Eric
@erictmiller.bsky.social
ED @ https://dreamwrights.org/ China. Anthropology. Aging. Hospice. Anabaptism/Pietism. Cats.
I think I'll have a countdown to 9 pm tonight and call it a year.
December 31, 2025 at 1:42 AM
I think I'll have a countdown to 9 pm tonight and call it a year.
I don't buy beef. A friend bought a rib roast and 🤯.
December 30, 2025 at 4:07 PM
I don't buy beef. A friend bought a rib roast and 🤯.
I'll be in bed sleeping. Let me know how it turns out.
Hate freeloaders who join in the New Year's Eve countdown for the last 10 seconds. I've been doing this all year. Where were you back in May
December 30, 2025 at 3:40 PM
I'll be in bed sleeping. Let me know how it turns out.
I don't really like burritos.
December 30, 2025 at 3:39 PM
I don't really like burritos.
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A pair of happy hammerhead sharks
(ca. 1735 Edo period Japan)
(ca. 1735 Edo period Japan)
December 28, 2025 at 5:57 PM
A pair of happy hammerhead sharks
(ca. 1735 Edo period Japan)
(ca. 1735 Edo period Japan)
I must conclude that many who love "It's a Wonderful Life" must be enamored with Potter, not Bailey.
December 23, 2025 at 2:08 PM
I must conclude that many who love "It's a Wonderful Life" must be enamored with Potter, not Bailey.
I'm expecting a correction back towards the humanities in the coming years.
You know what AI can't do? It can't be human.
December 23, 2025 at 1:41 PM
I'm expecting a correction back towards the humanities in the coming years.
You know what AI can't do? It can't be human.
December 23, 2025 at 12:07 PM
You know what AI can't do? It can't be human.
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Asked ChatGPT and it says your a looser
December 22, 2025 at 1:38 PM
Asked ChatGPT and it says your a looser
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Hadn’t done this with the family since before the pandemic, so why not?
Missed the “A Hong Kong Adventure” text right under the title, and oh boy…
This is definitely not your parents’ version of Tchaikovsky’s festive classic “The Nutcracker”.
Let me tell you…
A thread.
1/
Missed the “A Hong Kong Adventure” text right under the title, and oh boy…
This is definitely not your parents’ version of Tchaikovsky’s festive classic “The Nutcracker”.
Let me tell you…
A thread.
1/
December 22, 2025 at 7:18 AM
Hadn’t done this with the family since before the pandemic, so why not?
Missed the “A Hong Kong Adventure” text right under the title, and oh boy…
This is definitely not your parents’ version of Tchaikovsky’s festive classic “The Nutcracker”.
Let me tell you…
A thread.
1/
Missed the “A Hong Kong Adventure” text right under the title, and oh boy…
This is definitely not your parents’ version of Tchaikovsky’s festive classic “The Nutcracker”.
Let me tell you…
A thread.
1/
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ghost stories for Christmas? I translated another of my old blog post - mum's ghost stories. It turns out they were about girls who died wronged, killed by poverty and patriarchy, and whose misfortunes cast long shadows in the hearts of the girls who survived
chenchenzhang.net/2025/12/20/m...
chenchenzhang.net/2025/12/20/m...
My mother’s ghost stories
When I began to listen carefully to my mother’s ghost stories, I found out that they were all about girls who died wronged, killed by poverty and patriarchy, and whose misfortunes cast long s…
chenchenzhang.net
December 20, 2025 at 10:42 AM
ghost stories for Christmas? I translated another of my old blog post - mum's ghost stories. It turns out they were about girls who died wronged, killed by poverty and patriarchy, and whose misfortunes cast long shadows in the hearts of the girls who survived
chenchenzhang.net/2025/12/20/m...
chenchenzhang.net/2025/12/20/m...
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Waking up older patients is a cause of complications from hospital stays--increased likelyhoid of falls, delirium, longer stays, increased readmission. My mom's chart literally said 'do not wake'--and they *still* did it.
December 19, 2025 at 1:57 PM
Waking up older patients is a cause of complications from hospital stays--increased likelyhoid of falls, delirium, longer stays, increased readmission. My mom's chart literally said 'do not wake'--and they *still* did it.
I remember a white law student whining about how he worked hard for everything (meaning in school, because his parents provided for everything else.)
Chad, the only reason you're working hard is because you're not that smart.
Chad, the only reason you're working hard is because you're not that smart.
December 19, 2025 at 1:51 PM
I remember a white law student whining about how he worked hard for everything (meaning in school, because his parents provided for everything else.)
Chad, the only reason you're working hard is because you're not that smart.
Chad, the only reason you're working hard is because you're not that smart.
One thing I like about Pope Leo is he straight up reads addresses off of paper. No theatrics at all. It's the content and clarity of the delivery that matter.
December 18, 2025 at 2:57 PM
One thing I like about Pope Leo is he straight up reads addresses off of paper. No theatrics at all. It's the content and clarity of the delivery that matter.
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You know, I have wondered what might turn Americans off online shopping.
I remember writing years ago about a then-new initiative by Amazon to disrupt local government procurement of things like office and school supplies. Turns out Amazon's become very popular with school districts, and it's using dynamic pricing to rip those schools off.
prospect.org/2025/12/17/a...
prospect.org/2025/12/17/a...
Amazon Has Been Conning School Districts out of Millions - The American Prospect
Amazon Business is billed as a convenient one-stop shop for schools. Reality is more expensive.
prospect.org
December 17, 2025 at 2:21 PM
You know, I have wondered what might turn Americans off online shopping.
