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Social scientist. ❤️s coffee, F1, 80s🎵, UK crime dramas, podcasts. Academic focus on history, policing, & conflict in U.S. & N. Ireland; also International Humanitarian Law. Posts my own personal & professional ideas; not connected to any employer. She/her
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drjbw.bsky.social
Who am I? Professor at teaching uni in NJ, USA (posts my own, not speaking for institution) with focus on voicing #policeofficers’ experiences with #conflict #policing, post-conflict #policereform, & police-community trust dynamics in US & Northern Ireland. I study policing history & current trends.
drjbw.bsky.social
What birthday girl isn’t super-excited when she gets a SAW!

Arg! I’m going to do damage with this!
drjbw.bsky.social
I should have clarified - this is one that would make you hate humanity, be warned. Still a great show - it’s a definite watch.

I wish I could find more shows that did show our better sides in the end (that aren’t just comedies, which I struggle with).

Maybe I just need to re-binge Shitt’s Creek!
drjbw.bsky.social
Finished The Knick. I know we like the drama of storylines, but sometimes audiences do just like for good things to happen without a twist. It almost makes me afraid to watch shows new to me, because I just keep wondering, “how is this character going to ruin my faith in humanity more?”
drjbw.bsky.social
The thing about a Nor’Easter is that you always know from what direction the wind is coming!
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Oh my god…you will need tissues. Good thing I’m just in my kitchen, because I’d be making a fool of myself if I were in public right now.
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😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
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Batten down the hatches everyone, the Nor’Easter is heading our way!

Seriously, please, stay safe and stay off the roads if you can. Don’t drive through flooded streets, and make sure your Halloween decorations don’t become flying debris!
A strong nor’easter is unleashing damaging winds as it moves up the East Coast. Its most severe conditions are on the way | CNN
An impactful nor’easter is strengthening as it tracks up the mid-Atlantic coast. Here’s what to expect.
www.cnn.com
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drianweissman.bsky.social
“CDC will have lost its ability to detect outbreaks and respond to them. It will no longer be able to track diseases, in America and around the globe. That includes infectious threats like flu, foodborne illnesses, and Ebola, as well as chronic diseases and injuries.”
time.com/7325192/cdc-...
CDC ‘Not Functional’ After Trump Administration Orders Mass Firings
The layoffs targeted leaders in departments related to respiratory diseases, chronic diseases and global health.
time.com
drjbw.bsky.social
Yet another @npr.org title that totally misrepresents the article.

Do better, NPR.
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tomjoscelyn.bsky.social
“I spent three nights and three days in federal custody. During that time, I was never told what I was charged with, was not allowed to shower despite being covered in tear gas and pepper spray, had no phone call to my family, and no access to an attorney.” - George Retes, U.S. citizen and veteran.
I’m a US citizen and a veteran. ICE arrested me for no reason.
Jailed for three days without an explanation or ability to notify anyone, George Retes argues the only path to healing starts with the government taking accountability for its actions.
newsletter.ofthebrave.org
drjbw.bsky.social
Omg! GenX kid activism was awesome. I joined PETA and wrote to Borden cheese complaining that their multiple-wrapped cheese slices was a waste of plastic.

Michael Stipe was my hero at the time, so…🤷‍♀️
drjbw.bsky.social
Every interaction on Twitter puts $$$ into the pockets of a man who single-handedly BROKE THE US GOVERNMENT.

I see why int’l folk don’t care, but Americans? My account is inactive (gathering porn-bot requests), maybe waiting for the day he sells.

Why hand-wringing? Use BSKY like you did Twitter…🤷‍♀️
explaintrade.com
This is an exact encapsulation of why I moved to Bluesky.

No amount of handwringing in the Atlantic about how I owe some eternal Promethean suffering to the discourse is going to make me stay on a site I hate, that stopped doing anything for me professionally years ago.
Well – no. Bluesky may or may not be, as one centre-right friend who felt unwelcome put it, “self-righteous island”. But the idea that’s why we went is nonsense. That I’ve largely stopped posting on a site that’s done more to shape my career and social circle than the rest of the internet combined is less about avoiding rival opinions (I love arguing with people who are wrong!) than with the fact the site simply became unusable. It stopped generating the things (good jokes, interesting debate, clicks) I wanted; it became extremely good at generating the things (racists, pornbots, racist pornbots) I did not.
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drreznicek.bsky.social
Welcome to the life of every teacher.
mollyjongfast.bsky.social
How do I block all the AI slop? Also so far ai so just made my life 1000000 times more annoying.
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gtconway.bsky.social
Robert De Niro: “Now we have a would-be king — King Donald the First. Fuck that. I’m Robert De Niro and I’m asking you to stand up and be counted in the nationwide No Kings protest on October 18th”

👉👉 nokings.org
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elizabethjacobs.bsky.social
“The administration did not like that CDC data did not support their narrative, so they got rid of them. They didn’t like that CDC policy groups would not rubber stamp their unscientific ideas, so they got rid of them”.

The damage to the CDC is “beyond repair”.
‘The damage is beyond repair’: The CDC faces another round of deep staff cuts | CNN
The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention suffered another round of deep staff cuts late Friday, with disease detectives, outbreak forecasters, policy and data offices among those impacted, ac...
edition.cnn.com
drjbw.bsky.social
Visited Savage Mill, MD, & happened upon one of the most impressive gaming stores (Omnihedral) I’ve seen! Crowds were in playing games, & they had over 5K to rent!

Was so great to see humans be social on a Saturday. I do wish I could get someone interested in playing a spot of Magic with me.
drjbw.bsky.social
The word for this is absolutely obscene.

How dare she…
atrupar.com
Bondi: "We've been living through a horrific cycle of political violence in this country ... night after night antifa wrecks havoc on the streets of our cities. In Minnesota, a gunman murdered a state lawmaker and her husband."
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wow is this grotesque
atrupar.com
Bondi: "We've been living through a horrific cycle of political violence in this country ... night after night antifa wrecks havoc on the streets of our cities. In Minnesota, a gunman murdered a state lawmaker and her husband."
drjbw.bsky.social
Absolutely horrific. Yet, will there be any justice? I know where I’d put my bets.
trevondlogan.bsky.social
A Black man was left to die in his own urine after suffering a stroke while Eagan, MN police failed to follow procedure to detect medical distress, perform any wellness checks, and brushed off his obviously dire medical condition. What a sick, sad display from police.

www.kare11.com/article/news...
KARE 11 Investigates: Postal worker died after police mistook stroke for drug impairment
Kingsley Bimpong was jailed instead of hospitalized; video shows guards ignored his suffering for hours.
www.kare11.com
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drtdegenhardt.bsky.social
Very grateful to be part of the @ESRCFestival @ESRCFestivalNI @qubcriminology.bsky.social -
join us to watch this amazing animation- Removed - and hear stories from people with lived experience- on 29th October 12-1 pm
www.eventbrite.co.uk/o/esrc-festi...
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Thoughts and prayers to Cosplay Cop Kristi who had to brave the dogs, farmer’s markets, capybaras, and marathon runners of Portland this week.
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histoftech.bsky.social
“Concerns over an AI bubble bursting have grown lately, with analysts recently finding that it’s 17 times the size of the dotcom-era bubble and four times bigger than the 2008 financial crisis.”

Hang onto your butts. This “correction” is gonna hurt.
futurism.com/artificial-i...
Bank of England Warns of Impending AI Disaster
The Bank of England has sounded the alarm, warning of an intensifying risk of a "sudden correction" due to an AI spending frenzy.
futurism.com