@williamlmiller.bsky.social
Libertarian advocate for a UBI and ending taxation. Secular Homeschooling three children. Yoga Teacher and aspiring writer. My preprint of “Universal Basic Income and Value Realization” is at https://doi.org/10.31235/osf.io/hb6rn_v1
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For my 20th #20PostChallenge of my #20challengechallenge, I zoom in on the idea of the objectivization of value that brought me back to writing. It led me to writing Universal Basic Income and Value Realization: Metaphysical Insights for Implementation in the USA (osf.io/preprints/so...).
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I have completed my #20challengechallenge of 20 of the #20postchallenge. I may replace some of these if I come up with other ideas or determine a way to make some of them better, but I figured that I would pin this accomplishment. I hope you enjoy.
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This is a classic bit of Latin here.
Ubi fumus, ibi ignis - Where there's smoke, there's fire OR Where there are the signs of something, something is there #quotebot
January 31, 2026 at 2:34 AM
This is a classic bit of Latin here.
For who else needs to hear it, no, I am not doing well. It’s okay to step back, take a breather, and circle back. Dissension does not require exhaustion. #SelfCare
January 19, 2026 at 11:44 PM
For who else needs to hear it, no, I am not doing well. It’s okay to step back, take a breather, and circle back. Dissension does not require exhaustion. #SelfCare
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Just ate some boudin in celebration of the Glorious 8th. I stand firm that the anniversary of the Victory of the Battle of New Orleans should be celebrated every year with good Louisiana food. Without this victory, this food would not be American food. #cajun #creole #BattleOfNewOrleans #Glorious8th
January 8, 2025 at 7:45 PM
Just ate some boudin in celebration of the Glorious 8th. I stand firm that the anniversary of the Victory of the Battle of New Orleans should be celebrated every year with good Louisiana food. Without this victory, this food would not be American food. #cajun #creole #BattleOfNewOrleans #Glorious8th
In my family, we celebrate the Glorious 8th, the anniversary of the victory at the Battle of New Orleans.
Eat some boudin. Drink a Hurricane.
#Glorious8th #AmericanHistory
Eat some boudin. Drink a Hurricane.
#Glorious8th #AmericanHistory
January 8, 2026 at 10:01 AM
In my family, we celebrate the Glorious 8th, the anniversary of the victory at the Battle of New Orleans.
Eat some boudin. Drink a Hurricane.
#Glorious8th #AmericanHistory
Eat some boudin. Drink a Hurricane.
#Glorious8th #AmericanHistory
I’m currently rewriting the section on the martyrdom of Ignaz Semmelweis in my book Beyond Survival, framing it as the collision of his Weltschmerz with the pervasive nescience of the medical community.
#historyofmedicine #philosophy #writing #science #Writersky #Booksky #Semmelweis
#historyofmedicine #philosophy #writing #science #Writersky #Booksky #Semmelweis
January 8, 2026 at 1:09 AM
I’m currently rewriting the section on the martyrdom of Ignaz Semmelweis in my book Beyond Survival, framing it as the collision of his Weltschmerz with the pervasive nescience of the medical community.
#historyofmedicine #philosophy #writing #science #Writersky #Booksky #Semmelweis
#historyofmedicine #philosophy #writing #science #Writersky #Booksky #Semmelweis
Yesterday I learned a new word:
Nescience (noun)
Not ignorance from lack of information,
but ignorance maintained despite available evidence.
For knowledge to be accepted, simple ignorance must not be deemed culpable. Nescience is.
#Language #Philosophy #Epistemology #CriticalThinking #WordsMatter
Nescience (noun)
Not ignorance from lack of information,
but ignorance maintained despite available evidence.
For knowledge to be accepted, simple ignorance must not be deemed culpable. Nescience is.
#Language #Philosophy #Epistemology #CriticalThinking #WordsMatter
December 24, 2025 at 11:20 AM
Yesterday I learned a new word:
Nescience (noun)
Not ignorance from lack of information,
but ignorance maintained despite available evidence.
For knowledge to be accepted, simple ignorance must not be deemed culpable. Nescience is.
