Michael Mirer
@michaelmirer.bsky.social
Assistant Professor studying sports-related media and journalistic professionalism at UW-Milwaukee. Aspiring boat guy.
I wouldn't have seen the AOC tweet if people hadn't shared it here. Someone seeking clout on X is different than NYT editorial policy.
February 16, 2026 at 8:09 PM
I wouldn't have seen the AOC tweet if people hadn't shared it here. Someone seeking clout on X is different than NYT editorial policy.
A vote for Bart is a vote for anarchy.
Rep. Mark Alford: "If you tie a judicial warrant to what ICE is doing, it will never happen"
February 16, 2026 at 7:58 PM
A vote for Bart is a vote for anarchy.
The "rewrite man" is an old journalistic role, an relic of the days when journalistic outfits had more reporters than news hole and lots of people to throw at breaking news. I am certain these are not the Plain Dealer's current problems.
“We plan to hire an AI rewrite specialist to ingest the reporting by Hannah and others and use AI to convert it into stories.”
The editor of the Cleveland Plain Dealer said it will use AI to ‘write’ its articles.
www.cleveland.com/news/2025/10...
The editor of the Cleveland Plain Dealer said it will use AI to ‘write’ its articles.
www.cleveland.com/news/2025/10...
February 16, 2026 at 12:27 PM
The "rewrite man" is an old journalistic role, an relic of the days when journalistic outfits had more reporters than news hole and lots of people to throw at breaking news. I am certain these are not the Plain Dealer's current problems.
The online left is in the audience attraction business, not the politcal change business. The Dems can never be doing enough for them. Of course, sometimes the party leaders are wrong and reflexively dismissing the online critiques is not the correct choice either.
One of my black pill moments was that Biden actually focused on lifting the lowest quartiles up at the expense of the rich and the online left screamed at him about student loan forgiveness.
The vibecession was primarily driven by lower sentiment among the upper and middle classes, not the lower classes.
February 15, 2026 at 11:53 PM
The online left is in the audience attraction business, not the politcal change business. The Dems can never be doing enough for them. Of course, sometimes the party leaders are wrong and reflexively dismissing the online critiques is not the correct choice either.
As the main force behind destroying USAID, Elon is really leaning into the quip about one death being a tragedy and one million a statistic.
Elon Musk is such a ghoul chicago.suntimes.com/news/2026/01...
Mural of slain Ukrainian refugee, linked to effort funded by Elon Musk, appears in Chicago
The mural of Iryna Zarutska, 23, who was fatally stabbed last year on a train in Charlotte, North Carolina, was painted on a building at 2415 W. Montrose Ave. Musk and other supporters of President Do...
chicago.suntimes.com
February 15, 2026 at 6:44 PM
As the main force behind destroying USAID, Elon is really leaning into the quip about one death being a tragedy and one million a statistic.
The large Kirkland bag of coffee at Costco went up $6 last year. It is not breaking the bank for me since I only buy one bag a month, but I am pissed about it every time.
If you're eating one egg a day, a 2% increase in egg costs raises your egg spending by about two dollars annually. You'd notice this?
February 15, 2026 at 5:21 PM
The large Kirkland bag of coffee at Costco went up $6 last year. It is not breaking the bank for me since I only buy one bag a month, but I am pissed about it every time.
Too bad lying under oath isn't a crime.
<puts hand to earpiece>
Wait, I'm being told we have an update.
<puts hand to earpiece>
Wait, I'm being told we have an update.
The acting director of ICE told Congress, under oath, that local law enforcement in Colorado leaked raid plans, allowing gang members to escape.
After 9NEWS questioned ICE's claim and its timeline, ICE deleted the claim from its social media platforms.
After 9NEWS questioned ICE's claim and its timeline, ICE deleted the claim from its social media platforms.
February 15, 2026 at 5:10 PM
Too bad lying under oath isn't a crime.
<puts hand to earpiece>
Wait, I'm being told we have an update.
<puts hand to earpiece>
Wait, I'm being told we have an update.
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Propaganda during WWI and WWII in fact
February 15, 2026 at 4:23 PM
Propaganda during WWI and WWII in fact
Cultures have never been static, nor are those shared ideas inborn.
1/3 What Musk is really referring to here is, of course “race” - that construct that served to define the hierarchies of wealth & power structured by modern colonialism. Like other far right racists though, he uses the word “culture” as a seemingly less pernicious synonym.
February 15, 2026 at 4:14 PM
Cultures have never been static, nor are those shared ideas inborn.
I honestly don't know if there's any good work done in this area, but every famous evo psych person I've ever encountered is either trying to naturalize social hierarchy or justify men cheating on their spouses with younger women.
February 15, 2026 at 3:52 PM
I honestly don't know if there's any good work done in this area, but every famous evo psych person I've ever encountered is either trying to naturalize social hierarchy or justify men cheating on their spouses with younger women.
Lawsuits incoming.
For those of you who track such things, Trump has hit a new low in the NYT approval averages: minus-16 (yes, MOE, etc.) The most recent high-quality poll, from AP-NORC, has him at minus-26. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
President Trump’s Approval Rating: Latest Polls
Track the latest approval rating and polls on Americans’ approval of President Trump.
www.nytimes.com
February 15, 2026 at 2:41 PM
Lawsuits incoming.
Media researcher here, we are already having individualized experiences watching sports because every viewer brings their own consciousness to the broadcast.
‘We control one of the handful of commodities keeping the entire cable television industry alive so our plan is to do everything possible to destroy its value.’
![Adam Silver: "There's no doubt that AI will have the same impact on sports... how we're going to be able to [hyper-personalize] our telecasts... We're about to witness probably the most significant change, certainly in my lifetime, in how sports are presented." 🏀📺🎙️ #NBA](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:tgw3d4hvw3x5ijrxax7lg26u/bafkreih2lyjgxff6fhw7fzuaylomh2gygwheuxkubtf7hbinuqfia4ecle@jpeg)
February 15, 2026 at 1:11 PM
Media researcher here, we are already having individualized experiences watching sports because every viewer brings their own consciousness to the broadcast.
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.