SJ
@sarainthewoods.bsky.social
Environmental scientist /// Native plant gardener /// Conservationist /// Beginner birder /// Dog lover
📍Pennsylvania, USA
📍Pennsylvania, USA
Is it just the stylist I see or is it actually impossible to dye hair dark brown? Do I really have to choose between light brown and black?? I don't get it???
#hair #hairstylist #hairsalon #hairdye
#hair #hairstylist #hairsalon #hairdye
May 17, 2025 at 12:29 PM
Is it just the stylist I see or is it actually impossible to dye hair dark brown? Do I really have to choose between light brown and black?? I don't get it???
#hair #hairstylist #hairsalon #hairdye
#hair #hairstylist #hairsalon #hairdye
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and honestly, the obsession over “we should have said more about biden being old” starts to grate when the currently serving president is very obviously impaired by age and cognitive decline, to crickets from the press
May 15, 2025 at 12:34 PM
and honestly, the obsession over “we should have said more about biden being old” starts to grate when the currently serving president is very obviously impaired by age and cognitive decline, to crickets from the press
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This whole fiasco just shows how Trump and DOGE did absolutely 0 research before doing anything. Anyone would have told you that the NWS had ALOT of people near retirement age. Offering early retirement was always going to hit NWS very hard.
I guess DOGE's AI didn't tell them that.
I guess DOGE's AI didn't tell them that.
The National Weather Service seeks to fill 155 "critical" vacancies ahead of Hurricane Season, through internal transfers between offices. The step illustrates how depleted the agency's ranks are at particular posts around the U.S. www.cnn.com/2025/05/14/w...
National Weather Service seeks to fill 155 ‘critical’ vacancies ahead of hurricane season | CNN
The scale of the voluntary reassignments shows how depleted the National Weather Service is as it heads into hurricane season, which begins June 1.
www.cnn.com
May 14, 2025 at 6:07 PM
This whole fiasco just shows how Trump and DOGE did absolutely 0 research before doing anything. Anyone would have told you that the NWS had ALOT of people near retirement age. Offering early retirement was always going to hit NWS very hard.
I guess DOGE's AI didn't tell them that.
I guess DOGE's AI didn't tell them that.
The fact that my parents just didn't bother to save almost anything for their retirement feels like a ticking time bomb that will eventually ruin my life & my own ability to save for my retirement. :)
May 15, 2025 at 4:18 PM
The fact that my parents just didn't bother to save almost anything for their retirement feels like a ticking time bomb that will eventually ruin my life & my own ability to save for my retirement. :)
Before and after of the community garden plot. I still need to finish filling in the mulch in the last two rows.
#vegetablegardening #gardening #communitygarden #garden
#vegetablegardening #gardening #communitygarden #garden
May 12, 2025 at 12:32 AM
Before and after of the community garden plot. I still need to finish filling in the mulch in the last two rows.
#vegetablegardening #gardening #communitygarden #garden
#vegetablegardening #gardening #communitygarden #garden
Some type of blackbird eating an English muffin on a telephone pole.
I could only see the silhouette so I'm not sure of the species. #Birding #birdwatching #nature #birds
I could only see the silhouette so I'm not sure of the species. #Birding #birdwatching #nature #birds
April 30, 2025 at 7:37 PM
Some type of blackbird eating an English muffin on a telephone pole.
I could only see the silhouette so I'm not sure of the species. #Birding #birdwatching #nature #birds
I could only see the silhouette so I'm not sure of the species. #Birding #birdwatching #nature #birds
This argument against materialism is very funny coming from a guy who shits into gold toilets.
Trump on China: "They made a trillion dollars with Biden selling us stuff. Much of it we don't need. Somebody said, 'oh, the shelves are gonna be open.' Well, maybe the children will have two dolls instead of 30 dolls, and maybe the two dolls will cost a couple of bucks more."
April 30, 2025 at 6:16 PM
This argument against materialism is very funny coming from a guy who shits into gold toilets.
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“And I’m like, what do you mean, you ‘do your own research’? You running a double-blind study in your living room, dawg?”
- A guy walking ahead of me with his friends on a NYC sidewalk in 2021, also my favorite overheard dialogue of the entire pandemic
- A guy walking ahead of me with his friends on a NYC sidewalk in 2021, also my favorite overheard dialogue of the entire pandemic
April 30, 2025 at 11:36 AM
“And I’m like, what do you mean, you ‘do your own research’? You running a double-blind study in your living room, dawg?”
- A guy walking ahead of me with his friends on a NYC sidewalk in 2021, also my favorite overheard dialogue of the entire pandemic
- A guy walking ahead of me with his friends on a NYC sidewalk in 2021, also my favorite overheard dialogue of the entire pandemic
One thing I cannot wrap my brain around about suburban culture is why everyone has outside lights on 24/7/365. What is the purpose of that? It's terrible for migrating birds & insects but besides, don't they enjoy the night being dark? I had to go out & buy black out curtains because of that.
April 29, 2025 at 11:38 AM
One thing I cannot wrap my brain around about suburban culture is why everyone has outside lights on 24/7/365. What is the purpose of that? It's terrible for migrating birds & insects but besides, don't they enjoy the night being dark? I had to go out & buy black out curtains because of that.
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Its job is to say anything that will satisfy you, true or false.
The thing to understand is that an LLM is not in any sense reading and understanding your words. It is not interpreting and producing “factual claims”; it is interpreting and producing “completions that are possible.”
April 27, 2025 at 1:05 PM
Its job is to say anything that will satisfy you, true or false.
The indigo buntings have arrived in North Central Pennsylvania. Observed yesterday, 4/23/25
#Birding #birdwatching #nature #birds #springmigration
#Birding #birdwatching #nature #birds #springmigration
April 24, 2025 at 12:56 PM
The indigo buntings have arrived in North Central Pennsylvania. Observed yesterday, 4/23/25
#Birding #birdwatching #nature #birds #springmigration
#Birding #birdwatching #nature #birds #springmigration
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Eugenicists are so stupid.
The U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services has repeatedly claimed: “If you’re healthy, it’s almost impossible to die from an infectious disease in modern times.”
That is dangerously false.
www.medscape.com/viewarticle/...
That is dangerously false.
www.medscape.com/viewarticle/...
Experts Push Back on RFK Jr’s Infection Comments
The new Secretary of Health and Human Services has made claims about measles and other communicable diseases that could lead to sickness, and even death, his critics claim.
www.medscape.com
April 13, 2025 at 4:53 AM
Eugenicists are so stupid.
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Last fall, Blue Cross got hit with a $421 million verdict after jurors found it defrauded doctors. It was one of the biggest verdicts ever outside a class action - and it revealed the inner workings of how insurers block payments. My latest. www.propublica.org/article/blue...
“Slow Pay, Low Pay or No Pay”
Blue Cross authorized mastectomies and breast reconstructions for women with cancer but refused to pay the full doctors’ bills. A jury called it fraud and awarded the practice $421 million.
www.propublica.org
April 12, 2025 at 6:08 PM
Last fall, Blue Cross got hit with a $421 million verdict after jurors found it defrauded doctors. It was one of the biggest verdicts ever outside a class action - and it revealed the inner workings of how insurers block payments. My latest. www.propublica.org/article/blue...
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Trump just denied North Carolina’s request for FEMA relief from Hurricane Helene, calling it “unwarranted.”
FEMA will stop 100% cost-share in Helene recovery • NC Newsline
"I am extremely disappointed and urge the President to reconsider FEMA’s bad decision, even for 90 days," Gov. Josh Stein said.
ncnewsline.com
April 12, 2025 at 5:24 PM
Trump just denied North Carolina’s request for FEMA relief from Hurricane Helene, calling it “unwarranted.”
This is another reason why I don't call myself an "environmentalist." That has become a political term & I don't like that. I also don't care for the fact that so many who dabble in pseudoscience identify w/the term. I prefer "conservationist." It sounds less political & more evidence-based to me.
I'm convinced atp that some people who consider themselves environmentalists have formed a cult-like thing around honey & honey bees. They don't listen to evidence that honey bees are harmful in the US. They're often convinced honey has natural healing powers too. Troubling. #conservation #woo
April 12, 2025 at 7:56 PM
This is another reason why I don't call myself an "environmentalist." That has become a political term & I don't like that. I also don't care for the fact that so many who dabble in pseudoscience identify w/the term. I prefer "conservationist." It sounds less political & more evidence-based to me.
