Multiple Joneses
@jones-clones.bsky.social
Academic; historian of science, medicine, humanity; Retired chemist (we never really retire); A political moderate, meaning equal rights for all humans, liveable income for all, and benevolent stewardship of the planet(s) #history #historyofscience
"These people were assisted by the existing 'conservative' bureaucracy in German society, men and won who were able to switch from one set of rules founded upon the rule of law and democracy to a system based on extrajudicial murder and thuggish criminality,..."
October 18, 2025 at 1:01 PM
"These people were assisted by the existing 'conservative' bureaucracy in German society, men and won who were able to switch from one set of rules founded upon the rule of law and democracy to a system based on extrajudicial murder and thuggish criminality,..."
From The Hitler Years: Disaster, 1940-1945 by Frank McDonough (p. 376)
October 3, 2025 at 11:32 AM
From The Hitler Years: Disaster, 1940-1945 by Frank McDonough (p. 376)
@fxmc1957.bsky.social Huge fan of your Hitler trilogy, although I've only read Weimar and Triumph so far, I was compelled to start disaster immediately following completion of Triumph. Great writing style! Thank you for your hard work!
September 24, 2025 at 2:51 PM
@fxmc1957.bsky.social Huge fan of your Hitler trilogy, although I've only read Weimar and Triumph so far, I was compelled to start disaster immediately following completion of Triumph. Great writing style! Thank you for your hard work!
From Frank McDonough The Hitler Years_Triumph 1933-1939:
"The Fuhrer's authority is now completely in the ascendant in the cabinet," Goebbels commented. "There will be no more voting. The Fuhrer's personality decides. All this has been achieved much faster than we anticipated."
"The Fuhrer's authority is now completely in the ascendant in the cabinet," Goebbels commented. "There will be no more voting. The Fuhrer's personality decides. All this has been achieved much faster than we anticipated."
September 7, 2025 at 2:21 PM
From Frank McDonough The Hitler Years_Triumph 1933-1939:
"The Fuhrer's authority is now completely in the ascendant in the cabinet," Goebbels commented. "There will be no more voting. The Fuhrer's personality decides. All this has been achieved much faster than we anticipated."
"The Fuhrer's authority is now completely in the ascendant in the cabinet," Goebbels commented. "There will be no more voting. The Fuhrer's personality decides. All this has been achieved much faster than we anticipated."
Trump and his allies mount a pressure campaign against US elections ahead of the midterms
www.cnn.com/2025/08/02/p...
www.cnn.com/2025/08/02/p...
Trump and his allies mount a pressure campaign against US elections ahead of the midterms | CNN Politics
A few weeks ago, Republican election officials in Colorado began receiving unsolicited calls and texts from a GOP consultant who said he was working with the Trump administration on “election integrit...
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August 3, 2025 at 6:30 AM
Trump and his allies mount a pressure campaign against US elections ahead of the midterms
www.cnn.com/2025/08/02/p...
www.cnn.com/2025/08/02/p...
"The newly created Gestapo, which hunted down political opponents, drew its recruits from the existing police force." - Frank McDonough, The Hitler Years_Triumph 1933-1939
July 22, 2025 at 10:58 AM
"The newly created Gestapo, which hunted down political opponents, drew its recruits from the existing police force." - Frank McDonough, The Hitler Years_Triumph 1933-1939
All of us (I hope) are counting on a reversal of fortune during the 2026 mid-term elections.
Are we sure that the Republicans will not manipulate local & state election authorities and pervert our votes so that a new crop of sycophants are elected? Now is the time to make sure our votes will count!
Are we sure that the Republicans will not manipulate local & state election authorities and pervert our votes so that a new crop of sycophants are elected? Now is the time to make sure our votes will count!
July 6, 2025 at 8:23 AM
All of us (I hope) are counting on a reversal of fortune during the 2026 mid-term elections.
Are we sure that the Republicans will not manipulate local & state election authorities and pervert our votes so that a new crop of sycophants are elected? Now is the time to make sure our votes will count!
Are we sure that the Republicans will not manipulate local & state election authorities and pervert our votes so that a new crop of sycophants are elected? Now is the time to make sure our votes will count!
The American legal system - Judges and lawyers - must put a stop to the current administration's attempts to escalate violence in California and anywhere else it is targeting. The demonization of immigrants must stop!
June 9, 2025 at 7:58 PM
The American legal system - Judges and lawyers - must put a stop to the current administration's attempts to escalate violence in California and anywhere else it is targeting. The demonization of immigrants must stop!
