Reposted by Rebecca Fielding-MillerMicah @rincewind.run · 29/09/2026Discworld QOTD, from Feet of Clay “They were men who felt that The Time Had Come. Regimes can survive barbarian hordes, crazed terrorists and hooded secret societies, but they're in real trouble when prosperous and anonymous men sit around a big table and think thoughts like that.” 348595
Reposted by Rebecca Fielding-MillerNicole Bedera @nbedera.bsky.social · 28/09/2026In many ways, the only thing boys need to learn are the lessons we already teach girls. They need to learn to be part of a community. And if they understand that, then the lessons on consent and sexual violence come naturally. 81064200
Reposted by Rebecca Fielding-MillerNicole Bedera @nbedera.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Teach your son to wait. Teach him that other people are as important as he is. Teach him to apologize and go back to the end of the line if he made an entitled decision. Teach him that girls and women deserve respect in *all* scenarios—not just during sex. 21332253
Reposted by Rebecca Fielding-MillerNicole Bedera @nbedera.bsky.social · 28/09/2026I’m seeing a lot of posts about talking to your sons in light of the Cornell article. And yes. Talk to your sons. Here are some things you should say, based on anti-violence research about what they need to hear: 81120524
Reposted by Rebecca Fielding-MillerSenator Scott Wiener @scottwiener.bsky.social · 29/09/2026The Governor just signed my bill to allow people to sue ICE, Border Patrol, and other federal agents for violating people’s constitutional rights. Starting immediately, people can sue federal agents retroactive to abuse occurring in March 2025. 19913229
Rebecca Fielding-Miller @rebeccafieldingmiller.com · 29/09/2026It's true, every sahm has made the choice not to participate in the workforce out of nothing but personal agency. There are no economic considerations at all. And also, these non-existent economic considerations definitely impact men and women the same since there is no gender pay gap. (/S) 120
Reposted by Rebecca Fielding-MillerAndy Karlson @andykarlson.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Look man, I'm low on executive function as it is, the last thing I need is a series of unaccountable and untrustworthy autonomous processes to track and double-check for hallucinations and unpredictable omissions 212210
Reposted by Rebecca Fielding-MillerClean Observer @hammbear2024.bsky.social · 27/09/2026I still can’t get over anybody taking seriously an “antichrist” lecture from Peter Thiel that doesn’t begin with “I am.” 0102
Reposted by Rebecca Fielding-MillerDimitri Drekonja, MD, MS @dimitridrekonja.bsky.social · 23/09/2026100% 👇🏻 1193
Reposted by Rebecca Fielding-MillerLos Angeles Times @latimes.com · 22/09/2026How the University of California built the Golden State — and fractured itlatimes.comReview: How the University of California built the Golden State — and fractured itIn “California Dreams,” journalist Miriam Pawel traces the UC system’s evolution from an ambitious land-grant promise to a modern culture war battleground. 063
Rebecca Fielding-Miller @rebeccafieldingmiller.com · 21/09/2026I literally *just* wrote a fellowship application about this. However much you might be thinking "what the fuck???", get ready to think it a lot more 117111
Reposted by Rebecca Fielding-MillerCourtney Milan @courtneymilan.com · 20/09/2026I hate doing the "a rollback of trans rights is the gateway for a rollback of women's rights" thing because trans rights are human rights in and of themselves, whatever the impact on cis women. But goddamn I wish more cis women had a sense of history and self preservation. 2742271003
Reposted by Rebecca Fielding-MillerCharlotte Clymer @charlotteclymer.bsky.social · 29/08/2026I never would have predicted that cutting 20% of the staff at the federal agency that makes sure our food is safe would result in a bunch of our food being declared unsafe. 162114642350
Rebecca Fielding-Miller @rebeccafieldingmiller.com · 26/08/2026Incredible new editorial on language, compliance, and collective resistance. Thank you for such a clear argument and insightful analysis 030
Rebecca Fielding-Miller @rebeccafieldingmiller.com · 26/08/2026I love children's literature SO MUCH. My forever comfort read is Thurber's _The 13 Clocks_. A lesser known one I haven't seen in the replies is Kathryn Lasky's _Memoirs of a Bookbat_ 020
Rebecca Fielding-Miller @rebeccafieldingmiller.com · 25/08/2026If you have never listened to Dolly Parton's America, may I recommend you drop everything and start it right now: www.wnycstudios.org/podcasts/dol...wnycstudios.orgDolly Parton's America : Episodes | WNYC Studios | PodcastsThe story of a legend at the crossroads of America’s culture wars. 151
