I have the police video of my attacker's arrest. It gets weird.
I have the police video of my attacker's arrest. It gets weird.
Just when we got used to βMenendezβ and βcourtβ in the same sentence referring to disgraced ex-Senator Bob and not convicted parent killers Lyle and Erik, weβre back to βMenendezβ and βcourtβ referring to Lyle and Erik.
Just a year ago, the U.S. was better at predicting stormsβ tracks than it had ever been. But now, @zoeschlanger.bsky.social reports, the country is rapidly losing state-of-the-art forecasting, just in time for hurricane seasonβs busiest months:
In the continuing quest to adapt horse equipment for use in everyday life: lunge line as picnic tie-out.
The day after the FY26 budget got through committee.
We've hit the point in the NJ gubernatorial primary at which we should all have the spelling of Ciatterelli in a save/get key. #AtexForever
I have the police video of my attacker's arrest. It gets weird.
Have you sat through a @corybooker.com State of the City speech? The man can talk. He can talk for quite some time.
The Jersey Vindicator has a mascot now. Meet Emmy the watchdog. She just turned two yesterday! Journalists @jeffpillets22f.bsky.social and @eliseyoung.bsky.social are Emmyβs humans. πππ
Now in paperback and soon to be a major motion picture: βMy Big Sexy Public Records Life,β by Elise Young
I went for a walk to clear my head. Ghosts came along.
open.substack.com/pub/eliseyou...
Carla Sands, ex-US ambassador to Denmark, says Greenland βcanβt defend itself.β Defense is 30 guys from Denmark w dog sleds, she tells the BBC. β¦ This is an SNL piece from 30 years ago. Right? Right?
Cherish the day.
Donβt forget to signup. More to comeβ¦ substack.com/@jimacosta?r...
At Victim EY, via EliseYoung.substack.com. No paywall for horsey posts. Who doesn't want to read about horses all day?
Good new @mattyglesias.bsky.social on Substack about how quickly the Chinese got so much more economically and technologically advanced than Americans in 2000 expected. And this summary of the historical acceleration of the process globally over time is great. open.substack.com/pub/matthewy...
If youβre not listening to Pete Muntean on @cnn right now, DO SO.
Spreadsheets. Generative AI.
@profmanna.bsky.social, your county. Naturally.
Then I said dude was dead and pardner said flat-out no. He is correct. Also: Dude got probation. So thatβs a draw. Also: Youβll never figure out whom we were discussing because, well, Jersey.
My God. Personal/professional pardner and I are debating whether a certain NJ political operative went to prison after his criminal conviction. One of us recalls that sentencing was deeeeelllaaaayyed and then dude somehow skated on time. The other says time served. This is β¦ yeah. Cough.
Come for the NJ pork funding lesson. Stay for the Jumbotron. Tell it, Katie Sobko!
www.northjersey.com/story/news/n...
Local New Jersey information: ICE is in New Brunswick, near Robert Wood Johnson Hospital, asking for IDs.
For people who have been detained, the American Friends Service Committee is 973-474-9861.
The might of well-run small independent newrooms. Good journalism will always be with us. It must be.
N.J. Supreme Court to mull challenge to ruling that made some police records public newjerseymonitor.com/briefs/n-j-s...
New, and no pay wall, from Victim EY, via EliseYoung.substack.com.
A new Victim EY post, via EliseYoung.substack.com. No paywall. Tip: Bring a box of tissues.
From Victim EY, via EliseYoung.substack.com. No paywall.
Unreleased report found students at Newark school endured anti-Black racism newjerseymonitor.com/2025/01/15/u... via @chalkbeat.org
Parker ground ties.