Emily Horner
@emilyhorner.bsky.social
Health sciences librarian, Creative Writing/Environment MFA, Canadian in WI. More prairies, fewer police. Too hot for Granbury, TX. she/her 🌈
It's wild how much better I feel both physically and mentally when it's normal amounts of cold (32 degrees) as opposed to abnormal amounts of cold.
Anyway, Nighthawk Solstice was yesterday! Sunsets start to get later, even though the actual solstice has not yet arrived!
Anyway, Nighthawk Solstice was yesterday! Sunsets start to get later, even though the actual solstice has not yet arrived!
December 10, 2025 at 12:28 AM
It's wild how much better I feel both physically and mentally when it's normal amounts of cold (32 degrees) as opposed to abnormal amounts of cold.
Anyway, Nighthawk Solstice was yesterday! Sunsets start to get later, even though the actual solstice has not yet arrived!
Anyway, Nighthawk Solstice was yesterday! Sunsets start to get later, even though the actual solstice has not yet arrived!
If more people had ever made their own clothing, fewer people would get scammed thinking the web site charging $60 for a heavy coat with intricate embroidery is legitimate.
December 9, 2025 at 9:28 PM
If more people had ever made their own clothing, fewer people would get scammed thinking the web site charging $60 for a heavy coat with intricate embroidery is legitimate.
I used to be able to hate my landlord for cold air coming through the window frame. Now I can only blame myself.
December 9, 2025 at 1:59 PM
I used to be able to hate my landlord for cold air coming through the window frame. Now I can only blame myself.
Clearly the time to better insulate my doors and windows was before December.
December 9, 2025 at 3:09 AM
Clearly the time to better insulate my doors and windows was before December.
Would be a very cold night if not for my cat lying on my legs.
Thank you, cat.
Thank you, cat.
December 8, 2025 at 3:09 AM
Would be a very cold night if not for my cat lying on my legs.
Thank you, cat.
Thank you, cat.
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TIL about a memorial ceremony in Iceland in 2019 to mark the end of a glacier, changing the place name from Okjökull to Ok (jökull = glacier). Uncompromising wording on the bronze plaque:
"This is to acknowledge that we know what is happening and what needs to be done. Only you know if we did it".
"This is to acknowledge that we know what is happening and what needs to be done. Only you know if we did it".
December 7, 2025 at 5:17 PM
TIL about a memorial ceremony in Iceland in 2019 to mark the end of a glacier, changing the place name from Okjökull to Ok (jökull = glacier). Uncompromising wording on the bronze plaque:
"This is to acknowledge that we know what is happening and what needs to be done. Only you know if we did it".
"This is to acknowledge that we know what is happening and what needs to be done. Only you know if we did it".
Did not realize that my moon roof was slightly open until snowmelt started dripping onto my chest 🥺
December 7, 2025 at 4:23 PM
Did not realize that my moon roof was slightly open until snowmelt started dripping onto my chest 🥺
I ordered one mat to go underneath my indoor bicycle trainer and was accidentally sent six mats. I have been trying to rectify this mistake, but it's hard to get five very long (though not very heavy) boxes to a FedEx dropoff location, especially after a big snow.
At last, I am done!
At last, I am done!
December 6, 2025 at 10:31 PM
I ordered one mat to go underneath my indoor bicycle trainer and was accidentally sent six mats. I have been trying to rectify this mistake, but it's hard to get five very long (though not very heavy) boxes to a FedEx dropoff location, especially after a big snow.
At last, I am done!
At last, I am done!
Nothing more embarrassing than looking for your phone, checking pants pockets, coat pockets, pants pockets, coat pockets, going downstairs and asking around, and then finding your phone in your pants pockets.
(The pockets are capacious.)
(The pockets are capacious.)
December 5, 2025 at 4:05 PM
Nothing more embarrassing than looking for your phone, checking pants pockets, coat pockets, pants pockets, coat pockets, going downstairs and asking around, and then finding your phone in your pants pockets.
(The pockets are capacious.)
(The pockets are capacious.)
Reposted by Emily Horner
Me: I have a book idea that might actually be commercial!
Agent: That's great!
Me: The title is a reference to a classic 1971 Sesame Street Golden Book.
Agent: There it is.
Agent: That's great!
Me: The title is a reference to a classic 1971 Sesame Street Golden Book.
Agent: There it is.
December 5, 2025 at 12:19 AM
Me: I have a book idea that might actually be commercial!
Agent: That's great!
Me: The title is a reference to a classic 1971 Sesame Street Golden Book.
Agent: There it is.
Agent: That's great!
Me: The title is a reference to a classic 1971 Sesame Street Golden Book.
Agent: There it is.
Wisconsin in winter means looking forward to three hours of above-freezing temperatures next Wednesday.
I need to insulate my house better; I need to buy better outerwear. Alas, money and time are considerations.
I need to insulate my house better; I need to buy better outerwear. Alas, money and time are considerations.
December 4, 2025 at 1:51 PM
Wisconsin in winter means looking forward to three hours of above-freezing temperatures next Wednesday.
I need to insulate my house better; I need to buy better outerwear. Alas, money and time are considerations.