Reposted by Rebecca Fielding-Millermtsw @mtsw.bsky.social · 25/08/2026I don't know if Dolly Parton was the greatest songwriter of all time but I do know that Dolly Parton writing "Jolene" and "I Will Always Love You" on the same day is the greatest day any songwriter has ever had. 7889205
Reposted by Rebecca Fielding-MillerAlex Zalben @azalben.bsky.social · 25/08/2026Dolly Parton, among a thousand other amazing things she did in her life, gifted over 330 million books to kids through her Imagination Library program. Her passing is a tremendous loss to the world, but you can support the program today to keep it going imaginationlibrary.comimaginationlibrary.comDolly Parton's Imagination Library | USA, UK, IE, CA, AUDolly Parton’s Imagination Library is a book gifting program that mails free books to children from birth until they begin school in participating areas. 45121565980
Reposted by Rebecca Fielding-MillerKate Elliott @kateelliottsff.bsky.social · 25/08/2026#AICouldNever RIP www.youtube.com/watch?v=nwBN...youtube.comDolly Parton performs Jolene at Glastonbury - BBCYouTube video by BBC 18014
Reposted by Rebecca Fielding-MillerDavid M. Perry @lollardfish.bsky.social · 25/08/2026I still believe that there is a labor movement that could change that. At least in some states. I do not believe there is a culture of labor among well employed faculty that’s even close to being willing to do that. 724440
Reposted by Rebecca Fielding-MillerGolgariGlenRoss @golgariglenross.bsky.social · 25/08/20261. Hi everybody! 2. Now the difference between us and other banks is that other banks are banks. 3. Money can be exchanged for goods and services. 4. I’m a level 5 vegan. 5. I just tripled my productivity. 051
Rebecca Fielding-Miller @rebeccafieldingmiller.com · 25/08/2026The 5 Simpsons lines I’ve uttered most off the top of my head 1. I for one welcome our new ____ overlords. 2. The lesson is, never try 3. I'm in danger! 4. What's the difference between this lamb and the one that kissed me??? 5. Grade me, evaluate me, rank me! I'm good good good and oh so smart!! 110
Reposted by Rebecca Fielding-MillerDimitri Drekonja, MD, MS @dimitridrekonja.bsky.social · 24/08/2026“Hi foreign medical graduates, please come work in the most conservative state in the country, where almost every politician has demonized immigrants, and where the current docs are fleeing. It’ll be great!!!” cowboystatedaily.com/2026/02/12/w...cowboystatedaily.comWyoming Projected To Lose 335 Physicians By 2030, Lawmakers Look To Foreign DocsIn an effort to fix Wyoming's physician shortage, a bill to create a new pathway for foreign-trained doctors has advanced in the House. Rep. Jacob… 32917
Reposted by Rebecca Fielding-MillerThebazilly @thebazilly.bsky.social · 22/08/2026My mom has worked at the local county epidemiology department for more than 20 years. Don't eat sprouts ranks above don't eat anything from Chipotle. Sprouts are NOTORIOUS. 152
Rebecca Fielding-Miller @rebeccafieldingmiller.com · 21/08/2026Sometimes we really are America's finest city, though. "The emperor is a fan of Flock, and we must continue utilizing Flock technologies so that we can follow and surveil the rebel scum as they move from playground to playground, from playground to pool, from pool to gymnasium" 2102
Reposted by Rebecca Fielding-MillerBree (half of Kit Rocha) @mostlybree.kitrocha.com · 20/08/2026because let's be so fucking for real right now: 1) you can't appease the people who don't want ADHD to exist by sacrificing the "functional" ones who have managed to string together coping mechanisms that will burn them out by 50 2) stigmatizing support will make it harder for all of us 554078
Reposted by Rebecca Fielding-MillerMatthew Cortland (they) @matthewcort.land · 20/08/2026We have to throw some disabled people to the fascists — denying them tailored treatment, reasonable accommodations on the basis of disability, and supports — otherwise the fascists will target all disabled people is perhaps the most fucked up argument i've read recently 23889192
Rebecca Fielding-Miller @rebeccafieldingmiller.com · 20/08/2026Counterpoint: it's useful to understand how your brain works and you should trust people with ADHD or autism to work with their provider and support system to figure out the supports that work for them. 010
Rebecca Fielding-Miller @rebeccafieldingmiller.com · 19/08/2026Well *there's* a dissertation waiting to happen 150
Reposted by Rebecca Fielding-MillerRick Caruso’s Private Fire Crew @amandasmith.bsky.social · 16/08/2026Broke Pirates Fans: Bring back Johnny Depp as Jack Sparrow Woke Pirates Fans: Bring back Kiera Knightly as Elizabeth Swan Woke 2 Pirates Fans: Bring back Kiera Knightly as Jack Sparrow 713618
