Tim Sullivan
@sullitm.bsky.social
2nd place - McCarthy, Alaska egg toss (7/4/95); FJV Anchorage ‘93-‘94; Third Amendment supporter
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It is big deal that the President is this insanely wrong about basic economic reality.
Trump: "If we stopped trading with every country that we have a deficit with -- which is most of them, and which would be very easy to do -- we would make at least $1.5 trillion a year."
September 17, 2026 at 12:31 AM
It is big deal that the President is this insanely wrong about basic economic reality.
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Me: I’d like a slice of pizza
Server: that comes with three sides
Me: I know what shape it is
Server: that comes with three sides
Me: I know what shape it is
September 16, 2026 at 1:47 AM
Me: I’d like a slice of pizza
Server: that comes with three sides
Me: I know what shape it is
Server: that comes with three sides
Me: I know what shape it is
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It's genuinely fascinating that the US president keeps announcing that he just flat out doesn't know what trade is, he legit doesn't appreciate the concept of exchange and instead views economic activity through the lens of a dragon attempting to maximise its gold hoard to sit upon.
September 16, 2026 at 9:27 PM
It's genuinely fascinating that the US president keeps announcing that he just flat out doesn't know what trade is, he legit doesn't appreciate the concept of exchange and instead views economic activity through the lens of a dragon attempting to maximise its gold hoard to sit upon.
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Turns out I've been hammering on this exact points for months in a row now. Here's my attempt:
bsky.app/profile/just...
bsky.app/profile/just...
Lemme explain what bilateral trade deficits are, so that you can better understand -- and perhaps be infuriated by -- the intellectual error that's transforming our economy. #TeachEcon
September 16, 2026 at 11:51 PM
Turns out I've been hammering on this exact points for months in a row now. Here's my attempt:
bsky.app/profile/just...
bsky.app/profile/just...
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In response to Thomas Massie's actions to force a vote on the impeachment of Pete Hegseth... Mike Johnson has cancelled all remaining votes between today and the November election. You can't make this stuff up.
September 16, 2026 at 5:12 PM
In response to Thomas Massie's actions to force a vote on the impeachment of Pete Hegseth... Mike Johnson has cancelled all remaining votes between today and the November election. You can't make this stuff up.
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Listen to this clip of Eqbal Ahmad explaining the concepts of loyalty, betrayal, and revenge in tribal cultures like Saudi Arabia and how it sent bin Laden down the path to 9/11. Trump’s casual betrayal will not be forgotten anytime soon.
One of the most haunting 9/11 stories I know of involved Prof. Eqbal Ahmad, my Hampshire College mentor in the 80s. He met bin Laden in Afghanistan in 1986 and tried to warn us in this 1998 talk (at the 1:23 mark). Tragically, Eqbal died during surgery a few months later, but HE WARNED US in 1998!!🤯
Eqbal Ahmad Terrorism Ours vs. Theirs 12, 1998
YouTube video by Mona Ringel
youtu.be
September 16, 2026 at 2:37 PM
Listen to this clip of Eqbal Ahmad explaining the concepts of loyalty, betrayal, and revenge in tribal cultures like Saudi Arabia and how it sent bin Laden down the path to 9/11. Trump’s casual betrayal will not be forgotten anytime soon.
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It is hard to articulate how insanely stupid & destructive the war against Iran has been, but as one clear data point, there is no reason to assume the price of gas would have been anything other than flat had Trump not chosen to start his absurd war.
September 16, 2026 at 2:09 PM
It is hard to articulate how insanely stupid & destructive the war against Iran has been, but as one clear data point, there is no reason to assume the price of gas would have been anything other than flat had Trump not chosen to start his absurd war.
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The Kennedy Center was a beloved Washington institution, enjoyed by millions of people. It has been destroyed for no real reason. Just vanity, carelessness, indifference.
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
Trump’s Kennedy Center Shakedown
The only appropriate response is to refuse to accede to his demands.
www.theatlantic.com
September 15, 2026 at 8:24 PM
The Kennedy Center was a beloved Washington institution, enjoyed by millions of people. It has been destroyed for no real reason. Just vanity, carelessness, indifference.
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
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Once again, this was how the Economist characterized the American economy on Election Day in 2024.
We had a country on the brink of stunning success, but the Republicans knee-capped it with trade wars and real wars of their own choosing.
We had a country on the brink of stunning success, but the Republicans knee-capped it with trade wars and real wars of their own choosing.
September 15, 2026 at 2:45 PM
Once again, this was how the Economist characterized the American economy on Election Day in 2024.
We had a country on the brink of stunning success, but the Republicans knee-capped it with trade wars and real wars of their own choosing.
We had a country on the brink of stunning success, but the Republicans knee-capped it with trade wars and real wars of their own choosing.
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This Day in Labor History: September 14, 1889. Black guano workers on Navassa Island rose up and killed five white bosses in an act of desperation in revolt against a racist work regime. Let's talk about this horror and the necessary revolt against it!
