Ali Gharib

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NYT article excerpt: “I still think about Robert,” Mr. Adams said at a news conference at City Hall. “I keep a picture of Robert in my wallet.” A week later, Mr. Adams posed for a portrait in his office, holding a wallet-size photo of Officer Venable after The New York Times had requested to see it. Mr. Adams has since repeated the moving anecdote in media interviews and at a Police Academy ceremony last June, where he again displayed Officer Venable’s picture. But the weathered photo of Officer Venable had not actually spent decades in the mayor’s wallet. It had been created by employees in the mayor’s office in the days after Mr. Adams claimed to have been carrying it in his wallet. The employees were instructed to create a photo of Officer Venable, according to a person familiar with the request. A picture of the officer was found on Google; it was printed in black-and-white and made to look worn as if the mayor had been carrying it for some time, including by splashing some coff
Katrina vandenHeuvel @KatrinaNation And talking impish and inimitable Ellsberg, he and Patricia came on @thenation cruise some 10 or more years ago…...he was sighted on nude beach, nude except for his Nation badge hanging around his neck, not quite long enough/:) 9:25 PM • 6/17/23
Tweet from Margaret Killjoy 🏴 @magpiekilljoy "whatever queer artist they hired who hid an ACAB reference on the cop cars in NYC is a hero" Quote tweet with Police commish photo where text on pride police care says "all colors are beautiful"
Washington Post Map of Shootings at Vehicles by D.C. Police, 1993-1998
A tweet from me saying: Fwiw, I'm @ http://ali-gharib.theintercept.com on the other, better site. (You can't do underscores on Bl*esky so I had to settle for an inthemiddlescore.) and a follow-up tweet saying: (Inthemiddles-core is also my aesthetic.) THESE ARE GOOD JOKES