laura sullivan
@laurasullivan44.bsky.social
former "recovering academic," media studies scholar, activist, digital artist // 50+ph.d. student w/o funding cashapp $urbanalchemist44 venmo @ urbanalchemist44
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“For make no mistake, if Black lives truly mattered, or if Indigenous lives mattered, speaking to the two genocides at the heart of the unsettling of the Americas and the Caribbean, we would, indeed, be living in an altered universe.”
M. NourbeSe Philip
M. NourbeSe Philip
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Anyway this regime is not credible.
September 24, 2025 at 7:39 PM
Anyway this regime is not credible.
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I find it weird that people are painting Mamdani as an extreme outsider.
The US govt. has taken ownership positions in major US companies like Intel (and soon TikTok).
Mamdani wants to open a city-run grocery store to sell cheap groceries.
And you're telling me the second is a radical socialist.
The US govt. has taken ownership positions in major US companies like Intel (and soon TikTok).
Mamdani wants to open a city-run grocery store to sell cheap groceries.
And you're telling me the second is a radical socialist.
September 25, 2025 at 12:52 AM
I find it weird that people are painting Mamdani as an extreme outsider.
The US govt. has taken ownership positions in major US companies like Intel (and soon TikTok).
Mamdani wants to open a city-run grocery store to sell cheap groceries.
And you're telling me the second is a radical socialist.
The US govt. has taken ownership positions in major US companies like Intel (and soon TikTok).
Mamdani wants to open a city-run grocery store to sell cheap groceries.
And you're telling me the second is a radical socialist.
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I am advocating for you to be killed but I am using my inside voice you must debate me this is called democracy
September 14, 2025 at 3:11 AM
I am advocating for you to be killed but I am using my inside voice you must debate me this is called democracy
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September 15, 2025 at 6:38 PM
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i know it is all intentional but boy howdy is it crazy-making to have ICE killing people in the street and watching the once “mainstream” media still carrying water for the idea that the left has a violence problem
September 15, 2025 at 4:23 PM
i know it is all intentional but boy howdy is it crazy-making to have ICE killing people in the street and watching the once “mainstream” media still carrying water for the idea that the left has a violence problem
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When I was placed on the Professor Watchlist in 2021, people sent death threats about my children. I had security officers monitor my 8yo at school.
Where is all the outrage for those of us who have been targeted for years? Where is the outrage for our families?
My own colleagues are silent.
Where is all the outrage for those of us who have been targeted for years? Where is the outrage for our families?
My own colleagues are silent.
September 15, 2025 at 8:25 PM
When I was placed on the Professor Watchlist in 2021, people sent death threats about my children. I had security officers monitor my 8yo at school.
Where is all the outrage for those of us who have been targeted for years? Where is the outrage for our families?
My own colleagues are silent.
Where is all the outrage for those of us who have been targeted for years? Where is the outrage for our families?
My own colleagues are silent.
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Now I am being silenced by the Washington Post for -- *checks notes*
Lamenting America's acceptance of apathy towards political violence and gun deaths-- especially when the violence is encouraged and carried out by white men.
Lamenting America's acceptance of apathy towards political violence and gun deaths-- especially when the violence is encouraged and carried out by white men.
September 15, 2025 at 11:59 AM
Now I am being silenced by the Washington Post for -- *checks notes*
Lamenting America's acceptance of apathy towards political violence and gun deaths-- especially when the violence is encouraged and carried out by white men.
Lamenting America's acceptance of apathy towards political violence and gun deaths-- especially when the violence is encouraged and carried out by white men.
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Some personal news:
I've been fired from the Washington Post in the aftermath of the Charlie Kirk shooting.
Thread incoming.
substack.com/@karenattiah...
I've been fired from the Washington Post in the aftermath of the Charlie Kirk shooting.
Thread incoming.
substack.com/@karenattiah...
The Washington Post Fired Me — But My Voice Will Not Be Silenced.
I spoke out against hatred and violence in America — and it cost me my job.
substack.com
September 15, 2025 at 11:07 AM
Some personal news:
I've been fired from the Washington Post in the aftermath of the Charlie Kirk shooting.
Thread incoming.
substack.com/@karenattiah...
I've been fired from the Washington Post in the aftermath of the Charlie Kirk shooting.
Thread incoming.
substack.com/@karenattiah...
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At least 3 students are in critical condition after a shooting at Evergreen HS in Colorado.
