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Erin Tate
@erintate.bsky.social
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Critical darling poorly received by audiences. Votes for St. Louis in every poll.
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'"the New North County" to families who made the move' why don't you just say "please consider us as your white flight destination" because it's the same sentiment
July 28, 2025 at 8:55 PM
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I stupidly did calf raises to train for Huayna Picchu and I should have just beat my quads with a mallet instead (but I did it)
Color photograph of Huayna Picchu, a tall mountain peak rising above the Incan city of Machu Picchu. The mountain is lush and green. It is approximately 750 stairs in a mile long path to the peak. A white woman in yellow hiking pants and a green shirt smiles at the top of the mountain. Machu Picchu can be seen below in the distance.
June 12, 2025 at 3:43 AM
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Idk I know I'm a mom and I got my master's degree six months ago but like this chalk Alolan grimer is honestly the thing I've made in a long time that I feel the proudest of. He's just a lil guy.
Color picture of a green and yellow chalk outline on concrete of an Alolan grimer, a sludgey pokemon.
May 27, 2025 at 4:33 AM
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Because I am right. I took a screenshot for you if you need help.
May 21, 2025 at 2:52 AM
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Biggest difference between my original Oblivion experience and the remaster is how vivid the flora looks!

Realizing I had Columbine, (wild) strawberry, and bergamot (bee balm) in my own pollinator garden blooming right now really shows how much I've grown myself in the last 20 years.
Color photograph of bee balm/bergamot, a pink flower about 18-20" tall Color photograph of wild strawberry leaves and blossoms Color photograph of Columbine, a plant about 18" tall with red drooping flowers
May 13, 2025 at 6:10 PM
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Obsessed with this gull chick and parents minutes before the white smoke appeared. Just no context for this moment, just living life.
May 8, 2025 at 4:37 PM
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Not great, Bob #stlwx

(@firstalert4.com thank you for your coverage tonight)
March 15, 2025 at 3:55 AM
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#stlwx
March 15, 2025 at 3:09 AM
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Hail in Rock Hill. Moldy mini pumpkin for scale #stlwx

Someone's dog is barking outside a few streets over - bring that pup in!!
March 15, 2025 at 3:06 AM
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Please give me your best book or movie recommendations. I have 18,000 miles of free time coming up.
Picture of the earth with general flight routes outlined, largely concentrated over the Pacific Ocean. The line starts in St. Louis, then to Denver, then to Tokyo, then to Guam and the CMNI, then to Hawai'i, before returning to Denver and then St. Louis.
February 12, 2025 at 5:48 PM
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IDK, is this anything?
Still frame from the movie OFFICE SPACE. Two men are sitting in an office cubicle. A photo of Elon Musk jumping has been added to the image on a computer screen. Text at the bottom says "No way. Why should I leave? He's the one who sucks."
February 6, 2025 at 8:34 PM
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Ope, here we go
January 5, 2025 at 2:40 PM
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3 year old is obsessed with taking photos of our Roomba (Wario), says he loves him so much.

Also he and twin are turning 4 in two days, time is a fucking thief
December 30, 2024 at 3:09 AM
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Closing day for the Shutterbee citizen science gallery at Kooyumjian Gallery, featured alongside celebrated nature photographer Noppadol Paothong. I'm incredibly proud to have played an eensy role in this amazing program.

Also this is how I find out Bluesky doesn't support video 🫠
Color photograph of a cardboard sign with four reinforced areas to hang the sign. There is a bee stylized as a B in the middle of a circle that looks like a camera aperture closing. The sign says "We are part of the Shutterbee Community - photographing our backyard bees for conservation science"
November 24, 2024 at 10:09 PM
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Holy 8th Grade Dance, ModCloth. Like I'm pretty sure you could buy these at DEB in 2001.
November 23, 2024 at 5:58 AM
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Last night, rare date night meant Lisa Frankenstein and Hi-Pointe, home of the Goodburger (car, yes for real)
Color photo of white woman with short brown hair. She has a black shirt on with snake earrings, with purple eye makeup and a berry red lip. Photo of a white man with short brown hair and a 5 o clock shadow facial hair and a white woman with short brown hair. The blue car with a burger on the hood is from the movie Goodburger.
February 11, 2024 at 11:55 PM
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This cat is zooted (gabapentin in wet food) before her vet visit, 10/10 recommended over gnashing teeth and slicing claws
February 7, 2024 at 6:19 PM
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Honestly can't wait to bust out my favorite* Halloween costume for Furiosa

