Andy Sternberg
@andysternberg.bsky.social
Seeker of that sound, traveler. Internet guy from the x generation. Head of social media & audience development for a global nonprofit. Chicago based. ⚡️🪿⭕️🌭✊
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it’s really fucking cool to see people working outside the system to expose the hacks running all of our crumbling institutions
December 23, 2025 at 2:05 AM
it’s really fucking cool to see people working outside the system to expose the hacks running all of our crumbling institutions
Best news of the day: we had seconds more daylight than yesterday. 9 hours, 7 minutes of daylight and gaining. Before you know it we will be so back.
December 23, 2025 at 12:00 AM
Best news of the day: we had seconds more daylight than yesterday. 9 hours, 7 minutes of daylight and gaining. Before you know it we will be so back.
Concerning to see police and fire oddly stationed by the Chicago river in the Lincoln Yards wasteland south of Cortland, helicopter audible above. Seeing no news/tweets, hopefully they’re just testing lights 🙏
December 22, 2025 at 11:29 PM
Concerning to see police and fire oddly stationed by the Chicago river in the Lincoln Yards wasteland south of Cortland, helicopter audible above. Seeing no news/tweets, hopefully they’re just testing lights 🙏
I am welcoming advice on YEMSG tickets and any sections to avoid. Phish tix only came thru with the 30th for me, so I need the 29th and 31st. Sound quality > sight lines. Do prices usually fall or rise over the next week?
This will be my first time in MSG after decades seeing shows at 150+ venues!
This will be my first time in MSG after decades seeing shows at 150+ venues!
December 21, 2025 at 10:29 PM
I am welcoming advice on YEMSG tickets and any sections to avoid. Phish tix only came thru with the 30th for me, so I need the 29th and 31st. Sound quality > sight lines. Do prices usually fall or rise over the next week?
This will be my first time in MSG after decades seeing shows at 150+ venues!
This will be my first time in MSG after decades seeing shows at 150+ venues!
Officially bought into The Darnold GEQBUS lore. Again. Wild game, super entertaining. ✌️
December 19, 2025 at 5:03 AM
Officially bought into The Darnold GEQBUS lore. Again. Wild game, super entertaining. ✌️
This is like straight-reporting that every state now begins with the Trump- prefix: Trumpbraska, Trumpabama, Trumpizona, etc. Authoritarianism much, NPR?
The arts institution will be called the Trump-Kennedy Center. The president's press secretary said it comes after a unanimous vote by the center's board, which Trump took over earlier this year. n.pr/4qhD3bd
President Trump to add his own name to the Kennedy Center
The arts institution will be called the Trump-Kennedy Center. The president's press secretary said it comes after a unanimous vote by the center's board, which Trump took over earlier this year.
n.pr
December 18, 2025 at 9:48 PM
This is like straight-reporting that every state now begins with the Trump- prefix: Trumpbraska, Trumpabama, Trumpizona, etc. Authoritarianism much, NPR?
Reposted by Andy Sternberg
The U.S. is giving dying mall vibes.
I can't explain it, but you know I'm right.
I can't explain it, but you know I'm right.
December 17, 2025 at 8:56 PM
The U.S. is giving dying mall vibes.
I can't explain it, but you know I'm right.
I can't explain it, but you know I'm right.
Reposted by Andy Sternberg
Just want to point out how funny/sad it is that the same people who will refuse to refer to a trans woman as "she" have no problem calling ChatGPT "she."
If we are banning cell phones for kids we need to be talking about banning chatbots for boomers
www.persuasion.community/p/my-chatgpt...
www.persuasion.community/p/my-chatgpt...
December 18, 2025 at 3:04 PM
Just want to point out how funny/sad it is that the same people who will refuse to refer to a trans woman as "she" have no problem calling ChatGPT "she."
The year is 2025 and U.S. CBP is hopscotching Green Bay Road over Chicago’s North Shore like a slinky, protecting what border exactly?
December 18, 2025 at 2:49 PM
The year is 2025 and U.S. CBP is hopscotching Green Bay Road over Chicago’s North Shore like a slinky, protecting what border exactly?
We don’t have to do this to ourselves or your children. Embrace science and innovation, folks. It’s the 21st century, not the 19th. Let’s have some fun.
December 18, 2025 at 2:11 PM
We don’t have to do this to ourselves or your children. Embrace science and innovation, folks. It’s the 21st century, not the 19th. Let’s have some fun.
Many in my generation and those before pursued media careers bc establishment cannot be trusted, and to propel indy media: by/for the people, to fortify the present and build a better future without falling into the corrupt authoritarian sinkhole.
Nothing new.
Nothing new.
those who predicted authoritarianism were both dismissed, & deeply misunderstood, by the media
my latest for @newrepublic.com
newrepublic.com/article/2042...
my latest for @newrepublic.com
newrepublic.com/article/2042...
The Americans Who Saw All This Coming—but Were Ignored and Maligned
Call them the Cassandras: the people—mostly not white and male—who smelled the fascism all over Trump from jump street. Why were they “alarmists,” and how did “anti-alarmism” become cool?
newrepublic.com
December 18, 2025 at 2:02 PM
Many in my generation and those before pursued media careers bc establishment cannot be trusted, and to propel indy media: by/for the people, to fortify the present and build a better future without falling into the corrupt authoritarian sinkhole.
Nothing new.
Nothing new.
Marc Andreessen made the web usable with Mosaic (which became Netscape). WTF happened to his old egg head?!
NEW: A hacker gained control of 1,100 mobile phones powering covert, AI-generated ads on TikTok. Then, he shared details of the operation with 404 Media.
