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Sue Sullivan she/her

@isness.bsky.social
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former journalist who appreciates informed and nuanced takes on current events, deconstructing a lifetime of personal conditioning and collective programming, and marveling at the unfolding of it all.

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Daily Wah (red pandas) @dailywah.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Daily red panda carving a pumpkin!
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Governor Gavin Newsom @governor.ca.gov · 13h
I am directing the State Threat Assessment Center to actively monitor the situation in the event that foreign actors interpret the President’s remarks as an invitation to target California.
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 9h
“.. Dalio said the US relies on foreign capital for about a third of its debt, and that Japan and China have already been paring their holdings.” @bloomberg.com www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 9h
COOK POLITICAL: “.. We now estimate Democrats will pick up between two and six seats -- squarely within the range of four seats they need.” @cookpolitical.com www.cookpolitical.com/analysis/sen...
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 6h
“.. Distressed leveraged loans … a nearly 90% jump over the past 12 months ..” @bloomberg.com www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 5h
“.. Each hour, Muse updates its dossiers on you and the people you’ve mentioned in chats, messages, and emails that Muse has read. .. Even people who don’t use Muse are subject to this mapping process by other people’s Muse agents.” @time.com $META time.com/article/2026...
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 5h
SENTIMENTRADER: “.. S&P 500 closed at a record high. With twice as many lows as highs on the NYSE. Here's every date the S&P closed at a record and the NYSE low/high ratio was > 2: 6/22/29...2.1 12/3/99...2.0 12/21/99...4.2 12/22/99...4.1 12/23/99...2.3 12/29/99...2.4 10/6/26...2.6”
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 4h
“.. Oil market turmoil will continue beyond next year, executives said at the conference on Monday, as it could take years to refill inventories on top of meeting global demand.” @reuters.com ⛽️ www.reuters.com/business/ene...
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Sue Sullivan she/her @isness.bsky.social · 3h
“Can all these people eventually turn this into something profitable? I think they will… I do think there will be trillions of dollars of profits that are up for grabs in the future, but just not in this super-accelerated timeline that is required to justify the investments.”
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"Online Rent-a-Sage" Bret Devereaux @bretdevereaux.bsky.social · 3h
I am struck that the political theory of MAGA in Trump 2.0 is the GOP can win without sound or moral government if everyone throws red meat to the cameras as the occasional bribe. You see it with Trump, Patel, Hegseth, all of them. Anyway, Trump's approval is at, like, -23, so...no luck on that.
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Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 6h
New YouGov US Senate: TEXAS 🟦 Talarico: 50% 🟥 Paxton: 44% OHIO 🟦 Brown: 49% 🟥 Husted (inc): 45% KANSAS 🟦 Hamilton: 48% 🟥 Marshall (inc): 45% NEBRASKA 🟨 Osborn: 48% 🟥 Ricketts (inc): 47% MICHIGAN 🟦 El-Sayed: 49% 🟥 Rogers: 48%
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New York Attorney General Letitia James @newyorkstateag.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. and the CDC have stopped recommending seven vaccines for children, including vaccines that protect against hepatitis B, RSV, and meningitis. These vaccines have kept millions of children out of the hospital and saved countless lives. I'm suing.
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AW Sylwester @aw-sylwester.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
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Anna E. Cook @annaecook.com · 05/10/2026
Now that I know I'm neurodivergent AND my flavor of neurodivergent, I've completely changed my life. Therapy is more effective, food/movement is easier to manage, hard moments aren't as hard. I am happier, despite everything. It's so nice y'all. I wouldn't have ever thought it could be this nice.
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Melody Cool @googlerinchief.blacksky.app · 6h
Do not drop out of school. If this ruling stands, it's only for his final 2 years in office. You can probably continue to earn transferable credits and / or get your Associates Degree at your local community college for free or a very low cost. Keep playing the game. Don't let him stop you.
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Zoomer Antimillenarian @surcomplicated.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
I mean, the polls weren't great for Lula and they aren't quite as bad for Bibi as we'd hope, but here in the US of A they are apocalyptic for Dear Leader and his minions. We should be worried about what can go wrong. But what evidence we have suggests things are going to go quite well.
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Taniel @taniel.bsky.social · 9h
YouGov also released six other polls. Other Dem or Indy leads: —Pappas leads 51/43 —Talarico leads 50/44 —Brown leads 49/45 —Osborn up 48/47 —El-Sayed up 49/48 That'd be +5 for Dems before getting to NC, ME, and IA. BUT many tight ones. GOP lead in Florida of 49/44 for Moody.
