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nick andersen @nicktheandersen.com · 16h

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 · 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 · 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 · 06/09/2026

front page of the boston globe real estate section (they manage to spell my name wrong off and on repeatedly so it looks like my husband lives with two different scandinavian men)

front page of the sept 6 2026 boston globe real estate section, showing a before and after home renovation story about the poster’s bathroom and pantry transformation.

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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 · 02/09/2026

here’s that ‘better’ bathroom (tub not original, walls not original, tile not original, hole in wall to outside of the home, holes throughout the space, cold and poorly ventilated, black mold, etc)

a photo of a long hallway bathroom, a narrow space with black and white subway tile, white wainscoting and tan upper walls, pipes throughout, a large clawfoot tub with dirty brown curtains and a visible toilet and half sink. green floor rugs sit on the far floor, and a green tiffany style ceiling lamp sits above. it is not, despite what the commenter suggests, a ‘better’ bathroom.

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

this one is my favorite our old falling apart not original bathroom was absolutely not ‘better’

screenshot of a black comment section reading
‘dottie
9/02/26 - 1:58PM

Came here to say this; the old one was much better.’

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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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nick andersen @nicktheandersen.com · 20/08/2026

‘i love you diva but the guilt trip in the email invite is EXTRA’ being my friend is fun! if you want fun come to porch drinks, tomorrow 8/21 on our porch! truly open invite @ for further location details (inman sq in cambridge)

screenshot of a ransom note style typewritten invite page reading

friends! it is time for

porch drinks
friday, 21 august
17h - 19h30
our porch

celebrating luke’s birthday and RED TEXT tomato season

bring yourselves, friends, drinks or snacks to pass
expect full bar, tomato pound cake, cheddar tomato pie, etc

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nick andersen @nicktheandersen.com · 17/08/2026

reporter asked for a photo of my husband and i for a story she's writing about our home renovations don't worry it's an accurate one of who we are as a couple

a photo of the poster, a mid30s white cis man, and his husband, also a mid30s white cis man, sitting together in chairs near each other. the poster, on the left, is wearing a knit yellow polo shirt and green jeans, holding an iphone and staring open mouthed at the camera. on the right, luke, the poster's husband, is wearing a white shirt with light stripes and smiling, the impression being that the camera in question is in his hand on a smart phone out of view of the shot. a large window is in view just behind the both of them. a pair of brown sunglasses is hanging from the poster's shirt's vneck.

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nick andersen @nicktheandersen.com · 17/08/2026

my first tomato water martini of the season was a few weeks back! always a joy.

a blurry ios portrait mode shot of a tomato water martini, which looks like a filthy reddish martini in a tall skinny nick and nora type glass on a wooden table in a dark three season porch. a red tipped cocktail skewer rests on the edge of the glass lip, running through a bright red cherry tomato in the martini.

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nick andersen @nicktheandersen.com · 14/08/2026

do you live in bostonish? do you like cheddar pickle scones? how about pimento cheese? what about cocktails on demand? come to porch drinks. today, 17h -- ? my porch (@ / dm for deets) truly open to all i am not kidding

a ransom note style typewriten page

reading

'hello, all

porch drinks
friday, august 14
17h -- ?
our porch

i am solo porching this week, so open-eneded invite
come spend with me, a vieux carré, pimento cheese and more
bring yourself, a drink or snack to pass, friends etc'

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nick andersen @nicktheandersen.com · 13/08/2026

i’d like to thank @dansaltzstein.bsky.social for this important tomato water martini recipe (the vodka is only listed there for the plebes trust me i would NEVER)

a shot of a display of bright bursting in season tomatoes, above unidentified cheese wedges, with a ‘tomato water martini’ recipe card just in front of the tomato display

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nick andersen @nicktheandersen.com · 10/08/2026

said lobby, to be fair, for those not already in the know

a shot of the kingswood school lobby, in bloomfield hills, Michigan. it is a vast and sunny art deco space with gorgeous alternating green tile (pewabic), bold tan red and green patterned rugs (designed by loja saarinen), and curved wooden benches framing a built in green tiled fireplace (designed by eero saarinen). a staircase rises on the far side of the room, with recessed tile sconces and gold spaced handles. the lights in the ceiling have a similar green pattern, bright and repeating. it is a beautiful room. (designed by eliel saarinen).

