Kevin Miller
@kevindatamiller.bsky.social
Social scientist, policy researcher. He/him.
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It's insane that this even needs to be said.
“A free country does not dispatch police in the dead of night to pull people from their homes because a sheriff objects to their social media posts,” @adamsteinbaugh.bsky.social speaking to @willoremus.com.
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“A free country does not dispatch police in the dead of night to pull people from their homes because a sheriff objects to their social media posts,” @adamsteinbaugh.bsky.social speaking to @willoremus.com.
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A retired policeman posted a Charlie Kirk meme. He spent a month in jail.
The 61-year-old Tennessee man plans to sue after authorities dropped charges over a political Facebook post. Free-speech advocates say it’s a symptom of a wider crackdown.
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October 31, 2025 at 1:36 PM
It's insane that this even needs to be said.
“A free country does not dispatch police in the dead of night to pull people from their homes because a sheriff objects to their social media posts,” @adamsteinbaugh.bsky.social speaking to @willoremus.com.
www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2025/...
“A free country does not dispatch police in the dead of night to pull people from their homes because a sheriff objects to their social media posts,” @adamsteinbaugh.bsky.social speaking to @willoremus.com.
www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2025/...
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this raises an important point: do states or localities have laws against seeking to be on the ballot for a third term for president? if not they should consider passing them, or other clear, firm measures to enforce the 22nd amendment.
HUNT: The president is talking about a third term. How seriously do you take that?
GALLEGO: I don't take it seriously because he will be in violation of the Constitution and he should be arrested if he attempts to do that
GALLEGO: I don't take it seriously because he will be in violation of the Constitution and he should be arrested if he attempts to do that
October 28, 2025 at 9:02 PM
this raises an important point: do states or localities have laws against seeking to be on the ballot for a third term for president? if not they should consider passing them, or other clear, firm measures to enforce the 22nd amendment.
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With science falling under increasing attack, this medical historian is here to remind people of the power of #vaccines. THREAD🧵
Hard-hitting polio advert from 1958. In the first half of the 20th century, polio was the leading cause of death in children and young adults. 1/7
Hard-hitting polio advert from 1958. In the first half of the 20th century, polio was the leading cause of death in children and young adults. 1/7
February 1, 2025 at 3:29 PM
With science falling under increasing attack, this medical historian is here to remind people of the power of #vaccines. THREAD🧵
Hard-hitting polio advert from 1958. In the first half of the 20th century, polio was the leading cause of death in children and young adults. 1/7
Hard-hitting polio advert from 1958. In the first half of the 20th century, polio was the leading cause of death in children and young adults. 1/7
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ACOG reaffirms that acetaminophen is safe for managing pain and fever during pregnancy. No reputable studies support suggestions like those in HHS’s recent announcement linking acetaminophen use in pregnancy to autism; in fact, high-quality studies show no such risk. https://bit.ly/47Wxc59
September 22, 2025 at 9:24 PM
ACOG reaffirms that acetaminophen is safe for managing pain and fever during pregnancy. No reputable studies support suggestions like those in HHS’s recent announcement linking acetaminophen use in pregnancy to autism; in fact, high-quality studies show no such risk. https://bit.ly/47Wxc59
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SCOTUS: considering race as one factor in a college applicant's file is blatantly unconstitutional
ALSO SCOTUS: considering race as one factor in targeting whom to detain and deport is cool cool cool
ALSO SCOTUS: considering race as one factor in targeting whom to detain and deport is cool cool cool
September 8, 2025 at 4:43 PM
SCOTUS: considering race as one factor in a college applicant's file is blatantly unconstitutional
ALSO SCOTUS: considering race as one factor in targeting whom to detain and deport is cool cool cool
ALSO SCOTUS: considering race as one factor in targeting whom to detain and deport is cool cool cool
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Highest level of support since Gallup started asking this question a quarter century ago
September 7, 2025 at 7:37 PM
Highest level of support since Gallup started asking this question a quarter century ago
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The Onion News Network truck is currently stationed outside the Broadview ICE Detention facility just outside of Chicago.
September 6, 2025 at 5:34 PM
The Onion News Network truck is currently stationed outside the Broadview ICE Detention facility just outside of Chicago.
