Jonathan Fine
@jonathanbfine.bsky.social
Dad, Husband, Germanist
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January 18, 2026 at 12:36 AM
it’s my tweet, but i don’t get this dopamine, and it’s so unfair
January 17, 2026 at 1:47 PM
it’s my tweet, but i don’t get this dopamine, and it’s so unfair
this makes no sense to me
January 14, 2026 at 5:21 PM
this makes no sense to me
knocked out a peer review of an article in under 24 hours. something must be wrong with me.
January 13, 2026 at 9:01 PM
knocked out a peer review of an article in under 24 hours. something must be wrong with me.
the arc of the moral universe is long, but it bends towards fascism
January 13, 2026 at 11:49 AM
the arc of the moral universe is long, but it bends towards fascism
my kid’s teachers know about my twitter account, which is neat
January 12, 2026 at 3:33 PM
my kid’s teachers know about my twitter account, which is neat
my wife’s instagram shows her puppies and mine shows me whatever the fuck this monster is
January 8, 2026 at 1:46 PM
my wife’s instagram shows her puppies and mine shows me whatever the fuck this monster is
the effort to rebrand blood oranges as red velvet oranges or raspberry oranges angers me immensely
January 6, 2026 at 1:01 AM
the effort to rebrand blood oranges as red velvet oranges or raspberry oranges angers me immensely
i posted an academic article i had written and someone got upset that it was too specialized to understand
What’s the funniest reason someone got mad at you on Bluesky this year?
December 31, 2025 at 12:54 AM
i posted an academic article i had written and someone got upset that it was too specialized to understand
7: you don’t look very good when you don’t have a beard
December 28, 2025 at 6:21 PM
7: you don’t look very good when you don’t have a beard
Volume 52 of the Lessing Yearbook edited by myself, Hannes Kerber, and Joe Haydt is now available for download and hardback preorders from @wallsteinverlag.bsky.social!
December 26, 2025 at 6:19 PM
Volume 52 of the Lessing Yearbook edited by myself, Hannes Kerber, and Joe Haydt is now available for download and hardback preorders from @wallsteinverlag.bsky.social!
it’s really unfair that the account rage tweeting about perfidious brown professors hasn’t tweeted anything about me
December 24, 2025 at 12:42 AM
it’s really unfair that the account rage tweeting about perfidious brown professors hasn’t tweeted anything about me
this is the only thing i’ve achieved this year
December 23, 2025 at 6:54 PM
this is the only thing i’ve achieved this year
Wife: You make me sound like such as ditz. Like I don’t even know critical theory.
Me: Is that what it means to be a ditz?
Wife: In your world.
Me: Is that what it means to be a ditz?
Wife: In your world.
December 21, 2025 at 7:20 PM
Wife: You make me sound like such as ditz. Like I don’t even know critical theory.
Me: Is that what it means to be a ditz?
Wife: In your world.
Me: Is that what it means to be a ditz?
Wife: In your world.
Fascists: How dare you ridicule my favorite fascist! He’s a special boy!!
December 15, 2025 at 3:05 PM
Fascists: How dare you ridicule my favorite fascist! He’s a special boy!!
sometimes you read a text and you feel an overwhelming urge to do theory to it
December 12, 2025 at 12:27 PM
sometimes you read a text and you feel an overwhelming urge to do theory to it
one month until my wife’s birthday, which i like to think of as the start of the six week period when i get to tell her every day how much i love being with an older woman
December 6, 2025 at 11:48 PM
one month until my wife’s birthday, which i like to think of as the start of the six week period when i get to tell her every day how much i love being with an older woman
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