Michael Wheeler
@michaelcwheeler.bsky.social
Assistant Professor, Director, Curator for work. Other stuff like progressive politics and sports for fun.
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This deal to reopen the government is fucking disgraceful.
Tens of millions will lose their healthcare. Trump will be emboldened.
This is exactly what’s wrong with Democratic Party leadership and why we need more people in Congress who will actually hold the line.
Tens of millions will lose their healthcare. Trump will be emboldened.
This is exactly what’s wrong with Democratic Party leadership and why we need more people in Congress who will actually hold the line.
November 10, 2025 at 12:43 PM
This deal to reopen the government is fucking disgraceful.
Tens of millions will lose their healthcare. Trump will be emboldened.
This is exactly what’s wrong with Democratic Party leadership and why we need more people in Congress who will actually hold the line.
Tens of millions will lose their healthcare. Trump will be emboldened.
This is exactly what’s wrong with Democratic Party leadership and why we need more people in Congress who will actually hold the line.
Update Tara won!
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November 8, 2025 at 12:03 AM
Update Tara won!
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Imagine if you took the core critique of the economy for the past 200 years, one which was also reiterated and confirmed by a recent Nobel Prize Winner in Economics, and then you named it after a letter and pretended it was your idea. apple.news/ARYs9b--qQeS...
Economists agree: You’re not crazy for feeling like the rich get richer, and the poor are doing worse. Welcome to the ‘K-shaped economy’ — FORTUNE
November 7, 2025 at 9:00 AM EDT Federal Reserve chair Jerome Power says he's seen anecdotal evidence of a K-shaped economy. It all began with an anonymous Twitter handle named “Ivan the K.” The self-a...
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November 7, 2025 at 2:55 PM
Imagine if you took the core critique of the economy for the past 200 years, one which was also reiterated and confirmed by a recent Nobel Prize Winner in Economics, and then you named it after a letter and pretended it was your idea. apple.news/ARYs9b--qQeS...
This slide only contains one of the highlights the Canadian Arts Coalition cites, but does anyone else not feel like GREAT NEWS CELEBRATE NO NEW CUTS is something only we would do? ($6 mill over 3 years does not cover inflation on a $325M annual budget so actually it is a cut.)
November 7, 2025 at 1:40 AM
This slide only contains one of the highlights the Canadian Arts Coalition cites, but does anyone else not feel like GREAT NEWS CELEBRATE NO NEW CUTS is something only we would do? ($6 mill over 3 years does not cover inflation on a $325M annual budget so actually it is a cut.)
Mostly just resharing this as a photo from today before it's transmutation to meme.
incredible photo that's definitely worth at least 1,000 words from Andrew Harnik of Getty
November 6, 2025 at 6:50 PM
Mostly just resharing this as a photo from today before it's transmutation to meme.
I guess another thing we can take from the federal budget is while te Carney government is not taking a slash and burn Philistine approach to the arts, arts and culture is not viewed as a meaningful nation building project the same way mining, the military, and energy is.
November 6, 2025 at 1:41 PM
I guess another thing we can take from the federal budget is while te Carney government is not taking a slash and burn Philistine approach to the arts, arts and culture is not viewed as a meaningful nation building project the same way mining, the military, and energy is.
Fascinated by instead of dampening expectations and proposing a new narrative around success, proposing the campaign be judged by if the promises made are promises met.
November 6, 2025 at 1:09 AM
Fascinated by instead of dampening expectations and proposing a new narrative around success, proposing the campaign be judged by if the promises made are promises met.
My morning after the budget take, (other than re-considering the purchase of a luxury yacht) is the budget is good for Canadian universities, but bad for Canadian graduate students. Almost everywhere has been in a hiring freeze post-pandemic and now a huge tranche to hire international profs only.
November 5, 2025 at 2:26 PM
My morning after the budget take, (other than re-considering the purchase of a luxury yacht) is the budget is good for Canadian universities, but bad for Canadian graduate students. Almost everywhere has been in a hiring freeze post-pandemic and now a huge tranche to hire international profs only.
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When they called it people in the bar started making out like it was New Year’s Eve lol
November 5, 2025 at 2:39 AM
When they called it people in the bar started making out like it was New Year’s Eve lol
stop listening to the consultants start running unabashed socialists.
Breaking News: Zohran Mamdani, a 34-year-old state lawmaker from Queens, will be the 111th mayor of New York. He will be the first Muslim to ever lead the city, as well as its first South Asian mayor and the youngest mayor in more than a century.
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November 5, 2025 at 2:46 AM
stop listening to the consultants start running unabashed socialists.
Idea for @tsnofficial.bsky.social @torontoraptor.bsky.social half time show:
Instead of analysis of a parlay; which is the worse kind of sucker's bet in terms of odds, how about a piece on the current NBA coach and player under investigation by FBI for their involvement with gambling on the NBA?
Instead of analysis of a parlay; which is the worse kind of sucker's bet in terms of odds, how about a piece on the current NBA coach and player under investigation by FBI for their involvement with gambling on the NBA?
November 5, 2025 at 1:57 AM
Idea for @tsnofficial.bsky.social @torontoraptor.bsky.social half time show:
Instead of analysis of a parlay; which is the worse kind of sucker's bet in terms of odds, how about a piece on the current NBA coach and player under investigation by FBI for their involvement with gambling on the NBA?
Instead of analysis of a parlay; which is the worse kind of sucker's bet in terms of odds, how about a piece on the current NBA coach and player under investigation by FBI for their involvement with gambling on the NBA?
Think about everything that has happened to the US political system under Chuck Schumer's watch as top Democrat and how on earth could he still have power?
Q: It's election day in NYC. Did you vote for Mamdani or Cuomo?
Schumer: "Look, I voted, and I look forward to working with the next mayor to help NYC."
Schumer: "Look, I voted, and I look forward to working with the next mayor to help NYC."
November 5, 2025 at 1:50 AM
Think about everything that has happened to the US political system under Chuck Schumer's watch as top Democrat and how on earth could he still have power?
I'm far too jaded at this point to pre-celebrate Mandami, but a W would be nice for a change.
November 4, 2025 at 7:20 PM
I'm far too jaded at this point to pre-celebrate Mandami, but a W would be nice for a change.
Sometimes I wonder if I use too much Stanislavsky as the basis for teaching acting and directing, but then ask myself if chemistry professors worry about talking about the periodic table too much.
November 3, 2025 at 1:46 PM
Sometimes I wonder if I use too much Stanislavsky as the basis for teaching acting and directing, but then ask myself if chemistry professors worry about talking about the periodic table too much.
The worst part of things that don't matter making you happy, is that things that don't matter can also make you sad.
November 2, 2025 at 1:36 PM
The worst part of things that don't matter making you happy, is that things that don't matter can also make you sad.
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For those people whose sportsnet subscription isn't working, if you have prime video just get a free trial of citytv and watch the game from the live channel
November 2, 2025 at 2:44 AM
For those people whose sportsnet subscription isn't working, if you have prime video just get a free trial of citytv and watch the game from the live channel
I'm trying hard to emotionally disassociate from what's going to happen this evening and this is not helping.
Vladimir Guerrero Jr. arriving with *this* vibe 💯 Wearing the jersey of 3x Olympic hockey gold-medalist Marie-Philip Poulin.
📷 Screengrab from Sportsnet
#WorldSeries
📷 Screengrab from Sportsnet
#WorldSeries
November 1, 2025 at 9:54 PM
I'm trying hard to emotionally disassociate from what's going to happen this evening and this is not helping.
If they win tonight and have a parade on Sunday, might drive the family to TO to see the parade. We've speculated at length around how Springer shirtless on a horse will work/look in this scenario.
October 31, 2025 at 8:12 PM
If they win tonight and have a parade on Sunday, might drive the family to TO to see the parade. We've speculated at length around how Springer shirtless on a horse will work/look in this scenario.
Be gentle with your Gen X friends - we all have an emotional attachment to the Blue Jays winning the Worlds Series, due to 92/93 falling in our formative years, and very many of us are responsible for logistics involving multiple small monsters operating in the dark. Lots of moving parts.
October 31, 2025 at 8:09 PM
Be gentle with your Gen X friends - we all have an emotional attachment to the Blue Jays winning the Worlds Series, due to 92/93 falling in our formative years, and very many of us are responsible for logistics involving multiple small monsters operating in the dark. Lots of moving parts.
Is Mary Hart OK?
October 30, 2025 at 4:42 PM
Is Mary Hart OK?
Scared my kids a little bit re my reaction to back to back homers to start.
Dad you yell loud.
Only in the World Series little ones.
Dad you yell loud.
Only in the World Series little ones.
October 30, 2025 at 1:30 PM
Scared my kids a little bit re my reaction to back to back homers to start.
Dad you yell loud.
Only in the World Series little ones.
Dad you yell loud.
Only in the World Series little ones.
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I have been charged in a federal indictment sought by the Department of Justice.
This political prosecution is an attack on all of our First Amendment rights. I’m not backing down, and we’re going to win.
This political prosecution is an attack on all of our First Amendment rights. I’m not backing down, and we’re going to win.
October 29, 2025 at 4:55 PM
I have been charged in a federal indictment sought by the Department of Justice.
This political prosecution is an attack on all of our First Amendment rights. I’m not backing down, and we’re going to win.
This political prosecution is an attack on all of our First Amendment rights. I’m not backing down, and we’re going to win.
There's a new report out proclaiming the value of Arts and Culture to the Canadian economy. This is not the point of art, and critically, i'm pretty sure making the argument we can pitch in to the National project the same way as mining or agriculture is not helpful to culture policy goals.
October 28, 2025 at 7:16 PM
There's a new report out proclaiming the value of Arts and Culture to the Canadian economy. This is not the point of art, and critically, i'm pretty sure making the argument we can pitch in to the National project the same way as mining or agriculture is not helpful to culture policy goals.
I still think the Jays are playing pretty well given the other team has an all time all star at every position and our key players are very old, just started playing baseball professionally, or spent 10 years in the minors.
October 28, 2025 at 3:39 PM
I still think the Jays are playing pretty well given the other team has an all time all star at every position and our key players are very old, just started playing baseball professionally, or spent 10 years in the minors.