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Erin

@short2thepoint

Small human wrangler, reader, pet guardian, biologist studying ME/CFS. I like picking up heavy things and putting them down again.

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Collage of 68 book covers, generated by Storygraph

Collage of 68 book covers, generated by Storygraph

2025 was a good year for reading

01.01.2026 03:29 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

When Google Reader was killed

13.03.2025 01:16 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Cover of the book An Unnecessary Woman by Rabih Alameddine

Cover of the book An Unnecessary Woman by Rabih Alameddine

Book #3

23.11.2024 15:04 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

My life has been deprived of very confident yet incorrect whale facts ever since I finished Moby Dick

22.11.2024 21:52 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Cover of the book Bel Canto by Ann Patchett

Cover of the book Bel Canto by Ann Patchett

Book #2!

22.11.2024 13:39 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
Picture of the book The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot

Picture of the book The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot

Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.

Day 1

#BookSky
#Books
#BookChallenge

21.11.2024 11:43 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

And the other cat has been spotted. Let the growls begin

13.11.2024 00:48 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Big fluffy gray cat, napping on a couch

Big fluffy gray cat, napping on a couch

This cat loves snuggles and also loves attacking the other cat. He has no middle ground.

13.11.2024 00:48 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
Picture of the 31 books from the 21st century I've read that the NYT gave their stamp of prestige to

Picture of the 31 books from the 21st century I've read that the NYT gave their stamp of prestige to

I'm feeling very cultured

12.07.2024 14:05 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Meet the real-life versions of Dune’s epic sandworms A Dune-loving worm palaeontologist makes the case that worms have been just as important on Earth as they are in the blockbuster film. A Dune-loving worm palaeontologist makes the case that worms have...

You need to read this. By the brilliant and worm-informed @plantnerd.bsky.social

08.03.2024 20:24 πŸ‘ 6 πŸ” 4 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Dear body, could we choose one problem at time? The only saving grace of strep throat is it doesn't include coughing, so having allergies at the same time is a real insult to injury

29.01.2024 03:59 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Reading a book about healthy aging, only to run into a story about hanging out with David Sabatini. The book notes that Sabatini used to be a professor at MIT but somehow skipped the part about him being fired for sexual harassment

17.01.2024 02:49 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
A small square piece of embroidery. It is a fluffy white ground made using a punch needle and cut loop technique, and cutting across it are flattened embroidered footprints and paw prints

A small square piece of embroidery. It is a fluffy white ground made using a punch needle and cut loop technique, and cutting across it are flattened embroidered footprints and paw prints

Oh gosh, this embroidered piece by Narumi Takada is so so lovely. β€œStepping on Fresh Snow”

07.01.2024 16:06 πŸ‘ 3694 πŸ” 1059 πŸ’¬ 49 πŸ“Œ 45
Collage of books I read in 2024, created by Storygraph

Collage of books I read in 2024, created by Storygraph

2023 was a good reading year! Thank you for the collage, @thestorygraph.com!

01.01.2024 13:17 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Me: I'm done answering questions for a while
3 year old: Why?

26.12.2023 17:13 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Tabby cat sitting under a Christmas tree

Tabby cat sitting under a Christmas tree

AbbyCat wishes everyone a happy holiday

25.12.2023 03:23 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Me, upon seeing my son eating Hershey kisses for breakfast today: "Jesus Christ! Uh, is the reason for the season"

25.12.2023 03:20 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Storygraph's 2024 challenges dropped, brb I need to plan out an entire year of reading

15.12.2023 23:56 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I want a critter with a slime coat and some looooong gills

14.12.2023 22:48 πŸ‘ 163 πŸ” 40 πŸ’¬ 4 πŸ“Œ 0
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Opinion | 1,374 Days: My Life With Long Covid Chronic illness has a way of picking apart your mind and breaking your heart.

Astonishing visual essay from Giorgia Lupi about her 1374 days with long covid. This captures the experience in a really powerful way. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

14.12.2023 23:51 πŸ‘ 272 πŸ” 115 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 11

Libraries are arguably the best thing the United states has going.

They are not just book collections. They are free public space, job finding lifelines, connections to family genealogy, vital resources for parents. Libraries should be funded, utilized, and universally accessible

07.12.2023 13:49 πŸ‘ 1110 πŸ” 384 πŸ’¬ 21 πŸ“Œ 25

Really grateful my pediatrician boosted me when I took my kid in. They met me where I was (literally) at

03.12.2023 00:18 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
A mushroom some moss and two acorns on a log

A mushroom some moss and two acorns on a log

A mushroom, maybe lion’s mane

A mushroom, maybe lion’s mane

Fall forest on a cloudy day

Fall forest on a cloudy day

Turkey tail mushrooms and moss on a log

Turkey tail mushrooms and moss on a log

You can just go to the woods and look at mushrooms anytime you want, nobody can stop you
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21.10.2023 15:48 πŸ‘ 1163 πŸ” 233 πŸ’¬ 31 πŸ“Œ 10
Unsuccessfully attempting to submit ILOC, which is used in pandas, to the NYT Spelling Bee

Unsuccessfully attempting to submit ILOC, which is used in pandas, to the NYT Spelling Bee

What does Spelling Bee have against pandas, aka my favoritePython package?

11.09.2023 12:36 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

We also visited the dog at the flower shop, and she gave us a happy howl

02.09.2023 16:30 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Gray and white cat, asleep on a cat tower with his front paw over his head

Gray and white cat, asleep on a cat tower with his front paw over his head

Saw a sleepy champ at the catfe today

02.09.2023 16:29 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Admittedly not something I'm likely to pick up lol

01.09.2023 12:06 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

What is it???

30.08.2023 23:26 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Just a recommendation here, but if your audiobook requires TWENTY-EIGHT CDs, you could probably stand to edit it a bit

30.08.2023 17:07 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I didn't realize part of parenthood would be mourning my kid learning correct pronunciation. I miss hearing appleshosh

30.08.2023 01:48 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0