Cynthia D. Bertelsen
@cynthiabertelsen.bsky.social
Award-winning author/historian/librarian. 3 Best in the World Gourmand World Cookbook Awards. Culinary history, Europe, reading, cooking, travel, politics, oceans, Ormond Beach, Orwell.
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The public deserves to know the extent of Epstein’s abuse and to hold accountable anybody—regardless of political affiliation—who enabled it. Add your name to the petition to demand that the Department of Justice and White House publicly release the files. sign.moveon.org/petitions/ep...
Release the Epstein Files
The public deserves to know the extent of Epstein’s abuse and to hold accountable anybody—regardless of political affiliation—who enabled it. Add your name to the petition to demand the Department of ...
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November 8, 2025 at 7:23 PM
The public deserves to know the extent of Epstein’s abuse and to hold accountable anybody—regardless of political affiliation—who enabled it. Add your name to the petition to demand that the Department of Justice and White House publicly release the files. sign.moveon.org/petitions/ep...
My latest post about George Orwell - cynthiabertelsen.substack.com/p/george-orw...
November 6, 2025 at 1:33 PM
My latest post about George Orwell - cynthiabertelsen.substack.com/p/george-orw...
George Orwell's formative years at English public schools taught him more than the classics.
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October 25, 2025 at 6:05 PM
George Orwell's formative years at English public schools taught him more than the classics.
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My latest post about George Orwell. cynthiabertelsen.substack.com/p/george-orw...
October 20, 2025 at 2:11 PM
My latest post about George Orwell. cynthiabertelsen.substack.com/p/george-orw...
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Reading George Orwell | Substack
"Reading George Orwell" presents brief commentaries and analyses about Orwell’s work and life. Not only was he a prescient and prolific writer, but also one of the most fascinating figures of the 20th...
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October 14, 2025 at 11:41 AM
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“Reading George Orwell”: My New Substack Page
I am writing on a new website over on Substack: "Reading George Orwell." Please subscribe - it's free and will remain so. What's it about? "Reading George Orwell" presents brief commentaries and analyses about Orwell’s work and life. Not only was he a…
I am writing on a new website over on Substack: "Reading George Orwell." Please subscribe - it's free and will remain so. What's it about? "Reading George Orwell" presents brief commentaries and analyses about Orwell’s work and life. Not only was he a…
“Reading George Orwell”: My New Substack Page
I am writing on a new website over on Substack: "Reading George Orwell." Please subscribe - it's free and will remain so. What's it about? "Reading George Orwell" presents brief commentaries and analyses about Orwell’s work and life. Not only was he a prescient and prolific writer, but also one of the most fascinating figures of the 20th century.
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October 13, 2025 at 2:41 PM
“Reading George Orwell”: My New Substack Page
I am writing on a new website over on Substack: "Reading George Orwell." Please subscribe - it's free and will remain so. What's it about? "Reading George Orwell" presents brief commentaries and analyses about Orwell’s work and life. Not only was he a…
I am writing on a new website over on Substack: "Reading George Orwell." Please subscribe - it's free and will remain so. What's it about? "Reading George Orwell" presents brief commentaries and analyses about Orwell’s work and life. Not only was he a…
In a Kitchen Library: Reflections on Reading
My newest book is now available on Amazon. And it soon will be listed on other online locations as well. I've loved to read since that eureka moment when I cracked the code and made sense of the squiggles on the page. Since then, I've read thousands of…
My newest book is now available on Amazon. And it soon will be listed on other online locations as well. I've loved to read since that eureka moment when I cracked the code and made sense of the squiggles on the page. Since then, I've read thousands of…
In a Kitchen Library: Reflections on Reading
My newest book is now available on Amazon. And it soon will be listed on other online locations as well. I've loved to read since that eureka moment when I cracked the code and made sense of the squiggles on the page. Since then, I've read thousands of books. And that's one of the reasons why I wrote In a Kitchen Library…
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September 29, 2025 at 12:33 PM
In a Kitchen Library: Reflections on Reading
My newest book is now available on Amazon. And it soon will be listed on other online locations as well. I've loved to read since that eureka moment when I cracked the code and made sense of the squiggles on the page. Since then, I've read thousands of…
My newest book is now available on Amazon. And it soon will be listed on other online locations as well. I've loved to read since that eureka moment when I cracked the code and made sense of the squiggles on the page. Since then, I've read thousands of…
What you need to share about the "one big beautiful" ugly horrible bill
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What you need to share about the "one big beautiful" ugly horrible bill
(Resending so you can share over email without my inadvertent notes after the "share" button)
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May 22, 2025 at 5:21 PM
What you need to share about the "one big beautiful" ugly horrible bill
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I just landed in San Salvador a little while ago, and I look forward to meeting with the team at the U.S. embassy to discuss the release of Mr. Abrego Garcia.
