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Brad Johnson @climatebrad.hillheat.com · 15/09/2026
I'm going to give up on fighting climate change and focus on getting reporters to stop writing headlines about random variability within the margin of error, should be easy
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Trump approval up from record low, but outlook sours for Republicans, Reuters/Ipsos poll finds
President Donald ​Trump's public approval rating rose from a record low, while Americans voiced growing support for Democrats gaining ‌power in the U.S. Congress in a Reuters/Ipsos poll taken in the d...
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ElieNYC @elienyc.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
It looks like we’re *finally* at the magic Purcell point where Kavanaugh thinks we’re too close to the election for his party to rig it.
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Robert Sullivan @robtsullivan.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
Great piece about Historic New Jersey, the Philadelphia-based record co.! substack.com/home/post/p-...
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When Record Labels and Recording Studios Are One and the Same: Getting to Know Historic New Jersey
Song of the Day, 6.24.26: "Down on Love" by Sam & Louise Sullivan
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Lisa Sorg @lisasorg.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
28-mile nat gas pipeline planned for pristine areas of Chatham County: Siler City to Moncure, near the Wake County line insideclimatenews.org/news/0705202...
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A New Enbridge Pipeline Spurs Opposition in Central North Carolina - Inside Climate News
The 28-mile conduit is part of a huge natural gas infrastructure buildout in the state that Duke Energy says is necessary to keep up with demand, especially from a coming wave of data centers.
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Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 17/03/2026
Happy St. Patrick's Day, New York.
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Bolts @boltsmag.org · 13/03/2026
In 2019, while incarcerated in Colorado, Nadia Reed refused to work for two days in one month. Her punishment was 30 days of solitary confinement. Now, a court ruling in the state could keep prisons from sending people to solitary for refusing to work.
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Judge Orders Colorado to Stop Throwing Prisoners in Solitary for Refusing to Work
Years after voters amended the state’s constitution to ban forced labor in prison, a court ruling could finally make Colorado change how prison guards “compel and coerce” work.
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Shannon Mattern @shannonmattern.bsky.social · 12/03/2026
If you're free on Friday at noon, I'm sharing "Pointing at Clouds: Indexing, Searching, and Citing in an Age of AI Smog" at the CUNY Grad Center's spring Friends of the Library lecture 👉🏽☁️ gclibrary.commons.gc.cuny.edu/2026/03/05/d...
A grid of my slides - depicting various news articles, precedent research, some of my old relevant projects Another grid of slides  - mostly depicting work from my summer 2025 Design Index residency at the Cooper HewittAnother grid of slides -- more work from the Cooper Hewitt residencyConcludin slides -- including lots of stuff about hands and index fingers and fingerprints
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Eric Blanc @ericblanc.bsky.social · 04/03/2026
55% percent of House Democrats voted for the most recent military budget Trump is setting the world on fire, but Democrats gave him the matches www.laborpolitics.com/p/cut-the-mi...
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We Spend Almost a Trillion Yearly on War. That’s Insane.
Cut the military budget in half. Bloated war spending remains a sacred cow for far too many
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William Hogeland @williamhogeland.bsky.social · 26/02/2026
The State of the Union Address is a very bad institution. williamhogeland.substack.com/p/the-worst-...
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The Worst State of the Union Address?
It's a high bar.
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Robert Sullivan @robtsullivan.bsky.social · 31/01/2026
I'm very excited to have been invited to the University of Utah, to speak at the American West Center, at @utah.edu , on February 5th. If you are in the Great Basin, please come!
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Robert Sullivan @robtsullivan.bsky.social · 15/01/2026
Register here for tonight's (THURSDAY Jan 15) event at the @nypl.bsky.social for Edward McPherson's new book, "Look Out," a beautiful rumination on the how we see the world and how the world, or at least corporations and governments, see us. I'll be Q-ing his As! www.showclix.com/event/snfllo...
