Sarah B
@flythehighlife.bsky.social
Torturing high school English students with books and learning since 2002.
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Bari Weiss is doing the “this country is tired of experts” routine
This isn't about democratizing the news. It's about elevating "vibes" and "feelings" to be on par with lived experience and subject-matter expertise.
January 3, 2026 at 12:12 AM
Bari Weiss is doing the “this country is tired of experts” routine
Well duh obviously I went with Rage and so far we’ve had INXS, Rihanna, Soundgarden, Gotye, and Lupe Fiasco feat. Jill Scott. 💯👌
Taking down the Christmas tree. Need something on in background. Do I go with Trump’s Inauguration on Sky, or Rage on the ABC? Or reruns of the early 90s Movie Show on SBS?
January 3, 2026 at 12:16 AM
Well duh obviously I went with Rage and so far we’ve had INXS, Rihanna, Soundgarden, Gotye, and Lupe Fiasco feat. Jill Scott. 💯👌
Taking down the Christmas tree. Need something on in background. Do I go with Trump’s Inauguration on Sky, or Rage on the ABC? Or reruns of the early 90s Movie Show on SBS?
January 3, 2026 at 12:01 AM
Taking down the Christmas tree. Need something on in background. Do I go with Trump’s Inauguration on Sky, or Rage on the ABC? Or reruns of the early 90s Movie Show on SBS?
Majestic, beautiful, aren’t they; the winged Nazgûl (sound on)
January 2, 2026 at 10:53 PM
Majestic, beautiful, aren’t they; the winged Nazgûl (sound on)
This is great. It was an unforgettable watch in the day as well.
Two decades on, Waugh's last-ball century completes his perfect day
With one ball remaining on day two of the fifth Ashes Test in 2003, Steve Waugh stared down a century and his own cricketing mortality before securing one of the most famous centuries of his storied c...
www.abc.net.au
January 2, 2026 at 8:37 PM
This is great. It was an unforgettable watch in the day as well.
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"Maddeningly, voters want contradictory things: low prices when they shop, high wages for themselves; not many immigrants but lots of cheap labour; rising house prices when they own and lower ones when their children want to buy"
www.economist.com/leaders/2025...
From The Economist
www.economist.com/leaders/2025...
From The Economist
The truth about affordability
Voters in rich countries are angry about prices. Politicians could make things worse
www.economist.com
January 2, 2026 at 11:26 AM
"Maddeningly, voters want contradictory things: low prices when they shop, high wages for themselves; not many immigrants but lots of cheap labour; rising house prices when they own and lower ones when their children want to buy"
www.economist.com/leaders/2025...
From The Economist
www.economist.com/leaders/2025...
From The Economist
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Watched a video about the Nuremberg trials yesterday and, so that Youtube wouldn't demonetise them, the video's host said "using a cyanide capsule, Herman Goerring unalived himself".
January 2, 2026 at 8:55 AM
Watched a video about the Nuremberg trials yesterday and, so that Youtube wouldn't demonetise them, the video's host said "using a cyanide capsule, Herman Goerring unalived himself".
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we're just gonna have years of "the mayor of new york city claims to be a socialist and yet does not dress in an old timey barrel hung from suspenders"
Classily styled, *well-made* leather boots will last a woman a lifetime, and this is not an foolishly extravagant item
New York Post looks normal
January 1, 2026 at 11:14 PM
we're just gonna have years of "the mayor of new york city claims to be a socialist and yet does not dress in an old timey barrel hung from suspenders"
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day one in mamdani’s new york
January 1, 2026 at 5:10 PM
day one in mamdani’s new york
Thinking of Adam Goodes alongside Usman Khawaja today.
January 2, 2026 at 1:24 AM
Thinking of Adam Goodes alongside Usman Khawaja today.
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Uzzie #Ashes #SCG “I’m a proud Muslim coloured boy from Pakistan who was told that he would never play for the Australian cricket team. Look at me now. And you can do the same. As I walk off for the last time, I do so with gratitude and peace. Or as we say, salam"
www.theguardian.com/sport/2026/j...
www.theguardian.com/sport/2026/j...
Usman Khawaja announces retirement from international cricket
Australian 39-year-old veteran will bat in fifth Ashes Test in Sydney after an impressive career of 87 Tests, scoring 6,207 runs to date
www.theguardian.com
January 1, 2026 at 9:38 PM
Uzzie #Ashes #SCG “I’m a proud Muslim coloured boy from Pakistan who was told that he would never play for the Australian cricket team. Look at me now. And you can do the same. As I walk off for the last time, I do so with gratitude and peace. Or as we say, salam"
www.theguardian.com/sport/2026/j...
www.theguardian.com/sport/2026/j...
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"Why shouldn't I go?" — The defiant words of an Iranian youth heading to the streets today. As the currency collapses and hope fades, a new generation chooses courage over fear to reclaim their future. 🇮🇷✊
#IranProtests #Tehran #Iran #FreeIran
#IranProtests #Tehran #Iran #FreeIran
December 31, 2025 at 5:06 PM
"Why shouldn't I go?" — The defiant words of an Iranian youth heading to the streets today. As the currency collapses and hope fades, a new generation chooses courage over fear to reclaim their future. 🇮🇷✊
#IranProtests #Tehran #Iran #FreeIran
#IranProtests #Tehran #Iran #FreeIran
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The regime is murdering people in the streets.
LONG LIVE THE GREAT PEOPLE OF IRAN!!
LONG LIVE THE GREAT PEOPLE OF IRAN!!
January 1, 2026 at 10:24 PM
The regime is murdering people in the streets.
LONG LIVE THE GREAT PEOPLE OF IRAN!!
LONG LIVE THE GREAT PEOPLE OF IRAN!!
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Lemon pig, very pretty
And its toothpick legs are sweet
But the penny that it is munching
Is impossible to eat
And its toothpick legs are sweet
But the penny that it is munching
Is impossible to eat
January 1, 2026 at 8:36 AM
Lemon pig, very pretty
And its toothpick legs are sweet
But the penny that it is munching
Is impossible to eat
And its toothpick legs are sweet
But the penny that it is munching
Is impossible to eat
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New York City has a new mayor
January 1, 2026 at 5:04 AM
New York City has a new mayor
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Zohran Mamdani will be sworn in as NYC's first Muslim mayor on a Qur'an from the personal collection of the great Afro-Boricua intellectual Arturo Schomburg—as well as Qur'ans owned by Mamdani's grandparents. www.nypl.org/press/schomb...
December 31, 2025 at 4:42 PM
Zohran Mamdani will be sworn in as NYC's first Muslim mayor on a Qur'an from the personal collection of the great Afro-Boricua intellectual Arturo Schomburg—as well as Qur'ans owned by Mamdani's grandparents. www.nypl.org/press/schomb...
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Happy New Year! www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZEwi...
January 1, 2026 at 5:04 AM
Happy New Year! www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZEwi...
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The city shut down the station in 1945 on New Year's Eve. Eighty years later, it's a symbolic venue choice for the incoming mayor's private swearing-in ceremony. n.pr/4bbETpx
The history behind the NYC subway station chosen for Mamdani's swearing-in
The city shut down the station in 1945 on New Year's Eve. Eighty years later, it's a symbolic venue choice for the incoming mayor's private swearing-in ceremony.
n.pr
January 1, 2026 at 4:55 AM
The city shut down the station in 1945 on New Year's Eve. Eighty years later, it's a symbolic venue choice for the incoming mayor's private swearing-in ceremony. n.pr/4bbETpx
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Here’s to 2026
December 27, 2025 at 11:34 AM
Here’s to 2026
HNY! Morning bike ride through the parks today - not a bottle or can in sight, but lots of home fireworks containers lying around.
January 1, 2026 at 12:02 AM
HNY! Morning bike ride through the parks today - not a bottle or can in sight, but lots of home fireworks containers lying around.
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I went to a talk by Richard Dawkins, with a booking signing afterwards, but I couldn't think of anything to say to him, so I wordlessly handed over my copy of his book, he signed it and handed it back without comment. We haven't kept in touch since.
Please quote this with the time you didn’t interact with someone famous - eg one time I was in Cardiff the same weekend as Willem Dafoe (but I didn’t see him or even know he was there until he appeared on the telly later)
Please quote this with your major interactions with massive celebrities. eg “I was married to the pope for fifteen years”
December 30, 2025 at 9:54 AM
I went to a talk by Richard Dawkins, with a booking signing afterwards, but I couldn't think of anything to say to him, so I wordlessly handed over my copy of his book, he signed it and handed it back without comment. We haven't kept in touch since.
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What if, and just hear me out, letting children get mad and learn to self-regulate is an important part of childhood development?
“Mayo Clinic researchers have developed a smartwatch-based alert system that signals parents at the earliest signs of a tantrum in children with emotional and behavioral disorders — prompting them to intervene before it intensifies.” www.detroitnews.com/story/life/2...
Mayo Clinic smartwatch system helps parents defuse tantrums early
In this system, a smartwatch worn by the child detects physiological stress signals.
www.detroitnews.com
December 29, 2025 at 8:56 PM
What if, and just hear me out, letting children get mad and learn to self-regulate is an important part of childhood development?
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Trump has made the Kennedy Center into the moral equivalent of playing Sun City during apartheid.
December 30, 2025 at 5:26 AM
Trump has made the Kennedy Center into the moral equivalent of playing Sun City during apartheid.
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I ain't gonna work on Maggie's farm no more. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/29/a...
New Year’s Eve Concerts at Kennedy Center Are Canceled
www.nytimes.com
December 30, 2025 at 4:11 AM
I ain't gonna work on Maggie's farm no more. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/29/a...