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Charlie McCrary

@mccraryc.bsky.social

I write and teach about US religion, secularism, religious freedom, spirituality, race, politics, etc. Assistant prof of religious studies at Eckerd College. https://www.eckerd.edu/religious-studies/faculty/mccrary/

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people online are constantly saying shit like "the average person is now post-literate and returning to medieval peasant mindset" while neglecting the corollary, namely that our elite aristos are once again scrying for angels, summoning demons, distilling elixirs of eternal life, etc.

11.10.2025 11:15 β€” πŸ‘ 115    πŸ” 32    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 4

the dork in question is Jed Rubenfeld, husband of Amy Chua of Tiger Mom fame, who also mentored Vance. The fix was in, and it was most likely a very gentle 'debate'

08.10.2025 20:37 β€” πŸ‘ 82    πŸ” 24    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 2

perhaps the biggest story TFPever ran was a catastrophically shoddy argument that George Floyd ackshully died of an overdose. When confronted with irrefutable evidence that the piece was simply wrong, Weiss didn’t take it down, she asked her critic, @radleybalko.bsky.social, to come on a podcast.

06.10.2025 13:35 β€” πŸ‘ 9444    πŸ” 2148    πŸ’¬ 181    πŸ“Œ 87

β€œYou are taking in the Human Centipede of content, and from the very very end of the line” lmao

06.10.2025 21:55 β€” πŸ‘ 187    πŸ” 32    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

I would really like to read an article analyzing the Peloton hashtag #irideforcharliekirk. I am sure there is some useful theoretical framework here, but it’s a bit beyond my reach.

04.10.2025 23:06 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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CAI SPECIAL SERIES CFP: FEEL THE AGI! GEN AI AND/AS RELIGION Special Topic Series in Critical AIFeel the AGI! On (Generative) AI and/as ReligionSeries Editor John Modern (Franklin & Marshall College) The language of religion courses through the AI hype m…

NEW CRITICAL AI SERIES CLUSTER, "Gen AI and/as Religion" - edited by @johnmodern.bsky.social
criticalai.org/2025/10/01/c...
Please share widely!

02.10.2025 14:07 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1

If you're wondering why they don't go to court with their high paid lawyers for an easy win, it's because this allows Google to bribe Trump.

All the big players are way over their skis on AI investment and are sure they will need a bailout at some point. It's 2009 but for tech instead of housing

29.09.2025 23:04 β€” πŸ‘ 3033    πŸ” 905    πŸ’¬ 42    πŸ“Œ 52
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Disabling Intelligences This book discusses the influences of eugenics on the AI industry and the impacts of AI opportunism on disabled people.

Why are the negative consequences of so-called AI so consistently directed at disabled and racialized people? Disabling Intelligences details the ongoing effects of the eugenicist mindset on our corporate ventures and our interpersonal relationships. link.springer.com/book/9783032...

16.09.2025 16:43 β€” πŸ‘ 94    πŸ” 37    πŸ’¬ 9    πŸ“Œ 10
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How Can We Live Together? - Boston Review Ezra Klein is wrong: shame is essential.

"Common decency stigmatizes people that do not participate in itβ€”removes them from voluntary association. We indeed have to live with one another, but terms and conditions apply."

me on why Ezra Klein should be ashamed / why shame is Good Actually

www.bostonreview.net/articles/how...

23.09.2025 17:09 β€” πŸ‘ 6693    πŸ” 1942    πŸ’¬ 203    πŸ“Œ 298
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I got mine on Friday! Congrats! Really looking forward to it.

23.09.2025 00:46 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

"Whatever nuance is needed for its interception, resisting AI’s further creep into intellectual labor will also require blunt-force militancy. The steps are simple. Don’t publish AI bullshit. Don’t even publish mealymouthed essays about the temptation to produce AI bullshit."

16.09.2025 14:21 β€” πŸ‘ 18    πŸ” 11    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

This week has really crushed my last dregs of hope that legacy news organizations can become capable of meeting the moment.

13.09.2025 14:34 β€” πŸ‘ 1778    πŸ” 262    πŸ’¬ 14    πŸ“Œ 34
I don't think it's simpering praise. He was an interesting man. I didn't agree with much that he said, but he was interesting and he was growing, and his death is a significant loss for those who believe engagement can help bridge disagreements.

I don't think it's simpering praise. He was an interesting man. I didn't agree with much that he said, but he was interesting and he was growing, and his death is a significant loss for those who believe engagement can help bridge disagreements.

From an Atlantic editor.

