Berthold Gambrel
@bertholdgambrel.bsky.social
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I encourage you to go here and recommend good Christmas movies to my friend @maggiejean-2.bsky.social
November 29, 2025 at 5:42 PM
I encourage you to go here and recommend good Christmas movies to my friend @maggiejean-2.bsky.social
Sunset through the trees.
November 28, 2025 at 10:38 PM
Sunset through the trees.
I don't think he's plain. With all that makeup, he's quite pretty!
November 28, 2025 at 4:39 PM
I don't think he's plain. With all that makeup, he's quite pretty!
No book review today. Instead I ruminate on the 2016 movie JACKIE and Daniel J. Boorstin's 1962 book THE IMAGE. ruinedchapel.com/2025/11/28/l...
Jackie: A Film on Pseudo-Events and Image Construction
How the film "Jackie" reflects societal pseudo-events and the blurred lines between reality and fiction.
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November 28, 2025 at 1:17 PM
No book review today. Instead I ruminate on the 2016 movie JACKIE and Daniel J. Boorstin's 1962 book THE IMAGE. ruinedchapel.com/2025/11/28/l...
Tried pumpkin pie wine this evening. It is surprisingly good.
November 28, 2025 at 3:13 AM
Tried pumpkin pie wine this evening. It is surprisingly good.
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the macy's FAKEsgiving day CHARADE. keeping that in my back pocket in case i find a reason to get really angry about it
November 27, 2025 at 6:20 PM
the macy's FAKEsgiving day CHARADE. keeping that in my back pocket in case i find a reason to get really angry about it
Anybody know of any good Christmas-themed indie books?
November 26, 2025 at 12:23 AM
Anybody know of any good Christmas-themed indie books?
I love when this goes around because I'm always in good hands.😊
November 25, 2025 at 12:54 PM
I love when this goes around because I'm always in good hands.😊
Wow thanks spam commenter, this is so tempting
November 23, 2025 at 2:40 AM
Wow thanks spam commenter, this is so tempting
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Something bleak this way comes.
November 23, 2025 at 12:44 AM
Something bleak this way comes.
Today I review the carnival of bizarrerie that is the CCRU: WRITINGS 1997 - 2003. Perhaps the most unsettling thing about it is that as time goes on, it becomes less incomprehensible. #booksky ruinedchapel.com/2025/11/21/b...
The Bizarre Philosophy of CCRU: A Deep Dive
Explore the bizarre world of CCRU, a fusion of fiction and philosophy, revealing dark truths about AI and our reality. Dive deep into the strangeness!
ruinedchapel.com
November 21, 2025 at 12:35 PM
Today I review the carnival of bizarrerie that is the CCRU: WRITINGS 1997 - 2003. Perhaps the most unsettling thing about it is that as time goes on, it becomes less incomprehensible. #booksky ruinedchapel.com/2025/11/21/b...
I just got a comment from someone with the greatest handle.😂
@rlpastore.bsky.social, if I didn't know better, I would think...
@rlpastore.bsky.social, if I didn't know better, I would think...
November 18, 2025 at 2:54 AM
I just got a comment from someone with the greatest handle.😂
@rlpastore.bsky.social, if I didn't know better, I would think...
@rlpastore.bsky.social, if I didn't know better, I would think...
1NG4, by Berthold Gambrel, 2018:
EVERYONE IS POTENTIAL ENEMIES OR GHOSTS OR ROBOT ALIENS
November 16, 2025 at 11:44 PM
1NG4, by Berthold Gambrel, 2018:
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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