Sue Sullivan she/her
@isness.bsky.social
Former: reporter, university PR, massage therapist, unschooling parent, suburban homesteader, CFS sufferer. Current: enjoying early retirement and unraveling layers of conditioning, & being stunned by this ever unfolding Now.
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What if we did a town hall with the monster that's been terrorizing the village. That could be interesting. Stop screaming
December 14, 2025 at 4:19 AM
What if we did a town hall with the monster that's been terrorizing the village. That could be interesting. Stop screaming
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Zoe Weissman survived the Parkland shooting. Now she’s at Brown, and it happened again.
“Honestly, I'm really angry that this is happening to me all over again, and I'm just in shock.”
We’re failing our kids. A gun-sick nation. 🇺🇸 www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article...
“Honestly, I'm really angry that this is happening to me all over again, and I'm just in shock.”
We’re failing our kids. A gun-sick nation. 🇺🇸 www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article...
December 14, 2025 at 3:35 AM
Zoe Weissman survived the Parkland shooting. Now she’s at Brown, and it happened again.
“Honestly, I'm really angry that this is happening to me all over again, and I'm just in shock.”
We’re failing our kids. A gun-sick nation. 🇺🇸 www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article...
“Honestly, I'm really angry that this is happening to me all over again, and I'm just in shock.”
We’re failing our kids. A gun-sick nation. 🇺🇸 www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article...
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Very few have the pull of Cruise to be able to make these types of decisions unilaterally, but this is really interesting to see.
Hollywood Icon Scraps Space Movie to Avoid Owing Trump Favor
The actor seems to be doing everything he can to stay out of the president’s orbit.
www.thedailybeast.com
December 13, 2025 at 4:14 PM
Very few have the pull of Cruise to be able to make these types of decisions unilaterally, but this is really interesting to see.
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As an aside, IF this provision were to actually become law, it would be bad but it would also have an UNBELIEVABLY ironic side effect as well:
acasignups.net/25/06/06/one...
acasignups.net/25/06/06/one...
One of the most surreal & ironic #MAGAMurderBill provisions would harm ~18x as many red state enrollees as those in blue states
A couple of days ago I took a look at the letter sent by the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) to Democratic ranking committee members which broke out the ~16 million Americans expected to lose health...
acasignups.net
December 13, 2025 at 5:44 PM
As an aside, IF this provision were to actually become law, it would be bad but it would also have an UNBELIEVABLY ironic side effect as well:
acasignups.net/25/06/06/one...
acasignups.net/25/06/06/one...
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The pandemic didn't end with Omicron, and neither did the risk of developing #LongCOVID. By sticking our heads in the sand, we are unnecessarily creating more suffering every single day. That needs to change. #CallForPublicHealthAction
academic.oup.com/cid/article-...?
academic.oup.com/cid/article-...?
Long COVID Incidence Proportion in Adults and Children Between 2020 and 2024: An Electronic Health Record-Based Study From the RECOVER Initiative
This electronic health record–based study of COVID-19–positive patients across 3 national research networks found consistent temporal patterns in incidence
academic.oup.com
December 13, 2025 at 4:10 PM
The pandemic didn't end with Omicron, and neither did the risk of developing #LongCOVID. By sticking our heads in the sand, we are unnecessarily creating more suffering every single day. That needs to change. #CallForPublicHealthAction
academic.oup.com/cid/article-...?
academic.oup.com/cid/article-...?
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When you can’t say “sorry we capitulated to bigots” because you’re afraid the bigots might hear you, so you just throw some glitter around and hope for the best.
The chain unveiled its first-ever concept store in SoHo this week, adorned with stylish apparel, designer collaborations, and beauty products — all key areas that its incoming CEO hopes will revive its former "Tar-zhay" glory.
https://cnn.it/48W8CAk
https://cnn.it/48W8CAk
December 13, 2025 at 1:45 PM
When you can’t say “sorry we capitulated to bigots” because you’re afraid the bigots might hear you, so you just throw some glitter around and hope for the best.
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Susan Collins helped harm cancer research via her votes for RFK Jr. and Russell Vought. #mepolitics
A tiny trial in New York has shown that personalized mRNA vaccines can provoke massive, lasting immune responses against pancreatic cancer, even as sweeping federal cuts now threaten the fragile labs required to produce them.
theintellectualistofficial.substack.com/p/a-breakthr...
theintellectualistofficial.substack.com/p/a-breakthr...
December 13, 2025 at 1:31 PM
Susan Collins helped harm cancer research via her votes for RFK Jr. and Russell Vought. #mepolitics
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Kilmar Abrego Garcia was the Trump regime’s test case, supposed to establish their ability to grab anyone for any reason and send them anywhere, then counter any objections with lies.
