Jonathan Fine
@jonathanbfine.bsky.social
Dad, Husband, Germanist
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Wife: You don’t do deep enough close readings of your own work
November 25, 2025 at 12:58 PM
Wife: You don’t do deep enough close readings of your own work
wife says i can be ceo of the family but she’s chair of the board
November 23, 2025 at 1:40 PM
wife says i can be ceo of the family but she’s chair of the board
Will no one rid me of this meddlesome professor?
November 20, 2025 at 9:01 PM
Will no one rid me of this meddlesome professor?
Spoke with @gregscaduto.bsky.social about this over the summer, and one thing I’ve noticed about my newest students, whose time in high school wasn’t interrupted by Covid, is that the Covid effects are starting to wane.
Brown professor and social media miscreant @jonathanbfine.bsky.social says his students struggle to read. When this was posted on the r/Teachers subreddit, close to a third of the 3,000 responses said “what’s the guy’s race have to do with it?”
open.substack.com/pub/gregscad...
open.substack.com/pub/gregscad...
The Unmaking of the Reader, Part 2: Please Identify the Verb
A portrait of education’s missing pieces and one professor’s quest to replace them
open.substack.com
November 19, 2025 at 11:47 AM
Spoke with @gregscaduto.bsky.social about this over the summer, and one thing I’ve noticed about my newest students, whose time in high school wasn’t interrupted by Covid, is that the Covid effects are starting to wane.
some days i get to teach my students things that really matter, things like how to say wanker in german
November 17, 2025 at 8:26 PM
some days i get to teach my students things that really matter, things like how to say wanker in german
on blue sky i hold the things i post on twitter in utter contempt
November 17, 2025 at 1:35 AM
on blue sky i hold the things i post on twitter in utter contempt
discount on quarter zips at costco. it’s a big day for me.
November 15, 2025 at 7:15 PM
discount on quarter zips at costco. it’s a big day for me.
perhaps i would feel worse about just ridiculing something instead of engaging substantively if my decision to just ridicule weren’t repeatedly vindicated
November 15, 2025 at 3:51 PM
perhaps i would feel worse about just ridiculing something instead of engaging substantively if my decision to just ridicule weren’t repeatedly vindicated
you can’t show people on BlueSky the sort of things i post on twitter. it’s a secret.
November 15, 2025 at 2:37 PM
you can’t show people on BlueSky the sort of things i post on twitter. it’s a secret.
i stopped writing in cursive as soon as my teachers stopped making me write in cursive, but i very much appreciate my students who still do so
November 15, 2025 at 1:46 PM
i stopped writing in cursive as soon as my teachers stopped making me write in cursive, but i very much appreciate my students who still do so
7: I want to watch you fail
November 11, 2025 at 10:01 PM
7: I want to watch you fail
I’m at the Neapolitan pizzeria. I’m at the ramen joint. I’m at the combination Neapolitan pizzeria ramen joint.
November 9, 2025 at 5:03 PM
I’m at the Neapolitan pizzeria. I’m at the ramen joint. I’m at the combination Neapolitan pizzeria ramen joint.
in retrospect a missed opportunity to ask butler what they thought about my application for the german/comp lit job at cal a decade ago
November 6, 2025 at 2:56 PM
in retrospect a missed opportunity to ask butler what they thought about my application for the german/comp lit job at cal a decade ago
Humanities vs. STEM
November 5, 2025 at 9:03 PM
Humanities vs. STEM
invited to my kid’s class to talk about my job, and if these first graders don’t work on their ironic trolling there’s no way they’re going to make it as shitposters
November 3, 2025 at 9:00 PM
invited to my kid’s class to talk about my job, and if these first graders don’t work on their ironic trolling there’s no way they’re going to make it as shitposters
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This is the second time I listed to this episode and it is freaking me out even more (thank you very much). There are many Schmittheads in charge of our government and it is disturbing. Remember Joh Eastman? I can't help but hear some nasty Schmitt in the things he wrote in 2000 as well as 2020.
TODAY ON TGS: the man, the myth, the legend @jonathanbfine.bsky.social in our first ever unlocked episode, talking about your least favorite politician’s favorite philosopher - Carl Schmitt.
October 31, 2025 at 8:54 PM
This is the second time I listed to this episode and it is freaking me out even more (thank you very much). There are many Schmittheads in charge of our government and it is disturbing. Remember Joh Eastman? I can't help but hear some nasty Schmitt in the things he wrote in 2000 as well as 2020.
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TODAY ON TGS: the man, the myth, the legend @jonathanbfine.bsky.social in our first ever unlocked episode, talking about your least favorite politician’s favorite philosopher - Carl Schmitt.
October 30, 2025 at 4:24 PM
TODAY ON TGS: the man, the myth, the legend @jonathanbfine.bsky.social in our first ever unlocked episode, talking about your least favorite politician’s favorite philosopher - Carl Schmitt.
talking about my favorite nazi with @ceaubin.bsky.social for @thisguysucked.com spotify.link/hOrxQTSgTXb
Carl Schmitt with Jonathan Fine *Unlocked*
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October 30, 2025 at 3:30 PM
talking about my favorite nazi with @ceaubin.bsky.social for @thisguysucked.com spotify.link/hOrxQTSgTXb
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THIS THURSDAY ON TGS: In honor of @jonathanbfine.bsky.social 17th anniversary we are unlocking a remastered version of his 'wtf is up with Carl Schmitt' deep dive for non-Patreon listeners. The world has gotten unfathomably worse in the months since its release, for reasons discussed in the episode.
October 28, 2025 at 2:23 PM
THIS THURSDAY ON TGS: In honor of @jonathanbfine.bsky.social 17th anniversary we are unlocking a remastered version of his 'wtf is up with Carl Schmitt' deep dive for non-Patreon listeners. The world has gotten unfathomably worse in the months since its release, for reasons discussed in the episode.
6: someone has to win, and that has to be the little kid
October 23, 2025 at 8:53 PM
6: someone has to win, and that has to be the little kid
i would never join a group chat that would accept me as a member
October 15, 2025 at 1:06 AM
i would never join a group chat that would accept me as a member
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@jonathanbfine.bsky.social a couple of german customers came through the shop them the one german phrase i know (oh nein ein horizontal rotierendes Pferd) and they asked me if i knew prof fine
October 11, 2025 at 4:40 PM
@jonathanbfine.bsky.social a couple of german customers came through the shop them the one german phrase i know (oh nein ein horizontal rotierendes Pferd) and they asked me if i knew prof fine
my kid told my mom i’m the best teacher in the world
October 11, 2025 at 3:51 PM
my kid told my mom i’m the best teacher in the world
I wouldn’t say that I bought something at the Theory outlet just so I could get a Theory tote bag to carry books of theory, but I also wouldn’t not say that I did exactly that.
October 7, 2025 at 3:17 PM
I wouldn’t say that I bought something at the Theory outlet just so I could get a Theory tote bag to carry books of theory, but I also wouldn’t not say that I did exactly that.