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Dave Byrnes @djbyrnes1.bsky.social · 1h

For the last five years, people being released from Cook County Jail have gotten out later and later at night.

In 2021, ~14% of people got out between 11 pm and 3 am. In 2024, ~40% of all releases took place in those wee hours.

My latest, for @chicagoreader.com

chicagoreader.com/news/cook-co...

Released from jail late at night

Over the last five years, the number of people released from the Cook County jail late at night has steadily increased.

chicagoreader.com

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Denali @denali.bsky.social · 1h

I just overheard someone talking about how someone has not secure banking protocols on their phone and then say "make that one your face."

Don't make that one your face, please.

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Carli Brosseau @carlibrosseau.bsky.social · 2h

The number of voucher students has exploded since NC lawmakers opened the program last school year to all families, including wealthy families and those already attending private schools, @keunghui.bsky.social reports.

www.newsobserver.com/news/local/e...

NC approaches 100,000 private school voucher students. What it means for the state.

In two years, the state has gone from funding the tuition costs of a minority of the state’s private school students to now paying the bill for most of them.

www.newsobserver.com

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Jess Calarco @jessicacalarco.com · 3h

We need to talk about how social media algorithms push moms down a slippery slope of distrust.

From "Are my kids getting enough support in school?" To "Maybe I should homeschool." To "Maybe modern medicine is bad."

I've seen this first-hand in research I'm doing on parenting apps. 1/🧵

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Denali @denali.bsky.social · 3h

If you're going to try to tell me what Alec Baldwin is up to you're going to have to hear about the time my sister and I saw him at Zabar's. Sorry, thats the just how it goes.

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Denali @denali.bsky.social · 4h

Here's a piece Canaday wrote about the Bray School (mentioned in the article)

The Past is Our Present | A Reasonable Progress

brayschool.pages.wm.edu

Denali @denali.bsky.social · 4h

“It depends on where they come from and how they grew up—what their grandma and granddaddy told them. Because when you tell our story”—she brought her index finger to her chest—“you’re really shaking the foundation of other people’s stories.” -Janice Canaday

Clint Smith @clintsmithiii.bsky.social · 3d

Thirty-one years ago, there was a slave auction reenacted at Colonial Williamsburg.

Some thought it powerful, many thought it insulting.

This summer, I traveled to Williamsburg myself to see how the country’s largest living history museum today tells the story of Black life at America’s founding.

What Is Colonial Williamsburg For?

Telling the full story of the town’s past is an easy way to make a lot of people mad.

www.theatlantic.com

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Denali @denali.bsky.social · 13h

In the last two days I've had the chance to catch up with two of my 20+ year best friends and being a dumbass with people who knew you as a teenager is just incredible.

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Denali @denali.bsky.social · 22h

Research compliance protects people's health, safety, privacy and dignity. It also grounds research in public benefit, which is a very important consideration in federal administration that loves privatization and grifty shit.

HELLody SchreiBOO @melodyschreiber.com · 1d

The entire HR department at the CDC is gone. Everyone at the IRB, which makes sure studies are conducted ethically and rigorously, and the ethics office, which oversee conflicts of interest for CDC leaders and advisory committee members, were also let go.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

‘Instability and confusion’ as CDC slashes 1,300 jobs before reinstating half

Trump administration says 700 notices were sent in error, while top CDC officer says ‘they didn’t think through what they were doing’

www.theguardian.com

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Jacqueline Antonovich @jackiantonovich.bsky.social · 22h

In 1972, a whistleblower leaked to the press the details of the highly unethical & racist Tuskegee Syphilis Experiments run by the United States Public Health Service. Because of that (and other unethical experiments) Congress passed the National Research Act of 1974, which includes the IRB process.

HELLody SchreiBOO @melodyschreiber.com · 1d

The entire HR department at the CDC is gone. Everyone at the IRB, which makes sure studies are conducted ethically and rigorously, and the ethics office, which oversee conflicts of interest for CDC leaders and advisory committee members, were also let go.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

‘Instability and confusion’ as CDC slashes 1,300 jobs before reinstating half

Trump administration says 700 notices were sent in error, while top CDC officer says ‘they didn’t think through what they were doing’

www.theguardian.com

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Denali @denali.bsky.social · 1d

Thank you for changing my life!

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Denali @denali.bsky.social · 1d

For me at this stage of my life (a person with young children) most of the places where I connect with new people from my community public spaces: school, playgrounds, libraries, park league sports etc.

It's not lost on me that these places are constantly fighting for $$ in spite of all they do.

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Denali @denali.bsky.social · 1d

Early in my career I worked on some research projects about gentrification and some colleagues shared the emerging community cohesion frameworks that were coming out of the UK. They talked about how people can occupy the same physical space without a lot of connection or meaningful interaction.

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Denali @denali.bsky.social · 1d

One thing this moment in Chicago has opened up for me is how many people want to be more involved in each other's lives but aren't sure what the first steps are or if their care is wanted or welcomed.

I have a lot of appreciation for the people who are creating more spaces for people to connect.

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Denali @denali.bsky.social · 1d

I get almost everything I read from the library. When I buy I like to buy used or from local bookstores (I like having them around and in the long run they probably make me buy more books) but now I get the benefits of purchasing directly from a small press and am more likely to do it.

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Denali @denali.bsky.social · 1d

Really appreciated this breakdown from @aubreyhirsch.bsky.social

As a consumer you can choose which parts of publishing you want to support and sustain.

