Erin Kane
@dianamonkey.bsky.social
anthropology, ballet, birds, cats, computational biomedicine, conservation, cricket, cross stitch, ecology, guenons, lifting heavy things, orangutans, ponds, primates, science, team science, yiddish. she/her
I have rarely seen a man look as out of place as Tom Brady on stage with Green Day.
February 8, 2026 at 11:13 PM
I have rarely seen a man look as out of place as Tom Brady on stage with Green Day.
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The pangolin is famous for being the world's most trafficked animal, hunted for its unique scales, but did you know it also has a pretty unique nose? Differing between species, they could have evolved in two different ways!
Who nose what we'll discover next? 🌍🧪
Who nose what we'll discover next? 🌍🧪
Nasal turbinals and laminae homologies in pangolins: insights from developments
Abstract. The mammalian nasal cavity houses complex turbinals and laminae that conserve heat and moisture and mediate olfaction. Despite renewed interest d
doi.org
February 8, 2026 at 4:02 PM
The pangolin is famous for being the world's most trafficked animal, hunted for its unique scales, but did you know it also has a pretty unique nose? Differing between species, they could have evolved in two different ways!
Who nose what we'll discover next? 🌍🧪
Who nose what we'll discover next? 🌍🧪
I put "Do the thing currently giving you a stomachache" as a recurring task on my to-do list and yes it can make the first ~15 minutes of my day kind of suck but everything after that feels so much better!
February 8, 2026 at 3:30 PM
I put "Do the thing currently giving you a stomachache" as a recurring task on my to-do list and yes it can make the first ~15 minutes of my day kind of suck but everything after that feels so much better!
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That's on the list! (Which I forgot to post when this started yesterday)
A guide to translating what commentators say when talking about associate members at the World Cup (none of this applies to Andrew Leonard or Ian Bishop)
docs.google.com/document/d/0...
A guide to translating what commentators say when talking about associate members at the World Cup (none of this applies to Andrew Leonard or Ian Bishop)
docs.google.com/document/d/0...
February 8, 2026 at 2:52 PM
That's on the list! (Which I forgot to post when this started yesterday)
A guide to translating what commentators say when talking about associate members at the World Cup (none of this applies to Andrew Leonard or Ian Bishop)
docs.google.com/document/d/0...
A guide to translating what commentators say when talking about associate members at the World Cup (none of this applies to Andrew Leonard or Ian Bishop)
docs.google.com/document/d/0...
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Official ICC announcement! ICC.tv will be broadcasting three matches in Bahasa Indonesia, where the commentator is me! The matches are India vs Pakistan (if it happens) on 15 Feb, Australia vs Sri Lanka on 16 Feb, and India vs Netherlands on 18 Feb*
*Half past midnight the next day AEDT time
*Half past midnight the next day AEDT time
ICC.tv | ICC
Watch the latest cricket videos, match highlights, exclusive interviews, and live streams on ICC.tv. Your official destination for world cricket coverage and content.
ICC.tv
February 8, 2026 at 10:15 AM
Official ICC announcement! ICC.tv will be broadcasting three matches in Bahasa Indonesia, where the commentator is me! The matches are India vs Pakistan (if it happens) on 15 Feb, Australia vs Sri Lanka on 16 Feb, and India vs Netherlands on 18 Feb*
*Half past midnight the next day AEDT time
*Half past midnight the next day AEDT time
I'm sure this is a funnier @tomgauld.bsky.social cartoon for people who are not former primatologists who spent the morning looking at birds in the snow just to get the "I am watching an animal in a tree through binoculars" rush again.
February 8, 2026 at 2:33 AM
I'm sure this is a funnier @tomgauld.bsky.social cartoon for people who are not former primatologists who spent the morning looking at birds in the snow just to get the "I am watching an animal in a tree through binoculars" rush again.
February 7, 2026 at 9:43 PM
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My dog truly enjoyed the weather this morning.
February 7, 2026 at 5:57 PM
My dog truly enjoyed the weather this morning.
I wasn't expecting the US to need 64 from 30 with 6 wickets in hand at this point. Honestly, it could be worse...
It's almost like maybe the US cricket team should have played more than 5 T20 international matches in 2025.
11-2 is even worse...
February 7, 2026 at 4:47 PM
I wasn't expecting the US to need 64 from 30 with 6 wickets in hand at this point. Honestly, it could be worse...
