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Ryan North Miller 🌻

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Dad. Husband. Amateur pundit. Patent attorney and IP litigator. Sci-fi movie geek. Chili head. Former rivethead DJ. PHILLIES! DOOP! Saints FC for some reason. Bad spelling. Opinions my own. Here for the lulz.

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Ryan North Miller 🌻 @ryannorthmiller.com · 25/09/2026
Not sure what I'm playing but here's my go. my9games.com/en/s/585fdc7...
Eternal Darkness
Skyrim
Mass Effect
Grand Theft Auto III
Civilization II
Super Mario Bros 3
No One Lives Forever
Neverwinter Nights
Conker's Bad Fur Day
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Ryan North Miller 🌻 @ryannorthmiller.com · 20/09/2026
I mean, didn't that music teacher or whatever kind of answer this question on a random web forum in 2018? crookedtimber.org/2018/03/21/l...
Frank Wilhoit 03.22.18 at 12:09 am

There is no such thing as liberalism — or progressivism, etc.

There is only conservatism. No other political philosophy actually exists; by the political analogue of Gresham’s Law, conservatism has driven every other idea out of circulation.

There might be, and should be, anti-conservatism; but it does not yet exist. What would it be? In order to answer that question, it is necessary and sufficient to characterize conservatism. Fortunately, this can be done very concisely.

Conservatism consists of exactly one proposition, to wit:

There must be in-groups whom the law protectes but does not bind, alongside out-groups whom the law binds but does not protect.

There is nothing more or else to it, and there never has been, in any place or time.

For millenia, conservatism had no name, because no other model of polity had ever been proposed. “The king can do no wrong.” In practice, this immunity was always extended to the king’s friends, however fungible a group they might have been. Today, we still have the king’s friends even where there is no king (dictator, etc.). Another way to look at this is that the king is a faction, rather than an individual.

As the core proposition of conservatism is indefensible if stated baldly, it has always been surrounded by an elaborate backwash of pseudophilosophy, amounting over time to millions of pages. All such is axiomatically dishonest and undeserving of serious scrutiny. Today, the accelerating de-education of humanity has reached a point where the market for pseudophilosophy is vanishing; it is, as The Kids Say These Days, tl;dr . All that is left is the core proposition itself — backed up, no longer by misdirection and sophistry, but by violence.

So this tells us what anti-conservatism must be: the proposition that the law cannot protect anyone unless it binds everyone, and cannot bind anyone unless it protects everyone.

