Scott Edgar
@scottedgar.bsky.social
History of modern philosophy, neo-Kantianism, sustainable transport, vegan tacos.
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If we could convince people that school is for school, we might be able to get somewhere.
February 6, 2026 at 12:33 AM
If we could convince people that school is for school, we might be able to get somewhere.
I love my union. Every professor should have a union like mine!
February 5, 2026 at 7:37 PM
I love my union. Every professor should have a union like mine!
Pet peeve: google's grammar checker wants to change the grammatically correct "different than" to the grammatically incorrect "different from."
(There are issues here about LLMs and prescriptive vs descriptive grammar, but who cares about that.)
(There are issues here about LLMs and prescriptive vs descriptive grammar, but who cares about that.)
February 5, 2026 at 7:13 PM
Pet peeve: google's grammar checker wants to change the grammatically correct "different than" to the grammatically incorrect "different from."
(There are issues here about LLMs and prescriptive vs descriptive grammar, but who cares about that.)
(There are issues here about LLMs and prescriptive vs descriptive grammar, but who cares about that.)
I love SHORESY, but the current season's sentimentality about hockey culture was totally unearned.
(Stop me now, or I'll start my rant about how 99% of Canadian sitcoms are about telling comforting lies about rural and small town white Canadian identity.)
(Stop me now, or I'll start my rant about how 99% of Canadian sitcoms are about telling comforting lies about rural and small town white Canadian identity.)
February 4, 2026 at 11:38 PM
I love SHORESY, but the current season's sentimentality about hockey culture was totally unearned.
(Stop me now, or I'll start my rant about how 99% of Canadian sitcoms are about telling comforting lies about rural and small town white Canadian identity.)
(Stop me now, or I'll start my rant about how 99% of Canadian sitcoms are about telling comforting lies about rural and small town white Canadian identity.)
I much preferred the Lauryn Hill original.
Killing citizens softly going forward
Q: What did you learn from Minneapolis?
Trump: Uhh... I learned that, uhh... maybe we can use a little bit of a softer touch
Trump: Uhh... I learned that, uhh... maybe we can use a little bit of a softer touch
February 4, 2026 at 9:54 PM
I much preferred the Lauryn Hill original.
A land beyond winter.
February 4, 2026 at 6:56 PM
A land beyond winter.
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perfection is lowkey goated
February 4, 2026 at 5:07 PM
perfection is lowkey goated
His stage name is literally a common Quebecois phrase. He's been pretending to be Canadian from the beginning.
I can’t explain it but I think Bon Iver is supposed to be Canadian
February 4, 2026 at 12:53 AM
His stage name is literally a common Quebecois phrase. He's been pretending to be Canadian from the beginning.
I think it was Scott Fitzgerald who said, "A 1000+ word introduction means your ideas don't need tightening up *at all*".
February 3, 2026 at 10:50 PM
I think it was Scott Fitzgerald who said, "A 1000+ word introduction means your ideas don't need tightening up *at all*".
I still have no idea what "solved physics" is supposed to mean.
February 2, 2026 at 4:04 PM
I still have no idea what "solved physics" is supposed to mean.
Elderly child-survivors trying to figure out how to hide their caregivers might be the story that breaks me.
www.jta.org/2026/01/30/u...
www.jta.org/2026/01/30/u...
Jewish seniors are offering to hide their Haitian caregivers as Trump's TPS end looms - Jewish Telegraphic Agency
"That reminds me of Anne Frank,” said the CEO of one Jewish senior residence reeling as Temporary Protected Status for Haitians is set to end.
www.jta.org
February 2, 2026 at 2:08 PM
Elderly child-survivors trying to figure out how to hide their caregivers might be the story that breaks me.
www.jta.org/2026/01/30/u...
www.jta.org/2026/01/30/u...
Huh.
AI conferences have rushed to restrict the use of LLMs for writing and reviewing research papers in recent months after being flooded with AI-generated slop (Melissa Heikkilä/Financial Times)
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February 2, 2026 at 12:39 PM
Huh.
PSA: The mono mix of SGT. PEPPER'S really is better than the stereo mix. Listen to the reprise of the title track on the mono mix. The bass drum thumps so hard.
February 1, 2026 at 9:44 PM
PSA: The mono mix of SGT. PEPPER'S really is better than the stereo mix. Listen to the reprise of the title track on the mono mix. The bass drum thumps so hard.
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“BC Liquor Stores aren’t restaurants” only maybe makes the top 3 of the list of the funniest things about this sign.
February 1, 2026 at 6:50 AM
“BC Liquor Stores aren’t restaurants” only maybe makes the top 3 of the list of the funniest things about this sign.
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TED Talk topic: “The neuroscience of why people who give TED Talks on neuroscience so often turn out to be complete shits."
