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Kevin Butler

@milesnaismith.bsky.social
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I love travel, food, good story-telling, and empathy. I also have a huge man-crush on the rule of law. I run a company that does business phone, video conferencing, and contact centers especially for local governments. www.vertical.com

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Kevin Butler @milesnaismith.bsky.social · 22h
Hate it when my brain says, "No, I don't want to go to bed." I would ask who's in charge here, but it clearly isn't me.
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Kevin Butler @milesnaismith.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
@funranium.bsky.social wanted to make sure you were aware the Dodgers will be offering a Spam Musubi Dog for the playoffs.
Tempura fried rice bun with spam hot dog covered in oyster sauce, spicy mustard, and scallions.
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Kevin Butler @milesnaismith.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
If you see this, post a not quite Star Trek.
Halloween yard display of olriginal Trek where all crew are replaced by skeletons.
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Silverman on Security @silvermansecurity.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
@bettycrackerfl.bsky.social: they’re on to you!
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Kevin Butler @milesnaismith.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
#my9movies Really hard to cut down to nine. The Mummy should be on there, but I couldn't cut anything else. Buckaroo Banzai was cut at the last moment for The Muppets.
A list of nine movie posters
The Court Jester
His Girl Friday
12 Monkeys
The Game
De-lovely
Support Your Local Sheriff
The Long Kiss Goodnight
The Muppet Movie
The first Piratea of the Caribbean movie
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Kevin Butler @milesnaismith.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Whoever is the Democratic nominee for President in 2028 should use Neil Diamond's America as their campaign song*. Just the entire opposite of Trump, ICE, and all of those fucks. *I would also accept Immigrants from the Hamilton Mixtape.
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Kevin Butler @milesnaismith.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Cute girl who laughs at my joke next to me in seat 4D, should I ask her out? Could get a drink together at 35,000 feet.
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Kevin Butler @milesnaismith.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Just started Season 7 of #TaskmasterNZ and I just realized that @rosematafeo.bsky.social is dressed as Parker Posey from #DazedandConfused. Wow, that's a lot of hashtags for one post.
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Kevin Butler @milesnaismith.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
Is the Knight Rider car actually a Cylon? Asking for a friend.
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Knight Rider: KITT Car in Fog
Alt: Knight Rider: KITT Car in Fog. Red light in grill goes back and forth.
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Kevin Butler @milesnaismith.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
In honor of a man who brought us so much joy. Let's think about his excwllent work. What was your favorite Tim Curry role?
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Kevin Butler @milesnaismith.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
Watching the #Brookfalls bear webcam today in #Katmai and there seems to be a family of Western Grebes swimming around the river. Seems unlikely, but we haven't figured out what else they could be. Anyone with better knowledge know what we're seeing? www.youtube.com/live/J7ZrIDv...
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LIVE Brooks Falls - Katmai National Park, Alaska 2026 | explore.org
YouTube video by Explore Live Nature Cams
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Kevin Butler @milesnaismith.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
Did not like Ep. 2 Season 4 of Strange New Worlds. Unexplained ghosts are for the X-Files. I want scientific answers with my Boldly Going.... That's just me.
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Kevin Butler @milesnaismith.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
Ya never see a string section in a marching band. I mean all the other instruments get to be in a sit down orchestra, but strings don't march.
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Kevin Butler @milesnaismith.bsky.social · 11/07/2026
When you have your doctors so on edge that any new symptom suggests a trip to the ER. Not tonight, Doc. Just going to see how we do.
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Kevin Butler @milesnaismith.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
All the posting about Gettysburg hased me to a new term to describe Milsky, Gettysbros.
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Kevin Butler @milesnaismith.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
With the news that Canada will compete in Eurovision and that Asia will hold Asiabision, I think it is time. Let's merge Eurovision with the World Cup and get all the fans. Let's dump FIFA in the process.
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Kevin Butler @milesnaismith.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
I just watched Masters of the Universe. Wow, they went for every bit of cheese and nostalgia possible. Was there really a huge fan base for He-Man after all of these years? Certainly better than the GI Joe movies.
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Kevin Butler @milesnaismith.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
Hey folks, if you know someone who uses a Libre Continuous Glucose Monitor, they need to be aware of the craptastic new Terms of Service. Not sure how recent this change is, but Libre has a new consent form. It authorizes Libre to share your data with third parties for advertising purposes (1/2)
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Kevin Butler @milesnaismith.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
I've generally liked my Sofabaton remote, it has been a bit quirky, but it works. Until today when it has gone nuts and logical troubleshooting won't fix it. Very frustrated.
