Adam A. Berlin
@adamberlin.bsky.social
I wanted to come here to post ideas that I'd like to put out through the ether(net).
I'm happily married, decidedly dull, and read less than I write, and write less than I watch (tv).
I'm happily married, decidedly dull, and read less than I write, and write less than I watch (tv).
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Adam A. Berlin
@adamberlin.bsky.social
· Sep 16
Is it still revisionist history when it happened yesterday? Or is it historical negationism? I can never remember.
Anyone know Malcolm Gladwell?
Anyone know Malcolm Gladwell?
Reposted by Adam A. Berlin
This is beautiful
December 23, 2025 at 8:42 PM
This is beautiful
Correction:
How researchers USING AI are helping (to) save Hawaii’s vanishing birds
When a scientist invents a new mathematical formula, they don’t credit their calculator.
I’m not saying AI data review is not helpful/important here, but it didn’t do it unprompted…
www.cnn.com/2025/11/24/b...
How researchers USING AI are helping (to) save Hawaii’s vanishing birds
When a scientist invents a new mathematical formula, they don’t credit their calculator.
I’m not saying AI data review is not helpful/important here, but it didn’t do it unprompted…
www.cnn.com/2025/11/24/b...
How AI is helping save Hawaii’s vanishing birds | CNN Business
Hawaii’s native birds are rapidly disappearing, largely due to avian malaria. Researchers at the University of Hawaii Hilo’s LOHE Bioacoustics Lab are using birdsong to monitor and map their decline. ...
www.cnn.com
December 22, 2025 at 5:45 PM
Correction:
How researchers USING AI are helping (to) save Hawaii’s vanishing birds
When a scientist invents a new mathematical formula, they don’t credit their calculator.
I’m not saying AI data review is not helpful/important here, but it didn’t do it unprompted…
www.cnn.com/2025/11/24/b...
How researchers USING AI are helping (to) save Hawaii’s vanishing birds
When a scientist invents a new mathematical formula, they don’t credit their calculator.
I’m not saying AI data review is not helpful/important here, but it didn’t do it unprompted…
www.cnn.com/2025/11/24/b...
The Big Sleep (1946) - glad I stopped napping on this one.
Bogart and Bacall dance through the dialogue with snappy retorts in high supply.
Highlight(s): Charles Waldron, Dorothy Malone, Elisha Cook Jr., and Joy Barlow steal their scenes.
Carmen: Is he as cute as you are?
Marlowe: Nobody is.
Bogart and Bacall dance through the dialogue with snappy retorts in high supply.
Highlight(s): Charles Waldron, Dorothy Malone, Elisha Cook Jr., and Joy Barlow steal their scenes.
Carmen: Is he as cute as you are?
Marlowe: Nobody is.
December 20, 2025 at 4:25 PM
The Big Sleep (1946) - glad I stopped napping on this one.
Bogart and Bacall dance through the dialogue with snappy retorts in high supply.
Highlight(s): Charles Waldron, Dorothy Malone, Elisha Cook Jr., and Joy Barlow steal their scenes.
Carmen: Is he as cute as you are?
Marlowe: Nobody is.
Bogart and Bacall dance through the dialogue with snappy retorts in high supply.
Highlight(s): Charles Waldron, Dorothy Malone, Elisha Cook Jr., and Joy Barlow steal their scenes.
Carmen: Is he as cute as you are?
Marlowe: Nobody is.
Y’know who I have a bone to pick with?
Henry Ruschmann.
Y’know why? Because he invented schnibbles, and schnibbles make my brain go into conniptions.
I dread discovering schnibbles, either discarded from a card, wrapping paper, or a NYE hat.
We are in schnibbles season, and I’m petrified.
Henry Ruschmann.
Y’know why? Because he invented schnibbles, and schnibbles make my brain go into conniptions.
I dread discovering schnibbles, either discarded from a card, wrapping paper, or a NYE hat.
We are in schnibbles season, and I’m petrified.
December 19, 2025 at 4:17 PM
Y’know who I have a bone to pick with?
Henry Ruschmann.
Y’know why? Because he invented schnibbles, and schnibbles make my brain go into conniptions.
I dread discovering schnibbles, either discarded from a card, wrapping paper, or a NYE hat.
