I’ve got over 2,500 posts on this blog. But I can’t help but notice I’ve only posted six times in the past three months. That is a record low. So what have I been doing? Well, I do have a job. But also I’ve been on twitter a lot more. See, writing is work. And this work here? It don’t…
Month: May 2017
How to make people care about violence
Over at Nola Crime News, Jeff Asher tweeted this graphicjust now. Click on it; it moves! So while people are dying, I’m thinking about data presentation. There’s something about a moving line that may make one pay attention to dead people in a way that actual dead people don’t. Jeff’s graphic looks at Baltimore City shooting victims over the past…
“You Get the Police You Ask For”
Since I’ve been remiss at writing anything here recently, I’m going to link to a piece from Jim Glennon at Calibre Press: [Baltimore] Mayor Pugh then thanked federal officials for their assistance in the arrest of a man who murdered a three-year-old in 2014. … The Mayor’s expectation that the FBI can assist in the day-to-day in Baltimore not only…