Marika
@marikapea.bsky.social
Book nerd, library yeller, kitchen witch, puzzle dork, embroidery novice, prairie settler, leftie queer, lapsed poet, kinda Blind
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Marika
@marikapea.bsky.social
· Mar 21
Is there any more perfect food than a little wedge of potato, browned and salted outside, tender and creamy inside?
Everyone is sad about the end of mass market paperbacks and I get it (we live in a time when many once-reliable comforts are being destroyed) but the font is too small and they never actually fit in short-girl pockets. Give me a slimmer trade paperback any day, or an ebook I can read in low lighting
December 14, 2025 at 10:54 PM
Everyone is sad about the end of mass market paperbacks and I get it (we live in a time when many once-reliable comforts are being destroyed) but the font is too small and they never actually fit in short-girl pockets. Give me a slimmer trade paperback any day, or an ebook I can read in low lighting
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I get why folks wonder why ICE kidnappings aren’t met with more violent opposition, and I’ve wondered that too, but I do think basic humanity and taking care of each other is the fundamentally more radical opposition to fascism; sometimes a blanket is propaganda of the deed, too.
Damn this video of a observer/protester climbing a ladder to hand blanket to the construction worker who was surrounded by ICE.
December 14, 2025 at 3:41 PM
I get why folks wonder why ICE kidnappings aren’t met with more violent opposition, and I’ve wondered that too, but I do think basic humanity and taking care of each other is the fundamentally more radical opposition to fascism; sometimes a blanket is propaganda of the deed, too.
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“Point and Laugh: Residential school denialism is not funny, but denialists sure are”
A new blog post by me on residential school denialism and what we should do about it.
skkb79-imrxk.wordpress.com/2025/12/11/p...
A new blog post by me on residential school denialism and what we should do about it.
skkb79-imrxk.wordpress.com/2025/12/11/p...
Point and Laugh: Residential school denialism is not funny, but denialists sure are
By Adam J. Barker Stop me if you’ve heard this one. Three residential school denialists walk into a bar… Yes, it sounds like a joke, and in reality, it sort of is. Several well-known bad actors hav…
skkb79-imrxk.wordpress.com
December 12, 2025 at 3:14 PM
“Point and Laugh: Residential school denialism is not funny, but denialists sure are”
A new blog post by me on residential school denialism and what we should do about it.
skkb79-imrxk.wordpress.com/2025/12/11/p...
A new blog post by me on residential school denialism and what we should do about it.
skkb79-imrxk.wordpress.com/2025/12/11/p...
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do I have a right to walk? that's the question I'd like to ask. do I have a right to walk without some inattentive idiot nearly ending my life because I was crossing a street, on a daily basis? because it feels like no
More than half of Toronto drivers in a Universtiy of Toronto study didn't look for people walking or on bikes before turning right. Study used eye-tracking tech.
Increasingly deadly vehicles, dumb laws, and irresponsible driving equal people being injured and killed.
www.utoronto.ca/news/more-ha...
Increasingly deadly vehicles, dumb laws, and irresponsible driving equal people being injured and killed.
www.utoronto.ca/news/more-ha...
December 12, 2025 at 6:34 PM
do I have a right to walk? that's the question I'd like to ask. do I have a right to walk without some inattentive idiot nearly ending my life because I was crossing a street, on a daily basis? because it feels like no
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It’s not writing off a portion of the population to say that workers should not be racist to customers! The entire conservative movement has coalesced around the idea that it is somehow discriminatory to judge people by their actions.
"Leftists should not write off any segment of the population" nah dog. Nazis exist. I dont care if they work for wages and pay rent, a fascist is a fascist.
December 12, 2025 at 5:58 PM
It’s not writing off a portion of the population to say that workers should not be racist to customers! The entire conservative movement has coalesced around the idea that it is somehow discriminatory to judge people by their actions.
