@jenbmiller.bsky.social
Writer, editor, reader, 🌈 wife, mom. Longtime journo, former Boston Herald, now health communications.
One of the major ongoing disputes my wife and I have had is whether to raise our daughter pronouncing it as scone or scone.
November 11, 2025 at 12:21 PM
One of the major ongoing disputes my wife and I have had is whether to raise our daughter pronouncing it as scone or scone.
Having your psyche casually dissected by JCO, tweet by tweet, just when she feels like it, on your own platform in front of millions of your followers — true nightmare material.
November 11, 2025 at 3:23 AM
Having your psyche casually dissected by JCO, tweet by tweet, just when she feels like it, on your own platform in front of millions of your followers — true nightmare material.
Shutdown was over Inflation Reduction Act ACA marketplace tax credits, which will expire in Dec. The credits are for people who buy their own insurance (aren’t on Medicaid, don’t have employer insurance, usually moderate income). Separately, OBBA slashes Medicaid. Shutdown focused on IRA credits.
November 10, 2025 at 2:36 AM
Shutdown was over Inflation Reduction Act ACA marketplace tax credits, which will expire in Dec. The credits are for people who buy their own insurance (aren’t on Medicaid, don’t have employer insurance, usually moderate income). Separately, OBBA slashes Medicaid. Shutdown focused on IRA credits.
I’ve been thinking the same. One of the only mainstream media op-eds that I’ve seen on this angle - explicit calllouts of white supremacy, racist fantasies, racial hatred - is this WSJ piece. (The editor gave it a headline that references only antisemitism tho.)
www.wsj.com/opinion/the-...
www.wsj.com/opinion/the-...
Opinion | The MAGA Right’s Antisemitism Problem
By failing to draw a clear line, JD Vance and the Heritage Foundation put conservatism in jeopardy.
www.wsj.com
November 6, 2025 at 8:17 PM
I’ve been thinking the same. One of the only mainstream media op-eds that I’ve seen on this angle - explicit calllouts of white supremacy, racist fantasies, racial hatred - is this WSJ piece. (The editor gave it a headline that references only antisemitism tho.)
www.wsj.com/opinion/the-...
www.wsj.com/opinion/the-...
Every adult resident of the U.S. is three or fewer hops from a drug trafficker. We’re all eligible to be blown up in a boat under this policy.
November 2, 2025 at 12:55 AM
Every adult resident of the U.S. is three or fewer hops from a drug trafficker. We’re all eligible to be blown up in a boat under this policy.
I think Alice was trying to be helpful, you weren’t that detailed in your first post, no need to snark at an ID doc. CDC has this: www.cdc.gov/tb-healthcar...
Frequency of Tuberculosis Screening and Testing for Health Care Personnel
All U.S. health care personnel should be screened for TB upon hire (i.e., preplacement).
www.cdc.gov
October 15, 2025 at 11:52 PM
I think Alice was trying to be helpful, you weren’t that detailed in your first post, no need to snark at an ID doc. CDC has this: www.cdc.gov/tb-healthcar...
For me, it’s International Institute of New England. Tons of volunteer opportunities — help immigrants get jobs, learn the T, learn English, find community, survive, thrive. You can dive in, sponsor a family. Or give 2 hours occasionally. It all helps. There are orgs like that all over the country.
October 6, 2025 at 1:21 AM
For me, it’s International Institute of New England. Tons of volunteer opportunities — help immigrants get jobs, learn the T, learn English, find community, survive, thrive. You can dive in, sponsor a family. Or give 2 hours occasionally. It all helps. There are orgs like that all over the country.
Until this year, when I visited the Alamo museum in San Antonio, I did not know the Battle of the Alamo/broader Texas Revolution was explicitly spurred by Texians’ defiance of Mexico’s abolition of slavery.
September 8, 2025 at 3:09 PM
Until this year, when I visited the Alamo museum in San Antonio, I did not know the Battle of the Alamo/broader Texas Revolution was explicitly spurred by Texians’ defiance of Mexico’s abolition of slavery.
He posted hours of videos of himself scrolling through his conversations with ChatGPT on social media in the months before he died.
