selfparody
@theselfparody.bsky.social
Aspirant. Chicagoan to Milwaukeean.
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After fishing my key card out of the urinal for a second time I think I might need some personal process improvements.
December 26, 2025 at 10:49 PM
After fishing my key card out of the urinal for a second time I think I might need some personal process improvements.
These are the top fantasy basketball NBA players by total points scored in my league. We're about halfway through the season. Jokic is already nearly 500 points over second place. He's been doing crap like this many years in a row now. Just stoopid good at ball.
December 26, 2025 at 9:17 PM
These are the top fantasy basketball NBA players by total points scored in my league. We're about halfway through the season. Jokic is already nearly 500 points over second place. He's been doing crap like this many years in a row now. Just stoopid good at ball.
So weird that OKC is on another historic start to the season at 26-4 and two of those losses have been against San Antonio. They're in real danger of being 0-3 against the Spurs. Wonder why they're the only team that can consistently challenge them this season. Is Wemby that game breaking?
December 25, 2025 at 9:41 PM
So weird that OKC is on another historic start to the season at 26-4 and two of those losses have been against San Antonio. They're in real danger of being 0-3 against the Spurs. Wonder why they're the only team that can consistently challenge them this season. Is Wemby that game breaking?
So Tyler Kolek was drafted 34th overall in 2024. The Bucks picked 23rd and 33rd. None of the Bucks picks are playing in the NBA.
A Marquette alum playing for the Bucks would have been a draw.
Instead Kolek was +24 winning the first Christmas game of the day in 2025 from Madison Square Garden...
A Marquette alum playing for the Bucks would have been a draw.
Instead Kolek was +24 winning the first Christmas game of the day in 2025 from Madison Square Garden...
December 25, 2025 at 7:48 PM
So Tyler Kolek was drafted 34th overall in 2024. The Bucks picked 23rd and 33rd. None of the Bucks picks are playing in the NBA.
A Marquette alum playing for the Bucks would have been a draw.
Instead Kolek was +24 winning the first Christmas game of the day in 2025 from Madison Square Garden...
A Marquette alum playing for the Bucks would have been a draw.
Instead Kolek was +24 winning the first Christmas game of the day in 2025 from Madison Square Garden...
Why didn't the Bucks draft Kolek? I feel like they should have. Seems like a miss.
December 25, 2025 at 6:47 PM
Why didn't the Bucks draft Kolek? I feel like they should have. Seems like a miss.
Heard Bad Religion's cover of Father Christmas on Radio Milwaukee and it was a let down. Not the first time. Took an English class in college because the singer's father was the professor and I disagreed with his taste in novelists. He did turn me on to Spike Lee, though, so maybe I was wrong...
December 25, 2025 at 12:29 PM
Heard Bad Religion's cover of Father Christmas on Radio Milwaukee and it was a let down. Not the first time. Took an English class in college because the singer's father was the professor and I disagreed with his taste in novelists. He did turn me on to Spike Lee, though, so maybe I was wrong...
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"Like Amazon Prime, but with human beings."
December 24, 2025 at 5:50 PM
"Like Amazon Prime, but with human beings."
You have a great head of hair for a man of your age.
(It was the first time I'd been told I didn't look younger than my years. I nearly cried.)
(It was the first time I'd been told I didn't look younger than my years. I nearly cried.)
What's a compliment you'll never forget?
What's an insult you'll never forget?
December 25, 2025 at 11:44 AM
You have a great head of hair for a man of your age.
(It was the first time I'd been told I didn't look younger than my years. I nearly cried.)
(It was the first time I'd been told I didn't look younger than my years. I nearly cried.)
How are you so good at trivia and so bad at everything else?
What's an insult you'll never forget?
December 25, 2025 at 11:42 AM
How are you so good at trivia and so bad at everything else?
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He was despised and rejected of men; a man of sorrows, and acquainted with grief.
