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soashworth.bsky.social
Scott Ashworth
@soashworth.bsky.social
6.9K followers 380 following 320 posts
Professor at the University of Chicago. Philosophy, Politics, and Economics, in proportions tbd. He/Him.
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Scott Ashworth @soashworth.bsky.social · 1h
Excellent list, not least for including Mannix.

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Opinion | These Are the 10 Old Television Series Every Kid Needs to Watch
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Scott Ashworth @soashworth.bsky.social · 9h
Immediately tracking this one down.
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Scott Ashworth @soashworth.bsky.social · 15h
tested this and got a brilliant piece of sycophancy
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Scott Ashworth @soashworth.bsky.social · 16h
I do know of one Dean search that ended with the search chair as Dean.
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Scott Ashworth @soashworth.bsky.social · 1d
You wound me sir.

But I meant an account with two orders of magnitude more followers than me.
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Scott Ashworth @soashworth.bsky.social · 1d
I almost replied to a big-name account; everyone shame me.
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Ted Underwood @tedunderwood.com · 2d
Shit getting weird so fast we barely have time to comment on how weird it is
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Scott Ashworth @soashworth.bsky.social · 2d
just phenomenal
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Scott Ashworth @soashworth.bsky.social · 2d
Womb Rider
Emil Friis Ernst
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Scott Ashworth @soashworth.bsky.social · 2d
Homicidal Ideation
Darya Foroohar
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Scott Ashworth @soashworth.bsky.social · 2d
Is she *really* a virgin?
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Scott Ashworth @soashworth.bsky.social · 2d
Kudos the the tenure-letter author who just made me legit chuckle with a parenthetical joke.
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Scott Ashworth @soashworth.bsky.social · 3d
I assume this came up in the Yarvin convo.
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Scott Ashworth @soashworth.bsky.social · 3d
Nighttime kitchen view.
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Scott Ashworth @soashworth.bsky.social · 3d
It’s where you learn about the importance of always having an enormous bottle of water nearby.
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Scott Ashworth @soashworth.bsky.social · 3d
You owe it to yourself to be the kind of person who could potentially be fired from a school-wide committee when circumstances warrant. This would be good exercise for that.
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Scott Ashworth @soashworth.bsky.social · 3d
I take him more seriously in his more considered writing. He, like Ganz and Yglesias, improves a lot when he's not posting in the moment.
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Scott Ashworth @soashworth.bsky.social · 3d
I’ve resigned myself to that being the actual job of the professional opinion-haver.
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Scott Ashworth @soashworth.bsky.social · 4d
not specific enough—understanding my post means you also have too much internet, yet are not…like that
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Scott Ashworth @soashworth.bsky.social · 4d
I feel like people aren’t engaging with the challenge of a grand unified theory of today’s Noah tweets.
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Scott Ashworth @soashworth.bsky.social · 5d
Sherlock is jealous of Roger’s luxurious box.
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Scott Ashworth @soashworth.bsky.social · 5d
rationalist version: “to retain access to your blog, email us within the next 15 minutes explaining the role of mutual absolute continuity in the so-called washing out of priors”
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Scott Ashworth @soashworth.bsky.social · 6d
On the plus side, my fantasy certification rules would decimate data-bro punditry.
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Scott Ashworth @soashworth.bsky.social · 6d
I appreciate your demonstration that real analysis should be a prerequisite for stats.
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Scott Ashworth @soashworth.bsky.social · 6d
A downside of TikTok knowing I love Surfer Rosa is getting way too much Taylor Swift rn.
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