Chris Miller
@iamcurious.bsky.social
Just like zis guy, you know
Heart in Mpls, currently Seattle-ish
Ex-academic. Politics, punk rock and ⚽.
Heart in Mpls, currently Seattle-ish
Ex-academic. Politics, punk rock and ⚽.
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Chris Miller
@iamcurious.bsky.social
· Jan 6
We can't resist or obstruct while in the minority, and we can't accomplish much of anything while in the majority.
But we sure can send a fundraising email! Or a text, did you give us your number? God help you.
Want to hear me say "kitchen table issues" until you lose the will to live?
But we sure can send a fundraising email! Or a text, did you give us your number? God help you.
Want to hear me say "kitchen table issues" until you lose the will to live?
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The first big fascist wave in Germany and Italy was driven by the humiliation and suffering of WW1. Our current wave of American fascism is largely driven by rich guys who want it to be illegal for you to laugh at them.
the fact that they saw Polanski as not being punished despite fleeing to France -- the fact that his social circle did not hold him accountable -- finally makes me understand why the elite media is insane about left activism at elite colleges: nothing anyone else can do to them matters.
February 7, 2026 at 7:08 AM
The first big fascist wave in Germany and Italy was driven by the humiliation and suffering of WW1. Our current wave of American fascism is largely driven by rich guys who want it to be illegal for you to laugh at them.
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"The arc of history is not self-bending, but mittened hands with simple tools are working on the moral side."
How to resist like Minneapolis
Meet the block, shop the indies, and check on your people.
www.motherjones.com
February 6, 2026 at 4:30 PM
"The arc of history is not self-bending, but mittened hands with simple tools are working on the moral side."
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hard to think of a better example of "you may not believe in class war, but billionaires know they're in one" than this
This is bleak: Jes Staley, currently CEO of Barclays, reassuring Epstein that popular revolt against financial elites is unlikely because capitalism and pop culture have defanged social movements, leaving people more invested in consumption than justice.
February 7, 2026 at 3:53 AM
hard to think of a better example of "you may not believe in class war, but billionaires know they're in one" than this
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Semper Fi
Acive duty military are being ordered to buy a ticket to Melania and watch it, whether they want to, or not. www.thedailybeast.com/obsessed/mil...
Military Pressured to See ‘Melania’ Against Their Will
A military group has evidence of troops being ordered into theater—the movie theater.
www.thedailybeast.com
February 7, 2026 at 7:34 AM
Semper Fi
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I do want to shout-out my fellow sociologists, who have collectively created a discipline so woke that not a single one of our introductory textbooks can make it past Florida's censors.
Great work everyone.
Great work everyone.
February 6, 2026 at 3:00 PM
I do want to shout-out my fellow sociologists, who have collectively created a discipline so woke that not a single one of our introductory textbooks can make it past Florida's censors.
Great work everyone.
Great work everyone.
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By the way, for those of you not in MN: Homan’s strategy was to withdraw some agents, so it felt like we were in the denouement of the crisis, and then escalate hard against observers. They’re being incredibly aggressive with observers now. National media may not want to check out just yet
February 7, 2026 at 3:38 AM
By the way, for those of you not in MN: Homan’s strategy was to withdraw some agents, so it felt like we were in the denouement of the crisis, and then escalate hard against observers. They’re being incredibly aggressive with observers now. National media may not want to check out just yet
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BREAKING: Bard College President Leon Botstein’s name appears in the Epstein files more than 2,500 times, including arranging travel to Epstein’s island and hosting a visit with “girls” on campus…
As a Bard student parent, I demand Leon Botstein’s immediate removal.
As a Bard student parent, I demand Leon Botstein’s immediate removal.
February 7, 2026 at 2:46 AM
BREAKING: Bard College President Leon Botstein’s name appears in the Epstein files more than 2,500 times, including arranging travel to Epstein’s island and hosting a visit with “girls” on campus…
As a Bard student parent, I demand Leon Botstein’s immediate removal.
As a Bard student parent, I demand Leon Botstein’s immediate removal.
