@davidcldriedger.bsky.social
Mennonite pastor, public theologian, occasional writer, failed academic. Posts are not a pulpit for my profession. https://davidcldriedger.ca
Woah. Just found out this is in a new affordable-ish edition!
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Mark Carney regularly says he โknows how the world works.โ While true this never sat right with me.
Adorno put it into words,
โAnyone who knows the business too well forgets to know it for what it is, his capacity for differentiation deserts him, leaving the threat of a lapse into barbarism.โ
I have a new piece up at Political Theology Network. In which I attempt to find an adequate source of authority for the Christian left/liberalism.
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One could do worse than commit themselves to a lifetime of studying Gillian and Jacqueline Rose.
10.11.2025 18:31 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0I suppose when the private wealth and property is sacred then the public and common is profane, disgusting and feared.
07.11.2025 18:34 โ ๐ 0 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0We do not have enough to continue making everything an investment demanding maximized returns. Though it should be added, we do have enough for a good life.
05.11.2025 19:43 โ ๐ 2 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0Oops, I mean Lacan (as made famous by Zizek).
05.11.2025 18:57 โ ๐ 0 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0Canโt help we are now in full bloom of Zizekโs โIf there is no God nothing is permissible.โ
Including its counter point in Trump.
Read Policing the Crisis in a small group a while back. Thinking of a reboot,
2 much policing for 2 many crises
Havenโt read it but couldnโt help.
<Adorno intensifies>
Was thinking of changing who I cheer for in the NFL based entirely on logo and nothing seemed self-evident. Chicago?
01.11.2025 22:04 โ ๐ 0 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0โThere are worse ways to spend a night than putting your shoulder to an idea.โ - Al Swearengen
31.10.2025 22:54 โ ๐ 0 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0โThought waits to be woken one day by the memory of what has been missed, and to be transformed into teaching.โ - Adorno
30.10.2025 11:56 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0I am increasingly amazed at what the last 10 or so minutes of a movie can do for the movie as a whole.
28.10.2025 17:59 โ ๐ 3 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0Please Winnipeggers, letโs change the conversation over what constitutes a vibrant downtown and city.
26.10.2025 19:23 โ ๐ 7 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 0Within a few blocks of Ellice saw four police officers standing by bus stops and four transit enforcement officers. Some $500k plus in annual salaries. Watched them turn away someone over a $3 fare.
Noticed itโs gameday for Jets.
Out for a walk and had the good fortune to run into a good friend walking to his transit route. We talked about increased enforcement denying transit to anyone without fare (apparently tasers are on the table for these officers).
26.10.2025 19:23 โ ๐ 3 ๐ 1 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 0Canada responding to US tariffs: Remember how free trade gutted small towns and the middle class? Letโs double down on it!
25.10.2025 20:42 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0I donโt read much in science but enjoy the occasional account of โmethodโ related to science. I read Kuhn and am reading Feyerabend. Is there anything in the last 10 or so years of similar consequence?
21.10.2025 12:15 โ ๐ 2 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0
Coming up just over a week, I'd love to see you if you're able!
14.10.2025 14:29 โ ๐ 7 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 0Thought I had a review coming out in CGR and then checked only to find it defunct! Wishing this all the best.
10.10.2025 18:39 โ ๐ 2 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0I suspect loneliness is mostly *easier* than being in a durable inter-personal community. Intimate long-term relationships require frustratingly hard work. Which is why โeasyโ community, whether IRL spaces of cult-like clarity or online echo chambers find success offering a โfixโ of communal need.
06.10.2025 14:27 โ ๐ 3 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0โPolitical economy came into being as a natural result of the expansion of trade, and with its appearance elementary, unscientific swindling was replaced by a developed system of licensed fraud - a complete get-rich economy.โ - Engels
06.10.2025 13:52 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0Free speech, of all things, should be built from the ground up. Figuring out local platforms, limits, and accountability. Families and religious orgs still do some of this. But buying, bullying and manipulating the platform ainโt it.
01.10.2025 21:18 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0!["ืดืืึนืึทืข ืึถืช ืึฐืจืึผืฉืึธืึทึดื ืึถืช ืชึผืึนืขึฒืืึนืชึถืืึธืด ื ึดืงึฐืจึธื ืึผืึดืชึผึทืจึฐืึผึตื. ืคึผึฐืฉืึดืืึธื! ืึฐืึทืคึผืึนืงึตื ืึดืึผึฐืจึทืึผึดื ืึฑืึดืืขึถืึถืจ. ืึผึฐืชึทื ึฐืึธื: ืึทืขึฒืฉืึถื ืึผึฐืึธืึธื ืึถืึธื ืฉืึถืึธืึธื ืงืึนืจึตื ืึฐืึทืขึฐืึธื ืึตืจึทืึผึดื ืึฑืึดืืขึถืึถืจ ืดืืึนืึทืข ืึถืช ืึฐืจืึผืฉืึธืึทึดื ืึถืช ืชึผืึนืขึฒืืึนืชึถืืึธืด. ืึธืึทืจ ืืึน: ืขึทื ืฉืึถืึทืชึผึธื ืึผืึนืึตืง ืึผึฐืชืึนืขึฒืืึนืช ืึฐืจืึผืฉืึธืึทืึดื ืฆึตื ืึผืึฐืืึนืง ืึผึฐืชืึนืขึฒืืึนืช ืึดืึผึถืึธ. ืึผึธืึฐืงืึผ ืึทืึฒืจึธืื ืึผืึธืฆึฐืืึผ ืึผืึน ืฉืึถืึถืฅ ืคึผึฐืกืึผื.
