Richard Miller
@richardmiller.bsky.social
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Richard Miller
@richardmiller.bsky.social
· Nov 11
A half-ass intro:
Middle-aged white male Portlander who believes all human beings have intrinsic worth. ✊
You’ll see posts here about sports (soccer/baseball/derby), music (LOUD), politics, birding, dogs, the natural world, kaiju, with occasional reposts from my merch acct @calyxworks.bsky.social.
Middle-aged white male Portlander who believes all human beings have intrinsic worth. ✊
You’ll see posts here about sports (soccer/baseball/derby), music (LOUD), politics, birding, dogs, the natural world, kaiju, with occasional reposts from my merch acct @calyxworks.bsky.social.
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I wrote on the UK's reported suspension of some intel sharing with the US on legal grounds. I spoke to several former intel officials & all agreed that they could not think of a comparable case over decades. Some expressed serious concern over retaliation www.economist.com/britain/2025...
November 12, 2025 at 7:50 PM
I wrote on the UK's reported suspension of some intel sharing with the US on legal grounds. I spoke to several former intel officials & all agreed that they could not think of a comparable case over decades. Some expressed serious concern over retaliation www.economist.com/britain/2025...
I have a vivid memory of walking through the Montgomery Wards appliance section as a kid – walls of TVs all tuned to an obviously fake rubber-suit kaiju film.
Cardboard buildings, suit clearly made of tires, etc.
But since I grew up with ZERO access to media, it gave me nightmares for months. 💀
Cardboard buildings, suit clearly made of tires, etc.
But since I grew up with ZERO access to media, it gave me nightmares for months. 💀
What fictional creature/villain traumatized you as a kid?
November 12, 2025 at 9:26 PM
I have a vivid memory of walking through the Montgomery Wards appliance section as a kid – walls of TVs all tuned to an obviously fake rubber-suit kaiju film.
Cardboard buildings, suit clearly made of tires, etc.
But since I grew up with ZERO access to media, it gave me nightmares for months. 💀
Cardboard buildings, suit clearly made of tires, etc.
But since I grew up with ZERO access to media, it gave me nightmares for months. 💀
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NEW: 2020 footage said to be in 2025. A neighbor who keeps reappearing in the same clip, said to be on different days & months. A broadcast from elsewhere suggested as Portland.
How Fox News misled its viewership -- which may have included the president.
www.propublica.org/article/port...
How Fox News misled its viewership -- which may have included the president.
www.propublica.org/article/port...
“Riots Raging”: The Misleading Story Fox News Told About Portland Before Trump Sent Troops
After reviewing coverage from the network and hours of social media videos that preceded Trump’s decision, ProPublica found that Fox’s portrayal of “Portland rioters” routinely instigating violence wa...
www.propublica.org
November 12, 2025 at 3:44 PM
NEW: 2020 footage said to be in 2025. A neighbor who keeps reappearing in the same clip, said to be on different days & months. A broadcast from elsewhere suggested as Portland.
How Fox News misled its viewership -- which may have included the president.
www.propublica.org/article/port...
How Fox News misled its viewership -- which may have included the president.
www.propublica.org/article/port...
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“If you’re really poor how come you’re not in black and white”
Omg I’m dead.
Omg I’m dead.
November 12, 2025 at 2:31 AM
“If you’re really poor how come you’re not in black and white”
Omg I’m dead.
Omg I’m dead.
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Mamdani has the chance to do the funniest thing ever on his first day
November 12, 2025 at 3:54 PM
Mamdani has the chance to do the funniest thing ever on his first day
The aurora from Portland 💀
November 12, 2025 at 4:18 AM
The aurora from Portland 💀
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Then Toad felt very tired, and he fell asleep.
November 12, 2025 at 2:37 AM
Then Toad felt very tired, and he fell asleep.
Sitting in the backyard, looking upwards, and wondering about the Aurora tonight.
#Astronoid is the soundtrack, which I am enjoying far more than I thought I would. Blackgaze, clean vocals – 90s dreampop with blast beats. Which one of youse told me about them?
astronoid.bandcamp.com/album/air
#Astronoid is the soundtrack, which I am enjoying far more than I thought I would. Blackgaze, clean vocals – 90s dreampop with blast beats. Which one of youse told me about them?
astronoid.bandcamp.com/album/air
Air, by Astronoid
9 track album
astronoid.bandcamp.com
November 12, 2025 at 2:28 AM
Sitting in the backyard, looking upwards, and wondering about the Aurora tonight.
