Reposted by Nick AndertEric Haywood @erichaywood.bsky.social · 31mMapQuest has the opportunity to do the funniest thing 327270
Reposted by Nick AndertArtButMakeItSports @artbutmakeitsports.bsky.social · 9hCircus Performers, by Walt Kuhn, 1978, 📸 via @marisakabas.bsky.social 12697482122
Reposted by Nick AndertParis Marx @parismarx.com · 7hfunny to me that last year taylor lorenz was privately trying to suggest i was being funded by peter thiel after we got into an argument over her shitty takes, and now she’s literally running cover for him saying being evil is good. quite a journey she’s on. 251733230
Reposted by Nick AndertLindsey Boylan @lindseyboylan.bsky.social · 18hThis man is a monster. He seeks out women survivors because he hates them. And he hates them because he hates himself. He has harassed me and other women survivors many times over the years. It must end. He should never have a job anywhere. 10269891741
Reposted by Nick AndertSpokane Rising @spokanerising.com · 29/09/2026Send Stephen Miller to The Hague. 20170412275
Nick Andert @nickandert.bsky.social · 29/09/2026It's wild to me that, while Del Mar alts are fairly far along in study, the best we have for san clemente track relocation is an OC supe saying earlier this month that OCTA will 'soon' embark on a study to relocate the tracks... IN 30 YEARS. They intend to keep the tracks here for 3 MORE DECADES. 58117
Nick Andert @nickandert.bsky.social · 27/09/202675% of this money goes back to LA Metro, 25% to LADOT - equating about ~ 1 million/mile for metro and ~350k/mile for LADOT. Imagine how much money the bus lanes from a full HLA buildout and Metro's countywide BRT program could bring in. (Nathan Fielder voice) Here's the plan:basin.laLA’s bus lane cameras issued $42.8 million in fines last yearThe streets where tickets were recorded cover an estimated 31 miles. The program now accounts for nearly a quarter of the city’s parking fines. 3715
Nick Andert @nickandert.bsky.social · 27/09/2026Re: the dumb rolling stone article, while riding the train back from the event on Friday I listened to a *bossa nova* playlist on Spotify. As an Old I am so far removed from new music that I am listening to mas que nada and girl from ipanema to relax. My brain is basically elevator music. 1120
Reposted by Nick AndertOren Ben-Joseph @orenbj.bsky.social · 27/09/2026Mapped out all LA bus lanes and major arterials orenbj.com/arterials/orenbj.comLA Bus Lanes & ArterialsExisting and future bus lanes across LA County, plus its 3+ lane corridors and peak-hour stretches. 3386
Reposted by Nick AndertDan O’Sullivan @osullyville.bsky.social · 27/09/2026Today I saw the new 4 hour documentary Musk, directed by Alex Gibney. There were too many times to count that a sold out theater burst out laughing at Elon Musk, something he said or did, even sometimes just how he looked. I believe that is his worst nightmare come to life. 14194912187
Reposted by Nick AndertCage @ridiculouscage.bsky.social · 26/09/2026"why would I deceive you?" 130105132076
Nick Andert @nickandert.bsky.social · 26/09/2026i'm watching football and 4 of the last 6 commercials (that is not an exaggeration) have been anti-prop-40 (billionaire tax) ads. 2290
Nick Andert @nickandert.bsky.social · 26/09/2026Someone on Reddit just pointed out that today is the 10 year anniversary of uploading my first metro video for Measure M. Wild. I also realized my YouTube account will turn 20 in March because I made it freshman year of college to upload stuff for our college tv station that I’d just taken over. 2500
Nick Andert @nickandert.bsky.social · 26/09/2026Thanks to @calelectricrail.org for hosting a great event! The brewery space at union station is awesome for this sort of thing. 0481
Nick Andert @nickandert.bsky.social · 25/09/2026getting served an increasing number of AI slop takes on the people mover by youtube with truly wild gen-ai thumbnails. i cannot understand the vapid minds that make this stuff 1351
