Philip Michaels
@philipmichaels.bsky.social
I am the mild-mannered managing editor for mobile at Tom's Guide. I mostly just talk about sports and movies and whatever's grinding my gears at the moment.
My plane plunges from the sky as the lone remaining air traffic controller passes out from exhaustion: "At least the snacks were good," I muse. "And everyone is dressed so nice."
Sean Duffy, the U.S. transportation secretary, has been urging people for the past week to dress and comport themselves better as a way of restoring “civility” to air travel. On Tuesday, he added another item to his list of concerns: the quality of the snacks handed out on commercial flights.
Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy Wants Healthier In-Flight Snack Options
Sean Duffy, who has been promoting greater decorum among air travelers, said he would like to see choices besides salty pretzels and buttery cookies.
nyti.ms
November 26, 2025 at 1:44 AM
My plane plunges from the sky as the lone remaining air traffic controller passes out from exhaustion: "At least the snacks were good," I muse. "And everyone is dressed so nice."
List-Based Article Provokes Furious Online Posts, Fulfilling Assigning Editor's Grim Marching Orders
November 25, 2025 at 3:55 AM
List-Based Article Provokes Furious Online Posts, Fulfilling Assigning Editor's Grim Marching Orders
C'mon – she's clearly exceeding her constitutional authority
Sabrina Carpenter arrests Miss Piggy at the final show of her Short n’ Sweet tour in Los Angeles.
(📸: prfctsabrinas | Twitter/X)
(📸: prfctsabrinas | Twitter/X)
November 24, 2025 at 6:25 PM
C'mon – she's clearly exceeding her constitutional authority
New York Times gonna have to dispatch reporters to hang out in diners outside of Novosibirsk to get their finger on the pulse of MAGA stalwarts
X's new location transparency feature unleashes questions about origins of MAGA accounts www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news... by @angelayang.bsky.social
X's new location transparency feature unleashes questions about origins of MAGA accounts
The function, which shows that a slew of MAGA-branded accounts are apparently based outside the U.S., also stirred speculative outrage over where the Department of Homeland Security account was create...
www.nbcnews.com
November 24, 2025 at 5:20 PM
New York Times gonna have to dispatch reporters to hang out in diners outside of Novosibirsk to get their finger on the pulse of MAGA stalwarts
Just don't get the step-by-steps confused, your Thanksgiving dinner will be ruined
Good morning. In the past 24 hours, more Americans have Googled “felching” than have searched for “turkey recipes”
November 24, 2025 at 4:13 PM
Just don't get the step-by-steps confused, your Thanksgiving dinner will be ruined
Whatever table has Stomper — at least he's a mute
Which #athletics table are you at on Thanksgiving?
Table 1
Reggie Jackson
Grant Balfour
Eric Chavez
Mark Mulder
Table 2
Dave Stewart
Yoenis Cespedes
Jason Giambi
Bob Geren
Table 3
Dennis Eckersley
Coco Crisp
Lawrence Butler
Matt Holliday
Table 4
Jose Canseco
Tony Kemp
Tim Hudson
John Fisher
Table 1
Reggie Jackson
Grant Balfour
Eric Chavez
Mark Mulder
Table 2
Dave Stewart
Yoenis Cespedes
Jason Giambi
Bob Geren
Table 3
Dennis Eckersley
Coco Crisp
Lawrence Butler
Matt Holliday
Table 4
Jose Canseco
Tony Kemp
Tim Hudson
John Fisher
November 24, 2025 at 3:39 PM
Whatever table has Stomper — at least he's a mute
Justin Wilcox averaged just over 5 wins a year in 9 years, last posted a winning record in 2019, and his teams get worse as the season progresses. So, yes, I'm going to say they can do better.
Getting a school that doesn't care about football bowl eligible in a P4 conference is really impressive, do they really think they can do better than Wilcox?
November 24, 2025 at 1:44 AM
Justin Wilcox averaged just over 5 wins a year in 9 years, last posted a winning record in 2019, and his teams get worse as the season progresses. So, yes, I'm going to say they can do better.
Never good when that image appears
November 24, 2025 at 12:40 AM
Never good when that image appears
If a Cal coach is fired in the woods, does it make a sound?
SOURCE: Cal has fired head coach Justin Wilcox, @theathletic.com has learned.
The Bears are 6-5 and lost 31-10 to Stanford. (ESPN first reported)
The Bears are 6-5 and lost 31-10 to Stanford. (ESPN first reported)
November 23, 2025 at 11:29 PM
If a Cal coach is fired in the woods, does it make a sound?
I choose to believe, canonically, the NFC rejects Christmas.
November 23, 2025 at 5:15 AM
I choose to believe, canonically, the NFC rejects Christmas.
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Stanford-Cal on the ACC Network……. We used to be a proper country
The Stanford Axe exchange is fucking serious business. Turn on ACC Network.
November 23, 2025 at 4:01 AM
Stanford-Cal on the ACC Network……. We used to be a proper country
6-7: it’s not just a trend among the young people it’s how every Justin Wilcox-led Cal team inevitably finishes
November 23, 2025 at 3:24 AM
6-7: it’s not just a trend among the young people it’s how every Justin Wilcox-led Cal team inevitably finishes
Just like a Stanford man not to see through his commitments.
Andrew Luck leaves an ACC Network interview to celebrate a Stanford touchdown. 🏈🎙️😂 #CFB
November 23, 2025 at 1:43 AM
Just like a Stanford man not to see through his commitments.
