The Puntastic Mr Miller
@bastardacademic.bsky.social
Gentleman academic. Cynical misanthrope. Lover of coffee, alcohol, cheese & infosec. Doomed. Hater of Tinsel Drinkers.
The weirdo other weirdos call weirdo. Occasional carer of causes. This is not the apocalypse I was promised - do better.
The weirdo other weirdos call weirdo. Occasional carer of causes. This is not the apocalypse I was promised - do better.
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A plutonium-packed generator disappeared on one of the world’s highest mountains in a covert mission that the U.S. will not talk about (gift article).
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
How Did the C.I.A. Lose a Nuclear Device in the Himalayas? (Gift Article)
A plutonium-packed generator disappeared on one of the world’s highest mountains in a covert mission that the U.S. will not talk about.
www.nytimes.com
December 13, 2025 at 9:39 PM
A plutonium-packed generator disappeared on one of the world’s highest mountains in a covert mission that the U.S. will not talk about (gift article).
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
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Sharing this because it's funny.
December 13, 2025 at 5:17 PM
Sharing this because it's funny.
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The warmhearted and funny letter Richard Burton sent 50 years ago after he received an invite to appear in pantomime in Wales
The lovely letter Richard Burton wrote after invite to appear in panto in Wales
David Owens One was a classically trained Shakespearean actor, the other a much loved panto star. Both were heroes in Wales. So when Welsh comic and master of panto, Stan Stennett, wrote a letter to t...
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December 12, 2025 at 8:02 PM
The warmhearted and funny letter Richard Burton sent 50 years ago after he received an invite to appear in pantomime in Wales
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It's so fucked up to have been a kid during the D&D is the devil freakout and the Tipper Gore dirty lyrics freakout and live to see the teen suicide machine get such a pass.
December 12, 2025 at 5:40 PM
It's so fucked up to have been a kid during the D&D is the devil freakout and the Tipper Gore dirty lyrics freakout and live to see the teen suicide machine get such a pass.
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I guess it's fitting that it's a reimagined, worse version of someone else's artwork
December 12, 2025 at 4:00 AM
I guess it's fitting that it's a reimagined, worse version of someone else's artwork
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LOL... Pentagon released a new AI military chatbot and it immediately pointed out that Pete Hegseth is a war criminal.
abovethelaw.com/2025/12/pent...
abovethelaw.com/2025/12/pent...
Pentagon Unveils New GenAI Platform, It Immediately Starts Flagging Pete Hegseth's War Crimes - Above the Law
The Defense Department's new ChatJAG turned out to be better than the human chain of command.
abovethelaw.com
December 12, 2025 at 8:00 PM
LOL... Pentagon released a new AI military chatbot and it immediately pointed out that Pete Hegseth is a war criminal.
abovethelaw.com/2025/12/pent...
abovethelaw.com/2025/12/pent...
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When a 3 pm meeting actually starts in Italy
December 10, 2025 at 12:46 PM
When a 3 pm meeting actually starts in Italy
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That pro-Brexit British patriot account you follow is Russian mate.
December 10, 2025 at 12:55 PM
That pro-Brexit British patriot account you follow is Russian mate.
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Happy Advent to you and your kin! And everyone else's kin too, come to that. As every December so far this decade, I'm going to do an Advent Calendar of beautiful and brilliant carols, with each day's added to a YouTube playlist and also to the ongoing Spotify one, now in its sixth(!) year.
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December 1, 2025 at 7:45 AM
Happy Advent to you and your kin! And everyone else's kin too, come to that. As every December so far this decade, I'm going to do an Advent Calendar of beautiful and brilliant carols, with each day's added to a YouTube playlist and also to the ongoing Spotify one, now in its sixth(!) year.
👇👇👇👇👇👇👇
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Mae'n ymddangos bod gormod o ofn ar Starmer i ddweud y gwir am Brexit 🤷🏻♀️
Mae Cymru wedi’i heffeithio’n waeth gan Brexit nag unrhyw le arall yn y DU, gydag allforion i lawr 31%.
Mae Plaid Cymru yn cefnogi ailymuno â'r farchnad sengl a'r undeb tollau i atal unrhyw ddifrod pellach i economi Cymru.
Mae Cymru wedi’i heffeithio’n waeth gan Brexit nag unrhyw le arall yn y DU, gydag allforion i lawr 31%.
Mae Plaid Cymru yn cefnogi ailymuno â'r farchnad sengl a'r undeb tollau i atal unrhyw ddifrod pellach i economi Cymru.
December 10, 2025 at 1:05 PM
Mae'n ymddangos bod gormod o ofn ar Starmer i ddweud y gwir am Brexit 🤷🏻♀️
Mae Cymru wedi’i heffeithio’n waeth gan Brexit nag unrhyw le arall yn y DU, gydag allforion i lawr 31%.
Mae Plaid Cymru yn cefnogi ailymuno â'r farchnad sengl a'r undeb tollau i atal unrhyw ddifrod pellach i economi Cymru.
Mae Cymru wedi’i heffeithio’n waeth gan Brexit nag unrhyw le arall yn y DU, gydag allforion i lawr 31%.
Mae Plaid Cymru yn cefnogi ailymuno â'r farchnad sengl a'r undeb tollau i atal unrhyw ddifrod pellach i economi Cymru.
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“Creationists make it sound as though a 'theory' is something you dreamt up after being drunk all night.”
― Isaac Asimov
― Isaac Asimov
December 10, 2025 at 11:53 AM
“Creationists make it sound as though a 'theory' is something you dreamt up after being drunk all night.”
