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
Congratulations to @brunoleipold.com and co! Important project on popular government, with Mamdani’s win only two days in the rear-view.
Can't say how thrilled I am that this grant will allow @welpita.bsky.social @uditbhatia.bsky.social and I to properly investigate popular government at a moment when representative governments are increasingly captured by oligarchic elites
Congratulations to @brunoleipold.com for securing a Synergy Grant from @erc.europa.eu! 👏🏽
Bruno will collaborate on a 6-year project titled the Popular Government in Global Perspective project, which seeks to challenge the way we think about #democracy.
www.lse.ac.uk/news/lse-aca...
Bruno will collaborate on a 6-year project titled the Popular Government in Global Perspective project, which seeks to challenge the way we think about #democracy.
www.lse.ac.uk/news/lse-aca...
November 6, 2025 at 2:01 PM
Congratulations to @brunoleipold.com and co! Important project on popular government, with Mamdani’s win only two days in the rear-view.
At U of Michigan’s Department of Political Science, we will make 3 admissions offers for the PhD in political theory. That’s 3 open slots! Apply early and often. Deadline December 15. Feel free to reach out to me directly with questions.
Here’s a picture of a dinner I was proud of cooking.
Here’s a picture of a dinner I was proud of cooking.
November 4, 2025 at 9:40 PM
At U of Michigan’s Department of Political Science, we will make 3 admissions offers for the PhD in political theory. That’s 3 open slots! Apply early and often. Deadline December 15. Feel free to reach out to me directly with questions.
Here’s a picture of a dinner I was proud of cooking.
Here’s a picture of a dinner I was proud of cooking.
Such an inspiring book.
September 21, 2025 at 5:21 PM
Such an inspiring book.
Donated and boosting. Please donate if you can.
Aside from all the other horrors, all I could think in watching this is how I never could’ve kept my own sweet baby from picking up rubble and eating it.
Aside from all the other horrors, all I could think in watching this is how I never could’ve kept my own sweet baby from picking up rubble and eating it.
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August 29, 2025 at 11:42 AM
Donated and boosting. Please donate if you can.
Aside from all the other horrors, all I could think in watching this is how I never could’ve kept my own sweet baby from picking up rubble and eating it.
Aside from all the other horrors, all I could think in watching this is how I never could’ve kept my own sweet baby from picking up rubble and eating it.
My colleague Annie with a 🔥🔥🔥 new article out in APSR soon. Go read it!
Coming soon to an open access APSR near you:
(all kidding aside, I'm so happy to see this piece out in the world)
(all kidding aside, I'm so happy to see this piece out in the world)
July 31, 2025 at 2:27 AM
My colleague Annie with a 🔥🔥🔥 new article out in APSR soon. Go read it!
Turns out you can’t build bananas at all.
DEAN: What's the tariff on bananas?
LUTNICK: Generally 10%
DEAN: Walmart has already increased the cost of bananas by 8%
LUTNICK: If you build in America, there is no tariff
DEAN: We cannot build bananas in America
LUTNICK: Generally 10%
DEAN: Walmart has already increased the cost of bananas by 8%
LUTNICK: If you build in America, there is no tariff
DEAN: We cannot build bananas in America
June 5, 2025 at 6:05 PM
Turns out you can’t build bananas at all.
morbidly funny that *superannuation*—a synonym for obsolescence—is the system they want to claim will *modernize* social security.
March 13, 2025 at 1:40 PM
morbidly funny that *superannuation*—a synonym for obsolescence—is the system they want to claim will *modernize* social security.
January 2, 2025 at 10:16 PM
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Eman sent me this video of her daughter Rahaf coughing because she couldn’t get it to upload- Rahaf has contracted severe bronchitis which is being exasperated by the cold and she could use some help getting proper medicine and warmer clothes for her
January 2, 2025 at 1:09 PM
Eman sent me this video of her daughter Rahaf coughing because she couldn’t get it to upload- Rahaf has contracted severe bronchitis which is being exasperated by the cold and she could use some help getting proper medicine and warmer clothes for her
“I remember saying I was for a cessation of hostilities in Israel and Palestine. And people said why don’t you say ceasefire? I’m thinking, that’s literally the same thing.”
I call BS.
He wouldn’t say “ceasefire” b/c the Biden administration nixed it, not overfocus on linguistic precision.
I call BS.
