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There Are Other People In The World | Defector Pay attention to the things around you! Be aware of the space you take up, and the space other people take up, and when those two things might come into conflict!

There are other people in the world:

Buuutttt….

Legendary

Not sure if he was such an awful human then, but he is now.

Still holds up!

Just gifted Boston another championship. Yayyy….

Former SF Examiner EIC Deirdre Hussey (my old boss) got a job at SFPD doing media strategy. KTVU reporter David Stevenson was their PIO for a while.

DeSantis signs bills targeting civilian review boards, recording police up close Trumpeting his support of law enforcement, Gov. Ron DeSantis signed bills on Friday that will limit the authority of police civilian review boards and restrict bystanders from getting too close to …

NEW: Governor Ron DeSantis signs a bill stripping Florida's 20+ civilian review boards of their power to investigate misconduct by police officers, plus another bill preventing citizens from going within 25 feet of police officers, firefighters, or emergency personnel while they're working

The Public Service Loan Forgiveness Program has made remarkable progress under Biden.

871K have received loan forgiveness for a total of $62.5 billion. By contrast, just 7K received forgiveness through the program before Biden. donmoynihan.substack.com/p/biden-dese...

The Bay Area got lucky in 2007 when the Cosco Busan merely grazed the Bay Bridge and dumped 53k gallons of fuel rather than taking out the region’s most important transportation artery en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cosco_B...

He currently does the post-game Warriors show on the local ABC affiliate with Larry Beil!

The enemy of my enemy is my friend is the riskiest strategy.

Wouldn’t it be nice if this fact mattered more than the false perception that crime is up.

“Comparing the most recent trends, from the first halves of 2022 and 2023, Los Angeles (109%) and Dallas (73%) experienced the largest increases among the study cities; San Francisco (-35%) and Seattle (-31%) saw the largest decreases”

Shoplifting Trends: What You Need to Know “Smash and grab” episodes and other shoplifting incidents have been widely covered in the news, suggesting a surge in such crimes. But an analysis of shoplifting data from 24 U.S. cities presents ...

This will get no traction because it's not salacious. But, the Council on Criminal Justice finds no change in shoplifting nationally between 2019 and 2023. The organized smash-and-grabs your cable TV station can't stop talking about are rare events. counciloncj.org/shoplifting-...

Finally cut ties with the bad place. The comments on a well-reported piece on biased policing is what did it. I feel sick I didn’t do it earlier.

Public corruption prosecutions rise where nonprofit news outlets flourish Watchdog: Study finds prosecutions for corruption rise after a nonprofit news outlet is established within a judicial district.

Study finds prosecutions for corruption rise after a nonprofit news outlet is established within a judicial district. Prosecutions are also more likely in districts where those outlets enjoy greater philanthropic funding. journalistsresource.org/media/watchd...

Dart Center Style Guide for Trauma-Informed Journalism

Compassion fatigue, vicarious trauma and other effects are common among journalists and investigators who constantly observe violence. Don’t just ignore their lingering toll on the mind and body.

“Realise that once you put something in your head, it will be there for the rest of your life.”