thread: atlanta-area journalist Mario Guevara was arrested June 14 while livestreaming a protest. one of the charges? “pedestrian in the roadway” -- he stepped off a curb as police cleared the street. it’s on his livestream. he was wearing a press vest, and identified himself as media.

Since her arrival at a small liberal arts college in Kentucky, Jayme Kilburn has grown its theatre program into a valued local cultural institution. By positioning theatre as a social service, she writes, she has cultivated a community that wants to show up. #theatre
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The thing everyone can do right now is to find your lane if you don't already have one and work that lane diligently and with commitment.

Ta-Nehisi Coates: “What of the writers, the thinkers, and the pundits who cannot separate the great crime of Kirk’s death from the malignancy of his public life? Can they truly be so ignorant to the words of a man they have so rushed to memorialize? I don’t know.”

I wrote my own Charlie Kirk obituary, and about valuing truth over manners: www.thenation.com/article/poli...

it’s early but it seems like maybe this is relevant again (wrote it last week fml)

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ATLANTA (AP) — Judge says he'll toss the racketeering case against 61 people tied to protests over a training center called “Cop City.”

I just attended a Community Defense and ICE Watch training, & I’d encourage others to take one--bc no matter your expertise, unless you’ve been trained in this work, it’s easy to rely on assumptions. These trainings share proven strategies that actually minimize harm & strengthen community safety.

These are essential books!

Check my review essay of recent titles in carceral studies by Orisanmi Burton, @robinmbernstein.bsky.social Holly Karibo @melanienewport.bsky.social and Doran Larson. Just published in American Quarterly. Many thanks to editor @pmckelveyphd.bsky.social

We are all beholden to the cowardice of university general counsels, as well as the trustees and administrators who enable them

If you say 'heteronormative' or 'unhoused person' or 'food insecurity' you're basically talking gibberish and nobody can understand you but if you say you can see inflammation in children at the airport and that vaccines lower IQ or that germs are a myth you get to fire all the scientists.

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“To reach voters, stop using terms like ‘encaged andromorphs’ and ‘conviction-influenced entities.’ Instead, it’s better to use terms such as ‘scary crime demon’ and ‘guy who will kill you if you don’t vote blue.’ Not because we love prison lol! We totally just think this language is clearer.”

Among the insane things about this headline is considering the opposite. You think if elites were more outspoken about crime that Trump would have LESS opportunity to send in the military? Does that make even the tiniest bit of sense?

I don't even know how to handle this part of the NYT editorial piece on why crime is falling.

But I'd like to start with the most obvious thing: WHY IS THE EDITORIAL PAGE WRITING THIS AT ALL?

"Why crime fell" is a DIFFICULT EMPIRICAL QUESTION. One that, you know, EXPERTS should be asked to answer.

1. This week, the FBI released its comprehensive crime report for 2024, which revealed that both VIOLENT CRIME and PROPERTY CRIME reached their LOWEST LEVELS SINCE THE 1960s

This a massive story. But you might not have heard about it, even if you follow the news closely.

Here's why.

"Every major US city has a private foundation supporting police, with more than 250 nationwide. The foundations have been used to pay for surveillance technologies in cities like Baltimore and Los Angeles without being subject to public scrutiny, according to the report."

Extremely useful listen if you have anyone in your life who thinks that pandemic protocols “went too far”