Roberta Ecks
@robertaecks.bsky.social
Writer, retrotechnologist, owner of many typewriters and yet fond of digital widgetry, too. An amateur monkey pusher in re human origins. Most of all, a friend of cats. I block AI.
Making myself a new bookmark. Read this thread. You won't regret it.
Marco weighs the envelope in his hand. Feels the heft of it. Thinks about the risk, about what it means that Albert went through massive effort to not be traceable to what happens here. Also thinks about being able to definitively say that his time out here was not a mistake. Didn’t ruin his life.
November 23, 2025 at 3:26 AM
Making myself a new bookmark. Read this thread. You won't regret it.
Connections
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November 22, 2025 at 11:22 PM
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Starting a beverage company, offering Bobbi's Coarse Swill, Bobbi's Extremely Coarse Swill, and, naturally, Bobbi's Extra Coarse Dark Swill (Diet). Buy it by the hogshead!
November 22, 2025 at 9:36 PM
Starting a beverage company, offering Bobbi's Coarse Swill, Bobbi's Extremely Coarse Swill, and, naturally, Bobbi's Extra Coarse Dark Swill (Diet). Buy it by the hogshead!
"It used to be Stan," he droned, "I added the second A to sound scarier." He scratched at the base of his left horn, glasses fogging. "So, back to the audit. What do you remember about your misbehavior in 1964? March? Don't lie; I have the file."
Scene: you go to Hell and the Devil's an accountant.
Scene: you go to Hell and the Devil's an accountant.
November 22, 2025 at 6:00 PM
"It used to be Stan," he droned, "I added the second A to sound scarier." He scratched at the base of his left horn, glasses fogging. "So, back to the audit. What do you remember about your misbehavior in 1964? March? Don't lie; I have the file."
Scene: you go to Hell and the Devil's an accountant.
Scene: you go to Hell and the Devil's an accountant.
New York Ties weblink: "Collard Greens Au Gratin!"
Me: "Some needs to be beaten with a railroad tie."
Seriously, can they just not? Mf'rs won't even admit cider vinegar is a table condiment, and now this?
Me: "Some needs to be beaten with a railroad tie."
Seriously, can they just not? Mf'rs won't even admit cider vinegar is a table condiment, and now this?
November 22, 2025 at 3:49 PM
New York Ties weblink: "Collard Greens Au Gratin!"
Me: "Some needs to be beaten with a railroad tie."
Seriously, can they just not? Mf'rs won't even admit cider vinegar is a table condiment, and now this?
Me: "Some needs to be beaten with a railroad tie."
Seriously, can they just not? Mf'rs won't even admit cider vinegar is a table condiment, and now this?
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November 22, 2025 at 12:30 PM
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"You know, Mr. Bond, there is always room for...Jell-o."
November 22, 2025 at 10:46 AM
"You know, Mr. Bond, there is always room for...Jell-o."
I admit that a bro-fest was the last thing I expected when Mamdani visited Trump in the Oval Office.
Next moves will be interesting. Will the President's toad-eaters try to restore the status quo ante? Panic? Try to roll with it?
There's less central coordination than meets the eye....
Next moves will be interesting. Will the President's toad-eaters try to restore the status quo ante? Panic? Try to roll with it?
There's less central coordination than meets the eye....
November 22, 2025 at 1:23 AM
I admit that a bro-fest was the last thing I expected when Mamdani visited Trump in the Oval Office.
Next moves will be interesting. Will the President's toad-eaters try to restore the status quo ante? Panic? Try to roll with it?
There's less central coordination than meets the eye....
Next moves will be interesting. Will the President's toad-eaters try to restore the status quo ante? Panic? Try to roll with it?
There's less central coordination than meets the eye....
Quoteposting this to have a new bookmark for the next installment.
