{"version":"https://jsonfeed.org/version/1","title":"Micro.blog - Michael Miller Jr.","home_page_url":"https://micro.blog","feed_url":"https://micro.blog/posts/michaelmillerjr","_microblog":{"about":"https://micro.blog/about/api","id":"51330","username":"michaelmillerjr","bio":"Theologian, bioethicist, and health care executive.","pronouns":"","is_following":false,"is_you":false,"following_count":2,"discover_count":0},"author":{"name":"Michael Miller Jr.","url":"https://michaelmillerjr.com/","avatar":"https://avatars.micro.blog/avatars/2023/44/51330.jpg"},"items":[{"id":"83077706","content_html":"

I’m excited about CRSTL - Community Radio STL - starting 1 February 2026 at noon.

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Press Release & Program Schedule

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@jlynch13.bsky.social Grandpa

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@tjfinan.org Classic city disinvestment.

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@simeonthefool.bsky.social

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@hexfoliation.bsky.social Peace, friend.

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Watched: The Thursday Murder Club 🍿

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Year in books for 2025: blog.michaelmillerjr.com

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@amandasmith.bsky.social en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guy_Con…

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Finished reading: Lourdes Diary by James Martin 📚

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Finished reading: Furious Minds by Laura K. Field 📚

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Consider this book required reading for those interested in the extreme political theories that underlie the MAGA movement.

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@jackjenkins.me

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@melodyschreiber.com This is the nuclear option. Most (all?) hospitals rely on CMS funding. If this is lost, then the hospital will shut down.

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@jackjenkins.me This attempt at theological gaslighting is – to use a technical term – banana pants.

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Finished reading: Steve Martin Writes the Written Word by Steve Martin 📚

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Steve Martin is a national treasure. I hope to – one day – shake his hand.

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@virtualsoccer.bsky.social Peace.

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Finished reading: Ambushed! by Gail Jarrow 📚

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A nice YA companion to Death By Lightning, especially when no copies of Destiny of the Republic are available on Libby.

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@mollieoreilly.bsky.social Thanks for this lol.

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@mirandayaver.bsky.social It’s unhelpful AND it effectively punishes those who are under resourced.

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Finished reading: Opus by Gareth Gore 📚

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The spiritual abuse chronicled in this book is just evil; including of course the alleged human trafficking.

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Placing power & money over people is always wrong. Hopefully the church will be given the grace to overcome & correct these abuses.

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@emanuelmaiberg.bsky.social Great interview - thanks!

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@pftompkins.bsky.social The half-assed attempt at hiding things with a tarp at the end is great. chef’s kiss

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Finished reading: The Bright Ages by Matthew Gabriele & David M. Perry 📚

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A great primer on the dark ages (get it?). It is very accessible and has a great “Further Reading” section.

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@skwinnicki.bsky.social BRILLIANT

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Finished reading: The American Way of Death Revisited by Jessica Mitford 📚

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A good read about grave matters.

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@michaelmillerjr.com Thank you for your attention to this matter.

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Finished reading: The Last Supper: Art, Faith, Sex, and Controversy in the 1980s by Paul Elie 📚

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I was a kid in the 1980s & this book connected some important dots for me. I now better understand the groundwork for today’s culture wars and the crypto-religious nature of key artists & musicians.

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@melodyschreiber.com Thanks for clarifying!

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@melodyschreiber.com I’m with you, @melodyschreiber.com.

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Dismantling the CDC IRB is dumb. But this doesn’t end the requirement for studies to be reviewed by an IRB, right?

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Are the people in charge allowing studies to take place without an IRB review?

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If so, this is both dumb AND dangerous.

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@michaelmillerjr.com …that has capacity for the review.

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This demonstrates the administration’s disdain for ethics and integrity, which is necessary for #PublicHealth.

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The individual researchers, pharma companies, and ultimately citizens are on their own.

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2/2

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@herreidjohn.bsky.social That’s a great holy family!

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@amberhirsch.bsky.social Peace.

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@hyperhouse.bsky.social The view from SE of the blaze.

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@padresj.bsky.social 😔

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Finished reading: The AI Con by Emily M. Bender & Alex Hanna 📚

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The AI Con is grounded in reality and presented with a healthy sense of humor.

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@lmacthompson1.bsky.social And perhaps why there’s not a clear analog to Joe Rogan.

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@firstalert4.com Well done?

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Finished reading: What Tech Calls Thinking by Adrian Daub 📚

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@jelvisweinstein.bsky.social Truly a hero.

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Wilco!

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Finished reading: Who Thought This Was a Good Idea? by Alyssa Mastromonaco 📚

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Finished reading: Spent by Alison Bechdel 📚

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Finished reading: Cancer in Layman’s Terms by Mark Langston Doyle 📚

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Finished reading: Everything Happens for a Reason by Kate Bowler 📚

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Subwoofer

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/via Uncle Mark

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youtube.com/...

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Subwoofer

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/via Uncle Mark

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TFW I’m doom scrolling at 2:45am.

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/via Tom

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The Paschal Mystery In Three Memes: imdying.michaelmillerjr.com

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The feels

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