Joshua A. Miller
@anotherpanacea.bsky.social
Prison education & reentry & philosophy & nerdery. Decarcerate now! Open City Advocates
We treat missing texts like a “promissory note,” whether it’s Arendt or Aristotle. But what if the absence of Judging isn't some secret key but a sign that the work of judgment is ours to do, not to project? Full post here: open.substack.com/pub/anotherp...
December 12, 2025 at 2:43 PM
We treat missing texts like a “promissory note,” whether it’s Arendt or Aristotle. But what if the absence of Judging isn't some secret key but a sign that the work of judgment is ours to do, not to project? Full post here: open.substack.com/pub/anotherp...
Oversight protects people.
DC just defunded the independent watchdog for its youth jail, and the facility is still seeing assaults, injuries, and dangerous crowding.
This should alarm everyone who cares about youth justice and government accountability.
DC just defunded the independent watchdog for its youth jail, and the facility is still seeing assaults, injuries, and dangerous crowding.
This should alarm everyone who cares about youth justice and government accountability.
Assaults, crowding continue inside DC youth jail as independent oversight ends
“We are considering a world where the only people who have oversight over DYRS is the agency itself,” an advocate said.
www.nbcwashington.com
December 9, 2025 at 10:46 PM
Oversight protects people.
DC just defunded the independent watchdog for its youth jail, and the facility is still seeing assaults, injuries, and dangerous crowding.
This should alarm everyone who cares about youth justice and government accountability.
DC just defunded the independent watchdog for its youth jail, and the facility is still seeing assaults, injuries, and dangerous crowding.
This should alarm everyone who cares about youth justice and government accountability.
New from @washingtonpost.com: DYRS Director Sam Abed testified he's pursuing a Maryland facility for DC youth — but Maryland already told him no.
The building? The same juvenile jail he closed as "wholly decrepit" when he led Maryland DJS.
DC youth deserve better. wapo.st/4pcJP1P
The building? The same juvenile jail he closed as "wholly decrepit" when he led Maryland DJS.
DC youth deserve better. wapo.st/4pcJP1P
D.C. director of youth detention under fire for overcrowding problem
The Department of Youth Rehabilitation Services director caused an uproar by suggesting a shuttered detention facility in Maryland that isn’t available could be used to fix an overcrowding problem.
wapo.st
December 1, 2025 at 2:52 PM
New from @washingtonpost.com: DYRS Director Sam Abed testified he's pursuing a Maryland facility for DC youth — but Maryland already told him no.
The building? The same juvenile jail he closed as "wholly decrepit" when he led Maryland DJS.
DC youth deserve better. wapo.st/4pcJP1P
The building? The same juvenile jail he closed as "wholly decrepit" when he led Maryland DJS.
DC youth deserve better. wapo.st/4pcJP1P
Is this the platform where I should mention how sad it is that so many people living in San Francisco spend most of their lives on screens?
September 27, 2025 at 11:51 AM
Is this the platform where I should mention how sad it is that so many people living in San Francisco spend most of their lives on screens?
Some people say speech can be violence. Some people say that only violence can be violence. It’s complicated, but thankfully I’ve figured out the answer: when leftists speak it’s violence; when conservatives speak it’s not.
September 12, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Some people say speech can be violence. Some people say that only violence can be violence. It’s complicated, but thankfully I’ve figured out the answer: when leftists speak it’s violence; when conservatives speak it’s not.
Should Democrats shut down the government by refusing to vote for the Republican spending bill? If so, what should they demand in exchange for re-opening it?
September 10, 2025 at 10:26 AM
Should Democrats shut down the government by refusing to vote for the Republican spending bill? If so, what should they demand in exchange for re-opening it?
It’s almost like advertisers want to drum up controversy to increase their reach.
July 31, 2025 at 4:04 PM
It’s almost like advertisers want to drum up controversy to increase their reach.
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We stand in solidarity with our siblings across the pond. Trans Rights Are Human Rights, everywhere and forever.
#transrights #transrightsarehumanrights #readabetterbook
#transrights #transrightsarehumanrights #readabetterbook
April 19, 2025 at 4:15 PM
We stand in solidarity with our siblings across the pond. Trans Rights Are Human Rights, everywhere and forever.
#transrights #transrightsarehumanrights #readabetterbook
#transrights #transrightsarehumanrights #readabetterbook
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look i understand the temptation to explain this was all foreseeable (it was!) but I’m sorry but if you had “armed takeover of USIP” and “tariffs on penguins” and “immediately gunning for social security” all on your list for the first 100 days, you’re either a clairvoyant or YOU should be president
April 3, 2025 at 4:17 PM
look i understand the temptation to explain this was all foreseeable (it was!) but I’m sorry but if you had “armed takeover of USIP” and “tariffs on penguins” and “immediately gunning for social security” all on your list for the first 100 days, you’re either a clairvoyant or YOU should be president
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My sortition advocacy becomes less ironic every election cycle.
April 3, 2025 at 4:29 PM
My sortition advocacy becomes less ironic every election cycle.
One the most successful messages against the current regime has been: "The world's richest man wants to cut Social Security." People don't like Elon Musk, and messaging about him has been really successful. So he's leaving!
March 31, 2025 at 2:35 PM
One the most successful messages against the current regime has been: "The world's richest man wants to cut Social Security." People don't like Elon Musk, and messaging about him has been really successful. So he's leaving!
I see Boethius is trending for problematic reasons (the Utah legislature trying to meddle with gen ed), but honestly you can teach a pretty radical version of this class—I’ve done it myself!
They even include Achebe!
They even include Achebe!
March 25, 2025 at 8:18 PM
I see Boethius is trending for problematic reasons (the Utah legislature trying to meddle with gen ed), but honestly you can teach a pretty radical version of this class—I’ve done it myself!
They even include Achebe!
They even include Achebe!
The new spoils system isn’t about a few contracts. It’s about controlling the flow of public goods so that only loyalists can access them. But it won’t make Trump loyalists better off—it’ll just cost them less than their opponents.
open.substack.com/pub/donmoyni...
open.substack.com/pub/donmoyni...
Trump and Musk are building a new spoils system
When ideological targeting becomes cronyism
open.substack.com
March 17, 2025 at 11:56 AM
The new spoils system isn’t about a few contracts. It’s about controlling the flow of public goods so that only loyalists can access them. But it won’t make Trump loyalists better off—it’ll just cost them less than their opponents.
open.substack.com/pub/donmoyni...
open.substack.com/pub/donmoyni...
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Can you imagine a better marketing pitch? "Facebook really doesn't want you to know what's in this book—in fact they might even be able to block it from being sold, so you'd better buy a copy right away if you want to be able to read it."
March 13, 2025 at 6:11 PM
Can you imagine a better marketing pitch? "Facebook really doesn't want you to know what's in this book—in fact they might even be able to block it from being sold, so you'd better buy a copy right away if you want to be able to read it."
So, this weekend we learned that Social security is a Ponzi scheme but cryptocurrencies aren't.
March 3, 2025 at 2:30 PM
So, this weekend we learned that Social security is a Ponzi scheme but cryptocurrencies aren't.
It’s a terrible time for journalism, but I want to highlight some stars:
In DC, when you cancel your WaPo subscription you should sign up for @51st.news. Kickass writers from the WAMU/DCist layoffs focused on local issues.
In DC, when you cancel your WaPo subscription you should sign up for @51st.news. Kickass writers from the WAMU/DCist layoffs focused on local issues.
February 27, 2025 at 2:09 PM
It’s a terrible time for journalism, but I want to highlight some stars:
In DC, when you cancel your WaPo subscription you should sign up for @51st.news. Kickass writers from the WAMU/DCist layoffs focused on local issues.
In DC, when you cancel your WaPo subscription you should sign up for @51st.news. Kickass writers from the WAMU/DCist layoffs focused on local issues.
We’re bringing blogging back. www.anotherpanacea.com/2025/01/24/p...
Pragmatism, Pluralism, and Relativism – anotherpanacea
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January 25, 2025 at 3:28 PM
We’re bringing blogging back. www.anotherpanacea.com/2025/01/24/p...
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Right now social media feels like we’re all smokers and we’ve been smoking Marlboro Reds for a decade and our plan to quit smoking Reds specifically is to smoke twice as many cigarettes of 3 different other brands
January 22, 2025 at 7:49 PM
Right now social media feels like we’re all smokers and we’ve been smoking Marlboro Reds for a decade and our plan to quit smoking Reds specifically is to smoke twice as many cigarettes of 3 different other brands
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Don’t trust your gut. It’s full of shit.
January 19, 2025 at 2:39 PM
Don’t trust your gut. It’s full of shit.
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Blue sky is awesome because a bunch of people who like to make jokes and a bunch of people who are incapable of identifying a joke are forced to share space
January 19, 2025 at 7:00 AM
Blue sky is awesome because a bunch of people who like to make jokes and a bunch of people who are incapable of identifying a joke are forced to share space
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It’s inflation if prices rise under a Democratic president; otherwise it’s just sparkling immigration reform.
November 26, 2024 at 1:10 AM
It’s inflation if prices rise under a Democratic president; otherwise it’s just sparkling immigration reform.
Who was it who said that that the left expects you to educate yourself while the right is more than happy to teach you?
November 13, 2024 at 9:08 PM
Who was it who said that that the left expects you to educate yourself while the right is more than happy to teach you?
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Remember: Threads is Instagram is Facebook is Meta. And "Link In Bio", or algorithmic suppression of news links, is a slow knife that kills everything good. Five years ago: www.anildash.com/2019/12/10/l...
November 12, 2024 at 5:18 AM
Remember: Threads is Instagram is Facebook is Meta. And "Link In Bio", or algorithmic suppression of news links, is a slow knife that kills everything good. Five years ago: www.anildash.com/2019/12/10/l...