"It's important to know that all book buying options are not the same"

More here:
aubreyhirsch.substack.com/p/book-math

Two images of the author's new book graphic rage with a breakdown on who's getting paid. How much? It's very cool that the cover of the book looks like a bar graph to show you how the money you pay for the book goes to different people

Buying a book from the publisher is the best way to support writers and small presses if you buy my book directly from the publisher, here's where your money goes $11.55 to the publisher $10.09 cost to print $3.85 my royalty $1.50 transaction fee if you buy my book from Amazon, here's where your money goes $3.82 to the publisher $10.09 cost to print $1.27 my royalty $7.02 Amazon profit $4.79 distributor.

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Stephanie Kollmann @slkollmann.bsky.social · 1d

“If America’s public schools cease to exist tomorrow, America would be a better place,” Justice told ProPublica.

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this is the co-founder of Moms for Liberty

I don't think anyone should trust the judgment of anyone who ever treated them like normie concerned parents

Anna Clark @annaleighclark.bsky.social · 7d

"Asked what percentage of children she imagines should be in public schools going forward, Justice told ProPublica: 'I hope zero. I hope to get to zero.'”

by @megomatz.bsky.social / @jsmithrichards.bsky.social

These Activists Want to Dismantle Public Schools. Now They Run the Education Department.

Under Trump, the Department of Education has been bringing in activists hostile to public schools. It could mean a new era of private and religious schools boosted by tax dollars — and the end of publ...

www.propublica.org

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Anna Clark @annaleighclark.bsky.social · 7d

"Asked what percentage of children she imagines should be in public schools going forward, Justice told ProPublica: 'I hope zero. I hope to get to zero.'”

by @megomatz.bsky.social / @jsmithrichards.bsky.social

These Activists Want to Dismantle Public Schools. Now They Run the Education Department.

Under Trump, the Department of Education has been bringing in activists hostile to public schools. It could mean a new era of private and religious schools boosted by tax dollars — and the end of publ...

www.propublica.org

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Denali @denali.bsky.social · 1d

In 2021 the Raleigh News & Observer did this very good podcast about redistricting.

Denali @denali.bsky.social · 2d

"It’s a form of resistance that requires us to put aside ego, and the need for personal gratification, to become a node in a living network of care, support, and defense."

More than anything else I hope the legacy of this moment will be organized care everywhere

Preorder Read This When Things Fall Apart @mskellymhayes.bsky.social · 2d

My latest is the story of how my community has rallied to protect and defend our neighbors in recent days, as ICE has targeted the Rogers Park neighborhood in Chicago. "This is not a story about a moment of victory, but a moment of being reminded of our power."

They Came for Our Neighbors. We Showed Up.

Before long, there were dozens, and then hundreds of people in the streets, watching and responding.

organizingmythoughts.org

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Denali @denali.bsky.social · 3d

Does anyone have any suggestions of nice things for a family of sort of nice people to do in Kenosha (it's my family)?

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Denali @denali.bsky.social · 3d

My mom called this morning and said "isn't the governor helping?" I talked her through some of what's going on and she said it sounded complicated so I sent her these pictures bc she will get it instantly.

amanda moore 🐢 @noturtlesoup17.bsky.social · 3d

Outside of the Broadview ICE facility, a state trooper tells the delegation attempting to have communion with detainees that ICE has denied their request.

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Anthony Moser @anthonymoser.com · 4d

this is the same guy

Anthony Moser @anthonymoser.com · Dec 14

Dave is also where we get "the Dave Graham Rule" described in Ineffective By Choice (bit.ly/IneffectiveByChoice)

This is the email where he told me that the city intentionally *stops issuing tickets for ongoing violations*

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Hello Anthony
Generally, DOE and CDPH issues tickets to a facility or responsible entity when a violation occurs. Issuing a violation is intended to persuade compliance and only after an inspector can
document they have issued warnings to allow time to rectify the issue. If a facility is working with CDPH or has resolved the issue prior to a hearing date, additional violations will not be issued. Some of the violations are paperwork issues, failing to renew permits or other issues requiring simple fixes that are small but are necessary to avoid much larger issues.

Inspectors work with supervisors and a staff attorney to determine what violation applies and when additional violations should be issued after the initial incident. Typically, we will issue no
more than 3 tickets for a existing issue to better force compliance when a facility is slow to respond and usually we can get an issue resolved. I rely on the inspectors observations to determine when additional violations should be issued and generally speaking an inspector will verify with me before a violation or additional violations are issued. I check with our staff attorney as well to make sure the violation is appropriate in case a ticket (how the violation is documented) goes to Administrative Hearing (AH). Our success rate is over 90% for the violations adjudicated at AH.

Hope this helps, CDPH needs to balance its enforcement activities to ensure compliance and
keep its legitimacy at Administrative Hearings.
Dave Graham, P.G.
Assistant Commissioner

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Anthony Moser @anthonymoser.com · 4d

If it was up to me, every story that mentions the botched implosion in 2020 would also mention that the city employees responsible for it **were subsequently promoted**

Marlene Hopkins is now the Buildings commissioner
Dave Graham now oversees environmental inspections

Chicago’s Damen Silos demolition resumes—activists demand more robust oversight - Chicago Reader

For months, activists have been surveilling the Damen Silos demolition to ensure that environmental protection measures are in place and enforced.

chicagoreader.com

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Denali @denali.bsky.social · 4d

One of the best books I read all year

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