Let’s check in with the intellectual right over at The American Conservative! This week the special is a super spicy take about how antifascists are the real fascists, but also fascism isn’t bad, actually. It pairs nicely with a short essay by Jeet Heer titled “You Don’t, In Fact, Have to Hand it to Mussolini.”
Meanwhile, in the face of increased public scrutiny, police are shaping up and working more to… oh, sorry, no, I meant a police officer killed a pedestrian with his cruiser, then put the body in his trunk and took it home in a vain attempt keep it a secret. And a pair of officers in Columbus, Ohio just got busted trafficking eight kilos of fentanyl. And this obvious and avoidable shitshow.
At least we’ve started cracking down on prosecutorial misconduct. I mean, sure, it just took a murder, a viral video of said murder, and a national outcry to get justice, but that’s cool. We’ve got a total panopticon and lots of time on our hands, so we just have to watch endless murder videos and start letter writing campaigns every time we want justice for anything. Besides, everyone enjoys watching murder videos.
Meanwhile, in Atlanta:
To understand the current fight over housing in Atlanta, you have to go back almost 100 years. Before 1929, Atlanta was divided into two residential zones: “R-1 white district” and “R-2 colored district.” After a U.S. Supreme Court ruling prohibited such explicit segregation, “R-1” became a “dwelling house” zone and “R-2” became an “apartment house” district. To this day, much of Atlanta is still organized this way, leading to a lack of affordable housing — and housing in general — as the city expands.
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Meanwhile, in crime: A man stealing a couple hundred bucks worth of stuff from Walgreens gets widespread news coverage, and the thief lands in jail. But Walgreens itself recently admitted to stealing more than $4.5 million from its employees. Nobody will go to jail, although the company will be required to pay back some of the stolen money. (Also worth reading: Darrell Owens’ take on the Bay Area crimewave, which addresses whataboutism and root causes and economic precarity).
Plus:
- Eater on the newest Bourdain biography.
- Actual good news: bike lanes draw angry comments and complaints, but once in place, they’re popular and successful at increasing safety and decreasing pollution.
- Pairs of dogs/pairs of celebrities thread.
- What happens online in one minute.
- Teaching a dog to carry your sled for you.
- This deer.
- Cat squeezing its fuzzy little head into a glass to drink.
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