Why These Reporters Are Suing New York's Prison System Journalists filed public records requests last year to find out how the agency handles allegations of sexual abuse. With prison officials stonewalling the requests, the reporters are going to court.

Some 1,600 people are suing NY prisons over sexual abuse they allege they suffered while in custody.

Reporters at @nysfocus.bsky.social sought records to find out how the prison agency handles sex abuse allegations, but they met a stone wall.

Now they're suing.

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Gang of Four: "Not Great Men" YouTube video by Wimzaborr

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When your concept of modernity encompasses over 5,000 years of human behavior, you can indeed be called a visionary. Or an evolutionary throwback to single celled amoebae. Not certain if there's much difference between the two.

Sad to see this potential feature resigned. My cat's recommendation of consuming 5 tbsp of Borox in a shot of tequila each hour has cured everything from my Achy Breaky pelvis to my non Hodgkin's geriatric Type 6 juvenile leukemia. She's much more reliable than a mainstream medical source.

Sam Altman admits AI is killing the labor-capital balance—and says nobody knows what to do about it The OpenAI CEO tackled AI’s growing PR crisis and said there's truth to the layoff fears. A "painful adjustment" for the labor market lies ahead.

notice how the press helps Sam Altman pretend that he's not just some sort of sage hybrid sociologist/philosopher, but he's an outsider to the problems his bad choices cause

Which is a comforting thought once you realize that we're all collectively fucking guilty of establishing whatever passes for norms while simultaneously distorting them. That includes me, as well. Ta ra ra, boom de ay.

Inside the funhouse mirror factory: How social media distorts perceptions of norms The current paper explains how modern technology interacts with human psychology to create a funhouse mirror version of social norms. We argue that no…

Cognitive bias and distortion existed long before the invention of social media. It was there when our simian ancestors uttered the primordial epithet "UNK." If it's accelerated in the past 15 years, that doesn't take away the blame from what's innate to humans. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

"McGruff the Crime Dog" actor gets 16 years in prison John Morales, who played the crime-fighting cartoon figure McGruff, was sentenced for a 2011 arrest in which police seized 1,000 marijuana plants, 27 weapons and 9,000 rounds of ammunition from his Te...

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McGruff The Crime Dog - Arson (1986) YouTube video by Mei Clover

There have been some great songs about arson over the years, from the original "Light my Fire" by Jose Feliciano to Big Black's Kerosene. This one functionally shits on all of 'em. www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Ds6...

Quite a few years back, my ex would ask me why I was so obsessed w/ Chandler. I used to quote that Jim Carroll line from Three Sisters just to shut her up. But the reality is that few mid century US writers could cut you down like him. Nelson Algren or Jim Thompson, mebbe. Look how they wound up.

After R.I. releases clergy abuse investigation, victims in Mass. call for accountability A report on the Boston Archdiocese was made public in 2003, but the investigation into the dioceses of Worcester, Springfield and Fall River has never been released.

A report on the Boston Archdiocese was made public in 2003, but the investigation into the dioceses of Worcester, Springfield and Fall River has never been released.

‘A lot of late 70s bands wore grey. But we were determined to have fun’: the return of the mega-influential Swell Maps after 46 years Championed by the BBC’s John Peel and signed to Rough Trade, the band were punk when that meant DIY, psychedelia and prog as well as screaming chords. What’s more, they loved Pink Floyd …

‘A lot of late 70s bands wore grey. But we were determined to have fun’: the return of the mega-influential Swell Maps after 46 years www.theguardian.com/music/2026/m...

A nice piece on Swell Maps in the gliubiad. There's a new album on which I contributed a song. The album will not dissapoint

I had an ex who once sold a keyboard to Moe Tucker. She was friends with her daughter growing up, but the amusing part is that it was one of the members of Widespread Panic's that she dated back in the 90s. I think about her sometimes. Almost too much for my own good.

John Cale. Still alive. That should make anybody happy, but the fact that Charlii XCX fans are discovering Cale for the first time and legitimately digging on him tickles me to no small end.

This is the warning on the blood pressure monitor my dad just got.

