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Freelance photojournalist-reporter // he/him // scottheins@gmail.com // One way or another this darkness got to give
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NYC has a rich history of affordable "social housing," AKA housing that is for people, not profits. But the market and deregulation has driven the costs of these units up.
Can the City Council do anything about it?
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Facebook and Google are handing over user data to help police prosecute abortion seekers businessinsider.com/police-getting
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Always so nice when a media outlet thanks you for your work and then pays you weeks late like "Yes we appreciate you so much we're going to break employment law and put you out"
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Once again thinking of this
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What is the best song and why is it Stevie Wonder's "As"?
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Palestinians enjoy their day on the beach in Gaza City. (AP Photo/Fatima Shbair)
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The uptown platform vs Brooklyn-bound platform after the Big Thief show
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Yesterday the NYPD blamed a "gag order" related to litigation for not being able to show up to the City Council's oversight hearing on the SRG.
Today, the attorneys involved in that litigation, including , said that there is no "gag order"
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Public teachers acting as a political force is a huge win for working class communities, but Chicago’s press is forever obsessed with demonizing the city’s educators in
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Yeah honestly these are both ugly as shit. Gonna be a retvrn guy but for only for car interiors
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This is the proper framing for what's going on with New York City, its public servants, and its police
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The NYPD's absence made the hearing less about the SRG and more about the central question that faces this City Council: What can they actually do to compel the NYPD to act like every other City agency that is accountable to them?
Not much, it seems!
hellgatenyc.com/nypd-skips-ove
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Is Earth Wind & Fire for R&B fans what Steely Dan is for rock fans? I love them both and I think I'm on to something
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Me when I cook a meal
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Interesting how they used that pic from the 2021 LA Times article about me to depict rise of crime on transit… 🤔 In that pic, I was talking to a rider who had trouble navigating the LA Metro system! twitter.com/LAPPL/status/1
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The assumption that mayonnaise should just be a standard condiment on pre-made sandwiches must be abolished
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Damn it I do love this bird and his peaceful hooting
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Flaco the Eurasian Eagle-Owl hooted 
Thursday evening before flyout from a high perch over West Drive and 105th Street in Central Park.
Thursday evening before flyout from a high perch over West Drive and 105th Street in Central Park.
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My Uber driver told me he sings in Arabic, specifically nasheed. He asked if I’d like to hear. Of course I did. I was serenaded through my ride and this is why I love New York. Jum’aa Mubarak fam
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Hell Gate () once again wades into the murkiest of waters for the sake of investigative journalism.
Will Flaco (the owl)....will he fuck? Does this owl fuck? Will he?
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The Hell Gate Podcast is here!
You can now listen to our first episode, where we spend an afternoon at NYC's only casino, talk to gamblers about more casinos (they're not fans), and explore why NY is rushing to build more.
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Someone had to find out if Flaco, the escaped owl of Central Park, stands a chance of getting laid. Turns out that someone is me. Read it only in !
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NEW: Scientists have discovered a fifth layer of Earth, @KashaPatel reports. They found out what's at the center of the planet's core: Another core, a 400-mile thick solid metallic ball. washingtonpost.com/climate-enviro
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"I have cases that have been passed to me through three other attorneys. Clients will say, 'Oh you're my lawyer now? What happened to so and so? Please tell me you're going to stay here.'"
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Yesterday @SnarlsDeGaulle reported from the rainy picket line and you can read about it here! law360.com/newyork/articl
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We didn't need any more proof that championing "objective journalism" really means crushing perspectives that don't serve management/owners/advertisers but hey here we go again
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NYT bosses *constantly* pat themselves on the back for being a wellspring of public good but when their own reporters decry obvious harm done by their stance on trans issues, they get punished for doing "advocacy"
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The @nytimes said it won't "tolerate" participation by its journalists in "protests organized by advocacy groups or attacks on colleagues on social media and other public forums” -- in reference to a letter attacking NYT coverage of transgender youth: nytletter.com
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lol Trump visiting the train derailment spot before Buttigieg is crazy
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I love how Malcolm was an avid photographer and always had his camera on hand, to document or capture things. It's a side of him rarely discussed or shown but he was artistic in many ways; with a deep love for music especially rooted in an immense curiosity that shaped his being.
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I once was at a bar on Bourbon Street that was hosting a booty-shaking contest on stage and as our group was getting ready to leave one of my friends pointed to a screen in the corner and said “No let’s stay, they’re showing Frasier on TV”
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Amazing news for local journalism in NYC 🥰🥰
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My first piece in is up! It is all about how, with its anti-trans crusade, the New York Times is refusing to learn from what it has long admitted is a low point in its history: its dreadful coverage of queer people and AIDS
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