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Kevin Butler @milesnaismith.bsky.social · 16/06/2026
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Kevin Butler @milesnaismith.bsky.social · 16/06/2026
Firefox has added a new AI driven page summarization feature. It is by default on and turning it off is a separate setting from previous AI-powered features.
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"Online Rent-a-Sage" Bret Devereaux @bretdevereaux.bsky.social · 13/06/2026
Thinking about this more, it's funny that in some ways my emotional reaction borrows some of the right-wing rhetorical framing: someone who is experiencing intolerable emotional distress living in a diverse country is *too weak* to live in America. Diversity is for the confident, for the strong.
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Kevin Butler @milesnaismith.bsky.social · 13/06/2026
If you are not playing Anthropeum, I heartily encourage you to try it. Practice being an archaeologist by placing artifacts in their correct time and place. Feel triumphant and idiotic each time you play. anthropeum.com
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Anthropeum
A daily game that challenges our understanding of human cultures. Ten objects. 5,000 years of human history. Guess where and when each artifact was made. See how you rank.
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Kevin Butler @milesnaismith.bsky.social · 05/06/2026
Sigh, my day just got a little bit darker. So many wonderful great performances from this man. apnews.com/article/anth...
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Actor Anthony Head, known for ‘Buffy the Vampire Slayer,' has died at 72
Actor Anthony Head, known for his roles in “Buffy the Vampire Slayer” and “Ted Lasso,” has died at 72.
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Kevin Butler @milesnaismith.bsky.social · 31/05/2026
I feel we need a regulation that states any time someone uses a number they need to provide context. I just read a stat that was trying to frighten by pointing out 14,000 people a year are bitten by rats in the US. Putting it in context that's .042% of the population. Not so scary.
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Kevin Butler @milesnaismith.bsky.social · 31/05/2026
Would development teams please just stop!! In the last week, two different devices of mine have instituted major behavioral changes that just objectively make my User Experience worse. Please stop. I know you want to justify your existence, but this is not the way.
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Kevin Butler @milesnaismith.bsky.social · 28/05/2026
Was sleeping quite nicely until I heard coyotes chasing and killing something outside. Now I am awake and not in the best frame of mind.
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Kevin Butler @milesnaismith.bsky.social · 19/05/2026
Watch Pirates of the Caribbean tonight, damn that is a great movie. I'm glad they didn't ruin it with I crasingly subpar sequels.
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Kevin Butler @milesnaismith.bsky.social · 13/05/2026
I am really enjoying watching The Rockford Files. James Garner is always a joy to watch and it is fun to play spot the future star or character actor. The first episode had James Woods and Abe Vigoda. The third episode had James Cromwell.
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Kevin Butler @milesnaismith.bsky.social · 02/05/2026
We visited Keensburg Animal Sanctuary. Walked 3 miles which is probably the most I've done since the kidneys quit functioning. Really wonderful day. www.wildanimalsanctuary.org
Black and white fox with a white-tipped tail turns to head into the grass.A pack of 4 wolf dogs stands line abreast. Two are dark and two are white. The wolves hear a truck and are wondering if they get an extra dinner. It's not more dinner.Two male lions lay on hay napping. Both of these big boys grew up together and were heavily abused. They don't really tolerate anyone else but each other.A white fox with red highlights is curled up on the ground. She has heard me and is looking up wondering why I am disturbing her nap.
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Kevin Butler @milesnaismith.bsky.social · 12/04/2026
How you know you are reading a serious academic book. You are a little more than halfway through the volume and you are at Conclusion.
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Kevin Butler @milesnaismith.bsky.social · 04/04/2026
What a nice view to wake up to.
The full moon hangs over the Rocky Mountains with fresh snow (a rarity this year) in the morning.
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Kevin Butler @milesnaismith.bsky.social · 30/03/2026
I want so much to see this!!! A Korean remake of The Americans with North Korean spies in South Korea. Yes, please! Subtitle it, dub it, I don't care. I might learn Korean to watch it. www.denofgeek.com/tv/disney-ko...
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Disney's Korean Reimagining of The Americans Is the Right Kind of Series Revival | Den of Geek
Plenty of studios could learn some lessons from Disney's new international take on The Americans.
