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.
I am 11 years younger than my father was when he died, 19 years younger than my mother. I am staring at a ticking clock, painfully aware of how few ticks must remain.
December 8, 2025 at 11:44 PM
I am 11 years younger than my father was when he died, 19 years younger than my mother. I am staring at a ticking clock, painfully aware of how few ticks must remain.
Reposted by Roberta Ecks
It's impressive that Big Tech was like: We aren't douchy enough. What if we made asshole intelligence and burned up some of the earth's power and water faster?
December 8, 2025 at 4:25 PM
It's impressive that Big Tech was like: We aren't douchy enough. What if we made asshole intelligence and burned up some of the earth's power and water faster?
Reposted by Roberta Ecks
Turns out that everyone clapping was the only thing keeping Tinkerbell alive, and when a sufficiently large number just decided to stop…🤷🏼♀️
July 15, 2025 at 6:10 PM
Turns out that everyone clapping was the only thing keeping Tinkerbell alive, and when a sufficiently large number just decided to stop…🤷🏼♀️
Wireless speakers? SO last week! The hot new accessory is speakerless wires!
"Just a pinch between cheek and gum," I suppose. Don't turn them up too loud!
"Just a pinch between cheek and gum," I suppose. Don't turn them up too loud!
December 8, 2025 at 4:45 PM
Wireless speakers? SO last week! The hot new accessory is speakerless wires!
"Just a pinch between cheek and gum," I suppose. Don't turn them up too loud!
"Just a pinch between cheek and gum," I suppose. Don't turn them up too loud!
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December 8, 2025 at 2:21 PM
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December 8, 2025 at 2:01 PM
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But she needs transcripts from OCU, pay stubs from her work at the clinic, legal records from what happened back home and an expert assessment of them. The kind of thing that no one is going to put together for free, even for a friend. So she swallows and ignores the gunfire. It’s going to be fine.
December 8, 2025 at 12:14 AM
But she needs transcripts from OCU, pay stubs from her work at the clinic, legal records from what happened back home and an expert assessment of them. The kind of thing that no one is going to put together for free, even for a friend. So she swallows and ignores the gunfire. It’s going to be fine.
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Puzzle #910
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December 7, 2025 at 6:45 PM
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December 7, 2025 at 6:34 PM
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December 6, 2025 at 5:52 PM
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December 6, 2025 at 5:44 PM
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Home is where you chew the wings off the drones, and settle down for a long stay.
December 5, 2025 at 11:07 PM
Home is where you chew the wings off the drones, and settle down for a long stay.
Some people are only "journalists" because spellcheck doesn't recognize "spunkmonkey."
December 5, 2025 at 10:22 PM
Some people are only "journalists" because spellcheck doesn't recognize "spunkmonkey."
Reposted by Roberta Ecks
Anyway is this the story I had published this year that made the most people claim to have leaked their precious vital essences out of their eyes? MAYBE. Am I thinking about the end of the world a lot? (A lot a lot a lot?) YES.
psychopomp.com/everyone-kee...
psychopomp.com/everyone-kee...
Everyone Keeps Saying Probably - PSYCHOPOMP.COM
Publisher's Note: Please enjoy this short story by Premee Mohamed, who, coincidentally(!!), has a book out from Psychopomp on February 11th. It's called One
psychopomp.com
December 5, 2025 at 9:29 PM
Anyway is this the story I had published this year that made the most people claim to have leaked their precious vital essences out of their eyes? MAYBE. Am I thinking about the end of the world a lot? (A lot a lot a lot?) YES.
psychopomp.com/everyone-kee...
psychopomp.com/everyone-kee...
I love it when the President says something shockingly racist, I criticize it on my blog, and a commenter (unpublished) chides me for making things up about Our Leader.
December 5, 2025 at 1:41 PM
I love it when the President says something shockingly racist, I criticize it on my blog, and a commenter (unpublished) chides me for making things up about Our Leader.
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December 5, 2025 at 1:39 PM
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December 5, 2025 at 1:06 PM
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Reposted by Roberta Ecks
(Programming note. I am gonna keep posting in the thread but I finally got around to collecting all this in a pdf + some stuff that din't fit, if you want to give me a few bucks in exchange for it here's a way. No obligation.)
opinionista3.gumroad.com/l/skfmmt
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December 4, 2025 at 5:10 AM
(Programming note. I am gonna keep posting in the thread but I finally got around to collecting all this in a pdf + some stuff that din't fit, if you want to give me a few bucks in exchange for it here's a way. No obligation.)
opinionista3.gumroad.com/l/skfmmt
opinionista3.gumroad.com/l/skfmmt
Wait, the Sue Storm power in the Fantastic Four wasn't supposed to be a metaphor about middle-aged women? But that would mean the Human Torch wasn't, um, or the Thing, or even.... Well, damn.
December 4, 2025 at 10:28 PM
Wait, the Sue Storm power in the Fantastic Four wasn't supposed to be a metaphor about middle-aged women? But that would mean the Human Torch wasn't, um, or the Thing, or even.... Well, damn.
Reposted by Roberta Ecks
The Aggrieved Crank Party attracts aggrieved cranks of all ethnicities, genders, and sexual orientations.
Oh this poll is fascinating
December 4, 2025 at 8:36 PM
The Aggrieved Crank Party attracts aggrieved cranks of all ethnicities, genders, and sexual orientations.
Connections
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December 4, 2025 at 2:21 PM
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December 4, 2025 at 1:49 PM
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It appears that I have placed another story featuring my Indianapolis PI character. It's in an anthology that will probably only pay if it earns out, but still....
December 4, 2025 at 11:22 AM
It appears that I have placed another story featuring my Indianapolis PI character. It's in an anthology that will probably only pay if it earns out, but still....
AI is a fraud that tries to sell you your own ass as a hat, and has pumped it full of warm raw sewage as an inducement.
December 4, 2025 at 3:08 AM
AI is a fraud that tries to sell you your own ass as a hat, and has pumped it full of warm raw sewage as an inducement.