February 1, 2026 at 1:36 PM
TED Talk topic: “The neuroscience of why people who give TED Talks on neuroscience so often turn out to be complete shits."
A long, rambling thread on why we're all worse off living in a world without Richard Lewontin.
Worth thinking about why psychology and economics are overrepresented in these networks. Why those disciplines? Why those methods?
Jeffrey Epstein, Peter Thiel, Elon Musk, and Marc Andreessen share an enduring fascination with eugenics, race science, and transhumanism and there is an entire generation of public intellectuals who benefited and continue to benefit from their patronage.
Pinker, Huberman, Attia, Weinstein, etc.
Pinker, Huberman, Attia, Weinstein, etc.
February 1, 2026 at 12:15 PM
A long, rambling thread on why we're all worse off living in a world without Richard Lewontin.
Worth thinking about why psychology and economics are overrepresented in these networks. Why those disciplines? Why those methods?
Jeffrey Epstein, Peter Thiel, Elon Musk, and Marc Andreessen share an enduring fascination with eugenics, race science, and transhumanism and there is an entire generation of public intellectuals who benefited and continue to benefit from their patronage.
Pinker, Huberman, Attia, Weinstein, etc.
Pinker, Huberman, Attia, Weinstein, etc.
February 1, 2026 at 12:02 PM
Worth thinking about why psychology and economics are overrepresented in these networks. Why those disciplines? Why those methods?
Five classes I took in undergrad:
1. Europe, 1914-1989
2. Images of Eve (Women in the Bible)
3. Tolstoy in translation
4. Computation & Logic
5. Kant's CRITIQUE OF PURE REASON.
1. Europe, 1914-1989
2. Images of Eve (Women in the Bible)
3. Tolstoy in translation
4. Computation & Logic
5. Kant's CRITIQUE OF PURE REASON.
five classes I took in college:
1. Wittgenstein (Philosophical Investigation)
2. Chekov
3. Sociology of Religion (twins!)
4. The Modern and Postmodern Novel
5. Europe, 1945-1989
1. Wittgenstein (Philosophical Investigation)
2. Chekov
3. Sociology of Religion (twins!)
4. The Modern and Postmodern Novel
5. Europe, 1945-1989
Never mind the jobs you had, tell me five classes you took in college:
1. Women, Witches, and Religion
2. Sociology of Religion
3. Sanskrit
4. Symbolic Logic
5. Music Theory
1. Women, Witches, and Religion
2. Sociology of Religion
3. Sanskrit
4. Symbolic Logic
5. Music Theory
January 31, 2026 at 2:33 PM
Five classes I took in undergrad:
1. Europe, 1914-1989
2. Images of Eve (Women in the Bible)
3. Tolstoy in translation
4. Computation & Logic
5. Kant's CRITIQUE OF PURE REASON.
1. Europe, 1914-1989
2. Images of Eve (Women in the Bible)
3. Tolstoy in translation
4. Computation & Logic
5. Kant's CRITIQUE OF PURE REASON.
A sunbeam is high-value real estate in the winter.
January 31, 2026 at 2:26 PM
A sunbeam is high-value real estate in the winter.
This is brilliant. I'm in awe.
You can test new tech ideas using the Seinfeld Test
Would the product eliminate the plot of an episode? (Google maps, cell phones, paypal, battery packs)
Good tech.
Would the product inspire new Seinfeld plots? (NFTs, AI chatbots, crypto currency, blindboxes, metaverse land sales)
Bad tech.
Would the product eliminate the plot of an episode? (Google maps, cell phones, paypal, battery packs)
Good tech.
Would the product inspire new Seinfeld plots? (NFTs, AI chatbots, crypto currency, blindboxes, metaverse land sales)
Bad tech.
January 31, 2026 at 2:10 PM
This is brilliant. I'm in awe.
I mean, I can't say I'm *surprised* that Heidegger's in the Epstein files.
January 31, 2026 at 11:43 AM
I mean, I can't say I'm *surprised* that Heidegger's in the Epstein files.
Why does Fredericton have better radio stations than Halifax?
I caught new wave techno on the way out of town!
I caught new wave techno on the way out of town!
January 31, 2026 at 2:08 AM
Why does Fredericton have better radio stations than Halifax?
I caught new wave techno on the way out of town!
I caught new wave techno on the way out of town!
I always love visiting New Brunswick.
January 29, 2026 at 10:36 AM
I always love visiting New Brunswick.
What if the concept of "incapable of understanding nation to nation relations" was a haircut?
January 28, 2026 at 1:04 PM
What if the concept of "incapable of understanding nation to nation relations" was a haircut?
Just watched a German recipe for homemade vegan mortadella and now I have to stare out the darkened window for two hours.
January 28, 2026 at 1:55 AM
Just watched a German recipe for homemade vegan mortadella and now I have to stare out the darkened window for two hours.