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Barry Friedman @barryfriedman1.bsky.social · 15d

With thanks to @jenniferdoleac.bsky.social who let me take the host chair #probablecausation here I talk with the amazing #JensLudwig about his terrific book #UnforgivingPlaces, about how behavioral economics can help with gun violence. Give it a listen?

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Bonus Episode 15: Jens Ludwig — Probable Causation

Date: September 23, 2025

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Barry Friedman @barryfriedman1.bsky.social · 19d

The @Policing Project is hiring a Senior Communications Associate – to help us effect change and get the word about all the good works we are doing. Care to join our team? Let us hear from you!

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Senior Communications Associate — The Policing Project

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Barry Friedman @barryfriedman1.bsky.social · Aug 15

Wow

Barry Friedman @barryfriedman1.bsky.social · Jul 30

Weaponized drones for school shootings are moronic. The question I still have not heard answered? How do they fly through the classroom doors?

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I could say more. I will in the book I've begun to write on public safety.

Company says high-tech drone system could make schools safer

Before most kids go back to school, one Texas-based company, called “Campus Guardian Angel,” is providing schools with demos of a new high-tech drone system it says can help save lives in school shoot...

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Barry Friedman @barryfriedman1.bsky.social · Jul 27

This from #VanitaGupta is crucial reading about administration attacks on the not-for-profit sector.

For George Bush, it was 1,000 points of light. Apparently not so much right now. We've lost that charitable spirit that defines the United States.

www.nytimes.com/2025/07/27/o...

Opinion | You May Not Be Trump’s Target This Time. But You Could Be Next.

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Barry Friedman @barryfriedman1.bsky.social · Jul 20

Trapeze?

Barry Friedman @barryfriedman1.bsky.social · Jul 8

Would that we applied that rule for judges and prosecutors whenever it was warranted on the facts. We don’t.

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Barry Friedman @barryfriedman1.bsky.social · Jul 8

Record measles outbreak. Yes this is how we do public safety here in the US.

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U.S. measles cases reach 33-year high as outbreaks spread

Johns Hopkins University data reflects the public health reversal in defeating the vaccine-preventable disease since measles was officially eliminated from the U.S. in 2000.

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Barry Friedman @barryfriedman1.bsky.social · Jul 8

Closing barn doors after cows are in the field. It is how we deal with tragedy and public safety here in the US. (Read till end)

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Texas state leaders neglected flood management projects as they spent money elsewhere — Axios Austin

As Texas state leaders have prioritized spending on border security and property tax cuts, they have been far more reluctant to fund flood management efforts.

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Barry Friedman @barryfriedman1.bsky.social · Jul 4

Wow @kenwhite.bsky.social and. @daniellecitron.bsky.social thank you for sharing.

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Barry Friedman @barryfriedman1.bsky.social · Jul 3

NYT: www.nytimes.com/2025/07/02/u...

Answer: Yes.

The $3 Trillion Question at the Capitol: Will Conservatives Cave (Again)?

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Barry Friedman @barryfriedman1.bsky.social · Jul 1

Does it make sense to have 50 different state regulatory regimes for AI? No. Does it make sense for Congress to preempt them & put nothing in their place? No. Is this consistent with how American federalism should work? No. Should states be able to regulate law enforcement in their own states? Yes!

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Barry Friedman @barryfriedman1.bsky.social · Jun 30

Christy Lopez and I on why it is completely unacceptable for law enforcement, including ICE, to be masking:

www.latimes.com/opinion/stor...

Contributor: Lawmakers are right to try to bar ICE agents from hiding their identities

Masked, unidentified strangers grabbing people off the street without explanation? This is not how policing should look in a democratic society.

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Barry Friedman @barryfriedman1.bsky.social · Jun 28

I think only your own

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Barry Friedman @barryfriedman1.bsky.social · Jun 27

UVA President Jim Ryan being forced out of his job by USDOJ is a travesty.

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Barry Friedman @barryfriedman1.bsky.social · Jun 27

This, I think, is the main point. The universal injunction issue is complicated. Always was. I look forward to seeing if this precedent holds when a Democrat is president.

Jamal Greene @jamalgreene.bsky.social · Jun 27

If the Supreme Court thinks universal injunctions are unconstitutional, to wait until *now* to say that, in this of all cases, with this of all presidents, is a devastating indictment of both its impartiality and its prudence.