Nick Andert
@nickandert.bsky.social
Documentary filmmaker, writer, occasionally notable for Metro advocacy. Enjoys heist movies. Would probably enjoy heists.
He/Him | Los Angeles | www.deltavproductions.com
He/Him | Los Angeles | www.deltavproductions.com
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Wait she brought PRINCE ANDREW to the set of the new Harry Potter show???
February 4, 2026 at 10:02 PM
Wait she brought PRINCE ANDREW to the set of the new Harry Potter show???
I also think that having a layer institutional oversight (with, obviously, the right people in that oversight role, who are there to provide another layer of fact-checking and not censorship) can help build a lot of trust in an outlet that is more difficult to achieve as a solo journalist
i know that this is an unpopular take, but everyone starting their own newsletter as a revenue stream is not a sustainable model for writing and reporting or for people who love and want to pay for media.
A lot of people cannot just start a paid newsletter or become freelancers to sustain their careers. The sports, metro, and international desks did work that requires *team* resources, like legal checks, documents, access to archives, and long-term beat experience.
February 4, 2026 at 8:12 PM
I also think that having a layer institutional oversight (with, obviously, the right people in that oversight role, who are there to provide another layer of fact-checking and not censorship) can help build a lot of trust in an outlet that is more difficult to achieve as a solo journalist
It's really remarkable how awful Bass has turned out to be
"Ultimately, any decision on the LA28 leadership must be made by the LA28 Board. As you know, they are a separate and independent nonprofit organization."
Statement from LA Mayor Karen Bass (which just landed in my inbox) who is *not* calling for LA28's Casey Wasserman to step down
Statement from LA Mayor Karen Bass (which just landed in my inbox) who is *not* calling for LA28's Casey Wasserman to step down
February 4, 2026 at 6:40 PM
It's really remarkable how awful Bass has turned out to be
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INBOX: Washington Post Ukraine Correspondent Lizzie Johnson announces that she has been laid off in the middle of a below-freezing war zone without power, heat, or running water.
February 4, 2026 at 5:11 PM
INBOX: Washington Post Ukraine Correspondent Lizzie Johnson announces that she has been laid off in the middle of a below-freezing war zone without power, heat, or running water.
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I hadn’t known this. Two men who were accused of sexual abuse on the Shitty Media Men document that I created back in 2017 reached out to Michael Wolff for help as they looked to sue me, and Wolf forwarded their concerns to Jeffrey Epstein. Epstein offered to help. www.jmail.world/thread/EFTA0...
February 3, 2026 at 3:45 PM
I hadn’t known this. Two men who were accused of sexual abuse on the Shitty Media Men document that I created back in 2017 reached out to Michael Wolff for help as they looked to sue me, and Wolf forwarded their concerns to Jeffrey Epstein. Epstein offered to help. www.jmail.world/thread/EFTA0...
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Median democratic voter
February 4, 2026 at 4:36 AM
Median democratic voter
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(LA taxpayers will be on the hook for the first $270 million in cost overruns if the LA 2028 Olympics goes over budget.
CA taxpayers will then be on the hook for the next $270 million.
After that, LA taxpayers will again be on the hook for any remaining cost overruns.)
CA taxpayers will then be on the hook for the next $270 million.
After that, LA taxpayers will again be on the hook for any remaining cost overruns.)
February 4, 2026 at 2:05 AM
(LA taxpayers will be on the hook for the first $270 million in cost overruns if the LA 2028 Olympics goes over budget.
CA taxpayers will then be on the hook for the next $270 million.
After that, LA taxpayers will again be on the hook for any remaining cost overruns.)
CA taxpayers will then be on the hook for the next $270 million.
After that, LA taxpayers will again be on the hook for any remaining cost overruns.)
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THROW SAND IN THE GEARS HOWEVER POSSIBLE
A Minneapolis City Council committee delayed action Tuesday on renewing liquor licenses for two Minneapolis hotels that have housed federal immigration officers.
