David Dark
@daviddark.bsky.social
believes radiohead / tenured talker /author of Everyday Apocalypse: Art, Empire, & the End of the World, We Become What We Normalize, & Explain All These Controls: U2 & the Inner America (forthcoming)
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The Healing Game of Art, y'all. #EverydayApocalypse daviddark.substack.com/p/the-healin...
Y'all.
Supposedly the VUP sale code is already working. If you want 50% off Vanderbilt books for the holidays, just use the code HOLIDAYS50. And then let me know if it works, please.
November 20, 2025 at 8:56 PM
Y'all.
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You can grab this charming book full of pictures of people who live in Madison:
www.vanderbiltuniversitypress.com/978082650826...
www.vanderbiltuniversitypress.com/978082650826...
Madison – Vanderbilt University Press
Internationally recognized photographer Stacie Huckeba and Madison, Tennessee, community volunteer Laura Amaral have partnered to create a photographic art b...
www.vanderbiltuniversitypress.com
November 20, 2025 at 8:54 PM
You can grab this charming book full of pictures of people who live in Madison:
www.vanderbiltuniversitypress.com/978082650826...
www.vanderbiltuniversitypress.com/978082650826...
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You can deeply move all your thoughtful friends with @daviddark.bsky.social 's new book:
www.vanderbiltuniversitypress.com/978082650795...
www.vanderbiltuniversitypress.com/978082650795...
Everyday Apocalypse – Vanderbilt University Press
Everyday Apocalypse recovers the root meaning of the term apocalypse (revelation) to use the concept as a lens through which art and other acts of creative n...
www.vanderbiltuniversitypress.com
November 20, 2025 at 8:55 PM
You can deeply move all your thoughtful friends with @daviddark.bsky.social 's new book:
www.vanderbiltuniversitypress.com/978082650795...
www.vanderbiltuniversitypress.com/978082650795...
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The President of the United States just called for Democratic members of Congress to be executed. "HANG THEM", he posted.
If you're a person of influence in this country and you haven't picked a side, maybe now would be the time to pick a fucking side.
If you're a person of influence in this country and you haven't picked a side, maybe now would be the time to pick a fucking side.
November 20, 2025 at 4:15 PM
The President of the United States just called for Democratic members of Congress to be executed. "HANG THEM", he posted.
If you're a person of influence in this country and you haven't picked a side, maybe now would be the time to pick a fucking side.
If you're a person of influence in this country and you haven't picked a side, maybe now would be the time to pick a fucking side.
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Oh, so North Carolina’s open carry and stand your ground ethos isn’t going well for ICE? Hmm.
November 20, 2025 at 3:26 AM
Oh, so North Carolina’s open carry and stand your ground ethos isn’t going well for ICE? Hmm.
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November 20, 2025 at 5:09 PM
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/13 Why? For proximity to power. For prestige. For attention.
Some tongues were made to praise God. Some tongues were made to sing. Some were made for poetry, some for prose, some to agitate and some to soothe.
But some tongues were made for the boot.
Some tongues were made to praise God. Some tongues were made to sing. Some were made for poetry, some for prose, some to agitate and some to soothe.
But some tongues were made for the boot.
November 20, 2025 at 4:58 PM
/13 Why? For proximity to power. For prestige. For attention.
Some tongues were made to praise God. Some tongues were made to sing. Some were made for poetry, some for prose, some to agitate and some to soothe.
But some tongues were made for the boot.
Some tongues were made to praise God. Some tongues were made to sing. Some were made for poetry, some for prose, some to agitate and some to soothe.
But some tongues were made for the boot.
Seditious Conspiracy: An Introduction
November 20, 2025 at 5:38 PM
Seditious Conspiracy: An Introduction
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A hearing is about to start in Abrego Garcia's civil case. I'll try to cover for @lawfaremedia.org . Colleague @annabower.bsky.social might be joining. Among other things, govt is seeking to dissolve Judge Xinis's preliminary injunction preventing Abrego from being removed immediately.
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November 20, 2025 at 4:40 PM
A hearing is about to start in Abrego Garcia's civil case. I'll try to cover for @lawfaremedia.org . Colleague @annabower.bsky.social might be joining. Among other things, govt is seeking to dissolve Judge Xinis's preliminary injunction preventing Abrego from being removed immediately.
