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Jonathan Fine

@jonathanbfine

Dad, Husband, Germanist jonathanblakefine.com

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A student was surprised by the number of podcasts I’ve been on, but I have to make use of my PhD somehow since I definitely don’t do that at my job.

05.03.2026 13:31 👍 22 🔁 1 💬 3 📌 0
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I too am very interested in how I connect sound with human understanding, which is something that I am always doing.

04.03.2026 19:31 👍 12 🔁 0 💬 2 📌 0

I’m worried the student reading a book before class doesn’t know about TikTok.

03.03.2026 17:54 👍 20 🔁 0 💬 3 📌 0
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Kant is first and foremost an influencer

01.03.2026 19:42 👍 20 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

it’s getting harder and harder to justify membership dues for all the professional organizations for academics as a contingent faculty member

26.02.2026 22:15 👍 22 🔁 3 💬 1 📌 0
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they did the meme

23.02.2026 03:36 👍 15 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

today is the final day of my thirties

22.02.2026 17:03 👍 16 🔁 0 💬 6 📌 0
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no way this can be an accident

16.02.2026 17:39 👍 10 🔁 0 💬 2 📌 0

no one knows

10.02.2026 21:36 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

7, immediately after the game ended: I want another soccer game

10.02.2026 21:30 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

my kid is a big fan of the watching soccer with dad exception to the no tv during the week rule

10.02.2026 21:13 👍 12 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

When I got to my office today several books had fallen off my bookshelf. I can only conclude that they were trying to escape.

10.02.2026 18:03 👍 31 🔁 0 💬 5 📌 1
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thank you for letting me know

07.02.2026 22:24 👍 19 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

Here’s the link! I talked with @jonathanbfine.bsky.social about Lessing, the origins of the German Enlightenment and the early bourgeois public sphere, and Hannah Arendt’s reflections on both for “humanity in dark times.” Hope you enjoy!
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/m...

06.02.2026 22:34 👍 5 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
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Contemporary Conversations: Jonathan B. Fine on Gotthold Ephraim Lessing and the German Enlightenment Podcast Episode · Moral Minority · 02/06/2026 · 1h 30m

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06.02.2026 22:01 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Contemporary Conversations: Jonathan B. Fine on Gotthold Ephraim Lessing and the German Enlightenment

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06.02.2026 22:01 👍 5 🔁 1 💬 1 📌 0

You can now listen to my conversation with @devingoure.bsky.social about Lessing, Arendt, and their respective places in the German intellectual tradition wherever you get your podcasts.

06.02.2026 22:01 👍 24 🔁 3 💬 2 📌 2

i did though

05.02.2026 21:58 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 2 📌 0
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05.02.2026 21:04 👍 30 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 1

my kid just told me i went to grad school and that stole my life

05.02.2026 12:04 👍 10 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 1

doesn’t sound as good

04.02.2026 23:11 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

I got my wife a tweet for our anniversary so maybe I should get her a skeet for Valentine’s Day.

04.02.2026 20:34 👍 11 🔁 0 💬 2 📌 0

everyone knows the humanities are full of postmodernism and gender ideology but none of that shit is in the great books

03.02.2026 16:36 👍 10 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 2

finally ironed my pile of clothes, so my students will get to see that i do in fact own more than just one gingham shirt

02.02.2026 12:01 👍 9 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

the fact that i can’t stream the match i want to watch but can stream matches i don’t want to watch is a human rights violation

31.01.2026 17:14 👍 6 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

the dino nuggets really bring out a similar earthiness in the wine’s terroir

29.01.2026 23:54 👍 16 🔁 2 💬 2 📌 0

Listen to me call Lessing, the paragon of the German Enlightenment, a dick

27.01.2026 22:25 👍 15 🔁 3 💬 1 📌 0
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who could this be talking about?

27.01.2026 19:28 👍 10 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
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ok, meme ready… thank you
@jonathanbfine.bsky.social
as always for your service

25.01.2026 00:57 👍 15 🔁 2 💬 1 📌 0

Wife: I don’t think the system of German Idealism qualifies you to diagnose health problems

23.01.2026 19:20 👍 20 🔁 0 💬 8 📌 0