Minneapolis Council committee delays liquor licenses for 2 hotels over hosting federal agents
The City Council will hold a public hearing on the liquor licenses for the Canopy by Hilton in the Mill District and Depot Renaissance Hotel.
www.startribune.com
February 4, 2026 at 3:12 AM
THROW SAND IN THE GEARS HOWEVER POSSIBLE
This absolutely needs to happen
Attorneys for Keith Porter Jr. — who was killed by an off-duty ICE agent on New Year’s Eve — are calling on the California A.G. to launch an independent investigation, accusing LAPD Chief McDonnell of being biased toward ICE. Latest w/ @liborjany.bsky.social
www.latimes.com/california/s...
www.latimes.com/california/s...
Attorneys for man killed by off-duty ICE agent call on California A.G. to investigate
Attorneys for Keith Porter Jr. — who was shot and killed by an off-duty ICE agent on New Year's Eve — called for California Atty. Gen. Rob Bonta to take over the investigation of the incident, claimin...
www.latimes.com
February 4, 2026 at 3:26 AM
This absolutely needs to happen
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Los Angeles cannot trust our financial future to someone connected with Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell.
LA 2028 Olympics Committee Chair Casey Wasserman must take accountability and resign.
LA 2028 Olympics Committee Chair Casey Wasserman must take accountability and resign.
February 4, 2026 at 2:05 AM
Los Angeles cannot trust our financial future to someone connected with Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell.
LA 2028 Olympics Committee Chair Casey Wasserman must take accountability and resign.
LA 2028 Olympics Committee Chair Casey Wasserman must take accountability and resign.
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This cannot be something a civilian law enforcement agent is allowed to wear in the US — and an agency that has a culture that tolerates this cannot be saved.
Fucking surreal that people dressed like this and carrying assault rifles are permitted to kidnap people off our streets
February 4, 2026 at 12:53 AM
This cannot be something a civilian law enforcement agent is allowed to wear in the US — and an agency that has a culture that tolerates this cannot be saved.
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random Yale law professor: jeffrey you naughty dog.... will i be seeing you at this year's Skull Size Forum or will you be busy with your hobbies ;)
JE: we must invent trans phobia,,
JE: we must invent trans phobia,,
February 3, 2026 at 4:22 PM
random Yale law professor: jeffrey you naughty dog.... will i be seeing you at this year's Skull Size Forum or will you be busy with your hobbies ;)
JE: we must invent trans phobia,,
JE: we must invent trans phobia,,
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Dem leadership: changing this is a difficult process, you fool. You rube. You utter infant. Give us between $5 and $50
Mamdani, wiping grease off his hands: So it turns out there's a switch on this machine that puts it into either orphan-shredding mode or free school lunch mode. Just had to flip it
Mamdani, wiping grease off his hands: So it turns out there's a switch on this machine that puts it into either orphan-shredding mode or free school lunch mode. Just had to flip it
February 3, 2026 at 4:05 AM
Dem leadership: changing this is a difficult process, you fool. You rube. You utter infant. Give us between $5 and $50
Mamdani, wiping grease off his hands: So it turns out there's a switch on this machine that puts it into either orphan-shredding mode or free school lunch mode. Just had to flip it
Mamdani, wiping grease off his hands: So it turns out there's a switch on this machine that puts it into either orphan-shredding mode or free school lunch mode. Just had to flip it
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my grandma’s rural AI doctor diagnosed her with missing fingers
February 3, 2026 at 5:51 AM
my grandma’s rural AI doctor diagnosed her with missing fingers
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$3,000 billion dollars. the whole earth is being turned into paperclips right now for this trash people don't even want being shoved into every product that's consistently failing businesses that are trying to use it, deeply screws up and even undoes learning in ways that seem borderline irreparable
February 2, 2026 at 2:36 PM
$3,000 billion dollars. the whole earth is being turned into paperclips right now for this trash people don't even want being shoved into every product that's consistently failing businesses that are trying to use it, deeply screws up and even undoes learning in ways that seem borderline irreparable
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I think it’s weird we’ve never seen Jason Mantzoukas and Animal from the Muppets together. And I don’t mean in TV shows or movies, necessarily. I just mean, like, hanging out, having lunch, in paparazzi photos and such.
