Allan Georgia, MDiv, PhD
@atgeorgia.bsky.social
Pastor-Academic. like acoustic music, coffee, boring podcasts and thick books. Also noodles. And video games. United Methodist Pastor in Cleveland, Ohio. Here @bluesky until it starts to suck.
Dear The Internet. Please turn off "smart" everything. It's not smart. It's in the way. Stop infantilizing the world to pad the pockets of platforms. It's to gogurt-ification of tech.
February 9, 2026 at 7:26 PM
Dear The Internet. Please turn off "smart" everything. It's not smart. It's in the way. Stop infantilizing the world to pad the pockets of platforms. It's to gogurt-ification of tech.
Among definitions, "inflation" is a name for what happens when the interests of capital resent that workers are being paid more. That's my reflection on this initial chart and my memory of that time. www.slowboring.com/p/the-case-f...
The case for progressive austerity
Lower inflation and lower interest rates can be achieved.
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December 22, 2025 at 7:35 PM
Among definitions, "inflation" is a name for what happens when the interests of capital resent that workers are being paid more. That's my reflection on this initial chart and my memory of that time. www.slowboring.com/p/the-case-f...
"better at fulfilling their corporate purpose and worse for human flourishing," from this Klein piece could be an account of every single technological endeavor in the past 20 years. Technology in the US is orthogonal to human flourishing. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/07/o...
Opinion | Pay Attention to How You Pay Attention
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December 7, 2025 at 2:43 PM
"better at fulfilling their corporate purpose and worse for human flourishing," from this Klein piece could be an account of every single technological endeavor in the past 20 years. Technology in the US is orthogonal to human flourishing. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/07/o...
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Couldn't make it to the AAR & SBL Annual Meetings this year? Don't fret, you can still make the most of our conference savings when you order from gorgiaspress.com before the end of the year! New releases and classic titles are included, as are eBooks, with a few exceptions... #booksale
November 24, 2025 at 9:54 AM
Couldn't make it to the AAR & SBL Annual Meetings this year? Don't fret, you can still make the most of our conference savings when you order from gorgiaspress.com before the end of the year! New releases and classic titles are included, as are eBooks, with a few exceptions... #booksale
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I like this, by Clare Pollard - the best "lockdown" poem in a very overcrowded field - and now included in her new collection "Lives of the Female Poets". Note the quietly infectious internal rhymes...
October 27, 2025 at 3:22 PM
I like this, by Clare Pollard - the best "lockdown" poem in a very overcrowded field - and now included in her new collection "Lives of the Female Poets". Note the quietly infectious internal rhymes...
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“Your life depends on eating as many McDoubles as possible.” - Ronald McDonald
August 3, 2025 at 10:56 PM
“Your life depends on eating as many McDoubles as possible.” - Ronald McDonald
The Irk. It's out there. Gotta stomp that s**t out. medium.com/@atgeorgia/t...
The Irk.
I hate the phrase “the ick.” I’ve hated it since it became a meme in our language, and I hate it for all the reasons you might expect. It…
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August 1, 2025 at 10:22 PM
The Irk. It's out there. Gotta stomp that s**t out. medium.com/@atgeorgia/t...
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Walter Brueggemann reminded us that biblical faith refuses to cling to the good old days. God is always creating something new, calling us forward into justice, joy, and neighborly hope.
Thank you, beloved teacher. Rest well.
Thank you, beloved teacher. Rest well.
June 6, 2025 at 10:43 AM
Walter Brueggemann reminded us that biblical faith refuses to cling to the good old days. God is always creating something new, calling us forward into justice, joy, and neighborly hope.
Thank you, beloved teacher. Rest well.
Thank you, beloved teacher. Rest well.
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Faith with no room for mystery is just arrogant Bible trivia.
April 29, 2025 at 5:44 PM
Faith with no room for mystery is just arrogant Bible trivia.
It becomes clear that the discourse going forward is going to be people who don't read things telling me that AI is so useful for writing things.
April 24, 2025 at 9:36 PM
It becomes clear that the discourse going forward is going to be people who don't read things telling me that AI is so useful for writing things.
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Good morning, beloved.
Few things last forever.
But faith, hope, and love will always remain.
Today is a great day to overcome evil with good.
Few things last forever.
But faith, hope, and love will always remain.
Today is a great day to overcome evil with good.
