Taylor Berglund
@toberglund.bsky.social
Writer/editor. Reluctant scholar in the world of bad evangelical cinema. Duke Divinity alum. Gets way too excited about TV and movies. Always up to something. Micah 6:8. Opinions mine.
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Yup! I think, psychoanalyzing my own hatred of AI, that a lot of it stems from an intuition that what people want out of AI (affirmation, therapy, instant gratification) is what they increasingly want (or are being trained to want) out of art and culture
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The piece about AI in romance novels (which, I mean, has been very widespread, I don’t think this is surprising) has reminded me of this excellent @xwaldie.bsky.social article of a year ago about romantasy that I think about probably weekly at least:
www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
Did a Best-Selling Romantasy Novelist Steal Another Writer’s Story?
Tracy Wolff, the author of the “Crave” series, is being sued for copyright infringement. But romantasy’s reliance on standardized tropes makes proving plot theft tricky.
www.newyorker.com
February 8, 2026 at 4:39 PM
Yup! I think, psychoanalyzing my own hatred of AI, that a lot of it stems from an intuition that what people want out of AI (affirmation, therapy, instant gratification) is what they increasingly want (or are being trained to want) out of art and culture
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going to the prayer breakfast to complain about people who pray while eating
Trump: "Mike Johnson is a very religious person. He does not hide it. He'll say to me sometimes at lunch, 'Sir, may we pray.' I'll say, 'Excuse me? We're having lunch.'"
February 5, 2026 at 3:11 PM
going to the prayer breakfast to complain about people who pray while eating
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reading each post, taking a long breath, and repeating "i just don't think this needs to involve me"
January 4, 2026 at 10:52 PM
reading each post, taking a long breath, and repeating "i just don't think this needs to involve me"
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Going to end on one of the most beautiful commercials ever made with the reminder and a call to remember the small things. They make a big difference to others.
Love all, help all.
Go Jackets.
Love all, help all.
Go Jackets.
November 21, 2025 at 4:35 PM
Going to end on one of the most beautiful commercials ever made with the reminder and a call to remember the small things. They make a big difference to others.
Love all, help all.
Go Jackets.
Love all, help all.
Go Jackets.
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When I encounter myself as a different colored cursor because I have the Google Doc open in two tabs
December 21, 2023 at 10:09 PM
When I encounter myself as a different colored cursor because I have the Google Doc open in two tabs
I love this take. I'm sure there are holes in this that smarter people could identify, but to me, if you are chasing a purely *Christian* political worldview, this feels like the really natural endpoint (credit @sojo.net @tylerhuckabee.bsky.social)
sojo.net/articles/opi...
sojo.net/articles/opi...
A Christian Plan to Help Billionaires
There is no logical reason for people to live like this. We should help them.
sojo.net
October 15, 2025 at 5:14 PM
I love this take. I'm sure there are holes in this that smarter people could identify, but to me, if you are chasing a purely *Christian* political worldview, this feels like the really natural endpoint (credit @sojo.net @tylerhuckabee.bsky.social)
sojo.net/articles/opi...
sojo.net/articles/opi...
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I like how the news will be like “while the President claiming Portland was ruled by a giant skeleton named Mr Nibbles is not strictly true, it does speak to the anxiety of many Americans”
October 10, 2025 at 11:59 PM
I like how the news will be like “while the President claiming Portland was ruled by a giant skeleton named Mr Nibbles is not strictly true, it does speak to the anxiety of many Americans”
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An actual hot take: Too many authors are afraid of editors watering down their voice or whatever and not afraid enough of editors letting you put any old slop on the page.
October 8, 2025 at 10:34 PM
An actual hot take: Too many authors are afraid of editors watering down their voice or whatever and not afraid enough of editors letting you put any old slop on the page.
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RIP Kaleb Horton
kalebhorton.ghost.io/2025-so-far/
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September 27, 2025 at 1:01 PM
RIP Kaleb Horton
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kalebhorton.ghost.io/2025-so-far/
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“A reporter who publishes only what the government ‘authorizes’ is doing something other than reporting,” said Katie Fallow, deputy litigation director at the Knight First Amendment Institute at Columbia University @katiefallow.bsky.social
NEW: The Pentagon told journalists it will require them to pledge they won’t gather any information — even unclassified — that hasn’t been expressly authorized for release, and will revoke the press credentials of those who do not obey. @washingtonpost.com
Pentagon demands journalists pledge to not obtain unauthorized material
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is imposing strict new rules that would severely limit the ability of journalists to report on the Pentagon.
