erin mccann
@mccanner.bsky.social
Weather at The New York Times. Now in SF after four years in London. Brooklyn before that.
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erin mccann
@mccanner.bsky.social
· Nov 26
I have a phone full of photos I’m sort of proud of, and a year’s worth of adventures I haven’t really posted anywhere, so I’m going to semi-randomly try to post one a day through the end of the year to this thread.
Today: Ballachulish, Scotland, in May, while hiking the West Highland Way.
Today: Ballachulish, Scotland, in May, while hiking the West Highland Way.
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new alex pareene and ta-nehisi coates articles on the same day. the long 2016 finally throws us a bone
Ta-Nehisi Coates: With the killings of Renee Good and Alex Pretti, "Trump has clarified an inconvenient fact—the culture war is an actual war"
“The Homeland” Is War on America: The Blood-and-Soil Nationalism That Killed Renee Good and Alex Pretti
In the killings of Renee Good and Alex Pretti, Trump has clarified an inconvenient fact: the culture war is an actual war.
www.vanityfair.com
January 26, 2026 at 7:21 PM
new alex pareene and ta-nehisi coates articles on the same day. the long 2016 finally throws us a bone
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The bar for "worst British disaster in America" is very high but Will Lewis is practicing his vault.
From Paul Farhi at the other site. Former media reporter there.
January 26, 2026 at 8:13 PM
The bar for "worst British disaster in America" is very high but Will Lewis is practicing his vault.
regretfully, i am also now dipping into this rabbit hole
a not insignificant number of people on Threads seem to believe the snow storm was The Government's attempt to refreeze the Leviathan, the world-eating serpent, which was getting loose (to eat the world, I assume)
January 26, 2026 at 7:06 PM
regretfully, i am also now dipping into this rabbit hole
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Just a reminder that the paper is owned by one of the wealthiest men in the world who recently paid $40 million to distribute a documentary about the first lady.
News: The Washington Post is preparing to slash upwards of 300 staffers, incl sports, metro and foreign desks @nataliekorach.bsky.social reports.
“The newsroom is being punished for absolute incompetence from the owner and publisher,” one staffer told @status.news
www.status.news/p/washington...
“The newsroom is being punished for absolute incompetence from the owner and publisher,” one staffer told @status.news
www.status.news/p/washington...
Post Parting Depression
Looming cuts at The Washington Post threaten to decimate key coverage areas as staffers question the motives and commitment of billionaire owner Jeff Bezos.
www.status.news
January 26, 2026 at 2:14 AM
Just a reminder that the paper is owned by one of the wealthiest men in the world who recently paid $40 million to distribute a documentary about the first lady.
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Change in Headline
January 24, 2026 at 9:20 PM
Change in Headline
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Minnesota has been A1 on the Times and WashPo nearly everyday for the last two and a half weeks, but still complaints of no mainstream coverage.
January 24, 2026 at 4:56 AM
Minnesota has been A1 on the Times and WashPo nearly everyday for the last two and a half weeks, but still complaints of no mainstream coverage.
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Roses are red,
Potatoes have eyes,
Potatoes have eyes,
January 24, 2026 at 4:00 AM
Roses are red,
Potatoes have eyes,
Potatoes have eyes,
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"Slavery was real"
Tiny sign at the base of a brick wall that, until yesterday, held panels about the people enslaved by George Washington.
Presidents House, Philadelphia.
Tiny sign at the base of a brick wall that, until yesterday, held panels about the people enslaved by George Washington.
Presidents House, Philadelphia.
January 23, 2026 at 3:22 PM
"Slavery was real"
Tiny sign at the base of a brick wall that, until yesterday, held panels about the people enslaved by George Washington.
Presidents House, Philadelphia.
Tiny sign at the base of a brick wall that, until yesterday, held panels about the people enslaved by George Washington.
Presidents House, Philadelphia.
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genuinely stunning image
January 24, 2026 at 1:37 AM
genuinely stunning image
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they went to an emergency room seeking help for their 7 year old child.
ICE arrested the 7 year old and her parents.
the family is here legally.
www.oregonlive.com/portland/202...
ICE arrested the 7 year old and her parents.
the family is here legally.
www.oregonlive.com/portland/202...
ICE detains family seeking emergency care for child at Portland hospital
The Venezuelan parents and their 7-year-old daughter entered the U.S. legally.
www.oregonlive.com
January 24, 2026 at 12:06 AM
they went to an emergency room seeking help for their 7 year old child.
ICE arrested the 7 year old and her parents.
the family is here legally.
www.oregonlive.com/portland/202...
ICE arrested the 7 year old and her parents.
the family is here legally.
www.oregonlive.com/portland/202...
Tonight, I folded a pile of laundry that began accumulating before Christmas.
January 24, 2026 at 4:09 AM
Tonight, I folded a pile of laundry that began accumulating before Christmas.
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This kid is awesome, actual hero.
January 23, 2026 at 12:41 AM
This kid is awesome, actual hero.