#Astronoid is the soundtrack, which I am enjoying far more than I thought I would. Blackgaze, clean vocals – 90s dreampop with blast beats. Which one of youse told me about them?
astronoid.bandcamp.com/album/air
#Astronoid is the soundtrack, which I am enjoying far more than I thought I would. Blackgaze, clean vocals – 90s dreampop with blast beats. Which one of youse told me about them?
astronoid.bandcamp.com/album/air
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a few months ago I said "having generative AI handle absolutely anything with regards to healthcare is a nightmare and should be banned" and a bunch of people made fun of me and called me stupid. anyways,
November 10, 2025 at 4:00 PM
a few months ago I said "having generative AI handle absolutely anything with regards to healthcare is a nightmare and should be banned" and a bunch of people made fun of me and called me stupid. anyways,
Building out my website with some new #Godzilla merch and discovered that I can now offer hardbound notebooks!
Now I'm wondering what other designs I should try. You know, just to add to my own untouched pile 😅
calyxdesign.com/calyxworks/g...
Now I'm wondering what other designs I should try. You know, just to add to my own untouched pile 😅
calyxdesign.com/calyxworks/g...
November 11, 2025 at 11:23 PM
Building out my website with some new #Godzilla merch and discovered that I can now offer hardbound notebooks!
Now I'm wondering what other designs I should try. You know, just to add to my own untouched pile 😅
calyxdesign.com/calyxworks/g...
Now I'm wondering what other designs I should try. You know, just to add to my own untouched pile 😅
calyxdesign.com/calyxworks/g...
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spoke with the executive director of my local food bank today and got this really incredible line: "if you donate 1 can of green beans, we can give away 1 can of green beans. but if you donate a dollar, we can give away 6 cans of green beans"
November 10, 2025 at 7:32 PM
spoke with the executive director of my local food bank today and got this really incredible line: "if you donate 1 can of green beans, we can give away 1 can of green beans. but if you donate a dollar, we can give away 6 cans of green beans"
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agreed. it's "the guy who makes you uncomfortable for reasons you won't articulate isn't the future. this guy who looks and talks like you is."
You have to understand what pieces like this from the NYT are and are not.
They are not an honest assessment of the state of politics today.
They are a negotiation tactic—an effort by a calcified, right-leaning legacy institution to steer the discourse in a direction more palatable to elites.
They are not an honest assessment of the state of politics today.
They are a negotiation tactic—an effort by a calcified, right-leaning legacy institution to steer the discourse in a direction more palatable to elites.
November 11, 2025 at 8:25 PM
agreed. it's "the guy who makes you uncomfortable for reasons you won't articulate isn't the future. this guy who looks and talks like you is."
This is utterly enraging.
“My science is different” – mfer that’s not the way science works !
“My science is different” – mfer that’s not the way science works !
how did i go so long not knowing we were literally teaching people to read wrong. i knew something wasn't right but jesus christ www.apmreports.org/episode/2019...
How a flawed idea is teaching millions of kids to be poor readers
For decades, schools have taught children the strategies of struggling readers, using a theory about reading that cognitive scientists have repeatedly debunked. And many teachers and parents don't kno...
www.apmreports.org
November 11, 2025 at 8:34 PM
This is utterly enraging.
“My science is different” – mfer that’s not the way science works !
“My science is different” – mfer that’s not the way science works !
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No one will ever sum up Bari Weiss's career more succinctly than "what's the point of standards"
“Standards will be eliminated or severely cut back. Bari has told people that she wants to get rid of standards and is shocked that they have so much power. She asks ‘What’s the point of standards?’
November 11, 2025 at 3:46 PM
No one will ever sum up Bari Weiss's career more succinctly than "what's the point of standards"
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Unlike you, I can read and that’s why I know what the constitution says.
Trump on Ilhan Omar: "I look at somebody who comes from Somalia...and she comes in and tells us how to run our country. 'The Constitution says this, the Constitution says that.' The whole thing is crazy."
November 11, 2025 at 3:48 PM
Unlike you, I can read and that’s why I know what the constitution says.
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In my ideal world, any Democrat who *ever* utters the words "my friends across the aisle" or otherwise suggests that Republicans are acting in good faith would get an *instant* primary challenger, an avalanche of outraged voter feedback, and a boycott on campaign $$.
