Michael Mirer
@michaelmirer.bsky.social
Assistant Professor studying sports-related media and journalistic professionalism at UW-Milwaukee. Aspiring boat guy.
If Northwestern were a serious university it would be paying this money to a football coach fired after going 4-7 rather than the U.S. Treasury.
BREAKING: Northwestern University has agreed to pay the U.S. Treasury $75 million, over the course of three years as part of an agreement with the federal government to restore funding and end investigations into the university
Full statement from NU below:
Full statement from NU below:
November 29, 2025 at 3:15 AM
If Northwestern were a serious university it would be paying this money to a football coach fired after going 4-7 rather than the U.S. Treasury.
This feels like an illustration of the MAGA/Neocon split. WSJ says we can't do regime change wars if we don't let in the people who help us and Miller wants no one here. Except now, Trump is also planning a regime change war in Venezuela.
It's all so incoherent
It's all so incoherent
🎁 link to the WSJ editorial that made Stephen Miller so mad.
"It would be a shame if this single act of betrayal became the excuse for deporting all Afghan refugees...
"Thousands are building new lives here in peace. Collective punishment won’t make America safer."
www.wsj.com/opinion/the-...
"It would be a shame if this single act of betrayal became the excuse for deporting all Afghan refugees...
"Thousands are building new lives here in peace. Collective punishment won’t make America safer."
www.wsj.com/opinion/the-...
Opinion | The Ambush on the National Guard
The alleged shooting by an Afghan ‘partner’ shouldn’t condemn all who assisted the U.S. and now live here.
www.wsj.com
November 28, 2025 at 3:58 PM
This feels like an illustration of the MAGA/Neocon split. WSJ says we can't do regime change wars if we don't let in the people who help us and Miller wants no one here. Except now, Trump is also planning a regime change war in Venezuela.
It's all so incoherent
It's all so incoherent
Sure, but who determines what a lie is?
I wrote about a novel approach to tackling misinformation currently being discussed in Wales--and which some say Canada should try, too. What if we made a rule so politicians couldn't lie? www.thestar.com/politics/fed...
Is it time to make it illegal for politicians to lie to us?
That’s the question currently on the table in Wales, which has just released a draft of the “globally pioneering” sanctions for politicians.
www.thestar.com
November 28, 2025 at 3:40 PM
Sure, but who determines what a lie is?
My man here pretending he can derive iron laws of society from concepts that barely existed 200 years ago. It sounds profound to him I'm sure, but this is babbling street preacher level nonsense.
Stephen Miller is now arguing that assimilation is fundamentally impossible and that certain cultures are not compatible with Western civilization
November 28, 2025 at 1:47 PM
My man here pretending he can derive iron laws of society from concepts that barely existed 200 years ago. It sounds profound to him I'm sure, but this is babbling street preacher level nonsense.
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“Black Friday,” Stephen miller yells, getting redder and redder, “will be replaced with White Friday.”
November 28, 2025 at 1:38 PM
“Black Friday,” Stephen miller yells, getting redder and redder, “will be replaced with White Friday.”
Also by doing that, the center-left parties are telling normies that the xenophobes are justified in their concerns.
The problem with center-left parties embracing xenophobic politics is that they are a race to the bottom. There is no point at which the racists that you are pandering to will be okay with the level of immigration. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/27/w...
The British Public Thinks Immigration Is Up. It’s Actually Down, Sharply.
www.nytimes.com
November 28, 2025 at 1:39 PM
Also by doing that, the center-left parties are telling normies that the xenophobes are justified in their concerns.
Terribly frustrating first half with the officiating.
Thanks to John Niyo's broadcast playing next to me, that TO came in late on the offside on fourth-and-1. Woof.
November 27, 2025 at 7:17 PM
Terribly frustrating first half with the officiating.
Packers getting every call again, I see. Happy Thanksgiving, Wisconsin.
November 27, 2025 at 6:49 PM
Packers getting every call again, I see. Happy Thanksgiving, Wisconsin.
So who decides if the claim is false?
Elon Musk, the guy who did two Nazi salutes in public and has previously described himself as a “free speech absolutist,” thinks it should be a crime to “falsely” call someone a Nazi or a fascist.
November 27, 2025 at 5:32 PM
So who decides if the claim is false?
I would not coach LSU for the bargain price of $30M
November 27, 2025 at 5:02 PM
I would not coach LSU for the bargain price of $30M
I think there are three types of university in the U.S.:
Hedge funds with a sideline in education; residential landlords with a sideline in education; and parking lot operators with a sideline in education.
