iiinova — where your digital self keeps evolving

Jesse Birch @jesseebirch.bsky.social · 06/09/2025

I just went through the verification process and I felt a little bad for respectfully expressing my displeasure in this anti-democratic process with the staffer who verified me, but it sounds like they have been hearing it a lot…

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Jesse Birch @jesseebirch.bsky.social · 30/04/2025

Swamp Lantern, AKA Western Skunk Cabbage. Could you smell it?

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Jesse Birch @jesseebirch.bsky.social · 28/04/2025

Most Canadian voting booth ever?

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Nanaimo Art Gallery @nanaimoartgallery.bsky.social · 25/04/2025

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...

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Jesse Birch @jesseebirch.bsky.social · 21/04/2025

Looking forward to the fruits of her labour!

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Jesse Birch @jesseebirch.bsky.social · 07/04/2025

I want to shrink like Rick Moranis and give it a hug.

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Lisa Marie Barron for Nanaimo-Ladysmith @lisamariebarron.bsky.social · 02/04/2025

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.

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Jesse Birch @jesseebirch.bsky.social · 02/04/2025

Very nice! Hope you all are doing great :)

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Jesse Birch @jesseebirch.bsky.social · 30/03/2025

Lisa Marie is also about as far left as they come in the NDP and has been a great advocate.

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Jesse Birch @jesseebirch.bsky.social · 30/03/2025

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

Two bowls in the sunshine and shadows with tiles in the background. One is a pale green with vertical sides the other is a rusty red with a more rounded shape. They are siting on an aged piece of wood.

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Jesse Birch @jesseebirch.bsky.social · 23/03/2025

Happy Birthday to my bee loving love @msjessegray.bsky.social give her a follow to be uplifted by native bees 🐝!

Woman with a wide brimmed hat and red hair wearing a purple sweater holds a camera among purple flowers on a sunny day

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The South End Daily Bee @msjessegray.bsky.social · 19/03/2025

Macro Melissodes (long horned bee, female). Such a stunner. Summer 2024 Snuneymuxw Territory South End, Nanaimo #dailybee #bcnativebees

Close up of a brown bee with fluffy beige fur, sitting in a lemon yellow flower. Only her face is in focus, highlighting her large grey-blue spotted eye and the yellow pollen grains stuck to each of her hairs. She has her pollen-covered mouthparts extended into the flower and out of sight.

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Jesse Birch @jesseebirch.bsky.social · 20/03/2025

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

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Jesse Birch @jesseebirch.bsky.social · 12/03/2025

Also 51 here and to me it’s less about era and more about relatability, thats why I really appreciate the skating of say Emile Laurent or Nelly Morville, and life Sheffy or real/atm/6040 Gonz. I like skaters who seem like they try, because I need to.

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Sointula Art Shed @sointulaartshed.bsky.social · 03/03/2025

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!

A bag of hand crafted and harvested herbal tea blend, with a stove top in the background

A pottery cup with some iced tea made with herbal tea blend

Clear bag of salad greens labeled “Spicy Salad Kerri”

Shelves in a window full of wooden seed trays with some small seeds sprouting in soil in them

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Jacob Wren @jacobwren.bsky.social · 03/03/2025

“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

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Joshua W. Cotter @joshuawcotter.bsky.social · 22/02/2025

A poster I made for a group show in Canada a couple years back.

A complex pen and ink drawing of a sinking ship on fire (representing the US), filled with furious, raging animals of all varieties (bear, eagle, ram, lion, moose, etc.) armed with guns, all staring at their phones which are telling them that all of their problems are due to night monkeys. A small night monkey is in the middle of all of the other animals, holding her children close, eyes wide with fear. Pigs and their money are floating in the turbulent water, they think they’re safe in their life preserver rings but sharks are on their way. The text reads “GUTTERS ARE ELASTIC, FEATURING: SONNY ASSUE SHARY BOYLE & WHESS NARYAN bailey macabre & COLE PRULS & JILLIAN TAMAKI, MOMOKO USAMI • JOSHUA W. COTTER & RONALD WIMBERLY
JULY I5- SEPTEMBER 24 2023
OPENING RECEPTION JULY 17,7:00 PM
NANAIMO ART GALLERY
SO COMMERCIAL ST.
NANANDARTGALLERY.CA
SNUNEYMUXW TERRITORY

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Laiwanette @laiwanette.bsky.social · 16/02/2025

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?

