wandering but not lost
@ejroberts.bsky.social
Educator, thinker, writer, wonderer, wanderer, AI proponent, improvement science advocate | moderate Republican | #NeverTrump
"If it were easy everyone would do it." A reflection on #creativity & #AI and an episode of Music & Meaning with Charlie Peacock. ejroberts.substack.com/p/if-it-were...
"If it were easy. . ."
Reflection on a podcast episode about music and AI
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January 16, 2026 at 7:11 PM
"If it were easy everyone would do it." A reflection on #creativity & #AI and an episode of Music & Meaning with Charlie Peacock. ejroberts.substack.com/p/if-it-were...
@developers.google.com and @adobe.com. I'm happy to use AI when I want to use AI. Stop, please stop, being so intrusive to suggest I'm incapable of summarizing a document or crafting an email. You want employees incapable of critical thinking? Keep it up.
January 15, 2026 at 9:40 PM
@developers.google.com and @adobe.com. I'm happy to use AI when I want to use AI. Stop, please stop, being so intrusive to suggest I'm incapable of summarizing a document or crafting an email. You want employees incapable of critical thinking? Keep it up.
Um, what? This feels like a parallel universe moment. www.huffpost.com/entry/laura-...
Fox News Host Admits Michelle Obama Was Right: 'We Take It All Back'
The Fox News host made the confession Wednesday while discussing the new dietary guidelines unveiled at the White House.
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January 8, 2026 at 4:53 PM
Um, what? This feels like a parallel universe moment. www.huffpost.com/entry/laura-...
So car manufacturers aren't really interested in supporting the reduction of driver distraction? Got it. www.thecooldown.com/green-busine...
Driver sparks outrage with photo of alarming feature in new vehicle: 'Cars are becoming smartphones with wheels'
One Jeep driver took to Reddit to share their dissatisfaction with the current state of newer cars.
www.thecooldown.com
January 7, 2026 at 5:18 PM
So car manufacturers aren't really interested in supporting the reduction of driver distraction? Got it. www.thecooldown.com/green-busine...
Dear World: Please don’t assume the current administration of the country reflects all Americans. It does not.
January 2, 2026 at 4:54 PM
Dear World: Please don’t assume the current administration of the country reflects all Americans. It does not.
Some thoughts on the U.S. DOE & "lower earnings" colleges.
elainejroberts.substack.com/p/us-doe-and...
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December 13, 2025 at 9:59 PM
Some thoughts on the U.S. DOE & "lower earnings" colleges.
elainejroberts.substack.com/p/us-doe-and...
elainejroberts.substack.com/p/us-doe-and...
Yet another performative feint by rich people & kowtowing financial organizations looking to make more money. fortune.com/2025/12/03/w...
Why the government is really going to give your baby $1,000, collecting interest until they turn 18 | Fortune
After a parent opens an account, the U.S. Treasury will contribute $1,000 for newborns.
fortune.com
December 4, 2025 at 7:14 PM
Yet another performative feint by rich people & kowtowing financial organizations looking to make more money. fortune.com/2025/12/03/w...
Form and State
Hollis Robbins @anecdotal.bsky.social hardly needs my help, but I love her take on poetic forms. I plan to use this article in one of my classes next semester. open.substack.com/pub/hollisro...
Hollis Robbins @anecdotal.bsky.social hardly needs my help, but I love her take on poetic forms. I plan to use this article in one of my classes next semester. open.substack.com/pub/hollisro...
Form and State
What your poetry preferences say about you
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December 4, 2025 at 4:33 PM
Form and State
Hollis Robbins @anecdotal.bsky.social hardly needs my help, but I love her take on poetic forms. I plan to use this article in one of my classes next semester. open.substack.com/pub/hollisro...
Hollis Robbins @anecdotal.bsky.social hardly needs my help, but I love her take on poetic forms. I plan to use this article in one of my classes next semester. open.substack.com/pub/hollisro...
December 1, 2025 at 8:28 PM
On this #Thanksgiving, 2025. Sometimes finding that joy, sensing that joy is just hard. We don't all do holidays well. elainejroberts.substack.com/p/on-this-th...
November 28, 2025 at 6:20 PM
On this #Thanksgiving, 2025. Sometimes finding that joy, sensing that joy is just hard. We don't all do holidays well. elainejroberts.substack.com/p/on-this-th...
What happens when pumpkin pie meets deep-dish pizza? I did not see this before #Thanksgiving but I believe #pumpkin pie is an any time go-to dessert in fall/winter so there’s plenty of time.
apnews.com/article/pump...
apnews.com/article/pump...
What happens when pumpkin pie meets deep-dish pizza?
Baking pies can be a way to connect with emotions and celebrate moments. For her cookbook “50 Pies, 50 States,” Stacey Mei Yan Fong decided to learn about America by creating a pie for each state usin...
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November 27, 2025 at 9:12 PM
What happens when pumpkin pie meets deep-dish pizza? I did not see this before #Thanksgiving but I believe #pumpkin pie is an any time go-to dessert in fall/winter so there’s plenty of time.
apnews.com/article/pump...
apnews.com/article/pump...
Every Brilliant Thing. A powerful play I get to share with my students. elainejroberts.substack.com/p/every-bril...
November 26, 2025 at 5:24 PM
Every Brilliant Thing. A powerful play I get to share with my students. elainejroberts.substack.com/p/every-bril...
Dear @Google: I cannot tell you how much I DESPISE your intrusive AI overview BS. It wouldn't even be different if you pulled from actually decent sites, but anything is so random & often not accurate. #google #AIoverview #notfeelingit
November 24, 2025 at 3:33 PM
Dear @Google: I cannot tell you how much I DESPISE your intrusive AI overview BS. It wouldn't even be different if you pulled from actually decent sites, but anything is so random & often not accurate. #google #AIoverview #notfeelingit
If I were an elementary teacher or librarian, I would get some of these. AND I would encourage my Ss to write their own books explaining certain things. So many ideas for how that could work. www.fastcompany.com/91439043/sim... #Teaching #EduSky #Books #kidscansomuchifweletthem
This incredible book can explain physics to a 2-year-old
‘Simple Machines Made Simple,’ which raised more than seven times its target on Kickstarter, wants to demystify mechanical engineering for kids.
www.fastcompany.com
November 20, 2025 at 7:41 PM
If I were an elementary teacher or librarian, I would get some of these. AND I would encourage my Ss to write their own books explaining certain things. So many ideas for how that could work. www.fastcompany.com/91439043/sim... #Teaching #EduSky #Books #kidscansomuchifweletthem
November 17, 2025 at 2:41 PM
I thoroughly despise that I cannot opt out AI for any software tool or resource. It is annoying like mosquitoes. At least there are sprays and such for getting rid of mosquitoes. Or, to misquote Lady Macbeth, "Get out you damned AI! Get out!" #AI
November 15, 2025 at 9:26 PM
I thoroughly despise that I cannot opt out AI for any software tool or resource. It is annoying like mosquitoes. At least there are sprays and such for getting rid of mosquitoes. Or, to misquote Lady Macbeth, "Get out you damned AI! Get out!" #AI
Let’s go Blue Jays!!!!
November 2, 2025 at 1:13 AM
Let’s go Blue Jays!!!!
Let’s go Blue Jays!
November 1, 2025 at 12:12 AM
Let’s go Blue Jays!
Seems to be a @GOP "let them eat cake" kind of moment.
October 22, 2025 at 7:43 PM
Seems to be a @GOP "let them eat cake" kind of moment.