Todd Hedrick

@toddhedrick.bsky.social

Philosophy professor | MSU | Reconciliation and Reification (Oxford 2019) | opinions mine |

Todd Hedrick is an American philosopher and Professor of Philosophy at Michigan State University. He is known for his works on Hegel's philosophy and critical theory.

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Political science 35%

Biology 17%

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Todd Hedrick @toddhedrick.bsky.social · 2d

take a moment to ponder the greatness of Karma Chameleon

Todd Hedrick @toddhedrick.bsky.social · 15d

Is baby Harriet (7 months, 6 lbs) going to be too big and mature to ride on Dad's shoulder on the way to the vet? Not yet!

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Santiago Mayer @santiagomayer.com · 17d

I really think that we need to talk more about the fact that Republicans have basically quietly abolished the House of Representatives

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Reconstructionist @unavaleable.bsky.social · 17d

its remarkable to see random suburbanites in their fucking PJs have more courage than the vast majority of america's political, social, and civil elites

armando l sanchez @mandophotos.bsky.social · 17d

More from the scene

Todd Hedrick @toddhedrick.bsky.social · 18d

Anyway, couldn't you run this playbook by pointing out that Trump doing a ton of performatively evil stuff *instead* of helping out the regular folks with their pocketbook issues?

Todd Hedrick @toddhedrick.bsky.social · 18d

This has been her posture for the last 2 years. I think she's been a good governor for my state, but, man, the house is on fire and she seems to think the smart play is to keep her head down, she's not helping at all.

Todd Hedrick @toddhedrick.bsky.social · 19d

I wonder if they'll be able to place the charges correctly so that the ceremonial demolition of Trump's Mt. Rushmore head doesn't damage Lincoln and Washington too badly

Todd Hedrick @toddhedrick.bsky.social · 20d

The Massacre of the Latins = ICE and mass deportations
Frederick Barbarrossa = Xi Jinping
Breakaway of Serbia and Cyprus = Gavin Newsom and JB Pritzker

Todd Hedrick @toddhedrick.bsky.social · 20d

Manuel I Komnenos = Obama
Alexios II = Clinton
Incestuous affair with Eudokia = Epstein
Conspiring with Baldwin of Jerusalem = Putin
Invasion plot with the Cumans = Jan 6
2 escapes from prison = the impeachments
1204 Crusader sack of Constantinople = whatever disaster befalls the US in 5-10 years

Todd Hedrick @toddhedrick.bsky.social · 20d

The best literary analog to Trump 2 is Biff Tannen in the second Back to the Future movie. The best historical analog is Andronikos I Komnenos's reign in the eastern Roman Empire from 1183-1185 (look it up!).

Todd Hedrick @toddhedrick.bsky.social · Oct 10

Good stuff, my man!

Todd Hedrick @toddhedrick.bsky.social · Oct 8

For all of their undeniable potency in psychological warfare, the Nazgûl are objectively terrible at hand to hand combat

Todd Hedrick @toddhedrick.bsky.social · Oct 8

I cannot imagine loathing a fictional character more than Samwise Gamgee

Todd Hedrick @toddhedrick.bsky.social · Oct 8

I cry at no fewer than 9 points in the Fellowship of the Ring movie

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AAUP @aaup.org · Oct 2

The Trump admin’s offer to give preferential treatment to institutions that toe the party line reeks of bribery in exchange for allegiance to a partisan ideological agenda.

This is corruption.

Adherence to ‘loyalty oaths’ would usher in a new era of thought policing in American higher education.

Universities Must Reject Trump Admin 'Loyalty Oath' Compacts

The AAUP and AFT warn that the Trump administration’s offer to give preferential treatment to colleges and universities that court government favor in exchange for allegiance to a partisan ideological...

www.aaup.org

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · Sep 26

A pattern is developing where everyone who fights back against a Trump attack inevitably wins with their reputation much better than before, and everyone who caves to him looks like shit and has Trump coming back for more a month later.

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mr potato @tweetpotato314.bsky.social · Sep 26

[at my second rodeo] listen up you ignorant sack of shit

Todd Hedrick @toddhedrick.bsky.social · Sep 25

It is an indication that, for all of the money and the power, and the being on top of the world, you would never want to actually be Trump: he just cannot stop himself from being consumed by these little slights and grievances, and responding to every situation in the pettiest way imaginable.

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Anna Bower @annabower.bsky.social · Sep 24

Tick, tock.

Lindsey Halligan, the newly-installed prosecutor in EDVA, has less than a week to secure an indictment against James Comey before a key statute of limitations runs out.

Ben Wittes and I examine her charging options.

Spoiler alert: they all suck.

www.lawfaremedia.org/article/the-...

LAWFARE
The Situation: Choose Your Own
Adventure: Lindsey Halligan
Edition
Benjamin Wittes, Anna Bower
Wednesday, September 24, 2025, 4:52 PM
Share On: f X in
Any way you play, you lose.

Todd Hedrick @toddhedrick.bsky.social · Sep 21

being a reasonable, pragmatic person with romantic sensibilities is the worst - lots of "is now the appropriate time, all things considered, to throw all caution to the wind?"

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · Sep 21

All headlines just from today 🇺🇸

Todd Hedrick @toddhedrick.bsky.social · Sep 21

My crankiest pedagogical idea is to do an intro to philosophy class that's all about first millennium theological controversies (Donatism, Arianism, Manichaeism, Iconoclasm, predestination) and try to figure out what they were about, why people cared about them, what modern analogues might be, etc.

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Jake Lahut @jakelahut.writes.news · Sep 20

Damn @carolleonnig.bsky.social with a barn burner of a scoop www.msnbc.com/msnbc/news/t...

Tom Homan was investigated for accepting $50,000 from undercover FBI agents. Trump's DOJ shut it down.

The FBI and Justice officials closed the investigation, which a Justice Department appointee had called a “deep state” probe in early 2025.

www.msnbc.com

Todd Hedrick @toddhedrick.bsky.social · Sep 18

saying "I want to do a merger" sounds innocuous enough but apparently it means that you are a complete worm and a traitorous enemy of freedom

Todd Hedrick @toddhedrick.bsky.social · Sep 12

I've started having a very negative reaction to the celebs in sports gambling commercials. Needed some more money, Lebron? You want me to believe that losing money on my phone is an extremely glamorous activity, Wayne Gretzky? Luis Guzman, really?

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Matthew Reichbach @fbihop.press · Sep 12

Charlotte Hornets have a "Sports Betting" theme night on March 17.

A list of theme nights for hte Charlotte Hornets.

Ranging from Breast Cancer Aweareness on OCt. 30 to Buzz City Kids Day on 12/29 to Sports Betting on March 17.

Todd Hedrick @toddhedrick.bsky.social · Sep 11

This Department of WAR chest thumping belies the fact that Trump's interest is in using the military to kidnap some nannies, rough up some protesters, maybe murder some people on Caribbean boats, and definitely *not* in deterring peer competitors in Eastern Europe or Asia. So they have a free hand

Todd Hedrick @toddhedrick.bsky.social · Sep 11

In Trump 1, world leaders seem to have been a little unsettled about what his election meant, even while most of the national security establishment was still in place. In Trump 2, the likes of Xi, Putin, Netanyahu have taken the measure of the man, know he has no stomach for great power competition

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · Sep 11

REPORTER: What's your reaction to Russia's drone incursion into Poland?

TRUMP: It could've been a mistake

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · Sep 11

REPORTER: What's your reaction to Russia's drone incursion into Poland?

TRUMP: It could've been a mistake

Todd Hedrick @toddhedrick.bsky.social · Sep 9

And he's on his way to surrendering that, having his court in effect declaring that the law is the sovereign executive's will--so what do we need judicial review for? The more hopeful scenario is that future Democrats expand the court and limit its jurisdiction, due to his fecklessness

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