adam offitzer
@aoffitzer.bsky.social
brand & content director @arcadia // formerly @spotify // monthly-ish music newsletter: http://hearhear.substack.com // views my own 🎧🍿⚡️
I wrote about how one of the central problems we have in the moment is that the wealthy have grown increasingly used to not facing accountability. www.ctinsider.com/columnist/ar...
The powerful keep escaping accountability. Here’s who enables them.
Philip Bump argues that political allies, investors and public cynicism allow wealthy and influential Americans to operate without accountability.
ctinsider.com
“Without this, people become homeless. They lose their income. They lose their stability. Whatever tiny safety net they had is gone,” @shannonrosa.bsky.social said. “It’s just cruel.” My latest: www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
‘Just cruel’: Medicaid halt in California and Minnesota plunges caregivers and disabled people into uncertainty
Shock and fury as Trump administration holds back Medicaid funding to states over alleged caregiving fraud
theguardian.com
here we go: just launched Encore, the "letterboxd/goodreads/beli for concerts" platform i've been building. log all your shows, share your photos + videos, follow friends + tastemakers, and relive your favorite moments. it's invite-only for now — sign up here: encoreconcerts.fm
thanks to @ihavethatonvinyl.com for the kind words + support! we're almost at 1K members on Encore, the "letterboxd for concerts" — join in + build your profile: encoreconcerts.fm
inthefade@ihavethatonvinyl.com · 5d agoi started playing around with the encore concert tracker brought to you by @aoffitzer.bsky.social. it's pretty great. track past and future concerts, put up setlists and photos, and so much more. the interface is really smooth. a+ encoreconcerts.fm
Scoop: New "60 Minutes" boss Nick Bilton sent a memo to staff about leaks, which naturally leaked to @status.news. Details here: www.status.news/p/60-minutes...
Bilton’s Leak Battle
The new “60 Minutes” executive producer welcomed staff back from their July vacations with a weekend memo in which he delivered a stern message about leaks, a missive that naturally leaked to Status.
status.news
🖇️ orcd.co/glen ❤️🔥 I made a playlist for those who’ve never had the privilege of going in and deeper in to the music of Glen Hansard. Glen blurred that line between someone always in search of an audience, and someone who sang just because they knew how magic it was to sing a song.
Glen Hansard, Swell Season & The Frames: 30 Recordings, 23 of Hi
More info at alechanleybemis.substack.com
orcd.co
BIG DEAL on voting rights this morning: Governor Spanberger just restored the voting rights of some 60,000+ Virginians. Her move reverses Youngkin's abrupt decision in 2023 to end automatic voting rights restoration, which brought Virginia back to a system of default lifetime disenfranchisement.
Virginia Governor Restores Voting Rights for Thousands With Past Felony Convictions - Bolts
This is the only state that, absent action by the governor, bans people convicted of any felony from voting for life. Virginians have an opportunity to end that system for good in November.
boltsmag.org
i started playing around with the encore concert tracker brought to you by @aoffitzer.bsky.social. it's pretty great. track past and future concerts, put up setlists and photos, and so much more. the interface is really smooth. a+ encoreconcerts.fm
Encore — Concert Diary & Show Tracker
Track every show you've been to, rate sets, share notes with friends, and discover what's playing near you. The concert diary app for live music fans.
encoreconcerts.fm
happy people are digging this!! would love to have you join us over at don't rock the inbox where we have free writing like this every week!! all the better if you'd like to support our work as a paid subscriber and get full access to all playlists and recs 🙏
We’re starving millions of Americans so musk and bezos can get tax cuts and trump can collect bribes www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/...
The Coming Food-Stamp Crisis
A looming deadline may force some states to end SNAP next year.
theatlantic.com
So CBS and others invested in a pro trump audience that won’t arrive, alienating their actual audience, and trump propagandists are losing audience bc people are souring on Trump. Also helps explain the increased racist shrieking as they try to farm engagement www.nytimes.com/2026/07/31/u...
How the Pro-Trump Media Ecosystem Is Splintering Ahead of the Midterms
Once united in support of President Trump, right-wing influencers are embroiled in feuds and losing viewers, creating a problem for Republicans in the midterm elections.
nytimes.com
Elon Musk’s embarrassing Economist interview and subsequent racist tantrum ought to present the media, government, investors and index funds with a simple yes-or-no question: Should huge chunks of the economy and millions of Americans’ retirement funds be tied to this man’s fortunes? (new @ms.now)
Opinion | Stop treating Elon Musk’s racist meltdowns like they’re normal
Anthony L. Fisher: The economy and millions of retirement accounts are tied to the fortunes of an unstable, race-baiting conspiracy theorist.
ms.now
Some of the "industy veterans" at 60 Minutes who laugh or groan at each of these "no experience with what we do" appointments seem to be overlooking the possibility that what they do will be changed by Bari Weiss— radically and right in front of them. www.status.news/p/60-minutes...
ok i got most of my data fixed in encoreconcerts.fm, my favorite minor thing is that because you can't enter an artist twice during the same festival, deafheaven isn't my most-seen band
In another victory for intellectual diversity, the NY Times conservative opinion person hired by the billionaire Trump supporters has hired another NY Times conservative opinion person as actual journalists keep getting shoved out.
