Birch Wind
@birchwind.bsky.social
Coffee drinking, Canadian born and raised, hopelessly in love with games like Animal Crossing, Stardew Valley, Valheim and Smallands. Mom of multiple humans and critters, Supernatural & Doctor Who fan, traveller of virtual worlds.
And Chilliwack also.
Please note that all Abbotsford School District schools and district sites will be closed to all staff and students on Friday, December 12, 2025, due to flood-related operational impacts.
The safety of our students and staff is our top priority. Thank you for your understanding. Please stay safe.
The safety of our students and staff is our top priority. Thank you for your understanding. Please stay safe.
December 12, 2025 at 1:49 PM
And Chilliwack also.
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San Francisco’s city attorney filed a first-of-its-kind government lawsuit against some of the country’s largest manufacturers of ultra-processed food, accusing the companies of making and selling products that are harmful to people’s health.
Why one city is suing big food over cereals, snacks and other ultra-processed products
A first-of-its-kind government lawsuit targets big food companies over the health risks of ultra-processed products.
wapo.st
December 3, 2025 at 1:00 PM
San Francisco’s city attorney filed a first-of-its-kind government lawsuit against some of the country’s largest manufacturers of ultra-processed food, accusing the companies of making and selling products that are harmful to people’s health.
Israelis are moving abroad in record numbers due to fear and discontent - The Washington Post I don’t blame them. Much like any country - not all residents are in support of their hostile, narcissistic leaders. www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/1...
Israelis are moving abroad in record numbers due to fear and discontent — The Washington Post
Tens of thousands of Israelis have left over the past two years, and many are young and well-educated, raising concerns over economic and social consequences.
apple.news
November 23, 2025 at 11:55 PM
Israelis are moving abroad in record numbers due to fear and discontent - The Washington Post I don’t blame them. Much like any country - not all residents are in support of their hostile, narcissistic leaders. www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/1...
www.bbc.com/news/article... I had never heard about this before. Really eye opening- it’s so easy to miss the bizarre and horrible things going on worldwide when Gaza/Israel/trump are all that the algorithms have been sending our way.
Myanmar's Shwe Kokko: Inside a city 'built on scams'
A haven for the super rich, or a city built on scams? The BBC was invited to find out.
www.bbc.com
November 5, 2025 at 7:43 AM
www.bbc.com/news/article... I had never heard about this before. Really eye opening- it’s so easy to miss the bizarre and horrible things going on worldwide when Gaza/Israel/trump are all that the algorithms have been sending our way.
centerforhumanetechnology.substack.com/p/how-openai... This deserves our attention. A very disturbing and cautionary story of Adam Raine, and how engagement of GPT was detrimental to his mental health, guiding him away from family and toward his own death. #chatgpt #suicideawareness
How OpenAI's ChatGPT Guided a Teen to His Death
With CHT's Policy Director Camille Carlton
centerforhumanetechnology.substack.com
August 26, 2025 at 9:44 PM
centerforhumanetechnology.substack.com/p/how-openai... This deserves our attention. A very disturbing and cautionary story of Adam Raine, and how engagement of GPT was detrimental to his mental health, guiding him away from family and toward his own death. #chatgpt #suicideawareness
If you can access @theglobeandmail.com www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/arti... I feel this in many ways, in fact I left the synagogue. G-d/The Divine, is universal, and if we believe that the Divine is good, then there is no way that this can be okay.
Opinion: As a Jewish Canadian, I want my community to speak out about the horrors in Gaza
Many of us are aghast at what is unfolding, but are rendered silent
www.theglobeandmail.com
August 7, 2025 at 11:10 PM
If you can access @theglobeandmail.com www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/arti... I feel this in many ways, in fact I left the synagogue. G-d/The Divine, is universal, and if we believe that the Divine is good, then there is no way that this can be okay.
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PoiLIEvre acting like he was elected to anything when he’s literally begging for a seat in parliament.
Remember when the CONS were yelling that “an unelected” person should not be speaking on behalf of Canadians?
Plus, OMFG drop the comercial slogans FFS.I can’t listen to this💩 any longer.🤦🏽♂️
#canada
Remember when the CONS were yelling that “an unelected” person should not be speaking on behalf of Canadians?
Plus, OMFG drop the comercial slogans FFS.I can’t listen to this💩 any longer.🤦🏽♂️
#canada
May 13, 2025 at 9:11 PM
PoiLIEvre acting like he was elected to anything when he’s literally begging for a seat in parliament.
Remember when the CONS were yelling that “an unelected” person should not be speaking on behalf of Canadians?
Plus, OMFG drop the comercial slogans FFS.I can’t listen to this💩 any longer.🤦🏽♂️
#canada
Remember when the CONS were yelling that “an unelected” person should not be speaking on behalf of Canadians?
Plus, OMFG drop the comercial slogans FFS.I can’t listen to this💩 any longer.🤦🏽♂️
#canada
@gander22h.bsky.social I found you! *waves from the ruins of diasp*
May 13, 2025 at 7:33 AM
@gander22h.bsky.social I found you! *waves from the ruins of diasp*
Congratulations to Prime Minister @mark-carney.bsky.social ! 🍁
April 29, 2025 at 4:40 AM
Congratulations to Prime Minister @mark-carney.bsky.social ! 🍁
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Reminder: you don’t have to be good at something to enjoy it, you don’t have to get better at it, you don’t have to monetize it, and it doesn’t have to be useful.
December 1, 2024 at 8:27 PM
Reminder: you don’t have to be good at something to enjoy it, you don’t have to get better at it, you don’t have to monetize it, and it doesn’t have to be useful.
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💙💚💙💚
Reminder: you don’t have to be good at something to enjoy it, you don’t have to get better at it, you don’t have to monetize it, and it doesn’t have to be useful.