Chernobyl mini-series
I finally watched this. I can't think of a better meditation on what happens to the pursuit of science and general problem-solving in an authoritarian society. It contains lessons for us all.
I finally watched this. I can't think of a better meditation on what happens to the pursuit of science and general problem-solving in an authoritarian society. It contains lessons for us all.
June 6, 2025 at 8:17 AM
Chernobyl mini-series
I finally watched this. I can't think of a better meditation on what happens to the pursuit of science and general problem-solving in an authoritarian society. It contains lessons for us all.
I finally watched this. I can't think of a better meditation on what happens to the pursuit of science and general problem-solving in an authoritarian society. It contains lessons for us all.
Roots of fascism in America
www.smithsonianmag.com/history/meet...
www.smithsonianmag.com/history/meet...
The Screenwriting Mystic Who Wanted to Be the American Führer
William Dudley Pelley and his Silver Shirts were just one of many Nazi-sympathizers operating in the United States in the 1930s
www.smithsonianmag.com
May 12, 2025 at 7:27 PM
Roots of fascism in America
www.smithsonianmag.com/history/meet...
www.smithsonianmag.com/history/meet...
If you want some insights into why certain spheres of foreign policy continue to be such a mess, try the following. If you believe WW1 ended on 1918/11/11, you'll be surprised!
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A Peace to End All Peace
Published with a new afterword from the author—the classic, bestselling account of how the modern Middle East was createdThe Middle East has long been a re...
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April 7, 2025 at 7:55 AM
If you want some insights into why certain spheres of foreign policy continue to be such a mess, try the following. If you believe WW1 ended on 1918/11/11, you'll be surprised!
us.macmillan.com/books/978080...
us.macmillan.com/books/978080...
When the Click Broke - highly highly recommend
us.macmillan.com/books/978037...
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When the Clock Broke
ONE OF THE WASHINGTON POST'S TEN BEST BOOKS OF 2024One of The New York Times's 100 Notable Books of 2024Longlisted for the National Book Critics Circle Award...
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March 16, 2025 at 3:47 PM
When the Click Broke - highly highly recommend
us.macmillan.com/books/978037...
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Reposted by Multiple Joneses
Can we authentically express surprise that the US has a fetid dumpster of dictatorial leaders in government now when (1) the U.S. has sponsored dictators the world over for at least the last 150 years, usually disasters, and (2) we've had anti-human rights leaders in our government the entire time?
January 25, 2025 at 4:21 PM
Can we authentically express surprise that the US has a fetid dumpster of dictatorial leaders in government now when (1) the U.S. has sponsored dictators the world over for at least the last 150 years, usually disasters, and (2) we've had anti-human rights leaders in our government the entire time?
#politics Concerned about the focus of this platform. It is obsessed with the Orange One. Yes, he poses an existential threat to citizens worldwide.
December 11, 2024 at 6:35 PM
#politics Concerned about the focus of this platform. It is obsessed with the Orange One. Yes, he poses an existential threat to citizens worldwide.
If you're interested in the complete bibliography of Henry Clifton Sorby (1826-1908) - and to be honest, who isn't - please know that the 1984 paper by M.J. Bishop incorrectly cites 1965 as the year in which the bibliography was published. It was 1963.
December 4, 2024 at 4:43 PM
If you're interested in the complete bibliography of Henry Clifton Sorby (1826-1908) - and to be honest, who isn't - please know that the 1984 paper by M.J. Bishop incorrectly cites 1965 as the year in which the bibliography was published. It was 1963.
Histories of all kinds are sometimes complicated by confounding practices. For Herman Boerhaave (1668-1738) and William Cullen (1710-1790), their lectures in chemistry were "pirated" by their students, who copied down their understanding of a lecture. Those notes were then published.
December 4, 2024 at 1:14 PM
Histories of all kinds are sometimes complicated by confounding practices. For Herman Boerhaave (1668-1738) and William Cullen (1710-1790), their lectures in chemistry were "pirated" by their students, who copied down their understanding of a lecture. Those notes were then published.
A debate among early philosophers & physicians (~600 - ~300 B.C.E.) was focused on how eyes perceived objects. One group, intromissionists, believed eyes received images; extramissionists believed that eyes emanated energy that bounced off objects & returned an image to the eyes.#historyofscience
November 26, 2024 at 2:04 PM
A debate among early philosophers & physicians (~600 - ~300 B.C.E.) was focused on how eyes perceived objects. One group, intromissionists, believed eyes received images; extramissionists believed that eyes emanated energy that bounced off objects & returned an image to the eyes.#historyofscience
