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@theselfparody.bsky.social
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Chicagoan to Milwaukeean. Amateur Urbanist. Hoops, tennis, baseball. Movies and Films. Live music. Travel. "History Buff" is insulting.

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selfparody @theselfparody.bsky.social · 11h
Nothing like waking up at 415 on a Saturday when you don't need to be up until 8 or 9. Middle age is bullshit!
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selfparody @theselfparody.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
My Milwaukee friends and acquaintances who know I'm a Chicago sports fan have been offering condolences for the passing of "Da Coach" today, but out of the many, many, reasons I hate that guy, here's one: deadspin.com/mike-ditka-s... Fuck Ditka.
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Deadspin | Mike Ditka Slams NFL Protests: "There Has Been No Oppression In The Last 100 Years" [Update]
Deadspin | Mike Ditka Slams NFL Protests: "There Has Been No Oppression In The Last 100 Years" [Update]
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selfparody @theselfparody.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
I thought Sketches Of Spain would be ideal reading music but it's too damn interesting.
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selfparody @theselfparody.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Don't get it twisted - the centibillionaires are already actively waging class warfare on us.
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selfparody @theselfparody.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
I heard NPR's feature story on Meshell Ndegeocello's duet's album Synonym on the drive into work so I gave it a listen. It's great. www.npr.org/2026/10/06/n...
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Meshell Ndegeocello pays tribute to classic duets with new album, 'Synonym'
NPR's Michel Martin speaks with Meshell Ndegeocello about her new album, "Synonym," featuring duets with the likes of Cynthia Erivo, Chaka Khan and Brandi Carlile.
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selfparody @theselfparody.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
I really enjoyed the Chance show last night but it's kind of cognitive whiplash when he can spend the set mostly doing songs about partying - even drugs - and then close with a proselytizing sermon about getting with God. I guess that was kinda Prince's deal too - swap sex for drugs, tho.
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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 04/10/2026
remarkable piece of journalism. really worth reading.
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selfparody @theselfparody.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
💯 Don't join. Get out if you can. Refuse illegal orders. Don't be complicit.
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selfparody @theselfparody.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Let's build a stadium with a roof without air conditioning. And yes, the roof will also block no doubt home run balls and turn them into outs.
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selfparody @theselfparody.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
The Miz is missing!
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selfparody @theselfparody.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
October. And the leaves stripped bare. Of all they wear. Do. I. Care?
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selfparody @theselfparody.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
I understand the reasons for it but I really hate a best of three playoff series after a 162 MLB game regular season. It just seems so unfair that your season can end after two away games...
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selfparody @theselfparody.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
I've seen enough. It's time to listen to Pat and Ron in bed.
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selfparody @theselfparody.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
WTF Cubs?
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Sadly Rutschman @flannelgoddess.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Oh shit the White Sox are literally on a mission from God
Letter to Jerry Reinsdorf from the pope

I was pleased to receive the kind letter that you
sent
following the game that took place at Rate Field on August 11, 2026. I am most grateful for this thoughtful gesture.
As I have noted,
"sport can truly become a school of life,
where all can learn that abundance does not come from victory at any cost, but from sharing, from respecting others and from the joy of walking together" (Letter Life in Abundance, 6 February In this spirit, it is my hope that the White Sox will
continue to foster bonds of friendship and solidarity people, and thus bear hopeful witness to the possibility of living and working together in peace.
With
these sentiments, I willingly invoke the Almighty's
abundant blessings upon you and your loved ones.
From the Vatican, 9 September 2026
Leo PXIV
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selfparody @theselfparody.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Catching up on / revisiting Sinead's catalog. I miss her.
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ArtButMakeItSports @artbutmakeitsports.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Circus Performers, by Walt Kuhn, 1978, 📸 via @marisakabas.bsky.social
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selfparody @theselfparody.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
9pm start time for the Cubs playoff games. I probably won't make it to the end of a single one. I'm too old for this shit! 😉
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selfparody @theselfparody.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
An ex shared "Love Is Stronger Than Death" with me almost 20 years ago. And while almost everything about our relationship was toxic I can't help but think of her kindly whenever I hear it - the song is just too beautiful and hopeful - I'm usually the type that trashes every reminder ASAP...
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selfparody @theselfparody.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
No one needs to hear your "I don't know who needs to hear this" post. Get over yourself.
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selfparody @theselfparody.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
It seems I have to add Beck to the list of artists of music I mostly like but from what I've heard seems to be an awful person. I tossed my Kanye CDs and DVDs, I excoriate MJ fans, and I'm conflicted about still listening to The Smiths. This is getting tough...
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selfparody @theselfparody.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Reading mainstream news source sites is cognitively painful. How did whether to treat people like human beings become an ideological issue? That seems so euphemismistic...
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Liz Pisares @hildegardvsalinas.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Reposting not b/c social media thrives off lizard brain behavior, but b/c themomoftheyear writes beautifully
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selfparody @theselfparody.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Got the burger that comes with a steak knife in the bun at my local diner - hot to the touch, too - like the sword in the stone. This must be that good shit!
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The Editorial Board @editorialboard.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
1. I suppose we have Natalie Harp to thank.
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selfparody @theselfparody.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
It me
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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 22/09/2026
whenever i hear some variation on "but what if trump does X or Y or Z" i think of this ulysses s. grant remark to a subordinate during the wilderness campaign.
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The Associated Press @apnews.com · 22/09/2026
A Mississippi wildlife rescue gives abandoned and injured baby raccoons their best chance of survival through a program they call "raccoon boot camp."
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A raccoon boot camp in Mississippi teaches abandoned kits survival skills
A Mississippi wildlife rescue gives abandoned and injured baby raccoons their best chance of survival through a program they call “raccoon boot camp.”
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Smooth Dunk @smoothdunk2.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
when ai leaves u behind
7 panel comic.

