Stephen @makingarecord@friend.camp

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)

“I was kind of a dumb kid, and this is going to sound kind of cheesy, but I wasn’t really able to find myself until I started working at the Dube. I started working with all these amazing, strong, empowered women, and they had the biggest impact on me.”

The cool weather makes me think about my favorite diner, my spot for almost a decade, closed down the same week I left Columbus just over a year ago.

"You either walk in and get that feeling of, ‘I’m really comfortable here,’ or you don’t... And the people who walk in and get that feeling keep coming back, and they stay forever.”

https://www.columbusalive.com/entertainment/20180606/closed-amid-ownership-squabbles-future-of-blue-danube-remains-uncertain

As a result of this I am also going to start stylizing NYCHA as N*Ycha from now on.

I have been so focused on the New York government and nonprofit scene the last year that I saw the letters "NSYNC" in a post and immediately started trying to figure out which city agency it was.

We made it, y'all. Sweater weather.

Lots to CROW about at the park today!!!

Found a good birding spot next to an accordion player!

It is possible those brothers learned a lesson about littering from the experience, but it's equally possible they didn't. Either was it WAS a cool hat.

I saw a kid throw his plastic cup in the pond at Central Park. I picked it up, and he said "but the fish need to drink." I said, "but they don't need cups to drink." And he pointed at his brother and said "he has a hat." And that was true! So I said "cool hat," and I threw away the cup.

I guess only me and this egret decided to hang out in the rain today.

Looks like I'm brushing my teeth at the kitchen sink again.

Update:

Lucky's hobbit hole.

At work when we talk about building out newer programs, I've started reminding people that if they say "we should spend more time / money / staff on my program" they're also usually inadvertently saying "we should spend less time / money / staff on someone else's program." It's not always true, but it does help structure conversations about strategy for resource allocation.

"Nathan for You" is a great show, but I can only watch a tiny bit of it at a time out of second-hand embarrassment.

An older man on the train is wearing a hat with the words "Economical and Efficient Single-Payer Healthcare" embroidered on it. Nothing else, no logos or explanation. I'm into this possible new fashion trend.