Andrew Sharp
@asharpwriter.bsky.social
Measuring life with coffee spills. Freelance writer and recovering journalist.
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In a time when skepticism about what government can do abounds, the rail-trail network is an example of what can happen through persistent grassroots activism www.sierraclub.org/sierra/creat...
Creating Outdoor Space for All
How a grassroots movement transformed former railroad land into trails for public use
www.sierraclub.org
December 5, 2025 at 1:31 PM
In a time when skepticism about what government can do abounds, the rail-trail network is an example of what can happen through persistent grassroots activism www.sierraclub.org/sierra/creat...
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This week on #TheMilkHouse:
Andrew Sharp (@asharpwriter.bsky.social) teases apart a delicate but universal issue, in his essay "On killing."
Read it here: www.themilkhouse.org/on-killing-b...
Andrew Sharp (@asharpwriter.bsky.social) teases apart a delicate but universal issue, in his essay "On killing."
Read it here: www.themilkhouse.org/on-killing-b...
On Killing by Andrew Sharp – The Milk House
Andrew Sharp approaches death on both the conceptual and practical level, trying to negotiate its necessity in modern life.
www.themilkhouse.org
November 30, 2025 at 12:10 AM
This week on #TheMilkHouse:
Andrew Sharp (@asharpwriter.bsky.social) teases apart a delicate but universal issue, in his essay "On killing."
Read it here: www.themilkhouse.org/on-killing-b...
Andrew Sharp (@asharpwriter.bsky.social) teases apart a delicate but universal issue, in his essay "On killing."
Read it here: www.themilkhouse.org/on-killing-b...
To save wildlife, New Jersey is cutting trees (and letting them grow again)
Upland Focus: Acre by Acre, Hope Grows for One of New Jersey's Last Wild Game Birds - The Upland Almanac
uplandalmanac.com
August 27, 2025 at 11:43 AM
To save wildlife, New Jersey is cutting trees (and letting them grow again)
People often don't think of extreme terrain on the East Coast, but there's plenty. You just have to go further east than usual.
What Lies Beneath the Depths of Delaware's Atlantic Coast?
In the Atlantic Ocean’s darkest depths, a mysterious world comes to life. Here, local experts share their insights.
delawaretoday.com
August 12, 2025 at 12:48 PM
People often don't think of extreme terrain on the East Coast, but there's plenty. You just have to go further east than usual.
Started making coffee and forgot to finish, which is maybe an indicator of how today is going to go. TGIF
June 13, 2025 at 12:35 PM
Started making coffee and forgot to finish, which is maybe an indicator of how today is going to go. TGIF
This interactive map of Ohio State's main campus is an amazing historical resource (and fun to play around with) alumnimagazine.osu.edu/story/online...
This map takes you to 1870 and back again and again
A passion project for Aaron Kidwell turned into an online map you can use to see how campus grew through the decades.
alumnimagazine.osu.edu
June 11, 2025 at 2:07 PM
This interactive map of Ohio State's main campus is an amazing historical resource (and fun to play around with) alumnimagazine.osu.edu/story/online...
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Amazing. Respect the lede.
June 6, 2025 at 12:53 AM
Amazing. Respect the lede.
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There can be no swallowing this game as anything other than an abject disaster. The Orioles stranded 15 runners and lost, 4-3, to the Nationals
May 17, 2025 at 2:38 AM
There can be no swallowing this game as anything other than an abject disaster. The Orioles stranded 15 runners and lost, 4-3, to the Nationals
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Feels like Stockholm syndrome to keep watching this team
May 17, 2025 at 2:43 AM
Feels like Stockholm syndrome to keep watching this team
This Orioles team consistently plays sloppy. That's a coaching problem and a team character problem, not a talent problem.
May 17, 2025 at 2:45 AM
This Orioles team consistently plays sloppy. That's a coaching problem and a team character problem, not a talent problem.
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Like other farmers in the United States, dairy farmers rely on immigrant laborers from Mexico or Central America, many of them without authorization to work here. @asharpwriter.bsky.social reports for @barnraiser.bsky.social:
Trump Deportations Have Dairy Farmers on Edge
In recent weeks, ICE has stepped up raids on immigrant dairy farm workers, casting a sense of deep unease across the industry.
buff.ly
April 30, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Like other farmers in the United States, dairy farmers rely on immigrant laborers from Mexico or Central America, many of them without authorization to work here. @asharpwriter.bsky.social reports for @barnraiser.bsky.social:
Dairy farmers depend on a migrant workforce, and immigration policy has left them stuck in the middle. My latest for @barnraiser.bsky.social barnraisingmedia.com/trump-immigr...
Trump Deportations Have Dairy Farmers on Edge
In recent weeks, ICE has stepped up raids on immigrant dairy farm workers, casting a sense of deep unease across the industry.
barnraisingmedia.com
April 28, 2025 at 12:13 PM
Dairy farmers depend on a migrant workforce, and immigration policy has left them stuck in the middle. My latest for @barnraiser.bsky.social barnraisingmedia.com/trump-immigr...
