Jeffery Irvin
@thegrayprofessor.bsky.social
Historian. Author. Science Enthusiast.
Author of "The End Is Not Near"
https://a.co/d/2zbT1WJ
Presently working on a book titled "Artificial Intelligence in the Waning Days of Neoliberalism".
Author of "The End Is Not Near"
https://a.co/d/2zbT1WJ
Presently working on a book titled "Artificial Intelligence in the Waning Days of Neoliberalism".
I love Schneier's book.
November 19, 2025 at 3:57 PM
I love Schneier's book.
I quite like Christopher Hill's work, though he does not address your period until the latter third of the book below.
You may also like E.P. Thompson's work on the working class.
You may also like E.P. Thompson's work on the working class.
November 19, 2025 at 3:47 PM
I quite like Christopher Hill's work, though he does not address your period until the latter third of the book below.
You may also like E.P. Thompson's work on the working class.
You may also like E.P. Thompson's work on the working class.
I don't believe this is a theme.
It was written almost a hundred years ago. 🙂
Here's one of my favorite passages.
If that quote intrigues you, then I'd also recommend David Ehrenfeld's "The Arrogance of Humanism" and Christine Webb's "The Arrogant Ape." Both critique the excesses of humanism.
It was written almost a hundred years ago. 🙂
Here's one of my favorite passages.
If that quote intrigues you, then I'd also recommend David Ehrenfeld's "The Arrogance of Humanism" and Christine Webb's "The Arrogant Ape." Both critique the excesses of humanism.
November 17, 2025 at 4:09 PM
I don't believe this is a theme.
It was written almost a hundred years ago. 🙂
Here's one of my favorite passages.
If that quote intrigues you, then I'd also recommend David Ehrenfeld's "The Arrogance of Humanism" and Christine Webb's "The Arrogant Ape." Both critique the excesses of humanism.
It was written almost a hundred years ago. 🙂
Here's one of my favorite passages.
If that quote intrigues you, then I'd also recommend David Ehrenfeld's "The Arrogance of Humanism" and Christine Webb's "The Arrogant Ape." Both critique the excesses of humanism.
This is an excellent question!
When answered it reveals the long history of technocratic utopianism rooted in the marriage of capitalism, science, and a secularized version of Christian millenialism.
Carl Becker's book below is a great starting place to explore this theme.
When answered it reveals the long history of technocratic utopianism rooted in the marriage of capitalism, science, and a secularized version of Christian millenialism.
Carl Becker's book below is a great starting place to explore this theme.
November 17, 2025 at 1:57 PM
This is an excellent question!
When answered it reveals the long history of technocratic utopianism rooted in the marriage of capitalism, science, and a secularized version of Christian millenialism.
Carl Becker's book below is a great starting place to explore this theme.
When answered it reveals the long history of technocratic utopianism rooted in the marriage of capitalism, science, and a secularized version of Christian millenialism.
Carl Becker's book below is a great starting place to explore this theme.
Reminds me of late 19th century Harper's cartoon.
November 16, 2025 at 6:04 PM
Reminds me of late 19th century Harper's cartoon.
November 15, 2025 at 3:15 AM
I was reading this and thought, is this a description of a Black Mass or a trip down to Mar-A-Lago?
#ItHasHappenedHere
#IsHeDeadYet
#ItHasHappenedHere
#IsHeDeadYet
November 13, 2025 at 12:21 PM
I was reading this and thought, is this a description of a Black Mass or a trip down to Mar-A-Lago?
#ItHasHappenedHere
#IsHeDeadYet
#ItHasHappenedHere
#IsHeDeadYet
If Trump is going to decorate like this then he needs to start dressing the part.
November 12, 2025 at 4:05 PM
If Trump is going to decorate like this then he needs to start dressing the part.
I suspect this will not be part of the assigned reading. 😒
November 11, 2025 at 8:56 PM
I suspect this will not be part of the assigned reading. 😒
November 11, 2025 at 6:32 PM
If their mouths are open, they're lying.
November 11, 2025 at 2:52 AM
If their mouths are open, they're lying.
November 10, 2025 at 9:48 PM
Reminded me of this toon. 😁
November 9, 2025 at 7:02 PM
Reminded me of this toon. 😁
Hey, remember "super predators" in the 1990s?
Gore Vidal was right. The United States is a police state.
What we are doing is morphing from the soft police state of 1950s white racism to the hard police state of white Christian nationalism.
#ItHasHappenedHere
Gore Vidal was right. The United States is a police state.
What we are doing is morphing from the soft police state of 1950s white racism to the hard police state of white Christian nationalism.
#ItHasHappenedHere
November 9, 2025 at 5:42 PM
Hey, remember "super predators" in the 1990s?
Gore Vidal was right. The United States is a police state.
What we are doing is morphing from the soft police state of 1950s white racism to the hard police state of white Christian nationalism.
#ItHasHappenedHere
Gore Vidal was right. The United States is a police state.
What we are doing is morphing from the soft police state of 1950s white racism to the hard police state of white Christian nationalism.
#ItHasHappenedHere
The right-wing monomoralist always returns to his vomit, an upchuck of revanchist and retrograde moral sentiment, originating in either the reanimation of Thomism or in a return to that distinctly American moral backwardness we call white Christian nationalism.
#ItHasHappenedHere
#ItHasHappenedHere
November 6, 2025 at 4:41 PM
The right-wing monomoralist always returns to his vomit, an upchuck of revanchist and retrograde moral sentiment, originating in either the reanimation of Thomism or in a return to that distinctly American moral backwardness we call white Christian nationalism.
#ItHasHappenedHere
#ItHasHappenedHere
Zorg issues fresh announcements that are the complete opposite of reality.
November 5, 2025 at 1:24 AM
Zorg issues fresh announcements that are the complete opposite of reality.
Oh, God!
Mike Johnson's disease has gone viral!!
Mike Johnson's disease has gone viral!!
November 4, 2025 at 1:38 PM
Oh, God!
Mike Johnson's disease has gone viral!!
Mike Johnson's disease has gone viral!!
Not sure Cheney having a Darth Vader-like, last minute, regret is enough to redeem him in my eyes.
November 4, 2025 at 1:34 PM
Not sure Cheney having a Darth Vader-like, last minute, regret is enough to redeem him in my eyes.