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adam offitzer

@aoffitzer.bsky.social
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building hearhear.fm for concert lovers // formerly brand & content marketing at spotify + arcadia // monthlyish music newsletter: hearhear.substack.com 🎧⚡️🍿 views my own

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josh terry @joshterry.bsky.social · 20h
Chicago-based songwriter Greg Freeman in the New York Times www.nytimes.com/2026/10/07/a...
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Greg Freeman Is Trying to Level Up Without Selling Out
The incisive rocker’s impressive new album, “All Set the Bone,” may make his D.I.Y. impulses difficult to maintain.
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Melissa Gira Grant @melissagiragrant.com · 18h
reading this, recalling how quickly the killing of Minnesota Rep. Melissa Hortman slipped out of the news
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Congressional candidate is raped while repairing her campaign signs
Embarrassed, she initially didn’t want to report attack. Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office's investigation is ongoing.
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Leah Feiger @leahfeiger.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Elon Musk's America PAC is quietly donating to the most consequential races of November's midterms, and @wired.com is tracking all of it - in real time. amazing work from @dell.bsky.social, who built this, and big lifts from @hugolowell.bsky.social, @dmehro.bsky.social, and @regret.bsky.social:
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Elon Musk’s America PAC Is Spending Big on the Midterms. We’re Tracking It Daily
To follow Elon Musk’s America PAC money, WIRED created a live-updating tracker that highlights the trillionaire’s overall influence on November’s elections.
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adam offitzer @aoffitzer.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
wow, extremely revealing...i hope someone shares @emilyctamkin.bsky.social's excellent piece with her! forward.com/opinion/8529...
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Mayor Mamdani's antisemitism strategy doesn’t define antisemitism. That’s a good thing.
Contrary to some critics' beliefs, we don't need a definition to fight hatred
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Ben Wikler @benwikler.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
"The Trump Administration is proposing to repeal the Roadless Rule, opening 45 million acres of national forests to road construction, destructive timber harvest and energy development." Today is the last day for public comment. Weigh in: defenders.org/roadless-rule
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The Roadless Rule
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Noah Shachtman @noahshachtman.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
I was told Zohran Mamdani would instantly turn New York into a crime-ridden hellscape. Yet murders are down almost 20%, year over year. 203 people have been slain, about 22.5 per month. In 1990, that average was *251 per month.* NYC has never been this safe.
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 06/10/2026
NEW: The Trump administration keeps denying and downplaying that immigration agents have been detaining Americans. It’s wrong. We’ve found more than 500 U.S. citizens have been held against their will, including handcuffed or held at gunpoint.
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More Than 500 U.S. Citizens Have Been Detained, Including Handcuffed or Held at Gunpoint, in Trump’s Immigration Crackdown — ProPublica
The government doesn’t track how often immigration officers detain U.S. citizens. So ProPublica did. We’ve found more than 500 Americans who were held against their will during this Trump administrati...
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Heather Cox Richardson (TDPR) @hcrichardson.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Very worthwhile to follow @zacheverson.com if you're trying to stay up to speed on the Trumps' crypto machinations.
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Ken Schwencke @schwanksta.com · 06/10/2026
A year ago, @propublica.org told you immigration agents had detained more than 170 U.S. citizens. We’ve updated our count, and we’ve got all the receipts. The tally: At least 506 citizens detained. Sometimes held at gunpoint, handcuffed, or even deported. projects.propublica.org/american-cit...
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More Than 500 U.S. Citizens Have Been Detained, Including Handcuffed or Held at Gunpoint, in Trump’s Immigration Crackdown — ProPublica
The government doesn’t track how often immigration officers detain U.S. citizens. So ProPublica did. We’ve found more than 500 Americans who were held against their will during this Trump administrati...
