Erin Kane

@dianamonkey.bsky.social

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anthropology, ballet, birds, cats, conservation, cricket, cross stitch, ecology, grant writing, guenons, lifting heavy things, orangutans, ponds, primates, research development, team science, yiddish. she/her

A poster from 1931 with a menacing kind of swarthy man in a shirt and tie holding a paper towel that says, in big letters, "Is your washroom breeding Bolsheviks?" Text below says Employees lose respect for a company that fails to provide decent facilities for their comfort Try wiping your hands six days a week on harsh, cheap , paper towels or awkward, unsanitary roller towels-and maybe you, too, would grumble. Towel service is just one of those small, but important courtesies such as proper air and lighting that help build up the goodwill of your employees. That's why you'll find clothlike Scot-Tissue Towels in the washrooms of large, well-run organizations such as R.C.A. Victor Co., Inc., National Lead Co. and Campbell Soup Co. ScorTissue Towels are made of "thirsty fibre". " an amazing cellulose product that drinks up moisture 12 times as fast as ordinary paper towels. They feel soft and pliant as a linen towel. Yet they're so strong and tough in texture they won't crumble or go to pieces even when they're wet. And they cost less, too because one is enough to dry the hands-instead of three or four. Write for free trial carton. Scott Paper Company, Chester, Pennsylvania. Scot Tissue Towels-really dry!
Wishbone dressed as Mr. Darcy
an American Goldfinch, yellow with a black cap and wings and a very orange beak, pulling thistle seeds from the seed pod it is sitting on with one in its beak
Over the past year, we have been targeted by several activist groups regarding our relationships with two private prison operators, CoreCivic and The GEO Group. To date, we have refrained from commenting directly given our commitment to maintaining client privacy. However, given recent developments, we feel it is appropriate to comment at this time. GEO has been a client of the bank since 2018, and CoreCivic has been a client since 2011. Among the services these companies offer is the operation of prisons under service contracts with the federal and various state governments. This includes contracting with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement to operate detention facilities for those individuals scheduled for deportation. Both companies also own various facilities in addition to their service contracts. The federal government recently purchased several facilities owned by CoreCivic and has indicated its intention to purchase a number of others owned by GEO. This has the effect of reducing the required capital of the companies going forward, as they will largely operate as service companies. Given how these companies' capital needs and financing structures have evolved, and their reduced need for a bank with Citizens' full range of capabilities, Citizens has determined that it is now appropriate to exit the credit facilities for these clients. This is a business decision based on changed commercial circumstances and does not reflect any change in our view regarding these companies' business models or operations.
A screenshot from the WIndies cricket account of an older Gary Sobers, a batting younger Gary Sobers, and the text Legend, Icon, Hero. Sir Garfield Sobers, 1936-2026
A bundled up clump of dusky leaf monkeys
A figure from the paper featuring a few views of a mostly black monkey with a very long tail sitting on top of branches
Two white tall ships, one flying a Romanian flag and one flying a Polish flag
An ostensibly white Polish ship essentially in sepia tones
A tortoiseshell tabby lying partially on a coffee table, entirely on a tote bag, with her squishy belly exposed
A tortoiseshell tabby peering over the top of a laptop in front of a brick fireplace with a quilt
A tabby tortoiseshell with a white belly and chin has flipped on her back on a burgundy blanket. She's rolling around on a hand
The view of the cliff where the old man in the mountain used to be over profile lake
A hummingbird feeding from nasturtium in the foreground with Mount Washington behind it, including (if you look closely) the observatory silhouetted against the sky and the steam train of the cog railway
A green wing with a brown whirl on a very green lichen-covered rock
An American red squirrel perched on a tree branch mid-alarm call. He looks like a less stripey chipmunk.
A darkish highway surrounded by trees with some mountains and a gentle sunset
Spider-Man panel with Spider-Man saying "You can rewrite DNA on the fly and you're using it to turn people into dinosaurs? But with tech like that, you could cure can't!" and a pterosaur on a triceratops saying "But I don't want to cure cancer. I want to turn people into dinosaurs."
A quilt block with a row of sand, a small oval with plovers, a rhombus with whales surrounded by two arcs of crashing ocean, a small oval with ospreys, and a blue arch colored like the sky
A bumper sticker on a black car that says Keep honking! I'm listening to ska and you're in the band now
A brick wall with white paper taped up with a variety of writing on it responding To the prompt "share your voice." In large text, it says The main info panels of this exhibit have been hidden by Trump since January. There is a family writing pro-Trump messages.
Ivoirian and Curaçaoan flags on the field in Philadelphia before the world cup match
A smiling white lady in an Ivorian jersey and a white baseball hat takes a selfie with the Ivorian and Curaçaoan flag behind her
African Singer, Too, Got A Start in Church Choir. A black and white picture of Abeti Masikini with a wrap on her hair, sharp manicured eyebrows, and dangly earrings. Text in the article below: Another black singer has come into prominence from a start in her church's choir. The singer, Abeti Fina‐Masikini, however, did not begin in a Baptist gospel group, as have so many black American singers. Abeti, as she is billed, is from Africa. She began singing in the Sacred Heart choir in Kissangani, in Zaire, the central African nation formerly known as the Belgian Congo. The 22‐year‐old singer and her troupe of six accompanists and four dancers made their debut in Carnegie Hall Saturday night. She thus followed a small number of female African vocalists who have performed in this country—the two principal ones being Miriam Makeba and her protégée, Letta Mbulu, both South Africans. Miss Abeti sings popular and traditional village songs, in Swahili and Lingala, but she is accompanied by electric guitars and bass as well as modern and conga drums. During an interview with Miss Abeti and her manager, George Akueson of Togo, both defended the use of electric instruments instead of traditional African instruments. “The basic rhythm is African,” said Mr. Akueson, who speaks French, as does Miss Abeti. “But African young people are revolutionizing their music,” he said, “using electric guitars and bass. Her music is not purely folklore. It's a meeting of the traditional song with the modern instrument.”
