opinions my own | alleged educator | @nashvillescene @pastemagazine | Everyday Apocalypse & We Become What We Normalize out now I U2&me&u2 w/ @uTexasPress soon
Joined March 2009
- Tweets 384,486
- Following 2,995
- Followers 18,803
- Likes 202,042
9,421 Photos and videos
Pinned Tweet
469: Dr. Dault's response gets to the heart of #RobotSoftExorcismTheory. It's a thread. If you don't read it all, you might mistake Dr. Dault noting that @DarioAmodei is on the hook for a smear. It isn't. There's more than one way to be on/off a hook. x.com/DaultRadio/status/2066…
In your post above, @DarioAmodei says “A human must take responsibility.” But he does not take the step (even though he is uniquely so positioned) to say “… and I will be that human.” For him, *somebody else* made the call to kill the children, & so he’s off the hook. He’s not.
1
1
222
David Dark Like You've Never Seen Him Before retweeted
Don't want data centers in your neighborhood? Then I wouldn't vote for @MarshaBlackburn for governor cause she clearly supports them because her only boss - Donald Trump - supports them. She doesn't care about Tennesseans
Jun 13
Let me be direct: Data centers are going to be a good and important part of Tennessee's economic growth, but we've got to be thoughtful about their placement.
I was a part of that board when the Nashville Zoo was getting started, and we're pleased with how it has grown to serve our community.
Let's revisit the placement of a data center beside the Nashville Zoo.
20
59
167
4,363
Julia Roberts: Renee Nicole Goode is not a symbol. She is an American woman, a queer woman who was doing the very best she could do to be good in an unjust world.
And I am honored to celebrate her life and her legacy tonight, because the life she gave is our responsibility to carry.
311
2,174
13,793
290,692
Vinod, my understanding is these students walked out to protest Google's contract with IDF given Israel's genocide in Gaza.
Wherever one stands on those contracts, I believe you would support their right of free expression and challenging authority.
The stupidity of these @Stanford students to take the greatest opportunity for equality in humanity ever and to really free humanity and go walk out on @google
and @sundarpichai that's pioneered that. Biased, idiotic, short-sighted and very selfish. Selfish because they ignored the bottom 3 billion people on this planet vs. the few million Palestinians who I also support. Get real! youtube.com/watch?v=wf74VXKT…
140
163
1,239
93,199
David Dark Like You've Never Seen Him Before retweeted
A new Politico article is out about AmRef executive director Josh Abbotoy’s RidgeRunner.
This was my favorite line, in the screenshot below:
🧵
politico.com/news/magazine/2…
2
4
13
1,241
David Dark Like You've Never Seen Him Before retweeted
Are you telling me my tax dollars are being sent to rebuild all the shit that Pete Hegseth blew up also with my tax dollars
BREAKING: Iran says the US has agreed to pay $300 billion in reconstruction funds directly to Iran as part of the deal Pakistan announced, alongside the release of $24 billion in frozen funds with $12 billion released before negotiations even start, per Mehr News.
This directly contradicts Trump's & Vance's claim that no funds will be transferred to Iran at all.
If Trump denies this is true, there never was a deal. If Trump confirms, the US has fully capitulated to Iran's demands.
161
1,989
12,757
415,380
David Dark Like You've Never Seen Him Before retweeted
A harmless necessary cat.
A cat took to the stage during the final scene of a Romeo and Juliet ballet performance by the Imperial Russian Ballet Company in İzmir
1
4
575
David Dark Like You've Never Seen Him Before retweeted
What exactly is that, in a nutshell? I clicked the link, but after 30 seconds of scrolling was totally confused.
1
1
2
95
David Dark Like You've Never Seen Him Before retweeted
I am not entirely sure myself, but David introduced it in a lengthy piece years ago. Perhaps the pitch ran its course. If it did, I'd like to hear him reflect on that. If it hasn't, I'd like to hear about that too. nytimes.com/2022/02/04/opini…
1
1
66
David Dark Like You've Never Seen Him Before retweeted
Make no mistake: if you'd told the war's loudest cheerleaders in February that this would be outcome, they'd have been horrified.
No regime change. No Iranian capitulation on their many maximalist demands.
This is their worst-case scenario.
4
37
93
5,334
David Dark Like You've Never Seen Him Before retweeted
It’s always been a phrase used by anti-higher ed folks as a way to undermine the “what” being taught that they didn’t like.
Earlier this spring I was on campus at Pepperdine University. I was deep in a conversation with Pepperdine University President, Jim Gash. Gash is widely regarded as one of the best university presidents in the country. Almost simultaneously in the course of our conversation we realized that the familiar saying “we teach students how to think, not what to think” is a completely empty sentiment. Jim and I believe we do need to teach students WHAT to think. So we co-authored this piece for National Review.
nationalreview.com/2026/06/y…
1
1
4
1,348
David Dark Like You've Never Seen Him Before retweeted
Shout out to all the Gen-Xer parents who can take their belts off without their kids associating it with discipline (abuse).
1
1
10
307
David Dark Like You've Never Seen Him Before retweeted
Motion to have the people who make gas station pump stickers of Trump pointing at the cost saying, “I did that” change the wording to “Racism did that”.
1
3
198
David Dark Like You've Never Seen Him Before retweeted
Christians, not every consequence is persecution. Sometimes people are just tired of your ish.
1
4
193
David Dark Like You've Never Seen Him Before retweeted
I don’t have church hurt;
I have church memory.
2
3
207
David Dark Like You've Never Seen Him Before retweeted
Administrations obsessed with “Christian identity” are rarely obsessed with Christlike behavior.
2
9
209
David Dark Like You've Never Seen Him Before retweeted
I’d actually like to thank the SBC on behalf of all my future plaintiff survivors for demonstrating that the parent organization DOES in fact exercise control over the local churches &, therefore, should be sued for allowing instances of abuse in those churches.
We’ll chat soon
21
8
99
8,869
David Dark Like You've Never Seen Him Before retweeted
like much in life, books are neutral vessels. a book is neither "good" nor "bad" intrinsically; each book is distinctive. it is misleading to assume that any book is superior to any movie or TV program or video because it is a book. rather, there are worthwhile books & there are books one would not wish to promulgate, like Hitler's "Mein Kampf" or any similar racist/fascist work. we tend to think of books as a category that is "good"--but that is really not the case.
A huge factor in the collapse of our collective mental health is the decline in reading for pleasure. Reading lessens loneliness, builds community, sharpens the intellect. It brings joy. You will be shocked at how much better you feel if you begin to read regularly.
2
6
39
3,312
David Dark Like You've Never Seen Him Before retweeted
Is Trump conceding enrichment to Iran? Because this NYT framing of his interview tonight makes it seem like it.
1
14
32
2,216
David Dark Like You've Never Seen Him Before retweeted
Israeli Telegram channel with 180K members is in mourning and fury:
"God will curse Trump."
"The first war in Israel's history that we lost."
"We have to admit the facts: Iranians taught America a lesson."
"Hopefully in 10 years we won't be dependent on American idiots."
93
557
1,881
123,192
David Dark Like You've Never Seen Him Before retweeted
Ms. Rachel: I've had the honor of meeting with 10 absolutely precious children their wonderful families who have been locked in Dilley Immigration Detention Center in Texas. A prison that is neglecting, abusing, and traumatizing kids. There is no safe amount of time for a child to be in detention. Dilley immigration detention center must be shut down. We need to end the cruel policies of family detention and family separation.
20
550
2,343
87,492