Brad Houston, Cardboard Relocation Maestro
@herodotusjr.bsky.social
Records Officer for the City of Milwaukee, SAA Committee on Public Policy past chair, occasional player of Magic: The Gathering, Husband, Dad, and Dog Dad. I have Public Records Law/Freedom of Information Act opinions.
Chappy Chanukah (the C is csilent) to those of you who celebrate. If you do not celebrate, happy the Packers getting trampled by the Broncos evening
December 15, 2025 at 12:58 AM
Chappy Chanukah (the C is csilent) to those of you who celebrate. If you do not celebrate, happy the Packers getting trampled by the Broncos evening
Come back to Twitter you say? Take it away, Old Steve Rogers:
an older man in a brown jacket is standing in front of a tree and saying no .
Alt: an older man in a brown jacket is standing in front of a tree and saying no .
media.tenor.com
December 15, 2025 at 12:55 AM
Come back to Twitter you say? Take it away, Old Steve Rogers:
Ahem: 🤮🤮🤮
It’s been fun while it lasted: “Purdue University will begin requiring that all of its undergraduate students demonstrate basic competency in artificial intelligence starting with freshmen who enter the university in 2026.”
www.forbes.com/sites/michae...
www.forbes.com/sites/michae...
Purdue University Approves New AI Requirement For All Undergrads
Purdue University will begin requiring that all of its undergraduate students meet an AI competency requirement starting with freshmen who enter the university in 2026.
www.forbes.com
December 14, 2025 at 3:47 PM
Ahem: 🤮🤮🤮
Holy hell, talk about misreading your audience. I, parent of a 10 year old, cannot fathom a scenario in which UGC is something that makes me say "wow, I want to throw more money at the Walt Disney Corp."
"Iger said the deal also fulfills a longtime desire by Disney to put user-generated content on its Disney+ streaming platform. Disney initially plans to put select videos created on Sora onto Disney+ to increase engagement with users, especially younger ones." www.businessinsider.com/disney-bob-i...
Disney CEO Bob Iger explains why he just did a blockbuster OpenAI deal
Disney CEO Bob Iger said the company's licensing deal with OpenAI will let it capitalize on a fast-growing technology and engage younger audiences.
www.businessinsider.com
December 11, 2025 at 9:25 PM
Holy hell, talk about misreading your audience. I, parent of a 10 year old, cannot fathom a scenario in which UGC is something that makes me say "wow, I want to throw more money at the Walt Disney Corp."
I knew I liked this place for a reason. (Also because their Italian Beef is phenomenal)
Our archivist found this real, paid-for, pretty rad Mr. Beef ad in the April 2004 edition of The Onion.
December 10, 2025 at 10:21 PM
I knew I liked this place for a reason. (Also because their Italian Beef is phenomenal)
See, I feel like this just confirms how the Lattimore translation sucks and is bad, if an AI can get there independently. #NerdHotTake
Zeroshot translation with LLM of Homer align more with Lattimore's translation, apparently a canonical one in the English speaking world? #chr2025 doi.org/10.63744/Xcj...
December 10, 2025 at 1:39 PM
See, I feel like this just confirms how the Lattimore translation sucks and is bad, if an AI can get there independently. #NerdHotTake
Ok, did we use Badger Badger Badger to respond to literally every situation though? *holds finger to ear* ah. Well, nevertheless
Sometimes people are like "aren't you worried about the kids and their nonsensical new brainrot memes"
But like, the thing is, I can still spot a member of my internet generation by how they respond to "badger badger badger badger"
Playing with language and rhythm is fun, it'll be fine!
But like, the thing is, I can still spot a member of my internet generation by how they respond to "badger badger badger badger"
Playing with language and rhythm is fun, it'll be fine!
One of the things we've enjoyed the most about the six-seven phenomenon is the way it comes with a gesture, which we've also seen represented in emoji form as:
🫴 six-seven 🫳
🫴 six-seven 🫳
December 10, 2025 at 1:34 PM
Ok, did we use Badger Badger Badger to respond to literally every situation though? *holds finger to ear* ah. Well, nevertheless
Wow, who saw this coming (everyone, literally everyone knew this was the most probable outcome)
The process to pick a new Milwaukee flag is going remarkably poorly, internal emails reveal. urbanmilwaukee.com/2025/12/03/c...
