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Jonathan Fine

@jonathanbfine.bsky.social

Dad, Husband, Germanist jonathanblakefine.com

8,717 Followers  |  3,143 Following  |  762 Posts  |  Joined: 29.06.2023  |  1.6013

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yes

17.10.2025 13:23 β€” πŸ‘ 22    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

i would never join a group chat that would accept me as a member

15.10.2025 01:06 β€” πŸ‘ 20    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 0

@jonathanbfine.bsky.social a couple of german customers came through the shop them the one german phrase i know (oh nein ein horizontal rotierendes Pferd) and they asked me if i knew prof fine

11.10.2025 16:40 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

my kid told my mom i’m the best teacher in the world

11.10.2025 15:51 β€” πŸ‘ 17    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 0

I wouldn’t say that I bought something at the Theory outlet just so I could get a Theory tote bag to carry books of theory, but I also wouldn’t not say that I did exactly that.

07.10.2025 15:17 β€” πŸ‘ 16    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 2

Discovered today that Maia Mindel has unblocked me. I wish I could have advised her against making such a terrible decision.

03.10.2025 21:49 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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eww gross

03.10.2025 18:45 β€” πŸ‘ 16    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Germans: Wouldn’t your tweet be better if it weren’t funny?

03.10.2025 12:06 β€” πŸ‘ 44    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 7    πŸ“Œ 1
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select all that apply

02.10.2025 20:43 β€” πŸ‘ 12    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

leaving a gap in the literature is real loser behavior and something i would just never do

01.10.2025 21:38 β€” πŸ‘ 15    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 1
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when your career never advances, you’re always early career faculty, which is neat

30.09.2025 20:33 β€” πŸ‘ 20    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 0
Lessing Society

I’d never tell people to join the Lessing Society just because I designed the new website, but I also would never discourage people from joining purely on that basis.

29.09.2025 18:16 β€” πŸ‘ 14    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 0

Wife: The kids told me the house ate you and you were talking to me from in the walls

28.09.2025 18:15 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0
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6: you look like a little kid in this

26.09.2025 18:59 β€” πŸ‘ 16    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

foreign languages are irrelevant gobbledeygoop. got it. thanks.

25.09.2025 19:22 β€” πŸ‘ 15    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 5    πŸ“Œ 0

It was the 80s and my parents were New York yuppies

24.09.2025 23:17 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Jonathan Fine stuns in new academic journal article

24.09.2025 19:11 β€” πŸ‘ 41    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0
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I have not earned this title, but I never complain when I’m mistakenly granted it

23.09.2025 19:45 β€” πŸ‘ 9    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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i’m too shallow of a reader to tell if this tweet is about me

23.09.2025 14:27 β€” πŸ‘ 7    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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fascinating things are happening on twitter dot com

22.09.2025 16:50 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

Overheard at the coffee shop this morning: Who needs a philosophical thing about Goethe? The research we do is important.

20.09.2025 17:33 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1
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might go as hamlet for halloween

19.09.2025 20:33 β€” πŸ‘ 30    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 5    πŸ“Œ 1

Dad: You didn’t get asked to do that because they think you’re an idiot.
Wife: That’s because they’re not on twitter.

17.09.2025 21:34 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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if i ever click follow back it’s a sign i’ve lost all self respect

14.09.2025 11:45 β€” πŸ‘ 11    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 4    πŸ“Œ 0
Man seated at table on date with woman imagines in a thought bubble that she thinks "He brought up Hegel; he must be smart." There is no indication the woman actually thinks this.

Man seated at table on date with woman imagines in a thought bubble that she thinks "He brought up Hegel; he must be smart." There is no indication the woman actually thinks this.

@jonathanbfine.bsky.social

12.09.2025 16:40 β€” πŸ‘ 8    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 0

yes

12.09.2025 14:54 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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some basic grammar (gender ideology)

12.09.2025 13:51 β€” πŸ‘ 18    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 0
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this sentence is so precious to me

12.09.2025 10:44 β€” πŸ‘ 17    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

My wife thinks I should beg for forgiveness for my mustache on Yom Kippur.

11.09.2025 00:10 β€” πŸ‘ 16    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 5    πŸ“Œ 0
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i reject this

08.09.2025 18:18 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 5    πŸ“Œ 0

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