michael miller jr.
@michaelmillerjr.com
Like the Old Farmer's Almanac, I'm useful—with a pleasant degree of humor.
🏥 #Healthcare
⛪ #Theology
⚕️ #Bioethics
🖥 #AIEthics
💾 #DataEthics
⛑️ #PublicHealth
🎓 #DHCML via @loyolachicago.bsky.social
🏥 #Healthcare
⛪ #Theology
⚕️ #Bioethics
🖥 #AIEthics
💾 #DataEthics
⛑️ #PublicHealth
🎓 #DHCML via @loyolachicago.bsky.social
Finished reading: Steve Martin Writes the Written Word by Steve Martin 📚
Steve Martin is a national treasure. I hope to – one day – shake his hand.
Steve Martin is a national treasure. I hope to – one day – shake his hand.
December 4, 2025 at 10:54 PM
Finished reading: Steve Martin Writes the Written Word by Steve Martin 📚
Steve Martin is a national treasure. I hope to – one day – shake his hand.
Steve Martin is a national treasure. I hope to – one day – shake his hand.
Finished reading: Ambushed! by Gail Jarrow 📚
A nice YA companion to Death By Lightning, especially when no copies of Destiny of the Republic are available on Libby.
A nice YA companion to Death By Lightning, especially when no copies of Destiny of the Republic are available on Libby.
November 30, 2025 at 4:34 AM
Finished reading: Ambushed! by Gail Jarrow 📚
A nice YA companion to Death By Lightning, especially when no copies of Destiny of the Republic are available on Libby.
A nice YA companion to Death By Lightning, especially when no copies of Destiny of the Republic are available on Libby.
Finished reading: Opus by Gareth Gore 📚
The spiritual abuse chronicled in this book is just evil; including of course the alleged human trafficking.
Placing power & money over people is always wrong. Hopefully the church will be given the grace to overcome & correct these abuses.
The spiritual abuse chronicled in this book is just evil; including of course the alleged human trafficking.
Placing power & money over people is always wrong. Hopefully the church will be given the grace to overcome & correct these abuses.
November 19, 2025 at 4:41 PM
Finished reading: Opus by Gareth Gore 📚
The spiritual abuse chronicled in this book is just evil; including of course the alleged human trafficking.
Placing power & money over people is always wrong. Hopefully the church will be given the grace to overcome & correct these abuses.
The spiritual abuse chronicled in this book is just evil; including of course the alleged human trafficking.
Placing power & money over people is always wrong. Hopefully the church will be given the grace to overcome & correct these abuses.
Finished reading: The Bright Ages by Matthew Gabriele & David M. Perry 📚
A great primer on the dark ages (get it?). It is very accessible and has a great “Further Reading” section.
A great primer on the dark ages (get it?). It is very accessible and has a great “Further Reading” section.
November 8, 2025 at 10:56 PM
Finished reading: The Bright Ages by Matthew Gabriele & David M. Perry 📚
A great primer on the dark ages (get it?). It is very accessible and has a great “Further Reading” section.
A great primer on the dark ages (get it?). It is very accessible and has a great “Further Reading” section.
Finished reading: The American Way of Death Revisited by Jessica Mitford 📚
A good read about grave matters.
A good read about grave matters.
October 25, 2025 at 7:42 PM
Finished reading: The American Way of Death Revisited by Jessica Mitford 📚
A good read about grave matters.
A good read about grave matters.
Finished reading: The Last Supper: Art, Faith, Sex, and Controversy in the 1980s by Paul Elie 📚
I was a kid in the 1980s & this book connected some important dots for me. I now better understand the groundwork for today’s culture wars and the crypto-religious nature of key artists & musicians.
I was a kid in the 1980s & this book connected some important dots for me. I now better understand the groundwork for today’s culture wars and the crypto-religious nature of key artists & musicians.
October 17, 2025 at 5:39 PM
Finished reading: The Last Supper: Art, Faith, Sex, and Controversy in the 1980s by Paul Elie 📚
I was a kid in the 1980s & this book connected some important dots for me. I now better understand the groundwork for today’s culture wars and the crypto-religious nature of key artists & musicians.
I was a kid in the 1980s & this book connected some important dots for me. I now better understand the groundwork for today’s culture wars and the crypto-religious nature of key artists & musicians.
Violence is never the answer.
Also, make use of the breaking news consumer's handbook from @onthemedia.bsky.social
Also, make use of the breaking news consumer's handbook from @onthemedia.bsky.social
![BREAKING NEWS CONSUMER'S HANDBOOK
1. In the immediate aftermath, news outlets will get it wrong.
2. Don't trust anonymous sources.
3. Don't trust stories that cite another news outlet as the source of the information.
4. There's almost never a second shooter.
5. Pay attention to the language the media uses.
• "We are getting reports"... could mean anything.
• "We are seeking confirmation"... means they don't have it.
• "[News outlet] has learned"... means it has a scoop or is going out on limb.
6. Look for news outlets close to the incident.
7. Compare multiple sources.
8. Big news brings out the fakers. And photoshoppers.
9. Beware reflexive retweeting. Some of this is on you.
ON THE MEDIA](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:bzpz6ggxa53yl6toicgwlkf4/bafkreicmm2roiim74c444fw4aejuho5uusuaxlkpczmj6jppvjjyc7qetu@jpeg)
September 10, 2025 at 7:14 PM
Violence is never the answer.
Also, make use of the breaking news consumer's handbook from @onthemedia.bsky.social
Also, make use of the breaking news consumer's handbook from @onthemedia.bsky.social
The view from SE of the blaze.
August 27, 2025 at 3:36 PM
The view from SE of the blaze.
No cheating. Your last saved celebrity photo is your therapist. Who is it?
August 25, 2025 at 10:57 PM
No cheating. Your last saved celebrity photo is your therapist. Who is it?
August 17, 2025 at 6:07 PM
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I’ve reached peak fatherhood.
May 26, 2025 at 5:41 PM
I’ve reached peak fatherhood.
Next on Fresh Air:
How Project 2025 Is Traumatizing America
How Project 2025 Is Traumatizing America
April 30, 2025 at 7:27 AM
Next on Fresh Air:
How Project 2025 Is Traumatizing America
How Project 2025 Is Traumatizing America
This is firmly in my bullseye: esoteric liturgical nomenclature and a solid pun.
If only the thurifer was a member of a mendicant religious order. (Because if there’s smoke, there’s friar.)
If only the thurifer was a member of a mendicant religious order. (Because if there’s smoke, there’s friar.)
 thurible mistake&10;Sir, - Denis Staunton's account of Mass in Beijing's North Cathedral ("Is the Catholic Church bending its knee to China's communist party?", World, April 5th) includes a description of an altar server "swinging a thurifer as it pumped out thick gusts of incense".&10;I was under the impression that the container is a thurible which is carried by the thurifer, ie the person holding it. But maybe that's the way they do things in China. If so, it must make for a most entertaining celebration of the Eucharist! - Is mise,&10;JOHN KELLY,&10;Co Carlow.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:bzpz6ggxa53yl6toicgwlkf4/bafkreihtqi7ricgl5jdngt6c4vussslgzwfgdyvwig3564rqft2sthq7cy@jpeg)
April 9, 2025 at 12:01 AM
This is firmly in my bullseye: esoteric liturgical nomenclature and a solid pun.
If only the thurifer was a member of a mendicant religious order. (Because if there’s smoke, there’s friar.)
If only the thurifer was a member of a mendicant religious order. (Because if there’s smoke, there’s friar.)
Got this cryptic email from my kid's school today.
I was not previously aware of a #GoggleSituation, but I'm glad it appears to be resolved.
I was not previously aware of a #GoggleSituation, but I'm glad it appears to be resolved.
February 26, 2025 at 2:25 PM
Got this cryptic email from my kid's school today.
I was not previously aware of a #GoggleSituation, but I'm glad it appears to be resolved.
I was not previously aware of a #GoggleSituation, but I'm glad it appears to be resolved.
Had to add a new readwise.io tag.
#🦇💩🤬🦆
#🦇💩🤬🦆
February 4, 2025 at 1:42 AM
Had to add a new readwise.io tag.
#🦇💩🤬🦆
#🦇💩🤬🦆
We got some snow last night.
January 7, 2025 at 12:44 AM
We got some snow last night.
Jesus worked the carpenter meme all the way from conception to crucifixion. Judas was in on it as well!
Here's a favorite:
Here's a favorite:
December 25, 2024 at 3:51 AM
Jesus worked the carpenter meme all the way from conception to crucifixion. Judas was in on it as well!
Here's a favorite:
Here's a favorite: