Mike Whaley
@whaleystatic.bsky.social
Voyageur. CanCon music geek. Canada soccer geek. Pop culture geek. Star Wars geek. Marvel geek. Fan of in no order Brighton HA, Michigan State, Xavier, TFC, Blue Jays, Knick, Raptors. Waiting for the CanPL to come to Windsor. Allez Les Rouges
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The Northern Super League announces figures on the inaugural season
- $75k average salary
- Top 5 women’s league globally in average attendance
- 65 different goal scorers
- More than 3 million Canadians reached on linear TV.
- $30 million in League-wide revenue
- $75k average salary
- Top 5 women’s league globally in average attendance
- 65 different goal scorers
- More than 3 million Canadians reached on linear TV.
- $30 million in League-wide revenue
November 13, 2025 at 2:29 PM
The Northern Super League announces figures on the inaugural season
- $75k average salary
- Top 5 women’s league globally in average attendance
- 65 different goal scorers
- More than 3 million Canadians reached on linear TV.
- $30 million in League-wide revenue
- $75k average salary
- Top 5 women’s league globally in average attendance
- 65 different goal scorers
- More than 3 million Canadians reached on linear TV.
- $30 million in League-wide revenue
November 13, 2025 at 1:43 PM
Hate I won’t be there for set up but looking forward to seeing everyone. Thanks all for the work tonight and tomorrow #CanMNT #AllezLesRouges #VoyageursFamily
November 13, 2025 at 2:42 AM
Hate I won’t be there for set up but looking forward to seeing everyone. Thanks all for the work tonight and tomorrow #CanMNT #AllezLesRouges #VoyageursFamily
So doing Toronto this weekend for the #CanMNT game and the NSL final. Debating internally on spring jacket and hoody back up or winter jacket
November 12, 2025 at 12:19 AM
So doing Toronto this weekend for the #CanMNT game and the NSL final. Debating internally on spring jacket and hoody back up or winter jacket
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pre-writing a devastating obituary for your enemy is god-tier hating of a kind you don’t often see anymore. renaissance haterism. beautiful stuff.
A Sharon Begley byline, almost 5 years after her death.
Upon hearing the news James Watson had died, a STAT reporter said in our Slack, "I wish I could read what Sharon would have written."
Incredible news: Sharon in fact did pre-write a Watson obit. And it is masterful and excoriating.
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Upon hearing the news James Watson had died, a STAT reporter said in our Slack, "I wish I could read what Sharon would have written."
Incredible news: Sharon in fact did pre-write a Watson obit. And it is masterful and excoriating.
🧪🧬🧫
James Watson, dead at 97, was a scientific legend and a pariah among his peers
James Watson, the co-discoverer of the structure of DNA who died Thursday at 97, was a scientific legend and a pariah among his peers.
www.statnews.com
November 9, 2025 at 12:55 AM
pre-writing a devastating obituary for your enemy is god-tier hating of a kind you don’t often see anymore. renaissance haterism. beautiful stuff.
I’m embarrassed to admit that it was just today that I realized Keith David was in They Live.
For the record I saw They Live in the theatre when it was originally released
For the record I saw They Live in the theatre when it was originally released
November 9, 2025 at 4:23 AM
I’m embarrassed to admit that it was just today that I realized Keith David was in They Live.
For the record I saw They Live in the theatre when it was originally released
For the record I saw They Live in the theatre when it was originally released
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In a year that was so political, the predictable happened.
L.A. was screaming for help in 2025 after devastating fires and violent immigration raids. But the Dodgers kept doing business with Big Oil and wouldn't stand up for Latino communities: www.climatecoloredgoggles.com/p/dodgers-wi...
L.A. was screaming for help in 2025 after devastating fires and violent immigration raids. But the Dodgers kept doing business with Big Oil and wouldn't stand up for Latino communities: www.climatecoloredgoggles.com/p/dodgers-wi...
The Dodgers keep winning. But Los Angeles is losing
Baseball and politics collided in 2025. Temperatures are rising, and Trump is fanning the flames.
www.climatecoloredgoggles.com
November 6, 2025 at 4:26 PM
In a year that was so political, the predictable happened.
