David Driedger
@davidcldriedger.bsky.social
Mennonite pastor, public theologian, occasional writer, failed academic. Posts are not a pulpit for my profession.
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This kind of smart, walkable, mixed-use urbanism is illegal to build in most American cities.
February 9, 2026 at 3:50 AM
This kind of smart, walkable, mixed-use urbanism is illegal to build in most American cities.
Dear bike nerds.
What do you call that silver piece? It has a vertical slot for the bike axle and I would like a more horizontal one to be able to adjust tension for single speed. I assume I could get one if it’s removable. @adalehunt.bsky.social ?
What do you call that silver piece? It has a vertical slot for the bike axle and I would like a more horizontal one to be able to adjust tension for single speed. I assume I could get one if it’s removable. @adalehunt.bsky.social ?
February 6, 2026 at 1:25 AM
Dear bike nerds.
What do you call that silver piece? It has a vertical slot for the bike axle and I would like a more horizontal one to be able to adjust tension for single speed. I assume I could get one if it’s removable. @adalehunt.bsky.social ?
What do you call that silver piece? It has a vertical slot for the bike axle and I would like a more horizontal one to be able to adjust tension for single speed. I assume I could get one if it’s removable. @adalehunt.bsky.social ?
Seeing how Epstein was viewed as hub for discussing any manner of topic, a person of 'interest' to people who we thought we respected, I can't help but think of John Howard Yoder and the exploration of ethics beyond what the 'common' person can understand and handle. Anyone else getting that vibe?
February 3, 2026 at 4:48 PM
Seeing how Epstein was viewed as hub for discussing any manner of topic, a person of 'interest' to people who we thought we respected, I can't help but think of John Howard Yoder and the exploration of ethics beyond what the 'common' person can understand and handle. Anyone else getting that vibe?
There can be some wild cultural swings when scrolling TikTok. Clip of Asian high speed train going over 300 mph. Then an American professional food challenge eater taking on an 8 lb burger. If I only I could draw some sort of analogy…
January 31, 2026 at 9:16 PM
There can be some wild cultural swings when scrolling TikTok. Clip of Asian high speed train going over 300 mph. Then an American professional food challenge eater taking on an 8 lb burger. If I only I could draw some sort of analogy…
Teeth are such a racket.
January 29, 2026 at 6:02 PM
Teeth are such a racket.
First podcast in the books! Much thanks to @themagnificast.bsky.social for their generous engagement of my book!!
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Nothing Will Save Us w/ David C. L. Driedger
Podcast Episode · The Magnificast · 2026-01-27 · 56m
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January 27, 2026 at 1:08 PM
First podcast in the books! Much thanks to @themagnificast.bsky.social for their generous engagement of my book!!
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Just started Pluribus and yes it seems great but did no one watch Mrs Davis?
January 2, 2026 at 3:58 PM
Just started Pluribus and yes it seems great but did no one watch Mrs Davis?
“The destructive tendencies of the masses that explode in varieties of totalitarian states are not so much death-wishes as manifestations of what they have already become. They murder so that whatever to them seems living, shall resemble themselves.” - Adorno
December 15, 2025 at 3:01 PM
“The destructive tendencies of the masses that explode in varieties of totalitarian states are not so much death-wishes as manifestations of what they have already become. They murder so that whatever to them seems living, shall resemble themselves.” - Adorno
“He who sets about cleaning up the house he lives in energetically enough, forgets the foundation it is built on.”
- Adorno
- Adorno
December 6, 2025 at 3:24 PM
“He who sets about cleaning up the house he lives in energetically enough, forgets the foundation it is built on.”
- Adorno
- Adorno
Woah. Just found out this is in a new affordable-ish edition!
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The Class Struggle in the Ancient Greek World
The Class Struggle in the Ancient Greek World is an original and provocative reconstruction of 1,400 years of classical antiquity. Sharply written, it is a major intervention in Marxist theories of cl...
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November 18, 2025 at 6:22 PM
Woah. Just found out this is in a new affordable-ish edition!
www.versobooks.com/en-ca/produc...
www.versobooks.com/en-ca/produc...
Mark Carney regularly says he ‘knows how the world works.’ While true this never sat right with me.
Adorno put it into words,
“Anyone who knows the business too well forgets to know it for what it is, his capacity for differentiation deserts him, leaving the threat of a lapse into barbarism.”
Adorno put it into words,
“Anyone who knows the business too well forgets to know it for what it is, his capacity for differentiation deserts him, leaving the threat of a lapse into barbarism.”
November 15, 2025 at 3:08 PM
Mark Carney regularly says he ‘knows how the world works.’ While true this never sat right with me.
