Rick Sullivan
@ricksullivan.bsky.social
Avid SF and fantasy fan, gamer, and tech nerd. Half-Kryptonian on my mother's side, but all I got from that bloodline was greater than normal strength and a severe allergy to green glowing rocks. Can't even fly.
There is no Shepard without Vakarian.
There is no Shepard without Vakarian.
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“.. Yikes – @EliseStefanik literally got booed off the stage TWICE at an event in her district today.
She hasn't hosted a #NY21 town hall in years. Now we know why.”
(via Addison Dick)
She hasn't hosted a #NY21 town hall in years. Now we know why.”
(via Addison Dick)
August 18, 2025 at 10:39 PM
“.. Yikes – @EliseStefanik literally got booed off the stage TWICE at an event in her district today.
She hasn't hosted a #NY21 town hall in years. Now we know why.”
(via Addison Dick)
She hasn't hosted a #NY21 town hall in years. Now we know why.”
(via Addison Dick)
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you’re seeing a volcanic plume on a MOON.
jupiter’s moon io is the most volcanically active body in the ENTIRE solar system.
VOLCANOES ON MOONS!!! 🌋🌕
jupiter’s moon io is the most volcanically active body in the ENTIRE solar system.
VOLCANOES ON MOONS!!! 🌋🌕
August 18, 2025 at 8:20 PM
you’re seeing a volcanic plume on a MOON.
jupiter’s moon io is the most volcanically active body in the ENTIRE solar system.
VOLCANOES ON MOONS!!! 🌋🌕
jupiter’s moon io is the most volcanically active body in the ENTIRE solar system.
VOLCANOES ON MOONS!!! 🌋🌕
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President Stubb:
Some of the international media might wonder, "Why is the President of Finland here?" I think the reason is probably that we might come from a small country, but we have a long border with Russia, over 800 miles⤵️
Some of the international media might wonder, "Why is the President of Finland here?" I think the reason is probably that we might come from a small country, but we have a long border with Russia, over 800 miles⤵️
August 18, 2025 at 8:03 PM
President Stubb:
Some of the international media might wonder, "Why is the President of Finland here?" I think the reason is probably that we might come from a small country, but we have a long border with Russia, over 800 miles⤵️
Some of the international media might wonder, "Why is the President of Finland here?" I think the reason is probably that we might come from a small country, but we have a long border with Russia, over 800 miles⤵️
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The military needs to understand that if it goes along with Trump’s plans, it will lose the goodwill it has worked so hard to rebuild with the U.S. public since Vietnam.
August 18, 2025 at 11:59 PM
The military needs to understand that if it goes along with Trump’s plans, it will lose the goodwill it has worked so hard to rebuild with the U.S. public since Vietnam.
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Got this notice from X claiming that my screenshot of a paragraph of text published by the New York Times back in November 2024 "doesn't meet our platform's guidelines." I'm supposed to address this, but "simply removing the content will not resolve the issue." I could lose my account. See next: 1/2
August 18, 2025 at 1:00 AM
Got this notice from X claiming that my screenshot of a paragraph of text published by the New York Times back in November 2024 "doesn't meet our platform's guidelines." I'm supposed to address this, but "simply removing the content will not resolve the issue." I could lose my account. See next: 1/2
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Exactly as I predicted months ago, RFK Jr. has purged ACIP, almost certainly as a prelude to stacking it with his preferred antivax quacks. www.wsj.com/opinion/rfk-...
Opinion | RFK Jr.: HHS Moves to Restore Public Trust in Vaccines
We’re reconstituting an advisory committee to avoid conflicts of interest.
www.wsj.com
June 9, 2025 at 9:46 PM
Exactly as I predicted months ago, RFK Jr. has purged ACIP, almost certainly as a prelude to stacking it with his preferred antivax quacks. www.wsj.com/opinion/rfk-...
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This is on all the Senators who turned a blind eye and voted to confirm. www.nytimes.com/2025/06/09/h...
Kennedy Removes All C.D.C. Vaccine Panel Experts
www.nytimes.com
June 9, 2025 at 9:41 PM
This is on all the Senators who turned a blind eye and voted to confirm. www.nytimes.com/2025/06/09/h...
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A centralized resistance effort: ResistMap helps keep everyone one step ahead of Donald Trump’s deportation schemes.
Want to Help Fight ICE Raids? There’s a Map for That.
This group has developed a new app to help keep everyone one step ahead of Donald Trump’s deportation schemes.
newrepublic.com
March 13, 2025 at 1:46 PM
A centralized resistance effort: ResistMap helps keep everyone one step ahead of Donald Trump’s deportation schemes.
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Before the election, I warned that there is no safe haven under authoritarianism.
If they can ship Kilmar Abrego Garcia to a foreign prison—accused of no crime, with no trial—they can do it to anyone.
Americans of conscience must stand against this now.
If they can ship Kilmar Abrego Garcia to a foreign prison—accused of no crime, with no trial—they can do it to anyone.
Americans of conscience must stand against this now.
April 16, 2025 at 8:10 PM
Before the election, I warned that there is no safe haven under authoritarianism.
If they can ship Kilmar Abrego Garcia to a foreign prison—accused of no crime, with no trial—they can do it to anyone.
Americans of conscience must stand against this now.
If they can ship Kilmar Abrego Garcia to a foreign prison—accused of no crime, with no trial—they can do it to anyone.
Americans of conscience must stand against this now.
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Thirty-eight of 43 experts cut last month from the boards that review the science and research that happens in laboratories at the National Institutes of Health are female, Black or Hispanic, according to an analysis by the chairs of a dozen of the boards.
