Michael Mirer
@michaelmirer.bsky.social
Assistant Professor studying sports-related media and journalistic professionalism at UW-Milwaukee. Aspiring boat guy.
Expanding to 32 teams and splitting the league into an NBA-1 and NBA-2 and doing promotion and relegation between the two.
NBA Commissioner Adam Silver on tanking: "It's so clear that the incentives are misaligned."
Silver said the believes tanking is worse than we've seen before and said that's what led to the recent fines as an effort to put all teams on notice. Silver emphasized again the league is focused on fixes.
Silver said the believes tanking is worse than we've seen before and said that's what led to the recent fines as an effort to put all teams on notice. Silver emphasized again the league is focused on fixes.
February 15, 2026 at 1:55 AM
Expanding to 32 teams and splitting the league into an NBA-1 and NBA-2 and doing promotion and relegation between the two.
My biggest economic frustration is that the big Kirkland brand coffee is six dollars more expensive than during Brandon's term.
Rising coffee prices are changing how some Americans get their caffeine.
Soaring coffee prices rewrite some Americans' daily routines
Rising coffee prices are changing how some Americans get their caffeine. Government data shows coffee prices were up nearly 20 percent in December from a year earlier and up almost 50 percent over five years.
bit.ly
February 14, 2026 at 9:02 PM
My biggest economic frustration is that the big Kirkland brand coffee is six dollars more expensive than during Brandon's term.
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That's weird, she just told me that she didn't even race today.
February 14, 2026 at 8:01 PM
That's weird, she just told me that she didn't even race today.
Poking around the Epstein Files and it appears he was insured by United Healthcare so I have a new theory on how he died.
February 14, 2026 at 6:58 PM
Poking around the Epstein Files and it appears he was insured by United Healthcare so I have a new theory on how he died.
Dems should start introducing bills moving pieces of DHS to other agencies. Send TSA to the Department of Transportation, for instance.
BREAKING: The Department of Homeland Security shuts down as the White House and Democratic leaders continue to discuss changes to U.S. immigration enforcement.
Homeland Security Department shuts down as Democrats and Trump negotiate changes
The White House and Senate Democrats have been trading offers on changes to DHS and ICE after two Americans were killed in Minneapolis.
nbcnews.to
February 14, 2026 at 4:33 PM
Dems should start introducing bills moving pieces of DHS to other agencies. Send TSA to the Department of Transportation, for instance.
It's Feb. 14 and I would wish everyone a Happy Russia Adopts the Gregorian Calendar Day, but it's gotten so commercial and is just a way for Hallmark to sell shit. I'm opting out.
February 14, 2026 at 2:59 PM
It's Feb. 14 and I would wish everyone a Happy Russia Adopts the Gregorian Calendar Day, but it's gotten so commercial and is just a way for Hallmark to sell shit. I'm opting out.
I support abolishing ICE because it is a broken agency with a cruel missing and a money spigot for companies that make society worse.
But ICE is the proverbial Cossack working for the Czar. Any agency can be reprogrammed around malign goals if the President wants it and Congress says nothing.
But ICE is the proverbial Cossack working for the Czar. Any agency can be reprogrammed around malign goals if the President wants it and Congress says nothing.
Just noting this because I have cited the trends a lot recently: Tracking data from Civiqs now shows a plurality of the public favors abolishing ICE, with 47% in support and 46% opposed. Independents are net +5 on abolish, up from -40 a year ago substack.com/profile/4791...
February 14, 2026 at 1:30 PM
I support abolishing ICE because it is a broken agency with a cruel missing and a money spigot for companies that make society worse.
But ICE is the proverbial Cossack working for the Czar. Any agency can be reprogrammed around malign goals if the President wants it and Congress says nothing.
But ICE is the proverbial Cossack working for the Czar. Any agency can be reprogrammed around malign goals if the President wants it and Congress says nothing.
