Chicago Style vs. New York Style

Always a grift

KGthetattooedprof.bsky.socialSep 12, 2024 10:45pm

For context, the amount of state money Sasse spent on lavish receptions could have purchased whole-year meal plans for 241 UF students.

Lavish catering under ex-UF president: $38,610 sushi bar, holiday party that cost nearly $900 per person

The University of Florida’s then-president, Ben Sasse, dished out over $1.3 million on private catering for lavish dinners, football tailgates and extravagant social functions.

Cops: not big enough to save kids being massacred but definitely small enough to run their families out of town.

NMninametz.bsky.socialSep 12, 2024 12:07pm

Uvalde parents say cops are harassing them in the wake of the Robb Elementary School shooting One parent says that the harassment takes place daily, with officers telling families to leave town Via Salon

Uvalde parents say cops are harassing them in the wake of the Robb Elementary School shooting

One parent says that the harassment takes place daily, with officers telling families to leave town

Peter who now??

The NYPD Is Tossing Out Hundreds of Misconduct Cases Without Even Looking at Them The dept has killed 400+ cases of alleged misconduct this year that an oversight board had substantiated. It’s part of a lax attitude toward discipline under the current police commissioner, Edward Caban, critics say.

The NYPD Is Tossing Out Hundreds of Misconduct Cases — Including Stop-and-Frisks — Without Even Looking at Them

The department has killed more than 400 cases of alleged misconduct this year that an oversight board had investigated and substantiated. It’s part of a lax attitude toward discipline under the curren...

But how was her blazer?

I'll safely watch in the Bluesky mirror; I'm not looking directly at it.

@lukeoneil47.bsky.social The version I've always heard was "people got rowdy, then the cops showed up & started beating everyone they could get their hands on" The Globe goes with "riot" but all the pics show ... the cops beating (& kneeling on the necks!) of everyone they can get their hands on

When Boston went ‘Basket Case’: Looking back on the Green Day Hatch Shell riot 30 years later - The Boston Globe

When Green Day came to Boston on Sept. 9, 1994, it was far from a welcome to paradise.

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Bbolts.bsky.socialSep 6, 2024 4:00pm

Of the more than 1,000 pregnancy-related arrest cases studied by Professor Grace Howard, 75 percent were due to a report filed by a healthcare provider. boltsmag.org/how-pre...

How Pregnancy is Policed: Your Questions Answered

An expert on the criminalization of pregnancy responds to questions from <i>Bolts</i> readers on its long history, landmark cases, and new surveillance realities since Dobbs.

Roses are red Their beauty apparent... www.popsci.com/science/dye-...

The dye in Doritos can make mice transparent

'It’s not magic, but it’s still very powerful.'