Mike Sand
@mikesand.com
Nonbinary transfemme. Past: New College of Florida.
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showing the boys a sick rock i found
January 9, 2026 at 5:19 PM
showing the boys a sick rock i found
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"oversaw"!? This is clickbait / oppo research. The real meaning of "oversaw" is there are multiple, appropriate levels between the top elected official and the investment decisions. This has nothing to do with Palentier—now the comptroller needs to review investments for political reasons?
January 9, 2026 at 3:17 PM
"oversaw"!? This is clickbait / oppo research. The real meaning of "oversaw" is there are multiple, appropriate levels between the top elected official and the investment decisions. This has nothing to do with Palentier—now the comptroller needs to review investments for political reasons?
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I encourage people who hold the overall correct view that protests have better optics when the protesters are carrying American flags to Be The Change and bring big American flags to protests themselves.
June 9, 2025 at 4:26 PM
I encourage people who hold the overall correct view that protests have better optics when the protesters are carrying American flags to Be The Change and bring big American flags to protests themselves.
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Actions have consequences.
January 7, 2026 at 6:42 PM
Actions have consequences.
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Merrick Garland, seeing that the newstand is out of copies of USA Today, decides he doesn't need to know the news. His peace in retirement is earned from decades of dutiful service, he thinks, and there's nothing he could have done better. As sirens scream in the distance, he tunes them out.
January 7, 2026 at 6:41 PM
Merrick Garland, seeing that the newstand is out of copies of USA Today, decides he doesn't need to know the news. His peace in retirement is earned from decades of dutiful service, he thinks, and there's nothing he could have done better. As sirens scream in the distance, he tunes them out.
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We heard this frequently from cash-bleeding dotcoms, right before the internet bust. The difference is they eventually had to answer to shareholders rather than compliant legislators.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/28/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/28/u...
December 28, 2025 at 8:09 PM
We heard this frequently from cash-bleeding dotcoms, right before the internet bust. The difference is they eventually had to answer to shareholders rather than compliant legislators.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/28/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/28/u...
"staff"
do not understand why the new york times considers it important to maintain ideological neutrality towards an ideology which would fill a mass grave with the staff of the new york times
January 6, 2026 at 11:43 AM
"staff"
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The NYT article on New College is one of the most preposterous pieces of crap the paper has run in months.
December 28, 2025 at 2:55 PM
The NYT article on New College is one of the most preposterous pieces of crap the paper has run in months.
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Yeah, divide anything by 0 and the system shatters.
January 2, 2026 at 12:57 AM
Yeah, divide anything by 0 and the system shatters.
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"kinetic action"
January 3, 2026 at 1:39 PM
"kinetic action"
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Not the main thing ofc, but indicting a foreign head of state for conspiring to possess a machine gun is low key hilarious.
January 3, 2026 at 1:19 PM
Not the main thing ofc, but indicting a foreign head of state for conspiring to possess a machine gun is low key hilarious.
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Wikipedia’s journey from citation pariah to crowdsourced miracle to right-wing punching bag is such a perfect encapsulation of internet history.
December 31, 2025 at 3:33 PM
Wikipedia’s journey from citation pariah to crowdsourced miracle to right-wing punching bag is such a perfect encapsulation of internet history.
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Adding, everything Ron DeSantis did in 2023 in Florida didn't help DeSantis in 2024 in (checks notes) the Republican primaries. In Iowa.
January 2, 2026 at 6:01 PM
Adding, everything Ron DeSantis did in 2023 in Florida didn't help DeSantis in 2024 in (checks notes) the Republican primaries. In Iowa.
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Japanese artist Hiroshi Nagai, famous for his illustration work for City Pop album covers (by extension the “city pop” aesthetic), has had his art used without permission by the official USA Department of Homeland Security Twitter account to promote mass deportations.
January 2, 2026 at 11:20 AM
Japanese artist Hiroshi Nagai, famous for his illustration work for City Pop album covers (by extension the “city pop” aesthetic), has had his art used without permission by the official USA Department of Homeland Security Twitter account to promote mass deportations.
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Something we'll be hearing more and more I think
January 24, 2025 at 2:18 AM
Something we'll be hearing more and more I think
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The utter perversion of the #BrokenTimes' both-sidesing compulsion: Here it equates the right-wing ruin of New College with (checks notes) liberal (in any sense of the word) education, which it dismisses as just another "ideological bubble." Just fuck off.
December 28, 2025 at 2:54 PM
The utter perversion of the #BrokenTimes' both-sidesing compulsion: Here it equates the right-wing ruin of New College with (checks notes) liberal (in any sense of the word) education, which it dismisses as just another "ideological bubble." Just fuck off.
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NYT just ran a bizarrely credulous piece about New College, the school that DeSantis and Rufo have turned upside down.
There is one good outcome of the article: This @donmoyn.bsky.social post, which is one of the best pieces of media criticism I've read all year.
open.substack.com/pub/donmoyni...
There is one good outcome of the article: This @donmoyn.bsky.social post, which is one of the best pieces of media criticism I've read all year.
open.substack.com/pub/donmoyni...
The NYT Recruiting Brochure for New College
A failing Ron DeSantis higher ed experiment gets a boost
open.substack.com
December 28, 2025 at 8:00 PM
NYT just ran a bizarrely credulous piece about New College, the school that DeSantis and Rufo have turned upside down.
There is one good outcome of the article: This @donmoyn.bsky.social post, which is one of the best pieces of media criticism I've read all year.
open.substack.com/pub/donmoyni...
There is one good outcome of the article: This @donmoyn.bsky.social post, which is one of the best pieces of media criticism I've read all year.
open.substack.com/pub/donmoyni...
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This, combined with "vice signaling" (taking pride in antisocial behavior) has given us the reign of the Stupid Asshole, something most people are against, but can only be remedied if we're not too polite to talk about it
An essential development over the past decade-plus is that the ignorant went from feeling chastened when their ignorance was revealed to banding together and deciding that, actually, they were right. They might disagree at times, but they agreed that ignorance itself was an indicator of trust.
December 29, 2025 at 6:46 PM
This, combined with "vice signaling" (taking pride in antisocial behavior) has given us the reign of the Stupid Asshole, something most people are against, but can only be remedied if we're not too polite to talk about it
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I just learned that this incredibly flawed story was put on the front page of the newspaper, and that certainly seems like an editorial choice
New, from me: The NYT reporter who specializes in profiles of beleaguered right-wingers on campus went to New College...and found out that things were going ok!
So let me explain some pretty massive errors of omission: 🧵
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/the-nyt-re...
So let me explain some pretty massive errors of omission: 🧵
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/the-nyt-re...
The NYT Recruiting Brochure for New College
A failing Ron DeSantis higher ed experiment gets a boost
donmoynihan.substack.com
December 29, 2025 at 3:21 PM
I just learned that this incredibly flawed story was put on the front page of the newspaper, and that certainly seems like an editorial choice
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Makes you think
I just learned that this incredibly flawed story was put on the front page of the newspaper, and that certainly seems like an editorial choice
New, from me: The NYT reporter who specializes in profiles of beleaguered right-wingers on campus went to New College...and found out that things were going ok!
So let me explain some pretty massive errors of omission: 🧵
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/the-nyt-re...
So let me explain some pretty massive errors of omission: 🧵
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/the-nyt-re...
December 29, 2025 at 6:39 PM
Makes you think
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New, from me: The NYT reporter who specializes in profiles of beleaguered right-wingers on campus went to New College...and found out that things were going ok!
So let me explain some pretty massive errors of omission: 🧵
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/the-nyt-re...
So let me explain some pretty massive errors of omission: 🧵
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/the-nyt-re...
The NYT Recruiting Brochure for New College
A failing Ron DeSantis higher ed experiment gets a boost
donmoynihan.substack.com
December 28, 2025 at 7:50 PM
New, from me: The NYT reporter who specializes in profiles of beleaguered right-wingers on campus went to New College...and found out that things were going ok!
So let me explain some pretty massive errors of omission: 🧵
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/the-nyt-re...
So let me explain some pretty massive errors of omission: 🧵
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/the-nyt-re...
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Nation Can’t Believe It On Harvard’s Side
December 28, 2025 at 4:45 PM
Nation Can’t Believe It On Harvard’s Side