The NYC Department of Correction is extremely serious about projecting an image of reform, lawfulness, and considered, sober judgment these days, so it has decided to rename its Lower Manhattan jail complex after... multiply disgraced criminal Bernie Kerik.

hellgatenyc.com/city-jail-na...

Federal judge: you will not stop reporters from being close enough to report

Sheriff Dart: Those rules are only for the feds. The only reporters WE recognize are the ones who sell our dog/pizza/chess stories

Not sure why Tom Dart is enforcing Broadview's arguably unconstitutional executive order but he and the State's Attorney are making some interesting choices these days regarding both immigration and protest of federal abuse

listening to a paper from @nicjohnramos.bsky.social and y’all really need to pre-order his book!!! www.ucpress.edu/books/health...

lol in this environment nobody needs to explain why Portland is desirable. the number of people trying to leave the south right now!!

TOMORROW! hear how urban and rural histories of policing are DEEPLY connected. Friday, 3pm, Athenian

#UHA2025LA

Shout out to the journalists and historians of Chicago's policing practices and jails! At least one federal judge has read your stuff!

simple, beautiful bystander intervention and genius way to make community values legible

can’t wait to print this out for my office door

feds have been all over chicagoland today.

reports of people abducted from back of the yards, cicero, rogers park, hermosa, barrington, batavia, and bridgeview.

feds are out in force in aurora. not sharing video, but residents have likewise turned out in force—and they aren't happy.

I’m not autistic, just a parent to an autistic kid w/ fairly significant support needs, but I personally find it very frustrating to see so many people fixated on preventing, reducing, or “curing” autism and neurodiversity instead of talking about inclusion + getting folks whatever support they need

Enjoyed this episode and I second @jamellebouie.net's recommendation at the end of Andy Horowitz's Katrina: A History, 1915-2015

Today’s mandatory faculty mental health slideshow, “Going Through the Motions: How to Function Despite the Fact Your Supervisors Hate You and Your Job Is Destroying You Spiritually,” has been postponed again.

Look what came in the mail today, @uncpress.bsky.social @simpsonvos.bsky.social @profsommerville.bsky.social! 🗃️

higher education in 2025, where students can coordinate public harassment campaigns against faculty with impunity but also where professors can’t actually flee the country to escape threats to murder them in class (gift link). www.nytimes.com/2025/10/08/n...

repost this if an editor has ever saved you from yourself

CRACKED FOUNDATIONS by @m-r-glass.bsky.social (out this week!) examines how debt and speculation financed the suburban American dream and led to today’s inequalities. Listen to Glass's conversation with Jenna Pittman on @newbooksnetwork.bsky.social to learn more! newbooksnetwork.com/cracked-foun...

Found everything we needed at the thrift store! Elastic for me to do some sewing, shirts for painting on, and halloween clothes for our naked ass weenie dogs.

#dogs #dachshund

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⇨ Get ready for #UHA2025LA!

We're writing to introduce our #socialmedia volunteers, who will be roaming the conference and sharing updates via the Urban History Association's social media accounts on #BlueSky @urbanhistorya.bsky.social and #Instagram [@urbanhistoryassociation]

It does not say RSVP on the Statue of Liberty!!!!!!

A 2023 records request to get the Durham County Jail policy manual has spurred a years-long legal dispute.

I love how shit for sale online is labeled as “mid century modern” and it’s like, a kokopelli

my 2yo rejected his nice new shoes this morning in a pouty voice— “they’re too comfy”