Burke Gerstenschlager
@bleaktheology.bsky.social
Finishing a book on Joy Division, lament, & God. Former academic book editor. Religion & culture writer. Kierkegaardian. Anti-fascist. UT-Austin Classics BA. YDS MDiv. Episcolutheran. Your post-punk counterweight to joy in Brooklyn.
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A Bleak Theology Guide to Resistance
Everything is terrible everywhere all at once. What to do? How to respond? Here is a Guide of ten things to help weather this storm. I hope that you will find this Guide helpful. It is a longer read, but I believe it is worth it. Take your time. Ruminate on it. Share it. Peace be with you. First, for those who don't know, bleak theology is an…
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A Bleak Theology Guide to Resistance
Everything is terrible everywhere all at once. What to do? How to respond? Here is a Guide of ten things to help weather this storm. I hope that you will find this Guide helpful. It is a longer read, but I believe it is worth it. Take your time. Ruminate on it.…
Everything is terrible everywhere all at once. What to do? How to respond? Here is a Guide of ten things to help weather this storm. I hope that you will find this Guide helpful. It is a longer read, but I believe it is worth it. Take your time. Ruminate on it.…
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Whenever conservatives tell us about “Judeo-Christian” stuff I wish everyone had to look at the ngram and think about what that term is obviously repackaging, especially in the 40s
November 28, 2025 at 10:58 PM
Whenever conservatives tell us about “Judeo-Christian” stuff I wish everyone had to look at the ngram and think about what that term is obviously repackaging, especially in the 40s
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Welcome to ASU @platanoclassics.bsky.social!
“Dan-el Padilla Peralta is in the vanguard of scholars working to ensure that the complexities of the past are not flattened in service to the monochrome myths of our day,” said Jeffrey Cohen, dean of humanities at ASU.
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“Dan-el Padilla Peralta is in the vanguard of scholars working to ensure that the complexities of the past are not flattened in service to the monochrome myths of our day,” said Jeffrey Cohen, dean of humanities at ASU.
news.asu.edu/b/20251112-d...
November 21, 2025 at 6:17 PM
Welcome to ASU @platanoclassics.bsky.social!
“Dan-el Padilla Peralta is in the vanguard of scholars working to ensure that the complexities of the past are not flattened in service to the monochrome myths of our day,” said Jeffrey Cohen, dean of humanities at ASU.
news.asu.edu/b/20251112-d...
“Dan-el Padilla Peralta is in the vanguard of scholars working to ensure that the complexities of the past are not flattened in service to the monochrome myths of our day,” said Jeffrey Cohen, dean of humanities at ASU.
news.asu.edu/b/20251112-d...
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Hagueseth
Exclusive: Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth gave an order to “kill everybody” in the first strike on suspected drug boats in the Caribbean. After two men survived, the mission commander ordered a second strike to comply with Hegseth’s instructions, according to two sources.
Hegseth order on first Caribbean boat strike, officials say: Kill them all
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth issued a verbal order to kill all crew members in the Sept. 2 strike on a suspected drug boat. Navy SEALs fired a second missile.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 28, 2025 at 6:14 PM
Hagueseth
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really went dark for the sequel
November 28, 2025 at 5:41 PM
really went dark for the sequel
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“Black Friday,” Stephen miller yells, getting redder and redder, “will be replaced with White Friday.”
November 28, 2025 at 1:38 PM
“Black Friday,” Stephen miller yells, getting redder and redder, “will be replaced with White Friday.”
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A report reveals the DOJ—after frantically realizing the files would be released—has been paying FBI agents nearly $1M in overtime to work on the “Epstein Transparency Project."
Ostensibly aimed at protecting victims' privacy, the project could also prevent exposing Trump. trib.al/su4zh6N
Ostensibly aimed at protecting victims' privacy, the project could also prevent exposing Trump. trib.al/su4zh6N
November 28, 2025 at 5:39 PM
A report reveals the DOJ—after frantically realizing the files would be released—has been paying FBI agents nearly $1M in overtime to work on the “Epstein Transparency Project."
Ostensibly aimed at protecting victims' privacy, the project could also prevent exposing Trump. trib.al/su4zh6N
Ostensibly aimed at protecting victims' privacy, the project could also prevent exposing Trump. trib.al/su4zh6N
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So this may seem obvious to you and me, but it's important to repeat and underscore to every normie we can: Trump's goal was always to end *legal* immigration for anyone he deems not white.
A *lot* of Trump voters believed the lie that only "illegal" immigrants would be targeted.
A *lot* of Trump voters believed the lie that only "illegal" immigrants would be targeted.
Trump: “I will permanently pause migration from all Third World Countries … denaturalize migrants who undermine domestic tranquility, and deport any Foreign National who is a public charge, security risk, or non-compatible with Western Civilization.“
November 28, 2025 at 5:25 PM
So this may seem obvious to you and me, but it's important to repeat and underscore to every normie we can: Trump's goal was always to end *legal* immigration for anyone he deems not white.
A *lot* of Trump voters believed the lie that only "illegal" immigrants would be targeted.
A *lot* of Trump voters believed the lie that only "illegal" immigrants would be targeted.
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I found this terribly sad. A young woman with her life ahead of her, and she becomes one of the last American victims of the Long War.
November 28, 2025 at 2:07 AM
I found this terribly sad. A young woman with her life ahead of her, and she becomes one of the last American victims of the Long War.
This man is irretrievably broken.
Q: Do you plan to attend Sarah's funeral?
TRUMP: I haven't thought about it yet, but it's certainly something I can conceive of. I love West Virginia. You know, I won West Virginia by one of the biggest margins of any president anywhere.
TRUMP: I haven't thought about it yet, but it's certainly something I can conceive of. I love West Virginia. You know, I won West Virginia by one of the biggest margins of any president anywhere.
November 28, 2025 at 2:12 AM
This man is irretrievably broken.
November 28, 2025 at 1:43 AM
2 days ago, I went to my BK shop for 2 4&20s and I said to the manager, "You've got the secret stash!" And he looked at me soberly and said, "I don't know what it is about your neighborhood. You really are serious about pies. I had 30 people call me today to confirm that we had pies."
Yup. Truth.
Yup. Truth.
Four & Twenty Blackbirds' salted caramel apple pie (and bourbon whipped cream b/c forgot to buy ice cream). Recipe: blog.onekingslane.com/best-apple-p...
November 28, 2025 at 1:28 AM
2 days ago, I went to my BK shop for 2 4&20s and I said to the manager, "You've got the secret stash!" And he looked at me soberly and said, "I don't know what it is about your neighborhood. You really are serious about pies. I had 30 people call me today to confirm that we had pies."
Yup. Truth.
Yup. Truth.
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Discourse commence. 📕
November 27, 2025 at 9:50 PM
Discourse commence. 📕
While in Texas... "In Texas, an estimated 83% of HPV-related cancers are attributable to HPV infection, but the state ranks 48th in HPV vaccine series completion and 44th in HPV vaccine series initiation."
www.cidrap.umn.edu/human-papill...
www.cidrap.umn.edu/human-papill...
November 27, 2025 at 6:16 PM
While in Texas... "In Texas, an estimated 83% of HPV-related cancers are attributable to HPV infection, but the state ranks 48th in HPV vaccine series completion and 44th in HPV vaccine series initiation."
www.cidrap.umn.edu/human-papill...
www.cidrap.umn.edu/human-papill...
Here's me nerding it up on Thanksgiving and wondering how a South American tuber made its way to Middle Earth and into hobbit kitchens.
a close up of a young man 's face with the words potato toes written on the bottom
ALT: a close up of a young man 's face with the words potato toes written on the bottom
media.tenor.com
November 27, 2025 at 6:07 PM
Here's me nerding it up on Thanksgiving and wondering how a South American tuber made its way to Middle Earth and into hobbit kitchens.
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It didn’t even take 6 hours.
November 27, 2025 at 3:13 AM
It didn’t even take 6 hours.