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adam offitzer @aoffitzer.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
same thing happened to me with hearhear.fm! so frustrating, but a good learning experience nonetheless haha
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 06/10/2026
The government *still* isn’t tracking how often immigration agents detain U.S. citizens. We are. 500+ Americans have been handcuffed, held at gunpoint or held against their will in Trump’s second term. Our tally is almost certainly an undercount. THREAD (content warning: violence) ⬇️
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Steve Rattner @steverattner.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Wages are at all-time lows, and profits at historic highs, as a percent of GDP. The backlash against A.I. is a backlash against unchecked inequality. My @nytopinion.nytimes.com Chart:
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Joel S. @joelhs.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Seems like if you're going to make a national story out of Hasan Piker, who campaigned a few times with the Democratic Senate candidate in Michigan, saying Israel causes antisemitism, you should also make a national story out of the favorite intellectual of the US Vice President supporting Hitler.
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adam offitzer @aoffitzer.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
totally makes sense! Threads is very much a bad platform haha. i was only selfishly pushing for it because i like the ease of amplifying your posts on IG 😉 i'll keep resharing as much as i can either way! thanks for all your great work 👏
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adam offitzer @aoffitzer.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
i can always take a screenshot from bluesky and post but i'm suggesting a post there as a way to amplify this valuable information further and with more immediate in-platform ease, also driving back to the original source so Bolts gets more followers and the context is clear
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adam offitzer @aoffitzer.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
same friendly reminder about making this Threads/IG shareable! (personally i wish @boltsmag.org would post more of your bluesky threads as shareable IG carousels!)
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Taniel @taniel.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
If you're in these states, *TODAY* is deadline to register to vote. Arizona, Arkansas Florida, Georgia, Indiana, Kentucky, Mississippi, Ohio, Tennessee, Texas. Even if you think you've registered: doesn't hurt to check! And there's a lot happening across them. A thread with stakes on each. ⬇️
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Hansi Lo Wang (he/him) @hansilowang.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
TODAY (Monday, Oct. 5) is the deadline for registering to vote for the midterms in: AMERICAN SAMOA ARIZONA ARKANSAS FLORIDA GEORGIA INDIANA KENTUCKY LOUISIANA — in-person, mail (10/13 online) MISSISSIPPI MONTANA — mail (11/3 in-person) OHIO SOUTH CAROLINA — mail TENNESSEE TEXAS npr.org/vote
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How to register to vote and check your registration status
For the 2026 elections, NPR has collected deadlines and information on how to register to vote — online, in person or by mail — in every U.S. state and territory.
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Taniel @taniel.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
If you're in these 3 states, *TODAY* is deadline to register to vote. Alaska Rhode Island South Carolina Even if you think you've registered: doesn't hurt to check everything is in order. Do it now. And there's a lot to vote for across them. A thread with stakes on each. ⬇️
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adam offitzer @aoffitzer.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
damn sounds so good!!! btw, i’d love to give you early access to the “letterboxd for concerts” platform i’m building 👀 hearhear.fm?code=hearhea...
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HearHear — Concert Diary & Show Tracker
Track every show you've been to, write notes, share them with friends, and discover what's playing near you. The concert diary for live music fans.
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adam offitzer @aoffitzer.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
All good! I would personally have enough trust in economists like Krugman/Stiglitz/Zucman to vote yes on something like this. Again, agree to disagree and I'm just a random guy on the internet, but since I'm in NYC and wish I could vote on this, figured I'll try to convince whoever I can! 😉
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adam offitzer @aoffitzer.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
have been a big fan of your writing and thinking for many years, so i just respectfully wanted to share that i'm extremely disappointed in your take on Prop 40! (i think the implications are far too nationally + globally important to let a few small reservations get in the way.)
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Oliver Willis @owillis.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
If you have $100 million to spend on ads saying you shouldn’t be taxed you’re not being taxed enough Google cofounder Sergey Brin has spent $102 million to fight California’s proposed billionaire tax—he could owe $13 billion if he loses fortune.com/article/how-...
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Google co-founder Sergey Brin has now spent $100 million to fight California’s proposed billionaire tax—he could owe $13 billion if he loses | Fortune
The state’s ultrawealthy, including Larry Page and Peter Thiel, have similarly donated to efforts opposing the wealth tax.
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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
The GOP has put $2 million to this campaign, and the billionaires have put $23 million in. Their contribution is 92% of the money Tiffany raised.
