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not once but TWICE @mckinneykelsey.sky.social told me to buy this cute folding step-stool table thing and i knew she was correct and it was ON SALE and well now my porch drinks dream (foldable bench foldable table) is real

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nick andersen @nicktheandersen.com · 25/09/2026

my last customer at the cheese shop today told me, 'these are such tasty picks, thanks so much for sharing your expertise!' and let me tell you, the GRIN on my face on my walk home just now was e a r t o e a r

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nick andersen @nicktheandersen.com · 25/09/2026

every morning here in inman square i have half a grapefruit as a part of my breakfast so this picture is of my breakfast

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nick andersen @nicktheandersen.com · 25/09/2026

the quality of light outside right now in cambridge feels like we’re at the top of a spooky autumnal disney channel original movie (complimentary)

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Sam Adams @samadams.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

if you love stories by Boston writers about lesbian bars, I have good news

youtu.be

I Was Dancing In The Lesbian Bar

YouTube video by Jonathan Richman - Topic

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nick andersen @nicktheandersen.com · 21/09/2026

this email opening is BEYOND chaotic ‘As many of you may know by now, there was a pretty scary incident at Touch a Truck yesterday.’

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nick andersen @nicktheandersen.com · 19/09/2026

i mean it’s a rustic knit how could they not

ios portrait mode selfie of the poster, a late 30s cis white man with long stringy brown hair swept to one side, sitting in front of a vine covered brick wall wearing a pattern knit long sleeve polo type shirt, with alternating rows of green blue red yellow and black diamonds. it’s a good shirt sources on the cape say.

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nick andersen @nicktheandersen.com · 19/09/2026

a cape cod local complimented my rustic sweater / pullover so i have officially made it, y’all

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nick andersen @nicktheandersen.com · 17/09/2026

i’m attending an audio festival in a tiny cape cod fishing village and i’m already overwhelmed by all the twee

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nick andersen @nicktheandersen.com · 15/09/2026

first one for me: running down a crowded busy street, trying to turn right and keeping to the right side of the sidewalk, woman walking toward me on that side making no movement out of the way, veer out her way and as i pass she states ‘you have a micropenis, i can see the outline in your shorts’

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nick andersen @nicktheandersen.com · 14/09/2026

i have now run by two different cheese shop regulars who are ALSO on a run and it's fun to live in a community y'all that's all

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nick andersen @nicktheandersen.com · 14/09/2026

this is the first week since late may that i don’t have to think at all about what i’m going to do for a cocktail party on friday and i can’t tell you how thrilling that is

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nick andersen @nicktheandersen.com · 14/09/2026

watching any tv show or movie of any variety will inevitably lead to my husband quietly wondering, ‘weren’t they in the west wing?’ and he’s always always always correct. always. one episode? he remembers.

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nick andersen @nicktheandersen.com · 13/09/2026

every september 11, the college republicans at unc-chapel hill lined the quad with 2,977 flags in honor of the victims of the attack. after president obama announced the death of bin-laden, the college republicans distributed those flags for an impromptu rally / rave in the pit. it was…a lot.

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nick andersen @nicktheandersen.com · 12/09/2026

(resisting the urge to text EACH person individually who never came to a single porch drinks all summer and asking them why they despise me)

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nick andersen @nicktheandersen.com · 11/09/2026

and by ‘all the favorites’ i mean it

an ios portrait mode shot of a big platter of savory pastries — 11 cheddar pickle scones in the center surrounded by 24 parmesan herbes de provence madeleines, resting on a black marble counter.

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nick andersen @nicktheandersen.com · 11/09/2026

after a fizzy, busy summer, today is the final porch drinks of 2026. a big cheese board, open bar, plenty of savory pastries, and 30 deviled eggs (for those who know). today, 17h -- ? on our porch all invited! @ or dm for the deets

poorly cropped image of a typewritten page reading

here we are
at the

FINAL PORCH DRINKS OF 2026
friday, 11 september
1 7h -- ????
our porch

maybe you've been meaning to come
maybe you hate good food and nice company
whatever the reason
settle the score with a full bar, a b i g cheese board
and all the porch drinks favorites

as always, bring yourself and a drink or snack to pass

thanks for a beautiful season of friends old and new

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nick andersen @nicktheandersen.com · 11/09/2026

there’s a lot of coverage today on this 25th anniversary of the september 11th attacks. if you have the time, take a listen to our exploration of how the attacks changed airports, via the very airport where two of the planes took off 25 years ago today.

wgbh.org

Two Planes Are Off The Radar

September 11th changed the world forever; but in particular, it changed airports. In this special episode of The Big Dig, we go inside the world of Logan Airport – the place where the 9/11 attacks beg...

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The Phantom Tollbooth Quotes @phantomtollbot.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

The cellos made the hills glow red, and the leaves and grass were tipped with a soft pale green as the violins began their song. Only the bass fiddles rested as the entire orchestra washed the forest in color. Milo was overjoyed because they were all playing for him, and just the way they should.

Milo, standing under rays of bright light, shielding his face

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nick andersen @nicktheandersen.com · 10/09/2026

any time i am convinced my phone is listening to me based on the ads i am served, i am later served ads for fired chicken and bra fittings, and then i know at least my phone isn’t a particularly good listener

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nick andersen @nicktheandersen.com · 10/09/2026

protip: absolutely get dat double vax (flu and covid! available now!) but maybe don't run eight miles the next day in the mid-morning sun just a thought for those of you thinking of doing the same

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nick andersen @nicktheandersen.com · 10/09/2026

love that the same company that promised to help the youth spend less time on their apps is also the same company sending me push notifications when obvious bots in cutoff hijabs (a thing that somehow exists) like my old photos

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nick andersen @nicktheandersen.com · 10/09/2026

in case you missed it earlier today…

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nick andersen @nicktheandersen.com · 09/09/2026

the cbc music morning host is encouraging listeners to apply as the first-ever canadian eurovision song contest contestant (today is the entry deadline) and it’s not entirely impossible that’s she’s serious about this

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nick andersen @nicktheandersen.com · 09/09/2026

airing on the actual radio (!) tomorrow 9/10 on wcai and friday 9/11 on gbh. tune in!

