basic oddity
@ad1ti.bsky.social
silly, sentimental woman working in journalism & an involuntary test subject for cruel technologies. 📍chicago
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· May 1
Where'd all the time go?
What slow games, quiet platforms, and weekly rituals can teach us about time
aditi.substack.com
i wrote about time perception and what animal crossing, are.na, and THE PITT can teach us about how we feel time online.
if looking at your screen time makes you want to walk into the sea, this one’s for u.
would love it if u read it + sent to a friend who creates things online worth remembering<3
if looking at your screen time makes you want to walk into the sea, this one’s for u.
would love it if u read it + sent to a friend who creates things online worth remembering<3
what is really strange though is that despite all this the business is doing really well. they are seeing clear growth and $$$
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/05/b...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/05/b...
November 14, 2025 at 1:54 AM
what is really strange though is that despite all this the business is doing really well. they are seeing clear growth and $$$
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/05/b...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/05/b...
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for the record, this is how the @nytimes.com covered Bloomberg, a man elected to the same office as Katie Wilson with the exact same amount of experience in public office as Katie Wilson, but whom the paper did not view with obvious contempt www.nytimes.com/2001/11/07/n...
November 13, 2025 at 10:03 PM
for the record, this is how the @nytimes.com covered Bloomberg, a man elected to the same office as Katie Wilson with the exact same amount of experience in public office as Katie Wilson, but whom the paper did not view with obvious contempt www.nytimes.com/2001/11/07/n...
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read the story bc the whole thing is nuts but this is 👀
November 12, 2025 at 11:06 PM
read the story bc the whole thing is nuts but this is 👀
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one thing to understand here is that compared to how much money vc throws around, creating 1,000 new podcasts, newspapers/magazines, all that shit... cheap as fuck to them. All that type of media is real cheap to them. they will totally overwhelm everything it will be all you can see. trust that
New parallel media play just dropped from a16z...
an INCUBATOR to scale up the production of fascist media owned and operated and funded by VC... they are industrializing it.
This is SCALE. That is what VCs do. They start with a few then they push play. BOOM
a16z.substack.com/p/introducin...
an INCUBATOR to scale up the production of fascist media owned and operated and funded by VC... they are industrializing it.
This is SCALE. That is what VCs do. They start with a few then they push play. BOOM
a16z.substack.com/p/introducin...
November 7, 2025 at 12:25 AM
one thing to understand here is that compared to how much money vc throws around, creating 1,000 new podcasts, newspapers/magazines, all that shit... cheap as fuck to them. All that type of media is real cheap to them. they will totally overwhelm everything it will be all you can see. trust that
sorry if this is depressing but i genuinely don’t believe that good journalism and media is enough to take on venture capital at this moment in time
November 12, 2025 at 2:32 PM
sorry if this is depressing but i genuinely don’t believe that good journalism and media is enough to take on venture capital at this moment in time
aurora borealis would be a beautiful name for a baby girl
November 12, 2025 at 3:31 AM
aurora borealis would be a beautiful name for a baby girl
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this is a rich text but my favorite part is that despite being presumably good at math, her husband is so illiterate that he cannot read a baby's report card
I think the belief by the powerful that "people will put up with many things if you are excellent at math" is incredibly revealing in terms of understanding How We Got Here
November 11, 2025 at 11:51 PM
this is a rich text but my favorite part is that despite being presumably good at math, her husband is so illiterate that he cannot read a baby's report card
Why the hell aren’t they shoveling the sidewalks
November 11, 2025 at 2:37 PM
Why the hell aren’t they shoveling the sidewalks
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An Evening Commute
6”x6” oil
6”x6” oil
November 10, 2025 at 2:56 PM
An Evening Commute
6”x6” oil
6”x6” oil
we got ebeneezer scrooge weather in chicago tonight
November 10, 2025 at 5:14 AM
we got ebeneezer scrooge weather in chicago tonight
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A 1-year-old girl has to get specialist care after ICE pepper-sprayed her family’s car—and a host of others—while they were in line to exit a Sam’s Club parking lot
1-year-old, pepper sprayed by federal agent in Cicero: 'My daughter didn't have to go through this'
Video shows federal agents spraying chemical irritants from a moving vehicle at a line of cars waiting to leave a Cicero Sam's Club on Saturday morning. The action appears to violate a judge's restric...
chicago.suntimes.com
November 10, 2025 at 2:57 AM
A 1-year-old girl has to get specialist care after ICE pepper-sprayed her family’s car—and a host of others—while they were in line to exit a Sam’s Club parking lot
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i’m ready for something different than whatever the fuck this is
November 10, 2025 at 12:51 AM
i’m ready for something different than whatever the fuck this is
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Chuck Schumer is caving in on ACA extensions the right way.
by Ezra Klein
by Ezra Klein
November 10, 2025 at 12:40 AM
Chuck Schumer is caving in on ACA extensions the right way.
by Ezra Klein
by Ezra Klein
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Loving today's news that the mysterious "fedora man" outside the Louvre heist was actually a 15-year-old museum visitor who dresses like a 1940s French detective all the time, just because. apnews.com/article/louv...
