nick andersen

@nicktheandersen

writer, thinker, amateur cheesemonger. host of @pilotprincesstrash.bsky.social | senior producer for ministry of ideas | former npr, gbh, wbur, wxyc, dth.

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nick andersen@nicktheandersen· Jul 9

real ones know that trina's starlite lounge is the best bar around (it me i'm real)

nick andersen@nicktheandersen· Jul 2

america has a fun shortage and it's important we talk about it (decline in third spaces, etc etc)

a bloomberg info graphic showing four different dramatically declining types of spaces in order 'Bars and Nightclubs' 'Bowling Alleys' 'Marinas' and 'Movie Theaters' from 2001 to 2025 text on top reading 'Fewer Places to Relax and Socalize' 'US establiments per 100,000 people' 'Note: movie theaters includes dirve-ins.' 2025 population data based on US Census. Sources US Bureau of Labor Statistics, World Bank, US Census'

nick andersen@nicktheandersen· Jun 23

i’m sorry but LOOK AT THIS HANDSOME YOUNG MAN

an ios .5 image of milo, a very handsome orange and white creamsicle house cat, sitting perfect on a yellow love seat near a red black and white afghan throw blanket. behind him, a blue and white carpet is on the floor, and a distant green long couch and red brown leather recliner are visible. to the left, a built in bookshelf overflowing with books, and in the center, a samsung frame TV. a gallery wall is to the far right, and a plush tunnel rests on the floor, which is milo’s zoom tunnel for fun mischief. milo’s yellow green eyes are wide
open and void of thought. he is himbo cat, personified.

nick andersen@nicktheandersen· Jun 22

what if we kissed in front of the minotaur at the center of the catskill labyrinth

an aerial overhead shot of a stone labyrinth, surrounded by neatly mown grass lawns and a ring of bushes and trees. one of the inner walls of the labyrinth is red, and has a hard to see stone statue of some kind. a curved end of a different passage has another hard to see statue in it as well.

the red wall end of the previous photo’s labyrinth reveals 1) the walls of the labyrinth are in fact standard red brick and 2) the statue near the red wall is a mythic minotaur.

nick andersen@nicktheandersen· Jun 18

it’s for porch drinks, our open invite open bar cocktail party, every friday all summer. if you can read this, YOU are invited, too! @ me for the address (central cambridge, MA)

a ransom note looking typewritten invite reading

“yet, again

porch drinks

friday, 19 june
17h - 19h30
our porch

as always, bring yourselves, friends and a drink or
snack to pass

bonus points this week if you visit me @ the MAIN shop,
on huron ave, between 9h and 16h

*it has been brought to my attention that SOME of you do not read 24h time and as such you are not site when porch drinks begins
one, open the schools, two, five pm

nick andersen@nicktheandersen· Jun 18

‘PAY ATTENTION TO ME’ - milo

blurry close up shot of milo, a handsome white and orange creamsicle house cat, shoving his tiny little face into the camera lens from an awkward position on top of the unseen poster’s chest. his ears are back but not in an angry way and his pea green eyes are angled and content. a three season porch is visible in the background, with two red doors, a photo collage and a door wall leading into a kitchen as well.

nick andersen@nicktheandersen· Jun 17

a professor tracked media employment in seattle a decade apart — and found that the relatively stable numbers were mostly related to gains in public media employment (summary via @markcoddington.bsky.social) www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

We’re closing in on two decades since calls to reorient American journalism around a more nonprofit and publicly based funding model started to become widespread. And a shift has certainly taken place since then, as a glance at the hundreds of nonprofit news organizations that have sprung up would indicate. But has that funding shift been able to do much to offset the hemorrhage of jobs from commercial news organizations during that time? And have they actually produced a meaningful change in the historic commercial orientation of journalism in the U.S.?

Powers’ new study suggests that the answers to those questions may actually be yes. Powers, a professor at the University of Washington, examined the makeup of newsroom employment in one U.S. city, Seattle. He built a comprehensive database of all full-time local journalists in the city in 2015, then updated it 10 years later. He classified those journalists in two related ways. The first was by ownership — public, nonprofit, private (owned by individuals, families, or small groups of investors), and market (publicly traded, or owned by private equity or hedge funds). The second was by funding — market, philanthropic, or government.

In fact, the share of philanthropically funded journalism positions across the city doubled from 17.2% in 2015 to 35.3% in 2025. Taken together, Powers concluded that the expansion of public media and the increased philanthropic funding of newsroom positions “have sharply reduced the number of newsroom jobs that would have otherwise been lost during the past decade. They have also made segments of the journalism job market increasingly reliant on non-commercial support.” Powers acknowledged that these changes aren’t a panacea, and the local job market for journalists is still in structural decline. “These actions do, however, suggest that the rate and nature of this change is not inevitable,” he noted. “If politicians, philanthropists, and citizens wish to act to address the situation further, options exist for doing so.”

nick andersen@nicktheandersen· Jun 11

if you had shown me this photo in high school as ‘this your life in 20 years’ i probably would be okay with it

photo of a wooden table and blue backed chair on a three season porch with chipped paint windows. vines are seen and leaves, from trees and a background green lawn. a green smith corona typewriter in a tan suitcase carrier is open, with a paper curled through the feed, and a pile of handwritten letters sit around a stationary paper box, an open ipad and christopher castellani’s novel LEADING MEN. a large empty wooden bowl sits beyond the typewriter. it’s an offensively twee image bc the poster is offensively twee.