Panel 1:
A Red Guy with AI across his chest looks like he’s about to run away. A Yellow Guy stands next to him. Red Guy says “I’m the future, buddy. You comin’?”
Yellow Guy replies “Nah”

Panel 2: 
Red Guy is almost out of the panel. He leans in and says “Enjoy getting left behind, pal”
Yellow Guy replies “ok”

Panel 3:
Yellow Guy stands alone.

Panel 4: 
Close up on Yellow Guy, there is a quiet “huff-huff-huff” noise coming from behind him

Panel 5:
Yellow Guy turns to look behind him

Panel 6: 
Close up on Yellow Guy’s face as if from the point of view of an attacker.
Yellow Guy yells “Jesus Christ”

Panel 7:
AI Red Guy is now chasing the Yellow Guy. 
Red Guy: “Use me”
Yellow Guy “No”
Red Guy “USE ME”
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selfparody @theselfparody.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
OMG just turned on the Cubs game. What's up with these Reds unis?
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Spencer Ackerman @attackerman.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
This is a really important story. You know how over reliance on AI makes you lazy and stupid? This shows how that’s happening within the military — a military, it cannot be pointed out often enough, that’s growing ever more reliant on AI. The children of Shajarah Tayyebah Elementary paid the price
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Sara Sanchez @bcbsara.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Chicago over everyone.
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Gage @gayjolsen.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Find a way to give these folks your money because this is a financial sacrifice that few ever choose to make for their principles.
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Ky @ky.fyi · 16/09/2026
Meta and X have been quietly downranking external links for ages, but we're now entering a new era of open hostility toward the open web. It's a great time to build your own website, free from any billionaires demanding a tithe for things that have always been free.
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Ian Miles Schlong @tedcruznipples.com · 10/09/2026
Some of those that work forces Are the same that fuck horses
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selfparody @theselfparody.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Truly surprised he didn't tear an ACL turning that corner...
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Drew Magary @drewmagary.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
I think it does mean that, Samwise
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Dave Zirin @edgeofsports.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Do you know what really grinds my gears? When billionaire, sex criminal, genocide-defenders tell us what voices we are and aren’t allowed to hear. www.thenation.com/article/soci...
thenation.com
Justice for Macklemore
The rapper has been dumped from Ed Sheeran's tour for saying "free Palestine." That's a disgrace.
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Dave Zirin @edgeofsports.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Cancel culture for those who say “Free Palestine.” Free Palestine. Free Macklemore. variety.com/2026/music/n...
variety.com
Macklemore Dropped From Ed Sheeran Tour After ‘Free Palestine’ Speech
Macklemore has been dropped from the remainder of Ed Sheeran's U.S. Loop Tour.
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selfparody @theselfparody.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
I'll say this: The only two big name shows I've been to recently that had reasonably priced merch were The Cure and Garth Brooks...
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selfparody @theselfparody.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
I hate football and I'm happy Da Bears won and the Packers lost. Everybody at the office knows I'm from Chicago and my dad will be in a better mood on our weekly check in phone call
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Micah @rincewind.run · 14/09/2026
I’m so good at not watching television I don’t watch television all the time I was made for this
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FOREVER WARS @forever-wars.com · 11/09/2026
Today we must remember the victims of the war on terror with as much compassion as we remember the victims of the 9/11 attacks, writes @attackerman.bsky.social
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Today We Must Finally Remember What The 9/11 Commemorations Ignore
Righteous victimhood fueled the War on Terror. 25 years later, we also have to remember all of those slain under its banner
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The Onion @theonion.com · 11/09/2026
Americans Fondly Recall 9/11 As Last Time Nation Could Unite In Bloodlust theonion.com/americans-fondly-recal…
Americans Fondly Recall 9/11 As Last Time Nation Could Unite In Bloodlust
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Hamilton Nolan @hamiltonnolan.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
There is zero reason for politicians to be talking about "trans issues" except as a result of a 100% bad faith campaign of bullying and bigotry and it is important to point that out whenever the topic is raised, or you grant bigots legitimacy they don't deserve. www.hamiltonnolan.com/p/you-have-t...
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You Have to Call Bigots What They Are
Stop treating trans people’s rights as a legitimate issue to debate.
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The Onion @theonion.com · 10/09/2026
Trump Claims He Was Falling Man theonion.com/trump-claims-he-was-fa…
Trump Claims He Was Falling Man
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selfparody @theselfparody.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
My Chihuahua is even more indecisive than me with one exception: he always wants what I'm eating.
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selfparody @theselfparody.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
First time listening to Bowie's Low, and, I don't get it? Heard it's amazing. What am I missing? I love so much of his other stuff...
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selfparody @theselfparody.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
When I tell people I hate football sometimes they mention Kaepernick. But of course, because of my color they think I'm on their side and start telling on themselves...
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Dave Zirin @edgeofsports.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
My latest piece @thenation.com "We Can’t Let the Kaepernick Era Be Erased From History." *Critics say the Black Lives Matter movement in sports went too far. It didn’t go far enough, and the backlash has been brutal** www.thenation.com/article/soci...
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We Can’t Let the Kaepernick Era Be Erased From History
Critics say the Black Lives Matter movement in sports went too far. In reality, it didn’t go far enough, and the backlash to it has been brutal.
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