We are in schnibbles season, and I’m petrified.
Henry Ruschmann.
Y’know why? Because he invented schnibbles, and schnibbles make my brain go into conniptions.
I dread discovering schnibbles, either discarded from a card, wrapping paper, or a NYE hat.
We are in schnibbles season, and I’m petrified.
If you could go back in time to the start of 2025, and choose to not invest money in something, what would it be and why?
For me it would be shoes. Not much of an “investment” as I just keep wearing them out.
Still better than crypto.
For me it would be shoes. Not much of an “investment” as I just keep wearing them out.
Still better than crypto.
December 18, 2025 at 9:18 PM
If you could go back in time to the start of 2025, and choose to not invest money in something, what would it be and why?
For me it would be shoes. Not much of an “investment” as I just keep wearing them out.
Still better than crypto.
For me it would be shoes. Not much of an “investment” as I just keep wearing them out.
Still better than crypto.
Reposted by Adam A. Berlin
Behind the Pilot: The Beginning of The Drew Carey Show
YouTube video by The Drew Carey Show
youtube.com
December 16, 2025 at 7:24 PM
Looking for a classic holiday (light) horror/comedy?
Gremlins (1984)
Highlight(s): Hoyt Axton as Billy’s dad and another great Dick Miller role.
“Don’t get him wet, keep him out of bright light, and never feed him after midnight.” #filmsky
Gremlins (1984)
Highlight(s): Hoyt Axton as Billy’s dad and another great Dick Miller role.
“Don’t get him wet, keep him out of bright light, and never feed him after midnight.” #filmsky
December 17, 2025 at 10:07 PM
Looking for a classic holiday (light) horror/comedy?
Gremlins (1984)
Highlight(s): Hoyt Axton as Billy’s dad and another great Dick Miller role.
“Don’t get him wet, keep him out of bright light, and never feed him after midnight.” #filmsky
Gremlins (1984)
Highlight(s): Hoyt Axton as Billy’s dad and another great Dick Miller role.
“Don’t get him wet, keep him out of bright light, and never feed him after midnight.” #filmsky
Into a family a son is born.
His mother, the matriarch of a soon to be legendary show-business family.
His father, no slouch himself.
Their son cut his teeth as Norman Lear’s Meathead, maturing before the world’s eyes. Then he moved behind the camera.
His mother, the matriarch of a soon to be legendary show-business family.
His father, no slouch himself.
Their son cut his teeth as Norman Lear’s Meathead, maturing before the world’s eyes. Then he moved behind the camera.
December 15, 2025 at 10:16 AM
Into a family a son is born.
His mother, the matriarch of a soon to be legendary show-business family.
His father, no slouch himself.
Their son cut his teeth as Norman Lear’s Meathead, maturing before the world’s eyes. Then he moved behind the camera.
His mother, the matriarch of a soon to be legendary show-business family.
His father, no slouch himself.
Their son cut his teeth as Norman Lear’s Meathead, maturing before the world’s eyes. Then he moved behind the camera.
In the market for a fun 1980s movie led by a strong female protagonist?
Look no further than:
Night of the Comet (1984)
Catherine Mary Stewart (The Last Starfighter) as "Reggie" and her sister “Sam” (Kelli Maroney) tackle post-apocalyptic 1980s LA and semi-sentient comet-mutated pursuers.
10/10
Look no further than:
Night of the Comet (1984)
Catherine Mary Stewart (The Last Starfighter) as "Reggie" and her sister “Sam” (Kelli Maroney) tackle post-apocalyptic 1980s LA and semi-sentient comet-mutated pursuers.
10/10
December 9, 2025 at 3:06 PM
In the market for a fun 1980s movie led by a strong female protagonist?
Look no further than:
Night of the Comet (1984)
Catherine Mary Stewart (The Last Starfighter) as "Reggie" and her sister “Sam” (Kelli Maroney) tackle post-apocalyptic 1980s LA and semi-sentient comet-mutated pursuers.
10/10
Look no further than:
Night of the Comet (1984)
Catherine Mary Stewart (The Last Starfighter) as "Reggie" and her sister “Sam” (Kelli Maroney) tackle post-apocalyptic 1980s LA and semi-sentient comet-mutated pursuers.
