Erika Bakse
@erikabakse.bsky.social
I like knitting and parrots and data. she/her
if the ceolacanth could turn up so could nessie!
the thing about the loch ness monster is
i really want it to be real
i really want it to be real
November 26, 2025 at 1:46 AM
if the ceolacanth could turn up so could nessie!
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I expect nothing less from the brilliant @amalelmohtar.com, but this is gorgeous and heartbreaking in every way. You all should read it.
Free Palestine.
Free Palestine.
Today's Love Letter is a stunning meditation on birdwatching and the loss of a friendship, from the one and only @amalelmohtar.com
stone-soup.ghost.io/love-letter-...
stone-soup.ghost.io/love-letter-...
Why I Need the Birds
A Love Letters Feature by Amal El-Mohtar - November 2025
stone-soup.ghost.io
November 26, 2025 at 1:02 AM
I expect nothing less from the brilliant @amalelmohtar.com, but this is gorgeous and heartbreaking in every way. You all should read it.
Free Palestine.
Free Palestine.
why does this taste like stevia?
oh goddammit I grabbed the 0cal version 😩
oh goddammit I grabbed the 0cal version 😩
November 25, 2025 at 6:41 PM
why does this taste like stevia?
oh goddammit I grabbed the 0cal version 😩
oh goddammit I grabbed the 0cal version 😩
Berkeley Bowl parking lot boded ill but when I got in there it was actually fine? no wait for butcher or check out!
Anyway, we have many foods now for Thanksgiving and I can rest. (until tomorrow when I start prepping)
Anyway, we have many foods now for Thanksgiving and I can rest. (until tomorrow when I start prepping)
November 25, 2025 at 6:27 PM
Berkeley Bowl parking lot boded ill but when I got in there it was actually fine? no wait for butcher or check out!
Anyway, we have many foods now for Thanksgiving and I can rest. (until tomorrow when I start prepping)
Anyway, we have many foods now for Thanksgiving and I can rest. (until tomorrow when I start prepping)
French 75s are being deployed with extremely silly ratios of booze to champagne because husband forgot that the coupes have finite capacity
November 25, 2025 at 2:52 AM
French 75s are being deployed with extremely silly ratios of booze to champagne because husband forgot that the coupes have finite capacity
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If you like an author's work, the best thing you can do is buy it. The second best thing you can do is ask your local library to buy it. Or, do both!
A reminder that the median book deal for a debut author in the UK is £7000, paid over 12-18 months. (from 2022 Society of Authors report). Some of your favourite writers are struggling. societyofauthors.org/2022/12/06/a....
A profession struggling to sustain itself - The Society of Authors
ALCS report on author incomes shows 60% drop in median incomes since 2006
societyofauthors.org
November 24, 2025 at 5:39 PM
If you like an author's work, the best thing you can do is buy it. The second best thing you can do is ask your local library to buy it. Or, do both!
my husband and I's relationship just reached the age of majority...yesterday? I think we've got some champagne around here...
November 25, 2025 at 1:24 AM
my husband and I's relationship just reached the age of majority...yesterday? I think we've got some champagne around here...
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the “thanksgiving food is bad” discourse raises its ugly head every year, but the truth remains that thanksgiving food can be amazing as long as you know how to cook. the problem is we’re throwing a few million sunday drivers directly into a grand prix
I think this is unfair to turkey. turkey is good but hard to cook well because it is so damn big. turkey *parts* are great but lack the esthetic appeal of a centerpiece bird.
it is tired to the point of cliche to say if turkey was good, people would make it more than once a year. but it is understated that at least one American explodes every Thanksgiving in a brave attempt to make the main dish more palatable
November 23, 2025 at 7:44 PM
the “thanksgiving food is bad” discourse raises its ugly head every year, but the truth remains that thanksgiving food can be amazing as long as you know how to cook. the problem is we’re throwing a few million sunday drivers directly into a grand prix
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when the subtext is the text, Sesame Street edition
November 24, 2025 at 1:25 AM
when the subtext is the text, Sesame Street edition
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too bad “Hamilton” doesn’t have a song about how ordinary citizens felt when they read the Reynolds Pamphlet
November 22, 2025 at 9:09 AM
too bad “Hamilton” doesn’t have a song about how ordinary citizens felt when they read the Reynolds Pamphlet
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I would like all of you, each and every one, to go google “Miss Universe National Costume Competition 2025 Norway” right now
November 22, 2025 at 7:15 AM
I would like all of you, each and every one, to go google “Miss Universe National Costume Competition 2025 Norway” right now
There is a crossing guard and a marked crosswalk with a stop sign in front of the school down the street and every week I watch people just blow through both when school lets out
also constantly parking in the marked bus drop-off spot
also constantly parking in the marked bus drop-off spot
A driver hit an elementary school student with a car, 500 ft from Tulip Grove ES in Bowie, after school. The crosswalks at the intersection are unmarked. The principal asked parents to "discuss safety precautions with [their] child" & reminded "all families to please drive slowly & carefully."
