Karen B. Kaplan

New: gentle sci-fi: Curiosity Seekers. Old: creative nonfiction: Encountering the Edge: What People Told Me Before They Died.

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Robot Repentance? If you want the sermon without the services, here's my Yom Kippur sermon about AI: https://t.co/w83FtapKtG

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See that? No one makes 'em like they used to in the good ol' days.

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Beautiful ancient glass to start the week! 🤩

A c. 2000 year-old Roman ribbed bowl made of translucent blue-green mosaic glass, looking as if it contains the crystal blue waters of the Mediterranean Sea!

Landesmuseum Württemberg, Stuttgart

#Archaeology

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@edwereddie More like "ouch!"

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I thought of comedian Richard Wright when I saw a black and white sign on a bridge that said "area of high fog". I thought, If there WAS fog, we wouldn't be able to see the sign. See what I mean?

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For some unknown reason, one of my very most popular posts in a decade is about bad experiences with hospice: https://t.co/x2aKnVkTYb

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One of my personal favorite posts out of a decade of offbeatcompassion: https://t.co/iq2C5a3fd3

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Cogent article about #ArtificialInteligence and #jewish values--my comment at the end got approved. https://t.co/Mcz2ZkqHOM #amwriting sermon for Yom Kippur

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Oldies but goodies: a dark humor short story with bits of truth: https://t.co/eHr42CAvRW

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@VeronikaKoller That's true; it is oddly self-reflexive! A hearty congratulations to you!

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After hemming and hawing about getting a colonoscopy, my fortune cookie read, "Activity is Worry's greatest enemy."

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Seeing this made going on Twitter today worth it.

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My latest post: https://t.co/5c8wtXuLxS Not your usual travelogue; offbeat of course;

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Post on my #halifax trip: https://t.co/5c8wtXuLxS

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We get holidays backwards: first, we left Dublin Ireland ON St. Patrick's Day, and now we are going to Canada during July 4th Independence Day and being there for Canada Day July 1st. (Anyway, hubby hates the sound of fireworks.)

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Almost 10th anniversary for my blog. Come celebrate by reading one of my most treasured articles, about a beloved truck: https://t.co/omXAecB8tt

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@jpsenescence Excuse me but that was a Woody Allen joke as far as I know.

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memory when NY Times was print only: When the Sunday Times was delivered to my home, certain sections like the book review section were delivered on Saturday, and the rest of the sections on Sunday. @nytimes

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They really knew how to live it up in the good old days.

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Ancient Egyptian gold headband decorated with heads of gazelles and a stag between stars or flowers.
Second Intermediate period, Dynasty 15, c. 1648–1540 BC.

📷: The Met https://t.co/9wrtLQ7HJf

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Most amusing, bassoons play Mancini and a video of elephants is shown towards end, and at end a sound like an elephant: Baby Elephant Walk https://t.co/sVbJRDTb0g via @YouTube

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Old but goodie: quadrillion planets and odds for life: https://t.co/ExBBrre2hr