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nick andersen @nicktheandersen.com · 07/08/2026

i couldn’t wait until tomorrow

an ios portrait mode of a dimly lit three season porch, showing a stained wooden table with a tall cocktail glass full of off red liquid. a red cocktail skewer end pops on top of the rim, with a blurry red sphere under the surface (it’s a cherry tomato). it’s tomato water martini season, boys and girls. line up and stay in line.

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nick andersen @nicktheandersen.com · 29/07/2026

just discovered this deeply melted ‘P’ magnet in the bottom of my toaster i guess i have been eating parts of this for months talk about maxing out on microplastics

a deeply melted yellow ‘P’ plastic magnet, sitting on a reflective black and speckled countertop. the magnet is gnarly.

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nick andersen @nicktheandersen.com · 23/07/2026

kicker really nails it (tldr, a single family home on a wealthy cul de sac is being torn down and turned into a six story complex, neighbors are going to sue the developer if it gets approval)

screenshot of a black and white text block

‘That 9 Wyman’s neighbors have little say in what gets built there is exactly the point of the new zoning rules, said Justin Saif, cochair of the local pro-housing group A Better Cambridge. Cambridge’s affluent and eclectic culture means that a place known for growth and innovation simultaneously has a rich history that people want to protect. Many are willing to spend money to derail development they don’t like — a significant reason why the city has fallen so far short of its ambitious housing goals.

At a certain point, the fight over where and how to build housing becomes a question of values, he said.

“The question has always been, what’s more important?” Saif said. “The character of our neighborhoods or building the homes we need?”’

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nick andersen @nicktheandersen.com · 23/07/2026

posting this here too — truly if you’re around cambridge and curious, come on round! @ me for the address etc

a truly ransom note style typewritten page shot reading

back
by popular de mand
(and also by my cheese hours)
it’s

porch drinks
A F T E R D A R K
20h — ???
friday, 24 july

dirty martini dip, weird cheese, snacks, etc

bring yourselves, friends, drinks and snacks to share
eat dinner beforehand and come ready to keep going

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

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

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nick andersen @nicktheandersen.com · 02/07/2026

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'

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nick andersen @nicktheandersen.com · 23/06/2026

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.

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nick andersen @nicktheandersen.com · 22/06/2026

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.

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nick andersen @nicktheandersen.com · 18/06/2026

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

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nick andersen @nicktheandersen.com · 18/06/2026

‘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.

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nick andersen @nicktheandersen.com · 17/06/2026

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.”

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nick andersen @nicktheandersen.com · 11/06/2026

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.

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

‘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.

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nick andersen @nicktheandersen.com · 04/06/2026

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.

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nick andersen @nicktheandersen.com · 04/06/2026

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.

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nick andersen @nicktheandersen.com · 29/05/2026

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!

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nick andersen @nicktheandersen.com · 28/05/2026

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.

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nick andersen @nicktheandersen.com · 28/05/2026

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.

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nick andersen @nicktheandersen.com · 24/05/2026

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.

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nick andersen @nicktheandersen.com · 14/05/2026

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.

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nick andersen @nicktheandersen.com · 13/05/2026

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

an ios portrait mode photo of the poster, a mid30s cis white man, looking directly at the camera on a vague idea of a porch, wearing a knit yellow tanktop. he has brown shaggy hair swept to the side and he looks skeptical. this is from the porch of a coffee farm in upisland maui.

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nick andersen @nicktheandersen.com · 04/05/2026

pictured: a snoozling milo, desperately failing to cover his sleepy eyes from the rude harsh sun of 9:30 am

a distant shot of milo, a furry sweet orange and white creamsicle house cat, curled up in a tiny ball on a yellow couch in a living room’s bay window. a red throw pillow and red white and black afghan blanket frame the couch on either end, and milo’s desperate face covering surely cannot be doing much blockage of the light bright mid-morning sun. he is very cute and very desperate.

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