Reposted by Rebecca Fielding-MillerRick Caruso’s Private Fire Crew @amandasmith.bsky.social · 16/08/2026The Princess Bride solved the Pirate Franchise Problem elegantly, Captain Jack Sparrow should have become a title not a name like three movies ago and it should’ve gone to Elizabeth 3805
Reposted by Rebecca Fielding-MillerMax’s Dad @djwyszynski.bsky.social · 13/08/2026And non-white bathrooms were genderless 0264
Rebecca Fielding-Miller @rebeccafieldingmiller.com · 13/08/2026I don't think I would invoke "but bathrooms were labeled with who was allowed to use them in 1965!!" as an argument that the thing I want is *not* discriminatory. But that's just me. 130
Rebecca Fielding-Miller @rebeccafieldingmiller.com · 13/08/2026Imagine having enough money to end world hunger and provide HIV treatment for everyone who needs it for life and then *still* having enough leftover to fly first class forever, but instead you decide to murder 4.5 million children. 083
Reposted by Rebecca Fielding-MillerProf Gavin Yamey MD MPH @gavinyamey.bsky.social · 08/08/2026This is heart breaking and, frankly, a kind of violence The NIH put an end to “16 years of research in two of the city’s poorest neighborhoods”—research on health inequities that meaningfully improves people’s lives Bhattacharya did praise himself for “ending DEI” at the NIH; he must be happy 15024
Reposted by Rebecca Fielding-MillerMindy Weisberger @laminda.bsky.social · 10/08/2026Boss-level science communication here, 10/10 no notes 119452
Rebecca Fielding-Miller @rebeccafieldingmiller.com · 10/08/2026You should not spend 8 weeks in your mid-20s hitchhiking alone through southern Africa with no cellphone. And it was an incredible experience that shaped who I am today. 050
Reposted by Rebecca Fielding-MillerMicah @rincewind.run · 10/08/2026college admissions people talk about this too - you can throw out the entire admitted class of an elite college and pick a new one from the rejected students and they will be completely indistinguishable in terms of achievements for competitive positions there's never any objective best candidate 181214157
Reposted by Rebecca Fielding-MillerDrug Monkey @drugmonkey.bsky.social · 08/08/2026What I am most proactively angry about is that even if there is an after times, those who have been most injured / affected will be told to get to the back of the line and be happy with relative crumbs. While the “more important” things are fixed first. 55920
Reposted by Rebecca Fielding-MillerDrug Monkey @drugmonkey.bsky.social · 08/08/2026This is not just “cruel”. It is theft of tax dollars paid by communities in this country who will not have their unique health concerns addressed. It was already pathetic that NIMHD only got 1-2% of the NIH budget. Now this. 0107
Rebecca Fielding-Miller @rebeccafieldingmiller.com · 07/08/2026Experts say: Please stop dismantling the public health infrastructure that has silently kept you alive and healthy for the past 40 years. Please. We're so tired. 010
Reposted by Rebecca Fielding-MillerKaren K. Ho @karenho.bsky.social · 06/08/2026it's always odd when "you should expose yourself to more diverse ideas" always means a certain kind of conservatism instead of like, Indigenous art, new fusion foods, math paradoxes, or the Dvorak keyboard layout 159115362684
Reposted by Rebecca Fielding-MillerMerriam-Webster @merriam-webster.com · 05/08/2026Jane Austen used 'however' at the beginning of a sentence, and so can you. 872672511
Reposted by Rebecca Fielding-MillerMirandaPitcher @mirandapitcher.bsky.social · 05/08/2026Not only that, but we now have 60+ years of Census, BLS, and other data showing that *occupations become more poorly paid when more women move into them,* and vice versa. www.nytimes.com/2016/03/20/u...nytimes.comAs Women Take Over a Male-Dominated Field, the Pay Drops (Published 2016)Work done by women pays less because women do it, research shows. 03616
Rebecca Fielding-Miller @rebeccafieldingmiller.com · 05/08/2026very important life update: stevia is bad and tastes bad and anyone who says they can't taste the difference is lying to themselves and the world 160
Reposted by Rebecca Fielding-MillerEmily L. Hauser (she/her) ❌👑 @emilylhauser.bsky.social · 05/08/2026(Also, not for nothing, but they're plantains) 2433
Reposted by Rebecca Fielding-MillerRoss Thompson @wintermute115.bsky.social · 05/08/202640 years ago, Los Angeles was famous for having so much air pollution you couldn't actually see the city. 031
Rebecca Fielding-Miller @rebeccafieldingmiller.com · 05/08/2026There was literally a national televised campaign in the 1990s explaining that your boss wasn't allowed to command you to "dress a little sexier." 050