10/10
Watched my very first in-person NFL game recently- I was struck by how the stadium looked both enormous and intimate in the same view. The pitch was intense but not vertigo-inducing, and the field seemed close; fascinating.
Made me think of The Colosseum and how everlasting design can be.
Game was 🤷🏻♂️
Made me think of The Colosseum and how everlasting design can be.
Game was 🤷🏻♂️
December 8, 2025 at 12:11 PM
Watched my very first in-person NFL game recently- I was struck by how the stadium looked both enormous and intimate in the same view. The pitch was intense but not vertigo-inducing, and the field seemed close; fascinating.
Made me think of The Colosseum and how everlasting design can be.
Game was 🤷🏻♂️
Made me think of The Colosseum and how everlasting design can be.
Game was 🤷🏻♂️
Y’know, it suddenly occurred to me that it might not be the worst thing in the world that some of the tech used in our nuclear weapons program is 40-50 years out of date…
It would certainly make it a lot harder for the potential Skynet that is coming.
www.npr.org/sections/the...
It would certainly make it a lot harder for the potential Skynet that is coming.
www.npr.org/sections/the...
Report: U.S. Nuclear System Relies On Outdated Technology Such As Floppy Disks
The Government Accountability Office report also finds that the nuclear system is coordinated on a 1970s-era computer. The parts are so obsolete that it's difficult to find replacements.
www.npr.org
December 6, 2025 at 7:47 PM
Y’know, it suddenly occurred to me that it might not be the worst thing in the world that some of the tech used in our nuclear weapons program is 40-50 years out of date…
It would certainly make it a lot harder for the potential Skynet that is coming.
www.npr.org/sections/the...
It would certainly make it a lot harder for the potential Skynet that is coming.
www.npr.org/sections/the...
One of the best documentaries I’ve seen, with a powerful message from 1976 that still resonates strongly today:
youtu.be/6PfaE4R4eA4?...
youtu.be/6PfaE4R4eA4?...
Harlan County USA Official Trailer - HD
YouTube video by TheDocumentaryBlog
youtu.be
December 6, 2025 at 6:32 PM
One of the best documentaries I’ve seen, with a powerful message from 1976 that still resonates strongly today:
youtu.be/6PfaE4R4eA4?...
youtu.be/6PfaE4R4eA4?...
I really want to make friends with crows.
Every time I see them on the sidewalk, and they hop away from me, I’m like, “No! You don’t have to move. Don’t worry about me, we’re sympati-crow.”
Every time I see them on the sidewalk, and they hop away from me, I’m like, “No! You don’t have to move. Don’t worry about me, we’re sympati-crow.”
December 5, 2025 at 3:24 PM
I really want to make friends with crows.
Every time I see them on the sidewalk, and they hop away from me, I’m like, “No! You don’t have to move. Don’t worry about me, we’re sympati-crow.”
Every time I see them on the sidewalk, and they hop away from me, I’m like, “No! You don’t have to move. Don’t worry about me, we’re sympati-crow.”
December 5, 2025 at 5:36 AM
Now that I know the secret truth about bell peppers (that red peppers are just green peppers left to ripen on the vine), it makes me question whether limes are unripened lemons (aka “Limegate”).
Join me for a totally uninformed podcast, highlighting my lack of education and research ability…
Join me for a totally uninformed podcast, highlighting my lack of education and research ability…
December 4, 2025 at 7:16 PM
Now that I know the secret truth about bell peppers (that red peppers are just green peppers left to ripen on the vine), it makes me question whether limes are unripened lemons (aka “Limegate”).
Join me for a totally uninformed podcast, highlighting my lack of education and research ability…
Join me for a totally uninformed podcast, highlighting my lack of education and research ability…
December 2, 2025 at 6:24 PM
Woodward and Berenstain(s)…
December 1, 2025 at 7:48 PM
Woodward and Berenstain(s)…
Gen•AI•ric (adjective): having no particularly distinctive quality or application.
November 30, 2025 at 3:55 AM
Gen•AI•ric (adjective): having no particularly distinctive quality or application.
“Some would call Ga-ram’s life difficult. Not Ga-ram. For him, the thread of life was there to follow or not, and it was entirely up to you to determine your destiny. He didn’t view life in terms of individual challenges, instead he tried to stay aligned with the thread.”
-Good Little Soldier
-Good Little Soldier
November 29, 2025 at 11:57 PM
“Some would call Ga-ram’s life difficult. Not Ga-ram. For him, the thread of life was there to follow or not, and it was entirely up to you to determine your destiny. He didn’t view life in terms of individual challenges, instead he tried to stay aligned with the thread.”
-Good Little Soldier
-Good Little Soldier
“AI programs could effectively recreate the person — you could speak with them, cry with them, sleep with them (she’d been told), but the one thing they couldn’t replicate was the careless way a human discards their belongings and the state they left a house they lived in.”
-Forever, Together
-Forever, Together
November 29, 2025 at 5:55 AM
“AI programs could effectively recreate the person — you could speak with them, cry with them, sleep with them (she’d been told), but the one thing they couldn’t replicate was the careless way a human discards their belongings and the state they left a house they lived in.”
-Forever, Together
-Forever, Together
Love the audacity of the first person to pair tuna with mayonnaise.
“Y’know what this stinky fish dish needs? Whipped eggs.”
“Y’know what this stinky fish dish needs? Whipped eggs.”
November 29, 2025 at 5:38 AM
Love the audacity of the first person to pair tuna with mayonnaise.
“Y’know what this stinky fish dish needs? Whipped eggs.”
“Y’know what this stinky fish dish needs? Whipped eggs.”
The interpretation of De Niro and Pacino as these unflappable “tough guys” sells them so short.
Yes, they convinced you of those roles (they are great actors), but they also show you sensitivity, intelligence, compassion…
It‘s all part of what makes a person strong. Not just beating your chest…
Yes, they convinced you of those roles (they are great actors), but they also show you sensitivity, intelligence, compassion…
It‘s all part of what makes a person strong. Not just beating your chest…
November 28, 2025 at 4:16 PM
The interpretation of De Niro and Pacino as these unflappable “tough guys” sells them so short.
Yes, they convinced you of those roles (they are great actors), but they also show you sensitivity, intelligence, compassion…
It‘s all part of what makes a person strong. Not just beating your chest…
Yes, they convinced you of those roles (they are great actors), but they also show you sensitivity, intelligence, compassion…
It‘s all part of what makes a person strong. Not just beating your chest…
“Wonder if he'll ever know
He's in the best selling show.
Is there (Lightning) On Mars?
www.npr.org/2025/11/26/n...
He's in the best selling show.
Is there (Lightning) On Mars?
www.npr.org/2025/11/26/n...
At long last, the mystery of lightning on Mars is solved
A chance discovery by a NASA rover on Mars shows that the red planet has a form of lightning, which researchers had suspected for decades but never seen.
www.npr.org
November 26, 2025 at 7:47 PM
“Wonder if he'll ever know
He's in the best selling show.
Is there (Lightning) On Mars?
www.npr.org/2025/11/26/n...
He's in the best selling show.
Is there (Lightning) On Mars?
www.npr.org/2025/11/26/n...
I kinda miss the old days of having six (or more) dvds for a show, the joy when you realize it’s actually five of six and the tragedy of reaching the last episode on the final disc (and knowing it’s going to be for-ev-er for the next season to get released).
And then popping disc 1 back in…
And then popping disc 1 back in…
November 26, 2025 at 3:30 AM
I kinda miss the old days of having six (or more) dvds for a show, the joy when you realize it’s actually five of six and the tragedy of reaching the last episode on the final disc (and knowing it’s going to be for-ev-er for the next season to get released).
And then popping disc 1 back in…
And then popping disc 1 back in…
Watched “The Mummy”, 1959, Peter Cushing, Yvonne Furneaux, & Christopher Lee - interesting movie with spectacular action from Lee and Cushing (there’s a jumping dive with a spear that Cushing nails, and Lee busted through an (accidentally) locked door like it was paper).
Highlight: Michael Ripper
Highlight: Michael Ripper
November 24, 2025 at 5:37 AM
Watched “The Mummy”, 1959, Peter Cushing, Yvonne Furneaux, & Christopher Lee - interesting movie with spectacular action from Lee and Cushing (there’s a jumping dive with a spear that Cushing nails, and Lee busted through an (accidentally) locked door like it was paper).
Highlight: Michael Ripper
Highlight: Michael Ripper