sarah siedschlag
@sarahofsb.bsky.social
I train UCSB students in enviro advocacy + defeating big oil. Aggressively pro accessible clean transportation. Not snacking, just sequestering carbon
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sarah siedschlag
@sarahofsb.bsky.social
· Nov 14
Just another day here at the end of the empire
Scheduled my MRI today and couldn't help but think "I bet that loud claustrophobic tube is air conditioned"
September 10, 2026 at 12:52 AM
Scheduled my MRI today and couldn't help but think "I bet that loud claustrophobic tube is air conditioned"
Dolly Parton is getting the MLK Jr de-radicalization treatment and it's enraging
Dolly Parton lived with a gay man for years. She was a vocal advocate for LGBTQ+ folks and a philanthropic champion of childhood literacy and education, vaccines, and the black people in her community.
"We don't know what her politics were"? Please. She lived them. www.nytimes.com/2026/08/27/a...
"We don't know what her politics were"? Please. She lived them. www.nytimes.com/2026/08/27/a...
Dolly Parton’s Cautious Politics Resulted in Widespread Affection
Bipartisan tributes demonstrated the success of the singer’s long-running effort to stay out of party politics in a sharply divided country.
www.nytimes.com
August 27, 2026 at 1:47 PM
Dolly Parton is getting the MLK Jr de-radicalization treatment and it's enraging
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I hate this kind of thing, because just beneath its surface is a smug piety that treats "politics" as nothing but mess and rancor rather than as something with a direct connection to people's lives, and argues for being "above politics" as a kind of virtue. It's so dishonest. Anyway, good morning.
August 27, 2026 at 12:30 PM
I hate this kind of thing, because just beneath its surface is a smug piety that treats "politics" as nothing but mess and rancor rather than as something with a direct connection to people's lives, and argues for being "above politics" as a kind of virtue. It's so dishonest. Anyway, good morning.
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I just have zero patience for a public intellectual IN THIS DECADE, pretending that environmental policy isn’t going to involve politics.
Look around. Pay any attention at all.
Yes, the 60-second ads will lack the nuance of a white paper.
Industry ignores your white papers though.
Look around. Pay any attention at all.
Yes, the 60-second ads will lack the nuance of a white paper.
Industry ignores your white papers though.
August 5, 2026 at 12:44 AM
I just have zero patience for a public intellectual IN THIS DECADE, pretending that environmental policy isn’t going to involve politics.
Look around. Pay any attention at all.
Yes, the 60-second ads will lack the nuance of a white paper.
Industry ignores your white papers though.
Look around. Pay any attention at all.
Yes, the 60-second ads will lack the nuance of a white paper.
Industry ignores your white papers though.
This is gonna be yet another one of those cases where it takes me a while to get to a recommended show, finish said show, and then randomly tag @theferocity.bsky.social with a rabid thank you six months after everyone else is done. BUT I WILL MEAN IT!
*runs into the room* I’VE GOT A NEW SHOW TO RECOMMEND!
It’s called “Ride or Die” and it’s on Amazon Prime. Octavia Spencer plays a politician’s wife. Her best friend is Hannah Waddingham who, she soon learns, is an assassin. I’ve five episodes in and OBSESSED.
It’s called “Ride or Die” and it’s on Amazon Prime. Octavia Spencer plays a politician’s wife. Her best friend is Hannah Waddingham who, she soon learns, is an assassin. I’ve five episodes in and OBSESSED.
August 4, 2026 at 5:16 PM
This is gonna be yet another one of those cases where it takes me a while to get to a recommended show, finish said show, and then randomly tag @theferocity.bsky.social with a rabid thank you six months after everyone else is done. BUT I WILL MEAN IT!
This terrible article portrays the opposition as rich NIMBYs and ignores the indigenous activists and student coalitions (who the writer interviewed, but cut). It also says Trump acted in response to Iran, ignoring that Trump first tried to restart the pipeline in December before the war started.
