Justine Barron
@jewstein3000.bsky.social
Author of the book “They Killed Freddie Gray: The Anatomy of a Police Brutality Cover-Up” (Arcade)
I’m on twitter @jewstein3000
Confused to still be alive
I’m on twitter @jewstein3000
Confused to still be alive
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Justine Barron
@jewstein3000.bsky.social
· Apr 14
They Killed Freddie Gray: The Anatomy of a Police Brutality Cover-Up
They Killed Freddie Gray: The Anatomy of a Police Brutality Cover-Up - Kindle edition by Barron, Justine, Chaudry, Rabia. Download it once and read it on your Kindle device, PC, phones or tablets. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading They Killed Freddie Gray: The Anatomy of a Police Brutality Cover-Up.
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It is the ten year anniversary of Freddie Gray's arrest and death in Baltimore.
As an author of a book on the case, I am going to *DEBUNK ONE MYTH EACH DAY* about what really happened.
Starting with: How was #FreddieGray actually killed? 1/
www.amazon.com/They-Killed-...
As an author of a book on the case, I am going to *DEBUNK ONE MYTH EACH DAY* about what really happened.
Starting with: How was #FreddieGray actually killed? 1/
www.amazon.com/They-Killed-...
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POV: you are a young woman celebrating a recent academic success
November 17, 2025 at 7:20 PM
POV: you are a young woman celebrating a recent academic success
Someone please describe a frozen hot chocolate. I would never want one and [boycott] but I am confused
Beginning Monday, a Frozen Peppermint Hot Chocolate drink will be available exclusively at Starbucks cafés inside Target stores.
The chains are hoping the drink can drum up excitement from customers this holiday season.
🔗https://tinyurl.com/yrshv45s
The chains are hoping the drink can drum up excitement from customers this holiday season.
🔗https://tinyurl.com/yrshv45s
November 17, 2025 at 10:45 PM
Someone please describe a frozen hot chocolate. I would never want one and [boycott] but I am confused
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It's very funny when NPR is
interviewing an expert in something and it all feels fairly normal and evenhanded and then at the end they're like "and that was Christopher Halliburton from the Center for Exploding Venezuela"
interviewing an expert in something and it all feels fairly normal and evenhanded and then at the end they're like "and that was Christopher Halliburton from the Center for Exploding Venezuela"
March 6, 2024 at 8:38 PM
It's very funny when NPR is
interviewing an expert in something and it all feels fairly normal and evenhanded and then at the end they're like "and that was Christopher Halliburton from the Center for Exploding Venezuela"
interviewing an expert in something and it all feels fairly normal and evenhanded and then at the end they're like "and that was Christopher Halliburton from the Center for Exploding Venezuela"
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This is a great obit, and I appreciated Alice’s fight for Palestinians in Gaza being highlighted. I also want to give a shout out to Miles for asking permission to cite my post when technically you don’t have to do that re media law but still an ethical thing to do.
November 16, 2025 at 10:38 PM
This is a great obit, and I appreciated Alice’s fight for Palestinians in Gaza being highlighted. I also want to give a shout out to Miles for asking permission to cite my post when technically you don’t have to do that re media law but still an ethical thing to do.
I haven’t shared on this site about the profound losses this week because I shared on the other sites and I’m barely hanging on.
Alice Wong was producing the podcast I have coming out soon, and Leslie Lee III was one of the first guests I taped and I don’t know how to go on.
Alice Wong was producing the podcast I have coming out soon, and Leslie Lee III was one of the first guests I taped and I don’t know how to go on.
November 16, 2025 at 9:37 PM
I haven’t shared on this site about the profound losses this week because I shared on the other sites and I’m barely hanging on.
Alice Wong was producing the podcast I have coming out soon, and Leslie Lee III was one of the first guests I taped and I don’t know how to go on.
Alice Wong was producing the podcast I have coming out soon, and Leslie Lee III was one of the first guests I taped and I don’t know how to go on.
- Commenting on the genre but also doing the genre really well
- Comedian plays serious
- The rag tag team of outsiders has to win
- People with no make up have conversations and there doesn’t seem to be a plot but at the very end you realize the profound truth
- Comedian plays serious
- The rag tag team of outsiders has to win
- People with no make up have conversations and there doesn’t seem to be a plot but at the very end you realize the profound truth
-absolutely we cannot be together but oops we are
-let’s use our generational wealth to go somewhere murders happen
-stodgily faithful to the book
- you know that woman scientist? She was a LESBIAN
-I think there’s something supernatural about this garden
-let’s use our generational wealth to go somewhere murders happen
-stodgily faithful to the book
- you know that woman scientist? She was a LESBIAN
-I think there’s something supernatural about this garden
What are your top 5 movie genres? Mine are:
- Roaring rampage of revenge
- Reluctantly, I must resume my life of violence
- On reflection, the risk assessment on our giant monster facility and/or attraction could have been more thorough
- Girl survives
- Crime but make it quirky
- Roaring rampage of revenge
- Reluctantly, I must resume my life of violence
- On reflection, the risk assessment on our giant monster facility and/or attraction could have been more thorough
- Girl survives
- Crime but make it quirky
November 16, 2025 at 9:34 PM
- Commenting on the genre but also doing the genre really well
- Comedian plays serious
- The rag tag team of outsiders has to win
- People with no make up have conversations and there doesn’t seem to be a plot but at the very end you realize the profound truth
- Comedian plays serious
- The rag tag team of outsiders has to win
- People with no make up have conversations and there doesn’t seem to be a plot but at the very end you realize the profound truth
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this is a very important part of her legacy, her support for Palestine. one of the things i will always remember is that one of Dr. Refaat Alareer’s last liked posts on Twitter before it turned into x and removed like history is a photo of Alice.