Fedora man unmasked: Meet the teen behind the Louvre mystery photo
Fifteen-year-old Pedro Elias Garzon Delvaux has become an internet sensation after an Associated Press photo captured him outside the Louvre on the day of a crown jewels heist.
apnews.com
November 9, 2025 at 12:16 PM
Loving today's news that the mysterious "fedora man" outside the Louvre heist was actually a 15-year-old museum visitor who dresses like a 1940s French detective all the time, just because. apnews.com/article/louv...
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A few weeks ago I zoomed with a group of high school students and their adult mentor to discuss taking social action. I am thrilled to report that this group of 10 students raised $10,000 in two weeks to support their local food pantry. They sent me a photo and it has them all jumping and I tear up.
November 8, 2025 at 10:42 PM
A few weeks ago I zoomed with a group of high school students and their adult mentor to discuss taking social action. I am thrilled to report that this group of 10 students raised $10,000 in two weeks to support their local food pantry. They sent me a photo and it has them all jumping and I tear up.
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Senate update: Republicans are now trying to sneak a backdoor national abortion ban into their government funding bill. Republicans will stop at nothing to control women's health care decisions.
November 8, 2025 at 9:05 PM
Senate update: Republicans are now trying to sneak a backdoor national abortion ban into their government funding bill. Republicans will stop at nothing to control women's health care decisions.
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I appreciate the legal reporters explaining the likely reasoning behind the SNAP ruling but also rube goldberg-ing our way to maybe possibly giving food to hungry kids is pretty damning in itself
November 8, 2025 at 4:06 AM
I appreciate the legal reporters explaining the likely reasoning behind the SNAP ruling but also rube goldberg-ing our way to maybe possibly giving food to hungry kids is pretty damning in itself
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This piece is as good as people say it is. Read it to appreciate that writing isn't just about content, but style. AI can't do this.
Maybe Don’t Talk to the New York Times About Zohran Mamdani
It’s remarkable, the people you’ll hear from. Teach for even a little while at an expensive institution—the term they tend to prefer is “elite”—and odds are that eventually someone who was a studen…
lithub.com
November 9, 2025 at 11:10 AM
This piece is as good as people say it is. Read it to appreciate that writing isn't just about content, but style. AI can't do this.
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2678 W. Washington was threatened with demolition in 2023. I worked with Preservation Chicago and others to stop the demo and get the building landmarked. We were successful and it is in the process of becoming The Anchorage! www.anchoragechicago.com
November 8, 2025 at 5:33 PM
2678 W. Washington was threatened with demolition in 2023. I worked with Preservation Chicago and others to stop the demo and get the building landmarked. We were successful and it is in the process of becoming The Anchorage! www.anchoragechicago.com
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pre-writing a devastating obituary for your enemy is god-tier hating of a kind you don’t often see anymore. renaissance haterism. beautiful stuff.
A Sharon Begley byline, almost 5 years after her death.
Upon hearing the news James Watson had died, a STAT reporter said in our Slack, "I wish I could read what Sharon would have written."
Incredible news: Sharon in fact did pre-write a Watson obit. And it is masterful and excoriating.
🧪🧬🧫
Upon hearing the news James Watson had died, a STAT reporter said in our Slack, "I wish I could read what Sharon would have written."
Incredible news: Sharon in fact did pre-write a Watson obit. And it is masterful and excoriating.
🧪🧬🧫
James Watson, dead at 97, was a scientific legend and a pariah among his peers
James Watson, the co-discoverer of the structure of DNA who died Thursday at 97, was a scientific legend and a pariah among his peers.
www.statnews.com
November 9, 2025 at 12:55 AM
pre-writing a devastating obituary for your enemy is god-tier hating of a kind you don’t often see anymore. renaissance haterism. beautiful stuff.
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I just keep thinking “Elon Musk just got a trillion dollars”
New — While some states have received SNAP benefits for November and USDA is supposedly pushing through all federal payments soon, that doesn’t erase the psychological terror of the last few weeks.
I spoke with 20+ SNAP recipients in 16 states about preparing for a possible future with no food:
I spoke with 20+ SNAP recipients in 16 states about preparing for a possible future with no food:
The voices of SNAP
Recipients have become political pawns. They explained, in their own words, what Trump withholding funds has been like.
www.thehandbasket.co
November 8, 2025 at 12:11 AM
I just keep thinking “Elon Musk just got a trillion dollars”
ninajirachi album so good
November 8, 2025 at 2:26 AM
ninajirachi album so good
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Sandwich case a wrap as hero found not guilty; jury determines government’s case a turkey, claims ICE testimony didn’t cut the mustard
🚨🚨🚨 The jury has reached a verdict. Sean Dunn, aka the DC Sandwich Guy, has been found NOT GUILTY of assault.
November 6, 2025 at 7:39 PM
Sandwich case a wrap as hero found not guilty; jury determines government’s case a turkey, claims ICE testimony didn’t cut the mustard