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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 · 8h
the surname says it all. сарай: a shed for keeping animals; an outbuilding.
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Michael Kaplan @differance.bsky.social · 8h
Raising questions about Joe Biden's age
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Michael Kaplan @differance.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
we have functionally solved that problem by simply legalizing any and every corporate depravity.
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Michael Kaplan @differance.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
what a finish from Lamine Yamal to seal the game. yeesh
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Michael Kaplan @differance.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
that's a long and hard row to hoe. I'm sure Claude can summarize ;–)
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Michael Kaplan @differance.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
BREAKING: Trump to rename "artificial intelligence" American Superintelligence System, or "ASS"
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Michael Kaplan @differance.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
even serfdom doesn't solve this conundrum. this is Marx 101
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Michael Kaplan @differance.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
To say nothing of the fact that profits must come from someone paying for these products, and abolishing labor means abolishing consumption
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Michael Kaplan @differance.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Why did he pass on naming it American Intelligence, or “AI”?
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Michael Kaplan @differance.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
the rationalization of every cheater ever
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Michael Kaplan @differance.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
it's mushrooming
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Michael Kaplan @differance.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
is that the same Azeez Al-Shaair who lead the NFL in penalties for illegal hits and unnecessary roughness?
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Michael Kaplan @differance.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
any place that elects a Trump even once is the Bad Place
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Michael Kaplan @differance.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
that's a whole lotta nothing
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Michael Kaplan @differance.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Signature win by the #Bears
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Michael Kaplan @differance.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Dire, I heard
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Michael Kaplan @differance.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Crap
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Michael Kaplan @differance.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Wish I could get to the Wiener’s Circle tomorrow
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Michael Kaplan @differance.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
A 38 year old QB sneak for a TD is not something you see a lot
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Michael Kaplan @differance.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Everybody Loves (Kalif) Raymond
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Michael Kaplan @differance.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Are you watching packers film?
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Michael Kaplan @differance.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Trump is the only one on the ballot
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Michael Kaplan @differance.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Dennis Allen cannot return next season
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Michael Kaplan @differance.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Why they let that pompous gasbag call real football games is beyond me
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Michael Kaplan @differance.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
There are details I can only get by listening
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Michael Kaplan @differance.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Italian beef has consequences
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Michael Kaplan @differance.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
4 for 30 on the #Eagles. Aikman still talking trash about the #Bears
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Michael Kaplan @differance.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Eagles have 3 penalties for 25 yards. #Bears have 1 for 5. Aikman: “Bears are getting too many penalties!”
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Michael Kaplan @differance.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Booker!
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Michael Kaplan @differance.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Why is Roush still being allowed to play?
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Michael Kaplan @differance.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Ben keeps trying to make Zavion happen
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Michael Kaplan @differance.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
That escalated hilariously
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Michael Kaplan @differance.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
All episodes of Black Mirror suck
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Michael Kaplan @differance.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Trivia question: who is the oldest quarterback ever to throw a touchdown pass for the #Bears?
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Michael Kaplan @differance.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
A beast, that Burden
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Michael Kaplan @differance.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Super intelligent
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Michael Kaplan @differance.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
just re-read Pocock's "The Ideal of Citizenship since Classical Times" for a course I'm teaching, and was struck yet again by just how *old* and persistent this anxiety is. it returns with new urgency with every technological and political disturbance. but it is not caused by them.
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Michael Kaplan @differance.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
I "had" to watch it for teaching purposes, and that was one of the more unpleasant professional tasks I've had to endure.
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Michael Kaplan @differance.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
No, it’s consistently awful
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Michael Kaplan @differance.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
It’s so good
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Michael Kaplan @differance.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Rams trying Zeno’s Encroachment
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Michael Kaplan @differance.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
The Supreme Court appears to support that view
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Michael Kaplan @differance.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Also the only excuse for wearing green is being a redhead
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Michael Kaplan @differance.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Watching Stanford get picked off for six never gets old
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Michael Kaplan @differance.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Guilty pleasures deliver pleasure!
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Michael Kaplan @differance.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Girls
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Michael Kaplan @differance.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Everything by Tim Robinson and Nathan Fielder is criminally awful
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Michael Kaplan @differance.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
I’ll start: Black Mirror and Squid Game are indelibly bad
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Michael Kaplan @differance.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Keeping it to just 10 is a serious challenge
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Michael Kaplan @differance.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
So she would know
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