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Fear is the revolution killer. If you've been spooked about the Signal stuff and want some *actually* practical information, watch this video.
And share, because the algorithm doesn't like this stuff.
And share, because the algorithm doesn't like this stuff.
Rightwing dipshits are invading Signal chats of newly forming ICE Watch/Rapid Response groups, creating an environment of generalized fear in many communities
In my new video I explain how we can protect ourselves, and the difference between Security Culture and Theater
youtu.be/l9r0WY6ie5I
In my new video I explain how we can protect ourselves, and the difference between Security Culture and Theater
youtu.be/l9r0WY6ie5I
Fear, the Revolution killer: Rapid Response OpSec and Security Theater
YouTube video by SquidTips
youtu.be
February 7, 2026 at 6:14 AM
Fear is the revolution killer. If you've been spooked about the Signal stuff and want some *actually* practical information, watch this video.
And share, because the algorithm doesn't like this stuff.
And share, because the algorithm doesn't like this stuff.
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What an amazing achievement.
Just because good news is worth celebrating:
There is now a Prep medication that is an *every six month* injection.
HIV has, effectively, a vaccination.
There is now a Prep medication that is an *every six month* injection.
HIV has, effectively, a vaccination.
February 7, 2026 at 4:48 AM
What an amazing achievement.
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Metry and her husband of 4 years go to DHS to get their I-130 in motion. "Good news" a DHS employee told them, the form to start her naturalization was approved.
DHS employee asks the husband to follow him through a secure door. When it locks behind him, ICE detains his wife to deport her.
DHS employee asks the husband to follow him through a secure door. When it locks behind him, ICE detains his wife to deport her.
EXCLUSIVE: Terez Metry was 13 when her family fled to Tennessee from Egypt in 2011. Then, they left her behind. She only recently discovered she had an order of removal from 2011. But she was following the legal path to citizenship. On Monday, at a routine DHS meeting, Metry was detained.
Immigration process turns sour for an Antioch woman - Nashville Banner
Terez Metry, a dental assistant in Middle Tennessee with no criminal history, was detained by ICE during an interview as she followed legal steps toward citizenship.
nashvillebanner.com
February 6, 2026 at 10:00 PM
Metry and her husband of 4 years go to DHS to get their I-130 in motion. "Good news" a DHS employee told them, the form to start her naturalization was approved.
DHS employee asks the husband to follow him through a secure door. When it locks behind him, ICE detains his wife to deport her.
DHS employee asks the husband to follow him through a secure door. When it locks behind him, ICE detains his wife to deport her.
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We need to rehabilitate the "girlboss" as a concept, seeing how it took approximately 2.5 seconds for us to go from deciding they were cringe to a rapeboss taking over the world.
February 6, 2026 at 3:20 AM
We need to rehabilitate the "girlboss" as a concept, seeing how it took approximately 2.5 seconds for us to go from deciding they were cringe to a rapeboss taking over the world.
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I really am not exactly sure what happens from here. trump has been widely denounced by conservative republicans for this video, which he is now repeatedly and strenuously defending. 1
Trump: I’m the least racist president you’ve had in a long time as far as I’m concerned.
February 7, 2026 at 4:54 AM
I really am not exactly sure what happens from here. trump has been widely denounced by conservative republicans for this video, which he is now repeatedly and strenuously defending. 1
A disturbing peak into the trad husband mind...
February 7, 2026 at 3:21 AM
A disturbing peak into the trad husband mind...
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NEW: A federal judge in Oregon issued a sweeping rebuke of the Justice Department’s nationwide push to seize state voter rolls, ruling that the department can no longer be presumed to be acting in good faith and warning that its conduct threatens voters and states’ rights.
Federal judge rules DOJ can ‘no longer’ be trusted in voter roll crusade
The judge pointed to a letter from Bondi to Minnesota that tied federal immigration enforcement to demands for voter data as the smoking gun.
www.democracydocket.com
February 6, 2026 at 6:35 PM
NEW: A federal judge in Oregon issued a sweeping rebuke of the Justice Department’s nationwide push to seize state voter rolls, ruling that the department can no longer be presumed to be acting in good faith and warning that its conduct threatens voters and states’ rights.