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The New Yorker @newyorker.com · 05/01/2026
At the Intrepid Museum, Kathryn Bigelow, the director of “House of Dynamite, chats with an arms-control expert about duck and cover, radioactive subs, and how close we are to the end. newyorkermag.visitlink.me/fsZjMk
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Kathryn Bigelow, Catastrophe Connoisseur
At the Intrepid Museum, the “House of Dynamite” director chats with an arms-control expert about duck and cover, radioactive subs, and how close we are to the end.
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Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists @thebulletin.org · 05/01/2026
On January 27th, the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists will reveal the 2026 Doomsday Clock time. The announcement will occur during a live, in-person news conference at 10:00 a.m. ET (1500 GMT) streamed via the Bulletin‘s YouTube channel. Learn more: buff.ly/qZ9vlw5
Watch the 2026 Doomsday Clock Announcement on January 27th at 10 a.m. ET
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David Dark @daviddark.bsky.social · 30/12/2025
"Hope is a rare commodity, but if there is hope for the earth, generally it has to do with acknowledging indigenous sovereignty in the face of insatiable resource extraction." @robtsullivan.bsky.social www.nybooks.com/articles/202...
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The Third Sovereign | Robert Sullivan
If there is hope for the earth, it will depend in part on acknowledging indigenous sovereignty in the face of insatiable resource extraction.
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Anti-Colonial History @anticolonialhistry.bsky.social · 05/01/2026
On this day in 1903, the US Supreme Court decides in the Lone Wolf v. Hitchcock case that Congress can change Treaty terms without tribes' consent. anticolonialhistory.com/event/2/
Lone Wolf in Oct 1902. Public Domain. National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
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Sean T. Collins @seantcollins.com · 14/12/2025
Would you like to know how to make a zine? Here's easy step-by-step instructions on how to make your own without the use of a computer by @thorazos.bsky.social
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Bradford Pearson @bradfordpearson.bsky.social · 12/12/2025
Toll the Schuylkill Expressway
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In New York City, Congestion Pricing Leads to Marked Drop in Pollution
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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 12/12/2025
the people of this great republic yearn for locomotive transport
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The New York Review of Books @nybooks.com · 26/11/2025
“Indigenous people make up 6 percent of the world’s population, but their territory accounts for close to a quarter of the earth’s land surface, containing more than a third of remaining natural lands worldwide.” —@robtsullivan.bsky.social on tribal sovereignty
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The Third Sovereign | Robert Sullivan
If there is hope for the earth, it will depend in part on acknowledging indigenous sovereignty in the face of insatiable resource extraction.
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Conifers & Citrus (Jeff Bull Maroon Jackson 5) @snackyd.bsky.social · 12/12/2025
Cool article about the Native American activism, much of it in the Pacific Northwest, that led to the Boldt decision. It centered on fishing rights, but the ruling was the first (in a minute) to respect the rights given to Native Americans by treaty. (1/6) ($ site) www.nybooks.com/articles/202...
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The Third Sovereign | Robert Sullivan
If there is hope for the earth, it will depend in part on acknowledging indigenous sovereignty in the face of insatiable resource extraction.
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Conrad Benner @streetsdept.bsky.social · 10/12/2025
Is Philly actually obsessed with a fictional movie character from five decades ago (Rocky), or do our local tourism companies just keep pushing this? I think it’s time we retire the Rocky narrative!
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Dr. Ryan E. Emanuel @waterpotential.bsky.social · 11/12/2025
Our work is featured in today’s research news from @ecologicalsociety.bsky.social: “A new study highlights major educational gaps among environmental professionals regarding Indigenous peoples, and shows how those gaps can impact real-world decisions.” esa.org/blog/2025/12... #GeoSky #OpenAccess
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G Elliott Morris @gelliottmorris.com · 08/12/2025
i asked chat gpt to fact check an article for me
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William Hogeland @williamhogeland.bsky.social · 02/12/2025
Part Two, a free post on BAD HISTORY: williamhogeland.substack.com/p/did-the-ir...
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Did the Iroquois Really Influence the Birth of the USA? (Part Two)
Maybe don't blame Benjamin Franklin's kooky, unworkable plan of union on Native America.