The Trump regime ordered the reopening of a Santa Barbara pipeline that had been dormant since 2015 after a major spill.
This California Oil Pipeline Was Dormant for 11 Years. Trump Reopened It. (Gift Article)
The move in Santa Barbara by the Trump administration has made residents anxious in a region prized for its gorgeous beaches and ocean views.
www.nytimes.com
July 14, 2026 at 1:51 PM
This terrible article portrays the opposition as rich NIMBYs and ignores the indigenous activists and student coalitions (who the writer interviewed, but cut). It also says Trump acted in response to Iran, ignoring that Trump first tried to restart the pipeline in December before the war started.
I started watching Paradise and am constantly enraged while also appreciating the show's social commentary because (first episode spoiler) the tech exec leader built the post-apocalypse town from scratch as an upper class suburban neighborhood with single family homes, lawns, and SUVs everywhere.
Silicon Valley is insane because it’s a museum of unremarkable postwar sprawl where all the ticky tacky suburban tract homes cost three million dollars and the strip mall parking lots are full of insane sports cars.
July 10, 2026 at 6:20 PM
I started watching Paradise and am constantly enraged while also appreciating the show's social commentary because (first episode spoiler) the tech exec leader built the post-apocalypse town from scratch as an upper class suburban neighborhood with single family homes, lawns, and SUVs everywhere.
The real question is, why are American men so bad at sports
July 7, 2026 at 1:26 AM
The real question is, why are American men so bad at sports
I'm stuck at home but I knew Mexico scored before the internet told me because I can hear the cheers from the bars a block and a half away
July 6, 2026 at 2:33 AM
I'm stuck at home but I knew Mexico scored before the internet told me because I can hear the cheers from the bars a block and a half away
wait but are the chocolate covered ones ok? ☹️
one of the products we tested, Hostess Powdered Mini Donuts, had ~19x the amount of a carcinogenic contaminant health officials say is safe to consume daily AND 760x more titanium dioxide — a white pigment banned in the EU for its potential to damage DNA — than the other products we tested combined
June 9, 2026 at 4:30 PM
wait but are the chocolate covered ones ok? ☹️
I voted Steyer. I was already on board with the stronger climate candidate and the guy who seems able to treat trans teenagers like people, but the possibility of shutting Republicans out of the top and not having to accept "vote blue no matter who" in the general helped me sway some friends too.
June 1, 2026 at 4:10 PM
I voted Steyer. I was already on board with the stronger climate candidate and the guy who seems able to treat trans teenagers like people, but the possibility of shutting Republicans out of the top and not having to accept "vote blue no matter who" in the general helped me sway some friends too.
I am two episodes into the show Paradise and while the writing and concept have me interested I go into a rage every time I see that low-density car-centric suburbia set as the perfect build-it-from-scratch neighborhood
May 10, 2026 at 9:30 PM
I am two episodes into the show Paradise and while the writing and concept have me interested I go into a rage every time I see that low-density car-centric suburbia set as the perfect build-it-from-scratch neighborhood
It's probably best if we just permanently take away the driver's license of anyone who gives this degree of assumed immunity to drunk drivers who pursue children on bikes
We don't see what happened before the driver go after the child on the dirt bike. I don't know what's more concerning, the driver chasing after the kid on the dirt bike or the fact that kids that young are allowed to ride around the neighborhood on a dirt bike.
Young Rider on Dirt Bike: Excited Fun
ALT: Young Rider on Dirt Bike: Excited Fun
static.klipy.com
May 6, 2026 at 11:44 AM
It's probably best if we just permanently take away the driver's license of anyone who gives this degree of assumed immunity to drunk drivers who pursue children on bikes
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Know what's a good time? Dropping a bottle of wine in your building elevator
April 12, 2026 at 1:49 AM
Know what's a good time? Dropping a bottle of wine in your building elevator
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Hello, I made you a feed of your cats watching the Artemis II splashdown bsky.app/profile/did:...
