michaelhillmeyer@gmail.com
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Michael Hillmeyer retweeted
22 Jun 2025
Five things to remember about war:
1. Many things reported with confidence in the first hours and days will turn out not to be true
2. Whatever they say, the people who start wars are often thinking chiefly about domestic politics
3. The rationale given for a war will change over time, such that actual success or failure in achieving a named objective is less relevant than one might think
4. Wars are unpredictable
5. Wars are easy to start and hard to stop
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15 Jun 2023
Growing baseball for the long term would not just reverse these policies and plans but also ensure that many more games can be seen by more than the few who still have cable/RSNs.
We couldn’t even watch the compelling final of #WBC2023 without cable.
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19 Apr 2023
Excellent conference and fun to be back in #Lerner Hall learning a bit more about recent advances in #datascience & #ArtificialIntelligence. #DataScienceDay2023 #DataScienceInstitute #ColumbiaUniversity
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10 Apr 2023
It’s good to be back in person for this year’s #BRITEconf at #ColumbiaBusinessSchool
Great job as always by @BrandCenter_CBS
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Michael Hillmeyer retweeted
4 Apr 2023
Nothing says, “regular person in NYC” like being afraid of crowds, transit and parks and riding around in a private SUV.
4 Apr 2023
Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA): “Trump is joining some of the most incredible people in history being arrested today. Nelson Mandela was arrested, served time in prison. Jesus! Jesus was arrested and murdered.”
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6 Jan 2023
We minimize or forget the #insurrection at our own peril. Consequences have come for far too few of the perpetrators, especially those above the foot soldiers. DoJ needs to act with more urgency. Justice delayed is justice denied.
Not prosecuting turns it into a mere practice run
6 Jan 2023
2 yrs ago: Jan 6, 5:04pm, I took this photo of law enforcement using flash bang grenades & tear gas on a violent mob trying to break into the U.S. Capitol. It was hr 4 in my gas mask, helmet & bulletproof vest photographing hand-to-hand combat between police & U.S. citizens. 1/9
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4 Dec 2022
Sunrise this morning at Gurney’s in Montauk on the last day of the annual Columbia Business School Private Equity Program Deal Camp. #privateequity #dealcamp
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Michael Hillmeyer retweeted
25 Nov 2022
The Holocaust happened. It is a fact, not an opinion.
Holocaust deniers are not people who have a different opinion. They are liars.
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8 Oct 2022
Agreed. Appeasing power-mad dictators in their wars of conquest never works - they always want more. Standing up to bullies is the only way forward.
8 Oct 2022
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Michael Hillmeyer retweeted
5 Oct 2022
Today again, the world has learned again the hard lesson that dependence on fossil fuels provided by dictators and cartels threatens our security and prosperity. Going green is not just good for the planet but good for peace, democracy & economic stability.
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30 Sep 2022
Perfect
30 Sep 2022
The Upshot | Why did the polls miss so badly on the Ukrainian referendums?
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8 Sep 2022
56 years of Star Trek #StarTrekDay 🖖🏼
#StarTrekUnitedGives
The show is about to begin! Stream the full event on the offcial #StarTrek website. ✨ #StarTrekDay StarTrek.com/Day
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2 Sep 2022
Mostly spoiler-free introduction to Prime’s new series The Rings of Power:
Elf military leader: We have searched the bright and photogenic parts Middle Earth for centuries looking for the bad guys. Now it’s finally time to search this northern area where the sun never shines. /1
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2 Sep 2022
King: You have now proven there are no more bad guys left in the world
Leader: 🤦🏼♀️
King: And I’m sending you to Elf “heaven” as a “reward”
Leader: Well I guess this series literally based on the appendices to the Lord of the Rings wouldn’t have a plot otherwise so I’ll go 🤷🏼♀️/3
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2 Sep 2022
*Ship with elves and their leader approaches elf heaven*
Leader: seems really bright. I’ll just hold onto my sword for a bit longer.
Elves: No you can’t
*Other elves start dissolving in the bright light*
Leader: Nope. I think I’ll swim home. You guys have fun /4 #RingsOfPower
2 Sep 2022
It seems that the real journalism of “looking out the window to see if it’s wet or dry instead of merely repeating both sides’ positions on the issue” is now a fireable offense at the new @CNN
2 Sep 2022
Now updated with truth-telling from @JohnJHarwood, which was followed moments later by his departure from CNN.
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9 Aug 2022
#PreyMovie was really well done. In the running for best #SummerMovie of the year. As others have noted, the #Predator could work in a wide variety of genre movies. Heist, war, police procedural, biographical, gangster, & dinosaur 🦖 movies could all be improved with a #Predator
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9 Aug 2022
Maybe #musicals wouldn’t be improved by the addition of a #Predator. Or maybe especially musicals would be improved 🎶
Guys and Dolls and The Predator:
🎶”I’ve got the horse right here, his name is Paul Revere…
Say, what’s that clicking sound?”
#PreyMovie #GuysAndDolls