JAMiller
@jamiller.bsky.social
Retired GIS Analyst. Artist, crafter, vegetarian, Progressive, environmentalist. Mom of two. I like cats. She/her. 14th, Sec. 3., 86 47.
It was dark, so this isn't the greatest photo, but is this a pair of #Mr&Mrs #BirdoftheDay anis? I have no idea!
#CostaRica #Birds
#CostaRica #Birds
November 24, 2025 at 1:29 AM
It was dark, so this isn't the greatest photo, but is this a pair of #Mr&Mrs #BirdoftheDay anis? I have no idea!
#CostaRica #Birds
#CostaRica #Birds
It's been awhile, but I still find Matt's videos to be uplifting. It's nice to be reminded that people are the same everywhere.
#joy #equality #life #SmallWorld
www.youtube.com/watch?v=zlfK...
#joy #equality #life #SmallWorld
www.youtube.com/watch?v=zlfK...
Where the Hell is Matt? 2008
YouTube video by Where the Hell is Matt?
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November 24, 2025 at 12:01 AM
It's been awhile, but I still find Matt's videos to be uplifting. It's nice to be reminded that people are the same everywhere.
#joy #equality #life #SmallWorld
www.youtube.com/watch?v=zlfK...
#joy #equality #life #SmallWorld
www.youtube.com/watch?v=zlfK...
After 30 YEARS of negotiations, countries have agreed to begin discussions.
We are a failed species.
We are a failed species.
After two weeks of #COP30 negotiations, countries agreed to BEGIN DISCUSSIONS on fossil fuel phase out. And as the article says, "they achieved this incremental progress only in the teeth of implacable opposition from oil-producing countries."
THIS is the problem with requiring unanimous decisions.
THIS is the problem with requiring unanimous decisions.
End of fossil fuel era inches closer as Cop30 deal agreed after bitter standoff
Wealthy countries agree to triple funds for countries to tackle climate impacts, but deforestation and critical minerals blocked from final deal
www.theguardian.com
November 22, 2025 at 8:37 PM
After 30 YEARS of negotiations, countries have agreed to begin discussions.
We are a failed species.
We are a failed species.
Marilyn Strickland will never again get my vote. (She had already lost it, but this is the last nail...)
November 22, 2025 at 4:12 PM
Marilyn Strickland will never again get my vote. (She had already lost it, but this is the last nail...)
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A climate deal without explicit language calling for a fossil fuel phaseout is like a ceasefire without explicit language calling for a suspension of hostilities.
#COP30
#COP30
November 22, 2025 at 2:54 PM
A climate deal without explicit language calling for a fossil fuel phaseout is like a ceasefire without explicit language calling for a suspension of hostilities.
#COP30
#COP30
The Endangered Species Act is the world’s most successful conservation law, but it's under attack AGAIN. The Trump administration just proposed four new rules that would gut the Act and drive species closer to extinction. Take Action >> act.biologicaldiversity.org/nXrxsHJM-USw...
Stop Trump's Extinction Plan
The Endangered Species Act is the United States' most successful conservation law, and it's under attack again. The Trump administration just proposed new rules that would gut the Act and drive imperi...
act.biologicaldiversity.org
November 22, 2025 at 1:13 AM
The Endangered Species Act is the world’s most successful conservation law, but it's under attack AGAIN. The Trump administration just proposed four new rules that would gut the Act and drive species closer to extinction. Take Action >> act.biologicaldiversity.org/nXrxsHJM-USw...
So glad I deleted both my #Instagram and #Facebook accounts.
Fortune magazine interviews Instagram users who flood the platform with racist memes, Hitler references and anti-Semitic content strictly for profit.
They all say they don't care about the content, just the revenue streams they provide.
Which have ballooned since Meta's moderation policy shift:
They all say they don't care about the content, just the revenue streams they provide.
Which have ballooned since Meta's moderation policy shift:
Mark Zuckerberg’s hate-speech gamble fuels Gen Z radicalization on Instagram as millions watch Hitler speeches and Holocaust denial clips | Fortune
The hottest far-right influencer right now isn’t Nick Fuentes—it’s Hitler. And his videos are appearing next to JPMorgan and U.S. Army ads
fortune.com
November 21, 2025 at 12:08 AM
So glad I deleted both my #Instagram and #Facebook accounts.
WTF. They are "potentially divisive" because THEY ARE HATE SYMBOLS.
U.S. Coast Guard will no longer classify swastikas, nooses as hate symbols
U.S. Coast Guard will no longer classify swastikas, nooses as hate symbols
The military service, which falls under the Department of Homeland Security, has drafted a new policy that classifies such items “potentially divisive.”
wapo.st
November 20, 2025 at 9:00 PM
WTF. They are "potentially divisive" because THEY ARE HATE SYMBOLS.
