Hey @profferguson.bsky.social Icymi: www.inquirer.com/crime/pennsy...

I played “cup of life” by Ricky Martin for the kid on way to soccer game on Saturday and now I get to listen to it everyday

There have been very few arrests for drug possession—or any drug offense—in Philly this year to date (YTD), relative to this same date in years past (see pic) We also have fewer homicides YTD than in any year since 1965. ❤️ data.philadao.com/Arrest_Repor... www.phillypolice.com/crime-data/c...

There have been very few arrests for drug possession—or any drug offense—in Philly this year to date (YTD), relative to this same date in years past (see pic) We have fewer homicides YTD than in any year since at least 2007. ❤️ data.philadao.com/Arrest_Repor... www.phillypolice.com/crime-data/c...

Good ads

A reply to an automated email should never bounce back. Make it a law.

There’s something about planting things in the ground. Bluesky note to learn more about therapies and interventions involving gardening. How does gardening make people feel? Etc

Opponents seeing Jackson

#GoBirds back to back

Go work with @brandendupont.bsky.social @ New York Criminal Justice Agency (CJA) — if it’s not best job you’ve had I’ll listen to all your complaints. Research Manager $125-$150: job-boards.greenhouse.io/criminaljust... Senior Data Scientist up to $140k: job-boards.greenhouse.io/criminaljust...

These septa cuts are not a short term issue as impact of this political attack on young Philadelphians will endure. They don’t want kids from Philly to have the tools to succeed so that they can put them in their prisons instead. That’s what they want, and this must be responded to accordingly.

Research on front page. Housing. Rental assistance. RCT. Big impact. Philly first in nation. Hopefully we keep this energy and scale this up! Lots of incredible RCTs out of Philly showing non-law enforcement approaches—this, greening, lights—work www.housinginitiative.org/uploads/1/3/...

Looks like we have a Howie in marketing too #GoBirds

Yelp is tracking my location and asks me to review places I’ve been based on location. Yelp. Help

I sometimes like looking at Reddit threads that are a few days old because by then there has been some sort of resolution. Here’s one I just saw. Someone recognized him from gym and gave management ultimatum re whose membership they valued more. Nazi cancelled. www.reddit.com/r/lancaster/...

Line graph showing local jail population each year. After initial drop below 5,000 in first year of Krasner administration, population stayed below 5k. We went below 4,000 in April 2020 w/ COVID-era efforts, but above 4,000 in 2021, 22, 23, 24. Population has been under 4,000 for much of 2025

In January 2018 there were roughly 6,500 people in the local jails in Philadelphia (the Philadelphia department of prisons) Today, 8/18/25, there are roughly 3,250, or half as many.

Inbound train cancelled yesterday morning, outbound train this afternoon. Extra 90+ minutes of waiting

“Police found the Buick, abandoned, a few blocks away. Its driver was never publicly identified.” www.inquirer.com/history/andr...

Dated myself on a work call by referencing pop-up video. That show rocked

So I read a really dystopian piece of research... which I will tell you about here. But the good news is that this piece of research highlighted, for me, all the ways we could lower crime (fairly easily!)...if we chose to. Watch for more 👇👇👇 youtube.com/shorts/qzEoy...

Thank you for joining us, for always being there and for all you do. And here's the report: impact.pcgvr.org

Celebrating 5 years of impact with the Philadelphia center for gun violence reporting @pcgvr.org Full report coming out tomorrow

I have a joke that’s only funny if you know who William Chambliss is

Need to own a company that specializes in fluted glass so we can have the tagline: “if you got it, flute it”

Good things come to those who fight

Interesting #septa

New Orleans (1970), Philadelphia (1969), Los Angeles (1966), Baltimore (1965), Detroit (1964), and San Francisco (pre-1960) all recorded the fewest murders in at least 55 years through June this year.

Let that number sink in: *80* percent of Louisiana's death sentences between 1976 and 2015 were later reversed⬇️

Gut punch. Beautiful and tragic

“These are organizations that have been carefully vetted for their excellent work,” said District Attorney Larry Krasner. “Public safety is going in the right direction, and I want that to continue.”

I rarely post personal things. But I need to talk about my 4-year-old niece, Hope. She has a rare disease. A drug called elamipretide has helped her survive. But the FDA recently denied its approval. Now, her health hangs in the balance. Please share her story & urge the FDA to reconsider. 🧵

Remember that “people have reasons for the reasons they give,” to paraphrase c wright mills

Paragraphs from two different inquirer articles from today offer juxtaposition of how Pennsylvania laws are at times uniquely punitive, other times conspicuously absent. “Pennsylvania is one of only two states in the nation where a felony murder conviction carries a mandatory life sentence.” 1/2

These things near bank exists are intended to help tellers guesstimate a bank robbers height

Well…

At local bar. Woman w/ KC chiefs shirt sits down. She’s from Memphis. “Shelby county” I say. Much later I ask if she has opinion on her local district attorney. “District what?” “Prosecutor” I say. “Yes oh my god how do you know is it national news?If you commit murder you get out on bail in Shelby”

Oh look more electeds citing data available in these reports www.thirdway.org/report/the-t... www.thirdway.org/report/the-2...

Hey nobody asked me for any photos Coyote sightings at Wissahickon Valley Park prompt reminder that it’s ‘a wild place’ www.inquirer.com/news/philade...

Maybe don’t pronounce DOGE correctly if you’re trying to undermine its credibility. Pronounce it dog-e. Or doe, with the g pronounced like in “dough”

Maybe don’t pronounce DOGE correctly if you’re trying to undermine its credibility. Pronounce it dog-e. Or doe, with the g pronounced like in “dough”

I just apologized to someone for misspelling their first name in an email and they replied that it’s ok because their mother misspelled their name on their birth certificate. That made me laugh. Perspective

Doing nothing is easy

Doing nothing is easy

🚨 A powerful coalition of civil rights and justice reform organizations sent a letter this week to Attorney General Bondi condemning the Department of Justice's misguided investigation into the Hennepin County Attorney’s Office. @vera.org @aclu.org‬ @lawyerscomm.bsky.social

Look who’s passing through Philly… power in numbers

DATA Lab 3.0

“Cracking down on fare jumpers didn’t make BART safer or increase revenue, report finds The Center for Policing Equity partnered with BART to produce a report that’s skeptical of the agency’s claims.” www.berkeleyside.org/2025/05/19/b...