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@sarahinsask.bsky.social

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Scientist working in safety. I like gardening, good food, human rights, and binge reading e-books. Open to following all kinds of folks to expand my world view, but won't tolerate racists, homophobes, misogynists, etc.

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sarahinsask.bsky.social @sarahinsask.bsky.social · 3d

This basil "tree" was in the garden bed, hacked some off to put in this pot with the hope of bringing it indoors. It kinda suffered a bit but was starting to recover...then got a hit of frost 🤦‍♀️
But nest to see how it's recovering now that it's indoors (and after a bit of fertilizer)

sarahinsask.bsky.social @sarahinsask.bsky.social · 3d

It's a "Grape Crush" aster. This year I had a small issue with the drip irrigation so it didn't do that we'll, I'm shocked it even bloomed! This picture was last year on November 10th!

sarahinsask.bsky.social @sarahinsask.bsky.social · 3d

The blizzard knocked this beauty down quite a bit but it ended up blooming afterwards anyway. Take THAT, Saskatchewan weather. It's Oct 27 and this thing is in full blooming glory now.

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sarahinsask.bsky.social @sarahinsask.bsky.social · 15d

Yes. Definitely. Just a little bit.

CG Drews @PaperFury
"how do you read so many books??" i am simply trying to avoid reality what are you doing

@saskysarah
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Mainly reads fiction books that are adventurous, emotional, and dark. Typically chooses medium-paced books that are 300-499 pages long.

sarahinsask.bsky.social @sarahinsask.bsky.social · 27d

I was so desperate to finish a book one time that I got an audible free trial to listen to the book where I left off while I was doing the house chores. It was a pain finding my spot but it was worth it. Now every time I have to put my kobo down I'm cranky lol

sarahinsask.bsky.social @sarahinsask.bsky.social · 27d

Can someone invent hybrid e/audio books? I prefer to read on my kobo but want the book to keep going when I'm walking or driving so I want it to switch to audio at that point.
Yes, I realize that my reading addiction/hyperfocus is already excessive and this would make it worse but idgaf! #booksky

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sarahinsask.bsky.social @sarahinsask.bsky.social · Sep 22

A story in two parts.
#booksky

meganroselit
people: "How do you read so fast?"
me: "Babes, I am avoiding reality at an Olympic level."

Screenshot from storygraph:

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sarahinsask.bsky.social @sarahinsask.bsky.social · Sep 21

I'm Canadian but we still have work plans for drugs, glasses, dental etc. I think it's bizarre that my husband who has a good plan already can be double covered under mine, but the person who birthed and raised me and doesn't have a work plan anymore can't be put on my plan.

sarahinsask.bsky.social @sarahinsask.bsky.social · Sep 21

I'm Canadian so we mostly have universal health care but things like glasses, dental, physio etc are out of pocket unless you've got a work plan and it's weird than my husband who makes good money gets to use my plan (and his own) but my low income MOTHER can't.

sarahinsask.bsky.social @sarahinsask.bsky.social · Sep 20

Especially wild when you consider than half of all marriages end in divorce.

Your Woke Aunty @YasminYonis
It's wild to me that I can marry a random man today and give him health insurance but I can't provide my sister health insurance or my grandmother.
The American idea of who is family & who do we care for doesn't make sense to me. Also, everyone should have universal healthcare.

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sarahinsask.bsky.social @sarahinsask.bsky.social · Sep 20

The original form of doxxing lol

Daniel @growing_daniel
In retrospect it's crazy that phone companies were like hey we're going to put your name and address and phone number in a book and print a million copies to pass out all over town and everyone was like oh yeah of course

sarahinsask.bsky.social @sarahinsask.bsky.social · Sep 7

Unnecessarily large zucchini yet again. 3.66kg. For my American friends that's over 8 lbs.

This dude was hiding under the leaves very well, clearly.

sarahinsask.bsky.social @sarahinsask.bsky.social · Aug 24

They've all gotten pretty big before I'd been able to find them in all the leaves! Do they not taste as good when they're this big? My cucumbers sometimes get too big before I find them and they definitely aren't as good after a certain point

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sarahinsask.bsky.social @sarahinsask.bsky.social · Aug 24

Fire roasting my #garden tomatoes!

sarahinsask.bsky.social @sarahinsask.bsky.social · Aug 24

Unnecessarily large zucchini this year

Large zucchini on a scale showing 1.136kg

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sarahinsask.bsky.social @sarahinsask.bsky.social · Aug 23

Russian sage. It smells amazing when you run your hands over the purple fluff (like sage lol).
I have two different varieties, though I don't remember their names anymore!

sarahinsask.bsky.social @sarahinsask.bsky.social · Aug 21

So I started typing a phone number in the calculator app today. Because that's how infrequently I make phone calls. when my brain thinks numbers to type, it thinks calculator, not phone.

Also maybe indicates how poorly I do math in my head if opening the calculator app is so automatic.

sarahinsask.bsky.social @sarahinsask.bsky.social · Aug 18

No it was an Aussie 5 dollar bill at least. And they had 2 dollar and 1 dollar coins so it wasn't like I was asking for 5 individual dollar bills like in the states. I was so close, yet so far lol.

sarahinsask.bsky.social @sarahinsask.bsky.social · Aug 18

It was late, I was tired and a bit tipsy. The guy said "huh?" And I repeated myself twice before I realized. Trying to say "two 2 dollar coins and 1 one dollar coin" was difficult in that state. So many more words to say the same thing!

sarahinsask.bsky.social @sarahinsask.bsky.social · Aug 18

Still cringe at how, nearly 25 years ago, I went into a convenience store in Australia late at night, needing change...handed the cashier a 5 dollar bill and said "give me two toonies and a loonie" and how unhinged I must have sounded to someone who knew what neither of those things were.

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sarahinsask.bsky.social @sarahinsask.bsky.social · Aug 16

😂😂 yes! Exactly!

sarahinsask.bsky.social @sarahinsask.bsky.social · Aug 16

My husband: there's a way too close all tabs at once
Me: but then I'd lose those super important 4 tabs I was looking for!

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sarahinsask.bsky.social @sarahinsask.bsky.social · Aug 16

Alternate post for this picture:

Me: my ADHD isn't all that bad...oh wait nevermind

sarahinsask.bsky.social @sarahinsask.bsky.social · Aug 16

Only noticed this number after manually closing 15 individual tabs.

Screenshot of phone browser tabs, showing 241 tabs open

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sarahinsask.bsky.social @sarahinsask.bsky.social · Aug 15

Bees love this shit

Picture of Russian sage plant with tiny purple flowers and big bumble bees on it

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