Andrew Bloomberg
@andrewbloomberg.bsky.social
He/him. Left-wing history dad. Pro Popular Front, pro Sewer Socialism, anti borders. Français par mariage. Minnesotan in Wisconsin exile. You’ve come to the wrong shop for anarchy, brother.
Is there any action the US military could take that would be so clearly illegal that the @nytimes.com wouldn’t do this, or nah?
NYT, WaPo learned of the secret US raid on Venezuela soon before it was scheduled to begin but held off publishing what they had at the administration's request to avoid endangering US troops
January 4, 2026 at 4:23 AM
Is there any action the US military could take that would be so clearly illegal that the @nytimes.com wouldn’t do this, or nah?
I know that the US illegally kidnapping a foreign head of state as part of an extremely half-assed attempt at regime change is not in any way shape or form the fault of United Airlines, but this still feels like a slightly surreal primary source of late empire.
January 4, 2026 at 3:22 AM
I know that the US illegally kidnapping a foreign head of state as part of an extremely half-assed attempt at regime change is not in any way shape or form the fault of United Airlines, but this still feels like a slightly surreal primary source of late empire.
I started reading the Man Without Qualities. It’s good so far, but unfortunately the picture of an empire committing suicide in an atmosphere of surreal excess, frustrated violence, and incompetence just doesn’t feel relevant.
January 4, 2026 at 12:53 AM
I started reading the Man Without Qualities. It’s good so far, but unfortunately the picture of an empire committing suicide in an atmosphere of surreal excess, frustrated violence, and incompetence just doesn’t feel relevant.
Obviously this would all still be unbelievably horrifying but if the wildly incompetent Trump DOJ can’t get a conviction it would be very funny.
The legal reasoning Trump has given for arresting Maduro is that he violated a 1934 law banning private ownership of machine guns that applies only in the USA, not foreign countries.
The Trump Admin is so incompetent that they can't even concoct a semi-plausible excuse for their illegal actions.
The Trump Admin is so incompetent that they can't even concoct a semi-plausible excuse for their illegal actions.
January 3, 2026 at 11:58 PM
Obviously this would all still be unbelievably horrifying but if the wildly incompetent Trump DOJ can’t get a conviction it would be very funny.
I’m sure that living through one of the periodic crises of masculinity during the Late Victorian British Empire would’ve been viscerally embarrassing too, but this is really something
January 3, 2026 at 6:02 PM
I’m sure that living through one of the periodic crises of masculinity during the Late Victorian British Empire would’ve been viscerally embarrassing too, but this is really something
This is what Marco Rubio signed up for - all the indignities and insults added up to this, that he gets to play 2003 Neocon in the Western Hemisphere
January 3, 2026 at 2:24 PM
This is what Marco Rubio signed up for - all the indignities and insults added up to this, that he gets to play 2003 Neocon in the Western Hemisphere
Sometimes I think about how Europe went absolutely insane in the 1920s and 30s but it followed a war that killed an entire generation of men, and all it’s taking for us is the end of the Cold War, one terrorist attack, and a Black president
January 3, 2026 at 4:27 AM
Sometimes I think about how Europe went absolutely insane in the 1920s and 30s but it followed a war that killed an entire generation of men, and all it’s taking for us is the end of the Cold War, one terrorist attack, and a Black president
Ope
January 3, 2026 at 3:29 AM
Ope
I don’t know guys, call me corny but I kind of find the new CBS News values inspiring
January 3, 2026 at 2:24 AM
I don’t know guys, call me corny but I kind of find the new CBS News values inspiring
Sign that you are raising bougie children -
Me to 4YO: you gotta eat your broccoli
4YO, condescendingly: dad that’s actually broccolini
Me to 4YO: you gotta eat your broccoli
4YO, condescendingly: dad that’s actually broccolini
January 3, 2026 at 2:16 AM
Sign that you are raising bougie children -
Me to 4YO: you gotta eat your broccoli
4YO, condescendingly: dad that’s actually broccolini
Me to 4YO: you gotta eat your broccoli
4YO, condescendingly: dad that’s actually broccolini
Keep your friends close and your anemones closer
January 2, 2026 at 10:29 PM
Keep your friends close and your anemones closer
Keep your friends close and your anemones closers
January 2, 2026 at 9:31 PM
Keep your friends close and your anemones closers
What historical fiction about the ancient world should I read in 2026
January 2, 2026 at 6:13 AM
What historical fiction about the ancient world should I read in 2026
Eric Adams very publicly moving into a nice Manhattan apartment and then running for mayor of Ft. Lee, NJ would be an incredible bit
Will Eric Adams now admit he lives in New Jersey do we think
January 2, 2026 at 5:50 AM
Eric Adams very publicly moving into a nice Manhattan apartment and then running for mayor of Ft. Lee, NJ would be an incredible bit
Wrap it up folks, dad of the year for 2026 awarded on day one, to me, for skidding out while playing tag on the beach and knocking over my 4YO
January 2, 2026 at 2:59 AM
Wrap it up folks, dad of the year for 2026 awarded on day one, to me, for skidding out while playing tag on the beach and knocking over my 4YO
Good sunset tonight
January 2, 2026 at 1:37 AM
Good sunset tonight
Fun fact: Woody Guthrie wrote this song about the spot in Santa Barbara where they sell a small ice cream for $9
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Do Re Mi - Woody Guthrie
YouTube video by T.A. Sedlak
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January 1, 2026 at 10:32 PM
Fun fact: Woody Guthrie wrote this song about the spot in Santa Barbara where they sell a small ice cream for $9
youtu.be/46mO7jx3JEw?...
