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Rick Miller

@millrick.bsky.social

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Mad Artist Neurodivergent & Dyslexic Photographer | Documentary Filmmaker Teacher Grumpy Old Guy | Empathetic | Hopeful Fosterer of cats | Dragonfly admirer Co-op member Né en Gaspésie, Québec

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Rick Miller @millrick.bsky.social · Nov 28

“Hope is an embrace of the unknown and the unknowable, an alternative to the certainty of both optimists and pessimists. Optimists think it will all be fine without our involvement; pessimists take the opposite position; both excuse themselves from acting.“

@rebeccasolnit.bsky.social

Rebecca Solnit on Hope in Dark Times, Resisting the Defeatism of Easy Despair, and What Victory Really Means for Movements of Social Change

“This is an extraordinary time full of vital, transformative movements that could not be foreseen. It’s also a nightmarish time. Full engagement requires the ability to perceive both.&#…

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Rick Miller @millrick.bsky.social · 1d

Lac York, Gaspesie, Quebec

Photograph of a clear lake with a rocky bottom in the foreground, and with mountains rising in the background, reaching up into a blue sky

Rick Miller @millrick.bsky.social · 2d

Dawn on the Saint Lawrence River, Gaspesie, Quebec, Canada

#dawn

Photograph of the horizon, glowing orange behind a mountain. In the foreground, the arc of the Shoreline leads around to the black hump of a mountain that appears to be rising out of the ocean.

Rick Miller @millrick.bsky.social · 11d

Happy Caturday from two intense kitties

#caturday

Close up photo of a black cat staring at the camera

Photo of a white and ginger cat staring at something to the right of the frame

Rick Miller @millrick.bsky.social · 17d

Snoozing cat

#caturday

Cat lying on its back, asleep on a wooden table

Rick Miller @millrick.bsky.social · 28d

The Banff Centre’s history will now be divided into pre-and post stain eras.

Rick Miller @millrick.bsky.social · Sep 13

#caturday

Close-up photo of a white cat sleeping on orange blanket.
All you can see of the cats face is its little pink nose

Reposted by Rick Miller

R.S.A. Garcia (BUY THE NIGHTWARD) @rsagarcia.bsky.social · Sep 11

Bluesky is now 20% random posts by people refusing to acknowledge the news of the day, 30% people reacting to the news & main characters of the day, & 50% exhausted artists trying to sell their work with strained, cheerful posts.

Nevertheless, we persist.

Throw a coin to your Witcher if you can.

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Rick Miller @millrick.bsky.social · Sep 4

Oops.
Ursula K is disqualified

May I substitute in Yoon Ha Lee instead?

Rick Miller @millrick.bsky.social · Sep 4

For evidence of cat love see:

@nnedi.bsky.social
just published Space Cat

@ursulakleguin.com
has a cat book coming out too.

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Rick Miller @millrick.bsky.social · Sep 4

Have you ‘had’

Being dyslexic means I don’t catch my own typos

Rick Miller @millrick.bsky.social · Sep 3

Rick Miller @millrick.bsky.social · Sep 3

Have you have your nose booped today?

👃 🐈

#boop
#cat

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Rick Miller @millrick.bsky.social · Aug 31

“One of the most incredible secrets of science fiction (although one not too closely guarded) is the fact that 99 percent of its authors do not know even the titles and authors of today's learned works, but still they want to top these scholars with their knowledge of the year 6000.”

Lem

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Martha Wells @marthawells.com · Aug 28

Re-upping this again, please spread far and wide:

Martha Wells @marthawells.com · Aug 24

Humblebundle to support World Central Kitchen, and get a bunch of my books from @tordotcom.bsky.social including Murderbot and Witch King! #booksky

www.humblebundle.com/books/martha...

Humble Book Bundle: Martha Wells' Murderbot and More by TOR

Fall in love with Martha Wells’ The Murderbot Diaries series—the engine behind the hit AppleTV adaptation—and help support World Central Kitchen.

www.humblebundle.com

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Rick Miller @millrick.bsky.social · Aug 24

Dusk in Toronto

Photo of bright blue sky behind dark, under-lit clouds above residential high rises

Reposted by Rick Miller

Gareth L. Powell @garethlpowell.bsky.social · Aug 21

In the bookshop this morning:

PARENTS: “Okay, we’re leaving now.”

CHILD: *pulls another book from the shelf and sits down *

CHILD: “Then I guess this is goodbye.”

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Rick Miller @millrick.bsky.social · Aug 23

#caturday

Photo of a black cat sitting on a blue end table. A little bit of the cats tongue is sticking out.

Photo of a white and ginger cat sitting on an orange couch

Rick Miller @millrick.bsky.social · Aug 17

Rick Miller @millrick.bsky.social · Aug 17

Black Cat Appreciation Day

#blackcat
#blackcatappreciation

Black and white photo of a majestic looking black cat

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purr.in.ink @purrinink.bsky.social · Aug 13

Digital watercolour sketch of a little black cat experiencing joy 🐈‍⬛🤍

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Rick Miller @millrick.bsky.social · Aug 9

#caturday

Photo of a fuzzy black cat snoozing on a white and grey sheet

Rick Miller @millrick.bsky.social · Aug 8

#internationalcatday

Rick Miller @millrick.bsky.social · Aug 4

To all professionals in the journalism, film, television, theatre, entertainment, and arts world: post a photo of yourself in your job.
Just a picture, no description.
The goal is to flood social media with our professions. Copy the text and post a pic on YOUR page.

#imagechallenge
#prophoto

Panoramic photo of a photographer holding a camera and taking a picture of a mine site
He’s wearing reflective clothing and safety boots while standing on a huge rock dump
In the background are more rock dumps and two large open pits, one of which is flooded.
Some forested mountains can be seen in the far distance, under menacing clouds

Rick Miller @millrick.bsky.social · Aug 2

Lighthouse on the St. Lawrence River

#lighthouse

Photo of a red lighthouse on top of a grassy bushy Hill with blue sky, and a few clouds in the background

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Rick Miller @millrick.bsky.social · Aug 1

Sunrise in Farewell Cove

#sunrise
#farewellcove

Panoramic photo of the sun rising and illuminating an old farmhouse by a county road