March 18, 2025 at 4:13 PM
💙💚💙💚
I’m just so pleased that my new headboard fits all my stuffies on it 💗 #thesimplethings
March 18, 2025 at 9:59 AM
I’m just so pleased that my new headboard fits all my stuffies on it 💗 #thesimplethings
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I think he’ll become more comfortable in front of the press, but I like his style, not afraid to push back. #elbowsup
🇨🇦 Canada's PM Mark Carney says Trump's comments about Canada becoming the 51st US state need to stop before both countries can sit down and discuss their partnership.
'We can stand up for ourselves.We're Canada. We don't need other people to come to our aid.'
#canada #usa #tradewar #never51state
'We can stand up for ourselves.We're Canada. We don't need other people to come to our aid.'
#canada #usa #tradewar #never51state
March 17, 2025 at 11:10 PM
I think he’ll become more comfortable in front of the press, but I like his style, not afraid to push back. #elbowsup
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PM Carney has adopted grey-rocking as his way to handle the orange.
Huge Canada W.
I guess the orange was half right, it's the Canadians saying “we're so sick of winning all the time 😭” (jk keep ‘em coming) 🇨🇦
Huge Canada W.
I guess the orange was half right, it's the Canadians saying “we're so sick of winning all the time 😭” (jk keep ‘em coming) 🇨🇦
Canada's Carney says Trump must stop comments before bilateral talks can start
U.S. President Donald Trump must stop making "disrespectful" comments about Canada before the two countries can start serious talks about future ties, Prime Minister Mark Carney said on Monday.
www.reuters.com
March 17, 2025 at 10:59 PM
PM Carney has adopted grey-rocking as his way to handle the orange.
Huge Canada W.
I guess the orange was half right, it's the Canadians saying “we're so sick of winning all the time 😭” (jk keep ‘em coming) 🇨🇦
Huge Canada W.
I guess the orange was half right, it's the Canadians saying “we're so sick of winning all the time 😭” (jk keep ‘em coming) 🇨🇦
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March 7, 2025 at 5:25 AM
apnews.com/article/egyp... some solid discussion taking place regarding the rebuilding of Palestine that doesn’t involve Trump
Egypt is developing a plan to rebuild Gaza, countering Trump's call to depopulate the territory
Egypt is developing a plan to rebuild Gaza without forcing Palestinians out of the strip in a counter to President Donald Trump’s proposal to depopulate the territory so the U.S. can take it over.
apnews.com
February 18, 2025 at 7:43 PM
apnews.com/article/egyp... some solid discussion taking place regarding the rebuilding of Palestine that doesn’t involve Trump
‘I’m not waiting until they come to round us up’: Transgender Jews and their families search for safety as Trump takes aim at their rights forward.com/fast-forward...
‘I’m not waiting until they come to round us up’: Transgender Jews and their families search for safety as Trump takes aim at their rights
One transgender Jew described the situation as “like 1930s Germany all over again.”
forward.com
February 1, 2025 at 10:46 PM
‘I’m not waiting until they come to round us up’: Transgender Jews and their families search for safety as Trump takes aim at their rights forward.com/fast-forward...
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“In 150 characters or less” by @nikitagill.bsky.social
January 21, 2025 at 8:57 PM
“In 150 characters or less” by @nikitagill.bsky.social
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“PM Justin Trudeau was relentlessly targeted by the far right from the outset of his tenure as Canada’s leader. From ‘F*ck Trudeau’ flags on pick-up trucks to far-right social media influencers harassing the PM while vacationing with his children, Trudeau has taken a horrendous amount of abuse.”
I am a Canadian journalist. I am proud to write for Canada’s oldest continuously published daily newspaper. I am also on Canadian radio. I began my career in my 20s, & I’m now 61. I am experienced. And I stand by this story:
www.thewhig.com/opinion/extr...
www.thewhig.com/opinion/extr...
January 15, 2025 at 5:03 PM
“PM Justin Trudeau was relentlessly targeted by the far right from the outset of his tenure as Canada’s leader. From ‘F*ck Trudeau’ flags on pick-up trucks to far-right social media influencers harassing the PM while vacationing with his children, Trudeau has taken a horrendous amount of abuse.”
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For those not yet familiar with who Marlaina Danielle Smith is, she's the sitting Premier (Governor) of Alberta, #Canada.
Not only is she Maple MAGA and a super fan of #TraitorTrump & Pierre Poilievre, she wants to privatize everything from Education to Healthcare for all of 🇨🇦.
#NoMapleMAGA 🚫
Not only is she Maple MAGA and a super fan of #TraitorTrump & Pierre Poilievre, she wants to privatize everything from Education to Healthcare for all of 🇨🇦.
#NoMapleMAGA 🚫
Stephen Harper thinks we should stand up to Trump. Jason Kenney feels the same way. Danielle Smith? She'll surrender anyone and anything to prevent the oil and gas industry from having to stand up for Canada.
www.nationalobserver.com/2025/01/15/o...
www.nationalobserver.com/2025/01/15/o...
Danielle Smith puts petroleum over country
Even Stephen Harper has found the courage to speak out against Donald Trump. Why won't Danielle Smith?
www.nationalobserver.com
January 15, 2025 at 6:04 PM
For those not yet familiar with who Marlaina Danielle Smith is, she's the sitting Premier (Governor) of Alberta, #Canada.
Not only is she Maple MAGA and a super fan of #TraitorTrump & Pierre Poilievre, she wants to privatize everything from Education to Healthcare for all of 🇨🇦.
#NoMapleMAGA 🚫
Not only is she Maple MAGA and a super fan of #TraitorTrump & Pierre Poilievre, she wants to privatize everything from Education to Healthcare for all of 🇨🇦.
#NoMapleMAGA 🚫