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Sarah Oestreich @sarahoestreich.bsky.social · 3d

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]

Sarah Oestreich @sarahoestreich.bsky.social · 6d

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

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Sarah Oestreich @sarahoestreich.bsky.social · 7d

POSITION PLAYER PITCHING

Sarah Oestreich @sarahoestreich.bsky.social · 7d

If this goes to a 13th, I think first basemen should pitch: Freddie Freeman vs. Vlad Guerrero Jr.

Sarah Oestreich @sarahoestreich.bsky.social · 7d

I am running on 4 hours of sleep. Someone needs to fucking win this baseball game already

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Sarah Oestreich @sarahoestreich.bsky.social · 7d

You know people who were drunk earlier are sobering up now/that hangover is hitting

Molly Knight @mollyknight.bsky.social · 7d

Every food and drink vendor at Dodger Stadium has been closed since the ninth inning btw

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Sarah Oestreich @sarahoestreich.bsky.social · 7d

If this goes to a 13th, I think first basemen should pitch: Freddie Freeman vs. Vlad Guerrero Jr.

Sarah Oestreich @sarahoestreich.bsky.social · 7d

I am running on 4 hours of sleep. Someone needs to fucking win this baseball game already

Sarah Oestreich @sarahoestreich.bsky.social · 7d

I am running on 4 hours of sleep. Someone needs to fucking win this baseball game already

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Sarah Oestreich @sarahoestreich.bsky.social · 12d

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

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Sarah Oestreich @sarahoestreich.bsky.social · 11d

Right. So either journalists whose beat isn’t traditionally climate need to educate themselves very quickly or they need to walk over to the climate desks (while they still exist) and collaborate with their colleagues. It’s vital they offer readers context for events.

Sarah Oestreich @sarahoestreich.bsky.social · 11d

…bc they may offer information one does not have. But there was some slight dissension about whether to include the response if it is misinformation. Personally, I think the best practice is to bookend the quote: say it is untrue, share the comment, then explain why it is incorrect.

Sarah Oestreich @sarahoestreich.bsky.social · 11d

And it might actually be a dereliction of duty for journalists to *not* mention this relationship.

The panel also talked about getting comments from the sort of adversaries of a story—government officials, polluters. Everyone agreed it is important to reach out for comment…

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Sarah Oestreich @sarahoestreich.bsky.social · 11d

This NYU panel reminded me of this. I know I have said this a lot, but one way to get people to care about climate change is showing how it impacts the issues they do rate as their top priorities or care about, like immigration, national security, food and insurance prices, health, sports, etc.

Emily Atkin @emorwee.bsky.social · 15d

NYC friends: This Thursday, NYU is hosting a discussion on the ethics of covering climate change in this political moment.

I'll be tackling some of the beat's thorniest questions with @sominisengupta.bsky.social, @insideclimatenews.org's David Sassoon, & @danfagin.bsky.social.

Register and come!!

Urgency, Uncertainty and Alarmism: Ethical Climate Coverage

Ethics in Climate Reporting

events.nyu.edu

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Sarah Oestreich @sarahoestreich.bsky.social · 11d

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.

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Sarah Oestreich @sarahoestreich.bsky.social · 12d

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

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Sarah Oestreich @sarahoestreich.bsky.social · 12d

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.

SARAH O, A Message from California Secretary of State on behalf of Los Angeles County Registrar of Voters. The US Postal
Service has collected your ballot for the November 4, 2025, Statewide Special Election and will deliver it to your county soon. Questions? Call (800) 815-2666 or email votebymail@rrcc.lacounty.gov

SARAH O, A Message from California Secretary of State on behalf of Los Angeles County Registrar of Voters. Your ballot for the November 4, 2025, Statewide Special Election was received and counted. Thank you for voting!

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Sarah Oestreich @sarahoestreich.bsky.social · 12d

Oh how gorgeous! I hope your remaining time together is enjoyable and your son is able to hang out with him while he still is more or less himself.

Sarah Oestreich @sarahoestreich.bsky.social · 12d

I actually thought of you earlier—I took him out multiple times today, including this morning for long enough to do the NYT Connections, Wordle, Strands and all 3 Pips, no dice. Again later, nope. He took a long nap and after he woke he didn’t even look for me, just pooped right next to his bed 🤦🏻‍♀️

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Sarah Oestreich @sarahoestreich.bsky.social · 12d

More food. I think I’m going to take a nap

Marinated tofu with sushi rice, mango, avocado, green onions and sesame seeds wrapped in nori with a gochujang sauce

Five-spice tofu topped with sesame seeds and green onions, served with broccoli and brown rice

Salted date brown butter carrot bread topped with cardamom cream cheese frosting

Tofu shawarma: spice tofu, cucumber tomato salad, herbs, tzatziki and spicy tahini on a pita (I forgot the sumac pickled red onions in the fridge)

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Sarah Oestreich @sarahoestreich.bsky.social · 12d

Been a bit MIA, so here’s some food

A sort of sweet channa masala (had mango chutney I needed to use up): chickpeas, spices, onion, grape tomatoes, garlic, cilantro

A sort of naan pizza: pumpkin, plant-based sausages, shallots, fontina, ricotta, sage, hot honey

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Sarah Oestreich @sarahoestreich.bsky.social · 12d

Yes gauging public opinion on safety, prices etc. can be useful bc these perceptions drive voting, it would be much more helpful if the truth were highlighted. Crime rates are down! The economy under Biden wasn’t the Great Recession pt 2! While feelings aren’t facts, many votes are informed by them

Sarah Oestreich @sarahoestreich.bsky.social · 12d

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.

Jarrett Walker @humantransit.bsky.social · 14d

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...

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Sarah Oestreich @sarahoestreich.bsky.social · 12d

I don’t know what it is—they can’t tell when they have to go anymore, can’t hold it as well, but it doesn’t happen infrequently. Sometimes I take him out, after a bit decides he wants to leave the yard without going. Ten minutes later, poop. So I make him stay out for longer, with mixed results.

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Sarah Oestreich @sarahoestreich.bsky.social · 13d

He was rescued from a backyard breeder. This is what he looked like then 😭

A tiny brown pit bull in a green harness

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Sarah Oestreich @sarahoestreich.bsky.social · 13d

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

A brown pit bull lying in a dog crate with his head hanging over the edge, looking at the camera

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Sarah Oestreich @sarahoestreich.bsky.social · 13d

If you’re unfamiliar with the INA, there is a portion that says if the SOS believes an immigrant “would have potentially serious adverse foreign policy consequences for the United States,” that person may be deported. Rubio cited this in deportation proceedings of Columbia student Mahmoud Khalil

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Sarah Oestreich @sarahoestreich.bsky.social · 13d

4 more dishes with shiro miso! I think I either over-mixed the cookie batter or there was too much oil from the natural peanut butter so they deflated a bit and the tops didn’t crack like they was supposed to, and the sauce on the last pasta got a little gloopy because of when I added the Parmesan.

Miso garlic asparagus and chickpeas over linguine with Parmesan

Brown butter crunchy peanut butter miso cookie

Brown butter miso zucchini bread with dark chocolate

Lemon black pepper miso dill zucchini linguine

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