He wouldn’t say “ceasefire” b/c the Biden administration nixed it, not overfocus on linguistic precision.
Sen. @schatz.bsky.social argues that Democrats need to stop saying things that are “egregiously weird sounding” to echo activists and academics and instead speak like normal people.
“But it’s also just alienating. This magic words thing has to go away.”
www.politico.com/news/magazin...
“But it’s also just alienating. This magic words thing has to go away.”
www.politico.com/news/magazin...
December 28, 2024 at 11:57 PM
“I remember saying I was for a cessation of hostilities in Israel and Palestine. And people said why don’t you say ceasefire? I’m thinking, that’s literally the same thing.”
I call BS.
He wouldn’t say “ceasefire” b/c the Biden administration nixed it, not overfocus on linguistic precision.
I call BS.
He wouldn’t say “ceasefire” b/c the Biden administration nixed it, not overfocus on linguistic precision.
A propos of nothing, “decivilization” is the term Aimé Césaire used in Discourse on Colonialism (1950) to capture the moral effects of colonial domination on the colonizer society.
The brazen murder of a CEO in Midtown Manhattan—and the cheering reaction to his execution—amounts to a blinking-and-blaring warning signal for a society that has become already too inured to bloodshed, @adriennelaf.bsky.social writes. theatln.tc/ZRcsrreK
December 12, 2024 at 3:07 AM
A propos of nothing, “decivilization” is the term Aimé Césaire used in Discourse on Colonialism (1950) to capture the moral effects of colonial domination on the colonizer society.
blueskyroast.com just put me in my place for all time. Just way too on the nose.
December 4, 2024 at 11:37 PM
blueskyroast.com just put me in my place for all time. Just way too on the nose.
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Please follow my list of Indigenous scientists! I accidentally deleted my first starter park -- but recreated it with even more names. Who else needs to be added?
go.bsky.app/9LhnuCY
go.bsky.app/9LhnuCY
November 29, 2024 at 10:55 PM
Please follow my list of Indigenous scientists! I accidentally deleted my first starter park -- but recreated it with even more names. Who else needs to be added?
go.bsky.app/9LhnuCY
go.bsky.app/9LhnuCY
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Around this time every year, I share a list of ways to support Native people. From supporting Indigenous people seeking abortion care to defending Native voting rights and keeping Native families together, here are some causes worth supporting. 🧵
November 28, 2024 at 1:51 AM
Around this time every year, I share a list of ways to support Native people. From supporting Indigenous people seeking abortion care to defending Native voting rights and keeping Native families together, here are some causes worth supporting. 🧵
Article 6 “robs countries and communities in the Global South…
of the allowances they need to realise their right to grow and develop…those with humongous carbon footprints steal…from the countries and communities that have done the least to cause the climate crisis.”
thesun.ng/africa-mbpp-...
of the allowances they need to realise their right to grow and develop…those with humongous carbon footprints steal…from the countries and communities that have done the least to cause the climate crisis.”
thesun.ng/africa-mbpp-...
Africa MBPP raises concerns over carbon market
By Merit Ibe The Africa Make Big Polluters Pay (MBPP) coalition has raised the alarm over the ongoing discussions at COP29 in Baku, Azerbaijan, regarding Article 6 of the Paris Agreement and its f...
thesun.ng
November 28, 2024 at 3:50 AM
Article 6 “robs countries and communities in the Global South…
of the allowances they need to realise their right to grow and develop…those with humongous carbon footprints steal…from the countries and communities that have done the least to cause the climate crisis.”
thesun.ng/africa-mbpp-...
of the allowances they need to realise their right to grow and develop…those with humongous carbon footprints steal…from the countries and communities that have done the least to cause the climate crisis.”
thesun.ng/africa-mbpp-...
grist.org/cop29/carbon...
On article 6.4 coming out of #COP29:
“Governments now face the real possibility of having created a Paris-sanctioned carbon market that could be worse for people and the planet than the scandal-ridden voluntary carbon markets.”
At COP29, new rules for carbon markets made them even more controversial
Environmental groups say weak guidelines risk facilitating “cowboy carbon markets at a time when the world needs a sheriff.”
grist.org
November 28, 2024 at 3:39 AM
grist.org/cop29/carbon...
On article 6.4 coming out of #COP29:
“Governments now face the real possibility of having created a Paris-sanctioned carbon market that could be worse for people and the planet than the scandal-ridden voluntary carbon markets.”
Reposted by David Temin
Here is my second comment on COP:
First the Damage, then the Debt.
Or: The ecological damage (read: destruction) is mainly done to countries already in massive economic debt, which then becomes even more indebted since most climate financing comes in the form of loans - another cruel feedback loop
First the Damage, then the Debt.
Or: The ecological damage (read: destruction) is mainly done to countries already in massive economic debt, which then becomes even more indebted since most climate financing comes in the form of loans - another cruel feedback loop
November 25, 2024 at 7:30 AM
Here is my second comment on COP:
First the Damage, then the Debt.
Or: The ecological damage (read: destruction) is mainly done to countries already in massive economic debt, which then becomes even more indebted since most climate financing comes in the form of loans - another cruel feedback loop
First the Damage, then the Debt.
Or: The ecological damage (read: destruction) is mainly done to countries already in massive economic debt, which then becomes even more indebted since most climate financing comes in the form of loans - another cruel feedback loop
“Developing countries pressed for less money to come through “creative accounting,” a catch-all term referring to loans provided through multilateral development banks such as the World Bank and International Monetary Fund.”
www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...
www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...
Inside the Frantic Maneuvers That Saved COP29 Talks at a Cost
Two weeks of difficult negotiations came to the brink of failure before settling on a $300 billion deal that flashes warnings for the future of climate diplomacy.
www.bloomberg.com
November 25, 2024 at 7:31 AM
“Developing countries pressed for less money to come through “creative accounting,” a catch-all term referring to loans provided through multilateral development banks such as the World Bank and International Monetary Fund.”
www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...
www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...
Opportunities have to be *made.* they don’t come from the heavens.
I see very little of evidence that Democrats are going to attack this or other attempts to crush labor.
Translating “clarity” into political wins requires building a narrative that majorities can envision as an alternative.
I see very little of evidence that Democrats are going to attack this or other attempts to crush labor.
Translating “clarity” into political wins requires building a narrative that majorities can envision as an alternative.
In politics clarity is its own opportunity. The storm of the 2024 election has created great clarity. The richest man in the world, Elon Musk, and 3rd richest man in the world, Jeff Bezos, are currently asking a group of Trump judges to end the right to organize & join a union in the United States.
November 24, 2024 at 4:08 PM
Opportunities have to be *made.* they don’t come from the heavens.
I see very little of evidence that Democrats are going to attack this or other attempts to crush labor.
Translating “clarity” into political wins requires building a narrative that majorities can envision as an alternative.
I see very little of evidence that Democrats are going to attack this or other attempts to crush labor.
Translating “clarity” into political wins requires building a narrative that majorities can envision as an alternative.
Reposted by David Temin
November 24, 2024 at 2:00 PM
Building a serious anti-imperial movement in the core has never been more pressing. #COP29 predictably shameful from wealthy countries
LDCs just "temporarily walked out" of #COP29, citing 2 reasons:
1. They haven't been consulted. AOSIS & others said the same
2. The text completely ignores those most vulnerable to climate change.
1. They haven't been consulted. AOSIS & others said the same
2. The text completely ignores those most vulnerable to climate change.
November 23, 2024 at 5:03 PM
Building a serious anti-imperial movement in the core has never been more pressing. #COP29 predictably shameful from wealthy countries
Reposted by David Temin
Latest from Cop29 - Wealthy countries agree to raise climate finance offer to $300bn a year
Cop29: wealthy countries agree to raise climate finance offer to $300bn a year
EU and nations including the UK, US and Australia indicate they will make the increase in exchange for changes to a draft text, sources say
www.theguardian.com
November 23, 2024 at 10:05 AM
Latest from Cop29 - Wealthy countries agree to raise climate finance offer to $300bn a year
Safa’ Al Jayoussi, the climate justice lead at Oxfam International, said: “…there is only one option for those grappling with the harshest impacts of climate collapse: trillions, not billions, in public and grants-based finance.”
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Developing countries urged to reject ‘bad deal’ as Cop29 climate talks falter
Talk grows of a walkout from poor countries in response to ‘unacceptable’ and ‘insulting’ finance proposal
www.theguardian.com
November 23, 2024 at 12:38 AM
Safa’ Al Jayoussi, the climate justice lead at Oxfam International, said: “…there is only one option for those grappling with the harshest impacts of climate collapse: trillions, not billions, in public and grants-based finance.”
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...