erin*carly
@erincarly.bsky.social
Photographer. Runner. Sourdough baker. Knitter. Reveler. Mom of two chaos monsters, an old pup, a new young pup, and a very tolerant cat. Unapologetically pro-union. Crossed the border to Arlington; my heart belongs to Del Ray. Opinions are my own.
Pinned
Apparently missing out on some exciting rabid fox neighborhood drama
Got this photo via two different group chats
Got this photo via two different group chats
“How this email finds me…”
“Freezing fog.” That’s a new one.
Be careful of a few slick spots heading out this morning from areas of freezing fog that formed overnight.
December 7, 2025 at 2:05 PM
“Freezing fog.” That’s a new one.
“You cried for night; it falls. Now cry in darkness.”
Endgame, Samuel Beckett
Endgame, Samuel Beckett
Which lines of poetry live rent-free in your head?
December 7, 2025 at 6:24 AM
“You cried for night; it falls. Now cry in darkness.”
Endgame, Samuel Beckett
Endgame, Samuel Beckett
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Thinking of the student Mary Young who 106 years ago today 'said "shan't" under [her] breath when told to repeat poor work'.
December 4, 2025 at 2:03 PM
Thinking of the student Mary Young who 106 years ago today 'said "shan't" under [her] breath when told to repeat poor work'.
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🚨🚨🚨THE NATIONAL CHRISTMAS TREE LIGHTING IS THIS THURSDAY, DECEMBER 4. 🚨🚨🚨
DO👏 NOT👏 DRIVE👏 DOWNTOWN👏
⚠️ ROADS WILL BE UTTER, COMPLETE SHIT. ⚠️
YOU KNOW HOW GOOGLE MAPS TRAFFIC CAN GET SO DARK RED IT LOOKS LIKE DRIED BLOOD? YOU WILL HATE EVERYONE. YOU WILL HATE YOUR VERY EXISTENCE.
HEED MY WARNING!
DO👏 NOT👏 DRIVE👏 DOWNTOWN👏
⚠️ ROADS WILL BE UTTER, COMPLETE SHIT. ⚠️
YOU KNOW HOW GOOGLE MAPS TRAFFIC CAN GET SO DARK RED IT LOOKS LIKE DRIED BLOOD? YOU WILL HATE EVERYONE. YOU WILL HATE YOUR VERY EXISTENCE.
HEED MY WARNING!
December 2, 2025 at 9:54 PM
🚨🚨🚨THE NATIONAL CHRISTMAS TREE LIGHTING IS THIS THURSDAY, DECEMBER 4. 🚨🚨🚨
DO👏 NOT👏 DRIVE👏 DOWNTOWN👏
⚠️ ROADS WILL BE UTTER, COMPLETE SHIT. ⚠️
YOU KNOW HOW GOOGLE MAPS TRAFFIC CAN GET SO DARK RED IT LOOKS LIKE DRIED BLOOD? YOU WILL HATE EVERYONE. YOU WILL HATE YOUR VERY EXISTENCE.
HEED MY WARNING!
DO👏 NOT👏 DRIVE👏 DOWNTOWN👏
⚠️ ROADS WILL BE UTTER, COMPLETE SHIT. ⚠️
YOU KNOW HOW GOOGLE MAPS TRAFFIC CAN GET SO DARK RED IT LOOKS LIKE DRIED BLOOD? YOU WILL HATE EVERYONE. YOU WILL HATE YOUR VERY EXISTENCE.
HEED MY WARNING!
This is the strangest pricing I’ve ever seen. Just a few months ago, these were originally $76 and marked down to $59. Now the original price is $125 and yet the same “sale” price? Thanks, Wayback Machine, for showing me that they’re just always this price. ($1 more this year than last, though.)
December 1, 2025 at 5:22 AM
This is the strangest pricing I’ve ever seen. Just a few months ago, these were originally $76 and marked down to $59. Now the original price is $125 and yet the same “sale” price? Thanks, Wayback Machine, for showing me that they’re just always this price. ($1 more this year than last, though.)
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We are now further away from the theatrical release of Raiders of the Lost Ark (June 12, 1981) than it was from the year it takes place in (1936). We have reached the Indiana Jones event horizon.
November 27, 2025 at 12:49 AM
We are now further away from the theatrical release of Raiders of the Lost Ark (June 12, 1981) than it was from the year it takes place in (1936). We have reached the Indiana Jones event horizon.
If anyone in the world should have one of the first Lego Enterprise sets, it is this man. Well done!
I GOT IN AND I GOT MY ENTERPRISE!
November 28, 2025 at 6:09 AM
If anyone in the world should have one of the first Lego Enterprise sets, it is this man. Well done!
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If a phone still works fine, it’s not “device hoarding” to keep using it. It’s common sense.
November 27, 2025 at 3:58 PM
If a phone still works fine, it’s not “device hoarding” to keep using it. It’s common sense.
Restful hibernation, darth. Hopefully when you return, there’s less of a shock than when you returned this year.
ok it is time for me to hibernate for the season
i am thankful for all of u keeping me company here on the blue sky during this year
be well
i am thankful for all of u keeping me company here on the blue sky during this year
be well
November 27, 2025 at 1:13 AM
Restful hibernation, darth. Hopefully when you return, there’s less of a shock than when you returned this year.
I completely forgot to pick up my Turkey Trot bib tonight. I’ve had sciatic-like pain down my leg for two days. I’ve bailed on every race I’ve considered for the last year. Thought maybe I’d break the streak, but maybe not.
I’m exhausted. Maybe I just go run on my own tomorrow, at my own pace.
I’m exhausted. Maybe I just go run on my own tomorrow, at my own pace.
November 27, 2025 at 1:12 AM
I completely forgot to pick up my Turkey Trot bib tonight. I’ve had sciatic-like pain down my leg for two days. I’ve bailed on every race I’ve considered for the last year. Thought maybe I’d break the streak, but maybe not.
I’m exhausted. Maybe I just go run on my own tomorrow, at my own pace.
I’m exhausted. Maybe I just go run on my own tomorrow, at my own pace.
😭💗
![Comic. Panels up to the 10-year point are grayed out. New panels since the Ten Years comic, which chronicles the first ten years of PERSON 1's journey with cancer: (1) [two people in bed] PERSON 1 (woman): One more chapter? PERSON 2 (man): Don’t we both have to get up early? PERSON 1: Nnnnnggggh PERSON 2: Sure, good point. (2) [many people wearing masks, walking while looking at graphs on their phones] (3) [birds landing on people] PERSON 2 in beanie and scarf: Hah! They like *my* seeds best. PERSON 1 in scarf holding phone with a bird sitting on it: Wait, how do I take a picture of this one? (4) [two people rowing boats with tree landscape] (5) [Person 1 carries overflowing stack of things to Person 2 in bed] PERSON 1: I brought you honey lemon tea, more pillows, a cinnamon roll, Tylenol, another blanket, a– PERSON 2: It was just Appendicitis, I’m really– PERSON 1: *It is my turn to take care of you and I am going to do it right!* (6) [Two people in car] (7) [still in car) PERSON 1: Oh my god. PERSON 2: Oh my god. (8) [car driving] PERSON 1: Pull over! PERSON 2: I am! (9) [both people get out of car] (10) [Large colored panel of aurora borealis over water with both people looking on] (11) [Person 1 sits against tree while Person 2 lies on the ground] PERSON 1: Fifteen years. No sign of the cancer. (12) I *am* having some weird symptoms. Joint pain. Fatigue. I think I’m losing my close-up vision. PERSON 2: Yeah. Me too. (13) PERSON 2: I think we’re getting old. (14) PERSON 1: I guess that’s okay. PERSON 2: It’s all I wanted.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:cz73r7iyiqn26upot4jtjdhk/bafkreihwhjblp5lyiwp63ouar7ocfea7evmckytoeo7rkfuoo4gw5rnrra@jpeg)
November 27, 2025 at 1:09 AM
😭💗
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Solidarity with @teamsters.bsky.social , who sanctioned our strike nationwide and won't be delivering food, picking up trash, or bringing packages across picket lines! ✊🔥
#NoContractNoCoffee
#NoContractNoCoffee
November 25, 2025 at 11:06 PM
Solidarity with @teamsters.bsky.social , who sanctioned our strike nationwide and won't be delivering food, picking up trash, or bringing packages across picket lines! ✊🔥
#NoContractNoCoffee
#NoContractNoCoffee
share a 90s movie you think deserves more love
November 25, 2025 at 4:20 AM
share a 90s movie you think deserves more love
[opens up Bluesky after being away for more than a day, curious about what I’ve missed…]
oh.
[closes app, try again tomorrow]
oh.
[closes app, try again tomorrow]
I've seen this image enough now that I feel like I should point out it's fake.
November 24, 2025 at 4:45 AM
[opens up Bluesky after being away for more than a day, curious about what I’ve missed…]
oh.
[closes app, try again tomorrow]
oh.
[closes app, try again tomorrow]
So many gorgeous cats!
Hello new friends! I think it is time to share once again the most joyful thing in my life.
You know what that means.
It's cat thread time!
Some of the cats I have sat for this year. Each a tiny cat star!
You know what that means.
It's cat thread time!
Some of the cats I have sat for this year. Each a tiny cat star!
November 22, 2025 at 3:51 AM
So many gorgeous cats!
I met a rectangular dog that looked similar to this one in a used bookstore recently, and I lovingly called it a potato to its owner while laugh-crying in joy. The owner agreed and laughed with me, and then showed me her trick of sitting on her hind legs like a bunny. A perfect moment.
November 22, 2025 at 3:43 AM
I met a rectangular dog that looked similar to this one in a used bookstore recently, and I lovingly called it a potato to its owner while laugh-crying in joy. The owner agreed and laughed with me, and then showed me her trick of sitting on her hind legs like a bunny. A perfect moment.
Friday News Dump is looking more like this than the usual.
a man and a woman are shaking hands outside of a building .
Alt: Janet from The Good Place lets out a giant laugh in a courtyard
media.tenor.com
November 22, 2025 at 1:39 AM
Friday News Dump is looking more like this than the usual.
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It’s fun to think about the surgeon who will botch your surgery 20 years from now and what he’s doing at this moment. He just ran all his homework through ChatGPT. He just read that article about vaccines and autism at the CDC website. He just watched an Instagram video about the moon landing hoax.
November 21, 2025 at 4:27 AM
It’s fun to think about the surgeon who will botch your surgery 20 years from now and what he’s doing at this moment. He just ran all his homework through ChatGPT. He just read that article about vaccines and autism at the CDC website. He just watched an Instagram video about the moon landing hoax.
I’ve seen some reviews that are reviewing the movie as its own unit; this is not an accurate way to understand it. It is quite literally Act 2 of one story, and this review from @npr.org is the only one I’ve seen so far that considers it in this way.
Part two of Jon M. Chu's splashy musical doesn't justify its own full-length movie, but it's clearly been made with love — and a deep commitment to the spirit of the material.
'Wicked: For Good': This all could've been just one good movie
Part two of Jon M. Chu's splashy musical doesn't justify its own full-length movie, but it's clearly been made with love — and a deep commitment to the spirit of the material.
n.pr
November 22, 2025 at 12:49 AM
I’ve seen some reviews that are reviewing the movie as its own unit; this is not an accurate way to understand it. It is quite literally Act 2 of one story, and this review from @npr.org is the only one I’ve seen so far that considers it in this way.
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Then Toad began to bang his head against the wall
November 20, 2025 at 5:37 PM
Then Toad began to bang his head against the wall
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You know AI is absolute dogshit being shoved down our throats by grifters because they continually have to do clandestine activations with it.
They know people don't want or care about these features. Otherwise, they'd be upfront and parading them around like a newborn baby.
They know people don't want or care about these features. Otherwise, they'd be upfront and parading them around like a newborn baby.
If you use GMail, AI (Gemini) was turned on yesterday by default and now scans all of your content for machine learning. To turn off, go to Settings>General and scroll down. Uncheck the box for "Smart features."
There's other "Smart" add-ons as well, but that's the one that reads your content.
There's other "Smart" add-ons as well, but that's the one that reads your content.
November 20, 2025 at 6:24 PM
You know AI is absolute dogshit being shoved down our throats by grifters because they continually have to do clandestine activations with it.
They know people don't want or care about these features. Otherwise, they'd be upfront and parading them around like a newborn baby.
They know people don't want or care about these features. Otherwise, they'd be upfront and parading them around like a newborn baby.
Anne Snow-lean. Ice-T. Tuna Melt. I am not very good at this. But maybe you are? A nice distraction of silliness.
Back for another Arlington winter: Name That Plow hysteria. Hopefully not the snow. www.arlingtonva.us/About-Arling...
November 19, 2025 at 7:52 PM
Anne Snow-lean. Ice-T. Tuna Melt. I am not very good at this. But maybe you are? A nice distraction of silliness.
“It’s complicated. It’s no one’s fault. It’s everyone’s fault. How can there be value in anything if the value of everything is nothing?”
An incredibly compelling read from Wirecutter. If you didn’t know what happens when you return items from online purchases, now you do.
An incredibly compelling read from Wirecutter. If you didn’t know what happens when you return items from online purchases, now you do.
We Bought a 450-Pound Mystery Pallet Packed With Returned Goods From Amazon and Beyond. Here’s What We Found Inside.
Pallets of overstock, returned, and undelivered-mail packages are an indicator of just how much stuff there is in the retail ecosystem.
www.nytimes.com
November 19, 2025 at 6:53 PM
“It’s complicated. It’s no one’s fault. It’s everyone’s fault. How can there be value in anything if the value of everything is nothing?”
An incredibly compelling read from Wirecutter. If you didn’t know what happens when you return items from online purchases, now you do.
An incredibly compelling read from Wirecutter. If you didn’t know what happens when you return items from online purchases, now you do.