Andrew Blum
@ablum.bsky.social
Project Director at the Burnham Center for Community Advancement, burnhamcenter.org. Leading the OneSD initiative, www.onesd.org
Fan of 🚴♀️, ⚾️ and good 🥃.
Fan of 🚴♀️, ⚾️ and good 🥃.
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Andrew Blum
@ablum.bsky.social
· Apr 26
It is easier to break things than to build them.
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Reading LinkedIn and just wanting to comment Charlie Brown didn’t have hoes on half the posts.
November 26, 2025 at 2:52 AM
Reading LinkedIn and just wanting to comment Charlie Brown didn’t have hoes on half the posts.
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Accountability. Justice. They’re possible.
Bolsonaro to Start Serving 27-Year Sentence Over Coup Plot
www.nytimes.com
November 26, 2025 at 2:42 AM
Accountability. Justice. They’re possible.
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love when college football players get to wear non-Latin lettering on the back of their jerseys, here's Western Michigan defensive tackle Mustafi al-Garawi
November 12, 2025 at 3:45 AM
love when college football players get to wear non-Latin lettering on the back of their jerseys, here's Western Michigan defensive tackle Mustafi al-Garawi
“It’s only going to get worse…just continue to breathe.”
Great advice from maybe my favorite baseball video of all time.
m.youtube.com/watch?v=APzK...
Great advice from maybe my favorite baseball video of all time.
m.youtube.com/watch?v=APzK...
Anthony Rizzo to David Ross: "I'm in a glass case of emotion!"
YouTube video by Justin Albers Official
m.youtube.com
November 26, 2025 at 2:26 AM
“It’s only going to get worse…just continue to breathe.”
Great advice from maybe my favorite baseball video of all time.
m.youtube.com/watch?v=APzK...
Great advice from maybe my favorite baseball video of all time.
m.youtube.com/watch?v=APzK...
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The thing I wish people like Carville et al would realize is that you cannot have ‘pure populist economic rage’ if you leave out the ‘woke’ bits. It doesn’t work like that.
It’s weird to me they don’t see this, so let’s see if we can walk it out.
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It’s weird to me they don’t see this, so let’s see if we can walk it out.
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November 26, 2025 at 2:20 AM
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Chuck Schumer Faces Pushback From a ‘Fight Club’ of Senate Democrats
www.nytimes.com
November 26, 2025 at 2:16 AM
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Aside from all the very obvious problems with the idea that consumers are to blame for not wanting or needing your product, there's a reasonable chance I would buy a new phone if it wasn't stuffed to the gills with un-turnoffable AI bloat
stupid young people, stop buying a new phone every year if you don't want to be broke. wait no, not like that.
November 26, 2025 at 2:08 AM
Aside from all the very obvious problems with the idea that consumers are to blame for not wanting or needing your product, there's a reasonable chance I would buy a new phone if it wasn't stuffed to the gills with un-turnoffable AI bloat
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My best story was the guy insisting to the world’s leading expert on prehistoric sharks that megalodons might exist.
Him: How can really we know they’re not out there?
Her: Whales exist.
Him: How can really we know they’re not out there?
Her: Whales exist.
November 25, 2025 at 1:41 PM
My best story was the guy insisting to the world’s leading expert on prehistoric sharks that megalodons might exist.
Him: How can really we know they’re not out there?
Her: Whales exist.
Him: How can really we know they’re not out there?
Her: Whales exist.
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The only correct pie take is that pies are like dogs—they’re all good, we just have stronger personal attachments to some than others.
November 25, 2025 at 11:00 PM
The only correct pie take is that pies are like dogs—they’re all good, we just have stronger personal attachments to some than others.
Not sure why I didn't think of this earlier, but just realized I could turn off the animation effect in Windows emojis. Hallelujah.
November 25, 2025 at 10:16 PM
Not sure why I didn't think of this earlier, but just realized I could turn off the animation effect in Windows emojis. Hallelujah.
Warriors remake.
If you were a despotic president, what movie would you force Hollywood to make? I want to see Quentin's Star Trek movie or maybe Kill Bill Vol 3.
November 25, 2025 at 8:47 PM
Warriors remake.
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This is where I post from
November 24, 2025 at 5:10 PM
This is where I post from
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Reminded today of my take after Dune: Part 2 came out that the critiques of the Dune movies mostly revealed to me how much special pleading there was in Star Wars movie discourse.
November 24, 2025 at 11:40 PM
Reminded today of my take after Dune: Part 2 came out that the critiques of the Dune movies mostly revealed to me how much special pleading there was in Star Wars movie discourse.
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Put it in the pantheon next to the mayo/genocide post.
November 25, 2025 at 12:52 AM
Put it in the pantheon next to the mayo/genocide post.
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I miss when Twitter was truly great like the time a guy got upset at someone calling out a cricket team and started explaining how bowling worked and at the end OP was like "thanks for explaining btw I hold the world record for most career outs in cricket history"
November 25, 2025 at 1:36 PM
I miss when Twitter was truly great like the time a guy got upset at someone calling out a cricket team and started explaining how bowling worked and at the end OP was like "thanks for explaining btw I hold the world record for most career outs in cricket history"
Türkiye
November 25, 2025 at 1:30 PM
Türkiye
Put it in the pantheon next to the mayo/genocide post.
November 25, 2025 at 12:52 AM
Put it in the pantheon next to the mayo/genocide post.
One thing I just realized is how close we are to putting 2025 in the rear view mirror. Good f*%#ing riddance.
November 25, 2025 at 12:21 AM
One thing I just realized is how close we are to putting 2025 in the rear view mirror. Good f*%#ing riddance.
Reminded today of my take after Dune: Part 2 came out that the critiques of the Dune movies mostly revealed to me how much special pleading there was in Star Wars movie discourse.
November 24, 2025 at 11:40 PM
Reminded today of my take after Dune: Part 2 came out that the critiques of the Dune movies mostly revealed to me how much special pleading there was in Star Wars movie discourse.
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The batteries in this warning are from before the UL certification.
November 24, 2025 at 11:10 PM
The batteries in this warning are from before the UL certification.
Extremely Spinal Tap voice, "Wouldn’t worry about it though, not that big of a...ebike company"
CPSC Warns Consumers to Immediately Stop Using Batteries for E-Bikes from Rad Power Bikes Due to Fire Hazard; Risk of Serious Injury or Death www.cpsc.gov/Warnings/202...
November 24, 2025 at 9:47 PM
Extremely Spinal Tap voice, "Wouldn’t worry about it though, not that big of a...ebike company"
This is where I post from
November 24, 2025 at 5:10 PM
This is where I post from