Bobo
@theoloengineer.bsky.social
Theologian, R&D engineer, husband, father with a love for vintage technology. Active at the intersection of church, technology, and culture.
Bookshop display in the neighborhood I currently live in Germany!
"All books in this window are banned from public libraries or schools in certain US states, according to 'PEN America'.
The number of titles affected by this censorship in the last school year alone is 4,231."
"All books in this window are banned from public libraries or schools in certain US states, according to 'PEN America'.
The number of titles affected by this censorship in the last school year alone is 4,231."
August 25, 2025 at 7:07 PM
Bookshop display in the neighborhood I currently live in Germany!
"All books in this window are banned from public libraries or schools in certain US states, according to 'PEN America'.
The number of titles affected by this censorship in the last school year alone is 4,231."
"All books in this window are banned from public libraries or schools in certain US states, according to 'PEN America'.
The number of titles affected by this censorship in the last school year alone is 4,231."
Was drafted to the Balkan wars in 1992 & went AWOL. Experienced insanity & spiritual darkness of it in a way I still can't coherently convey.
One repulsive thing were mind-bending ceremonies on all sides of the conflict, with clergy blessing tanks, artillery & personal weapons of atrocious militias.
One repulsive thing were mind-bending ceremonies on all sides of the conflict, with clergy blessing tanks, artillery & personal weapons of atrocious militias.
June 28, 2025 at 8:47 PM
Was drafted to the Balkan wars in 1992 & went AWOL. Experienced insanity & spiritual darkness of it in a way I still can't coherently convey.
One repulsive thing were mind-bending ceremonies on all sides of the conflict, with clergy blessing tanks, artillery & personal weapons of atrocious militias.
One repulsive thing were mind-bending ceremonies on all sides of the conflict, with clergy blessing tanks, artillery & personal weapons of atrocious militias.
Thank you for your constructive and thoughtful dialogue.
Please explain how workers rights and state sponsored social programs in firm democracies like Sweden, Austria, Denmark, Germany, etc. are communism?
Please explain how workers rights and state sponsored social programs in firm democracies like Sweden, Austria, Denmark, Germany, etc. are communism?
April 28, 2025 at 10:14 AM
Thank you for your constructive and thoughtful dialogue.
Please explain how workers rights and state sponsored social programs in firm democracies like Sweden, Austria, Denmark, Germany, etc. are communism?
Please explain how workers rights and state sponsored social programs in firm democracies like Sweden, Austria, Denmark, Germany, etc. are communism?
As an R&D engineer with a degree in theology, I agree.
April 28, 2025 at 3:43 AM
As an R&D engineer with a degree in theology, I agree.
3 Wochen. Am Ende dauerte es 3 Wochen für einen Wertbrief aus der Schweiz nach Deutschland.
April 27, 2025 at 2:41 PM
3 Wochen. Am Ende dauerte es 3 Wochen für einen Wertbrief aus der Schweiz nach Deutschland.
Raised in communism, I call this a false dichotomy.
I can be against communism & for workers rights, against socialism & for a regulated market. I can join my German neighbors May 1st in celebrating the more socially just state their parents & unions fought for w/o fearing what my parents survived!
I can be against communism & for workers rights, against socialism & for a regulated market. I can join my German neighbors May 1st in celebrating the more socially just state their parents & unions fought for w/o fearing what my parents survived!
April 27, 2025 at 2:33 PM
Raised in communism, I call this a false dichotomy.
I can be against communism & for workers rights, against socialism & for a regulated market. I can join my German neighbors May 1st in celebrating the more socially just state their parents & unions fought for w/o fearing what my parents survived!
I can be against communism & for workers rights, against socialism & for a regulated market. I can join my German neighbors May 1st in celebrating the more socially just state their parents & unions fought for w/o fearing what my parents survived!
Today is special, as all parts of my family celebrate together - Protestant, Catholic, and Orthodox.
April 20, 2025 at 4:09 PM
Today is special, as all parts of my family celebrate together - Protestant, Catholic, and Orthodox.
People are disappearing from streets, their workplaces, their homes & everybody knows. As long as it mostly affects the "evil other", totalitarianism will be able to move on with its agenda. Collateral damage (ca. 20%) seems to be acceptable.
Don't ask how it could've happened elsewhere ever again!
Don't ask how it could've happened elsewhere ever again!
April 14, 2025 at 6:05 PM
What a beautiful article.
