Matt Easton

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Writer, editor, human rights researcher and advocate. Author of "We Have Tired of Violence," one of The Economist's Best Books of 2022, at tinyurl.com/mzcphxnn

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Big week: A superb Indonesian translation of my book came out today. Hope younger Indonesians learn more about the life and death of Munir, and all they represent: marjinkiri.com/product/munir/ On Tuesday a series at Pro Publica I contributed bit of reporting to won a Pulitzer tinyurl.com/2bkew5ec

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In the Spring of 1864 Twain, while working as a beat reporter for the SF Morning Call, Twain witnessed the murder of a Chinese laborer by a mob that included cops. It radicalized him. He wrote it up, one of the first things he ever authored which he thought deserved to be called “literature”… 2/

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The Garden of Earthly Delights, by Hieronymus Bosch, 1480-1505 @nicoleauerbach.bsky.social

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During the final round of public input, supporters of NYC's congestion pricing outnumbered the people opposed to the forthcoming tolls by nearly double, @streetsblognyc.bsky.social reports.

Supporters of Congestion Pricing Outnumbered Foes 2-1 in Final Input - Streetsblog New York Citynyc.streetsblog.org Pro-congestion pricing commenters nearly doubled the number of people opposed to the forthcoming tolls during the final round of public input

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New: The Senate Finance Committee looked into Harlan Crow's superyacht, the Michaela Rose, and found evidence he misrepresented the pleasure vessel as a business to score a tax break www.propublica.org/article/sena...

Senate Investigation “Casts Fresh Doubt” About the Validity of Harlan Crow’s Yacht Tax Deducti...www.propublica.org In their extensive probe, Senate investigators found evidence to suggest Crow has made repeated misrepresentations to the U.S. government. ProPublica revealed the tax maneuvers in a previous story.

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Latest: Justice Clarence Thomas’ private complaints about money once sparked fears he would resign from the court. We found that Thomas was pushing for ways to make more money in a period when he was developing relationships with a set of wealthy benefactors. www.propublica.org/article/clar...

Clarence Thomas’ Private Complaints About Money Sparked Fears He Would Resignwww.propublica.org Interviews and newly unearthed documents reveal that Thomas, facing financial strain, privately pushed for a higher salary and to allow Supreme Court justices to take speaking fees.

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How AI is going: I googled “they pay me in woims” looking for this Nancy panel and the third result was a straightfaced SEO article called “They Pay Me In Woims: The Truth About This Bizarre Form Of Payment”

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And here we are: one of the most important sports photos in this country's history was taken 75 years ago today. It was after Steve Gromek, a middle-of-the-rotation starter, won Game 4 of the 1948 World Series because of a home run that Larry Doby hit off Johnny Sain.

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