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brandon soderberg

@bsoderberg.bsky.social

I live in Baltimore and I report on cops, guns, and drugs / Cowriter, "I Got a Monster" / Soderberg v. Carrion / bsoderberg.com

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how could they breach PACER, that system is the pinnacle of 1998 technology

08.08.2025 21:56 β€” πŸ‘ 1374    πŸ” 174    πŸ’¬ 52    πŸ“Œ 4

Mike Elias new scouting metric just dropped

07.08.2025 17:22 β€” πŸ‘ 15    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0
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Charging documents: Man charged with assault at queer community event The owner of Peabody Heights Brewery said a man assaulted two people outside the business during a queer community event.

Everyone please continue to support the best brewery in Baltimore. I am sorry for anyone that had to encounter this asshole. βœŒπŸΌπŸ³οΈβ€πŸŒˆπŸ³οΈβ€βš§οΈβšΎοΈ

www.wbaltv.com/article/man-...

07.08.2025 02:56 β€” πŸ‘ 19    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 1

i'm sorry but this is not a conversation that an adult should have. Oh no! Not pinnochios! Just call them a liar

06.08.2025 19:25 β€” πŸ‘ 537    πŸ” 44    πŸ’¬ 15    πŸ“Œ 0

adding both to my list for sure!

06.08.2025 21:24 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

(sorry see you have "The Double" on here)

06.08.2025 21:19 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

a few here I haven't checked out, so appreciate this; I really loved "Drama City" and the two Spero Lucas books as well

06.08.2025 21:18 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

Trump's Mishima moment

05.08.2025 15:52 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Ironically, crime data can get by without the FBI because FBI data is so flawed that private groups have had to step in to estimate national crime trends.

01.08.2025 23:30 β€” πŸ‘ 9    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Made this video for my friends in MOWDER OYAL who have a new record out, "Prefigurative Musics." The single is "Imaginary." Happy Bandcamp Friday

mowderoyal.bandcamp.com

01.08.2025 17:35 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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A man was able to illegally park in a no standing zone one (1) block away from a precinct and casually walk through Midtown Manhattan in broad daylight with an assault rifle

For more on the challenges of getting US police to do work, see my paper w/ @robmickey.bsky.social & @dziblatt.bsky.social

29.07.2025 23:20 β€” πŸ‘ 167    πŸ” 43    πŸ’¬ 8    πŸ“Œ 7
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A dispensary planned for West Ridge is partially owned by 10 former cops, officials said.

Some neighbors questioned whether police once enforcing marijuana criminal penalties should now be profiting from it. blockclubchi.co/3GKPKdB

28.07.2025 15:03 β€” πŸ‘ 81    πŸ” 18    πŸ’¬ 11    πŸ“Œ 24

Good morning!

So far this Matching Monday, we've raised $250, which doubles to $500!

$4,750 to go to hit our matching goal! bit.ly/2025WBScamp

28.07.2025 14:28 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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I just published the second episode of Right Where You Are Sitting Now, a podcast series about William Burroughs. It's called Routine Excercise. It's 6.5 hours long and features a conversation with @hangsawoman.bsky.social.
www.patreon.com/posts/rwyasn...
Works covered:
Naked Lunch
Interzone

25.07.2025 21:11 β€” πŸ‘ 77    πŸ” 29    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 11

BY OH PICK all the way come on ppl!!!!

25.07.2025 20:41 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

This is a slap in the face to those impacted by the overdose crisis, and the Banner is feeding off of a public health catastrophe in pursuit of clicks.

Fuck them. They've proven to be incapable of humanely covering any drug-related issues in Baltimore.

25.07.2025 16:12 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Are the fucking scumbags at the Banner going to sensationalize every OD death that takes place in Penn North?

This person's cause of death isn't even confirmed. Regardless, the area is known to have some of the highest fatal OD rates in the city.

This rag is a joke.