City Hall: Latest Effort to Adopt New Milwaukee Flag Going Nowhere
Bureaucracy and confusion create a slow-moving comedy of errors.
urbanmilwaukee.com
December 4, 2025 at 6:14 PM
Wow, who saw this coming (everyone, literally everyone knew this was the most probable outcome)
Galaxy Brain Take in Milwaukee Subreddit re: Beans and Barley closing because the building owners are selling: "They had 50 years to buy the building themselves, they didn't, therefore this is their fault" #MakeItMakeSense
December 3, 2025 at 6:21 PM
Galaxy Brain Take in Milwaukee Subreddit re: Beans and Barley closing because the building owners are selling: "They had 50 years to buy the building themselves, they didn't, therefore this is their fault" #MakeItMakeSense
It's like "The Gift of the Magi", only somehow more depressing and at a systemic level. I love it here*
*I do not love it here
*I do not love it here
Have you been to Drexel Town Square in Oak Creek? It wants to be the walkable, 15-minute city. The catch? You have to drive there.
December 3, 2025 at 3:27 PM
It's like "The Gift of the Magi", only somehow more depressing and at a systemic level. I love it here*
*I do not love it here
*I do not love it here
Zwei peanuts were walking down der Strasse, und one of zem was a salted... peanut #ImSureSomeoneElseHasAlreadyReferencedThis
this is quite the detail
November 30, 2025 at 4:23 PM
Zwei peanuts were walking down der Strasse, und one of zem was a salted... peanut #ImSureSomeoneElseHasAlreadyReferencedThis
Remember when the advent of the internet was going to SAVE social science researchers the arduous work of conducting in-person interviews? Good times, good times. #NotGoodTimes
This is terrifying.
"[AI agents] can... infer a researcher's latent hypotheses and produce data that artificially confirms them."
...
"We can no longer trust that survey responses are coming from real people" [email protected]
"[AI agents] can... infer a researcher's latent hypotheses and produce data that artificially confirms them."
...
"We can no longer trust that survey responses are coming from real people" [email protected]
November 18, 2025 at 10:39 PM
Remember when the advent of the internet was going to SAVE social science researchers the arduous work of conducting in-person interviews? Good times, good times. #NotGoodTimes
Welp, this is both awful and totally expected re: Private Equity ownership behavior
🚨 EXPOSED: Parents are being threatened for recording their own kids’ hockey games. Private equity bought the rinks, banned filming, and now charges up to $50 a month to watch youth sports.
November 18, 2025 at 8:07 PM
Welp, this is both awful and totally expected re: Private Equity ownership behavior
I am still mad that DLW wouldn't let me take the train to Anaheim this summer, but I see her point. "Oh freight has right of way, that's why passenger rail is so slow" WELL BUILD MORE TRACKS THEN. PREFERABLY OUT OF MELTED DOWN CARS.
OMG you cannot even take a train from Milwaukee to Nashville??? We are not a serious country.
November 14, 2025 at 10:40 PM
I am still mad that DLW wouldn't let me take the train to Anaheim this summer, but I see her point. "Oh freight has right of way, that's why passenger rail is so slow" WELL BUILD MORE TRACKS THEN. PREFERABLY OUT OF MELTED DOWN CARS.
Reposted by Brad Houston, Cardboard Relocation Maestro
Every argument against removing 794 is basically just some version of people being unable to imagine our city being better.
November 14, 2025 at 11:40 AM
Every argument against removing 794 is basically just some version of people being unable to imagine our city being better.
The tags at the bottom of this ruin the joke IMO. Buuuuuuut. Still recommend.
"Of course, it doesn’t feel right to want IT to HAPPEN. And it’s obviously not okay to try to make IT HAPPEN. That’s not what this is ABOUT, just to make things CLEAR LEGALLY as far as VARIOUS AGENCIES are concerned."
www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/whe...
www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/whe...