"Most of the people expected to die from soaring temperatures in the coming decades live in poor, hot countries in Africa and South Asia. . . 'They are people like us, even if they happen to live in a different part of the world.'"
Meanwhile, #Trump says he's "all for climate change."
#RacistFuck
Meanwhile, #Trump says he's "all for climate change."
#RacistFuck
Trump’s anti-climate agenda could result in 1.3m more deaths globally, analysis finds
Fallout from increased emissions linked to president’s ‘America First’ policies expected to most affect those in poor, hot countries
www.theguardian.com
November 19, 2025 at 5:51 PM
"Most of the people expected to die from soaring temperatures in the coming decades live in poor, hot countries in Africa and South Asia. . . 'They are people like us, even if they happen to live in a different part of the world.'"
Meanwhile, #Trump says he's "all for climate change."
#RacistFuck
Meanwhile, #Trump says he's "all for climate change."
#RacistFuck
November 19, 2025 at 3:24 AM
Who is the Democrat that voted "nay"?
November 18, 2025 at 7:35 PM
Who is the Democrat that voted "nay"?
“We are sequestering around five times the amount of carbon dioxide we emit. We are taking care of our biodiversity, taking care of our forests. We are nature positive, carbon negative.”
And they put us to shame.
And they put us to shame.
Bhutan PM on leading the first carbon-negative nation: ‘The wellbeing of our people is at the centre of our agenda’
Exclusive: Tshering Tobgay says his country is doing ‘a lot more than our fair share’ on climate and west must step up ‘for the happiness of your people’
www.theguardian.com
November 18, 2025 at 6:09 PM
“We are sequestering around five times the amount of carbon dioxide we emit. We are taking care of our biodiversity, taking care of our forests. We are nature positive, carbon negative.”
And they put us to shame.
And they put us to shame.
"...when policy stalls in times like these, we can still move thoughtfully in our own lives: swapping lawns for native plants, skipping pesticides, feeding birds, keeping cats indoors, buying less... None of this is heroic, but all of it counts."
Please remember this on Black Friday and after.
Please remember this on Black Friday and after.
The last frontier of empathy: why we still struggle to see ourselves as animals | Megan Mayhew Bergman
Champions of exceptionalism say humans hold a unique moral status. Yet there’s only one species recklessly destroying the planet it needs to survive
www.theguardian.com
November 16, 2025 at 5:24 PM
"...when policy stalls in times like these, we can still move thoughtfully in our own lives: swapping lawns for native plants, skipping pesticides, feeding birds, keeping cats indoors, buying less... None of this is heroic, but all of it counts."
Please remember this on Black Friday and after.
Please remember this on Black Friday and after.
Reposted by JAMiller
"If you're not careful, the newspapers will have you hating the people who are being oppressed and loving the people who are doing the oppressing." Malcolm X.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Dark forces are preventing us fighting the climate crisis – by taking knowledge hostage | George Monbiot
The fundamental problem is this: that most of the means of communication are owned or influenced by the very rich, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
www.theguardian.com
November 16, 2025 at 10:41 AM
"If you're not careful, the newspapers will have you hating the people who are being oppressed and loving the people who are doing the oppressing." Malcolm X.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Philadelphia Miniaturia 2025: what an experience! I've never been to such a huge miniatures show before. It was overwhelming.
#PhiladelphiaMinitura #minitures #dollhouse #DollhouseMinis #TinyThings #minis #DollhouseMiniatures
#PhiladelphiaMinitura #minitures #dollhouse #DollhouseMinis #TinyThings #minis #DollhouseMiniatures
November 13, 2025 at 12:52 AM
Philadelphia Miniaturia 2025: what an experience! I've never been to such a huge miniatures show before. It was overwhelming.
#PhiladelphiaMinitura #minitures #dollhouse #DollhouseMinis #TinyThings #minis #DollhouseMiniatures
#PhiladelphiaMinitura #minitures #dollhouse #DollhouseMinis #TinyThings #minis #DollhouseMiniatures
Only those who have no conscience or empathy would support further testing of nuclear weapons.
“How unconscionable is it to even think about testing those weapons again, when we know the damage that they cause?"
The Devastating Legacy of Nuclear Weapons Tests
bit.ly
November 12, 2025 at 2:21 PM
Only those who have no conscience or empathy would support further testing of nuclear weapons.
