W.E.B. Du Bois on Robert E. Lee: “Either he knew what slavery meant when he helped maim and murder thousands in its defense, or he did not. If he did not he was a fool. If he did, Robert Lee was a traitor and a rebel–not indeed to his country, but to humanity and humanity’s God.”

Colleagues in Regina, SK, please consider joining me as I host @crimdocbrown.bsky.social for the endowed LFS lecture at the @uregina.bsky.social later this month. As a prominent policing scholar, Dr. Brown will discuss the impact of Race on policing (broadly). See you there! RSVP now.

Is Community Policing inherently about diversity, equity, and inclusion? If so, what is the future of policing?

These two officers were just pardoned. Such actions undermine police accountability and reform: www.justice.gov/usao-dc/pr/t...

Keep this in mind when evaluating comments during confirmation hearings and appointment decisions: www.pbs.org/newshour/amp...

I am looking forward to joining @aminasfari.bsky.social for this important event.

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The handwringing lectures about how the left has no choice but to stay on Twitter are even more ridiculous when you remember that the far right used a series of alternative media — from direct mail to talk radio to Fox News to Breitbart to Gab, Parler and Truth Social — as their path to victory.

Exactly. Because I was under the impression that social media was a choice.

Forgive me if this is petty but the next account I’d like to surpass here on Bluesky is CNN. They helped normalize Trump at every turn and did nothing to help tell the truth about Kamala. Time to show them what we think. Can you RT this and follow us if you haven’t. 💙🙏

We could go on about how we welcome publishers, we don't demote links, we encourage independent developers to build apps and extensions on top of Bluesky's network.... but instead, we'll show you. All thanks to the incredible community here! 🦋

We want Bluesky to be a great home for journalists, publishers, and creators. Unlike other platforms, we don't de-promote your links. Post all the links you want — Bluesky is a lobby to the open web.

Time to give @bluesky props. As I write this, there are 560 quotes and replies to the post below. Of those only 4 call me names and give me shit. About 15 do the same towards Trump. The remaining 541 are on topic and add value. 👏👏👏👏👏

BREAKING: Bluesky just topped 23,000,000 users. What a beautiful and civil social media platform this is. Let's keep it going. Have something? Post it on Bluesky. See something? Post it on Bluesky. Hear something? Post it on Bluesky. Say something? Post it on Bluesky.

The current state of America has me and my family (Team Brown) more focused than ever. Other forces trying to dismantle things will not stop Team Brown from reading, learning, and putting in work where needed. Stay up and stay on, out there, people. And this is vague on purpose!