Mika Rekai
@mikaontheinternet.bsky.social
Writer, Teacher, Classics nerd, Dog-haver.
There's some good in this world, Mr. Frodo, and it's worth fighting for.
She/Her.
There's some good in this world, Mr. Frodo, and it's worth fighting for.
She/Her.
Pinned
One dog is a friend. He's a gentleman. You go for civilized walks. You greet your neighbours who know him by name. He presents his butt should they desire to scratch it.
Two dogs is a kennel. They howl at specs of dust. They eat at a trough. Their farts hang thick in the air. They have demands.
Two dogs is a kennel. They howl at specs of dust. They eat at a trough. Their farts hang thick in the air. They have demands.
The way we keep privatizing public services as if this is still a common sense way to govern is some real boomer head-in-the-sand shit. The last 20-40 years has shown that the public gets a worse service every time.
I like red tape. It means I can drink water that doesn't make me shit blood.
I like red tape. It means I can drink water that doesn't make me shit blood.
Marit Stiles warns of water privatization in Ford government’s omnibus bill
Bill 60, the Fighting Delays, Building Faster Act, would designate a corporation to provide water and sewage services "on behalf of particular lower-tier municipalities."
www.thestar.com
November 14, 2025 at 2:20 AM
The way we keep privatizing public services as if this is still a common sense way to govern is some real boomer head-in-the-sand shit. The last 20-40 years has shown that the public gets a worse service every time.
I like red tape. It means I can drink water that doesn't make me shit blood.
I like red tape. It means I can drink water that doesn't make me shit blood.
Are you troubled?
"The rage-baiting is really nauseating," says Councillor Parthi Kandavel. "The idea or the implication that we're against kids getting ice cream or seniors getting a cappuccino, it's troubling. That insinuation that some of us are knuckle-dragging suburbanites ... it doesn't reflect the complexity."
November 13, 2025 at 8:44 PM
Are you troubled?
OK I've listened to Showgirl and the turn-her-head-all-the-way-around-crazy song on this album is Father Figure.
And, of course, it's the best fucking one.
And, of course, it's the best fucking one.
October 8, 2025 at 8:28 PM
OK I've listened to Showgirl and the turn-her-head-all-the-way-around-crazy song on this album is Father Figure.
And, of course, it's the best fucking one.
And, of course, it's the best fucking one.
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One thing about AI is that it allows people to bypass the emotional discomfort of not knowing what tf you're doing, even as you're trying to figure it out. That space between knowing and understanding is confusing and frustrating and students don't know how to cope with lingering there.
Students using AI is definitely the thing that is going to break me. Not even failing grades work as a deterrent.
October 6, 2025 at 4:57 PM
One thing about AI is that it allows people to bypass the emotional discomfort of not knowing what tf you're doing, even as you're trying to figure it out. That space between knowing and understanding is confusing and frustrating and students don't know how to cope with lingering there.
Sometimes dumb feelings make good art. I don't know what to tell you.
October 6, 2025 at 6:26 PM
Sometimes dumb feelings make good art. I don't know what to tell you.
That tattoo could have been a fridge magnet.
October 3, 2025 at 10:38 PM
That tattoo could have been a fridge magnet.
Before I listen, does the new Taylor Swift album have a song about her being turn-the-head-all-the-way-around insane?Because I would like to start with that one. Those ones are the good ones.
October 3, 2025 at 3:25 PM
Before I listen, does the new Taylor Swift album have a song about her being turn-the-head-all-the-way-around insane?Because I would like to start with that one. Those ones are the good ones.
These massive ass trucks are just another reason why turning right on red is so fucking dangerous for pedestrians.
You might think that the mayor of Yellowknife, the capital of Canada's vast Northwest Territories, would be a fan of giant pickups.
Nope. He's disgusted by car bloat.
www.linkedin.com/posts/benjam...
Nope. He's disgusted by car bloat.
www.linkedin.com/posts/benjam...
October 2, 2025 at 5:56 PM
These massive ass trucks are just another reason why turning right on red is so fucking dangerous for pedestrians.
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On National Poetry Day, the greatest poem I have ever read
October 2, 2025 at 8:41 AM
On National Poetry Day, the greatest poem I have ever read
I just want someone innovative and disruptive to invent something I actually want. Like food that never gets cold.
October 1, 2025 at 2:13 AM
I just want someone innovative and disruptive to invent something I actually want. Like food that never gets cold.
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Excited to introduce Vibes from Meta. Eat your slop, piggies!
September 30, 2025 at 5:59 PM
Excited to introduce Vibes from Meta. Eat your slop, piggies!
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I feel like it would have been both easy and anti-inflammatory to put the word "Incorrectly" after our Glorious Conservative Leader's name in the title, given the data present in the article, but what do I know www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
Poilievre claims Christians 'may be the number 1' victims of hate-based violence | CBC News
Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre said Monday that Christians and their places of worship are being targeted and, if elected, he will crack down on religion-based hate.
www.cbc.ca
September 29, 2025 at 8:44 PM
I feel like it would have been both easy and anti-inflammatory to put the word "Incorrectly" after our Glorious Conservative Leader's name in the title, given the data present in the article, but what do I know www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
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CBC's editorial board is compromised.
I just wrote this to them.
I just wrote this to them.
September 29, 2025 at 8:52 PM
CBC's editorial board is compromised.
I just wrote this to them.
I just wrote this to them.
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Take a moment. You've earned this.
Pete Hegseth accidentally flipping a skateboard into his nuts on live TV
September 29, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Take a moment. You've earned this.
