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Jake Horowitz
@jakehorowitz.bsky.social
Safety and justice nerd @pewtrusts.org and amateur mycologist
Great explainer, per usual. Using Jeff's data (from sample of states), one can see that 6.8% of cleared murders (and 4% of all murders) are cleared by the death of the offender (under exceptional clearance). This is one way of gauging just how at-risk these individuals are.
February 24, 2025 at 1:30 PM
From US Attorney Sassoon’s letter to AG Bondi. Sassoon clerked for Scalia.
February 14, 2025 at 2:16 AM
I believe the phrase you’re looking for is The Art of the Deal
Breaking News: A plan to avert a government shutdown backed by Speaker Mike Johnson and President-elect Trump failed as some Republicans joined Democrats to reject it.
House Rejects Republicans' Plan to Avert Government Shutdown: Live Updates
www.nytimes.com
December 20, 2024 at 12:10 AM
2024 likely to go down as having one of the lowest number of crimes per capita in half a century.
December 18, 2024 at 4:58 PM
U.S. deaths attributable to alcohol (either fully or partially) up 29% to 178,000/year. 117k from chronic causes (incl cirrhosis, heart disease, cancer, etc.) and 61k from acute causes (incl poisoning, accidents, etc.). www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes...
December 18, 2024 at 4:49 PM

Struck by this contextual paragraph in WaPo's coverage of the Abundant Life shooting wapo.st/49ERsah
December 18, 2024 at 1:23 PM
New Gallup data shows collapsing confidence in US courts, presumably reflecting increasing R/D agreement that rule of law is under assault news.gallup.com/poll/653897/...
December 17, 2024 at 5:29 PM
Biz’ verisimilitude unrivaled
December 1, 2024 at 5:34 PM
If having a sexual relationship with an underaged, abused runaway *doesn’t* alter the legacy of a 42-year old legendary male author, we have issues. www.nytimes.com/2024/11/23/b...
A Long-Held Secret is Now Public. Will it Alter Cormac McCarthy’s Legacy?
Revelations about a relationship between the author and a woman who was 16 when they met shocked readers, but not scholars of his work. Now there’s a debate about how much she influenced his writing.
www.nytimes.com
November 23, 2024 at 1:05 PM