September 14, 2026 at 7:50 PM
This Day in Labor History: September 14, 1889. Black guano workers on Navassa Island rose up and killed five white bosses in an act of desperation in revolt against a racist work regime. Let's talk about this horror and the necessary revolt against it!
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One of the most haunting 9/11 stories I know of involved Prof. Eqbal Ahmad, my Hampshire College mentor in the 80s. He met bin Laden in Afghanistan in 1986 and tried to warn us in this 1998 talk (at the 1:23 mark). Tragically, Eqbal died during surgery a few months later, but HE WARNED US in 1998!!🤯
Eqbal Ahmad Terrorism Ours vs. Theirs 12, 1998
YouTube video by Mona Ringel
youtu.be
September 11, 2026 at 4:18 PM
One of the most haunting 9/11 stories I know of involved Prof. Eqbal Ahmad, my Hampshire College mentor in the 80s. He met bin Laden in Afghanistan in 1986 and tried to warn us in this 1998 talk (at the 1:23 mark). Tragically, Eqbal died during surgery a few months later, but HE WARNED US in 1998!!🤯
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"You do my dad's legacy and the legacy of all these victims no honor by using this tragedy to spread hate," he said. "I've had to grow up and spend the past 25 years seeing people use it to hate on our Muslim brothers and sisters, to hate on people who don't look like them."
September 11, 2026 at 5:31 PM
"You do my dad's legacy and the legacy of all these victims no honor by using this tragedy to spread hate," he said. "I've had to grow up and spend the past 25 years seeing people use it to hate on our Muslim brothers and sisters, to hate on people who don't look like them."
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We teased each other about sports and culture but with absolute affection and comraderie. Red wings vs. Leafs, it was great. I can tell you, nobody is laughing anymore. Even my least political Canadian friends are ready to cut you all loose. Tragic.
September 10, 2026 at 12:25 PM
We teased each other about sports and culture but with absolute affection and comraderie. Red wings vs. Leafs, it was great. I can tell you, nobody is laughing anymore. Even my least political Canadian friends are ready to cut you all loose. Tragic.
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Going to toss a tiny pebble into the ocean here by saying this is completely insane and unacceptable and it's absolutely surreal that we tolerate it today and every day.
Trump claims he was basically lifted out of the rubble on 9/11: "Two fireman, big strong guys, they grabbed me under the arms -- 'got to get our of here!' -- and they literally lifted me up, and they started running with me."
September 8, 2026 at 3:40 PM
Going to toss a tiny pebble into the ocean here by saying this is completely insane and unacceptable and it's absolutely surreal that we tolerate it today and every day.
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Maha is just another astroturfed front in the American Reactionary Movement. This movement is responsible for every public health crisis: climate, automobile deaths, gun violence, homelessness, poverty. Its the Don't Tell Me What To Do movement. They are few but they're mobilized for war.
The few things that maha "gets right" are such banal and commonplace ideas that no one disagrees upon and are not worth mentioning.
Ah yes, Eat better and exercise, an idea that doctors are famously hostile toward
Ah yes, Eat better and exercise, an idea that doctors are famously hostile toward
September 7, 2026 at 6:09 PM
Maha is just another astroturfed front in the American Reactionary Movement. This movement is responsible for every public health crisis: climate, automobile deaths, gun violence, homelessness, poverty. Its the Don't Tell Me What To Do movement. They are few but they're mobilized for war.
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What could be done to satisfy slavery's defenders?
"This, and this only: cease to call slavery wrong, and join them in calling it right. And this must be done thoroughly-done in acts as well as in words. Silence will not be tolerated-we must place ourselves avowedly with them." - Abe Lincoln, 1860
"This, and this only: cease to call slavery wrong, and join them in calling it right. And this must be done thoroughly-done in acts as well as in words. Silence will not be tolerated-we must place ourselves avowedly with them." - Abe Lincoln, 1860
Antebellum politics is fascinating, the South kept getting policy concessions and whipped themselves up into a paranoid rage anyway, essentially because they couldn't stand being culturally judged for having slaves
September 7, 2026 at 10:10 PM
What could be done to satisfy slavery's defenders?
"This, and this only: cease to call slavery wrong, and join them in calling it right. And this must be done thoroughly-done in acts as well as in words. Silence will not be tolerated-we must place ourselves avowedly with them." - Abe Lincoln, 1860
"This, and this only: cease to call slavery wrong, and join them in calling it right. And this must be done thoroughly-done in acts as well as in words. Silence will not be tolerated-we must place ourselves avowedly with them." - Abe Lincoln, 1860
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One of the best pieces I published last year detailed how secret police in authoritarian states are formed. Part of the process is that they are guaranteed impunity by the regime in power. That is unmistakably what we are seeing in America today.
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/the-secret...
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/the-secret...
September 4, 2026 at 11:44 AM
One of the best pieces I published last year detailed how secret police in authoritarian states are formed. Part of the process is that they are guaranteed impunity by the regime in power. That is unmistakably what we are seeing in America today.
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/the-secret...
