Dan Higgins
@danhiggins.bsky.social
An editor at The Buffalo News.
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Body-camera video appears to contradict the government’s claim that Marimar Martinez, 30, drove toward officers before one of them opened fire at her late Saturday morning in Brighton Park, her attorney claimed.
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Attorney for woman shot by Border Patrol claims officer said 'Do something b-----' before shooting
Body-camera video appears to contradict the government's claim that Marimar Martinez, 30, drove toward officers before one of them opened fire at her late Saturday morning in Brighton Park, her attorney claimed. A judge ordered Martinez and a co-defendant released pending trial.
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October 6, 2025 at 9:58 PM
Body-camera video appears to contradict the government’s claim that Marimar Martinez, 30, drove toward officers before one of them opened fire at her late Saturday morning in Brighton Park, her attorney claimed.
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I see pieces like this a lot, often w/ a spin of lamenting cultural degeneration, but reading is a LABOR issue, it’s declined because so many people are working overtime or two jobs & employers expect after hours work. France has Earth’s highest reading rate b/c long lunch breaks & labor protections
October 7, 2025 at 12:25 AM
I see pieces like this a lot, often w/ a spin of lamenting cultural degeneration, but reading is a LABOR issue, it’s declined because so many people are working overtime or two jobs & employers expect after hours work. France has Earth’s highest reading rate b/c long lunch breaks & labor protections
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At my Latvian tailor doing shots of Taiwanese whisky for Giorgio Armani.
September 4, 2025 at 4:57 PM
At my Latvian tailor doing shots of Taiwanese whisky for Giorgio Armani.
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Yeah, I’m thinking about Abundance, an abundance of beers.
September 5, 2025 at 11:08 PM
Yeah, I’m thinking about Abundance, an abundance of beers.
The fact that so many public schools still lack air conditioning feels like a moral failure. (Also, bureaucratic failure, political failure, messaging failure, etc).
June 18, 2024 at 1:47 PM
The fact that so many public schools still lack air conditioning feels like a moral failure. (Also, bureaucratic failure, political failure, messaging failure, etc).
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You won't learn to write well unless you read a lot
ok i have another quote tweet prompt. what's something, big or small, related to your job or hobby, that most people don't know that you would like to have them know? it can be a concept, a piece of history, some vocabulary, or something else.
June 17, 2024 at 7:30 PM
You won't learn to write well unless you read a lot
Oh, the prompt was: "Show your age with a vague benchmark," or something.
My father's neighborhood had a "rag man," who went up and down the streets in a horse drawn carriage, selling rags. My dad, who was six or seven at the time, got in bad trouble for putting a piece of long grass in the horse's nostril.
Neil Armstrong was best known as the Command Pilot for Gemini 8.
June 10, 2024 at 3:32 PM
Oh, the prompt was: "Show your age with a vague benchmark," or something.
My father's neighborhood had a "rag man," who went up and down the streets in a horse drawn carriage, selling rags. My dad, who was six or seven at the time, got in bad trouble for putting a piece of long grass in the horse's nostril.
Neil Armstrong was best known as the Command Pilot for Gemini 8.
Reskeet how old you are, using a vauge proxy:
My mother spent the end of her pregnancy hiding inside from the Mt. St. Helens ash.
My mother spent the end of her pregnancy hiding inside from the Mt. St. Helens ash.
June 10, 2024 at 3:17 PM
My father's neighborhood had a "rag man," who went up and down the streets in a horse drawn carriage, selling rags. My dad, who was six or seven at the time, got in bad trouble for putting a piece of long grass in the horse's nostril.
I also learned that Frank Sinatra once rhymed, "For Heaven rest us/ I am not asbestos." (Technically I guess it was Oscar Hammerstein and Dorothy Fields who did the original rhyming).
Learning a lot this week as I teach a 40 hour course to unionized construction workers.
"You don't want to get two checks today" = don't do anything to get fired.
"Must be the shop steward" = the guy who is most attentive to when lunch time starts.
"If you're not in a hurry, you're behind."
"You don't want to get two checks today" = don't do anything to get fired.
"Must be the shop steward" = the guy who is most attentive to when lunch time starts.
"If you're not in a hurry, you're behind."
June 6, 2024 at 4:59 PM
I also learned that Frank Sinatra once rhymed, "For Heaven rest us/ I am not asbestos." (Technically I guess it was Oscar Hammerstein and Dorothy Fields who did the original rhyming).
Learning a lot this week as I teach a 40 hour course to unionized construction workers.
"You don't want to get two checks today" = don't do anything to get fired.
"Must be the shop steward" = the guy who is most attentive to when lunch time starts.
"If you're not in a hurry, you're behind."
"You don't want to get two checks today" = don't do anything to get fired.
"Must be the shop steward" = the guy who is most attentive to when lunch time starts.
"If you're not in a hurry, you're behind."
June 6, 2024 at 4:57 PM
Learning a lot this week as I teach a 40 hour course to unionized construction workers.
"You don't want to get two checks today" = don't do anything to get fired.
"Must be the shop steward" = the guy who is most attentive to when lunch time starts.
"If you're not in a hurry, you're behind."
"You don't want to get two checks today" = don't do anything to get fired.
"Must be the shop steward" = the guy who is most attentive to when lunch time starts.
"If you're not in a hurry, you're behind."
Well, folks, I'm networking. Looking for a new job, with the knowledge and support of my current employer. One thing I miss about Twitter is the convenience of DMs in a situation like this. Uh... find me on LinkedIn?
Tossing this out here to see what happens, I realize I'm light on details. Thanks!
Tossing this out here to see what happens, I realize I'm light on details. Thanks!