The Tosefta continues: The section of: โMake known [hoda] to Jerusalem her abominationsโ (Ezekiel 16:2) is read and translated. The Gemara comments: This is obvious. The Gemara answers: This is needed to exclude the opinion of Rabbi Eliezer, who held that this chapter may not be read as a haftara, as it is taught in a baraita: There was an incident with regard to a certain man who was reading the haftara in the presence of Rabbi Eliezer, and he read the section of: โMake known to Jerusalem her abominations.โ Rabbi Eliezer said to him: Before you examine the abominations of Jerusalem, go and examine the abominations of your own mother. The Gemara relates that they examined his lineage and found him to have a stain of illegitimacy. His mother had engaged in illicit sexual relations, and therefore he was of questionable lineage."](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:cmvc2f5b5fou3ijbgagiovlj/bafkreid6vwingdwvsby4i223zap7vikvyfl7rwse73zcqx732oe4dxaqu4@jpeg)
"ืดืืึนืึทืข ืึถืช ืึฐืจืึผืฉืึธืึทึดื ืึถืช ืชึผืึนืขึฒืืึนืชึถืืึธืด ื ึดืงึฐืจึธื ืึผืึดืชึผึทืจึฐืึผึตื. ืคึผึฐืฉืึดืืึธื! ืึฐืึทืคึผืึนืงึตื ืึดืึผึฐืจึทืึผึดื ืึฑืึดืืขึถืึถืจ. ืึผึฐืชึทื ึฐืึธื: ืึทืขึฒืฉืึถื ืึผึฐืึธืึธื ืึถืึธื ืฉืึถืึธืึธื ืงืึนืจึตื ืึฐืึทืขึฐืึธื ืึตืจึทืึผึดื ืึฑืึดืืขึถืึถืจ ืดืืึนืึทืข ืึถืช ืึฐืจืึผืฉืึธืึทึดื ืึถืช ืชึผืึนืขึฒืืึนืชึถืืึธืด. ืึธืึทืจ ืืึน: ืขึทื ืฉืึถืึทืชึผึธื ืึผืึนืึตืง ืึผึฐืชืึนืขึฒืืึนืช ืึฐืจืึผืฉืึธืึทืึดื ืฆึตื ืึผืึฐืืึนืง ืึผึฐืชืึนืขึฒืืึนืช ืึดืึผึถืึธ. ืึผึธืึฐืงืึผ ืึทืึฒืจึธืื ืึผืึธืฆึฐืืึผ ืึผืึน ืฉืึถืึถืฅ ืคึผึฐืกืึผื. The Tosefta continues: The section of: โMake known [hoda] to Jerusalem her abominationsโ (Ezekiel 16:2) is read and translated. The Gemara comments: This is obvious. The Gemara answers: This is needed to exclude the opinion of Rabbi Eliezer, who held that this chapter may not be read as a haftara, as it is taught in a baraita: There was an incident with regard to a certain man who was reading the haftara in the presence of Rabbi Eliezer, and he read the section of: โMake known to Jerusalem her abominations.โ Rabbi Eliezer said to him: Before you examine the abominations of Jerusalem, go and examine the abominations of your own mother. The Gemara relates that they examined his lineage and found him to have a stain of illegitimacy. His mother had engaged in illicit sexual relations, and therefore he was of questionable lineage."
The Talmud has the original "yo mama" joke. (Megillah 25b:9)
30.09.2025 15:18 โ ๐ 159 ๐ 30 ๐ฌ 5 ๐ 5Canโt even laugh at this. The idea of these meatheads skulking around my beautiful, glittering jewel box of a city, looking to tackle every non-white person they see, makes me sick to my stomach. This is the real domestic terrorism.
29.09.2025 11:47 โ ๐ 2485 ๐ 466 ๐ฌ 43 ๐ 13โNobody in history, has ever gotten their freedom by appealing to the moral sense of the people who were oppressing them."
Assata Shakur
Donโt forget, last stop for Nuit Blanche is 10am at First Mennonite Church!
28.09.2025 02:37 โ ๐ 0 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0Every Monday morning I participate in a clergy-led prayer vigil outside of the Dallas ICE Administrative Office. This morning, a sniper stood at the top of an adjacent building and took aim. Press is reporting the victims are detainees being loaded onto a bus for transport to a large facility. ๐งต
24.09.2025 14:38 โ ๐ 164 ๐ 76 ๐ฌ 15 ๐ 6Finally watched Eddington, really enjoyed it. Thought it did a good job not collapsing the ideological binary into a moral one while acknowledging the larger structure that would recuperate both.
Really liked how Brianโs arc was handled.