Now that they’re safe on the ground we.. ocean, I can make a joke
OMG ARTEMIS IS IN TROUBLE WE’RE GETTING REPORTS OF A GIANT CAT BATTING THEM OUT OF THE SKY OH THE HUMANITY
OMG ARTEMIS IS IN TROUBLE WE’RE GETTING REPORTS OF A GIANT CAT BATTING THEM OUT OF THE SKY OH THE HUMANITY
April 11, 2026 at 12:59 AM
Hello, I made you a feed of your cats watching the Artemis II splashdown bsky.app/profile/did:...
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The fact that he effectively paid companies to not do business with taxpayer money is not as big a scandal as it should be.
Doubly so because he did it during an energy crisis (of his own making)
Doubly so because he did it during an energy crisis (of his own making)
April 1, 2026 at 2:22 AM
The fact that he effectively paid companies to not do business with taxpayer money is not as big a scandal as it should be.
Doubly so because he did it during an energy crisis (of his own making)
Doubly so because he did it during an energy crisis (of his own making)
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thoughts on today:
1) the protests are good, actually
2) you should go to one of you can
3) it will do you good to see how many other people also hate this guy
4) you might meet people who you can organize with
5) there are more of us than there are of them
6) we are going to win
1) the protests are good, actually
2) you should go to one of you can
3) it will do you good to see how many other people also hate this guy
4) you might meet people who you can organize with
5) there are more of us than there are of them
6) we are going to win
March 28, 2026 at 3:13 PM
thoughts on today:
1) the protests are good, actually
2) you should go to one of you can
3) it will do you good to see how many other people also hate this guy
4) you might meet people who you can organize with
5) there are more of us than there are of them
6) we are going to win
1) the protests are good, actually
2) you should go to one of you can
3) it will do you good to see how many other people also hate this guy
4) you might meet people who you can organize with
5) there are more of us than there are of them
6) we are going to win
Closing out spring break week and I've managed to almost catch up with the end of last quarter. Nothing is ready for the new quarter starting on Monday. I'm doomed.
March 27, 2026 at 12:47 AM
Closing out spring break week and I've managed to almost catch up with the end of last quarter. Nothing is ready for the new quarter starting on Monday. I'm doomed.
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Happy March 15. Here is my favorite Ides of March meme:
March 15, 2026 at 11:59 AM
Happy March 15. Here is my favorite Ides of March meme:
Well fuck. We've kept this stupid thing shut down for 11 years, but it looks like this might be it. I'm so sad.
Secretary Wright Directs Sable Offshore to Restore the Santa Ynez Unit and Pipeline
U.S. Secretary of Energy Chris Wright today directed Sable Offshore Corp. to restore operations of the Santa Ynez Unit and Santa Ynez Pipeline System to address supply disruption risks caused by Calif...
www.energy.gov
March 14, 2026 at 12:51 AM
Well fuck. We've kept this stupid thing shut down for 11 years, but it looks like this might be it. I'm so sad.
Sable Offshore still broke and collapsing, now 2 years behind the original planned restart
Zombie Pipeline: Why Sable is Still a Pipe Dream
Exxon spinoff Sable faces seven barriers to restart its pipeline, idled since a major oil spill in 2015. That restart may never happen.
hntrbrk.com
January 23, 2026 at 4:28 PM
Sable Offshore still broke and collapsing, now 2 years behind the original planned restart
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I wish the Skarsgards had a Keeping Up With the Kardashians style show where they all eat salads and lament things
January 16, 2026 at 11:01 PM
I wish the Skarsgards had a Keeping Up With the Kardashians style show where they all eat salads and lament things
Literally the only reason I maintain an empty lurker account on the other app is to check in on @esghound.com trolling Sable weirdos
January 7, 2026 at 8:38 PM
Literally the only reason I maintain an empty lurker account on the other app is to check in on @esghound.com trolling Sable weirdos