Sean Blanda
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Sean Blanda
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· Nov 12
Realignment (lessons from a four-month wander)
Hello friends! You likely signed up for this after reading one of my essays on Medium, my personal website, or seeing something on Twitter/X or LinkedIn. See...
newsletter.seanblanda.com
I've been on a little bit of a "career walkabout" lately. Here's what I've learned: newsletter.seanblanda.com/archive/real...
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Once again, the imperial presidency, created by both parties during the Cold War, by passing laws allowing the POTUS to act like a king simply by using the magic words “national security” or “national emergency” w/o evidence, was a grave mistake, & if we make it through this, it must be dismantled.
August 11, 2025 at 3:17 PM
Once again, the imperial presidency, created by both parties during the Cold War, by passing laws allowing the POTUS to act like a king simply by using the magic words “national security” or “national emergency” w/o evidence, was a grave mistake, & if we make it through this, it must be dismantled.
An example of Polymarket (as much as I love it) not exactly being the most prescient source
May 29, 2025 at 3:12 PM
An example of Polymarket (as much as I love it) not exactly being the most prescient source
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"What we need is for people to invest in independent media, and that doesn't necessarily mean investing in a consulting group that is going to become a middleman for independent media."
Inside the Democrats’ Struggle to Win Over Creators
"What we need is for people to invest in independent media, and that doesn't necessarily mean investing in a consulting group that is going to become a middleman for independent media."
www.usermag.co
April 24, 2025 at 4:35 PM
"What we need is for people to invest in independent media, and that doesn't necessarily mean investing in a consulting group that is going to become a middleman for independent media."
co-signed. Parker has been better than any mayor of my lifetime at making progress on litter and garbage.
Still much more to do, but it's made me optimistic!
Still much more to do, but it's made me optimistic!
Philly’s overall sanitation plan is still pretty uneven, but I will say that under Parker my street started getting regular sweeping, twice weekly trash pickup & crews cleaned out alleys on both sides of our block www.inquirer.com/news/philade...
Philly has 16,000 alleys. Keeping them clean and clear is a big job.
Thousands of Philly’s alleys are plagued by trash, overgrown trees, roots, and even illegal gates. These workers get them clean.
www.inquirer.com
April 16, 2025 at 1:03 PM
co-signed. Parker has been better than any mayor of my lifetime at making progress on litter and garbage.
Still much more to do, but it's made me optimistic!
Still much more to do, but it's made me optimistic!
Small but mighty anti trump protest on South Broad
April 15, 2025 at 3:23 PM
Small but mighty anti trump protest on South Broad
I want to try something. If you live in or around the city of Philadelphia, like this post.
April 14, 2025 at 6:00 PM
I want to try something. If you live in or around the city of Philadelphia, like this post.
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THE WORST DEFENSE OF THE TRUMP TARIFFS:
I wrote in the newsletter today about how annoying it is to hear people talk about how we need these tariffs to reindustrialize and counter China in high tech manufacturing.
We were literally just doing that!
Sub here www.bloomberg.com/account/news...
I wrote in the newsletter today about how annoying it is to hear people talk about how we need these tariffs to reindustrialize and counter China in high tech manufacturing.
We were literally just doing that!
Sub here www.bloomberg.com/account/news...
April 8, 2025 at 5:20 PM
THE WORST DEFENSE OF THE TRUMP TARIFFS:
I wrote in the newsletter today about how annoying it is to hear people talk about how we need these tariffs to reindustrialize and counter China in high tech manufacturing.
We were literally just doing that!
Sub here www.bloomberg.com/account/news...
I wrote in the newsletter today about how annoying it is to hear people talk about how we need these tariffs to reindustrialize and counter China in high tech manufacturing.
We were literally just doing that!
Sub here www.bloomberg.com/account/news...
how did that end? Just checking!
America is tanking, trust the process.
Lutnick: "Let Donald Trump run the global economy. He's knows what he's doing. He's been talking about it for 35 years. You gotta trust Donald Trump in the White House ... it's broken. Let him fix it ... Let Donald Trump fix the American economy."
April 3, 2025 at 4:12 PM
how did that end? Just checking!
Links are good!
“Similarweb noted that Bluesky generated 38.6 million outgoing visits in November 2024, spread across a variety of news websites, while Threads generated 24.5 million referrals. However, the firm pointed out that 42% of Threads’ traffic was directing users to Instagram, not publishers’ websites.”
Bluesky makes it easier for publishers to track referrals
March 20, 2025 at 11:58 PM
Links are good!
Ok damn.
Replit has blown my mind. Dumb ol' me just made a pretty useful Delicious clone in a few hours for less than $100.
Features include:
- Safari reader-like cache versions of all bookmarks
- AI agent that uses your bookmarks as source
- Easy ios sharing
savesies.com
Replit has blown my mind. Dumb ol' me just made a pretty useful Delicious clone in a few hours for less than $100.
Features include:
- Safari reader-like cache versions of all bookmarks
- AI agent that uses your bookmarks as source
- Easy ios sharing
savesies.com
Old-school bookmarking with an AI helper
A personal knowledge management platform that enables efficient digital content organization through AI-powered bookmarking technologies.
savesies.com
January 4, 2025 at 4:07 AM
Ok damn.
