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Heather Sullivan @hsulli.bsky.social · Jul 29

Read this essay in Santo Domingo, where everyday I walk by a pet shop/vet office with cages of budgies, love birds, and cockatiels always joined by a few to many pigeons on the cages and the ground nearby eating the caged birds’ cast off seeds.

Cages of budgies, love birds, and cockatiels joined by pigeons on the cages and the ground eating the caged birds’ cast off seeds

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Heather Sullivan @hsulli.bsky.social · Jun 17

Panamanians have been engaging in mass protest in the face of repression since April. Lessons about protest can come from everywhere.
@goodauth.bsky.social @bridgingthegap.bsky.social

What’s behind Panama’s mass protests?

The government has failed to address the broad range of grievances bringing people out on the streets.

goodauthority.org

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Heather Sullivan @hsulli.bsky.social · Jun 14

@indivisibleononcty.bsky.social

Heather Sullivan @hsulli.bsky.social · Jun 14

Last crowd count I heard was over 7000 in Syracuse, NY #nokings

Two protesters hold signs that say “fight ignorance not immigrants” and “expect resistance”

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Heather Sullivan @hsulli.bsky.social · Apr 23

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Heather Sullivan @hsulli.bsky.social · Apr 23

Just a heads up, if it’s chronic, in addition to celebrating, write down all the asinine things that you did that worked because you’ll have to go through it all again next year.

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Heather Sullivan @hsulli.bsky.social · Apr 23

Couldn’t figure out why 2 articles on the Honduran charter city Próspera recently came out in big msm sources. Then realized it’s because there’s a push from proponents to get “Freedom Cities” in the U.S. Read about Honduras’s experience with charter cities in my piece for @goodauth.bsky.social

You want to live in a Freedom City? Take a closer look at Honduras.

Próspera offers a cautionary tale on deregulation and charter cities.

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Heather Sullivan @hsulli.bsky.social · Apr 23

Indeed

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Heather Sullivan @hsulli.bsky.social · Apr 23

This has bothered me about the coverage of the Salvadoran CECOT - it’s not a gulag, it’s a modern prison. There are a million reasons we shouldn’t be sending people there, but not because it’s an institution out of some faraway and foreign past. It’s actually an exemplar of a heinous modern prison.

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Heather Sullivan @hsulli.bsky.social · Apr 21

Soon by @benehrenreich.bsky.social in @flaminghydra.com

New life / Aging legs

Ben Ehrenreich sweeps forward; dance class with Amy Chu

flaminghydra.com

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Heather Sullivan @hsulli.bsky.social · Apr 15

💯

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Heather Sullivan @hsulli.bsky.social · Apr 11

My guess of what makes this an actual diplomatic problem- and another reason none of these people should be in CECOT- is because there’s no human rights monitoring and no one leaves so no info exists about actual unscripted conditions. Bukele would surely be pissed about such high profile release.

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Heather Sullivan @hsulli.bsky.social · Apr 7

Just got around to this post and can't stop laughing imagining an advice blog for my 4 tendencies cat, someone who resists both outer and inner expectations. Perhaps finished phd/got tenure solely driven by a burning desire to avoid becoming a win for the patriarchy by falling out of the pipeline.

Heather Sullivan @hsulli.bsky.social · Apr 4

True, but sometimes this white bread:

Potato Bread - Martin's Famous Potato Rolls and Bread

potatorolls.com

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Heather Sullivan @hsulli.bsky.social · Mar 31

Why go after a group that's not a threat? Gang members in strong organized criminal groups are relatively hard to catch. They hide and fight back. But rounding up Venezuelans who have TPS or other legal status - i.e. people in the system living ordinary law-abiding lives - well, that's easy.

Joshua Collins @murosinvisibles.bsky.social · Mar 31

Urban Legends and a media-ecosphere: How the "Tren de Aragua's" infamy grew across the Americas

Dishonest politicians, paranoia, xenophobia, and a lack of real research have affected even well-meaning commentators

Urban Legends and a media-ecosphere: How the "Tren de Aragua's" infamy grew across the Americas

Dishonest politicians, paranoia, xenophobia, and a lack of real research have affected even well-meaning commentators

www.piratewireservices.com

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Heather Sullivan @hsulli.bsky.social · Mar 30

We have quite simply criminalized being Venezuelan. The whole 🧵 is worth a read.

Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · Mar 30

With this checklist, ICE can declare any Venezuelan an "Alien Enemy" without ANY concrete evidence -- based solely on an ICE officer's interpretation of tattoos and hand signs which may be completely innocent or the bad luck of having a roommate ICE thinks is TDA.

This is why due process matters!

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Heather Sullivan @hsulli.bsky.social · Mar 30

The whole concept *is* wrong

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Heather Sullivan @hsulli.bsky.social · Mar 29

#teslatakedown

Piece of cardboard with the words “Recall Elon” and a picture of a cybertruck that the bumper has fallen off of

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Heather Sullivan @hsulli.bsky.social · Mar 27

And screaming for the people in the back, Tren de Aragua does not use tattoos. They don’t even fucking use tattoos - not as part of initiation or for identifying one another.

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Heather Sullivan @hsulli.bsky.social · Mar 24

So unsurprised. It’s awful. I wrote an explainer about the broader situation that, for example, my mom sent to her entire church list serve and I’ve been getting nice notes from church ladies all day, so if it’s at all useful for you in explaining this to folks, feel free to share:

Venezuelans sent to El Salvador jail aren't gang members.

The Trump administration flew Venezuelan migrants to El Salvador, calling them gang members. Without any trial, they're now in prison.

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Heather Sullivan @hsulli.bsky.social · Mar 24

Good fucking grief- moving so fast to get those planes in the air, guess they just crammed whoever on them.

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Heather Sullivan @hsulli.bsky.social · Mar 24

😂😭 And if you want to read what should have been in the NYT coverage, may I humbly suggest: goodauthority.org/news/us-sent...

Venezuelans sent to El Salvador jail aren't gang members.

The Trump administration flew Venezuelan migrants to El Salvador, calling them gang members. Without any trial, they're now in prison.

goodauthority.org

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Heather Sullivan @hsulli.bsky.social · Mar 24

I loved this piece. Coverage of the Venezuelans sent to El Salvador has also been so fucking infuriating. I just wrote what I wish had been in the coverage if you have any interest
goodauthority.org/news/us-sent...

Venezuelans sent to El Salvador jail aren't gang members.

The Trump administration flew Venezuelan migrants to El Salvador, calling them gang members. Without any trial, they're now in prison.

goodauthority.org

Heather Sullivan @hsulli.bsky.social · Mar 24

This is such a great piece - thanks to you both for writing it. I cited it in a piece I just wrote up for Good Authority.

Venezuelans sent to El Salvador jail aren't gang members.

The Trump administration flew Venezuelan migrants to El Salvador, calling them gang members. Without any trial, they're now in prison.

goodauthority.org

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Heather Sullivan @hsulli.bsky.social · Mar 24

Wrote about the US sending Venezuelans to a notorious prison in El Salvador. Many innocent people sent to a foreign prison based on the dubious claim of membership in a gang that barely exists in the US and isn't a threat to national security. It should anger and scare us all.
@goodauth.bsky.social

Venezuelans sent to El Salvador jail aren't gang members.

The Trump administration flew Venezuelan migrants to El Salvador, calling them gang members. Without any trial, they're now in prison.

goodauthority.org

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