Brad Levinson
bradlevinson.bsky.social
Brad Levinson
@bradlevinson.bsky.social
Digital strategist for nonprofits. Dad. Husband. Semi-entertaining wisecracker.
My daughter is currently staring at my old Lion King CD in the same way I used to stare at my dad's old records. It's the Circle of Media Life.
June 19, 2025 at 8:28 PM
Reposted by Brad Levinson
Why we need F**k You Optimism. 🧵

The world is on fire – sometimes literally, sometimes metaphorically. Every day we wake up to headlines that feel like dystopian plot points: climate collapse, political rot, algorithmic overlords harvesting our attention for profit.
November 24, 2024 at 11:09 PM
It’s feeling like the early social/Web 2.0 days, like Clay Shirky’s book Here Comes Everybody…before everybody came and ruined it.
November 13, 2024 at 12:27 AM
Dusted off the 2016-2020 political/existential music playlist. Was cathartic, but man, was really glad to be done with that one at the time. It really goes there.
November 9, 2024 at 1:21 AM
Our 6 year old daughter just asked us what "late" and "early" mean, and she was 100% completely serious. All the times in our lives that I've said "hurry up, we're going to be late" and she just...had no idea what I meant. How did this happen?
November 9, 2024 at 12:41 AM
2004 me to 2024 me right now: don’t you dare look at those exit polls. Don’t you dare.
November 5, 2024 at 10:27 PM
It’s times like this when I really wish I had a small orange sanitation worker vest that fits on a pumpkin.
October 31, 2024 at 1:04 AM
Every time Trump calls the US a "garbage can," which has now happened again today, all I can think about is this:
October 25, 2024 at 6:52 PM
Jumping on the BlueSky bandwagon! Hoping for some old school Twitter sanity and community.
October 18, 2024 at 3:44 PM