Erin Kane
@dianamonkey.bsky.social
anthropology, ballet, birds, cats, computational biomedicine, conservation, cricket, cross stitch, ecology, guenons, lifting heavy things, lung pre-cancer, orangutans, ponds, primates, program management, science, yiddish. she/her
Happy Inauguration!
Broyt un Royzn (Bread and Roses) - Brivele Phase Two Sessions
YouTube video by Brivele Music
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January 1, 2026 at 7:30 PM
Happy Inauguration!
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also these mallards. Does anyone know what's up with the cream mallard (?)? I'm not sure if he's hybridized with the domestic geese, if he's just uniquely colored, albino, or another bird entirely 🪶
January 1, 2026 at 4:02 PM
also these mallards. Does anyone know what's up with the cream mallard (?)? I'm not sure if he's hybridized with the domestic geese, if he's just uniquely colored, albino, or another bird entirely 🪶
I visited my bird spot this morning in the snow and I spotted hooded mergansers in the river, finally!!!!
January 1, 2026 at 3:58 PM
I visited my bird spot this morning in the snow and I spotted hooded mergansers in the river, finally!!!!
First bird of the year is my neighbor's rooster Paul, followed closely by several blue jays. I'm getting loud and colorful vibes for 2026.
January 1, 2026 at 1:17 PM
First bird of the year is my neighbor's rooster Paul, followed closely by several blue jays. I'm getting loud and colorful vibes for 2026.
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Allez les éléphants!!
December 31, 2025 at 8:53 PM
Allez les éléphants!!
Absolutely my favorite.
December 31, 2025 at 1:39 PM
Absolutely my favorite.
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Stories like this make me feel hopeful. Resilience in the face of adversity. When USAID was shut down programs like this malaria program in cameroon faced collapse. They found a way to continue doing the work and saving the lives of children affected by malaria.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/28/h...
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/28/h...
How Cameroon Fought to Save Its Malaria Program After the U.S. Cut Critical Funding
www.nytimes.com
December 29, 2025 at 2:43 PM
Stories like this make me feel hopeful. Resilience in the face of adversity. When USAID was shut down programs like this malaria program in cameroon faced collapse. They found a way to continue doing the work and saving the lives of children affected by malaria.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/28/h...
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/28/h...
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so long and thanks for all the fish
Almost 80% of the land needed for #GreatNicobar project is forest land. While government estimates that almost a million trees will be cut, a rainforest ecologist estimates the number could be as high as 10 million. scroll.in/article/1075...
Here's what Vaishnavi Rathore found out.
Here's what Vaishnavi Rathore found out.
On the Great Nicobar island, why the future is fearful
The government has ambitious plans to build a shipping hub on the island. But are its native tribal communities on board? I travelled to the island to find out.
scroll.in
December 29, 2025 at 12:19 PM
so long and thanks for all the fish
I don't feel like I've aged *all that much* in the last 10 years, but I had to take new pictures to renew my passport and it turns out being 28 is a lot younger than being almost 38.
December 29, 2025 at 12:34 PM
I don't feel like I've aged *all that much* in the last 10 years, but I had to take new pictures to renew my passport and it turns out being 28 is a lot younger than being almost 38.
*finally* catching some Ivorian football this AFCON!!!! I wish beinsports had French commentary without having to do payperview, though.
December 28, 2025 at 8:05 PM
*finally* catching some Ivorian football this AFCON!!!! I wish beinsports had French commentary without having to do payperview, though.
the number of Burkinabe national team players who were born in Cote d'Ivoire is notable.
December 28, 2025 at 7:22 PM
the number of Burkinabe national team players who were born in Cote d'Ivoire is notable.
CIV-Cameroon this afternoon... I love afcon!
a soccer player wearing an orange jersey with the number 10 on it
Alt: Gervinho sitting during the 2015 afcon finals
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December 28, 2025 at 6:03 PM
CIV-Cameroon this afternoon... I love afcon!
I *was* a little tempted to shovel the neighbor's sidewalk while I shoveling my parents' sidewalk, since they hadn't gotten around to it yet and it made me a little grumpy.
The most New England thing I’ve learned about living in New England is that snow storms are actually the Protestant God’s way of giving one an opportunity to compete with the neighbors in rising early to plow the street in front of their houses as well as one’s own.
December 27, 2025 at 3:08 PM
I *was* a little tempted to shovel the neighbor's sidewalk while I shoveling my parents' sidewalk, since they hadn't gotten around to it yet and it made me a little grumpy.
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Brave witnesses from South Bay have spoken up and a whistleblower leaked grainy surveillance video of the violent assault & killing of Shacoby Kenny. #ShutDownSouthBay #bospoli
"All four witnesses said corrections officers hit Kenny after he was restrained."
www.bostonglobe.com/2025/12/27/m...
"All four witnesses said corrections officers hit Kenny after he was restrained."
www.bostonglobe.com/2025/12/27/m...
