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David Arditi @davidarditi.bsky.social · 20h

If someone offered me a job at Grey Sloan Memorial Hospital, they would get a giant Hell No! Too many people get killed in the line of work there

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David Arditi @davidarditi.bsky.social · 1d

I'm a pacifist

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David Arditi @davidarditi.bsky.social · 1d

Instead of elementary school fundraisers, we need fundraisers for College Savings Accounts!

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David Arditi @davidarditi.bsky.social · 8d

Book Announcement:

I just published an OER textbook for Introduction to Popular Culture classes (or any other class that addresses popular culture) called "Keepin' Up with Popular Culture"

It is free, open-access. Please let me know what you think!

uta.pressbooks.pub/keepinupwith...

Keepin' Up with Popular Culture – Simple Book Publishing

Keepin’ it real by keepin’ up with popular culture!

uta.pressbooks.pub

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David Arditi @davidarditi.bsky.social · 2d

Hunting dogs are something else. I thought my boxer was high energy until we adopted him

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David Arditi @davidarditi.bsky.social · 2d

Brittanys are ridiculous dogs. Mine (finally) caught a gecko, and was so proud to bring it to me 🐶

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David Arditi @davidarditi.bsky.social · 4d

It would have made more sense to put this in Fort Worth, where Texas' largest "stock exchange" was

www.texastribune.org/2025/10/06/t...

Texas stock exchange gets federal approval as state tries to compete with New York heavyweights

The Texas Stock Exchange is expected to launch in Dallas next year, as economists wait to see if “Y’all Street” is big enough to support the exchange and challenge New York’s dominance in the financia...

www.texastribune.org

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David Arditi @davidarditi.bsky.social · 8d

Book Announcement:

I just published an OER textbook for Introduction to Popular Culture classes (or any other class that addresses popular culture) called "Keepin' Up with Popular Culture"

It is free, open-access. Please let me know what you think!

uta.pressbooks.pub/keepinupwith...

Keepin' Up with Popular Culture – Simple Book Publishing

Keepin’ it real by keepin’ up with popular culture!

uta.pressbooks.pub

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David Arditi @davidarditi.bsky.social · 11d

"The impartiality of scientific language deprived what was powerless of the strength to make itself heard and merely provided the existing order with a neutral sign for itself. Such neutrality is more metaphysical than metaphysics."

-Horkheimer and Adorno, Dialectic of Enlightenment

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David Arditi @davidarditi.bsky.social · 14d

Proud of this challah, it was off the chain

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David Arditi @davidarditi.bsky.social · 15d

So many great insights, just in the preface!

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David Arditi @davidarditi.bsky.social · 15d

"What we set out to do was nothing less than to explain why humanity instead of entering a truly human state, is sinking into a new kind of barbarism"
- Horkheimer and Adorno 1947

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David Arditi @davidarditi.bsky.social · 15d

Just put on new running shoes that make my feet feel better than barefoot

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David Arditi @davidarditi.bsky.social · 16d

Giving myself a crash course on the American dream literature

Folks in this area come up with some great titles!

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David Arditi @davidarditi.bsky.social · 18d

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David Arditi @davidarditi.bsky.social · 18d

My son is listening to "Bye, bye, Bye" on repeat. This is day 3 of it. I may need help

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David Arditi @davidarditi.bsky.social · 22d

I just said no to something

a man is giving a speech in front of a sign that says rusted leadership for a stronger america

ALT: a man is giving a speech in front of a sign that says rusted leadership for a stronger america

media.tenor.com

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David Arditi @davidarditi.bsky.social · Jul 12

Bought a 1918 cylinder Edison Phonograph and records for $140!

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David Arditi @davidarditi.bsky.social · 27d

Woke up to the shear joy of my son learning about the new Mario releases

I needed that

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David Arditi @davidarditi.bsky.social · 27d

Why didn't I know about Archive.today until last week? Get the Archive Page extension and be done with paywalls!

Archive.today

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David Arditi @davidarditi.bsky.social · Sep 8

Book files submitted!!!

🤞it is on schedule to publish in February 2026
anthempress.com/books/music-...

Music Technology Panic Narratives Beyond Piracy | Anthem Press

From Taping to Napster to TikTok

anthempress.com

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David Arditi @davidarditi.bsky.social · Sep 6

Anyone 35-55 should know!

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David Arditi @davidarditi.bsky.social · Sep 6

How old are your colleagues?

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David Arditi @davidarditi.bsky.social · Sep 4

Today was 103, the hottest day of a mild summer in Arlington, Texas. But when it's hot in September, it feels brutal. I'm guessing it has to do with the position of the sun. But it is really awful

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