Todd Hedrick
@toddhedrick.bsky.social
Philosophy professor | MSU | Reconciliation and Reification (Oxford 2019) | opinions mine |
I've got it! He's Andy Daly crossed with Smeagol.
December 5, 2025 at 12:29 AM
I've got it! He's Andy Daly crossed with Smeagol.
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[I turn on the TV and every channel is showing me being burned in effigy] This can't be good
November 30, 2025 at 12:36 AM
[I turn on the TV and every channel is showing me being burned in effigy] This can't be good
Last night I was reading the part of Hilary Mantel's great French Revolution novel where Danton is violently freaking out, hitting and threatening people, trying to prevent the release of documents showing he was in the pay of the Brits and the Court the whole time
November 12, 2025 at 7:51 PM
Last night I was reading the part of Hilary Mantel's great French Revolution novel where Danton is violently freaking out, hitting and threatening people, trying to prevent the release of documents showing he was in the pay of the Brits and the Court the whole time
take a moment to ponder the greatness of Karma Chameleon
November 9, 2025 at 7:02 PM
take a moment to ponder the greatness of Karma Chameleon
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[at my second rodeo] listen up you ignorant sack of shit
September 26, 2025 at 12:40 PM
[at my second rodeo] listen up you ignorant sack of shit
Is baby Harriet (7 months, 6 lbs) going to be too big and mature to ride on Dad's shoulder on the way to the vet? Not yet!
October 27, 2025 at 10:29 PM
Is baby Harriet (7 months, 6 lbs) going to be too big and mature to ride on Dad's shoulder on the way to the vet? Not yet!
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I really think that we need to talk more about the fact that Republicans have basically quietly abolished the House of Representatives
October 25, 2025 at 10:30 PM
I really think that we need to talk more about the fact that Republicans have basically quietly abolished the House of Representatives
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its remarkable to see random suburbanites in their fucking PJs have more courage than the vast majority of america's political, social, and civil elites
October 25, 2025 at 5:41 PM
its remarkable to see random suburbanites in their fucking PJs have more courage than the vast majority of america's political, social, and civil elites
I wonder if they'll be able to place the charges correctly so that the ceremonial demolition of Trump's Mt. Rushmore head doesn't damage Lincoln and Washington too badly
October 23, 2025 at 1:14 AM
I wonder if they'll be able to place the charges correctly so that the ceremonial demolition of Trump's Mt. Rushmore head doesn't damage Lincoln and Washington too badly
The best literary analog to Trump 2 is Biff Tannen in the second Back to the Future movie. The best historical analog is Andronikos I Komnenos's reign in the eastern Roman Empire from 1183-1185 (look it up!).
October 22, 2025 at 6:34 PM
The best literary analog to Trump 2 is Biff Tannen in the second Back to the Future movie. The best historical analog is Andronikos I Komnenos's reign in the eastern Roman Empire from 1183-1185 (look it up!).
I cry at no fewer than 9 points in the Fellowship of the Ring movie
October 8, 2025 at 1:36 AM
I cry at no fewer than 9 points in the Fellowship of the Ring movie
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The Trump admin’s offer to give preferential treatment to institutions that toe the party line reeks of bribery in exchange for allegiance to a partisan ideological agenda.
This is corruption.
Adherence to ‘loyalty oaths’ would usher in a new era of thought policing in American higher education.
This is corruption.
Adherence to ‘loyalty oaths’ would usher in a new era of thought policing in American higher education.
Universities Must Reject Trump Admin 'Loyalty Oath' Compacts
The AAUP and AFT warn that the Trump administration’s offer to give preferential treatment to colleges and universities that court government favor in exchange for allegiance to a partisan ideological...
www.aaup.org
October 2, 2025 at 7:31 PM
The Trump admin’s offer to give preferential treatment to institutions that toe the party line reeks of bribery in exchange for allegiance to a partisan ideological agenda.
This is corruption.
Adherence to ‘loyalty oaths’ would usher in a new era of thought policing in American higher education.
This is corruption.
Adherence to ‘loyalty oaths’ would usher in a new era of thought policing in American higher education.
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A pattern is developing where everyone who fights back against a Trump attack inevitably wins with their reputation much better than before, and everyone who caves to him looks like shit and has Trump coming back for more a month later.
September 26, 2025 at 11:23 PM
A pattern is developing where everyone who fights back against a Trump attack inevitably wins with their reputation much better than before, and everyone who caves to him looks like shit and has Trump coming back for more a month later.
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Halligan thing captures key essentials abt trumpism. Dark dark and will be implemented by a low rent insurance lawyer who’s comically out of her depth. Five days to indict fmr FBI director with case so weak grand jury cld easily just say no.
Tick, tock.
Lindsey Halligan, the newly-installed prosecutor in EDVA, has less than a week to secure an indictment against James Comey before a key statute of limitations runs out.
Ben Wittes and I examine her charging options.
Spoiler alert: they all suck.
www.lawfaremedia.org/article/the-...
Lindsey Halligan, the newly-installed prosecutor in EDVA, has less than a week to secure an indictment against James Comey before a key statute of limitations runs out.
Ben Wittes and I examine her charging options.