Elementary school student struck by car in Bowie
November 22, 2025 at 7:56 PM
There is a crossing guard and a marked crosswalk with a stop sign in front of the school down the street and every week I watch people just blow through both when school lets out
also constantly parking in the marked bus drop-off spot
also constantly parking in the marked bus drop-off spot
I did a lot of momming today and I'm exhausted but I'm officially on vacation now so it's time for weed and video games
November 22, 2025 at 2:52 AM
I did a lot of momming today and I'm exhausted but I'm officially on vacation now so it's time for weed and video games
made rice krispie treats for kiddos school birthday party
a) they are so much better homemade it had been ages since I'd had one
b) they are even better than that if you sprinkle some maldon salt on top like a fancy bitch
a) they are so much better homemade it had been ages since I'd had one
b) they are even better than that if you sprinkle some maldon salt on top like a fancy bitch
November 21, 2025 at 9:44 PM
made rice krispie treats for kiddos school birthday party
a) they are so much better homemade it had been ages since I'd had one
b) they are even better than that if you sprinkle some maldon salt on top like a fancy bitch
a) they are so much better homemade it had been ages since I'd had one
b) they are even better than that if you sprinkle some maldon salt on top like a fancy bitch
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I wrote this piece because I only learned about pelvic floors a few years ago, despite having had one all my life. And then it turned out to be where I store all my issues. And then that turned out to be true for a lot of people www.wired.com/story/the-pe...
The Pelvic Floor Is a Problem
Everyone’s suddenly obsessed with the pelvic floor—physical therapists, MAHA influencers, me. Could this deeply misunderstood body part really be the seat of so much modern dysfunction?
www.wired.com
November 20, 2025 at 4:19 PM
I wrote this piece because I only learned about pelvic floors a few years ago, despite having had one all my life. And then it turned out to be where I store all my issues. And then that turned out to be true for a lot of people www.wired.com/story/the-pe...
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On this Transgender Day of Remembrance, let us honor the memories of those whose lives were lost in acts of violence and reaffirm our commitment to ongoing efforts to promote full inclusion of transgender individuals in Berkeley and beyond 🏳️⚧️ 🕯️
November 20, 2025 at 7:46 PM
On this Transgender Day of Remembrance, let us honor the memories of those whose lives were lost in acts of violence and reaffirm our commitment to ongoing efforts to promote full inclusion of transgender individuals in Berkeley and beyond 🏳️⚧️ 🕯️
For today, Trans Day of Remembrance, I want to say I love my trans friends and I am sad that we need to have this important day. I want to be able to live and laugh with you now and that's the world I hope for.
November 20, 2025 at 7:53 PM
For today, Trans Day of Remembrance, I want to say I love my trans friends and I am sad that we need to have this important day. I want to be able to live and laugh with you now and that's the world I hope for.
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Today is the Transgender Day of Remembrance. Trans people have literally always been here; every time I see someone sneering "oh but there were no trans people when I was in high school," well. I dated a trans girl in high school, and was close friends with a trans guy.
November 20, 2025 at 4:04 PM
Today is the Transgender Day of Remembrance. Trans people have literally always been here; every time I see someone sneering "oh but there were no trans people when I was in high school," well. I dated a trans girl in high school, and was close friends with a trans guy.
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I had the honor of making this painting for Guillermo del Toro's Frankenstein.
November 13, 2025 at 5:36 PM
I had the honor of making this painting for Guillermo del Toro's Frankenstein.
lol I guessed who it was and it WAS who I thought it was! I used to work with him!
An Oakland-born author headlines this California Mini Crossword.
California Mini Crossword Puzzle | SFGATE
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November 19, 2025 at 4:18 PM
lol I guessed who it was and it WAS who I thought it was! I used to work with him!
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enjoyable little video on how wool gets graded and sorted
IG community_clothing and campaignforwool
IG community_clothing and campaignforwool
November 18, 2025 at 8:11 PM
enjoyable little video on how wool gets graded and sorted
IG community_clothing and campaignforwool
IG community_clothing and campaignforwool
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Hello! today is 🎂🎉MY BIRTHDAY! 🎉🎂
For my birthday, plz read what is up of my webcomic/signal-boost this skeet? It would mean a lot to me!
Only 50 pages so far. It hasn't updated in ages, but I'm still working on it. Updates will resume when the backlog reaches 50 pages.
blikada.com?pg=1#showComic
For my birthday, plz read what is up of my webcomic/signal-boost this skeet? It would mean a lot to me!
Only 50 pages so far. It hasn't updated in ages, but I'm still working on it. Updates will resume when the backlog reaches 50 pages.
blikada.com?pg=1#showComic
Blikada
blikada.com
November 18, 2025 at 2:20 PM
Hello! today is 🎂🎉MY BIRTHDAY! 🎉🎂
For my birthday, plz read what is up of my webcomic/signal-boost this skeet? It would mean a lot to me!
Only 50 pages so far. It hasn't updated in ages, but I'm still working on it. Updates will resume when the backlog reaches 50 pages.
blikada.com?pg=1#showComic
For my birthday, plz read what is up of my webcomic/signal-boost this skeet? It would mean a lot to me!
Only 50 pages so far. It hasn't updated in ages, but I'm still working on it. Updates will resume when the backlog reaches 50 pages.
blikada.com?pg=1#showComic
Oldest kid just got her last book from Dolly Parton's Imagination Library cuz she's turning 5 so I read it to her and sobbed at the foreword 😭
November 18, 2025 at 1:05 AM
Oldest kid just got her last book from Dolly Parton's Imagination Library cuz she's turning 5 so I read it to her and sobbed at the foreword 😭
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whenever the sun sets at 4:45 pm i open a window, lean out and yell "WRONG" as loud as i can. that usually buys me another hour or two of sunlight
November 17, 2025 at 9:48 PM
whenever the sun sets at 4:45 pm i open a window, lean out and yell "WRONG" as loud as i can. that usually buys me another hour or two of sunlight
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all medicine is transhumanism in a way and that’s yet another reason why trans rights are human rights
November 17, 2025 at 10:41 PM
all medicine is transhumanism in a way and that’s yet another reason why trans rights are human rights