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Mark Hackett @markhackett.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

And let's be honest: The Magician's Nephew is a trippy book. At certain points it feels unhinged. I personally love that Gerwig is going almost overkill with those vibes. These visuals are stunning and I'm excited to see this on the big screen.

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Mark Hackett @markhackett.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

2️⃣ Bonhoeffer has some words of wisdom for us that reverberate loudly in our own times. It's worth your time to read After Ten Years in its entirety. This copy includes important context from the brilliant scholar Victoria Barnett. bookshop.org/a/88206/9781...

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Mark Hackett @markhackett.bsky.social · 06/05/2026

"Indeed, the past decade has been a reminder that democracy has no essence or shape; it is simply open society and its consequences...that democracy tilts inexorably toward liberalism was always to misunderstand its defining feature." - Zac Gershberg & @sean-d-illing.bsky.social

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Mark Hackett @markhackett.bsky.social · 04/05/2026

Kind of wild Bluesky still only allows 4 photos lol

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Mark Hackett @markhackett.bsky.social · 04/05/2026

✨ “The Grace of the Forest” ✨ Another Book Nook completed

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Mark Hackett @markhackett.bsky.social · 22/04/2026

Happy #EarthDay! Here's a recent photo of mine. I hope you take some time to touch the grass today.

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Mark Hackett @markhackett.bsky.social · 21/04/2026

Dream girl 👱🏻‍♀️ My wife very rarely lets me take pictures of her. Yet even when she says its okay to in a boring parking lot they always turn out amazing 😍 #photography

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Mark Hackett @markhackett.bsky.social · 27/03/2026

This was fun! And my apologies to Calvin 🙃 whichtheologianareyou.netlify.app

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Mark Hackett @markhackett.bsky.social · 18/02/2026

“It is noteworthy that in a Bible whose cultural setting is so thoroughly patriarchal one never encounters an explicit appeal to the masculinity of God for any purpose whatever.” Great book. Definitely leans academic but full of little gems.

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Mark Hackett @markhackett.bsky.social · 28/01/2026

You just know this is happening somewhere in America 🤣

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Mark Hackett @markhackett.bsky.social · 28/12/2025

Another Book Nook completed 🪄

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Mark Hackett @markhackett.bsky.social · 25/10/2025

“If the medieval Faërie world seems illogical and unexplainable, how much more confused would we be if we were confronted with the heavenly realm from which both the Faërie world and our physical world proceed?” bookshop.org/a/88206/9781...

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Mark Hackett @markhackett.bsky.social · 24/10/2025

I wonder what this makes the United States then

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Mark Hackett @markhackett.bsky.social · 13/10/2025

Dream girl 👱🏻‍♀️ Shot on Sony a7iv and 24-70mm with CineGold filter by @polarpro.bsky.social #photography

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Mark Hackett @markhackett.bsky.social · 26/09/2025

Coming back to this. A lot in this doc that gives away the real intentions/motivations, but this seems to be the crux. This is an inherently political document. Legitimate and thoughtful critique of America, capitalism, specific strands of Christianity, "traditional" values (keep in mind many in...

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Mark Hackett @markhackett.bsky.social · 26/09/2025

More of a lol, but this seems to be an admission by the administration that they haven't been trying to prevent/end legitimate criminal activity in the first place. So much for "the party of law and order."

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Mark Hackett @markhackett.bsky.social · 26/09/2025

A. I'm pretty sure we already have laws about this stuff. B. The country is still waiting for hard evidence of "coordination" among left-wing extremists. We've seen criminal coordination of right-wing extremists (Jan 6) and lone wolf right-wing violence after.

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Mark Hackett @markhackett.bsky.social · 26/09/2025

This clause is very vague, especially considering that so much of what comes before pertains to speech. It sounds like if someone made an honest comparison between MAGA and the Nazis –and by honest I mean saying where the metaphor works enough & where it doesn't (it is a far from perfect metaphor)–

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Mark Hackett @markhackett.bsky.social · 26/09/2025

I'm sorry, are we explaining Jan 6? Why did so many people who participated in identical actions get let off the hook? We knew going into this that Trump 2.0 was going to gaslight the country. Even I underestimated how bad they would be at it. Like, at least try to sound halfway truthful. Geez.

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Mark Hackett @markhackett.bsky.social · 26/09/2025

No mention of right-wing political violence, despite high profile cases such as the assassination of Rep. Melissa Hortman & her husband. Also, notice anything major missing? JAN 6

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Mark Hackett @markhackett.bsky.social · 26/09/2025

Apparently the White House posted this at some point last night and has since removed it. You should take the time to read; it is deeply alarming. All the 🚩🚩🚩. A few things that jumped off the screen at me... archive.ph/hpbUn

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Mark Hackett @markhackett.bsky.social · 18/09/2025

People always ask about my backyard #office and want to see what it looks like. I finally took a few minutes and made a video tour so I can show instead of tell. It’s small but cozy. Middle Earth for life! 🧙

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Mark Hackett @markhackett.bsky.social · 17/09/2025

I have a feeling this is what the looming National Guard deployment to #Memphis, my home, is really all about. For such a wordy memoranda this “plan” is very light on actual details. But I suppose that’s the point. www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...

