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The best summation of the research I’ve ever heard is “people with guns get shot.”

The Seeding Disruption Fellowship: How One Organization Builds Cross-Sector Relationships in Pursuit of Racial Equity | Bellwether The Equity Lab’s Seeding Disruption Fellowship is a cohort-based program designed for senior leaders in the District of Columbia who work in PK-12 education and related fields. The Fellowship aims to ...

We’ve got a new piece out today highlighting the work of @theequitylab.bsky.social to build a network of leaders across DC’s city services to support the most vulnerable kids and communities - now more than ever bellwether.org/publications...

When Kittens Came to My Prison, I Had Not Petted One in 15 Years I had not touched a cat in 15 years when an orange kitten wandered over to sit with me in the grass.

"I had not touched a cat in 15 years when an orange kitten wandered over to sit with me in the grass one day. I was left without adequate words to describe that experience. It reminded me that I am alive."

The Dangerous Yet Desirable Work of Being an Incarcerated Firefighter in California More than 900 prison firefighters were responding to the crisis in Los Angeles — but their pay is low and the ethics of their choice are complicated.

More than 900 prison firefighters were responding to the crisis in Los Angeles — but their pay is low and the ethics of their choice are complicated.

Btw the money that they keep saying is being held for LAFD's raises are in this "separate account" HASN'T even been transferred to the LAFD's operating budget as of this date!

How do we know all this?

Because we're the City's Accountant! We know the City's budget and finances.

30 percent of California's forest firefighters are prisoners About 4,000 inmates battle blazes in the Golden State's woodlands.

As we witness these heartbreaking scenes from the fires in LA, an important reminder that incarcerated people make up over 30% of California’s forest firefighters.

In an additional layer of scams and middlemen, I paid cash for mine and it was $200. Often the astronomical fees are only charged to insurance, completing the circle of inefficiency.

Gisèle Pelicot has changed the world | Les Glorieuses

Gisèle Pelicot has transformed France. In a nation where rape is a given and rapists are hidden by design, her insistence on an open trial and her repeated mantra that "the shame must change sides" has led to a radical change in understandings of sexual violence.

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Across the country, people are starting meal preparations and traveling to be with friends and family.

Tell us your favorite dish on the Thanksgiving table, and we’ll share our knowledge about the work behind the ingredients. #WeFeedYou

A tv showing the opening title card for The Fellowship of the Ring (Extended Edition)

The holiday season finally begins!

a quote by David Roodman about how prisons generate more crime than incapacitation prevents

I am not apologetic about criminal system reform

Criminal system reform makes our prisons safer for incarcerated people and correctional officers, it also makes our communities safer

Overcrowded & understaffed prisons generate crime

Prison generates more crime than incapacitation prevents

What a day with leaders across California who are improving access to higher education for students who are, or who have been, engaged with the juvenile justice system! Especially grateful to the student leaders who shared their experiences

Come for the education policy for incarcerated and other systems-involved students, stay for the cats!

Big, if true

laptop

I don’t like the exit row and I don’t like a bulkhead and yet somehow I’ve gotten both??!

A calico cat sits on a windowsill watching the rain

Flood watch

Mission Impossible: eat the biggest pretzel I’ve ever seen in my life

"Let the work peak" (sign says "let the work speak," but is being obscured)

"Let the work peak" -me, immediately after coming to terms with the fact that my best work is in the past

Overnight Oats sounds like the name of a racehorse who sucks

If you smush the pillow down just right, you can comfortably settle in for at least 23 hours a day

You have to eat the crust of the bread because that’s where it has all the nutrients - like a potato’s skin

that this generally hasn’t been the case is a testament to how federalism has done more to enable the nation’s neighborhood bullies, local tyrants and regional oligarchs than it has ordinary people at the margins

@wyc.bsky.social Just remembered the incident with the suit back in 2020 🫠

She’s a Los Angeles star, just waiting to be discovered!!

Too late, I already did

Q for you all: if you “exchanged” gifts with someone but never actual got your gift before then broke up with you; how petty is it to ask for their gift back? Note that it was $$$ and we are still within the return window

It turns out that you can, in fact, have it all