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Karla L Miller

@karlalmiller.bsky.social
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Former WaPo Work Advice columnist (2011-2025), aka the smart-aleck down the hall. linktr.ee/karlalmiller

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Kameron Hurley @kameronhurley.com · 7h
For those of you with day jobs where you're forced to use LLMs or be fired, good tip I gleaned this weekend, which is to tell the LLM to stop referring to itself using "I" pronouns and to eliminate the praise and other attempts to humanize itself. You get a much cleaner interaction w/o the marketing
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Karla L Miller @karlalmiller.bsky.social · 7h
“I had it pretty easy growing up among my own merry band of weirdos, but I’ve always been keenly aware that plenty of people see nerddom as a space where girls and women — to say nothing of Black cosplayers — don’t belong.” medium.com/@karla.mille...
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Um, hey, moms like Weird Al, too.
An article about the dads and sons at Weird Al’s latest concert tour touched a nerdy nerve.
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omgisme @omgisme.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
When the neighborhood bully meets the real OG . 🤣
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Tressie McMillan Cottom @tressiemcphd.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Country rube stuff 101: if they talk fast, they got their hands in your pocket.
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Karla L Miller @karlalmiller.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Y'all knew I'd have something more to say about this. medium.com/@karla.mille...
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Cats of Yore @catsofyore.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
If you can't adopt there are lots of other things you can do to help. Foster, volunteer, fundraise, do a supply drive, sign up for your local shelter's newsletter to find out other ways to help. Remember that volunteering doesn't necessarily mean physical labor - shelters need all kinds of skills!
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Mark Histed @markhisted.org · 04/10/2026
Hi government employee here, who has visibility into how things worked before 2025 and since: This is correct. Rebuild government, prosecute DOGE and Trump officials, and think about contracting reform later.
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Karla L Miller @karlalmiller.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Thanks, I hate it.
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Karla L Miller @karlalmiller.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
“ThE mEn of tHaT eRa”
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Karla L Miller @karlalmiller.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Oof. @anntelnaes.bsky.social nails it as always anntelnaes.substack.com/p/me-me-me?u...
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Me Me Me
The White House airs Trump campaign ads paid by you
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Brooke @brooklynmarie.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
I wouldn't mind a second and longer and more thorough MeToo tbqh
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Karla L Miller @karlalmiller.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
My teen sent me a clip this morning that I think perfectly sums up this incident youtu.be/nX9k430psOs
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"But Mine Breathes Fi-AHHHHHHH"
YouTube video by The Gaming Kubedoro
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Karla L Miller @karlalmiller.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
FORGOTTEN ISLAND is S O G O O D. I expected to laugh and maybe cry, but I didn’t expect to go to bed with this sad-happy ache in my chest.
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Jo Fire
Alt: Clip from Forgotten Island. Jo, a young Filipina in a fast-food uniform with a chicken-face hat, is giving two thumbs up while wearing a rigid smile. Behind her, two stovetops are in flames and sprinklers are going off, causing her mascara to run down her face like black tears.
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Kat Abughazaleh @katmabu.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
I literally don’t know a single woman who hasn’t been raped, stalked, groped, harassed, or sexually violated in some way at some point in their life. If you choose to doubt and dox survivors, just know every woman in your life is disgusted by you.
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Karla L Miller @karlalmiller.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
When it’s time to start work, but your teen who has been battling a cold asks for a ride to her first day back at school 
Still from the movie The Princess Bride. Grandfather reading a book to his grandson who’s sitting in bed. Caption reads: “You’re sick. I’ll humor you.”
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Xela Hart @xelahart.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
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Karla L Miller @karlalmiller.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Jesus Christ. Burn it all to the ground.
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Karla L Miller @karlalmiller.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
“A camera catching me doing something for my husband doesn’t show all the times he has done something for me.”
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Karla L Miller @karlalmiller.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
This is why @mercutia.bsky.social is a treasure
Screenshot from Threads by lady-mercutia

Interviewer: I’m pleased to see you elected to *not* bring an iced coffee here today!

