Sarah Oestreich
@sarahoestreich.bsky.social
No hugging, no learning.
Politics, climate, tennis, baseball, food, general nonsense.
Politics, climate, tennis, baseball, food, general nonsense.
Think I made enough root vegetables?
November 28, 2025 at 5:46 AM
Think I made enough root vegetables?
With some people comparing Olivia Nuzzi’s journalistic malpractice to Stephen Glass, I thought it a fitting time to revisit this @airmail.news piece on him that features growth, sacrifice and maybe even some redemption. airmail.news/issues/2021-...
Stephen Glass's Biggest Lie
After he was exposed as a fabricator, the journalist swore he would always tell the truth. Fate forced him to lie again.
airmail.news
November 27, 2025 at 2:50 AM
With some people comparing Olivia Nuzzi’s journalistic malpractice to Stephen Glass, I thought it a fitting time to revisit this @airmail.news piece on him that features growth, sacrifice and maybe even some redemption. airmail.news/issues/2021-...
Have had workers in my house the past few days so a mirror was temporarily moved. My dog was intrigued (ignore the mess and fucked floors, it’s all a process)
November 27, 2025 at 1:56 AM
Have had workers in my house the past few days so a mirror was temporarily moved. My dog was intrigued (ignore the mess and fucked floors, it’s all a process)
It feels like everyone keeps avoiding Trump accountable, saying whatever particular venue it is in question is inappropriate. No one wants that hot potato, which inevitably means there are no repercussions for his actions. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/26/u...
November 26, 2025 at 5:49 PM
It feels like everyone keeps avoiding Trump accountable, saying whatever particular venue it is in question is inappropriate. No one wants that hot potato, which inevitably means there are no repercussions for his actions. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/26/u...
Just a reminder that this was one of the (many) things this many has been wrong about. Don’t feel guilty if you doing spend the holidays with your family. It’s fine.
And Thanksgiving is coming up, so look out for this type of scolding!
Instead I’ll post this quote: “The bond that links your true family is not one of blood, but of respect and joy in each other's life.”
Instead I’ll post this quote: “The bond that links your true family is not one of blood, but of respect and joy in each other's life.”
November 26, 2025 at 3:07 PM
Just a reminder that this was one of the (many) things this many has been wrong about. Don’t feel guilty if you doing spend the holidays with your family. It’s fine.
Reposted by Sarah Oestreich
THREAD: Judge Ellis is the first federal judge to review extensive body cam video of DHS's actions in Chicago. She finds that DHS *repeatedly* misled the public and made claims that were disproven by agents' own videos.
I'll go through some of the most egregious ones here.
I'll go through some of the most egregious ones here.
![II. Credibility
The Court next addresses the credibility of the parties’ evidence and witnesses. After reviewing all the evidence submitted to the Court and listening to the testimony elicited at the preliminary injunction hearing, during depositions, and in other court proceedings, the Court finds Defendants’ evidence simply not credible. [FN 6]
Plaintiffs submitted a mountain of evidence, providing the Court with over eighty declarations, numerous videos and articles, and other evidence. Defendants did not rebut anything that Plaintiffs set forth in their declarations or testimony, even with BWC footage.
[FN 6] In another case considering some of the same evidence presented to this Court, another court in this district also found that the perceptions of certain of Defendants’ declarants, such as Hott and Parra, were not reliable. See Illinois v. Trump, No. 25-cv-12174, 2025 WL 2886645, at *5 (N.D. Ill. Oct. 10, 2025) (noting a “troubling trend of Defendants’ declarants equating protests with riots and a lack of appreciation for the wide spectrum that exists between citizens who are observing, questioning, and criticizing their government, and those who are obstructing, assaulting, or doing violence”), motion to stay denied in part, 155 F.4th 929 (7th Cir. 2025).](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:2vtbmhmrwzbqcfv4we4uxzzt/bafkreifpyry2il5toxbr3iejgrsxs6kmnwve75qwnhebfp44ieyjrfpsdu@jpeg)
November 20, 2025 at 11:04 PM
THREAD: Judge Ellis is the first federal judge to review extensive body cam video of DHS's actions in Chicago. She finds that DHS *repeatedly* misled the public and made claims that were disproven by agents' own videos.
I'll go through some of the most egregious ones here.
I'll go through some of the most egregious ones here.