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The “We Are All DC” March is massive. Thousands of people marching down 16th Street NW against the occupation of DC.
September 6, 2025 at 5:45 PM
The “We Are All DC” March is massive. Thousands of people marching down 16th Street NW against the occupation of DC.
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If you are interested in what is happening in Columbia Heights and Mount Pleasant these days @maustermuhle.bsky.social at @51st.news has written the best article I've seen.
With cellphone cameras and tip lines, D.C. residents find small ways to fight ICE
How neighbors and school communities are organizing against the immigration crackdown.
51st.news
August 28, 2025 at 8:40 PM
If you are interested in what is happening in Columbia Heights and Mount Pleasant these days @maustermuhle.bsky.social at @51st.news has written the best article I've seen.
I think someone at this DC McDonald's is making a statement with flags. I'm wondering if management didn't notice or if management made the call.
August 25, 2025 at 2:14 AM
I think someone at this DC McDonald's is making a statement with flags. I'm wondering if management didn't notice or if management made the call.
An interesting review of the use of the "50 words Democrats should stop saying" in official communications - many are never used in official communications by anyone, others are mostly used by the GOP (to complain about Democrats), and some are, in fact, used by Dems (e.g., "housing insecurity.")
Ok - so I'm going to do a real context+write up but for now, here's what some of these things look like.
To start my data reference is DCinbox which is ~208,000 official e-newsletters over the past 15 years.
To start my data reference is DCinbox which is ~208,000 official e-newsletters over the past 15 years.
August 24, 2025 at 1:40 PM
An interesting review of the use of the "50 words Democrats should stop saying" in official communications - many are never used in official communications by anyone, others are mostly used by the GOP (to complain about Democrats), and some are, in fact, used by Dems (e.g., "housing insecurity.")
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the reason this discourse will never end is because it is completely untethered from any kind of evidentiary standard. as long as there is a 19-year-old barista somewhere saying “cultural appropriation,” guys like nichols will complain that “democrats” use alienating language.
It would be a huge step forward for Democrats and for general clarity in political writing if these terms went away. These came mostly from academic hothouses.
August 24, 2025 at 3:06 AM
the reason this discourse will never end is because it is completely untethered from any kind of evidentiary standard. as long as there is a 19-year-old barista somewhere saying “cultural appropriation,” guys like nichols will complain that “democrats” use alienating language.
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The fact that the thing we're calling artificial intelligence *can't do math* and yet we're jamming it into programs that successfully *have done math* for decades, then warning people against using the AI to do math, seems like an excellent summary of where we are.
Good thing no one uses Microsoft Excel for anything related to legal, regulatory or compliance business functions
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August 19, 2025 at 6:09 PM
The fact that the thing we're calling artificial intelligence *can't do math* and yet we're jamming it into programs that successfully *have done math* for decades, then warning people against using the AI to do math, seems like an excellent summary of where we are.
To say that only data accuracy matters, and therefore statistical agencies cannot be independent of the administration, is to redefine accuracy as alignment with the administration.
After firing of BLS chief, Lutnick tells federal statisticians that independence is ‘nonsense’
Employees should only focus on accuracy and getting “the right answer,” Commerce secretary says.
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August 13, 2025 at 7:14 PM
To say that only data accuracy matters, and therefore statistical agencies cannot be independent of the administration, is to redefine accuracy as alignment with the administration.
If completely preventing disease, as we used to do with measles, is less profitable than letting people die from disease because treatment is more profitable than prevention, are corporations legally obligated to deliver value to shareholders by supporting policies that kill people?
As the US hits a 33-year high in measles infections, there is now a "race" to find a treatment for the disease.
One pharma company "is banking on a continuing decline in vaccination rates to fuel a need for measles treatments—and in turn, more investor interest"
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One pharma company "is banking on a continuing decline in vaccination rates to fuel a need for measles treatments—and in turn, more investor interest"
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The Race to Find a Measles Treatment as Infections Surge
The measles vaccine was so effective the disease was considered eliminated in the U.S., but a resurgence of outbreaks is spurring a need for drugs.