L.A. was screaming for help in 2025 after devastating fires and violent immigration raids. But the Dodgers kept doing business with Big Oil and wouldn't stand up for Latino communities: www.climatecoloredgoggles.com/p/dodgers-wi...
L.A. was screaming for help in 2025 after devastating fires and violent immigration raids. But the Dodgers kept doing business with Big Oil and wouldn't stand up for Latino communities: www.climatecoloredgoggles.com/p/dodgers-wi...
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There’s no daylight between what Candace says here about “the Jews” & what Nazi propagandists & Father Coughlin said about the Jews in the 1930s. Her show is one of the top 5 “conservative” podcasts in the US. She has 5.5 million subscribers on YouTube and 7.3 million followers on X.
November 8, 2025 at 8:37 PM
There’s no daylight between what Candace says here about “the Jews” & what Nazi propagandists & Father Coughlin said about the Jews in the 1930s. Her show is one of the top 5 “conservative” podcasts in the US. She has 5.5 million subscribers on YouTube and 7.3 million followers on X.
Pluribus time!!!!!! Really looking forward to this
November 7, 2025 at 2:05 AM
Pluribus time!!!!!! Really looking forward to this
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There are no words for how evil this is
November 7, 2025 at 1:36 AM
There are no words for how evil this is
No clue why this came into my head but does anyone remember Tivoli Miniature Village??? Crazy this was a thing
November 7, 2025 at 12:25 AM
No clue why this came into my head but does anyone remember Tivoli Miniature Village??? Crazy this was a thing
Twice a year I drink buy random pulp culture shirts. Tonight was the night. Bought Arrested Development, Matthew Sweet and Walk Hard
November 5, 2025 at 11:30 PM
Twice a year I drink buy random pulp culture shirts. Tonight was the night. Bought Arrested Development, Matthew Sweet and Walk Hard
Article on the FIFA level turf being installed in Windsor.
For the record my sources have been quiet on the #CanPL here other than ‘26 isn’t in play anymore
www.windsoressexsports.com/post/turf-fi...?
For the record my sources have been quiet on the #CanPL here other than ‘26 isn’t in play anymore
www.windsoressexsports.com/post/turf-fi...?
Turf field at McHugh Park
Joe Barile, president of the Essex-County Soccer Association, can't wait to see players on the new turf field at McHugh Park. Construction is coming along. "The Windsor Essex soccer community is excit...
www.windsoressexsports.com
November 5, 2025 at 8:24 PM
Article on the FIFA level turf being installed in Windsor.
For the record my sources have been quiet on the #CanPL here other than ‘26 isn’t in play anymore
www.windsoressexsports.com/post/turf-fi...?
For the record my sources have been quiet on the #CanPL here other than ‘26 isn’t in play anymore
www.windsoressexsports.com/post/turf-fi...?
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Reading We Breed Lions by @rickwesthead.bsky.social is hard and necessary, and might even make you look at hockey a little differently. And especially in a country that rarely wants to hear bad news about hockey, it should be a reminder that we need to do better. www.thestar.com/sports/hocke...
Bruce Arthur: Rick Westhead explored the darker corners of hockey in his new book. What he found is brutal
“We Breed Lions” is a thorough, thoughtful, illuminating and necessary view into hockey’s darker corners, writes Bruce Arthur.
www.thestar.com
November 5, 2025 at 7:41 PM
Reading We Breed Lions by @rickwesthead.bsky.social is hard and necessary, and might even make you look at hockey a little differently. And especially in a country that rarely wants to hear bad news about hockey, it should be a reminder that we need to do better. www.thestar.com/sports/hocke...
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Virginia has elected Ghazala Hashmi as the state’s next lieutenant governor, making her the first Muslim woman ever elected to statewide office in the United States. 19thnews.org/2025/11/virg...
November 5, 2025 at 12:41 AM
Virginia has elected Ghazala Hashmi as the state’s next lieutenant governor, making her the first Muslim woman ever elected to statewide office in the United States. 19thnews.org/2025/11/virg...
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VP Cheney will be honoured with a 21 gun salute accidentally aimed directly at 21 of his friends
November 4, 2025 at 11:42 AM
VP Cheney will be honoured with a 21 gun salute accidentally aimed directly at 21 of his friends
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The Jays got as close to winning a World Series as physically possible. But, as I'm sure I don't need to tell you, they did not win.
So this week @nickashbourne.bsky.social and I talk about the playoff ride, an instant classic of a World Series, and heartbreaking defeat.
Have a listen! 👇
So this week @nickashbourne.bsky.social and I talk about the playoff ride, an instant classic of a World Series, and heartbreaking defeat.
Have a listen! 👇
🎧BJHH: 202 - Golden Slumbers/Carry That Weight/The End
The 2025 Toronto Blue Jays got literally as close to winning a World Series as physically possible.
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November 3, 2025 at 11:24 PM
The Jays got as close to winning a World Series as physically possible. But, as I'm sure I don't need to tell you, they did not win.
So this week @nickashbourne.bsky.social and I talk about the playoff ride, an instant classic of a World Series, and heartbreaking defeat.
Have a listen! 👇
So this week @nickashbourne.bsky.social and I talk about the playoff ride, an instant classic of a World Series, and heartbreaking defeat.
Have a listen! 👇
Bills vs Chiefs. After this I can’t wait to not care about sports for a few days. Apologies to the Leafs, Knicks, Raptors, Xavier, MSU etc. I just need a couple of days of nothing
November 2, 2025 at 9:49 PM
Bills vs Chiefs. After this I can’t wait to not care about sports for a few days. Apologies to the Leafs, Knicks, Raptors, Xavier, MSU etc. I just need a couple of days of nothing
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again, this is evil.
The USDA sent an email to grocery stores telling them they are prohibited from offering special discounts to customers affected by the SNAP funding lapse.
I'm aware of at least 2 stores that had offered struggling customers a discount, then withdrew it after receiving this email
I'm aware of at least 2 stores that had offered struggling customers a discount, then withdrew it after receiving this email
November 2, 2025 at 8:23 PM
again, this is evil.
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I’d have liked that season more if the Jays had won that game, sure. But kind of in the same way that I’d have liked a filet mignon more if it had one more bite. It was still pretty fucking good!
November 2, 2025 at 5:25 PM
I’d have liked that season more if the Jays had won that game, sure. But kind of in the same way that I’d have liked a filet mignon more if it had one more bite. It was still pretty fucking good!
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And while we're on the topic of Canadian tennis, how about Vicky Mboko?!?! Takes the Hong Kong title with a 3-set win over Cristina Bucsa for her second WTA title after exploding on the scene with a win in Montreal this summer. Impressive stuff for the teenager. 💪💥🎾🇨🇦
November 2, 2025 at 4:31 PM
And while we're on the topic of Canadian tennis, how about Vicky Mboko?!?! Takes the Hong Kong title with a 3-set win over Cristina Bucsa for her second WTA title after exploding on the scene with a win in Montreal this summer. Impressive stuff for the teenager. 💪💥🎾🇨🇦
Walked home from the bar tonight. Was good to have 20 plus minutes of random NBA talk by @zachlowenba.bsky.social to unwind after the Jays loss. Still up just reading post game quotes and thinking about what could have been. Fuck it hurts but what a great season.
November 2, 2025 at 5:54 AM
Walked home from the bar tonight. Was good to have 20 plus minutes of random NBA talk by @zachlowenba.bsky.social to unwind after the Jays loss. Still up just reading post game quotes and thinking about what could have been. Fuck it hurts but what a great season.
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The Blue Jays season was unquestionably a really good thing, and we live in a world desperately short of really good things.
Thank you, gents.
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#BlueJays
Thank you, gents.
🤟
#BlueJays
November 2, 2025 at 4:52 AM
The Blue Jays season was unquestionably a really good thing, and we live in a world desperately short of really good things.
Thank you, gents.
🤟
#BlueJays
Thank you, gents.
🤟
#BlueJays