August 29, 2025 at 11:23 AM
He posted hours of videos of himself scrolling through his conversations with ChatGPT on social media in the months before he died.
Not exactly disagreeing but - the first movie I saw Leo in was This Boy’s Life and he blew me away. One of the few times I’ve seen a very young actor and thought “this kid will be a star”and been right. It’s the only movie I’ve ever really loved him in.
August 10, 2025 at 11:56 PM
Not exactly disagreeing but - the first movie I saw Leo in was This Boy’s Life and he blew me away. One of the few times I’ve seen a very young actor and thought “this kid will be a star”and been right. It’s the only movie I’ve ever really loved him in.
Take a 5 minute cab ride to Eddie C’s (neighborhood dive bar) or Rose’s (nice tapas bar) in East Boston or a 15 minute ride downtown to the Wig Shop. All open until 2.
July 15, 2025 at 2:17 AM
Take a 5 minute cab ride to Eddie C’s (neighborhood dive bar) or Rose’s (nice tapas bar) in East Boston or a 15 minute ride downtown to the Wig Shop. All open until 2.
Always thought would be fun to have movie/novel purely on Clark from POV of rest of resentful newsroom - vanishes into phone booths for hours, sloppy source greasers on Superman, ties Jimmy up when he could be on other assignments, has weird effect on Lois, always wears dumb necktie. What an ass.
July 12, 2025 at 1:59 PM
Always thought would be fun to have movie/novel purely on Clark from POV of rest of resentful newsroom - vanishes into phone booths for hours, sloppy source greasers on Superman, ties Jimmy up when he could be on other assignments, has weird effect on Lois, always wears dumb necktie. What an ass.
Declamation! @switchedonpop.bsky.social did a cool episode about it once - mentioning Sandcastles among others. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/s...
Shawn Mendes and the Rhythm of Rhyme
Podcast Episode · Switched on Pop · 07/16/2019 · 34m
podcasts.apple.com
July 6, 2025 at 9:05 PM
Declamation! @switchedonpop.bsky.social did a cool episode about it once - mentioning Sandcastles among others. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/s...
I sometimes sub apricots for plums in Marian Burros’ torte, also subbing ~1/4 cup cornmeal for some of the flour and ~1/4 cup olive oil for some of the butter and use about 1/2 cup sugar instead of a whole cup. Fast, easy, delicious, everyone likes it warm with vanilla ice cream.
June 28, 2025 at 8:41 PM
I sometimes sub apricots for plums in Marian Burros’ torte, also subbing ~1/4 cup cornmeal for some of the flour and ~1/4 cup olive oil for some of the butter and use about 1/2 cup sugar instead of a whole cup. Fast, easy, delicious, everyone likes it warm with vanilla ice cream.
What a sweetie. My current favorite names for a dog are Sammy, Frankie and Chuck.
June 19, 2025 at 11:47 PM
What a sweetie. My current favorite names for a dog are Sammy, Frankie and Chuck.
Thief in the Botanical Gardens. Flowers are disappearing and the bunny garden keeper starts accusing all his friends. He’s obsessed. Then he rigs up a surveillance camera and SEES HIMSELF sleepwalking and night snacking on the flowers. He is his own villain! Incredibly disturbing to 5 year old me.
May 13, 2025 at 1:50 AM
Thief in the Botanical Gardens. Flowers are disappearing and the bunny garden keeper starts accusing all his friends. He’s obsessed. Then he rigs up a surveillance camera and SEES HIMSELF sleepwalking and night snacking on the flowers. He is his own villain! Incredibly disturbing to 5 year old me.
How about SNAP, CHIP and Medicaid?
May 12, 2025 at 7:26 PM
How about SNAP, CHIP and Medicaid?
Excellent. good to know, I will be trying this without ever mentioning the exact ingredients to my child.
May 9, 2025 at 5:31 PM
Excellent. good to know, I will be trying this without ever mentioning the exact ingredients to my child.
That sounds and looks amazing. No bitterness from the eggplant?
May 9, 2025 at 4:48 PM
That sounds and looks amazing. No bitterness from the eggplant?