#nowreading
"The Welfare Marketplace: Privatization and Welfare Reform" by Mary Bryna Sanger.

Hello! I'm Stephen. Here's a real #intro:

I've been a lawyer for ~8 years. For 6 years I represented marginalized folks in Ohio's courts, mostly appeals. For the last 2 years I've worked in systems and data for public defenders. Now I live in NYC and work in the Bronx.

I work with #data, #ethicaltech, process/systems improvement, #policy, #communications, #cjreform, and where all of that intersects. Let me know if you want to talk about any of that! (Also into #maps, #scifi, #hiking, my cat)

This is absolutely typical Lucky behavior when I’m trying to pack for a trip.

This is how we make big plans for 2019 in our office.

Oh also episode one didn’t have opening credits, but episode two does, and these credits rule very hard.

I just watched my first ever episode of “JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure,” and I can’t even express how elated I was when it ended and it did the “to be continued...” / Yes’s “Roundabout” thing from the meme. That’s where it’s from!!

Most years I don’t realize it happened until it’s over so I intend to maximize my enjoyment this year.

It’s AGDQ time! I really love watching AGDQ streams.

Saw a great horned owl for the first time ever today, and also this guy!

Getting frustrated that everything is hard to find, then reorganizing everything to make it easier to find, but then everything is in new places, so everything is even HARDER to find.

The Audubon exhibit is my favorite thing at this museum. My second favorite is that they use “New-York” in their name as a hyphenated compound adjective. They take this so seriously that their acronym is “N-YHS.”

The New-York Historical Society has a huge collection of Audubon prints, and each month they pick a different bird to do an exhibit on. This month is the prairie warbler.

Going full goofball mode for today’s hike in the rain.

There is a WILD single-take shot of Tom Cruise jumping out of a plane in this. It’s exhilarating.

There is really really good mask action even before the opening credits! This is great

I’m finally watching “Mission: Impossible: Fallout” (cool colon set-up). Tom Cruise is so fun to watch doing action things, so I’m very excited.

I'm one of those people who wished "Blade Runner 2049" was slower so I could see more of the sets and buildings and stuff. Even Ridley Scott thought that movie was too slow.

I think the old guy from Yemen at the bodega is worried about my health. He split a chia-seed juice thing with me and wouldn’t let me leave until I took a handful of his roasted almonds with me.

An old man two tables away just said “I just watched Spider-Man 2 this week, and it was excellent.”

The son just recited the “Michael with a B” vine for the family. So wholesome, so exquisite.