"At bottom, debate is gamified conversation... Presidential political debates combine what is worst about our politics — existing incentives to obfuscate complicated political issues — with what is worst about debate as an activity." www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
Debates elevate the worst aspects of our politics. Let’s try something else.
New from me. University of California campuses are buying more weapons for their police they say will not be used for protests. The University also says the weapons aren’t military-grade or designed for military use. Which isn’t true. lapublicpress.org/2024/10/ucla...
In September, the UC Board of Regents approved purchasing new drones, 40mm cannons and foam rounds, and other tools to control student protests.
The officer was fined $500 and lost 60 vacation days, "which is worth about $25,000 in pay." He was also placed on modified duty. I'm trying to imagine any other profession in which you could use company resources to harass a private citizen for the better part of a year and still have a job.
A man called 311 to report police cars parked on the sidewalk and in crosswalks. An NYPD officer harassed him for 10 months, by leaving voicemails pretending to be a "former romantic parnter," breathing heavily, and making dolphin and sheep noises.
Officer Brendan Sullivan was hit with a fine for harassing a Brooklyn resident who had complained about illegally parked police cruisers.
In order to determine whether a 15-year-old volleyball player was transgender, Florida police sought out her medical records to determine any changes in her body weight and asked her teammates if they had ever seen her nude. One detective referred to the girl as "it"
Hope everyone gets a chance to read this one today. My colleague Kate Knibbs visited the Internet Archive IRL. It’s in grave danger. www.wired.com/story/intern...
The web’s collective memory is stored in the servers of the Internet Archive. Legal battles threaten to wipe it all away.
Absurd to call "crime is falling" a lie by citing data that shows crime has declined over the past year. It's literally true. People are allowed to use "falling" to refer to a recent downward trend, rather than, say, the whole last decade. Discrediting to writer, paper, and fact-checkers. Thread👇