Reposted by Nick AndertJames Stout @jamesstout.bsky.social · 24/09/2026This is a real fuckin problem with journalism. This piece seemed mean spirited, unkind, and not really the sort of thing I would dedicate thousands of words to when people are being snatched off our streets. But the industry will go towards this kind of shit because they want the money it brings 734365
Nick Andert @nickandert.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Beck onstage talking about how LA needs more parks lol 2521
Nick Andert @nickandert.bsky.social · 24/09/2026There’s nothing quite like the walk up to the Greek to remind myself how out of shape I am 0210
Reposted by Nick AndertCalifornians for Electric Rail @calelectricrail.org · 23/09/2026Metrolink released a study finding hydrogen trains would reduce capacity and travel times at a large cost - but are still considering a pilot anyway. Take action and tell Metrolink to study electrification, not pilot hydrogen THIS Friday! #Electrify Metrolink actionnetwork.org/letters/tell...actionnetwork.orgTell Metrolink say no to hydrogen pilots and commit to electrificationMetrolink is hearing the results of a study on the feasibility of running hydrogen multiple unit (ZEMU) trains on the San Bernardino and Antelope Valley Line trains. The results of the study are now i... 38325
Nick Andert @nickandert.bsky.social · 23/09/2026took our daughter to this, and it was great to see so many other people using the train to get there! 0200
Reposted by Nick AndertKen Tremendous @kentremendous.bsky.social · 23/09/2026Get ‘em all in there. Musk, Bannon, Portnoy, Clavicular, Goldfinger, Thanos, Grand Mof Tarkin, Jafar from Aladdin, Andrew Tate’s brother, the bat that started Covid. They can all run Paramount. www.semafor.com/article/09/2...semafor.comExclusive: Paramount weighs tapping Musk for equity investmentA cash injection from SpaceX billionaire Elon Musk could reduce investor Larry Ellison’s financial burden and bolster the deal’s investor base. 1234436
Nick Andert @nickandert.bsky.social · 23/09/2026This morning's mayoral poll has me getting VERY excited about the next metro board again. 2550
Nick Andert @nickandert.bsky.social · 23/09/2026God the Jeni’s passion fruit dreamsicle bars are like fucking crack. 180
Reposted by Nick AndertDr. Stephanie @punkrockscience.bsky.social · 22/09/2026The fact that every major news outlet includes vocal tics and hesitations when it’s a woman saying “like” and not when it’s a man saying “um” is itself wicked telling. 33928775
Nick Andert @nickandert.bsky.social · 22/09/2026state rail plan video seems to be doing very high numbers because conservatives are hate-watching it after i posted it to the CAHSR subreddit lol 5813
Nick Andert @nickandert.bsky.social · 22/09/2026youtu.beCalifornia's Brilliant State Rail PlanYouTube video by nandert 610218
Nick Andert @nickandert.bsky.social · 22/09/2026State Rail Plan / Project Delivery Reform video finally going live at 8am. Juuuuust missed my 'late summer' target. 1430
Reposted by Nick AndertJohn Schwartz @jswatz.bsky.social · 22/09/2026"No matter how well-intentioned the members of these committees may be, if David Ellison wants to get around them, he will. It’s an artificial set of rules that a billionaire owner will inevitably circumvent. These 'independent' boards are PR gestures, not vehicles for editorial protection."niemanlab.orgDavid Ellison will get control of CNN after all (and don’t pretend an “independent editorial board” will mean otherwise)In exchange for dropping their lawsuit against Paramount's acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery, state AGs have negotiated "independent" oversight of CNN. You shouldn't expect much oversight. 411445
Reposted by Nick AndertCalifornians for Electric Rail @calelectricrail.org · 22/09/2026After months of silence and a promise of no new service cuts, Metrolink could cut trains to 106 trains/day as soon as November, with commuter-oriented schedules and no trains to Oceanside. Revealed at an OCTA subcommittee with nothing on this week's board agenda. octa.granicus.com/player/clip/... 1469
