Billy Z
@billyz.fightins.online
sci-fi enjoyer, baseball fan, 90s rememberer, cat man.
Go Phillies!
Go Phillies!
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January 1, 2026 at 1:33 PM
Happy New Year! From the sound I just heard I can only assume my neighbors just blew themselves up.
January 1, 2026 at 5:17 AM
Happy New Year! From the sound I just heard I can only assume my neighbors just blew themselves up.
My resolution for the New Year is to try "failing upward" instead of my usual, which is "succeeding downward."
December 29, 2025 at 3:08 PM
My resolution for the New Year is to try "failing upward" instead of my usual, which is "succeeding downward."
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another robot highlight for 2025: man wearing humanoid mocap suit kicks himself in the balls
December 27, 2025 at 5:27 PM
another robot highlight for 2025: man wearing humanoid mocap suit kicks himself in the balls
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you can also get three gifts in one with BP360, where you get an annual sub, a copy of our book, the BP Annual, and a t-shirt for one great price. This promotion ends TONIGHT:
Baseball Prospectus 360 - 2026
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December 23, 2025 at 11:47 PM
you can also get three gifts in one with BP360, where you get an annual sub, a copy of our book, the BP Annual, and a t-shirt for one great price. This promotion ends TONIGHT:
The reason for the season.
#merryGritmas
#merryGritmas
December 23, 2025 at 1:36 AM
The reason for the season.
#merryGritmas
#merryGritmas
I'm ready! Let's go, the Flyers!
December 23, 2025 at 12:13 AM
I'm ready! Let's go, the Flyers!
Philadelphia, I am here.
December 22, 2025 at 8:36 PM
Philadelphia, I am here.
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started / going
December 18, 2025 at 12:13 AM
started / going
Good, then I can finally convince my bosses to abandon this shit platform.
Facebook is testing a monthly $14.99 subscription, and telling users they need to subscribe if they want to post more than 2 links a month.
techcrunch.com/2025/12/17/f...
techcrunch.com/2025/12/17/f...
Facebook is testing a link-posting limit for professional accounts and pages | TechCrunch
Meta said that the test impacts professional accounts and pages on Facebook.
techcrunch.com
December 19, 2025 at 2:51 PM
Good, then I can finally convince my bosses to abandon this shit platform.
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December 17, 2025 at 11:16 AM
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PSA: Our roadmap for 2026:
December 16, 2025 at 10:22 AM
PSA: Our roadmap for 2026:
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If you're looking for a gift for the HEATED RIVALRY fan in your life, try HEADING NORTH, full of queer yearning, on-ice fireworks, and unexpected alliances. Available here: www.braddockavenuebooks.com/pages/books/...
December 15, 2025 at 5:56 PM
If you're looking for a gift for the HEATED RIVALRY fan in your life, try HEADING NORTH, full of queer yearning, on-ice fireworks, and unexpected alliances. Available here: www.braddockavenuebooks.com/pages/books/...
Why do we need this when Disney already has a Pat McAfee?
No prologue like Gaston's
No IP cog like Gaston's
No one's origin tale is a slog like Gaston's
deadline.com/2025/12/disn...
No IP cog like Gaston's
No one's origin tale is a slog like Gaston's
deadline.com/2025/12/disn...
Disney Developing Live-Action ‘Gaston’ Movie From Writer Dave Callaham And Producer Michelle Rejwan
Disney is in early development on a new live-action pic centered on the Beauty and the Beast character Gaston.
deadline.com
December 15, 2025 at 11:05 PM
Why do we need this when Disney already has a Pat McAfee?
Drunk Karate Raccoons
Drunk raccoon found in liquor store suspected in karate studio break-in
Drunk raccoon found in liquor store suspected in karate studio break-in
The "trashed panda" is also suspected of burglarising snacks from the Department of Motor Vehicles.
www.bbc.com
December 13, 2025 at 1:12 PM
Drunk Karate Raccoons
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“Don’t surrender to AI your ability to read, write and think when others once risked their lives and died for the freedom to do so.”
Historian here he is right and regrettably the AHA is wrong on AI and its classroom use www.huffpost.com/entry/histor...
I Set A Trap To Catch My Students Cheating With AI. The Results Were Shocking.
"Students are not just undermining their ability to learn, but to someday lead."
www.huffpost.com
November 26, 2025 at 5:17 AM
“Don’t surrender to AI your ability to read, write and think when others once risked their lives and died for the freedom to do so.”
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Study Finds Young People Now Watch More YouTube Content Than Zoetropes Of Galloping Horses https://theonion.com/study-finds-young-people-now-watch-more-youtube-content-than-zoetropes-of-galloping-horses/
December 10, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Study Finds Young People Now Watch More YouTube Content Than Zoetropes Of Galloping Horses https://theonion.com/study-finds-young-people-now-watch-more-youtube-content-than-zoetropes-of-galloping-horses/
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I said it before, will say it again -- generative AI fetishizes "ideas" while sneering at effort, execution, and education. That, despite Gen-AI being built on and out of other people's effort, execution and education.
A.I. and the Fetishization Of Ideas
In writing and in dispensing my (very dubious, probably shady) writing advice, I am often keen to note that ideas are bullshit. Most writers treat them like precious gems when really, ideas are lik…
terribleminds.com
December 9, 2025 at 2:01 PM
I said it before, will say it again -- generative AI fetishizes "ideas" while sneering at effort, execution, and education. That, despite Gen-AI being built on and out of other people's effort, execution and education.
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What did I know and when did I know it?
Do you think Kyle Schwarber took that 4-year offer from the Pirates and hung it on the fridge for everyone to see?
December 9, 2025 at 4:24 PM
What did I know and when did I know it?
Hell yeah!
🚨Kyle Schwarber is back with the Phillies on a 5 year deal worth $150M per Jeff Passan.
December 9, 2025 at 4:22 PM
Hell yeah!