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Nate A

@natkinson.bsky.social
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Lecturer in Rhetoric UC Berkeley Political Theory, visual culture, and composition. What could possibly go wrong?

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Nate A @natkinson.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
“Loveless” by My Bloody Valentine
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Nate A @natkinson.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
Counterpoint: If you spot a movie trope you’re the hack, but if spot 3 movie tropes the filmmaker is the hack
“Christopher Nolan calls out amateur movie critics who think spotting a movie trope means the film failed “
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Nate A @natkinson.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
www.thecrimson.com/article/2026...
“Rosenzweig, who… helped develops new AI learning module required for all first-year students” was among those laid off
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Nate A @natkinson.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
Text from the article explaining that one of the people who helped develop an AI learning module for first year writing students at Harvard was among those laid off
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Nate A @natkinson.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
Perry Farrell in a tank top circa 1990
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Nate A @natkinson.bsky.social · 21/05/2026
Can’t fool me… This is just the new design for Martian Manhunter
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Nate A @natkinson.bsky.social · 23/04/2026
Eddie from Deadloch
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Nate A @natkinson.bsky.social · 23/04/2026
Missed one
Eddie from Deadloch
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Nate A @natkinson.bsky.social · 13/04/2026
New argument for utilitarianism just dropped!
New York Times Headline: “Lauren Sanchez Bezos Won’t Apologize for Her Happiness” accompanied by photo of said happy person
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Nate A @natkinson.bsky.social · 17/02/2026
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Nate A @natkinson.bsky.social · 07/01/2026
I’m legit concerned about this
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Nate A @natkinson.bsky.social · 07/12/2025
By culturally normal he means a wine bar with a very strict bathroom policy
Headline: Gavin Newsom Urges Democrats to Be ‘More Culturally Normal’ 
-YouTube video by New York Times
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Nate A @natkinson.bsky.social · 25/10/2025
I wish this was true
Aggressively unattractive building on Telegraph Ave in Berkeley, CA. It looks like someone glued a fake rock fireplace to a new build condo
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Nate A @natkinson.bsky.social · 13/10/2025
So they want me to pay so that I can watch? Like, is the view better from the app? Is there free popcorn?
Post advertising an app called Democracy Docket that reads: “Trump’s plan is simple: take apart our democracy piece by piece while no one watches. Ours is simpler: make sure everyone is watching”
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Nate A @natkinson.bsky.social · 05/10/2025
This you?
Book cover of The Death of Expertise , written by the hypocrite Tom Nichols
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Nate A @natkinson.bsky.social · 01/10/2025
This is how your post showed up on my timeline
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Nate A @natkinson.bsky.social · 01/10/2025
Shot and chaser in real time
Timeline image: Post observing that the “resistance “ to trump has largely been passive, waiting for institutions to intervene, following post of a resistance account fawning over the strength of a lawsuit
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Nate A @natkinson.bsky.social · 07/09/2025
My Bloody Valentine “Loveless”
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Nate A @natkinson.bsky.social · 22/08/2025
The author
Author Amy Lures’s bio at Microsoft (her employer)
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Nate A @natkinson.bsky.social · 20/08/2025
This part of the article made it seem like they weren’t already armed
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Nate A @natkinson.bsky.social · 25/07/2025
In related news, Richard Hanania is a more racist, less talented reincarnation of HP Lovecraft
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Nate A @natkinson.bsky.social · 17/06/2025
I’ve done restaurant work, grad school, and now teaching. Why shouldn’t I be the CEO of a Fortune 500 company?
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Nate A @natkinson.bsky.social · 26/05/2025
The skeleton key that unlocks a lot of the vague proclamations that MattY and his ilk traffic in is “Dems went to far with that whole civil rights act and should start back-peddling now”
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Nate A @natkinson.bsky.social · 12/05/2025
This makes more sense when you know that Lipton received several all-expense paid vacations from a Political Action Committee named “Business Owners For Bribery and Corruption”
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Nate A @natkinson.bsky.social · 30/04/2025
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Nate A @natkinson.bsky.social · 30/04/2025
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Nate A @natkinson.bsky.social · 24/04/2025
People are giving Hegseth shit for it but makeup is very tough
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Nate A @natkinson.bsky.social · 20/04/2025
Paging Dr. Freud
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Nate A @natkinson.bsky.social · 13/04/2025
Counterpoint
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Nate A @natkinson.bsky.social · 07/04/2025
@notalawyer.bsky.social @michaelhobbes.bsky.social
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Nate A @natkinson.bsky.social · 24/01/2025
Little guy scared by ghostly green pants (by Dr Seuss)
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Nate A @natkinson.bsky.social · 18/01/2025
I hate to say but she’s on to something. Cash $ is made from trees, so why not just use more tree as the denomination of the bill rises? Or we could just make all cash a single denomination and pile up fat stacks of trees
Grimes tweet advocating that the dollar be backed by trees
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Nate A @natkinson.bsky.social · 09/01/2025
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Nate A @natkinson.bsky.social · 27/11/2024
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Nate A @natkinson.bsky.social · 23/11/2024
Dr Seuss’s scary Green Pants
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Nate A @natkinson.bsky.social · 23/11/2024
This isn’t the question. The question is “Will the Senate save us?” The refusal of these people to understand how politics work is incredible
The Amicus Podcast asks, Can the Senate Save Us?
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Nate A @natkinson.bsky.social · 19/11/2024
Dr Seuss has you covered
Ghostly green pants scaring a furry little dude
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Nate A @natkinson.bsky.social · 15/10/2024
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Nate A @natkinson.bsky.social · 12/09/2024
Has there ever been a moment in the history of our nation more in need of Bill Kliban
Cartoon of Cat by Kliban, an American humorist who left this planet too soon
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Nate A @natkinson.bsky.social · 21/08/2024
Lovecraft vibes from that guy
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Nate A @natkinson.bsky.social · 13/08/2024
War=Ward btw (oops)
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Nate A @natkinson.bsky.social · 03/05/2024
Have you ever noticed his eerie resemblance to Stephen Miller?
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Nate A @natkinson.bsky.social · 09/03/2024
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Nate A @natkinson.bsky.social · 03/03/2024
This is a great cover (this maybe marred by the “halo” effect around the figure), but yeah, when dude was in he was on!
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Nate A @natkinson.bsky.social · 06/02/2024
Bruce Campbell and Johnny Marr should start a Smiths cover band
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Nate A @natkinson.bsky.social · 28/01/2024
Huh? I guess there’s a distinction between calling and joining but talk about a weak dodge
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Nate A @natkinson.bsky.social · 28/12/2023
Hmmm
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Nate A @natkinson.bsky.social · 24/11/2023
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