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Both Democrats and Republicans helped create the infrastructure for ideological surveillance at the US border—but the Trump administration is deploying it in the service of a radically partisan and censorial agenda. www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
February 14, 2026 at 12:41 PM
Both Democrats and Republicans helped create the infrastructure for ideological surveillance at the US border—but the Trump administration is deploying it in the service of a radically partisan and censorial agenda. www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
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MAHA: Eating a giant steak cooked in butter alongside beef tallow fries and washing it down with coffee spiked with butter
Not MAHA: Clean air, clean water, health insurance, vaccines, disease monitoring, scientific research, food assistance, food safety, bike lanes
Not MAHA: Clean air, clean water, health insurance, vaccines, disease monitoring, scientific research, food assistance, food safety, bike lanes
February 13, 2026 at 6:18 PM
MAHA: Eating a giant steak cooked in butter alongside beef tallow fries and washing it down with coffee spiked with butter
Not MAHA: Clean air, clean water, health insurance, vaccines, disease monitoring, scientific research, food assistance, food safety, bike lanes
Not MAHA: Clean air, clean water, health insurance, vaccines, disease monitoring, scientific research, food assistance, food safety, bike lanes
Reviewer 2: This manuscript lacks strong theoretical grounding and shows no methodological sophistication.
Me: Have you checked the stock market?
Me: Have you checked the stock market?
February 13, 2026 at 12:40 PM
Reviewer 2: This manuscript lacks strong theoretical grounding and shows no methodological sophistication.
Me: Have you checked the stock market?
Me: Have you checked the stock market?
Noem wants to run president in 2028 and I think she should because it would be very funny and we will deserve that after the last few years.
You really really REALLY have to read the whole thing.
February 13, 2026 at 12:12 PM
Noem wants to run president in 2028 and I think she should because it would be very funny and we will deserve that after the last few years.
Today in Wisconsin unionbusting:
Employees fired after unionization efforts at Rogers West Allis clinic
Three employees at Rogers Behavioral Health Clinic in West Allis were fired after attempting to form a union, prompting legal action from the National Union of Health Care Workers.
www.wisn.com
February 13, 2026 at 11:49 AM
Today in Wisconsin unionbusting:
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Longtime Tucson AZ resident here. The lines on maps do not correspond to any actual borderlands communities.
I grew up in Detroit. Windsor was just another community in the area, one with the best Chinese food and the great indy movie theater I tried to impress artsy girls by going to. I didn't even need ID to cross the border. The lines on maps do not correspond with how life works in those areas.
Trump thought his threat to block the Detroit-Windsor bridge to punish Canada would thrill the base. But here's a shocker: Working people in Michigan actually like the region's economic interdependence with Windsor!
Some thoughts on what this says about MAGA follies:
newrepublic.com/article/2064...
Some thoughts on what this says about MAGA follies:
newrepublic.com/article/2064...
February 12, 2026 at 5:42 PM
Longtime Tucson AZ resident here. The lines on maps do not correspond to any actual borderlands communities.
I don't thinking blaming people for getting shot by federal agents is going to be the great gotcha it sounded like in my senator's head, but I guess we'll see.
Ron Johnson to Keith Ellison: "Two people are dead because you encouraged them to put themselves into harm's way! And now you are exploiting those two martyrs. You ought to feel damn guilty about it. Yeah, sit there and smirk. Smirk. It's sick! It's despicable. You disgust me."
February 12, 2026 at 3:34 PM
I don't thinking blaming people for getting shot by federal agents is going to be the great gotcha it sounded like in my senator's head, but I guess we'll see.
I've seen a lot of evidence to the contrary.
Homan: "ICE is a legitimate federal law enforcement agency. We're not out scouring the streets to disappear people or deny people their civil rights or due process."
February 12, 2026 at 2:38 PM
I've seen a lot of evidence to the contrary.
When someone tells you who they are, believe them.
Fuentes, yesterday: “Our #1 political enemy is women because women constrain everything, every conversation, every man, everything. They have to be imprisoned. They are the ones that are hurting the fertility rate. They're the ones making us sympathetic to poor people, which are also brown people.”
Nick Fuentes: “The number one political enemy in America is women. … They have to be imprisoned.”
www.mediamatters.org
February 12, 2026 at 2:31 PM
When someone tells you who they are, believe them.