A look inside how startup Doublespeed, which is backed by Andreessen Horowitz (a16z), is creating AI spam pages on TikTok to promote products.
A look inside how startup Doublespeed, which is backed by Andreessen Horowitz (a16z), is creating AI spam pages on TikTok to promote products.
Hack Reveals the a16z-Backed Phone Farm Flooding TikTok With AI Influencers
A hacker gained control of a 1,100 mobile phone farm powering covert, AI-generated ads on TikTok.
www.404media.co
December 18, 2025 at 1:38 PM
Marc Andreessen made the web usable with Mosaic (which became Netscape). WTF happened to his old egg head?!
I was so idealistic growing up I thought we’d never be involved in another war and world peace was possible. Until that one night the skies lit up over Baghdad and Arnett, Blitzer and crew brought it to us live on CNN. youtu.be/bhrtL_XVv3s?...
December 18, 2025 at 4:29 AM
I was so idealistic growing up I thought we’d never be involved in another war and world peace was possible. Until that one night the skies lit up over Baghdad and Arnett, Blitzer and crew brought it to us live on CNN. youtu.be/bhrtL_XVv3s?...
Needless to say, watching a CBP helicopter circling low over this residential Evanston neighborhood and into Wilmette is unnerving and completely unnecessary.
December 17, 2025 at 6:48 PM
Needless to say, watching a CBP helicopter circling low over this residential Evanston neighborhood and into Wilmette is unnerving and completely unnecessary.
“Shame” indeed. Thanks @danielbiss.bsky.social for consistently getting in CBP’s faces and not backing down ✊
Currently watching CBP agents intimidate Evanston Mayor Daniel Biss in a Home Depot parking lot.
December 17, 2025 at 6:35 PM
“Shame” indeed. Thanks @danielbiss.bsky.social for consistently getting in CBP’s faces and not backing down ✊
Multiple helicopters over Evanston right now, including this green military(?) chopper
December 17, 2025 at 5:34 PM
Multiple helicopters over Evanston right now, including this green military(?) chopper
👏 and to paraphrase Public Enemy: don’t believe the slop. youtu.be/9vQaVIoEjOM?...
December 15, 2025 at 3:04 PM
👏 and to paraphrase Public Enemy: don’t believe the slop. youtu.be/9vQaVIoEjOM?...
Another Monday, a new week to come together and heal this broken world and troubled timeline.
December 15, 2025 at 2:35 PM
Another Monday, a new week to come together and heal this broken world and troubled timeline.
N2 Goosemas had many “you had to be there” moments, these snaps hardly capture it. Great to get quality time with everyone under one roof. Music is healing.
December 15, 2025 at 2:24 PM
N2 Goosemas had many “you had to be there” moments, these snaps hardly capture it. Great to get quality time with everyone under one roof. Music is healing.
Dear friends, if you have or hear of extra Phish MSG NYE tickets, I’m your guy, looking to buy two.
Phish tickets granted my request for 12/30 and that’s all, and I’m grateful for that. YEMSG.
Phish tickets granted my request for 12/30 and that’s all, and I’m grateful for that. YEMSG.
December 15, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Dear friends, if you have or hear of extra Phish MSG NYE tickets, I’m your guy, looking to buy two.
Phish tickets granted my request for 12/30 and that’s all, and I’m grateful for that. YEMSG.
Phish tickets granted my request for 12/30 and that’s all, and I’m grateful for that. YEMSG.
Goedde’s lights production always brings big joy and stimulation to live Goose. Bringing a massive horseshoe into a hockey arena helped shrink the room, at times making it feel like we’re under a big top. And the curtain of lights is impactful in smaller venues, still the light-bending magic was 🔥
December 13, 2025 at 4:40 PM
Goedde’s lights production always brings big joy and stimulation to live Goose. Bringing a massive horseshoe into a hockey arena helped shrink the room, at times making it feel like we’re under a big top. And the curtain of lights is impactful in smaller venues, still the light-bending magic was 🔥
Pigs was a treat with the sweet Bogie solo searing the air. Also loved how they treated Radiohead’s “Burn the Witches” with a shoegazey layered guitars vibe ala JAMC/MBV/Stone Roses.
December 13, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Pigs was a treat with the sweet Bogie solo searing the air. Also loved how they treated Radiohead’s “Burn the Witches” with a shoegazey layered guitars vibe ala JAMC/MBV/Stone Roses.
A moment of reverence for this place. The Dead played Providence Civic Center some 19 times over the years. And now, LFG, happy Goosemas!
December 13, 2025 at 12:45 AM
A moment of reverence for this place. The Dead played Providence Civic Center some 19 times over the years. And now, LFG, happy Goosemas!
Made it to Providence for Goosemas !!!! Now strategizing the next 4-5 preshow hours before the circus begins for real.
Hydration, food, friends, inebriation. Let’s go!
Hydration, food, friends, inebriation. Let’s go!
December 12, 2025 at 7:38 PM
Made it to Providence for Goosemas !!!! Now strategizing the next 4-5 preshow hours before the circus begins for real.
Hydration, food, friends, inebriation. Let’s go!
Hydration, food, friends, inebriation. Let’s go!
Clicked for the headline and this awesome photo of Pete Seeger and Big Bill Broonzy (at the Old Town School of Folk down the street). Stayed for the great article ✊ blockclubchi.co/4oHGJBS
December 10, 2025 at 2:32 AM
Clicked for the headline and this awesome photo of Pete Seeger and Big Bill Broonzy (at the Old Town School of Folk down the street). Stayed for the great article ✊ blockclubchi.co/4oHGJBS