Birch 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️
@birchduck.bsky.social
Queer women's hockey (and other women's sports) fan. Looks at birds. Located in a cornfield IL
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In the century leading up to 1975, nearly 6000 freighters went down in the Great Lakes.
The Edmund Fitzgerald was the last.
The last. In 50 years, not a single commercial freighter has been lost in the Great Lakes.
Why?
It's NOAA. Of course it's NOAA.
The Edmund Fitzgerald was the last.
The last. In 50 years, not a single commercial freighter has been lost in the Great Lakes.
Why?
It's NOAA. Of course it's NOAA.
November 11, 2025 at 1:50 AM
In the century leading up to 1975, nearly 6000 freighters went down in the Great Lakes.
The Edmund Fitzgerald was the last.
The last. In 50 years, not a single commercial freighter has been lost in the Great Lakes.
Why?
It's NOAA. Of course it's NOAA.
The Edmund Fitzgerald was the last.
The last. In 50 years, not a single commercial freighter has been lost in the Great Lakes.
Why?
It's NOAA. Of course it's NOAA.
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One more skeet for Edmund Fitzgerald Day. Behind this historical marker is the famed Whitefish Bay. Today the Great Lakes Shipwreck Museum in Paradise, Mich., rang the recovered bell 31 times, 29 for the victims of the wreck, once for all Great Lakes shipwreck victims, and once for Gordon Lightfoot.
November 11, 2025 at 5:37 AM
One more skeet for Edmund Fitzgerald Day. Behind this historical marker is the famed Whitefish Bay. Today the Great Lakes Shipwreck Museum in Paradise, Mich., rang the recovered bell 31 times, 29 for the victims of the wreck, once for all Great Lakes shipwreck victims, and once for Gordon Lightfoot.
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Everyone's full-time job this week is to scream at every D senator you have. Because this still CAN be stopped.
November 10, 2025 at 2:06 PM
Everyone's full-time job this week is to scream at every D senator you have. Because this still CAN be stopped.
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With 48 hours for the #OreCup final match, we just hit the halfway mark!
Have you voted?
Vote: www.mineralcup.org/vote-results...
Do you need to campaign for your chosen fav?
Results: www.mineralcup.org/vote-results...
Will #Copper or #Molybdenum be our Ore Mineral of the Year?
Have you voted?
Vote: www.mineralcup.org/vote-results...
Do you need to campaign for your chosen fav?
Results: www.mineralcup.org/vote-results...
Will #Copper or #Molybdenum be our Ore Mineral of the Year?
Results for Ore Cup Finals! — Mineral Cup & Ore Cup
Live results for the FINAL MATCH! This match will run for 48 hours .
www.mineralcup.org
November 10, 2025 at 4:13 AM
If you haven't yet, give copper a vote
We’re in the final stretch of #OreCup!
Native #Copper is an ore so integral to our history that we named several eras after it and its alloys
#Molybdenite spent centuries tricking us into thinking it was something else entirely
Vote:
Native #Copper is an ore so integral to our history that we named several eras after it and its alloys
#Molybdenite spent centuries tricking us into thinking it was something else entirely
Vote:
Vote in Ore Cup FINALS — Mineral Cup & Ore Cup
Pick the Ore Mineral of the Year! Voting for Copper vs Molybdenite will remain open for 48 hours. Credit: David M. Maietta and Harold Moritz
www.mineralcup.org
November 10, 2025 at 12:46 PM
If you haven't yet, give copper a vote
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A tiny proportion of the river of Blackbirds at Long Point last evening. Sound on for the magical sound of thousands of fluttering wings at the end.
#LPBO
#LPBO
November 9, 2025 at 8:18 PM
A tiny proportion of the river of Blackbirds at Long Point last evening. Sound on for the magical sound of thousands of fluttering wings at the end.
#LPBO
#LPBO
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Well you're in luck!
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November 9, 2025 at 9:47 PM
If you're like..."Hey I could use some fictional hockey team merch right now!"
Well you're in luck!
tee.pub/lic/NARWHALXW
Well you're in luck!
tee.pub/lic/NARWHALXW
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Remember this godforsaken story the next time the police or their fanbase whine about limits on vehicle pursuits
Last night in Tampa, cops used a controversial and risky technique called a PIT maneuver while chasing a driver who'd sped away from a street race
The PIT maneuver failed. The driver sped away, losing control, and crashing into an LGBTQ+ bar killing 4 people and injuring 13
The PIT maneuver failed. The driver sped away, losing control, and crashing into an LGBTQ+ bar killing 4 people and injuring 13
4 dead, 13 injured after Florida police chase ends with suspect crashing into popular LGBTQ bar
More than a dozen people were standing outside Bradley's, a popular LGBTQ bar, when the car crashed into them after a police chase.
www.cbsnews.com
November 9, 2025 at 6:13 PM
Remember this godforsaken story the next time the police or their fanbase whine about limits on vehicle pursuits
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If you feel earthquake shaking or receive an earthquake alert, drop down to the ground, take cover underneath a sturdy object like a table, and hold on until all the shaking has stopped. youtu.be/xlWgxSnVcwU
Earthquake! Do you know what to do when an earthquake strikes? (Global)
YouTube video by IRIS Earthquake Science
youtu.be
November 9, 2025 at 7:33 PM
If you feel earthquake shaking or receive an earthquake alert, drop down to the ground, take cover underneath a sturdy object like a table, and hold on until all the shaking has stopped. youtu.be/xlWgxSnVcwU
Vote cooper
It'll always be there for you and you'd hate to let it down
It'll always be there for you and you'd hate to let it down
#OreCup Finals:
Native #Copper is the purest form of copper ore with a deep history with humans, while slippery #Molybdenite confounded us for centuries until sharing its secrets on how it enhances all it touches
Vote: www.mineralcup.org/vote-results...
Results:
Native #Copper is the purest form of copper ore with a deep history with humans, while slippery #Molybdenite confounded us for centuries until sharing its secrets on how it enhances all it touches
Vote: www.mineralcup.org/vote-results...
Results:
Results for Ore Cup Finals! — Mineral Cup & Ore Cup
Live results for the FINAL MATCH! This match will run for 48 hours .
www.mineralcup.org
November 9, 2025 at 4:21 PM
Vote cooper
It'll always be there for you and you'd hate to let it down
It'll always be there for you and you'd hate to let it down
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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 4:49 PM
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
Copper is my first love girl next door
Molybdenite is that sexy smart coworker
You know which one is the best choice
Vote cooper
Molybdenite is that sexy smart coworker
You know which one is the best choice
Vote cooper
#OreCup Finals:
Native #Copper is the purest form of copper ore with a deep history with humans, while slippery #Molybdenite confounded us for centuries until sharing its secrets on how it enhances all it touches
Vote: www.mineralcup.org/vote-results...
Results:
Native #Copper is the purest form of copper ore with a deep history with humans, while slippery #Molybdenite confounded us for centuries until sharing its secrets on how it enhances all it touches
Vote: www.mineralcup.org/vote-results...
Results:
Results for Ore Cup Finals! — Mineral Cup & Ore Cup
Live results for the FINAL MATCH! This match will run for 48 hours .
www.mineralcup.org
November 9, 2025 at 4:02 PM
Copper is my first love girl next door
Molybdenite is that sexy smart coworker
You know which one is the best choice
Vote cooper
Molybdenite is that sexy smart coworker
You know which one is the best choice
Vote cooper
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And even *if* standing with trans people is a liability, do it anyway. Invest in changing hearts and minds if you must.