Andraé's church & office became a home away from home during a very dark time in my life. The way he was able to, based on a faint shared experience, engage & embrace someone from an unfamiliar culture & contrastive social setting is astonishing.
I miss him - and Sandra.
Andraé's church & office became a home away from home during a very dark time in my life. The way he was able to, based on a faint shared experience, engage & embrace someone from an unfamiliar culture & contrastive social setting is astonishing.
I miss him - and Sandra.
April 5, 2025 at 1:10 AM
What a beautiful article.
Andraé's church & office became a home away from home during a very dark time in my life. The way he was able to, based on a faint shared experience, engage & embrace someone from an unfamiliar culture & contrastive social setting is astonishing.
I miss him - and Sandra.
Andraé's church & office became a home away from home during a very dark time in my life. The way he was able to, based on a faint shared experience, engage & embrace someone from an unfamiliar culture & contrastive social setting is astonishing.
I miss him - and Sandra.
The following week were spent between panel discussions, radio shows, protests with celebrity participation in downtown L.A. against an unsanctioned war by NATO against a sovereign state, trying not to fail exams and keep scholarships... all while trying to find a way to get to Serbia.
Surreal!
5/
Surreal!
5/
March 24, 2025 at 10:15 PM
The following week were spent between panel discussions, radio shows, protests with celebrity participation in downtown L.A. against an unsanctioned war by NATO against a sovereign state, trying not to fail exams and keep scholarships... all while trying to find a way to get to Serbia.
Surreal!
5/
Surreal!
5/
A grad student in L.A. active in the peace movement & justice concerns committees, even friends could not believe reports I was getting first hand.
How to explain the unthinkable? How to keep going while fearing for loved ones? How to deal with hostility and verbal attacks on campus? 4/
How to explain the unthinkable? How to keep going while fearing for loved ones? How to deal with hostility and verbal attacks on campus? 4/
March 24, 2025 at 10:12 PM
A grad student in L.A. active in the peace movement & justice concerns committees, even friends could not believe reports I was getting first hand.
How to explain the unthinkable? How to keep going while fearing for loved ones? How to deal with hostility and verbal attacks on campus? 4/
How to explain the unthinkable? How to keep going while fearing for loved ones? How to deal with hostility and verbal attacks on campus? 4/
She was finally able to convince relatives and neighbors to seek shelter, minutes before the first cruise missile hit infrastructure on the ridge right uphill behind their neighborhood.
This was the beginning of a surreal period in my life.
3/
This was the beginning of a surreal period in my life.
3/
March 24, 2025 at 10:11 PM
She was finally able to convince relatives and neighbors to seek shelter, minutes before the first cruise missile hit infrastructure on the ridge right uphill behind their neighborhood.
This was the beginning of a surreal period in my life.
3/
This was the beginning of a surreal period in my life.
3/
I was frantically trying to reach her, but land lines were down and there was no cell network yet, due to the embargo.
I finally found a route to her father's work PC via VoIP. To my surprise, no air raid sirens were going off in the background. Nobody believed it to be true. 2/
I finally found a route to her father's work PC via VoIP. To my surprise, no air raid sirens were going off in the background. Nobody believed it to be true. 2/
March 24, 2025 at 10:10 PM
I was frantically trying to reach her, but land lines were down and there was no cell network yet, due to the embargo.
I finally found a route to her father's work PC via VoIP. To my surprise, no air raid sirens were going off in the background. Nobody believed it to be true. 2/
I finally found a route to her father's work PC via VoIP. To my surprise, no air raid sirens were going off in the background. Nobody believed it to be true. 2/
Nur geht es hier um alles mögliche, nur der Genozid wird in keiner der Stellungnahmen, Forderungen oder dem Manifest genannt.
Solche Querinstrumentalisierungen und implizite Zuschreibungen machen es den Studenten in Serbien nicht einfacher eine Veränderung zu erkämpfen.
Solche Querinstrumentalisierungen und implizite Zuschreibungen machen es den Studenten in Serbien nicht einfacher eine Veränderung zu erkämpfen.
March 16, 2025 at 7:49 PM
Nur geht es hier um alles mögliche, nur der Genozid wird in keiner der Stellungnahmen, Forderungen oder dem Manifest genannt.
Solche Querinstrumentalisierungen und implizite Zuschreibungen machen es den Studenten in Serbien nicht einfacher eine Veränderung zu erkämpfen.
Solche Querinstrumentalisierungen und implizite Zuschreibungen machen es den Studenten in Serbien nicht einfacher eine Veränderung zu erkämpfen.