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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Those claiming Dems should retreat on racial justice aren't hard-headed realists, they're pushing against the electoral tide rather than leaning into it. The story of Gen Z isn't about racist backlash or red-pilled young men. It's the most racially progressive generation in American history. 🧵
November 15, 2025 at 2:05 PM
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My wokest opinion is movement of people should be as free as movement of capital.
November 14, 2025 at 2:21 PM
My wokest opinion is movement of people should be as free as movement of capital.
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I’ve been thinking about this passage and my main takeaway is that it’s very difficult to make any kind of argument like this unless you are doing the work of political coalition building or community development. You can only understand the tradeoffs and how they need to be made by living them* 1/2
This paragraph especially!
If I understand him right, he's saying "moral clarity it good" and the right has been utterly immoral so it might sound weird to criticize moral clarity. HOWEVER, because the left is bad [unspecified reasons], "moral clarity is an obstacle to insight." ???
If I understand him right, he's saying "moral clarity it good" and the right has been utterly immoral so it might sound weird to criticize moral clarity. HOWEVER, because the left is bad [unspecified reasons], "moral clarity is an obstacle to insight." ???
November 14, 2025 at 3:53 PM
I’ve been thinking about this passage and my main takeaway is that it’s very difficult to make any kind of argument like this unless you are doing the work of political coalition building or community development. You can only understand the tradeoffs and how they need to be made by living them* 1/2
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"What need have I of all your sacrifices?" says the Lord...
Bring no more vain offerings. Incense is offensive to Me...
Learn to do good. Seek justice. Aid the oppressed. Uphold the rights of the orphan. Plead for the widow."
Isaiah 1.11 to 17
Bring no more vain offerings. Incense is offensive to Me...
Learn to do good. Seek justice. Aid the oppressed. Uphold the rights of the orphan. Plead for the widow."
Isaiah 1.11 to 17
From this minister's op-ed: "People wanting to experience God are more likely to meet the Divine trying to shut down the Broadview, Illinois, ICE facility than we ever were in church...God does not live in our houses of worship, but...with those who are bearing the brunt of cruelty in this moment."
Oh wow @reuters.com got the photo here:
November 14, 2025 at 10:21 PM
"What need have I of all your sacrifices?" says the Lord...
Bring no more vain offerings. Incense is offensive to Me...
Learn to do good. Seek justice. Aid the oppressed. Uphold the rights of the orphan. Plead for the widow."
Isaiah 1.11 to 17
Bring no more vain offerings. Incense is offensive to Me...
Learn to do good. Seek justice. Aid the oppressed. Uphold the rights of the orphan. Plead for the widow."
Isaiah 1.11 to 17
Was trying to figure out how lizards were crawling into the King James Bible.
you can’t be putting this in the paper (gift link but i do not recommend you use it www.nytimes.com/2025/11/14/s...)
November 14, 2025 at 6:39 PM
Was trying to figure out how lizards were crawling into the King James Bible.
Geese - Live at Washington D.C [FULL SET | 11/12/25]
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November 14, 2025 at 5:22 PM
I’ve been thinking about this passage and my main takeaway is that it’s very difficult to make any kind of argument like this unless you are doing the work of political coalition building or community development. You can only understand the tradeoffs and how they need to be made by living them* 1/2
This paragraph especially!
If I understand him right, he's saying "moral clarity it good" and the right has been utterly immoral so it might sound weird to criticize moral clarity. HOWEVER, because the left is bad [unspecified reasons], "moral clarity is an obstacle to insight." ???
If I understand him right, he's saying "moral clarity it good" and the right has been utterly immoral so it might sound weird to criticize moral clarity. HOWEVER, because the left is bad [unspecified reasons], "moral clarity is an obstacle to insight." ???
November 14, 2025 at 3:53 PM
I’ve been thinking about this passage and my main takeaway is that it’s very difficult to make any kind of argument like this unless you are doing the work of political coalition building or community development. You can only understand the tradeoffs and how they need to be made by living them* 1/2
My wokest opinion is movement of people should be as free as movement of capital.
November 14, 2025 at 2:21 PM
My wokest opinion is movement of people should be as free as movement of capital.
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Better elites please
November 13, 2025 at 1:14 AM
Better elites please
I don’t know if “accountability” works as a rallying cry but it’s everything in this historical moment.
Better elites please
November 13, 2025 at 11:39 PM
I don’t know if “accountability” works as a rallying cry but it’s everything in this historical moment.
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So a question that’s haunting me right now is, who is the current Epstein? Because rich dudes don’t change.
November 13, 2025 at 3:05 PM
So a question that’s haunting me right now is, who is the current Epstein? Because rich dudes don’t change.
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I typed and deleted some snark here, but the one thing I will say, is that the NYT has lost the benefit of the doubt on these kinds of questions, probably irrevocably.
As a former member of NYT’s finance team & the co-author of this story exposing the relationship between Epstein & Bill Gates as well as one on Epstein & JPMorgan, I am really frustrated to see people claiming that NYT sat on publishable info about Trump and Epstein 🧵 www.nytimes.com/2019/10/12/b...
Bill Gates Met With Jeffrey Epstein Many Times, Despite His Past (Published 2019)
www.nytimes.com
November 13, 2025 at 5:02 PM
I typed and deleted some snark here, but the one thing I will say, is that the NYT has lost the benefit of the doubt on these kinds of questions, probably irrevocably.
I typed and deleted some snark here, but the one thing I will say, is that the NYT has lost the benefit of the doubt on these kinds of questions, probably irrevocably.
As a former member of NYT’s finance team & the co-author of this story exposing the relationship between Epstein & Bill Gates as well as one on Epstein & JPMorgan, I am really frustrated to see people claiming that NYT sat on publishable info about Trump and Epstein 🧵 www.nytimes.com/2019/10/12/b...
Bill Gates Met With Jeffrey Epstein Many Times, Despite His Past (Published 2019)
www.nytimes.com
November 13, 2025 at 5:02 PM
I typed and deleted some snark here, but the one thing I will say, is that the NYT has lost the benefit of the doubt on these kinds of questions, probably irrevocably.
So a question that’s haunting me right now is, who is the current Epstein? Because rich dudes don’t change.
November 13, 2025 at 3:05 PM
So a question that’s haunting me right now is, who is the current Epstein? Because rich dudes don’t change.
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Every office has an executive tier whose emails are like:
saw on news , , can we replce complianc dept with web 3
and a worker tier whose emails are like:
Dear Jim,
First of all, I *love* this idea! Unfortunately, I spoke with Legal and identified a few issues with this approach. For starters…
saw on news , , can we replce complianc dept with web 3
and a worker tier whose emails are like:
Dear Jim,
First of all, I *love* this idea! Unfortunately, I spoke with Legal and identified a few issues with this approach. For starters…
Well, it's a little clearer now why billionaires are so invested in technology that produces better written emails.
November 13, 2025 at 12:10 AM
Every office has an executive tier whose emails are like:
saw on news , , can we replce complianc dept with web 3
and a worker tier whose emails are like:
Dear Jim,
First of all, I *love* this idea! Unfortunately, I spoke with Legal and identified a few issues with this approach. For starters…
saw on news , , can we replce complianc dept with web 3
and a worker tier whose emails are like:
Dear Jim,
First of all, I *love* this idea! Unfortunately, I spoke with Legal and identified a few issues with this approach. For starters…
This thread, particularly the back and forth with the replies, is fascinating.
With genuine shame, recent years in politics have given me my first taste for what it is to have moralised contempt for my opponents. Not hatred, not fear; contempt. There's some core element of the right wing coalition at the moment which seems to me best described as a revolt of the loser men...
November 13, 2025 at 12:31 PM
This thread, particularly the back and forth with the replies, is fascinating.
My car brain thing that I’m least proud of is that I really do hate parking garages.
November 13, 2025 at 1:35 AM
My car brain thing that I’m least proud of is that I really do hate parking garages.
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Hey so “underage girls” are…children. The word you’re looking for is children. They’re not like, women-in-waiting or women-lite or whatever. They’re children. I think some of you are very uncomfortable with what that means for you but it is still true.
November 12, 2025 at 11:05 PM
Hey so “underage girls” are…children. The word you’re looking for is children. They’re not like, women-in-waiting or women-lite or whatever. They’re children. I think some of you are very uncomfortable with what that means for you but it is still true.
Better elites please
November 13, 2025 at 1:14 AM
Better elites please
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It didn’t go far enough. It never went far enough.
Today is a good day to remember, and to say, that the #MeToo movement was right, and was righteous, and has been vindicated over and over again. There was no overreach. There was no excess. There was no they-went-too-far.
So much work remains to be done.
So much work remains to be done.
November 13, 2025 at 12:19 AM
It didn’t go far enough. It never went far enough.
The current situation of those who working in philanthropies making 3x+ the salary of those working in nonprofits feels unsustainable.
Just saw a program director role (not the CEO) at a philanthropy with a salary range of $4-500k.
Just saw a program director role (not the CEO) at a philanthropy with a salary range of $4-500k.
November 13, 2025 at 12:03 AM
The current situation of those who working in philanthropies making 3x+ the salary of those working in nonprofits feels unsustainable.
Just saw a program director role (not the CEO) at a philanthropy with a salary range of $4-500k.
Just saw a program director role (not the CEO) at a philanthropy with a salary range of $4-500k.
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Went for a ride on Sunday, felt like I was riding an e-bike.
Went for a ride today, felt like I was wearing ankle weights.
Bodies are weird.
Went for a ride today, felt like I was wearing ankle weights.
Bodies are weird.
November 11, 2025 at 5:18 PM
Went for a ride on Sunday, felt like I was riding an e-bike.
Went for a ride today, felt like I was wearing ankle weights.
Bodies are weird.
Went for a ride today, felt like I was wearing ankle weights.
Bodies are weird.
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Beautiful house. Cool architecture. Oh wait. That’s a barn. Rancho Santa Fe gonna Rancho Santa Fe…
November 11, 2025 at 5:40 PM
Beautiful house. Cool architecture. Oh wait. That’s a barn. Rancho Santa Fe gonna Rancho Santa Fe…
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COVID made this very obvious. My piece is the New Republic, edited by the inestimable @adamweinstein.bsky.social
Gender man, it’s everywhere.
newrepublic.com/article/1573...
Gender man, it’s everywhere.
newrepublic.com/article/1573...
November 12, 2025 at 1:02 AM
COVID made this very obvious. My piece is the New Republic, edited by the inestimable @adamweinstein.bsky.social
Gender man, it’s everywhere.
newrepublic.com/article/1573...
Gender man, it’s everywhere.
newrepublic.com/article/1573...
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I think Schumer has to go because the trust just ain’t there, honestly. Like, whatever your opinions on the respective matters, the Israel/Palestine thing followed by the Mamdani thing followed by this one right after another… We need someone who can unite the party somehow. IDK who that’d be.
November 11, 2025 at 2:59 AM
I think Schumer has to go because the trust just ain’t there, honestly. Like, whatever your opinions on the respective matters, the Israel/Palestine thing followed by the Mamdani thing followed by this one right after another… We need someone who can unite the party somehow. IDK who that’d be.