David B. Gowler
@dgowler.bsky.social
Pierce Chair of Religion, Oxford College/Emory University. Latest books: Howard Thurman & the Quest for Community; Parables after Jesus; WATSA the Parables?; & Howard Thurman, Sermons on the Parables. #COYS. New Testament / Reception History of the Bible
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David B. Gowler
@dgowler.bsky.social
· Dec 15
Howard Thurman and the Quest for Community - David Gowler : PaulistPress
Howard Thurman and the Quest for Community
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Yes, it’s my book, but now’s a good time to revisit #HowardThurman’s insights about social action to oppose discrimination & oppression, build compassion & community, & not be consumed, like MAGA/Trump, with hatred that ultimately destroys oneself & community: www.paulistpress.com/Products/569...
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The Trump administration's social media repurposes language and cultural references with connections to neo-Nazi and white supremacist movements.
It's content that experts say is instantly recognizable to those who are in the white supremacist know, but can be largely invisible to everyone else.
It's content that experts say is instantly recognizable to those who are in the white supremacist know, but can be largely invisible to everyone else.
The US government will not stop sharing Nazi propaganda
And their supporters are loving it.
www.motherjones.com
February 14, 2026 at 1:01 PM
The Trump administration's social media repurposes language and cultural references with connections to neo-Nazi and white supremacist movements.
It's content that experts say is instantly recognizable to those who are in the white supremacist know, but can be largely invisible to everyone else.
It's content that experts say is instantly recognizable to those who are in the white supremacist know, but can be largely invisible to everyone else.
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Abolish ICE is the bare minimum we can accept
Courts have ruled 4,400 times that ICE jailed people illegally. It hasn’t stopped. www.reuters.com/legal/govern...
Courts have ruled 4,400 times that ICE jailed people illegally. It hasn’t stopped. www.reuters.com/legal/govern...
Courts have ruled 4,400 times that ICE jailed people illegally. It hasn’t stopped.
Hundreds of judges around the country have ruled more than 4,400 times since October that President Donald Trump’s administration is detaining immigrants unlawfully, a Reuters review of court records ...
www.reuters.com
February 14, 2026 at 1:07 PM
Abolish ICE is the bare minimum we can accept
Courts have ruled 4,400 times that ICE jailed people illegally. It hasn’t stopped. www.reuters.com/legal/govern...
Courts have ruled 4,400 times that ICE jailed people illegally. It hasn’t stopped. www.reuters.com/legal/govern...
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There’s a risk that this lawless premeditated killing spree fades into background noise, like the neglected but intensified U.S. bombing campaign in Somalia.
More lawless slaughter at sea.
First strike in the Caribbean in a few months.
As usual, the “designated terrorist organizations” (note plural) supposedly operating the vessel are unidentified.
And no details on the victims smeared as “narco-terrorists.”
First strike in the Caribbean in a few months.
As usual, the “designated terrorist organizations” (note plural) supposedly operating the vessel are unidentified.
And no details on the victims smeared as “narco-terrorists.”
February 14, 2026 at 11:13 AM
There’s a risk that this lawless premeditated killing spree fades into background noise, like the neglected but intensified U.S. bombing campaign in Somalia.
Abolish ICE and CBP.
"[DHS] is expanding its efforts to identify Americans who oppose Immigration and Customs Enforcement by sending tech companies legal requests for the names, email addresses, telephone numbers and other identifying data behind social media accounts that track or criticize the agency."
Homeland Security Wants Social Media Sites to Expose Anti-ICE Accounts
www.nytimes.com
February 14, 2026 at 2:44 AM
Abolish ICE and CBP.
This banner should be placed in every city.
The other day Manchester United’s co-owner Jim Ratcliffe said the UK had been "colonised by immigrants"….today there’s this billboard outside of Old Trafford 🔥….way to go Manchester 💪!
February 13, 2026 at 10:09 PM
This banner should be placed in every city.
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The other day Manchester United’s co-owner Jim Ratcliffe said the UK had been "colonised by immigrants"….today there’s this billboard outside of Old Trafford 🔥….way to go Manchester 💪!
