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".
"Part of of team." 😁
November 29, 2025 at 3:26 PM
"Part of of team." 😁
I'm getting flashbacks to what Andrew Keen said about amateurs and the internet.
He was generally right.
It's surprising how we have adjusted our expectations downward, especially in the realm of journalism and science.
He was generally right.
It's surprising how we have adjusted our expectations downward, especially in the realm of journalism and science.
November 26, 2025 at 12:14 AM
I'm getting flashbacks to what Andrew Keen said about amateurs and the internet.
He was generally right.
It's surprising how we have adjusted our expectations downward, especially in the realm of journalism and science.
He was generally right.
It's surprising how we have adjusted our expectations downward, especially in the realm of journalism and science.
I sense the presence of....
Is it Scott Galloway and his notion that "young men are in crisis"? 🙄
If there is a crisis in masculinity during every generation, maybe the problem is not masculinity, maybe it's something else?
See chapter on "The Strenuous Life" in this book, written in 1965.
Is it Scott Galloway and his notion that "young men are in crisis"? 🙄
If there is a crisis in masculinity during every generation, maybe the problem is not masculinity, maybe it's something else?
See chapter on "The Strenuous Life" in this book, written in 1965.
November 24, 2025 at 2:04 PM
I sense the presence of....
Is it Scott Galloway and his notion that "young men are in crisis"? 🙄
If there is a crisis in masculinity during every generation, maybe the problem is not masculinity, maybe it's something else?
See chapter on "The Strenuous Life" in this book, written in 1965.
Is it Scott Galloway and his notion that "young men are in crisis"? 🙄
If there is a crisis in masculinity during every generation, maybe the problem is not masculinity, maybe it's something else?
See chapter on "The Strenuous Life" in this book, written in 1965.
Just saw this last night on Slow Horses. 🤣
November 23, 2025 at 4:26 PM
Just saw this last night on Slow Horses. 🤣
This is why #Republicons will lose in the long run, they think they are the majority in the absence of voter fraud when there is no voter fraud.
#ItHasHappenedHere
#ItHasHappenedHere
November 22, 2025 at 8:24 PM
This is why #Republicons will lose in the long run, they think they are the majority in the absence of voter fraud when there is no voter fraud.
#ItHasHappenedHere
#ItHasHappenedHere
Bruce Schneier was correct when he wrote in 2000 that social engineering attacks are the biggest threat to a networked society.
This begs the question, is a software or service like Crowdstrike worth the danger it poses in taking down swathes of our digital infrastructure?
Security is never easy.
This begs the question, is a software or service like Crowdstrike worth the danger it poses in taking down swathes of our digital infrastructure?
Security is never easy.
November 21, 2025 at 6:11 PM
Bruce Schneier was correct when he wrote in 2000 that social engineering attacks are the biggest threat to a networked society.
This begs the question, is a software or service like Crowdstrike worth the danger it poses in taking down swathes of our digital infrastructure?
Security is never easy.
This begs the question, is a software or service like Crowdstrike worth the danger it poses in taking down swathes of our digital infrastructure?
Security is never easy.
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