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"In an internal memo from September, CEO Sam Altman said that OpenAI’s “audacious long-term goal is to build 250 gigawatts of capacity by 2033.” If Altman achieves this goal, OpenAI will need almost exactly as much electricity as India’s 1.5 billion people"
Great @truthdig.com piece on chips ->
Great @truthdig.com piece on chips ->
The Ecological Cost of AI Is Much Higher Than You Think - Truthdig
As the demands of AI grow, each generation of microchips requires more energy, minerals and water to produce, driving a ruinous cycle.
www.truthdig.com
November 11, 2025 at 1:47 PM
"In an internal memo from September, CEO Sam Altman said that OpenAI’s “audacious long-term goal is to build 250 gigawatts of capacity by 2033.” If Altman achieves this goal, OpenAI will need almost exactly as much electricity as India’s 1.5 billion people"
Great @truthdig.com piece on chips ->
Great @truthdig.com piece on chips ->
Reposted by JAMiller
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Yep; a lot of angry people out there. If we're allowed to vote next year, I suggest people vote for individuals, NOT parties. Donate to individuals, NOT parties. Fu*k voting "blue no matter who;" "WHO" MATTERS. Vote out every single Democrat who has EVER caved. Keep yelling at the others.
#angry
#angry
I got back to my office after the vote last night and recorded this. There's no way to sugarcoat what happened. And my fear is that Trump gets stronger, not weaker, because of this acquiescence. I'm angry - like you. But I choose to keep fighting.
November 10, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Yep; a lot of angry people out there. If we're allowed to vote next year, I suggest people vote for individuals, NOT parties. Donate to individuals, NOT parties. Fu*k voting "blue no matter who;" "WHO" MATTERS. Vote out every single Democrat who has EVER caved. Keep yelling at the others.
#angry
#angry
Excellent read.
This piece is as good as people say it is. Read it to appreciate that writing isn't just about content, but style. AI can't do this.
Maybe Don’t Talk to the New York Times About Zohran Mamdani
It’s remarkable, the people you’ll hear from. Teach for even a little while at an expensive institution—the term they tend to prefer is “elite”—and odds are that eventually someone who was a studen…
lithub.com
November 10, 2025 at 12:08 PM
Excellent read.
Never forget:
Never forget who sold us out:
Hassan
King
Cortez-Masto
Shaheen
Kaine
Fetterman
Durbin
Rosen
Hassan
King
Cortez-Masto
Shaheen
Kaine
Fetterman
Durbin
Rosen
November 10, 2025 at 11:38 AM
Never forget:
Never forget: CHEATERS ALWAYS CHEAT. Trump has even bragged about it -- it's how he "wins."
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Trump’s assault on voting intensifies as midterms loom:‘a wholesale attack on free and fair elections’
White House is manipulating voting system, from redistricting to rule changes, to affect midterms
www.theguardian.com
November 9, 2025 at 4:06 PM
Never forget: CHEATERS ALWAYS CHEAT. Trump has even bragged about it -- it's how he "wins."
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
As long as NYT is asking “Did women ruin the workplace” can they also ask:
•Did men ruin safe workplaces?
•Did men ruin domestic safety?
•Did men ruin public safety?
•Did men ruin global peace?
Or is a clear “YES” to all these questions just too difficult for fragile men to accept—so NYT avoids it?🤔
•Did men ruin safe workplaces?
•Did men ruin domestic safety?
•Did men ruin public safety?
•Did men ruin global peace?
Or is a clear “YES” to all these questions just too difficult for fragile men to accept—so NYT avoids it?🤔
November 9, 2025 at 1:47 PM
Crap like this makes me glad I left the Democrat Party. I doubt I'll go back. Why do the Democrats always cave?
A 1-year funding extention isn't good enough!
#Democrats
#UniversalHealthCare
#Medicare4All
A 1-year funding extention isn't good enough!
#Democrats
#UniversalHealthCare
#Medicare4All
SCHUMER is on the floor now making this offer to end the shutdown:
Clean CR
Bipartisan "minibus" of approps bills
1-year ACA funding extension
Bipartisan cmte to negotiate on health care
"This is a reasonable offer that reopens the government, deals with health care affordability."
Clean CR
Bipartisan "minibus" of approps bills
1-year ACA funding extension
Bipartisan cmte to negotiate on health care
"This is a reasonable offer that reopens the government, deals with health care affordability."
November 7, 2025 at 8:57 PM
Crap like this makes me glad I left the Democrat Party. I doubt I'll go back. Why do the Democrats always cave?
A 1-year funding extention isn't good enough!
#Democrats
#UniversalHealthCare
#Medicare4All
A 1-year funding extention isn't good enough!
#Democrats
#UniversalHealthCare
#Medicare4All