It's almost like maybe the US cricket team should have played more than 5 T20 international matches in 2025.
11-2 is even worse...
February 7, 2026 at 4:01 PM
It's almost like maybe the US cricket team should have played more than 5 T20 international matches in 2025.
If anyone's interested, the US is playing India in the opening game of the cricket world cup and it's streaming for free! Jomboy is doing commentary with Liam Plunkett, who's a former English cricketer, and Adam Bannon, who's a US-based cricket fan. And the US has India 118-7 in the 17th over! 🏏🦅
ICC T20 WORLD CUP USA VS INDIA LIVE STREAM
YouTube video by Jomboy Media
www.youtube.com
February 7, 2026 at 2:58 PM
If anyone's interested, the US is playing India in the opening game of the cricket world cup and it's streaming for free! Jomboy is doing commentary with Liam Plunkett, who's a former English cricketer, and Adam Bannon, who's a US-based cricket fan. And the US has India 118-7 in the 17th over! 🏏🦅
I admit I have never seen guys ice fishing on the Charles
February 7, 2026 at 1:46 PM
I admit I have never seen guys ice fishing on the Charles
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BREAKING: A 5th Circuit panel has backed ICE's mass detention policy, a decision that clears the way for the administration to lock up people who are in immigration proceedings
It's a 2-1 ruling
Majority: Jones (Reagan), Duncan (Trump)
Minority: Douglas (Obama)
s3.documentcloud.org/documents/26...
It's a 2-1 ruling
Majority: Jones (Reagan), Duncan (Trump)
Minority: Douglas (Obama)
s3.documentcloud.org/documents/26...
February 7, 2026 at 1:56 AM
BREAKING: A 5th Circuit panel has backed ICE's mass detention policy, a decision that clears the way for the administration to lock up people who are in immigration proceedings
It's a 2-1 ruling
Majority: Jones (Reagan), Duncan (Trump)
Minority: Douglas (Obama)
s3.documentcloud.org/documents/26...
It's a 2-1 ruling
Majority: Jones (Reagan), Duncan (Trump)
Minority: Douglas (Obama)
s3.documentcloud.org/documents/26...
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City wouldn't clear a Comm Ave. bike lane, so some bicyclists showed up today with shovels
www.universalhub.com/2026/city-wo...
#Boston #snow
www.universalhub.com/2026/city-wo...
#Boston #snow
February 7, 2026 at 3:10 AM
City wouldn't clear a Comm Ave. bike lane, so some bicyclists showed up today with shovels
www.universalhub.com/2026/city-wo...
#Boston #snow
www.universalhub.com/2026/city-wo...
#Boston #snow
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I cannot sufficiently underline how despicable it is that the IOC has required Haitian Olympic athletes to remove an image representing the leader of the Haitian Revolution (against SLAVERY) from their uniforms.
February 6, 2026 at 11:43 PM
I cannot sufficiently underline how despicable it is that the IOC has required Haitian Olympic athletes to remove an image representing the leader of the Haitian Revolution (against SLAVERY) from their uniforms.
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Erin I think your young eagle is young *eagles* - from this morning:
February 6, 2026 at 6:30 PM
Erin I think your young eagle is young *eagles* - from this morning:
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We put on an all-Yiddish community production of fiddler on the roof in Philadelphia and cast member and local artist Sofie Rose Seymour created the most amazing show poster that ever was
February 6, 2026 at 5:10 AM
We put on an all-Yiddish community production of fiddler on the roof in Philadelphia and cast member and local artist Sofie Rose Seymour created the most amazing show poster that ever was
"Crisis patriotism mutes dissent and critique. The overwhelming imperative to save a nation demands that those who critique the nation stay silent until the nation is saved. Freedom work is dismissed as unimportant, deferred until “things are stable.”
I had thoughts about crisis patriotism last year.
They still hold.
keguro.substack.com/p/on-crisis-...
They still hold.
keguro.substack.com/p/on-crisis-...
on crisis patriotism
notes on Kenya and the United States
keguro.substack.com
February 6, 2026 at 3:26 AM
"Crisis patriotism mutes dissent and critique. The overwhelming imperative to save a nation demands that those who critique the nation stay silent until the nation is saved. Freedom work is dismissed as unimportant, deferred until “things are stable.”
