Sarah Rieger
@sarahcrgr.bsky.social
I write stuff. Opinions are my own.
Managing Editor @ BetaKit.
linktr.ee/sarahcrgr | Bylines: TLDR, CBC, HuffPost, Macleans, Weather Network
Based in Alberta, Canada | She/Her | 🌈
Managing Editor @ BetaKit.
linktr.ee/sarahcrgr | Bylines: TLDR, CBC, HuffPost, Macleans, Weather Network
Based in Alberta, Canada | She/Her | 🌈
Pinned
As they say: some personal news.
I'm excited to share that I'm joining @betakit.com's newsroom as their new managing editor. I can't think of a better time to be telling the stories of what's happening in tech — these journalists are Canada's best on that beat.
I'm excited to share that I'm joining @betakit.com's newsroom as their new managing editor. I can't think of a better time to be telling the stories of what's happening in tech — these journalists are Canada's best on that beat.
Reposted by Sarah Rieger
Here's an inside look at how Rest of World gathered and visualized data for our recent feature about Oman’s attempt to become a space powerhouse: restofworld.org/inside/datav...
November 19, 2025 at 9:37 PM
Here's an inside look at how Rest of World gathered and visualized data for our recent feature about Oman’s attempt to become a space powerhouse: restofworld.org/inside/datav...
Reposted by Sarah Rieger
Bellingcat’s contact email has always been a magnet for people with fairly unusual views; paranoid delusions, sprawling conspiracies, the works. But recently, the pattern has shifted, we’re seeing more and more emails clearly written with ChatGPT.
November 19, 2025 at 2:18 PM
Bellingcat’s contact email has always been a magnet for people with fairly unusual views; paranoid delusions, sprawling conspiracies, the works. But recently, the pattern has shifted, we’re seeing more and more emails clearly written with ChatGPT.
Reposted by Sarah Rieger
“The Canadian Civil Liberties Association (CCLA) strongly condemns the Alberta government’s introduction of legislation invoking the notwithstanding clause to shield three laws that directly threaten the rights of trans and gender-diverse people in the province.”
ccla.org/press-releas...
ccla.org/press-releas...
CCLA Condemns Alberta’s Use of the Notwithstanding Clause to Undermine Rights of Trans and Gender Diverse Youth - CCLA
The Canadian Civil Liberties Association (CCLA) strongly condemns the Alberta government’s introduction of legislation invoking the notwithstanding clause to shield three laws that directly threaten t...
ccla.org
November 19, 2025 at 7:49 PM
“The Canadian Civil Liberties Association (CCLA) strongly condemns the Alberta government’s introduction of legislation invoking the notwithstanding clause to shield three laws that directly threaten the rights of trans and gender-diverse people in the province.”
ccla.org/press-releas...
ccla.org/press-releas...
Reposted by Sarah Rieger
Good gig (Canada edition)
Wealthsimple Media is hiring for my previous role. Are you a fantastic Canadian business journalist? Want to work for a great editor and write for TLDR? This is your chance!
jobs.lever.co/wealthsimple...
jobs.lever.co/wealthsimple...
Wealthsimple - Senior News Writer, Wealthsimple Media
About the team TLDR is Canada’s most-read business newsletter, with 4.5 million subscribers. Each week, TLDR educates and informs Canadians about business, finance, and the world of money through a su...
jobs.lever.co
November 18, 2025 at 5:05 PM
Good gig (Canada edition)
Wealthsimple Media is hiring for my previous role. Are you a fantastic Canadian business journalist? Want to work for a great editor and write for TLDR? This is your chance!
jobs.lever.co/wealthsimple...
jobs.lever.co/wealthsimple...
