Cleveland’s police oversight commission clashes with City Hall The commission’s unsuccessful attempt to intervene in federal court led to an exchange of accusations and a new dispute over independence.

The City of Cleveland is trying to rein in the Community Police Commission at the same time that it presents the commission’s independence as a reason to end the consent decree. signalcleveland.org/cleveland-po...

“Keep crying and I’ll give you something to cry about”

“Welcome to the Jungle” by GNR. I wasn’t really into metal at the time but that whole album blew my mind

NY Post tomorrow: MAYOR HATES DOGS

My old friend and former colleague Jimi Izrael wrote about how a psychotic cat named Lugosi and a poorly timed dad joke got him banned from adopting. (His rights have since been restored).

Sonic boom? Experts break down Northeast Ohio’s rare event Residents across Northeast Ohio heard a loud boom Tuesday morning. Officials say a meteor over Cleveland likely caused the shock wave.

My colleagues laughed when I tried to explain that the “meteor” was in fact an exfiltration mission — the Roswell bodies are at Wright Patterson AFB — so I’m saddened but not surprised to see them join NASA in the cover-up. I will keep fighting for the truth. signalcleveland.org/meteor-sonic...

NO NO NO YOU DON’T

GUYS LET ME PLEASE SPREAD THE GOSPEL OF FREE TAX USA

federal is free, state is $16, handles even my chaotic freelancer taxes just fine, same step-by-step “designed for normies” kind of interface as TurboTax but NOT EVIL

tell everyone you know

www.freetaxusa.com

Same thing they did when George W. Bush showed a photo of himself looking for Iraq’s WMD behind the curtains in the Oval Office — laugh.

Who is searching Cleveland’s license plate reader photos? Police from across Northeast Ohio and as far away as Texas searched the database of license plate reader images in January.

While we haggled over that, police prepared a similar report for City Council and that’s clearly a public record. It’s not everything I sought, but we’ll keep chipping away at the city’s intention to reveal as little as possible about its surveillance tech. signalcleveland.org/cleveland-po...

A few months ago, I asked the City of Cleveland for logs showing who is accessing its #Flock license plate reader images and why. They rejected the request on the grounds that state law exempts the images from public records requests. But I wasn’t asking for images …

If Paul dies I may never recover

A photo showing some sort of camera attached to a traffic signal in Cleveland.

What kind of camera is this? I know that Cleveland has #Flock license plate readers but I can’t find other photos of this model online.

I’m genuinely baffled by the idea that reporting and writing are completely separate pursuits and the latter can be automated

Hear me out: Weird Al, with surprise appearances by some of the artists whose songs he parodied.

Professor Tolkien as well

They’re not all in for next season, and I’m OK with that. Howie’s planning for ’27.

I watched from my home in Ohio and drove out for the parade with my oldest son. One of the best weeks of my life.

What police surveillance technology looks like in Cleveland Video cameras and license plate readers are just some of the surveillance tools Cleveland police are using across the city.

Everything I learn about Cleveland police use of surveillance tech raises more questions. My latest for Signal Cleveland but certainly not the last on this topic. (Bonus: an anecdote about Cleveland’s role in popularizing surveillance nearly 70 years ago.) signalcleveland.org/what-police-...

Tanisha's Law to change Cleveland mental health crisis response The law creates a new role in the Division of Emergency Medical Services to oversee response to calls about people in mental health crisis.

So many people are deeply cynical about politics and government, and with good reason, so it’s important to talk about the wins. A lot of people worked hard for several years to achieve this goal. They succeeded because they simply refused to give up. signalcleveland.org/cleveland-ci...

The difference between Republicans and Democrats In Iowa, a former congressman sums up the core — and stark — difference.

Former GOP congressman JC Watt said one of the most eye-opening things I’ve ever read about American politics: Republicans believe people are fundamentally bad.
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I don’t understand why he doesn’t just tweak the ACA, call it Trumpcare and insist that it’s completely different and better. Would congressional Republicans really reject that?

Or read Tolkien and came away thinking Morgoth and Sauron raised valid points.

A Boston terrier wearing a gray hoodie on a white and pink blanket.

This guy is ready to lead an army of fellow Boston terrors to bite the ankles of fascists accompanied by Dropkick Murphys music.

That’s fair, but I think it’s a worthy companion to the original that expands on the story in ways I never saw coming.

It’s a sequel but also provides info about the first mission from the aliens’ point of view. It’s crushing and beautiful.

The Sparrow and Children of God by @mdoriarussell.bsky.social . I’ll need about $1b but it’ll be one of the best sci-fi series ever made.

Can personal AI accounts be hacked and mimicked? Because it seems like that would be an especially effective way to influence certain people without them ever knowing.

Reading court filings for a story and came across this at the end of an affidavit: “FURTHER AFFIANT SAYETH NAUGHT.” I love legalese.

In the Name of The Father of The Bride