erin mccann
@mccanner.bsky.social
Weather at The New York Times. Now in SF after four years in London. Brooklyn before that.
Find me: https://instagram.com/mccannercat
Find me: https://instagram.com/mccannercat
I see you, bathroom window artist, I see what you did
November 11, 2025 at 2:24 AM
I see you, bathroom window artist, I see what you did
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/...
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.
Someone put little ghosts in my town’s little free libraries for Halloween, and one of the book people accepted the challenge
November 2, 2025 at 10:10 PM
Someone put little ghosts in my town’s little free libraries for Halloween, and one of the book people accepted the challenge
It truly is a graveyard smash
October 29, 2025 at 2:53 AM
It truly is a graveyard smash
Someone in my neighborhood has set up an elaborate Halloween display where the skeletons are Roman legionaries. It’s very elaborate, with a crucifixion and a boat fighting off tentacles and everything.
At night they come alive and do the Monster Mash.
At night they come alive and do the Monster Mash.
October 29, 2025 at 2:48 AM
Someone in my neighborhood has set up an elaborate Halloween display where the skeletons are Roman legionaries. It’s very elaborate, with a crucifixion and a boat fighting off tentacles and everything.
At night they come alive and do the Monster Mash.
At night they come alive and do the Monster Mash.
wait you have a $10,000 budget but you want to drive 12 hours?
October 23, 2025 at 11:03 PM
wait you have a $10,000 budget but you want to drive 12 hours?
good news! After several hours, the helicopters are gone.
bad news: now it's a highway patrol plane doing extremely good circles.
bad news: now it's a highway patrol plane doing extremely good circles.
October 23, 2025 at 10:47 PM
good news! After several hours, the helicopters are gone.
bad news: now it's a highway patrol plane doing extremely good circles.
bad news: now it's a highway patrol plane doing extremely good circles.
Just two helicopters circling and circling and circling
October 23, 2025 at 7:39 PM
Just two helicopters circling and circling and circling
this is a) stupid, and b) wrong!!
October 20, 2025 at 7:04 PM
this is a) stupid, and b) wrong!!
A sample from my neighborhood
October 16, 2025 at 1:48 AM
A sample from my neighborhood
I appreciate quite a lot that the FedEx driver included my Halloween decoration in his delivery confirmation image.
October 8, 2025 at 9:12 PM
I appreciate quite a lot that the FedEx driver included my Halloween decoration in his delivery confirmation image.
This is an extremely niche post, but I’ve spent the last week in Central PA, where I’ve seen a) a hard root beer and cream soda cocktail, and b) **hard birch beer**, and I just want to applaud the 80s kids of my home state for finally ascending to new heights in bar management
October 3, 2025 at 12:42 AM
This is an extremely niche post, but I’ve spent the last week in Central PA, where I’ve seen a) a hard root beer and cream soda cocktail, and b) **hard birch beer**, and I just want to applaud the 80s kids of my home state for finally ascending to new heights in bar management
Maybe not everything needs to be a push alert
September 20, 2025 at 1:11 AM
Maybe not everything needs to be a push alert
Woah two Hawaii Five-O’s in the same year! As different characters!
September 16, 2025 at 3:44 AM
Woah two Hawaii Five-O’s in the same year! As different characters!
It’s ok, Officer Karl Malden and Officer Michael Douglas got the security camera filmstrips developed quickly
September 16, 2025 at 3:40 AM
It’s ok, Officer Karl Malden and Officer Michael Douglas got the security camera filmstrips developed quickly
The real crime might be these shorts though, Martin.
September 16, 2025 at 3:37 AM
The real crime might be these shorts though, Martin.
Oh no he’s robbing a bank
September 16, 2025 at 3:32 AM
Oh no he’s robbing a bank
A baby Martin Sheen — six years before Apocalypse Now — just appeared on my crime procedural du jour
September 16, 2025 at 3:26 AM
A baby Martin Sheen — six years before Apocalypse Now — just appeared on my crime procedural du jour
What an incredible month for the very tiny Venn diagram of fans of both the Foundation and The Gilded Age
August 26, 2025 at 4:21 AM
What an incredible month for the very tiny Venn diagram of fans of both the Foundation and The Gilded Age
Despite having seen both movies at least 6,000 times it was only today that I realized the little girl from Tremors is Lex from Jurassic Park
August 23, 2025 at 12:25 AM
Despite having seen both movies at least 6,000 times it was only today that I realized the little girl from Tremors is Lex from Jurassic Park
August 15, 2025 at 12:11 AM
I did not know the same man directed so many movies that had such a hold on my childhood
August 14, 2025 at 4:34 AM
I did not know the same man directed so many movies that had such a hold on my childhood
From weather balloons to radar to satellites in space, we broke down all the ways data gets collected and turned into the forecast on your phone’s weather app www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
August 8, 2025 at 4:31 PM
From weather balloons to radar to satellites in space, we broke down all the ways data gets collected and turned into the forecast on your phone’s weather app www.nytimes.com/interactive/...