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".
Pinned
To those who condemn political violence as obscene and undemocratic, think for a moment how the violence we've experienced today is a direct consequence of a politics unmoored from our basic human moral sentiments.
Violence is endemic to any politics bereft of moral sentiment.
#ItHasHappenedHere
Violence is endemic to any politics bereft of moral sentiment.
#ItHasHappenedHere
This is the most hilarious thing I've read today--but it's only 10:44 AM. 🤣
November 16, 2025 at 3:44 PM
This is the most hilarious thing I've read today--but it's only 10:44 AM. 🤣
While it would not surprise me if the #EpsteinFiles proved Trump's complicity and participation in child rape, my sense is that Trump fears more the underlying story of #RussianMoneyLaudering, largely orchestrated by Epstein for Trump's benefit.
#ItHasHappenedHere
#ItHasHappenedHere
November 15, 2025 at 4:53 PM
While it would not surprise me if the #EpsteinFiles proved Trump's complicity and participation in child rape, my sense is that Trump fears more the underlying story of #RussianMoneyLaudering, largely orchestrated by Epstein for Trump's benefit.
#ItHasHappenedHere
#ItHasHappenedHere
November 15, 2025 at 3:15 AM
Trump: #EpsteinFiles are a hoax, which is why I want DOJ to use them as the basis for a wide-ranging investigation of Bill Clinton, Larry Summers, et al.
This guy clearly never thinks things through before saying them.
#DonTheCon
www.theguardian.com/us-news/live...
This guy clearly never thinks things through before saying them.
#DonTheCon
www.theguardian.com/us-news/live...
Trump dismisses mounting questions over Epstein links, then threatens Democratic foes with justice department investigation – live
As he faces scrutiny amid latest Epstein email release, US president seeks to use Department of Justice to investigate opponents including Bill Clinton
www.theguardian.com
November 14, 2025 at 6:28 PM
Trump: #EpsteinFiles are a hoax, which is why I want DOJ to use them as the basis for a wide-ranging investigation of Bill Clinton, Larry Summers, et al.
This guy clearly never thinks things through before saying them.
#DonTheCon
www.theguardian.com/us-news/live...
This guy clearly never thinks things through before saying them.
#DonTheCon
www.theguardian.com/us-news/live...
bluesky mods have fucking lost it
patton oswalt has been suspended from bluesky for saying that megyn kelly should be fed to a woodchipper for justifying the sexual abuse of minors
November 14, 2025 at 3:57 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
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
1 Kings 3:16-28 tells of two women claiming a child as their own.
Solomon orders the child be halved and one section given to each woman.
The real mother begs that the child be given to the other.
Thus Solomon learns the identity of the real mother.
The Democratic #Shutdown deal was not this. 😒
Solomon orders the child be halved and one section given to each woman.
The real mother begs that the child be given to the other.
Thus Solomon learns the identity of the real mother.
The Democratic #Shutdown deal was not this. 😒
November 11, 2025 at 9:18 PM
1 Kings 3:16-28 tells of two women claiming a child as their own.
Solomon orders the child be halved and one section given to each woman.
The real mother begs that the child be given to the other.
Thus Solomon learns the identity of the real mother.
The Democratic #Shutdown deal was not this. 😒
Solomon orders the child be halved and one section given to each woman.
The real mother begs that the child be given to the other.
Thus Solomon learns the identity of the real mother.
The Democratic #Shutdown deal was not this. 😒
Looks like Russia’s first homegrown robot had one too many before the big reveal…
Can’t wait to see what Russian AI can do… 😂😂😂
Can’t wait to see what Russian AI can do… 😂😂😂
November 11, 2025 at 8:59 PM
More people should watch the Black Mirror and Electric Dreams series.
The latter has an interesting episode based on the old canard that if you tell AI to make paper clips it might just get a little out of control. 😈
"Electric Dreams" Autofac (TV Episode 2018) - IMDb share.google/mKhpUGcfse1A...
The latter has an interesting episode based on the old canard that if you tell AI to make paper clips it might just get a little out of control. 😈
"Electric Dreams" Autofac (TV Episode 2018) - IMDb share.google/mKhpUGcfse1A...
"Electric Dreams" Autofac (TV Episode 2018) ⭐ 7.8 | Drama, Sci-Fi
51m | TV-MA
share.google
November 11, 2025 at 8:51 PM
More people should watch the Black Mirror and Electric Dreams series.
The latter has an interesting episode based on the old canard that if you tell AI to make paper clips it might just get a little out of control. 😈
"Electric Dreams" Autofac (TV Episode 2018) - IMDb share.google/mKhpUGcfse1A...
The latter has an interesting episode based on the old canard that if you tell AI to make paper clips it might just get a little out of control. 😈
"Electric Dreams" Autofac (TV Episode 2018) - IMDb share.google/mKhpUGcfse1A...
This is straight out of "1984," from the over-the-top appeal to patriotism to the false promise of future rewards to the exaggerations about future success.