This is the 47th shooting that took place at a school in the US so far this year: 24 on college campuses, 23 on K-12 school grounds. This happened less than an hour after Charlie Kirk shooting in Utah.
This is the 47th shooting that took place at a school in the US so far this year: 24 on college campuses, 23 on K-12 school grounds. This happened less than an hour after Charlie Kirk shooting in Utah.
September 10, 2025 at 9:31 PM
At least 3 students are in critical condition after a shooting at Evergreen HS in Colorado.
This is the 47th shooting that took place at a school in the US so far this year: 24 on college campuses, 23 on K-12 school grounds. This happened less than an hour after Charlie Kirk shooting in Utah.
This is the 47th shooting that took place at a school in the US so far this year: 24 on college campuses, 23 on K-12 school grounds. This happened less than an hour after Charlie Kirk shooting in Utah.
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The anti-Zohran SuperPACs are back. So the SuperPAC killer is back too.
As MAGA billionaires pledge "hundreds of millions" to sabotage the Mamdani mandate, DREAM enters its next form:
Don’t Re-elect Eric or Andrew for Mayor.
actblue.com/donate/dreamfornyc?refcode=b
As MAGA billionaires pledge "hundreds of millions" to sabotage the Mamdani mandate, DREAM enters its next form:
Don’t Re-elect Eric or Andrew for Mayor.
actblue.com/donate/dreamfornyc?refcode=b
September 2, 2025 at 3:08 PM
The anti-Zohran SuperPACs are back. So the SuperPAC killer is back too.
As MAGA billionaires pledge "hundreds of millions" to sabotage the Mamdani mandate, DREAM enters its next form:
Don’t Re-elect Eric or Andrew for Mayor.
actblue.com/donate/dreamfornyc?refcode=b
As MAGA billionaires pledge "hundreds of millions" to sabotage the Mamdani mandate, DREAM enters its next form:
Don’t Re-elect Eric or Andrew for Mayor.
actblue.com/donate/dreamfornyc?refcode=b
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C’mon folks 19 states are facing occupation, let’s make sure this toolkit makes it around BlueSky 🤗 WE are the resistance!
Trump is militarizing our streets to cover up his failing legitimacy: the tanking economy, the Epstein files, and his wildly unpopular ICE kidnappings.
Read our Resistance Toolkit now at bit.ly/resistancetoolkit, and share it widely. LFG rebel alliance!
#WeKeepUsSafe
Read our Resistance Toolkit now at bit.ly/resistancetoolkit, and share it widely. LFG rebel alliance!
#WeKeepUsSafe
September 1, 2025 at 3:40 AM
C’mon folks 19 states are facing occupation, let’s make sure this toolkit makes it around BlueSky 🤗 WE are the resistance!
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But by far and away, the biggest priority for a Heritage Foundation-captured CDC is going to be using the agency's legal frameworks for access to medical data, and weaponizing them to control women. *Most* of the Project 2025 plan for CDC is a witch hunt against abortion on an unprecedented scale.
August 29, 2025 at 9:10 PM
But by far and away, the biggest priority for a Heritage Foundation-captured CDC is going to be using the agency's legal frameworks for access to medical data, and weaponizing them to control women. *Most* of the Project 2025 plan for CDC is a witch hunt against abortion on an unprecedented scale.
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Trump's legal theory that he's using to justify siccing the National Guard on protestors can be traced back to the enforcement of the Fugitive Slave Act.
From June:
From June:
The “twisted” history of Trump’s legal theory for using troops against protesters
The roots of a protective power authority can be traced back to enforcement of the Fugitive Slave Act.
www.motherjones.com
August 30, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Trump's legal theory that he's using to justify siccing the National Guard on protestors can be traced back to the enforcement of the Fugitive Slave Act.
From June:
From June:
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An explosion at Smitty’s Supply, a lubricant manufacturing facility in the predominantly Black town of Roseland, LA, caused a fire that swept through the 15M-acre complex that housed 500K gallons of flammable materials.
Oily droplets containing cancer-causing toxins traveled up to 20 miles away.
Oily droplets containing cancer-causing toxins traveled up to 20 miles away.
August 29, 2025 at 6:35 PM
An explosion at Smitty’s Supply, a lubricant manufacturing facility in the predominantly Black town of Roseland, LA, caused a fire that swept through the 15M-acre complex that housed 500K gallons of flammable materials.