The official obits are rolling in. I hear the NYT mentions nothing about Alice Palestine support ofc. When she won her MacArthur, Alice got death threats from Zionists. They ruined her joy on a HUGE accomplishment. She told me the MacArthur ppl took down her personal statement & when she complained
November 16, 2025 at 6:05 AM
this is a very important part of her legacy, her support for Palestine. one of the things i will always remember is that one of Dr. Refaat Alareer’s last liked posts on Twitter before it turned into x and removed like history is a photo of Alice.
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What a privilege it is to be a younger disabled person in a community shaped by Alice Wong. Rest in peace, Alice.
November 15, 2025 at 8:19 AM
What a privilege it is to be a younger disabled person in a community shaped by Alice Wong. Rest in peace, Alice.
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Our beloved Alice Wong has joined the ancestors. It was one of the great honors of my life to call Alice my friend, co-author & co-conspirator. She was a true genius, a force of nature the likes of which the world has never seen before. I love you, Alice, and am equal parts grateful and devastated
November 15, 2025 at 6:09 AM
Our beloved Alice Wong has joined the ancestors. It was one of the great honors of my life to call Alice my friend, co-author & co-conspirator. She was a true genius, a force of nature the likes of which the world has never seen before. I love you, Alice, and am equal parts grateful and devastated
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Let the record show it’s possible to be COOL AF, acknowledge covid, and perform a kick-ass show simultaneously!!!
November 13, 2025 at 8:44 AM
Let the record show it’s possible to be COOL AF, acknowledge covid, and perform a kick-ass show simultaneously!!!
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The value of reading history is you know that in 1860 there were abolitionists who were so demoralized that they thought chattel slavery would be permanent. 5 years later those still alive had lived to see its end.
November 12, 2025 at 8:05 PM
The value of reading history is you know that in 1860 there were abolitionists who were so demoralized that they thought chattel slavery would be permanent. 5 years later those still alive had lived to see its end.
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I think we’ve located the swamp.
November 13, 2025 at 1:46 AM
I think we’ve located the swamp.
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Today is my 78th birthday. When I first became ill in 1983, I was 33. I was 38 when I was diagnosed and attended my first support group meeting. Since then, I have worked with many wonderful people in the fight to make ME/CFS respected, funded, researched, understood, treated and, we hope, cured.
November 12, 2025 at 8:38 PM
Today is my 78th birthday. When I first became ill in 1983, I was 33. I was 38 when I was diagnosed and attended my first support group meeting. Since then, I have worked with many wonderful people in the fight to make ME/CFS respected, funded, researched, understood, treated and, we hope, cured.
Few thoughts on Wolff and Epstein:
1. I’m impressed with how close Wolff got.
2. If Epstein was off the record for any of these convos, Wolff’s primary duty was to him.
3. Journalists don’t have any unethical responsibility to appear unbiased to sources. Trust isn’t easily gained
1. I’m impressed with how close Wolff got.
2. If Epstein was off the record for any of these convos, Wolff’s primary duty was to him.
3. Journalists don’t have any unethical responsibility to appear unbiased to sources. Trust isn’t easily gained
November 12, 2025 at 8:34 PM
Few thoughts on Wolff and Epstein:
1. I’m impressed with how close Wolff got.
2. If Epstein was off the record for any of these convos, Wolff’s primary duty was to him.
3. Journalists don’t have any unethical responsibility to appear unbiased to sources. Trust isn’t easily gained
1. I’m impressed with how close Wolff got.
2. If Epstein was off the record for any of these convos, Wolff’s primary duty was to him.
3. Journalists don’t have any unethical responsibility to appear unbiased to sources. Trust isn’t easily gained
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Tim Kaine is probably the most prominent elected official talking about the very real threat and struggle of long COVID and he just consigned millions to being screwed with ACA subsidies expiring.
