David Dark
@daviddark.bsky.social
believes radiohead / tenured talker /author of Everyday Apocalypse: Art, Empire, & the End of the World, We Become What We Normalize, & Explain All These Controls: U2 & the Inner America (forthcoming)
This is pleasant. NUMBER ONE in 21st Century Literary Criticism. Also, buy local.
November 7, 2025 at 3:55 PM
This is pleasant. NUMBER ONE in 21st Century Literary Criticism. Also, buy local.
I'm so grateful to @andrewgill.biz & @drleahpayne.bsky.social for having me on their show I can hardly stand it. We talk Amy Grant & Switchfoot & Michael W. Smith & Brian Eno & Nashville. Also apocalypse. Also the Prayer Trade. Listen here. www.iheart.com/podcast/310-...
November 5, 2025 at 8:08 PM
I'm so grateful to @andrewgill.biz & @drleahpayne.bsky.social for having me on their show I can hardly stand it. We talk Amy Grant & Switchfoot & Michael W. Smith & Brian Eno & Nashville. Also apocalypse. Also the Prayer Trade. Listen here. www.iheart.com/podcast/310-...
Her phone records were requested with good reason. Here's her husband Chuck targeting Pence online. The question of how and with whom they were coordinating is a national security question.
November 5, 2025 at 2:55 PM
Her phone records were requested with good reason. Here's her husband Chuck targeting Pence online. The question of how and with whom they were coordinating is a national security question.
A Serious Man daviddark.substack.com/p/a-serious-...
November 4, 2025 at 12:44 PM
A Serious Man daviddark.substack.com/p/a-serious-...
I have friends everywhere. Every Christian I know in Tennessee (who isn't host bodying white supremacist antichrist poltergeist) is opposed, if you want to put it this way, for religious reasons. I am not hard to find.
October 31, 2025 at 7:39 PM
I have friends everywhere. Every Christian I know in Tennessee (who isn't host bodying white supremacist antichrist poltergeist) is opposed, if you want to put it this way, for religious reasons. I am not hard to find.
The Healing Game of Art, y'all. #EverydayApocalypse daviddark.substack.com/p/the-healin...
October 27, 2025 at 4:40 PM
The Healing Game of Art, y'all. #EverydayApocalypse daviddark.substack.com/p/the-healin...
A smash and grab marketed as Christianity is still a smash and grab.
October 20, 2025 at 9:32 PM
A smash and grab marketed as Christianity is still a smash and grab.
"It would be good if..." daviddark.substack.com/p/it-would-b...
October 20, 2025 at 5:39 PM
"It would be good if..." daviddark.substack.com/p/it-would-b...
*clears throat* www.vanderbiltuniversitypress.com/978082650797...
October 18, 2025 at 1:16 AM
*clears throat* www.vanderbiltuniversitypress.com/978082650797...
This is so helpful I can hardly stand it. www.emptywheel.net/2025/10/16/t...
October 17, 2025 at 5:27 PM
This is so helpful I can hardly stand it. www.emptywheel.net/2025/10/16/t...
This Southern Baptist leader is running out of men in ties who'll consent to stand next to him.
October 17, 2025 at 5:14 PM
This Southern Baptist leader is running out of men in ties who'll consent to stand next to him.
I wish to state for the record that while I am among "We, the people of the United States of America," my federal government's decision to terrorize #KilmarAbregoGarcia is not one concerning which I was consulted. I stand with him and his family. That's me in the corner.
October 10, 2025 at 4:07 PM
I wish to state for the record that while I am among "We, the people of the United States of America," my federal government's decision to terrorize #KilmarAbregoGarcia is not one concerning which I was consulted. I stand with him and his family. That's me in the corner.
God sees everything money hides. daviddark.substack.com/p/god-sees-e...
October 10, 2025 at 8:33 AM
God sees everything money hides. daviddark.substack.com/p/god-sees-e...
Art & Empire: Counterliturgical Dispatches from the United States of America. That's the title of my talk at University Chapel (University of Glasgow) on October 15th at 5PM. Tell your friends. It's free. Let's talk.
October 5, 2025 at 2:11 PM
Art & Empire: Counterliturgical Dispatches from the United States of America. That's the title of my talk at University Chapel (University of Glasgow) on October 15th at 5PM. Tell your friends. It's free. Let's talk.
Repeat after me: #AwShucksFascism. Catchy *and* funny *and* descriptive. It'll preach.
October 4, 2025 at 11:36 PM
Repeat after me: #AwShucksFascism. Catchy *and* funny *and* descriptive. It'll preach.
"The UK gov't has signed a deal for Oracle to hold the private information of British citizens in a massive centralised database, a 'sovereign AI cloud': a cornerstone of Tony Blair's other great obsession, digital IDs." @carolecadwalla.bsky.social @thenerve.news www.thenerve.news/p/tony-blair...
October 3, 2025 at 1:50 PM
"The UK gov't has signed a deal for Oracle to hold the private information of British citizens in a massive centralised database, a 'sovereign AI cloud': a cornerstone of Tony Blair's other great obsession, digital IDs." @carolecadwalla.bsky.social @thenerve.news www.thenerve.news/p/tony-blair...
Proud to have a public convo with @thecroftonshow.bsky.social @parnassusbooks.bsky.social in November. Join us. parnassusbooks.net/event/2025-1...
October 1, 2025 at 9:20 PM
Proud to have a public convo with @thecroftonshow.bsky.social @parnassusbooks.bsky.social in November. Join us. parnassusbooks.net/event/2025-1...
Book tour, y'all. daviddark.substack.com/p/it-is-happ...
September 29, 2025 at 12:35 AM
Book tour, y'all. daviddark.substack.com/p/it-is-happ...
Nonconsensual touching continues to be a problem for Republican party leadership. Stay safe, Portland.
September 27, 2025 at 9:19 PM
Nonconsensual touching continues to be a problem for Republican party leadership. Stay safe, Portland.
Thank you for getting it going (again). When we talk about what's happening, we make it harder for folks to deny what's happening.
September 25, 2025 at 5:14 PM
Thank you for getting it going (again). When we talk about what's happening, we make it harder for folks to deny what's happening.
In Nashville, I'm bummed WKRN can't broadcast anything #Nexstar won't permit. But I can look past the dear souls housed at WKRN & see Lee Beaman (of Beaman Automotive) bankrolling Rep. Andy Ogles who's targeting my mayor @freddieoconnell.bsky.social & anyone who won't bend the knee to 47. Resist.
September 24, 2025 at 9:25 PM
In Nashville, I'm bummed WKRN can't broadcast anything #Nexstar won't permit. But I can look past the dear souls housed at WKRN & see Lee Beaman (of Beaman Automotive) bankrolling Rep. Andy Ogles who's targeting my mayor @freddieoconnell.bsky.social & anyone who won't bend the knee to 47. Resist.
That's really helpful. In my context, my governor, both my US Senators, and a # of pastors are engaged in a game that regards me and mine in Tennessee as brute force test subjects they will not hesitate to harm. The "no hesitation" part is what I hear when you say they aren't playing. Is that right?
September 23, 2025 at 4:24 PM
That's really helpful. In my context, my governor, both my US Senators, and a # of pastors are engaged in a game that regards me and mine in Tennessee as brute force test subjects they will not hesitate to harm. The "no hesitation" part is what I hear when you say they aren't playing. Is that right?
How does it land with you? 3/end
September 23, 2025 at 3:04 AM
How does it land with you? 3/end
To a point! But what's weird is that, apart from Brendan Carr and Troy Miller (pictured below), we don't have human beings who are even willing to *pretend* to be a part of civil society. Just billionaires playing games from the shadows. Accountable to hardly anyone. Know what I mean? 1/x
September 23, 2025 at 3:00 AM
To a point! But what's weird is that, apart from Brendan Carr and Troy Miller (pictured below), we don't have human beings who are even willing to *pretend* to be a part of civil society. Just billionaires playing games from the shadows. Accountable to hardly anyone. Know what I mean? 1/x