Sara Cowan
@saracowan.bsky.social
Civil servant stats nerd. Lover of bikes, books, cats, podcasts, and sewing. Violinist in a community orchestra.
Currently: Toronto 🇨🇦
West coaster at heart
Currently: Toronto 🇨🇦
West coaster at heart
99% of owls in pictures look like they're 100% done with our nonsense.
For the #ArtAdventCalendar – a grouchy great horned owl trying to simultaneously sleep and soak sun. I quickly left it be. #birds
December 4, 2025 at 10:07 PM
99% of owls in pictures look like they're 100% done with our nonsense.
I wish I could just give Ingrid Landmark Tandrevold a giant hug (as long as she's ok with it). It's such a shame she's not performing up to her ability.
#biathlon
#biathlon
November 30, 2025 at 7:58 PM
I wish I could just give Ingrid Landmark Tandrevold a giant hug (as long as she's ok with it). It's such a shame she's not performing up to her ability.
#biathlon
#biathlon
If I search for something, then am constantly bombarded with ads for it, that's just going to annoy me and make me less likely to buy your thing.
Goes double if your ads are AI.
Goes double if your ads are AI.
November 30, 2025 at 6:00 PM
If I search for something, then am constantly bombarded with ads for it, that's just going to annoy me and make me less likely to buy your thing.
Goes double if your ads are AI.
Goes double if your ads are AI.
November 30, 2025 at 5:46 PM
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Since Louis CK is in the news again, it's worth restating that he never gave an honest accounting of his sexual misconduct—his initial "apology" and his subsequent statements have been contradicted by the testimony of his victims, and contained elisions and gaps intended to exonerate him.
November 29, 2025 at 8:22 PM
Since Louis CK is in the news again, it's worth restating that he never gave an honest accounting of his sexual misconduct—his initial "apology" and his subsequent statements have been contradicted by the testimony of his victims, and contained elisions and gaps intended to exonerate him.
Is this pattern too "girly" to be appealing to the average dude? Thinking bright green to a lighter green.
#knitsky #knitting
Ravelry: Quick Ombré Hat pattern by Emily Dormier share.google/FslLoXwLs02F...
#knitsky #knitting
Ravelry: Quick Ombré Hat pattern by Emily Dormier share.google/FslLoXwLs02F...
Quick Ombré Hat pattern by Emily Dormier
This pattern uses stranded color work and changes gradually from one color to the next.
share.google
November 29, 2025 at 12:29 AM
Is this pattern too "girly" to be appealing to the average dude? Thinking bright green to a lighter green.
#knitsky #knitting
Ravelry: Quick Ombré Hat pattern by Emily Dormier share.google/FslLoXwLs02F...
#knitsky #knitting
Ravelry: Quick Ombré Hat pattern by Emily Dormier share.google/FslLoXwLs02F...
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I’m so happy to say that after being in our rescue for 11 months, both being adopted then returned when their first homes weren’t the right fit, then bonding strongly with each other here in Casa Crits, Satsuma and Chicory are being adopted together at last!! They’ll be going on a huge adventure!
November 28, 2025 at 10:47 PM
I’m so happy to say that after being in our rescue for 11 months, both being adopted then returned when their first homes weren’t the right fit, then bonding strongly with each other here in Casa Crits, Satsuma and Chicory are being adopted together at last!! They’ll be going on a huge adventure!
Reposted by Sara Cowan
Obsessed with this photo of my cat
November 28, 2025 at 1:57 AM
Obsessed with this photo of my cat
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Hey friends and friends!
Black Friday/Xmas looms, and ya friend needs to buy a commuter bike, but knows nothing about them. ~2 miles each way, mostly flat, not too worried about weight. I would love to be able to add saddle bags... not break the bank on the purchase.
Any suggestions/advice? 🤩
Black Friday/Xmas looms, and ya friend needs to buy a commuter bike, but knows nothing about them. ~2 miles each way, mostly flat, not too worried about weight. I would love to be able to add saddle bags... not break the bank on the purchase.
Any suggestions/advice? 🤩
a man in a suit is riding a bicycle with his feet up and the words " i want to ride my bicycle " above him
ALT: a man in a suit is riding a bicycle with his feet up and the words " i want to ride my bicycle " above him
media.tenor.com
November 26, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Hey friends and friends!
Black Friday/Xmas looms, and ya friend needs to buy a commuter bike, but knows nothing about them. ~2 miles each way, mostly flat, not too worried about weight. I would love to be able to add saddle bags... not break the bank on the purchase.