War is Peace.
Freedom is Slavery.
Ignorance is Strength.
😔
War is Peace.
Freedom is Slavery.
Ignorance is Strength.
😔
There was a time when 90% of Americans would have understood how deranged in every conceivable way a post like this is
I mean if you showed this to any American in 2001 they wouldn't even understand what they were looking at or what sort of deranged creature could possibly speak like this in public
I mean if you showed this to any American in 2001 they wouldn't even understand what they were looking at or what sort of deranged creature could possibly speak like this in public
November 10, 2025 at 9:52 PM
This is straight out of "1984," from the over-the-top appeal to patriotism to the false promise of future rewards to the exaggerations about future success.
War is Peace.
Freedom is Slavery.
Ignorance is Strength.
😔
War is Peace.
Freedom is Slavery.
Ignorance is Strength.
😔
I've been contemplating for a year now the relationship between our presentday AI (LLM) hype and the four hundred years preceding it (i.e., Enlightenment, Scientific Revolution, political liberalism, and capitalism).
I have come to the following conclusion:
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I have come to the following conclusion:
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November 10, 2025 at 7:28 PM
I've been contemplating for a year now the relationship between our presentday AI (LLM) hype and the four hundred years preceding it (i.e., Enlightenment, Scientific Revolution, political liberalism, and capitalism).
I have come to the following conclusion:
>>
I have come to the following conclusion:
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Senate Democrats voted to save the filibuster.
Getting rid of the filibuster was the one way Republicans could have opened government on their own.
So, Democrats failed to get rid of an antiquated, anti-democratic rule while also becoming accomplices in implementing the Republican agenda.
Getting rid of the filibuster was the one way Republicans could have opened government on their own.
So, Democrats failed to get rid of an antiquated, anti-democratic rule while also becoming accomplices in implementing the Republican agenda.
Reporter: What do you say to your colleagues who say this isn't a fight, this is a capitulation?
Shaheen: We have a guaranteed vote by a guaranteed date…
Reporter: There is no guarantee that this will become law.
Shaheen: There was never a guarantee that it would be become law.
Shaheen: We have a guaranteed vote by a guaranteed date…
Reporter: There is no guarantee that this will become law.
Shaheen: There was never a guarantee that it would be become law.
November 10, 2025 at 2:27 PM
Senate Democrats voted to save the filibuster.
Getting rid of the filibuster was the one way Republicans could have opened government on their own.
So, Democrats failed to get rid of an antiquated, anti-democratic rule while also becoming accomplices in implementing the Republican agenda.
Getting rid of the filibuster was the one way Republicans could have opened government on their own.
So, Democrats failed to get rid of an antiquated, anti-democratic rule while also becoming accomplices in implementing the Republican agenda.
There is a parallel between this and the @democrats.org caving in to Republicans in the Senate yesterday.
In the case below, feckless Democratic leadership delayed justice, ensuring we got none.
In the case of yesterday, that same feckless leadership voted to preserve a rule of anti-democracy.
In the case below, feckless Democratic leadership delayed justice, ensuring we got none.
In the case of yesterday, that same feckless leadership voted to preserve a rule of anti-democracy.
November 10, 2025 at 1:38 PM
There is a parallel between this and the @democrats.org caving in to Republicans in the Senate yesterday.
In the case below, feckless Democratic leadership delayed justice, ensuring we got none.
In the case of yesterday, that same feckless leadership voted to preserve a rule of anti-democracy.
In the case below, feckless Democratic leadership delayed justice, ensuring we got none.
In the case of yesterday, that same feckless leadership voted to preserve a rule of anti-democracy.
When will Peter Thiel finally give us the lecture we need, like how leave-a-penny or take-a-penny is just a slippery slope to anarchy and communism?
#TechbroDouche
fortune.com/2025/11/08/p...
#TechbroDouche
fortune.com/2025/11/08/p...
Billionaire Peter Thiel warns if you 'proletarianize the young people,' don't be surprised they end up communist | Fortune
"Capitalism is not working for a lot of people in New York City. It’s not working for young people."
fortune.com
November 9, 2025 at 8:51 PM
When will Peter Thiel finally give us the lecture we need, like how leave-a-penny or take-a-penny is just a slippery slope to anarchy and communism?
#TechbroDouche
fortune.com/2025/11/08/p...
#TechbroDouche
fortune.com/2025/11/08/p...
I love this line from Dan Gardner.
"The powerful don’t have partners, in Trump’s mind. They have vassals."
open.substack.com/pub/dgardner...
"The powerful don’t have partners, in Trump’s mind. They have vassals."
open.substack.com/pub/dgardner...
November 9, 2025 at 8:07 PM
I love this line from Dan Gardner.
"The powerful don’t have partners, in Trump’s mind. They have vassals."
open.substack.com/pub/dgardner...
"The powerful don’t have partners, in Trump’s mind. They have vassals."
open.substack.com/pub/dgardner...
