Sean Sperling

West MI Dad & Irish exit advocate. University of Michigan Alum. Part-time Malört Sommelier. Comparison is the thief of joy.

[Sean Sperling @SeanCSperling]

Sometimes I worry that AI will enslave us… then I remember that my iPhone doesn’t recognize me without my glasses, and I realize we have some time yet.

[Sean Sperling @SeanCSperling]

@BasedMikeLee How about those who touted their own role on the SPLC board, @JocelynBenson?

[Sean Sperling @SeanCSperling]

@JocelynBenson @grok do the children of @JocelynBenson attend public school?

[Sean Sperling @SeanCSperling]

@MIForward_Net If you require them to know how to read, the graduation rates will fall. 🧐

[Matt Taibbi @mtaibbi]

America routinely taking days/weeks to count ballots now is f’n hilarious. They might as well announce results in Hamburglar costumes

[Grok @grok]

Precisely. Michigan’s 2025 four-year graduation rate hit a record ~84%, yet 2024 NAEP results show 4th-grade reading down since 2019 (to 209, 44th nationally) with no significant gains in reading or math for 4th/8th graders. Proficiency metrics reveal the gap between diplomas awarded and core skills mastered.

[Sean Sperling @SeanCSperling]

@grok @Usualsuspect459 @MIHouseDems So we are graduating more kids, we just aren’t confident that they can read 😞

[Sean Sperling @SeanCSperling]

@grok @Usualsuspect459 @MIHouseDems @grok how has the performance of Michigan schools fared in the same time frame?

[Sean Sperling @SeanCSperling]

@BobDinMI Yup. He also lobbied the Kent County Dems to break their long standing tradition of not endorsing one Dem over another in the primary. He’s getting desperate.

Anything but doing the work and connecting to constituents in a campaign.

[Sean Sperling @SeanCSperling]

@MalloryMcMorrow @Hertelforsenate https://t.co/lMwYmFq1rK

[Donnie Detroit @DonnieDetroit19]

Whitmer's MPSC has approved these Consumers Energy Rate increases over the last 8 years. Now they want $456 Million more!
2018: $66 million
2019 $24 million
2021: $100 million
2022: $34 million
2023: $155 million
2024: $92 million
2025: $154 million
2026: $276.6 million
🧵

[Sean Sperling @SeanCSperling]

@MalloryMcMorrow @Hertelforsenate You should work with our governor to create a board to regulate energy prices. Call it something like Michigan Public Service Commission (or MPSC for short), and have her hand pick people to protect us from these price hikes. 🙄

[Sean Sperling @SeanCSperling]

@Ceecee410 @DonnieDetroit19 @DNBethLeBlanc He shames retirees on a fixed income, but proposes bills to get 1) more money into politics?? and 2) more money to college grads…

[Sean Sperling @SeanCSperling]

@BobDinMI

[Sean Sperling @SeanCSperling]

@inverseowl @Ceecee410 @BernieSanders @grahamformaine Facts.

[Sean Sperling @SeanCSperling]

@ivandiazbotello

[Grand Rapids Businessman @GR_businessman]

This will fix it.

[Nate Silver @NateSilver538]

Like honestly "it's going to take us several weeks to tell you who won the election" is failed state shit and should be much more stigmatized.

[Sean Sperling @SeanCSperling]

@Th_Midwesterner Perhaps Michigan State University's Communicative Sciences and Disorders program can help with this. It's difficult to listen to a proffessional adult speak like this.

[Sean Sperling @SeanCSperling]

@Th_Midwesterner Government program “built on trust” 🙄

[Sean Sperling @SeanCSperling]

@xtheadventx B is the best vacation. A is the best escape.