Nazgol Ghandnoosh
@nazgolg.bsky.social
Director of Research at The Sentencing Project | Sharer of Personal Views | Former Resident Alien
Could have done without hearing from Pataki on this day.
September 11, 2026 at 10:53 PM
Could have done without hearing from Pataki on this day.
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Think this is BIG:
A common stat was that the US was home to 5% (really 4.5%) of the world's pop but 25% of its prisoners.
As of 2026, we are home to 4.1% of the world's pop ... and only 16% of its prisoners.
Some of our 10-point drop is growing harshness elsewhere, but also our own declines.
A common stat was that the US was home to 5% (really 4.5%) of the world's pop but 25% of its prisoners.
As of 2026, we are home to 4.1% of the world's pop ... and only 16% of its prisoners.
Some of our 10-point drop is growing harshness elsewhere, but also our own declines.
Highest to Lowest - Prison population total | World Prison Brief
www.prisonstudies.org
September 11, 2026 at 3:12 PM
Think this is BIG:
A common stat was that the US was home to 5% (really 4.5%) of the world's pop but 25% of its prisoners.
As of 2026, we are home to 4.1% of the world's pop ... and only 16% of its prisoners.
Some of our 10-point drop is growing harshness elsewhere, but also our own declines.
A common stat was that the US was home to 5% (really 4.5%) of the world's pop but 25% of its prisoners.
As of 2026, we are home to 4.1% of the world's pop ... and only 16% of its prisoners.
Some of our 10-point drop is growing harshness elsewhere, but also our own declines.
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If you’re ever wondering why your tiny rural police force has a DHS supplied APC, fucktons of riot gear, tear gas, automatic weapons and sniper rifles, well, today’s why.
September 11, 2026 at 3:02 PM
If you’re ever wondering why your tiny rural police force has a DHS supplied APC, fucktons of riot gear, tear gas, automatic weapons and sniper rifles, well, today’s why.
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After 9/11, many Americans opted to drive instead of fly.
But because plane travel is much safer than car travel, the shift led to a surge in crash deaths. Researchers have found that the number of lives lost (2,000+) is comparable to those killed on 9/11.
www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1...
But because plane travel is much safer than car travel, the shift led to a surge in crash deaths. Researchers have found that the number of lives lost (2,000+) is comparable to those killed on 9/11.
www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1...
September 11, 2026 at 3:46 PM
After 9/11, many Americans opted to drive instead of fly.
But because plane travel is much safer than car travel, the shift led to a surge in crash deaths. Researchers have found that the number of lives lost (2,000+) is comparable to those killed on 9/11.
www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1...
But because plane travel is much safer than car travel, the shift led to a surge in crash deaths. Researchers have found that the number of lives lost (2,000+) is comparable to those killed on 9/11.
www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1...
An example from @ag.state.mn.us essay on "Regulatory Justice", on the Kia/Hyundai car thefts from a few years ago: "This story did not start with social media. It started with corporate cost-cutting at the beginning of the chain."
scholarship.law.umn.edu/cgi/viewcont...
scholarship.law.umn.edu/cgi/viewcont...
September 2, 2026 at 6:33 PM
An example from @ag.state.mn.us essay on "Regulatory Justice", on the Kia/Hyundai car thefts from a few years ago: "This story did not start with social media. It started with corporate cost-cutting at the beginning of the chain."
scholarship.law.umn.edu/cgi/viewcont...
scholarship.law.umn.edu/cgi/viewcont...
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A Haitian immigrant who had grown increasingly distraught after losing his protection from deportation and being outfitted with an ankle monitor was run over and killed Monday in what his family believes was a suicide.
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College student steps into traffic, is killed after losing immigration status
Pierre Damas Bel’s family said he took his own life on a busy highway after the Trump administration canceled protections for thousands of Haitian immigrants and ICE officers placed him in an ankle mo...
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September 2, 2026 at 12:37 AM
A Haitian immigrant who had grown increasingly distraught after losing his protection from deportation and being outfitted with an ankle monitor was run over and killed Monday in what his family believes was a suicide.
wapo.st/4x4YD5N
wapo.st/4x4YD5N
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Google Maps has now capitulated to Donald Trump and changed the name of Lake Ontario to Lake America.
Apple Maps still uses the correct name.
