Robert Sullivan

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...

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.

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

Watch the 2026 Doomsday Clock Announcement on January 27th at 10 a.m. ET

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

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.

"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...

Lone Wolf in Oct 1902. Public Domain. National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution

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

In New York City, Congestion Pricing Leads to Marked Drop in Pollution

Toll the Schuylkill Expressway

the people of this great republic yearn for locomotive transport

so good: when we lived in oregon, we'd go to timberline lodge, and I'd be just a little terrified!

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.

“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

it depends, but sounds like yr going or went, and it's great, but the real question (or a corollary?) is: is it safe to go the The Shining if you write for a living?! #writersblockhorror

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.

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...

Time to mute the Rocky myth. We should celebrate the excellence of Philly’s real fighters instead. | Opinion The fictional hero is stitched together from the blood, sweat, and broken bones of real Black fighters who were born, bled, and fought in this city, only to be forgotten by it.

So so true! Also:
www.inquirer.com/opinion/comm...

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!

it's amazing!

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

i asked chat gpt to fact check an article for me

hi, no my essay does not address this, and , well, I can't say I feel particularly suited to address that idea but thanks!

Did the Iroquois Really Influence the Birth of the USA? (Part Two) Maybe don't blame Benjamin Franklin's kooky, unworkable plan of union on Native America.

Part Two, a free post on BAD HISTORY:
williamhogeland.substack.com/p/did-the-ir...

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.

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...

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.

Induced demand: Same as it ever was

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!

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...

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

CFPB Union NTEU 335 stands in solidarity with Starbucks' workers!

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...

Indigenous Leaders Converge in Belém, Brazil, Demanding Greater Role at U.N. Climate Talks

Happy this piece published in the week of the UN Climate Summit! The UN's DRIP sprung in part from the (described herein) world-changing 1975 Boldt Decision, forged by Native American organizers and their allies. @waterpotential.bsky.social 's work points a way forward
cc: @democracynow.org