Patrick McCray
@patrickmccray.bsky.social
Professor @ UCSB => science + tech + environment
Kluge Chair in Technology & Society @ LoC, 2025-26
New book = https://mitpress.mit.edu/9780262553483/readme/
Cairn kicker 🚵 🎣 🧗♂️⛷️🏄🏼♂️🏔 in Cali-rado.
More = https://www.patrickmccray.com
Kluge Chair in Technology & Society @ LoC, 2025-26
New book = https://mitpress.mit.edu/9780262553483/readme/
Cairn kicker 🚵 🎣 🧗♂️⛷️🏄🏼♂️🏔 in Cali-rado.
More = https://www.patrickmccray.com
Being a Nazi doesn't pay the bills...
January 10, 2026 at 6:05 PM
Being a Nazi doesn't pay the bills...
Good night, Petro state
January 8, 2026 at 1:15 AM
Good night, Petro state
National parks and tactical nukes...both national resources.
January 5, 2026 at 1:40 AM
National parks and tactical nukes...both national resources.
"Hi, I'm Wyoming Deadfall...I live nowhere near where you told people I would be hiking."
January 2, 2026 at 6:03 PM
"Hi, I'm Wyoming Deadfall...I live nowhere near where you told people I would be hiking."
The library, which received service and quality awards, includes books from Soviet rocket scientists describing missions during the 1960s and 1970s, as well as information about experiments on NASA missions during the heyday of human space exploration.
December 31, 2025 at 8:37 PM
The library, which received service and quality awards, includes books from Soviet rocket scientists describing missions during the 1960s and 1970s, as well as information about experiments on NASA missions during the heyday of human space exploration.
New Year's Eve massacre...
December 31, 2025 at 8:35 PM
New Year's Eve massacre...
So - when will the trend for long-form profiles of ethically bankrupt people end? (not including link)
December 28, 2025 at 3:35 PM
So - when will the trend for long-form profiles of ethically bankrupt people end? (not including link)
Happy Holidays!
December 25, 2025 at 4:37 AM
Happy Holidays!
Happy holidays! Here’s hoping next year treats us all a little better.
December 24, 2025 at 11:20 AM
Happy holidays! Here’s hoping next year treats us all a little better.
Stop. This. Crap. Writing.
December 23, 2025 at 12:02 PM
Stop. This. Crap. Writing.
Situation report, headed for Kiso Valley.
December 22, 2025 at 7:37 AM
Situation report, headed for Kiso Valley.
Situation report, headed for Kiso Valley.
December 22, 2025 at 7:26 AM
Situation report, headed for Kiso Valley.
Tis the season…
December 20, 2025 at 3:58 AM
Tis the season…
Kyoto sunset. On to Naoshima Island…
December 20, 2025 at 2:00 AM
Kyoto sunset. On to Naoshima Island…
Himeji Castle at sunset.
December 18, 2025 at 9:51 AM
Himeji Castle at sunset.
Since the news is so awful, here is a picture of some snow monkeys I saw the other day. I hope it cheers you up.
December 15, 2025 at 10:37 PM
Since the news is so awful, here is a picture of some snow monkeys I saw the other day. I hope it cheers you up.
I think I can predict this one....
December 8, 2025 at 5:16 PM
I think I can predict this one....
Asia bound...three weeks, two bags.
December 7, 2025 at 10:57 PM
Asia bound...three weeks, two bags.
Ah...a return to an imagined classical Greece where the well-off are all *mens* and everyone else works with calloused *manus*
December 7, 2025 at 6:52 PM
Ah...a return to an imagined classical Greece where the well-off are all *mens* and everyone else works with calloused *manus*
If Albert Einstein had done social media...
December 5, 2025 at 9:56 PM
If Albert Einstein had done social media...
TGIF, everyone...enjoy the weekend.
December 5, 2025 at 9:53 PM
TGIF, everyone...enjoy the weekend.
Gift link: www.wsj.com/us-news/clim...
Trigger warning for those affected by politically-motivated cognitive dissonance
Trigger warning for those affected by politically-motivated cognitive dissonance
December 4, 2025 at 2:35 PM
Gift link: www.wsj.com/us-news/clim...
Trigger warning for those affected by politically-motivated cognitive dissonance
Trigger warning for those affected by politically-motivated cognitive dissonance