Robert Sullivan
@robtsullivan.bsky.social
Rats, The Meadowlands, A Whale Hunt, My American Rev, Thoreau, etc.; Contributing ed @APublicSpace. OUT NOW --> Double Exposure, by FSG. Philadelphia.
Pinned
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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...
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.
www.inquirer.com
November 24, 2025 at 12:27 PM
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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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.
November 18, 2025 at 9:39 PM
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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Induced demand: Same as it ever was
November 24, 2025 at 1:10 PM
Induced demand: Same as it ever was
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Hello does anyone want to fund my one woman startup to make sure 25 tech bros don't blot out the sun
A 25-person startup is developing technology to block the sun and turn down the planet’s thermostat.
The stakes are huge — and the company and its critics say regulations need to catch up.
Read more: politi.co/4iaojIc
The stakes are huge — and the company and its critics say regulations need to catch up.
Read more: politi.co/4iaojIc
November 23, 2025 at 9:30 PM
Hello does anyone want to fund my one woman startup to make sure 25 tech bros don't blot out the sun
So confusing! Yes, to the MS world!
If you don’t read the tagline or recognize Nicole Wallace this looks a pharmaceutical ad where a woman has just been diagnosed with multiple sclerosis.
November 21, 2025 at 3:00 PM
So confusing! Yes, to the MS world!
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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...
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...
November 20, 2025 at 9:46 PM
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...
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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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
Until then, workers are holding the line! #NoCoffeeNoContract
November 19, 2025 at 6:32 PM
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
Until then, workers are holding the line! #NoCoffeeNoContract
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CFPB Union NTEU 335 stands in solidarity with Starbucks' workers!
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
Until then, workers are holding the line! #NoCoffeeNoContract
November 20, 2025 at 4:29 PM
CFPB Union NTEU 335 stands in solidarity with Starbucks' workers!
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Indigenous Leaders Converge in Belém, Brazil, Demanding Greater Role at U.N. Climate Talks
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...
www.democracynow.org
November 18, 2025 at 4:05 PM
Indigenous Leaders Converge in Belém, Brazil, Demanding Greater Role at U.N. Climate Talks
The 1975 Boldt decision changed the world -- or fixed it, to some extent -- and its power reverberates today.
Robert Sullivan (@robtsullivan.bsky.social) on Native American tribal sovereignty and stewardship of the earth
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.
www.nybooks.com
November 20, 2025 at 3:58 PM
The 1975 Boldt decision changed the world -- or fixed it, to some extent -- and its power reverberates today.
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...
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.
www.nybooks.com
November 14, 2025 at 9:30 PM
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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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...
⚡ "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...
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.
www.nybooks.com
November 14, 2025 at 7:44 PM
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...
⚡ "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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Black Velvet - I Shall Be Released [US, Soul] (1969) Incredible Bob Dylan soul cover
https://redd.it/ghc7ya
https://youtu.be/L9omayZaA-g
https://redd.it/ghc7ya
https://youtu.be/L9omayZaA-g
Black Velvet - I Shall Be Released [US, Soul] (1969) Incredible Bob Dylan soul cover
youtu.be
November 2, 2025 at 12:16 AM
Black Velvet - I Shall Be Released [US, Soul] (1969) Incredible Bob Dylan soul cover
https://redd.it/ghc7ya
https://youtu.be/L9omayZaA-g
https://redd.it/ghc7ya
https://youtu.be/L9omayZaA-g
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...
www.inquirer.com/opinion/sean...
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?
www.inquirer.com
October 31, 2025 at 1:18 PM
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...
www.inquirer.com/opinion/sean...
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Thank you @chrislhayes.bsky.social !
September 29, 2025 at 3:32 AM
Thank you @chrislhayes.bsky.social !
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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.
« that only us command » as a statement! Good on you Rufus.
October 30, 2025 at 12:04 AM
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.
« that only us command » as a statement! Good on you Rufus.
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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
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
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...
www.propublica.org
October 20, 2025 at 3:15 AM
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
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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Two top PA tech officials are out. My latest:https://www.inquirer.com/business/tech-executives-pennsylvania-shapiro-administration-20251010.html
October 10, 2025 at 5:24 PM
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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I'm going to keep saying "this is fascism" until this platform inevitably bans the word fascism, and then I'm going to leave
CHICAGO (AP) — Storming an apartment complex by helicopter as families slept. Deploying chemical agents near a public school. Handcuffing a Chicago City Council member at a hospital.
apnews.com/article/chic...
apnews.com/article/chic...
Using helicopters and chemical agents, immigration agents become increasingly aggressive in Chicago
Activists, residents and elected leaders say increasingly combative tactics used by federal immigration agents are sparking violence and fueling neighborhood tensions in the nation’s third-largest cit...
apnews.com
October 6, 2025 at 10:24 PM
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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@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...
You can find them here to fold/distribute yourself! drive.google.com/drive/folder...
October 6, 2025 at 8:22 PM
@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...
You can find them here to fold/distribute yourself! drive.google.com/drive/folder...
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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.
September 19, 2025 at 12:02 PM
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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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.
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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September 23, 2025 at 10:59 PM
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.