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Trump take R1 ACC university
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Here’s the DN’s write-up
The victim had no involvement with the alleged theft of the officer’s car
Great vigilante police work!
www.nydailynews.com/2026/06/11/n...
Gutter-level clickbait framing from NYT here, to the point of actively deceiving readers. The editors and reporter should be ashamed of themselves.
"A big factor in the decline in students is...the demographic cliff. In 2008, there was a steep drop off in the number of babies being born that never recovered. That generation is now reaching college age, meaning there are fewer traditional students enrolling..."
www.syracuse.com/syracuse-uni...
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This is clever & depressing: the Apocalypse Early Warning System tracks private jet activity. “In the event of an imminent nuclear apocalypse, we suspect that many people who have access to private jets will immediately take to the skies…” [ews.kylemcdonald.net]
This is uh quite a kicker
UPDATE
Almost three months later, the officer has been indicted for attempted murder
His victim is still in the hospital on a ventilator
www.riverdalepress.com/stories/nypd...
Chancellor Mike Haynie said the university faces a budget deficit for the first time in a long time.
www.syracuse.com
Re-upping this 🧵 from the last time a local prestige publication reported on this topic
tl;dr, locally these programs did not arise to answer the question “how do we best educate this segment of children” but rather “how can we stop white people from moving to the suburbs”
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You’re not going to believe this but it turns out that the guy who has been stopped half-in, half-out of an active travel lane for 45 minutes with his nose buried in his phone is a shitty, sociopathic driver
Neil Lewis, Jr.
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www.nydailynews.com
Officer Jonathan Baez was arraigned on attempted murder charges in Bronx Criminal Court and ordered held on $250,000 bond.
A New York Police Department officer was indicted June 11 for attempted murder after reportedly shooting a man outside of 167 W. 231st St. March 16, the Bronx District Attorney’s Office announced. ...
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand and Twenty-Six with everything else going on we’re still doing this, huh
An off-duty cop traced someone he believed stole his car and shot him in the head, spraying bullets all over W. 231 St, including one that entered the beloved neighborhood institution the Bronx Public
Can’t wait to see how this is excused by the brass!
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Proponents of Gifted & Talented programs have promoted the notion that the smartest children need extra enrichment to reach their potential and that we can measure the beneficial impact on the children who receive it. But not a single part of this story is true, reports Katie Arnold-Ratliff.
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Critics say the systems we use to educate the brightest kids are flawed and exclusionary. What if it’s the very premise of giftedness that’s faulty?
During Zohran Mamdani’s mayoral campaign, he indicated that he would end gifted-and-talented admissions for rising kindergarten students in New York. Here’s why people care. newyorkermag.visitlink.me/nsZUDH
The New Yorker
During Zohran Mamdani’s mayoral campaign, he indicated that he would end gifted-and-talented admissions for rising kindergarten students in New York. Here’s why people care.
