David Temin
@davidtemin.bsky.social
Author, Professor, mostly Dad || interests: political theory, Indigenous politics, intellectual history, global enviro justice, conservation, development, decolonization || book: REMAPPING SOVEREIGNTY (2023) || Currently writing: WAGES FOR EARTHWORK
The fact that he’s not running again suggests that this is Walz’s real preference for less spectacular ways of snatching our neighbors from their communities.
"I'm gonna give Homan the benefit of the doubt"
"They should coordinate with local law enforcement, pick these people up in the middle of the night when they're not suspecting it"
Walz is capitulating to fascists and encouraging night raids. Genuinely disgusting. Why would anyone settle for this?
"They should coordinate with local law enforcement, pick these people up in the middle of the night when they're not suspecting it"
Walz is capitulating to fascists and encouraging night raids. Genuinely disgusting. Why would anyone settle for this?
January 28, 2026 at 4:48 PM
The fact that he’s not running again suggests that this is Walz’s real preference for less spectacular ways of snatching our neighbors from their communities.
I am reminded, yet again, of how often the people the fascist state executes are already in jobs that involve caring for others and holding worlds together—and that they still spend their time off caring for our neighbors.
Alex from our time working together, while he was in nursing school. Later, he moved to ICU, working as a nurse to support critically ill Veterans. He had such a great attitude. We’d chat between patients about trying to get in a mountain bike ride together. Will never happen now
January 24, 2026 at 8:00 PM
I am reminded, yet again, of how often the people the fascist state executes are already in jobs that involve caring for others and holding worlds together—and that they still spend their time off caring for our neighbors.
Right by my old apartment in Minneapolis. I love you, I love you, I love you. To all the people standing up against fascism
If you feel outnumbered and discouraged - watch a video like this and say out loud to each person you see in it, I love you. I love you. I love you. Just send that out into the world.
Crowd has gathered 26th and Nicollet
January 24, 2026 at 7:55 PM
Right by my old apartment in Minneapolis. I love you, I love you, I love you. To all the people standing up against fascism
When u r a true MaVErick, u vote for the gestapo at the door.
I’ll keep plugging away to make sure that Americans’ hard-earned tax dollars are being invested in an effective, durable, and responsible way.
January 23, 2026 at 1:28 AM
When u r a true MaVErick, u vote for the gestapo at the door.
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Ok I need to spell this out more slowly, clearly: Greenland is Inuit land and nobody but Inuit should be getting to decide what happens to it
January 22, 2026 at 12:09 AM
Ok I need to spell this out more slowly, clearly: Greenland is Inuit land and nobody but Inuit should be getting to decide what happens to it
We don’t have to tell stories that are false to opposed bad things, and we are more likely to get more bad things if we tell stories that cover over continuities with all the other same bad things.
Historical illiteracy is generous. The United States governs 574 Native nations that it holds in colonial subordination today.
The willful historical illiteracy among pundits about American imperialism is still shocking, no matter how predictable.
January 20, 2026 at 10:18 PM
We don’t have to tell stories that are false to opposed bad things, and we are more likely to get more bad things if we tell stories that cover over continuities with all the other same bad things.
A century that includes the US navy using gunboats to literally pilfer the Haitian treasury. Wtaf are they talking about?
The willful historical illiteracy among pundits about American imperialism is still shocking, no matter how predictable.
January 20, 2026 at 1:11 PM
A century that includes the US navy using gunboats to literally pilfer the Haitian treasury. Wtaf are they talking about?
The willful historical illiteracy among pundits about American imperialism is still shocking, no matter how predictable.
January 20, 2026 at 1:08 PM
The willful historical illiteracy among pundits about American imperialism is still shocking, no matter how predictable.
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I saw the “using children as human shields” line used by someone in the admin the other day with reference to Minneapolis and wondered if people might finally get it.
January 15, 2026 at 12:54 PM
I saw the “using children as human shields” line used by someone in the admin the other day with reference to Minneapolis and wondered if people might finally get it.
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The federal government has occupied Minneapolis. And everyone can see the abuses that come from this situation day in and day out. Even people not protesting cant keep their kids safe.
Now imagine 77 years of this.
Now imagine 77 years of this.
January 15, 2026 at 12:46 PM
The federal government has occupied Minneapolis. And everyone can see the abuses that come from this situation day in and day out. Even people not protesting cant keep their kids safe.
Now imagine 77 years of this.