Spoiler alert: they all suck.
www.lawfaremedia.org/article/the-...
September 25, 2025 at 2:59 AM
Halligan thing captures key essentials abt trumpism. Dark dark and will be implemented by a low rent insurance lawyer who’s comically out of her depth. Five days to indict fmr FBI director with case so weak grand jury cld easily just say no.
being a reasonable, pragmatic person with romantic sensibilities is the worst - lots of "is now the appropriate time, all things considered, to throw all caution to the wind?"
September 21, 2025 at 9:58 PM
being a reasonable, pragmatic person with romantic sensibilities is the worst - lots of "is now the appropriate time, all things considered, to throw all caution to the wind?"
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All headlines just from today 🇺🇸
September 21, 2025 at 7:43 PM
All headlines just from today 🇺🇸
My crankiest pedagogical idea is to do an intro to philosophy class that's all about first millennium theological controversies (Donatism, Arianism, Manichaeism, Iconoclasm, predestination) and try to figure out what they were about, why people cared about them, what modern analogues might be, etc.
September 21, 2025 at 3:37 AM
My crankiest pedagogical idea is to do an intro to philosophy class that's all about first millennium theological controversies (Donatism, Arianism, Manichaeism, Iconoclasm, predestination) and try to figure out what they were about, why people cared about them, what modern analogues might be, etc.
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Damn @carolleonnig.bsky.social with a barn burner of a scoop www.msnbc.com/msnbc/news/t...
Tom Homan was investigated for accepting $50,000 from undercover FBI agents. Trump's DOJ shut it down.
The FBI and Justice officials closed the investigation, which a Justice Department appointee had called a “deep state” probe in early 2025.
www.msnbc.com
September 20, 2025 at 8:02 PM
Damn @carolleonnig.bsky.social with a barn burner of a scoop www.msnbc.com/msnbc/news/t...
saying "I want to do a merger" sounds innocuous enough but apparently it means that you are a complete worm and a traitorous enemy of freedom
September 18, 2025 at 3:44 AM
saying "I want to do a merger" sounds innocuous enough but apparently it means that you are a complete worm and a traitorous enemy of freedom
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Charlotte Hornets have a "Sports Betting" theme night on March 17.
September 12, 2025 at 2:01 AM
Charlotte Hornets have a "Sports Betting" theme night on March 17.
In Trump 1, world leaders seem to have been a little unsettled about what his election meant, even while most of the national security establishment was still in place. In Trump 2, the likes of Xi, Putin, Netanyahu have taken the measure of the man, know he has no stomach for great power competition
REPORTER: What's your reaction to Russia's drone incursion into Poland?
TRUMP: It could've been a mistake
TRUMP: It could've been a mistake
September 11, 2025 at 9:23 PM
In Trump 1, world leaders seem to have been a little unsettled about what his election meant, even while most of the national security establishment was still in place. In Trump 2, the likes of Xi, Putin, Netanyahu have taken the measure of the man, know he has no stomach for great power competition
Trump, a psychopathic rule-ignorer, pushed to the top, nearly lost his life and his freedom, and then won. He feels invincible, nothing can get in his way; this has a euphoric effect on his toadies, who think they'll never face any music; institutional elites with weak values are bowled over
Perceptions of the popularity of anything Trump does are extremely warped among the chattering classes. A lot of people seem to have convinced themselves that deploying troops to American cities is hugely popular. It has like 58% disapproval!
It's incredibly weird that folks have convinced themselves that the Covid vaccines - which had an ~82^% take up rate - were unpopular.
September 9, 2025 at 12:09 AM
Trump, a psychopathic rule-ignorer, pushed to the top, nearly lost his life and his freedom, and then won. He feels invincible, nothing can get in his way; this has a euphoric effect on his toadies, who think they'll never face any music; institutional elites with weak values are bowled over
Not that anyone asked, but my very sincere advice for church leaders who want Christianity to have a vibrant future in America would be to try to ensure that young people don't associate Christian faith with mean-spirited, tawdry, corrupt authoritarian politics
President Trump announced that his family Bible would be displayed in the Museum of the Bible, calling it "an honor."
September 8, 2025 at 10:55 PM
Not that anyone asked, but my very sincere advice for church leaders who want Christianity to have a vibrant future in America would be to try to ensure that young people don't associate Christian faith with mean-spirited, tawdry, corrupt authoritarian politics
I was going to complain about the latest from the John Roberts' MAGA SCOTUS, but then I looked again at my copy of the constitution, and I guess they do have a point.
September 8, 2025 at 7:47 PM
I was going to complain about the latest from the John Roberts' MAGA SCOTUS, but then I looked again at my copy of the constitution, and I guess they do have a point.
We're surrounded by monsters these days, but RFK is really something special: someone who's had every benefit of elite status and education, he's used the status to indulge delusional, harmful beliefs without bearing consequences, and the education to spout horseshit with utter self-confidence
September 4, 2025 at 10:59 PM
We're surrounded by monsters these days, but RFK is really something special: someone who's had every benefit of elite status and education, he's used the status to indulge delusional, harmful beliefs without bearing consequences, and the education to spout horseshit with utter self-confidence