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…
www.bleaktheology.com
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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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...
religionnews.com/2025/11/21/h...
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
Ouroboros? Ourobusos? Ouroborbus?
So this happened in Oslo yesterday. Four articulated buses got stuck in a roundabout.
November 26, 2025 at 3:14 PM
Ouroboros? Ourobusos? Ouroborbus?
If you see this post an anime you love.
November 26, 2025 at 1:29 PM
If you see this post an anime you love.
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Good night, sweet prince.
November 24, 2025 at 2:41 AM
Good night, sweet prince.
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you're telling me a right-wing catholic convert is just a protestant in disguise? shocked
In newly leaked audio, Peter Thiel admits he urged JD Vance to ignore Pope Leo XIV on moral questions — including the ethical development of AI.
He goes even further, branding Leo “the woke American pope” and suggesting he’s a tool of the Antichrist.
He goes even further, branding Leo “the woke American pope” and suggesting he’s a tool of the Antichrist.
NEW: JD Vance’s Top Donor Suggests Pope Leo XIV is Antichrist
In a leaked lecture, Peter Thiel says he’s urged Vance to ignore the pope on moral questions — and simply pray for him.
www.thelettersfromleo.com
November 26, 2025 at 11:44 AM
you're telling me a right-wing catholic convert is just a protestant in disguise? shocked
Was it callous indifference or mere lack of speed? Or both? We'll never know, now.
November 26, 2025 at 9:25 AM
Was it callous indifference or mere lack of speed? Or both? We'll never know, now.
I didn't expect Making America Great Again meant me sarcastically saying, "Oh, great!" all the time.
November 26, 2025 at 3:47 AM
I didn't expect Making America Great Again meant me sarcastically saying, "Oh, great!" all the time.
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New York City helped my mother become the artist she is today. The next generation deserves a City Hall that lifts up tomorrow's artists as well.
November 26, 2025 at 1:49 AM
New York City helped my mother become the artist she is today. The next generation deserves a City Hall that lifts up tomorrow's artists as well.
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BBC Radio 6 Music
I Wanna Be Adored: Stone Roses
Now Playing
The Stone Roses
I Wanna Be Adored
I Wanna Be Adored: Stone Roses
Now Playing
The Stone Roses
I Wanna Be Adored
November 26, 2025 at 3:30 AM
BBC Radio 6 Music
I Wanna Be Adored: Stone Roses
Now Playing
The Stone Roses
I Wanna Be Adored
I Wanna Be Adored: Stone Roses
Now Playing
The Stone Roses
I Wanna Be Adored
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700 Years of Persian Manuscripts Now Digitized & Free Online
700 Years of Persian Manuscripts Now Digitized & Free Online
Too often those in power lump thousands of years of Middle Eastern religion and culture into monolithic entities to be feared or persecuted. But at least one government institution is doing exactly th...
www.openculture.com
November 26, 2025 at 3:24 AM
700 Years of Persian Manuscripts Now Digitized & Free Online
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NEW: Earlier this month, I spent the day with the Luhmanns — a family rooted in theologically conservative Christianity.
In the morning, the homeschooled teenage sons tracked ICE.
In the afternoon, the mother aided an immigrant mother whose partner was deported. religionnews.com/2025/11/25/h...
In the morning, the homeschooled teenage sons tracked ICE.
In the afternoon, the mother aided an immigrant mother whose partner was deported. religionnews.com/2025/11/25/h...
How one conservative Christian family is pushing back against ICE
A coalition of activists, everyday citizens and people of faith — including theologically conservative Christians — who have pooled resources and learned new technologies to mount an effort they say i...
religionnews.com
November 25, 2025 at 11:48 PM
NEW: Earlier this month, I spent the day with the Luhmanns — a family rooted in theologically conservative Christianity.
In the morning, the homeschooled teenage sons tracked ICE.
In the afternoon, the mother aided an immigrant mother whose partner was deported. religionnews.com/2025/11/25/h...
In the morning, the homeschooled teenage sons tracked ICE.
In the afternoon, the mother aided an immigrant mother whose partner was deported. religionnews.com/2025/11/25/h...
Me: I hate revising!
My wife: You can do it!
Me, dejectedly: I know. I'm the only one who can! 😭
My wife: You can do it!
Me, dejectedly: I know. I'm the only one who can! 😭
November 25, 2025 at 11:58 PM
Me: I hate revising!
My wife: You can do it!
Me, dejectedly: I know. I'm the only one who can! 😭
My wife: You can do it!
Me, dejectedly: I know. I'm the only one who can! 😭
The owner cites court cases much like an evangelical Christian might prooftext Bible verses to assert/defend/explain their beliefs/positions.
Unless you are an insider and know how to read the "code," you can't understand. You need a cipher.
Unless you are an insider and know how to read the "code," you can't understand. You need a cipher.
A sovereign citizen's car in the wild, well, at the South Bay Mall
www.universalhub.com/2025/soverei...
#Boston #Dorchester #TravelingVsDriving
www.universalhub.com/2025/soverei...
#Boston #Dorchester #TravelingVsDriving
November 25, 2025 at 10:40 PM
The owner cites court cases much like an evangelical Christian might prooftext Bible verses to assert/defend/explain their beliefs/positions.
Unless you are an insider and know how to read the "code," you can't understand. You need a cipher.
Unless you are an insider and know how to read the "code," you can't understand. You need a cipher.
November 25, 2025 at 10:36 PM