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Mitch Lerner

@mitchelllerner.bsky.social

Diplomatic historian, Director of East Asian Studies at Ohio State. Former director of Institute for Korean Studies, former SHAFR president. Boxer, hockey player, beer drinker, Democrat, Red Sox fan. Gets hurt a lot (especially lately).

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I can only assume that Mother Nature, back in August, said something like: โ€œHell will freeze over before the Patriots play in the Super Bowl!โ€

27.01.2026 23:57 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Looks like Jets finally found a good QB! Of course, he is now playing for the Seahawks, but still...

26.01.2026 03:46 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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You misspelled "BORED".

24.01.2026 08:39 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 24691    ๐Ÿ” 5150    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1318    ๐Ÿ“Œ 242
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I encourage everyone in central Ohio to be sure to have adequate supplies on hand for the upcoming storm.

22.01.2026 19:48 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Quite the statement from the Prime Minister of Poland

20.01.2026 18:37 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 28549    ๐Ÿ” 7325    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 865    ๐Ÿ“Œ 391
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New York Teacher Allegedly Showed Porn To Kids For Good Behavior A New York teacher is out of a job after allegedly showing pornography to students.

I have a google alert set up for my name to see when it pops up in the media. I am happy to report there has been a huge outbreak of references to "Mitchell Lerner" lately! I am not necessarily happy about why (to be clear, this is a different Mitchell Lerner).
hudsonvalleypost.com/new-york-tea...

20.01.2026 01:57 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Thank god the patriots finally made it to the AFC championship game. Itโ€™s been a long period of suffering for we Pats fans. I mean, there are college students in Boston who were in high school the last time they got to see this! We surely deserve this after those arduous 6 years!

19.01.2026 04:06 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
19.01.2026 02:57 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 30    ๐Ÿ” 4    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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The 10 Best and 10 Worst U.S. Foreign Policy Decisions For two-and-a-half centuries, the United States has faced a challenging world. Some of its responses have advanced U.S. interests and values. Others have not. We asked members of the Society for Histo...

I had a very small part in making this happen. Itโ€™s pretty cool. www.cfr.org/ten-best-ten...

17.01.2026 03:37 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Zohran Mamdani Is New Yorkโ€™s First Millennial Mayor. You Can Tell by His Suit.

Sophisticated and cutting-edge analysis from the NYT!

www.nytimes.com/2025/11/05/s...

07.11.2025 14:31 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

A Bose-Einstein condensate is a phenomenon through which scientists dramatically slowed and even stopped light by creating ultra-cold atoms and shining a laser pulse through, causing the light to propagate at shockingly slow speeds. Still, it moved way more quickly than the movie โ€œSmashing Machine.โ€

18.10.2025 02:49 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I know with great certainty that robots with AI will someday rise up and kill us all. But considering how awful the umpires are in the Red Sox-Blue Jays game, I think that if the first step toward the elimination of human life on earth is the rollout of robot umpires, I am in favor of it.

24.09.2025 02:00 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Assistant Professor of Modern Japanese History - Columbus, Ohio job with The Ohio State University, Department of History | 37884726 The Department of History at The Ohio State University invites applications for a tenure-track assistant professor of modern Japanese history.

East Asianists: OSU is hiring in modern Japan! We prefer candidates with a chronological focus on years the Red Sox won the World Series and a methodological approach that emphasizes the immense contributions of short red-headed jazz fans, but we can be flexible! jobs.chronicle.com/job/37884726...

16.09.2025 01:43 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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A U.S. Citizen Detained by ICE for Three Days Tells His Story A conversation with George Retes, an Army veteran swept up in a California raid

Hereโ€™s a story thatโ€™s becoming all too common: federal immigration agents using racial and ethnic profiling as a rationale for stopping, questioning and detaining U.S. citizens who they suspect are undocumented.

11.09.2025 00:12 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 16541    ๐Ÿ” 6157    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 453    ๐Ÿ“Œ 224

Texas hasnโ€™t been really good since Vince Young and Mitch Lerner left for the next level.

30.08.2025 18:48 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Having the ball on the OSU 8 yard line and running the qb between the tackles three times is your weekly reminder that there is no IQ test to be a football coach.

30.08.2025 18:14 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

So far, Arch Manning has sucked. I havenโ€™t seen a much-hyped debut collapse this quickly since William Henry Harrison.

30.08.2025 17:35 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

When Roman Anthony's new contract with the Red Sox ends, the Mets will still have one more year of paying Bobby Bonilla.

06.08.2025 21:55 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Roughly 100-120 billion people have existed on earth since its creation. With numbers of that magnitude, it seems possible that at least 2 or 3 or maybe even 4 people in that group were at one point as sick as I am right now. But, it's doubtful. Damn COVID! Someone bring me some horse de-wormer!

06.08.2025 21:47 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

To be clear, the orange felon fired the Head of the Bureau of Labor Statistics hours after producing a truthful jobs report because he wants to hide how badly heโ€™s crashing the economy and heโ€™ll install one of his minions to produce fake numbers from now on. Fascism.

02.08.2025 16:51 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 9595    ๐Ÿ” 2819    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 364    ๐Ÿ“Œ 116

Monthly reminder: Many people have a book in them, but it takes a special kind of freak to leave the Land of Laziness, cross the Plains of Procrastination and Insecurity Mountain, find the Blade of No One Made You Do This, and use it to cut your chest open and yank that book out.

01.08.2025 13:16 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 10684    ๐Ÿ” 1578    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 431    ๐Ÿ“Œ 155

It has been the honor of my life to serve as Commissioner of BLS alongside the many dedicated civil servants tasked with measuring a vast and dynamic economy. It is vital and important work and I thank them for their service to this nation.

02.08.2025 02:18 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 21903    ๐Ÿ” 4365    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1163    ๐Ÿ“Œ 263

My week in Taiwan was great, but it also made me appreciate the simple joys of coming home to your loved ones. That's right: the air conditioner and I are going to spend some serious quality time together for the nest few days.

26.07.2025 13:54 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

My week in Taiwan included meetings with officials from KMT and DPP as well as political activists, scholars, etc. I now feel ready to talk about the recall election results, if anyone wants an inside perspective. I can also talk about what it feels like to be roasted alive by the Taiwan heat.

26.07.2025 13:51 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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I learned some really important things about diplomacy on my trip to Taiwan, but this lesson from the restroom at a prominent think tank is perhaps most impactful.

25.07.2025 15:30 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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In case anyone is worried that I didnโ€™t represent the finest Ohio fashions while I was meeting government officials in Taiwan.

25.07.2025 15:28 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

So this weekend is my daughterโ€™s bridal shower in Ohio and my wife just told me that the sewage line backup up in the basement this morning. I told her that the wine in the VIP lounge in the airport in Taipei was kind of warm so I was suffering too, but I donโ€™t think it helped.

25.07.2025 15:27 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

After last nightโ€™s win, the Red Soxโ€”over their last 800 games covering almost 6 seasonsโ€”have 400 wins and 400 losses. Thatโ€™s pretty incredible. And pretty depressing.

10.07.2025 03:10 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

The Yankees finished the game with a bigger number than the other team. Unsure what this means. Will research.

06.07.2025 20:44 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 70    ๐Ÿ” 3    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 5    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

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