Mike Boylan-Kolchin

Drafts?!?

Banger

Sing, Muse, of the wrath of Jerry

It feels like he sees a ticking clock that no one can avoid and is trying as hard as he can to settle all of his scores as quickly as possible.

100%. There’s something seriously weird going on with her (Meredith).

Feels like they do have footage somewhere but made a deal with cast members not to show it because it would make someone look really bad

Something something professor watchlist

Drafts?!?

This season was WILD. And not managing to catch the drama on the plane is criminal

Good luck convincing folks that the guy directing traffic and protecting a fellow Minnesotan while not engaging the agents at all was a violent terrorizer, Megyn.

@profmarkovic.bsky.social and I just recorded a podcast episode on collegiality and I completely agree. These are reasonable expectations in the academic literature. The same isn't true when engaging as a public intellectual, especially when one's claims have a significant & direct effect on people.

I don't think masked men cavalierly pepper-spraying white women in Santa Barbara is going to improve the administration's PR situation

Seeing a lot of people complain about the judge canceling the hearing but the original order explicitly said the contempt hearing would be canceled if the defendant was released, which he was. There's plenty to complain about but this outcome doesn't seem to fall in the egregious category

I don't think masked men cavalierly pepper-spraying white women in Santa Barbara is going to improve the administration's PR situation

One could write a very comprehensive series of books about the state of the world from the premise "What is Bill Ackman missing?" In an age of disgraceful dipshits, he manages to stand out.

We need to talk about the rise of "smol bean fascism" where you have all the guns and the immunity but the really scary people are the ones with whistles and phone cameras and they're giving you generational trauma and ptsd by filming you killing people for no reason

The wild part is that Tesla's market cap has gone through the roof as Musk tanks the company's sales and Trump pushes against electric cars. And if a Democrat enters office in 2029, it's likely TSLA will crash even though the environment should be better for EVs. It's all about proximity to power.

And the desire to have it both ways — wanting the ear of the president and SCOTUS but playing the smol bean when questioned — is very off-putting.

@profmarkovic.bsky.social and I just recorded a podcast episode on collegiality and I completely agree. These are reasonable expectations in the academic literature. The same isn't true when engaging as a public intellectual, especially when one's claims have a significant & direct effect on people.

We need to get Allen from The Other Guys to do a reverse version of his FaceBack app

“Don’t be an easy win,” is some of the life advice I got from my Grandfather and it remains true.

Textbook definition of communism here from O'Keefe, I've heard that much of Marx is concerned with how to intimidate losers by saying 'shame' and asking to see ID

We need to get back to the important topics (Bill Simmons, red-faced, screaming about how Trent Dilfer is 'elite')

Peter Sagal @petersagal.bsky.social Lot of things going on here, and lots of blame to go around, but one I think about is: more evidence that extreme racism is a form of mental illness. Kevin MacFarland @GOPChairperson The most complete glimpse yet into the life and radicalization of Anthony Kazmierczak, the man who rushed Ilhan Omar. From rarely posting anything political to physically attacking members of Congress in just a few years. Another victim of the algorithm. 1/28/26: Rushes Ilhan Omar at town hall event 1/8/26: Tweets about and justifies Renee Good shooting 12/29/25: Tweets that white people are genetically superior to Blacks. Also tweets further dismay that Black people are reproducing. 12/28/25: Tweets dismay at lack of Somalis arrested by ICE in Minneapolis 11/14/25: Tweets that Black people are reverting to apes 9/21/25: Makes President Trump and Erika Kirk his Facebook profile picture 9/11/25: Makes President Trump his Facebook profile picture 8/31/25: More racist tweets-calling Black people negros and evil beasts 8/8/25: Tweets frustration about Black people reproducing 6/22/25: Creates Twitter account @andysright, first post criticizing Klobuchar 3/21/25: Daughter's involuntary commitment extended 11/17/25: Sued for $1200 debt 10/12/24: Daughter involuntarily committed for mental illness and chemical dependency Some time between April and July 2024: Answers questions on Quora pushing election fraud conspiracy, expressing hatred for Democrats, says he feels sick at the thought of Biden winning. Asks when descendants of slaves will pay reparations to descendants of Union soldiers for freeing them. 01/03/24: Sued for $1000 debt 03/24/22: Last public interaction with girlfriend on Facebook. Does not post again until 9/21/23. Significantly less activity after he returns and the majority of posts are old photos reuploaded. 03/20/22: Last new photo with daughters on Facebook. One has since moved out, other appears to still be involuntarily committed...

uh... yikes?

If Schumer is saying this publicly, it's safe to say there's very strong public support for it and Republicans may not want to burn political capital protecting Noem (Miller is a harder get but trying is absolutely the right thing to do).

I dunno if Barro's on the level, feels like "I went to school in Boston and we called them 'concentrations'" is the proper form here

look at my town hall attendance, dawg

I am starting to get the sense the outrage guys like this expressed at some of the reactions to Charlie Kirk's murder was not, in fact, a genuine and consistent point of view

One strategic reason to impeach Noem ASAP is that it increases the likelihood she'll turn on Miller, especially if she thinks the admin is hanging her out to dry.