Chris Miller
@iamcurious.bsky.social
Just like zis guy, you know
Heart in Mpls, currently Seattle-ish
Ex-academic. Politics, punk rock and ⚽.
Heart in Mpls, currently Seattle-ish
Ex-academic. Politics, punk rock and ⚽.
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Chris Miller
@iamcurious.bsky.social
· Apr 19
I don't know who needs to hear this, but:
The enemy of your enemy may **not** be your friend, but you should absolutely let them attack your enemy instead of trying to remind everyone why he's not your friend and cannot be trusted.
The enemy of your enemy may **not** be your friend, but you should absolutely let them attack your enemy instead of trying to remind everyone why he's not your friend and cannot be trusted.
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From the people who brought you "oh so it's racist to say that white people are better than black people?" comes "find me a single place in the law where it says not to commit murder."
Stephen Miller’s Wife @katiemiller : “Can you cite the statute that makes the boat bombings illegal?”
@bakarisellers.bsky.social : “The due process
clause in the constitution.”
@bakarisellers.bsky.social : “The due process
clause in the constitution.”
November 29, 2025 at 3:15 PM
From the people who brought you "oh so it's racist to say that white people are better than black people?" comes "find me a single place in the law where it says not to commit murder."
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chat are we cooked
November 29, 2025 at 3:42 PM
chat are we cooked
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The Boston Globe identified the companies in Massachusetts that employ the most SNAP recipients. A key stat: "In Massachusetts, 74% of working-age recipients of the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program are employed, half of them full-time."
Full article: www.bostonglobe.com/2025/11/28/m...
Full article: www.bostonglobe.com/2025/11/28/m...
November 29, 2025 at 3:55 PM
The Boston Globe identified the companies in Massachusetts that employ the most SNAP recipients. A key stat: "In Massachusetts, 74% of working-age recipients of the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program are employed, half of them full-time."
Full article: www.bostonglobe.com/2025/11/28/m...
Full article: www.bostonglobe.com/2025/11/28/m...
Congratulations, everyone. We've reinvented illiteracy and are well on the way to a new Dark Ages.
Admin are continually pressuring us to make the course "more accessible," by which they mean "devastatingly easy to complete," but it's not about access. Many students refuse to read or write in any capacity that isn't tech-aided, no matter how simple the assignment, no matter how process-based.
November 29, 2025 at 4:24 PM
Congratulations, everyone. We've reinvented illiteracy and are well on the way to a new Dark Ages.
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My University is moving to a “two-lane” system for assessments. The two lanes are 1) secure, in-person assessments, and 2) open assignments that where we’re supposed to “support[] students to develop AI-ready skills.” The Uni doesn’t have the facilities to do much of #1 & there’s no middle ground. >
It's only a matter of time before humanities departments will be forced to accept AI-authored assignments, as part of revised university policy to cooperate with these billionaires. It's already happening, and our response needs to be decisive. Because our students' ability to *think* is at stake.
November 29, 2025 at 12:53 PM
My University is moving to a “two-lane” system for assessments. The two lanes are 1) secure, in-person assessments, and 2) open assignments that where we’re supposed to “support[] students to develop AI-ready skills.” The Uni doesn’t have the facilities to do much of #1 & there’s no middle ground. >
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I wonder if this rescue op was a response to someone in the military refusing another “murder the survivors” order.
November 29, 2025 at 2:06 AM
I wonder if this rescue op was a response to someone in the military refusing another “murder the survivors” order.
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I am deeply ashamed of my alma mater. Northwestern, you are dead to me. I am headed to the basement to find my diploma and rip it in two.
Northwestern strikes deal with Trump administration to restore federal funding
dailynorthwestern.com/2025/11/28/c...
Northwestern strikes deal with Trump administration to restore federal funding
dailynorthwestern.com/2025/11/28/c...
Northwestern strikes $75 million funding deal with Trump admin
This is a developing story and will be updated as new information becomes available. Last updated on Nov. 28 at 8:25 p.m. Northwestern reached a deal with the Trump administration to restore at least...
dailynorthwestern.com
November 29, 2025 at 12:32 PM
I am deeply ashamed of my alma mater. Northwestern, you are dead to me. I am headed to the basement to find my diploma and rip it in two.
Northwestern strikes deal with Trump administration to restore federal funding
dailynorthwestern.com/2025/11/28/c...
Northwestern strikes deal with Trump administration to restore federal funding
dailynorthwestern.com/2025/11/28/c...
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The Singularitarian fantasists who want us to elevate machines to consciousness are not interested in the happiness of all beings.
They want to degrade the biological body to a mere vessel, one they can discard. It's bunk theology for men who believe they're too smart and special to die.
They want to degrade the biological body to a mere vessel, one they can discard. It's bunk theology for men who believe they're too smart and special to die.
November 26, 2025 at 3:58 AM
The Singularitarian fantasists who want us to elevate machines to consciousness are not interested in the happiness of all beings.