February 13, 2026 at 9:33 PM
The other day Manchester United’s co-owner Jim Ratcliffe said the UK had been "colonised by immigrants"….today there’s this billboard outside of Old Trafford 🔥….way to go Manchester 💪!
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Every photo from Minneapolis looks like this. Cops decked out with guns and full tac gear facing off against people in bathrobes, parkas, and sweatpants armed only with whistles and cell phones.
Yet every verified MAGA chode on X dutifully calls it a riot or violent insurrection.
Yet every verified MAGA chode on X dutifully calls it a riot or violent insurrection.
February 11, 2026 at 11:50 PM
Every photo from Minneapolis looks like this. Cops decked out with guns and full tac gear facing off against people in bathrobes, parkas, and sweatpants armed only with whistles and cell phones.
Yet every verified MAGA chode on X dutifully calls it a riot or violent insurrection.
Yet every verified MAGA chode on X dutifully calls it a riot or violent insurrection.
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It's the "Year of four Emperors"
www.pbs.org/empires/roma...
www.pbs.org/empires/roma...
February 12, 2026 at 1:07 AM
It's the "Year of four Emperors"
www.pbs.org/empires/roma...
www.pbs.org/empires/roma...
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Again, there are no moderate Republicans. This is one of the most extreme voter disfranchisement bills in American history.
The House just passed the "SAVE America" voter suppression bill on party lines; Cuellar was the lone cross. This is going nowhere in the Senate.
February 11, 2026 at 11:47 PM
Again, there are no moderate Republicans. This is one of the most extreme voter disfranchisement bills in American history.
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CNN: "Another photograph - these are notes AG Bondi brought to the hearing today. This shows a list of Rep. Jayapal's search history. Lawmakers are allowed to go to a DOJ facility to search unredacted files. We learned from this photo that the searches are apparently being tracked & read by the DOJ"
February 11, 2026 at 9:27 PM
CNN: "Another photograph - these are notes AG Bondi brought to the hearing today. This shows a list of Rep. Jayapal's search history. Lawmakers are allowed to go to a DOJ facility to search unredacted files. We learned from this photo that the searches are apparently being tracked & read by the DOJ"
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A 13-year-old opened a hot dog stand in front of his home in Minnesota, causing a complaint to the health department.
Instead of shutting him down, the inspectors helped him bring his stand up to code and paid the $87 fee for his permit out of their own pockets.
Instead of shutting him down, the inspectors helped him bring his stand up to code and paid the $87 fee for his permit out of their own pockets.
February 11, 2026 at 8:03 PM
A 13-year-old opened a hot dog stand in front of his home in Minnesota, causing a complaint to the health department.
Instead of shutting him down, the inspectors helped him bring his stand up to code and paid the $87 fee for his permit out of their own pockets.
Instead of shutting him down, the inspectors helped him bring his stand up to code and paid the $87 fee for his permit out of their own pockets.
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Epstein survivors raise their hands to signal they've been ignored by Trump's DOJ as AG Pam Bondi refuses to look at them
(Roberto Schmidt/AFP via Getty)
(Roberto Schmidt/AFP via Getty)
February 11, 2026 at 5:46 PM
Epstein survivors raise their hands to signal they've been ignored by Trump's DOJ as AG Pam Bondi refuses to look at them
(Roberto Schmidt/AFP via Getty)
(Roberto Schmidt/AFP via Getty)
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“I’ve mentioned before that concentration camp regimes in their early stages often make use of large open infrastructure to convert into detention spaces. Dachau was converted from a shuttered factory into a concentration camp in 1933.”
When I got the contract to write a history of concentration camps in 2014, I hoped to keep the US from ending up here. That didn't work out! But now it's critical to understand how much is already in process and the enormity of what's coming. The sooner we act to stop it, the more people we'll save.
Building the camps
The warehouseification of detention and initial thoughts on stopping it.
degenerateart.beehiiv.com
February 11, 2026 at 2:49 AM
“I’ve mentioned before that concentration camp regimes in their early stages often make use of large open infrastructure to convert into detention spaces. Dachau was converted from a shuttered factory into a concentration camp in 1933.”
