Alex Miller
@notamiller.bsky.social
Environmental researcher/writer/designer. alexmiller.info
Sports betting should absolutely be made illegal again. A pox
The Athletic polled hundreds of players from across the NBA, NFL, MLB and NHL about their opinions surrounding how sports betting impacts players — the responses were haunting.
November 15, 2025 at 2:10 PM
Sports betting should absolutely be made illegal again. A pox
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NEW: The first two years of Massachusetts' millionaire tax has raised $3 billion more than expected.
And rather than driving the rich away, IPS researchers found that the number of millionaires has *increased.*
Tax the rich. Greg Ryan in @bloomberg.com:
And rather than driving the rich away, IPS researchers found that the number of millionaires has *increased.*
Tax the rich. Greg Ryan in @bloomberg.com:
Millionaire Tax That Inspired Mamdani Fuels $5.7 Billion Haul in Massachusetts
A millionaire levy in Massachusetts that New York City mayoral frontrunner Zohran Mamdani holds up as a model for taxing the rich has generated $3 billion more in revenue than expected without forcing...
www.bloomberg.com
November 12, 2025 at 4:01 PM
NEW: The first two years of Massachusetts' millionaire tax has raised $3 billion more than expected.
And rather than driving the rich away, IPS researchers found that the number of millionaires has *increased.*
Tax the rich. Greg Ryan in @bloomberg.com:
And rather than driving the rich away, IPS researchers found that the number of millionaires has *increased.*
Tax the rich. Greg Ryan in @bloomberg.com:
The main thing to know about Pluribus is that it's the kind of show that Barack Obama will put on his Cool List of Stuff I Like
November 12, 2025 at 8:58 PM
The main thing to know about Pluribus is that it's the kind of show that Barack Obama will put on his Cool List of Stuff I Like
A perfect one, at that
a send-off: defector.com/dick-cheney-...
Dick Cheney Departs The World He Made | Defector
At its heart, American conservatism is a fantasy. It’s a vision of a world too evil to be saved or cared about, and fearsome enough to justify any and every impulse toward cruelty and violence that a ...
defector.com
November 4, 2025 at 3:49 PM
A perfect one, at that
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The Trump administration's unjustifiable cuts have lethal consequences.
Before catastrophic floods swept through the Alaska Native village of Kipnuk on Sunday, the EPA canceled a $20 million grant intended to protect the community from extreme flooding. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/14/c...
Before Alaska Flooding, E.P.A. Canceled $20 Million Flood Protection Grant
www.nytimes.com
October 15, 2025 at 1:39 PM
The Trump administration's unjustifiable cuts have lethal consequences.
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They just tear-gassed us. They tried to run us over in a van holding a peaceful protester. They shot us with pepper balls. They dragged another protester into the facility.
moments ago, ice agents again came out of the broadview detention/“professing” facility to escort a silver suv out of the lot.
one of the agents picked up and threw congressional candidate kat abughazaleh to the ground.
one of the agents picked up and threw congressional candidate kat abughazaleh to the ground.
September 19, 2025 at 1:54 PM
They just tear-gassed us. They tried to run us over in a van holding a peaceful protester. They shot us with pepper balls. They dragged another protester into the facility.
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Don't blame us, we voted for Kodos
September 4, 2025 at 3:52 PM
Don't blame us, we voted for Kodos
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Robert F. Kennedy Jr. filling an IV bag from a murky puddle near Trump National's sixth tee. "The president needs parameciums," he tells the assembled media. "It's the only treatment proven to work in real testing." His golf cart is piled high with dozens of dead birds.
September 1, 2025 at 4:35 PM
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. filling an IV bag from a murky puddle near Trump National's sixth tee. "The president needs parameciums," he tells the assembled media. "It's the only treatment proven to work in real testing." His golf cart is piled high with dozens of dead birds.
