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Mickey Walsh
@michaelafwalsh.bsky.social
Chief News Digester, EU Delegation to the US. Formerly: Embassy of Ireland, Kennedy Center (and proud of it). DC transplant, OCNJ native. Pedant. Analog kid. Hockey player. Always dreaming of colder climes. | 🇦🇶
or curaçao, oh my goodness
December 5, 2025 at 7:01 PM
aw I shouldn't have jinxed it, it switched to the White House
December 5, 2025 at 4:47 PM
Like this very same Glen came into some money via inheritance or bake sale or whatever and used the Letterkenny Public Access studio (that he already knows how to run) and made a little show about hockey players kissing
December 4, 2025 at 2:52 AM
(And it's a wildly popular program created, supported, expanded, and amplified by an NHL team!)
December 3, 2025 at 5:15 AM
"Hockey culture" and its accompanying misogynistic toxicity writ large is definitely a thing, and there are opportunities to improve & break the cycle, but it was just jarring to see "hockey doesn't love women" immediately after spending a joyful, hard-fought hour on the ice with 25 other women.
December 3, 2025 at 5:15 AM
I love the insight! I have to track this stuff for work and I definitely didn't want to make a Truth account to do so, so this account is a godsend even as it is.
December 2, 2025 at 11:16 PM
(Eventually I just set my phone to silent so I could sleep)
December 2, 2025 at 6:51 PM