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Tim Ruel

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in Portlandia, Oregon, The United States

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https://wormholescopes.com/

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Tim Ruel has been a journalist in business news and legal news for fifteen years. Born, raised and latchkeyed in the odd galaxy of Portlandia, Oregonia. Tim took an interest in dreaming up science fiction as loony as life on Earth. He cherishes Miles Davis, Stone Roses, GoGo Penguin, Tchaikovsky, Dexter Gordon, Ladytron, The Cure, Chemical Brothers, John Coltrane, Tom Petty, and Cocteau Twins.

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Robot waitress in a Martian cocktail bar

Starts July 1, 2025, at computers everywhere:

The Wormholescope Chronicles
Book Two

OUTFALL

Emma Jane Castle ended a global brain-fry. Her stans worship her. Amistad is hunting her.

An unrepentant techno-prophet, Amistad is also wrecking neurological havoc. Think: Grinning sharks swimming around your family room.

With Earth and Mars unraveling in human digital delusions, Emma must confront the truth: S Read more of this blog post »

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Published on June 17, 2025 08:54

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“To argue with a man who has renounced the use and authority of reason, and whose philosophy consists in holding humanity in contempt, is like administering medicine to the dead, or endeavoring to convert an atheist by scripture.”
― Thomas Paine, The American Crisis

tags: close-mindedness, simile, stubbornness

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