Hedge funds with a sideline in education; residential landlords with a sideline in education; and parking lot operators with a sideline in education.
When I was at NC state, I had lunch with a visiting scholar from Sweden who was visiting US universities for the first time. He described his experience as touring “hedge funds with football teams.”
That is so much money
November 27, 2025 at 3:19 PM
I think there are three types of university in the U.S.:
Hedge funds with a sideline in education; residential landlords with a sideline in education; and parking lot operators with a sideline in education.
Hedge funds with a sideline in education; residential landlords with a sideline in education; and parking lot operators with a sideline in education.
Honestly, this game has been a treat for the Tottenham fans who miss Ange.
November 26, 2025 at 9:42 PM
Honestly, this game has been a treat for the Tottenham fans who miss Ange.
What a stupid second half.
Honestly not a bad first half for Tottenham. I like mixing in some long balls because Spurs have sucked against pressing all year. Bergvall looks good. Still expect PSG to win, but this is a good response from Sunday.
November 26, 2025 at 9:30 PM
What a stupid second half.
What?
The governor of West Virginia is now walking back his initial post, where he stated two National Guard members died after being shot
November 26, 2025 at 9:25 PM
What?
Whaaaaaaat?
NFL Network reports Frank Ragnow is coming out of retirement.
HELLO
HELLO
November 26, 2025 at 9:00 PM
Whaaaaaaat?
Honestly not a bad first half for Tottenham. I like mixing in some long balls because Spurs have sucked against pressing all year. Bergvall looks good. Still expect PSG to win, but this is a good response from Sunday.
November 26, 2025 at 8:56 PM
Honestly not a bad first half for Tottenham. I like mixing in some long balls because Spurs have sucked against pressing all year. Bergvall looks good. Still expect PSG to win, but this is a good response from Sunday.
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My washing machine sings a little song when it is done with a load. Maybe it's time to consider whether my washing machine is your mom.
November 25, 2025 at 9:19 PM
My washing machine sings a little song when it is done with a load. Maybe it's time to consider whether my washing machine is your mom.
"I one our nation's districts 2750 to 550"
November 26, 2025 at 1:48 PM
"I one our nation's districts 2750 to 550"
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"It is against the TOS to be talked into suicide by our LLM" is possibly the most evil tech bro thing I've ever read
Additionally, OpenAI argues its not liable because Raine, by using ChatGPT for self-harm, broke its terms of service
November 26, 2025 at 12:29 AM
"It is against the TOS to be talked into suicide by our LLM" is possibly the most evil tech bro thing I've ever read
Three incorrect pie opinions all in the same skeet.
Apple pie is bad. This is not really debatable. So is key lime pie, while we’re on the topic. Pecan pie is the 🐐 tho.
November 25, 2025 at 10:22 PM
Three incorrect pie opinions all in the same skeet.
My washing machine sings a little song when it is done with a load. Maybe it's time to consider whether my washing machine is your mom.
November 25, 2025 at 9:19 PM
My washing machine sings a little song when it is done with a load. Maybe it's time to consider whether my washing machine is your mom.
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Question about the dissent by (the far-right) Justice Ziegler: Does this quote actually appear in Moore v. Harper? Did Moore say that state courts' role in congressional redistricting is "exceedingly limited"? I don't think it did! vhdshf2oms2wcnsvk7sdv3so.blob.core.windows.net/thearp-media...
November 25, 2025 at 9:11 PM
Question about the dissent by (the far-right) Justice Ziegler: Does this quote actually appear in Moore v. Harper? Did Moore say that state courts' role in congressional redistricting is "exceedingly limited"? I don't think it did! vhdshf2oms2wcnsvk7sdv3so.blob.core.windows.net/thearp-media...
I have lived in a lot of places so Facebook used to be a really useful product for me to keep up with people. Now it is completely useless for that purpose. I do see a lot of random stand-up clips.
My Facebook feed no longer has anything from people I know. Instead it's 99% AI slop videos of "trains floating on canal boats having accidents in which someone falls into the water". It's horrible, mainly because I can't stop watching them on repeat and the algorithm knows the darkness of my soul.
November 25, 2025 at 12:19 PM
I have lived in a lot of places so Facebook used to be a really useful product for me to keep up with people. Now it is completely useless for that purpose. I do see a lot of random stand-up clips.