EktaROC
@ektaroc.bsky.social
God gives his rootinest battles to his tootinest cowboys, but that doesn't mean it ain't the wild wild West
I wonder if “hidden switches” is a design requirement for hotel lamps.
October 29, 2025 at 10:38 PM
I wonder if “hidden switches” is a design requirement for hotel lamps.
Great Lakes road trip booked. Here’s hoping for some late October Lake Superior drama.
October 15, 2025 at 7:57 PM
Great Lakes road trip booked. Here’s hoping for some late October Lake Superior drama.
Fig Newmans are better than Fig Newtons.
October 2, 2025 at 8:36 PM
Fig Newmans are better than Fig Newtons.
One of the best things about the beach is coming home and showering off all the sunscreen and sand and the water runs filthy and you really feel like you’re getting your money’s worth out of your soap
August 24, 2025 at 12:13 AM
One of the best things about the beach is coming home and showering off all the sunscreen and sand and the water runs filthy and you really feel like you’re getting your money’s worth out of your soap
August 19, 2025 at 8:18 PM
“Tesla is the Katy Perry of cars”
-my friend Stryker
-my friend Stryker
July 31, 2025 at 5:46 PM
“Tesla is the Katy Perry of cars”
-my friend Stryker
-my friend Stryker
July 5, 2025 at 12:45 AM
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This map of when people get on and off the Bloor-Danforth line 2 subway is interesting (though not especially surprising) in terms of data, but what really stands out for me is that it's gorgeous. Just a brilliant piece of data presentation. schoolofcities.github.io/transportati...
June 20, 2025 at 8:50 PM
This map of when people get on and off the Bloor-Danforth line 2 subway is interesting (though not especially surprising) in terms of data, but what really stands out for me is that it's gorgeous. Just a brilliant piece of data presentation. schoolofcities.github.io/transportati...
Ithaca is, famously, gorges (this is Watkins Glen). #WatkinsGlen #StatePark #Gorge #Waterfall #ILoveNY #UpstateNY
June 23, 2025 at 1:20 AM
Ithaca is, famously, gorges (this is Watkins Glen). #WatkinsGlen #StatePark #Gorge #Waterfall #ILoveNY #UpstateNY
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illegal war started by a man constitutionally ineligible to be president
June 22, 2025 at 12:34 AM
illegal war started by a man constitutionally ineligible to be president
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There are 15 candidates on the primary ballot for 5 at-large seats. At-large seats are a relic of the past and should be abolished. No other major city in NY has a majority of at-large seats on their council - for good reason.
rachbarnhart.substack.com/p/accountabi...
rachbarnhart.substack.com/p/accountabi...
June 8, 2025 at 2:50 PM
There are 15 candidates on the primary ballot for 5 at-large seats. At-large seats are a relic of the past and should be abolished. No other major city in NY has a majority of at-large seats on their council - for good reason.
rachbarnhart.substack.com/p/accountabi...
rachbarnhart.substack.com/p/accountabi...
June 1 and the heat is on.
June 1, 2025 at 5:25 PM
June 1 and the heat is on.
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“I’m not running just to manage the city. I’m running to offer a plan to transform it.” - Mary Lupien
Crushed it.
Crushed it.
May 29, 2025 at 1:25 AM
“I’m not running just to manage the city. I’m running to offer a plan to transform it.” - Mary Lupien
Crushed it.
Crushed it.
Sunset Boulevard
Psycho
Arsenic and Old Lace
Metropolis
The Grapes of Wrath
Psycho
Arsenic and Old Lace
Metropolis
The Grapes of Wrath
Five favorite black and white movies:
Third Man
Seven Samurai
Double Indemnity
His Girl Friday
Godzilla
(I had to leave Ikiru and Kane but, I mean, those are givens.)
Third Man
Seven Samurai
Double Indemnity
His Girl Friday
Godzilla
(I had to leave Ikiru and Kane but, I mean, those are givens.)
Five favorite black and white movies:
The Circus
Duck Soup
Ed Wood
A Hard Day's Night
The Grapes of Wrath
The Circus
Duck Soup
Ed Wood
A Hard Day's Night
The Grapes of Wrath
May 28, 2025 at 12:49 PM
Sunset Boulevard
Psycho
Arsenic and Old Lace
Metropolis
The Grapes of Wrath
Psycho
Arsenic and Old Lace
Metropolis
The Grapes of Wrath
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Thank god it’s easy drinking hot country beer season again. Wretched IPA mass self flagellation winter is over.
Long live the easy drinking hot country beers.
(Now I will lock this account & turn off the replies)
Long live the easy drinking hot country beers.
(Now I will lock this account & turn off the replies)
May 17, 2025 at 2:24 PM
Thank god it’s easy drinking hot country beer season again. Wretched IPA mass self flagellation winter is over.
Long live the easy drinking hot country beers.
(Now I will lock this account & turn off the replies)
Long live the easy drinking hot country beers.
(Now I will lock this account & turn off the replies)
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i think the biggest public relations coup AI boosters scored was calling it “AI.” people genuinely think it is an intelligence, and that when they query it, it is providing reasoned answers
it's jolting how little AI skepticism has reached the general public. i've had many acquaintances ask whether i use AI for research and seem shocked when i tell them it's completely useless for that purpose. my wife recently told her colleagues about hallucinations and it was news to all of them.
May 7, 2025 at 4:57 PM
i think the biggest public relations coup AI boosters scored was calling it “AI.” people genuinely think it is an intelligence, and that when they query it, it is providing reasoned answers
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I just realized so much stuff in the UK is like HM Treasury because his/her is interchangeable on the letterhead etc but we need a nonbinary monarch because I want to watch the scramble for it to all be switched to TM.
May 3, 2025 at 9:10 PM
I just realized so much stuff in the UK is like HM Treasury because his/her is interchangeable on the letterhead etc but we need a nonbinary monarch because I want to watch the scramble for it to all be switched to TM.
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Schumer could have misread the electorate and his caucus and not put himself at existential risk, but by doing both *while* disregarding his colleagues in the House he's completely destroyed his legitimacy in 24 hours. It's really incredible.
March 14, 2025 at 4:47 PM
Schumer could have misread the electorate and his caucus and not put himself at existential risk, but by doing both *while* disregarding his colleagues in the House he's completely destroyed his legitimacy in 24 hours. It's really incredible.
“It’s just O&D and the goat people”
March 14, 2025 at 3:13 AM
“It’s just O&D and the goat people”
March 7, 2025 at 6:08 AM