adam offitzer
@aoffitzer.bsky.social
brand & content director @arcadia // formerly @spotify // monthly-ish music newsletter: http://hearhear.substack.com // views my own 🎧🍿⚡️
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Two album-of-the-year contenders arrive
ft. Rosalía + Snocaps // Stereogum's Best New Artists // Flow State
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🏆 deep dives on Rosalía + Snocaps
👀 top picks from @stereogum.com's Best New Artists
🎧 focus mixes from Flow State + Maggie Rogers
+ more! [ft. @craigsj.bsky.social @switchedonpop.bsky.social @chrisdeville.bsky.social @margaretfarrell.bsky.social @mrsslrss.bsky.social @joshterry.bsky.social]
👀 top picks from @stereogum.com's Best New Artists
🎧 focus mixes from Flow State + Maggie Rogers
+ more! [ft. @craigsj.bsky.social @switchedonpop.bsky.social @chrisdeville.bsky.social @margaretfarrell.bsky.social @mrsslrss.bsky.social @joshterry.bsky.social]
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A perfect sign of how fucked Hollywood is: Warner Bros. has one of its most successful years -- in terms of quality and box office success -- in a while, and that all happens while its owner sells it to the avatar of devaluing the theatrical experience.
December 5, 2025 at 1:33 PM
A perfect sign of how fucked Hollywood is: Warner Bros. has one of its most successful years -- in terms of quality and box office success -- in a while, and that all happens while its owner sells it to the avatar of devaluing the theatrical experience.
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Times reporters have been well focused on the central issue here from the beginning www.nytimes.com/2025/12/04/u...
Second Strike Scrutiny Obscures Larger Question About Trump’s Boat Attacks
www.nytimes.com
December 5, 2025 at 4:14 AM
Times reporters have been well focused on the central issue here from the beginning www.nytimes.com/2025/12/04/u...
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They’re killing people as a twitter joke. It’s depraved. Can’t let yourself lose the capacity to be appalled and disgusted and outraged by this.
Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth announces another boat strike in response to a request/wish from Turning Point USA’s Andrew Kolvet.
December 5, 2025 at 2:28 AM
They’re killing people as a twitter joke. It’s depraved. Can’t let yourself lose the capacity to be appalled and disgusted and outraged by this.
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SCOTUS conservative justices upholding Texas gerrymander is yet another example of how Roberts court has greenlit the many undemocratic schemes of Trump and his party
They’ve now ruled for Trump and his allies in 90 percent of shadow docket opinions www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
They’ve now ruled for Trump and his allies in 90 percent of shadow docket opinions www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
The Roberts court just helped Trump rig the midterms
The Supreme Court reinstated the Trump-inspired congressional map in Texas.
www.motherjones.com
December 4, 2025 at 11:52 PM
SCOTUS conservative justices upholding Texas gerrymander is yet another example of how Roberts court has greenlit the many undemocratic schemes of Trump and his party
They’ve now ruled for Trump and his allies in 90 percent of shadow docket opinions www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
They’ve now ruled for Trump and his allies in 90 percent of shadow docket opinions www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
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NEW: @sherylnyt.bsky.social and I dove into Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s quest to dismantle vaccine policy, telling the inside story of how his allies from the vaccine activism world and political appointees embarked on a crash course with government scientists.
Gift: www.nytimes.com/2025/12/04/u...
Gift: www.nytimes.com/2025/12/04/u...
Kennedy’s Methodical 2-Decade Quest to Dismantle Vaccine Policy
www.nytimes.com
December 4, 2025 at 5:20 PM
NEW: @sherylnyt.bsky.social and I dove into Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s quest to dismantle vaccine policy, telling the inside story of how his allies from the vaccine activism world and political appointees embarked on a crash course with government scientists.
Gift: www.nytimes.com/2025/12/04/u...
Gift: www.nytimes.com/2025/12/04/u...
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For everyone who contributed to my cover songs playlist -- WXPN kicked off their listener generated 885 greatest cover songs playlist this morning. You can listen and follow along here: xpn.org/wxpn-playlis...
December 4, 2025 at 3:38 PM
For everyone who contributed to my cover songs playlist -- WXPN kicked off their listener generated 885 greatest cover songs playlist this morning. You can listen and follow along here: xpn.org/wxpn-playlis...
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Here's what @urbanoceanlab.bsky.social (my think tank) got up to this year, from coastal ecosystems to climate justice. Up your alley? Get stoked — there’s more where this came from and we’ve got big things cookin’ for 2026. open.substack.com/pub/ayanaeli...
In a year of federal rollbacks on climate, local leadership rose. 💪🏽
Urban Ocean Lab's 2025 recap, with a peek ahead to 2026
open.substack.com
December 3, 2025 at 4:21 PM
Here's what @urbanoceanlab.bsky.social (my think tank) got up to this year, from coastal ecosystems to climate justice. Up your alley? Get stoked — there’s more where this came from and we’ve got big things cookin’ for 2026. open.substack.com/pub/ayanaeli...
