writer. bay area native. formerly @BuzzFeed, @TIME, @TheAtlantic. send fun stuff to [email protected].
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In case you're wondering who stands to benefit (among many other things)
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The Hawaii Supreme Court just quoted Slim Charles in its decision. Seriously. #TheWire
My brilliant friend Inci Atrek’s debut novel came out this week and it’s a gorgeous and nostalgic exploration of identity, place, and mother-daughter relationships, set in the beautiful setting of the Aegean in Turkey 🌊🧿 order link below 👇🏽
Happy publication day to İnci Atrek's HOLIDAY COUNTRY! We're so excited to share this transportive story that is an Indie Next Pick for this month and a Goodreads and Bookshop.org Most Anticipated Read of 2024!
Pick up a copy at HolidayCountryBook.com
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In case you missed it. The NYPD spent $150 Million *extra* last year to catch people who weren't able to afford to pay the subway fare. They owed just $104,000.
$150 million could buy free fares (at going rate) for 95,000 poor New Yorkers per year. hellgatenyc.com/the-nypd-spe…
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It was never about discrimination against Asians. We — who, in the American racial hierarchy, have always been placed between complicity and justice — were there for display, to be asiansplained to the Court.
#diversitystillmatters #racismisnotover
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Uncritically framing this “new approach”—tried and failed for decades—as “tough love” is not journalism. It’s propaganda.
NEW: SF Mayor @LondonBreed said Wednesday that 25 people have been arrested for public intoxication as the city tests the waters on a tough-love approach to the drug crisis.
This strategy will be accompanied by “wellness hubs” and other alternatives. sfstandard.com/criminal-just…
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This January, I served as a grand jury foreman in Queens.
When I spoke up about blatantly illegal behavior by court officers. they removed me from the room & tried to intimidate me into shutting up.
I filed an affidavit to dismiss one of our indictments. @haideechu has more 🧵
Court Officers Told Jurors Not To Discuss Cases During Deliberations, Says Grand Jury Foreman thecity.nyc/2023/5/24/237352…
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I wonder how this guy’s antipathy for unhoused people informed his coverage on nightly news for decades. Maybe it even shaped the way viewers think about these issues.
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Between the massive media layoffs, the looming bankruptcy of Vice, the studios forcing the writers into a strike & the rise of A.I. there's been a grotesque devaluation of imagination & creativity – during a time where it feels like people are more desperate for it than ever.
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WGA writers: While you're on strike, we want to help tell your stories and report on this uprising.
Do you keep your Emmy next to a pile of unpaid bills?
Do your residuals not even pay for a movie ticket?
Got tips or thoughts on negotiations?
Email me!: [email protected]
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In case you missed it: SF officials & the media manufactured panic about retail theft, Walgreens hired an armed guard now charged w murdering a young unhoused Black trans organizer, then local/national media misgendered/deadnamed him while misrepresenting the event (thread ⬇️⬇️)
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With no disrespect to any other place I’ve worked the past 20 years, nothing was as fun or exhilarating as being part of BuzzFeed News in its infancy. There was so much talent and energy and a real sense of mission. That it was all ruined within a decade is really depressing
The people I worked with at BuzzFeed in the 2013-2014 era were some of the most brilliant people I’ve ever encountered, and I’m so proud of the work we all did there. @rachelysanders captures that era best:
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My friends at BuzzFeed News have deserved better for a long time. This is pathetic.
BuzzFeed News, which won a Pulitzer Prize for its reporting in 2019, is shutting down. latimes.com/entertainment-ar…
Wow. Have no one words, honestly. this is so absolutely devastating, sad, and infuriating.
BuzzFeed News, which won a Pulitzer Prize for its reporting in 2019, is shutting down. latimes.com/entertainment-ar…
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Hot take: the problem with Law & Order isn't that it's unrealistic, it's that it frequently depicts *realistic* police and prosecutorial misconduct, and then works to get the audience to root for the misconduct as a justified means to an end.
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You could give the money to the public defender's office @sfdefender: If I had one tenth the number of cases I have as a misdemeanor public defender in SF (~170), or half, I could informally play the case worker role for a greater # of clients. Many stories of small successes.