@mikeythei.bsky.social
Michael Ireton, melancholy malcontent. Former radio guy, 1X "Jeopardy!" winner (1996). Lover of apricity, wannabe Ruritanian. Avatar is Frankenstein Jr. Editor in Chief, https://objectsinmirror50.substack.com/
EG - social norms around smoking or drinking and driving. Those attitudinal shifts were MUCH more influential.
Perhaps parents need to model spending far less time on social media. There's quite a bit of "do as I say, not as I do" hypocrisy at play (as we discuss it on social media...) (2/2)
Everything I've ever seen/read (granted, my sociology and stats classes were...um..."a few years ago") suggests that prohibition and/or age restriction has limited efficacy. I guess from a harm reduction POV, something is better than nothing. Changing social norms seems more beneficial. (1/2)
It is undeniable that there is a) both extraordinary new concentrations of wealth and b) those benefiting don't want to share it any way.
The "Giving Pledge" was a nod to some form of social contract. Now, billionaires are walking away from it.
www.nytimes.com/2026/03/15/b...
Of course, to begin with, prohibition NEVER works. People - especially kids - will find ways to get their hands on the contraband.
I also have qualms about the supposition that ALL social media are ALWAYS and NECESSARILY "bad" for ALL "kids".
Bans are VERY blunt instruments.
THE MIGHTY US MILITARY HAS COMPLETELY VANQUISHED THE ENEMY. WE HAVE ANNIHILATED HIM IN HIS BED. WE HAVE MADE OF HIM A VOID THAT SHALL NEVER AGAIN HARM THE FREE WORLD. WE JUST NEED EVERYONE ELSE TO DO US ONE TEENSY LITTLE FAVOR.
"I told him, 'Julie, don't go'".
BTO dominate the Juno Awards.
The conclusion of "Rich Man, Poor Man" on ABC.
And L.A. introduces HOV lanes to try to tame traffic.
March 15, 1976 - 50 years ago today.
"Objects in Mirror":
open.substack.com/pub/objectsi...
Brendan Carr gaslighting journalists and threatening news orgs doing their job covering Trump’s war—claiming they “must operate in the public interest”? What a disgrace this man is as he backs a demand for propaganda.
www.nytimes.com/2026/03/14/w...
FCC Chair Brendan Carr threatens broadcast licenses over Iran War coverage
When your target demo is nazi pedos addicted to special k, you're gonna have problems. www.sfgate.com/la/article/t...
As long as the UCP stays U, polling will look like this in perpetuity. The NDP owns Edmonton. The two parties split Calgary. The NDP has a chance in Lethbridge and Banff. And the UCP owns everywhere else. Nenshi isn't making much of an impression, especially outside YEG/YYC.
Sadat splits with the Soviets.
The Battle of Hastings site goes up for sale.
Historic events in both auto and horse racing.
Ands the debut of an iconic chair.
Sunday, March 14, 1976 - 50 years ago today.
"Objects in Mirror":
open.substack.com/pub/objectsi...
Not so long ago, hugging Hitler was one of those lines you just didn’t cross.
But that’s what’s been happening with increasing regularity, revealed by a recent string of unhinged text chains among young Republicans.
Read @johnavlon.bsky.social commentary: www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
"Étienne" is the French equivalent to "Stephen". Travis Etienne is Louisiana Creole. The surname is Cajun - which comes from Acadian, the Francophone people expelled from Canada in 1755.
The "proper" French is "(long A) - "tyen". Common is "A - chen". His preferred pronunciation makes sense.
i am genuinely astonished by how this guy speaks exclusively in cliches
Hegseth: "Some in the press can't stop. Allow me to make suggestions. People look at the TV and they see banners, 'Mideast War Intensifies.' What should it read instead? How about, 'Iran increasingly desperate.' More fake news from CNN. The sooner David Ellison takes over that network, the better"
A deteriorating situation in Lebanon.
A messy end to the hostage taking in Calgary.
Debate over Arctic oil exploration.
And Anthony Perkins hosting SNL.
Saturday, March 13, 1976 - 50 years ago today.
"Objects in Mirror":
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A Democrat drops out of the presidential race.
A dramatic hostage situation in Calgary.
Pearl Bailey retires from show biz - for the first time.
And a king gets engaged to a commoner (gasp!).
Friday, March 12, 1976 - 50 years ago today.
"Objects in Mirror":
open.substack.com/pub/objectsi...
"You and everyone you have ever loved being cast into the Cave of Nightmares? It’s hard to hear, but this alone could add as much as $0.25 per gallon."
Not only that, but the video is usually DREADFUL - poorly-lit, poorly-focused static video of somebody just sitting there with headphones on, yammering into a mic. And often a HORRIBLE camera angle looking up their nostrils.
The video adds NOTHING. The content is all audio.
America simply cannot afford to allow the bandits, propagandists, and sadists who’ve been running this administration to simply slide back into positions of power and privilege from which to plot their next fascist takeover. trib.al/NAfd098
A man called Intrepid.
Tragedy in a Kentucky coal mine.
The Dow cracks 1,000.
And "eccentrics" (like my dad) start installing solar panels.
March 11, 1976 - 50 years ago today (and your faithful editor's 17th birthday).
"Objects in Mirror":
open.substack.com/pub/objectsi...
Nick Fuentes is an outspoken white nationalist who has railed about "organized Jewry," denied the Holocaust, praised Hitler, and promoted the racist "great replacement theory" that inspired several mass shootings, but to this College Republican, he's just a funny and thoughtful role model.
A DOGE staffer assigned to the National Endowment for the Humanities to flag grants for "DEI" tries to explain what "DEI" is. This deposition is part of a lawsuit by the @acls1919.bsky.social, @historians.org and @modernlanguage.bsky.social.
NBC’s Richard Engel: “The White House meme campaign is outraging many former US military commanders… they say only someone who has never really seen combat would think it’s a joke and put out material like this.”
Surely the President’s task force on antisemitism will be looking into this pronto to figure out how this could have happened.
$6.9 million of lobster tail in a month????? What would you even do with that much lobster
(And Tiger could take Simone)
Let's think about this.
Carol Brady could take Shirley Partridge.
The 6 Brady kids could take the 5 Partridges. (I used to long for a wrestling match between Laurie P. and Marcia B. - but I digress.)
Alice could take Reuben Kincaid.
And Mike Brady would have nothing to do.
Clean sweep for the BB.
Let's think about this.
Carol Brady could take Shirley Partridge.
The 6 Brady kids could take the 5 Partridges. (I used to long for a wrestling match between Laurie P. and Marcia B. - but I digress.)
Alice could take Reuben Kincaid.
And Mike Brady would have nothing to do.
Clean sweep for the BB.
