Stephen David Miller
@sdavidmiller.bsky.social
Investor; techie; former founder & product exec; Stanford AI PhD dropout; movie podcaster at The Spoiler Warning; lover of travel, film, writing, snobby beverages. I write at sdavidmiller.com and decodingeverything.com on occasion. He/him.
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On the left:
President Trump false claims of violent crime in Chicago (as prelude for laying a pretext)
On the right:
Most recent official stats showing Chicago success in back-to-back years of historic reductions in violent crimes
President Trump false claims of violent crime in Chicago (as prelude for laying a pretext)
On the right:
Most recent official stats showing Chicago success in back-to-back years of historic reductions in violent crimes
October 6, 2026 at 2:37 PM
On the left:
President Trump false claims of violent crime in Chicago (as prelude for laying a pretext)
On the right:
Most recent official stats showing Chicago success in back-to-back years of historic reductions in violent crimes
President Trump false claims of violent crime in Chicago (as prelude for laying a pretext)
On the right:
Most recent official stats showing Chicago success in back-to-back years of historic reductions in violent crimes
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"Everyone knows Frodo’s the hero of Lord Of The Rings, but he’s not in this case, which—I mean, evil is a form of innovation, right?” — Peter Thiel
Creatively Tapped-Out Peter Thiel Launches Startup Called ‘Frodo, But Evil’
BUENOS AIRES—After exhausting a significant amount of his intellectual energy in a series of company launches, a creatively tapped-out Peter Thiel announced Tuesday a new startup called “Frodo, But Ev...
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September 29, 2026 at 11:00 PM
"Everyone knows Frodo’s the hero of Lord Of The Rings, but he’s not in this case, which—I mean, evil is a form of innovation, right?” — Peter Thiel
My final, supersized TIFF dispatch is now live on Decoding Everything! I wrap up the festival and its major awards, reflect a bit on my humbling experience this year, and give reviews of personal faves POSSIBLE LOVE, CLUB KID, and TENDER LOVING CARE, alongside other notable titles.
TIFF 2026 Dispatch #3: 'Club Kid', 'Possible Love', the People's Choice Awards, and other highlights
Stephen David Miller concludes his coverage of the 51st annual Toronto International Film Festival.
www.decodingeverything.com
September 22, 2026 at 4:55 PM
My final, supersized TIFF dispatch is now live on Decoding Everything! I wrap up the festival and its major awards, reflect a bit on my humbling experience this year, and give reviews of personal faves POSSIBLE LOVE, CLUB KID, and TENDER LOVING CARE, alongside other notable titles.
LA BOLA NEGRA just took the top prize at TIFF! A surprising win, but a lovely one. I didn’t cover it here, only because I already highlighted it a few months back at Cannes: www.decodingeverything.com/cannes-2026-...
Cannes 2026 Dispatch #3: The Palme d’Or-Winning 'Fjord' And Other Festival Highlights
Stephen David Miller wraps up his coverage of the Cannes Film Festival with reviews of Fjord, The Black Ball, The Beloved, and Orange-Flavoured Wedding, and a recap of the Closing Ceremony
Hello agai...
www.decodingeverything.com
September 20, 2026 at 4:34 PM
LA BOLA NEGRA just took the top prize at TIFF! A surprising win, but a lovely one. I didn’t cover it here, only because I already highlighted it a few months back at Cannes: www.decodingeverything.com/cannes-2026-...
I was mixed at best on the new Rachel Morrison movie LOVE OF YOUR LIFE, but I do want to thank her for making Fleetwood Mac’s “Seven Wonders’ my official festival jam.
September 19, 2026 at 11:50 PM
I was mixed at best on the new Rachel Morrison movie LOVE OF YOUR LIFE, but I do want to thank her for making Fleetwood Mac’s “Seven Wonders’ my official festival jam.
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Always love it when @sdavidmiller.bsky.social goes long on the Toronto International Film Festival. Today at Decoding Everything, Stephen breaks down some much anticipated films, including INK and WILD HORSE NINE. Read/susbcribe www.decodingeverything.com/tiff-2026-di...
TIFF 2026 Dispatch #2: Ink, Elsinore, and Wild Horse Nine
Stephen David Miller continues his coverage of the 51st annual Toronto International Film Festival.
www.decodingeverything.com
September 19, 2026 at 12:58 AM
Always love it when @sdavidmiller.bsky.social goes long on the Toronto International Film Festival. Today at Decoding Everything, Stephen breaks down some much anticipated films, including INK and WILD HORSE NINE. Read/susbcribe www.decodingeverything.com/tiff-2026-di...
