Tommy O'Keefe (He/Him)
@tommyokeefe.com
Music. Books. Coffee. Code.
Process Philosophy / Theology nerd.
Longing for a world where everyone can thrive.
Collective Liberation is the goal we're aiming for.
https://www.tommyokeefe.com/
Process Philosophy / Theology nerd.
Longing for a world where everyone can thrive.
Collective Liberation is the goal we're aiming for.
https://www.tommyokeefe.com/
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Tommy O'Keefe (He/Him)
@tommyokeefe.com
· Nov 16
Hey, Hi, Hello!
I'm Tommy:
- 43 trips around the sun
- Married dad of 2 (cooler than me)
- Committed to Collective Liberation
- Former pastor / exvangelical hopeful skeptic
- Process philosophy / theology nerd
- I love music, especially all things post-*
- I write (mostly code)
Let's be friends!
I'm Tommy:
- 43 trips around the sun
- Married dad of 2 (cooler than me)
- Committed to Collective Liberation
- Former pastor / exvangelical hopeful skeptic
- Process philosophy / theology nerd
- I love music, especially all things post-*
- I write (mostly code)
Let's be friends!
Today’s soundtrack comes courtesy of NAUFRAAGE and their distinct variety of blackened skramz out of France.
tombtreetapes.bandcamp.com/album/les-d-...
tombtreetapes.bandcamp.com/album/les-d-...
Les Déferlantes, by NAUFRAAGE
7 track album
tombtreetapes.bandcamp.com
January 27, 2026 at 3:48 PM
Today’s soundtrack comes courtesy of NAUFRAAGE and their distinct variety of blackened skramz out of France.
tombtreetapes.bandcamp.com/album/les-d-...
tombtreetapes.bandcamp.com/album/les-d-...
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Haymarket Books has made three of their eBooks free for download during this time of turmoil. You can get copies of:
"Unbuild Walls" by Silky Shah,
"Border & Rule" by Harsha Walia, and
"The Case for Open Borders" By John Washington.
"Unbuild Walls" by Silky Shah,
"Border & Rule" by Harsha Walia, and
"The Case for Open Borders" By John Washington.
January 26, 2026 at 4:27 PM
Haymarket Books has made three of their eBooks free for download during this time of turmoil. You can get copies of:
"Unbuild Walls" by Silky Shah,
"Border & Rule" by Harsha Walia, and
"The Case for Open Borders" By John Washington.
"Unbuild Walls" by Silky Shah,
"Border & Rule" by Harsha Walia, and
"The Case for Open Borders" By John Washington.
I spent a couple of hours last night digging out my driveway so we could get the car out if we needed to. This morning there is a 4 or 5 foot tall, 6+ foot mountain of slop blocking it thanks to the snow plows deciding it was a great place to push everything from the intersection. 😭💀
January 26, 2026 at 1:25 PM
I spent a couple of hours last night digging out my driveway so we could get the car out if we needed to. This morning there is a 4 or 5 foot tall, 6+ foot mountain of slop blocking it thanks to the snow plows deciding it was a great place to push everything from the intersection. 😭💀
I have this tendency to fill my time with constant input. Reading, listening to podcasts, having music on in the background. I’ve been trying to change that lately. I think about this quote from “Zen Mind, Beginner’s Mind” a lot. Heading out to shovel snow now with no headphones. 😂
January 25, 2026 at 1:59 PM
I have this tendency to fill my time with constant input. Reading, listening to podcasts, having music on in the background. I’ve been trying to change that lately. I think about this quote from “Zen Mind, Beginner’s Mind” a lot. Heading out to shovel snow now with no headphones. 😂
FUCK ICE.
not really sure what else I can say at this point.
not really sure what else I can say at this point.
January 24, 2026 at 9:29 PM
FUCK ICE.
not really sure what else I can say at this point.
not really sure what else I can say at this point.
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they're executing moms and nurses in the street. they're using preschoolers as bait. they're stealing people's dads and grandmas and children. they're tear gassing babies. they're staking out schools. there is no remedy but abolition. any proposal that doesn't start there is an act of violence.
January 24, 2026 at 7:48 PM
they're executing moms and nurses in the street. they're using preschoolers as bait. they're stealing people's dads and grandmas and children. they're tear gassing babies. they're staking out schools. there is no remedy but abolition. any proposal that doesn't start there is an act of violence.
I’m really enjoying the new Youth Novel album. I’ve come back to it several times this week. It scratches a uniquely “90s screamo” itch while still packing some surprising and fresh moments.
youthnovel.bandcamp.com/album/i-went...
youthnovel.bandcamp.com/album/i-went...