May 21, 2024 at 4:28 PM
Well, folks, I'm networking. Looking for a new job, with the knowledge and support of my current employer. One thing I miss about Twitter is the convenience of DMs in a situation like this. Uh... find me on LinkedIn?
Tossing this out here to see what happens, I realize I'm light on details. Thanks!
Tossing this out here to see what happens, I realize I'm light on details. Thanks!
Today I thought I had an earworm but it was just a Kennedy.
May 10, 2024 at 2:56 PM
Today I thought I had an earworm but it was just a Kennedy.
My golf Mount Rushmore: Tiger Woods, Jeremy Irons, Adam Driver, Wedge from Star Wars.
May 7, 2024 at 12:59 PM
My golf Mount Rushmore: Tiger Woods, Jeremy Irons, Adam Driver, Wedge from Star Wars.
I’ve been reading about Jerry Seinfeld. I’m shocked, shocked! That a 70 year old billionaire who has been world famous for 30 years is embarrassingly out of touch.
April 30, 2024 at 10:04 PM
I’ve been reading about Jerry Seinfeld. I’m shocked, shocked! That a 70 year old billionaire who has been world famous for 30 years is embarrassingly out of touch.
It would be great if the < passport clerk > at the post Office agreed with me that my son’s birth certificate is proof of US citizenship. < screams in bureaucracy > .
That was wild
That was wild
April 30, 2024 at 9:19 PM
It would be great if the < passport clerk > at the post Office agreed with me that my son’s birth certificate is proof of US citizenship. < screams in bureaucracy > .
That was wild
That was wild
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Damn brilliant ad by World Wildlife Fund. It's just the perfect mix of context and humour.
April 30, 2024 at 8:33 AM
Damn brilliant ad by World Wildlife Fund. It's just the perfect mix of context and humour.
This is all I can muster this morning, not that anyone asked:
"All of this has happened before; All of this will happen again."
Imagine the person saying this is very, very exhausted and glum.
"All of this has happened before; All of this will happen again."
Imagine the person saying this is very, very exhausted and glum.
April 25, 2024 at 3:31 PM
This is all I can muster this morning, not that anyone asked:
"All of this has happened before; All of this will happen again."
Imagine the person saying this is very, very exhausted and glum.
"All of this has happened before; All of this will happen again."
Imagine the person saying this is very, very exhausted and glum.
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One good way to follow the protests at Columbia and other schools? The school student newspapers www.readtpa.com/p/trying-to-...
Trying to Keep Up With the Protests Happening at Columbia University? Check Out the Student Newspaper.
TPA subscriptions are now 25% off, BTW
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April 23, 2024 at 3:57 PM
One good way to follow the protests at Columbia and other schools? The school student newspapers www.readtpa.com/p/trying-to-...
I have an Ego brand electric lawn mower. I had to call customer service. Here's how one of the automated voice menus end:
"For any other problem you're having with your Ego, press 2."
"For any other problem you're having with your Ego, press 2."
April 23, 2024 at 4:11 PM
I have an Ego brand electric lawn mower. I had to call customer service. Here's how one of the automated voice menus end:
"For any other problem you're having with your Ego, press 2."
"For any other problem you're having with your Ego, press 2."
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columbia university achieving the daring dream of a no-student no-faculty all administration university
April 23, 2024 at 2:35 AM
columbia university achieving the daring dream of a no-student no-faculty all administration university
The best thing about leaving FKA Twitter is that I used to be an Extremely Online Person and now I am much less so. It feels like quitting smoking felt. Better for my heart, mind, and spirit, but looking back on my old habits feels gross and a little embarrassing.
April 22, 2024 at 3:24 PM
The best thing about leaving FKA Twitter is that I used to be an Extremely Online Person and now I am much less so. It feels like quitting smoking felt. Better for my heart, mind, and spirit, but looking back on my old habits feels gross and a little embarrassing.
I watched The Usual Suspects last night. I enjoyed this version, with the late Christopher Plummer digitally re-inserted as Verbal. Thinking of checking out the Plummer Cut of K-PAX tonight.
April 21, 2024 at 4:12 PM
I watched The Usual Suspects last night. I enjoyed this version, with the late Christopher Plummer digitally re-inserted as Verbal. Thinking of checking out the Plummer Cut of K-PAX tonight.
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School board cancels an anti-bullying talk with gay presenter, because he is gay. I'm sure this taught the kids an important lesson about bullying.
www.nytimes.com/2024/04/17/u...
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School Board Cancels Gay Actor’s Anti-Bullying Talk Over His ‘Lifestyle’
Maulik Pancholy was scheduled to give a talk on anti-bullying at a Pennsylvania school next month. School board members scrapped it, citing concerns about his activism and “lifestyle.”
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April 18, 2024 at 12:06 PM
School board cancels an anti-bullying talk with gay presenter, because he is gay. I'm sure this taught the kids an important lesson about bullying.
www.nytimes.com/2024/04/17/u...
www.nytimes.com/2024/04/17/u...
"You have to put your bodies upon the gears, a-yuk, a-yuk."
Disney employees who dress up as Goofy and other beloved characters to entertain guests at the company’s California theme parks have taken a key step toward unionizing
Disneyland Costumed Staffers From Goofy to Elsa Seek Union Vote
Walt Disney Co. employees who dress up as Goofy and other beloved characters to entertain guests at the company’s California theme parks have taken a key step toward unionizing.
www.bloomberg.com
April 17, 2024 at 4:32 PM
"You have to put your bodies upon the gears, a-yuk, a-yuk."
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one of my favorite professors in grad school once said “the rich will take everything from you, even your poverty”
April 14, 2024 at 6:09 PM
one of my favorite professors in grad school once said “the rich will take everything from you, even your poverty”