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Dave Sullivan

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I study networks. Science, tech, politics, music, dog, Boston. Personal account, opinions are solely my own.

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Dave Sullivan @davesullivan.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Got to my Boston MBTA orange line stop thinking maintenance was over and nope, one more day. Whose idea was it to END on a Monday? At least I’m getting my inbox cleared out while riding the shuttle.
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James Ball @jamesrball.com · 22/08/2026
Gonna briefly do an AI take: it used to be possible to have interesting discussions about AI here, and it's got progressively less so. You can't just think AI is bad, or overhyped, you've also got to subscribe to a very particular worst-case scenario about *how* it's bad and how bad it is.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 12/07/2026
this, for me, is the defining Lindsey Graham statement
If we nominate Trump, we will get destroyed.......and we will deserve it.
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Andrew Lawrence @ndrew.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
this countrys fetish for punishing those we decide are unworthy of help at the expense of all of us is so completely bat shit
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Seth Abramson @sethabramson.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
FFS
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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 13/05/2026
I can’t express how disappointed I am in John Fetterman. I was so excited when he was first elected to the Senate, but he’s now been reduced to this.
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John Moe @johnmoe.bsky.social · 09/04/2026
Happy Confederate Surrender Day from Minnesota where we still have your goddamn flag and we’re not giving it up. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/28th_Vi...
The 28th Virginia battle flag is a Confederate battle flag that belonged to the 28th Virginia Infantry Regiment. Captured by the 1st Minnesota Infantry Regiment at the Battle of Gettysburg, the flag was brought to Minnesota and exhibited at the state's capitol for several years before passing into the permanent collection of the Minnesota Historical Society after 1896 where it has remained since.
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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 07/04/2026
"Even if you produce more oil than you consume, you still pay the same global price for oil everyone else pays & thus still suffer from supply constrictions & high prices." This basic, elementary fact -- global energy markets 101 -- refutes basically the entire GOP energy policy & worldview.
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Patrick Chovanec @prchovanec.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
Today be like:
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Patrick Chovanec @prchovanec.bsky.social · 04/03/2026
We need more moral leadership in this country, and less political leadership. I don't mean preachers. I mean people who serve as a quiet example in our everyday lives, of what doing the right thing looks like.
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Patrick Cosmos @veryimportant.lawyer · 20/02/2026
little domino: scotus strikes down trump tariffs big domino: chief justice kyle rittenhouse
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Oliver Willis @owillis.bsky.social · 19/02/2026
Merrick Garland reading the South Korea news like “I don’t get it.”
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Patrick Chovanec @prchovanec.bsky.social · 31/01/2026
Every time they release more Epstein files, it’s like “oh, THAT’s why they didn’t want to release them.”
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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 27/01/2026
This is one of my favorite charts because the obvious implication is ... obvious, but you absolutely are not allowed to say it out loud in US public discourse.
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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 19/12/2025
I just gave my 20yo a rundown of the day's news, and he said, "It's all so dumb, it's hard to take seriously and so it's hard to fight. We'd be better at fighting smarter authoritarians!" "We'd be better at fighting smarter authoritarians" is going to stick with me.
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R.J. White @rjwhite1.bsky.social · 05/11/2025
Perhaps the reason for the most hope is that the public seems to be rejecting the Republican news environment prevalent across virtually all media. Voters aren't falling for it, as overwhelming as it has felt to watch our institutions fall. They can handle the truth!
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Dave Sullivan @davesullivan.bsky.social · 03/11/2025
For the second time in the past week, I almost got ran over crossing the street at a marked crosswalk by a distracted driver who only braked when I screamed.
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Andrew Lawrence @ndrew.bsky.social · 25/09/2025
i really wish our law enforcement and media werent telegraphing to mass shooters that messages written on bullets will be breathlessly and uncritically publicized with no further examination
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NY Times Pitchbot @nytpitchbot.bsky.social · 24/07/2025
Put the Epstein files on the blockchain. by Andrew Yang
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Oliver Willis @owillis.bsky.social · 02/07/2025
CBS News should just change their name to Trump News, cause after the bribe that’s all it is.
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TM @travellingmatt78.bsky.social · 27/05/2025
This analysis is pretty spot-on:
liberalcurrents.com
The Present Crisis and the End of the Long '90s
The constitutional settlement that governed America from the end of the Volcker Shock in 1982 to the re-election of Donald Trump in 2024 encompassed three profound domains: politics, economics, and cu...
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Dave Sullivan @davesullivan.bsky.social · 01/05/2025
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M_b_v?w...
en.wikipedia.org
m b v - Wikipedia
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Michael J. Taylor @drmichaeljtaylor.bsky.social · 29/04/2025
"Is the Pope Catholic?" would cease to be a rhetorical question.
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Katie Mack @astrokatie.com · 09/04/2025
The problem with most machine-based random number generators is that they’re not TRULY random, so if you need genuine randomness it is sometimes necessary to link your code to an external random process like a physical noise source or the current rate of US tariffs on a given country.
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Chris Murphy @chrismurphyct.bsky.social · 03/04/2025
Those trying to understand the tariffs as economic policy are dangerously naive. No, the tariffs are a tool to collapse our democracy. A means to compel loyalty from every business that will need to petition Trump for relief. 1/ A 🧵 to explain his plan and how we fight back.
