# modern day (blogs) — RSS Amplifier Recent posts from the 2 feeds in the RSS Amplifier directory that cover modern day. Page: Feed: --- ## [Remembering the fighting Irish of the Spanish Empire.](https://reese690162.substack.com/p/remembering-the-fighting-irish-of) _2026-08-18 · dark age sage · Tales from Thule_ Within the modern day, the historiography of the Irish people is often through the lens of their victimhood. ## [Beware of the “based” non-white.](https://reese690162.substack.com/p/beware-of-the-based-non-white) _2026-08-15 · dark age sage · Tales from Thule_ With the rising tide of color that is affecting nearly every part of the civilized world with very few exceptions the cultures, and political landscape of the West has changed drastically in recent years. ## [28 Weeks Later: How Nostalgia Kills](https://eleanorshorrors.substack.com/p/28-weeks-later-how-nostalgia-kills) _2026-08-14 · Eleanor Johnson · Eleanor’s Horrors_ Or, you can't select only the pasts you like. ## [Ronald Reagan. The false Messiah of the kosher right.](https://reese690162.substack.com/p/ronald-reagan-the-false-messiah-of) _2026-08-11 · dark age sage · Tales from Thule_ With the ongoing trade war between the United States and Canada following Trump’s massive tariffs he imposed upon most foreign goods, one of the main advocates against the trade war and against the Trump administration within Canada has been Ontario Doug Ford. ## [28 Days Later (2002): the First Contemporary Zombie Film (was not technically a zombie film)](https://eleanorshorrors.substack.com/p/28-days-later-2002-the-first-contemporary) _2026-08-07 · Eleanor Johnson · Eleanor’s Horrors_ I’ll start by saying that this is one of my all-time favorite zombie films. ## [Bonus Content: Amazing Trailer for my new book!](https://eleanorshorrors.substack.com/p/bonus-content-amazing-trailer-for) _2026-08-03 · Eleanor Johnson · Eleanor’s Horrors_ Um, THANK YOU, Princeton University Press!! This is awesome! ## [To wield the sword of revisionism](https://reese690162.substack.com/p/to-wield-the-sword-of-revisionism) _2026-07-31 · dark age sage · Tales from Thule_ Perhaps a few, if any, phrases within the modern day are more misused and misinterpreted than “historical revisionism.” This terminology is used as an insult and smear against those who one views as misinterpreting history or pushing false narratives. ## [Nolan's Odyssey (2026): Horror-Epic for the Boys](https://eleanorshorrors.substack.com/p/nolans-odyssey-2026-horror-epic-for) _2026-07-31 · Eleanor Johnson · Eleanor’s Horrors_ It’s not an easy thing to do, adapting an epic story from Antiquity for the modern day cinema. ## [Eyes Without a Face (1960)](https://eleanorshorrors.substack.com/p/eyes-without-a-face-1960) _2026-07-24 · Eleanor Johnson · Eleanor’s Horrors_ Something must have been in the water in 1960. ## [Anti-contrarianism and the knights of the establishment](https://reese690162.substack.com/p/anti-contrarianism-and-the-knights) _2026-07-23 · dark age sage · Tales from Thule_ YouTuber “The Second Story,” aka Miss Hilary Layne, is a woman who has caused earthquakes within the literary analysis community. ## [Transcript-Driven Stock Discovery (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/hmUg5v2iDsLw) _2026-07-23 · **Sponsored**_ Ranked, evidence-backed watchlists from indexed executive transcripts for 1–2 quarter horizons ## [Witches and their Christian Allies](https://eleanorshorrors.substack.com/p/witches-and-their-christian-allies) _2026-07-17 · Eleanor Johnson · Eleanor’s Horrors_ I’ve been writing a lot lately about films, so this week it felt like the right time to turn back to some deep cultural history. ## [Hush (2016): Silence and Gender-Based Violence](https://eleanorshorrors.substack.com/p/hush-2016-and-the-horror-of-domestic) _2026-07-10 · Eleanor Johnson · Eleanor’s Horrors_ Get this. ## [Happy 4th of July: Jaws (1975) as a Study of American Masculinity](https://eleanorshorrors.substack.com/p/happy-4th-of-july-jaws-1975-as-a) _2026-07-03 · Eleanor Johnson · Eleanor’s Horrors_ When I first saw Jaws in the 1980s, I was probably about 9 or 10 years old, and it was around the 4th of July, which is right when the film takes place. ## [Nature of the American empire, the harsh truth.](https://reese690162.substack.com/p/nature-of-the-american-empire-the) _2026-06-30 · dark age sage · Tales from Thule_ Within modern historiography—dominated by scholars shaped by the Frankfurt School, as well as by various strands of Marxism—when discussions of empires arise, a point of neglect is often the perspective of the people living in the home country of that empire. ## [It (Again) and Weapons (2025): How Horror Teaches us about Child Abuse](https://eleanorshorrors.substack.com/p/it-again-and-weapons-2025-how-horror) _2026-06-26 · Eleanor Johnson · Eleanor’s Horrors_ As you know from last week, I’ve recently read It (1985), an absolutely canonical work of American horror by Stephen King, and I have more to say about it than I could fit into last week’s post, so here we go: round two. ## [It (1985) Hit its DV Marks Hard](https://eleanorshorrors.substack.com/p/it-1985-is-really-really-awesome) _2026-06-19 · Eleanor Johnson · Eleanor’s Horrors_ Embarrassing confession. ## [The actual root of bigotry.](https://reese690162.substack.com/p/the-actual-root-of-bigotry) _2026-06-18 · dark age sage · Tales from Thule_ It's behavior stupid. ## [The nation no one blames for world war II.](https://reese690162.substack.com/p/the-nation-no-one-blames-for-world) _2026-06-11 · dark age sage · Tales from Thule_ though we really, really should ## [To know how evil they really are](https://reese690162.substack.com/p/to-know-how-evil-they-really-are) _2026-05-29 · dark age sage · Tales from Thule_ Within my home country of Canada, there is a so-called epidemic of “murdered and missing Indigenous women,” something that has been a prime talking point in this country for decades now. ## [Make any domain metal (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/URioQuNQBNXh) _2026-05-29 · **Sponsored**_ Turn any domain into a blacked-out metal landing page with an email waitlist ## [A Negrified Earth](https://reese690162.substack.com/p/a-negrified-earth) _2026-05-25 · dark age sage · Tales from Thule_ For better and for worse cultures have always influenced one another.