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Andrew
@andrewwmiller.com
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Father (He) of 4, former Mayor, Dayton Flyer, UL Fan, Bengals fan, Reds fan, former software developer now retired, proud Kentuckian transplanted to Cincinnati.
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Andrew @andrewwmiller.com · Nov 20
Listen, I don't have an issue with ResistLib memes floating across my timeline periodically, AS LONG as you also talk to me about your music tastes, sports teams, kids, job, etc. Just ... be a person. If all you are is a politics meme generator you're going to get muted. 🤷
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Santiago Mayer @santiagomayer.com · 3h
Holy shit. This is Angelo Elia, a legislative correspondent for Congressman Dave Taylor.

According to @rooster.info, during a Zoom meeting today, he had an American nazi flag displayed in the background.
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Andrew @andrewwmiller.com · 4h
(that last clause may be the most important part actually. I may be underselling that)
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Andrew @andrewwmiller.com · 4h
The problem for me back in the day was I was sitting at a chair in front of a computer for 9 hours a day doing something I didn't love (work). I think if I was still doing that I'd have the same problems today. A phone is different. I just put it away and go do something else I want to do.
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Andrew @andrewwmiller.com · 4h
I just try to put my phone away when I'm busy and have it out when I'm not and that rule sounds simplistic but it seems to really actually work.

Like I'm basically sick today, recovering from vaccines, and I've got my phone out a lot. And it's fine. Tomorrow I have stuff to do and I won't.
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Andrew @andrewwmiller.com · 6h
My wife is amazing at her job. I was pretty good at a much lower paying job. It's not complicated to figure out the correct path from there. I like to think that by freeing my wife up to do her job as best as she can that I am helping save lives too!

I would like to get back into politics someday.
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Solomon @solomonmissouri.bsky.social · 8h
when your spouse is good at her job you supposed to be happy for them
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Andrew @andrewwmiller.com · 6h
I got my COVID and flu shots yesterday and I think I'm done moving for the day now.
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Andrew @andrewwmiller.com · 7h
Yes, all of that is true. But there is still a point where people will quit.
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Andrew @andrewwmiller.com · 8h
Or is it necromancy? It feels more disease based than mold based.
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Andrew @andrewwmiller.com · 8h
Officially, you just quit. That's going to hold up in any court. The federal government cannot force you to be employed by them. I realize there are corner cases for like air traffic controllers and soldiers but it's really really narrow.
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Andrew @andrewwmiller.com · 8h
Dems on the internet right now
a man stands in a dark forest with the words fight for us written below him
Alt: Aragorn summoning the Dead of Dunharrow from the Lord of the Rings trilogy
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Andrew @andrewwmiller.com · 8h
Spiritual attacks? The reddit witches cannot keep getting away with this!
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Jennifer Ouellette @jenlucpiquant.bsky.social · 8h
Jordan Peterson critically ill with pneumonia, neuropathy, and sepsis. His daughter Mikhaila claims the illnesses are due to mold exposure, cleaning out a basement, and "spiritual attacks." boingboing.net/2025/10/15/j...
Jordan Peterson critically ill with pneumonia, neuropathy, and sepsis
Jordan Peterson is sick, and suffering from "spiritual attacks" (and surely it's not the drugs, or long COVID, or a meat-only diet, or...)
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Andrew @andrewwmiller.com · 8h
Maybe people with extremely specific government skills that can't find another job as easily this math changes. But like lawyers, IT guys, etc. In a lot of cases there are probably municipal jobs that act as analogs even.
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Andrew @andrewwmiller.com · 8h
How many missed paychecks before federal workers start finding other jobs or refusing to work (for those this applies to).

2-3? I feel like 2 is a big deal. At 4 like, no shot I show up to work. Arrest me if you want to, I'm not working for 8 weeks without pay.

If I'm furloughed, it's 2 I think.
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Andrew @andrewwmiller.com · 8h
And I am open to a LOT of ways to get fairness. It doesn't have to be a cap. I just don't like a system where teams that cannot afford to pay players lose the talent they drafted and developed to teams with more market UNLESS there's significant compensatory mechanisms in place.
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Andrew @andrewwmiller.com · 9h
The narrative here is that if you aren't in the top 10 spenders in MLB your chances of winning a title are MUCH lower. The majority of the top 10 makes the playoffs each year and nearly all the world series winners come from the top 10.
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Andrew @andrewwmiller.com · 9h
So I went back and checked and for the last 10 years 80% of the time the world series winner was in the top 3rd of salaries, 50% of the time they were top 5 in salary. 30% of the time they were top 3 and 20% they were #1.

The two times a team won outside the top 10 were 2015 and 2017.
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Andrew @andrewwmiller.com · 9h
Yeah, that may literally be more important than actual parity. It feels fair that teams who draft a QB, develop them and retain them win games. It does not feel fair when your team loses their best player due to salary considerations. It's frustrating.
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Andrew @andrewwmiller.com · 9h
Yeah.. I agree with this take. But it's worth mentioning that the NFLPA did negotiate their own cap rules. But at its core you're correct.

A system that creates fairness without putting all the money in the owner's pockets is ideal.
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Andrew @andrewwmiller.com · 9h
I definitely think this is a true statement in 2025. Yes. Thanks.
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Andrew @andrewwmiller.com · 9h
And the goal doesn't have to be parity. But it does need to be a feeling of fairness. Fans need to FEEL like they have a chance.
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Andrew @andrewwmiller.com · 9h
Like, we can argue about metrics and goals and it's all interesting cause I love sports and arguing about sports but the clear conclusion is that teams that spend more win more. It's backed by data and it's trending the wrong direction.

It's hurting MLB's popularity relative to other sports.
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Andrew @andrewwmiller.com · 10h
So you don't have one. Thanks for your useful contribution to the discussion.
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Andrew @andrewwmiller.com · 10h
Then give me your thesis here.
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Andrew @andrewwmiller.com · 10h
For clarity, are you saying if I look up the top 10 MLB salaries I will not find that a high % of them made the playoffs?
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Andrew @andrewwmiller.com · 10h
But we all understand why teams repeat in the NFL. The Chiefs win because they have Patrick Mahomes, not because they paid Patrick Mahomes more than anyone else could afford to.
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