Andrew Sharp
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Measuring life with coffee spills. Freelance writer and recovering journalist. andrewsharp.net
Delaware — more than just a beach getaway.
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24 Must-Try Outdoor Activities in Delaware
Delaware’s various landscapes and cultural landmarks offer a host of outdoor pursuits, from leisurely water sports to iconic garden tours.
https://delawaretoday.com/things-to-do/outdoor-activities-delaware/
about 2 months ago
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Barn Raiser
2 months ago
Congrats to Andrew Sharp
@asharpwriter.bsky.social
for winning first place in Specialty Articles - Agriculture in the Delaware Press Association 2026 Communications Contest for his article on how deportations are affecting dairy farmers:
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https://delawarepressassociation.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/2026-DPA-LIST-OF-WINNERS-for-Website.pdf?x40221
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Books like "Bowling Alone" have highlighted the way Americans have lost old ways of connecting. But rec sports are still a place where community thrives. My recent story for Delaware Today:
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Rec Leagues Promote Connection and Fitness in Delaware
Adult recreational sports teams throughout the First State foster competition and community among members in Delaware.
https://delawaretoday.com/things-to-do/rec-leagues/
2 months ago
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As the flow of immigrants shrinks, farmers express frustration over a broken system — my latest for
@barnraiser.bsky.social
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Farmers, Facing Labor Shortages, Push for Immigration Reform
Farmers, feeling the pinch on labor, are venting their frustration with the Trump administration’s immigration enforcement crackdown.
https://barnraisingmedia.com/farmers-facing-labor-shortages-push-for-immigration-reform/
2 months ago
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My latest for
@barnraiser.bsky.social
, a dispatch from a No Kings protest in a Republican area of Biden's home state.
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Rural and Small Town Americans Show Up for No Kings Rallies
The third No Kings rallies drew millions of resolute Americans, including those scattered across Trump country.
https://barnraisingmedia.com/rural-and-small-town-americans-show-up-for-no-kings-rallies/
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Things you didn't know about sea gulls, which don't exist
delawaretoday.com/life-style/b...
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A Guide to the Gulls of Delaware
More than just French fry thieves, the gulls that call Delaware home are clever, resourceful, and full of surprises.
https://delawaretoday.com/life-style/beach-guide/delaware-gulls/
5 months ago
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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...
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Creating Outdoor Space for All
How a grassroots movement transformed former railroad land into trails for public use
https://www.sierraclub.org/sierra/creating-outdoor-space-all
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The Milk House
6 months ago
This week on
#TheMilkHouse
: Andrew Sharp (
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) teases apart a delicate but universal issue, in his essay "On killing." Read it here:
www.themilkhouse.org/on-killing-b...
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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.
https://www.themilkhouse.org/on-killing-by-andrew-sharp/
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To save wildlife, New Jersey is cutting trees (and letting them grow again)
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Upland Focus: Acre by Acre, Hope Grows for One of New Jersey's Last Wild Game Birds - The Upland Almanac
https://uplandalmanac.com/summer-2025/upland-focus-acre-by-acre
10 months ago
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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.
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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.
https://delawaretoday.com/life-style/delaware-atlantic-coast/
10 months ago
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Started making coffee and forgot to finish, which is maybe an indicator of how today is going to go. TGIF
12 months ago
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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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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.
https://alumnimagazine.osu.edu/story/online-historical-map
12 months ago
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Jason Kint
about 1 year ago
Amazing. Respect the lede.
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Andy Kostka
about 1 year ago
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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Jean Marbella
about 1 year ago
Feels like Stockholm syndrome to keep watching this team
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This Orioles team consistently plays sloppy. That's a coaching problem and a team character problem, not a talent problem.
about 1 year ago
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Sentient
about 1 year ago
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
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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.
https://buff.ly/Iv6ntRr
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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...
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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.
https://barnraisingmedia.com/trump-immigration-raids-dairy-farms/
about 1 year ago
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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...
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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?
https://delawaretoday.com/life-style/volunteer-firefighters/
about 1 year ago
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A project in the Chesapeake Bay is building up islands, even as rising seas try to claim them back.
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Is Resurrecting an Island Worth It?
Poplar Island gets a second chance as Maryland regulators rebuild the eroded terrain
https://www.sierraclub.org/sierra/resurrecting-island-worth-it
over 1 year ago
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Always interesting checking out the articles Muckrack thinks I wrote. I've been quite prolific apparently!
over 1 year ago
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Well my son tore up Eagles football cards and threw them on the floor, so I guess we know where his loyalties lie.
over 1 year ago
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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.
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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...
https://barnraisingmedia.com/trump-immigration-rural-economies-workforce/
over 1 year ago
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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.
over 1 year ago
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The Athletic
over 1 year ago
BUCKEYE BLISS IN ATLANTA 🏆 Ohio State has won the first national championship of the 12-team CFP era after defeating Notre Dame 34-23.
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National champions!!!*
over 1 year ago
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4 p.m. on a Monday afternoon may be the worst possible time to try to write anything.
over 1 year ago
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This is way more fun than I thought it was gonna be.
#Commanders
over 1 year ago
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Teddy Amenabar
over 1 year ago
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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Ben Standig
over 1 year ago
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
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www.nytimes.com/athletic/606...
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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.
https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/6063709/2025/01/16/jayden-daniels-washington-commanders-super-bowl-quarterbacks?source=emp-shared-article
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Looking forward to the day I'm no longer nervous before interviewing people, that will be nice.
over 1 year ago
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Washington Commanders
over 1 year ago
We'll be passing out work excuses for Victory Monday!
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Slay wasn't touched after he went down, so did he just technically score a TD for the Packers?
over 1 year ago
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Will Penn State score another field goal before the half?? The tension is killing me.
over 1 year ago
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The number of fake accounts on Bluesky is truly impressive. Wondering if I'm the only person actually on here; that would be a little embarrassing.
over 1 year ago
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Finally got a magic keyboard but it seems to function a lot like a muggle one.
over 1 year ago
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Rodger Sherman
over 1 year ago
Ohio State is the rare team whose players are so good that it makes their coach look bad
add a skeleton here at some point
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Well how about that, Buckeyes. A pleasant shock.
over 1 year ago
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What is even happening right now??!
#ohiostate
over 1 year ago
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Tuned in to catch the end of the Texas blowout and whaaaaaaaaat
over 1 year ago
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Dave Statter
over 1 year ago
Watch: Lightning hit the U.S. Capitol at 5:36 pm, simultaneously to - or a few seconds after - lightning hit the Washington Monument. Happy New Year.
@capitalweather.bsky.social
@stormhour.bsky.social
@arlnow.bsky.social
#weather
#stormhour
#DC
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To nobody's surprise, Boise State doesn't belong here.
over 1 year ago
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As a freelance writer I absolutely love the end of December. Nobody is responding to emails or available for interviews and I can catch up on writing and everything else. It's like a working vacation.
over 1 year ago
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Bummed that I'm apparently the only person who never got a photo with Jimmy Carter.
over 1 year ago
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Red wine and egg nog is not as bad as it sounds
over 1 year ago
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35 and raining. Think I'll skip the lunchtime bike ride today.
over 1 year ago
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This piece is so sloppy and poorly written I checked to see if it was actually the BBC or some kind of fake site.
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Saudis say warnings about market attack suspect were ignored
Saudi authorities said they warned German agencies about the Magdeburg car market attack suspect.
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c98l95d1773o
over 1 year ago
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Late game miracles are turning into Jayden Daniels' specialty
over 1 year ago
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Yep.
over 1 year ago
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Fire Ryan Day anyway
over 1 year ago
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