December 23, 2025 at 11:49 PM
He was despised and rejected of men; a man of sorrows, and acquainted with grief.
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I think this is a really important point. When folks say "no AI" they often don’t mean "I can conceive of no possible use for AI"—they mean "the use cases I’ve been shown do not begin to justify the harms"—that’s not something you respond to by offering another narrow use case
So when I say there is *zero* utility for LLMs, I don't mean there are zero use cases. I mean there are zero use cases that even begin to make up for the damage that's being done.
December 22, 2025 at 9:15 PM
I think this is a really important point. When folks say "no AI" they often don’t mean "I can conceive of no possible use for AI"—they mean "the use cases I’ve been shown do not begin to justify the harms"—that’s not something you respond to by offering another narrow use case
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Americans having to bootleg broadcast news about our government’s offshored concentration camp is a level of fascism that immediately precedes democratic societies dropping leaflets on us from weather balloons.
And now someone has uploaded a version that wasn't filmed off a TV.
There's also the torrent link there, which is probably the fastest way to download the 60 Minutes segment on CECOT if you want to save the file locally to your computer.
There's also the torrent link there, which is probably the fastest way to download the 60 Minutes segment on CECOT if you want to save the file locally to your computer.
Pulled 60 Minutes segment on CECOT : CBS : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive
This is a screen recording of a 60 Minutes segment about the Centro de Confinamiento del Terrorismo (CECOT) prison in El Salvador, which was intended to be...
archive.org
December 23, 2025 at 12:49 AM
Americans having to bootleg broadcast news about our government’s offshored concentration camp is a level of fascism that immediately precedes democratic societies dropping leaflets on us from weather balloons.
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The banned 60 Minutes episode about the CECOT torture prison used by the Trump admin is now exploding across the internet. Be sure to watch so you can see the excellent reporting done by Sharyn Alfonsi & her team at 60 Minutes:
And now someone has uploaded a version that wasn't filmed off a TV.
There's also the torrent link there, which is probably the fastest way to download the 60 Minutes segment on CECOT if you want to save the file locally to your computer.
There's also the torrent link there, which is probably the fastest way to download the 60 Minutes segment on CECOT if you want to save the file locally to your computer.
Pulled 60 Minutes segment on CECOT : CBS : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive
This is a screen recording of a 60 Minutes segment about the Centro de Confinamiento del Terrorismo (CECOT) prison in El Salvador, which was intended to be...
archive.org
December 23, 2025 at 12:51 AM
The banned 60 Minutes episode about the CECOT torture prison used by the Trump admin is now exploding across the internet. Be sure to watch so you can see the excellent reporting done by Sharyn Alfonsi & her team at 60 Minutes:
This is why exactly I can't believe in them yet...
Then again, they were on the other side of situations just like this multiple times last season. The football gods are funny like that.
Then again, they were on the other side of situations just like this multiple times last season. The football gods are funny like that.
December 23, 2025 at 1:23 AM
This is why exactly I can't believe in them yet...
Then again, they were on the other side of situations just like this multiple times last season. The football gods are funny like that.
Then again, they were on the other side of situations just like this multiple times last season. The football gods are funny like that.
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When we say "no, everything hasn't been digitized," I need you to understand that we really mean is that virtually nothing has been digitized. This is because the realm of primary sources that historians use is incomprehensibly large.
Seems like it's worth posting this one again.
Why Do Historians Still Have To Go To Archives?
Why do historians go to archives? Hasn’t everything already been digitized?
contingentmagazine.org
December 22, 2025 at 1:40 AM
When we say "no, everything hasn't been digitized," I need you to understand that we really mean is that virtually nothing has been digitized. This is because the realm of primary sources that historians use is incomprehensibly large.