Then the appearance arises that the task is to map “liberalism”, o…
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Ryan North Miller 🌻 @ryannorthmiller.com · 10/09/2026
Sickos looking in the window saying "Yes...ha ha ha...Yes!"
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Ryan North Miller 🌻 @ryannorthmiller.com · 30/08/2026
Nope. It's on the android app at least.
Lake America bullshit
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Ryan North Miller 🌻 @ryannorthmiller.com · 25/07/2026
Some scotch, neat, and alone with my thoughts for what feels like the first time since I got here.
Dusk in Mati, Greece.
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Ryan North Miller 🌻 @ryannorthmiller.com · 24/07/2026
Damian Downs comeback? #SaintsFC
Half time score line in friendly between Eintracht Braunschweig and Southampton, 0-1 on a Damian Downs goal.
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Ryan North Miller 🌻 @ryannorthmiller.com · 06/07/2026
Because it's the kind of thing I do, I looked up the basis for disciplinary appeals in the FDC. Guess what? Belgium doesn't even have standing to lodge an appeal! At least by my reading.
62. STANDING TO APPEAL
1. Anyone who has been a party to the proceedings before the Disciplinary 
Committee may lodge an appeal with the Appeal Committee, provided this party 
has a legally protected interest in filing the appeal.
2. Member associations and clubs may appeal against decisions sanctioning their 
players, officials or members
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Ryan North Miller 🌻 @ryannorthmiller.com · 26/06/2026
Me across 30 seconds in my World Cup group chat.
Trusty as full back? Is that what I'm seeing? I don't know about this.
OMFG
Austin Trusty is a full back!
Poch is a genius and I am an idiot. Rinse and repeat. Holy shit.
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Ryan North Miller 🌻 @ryannorthmiller.com · 21/06/2026
Unfortunately for Iran, in football it is legal to score with your butt.
Automated offside graphic showing the Iranian players caboose in an offside position.
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Ryan North Miller 🌻 @ryannorthmiller.com · 30/05/2026
Always has been.
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Ryan North Miller 🌻 @ryannorthmiller.com · 23/05/2026
This is crazy.
Your closest neighborhood
Greek Orthodox
in the US since 1864  ·  Greek‐American heritage
Orthodox · ethnic‐heritage tradition
Your taste lives in the Greek Orthodox neighborhood: deeply liturgical, deeply rooted in Greek ethnic American life, culturally distinct from convert‐heavy American Orthodoxy. The Greek Festival every summer, the Divine Liturgy in a careful mix of Greek and English, and a sense that the faith is also a people. The cultural neighbors are families who've been Orthodox for generations rather than people who found their way in.Your map
Thirty‐five American Christian neighborhoods, plotted by social position (left to right) and worship style (top to bottom). Your top five are highlighted in coral. You sit at the marker.
progressive / inclusive
socially traditional
liturgical / formal
expressive / spontaneous
social position →
Greek Orthodox
CBF
Catholic
Disciples
UCC
Episcopal
PCUSA
PCA
American Baptist
UMC
UU
ELCA
Vineyard
Antiochian Orth.
LDS
OCA
ACNA
LCMS
National Baptist
AME
Nondenom Evang.
COGIC
CRC
C&MA
Global Methodist
SBC
SDA
Nondenom Charis.
Assemblies of God
EFCA
Mennonite
Quaker
IFB
WELS
Churches of Christ
you are here
Cooperative Baptist Fellowship
formed 1991  40% resonance
Moderate Baptist.
Roman Catholic
about 22% of US adults  36% resonance
Sacramental · the largest American Christian neighborhood.
Christian Church (Disciples of Christ)
founded 1832  36% resonance
Restorationist mainline.
United Church of Christ
merged 1957  35% resonance
the most progressive mainline tradition.
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Ryan North Miller 🌻 @ryannorthmiller.com · 04/05/2026
Without stating your age post your favourite film released the year you turned 18.
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Ryan North Miller 🌻 @ryannorthmiller.com · 07/04/2026
Mac and Deadpool did not have a pleasant night! Fantastic result. Wierd feeling. You know. Winning. #SaintsFC
Wrexham 1 - Southampton 5
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Ryan North Miller 🌻 @ryannorthmiller.com · 25/03/2026
Sheep looking at a campaign billboard showing a wolf saying "I am going to eat you."
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Ryan North Miller 🌻 @ryannorthmiller.com · 05/03/2026
The worst person in the world just did something I agree with.
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Ryan North Miller 🌻 @ryannorthmiller.com · 01/03/2026
A few more people than Thursday. #DOOP
Subaru Park in the sunshine. Union vs. NYCFC.