And to think that just yesterday, I saw a thrift store portrait of the Big Man selling for $666
August 31, 2025 at 9:47 PM
And to think that just yesterday, I saw a thrift store portrait of the Big Man selling for $666
It sure sounds like level-headed Matt is just griping about his own experience getting called out for supporting any number of right-wing positions over the years, and being correctly IDed as a guy who makes it easier for politicians to adopt or hold policy positions that leftists think are bad.
I’m trying a big-tent approach to climate - @dwallacewells.bsky.social & @mattyglesias.bsky.social both blurbed my book. But Matt is so right about the lefty approach to enemy-choosing. He doesn’t mention climate but Al Gore (!) called this Ivory Soap environmentalism: 99.44% pure ain’t enough.
August 29, 2025 at 12:46 PM
It sure sounds like level-headed Matt is just griping about his own experience getting called out for supporting any number of right-wing positions over the years, and being correctly IDed as a guy who makes it easier for politicians to adopt or hold policy positions that leftists think are bad.
Obviously the tired "where is the Joe Rogan of the left" discourse was never about building leftist media talent, which already existed, but propping up cutouts to regurgitate talking points and handle their talent with kid gloves. Just watch Ritchie Torres on the Adam Friedland show to see why
My story is at the top of the @wired.com homepage, read my scoop about the Democrats secret paid influencer efforts! www.wired.com/story/dark-m...
August 28, 2025 at 2:32 PM
Obviously the tired "where is the Joe Rogan of the left" discourse was never about building leftist media talent, which already existed, but propping up cutouts to regurgitate talking points and handle their talent with kid gloves. Just watch Ritchie Torres on the Adam Friedland show to see why
Witnessing this shit every day must be what it feels like to be falling into a deep pit with no bottom
Unbelievable. "Over three hours, federal agents demanded identification from the members of two private contractor crews. The crews were among the 400 people including firefighters deployed to fight the wildfire, the largest active blaze in Washington state."
ICE took 2 firefighters OFF THE FUCKING FIRE LINE!?
August 28, 2025 at 3:49 AM
Witnessing this shit every day must be what it feels like to be falling into a deep pit with no bottom
Andrew Cuomo wants to do this and leave us in here
August 26, 2025 at 7:44 PM
Andrew Cuomo wants to do this and leave us in here
via @climatetown.bsky.social, a great graph and a not-so-great pull quote: "our human-induced climate change is happening FORTY times faster than maybe the most destructive climate-based extinction event in the history of our planet." www.climatetown.news/p/we-made-a-...
We Made a Graph
This one might be easier for Joe Rogan to understand.
www.climatetown.news
August 22, 2025 at 2:08 AM
via @climatetown.bsky.social, a great graph and a not-so-great pull quote: "our human-induced climate change is happening FORTY times faster than maybe the most destructive climate-based extinction event in the history of our planet." www.climatetown.news/p/we-made-a-...
I cannot believe that YouTube finally beat me down with so many ads that I'm fucking paying them to stop.
August 21, 2025 at 11:45 PM
I cannot believe that YouTube finally beat me down with so many ads that I'm fucking paying them to stop.
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you may be tempted to read this and find it sad or pitiful but I’m going to have to disagree and suggest that it is actually fucking hilarious
August 21, 2025 at 1:00 AM
you may be tempted to read this and find it sad or pitiful but I’m going to have to disagree and suggest that it is actually fucking hilarious
It's a good time to be a hater. Making videos for DREAM has been a lot of fun and I'm genuinely excited to keep doing it.
$35 million won't destroy your opponent, and neither will racist incels. DREAM proved that all you need is the truth... and some creativity. We talked to Olúfémi O. Táíwò in Hammer & Hope about how: ⤵️
hammerandhope.org/article/zohr...
hammerandhope.org/article/zohr...
“Zohran Mamdani Helped Us Love New York. We Helped New Yorkers Hate On Andrew Cuomo.”