#Language #Philosophy #Epistemology #CriticalThinking #WordsMatter
Nescience (noun)
Not ignorance from lack of information,
but ignorance maintained despite available evidence.
For knowledge to be accepted, simple ignorance must not be deemed culpable. Nescience is.
#Language #Philosophy #Epistemology #CriticalThinking #WordsMatter
My 9yo daughter completed high school physics today. She is still working her way through 8th grade math in which she has completed 63%. She will be moving on to High School Chemistry next.
#secularhomeschooling #FreeWillParenting #physics #chemistry #math #scienceeducation
December 19, 2025 at 7:21 PM
My 9yo daughter completed high school physics today. She is still working her way through 8th grade math in which she has completed 63%. She will be moving on to High School Chemistry next.
#secularhomeschooling #FreeWillParenting #physics #chemistry #math #scienceeducation
I am rewriting the part of my book where Semmelweis goes to experience reinvigoration of “mind and spirit” from the artistic treasures of Venice before making his breakthrough discovery. Preparation for inspiration like Newton and his apple. #Semmelweis #LeisureMatters #History #Science
December 8, 2025 at 9:20 PM
I am rewriting the part of my book where Semmelweis goes to experience reinvigoration of “mind and spirit” from the artistic treasures of Venice before making his breakthrough discovery. Preparation for inspiration like Newton and his apple. #Semmelweis #LeisureMatters #History #Science
My 9yo daughter is now 51% of the way through 8th grade math. More than half way through that as she also prepares to wrap up high school physics.
#secularhomeschooling #FreeWillParenting #Math #Science
December 2, 2025 at 12:20 AM
My 9yo daughter is now 51% of the way through 8th grade math. More than half way through that as she also prepares to wrap up high school physics.
#secularhomeschooling #FreeWillParenting #Math #Science
Now that I’m back in the academic-journal waiting game, I’m settling once more into the second draft of my first book, Beyond Survival: Forgotten Heroes and the Evolution of a New Humanity. #writersky #science #booksky
November 27, 2025 at 1:42 PM
Now that I’m back in the academic-journal waiting game, I’m settling once more into the second draft of my first book, Beyond Survival: Forgotten Heroes and the Evolution of a New Humanity. #writersky #science #booksky
I’ve submitted my paper to a third journal. Growth takes iteration; autonomy lives in persistence. Third time’s the charm.
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#academicwriting
osf.io/preprints/so...
#academicwriting
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November 25, 2025 at 4:53 AM
I’ve submitted my paper to a third journal. Growth takes iteration; autonomy lives in persistence. Third time’s the charm.
osf.io/preprints/so...
#academicwriting
osf.io/preprints/so...
#academicwriting
November 22, 2025 at 3:44 PM
The reason a penny costs more than a cent to make is that Congress requires materials chosen decades ago, using a process locked into old Mint equipment. If the penny were openly bid, it could be manufactured for under a cent while looking exactly the same to the public. #RestoreThePenny
Restore the #penny.
We never opened minting to true competitive bidding. Then we called the result “inefficient” and eliminated the coin instead of fixing the process.
Precision matters, especially for cash users.
Efficiency means reform, not erasure.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
#Economics #Agency
We never opened minting to true competitive bidding. Then we called the result “inefficient” and eliminated the coin instead of fixing the process.
Precision matters, especially for cash users.
Efficiency means reform, not erasure.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
#Economics #Agency
US retailers are running out of pennies - BBC News
Find a penny, pick it up, then what? Now the US has stopped making pennies, a shortage has emerged and created confusion.
www.bbc.com
November 18, 2025 at 8:42 PM
The reason a penny costs more than a cent to make is that Congress requires materials chosen decades ago, using a process locked into old Mint equipment. If the penny were openly bid, it could be manufactured for under a cent while looking exactly the same to the public. #RestoreThePenny
I tend to heavily ponder the risk of contributing to information hazard dynamics already heavily at play online and especially on social media, but sometimes, for people to realize falsehoods that they have carried into their lives, it is necessary to make the assumed explicit. #infohazard
November 18, 2025 at 6:04 AM
I tend to heavily ponder the risk of contributing to information hazard dynamics already heavily at play online and especially on social media, but sometimes, for people to realize falsehoods that they have carried into their lives, it is necessary to make the assumed explicit. #infohazard
Another great article from @karlwiderquist.bsky.social. He understands that we need to frame our discussions better.
