close your account now (jk i didn't even know this existed)

i agree, it points to a real problem.

trying to mollify my critics who accuse me of not providing concrete policies lol

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it really points more to the "baronial class" superstatus of police, which is why they need defunding and reduced political power.

a good question

To me, he seems like the typical "well trained" DHS agent. (We don't know anything more than that he was there and that journalists have been tracking him.)

the problem it points to is v real. although the comments are all like, this is why we should talk civilly. 🫠

well, it might be both two-bit and long lol

when i listed it, i thought, huh okay maybe i'm not THAT unreasonable lol

probably heresy, but the whole "rape kit" as a concept feels like an intentional punishment for victims. the process is horrible. and then they act like, oh no, we are too poor to go through all these swabs. give me a break. victims suffered because YOU said they had to.

omg don't get me started on that one

sorry you got my long dissertation on the state of journalism.

the only pubs that seems to be making money are the atlantic and the nyt which says a lot...

yeah. really we need a better ecosystem of journalism that pays a living wage to more people. the quick pivot away from anything like DEI is catastrophic and probably contributes to the need to overweigh the right-wing view. even though many publications are doing a good job. (hammer & hope etc)

the industry is in a real pickle, and i try to uplift good journalism (which i did not do here, lol) because it's a tough slog getting tougher.

i think the nyt does a lot of important work and a lot of the journalists there are admirable. (they also employ like 10% of all print journalists or something.) if they offered me a job, i would take it. i also think they dominate the market and do a lot of political reporting that's....you know.

i confess the author is not one of my faves because, in the past, he has called me to ask about my reporting with the intent to use it without attribution. so i am biased.