Interested in learning more about #harmreduction, safer drug use strategies, and having these conversations with patients from skilled harm reductionists? The great HealthyStreets team City of Salem MA has drop in-hours for medical professionals Weds 12:30-1:30 beginning 11/10

THE BULLET KILLED THE GIRL - we do this dance with the The New York Times every damn week (day?). It’s not just that it’s violently obfuscating language but it also goes against their supposed mission of “neutral” “clarity” of writing? It makes me so sick

Here's Gary Cohen singing the Francisco Lindor version of the Roy Kent chant.

There is no reason to park a K9 🐕 unit on Bradston St every day except to intimated and harrass ppl seeking lifesaving #methadone treatment. ⁦stevetompkins⁩ you and ⁦Suffolk Sheriff⁩ are not protecting or serving me or my patients. #mapoli

thread - i went on GPB with Leah Fleming to discuss my latest piece on private probation for In These Times - I tried to explain the insurmountable debt of my lead source, Lynn Davis, and how these systems prey upon the poorest residents of rural GA. 1/ gpb.org/news/2022/08/0…

ending an argument by screaming “america runs on dunkin’!” and slamming a door

check out my conversation with Hunter on Public Defenseless Podcast - I explain more fully the sprawling and corrupt systems undergirding the criminal legal systems of small town Georgia, (which I covered in my article for In These Times) ! ⤵️⤵️

Omg this journalist is editor in chief of The Marshall Project now 😭the jokes just write themselves themarshallproject.org/staff/susan-ch…

New study shows 43 of the 50 most populous cities in the US spend more on police, jails, courts, etc than on health & human svcs, public health, parks & rec, etc. This spending ratio is not correlated to public safety at all. journals.plos.org/plosone/articl…

Carlos Correa leaving his Giants’ physical and immediately signing with the Mets

Writing for In These Times, Nick Barber exposed how reforms in Georgia to curb predatory probation fines and fees haven’t worked, and people are still being unfairly charged and imprisoned: inthesetimes.com/article/small-…

This was lead by Jordy Laks I am proud to be part of increasing gender equity in our field and inspiring/being inspired by other fellows to do the same!