Hand painted sign for Spartacus Books possibly from 1990s-2000s

Shop showing the many book shelves of Spartacus Books.

Street view with black coloured awning showing the words “Spartacus Books Infoshop” with a red star and cars parked in front of store front windows.

Vintage poster with “Anti-war conference” 1973 all political parties candidates meeting.

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The South End Daily Bee @msjessegray.bsky.social · 16/02/2025

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

A black and yellow bumblebee hangs upside down from a pink heart-shaped blossom. She has most of her face inside the flower, except for one large black eye facing the camera.

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Naomi Klein @naomiaklein.bsky.social · 09/02/2025

getting the band back together, because, well... 🤯

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The South End Daily Bee @msjessegray.bsky.social · 08/02/2025

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

A large fuzzy bumble bee clings to a partially-open chive blossom. The bee has distinctive spots and patches of black, white, and yellow fur.

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Naomi Klein @naomiaklein.bsky.social · 05/02/2025

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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Chloë Lum @compulsiveobserver.bsky.social · 02/02/2025

Clear, succinct.

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Nanaimo Art Gallery @nanaimoartgallery.bsky.social · 23/01/2025

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...

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Jesse Birch @jesseebirch.bsky.social · 15/01/2025

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.

vanabbemuseum.nl

Delinking and Relinking

Multi-sensory collection presentation

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Jesse Birch @jesseebirch.bsky.social · 16/12/2024

You’re moving to Vancouver Island right? 😁

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Michael Thomsen @michaelthomsen33.bsky.social · 27/02/2024

shiko munakata, fox and wolf, designed in 1953 and printed in 1960.

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Pulpfiction Books @pfbvan.bsky.social · 29/11/2024

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!

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Jesse Birch @jesseebirch.bsky.social · 24/11/2024

"You And I Are Earth”, 1661. Creator unknown. Found in a London sewer. Tin-glazed earthenware plate. Collection of the Museum of London.

A white plate on a stand with a graduated dark gray to white background. The text “You & i are earth 1661” is written in blue in the center of the plate.

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Christi Belcourt @christibelcourt.com · 21/11/2024

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. armsembargonow.ca

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Doctors Without Borders / Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) @msf.ca · 18/11/2024

Doctors Without Borders teams in #Sudan are treating war-wounded patients with catastrophic injuries and providing humanitarian aid and medical care. More than 11 million have been displaced by the current conflict, including over 3 million who have fled to countries like Chad & South Sudan.

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Jesse Birch @jesseebirch.bsky.social · 19/11/2024

Among all the great writing in Plank, I thought Sam Korman’s Heath Kirchart piece was one of the stand outs this year.

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RNIB @rnib.bsky.social · 14/11/2024

New to @bsky.app? We’ve got some etiquette just for you! Turn on the little feature that reminds you to post alt text with your images. Alt text allows blind and partially sighted people to understand what's in your images using screen readers. Without alt text, it just says "image".

Screen shot of "Accessibility Settings" with two main categories: "Alt text" and "Media." Under Alt text, there are two toggle options labelled "Require alt text before posting," which is switched on. “Display larger alt text badges" Under Media, there’s an option labelled "Disable autoplay for videos and GIFs," which is switched on.

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Jesse Birch @jesseebirch.bsky.social · 17/11/2024

A gathering of pots and people as we load the Tozan Noborigama kiln in Cedar BC for its fall firing. It’s always inspiring to contribute to this collective process.

Tables covered with unfired pottery of many shapes, sizes, and colours in the foreground, with people, a pile of wood, and the opening of a brick pottery kiln in the background.

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