Karla L Miller
@karlalmiller.bsky.social
WaPo Work Advice columnist, aka the smart-aleck down the hall. https://linktr.ee/karlalmiller
Is “spite baking” a thing? Because I’m about to make it a thing.
TRY EVERY COOKIE ✊🏻
NEW: Dr. Oz is quite literally telling his federal employees to eat less.
“You don't have to try every cookie on the holiday table,” wrote Mehmet Oz in an email to all Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services employees.
“You don't have to try every cookie on the holiday table,” wrote Mehmet Oz in an email to all Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services employees.
December 8, 2025 at 11:13 PM
Is “spite baking” a thing? Because I’m about to make it a thing.
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absolutely monday pilled. i’m toil-maxxing. going drudgery mode. stumblecore. hitting my slog goals.
December 8, 2025 at 1:37 PM
absolutely monday pilled. i’m toil-maxxing. going drudgery mode. stumblecore. hitting my slog goals.
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Dating became so much more fun once I embraced that I don’t want children and that getting married is a “nice to have” but not a goal in and of itself. I’m so happy to not have that urgent scarcity mindset weighing me down. On a date last night, we talked about how much we both love living alone ❤️
December 8, 2025 at 2:25 PM
Dating became so much more fun once I embraced that I don’t want children and that getting married is a “nice to have” but not a goal in and of itself. I’m so happy to not have that urgent scarcity mindset weighing me down. On a date last night, we talked about how much we both love living alone ❤️
Compassion = “soft power” = sure, whatever gets people with means to give a &$€£ about other lives
"conducting soft power" sure is a cool way to frame providing welcome and needed aid in a time of crisis
"A Chinese hospital ship quietly docked in hurricane-hit Jamaica this week, projecting soft power into the heart of the Caribbean where a US armada is conducting a controversial anti-narcotics mission targeted at Venezuela."
December 8, 2025 at 5:31 PM
Compassion = “soft power” = sure, whatever gets people with means to give a &$€£ about other lives
Trust @andrewvandam.bsky.social to find numerical order in astrology.
The math is a bit over my head … but then, I am totally Taurus. ♉️ I’ll be hanging out with the lawyers and creatives, smelling the wildflowers.
www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
The math is a bit over my head … but then, I am totally Taurus. ♉️ I’ll be hanging out with the lawyers and creatives, smelling the wildflowers.
www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
Column | The most common Zodiac signs (and birthdays)
Are some Zodiac signs, and birthdays, more widespread? And why does it seem like all my colleagues (or neighbors) have the same sign? The Department of Data is on the case.
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December 8, 2025 at 3:14 PM
Trust @andrewvandam.bsky.social to find numerical order in astrology.
The math is a bit over my head … but then, I am totally Taurus. ♉️ I’ll be hanging out with the lawyers and creatives, smelling the wildflowers.
www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
The math is a bit over my head … but then, I am totally Taurus. ♉️ I’ll be hanging out with the lawyers and creatives, smelling the wildflowers.
www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
Penultimate Work Advice!
Updates from readers, bonus advice stock, EVERYTHING MUST GO
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Updates from readers, bonus advice stock, EVERYTHING MUST GO
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Column | Work Advice: Karla’s final performance review, part 1
Readers provide updates on their work dilemmas, and I unload some excess advice inventory.
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December 8, 2025 at 1:07 PM
Penultimate Work Advice!
Updates from readers, bonus advice stock, EVERYTHING MUST GO
wapo.st/4oMwPil
Updates from readers, bonus advice stock, EVERYTHING MUST GO
wapo.st/4oMwPil
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Good on Penn Jillette. Having to come to terms with your entire political identity and philosophy being wrong is not easy and most people could never do it.
December 7, 2025 at 9:17 PM
Good on Penn Jillette. Having to come to terms with your entire political identity and philosophy being wrong is not easy and most people could never do it.
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Marvel could afford to just randomly send out a million dollar check to any one of the creators of multi-billion dollar franchises. And these artists deserve so much more than that.
Miles Morales co-creator Sara Pichelli says she does not get any royalties from the ‘Spider-Verse’ films, Insomniac games, or merch
"I don’t get anything … that's the saddest part of my life"
(via SiteJamesons | TW)
"I don’t get anything … that's the saddest part of my life"
(via SiteJamesons | TW)
December 7, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Marvel could afford to just randomly send out a million dollar check to any one of the creators of multi-billion dollar franchises. And these artists deserve so much more than that.
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hiii if you are inclined to share stuff from me it would be a help but it is not urgent i am doing ok thx
Happy Saturday everyone! I'm Nora and I have a glass jewelry shop! Here's some of the jewelry I have in stock; in the replies I'm going to share some of the glass wreaths I've been making.
nora.jewelry
Shares appreciated!
#bsnm
nora.jewelry
Shares appreciated!
#bsnm
December 6, 2025 at 9:52 PM
hiii if you are inclined to share stuff from me it would be a help but it is not urgent i am doing ok thx
Trying to think of a single male Vince Gilligan character I’ve actually liked. Mike Ehrmantraut comes the closest, probably because he has no delusions about what/who he is. Even Gilligan’s innocent victims/bystanders are kind of a-holes. I think that’s kind of the point. None is Good People.
I’m two episodes into #Puriblus and this white lady is just the WORST. Even when I want to sympathize with her, I can’t because she’s just so… prickly.
December 6, 2025 at 10:44 PM
Trying to think of a single male Vince Gilligan character I’ve actually liked. Mike Ehrmantraut comes the closest, probably because he has no delusions about what/who he is. Even Gilligan’s innocent victims/bystanders are kind of a-holes. I think that’s kind of the point. None is Good People.
If you see this, repost with your positive model of masculinity
December 6, 2025 at 10:18 PM
If you see this, repost with your positive model of masculinity
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WE CAN MAKE THE INTERNET FUN AGAIN
THAT IS WITHIN OUR POWER
MAKE A WEBSITE
PUT ALL YOUR DUMB SHIT ON IT
SHARE IT
THAT IS WITHIN OUR POWER
MAKE A WEBSITE
PUT ALL YOUR DUMB SHIT ON IT
SHARE IT
I've slapped together approximately 173 pages of material that aims to teach programming a personal website with HTML and CSS to artists, animators, writers, music producers, etc.
F*ck It, Let's Make a Website Part 1 is now live ✨
Go here to read: bit.ly/filmawPartOne
More info below 👇
F*ck It, Let's Make a Website Part 1 is now live ✨
Go here to read: bit.ly/filmawPartOne
More info below 👇
June 21, 2025 at 10:56 PM
WE CAN MAKE THE INTERNET FUN AGAIN
THAT IS WITHIN OUR POWER
MAKE A WEBSITE
PUT ALL YOUR DUMB SHIT ON IT
SHARE IT
THAT IS WITHIN OUR POWER
MAKE A WEBSITE
PUT ALL YOUR DUMB SHIT ON IT
SHARE IT
I just learned a former medical professional in my extended family is cheering the anti-hep B vaccine orders and I am so glad I never let them interact with my babies out of my sight.
December 6, 2025 at 5:34 PM
I just learned a former medical professional in my extended family is cheering the anti-hep B vaccine orders and I am so glad I never let them interact with my babies out of my sight.
Legit cackled
When you bury me can you leave one leg out of the casket so I don't get hot?
December 6, 2025 at 5:29 PM
Legit cackled
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Wow, that’s a pretty big point of disagreement, NPR. Maybe someone could investigate which point of view is correct and report on the truth of the matter. Do you know anyone who does that sort of thing?
Army Specialist Sarah Beckstrom was fatally shot in Washington, D.C., while Air Force Staff Sergeant Andrew Wolfe was seriously wounded. Trump says the deployments are necessary to fight crime, but others disagree. n.pr/44aRgxY
West Virginians question National Guard deployments after attack on 2 of their own
Army Specialist Sarah Beckstrom was fatally shot in Washington, D.C., while Air Force Staff Sergeant Andrew Wolfe was seriously wounded. Trump says the deployments are necessary to fight crime, but others disagree.
n.pr
December 6, 2025 at 11:22 AM
Wow, that’s a pretty big point of disagreement, NPR. Maybe someone could investigate which point of view is correct and report on the truth of the matter. Do you know anyone who does that sort of thing?
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A reminder that Iron Circus is gonna get WALLOPED with Baker & Taylor bankruptcy backdraft for the next several months, turning our usual distro payout into bills.
If you'd like to help a small business making weird-ass comics weather the storm, a 💥30% OFF💥 sale is on now!
store.ironcircus.com
If you'd like to help a small business making weird-ass comics weather the storm, a 💥30% OFF💥 sale is on now!
store.ironcircus.com
Iron Circus Comics
Iron Circus Comics is the premiere publisher of award-winning, critically-acclaimed graphic novels in the American Midwest, a small-mid house built from the ground up by founder C. Spike Trotman.
store.ironcircus.com
December 5, 2025 at 11:39 PM
A reminder that Iron Circus is gonna get WALLOPED with Baker & Taylor bankruptcy backdraft for the next several months, turning our usual distro payout into bills.
If you'd like to help a small business making weird-ass comics weather the storm, a 💥30% OFF💥 sale is on now!
store.ironcircus.com
If you'd like to help a small business making weird-ass comics weather the storm, a 💥30% OFF💥 sale is on now!
store.ironcircus.com
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ATTN GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES: The VA sent out an announcement with a link for employees to self-report their disabilities. I wouldn’t do this if I were you. They’ll likely use it to discriminate against you.
December 3, 2025 at 9:06 PM
ATTN GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES: The VA sent out an announcement with a link for employees to self-report their disabilities. I wouldn’t do this if I were you. They’ll likely use it to discriminate against you.
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who decided to call it Secret Santa when Nondisclosure Claus was right there
December 1, 2025 at 10:55 PM
who decided to call it Secret Santa when Nondisclosure Claus was right there
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It would be nice if @cnn.com acknowledged this story was broken last week by The Handbasket: www.thehandbasket.co/p/fema-emplo...
December 1, 2025 at 3:40 PM
It would be nice if @cnn.com acknowledged this story was broken last week by The Handbasket: www.thehandbasket.co/p/fema-emplo...
This week’s Work Advice: Our CEO told a remote worker one of us would be happy to host her for the holiday party. Wait, what?
Also: Come contribute to my exit interview!
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Also: Come contribute to my exit interview!
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Column | Work Advice: Do I have to host an out-of-town colleague for our holiday party?
Advice on protocols for hosting out-of-town colleagues for the holdiays.
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December 1, 2025 at 1:23 PM
This week’s Work Advice: Our CEO told a remote worker one of us would be happy to host her for the holiday party. Wait, what?
Also: Come contribute to my exit interview!
wapo.st/48sVtOO
Also: Come contribute to my exit interview!
wapo.st/48sVtOO
Someone amazing left us earlier this month. Here's something I wrote about the piece of him I knew.
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Fancy Boyfriend
A eulogy.
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December 1, 2025 at 1:06 AM
Someone amazing left us earlier this month. Here's something I wrote about the piece of him I knew.
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"You were discussing the infield fly rule?"
Finally getting some theological clarity on the ethics of reclining in one’s plane seat
November 29, 2025 at 5:01 PM
"You were discussing the infield fly rule?"
Thankful for this lapful
November 29, 2025 at 1:38 PM
Thankful for this lapful