if you’re having trouble streaming Columbia student journos’ live radio reporting, you can listen on Instagram live. Truly remarkable. instagram.com/wkcr?igsh=MW9i…

Police have broken into Hamilton Hall at Columbia University to arrest students inside who’ve taken it over last night in order to pressure the university to divest

Columbia University right now

the police bringing out their war toys against student protesters

NOW at Columbia: Heavy presence of Strategic Response Group officers. Media being blocked. Bulldozers sighted near campus.
Student-run WKCR reports numerous *unverified* tips suggesting SWAT teams are en route to Columbia.

thought the Kendrick/Drake beef would be my fav cancon today but journalists absolutely losing it over the term “whacko” now has the edge

I wrote about the protests, media coverage of the protests, and public opinion newrepublic.com/article/181107…

DEA Agrees to Make Marijuana Schedule III, in Historic Move

The step reported today is an unprecedented shift away from prohibition; though advocates note it doesn't end vulnerability to arrest, nor reconcile fed/state laws.

𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐬𝐡𝐚 𝐤𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐡𝐧𝐚𝐧 reports:
filtermag.org/marijuana-dea-…

more than half the country has some form of legal weed and Biden agrees punishing people for it is a 'failed approach' but still won't decriminalize it. This incremental move still leaves ppl vulnerable to arrest, deportation, etc. It may be 'historic' but the bar is low

Local Harm Reduction Programs Under Seige

“We need to start aggressively fighting back against these municipalities,' says one of many beleaguered harm reductionists.

𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐬𝐡𝐚 𝐤𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐡𝐧𝐚𝐧 reports:
filtermag.org/harm-reduction…

“For some attendees, the protests on the way in may have been the only time they heard about those journalists killed in Gaza — unless they were listening very closely. The slain journalists in Gaza were mentioned one time on stage.” rollingstone.com/politics/polit…

Good story but weird tweet? Feel like this should be more about this guy who tried to help other food insecure international students is now traumatized because he’s found himself at the centre of a racist, hate-filled campaign based on false assumptions, helped by 6ixBuzzTV

fantastic hire!!

'EMS workers...can simply become an extension of the police’s handcuffs, of their weapons, of their nightsticks.'

HUGE thanks to Carla K. Johnson for pushing hard over many months to get this story out there. I'm so proud to be a tiny part of it. bit.ly/3xWh2c8

Kept waiting and waiting for someone to write about polyamory, but nobody else seemed interested so I did it myself yalereview.org/article/brandy…

this is a wild reason to not use a byline (not saying it’s unwarranted, just kinda mind-blowing that it’s thought to be necessary)

watching the Jennifer Pan doc, holy crap the Canadian accent jumps out so much when you’re not immersed anymore

I just did this and then unsent it after seeing this tweet 😭