Andy Hermann
@andyhermann.bsky.social
Writer, editor, podcaster, cat dad, wino, semi-retired raver, once and future music journalist.
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absolutely excellent story about the *real* big energy of the decade/millennium unfolding before us
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11...
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11...
Accessible, cheap clean energy could spark a new world order
Unshackled from legacy fossil fuel interests, the world’s clean energy future is being forged in the bustling cities of the global south.
www.abc.net.au
November 23, 2025 at 11:00 PM
absolutely excellent story about the *real* big energy of the decade/millennium unfolding before us
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11...
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11...
Man, this Madrid games sucks.
November 16, 2025 at 5:32 PM
Man, this Madrid games sucks.
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Really thankful for this, from @winterjessica.bsky.social—a long-overdue corrective to an exhausting discourse. www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...
What Did Men Do to Deserve This?
Changes in the economy and in the culture seem to have hit them hard. Scott Galloway believes they need an “aspirational vision of masculinity.”
www.newyorker.com
November 9, 2025 at 7:56 PM
Really thankful for this, from @winterjessica.bsky.social—a long-overdue corrective to an exhausting discourse. www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...
Just learned that Jack DeJohnette left us this week. I was lucky enough to see him once, way back in 1990, with Herbie Hancock, Pat Metheny and Dave Holland. Even then, young as I was, I knew I was seeing greatness. RIP. youtu.be/a3CZHr5uiNM?...
Jack DeJohnette, Pat Metheny, Herbie Hancock and Dave Holland - Shadow Dance (live)
YouTube video by SafaJah
youtu.be
November 2, 2025 at 10:24 PM
Just learned that Jack DeJohnette left us this week. I was lucky enough to see him once, way back in 1990, with Herbie Hancock, Pat Metheny and Dave Holland. Even then, young as I was, I knew I was seeing greatness. RIP. youtu.be/a3CZHr5uiNM?...
We’re looking for an actor/VO artist of Bangladeshi descent for one of my podcasts. If that’s you, or you know someone, please hit me up!
October 29, 2025 at 4:27 PM
We’re looking for an actor/VO artist of Bangladeshi descent for one of my podcasts. If that’s you, or you know someone, please hit me up!
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I have a very bad feeling about this...
October 27, 2025 at 4:51 PM
I have a very bad feeling about this...
Well said by Adam Gopnik in the @newyorker.com. Assuming the Big Beautiful Ballroom even gets built, I look forward to the day it gets torn down.
October 25, 2025 at 8:57 PM
Well said by Adam Gopnik in the @newyorker.com. Assuming the Big Beautiful Ballroom even gets built, I look forward to the day it gets torn down.
This is a very compelling take.
twitter is making mainstream reporters dumber, and because they're all getting dumber together, none of them can recognize it and they actually think they're getting smarter
October 21, 2025 at 3:54 AM
This is a very compelling take.
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This thread warmed my cynical little GenX heart. 👻
the boy is home from school today and he wanted to watch GHOSTBUSTERS and so we’re watching ghostbusters. a few thoughts. i have not watched this in a minute and have kind of forgotten how (charmingly) shaggy this movie this is. also, hello annie potts 👀 and a special hello to sigourney weaver 👀👀
October 18, 2025 at 12:38 AM
This thread warmed my cynical little GenX heart. 👻
So is the NFL currently experiencing parity? Or mediocrity? Or both?
Feels like every team right now is one concussed cornerback away from completely unraveling.
Feels like every team right now is one concussed cornerback away from completely unraveling.
October 14, 2025 at 5:17 AM
So is the NFL currently experiencing parity? Or mediocrity? Or both?
Feels like every team right now is one concussed cornerback away from completely unraveling.
Feels like every team right now is one concussed cornerback away from completely unraveling.
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JB Pritzker's forceful, defiant response to Trump's threat to jail him confirms the points I tried to make in the piece and thread below about the role of conflict and attention in the public battle over Trump's authoritarian takeover:
October 8, 2025 at 3:49 PM
JB Pritzker's forceful, defiant response to Trump's threat to jail him confirms the points I tried to make in the piece and thread below about the role of conflict and attention in the public battle over Trump's authoritarian takeover:
One of the podcasts I work on is nominated for a Signal Award for Best Writing, which is lovely since I take a lot of pride in how good our writers are. And hey, you can vote for us! If we lose to Outlaw Ocean I wont be mad but it’d be pretty neat to win. vote.signalaward.com/PublicVoting...
The Signal Listener's Choice Award needs YOU
I just voted for this finalist to win a Signal Listener's Choice Award. You should too.
vote.signalaward.com
October 3, 2025 at 5:32 PM
One of the podcasts I work on is nominated for a Signal Award for Best Writing, which is lovely since I take a lot of pride in how good our writers are. And hey, you can vote for us! If we lose to Outlaw Ocean I wont be mad but it’d be pretty neat to win. vote.signalaward.com/PublicVoting...
Stunned to hear that we recently lost Kaleb Horton, one of the most talented writers I’ve ever had the privilege to work with. He was tuned to a different frequency, picking up voices from a version of California that darker and way more interesting than the sunshine and celebrities version.
