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
cozy time with Triceratops and Inigo
November 27, 2025 at 8:10 PM
cozy time with Triceratops and Inigo
We've had some wild sunrises the last few weeks.
November 25, 2025 at 11:40 AM
We've had some wild sunrises the last few weeks.
And now, the six merry murderesses of the Cook County Jail in their rendition of 'The Cell Block Tango.'
November 23, 2025 at 1:43 PM
And now, the six merry murderesses of the Cook County Jail in their rendition of 'The Cell Block Tango.'
In 4th grade (the year focused on NH history), we read Amos Fortune Free Man, a very 1950 biography of Amos Fortune. He was enslaved in MA in the late 1700, bought his freedom, and lived in Jaffrey, NH where he was a tanner. If you find yourself in southwestern NH, his grave is very moving.
November 23, 2025 at 1:36 PM
In 4th grade (the year focused on NH history), we read Amos Fortune Free Man, a very 1950 biography of Amos Fortune. He was enslaved in MA in the late 1700, bought his freedom, and lived in Jaffrey, NH where he was a tanner. If you find yourself in southwestern NH, his grave is very moving.
Nova Scotia has sent Boston a very classic, aesthetically pleasing Christmas tree this year!
November 20, 2025 at 3:47 PM
Nova Scotia has sent Boston a very classic, aesthetically pleasing Christmas tree this year!
Gladly!
I meant lip, not lid - they have such large eyes that there is a greater volume outside their skull than in it, and because they get around by leaping, the forces in their eyes are quite significant. To keep them from popping out, they have an extra lip of bone around their eye socket!
I meant lip, not lid - they have such large eyes that there is a greater volume outside their skull than in it, and because they get around by leaping, the forces in their eyes are quite significant. To keep them from popping out, they have an extra lip of bone around their eye socket!
November 18, 2025 at 11:06 AM
Gladly!
I meant lip, not lid - they have such large eyes that there is a greater volume outside their skull than in it, and because they get around by leaping, the forces in their eyes are quite significant. To keep them from popping out, they have an extra lip of bone around their eye socket!
I meant lip, not lid - they have such large eyes that there is a greater volume outside their skull than in it, and because they get around by leaping, the forces in their eyes are quite significant. To keep them from popping out, they have an extra lip of bone around their eye socket!
I woke up with a song from their first album stuck in my head so I bring you a dispatch from Manchester, NH circa 2002.
November 17, 2025 at 10:27 PM
I woke up with a song from their first album stuck in my head so I bring you a dispatch from Manchester, NH circa 2002.
Cambridge MA! Aurora!
November 12, 2025 at 1:59 AM
Cambridge MA! Aurora!
Boston Harbor is having a Wreck of the Edmjnd Fitzgerald Memorial Gale!
November 10, 2025 at 2:44 PM
Boston Harbor is having a Wreck of the Edmjnd Fitzgerald Memorial Gale!
their brown compatriot.
November 9, 2025 at 4:46 PM
their brown compatriot.
snailposting!
(a snail I met in Borneo)
(a snail I met in Borneo)
November 9, 2025 at 4:41 PM
snailposting!
(a snail I met in Borneo)
(a snail I met in Borneo)
The sound of distant thunder suddenly starting to climb...
November 8, 2025 at 7:00 PM
The sound of distant thunder suddenly starting to climb...
Ideal kind of day for the train on the New England coast. A little early for really good train birding (weird duck density is still pretty low), but I've seen a common loon, an osprey, and *maybe* some brants mixed in amongst the Canada geese, mallards, and double crested cormorants.
November 8, 2025 at 2:10 PM
Ideal kind of day for the train on the New England coast. A little early for really good train birding (weird duck density is still pretty low), but I've seen a common loon, an osprey, and *maybe* some brants mixed in amongst the Canada geese, mallards, and double crested cormorants.
I love voting in Cambridge because there are so many good progressive candidates, my polling place has a bake sale where you can get mango cheesecake, and the stickers are very good.
November 4, 2025 at 1:28 PM
I love voting in Cambridge because there are so many good progressive candidates, my polling place has a bake sale where you can get mango cheesecake, and the stickers are very good.
Even our horrible fake highway is beautiful for a couple of hours at least two days a year.
November 3, 2025 at 11:43 AM
Even our horrible fake highway is beautiful for a couple of hours at least two days a year.
Truly, this is an absurd place to live.
November 3, 2025 at 11:41 AM
Truly, this is an absurd place to live.
I unabashedly love Halloween ads from research companies.
October 26, 2025 at 1:07 PM
I unabashedly love Halloween ads from research companies.
I saw my first Wilson's Snipe last weekend at the John Heinz NWR in Philadelphia (more national wildlife refuges should be accessible by train!). They were snacking on SOMETHING delicious in this wetlandy patch, and then had to use their very weird feet to clean their beak. It was delightful!
October 25, 2025 at 11:23 PM
I saw my first Wilson's Snipe last weekend at the John Heinz NWR in Philadelphia (more national wildlife refuges should be accessible by train!). They were snacking on SOMETHING delicious in this wetlandy patch, and then had to use their very weird feet to clean their beak. It was delightful!
Delighted to introduce you all to my very first orange-crowned warbler, spotted at Magazine Beach. 🪶
October 25, 2025 at 4:50 PM
Delighted to introduce you all to my very first orange-crowned warbler, spotted at Magazine Beach. 🪶
I am afraid I'm being stalked by butter butts but goodness it's a pretty day out.
October 25, 2025 at 3:55 PM
I am afraid I'm being stalked by butter butts but goodness it's a pretty day out.
Early Boston sunsets nowadays.
October 24, 2025 at 10:11 PM
Early Boston sunsets nowadays.
Delighted to run into River Critters in Fishtown, courtesy of @sarahmackattack.bsky.social!
October 19, 2025 at 10:52 PM
Delighted to run into River Critters in Fishtown, courtesy of @sarahmackattack.bsky.social!
I really loved this portrait by Seydou Keita, which is apparently on display as part of a big exhibit of his portraiture from Mali at the Brooklyn Museum!
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/16/a...
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/16/a...
October 16, 2025 at 1:48 PM
I really loved this portrait by Seydou Keita, which is apparently on display as part of a big exhibit of his portraiture from Mali at the Brooklyn Museum!
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/16/a...
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/16/a...
Hey, the Blue Sharks did it! Very excited for Cabo Verde and I really hope they play group games at Foxboro.
October 13, 2025 at 6:06 PM
Hey, the Blue Sharks did it! Very excited for Cabo Verde and I really hope they play group games at Foxboro.