I also hope to meet with Salvadoran officials and with Kilmar himself. He was illegally abducted and needs to come home.
I also hope to meet with Salvadoran officials and with Kilmar himself. He was illegally abducted and needs to come home.
Just landed in El Salvador to discuss release of Kilmar Abrego Garcia
YouTube video by Senator Chris Van Hollen
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April 16, 2025 at 3:32 PM
I just landed in San Salvador a little while ago, and I look forward to meeting with the team at the U.S. embassy to discuss the release of Mr. Abrego Garcia.
I also hope to meet with Salvadoran officials and with Kilmar himself. He was illegally abducted and needs to come home.
I also hope to meet with Salvadoran officials and with Kilmar himself. He was illegally abducted and needs to come home.
For @newyorker.com, Peter Szendy's "elliptical meditation", Powers of Reading: From Plato to Audiobooks, is featured in the April 14 issue:
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April 8, 2025 at 2:47 PM
Doesn't anybody hear how demented he sounds?
Trump: When you ran out the healthy arms, you ran out of really healthy— they had great arms but they ran out. It’s called sports. It’s called baseball in particular and pitchers I guess you could say, really particular
April 7, 2025 at 9:03 PM
Doesn't anybody hear how demented he sounds?
I just can't with the stupid.
Last time he told you not "not to worry" half a million Americans died of Covid.
April 7, 2025 at 3:21 PM
I just can't with the stupid.
No surprise. Now get them out of there and for the 25%, due process!
60 Minutes found no criminal record for 75% of the Venezuelan migrants the U.S. sent to a mega-prison in El Salvador. https://cbsn.ws/4lC4Vp5
April 7, 2025 at 1:03 PM
No surprise. Now get them out of there and for the 25%, due process!
A true hero.
April 6, 2025 at 8:31 PM
A true hero.
5 million people stand against Trump and Elon and the NYT has nothing on their home page about it???
April 6, 2025 at 11:37 AM
5 million people stand against Trump and Elon and the NYT has nothing on their home page about it???
Protest in Gainesville, FL. At least 1K in attendance, no counter protesters that I saw. One guy not carrying a sign or wearing a T-shirt with a slogan bumped into me pretty hard and didn't turn around to apologize. I didn't make a big deal out of it, and everyone else was spirited and polite.
April 5, 2025 at 5:45 PM
Protest in Gainesville, FL. At least 1K in attendance, no counter protesters that I saw. One guy not carrying a sign or wearing a T-shirt with a slogan bumped into me pretty hard and didn't turn around to apologize. I didn't make a big deal out of it, and everyone else was spirited and polite.
Yes, very Orwellian. “It was merely the substitution of one piece of nonsense for another.”
April 4, 2025 at 9:24 PM
Yes, very Orwellian. “It was merely the substitution of one piece of nonsense for another.”
Thank you for calling BS on the orange clown, Warren Buffet.
In a video the president shared on his Truth Social platform, a narrator claims that legendary investor Warren Buffett said Trump “is making the best economic moves he’s seen in over 50 years.”
Warren Buffett Corrects The Record After Donald Trump’s Truth Social Post
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April 4, 2025 at 7:34 PM
Thank you for calling BS on the orange clown, Warren Buffet.
Loomer waltzed into the White House yesterday and brown-nosed the orange clown. The upshot? More firings.
Loomered
Laura Loomer, an online right wing troll once driven from Trump’s side, has reemerged with a vengeance.
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April 4, 2025 at 6:16 PM
Loomer waltzed into the White House yesterday and brown-nosed the orange clown. The upshot? More firings.
Even Reagan understood how stupid isolationist tariffs are
yes, this is a real quote:
www.reaganlibrary.gov/archives/spe...
he offers more detail condemning tariffs here:
www.reaganlibrary.gov/archives/spe...
#TrumpTariffs #history #AcademicSky #SkyStorians
yes, this is a real quote:
www.reaganlibrary.gov/archives/spe...
he offers more detail condemning tariffs here:
www.reaganlibrary.gov/archives/spe...
#TrumpTariffs #history #AcademicSky #SkyStorians
April 4, 2025 at 5:41 PM
Perfect rendition of just how stupid some people can be. Imagine imposign tariifs on islands where only penquins live? Aren't there any people around the orange clown who know how to do deep research? I mean, come on, we learned how to do researxch papers in middle school!!!
April 3, 2025 at 5:10 PM
Perfect rendition of just how stupid some people can be. Imagine imposign tariifs on islands where only penquins live? Aren't there any people around the orange clown who know how to do deep research? I mean, come on, we learned how to do researxch papers in middle school!!!
What if you’re so outrageously incompetent you get it done in a matter of minutes?
April 3, 2025 at 5:07 PM