Some recent food
November 16, 2025 at 1:12 AM
Some recent food
My elderly dog sometimes takes 20 minutes to poop. He did not this time, but did decide to roll around in mud. Emergency bath time, which he will no doubt ruin promptly
November 15, 2025 at 7:31 AM
My elderly dog sometimes takes 20 minutes to poop. He did not this time, but did decide to roll around in mud. Emergency bath time, which he will no doubt ruin promptly
Really great piece in @theringer.com.web.brid.gy by @benlindbergh.bsky.social about the Emmanuel Clase and Luis Ortiz scandal. He breaks down pitches, explaining how in hindsight it is obvious. But the most intriguing bit to me was about the pros and cons of the proliferation of sports betting.
If Pitches Are Fixed, Baseball Is Broken
The prop-betting scandal surrounding Emmanuel Clase and Luis Ortiz is a threat to MLB and a warning sign for sports
www.theringer.com
November 11, 2025 at 10:44 PM
Really great piece in @theringer.com.web.brid.gy by @benlindbergh.bsky.social about the Emmanuel Clase and Luis Ortiz scandal. He breaks down pitches, explaining how in hindsight it is obvious. But the most intriguing bit to me was about the pros and cons of the proliferation of sports betting.
Reposted by Sarah Oestreich
In 217 days people from all over the globe are going to congregate in LA to watch extremely intense sporting matches in public. What's the strategy to welcome these fans if we're tear-gassing anyone who dares to drink a Modelo on the sidewalk?
Winning streak
It's past time to expand LA's celebratory capacity to match the records of our world-champion teams
www.torched.la
November 6, 2025 at 8:32 PM
In 217 days people from all over the globe are going to congregate in LA to watch extremely intense sporting matches in public. What's the strategy to welcome these fans if we're tear-gassing anyone who dares to drink a Modelo on the sidewalk?
Yet another (deserved) humiliation in court for the DOJ
We have reached a verdict: Not guilty.
November 6, 2025 at 7:28 PM
Yet another (deserved) humiliation in court for the DOJ
If you have been following the Sandwich Guy case and saw the jury instructions, you could predict this being a sticking point. Obviously the officer was not harmed, but was there “touching offensive to a person of reasonable sensibility”? Sure. But that would include so much that just seems silly
The government takes some time to think about the definition. The defense says this is simple: Bodily harm means harm to the body. Government comes back and says basically that bodily harm can include injury— and “offensive touching” is sufficient for that.
November 6, 2025 at 3:51 PM
If you have been following the Sandwich Guy case and saw the jury instructions, you could predict this being a sticking point. Obviously the officer was not harmed, but was there “touching offensive to a person of reasonable sensibility”? Sure. But that would include so much that just seems silly
Happy Halloween! And oldie that always makes me laugh
![Joyce Carol Oates @JoyceCarolOates
(you can always recognize a place in which no one is feeling much or any grief for a lost loved one & death, dying, & everyone you love decomposing to bones is just a joke.)
Quote tweeting Victoria Dougherty @vicdougherty • 10/1/21
Wish l'd thought of this.
[photo of skeleton decorations scaling a home]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:mtaf6rwgdzdwfhoba6p4bypa/bafkreifvuriv5rxwjoovshfvsif7yyltv2diimsurgegfs3vkbz5k45mae@jpeg)
October 31, 2025 at 8:29 PM
Happy Halloween! And oldie that always makes me laugh
I made these Indian-ish nachos for the Dodger game. The ratios are a little off (went with less cheese, less onion, more beans), but very tasty Dodgers game food. Plus margaritas, of course
Indian-ish Nachos With Cheddar, Black Beans and Chutney (Published 2019)
cooking.nytimes.com
October 29, 2025 at 1:19 AM
I made these Indian-ish nachos for the Dodger game. The ratios are a little off (went with less cheese, less onion, more beans), but very tasty Dodgers game food. Plus margaritas, of course
POSITION PLAYER PITCHING
If this goes to a 13th, I think first basemen should pitch: Freddie Freeman vs. Vlad Guerrero Jr.
