Dan Meisler
@dmeis22.bsky.social
Basketball & the lesser sports, journalism, PR/communications, politics, housing, parenting, words, bonsai trees, & other stuff probably. Husband, father, progressive, Democrat, Jew. Comms at Avalon Housing (posts do not represent my employer). Ann Arbor.
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AI might kill us all unless we do some safety stuff. In other news:
WASHINGTON (AP) — Trump EPA says it is eliminating rule that limits planet-warming pollution from coal and gas-fired power plants.
September 14, 2026 at 5:51 PM
AI might kill us all unless we do some safety stuff. In other news:
Hot take: the honorable thing for Michigan to do is not fight this. Take the L, we deserve it.
BREAKING: The MAC has reversed its position and is fighting the Big Ten's extra 1 second for Michigan.
"The established replay protocol requires that the game clock displayed on the program feed be used in determining whether time remained."
"The established replay protocol requires that the game clock displayed on the program feed be used in determining whether time remained."
September 8, 2026 at 7:53 PM
Hot take: the honorable thing for Michigan to do is not fight this. Take the L, we deserve it.
I’m a Broncos fan for the rest of the year
September 6, 2026 at 3:02 AM
I’m a Broncos fan for the rest of the year
Without saying your age, what is your favorite movie that came out when you were 20 years old?
September 2, 2026 at 5:10 PM
Without saying your age, what is your favorite movie that came out when you were 20 years old?
"Waste fraud and abuse" is code for "undeserved"
There are endless studies showing this and also the financial and societal benefits of universal basic income and or housing-first policies but the U.S. never goes for any of it because it would require allowing the poor to receive benefits that the rich consider “undeserved”
“A single-payer universal health care system could cover every American, save more than 100,000 lives a year, and still cost $1 trillion less than the system it would replace, according to a new preprint study led by researchers at the Yale School of Public Health.”
ysph.yale.edu/news-article...
ysph.yale.edu/news-article...
September 2, 2026 at 1:22 PM
"Waste fraud and abuse" is code for "undeserved"
Reposted by Dan Meisler
Michigan Polling:
Senate:
🔵El-Sayed: 50%
🔴Rogers: 45%
Governor:
🔵Benson: 52%
🔴James: 43%
YouGov/Michigan State / Aug 20, 2026
Senate:
🔵El-Sayed: 50%
🔴Rogers: 45%
Governor:
🔵Benson: 52%
🔴James: 43%
YouGov/Michigan State / Aug 20, 2026
September 1, 2026 at 5:29 PM
Michigan Polling:
Senate:
🔵El-Sayed: 50%
🔴Rogers: 45%
Governor:
🔵Benson: 52%
🔴James: 43%
YouGov/Michigan State / Aug 20, 2026
Senate:
🔵El-Sayed: 50%
🔴Rogers: 45%
Governor:
🔵Benson: 52%
🔴James: 43%
YouGov/Michigan State / Aug 20, 2026
El-Sayed 50 - Rogers 45 among likely voters in this MSU poll. LFG!!!! ippsr.msu.edu/news/msu-pol...
MSU Poll Shows Democrats Lead, Republicans Coalesce Behind Rogers | Institute for Public Policy and Social Research
ippsr.msu.edu
September 1, 2026 at 8:01 PM
El-Sayed 50 - Rogers 45 among likely voters in this MSU poll. LFG!!!! ippsr.msu.edu/news/msu-pol...
LFG!!!!!!
South Carolina - Senate Polling:
🔵Andrew: 43%
🔴Graham: 39%
⚪️Whitner: 6%
Impact Research / Aug 22, 2026
(Andrew Internal)
(Current model result in SC-SEN is GOP 50% - DEM 42%)
usapolling.substack.com/p/democrats-...
🔵Andrew: 43%
🔴Graham: 39%
⚪️Whitner: 6%
Impact Research / Aug 22, 2026
(Andrew Internal)
(Current model result in SC-SEN is GOP 50% - DEM 42%)
usapolling.substack.com/p/democrats-...
Democrats Still Lead Where It Matters Most
The generic ballot keeps inching closer, but state polls are saying something else
usapolling.substack.com
September 1, 2026 at 7:54 PM
LFG!!!!!!
LFG!
Michigan - Senate Polling:
🔵 El-Sayed: 47%
🔴 Rogers: 43%
EPIC-MRA / Aug 28, 2026
🔵 El-Sayed: 47%
🔴 Rogers: 43%
EPIC-MRA / Aug 28, 2026
August 30, 2026 at 2:21 PM
LFG!
This is a shame, because I was working on my treatise about Woke 3.2.
