Author of The Power of Ritual. Singer of sad sailer songs.
Brooklyn, NY
Joined March 2008
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Casper ter Kuile retweeted
Do you remember when radio stations used to give away concert tickets and backstage passes? | just heard a midday radio giveaway, and now the prizes are groceries, a year of gas, or rent paid. It's a strange reminder that survival has become the prize. That's pretty sad.
Casper ter Kuile retweeted
Mamdani’s Halloween plans for NYC are fantastic 🎃
The city is opening a record 160 car-free streets and plazas across all five boroughs for free Halloween fun, with trick-or-treating, games, face painting, live entertainment and even neighborhood walking tours. NYC DOT is handing out 75,000 pieces of candy, and there’ll be events at public schools too.
Safe streets, happy kids and neighborhoods coming together. This is what it looks like when city government makes public spaces work for everyone. Great stuff for New York!
Casper ter Kuile retweeted
she is an obama/mamdani level political talent
As Republicans demonize @AngieNixon, and JD Vance tells her "you don't belong in America," they run the risk of having it backfire. Nixon can be a compelling figure. Here she is getting emotional when I asked her to tell voters something personal about herself. @CBSMiami
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Calling all NYC artists — painters, filmmakers, poets, musicians and more! Did you know our city provides grants to support your work every year?
And this year, for the first time in nearly two decades, we're DOUBLING the amount — from $5,000 to up to $10,000 per artist!
Deadlines are approaching fast so don't wait. Go to nyc.gov/artistgrants to apply today!
Casper ter Kuile retweeted
NAOMI KLIEIN to SAM ALTMAN:
"...you ingested the entire written output of human civilization without consent, without compensation and without credit to build a system whose primary commercial application is eliminating the jobs of the people whose work you consumed.
You are not 'liberating human creativity' -- you are strip-mining it and selling it back at a markup while calling the theft 'training data'."
I wrote about Fire Island and John Calvin and why they are kinda connected through a queer theology of belonging :) joyfulbelonging.substack.com…
Casper ter Kuile retweeted
🚨 WATCH: Andy Burnham issues a diagnosis of Britain
"The British right talk about taking back control, NEVER let them forget that they are the ones that gave it away in the first place"
Casper ter Kuile retweeted
Can’t emphasize how much your life will improve if you put in even a small amount of effort to host things regularly.
Dont like cooking for dinner parties?
board game night
in person book club
movie night
poker night
whatever it is you do, invite people to join you doing it
New newsletter: THE DEATH OF THE AMERICAN HOST
The share of Americans who say they host friends or family at their home at least monthly has declined by 70 percent in the last 50 years.
derekthompson.org/p/the-deat…
Casper ter Kuile retweeted
As details about the Cornell 7 come out, it’s once again time to remember that less than 2% of rapists see jail time, which means: rape is effectively legal in America.
Casper ter Kuile retweeted
Never been to the opera before?
Now’s your chance. We’re giving away 70,000 free tickets to the @MetOpera at the iconic Lincoln Center. Go to on.nyc.gov/opera to enter the lottery. There’s not a bad seat in the house.
Casper ter Kuile retweeted
So this is what electing a democratic socialist mayor can get you: corporations issuing groveling apologies for underpaying their workers
Since 2023, more than 200,000 Dashers in New York City were underpaid or paid late under the City’s delivery worker pay rules. These errors were unintentional, but that doesn’t make them acceptable. Dashers should be paid in full, on time, every time. We take full responsibility, and we’re deeply sorry.
We’ve reached a $131.5 million settlement with the NYC Department of Consumer and Worker Protection. Every impacted Dasher will receive the amount they are owed, and they’ll be contacted directly with payment details.
We understand the impact of even one missed or late payment. We’ve addressed the issues that caused these errors and made changes to prevent them from happening again.
Read more here: about.doordash.com/en-us/new….
Readers added context they thought people might want to know
DoorDash spent $1 million in the 2025 NYC mayoral election against Zohran Mamdani, whose campaign included promises to investigate delivery/Rideshare services for underpaying/withholding wages.
politico.com/news/2025/05/1…
Casper ter Kuile retweeted
There’s an unexpected power to prayer, even if you don’t believe in God. The key to unlocking these benefits? Honest speech. @caspertk writes about this and more in his monthly Vox column, Soul Searching.
Read it and become a member today: voxdotcom.visitlink.me/0FMMc…
So looking forward to this!
Every year I help organize a large conference called Restore. Imagine a Christian TED festival with heapings of music and art. This year’s gathering is next week, September 24-26 at Utah Valley University.
The lineup this year is phenomenal. A few sessions I’m especially excited for are:
@mckaycoppins on the transhumanist theology of the tech bros
Tara Isabella Burton on finding Christ in our age of religious remixing
Mallory Everton on how faith alchemizes tragedy
Steven Nelson of The Piano Guys previewing his new musical on the abolition of the slave trade
Casper ter Kuile on how to build a ritual life
Plus talks on spiritual imagination, UFO’s, building Zion, giving up smartphones, and the dawning of a new spiritual renaissance
I’d love for you to join me. You can register at faithmatters.org/restore and get 20% off by using the code ZACH. And if you want to come and the cost is a barrier, just message me.
