Joyce Millman
@joycemillman.bsky.social
Salon/SF Examiner/Boston Phoenix alum. Seattleite now, Bay Area for 33 years, Greater Boston born & raised. Baseball, Springsteen, hockey. She/her. joycemillman.wordpress.com
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Joyce Millman
@joycemillman.bsky.social
· Jul 11
Easy listening about hard truths - Joyce Millman reviews TWILIGHT HOURS
July 11, 2025EDITOR'S NOTE: Below is the first-to-be-published of our promised summer deep dives into each of the seven albums that comprise Bruce Springsteen's latest release, Tracks II: The Lost Alb...
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I reviewed Bruce Springsteen’s “Twilight Hours”, one of 7 albums in the “Tracks II” box. The Boss croons like the Chairman of the Board, and that ain’t bad, Jack. (I love it.)
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Let’s call MAHA what it is. Mass murder via denial of access to and dissuasion from using life saving medicine.
These are the same bastards who accused Obamacare of having insurance death panels for your grandma.
These are the same bastards who accused Obamacare of having insurance death panels for your grandma.
One of the things that's wild about MAHA on social media is they're also vilifying Pedialyte and Ensure.
So not only do they want you to not do anything that can stop you from getting sick (masking, vaccinating) they also don't want you to effectively treat yourself once you are sick.
So not only do they want you to not do anything that can stop you from getting sick (masking, vaccinating) they also don't want you to effectively treat yourself once you are sick.
December 31, 2025 at 4:39 AM
Let’s call MAHA what it is. Mass murder via denial of access to and dissuasion from using life saving medicine.
These are the same bastards who accused Obamacare of having insurance death panels for your grandma.
These are the same bastards who accused Obamacare of having insurance death panels for your grandma.
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Let’s go, Sen.-elect Hardman!
Tonight, Iowans rejected GOP chaos by blocking Republicans from restoring a supermajority in the Iowa Senate AND made history by electing her as the first Black woman to serve in the chamber.
Tonight, Iowans rejected GOP chaos by blocking Republicans from restoring a supermajority in the Iowa Senate AND made history by electing her as the first Black woman to serve in the chamber.
BREAKING: Democrats just BLOCKED the GOP from restoring a supermajority in the Iowa Senate!
We broke Republicans’ hold on the chamber when Democrats flipped seats earlier this year, and tonight, Sen.-elect Renee Hardman's special election win ensured that progress is protected.
We broke Republicans’ hold on the chamber when Democrats flipped seats earlier this year, and tonight, Sen.-elect Renee Hardman's special election win ensured that progress is protected.
December 31, 2025 at 2:27 AM
Let’s go, Sen.-elect Hardman!
Tonight, Iowans rejected GOP chaos by blocking Republicans from restoring a supermajority in the Iowa Senate AND made history by electing her as the first Black woman to serve in the chamber.
Tonight, Iowans rejected GOP chaos by blocking Republicans from restoring a supermajority in the Iowa Senate AND made history by electing her as the first Black woman to serve in the chamber.
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The GOP can persist or the Republic can persist, but not both.
NEW: President Trump's first veto of his second term kills a unanimous bill to fund a major drinking water project in Colorado. Trump had threatened punishment for Colorado for imprisoning his ally Tina Peters. www.9news.com/article/news...
Trump vetoes bill to fund Arkansas Valley conduit in Colorado
President Trump vetoed a bill to fund a pipeline project to bring clean drinking water to communities on the Eastern Plains between Pueblo and Lamar.
www.9news.com
December 31, 2025 at 12:43 AM
The GOP can persist or the Republic can persist, but not both.
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I am fully convinced that the editors of the NYT have Memento disease and live inside an abandoned version of the It's A Small World ride filled only with replicas of Republican voters
i don't have the time right now, but i bet if you search for any of these people, the NYT has already spoken to them in the past for similarish pieces.
December 30, 2025 at 7:55 PM
I am fully convinced that the editors of the NYT have Memento disease and live inside an abandoned version of the It's A Small World ride filled only with replicas of Republican voters
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The reflexive defensiveness from people at gigantic, multi-billion dollar news organizations with thousands of employees is fascinating. "Oh, you expect us to be aware that the president announced a land strike on Venezuela the day after a holiday????"
Yes? I do?
Yes? I do?
December 30, 2025 at 4:39 PM
The reflexive defensiveness from people at gigantic, multi-billion dollar news organizations with thousands of employees is fascinating. "Oh, you expect us to be aware that the president announced a land strike on Venezuela the day after a holiday????"
Yes? I do?
Yes? I do?