Now imagine 77 years of this.
Absolutely no one: “I wonder what Emily Oster thinks about all this?”
January 8, 2026 at 2:24 PM
Absolutely no one: “I wonder what Emily Oster thinks about all this?”
Abolition is the reform
January 8, 2026 at 12:30 AM
Abolition is the reform
Reminder that for US foreign policy elites contemplating intervention since 1945:
“democracy” means right-wing dictatorship
“dictatorship” means left-wing dictatorship, social democracy, or democratic socialism
“democracy” means right-wing dictatorship
“dictatorship” means left-wing dictatorship, social democracy, or democratic socialism
January 3, 2026 at 5:51 PM
Reminder that for US foreign policy elites contemplating intervention since 1945:
“democracy” means right-wing dictatorship
“dictatorship” means left-wing dictatorship, social democracy, or democratic socialism
“democracy” means right-wing dictatorship
“dictatorship” means left-wing dictatorship, social democracy, or democratic socialism
I can’t be the only one who thinks that the timing is partly motivated by Trump being envious at the media attention lavished on Mamdani.
January 3, 2026 at 10:35 AM
I can’t be the only one who thinks that the timing is partly motivated by Trump being envious at the media attention lavished on Mamdani.
Guatemala - 1954
Chile -1973
Venezuela - 2025
Chile -1973
Venezuela - 2025
January 3, 2026 at 10:33 AM
Guatemala - 1954
Chile -1973
Venezuela - 2025
Chile -1973
Venezuela - 2025
Bombing Venezuela and kidnapping Maduro is completely consistent with US Imperialism’s long and bloody history in Latin America.
Lest anyone for a single moment thinks this latest coup is a somehow a dramatic breach of long-term US foreign policy.
January 3, 2026 at 10:24 AM
Bombing Venezuela and kidnapping Maduro is completely consistent with US Imperialism’s long and bloody history in Latin America.
Tasks of the US left are to stand in solidarity with the Venezuelan people and make sure this war becomes deeply unpopular at home.
January 3, 2026 at 10:15 AM
Tasks of the US left are to stand in solidarity with the Venezuelan people and make sure this war becomes deeply unpopular at home.
The US is a rogue state. The US has always been a rogue state.
January 3, 2026 at 10:10 AM
The US is a rogue state. The US has always been a rogue state.
In the immortal words of Hugo Chavez, “Eres un donkey, Mr. Danger.”
January 3, 2026 at 10:05 AM
In the immortal words of Hugo Chavez, “Eres un donkey, Mr. Danger.”
Imperial war, again
January 3, 2026 at 9:59 AM
Imperial war, again
The resonances with personal elder care experience are sooooo familiar.
Oh my goodness, this Wall Street Journal piece about Trump's ailing health that includes an interview with him (gift link). There are a number of ridiculous details in it and I'll put a few of them in this thread. (1/6)
Exclusive | As Signs of Aging Emerge, Trump Responds With Defiance
In an interview, President Trump—the oldest man to assume the office—said he has eschewed some advice from his doctors and regrets getting advanced imaging.
www.wsj.com
January 1, 2026 at 3:05 PM
The resonances with personal elder care experience are sooooo familiar.
Gotta enjoy one more ridiculous Adams administration folly on the way out the door.
January 1, 2026 at 10:08 AM
Gotta enjoy one more ridiculous Adams administration folly on the way out the door.
You will be visited by three spirits
December 25, 2025 at 5:09 PM
You will be visited by three spirits
Every white academic grievance article is like “I didn’t get hired because I’m white and also unrelatedly I refused to apply and also unrelatedly I was later found to have made up the central claim of my research from thin air”
December 19, 2025 at 1:51 PM
Every white academic grievance article is like “I didn’t get hired because I’m white and also unrelatedly I refused to apply and also unrelatedly I was later found to have made up the central claim of my research from thin air”
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5: @davidtemin.bsky.social's piece draws on W.E.B Du Bois show illustrate how imperialism and ecomodernism reproduce themselves through a gendered and racialised 'imperial bargain' with some sectors of the imperial core's working class. brill.com/view/journal...
December 18, 2025 at 3:51 PM
5: @davidtemin.bsky.social's piece draws on W.E.B Du Bois show illustrate how imperialism and ecomodernism reproduce themselves through a gendered and racialised 'imperial bargain' with some sectors of the imperial core's working class. brill.com/view/journal...