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Daniel McIntosh, PhD.
Daniel McIntosh, PhD.

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Daniel McIntosh, PhD.

Daniel McIntosh, PhD.

Political and Social Theory

59 stories

https://pluralistic.net/2025/02/17/caliper-ai/#racism-machine A phrenological illustration of a man’s face in profile, with his skull divided up into sections with illustrations of what each area is meant to govern, e.g., appetite, artistic aptitude, aggression, ardor. A pair of gleaming silver calipers, wielded by the hostile red eye of HAL 9000 from Kubrick’s ‘2001: A Space Odyssey,’ measures the figure’s skull. Image: Cryteria (modified) https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:HAL9000.svg
A Soviet propaganda poster depicting two workers holding flags in front of a locomotive. The flags have been replaced with US flags. The locomotive’s face has been replaced with the glaring red eye of HAL 9000 from Kubrick’s ‘2001: A Space Odyssey.’ The maxim below has been replaced with the lettering from a Walmart ‘everyday low prices’ sign. The background has been replaced with a posterized grocery aisle. Image: Cryteria (modified) https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:HAL9000.svg CC BY 3
Daniel McIntosh, PhD.

Daniel McIntosh, PhD.

Futures

54 stories

https://pluralistic.net/2025/02/17/caliper-ai/#racism-machine A phrenological illustration of a man’s face in profile, with his skull divided up into sections with illustrations of what each area is meant to govern, e.g., appetite, artistic aptitude, aggression, ardor. A pair of gleaming silver calipers, wielded by the hostile red eye of HAL 9000 from Kubrick’s ‘2001: A Space Odyssey,’ measures the figure’s skull. Image: Cryteria (modified) https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:HAL9000.svg
Daniel McIntosh, PhD.

Daniel McIntosh, PhD.

International and Comparative Politics

78 stories

Daniel McIntosh, PhD.

Daniel McIntosh, PhD.

Gender

2 stories

photo of a woman with her back turned to the camera. she seems to be staring out a window or balcony, but the background landscape is out of focus
Daniel McIntosh, PhD.

Daniel McIntosh, PhD.

American Politics

57 stories

A broken up Antarctic ice-floe. On each fragmented piece of floating ice stands a different elephant ganked from bizarre medieval manuscript illustrations of elephants. Each elephant is decorated in the red, white and blue starred motif of the Republican Party mascot. Image: Jason Auch, modified https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Antarctic_mountains,_pack_ice_and_ice_floes.jpg CC BY 2.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/deed.en
A humorous 1920 postcard depicting two small boys trying to move a donkey by pulling and pushing it. The donkey has been colorized with the motifs of the Democratic Party mascot. The background has a faded US flag superimposed over it.
Daniel McIntosh, PhD.

Daniel McIntosh, PhD.

Science

68 stories

Daniel McIntosh, PhD.

Daniel McIntosh, PhD.

Climate

1 story

Daniel McIntosh, PhD.

Daniel McIntosh, PhD.

Demography

1 story

Daniel McIntosh, PhD.

Daniel McIntosh, PhD.

History

8 stories

Daniel McIntosh, PhD.

Daniel McIntosh, PhD.

2.5K Followers

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Writer, consultant, public speaker. Tired of living in the Dark Ages. Working for something better. Top writer in politics and economics.

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