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fuck you
the memories of a generation lost because of Reagan's homophobia will not be erased
i think we should do something in DC that would make david wojnarowicz proud tbh
the memories of a generation lost because of Reagan's homophobia will not be erased
i think we should do something in DC that would make david wojnarowicz proud tbh
November 26, 2025 at 7:27 PM
fuck you
the memories of a generation lost because of Reagan's homophobia will not be erased
i think we should do something in DC that would make david wojnarowicz proud tbh
the memories of a generation lost because of Reagan's homophobia will not be erased
i think we should do something in DC that would make david wojnarowicz proud tbh
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TL;DR: the *actual* poverty line in the US for a family of four with two young children is about $140,000, and there isn't much improvement in quality of life between $40K and $100K.
There's more good stuff in there too, you should read the whole thing.
There's more good stuff in there too, you should read the whole thing.
November 26, 2025 at 1:43 AM
TL;DR: the *actual* poverty line in the US for a family of four with two young children is about $140,000, and there isn't much improvement in quality of life between $40K and $100K.
There's more good stuff in there too, you should read the whole thing.
There's more good stuff in there too, you should read the whole thing.
I am learning the many nuanced meanings of the middle school "whatever!" all over again. It's been a few decades.
November 26, 2025 at 9:03 PM
I am learning the many nuanced meanings of the middle school "whatever!" all over again. It's been a few decades.
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“Disciplining union members for protected, concerted activity reveals just how far Columbia University leadership has fallen, prioritizing political submission to the Trump agenda over fair treatment & rights of their own employees.”
— Todd Wolfson, AAUP President
— Todd Wolfson, AAUP President
Columbia sends disciplinary letters to at least 20 SWC-UAW members for October picket, union says
After an Oct. 17 Student Workers of Columbia-United Auto Workers <a href="https://www.columbiaspectator.com/news/2025/10/26/public-safety-asks-swc-uaw-to-move-picket-off-campus-despite-rules-exemption...
www.columbiaspectator.com
November 26, 2025 at 6:41 PM
“Disciplining union members for protected, concerted activity reveals just how far Columbia University leadership has fallen, prioritizing political submission to the Trump agenda over fair treatment & rights of their own employees.”
— Todd Wolfson, AAUP President
— Todd Wolfson, AAUP President
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Getting Away With It - The Authorised Documentary on James. Coming 2026.
#James #GettingAwayWithIt #Documentary
#James #GettingAwayWithIt #Documentary
November 26, 2025 at 6:33 PM
Getting Away With It - The Authorised Documentary on James. Coming 2026.
#James #GettingAwayWithIt #Documentary
#James #GettingAwayWithIt #Documentary
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Cornwall has several stone circles, and as many as 800 sit across the United Kingdom. Increasingly they are becoming sites of pilgrimage.
religionnews.com/2025/11/21/h...
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How the UK's ancient stones are drawing renewed awareness of the sacred
PENZANCE, England (RNS) — The United Kingdom is studded with megalithic formations dating back to the Neolithic and Bronze ages. Many are finding in them a portal to the sacred.
religionnews.com
November 26, 2025 at 5:02 PM
Cornwall has several stone circles, and as many as 800 sit across the United Kingdom. Increasingly they are becoming sites of pilgrimage.
religionnews.com/2025/11/21/h...
religionnews.com/2025/11/21/h...
I said something like this three months ago.
November 26, 2025 at 4:26 PM
I said something like this three months ago.
November 26, 2025 at 3:36 PM
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oh this is absolutely what i think. i think they feed him fake polls and outright AI slop
At this point, I wonder if he isn't lying when he says he has "my highest Poll Numbers, ever" since it's entirely possible that's what his aides are telling him. It's quite likely that there's an entire Potemkin village built around Trump right now.
Trump responds to a detailed report about his waning energy and propensity to sleep through on-camera events by calling the New York Times's Katie Rogers ugly
November 26, 2025 at 2:41 PM
oh this is absolutely what i think. i think they feed him fake polls and outright AI slop