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A small number of people whose extreme wealth exerts a political gravitational force that distorts the entire political system is bad, actually. It has been recognized as a threat to free liberal republican government since the first time it emerged in the Gilded Age.
December 30, 2025 at 2:43 AM
A small number of people whose extreme wealth exerts a political gravitational force that distorts the entire political system is bad, actually. It has been recognized as a threat to free liberal republican government since the first time it emerged in the Gilded Age.
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It's really frustrating how all of the bad things that are happening are happening for no good reason
December 30, 2025 at 3:51 AM
It's really frustrating how all of the bad things that are happening are happening for no good reason
A first today: Saw an Asshole Mobile (Cybertruck) driven by a woman. True to the brand, she was blocking the middle of a parking lane at Costco waiting for a space to open up, and nobody could get by or around her.
December 30, 2025 at 1:35 AM
A first today: Saw an Asshole Mobile (Cybertruck) driven by a woman. True to the brand, she was blocking the middle of a parking lane at Costco waiting for a space to open up, and nobody could get by or around her.
All to screw with mail ballots.
As of 12/24/25, USPS changed policy on when they postmark mail. Mail dropped off is no longer guaranteed a same-day postmark. Tax returns & other time-sensitive items are now stamped when they reach a regional processing center, which may be days later. Plan deadlines accordingly to avoid penalties.
USPS Announces Changes to the Postmark Date System
The United States Postal Service (USPS) has adopted a final rule (FR Doc.
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December 29, 2025 at 9:14 PM
All to screw with mail ballots.
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what we're not going to do is whitewash this heinous bitch's entire career
“Our side has been trained by Donald Trump to never apologize and to never admit when you’re wrong.” Read the inside story of how Marjorie Taylor Greene went from zealous Trump cheerleader to his loudest Republican critic: nyti.ms/3Lbzi88
December 29, 2025 at 6:42 PM
what we're not going to do is whitewash this heinous bitch's entire career
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The New York Times should just rebrand itself as the Upper East Side Co-op Bulletin and Harvard Alumni Rumor Mill.
Zohran Mamdani loves his Astoria, Queens, neighborhood, and the feeling is mutual. But voters who live near Gracie Mansion, his new home when he comes Mayor in January, really wanted his opponent to win.
As Mamdani Leaves Queens for the Upper East Side, a Cool Welcome Awaits
Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani loves his Astoria, Queens, neighborhood, and the feeling is mutual. But voters who live near Gracie Mansion, his new home, really wanted his opponent to win.
nyti.ms
December 29, 2025 at 4:40 PM
The New York Times should just rebrand itself as the Upper East Side Co-op Bulletin and Harvard Alumni Rumor Mill.
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Peter Thiel’s Christmas party had an odd theme this year: “all things Britain.” (per NYT)
As Trump sunsets and backlash builds, expect a focus shift to the UK—where some see brighter possibilities for fascism,network states, and monarchies.
As Trump sunsets and backlash builds, expect a focus shift to the UK—where some see brighter possibilities for fascism,network states, and monarchies.
December 29, 2025 at 6:15 AM
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Brigitte Bardot was an absolute piece of shit who endorsed and shored up the literal national front and the only tragedy was that she lived a full, long, luxurious and celebrated life without ever being forced to change her shockingly bigoted views sorry 2 say
December 29, 2025 at 1:49 AM
Brigitte Bardot was an absolute piece of shit who endorsed and shored up the literal national front and the only tragedy was that she lived a full, long, luxurious and celebrated life without ever being forced to change her shockingly bigoted views sorry 2 say
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New, from me: The NYT reporter who specializes in profiles of beleaguered right-wingers on campus went to New College...and found out that things were going ok!
So let me explain some pretty massive errors of omission: 🧵
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/the-nyt-re...
So let me explain some pretty massive errors of omission: 🧵
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/the-nyt-re...
The NYT Recruiting Brochure for New College
A failing Ron DeSantis higher ed experiment gets a boost
donmoynihan.substack.com
December 28, 2025 at 7:50 PM
New, from me: The NYT reporter who specializes in profiles of beleaguered right-wingers on campus went to New College...and found out that things were going ok!
So let me explain some pretty massive errors of omission: 🧵
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/the-nyt-re...
So let me explain some pretty massive errors of omission: 🧵
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/the-nyt-re...
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There is so much about MAGA that like Trump’s M.O. is about forcing those who oppose them to engage and “participate” in or witness their domination. An entire regime of people who want more than anything to be seen performing power.