Whether they planned it or not, that’s what it became. So as @gregsargent.bsky.social explains, their loss is big.
Whether they planned it or not, that’s what it became. So as @gregsargent.bsky.social explains, their loss is big.
Remarkable how brutal the ruling against Trump on Abrego Garcia truly is: It details flagrant and malicious abuses of power all throughout. Trump and Stephen Miller were testing their ability to spread lawless state terror. But the court held the line. 1/
(new piece)
newrepublic.com/article/2043...
(new piece)
newrepublic.com/article/2043...
Fiasco for Trump as Judge Issues Harsh Rebuke in Abrego Garcia Case
Judge Paula Xinis’s ruling temporarily freed Kilmar Abrego Garcia from custody. It also savagely indicted Trump’s lawless handling of this whole affair from start to finish.
newrepublic.com
December 13, 2025 at 2:15 PM
Kilmar Abrego Garcia was the Trump regime’s test case, supposed to establish their ability to grab anyone for any reason and send them anywhere, then counter any objections with lies.
Whether they planned it or not, that’s what it became. So as @gregsargent.bsky.social explains, their loss is big.
Whether they planned it or not, that’s what it became. So as @gregsargent.bsky.social explains, their loss is big.
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Part Infinity of NO US SCIENTISTS SHOULD BE HOLDING OR ORGANIZING ANY SCIENTIFIC MEETINGS IN THE US
WOW. @haleaziz.bsky.social with a new scoop: ICE now gets a running list of every person who is going to be taking a domestic flight inside the United States from the TSA and runs it through their database looking for targets. This explains the Babson College student's arrest.
Immigration Agents Are Using Air Passenger Data for Deportation Effort
www.nytimes.com
December 13, 2025 at 2:27 AM
Part Infinity of NO US SCIENTISTS SHOULD BE HOLDING OR ORGANIZING ANY SCIENTIFIC MEETINGS IN THE US
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“Speaking between rows of palm trees at Southern Command headquarters in Miami, he called on the United States to keep standing by fellow democracies that share U.S. values.”
US admiral leading US troops in Latin America steps down
Alvin Holsey retired two years early and shortly after the U.S. seizure of an oil tanker and more than 20 deadly strikes on suspected drug-smuggling boats.
www.reuters.com
December 12, 2025 at 11:47 PM
“Speaking between rows of palm trees at Southern Command headquarters in Miami, he called on the United States to keep standing by fellow democracies that share U.S. values.”
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It's a lot of people, it's not small change, and it sure sounds like a lot of people who let mail pile up because holidays are going to find themselves in surprise overdraft come January
This is not going to go well for the GOP. I really don't think they comprehend how large this is.
Q: At the end of this year, those extended Obamacare subsidies expire. What's your message to those 24m Americans who will see their premiums go up?
TRUMP: Don't make it sound so bad. Obviously you're a sycophant for Democrats. You're obviously a provider of bad news for Republicans.
TRUMP: Don't make it sound so bad. Obviously you're a sycophant for Democrats. You're obviously a provider of bad news for Republicans.
December 13, 2025 at 12:42 AM
It's a lot of people, it's not small change, and it sure sounds like a lot of people who let mail pile up because holidays are going to find themselves in surprise overdraft come January
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As I suspected, it was not specific to BOS or DCA. This is national.
WOW. @haleaziz.bsky.social with a new scoop: ICE now gets a running list of every person who is going to be taking a domestic flight inside the United States from the TSA and runs it through their database looking for targets. This explains the Babson College student's arrest.
Immigration Agents Are Using Air Passenger Data for Deportation Effort
www.nytimes.com
December 13, 2025 at 12:42 AM
As I suspected, it was not specific to BOS or DCA. This is national.
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Europeans:
No territorial concessions.
Frozen Russian assets turned to Ukrainian reconstruction.
Russia will not profit from its invasion — ever.
Europe will enforce any peace agreement militarily if necessary.
Ukraine’s security will not depend on the White House.
open.substack.com/pub/deanblun...
No territorial concessions.
Frozen Russian assets turned to Ukrainian reconstruction.
Russia will not profit from its invasion — ever.
Europe will enforce any peace agreement militarily if necessary.
Ukraine’s security will not depend on the White House.
open.substack.com/pub/deanblun...
BREAKING: EUROPE JUST BOXED TRUMP & PUTIN IN
The Five-Nation Firewall, the Coalition of the Willing, and Why the Russia “Upper Hand” Myth Just Died Screaming
open.substack.com
December 11, 2025 at 9:16 PM
Europeans:
No territorial concessions.
Frozen Russian assets turned to Ukrainian reconstruction.
Russia will not profit from its invasion — ever.
Europe will enforce any peace agreement militarily if necessary.
