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@jemburch.bsky.social
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PhD candidate (Political Science) | Sessional Instructor (Quantitative Method) | Recovering public servant | Huge nerd (SCA, LARP, TTRPGs)

Expect posts about Canadian news (often political) and nerdy pursuits. Opinions my own and likely to be unhinged.
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Actual footage of me trying to run a midterm review session today while attempting to stave off an allergic reaction.
A tabby cat stands at the lecturn in a classroom as students look on. A green chalkboard can be seen in the background.
October 21, 2025 at 3:01 AM
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“Burnaby just basically handed the keys to the city over to developers and said, 'You go to it, you build anything you want.'… The results are these ugly monstrosities.”

- Kathy Corrigan, self-proclaimed NIMBY

Pictured below: one of the 'ugly monstrosities' in question.

www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
A black and white multiplex home in the 4200-block of Graveley St in Burnaby, B.C., on Friday, Oct. 17, 2025. (Ben Nelms/CBC)
October 19, 2025 at 11:47 PM
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"Unfortunately, I'm not pretty enough to be considered a hot mess, but I do identify as a room temperature inconvenience. 09/29/2025." The background image is a smirking brunette woman labelled Prilidiano Puereyydo's (1865) 'Portrait of a Lady' with a watermark reading 'MEME ME rdgs <3'
October 5, 2025 at 5:31 AM
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Given the linear progression of time, I'd be fascinated to discover what the WSJ thinks the alternative is.

(Not being a subscriber means I will be left forever to wonder, however).
Screenshot of a Wall Street Journal headline, which reads 'Opinion | Is Gen Z Unemployable?'
September 25, 2025 at 6:48 PM
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I wonder what this Roman would think if they knew that millennia later, people still mourn the death of their beloved dog with them.
A two-panel meme, titled 'Romans and their Dogs'. The first panel shows a black-haired Roman soldier and a white dog, and reads 'Welcome to your new family'. The second panel, labeled '15 years later' shows a grey-haired Roman soldier and a tombstone inscribed in Latin. A translation of the text reads 'I am in tears, while carrying you to your last resting place.'
September 14, 2025 at 7:07 PM
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Though she's bigger now, Moo Deng remains a legend.
A two-panel Memezar meme featuring pictures of Moo Deng. The first panel, labelled 'If you can't handle me at my' shows Moo Deng biting her keeper's knee. The second panel, labelled 'Then you don't deserve me at my' shows Moo Deng adorably accepting chin scritches.
September 11, 2025 at 7:32 PM
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Oh, I don't know... *Gestures vaguely at everything*
Screenshot of a headline from yesterday's Globe and Mail, which reads "Canadian lifespans are no longer increasing. Here are some possible reasons why."
September 8, 2025 at 6:18 PM
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What, exactly, do you think I have planned, Dashmart?
Screenshot from an online order titled 'Complement your Cart'. Pictured are listings for a 'Designer Vase' and two different types of bouquets.
September 4, 2025 at 5:08 AM
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Every issue in the universe is either 'spiders' or 'not spiders'.
Screenshot of a post from user drefvalentine, describing an online apartment maintenance issue portal, which shows a dropdown for location type ('unit' selected), issue location ('hallway' selected) and problem (options: other x 4, spiders). The post reads "a comprehensive list of possible apartment maintenance issues, according to the online portal: you either have spiders or its something else."
August 31, 2025 at 6:56 PM
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What a time to be alive.
Bored Panda screenshot of a post by user ROB MESURE reading "I have been logged out of my toothbrush". Post includes a screenshot of a login screen prompting the used to "Log back in to your account to continue your Oral-B brushing experience."
August 25, 2025 at 9:40 PM
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Unexpected by whom, exactly?
Screenshot of a headline by CNN, which reads "Netflix's 'KPop Demon Hunters' led domestic weekend box office in unexpected win.
August 25, 2025 at 7:00 PM
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TFW even the National Post finds your breathless conservative hot take a bit much.
Screenshot of a headline from the National Post. The main text reads "Terry Glavin: A better response to B.C.'s Cowichan land ruling - calm down!" The subheading reads "Both Crown title and Aboriginal title can underlie private property without the world coming to an end."
August 16, 2025 at 4:46 AM
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...okay, that's a new one. I was expecting Jessica Rabbit.
August 15, 2025 at 8:32 PM
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Fan art of Lilia van Rouge and Malleus Draconia from Disney's Twisted Wonderland in their Diasomnia dorm uniforms. Image credit: nagiayase
August 6, 2025 at 11:17 PM
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IDK why, but I find this sort of liminal imagery oddly comforting
A brown and white cow with yellow ear tags stands on a slightly-collapsed, rusted out trampoline in the middle of a field. Three white cows can be seen in the background. White text reads 'everything ends'.
July 30, 2025 at 4:06 AM
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It's my first #Caturday without our sweet little menace to society. (Seen here in happier times "helping" me edit.)

Currently having all the feelings and following all the #cat accounts. Cuddle your kitties for me today, as I sit here wishing I could stroke her soft fur one more time.
A small black cat sits on a white spiral-bound book. There is a bookshelf in the background.
July 26, 2025 at 10:59 PM
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If you see this, I implore you to post from your device without context
A pale woman with black and white eye-makeup and grey lipstick. She wears a black and white wig with black feathers on top. There are red maple leaves and a butterfly in the foreground.
July 19, 2025 at 2:32 AM
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Moo Deng *does* have Miss Piggy energy, though, I have to say...
Two panel comic by Zoodraws featuring Moo Deng wearing a cute pink hairbow. Caption on the first panel: The scientific name for the Hippopotamus is Hippopotamus amphibius, or "the river horse" Moo Deng: COOL! So then little pygmy hippos like me must be 'the river pony <3' Caption on the second panel: Pygmy Hippopotamuses are known as Choeropsis liberiensis, meaning 'resembling a hog' Moo Deng: HEY FUCKERS!
July 17, 2025 at 1:06 AM
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People keep sending me this today. (To be clear, I'm one of the awkward baby scholars, not the cool one up front.)
Screenshot of a post by user 'inonibird' featuring a black and white drawing of a plague doctor followed by three smaller plague doctors in the manner of a mother duck and her ducklings. It is labeled 'Plague Doc with Plague Doclings'. User 'secifosseluce' responds 'leave me and my three PhD students alone'
July 8, 2025 at 11:57 PM
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Statistically speaking, this is like saying that voting Liberal in Alberta is 'all the rage'.

...like, according to whom, exactly?
Screenshot of a CBC article by Kevin Maimann with the headline 'Wester secession is all the rage. How would an independent West fare economically?'
May 2, 2025 at 10:30 PM
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This makes me sad.
April 25, 2025 at 11:32 PM
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"The polling shows Canadians are concerned about issues wholly divorced from Alberta’s anger over a fourth Liberal term."

Oh gosh, you think?
Screenshot of a National Post headline, reading "Federal parties contend with the Danielle Smith effect." The accompanying photo is of the Premier speaking.
April 19, 2025 at 5:03 AM
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Gonna start answering emails with nothing but this photo just to feel something.
Photo of a donkey leaning backwards and showing its teeth. Photo credit to Anastasovski Goran.
April 8, 2025 at 5:17 AM
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Obvious answer is obvious.
Screenshot of a headline from the Guardian, April 6th. The text reads "'Polyworking': why do so many millennials have more than one job?", the article is by Gene Marks.
April 8, 2025 at 4:46 AM
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Photo of a wooden bench in the vague shape of Thomas the Tank Engine. The paint from its features has begun to run, making it appear similar to a sobbing clown. The text above reads "All aboard Thomas the Existential Angst Tank Engine."
March 30, 2025 at 9:24 PM