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Inga Saffron @ingasaffron.bsky.social · 24/11/2025
A W. Philly apartment building was destroyed in a suspected arson right after its tenants were evicted and the building sold to shell company. What is this, the ‘70s? Great reporting by Ryan Briggs and William Bender. www.inquirer.com/news/phil-pu...
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Landlord Phil Pulley transferred ownership of West Philly apartments days before suspected arson, records show
Property records show the notorious landlord signed a deed transfer two days before the June 2025 fire. The new owners are now demolishing the building.
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404 Media @404media.co · 18/11/2025
After 404 Media's months-long reporting and pressure from lawmakers, the data broker owned by the U.S.’s major airlines will now shut down a program in which it sold access to hundreds of millions of flight records to the government and let agencies track peoples’ movements without a warrant.
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Airlines Will Shut Down Program That Sold Your Flights Records to Government
The move comes after intense pressure from lawmakers and 404 Media’s months-long reporting about the airline industry's data selling practices.
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David Zipper @davidzipper.bsky.social · 24/11/2025
Induced demand: Same as it ever was
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Robert Sullivan @robtsullivan.bsky.social · 21/11/2025
So confusing! Yes, to the MS world!
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Charles Paullin @cpaullinva.bsky.social · 20/11/2025
More data centers are coming and so more gas pipelines could be here too. Mountain Valley Pipeline and Williams Companies's plans to run pipe next to each other from Southwest Virginia into North Carolina are among many proposals across the state. insideclimatenews.org/news/2011202...
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SEIU_ORG @seiu.org · 19/11/2025
Starbucks can end this today: bargain in good faith, resolve unfair labor practices, and stop the union-busting. Until then, workers are holding the line! #NoCoffeeNoContract
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CFPB Union @nteu335.bsky.social · 20/11/2025
CFPB Union NTEU 335 stands in solidarity with Starbucks' workers!
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Democracy Now! @democracynow.org · 18/11/2025
Indigenous Leaders Converge in Belém, Brazil, Demanding Greater Role at U.N. Climate Talks
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Indigenous Leaders Demand Greater Role at U.N. Climate Talks
We speak with one of the Indigenous leaders at the U.N. climate summit in Belém for the climate negotiations, in greater numbers than ever before, taking center stage at COP30. They are calling “to en...
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Robert Sullivan @robtsullivan.bsky.social · 20/11/2025
The 1975 Boldt decision changed the world -- or fixed it, to some extent -- and its power reverberates today.
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Robert Sullivan @robtsullivan.bsky.social · 14/11/2025
Got to write about 2 books that examine indigenous sovereignty: Ryan Emanuel's ON THE SWAMP & the late Charles Wilkinson's TREATY JUSTICE. Wilkinson looks back at revolutionary work in the not-distant past while Emanuel shows a path forward. @nyrb-imprints.bsky.social www.nybooks.com/articles/202...
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The Third Sovereign | Robert Sullivan
If there is hope for the earth, it will depend in part on acknowledging indigenous sovereignty in the face of insatiable resource extraction.
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Dr. Ryan E. Emanuel @waterpotential.bsky.social · 14/11/2025
New @nybooks.com essay by @robtsullivan.bsky.social interweaves reviews of On the Swamp & Wilkinson's Treaty Justice. ⚡ "If there is hope for the earth, it will depend in part on acknowledging indigenous sovereignty in the face of insatiable resource extraction." ⚡ www.nybooks.com/articles/202...
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The Third Sovereign | Robert Sullivan
If there is hope for the earth, it will depend in part on acknowledging indigenous sovereignty in the face of insatiable resource extraction.
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Vintage Obscura Radio @vintageobscura.net · 02/11/2025
Black Velvet - I Shall Be Released [US, Soul] (1969) Incredible Bob Dylan soul cover redd.it/ghc7ya youtu.be/L9omayZaA-g
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Black Velvet - I Shall Be Released [US, Soul] (1969) Incredible Bob Dylan soul cover
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Robert Sullivan @robtsullivan.bsky.social · 31/10/2025
Right letter, wrong address, but then the right's aim is to make people think that public transit is shooting itself in the foot. Read @dpearsonphl.bsky.social on the letter that is clearly a return to sender www.inquirer.com/opinion/sean...