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Jeff Mac @jeffmacishere.bsky.social · 17/01/2025
swear to god, if it turns out I'm currently "living my best life" I am going to be fucking furious
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 8h
🚨BREAKING: GOP lawyer Cleta Mitchell and convicted election denier Tina Peters are pushing a scheme to have Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick seize voting machines, as part of a broader effort for the Trump administration to interfere with the midterm vote. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
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Election deniers Cleta Mitchell and Tina Peters want Trump’s commerce secretary to seize voting machines
The problem? No federal official can seize control of election administration from the states and counties, who hold the power run elections under the U.S. Constitution.
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rahaeli @rahaeli.bsky.social · 21h
And yeah, low risk, AND people tend to put off getting vaccinated if they know it will make them feel like ass for 3-5 days, so if it means people don't postpone their vaccinations, it's definitely worth it: the long term health effects of every additional COVID infection are that bad!
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rahaeli @rahaeli.bsky.social · 21h
So for people who have had a dose before and know they take it really hard, the antihistamines are likely to be effective in reducing the malaise to "just" the usual immune response, instead of immune response plus MC degranulation.
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Rebecca Watson @skepchick.org · 06/10/2026
On Last Week Tonight, John Oliver points out that the Secret Service is so broken that “another Butler, PA” (assassination attempt) is basically, like, super easy for someone to do right now. Also JD takes frequent unplanned trips with slipshod security. Huh. Interesting youtu.be/XQ-Xnzj_uz4?...
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The Secret Service: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
EVERCORE: “.. We expect Trump will continue to test the bounds of executive authority irrespective of what happens in the midterms. .. And, in fact, freed from the politics of the midterms and focused on his long-term legacy, he will likely become even more emboldened in some areas.”
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Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Air passengers flying into Moscow from Irkutsk where a lab technician died of the plague are now being given mandatory temperature checks by masked staff before they’re allowed to disembark.
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Aaron Becker @aaronjbecker.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Every river in North America, every day for two years. The combined flow to the sea sinks as low as 53,000 m³/s in winter and swells past 290,000 by late June, more than quadrupling each spring. Data: GloFAS, @copernicusecmwf.bsky.social #rivers #dataviz #hydrology
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Walter Olson @walterolson.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
"South Korea has already run the experiment. Its law requires the National Assembly to vote on presidential impeachment by anonymous ballot, and that rule has now removed two presidents." [@andycraig.bsky.social]
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A Democratic Senate Should Adopt Secret Impeachment Ballots on a Priority Basis
Such a change, requiring no constitutional amendment, would free senators to vote their judgment instead of their fears
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Some 52-week lows: McDonalds Lowe's Lululemon Las Vegas Sands PepsiCo Constellation Brands AutoZone Charter Trade Desk Aon Pentair Rollins Weyerhauser @cnbc.com
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
“.. The only major economy that has seen its 10-year bond yield rise more than the U.S. this year is France, where Ed Yardeni says the government there ‘may be on the verge of a full-blown debt crisis.’” 🇫🇷 @kopack.bsky.social
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FinTwitter @fintwitter.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
US 30-YEAR TREASURY YIELD RISES TO 5.69%, NEW HIGH SINCE 2002
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
NYC COMPTROLLER MARK LEVINE: “.. Early warning signs are mounting that AI is already impacting the job market in NYC. .. New data just out show entry-level job postings in the city are way down in the careers most exposed to AI. .. This is coming fast and we are doing almost nothing about it.”
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Jesse Felder @jessefelder.com · 05/10/2026
‘If you want to know where inflation is heading, look at the price of diesel. Diesel moves the trucks, trains, tractors, and construction equipment that everything else depends on, so its cost works its way into final goods prices across the economy.’ sarmayakar.substack.com/p/rock-and-a...
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Elizabeth Anne, PhD @lacksauthority.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
never the wrong time for this classic
Screenshot of a tweet by @RobbtKraft reading “scientist: "does everyone here know what Watson and Crick discovered?" 
me from back of room: "Rosalind Franklin's notes"”
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Dax 🏳️‍⚧️🏴🇵🇸🌲 @trillsymbiont.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Students at Cornell are making beautifully radical demands to remove the power of every person responsible for the Cornell 7 case
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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Since this summer, ICE has been arresting asylum applicants at airports. Many came legally, then applied for asylum. They have been here for years just stuck in a massive line, working and paying taxes while they wait. No prior admin would have arrested them. Their “overstay” is due to DHS delay.
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Michael McDonald @electproject.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
This is happening on steroids nationally
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Diedrich Bader @diedrichbader.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
“This is for my boy Paul mthrfkr!”
