Jim Sullivan @jdsullivan1960.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Every 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. 000
Jim Sullivan @jdsullivan1960.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Inability to admit one has made a mistake, as well as inability to apologize, reveals a lack of character. 001
Reposted by Jim SullivanZach Weinersmith @zachweinersmith.bsky.social · 16/09/2026Better slogan: No read book? Book too much words? Try robot! 1622831
Jim Sullivan @jdsullivan1960.bsky.social · 12/09/2026I've begun reading Proust. This is delicious. I think I'll be reading him slowly. Oh, it's good to be retired. 010
Jim Sullivan @jdsullivan1960.bsky.social · 30/08/2026Parton puts to shame the oligarchs with their mindless accumulation. She had better things to do with her money. 000
Reposted by Jim SullivanElli @ellipsis.bsky.social · 06/08/2026Every glass of water you drink, is a little less water for the data centers. Stay hydrated. 854746977
Jim Sullivan @jdsullivan1960.bsky.social · 22/07/2026My 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? 101
Reposted by Jim SullivanAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 17/07/2026to 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 20688552610
Jim Sullivan @jdsullivan1960.bsky.social · 12/07/2026He'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 010
Jim Sullivan @jdsullivan1960.bsky.social · 13/06/2026Ding! Ding! We have a new record, and now, since the scoreboard goes only to 999,999,999,999, it resets to zero. 010
Reposted by Jim Sullivannathanboy16.bsky.social @nathanboy16.bsky.social · 12/06/2026May 2026. It just keeps getting worse... 26948661661
Jim Sullivan @jdsullivan1960.bsky.social · 07/06/2026What a weird, self-contradictory headline. Don't they have editors? 010
Jim Sullivan @jdsullivan1960.bsky.social · 30/04/2026I'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. 040
Reposted by Jim SullivanKevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 27/04/2026TRUMP: "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." 441311190
Reposted by Jim SullivanAlex Steffen @alexsteffen.bsky.social · 06/04/2026I hadn't seen this before. This is pretty remarkable. Earth and Moon in one NASA photo. ht @astrokatie.com 2228595192
Reposted by Jim SullivanDrDinD.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 $. 48352
Reposted by Jim SullivanTea Pain @teapainusa.bsky.social · 02/03/2026This should be front-page news. 11348168
Reposted by Jim SullivanChristopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 19/02/2026Justice 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. 14437451893
Jim Sullivan @jdsullivan1960.bsky.social · 05/02/2026Washington Post: Democracy dies in darkness. Bezos: I am the darkness. 030
Reposted by Jim SullivanMalena-PRO-CHOICE 🌊 🟦🟧Fighting Tyranny! @malena.bsky.social · 31/01/2026BREAKING🚨 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! 611184810
Reposted by Jim SullivanAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 31/01/2026This 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) 17432909213125
Reposted by Jim SullivanMolly Ploofkins @mollyploofkins.bsky.social · 10/01/2026ICE in Minnesota... 5733798
Jim Sullivan @jdsullivan1960.bsky.social · 10/01/2026According to Vance, Good is Bad. Yes, we've reached that point in public discourse. 020
Reposted by Jim SullivanJohn Pavlovitz @johnpavlovitz.bsky.social · 07/01/2026Identify him. 22524831767
Jim Sullivan @jdsullivan1960.bsky.social · 04/01/2026Katie 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. 030
Jim Sullivan @jdsullivan1960.bsky.social · 03/01/2026The 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. 010
Jim Sullivan @jdsullivan1960.bsky.social · 03/01/2026People 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. 020
Jim Sullivan @jdsullivan1960.bsky.social · 23/12/2025In 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...thereset.newsBREAKING: Here’s the 60 Minutes Segment Trump and CBS News Executives Don’t Want You to SeeHours 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. 011
Reposted by Jim SullivanHoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 07/11/2025Well, that certainly cleared that up. 36477992066
Reposted by Jim SullivanCarl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 05/11/2025This really hasn’t gotten enough attention this week. @wired.com #ICE www.wired.com/story/fbi-wa... 10423127614904
Jim Sullivan @jdsullivan1960.bsky.social · 28/10/2025When 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. 030
Reposted by Jim SullivanDave Jorgenson @davejorgenson.bsky.social · 22/10/2025Why 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!!!!! 774224699902
Reposted by Jim SullivanPopehat @kenwhite.bsky.social · 23/10/2025I 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. 517195634726
Reposted by Jim SullivanFrank D’Elia @frankd7.bsky.social · 22/10/2025Best description of ICE 16683204
Jim Sullivan @jdsullivan1960.bsky.social · 18/10/2025Remember, friends, that the zillions who showed up today are the tip of the iceberg. #Nokings 010
Jim Sullivan @jdsullivan1960.bsky.social · 18/10/2025With 700 other people in Baraboo, WI today. #nokings 020
Reposted by Jim SullivanThe Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 14/10/2025It’s amazing how all the reporting is just memory-holing this part 469185267988
Reposted by Jim SullivanChristopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 13/10/2025The only violence I’ve been seeing in Portland is from the so-called Feds!!! Keep sharing these videos; it’s evidence. 15422354713757
Reposted by Jim SullivanLongTime🤓FirstTime👨💻 @longtimehistory.bsky.social · 13/10/2025ICE 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. 24235
Reposted by Jim SullivanGuardrails of Democracy @demguardrails.bsky.social · 11/10/2025ICE tactics in Chicago are escalating. Crashing into a woman’s car so they can grab her is unconscionable! 1631368925
Reposted by Jim SullivanThe Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 11/10/2025Echoes of a very dark past. From the Chicago Sun Times: chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/... 12941291264