erin mccann
@mccanner.bsky.social
Weather at The New York Times. Now in SF after four years in London. Brooklyn before that.
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erin mccann
@mccanner.bsky.social
· Nov 26
I have a phone full of photos I’m sort of proud of, and a year’s worth of adventures I haven’t really posted anywhere, so I’m going to semi-randomly try to post one a day through the end of the year to this thread.
Today: Ballachulish, Scotland, in May, while hiking the West Highland Way.
Today: Ballachulish, Scotland, in May, while hiking the West Highland Way.
Hey does anyone wanna give me $2 million? www.zillow.com/homedetails/...
November 11, 2025 at 2:21 AM
Hey does anyone wanna give me $2 million? www.zillow.com/homedetails/...
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Edible Arrangements' parent company is expanding into another flower-related category — THC — as the U.S. market for intoxicating hemp beverages booms.
“It felt like a natural next step for us,” said CEO Somia Farid Silber. “People ask about edibles in our stores all the time.”
“It felt like a natural next step for us,” said CEO Somia Farid Silber. “People ask about edibles in our stores all the time.”
November 11, 2025 at 2:00 AM
Edible Arrangements' parent company is expanding into another flower-related category — THC — as the U.S. market for intoxicating hemp beverages booms.
“It felt like a natural next step for us,” said CEO Somia Farid Silber. “People ask about edibles in our stores all the time.”
“It felt like a natural next step for us,” said CEO Somia Farid Silber. “People ask about edibles in our stores all the time.”
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Meant to post this earlier, but: As @vulture.com first reported in April, THE PITT is getting a linear run on TNT. Today, we got details on when and how it will run on the network + the news that the eps will not be edited at all for language or graphic content. www.vulture.com/article/the-...
The Pitt Is Scrubbing Up for a Residency on TNT
The HBO Max hit will air uncut starting next month.
www.vulture.com
November 10, 2025 at 8:17 PM
Meant to post this earlier, but: As @vulture.com first reported in April, THE PITT is getting a linear run on TNT. Today, we got details on when and how it will run on the network + the news that the eps will not be edited at all for language or graphic content. www.vulture.com/article/the-...
I did not grow up in a Gordon Lightfoot household, and this news cycle is fascinating to me.
November 10, 2025 at 4:58 PM
I did not grow up in a Gordon Lightfoot household, and this news cycle is fascinating to me.
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it's not 'performative' if you're taking pictures of random fucking strangers reading. they're just reading! you're the creepy one!
November 10, 2025 at 4:02 PM
it's not 'performative' if you're taking pictures of random fucking strangers reading. they're just reading! you're the creepy one!
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I’ve said it before but news outlets worry a lot about looking biased and not enough about looking phony.
Why should people trust you if you won’t say what they can see plain as day?
Why should people trust you if you won’t say what they can see plain as day?
"Appearing to close his eyes"
November 9, 2025 at 8:33 PM
I’ve said it before but news outlets worry a lot about looking biased and not enough about looking phony.
Why should people trust you if you won’t say what they can see plain as day?
Why should people trust you if you won’t say what they can see plain as day?
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Girl Scouts in a Chicago Suburb hosted a food drive. But the girls encountered masked U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents with weapons.
"ICE turned it into a scary and what felt like an unsafe environment for us to be out with these kids"
chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...
"ICE turned it into a scary and what felt like an unsafe environment for us to be out with these kids"
chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...
Masked ICE agents put damper on Oak Park Girl Scout food drive: ‘It’s heartbreaking as a mom’
Federal immigration agents were confronted in Oak Park on Saturday morning by residents blowing whistles as local Girl Scouts collect food for local pantries, rattling some girls and their parents.
chicago.suntimes.com
November 9, 2025 at 6:52 PM
Girl Scouts in a Chicago Suburb hosted a food drive. But the girls encountered masked U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents with weapons.
"ICE turned it into a scary and what felt like an unsafe environment for us to be out with these kids"
chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...
"ICE turned it into a scary and what felt like an unsafe environment for us to be out with these kids"
chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...
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Loving today's news that the mysterious "fedora man" outside the Louvre heist was actually a 15-year-old museum visitor who dresses like a 1940s French detective all the time, just because. apnews.com/article/louv...
Fedora man unmasked: Meet the teen behind the Louvre mystery photo
Fifteen-year-old Pedro Elias Garzon Delvaux has become an internet sensation after an Associated Press photo captured him outside the Louvre on the day of a crown jewels heist.
apnews.com
November 9, 2025 at 12:16 PM
Loving today's news that the mysterious "fedora man" outside the Louvre heist was actually a 15-year-old museum visitor who dresses like a 1940s French detective all the time, just because. apnews.com/article/louv...
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pre-writing a devastating obituary for your enemy is god-tier hating of a kind you don’t often see anymore. renaissance haterism. beautiful stuff.