Oliver Darcy@oliverdarcy.bsky.social · last wk.Scoop: I’m told that Ross Douthat is exiting The NYT and is expected to take a role at “60 Minutes.” News expected to be announced soon.
bari weiss looked all over the place and found.....a conservative weirdo she used to work with. the funniest possible outcome, well done
Oliver Darcy@oliverdarcy.bsky.social · last wk.Scoop: I’m told that Ross Douthat is exiting The NYT and is expected to take a role at “60 Minutes.” News expected to be announced soon.
ProPublica obtained a vast cache of IRS information showing how billionaires like Jeff Bezos and Elon Musk pay little in income tax compared to their massive wealth — sometimes, even nothing. From the archives:
The Secret IRS Files: Trove of Never-Before-Seen Records Reveal How the Wealthiest Avoid Income Tax
ProPublica has obtained a vast cache of IRS information showing how billionaires like Jeff Bezos, Elon Musk and Warren Buffett pay little in income tax compared to their massive wealth — sometimes, ev...
propublica.org
I'm on this here: encoreconcerts.fm/u/chrisbanks
Encore — Concert Diary & Show Tracker
Track every show you've been to, rate sets, share notes with friends, and discover what's playing near you. The concert diary app for live music fans.
encoreconcerts.fm
adam offitzer@aoffitzer.bsky.social · 3w agohere we go: just launched Encore, the "letterboxd/goodreads/beli for concerts" platform i've been building. log all your shows, share your photos + videos, follow friends + tastemakers, and relive your favorite moments. it's invite-only for now — sign up here: encoreconcerts.fm
Guerline Jozef, executive director of the Haitian Bridge Alliance: "Once again members of our community find themselves in a state of extreme trauma, fear and terror... One of them told me her little girl doesn't even want to go to school for fear of coming home and not finding her mother."
Catherine Rampell@crampell.bsky.social · last wk.TPS for Haitians officially expires tomorrow. ICE is planning big operations, with Springfield, Ohio among the targets www.cbsnews.com/news/ice-hai...
I've been testing out Encore and it's AWESOME! While building my profile, it has been bringing back memories from my first concert back in the 80s (The Monkees!) to current times (Last week, Stabbing Westward & Acumen Nation). 🔗: encoreconcerts.fm Follow me: encoreconcerts.fm/u/brett 🤘🎵
Encore — Concert Diary & Show Tracker
Track every show you've been to, rate sets, share notes with friends, and discover what's playing near you. The concert diary app for live music fans.
encoreconcerts.fm
adam offitzer@aoffitzer.bsky.social · 3w agohere we go: just launched Encore, the "letterboxd/goodreads/beli for concerts" platform i've been building. log all your shows, share your photos + videos, follow friends + tastemakers, and relive your favorite moments. it's invite-only for now — sign up here: encoreconcerts.fm
interesting to me that as the administration treats democratic-voting states like conquered or occupied territories, you don’t have pundits demanding the president respect “half the country”
tony romm@tonyromm.bsky.social · 2w agoNEW: In a stunning admission, the Trump administration admitted in court documents that it canceled billions in energy grants to states "based solely" on politics -- and whether that state was represented by Democrats and backed Harris in 2024. www.nytimes.com/2026/07/24/b...
NEW: In a stunning admission, the Trump administration admitted in court documents that it canceled billions in energy grants to states "based solely" on politics -- and whether that state was represented by Democrats and backed Harris in 2024. www.nytimes.com/2026/07/24/b...
Trump Administration Admits Canceling Grants to States That Did Not Vote for Him
Federal officials said in court documents that they halted billions of dollars in funding for energy projects to states “based solely” on whether they backed President Trump in the 2024 election.
nytimes.com
I fell down a rabbit hole of searching for the best musical performances from TV shows and had to share a few gemstones. Post your faves! www.youtube.com/watch?v=R-zn...
The Righteous Gemstones: Misbehavin' with Jennifer Nettles and Walton Goggins (S1 E5 Clip) | HBO
YouTube video by HBO
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Here is a gift 🎁 link to that article. Pass it on. What a fucking appalling way to treat these young people who died defending their country in a war that a venal and debased president started for no good reason www.nytimes.com/2026/07/23/u...
Number of U.S. Troop Deaths in Iran War Appears Lower on Pentagon Website (Gift Article)
Three military officials and a Pentagon spokesman gave conflicting explanations for why the number of Americans killed in the Iran war had changed.
nytimes.com
Internal documents obtained by @nytimes.com show that ICE plans to open a detention center at the complex in northeastern North Carolina by the end of the year. The documents show that the facility will have about 1,400 beds, making it among the largest detention centers on the East Coast.
ICE Targets ‘Detention Desert’ With New Facility in North Carolina (Gift Article)
Even as ICE has retreated from its plan to buy warehouses, the new complex near the Virginia border signals that the agency remains determined to increase its detention capacity.
nytimes.com
Damn, Laura. Laura Stevenson | Full Set | The Sinclair Cambridge. MA | September 21, 2025 youtu.be/4lrftrCJlUs
Laura Stevenson Full Set LIVE
YouTube video by Concerts Hub
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concert friends! adam’s made a new platform that does what setlist dot fm does (but better) (and it’s not under the TM/LN umbrella). join me! let’s get dorky about concert stats together!
adam offitzer@aoffitzer.bsky.social · 3w agohere we go: just launched Encore, the "letterboxd/goodreads/beli for concerts" platform i've been building. log all your shows, share your photos + videos, follow friends + tastemakers, and relive your favorite moments. it's invite-only for now — sign up here: encoreconcerts.fm
