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Jim Sullivan

@jdsullivan1960.bsky.social
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I read and write poetry, love books and art. Small town lefty. That's my late llama Accie in the picture. Spouse, parent, gardener, retired community college English teacher.

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Jim Sullivan @jdsullivan1960.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Every year, unawares, we pass the date of his death. We live through it as an ordinary day, not knowing what a great festival echoes back upon us from the future. Celebrate every day as though it were the day.
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Jim Sullivan @jdsullivan1960.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Inability to admit one has made a mistake, as well as inability to apologize, reveals a lack of character.
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 21/09/2026
28 years ago.
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Zach Weinersmith @zachweinersmith.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Better slogan: No read book? Book too much words? Try robot!
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Jim Sullivan @jdsullivan1960.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
I've begun reading Proust. This is delicious. I think I'll be reading him slowly. Oh, it's good to be retired.
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Miaganga @miaganga.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
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Jim Sullivan @jdsullivan1960.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
Time for me to switch over to Mapquest
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Jim Sullivan @jdsullivan1960.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
Parton puts to shame the oligarchs with their mindless accumulation. She had better things to do with her money.
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Elli @ellipsis.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
Every glass of water you drink, is a little less water for the data centers. Stay hydrated.
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Jim Sullivan @jdsullivan1960.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
My books have had tiny sales. Not many humans have read them, much less AI. But how do I find out if I am on the list of authors getting money from Anthropic?
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 17/07/2026
to hear Trump tell it, American elections were completely corrupted while he was president and he was helpless to stop it, then they were cleaned up by Biden ahead of Trump's victory in 2024, and now that Trump is president again they are once again becoming third world caliber
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Jim Sullivan @jdsullivan1960.bsky.social · 12/07/2026
He's right. My book Shibboleth, several years old, retelling some of the more barbaric Bible stories: Samson, Jephthah, and King Saul, as well as Amos
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Jim Sullivan @jdsullivan1960.bsky.social · 11/07/2026
This is beautiful
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Jim Sullivan @jdsullivan1960.bsky.social · 13/06/2026
Ding! Ding! We have a new record, and now, since the scoreboard goes only to 999,999,999,999, it resets to zero.
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nathanboy16.bsky.social @nathanboy16.bsky.social · 12/06/2026
May 2026. It just keeps getting worse...
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Jim Sullivan @jdsullivan1960.bsky.social · 07/06/2026
What a weird, self-contradictory headline. Don't they have editors?
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Jim Sullivan @jdsullivan1960.bsky.social · 06/06/2026
He was all zippedy, and no doo-dah.
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Jim Sullivan @jdsullivan1960.bsky.social · 30/04/2026
I've started reading John McPhee's Annals of the Former World. Oh, what gorgeous prose--the rhythms of his paragraphs, the sudden shifts of tone and vocabulary, the surprises he embeds in his sentences, the utter flamboyance everywhere.
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 27/04/2026
TRUMP: "I am not a pedophile." O'DONNELL: "OK" TRUMP: "The proper term, Norah, and you're so mean for not saying this, but I'll say it, the proper term is 'ephebophile.' It's a beautiful word, and it means I'm attracted to teenagers, not little kids. It's just those sexy sexy teenagers, Norah."
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Alex Steffen @alexsteffen.bsky.social · 06/04/2026
I hadn't seen this before. This is pretty remarkable. Earth and Moon in one NASA photo. ht @astrokatie.com
Earth and Moon from DSCOVR NASA's Earth Polychromatic Imaging Camera (EPIC) aboard the Deep Space Climate Observatory (DSCOVR) satellite captured this unique view of the Moon as it moved in front of the sunlit side of Earth last month. This view shows the fully illuminated “dark side” of the moon that is never visible from Earth. Ian Regan processed this version of the image to account for the Moon's motion. NASA / NOAA / Ian Regan
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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 12/03/2026
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DrDinD.bsky.social @drdind.bsky.social · 05/03/2026
#SaveActTaxesVoters 🧵The 24th Amendment, passed in 1964, prevents the use of a poll tax to prevent voting. The SAVE Act in all its various forms will require proof of citizenship for voter registration, and acquiring a birth certificate or passport for this costs $.
Repeated phrase 6x: 
THE SAVE ACT IS A POLL TAX

