Dr Eva Burke
@evab89.bsky.social
Academic, lecturer, and teacher of English. Interested in domestic noir fiction, horror, & pop lit. Cat lady and new mama. She/Her.
I don't want to set a negative tone for the new year but if you are a person who watches their dog take a poo in public and then just leaves it there, you deserve to *** in a ****.
January 3, 2026 at 8:03 PM
I don't want to set a negative tone for the new year but if you are a person who watches their dog take a poo in public and then just leaves it there, you deserve to *** in a ****.
Rowan doesn't really remember Katya but he has teddy Katya and we show him photos so to him she is the essential cat. Every cat is compared to Katya. Other cats are merely the shadows on the cave wall to him. She is The One True Cat. It's exactly how she would want it.
December 29, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Rowan doesn't really remember Katya but he has teddy Katya and we show him photos so to him she is the essential cat. Every cat is compared to Katya. Other cats are merely the shadows on the cave wall to him. She is The One True Cat. It's exactly how she would want it.
We are all about Mog in our house right now and this made me laugh.
December 28, 2025 at 11:44 AM
We are all about Mog in our house right now and this made me laugh.
The difference a year makes.
December 27, 2025 at 2:56 PM
The difference a year makes.
It has historically been impossible to wrap Christmas presents with this demon on the loose. It didn't take us very long this year but it was hard for a different reason. We miss you. ❤️❤️🐈⬛
December 24, 2025 at 10:35 PM
It has historically been impossible to wrap Christmas presents with this demon on the loose. It didn't take us very long this year but it was hard for a different reason. We miss you. ❤️❤️🐈⬛
We were at the library and Rowan picked this out to read. Can't believe my toddler is already doing cultural appropriation. 😒
December 23, 2025 at 1:23 PM
We were at the library and Rowan picked this out to read. Can't believe my toddler is already doing cultural appropriation. 😒
Darragh plays the guitar for Rowan and he LOVES it. When Darragh isn't here, he will lead me over to the guitar instead. I cannot play the guitar. What follows is a Phoebe Buffay-esque attempt at entertaining.
a picture of a woman talking about turkey leg and bear claw
ALT: a picture of a woman talking about turkey leg and bear claw
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December 22, 2025 at 6:08 PM
Darragh plays the guitar for Rowan and he LOVES it. When Darragh isn't here, he will lead me over to the guitar instead. I cannot play the guitar. What follows is a Phoebe Buffay-esque attempt at entertaining.
This photo is from 2006. Baby Eva!
December 21, 2025 at 10:42 PM
This photo is from 2006. Baby Eva!
The real heroes all along.
December 18, 2025 at 11:29 PM
The real heroes all along.
Don't want to jump to conclusions and say I'm raising a genius but we were reading Rowan's baby Frankenstein book earlier and when I said "where is the monster?" he pointed at Victor.
December 18, 2025 at 9:03 PM
Don't want to jump to conclusions and say I'm raising a genius but we were reading Rowan's baby Frankenstein book earlier and when I said "where is the monster?" he pointed at Victor.
I have been reading the Mog books to Rowan and he loves them but I just noticed the last one is called Goodbye, Mog and I don't think I can cope. 😭
December 16, 2025 at 7:26 PM
I have been reading the Mog books to Rowan and he loves them but I just noticed the last one is called Goodbye, Mog and I don't think I can cope. 😭
Rowan loves the ABC song but he gets impatient waiting for the letters he likes so there's always a backing track of "where's O? S!" etc.
December 16, 2025 at 1:44 PM
Rowan loves the ABC song but he gets impatient waiting for the letters he likes so there's always a backing track of "where's O? S!" etc.
My poor baby has croup AND a chest infection. He is allowed all the screen time and biccies today.
December 15, 2025 at 2:56 PM
My poor baby has croup AND a chest infection. He is allowed all the screen time and biccies today.
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Finally a good use for AI: making life more difficult for Harry Potter fans
Some very confused Harry Potter-bound tourists on the train who had been informed by their AI of choice to take a Thameslink from Farringdon to Watford Junction.
December 5, 2025 at 6:22 PM
Finally a good use for AI: making life more difficult for Harry Potter fans
I have gastroenteritis and I am ready to walk into the sea tbh.
an illustration of a penguin laying in bed with the words i feel bad above it
ALT: an illustration of a penguin laying in bed with the words i feel bad above it
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December 5, 2025 at 5:35 PM
I have gastroenteritis and I am ready to walk into the sea tbh.
*Twin Peaks theme song starts playing in the background of my day* is that good
December 2, 2025 at 7:46 AM
*Twin Peaks theme song starts playing in the background of my day* is that good
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It's that time of year again
December 1, 2025 at 1:23 PM
It's that time of year again
I stand with Ramona.
Ramona is claiming she didn't get any of the donated pumpkins but we feel there may be some evidence to the contrary.
December 1, 2025 at 7:18 PM
I stand with Ramona.
Happy December but only to this Midnight Rain fan edit of Michael Collins and Éamon de Valera.
December 1, 2025 at 3:57 PM
Happy December but only to this Midnight Rain fan edit of Michael Collins and Éamon de Valera.
I love that it is dusk at 3.32pm. It is in no way destabilising and depressing!
a cartoon character with a purple hat says " i ve never been more happy "
ALT: a cartoon character with a purple hat says " i ve never been more happy "
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December 1, 2025 at 3:33 PM
I love that it is dusk at 3.32pm. It is in no way destabilising and depressing!
I hate how funny he is.
Q: Are you affirming that you think President Trump is a fascist?
MAMDANI: I've spoken about--
TRUMP: That's okay. You can just say yes. I don't mind.
MAMDANI: I've spoken about--
TRUMP: That's okay. You can just say yes. I don't mind.
November 22, 2025 at 1:23 PM
I hate how funny he is.