Mike Miller

[Mike Miller @DivineMuffinMan]

@emilyann1031 Beautiful

[Kevin Nealon @kevin_nealon]

My son, what the fuck is his name? He got his driver's license at 16. It’s so stressful to be in the car with him when he drives. He does a full stop at every stop sign. He’s not stopping, he's visiting. He steers with both hands on the steering wheel. What? Who does that? I haven't touched or looked at the steering wheel in 20 years. I steer with my knees and the enjoy the outside views. Life is short. Enjoy nature. I like to eat soup when I drive.

[Mike Miller @DivineMuffinMan]

@nomaiphlox @Saltygorilla1 @empanadadaddy23 I just assume anyone that dumb is a bot. God I hope they're bots

[Adam Butler @GestaltU]

Fun fact: The 1998 paper that introduced Google and PageRank to the world ends with this acknowledgment:

"Supported by the National Science Foundation under Cooperative Agreement IRI-9411306. Funding also provided by DARPA and NASA."

Sergey Brin was on an NSF Graduate Fellowship. Larry Page was a PhD student on the grant.

Google—now worth $2 trillion—exists because American taxpayers funded "the Stanford Integrated Digital Library Project."

Not a startup garage myth. A government grant.

Every time someone says public research funding "picks winners and losers" or "crowds out private innovation," remember: the most dominant technology company of the 21st century was incubated entirely with public money, inside a public university, by researchers on federal fellowships and grants.

The private sector didn't see it coming. VCs passed. The government funded it anyway—not because it would become Google, but because fundamental research into information retrieval seemed worth understanding.

That's the point. You can't predict which grants will change the world. You fund the science and let researchers explore.

The internet (DARPA). GPS (DoD). Touchscreens (CIA/NSF). mRNA vaccines (NIH). Google (NSF/DARPA/NASA).

Public investment in basic research isn't wasteful spending. It's the seed corn of the entire modern economy.

[Mike Miller @DivineMuffinMan]

@leitzkejs @pattonoswalt Probably thinks "I almost had him"

[Rev. Benjamin Cremer @Brcremer]

Notice how it’s somehow the government’s job to legislate a few Bible verses on human sexuality over our entire country, but it’s suddenly “not the government’s job” when it comes to the +2,500 Bible verses calling for a generous use of wealth that prioritizes the poor.

[Mike Miller @DivineMuffinMan]

@MarcMitchell6 @highbrow_nobrow @Acyn 163rd time this week. On a Tuesday

[Mike Miller @DivineMuffinMan]

@ztb453 @Acyn I hate that so much. I was trying to hear the points the other guy was making, and dude wouldn't stfu

[Mike Miller @DivineMuffinMan]

@KingTuchus @kare11 That's a good point I hadn't thought about

[Mike Miller @DivineMuffinMan]

@the_jimmy_says @HalfwayPost First time ever they've both been right

[Mike Miller @DivineMuffinMan]

If stupidity were painful, Poppy would be in a coma

[Community Notes & Violations @CNviolations]

Poppy vs. Community Notes

🧵 A thread.

1. The beginning

[Vought International @VoughtIntl]

Growing up, Homelander dreamed of working at his local Vought A Burger. Recently, his wish came true, as Vought shut down a restaurant and staged pre-selected customers, so Homelander could “serve” “people” “food.” Thanks, Homelander, for showing everyone how you’re a true man of the people!

[Mike Miller @DivineMuffinMan]

@Raffurie @xgigglypuff My mom would tell me about her Norwegian and Swedish grandparents eating klubb, which she described as a ball of potato and flour designed to just fill the belly and take forever to digest. Is that real? Can't find anything on it except for recipes, nothing about its purpose

[Mike Miller @DivineMuffinMan]

@KaranEsch @emilyann1031 @CGSportsfan @jwindy78 To be fair I barely know my account either, haha

[non aesthetic things @PicturesFoIder]

Today 20 years ago, Pirate Bay response to legal threats from DreamWorks

[The Twins Almanac @TwinsAlmanac]

Outnumbered at least 6 to 1, the 1st Minnesota Volunteer Infantry suffered 82% casualties when they heroically charged headlong into enemy forces to shore up a gap in Union lines during the Battle of Gettysburg on this date in 1863.

The role these brave Minnesotans played in preserving the United States of America cannot be overstated.

General Winfield Scott Hancock said that "no soldiers on any field, in this or any other country ever displayed grander heroism," and insisted that "there is no more gallant deed recorded in history."

In a speech in Cannon Falls, MN on the Fourth of July 1928, President Calvin Coolidge said these men's heroism that day entitled them to the rank of "saviors of their country."

Think about that next time you see a Confederate symbol displayed on Minnesota soil.

The next day, the survivors from the 1st Minnesota helped repel Pickett's Charge and lost another 17 killed and wounded.

Minnesota is in possession of a blood-stained, bullet-pierced Virginia battle flag captured July 3rd.

Virginia has been asking for it back for over 100 years.

Governor Jesse Ventura's response at the White House in 2000: “Why? I mean, we won. … We took it. That makes it our heritage.”

[dumbass💟☃️ @adequatelyjed]

was informed my rent is increasing in October so i asked why and they said “we increase the rent every year because the cost of living goes up every year.”

my brother in christ YOU ARE THE COST OF LIVING

[Jo @JoJoFromJerz]

It’s so weird, President Biden hasn’t tweeted once about his son’s “sham verdict.” He hasn’t attacked the judge or the jury, hasn’t called it a hoax, or vowed retribution. He’s not even standing outside the courtroom with stacks of printed-out articles from fake lawyers. It’s almost as if he understands that we are a nation of laws or something and that the justice system worked the way it’s intended to, even if he doesn’t like the outcome. Crazy.

[Victor Shi @Victorshi2020]

Please read & share all of this from POTUS just now: "The American principle that no one is above the law was reaffirmed. Donald Trump was given every opportunity to defend himself. It was a state case, not a federal case. And it was heard by a jury of 12 citizens. 12 Americans, 12 people like you. Like millions of Americans who served on juries, this jury is chosen the same way every jury in America is chosen. It was a process that Donald Trump's attorney was part of. The jury heard five weeks of evidence. After careful deliberation, the jury reached a unanimous verdict. They found Donald Trump guilty on all 34 felony counts. Now he’ll be given the opportunity as he should to appeal that decision just like everyone else has that opportunity. That's how the American system of justice works. And it's reckless, it's dangerous, and it's irresponsible for anyone to say this was rigged just because they don't like the verdict. Our justice system has endured for nearly 250 years and it literally is the cornerstone of America. The justice system should be respected, and we should never allow anyone to tear it down. That's America. That's who we are. And that's who we will always be, God willing."

[Mike Miller @DivineMuffinMan]

Omg this is going to be good

[Jasmine Crockett @JasmineForUS]

This morning I’ll head into both the Oversight committee, for the first time since the B6 incident, AND the weaponization committee where Robert Costello appeared last week before testifying in the Hush Money trial this week. 😳 Stay tuned as I’ve got something I want to share with yall later!