"Any artist cancelling their show at the Trump Kennedy Center over political differences isn't courageous or principled—they are selfish, intolerant, and have failed to meet the basic duty of a public artist: to perform for all people"- Kennedy Center spokesperson Roma Daravi
Kennedy Center vows to sue musician who canceled performance over Trump name change
The Kennedy Center is planning legal action after jazz musician Chuck Redd canceled an annual holiday concert. Redd pulled out after President Trump's name appeared on the building.
www.npr.org
December 28, 2025 at 3:24 AM
There is so much about MAGA that like Trump’s M.O. is about forcing those who oppose them to engage and “participate” in or witness their domination. An entire regime of people who want more than anything to be seen performing power.
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If you believe that trans rights cost Democrats the 2024 election, then Elon's propaganda even worked on you.
www.thefarce.org/musk-prepare...
www.thefarce.org/musk-prepare...
December 27, 2025 at 3:03 PM
If you believe that trans rights cost Democrats the 2024 election, then Elon's propaganda even worked on you.
www.thefarce.org/musk-prepare...
www.thefarce.org/musk-prepare...
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Pay close attention to who is saying that 14 year-olds *can* consent to sex with trump and other damp billionaires but *can’t* consent to gender affirming care provided in close and collaborative partnership with their doctor.
December 27, 2025 at 6:34 PM
Pay close attention to who is saying that 14 year-olds *can* consent to sex with trump and other damp billionaires but *can’t* consent to gender affirming care provided in close and collaborative partnership with their doctor.
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How are these fits of presidential incontinence never covered as their own news events in NYT? Hours of sick hateful bile from the curdled joyless leader of the Christian nationalists sitting in the ruins of the tinsel trimmed White House he’s demolishing — seems like a story to me.
December 27, 2025 at 3:32 AM
How are these fits of presidential incontinence never covered as their own news events in NYT? Hours of sick hateful bile from the curdled joyless leader of the Christian nationalists sitting in the ruins of the tinsel trimmed White House he’s demolishing — seems like a story to me.
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This is a brilliant thread. It rips up a woefully inadequate guide to AI for teachers. In fact, the thread rips up the manual, stomps on it, and then throws it in the dumpster.
Thanks for sharing this document, @rweingarten.bsky.social.
I read it, and I believe it's inexcusably inadequate and will not prepare teachers or schools to confront the very real dangers of the "A.i." products pushed by your partners, including OpenAI.
A few thoughts for your consideration...
I read it, and I believe it's inexcusably inadequate and will not prepare teachers or schools to confront the very real dangers of the "A.i." products pushed by your partners, including OpenAI.
A few thoughts for your consideration...
Read about Commonsense Guardrails for Using Advanced Technology in Schools aiinstruction.org/sites/defaul...
December 27, 2025 at 3:55 AM
This is a brilliant thread. It rips up a woefully inadequate guide to AI for teachers. In fact, the thread rips up the manual, stomps on it, and then throws it in the dumpster.
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They don't need spaceships. We can build a giant catapult and fling them there
December 27, 2025 at 2:59 AM
They don't need spaceships. We can build a giant catapult and fling them there
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Every time billionaires say they’re gonna leave if you raise their taxes, outlets like the Times credulously regurgitate the propaganda. Meanwhile they don’t move cause these guys WANT to live in California and Manhattan and not Podunk and Bumfuck where the taxes are nonexistent.
December 26, 2025 at 10:28 PM
Every time billionaires say they’re gonna leave if you raise their taxes, outlets like the Times credulously regurgitate the propaganda. Meanwhile they don’t move cause these guys WANT to live in California and Manhattan and not Podunk and Bumfuck where the taxes are nonexistent.
RIP Joe Mayo
Actor and comedian Pat Finn, who appeared in sitcoms like “The Middle,” “Seinfeld” and “Friends,” has died after a years-long battle with cancer, his family said. He was 60 years old.
Pat Finn, Evanston-born actor from ‘The Middle’ and ‘Seinfeld,’ dies
Actor and comedian Pat Finn, who appeared in sitcoms like “The Middle,” “Seinfeld” and “Friends,” has died after a years-long battle with cancer.
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December 25, 2025 at 8:24 PM
RIP Joe Mayo
Wishing everyone a snowy blowy, mistletoey Christmas. Warning: Don’t try to dance like this at home.
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Turkey Lurkey Time - Stereo - 1969 Tony Awards - Promises, Promises
YouTube video by Broadway Classics
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December 25, 2025 at 12:56 AM
Wishing everyone a snowy blowy, mistletoey Christmas. Warning: Don’t try to dance like this at home.
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Trump is now calling for Stephen Colbert to be killed
December 24, 2025 at 5:31 AM
Trump is now calling for Stephen Colbert to be killed