I guess I'M the fool for assuming the Corydon bus would follow the same route as the Osborne bus on the north side of Portage but that is not in fact the case and how I came to be running down the middle of a deserted side street in the dark so I wouldn't miss a second bus
December 11, 2025 at 11:19 PM
I guess I'M the fool for assuming the Corydon bus would follow the same route as the Osborne bus on the north side of Portage but that is not in fact the case and how I came to be running down the middle of a deserted side street in the dark so I wouldn't miss a second bus
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Dunno how this hasn't been picked up by the media yet but #BillC15 would remove the provision allowing libraries to send books to and fro by Canada Post at a cheaper rate. In Newfoundland about a quarter of the physical items signed out of libraries use this service! librarianship.ca/news/bill-c1...
Bill C-15 threatens Library Book Rate and free mailing of materials for people who are blind - news
librarianship.ca
December 10, 2025 at 1:40 AM
Dunno how this hasn't been picked up by the media yet but #BillC15 would remove the provision allowing libraries to send books to and fro by Canada Post at a cheaper rate. In Newfoundland about a quarter of the physical items signed out of libraries use this service! librarianship.ca/news/bill-c1...
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But we are spoiled with our current level of snow clearing according to our current Chair of Public Works, so I guess this is as good as it gets.
December 11, 2025 at 3:56 PM
But we are spoiled with our current level of snow clearing according to our current Chair of Public Works, so I guess this is as good as it gets.
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I have lived downtown for most of my adult life and I have never seen the City actually follow their own policy of clearing the downtown sidewalks to the paved surface.
December 11, 2025 at 3:56 PM
I have lived downtown for most of my adult life and I have never seen the City actually follow their own policy of clearing the downtown sidewalks to the paved surface.
Interview with Alberta trans activist Marni Panas about Alberta's most recent use of the notwithstanding clause to go after trans kids' rights. We are going to run these fuckers out of office. 💜💜💜
www.cbc.ca/listen/live-...
www.cbc.ca/listen/live-...
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December 11, 2025 at 12:57 AM
Interview with Alberta trans activist Marni Panas about Alberta's most recent use of the notwithstanding clause to go after trans kids' rights. We are going to run these fuckers out of office. 💜💜💜
www.cbc.ca/listen/live-...
www.cbc.ca/listen/live-...
I see accessible typeface/font discourse has hit the mainstream, and I, your disabled public-service-working pal would like to remind you that accessible is contextual, dynamic, and the research on legible fonts is ALL over the place. The woke-est font is one geared for your audience and purpose.
December 10, 2025 at 4:41 AM
I see accessible typeface/font discourse has hit the mainstream, and I, your disabled public-service-working pal would like to remind you that accessible is contextual, dynamic, and the research on legible fonts is ALL over the place. The woke-est font is one geared for your audience and purpose.
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So similarly, when we see people who prefer ChatGPT or a similar synthetic text extruding machine as a source of medical information, that means those are people who are under-served in the current system.
December 9, 2025 at 2:17 PM
So similarly, when we see people who prefer ChatGPT or a similar synthetic text extruding machine as a source of medical information, that means those are people who are under-served in the current system.
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Students, staff, faculty turning to ChatGPT? That means they are being asked to do things they don't have the time, resources, support, etc to do.
December 9, 2025 at 2:16 PM
Students, staff, faculty turning to ChatGPT? That means they are being asked to do things they don't have the time, resources, support, etc to do.
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No matter what you do in your classroom, the institution has positioned your students as customers. This impacts their experience of your classroom. You cannot make it a "pure" educational space free from market pressures.
December 9, 2025 at 7:59 PM
No matter what you do in your classroom, the institution has positioned your students as customers. This impacts their experience of your classroom. You cannot make it a "pure" educational space free from market pressures.
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Call for sources from one of our @xtramagazine.com fellows:
"Are you a teacher, ed worker, or librarian in Alberta? I’m writing about how education workers are working with/around the recent anti-LGBTQ+ legislation and book bans. Reach out to [email protected] if you're open to speaking."