Ukraine’s security will not depend on the White House.
open.substack.com/pub/deanblun...
No territorial concessions.
Frozen Russian assets turned to Ukrainian reconstruction.
Russia will not profit from its invasion — ever.
Europe will enforce any peace agreement militarily if necessary.
Ukraine’s security will not depend on the White House.
open.substack.com/pub/deanblun...
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Good morning here is some cool reporting on moths drinking moose tears nature is amazing.
Moths Seen Drinking Moose Tears for the First Time Ever
Moths sometimes drink the tears of other animals, but the behavior has mostly been observed in the tropics. New photographs show only the second observation outside of that area
www.scientificamerican.com
December 12, 2025 at 3:24 PM
Good morning here is some cool reporting on moths drinking moose tears nature is amazing.
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My hottest take is that letting cops park in red zones for mundane errands and coffee breaks; I think “you can break the law at your discretion as a job perk” is the small domino that ends in the large domino of “shooting protesters in the face with rubber bullets”
It must be wild to get to abuse the public then pay for it with the public's money
December 12, 2025 at 5:13 AM
My hottest take is that letting cops park in red zones for mundane errands and coffee breaks; I think “you can break the law at your discretion as a job perk” is the small domino that ends in the large domino of “shooting protesters in the face with rubber bullets”
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This is just some ordinary dude no one had ever heard of, quietly getting by, and the administration has decided in a fit of pique to hound him for the rest of his life because otherwise they'd have to tacitly admit they're capricious incompetent villains. Just let him live, ffs
BREAKING: At 7am ET, in response to the emergency overnight filing, Judge Xinis issued a TRO barring the Trump administration from re-detaining Abrego Garcia.
www.courtlistener.com/docket/71191...
www.courtlistener.com/docket/71191...
Memorandum and Order – #114 in Abrego Garcia v. Noem (D. Maryland, 8:25-cv-02780) – CourtListener.com
MEMORANDUM ORDER granting 112 Motion for Temporary Restraining Order; Respondents are enjoined from re-detaining Petitioner in ICE custody until this Court can receive further briefing from the partie...
www.courtlistener.com
December 12, 2025 at 1:22 PM
This is just some ordinary dude no one had ever heard of, quietly getting by, and the administration has decided in a fit of pique to hound him for the rest of his life because otherwise they'd have to tacitly admit they're capricious incompetent villains. Just let him live, ffs
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Seven conclusions about what we've learned about Trumpism and the resilience of American democracy across 2025 — the big one: Donald Trump is losing. www.doomsdayscenario.co/p/donald-tru...
Donald Trump is losing.
Seven conclusions as 2025 winds down.
www.doomsdayscenario.co
December 12, 2025 at 3:24 PM
Seven conclusions about what we've learned about Trumpism and the resilience of American democracy across 2025 — the big one: Donald Trump is losing. www.doomsdayscenario.co/p/donald-tru...
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I'm not very optimistic necessarily, they certainly have seized control over a lot of institutions and wresting that grasp is going to be a fight.
And they have done a LOT of damage.
But. It's catching up to them earlier than I expected.
And they have done a LOT of damage.
But. It's catching up to them earlier than I expected.
December 12, 2025 at 3:58 AM
I'm not very optimistic necessarily, they certainly have seized control over a lot of institutions and wresting that grasp is going to be a fight.
And they have done a LOT of damage.
But. It's catching up to them earlier than I expected.
And they have done a LOT of damage.
But. It's catching up to them earlier than I expected.
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Another handbag for justice. Another purse against fascism. The famous clobber-a-Nazi image from Sweden 40 years ago.
The image that won’t go away
A photo taken in 1985 has resurfaced this week. Kelly Grovier looks at the power of a figure pushed to breaking point.
www.bbc.com
December 12, 2025 at 4:04 AM
Another handbag for justice. Another purse against fascism. The famous clobber-a-Nazi image from Sweden 40 years ago.
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Appreciate this letter from MN State Sen Jim Abler (R-Anoka) to POTUS
December 12, 2025 at 3:11 AM
Appreciate this letter from MN State Sen Jim Abler (R-Anoka) to POTUS
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The current SCOTUS majority should resign in shame. Each and every one of them.
Trump: "We have to be unified. China is unified because they have one vote -- that's President Xi. He says 'do it' and that's the end of that. We have a different system."
December 12, 2025 at 12:01 AM
The current SCOTUS majority should resign in shame. Each and every one of them.
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Today’s vote is just one more data point showing the American people that Republicans are inexplicably hostile to their own constituents having high-quality health care.
December 11, 2025 at 7:37 PM
Today’s vote is just one more data point showing the American people that Republicans are inexplicably hostile to their own constituents having high-quality health care.