I Went Through This Experience Smiling, by Youth Novel
13 track album
youthnovel.bandcamp.com
January 22, 2026 at 11:13 PM
I’m really enjoying the new Youth Novel album. I’ve come back to it several times this week. It scratches a uniquely “90s screamo” itch while still packing some surprising and fresh moments.
youthnovel.bandcamp.com/album/i-went...
youthnovel.bandcamp.com/album/i-went...
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Starting a thread for my reflection posts as I read through Les Miserables this year at the pace of a chapter a day. I'll collect all of the existing posts here and add to it when I post in the future.
Here's my initial post about this project:
www.tommyokeefe.com/blog/lm-000-...
#booksky
Starting a thread for my reflection posts as I read through Les Miserables this year at the pace of a chapter a day. I'll collect all of the existing posts here and add to it when I post in the future.
Here's my initial post about this project:
www.tommyokeefe.com/blog/lm-000-...
#booksky
Les Miserables: A Chapter A Day | Tommy O'Keefe
My plan to read through Les Miserables slowly this year and write daily responses as I read
www.tommyokeefe.com
January 21, 2026 at 2:16 PM
1/🧵
Starting a thread for my reflection posts as I read through Les Miserables this year at the pace of a chapter a day. I'll collect all of the existing posts here and add to it when I post in the future.
Here's my initial post about this project:
www.tommyokeefe.com/blog/lm-000-...
#booksky
Starting a thread for my reflection posts as I read through Les Miserables this year at the pace of a chapter a day. I'll collect all of the existing posts here and add to it when I post in the future.
Here's my initial post about this project:
www.tommyokeefe.com/blog/lm-000-...
#booksky
Gave Caspian’s “on Circles” a spin today - it was released exactly 6 years ago. Over the last 6 years it’s become my favorite release in their catalog.
January 20, 2026 at 10:17 PM
Gave Caspian’s “on Circles” a spin today - it was released exactly 6 years ago. Over the last 6 years it’s become my favorite release in their catalog.
Say it with me - I love the spiritual sound of ecstatic black metal by the band Agriculture!
youtu.be/G26KMZVUA-8?...
youtu.be/G26KMZVUA-8?...
Agriculture - Full Performance (Live on KEXP)
YouTube video by KEXP
youtu.be
January 20, 2026 at 1:22 AM
Say it with me - I love the spiritual sound of ecstatic black metal by the band Agriculture!
youtu.be/G26KMZVUA-8?...
youtu.be/G26KMZVUA-8?...
I think about this quote from Kahneman’s “Thinking, Fast and Slow” often. Sometimes I feel strongly that I “never would have done ___ or said ___” when watching people who are part of the evangelicalism I left behind. The thing is I don’t really know because I no longer occupy that space.
#booksky
#booksky
January 18, 2026 at 7:52 PM
I think about this quote from Kahneman’s “Thinking, Fast and Slow” often. Sometimes I feel strongly that I “never would have done ___ or said ___” when watching people who are part of the evangelicalism I left behind. The thing is I don’t really know because I no longer occupy that space.
#booksky
#booksky
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this is the sickest shit ive ever seen
January 16, 2026 at 9:38 PM
this is the sickest shit ive ever seen
Continuing to read "Les Miserables" at the pace of a chapter a day then write a daily reflection. Today I read part 1, book 2, chapter 3 - the first meeting of Valjean & Myriel. Valjean experiences the power of being fully known and still fully loved.
#booksky
www.tommyokeefe.com/blog/lm-017-...
#booksky
www.tommyokeefe.com/blog/lm-017-...
Les Miserables: Monster or Child of God? | Tommy O'Keefe
Part one, book two, chapter three - the rehumanizing power of love
www.tommyokeefe.com
January 17, 2026 at 10:22 PM
Continuing to read "Les Miserables" at the pace of a chapter a day then write a daily reflection. Today I read part 1, book 2, chapter 3 - the first meeting of Valjean & Myriel. Valjean experiences the power of being fully known and still fully loved.
#booksky
www.tommyokeefe.com/blog/lm-017-...
#booksky
www.tommyokeefe.com/blog/lm-017-...
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I’m reading Mark Fisher’s “Capitalist Realism” and so much of what he was observing in 2008 is still relevant today. Quoting a section here:
“It would be a mistake to regard this market Stalinism as some deviation from the ‘true spirit’ of capitalism.