25.07.2025 16:06 β€” πŸ‘ 8    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 1
screenshot of genocidaire benjamin netanyahu on the full send podcast with a happy dad mic flag

screenshot of genocidaire benjamin netanyahu on the full send podcast with a happy dad mic flag

Small/weird detail: the mic flags in the NELK Boys interview with Benjamin Netanyahu earlier this week are advertising Happy Dad, their hard seltzer brand.

25.07.2025 14:36 β€” πŸ‘ 19    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 2

this reminds me of the period in american politics when pundits would demand that any black politician of note β€”Β really, any black person in politics with a national audience β€”Β β€œcondemn farrakhan”

24.07.2025 01:01 β€” πŸ‘ 13113    πŸ” 2039    πŸ’¬ 476    πŸ“Œ 139

Fred Halsted's "Sextool" (1975) and "Terminator 2" (1991)

22.07.2025 21:26 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1

"School In The Crosshairs" is an all-timer

22.07.2025 18:10 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Does anyone even know what he’s talking about?

22.07.2025 17:56 β€” πŸ‘ 1454    πŸ” 157    πŸ’¬ 286    πŸ“Œ 26

We're $345 away from reaching today's matching goal!

Make your gift here bit.ly/2025WBScamp

βœοΈπŸ’•βœοΈπŸ’•βœοΈπŸ’•

22.07.2025 02:22 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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About 1 in 4 U.S. adults worry they or someone close to them could be deported About four-in-ten immigrants (43%) say they worry a lot or some, up from 33% in March.

About 1 in 4 U.S. adults worry they or someone close to them could be deported.
https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2025/06/27/about-1-in-4-us-adults-worry-they-or-someone-close-to-them-could-be-deported/

20.07.2025 14:15 β€” πŸ‘ 2482    πŸ” 972    πŸ’¬ 100    πŸ“Œ 144
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A Prominent OpenAI Investor Appears to Be Suffering a ChatGPT-Related Mental Health Crisis, His Peers Say Bedrock co-founder Geoff Lewis has posted increasingly troubling content on social media, drawing concern from friends in the industry.

futurism.com/openai-inves... ai really is coming for every industry, now it's at risk of putting mom and pop gangstalkers out of business.

19.07.2025 15:05 β€” πŸ‘ 15    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Mother of Dontae Melton Jr. questions large police response as names of 10 officers involved in his death are released Ten police officers were involved in the death of Dontae Melton Jr., the Office of the Attorney General announced on Thursday evening. It was the first time Melton’s identity was confirmed by official...

I wrote more for @baltimorebeat.bsky.social about the in-custody death of Dontae Melton Jr and the officers involved and it’s not just the stenography every other outlet engaged in. This story is far from over. baltimorebeat.com/mother-of-do...

18.07.2025 19:56 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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NYPD Bypassed Facial Recognition Ban to ID Pro-Palestinian Student Protester Barred from using Clearview AI, NYC police relied on a marshal in the fire department to run a search that turned up photos of the student at his high school graduation.

FDNY helped NYPD identify a pro-Palestinian protestor using the facial recognition tech, Clearview AI β€” which the NYPD isn’t allowed to use. Manhattan DA used the ID to charge a hate crime.

A judge dismissed the case & warned about government surveillance:

www.thecity.nyc/2025/07/18/n...

18.07.2025 13:47 β€” πŸ‘ 582    πŸ” 257    πŸ’¬ 9    πŸ“Œ 27

We get monorailed left and right and no one ever has to answer for it. Developers and uniformed drug gangs just say anything and our public servants bust OUR wallets open for them. Why am I paying middlemen when I can just write my own checks directly to the cops and finance bros myself.

18.07.2025 13:43 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I’m so tired of being right about every lying ass grifter who’s handed chunks of Southwest Baltimore to play with. No one enjoys being right this often.

18.07.2025 13:32 β€” πŸ‘ 18    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

All the fatuous bullshit aside: I used to
work as a fact checker. I would have been fired immediately for writing or "verifying" this.

18.07.2025 01:33 β€” πŸ‘ 4595    πŸ” 691    πŸ’¬ 107    πŸ“Œ 46

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