Nick Andert @nickandert.bsky.social · 21/09/2026paint bus lanes everywhere and expand enforcement to all of them and metro will never have a budget crisis againbasin.laLA’s bus lane cameras issued $42.8 million in fines last yearThe streets where tickets were recorded cover an estimated 31 miles. The program now accounts for nearly a quarter of the city’s parking fines. 4788
Reposted by Nick AndertDr. Rhodes 🐥💎🔱 @doctorrhodes.bsky.social · 21/09/2026Time and time again. 111435217
Reposted by Nick AndertPatrick Cosmos @veryimportant.lawyer · 20/09/2026Not really sure where a bunch of liberals got the idea that they can’t win without throwing trans people in the garbage, but they’re stupid and cruel and wrong. If you want a human sacrifice so damned bad put gavin newsom in the wicker man 8475801743
Reposted by Nick AndertMax Kennerly @maxkennerly.bsky.social · 20/09/2026"This election is about the threat of trans kids" is the worst possible messaging for Dems yet so many candidates are leaning into it. No voter will flip R->D over it. Low-info voters read this as "you're focused on bullshit that doesn't affect me" while the base reads this as "you're an asshole." 12457551512
Nick Andert @nickandert.bsky.social · 20/09/2026Karen Bass has a supermajority of the city council in her corner and apparently the ability to get any random bullshit written into state law. Any ‘change’ she wants to make she’s had the ability and opportunity to make. She doesn’t want change, she wants to keep locking in the status quo. 2343889
Reposted by Nick Andertshaun @shaunvids.bsky.social · 20/09/2026the republicans are wide open on several fronts, historically unpopular president, unpopular war, record high gas. any dem throwing trans people under the bus at this moment is doing it because they want to. not like they need to, do they. even if it worked as a vote winner, which it doesn't 3371881949
Reposted by Nick AndertFr. Robert Ballecer, SJ @padresj.bsky.social · 19/09/2026It's strange how Democratic Socialists - who are being denounced by both parties - turned major deficits into balanced budgets in both New York and Seattle. 214107443027
Nick Andert @nickandert.bsky.social · 19/09/2026karen bass has finally succeeded in one thing - trading favors and using political capital to (checks notes) get the state government to block bike lanes outside of one specific cemetery where people keep dying from speeding cars (good for business!) 21349
Reposted by Nick AndertMax Kennerly @maxkennerly.bsky.social · 18/09/2026Lot of issues here but one part that sticks out in light of the almost-attacked-a-Chinese-ship story today: people with very important jobs where lives are at stake have bought the hype and outsourced their whole brains to AI. We're going to see more and more of this. www.cnn.com/2026/09/18/p... 291155427
Reposted by Nick AndertClaire Willett @clairewillett.bsky.social · 19/09/2026every day of my life I think about the people using “she” to describe this computer program who still need to be convinced to use it for trans women 6138703681
Reposted by Nick AndertBrandon Friedman @brandonfriedman.bsky.social · 19/09/2026If my company killed 123 children, the U.S. government would shut us down and send me to jail 371668359
Reposted by Nick AndertCalifornians for Electric Rail @calelectricrail.org · 18/09/2026LA's Transit Cost Reform Happy Hour is coming up in one week! Come connect in person over drinks to learn why transit costs so much to build and what we can do with it. 9/25 at 6 pm, everywhere beer, LAUS. Featuring @nickandert.bsky.social luma.com/j5v0duhaluma.comTransit Costs Reform Happy Hour - LA · LumaDo you want faster, cost effective transit service improvements? Want to learn how to bring down the costs of new subways, rail electrification and transit… 1283
Reposted by Nick Andertgwen pepperoni 🏳️⚧️🤘🏼🍕 @gwenpepperoni.myatproto.social · 16/09/2026ed sheeran is lifting the bestiality ban for supporting acts. 62425417