David Herman
@davidhermanstudio.bsky.social
Designer, editor, photographer, advocate, and a concerned citizen working to make a better Brooklyn and a better world https://linktr.ee/dhermanstudio
Here’s what I don’t like: the use of “here’s what to know” and its ilk. @nytimes.com uses it constantly instead of a real headline. @spectrumnewsny1.bsky.social uses it, too. It’s just as useful and just as unnecessary as “click here.” Why has it become so prevalent?
December 26, 2025 at 8:54 PM
Here’s what I don’t like: the use of “here’s what to know” and its ilk. @nytimes.com uses it constantly instead of a real headline. @spectrumnewsny1.bsky.social uses it, too. It’s just as useful and just as unnecessary as “click here.” Why has it become so prevalent?
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What's a few life-threatening mass blackouts when you can type in a few keywords and get a picture of Sydney Sweeney as Lara Croft but with 3 boobs
Texas faces a power grid overload due to a surge in demand from Al
Utility CEO on the data center crunch: America's 'check engine light' is on and 'no one's going to pay attention until it breaks down' | Fortune
"We are telling policy makers the warning lights are on," Exelon CEO Calvin Butler told Diane Brady at Fortune Brainstorm AI in San Francisco.
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December 26, 2025 at 4:17 AM
What's a few life-threatening mass blackouts when you can type in a few keywords and get a picture of Sydney Sweeney as Lara Croft but with 3 boobs
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Remember that 80% of the ACA subsidies about to expire go to people in states that Trump won in 2024.
Time and time again, Trump and MAGA Republicans will sell out their own voters — all to fund massive tax cuts for the super rich. www.kff.org/quick-take/m...
Time and time again, Trump and MAGA Republicans will sell out their own voters — all to fund massive tax cuts for the super rich. www.kff.org/quick-take/m...
More Than 3 in 4 ACA Marketplace Enrollees Live in States Won by President Trump in 2024
As Democrats push for an extension of the ACA’s enhanced premium tax credits, new data from KFF show the extent to which states won by Trump in 2024 have come to rely on the ACA Marketplaces and the t...
www.kff.org
December 18, 2025 at 2:18 AM
Remember that 80% of the ACA subsidies about to expire go to people in states that Trump won in 2024.
Time and time again, Trump and MAGA Republicans will sell out their own voters — all to fund massive tax cuts for the super rich. www.kff.org/quick-take/m...
Time and time again, Trump and MAGA Republicans will sell out their own voters — all to fund massive tax cuts for the super rich. www.kff.org/quick-take/m...
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Biden was the kind of old where you take away the car keys. Trump is the kind of old where you don't let him near the grandchildren
December 18, 2025 at 2:16 AM
Biden was the kind of old where you take away the car keys. Trump is the kind of old where you don't let him near the grandchildren
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An absolute bedrock institution for understanding how the planet works, just civilization-scaled vandalism by the most incurious morons on Earth
December 17, 2025 at 2:52 AM
An absolute bedrock institution for understanding how the planet works, just civilization-scaled vandalism by the most incurious morons on Earth
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Impossible to overstate just how much of a mensch Rob Reiner was to interact with. A jewel of a person.
December 16, 2025 at 9:15 PM
Impossible to overstate just how much of a mensch Rob Reiner was to interact with. A jewel of a person.
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America, you've spoken loud and clear: you do not like being stabbed in the dick with an ice pick. But what if stabbing yourself in the dick with an ice pick is the only way to fight, idk, climate change or whatever?
December 16, 2025 at 2:36 AM
America, you've spoken loud and clear: you do not like being stabbed in the dick with an ice pick. But what if stabbing yourself in the dick with an ice pick is the only way to fight, idk, climate change or whatever?
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"Once you give a charlatan power over you, you almost never get it back."
― Carl Sagan
― Carl Sagan
December 16, 2025 at 2:50 AM
"Once you give a charlatan power over you, you almost never get it back."
― Carl Sagan
― Carl Sagan
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This is one of those times when all of the bad news just sucks the air out of your lungs.
December 15, 2025 at 3:31 AM
This is one of those times when all of the bad news just sucks the air out of your lungs.
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Every senseless death is a tragedy but Rob Reiner was a towering genius at making movies. Just an incalculable loss.
December 15, 2025 at 3:59 AM
Every senseless death is a tragedy but Rob Reiner was a towering genius at making movies. Just an incalculable loss.
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Rob Reiner was a good guy. He made a lot of movies about good guys, in worlds where not everyone was good and you didn’t have to be good. He made movies about people trying. He was angry, as many hopeful people are. He knew the world could be better and he wanted it to be. His death is devastating.
December 15, 2025 at 3:52 AM
Rob Reiner was a good guy. He made a lot of movies about good guys, in worlds where not everyone was good and you didn’t have to be good. He made movies about people trying. He was angry, as many hopeful people are. He knew the world could be better and he wanted it to be. His death is devastating.
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Rob Reiner directed some of the most beloved movies of all time, including Stand By Me, This is Spinal Tap, and The Princess Bride. His production company also made movies like The Shawshank Redemption, Before Sunrise and Michael Clayton. The film industry has lost one of its titans.
December 15, 2025 at 4:12 AM
Rob Reiner directed some of the most beloved movies of all time, including Stand By Me, This is Spinal Tap, and The Princess Bride. His production company also made movies like The Shawshank Redemption, Before Sunrise and Michael Clayton. The film industry has lost one of its titans.
