Spit + Glue

The Architecture of Change

Rick Rubin to Rosa Parks: Context Shifts Power

Sep 10 • 

Zoe Baldwin

4

August 2025

The Collective Weirdness Index

A modest proposal for measuring civic health by shibboleths, subcultures, and strange local festivals

Aug 21 • 

Zoe Baldwin

4

July 2025

Zen and the Art of Bureaucratic Maintenance

What if America’s national pastime is pretending to fix things?

Jul 30 • 

Zoe Baldwin

6

2

What Breaks When Nothing Works

The Rust Beneath the Republic

Jul 17 • 

Zoe Baldwin

3

Happy Birthday, You Messy Bitch 💅🇺🇸

The True Genius of a Flawed Nation

Jul 2 • 

Zoe Baldwin

4

2

June 2025

You Have Two Minutes. Use Them Wisely.

What public outreach meetings reveal about who gets heard

Jun 25 • 

Zoe Baldwin

5

The Structural Truth of Social Determinants

Public health depends on infrastructure, but our soft language obscures what's really driving outcomes.

Jun 18 • 

Zoe Baldwin

4

Abundance, Backlash, and America’s Procedural Fetish

We Can’t Move Fast If We Don’t Know What’s Broken

Jun 4 • 

Zoe Baldwin

8

2

May 2025

The System is Collapsing But Yes, I'm Filling Out Your Doodle Poll

On outputs, outcomes, and the unglamorous work of making change

May 29 • 

Zoe Baldwin

4

Karaoke, Social Change, and the Mechanics of Being Heard

Because shouting louder isn’t a strategy. And you are not Beyoncé.

May 20 • 

Zoe Baldwin

13

Welcome to the Beer House

A structural metaphor, (and probably a recurring series), about how America really works

May 14 • 

Zoe Baldwin

13

5