I need to insulate my house better; I need to buy better outerwear. Alas, money and time are considerations.
My street is an ice rink. I have figured out how to submit a request with the city but I have little faith in its efficacy. However, it will be below freezing for the next ~11 days, so submitting to the city portal has to be better than doing nothing.
December 4, 2025 at 12:20 AM
My street is an ice rink. I have figured out how to submit a request with the city but I have little faith in its efficacy. However, it will be below freezing for the next ~11 days, so submitting to the city portal has to be better than doing nothing.
Drove all the way to Muskego before I realized my headlights were off 😬
December 3, 2025 at 12:10 AM
Drove all the way to Muskego before I realized my headlights were off 😬
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Chiitan Knight will continue to spread his message until there are no more transgender people who are subjected to unjustified criticism and slander♡
Let's create a world where we can all love freely🏳️⚧️🏳️🌈
Let's create a world where we can all love freely🏳️⚧️🏳️🌈
December 2, 2025 at 12:21 PM
Chiitan Knight will continue to spread his message until there are no more transgender people who are subjected to unjustified criticism and slander♡
Let's create a world where we can all love freely🏳️⚧️🏳️🌈
Let's create a world where we can all love freely🏳️⚧️🏳️🌈
Libraries? Does anyone still use those?
What’s the worst question someone can ask after you tell them your profession? For linguists, it’s definitely “how many languages do you speak?”, but I’m curious what else is happening to the rest of y’all out there?!
December 2, 2025 at 4:29 AM
Libraries? Does anyone still use those?
YouTube browser extension that prevents me from seeing any episode with Gyles Brandreth when I search for QI episodes
December 1, 2025 at 3:35 AM
YouTube browser extension that prevents me from seeing any episode with Gyles Brandreth when I search for QI episodes
Snow day baking report: focaccia is OK but plain focaccia really lacks something. However, could not get rosemary on account of the snow day.
November 29, 2025 at 11:34 PM
Snow day baking report: focaccia is OK but plain focaccia really lacks something. However, could not get rosemary on account of the snow day.
Plan to get in better shape for snow shoveling has not been as successful as hoped.
November 29, 2025 at 10:20 PM
Plan to get in better shape for snow shoveling has not been as successful as hoped.
Because the auto tech didn't call me to warn me, I will be at the mechanic for much longer than I had planned. Might have to walk to Target and buy a book, lest I drain my phone battery.
November 28, 2025 at 2:59 PM
Because the auto tech didn't call me to warn me, I will be at the mechanic for much longer than I had planned. Might have to walk to Target and buy a book, lest I drain my phone battery.
Reposted by Emily Horner
I really love sandhill cranes. I enjoyed watching these ones kind of, well, crane their necks and look around.
November 28, 2025 at 2:55 AM
I really love sandhill cranes. I enjoyed watching these ones kind of, well, crane their necks and look around.
Solo Thanksgiving today but it's a roll of the dice whether I'll actually have the energy to grate cheese for butternut squash mac and cheese
November 27, 2025 at 5:41 PM
Solo Thanksgiving today but it's a roll of the dice whether I'll actually have the energy to grate cheese for butternut squash mac and cheese
Mixed feelings about working at a Catholic institution but it is convenient to be able to point at the big boss when he says things like this!
Pope Leo XIV told students not to use artificial intelligence for homework, saying that AI ‘won’t stand in authentic wonder before the beauty of God’s creation.’
Even God Is Worried About ChatGPT
Pope Leo XIV told students not to use artificial intelligence for homework, saying that AI ‘won’t stand in authentic wonder before the beauty of God’s creation.’
www.vulture.com
November 26, 2025 at 8:18 PM
Mixed feelings about working at a Catholic institution but it is convenient to be able to point at the big boss when he says things like this!
I don't know if I am watching the wrong bookstagrams, but so many reels are free of content. "OMG, so good! You have to read this!" That's not a review! That's something I used to hear every day from ppl who had read the worst books! If a book is that good, its goodness is worth more exploration!
November 26, 2025 at 8:00 PM
I don't know if I am watching the wrong bookstagrams, but so many reels are free of content. "OMG, so good! You have to read this!" That's not a review! That's something I used to hear every day from ppl who had read the worst books! If a book is that good, its goodness is worth more exploration!
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"I learned about close reading when I asked them to take their own thinking seriously—to take themselves seriously. Doing so, I found, forced me to take my job more seriously."
I wrote an essay for @bostonreview.bsky.social about what I learned about close reading when I taught at West Virginia University
www.bostonreview.net/articles/the...
www.bostonreview.net/articles/the...
The Claims of Close Reading - Boston Review
Literary studies have been starved by austerity, but their core methodology remains radical.
www.bostonreview.net
November 26, 2025 at 3:31 PM
"I learned about close reading when I asked them to take their own thinking seriously—to take themselves seriously. Doing so, I found, forced me to take my job more seriously."
At the hospital for a sleep study and I really hate how much my relationship to health care is just panicking about how much I'm going to have to pay
November 25, 2025 at 1:10 AM
At the hospital for a sleep study and I really hate how much my relationship to health care is just panicking about how much I'm going to have to pay