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Robb Stankey 👨‍🔬
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Scientist in synthetic biology and natural products. Formerly served as Trustee for Shorewood Hills, WI. Interests include microbiology 🦠, space 🔭, birds 🐦, cycling 🚴, and the interface between religion ⛪️ and politics 🏛️
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Bluesky sanitized Johnny Cash
November 13, 2025 at 8:43 PM
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Sarah Kendzior's response: substack.com/@sarahkendzi...
I was suspended from BlueSky for defending the honor of Johnny Cash. I wish I were joking. In early October, I referenced the “I shot a man in Reno just to watch him die” lyric of “Folsom Prison Blues” in response to a terrible Wall Street Journal article saying that Johnny Cash was uncool. I quote-tweeted the article and everyone understood the reference. There was no outcry. I stand by my assessment that Johnny Cash is cool. I do not like being the subject of so much attention, especially when I cannot see the discussion. But the BlueSky admins are now claiming that I wrote a post saying, out of nowhere, “I want to shoot the author of this article just to watch him die”. They are not posting a screenshot of the actual tweet, which shows that I am quote-tweeting an article about Johnny Cash, and that my post is obviously not a threat but a play on “Folsom Prison Blues.” BlueSky is lying and saying I posted this line on November 10. I did not. I posted it in early October, when the WSJ article came out. You can see that they are lying about the date from this page showing my last BlueSky tweets: I was not given any explanation for my suspension the first two times I inquired. Later I was told it was for the “Folsom Prison Blues” reference, and I asked for clarification but did not receive it. I thought it might be a prank until a reporter reached out this morning and confirmed it. BlueSky’s behavior is bizarre and unwarranted. I have lost access to friends and all my posts and photos. I am incredibly grateful for the outpouring of support here on Substack and also on BlueSky — though I cannot see it, because I am suspended. To quote another Johnny Cash song: "I ain’t never done nothin' to nobody/ I ain’t never got nothin’ from nobody, no time/ And until I get somethin' from somebody, sometime, I don't intend to do nothin' for nobody, no time." As for BlueSky…
November 12, 2025 at 9:07 PM
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If the White House survives this regime, we're going to have to do a full reconstruction a la President Truman
The Shell of the White House, 1950
October 31, 2025 at 6:25 PM
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I found some ghost pipe when I went camping in Wisconsin this year!
Ghost pipe, a parasitic white plant
October 25, 2025 at 4:20 PM
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I’m so sorry for you. I’m counting my blessings that I was able to take my two kids there in 2023. Here they are at the White House Theater, now a pile of rubble.
Two kids stand in front of the White House Theater, destroyed by the Trump regime. The White House Theater, destroyed by the Trump regime.
October 24, 2025 at 11:32 AM
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Goodbye, Jacqueline Kennedy Garden. 😢

Photos from my visit in 2023
Jacqueline Kennedy Garden, now destroyed by Trump Jacqueline Kennedy Garden, now destroyed by Trump Jacqueline Kennedy Garden, now destroyed by Trump
October 23, 2025 at 7:05 PM
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In addition to tearing down the White House Theater, did they also rip up the Jacqueline Kennedy Garden?
Apple Maps of White House Partially destroyed White House
October 23, 2025 at 6:37 PM
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From images posted by the AP, the White House Theater is gone. Here are some photos of it from my visit in 2023.
White House Theater White House Theater
October 23, 2025 at 5:52 PM
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My kids thought it was pretty neat 🥰
Two kids standing in front of the entrance to the White House Theater
October 23, 2025 at 11:42 AM
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I was there in 2023. It’s in the corridor between the East Wing and the main building (see bottom right on this map). From what I’ve seen, the corridor is still there but we’ll just have to wait and see how far the destruction goes. Also attaching a photo I took of the cinema.
Location of cinema in White House highlighted White House Cinema
October 23, 2025 at 11:32 AM
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$50 per month to www.riverfoodpantry.org
$50 per month to the River Food Pantry $50 per month to the River Food Pantry
October 23, 2025 at 10:42 AM
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My family walked through this very entrance to the White House in 2023, now being destroyed to build Trump’s Golden Temple to his vanity.
Two women and two children walking into the East Wing of the White House, now demolished on Trump’s orders.
October 21, 2025 at 2:39 AM
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No Kings Madison
No Kings Madison
October 18, 2025 at 8:36 PM
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No Kings Madison
October 18, 2025 at 8:11 PM
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Ken Fager in action
October 18, 2025 at 7:53 PM