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.
I have some very bad news for this guy about the state of the automotive/agricultural/fossil-fuel energy industries
December 16, 2025 at 1:50 PM
I have some very bad news for this guy about the state of the automotive/agricultural/fossil-fuel energy industries
Now, is the kind of competency where you unleash the AI on your code base and it deletes the whole thing, or the kind where you learn that Elon Musk is the best human at literally every field of achievement? Just asking
December 14, 2025 at 3:51 PM
Now, is the kind of competency where you unleash the AI on your code base and it deletes the whole thing, or the kind where you learn that Elon Musk is the best human at literally every field of achievement? Just asking
...Why would you post a GIF of someone doing such a horrible thing to an innoce-- to a not provably guilty hot dog?? (Even my indignation has its limits.)
December 11, 2025 at 9:43 PM
...Why would you post a GIF of someone doing such a horrible thing to an innoce-- to a not provably guilty hot dog?? (Even my indignation has its limits.)
If you are missing the experience while in Galesburg, I am happy to hassle you about ketchup on Hot dogs from up to 1000 miles away. Just ask @marccold.bsky.social, she will confirm I'm good for it. #ImAHelper
December 11, 2025 at 9:32 PM
If you are missing the experience while in Galesburg, I am happy to hassle you about ketchup on Hot dogs from up to 1000 miles away. Just ask @marccold.bsky.social, she will confirm I'm good for it. #ImAHelper
Me, 30 years ago: "When I have kids they're going to be able to go online whenever they want and I'm not going to get annoyed by them expressing themselves"
Me, parent of a Gen Alpha kid today:
#GetOffMyLawn
Me, parent of a Gen Alpha kid today:
#GetOffMyLawn
a cartoon of spongebob squarepants sitting at a table in a diner .
Alt: a cartoon of spongebob squarepants sitting at a table in a diner, reflecting on how, like me, he has become his father
media.tenor.com
December 10, 2025 at 1:37 PM
Me, 30 years ago: "When I have kids they're going to be able to go online whenever they want and I'm not going to get annoyed by them expressing themselves"
Me, parent of a Gen Alpha kid today:
#GetOffMyLawn
Me, parent of a Gen Alpha kid today:
#GetOffMyLawn
AFAICT this is the Harrison Bergeron definition of "democratize"
December 2, 2025 at 9:09 PM
AFAICT this is the Harrison Bergeron definition of "democratize"
Yes.
November 19, 2025 at 12:32 AM
Yes.
...dear God
November 19, 2025 at 12:20 AM
...dear God
"If it ain't broke don't fix it" but it IS broke. You need a compass, a sextant, and/or a ball of magical string to get to Bay St. from the south. How can you sit here and say "working as intended"
November 17, 2025 at 2:06 AM
"If it ain't broke don't fix it" but it IS broke. You need a compass, a sextant, and/or a ball of magical string to get to Bay St. from the south. How can you sit here and say "working as intended"
I can, if i squint, just about make out the reasoning people defending keeping 794 as-is. Defending leaving this interchange as is makes no sense. It is poorly engineered for a usage that never came to pass and I don't know ANYONE who can consistently navigate it. Who is Defending that nonsense?
November 17, 2025 at 2:03 AM
I can, if i squint, just about make out the reasoning people defending keeping 794 as-is. Defending leaving this interchange as is makes no sense. It is poorly engineered for a usage that never came to pass and I don't know ANYONE who can consistently navigate it. Who is Defending that nonsense?