Erin

One of the good Texans, a perpetual reader, avid coffee drinker, mom, and Chicago dweller.

[Becca Peter @DefectiveBecca]

Sounds to me like this parent is raising their child right! 🙌🏻

[MEANS TV @means_tv]

Mayor Pete accidentally identifies cause of baby formula crisis: capitalism

[Erin @pricklyperin]

My little prickly pear 🌵🌵🌵

[Erin @pricklyperin]

@kocooked Bahahah in fact I have moved off of Goodreads! Come hang on StoryGraph with me 😎

[Erin @pricklyperin]

While I was scrolling TikTok, waiting for the train, a man told me using my phone dulls the imagination and I should be reading. I did not have the heart to tell him I read 98 books in 2021 so I think my imagination is just fine.

[MEANS TV @means_tv]

A White House advisor said the administration doesn’t want to give people any more pandemic relief because they don't want people sitting at home when they should be at work.

The CDC is projecting a surge of 80,000 new deaths by the end of January.

[Erin @pricklyperin]

You know you’re a parent when Spotify tells you your top artist of 2021 is The Wiggles 🙈

[Don’t Boo…Revolt! @BreeNewsome]

The idea of “western civilization” is another modern invention of white supremacy as is the concept of a unified white western European identity

[Dan Price @DanPriceSeattle]

Typical Millennial bank statement

$4 coffee
$8 lunch
$4 coffee
$2,000 for rent
$15 Lyft ride
$12 for Netflix
$9 lunch
$4 coffee
$8,000 bill from doctor
$20 at brunch
$400 student loan payment

The problem is obvious. By making lunch at home this person could have saved $3.

[Dan Price @DanPriceSeattle]

New York is canceling late fees for library books.

After Chicago did that:
*83% increase in books returned
*11,000 people got their library card back
*7% growth in books checked out
*Lost $900k in fees - 0.009% of city budget

Amazing what happens when you decriminalize poverty.

[Erin @pricklyperin]

The mom Facebook groups sometimes make me feel like I should be complaining about my child more. Even though he’s only 4.5 months and still a literal baby and the greatest person ever. Maybe the momternet is not for me. 🧐

[Erin @pricklyperin]

@kocooked That dress!

[Erin @pricklyperin]

It’s utterly exhausting but I would never trade the snuggles I get when I rock my baby to sleep for anything. Also I cried watching the end of the Olympic women’s marathon. #thankshormones

[Craig Wall ABC 7 @craigrwall]

BREAKING: Governor Pritzker will be announcing a statewide school mask mandate today, per sources. It will apply to public and private schools, K-12. It is in response to rising Delta cases including in kids, and differing approaches being taken by school districts. @ABC7Chicago

[The Debt Collective 🟥 @StrikeDebt]

Good morning. Here is a daily reminder that President Biden has not taken action on student loan debt cancellation — despite running on it — and the pause on payments ends in 65 days.

[Erin @pricklyperin]

Run to your nearest indie bookstore (or your fave indie bookstore's website) and buy THE OTHER BLACK GIRL by Zakiya Dalia Harris. Officially my first 5-star read in 2021.

[Erin @pricklyperin]

All of my boys in one place 🥰

[Texas Monthly @TexasMonthly]

Shiner, hear our plea: The perfect summer beer deserves a permanent spot on the shelf.
https://t.co/9eakWY6hgK

[Don’t Boo…Revolt! @BreeNewsome]

Sha’Carri Richardson should not have to present her trauma to us to seek our forgiveness for anything. She doesn’t have to be traumatized to justify consuming cannabis. This entire society is lost.

[Erin @pricklyperin]

Today’s non baby related moment of joy is that @sopharela’s version of Wide Open Spaces is on Spotify so I’ll just be listening to that in repeat