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.
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
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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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.
Chris Geidner@chrisgeidner.bsky.social · 5d agoBREAKING: SCOTUS denies the Trump administration’s request to enforce the new U.S. Postal Service rule for the 2026 elections. Justices Alito and Thomas dissent. More to come at Law Dork. www.lawdork.com
![SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES
No. 26A305
UNITED STATES POSTAL SERVICE, ET AL. U.
CALIFORNIA, ET AL.
ON APPLICATION FOR STAY
[September 14, 2026]
The application for stay presented to JUSTICE JACKSON and by her referred to the Court is denied. The Government is unlikely to succeed on the merits of its challenge to the District Court's preliminary injunction. And the equitable factors applicable for obtaining emergency relief from this Court do not favor a stay.
JUSTICE KAVANAUGH, concurring.
In my view, based on the briefing the Court has received at this interim stage, there is at least a fair prospect that the final rule falls within the Postal Service's statutory authority. See 39 U. S. C. §401(2). But applying the rule in the 2026 elections would be arbitrary and capricious in violation of the Administrative Procedure Act because state and local election officials do not have sufficient time to reasonably implement the rule before the elections. See 39
U. S. C. §3001(m); 5 U. S. C. §706(2)(A). For that reason, I concur in the denial of the application for stay.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:36eqtmzysqf7wsslczw4uxcd/bafkreicqn5lewxb2bkaazujt77bmsjfq4ultwu2alo3emhvgsnpkotnwoy)
Great piece about Historic New Jersey, the Philadelphia-based record co.! substack.com/home/post/p-...
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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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...
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.
insideclimatenews.org
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.
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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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...
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...
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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The State of the Union Address is a very bad institution. williamhogeland.substack.com/p/the-worst-...
The Worst State of the Union Address?
It's a high bar.
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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!
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...
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
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.
newyorkermag.visitlink.me
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
"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...
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.
nybooks.com
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/
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
Guardian US@us.theguardian.com · 9mo ago"There’s a freedom people are craving because they’re feeling so constrained, surveilled and, frankly, threatened in so many other spheres." Zines have made a resurgence as communities seek to share information on everything from ICE raids to local elections.
“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
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.
nybooks.com
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...
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.
nybooks.com
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!
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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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.
inquirer.com
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.
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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Joseph Cox@josephcox.bsky.social · 10mo agoNew from 404 Media: IRS accessed a massive database of Americans flights without a warrant. Shows where and when someone flew, the credit card used. Hundreds of millions records; the airlines sell this data to the government through a broker they own www.404media.co/irs-accessed...
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...