We’re worth fighting for. Our rights and lives and wellness and joy are worth it
We’re worth fighting for. Our rights and lives and wellness and joy are worth it
the harris campaign said the “they/them” ad didn’t sway the election.
one of the trump campaign’s top strategists this week said trans rights isn’t in the top five issues for swing voters.
when will the press stop talking about us like we’re a liability and start looking itself in the mirror
one of the trump campaign’s top strategists this week said trans rights isn’t in the top five issues for swing voters.
when will the press stop talking about us like we’re a liability and start looking itself in the mirror
November 9, 2025 at 3:32 PM
And even *if* standing with trans people is a liability, do it anyway. Invest in changing hearts and minds if you must.
We’re worth fighting for. Our rights and lives and wellness and joy are worth it
We’re worth fighting for. Our rights and lives and wellness and joy are worth it
Welp, my on site analyst reported that it was snowing last night
November 9, 2025 at 3:52 PM
Welp, my on site analyst reported that it was snowing last night
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When people celebrate the individual genius of folks in science, they should also
mourn the collective loss of genius of folks who were actively discouraged or disadvantaged from a career in science because of the same person(s)
mourn the collective loss of genius of folks who were actively discouraged or disadvantaged from a career in science because of the same person(s)
November 7, 2025 at 11:43 PM
When people celebrate the individual genius of folks in science, they should also
mourn the collective loss of genius of folks who were actively discouraged or disadvantaged from a career in science because of the same person(s)
mourn the collective loss of genius of folks who were actively discouraged or disadvantaged from a career in science because of the same person(s)
I really like molybdenite so if you don't care but follow me for whatever reason, go give a vote for moly
#OreCup R2M2: It's slippery and silvery #Molybdenite vs peacock rock #Bornite! Are you supporting the only molybdenum (and rhenium) ore, or the hefty copper sulphide?
vote: www.mineralcup.org/vote-results...
results: www.mineralcup.org/vote-results...
vote: www.mineralcup.org/vote-results...
results: www.mineralcup.org/vote-results...
Results for Semifinals Match 2 — Mineral Cup & Ore Cup
Live results for Molybdenite vs Bornite
www.mineralcup.org
November 8, 2025 at 2:45 PM
I really like molybdenite so if you don't care but follow me for whatever reason, go give a vote for moly
Shares a nickname with a popular street drug! So if you party, or want to give the impression you've ever been to that kind of party, vote moly!
#OreCup R2M2: It's slippery and silvery #Molybdenite vs peacock rock #Bornite! Are you supporting the only molybdenum (and rhenium) ore, or the hefty copper sulphide?
vote: www.mineralcup.org/vote-results...
results: www.mineralcup.org/vote-results...
vote: www.mineralcup.org/vote-results...
results: www.mineralcup.org/vote-results...
Results for Semifinals Match 2 — Mineral Cup & Ore Cup
Live results for Molybdenite vs Bornite
www.mineralcup.org
November 8, 2025 at 2:42 PM
Shares a nickname with a popular street drug! So if you party, or want to give the impression you've ever been to that kind of party, vote moly!
Fun to say!
If you ever read the dictionary to impress people, or practiced tongue twisters for the same reason, vote moly!
If you ever read the dictionary to impress people, or practiced tongue twisters for the same reason, vote moly!
#OreCup R2M2: It's slippery and silvery #Molybdenite vs peacock rock #Bornite! Are you supporting the only molybdenum (and rhenium) ore, or the hefty copper sulphide?
vote: www.mineralcup.org/vote-results...
results: www.mineralcup.org/vote-results...
vote: www.mineralcup.org/vote-results...
results: www.mineralcup.org/vote-results...
Results for Semifinals Match 2 — Mineral Cup & Ore Cup
Live results for Molybdenite vs Bornite
www.mineralcup.org
November 8, 2025 at 2:41 PM
Fun to say!
If you ever read the dictionary to impress people, or practiced tongue twisters for the same reason, vote moly!
If you ever read the dictionary to impress people, or practiced tongue twisters for the same reason, vote moly!
Molybdenite!
makes high temp steels for engine parts that last a lot longer. If you like not replacing car engines every year vote moly
makes high temp steels for engine parts that last a lot longer. If you like not replacing car engines every year vote moly
#OreCup R2M2: It's slippery and silvery #Molybdenite vs peacock rock #Bornite! Are you supporting the only molybdenum (and rhenium) ore, or the hefty copper sulphide?
vote: www.mineralcup.org/vote-results...
results: www.mineralcup.org/vote-results...
vote: www.mineralcup.org/vote-results...
results: www.mineralcup.org/vote-results...
Results for Semifinals Match 2 — Mineral Cup & Ore Cup
Live results for Molybdenite vs Bornite
www.mineralcup.org
November 8, 2025 at 2:41 PM
Molybdenite!
makes high temp steels for engine parts that last a lot longer. If you like not replacing car engines every year vote moly
makes high temp steels for engine parts that last a lot longer. If you like not replacing car engines every year vote moly
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This, kids, is why we use the Oxford comma.
November 8, 2025 at 12:38 PM
This, kids, is why we use the Oxford comma.
Yeah cause the ones that end up engineering PhD in industry have test engineers and techs following them around when they come to the lab making sure they don't touch things or we'll have to put more ridiculous safety cages on damnit!
Stop poking the damn thing! A career in field science must be what happens to curious humans with no survival instinct.
November 8, 2025 at 2:31 PM
Yeah cause the ones that end up engineering PhD in industry have test engineers and techs following them around when they come to the lab making sure they don't touch things or we'll have to put more ridiculous safety cages on damnit!
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Hey!
Calling all Wonder Women!
We all are sisters…pulling together with one spirit.
50 years ago today the first episode of the series Wonder Woman aired.
Calling all Wonder Women!
We all are sisters…pulling together with one spirit.
50 years ago today the first episode of the series Wonder Woman aired.
November 8, 2025 at 1:33 AM
Hey!
Calling all Wonder Women!
We all are sisters…pulling together with one spirit.
50 years ago today the first episode of the series Wonder Woman aired.
Calling all Wonder Women!
We all are sisters…pulling together with one spirit.
50 years ago today the first episode of the series Wonder Woman aired.
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V for Vendetta is heading back to theaters across the US on November 1 and 5, 2026, just in time for its 20th anniversary. bit.ly/47BAxos
November 5, 2025 at 8:01 PM
V for Vendetta is heading back to theaters across the US on November 1 and 5, 2026, just in time for its 20th anniversary. bit.ly/47BAxos
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virtue signalling is good actually
Performative decency is actually *so* important for this reason.
It tricks the 10% of ghouls into thinking that there are only 1% of ghouls.
And it makes the 30% of people that don't care one way or another follow the mostly decent crowd
It tricks the 10% of ghouls into thinking that there are only 1% of ghouls.
And it makes the 30% of people that don't care one way or another follow the mostly decent crowd
November 7, 2025 at 7:59 PM
virtue signalling is good actually
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This has not gotten much attention, but it should.
Virginia under Youngkin returned to an insanely harsh system where people convicted of any felony lose their voting rights FOR LIFE.
Dems' win this week mean they'll get to advance a constitutional amendment to end lifetime disenfranchisement.
Virginia under Youngkin returned to an insanely harsh system where people convicted of any felony lose their voting rights FOR LIFE.
Dems' win this week mean they'll get to advance a constitutional amendment to end lifetime disenfranchisement.
November 7, 2025 at 8:59 PM
This has not gotten much attention, but it should.
Virginia under Youngkin returned to an insanely harsh system where people convicted of any felony lose their voting rights FOR LIFE.
Dems' win this week mean they'll get to advance a constitutional amendment to end lifetime disenfranchisement.
Virginia under Youngkin returned to an insanely harsh system where people convicted of any felony lose their voting rights FOR LIFE.
Dems' win this week mean they'll get to advance a constitutional amendment to end lifetime disenfranchisement.