Apple Maps still uses the correct name.
August 30, 2026 at 5:56 AM
Google Maps has now capitulated to Donald Trump and changed the name of Lake Ontario to Lake America.
Apple Maps still uses the correct name.
Apple Maps still uses the correct name.
10 years ago we didn’t get six survey requests for every financial transaction.🫶
August 20, 2026 at 9:55 PM
10 years ago we didn’t get six survey requests for every financial transaction.🫶
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The term “transphobic” is so inadequate for bigotry like Hegseth’s. He doesn’t fear trans people like some fear spiders or heights. He hates them with a passion. It’s an evil choice, not a psychological malady.
August 19, 2026 at 11:46 PM
The term “transphobic” is so inadequate for bigotry like Hegseth’s. He doesn’t fear trans people like some fear spiders or heights. He hates them with a passion. It’s an evil choice, not a psychological malady.
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The president is urging federal prosecutors to bring charges against someone based in part on his political views and those of his lawyers?
Trump: “US Attorney Pirro should re-visit her hastily made decision, especially since it turned out that the ‘gentleman’ involved is a big player in ActBlue, a disgraceful fundraising SCAM, and is represented by a TRUMP DERANGED SLEAZEBAG, Political Hack Lawyer, Norm Eisen”
August 7, 2026 at 8:57 PM
The president is urging federal prosecutors to bring charges against someone based in part on his political views and those of his lawyers?
Wait, why don’t we have this tax in DC? bsky.app/profile/abgu...
Philly’s suburban commuters, rejoice. Next time you look at the withholdings on your pay stub, you are allowed to proclaim: LeBron, he’s just like us, amirite?
🎁 🔗: share.inquirer.com/c190up
🎁 🔗: share.inquirer.com/c190up
LeBron James could live in NYC as a Sixer. Philly’s wage tax has no exemption for a King.
Suburban commuters, rejoice. Next time you look at the withholdings on your pay stub, you may be allowed to proclaim: LeBron, he’s just like us, amirite?
share.inquirer.com
August 1, 2026 at 6:21 PM
Wait, why don’t we have this tax in DC? bsky.app/profile/abgu...
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We're thrilled to have honored Colin Kaepernick as one of the recipients of the ACLU Ralph Ellison Award this past weekend.
Colin's dedication to racial justice and youth civic participation has shifted advocacy in professional sports, and made our nation better.
Colin's dedication to racial justice and youth civic participation has shifted advocacy in professional sports, and made our nation better.
Colin Kaepernick Receives ACLU's Inaugural Ralph Ellison Award
Former NFL quarterback Colin Kaepernick was named one of the first recipients of the ACLU's Ralph Ellison Award for civil rights defense.
www.blackenterprise.com
July 27, 2026 at 11:31 PM
We're thrilled to have honored Colin Kaepernick as one of the recipients of the ACLU Ralph Ellison Award this past weekend.
Colin's dedication to racial justice and youth civic participation has shifted advocacy in professional sports, and made our nation better.
Colin's dedication to racial justice and youth civic participation has shifted advocacy in professional sports, and made our nation better.
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Easy decision: so long, DoorDash.
I will never support any company that undermines DC home rule. DoorDash is no exception.
No home rule, no home delivery.
I will never support any company that undermines DC home rule. DoorDash is no exception.
No home rule, no home delivery.
July 22, 2026 at 9:07 PM
Easy decision: so long, DoorDash.
I will never support any company that undermines DC home rule. DoorDash is no exception.
No home rule, no home delivery.
I will never support any company that undermines DC home rule. DoorDash is no exception.
No home rule, no home delivery.
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A group of protesters chased Maine Governor Janet Mills away from a memorial site for a man killed by an ICE agent and accused her of failing to protect residents from immigrant agents.
Maine Governor Janet Mills tried to visit a memorial site for the man killed by an ICE agent. Protesters chased her away. - The Boston Globe
“Get away! Get away!” protesters shouted at Mills as they followed her back to her car.
trib.al
July 15, 2026 at 8:54 PM
A group of protesters chased Maine Governor Janet Mills away from a memorial site for a man killed by an ICE agent and accused her of failing to protect residents from immigrant agents.
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Protesters shoo Gov. Janet Mills from Johan Sebastián Durán Guerrero’s memorial in Biddeford
Protesters shoo Gov. Janet Mills from Johan Sebastián Durán Guerrero’s memorial in Biddeford
'Don't come back up here unless you got results!' one person yelled at the governor.
www.pressherald.com
July 15, 2026 at 11:20 PM
Protesters shoo Gov. Janet Mills from Johan Sebastián Durán Guerrero’s memorial in Biddeford
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Trump to sign order as soon as Monday to dismantle Bears Ears and Grand Staircase-Escalante national monuments
www.abc4.com/news/politic...
www.abc4.com/news/politic...
President Trump expected to shrink Grand Staircase and Bears Ears National Monuments as soon as Monday, sources say
President Donald Trump is expected to sign an executive order to shrink the boundaries of the Grand Staircase-Escalante and Bears Ears National Monuments as soon as Monday, three sources with knowl…
www.abc4.com
July 11, 2026 at 12:26 AM
Trump to sign order as soon as Monday to dismantle Bears Ears and Grand Staircase-Escalante national monuments
www.abc4.com/news/politic...
www.abc4.com/news/politic...
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My latest @ms.now, on ICE’s killing of Lorenzo Salgado Araujo in Houston, and on the striking degree to which the media has refused to just accept ICE’s narrative of things.
The extent to which the NYT, WaPo, et al keep stressing ICE has no evidence of its claims seems like a real narrative shift.
The extent to which the NYT, WaPo, et al keep stressing ICE has no evidence of its claims seems like a real narrative shift.
Opinion | ICE deserves skepticism of its account of Houston shooting
John Pfaff: Wariness surrounding ICE’s telling of Lorenzo Salgado Araujo’s killing is well-earned, given the agency’s documented acts of seeming deception and dishonesty.
www.ms.now
July 10, 2026 at 11:36 PM
My latest @ms.now, on ICE’s killing of Lorenzo Salgado Araujo in Houston, and on the striking degree to which the media has refused to just accept ICE’s narrative of things.
The extent to which the NYT, WaPo, et al keep stressing ICE has no evidence of its claims seems like a real narrative shift.
The extent to which the NYT, WaPo, et al keep stressing ICE has no evidence of its claims seems like a real narrative shift.
Why didn’t Freese handball it? Also lolol
July 7, 2026 at 1:25 AM
Why didn’t Freese handball it? Also lolol
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From @theathleticfc.bsky.social: Folarin Balogun will be available to play the USMNT’s round of 16 match against Belgium with his one-game red-card ban suspended. Multiple FIFA officials previously said that a team cannot appeal a red card or suspension. nyti.ms/4vJ2Ls7
July 5, 2026 at 4:49 PM
From @theathleticfc.bsky.social: Folarin Balogun will be available to play the USMNT’s round of 16 match against Belgium with his one-game red-card ban suspended. Multiple FIFA officials previously said that a team cannot appeal a red card or suspension. nyti.ms/4vJ2Ls7
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lol i swear to god this is an actual commercial that just ran on fox news
July 3, 2026 at 12:46 AM
lol i swear to god this is an actual commercial that just ran on fox news
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“.. He also reported earning $636 million in royalties from Celebration Coins.”
@bloomberg.com
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@bloomberg.com
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June 30, 2026 at 9:34 PM
“.. He also reported earning $636 million in royalties from Celebration Coins.”
@bloomberg.com
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@bloomberg.com
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"DiD yOu kNoW hE dOeSn'T tAkE a SaLaRy?"
Breaking news: President Trump reported more than $1.4 billion in income from crypto, digital tokens and related partnerships in 2025, appearing to have substantially increased his income after reentering the White House last year.
Trump earned over $1 billion on cryptocurrency and coin ventures last year
In almost 1,000 pages of financial disclosure forms, the president’s earnings from crypto, settlements and resorts far outpaced his $600 million total income in 2024.
www.washingtonpost.com
June 30, 2026 at 11:04 PM
"DiD yOu kNoW hE dOeSn'T tAkE a SaLaRy?"
Listening to Word Cup players sing their national anthems is a bit like … watching a gospel choir play a few minutes of soccer?
June 30, 2026 at 12:56 AM
Listening to Word Cup players sing their national anthems is a bit like … watching a gospel choir play a few minutes of soccer?