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Ryan North Miller 🌻 @ryannorthmiller.com · 27/02/2026
Nice February night for match!
Subaru Park under the lights, Union vs Defense Force FC
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Ryan North Miller 🌻 @ryannorthmiller.com · 26/02/2026
Inspired by @saga.iam.bi, I listened to this album, front to back, yesterday on my way to work. And holy hell, I also realized that it turns 30 this year.
Haujobb, Solutions for a Small Planet
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Ryan North Miller 🌻 @ryannorthmiller.com · 20/02/2026
LOL. Trump's tariffs lose 6-3.
ROBERTS, C. J., announced the judgment of the Court and delivered the 
opinion of the Court with respect to Parts I, II–A–1, and II–B, in which 
SOTOMAYOR, KAGAN, GORSUCH, BARRETT, and JACKSON, JJ., joined, and 
an opinion with respect to Parts II–A–2 and III, in which GORSUCH and 
BARRETT, JJ., joined. GORSUCH, J., and BARRETT, J., filed concurring 
opinions. KAGAN, J., filed an opinion concurring in part and concurring
in the judgment, in which SOTOMAYOR and JACKSON, JJ., joined.
JACKSON, J., filed an opinion concurring in part and concurring in the 
judgment. THOMAS, J., filed a dissenting opinion. KAVANAUGH, J., filed 
a dissenting opinion, in which THOMAS and ALITO, JJ., joined.
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Ryan North Miller 🌻 @ryannorthmiller.com · 10/02/2026
Holy crap! #SaintsFC
Saints win at Leicester, 4-3!
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Ryan North Miller 🌻 @ryannorthmiller.com · 07/02/2026
if you see this, quote with a robot that isn't from "Star Wars", "Star Trek", "Dr. Who", or "Transformers."
Vincent and Bob from Black Hole
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Ryan North Miller 🌻 @ryannorthmiller.com · 04/02/2026
Shorter Supreme Court:
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Ryan North Miller 🌻 @ryannorthmiller.com · 21/01/2026
Gonna have a couple hours with the fam now.
Sixers!
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Ryan North Miller 🌻 @ryannorthmiller.com · 21/12/2025
Never posted the finished product.
Christmas vindaloo.
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Ryan North Miller 🌻 @ryannorthmiller.com · 20/12/2025
Profit!
After thirty minutes simmer. Will keep it going another thirty!
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Ryan North Miller 🌻 @ryannorthmiller.com · 20/12/2025
Makin' some Christmas vindaloo.
Cooking the peppers and onions.Marinated the pork 24 hours.Combine with tomato pasteStir in beef stock
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Ryan North Miller 🌻 @ryannorthmiller.com · 24/11/2025
Let's get it! #DOOP
Sunday night at Subaru Park.
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Ryan North Miller 🌻 @ryannorthmiller.com · 22/11/2025
I find the difference between the WaPo headline and the Inquirer headline to be quite interesting considering it is the exact same article.
Philadelphia Inquirer front page with headline "Trump Threatens to Remove Support for Ukraine"
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Ryan North Miller 🌻 @ryannorthmiller.com · 05/11/2025
Fantastic night in many ways! And this happened!
Win probability graph showing the 76ers guaranteed a win until they lost.
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Ryan North Miller 🌻 @ryannorthmiller.com · 26/10/2025
Let's get it! #DOOP
Sunset at Subaru Park 2025 Supporters Shield
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Ryan North Miller 🌻 @ryannorthmiller.com · 25/10/2025
#SaintsFC
Bandit on his back holding a puppet saying "The thing is, I do this to myself."
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Ryan North Miller 🌻 @ryannorthmiller.com · 12/10/2025
I mean, why?
Two phone notifications, one saying Flyers best Hurricanes 4-3 in overtime, then another notification 4 minutes later saying Hurricanes beat Flyers 4-3.
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Ryan North Miller 🌻 @ryannorthmiller.com · 09/10/2025
Time to break out the lucky shirt.
Phillies 2008 MLB Playoffs shirt
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Ryan North Miller 🌻 @ryannorthmiller.com · 06/10/2025
Beautiful evening for some Phillies playoff baseball! #RingTheBell
Gorgeous blue sky over Citizens Bank Park.
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Ryan North Miller 🌻 @ryannorthmiller.com · 05/10/2025
The Union are 2025 Supporters' Shield Champions, y'all! #DOOP
Philadelphia Union hoisting the 2025 Supporters' Shield.
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Ryan North Miller 🌻 @ryannorthmiller.com · 04/10/2025
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Ryan North Miller 🌻 @ryannorthmiller.com · 28/09/2025
Delightfully, I have no idea what this is about.
Post 1: Come on that's targeting

