Selfsimilar
@selfsimilar.bsky.social
Software Dev in EdTech; Father; Musician/Music lover; Bibliophile; Onomatopedian; SciFi and Humanity's Great Potential
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This is an American patriot.
December 5, 2025 at 3:14 PM
This is an American patriot.
The countervailing force is high school boys will study harder if they think their chances of dating improve in a female-dominated academia. Not enough to counteract the effect. But yeah, ladies are smart. Get over it.
Ending DEI practices in college admissions will expose an uncomfortable truth. Women now outperform men academically.
If universities stop trying to gender balance incoming classes but instead admit based on merit, they’ll reject men at higher rates than they do today.
If universities stop trying to gender balance incoming classes but instead admit based on merit, they’ll reject men at higher rates than they do today.
Trump’s attack on DEI may hurt college men, particularly White men
The Trump administration’s ban on diversity, equity and inclusion also targets gender. The ban may impact gender balancing practices that often benefit college men.
www.washingtonpost.com
December 7, 2025 at 6:39 PM
The countervailing force is high school boys will study harder if they think their chances of dating improve in a female-dominated academia. Not enough to counteract the effect. But yeah, ladies are smart. Get over it.
Not surprised. People were in better physical shape before cars and walking everywhere was the norm. Same thing here.
One Laptop Per Child, 10 years later: "we find no significant effects on academic performance but some evidence of negative effects on grade progression... computer access significantly improved students’ computer skills but not their cognitive skills" www.nber.org/papers/w34495
Laptops in the Long Run: Evidence from the One Laptop per Child Program in Rural Peru
Founded in 1920, the NBER is a private, non-profit, non-partisan organization dedicated to conducting economic research and to disseminating research findings among academics, public policy makers, an...
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December 7, 2025 at 6:32 PM
Not surprised. People were in better physical shape before cars and walking everywhere was the norm. Same thing here.
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One of my neighbors has been putting up these fish facts posters. All kinds of different fish, marine, freshwater, deep, shallow, all kinds. This is a good one. “Stg this real fish” took me out. Good work, neighbor.
December 7, 2025 at 3:39 PM
One of my neighbors has been putting up these fish facts posters. All kinds of different fish, marine, freshwater, deep, shallow, all kinds. This is a good one. “Stg this real fish” took me out. Good work, neighbor.
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Cerberus loved nothing more than chasing styx.
December 6, 2025 at 10:23 AM
Cerberus loved nothing more than chasing styx.
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the leader of a college republican group at OU says that the quality of Samantha Fulnecky's essay was "indefensible" and that the trans grad student who graded it graded it correctly: www.kswo.com/2025/12/05/p...
‘The professor was right’: Oklahoma Republican college leader criticizes essay controversy
The chairman of the Oklahoma Federation of College Republicans is weighing in on controversy surrounding a failed essay submitted by a University of Oklahoma student.
www.kswo.com
December 6, 2025 at 10:03 PM
the leader of a college republican group at OU says that the quality of Samantha Fulnecky's essay was "indefensible" and that the trans grad student who graded it graded it correctly: www.kswo.com/2025/12/05/p...
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this past was waiting for me
when i came,
a monstrous unnamed baby,
and i with my mother's itch
took it to breast
and named it
History.
she is more human now,
learning languages everyday, remembering faces, names
....
- Lucille Clifton
#Poetry #LiteratureSky 💙📚👀
when i came,
a monstrous unnamed baby,
and i with my mother's itch
took it to breast
and named it
History.
she is more human now,
learning languages everyday, remembering faces, names
....
- Lucille Clifton
#Poetry #LiteratureSky 💙📚👀
December 7, 2025 at 9:03 AM
this past was waiting for me
when i came,
a monstrous unnamed baby,
and i with my mother's itch
took it to breast
and named it
History.
she is more human now,
learning languages everyday, remembering faces, names
....
- Lucille Clifton
#Poetry #LiteratureSky 💙📚👀
when i came,
a monstrous unnamed baby,
and i with my mother's itch
took it to breast
and named it
History.
she is more human now,
learning languages everyday, remembering faces, names
....
- Lucille Clifton
#Poetry #LiteratureSky 💙📚👀
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THREAD: It was supposed to be a routine surgery. So when the doctor stepped out, Sandra Parker wasn’t sure she heard right.
Her husband’s heart couldn’t have stopped for more than 5 or 6 minutes, the doctor was saying.
“That’s not a lot of time,” Mrs. Parker thought. “Is it?”
Her husband’s heart couldn’t have stopped for more than 5 or 6 minutes, the doctor was saying.
“That’s not a lot of time,” Mrs. Parker thought. “Is it?”
December 7, 2025 at 2:00 PM
THREAD: It was supposed to be a routine surgery. So when the doctor stepped out, Sandra Parker wasn’t sure she heard right.
Her husband’s heart couldn’t have stopped for more than 5 or 6 minutes, the doctor was saying.
“That’s not a lot of time,” Mrs. Parker thought. “Is it?”
Her husband’s heart couldn’t have stopped for more than 5 or 6 minutes, the doctor was saying.
“That’s not a lot of time,” Mrs. Parker thought. “Is it?”
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I'll say again: we are oddly selective about the government services about which we will say, they operate at a loss.
We say Amtrak and the post office "lose money" but we never say highways, the court system, the Pentagon, etc lose money
We say Amtrak and the post office "lose money" but we never say highways, the court system, the Pentagon, etc lose money
The USPS posting a NINE BILLION DOLLAR LOSS!!! sounds terrible. Certainly worse than if you said "USPS costs thirty dollars per person per year" even though that means the same thing and more accurately describes a government service
December 7, 2025 at 7:24 AM
I'll say again: we are oddly selective about the government services about which we will say, they operate at a loss.
