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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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Andrew @andrewwmiller.com · 1h

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.

Solomon @solomonmissouri.bsky.social · 2h

when your spouse is good at her job you supposed to be happy for them

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Andrew @andrewwmiller.com · 1h

I got my COVID and flu shots yesterday and I think I'm done moving for the day now.

Andrew @andrewwmiller.com · 2h

Yes, all of that is true. But there is still a point where people will quit.

Andrew @andrewwmiller.com · 2h

Or is it necromancy? It feels more disease based than mold based.

Andrew @andrewwmiller.com · 2h

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.

Andrew @andrewwmiller.com · 2h

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 · 2h

Spiritual attacks? The reddit witches cannot keep getting away with this!

Jennifer Ouellette @jenlucpiquant.bsky.social · 3h

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 · 3h

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.

Andrew @andrewwmiller.com · 3h

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 · 3h

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 · 3h

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.

Andrew @andrewwmiller.com · 3h

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.