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Paul Schofield

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Paul Schofield

@pschofie79

Teaches Philosophy at Bates College. Author of DUTY TO SELF. Words at @Jacobin @washingtonpost @Slate @InsideHigherEd. Writes about homelessness.

Joined November 2020

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Paul Schofield
@pschofie79
Nov 16, 2023
I'm going to make a thread with my writing about homelessnes and housing, which I'll pin to my profile and add to over time. This one argues that having housing shouldn't be contingent on having a job or getting sober. Housing should be guaranteed. blog.apaonline.org/2022/04/18/the…
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Paul Schofield
@pschofie79
Oct 20, 2025
My wife freaked out on our son for saying this 6-7 thing. She was like “I do not want you to sound like an idiot.” I thought she was a little over the top, but then I saw this video.
Paul Schofield
@pschofie79
Oct 20, 2025
Feel like that fertility crisis thing might going on for a bit longer.
Brett Austin Taylor
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Brett Austin Taylor
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Paul Schofield
@pschofie79
Mar 5, 2025
“I just snorted ketamine. I can’t wait until this is over so I can snort more ketamine.”
stepfanie tyler
@stepfanie
Mar 5, 2025
"who designed this? too many columns. structurally redundant. waste of materials. look at those muppets in their matching pink, how stupid. acoustics could be improved by at least 17%. should install hexagonal sound panels. i wonder what's happening on 𝕏"
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Paul Schofield
@pschofie79
Dec 31, 2024
Exactly. She is always telling people not to wear expensive watches. It’s what she’s best known for.
Matt Wallace
@MattWallace888
Dec 30, 2024
Taylor Swift spotted wearing a $32,200 Diamond Cartier watch. The level of hypocrisy here is remarkable!
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She’s never criticized others for wearing expensive watches. She’s donated millions to disaster relief, education, and hunger programs. Personal purchases don’t negate her charity work. Swift urged GoFundMe to raise its cap for donating +$50k to a fan's family in need. people.com/taylor-swift-f… newsweek.com/taylor-swift-c…
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Paul Schofield
@pschofie79
Oct 20, 2025
Feel like that fertility crisis thing might going on for a bit longer.
Brett Austin Taylor
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Brett Austin Taylor
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Paul Schofield
@pschofie79
Nov 8, 2025
Josh Barro
@jbarro
Nov 7, 2025
I don't like this new phenomenon where you can tell a woman's party affiliation just by the specific manner in which she's had too much work done
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Paul Schofield
@pschofie79
May 28, 2025
14-year-old daughter couldn’t find any friends who wanted to go to the Vampire Weekend show tomorrow, so she asked me.
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Paul Schofield
@pschofie79
Jun 17, 2023
My dad used to tell me that you could yell at a bear and it would go away. Camping when I was 10, a bear came into the site. Dad got out of the tent and yelled at it, and it just snorted back at him. Dad got back into the tent. “That’s all I got.” A lot of life is like this.
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Paul Schofield
@pschofie79
May 22, 2024
Went to the Anne Frank house today. There was an intro session, and you could ask questions. One person asked “I know this might be a dumb question. But were these things happening to Jews in other countries in Europe, or mostly just Germany?”
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Paul Schofield
@pschofie79
Jun 4, 2024
Honestly, I don’t think this should count.
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Paul Schofield
@pschofie79
Apr 2, 2025
My dad was just diagnosed with brain cancer (glioblastoma). Not really knowing what to say to our family, someone came up with “Can they do a brain transplant?”
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Paul Schofield
@pschofie79
May 22, 2024
Replying to @pschofie79
It’s possible to interpret this as more of an ignorant question than a dumb one. But the Anne Frank House is in the Netherlands, so it’s technically a dumb question.
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Paul Schofield
@pschofie79
Feb 11, 2024
Heavy, heavy shit at the Mr. Bagel
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Paul Schofield
@pschofie79
Apr 19, 2024
This fall, I got an e-mail from a guy named JM Simpson who'd read things I'd written about homelessness. He mentioned he was a photojournalist in Olympia and that he'd been photographing the unhoused population there. He wanted to share some work with me . . . (1)
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