"Are you a teacher, ed worker, or librarian in Alberta? I’m writing about how education workers are working with/around the recent anti-LGBTQ+ legislation and book bans. Reach out to [email protected] if you're open to speaking."
December 8, 2025 at 7:34 PM
Call for sources from one of our @xtramagazine.com fellows:
"Are you a teacher, ed worker, or librarian in Alberta? I’m writing about how education workers are working with/around the recent anti-LGBTQ+ legislation and book bans. Reach out to [email protected] if you're open to speaking."
"Are you a teacher, ed worker, or librarian in Alberta? I’m writing about how education workers are working with/around the recent anti-LGBTQ+ legislation and book bans. Reach out to [email protected] if you're open to speaking."
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it might seem surprising that the people who said “look, let trans people live their lives, but i have Reasonable Concerns about sports and toilets” aren’t up in arms about this, but what you have to remember is that those people who said that are liars who were lying
December 6, 2025 at 12:40 PM
it might seem surprising that the people who said “look, let trans people live their lives, but i have Reasonable Concerns about sports and toilets” aren’t up in arms about this, but what you have to remember is that those people who said that are liars who were lying
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I really can't emphasize enough that if you care about local politics, all you gotta do is show up. Just a regular schmegular person showing up. Literally just show up consistently in person and within a remarkably short amount of time, you will have a shocking amount of influence.
December 5, 2025 at 6:07 AM
I really can't emphasize enough that if you care about local politics, all you gotta do is show up. Just a regular schmegular person showing up. Literally just show up consistently in person and within a remarkably short amount of time, you will have a shocking amount of influence.
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Day 4 of #ArtAdventCalendar this is from a couple years ago. I do these textile things more as a form of drumming than trying to make art but I like the way the colours interact
December 4, 2025 at 10:09 PM
Day 4 of #ArtAdventCalendar this is from a couple years ago. I do these textile things more as a form of drumming than trying to make art but I like the way the colours interact
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people thought Judith Butler was exaggerating before but she's been proven right, i think
December 3, 2025 at 10:53 PM
people thought Judith Butler was exaggerating before but she's been proven right, i think
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There's a lovely template for your email included in the replies here, and in addition to all that here's a transcribed version of this image in the alt text with which you can copy/paste text into an email as well.
December 2, 2025 at 10:06 PM
There's a lovely template for your email included in the replies here, and in addition to all that here's a transcribed version of this image in the alt text with which you can copy/paste text into an email as well.
This is the guy that The Current had on this week??
There's this constant discourse about how "the left" (whoever that is) has to stop being condescending and speak directly to men's issues. But these gurus are, without fail, more condescending to men than any feminist or SJW I've ever met.
December 3, 2025 at 9:45 PM
This is the guy that The Current had on this week??
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Not to belabour it but this is what prioritizing defence spending looks like.
December 3, 2025 at 4:14 PM
Not to belabour it but this is what prioritizing defence spending looks like.
Elbows up!!!
Canadian firm making armoured vehicles for ICE. www.ctvnews.ca/business/art...
ICE ordering fleet of 20 armoured vehicles from Canadian firm
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement has earmarked millions of dollars for a bulk order for 20 armoured vehicles from Canadian defence manufacturer Roshel that are built to resist bullets and bomb...
www.ctvnews.ca
December 3, 2025 at 9:28 PM
Elbows up!!!
All I want for Christmas is to stop clenching my jaw from stress
December 3, 2025 at 9:01 PM
All I want for Christmas is to stop clenching my jaw from stress
From the Department of Little Treats: I have been stirring a spoonful or two of lemon curd into my morning Greek yoghurt and berries and it's SO good
December 3, 2025 at 3:31 PM
From the Department of Little Treats: I have been stirring a spoonful or two of lemon curd into my morning Greek yoghurt and berries and it's SO good