I grew up in Detroit. Windsor was just another community in the area, one with the best Chinese food and the great indy movie theater I tried to impress artsy girls by going to. I didn't even need ID to cross the border. The lines on maps do not correspond with how life works in those areas.
Trump thought his threat to block the Detroit-Windsor bridge to punish Canada would thrill the base. But here's a shocker: Working people in Michigan actually like the region's economic interdependence with Windsor!
Some thoughts on what this says about MAGA follies:
newrepublic.com/article/2064...
Some thoughts on what this says about MAGA follies:
newrepublic.com/article/2064...
February 12, 2026 at 2:30 PM
I grew up in Detroit. Windsor was just another community in the area, one with the best Chinese food and the great indy movie theater I tried to impress artsy girls by going to. I didn't even need ID to cross the border. The lines on maps do not correspond with how life works in those areas.
I'm an election worker just north of Steil's district in Wisconsin. In terms of ID, we protect our beer and ballots exactly the same.
Rep. Brian Steil: "I flew home to my home state of Wisconsin, went to buy a 6 pack a beer, the clerk asked for my ID, confirmed it, and then I was allowed to buy the beer. I just think it's nuts that we protect our beer more than our ballots."
February 12, 2026 at 1:52 PM
I'm an election worker just north of Steil's district in Wisconsin. In terms of ID, we protect our beer and ballots exactly the same.
A metro area of 1.1M Americans was on track to lose access to its biggest airport for 10 days because DOD gave Greg Bovino's employer a laser to play with? Do I have that right? I'm just trying to make sure I have that clear.
Border Officials Are Said to Have Caused El Paso Closure by Firing Anti-Drone Laser
www.nytimes.com
February 12, 2026 at 1:28 PM
A metro area of 1.1M Americans was on track to lose access to its biggest airport for 10 days because DOD gave Greg Bovino's employer a laser to play with? Do I have that right? I'm just trying to make sure I have that clear.
The IOC demands athletes acknowledge what really matters in sport, providing a frictionless broadcast experience for the sponsors and rightsholders
BREAKING Ukrainian skeleton racer Vladyslav Heraskevych is disqualified from the Winter Olympics after refusing to back down over his banned helmet, which depicts victims of his country's war with Russia
February 12, 2026 at 11:30 AM
The IOC demands athletes acknowledge what really matters in sport, providing a frictionless broadcast experience for the sponsors and rightsholders
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Gallup will no longer measure presidential approval after 88 years thehill.com/homenews/med...
February 11, 2026 at 7:12 PM
Gallup will no longer measure presidential approval after 88 years thehill.com/homenews/med...
This is 4-18 and winless in conference play college basketball coach levels of deflection.
Bondi crashes out over Epstein: "The Dow is over 50,000 dollars! I don't know why you're laughing. You're a great stock trader as I hear, Raskin. The Dow is over 50,000 right now. The S&P at almost 7,000, and the Nasdaq smashing records. That's what we should be talking about."
February 11, 2026 at 4:25 PM
This is 4-18 and winless in conference play college basketball coach levels of deflection.
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Reminder that sh*tification (and misogyny) of X is having real impacts on women's football and women footballers, including at Spurs.
www.nytimes.com/athletic/703...
www.nytimes.com/athletic/703...
February 11, 2026 at 2:56 PM
Reminder that sh*tification (and misogyny) of X is having real impacts on women's football and women footballers, including at Spurs.
www.nytimes.com/athletic/703...
www.nytimes.com/athletic/703...
We are learning that it takes a special kind psycho to excel at biathlon.
THE OLYMPICS OF BIATHLON MESS CONTINUES
GOLD MEDAL FOR THE WOMAN WHO STOLE HER TEAMMATE'S CREDIT CARDS
GOLD MEDAL FOR THE WOMAN WHO STOLE HER TEAMMATE'S CREDIT CARDS
February 11, 2026 at 3:03 PM
We are learning that it takes a special kind psycho to excel at biathlon.
Neither of the first two explanations I've seen reported sound consistent with a 10-day closure of the El Paso airspace.
February 11, 2026 at 3:00 PM
Neither of the first two explanations I've seen reported sound consistent with a 10-day closure of the El Paso airspace.