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Amy Miller @akm52.bsky.social · 8d

Goodbye Apple.

Noah Gittell @noahgittell.bsky.social · 8d

Boycott Apple? Boycott Apple.

Canceling my AppleTV+ subcription right now.

Brian Barrett @brbarrett.bsky.social · 8d

Apple has removed at least three ICE-tracking apps from the App Store. WIRED spoke with the developers about where they go from here. from @thiccreese.bsky.social and @lhn.bsky.social www.wired.com/story/apple-...

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Amy Miller @akm52.bsky.social · 14d

All I got was a mini Twizzler. Walgreens.

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Amy Miller @akm52.bsky.social · Sep 16

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1. new pajamas
2. petrichor
3. the smell of just-split wood
4. caressing the velvet ear of a puppy
5. silence in a shared space

Noah Gittell @noahgittell.bsky.social · Sep 15

Battle doomscrolling by posting 5 small pleasurse in life:

1. Making art no
2. matter who bad it
3. is or how little
4. time you
5. spend on it

Matt Zoller Seitz @mattzollerseitz.bsky.social · Sep 15

Battle doomscrolling by posting 5 small pleasures in life:

1. Cold side of a pillow
2. Autumn in New York City, sweater-weather temperature
3. Crocs (the shoe, not the reptile)
4. Finding stuff after thinking you lost it
5. Cats

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Amy Miller @akm52.bsky.social · Aug 14

Frances Perkins. She knew how to get things done.https://open.substack.com/pub/heathercoxrichardson/p/august-13-2025?r=1teb2v&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=false

August 13, 2025

On August 14, 1935, President Franklin Delano Roosevelt signed the Social Security Act into law.

open.substack.com

Amy Miller @akm52.bsky.social · Jul 28

Such an original!
Tom Lehrer, Musical Satirist With a Dark Streak, Dies at 97 www.nytimes.com/2025/07/27/a...

Tom Lehrer, Musical Satirist With a Dark Streak, Dies at 97

www.nytimes.com

Amy Miller @akm52.bsky.social · Jul 27

Scottish folks are the ones who have the best words!

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Noah Gittell @noahgittell.bsky.social · Jul 14

Over the weekend, I had to get my car towed to the dealership. I rode for an hour in the truck cab with the driver. We chatted the whole time. Turns out we had a lot in common. He loves traveling. He loves meeting new people but also loves being alone. Music has saved his life more than once. (1/x)

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Noah Gittell @noahgittell.bsky.social · Jun 25

Many years ago, I found myself arguing with Te-Nehisi Coates about something in a comments section, and he said to me, "Your certitude is a red flag. I'm going to exit this conversation."

That always stuck with me, and it's how I feel about pretty much every political discussion I've had since.

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Amy Miller @akm52.bsky.social · Jun 12

With Brian Wilson, in his life, his vulnerability was so beautifully bare, I felt his death was the final manifestation of that defenselessness. His music will always be there.

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Amy Miller @akm52.bsky.social · May 6

Could not agree more.

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Amy Miller @akm52.bsky.social · Apr 19

Good crowd. Good signs.

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Amy Miller @akm52.bsky.social · Apr 17

Congratulations on this milestone. Watching you grow is beautiful.

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Amy Miller @akm52.bsky.social · Apr 16

Love this. True with more than song writing.

Noah Gittell @noahgittell.bsky.social · Apr 16

The key to writing good songs is writing bad songs.

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Amy Miller @akm52.bsky.social · Apr 16

Love this.

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Amy Miller @akm52.bsky.social · Apr 13

So curious and kind of pathetic how Maher said Trump didn't get angry at him when he spoke up a number of times. Kind of incredulously, "He didn't get mad at me". That's what a teenager says regarding his dad when he's done something naughty.

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Amy Miller @akm52.bsky.social · Apr 2

So moving. And inspiring to action.

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Amy Miller @akm52.bsky.social · Feb 28

It's pretty rare that black and white thinking advances anything.

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Amy Miller @akm52.bsky.social · Feb 2

Beautiful words about Philip Seymour Hoffman, who died 11 years ago today. reelchange.net/2014/02/03/l...

Let it Rain: On the Death of Philip Seymour Hoffman

When I was a teenager, my uncle told me that the person whose death affected him the most in his life was John Lennon. Not his father or his mother, nor a childhood friend. Instead, he mourned for …

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Amy Miller @akm52.bsky.social · Jan 20

David Lynch’s children Jennifer, Austin, Riley, and Lula invite all on Monday January 20th - what would have been his 79th birthday- to join in a world-wide group meditation at 12:00 NOON ( PST for 10 minutes to celebrate his legacy,spread love, and send positivity into the Universe.

Amy Miller @akm52.bsky.social · Dec 23

Love it!!

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Amy Miller @akm52.bsky.social · Dec 16

Great gift for anyone who cares about baseball or film or unique storytelling.

Noah Gittell @noahgittell.bsky.social · Dec 12

If you're looking for a holiday gift for that baseball fan in your life, may I suggest BASEBALL: THE MOVIE?

John Sayles wrote the intro, and I wrote the rest!

www.amazon.com/Baseball-Mov...

Baseball: The Movie: Gittell, Noah, Sayles, John: 9781637272640: Amazon.com: Books

Baseball: The Movie [Gittell, Noah, Sayles, John] on Amazon.com. *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. Baseball: The Movie

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Amy Miller @akm52.bsky.social · Dec 10

Lovely poem. Consider this wonderful product: shop.peta.org/humane-bug-c...

Humane Bug Catcher

Measures 10 ½ inches

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Amy Miller @akm52.bsky.social · Dec 3

Outrageously adorable!

Amy Miller @akm52.bsky.social · Dec 3

Simply beautiful.

Literary Namjooning | Submissions Closed @lit-namjooning.bsky.social · Dec 3

It's Author Spotlight time! This week, @karinhedet.bsky.social is taking center stage. Self care to Karin is "A morning cup of coffee inside birdsong. A bright, ripe berry on my tongue." How beautiful is that? 😍Read her tart & sweet NF here: literarynamjooning.wixsite.com/litnam/post/...
#namjooning

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Amy Miller @akm52.bsky.social · Nov 28

Reading is the best!

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