Milkweed flowers beginning to bloom in a sphere of pink
Alert: IMPACTS FROM THE WORLD SOCCER TOURNAMENT HELD IN MAJOR CITIES THROUGHOUT THE U.S. FROM JUNE 11TH THROUGH JULY 19TH, 2026; FLOODING IMPACTS IN THE GULF COAST REGION AND SEVERE WEATHER IMPACTS IN THE GREAT LAKES REGION OF THE U.S., MAY DELAY FINAL DELIVERY OF YOUR MAIL AND PACKAGES. Read more ›
The Boston skyline as seen over the Charles River from the BU Bridge. Dramatic clouds and sun peeking through
A magnet shaped like a jersey with CABO VERDE and a friendly shark
A canada goose gosling in its awkward adolescent phase. Its feet are very large, its head is still yellow, and it's kind of fluffy but scraggly looking.
A male red winged Blackbird with his feathers fluffed out a bit is perched on a blue sign that says CAUTION in yellow letters and staring at the camera
a black lab border collie perkily standing in front of two trash cans full of giant sticks, some of which have scarves and things hanging from them. This is the first yard waste pickup after the winter, with all the large sticks that he brought home on walks
A clown car situation of two adult Canada geese and something like 25 goslings emerging from bushes into a dirt path. After about 20 seconds, you hear a jogger approach and swerve onto the grass to avoid the geese. A laughing woman off camera says "good choice!"
a screenshot from PWHL report of Alina Muller in Fleet gear over a Hamilton crest that says "Alina Muller, Breaking"
Article heading from BMJ Global Health, Mapping inequities in Global Vaccine Sentiment Research
Lessons Learned: Building Open Source in an African Context 01 Context matters - build for your environment Sensors designed for temperate environments fail in tropical humidity and dust. Open source means adapting hardware and algorithms for local conditions, not just copying what exists elsewhere. 02 Low-cost z low-quality when done right AlirQo's sensor fusion and calibration models close the gap between low-cost and reference monitors. Open sourcing these models lets peers in another country to build on this model instead of starting from scratch. 03 Data is only useful if it reaches decision-makers Open APls and dashboards are necessary but not sufficient. We co- designed city-facing tools with Lagos, Kampala, and Nairobi city authorities - closing the loop from data to policy 04 Open source communities don't build themselves Publishing code is step one. Community requires: contributor documentation, labelled issues, responsive reviews, and deliberate outreach to universities and peer organisations across Africa. 05 Connectivíty and infrastructure shape architecture Intermittent internet, power outages, and limited cloud budgets drove offline-first design, local buffering, and efficient data compression lessons now openly available in our architecture docs 06 Institutional trust accelerates adoption Institutional trust + open source best practices + culture - accelerate adoption. This can be done through systems setup, peer-review, and demonstrated practical use and relevance to local stakeholders Boston University School of Public Heaith bu.edu/sph I @BUSPH
a yellow warbler with a bug in its beak
A yellow warbler looking off into space. It's sitting on a branch, with beautiful brown stripes on its chest, and a vacant look in its beady little eyes
the version history of this particular notice of funding opportunity showing 19 different versions between March 9 and May 29
A moving truck back up on Storrow Drive with two Staties with lights on escorting them, filmed from across the river
a corgi, surrounded by human legs and a human wearing graduation robes. It is wearing a tuxedo shirt and lapel and a little bowtie.
a large flock of Canada goslings with several adult Canada Geese foraging on grass on the side of a gravel path. You can hear bird song and then some footsteps on the path
a very fluffed up, somewhat majestic but also goofy song sparrow on a branch. His or her stripes are quite on display.
some goslings on a sunny patch in the grass, including one with its beak open very wide as though it is mid-honk
A pileated woodpecker on a thick trunk. He is mid-molt and so he has basically no feathers on his face, no crest, and just a little tuft of red.
a dinosaur footprint, with three toes, embedded in rock
Text on the wall of an exhibit with a ground sloth, gyptodon, and some sort of antelope-like mammal whose name I have forgotten that reads "The isolation of South America for about 75 million years led to the evolution of bizarre animals."
A male common yellowthroat, mostly covered by maple leaves, with his head peaking out. He's got a little green inchworm in his beak.
A male common yellowthroat - brownish back, black mask, yellow throat - in a maple tree, looking surprisingly spherical
An enthusiastic selfie in front of the field after the Legacy match
The scoreboard at the end of the Legacy Pride game, with a bunch of excited players on the screen
Marta lining up for a penalty kick against the legacy
Three adult Canada geese and two fluffy yellow goslings on a railroad bed surrounded by some trees and graffitied walls
The silver line to the airport, city point, and Boston Marine Industrial Park
A 2005 MBTA map, showing some different service and station names
A car whose windshield is totally pink from cherry blossom petals
A goose standing on a railroad bridge overlooking the Charles River and the Boston skyline
A savannah sparrow, stripey with black and brown and a few white patches, and with a yellow streak over its eye, perched on part of a tree stump near the ground
A tree swallow, with a brilliant white belly and a bit of a shiny irridescent blue head and back, perched in a tree that is about to leaf
Cardale Jones tweet from 2012 - "Why should we have to go to class if we came here to play FOOTBALL, we ain't come to play SCHOOL, classes are POINTLESS"
Boston skyline at dusk, over the Charles River from the red line on the Longfellow Bridge