Roberta Ecks @robertaecks.bsky.social · 42mIt's odd. I could not be more clear that I block AI, and yet people with AI avatars and banners keep following me. Look, if somebody uses AI to crunch huge data sets, I think they're foolish but I get the motive. For casual art? That's just wasteful, and damaging to visual artists. Out you go. 010
Reposted by Roberta EcksHannah Alexander Artwork @hannahartwork.bsky.social · 7hMoth 🔦 first picture in my October series! 2150391656
Reposted by Roberta EcksMarcie808🧡🖤⚾️ @marcie808.bsky.social · 7hA look at the evolution of the tamale share.google/YbLWQWZn6FiP...share.googleFrom Cup Tamales to Tamale Pie: A Historical Look at the Formation of Mexican-American CuisineBy the late 1930s San Francisco was a bustling city teeming with nightlife and cultural foods. Restaurants ranged from classic oyster and seafood houses and American grills to the ethnic tastes pro… 172
Roberta Ecks @robertaecks.bsky.social · 6hAre they gonna use water, or have they been saving up the effects of eating tainted lettuce? 000
Roberta Ecks @robertaecks.bsky.social · 13hYeah, and they stuck stuff on the White House, too. Which will be easier to scrape off, I wonder? The gold-colored crap, or La Lake? 010
Roberta Ecks @robertaecks.bsky.social · 06/10/2026There are a number of cases the Supreme Court hears without briefs. This is known as the Commando Docket. 040
Roberta Ecks @robertaecks.bsky.social · 05/10/2026Is that my neighbor, or an instance of Neighbor 2.0 running on his former wetware, hacked with algae and flashing lights? Thanks, Nobel-winners; not only do the living envy the dead, now we can barely tell the difference between them. George Romero, prophet. 040
Roberta Ecks @robertaecks.bsky.social · 05/10/2026It's a job like a pustulent wound, leaking poison into the body politic. 110
Roberta Ecks @robertaecks.bsky.social · 05/10/2026Isn't Leavitt the third Trump press secretary to get a gig at Fox? 110
Roberta Ecks @robertaecks.bsky.social · 05/10/2026Behind glass, with the legend, "Break In Case Of Alien Invasion," perhaps? Good to know that one man stands strong against the extraterrestrial menace! ;) Or, you know, ready to serenade 'em in if they happen to enjoy that sort of thing. It's a win either way. 000
Roberta Ecks @robertaecks.bsky.social · 05/10/2026Now I want to know what kind of person pays that much for a steak and then microwaves it. 010
Roberta Ecks @robertaecks.bsky.social · 05/10/2026Yknow, I was hearing they'd gone more green-gray and sticky-fingered than usual, but I thought it was just wartime rumor. 020
Roberta Ecks @robertaecks.bsky.social · 05/10/2026My Decaying Hearing: RX: Why do Russians have plague labs? Tam: Because they don't adhere to trees. RX: ponders, starts giggling, can't stop. Tam: Treaties! TREATIES, RX: Oh! I thought they'd added tree frog genes; I was thinking they invaded Ukraine to get more human genes before anyone noticed. 150
Roberta Ecks @robertaecks.bsky.social · 05/10/2026There's quite a story connected to peposo, too: theflorenceinsider.com/peposo-recip...theflorenceinsider.comPeposo recipe and history of the fuel of Brunelleschi's domePeposo is a typical tuscan dish, linked to Brunelleschi and magnificent dome of Florence. Here's the history and my traditional peposo recipe 010
Roberta Ecks @robertaecks.bsky.social · 04/10/2026Sit down with them and engage them? Ask Michael Servetus how that approach turns out. If the name isn't familiar, try searching for it alongside John Calvin. 010
Roberta Ecks @robertaecks.bsky.social · 04/10/2026Wait -- orange, stupid, limited vocabulary, wears a diaper? That's Baby Huey! Whew. For just a second there, I was worried it was the President. 030
Roberta Ecks @robertaecks.bsky.social · 04/10/2026I made peposo for supper tonight and it was wonderful. Little too salty, I'll fix that next time, but beef, garlic, what looks like way too much cracked black pepper and a whole bottle of chianti, the beef browned, then simmered for hours in pepper and wine! With fresh steamed mixed veggies. 160
Roberta Ecks @robertaecks.bsky.social · 03/10/2026I'm pretty sure the "legal slave ownership" aspect is a big part of the appeal for them. 040
Roberta Ecks @robertaecks.bsky.social · 03/10/2026Tamara, have I not told you and told you how unbelievably dangerous it is to let the passenger drive? 010
Roberta Ecks @robertaecks.bsky.social · 03/10/2026Step outside, look at the sundial, think about the President's tiny clock. Thanks, Trump. 000
Roberta Ecks @robertaecks.bsky.social · 03/10/2026Why is it that every on of the men heading up these "A.I." firms has a facial expression that looks as if they were just smacked in the head with a cricket bat, flatways? A job half-done isn't worth doing, y'know. Hint, hint. 030
Roberta Ecks @robertaecks.bsky.social · 03/10/2026I let MeTV play in the TV all day Saturday -- morning cartoons give way to Westerns. Early "Gunsmoke" episodes are staggeringly bleak (like the radio show). The other shows, um...today, the Cartwrights on "Bonanza" appear to have met the Rabbi of Romani, or I don't know from accents. 020
