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 | 🌈
This was nice to wake up to!
November 13, 2025 at 1:51 PM
This was nice to wake up to!
It's green-sky-pic time again
November 12, 2025 at 12:06 AM
It's green-sky-pic time again
This also means saying a bittersweet goodbye to Wealthsimple Media. It's been a treat helping grow TLDR into Canada's most-read financial newsletter. Thank you to everyone who read or listened to the podcast and who shared their personal finance stories with me.
November 7, 2025 at 8:38 PM
This also means saying a bittersweet goodbye to Wealthsimple Media. It's been a treat helping grow TLDR into Canada's most-read financial newsletter. Thank you to everyone who read or listened to the podcast and who shared their personal finance stories with me.
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.
Someone was quick on the wikipedia edit for this one
October 3, 2025 at 5:13 PM
Someone was quick on the wikipedia edit for this one
Jane Goodall on how to not give up:
October 1, 2025 at 6:29 PM
Jane Goodall on how to not give up:
Also excited to see myself on the page for "Oligopoly," one of my favourite topics to yell about
September 19, 2025 at 10:24 PM
Also excited to see myself on the page for "Oligopoly," one of my favourite topics to yell about
This made me realize my reporting is cited more than 1,200 times on Wikipedia, including on the page for "Turpentine" and its use in folk medicine from a feature story I did on the Spanish flu
September 19, 2025 at 10:21 PM
This made me realize my reporting is cited more than 1,200 times on Wikipedia, including on the page for "Turpentine" and its use in folk medicine from a feature story I did on the Spanish flu
I calculated how much wildfire smoke is costing the average Calgary worker ... while struggling to breathe from wildfire smoke.
Listen here: pca.st/episode/ef0d...
Listen here: pca.st/episode/ef0d...
September 17, 2025 at 5:19 PM
I calculated how much wildfire smoke is costing the average Calgary worker ... while struggling to breathe from wildfire smoke.
Listen here: pca.st/episode/ef0d...
Listen here: pca.st/episode/ef0d...
Pokemon cards: +3,821% since 2004
The S&P 500: +483% since 2004
Disappointed that eight-year-old me didn't have the foresight to plan my retirement around shiny Charizard www.wsj.com/finance/poke...
The S&P 500: +483% since 2004
Disappointed that eight-year-old me didn't have the foresight to plan my retirement around shiny Charizard www.wsj.com/finance/poke...
September 10, 2025 at 5:26 PM
Pokemon cards: +3,821% since 2004
The S&P 500: +483% since 2004
Disappointed that eight-year-old me didn't have the foresight to plan my retirement around shiny Charizard www.wsj.com/finance/poke...
The S&P 500: +483% since 2004
Disappointed that eight-year-old me didn't have the foresight to plan my retirement around shiny Charizard www.wsj.com/finance/poke...
my friend's response to me saying that I had won a single "free play" lottery ticket
September 4, 2025 at 3:18 PM
my friend's response to me saying that I had won a single "free play" lottery ticket
beer and cheese soup is delicious actually
August 18, 2025 at 8:26 PM
beer and cheese soup is delicious actually
Update: I brought a ton of it to a restaurant and am slowly working through all of these recipe suggestions, thanks all 😊
July 26, 2025 at 10:57 PM
Update: I brought a ton of it to a restaurant and am slowly working through all of these recipe suggestions, thanks all 😊
This is the entirety of a survey CBC put out in Alberta to discuss the question "what does it mean to be Albertan?" www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
July 17, 2025 at 5:35 PM
This is the entirety of a survey CBC put out in Alberta to discuss the question "what does it mean to be Albertan?" www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Happy to provide sharp political insights like this on request. (Thanks to @arshy.bsky.social for indulging my take here) wealthsimple-tldr-podcast.simplecast.com/episodes/wak...
July 16, 2025 at 7:02 PM
Happy to provide sharp political insights like this on request. (Thanks to @arshy.bsky.social for indulging my take here) wealthsimple-tldr-podcast.simplecast.com/episodes/wak...
Incredible TikTok from Macron noting that the security briefing mentions possibly "the greatest risk" are the bears
June 19, 2025 at 1:02 AM
Incredible TikTok from Macron noting that the security briefing mentions possibly "the greatest risk" are the bears
they make it sound like the grizzlies have been talking to orcas
June 16, 2025 at 3:46 AM
they make it sound like the grizzlies have been talking to orcas
i love how live news blogs kill time the same way TV anchors fill air while waiting for something real to report
May 8, 2025 at 4:16 PM
i love how live news blogs kill time the same way TV anchors fill air while waiting for something real to report
Thanks to Nick Taylor-Vaisey, @politico.com's Ottawa bureau chief, for joining us on the TLDR podcast early yesterday morning for a post-election chat: wealthsimple-tldr-podcast.simplecast.com/episodes/pos...
April 30, 2025 at 4:18 PM
Thanks to Nick Taylor-Vaisey, @politico.com's Ottawa bureau chief, for joining us on the TLDR podcast early yesterday morning for a post-election chat: wealthsimple-tldr-podcast.simplecast.com/episodes/pos...
While we wait for the bulk of polls to come in, please enjoy this bighorn sheep I saw this weekend that winked at me
April 29, 2025 at 1:24 AM
While we wait for the bulk of polls to come in, please enjoy this bighorn sheep I saw this weekend that winked at me
U.S. Fed. Chair Jerome Powell on why he's not commenting on the trade war and its effect on businesses.
April 4, 2025 at 5:07 PM
U.S. Fed. Chair Jerome Powell on why he's not commenting on the trade war and its effect on businesses.
3. Fed Chair Jerome Powell says he's glad to be called boring. "We don't look at political cycles ... we're a source of calm, rational analysis, and stability." (This is also why he wears a non-partisan purple tie.)
April 4, 2025 at 5:04 PM
3. Fed Chair Jerome Powell says he's glad to be called boring. "We don't look at political cycles ... we're a source of calm, rational analysis, and stability." (This is also why he wears a non-partisan purple tie.)
Three things I learned from U.S. Fed Chair Jerome Powell this morning:
1. He's "not at liberty to say" if there's a central banker group chat. (He later clarified there isn't, but they all talk regularly, don't lobby each other on policy.) He also wouldn't share his counterparts' sentiment.
1. He's "not at liberty to say" if there's a central banker group chat. (He later clarified there isn't, but they all talk regularly, don't lobby each other on policy.) He also wouldn't share his counterparts' sentiment.
April 4, 2025 at 5:04 PM
Three things I learned from U.S. Fed Chair Jerome Powell this morning:
1. He's "not at liberty to say" if there's a central banker group chat. (He later clarified there isn't, but they all talk regularly, don't lobby each other on policy.) He also wouldn't share his counterparts' sentiment.
1. He's "not at liberty to say" if there's a central banker group chat. (He later clarified there isn't, but they all talk regularly, don't lobby each other on policy.) He also wouldn't share his counterparts' sentiment.