Sen. Kaine on his vote for funding deal
“I got the first good night's sleep last night that I've gotten since Oct. 1, because I wasn't worried about being able to look Capitol Police in the eye when I walked in, or what a furloughed federal worker would say to me at church”
“I got the first good night's sleep last night that I've gotten since Oct. 1, because I wasn't worried about being able to look Capitol Police in the eye when I walked in, or what a furloughed federal worker would say to me at church”
November 10, 2025 at 9:38 PM
Tim Kaine is probably the most prominent elected official talking about the very real threat and struggle of long COVID and he just consigned millions to being screwed with ACA subsidies expiring.
I don’t think democrats caved. I think they’ve shown us they don’t care if our healthcare is affordable.
November 10, 2025 at 2:02 PM
I don’t think democrats caved. I think they’ve shown us they don’t care if our healthcare is affordable.
I wish more people had been talking about Schumer when he killed the Equal Act despite having bipartisan support.
November 10, 2025 at 1:23 PM
I wish more people had been talking about Schumer when he killed the Equal Act despite having bipartisan support.
Are there other movies like Last Days of Disco and Velvet Goldmine that express a cultural shift as a mood?
Is there one that tells the story of the shift after 9/11?
Is there one that tells the story of the shift after 9/11?
November 9, 2025 at 10:19 PM
Are there other movies like Last Days of Disco and Velvet Goldmine that express a cultural shift as a mood?
Is there one that tells the story of the shift after 9/11?
Is there one that tells the story of the shift after 9/11?
I have no Jewish feelings about the Jewish representation in “Nobody Wants This” besides how I’m glad Jackie Tohn is on TV
However I have a weakness for LA Dinner Party representation
However I have a weakness for LA Dinner Party representation
November 9, 2025 at 5:32 PM
I have no Jewish feelings about the Jewish representation in “Nobody Wants This” besides how I’m glad Jackie Tohn is on TV
However I have a weakness for LA Dinner Party representation
However I have a weakness for LA Dinner Party representation
I remember how much the White House tried to hide Biden’s severe cognitive decline and messengers even media gaslit the public, referring to his stutter or blaming the right for conspiracy theorizing
So the oldest person ever to become president keeps falling asleep in his office during public events and there’s no big public discussion on how this is a coverup or how republicans are lying to us about how this government is running?
November 9, 2025 at 2:15 PM
I remember how much the White House tried to hide Biden’s severe cognitive decline and messengers even media gaslit the public, referring to his stutter or blaming the right for conspiracy theorizing
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Citing concerns about DEI, the U.S. Department of Education has halted funding for programs that support students with combined hearing and vision loss in eight states.
“How low can you go?” one advocate asked. “How can you do this to children?” www.propublica.org/article/trum...
“How low can you go?” one advocate asked. “How can you do this to children?” www.propublica.org/article/trum...
Programs for Students With Hearing and Vision Loss Harmed by Trump’s Anti-Diversity Push
Citing concerns about DEI, the U.S. Department of Education has halted funding for programs that support students with combined hearing and vision loss in eight states. “How low can you go?” one advoc...
www.propublica.org
September 12, 2025 at 3:43 AM
Citing concerns about DEI, the U.S. Department of Education has halted funding for programs that support students with combined hearing and vision loss in eight states.
“How low can you go?” one advocate asked. “How can you do this to children?” www.propublica.org/article/trum...
“How low can you go?” one advocate asked. “How can you do this to children?” www.propublica.org/article/trum...
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One of the reasons that I have argued AGAINST automatically penalizing contraband phones in prisons is b/c EVERYTHING we learned about abuses during the South Carolina riots, COVID, and places like Alabama happened ON CELL PHONES
These facilities NEED TRANSPARENCY and OVERSIGHT
These facilities NEED TRANSPARENCY and OVERSIGHT
A family friend was telling us about what her husband shared about his experience in Broadview before he was deported back to Mexico. She's been sharing to friends and family because she's just in disbelief & horror what her husband told her. She wasn't able to talk to him until he was in Mexico.
November 8, 2025 at 5:59 AM
One of the reasons that I have argued AGAINST automatically penalizing contraband phones in prisons is b/c EVERYTHING we learned about abuses during the South Carolina riots, COVID, and places like Alabama happened ON CELL PHONES
These facilities NEED TRANSPARENCY and OVERSIGHT
These facilities NEED TRANSPARENCY and OVERSIGHT
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? for 42M: how are you coping with not having your SNAP Benefits? My mom & sister came through for me in November & I am beyond grateful, because MOST do not but they won't be able to every month.
I want to know YOUR stories. I want people to see what WE are going through & the stress it's causing.
I want to know YOUR stories. I want people to see what WE are going through & the stress it's causing.
November 8, 2025 at 11:09 AM
? for 42M: how are you coping with not having your SNAP Benefits? My mom & sister came through for me in November & I am beyond grateful, because MOST do not but they won't be able to every month.
I want to know YOUR stories. I want people to see what WE are going through & the stress it's causing.
I want to know YOUR stories. I want people to see what WE are going through & the stress it's causing.