Paul Miller
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I teach physics. Roscoe is a good boy. Willow is a good girl. The views expressed here are mine alone. #ITeachPhysics
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The writer of Andor, Dan Gilroy, wrote an op-ed in Deadline and it is as good as you might imagine. deadline.com/2025/09/ando...
‘Andor’ Writer Dan Gilroy On Disney Suspending Jimmy Kimmel & Hollywood Facing “Venomous Evil”: “This Isn’t A Skirmish. It’s A Siege” – Guest Column
'Andor' Writer Dan Gilroy On Trump's Jimmy Kimmel Pressure Campaign: "Artists Are Censored First Because They Fear Us Most" -- Guest Column
deadline.com
September 21, 2025 at 3:24 PM
The writer of Andor, Dan Gilroy, wrote an op-ed in Deadline and it is as good as you might imagine. deadline.com/2025/09/ando...
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When my daughter was younger, I one day insisted she was a panda bear. She objected, so I itemized evidence in favor of my claim: “Pandas have two ears. How many ears do you have? Two!”
It’s often more useful to try to *falsify* claims. What would we see & not see if a claim were false? She got it
It’s often more useful to try to *falsify* claims. What would we see & not see if a claim were false? She got it
June 18, 2025 at 7:55 PM
When my daughter was younger, I one day insisted she was a panda bear. She objected, so I itemized evidence in favor of my claim: “Pandas have two ears. How many ears do you have? Two!”
It’s often more useful to try to *falsify* claims. What would we see & not see if a claim were false? She got it
It’s often more useful to try to *falsify* claims. What would we see & not see if a claim were false? She got it
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How bad will it be? Catastrophic.
Proposed cuts to #NSF, #NIH, and #NASA will set the US R&D landscape back 25 yrs+, cause economic and job loss now, and undermine innovations to come.
But, this is the WH's *proposed* budget.
Speak up now before it is too late.
(inflation adjusted $-s below)
Proposed cuts to #NSF, #NIH, and #NASA will set the US R&D landscape back 25 yrs+, cause economic and job loss now, and undermine innovations to come.
But, this is the WH's *proposed* budget.
Speak up now before it is too late.
(inflation adjusted $-s below)
May 31, 2025 at 2:50 AM
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Those are chump change belief numbers, what’s the administration’s policy on ghosts
FDA Commissioner Makary: "Hundreds of thousands of Americans have claimed that they have been injured by the covid vaccine. And we gotta listen."
May 27, 2025 at 11:06 PM
Those are chump change belief numbers, what’s the administration’s policy on ghosts
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I just got the official email from the NSF about the drastic cuts and I think the correct translation is "if you are a young researcher who still wants to do science strongly consider leaving the United States if you can." which, really, is not an ideal message to be sending.
May 2, 2025 at 7:55 PM
I just got the official email from the NSF about the drastic cuts and I think the correct translation is "if you are a young researcher who still wants to do science strongly consider leaving the United States if you can." which, really, is not an ideal message to be sending.
For no particular reason, this is one of my favorite pieces of paper right now. There's no date, but probably 1978. Fighting about fluoride in 2025 is a symptom of a larger attack on science.
![Certificate of Good Oral Health, printed in green ink with a cartoon tooth. Text reads: [typed] PAUL MILLER has honorably completed the Fluoride Mouthrinse program in [typed] THIRD grade at [typed] EASTSIDE School. [typed] DONALD R. PETRIE Principal [typed] MICKY KING School Nurse [typed] MISS MARY O'CONNELL Teacher.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:d7pfvaatss2zc5g3cfkj265o/bafkreifruks4uv3zttktzde2yy6yq2xaietrcrl7rp3pkwfqveojnsbupa@jpeg)
May 1, 2025 at 3:31 PM
For no particular reason, this is one of my favorite pieces of paper right now. There's no date, but probably 1978. Fighting about fluoride in 2025 is a symptom of a larger attack on science.
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Happy Independent Bookstore Day! Why support indie bookstores?
👉 shopping local = most of your $ stays local
👉 staffed by actual humans who understand books (no AI/algorithms here!)
👉 hubs for community
👉 independent = not run by billionaires
👉 freedom to read = a pillar of democracy
👉 shopping local = most of your $ stays local
👉 staffed by actual humans who understand books (no AI/algorithms here!)
👉 hubs for community
👉 independent = not run by billionaires
👉 freedom to read = a pillar of democracy
April 26, 2025 at 3:52 PM
Happy Independent Bookstore Day! Why support indie bookstores?
👉 shopping local = most of your $ stays local
👉 staffed by actual humans who understand books (no AI/algorithms here!)
