Kathy Chung
@kathychung.bsky.social
Conference coordinator, professional genealogist, photographer, writer and editor based in Vancouver, BC. MLitt, QG. kathychung.com she/her
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This is apparently on the wall at Team Canada’s workout room.
Big fan of this. (Alt text for easier reading.)
Big fan of this. (Alt text for easier reading.)
February 7, 2026 at 2:54 AM
This is apparently on the wall at Team Canada’s workout room.
Big fan of this. (Alt text for easier reading.)
Big fan of this. (Alt text for easier reading.)
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This pup found a stick shaped like an old timey pipe earlier today and has already solved three mysteries. 13/10
February 4, 2026 at 9:59 PM
This pup found a stick shaped like an old timey pipe earlier today and has already solved three mysteries. 13/10
Ive spent the entire day sorting, rearranging, and shelving books because I got my long-dreamed-of extra bookshelves in my living room. It’s a lot of work - still far from done - but so joyful. I love love love being surrounded by books.
February 1, 2026 at 12:08 AM
Ive spent the entire day sorting, rearranging, and shelving books because I got my long-dreamed-of extra bookshelves in my living room. It’s a lot of work - still far from done - but so joyful. I love love love being surrounded by books.
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John Candy and Catherine O'Hara made the world a better place.
Canada and the world is a better place for them having existed.
Canada and the world is a better place for them having existed.
January 30, 2026 at 7:21 PM
John Candy and Catherine O'Hara made the world a better place.
Canada and the world is a better place for them having existed.
Canada and the world is a better place for them having existed.
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Canadians, remember, all seasons of Schitt's Creek can be enjoyed on CBC for free, and commercial free for $5 a month.
January 30, 2026 at 11:38 PM
Canadians, remember, all seasons of Schitt's Creek can be enjoyed on CBC for free, and commercial free for $5 a month.
Quote with 5 jobs you've had:
1. Executive secretary
2. Teacher-on-call (substitute)
3. High school English teacher
4. Conference coordinator
5. Genealogist
1. Executive secretary
2. Teacher-on-call (substitute)
3. High school English teacher
4. Conference coordinator
5. Genealogist
Quote with 5 jobs you've had:
1. Babysitter
2. Secretary/Receptionist
3. Museum Curator
4. Waitress
5. Writer
1. Babysitter
2. Secretary/Receptionist
3. Museum Curator
4. Waitress
5. Writer
Quote with 5 jobs you’ve had:
1. Projector/AV guy
2. Bookseller
3. Data Entry
4. Lecturer
5. Civil Service
*bonus round — worked on a farm for a summer
1. Projector/AV guy
2. Bookseller
3. Data Entry
4. Lecturer
5. Civil Service
*bonus round — worked on a farm for a summer
January 28, 2026 at 11:33 PM
Quote with 5 jobs you've had:
1. Executive secretary
2. Teacher-on-call (substitute)
3. High school English teacher
4. Conference coordinator
5. Genealogist
1. Executive secretary
2. Teacher-on-call (substitute)
3. High school English teacher
4. Conference coordinator
5. Genealogist
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In a mad, mad world, with the maddest mad person shouting mad, mad the loudest, I thought this might help. (Chocolate helps too).
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ghcd...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ghcd...
'The Calm'
YouTube video by Steve Carter
www.youtube.com
January 21, 2026 at 5:56 PM
In a mad, mad world, with the maddest mad person shouting mad, mad the loudest, I thought this might help. (Chocolate helps too).
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ghcd...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ghcd...
Introduce yourself with 5 (how do I pick??) concerts you’ve seen:
Paul Simon
Billy Joel
One Republic
Corey Hart
Dido
Paul Simon
Billy Joel
One Republic
Corey Hart
Dido
Introduce yourself with 5 concerts you’ve seen:
David Bowie (Glass Spider tour)
Oscar Peterson & Dizzy Gillespie (together)
Jane Siberry
The Moody Blues
Stromae
David Bowie (Glass Spider tour)
Oscar Peterson & Dizzy Gillespie (together)
Jane Siberry
The Moody Blues
Stromae
Introduce yourself with 5 concerts you’ve seen:
Pete Seeger and Arlo Guthrie
Flogging Molly
Jethro Tull
Calexico
Emmylou Harris, Patty Griffin, and Shawn Colvin
Pete Seeger and Arlo Guthrie
Flogging Molly
Jethro Tull
Calexico
Emmylou Harris, Patty Griffin, and Shawn Colvin
January 20, 2026 at 6:27 PM
Introduce yourself with 5 (how do I pick??) concerts you’ve seen:
Paul Simon
Billy Joel
One Republic
Corey Hart
Dido
Paul Simon
Billy Joel
One Republic
Corey Hart
Dido
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It’s Penguin Awareness Day which seems like a great excuse to post the greatest ever Wikipedia edit.
January 20, 2026 at 9:37 AM
It’s Penguin Awareness Day which seems like a great excuse to post the greatest ever Wikipedia edit.
Somehow, between mid-December and now I have completely lost a 3/4 full gallon of trim paint I’d have bet significant money I knew the exact location of. We have searched every nook and cranny multiple times. Clearly the fairies took it in the night. Either that or I am losing my mind. Possible!
January 18, 2026 at 8:33 PM
Somehow, between mid-December and now I have completely lost a 3/4 full gallon of trim paint I’d have bet significant money I knew the exact location of. We have searched every nook and cranny multiple times. Clearly the fairies took it in the night. Either that or I am losing my mind. Possible!
Promo email I received today for a magazine has the subject line "Over 115 Essential Forms to Keep You Organized." I guarantee you that if I had to to deal with 115 essential forms, organized is the last thing I'd be.
January 17, 2026 at 11:36 PM
Promo email I received today for a magazine has the subject line "Over 115 Essential Forms to Keep You Organized." I guarantee you that if I had to to deal with 115 essential forms, organized is the last thing I'd be.
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Honestly, I'm pretty disappointed no one has approached me to option my story.
Big city consultant wins obsolete business. Moves to a small, post industrial city. Meets colorful cast of hilarious characters. I'm still waiting for a local girl to teach me the true meaning of Christmas.
Big city consultant wins obsolete business. Moves to a small, post industrial city. Meets colorful cast of hilarious characters. I'm still waiting for a local girl to teach me the true meaning of Christmas.
Everyone has to stop watching those trash Hallmark movies about the big city girl moving to a rural town and actually liking it
I feel pretty misunderstood by people living in rural areas, and yet mysteriously, this isn’t considered a problem.
I’m sick of putting up with this idiotic display of obeisance to chucklefucks simply because they live in rural areas.
I’m sick of putting up with this idiotic display of obeisance to chucklefucks simply because they live in rural areas.
January 16, 2026 at 4:57 PM
Honestly, I'm pretty disappointed no one has approached me to option my story.
Big city consultant wins obsolete business. Moves to a small, post industrial city. Meets colorful cast of hilarious characters. I'm still waiting for a local girl to teach me the true meaning of Christmas.
Big city consultant wins obsolete business. Moves to a small, post industrial city. Meets colorful cast of hilarious characters. I'm still waiting for a local girl to teach me the true meaning of Christmas.
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But the bigger reason that you should write and make art, is that your work is someone else's respite.
You don't know who they are. They may be someone in the future. But if you have escaped into a book, or a painting, or a TV show... Someone created that.
You can do that for someone else.
You don't know who they are. They may be someone in the future. But if you have escaped into a book, or a painting, or a TV show... Someone created that.
You can do that for someone else.
January 16, 2026 at 3:48 PM
But the bigger reason that you should write and make art, is that your work is someone else's respite.
You don't know who they are. They may be someone in the future. But if you have escaped into a book, or a painting, or a TV show... Someone created that.
You can do that for someone else.
You don't know who they are. They may be someone in the future. But if you have escaped into a book, or a painting, or a TV show... Someone created that.
You can do that for someone else.
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Just five months until I'll be here again, this time with a small group of family history researchers in tow. Will you be one of them? I hope so!
January 15, 2026 at 10:11 PM
Just five months until I'll be here again, this time with a small group of family history researchers in tow. Will you be one of them? I hope so!
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Acoustic guitars used to just be called ‘guitars.’
Then, we invented electric guitars. Oh no.
Which meant saying ‘guitar’ wasn’t clear enough.
So 'guitars' became 'acoustic guitars.'
‘Acoustic guitar’ is an example of a ‘retronym.’
🧵⬇️
Then, we invented electric guitars. Oh no.
Which meant saying ‘guitar’ wasn’t clear enough.
So 'guitars' became 'acoustic guitars.'
‘Acoustic guitar’ is an example of a ‘retronym.’
🧵⬇️
January 13, 2026 at 7:48 PM
Acoustic guitars used to just be called ‘guitars.’
Then, we invented electric guitars. Oh no.
Which meant saying ‘guitar’ wasn’t clear enough.
So 'guitars' became 'acoustic guitars.'
‘Acoustic guitar’ is an example of a ‘retronym.’
🧵⬇️
Then, we invented electric guitars. Oh no.
Which meant saying ‘guitar’ wasn’t clear enough.
So 'guitars' became 'acoustic guitars.'
‘Acoustic guitar’ is an example of a ‘retronym.’
🧵⬇️
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Garden of the Grinning Beast
A pacifist born into a warrior society gets trapped in a Ghibli-esque spirit world where she must right the balance between humans and spirits while weighing the value of one life against the many its loss might save.
#BluePit 📖 #Q #A #NA #F #ND #LGBT
A pacifist born into a warrior society gets trapped in a Ghibli-esque spirit world where she must right the balance between humans and spirits while weighing the value of one life against the many its loss might save.
#BluePit 📖 #Q #A #NA #F #ND #LGBT
January 13, 2026 at 5:38 AM
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Watching doc about resilience that reaffirms many changes I made last few years to my mental outlook (I read a LOT of brain books). Brains are hallucination engines. If the story is the world is shit, everything is fucked, brain reframes every interaction this way. It impacts behavior; shuts us down
January 11, 2026 at 1:50 PM
Watching doc about resilience that reaffirms many changes I made last few years to my mental outlook (I read a LOT of brain books). Brains are hallucination engines. If the story is the world is shit, everything is fucked, brain reframes every interaction this way. It impacts behavior; shuts us down
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seems a little insensitive
January 4, 2026 at 5:38 PM
seems a little insensitive
People. Do not let your declaration of undying love damage bridges and railings. "My adoration is destructive" is probably not the message you were trying to send. How about sending a love letter instead?
The News Steps from St Giles Street down to Market Street. Buckling under the weight of the padlock fad. #Edinburgh
January 4, 2026 at 10:37 PM
People. Do not let your declaration of undying love damage bridges and railings. "My adoration is destructive" is probably not the message you were trying to send. How about sending a love letter instead?
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GOOD NEWS! A group of patients with an otherwise incurable form of T‑cell leukemia have seen their cancer driven into REMISSION by an innovative immune therapy known as BE-CAR7. 82% of patients reached deep remission and 64% of patients have now been disease-free and OFF therapy for THREE years.
January 1, 2026 at 5:00 PM
GOOD NEWS! A group of patients with an otherwise incurable form of T‑cell leukemia have seen their cancer driven into REMISSION by an innovative immune therapy known as BE-CAR7. 82% of patients reached deep remission and 64% of patients have now been disease-free and OFF therapy for THREE years.
Who wants to come to Edinburgh with me?
There are four spots left on our June research trip to Edinburgh. Join us to dig into your Scottish roots and get yo know this gorgeous city.
January 2, 2026 at 8:42 PM
Who wants to come to Edinburgh with me?
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For 2026, let’s normalize unfollowing people who are repeatedly gratuitously mean, and blocking posters who post or re-post misinformation.
January 2, 2026 at 8:33 PM
For 2026, let’s normalize unfollowing people who are repeatedly gratuitously mean, and blocking posters who post or re-post misinformation.
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A List of Predictions Made in 1926 About 2026
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January 1, 2026 at 5:13 PM
A List of Predictions Made in 1926 About 2026
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May 2026 surprise you in the kindest ways.
On we go, friends and kind strangers.
On we go, friends and kind strangers.
January 1, 2026 at 3:10 AM
May 2026 surprise you in the kindest ways.
On we go, friends and kind strangers.
On we go, friends and kind strangers.