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?
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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
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AGAIN!!! Support your public libraries. LIKE ACTUAL POLITICAL SUPPORT. I do not want to hear "I looooovveee my public library" from people who don't actually pay attention to whether they are being adequately funded and sustained, lol...
“We will serve New York State and anyone who cannot get to their library due to age or disability,” said Madlyn Schneider, [Queens Public Library’s Mail-A-Book] coordinator.
www.qchron.com/editions/que...
www.qchron.com/editions/que...
Special delivery: QPL Mail-A-Book turns 50
For the past five decades, the Queens Public Library’s Mail-A-Book program has bridged the gap between homebound New Yorkers and the world of reading, delivering books and other materials directly
www.qchron.com
December 2, 2025 at 11:01 PM
AGAIN!!! Support your public libraries. LIKE ACTUAL POLITICAL SUPPORT. I do not want to hear "I looooovveee my public library" from people who don't actually pay attention to whether they are being adequately funded and sustained, lol...
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too many people are complacent when in fact what we need is to be active in preserving and EXPANDING public goods. folks need to wake up.
December 2, 2025 at 10:55 PM
too many people are complacent when in fact what we need is to be active in preserving and EXPANDING public goods. folks need to wake up.
I love it
Oh @rianjohnson.bsky.social played all innocent "I'm not doing a muppet thing with Knives Out" he knew HE KNEW
'Forks Out': A Benoit Blanc Sesame Street Mystery | Wake Up Dead Man | Netflix
YouTube video by Still Watching Netflix
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December 2, 2025 at 11:14 PM
I love it
Lots of great SHORT guides to writing alt text (short descriptions of visual components that can and should be done by anyone posting images) in social media context, like memes, gifs, and comics.
I have low vision and use alt text and image descriptions to provide context about images if double vision or blurry vision distorts them too much. If you don't know how to write #AltText, here are several guides from my website that can show you how! veroniiiica.com/how-to-write... (1/11)
How To Write Alt Text And Image Descriptions
The ultimate guide on how to write alt text and image descriptions for the visually impaired, written by someone with low vision who uses alt text
veroniiiica.com
December 2, 2025 at 12:56 AM
Lots of great SHORT guides to writing alt text (short descriptions of visual components that can and should be done by anyone posting images) in social media context, like memes, gifs, and comics.
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"The problem is the assignment/ rubric!" Well the outcome is a precarious trans academic got fired, so you have probably Found a Red Herring, my friend.
December 1, 2025 at 6:52 PM
"The problem is the assignment/ rubric!" Well the outcome is a precarious trans academic got fired, so you have probably Found a Red Herring, my friend.
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One thing I've learned from my attempt to reread Agatha Christie books chronologically is that, while I have zero in common with her politically or in regard to her racial bigotry and hatred of jobbing gardeners, always look at what the actual outcome is if you want to solve a mystery.
December 1, 2025 at 6:52 PM
One thing I've learned from my attempt to reread Agatha Christie books chronologically is that, while I have zero in common with her politically or in regard to her racial bigotry and hatred of jobbing gardeners, always look at what the actual outcome is if you want to solve a mystery.
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I use alt text and/or image descriptions to provide context or clarification about what is in an image. Since I have low vision and double vision, it can be really challenging to figure out what I am looking at or spot relevant details, especially if they are hidden or low contrast.
Some are suggesting you deliberately write inaccurate or confusing alt text, because they say this confuses AI scrapers that are analyzing images.
The purpose of alt text is to help people who cannot see the image. Deliberately misrepresenting the image is a gross misuse of alt text. Don't do it.
The purpose of alt text is to help people who cannot see the image. Deliberately misrepresenting the image is a gross misuse of alt text. Don't do it.
November 30, 2025 at 4:02 PM
I use alt text and/or image descriptions to provide context or clarification about what is in an image. Since I have low vision and double vision, it can be really challenging to figure out what I am looking at or spot relevant details, especially if they are hidden or low contrast.
Stress level: defcon ridiculous French knot project
November 27, 2025 at 3:23 AM
Stress level: defcon ridiculous French knot project
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hate pirates all you want, i can't stop you. but i can notice 1. this never actually accomplishes anything other than blowing off steam 2. lotta people in these fields won't have solidarity with each other beyond hating pirates, and most of all 3. the publishers remain largely undiscussed, untouched
November 26, 2025 at 6:11 PM
hate pirates all you want, i can't stop you. but i can notice 1. this never actually accomplishes anything other than blowing off steam 2. lotta people in these fields won't have solidarity with each other beyond hating pirates, and most of all 3. the publishers remain largely undiscussed, untouched
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remembering people from the comics side of things talking about how unionization efforts are sooo different for them compared to actors cuz they'd be taking big risks now and actors formed their unions decades ago.
...but the actors were taking big risks then too. it's always a risk.
...but the actors were taking big risks then too. it's always a risk.
November 26, 2025 at 6:03 PM
remembering people from the comics side of things talking about how unionization efforts are sooo different for them compared to actors cuz they'd be taking big risks now and actors formed their unions decades ago.
...but the actors were taking big risks then too. it's always a risk.
...but the actors were taking big risks then too. it's always a risk.
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frustrating that this piracy discourse is the same goddamn thing every time, has been for years, while discussion of exploitation of writers by publishers tends to remain very faint. it feels like this is a frequent steam valve for frustration, a group that can be yelled at without risking jobs.
November 26, 2025 at 5:54 PM
frustrating that this piracy discourse is the same goddamn thing every time, has been for years, while discussion of exploitation of writers by publishers tends to remain very faint. it feels like this is a frequent steam valve for frustration, a group that can be yelled at without risking jobs.
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I will believe in the end of identity politics when steel and lumber (28,000 jobs and 105,000 jobs respectively) stop getting bailouts, while higher education (310,000 jobs) collapses in front of our eyes because it's full of ivory tower elites
November 26, 2025 at 8:38 PM
I will believe in the end of identity politics when steel and lumber (28,000 jobs and 105,000 jobs respectively) stop getting bailouts, while higher education (310,000 jobs) collapses in front of our eyes because it's full of ivory tower elites
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I once taught a whole lesson on the narratives of deservedness in the very strange concept of “stealing” books from something conspicuously branded as a “free” little library. The students struggled with it. A lot of internalized beliefs about poverty and worth. But I think it was a good lesson.
If you are concerned about people swiping books from your little free library and reselling those books, I ask you to go to your local used bookstore and sell a book
Okay?
Understand?
Alright, next question
Okay?
Understand?
Alright, next question
November 26, 2025 at 3:11 PM
I once taught a whole lesson on the narratives of deservedness in the very strange concept of “stealing” books from something conspicuously branded as a “free” little library. The students struggled with it. A lot of internalized beliefs about poverty and worth. But I think it was a good lesson.
I generally assume my interest in the US Supreme Court is my own perverted business, but I really recommend last week's episode, a 45 min trip through a 90s immigration case to my fellow Canadians
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/d...
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/d...
Department of Homeland Security v. Thuraissigiam
Podcast Episode · 5-4 · 11/18/2025 · 45m
podcasts.apple.com
November 26, 2025 at 1:35 AM
I generally assume my interest in the US Supreme Court is my own perverted business, but I really recommend last week's episode, a 45 min trip through a 90s immigration case to my fellow Canadians
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/d...
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/d...
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Mandela effect is the logical culmination of conspiracy theory brain, you would rather construct an entire fictional parallel universe than admit you misremembered something.
November 24, 2025 at 10:18 PM
Mandela effect is the logical culmination of conspiracy theory brain, you would rather construct an entire fictional parallel universe than admit you misremembered something.