Berthold Gambrel
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“Delicious autumn! My very soul is wedded to it.”—George Eliot
November 15, 2025 at 10:45 PM
“Delicious autumn! My very soul is wedded to it.”—George Eliot
Police: We think Mrs. Paradine poisoned her husband.
Judge: I'm pretty sure Mrs. Paradine poisoned her husband.
Mrs. Paradine: I 100% poisoned my husband.
Gregory Peck: naw she couldn't, she's too pretty.😍😍😍😍
Judge: I'm pretty sure Mrs. Paradine poisoned her husband.
Mrs. Paradine: I 100% poisoned my husband.
Gregory Peck: naw she couldn't, she's too pretty.😍😍😍😍
November 15, 2025 at 12:07 PM
Police: We think Mrs. Paradine poisoned her husband.
Judge: I'm pretty sure Mrs. Paradine poisoned her husband.
Mrs. Paradine: I 100% poisoned my husband.
Gregory Peck: naw she couldn't, she's too pretty.😍😍😍😍
Judge: I'm pretty sure Mrs. Paradine poisoned her husband.
Mrs. Paradine: I 100% poisoned my husband.
Gregory Peck: naw she couldn't, she's too pretty.😍😍😍😍
This is odd.
Normally, the day I post a new review, it's the most viewed page on the site for that day, or at least that morning.
But for today's review: views still at 0, even though one person liked it?
Normally, the day I post a new review, it's the most viewed page on the site for that day, or at least that morning.
But for today's review: views still at 0, even though one person liked it?
November 14, 2025 at 2:49 PM
This is odd.
Normally, the day I post a new review, it's the most viewed page on the site for that day, or at least that morning.
But for today's review: views still at 0, even though one person liked it?
Normally, the day I post a new review, it's the most viewed page on the site for that day, or at least that morning.
But for today's review: views still at 0, even though one person liked it?
Related to my latest book review: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q8ch...
Hugh Laurie's Protest Song | A Bit of Fry and Laurie | BBC Studios
YouTube video by BBC Studios
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November 14, 2025 at 12:32 PM
Related to my latest book review: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q8ch...
Today I review AGAINST THE MACHINE, Paul Kingsnorth's indictment of our current age. Kingsnorth exhaustively documents all the evils that technology has unleashed on the world, and the devastating spiritual cost. ruinedchapel.com/2025/11/14/b... #booksky
Paul Kingsnorth's Warning: The Dark Side of Technology
Explore Paul Kingsnorth's critique of technology's impact on humanity and the philosophical implications of our mechanized world.
ruinedchapel.com
November 14, 2025 at 11:53 AM
Today I review AGAINST THE MACHINE, Paul Kingsnorth's indictment of our current age. Kingsnorth exhaustively documents all the evils that technology has unleashed on the world, and the devastating spiritual cost. ruinedchapel.com/2025/11/14/b... #booksky
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Pundits: They never should have killed James Bond! How can they possibly do a new movie now?
Brace yourselves. He's not a real person. If he were, he'd be age 107. I think you're okay restarting - yet again.
Or how about make the movies set at the height of the cold war? Totally relatable now.
Brace yourselves. He's not a real person. If he were, he'd be age 107. I think you're okay restarting - yet again.
Or how about make the movies set at the height of the cold war? Totally relatable now.
November 12, 2025 at 9:20 PM
Pundits: They never should have killed James Bond! How can they possibly do a new movie now?
Brace yourselves. He's not a real person. If he were, he'd be age 107. I think you're okay restarting - yet again.
Or how about make the movies set at the height of the cold war? Totally relatable now.
Brace yourselves. He's not a real person. If he were, he'd be age 107. I think you're okay restarting - yet again.
Or how about make the movies set at the height of the cold war? Totally relatable now.
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There's a simple solution to the dead 007 problem:
Make Bond a timelord.
Make Bond a timelord.
November 11, 2025 at 5:12 PM
There's a simple solution to the dead 007 problem:
Make Bond a timelord.
Make Bond a timelord.
My mom was talking about Peter Thiel, but her tongue got twisted and she accidentally swapped the opening consonants and it came out sounding like "Tater Peel" and I think I'm going to call him that from now on.
November 10, 2025 at 1:28 AM
My mom was talking about Peter Thiel, but her tongue got twisted and she accidentally swapped the opening consonants and it came out sounding like "Tater Peel" and I think I'm going to call him that from now on.
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Altman has been quite clear about his strategy.
From the 2008 crash he learned that if you bind enough of the economy to your business you can do whatever you like; government will decide the rules no longer apply.
What he's selling is unaccountabilty.
From the 2008 crash he learned that if you bind enough of the economy to your business you can do whatever you like; government will decide the rules no longer apply.
What he's selling is unaccountabilty.
I honestly don’t get the value of this company. They hoover up energy and water. Their product constantly gets things wrong and, in extreme cases, coaches people into suicide.
And it’s all built on what seems to be malicious and vast intellectual property theft.
What does OpenAI offer the world?
And it’s all built on what seems to be malicious and vast intellectual property theft.
What does OpenAI offer the world?