I'm convinced atp that some people who consider themselves environmentalists have formed a cult-like thing around honey & honey bees. They don't listen to evidence that honey bees are harmful in the US. They're often convinced honey has natural healing powers too. Troubling. #conservation #woo
April 12, 2025 at 7:49 PM
I'm convinced atp that some people who consider themselves environmentalists have formed a cult-like thing around honey & honey bees. They don't listen to evidence that honey bees are harmful in the US. They're often convinced honey has natural healing powers too. Troubling. #conservation #woo
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Wow! Mitochondria can actually be transferred to other cells if needed through nanotubes, in extracellular bubble-shaped vesicles, or by free floating through the blood. buff.ly/33kcDdS
Donating mitochondria to another cell may help to repair damaged cells or support immune function.
#medsky 🧪
Donating mitochondria to another cell may help to repair damaged cells or support immune function.
#medsky 🧪
Cells are swapping their mitochondria. What does this mean for our health?
Researchers are studying why the energy factories are moving between cells and whether the process can be harnessed to treat cancer and other diseases.
buff.ly
April 10, 2025 at 3:59 AM
Wow! Mitochondria can actually be transferred to other cells if needed through nanotubes, in extracellular bubble-shaped vesicles, or by free floating through the blood. buff.ly/33kcDdS
Donating mitochondria to another cell may help to repair damaged cells or support immune function.
#medsky 🧪
Donating mitochondria to another cell may help to repair damaged cells or support immune function.
#medsky 🧪
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sprawl is an unmitigated environmental, social, and economic disaster
it is no longer affordable (especially when you add in transportation and time)
sprawl is driving climate change. literally.
and it is a ponzi scheme - unable to fund maintenance and replacement costs
it is no longer affordable (especially when you add in transportation and time)
sprawl is driving climate change. literally.
and it is a ponzi scheme - unable to fund maintenance and replacement costs
Not a single time in this article glorifying the need for sprawl to address the US's affordable housing crisis is there a mention of the vast transportation costs of sprawling living patterns. Nor is there mention of the fact that sprawl is directly linked to disinvestment in urban cores.
America Needs More Sprawl to Fix Its Housing Crisis
The word has become an epithet for garish, reckless growth — but to fix the housing crisis, the country needs more of it.
www.nytimes.com
April 10, 2025 at 2:38 PM
sprawl is an unmitigated environmental, social, and economic disaster
it is no longer affordable (especially when you add in transportation and time)
sprawl is driving climate change. literally.
and it is a ponzi scheme - unable to fund maintenance and replacement costs
it is no longer affordable (especially when you add in transportation and time)
sprawl is driving climate change. literally.
and it is a ponzi scheme - unable to fund maintenance and replacement costs
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MLB needs to fix its blackout policy. There's no good reason I should be allowed to watch the White Sox.
April 10, 2025 at 5:42 PM
MLB needs to fix its blackout policy. There's no good reason I should be allowed to watch the White Sox.
Getting into vegetable gardening again & I don't remember so much gardening content including lectures/rants about "factory" farming, GMOs, Monsanto, etc.
As someone in favor of evidence-based agricultural practices, this seems bad. It feels like the conspiracy theorists have fully won.
As someone in favor of evidence-based agricultural practices, this seems bad. It feels like the conspiracy theorists have fully won.
April 10, 2025 at 10:09 PM
Getting into vegetable gardening again & I don't remember so much gardening content including lectures/rants about "factory" farming, GMOs, Monsanto, etc.
As someone in favor of evidence-based agricultural practices, this seems bad. It feels like the conspiracy theorists have fully won.
As someone in favor of evidence-based agricultural practices, this seems bad. It feels like the conspiracy theorists have fully won.
When Britain was being bombed in WWII, it was "Keep calm & carry on."
People were literally getting bombs dropped on their heads & they still had to go to work. Always has been that way during the hard times, before & since. Unfortunately that's the reality.
People were literally getting bombs dropped on their heads & they still had to go to work. Always has been that way during the hard times, before & since. Unfortunately that's the reality.
I wrote about this a bit in my last book but it really shakes me that a defining feature of this catastrophic era is that we just keep going to work. We work through pandemics, we work through natural disasters, we work through economic calamity, we work through coups, we work, we work, we work.
April 9, 2025 at 2:31 PM
When Britain was being bombed in WWII, it was "Keep calm & carry on."
People were literally getting bombs dropped on their heads & they still had to go to work. Always has been that way during the hard times, before & since. Unfortunately that's the reality.
People were literally getting bombs dropped on their heads & they still had to go to work. Always has been that way during the hard times, before & since. Unfortunately that's the reality.