The Fatal Trap UBI Boosters Keep Falling Into. By Karl Widerquist. The MIT Press Reader, Nov 10, 2025
The Fatal Trap UBI Boosters Keep Falling Into
To win the argument for universal basic income, advocates must confront the myth that less work means less worth.
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November 18, 2025 at 4:40 AM
Another great article from @karlwiderquist.bsky.social. He understands that we need to frame our discussions better.
Progress isn’t always a “yes.”
After three years of work and two journal submissions, I got a meaningful rejection. I finally received actionable feedback from one of the reviewers and an editor-in-chief. #MondayMotivation #academicwriting #writersky #journalsubmissions
After three years of work and two journal submissions, I got a meaningful rejection. I finally received actionable feedback from one of the reviewers and an editor-in-chief. #MondayMotivation #academicwriting #writersky #journalsubmissions
November 17, 2025 at 11:39 PM
Progress isn’t always a “yes.”
After three years of work and two journal submissions, I got a meaningful rejection. I finally received actionable feedback from one of the reviewers and an editor-in-chief. #MondayMotivation #academicwriting #writersky #journalsubmissions
After three years of work and two journal submissions, I got a meaningful rejection. I finally received actionable feedback from one of the reviewers and an editor-in-chief. #MondayMotivation #academicwriting #writersky #journalsubmissions
This Latin phrase feels very appropriate to what I have been working on lately and where my mind has been.
eluceat omnibus lux - let the light shine out from all #quotebot
November 14, 2025 at 4:20 PM
This Latin phrase feels very appropriate to what I have been working on lately and where my mind has been.
I have completed my #20challengechallenge of 20 of the #20postchallenge. I may replace some of these if I come up with other ideas or determine a way to make some of them better, but I figured that I would pin this accomplishment. I hope you enjoy.
bsky.app/profile/will...
bsky.app/profile/will...
For my 20th #20PostChallenge of my #20challengechallenge, I zoom in on the idea of the objectivization of value that brought me back to writing. It led me to writing Universal Basic Income and Value Realization: Metaphysical Insights for Implementation in the USA (osf.io/preprints/so...).
OSF
osf.io
November 14, 2025 at 4:13 PM
I have completed my #20challengechallenge of 20 of the #20postchallenge. I may replace some of these if I come up with other ideas or determine a way to make some of them better, but I figured that I would pin this accomplishment. I hope you enjoy.
bsky.app/profile/will...
bsky.app/profile/will...
For my 20th #20PostChallenge of my #20challengechallenge, I zoom in on the idea of the objectivization of value that brought me back to writing. It led me to writing Universal Basic Income and Value Realization: Metaphysical Insights for Implementation in the USA (osf.io/preprints/so...).
OSF
osf.io
November 14, 2025 at 3:06 PM
For my 20th #20PostChallenge of my #20challengechallenge, I zoom in on the idea of the objectivization of value that brought me back to writing. It led me to writing Universal Basic Income and Value Realization: Metaphysical Insights for Implementation in the USA (osf.io/preprints/so...).
Green shoots appear.
Progress grows when we nurture it.
This week, I choose to build what’s growing
and give shape to hope through action and intention.
#MondayMotivation #FreeWillInAction
Progress grows when we nurture it.
This week, I choose to build what’s growing
and give shape to hope through action and intention.
#MondayMotivation #FreeWillInAction
November 10, 2025 at 2:54 PM
Green shoots appear.
Progress grows when we nurture it.
This week, I choose to build what’s growing
and give shape to hope through action and intention.
#MondayMotivation #FreeWillInAction
Progress grows when we nurture it.
This week, I choose to build what’s growing
and give shape to hope through action and intention.