www.washingtonpost.com
September 19, 2025 at 11:27 PM
“A reporter who publishes only what the government ‘authorizes’ is doing something other than reporting,” said Katie Fallow, deputy litigation director at the Knight First Amendment Institute at Columbia University @katiefallow.bsky.social
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Every major publication in this country needs to have dedicated staffers or correspondents reporting on gaming, streamers, podcasts, and TikTok. Not as a once in a while thing. As standard beats. These are massive segments of American culture. No excuses for it anymore.
basically a generational cohort split here where certain younger people intuitively grasp the irony poisoned context, and if you aren't already up to speed, very hard to explain
Watching the cable news commentary on the bullet engravings is wild because none of these people seem to realize that the content of the engravings are indicative of extremely online meme brain rot
September 12, 2025 at 4:13 PM
Every major publication in this country needs to have dedicated staffers or correspondents reporting on gaming, streamers, podcasts, and TikTok. Not as a once in a while thing. As standard beats. These are massive segments of American culture. No excuses for it anymore.
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thinking once again of jon foreman’s answer when someone asked him if switchfoot is a christian band
August 19, 2025 at 2:57 AM
thinking once again of jon foreman’s answer when someone asked him if switchfoot is a christian band
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I've spent a lot of time thinking about this fascinating exchange Colbert had with Dua Lipa, when she asked him about the role his faith plays in his comedy.
July 18, 2025 at 2:50 PM
I've spent a lot of time thinking about this fascinating exchange Colbert had with Dua Lipa, when she asked him about the role his faith plays in his comedy.
Another reason why I continue to become the biggest AI hater
AI slop now making up saccharine Bible verses that do not exist
July 9, 2025 at 7:02 PM
Another reason why I continue to become the biggest AI hater
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I wrote about how Brad Pitt has effectively albeit transparently used F1: The Movie and its press tour to rehabilitate his image, in order to obscure the violent allegations about abuse toward Angelina Jolie & his current estrangement from his six kids, @vulture.com. www.vulture.com/article/brad...
Brad Pitt Is Fooling You
The F1 press tour has been a carefully attuned charm offensive meant to obscure Pitt’s alleged violent behavior toward ex-wife Angelina Jolie.
www.vulture.com
July 3, 2025 at 12:37 PM
I wrote about how Brad Pitt has effectively albeit transparently used F1: The Movie and its press tour to rehabilitate his image, in order to obscure the violent allegations about abuse toward Angelina Jolie & his current estrangement from his six kids, @vulture.com. www.vulture.com/article/brad...
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It is actually so pleasurable and INVOLVING to fill in the blanks and use your imagination as a viewer. It binds you to the material, makes you invested. and there are fewer and fewer mainstream entertainments that give you room to do that
May 9, 2025 at 8:46 PM
It is actually so pleasurable and INVOLVING to fill in the blanks and use your imagination as a viewer. It binds you to the material, makes you invested. and there are fewer and fewer mainstream entertainments that give you room to do that
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This is also why people got obsessive over GOT I think. And why ANDOR feels like such good Star Wars. But 99% of exec notes ESPECIALLY for world buildy stuff demand that everything be airtight, explained, bulletproof before a greenlight is even a whisp of a percentage of a possibility
It gives the feeling that you really are witnessing a tiny little slice, a tiny episode, in what is a real, ongoing, vast universe, with its own history. It does this, again, by *not* explaining. By *not* showing. By leaving 95% of what it discusses & references to your imagination.
May 9, 2025 at 8:43 PM
This is also why people got obsessive over GOT I think. And why ANDOR feels like such good Star Wars. But 99% of exec notes ESPECIALLY for world buildy stuff demand that everything be airtight, explained, bulletproof before a greenlight is even a whisp of a percentage of a possibility
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There's something profoundly sad about some Christians, esp. clergy, saying "IF Jesus were here…" or "Jesus WOULD..." My point isn't a semantic gotcha, but that we Christians have to talk about Jesus like He's actually alive (because He is!) and not just a Good Moral Example locked in the past.
May 2, 2025 at 3:27 PM
There's something profoundly sad about some Christians, esp. clergy, saying "IF Jesus were here…" or "Jesus WOULD..." My point isn't a semantic gotcha, but that we Christians have to talk about Jesus like He's actually alive (because He is!) and not just a Good Moral Example locked in the past.
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someone get Dan Campbell a wider monitor
April 25, 2025 at 3:17 AM
someone get Dan Campbell a wider monitor
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It is simply a real mistake to let the evil heartless people in the world cause you to become more evil and heartless
April 12, 2025 at 5:13 AM
It is simply a real mistake to let the evil heartless people in the world cause you to become more evil and heartless
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chat, is there anything in christianity about forgiving the people who killed your son
April 6, 2025 at 2:33 AM
chat, is there anything in christianity about forgiving the people who killed your son