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Wayne E. Lee @milhistlee.bsky.social · 22/03/2026
Let's be sure and give Kori the full Streisand effect.
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Kevin Butler @milesnaismith.bsky.social · 20/03/2026
This seems appropriate to share with the news that Chuck Norris has assaulted death. m.youtube.com/watch?v=HDXY...
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The Ultimate Showdown Of Ultimate Destiny (Original Video HD)
YouTube video by Srsly Wrong
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Kevin Butler @milesnaismith.bsky.social · 19/03/2026
My car registered a temp of 91 today, on March 19th, in Colorado. So, after no winter we are going to skip Spring entirely?
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Kevin Butler @milesnaismith.bsky.social · 18/03/2026
This week, I was told my new prescription costs $21,000. Good news, insurance covers 75% of that, which means it will only cost me $5,000. Luckily, I don't have to buy it more than once.
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NPR @npr.org · 18/03/2026
Venezuela won the World Baseball Classic for the first time, rebounding from a blown eighth-inning lead to beat the United States 3-2 Tuesday night on Eugenio Suárez's tiebreaking double in the ninth n.pr/4bhC325
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Venezuela beats U.S. 3-2, wins first World Baseball Classic title
Venezuela won the World Baseball Classic for the first time, rebounding from a blown eighth-inning lead to beat the United States 3-2 Tuesday night on Eugenio Suárez's tiebreaking double in the ninth
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Kevin Butler @milesnaismith.bsky.social · 07/03/2026
At what point did #startrek give up on "space is big?" Certainly the original series and Next Gen got it. The JJ Abrams reboot gleefully did not. Was it then, or earlier? Starfleet Academy has just pulled off the most ridiculous version. Exactly how many mines do you need to englobe the Federation?
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Kevin Butler @milesnaismith.bsky.social · 01/03/2026
So Netanyahu killed Khameini and Trump assisted a bit. That's the story, right?
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Kevin Butler @milesnaismith.bsky.social · 28/02/2026
The US is using new technologies like one-way attack drones for the first time, also...Tomahawk cruise missiles.
Post describing US military strikes on Iran.
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Kevin Butler @milesnaismith.bsky.social · 28/02/2026
Unconstitutional war sucks so here is a cute owl story.
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Kevin Butler @milesnaismith.bsky.social · 27/02/2026
We have met the enemy and it is us.
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Drew Curtis @drewcurtis.bsky.social · 24/02/2026
Recent articles about USS Ford malfunctioning toilets are actually part of a very dumb Russian disinformation op
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How Viral Slop Reanimated the USS Ford Toilet Crisis
A weeks-old story about the USS Ford’s plumbing goes viral again after passing through the internet’s own sewage system, arriving on the other end unrecognizable and smelling much worse.
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Kevin Butler @milesnaismith.bsky.social · 24/02/2026
My nominations for worst piece of software is the Google Fi voicemail app. So hideously awful to use. You can't access the VM until it is downloaded (which is achingly slow) and it won't show you the voice transcription until it downloads the whole audio file.
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Kevin Butler @milesnaismith.bsky.social · 22/02/2026
Wow, the only two men's hockey games I've ever watched were both gold medals for the Americans. I watched Lake Placid in 1980 and now this one.
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Kevin Butler @milesnaismith.bsky.social · 19/02/2026
Credit to DHL. Rarely do corporate press releases engage me (even my own), but this was a lot of fun and highlighted DHL at the same time. group.dhl.com/en/media-rel...
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Kevin Butler @milesnaismith.bsky.social · 14/02/2026
One of the weirdest things about the Olympics coverage to me, is how the BBC switches coverage from Two to One in the middle of a live event.
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Kevin Butler @milesnaismith.bsky.social · 13/02/2026
#starfleetacademy Are turbolifts incredibly slow in the future? So slow that people have to sit down and have three minute conversations? Just trying to understand why there are couches in the lifts and why they take so long?
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Kevin Butler @milesnaismith.bsky.social · 11/02/2026
James Van Der Beek, best known for his work in Don't Trust the Bitch In Apartment 23, has died. This has really depressed me. apnews.com/video/actor-...
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Actor James Van Der Beek has died at 48
The 'Dawson's Creek' star shot to fame playing the titular character in the WB hit show and in later years, mocked his own hunky persona.
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