Oily droplets containing cancer-causing toxins traveled up to 20 miles away.
Oily droplets containing cancer-causing toxins traveled up to 20 miles away.
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The City of Atlanta is opening its first municipal grocery store today.
The city is spending $3.5 million in partnership with a neighborhood grocery chain in an effort to eliminate a downtown food desert.
www.wsbtv.com/news/local/a...
The city is spending $3.5 million in partnership with a neighborhood grocery chain in an effort to eliminate a downtown food desert.
www.wsbtv.com/news/local/a...
City of Atlanta opening grocery store to clear up downtown food desert
The Azalea Fresh Market opens on Friday.
www.wsbtv.com
August 29, 2025 at 2:33 PM
The City of Atlanta is opening its first municipal grocery store today.
The city is spending $3.5 million in partnership with a neighborhood grocery chain in an effort to eliminate a downtown food desert.
www.wsbtv.com/news/local/a...
The city is spending $3.5 million in partnership with a neighborhood grocery chain in an effort to eliminate a downtown food desert.
www.wsbtv.com/news/local/a...
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On the same day the FDA restricted access to COVID vaccines, the CDC director was sacked and top CDC scientists are resigning.
And it’s barely been two weeks since an antivax conspiracy theorist fired 180 bullets at CDC headquarters.
None of this is making America healthier. What a disaster.
And it’s barely been two weeks since an antivax conspiracy theorist fired 180 bullets at CDC headquarters.
None of this is making America healthier. What a disaster.
August 27, 2025 at 11:01 PM
On the same day the FDA restricted access to COVID vaccines, the CDC director was sacked and top CDC scientists are resigning.
And it’s barely been two weeks since an antivax conspiracy theorist fired 180 bullets at CDC headquarters.
None of this is making America healthier. What a disaster.
And it’s barely been two weeks since an antivax conspiracy theorist fired 180 bullets at CDC headquarters.
None of this is making America healthier. What a disaster.
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Once again, there is a class of Democratic officials in DC who are fundamentally unsuited for the current political moment. They can't see that the fascism is the signal, not the noise. And they are unable or unwilling to change their pre-authoritarian approach to politics. It is deeply revealing.
Elizabeth Warren: "Donald Trump needs a scapegoat and a diversion, and that's what he's doing with the Fed."
August 27, 2025 at 3:30 AM
Once again, there is a class of Democratic officials in DC who are fundamentally unsuited for the current political moment. They can't see that the fascism is the signal, not the noise. And they are unable or unwilling to change their pre-authoritarian approach to politics. It is deeply revealing.
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This is what happens when you order delivery in DC right now.
August 26, 2025 at 10:09 PM
This is what happens when you order delivery in DC right now.
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Thank you. I am so excited to share a final tally with everyone on 9/2. Everyone who has sent books, dropped off books, shared the flier with others has been instrumental in helping to keep the store open.
Pile of books boxed up & ready to go to Bluestockings cooperative bookstore for @prisonculture.bsky.social's book drive to help keep them open! Had an extra copy of Indirect Action lying around (ha), so I threw that on top, plus some books I've taught. A weird & wonderful mix.
August 26, 2025 at 8:32 PM
Thank you. I am so excited to share a final tally with everyone on 9/2. Everyone who has sent books, dropped off books, shared the flier with others has been instrumental in helping to keep the store open.
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I got an advanced copy of this book and it is EXCELLENT. Happy Publication Day, LaShawn!
"This [eviction] was never a thing for the police to get involved with. What were they going to do, put her in the street?"
Read an excerpt from professor and historian LaShawn Harris's new book, "Tell Her Story: Eleanor Bumpurs & the Police Killing That Galvanized New York City" here:
Read an excerpt from professor and historian LaShawn Harris's new book, "Tell Her Story: Eleanor Bumpurs & the Police Killing That Galvanized New York City" here:
The Fatal Eviction of Eleanor Bumpurs
In her new book "Tell Her Story: Eleanor Bumpurs & the Police Killing That Galvanized New York City," history professor LaShawn Harris shares the full story of Bumpurs's life and death.
hellgatenyc.com
August 26, 2025 at 8:35 PM
I got an advanced copy of this book and it is EXCELLENT. Happy Publication Day, LaShawn!
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Chairman Mao weighs in on Cracker Barrel
August 26, 2025 at 2:40 PM
Chairman Mao weighs in on Cracker Barrel