February 3, 2026 at 3:34 AM
I think it’s weird we’ve never seen Jason Mantzoukas and Animal from the Muppets together. And I don’t mean in TV shows or movies, necessarily. I just mean, like, hanging out, having lunch, in paparazzi photos and such.
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Same story in CA- Caltrain was record expensive because it was the first electrification project anywhere in the US in decades. We need a rolling electrification program, with multi-year funding agreements for the State Rail Plan, to bring down costs, #ElectrifyMetrolink #ElectrifyCapitolCorridor
Getting up to speed, having been ill last week. Might take another week off having just read this quote in
Rail: "30% of the £40 billion allocated for electrification & signalling in a Control Period is because of increased costs due to the boom-and-bust cycle” www.railmagazine.com/news/railway...
Rail: "30% of the £40 billion allocated for electrification & signalling in a Control Period is because of increased costs due to the boom-and-bust cycle” www.railmagazine.com/news/railway...
Railways Bill: industry leaders respond after rolling electrification proposal voted down
Senior industry figures give their thoughts after Labour votes down opposition amendment for rolling electrification programme.
www.railmagazine.com
February 2, 2026 at 7:50 PM
Same story in CA- Caltrain was record expensive because it was the first electrification project anywhere in the US in decades. We need a rolling electrification program, with multi-year funding agreements for the State Rail Plan, to bring down costs, #ElectrifyMetrolink #ElectrifyCapitolCorridor
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More and more are saying, #ElectrifyMetrolink calelectricrail.org/electrolink-...
February 2, 2026 at 7:59 PM
More and more are saying, #ElectrifyMetrolink calelectricrail.org/electrolink-...
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are the muppets real
February 2, 2026 at 9:49 PM
are the muppets real
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Definitely seems like they destroyed the country on purpose.
February 2, 2026 at 6:30 PM
Definitely seems like they destroyed the country on purpose.
congestion pricing on the 10 once the D line opens to westwood! 2 parallel trains, one of which will be ridiculously fast, offer a viable transit alternative
“congestion pricing by a number of measures is working as planned, a reality that may turn New York’s experiment into a blueprint for other US urban centers.”
Cc: @metrolosangeles.bsky.social
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Cc: @metrolosangeles.bsky.social
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
New York's Congestion Pricing Is Working. Five Charts Show How
Nearly a year ago, New York City embarked on a controversial program to toll drivers entering some of Manhattan’s busiest streets. The goal of the congestion pricing plan, the first of its kind in the...
www.bloomberg.com
February 2, 2026 at 6:50 PM
congestion pricing on the 10 once the D line opens to westwood! 2 parallel trains, one of which will be ridiculously fast, offer a viable transit alternative
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"A 2-year-old boy was breastfeeding in detention. One 6-year-old boy had leukemia. An 8-year-old girl began wetting the bed. A 14-year-old girl engaged in self-harm...None of these children or their parents had a criminal history anywhere in the world."
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/01/o...
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/01/o...
Opinion | Liam Ramos Was Just One of Hundreds of Children at This Detention Center. Release Them All.
www.nytimes.com
February 2, 2026 at 2:45 AM
"A 2-year-old boy was breastfeeding in detention. One 6-year-old boy had leukemia. An 8-year-old girl began wetting the bed. A 14-year-old girl engaged in self-harm...None of these children or their parents had a criminal history anywhere in the world."
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/01/o...
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/01/o...
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In the words @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social
I do not regret to inform you we are going to win
I do not regret to inform you we are going to win
February 2, 2026 at 5:55 AM
In the words @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social
I do not regret to inform you we are going to win
I do not regret to inform you we are going to win
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Let's check in on the Twitter Files guy -- who insisted that the behind the scenes decision-making on content moderation was the most important issue of our time -- and see what he thinks about the publication of communications involving the most notorious sex predator of our generation.
February 2, 2026 at 12:43 AM
Let's check in on the Twitter Files guy -- who insisted that the behind the scenes decision-making on content moderation was the most important issue of our time -- and see what he thinks about the publication of communications involving the most notorious sex predator of our generation.