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August 8, 2025 at 3:02 PM
If completely preventing disease, as we used to do with measles, is less profitable than letting people die from disease because treatment is more profitable than prevention, are corporations legally obligated to deliver value to shareholders by supporting policies that kill people?
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Between Musk & the Trump administration, Media Matters has been squeezed to the brink. In settlement discussions, lawyers for X demanded the organization hand over all its cash and shut down — all because MM reported ads appeared on X next to antisemitic content. www.nytimes.com/2025/07/25/u...
Under Siege From Trump and Musk, a Top Liberal Group Falls Into Crisis
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July 25, 2025 at 4:41 PM
Between Musk & the Trump administration, Media Matters has been squeezed to the brink. In settlement discussions, lawyers for X demanded the organization hand over all its cash and shut down — all because MM reported ads appeared on X next to antisemitic content. www.nytimes.com/2025/07/25/u...
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You must coöperate with your inner élitist if you want to make it big in The New Yorker
Thanks everyone! The general advice was to use the voice I use when I teach. That means lots of pop culture references and never winding up in the new yorker.
July 18, 2025 at 4:10 PM
You must coöperate with your inner élitist if you want to make it big in The New Yorker
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So student debt relief was overturned after a universal injunction, based on the purported hypothetical revenue losses of *one* (nonprofit) student loan servicer www.nytimes.com/2023/05/26/o...
June 27, 2025 at 2:21 PM
So student debt relief was overturned after a universal injunction, based on the purported hypothetical revenue losses of *one* (nonprofit) student loan servicer www.nytimes.com/2023/05/26/o...
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you’ll never lose betting against the ability of a pro-war pundit to remember past yesterday
You’d think even pro war pundits would have learned their lesson at this point but no www.nytimes.com/2025/06/22/u...
U.S. Officials Concede They Don’t Know Whereabouts of Iran’s Uranium Stockpile
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June 23, 2025 at 12:00 AM
you’ll never lose betting against the ability of a pro-war pundit to remember past yesterday
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Chatbots — LLMs — do not know facts and are not designed to be able to accurately answer factual questions. They are designed to find and mimic patterns of words, probabilistically. When they’re “right” it’s because correct things are often written down, so those patterns are frequent. That’s all.
June 19, 2025 at 11:21 AM
Chatbots — LLMs — do not know facts and are not designed to be able to accurately answer factual questions. They are designed to find and mimic patterns of words, probabilistically. When they’re “right” it’s because correct things are often written down, so those patterns are frequent. That’s all.
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political press is doing a real disservice by basically not reporting the nuances of public opinion on deportations, and creating the appearance that most americans support the stephen miller-style gestapo tactics
Should we deport people who have lived here for many years without committing any crimes? 61% no, 24% yes.
Should we should deport people as quickly as possible even if it means more mistakes, or do our best to make no mistakes even if it takes longer?
Quickly: 19%
Minimize mistakes: 74%
Should we should deport people as quickly as possible even if it means more mistakes, or do our best to make no mistakes even if it takes longer?
Quickly: 19%
Minimize mistakes: 74%
June 15, 2025 at 8:58 PM
political press is doing a real disservice by basically not reporting the nuances of public opinion on deportations, and creating the appearance that most americans support the stephen miller-style gestapo tactics
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Why is germ theory in the same air quotes as "miasma theory," I ask as a historian of medicine who is very very tired
Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. apparently embraces the outdated "miasma theory" of disease instead of the widely accept "germ theory" of disease, which may help explain some of the actions he's been taking.
Ancient miasma theory may help explain Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s vaccine moves
Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. apparently embraces the outdated "miasma theory" of disease instead of the widely accept "germ theory" of disease, which may help explain some of the actions he's been taking.
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June 15, 2025 at 3:18 AM
Why is germ theory in the same air quotes as "miasma theory," I ask as a historian of medicine who is very very tired
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My team at @factcheck.afp.com has been debunking nonstop disinformation circulating this week around the protests in Los Angeles. A thread:
June 12, 2025 at 9:19 PM
My team at @factcheck.afp.com has been debunking nonstop disinformation circulating this week around the protests in Los Angeles. A thread: