Professor Ash 🏳️⚧️
@prof-ash.bsky.social
Rogue lecturer, political economist, geek.
An honest fool with more bad habits than you can count.
Agent of chaos, angel of death.
As a heartless killing machine, I was a terrible failure.
An honest fool with more bad habits than you can count.
Agent of chaos, angel of death.
As a heartless killing machine, I was a terrible failure.
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"Everyone told magicians in training to at least consider careers in other fields before they went on the job market. 'Alt academia,' they called it, like it was some punk and rebellious lifestyle, like failing at the single thing you'd been trained to do made you cool."
I AM DECEASED. 🪦
"Everyone told magicians in training to at least consider careers in other fields before they went on the job market. 'Alt academia,' they called it, like it was some punk and rebellious lifestyle, like failing at the single thing you'd been trained to do made you cool."
I AM DECEASED. 🪦
If you know me (IRL or on here), you know I...struggle to enjoy things I love a "normal" amount, shall we say. Case in point: I consume a lot (A LOT) of boygenius and Lucy Dacus content on social media. I follow their tours and watch all the video clips I can get my hands on. So. Many. Video clips.
February 13, 2026 at 9:33 PM
If you know me (IRL or on here), you know I...struggle to enjoy things I love a "normal" amount, shall we say. Case in point: I consume a lot (A LOT) of boygenius and Lucy Dacus content on social media. I follow their tours and watch all the video clips I can get my hands on. So. Many. Video clips.
This entire thread is so distressing.
a stat i always cite is the number of anti-trans articles in the press went from 60 in a year, to 7,500
February 13, 2026 at 12:01 AM
This entire thread is so distressing.
This is 100% going to be me in a few years...
Best advertisement I’ve seen so far at the Santa Barbara International Film Festival
February 12, 2026 at 11:58 PM
This is 100% going to be me in a few years...
Back in the day the (male) students who hated me sat in the back row, baseball caps pulled down obscuring their faces, and ignored me. Now those same students sit on the front row and glare at me unrelentingly for 75 minutes. I kinda preferred the older model, tbh.
February 12, 2026 at 10:35 PM
Back in the day the (male) students who hated me sat in the back row, baseball caps pulled down obscuring their faces, and ignored me. Now those same students sit on the front row and glare at me unrelentingly for 75 minutes. I kinda preferred the older model, tbh.
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I hope everyone Superbowling has a lovely evening, and also wishing a Happy Extremely Peaceful Grocery Shopping to all who celebrate.
February 9, 2026 at 12:48 AM
I hope everyone Superbowling has a lovely evening, and also wishing a Happy Extremely Peaceful Grocery Shopping to all who celebrate.
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"Think carefully before you buy," @petridishes.bsky.social advises Jeff Bezos circa 2013. "Do you really want to own a newspaper? Do you really have what it takes? Or do you just want to own another yacht?"
Should You Buy a Newspaper or a Yacht?
Advice for Jeff Bezos
bit.ly
February 7, 2026 at 4:15 PM
"Think carefully before you buy," @petridishes.bsky.social advises Jeff Bezos circa 2013. "Do you really want to own a newspaper? Do you really have what it takes? Or do you just want to own another yacht?"
Floating on a teaching high today. As part of the WHAT'S TO BE DONE ABOUT AI?? convo, I've been re-designing my courses and assignments to make them more (for lack of a better term) "AI-proof." Last semester I defaulted to what I knew: old school in-class written exams...
February 6, 2026 at 1:02 AM
Floating on a teaching high today. As part of the WHAT'S TO BE DONE ABOUT AI?? convo, I've been re-designing my courses and assignments to make them more (for lack of a better term) "AI-proof." Last semester I defaulted to what I knew: old school in-class written exams...
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that tweet about how vance has 4chan politics with tumblr cadence - "pretty problematic of you to want to tax the rich when there's literally a (checks notes) white genocide going on right now"
JD Vance is the most loathsome character in American politics, and it's mostly because he's immediately recognizable to anyone with an interest in politics as The Worst Guy From Your PoliSci Class
Reporter: Do you plan to apologize to the family of Alex Pretti?
Vance: For what?
Vance: For what?
February 4, 2026 at 6:16 PM
that tweet about how vance has 4chan politics with tumblr cadence - "pretty problematic of you to want to tax the rich when there's literally a (checks notes) white genocide going on right now"
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The mind-blowing concept behind the revival of "The Muppet Show" is: "We're reviving 'The Muppet Show.'" Turns out to be a pretty good idea. [giftie] www.nytimes.com/2026/02/03/a...
Review: This is Your Grandparents’ ‘Muppet Show,’ Fortunately
www.nytimes.com
February 3, 2026 at 2:10 PM
The mind-blowing concept behind the revival of "The Muppet Show" is: "We're reviving 'The Muppet Show.'" Turns out to be a pretty good idea. [giftie] www.nytimes.com/2026/02/03/a...
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It's about hierarchy. "Beauty" is subjective, the idea of a black woman portraying the most beautiful woman in the world offends them because white people are supposed to be the most beautiful and it is therefore offensive, it's so straightforwardly racist bsky.app/profile/radl...
The woke scolds are trying to make this about racism. But Musk is right. It's about historical and scientific integrity. When the God of Thunder disguises himself as a swan to seduce and fuck a queen and the resulting baby hatches from an egg, *of course* the baby will be white. It's just science.
Elon Musk claims Christopher Nolan has lost ‘integrity’ over The Odyssey casting
Lupita Nyong’o is reportedly set to play Helen of Troy in Nolan’s upcoming adaptation of Homer’s epic poem
www.independent.co.uk
February 2, 2026 at 4:03 PM
It's about hierarchy. "Beauty" is subjective, the idea of a black woman portraying the most beautiful woman in the world offends them because white people are supposed to be the most beautiful and it is therefore offensive, it's so straightforwardly racist bsky.app/profile/radl...
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In this Ohio diner, Attia still means the index theorem and the book on commutative algebra. But they do know this: if the woke mob won't let an Epstein associate spread anti-vaccine misinformation on a major network every Whiskey Friday, then freedom really is dead.
February 3, 2026 at 3:35 AM
In this Ohio diner, Attia still means the index theorem and the book on commutative algebra. But they do know this: if the woke mob won't let an Epstein associate spread anti-vaccine misinformation on a major network every Whiskey Friday, then freedom really is dead.
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10/10 ICE protest sign
January 31, 2026 at 10:20 PM
10/10 ICE protest sign
Hahahaha, SEND HELP was so fun. Twisty, gory, pitch-black horror comedy. Rachel McAdams was spectacular. This was the Sam Raimi-est Sam Raimi film in years. Loved it.
February 1, 2026 at 6:16 AM
Hahahaha, SEND HELP was so fun. Twisty, gory, pitch-black horror comedy. Rachel McAdams was spectacular. This was the Sam Raimi-est Sam Raimi film in years. Loved it.
sigh
I think a $46 million opening for a $90 million movie is better than an $8 million opening for a $40 million movie, and yet
February 1, 2026 at 1:43 AM
sigh
It is currently 86 degrees here. This is not okay.
January 31, 2026 at 10:19 PM
It is currently 86 degrees here. This is not okay.
I am not even 100 pages into KATABASIS and it is already triggering grad school PTSD.
"This was the key to flourishing in graduate school. You could do anything if you were delusional."
"This was the key to flourishing in graduate school. You could do anything if you were delusional."
January 31, 2026 at 4:46 AM
I am not even 100 pages into KATABASIS and it is already triggering grad school PTSD.
"This was the key to flourishing in graduate school. You could do anything if you were delusional."
"This was the key to flourishing in graduate school. You could do anything if you were delusional."
Shedding a tear watching Catharine O'Hara and cast dancing as a family in the barn party episode at the end of Schitt's Creek s2. Also crying watching her speech celebrating Macaulay Culkin getting his star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. And reading his post memorializing her. What a lovely human 💔
January 31, 2026 at 2:58 AM
Shedding a tear watching Catharine O'Hara and cast dancing as a family in the barn party episode at the end of Schitt's Creek s2. Also crying watching her speech celebrating Macaulay Culkin getting his star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. And reading his post memorializing her. What a lovely human 💔
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For The Ringer, I wrote about how amazing it was that the brilliant Catherine O'Hara finally became a superstar in her 60s, and how sad it is that she was taken from us just when we had all finally begun to appreciate her:
Catherine O’Hara Could Do Anything
And she pretty much did everything. The only tragedy is that it feels like she was just beginning to get the recognition her decades-long career always deserved.
www.theringer.com
January 31, 2026 at 1:33 AM
For The Ringer, I wrote about how amazing it was that the brilliant Catherine O'Hara finally became a superstar in her 60s, and how sad it is that she was taken from us just when we had all finally begun to appreciate her:
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I turned my tweet from earlier into a full Critic's Appreciation of Catherine O'Hara:
Critic’s Appreciation: How ‘Schitt’s Creek’ Helped Us Celebrate Catherine O’Hara’s Genius (That Was Always There)
From 'SCTV' to Christopher Guest mockumentaries, O'Hara's comic legacy was already secure — but 'Schitt's Creek' allowed viewers to (re)discover a timeless talent.
www.hollywoodreporter.com
January 31, 2026 at 1:48 AM
I turned my tweet from earlier into a full Critic's Appreciation of Catherine O'Hara:
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Trump: i’m at war with minnesota like i was with venezuela bsky.app/profile/leba...
This is so unhinged
January 29, 2026 at 10:08 PM
Trump: i’m at war with minnesota like i was with venezuela bsky.app/profile/leba...
The entire thread is 🔥 and you should scroll up/down and read it in its entirety, but this bit resonated so hard.
The assumption that all romance is trash for dumb people who like formulas -- that's still a thing in TV & film. A big thing. Also, like, I'm sorry, but a middle or upper class man is an asshole and is doing crimes or solving crimes? That's not a genre? MORE formulaic than a romance? HILARIOUS
January 29, 2026 at 1:14 AM
The entire thread is 🔥 and you should scroll up/down and read it in its entirety, but this bit resonated so hard.
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BILLY BRAGG - CITY OF HEROES
YouTube video by Billy Bragg
www.youtube.com
January 26, 2026 at 10:42 PM