David Rotenstein

There Is No Place for Us by Brian Goldstone: 9780593237144 | PenguinRandomHouse.com: Books ONE OF THE NEW YORK TIMES AND THE ATLANTIC’S TEN BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR • Through the “revelatory and gut-wrenching” (Associated Press) stories of five Atlanta families, this landmark...

If cost has kept you from picking up There Is No Place for Us (which is totally understandable), good news: the ebook is *$1.99* today—93% off!—on Kindle, B&N, Bookshop, and elsewhere.

So grateful to everyone who's been reading and sharing the book this year. It means a lot.

Bernie's is the best. When I needed a machine to digitize a 20-year-old mini-VHS cassette recording for a story last year, they hooked me right up with an ancient camera with RCA connectors that I used to connect via analog video/audio cables to my computer interface.

Is it possible to hibernate until spring 2029?

The Very Official 2025 FOIA Advent Calendar

STOP WHAT YOU'RE DOING EVERYONE (or everyone who is a FOIA nerd): There's a public records request advent calendar.

h/t Cam Rodriguez docs.google.com/spreadsheets...

It’s a slippery slope from Calibri to collectivism.

Is this what’s called “consciousness of guilt?”

She had a budget to renovate the historic Ruxton home. Then a neighbor raised the price by $160,000. Maroney House will be the first property considered for landmark status under a new law passed in October after the surprise demolition of Choate House.

Did you know that, in Baltimore County, you can ask for the County Council to change the zoning on a property you don't own? It's true. And did you know that someone can ask for your home to be considered a historic landmark without your knowledge or consent? Also true. This is the $160,000 bargain.

Making sense of a 1982 guide to Pittsburghese Breaking down Sam McCool’s New Pittsburghese: How to Speak Like a Pittsburgher, a 40-page guide covering the ins and ahts of yinzer vocabulary.

Our breakdown of "Sam McCool’s New Pittsburghese: How to Speak Like a Pittsburgher," a 40-page guide covering the ins and ahts of yinzer vocabulary.

"....we should do something about it." That's as clear a summons for his loyalists to do harm as any Trump has issued thus far.

RIP American universities.

NOBODY FUCKING SHOPS FOR X-RAYS HOW DID WE EVER LET THIS KIND OF INSANE DISCOURSE BE TAKEN SERIOUSLY ANYWHERE THEY ALREADY DO HEALTHCARE WELL EVERYWHERE BUT HERE IM LOSING MY MIND LISTENING TO THIS SHIT

Offered without additional comment: Covington, Kentucky, has a "Manager of Analytics & Intelligence."

CBS NEWS News the White House can trust

Once again, the ads in the print edition of @theonion.com are worth the price alone

One of the many reasons AI can't produce good writing is it can't hate its own writing. It can't think to itself "Maybe I'm illiterate" during the writing process. And that's essential

Cincinnati ICE agent arrested on domestic violence charges, accused of choking woman Samuel Saxon, 47, is accused of putting a woman in a chokehold, 'causing visible injuries on her neck,' in the hallway of their Corryville apartment complex, according to an affidavit.

THIS is who is behind those masks, grabbing people off the street:

"A Cincinnati ICE agent has been arrested on domestic violence charges."

Police have been to the residence 22 times. 22 times. Does he still work for ICE? No sign that he's been fired...
www.wcpo.com/news/crime/c...

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ACHP website screenshot, Dec. 2025

Screenshot of archived 2024 ACHP website.

Snapshots from the Advisory Council on Historic Preservation: What they did in 2024 & what they do now.

PACER Case Search payment receipt $267.40 Paid 12/9/25

Your quarterly reminder that journalism costs money.

Specifically, making court documents available as part of my reporting — which I consider essential for all journalists to do — costs money.

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The Independent: Former London Zoo meerkat expert fined for glassing monkey-handler in row over llama-keeper.

We don’t do court reports, especially when it comes to violent crime, but there’s always an exception.

Horse racing betting wires attached to the exterior of a former casino building in Covington, Kentucky.

Ever wonder what historic bookie wires look like? No problem, I've got you covered. You can read about some in Covington, Kentucky, in my new Vernacular Architecture Forum article. www.vafweb.org/resources/Do...

Huh, and I thought it was a "Hands up! Don't shoot" situation. Damn.

How Private Equity Is Changing Housing In some communities, corporations control more than 20 percent of properties.

Corporations now own 1 in 11 residential parcels in urban areas—and more than 20% in some communities. That consolidation is leaving lower-income families at the mercy of absentee landlords with little stake in local well-being.

New from @annielowrey.bsky.social: www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...

YouTube video by COVertNKY COVertNKY Presents: The Great Numbers Phone Book Caper of 1935

In December 1935, racketeers cooked up an audacious scheme to use a Depression-era federal work program to hire bookies to take bets in Covington, Kentucky. Did they get away with it? 🗃️ youtu.be/x7ji5ez3kDc

@cbsnews.com is advertising an Erika Kirk town hall moderated by Bari Weiss under the tagline: “Can she unite America?” I want us to think about all the whys here and their implications.

I can’t wait to read about the post-holidays weigh-ins for all federal employees. Everyone gets weighed & the results are posted on agency websites along with photos & other vital stats.

How much more criminally corrupt was Northern Kentucky than Pittsburgh? Where do you see "Pittsburgh" in this 1985 graphic?

cnbc used this photo to announce alina habba's resignation and its giving such "i didnt get a pony for christmas like i demanded" energy

I wonder if the Cincy area has "upstairs basements"?

Anyone out there in #skystorian land know of accessible digitized logos from the New Deal-era National Reemployment Service? I need a letterhead or sign or something to illustrate a story I'm writing. 🗃️