September 28, 2025 at 3:33 PM
Stunned to hear that we recently lost Kaleb Horton, one of the most talented writers I’ve ever had the privilege to work with. He was tuned to a different frequency, picking up voices from a version of California that darker and way more interesting than the sunshine and celebrities version.
Am I the only one watching this game who forgot until the third quarter that Cooper Kupp is now a Seahawk?
September 26, 2025 at 2:04 AM
Am I the only one watching this game who forgot until the third quarter that Cooper Kupp is now a Seahawk?
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wrote on charlie kirk for the newsletter this weekend
Opinion | Charlie Kirk Didn’t Shy Away From Who He Was. We Shouldn’t Either.
www.nytimes.com
September 13, 2025 at 3:35 PM
wrote on charlie kirk for the newsletter this weekend
Post of the day 🦅
The fact that we started off the season by literally spitting in a Cowboy’s face…… truly America’s Team
September 5, 2025 at 1:39 AM
Post of the day 🦅
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they think they can just erase trans joy and trans freedom. they can't. they can make things a lot harder and more painful. but that joy and that freedom is not theirs to take and it is incumbent on all good people to say so.
US government orders 46 states to destroy trans education materials
https://www.thepinknews.com/2025/08/27/trans-education-us-state-directive/?utm_content=1756312804&utm_medium=social&utm_source=bluesky
https://www.thepinknews.com/2025/08/27/trans-education-us-state-directive/?utm_content=1756312804&utm_medium=social&utm_source=bluesky
US government orders states to destroy trans education materials
The US government has ordered 46 states and territories to destroy education materials referencing trans people.
www.thepinknews.com
August 29, 2025 at 2:07 AM
they think they can just erase trans joy and trans freedom. they can't. they can make things a lot harder and more painful. but that joy and that freedom is not theirs to take and it is incumbent on all good people to say so.
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The full 12 minutes of @govpritzker.illinois.gov speech today, which was superb.
(Via Nicole Wallace / @msnbc.com segment.)
www.msnbc.com/deadline-whi...
(Via Nicole Wallace / @msnbc.com segment.)
www.msnbc.com/deadline-whi...
'We are watching and taking names': Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker responds to Trump's threats to Chicago
Illinois Governor JB Pritzker holds press conference in response to recent threats made by President Donald Trump to send the national guard to Chicago, in a similar manner that he has done so in Los ...
www.msnbc.com
August 25, 2025 at 10:08 PM
The full 12 minutes of @govpritzker.illinois.gov speech today, which was superb.
(Via Nicole Wallace / @msnbc.com segment.)
www.msnbc.com/deadline-whi...
(Via Nicole Wallace / @msnbc.com segment.)
www.msnbc.com/deadline-whi...
💯 I am not Newsom’s biggest fan but when the choice is between him and fascism I’ll take Newsom all day long.
I do not like Newsom and would not vote for him in a primary, nor do I want him as president.
But he’s not wrong here, and if Dem congressional leaders had Newsom’s spine (even if that spine happens to be reinforced by infinite ambition) much of Trump’s agenda would be paralyzed.
But he’s not wrong here, and if Dem congressional leaders had Newsom’s spine (even if that spine happens to be reinforced by infinite ambition) much of Trump’s agenda would be paralyzed.
@gavinnewsom.bsky.social: "It's the rule of Don, no longer the rule of law. And people need to understand the lines that are being redrawn in Texas are not about party. They're about power. And you've got to meet fire with fire and power needs to be asserted in blue states, not just red states."
August 15, 2025 at 3:55 AM
💯 I am not Newsom’s biggest fan but when the choice is between him and fascism I’ll take Newsom all day long.
Since most of the recent news about my employers Wondery has been about layoffs, I thought I’d take this opportunity to let everyone know that: a) I’m still here, and b) I still have a new podcast to promote! And yes, it looks like we get to keep making it. So I’m feeling very fortunate.
August 14, 2025 at 11:08 PM
Since most of the recent news about my employers Wondery has been about layoffs, I thought I’d take this opportunity to let everyone know that: a) I’m still here, and b) I still have a new podcast to promote! And yes, it looks like we get to keep making it. So I’m feeling very fortunate.
We said goodbye to Gabi today, our Halloween kitty. She was the loudest cat I’ve ever lived with. She never met a finger she wouldn’t bite. In her senior years, she developed hyperthyroidism and a taste for people food, which she could root out of any sealed container with ruthless efficiency.
August 12, 2025 at 12:01 AM
We said goodbye to Gabi today, our Halloween kitty. She was the loudest cat I’ve ever lived with. She never met a finger she wouldn’t bite. In her senior years, she developed hyperthyroidism and a taste for people food, which she could root out of any sealed container with ruthless efficiency.
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Me three months ago:
My prediction is that in that scenario, he blames the Bureau of Labor Statistics, which puts out employment data. Calls them corrupt, run by Democrats, out to get him. Fires people there, insists their numbers cannot be trusted, White House puts out its own fictitious data to make Trump look good
August 1, 2025 at 10:53 PM
Me three months ago: