Andrew Hume

Michael Stipe sings These Days and Great Beyond with Shannon, Narducy, and Friends Brooklyn 3/7/26 YouTube video by Sanna Sharp

Had my scales rearranged last night because he can. youtu.be/_RiouUSsOIs

DHS agents detain Columbia student after entering University-owned residence, Shipman reports <i>This is a developing story. Check back for updates. </i>

fyi the Columbia student newspaper has far more details on the ICE raid on a Columbia residence hall (including the likely name of the student in question) than any of the journalists y'all are reposting who aren't on campus. 🙂 support student journalism!

“We Belong to Each Other Now”: Lessons from Minneapolis “This extreme closeness, togetherness and intimacy — you cannot infiltrate your way into a space where you'll understand that," says May, a rapid responder in Minneapolis.

After months of relentless rapid response in Minneapolis, members of Defend the 612 had a moment to breathe and reflect on the lessons they’ve learned, the grief they carry, and the citywide fellowship they hope will endure. The crisis is not over, and I’m grateful they made time to speak with me.

Mamdani shortlist for ACS commissioner includes self-proclaimed agency 'abolitionist' A look at two finalists on the Mamdani administration’s shortlist to lead the Administration for Children’s Services (ACS) suggests the agency — charged with protecting children from abuse and neglect...

This reimagining of child welfare feels very exciting to me. I’m a fan of both of these candidates, who have been leaders in advocating for a just system that prioritizes safe, healthy kids, families and communities. www.nbcnewyork.com/news/politic...

We are a nation in which thousands of Black people were "legally" kidnapped with the assistance of the federal government & sent back into slavery.

We are also a nation in which thousands of white & Black people organized in their local communities to try to stop those kidnappings.

"We" are both.

The typo above is annoying me, but I'm still very excited about the possibility (likelihood?) of being repped by Analilia Mejia.

An Economy for Everyone — Analilia Mejía for New Jersey | NJ-11 Congressional Candidate 2026 Fighting to transform our economy so it works for working families, not just the wealthy and powerful.

I would be proud & excited to have Analilia Mejia represent my in NJ 11th. I appreciate sharing values with my neighbors. www.analiliafornj.com/economy-for-...

Streets Of Minneapolis | Bruce Springsteen I wrote this song on Saturday, recorded it yesterday and released it to you today in response to the state terror being visited on the city of Minneapolis. It’s dedicated to the people of Minneapolis,...

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Woman on the right was using her walker to advance into the tear gas

Let us all have the courage displayed by the residents of Minneapolis.

I think a lot of us get hope wrong. Hope, I do not believe, is an emotion. In fact, hope makes space for lots of emotions to exist alongside it. You can DO hope scared, angry, sad etc...

Hope doesn't find us. We make hope through action and struggle. It's a practice of living and is re-made daily.

All I Ever Wanted Is To Be A Musician And For Music To Be Easy At my age, most people have given up on their dreams. They go to college, settle down, get steady careers. Pretty soon, they’ve spent so much time on the corporate money-go-round they can’t even remem...

This hits close to home. theonion.com/all-i-ever-w...

Manhattan Country School Alumni Keep MLK March Tradition Alive After School’s Closure The school may be gone but the spirit lives on for a former Manhattan school that prided itself on student activism. Despite closing its doors last summer due t...

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It was great to be at the 38th annual Manhattan Country School Martin Luther King Day March today. A school isn't a place, it's people.

I wish you, and me, and all of us, strength & solidarity & joy in the new year as we find our way together: which we have done this year already, and will arise tomorrow to do again. /thread

The Worst Shot Ever Taken - Believer Magazine I was sixteen when my mother gifted me a painting by Ernie Barnes. I’d seen one Barnes painting at that point on the cover of Marvin Gaye’s 1976 album, I Want You, on the brown carpeted floor of my Au...

“I am thankful for Steph Curry’s art practice. I am even more thankful for friends who can be moved by the sensual, serious work of witnessing the worst shot taken in the history of basketball.”
— Kiese Laymon

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The truth is that there are many good people in good institutions regretfully making the choice to sacrifice trans people because they fear for their own survival and their institution's survival...

...and it is incumbent on us to show them that their choice is not without consequence.

I'm so sorry. Sending love and care to you and your family.

David Byrne: Tiny Desk Concert In matching, brilliant blue suits, David Byrne and his band squeeze behind the Desk to perform four songs, including Talking Heads' "Life During Wartime."

In matching, brilliant blue suits, David Byrne and his band squeeze behind the Desk to perform four songs, including Talking Heads' "Life During Wartime." n.pr/4pFYoun

Steven and Alice smiling and holding each other’s books

Our beloved Alice Wong has joined the ancestors. It was one of the great honors of my life to call Alice my friend, co-author & co-conspirator. She was a true genius, a force of nature the likes of which the world has never seen before. I love you, Alice, and am equal parts grateful and devastated

Maybe Don’t Talk to the New York Times About Zohran Mamdani It’s remarkable, the people you’ll hear from. Teach for even a little while at an expensive institution—the term they tend to prefer is “elite”—and odds are that eventually someone who was a studen…

What an amazing essay from the former chair of Africana Studies at Bowdoin. I'll share a few sections in the reply but seriously, read the whole thing. It's all insightful and beautifully written.

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I’m joyful, proud of NYC, and having a little FOMO, but my new town of Maplewood, NJ also rocks & voted wisely in today’s school board elections.

I love you, NYC.

Teen Vogue took young people seriously. It's impossible to overstate how important, how rare, and how profoundly needed that is.

I'm so sorry. Teen Vogue has been one of the most important, helpful, powerful media resources. Thanks for your work. Sending care and support.

Baseball is really fun. How long until spring training?

We even heard that silliness three days ago.

Will Smith with the first extra-inning home run in a winner-take-all game in World Series history

Baseball!

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