― Isaac Asimov
― Isaac Asimov
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cannot begin to tell you how happy I am to have stumbled upon the Paris building shared by metal music fans and the union for metal workers, what a delight
December 8, 2025 at 11:31 AM
cannot begin to tell you how happy I am to have stumbled upon the Paris building shared by metal music fans and the union for metal workers, what a delight
Now the Spotify wrapped stuff is done, I thought I'd instead share music that has been almost transformative for me. This is @stephenwilsonjr01.bsky.social & I urge you all to watch the whole video, because if the rest didn't hit you in the feels, the last track will:
youtu.be/3Upi0I5LmO0?...
youtu.be/3Upi0I5LmO0?...
Stephen Wilson Jr. - Full Episode (Live at the Print Shop)
YouTube video by Live At The Print Shop
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December 7, 2025 at 1:06 PM
Now the Spotify wrapped stuff is done, I thought I'd instead share music that has been almost transformative for me. This is @stephenwilsonjr01.bsky.social & I urge you all to watch the whole video, because if the rest didn't hit you in the feels, the last track will:
youtu.be/3Upi0I5LmO0?...
youtu.be/3Upi0I5LmO0?...
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bugs bunny was literally the first guy in drag i ever saw but ok
December 6, 2025 at 1:55 AM
bugs bunny was literally the first guy in drag i ever saw but ok
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wtf is a FIFA peace prize? that's like being an NFL laureate in physics
December 5, 2025 at 7:21 PM
wtf is a FIFA peace prize? that's like being an NFL laureate in physics
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In 2024, the Coast Guard conducted more than 250 targeted interceptions in the Caribbean of boats believed to be transporting drugs based on intel. Only 55 were actually transporting drugs; the rest (80%) were innocent.
Trump's policy is to kill them all, including the 80% who are innocent.
Trump's policy is to kill them all, including the 80% who are innocent.
December 5, 2025 at 1:59 PM
In 2024, the Coast Guard conducted more than 250 targeted interceptions in the Caribbean of boats believed to be transporting drugs based on intel. Only 55 were actually transporting drugs; the rest (80%) were innocent.
Trump's policy is to kill them all, including the 80% who are innocent.
Trump's policy is to kill them all, including the 80% who are innocent.
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Farage has been dismissing evidence of Russian ties to the Salisbury Novichok attack since 2018 🧐
December 4, 2025 at 7:52 PM
Farage has been dismissing evidence of Russian ties to the Salisbury Novichok attack since 2018 🧐
"There is a cult of ignorance in the United States... The strain of anti-intellectualism has been a constant thread winding its way through our political and cultural life, nurtured by the false notion that democracy means that 'my ignorance is just as good as your knowledge."
Isaac Asimov
Isaac Asimov
Holy shit.
Reuters reporting that new admin instructions on visas are if you worked at a platform in trust & safety or content moderation or on fact checking or online safety at an platform you *and your loved ones* are ineligible for H-1B visa.
www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...
Reuters reporting that new admin instructions on visas are if you worked at a platform in trust & safety or content moderation or on fact checking or online safety at an platform you *and your loved ones* are ineligible for H-1B visa.
www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...
December 4, 2025 at 7:51 PM
"There is a cult of ignorance in the United States... The strain of anti-intellectualism has been a constant thread winding its way through our political and cultural life, nurtured by the false notion that democracy means that 'my ignorance is just as good as your knowledge."
Isaac Asimov
Isaac Asimov
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Holy shit.
Reuters reporting that new admin instructions on visas are if you worked at a platform in trust & safety or content moderation or on fact checking or online safety at an platform you *and your loved ones* are ineligible for H-1B visa.
www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...
Reuters reporting that new admin instructions on visas are if you worked at a platform in trust & safety or content moderation or on fact checking or online safety at an platform you *and your loved ones* are ineligible for H-1B visa.
www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...
December 4, 2025 at 5:41 PM
Holy shit.
Reuters reporting that new admin instructions on visas are if you worked at a platform in trust & safety or content moderation or on fact checking or online safety at an platform you *and your loved ones* are ineligible for H-1B visa.
www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...
Reuters reporting that new admin instructions on visas are if you worked at a platform in trust & safety or content moderation or on fact checking or online safety at an platform you *and your loved ones* are ineligible for H-1B visa.
www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...
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If several of you share an umbrella thats brollyamoury
December 3, 2025 at 7:38 PM
If several of you share an umbrella thats brollyamoury
Now the positive post is out of the way:
Why do Spotify & Daniel Ek have to be so exceedingly fucking awful? I mean, the product itself is near perfect, so why do they insist on all the fuckery?
It's going to be a ballache copying the playlists & finding something else.
Why do Spotify & Daniel Ek have to be so exceedingly fucking awful? I mean, the product itself is near perfect, so why do they insist on all the fuckery?
It's going to be a ballache copying the playlists & finding something else.
December 3, 2025 at 4:19 PM
Now the positive post is out of the way:
Why do Spotify & Daniel Ek have to be so exceedingly fucking awful? I mean, the product itself is near perfect, so why do they insist on all the fuckery?
It's going to be a ballache copying the playlists & finding something else.
Why do Spotify & Daniel Ek have to be so exceedingly fucking awful? I mean, the product itself is near perfect, so why do they insist on all the fuckery?
It's going to be a ballache copying the playlists & finding something else.
Whatever your thoughts on Mr Kipling, his mince pie whirls are actually exceedingly good.
Not something I thought I'd ever actually say.
Not something I thought I'd ever actually say.
December 3, 2025 at 4:15 PM
Whatever your thoughts on Mr Kipling, his mince pie whirls are actually exceedingly good.
Not something I thought I'd ever actually say.
Not something I thought I'd ever actually say.
Kagi partnering with physical libraries makes sense to me. 12 months of the service free. I wonder if this will work for patrons, for libraries, for Kagi. kagi.com/libraries
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December 3, 2025 at 12:55 PM