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Boorke Gutslinger

@bleaktheology.bsky.social

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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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Boorke Gutslinger @bleaktheology.bsky.social · Feb 6

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.…

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…

www.bleaktheology.com

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Boorke Gutslinger @bleaktheology.bsky.social · 15h

They turn into this?

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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 17h

If you make "controversial statements" outside of classroom, that the President of the university dislikes, you can be summarily fired even if you are tenured.

Julie Greene @greeneland.bsky.social · 17h

I just learned, Thomas Alter, tenured professor, has been terminated effective immediately. Shame on Texas State! We mst build support for Tom. spectrumlocalnews.com/tx/south-tex...

Texas State upholds the firing of associate history professor Thomas Alter

Alter’s termination occurred on Sept. 10, stemming from his remarks at the Revolutionary Socialism Conference on Sept. 7.

spectrumlocalnews.com

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Jeff Sharlet @jeffsharlet.bsky.social · 17h

Some good, brave stuff happening

Rachel Maddow @maddow.msnbc.com · 20h

"After the warning, neighbors showed up and formed a human chain outside the church to guide parishioners home. NBC Chicago found more organizers doing the same for the beginning of the 6 p.m. mass..."

www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/c...

Chicago priest urges parishioners to leave mass with caution after ICE agents reported nearby

Chicago's Rogers Park community remained vigilant after reports of federal agents near a Catholic church during Sunday mass.

www.nbcchicago.com

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Boorke Gutslinger @bleaktheology.bsky.social · 21h

On this Indigenous People's Day, let's acknowledge the century-long misappropriation of Native American traditions by the Boy Scouts.

I am an Eagle Scout and had leadership positions in the Order of the Arrow. I was misled and I repent for my participation.

www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...

Long accused of Indigenous misappropriation, Boy Scouts ask if it’s time to change

Native American advocates say the Boy Scouts have misappropriated regalia and promoted racist stereotypes for more than a century.

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Boorke Gutslinger @bleaktheology.bsky.social · 22h

I think that @rogueclassicist.bsky.social does a good job of aggregating classics news for us. Coverage does exist to varying respects. I think it's, in part, interest and attunement in a firehose of information.

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Jean-Michel Basquiat @basquiat.bsky.social · 14d

Mace, 1983
https://botfrens.com/collections/27/contents/5239

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Boorke Gutslinger @bleaktheology.bsky.social · 1d

The new team is called Brooklyn Ascending Land Co. (BALC).

Yes. After all the balking for decades and now avoiding millions in fines, this group pick that acronym. Well done. Amazing creativity.

Gothamist @gothamist.com · 1d

A long-stalled plan to build hundreds of affordable apartments over the train tracks at Brooklyn’s Atlantic Yards is getting a do-over after two decades of broken promises: https://gothamist.visitlink.me/_tmw0n

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Polling USA @usapolling.bsky.social · 1d

NYC - Mayoral Polling:

🔵 Mamdani: 46%
🟢 Cuomo: 33%
🔴 Sliwa: 15%

Quinnipiac / Oct 7, 2025

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Polling USA @usapolling.bsky.social · 1d

NYC - Mayoral Poll:

Bronx:
🔵 Mamdani: 39%
🟢 Cuomo: 36%
🔴 Sliwa: 19%

Queens:
🔵 Mamdani: 40%
🟢 Cuomo: 31%
🔴 Sliwa: 20%

Brooklyn:
🔵 Mamdani: 54%
🟢 Cuomo: 33%
🔴 Sliwa: 9%

Manhattan:
🔵 Mamdani: 51%
🟢 Cuomo: 31%
🔴 Sliwa: 9%

S. Island:
🟢 Cuomo: 40%
🔴 Sliwa: 34%
🔵 Mamdani: 21%

Quinnipiac / Oct 7, 2025

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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 1d

On this date, Matthew Shephard died 27 years ago. He was beaten, tortured, and left for dead on fence for being gay. Please keep him and his wonderful mother Judy in your thoughts. And let's all work for a world where such horrific things do not happen to anyone. ❤️🏳️‍🌈

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Boorke Gutslinger @bleaktheology.bsky.social · 1d

In honor of spooky month, share a 4 word horror story that only someone in your profession would understand.