Why are people surprised the shooter wasn't captured yet? This is what always happens when the victim is Brown.
December 16, 2025 at 3:46 PM
Why are people surprised the shooter wasn't captured yet? This is what always happens when the victim is Brown.
A friend shared this today: "Of all tyrannies, a tyranny sincerely exercised for the good of its victims may be the most oppressive. It would be better to live under robber barons than under omnipotent moral busybodies." -C S Lewis
🤔
🤔
December 16, 2025 at 3:29 PM
A friend shared this today: "Of all tyrannies, a tyranny sincerely exercised for the good of its victims may be the most oppressive. It would be better to live under robber barons than under omnipotent moral busybodies." -C S Lewis
🤔
🤔
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When they can silence one voice,
every voice becomes conditional.
every voice becomes conditional.
December 15, 2025 at 11:10 AM
When they can silence one voice,
every voice becomes conditional.
every voice becomes conditional.
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"For it is important that awake people be awake,
or a breaking line may discourage them back to sleep;
the signals we give — yes or no, or maybe —
should be clear: the darkness around us is deep."--William Stafford, A Ritual to Read to Each Other
or a breaking line may discourage them back to sleep;
the signals we give — yes or no, or maybe —
should be clear: the darkness around us is deep."--William Stafford, A Ritual to Read to Each Other
December 15, 2025 at 11:40 AM
"For it is important that awake people be awake,
or a breaking line may discourage them back to sleep;
the signals we give — yes or no, or maybe —
should be clear: the darkness around us is deep."--William Stafford, A Ritual to Read to Each Other
or a breaking line may discourage them back to sleep;
the signals we give — yes or no, or maybe —
should be clear: the darkness around us is deep."--William Stafford, A Ritual to Read to Each Other
Carrying water for the CCP.
In late 2020 a Chinese man called Guan Heng travelled to Xinjiang with our BuzzFeed map of detention facilities to provide ground truth for our work - he provided the first corroborating evidence for many sites.
He escaped to the US - then ICE detained him.
www.wsj.com/world/china/...
He escaped to the US - then ICE detained him.
www.wsj.com/world/china/...
ICE Holding Chinese Man Who Documented Uyghur Camps
Heng Guan is awaiting an immigration hearing on Monday that could lead to his removal from the U.S. and ultimately land him back in China, according to his lawyer and a New York-based activist group.
www.wsj.com
December 13, 2025 at 8:53 PM
Carrying water for the CCP.
🎶"...we wish you a merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.
We won't go until he steps down.
We won't go until he steps down.
We won't go until he steps down so resign right now!" 🎶
We won't go until he steps down.
We won't go until he steps down.
We won't go until he steps down so resign right now!" 🎶
December 11, 2025 at 2:23 AM
🎶"...we wish you a merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.
We won't go until he steps down.
We won't go until he steps down.
We won't go until he steps down so resign right now!" 🎶
We won't go until he steps down.
We won't go until he steps down.
We won't go until he steps down so resign right now!" 🎶
Okay, but the purpose of college is to create and maintain an upper class.
December 10, 2025 at 2:51 PM
Okay, but the purpose of college is to create and maintain an upper class.
Interviewer: give us an example of a time you were proactive.
A: Once when I was collecting the bodies of the dead, one guy we were collecting said, 'I'm not dead yet.' So without hesitating, I picked up a board and whacked 'im good on the head. I took decisive action to keep the process going.
A: Once when I was collecting the bodies of the dead, one guy we were collecting said, 'I'm not dead yet.' So without hesitating, I picked up a board and whacked 'im good on the head. I took decisive action to keep the process going.
December 5, 2025 at 4:26 AM
Interviewer: give us an example of a time you were proactive.
A: Once when I was collecting the bodies of the dead, one guy we were collecting said, 'I'm not dead yet.' So without hesitating, I picked up a board and whacked 'im good on the head. I took decisive action to keep the process going.
A: Once when I was collecting the bodies of the dead, one guy we were collecting said, 'I'm not dead yet.' So without hesitating, I picked up a board and whacked 'im good on the head. I took decisive action to keep the process going.
Truth
who's like this: sometimes you reply to an email in your mind and then forget that you actually haven't replied to it in reality 😳
December 4, 2025 at 12:58 PM
Truth
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Fun fact:
During Trump's first run, several groups ran polls that asked the question:
"When was America Great?"
The overwhelming choice was the 1950's.
The overwhelming reason was "economic prosperity"
...
Do you notice a pattern in the tax rate on the wealthiest in the 1950's?
During Trump's first run, several groups ran polls that asked the question:
"When was America Great?"
The overwhelming choice was the 1950's.
The overwhelming reason was "economic prosperity"
...
Do you notice a pattern in the tax rate on the wealthiest in the 1950's?
December 4, 2025 at 11:26 AM
Fun fact:
During Trump's first run, several groups ran polls that asked the question:
"When was America Great?"
The overwhelming choice was the 1950's.
The overwhelming reason was "economic prosperity"
...
Do you notice a pattern in the tax rate on the wealthiest in the 1950's?
During Trump's first run, several groups ran polls that asked the question:
"When was America Great?"
The overwhelming choice was the 1950's.
The overwhelming reason was "economic prosperity"
...
Do you notice a pattern in the tax rate on the wealthiest in the 1950's?