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Parkrose Permaculture @parkroseperma.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
1. Obvious bribe is obvious 2. This is an example of financial narcissistic abuse. 3. Republicans already control the House and the Senate, so he could've given every American $5000 anytime in the last year and a half and Republicans would have rubber stamped it. Promises dangled, promises broken.
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Sarah Andersen @sarahseeandersen.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
The image is of a four panel comic. The title reads "Poltergeist".
In the first panel we see a woman with a worried expression on her face. She says, "stuff keeps moving around my house."
In the second panel the same woman says "I'm terrified. I can't sleep."
In the third panel we see a ghost holding a candle and a pillow that reads "live laugh love". The ghost is zooming through the house.
In the fourth panel we see the same ghost hanging up a frame and thinking, "home decor is my passion".
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Kassie Navarro @kassien.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Susan Collins claims that @propublica.org’s reporting about CEO Martin Kao’s bribery allegations took him at his word. That’s not true. We reviewed a trove of FBI evidence and legal records. 📽️ Here’s how we independently corroborated much of Kao’s account. www.youtube.com/watch?v=jqyi...
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We Uncovered Bribery Allegations Against Susan Collins
YouTube video by ProPublica
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Taniel @taniel.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
GOP ads right now are all about attacking trans people. Over, and over, and over. I was a gay teen in 2004 watching the Bush campaign try to win on attacking gay marriage, but the resort to this hate drive in campaign ads feels so dialed up now. I can’t imagine being an lgbt kid watching tv today.
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Endless corruption.
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Noah Berlatsky @nberlat.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
nyt/sienna has had relatively bad numbers for Ds, but not in this one. Talarico by 6?! Peltola by 7?!
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Ryan Hisner @ryanhisner.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Had no idea how common dengue has become in Florida. Per the CDC, >1000 non-travel-associated US dengue cases in 2026, mostly Florida. A guy I ran cross-country with in high school lost a teenage daughter to dengue last year. Can't believe this isn't big news. www.microbe.tv/twiv/twiv-13...
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TWiV 1362: Clinical Update with Dr. Daniel Griffin
In his weekly clinical update, Daniel Griffin and Vincent Racaniello continue their ongoing exasperation over 5 deaths in Pennsylvania associated with measles infections, the absurdity of RFK Jr.’s st...
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Raw Story @rawstory.com · 03/10/2026
President Donald Trump's promise of about $100 checks for certain seniors drew backlash from some of his own supporters on Truth Social, where several called the amount insulting.
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Furious MAGA fans rebel against Trump over his new 'bribe': 'Won't even fill my tank'
President Donald Trump's promise of about $100 checks for certain seniors drew backlash from some of his own supporters on Truth Social, where several called the amount insulting.On Friday night, Trump announced that his administration would "immediately" start sending "Checks" of "nearly $100" to m...
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Josh Barnes @jgraydonbarnes.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
If Dems prevail, they’re going to need to emulate the Mamdani playbook and get shit done for working peoples. Or the revolution will be short-lived.
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Dante Atkins @danteatkins.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
One of the other strong possibilities here isn't just Dems adding, it's also MAGA subtracting. It's important to remember that Trump brought out a lot of people who wouldn't vote otherwise. As long as Trump was succeeding, those people often voted in midterms. But now? It's "broken promises."
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Sue Sullivan she/her @isness.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Flutrackers has a useful thread up on this now. flutrackers.com/threads/russ...
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Russia - The woman died of the plague in Shelekhov - about 200 contacts quarantined - October 2, 2026
The woman who died of the plague in Shelekhov worked as a lab technician and broke a test tube containing the infectious agent. About 200 of her contacts have been quarantined. October 2, 2026· The gi...
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Taniel @taniel.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Combining all 8 NYT polls from September, & assuming everything not polled goes to expectation (including NC to Dem), by margin of the NYT poll you'd get: Texas as Dems' seat #49, Alaska as seat #50, Ohio at #51 (Dem +3); Kansas #52 (tie); Iowa #53 (Dem -1); Maine #54 (Dem -3).
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Taniel @taniel.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
The NYT dropped 5 major Senate polls this morning — and they tell you exactly why the GOP is freaking out about the Senate. Alaska: Peltola up 50/43 Texas: Talarico up 51/45 Ohio: Brown up 49/46 Kansas: a 45/45 tie Iowa: Hinson up 48/47.
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George Pearkes @peark.es · 02/10/2026
I enjoy whenever someone goes after vibes-based arguments with actual data and an analytical framework, to the point that they are bold all caps hollering. Love it.
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On Polling Error: Zoom Out
Donald Trump is in his second term overseeing high gas prices and well above target inflation, a foreign war nobody likes, and was elected despite his deep unpopularity to begin with.
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