We say Amtrak and the post office "lose money" but we never say highways, the court system, the Pentagon, etc lose money
We say Amtrak and the post office "lose money" but we never say highways, the court system, the Pentagon, etc lose money
Go that way very fast. If something gets in your way, turn.
Gee, I'm real sorry your mom blew up, Ricky.
December 7, 2025 at 5:47 PM
Go that way very fast. If something gets in your way, turn.
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I like whatever is wrong with my algorithm over there
December 7, 2025 at 3:49 PM
I like whatever is wrong with my algorithm over there
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has anyone else noticed that food tasted better in the past? it was mushy and easy to eat. and the spoon would come at you like an airplane
December 5, 2025 at 9:38 PM
has anyone else noticed that food tasted better in the past? it was mushy and easy to eat. and the spoon would come at you like an airplane
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Netflix Confirms Cancel Membership Button Will Be Leaving Streaming Service Next Month
December 5, 2025 at 10:00 PM
Netflix Confirms Cancel Membership Button Will Be Leaving Streaming Service Next Month
Thank GOD. Lou's is great, especially since they have a decent gluten-free pie. But variety is great and Giordano's doesn't have an open store for miles and miles anymore, since both Evanston and Morton Grove locations closed.
December 5, 2025 at 7:55 PM
Thank GOD. Lou's is great, especially since they have a decent gluten-free pie. But variety is great and Giordano's doesn't have an open store for miles and miles anymore, since both Evanston and Morton Grove locations closed.
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Wife was just looking for her phone and I asked her "who took your phone? You'll find your phone. Him name is Hopkin Green Phone."
One of my all-time memes.
One of my all-time memes.
December 4, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Wife was just looking for her phone and I asked her "who took your phone? You'll find your phone. Him name is Hopkin Green Phone."
One of my all-time memes.
One of my all-time memes.
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December 4, 2025 at 3:08 PM
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So @vulture.com named my comedy special, Night Thoughts, the BEST COMEDY SPECIAL OF THE YEAR! Thrilled to be in this company. Night Thoughts is out Dec 19th on Hulu.
www.vulture.com/article/best...
www.vulture.com/article/best...
The Best Comedy Specials of 2025
Existentialism was so hot this year.
www.vulture.com
December 3, 2025 at 6:14 PM
So @vulture.com named my comedy special, Night Thoughts, the BEST COMEDY SPECIAL OF THE YEAR! Thrilled to be in this company. Night Thoughts is out Dec 19th on Hulu.
www.vulture.com/article/best...
www.vulture.com/article/best...
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Just once I'd like to be a danger
To something in this world,
Be hunted by cops
And forced into hiding in the mountains,
..
But I've lived so long a quiet life,
In a world I've made small,
That even my own mind changes slowly. I'm a danger only to myself,
-C.G.Hanzlicek
#Poetry #LiteratureSky 💙📚👀
To something in this world,
Be hunted by cops
And forced into hiding in the mountains,
..
But I've lived so long a quiet life,
In a world I've made small,
That even my own mind changes slowly. I'm a danger only to myself,
-C.G.Hanzlicek
#Poetry #LiteratureSky 💙📚👀
December 3, 2025 at 9:03 AM
Just once I'd like to be a danger
To something in this world,
Be hunted by cops
And forced into hiding in the mountains,
..
But I've lived so long a quiet life,
In a world I've made small,
That even my own mind changes slowly. I'm a danger only to myself,
-C.G.Hanzlicek
#Poetry #LiteratureSky 💙📚👀
To something in this world,
Be hunted by cops
And forced into hiding in the mountains,
..
But I've lived so long a quiet life,
In a world I've made small,
That even my own mind changes slowly. I'm a danger only to myself,
-C.G.Hanzlicek
#Poetry #LiteratureSky 💙📚👀
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Everyone in Chicago needs to read this AND TAKE ACTION. Everyone else should read this and ask what's happening where you are with your public library systems.
Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson has proposed disastrous cuts to our city's libraries while setting aside $5M for a ShotSpotter replacement. As library associate Sara Heymann told me, “Libraries embody everything we need to fight back against fascism.” My piece on what’s at stake and how to fight back:
You Can’t Fight Fascism While Defunding Libraries
“Libraries embody everything that we need right now to fight back against fascism," says Sara Heymann.
organizingmythoughts.org
December 3, 2025 at 6:36 PM
Everyone in Chicago needs to read this AND TAKE ACTION. Everyone else should read this and ask what's happening where you are with your public library systems.
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So apparently the administrators at Northwestern have caved to the extortionist demands of the Feds. Faculty voted 595-4 AGAINST this measure.
November 29, 2025 at 3:30 AM
So apparently the administrators at Northwestern have caved to the extortionist demands of the Feds. Faculty voted 595-4 AGAINST this measure.
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“The Visitor”. I want the title to be ambiguous. Whenever I see coyotes in the ravine I feel an invisible membrane of territory.
Coloured pencil on cotton paper. #SciArt
Coloured pencil on cotton paper. #SciArt
November 30, 2025 at 7:12 PM
“The Visitor”. I want the title to be ambiguous. Whenever I see coyotes in the ravine I feel an invisible membrane of territory.
Coloured pencil on cotton paper. #SciArt
Coloured pencil on cotton paper. #SciArt
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Pete Hagueseth
Not sure who needs to hear this but a US President can not pardon someone being charged for war crimes at The Hague.
November 30, 2025 at 9:32 PM
Pete Hagueseth