Alexander Luckmann
@aluckmann.bsky.social
PhD candidate, German & US modern architecture @ UCSB | religion, preservation, environment | he/him views mine
With jazz and conversation
From the foot of Mount Belzoni
With jazz and conversation
From the foot of Mount Belzoni
Pinned
Alexander Luckmann
@aluckmann.bsky.social
· Mar 11
Time to bring a twitter series to Bluesky: Given the incredible number of 20th-century churches in Northrhine-Westphalia (the topic of my dissertation), I’m going post one or two every day. None of these images are mine, they're all credited in the alt text, and I'll take any down if asked
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It’s useful to think about things like this in numbers of tenure track professors.
$53M is 575 assistant professors. Or more than thirty percent of the total number of full-time faculty at LSU.
$53M is 575 assistant professors. Or more than thirty percent of the total number of full-time faculty at LSU.
November 28, 2025 at 3:38 AM
It’s useful to think about things like this in numbers of tenure track professors.
$53M is 575 assistant professors. Or more than thirty percent of the total number of full-time faculty at LSU.
$53M is 575 assistant professors. Or more than thirty percent of the total number of full-time faculty at LSU.
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honestly proud of this weird title (argument: table of contents)
www.upress.umn.edu/978151790527...
all eyes on grinding out book 3, but until then, HNtMaH is still my favorite baby
www.upress.umn.edu/978151790527...
all eyes on grinding out book 3, but until then, HNtMaH is still my favorite baby
November 26, 2025 at 10:58 PM
honestly proud of this weird title (argument: table of contents)
www.upress.umn.edu/978151790527...
all eyes on grinding out book 3, but until then, HNtMaH is still my favorite baby
www.upress.umn.edu/978151790527...
all eyes on grinding out book 3, but until then, HNtMaH is still my favorite baby
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November 26, 2025 at 10:20 PM
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Midcentury Christmas! My first book (2016) about Christmas and modernism, the Cold War, and things to make with aluminum foil:
www.sarah-archer.com/midcentury-c...
www.sarah-archer.com/midcentury-c...
November 26, 2025 at 10:11 PM
Midcentury Christmas! My first book (2016) about Christmas and modernism, the Cold War, and things to make with aluminum foil:
www.sarah-archer.com/midcentury-c...
www.sarah-archer.com/midcentury-c...
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PROMOTE YOUR BOOKS! EVERYONE WANTS TO HEAR ABOUT YOUR PUBLISHED BOOKS!
gonna be reposting your books because hoo you made a book!
www.versobooks.com/products/303...
gonna be reposting your books because hoo you made a book!
www.versobooks.com/products/303...
November 26, 2025 at 9:49 PM
PROMOTE YOUR BOOKS! EVERYONE WANTS TO HEAR ABOUT YOUR PUBLISHED BOOKS!
gonna be reposting your books because hoo you made a book!
www.versobooks.com/products/303...
gonna be reposting your books because hoo you made a book!
www.versobooks.com/products/303...
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Handing back student work that’s been written by ChatGPT with a 0 followed by the comment “This essay will never stand in authentic wonder before the Beauty of God’s creation.”
Pope Leo XIV told students not to use artificial intelligence for homework, saying that AI ‘won’t stand in authentic wonder before the beauty of God’s creation.’
Even God Is Worried About ChatGPT
Pope Leo XIV told students not to use artificial intelligence for homework, saying that AI ‘won’t stand in authentic wonder before the beauty of God’s creation.’
www.vulture.com
November 26, 2025 at 3:35 PM
Handing back student work that’s been written by ChatGPT with a 0 followed by the comment “This essay will never stand in authentic wonder before the Beauty of God’s creation.”