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adam offitzer @aoffitzer.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
they're at 5:15pm sadly because it's a park show with a curfew :( so a lot of people with day jobs can't make it on time
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adam offitzer @aoffitzer.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
anyone getting to The Strokes early for TV On The Radio?? the rest of my crew won't be there yet!!
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Lindsay Owens @lindsayowens.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
My new piece in @thenation.com celebrating @mayor.nyc.gov, @saalevine.bsky.social, & @juliesulabor.bsky.social on the 1st day of click-to-cancel in NYC—saving New Yorkers more than $1 million & at least 600,000 hours/year. (And a fun anecdote about my youthful dalliance w/ the Columbia Record Club).
thenation.com
Stop the Price Gouging
How the subscription squeeze is ending.
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Groundwork Collaborative @groundwork.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Stubhub was just caught charging people different prices for the same ticket to the same show. As @lindsayowens.bsky.social told @nbcnews.com: “It’s not the resale ticket holder who’s getting that money. It’s StubHub, who’s charging some concertgoers more just to see their favorite show.”
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For the same ticket on StubHub, different prices for different people
NBC News volunteers saw eight different prices for the exact same Harry Styles ticket on StubHub. The company said it’s running random price experiments.
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adam offitzer @aoffitzer.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
can you post this on threads too so i can amplify on IG!? thanks for all your great work!
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Taniel @taniel.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Voter registration deadlines are SUNDAY in Alaska, Rhode Island, South Carolina. And MONDAY in: Arizona, Arkansas Florida, Georgia, Indiana, Kentucky, Mississippi, Ohio, Tennessee, and *Texas*. If you live in these states, verify your registration now, literally.
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Dara Lind @daralind.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
I’ve resisted calling ICE arrests/detention “disappearances.” But now ICE’s apparent policy is that in some cases, you might not even know if your loved one is still in the US. IDK what else to call that. documentedny.com/2026/10/02/i...
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The Throughline: Is ICE “Disappearing” Detainees?
ICE is deliberately withholding the locations of some detainees from lawyers and loved ones. At what point does that amount to “disappearing” them?
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Pete Buttigieg @petebuttigieg.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
The GOP promised their tax cuts for the rich would lead to growth. But growth slowed down. They said their tariffs would bring back manufacturing. But factory jobs are down under Trump. Republican policies don’t work. Change begins on November 3.
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adam offitzer @aoffitzer.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
this reminded me, i'd love to give you early access + a featured account on the "letterboxd for concerts" i've been working on: hearhear.fm?code=hearhea... trying to build it with the spirit of 2010s twitter in mind!!!!!
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HearHear — Concert Diary & Show Tracker
Track every show you've been to, write notes, share them with friends, and discover what's playing near you. The concert diary for live music fans.
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Bruce Warren @somevelvetblog.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Love S&L!!!!
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Brad Lander @bradlander.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Yehonatan Ovadia – a Hasidic Jew and Israeli citizen who has lived in the U.S. on a visa since 2022 – is being held at the Metropolitan Detention Center (a notorious federal prison) and facing deportation … for his criticism of Israel on religious grounds.
nytimes.com
A Hasidic Jew Protested Against an Israeli Flag. He May Be Deported.
Yehonatan Ovadia, who opposed the mounting of the flag in a small New York town, belongs to a Hasidic branch that is anti-Zionist. He is now in ICE custody.
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Sarah Posner @sarahposner.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
This is such a good, clear-headed, impeccably argued, essential piece.
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Perry Bacon @perrybaconjr.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
"For America to right itself, we need changes on the scale of Reconstruction and the New Deal. And I worry that’s not going to happen if Democrats and the broader anti-Trump left are taking their cues about what’s necessary and politically possible from the Times." newrepublic.com/article/2160...
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The Left Must Fight The New York Times’ Monopoly Too
The paper’s editorial vision is out of step with the robust liberalism needed today.