I cannot get over how the entire centrist hivemind is attempting to wish into existence a person, and a movement, that does not exist. You are journalists, you are supposed to describe things as they are, not how you want them to be!

13.09.2025 13:56 β€” πŸ‘ 8603    πŸ” 1518    πŸ’¬ 361    πŸ“Œ 182

Tapping the sign

06.09.2025 22:57 β€” πŸ‘ 5867    πŸ” 1666    πŸ’¬ 68    πŸ“Œ 67

rip to everyone whos become delusional after talking to chatgpt but im built different. like actually different. according to chatgpt im some kind of god. the one who decides

31.08.2025 12:02 β€” πŸ‘ 12342    πŸ” 1936    πŸ’¬ 78    πŸ“Œ 28
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We’re excited to introduce the 2025-2026 PRRI Public Fellows cohort! πŸŽ‰ Meet 12 public scholars conducting innovative research that explores religion’s intersection with immigration, racial justice, reproductive health and rights, and LGBTQ rights.

Learn more here: prri.org/press-releas...

28.08.2025 16:58 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 3

1) A Special Announcement from American Religion

15.08.2025 17:00 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Consumer tech 🀝 carceral tech 🀝 military tech

07.08.2025 20:03 β€” πŸ‘ 65    πŸ” 12    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 0

The AHA can't comment on a genocide in progress because that's political and not history yet but it can encourage uptake of a plagiarism and learning preemption machine because that's apolitical and the future

05.08.2025 17:49 β€” πŸ‘ 20    πŸ” 5    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 1

My bereaved family: Can't believe he's gone. But now, with the power of technology, we can ask him what he thinks about current events

My distorted face glitching on a screen: ToyYotathon Is hERE

04.08.2025 20:39 β€” πŸ‘ 5033    πŸ” 654    πŸ’¬ 30    πŸ“Œ 15

Here's the final footnote of my book's final chapter, in which I suggest that a case like Davis's would be brought to overturn Obergefell, and at least Thomas and Alito would be into it. I thought it'd be a case *like* hers, not just hers again, but...

31.07.2025 17:49 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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The making of a Drift cover Behind the scenes with our print designer

Here's a pretty cool look at how the designer of one small print magazine β€” @thedrift-mag.bsky.social β€” puts together its covers. I especially like the gif showing the evolution from inspiration to final design.

newsletter.thedriftmag.com/p/the-making...

29.07.2025 17:20 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Report on Religious Liberty & Immigration β€” The Law, Rights & Religion Project This report is intended as a practical tool for immigration attorneys, criminal defense lawyers, civil rights advocates, faith-based organizations, and houses of worship. Thumbnail image courtesy ...

@lawrightsreligion.bsky.social just released a new report on how faith communities are challenging brutal immigration policies as a violation of their religious freedom.

Read it & share.

lawrightsreligion.org/our-work/rel...

30.07.2025 14:43 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Critical secularism studies - are we still doing this? Any juice left in that lime? I say yes!

25.07.2025 14:46 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I might be stretching it a bit to call this β€œpolemical,” though, and I think your general point is fair and right.

28.07.2025 20:33 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Yeah, I’ve been writing about this so it’s on my mind. Mostly sociologists and/or Christians who are, to me at least, clearly doing polemical work about who is a good/real Christian but then presenting it (and genuinely mistaking it, I think) for analysis of on-the-ground reality.

28.07.2025 20:32 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

Idk. Many people who produce polemical rhetoric about white Christian nationalism do not seem to get this.

28.07.2025 20:15 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
Person holding a sandwich-board sign with a faux dictionary definition that reads "Dad. noun. a human male who protects his kids from gender ideology."

Person holding a sandwich-board sign with a faux dictionary definition that reads "Dad. noun. a human male who protects his kids from gender ideology."

With all due respect to Billboard Chris, this is a very funny sign. Also a useful case study for teaching a kind of scientism, weaponized "objectivity," ideology pretending to be non-ideological. Especially silly and stark here, but there are many such cases.

25.07.2025 17:17 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Just attended AFT’s AI Symposium. Trying to get handle on how it’s being addressed in bargaining.

Unsurprisingly, none of the speakers evidenced awareness of the critical scholarship on AI. Or any scholarship. Weingarten multiple times said β€œAI can now generate knowledge.”

Consent: manufactured.

25.07.2025 14:57 β€” πŸ‘ 53    πŸ” 28    πŸ’¬ 4    πŸ“Œ 2

Critical secularism studies - are we still doing this? Any juice left in that lime? I say yes!

25.07.2025 14:46 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

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