There’s no Woke 1 or Woke 2. There’s only staying woke. Everything else is white people nonsense that should be swiftly disregarded.
August 13, 2026 at 8:07 PM
This is a shame, because I was working on my treatise about Woke 3.2.
I love to criticize our local institution of higher education, but this is a great idea.
The University of Michigan recently announced plans to mask first-semester grades for students in its liberal arts college starting fall 2027.
The school plans to simply list classes as “P” for pass or “NC” for no credit on official transcripts.
The school plans to simply list classes as “P” for pass or “NC” for no credit on official transcripts.
University of Michigan plans to mask grades for new students
It's not the first school to try the tactic in an effort to ease stress for freshmen.
www.washingtonpost.com
August 12, 2026 at 3:10 PM
I love to criticize our local institution of higher education, but this is a great idea.
Hot take: it's ok for a president to take a different plane when there's a credible threat.
August 12, 2026 at 2:02 PM
Hot take: it's ok for a president to take a different plane when there's a credible threat.
Is a voter, Jewish or otherwise, who would cast a ballot solely on whether a candidate supports Bibi and his treatment of the Palestinians, persuadable for the Democrats? I feel like a lot of the discourse is skipping that question. Leaving aside what else one could plausibly say about such a voter.
August 9, 2026 at 5:43 PM
Is a voter, Jewish or otherwise, who would cast a ballot solely on whether a candidate supports Bibi and his treatment of the Palestinians, persuadable for the Democrats? I feel like a lot of the discourse is skipping that question. Leaving aside what else one could plausibly say about such a voter.
The lack of a Black representative from Detroit was a knock on the nonpartisan redistricting commission in Michigan. Now that a Black candidate has won, does that criticism disappear? Or is it a sign of a fairly drawn district?
August 6, 2026 at 12:37 PM
The lack of a Black representative from Detroit was a knock on the nonpartisan redistricting commission in Michigan. Now that a Black candidate has won, does that criticism disappear? Or is it a sign of a fairly drawn district?
if anyone's trying to read the tea leaves about the #a2council election today, this 200 person survey from the Michigan Daily had 103 for Taylor, 75 for Rabhi, and 22 undecided. www.michigandaily.com/news/ann-arb...
Daily survey finds key differences between Taylor and Rabhi voters, election neck-and-neck headed into primaries
According to The Michigan Daily’s Ann Arbor Midterm Survey, Tuesday’s mayoral election between incumbent mayoral candidate Christopher Taylor and challenger Yousef Rabhi is projected to be a nail-bite...
www.michigandaily.com
August 4, 2026 at 2:33 PM
if anyone's trying to read the tea leaves about the #a2council election today, this 200 person survey from the Michigan Daily had 103 for Taylor, 75 for Rabhi, and 22 undecided. www.michigandaily.com/news/ann-arb...
I’m not reading the article, but the comments are pretty good.
How did you become a libertarian?
We sat down with 10 scholars and staff at the Cato Institute—with different origin stories, areas of expertise, and concerns—to find out how they came to libertarianism, what gives them hope, and what they would fix first if they could.
https://ow.ly/ObOn50Zp4W9
We sat down with 10 scholars and staff at the Cato Institute—with different origin stories, areas of expertise, and concerns—to find out how they came to libertarianism, what gives them hope, and what they would fix first if they could.
https://ow.ly/ObOn50Zp4W9
July 18, 2026 at 4:38 PM
I’m not reading the article, but the comments are pretty good.
Honestly these fucking moderates got me thinking about Abdul.
June 26, 2026 at 10:40 PM
Honestly these fucking moderates got me thinking about Abdul.
Wait, I thought….?
June 26, 2026 at 10:37 PM
Wait, I thought….?
I don't know what's real anymore. 🫠😵💫🤪
Here's Trump himself driving with his motorcade across the newly painted reflecting pool, before it had time to cure:
Trump motorcade drives through reflecting pool
YouTube video by CNN
youtube.com
June 26, 2026 at 1:33 PM
I don't know what's real anymore. 🫠😵💫🤪
If you like New Orleans style music, check out Hot 8 Brass Band at the Ark in #AnnArbor tonight, you won't regret it mutotix.umich.edu/6443?z=36
mutotix.umich.edu
June 22, 2026 at 7:00 PM
If you like New Orleans style music, check out Hot 8 Brass Band at the Ark in #AnnArbor tonight, you won't regret it mutotix.umich.edu/6443?z=36
Anyone else feel like Black people should get the day off today but everyone else should work? 😂
June 19, 2026 at 3:39 PM
Anyone else feel like Black people should get the day off today but everyone else should work? 😂