Wealthsimple - Senior News Writer, Wealthsimple Media
About the team TLDR is Canada’s most-read business newsletter, with 4.5 million subscribers. Each week, TLDR educates and informs Canadians about business, finance, and the world of money through a su...
jobs.lever.co
November 18, 2025 at 4:55 PM
Wealthsimple Media is hiring for my previous role. Are you a fantastic Canadian business journalist? Want to work for a great editor and write for TLDR? This is your chance!
jobs.lever.co/wealthsimple...
jobs.lever.co/wealthsimple...
Reposted by Sarah Rieger
NEW: We traced out a devastating outbreak of bird flu to its source: an egg farm in Ohio. Where the wind blew, the virus followed.
Within weeks, the farms downwind were about 20 times as likely to see outbreaks as those that weren’t.
Within weeks, the farms downwind were about 20 times as likely to see outbreaks as those that weren’t.
What the U.S. Government Is Dismissing That Could Seed a Bird Flu Pandemic
Egg producers suspect bird flu is traveling through the air. After a disastrous Midwestern outbreak early this year, we tested that theory and found that where the wind blew, the virus followed. Vaccines could help, but the USDA hasn’t approved them.
www.propublica.org
November 18, 2025 at 1:00 PM
NEW: We traced out a devastating outbreak of bird flu to its source: an egg farm in Ohio. Where the wind blew, the virus followed.
Within weeks, the farms downwind were about 20 times as likely to see outbreaks as those that weren’t.
Within weeks, the farms downwind were about 20 times as likely to see outbreaks as those that weren’t.
Reposted by Sarah Rieger
AI advocates have warned that if every author in the class action filed a claim, it would "financially ruin" the entire industry.
Authors celebrate “historic” settlement coming soon in Anthropic class action
Advocates fear such settlements will “financially ruin” the AI industry.
arstechnica.com
August 27, 2025 at 3:53 PM
AI advocates have warned that if every author in the class action filed a claim, it would "financially ruin" the entire industry.
Reposted by Sarah Rieger
Using IE to download Netscape
November 17, 2025 at 10:26 PM
Using IE to download Netscape
If you own an electric snowblower / snow thrower / snow shovel -- what kind do you have? And do you like it?
November 15, 2025 at 4:57 PM
If you own an electric snowblower / snow thrower / snow shovel -- what kind do you have? And do you like it?
Reposted by Sarah Rieger
The Athletic polled hundreds of players from across the NBA, NFL, MLB and NHL about their opinions surrounding how sports betting impacts players — the responses were haunting.
November 15, 2025 at 2:12 AM
The Athletic polled hundreds of players from across the NBA, NFL, MLB and NHL about their opinions surrounding how sports betting impacts players — the responses were haunting.
Remember when Shopify quietly shut down its Indigenous entrepreneurship program? The program's original cofounder is making it happen anyway. "Shopify closed the program earlier this year. I chose not to let that be the end of our story."
Reporting from @betakit.com's @madisonmcla.bsky.social:
Reporting from @betakit.com's @madisonmcla.bsky.social:
Shopify’s shuttered Indigenous entrepreneurship program will relaunch, says program co-founder | BetaKit
Build Native program was quietly cut in January alongside layoffs of Shopify’s Equitable Commerce team.
betakit.com
November 14, 2025 at 6:41 PM
Remember when Shopify quietly shut down its Indigenous entrepreneurship program? The program's original cofounder is making it happen anyway. "Shopify closed the program earlier this year. I chose not to let that be the end of our story."
Reporting from @betakit.com's @madisonmcla.bsky.social:
Reporting from @betakit.com's @madisonmcla.bsky.social:
Reposted by Sarah Rieger
NEW from me: Shopify's shuttered Indigenous entrepreneurship program Build Native will relaunch in a new form led by the Centre for Native Nation Builders and Tracy Ridler:
betakit.com/shopifys-shu...
betakit.com/shopifys-shu...
Shopify’s shuttered Indigenous entrepreneurship program will relaunch, says program cofounder | BetaKit
Build Native program was quietly cut in January alongside layoffs of Shopify’s Equitable Commerce team.
betakit.com
November 14, 2025 at 4:26 PM
NEW from me: Shopify's shuttered Indigenous entrepreneurship program Build Native will relaunch in a new form led by the Centre for Native Nation Builders and Tracy Ridler:
betakit.com/shopifys-shu...
betakit.com/shopifys-shu...
Reposted by Sarah Rieger
During the height of the pandemic, Tyson used Palantir to predict Covid-19 infections among meatpacking workers down to a nearly exactly figure. But rather than using this data to increase worker protections, Tyson used it plan for labor shortages + plant closures
My latest for @sentientmedia.org
My latest for @sentientmedia.org
November 13, 2025 at 7:49 PM
During the height of the pandemic, Tyson used Palantir to predict Covid-19 infections among meatpacking workers down to a nearly exactly figure. But rather than using this data to increase worker protections, Tyson used it plan for labor shortages + plant closures
My latest for @sentientmedia.org
My latest for @sentientmedia.org
👀 oh
Exclusive: Some U.S. life insurers are parking more than half the fixed-income assets they need to fund policies and annuities in hard-to-trade private credit, according to new research by Moody’s Ratings.
U.S. Insurers Are Binging on Private Credit, Moody’s Says
A handful of insurers are buying much of the investments, which are hard to trade and have relatively low credit ratings.
on.wsj.com
November 13, 2025 at 5:58 PM
👀 oh
This was nice to wake up to!
November 13, 2025 at 1:51 PM
This was nice to wake up to!
... oh I think I've heard of her
Breaking: award-winning journalist Sarah Rieger (@sarahcrgr.bsky.social) joins as managing editor to lead the newsroom and grow @BetaKit.com’s nationwide tech coverage.
betakit.com/sarah-rieger...
betakit.com/sarah-rieger...
November 12, 2025 at 9:04 PM
... oh I think I've heard of her
Reposted by Sarah Rieger
Look at the elder Millennials here vs Boomers and Zoomers:
November 11, 2025 at 9:14 PM
Look at the elder Millennials here vs Boomers and Zoomers:
It's green-sky-pic time again
November 12, 2025 at 12:06 AM
It's green-sky-pic time again
don't know why I feel so glad to know the pope is also a Donald Sutherland fan
feels important
feels important
Pope Leo has shared his four favorite movies of all time, as the Vatican prepares to host dozens of actors and directors in a “World of Cinema” gathering on Saturday at his official residence. See which films made the pope's list. nyti.ms/4p3exK9
Pope Leo Shares His Favorite Movies Ahead of Vatican Event
The list leans heavily on uplifting classics.
nyti.ms
November 12, 2025 at 12:03 AM
don't know why I feel so glad to know the pope is also a Donald Sutherland fan
feels important
feels important
Reposted by Sarah Rieger
This is a big win for #Cdntech and a bigger win for @betakit.com. Welcome aboard, Sarah!
As they say: some personal news.
I'm excited to share that I'm joining @betakit.com's newsroom as their new managing editor. I can't think of a better time to be telling the stories of what's happening in tech — these journalists are Canada's best on that beat.
I'm excited to share that I'm joining @betakit.com's newsroom as their new managing editor. I can't think of a better time to be telling the stories of what's happening in tech — these journalists are Canada's best on that beat.
November 7, 2025 at 9:26 PM
This is a big win for #Cdntech and a bigger win for @betakit.com. Welcome aboard, Sarah!
As they say: some personal news.
I'm excited to share that I'm joining @betakit.com's newsroom as their new managing editor. I can't think of a better time to be telling the stories of what's happening in tech — these journalists are Canada's best on that beat.
I'm excited to share that I'm joining @betakit.com's newsroom as their new managing editor. I can't think of a better time to be telling the stories of what's happening in tech — these journalists are Canada's best on that beat.
November 7, 2025 at 8:38 PM
As they say: some personal news.
I'm excited to share that I'm joining @betakit.com's newsroom as their new managing editor. I can't think of a better time to be telling the stories of what's happening in tech — these journalists are Canada's best on that beat.