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Mark Hackett @markhackett.bsky.social · 10/09/2025

Your occasional reminder that our country had the opportunity to elect a qualified woman to the Presidency, one who even warned us about pretty much everything we are seeing now. Our country chose the 🤡 instead.

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Mark Hackett @markhackett.bsky.social · 06/08/2025

"Many denominational boundaries in our day are...weakened by new divisions, drawn along reconstituted maps of theological and ideological commitment and further etched by the advanced and skeptical narcissism of cultural consumerism." bookshop.org/a/88206/9780...

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Mark Hackett @markhackett.bsky.social · 29/07/2025

The CineGold 1/2 Gold Mist filter by @polarpro.bsky.social and the included LUTs are 🔥 Makes my backyard office look extra adorbs. Shot on Sony a7iv and 24-70mm. #polarpro #photography

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Mark Hackett @markhackett.bsky.social · 07/06/2025

“Zan Enters The Matrix” Had fun hanging out with a friend last night and pushing myself creatively a bit. Shot on Sony a7iv and 24-70mm with Cinebloom Filter and Centerfield Split Diopter FX Filter. #photography

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Mark Hackett @markhackett.bsky.social · 27/05/2025

This short book is full of stories that blow up the stereotype of the "irrelevant bureaucrat" that so many Americans demonize without just cause. It should be required reading for every American, especially in light of the assault on public servants we are witnessing: bookshop.org/a/88206/9798...

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Mark Hackett @markhackett.bsky.social · 22/05/2025

My muse and flame ❤️‍🔥 Shot on Sony a7iv and 24-70mm with Cinebloom filter. #photography

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Mark Hackett @markhackett.bsky.social · 16/05/2025

Celebrating 15 years of marriage with the woman who still makes my heart skip a beat ❤️ Can’t wait for the next 15! #photography

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Mark Hackett @markhackett.bsky.social · 10/05/2025

Luna 🐈‍⬛ Shot on Sony a7iv, 24-70mm G Master with PrismFX Centerfield Split Diopter Filter #photography

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Mark Hackett @markhackett.bsky.social · 16/04/2025

Forcing companies to raise their prices and preventing them from bringing jobs to the United States —merely so you can feel like you’re “owning the libs”— is bad economic policy. www.theverge.com/news/649225/...

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Mark Hackett @markhackett.bsky.social · 15/03/2025

Oh no Chuck accessed a Palantir bro that’s bad news they’re not all accounted for but the baddies have at least two

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Mark Hackett @markhackett.bsky.social · 12/03/2025

"We should see suffering people and immediately have this deep, deep kind of pull towards them because it ought to remind us of our Lord.” - @claudeatcho.bsky.social Full conversation: www.markhackett.com/writings/a-c...

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Mark Hackett @markhackett.bsky.social · 06/03/2025

🪐 Vintage Astronomy Museum 🔭 Sony a7iv, 24-70mm GM with Cinebloom Filter and Cooke SP3 50mm #photography

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Mark Hackett @markhackett.bsky.social · 22/02/2025

Dr. @scottmcoley.bsky.social on why and how white evangelical leaders have created a subculture in which they neither have to interact with biblical scholarship nor scientific expertise, and what the results are. Full conversation and a link to get Scott's book: www.markhackett.com/writings/a-c...

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Mark Hackett @markhackett.bsky.social · 21/02/2025

I recently talked to @scottmcoley.bsky.social about his book Ministers of Propaganda. Here's a short clip about how evangelicals have created alternative gatekeeping institutions that allow for the bad-faith questioning of experts. Full episode: www.markhackett.com/writings/a-c...

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Mark Hackett @markhackett.bsky.social · 10/02/2025

"We used to look up at the sky and wonder at our place in the stars. Now we just look down, and worry about our place in the dirt." - Cooper Been thinking a lot about this quote from Interstellar the past few weeks with regard to our current moment. Grab your copy: bookshop.org/a/88206/9780...

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Mark Hackett @markhackett.bsky.social · 19/01/2025

Some of the laziest propaganda ever. The sad thing is millions of people will believe it.

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Mark Hackett @markhackett.bsky.social · 17/01/2025

Zuck fitting into the aggressive manliness brigade nicely. Emotionally fragile men not taking responsibility for their own actions/scapegoating women is a key feature of secular right-wing “manliness” & its religious counterpart “biblical manhood.” The lack of masculinity in both is unmistakable.

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Mark Hackett @markhackett.bsky.social · 15/01/2025

“Tolkien...arguing that our deepest wishes, revealed by fairy stories and reawakened whenever we permit ourselves to enter with ‘literary belief’ into a secondary world, are not compensatory fantasies but glimpses of an absolute reality.” This was very good: bookshop.org/a/88206/9780...

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