Adorno put it into words,
“Anyone who knows the business too well forgets to know it for what it is, his capacity for differentiation deserts him, leaving the threat of a lapse into barbarism.”
Adorno put it into words,
“Anyone who knows the business too well forgets to know it for what it is, his capacity for differentiation deserts him, leaving the threat of a lapse into barbarism.”
I have a new piece up at Political Theology Network. In which I attempt to find an adequate source of authority for the Christian left/liberalism.
politicaltheology.com/the-power-of...
politicaltheology.com/the-power-of...
Our Common Poverty | Political Theology Network
Having demythologized and deconstructed our faith, liberals have rightly discarded conservatism’s cruel damnation while keeping our class status, letting our hearts bleed just enough in public so as…
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November 13, 2025 at 4:04 PM
I have a new piece up at Political Theology Network. In which I attempt to find an adequate source of authority for the Christian left/liberalism.
politicaltheology.com/the-power-of...
politicaltheology.com/the-power-of...
One could do worse than commit themselves to a lifetime of studying Gillian and Jacqueline Rose.
November 10, 2025 at 6:31 PM
One could do worse than commit themselves to a lifetime of studying Gillian and Jacqueline Rose.
I suppose when the private wealth and property is sacred then the public and common is profane, disgusting and feared.
November 7, 2025 at 6:34 PM
I suppose when the private wealth and property is sacred then the public and common is profane, disgusting and feared.
We do not have enough to continue making everything an investment demanding maximized returns. Though it should be added, we do have enough for a good life.
November 5, 2025 at 7:43 PM
We do not have enough to continue making everything an investment demanding maximized returns. Though it should be added, we do have enough for a good life.
Can’t help we are now in full bloom of Zizek’s ‘If there is no God nothing is permissible.’
Including its counter point in Trump.
Including its counter point in Trump.
November 5, 2025 at 6:53 PM
Can’t help we are now in full bloom of Zizek’s ‘If there is no God nothing is permissible.’
Including its counter point in Trump.
Including its counter point in Trump.
Read Policing the Crisis in a small group a while back. Thinking of a reboot,
2 much policing for 2 many crises
2 much policing for 2 many crises
November 5, 2025 at 12:47 PM
Read Policing the Crisis in a small group a while back. Thinking of a reboot,
2 much policing for 2 many crises
2 much policing for 2 many crises
Haven’t read it but couldn’t help.
<Adorno intensifies>
<Adorno intensifies>
This is an excellent column: www.nytimes.com/2025/11/03/o...
Opinion | How to Be a Good Citizen of a Bad Country
www.nytimes.com
November 4, 2025 at 3:02 PM
Haven’t read it but couldn’t help.
<Adorno intensifies>
<Adorno intensifies>
Was thinking of changing who I cheer for in the NFL based entirely on logo and nothing seemed self-evident. Chicago?
November 1, 2025 at 10:04 PM
Was thinking of changing who I cheer for in the NFL based entirely on logo and nothing seemed self-evident. Chicago?
“There are worse ways to spend a night than putting your shoulder to an idea.” - Al Swearengen
October 31, 2025 at 10:54 PM
“There are worse ways to spend a night than putting your shoulder to an idea.” - Al Swearengen
“Thought waits to be woken one day by the memory of what has been missed, and to be transformed into teaching.” - Adorno
October 30, 2025 at 11:56 AM
“Thought waits to be woken one day by the memory of what has been missed, and to be transformed into teaching.” - Adorno
I am increasingly amazed at what the last 10 or so minutes of a movie can do for the movie as a whole.
October 28, 2025 at 5:59 PM
I am increasingly amazed at what the last 10 or so minutes of a movie can do for the movie as a whole.
Out for a walk and had the good fortune to run into a good friend walking to his transit route. We talked about increased enforcement denying transit to anyone without fare (apparently tasers are on the table for these officers).
October 26, 2025 at 7:23 PM
Out for a walk and had the good fortune to run into a good friend walking to his transit route. We talked about increased enforcement denying transit to anyone without fare (apparently tasers are on the table for these officers).
Canada responding to US tariffs: Remember how free trade gutted small towns and the middle class? Let’s double down on it!
October 25, 2025 at 8:42 PM
Canada responding to US tariffs: Remember how free trade gutted small towns and the middle class? Let’s double down on it!
I don’t read much in science but enjoy the occasional account of ‘method’ related to science. I read Kuhn and am reading Feyerabend. Is there anything in the last 10 or so years of similar consequence?
October 21, 2025 at 12:15 PM
I don’t read much in science but enjoy the occasional account of ‘method’ related to science. I read Kuhn and am reading Feyerabend. Is there anything in the last 10 or so years of similar consequence?