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Get her out of there
“I would rather you vote for what is morally correct,” Davidson said.
“Don’t talk to me about my own morality,” DeLauro shot back.
“Don’t tell your constituents what they can and can’t talk to you about,” replied Rev. Nathan Empsall. “What you are voting for is not moral.”
“Don’t talk to me about my own morality,” DeLauro shot back.
“Don’t tell your constituents what they can and can’t talk to you about,” replied Rev. Nathan Empsall. “What you are voting for is not moral.”
DeLauro to pressing clergy: 'I will not vote to abolish ICE'
The Connecticut U.S. representative found herself at odds with faith leaders.
www.ctpublic.org
February 7, 2026 at 12:20 AM
Get her out of there
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“…a lawyer for the man was told Friday morning that Abreu would need a doctor’s note to be able to access the anti-rejection medication vital to his transplant.”
A man taken into custody in Rochester Thursday by federal immigration agents and now held at the Whipple Federal Building in the Twin Cities is a recent organ transplant recipient who is without his needed anti-rejection medication, state Rep. Kim Hicks tells MPR News.
Transplant recipient arrested by federal agents in Rochester needs medicine, state representative says
State Rep. Kim Hicks told MPR News she drove to the Whipple Federal Building near Ft. Snelling Thursday night to give the man his medication but authorities wouldn't take it without a doctor's note. S...
www.mprnews.org
February 6, 2026 at 11:06 PM
“…a lawyer for the man was told Friday morning that Abreu would need a doctor’s note to be able to access the anti-rejection medication vital to his transplant.”
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HAPPENING NOW: DHS just expedited Liam Conejo Ramos' asylum hearing to this morning, meaning it's possible the five-year-old and his family could be deported as soon as today.
Rep. Joaquin Castro: "The Trump administration is trying to take him away again." www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-...
Rep. Joaquin Castro: "The Trump administration is trying to take him away again." www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-...
Five-Year-Old Liam Ramos Is In His Asylum Hearing Right Now
www.huffpost.com
February 6, 2026 at 7:05 PM
HAPPENING NOW: DHS just expedited Liam Conejo Ramos' asylum hearing to this morning, meaning it's possible the five-year-old and his family could be deported as soon as today.
Rep. Joaquin Castro: "The Trump administration is trying to take him away again." www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-...
Rep. Joaquin Castro: "The Trump administration is trying to take him away again." www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-...
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Per this new report: Since January 2025, more than 40 hospitals have restricted transition-related care for trans young people.
The article also includes a scrollable chart of all the hospitals, with useful details like what patient population they have paused or stopped care for.
The article also includes a scrollable chart of all the hospitals, with useful details like what patient population they have paused or stopped care for.
I tallied all the hospitals and health systems that have stopped providing gender-affirming care to young people in the last year (so you don't have to)
This includes nine that have stopped providing hormones and puberty blockers since the beginning of the year. www.statnews.com/2026/02/05/h...
This includes nine that have stopped providing hormones and puberty blockers since the beginning of the year. www.statnews.com/2026/02/05/h...
Amid federal pressure, more hospitals stop gender-affirming care for minors
A STAT analysis found more than 40 hospitals have paused or ceased to offer some gender-affirming care to young people since President Trump took office
www.statnews.com
February 6, 2026 at 7:00 PM
Per this new report: Since January 2025, more than 40 hospitals have restricted transition-related care for trans young people.
The article also includes a scrollable chart of all the hospitals, with useful details like what patient population they have paused or stopped care for.
The article also includes a scrollable chart of all the hospitals, with useful details like what patient population they have paused or stopped care for.
"The Border" is a "crisis" the Republicans can turn on and off at will. Fox News controls the tap.
Outrage over a malevolent government goon squad assaulting, kidnapping and murdering people in the streets, captured on video and shared by the people, will never be quieted by Beltway song and dance.
Outrage over a malevolent government goon squad assaulting, kidnapping and murdering people in the streets, captured on video and shared by the people, will never be quieted by Beltway song and dance.