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Tell me more about ‘Sleepy Joe.’
November 7, 2025 at 9:55 PM
Tell me more about ‘Sleepy Joe.’
Reading through Alasdair MacIntyre's "After Virtue" and just realized that Gremlins II summed up his thesis in 90 seconds in this scene. 😁
Is morality rational or rooted in passion? Sure, killing an annoying fellow gremlin is fun but is it "civilized"? 🤣
youtu.be/cdNFRncAAw0?...
Is morality rational or rooted in passion? Sure, killing an annoying fellow gremlin is fun but is it "civilized"? 🤣
youtu.be/cdNFRncAAw0?...
Gremlins 2: The New Batch (1990) - Fred's Talk Show Scene (HD)
YouTube video by Mr. Marshmello
youtu.be
November 7, 2025 at 10:03 PM
Reading through Alasdair MacIntyre's "After Virtue" and just realized that Gremlins II summed up his thesis in 90 seconds in this scene. 😁
Is morality rational or rooted in passion? Sure, killing an annoying fellow gremlin is fun but is it "civilized"? 🤣
youtu.be/cdNFRncAAw0?...
Is morality rational or rooted in passion? Sure, killing an annoying fellow gremlin is fun but is it "civilized"? 🤣
youtu.be/cdNFRncAAw0?...
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Curtis Yarvin is planning flee the country.
Steve Bannon is worried about returning to prison.
Don't listen to anyone who says the fascists have already won.
The future is not yet written.
Steve Bannon is worried about returning to prison.
Don't listen to anyone who says the fascists have already won.
The future is not yet written.
Steve Bannon: If we lose the midterms and we lose 2028, some in this room are going to prison, myself included.
November 7, 2025 at 1:51 AM
Curtis Yarvin is planning flee the country.
Steve Bannon is worried about returning to prison.
Don't listen to anyone who says the fascists have already won.
The future is not yet written.
Steve Bannon is worried about returning to prison.
Don't listen to anyone who says the fascists have already won.
The future is not yet written.
Watching West Side Story.
Why don't them Jets and Sharks just get jobs? 🤣
Why don't them Jets and Sharks just get jobs? 🤣
November 5, 2025 at 11:42 PM
Watching West Side Story.
Why don't them Jets and Sharks just get jobs? 🤣
Why don't them Jets and Sharks just get jobs? 🤣
Listening to D. John Sauer argue for unlimited power of president to impose tariffs.
I'm not a lawyer, but he seems to be getting his ass handed to him by at least five of the justices.
Anyone else got an opinion?
#SCOTUS
I'm not a lawyer, but he seems to be getting his ass handed to him by at least five of the justices.
Anyone else got an opinion?
#SCOTUS
November 5, 2025 at 6:45 PM
Listening to D. John Sauer argue for unlimited power of president to impose tariffs.
I'm not a lawyer, but he seems to be getting his ass handed to him by at least five of the justices.
Anyone else got an opinion?
#SCOTUS
I'm not a lawyer, but he seems to be getting his ass handed to him by at least five of the justices.
Anyone else got an opinion?
#SCOTUS
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.
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New awareness campaign
November 3, 2025 at 3:23 PM
New awareness campaign
Let's note right now the party claiming that more democracy leads to their annihilation.
This should tell you everything you need to know about the GOP.
#ItHasHappenedHere
This should tell you everything you need to know about the GOP.
#ItHasHappenedHere
Johnson: "If they had no filibuster, they would pack the SCOTUS. You'd go from 9 to 17 or however many liberals they could pack. You would make DC & Puerto Rico into states, which would give 4 additional Democrat senators & make us a permanent minority. You'd see massive restrictions of 2A rights"
November 3, 2025 at 8:31 PM
Let's note right now the party claiming that more democracy leads to their annihilation.
This should tell you everything you need to know about the GOP.
#ItHasHappenedHere
This should tell you everything you need to know about the GOP.
#ItHasHappenedHere
Wow!
Douglas's definition of fascism is succinct and accurate. It suggests why fascism manifests itself naturally among the right, for the right does not mind democracy while the franchise is limited to the wealthy, but the right becomes increasingly anxious when universal suffrage is instituted.
Douglas's definition of fascism is succinct and accurate. It suggests why fascism manifests itself naturally among the right, for the right does not mind democracy while the franchise is limited to the wealthy, but the right becomes increasingly anxious when universal suffrage is instituted.
November 3, 2025 at 2:52 PM
Wow!
Douglas's definition of fascism is succinct and accurate. It suggests why fascism manifests itself naturally among the right, for the right does not mind democracy while the franchise is limited to the wealthy, but the right becomes increasingly anxious when universal suffrage is instituted.
Douglas's definition of fascism is succinct and accurate. It suggests why fascism manifests itself naturally among the right, for the right does not mind democracy while the franchise is limited to the wealthy, but the right becomes increasingly anxious when universal suffrage is instituted.