Mikayla
@mikaylamic.bsky.social
Automation and aerospace engineer
Asexual, aromantic and nonbinary.
They/them
Lunenburg County, Nova Scotia, Canada
Asexual, aromantic and nonbinary.
They/them
Lunenburg County, Nova Scotia, Canada
"Enshittification" and "AI slop" are two terms that I just absolutely despise, despite the fact that I understand the value of naming what's going on and usually agree with the point being made. I just hate these particular words/phrases
November 24, 2025 at 12:55 PM
"Enshittification" and "AI slop" are two terms that I just absolutely despise, despite the fact that I understand the value of naming what's going on and usually agree with the point being made. I just hate these particular words/phrases
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Just a friendly reminder as we go into the holidays:
Folks don't have to explain to you why they don't drink.
If you offer them a drink and they decline, don't ask them why. It's not your business.
Just offer them something without alcohol to drink instead. And move on.
Folks don't have to explain to you why they don't drink.
If you offer them a drink and they decline, don't ask them why. It's not your business.
Just offer them something without alcohol to drink instead. And move on.
November 23, 2025 at 8:04 PM
Just a friendly reminder as we go into the holidays:
Folks don't have to explain to you why they don't drink.
If you offer them a drink and they decline, don't ask them why. It's not your business.
Just offer them something without alcohol to drink instead. And move on.
Folks don't have to explain to you why they don't drink.
If you offer them a drink and they decline, don't ask them why. It's not your business.
Just offer them something without alcohol to drink instead. And move on.
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Honest to God, that's how the questions sounded
Media: Why didn't you self-immolate your party so we can cover the exciting drama of the government falling and a Christmas election?!?!
Davies: Gosh, when you put it like THAT...
Davies: Gosh, when you put it like THAT...
November 18, 2025 at 12:30 AM
Honest to God, that's how the questions sounded
This is an accurate summary of the entire press conference
Reporter: YOU ARE PROPPING UP THE GOVT AND GOT NOTHING ARE YOU KIDDING ME
shouting in two languages
Davis: ffs people CANADIANS DO NOT WANT AN ELECTION
(paraphrasing now)
shouting in two languages
Davis: ffs people CANADIANS DO NOT WANT AN ELECTION
(paraphrasing now)
November 18, 2025 at 12:19 AM
This is an accurate summary of the entire press conference
Final tally was 170 for, 168 against
November 18, 2025 at 12:07 AM
Final tally was 170 for, 168 against
Elizabeth May votes yes. At least two NDP no votes
November 17, 2025 at 11:54 PM
Elizabeth May votes yes. At least two NDP no votes
At lest one NDP no vote
November 17, 2025 at 11:52 PM
At lest one NDP no vote
CBC coverage is basically just going over how literally nobody wants an election, but we might have one anyways
November 17, 2025 at 11:39 PM
CBC coverage is basically just going over how literally nobody wants an election, but we might have one anyways
So we should know in just over an hour if we're having another federal election
After seeing how th US system works, I do appreciate much more now that our system makes the Members of Parliament suddenly unemployed if they fail to pass the budget
After seeing how th US system works, I do appreciate much more now that our system makes the Members of Parliament suddenly unemployed if they fail to pass the budget
November 17, 2025 at 10:36 PM
So we should know in just over an hour if we're having another federal election
After seeing how th US system works, I do appreciate much more now that our system makes the Members of Parliament suddenly unemployed if they fail to pass the budget
After seeing how th US system works, I do appreciate much more now that our system makes the Members of Parliament suddenly unemployed if they fail to pass the budget
I'm a Canadian employee (at a Canadian site) of a European company, and I'm currently listening to how the North American branch of the company is ditching the diversity councils and networks for marginalized employees because of the current US administration
November 17, 2025 at 7:27 PM
I'm a Canadian employee (at a Canadian site) of a European company, and I'm currently listening to how the North American branch of the company is ditching the diversity councils and networks for marginalized employees because of the current US administration
@amalelmohtar.com The River Has Roots is on the Staff Picks shelf at my local library!
November 15, 2025 at 7:53 PM
@amalelmohtar.com The River Has Roots is on the Staff Picks shelf at my local library!
Today I learned that if your Apple Pencil has stopped talking to your iPad, and you talk to support, they want the serial number of the pencil. And if your iPad can't read it because they aren't talking, the only way to get it is in tiny, tiny text in the inside of the pencil tip
November 15, 2025 at 3:18 PM
Today I learned that if your Apple Pencil has stopped talking to your iPad, and you talk to support, they want the serial number of the pencil. And if your iPad can't read it because they aren't talking, the only way to get it is in tiny, tiny text in the inside of the pencil tip
It has been zero days since the last time I saw he/him pronouns used as generic engineer pronouns
It is 2025, and apparently people are still sending out emails where they use he/him pronouns for the entire engineering team
November 13, 2025 at 11:02 PM
It has been zero days since the last time I saw he/him pronouns used as generic engineer pronouns
Sharing the cat tree
November 12, 2025 at 12:24 AM
Sharing the cat tree
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pre-writing a devastating obituary for your enemy is god-tier hating of a kind you don’t often see anymore. renaissance haterism. beautiful stuff.
A Sharon Begley byline, almost 5 years after her death.
Upon hearing the news James Watson had died, a STAT reporter said in our Slack, "I wish I could read what Sharon would have written."
Incredible news: Sharon in fact did pre-write a Watson obit. And it is masterful and excoriating.
🧪🧬🧫
Upon hearing the news James Watson had died, a STAT reporter said in our Slack, "I wish I could read what Sharon would have written."
Incredible news: Sharon in fact did pre-write a Watson obit. And it is masterful and excoriating.
🧪🧬🧫
James Watson, dead at 97, was a scientific legend and a pariah among his peers
James Watson, the co-discoverer of the structure of DNA who died Thursday at 97, was a scientific legend and a pariah among his peers.
www.statnews.com
November 9, 2025 at 12:55 AM
pre-writing a devastating obituary for your enemy is god-tier hating of a kind you don’t often see anymore. renaissance haterism. beautiful stuff.
Someone asked me about my mask this week, and was clearly not at all prepared for me to explain that I’m chronically ill and vulnerable if I catch something
Sometimes when people ask me why I’m wearing a mask I say I’m traveling or have some important thing soon and can’t afford to get sick and miss it and that’s pretty much always true but I think it would be nice if it were more normalized to just say “I don’t want to get sick” and leave it at that
November 8, 2025 at 10:44 PM
Someone asked me about my mask this week, and was clearly not at all prepared for me to explain that I’m chronically ill and vulnerable if I catch something
If the Conservative Party implodes under Poilievre’s leadership I will be even more gleeful than I was when he lost his seat
Chantal: So I don't know how many members the conservatives will have by the time the budget comes to a vote
a woman without a shirt is looking at the camera with a dart board in the background
ALT: a woman without a shirt is looking at the camera with a dart board in the background
media.tenor.com
November 7, 2025 at 3:12 AM
If the Conservative Party implodes under Poilievre’s leadership I will be even more gleeful than I was when he lost his seat
I got a lot of feedback at the beginning of my career that I was “aggressive” for defending my ideas the same way the men were
I'm not linking to that NYT piece today, but of all the horrible parts of it, this was the worst. This was an explanation of "female vices" in the workplace and LET ME JUST TELL YOU...
November 7, 2025 at 1:46 AM
I got a lot of feedback at the beginning of my career that I was “aggressive” for defending my ideas the same way the men were
Kitten coexisting with knitting is going well!
November 6, 2025 at 11:55 PM
Kitten coexisting with knitting is going well!
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🍁Les Canadiens prêts à souffrir pour s’affranchir des États-Unis
📊Un sondage Abacus Data indique que les Canadiens seraient prêts au sacrifice économique afin que le Canada se défasse de sa dépendance commerciale à l’égard des États-Unis.
lactualite.com/politique/le...
📊Un sondage Abacus Data indique que les Canadiens seraient prêts au sacrifice économique afin que le Canada se défasse de sa dépendance commerciale à l’égard des États-Unis.
lactualite.com/politique/le...
Les Canadiens prêts à souffrir pour s’affranchir des États-Unis
Un sondage Abacus indique que les Canadiens seraient prêts au sacrifice économique afin que le Canada se défasse de sa dépendance commerciale à l'égard des États-Unis.
lactualite.com
November 6, 2025 at 10:14 PM
🍁Les Canadiens prêts à souffrir pour s’affranchir des États-Unis
📊Un sondage Abacus Data indique que les Canadiens seraient prêts au sacrifice économique afin que le Canada se défasse de sa dépendance commerciale à l’égard des États-Unis.
lactualite.com/politique/le...
📊Un sondage Abacus Data indique que les Canadiens seraient prêts au sacrifice économique afin que le Canada se défasse de sa dépendance commerciale à l’égard des États-Unis.
lactualite.com/politique/le...
Stitch is now ambushing Purl from under the rug
November 5, 2025 at 10:50 PM
Stitch is now ambushing Purl from under the rug
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BREAKING: Zohran Mamdani wins the New York City mayoral race, NBC News projects. nbcnews.to/4nIzNUC
November 5, 2025 at 2:33 AM
BREAKING: Zohran Mamdani wins the New York City mayoral race, NBC News projects. nbcnews.to/4nIzNUC