Congressional Democrats think they can make some ICE "deal" that achieves their true goal: to change the subject, to talk about literally anything else. Not only are they failing to fool people they've grown accustomed to fooling, but they aren't even succeeding at changing the subject.
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February 6, 2026 at 6:50 PM
"The Border" is a "crisis" the Republicans can turn on and off at will. Fox News controls the tap.
Outrage over a malevolent government goon squad assaulting, kidnapping and murdering people in the streets, captured on video and shared by the people, will never be quieted by Beltway song and dance.
Outrage over a malevolent government goon squad assaulting, kidnapping and murdering people in the streets, captured on video and shared by the people, will never be quieted by Beltway song and dance.
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I wrote about how the women Epstein and co victimized have been minimized and ignored as individuals even in popular discourse about the very abuse they endured—and how the legal system has punished them and other women, not helped them, for daring to come forward.
spitfirenews.com/p/even-the-m...
spitfirenews.com/p/even-the-m...
Even the most famous victims are silenced
From the Epstein files to Amber Heard, we obsess over victims while denying their own right to speak.
spitfirenews.com
February 6, 2026 at 6:12 PM
I wrote about how the women Epstein and co victimized have been minimized and ignored as individuals even in popular discourse about the very abuse they endured—and how the legal system has punished them and other women, not helped them, for daring to come forward.
spitfirenews.com/p/even-the-m...
spitfirenews.com/p/even-the-m...
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I realized that a lot of the guys who have been found in the Epstein files are probably really struggling because the guy they would have gone to for advice about being discovered in the Epstein files was JEFFREY EPSTEIN
Over the past two weeks I've begun to realize that rich people only started funding chatbots once they could no longer email Jeffrey Epstein
February 6, 2026 at 4:23 AM
I realized that a lot of the guys who have been found in the Epstein files are probably really struggling because the guy they would have gone to for advice about being discovered in the Epstein files was JEFFREY EPSTEIN
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Epstein Tracked #MeToo Fallout and Advised Accused Men Behind the Scenes talkingpointsmemo.com/news/epstein...
Epstein Tracked #MeToo Fallout and Advised Accused Men Behind the Scenes
This story was originally reported by Grace Panetta of The 19th. Meet...
talkingpointsmemo.com
February 6, 2026 at 6:30 PM
Epstein Tracked #MeToo Fallout and Advised Accused Men Behind the Scenes talkingpointsmemo.com/news/epstein...
“It’s one thing when a taxi is replaced by an Uber or a Lyft,” Ed Markey, (D-WA). “It’s another thing when the jobs just go completely overseas.”
I mean, if you're a Democrat maybe don't sign off on Silicon Valley replacing a once meaningful line of work with contractors, apps and, yes, soon AI.
I mean, if you're a Democrat maybe don't sign off on Silicon Valley replacing a once meaningful line of work with contractors, apps and, yes, soon AI.
Once again, it turns out “fully autonomous” means “a guy in the Philippines.”
It Turns Out Waymos Are Being Controlled by Workers in the Philippines
During a Congressional hearing, Waymo's chief safety officer, Mauricio Peña, was grilled over the company's reliance on overseas workers.
futurism.com
February 6, 2026 at 6:26 PM
“It’s one thing when a taxi is replaced by an Uber or a Lyft,” Ed Markey, (D-WA). “It’s another thing when the jobs just go completely overseas.”
I mean, if you're a Democrat maybe don't sign off on Silicon Valley replacing a once meaningful line of work with contractors, apps and, yes, soon AI.
I mean, if you're a Democrat maybe don't sign off on Silicon Valley replacing a once meaningful line of work with contractors, apps and, yes, soon AI.
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Once again, it turns out “fully autonomous” means “a guy in the Philippines.”
It Turns Out Waymos Are Being Controlled by Workers in the Philippines
During a Congressional hearing, Waymo's chief safety officer, Mauricio Peña, was grilled over the company's reliance on overseas workers.
futurism.com
February 6, 2026 at 3:37 PM
Once again, it turns out “fully autonomous” means “a guy in the Philippines.”