Women, minorities fired in purge of NIH science review boards
Scientists, with expertise in fields that include mental health, cancer and infectious disease, typically serve five-year terms and were not given a reason for their dismissal.
www.washingtonpost.com
April 16, 2025 at 6:46 PM
Thirty-eight of 43 experts cut last month from the boards that review the science and research that happens in laboratories at the National Institutes of Health are female, Black or Hispanic, according to an analysis by the chairs of a dozen of the boards.
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In a small bit of… I can’t exactly call it good news, but a reminder that mischief is also a firm of resistance, the crosswalk bandits have struck in Seattle!
www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...
www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...
Seattle crosswalk signals hacked to imitate Jeff Bezos’ voice
South Lake Union pedestrians were surprised by a strange voice when they were waiting to cross Denny Way and Fairview Avenue on Wednesday morning.
www.seattletimes.com
April 16, 2025 at 11:25 PM
In a small bit of… I can’t exactly call it good news, but a reminder that mischief is also a firm of resistance, the crosswalk bandits have struck in Seattle!
www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...
www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...
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Autism is not a disease and these kids are not damaged, despite what HHS Secretary Kennedy says.
April 16, 2025 at 8:38 PM
Autism is not a disease and these kids are not damaged, despite what HHS Secretary Kennedy says.
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I put a hold on Ed Martin’s nomination.
He’s denied elections. Fired quality public servants. Attempted to chill free speech.
Turns out he’s also carrying water for the Kremlin.
So wholly unfit to be a U.S. Attorney.
He’s denied elections. Fired quality public servants. Attempted to chill free speech.
Turns out he’s also carrying water for the Kremlin.
So wholly unfit to be a U.S. Attorney.
April 16, 2025 at 10:50 PM
I put a hold on Ed Martin’s nomination.
He’s denied elections. Fired quality public servants. Attempted to chill free speech.
Turns out he’s also carrying water for the Kremlin.
So wholly unfit to be a U.S. Attorney.
He’s denied elections. Fired quality public servants. Attempted to chill free speech.
Turns out he’s also carrying water for the Kremlin.
So wholly unfit to be a U.S. Attorney.
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This is a concession by the U.S. government that its “arrangement” with El Salvador is irrevocable. To me this has to be grounds to argue that the arrangement itself is unconstitutional under the Fifth and Eighth Amendments
BREAKING: Trump administation attests that Kilmar Abrego Garcia is alive and secure but is under the "sovereign, domestic authority of El Salvador." storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
April 12, 2025 at 9:29 PM
This is a concession by the U.S. government that its “arrangement” with El Salvador is irrevocable. To me this has to be grounds to argue that the arrangement itself is unconstitutional under the Fifth and Eighth Amendments
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But as I told Medscape this week:
“Even in modern times infectious disease can still take a deadly toll, and without vaccinations, those numbers would be far worse. It’s just not a risk worth taking. ‘Healthy people still die everyday from infectious diseases.’”
“Even in modern times infectious disease can still take a deadly toll, and without vaccinations, those numbers would be far worse. It’s just not a risk worth taking. ‘Healthy people still die everyday from infectious diseases.’”
April 11, 2025 at 10:04 PM
But as I told Medscape this week:
“Even in modern times infectious disease can still take a deadly toll, and without vaccinations, those numbers would be far worse. It’s just not a risk worth taking. ‘Healthy people still die everyday from infectious diseases.’”
“Even in modern times infectious disease can still take a deadly toll, and without vaccinations, those numbers would be far worse. It’s just not a risk worth taking. ‘Healthy people still die everyday from infectious diseases.’”
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It is a massive TAX HIKE on the middle class and poor and sending it to the rich. Talk about blantant transfer of wealth @lizardrath.bsky.social
“…US Treasury secretary Janet Yellen has said the tariff policies could cost the average American household $4,000 a year. She told CNN: “This is the worst self-inflicted wound that I have ever seen an administration impose on a well-functioning economy.”
Markets slide further amid fears of escalating US-China trade war
April 12, 2025 at 9:59 PM
It is a massive TAX HIKE on the middle class and poor and sending it to the rich. Talk about blantant transfer of wealth @lizardrath.bsky.social
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The most dangerous gang in America. DT-47.
April 12, 2025 at 10:34 PM
The most dangerous gang in America. DT-47.
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How is Ron DeSantis going to explain stealing $10 million in MEDICAID dollars with his wife and funneling it onto political campaigns?!?!?
I'm sure he's writing a personal check to Pam Bondi ask we speak.
I'm sure he's writing a personal check to Pam Bondi ask we speak.
Donors gave big to DeSantis’ marijuana campaign after getting $10M from Hope Florida
Public records and documents released by the Hope Florida Foundation show how millions flowed from charity to big donors to the governor’s anti Amendment 3 campaign.
www.miamiherald.com
April 11, 2025 at 10:37 PM
How is Ron DeSantis going to explain stealing $10 million in MEDICAID dollars with his wife and funneling it onto political campaigns?!?!?
I'm sure he's writing a personal check to Pam Bondi ask we speak.
I'm sure he's writing a personal check to Pam Bondi ask we speak.
Please read this article. This family has fought too long for this to go nowhere.
www.startribune.com/allison-luss...
www.startribune.com/allison-luss...
Allison Lussier’s death was suspicious. Her family says Minneapolis police didn’t fully investigate.
An abusive ex was immediately identified as a possible suspect. A year later, he’s never faced charges. Authorities believed evidence pointed to drug use instead.
www.startribune.com
March 29, 2025 at 3:29 PM
Please read this article. This family has fought too long for this to go nowhere.
www.startribune.com/allison-luss...
www.startribune.com/allison-luss...