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New: “Eric Trump Has Gotten 10 Times Richer Since Dad’s Election”
@kylekhanmullins.bsky.social for @forbes.com
@kylekhanmullins.bsky.social for @forbes.com
Here’s How Much Eric Trump Is Worth
Crypto took the real estate heir’s fortune and supersized it, briefly making the president’s second-oldest son a billionaire in early September.
www.forbes.com
December 4, 2025 at 2:06 PM
New: “Eric Trump Has Gotten 10 Times Richer Since Dad’s Election”
@kylekhanmullins.bsky.social for @forbes.com
@kylekhanmullins.bsky.social for @forbes.com
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This is a million times worse than anything Hunter Biden was accused of doing in even the most fevered right-wing conspiracy dream
UPDATE: Trump Jr.-backed startup receives $620 million Pentagon loan
In October, Popular Information reported that the Pentagon awarded a contract to Unusual Machines, an obscure drone company that President Trump’s son, Donald Trump Jr., joined as an advisor in Novemb...
popular.info
December 4, 2025 at 4:00 PM
This is a million times worse than anything Hunter Biden was accused of doing in even the most fevered right-wing conspiracy dream
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I was going to say "Don't make me tap the sign," who am I kidding, I am going to tap the sign. (More thoughts on my listmaking practices in the below thread.) bsky.app/profile/poni...
One question I will never answer in a thousand years, by the way, is "Why didn't you put ____ on your list?" If I have a top 10 list, I am thinking of reasons that I want to put 10 shows on it. I am not thinking of reasons that I want to leave 500 shows off it.
December 4, 2025 at 3:24 PM
I was going to say "Don't make me tap the sign," who am I kidding, I am going to tap the sign. (More thoughts on my listmaking practices in the below thread.) bsky.app/profile/poni...
knew this was coming, only a matter of time before it's on the White House too. people will shrug it off but it's really gross and shouldn't be normalized
SCOOP: Sources tell me Donald Trump's name was added to the exterior of the US Institute of Peace building ahead of Thursday's peace agreement signing between Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), which will be held inside the building. Confirming if it's been officially renamed.
December 3, 2025 at 8:25 PM
knew this was coming, only a matter of time before it's on the White House too. people will shrug it off but it's really gross and shouldn't be normalized
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Sabrina Carpenter's post yesterday calling the White House video "evil and disgusting" is in record-setting ratio territory: 1.3 million likes (20x more than WH's), 177,000 reposts, 83 million views
December 3, 2025 at 3:59 PM
Sabrina Carpenter's post yesterday calling the White House video "evil and disgusting" is in record-setting ratio territory: 1.3 million likes (20x more than WH's), 177,000 reposts, 83 million views
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If you say it's an off year for rock or, worse, nobody's making interesting guitar records, I will laugh in your face
The list goes on and on
(but for now, it's capped at 30)
pitchfork.com/features/lis...
The list goes on and on
(but for now, it's capped at 30)
pitchfork.com/features/lis...
The 30 Best Rock Albums of 2025
Featuring Geese, Wet Leg, Suede, the Beths, Cass McCombs, Panda Bear, and more
pitchfork.com
December 3, 2025 at 2:33 PM
If you say it's an off year for rock or, worse, nobody's making interesting guitar records, I will laugh in your face
The list goes on and on
(but for now, it's capped at 30)
pitchfork.com/features/lis...
The list goes on and on
(but for now, it's capped at 30)
pitchfork.com/features/lis...
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here's the first of a few genre/vibe-centric 2025 playlists I'll be making over the next few weeks
New playlist 🌟FLUXBLOG RECOMMENDED INDIE/ALTERNATIVE 2025🌟 - it's time to catch up on some very good songs you may have missed
🟢Spotify: open.spotify.com/playlist/47G...
🔴Apple: music.apple.com/us/playlist/...
🔵YouTube: www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...
🟢Spotify: open.spotify.com/playlist/47G...
🔴Apple: music.apple.com/us/playlist/...
🔵YouTube: www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...
December 1, 2025 at 11:26 PM
here's the first of a few genre/vibe-centric 2025 playlists I'll be making over the next few weeks
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He’s gesturing to a sleeping man as he says “He’s the only leader in the world who can help end [the war in Ukraine].”
Trump dozes while Marco Rubio speaks to him directly next to him. Just insane optics.
December 2, 2025 at 7:57 PM
He’s gesturing to a sleeping man as he says “He’s the only leader in the world who can help end [the war in Ukraine].”
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December 2, 2025 at 1:45 PM
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if you've ever wanted to give a little to my newsroom, today is a really good day for it
today, your donation goes twice as far thanks to NewsMatch — every dollar up to $8,000 will be doubled
and if 100 new donors step up, @thecity.nyc unlocks an additional $2,000 bonus! 🤑
today, your donation goes twice as far thanks to NewsMatch — every dollar up to $8,000 will be doubled
and if 100 new donors step up, @thecity.nyc unlocks an additional $2,000 bonus! 🤑
THE CITY End of Year Campaign 2025 | The CITY (Powered by Donorbox)
Local problems don’t get solved without local journalism. We cover New York's uncovered neighborhoods, hold the powerful to account, and make sense of the greatest city in the world. Your support toda...