#booksky
I’m reading Mark Fisher’s “Capitalist Realism” and so much of what he was observing in 2008 is still relevant today. Quoting a section here:
“It would be a mistake to regard this market Stalinism as some deviation from the ‘true spirit’ of capitalism.
#booksky
January 16, 2026 at 11:45 PM
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I’m reading Mark Fisher’s “Capitalist Realism” and so much of what he was observing in 2008 is still relevant today. Quoting a section here:
“It would be a mistake to regard this market Stalinism as some deviation from the ‘true spirit’ of capitalism.
#booksky
I’m reading Mark Fisher’s “Capitalist Realism” and so much of what he was observing in 2008 is still relevant today. Quoting a section here:
“It would be a mistake to regard this market Stalinism as some deviation from the ‘true spirit’ of capitalism.
#booksky
This Shaking Hands live set is so good. I love seeing “the youths” making this kind of music in 2026!
youtu.be/CVmoQkwdoDk
youtu.be/CVmoQkwdoDk
Shaking Hand (Live from Low Four Studio)
YouTube video by Low Four
youtu.be
January 16, 2026 at 10:54 PM
This Shaking Hands live set is so good. I love seeing “the youths” making this kind of music in 2026!
youtu.be/CVmoQkwdoDk
youtu.be/CVmoQkwdoDk
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There are many many good people out there. Be clear-eyed about what is happening, but don't let the cruelty and cynicism overwhelm you.
Minneapolis church has delivered more than 12,000 boxes of groceries to families in hiding
DHH church has hundreds of volunteers packing and delivering groceries to families who have been too scared to leave their homes during the immigration operation.
www.mprnews.org
January 16, 2026 at 3:30 PM
There are many many good people out there. Be clear-eyed about what is happening, but don't let the cruelty and cynicism overwhelm you.
If you like your post-rock to feature meditative repetition of angular riffs with vocals drenched in the tones of 90s college radio, all put together by actual youths from the UK, you need this in your life.
H/T to the All Songs Considered podcast.
shakinghandband.bandcamp.com/album/shakin...
H/T to the All Songs Considered podcast.
shakinghandband.bandcamp.com/album/shakin...
Shaking Hand, by Shaking Hand
7 track album
shakinghandband.bandcamp.com
January 16, 2026 at 7:27 PM
If you like your post-rock to feature meditative repetition of angular riffs with vocals drenched in the tones of 90s college radio, all put together by actual youths from the UK, you need this in your life.
H/T to the All Songs Considered podcast.
shakinghandband.bandcamp.com/album/shakin...
H/T to the All Songs Considered podcast.
shakinghandband.bandcamp.com/album/shakin...
"He was a simple soul who loved, and that was all." - my favorite quote of the last chapter of book 1 from part 1 of Victor Hugo's novel "Les Miserables". A fitting description of a bishop Hugo spends 14 chapters introducing us to.
#booksky
www.tommyokeefe.com/blog/lm-013-...
#booksky
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Les Miserables: What Myriel Thought | Tommy O'Keefe
Part one, book one, chapter fourteen - the simplicity of Myriel's religion
www.tommyokeefe.com
January 15, 2026 at 1:06 AM
"He was a simple soul who loved, and that was all." - my favorite quote of the last chapter of book 1 from part 1 of Victor Hugo's novel "Les Miserables". A fitting description of a bishop Hugo spends 14 chapters introducing us to.
#booksky
www.tommyokeefe.com/blog/lm-013-...
#booksky
www.tommyokeefe.com/blog/lm-013-...
Two weeks into the new year and I used my turntable for the first time. I guess when I’m sick I don’t want to be hanging out in my office 😂.
“Pruning of the Lower Limbs” by Moving Mountains, one of my top 5 releases from last year. Give it a listen!
movingmountains.bandcamp.com/album/prunin...
“Pruning of the Lower Limbs” by Moving Mountains, one of my top 5 releases from last year. Give it a listen!
movingmountains.bandcamp.com/album/prunin...
January 13, 2026 at 11:48 PM
Two weeks into the new year and I used my turntable for the first time. I guess when I’m sick I don’t want to be hanging out in my office 😂.
“Pruning of the Lower Limbs” by Moving Mountains, one of my top 5 releases from last year. Give it a listen!
movingmountains.bandcamp.com/album/prunin...
“Pruning of the Lower Limbs” by Moving Mountains, one of my top 5 releases from last year. Give it a listen!
movingmountains.bandcamp.com/album/prunin...
I finished my third book of 2026 during lunch today. “The Story of Christianity: An Illustrated History of 2000 Years of the Christian Faith” by David Bentley Hart.