Scrappy leftist organizers are learning their political campaigns “can succeed by being creative and speaking the truth in interesting ways.”
hammerandhope.org
August 20, 2025 at 6:42 PM
It's a good time to be a hater. Making videos for DREAM has been a lot of fun and I'm genuinely excited to keep doing it.
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I'll say it again, as this is ramping up: if you gave access to the archives of goverment data and information, it is your moral responsibility to make sure that untouched versions get preserved, now. There are people worh archival expertise who can help you, if you don't have it yourself. Start now
The Trump administration has announced that the US will rewrite past climate reports, in a clear attempt to erase scientific history and undermine the consensus on human-caused climate change.
US to rewrite its past national climate reports
US President Donald Trump's administration is revising past editions of the nation's premier climate report -- its latest move to undermine the scientific consensus on human-caused global warming.
www.france24.com
August 9, 2025 at 4:55 PM
I'll say it again, as this is ramping up: if you gave access to the archives of goverment data and information, it is your moral responsibility to make sure that untouched versions get preserved, now. There are people worh archival expertise who can help you, if you don't have it yourself. Start now
Posting this not knowing much about the topic, but can we get some laws on the books compelling data centers to use treated wastewater and stormwater instead of freshwater?
August 8, 2025 at 2:51 PM
Posting this not knowing much about the topic, but can we get some laws on the books compelling data centers to use treated wastewater and stormwater instead of freshwater?
I am, once again, thinking about how incredible Nickelodeon's Nicktoons office looked in the 90s. Pretty sure the space was designed by Area, out of LA
August 7, 2025 at 5:00 PM
I am, once again, thinking about how incredible Nickelodeon's Nicktoons office looked in the 90s. Pretty sure the space was designed by Area, out of LA
The logo evokes a half-leech for me, which I think is more appropriate
Andrew Cuomo's debuting a new campaign logo and slogan ("to build a new NYC") at his presser in Midtown, where he's expected to make a law enforcement-related announcement.
His campaign says the logo's supposed to evoke both a rising sun and the crown of the Statue of Liberty.
His campaign says the logo's supposed to evoke both a rising sun and the crown of the Statue of Liberty.
August 4, 2025 at 6:43 PM
The logo evokes a half-leech for me, which I think is more appropriate
As some New Yorkers are forced to work through a torrential rainstorm, and others are sent home minutes before the subway tunnels fill up with water, I'm reminded of the 11 Tennesseeans who drowned last year as they tried to leave their factory
Tennessee factory employees were swept away by Helene. Their families say they weren’t allowed to leave work in time to flee | CNN
The last time Elías Ibarra Mendoza heard his wife’s voice, she was pleading for his help.
www.cnn.com
July 31, 2025 at 7:48 PM
As some New Yorkers are forced to work through a torrential rainstorm, and others are sent home minutes before the subway tunnels fill up with water, I'm reminded of the 11 Tennesseeans who drowned last year as they tried to leave their factory
Facebook Marketplace is full of unique furniture at affordable prices. For example, here's a space-saving bed that is designed to kill you
July 30, 2025 at 1:56 PM
Facebook Marketplace is full of unique furniture at affordable prices. For example, here's a space-saving bed that is designed to kill you
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Clear examples of the degraded forecasts we face in this piece from @michaelrlowry.bsky.social
Here's Iona from yesterday, with a clear shot of its internal structure in the current state on top, and a useless green blob in the suggested replacement on bottom.
Here's Iona from yesterday, with a clear shot of its internal structure in the current state on top, and a useless green blob in the suggested replacement on bottom.
July 29, 2025 at 11:43 AM
Clear examples of the degraded forecasts we face in this piece from @michaelrlowry.bsky.social
Here's Iona from yesterday, with a clear shot of its internal structure in the current state on top, and a useless green blob in the suggested replacement on bottom.
Here's Iona from yesterday, with a clear shot of its internal structure in the current state on top, and a useless green blob in the suggested replacement on bottom.