Jonathan Fine
@jonathanbfine.bsky.social
Dad, Husband, Germanist jonathanblakefine.com
the number of impressions one of my tweets has to get in order for someone in my family to say something is seventeen million. that’s good to know.
the world cup needs to continue in perpetuity in order to prevent people from talking about wokeness at universities
whodathunk i would actually make progress on my work when there weren’t world cup matches to watch every day?
Printed out an article and got a paper cut. I suffer so much for the life of the mind.
sometimes people decide that i am personally responsible for everything that is wrong in academia, which is obviously true but still kind of annoying
nothing sexier than a page that’s almost all footnote
don’t think three lock screen notifications is enough
complaining about corruption in international football is a sign that you don’t know ball
i will be keeping track of what all the new soccer die hards say when the world series, super bowl, etc come along
got my kid to realize that for parents driving a kid somewhere far away is not just there and back but there and back and there and back again
i read a chapter in a monograph that ended with a block quote. what sort of chaos is that?
I’m at the lavender farm. I’m at the camel sanctuary. I’m at the combination lavender farm camel sanctuary.
since my book is about german intellectuals, watching germany’s world cup matches counts as research
i’ve trained my teenager to send me photographs of any piles of free books outside
first time i’ve ever seen polygamous on a medical form
my mom doesn’t really know what we’re talking about when my brother and i start talking about the world cup in the family chat, but she does seem very happy to see her boys talking with each other
FYI Tȯr: Germany scores one goal Tör: two goals To⃛r: three goals, and so on
patriotism mogged by the dude at the beach wearing an american flag bathing suit, an american flag baseball cap, american flag tank top, and a pulisic jersey