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Emily Barney

@ebarney.bsky.social

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Librarian at Chicago-Kent College of Law, kitchen tourist, yarn hobbyist and cat roommate (the last two don't always mix well). Views my own.

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Emily Barney @ebarney.bsky.social · 22/08/2025

This week has been an adventure in juggling spreadsheets and figuring out how to have 2-3 people be in 5-10 places at the same time for the start of 30-50 classes each day over 10-12 hours... We're getting our steps in and my knees are feeling it. 🏃‍♀️📊🏃‍♀️🗓️🏃‍♀️🕕🏃‍♀️ 😮‍💨

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Emily Barney @ebarney.bsky.social · 20/08/2025

I forgot until the end of the day (a very long day running around trying to fix all the things) I'd chosen these socks today. I only verged on expressing this emotion once in a meeting today, though it may have been simmering at other times. I'll take that as a win, I guess?

Close up of an ankle wearing a sock with Munch's Scream woven into it

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Emily Barney @ebarney.bsky.social · 23/04/2025

Here are my goofy lovelies, their joys are helpful to behold.

A grey tabby cat sprawls off of a lap, one paw curled and the other outstretched above her head, with her gaze focused off to the side

A black and white tuxedo cat with golden eyes is stretched out on a towel staring inquisitively into the camera, looking very relaxed

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Emily Barney @ebarney.bsky.social · 12/04/2025

I definitely laughed at this last weekend:

A person wears a cardboard hat crafted to look like a cybertruck with flames coming from multiple locations and labels with "recall" and 8647, in the midst of a crowd marching with signs.

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Emily Barney @ebarney.bsky.social · 12/04/2025

Thanks to regular reports on the progress of the cherry blossoms in Chicago's Jackson Park by @ericallixrogers.com, we had a lovely hanami picnic today - it will get busier as more of the trees reach full bloom, but it was sunny and quiet today and we had a great time.

Pale pink cherry blossoms open at the end of a branch with pink buds covering the rest of the branch.

Cherry trees in bloom, reflected in the water on the southeast edge of the Columbia basin, with the south side of the Museum of Science and Industry also reflected in the water.

Cherry Trees in bloom outside the Garden of the Phoenix Japanese Garden in Jackson Park

Picnic blanket with trays of food laid out - onigiri, yaki omusubi, gyoza, pears, seaweed salad

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Emily Barney @ebarney.bsky.social · 02/04/2025

It's strange celebrating anything happening in politics, but I love the way @booker.senate.gov is giving credit to the hard work his staff did to prepare for today, the clarity with which he is continuing to stick to the point and invite anyone of any party to step up too

Senator Cory Booker giving credit to John Lewis as he approaches the deadline to overcome the record of the longest filibuster against civil rights as he calls out the horror and chaos we've been facing

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Emily Barney @ebarney.bsky.social · 29/03/2025

It took a while but I got the photo I wanted this evening! And in the meantime I got to listen to the birds and watch for budding plants and enjoy two young cats experiencing a bit of sensory overload, but in a good way

A grey tabby cat with a white streak on her nose and a white bib sits beneath two blooming daffodils in the garden, her eyes and ears alert, with the stair railing and lattice in the background.

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Emily Barney @ebarney.bsky.social · 25/01/2025

The way I cackled! I recently moved and pondered whether or not I should get rid of these books because I've never read them, then decided to tuck them into the back corner of a shelf just in case... They were an impulse buy years ago.

Gregory Maguire's books Wicked, Confessions of an Ugly Stepsister and Son of a Witch tucked into the back of a shelf.

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Emily Barney @ebarney.bsky.social · 04/12/2024

I am grateful for a quick & easy dinner using leftovers. I also enjoy the journey of a Korean dish flavored with an American condiment that's a distant descendant of a sauce from Southeast Asia. Ham + cheese in fried rice, topped with omelette and all doused with ketchup - omurice / omeu-raiseu

Skillet with diced onions, mushrooms, cubanelle peppers and pink lunchmeat - something ham like

A thin omelette heaped over amount of rice with ketchup on top and a cookbook open in the background

A fork holds a bite of fried rice with ham and a long cheese pull dangling down to the plate

A red bowl of fried rice sits on a cutting board next to a red knife and a container of ketchup is in the background

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Emily Barney @ebarney.bsky.social · 18/11/2024

I'm lucky this is not my problem...

As I sit cross-legged in bed wearing a floral skirt, a grey tabby cat lays on her back in my lap with her head nestled against my ankles, her white belly fluff showing. She's purring but you can't hear it in the photo. 😸

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Emily Barney @ebarney.bsky.social · 18/11/2024

LOL... no judgement here... My only excuse is my brother shouldn't have bought me such a nice sharp knife... I swear the garden potluck didn't have blood in it, but that was mostly due to quick first aid.

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Emily Barney @ebarney.bsky.social · 18/11/2024

I guess this is now my go-to fall dish to share, brought it to two potlucks this weekend after also making it for a barbecue not long ago. I definitely plan to make it again and to make more recipes from the source, Isabel Eats blog: www.isabeleats.com/calabacitas-...

A large dish of calabacitas, topped with crumbly cotija cheese (made from yellow and green zucchini, corn, tomatoes, onions and peppers) sits in the sun on a wooden plank table

A strainer full of yellow, dark green and light green zucchini squashes sits in the foreground on a cluttered table

A wok full of chopped vegetables - Green chili peppers, onions, corn, and tomatoes - on a stovetop

Five peeled onions next to a tray of poblano peppers with one jalapeno pepper in the foreground on a cutting board and a dish holding a few chopped chilies on the side

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Emily Barney @ebarney.bsky.social · 17/11/2024

I've had this can of maple flavored Spam floating around my pantry for a bit - highly recommend pan frying it, as shown in this recipe from Eric Kim's Korean American cookbook. Not sure about figgy pudding spices, though! That sounds more challenging.

A can of maple flavored spam sits on top of a recipe for Maple candied spam with a picture of pan-fried spam slices in the background across from the recipe in Eric Kim's Korean American cookbook on pages 42 and 43

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Emily Barney @ebarney.bsky.social · 13/11/2024

Since I'm using a drawing from my brother for my avatar, here's something that may be more recognizable for those who have met me offline now and then. Also my adorable roommates.

Emily leans into the top left of the photo, with two cats looking towards the camera on the other side of the image. A black tuxedo with a white nose, Nellie Bly, leans forward from the top of the mesh toy bin while a sleepy grey tabby, Lina, is further back on the level below cuddled in blankets with a yellow banana toy.

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Emily Barney @ebarney.bsky.social · 12/11/2024

Mid November, 2024 - time to try a different sort of social media platform and see if it's as useful as the other ones once were.

A maple tree still covered in green and golden yellow leaves is brightly lit with white fairy lights for the winter holidays on a dark Chicago street downtown.

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