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g.w. murray building, herington, kansas, 1977
January 23, 2026 at 5:36 AM
g.w. murray building, herington, kansas, 1977
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Inexplicably learned a thing about the band New Radicals tonight, who broke up in 1999 and spent 20 years resisting offers for a reunion until …
![Since their disbandment, the group has received numerous offers for a reunion tour or new album, but Alexander has repeatedly turned these down. New Radicals did however reunite for a one off performance on January 20, 2021, to mark President Joe Biden's presidential inauguration.[6] They came together again in support of the Democratic National Convention in August 2024, releasing newly-recorded versions of "Lost Stars" and "Murder on the Dancefloor".[7]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:gwo3gkexjhfpujb5pxefirgg/bafkreigojunlof6dgkssyepfufhmdm4y7rxeoihub52nmpdx5u5z5uxh2m@jpeg)
January 23, 2026 at 4:09 AM
Inexplicably learned a thing about the band New Radicals tonight, who broke up in 1999 and spent 20 years resisting offers for a reunion until …
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Not now exploding trees, we’re busy
I've lived in Minnesota my whole life and have experienced some major cold snaps but this is the first time I've heard about exploding trees.
January 22, 2026 at 2:47 AM
Not now exploding trees, we’re busy
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BREAKING: San Francisco Giants star Jung Hoo Lee has been detained by CBP at LAX. Pelosi's office says she is working to secure his release. www.sfchronicle.com/sports/giant...
Giants outfielder Jung Hoo Lee detained at Los Angeles International Airport
San Francisco Giants outfielder Jung Hoo Lee was detained Wednesday evening at Los Angeles International Airport, his agent Scott Boras told the Chronicle.
www.sfchronicle.com
January 22, 2026 at 1:41 AM
BREAKING: San Francisco Giants star Jung Hoo Lee has been detained by CBP at LAX. Pelosi's office says she is working to secure his release. www.sfchronicle.com/sports/giant...
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Disgraced Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes has formally asked President Donald Trump to release her from prison with almost six years left to serve on her term.
Elizabeth Holmes Asks Trump for Early Prison Release After Fraud
Disgraced Theranos Inc. founder Elizabeth Holmes has formally asked President Donald Trump to release her from prison with almost six years left to serve on her term.
bloom.bg
January 22, 2026 at 1:30 AM
Disgraced Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes has formally asked President Donald Trump to release her from prison with almost six years left to serve on her term.
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:: rubs eyes tiredly ::
June 5, 2025 at 12:51 AM
:: rubs eyes tiredly ::
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For @flaminghydra.com I wrote about the most riveting book I've read so far this year, which is, of course, a 624-page guide to New York City written in 1939 by a branch of the Works Progress Administration as part of a New Deal program to employ out-of-work writers flaminghydra.com/new-york-for...
New York, Forever Lost and Found
When I first moved to New York in 2009, the very first night I lay down to sleep in a coffin-narrow room in Harlem, I had a maddening sense of wonderful things happening just out of my reach: all the ...
flaminghydra.com
January 21, 2026 at 1:02 AM
For @flaminghydra.com I wrote about the most riveting book I've read so far this year, which is, of course, a 624-page guide to New York City written in 1939 by a branch of the Works Progress Administration as part of a New Deal program to employ out-of-work writers flaminghydra.com/new-york-for...
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Tuesday.
What a week, huh?
EXCLUSIVE: Germany has joined France in saying it will ask the European Commission to explore unleashing the EU's so-called trade "bazooka" in response to Trump's threat to seize Greenland, according to five diplomats with knowledge of the situation.
🔗 www.politico.eu/article/eu-b...
🔗 www.politico.eu/article/eu-b...
January 20, 2026 at 11:14 PM
Tuesday.
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Sounds like a you problem, Microsoft chief Satya Nadella
AI boom could falter without wider adoption, Microsoft chief Satya Nadella warns
AI boom could falter without wider adoption, Microsoft chief Satya Nadella warns
Big tech boss tells delegates at Davos that broader global use is essential if technology is to deliver lasting growth
www.irishtimes.com
January 20, 2026 at 4:49 PM
Sounds like a you problem, Microsoft chief Satya Nadella
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i feel like the viral bus thread resonates because at every step of the way you're like "ok surely this will be resolved shortly, any second now," which seems like what all the passengers are also thinking. then the fact that the situation doesn't resolve and the bus just keeps going is an Allegory
January 20, 2026 at 5:02 PM
i feel like the viral bus thread resonates because at every step of the way you're like "ok surely this will be resolved shortly, any second now," which seems like what all the passengers are also thinking. then the fact that the situation doesn't resolve and the bus just keeps going is an Allegory
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COW TOOLS COW TOOLS COW TOOLS
Back-scratching bovine leads scientists to reassess intelligence of cows
Brown Swiss in Austria has been discovered using tools in multiple ways – something only ever seen in humans and chimpanzees
www.theguardian.com
January 19, 2026 at 4:06 PM
COW TOOLS COW TOOLS COW TOOLS