They want to degrade the biological body to a mere vessel, one they can discard. It's bunk theology for men who believe they're too smart and special to die.
They want to degrade the biological body to a mere vessel, one they can discard. It's bunk theology for men who believe they're too smart and special to die.
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So the same MAGA propagandists who cheer Trump's summary execution of people on small boats in the Caribbean, on grounds that this supposedly prevents drugs from entering the homeland, will also cheer this pardon because ...
???
???
"We blow up ‘alleged’ drug boats in the Caribbean but pardon actually convicted drug traffickers in the U.S. Someone help me make sense of this.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/28/w...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/28/w...
Trump Announces Pardon for Honduran Ex-President Convicted in Drug Case
www.nytimes.com
November 29, 2025 at 3:43 AM
So the same MAGA propagandists who cheer Trump's summary execution of people on small boats in the Caribbean, on grounds that this supposedly prevents drugs from entering the homeland, will also cheer this pardon because ...
???
???
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contextual reminder that a weirdly large amount of his individual philosophy –and whole deal, if we're being honest– can be traced back to that time in high school when someone asked him to put his trash in a trashcan and not just leave it wherever.
Stephen Miller is now arguing that assimilation is fundamentally impossible and that certain cultures are not compatible with Western civilization
November 29, 2025 at 12:49 AM
contextual reminder that a weirdly large amount of his individual philosophy –and whole deal, if we're being honest– can be traced back to that time in high school when someone asked him to put his trash in a trashcan and not just leave it wherever.
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caving to a weak president with a 60% disapproval rating implies you AGREE with him
Fuck, Northwestern just caved. Reading the deal now. ( www.northwestern.edu/president/do... )
www.northwestern.edu
November 29, 2025 at 12:32 AM
caving to a weak president with a 60% disapproval rating implies you AGREE with him
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is Microsoft Excel a feminist? Is Gemini a queer ally? Is this graphing calculator my friend
November 28, 2025 at 9:57 PM
is Microsoft Excel a feminist? Is Gemini a queer ally? Is this graphing calculator my friend
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There might be no better example of the war coming home than a CIA trained teen death squad recruit getting asylum in the US and then shooting a bunch of soldiers who were deployed to DC for no reason other than Kabuki Security Theater
November 28, 2025 at 5:34 PM
There might be no better example of the war coming home than a CIA trained teen death squad recruit getting asylum in the US and then shooting a bunch of soldiers who were deployed to DC for no reason other than Kabuki Security Theater
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If you want to read the full @propublica.org investigation into CIA-backed Afghan Zero Units, here's Lynzy Billing's award-winning piece from 2022:
November 28, 2025 at 5:12 PM
If you want to read the full @propublica.org investigation into CIA-backed Afghan Zero Units, here's Lynzy Billing's award-winning piece from 2022:
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The markets are staying afloat right now on the hope that AI will destroy American workers. What a bleak thing.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/25/b...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/25/b...
November 28, 2025 at 5:15 PM
The markets are staying afloat right now on the hope that AI will destroy American workers. What a bleak thing.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/25/b...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/25/b...
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Used to be that big news organizations would fight each other to get big scoops on an admin as scandal-plagued as this one. With Bezos taking over at WaPo and other similar situations elsewhere, that’s much less of a concern than staying in the admin’s good graces — and the rest of us suffer.
In another era, the political media would be shoveling dirt onto Trump's political grave as a hopeless lame duck and shifting their focus to the 2028 Presidential race. But in this era they'll keep rooting for the Reichstag Fire or other event to keep pretending he's popular
New Gallup poll shows Trump's approval hit a new low for his second term:
-36% approve
-60% disapprove
His approval among Republicans went from 91% in January to 84% in November
news.gallup.com/poll/699221/...
-36% approve
-60% disapprove
His approval among Republicans went from 91% in January to 84% in November
news.gallup.com/poll/699221/...
November 28, 2025 at 5:02 PM
Used to be that big news organizations would fight each other to get big scoops on an admin as scandal-plagued as this one. With Bezos taking over at WaPo and other similar situations elsewhere, that’s much less of a concern than staying in the admin’s good graces — and the rest of us suffer.
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The most openly racist, eugenicist monsters are running the U.S. They will use every opportunity to advance their agenda.
And as the wheels come off their regime they will only grow more brutal and obscene. These are dangerous days for us all.
And as the wheels come off their regime they will only grow more brutal and obscene. These are dangerous days for us all.
Stephen Miller is now arguing that assimilation is fundamentally impossible and that certain cultures are not compatible with Western civilization
November 28, 2025 at 2:10 PM
The most openly racist, eugenicist monsters are running the U.S. They will use every opportunity to advance their agenda.
And as the wheels come off their regime they will only grow more brutal and obscene. These are dangerous days for us all.
