Kevin Finkelstein ☭
@kfinkelstein.bsky.social
Director/Writer/Historian (Shakespeare/activism/disability performance). MA Univ of Colorado-Boulder (2026). Hard-of-hearing. Views my own. he/him #cwa7799 #blm #transrightsarehumanrights
97 mph winds and over 100,000 of us are without power, and I'd *still* rather live here in Colorado than in Trump's DC.
December 18, 2025 at 12:14 AM
97 mph winds and over 100,000 of us are without power, and I'd *still* rather live here in Colorado than in Trump's DC.
I'm at 20 and I have no regrets.
Show your age
17 (have never used a fax machine, a record player, or a phone booth)
17 (have never used a fax machine, a record player, or a phone booth)
December 16, 2025 at 4:42 AM
I'm at 20 and I have no regrets.
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I was fortunate enough to reads bits of this wonderful little book while it was being drafted and I still think about Bennett’s insights into teaching Shakespeare constantly. I hope this book wins lots of awards and finds an impassioned readership
Exciting news! My Element, Teaching Shakespeare's Theatre of the World, has been released in a digital edition (paperback coming soon!) by Cambridge UP. Even better, it's FREE to download until 15 December 2025! So many thanks to all who helped along the way! <3
www.cambridge.org/core/element...
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Teaching Shakespeare’s Theatre of the World
Cambridge Core - English Literature: General Interest - Teaching Shakespeare’s Theatre of the World
www.cambridge.org
December 10, 2025 at 9:00 PM
I was fortunate enough to reads bits of this wonderful little book while it was being drafted and I still think about Bennett’s insights into teaching Shakespeare constantly. I hope this book wins lots of awards and finds an impassioned readership
Once again, it's striking how the Editorial Board of the Washington Post is comprised by a bunch of soulless ghouls. Never once has a single member of the board claimed that M4A is "must-pass legislation," but when it comes to the largest military spending bill on the planet...
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December 9, 2025 at 11:03 PM
Once again, it's striking how the Editorial Board of the Washington Post is comprised by a bunch of soulless ghouls. Never once has a single member of the board claimed that M4A is "must-pass legislation," but when it comes to the largest military spending bill on the planet...
archive.today/QsJDx
archive.today/QsJDx
The complete and utter uselessness of Google Search in 2025, as told in two screenshots.
December 8, 2025 at 3:58 AM
The complete and utter uselessness of Google Search in 2025, as told in two screenshots.
Add me to the long list of people who will never, ever purchase another Microsoft product in their lives. This kind of forced adoption is nothing more than selfish, psychopathic, schoolyard bullying. #FuckMicrosoft #ThenNowForever
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Microsoft is 'removing known mechanisms for creating a local account' from Windows 11 setup - get ready to use a Microsoft account
This isn't a popular decision...
www.techradar.com
December 4, 2025 at 3:29 AM
Add me to the long list of people who will never, ever purchase another Microsoft product in their lives. This kind of forced adoption is nothing more than selfish, psychopathic, schoolyard bullying. #FuckMicrosoft #ThenNowForever
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Jeffries is really going out of his way to get primaried, isn't he?
Jeffries: "The border is secure. That's a good thing. It happened on his watch. He wants to claim credit for it, of course he'll get credit for that. In terms of making sure that we actually deal with the issues that matter, including on immigration, there's a lot that's left to be desired."
December 3, 2025 at 11:29 PM
Jeffries is really going out of his way to get primaried, isn't he?
Easily the dumbest thing I've read this week (the article, not the book-you couldn't pay me to read this tabloid tripe masquerading as non-fiction).
It's like if misogyny, entitlement and white supremacy had a baby.
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
It's like if misogyny, entitlement and white supremacy had a baby.