Me, pulling a Crunchwrap supreme out of my bra: Haha God yeah can you imagine 
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John Scalzi @scalzi.com · 26/09/2026
Whatever you do, don't smoke an entire brisket at a job interview, it's a lot of equipment to bring in, it takes a really long time to do it right and those conference rooms have notoriously poor ventilation
Someone smoking a brisket and poking it with a meat thermometer to see what the internal temperature is
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Celeste Headlee @celesteheadlee.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
So, Banksy bought a used yacht, repaired it and retrofitted it to serve as a rescue boat to save migrants in the central Mediterranean. The whole project cost the artist $860,000. Since 2020, the boat has saved more than 3,800 people. londondaily.com/banksy-funds...
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Banksy funds refugee rescue boat operating in Mediterranean - London Daily
Exclusive: UK artist finances bright pink motor yacht that set sail in secrecy to avoid being intercepted by authorities
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🌬Breeze @cool-summer-breeze.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
This is the Stolen Neighbors Quilt. Each of the 11,000 squares represents a person taken by ICE in Minnesota.
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Pip Wren @lollibeepop.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
A joyous fat bear week to all 🐻
A painting of fat blobby bears
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Le Monde in English @english.lemonde.fr · 25/09/2026
Amnesty International calls for ICE to be abolished
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Amnesty International calls for ICE to be abolished
In a report titled 'We Had Whistles, They Had Guns,' the NGO documents widespread human rights violations committed by ICE in the United States.
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Karla L Miller @karlalmiller.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Trying to predict how his haters will freak out about this. “OMG HE SAID THE NAME OF THE SCOTTISH PLAY IN A THEE-AY-TER”
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Karla L Miller @karlalmiller.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Have tried, do recommend, 10/10 experience
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Mike Boylan-Kolchin @mbkplus.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Girl dinner
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Karla L Miller @karlalmiller.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Based on the job title, I promise I’m qualified for this
Screenshot of job listing advertising for a “Distressed Reporter”
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Ed @edciting.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Losses from shoplifting are dwarfed by wage theft, which in turn is also dwarfed by tax evasion. Which one of those do you see in headlines?
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Amy Jo (AJ) Cousins @ajcousins.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
This is not deporting people. Literally. Legally. There is a deportation process and this isn't it. This is rendition. This is disappearing people.
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John Pfaff @johnpfaff.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Just reiterating a point I’ve made before: Future Congressional spending bills should mandate that executive branch agencies cannot post any images or memes from any govt computer or any govt account. And only informational posts, period. The sole exception is the Consumer Product Safety Comm’n.
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Rae Radford @raeradford.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
I think I'm in love with Kevin 😻 #Caturday
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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 19/09/2026
Journalists from CNN, MS NOW and Politico were denied entry to the White House on Saturday. First Amendment experts condemned President Trump’s ban on the news outlets as unconstitutional. www.nytimes.com/live/2026/09...
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Karla L Miller @karlalmiller.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Teen, heading for school: Wish me luck on my math test Me: Break a log! Teen: *silent stare* *backs out onto stoop, still staring* *pulls door closed quietly*
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Ana Marie Cox @anamariecox.com · 17/09/2026
New cat just dropped. Landed on its feet, it’s fine.
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Meet the First New Cat Species Discovered in 100 Years
A small, spotted tiger cat from Bolivia may just be the beginning of a wave of new small cat species.
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Karla L Miller @karlalmiller.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Female leaders are too emotional, part 36 in a series
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-𝚖𝚘𝚡 @moxiest.art · 13/09/2026
eat their frame.
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Ana Marie Cox @anamariecox.com · 10/09/2026
"McClatchy, whose titles include The Miami Herald and The Sacramento Bee, executed its most severe layoffs in years on Thursday, cutting newsroom staff at some papers by upwards of 40%." I don't know if democracy can survive this death of this industry. www.poynter.org/business-wor...
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McClatchy cuts more than 90 staff in its most severe layoffs in years - Poynter
At least 13 papers — including The Miami Herald, The Sacramento Bee and The Kansas City Star — lost reporters
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romulus - 🛸METROID RAVENOUS🍽️ @romulusofficial.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
it must be so difficult to act with a character who you can’t even see. thankfully, Foghorn is just that talented
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ToonHive @toonhive.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
‘COYOTE VS. ACME’ has now officially surpassed the $30M amount Warner Bros. originally planned to write the film off for. The film is now projected to earn over $60M domestically.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
Why do you appreciate unions? I’ll start: Weekends off Paid vacations Work breaks Sick leave Paid holidays No child labor Safer working conditions Health care and retirement benefits
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Joanne Harris @joannechocolat.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
This is just to say... I have stolen the work that you spent years creating and which you were probably hoping would pay your bills But online sharing doesn't count It's actually a compliment So fuck you BTW, I'm a fan
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Hoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
$16 million later, the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool was supposed to be open by July 4. Instead, it looks like this.
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A.R. Moxon @juliusgoat.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
Our society's unfathomable cruelty to homeless people is not just morally unjustifiable, but more expensive than housing people would be. Cruelty against the homeless is an unaffordable luxury. Abandoning homeless people to avoid offending the Protestant work ethic is an unaffordable luxury.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
Federal minimum wage in: 2009: $7.25 2010: $7.25 2011: $7.25 2012: $7.25 2013: $7.25 2014: $7.25 2015: $7.25 2016: $7.25 2017: $7.25 2018: $7.25 2019: $7.25 2020: $7.25 2021: $7.25 2022: $7.25 2023: $7.25 2024: $7.25 2025: $7.25 2026: $7.25 Folks, it's time to raise the damn wage already.
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Karla L Miller @karlalmiller.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
The message I’m taking away from all these obsessive policies is that the leaders implementing them are low-T males who can’t perform. The priorities are all projection.
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Karla L Miller @karlalmiller.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
Look, I just read that @vivziepop.bsky.social confirmed RadioApple is going to be a thing and … I’m not in a place to accept much more news like this. ‘Tain’t fit nor natural.
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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 05/09/2026
Women and children must die so men can get a hard on is a Trump administration policy.
A screenshot of a post on X (formerly Twitter) by user Eric Katz (@EricM_Katz), which quotes a post by Paige W. Cunningham (@pw_cunningham).
The post text reads:
"👀 In canceling the maternal and infant mortality grants, HHS said those issues were no longer a priority for the office and grants would instead focus on 'low sperm count, low testosterone levels and erectile dysfunction.' 👇"
The quoted post by Paige W. Cunningham reads:
"Scoop: HHS's Office of Minority Health has cancelled 16 grants, several focused on maternal/infant health, telling grantees it's pivoting to a focus on the root causes of infertility and promoting exercise. with @EricM_Katz notus.org/health-science..."
At the bottom, the post metadata indicates it was posted at 3:05 PM on Sep 4, 2026, and has 133K views.
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The Washington Sun @washingtonsun.com · 04/09/2026
HHS is canceling infant mortality and postpartum grants to focus instead on research related to what the department says are “root causes” like sperm counts and erectile dysfunction. www.notus.org/health-science/hhs-ca…
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HHS Cancels Infant Mortality, Postpartum Grants to Focus on Sperm Counts, ED
Officials at the Office of Minority Health told grantees that they’re prioritizing “root causes” of infertility and promoting exercise.
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