April 18, 2025 at 12:22 PM
Good morning, beloved.
Few things last forever.
But faith, hope, and love will always remain.
Today is a great day to overcome evil with good.
Few things last forever.
But faith, hope, and love will always remain.
Today is a great day to overcome evil with good.
Heading into this Holy Week, I am convinced that in our time there are two ways of regarding Jesus: as an example, or as a key. Jesus is either a model for your values, how you'd like to live. Or, Jesus unlocks a door to an individual and self-serving salvation.
April 14, 2025 at 4:52 PM
Heading into this Holy Week, I am convinced that in our time there are two ways of regarding Jesus: as an example, or as a key. Jesus is either a model for your values, how you'd like to live. Or, Jesus unlocks a door to an individual and self-serving salvation.
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I've never seen a worthy exposé or enough attention on this––maybe it exists somewhere?––about how putting so much bureaucracy online has made the inefficiencies worse for those meant to be benefitted by those systems. It's 20 years later and there's no upside to onlining these agencies & cos.
March 20, 2025 at 5:34 PM
I've never seen a worthy exposé or enough attention on this––maybe it exists somewhere?––about how putting so much bureaucracy online has made the inefficiencies worse for those meant to be benefitted by those systems. It's 20 years later and there's no upside to onlining these agencies & cos.
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I built a utopian city, and as long as this tortured child stays in this basement, the people of Omelas get to live here!
mr beast talking about the human lives he has trapped in simultaneous simulations with "cant wait to upload these" is why black mirror can never be as good as it used to be
March 20, 2025 at 3:25 AM
I built a utopian city, and as long as this tortured child stays in this basement, the people of Omelas get to live here!
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I'm rewatching The Wire. A character in the episode I'm watching says, "A lie ain't a side of the story. It's just a lie." For some reason, that speaks to me these days (as do a million other lines from the show.)
March 15, 2025 at 2:30 AM
I'm rewatching The Wire. A character in the episode I'm watching says, "A lie ain't a side of the story. It's just a lie." For some reason, that speaks to me these days (as do a million other lines from the show.)
Here's something I said about video games and spiritual practices..
#eldenring #darksouls #darksouls3 #bloodborne #spirituality #spiritualpractice #religion #zen
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March 11, 2025 at 9:03 PM
Here's something I said about video games and spiritual practices..
When I was young, I thought that a strong person was someone who was firm in their convictions and their sense of themselves. Now I realize strength is in being dynamic, evolving, always learning and never the same. If no one EVER experiences you as a hypocrite, you probably aren't growing.
March 11, 2025 at 5:54 PM
When I was young, I thought that a strong person was someone who was firm in their convictions and their sense of themselves. Now I realize strength is in being dynamic, evolving, always learning and never the same. If no one EVER experiences you as a hypocrite, you probably aren't growing.
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Perfect for this time of year
From Credo
From Credo
March 8, 2025 at 8:01 PM
Perfect for this time of year
From Credo
From Credo
Every time I write "flabbergasted"––which I have to use a lot because flabbers are often gasted––it offends me that there's no "H" in the "gasted" part. Some words just need an H.
March 6, 2025 at 5:18 PM
Every time I write "flabbergasted"––which I have to use a lot because flabbers are often gasted––it offends me that there's no "H" in the "gasted" part. Some words just need an H.
Absolutely unmatched subtitling. Let’s see this energy at the SBL/AAR..
Keep The Sabbath Day Holy, And The Unlawfulness Of Making Cheese On That Day, 1887
March 5, 2025 at 8:00 PM
Absolutely unmatched subtitling. Let’s see this energy at the SBL/AAR..
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In a world of gaslighting and diminishing empathy, Ash Wednesday offers a revolutionary message: We are dust, beloved by God. Step away from screens. Find a local service. Experience the raw reality and the radical hope of grace. Be reminded of what truly matters. #AshWednesday #BeUMC #AuburnUMC
March 5, 2025 at 7:07 PM
In a world of gaslighting and diminishing empathy, Ash Wednesday offers a revolutionary message: We are dust, beloved by God. Step away from screens. Find a local service. Experience the raw reality and the radical hope of grace. Be reminded of what truly matters. #AshWednesday #BeUMC #AuburnUMC
Existential dread is 1.000 in staring contest win percentage.
March 3, 2025 at 1:06 AM
Existential dread is 1.000 in staring contest win percentage.