Robert Sullivan
@robtsullivan.bsky.social
Rats, The Meadowlands, A Whale Hunt, My American Rev, Thoreau, etc.; Contributing ed @APublicSpace. OUT NOW --> Double Exposure, by FSG. Philadelphia.
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Got to write about 2 books that examine indigenous sovereignty: Ryan Emanuel's ON THE SWAMP & the late Charles Wilkinson's TREATY JUSTICE. Wilkinson looks back at revolutionary work in the not-distant past while Emanuel shows a path forward. @nyrb-imprints.bsky.social www.nybooks.com/articles/202...
The Third Sovereign | Robert Sullivan
If there is hope for the earth, it will depend in part on acknowledging indigenous sovereignty in the face of insatiable resource extraction.
www.nybooks.com
November 14, 2025 at 9:30 PM
Got to write about 2 books that examine indigenous sovereignty: Ryan Emanuel's ON THE SWAMP & the late Charles Wilkinson's TREATY JUSTICE. Wilkinson looks back at revolutionary work in the not-distant past while Emanuel shows a path forward. @nyrb-imprints.bsky.social www.nybooks.com/articles/202...
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New @nybooks.com essay by @robtsullivan.bsky.social interweaves reviews of On the Swamp & Wilkinson's Treaty Justice.
⚡ "If there is hope for the earth, it will depend in part on acknowledging indigenous sovereignty in the face of insatiable resource extraction." ⚡
www.nybooks.com/articles/202...
⚡ "If there is hope for the earth, it will depend in part on acknowledging indigenous sovereignty in the face of insatiable resource extraction." ⚡
www.nybooks.com/articles/202...
The Third Sovereign | Robert Sullivan
If there is hope for the earth, it will depend in part on acknowledging indigenous sovereignty in the face of insatiable resource extraction.
www.nybooks.com
November 14, 2025 at 7:44 PM
New @nybooks.com essay by @robtsullivan.bsky.social interweaves reviews of On the Swamp & Wilkinson's Treaty Justice.
⚡ "If there is hope for the earth, it will depend in part on acknowledging indigenous sovereignty in the face of insatiable resource extraction." ⚡
www.nybooks.com/articles/202...
⚡ "If there is hope for the earth, it will depend in part on acknowledging indigenous sovereignty in the face of insatiable resource extraction." ⚡
www.nybooks.com/articles/202...
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Black Velvet - I Shall Be Released [US, Soul] (1969) Incredible Bob Dylan soul cover
https://redd.it/ghc7ya
https://youtu.be/L9omayZaA-g
https://redd.it/ghc7ya
https://youtu.be/L9omayZaA-g
Black Velvet - I Shall Be Released [US, Soul] (1969) Incredible Bob Dylan soul cover
youtu.be
November 2, 2025 at 12:16 AM
Black Velvet - I Shall Be Released [US, Soul] (1969) Incredible Bob Dylan soul cover
https://redd.it/ghc7ya
https://youtu.be/L9omayZaA-g
https://redd.it/ghc7ya
https://youtu.be/L9omayZaA-g
Right letter, wrong address, but then the right's aim is to make people think that public transit is shooting itself in the foot. Read @dpearsonphl.bsky.social on the letter that is clearly a return to sender
www.inquirer.com/opinion/sean...
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Sean Duffy has the right message about SEPTA’s woes, but addresses it to the wrong people | Shackamaxon
It's not SEPTA leadership or Gov. Shapiro who needs to hear from the transportation secretary, but those who've stood in the way of sustainable transit funding. Are you listening, Joe Pittman?
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October 31, 2025 at 1:18 PM
Right letter, wrong address, but then the right's aim is to make people think that public transit is shooting itself in the foot. Read @dpearsonphl.bsky.social on the letter that is clearly a return to sender
www.inquirer.com/opinion/sean...
www.inquirer.com/opinion/sean...
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Thank you @chrislhayes.bsky.social !
September 29, 2025 at 3:32 AM
Thank you @chrislhayes.bsky.social !
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Rufus Wainright sings the Canadian national anthem (in French and English) at Dodgers Stadium in the World Series. He slips in
« that only us command » as a statement! Good on you Rufus.
« that only us command » as a statement! Good on you Rufus.
