Erin

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Toddler wrangler, reader, biologist, pet guardian. I like picking up heavy things and putting them down again.

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I'm feeling very cultured

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You need to read this. By the brilliant and worm-informed @plantnerd.bsky.social

Meet the real-life versions of Dune’s epic sandwormswww.nature.com A Dune-loving worm palaeontologist makes the case that worms have been just as important on Earth as they are in the blockbuster film. A Dune-loving worm palaeontologist makes the case that worms have...

Dear body, could we choose one problem at time? The only saving grace of strep throat is it doesn't include coughing, so having allergies at the same time is a real insult to injury

Reading a book about healthy aging, only to run into a story about hanging out with David Sabatini. The book notes that Sabatini used to be a professor at MIT but somehow skipped the part about him being fired for sexual harassment

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Oh gosh, this embroidered piece by Narumi Takada is so so lovely. “Stepping on Fresh Snow”

2023 was a good reading year! Thank you for the collage, @thestorygraph.com!

Me: I'm done answering questions for a while 3 year old: Why?

AbbyCat wishes everyone a happy holiday

Me, upon seeing my son eating Hershey kisses for breakfast today: "Jesus Christ! Uh, is the reason for the season"

Storygraph's 2024 challenges dropped, brb I need to plan out an entire year of reading

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I want a critter with a slime coat and some looooong gills

the Wikipedia entry for axolotls reads like a Cake song

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Astonishing visual essay from Giorgia Lupi about her 1374 days with long covid. This captures the experience in a really powerful way. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

Opinion | 1,374 Days: My Life With Long Covidwww.nytimes.com Chronic illness has a way of picking apart your mind and breaking your heart.

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Libraries are arguably the best thing the United states has going. They are not just book collections. They are free public space, job finding lifelines, connections to family genealogy, vital resources for parents. Libraries should be funded, utilized, and universally accessible

Gen Z and Millennials are using public libraries, both in person and digitally, at higher rates compared to older generations, according to a new report released by ALA. www.ala.org/advocacy/sit...

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Really grateful my pediatrician boosted me when I took my kid in. They met me where I was (literally) at

‘One expert at the meeting, Dr. Camille Kotton of Harvard Medical School, called the numbers "abysmal" and said part of the problem may be patient confusion.’ really tired of people saying that patients are confused instead of screaming that the system is a hot mess www.pbs.org/newshour/hea...

Vaccine data shows rates for latest COVID-19 booster is 'abysmal', only 7 percent of U.S. adults wit...www.pbs.org More than a month after federal officials recommended a new version of the COVID-19 vaccines, 7% of U.S. adults and 2% of children have gotten a shot. One expert calls the numbers “abysmal.”

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You can just go to the woods and look at mushrooms anytime you want, nobody can stop you 🍄📷

What does Spelling Bee have against pandas, aka my favoritePython package?

Saw a sleepy champ at the catfe today

Just a recommendation here, but if your audiobook requires TWENTY-EIGHT CDs, you could probably stand to edit it a bit

I didn't realize part of parenthood would be mourning my kid learning correct pronunciation. I miss hearing appleshosh

What if instead of import numpy as np, we switched to import numpy as bofa? Just to mix things up a bit

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Soooo what are some things y’all wished you did in the first months of starting the lab?

BookTok is a thing, but what about BookSkeets?

No one is a tougher negotiater than my toddler saying "2 minutes" whenever I suggest we leave the playground

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