A Sharon Begley byline, almost 5 years after her death.
Upon hearing the news James Watson had died, a STAT reporter said in our Slack, "I wish I could read what Sharon would have written."
Incredible news: Sharon in fact did pre-write a Watson obit. And it is masterful and excoriating.
🧪🧬🧫
Upon hearing the news James Watson had died, a STAT reporter said in our Slack, "I wish I could read what Sharon would have written."
Incredible news: Sharon in fact did pre-write a Watson obit. And it is masterful and excoriating.
🧪🧬🧫
James Watson, dead at 97, was a scientific legend and a pariah among his peers
James Watson, the co-discoverer of the structure of DNA who died Thursday at 97, was a scientific legend and a pariah among his peers.
www.statnews.com
November 9, 2025 at 12:55 AM
pre-writing a devastating obituary for your enemy is god-tier hating of a kind you don’t often see anymore. renaissance haterism. beautiful stuff.
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He should call it And Another Thing
John Carpenter says he's working on a sequel to 'The Thing'
"We'll see"
"We'll see"
November 7, 2025 at 10:51 PM
He should call it And Another Thing
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This is because Netflix has a specific list of approved digital cameras and a specific production pipeline that ends up making everything look extremely same-y. Nothing else looks like a Netflix show, but every Netflix show looks like a Netflix show.
www.vice.com/en/article/w...
www.vice.com/en/article/w...
November 7, 2025 at 1:20 AM
This is because Netflix has a specific list of approved digital cameras and a specific production pipeline that ends up making everything look extremely same-y. Nothing else looks like a Netflix show, but every Netflix show looks like a Netflix show.
www.vice.com/en/article/w...
www.vice.com/en/article/w...
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it's really incredible how cheaply lit every period piece netflix produces is, they all end up looking like drunk histories
November 7, 2025 at 1:05 AM
it's really incredible how cheaply lit every period piece netflix produces is, they all end up looking like drunk histories
After the time change my evening commute is, just for a little bit this month, timed exactly for that magical sunset moment.
November 7, 2025 at 4:52 PM
After the time change my evening commute is, just for a little bit this month, timed exactly for that magical sunset moment.
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We had fucking congressional hearings over Mortal Kombat.
There are no words for how evil this is
November 7, 2025 at 2:11 AM
We had fucking congressional hearings over Mortal Kombat.
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imagine importing your blue sky follower list into your contacts
November 7, 2025 at 2:07 AM
imagine importing your blue sky follower list into your contacts
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Feels like the opening to a very bad sci-fi film.
November 6, 2025 at 11:27 PM
Feels like the opening to a very bad sci-fi film.
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Rep. Yassamin Ansari has set up a table and this sign outside Speaker Johnson’s office.
November 6, 2025 at 6:22 PM
Rep. Yassamin Ansari has set up a table and this sign outside Speaker Johnson’s office.
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BREAKING: JUSTICE DEPARTMENT EATS A LOSS IN 'SANDWICH GUY' CASE AS JURORS FIND DEFENDANT NOT GUILTY www.nbcnews.com/politics/jus...
Jury acquits D.C. 'sandwich guy' charged with chucking a sub at a federal agent
Sean Dunn faced single misdemeanor offense after federal grand jurors refused to indict him on the felony charge sought by prosecutors.
www.nbcnews.com
November 6, 2025 at 7:27 PM
BREAKING: JUSTICE DEPARTMENT EATS A LOSS IN 'SANDWICH GUY' CASE AS JURORS FIND DEFENDANT NOT GUILTY www.nbcnews.com/politics/jus...
square in the bull's-eye of this demographic catnip www.nytimes.com/2025/11/05/t...
‘Girl, Interrupted,’ With Aimee Mann Songs, to Be Staged in New York
www.nytimes.com
November 5, 2025 at 7:03 PM
square in the bull's-eye of this demographic catnip www.nytimes.com/2025/11/05/t...
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BREAKING: Colorado voters approved a ballot measure that would raise state income taxes on higher-earning households to fund free meals for all public school students.
Follow AP for live updates.
Follow AP for live updates.
Live updates: US voters head to the polls in first general election since Trump's return to power
One year after Donald Trump retook the presidency, 2025 Election Day includes closely watched races for New York City mayor, New Jersey governor and California's Proposition 50.
bit.ly
November 5, 2025 at 3:33 AM
BREAKING: Colorado voters approved a ballot measure that would raise state income taxes on higher-earning households to fund free meals for all public school students.
Follow AP for live updates.
Follow AP for live updates.
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Chat did something happen tonight?
November 5, 2025 at 3:16 AM
Chat did something happen tonight?
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elections should follow mario rules
sorry but mamdani and cuomo should have worn blue and yellow hats, respectively
November 5, 2025 at 12:40 AM
elections should follow mario rules
