Marisa

@marisamiller

Writer. Educator. SFF. She/her

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Marisa@marisamiller· Nov 21

On Tuesday, the US House Committee on Rules voted down a proposed amendment to a joint resolution that condemns "the horrors of socialism."

The amendment they rejected? To also condemn fascism and include additional information about the "horrors of the Holocaust," reaffirm Congress's commitment to Holocaust education, and recognize the role of "American servicemen in defeating fascism."

Marisa@marisamiller· Aug 30

I have been meaning to find and buy this shirt since July 27 when I saw this photo. It would be okay for once to have missed the fashion trend if the shirt is now obsolete.

Red crew neck t-shirt on a headless clothing mannikin over blue jeans, with the following question in large capital sans serif lettering: IS HE DEAD YET?

Marisa@marisamiller· Jul 20

"Sometimes" is becoming all too often a vibe...

Ivory Dish towel with black lettering. Text reads: Sometimes I just have to turn off the news and put on a serial killer documentary so I can relax.

Marisa@marisamiller· Jun 25

This is on the main webpage as of tonight. Not about parking.

Message on main webpage of National Archive, announcing end of access by general public.

"Restricted-Access Federal Facility, Effective July 7, 2025

Effective July 7, 2025, the National Archives at College Park, MD, will become a restricted-access federal facility with access only for visitors with a legitimate business need. It will no longer be open to the general public. Security officers will enforce these restrictions, and your cooperation is appreciated."

Marisa@marisamiller· Mar 13

@jennreese.bsky.social YAY! Congratulations!!!

Photo of the webpage showing Jenn Reese's book, Puzzleheart, was announced as a finalist for the Andre Norton Nebula Award for Middle Grade and Young Adult Fiction in 2024.

Yay!

Marisa@marisamiller· Nov 26

245k more Dem voters across PA, WI, MI and Harris wins. 77 days to first day of voting. Many factors and people overly discounting racism and sexism. 'Inflation/economy' was this though, imo, the GOP forced successive ending of covid-era supports between June 21-June 23 put people in $ binds

12 significant economic supports that were enacted and ended between March 2020 and late 2023. A lot of people were helped and then it was taken away.

Marisa@marisamiller· Nov 24

Also, imo, a vivid understanding of the resolution to 'Tolerance Paradox' is needed. Becomes the engine of action to enforcing the guardrails (society, institutional norms, legal actions). No waiting around for 'someone else' to act or letting the awful spread more and more due to 'tolerance'

A meme-style post, likely on social media, discusses the Paradox of Tolerance. The text at the top presents a concise explanation of the paradox, framing tolerance not as a moral imperative but as a social contract. If someone violates the terms of this social contract (by, for example, being intolerant), they forfeit the protection/benefit of that contract, and their intolerance should not be tolerated.

Below this, a username "commasameleon" with a "Follow" button, comments on the quality and effectiveness of the explanation, emphasizing their experience teaching rhetoric and how insightful it is to their students. The user expresses admiration for the simple solution to the paradox and how it resolves the discussion in their classroom. The overall tone of the comment is one of approval and surprise at the clarity of the argument. A red image of a 3D cube is included in the header, adding visual interest to the post.

Marisa@marisamiller· Nov 18

I find this excerpt by @mattdpearce.bsky.social persuasive as to role of disinfo by strongmen creating false narrative of economic hardship in democracies backsliding into authoritarianism (including U.S.). One thing for US tho, imo, housing cost IS nationally broken. So false narrative 'works'.

Excerpt from Matt Pearce substack essay series on role of journalism and democracy:

Sometimes it isn't the economy, stupid: Around the world, the rise of the illiberal strongmen who undermine independent media is less tied to economic reality than to the public perceptions of national crises existing under weak incumbents. A common theory of democratic backsliding is that it happens in countries experiencing economic setbacks or undergoing extreme wealth inequality - in other words, places where liberal democracy didn't deliver the goods. But in a July article in the Journal of Democracy, Thomas Carothers and Brendan Hartnett, studying 12 countries identified as democratic backsliders (Bangladesh, Brazil, El Salvador, Hungary, India, Mexico, Nicaragua, the Philippines, Poland, Tunisia, Turkey, and the United States), found some counterintuitive results: Growth was stable and economic inequality and poverty levels had been trending downward in most of the countries before they elected illiberal strongmen. "Perceptions rather than the realities of performance tend to matter most," the authors wrote. "Underlining this reality, charismatic electoral challengers in recent years have often demonstrated notable skill in negatively shaping citizen perceptions about the incumbent's performance, a phenomenon perhaps fueled by increasingly fast-moving and manipulable media environments." Voters also frequently didn't explicitly vote for democratic erosion, rather than change more broadly. Or as put by Larry M. Bartels, democracy erodes from the top.

