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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…

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Boorke Gutslinger @bleaktheology.bsky.social · 49m

First Doctor
Formal Doctor
Efficient Doctor
FINAL DOCTOR!

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a cartoon monkey wearing a pirate hat is playing drums in a band

ALT: a cartoon monkey wearing a pirate hat is playing drums in a band

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Boorke Gutslinger @bleaktheology.bsky.social · 1h

Looks like Metaxas bombed bigger than the Officers' Plot.

Friendly Atheist | Hemant Mehta | Substack @friendlyatheist.com.web.brid.gy · 5d

The Christian Right tried to make a late-night talk show—and it bombed spectacularly

Eric Metaxas and his backers spent hundreds of thousands of dollars trying to copy Fallon and Kimmel. They forgot to hire talent.

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Boorke Gutslinger @bleaktheology.bsky.social · 11h

"God's Salvation: How the Trumps (Especially Eric, Who is a Very Good Warrior Theologist) Saved Christianity, God, the Family Unit, and This Nation" by Eric Trump. Foreword by Eric Metaxas. Published by Canon Press.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 21h

Eric Trump: "We're saving Christianity. We've saving God. We've saving the family unit. We're saving this nation. I mean, DEI is out of the window, Benny. You no longer have Colin Kaepernick kneeling for the national anthem. You no longer have Budweiser going woke as hell. All of this is dead."

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Dr. Samantha Hancox-Li @sjshancoxli.liberalcurrents.com · 1d

one of the reasons they're so mad at "no kings" is that they thought they were going to get a different kind of protest. they *want* the black bloc to be out there fighting with the cops. those are the images they've been trying to generate from "go." instead--

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MAGA Rage at “No Kings” Boils Over—and It Quickly Backfires on Trump

As Trump allies smear the coming protests, a good writer on MAGA skewers the absurdity of these attacks on large swaths of Americans—and explains why our best recourse will be to turn out in force.

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Boorke Gutslinger @bleaktheology.bsky.social · 14h

Gano likes Hosea.

"My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge: because thou hast rejected knowledge, I will also reject thee, that thou shalt be no priest to me: seeing thou hast forgotten the law of thy God, I will also forget thy children." Hosea 4.6 (KJV)

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Lack Of Knowledge

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Boorke Gutslinger @bleaktheology.bsky.social · 14h

"The prophet is a fool, the spiritual man is mad, for the multitude of thine iniquity, and the great hatred." - Hosea 9.7 (KJV)

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Violent Femmes - Hallowed Ground (Official Audio)

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Boorke Gutslinger @bleaktheology.bsky.social · 14h

Not from you, I don't.

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Kat Tenbarge @kattenbarge.bsky.social · 17h

Trump says a lot of weird and concerning stuff that people just kind of shrug at but right now I’m stuck on how he keeps insisting he’s going to hell

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Boorke Gutslinger @bleaktheology.bsky.social · 16h

Eric Trump is when AI ingests American Evangelicalism and gets interviewed.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 21h

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Boorke Gutslinger @bleaktheology.bsky.social · 1d

They turn into this?

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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 1d

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 · 1d

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.

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Jeff Sharlet @jeffsharlet.bsky.social · 1d

Some good, brave stuff happening

Rachel Maddow @maddow.msnbc.com · 1d

"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..."

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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.

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Boorke Gutslinger @bleaktheology.bsky.social · 1d

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.

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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 · 1d

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 · 15d

Mace, 1983
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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 · 2d

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 · 2d

NYC - Mayoral Polling:

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

Quinnipiac / Oct 7, 2025

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Polling USA @usapolling.bsky.social · 2d

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 · 2d

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 · 2d

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 · 5d

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.