👉 hubs for community
👉 independent = not run by billionaires
👉 freedom to read = a pillar of democracy
👉 shopping local = most of your $ stays local
👉 staffed by actual humans who understand books (no AI/algorithms here!)
👉 hubs for community
👉 independent = not run by billionaires
👉 freedom to read = a pillar of democracy
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For the last 3 yrs, I was the director for the Science of Science program at the NSF. We funded projects on science communication - science communication to the public, communication of public priorities to scientists, citizens engagement & participation in science. 🧵
April 24, 2025 at 12:56 AM
For the last 3 yrs, I was the director for the Science of Science program at the NSF. We funded projects on science communication - science communication to the public, communication of public priorities to scientists, citizens engagement & participation in science. 🧵
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In Trump America, Kennedys kill you
The federal government plans to eliminate services for LGBTQ youth who call 988, the national suicide and crisis hotline, according to a Health and Human Services budget draft leaked last week.
HHS plans to cut the national suicide hotline’s program for LGBTQ youth
In February, the program received an average of 2,100 contacts per day.
www.motherjones.com
April 23, 2025 at 1:59 PM
In Trump America, Kennedys kill you
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One of the things I think about often is a post I read probably twenty years ago from a math professor who was out walking on his beach with this dog, throwing a ball and watching the dog run out and catch it before it landed.
April 23, 2025 at 1:51 PM
One of the things I think about often is a post I read probably twenty years ago from a math professor who was out walking on his beach with this dog, throwing a ball and watching the dog run out and catch it before it landed.
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It was the worst of times, it was the even worse than that of times
April 19, 2025 at 2:00 PM
It was the worst of times, it was the even worse than that of times
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Yup.
They saw such things as proof of tyranny.
Because they are.
They saw such things as proof of tyranny.
Because they are.
Interesting. Two of the grievances in the Declaration of Independence condemned the Crown for denying legal protection, especially imprisonment without cause.
“For depriving us, in many cases, of the benefits of trial by jury.”
“For transporting us beyond Seas to be tried for pretended offenses.”
“For depriving us, in many cases, of the benefits of trial by jury.”
“For transporting us beyond Seas to be tried for pretended offenses.”
April 15, 2025 at 11:43 AM
Yup.
They saw such things as proof of tyranny.
Because they are.
They saw such things as proof of tyranny.
Because they are.
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Government efficiency is when every federal agency has to send a daily emergency email to its workers telling them to ignore another daily email from a different department trying to fire them without knowing what their jobs are.
February 24, 2025 at 7:09 PM
Government efficiency is when every federal agency has to send a daily emergency email to its workers telling them to ignore another daily email from a different department trying to fire them without knowing what their jobs are.
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When I started teaching physics in 1992, I got a lot of benefit watching Paul Hewitt's Conceptual Physics Alive! videos. They show Paul teaching intro physics at the U of Hawaii. It gave me confidence to see his approach in practice. Paul just posted them online: conceptual.academy #ITeachPhysics
Conceptual Physics Alive! Vintage DVDs
Paul G. Hewitt's Conceptual Physics Alive! DVD series has been captured here for online streaming and download. Paul is gifting these video lessons to help teachers and students discover the delight i...
conceptual.academy
February 19, 2025 at 10:38 PM
When I started teaching physics in 1992, I got a lot of benefit watching Paul Hewitt's Conceptual Physics Alive! videos. They show Paul teaching intro physics at the U of Hawaii. It gave me confidence to see his approach in practice. Paul just posted them online: conceptual.academy #ITeachPhysics
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Mike Benz, the Alt-right YouTuber & brains behind the Censorship Industrial Complex is back — and his conspiracy theories are informing — or justifying — Elon Musk’s anti-USAID crusade. www.nbcnews.com/politics/dog...
How Elon Musk boosted false USAID conspiracy theories to shut down global aid
Musk drove fringe viewpoints on USAID into the mainstream on X as the Trump administration halted the humanitarian relief agency’s work.
www.nbcnews.com
February 7, 2025 at 1:21 PM
Mike Benz, the Alt-right YouTuber & brains behind the Censorship Industrial Complex is back — and his conspiracy theories are informing — or justifying — Elon Musk’s anti-USAID crusade. www.nbcnews.com/politics/dog...
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It's actually theft of taxpayers money when websites go dark. We paid for that data
February 1, 2025 at 12:55 AM
It's actually theft of taxpayers money when websites go dark. We paid for that data
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Science is political. It wouldn't necessarily have to be partisan.
But when one party is opposed to science-based policy, scientists have a choice between saying "you're right, thoughts and prayers are probably as effective as reducing carbon emissions" or saying "fuck that."