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
Scott Galloway on the masculinity crisis: ‘I worry we are evolving a new breed of asexual, asocial males’
When his book Notes on Being a Man was released last month, it raced to the top of the bestseller lists. The US author, tech entrepreneur and podcaster explains his theories on dating, crying – and th...
www.theguardian.com
December 3, 2025 at 3:58 PM
Easily the dumbest thing I've read this week (the article, not the book-you couldn't pay me to read this tabloid tripe masquerading as non-fiction).
It's like if misogyny, entitlement and white supremacy had a baby.
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
It's like if misogyny, entitlement and white supremacy had a baby.
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
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Even by the standards of The Atlantic, this is an extraordinarily weak evidence base for an article.
Data from a tiny handful of schools that isn't measuring the variable at issue and a few thin, secondhand anecdotes.
www.theatlantic.com/magazine/202...
Data from a tiny handful of schools that isn't measuring the variable at issue and a few thin, secondhand anecdotes.
www.theatlantic.com/magazine/202...
December 2, 2025 at 4:27 PM
Even by the standards of The Atlantic, this is an extraordinarily weak evidence base for an article.
Data from a tiny handful of schools that isn't measuring the variable at issue and a few thin, secondhand anecdotes.
www.theatlantic.com/magazine/202...
Data from a tiny handful of schools that isn't measuring the variable at issue and a few thin, secondhand anecdotes.
www.theatlantic.com/magazine/202...
There is an extraordinary sense of entitlement behind the belief that others should act in such a cowardly, subservient manner as you choose to do.
There is an extraordinary sense of entitlement behind the belief that there ought to be political party that aligns 100% with your own opinions.
November 30, 2025 at 2:19 AM
There is an extraordinary sense of entitlement behind the belief that others should act in such a cowardly, subservient manner as you choose to do.
Personally, I think it's been obvious for years that mediocre intellects with a niche talent say stupid shit like "social media accounts are foreign trolls" because they lack the education and interest in engaging with differing opinions, so they cast a wide net of Othering to feign reasonableness.
November 23, 2025 at 10:22 PM
Personally, I think it's been obvious for years that mediocre intellects with a niche talent say stupid shit like "social media accounts are foreign trolls" because they lack the education and interest in engaging with differing opinions, so they cast a wide net of Othering to feign reasonableness.
I'm not as clued in to the day-to-day stuff on the Epstein files, but given Trump's recent comments about how it's only a problem for Democrats, shouldn't we be at all concerned that what is released will be curated?
Why would we trust anyone in this administration to be honest?
Why would we trust anyone in this administration to be honest?
November 18, 2025 at 5:00 PM
I'm not as clued in to the day-to-day stuff on the Epstein files, but given Trump's recent comments about how it's only a problem for Democrats, shouldn't we be at all concerned that what is released will be curated?
Why would we trust anyone in this administration to be honest?
Why would we trust anyone in this administration to be honest?
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The NY Times that asked ms Rachel if she was accepting money to support Hamas?
November 13, 2025 at 9:29 PM
The NY Times that asked ms Rachel if she was accepting money to support Hamas?
I guess we can add Andrew Doyle to the list of self-important fuckwits who want to pretend that aligning themselves with a far-right hate group is normal.
"Qui cum canibus concumbunt cum pulicibus surgent" indeed.
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"Qui cum canibus concumbunt cum pulicibus surgent" indeed.
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November 13, 2025 at 7:25 PM
I guess we can add Andrew Doyle to the list of self-important fuckwits who want to pretend that aligning themselves with a far-right hate group is normal.
"Qui cum canibus concumbunt cum pulicibus surgent" indeed.
archive.ph/moYmt
"Qui cum canibus concumbunt cum pulicibus surgent" indeed.
archive.ph/moYmt
Can't believe that this "news is what we say it is" thread is still up. The only thing more shocking is the end of this thread, where she asks people to subscribe to her current endeavor.
The unintentional admission of standards being different for different people is pretty hilarious, tho, ngl.
The unintentional admission of standards being different for different people is pretty hilarious, tho, ngl.
As a former member of NYT’s finance team & the co-author of this story exposing the relationship between Epstein & Bill Gates as well as one on Epstein & JPMorgan, I am really frustrated to see people claiming that NYT sat on publishable info about Trump and Epstein 🧵 www.nytimes.com/2019/10/12/b...
Bill Gates Met With Jeffrey Epstein Many Times, Despite His Past (Published 2019)
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November 13, 2025 at 6:49 PM
Can't believe that this "news is what we say it is" thread is still up. The only thing more shocking is the end of this thread, where she asks people to subscribe to her current endeavor.
The unintentional admission of standards being different for different people is pretty hilarious, tho, ngl.
The unintentional admission of standards being different for different people is pretty hilarious, tho, ngl.
"Legitimize an illegitimate attack against the arts" is some really, really entitled stuff. It won't surprise you to learn that the author of this nonsense has a degree in Anthropology that she has somehow convinced herself entitles her to be called a journalist.
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November 12, 2025 at 2:07 AM
"Legitimize an illegitimate attack against the arts" is some really, really entitled stuff. It won't surprise you to learn that the author of this nonsense has a degree in Anthropology that she has somehow convinced herself entitles her to be called a journalist.
archive.ph/SguY2#select...
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"You all don't get it. The only way to stop fascism is to elect the political party that has spent the entire second Trump term aiding and abetting fascism."
Only our oppressors can save us, apparently.
I know it's en vogue for mediocre Americans to abandon critical thought, but this is pathetic.
Only our oppressors can save us, apparently.
I know it's en vogue for mediocre Americans to abandon critical thought, but this is pathetic.
Unfortunately in this moment we have zero choice. We don’t show up we get fascism. Simple as that. It’s the easiest choice there has ever been yet people won’t see it that way unless something happens within the inept party. We might just deserve all this as we can never get out of our own way.
November 10, 2025 at 8:33 PM
"You all don't get it. The only way to stop fascism is to elect the political party that has spent the entire second Trump term aiding and abetting fascism."
Only our oppressors can save us, apparently.
I know it's en vogue for mediocre Americans to abandon critical thought, but this is pathetic.
Only our oppressors can save us, apparently.
I know it's en vogue for mediocre Americans to abandon critical thought, but this is pathetic.
November 6, 2025 at 10:40 PM
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you'll definitely wanna go and make sure because turns out they had engaged the nanny locks for everything on mine
November 6, 2025 at 2:57 PM
you'll definitely wanna go and make sure because turns out they had engaged the nanny locks for everything on mine
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banger cover & i hope you lucky mfs in NYC get a physical copy to frame as art
November 5, 2025 at 3:55 AM
banger cover & i hope you lucky mfs in NYC get a physical copy to frame as art
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A film you've seen more than 7 times with a gif
November 4, 2025 at 6:47 PM
A film you've seen more than 7 times with a gif
On one hand, it's pretty disgusting to suddenly force ads like this, especially onto people who had previously purchased the product.
On the other hand, if you're the type of person to drop $3,500 on a "smart refrigerator," then maybe you deserve this?
arstechnica.com/gadgets/2025...
On the other hand, if you're the type of person to drop $3,500 on a "smart refrigerator," then maybe you deserve this?
arstechnica.com/gadgets/2025...
Samsung makes ads on $3,499 smart fridges official with upcoming software update
Update introduces two ways for the fridges to show ads.
arstechnica.com
October 28, 2025 at 9:03 PM
On one hand, it's pretty disgusting to suddenly force ads like this, especially onto people who had previously purchased the product.
On the other hand, if you're the type of person to drop $3,500 on a "smart refrigerator," then maybe you deserve this?
arstechnica.com/gadgets/2025...
On the other hand, if you're the type of person to drop $3,500 on a "smart refrigerator," then maybe you deserve this?
arstechnica.com/gadgets/2025...