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Fugazi played "Reclamation" early in a set performed in front of the Supreme Court in protest of its rightward shift in 1992 (Clarence Thomas, state challenges to abortion laws). Themes of autonomy (bodily and otherwise) abound in this tune.
youtu.be/uHTMKAFiZxc?...
youtu.be/uHTMKAFiZxc?...
Reclamation
YouTube video by Fugazi - Topic
youtu.be
November 20, 2025 at 1:30 PM
Fugazi played "Reclamation" early in a set performed in front of the Supreme Court in protest of its rightward shift in 1992 (Clarence Thomas, state challenges to abortion laws). Themes of autonomy (bodily and otherwise) abound in this tune.
youtu.be/uHTMKAFiZxc?...
youtu.be/uHTMKAFiZxc?...
*narrator's voice* And yet...Republican world.
November 20, 2025 at 1:39 PM
*narrator's voice* And yet...Republican world.
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“The JAG at Southern Command specifically expressed concern that strikes against people on boats in the Caribbean Sea and the eastern Pacific Ocean…could amount to extrajudicial killings, the six sources said, and therefore legally expose service members involved in the operations.”
Top military lawyer raised legal concerns about boat strikes
The lawyer at U.S. Southern Command, which oversees the operations against alleged drug-smuggling boats near Venezuela, disagreed that the strikes are legal and was overruled, according to six sources...
www.nbcnews.com
November 20, 2025 at 5:58 AM
“The JAG at Southern Command specifically expressed concern that strikes against people on boats in the Caribbean Sea and the eastern Pacific Ocean…could amount to extrajudicial killings, the six sources said, and therefore legally expose service members involved in the operations.”
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Yesterday, President Trump tried to justify the murder of Jamal Khashoggi by saying "things happen."
Today, Senate Republicans blocked a resolution that condemned his murder.
The Republican party's refusal to stand up for a free & fair press endangers journalists worldwide.
Today, Senate Republicans blocked a resolution that condemned his murder.
The Republican party's refusal to stand up for a free & fair press endangers journalists worldwide.
November 19, 2025 at 11:40 PM
Yesterday, President Trump tried to justify the murder of Jamal Khashoggi by saying "things happen."
Today, Senate Republicans blocked a resolution that condemned his murder.
The Republican party's refusal to stand up for a free & fair press endangers journalists worldwide.
Today, Senate Republicans blocked a resolution that condemned his murder.
The Republican party's refusal to stand up for a free & fair press endangers journalists worldwide.
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While I await David Dark's book about U2 and the inner America.....
Thank you! It'll be a minute, BUT this one's out now. chapter16.org/the-healing-...
'The Healing Game of Art'
The task of the artist — that’s everyone deep down — in an age of empire — that’s perhaps every age —is to feel it all and act like it. One thing I…
chapter16.org
November 19, 2025 at 10:35 PM
While I await David Dark's book about U2 and the inner America.....
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Once the sale is up and we’re sure it’s working, we’re going to send an email to everyone. I mean authors. Not everyone in the world.
November 19, 2025 at 9:49 PM
Once the sale is up and we’re sure it’s working, we’re going to send an email to everyone. I mean authors. Not everyone in the world.
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I might also throw in something about how I wouldn’t run cover for a giant pedo ring and Aftyn won’t, but I can’t say the same for everyone running.
November 18, 2025 at 2:16 PM
I might also throw in something about how I wouldn’t run cover for a giant pedo ring and Aftyn won’t, but I can’t say the same for everyone running.
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If I were him, I’d be cutting an ad right now saying “I disagree with Aftyn on just about everything. But if you want someone who cares enough about democracy to do the basic clerical tasks that keep things running, she’s our only choice.”
November 18, 2025 at 2:15 PM
If I were him, I’d be cutting an ad right now saying “I disagree with Aftyn on just about everything. But if you want someone who cares enough about democracy to do the basic clerical tasks that keep things running, she’s our only choice.”
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If I were Jody Barrett, I’d be so fucking pissed. His own side dumped a bunch of money on this lazy dumbass who can’t even bother to file his paperwork? The TNGOP picked another round of “is this enough to go to prison?” over “I don’t like vouchers”? The rage I’d have.
November 18, 2025 at 2:11 PM
If I were Jody Barrett, I’d be so fucking pissed. His own side dumped a bunch of money on this lazy dumbass who can’t even bother to file his paperwork? The TNGOP picked another round of “is this enough to go to prison?” over “I don’t like vouchers”? The rage I’d have.