I don't really miss American products that much. The only part that's hard is reading books by Canadians, Brits or Europeans that are published though U.S publishers. And that pisses me off for other reasons too. Mainly, I hate American spelling and I never want to measure something in cups again.
September 29, 2025 at 6:39 PM
I don't really miss American products that much. The only part that's hard is reading books by Canadians, Brits or Europeans that are published though U.S publishers. And that pisses me off for other reasons too. Mainly, I hate American spelling and I never want to measure something in cups again.
Driving is dangerous. Drivers get away with murder. What other slogans can we shout at Queen's Park?
She was thrown under a streetcar when a car driver knocked her off her bike. Her case was withdrawn — one of thousands tossed each year by a ‘system in shambles’
The mass withdrawal of road safety-related charges has become routine, the result of an overwhelmed court system that is leaving millions in fines on the table and letting dangerous drivers off the ho...
www.thestar.com
September 29, 2025 at 2:39 PM
Driving is dangerous. Drivers get away with murder. What other slogans can we shout at Queen's Park?
Something that I really like about rugby: I've been paying attention to it on and off since university, and I honestly don't really know the rules. But it doesn't matter! It's still fun to watch!
I tried watching a 30-minute video by a British rugby youtuber all about how Canada is revolutionizing rugby tactics, and 50% of if was *woosh* over my head, but from the 50% I understood: in simpleton football terms, every player is a QB doing a read option based on what they see in the defense
September 27, 2025 at 5:24 PM
Something that I really like about rugby: I've been paying attention to it on and off since university, and I honestly don't really know the rules. But it doesn't matter! It's still fun to watch!
It is kind of amazing that we made it to the World Cup final. Canadians, if you aren't watching rugby, check it out. It's the only thing that compares to hockey in terms of speed and dramatic twists. Also, we can win.
Women’s Rugby World Cup final updates from London: Canada’s incredible run ends after hard-fought loss to England
The Star is in London to live blog all the action of the Women’s Rugby World Cup final between Canada and England. Follow along here.
www.thestar.com
September 27, 2025 at 5:22 PM
It is kind of amazing that we made it to the World Cup final. Canadians, if you aren't watching rugby, check it out. It's the only thing that compares to hockey in terms of speed and dramatic twists. Also, we can win.
Would anyone want to read an extremely long essay about how the movie 300 is the cultural cannon from which the Alt-Right sprung?? Because I am itching. ITCHING.
September 26, 2025 at 2:06 PM
Would anyone want to read an extremely long essay about how the movie 300 is the cultural cannon from which the Alt-Right sprung?? Because I am itching. ITCHING.
One of my favourite parts of a historical epic is Blonde Solider Who Represents Male Innocence. He believes in things he doesn't understand. His blue eyes go wide when he sees death. At some point a Boobly Tart takes his hand and he stumbles to a backroom with her so it's less sad when he dies.
September 25, 2025 at 4:24 PM
One of my favourite parts of a historical epic is Blonde Solider Who Represents Male Innocence. He believes in things he doesn't understand. His blue eyes go wide when he sees death. At some point a Boobly Tart takes his hand and he stumbles to a backroom with her so it's less sad when he dies.
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It's a bit funny that "conservative voices" has just become synonymous with "losers lying". Like when a threatening letter arrives at Google saying "reinstate every law-breaking moron you banned for saying that masks cause autism" Google responded "we're sorry for censoring Conservative Thought"
September 24, 2025 at 5:03 PM
It's a bit funny that "conservative voices" has just become synonymous with "losers lying". Like when a threatening letter arrives at Google saying "reinstate every law-breaking moron you banned for saying that masks cause autism" Google responded "we're sorry for censoring Conservative Thought"
OH GOOD.
Should Ben Mulroney be covering politics for Global News?
Plus, Canada is in an existential crisis. Is it time to stop the partisan shenanigans?
@noorazrieh.bsky.social co-hosts
Plus, Canada is in an existential crisis. Is it time to stop the partisan shenanigans?
@noorazrieh.bsky.social co-hosts
Ben Mulroney Says He's Biased and Not a Journalist. He's Global's New Politics Host.
Global News hires a non-journalist to cover politics.
buff.ly
September 19, 2025 at 1:46 PM
OH GOOD.
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Excellent deputation by @michaelhoffman.bsky.social regarding the Bathurst Bus priority project. He brings up the anti side's use of AI but also drops a little bomb: the petition they submitted was signed by one person 25 times for each property he owns in the area! More astroturf than in SkyDome!
Toronto and East York Community Council - September 18, 2025
YouTube video by Toronto City Council
www.youtube.com
September 19, 2025 at 1:01 PM
Excellent deputation by @michaelhoffman.bsky.social regarding the Bathurst Bus priority project. He brings up the anti side's use of AI but also drops a little bomb: the petition they submitted was signed by one person 25 times for each property he owns in the area! More astroturf than in SkyDome!
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this is the kind of thing that makes you feel something needs to be done about the notwithstanding clause
Alberta to use notwithstanding clause on its three transgender laws: memo
www.ctvnews.ca/edmonton/art...
www.ctvnews.ca/edmonton/art...
Alberta to use notwithstanding clause on its three transgender laws: memo
Alberta Premier Danielle Smith plans to invoke the Charter’s notwithstanding clause this fall on three laws affecting transgender people.
www.ctvnews.ca
September 19, 2025 at 12:44 AM
this is the kind of thing that makes you feel something needs to be done about the notwithstanding clause