youtu.be/46mO7jx3JEw?...
There’s a phrase in WI that Madison is an island “surrounded by reality,” and I refuse to believe that a rich guy in Waukesha driving a huge truck and getting a steady drip of right wing slop on tv and social media is more in tune with reality than me
Another good practice for the New Year would be for all the non-fascists in America who want to opine about politics to really begin believing that urban America is Real America & that its denizens are The Authentic People. Get some self-respect & drop the volkish nationalist view that they're not
And I think liberals should stop taking the bait and ceding ground on immigration.
Immigration is good. Multiculturalism is good. Free trade is good. Stop being embarrassed to say so.
Immigration is good. Multiculturalism is good. Free trade is good. Stop being embarrassed to say so.
January 1, 2026 at 3:18 PM
There’s a phrase in WI that Madison is an island “surrounded by reality,” and I refuse to believe that a rich guy in Waukesha driving a huge truck and getting a steady drip of right wing slop on tv and social media is more in tune with reality than me
That’s right Robert Musil, me being terrible at math is actually a moral stance
January 1, 2026 at 3:13 PM
That’s right Robert Musil, me being terrible at math is actually a moral stance
Lobster risotto in the vacation rental kitchen, with a quick lobster stock I made earlier from shell and supermarket chicken stock (cooking fancy meals in somewhat janky rental kitchens is my travel superpower)
January 1, 2026 at 3:43 AM
Lobster risotto in the vacation rental kitchen, with a quick lobster stock I made earlier from shell and supermarket chicken stock (cooking fancy meals in somewhat janky rental kitchens is my travel superpower)
Last sunset of 2025, muted but beautiful. Happy New Year. 2026 is a good year to beat these bastards.
January 1, 2026 at 1:17 AM
Last sunset of 2025, muted but beautiful. Happy New Year. 2026 is a good year to beat these bastards.
Because they’ve come down to us as bare stone, worn by thousands of years, most people don’t know that this is an historically accurate depiction of the decoration of ancient Egyptian monuments
January 1, 2026 at 12:43 AM
Because they’ve come down to us as bare stone, worn by thousands of years, most people don’t know that this is an historically accurate depiction of the decoration of ancient Egyptian monuments
For context, Jews were less than 1% of the population of prewar Germany, and about 10% of the population of prewar Poland
This should not be shrugged aside. They have stopped with the fake 22 million illegal immigrants things and are flat out saying we want to deport 10's of millions of citizens and legal residents from "third world countries" Basically they are advocating removing 1/3 of the population on a gov site.
December 31, 2025 at 11:51 PM
For context, Jews were less than 1% of the population of prewar Germany, and about 10% of the population of prewar Poland
Reposted by Andrew Bloomberg
My third year of book logging. Favorite fiction of the year was Olivia Manning’s Balkan Trilogy and Pat Barker’s Regeneration Trilogy. Favorite NF was “One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This” by Omar El Akkad and @adapalmer.bsky.social’s “Inventing the Renaissance.”
December 31, 2025 at 1:42 PM
My third year of book logging. Favorite fiction of the year was Olivia Manning’s Balkan Trilogy and Pat Barker’s Regeneration Trilogy. Favorite NF was “One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This” by Omar El Akkad and @adapalmer.bsky.social’s “Inventing the Renaissance.”
The Wolves need a PG…
Pressure and patience don’t mix.
That’s an annual truth in the NBA this time of year. Does your team need to make a trade before the deadline?
Let’s start with Trae Young and the Hawks:
That’s an annual truth in the NBA this time of year. Does your team need to make a trade before the deadline?
Let’s start with Trae Young and the Hawks:
December 31, 2025 at 4:26 PM
The Wolves need a PG…