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Perry Bacon @perrybaconjr.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
"A liberalism that forcefully confronts authoritarianism, oligarchy, climate change, and the numerous other enormous challenges that we face will almost certainly be one that is less attuned to the views of America's most influential paper." newrepublic.com/article/2160...
newrepublic.com
The Left Must Fight The New York Times’ Monopoly Too
The paper’s editorial vision is out of step with the robust liberalism needed today.
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Jon Collins @jcollins.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Becca Good spoke publicly: ”I'm devastated by how many other lives have been destroyed, in this the darkest of times. From so many families dealing with the loss of their owned loved ones, to everyone who has to witness it, the pain of this moment extends so far beyond our family." (cont)
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madi mcvan @madisonmcvan.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Becca Good speaking for the first time publicly about her late wife Renee Good at a press conference announcing lawsuits against the U.S. government, ICE agent Jonathan Ross — who shot and killed Renee Good — and high-ranking Trump administration officials
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New York Times Opinion @nytopinion.nytimes.com · 29/09/2026
“Take the number of official targets and multiply it by the number of bystanders it’s permissible to kill in order to reach the targets, and pretty soon, Abraham says in the film, ‘you end up with all of Gaza,’” our columnist M. Gessen writes about “NAZA.”
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Opinion | There Is a Word So Powerful It Need Be Spoken Only Once
The film that makes a powerful statement without ever raising its voice.
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Whitney Curry Wimbish @whitneycwimbish.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
The mortality reviews that ICE published late last week show that medical neglect is widespread in Trump's concentration camps — something immigrants, advocates and attorneys have said for years, and which ICE routinely denies. New from me in @prospect.org.
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Disturbing Pictures of Neglect in ICE Mortality Reviews - The American Prospect
The federal government released dozens of mortality reviews of immigrants who died in detention in recent years. They show a uniform pattern of medical neglect.
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Brad Lander @bradlander.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Mayor Mamdani’s plan to combat antisemitism is a thoughtful, strategic combination of education for tolerance, enforcement of civil rights, and investments in safety.
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Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 29/09/2026
The Talmud teaches that anyone who sustains one soul, has sustained an entire world. For generations, Jewish New Yorkers have sustained our city. Today, we are launching the first-ever municipal Strategy to Combat Antisemitism.
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Cengiz Yar @cengizyar.com · 28/09/2026
"For the past 40 years we’ve let large businesses and the richest Americans concentrate wealth on the theory that at some point, later on, the winnings would reach everyone. Unfortunately, that “later” never came."
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Opinion | Affordability Is a Winning Message for Democrats. But There’s an Even Better One.
If Democrats can embrace what affordability is really about, they might do even more than win elections.
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adam offitzer @aoffitzer.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
just added this to the show page on HearHear! thanks to you + @concertshub.bsky.social for your service! hearhear.fm/show/aa3042e...
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Roosevelt Institute @rooseveltinstitute.org · 28/09/2026
Two-thirds of real income growth in NYC has gone to the top 1% since 2019. In @nydailynews.com, Noa Rosinplotz shows why policymakers shouldn’t fear taxing the rich. “Instead, they should focus on raising the tax revenue we need to invest in affordability for everyone else.”
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NYC doesn’t need to fear taxing the rich
While some New Yorkers see their fortunes rise, most aren’t getting a cut, as the cost of food, rent, and other necessities climbs faster than their salaries can keep up. City Comptroller Mark Levine ...
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Rex Huppke @rexhuppke.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Amazing @cheekface.bsky.social show last night in Chicago! AND I got to interview the band beforehand. Column coming this week on Cheekface creating the protest album America needs right now.
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adam offitzer @aoffitzer.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
love this!! on a related note, i'm building a new "letterboxd/goodreads for concerts" site and will be sure to link to your column from the show page, would love to give you early access + a featured account: hearhear.fm?code=hearhea...
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HearHear — Concert Diary & Show Tracker
Track every show you've been to, write notes, share them with friends, and discover what's playing near you. The concert diary for live music fans.
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Timothy Burke @bubbaprog.xyz · 27/09/2026
"Obama tried to freeze Fox out" is a complete lie and it's incredible that Jake Tapper feels the need to both-sides this
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