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Thank you to @maddow.bsky.social for giving me the time of day last night. Thank you also to the THOUSANDS of folks interested in using our data for good. There's one other way you can help us, and it's by not giving us your money.
The Best Way to Support Our Mission? Don't Give Us Your Money
Nearly $20,000 pledged to Project Salt Box could do more immediate good at Asylee Women Enterprise.
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February 10, 2026 at 10:08 PM
Thank you to @maddow.bsky.social for giving me the time of day last night. Thank you also to the THOUSANDS of folks interested in using our data for good. There's one other way you can help us, and it's by not giving us your money.
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Listen to this. Not a penny more for this. Abolish and prosecute anyone who had anything to do with it.
"A modern-day concentration camp ... People have been killed by the staff here." Irish citizen Seamus Culleton has been in ICE detention since September, despite having a valid work permit and his own business in the US.
February 10, 2026 at 3:41 PM
Listen to this. Not a penny more for this. Abolish and prosecute anyone who had anything to do with it.
My favorite team just lost, but at least I get to read about my second-favorite team's win from @beesbreakdown.bsky.social on @beesottedbrentford.bsky.social: beesotted.com/bees-breakdo...
beesotted.com
February 10, 2026 at 9:41 PM
My favorite team just lost, but at least I get to read about my second-favorite team's win from @beesbreakdown.bsky.social on @beesottedbrentford.bsky.social: beesotted.com/bees-breakdo...
Hard enough watching Tottenham right now (the 12 who aren't injured), but having to listen to an announcer who clearly despises the Spurs just rubs salt in the wounds.
February 10, 2026 at 9:35 PM
Hard enough watching Tottenham right now (the 12 who aren't injured), but having to listen to an announcer who clearly despises the Spurs just rubs salt in the wounds.
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We are murdering people and it is basically just background noise at this point. www.nytimes.com/2026/02/09/u...
U.S. Boat Strike Kills 2 in Pacific, With One Survivor
www.nytimes.com
February 10, 2026 at 6:14 AM
We are murdering people and it is basically just background noise at this point. www.nytimes.com/2026/02/09/u...
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Today's pick: The Ghent altarpiece (1432) - Jan van Eyck.
The Ghent Altarpiece with open panels. Top row, from left [..] #art #VanEyck
www.artbible.info/art/large/317.html
The Ghent Altarpiece with open panels. Top row, from left [..] #art #VanEyck
www.artbible.info/art/large/317.html
February 9, 2026 at 10:30 AM
Today's pick: The Ghent altarpiece (1432) - Jan van Eyck.
The Ghent Altarpiece with open panels. Top row, from left [..] #art #VanEyck
www.artbible.info/art/large/317.html
The Ghent Altarpiece with open panels. Top row, from left [..] #art #VanEyck
www.artbible.info/art/large/317.html
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On this week's episode of "The Nonviolent Jesus Podcast," John Dear hosts Ched Myers to speak about his new book on the Gospel of Luke and "Sabbath economics" that resist the idolatry of wealth, greed and war.
Podcast: Scripture scholar Ched Myers calls Christians to learn 'Sabbath economics'
On this week's episode of "The Nonviolent Jesus Podcast," John Dear hosts Ched Myers to speak about his new book on the Gospel of Luke and "Sabbath economics" that resist the idolatry of wealth, greed...
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February 9, 2026 at 7:12 PM
On this week's episode of "The Nonviolent Jesus Podcast," John Dear hosts Ched Myers to speak about his new book on the Gospel of Luke and "Sabbath economics" that resist the idolatry of wealth, greed and war.
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The Trump regime wants you to think its campaign to harass and terrorize people in Minnesota is over. It isn't.
In one 30-minute stretch, three legal observers were arrested — as Trump’s Border czar Tom Homan calls on locals to “end the resistance.”
“Uptick In Abductions”: ICE Ramps Up Targeting of Minneapolis Legal Observers
In one 30-minute stretch, three Minneapolis legal observers were arrested as ICE ramped up its targeting of community volunteers.
interc.pt
February 9, 2026 at 7:17 PM
The Trump regime wants you to think its campaign to harass and terrorize people in Minnesota is over. It isn't.