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LeBron Pressures Bronny To Have Grandchildren Before He’s Too Old To Play With Them In NBA https://theonion.com/lebron-pressures-bronny-to-have-grandchildren-before-hes-too-old-to-play-with-them-in-nba/
December 22, 2025 at 7:45 PM
LeBron Pressures Bronny To Have Grandchildren Before He’s Too Old To Play With Them In NBA https://theonion.com/lebron-pressures-bronny-to-have-grandchildren-before-hes-too-old-to-play-with-them-in-nba/
I get this and you're not wrong but there's some people I want to know about who will never post here. As a student of History primary sources are important. For example, Volodymyr Zelynskyy is unlikely to post on Blue Sky anytime soon.
the broad inability to leave a social media platform owned by a white supremacist and prolific manipulator of public perception really is one of the most discouraging data points right now
December 22, 2025 at 1:17 AM
I get this and you're not wrong but there's some people I want to know about who will never post here. As a student of History primary sources are important. For example, Volodymyr Zelynskyy is unlikely to post on Blue Sky anytime soon.
I need a blue tent for my house. My pride is injured on a daily basis.
December 21, 2025 at 2:15 AM
I need a blue tent for my house. My pride is injured on a daily basis.
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the first play of this Packers / Bears game started with attempted murder. pretty psyched to see where it goes from here!
December 21, 2025 at 1:23 AM
the first play of this Packers / Bears game started with attempted murder. pretty psyched to see where it goes from here!
Pretty sure my cat is thinking as she watches me change the litter box and clean the area around it from her perch atop the stairs: "Good slave. Wait until you see what I make you do next time."
December 21, 2025 at 12:54 AM
Pretty sure my cat is thinking as she watches me change the litter box and clean the area around it from her perch atop the stairs: "Good slave. Wait until you see what I make you do next time."
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Chicago is having none of this administration's BS.
December 20, 2025 at 9:40 PM
Chicago is having none of this administration's BS.
I receive a Christmas card every year from two households I'm not speaking to. In one case, they went full MAGA, and I cut it off. In the other I got ghosted. In both cases, I wish I could write back, bro, it's over take me off your list. But that seems needlessly spiteful and dramatic...
December 21, 2025 at 12:09 AM
I receive a Christmas card every year from two households I'm not speaking to. In one case, they went full MAGA, and I cut it off. In the other I got ghosted. In both cases, I wish I could write back, bro, it's over take me off your list. But that seems needlessly spiteful and dramatic...
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Officials in Tennessee aren't just banning books, they're now demanding information on who checked out contested (largely LGBTQ+) books, including names, addresses, and "household composition."
A librarian who was given the directive has come forward asking for whistleblower protections.
A librarian who was given the directive has come forward asking for whistleblower protections.
Tennessee whistleblower says library board chair sought private data as part of state's book purge
A First Amendment expert told The Advocate that there are "huge" legal implications stemming from the situation.
www.advocate.com
December 17, 2025 at 11:42 PM
Officials in Tennessee aren't just banning books, they're now demanding information on who checked out contested (largely LGBTQ+) books, including names, addresses, and "household composition."
A librarian who was given the directive has come forward asking for whistleblower protections.
A librarian who was given the directive has come forward asking for whistleblower protections.
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pitching a spinoff of 'Dancing With The Stars', where the famous people are all long dead historical figures we dig up and pair with living contestants.
I'm calling it, 'Necrodancer'.
I'm calling it, 'Necrodancer'.
December 20, 2025 at 2:49 AM
pitching a spinoff of 'Dancing With The Stars', where the famous people are all long dead historical figures we dig up and pair with living contestants.
I'm calling it, 'Necrodancer'.
I'm calling it, 'Necrodancer'.
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Of all the sins of AI, this is an unexpected and deeply annoying one
Funny animal videos no longer being trustworthy just fucking sucks all around. I love the wonder of animal behavior and what it says about the experience of being alive. It's because it happened in reality that it's so fun. It's not fun if it was just made up. There's no wonder there.
December 19, 2025 at 2:36 AM
Of all the sins of AI, this is an unexpected and deeply annoying one