Author can design cover.

🏰meg⚔️ @Birthright Audiobook! @impavid.us · 4d

In honor of spooky month, share a 4 word horror story that only someone in your profession would understand

I'll go first: Six page commercial lease.

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James F. McGrath (ReligionProf) @religionprof.bsky.social · 1d

Facebook removed this post on antifa

So I'm going to leave it here for posterity

matttebbe.substack.com

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Jesse Duquette @jesseduquette.bsky.social · 1d

It’s amazing watching so many people choose the wrong side of history while history is happening all around us

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Boorke Gutslinger @bleaktheology.bsky.social · 1d

They basically said the same thing about Jesus, so this guy's in good company with the wrong side of history.

Boorke Gutslinger @bleaktheology.bsky.social · 1d

Evangelicals need more public nudity in their lives. Their emperor certainly has no clothes.

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Boorke Gutslinger @bleaktheology.bsky.social · 1d

I think a lot about this part of "Dressed to Kill," especially the part about the threshold we allow for mass murderers to kill their own people.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bk_p...

Eddie Izzard - Mass Murder

YouTube video by TheJokerIsDead

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Boorke Gutslinger @bleaktheology.bsky.social · 1d

Reader, in fact, he did not "make heaven".

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Trump: "I don't think there's anything that's gonna get me in heaven. I think I'm not maybe heaven bound. I may be in heaven right now as we fly on Air Force One. I'm not sure I'm gonna be able to make heaven."

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Julie 🖤🎼 @juliemch.bsky.social · 1d

#1WordFor1Music

Oct. 13. Write.

New Order - Mr Disco

🎶Maybe you'd write me a letter
And tell me why I never met you🎶

youtu.be/X_QbBGo1PNQ?si…

Mr Disco (2015 Remaster)

YouTube video by New Order - Topic

https://youtu.be/X_QbBGo1PNQ?si…

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Ted McCormick @tedmccormick.bsky.social · 1d

Shared courtesy of my Penn History colleague, Ben Nathans

Image: A variation on Benjamin Franklin’s “Join, or Die” engraving, originally published in the Pennsylvania Gazette in 1754. Each segment of the snake has the name of a university sent Trump’s “compact”: Texas, AZ, Vanderbilt, USC, Dartmouth, UVA, Brown, Penn, MIT.

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Boorke Gutslinger @bleaktheology.bsky.social · 1d

I'm so, so sorry. The Dead Dad Club absolutely sucks. Peace, comfort, and lamentation with.

Boorke Gutslinger @bleaktheology.bsky.social · 2d

Absolute same.

Girard weeps.

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Iron Spike @ironspike.bsky.social · 2d

This is good and you should watch it.

Catsuka @catsuka.bsky.social · 2d

"The World of the Dark Crystal" documentary (1983, 1 hour) is available for free on Youtube.
>> www.catsuka.com/breves/2025-...

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Boorke Gutslinger @bleaktheology.bsky.social · 2d

Girard would be so disappointed with him.

Boorke Gutslinger @bleaktheology.bsky.social · 2d

Let's contrast this with the NAR "spiritual warfare" "full armor of God Ephesians 6" D&D cleric cosplay that we see on the MAGA side.

Rich Raho @richraho.bsky.social · 2d

Chicago priest Fr. Larry Dowling describes procession to ICE facility: “No one had the courage to speak directly to us. No one from Homeland Security could stand in the presence of the Monstrance holding the Blessed Sacrament. No wonder. Evil is repelled, recoils in the presence of Christ.”

Boorke Gutslinger @bleaktheology.bsky.social · 2d

Dada for a new generation of antifascists.

Laura Jedeed @laurajedeed.bsky.social · 4d

Portland Frog gets it