A tradition of volunteer firefighting in Delaware faces challenges as fewer people sign up for what can be a demanding job delawaretoday.com/life-style/v...
Volunteer Firefighters Are Needed in Delaware
Fire stations throughout the First State need a variety of volunteers to help care for the community. Could it be you?
delawaretoday.com
April 24, 2025 at 9:09 PM
A tradition of volunteer firefighting in Delaware faces challenges as fewer people sign up for what can be a demanding job delawaretoday.com/life-style/v...
A project in the Chesapeake Bay is building up islands, even as rising seas try to claim them back.
Is Resurrecting an Island Worth It?
Poplar Island gets a second chance as Maryland regulators rebuild the eroded terrain
www.sierraclub.org
February 11, 2025 at 4:10 PM
A project in the Chesapeake Bay is building up islands, even as rising seas try to claim them back.
Always interesting checking out the articles Muckrack thinks I wrote. I've been quite prolific apparently!
February 11, 2025 at 4:09 PM
Always interesting checking out the articles Muckrack thinks I wrote. I've been quite prolific apparently!
Well my son tore up Eagles football cards and threw them on the floor, so I guess we know where his loyalties lie.
February 6, 2025 at 10:44 PM
Well my son tore up Eagles football cards and threw them on the floor, so I guess we know where his loyalties lie.
With an aging workforce, should we be competing for immigrants, not limiting them? Thanks to @barnraiser.bsky.social for giving me the chance to investigate this issue.
When Will the U.S. Start Competing for Immigrants? Sooner Than You Think
Is the nation about to see the magnetic poles of this conversation reverse? It may seem unlikely in the short term, given Donald Trump’s return to the White House. Immigration formed a major talking p...
barnraisingmedia.com
January 27, 2025 at 3:18 PM
With an aging workforce, should we be competing for immigrants, not limiting them? Thanks to @barnraiser.bsky.social for giving me the chance to investigate this issue.
AI has definitely changed my work process. I now spend up to 25% of my day declining offers of help from a litany of AI bots.
January 23, 2025 at 2:09 PM
AI has definitely changed my work process. I now spend up to 25% of my day declining offers of help from a litany of AI bots.
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BUCKEYE BLISS IN ATLANTA 🏆
Ohio State has won the first national championship of the 12-team CFP era after defeating Notre Dame 34-23.
Ohio State has won the first national championship of the 12-team CFP era after defeating Notre Dame 34-23.
January 21, 2025 at 4:09 AM
BUCKEYE BLISS IN ATLANTA 🏆
Ohio State has won the first national championship of the 12-team CFP era after defeating Notre Dame 34-23.
Ohio State has won the first national championship of the 12-team CFP era after defeating Notre Dame 34-23.
National champions!!!*
January 21, 2025 at 4:10 AM
National champions!!!*
4 p.m. on a Monday afternoon may be the worst possible time to try to write anything.
January 20, 2025 at 9:01 PM
4 p.m. on a Monday afternoon may be the worst possible time to try to write anything.
This is way more fun than I thought it was gonna be. #Commanders
January 19, 2025 at 2:50 AM
This is way more fun than I thought it was gonna be. #Commanders
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This Commanders game is playing out like it’s controlled by two college guysplaying Madden at 2 a.m. on a Tuesday.
January 19, 2025 at 2:35 AM
This Commanders game is playing out like it’s controlled by two college guysplaying Madden at 2 a.m. on a Tuesday.
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Everyone is watching Jayden Daniels. That includes the three men who know the power and privilege of being a Super Bowl-winning QB in the nation’s capital.
Spoke with Joe Theismann, Doug Williams and Mark Rypien about the rookie sensation leading these #Commanders.
www.nytimes.com/athletic/606...
Spoke with Joe Theismann, Doug Williams and Mark Rypien about the rookie sensation leading these #Commanders.
www.nytimes.com/athletic/606...
In Jayden Daniels, Washington’s Super Bowl-winning QBs see one of their own
The rookie QB has made an impression on some of the team's most respected players of the past and restored hope to a starved franchise.
www.nytimes.com
January 16, 2025 at 1:33 PM
Everyone is watching Jayden Daniels. That includes the three men who know the power and privilege of being a Super Bowl-winning QB in the nation’s capital.
Spoke with Joe Theismann, Doug Williams and Mark Rypien about the rookie sensation leading these #Commanders.
www.nytimes.com/athletic/606...
Spoke with Joe Theismann, Doug Williams and Mark Rypien about the rookie sensation leading these #Commanders.
www.nytimes.com/athletic/606...
Looking forward to the day I'm no longer nervous before interviewing people, that will be nice.
January 13, 2025 at 8:00 PM
Looking forward to the day I'm no longer nervous before interviewing people, that will be nice.