Sherill Tippins
@sherilltippins.bsky.social
Author of: "February House" (W.H. Auden, Carson McCullers, Paul Bowles, Gypsy Rose Lee); "Inside the Dream Palace" (Chelsea Hotel); and soon, "The First Four Hundred" (New Amsterdam). Member of: Catskill 3500 Club (aspiring). Weathering the storm.
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Asking communities to accept or even subsidize projects that will raise their utility bills — then, eventually, threaten their jobs — is a surefire political winner.
"The Democratic sweep of gubernatorial races in Virginia and New Jersey and public service commissioner races in Georgia offers an early glimpse of what could be a sleeper issue in the 2026 midterm elections: the politics of AI infrastructure."
The under-the-radar factor that helped Democrats win in Virginia, New Jersey, and Georgia | Fortune
As the AI land rush accelerates, local fights over water, power, and land may shape who wins and loses in American politics.
fortune.com
November 5, 2025 at 11:42 PM
Asking communities to accept or even subsidize projects that will raise their utility bills — then, eventually, threaten their jobs — is a surefire political winner.
How can anyone not love this guy?
On June 24, I began my Election Night speech by quoting Mandela: “It always seems impossible until it’s done.” That's the spirit of this campaign, and our city.
This is "Until It’s Done,” a new series about New Yorkers who refused to accept that a worthy goal was impossible.
This is "Until It’s Done,” a new series about New Yorkers who refused to accept that a worthy goal was impossible.
September 16, 2025 at 2:04 PM
How can anyone not love this guy?
Reposted by Sherill Tippins
the thing I love about Zohran’s campaign is that instead of “this place fucking sucks and I alone can fix it” his message is “being a New Yorker rules, we live in the best city in the world, let’s make it even better together”
show some damn pride in the places you want to govern
show some damn pride in the places you want to govern
August 25, 2025 at 2:14 AM
the thing I love about Zohran’s campaign is that instead of “this place fucking sucks and I alone can fix it” his message is “being a New Yorker rules, we live in the best city in the world, let’s make it even better together”
show some damn pride in the places you want to govern
show some damn pride in the places you want to govern
Reposted by Sherill Tippins
NEW — I spoke to a staffer at the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children (NCMEC) about DOJ's threat to pull funding if the org didn't comply with Trump's DEI executive order, and how org leadership rolled over.
"Rather than fight back, we chose to sacrifice trans children," they said.
"Rather than fight back, we chose to sacrifice trans children," they said.
Missing children’s org removes LGBTQIA+ materials per Trump DOJ demand
A staffer at NCMEC confirms the distressing effort to comply with Trump's executive order.
www.thehandbasket.co
February 8, 2025 at 10:48 PM
NEW — I spoke to a staffer at the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children (NCMEC) about DOJ's threat to pull funding if the org didn't comply with Trump's DEI executive order, and how org leadership rolled over.
"Rather than fight back, we chose to sacrifice trans children," they said.
"Rather than fight back, we chose to sacrifice trans children," they said.
"I open my notebook to write, my pen hovering centimeters above the blank gridded page. What is there to say? What can a song, any piece of art, do at a time like this?"
More or less beauty
What is the role of the artist in times of crisis?
open.substack.com
January 18, 2025 at 12:44 AM
"I open my notebook to write, my pen hovering centimeters above the blank gridded page. What is there to say? What can a song, any piece of art, do at a time like this?"