And as the wheels come off their regime they will only grow more brutal and obscene. These are dangerous days for us all.
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TRUMP: If you look at Somalia, they are taking over Minnesota.
REPORTER: What do the Somalians have to do with this Afghan guy who shot the National Guard members?
TRUMP: Ah, nothing. But Somalians have caused a lot of trouble. They're ripping us off.
REPORTER: What do the Somalians have to do with this Afghan guy who shot the National Guard members?
TRUMP: Ah, nothing. But Somalians have caused a lot of trouble. They're ripping us off.
November 28, 2025 at 12:46 AM
TRUMP: If you look at Somalia, they are taking over Minnesota.
REPORTER: What do the Somalians have to do with this Afghan guy who shot the National Guard members?
TRUMP: Ah, nothing. But Somalians have caused a lot of trouble. They're ripping us off.
REPORTER: What do the Somalians have to do with this Afghan guy who shot the National Guard members?
TRUMP: Ah, nothing. But Somalians have caused a lot of trouble. They're ripping us off.
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In another era, the political media would be shoveling dirt onto Trump's political grave as a hopeless lame duck and shifting their focus to the 2028 Presidential race. But in this era they'll keep rooting for the Reichstag Fire or other event to keep pretending he's popular
New Gallup poll shows Trump's approval hit a new low for his second term:
-36% approve
-60% disapprove
His approval among Republicans went from 91% in January to 84% in November
news.gallup.com/poll/699221/...
-36% approve
-60% disapprove
His approval among Republicans went from 91% in January to 84% in November
news.gallup.com/poll/699221/...
Trump's Approval Rating Drops to 36%, New Second-Term Low
President Donald Trump's job approval rating has slipped to a new second-term low point and is approaching his all-time low of 34%.
news.gallup.com
November 28, 2025 at 4:53 PM
In another era, the political media would be shoveling dirt onto Trump's political grave as a hopeless lame duck and shifting their focus to the 2028 Presidential race. But in this era they'll keep rooting for the Reichstag Fire or other event to keep pretending he's popular
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I love the JBB story for a few reasons:
- stringing 120 miles of wire
- months of analzying paper roll data
- her PI was like "that can't be right, do it again," the motto of PI's everywhere.
- rare case of a landmark discovery becoming ubiquitous in popular culture for no particular reason
- stringing 120 miles of wire
- months of analzying paper roll data
- her PI was like "that can't be right, do it again," the motto of PI's everywhere.
- rare case of a landmark discovery becoming ubiquitous in popular culture for no particular reason
November 28, 2025 at 3:04 PM
I love the JBB story for a few reasons:
- stringing 120 miles of wire
- months of analzying paper roll data
- her PI was like "that can't be right, do it again," the motto of PI's everywhere.
- rare case of a landmark discovery becoming ubiquitous in popular culture for no particular reason
- stringing 120 miles of wire
- months of analzying paper roll data
- her PI was like "that can't be right, do it again," the motto of PI's everywhere.
- rare case of a landmark discovery becoming ubiquitous in popular culture for no particular reason
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Thank you Slim Shady
November 28, 2025 at 2:46 PM
Thank you Slim Shady
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Kudos to Rebecca for leading this charge! Lynn's data is an embarrassment to the scientific enterprise. The skull measurers on Twitter are having a predictable response with the repeated claim that "other data replicate" Lynn's results.
Easy to see that's not true for the 2002, 2012, or "new" set
Easy to see that's not true for the 2002, 2012, or "new" set
November 28, 2025 at 1:37 PM
Kudos to Rebecca for leading this charge! Lynn's data is an embarrassment to the scientific enterprise. The skull measurers on Twitter are having a predictable response with the repeated claim that "other data replicate" Lynn's results.
Easy to see that's not true for the 2002, 2012, or "new" set
Easy to see that's not true for the 2002, 2012, or "new" set
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JK Rowling got a full *decade* of press as a martyr for being "cancelled" (declared passe by people online) and meanwhile nobody considers it very interesting that a prominent left wing author is basically banned from entering or publishing in the United Kingdom for her politics
so this is like, one of the biggest free speech infringements by a western democracy in our lifetimes right?
November 28, 2025 at 12:22 AM
JK Rowling got a full *decade* of press as a martyr for being "cancelled" (declared passe by people online) and meanwhile nobody considers it very interesting that a prominent left wing author is basically banned from entering or publishing in the United Kingdom for her politics
Gotta love a good historical/archaeological mystery.
Pointed out by my friend @carloshasanax.bsky.social . There's something weird and unsettling about a fairly homogeneous culture spread out across Europe that then collapses into an orgy of genocide.
www.science.org/content/arti...
www.science.org/content/arti...
Headless bodies hint at why Europe’s first farmers vanished
Wave of mass brutality accompanied the collapse of the first pan-European culture
www.science.org
November 28, 2025 at 12:34 AM
Gotta love a good historical/archaeological mystery.