Roberta Ecks @robertaecks.bsky.social · 03/10/2026The interesting thing about Joni Mitchell's music is, a lot of the time it's some simple-sounding little song, but to play it she's got her guitar tuned in some impossible way and the backing musicians had to take a calculus class to figure out the time signature. 0167
Roberta Ecks @robertaecks.bsky.social · 03/10/2026So many of the searchers are connected to Purdue that I'm starting to suspect she'd signed up to teach another semester and been paid in advance when she was lost. Ask any Purdue prof, the university administration are world-class cheapskates. They want their money back. 031
Roberta Ecks @robertaecks.bsky.social · 03/10/2026I pulled out my copy to reread when the promotion hype started for this, and the pages were falling out. Too many reads! Had to buy a new copy. The series is stepping into big shoes. Big damn shoes. 000
Roberta Ecks @robertaecks.bsky.social · 03/10/2026There's no way to read this except as an endorsement of fascism as an acceptable political system. Leader Principle, contempt for democracy, unequal justice, slave labor, death camps? Tucker's AOK with it! Stop treating him as if he was a decent person. He's a barbarian inside the gates. 092
Roberta Ecks @robertaecks.bsky.social · 03/10/2026Man, these people are still looking for Amelia Earhart like they think she owes them money. 151
Roberta Ecks @robertaecks.bsky.social · 03/10/2026Man, the disappointment was palpable when he did a lengthy live interview at the radio station where I worked (staff presence strictly limited to essential people only) and it quickly became clear he was utterly insensible to irony. Talented performer but as subtle as a hammer. 100
Roberta Ecks @robertaecks.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Originally, it meant a guy who fexes ponts, but the present meaning is more of a metaphor. 010
Roberta Ecks @robertaecks.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Still walking around in a robot made out of meat, which would be okay, if the damn thing wasn't defective. 160
Roberta Ecks @robertaecks.bsky.social · 02/10/2026(Now I want to do an update to the Basque story about the Devil arriving to ensnare 'em with glib talk and only learning to say hello and count to five after a year. I'd have him give up and head north. Does he get stabbed or reformed in Finland? Both seem likely.) 021
Roberta Ecks @robertaecks.bsky.social · 02/10/2026I'm thinking you could have a class of specialists communicating in Chinese ideographs -- the PRC has really streamlined the lexicon and it would be a good common ground. 120
Roberta Ecks @robertaecks.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Have you considered an alliance with the Basque speakers? 120
Roberta Ecks @robertaecks.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Tumescent tube-worms of Dune? Is this a parody? 030
Roberta Ecks @robertaecks.bsky.social · 02/10/2026That gives me the opportunity to write: Thank you for an interesting and informative series of lectures, @stephenressler.bsky.social 110
Roberta Ecks @robertaecks.bsky.social · 02/10/2026I just finished watching the Great Courses series "Understanding the Marvels of Medieval Technology," conceived and taught by this guy, as kewl an engineer as there is (also a retired Brigadier General). Highly recommended geek history! stephenjressler.comstephenjressler.comStephen Ressler, P.E. | Teacher + Engineer + BuilderDr. Steve Ressler is an educator with a passion for communicating the joys of engineering to anyone who is curious about the role of technology in our world. 163
Roberta Ecks @robertaecks.bsky.social · 01/10/2026No dog, so he's not FBI. They always bring a date. 000
Roberta Ecks @robertaecks.bsky.social · 01/10/2026The biographical film about Robert E. Howard remains one of the best movies about a writer. It's not terribly flattering of us as a group, but still.... 140
Roberta Ecks @robertaecks.bsky.social · 01/10/2026True, and yet -- did not The City With Broad Shoulders develop them, in part, wielding so-called Chicago typewriters in Valentine's Day surprises of the worst sort against "rats" in the pejorative sense? Just be careful what service you're hiring, is all. 010
Roberta Ecks @robertaecks.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Perhaps most saliently, in what sense are they using the word "rats?" I've seen too many noir films to take for granted the actual pestilential rodent is on offer. 110
Roberta Ecks @robertaecks.bsky.social · 01/10/2026In what universe is it considered ok to name the team mascot "Blue the Horse," and nobody even blinks? Look, if I wanted to hear that kind of talk, I would have joined the FBI. 030
Roberta Ecks @robertaecks.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Dawn comes up like Maxfield Parrish on a deadline. 070
Reposted by Roberta EcksMrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 30/09/2026"Super Intelligence" 4003766937