My favorite genre of iPhone app is “used to do one thing extremely well & everyone used it, spends a decade piling on inexplicable redesigns and features, now barely does that one thing.” Venmo, Ultimate Guitar. I don’t understand what motivates this self sabotage, but I love it.
September 19, 2026 at 1:23 PM
My favorite genre of iPhone app is “used to do one thing extremely well & everyone used it, spends a decade piling on inexplicable redesigns and features, now barely does that one thing.” Venmo, Ultimate Guitar. I don’t understand what motivates this self sabotage, but I love it.
My second TIFF dispatch is now live on Decoding Everything! I cover Danny Boyle’s disappointing INK, Andrew Scott’s incredible performance in ELSINORE, and my favorite film of the festival so far: WILD HORSE NINE.
TIFF 2026 Dispatch #2: Ink, Elsinore, and Wild Horse Nine
Stephen David Miller continues his coverage of the 51st annual Toronto International Film Festival.
www.decodingeverything.com
September 19, 2026 at 12:23 AM
My second TIFF dispatch is now live on Decoding Everything! I cover Danny Boyle’s disappointing INK, Andrew Scott’s incredible performance in ELSINORE, and my favorite film of the festival so far: WILD HORSE NINE.
Gift to my future self this Friday: Every time I get an email I don’t care about, I’m taking the extra few seconds to unsubscribe rather than just swipe it away.
September 4, 2026 at 10:06 PM
Gift to my future self this Friday: Every time I get an email I don’t care about, I’m taking the extra few seconds to unsubscribe rather than just swipe it away.
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this is excellent
September 2, 2026 at 9:05 PM
this is excellent
Free Atlantic op-ed template!
Title: Progressives Must Reject X
Outline:
* X is a leftist who criticizes Israel [1 par]
* Certainly, criticizing Israel is lorem ipsum. However, many [no citation] fear X is antisemitic [1 par]
* We must reject antisemitism [6 par]
* Ergo, we must reject X [1 par]
Title: Progressives Must Reject X
Outline:
* X is a leftist who criticizes Israel [1 par]
* Certainly, criticizing Israel is lorem ipsum. However, many [no citation] fear X is antisemitic [1 par]
* We must reject antisemitism [6 par]
* Ergo, we must reject X [1 par]
August 29, 2026 at 1:02 AM
Free Atlantic op-ed template!
Title: Progressives Must Reject X
Outline:
* X is a leftist who criticizes Israel [1 par]
* Certainly, criticizing Israel is lorem ipsum. However, many [no citation] fear X is antisemitic [1 par]
* We must reject antisemitism [6 par]
* Ergo, we must reject X [1 par]
Title: Progressives Must Reject X
Outline:
* X is a leftist who criticizes Israel [1 par]
* Certainly, criticizing Israel is lorem ipsum. However, many [no citation] fear X is antisemitic [1 par]
* We must reject antisemitism [6 par]
* Ergo, we must reject X [1 par]
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This story isn’t getting nearly enough attention. Trump regime wants to jail him for 5 years. Has implications for all of us. "U.S. Citizen Who Deleted Phone’s Data Says His Prosecution Puts Privacy at Risk” www.nytimes.com/2026/08/21/u...
U.S. Citizen Who Deleted Phone’s Data Says His Prosecution Puts Privacy at Risk (Gift Article)
Samuel Tunick, who faces a felony charge for deleting his phone’s data during an airport customs search, called the government’s peering into people’s private lives “creepy.”
www.nytimes.com
August 23, 2026 at 3:06 AM
This story isn’t getting nearly enough attention. Trump regime wants to jail him for 5 years. Has implications for all of us. "U.S. Citizen Who Deleted Phone’s Data Says His Prosecution Puts Privacy at Risk” www.nytimes.com/2026/08/21/u...
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[drunk as hell trying to remember joanna newsom's name] natalie harp
August 22, 2026 at 2:59 AM
[drunk as hell trying to remember joanna newsom's name] natalie harp
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It’s been months since I caught TEENAGE SEX AND DEATH AT CAMP MIAMSA in a sleep deprived stupor, so my memory is hazy. But I’m surprised I haven’t seen much written about its relationship to camp — specifically, the way that performance can be a way of owning “otherness.”
August 15, 2026 at 5:07 PM
It’s been months since I caught TEENAGE SEX AND DEATH AT CAMP MIAMSA in a sleep deprived stupor, so my memory is hazy. But I’m surprised I haven’t seen much written about its relationship to camp — specifically, the way that performance can be a way of owning “otherness.”