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Sean Duffy has the right message about SEPTA’s woes, but addresses it to the wrong people | Shackamaxon
It's not SEPTA leadership or Gov. Shapiro who needs to hear from the transportation secretary, but those who've stood in the way of sustainable transit funding. Are you listening, Joe Pittman?
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Chi Ossé @chiosse.bsky.social · 29/09/2025
Thank you @chrislhayes.bsky.social !
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Evan Collins @ejcollins.bsky.social · 30/10/2025
Rufus Wainright sings the Canadian national anthem (in French and English) at Dodgers Stadium in the World Series. He slips in « that only us command » as a statement! Good on you Rufus.
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 20/10/2025
Americans have been dragged, tackled, beaten, tased and shot by immigration agents. They’ve had their necks kneeled on. They’ve been held outside in the rain while in their underwear. At least three citizens were pregnant when agents detained them. By @nicolefoy.bsky.social
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More Than 170 U.S. Citizens Have Been Held by Immigration Agents. They’ve Been Kicked, Dragged and Detained for Days.
The government does not track how often immigration agents grab citizens. So ProPublica did. Our tally — almost certainly incomplete — includes people who were held for days without a lawyer. And near...
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Robert Sullivan @robtsullivan.bsky.social · 14/10/2025
Help reinstate a highway travel plaza worker, people ! c.org/LWwshN64Qv
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Reinstate Morgan! Help Fight Corporate Greed and Wrongful Termination!
Can you spare a minute to help this campaign?
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Robert Sullivan @robtsullivan.bsky.social · 13/10/2025
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He was caring for his 5-year-old son with brain cancer. Then he was detained by ICE.
A court has temporarily blocked Johny Merida Aguilar's deportation to Bolivia.
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Joseph N DiStefano @phillyjoed.bsky.social · 10/10/2025
Two top PA tech officials are out. My latest:https://www.inquirer.com/business/tech-executives-pennsylvania-shapiro-administration-20251010.html
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Vintage Obscura Radio @vintageobscura.net · 07/10/2025
Marc 4 - Candy [Italy, Funk/Library] (197?) redd.it/49u0ze youtu.be/xAWoFMTfHVw
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Marc 4 - Candy [Italy, Funk/Library] (197?)
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G. Willow Wilson @gwillow.me · 06/10/2025
I'm going to keep saying "this is fascism" until this platform inevitably bans the word fascism, and then I'm going to leave
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Greg Pak @gregpak.net · 06/10/2025
@bkindivisible.bsky.social members also folded the incredible @meganpiont.bsky.social's awesome "How to Report ICE" zine for distribution! You can find them here to fold/distribute yourself! drive.google.com/drive/folder...
Close up shot of some folded "How to Report ICE" zines on a table next to a pair of scissors.
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William Hogeland @williamhogeland.bsky.social · 19/09/2025
I think if we can't see that authoritarian tendencies were very deliberately worked into our very founding, we can't understand authoritarian tendencies now.
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Jacquelyn Gill @jacquelyngill.bsky.social · 23/09/2025
The federal government has censored the work of dozens of scientists, including work by my lab, on the impacts of climate change on Acadia National Park. Signs have been removed from Cadillac and Great Meadow. They’re also removing signs about the Wabanaki’s sacred connections to Cadillac.
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Signs Referencing Climate Change Along with Web Pages Removed from Acadia National Park
The Bar Harbor Story is generously sponsored by The Witham Family Hotels Charitable Fund.
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Robert Sullivan @robtsullivan.bsky.social · 23/09/2025
What Christie started! newjerseyglobe.com/media/new-je...
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New Jersey PBS shutting down in July - New Jersey Globe
New Jersey PBS is expected to cease operations in July 2026 following WNET's decision not to renew its agreement, the New Jersey Globe has learned. The
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