Disappointed she didn’t wake me from my nap to say “Honey! It’s the meme scene!”
I’m watching “Jeremiah Johnson” on my favorite streaming service (Tubi, genuinely amazing) and wow, there was no need for “Dances With Wolves” when this nonsense exists.
November 23, 2025 at 12:59 AM
Disappointed she didn’t wake me from my nap to say “Honey! It’s the meme scene!”
Is... is one of the suitors Elmo?
November 22, 2025 at 9:32 PM
Is... is one of the suitors Elmo?
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something i'll note is that if nuzzi ran catch-and-kill ops for rfk jr and lizza knew this prior to him being appointed as HHS, and instead of telling anyone, he decided to save it for his substack long after rfk jr had made communicable disease into federal policy, that's completely fucked
November 22, 2025 at 6:33 PM
something i'll note is that if nuzzi ran catch-and-kill ops for rfk jr and lizza knew this prior to him being appointed as HHS, and instead of telling anyone, he decided to save it for his substack long after rfk jr had made communicable disease into federal policy, that's completely fucked
California, California
The hills send back the cry
We’re out to do or die
California, California
We’ll win the game or know the reason why
And when the game is over
We will buy a keg of booze
And we’ll drink to California
Til we wobble in our shoes
The hills send back the cry
We’re out to do or die
California, California
We’ll win the game or know the reason why
And when the game is over
We will buy a keg of booze
And we’ll drink to California
Til we wobble in our shoes
November 22, 2025 at 4:01 PM
California, California
The hills send back the cry
We’re out to do or die
California, California
We’ll win the game or know the reason why
And when the game is over
We will buy a keg of booze
And we’ll drink to California
Til we wobble in our shoes
The hills send back the cry
We’re out to do or die
California, California
We’ll win the game or know the reason why
And when the game is over
We will buy a keg of booze
And we’ll drink to California
Til we wobble in our shoes
By Now, we should be used to seeing Donald Trump fawn all over the last guy who deigns to share a room with him.
President Trump and New York Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani emphasized common populist ideals and pledged to work closely together, a sense of agreement that ran afoul of nearly everything their respective political bases have come to expect from them. https://wapo.st/43IO9x9
November 22, 2025 at 3:53 AM
By Now, we should be used to seeing Donald Trump fawn all over the last guy who deigns to share a room with him.
Only if all the other sportswriters got raptured and even then there’s a kid putting together the agate page in Moline who’s probably better.
November 22, 2025 at 2:56 AM
Only if all the other sportswriters got raptured and even then there’s a kid putting together the agate page in Moline who’s probably better.
Habeus Corpus Hootenanny (1964): A local judge (Elvis Presley) rules from the bench by day and races motorcycles by night, but it's a gorgeous cat burglar (Ursula Andress) that has him ready to flip his gavel. With Bob Denver as Moondog the Bailiff.
lol come on
November 21, 2025 at 1:49 AM
Habeus Corpus Hootenanny (1964): A local judge (Elvis Presley) rules from the bench by day and races motorcycles by night, but it's a gorgeous cat burglar (Ursula Andress) that has him ready to flip his gavel. With Bob Denver as Moondog the Bailiff.
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The first time I was offered a marijuana cigarette I said “pish posh, pot is for the birds!” to the guy, so he pulled out some heroin, I had no rejoinder, and now I’m a smack addict. Thanks a lot poster! bsky.app/profile/thun...
I just found this old picture of a poster that was on the wall at the school my friend taught at and there’s some incredible stuff in there
November 21, 2025 at 12:09 AM
The first time I was offered a marijuana cigarette I said “pish posh, pot is for the birds!” to the guy, so he pulled out some heroin, I had no rejoinder, and now I’m a smack addict. Thanks a lot poster! bsky.app/profile/thun...
The Luigi cap will cost you $20.
Flying without a Real ID? It could cost you $18 and a trip through a new screening process
Flying without a Real ID? It could cost you $18 and a trip through a new screening process
Airline passengers flying without a Real ID will have to pay $18 to get through security checkpoints.
www.latimes.com
November 21, 2025 at 12:22 AM
The Luigi cap will cost you $20.
gonna try to work "pish posh, pot is for the birds" into casual conversation this week, wish me luck
I just found this old picture of a poster that was on the wall at the school my friend taught at and there’s some incredible stuff in there
November 21, 2025 at 12:21 AM
gonna try to work "pish posh, pot is for the birds" into casual conversation this week, wish me luck
Should be me and @thatbootlegguy.bsky.social. Every broadcast would mention a minimum of 30 ex-Athletics and include at least one rant from me on how a particular player in the lineup has wronged me.
November 20, 2025 at 6:37 PM
Should be me and @thatbootlegguy.bsky.social. Every broadcast would mention a minimum of 30 ex-Athletics and include at least one rant from me on how a particular player in the lineup has wronged me.
Mike D: Comin' in for a kiss, lots of garlic on your breath
Ad-Rock: Seditious behavior, punishable by DEATH
Ad-Rock: Seditious behavior, punishable by DEATH
whenever he writes the last word in all caps like this a fun activity is to read the whole post as if the Beastie Boys are saying it
When they call my carry-all a murse
November 20, 2025 at 4:49 PM
Mike D: Comin' in for a kiss, lots of garlic on your breath
Ad-Rock: Seditious behavior, punishable by DEATH
Ad-Rock: Seditious behavior, punishable by DEATH