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Dave Wiskus
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Two-Time Emmy® Award Attendee.
Meanwhile 205 people were killed in traffic in 2025 in New York City alone gothamist.com/news/nyc-rec...

It’s literally more dangerous to drive a car than to be a police officer.
NYC records its lowest number of traffic deaths ever in 2025
New York recorded 205 traffic deaths last year, a 19% drop from 2024.
gothamist.com
January 8, 2026 at 1:17 PM
Police killed while on duty in 2025: 111

Not just in New York. That’s nationwide.

Here’s an article from Fox News, of all places: www.foxnews.com/us/number-po...
Number of police officers killed in line of duty hits level not seen in 80 years
Line of duty deaths for U.S. police officers fell from 148 in 2024 to 111 in 2025, with firearm-related fatalities declining 15% and traffic deaths dropping 23%, new report shows.
www.foxnews.com
January 8, 2026 at 1:16 PM
I don’t speak Japanese and I’m no expert. I just believe that if I’m pretentious enough to use these words, I’m pretentious enough to learn how to pronounce them.
January 4, 2026 at 9:42 PM
Bonus: “bouba” (as in kiki and bouba) is pronounced “boob-uh”. Not “boba” or “bow-buh”.
January 4, 2026 at 9:42 PM
Not that every story has to be fully original. Ask James Cameron how important it is to break new narrative ground.
January 3, 2026 at 6:57 PM
I had an idea for a story I don’t think has been done before, so I’m going through every edge case I can think of across a handful of genres to prove myself wrong
January 3, 2026 at 6:57 PM
In Taylor Swift’s attic is a painting of you
December 31, 2025 at 5:35 PM
What’s crazy is that they stopped. Every song could have been a single. Motorcycle Drive By could have been a massive hit on its own.
December 29, 2025 at 5:08 PM
Yes I will die on this hill
December 29, 2025 at 2:21 PM