Sarah McAnulty, Ph.D.

Kristi Noem Reassigned To Scarecrow Role At USDA

Kristi Noem Reassigned To Scarecrow Role At USDA https://theonion.com/kristi-noem-reassigned-to-scarecrow-role-at-usda/

An Army Corps project could wipe out one of Florida’s last thriving coral reefs The fate of one of the last thriving coral reefs in Florida may be imperiled by plans to widen the shipping channel leading into Port Everglades.

The US army corps of engineers is considering, right now, what would be the largest destruction of coral reefs in US history. To make a port slightly bigger.

People know this, right?

www.washingtonpost.com/climate-envi...

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about 7 years, and i feed her sweet potatoes, apples, wood chips, oak leaves, the occasional dead bug, and cuttlebones,

a little, yeah

Sarah's hand has a giant millipede walking across it with the words "You are tough, you are strong, you are smart you are amazing" on a bulletin board behind her.

Affirmations with my millipede after she met 300 elementary school students today

a print with skulls and a kitty cat watering plants that says please plant native plants or go to hell, with water spraying everywhere

Plant Native Plants or GO TO HELLLL by the wonderful @the666cat.bsky.social

(now pictured in better lighting. Thanks, daytime).

Get 'em at SquidFacts.net

And this is how I learned the term "sludge cake"

you got it

H.A. Brown Elementary School Mural By Skype a Scientist

This is part of the process for our mural project with Kensington elementary school H.A. Brown

It's going to be absurdly cute, everyone involved is so excited about it.

We could use some support making the project happen if you're looking to help adorable wholesome stuff givebutter.com/KenzoMural

I've heard them called so many things I've lost track of what I said growing up

You absolutely do.

not for this no

Not now! I am very busy making a ballot of bugs for the local elementary school. Election day is TOMORROW this is very serious. The children must vote for the best BUG, don't you understand the STAKES here?!

Finally

Stefan giving ride instructions to the crowd at Penn Treaty Park

Sarah giving seed bomb instructions to the crowd at Penn Treaty Park

Stefan and Sarah at the start of the seed bomb ride, Penn Treaty Park

And here are a few photos (by Daniel P) of @sarahmackattack.bsky.social and @zajic.com addressing the crowd at the start. More instructions than usual for this one! A few riders told me it was the first time in memory that they'd thrown things while riding

First Philly slug of 2026 🥹

Unique to Philly. Some will overlap but likely not all

And they’re off!! 800 seed bombs loaded up with native seeds coming to an abandoned lot near you 😘

chuck

Come to Penn treaty park tonight at 7pm sharp

Well one of those is my car going through an AI edit so.

yup

I don't have confidence that how I made these is optimal so I'm not going to share the recipe here, BUT i got my seeds from a local native plant supplier called Ernst.

Newspaper delivery style 😎

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Projects like this are born from collaborations! It's a lot of talking with other people, making connections, and getting creative to make things better together.

We fund this work through donations and merch!
Donations can go here givebutter.com/SupportSAS26
Merch shop is SquidFacts.net

a box of little brown balls of clay and dirt and seeds in a philly pretzel factory box

Ready to supply ~100 cyclists w/seed bombs for our city's abandoned lots at tonight's @wednightrides.org!

They contain 6-7 species of native plant seeds to juice up the biodiversity of our city, incl.
Ironweed
Echinacea
Partidge Pea
Bee Balm
Blue Vervain
Blackeyed Susan
Swamp Milkweed (sometimes)

a print with skulls and a kitty cat watering plants that says please plant native plants or go to hell, with water spraying everywhere

Plant Native Plants or GO TO HELLLL by the wonderful @the666cat.bsky.social

(now pictured in better lighting. Thanks, daytime).

Get 'em at SquidFacts.net

I’m actually going to be administering a vote for the best bug this Friday at an elementary school lmao

btw, this project and projects like it are funded by t-shirts like this one (and you should buy one at SquidFacts.net, they're super cute)

Hell yeah!!