Jeffery Irvin

Time to get rid of The U.S. Senate? 😁
#ConstitutionalConvention

The "Karens" of MAGA world. 🤣

Thirty years ago I read that sustained bombing campaigns like those on Dresden and Tokyo, which mostly targetted civilians, were ineffective as a means of getting people to surrender.

Gaza might be the latest proof of that.

So, "bombing them into the stone age" is basically a call for #genocide.

Fantastic! 🤣

If ever built, I predict this will go the route of New Harmony, Oneida, and Pullman.

It's just another #UtopianDelusion for people unwilling to do the hard work of building moral and political consensus.

Just wait until oil is $200 a barrel.

Those EV drivers will be so smug. 😁

As a historian--but not a specialist in Roman history, anyone asking about "the fall of Rome" has already exhibited a historical ignorance sufficient enough to encourage them to pick up a general history of Rome.

Not Gibbon. For the sake of the god's, not Gibbon!

This book is great up to 200 CE.

Little Marco will grow into them. 🤣

On the American side there is British Israelism, which morphed into the white Christian nationalism of the U.S., formerly consigned to the fringe but now front and center in American politics.

Here are three introductory books on the topic.

The nihilists are in control now. 😔

AI is the literary equivalent of a pawn shop trafficking in stolen goods. 😡
#TheAIGrift

This person has never had a conversation with someone on SNAP.
#Republicons

I suppose that's better than blowing shit up like Ted Kaczynski. 🤷‍♂️

How much of all this is failed and mediocre academics railing against an establishment they feel has not shown them enough recognition: Rufo, Weinstein brothers, Peterson, etc.?

Revenge of the Lackluster Nerds 🤓

I often think of this novel when the subject of Trump and Putin come up. It's an interesting journey into how post-Cold War Russia became a kleptocracy and how easily purchased Western politicians became in the face of billions of dollars being siphoned out of Russia.
#RussianMoneyLaundering 💯

I like this Fred Wellman fellow. 👏

This is what happens when a one party develops a Pavlovian response to their right flank, thinking anything less than capitulation to neoconservative fever dreams will cast them as weak on crime and national security.

Sinclair Lewis understood that excessive tolerance feeds the wolf of fascism.

Damn Otto Korrekt! 😁

Follow the 💰!
#RussianMoneyLaudering

Great insight!!

"The doctrine of annihilation is not unitary. Christian fanatics, Jewish fanatics, secular accelerationalists, and technofascists seeking depopulation all have their own agendas."
#ItHasHappenedHere

Rube Goldberg has just rolled over in his grave. 🤣

He could turn that hat 180 degrees, slap on some Oakley's, and he'd still have 90 percent approval among Republicans.
#ItHasHappenedHere

In chapter seven, "The Religion of Technology: The Myth of a Masculine Millennium," Noble may have identified the roots of techbro misogyny: a history of boys clubs chasing the millenarian goal of godhead.
#TheAIGrift

Run on bank?

Access journalism is the folly of the modern American press. If you're not adversarial with your subject then you're just a public relations agent.
#BrownJournalism

Get that girl a 🍔!

Great line!

"The prospect of another epoch-making historical leap thus generates simple-minded delight... among those man-child technical enthusiasts who are encouraged to indulge their socially irresponsible fantasies at public expense...." (chapter three)
#TheAIGrift

They oppose universal rights, an idea originating in the Enlightenment. This is what they mean when they excoriate "globalization"--by which they mean "watering down" their revanchist notions of race and culture. Destroying global trade is a necessary step in achieving their blood and soil aims.

Are you talking about Harlequin romance novels where authors are paid for each written page?
#PieceWork 😁