I'm excited to share that I'm joining @betakit.com's newsroom as their new managing editor. I can't think of a better time to be telling the stories of what's happening in tech — these journalists are Canada's best on that beat.
Reposted by Sarah Rieger
For years, I’ve been obsessed with a number.
What’s the #? It’s the amount Meta earns per year from scam ads. Thanks to @jeffhorwitz.bsky.social, we know it: $16 billion.
Our free @indicator.media Briefing looks at what needs to happen now that we know the number: indicator.media/p/briefing-m...
What’s the #? It’s the amount Meta earns per year from scam ads. Thanks to @jeffhorwitz.bsky.social, we know it: $16 billion.
Our free @indicator.media Briefing looks at what needs to happen now that we know the number: indicator.media/p/briefing-m...
Briefing: Meta's multi-billion dollar scam ad business
Plus: Fox News falls for racist AI slop, and a tool for investigating Discord servers.
indicator.media
November 7, 2025 at 2:10 PM
For years, I’ve been obsessed with a number.
What’s the #? It’s the amount Meta earns per year from scam ads. Thanks to @jeffhorwitz.bsky.social, we know it: $16 billion.
Our free @indicator.media Briefing looks at what needs to happen now that we know the number: indicator.media/p/briefing-m...
What’s the #? It’s the amount Meta earns per year from scam ads. Thanks to @jeffhorwitz.bsky.social, we know it: $16 billion.
Our free @indicator.media Briefing looks at what needs to happen now that we know the number: indicator.media/p/briefing-m...
Reposted by Sarah Rieger
“authors & publishers who filed a lawsuit against the Sam Altman-led firm have secured access to internal Slack messages… discussing the mass deletion of a pirated books dataset… A NY district court ordered OpenAI to hand over the communications regarding data deletion”
futurism.com/artificial-i...
futurism.com/artificial-i...
OpenAI in Danger After Authors Suing It Gain Access to Its Internal Slack Messages
Authors and publishers, who are suing OpenAI, secured access to internal Slack messages and emails discussing the deletion of pirated books.
futurism.com
November 6, 2025 at 7:57 AM
“authors & publishers who filed a lawsuit against the Sam Altman-led firm have secured access to internal Slack messages… discussing the mass deletion of a pirated books dataset… A NY district court ordered OpenAI to hand over the communications regarding data deletion”
futurism.com/artificial-i...
futurism.com/artificial-i...
Reposted by Sarah Rieger
Australia has so much electricity from solar power that it is going to start offering free electricity to everyone for at least three hours during the day as the wholesale price of power goes negative
electrek.co/2025/11/04/a...
electrek.co/2025/11/04/a...
Australia has so much solar that it's offering everyone free electricity
Australia's extensive solar power penetration makes so much energy that the government wants to offer free electricity at peak hours.
electrek.co
November 6, 2025 at 4:58 AM
Australia has so much electricity from solar power that it is going to start offering free electricity to everyone for at least three hours during the day as the wholesale price of power goes negative
electrek.co/2025/11/04/a...
electrek.co/2025/11/04/a...
Reposted by Sarah Rieger
Rob Leathern and Rob Goldman, who both worked at Meta, are launching a new nonprofit that aims to bring transparency to an increasingly opaque, scam-filled social media ecosystem. www.wired.com/story/scam-a...
Scam Ads Are Flooding Social Media. These Former Meta Staffers Have a Plan
Rob Leathern and Rob Goldman, who both worked at Meta, are launching a new nonprofit that aims to bring transparency to an increasingly opaque, scam-filled social media ecosystem.
www.wired.com
November 6, 2025 at 11:33 AM
Rob Leathern and Rob Goldman, who both worked at Meta, are launching a new nonprofit that aims to bring transparency to an increasingly opaque, scam-filled social media ecosystem. www.wired.com/story/scam-a...