Replit has blown my mind. Dumb ol' me just made a pretty useful Delicious clone in a few hours for less than $100.
Features include:
- Safari reader-like cache versions of all bookmarks
- AI agent that uses your bookmarks as source
- Easy ios sharing
savesies.com
Replit has blown my mind. Dumb ol' me just made a pretty useful Delicious clone in a few hours for less than $100.
Features include:
- Safari reader-like cache versions of all bookmarks
- AI agent that uses your bookmarks as source
- Easy ios sharing
savesies.com
I cant wait to question my mental health in the 15th row of 76 Place while our 2031 first round draft pick ruptures his Achilles
December 19, 2024 at 5:36 PM
I cant wait to question my mental health in the 15th row of 76 Place while our 2031 first round draft pick ruptures his Achilles
this is amazing
Today I'm sharing something I've wanted to build for a long time: A list of public companies and how well they're performing in Google.
Companies like NerdWallet regularly update investors on how SEO is impacting them.
Now I've (hopefully) made it easier to track — 100% free.
Companies like NerdWallet regularly update investors on how SEO is impacting them.
Now I've (hopefully) made it easier to track — 100% free.
December 19, 2024 at 2:38 PM
this is amazing
A lot of threads energy on Bluesky lately 😟
December 11, 2024 at 9:11 PM
A lot of threads energy on Bluesky lately 😟
you love to see it
Council President Johnson’s urbanist-friendly character arc continues. In this clip he suggests he might be open to revisiting street safety treatments for the west side of Washington Ave 😍
December 5, 2024 at 2:03 PM
you love to see it
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Also, holy shit, Bluesky sends real traffic. Will update this tomorrow with firm numbers but journalism is going to move here for sure. Twitter is a drop in the bucket. It's over, but we are so back, and so on and so forth
December 3, 2024 at 9:53 PM
Also, holy shit, Bluesky sends real traffic. Will update this tomorrow with firm numbers but journalism is going to move here for sure. Twitter is a drop in the bucket. It's over, but we are so back, and so on and so forth
That’s a clean subway station
December 4, 2024 at 10:55 PM
That’s a clean subway station
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Elon admits that any post on X with a link is throttled
He advises you to upload content directly to X instead, where he can monetize it
Musk is the richest person in the world and his view is everyone should work for him for free
He advises you to upload content directly to X instead, where he can monetize it
Musk is the richest person in the world and his view is everyone should work for him for free
November 25, 2024 at 3:58 AM
Elon admits that any post on X with a link is throttled
He advises you to upload content directly to X instead, where he can monetize it
Musk is the richest person in the world and his view is everyone should work for him for free
He advises you to upload content directly to X instead, where he can monetize it
Musk is the richest person in the world and his view is everyone should work for him for free
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after 10 years of big social media telling us no one wants posts that link out to other websites, it turns out it was really just the big social media companies that didn't want that
So I don't check my analytics that much, but this is the first time I've noticed that Bluesky topped the list of referrers to Techdirt (for non-search based traffic, Google still sent a lot more).
November 19, 2024 at 3:29 PM
after 10 years of big social media telling us no one wants posts that link out to other websites, it turns out it was really just the big social media companies that didn't want that
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The "free" growth techcos experienced from a rapidly upscaling Internet population has moved to a plateau.
From now on, time spent on sites/in apps is zero-sum, i.e. if someone wins, someone else is losing.
From now on, time spent on sites/in apps is zero-sum, i.e. if someone wins, someone else is losing.
November 20, 2024 at 5:13 PM
The "free" growth techcos experienced from a rapidly upscaling Internet population has moved to a plateau.
From now on, time spent on sites/in apps is zero-sum, i.e. if someone wins, someone else is losing.
From now on, time spent on sites/in apps is zero-sum, i.e. if someone wins, someone else is losing.
Millennials are now the main demo. We did it.
We respect wisdom and experience here 🙇🏻♀️
Bluesky heard your criticism that its user base skewed too heavily toward the elder millennial demographic and compensated by adding ten million even older users
November 20, 2024 at 2:40 PM
Millennials are now the main demo. We did it.
Blandas Law: a social platform has not arrived until it can reliably embue existential dread into the hearts and minds of Sixers fans
November 19, 2024 at 6:57 PM
Blandas Law: a social platform has not arrived until it can reliably embue existential dread into the hearts and minds of Sixers fans
I just want a place where I can share links.
Here's my best effort to work out why Bluesky blew up over the weekend. Much more than Threads, it's a network that knows what it's *for* www.platformer.news/bluesky-post...
November 19, 2024 at 4:15 AM
I just want a place where I can share links.
🎯
The idea that Bluesky is insular and X is a place for diverse views is a fallacy.
X is based on an algorithm rigged to push the views of Musk and others on the far right.
Bluesky is open. You can make it whatever you want it to be.
X is based on an algorithm rigged to push the views of Musk and others on the far right.
Bluesky is open. You can make it whatever you want it to be.
November 18, 2024 at 8:45 PM
🎯