Gregory Thornbury
@greg_thornbury
Author “Why Should The Devil Have All The Good Music? Larry Norman & The Perils of Christian Rock” & #CriticalKayfabeTheory * Exec. Dr, Silver Art Projects/WTC
*Taps on 🎤* 🧵 Kate Thornbury’s new single, NAPKINS, is now streaming everywhere! How you can help: 1. Stream it and add it to your library. 2. Add it to your summer 2023 playlist. This helps a lot. 3. Post it on social and add the song as the soundtrack to your post.
I wrote about the lack of administrative support for the liberal arts in @nytimes. The standard story we hear is that students don't want it. But a darker reality is that even when it wins big with students and donors it loses with those in power. nytimes.com/2025/07/17/opi…
My grandpa came to America as a Syrian immigrant late in life and didn’t speak much English. But there’s one thing from my childhood I remember him saying all the time: “Hulk Hogan.” He loved professional wrestling and especially the Hulkster. May both their memories be eternal.
AWA Hogan! It was for reals.
What was your favorite version of Hulk Hogan?
Tell me this is a Work.
Hulk Hogan has died at 71 years old
Waiting on all of the evangelical leaders who endorsed him or were conveniently silent as they paved the way for this current state of the nation. Give at least gentle regrets? No? B-I-N-G-O & Bingo was his Name-O. 🦗 👀👇⬇️
LMAO this is a comedy skit
The correct take on our life in Kayfabe. Thank you to Jim & Brian, who keep the dream alive. While I preferred Hogan vs. Bockwinkel vis a vis the cheesy matches I watched in his run with Vince, I have to say – in 1985 I too was in awe. RIP HULK
There will be a lot to unpack about the life & career of Hulk Hogan. Although his legacy is quite complicated, he was one of the most important figures in wrestling history and an unparalleled drawing card. It is hard to imagine the WWF's national expansion without him.
One of the things I love about working The World Trade Center is seeing families from everywhere, Moms & Dads, often with their teenage kids. Dads are trying to act like “I’ve got this.” The teens are trying to look cool in their ‘fits for NYC. & Moms actually being cool.
Dear Ghost of William Rainey Harper, ARISE
U of Chicago is going to merge humanities departments and downscale its language offerings in part because...the institution spent too much money on construction projects. Its endowment: over $10 billion. Are there any leaders in higher ed who *want* to save the humanities?
Metaphors be with you.
Pam Bondi and Doug Burgum toured the former Alcatraz prison to assess how much work it would take to renovate. The walls are held together with wire mesh. It's basically a ruin. His face speaks for itself. I added a zoom.
We are experiencing a reality based on a thin veneer of lies and illusions. A world where greed is our God and wisdom is sin, where division is key and unity is fantasy, where the ego-driven cleverness of the mind is praised, rather than the intelligence of the heart. ~ Bill…
I don’t think people realize how much strength it takes to pull one’s self out of a mentally dark place. So if you’ve done that today or any day, I am proud of you. Bri
Nerd alert 🚨 I decided to start watching baseball again this year after a couple of decades of just spending my free time working on my rockabilly guitar licks! @MLB watching the All-Star game tonight. I’m struck by how welcoming it is to fans both old and new. TYSM! ⚾️🏟️🇺🇸
Thanks Paul!
Happy 83rd Birthday to @RogerMcGuinn
This is so true 👇 it was spectacular.
Not to brag, but I was alive when you could slam the phone down to hang up on someone. It was spectacular.
It’s no coincidence that the rise of AI correlates to the rise of fascism. Now more than ever, we can’t give up on critical thought.