Whoa -- Sen. Durbin went to up Leader Thune during the vote last night to tell him that on the shutdown vote and ACA promise that "8 of us are sticking our neck out that you're going to keep your word. I hope you will. He said 'I assure you I will,'" Durbin says just now
November 11, 2025 at 1:40 AM
In my ideal world, any Democrat who *ever* utters the words "my friends across the aisle" or otherwise suggests that Republicans are acting in good faith would get an *instant* primary challenger, an avalanche of outraged voter feedback, and a boycott on campaign $$.
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this 87yr old woman has written 58 bad novels and it’s publicly fucking with a billionaire’s self worth. this is all i aspire to.
November 11, 2025 at 1:24 AM
this 87yr old woman has written 58 bad novels and it’s publicly fucking with a billionaire’s self worth. this is all i aspire to.
It’s senators allllll the way down.
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Weekly ratio feed is full of senators rn, really a sight to behold bsky.app/profile/did:...
November 11, 2025 at 1:38 AM
It’s senators allllll the way down.
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Musk represents the decline of masculinity in the sense that a more embarrassing man has never existed and will never be possible
November 11, 2025 at 12:36 AM
Musk represents the decline of masculinity in the sense that a more embarrassing man has never existed and will never be possible
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Here’s how a 50-year mortgage would work
November 11, 2025 at 12:14 AM
Here’s how a 50-year mortgage would work
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SEATTLE!!!
We’ve now taken the lead by 91 votes! 🤯 This thing is certainly not over! Over 1,000 ballots have been challenged, so if you haven’t tracked your ballot yet get on it! Our trusty volunteers have been working hard to "cure" ballots so they count! We're so close!
We’ve now taken the lead by 91 votes! 🤯 This thing is certainly not over! Over 1,000 ballots have been challenged, so if you haven’t tracked your ballot yet get on it! Our trusty volunteers have been working hard to "cure" ballots so they count! We're so close!
November 11, 2025 at 12:16 AM
SEATTLE!!!
We’ve now taken the lead by 91 votes! 🤯 This thing is certainly not over! Over 1,000 ballots have been challenged, so if you haven’t tracked your ballot yet get on it! Our trusty volunteers have been working hard to "cure" ballots so they count! We're so close!
We’ve now taken the lead by 91 votes! 🤯 This thing is certainly not over! Over 1,000 ballots have been challenged, so if you haven’t tracked your ballot yet get on it! Our trusty volunteers have been working hard to "cure" ballots so they count! We're so close!
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Weekly ratio feed is full of senators rn, really a sight to behold bsky.app/profile/did:...
November 10, 2025 at 3:39 PM
Weekly ratio feed is full of senators rn, really a sight to behold bsky.app/profile/did:...
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This is so offensive I don’t even know where to start.
“Vote blue no matter who and also shut the fuck up when those people betray you.”
Nope.
We will primary every senator who doesn’t call for Schumer to step down in the next 24 hours.
You work for us.
“Vote blue no matter who and also shut the fuck up when those people betray you.”
Nope.
We will primary every senator who doesn’t call for Schumer to step down in the next 24 hours.
You work for us.
The sooner we get past internal recriminations and back to fighting united, the better off we all are — the likelier our victory next November.
November 11, 2025 at 12:19 AM
This is so offensive I don’t even know where to start.
“Vote blue no matter who and also shut the fuck up when those people betray you.”
Nope.
We will primary every senator who doesn’t call for Schumer to step down in the next 24 hours.
You work for us.
“Vote blue no matter who and also shut the fuck up when those people betray you.”
Nope.
We will primary every senator who doesn’t call for Schumer to step down in the next 24 hours.
You work for us.
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Pretty much all affordability discourse could benefit from just posting this chart.
If you're in the better off America, all the luxury goods you want in excess are for the most part much cheaper. If you're in the poorer America, most of the shit you need to live/grow is more expensive.
If you're in the better off America, all the luxury goods you want in excess are for the most part much cheaper. If you're in the poorer America, most of the shit you need to live/grow is more expensive.
November 10, 2025 at 2:53 PM
Pretty much all affordability discourse could benefit from just posting this chart.
If you're in the better off America, all the luxury goods you want in excess are for the most part much cheaper. If you're in the poorer America, most of the shit you need to live/grow is more expensive.
If you're in the better off America, all the luxury goods you want in excess are for the most part much cheaper. If you're in the poorer America, most of the shit you need to live/grow is more expensive.