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Yell In a War @jelenawoehr.bsky.social · 24/03/2025
Jeffrey Goldberg thinking he was being pranked and then realizing he was actually just in the war plans group chat is such a good microcosm of how it feels to be alive right now, everything seems fake until you realize it’s actually real and incredibly stupid
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Adam Kinzinger @adamkinzinger.substack.com · 21/03/2025
Seems accurate
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Dave Sullivan @davesullivan.bsky.social · 14/03/2025
Perhaps one of the lesser-known facts about Boston: the turkeys mean business: www.nbcboston.com/news/local/t...
nbcboston.com
Turkey alert! Police warn of aggressive birds after parking officer's close encounter
Police in Brookline, Massachusetts, are warning residents to be on the alert for aggressive turkeys after one chased a parking enforcement officer into a building on Wednesday morning. “Brookline resi...
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Evan Sutton @evansutton.bsky.social · 27/02/2025
Air traffic controllers are required by law to retire at 56. It is a high-stress, high-intensity job that requires intense focus. The retirement rules are there to keep us all safe. This fucking guy has no clue what's he's doing.
Tweet from the world's dumbest fascist reading: there is a shortage of top notch air traffic controllers. If you have retired, but are open to returning to work, please consider doing so.
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Mark Cuban @mcuban.bsky.social · 27/02/2025
Ready Fire Aim is a lousy way to govern.
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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 19/02/2025
Today on Volts: As YIMBYs (pro-housing activists) win battles across the country, they are beginning to network & learn from one another. Momentum is building. It's exciting! I talk with two superstar activists about recent victories in New York City & Austin, TX.
volts.wtf
What YIMBYs are learning from their victories across the country
Breakthrough housing reforms in NYC and Austin offer a playbook for YIMBY success across America.
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Kat Tenbarge @kattenbarge.bsky.social · 20/02/2025
I cannot emphasize enough that the New York City subway is not scary. It’s one of my favorite parts of living here. I grew up in the suburbs having to drive on highways everywhere and that’s way scarier
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Dave Sullivan @davesullivan.bsky.social · 12/02/2025
Inside my head I’ve been pronouncing Kubernetes the same as diabetes, and I just heard someone else pronounce it for the first time, and now my day is ruined.
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Edvard I Moser @edvardmoser.bsky.social · 08/02/2025
This could be catastrophic. Consequences for US universities (and the world) may be beyond imagination.
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Dave Sullivan @davesullivan.bsky.social · 06/02/2025
Be careful out there this morning Boston -- almost slipped & fell twice just now while walking the dog, especially treacherous on unpaved surfaces and trails.
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Dave Sullivan @davesullivan.bsky.social · 03/02/2025
TIL it's "Tysons Corner", not "Tyson's Corner".
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Anand Giridharadas @anandwrites.bsky.social · 29/01/2025
Call it a purge, not a buyout. Call it a coup against Congress, not a spending pause. Call it censorship, not a review. Words matter, and we in the media have a chance to do better this time.
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Dave Sullivan @davesullivan.bsky.social · 28/01/2025
Going to be an interesting arms race to follow
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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 24/01/2025
Welp, there you have it. The "sin of empathy."
the sin of empathy
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Brian Tyler Cohen @briantylercohen.bsky.social · 19/01/2025
This is the GOP’s long con on full display.
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Dave Sullivan @davesullivan.bsky.social · 11/01/2025
Really interesting study which seems to have some implications for consciousness: www.unsw.edu.au/newsroom/new...
unsw.edu.au
Mind blindness decoded: people who can’t see with their ‘mind’s eye’ still activate their visual cortex, study finds
People with aphantasia still have a blueprint for mental imagery, even if they can’t consciously ‘see’ it.
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Dave Sullivan @davesullivan.bsky.social · 07/01/2025
The porn bot follower problem is getting really out of control on this site in the past week or so. Been having to block half a dozen a day and it's getting progressively worse.
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Dave Sullivan @davesullivan.bsky.social · 29/11/2024
Happy thanksgiving everyone!
Mr creosote from Monty Python’s meaning of life
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Oded Rechavi @odedrechavi.bsky.social · 19/11/2024
Hope I'm the first to post this all time classic on this platform
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Dave Sullivan @davesullivan.bsky.social · 14/11/2024
🫠🫠🫠 Seems we are melting the servers 🫠🫠🫠
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Dave Sullivan @davesullivan.bsky.social · 14/11/2024
🫠🫠🫠 Seems we are melting the servers 🫠🫠🫠
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Dave Sullivan @davesullivan.bsky.social · 17/11/2024
Not only have I completely abandoned Xitter, but I'm finding that this place is also cutting into the time I was spending on Reddit.
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Dave Sullivan @davesullivan.bsky.social · 16/11/2024
Saturday morning pupdate
My dog Stanley who is a Basset mix, brown with a white stripe on his face
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News Eye @newseye.bsky.social · 12/11/2024
OMG. Ferris Bueller’s Day Off was a wormhole to the future. Trying to explain tariffs when no-one is interested. Here, in 45 seconds, the US election. Anyone, anyone…
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Dave Sullivan @davesullivan.bsky.social · 12/11/2024
Woke up this morning and the song in my head was Fade into You but with Tuesday's Gone lyrics... thought to myself "someone must have tried this for real to see if it works as well as I'm imagining" and yes they have and yes it (kinda) does: www.youtube.com/watch?v=iAaZ...
youtube.com
Lynyrd Skynyrd & Mazzy Star - Tuesdays Gone (GK Mashup)
YouTube video by GK Mashups
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