*and most comfortable. the sweatpants were an inspired choice
December 6, 2023 at 5:25 PM
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My 2010s zombie era was also my Rankin Bass era
Color picture of a young white woman with short brown hair with bangs and fringe in front of the ears. The woman is turned three quarters, and has large eyes and an upturned nose. She looks similar to a style of stop motion child character that might be seen in a Rankin Bass film. She is holding a book called Zombie Haiku, which her boyfriend at time had gifted her.
October 24, 2023 at 8:11 PM
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This week in "Erin learns to set boundaries" I

- did NOT cancel on a friend last night and decided to go out for a movie and dinner despite knowing I had grad school assignments due today

- rescheduled a meeting about project updates I was feel rushed about

I can put myself first sometimes
Screen cap of Jeb Bush's disastrous presidential bid. Jeb, in a drab brown quarter zip cardigan, implores a room of adults and older students to "please clap."
September 28, 2023 at 3:55 PM
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Beautiful
September 13, 2023 at 8:21 PM
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I very much need the prop chair from The Dropout, actually
September 13, 2023 at 5:40 PM
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But also this is a solid reminder it's Over the Garden Wall season
scene from Over the Garden wall. A raccoon wearing a blue cap and overalls pours milk into a bowl for an extremely elderly looking cat with a beard, glasses, and cane. Pumpkin people wearing clothing reminiscent of 1800s Americana dance in a field amidst a foggy grey sky. They are dancing around Enoch, a large creature with a giant pumpkin head and a body made of straw and streamers. A red, green, and yellow riverboat with black smokestacks makes its way up a river. In the background, a green field with trees in full yellow and orange autumn color. Cartoon Network promotional picture for Over the Garden Wall. In the foreground, Wirt the teenager sits and his brother Greg, a child, is standing. Greg wears green overalls and a cream shirt with a peter pan collar and a teapot on his head. Wirt wears grey pants, a white shirt, a union soldier's blue cape, and a red pointy hat. Greg is holding a green frog, and Beatrice the bluebird sits on Wirt's knee.
August 14, 2023 at 8:17 PM
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Quote with four horror movies to get to know you

I'm a big weenie baby and can't handle gore, and I'm not sure they're my favorite favorite here's four that explain a lot about my Whole Deal
Theaterical poster for Ju-On 2. The poster depicts a woman's black and white ghostly face and hand, with the title in Japanese at the forefront outlined in orange. The Ju-On series was remade in America as the Grudge. Theatrical poster for Poltergeist. A small child is outlined by the glow of an old tv that has static on the screen. Above the screen, a tagline reads the famous line from the movie "they're here." Below the movie title, the tagline reads "It knows what scares you." Theatrical poster for the Others. Nicole Kidman's face is alarmed and looks to the right, illuminated by the kerosene lamp she is holding. The tagline at the top reads "Sooner or later they will find you." Theatrical poster for Crimson Peak. In the background, a looming, spooky manor is lit in blue and finely detailed. In the foreground, a slightly transparent woman wearing a nightgown is lit in red.
August 14, 2023 at 8:07 PM
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Looks for Little Shop of Horrors and Barbie - two for two and now I get to be a little gross asocial goblin for another 3 years
Photo of a white woman with short brown hair, green eye makeup, bright red lipstick, wearing a black tank top. The look subtly evoked Audrey 2 from Little Shop of Horrors. Photo of a white woman standing in a kitchen. The woman has short brown hair, pink eye makeup, and a light pink lip. She's wearing pink and green dangly earrings and a black crop top that says "From Director Greta Gerwig" in the Barbie font
July 29, 2023 at 4:44 AM