Exceptional work. Anybody know what the fuck it’s supposed to mean?

Last line is especially ominous

Tillis voted to confirm Noem.

As did Fetterman, Hassan, Kaine, Kim, Peters, Shaheen, and Slotkin among the Dems.

U.S. Troops Were Told Iran War Is for “Armageddon,” Return of Jesus Advocacy group reports commanders giving similar messages at more than 30 installations in every branch of the military

"This morning our commander...urged us to tell our troops that this was 'all part of God's divine plan' and he specifically referenced numerous citations out of the Book of Revelation referring to Armageddon and the imminent return of Jesus Christ."

I Want To See The Bright Lights Tonight YouTube video by Richard Thompson - Topic

There's never been a day when this album feels more deserved and pure in its essence as a slug of cheap whiskey than right now. Stay safe. At least the ones of you I still care about and miss. www.youtube.com/watch?v=9xei...

I still can't find out how they sourced pickled pig fetuses. Not certain I WANT to know, either.

Of all the embarrassing clients I've had (and I've had more than my fair share), none was more embarrassing that I've ever had to admit to than a Mormon Trump supporter who ran a dropshipping life coach hustle on the side. Practically illiterate. Not surprisingly, he still owes me a few hundred.

‘We’re losing accessibility’: America says goodbye to the mass-market paperback The so-called ‘pocket book’ sold in supermarkets is being phased out across the US, the latest sign of an ongoing shift in how people are choosing to read

‘We’re losing accessibility’: America says goodbye to the mass-market paperback.

The so-called ‘pocket book’ sold in supermarkets is being phased out across the US, the latest sign of an ongoing shift in how people are choosing to read. www.theguardian.com/books/2026/f...

Éliane Radigue, French composer and musique concrète legend, dies aged 94 The Paris-born artist reinvented the synthesizer through meditative and feedback-drenched sonic explorations

A sad day to celebrate one of the true innovators of electronic music. www.theguardian.com/music/2026/f...

Regina Richards - Baby Love (Official Music Video) YouTube video by Regina Richards

The fact that this has been in my head for several days straight symbolizes everything that's wrong w/ Upstate NY (Yes, I know she's from Brooklyn. This song still symbolizes everything wrong w/ Upstate NY.) www.youtube.com/watch?v=9eJh...

I Caught POLITICO and the New York Times Laundering Pink Slime "News" How the sexist backlash to AOC and Gretchen Whitmer at the Munich Security Conference led me to a scammy "local news" outlet pushing a coordinated right-wing narrative

Interesting post about the coordinated anti-AOC smear campaign. It's 2016 again! Fake local news outlets on Facebook getting picked up until eventually it winds up in the Washington Post.

Hilariously spineless. They coulda been murdalized!

THE MAGIC GARDEN OF STANLEY SWEETHEART (1970) Clip - Don Johnson / Montage sequence (LYRICS [CC]) YouTube video by Dreams Are What Le Cinema Is For

But when in doubt, there's always this classic starring a pre-alcoholic Don Johnson. www.youtube.com/watch?v=-H2Z...

I've simply never found it possible to get tired of Dennis Weaver made for TV movies. No matter how physically ill I get.

Frederick Wiseman Dies at 96: The Documentary Legend Was One of Cinema’s Greatest Masters Wiseman's 50-plus year career started with a bang, "Titicut Follies," and only got better.

Yeah, I know. 96 years old is a long ass time. So is purgatory. Some people wear a mask of empathy as a token of penance. Frederick Wiseman didn't have to. Empathy was his very DNA. RIP to a Titan among mice. www.indiewire.com/news/obituar...

INSOMNIA “Sleeping is no mean art: for its sake one must stay awake all day.” Friedrich Nietzsche

INSOMNIA New piece on substack open.substack.com/pub/jerrysta...

Born #onthisday in Wisconsin in 1868, the US photographer and ethnologist Edward S. Curtis. Here's his circa 1914 series depicting the ceremonial dress and masks of the Kwakwaka’wakw, an indigenous people of the Pacific Northwest Coast — https://buff.ly/39BjsLO