Christopher Burlinson
@cmburlinson.bsky.social
A green thought in a green shade. Early modern English literature. I teach at Jesus College, Cambridge, but these words are mine, not theirs.
Wonderful film!!
November 23, 2025 at 10:13 AM
Wonderful film!!
Yes I loved Melancholy too, especially the second part: it’s so humane (and holy).
November 23, 2025 at 9:57 AM
Yes I loved Melancholy too, especially the second part: it’s so humane (and holy).
Have you read anything else of his? I would definitely recommend Aliss by the Fire, also Morning and Evening, and I think Septology is amazing - it really deserves the hype!
November 23, 2025 at 9:31 AM
Have you read anything else of his? I would definitely recommend Aliss by the Fire, also Morning and Evening, and I think Septology is amazing - it really deserves the hype!
Yes, I really liked it too! I’ll admit I wasn’t enjoying it quite as much as some of his other books - but then the ending really threw me off balance, and now the rhythm of the three sections has really grown on me. (I love his writing, and I think the translation is brilliant too!)
November 23, 2025 at 9:19 AM
Yes, I really liked it too! I’ll admit I wasn’t enjoying it quite as much as some of his other books - but then the ending really threw me off balance, and now the rhythm of the three sections has really grown on me. (I love his writing, and I think the translation is brilliant too!)
I was reading this yesterday, too! What did you think of it?
November 23, 2025 at 7:44 AM
I was reading this yesterday, too! What did you think of it?
"I am a hater, and I will not be polite. The machine is disgusting and we should break it. The people who build it are vapid shit-eating cannibals glorifying ignorance. I strongly feel that this is an insult to life itself." 🔥🔥
anthonymoser.github.io/writing/ai/h...
anthonymoser.github.io/writing/ai/h...
I Am An AI Hater
I am an AI hater. This is considered rude, but I do not care, because I am a hater.
anthonymoser.github.io
November 20, 2025 at 2:53 PM
"I am a hater, and I will not be polite. The machine is disgusting and we should break it. The people who build it are vapid shit-eating cannibals glorifying ignorance. I strongly feel that this is an insult to life itself." 🔥🔥
anthonymoser.github.io/writing/ai/h...
anthonymoser.github.io/writing/ai/h...
"What is life but what we choose, who we know, what we experience? Incoherent empty men want to sell me the chance to stop reading and writing and thinking, to stop caring for my kids or talking to my parents, to stop choosing what I do or knowing why I do it"
anthonymoser.github.io/writing/ai/h...
anthonymoser.github.io/writing/ai/h...
I Am An AI Hater
I am an AI hater. This is considered rude, but I do not care, because I am a hater.
anthonymoser.github.io
November 20, 2025 at 2:50 PM
"What is life but what we choose, who we know, what we experience? Incoherent empty men want to sell me the chance to stop reading and writing and thinking, to stop caring for my kids or talking to my parents, to stop choosing what I do or knowing why I do it"
anthonymoser.github.io/writing/ai/h...
anthonymoser.github.io/writing/ai/h...
"The makers of AI [...] want to build a genie to grant them wishes, and their wish is that nobody ever has to make art again. They want to create a new kind of mind, so they can force it into mindless servitude."
anthonymoser.github.io/writing/ai/h...
anthonymoser.github.io/writing/ai/h...
I Am An AI Hater
I am an AI hater. This is considered rude, but I do not care, because I am a hater.
anthonymoser.github.io
November 20, 2025 at 2:49 PM
"The makers of AI [...] want to build a genie to grant them wishes, and their wish is that nobody ever has to make art again. They want to create a new kind of mind, so they can force it into mindless servitude."
anthonymoser.github.io/writing/ai/h...
anthonymoser.github.io/writing/ai/h...
Thanks for the recommendation!
November 17, 2025 at 6:57 AM
Thanks for the recommendation!
That is a strong recommendation! Thank you: I will certainly read this!
November 17, 2025 at 6:26 AM
That is a strong recommendation! Thank you: I will certainly read this!
I love it: it’s wonderful!
November 17, 2025 at 6:25 AM
I love it: it’s wonderful!
Yes, absolutely! I was just wondering how to put this into words! No, haven’t read Zone, but I’ll definitely get a copy.
November 16, 2025 at 8:37 PM
Yes, absolutely! I was just wondering how to put this into words! No, haven’t read Zone, but I’ll definitely get a copy.
Just finished: I loved it!
November 16, 2025 at 8:29 PM
Just finished: I loved it!
Reposted by Christopher Burlinson
“The elites are ecstatic about imagining a vast, uneducated, and unproductive population forced to pay companies like OpenAI to access the written word and to approximate thought.”
Must read piece by Noah McCormack with too many quotaboe lines to select one! thebaffler.com/salvos/we-us...
Must read piece by Noah McCormack with too many quotaboe lines to select one! thebaffler.com/salvos/we-us...
We Used to Read Things in This Country | Noah McCormack
Technology changes us—and it is currently changing us for the worse.
thebaffler.com
November 2, 2025 at 5:12 PM
“The elites are ecstatic about imagining a vast, uneducated, and unproductive population forced to pay companies like OpenAI to access the written word and to approximate thought.”
Must read piece by Noah McCormack with too many quotaboe lines to select one! thebaffler.com/salvos/we-us...
Must read piece by Noah McCormack with too many quotaboe lines to select one! thebaffler.com/salvos/we-us...
Hester, how wonderful!!! Congratulations!
November 7, 2025 at 9:42 AM
Hester, how wonderful!!! Congratulations!
Happy birthday! Congratulations on the book! (And get well!)
November 6, 2025 at 3:53 PM
Happy birthday! Congratulations on the book! (And get well!)
I remember reading somewhere (an old S&S?) that those films (especially Stromboli?) feel like documentaries about Bergman -- she's so palpably pulled around by the way that the styles of the movies shift around her, and such a brave, great actor that she registers and performs that discomfort.
November 6, 2025 at 2:09 PM
I remember reading somewhere (an old S&S?) that those films (especially Stromboli?) feel like documentaries about Bergman -- she's so palpably pulled around by the way that the styles of the movies shift around her, and such a brave, great actor that she registers and performs that discomfort.
No, not pejorative at all! (I find it unbearable but certainly not unwatchable!) Completely agree that it gets a lot of its weird effect from that mixture of naturalistic/heightened styles, and the weird stresses and strains that this places on IB as a performer. It's an astonishing film!
November 6, 2025 at 2:06 PM
No, not pejorative at all! (I find it unbearable but certainly not unwatchable!) Completely agree that it gets a lot of its weird effect from that mixture of naturalistic/heightened styles, and the weird stresses and strains that this places on IB as a performer. It's an astonishing film!
Absolutely love this film! You’re right about the melodrama, but at times I find it almost unbearable. That ending!!
November 6, 2025 at 1:50 PM
Absolutely love this film! You’re right about the melodrama, but at times I find it almost unbearable. That ending!!
I can't recommend it too highly!
November 3, 2025 at 10:07 AM
I can't recommend it too highly!