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/the-secret...
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Just re-read this @jedpurdy.bsky.social essay about Wendell Berry. If you're looking for a single piece that sketches the sage in his brilliance and contradictions, you can't do much better than this one
www.thenation.com/article/cult...
www.thenation.com/article/cult...
Wendell Berry’s Lifelong Dissent
At the core of both his writing and activism is the insight that we can’t imagine a harmonious future without confronting the destruction in our past.
www.thenation.com
September 3, 2026 at 3:40 AM
Just re-read this @jedpurdy.bsky.social essay about Wendell Berry. If you're looking for a single piece that sketches the sage in his brilliance and contradictions, you can't do much better than this one
www.thenation.com/article/cult...
www.thenation.com/article/cult...
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Back in 1987, Steinem wrote about Dolly. Seems appropriate to share today.
Dolly Parton’s Unique Feminist Power, as Told by Gloria Steinem (January 1987)
Woman of the Year Dolly Parton’s Unique Feminist Power, as Told by Gloria Steinem (From the January 1987 issue of Ms. Magazine)
msmagazine.com
September 3, 2026 at 10:15 AM
Back in 1987, Steinem wrote about Dolly. Seems appropriate to share today.
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The full Epstein files never being released is such a disgrace and a failure of victims everywhere.
September 1, 2026 at 3:32 AM
The full Epstein files never being released is such a disgrace and a failure of victims everywhere.
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For reasons that I believe need examination and explaining, credible news organizations have not made this their lead story every day this summer. If a Dem president did this in one red state it would be nuclear level coverage.
Ahead of the midterms, Trump isn’t even being subtle about his brazen politicization of federal disaster relief aid, explicitly tying approvals to campaign endorsements and election results.
It’s one of the underappreciated scandals of his second term.
www.ms.now/rachel-maddo...
It’s one of the underappreciated scandals of his second term.
www.ms.now/rachel-maddo...
Trump approves disaster relief funds for 7 red states, after denying aid to blue states
Ahead of the midterm elections, the president isn’t even being subtle about his scandalous politicization of disaster aid.
www.ms.now
September 2, 2026 at 1:26 PM
For reasons that I believe need examination and explaining, credible news organizations have not made this their lead story every day this summer. If a Dem president did this in one red state it would be nuclear level coverage.
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If you using the AI to do the sermon i question if you really understand what we are even doing here
August 31, 2026 at 12:18 PM
If you using the AI to do the sermon i question if you really understand what we are even doing here
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USS Harmon was a Buckeye-class destroyer escort commissioned OTD in 1943. It was the first-ever U.S. Navy warship named for a Black person: Mess Attendant Leonard R. Harmon, posthumously awarded Navy Cross for actions on USS San Francisco at battle of Guadalcanal.
Image: National Portrait Gallery.
Image: National Portrait Gallery.
August 31, 2026 at 12:04 PM
USS Harmon was a Buckeye-class destroyer escort commissioned OTD in 1943. It was the first-ever U.S. Navy warship named for a Black person: Mess Attendant Leonard R. Harmon, posthumously awarded Navy Cross for actions on USS San Francisco at battle of Guadalcanal.
Image: National Portrait Gallery.
Image: National Portrait Gallery.
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Trump's Kharg Island AI slop-video
was posted on behalf of
Republican Senators
Republican Representatives
His Cabinet, Appointees, Aides
Republican State Officials
Local Republican Officials
All Republican Midterm Candidates
Aligned Media
all of them, working together, in lockstep —
not just him
was posted on behalf of
Republican Senators
Republican Representatives
His Cabinet, Appointees, Aides
Republican State Officials
Local Republican Officials
All Republican Midterm Candidates
Aligned Media
all of them, working together, in lockstep —
not just him
August 31, 2026 at 10:47 AM
Trump's Kharg Island AI slop-video
was posted on behalf of
Republican Senators
Republican Representatives
His Cabinet, Appointees, Aides
Republican State Officials
Local Republican Officials
All Republican Midterm Candidates
Aligned Media
all of them, working together, in lockstep —
not just him
was posted on behalf of
Republican Senators
Republican Representatives
His Cabinet, Appointees, Aides
Republican State Officials
Local Republican Officials
All Republican Midterm Candidates
Aligned Media
all of them, working together, in lockstep —
not just him
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The Trump admin talks about Haitian TPS always in relationship to the earthquake, saying 16 years is too long. But it's not 16 years. The most recent TPS designation was two years ago and the situation is worse since!
That's really why I'm highlighting this for @hcrichardson.bsky.social.
11/11
That's really why I'm highlighting this for @hcrichardson.bsky.social.
11/11
August 29, 2026 at 3:42 PM
The Trump admin talks about Haitian TPS always in relationship to the earthquake, saying 16 years is too long. But it's not 16 years. The most recent TPS designation was two years ago and the situation is worse since!
That's really why I'm highlighting this for @hcrichardson.bsky.social.
11/11
That's really why I'm highlighting this for @hcrichardson.bsky.social.
11/11