He takes the light rail to the outskirts. A pair of earnest missionaries try and convert him on it, to one of those megachurches that's convinced it's got God up and running in an LLM. Hand him a pamphlet, "HE IS BACK. NOW. TODAY." Harmless kooks though, not one of the really scary ones.
November 21, 2025 at 5:41 PM
Quoteposting this to have a new bookmark for the next installment.
Connections
Puzzle #894
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November 21, 2025 at 4:54 PM
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Wordle 1,616 4/6*
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November 21, 2025 at 3:58 PM
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Reposted by Roberta Ecks
When you make a list of ways to crush fascism, it's surprising how many of them involve dropping something large, heavy and/or extremely energetic on it.
The Battle of Berlin in April 1945 caused the death of c. 125,000 civilians, which is about twice as many civilians killed in the atomic bombing of Nagasaki.
My own view about the use of the A Bomb is rather complicated but any tankie condemnation on this point needs to tag the Red Army too.
My own view about the use of the A Bomb is rather complicated but any tankie condemnation on this point needs to tag the Red Army too.
November 20, 2025 at 10:10 PM
When you make a list of ways to crush fascism, it's surprising how many of them involve dropping something large, heavy and/or extremely energetic on it.
They have replaced the lighting fixtures in the women's room at my employer's downtown building and it has bleached my hair in sincerely uncomfortable places.
November 20, 2025 at 10:06 PM
They have replaced the lighting fixtures in the women's room at my employer's downtown building and it has bleached my hair in sincerely uncomfortable places.
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November 20, 2025 at 2:01 PM
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Wordle 1,615 6/6*
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November 20, 2025 at 1:30 PM
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We have a motion on the floor to rename genital warts "JD Vance." Is there a second?
November 19, 2025 at 10:42 PM
We have a motion on the floor to rename genital warts "JD Vance." Is there a second?
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November 19, 2025 at 12:47 PM
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Wordle 1,614 4/6*
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November 19, 2025 at 12:22 PM
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When I heard Mike Johnson talking about how the Senate "would be able to fix" the Epstein files bill, I wondered if it might not irk the Senate to have the Speaker tell them what to do.
Wonder no more.
Wonder no more.
You might not have caught what just happened on the Senate floor, but the Senate just “deemed as passed” the Epstein resolution.
That means as soon as it arrives from the House, it automatically passes the Senate (with no amendments) and heads to the President’s desk.
Wow.
That means as soon as it arrives from the House, it automatically passes the Senate (with no amendments) and heads to the President’s desk.
Wow.
November 18, 2025 at 11:50 PM
When I heard Mike Johnson talking about how the Senate "would be able to fix" the Epstein files bill, I wondered if it might not irk the Senate to have the Speaker tell them what to do.
Wonder no more.
Wonder no more.
Lady, that "Santa, stop here" sign outside your front door is cute, but the turkey hasn't even stopped at your house yet. First things first, please.
November 18, 2025 at 7:02 PM
Lady, that "Santa, stop here" sign outside your front door is cute, but the turkey hasn't even stopped at your house yet. First things first, please.
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November 18, 2025 at 12:45 PM
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I don't know about you, but to me, nothing says "taste" and "the startlingly variable wonder of beauty" quite as much as a Large Language Model.
I don’t want to seem out of touch but I don’t actually understand the economy anymore.
November 18, 2025 at 12:14 PM
I don't know about you, but to me, nothing says "taste" and "the startlingly variable wonder of beauty" quite as much as a Large Language Model.
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November 18, 2025 at 12:11 PM
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I'm quoteposting this so I can pick up the next installment without climbing down the whole thread -- but it's so worth reading.
A courier with an ancient Cessna Caravan flies out of there. Legal documents, hard drives full of the petty secrets of the people and business too paranoid or scarred to trust that the new generation of encryption actually works again. Can rent a seat from him if you know him, off the record.
November 18, 2025 at 3:33 AM
I'm quoteposting this so I can pick up the next installment without climbing down the whole thread -- but it's so worth reading.