Jordan S. Carroll 🌹
@jordanscarroll.bsky.social
Author of Speculative Whiteness: Science Fiction and the Alt-Right
Hugo winner
Words in Kaleidotrope, Polygon, The Nation, Post*45, American Literature, and the LARB
Opinions my own, tomorrow belongs to everyone
Hugo winner
Words in Kaleidotrope, Polygon, The Nation, Post*45, American Literature, and the LARB
Opinions my own, tomorrow belongs to everyone
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Speculative Whiteness
Reveals the alt-right’s project to claim science fiction and—by extension—the future Fascists such as Richard Spencer interpret science fiction films a...
www.upress.umn.edu
you can purchase Speculative Whiteness: Science Fiction and the Alt-Right directly from my publisher here
what is your favorite book of Biblical scholarship or interpretation?
November 25, 2025 at 5:56 PM
what is your favorite book of Biblical scholarship or interpretation?
the ability to effectively evaluate information presented by AI can only be taught in an environment where it is forbidden to use AI
November 25, 2025 at 4:05 PM
the ability to effectively evaluate information presented by AI can only be taught in an environment where it is forbidden to use AI
"Have you even seen the Yellow Sign, bro?"
if an argument isn’t going your way, you can always just claim you were initiated into various mystical societies
November 25, 2025 at 4:01 PM
"Have you even seen the Yellow Sign, bro?"
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you can purchase Speculative Whiteness: Science Fiction and the Alt-Right directly from my publisher here
Speculative Whiteness
Reveals the alt-right’s project to claim science fiction and—by extension—the future Fascists such as Richard Spencer interpret science fiction films a...
www.upress.umn.edu
April 27, 2025 at 3:23 PM
you can purchase Speculative Whiteness: Science Fiction and the Alt-Right directly from my publisher here
there are two kinds of Great Books lists:
(1) "you need to read 28 books by Aristotle including 'On the Gait of Animals' and maybe 7 books published after 1700"
(2) "start with the classics: the Divine Comedy, Harry Potter, The Da Vinci Code"
(1) "you need to read 28 books by Aristotle including 'On the Gait of Animals' and maybe 7 books published after 1700"
(2) "start with the classics: the Divine Comedy, Harry Potter, The Da Vinci Code"
November 25, 2025 at 3:50 PM
there are two kinds of Great Books lists:
(1) "you need to read 28 books by Aristotle including 'On the Gait of Animals' and maybe 7 books published after 1700"
(2) "start with the classics: the Divine Comedy, Harry Potter, The Da Vinci Code"
(1) "you need to read 28 books by Aristotle including 'On the Gait of Animals' and maybe 7 books published after 1700"
(2) "start with the classics: the Divine Comedy, Harry Potter, The Da Vinci Code"
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Folks, if your library doesn’t have a book you want to read, ask them to buy a copy. Most have a convenient form and will let you know when it comes in. If your library offers ILL, they can even borrow books from other libraries.
November 24, 2025 at 5:38 PM
Folks, if your library doesn’t have a book you want to read, ask them to buy a copy. Most have a convenient form and will let you know when it comes in. If your library offers ILL, they can even borrow books from other libraries.
What does it mean to be well-educated?
November 25, 2025 at 3:01 PM
What does it mean to be well-educated?
a hallmark of AI style: the incongruous adjective
November 25, 2025 at 5:44 AM
a hallmark of AI style: the incongruous adjective
Sometimes I look at lists of Great Books and think about how many I have yet to read.
November 25, 2025 at 4:07 AM
Sometimes I look at lists of Great Books and think about how many I have yet to read.
you’re allowed to confuse “performative“ with “fake” or “showy” unless you’re saying something that annoys me personally
November 24, 2025 at 10:17 PM
you’re allowed to confuse “performative“ with “fake” or “showy” unless you’re saying something that annoys me personally
even when AI is surveying reputable sources, we shouldn't forget that summarizing and synthesizing are interpretive activities that involve selecting what is most significant or salient to ongoing discussions. even if AI were unbiased, this is creative work that we should be doing.
November 24, 2025 at 3:48 AM
even when AI is surveying reputable sources, we shouldn't forget that summarizing and synthesizing are interpretive activities that involve selecting what is most significant or salient to ongoing discussions. even if AI were unbiased, this is creative work that we should be doing.
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musk agreeing with an explicitly eugenicist post
November 24, 2025 at 12:44 AM
musk agreeing with an explicitly eugenicist post
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I don't understand how anyone can watch how blatantly Grok is manipulated to answer the way ownership desires it to and then act like the other LLM chatbots couldn't possibly be similarly but less obviously compromised to produce responses in whatever way corporate interests and priorities dictate.
November 23, 2025 at 7:13 PM
I don't understand how anyone can watch how blatantly Grok is manipulated to answer the way ownership desires it to and then act like the other LLM chatbots couldn't possibly be similarly but less obviously compromised to produce responses in whatever way corporate interests and priorities dictate.
Monty Python and the Holy Grail looks better than most fantasy films
November 23, 2025 at 11:54 PM
Monty Python and the Holy Grail looks better than most fantasy films
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the contemporary american fascist movement is maybe the most astroturfed in history
X rolled out a new feature overnight showing where accounts are based. This network of “Trump-supporting independent women” that claimed to be “real Americans” are based in Thailand.
The photos were stolen from European models & posts pushed pro-Trump lines while targeting Islam and LGBTQ people.
The photos were stolen from European models & posts pushed pro-Trump lines while targeting Islam and LGBTQ people.
November 23, 2025 at 8:00 PM
the contemporary american fascist movement is maybe the most astroturfed in history
at the height of globalization it was important to emphasize localism or particularism but now that we’re entering an era of fragmentation characterized by spheres of influence maybe it’s time again for universalisms
November 23, 2025 at 6:51 PM
at the height of globalization it was important to emphasize localism or particularism but now that we’re entering an era of fragmentation characterized by spheres of influence maybe it’s time again for universalisms
popes managing what indulgences you get for pilgrimages to shrines sounds like a game designer doing updates. they nerfed the arm of St. John the Baptist because a thousand years off your time in purgatory was too OP.
November 23, 2025 at 6:04 PM
popes managing what indulgences you get for pilgrimages to shrines sounds like a game designer doing updates. they nerfed the arm of St. John the Baptist because a thousand years off your time in purgatory was too OP.
if I had a gazillion dollars, I would create an experience library for writers. do you want to know what something smells like? do you want to know what it was like to use this artifact? do you want to walk around a period-accurate house? we've got it along with specialists to explain.
November 23, 2025 at 4:24 PM
if I had a gazillion dollars, I would create an experience library for writers. do you want to know what something smells like? do you want to know what it was like to use this artifact? do you want to walk around a period-accurate house? we've got it along with specialists to explain.
why is he moving like Uncle Fester?
November 23, 2025 at 6:52 AM
why is he moving like Uncle Fester?
Augustine claimed that the bodies of the resurrected would all be aged or rejuvenated to age 33, which seems like a great deal if you’re older but not so much if you’re only 18 or 20.
November 23, 2025 at 3:10 AM
Augustine claimed that the bodies of the resurrected would all be aged or rejuvenated to age 33, which seems like a great deal if you’re older but not so much if you’re only 18 or 20.
Victor Pelevin’s Omon Ra but for billionaires
November 23, 2025 at 2:28 AM
Victor Pelevin’s Omon Ra but for billionaires
can you point to a single major elected politician who simply refuses to enter a room with Trump and, if not, then why are you berating Zohran for taking a meeting with him? why is he held to this standard?
November 22, 2025 at 10:50 PM
can you point to a single major elected politician who simply refuses to enter a room with Trump and, if not, then why are you berating Zohran for taking a meeting with him? why is he held to this standard?
I bet if you’re stuck in the snow and you get rescued by a St. Bernard that brandy tastes really good
November 22, 2025 at 10:41 PM
I bet if you’re stuck in the snow and you get rescued by a St. Bernard that brandy tastes really good