I’d love for a progressive critic of “Woke 1.0” to explain which positions exactly they want to disavow. Meaning the substance behind certain movements, not the fact that the internet doesn’t interpret language in the spirit it was meant & in hindsight you wish your slogans had been better crafted.
August 13, 2026 at 11:58 PM
I’d love for a progressive critic of “Woke 1.0” to explain which positions exactly they want to disavow. Meaning the substance behind certain movements, not the fact that the internet doesn’t interpret language in the spirit it was meant & in hindsight you wish your slogans had been better crafted.
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The president is refusing to spend taxpayer money assisting Americans suffering from natural disasters solely because their states didn't vote for him.
I know there are a thousand scandals at the moment, but this one deserves some more oxygen at every level.
I know there are a thousand scandals at the moment, but this one deserves some more oxygen at every level.
Is this just business as usual in politics? No. Approval rates of federal disaster aid requests were about the same regardless of the state and did not vary much with the party of the President. This graph powerfully conveys the scale of the partisan discrimination now.
August 13, 2026 at 1:17 PM
The president is refusing to spend taxpayer money assisting Americans suffering from natural disasters solely because their states didn't vote for him.
I know there are a thousand scandals at the moment, but this one deserves some more oxygen at every level.
I know there are a thousand scandals at the moment, but this one deserves some more oxygen at every level.
In a world where LLMs can trivially update documentation, why is it that every major product on the planet has Support and FAQ pages which reference menus / buttons / tabs that have been renamed or no longer exist?
August 12, 2026 at 11:13 PM
In a world where LLMs can trivially update documentation, why is it that every major product on the planet has Support and FAQ pages which reference menus / buttons / tabs that have been renamed or no longer exist?
For every 10% improvement in technology, people get 50% lazier in their dependence on it. This is the curse of AI—tools which have clear uses (faster software dev & research loops, processing unstructured data) but have instead become an excuse to outsource creativity, attention, and thought.
August 6, 2026 at 10:04 PM
For every 10% improvement in technology, people get 50% lazier in their dependence on it. This is the curse of AI—tools which have clear uses (faster software dev & research loops, processing unstructured data) but have instead become an excuse to outsource creativity, attention, and thought.
With the release of TEENAGE SEX AND DEATH AT CAMP MIASMA, I hope the world will finally understand why I’ve been listening to Counting Crows’ “A Long December” on repeat for the last 3 months
August 6, 2026 at 4:59 PM
With the release of TEENAGE SEX AND DEATH AT CAMP MIASMA, I hope the world will finally understand why I’ve been listening to Counting Crows’ “A Long December” on repeat for the last 3 months
One funny thing about timezones is that everyone seems committed to saying "Pacific Standard Time" or "Eastern Standard Time" when scheduling meetings, even during Daylight Savings months. The only reason we all aren't late to 50% of calls is that Google is smart enough to ignore clear instructions.
July 30, 2026 at 12:44 AM
One funny thing about timezones is that everyone seems committed to saying "Pacific Standard Time" or "Eastern Standard Time" when scheduling meetings, even during Daylight Savings months. The only reason we all aren't late to 50% of calls is that Google is smart enough to ignore clear instructions.
Putting it in my will that when I die, I want everyone in my life to do a Facebook post tagging me and 12 random other people saying “I can’t believe he’s gone…”
July 29, 2026 at 4:17 AM
Putting it in my will that when I die, I want everyone in my life to do a Facebook post tagging me and 12 random other people saying “I can’t believe he’s gone…”
It is funny to see marketing materials frame "this note-taker works without making its presence known to anyone else in the meeting!" as a perk, rather than a major privacy issue which presumably violates the spirit (if not the letter) of two-party consent laws in most states.
July 27, 2026 at 8:55 PM
It is funny to see marketing materials frame "this note-taker works without making its presence known to anyone else in the meeting!" as a perk, rather than a major privacy issue which presumably violates the spirit (if not the letter) of two-party consent laws in most states.
Odysseus at an open mic: “Everybody’s talking about this lettuce recall, but I can’t recall a damn thing since I started eating LO-tus. Lotus. Cyclospora outbreak? I broke out of a cyclops area years ago— talk about shitting your pants! Anyway that’s my time. Tip your waitstaff, they might be gods.”
July 23, 2026 at 3:44 PM
Odysseus at an open mic: “Everybody’s talking about this lettuce recall, but I can’t recall a damn thing since I started eating LO-tus. Lotus. Cyclospora outbreak? I broke out of a cyclops area years ago— talk about shitting your pants! Anyway that’s my time. Tip your waitstaff, they might be gods.”