Post 2: Oh man, if they call targeting here there's going to be a riot in that stadium
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Ryan North Miller 🌻 @ryannorthmiller.com · 21/09/2025
Post a movie you like with a terrible rotten tomatoes score. Going to presume this only applies to the Tomatometer.
The Pirate Movie 9% Tomatometer, 77% Popcornmeter.
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Ryan North Miller 🌻 @ryannorthmiller.com · 14/09/2025
🤞 #RingTheBell
Beautiful, sunny day at Citizens Bank Park
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Ryan North Miller 🌻 @ryannorthmiller.com · 14/09/2025
LOL
Screenshot of skeet posting the video of Mr. Jones by Counting Crows, while Bluesky identifies it as "Adult Content."
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Ryan North Miller 🌻 @ryannorthmiller.com · 14/09/2025
<sickos.gif>
Sign at the Phillies game saying Otto Kemp Cougar Fan Club
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Ryan North Miller 🌻 @ryannorthmiller.com · 12/09/2025
Umm. Yeah. It's bigger.
30-06 casing
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Ryan North Miller 🌻 @ryannorthmiller.com · 10/09/2025
‘No Way To Prevent This,’ Says Only Nation Where This Regularly Happens
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Ryan North Miller 🌻 @ryannorthmiller.com · 05/09/2025
It is a bit surprising to me that a President who made his money in branding and who has run on ending American involvement in foreign wars would sign off on this. And it's so douchy I presume it must have been Hegseth's idea.
War.gov home page
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Ryan North Miller 🌻 @ryannorthmiller.com · 29/08/2025
Did not capture a majority but I dig the energy.
Congress “alone has access to the pockets of the people.” The Federalist No. 48, at 334 (James Madison) (J. Cooke ed., 1961). Accordingly, we would also affirm because Congress did not unambiguously delegate its taxing power to the President in IEEPA.
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Ryan North Miller 🌻 @ryannorthmiller.com · 29/08/2025
This is such meaningless word salad, it's almost impressive.
“In her filing, Ms. Cook does not deny that these are her mortgage documents, so one has to wonder why she, or [Fed Chair] Jerome Powell, would want this to be a part of the Federal Reserve, which is supposed to have preeminent integrity and which is critical to the safety and soundness of the U.S. Mortgage Market,” Pulte said in a statement to CNBC’s Scott Wapner.
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Ryan North Miller 🌻 @ryannorthmiller.com · 27/08/2025
Onion headline ‘No Way To Prevent This,’ Says Only Nation Where This Regularly Happens
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Ryan North Miller 🌻 @ryannorthmiller.com · 24/08/2025
A small effort to improve content on here. Hope everyone enjoys their Sunday.
Side eye monkey demonstrating wave-particle duality by looking to the side away from the double slit and electrons act like a wave, looking forward at the double slit and electrons act like particles.
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Ryan North Miller 🌻 @ryannorthmiller.com · 24/08/2025
Beautiful night for some Union football with the boy. #DOOP
Subaru Park at sunset
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Ryan North Miller 🌻 @ryannorthmiller.com · 21/08/2025
I have a foreboding of an America in my children's or grandchildren's time -- when the United States is a service and information economy; when nearly all the manufacturing industries have slipped away to other countries; when awesome technological powers are in the hands of a very few, and no one representing the public interest can even grasp the issues; when the people have lost the ability to set their own agendas or knowledgeably question those in authority; when, clutching our crystals and nervously consulting our horoscopes, our critical faculties in decline, unable to distinguish between what feels good and what's true, we slide, almost without noticing, back into superstition and darkness...

The dumbing down of American is most evident in the slow decay of substantive content in the enormously influential media, the 30 second sound bites (now down to 10 seconds or less), lowest common denominator programming, credulous presentations on pseudoscience and superstition, but especially a kind of celebration of ignorance
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