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Someday, when Looby gets the biographer he deserves, that biographer is going to spend days mulling over whether Looby and Hurston were friends.
@betsyphillips.bsky.social I was looking for some family info and I came across these snippets of nashville goodness. The 3rd just be cause its cool. I wonder if Looby bragged about going to school with Zora.
November 19, 2025 at 10:49 AM
Someday, when Looby gets the biographer he deserves, that biographer is going to spend days mulling over whether Looby and Hurston were friends.
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Thank you! It'll be a minute, BUT this one's out now. chapter16.org/the-healing-...
'The Healing Game of Art'
The task of the artist — that’s everyone deep down — in an age of empire — that’s perhaps every age —is to feel it all and act like it. One thing I…
chapter16.org
November 19, 2025 at 8:41 PM
Thank you! It'll be a minute, BUT this one's out now. chapter16.org/the-healing-...
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And every book on our list goes on sale for 50% next week.
November 19, 2025 at 8:57 PM
And every book on our list goes on sale for 50% next week.
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@daviddark.bsky.social Say, that forthcoming book sounds like I'd better preorder as soon as I can!
November 19, 2025 at 8:21 PM
@daviddark.bsky.social Say, that forthcoming book sounds like I'd better preorder as soon as I can!
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Seeing a descendant of European Jewry shaking hands with the Bishop of Rome will never not move me.
Pritzker Shares Beers, Books and Well-Wishes With Pope Leo XIV in Vatican Visit
Pritzker Shares Beers, Books and Well-Wishes With Pope Leo XIV in Vatican Visit
Sharing art, books and local beer, Gov. JB Pritzker on Wednesday called it an “honor” to meet with the pope in the Vatican to express “the pride and reverence of the people of this great state.”
news.wttw.com
November 19, 2025 at 8:17 PM
Seeing a descendant of European Jewry shaking hands with the Bishop of Rome will never not move me.
Helpful.
🧵*11/19/2025 noncooperation thread*
A daily-ish thread of acts of noncompliance & defiance by individuals, communities, & institutions.
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Target continuing to learn that choosing to appease a wanna-be king is unwise - because you, & you, & you, & you, & you, & you, & you continue to tell them 💪
A daily-ish thread of acts of noncompliance & defiance by individuals, communities, & institutions.
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Target continuing to learn that choosing to appease a wanna-be king is unwise - because you, & you, & you, & you, & you, & you, & you continue to tell them 💪
Target quarterly sales have dropped again. The company has been under a boycott since it abandoned its DEI initiatives and its stock has plunged 36 percent this year.
November 19, 2025 at 8:18 PM
Helpful.
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*11/19/2025 noncooperation thread*
At every intersection of the Executive Branch with the American people, DJT is being met by individuals & institutions that are doing everything within their power to thwart his attempts to dismantle Constitutional democracy.
Like, eg, DC Chief Judge Boasberg.
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At every intersection of the Executive Branch with the American people, DJT is being met by individuals & institutions that are doing everything within their power to thwart his attempts to dismantle Constitutional democracy.
Like, eg, DC Chief Judge Boasberg.
5/
Remember when the Trump administration ignored a judge's order to return planes deporting 200+ "alien enemies" to El Salvador in March?
In DC court just now, that judge said he'll force DOJ officials to testify. And maybe top Trump admin officials.
@notus.com:
www.notus.org/courts/feder...
In DC court just now, that judge said he'll force DOJ officials to testify. And maybe top Trump admin officials.
@notus.com:
www.notus.org/courts/feder...
Federal Judge Puts DOJ Back in the Crosshairs Over ‘Alien Enemy’ Deportation Flights
D.C. Chief Judge James Boasberg started a Wednesday hearing by saying he would explore whether to make a “contempt referral” against top Trump administration officials.
www.notus.org
November 19, 2025 at 8:11 PM
*11/19/2025 noncooperation thread*
At every intersection of the Executive Branch with the American people, DJT is being met by individuals & institutions that are doing everything within their power to thwart his attempts to dismantle Constitutional democracy.
Like, eg, DC Chief Judge Boasberg.
5/
At every intersection of the Executive Branch with the American people, DJT is being met by individuals & institutions that are doing everything within their power to thwart his attempts to dismantle Constitutional democracy.
Like, eg, DC Chief Judge Boasberg.
5/