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Michael Kaplan

@differance.bsky.social
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Writer. Teacher. Scholar of rhetoric, media and democracy. Chicago Bears and Arsenal fan. My work is mysterious and important.

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Michael Kaplan @differance.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
That escalated hilariously
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Michael Kaplan @differance.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
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Michael Kaplan @differance.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
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Michael Kaplan @differance.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
60th birthday run:
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Michael Kaplan @differance.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
They really do want us all dead
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Michael Kaplan @differance.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
#BrokenTimes has completely given up the pretense of serious journalism
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Michael Kaplan @differance.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Update:
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Michael Kaplan @differance.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Maggie Haberman cares deeply about free speech. When it's a problem for insiders like her. Not when it's kids protesting on college campuses or Democrats daring to support "the woke agenda."
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Michael Kaplan @differance.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
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Michael Kaplan @differance.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
NYT out here doing journalistic malpractice
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Michael Kaplan @differance.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
this is the stock "analysis" we get every time racists and xenophobes come out in force:
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Michael Kaplan @differance.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
Food so good, you need extra fingers
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Michael Kaplan @differance.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
Trump has sued people for far less.
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Michael Kaplan @differance.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
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Michael Kaplan @differance.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
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Michael Kaplan @differance.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
My unexpected but very welcome seatmate
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Michael Kaplan @differance.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
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Michael Kaplan @differance.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
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Michael Kaplan @differance.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
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Michael Kaplan @differance.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
I was told they were out of chicken
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Michael Kaplan @differance.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
ask your employer why he doesn't merit a headline like this
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Michael Kaplan @differance.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
Still waiting for a #BrokenTimes headline asking if voters *anywhere* (e.g., Ohio, Alabama, Texas, Florida, etc.) will think a corrupt racist sexual predator running for office is "too radical" for them
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Michael Kaplan @differance.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
So "traditional Democrats" refers to post-Obama consultant-driven, fundraising-obsessed losers who gave fascists an easy path to power?
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Michael Kaplan @differance.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
Don’t just do things; be seen doing them
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Michael Kaplan @differance.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
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Michael Kaplan @differance.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
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Michael Kaplan @differance.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
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Michael Kaplan @differance.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
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Michael Kaplan @differance.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
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Michael Kaplan @differance.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
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Michael Kaplan @differance.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
Marx, "Critique of Political Economy"
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Michael Kaplan @differance.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
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Michael Kaplan @differance.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
Umm, no. Trump is about to impose tariffs on CONSUMERS who buy goods from 80 nations
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Michael Kaplan @differance.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
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Michael Kaplan @differance.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
kudos to Huffpo for including a picture of the parasite
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Michael Kaplan @differance.bsky.social · 11/07/2026
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Michael Kaplan @differance.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
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Michael Kaplan @differance.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
it's tough out here for a pimp
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Michael Kaplan @differance.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
Hydrate, Argentina
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Michael Kaplan @differance.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
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Michael Kaplan @differance.bsky.social · 05/07/2026
I just don't understand anyone who watches football and thinks this isn't a red card. Intent irrelevant. NO RED SHOWN
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Michael Kaplan @differance.bsky.social · 05/07/2026
Messi is not a dirty player, but this is a bad foul. much worse than Balogun's accidental landing. no red.
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Michael Kaplan @differance.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
“Windfall”?
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Michael Kaplan @differance.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
Jamelle Bouie out here disparaging the very essence of democracy, which is nothing other than rhetoric. the appeal to natural equality is *entirely* rhetorical, which is why it still has such power.
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Michael Kaplan @differance.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
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Michael Kaplan @differance.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
Notice the number of stars. It’s eleven, for the confederate states, not thirteen for the colonies. The White House is now the seat of the confederacy
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Michael Kaplan @differance.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
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Michael Kaplan @differance.bsky.social · 28/06/2026
"Football in the Age of Its Mechanical Reproducibility"
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Michael Kaplan @differance.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
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Michael Kaplan @differance.bsky.social · 20/06/2026
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