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@sarahinsask.bsky.social

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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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

04.10.2025 00:44 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

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

04.10.2025 00:21 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0
meganroselit
people: "How do you read so fast?"
me: "Babes, I am avoiding reality at an Olympic level."

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

Screenshot from storygraph:

@saskysarah/
428
BOOKS
148
THIS YEAR

Screenshot from storygraph: @saskysarah/ 428 BOOKS 148 THIS YEAR

A story in two parts.
#booksky

22.09.2025 03:03 β€” πŸ‘ 10    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

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.

21.09.2025 17:36 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

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.

21.09.2025 12:41 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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.

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.

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

20.09.2025 18:54 β€” πŸ‘ 989    πŸ” 161    πŸ’¬ 26    πŸ“Œ 3
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

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

The original form of doxxing lol

20.09.2025 18:53 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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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.

07.09.2025 20:58 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

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

24.08.2025 17:30 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Fire roasting my #garden tomatoes!

24.08.2025 16:27 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Large zucchini on a scale showing 1.136kg

Large zucchini on a scale showing 1.136kg

Unnecessarily large zucchini this year

24.08.2025 16:23 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

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!

23.08.2025 00:09 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

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.

21.08.2025 01:48 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

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.

18.08.2025 16:21 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

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!

18.08.2025 16:19 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

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.

18.08.2025 14:03 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

πŸ˜‚πŸ˜‚ yes! Exactly!

16.08.2025 13:00 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

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!

16.08.2025 03:14 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Alternate post for this picture:

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

16.08.2025 03:12 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Screenshot of phone browser tabs, showing 241 tabs open

Screenshot of phone browser tabs, showing 241 tabs open

Only noticed this number after manually closing 15 individual tabs.

16.08.2025 02:33 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
Picture of Russian sage plant with tiny purple flowers and big bumble bees on it

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

Bees love this shit

15.08.2025 23:24 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Picture from a transit website: β€’ The price is the same as adults for Green Car and sleeper car tickets. β€’ One adult and one child, or two children can use a single bed Fares and Charges for Infants and Babies Infants and Babies have no charges except in the following situations: (1 When the number of Infants accompanying one adult or child exceeds two (fares and third and any additional infants) (2)When an infant or baby use a reserved seat, a Green Car seat (excluding unreserved ( (3)When an infant travels alone. Search

I'm sorry, what?

20.07.2025 20:35 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Yeah we started avoiding US goods bc of tarrif stuff but now it's bc I can't support any of the fucked up shit their govt is pulling. Decided not to travel to the US the second they overturned Roe v Wade, so we'll keep avoiding it for sure now.

05.07.2025 14:57 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

We are definitely not going to travel to the states anytime soon. And are trying our best to avoid buying American goods. Started because of tariffs but now it's on principle. What's going on down there is beyond fucked up, I can't support any of that with my dollars.

05.07.2025 14:54 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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The lilies are going to be epic this year 😍😍
These guys just opened yesterday and there's already a ton, with many more closed buds to come!

04.07.2025 14:59 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Just had mine open! yesterday there was only 1 of these yellow ones, today there's a bunch! Considering I had red lily beetles in the spring I'm quite impressed!

03.07.2025 02:55 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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The first lilies have bloomed!
#gardening
The amount of buds I'm seeing on some of the other lilies...it's going to be an epic perennial patch this year! 😍

03.07.2025 02:47 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Woke up our 5 year old to watch the Canada day fireworks from the yard. She was so excited all day. She came outside, watched for 20sec then said "I'm done, can I go back to bed?"
Things like this are how I know she's my daughter 🀣
Basically an "ok, sparkles in the sky, I got the gist, bye"

02.07.2025 20:15 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

To the douche canoe walking down the street wearing an "only 2 genders" sandwich board...hope your mission to advertise your hate and stupidity gives you heat stroke!

02.07.2025 18:01 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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a man wearing glasses and a black suit stands in front of a green field Alt: a man wearing glasses and a black suit stands in front of a green field making a disgusted face and sticking out his tongue

I always forget how much I hate hanging indents until I experience the strong visceral reaction I have when Word randomly throws one into a document I'm working on. The face I made at the screen and the speed with which I fixed it was epic.

I'm probably a totally normal person though, right?

02.07.2025 16:31 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

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