I’ve read a good bit of church history in the past but wanted a nice quick and broad overview and this delivered!
#booksky
I’ve read a good bit of church history in the past but wanted a nice quick and broad overview and this delivered!
#booksky
January 12, 2026 at 7:15 PM
I finished my third book of 2026 during lunch today. “The Story of Christianity: An Illustrated History of 2000 Years of the Christian Faith” by David Bentley Hart.
I’ve read a good bit of church history in the past but wanted a nice quick and broad overview and this delivered!
#booksky
I’ve read a good bit of church history in the past but wanted a nice quick and broad overview and this delivered!
#booksky
The new Lantlôs single “Daisies” has me so excited for their new album. It’s outrageously good!
lantlos.bandcamp.com/album/nowher...
lantlos.bandcamp.com/album/nowher...
Nowhere In Between Forever, by Lantlôs
11 track album
lantlos.bandcamp.com
January 12, 2026 at 1:05 PM
The new Lantlôs single “Daisies” has me so excited for their new album. It’s outrageously good!
lantlos.bandcamp.com/album/nowher...
lantlos.bandcamp.com/album/nowher...
I finished reading my second book of 2026 over the weekend - "The Space Between Worlds" by Micaiah Johnson.
A dystopian tale of multiverse travel that is full of a surprising amount of warmth and love. I really enjoyed it!
#booksky
A dystopian tale of multiverse travel that is full of a surprising amount of warmth and love. I really enjoyed it!
#booksky
January 12, 2026 at 12:54 PM
I finished reading my second book of 2026 over the weekend - "The Space Between Worlds" by Micaiah Johnson.
A dystopian tale of multiverse travel that is full of a surprising amount of warmth and love. I really enjoyed it!
#booksky
A dystopian tale of multiverse travel that is full of a surprising amount of warmth and love. I really enjoyed it!
#booksky
Thoughts from Les Miserables chapter 11:
Victor Hugo's take on the relationship between art and luxury was bad. A product of his time and culture, but still bad.
#booksky
www.tommyokeefe.com/blog/lm-011-...
Victor Hugo's take on the relationship between art and luxury was bad. A product of his time and culture, but still bad.
#booksky
www.tommyokeefe.com/blog/lm-011-...
Les Miserables: Luxury & The Arts | Tommy O'Keefe
Part one, book one, chapter eleven - some of Hugo's own biases leak out a bit
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January 12, 2026 at 12:14 AM
Thoughts from Les Miserables chapter 11:
Victor Hugo's take on the relationship between art and luxury was bad. A product of his time and culture, but still bad.
#booksky
www.tommyokeefe.com/blog/lm-011-...
Victor Hugo's take on the relationship between art and luxury was bad. A product of his time and culture, but still bad.
#booksky
www.tommyokeefe.com/blog/lm-011-...
Today I read and wrote about the 10th chapter in Les Miserables. It's my favorite one so far, and made me do some thinking abut Tillich's concept of "God as The Ground of Being" for the first time in a while. a nice little dose of shared (a)theism.
#booksky
www.tommyokeefe.com/blog/lm-010-...
#booksky
www.tommyokeefe.com/blog/lm-010-...
Les Miserables: Shared Humanity | Tommy O'Keefe
Part one, book one, chapter ten - the power of seeing yourself in the other
www.tommyokeefe.com
January 10, 2026 at 7:46 PM
Today I read and wrote about the 10th chapter in Les Miserables. It's my favorite one so far, and made me do some thinking abut Tillich's concept of "God as The Ground of Being" for the first time in a while. a nice little dose of shared (a)theism.
#booksky
www.tommyokeefe.com/blog/lm-010-...
#booksky
www.tommyokeefe.com/blog/lm-010-...
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NEW: At least four videos show what really happened when ICE shot a woman in Minneapolis on Wednesday.
DHS has established itself as an agency that cannot be trusted to live in or present reality.
Our latest:
DHS has established itself as an agency that cannot be trusted to live in or present reality.
Our latest:
DHS Is Lying To You About ICE Shooting a Woman
At least four videos show what really happened when ICE shot a woman in Minneapolis on Wednesday. DHS has established itself as an agency that cannot be trusted to live in or present reality.
www.404media.co
January 7, 2026 at 10:26 PM
NEW: At least four videos show what really happened when ICE shot a woman in Minneapolis on Wednesday.
DHS has established itself as an agency that cannot be trusted to live in or present reality.
Our latest:
DHS has established itself as an agency that cannot be trusted to live in or present reality.
Our latest: