Jesse Birch
@jesseebirch.bsky.social
He/him
Dad, partner, curator, potter, skateboarder
Snuneymuxw territory
Also lived in Vancouver, Kyoto, Incheon, and Amsterdam
Dad, partner, curator, potter, skateboarder
Snuneymuxw territory
Also lived in Vancouver, Kyoto, Incheon, and Amsterdam
Most Canadian voting booth ever?
April 28, 2025 at 9:34 PM
Most Canadian voting booth ever?
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With election day around the corner, local arts organizations reached out to each of the candidates for the Nanaimo-Ladysmith electoral district to learn where they stand on arts and culture.
We have received responses from two candidates:
nanaimoartgallery.ca/site-content...
We have received responses from two candidates:
nanaimoartgallery.ca/site-content...
April 25, 2025 at 2:31 AM
With election day around the corner, local arts organizations reached out to each of the candidates for the Nanaimo-Ladysmith electoral district to learn where they stand on arts and culture.
We have received responses from two candidates:
nanaimoartgallery.ca/site-content...
We have received responses from two candidates:
nanaimoartgallery.ca/site-content...
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I call on all candidates across parties to join me in endorsing the #VotePalestine and Protect Palestinian Children Now campaigns.
Canada must protect innocent civilians, international rule of law, and enable a just and lasting peace in Palestine and Israel.
More unites us than divides us.
Canada must protect innocent civilians, international rule of law, and enable a just and lasting peace in Palestine and Israel.
More unites us than divides us.
April 2, 2025 at 3:36 AM
I call on all candidates across parties to join me in endorsing the #VotePalestine and Protect Palestinian Children Now campaigns.
Canada must protect innocent civilians, international rule of law, and enable a just and lasting peace in Palestine and Israel.
More unites us than divides us.
Canada must protect innocent civilians, international rule of law, and enable a just and lasting peace in Palestine and Israel.
More unites us than divides us.
Two sunny bowls by Wayne Ngan. To the left: porcelain with celadon, made and fired at Tam Irving’s studio in Fisherman’s Cove, BC. To the right: stoneware with a glaze made from wild clay found near Victoria BC and fired on Hornby Island. @waynengan.bsky.social
March 30, 2025 at 12:20 AM
Two sunny bowls by Wayne Ngan. To the left: porcelain with celadon, made and fired at Tam Irving’s studio in Fisherman’s Cove, BC. To the right: stoneware with a glaze made from wild clay found near Victoria BC and fired on Hornby Island. @waynengan.bsky.social
Happy Birthday to my bee loving love @msjessegray.bsky.social give her a follow to be uplifted by native bees 🐝!
March 23, 2025 at 4:55 PM
Happy Birthday to my bee loving love @msjessegray.bsky.social give her a follow to be uplifted by native bees 🐝!
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Macro Melissodes (long horned bee, female).
Such a stunner.
Summer 2024
Snuneymuxw Territory
South End, Nanaimo
#dailybee #bcnativebees
Such a stunner.
Summer 2024
Snuneymuxw Territory
South End, Nanaimo
#dailybee #bcnativebees
March 19, 2025 at 5:05 PM
Macro Melissodes (long horned bee, female).
Such a stunner.
Summer 2024
Snuneymuxw Territory
South End, Nanaimo
#dailybee #bcnativebees
Such a stunner.
Summer 2024
Snuneymuxw Territory
South End, Nanaimo
#dailybee #bcnativebees
My mom sent me two photos from her time hanging out with my teenager yesterday. In the first one they are cozy inside working on a jigsaw puzzle. In the second one they are on the corner of the highway in the rain protesting genocide. #multigenerationalsocialjustice
#coolgrandma
#coolgrandma
March 20, 2025 at 3:21 PM
My mom sent me two photos from her time hanging out with my teenager yesterday. In the first one they are cozy inside working on a jigsaw puzzle. In the second one they are on the corner of the highway in the rain protesting genocide. #multigenerationalsocialjustice
#coolgrandma
#coolgrandma
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Big thanks for many wonderful ways to shop local. Recent favourites: Emily’s delicious @secondspringherbal Spring Within tea, seen in a @bessejirch cup; pumpkin seeds and salad mix from @lindahenningsonart.bsky.social at Lucky 77 Farm: and wood seed starter trays and soil mix from Hillside Farms!
March 3, 2025 at 7:12 PM
Big thanks for many wonderful ways to shop local. Recent favourites: Emily’s delicious @secondspringherbal Spring Within tea, seen in a @bessejirch cup; pumpkin seeds and salad mix from @lindahenningsonart.bsky.social at Lucky 77 Farm: and wood seed starter trays and soil mix from Hillside Farms!
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“Anybody who thinks that they can understand how terrible the terror has been, without understanding how beautiful the beauty has been against the grain of the terror, is wrong.”
– Fred Moten
– Fred Moten
March 3, 2025 at 7:07 PM
“Anybody who thinks that they can understand how terrible the terror has been, without understanding how beautiful the beauty has been against the grain of the terror, is wrong.”
– Fred Moten
– Fred Moten
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Bat species considered to be at risk seem to be in "relative abundance" on the east coast of Vancouver Island.
www.nanaimobulletin.com/local-news/v...
www.nanaimobulletin.com/local-news/v...
Vancouver Island has a 'relative abundance' of the kinds of bats considered to be at risk
New research from Environment and Climate Change Canada shows local myotis species strongly prefer feeding at wetland areas
www.nanaimobulletin.com
February 23, 2025 at 10:24 PM
Bat species considered to be at risk seem to be in "relative abundance" on the east coast of Vancouver Island.
www.nanaimobulletin.com/local-news/v...
www.nanaimobulletin.com/local-news/v...
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A poster I made for a group show in Canada a couple years back.
February 22, 2025 at 4:12 PM
A poster I made for a group show in Canada a couple years back.
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Did you know that Spartacus Books is a nonprofit, volunteer-run bookstore & resource centre in Vancouver that has been run collectively for 50 years, where you can hangout, read books & magazines, use the free computer, make friends, circulate zines, access local skill sharing & mutual aid networks?
February 16, 2025 at 7:30 PM
Did you know that Spartacus Books is a nonprofit, volunteer-run bookstore & resource centre in Vancouver that has been run collectively for 50 years, where you can hangout, read books & magazines, use the free computer, make friends, circulate zines, access local skill sharing & mutual aid networks?
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Daily bee break for you.
California bumblebee on pacific bleeding heart.
(Bombus californicus on Dicentra formosa)
Summer 2024 in my yard
Snuneymuxw Territory
South End, Nanaimo
#bcnativebees
California bumblebee on pacific bleeding heart.
(Bombus californicus on Dicentra formosa)
Summer 2024 in my yard
Snuneymuxw Territory
South End, Nanaimo
#bcnativebees
February 16, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Daily bee break for you.
California bumblebee on pacific bleeding heart.
(Bombus californicus on Dicentra formosa)
Summer 2024 in my yard
Snuneymuxw Territory
South End, Nanaimo
#bcnativebees
California bumblebee on pacific bleeding heart.
(Bombus californicus on Dicentra formosa)
Summer 2024 in my yard
Snuneymuxw Territory
South End, Nanaimo
#bcnativebees
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getting the band back together, because, well... 🤯
Corporate Coup in Global Context
Join @naomiaklein.bsky.social, @chenjerai.bsky.social, @astra.bsky.social, & @keeanga.bsky.social for an emergency town hall on the accelerating corporate dominance of our societies
Mon., Feb. 17 at 5:00 pm ET
RSVP to attend: www.tickettailor.com/events/hayma...
Join @naomiaklein.bsky.social, @chenjerai.bsky.social, @astra.bsky.social, & @keeanga.bsky.social for an emergency town hall on the accelerating corporate dominance of our societies
Mon., Feb. 17 at 5:00 pm ET
RSVP to attend: www.tickettailor.com/events/hayma...
February 9, 2025 at 1:27 AM
getting the band back together, because, well... 🤯
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This gorgeous creature is the Vancouver Island bumblebee.
Seventeen-plus genera of native bees now inhabit my small urban lot, up from basically zero a few years ago. All I’ve done is put plants in the ground.
Bombus vancouverensis vancouverensis
2024
#southendnanaimo
#bcnativebees
Seventeen-plus genera of native bees now inhabit my small urban lot, up from basically zero a few years ago. All I’ve done is put plants in the ground.
Bombus vancouverensis vancouverensis
2024
#southendnanaimo
#bcnativebees
February 8, 2025 at 5:09 PM
This gorgeous creature is the Vancouver Island bumblebee.
Seventeen-plus genera of native bees now inhabit my small urban lot, up from basically zero a few years ago. All I’ve done is put plants in the ground.
Bombus vancouverensis vancouverensis
2024
#southendnanaimo
#bcnativebees
Seventeen-plus genera of native bees now inhabit my small urban lot, up from basically zero a few years ago. All I’ve done is put plants in the ground.
Bombus vancouverensis vancouverensis
2024
#southendnanaimo
#bcnativebees
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It's not a demolition site it's a mass grave. It's not a demolition site it's a crime scene. It's not a demolition site its a homeland. It's not a demolition site it's Palestine. It's not a demolition site it's a genocide.
Trump, with Netanyahu sitting next to him, says "Gaza maybe is a demolition site right now ... you can't live in Gaza right now. I think we need another location."
February 5, 2025 at 5:47 AM
It's not a demolition site it's a mass grave. It's not a demolition site it's a crime scene. It's not a demolition site its a homeland. It's not a demolition site it's Palestine. It's not a demolition site it's a genocide.
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Clear, succinct.
“Once you decide that a single vulnerable minority can be sacrificed, you’re operating within a fascist logic,” they said. “That means there might be a second one you’re willing to sacrifice and a third, a fourth. Then what happens?”
Abandoning trans people is 'fascist logic', says leading feminist philosopher
Leading feminist philosopher Judith Butler has declared that abandoning trans people or any minority is operating within 'fascist logic'.
www.thepinknews.com
February 2, 2025 at 8:30 AM
Clear, succinct.
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All are welcome to join us for an evening of celebration to open the exhibition Trust Fall on Fri, Jan 31 from 7 to 9. Experience the exhibition, enjoy refreshments, and try an activity in Art Lab.
nanaimoartgallery.ca/exhibition/t...
nanaimoartgallery.ca/exhibition/t...
January 23, 2025 at 7:20 PM
All are welcome to join us for an evening of celebration to open the exhibition Trust Fall on Fri, Jan 31 from 7 to 9. Experience the exhibition, enjoy refreshments, and try an activity in Art Lab.
nanaimoartgallery.ca/exhibition/t...
nanaimoartgallery.ca/exhibition/t...
This is easily the most dynamic, inspiring, generous, and daring collection exhibition I have ever seen. If you are near Eindhoven, don’t miss it.
Delinking and Relinking
Multi-sensory collection presentation
vanabbemuseum.nl
January 15, 2025 at 10:41 AM
This is easily the most dynamic, inspiring, generous, and daring collection exhibition I have ever seen. If you are near Eindhoven, don’t miss it.
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shiko munakata, fox and wolf, designed in 1953 and printed in 1960.
February 27, 2024 at 12:11 AM
shiko munakata, fox and wolf, designed in 1953 and printed in 1960.
So many important insights in this conversation with Norma Wong.
How to Survive the End of the World
Society & Culture Podcast · 193 Episodes · Updated Weekly
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November 30, 2024 at 5:37 AM
So many important insights in this conversation with Norma Wong.
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Toque Craft Festival starts tomorrow night at the Western Front, includes clay artists Mona Lisa Ali, Ron Vallis, Martin Peters & Kerria Gray. On through Sunday!
November 29, 2024 at 6:07 AM
Toque Craft Festival starts tomorrow night at the Western Front, includes clay artists Mona Lisa Ali, Ron Vallis, Martin Peters & Kerria Gray. On through Sunday!
"You And I Are Earth”, 1661. Creator unknown. Found in a London sewer. Tin-glazed earthenware plate. Collection of the Museum of London.
November 24, 2024 at 10:58 PM
"You And I Are Earth”, 1661. Creator unknown. Found in a London sewer. Tin-glazed earthenware plate. Collection of the Museum of London.
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Canada has said it will abide by the ICC ruling/arrest warrants against Netanyahu. It must now also take immediate action to implement a full two-way arms embargo like it had on Israel 1992-1994.
Canada has done it before and should do it again.
#ArmsEmbargoNow.
Https://armsembargonow.ca
Canada has done it before and should do it again.
#ArmsEmbargoNow.
Https://armsembargonow.ca
November 21, 2024 at 10:48 PM
Canada has said it will abide by the ICC ruling/arrest warrants against Netanyahu. It must now also take immediate action to implement a full two-way arms embargo like it had on Israel 1992-1994.
Canada has done it before and should do it again.
#ArmsEmbargoNow.
Https://armsembargonow.ca
Canada has done it before and should do it again.
#ArmsEmbargoNow.
Https://armsembargonow.ca