I'm finally watching Twelfth Night from Shakespeare in the Park starring Lupita Nyong'o and I admit I wasn't expecting to be practicing Swahili listening comprehension!
February 6, 2026 at 3:22 AM
I'm finally watching Twelfth Night from Shakespeare in the Park starring Lupita Nyong'o and I admit I wasn't expecting to be practicing Swahili listening comprehension!
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ICE abducted someone in Roslindale today. Just yanked from their car and disappeared because that's what the Gestapo does.
Thankfully people were there and hopefully this person will be identified and located.
Thankfully people were there and hopefully this person will be identified and located.
February 5, 2026 at 8:20 PM
ICE abducted someone in Roslindale today. Just yanked from their car and disappeared because that's what the Gestapo does.
Thankfully people were there and hopefully this person will be identified and located.
Thankfully people were there and hopefully this person will be identified and located.
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Bhattacharya testified that he's taking this issue seriously, but I just spoke with a researcher who had completed all the screening and was disinvited from NIAID's council *today*.
NIAID's council is set to run out of voting members in October. No grants can be funded without Council.
NIAID's council is set to run out of voting members in October. No grants can be funded without Council.
Baldwin quotes directly from my article abt advisory-council vacancies.
BALDWIN: This poses a very serious threat to NIH's ability to fund research.
BHATTACHARYA: I've ordered the ICs to nominate new members... including for the advisory committee to the director [which hasn't met since Dec 2024]
BALDWIN: This poses a very serious threat to NIH's ability to fund research.
BHATTACHARYA: I've ordered the ICs to nominate new members... including for the advisory committee to the director [which hasn't met since Dec 2024]
Exclusive: key NIH review panels due to lose all members by the end of 2026
Thirteen of the agency’s advisory councils, which must review grant applications before funding is awarded, are on track to have no voting members.
www.nature.com
February 4, 2026 at 10:38 PM
Bhattacharya testified that he's taking this issue seriously, but I just spoke with a researcher who had completed all the screening and was disinvited from NIAID's council *today*.
NIAID's council is set to run out of voting members in October. No grants can be funded without Council.
NIAID's council is set to run out of voting members in October. No grants can be funded without Council.
My newest research project has me reading articles in philosophy of science journals such as
"Deviant interdisciplinarity as philosophical practice: prolegomena to deep intellectual history."
"Deviant interdisciplinarity as philosophical practice: prolegomena to deep intellectual history."
February 4, 2026 at 9:09 PM
My newest research project has me reading articles in philosophy of science journals such as
"Deviant interdisciplinarity as philosophical practice: prolegomena to deep intellectual history."
"Deviant interdisciplinarity as philosophical practice: prolegomena to deep intellectual history."
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Today, an Avelo Airlines plane departed Mesa Gateway Airport in AZ, stopped in Harlingen, TX, and landed in Guatemala. This is the 4th deportation flight conducted by Avelo since the airline’s contract with ICE was scheduled to end on Jan. 27.
February 4, 2026 at 7:42 PM
Today, an Avelo Airlines plane departed Mesa Gateway Airport in AZ, stopped in Harlingen, TX, and landed in Guatemala. This is the 4th deportation flight conducted by Avelo since the airline’s contract with ICE was scheduled to end on Jan. 27.
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WOW: State leaders say NH Governor Kelly Ayotte lied about her knowledge of ICE's plan to build a giant human warehouse in the state.
Documents obtained by @aclu-nh.bsky.social show the state government has known for weeks about the Merrimack facility bc ICE is actively pursuing legal approval.
Documents obtained by @aclu-nh.bsky.social show the state government has known for weeks about the Merrimack facility bc ICE is actively pursuing legal approval.
State Knew ICE Plans for Merrimack As Early As Jan. 12
Documents obtained by the New Hampshire ACLU show state officials have known for weeks that Immigration and Customs Enforcement plans to turn a Merrimack warehouse into a prison.
indepthnh.org
February 3, 2026 at 5:34 PM
WOW: State leaders say NH Governor Kelly Ayotte lied about her knowledge of ICE's plan to build a giant human warehouse in the state.
Documents obtained by @aclu-nh.bsky.social show the state government has known for weeks about the Merrimack facility bc ICE is actively pursuing legal approval.
Documents obtained by @aclu-nh.bsky.social show the state government has known for weeks about the Merrimack facility bc ICE is actively pursuing legal approval.