“authors & publishers who filed a lawsuit against the Sam Altman-led firm have secured access to internal Slack messages… discussing the mass deletion of a pirated books dataset… A NY district court ordered OpenAI to hand over the communications regarding data deletion”
futurism.com/artificial-i...
futurism.com/artificial-i...
November 9, 2025 at 9:03 AM
Altman has been quite clear about his strategy.
From the 2008 crash he learned that if you bind enough of the economy to your business you can do whatever you like; government will decide the rules no longer apply.
What he's selling is unaccountabilty.
From the 2008 crash he learned that if you bind enough of the economy to your business you can do whatever you like; government will decide the rules no longer apply.
What he's selling is unaccountabilty.
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Thanks to our inept US Congress, instead of flying & risking getting stranded, I’m driving my 83 yo mom 11+ hours to New England today to visit her grandson (my nephew) who has grade-4 brain cancer.
Yes, that’s purposely melodramatic, but my point is: Our elected officials need to do their jobs. 😡
Yes, that’s purposely melodramatic, but my point is: Our elected officials need to do their jobs. 😡
November 8, 2025 at 5:14 PM
Thanks to our inept US Congress, instead of flying & risking getting stranded, I’m driving my 83 yo mom 11+ hours to New England today to visit her grandson (my nephew) who has grade-4 brain cancer.
Yes, that’s purposely melodramatic, but my point is: Our elected officials need to do their jobs. 😡
Yes, that’s purposely melodramatic, but my point is: Our elected officials need to do their jobs. 😡
Today I review Chuck Litka's latest short story, THE FOUNDERS' TRIBUNAL. A terrific noir (but not too noir) caper. ruinedchapel.com/2025/11/07/b... #booksky
Book Review: “The Founders’ Tribunal” by C. Litka
The great comic actor Danny Kaye once said of his Gilbert & Sullivan parodies: “You know, I like Gilbert and Sullivan; I love singing it. I always wanted to make some records of some of t…
ruinedchapel.com
November 7, 2025 at 11:18 AM
Today I review Chuck Litka's latest short story, THE FOUNDERS' TRIBUNAL. A terrific noir (but not too noir) caper. ruinedchapel.com/2025/11/07/b... #booksky
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Would be funny if they did one where the monsters really are successfully contained, and it's just an office comedy-drama about the people who work there.
New Rule: All ‘Alien’ and ‘Jurassic Park’ movies going forward must have the tagline “This time, we’re *certain* we have them contained”.
November 6, 2025 at 2:23 PM
Would be funny if they did one where the monsters really are successfully contained, and it's just an office comedy-drama about the people who work there.
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Good morning! Still some color hanging around. 🍁🍂🍁
November 5, 2025 at 1:54 PM
Good morning! Still some color hanging around. 🍁🍂🍁
It might not even be that good, but so what? They're back.
a man and a woman are standing in the middle of a desert .
ALT: a man and a woman are standing in the middle of a desert .
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November 4, 2025 at 11:41 PM
It might not even be that good, but so what? They're back.
I forget, which Foundation book was this in?🙄
November 4, 2025 at 12:13 PM
I forget, which Foundation book was this in?🙄
I just love this picture of Natalia Tena. (Whose birthday it is today, apparently.) I don't know why.🤷
November 1, 2025 at 12:44 PM
I just love this picture of Natalia Tena. (Whose birthday it is today, apparently.) I don't know why.🤷
Happy Halloween everybody!
November 1, 2025 at 12:06 AM
Happy Halloween everybody!
Reply to this with a pumpkin you carved.
October 31, 2025 at 1:02 PM
Reply to this with a pumpkin you carved.
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Just chillin’.
Happy Halloween! 🎃
Happy Halloween! 🎃
October 31, 2025 at 12:20 PM
Just chillin’.
Happy Halloween! 🎃
Happy Halloween! 🎃
For Halloween, I review Ray Bradbury's 1972 classic THE HALLOWEEN TREE. ruinedchapel.com/2025/10/31/b... #booksky #HappyHalloween
The Halloween Tree: A Must-Read for Halloween Lovers
Discover the magic of Halloween with Ray Bradbury's 'The Halloween Tree,' a charming tale for introducing young readers to spooky traditions.
ruinedchapel.com
October 31, 2025 at 11:46 AM
For Halloween, I review Ray Bradbury's 1972 classic THE HALLOWEEN TREE. ruinedchapel.com/2025/10/31/b... #booksky #HappyHalloween
It's almost time!
October 30, 2025 at 11:36 PM
It's almost time!
All these books are excellent Halloween reading. And SAMANTHA, 25, ON OCTOBER 31 just might be the greatest book ever written about Gen Y angst and the search for a re-enchanting of the world. Get it! Get them all!
Trick-or-read! My Halloween stories are #freekindle #freeebook today and through the weekend. Two John-Hughes-y teen romcoms, one that’s more of a twentysomething meltdown. Enjoy!
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October 29, 2025 at 11:18 PM
All these books are excellent Halloween reading. And SAMANTHA, 25, ON OCTOBER 31 just might be the greatest book ever written about Gen Y angst and the search for a re-enchanting of the world. Get it! Get them all!