When It Happens
It’s been so long, you sometimes forget that eventually, IT will HAPPEN. It’s impossible to say when IT will HAPPEN. But it can’t be too long until...
www.mcsweeneys.net
November 14, 2025 at 2:13 PM
The tags at the bottom of this ruin the joke IMO. Buuuuuuut. Still recommend.
Every complaint by a "Conservative critic" in this article can be reduced to "The new formula doesn't drag Milwaukee Public Schools through the mud enough for my liking". urbanmilwaukee.com/2025/11/12/m...
Most Wisconsin Schools Meet or Exceed Expectations on State Report Cards
But critics say DPI report leave parents guessing about which schools are best.
urbanmilwaukee.com
November 12, 2025 at 8:54 PM
Every complaint by a "Conservative critic" in this article can be reduced to "The new formula doesn't drag Milwaukee Public Schools through the mud enough for my liking". urbanmilwaukee.com/2025/11/12/m...
Me, who has been on the internet for more than 5 minutes before this: "Challenge Accepted"
i know a lot of people have valid concerns about the mods here but you simply cannot be mad that they don't allow death threats lol
The account owner of @sarahkendzior.bsky.social was suspended for 72 hours for expressing a desire to shoot the author of an article. The post, made 11/10, stated: "I want to shoot the author of this article just to watch him die." 1/2
November 12, 2025 at 8:20 PM
Me, who has been on the internet for more than 5 minutes before this: "Challenge Accepted"
IN. TO. HIS. HEAD. *twitch* #WhatWereWeTalkingAbout #HeOnlyHadHimselfToBlame
Pop, Six, Squish, Uh Uh, Cicero, Lipshitz
Read type print earworm depo prep eff this
Read type print earworm depo prep eff this
November 12, 2025 at 1:38 AM
IN. TO. HIS. HEAD. *twitch* #WhatWereWeTalkingAbout #HeOnlyHadHimselfToBlame
In order, my reactions to this take:
1) Right on, Milwaukee obviously hates pedestrians
2) Well wait, it costs money to get these bitty plows to get sidewalks, DPW doesn't have unlimited budget
3) Oh that is a good point WAIT NO IT ISN'T THE STATE SHOULD GIVE MILWAUKEE BACK MORE MONEY FOR THIS
1) Right on, Milwaukee obviously hates pedestrians
2) Well wait, it costs money to get these bitty plows to get sidewalks, DPW doesn't have unlimited budget
3) Oh that is a good point WAIT NO IT ISN'T THE STATE SHOULD GIVE MILWAUKEE BACK MORE MONEY FOR THIS
This is a small snow plow for sidewalks
If your city plows the roads but leaves sidewalks up to property owners, your city hates pedestrians.
If your city plows the roads but leaves sidewalks up to property owners, your city hates pedestrians.
November 11, 2025 at 9:32 PM
In order, my reactions to this take:
1) Right on, Milwaukee obviously hates pedestrians
2) Well wait, it costs money to get these bitty plows to get sidewalks, DPW doesn't have unlimited budget
3) Oh that is a good point WAIT NO IT ISN'T THE STATE SHOULD GIVE MILWAUKEE BACK MORE MONEY FOR THIS
1) Right on, Milwaukee obviously hates pedestrians
2) Well wait, it costs money to get these bitty plows to get sidewalks, DPW doesn't have unlimited budget
3) Oh that is a good point WAIT NO IT ISN'T THE STATE SHOULD GIVE MILWAUKEE BACK MORE MONEY FOR THIS
Also, I fully support this. Back when I was a kid and my parents WEREN'T afraid to take my brother and me downtown, that place was a highlight of any such trip. Third Street Market Hall could never (sorry Milwaukee).
Resurrect Foodlife.
November 11, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Also, I fully support this. Back when I was a kid and my parents WEREN'T afraid to take my brother and me downtown, that place was a highlight of any such trip. Third Street Market Hall could never (sorry Milwaukee).