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The cultural impact of Rob Reiner cannot be understated. Legend isn't big enough a word. It goes to 11. You can't handle the truth. As you wish. I'll have what she's having. I'm your number one fan. You guys wanna see a dead body? The very idea of a bucket list. The West Wing.
All from his movies.
All from his movies.
December 15, 2025 at 3:51 AM
The cultural impact of Rob Reiner cannot be understated. Legend isn't big enough a word. It goes to 11. You can't handle the truth. As you wish. I'll have what she's having. I'm your number one fan. You guys wanna see a dead body? The very idea of a bucket list. The West Wing.
All from his movies.
All from his movies.
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Hard agree, which is why @runforsomething.net is running a campaign to get renters to run for office.
Housing affordability is important, but the idea that renters have less of a stake in their community and the country’s future is absolutely insidious and offensive.
Flagging this from the Douthat interview with Charlie Kirk’s confidant/podcast replacement. The right sees this too! And he gets: It’s both financial and psychological.
December 13, 2025 at 9:00 PM
Hard agree, which is why @runforsomething.net is running a campaign to get renters to run for office.
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My least popular (and most correct) view is that cars should be automatically limited to the local speed limit. Put the pedal to the floor and you still can't go over 25mph in a residential area.
(15 in Manhattan btw)
(15 in Manhattan btw)
There is no possible justification for limiting e-bikes to 15mph but not cars.
New York Has a New E-Bike Speed Limit—and No Way to Enforce It
August 9, 2025 at 4:47 PM
My least popular (and most correct) view is that cars should be automatically limited to the local speed limit. Put the pedal to the floor and you still can't go over 25mph in a residential area.
(15 in Manhattan btw)
(15 in Manhattan btw)
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As one of those Democratic attorneys who was camped out in West Palm Beach - taking depositions from inconsolable grandmas swearing they hadn’t voted for Buchanan, I still have trauma. 🥺
25 years ago the right wing #SCOTUS coup begin archive.nytimes.com/www.nytimes....
25 years ago the right wing #SCOTUS coup begin archive.nytimes.com/www.nytimes....
December 13, 2025 at 3:46 PM
As one of those Democratic attorneys who was camped out in West Palm Beach - taking depositions from inconsolable grandmas swearing they hadn’t voted for Buchanan, I still have trauma. 🥺
25 years ago the right wing #SCOTUS coup begin archive.nytimes.com/www.nytimes....
25 years ago the right wing #SCOTUS coup begin archive.nytimes.com/www.nytimes....
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Yes, I've been covering this in even greater detail than the Gothamist story, please see, for example
normanoder.substack.com/p/developers...
normanoder.substack.com/p/early-dece...
normanoder.substack.com/p/developers...
normanoder.substack.com/p/early-dece...
Developers' Affordable Housing Rhetoric Suggests Low-Income Units Not a Priority
Promised faster buildout would dampen increases in base rents, but skyrocketing Area Median Income has taken its toll. Lowest 1-BR rent: $2,430? Most "affordable" households earning $100K+?
normanoder.substack.com
December 9, 2025 at 12:17 PM
Yes, I've been covering this in even greater detail than the Gothamist story, please see, for example
normanoder.substack.com/p/developers...
normanoder.substack.com/p/early-dece...
normanoder.substack.com/p/developers...
normanoder.substack.com/p/early-dece...
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Next up is the Christmas episode of The Odd Couple.
December 9, 2025 at 12:42 AM
Next up is the Christmas episode of The Odd Couple.
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Both @jamestalarico.bsky.social & @jasmineforus.bsky.social are @runforsomething.net alum - I don't know who will win the primary (or who can win the general) but I know both are powerful communicators & fighters for what's right, and I'm looking forward to seeing them make their case to Texans.
December 8, 2025 at 9:46 PM
Both @jamestalarico.bsky.social & @jasmineforus.bsky.social are @runforsomething.net alum - I don't know who will win the primary (or who can win the general) but I know both are powerful communicators & fighters for what's right, and I'm looking forward to seeing them make their case to Texans.
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What this illustrates to me more than anything is that he doesn't even have the slightest idea how to improve transportation. Just completely incapable of doing his one job.
Duffy on what he's doing to improve the airport experience for travelers: "Maybe I want a workout area where people might get some blood flowing doing some pull ups or step ups in the airport."
December 8, 2025 at 10:02 PM
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Demonizing formula is, however, consistent with ongoing Republican attempts to make women’s lives harder and keep them at home
December 8, 2025 at 10:16 PM
Demonizing formula is, however, consistent with ongoing Republican attempts to make women’s lives harder and keep them at home
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This headline got me all exited that Elizabeth Warren was going to fight The Batman.
December 7, 2025 at 6:38 PM
This headline got me all exited that Elizabeth Warren was going to fight The Batman.
The Trump administration has mastered the art of the pull-up.
December 9, 2025 at 12:44 AM
The Trump administration has mastered the art of the pull-up.
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My kid has been formula-fed for essentially her entire life. She is thriving, I can feed her just as well as my wife, and my wife didn't have to spend a year with an infant lashed to her body. Breast milk supremacism is straight up a tool of patriarchy.
December 8, 2025 at 10:38 PM
My kid has been formula-fed for essentially her entire life. She is thriving, I can feed her just as well as my wife, and my wife didn't have to spend a year with an infant lashed to her body. Breast milk supremacism is straight up a tool of patriarchy.