October 30, 2025 at 12:04 AM
Rufus Wainright sings the Canadian national anthem (in French and English) at Dodgers Stadium in the World Series. He slips in
« that only us command » as a statement! Good on you Rufus.
« that only us command » as a statement! Good on you Rufus.
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Americans have been dragged, tackled, beaten, tased and shot by immigration agents.
They’ve had their necks kneeled on.
They’ve been held outside in the rain while in their underwear.
At least three citizens were pregnant when agents detained them.
By @nicolefoy.bsky.social
They’ve had their necks kneeled on.
They’ve been held outside in the rain while in their underwear.
At least three citizens were pregnant when agents detained them.
By @nicolefoy.bsky.social
More Than 170 U.S. Citizens Have Been Held by Immigration Agents. They’ve Been Kicked, Dragged and Detained for Days.
The government does not track how often immigration agents grab citizens. So ProPublica did. Our tally — almost certainly incomplete — includes people who were held for days without a lawyer. And near...
www.propublica.org
October 20, 2025 at 3:15 AM
Americans have been dragged, tackled, beaten, tased and shot by immigration agents.
They’ve had their necks kneeled on.
They’ve been held outside in the rain while in their underwear.
At least three citizens were pregnant when agents detained them.
By @nicolefoy.bsky.social
They’ve had their necks kneeled on.
They’ve been held outside in the rain while in their underwear.
At least three citizens were pregnant when agents detained them.
By @nicolefoy.bsky.social
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Two top PA tech officials are out. My latest:https://www.inquirer.com/business/tech-executives-pennsylvania-shapiro-administration-20251010.html
October 10, 2025 at 5:24 PM
Two top PA tech officials are out. My latest:https://www.inquirer.com/business/tech-executives-pennsylvania-shapiro-administration-20251010.html
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I'm going to keep saying "this is fascism" until this platform inevitably bans the word fascism, and then I'm going to leave
CHICAGO (AP) — Storming an apartment complex by helicopter as families slept. Deploying chemical agents near a public school. Handcuffing a Chicago City Council member at a hospital.
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Using helicopters and chemical agents, immigration agents become increasingly aggressive in Chicago
Activists, residents and elected leaders say increasingly combative tactics used by federal immigration agents are sparking violence and fueling neighborhood tensions in the nation’s third-largest cit...
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October 6, 2025 at 10:24 PM
I'm going to keep saying "this is fascism" until this platform inevitably bans the word fascism, and then I'm going to leave
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@bkindivisible.bsky.social members also folded the incredible @meganpiont.bsky.social's awesome "How to Report ICE" zine for distribution!
You can find them here to fold/distribute yourself! drive.google.com/drive/folder...
You can find them here to fold/distribute yourself! drive.google.com/drive/folder...
October 6, 2025 at 8:22 PM
@bkindivisible.bsky.social members also folded the incredible @meganpiont.bsky.social's awesome "How to Report ICE" zine for distribution!
You can find them here to fold/distribute yourself! drive.google.com/drive/folder...
You can find them here to fold/distribute yourself! drive.google.com/drive/folder...
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I think if we can't see that authoritarian tendencies were very deliberately worked into our very founding, we can't understand authoritarian tendencies now.
September 19, 2025 at 12:02 PM
I think if we can't see that authoritarian tendencies were very deliberately worked into our very founding, we can't understand authoritarian tendencies now.
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The federal government has censored the work of dozens of scientists, including work by my lab, on the impacts of climate change on Acadia National Park. Signs have been removed from Cadillac and Great Meadow. They’re also removing signs about the Wabanaki’s sacred connections to Cadillac.
Signs Referencing Climate Change Along with Web Pages Removed from Acadia National Park
The Bar Harbor Story is generously sponsored by The Witham Family Hotels Charitable Fund.
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September 23, 2025 at 10:59 PM
The federal government has censored the work of dozens of scientists, including work by my lab, on the impacts of climate change on Acadia National Park. Signs have been removed from Cadillac and Great Meadow. They’re also removing signs about the Wabanaki’s sacred connections to Cadillac.
What Christie started!
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New Jersey PBS shutting down in July - New Jersey Globe
New Jersey PBS is expected to cease operations in July 2026 following WNET's decision not to renew its agreement, the New Jersey Globe has learned. The
newjerseyglobe.com
September 23, 2025 at 5:25 PM
What Christie started!