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December 2, 2025 at 5:17 PM
if you've ever wanted to give a little to my newsroom, today is a really good day for it
today, your donation goes twice as far thanks to NewsMatch — every dollar up to $8,000 will be doubled
and if 100 new donors step up, @thecity.nyc unlocks an additional $2,000 bonus! 🤑
today, your donation goes twice as far thanks to NewsMatch — every dollar up to $8,000 will be doubled
and if 100 new donors step up, @thecity.nyc unlocks an additional $2,000 bonus! 🤑
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If you think your job is not to tell the truth but to "challenge your audience's assumptions" if the latter is in tension with the former then you're going to end up lying. bsky.app/profile/larr...
For my part, I would say that questioning the framing of some Times stories—for example, the highlighting of Trump’s putative emotions or the foregrounding of what he says (even when, as is often the case, what he says is false)—is not an indication that I want my “views validated.”
December 2, 2025 at 4:03 PM
If you think your job is not to tell the truth but to "challenge your audience's assumptions" if the latter is in tension with the former then you're going to end up lying. bsky.app/profile/larr...
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Definitely a winning message, he should say this every day.
December 2, 2025 at 5:12 PM
Definitely a winning message, he should say this every day.
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Thanks to the @nypost.com for letting me check an item off my bucket list (“be the target of a meaty hit piece by a world-class NYC tabloid”) and for highlighting @transalt.org proposals for better walking, biking, & transit!
More nice ideas here:
transalt.org/road-to-affo...
More nice ideas here:
transalt.org/road-to-affo...
November 29, 2025 at 9:24 PM
Thanks to the @nypost.com for letting me check an item off my bucket list (“be the target of a meaty hit piece by a world-class NYC tabloid”) and for highlighting @transalt.org proposals for better walking, biking, & transit!
More nice ideas here:
transalt.org/road-to-affo...
More nice ideas here:
transalt.org/road-to-affo...
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I wrote about Bari Weiss newrepublic.com/article/2037...
Bari Weiss’s Big Secret Is That She’s Boring
The “contrarian” journalist’s new vision for CBS News appears to just mean reinventing Crossfire.
newrepublic.com
December 1, 2025 at 3:14 PM
I wrote about Bari Weiss newrepublic.com/article/2037...
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trump is the president in the sense that he holds the office but he very clearly isn't the president in the sense that he has basically relieved himself of its duties
Trump’s echo chamber:
Very little U.S travel
No rallies or contact with supporters
Right-wing media
Dinners with rich donors and billionaires
Truth Social
Lack of staff to tell him no www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...
Very little U.S travel
No rallies or contact with supporters
Right-wing media
Dinners with rich donors and billionaires
Truth Social
Lack of staff to tell him no www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...
The Bubble-Wrapped President
Trump surrounds himself with those who flatter him in places where he is comfortable.
www.theatlantic.com
December 1, 2025 at 4:16 PM
trump is the president in the sense that he holds the office but he very clearly isn't the president in the sense that he has basically relieved himself of its duties
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Excited by the prospect of Mamdani bringing his communication skills to talking about basic public functions and the people that provide them.
Combatting poverty and hunger in this city will take every single one of us. Myself included.
November 27, 2025 at 3:15 PM
Excited by the prospect of Mamdani bringing his communication skills to talking about basic public functions and the people that provide them.
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Hugely useful
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
A year on from Trump’s victory, resistance is everywhere | Rebecca Solnit
Americans have shown a tremendous amount and variety of opposition – more than some may realize
www.theguardian.com
November 26, 2025 at 6:45 PM
Hugely useful
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
always thankful for @joshterry.bsky.social's annual 60-song thanksgiving playlist!
"There’s a little bit for everyone here: some tasteful new songs, longtime favorites, and a good genre mix for all personalities. It’s chill and not too crazy, which I hope is exactly how your holiday goes tomorrow."
"There’s a little bit for everyone here: some tasteful new songs, longtime favorites, and a good genre mix for all personalities. It’s chill and not too crazy, which I hope is exactly how your holiday goes tomorrow."
No Expectations 129: Late November
The newsletter’s annual 60-song Thanksgiving playlist.
www.noexpectations.fyi
November 26, 2025 at 3:50 PM
always thankful for @joshterry.bsky.social's annual 60-song thanksgiving playlist!
"There’s a little bit for everyone here: some tasteful new songs, longtime favorites, and a good genre mix for all personalities. It’s chill and not too crazy, which I hope is exactly how your holiday goes tomorrow."
"There’s a little bit for everyone here: some tasteful new songs, longtime favorites, and a good genre mix for all personalities. It’s chill and not too crazy, which I hope is exactly how your holiday goes tomorrow."