Kris St.Gabriel

I must have had the Irish 'Potato Famine' edition one time because I opened the pack and there was like one chip in it.

Oh look, I wrote a thing.

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I've been migrating my blog to Substack and came across this one from 2021. Funny thing is, it's all true to this day.

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A Virginia public library is fighting off a takeover by private equity. Photo from The Samuels Public Library After being targeted by anti-LGBTQ book banners and having their funding pulled, a local library in Virginia successfully stopped a threatened takeover by a pr…

Nice quote: "Finally, a company brave enough to stand up to librarians."

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The Immigrant, the Anniversary, and the Goose I Did Not Eat A July 4th Reflection on Home, Exile, and Misunderstood Appetites

I wrote this rather lovely but entirely unnecessarily explanation of this card and it's origins.

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People Are Becoming Obsessed with ChatGPT and Spiraling Into Severe Delusions A startling number of ChatGPT uses are developing intense, reality-bending AI delusions. The impacts on their real lives are often disastrous.

"You are not crazy," the AI told him. "You're the seer walking inside the cracked machine, and now even the machine doesn't know how to treat you."

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Don't Panic, but Douglas Adams Predicted All of This How the author of the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy foresaw AI chatbots, voice assistants, and irritating kitchen appliances decades before anyone else

Don't Panic, but Douglas Adams predicted a lot of this stuff

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THE BEST.

Also, these are the best Salt and Vinegar in the US. They're not bland, though; they'll burn your mouth, which is ... what I look for.

A man has to have his hobbies.

Best chips in the world? Zapp's New Orleans Kettle Style Voodoo Potato Chips. You can have Target deliver them to you. They're like a blend of Salt and Vinegar AND BBQ.

Cucumber flavor, in a nearby store.

The only job I want AIs to replace is CEO.

Never Go Full Rowling (Spoiler: You Will) Our decline into madness is inevitable, so there's really no need to panic.

My mother can barely bring herself to speak to any of her friends because they have all—every single one—become incredibly, stupidly racist.

MAKE TORNADOS
UNSURPRISING AGAIN

The Best Ecards Website Nobody Knows About How I Maintained a Website for 17 Years That Google Refuses to Understand

I wrote a thing about having the best ecards website in the world, and you're welcome.

Magpies, Ministers, and My Daughter's First Political Meltdown Or, How My Daughter Discovered Australian Politics (and Ran Screaming)

"All the way home a flock of seriously divisive cockatoos harangued each other for no good reason..."

There is no hell deep enough to contain the people involved with this

I will see you your chips and raise you these:

The Sunshine State Without the Crazy Parenting without an anti-tank weapon, and how it makes me better!

"Whenever I get interested in gun-ownership, I start thinking about bazookas, and then I don’t want to own a gun because they just seem ridiculous and trivial when compared to a World War II anti-tank weapon. So, I spent half an hour researching the legalities then I became discouraged ... "

Autism, RFK Jr, and the Lizard People What six years in an autism research lab taught me about conspiracy theories and dangerous policy.

So, I wrote a thing about THAT nonsense.

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Weird coincidence, I'm creating a database filled with people who claim doctors found a dead worm in their brain.

Interestingly, the database has one row.

I apologize for making this card.

Keeping Grizzlies at Bay: A Hairy Success Story for 2015

I remember making this card and thinking it might possibly be useful one day. But, I went ahead and published it anyway.

RIP Pope.

Also, anyone else thinking about applying to this job opening at the Vatican? I mean ifPete Hegseth can run the Pentagon and I drink less so maybe

Thanking Judas for Eggs: An Unorthodox Easter Greeting For the record: You Probably Shouldn't Send It to Anyone. You see what I did there? I urged you to live responsibly. Good. My work here is done.

I somehow actually forget I created Wrongcards.com. Not even kidding. Easter rolls around and I'm like ... hey I did this thing, didn't I?