#MondayMotivation #FreeWillInAction
My 9yo daughter is 31% of the way through 8th grade math. As she said, she is nearly a third of the way through the course. She is 68% of the way through high school physics. She is currently trying to decide between chemistry and biology next.
#secularhomeschooling #FreeWillParenting
November 7, 2025 at 2:58 PM
My 9yo daughter is 31% of the way through 8th grade math. As she said, she is nearly a third of the way through the course. She is 68% of the way through high school physics. She is currently trying to decide between chemistry and biology next.
#secularhomeschooling #FreeWillParenting
Restore the #penny.
We never opened minting to true competitive bidding. Then we called the result “inefficient” and eliminated the coin instead of fixing the process.
Precision matters, especially for cash users.
Efficiency means reform, not erasure.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
#Economics #Agency
We never opened minting to true competitive bidding. Then we called the result “inefficient” and eliminated the coin instead of fixing the process.
Precision matters, especially for cash users.
Efficiency means reform, not erasure.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
#Economics #Agency
US retailers are running out of pennies - BBC News
Find a penny, pick it up, then what? Now the US has stopped making pennies, a shortage has emerged and created confusion.
www.bbc.com
November 3, 2025 at 12:26 AM
Restore the #penny.
We never opened minting to true competitive bidding. Then we called the result “inefficient” and eliminated the coin instead of fixing the process.
Precision matters, especially for cash users.
Efficiency means reform, not erasure.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
#Economics #Agency
We never opened minting to true competitive bidding. Then we called the result “inefficient” and eliminated the coin instead of fixing the process.
Precision matters, especially for cash users.
Efficiency means reform, not erasure.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
#Economics #Agency
I think Trump’s decision to greenlight Exchange Stabilization Fund assistance for Argentina is political — rooted in favoritism, not principle.
But that doesn’t make it wrong.
#Argentina #ProGlobalism
But that doesn’t make it wrong.
#Argentina #ProGlobalism
October 28, 2025 at 3:00 AM
I think Trump’s decision to greenlight Exchange Stabilization Fund assistance for Argentina is political — rooted in favoritism, not principle.
But that doesn’t make it wrong.
#Argentina #ProGlobalism
But that doesn’t make it wrong.
#Argentina #ProGlobalism
We can handle this.
Confidence provides support.
Support creates leverage.
Leverage expands capacity.
Just start moving; motion facilitates motion.
Think of something. Let thought become action.
Investing in yourself is still investment.
#MondayMotivation #FreeWillInAction #ObjectiveCompassion
Confidence provides support.
Support creates leverage.
Leverage expands capacity.
Just start moving; motion facilitates motion.
Think of something. Let thought become action.
Investing in yourself is still investment.
#MondayMotivation #FreeWillInAction #ObjectiveCompassion
October 27, 2025 at 6:26 PM
We can handle this.
Confidence provides support.
Support creates leverage.
Leverage expands capacity.
Just start moving; motion facilitates motion.
Think of something. Let thought become action.
Investing in yourself is still investment.
#MondayMotivation #FreeWillInAction #ObjectiveCompassion
Confidence provides support.
Support creates leverage.
Leverage expands capacity.
Just start moving; motion facilitates motion.
Think of something. Let thought become action.
Investing in yourself is still investment.
#MondayMotivation #FreeWillInAction #ObjectiveCompassion
My daughter just turned 9. She’s 16% through 8th-grade math, studying high school physics, and philosophy. She recently argued that people shouldn’t think of punishment as good; it impoverishes everyone, not just the punished. I’m so proud.
#BrightSpots #FreeWillParenting #SecularHomeschooling
#BrightSpots #FreeWillParenting #SecularHomeschooling
October 24, 2025 at 2:30 PM
My daughter just turned 9. She’s 16% through 8th-grade math, studying high school physics, and philosophy. She recently argued that people shouldn’t think of punishment as good; it impoverishes everyone, not just the punished. I’m so proud.
#BrightSpots #FreeWillParenting #SecularHomeschooling
#BrightSpots #FreeWillParenting #SecularHomeschooling