Ted Kinnaman
@tkinnama.bsky.social
I enjoy traveling, reading philosophy, and marking the destruction of essential democratic institutions.
For about the ten thousandth time since January, I ask, what the actual fuck.
November 18, 2025 at 3:16 AM
For about the ten thousandth time since January, I ask, what the actual fuck.
Oh good Lord. That is unspeakable.
November 18, 2025 at 12:37 AM
Oh good Lord. That is unspeakable.
I read Montaillou: The Promised Land of Error as an adult and had much the same reaction.
November 17, 2025 at 1:08 PM
I read Montaillou: The Promised Land of Error as an adult and had much the same reaction.
No one has said Clinton blew Trump.
November 16, 2025 at 6:12 PM
No one has said Clinton blew Trump.
Piranesi, by Susannah Clarke. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep (of course), by Philip K. Dick. Slaughterhouse Five, by Kurt Vonnegut.
November 16, 2025 at 2:41 PM
Piranesi, by Susannah Clarke. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep (of course), by Philip K. Dick. Slaughterhouse Five, by Kurt Vonnegut.
No. More like the opposite. In one class I’m teaching, one student in three (eight out of 24) has one.
November 16, 2025 at 5:55 AM
No. More like the opposite. In one class I’m teaching, one student in three (eight out of 24) has one.
I was active in DSA long, long ago, in the 1980’s. The change you describe is a real loss for the American left.
November 15, 2025 at 2:47 AM
I was active in DSA long, long ago, in the 1980’s. The change you describe is a real loss for the American left.
I’m so sorry. He looks like a sweetie dog.
November 12, 2025 at 12:21 PM
I’m so sorry. He looks like a sweetie dog.
I disagree, for the same reason I disagree with term limits: Time in office makes it possible to build up the knowledge legislators need to be effective. If your representative can’t do the job, vote them out.
November 11, 2025 at 11:59 AM
I disagree, for the same reason I disagree with term limits: Time in office makes it possible to build up the knowledge legislators need to be effective. If your representative can’t do the job, vote them out.
We have a Kitty Carlisle.
November 10, 2025 at 6:18 PM
We have a Kitty Carlisle.
Ahem. FedEx is not Trump’s ‘home stadium,’ though reportedly he does want a new stadium to be named for him.
November 10, 2025 at 1:06 PM
Ahem. FedEx is not Trump’s ‘home stadium,’ though reportedly he does want a new stadium to be named for him.
And that’s Ronald Brownstein, who as I recall is, like, a Trostkyite or something.
November 10, 2025 at 1:02 PM
And that’s Ronald Brownstein, who as I recall is, like, a Trostkyite or something.
True, but I was surprised to see that they hadn’t been pardoned already.
November 10, 2025 at 1:01 PM
True, but I was surprised to see that they hadn’t been pardoned already.
Cannot wait until we see the last of Chuck Schumer.
November 10, 2025 at 12:01 PM
Cannot wait until we see the last of Chuck Schumer.
To be fair, I think they know that already.
November 10, 2025 at 2:14 AM
To be fair, I think they know that already.
Thank you, Senator (from a Maryland Democrat)!
November 10, 2025 at 2:08 AM
Thank you, Senator (from a Maryland Democrat)!
I miss just about all large cultural phenomena.
November 10, 2025 at 2:08 AM
I miss just about all large cultural phenomena.