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.
BTDT. My sympathies. It's a miserable process to go through, but ultimately better.
January 8, 2026 at 6:19 PM
BTDT. My sympathies. It's a miserable process to go through, but ultimately better.
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If this is how ICE agents act in public when they know there are dozens of cameras present, just imagine how they treat their detainees in the places where nobody's watching.
January 8, 2026 at 4:58 PM
If this is how ICE agents act in public when they know there are dozens of cameras present, just imagine how they treat their detainees in the places where nobody's watching.
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January 8, 2026 at 2:11 PM
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January 8, 2026 at 1:54 PM
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Sitting in a secure room in Palo Alto, watching people risk their lives for your money, telling yourself you're being accountable. That this means you're not hiding from what you bought, not insulated for the reality of it. Even though you went through massive effort to do exactly that.
Two days.
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January 8, 2026 at 9:12 AM
Sitting in a secure room in Palo Alto, watching people risk their lives for your money, telling yourself you're being accountable. That this means you're not hiding from what you bought, not insulated for the reality of it. Even though you went through massive effort to do exactly that.
Two days.
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January 7, 2026 at 2:16 PM
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January 7, 2026 at 2:02 PM
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Jen Sorensen nails the hypocrisy and racism of the "European culture" argument.
January 6, 2026 at 2:03 PM
Jen Sorensen nails the hypocrisy and racism of the "European culture" argument.
It was remarkably fun. I think my taste for pulps and noir stems from this show and (more cartoonish) The Wild, Wild West.
January 7, 2026 at 12:09 PM
It was remarkably fun. I think my taste for pulps and noir stems from this show and (more cartoonish) The Wild, Wild West.
I have to say, it was an outstanding effort. And I'd never tried the chili cheese etouffee, which was delicious.
January 7, 2026 at 12:05 PM
I have to say, it was an outstanding effort. And I'd never tried the chili cheese etouffee, which was delicious.
Guy just showed up at my door. "We tried to call you. They're out of the one thing."
I changed the order and they promised to have it here in ten minutes or less.
That's above and beyond, but I have my doubts they're going to beat the closing time.
I changed the order and they promised to have it here in ten minutes or less.
That's above and beyond, but I have my doubts they're going to beat the closing time.
January 7, 2026 at 1:03 AM
Guy just showed up at my door. "We tried to call you. They're out of the one thing."
I changed the order and they promised to have it here in ten minutes or less.
That's above and beyond, but I have my doubts they're going to beat the closing time.
I changed the order and they promised to have it here in ten minutes or less.
That's above and beyond, but I have my doubts they're going to beat the closing time.
And now it looks like the order has stalled. Fsck me.
January 7, 2026 at 12:52 AM
And now it looks like the order has stalled. Fsck me.
Looks like the order went through. Yats: cajun, which is close and usually good.
January 7, 2026 at 12:42 AM
Looks like the order went through. Yats: cajun, which is close and usually good.
I may have ordered dinner. One thing for sure, I'm not gonna cook. I'm still fighting a bad cold.
January 7, 2026 at 12:41 AM
I may have ordered dinner. One thing for sure, I'm not gonna cook. I'm still fighting a bad cold.
Maybe not if you were touching them?
January 6, 2026 at 8:21 PM
Maybe not if you were touching them?
My cold persists: all weekend, all day Monday, miserable overnight and, after an only mild yucky morning, lousy this afternoon. I have bought the good cough syrup. Here's hoping it will help.
January 6, 2026 at 8:19 PM
My cold persists: all weekend, all day Monday, miserable overnight and, after an only mild yucky morning, lousy this afternoon. I have bought the good cough syrup. Here's hoping it will help.
I mean, they just bundle their trash to look like that as a joke, right?
January 6, 2026 at 7:32 PM
I mean, they just bundle their trash to look like that as a joke, right?
At least it was just rando stuff?
January 6, 2026 at 7:25 PM
At least it was just rando stuff?
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Jack Smith told lawmakers Trump was 'the most culpable' in election interference case, deposition transcript shows www.nbcnews.com/politics/con...
Jack Smith told lawmakers Trump was 'the most culpable' in election interference case, deposition transcript shows
The former special counsel who brought charges against Trump during the Biden administration had wanted to testify in public, but Republicans refused his request.
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January 5, 2026 at 11:51 AM
Jack Smith told lawmakers Trump was 'the most culpable' in election interference case, deposition transcript shows www.nbcnews.com/politics/con...
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January 6, 2026 at 12:59 PM
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They do learn something useful. The escort checks in with the convoy every time they hit some kind of prearranged waypoint, every time they pass someone on the road, or roughly every twenty minutes, whichever is soonest. So that's their window.
Four days.
Four days.
January 3, 2026 at 2:14 AM
They do learn something useful. The escort checks in with the convoy every time they hit some kind of prearranged waypoint, every time they pass someone on the road, or roughly every twenty minutes, whichever is soonest. So that's their window.
Four days.
Four days.
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NPR’s Jan. 6 archive brings together reporting, video, documents and testimony to show what really happened during the Capitol riot. Explore the timeline, cases and evidence behind the attack.
Jan. 6, 2021: A visual archive of the Capitol attack
NPR’s Jan. 6 archive brings together reporting, video, documents and testimony to show what really happened during the Capitol riot. Explore the timeline, cases and evidence behind the attack.
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January 4, 2026 at 4:13 PM
NPR’s Jan. 6 archive brings together reporting, video, documents and testimony to show what really happened during the Capitol riot. Explore the timeline, cases and evidence behind the attack.