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nick andersen @nicktheandersen.com · 09/09/2026

super proud of this special bonus episode of gbh's big dig podcast, looking at the way the 9/11 attacks changed airports. it's weirder, and more complicated than you might think. take a listen!

podcasts.apple.com

Two Planes Are Off The Radar

Podcast Episode · The Big Dig · S3, E11 Bonus · 46m

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casey morell @caseym.org · 02/09/2024

on this labor day, i'm thinking about a paragraph written in the association for recorded sound collections journal more than 30 years ago that was true then and remains true now. happy labor day to all of my friends and colleagues at NPR, and to all in the workforce. solidarity now & forever.

One last word about the importance of producers in radio. It is almost impossible to place too much emphasis on the important role that the producer plays in radio. It is often the producer who conceives of the program or the piece, who writes the script, obtains the actors, does the interviews, edits the tape, and works with the engineer on the final mix. In many instances the producer is the program. That is why the producer is so often cited in this listing. Without excellent producers, NPR would not have been able to broadcast a body of programming worth keeping in any reputable archive, let alone the Library of Congress.

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nick andersen @nicktheandersen.com · 07/09/2026

wow all of you were 100% correct patricia on ‘widow’s bay’ is simply IT

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nick andersen @nicktheandersen.com · 06/09/2026

(i mean the real secret here is to have a fat ass and thick thighs such that every pant fits well but i will take any compliment i can get)

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nick andersen @nicktheandersen.com · 06/09/2026

a member of my gay book club complimented my ‘stylish pant game’ so i can die now thanks

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nick andersen @nicktheandersen.com · 05/09/2026

‘one professional woman of middle-age who regularly stays at the hotel described it as the ideal place for casual hookups. she requested anonymity, for perhaps office reasons.’ my QUEEN

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nick andersen @nicktheandersen.com · 04/09/2026

if the rilo kiley show we went to recently was for all the cool moms (elder millennial women), the robyn show last night was absolutely for whatever equivalent of elder millennial gay man is (aging queens)

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nick andersen @nicktheandersen.com · 04/09/2026

a friend told a neighbor at the robyn show tonight it was my birthday and when she guessed '27?' i have never loved a straight woman more

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nick andersen @nicktheandersen.com · 03/09/2026

‘okay one final question then: how do you stay so thin?’ — regular customer, after i described to her my porch drinks plan for tomorrow me: ‘type 1 diabetes!’ come to porch drinks folks it’s wrapping up soon

a type written note reading

friends!
here we are at the the

penultimate porch drinks of 2026
friday, 4 september
16h30 - 20h30
our porch

we will be celebrating MY birthday
tomato pound cake, fig tart, cheese, etc
if you’ve waiting to come all seasons don’t wait much longer

bring friends drinks or snacks to pass
spend an hour or the whole evening
trina’s is likely

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nick andersen @nicktheandersen.com · 03/09/2026

i’m sorry this restaurant foto is clearly the best birthday shot

a shot of the poster, a now late 30s cis white man, wearing a keith haring polo and sitting at a white marble restaurant table in front of a red neon sign reading ‘I DON’T KNOW WHERE I’M GOING FROM HERE, BUT I PROMISE IT WON’T BE BORING // DAVID BOWIE

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nick andersen @nicktheandersen.com · 03/09/2026

any person who says ‘who?’ when i tell them that to celebrate my birthday today i am going to see robyn has committed a hate crime you heard it here first

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nick andersen @nicktheandersen.com · 02/09/2026

pro tip singing 'white women don't get the blues but i find that lately i've been crying like a tall child' repeatedly and without context in different locations will make everyone stare at you

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nick andersen @nicktheandersen.com · 01/09/2026

‘happy late birthday!’ my v cheery poll worker told me when i voted this morning ‘it’s thursday? but thank you!’ i told her ‘don’t worry i definitely know what day it is today’ she said i love voting

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nick andersen @nicktheandersen.com · 01/09/2026

99.9% certain a passing man just flirted with me by complimenting my ‘very good boots’ (forest green hunter wellingtons) and i feel like some kind of fashionable minor english royalty rn

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nick andersen @nicktheandersen.com · 28/08/2026

i am very behind on a script, and i keep trying to find things to do to distract me from finishing but i've already done all my puzzles and folded my laundry and even got queen bee on the spelling bee which is frankly really rude that should have taken all day i guess i have to finish this script

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nick andersen @nicktheandersen.com · 28/08/2026

@aarongreiner.bsky.social psst cocktails and tomato sandwiches, five pm on in inman sq you should totally come just saying

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nick andersen @nicktheandersen.com · 27/08/2026

reminder: porch drinks continues, this friday as every friday in the summer (soon to end!) if you’re in the greater boston area and care to join, @ me for address!

a dirty looking photo of a type written page reading ‘greetings!

we have a lot of tomatoes
i made milk bread
ergo, tomato sandwiches

porch drinks
friday, august 28
17h -19h30 or so
our porch

bring yourselves, friends, drinks or snacks to pass’

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nick andersen @nicktheandersen.com · 26/08/2026

portrait of a young man who really wanted to touch a phone

a blurry close up iphone photo of the right eye of milo, a young orange and white creamsicle cat, looking directly at the camera. one of his whiskers is visible, and a dark blue curtain and top of two desktop monitors are visible in the background. milo, while cute, is VERY annoying.

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