Any suggestions/advice? 🤩
Black Friday/Xmas looms, and ya friend needs to buy a commuter bike, but knows nothing about them. ~2 miles each way, mostly flat, not too worried about weight. I would love to be able to add saddle bags... not break the bank on the purchase.
Any suggestions/advice? 🤩
Reposted by Sara Cowan
If you’d like to try and help save Franklin. She’s all that’s left of my heart 💔 gofund.me/ac3dc3057
Donate to Franklin Emergergency, organized by Beth Hyman
As another emergency strikes I’m editing an old fundraiser. Franklin collapsed yesterday while runnin… Beth Hyman needs your support for Franklin Emergergency
gofund.me
November 23, 2025 at 7:55 PM
If you’d like to try and help save Franklin. She’s all that’s left of my heart 💔 gofund.me/ac3dc3057
Cozy caturday with Freya and Nora.
November 23, 2025 at 6:14 PM
Cozy caturday with Freya and Nora.
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Writers: Do you write your essay and then check to see if any markets want what you wrote? I have a hell of an essay brewing. I'm familiar with trying to place fiction, but this is my first time where I'm hoping to publish a personal essay.
November 23, 2025 at 5:48 PM
Writers: Do you write your essay and then check to see if any markets want what you wrote? I have a hell of an essay brewing. I'm familiar with trying to place fiction, but this is my first time where I'm hoping to publish a personal essay.
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When I worked at a bookstore, I quickly learned that people cannot tell the difference between Xmas music and any Baroque or Elizabethan music album that doesn't get too organ-ish. I used this to my advantage.
One customer caught on... AND THANKED ME
One customer caught on... AND THANKED ME
If we had to hear “Baby Shark” everywhere we went for two whole months out of the year we’d throw a fit, right?
And rightfully so.
So tell me, why do we put up with it when the song is “Frosty the Snowman”?
And rightfully so.
So tell me, why do we put up with it when the song is “Frosty the Snowman”?
November 22, 2025 at 3:52 AM
When I worked at a bookstore, I quickly learned that people cannot tell the difference between Xmas music and any Baroque or Elizabethan music album that doesn't get too organ-ish. I used this to my advantage.
One customer caught on... AND THANKED ME
One customer caught on... AND THANKED ME
November 22, 2025 at 5:45 PM
Reposted by Sara Cowan
This article makes me want to scream and cry and rage. www.theguardian.com/world/ng-int...
Influencers made millions pushing ‘wild’ births – now the Free Birth Society is linked to baby deaths around the world
A year-long investigation reveals how mothers lost children after being radicalised by uplifting podcast tales of births without midwives or doctors
www.theguardian.com
November 22, 2025 at 4:58 PM
This article makes me want to scream and cry and rage. www.theguardian.com/world/ng-int...
November 21, 2025 at 10:10 PM
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It’s widely known (and, I think, pretty uncontroversial) that learning requires effort — specifically, if you don’t have to work at getting the knowledge, it won’t stick.
Even if an LLM could be trusted to give you correct information 100% of the time, it would be an inferior method of learning it.
Even if an LLM could be trusted to give you correct information 100% of the time, it would be an inferior method of learning it.
Relying on ChatGPT to teach you about a topic leaves you with shallower knowledge than Googling and reading about it, according to new research that compared what more than 10,000 people knew after using one method or the other.
Shared by @gizmodo.com: buff.ly/yAAHtHq
Shared by @gizmodo.com: buff.ly/yAAHtHq
November 21, 2025 at 12:49 PM
It’s widely known (and, I think, pretty uncontroversial) that learning requires effort — specifically, if you don’t have to work at getting the knowledge, it won’t stick.
Even if an LLM could be trusted to give you correct information 100% of the time, it would be an inferior method of learning it.
Even if an LLM could be trusted to give you correct information 100% of the time, it would be an inferior method of learning it.
I am grateful for the lifeline row I put in before attempting the heel. A couple stitches slipped off the needle overnight, which could be cat-related. When I picked it up, the needle with the stitches on hold was stuck in the basket and those came off, too.
#knitting #knitsky
#knitting #knitsky
November 19, 2025 at 6:01 PM
November 9, 2025 at 6:32 PM
It's true. I often ask one cat where her buddy is. They're just so good at finding hiding spots for a nap.
Things pawrents of multiple cats do:
Ask 1 cat where the other cat is (and patiently wait for them to answer)
Ask 1 cat where the other cat is (and patiently wait for them to answer)
November 9, 2025 at 6:28 PM
It's true. I often ask one cat where her buddy is. They're just so good at finding hiding spots for a nap.
November 9, 2025 at 6:17 PM