But when one party is opposed to science-based policy, scientists have a choice between saying "you're right, thoughts and prayers are probably as effective as reducing carbon emissions" or saying "fuck that."
February 2, 2025 at 6:04 AM
Science is political. It wouldn't necessarily have to be partisan.
But when one party is opposed to science-based policy, scientists have a choice between saying "you're right, thoughts and prayers are probably as effective as reducing carbon emissions" or saying "fuck that."
But when one party is opposed to science-based policy, scientists have a choice between saying "you're right, thoughts and prayers are probably as effective as reducing carbon emissions" or saying "fuck that."
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Appreciate how frank this is. Always concerning how many people implicitly feel progress of all sorts is inevitable.
youtu.be/ZfBkw0j-QIs?...
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This Is Not Normal
YouTube video by vlogbrothers
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January 31, 2025 at 1:17 PM
Appreciate how frank this is. Always concerning how many people implicitly feel progress of all sorts is inevitable.
youtu.be/ZfBkw0j-QIs?...
youtu.be/ZfBkw0j-QIs?...
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It would be fantastic if major federal institutions would acknowledge that the executive branch cannot legally unilaterally cancel or redistribute congressionally appropriated funding on ideological grounds and thus they have no legal obligation to comply with such directives
Trump funding freeze a blatant violation of Constitution, federal law: Legal experts
The Constitution, federal law and court decisions make it clear: President Donald Trump's order to pause federal funding is against the law, legal experts tell ABC News.
abcnews.go.com
January 31, 2025 at 4:54 AM
It would be fantastic if major federal institutions would acknowledge that the executive branch cannot legally unilaterally cancel or redistribute congressionally appropriated funding on ideological grounds and thus they have no legal obligation to comply with such directives
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When you suddenly start tearing through the air safety bureaucracy with an ax after two decades-plus of near perfect US commercial air safety any plane that suddenly careens out of the sky is probably on you.
➡️ January 20: FAA director fired
➡️ January 21: Air Traffic Controller hiring frozen
➡️ January 22: Aviation Safety Advisory Committee disbanded
➡️ January 28: Buyout/retirement demand sent to existing employees
➡️ January 29: First American mid-air collision in 16 years
Making America Great Again!
➡️ January 21: Air Traffic Controller hiring frozen
➡️ January 22: Aviation Safety Advisory Committee disbanded
➡️ January 28: Buyout/retirement demand sent to existing employees
➡️ January 29: First American mid-air collision in 16 years
Making America Great Again!
January 30, 2025 at 3:52 PM
When you suddenly start tearing through the air safety bureaucracy with an ax after two decades-plus of near perfect US commercial air safety any plane that suddenly careens out of the sky is probably on you.
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Lee Atwater had a pungent and famous quote about how once conservatives could no longer use the n-word they used things like “states’ rights” to invoke the same spirit.
I don’t think it’s an exaggeration any more — if it ever was — to say they use DEI as the n-word.
I don’t think it’s an exaggeration any more — if it ever was — to say they use DEI as the n-word.
i think it is important to say that the open and explicit racism of the president and the vice president isn’t just uncouth or “controversial” but a direct attack on tens of millions of americans and a dereliction of their duty to represent the entire country
January 30, 2025 at 9:21 PM
Lee Atwater had a pungent and famous quote about how once conservatives could no longer use the n-word they used things like “states’ rights” to invoke the same spirit.
I don’t think it’s an exaggeration any more — if it ever was — to say they use DEI as the n-word.
I don’t think it’s an exaggeration any more — if it ever was — to say they use DEI as the n-word.
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Not everything is as easy as springing a bunch of hardened terrorists out of the clink. Abraham Lincoln said that.
January 29, 2025 at 6:53 PM
Not everything is as easy as springing a bunch of hardened terrorists out of the clink. Abraham Lincoln said that.
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If you’re in the US and you’d like to know what projects and vital services federal grants currently fund in your state, you can search here: www.usaspending.gov
And you can find the contact information for your elected representatives here: www.usa.gov/elected-offi...
They need to hear from you.
And you can find the contact information for your elected representatives here: www.usa.gov/elected-offi...
They need to hear from you.
USAspending.gov
www.usaspending.gov
January 28, 2025 at 4:59 AM
If you’re in the US and you’d like to know what projects and vital services federal grants currently fund in your state, you can search here: www.usaspending.gov
And you can find the contact information for your elected representatives here: www.usa.gov/elected-offi...
They need to hear from you.
And you can find the contact information for your elected representatives here: www.usa.gov/elected-offi...
They need to hear from you.