I can only assume that Mother Nature, back in August, said something like: โHell will freeze over before the Patriots play in the Super Bowl!โ
27.01.2026 23:57 โ ๐ 0 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0@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).
I can only assume that Mother Nature, back in August, said something like: โHell will freeze over before the Patriots play in the Super Bowl!โ
27.01.2026 23:57 โ ๐ 0 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0Looks like Jets finally found a good QB! Of course, he is now playing for the Seahawks, but still...
26.01.2026 03:46 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 0You misspelled "BORED".
24.01.2026 08:39 โ ๐ 24691 ๐ 5150 ๐ฌ 1318 ๐ 242I encourage everyone in central Ohio to be sure to have adequate supplies on hand for the upcoming storm.
22.01.2026 19:48 โ ๐ 4 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0Quite the statement from the Prime Minister of Poland
20.01.2026 18:37 โ ๐ 28549 ๐ 7325 ๐ฌ 865 ๐ 391I 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).
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Thank god the patriots finally made it to the AFC championship game. Itโs 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 ๐ 0 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0I had a very small part in making this happen. Itโs pretty cool. www.cfr.org/ten-best-ten...
17.01.2026 03:37 โ ๐ 3 ๐ 1 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0Sophisticated and cutting-edge analysis from the NYT!
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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 โSmashing Machine.โ
18.10.2025 02:49 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 0I 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 ๐ 1 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0East 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 ๐ 2 ๐ 1 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 0Hereโs a story thatโs 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 ๐ 16541 ๐ 6157 ๐ฌ 453 ๐ 224Texas hasnโt been really good since Vince Young and Mitch Lerner left for the next level.
30.08.2025 18:48 โ ๐ 0 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0Having 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 ๐ 0 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0So far, Arch Manning has sucked. I havenโt seen a much-hyped debut collapse this quickly since William Henry Harrison.
30.08.2025 17:35 โ ๐ 2 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0When 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 ๐ 4 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0Roughly 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 ๐ 0 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0To 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 heโs crashing the economy and heโll install one of his minions to produce fake numbers from now on. Fascism.
02.08.2025 16:51 โ ๐ 9595 ๐ 2819 ๐ฌ 364 ๐ 116Monthly 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 ๐ 10684 ๐ 1578 ๐ฌ 431 ๐ 155It 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 ๐ 21903 ๐ 4365 ๐ฌ 1163 ๐ 263My 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 ๐ 2 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0My 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 ๐ 0 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0I 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 ๐ 4 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 0In case anyone is worried that I didnโt represent the finest Ohio fashions while I was meeting government officials in Taiwan.
25.07.2025 15:28 โ ๐ 3 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0So this weekend is my daughterโs 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 donโt think it helped.
25.07.2025 15:27 โ ๐ 0 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0After last nightโs win, the Red Soxโover their last 800 games covering almost 6 seasonsโhave 400 wins and 400 losses. Thatโs pretty incredible. And pretty depressing.
10.07.2025 03:10 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0The Yankees finished the game with a bigger number than the other team. Unsure what this means. Will research.
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