nick andersen@nicktheandersen· Jun 8

brb melting after this lovely shoutout for @pilotprincesstrash.bsky.social

nick andersen@nicktheandersen· Jun 6

‘i just need to know there’s food around, for reasons’ — milo, menace

a zoomed in shot of milo, a long and adorable orange and white creamsicle house cat, lounging on the wooden slat floor of a three season porch. he is unconcerned with life and its various responsibilities, and two red doors are behind and to the left of his body. his face is simple and has few thoughts. he is pure. he is milo.

nick andersen@nicktheandersen· Jun 4

you know what y’all invited too — proper porch drinks starts tomorrow! @ me for address if you’re down to clown

out of focus iphone shot of an ominous-looking type written sheet reading

‘friends!

porch drinks returns, again, weekly

friday, 5 june
17h — ??
our porch

full bar, non-alch options, deviled eggs, cheese

swing by the shop until 19h and get bonus points if you buy something to pa
—ass

bring yourself, friends, drinks or snacks to pass

remember, whether this is your destination or a mere stop on your

PRIDE weekend journey, all are welcome to porch drinks’

the outline of the poster’s smart phone shadow is clearly visible towards the bottom right of the image. good work, poster.

nick andersen@nicktheandersen· Jun 4

thus far the most important use case of my new phone’s easy side camera button is taking quick sneak shots of one milo puss

an ios portrait mode shot of milo, an orange and white creamsicle house cat, curled up asleep on a blue carpet material covered chair. the angle of the shot is such that the edge of a wooden table is visible to the right and in the background, the rear wheel of a green bicycle and a bright red door beyond a wooden floor. milo is probably not actually asleep but he does look very cute pretending.

nick andersen@nicktheandersen· Jun 1

like,

a close up .5 ios camera shot of milo, an adorable young creamsicle orange and white house cat, cuddled up on the mostly unseen poster’s blue denim clad legs, on a yellow sofa in a big bay window. tree leaves are viewable beyond and a red white and black afghan is folded just beyond the poster’s partially visible bare feet.

nick andersen@nicktheandersen· May 29

throwing parties with me is fun for everyone

screenshot of an imessage text thread reading

Today 11:28

just leaving this here so you both know it — the little tartlets on the fiestaware plates in the fridge are VERY slip slidey. please do NOT move them.

like, at all

thank you!

nick andersen@nicktheandersen· May 28

this is me for the next 36 hours

the cover of martha stewart’s 1982 debut book, ‘entertaining, showing the author, a mid 40s cis white woman in a high necked fluffy white dress, sitting at a long white table clothed table covered in white and blue china plates, cerulean glass goblets and several vases of blooming flowers. behind her, a winter yard full of dead trees and to her right, stacks of oranges and pears in bowls. it does not look like a very fun party to be quite honest but martha is slaying the house down boots etc. her divorce from her husband was only five years away.

nick andersen@nicktheandersen· May 28

if you can believe it i am going to buy more eggs today there are currently 130 eggs in our fridge but the desserts call for MORE and also the display eggs, i simply must do whatever 1983 nonsense this is right

a zoomed in screenshot of a faded out pdf of martha stewart’s debut book, ‘entertaining,’ showing a bowl of hearty mismatched eggs on a table cloth near what appears to be creamed leeks and also some kale maybe? it was the 80s you can’t imagine the substances the photographer was on to take this image.

nick andersen@nicktheandersen· May 27

my friends are too much

an ios portrait mode shot of a small wooden picture frame, with a gradient of brown pink and orange slanting lines. the text of three small text lines in the frame reads:

pilot. princess. trash collector.

WHY WE’RE EXCITED ABOUT IT:

The biggest reason? Nick Andersen.

in the background, a large blue bowl and a small bright orange fiestaware divided appetizer latter sit in view.

nick andersen@nicktheandersen· May 24

portrait of a party thrower who is not entirely ready yet

a photo of the poster, a mid30s cis white man wearing a green sweatshirt and blue jeans, holding a large costco shopping cart and looking off to the side. in the cart is a large bag of lemons and two huge cases of eggs, 120 in total. in the background a variety of people sort through comically large bins of produce. a sign above reads ‘kirkland signature DELI.’ it’s costco on a sunday, everyone is chaos.

nick andersen@nicktheandersen· May 14

my (rainy) brimfield antiques haul: two fiestaware plates, one primary color glass bowl, one foldable wooded theatre chair bench thing

a shot of the items in the post: a wooden foldable theatre bench chair with circle wooden holes, on the left seat is a big yellow fiestaware plate on the right seat is a red fiestaware plate and in the middle is a glass bowl in primary colors. behind to the back is a green bicycle and to the right is a blue cushioned chair.

nick andersen@nicktheandersen· May 12

to celebrate small business month the cheese shop asked for our favorite small businesses and a picture for some post and you best believe i sent a photo entirely unrelated to cheese and fully related to me looking good