‘The brother was being beat on’: Inmates detail violence that preceded South Bay death - The Boston Globe
A 32-year-old man who died on Dec. 8 had a history of mental health issues; officers chased him before subduing him, witnesses say.
www.bostonglobe.com
December 27, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Brave witnesses from South Bay have spoken up and a whistleblower leaked grainy surveillance video of the violent assault & killing of Shacoby Kenny. #ShutDownSouthBay #bospoli
"All four witnesses said corrections officers hit Kenny after he was restrained."
www.bostonglobe.com/2025/12/27/m...
"All four witnesses said corrections officers hit Kenny after he was restrained."
www.bostonglobe.com/2025/12/27/m...
They held the funeral for an Ivorian friend's mother-in-law last week. She led the women's society for several villages, so the masques came out and danced for her funeral. She was always extremely kind and welcoming when I was in the villages, and it's very cool to see her honored like this.
December 27, 2025 at 11:56 AM
They held the funeral for an Ivorian friend's mother-in-law last week. She led the women's society for several villages, so the masques came out and danced for her funeral. She was always extremely kind and welcoming when I was in the villages, and it's very cool to see her honored like this.
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"Did you see what Mark Cuban posted? Oh did you see the clapb—"
You shake yourself awake in the cold North Atlantic water. You are not online. It is July of 1858. You are a baleen whale, and you have changed your mind. The future most not come to pass. The telegraph cable must break.
You shake yourself awake in the cold North Atlantic water. You are not online. It is July of 1858. You are a baleen whale, and you have changed your mind. The future most not come to pass. The telegraph cable must break.
December 27, 2025 at 2:06 AM
"Did you see what Mark Cuban posted? Oh did you see the clapb—"
You shake yourself awake in the cold North Atlantic water. You are not online. It is July of 1858. You are a baleen whale, and you have changed your mind. The future most not come to pass. The telegraph cable must break.
You shake yourself awake in the cold North Atlantic water. You are not online. It is July of 1858. You are a baleen whale, and you have changed your mind. The future most not come to pass. The telegraph cable must break.
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A day after part of a missile fired by the United States hit their village, landing just meters from its only medical facility, the villagers of Jabo in northwest Nigeria are in a state of shock and confusion.
Fear and confusion in Nigerian village hit in US strike, as locals say no history of ISIS in area | CNN
A day after part of a missile fired by the United States hit their village, landing just meters from its only medical facility, the villagers of Jabo in northwest Nigeria are in a state of shock and c...
www.cnn.com
December 27, 2025 at 3:14 AM
A day after part of a missile fired by the United States hit their village, landing just meters from its only medical facility, the villagers of Jabo in northwest Nigeria are in a state of shock and confusion.
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Based on a draft plan, the site in Merrimack would be one of 16 smaller processing sites planned nationwide, designed to hold between 500 to 1,500 immigrant detainees, according to documents obtained by the Washington Post. www.nhpr.org/nh-news/2025...
Town manager ‘surprised’ to learn about plans for an ICE processing site in Merrimack
Documents obtained by the Washington Post show a plan to convert an industrial warehouse in Merrimack, New Hampshire, into a site to hold 500 to 1500 immigrant detainees. The town told NHPR it had no…
www.nhpr.org
December 26, 2025 at 9:55 PM
Based on a draft plan, the site in Merrimack would be one of 16 smaller processing sites planned nationwide, designed to hold between 500 to 1,500 immigrant detainees, according to documents obtained by the Washington Post. www.nhpr.org/nh-news/2025...
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truly harrowing stuff
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December 26, 2025 at 6:55 PM
truly harrowing stuff
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Life as an elderly dog or indeed a middle aged cat at my parents' house seems to be pretty good.
December 26, 2025 at 1:34 PM
Life as an elderly dog or indeed a middle aged cat at my parents' house seems to be pretty good.
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From the well-sourced Helene Cooper:
"A Defense Department official said that the Pentagon had worked in tandem with the Nigerian government to carry out the strikes, which the official said were approved by that government."
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/25/u...
"A Defense Department official said that the Pentagon had worked in tandem with the Nigerian government to carry out the strikes, which the official said were approved by that government."
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/25/u...
Trump Announces Strike Against ISIS in Nigeria
www.nytimes.com
December 26, 2025 at 12:36 AM
From the well-sourced Helene Cooper:
"A Defense Department official said that the Pentagon had worked in tandem with the Nigerian government to carry out the strikes, which the official said were approved by that government."
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/25/u...
"A Defense Department official said that the Pentagon had worked in tandem with the Nigerian government to carry out the strikes, which the official said were approved by that government."
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/25/u...
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Federal judge blocks ICE from arresting immigrants who show up for court appointments in Northern California
Federal judge blocks ICE from arresting immigrants who show up for court appointments in Northern California
Judge P. Casey Pitts issued a ruling that would block Immigration and Customs Enforcement from detaining immigrants who show up to court hearings in Northern California.
www.latimes.com
December 26, 2025 at 12:06 AM
Federal judge blocks ICE from arresting immigrants who show up for court appointments in Northern California
Hanging out with Inigo can be very calming.
December 26, 2025 at 12:39 AM
Hanging out with Inigo can be very calming.