletons are so polite!! I love how the woodblock becomes a miniature coffin :-) 010
Ashley Howard @ashleydhow.bsky.social · 17/07/2026Listening to the Odyssey soundtrack while writing the final pages of my last dissertation chapter. It feels apt. At least I didn’t grow a beard for this 010
Ashley Howard @ashleydhow.bsky.social · 12/07/2026I’m from the depths of frozen Alberta, so I definitely misread that 😂🥂 I’m glad you’re enjoying it! 010
Ashley Howard @ashleydhow.bsky.social · 12/07/2026Oh wow… the “feels like” temperature is 47. I hope you’re all staying safe 100
Reposted by Ashley HowardAeon Magazine @aeon.co · 10/07/2026Hidden within the rings of ancient trees is an archive stretching back thousands of years. Today’s Essay explores the exciting discoveries dendrochronologists have made through decoding these rings. buff.ly/rmzOhXq 0163
Reposted by Ashley HowardWolfproof Press 🐑🫸 🐺✨ @wolfproofpress.com · 11/07/2026if u like dog+history, #icymi the "Dogges Names of Olde" print is $5 & uses actual 15th-century dog names from historical records (people named their dogs "best of all" centuries ago 😭 that one in the print is from my cartoon of my best hound Maple) store.wolfproofpress.com/product/dogg... 463
Ashley Howard @ashleydhow.bsky.social · 10/07/2026Thanks for your talk today, I really enjoyed hearing your thoughts! A bit of divine intervention—as you were speaking, my university gave me pre-screen tickets to the movie. Good fortune :-) 110
Ashley Howard @ashleydhow.bsky.social · 09/07/2026Hearing about these poems was the highlight I needed this week! I first came to A.M. Juster through his translations of Milton’s latin poems—such a wonderful poet and person 021
Ashley Howard @ashleydhow.bsky.social · 08/07/2026Alas, trouble and regrets (am I doing this right?) 010
Ashley Howard @ashleydhow.bsky.social · 07/07/2026That captures it perfectly! I’m still getting the hang of bluesky (like saying you’re starting sourdough in 2026), but hoping it’ll feel similar 💛 010
Ashley Howard @ashleydhow.bsky.social · 07/07/2026I’m loving the memes! But this also reminds me how much I miss peak twitter 🥲 110
Ashley Howard @ashleydhow.bsky.social · 07/07/2026The complete bibliography for the course is likely “Many, many people” 000
Ashley Howard @ashleydhow.bsky.social · 03/07/2026Petition to announce the next papal election via demo derby smoke! 011
Ashley Howard @ashleydhow.bsky.social · 03/07/2026There’s always at least one dish that Shakespeare apparently invented! 110
Ashley Howard @ashleydhow.bsky.social · 30/06/2026The more I think about this, the funnier it gets… grant proposal, birthday card, teletubbies 🥲 010
Ashley Howard @ashleydhow.bsky.social · 30/06/2026Given how hollow and wooden it is, I half expect a troupe of Greeks to pop out 070
Ashley Howard @ashleydhow.bsky.social · 30/06/2026I’m so sorry, but we’ll be rivals on July 4th! Go Canada! 🇨🇦🍁 010
Ashley Howard @ashleydhow.bsky.social · 30/06/2026Agreed—we need stronger policies about what tech companies can do, not how long kids (and adults) access it. Smartphone Nation talks about how things like medicine and kids’ toys have rigorous safety checks, yet media doesn’t 070
Ashley Howard @ashleydhow.bsky.social · 30/06/2026The Ferris wheel for scale really is the chef’s kiss 010
Ashley Howard @ashleydhow.bsky.social · 26/06/2026Mine was Sinclair Ross… As for Me and My House. We should at least get breadsticks, with a generous dusting of cheese 110
Ashley Howard @ashleydhow.bsky.social · 26/06/2026I saw these at Butchart gardens in Victoria, also while escaping the heat. From our island to yours! 010
Ashley Howard @ashleydhow.bsky.social · 25/06/2026The english muffin is the finest carb. With fresh basil from the garden! 010
Ashley Howard @ashleydhow.bsky.social · 25/06/2026Your garden is beautiful! We don’t have tomatoes yet, but here are some little lanterns :-) 100
Ashley Howard @ashleydhow.bsky.social · 24/06/2026This is how I feel when people tell me about renaissance fairs. They spark zero joy. (A medieval castle, on the other hand…) 110
Ashley Howard @ashleydhow.bsky.social · 19/06/2026Maybe a solid musical number could have saved them 🥲 010
Ashley Howard @ashleydhow.bsky.social · 19/06/2026He is perfect and I 100% support you adopting this fellow! 120
Ashley Howard @ashleydhow.bsky.social · 19/06/2026I wasn’t brave enough to venture downtown, but the energy in Vancouver was amazing today too! :’) 100
Ashley Howard @ashleydhow.bsky.social · 15/06/2026Congratulations on your book launch—I’m really looking forward to it! 120
Ashley Howard @ashleydhow.bsky.social · 15/06/2026This is brilliant! I’m invested in the veggies now. Thanks for sharing :-) 010
Ashley Howard @ashleydhow.bsky.social · 14/06/2026AI has made me more self-conscious about using emojis too. For some reason, chatgpt loves a ✨ 030
Ashley Howard @ashleydhow.bsky.social · 13/06/2026Not the crispest shot, but here’s a hummingbird from UBC in return :-) 010
Ashley Howard @ashleydhow.bsky.social · 04/06/2026The deluge is easier than the drip (a proverb, surely?) 010
Ashley Howard @ashleydhow.bsky.social · 04/06/2026Must include one (1) plant and a pomodoro timer 020
Ashley Howard @ashleydhow.bsky.social · 27/05/2026Know you’re getting old when a group of students thanks you when they leave the elevator, like public transit 😅 010
Ashley Howard @ashleydhow.bsky.social · 17/12/2025If the new Stephen Greenblatt book (…thriller novel?) gives me more distress than excitement, have I levelled up as a scholar? 010
Ashley Howard @ashleydhow.bsky.social · 23/10/2025We’re in the business of IT, if she means it’s, its, and tis 😅 010
Ashley Howard @ashleydhow.bsky.social · 23/10/2025“Loanword” and “borrowed” are so funny. Will the languages one day come knocking, asking for their lexemes back? 020
Ashley Howard @ashleydhow.bsky.social · 24/09/2025I avoid AI text partly to spare myself future embarrassment. It's like editing photos in the 2000s and thinking no one could tell (harsh vignette, over exposed—so natural). I think we’ll look back and cringe 😬 040
Ashley Howard @ashleydhow.bsky.social · 20/09/2025Opened a favourite book from my shelf and this guy crawled out. The book is about insects, or “lesser living creatures,” so I’m pretty sure the spider is a paid actor :) 020
Ashley Howard @ashleydhow.bsky.social · 30/06/2025By far my favourite food project! I first baked your Lady Chanworth’s jumballs as an undergrad—9 years ago :) 120
Reposted by Ashley HowardMarissa Nicosia @nicosiamarissa.bsky.social · 30/06/2025Cooking in the Archives is 11! 🎉 I still love the first recipe on the site: Maccarony Cheese. rarecooking.com/2014/06/30/m...rarecooking.comMaccarony CheeseFor our inaugural recipe, we thought, why not start with an eighteenth-century mac-and-cheese? It’s a modern-day American classic and perhaps the ultimate comfort food. This recipe co… 56721