I am running on 4 hours of sleep. Someone needs to fucking win this baseball game already
October 28, 2025 at 6:10 AM
POSITION PLAYER PITCHING
You know people who were drunk earlier are sobering up now/that hangover is hitting
Every food and drink vendor at Dodger Stadium has been closed since the ninth inning btw
October 28, 2025 at 5:05 AM
You know people who were drunk earlier are sobering up now/that hangover is hitting
If this goes to a 13th, I think first basemen should pitch: Freddie Freeman vs. Vlad Guerrero Jr.
I am running on 4 hours of sleep. Someone needs to fucking win this baseball game already
October 28, 2025 at 4:29 AM
If this goes to a 13th, I think first basemen should pitch: Freddie Freeman vs. Vlad Guerrero Jr.
I am running on 4 hours of sleep. Someone needs to fucking win this baseball game already
October 28, 2025 at 4:26 AM
I am running on 4 hours of sleep. Someone needs to fucking win this baseball game already
Reposted by Sarah Oestreich
David’s song “ICE Too Cold To Thaw” is out now. You can buy it via bandcamp (nodevotionrecords.bandcamp.com/album/ice-to...) or get the vinyl and print (/400) by Shepard Fairey and Tomo77, signed by both David J. and Fairey. A portion of the proceeds will go to the USC Gould Immigration Clinic
October 23, 2025 at 5:22 PM
David’s song “ICE Too Cold To Thaw” is out now. You can buy it via bandcamp (nodevotionrecords.bandcamp.com/album/ice-to...) or get the vinyl and print (/400) by Shepard Fairey and Tomo77, signed by both David J. and Fairey. A portion of the proceeds will go to the USC Gould Immigration Clinic
At times intersectionality can be somewhat of a dirty word, eliciting eye rolls. I do think that it can go too far—the dreaded omnicause. Not every issue is related and some attempts at making them appear so can be ham-fisted. But when it comes to climate change, many issues can be traced back.
October 23, 2025 at 6:56 PM
At times intersectionality can be somewhat of a dirty word, eliciting eye rolls. I do think that it can go too far—the dreaded omnicause. Not every issue is related and some attempts at making them appear so can be ham-fisted. But when it comes to climate change, many issues can be traced back.
David’s song “ICE Too Cold To Thaw” is out now. You can buy it via bandcamp (nodevotionrecords.bandcamp.com/album/ice-to...) or get the vinyl and print (/400) by Shepard Fairey and Tomo77, signed by both David J. and Fairey. A portion of the proceeds will go to the USC Gould Immigration Clinic
October 23, 2025 at 5:22 PM
David’s song “ICE Too Cold To Thaw” is out now. You can buy it via bandcamp (nodevotionrecords.bandcamp.com/album/ice-to...) or get the vinyl and print (/400) by Shepard Fairey and Tomo77, signed by both David J. and Fairey. A portion of the proceeds will go to the USC Gould Immigration Clinic
I love voting in Los Angeles. Ballots are mailed to all registered voters and can be returned via USPS, a drop box or a polling location, or one can vote in-person at *any* voting center in LA County. And one can sign up for texts and emails with updates on the ballot’s status.
October 23, 2025 at 3:41 PM
I love voting in Los Angeles. Ballots are mailed to all registered voters and can be returned via USPS, a drop box or a polling location, or one can vote in-person at *any* voting center in LA County. And one can sign up for texts and emails with updates on the ballot’s status.
Been a bit MIA, so here’s some food
October 23, 2025 at 12:52 AM
Been a bit MIA, so here’s some food
While there is a clear discrepancy here in feelings of safety between those who take public transit and those who do not, so much media attention is paid towards people’s feelings on various topics, even if the facts do not back them up.
Do we want public transit to *be* safe or *feel* safe? This paragraph from an @opb.org article on transit security in Portland captures why this issue is so hard. Crime is way down since '20 but some people don't feel safe. Why? 🧵 1/
www.opb.org/article/2025...
www.opb.org/article/2025...
October 23, 2025 at 12:46 AM
While there is a clear discrepancy here in feelings of safety between those who take public transit and those who do not, so much media attention is paid towards people’s feelings on various topics, even if the facts do not back them up.
Yesterday was this old man’s (estimated) 15th birthday. He doesn’t move as well as he used to and poops more in the house than I’d like, but I’m grateful he has made it this long
October 22, 2025 at 3:36 AM
Yesterday was this old man’s (estimated) 15th birthday. He doesn’t move as well as he used to and poops more in the house than I’d like, but I’m grateful he has made it this long