Marisa@marisamiller· Nov 13

Another one of the booklets. This one about the ABCs of Protesting. Resistance education is happening at college :) I'm sure this is not the only campus.

Marisa@marisamiller· Nov 13

My sister is a supervisor for food services on a small private college. The campus has been filled with hundreds of these low tech resistance booklets in past three days. The students understand what's coming, starting the work now, and are in it to win it.

Marisa@marisamiller· Nov 3

Post Selzer final poll - If you haven't voted yet, what's your plan? Get it done! If you have voted, thank you! To all the other polls: 💋🍑

A collection of blue painted pumpkins stacked on the front stairs of a house. The painted pumpkins and stacked arrangement combine to say 'Roe, Roe, Row Your Vote'. Substituting the word 'row' with the letter 'w' for 'roe' with the letter 'e' in reference to Roe v Wade to make a play on words in two directions. This is advocacy for going to the polls ('row') and voting for the right to have free access to abortion care ('Roe'). So go vote already!

Marisa@marisamiller· Oct 30

There's new rule. If you have twitter still, secretary pete has links to details

New Oct 2024 airline rules from DOT for refunds of cancelled and delayed flights

Marisa@marisamiller· Sep 8

Here's an example.

A page from A City on Mars showing text referencing efforts of brewing wine from bananas, rice, beets, in the Biosphere with black and white line sketches of their process.

Marisa@marisamiller· Aug 30

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Marisa@marisamiller· Jul 13

He was so badly done by his comms team. Had him teed up like a real debate w set policy pieces w data and 'zingers'. Obliterated by gish gallop and two 'journalists' doing zero (could have just had station intern read off ?s). Hillary put it in NYT for gods sake!

Headline snippets of key truths on how Trump will debate two days before Trump and Biden meet by Hillary Clinton. Having debated both men and not being an idiot she nails the problems with format, what Trump will do, what Biden should do, and how America (AND THE GODDAM MEDIA) should evaluate. Being deeply correct, as is pretty much always the case, Hillary is clearly ignored by Biden's very dumb comms team, who fucks him over with tongue twisting set policy pieces with tons of numbers and useless zingers and zero practice at dealing with gish gallop or as she puts it 'starts with nonsense and descends into blather'. Also Trump wont answer questions. Correct! Ends the debate must be evaluated on three named substantive criteria she outlines and not on 'drama critics of performances', which is precisely the fucking morass the media and pundits created. Because they didn't read her EITHER!!!

But Biden comms team is who actually fucked Biden and the rest of world over. Should be fired!

Marisa@marisamiller· Jul 4

I take care of a cat at times and her person had a new ceramic one the cat really liked. All the fountain ones seem to still have a plastic tube from the pump tho. May have to stick w porcelain or steel bowl?

A pet fountain water dish. Rectangular ceramic grey exterior white interior dish about 7 inches high with round ceramic ball. Hole on top of ball where water flows from a pump inside.

Marisa@marisamiller· Apr 26

Current data on France birth rate which is dropping like many other countries. This is posted in contravention of a decade old article by a poster pretending France solved dropping birth rate issue in response to Faine (OP) position that people should have the number of children they want.

Marisa@marisamiller· Mar 10

This look works too

President Joe Biden giving a fake half shocked half incredulous look with wide eyes and tucked in chin (in context this look was in teasing reaction to Rep Green's aggressively political outfit with graphic hat and t-shirt for the formal SOTU event). This look, while performed here in a charged political situation, is a fairly common teasing look by dads and grandpas, usually directed at young family members who are universally exasperated by this look while occasionally mildly amused too.

Marisa@marisamiller· Nov 4

Ex: this is me doing this for Soul Jar for LA Library system right now. 2 photos: of the deep search find in Libby of book, 2nd photo shows tag screen w Libby explaining they tell Library of the tag/interest. bonus: if bought, you get notified immediately so no having to remember and check back :)