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Is OpenAI a turkey because this headline is a stonecold murder
OpenAI needs to raise at least $207bn by 2030 so it can continue to lose money, HSBC estimates on.ft.com/4ij0yh8
OpenAI needs to raise at least $207bn by 2030 so it can continue to lose money, HSBC estimates
A burning platform
on.ft.com
November 25, 2025 at 9:04 PM
Is OpenAI a turkey because this headline is a stonecold murder
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The three genders (men, women, and cashmere)
November 26, 2025 at 2:57 AM
The three genders (men, women, and cashmere)
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cashmere rules everything around me
November 26, 2025 at 5:02 AM
cashmere rules everything around me
The three genders (men, women, and cashmere)
November 26, 2025 at 2:57 AM
The three genders (men, women, and cashmere)
Got some good news today
November 26, 2025 at 1:06 AM
Got some good news today
Ordering from a Japanese place that has normal descriptions of all their dishes and then the curry rice just says "Can't make it without onion"
November 25, 2025 at 10:12 PM
Ordering from a Japanese place that has normal descriptions of all their dishes and then the curry rice just says "Can't make it without onion"
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one of the coolest things about ChatGPT is how you can actually just never use it. you can fill your whole entire life with simply not once using it. it's incredible.
November 25, 2025 at 4:15 PM
one of the coolest things about ChatGPT is how you can actually just never use it. you can fill your whole entire life with simply not once using it. it's incredible.
“Sex Cardigans” would make a fantastic band name
Sex cardigans: can the Wicked sequel make bulky knits strangely alluring?
Sex cardigans: can the Wicked sequel make bulky knits strangely alluring?
It’s not the sexiest of garments. It arguably looks more like a discarded fishing net. And yet it has cast a spell over the internet
www.theguardian.com
November 25, 2025 at 9:14 PM
“Sex Cardigans” would make a fantastic band name
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I gotta be the only one up reading Woolgar’s Science: the very idea (1988) with a glass of côtes du rhône rn
November 24, 2025 at 10:08 PM
I gotta be the only one up reading Woolgar’s Science: the very idea (1988) with a glass of côtes du rhône rn
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Oh hey my book is part of this sale: yalebooks.yale.edu/book/9780300...
If you’ve been thinking ‘I wonder what I should get my sister’s short husband* this year,’ let me recommend this beauty of a book!
*or any similarly sized relative
If you’ve been thinking ‘I wonder what I should get my sister’s short husband* this year,’ let me recommend this beauty of a book!
*or any similarly sized relative
November 24, 2025 at 3:56 PM
Oh hey my book is part of this sale: yalebooks.yale.edu/book/9780300...
If you’ve been thinking ‘I wonder what I should get my sister’s short husband* this year,’ let me recommend this beauty of a book!
*or any similarly sized relative
If you’ve been thinking ‘I wonder what I should get my sister’s short husband* this year,’ let me recommend this beauty of a book!
*or any similarly sized relative
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CNN interviewing James Carville in 2026 about the midterms
February 25, 2025 at 3:05 PM
CNN interviewing James Carville in 2026 about the midterms
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Tonight we let HER do the talking
November 23, 2025 at 2:46 AM
Tonight we let HER do the talking
9 AM today!
Very excited for "Chapels: the Practices and Politics of Small Spaces," a panel @lisaby.bsky.social and I co-organized at #aarsbl2025! We have a great group of scholars to approach the (increasing?) role of chapels in religious practice. Sunday 9-11 AM, Marriott Copley Place, Tufts room
November 23, 2025 at 12:10 PM
9 AM today!
Tonight we let HER do the talking
November 23, 2025 at 2:46 AM
Tonight we let HER do the talking
The main takeaway from my latest transatlantic trip is that somebody needs to write an ethnography of fans attending NFL-in-Europe games
November 22, 2025 at 7:44 PM
The main takeaway from my latest transatlantic trip is that somebody needs to write an ethnography of fans attending NFL-in-Europe games
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Thinking a lot lately about the simple fact that college allows people to spend about 15 weeks immersed in a disciplinary conversation with an expert in that field. And what a special thing that is.
November 21, 2025 at 1:33 PM
Thinking a lot lately about the simple fact that college allows people to spend about 15 weeks immersed in a disciplinary conversation with an expert in that field. And what a special thing that is.