Sarah Oestreich
@sarahoestreich.bsky.social
No hugging, no learning.
Politics, climate, tennis, baseball, food, general nonsense.
Politics, climate, tennis, baseball, food, general nonsense.
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Where are my unknown unknowns
I still can't believe they're trying to make a war happen out of thin air. Not just their abrogation of Congress's role in formally declaring a war -- that's been a slippery slope for decades -- but their total unwillingness even to go through the motions of drumming up public support.
December 17, 2025 at 9:43 PM
Where are my unknown unknowns
Q: “Some people are reading this as being an attack or being petty.”
A: “If presenting what I saw, unfiltered, is an attack, then what would you call it had I chosen to edit it and hide things about it, and make them look better than they look?”
A: “If presenting what I saw, unfiltered, is an attack, then what would you call it had I chosen to edit it and hide things about it, and make them look better than they look?”
The Vanity Fair photographer from the Susie Wiles story.
Holy. Shit.
www.washingtonpost.com/style/power/...
Holy. Shit.
www.washingtonpost.com/style/power/...
December 17, 2025 at 9:58 PM
Q: “Some people are reading this as being an attack or being petty.”
A: “If presenting what I saw, unfiltered, is an attack, then what would you call it had I chosen to edit it and hide things about it, and make them look better than they look?”
A: “If presenting what I saw, unfiltered, is an attack, then what would you call it had I chosen to edit it and hide things about it, and make them look better than they look?”
Happy Chanukah, my friends
December 17, 2025 at 8:05 PM
Happy Chanukah, my friends
One thing that stuck out to me from the Vanity Fair piece is that Susie Wiles said Trump has “an alcoholic’s personality.” While he’s a teetotaler, I can certainly see some characteristics of a dry drunk in him. She said she had experience with such personalities, as her father was an alcoholic.
December 17, 2025 at 1:50 AM
One thing that stuck out to me from the Vanity Fair piece is that Susie Wiles said Trump has “an alcoholic’s personality.” While he’s a teetotaler, I can certainly see some characteristics of a dry drunk in him. She said she had experience with such personalities, as her father was an alcoholic.
When Trump dies I may simply post all of the truly awful things he has posted and said about someone else’s death. He is such a horrid human being and the thing is, we always knew this. Every time he opens his mouth or a policy hurts someone, it angers me that anyone voted for this man
December 15, 2025 at 5:16 PM
When Trump dies I may simply post all of the truly awful things he has posted and said about someone else’s death. He is such a horrid human being and the thing is, we always knew this. Every time he opens his mouth or a policy hurts someone, it angers me that anyone voted for this man
Finding out that some people don’t rinse the soap off of their dishes is like when I discovered some don’t wash their legs in the shower. People are gross
December 13, 2025 at 11:13 PM
Finding out that some people don’t rinse the soap off of their dishes is like when I discovered some don’t wash their legs in the shower. People are gross
Last week Trump said, “He was the president of the country, and they basically said he was a drug dealer because he was the president of the country.” It appears he thinks the former Honduran president was held responsible for his citizens’ actions by Biden/Obama, and of course he can’t abide that
Awful: Trump just admitted in a new interview that he knows "very little" about the Honduran ex-president he pardoned. This guy trafficked a gazillion times more drugs into the US than anyone Trump has executed. Wrecks his case for the boat bombings.
New from me:
newrepublic.com/article/2041...
New from me:
newrepublic.com/article/2041...
Trump Accidentally Sabotages Case for Bombings in New Interview Fiasco
The president’s claims about the boat killings and his pardon of the Honduran ex-president in a new Politico interview should finally convince Republicans that they, and we, must get to the bottom of ...
newrepublic.com
December 9, 2025 at 7:37 PM
Last week Trump said, “He was the president of the country, and they basically said he was a drug dealer because he was the president of the country.” It appears he thinks the former Honduran president was held responsible for his citizens’ actions by Biden/Obama, and of course he can’t abide that
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Even if we would stipulate that the *only* purpose of college is vocational training (ugh) if you think you, at 18 years old, not only know for sure what your future career will be but also know better than all the professors at a college what skills you will need for that career, why bother?
December 9, 2025 at 7:21 PM
Even if we would stipulate that the *only* purpose of college is vocational training (ugh) if you think you, at 18 years old, not only know for sure what your future career will be but also know better than all the professors at a college what skills you will need for that career, why bother?
Sooo he did start tweeting again! His first tweet after the one saying in 24 hours he’d “debunk the globe earth myth” was a nonsensical video with clips of the WTC, Trump, movies and AI video from a boat surrounded by glaciers and a pterodactyl flying overhead. Oh, and he “ran” for president.
December 7, 2025 at 10:25 PM
Sooo he did start tweeting again! His first tweet after the one saying in 24 hours he’d “debunk the globe earth myth” was a nonsensical video with clips of the WTC, Trump, movies and AI video from a boat surrounded by glaciers and a pterodactyl flying overhead. Oh, and he “ran” for president.
I made cookies. Well, baked one cookie, currently freezing 24 balls of dough
December 6, 2025 at 4:10 AM
I made cookies. Well, baked one cookie, currently freezing 24 balls of dough
A friend just reminded me of this video. I will be using this clip a lot
December 5, 2025 at 3:26 AM
A friend just reminded me of this video. I will be using this clip a lot
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