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Kurt Andersen @kurtandersen.bsky.social

Compared to 1990, when your chances of being murdered in New York City were ten times as high.

apr 5, 2025, 2:08 am • 23 2

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Airbag Moments Resists 🇺🇦 @airbagmoments.bsky.social

Do you buy the lead (as in the toxin) theory of American violence trends at all?

apr 5, 2025, 11:43 am • 2 0 • view
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c-kinbote.bsky.social @c-kinbote.bsky.social

I tried to explain this to youngsters all the time they have no idea what it was like when I was in my 20s and 30s here in the 70s 80s and 90s we were lucky when there were only five murders a day

apr 5, 2025, 2:36 am • 0 0 • view
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Alex aka Muscato @cafemuscato.bsky.social

And you know what? I was living in Hell’s Kitchen in 1990, and I felt perfectly safe the vast majority of the time, and never once had a bad experience on the subway.

apr 5, 2025, 2:23 am • 2 0 • view