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Bologna, the site of a long-running film restoration festival, is a movie buff’s paradise. “If movies were people,” Anthony Lane writes, “Bologna is where they would choose to live.”
The Exacting Magic of Film Restoration
Each year, at a festival in Bologna, movies that were once lost or damaged come back to life.
www.newyorker.com
September 23, 2025 at 3:22 PM
Bologna, the site of a long-running film restoration festival, is a movie buff’s paradise. “If movies were people,” Anthony Lane writes, “Bologna is where they would choose to live.”
wow!
Every day after sunset during summer + fall hundreds of thousands of bats leave the their roost near Sacramento, CA to feed
A family of Swainson's hawks waits for them for their own dinner.
Due to the light they're hard to photograph.
Last night one caught a bat less than 30 feet in front of me 🪶
A family of Swainson's hawks waits for them for their own dinner.
Due to the light they're hard to photograph.
Last night one caught a bat less than 30 feet in front of me 🪶
September 23, 2025 at 3:21 PM
wow!
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Sometimes it's nice to remember that even Marcus Aurelius was like "you don't have to comment on everything bro"
September 17, 2025 at 11:00 AM
Sometimes it's nice to remember that even Marcus Aurelius was like "you don't have to comment on everything bro"
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WHAT
Congressional Democrats voted today to sell out Washington DC and their constituents, as numerous Dems backed bills advancing the Trump takeover of DC. After meeting with our Council and saying nice things, @hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social and leadership *declined* to whip a No vote on the bills
September 16, 2025 at 10:36 PM
WHAT
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Look at that. And New Mexico is not a rich state. Just one that figured out some priorities.
Governor announces New Mexico will now provide free universal child care
Governor announces New Mexico will now provide free universal child care
NEW MEXICO (KRQE) – New Mexico is becoming the first state in the U.S. to offer free early childhood education to every family in the state. Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham announced a universal ch…
www.krqe.com
September 9, 2025 at 3:08 PM
Look at that. And New Mexico is not a rich state. Just one that figured out some priorities.
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Hershey’s hikes prices ahead of Halloween. It gets worse from here I think.
26% Kit Kat price increase ahead of Halloween?? Lord have mercy
September 9, 2025 at 10:40 PM
Hershey’s hikes prices ahead of Halloween. It gets worse from here I think.
Great piece: “We work in dangerous settings. We climb bridges every day. My brother to the left and my brother to the right, they are my life. I depend on them. You take away my brother, you put my life at risk.” @phillyaflcio.bsky.social
Builders are hit hard by loss of construction workers as the Trump administration cancels permits, but they're scared, and leave it to union leaders like
IUPAT
Painters chief Jimmy Williams to tell how 'taking away my brother' hurts America. My story: t.co/Y4nf4AMt2x
IUPAT
Painters chief Jimmy Williams to tell how 'taking away my brother' hurts America. My story: t.co/Y4nf4AMt2x
https://www.inquirer.com/business/immigration-painters-labor-union-temporary-protected-status-20250908.html
t.co
September 9, 2025 at 2:09 AM
Great piece: “We work in dangerous settings. We climb bridges every day. My brother to the left and my brother to the right, they are my life. I depend on them. You take away my brother, you put my life at risk.” @phillyaflcio.bsky.social
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For most Americans, the date 1913 means nothing. For Americans on the far right fringes, 1913 has long been a date of great significance. Here’s a piece from the antisemitic rag “American Mercury” in 1957, for example. One of their writers at the time was George Lincoln Rockwell.
September 7, 2025 at 12:26 AM
For most Americans, the date 1913 means nothing. For Americans on the far right fringes, 1913 has long been a date of great significance. Here’s a piece from the antisemitic rag “American Mercury” in 1957, for example. One of their writers at the time was George Lincoln Rockwell.
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Again, they say these troops are there to make the people of the city feel safe
NO WAY 🤬
School children and teens on their way home using the Washington DC Metro were allegedly stopped, forced to show ID, and thrown to the ground in and around Union Station by multiple law enforcement agencies while the National Guard watched (Sept, 3 2025)
School children and teens on their way home using the Washington DC Metro were allegedly stopped, forced to show ID, and thrown to the ground in and around Union Station by multiple law enforcement agencies while the National Guard watched (Sept, 3 2025)
September 7, 2025 at 2:17 PM
Again, they say these troops are there to make the people of the city feel safe