MAKING PEOPLE BUY NEW IDS? 
THAT'S JUST A POLL TAX WIRH NEW PACKAGIng

LDF
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Tea Pain @teapainusa.bsky.social · 02/03/2026
This should be front-page news.
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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 19/02/2026
Justice for Dr. Linda Davis. ICE must be held accountable for the deadly chain of events and the cruel aftermath. Her memory lives on in every life she touched.
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Jim Sullivan @jdsullivan1960.bsky.social · 05/02/2026
Washington Post: Democracy dies in darkness. Bezos: I am the darkness.
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Malena-PRO-CHOICE 🌊 🟦🟧Fighting Tyranny! @malena.bsky.social · 31/01/2026
BREAKING🚨 This 16-year-old boy was beaten bloody & given a serious head injury by ICE for merely video taping! I'm sure just like in the story below about Alberto Mondragon who's skull they fractured in 8 places & Alex Pretti who they shot in cold blood, they will lie about this, too! ABOLISH ICE!
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 31/01/2026
This is just insane. It’s only a matter of time before DHS kills another innocent person here. (clip via MPR and @davidjbier.bsky.social on X)
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Molly Ploofkins @mollyploofkins.bsky.social · 10/01/2026
ICE in Minnesota...
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Jim Sullivan @jdsullivan1960.bsky.social · 10/01/2026
According to Vance, Good is Bad. Yes, we've reached that point in public discourse.
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John Pavlovitz @johnpavlovitz.bsky.social · 07/01/2026
Identify him.
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Jim Sullivan @jdsullivan1960.bsky.social · 04/01/2026
Katie Miller says Greenland is next. If the US attacks Greenland, it will be attacking a NATO member, Denmark. This will bind all of NATO members to defend Danish territory. The US will be at war with NATO.
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Jim Sullivan @jdsullivan1960.bsky.social · 03/01/2026
The attack on Venezuela is like Othello's murder of Desdemona (or like the invasion of Iraq)--no thought to what will follow the moment of violence.
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Jim Sullivan @jdsullivan1960.bsky.social · 03/01/2026
People may now need to read American Hero, the novel on which Wag the Dog was based. Rather than an imaginary war, as in the movie, it focuses on the Persian Gulf War--or the build-up to it, anyway--as a distraction useful to an increasingly unpopular president.
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Jim Sullivan @jdsullivan1960.bsky.social · 23/12/2025
In case you don't have it, here's a link to the 60 Minutes story the Trumpists had spiked. www.thereset.news/p/breaking-h...
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BREAKING: Here’s the 60 Minutes Segment Trump and CBS News Executives Don’t Want You to See
Hours before it was set to air last night, CBS News executives pulled the segment, but Canada’s Global TV app received it prior to broadcast.
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Hoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 07/11/2025
Well, that certainly cleared that up.
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 05/11/2025
This really hasn’t gotten enough attention this week. @wired.com #ICE www.wired.com/story/fbi-wa...
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Jim Sullivan @jdsullivan1960.bsky.social · 28/10/2025
When Bruce Rauner was gov. of IL, he refused to negotiate a budget for 2 1/2 years. It was a mess. His fellow Rs in DC may be following his model. The impasse may not be resolved until Jan. '27--if then. Failing to govern does not bother either T or Johnson.
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Morgan J Freeman @mjfree.bsky.social · 24/10/2025
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Dave Jorgenson @davejorgenson.bsky.social · 22/10/2025
Why does everyone keep calling it “The Epstein Ballroom?” Please stop repeating “The Epstein Ballroom” because it is not called “The Epstein Ballroom!” Don’t tell the news that it’s called “The Epstein Ballroom” and please don’t repost this!!!!!
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Popehat @kenwhite.bsky.social · 23/10/2025
I for one think the Epstein Ballroom will be magnificent. I love the decor theme of “what if Uday Hussein ran a Ramada Inn.” And giving it a theme song everyone will associate with it is a stroke of brilliance! “Thank Heaven for Little Girls” is very catchy.
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Frank D’Elia @frankd7.bsky.social · 22/10/2025
Best description of ICE
Post on X by Adam Johnson  
Adam Johnson
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there are many ways of looking at ICE's recent terror campaign but probably the most salient is a bunch of people who can't get real jobs harassing and kidnapping people with real jobs
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Jim Sullivan @jdsullivan1960.bsky.social · 18/10/2025
Remember, friends, that the zillions who showed up today are the tip of the iceberg. #Nokings
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Jim Sullivan @jdsullivan1960.bsky.social · 18/10/2025
With 700 other people in Baraboo, WI today. #nokings
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 14/10/2025
It’s amazing how all the reporting is just memory-holing this part
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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 13/10/2025
The only violence I’ve been seeing in Portland is from the so-called Feds!!! Keep sharing these videos; it’s evidence.
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LongTime🤓FirstTime👨‍💻 @longtimehistory.bsky.social · 13/10/2025
ICE use tear gas on families in Chicago residential neighborhood—just because citizens gather to film. "Tear gas was deployed in our backyard right next to the Lutheran church," wrote Megan Elk. Just 3 days after judge prohibited tear gas from being used on protesters, clergy, or journalists.
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Miaganga @miaganga.bsky.social · 11/10/2025
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Guardrails of Democracy @demguardrails.bsky.social · 11/10/2025
ICE tactics in Chicago are escalating. Crashing into a woman’s car so they can grab her is unconscionable!
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 11/10/2025
Echoes of a very dark past. From the Chicago Sun Times: chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...
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