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Matthew A Kraft

@matthewakraft.com
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Professor of Education and Economics. Former high school humanities teacher. Proud papa & volunteer soccer coach. Reading as much as I can about climate change. www.matthewakraft.com

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Matthew A Kraft @matthewakraft.com · 28/09/2026
📣 The first official post on my Substack, 📘The Blue Book📘, is up. I hope you'll read it, share it, and—if you like it—subscribe. I argue there is a bigger insight from the New York Times article ranking education reforms. matthewakraft.substack.com/p/the-implem...
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Matthew A Kraft @matthewakraft.com · 28/09/2026
New @nytimes.com piece ranks 30 education interventions on both effectiveness & costs. For me, the key takeaway is NOT about what academics (including myself) rated as most effective or least costly. It is about the decision making process districts use. 🧵 www.nytimes.com/2026/09/28/u...
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30 Ideas for Fixing U.S. Schools, Ranked by Experts
Math and reading scores are in a decade-long slump. We asked three dozen experts: What could turn things around?
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Matthew A Kraft @matthewakraft.com · 23/09/2026
Excited to present brand new work with @sbkane.bsky.social on the hidden ways that time is eroded from the school calendar. Join us on Thursday at #SREE2026 in Harbor B for a great panel that also features @ehutt.bsky.social @michael-gottfried.bsky.social @elaineallensworth.bsky.social & more!
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Matthew A Kraft @matthewakraft.com · 22/09/2026
🔥 We've got a banger of a lineup for this year's #SustainableED virtual seminar series. Free & open to the public. Join us and spread the word! Past seminars are available on our YouTube channel. Great teaching resources: www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...
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Matthew A Kraft @matthewakraft.com · 22/09/2026
Companion @pnas.org podcast just dropped for our paper, "US schools’ proximity to environmental hazard sites: A national analysis" #SustainableED Listen in here 🔊🎧🎤 www.pnas.org/post/podcast... Paper link: www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/... Open access: edworkingpapers.com/ai26-1384
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Danielle Edwards @drdsedwards.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Nice write-up from @edweek.org's Sarah Sparks on @matthewakraft.com & my paper on HS education courses in TX www.edweek.org/leadership/h... "lack of higher education support after high school may prevent these prospective teachers of color from ever making it to a classroom of their own"
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High School Teacher Academies Work. But There's a Break in the Pipeline
Aspiring teachers of color often hit a wall before making it to the classroom, a new study finds.
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Danielle Edwards @drdsedwards.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
🚨New NBER Working Paper w/ @matthewakraft.com! 🚨 Can Early Exposure to the Teaching Profession Increase Teacher Supply & Diversity? New Evidence on the Teacher Pipeline www.nber.org/papers/w35776 We examine whether HS ed courses can expand new teacher supply in TX. We find:
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Can Early Exposure to the Teaching Profession Increase Teacher Supply and Diversity? New Evidence on the Teacher Pipeline
Founded in 1920, the NBER is a private, non-profit, non-partisan organization dedicated to conducting economic research and to disseminating research findings among academics, public policy makers, an...
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Jen Jennings @jenjennings.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
I’m excited to share that The Scarcity Loop: How School Choice Reshapes the Rationing of Public Education is officially out in the world. It seemed important to find a slice.
Scarcity loop book dragging a pizza slice up subway stairs
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Matthew A Kraft @matthewakraft.com · 17/09/2026
New article in NY Times Magazine highlights the challenges district leaders & communities face in the aftermath of extreme weather. This is increasingly our new reality. We need to be prepared. *Bonus mention of findings from the #SustainableED team! www.nytimes.com/2026/09/17/m...
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After a Tornado, He Rebuilt Schools at Lightning Speed. Then Came the Hard Work. (Gift Article)
One superintendent is trying to apply what he’s learned to other shattered districts — and reckoning with the toll of the disaster on his own life.
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Matthew A Kraft @matthewakraft.com · 17/09/2026
Really looking forward to this discussion today organized by the @shankerinst.bsky.social . Join us!
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Dominique Baker @bakerdphd.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Some of us are also concerned about adults' critical thinking skills if that helps!
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Matthew A Kraft @matthewakraft.com · 15/09/2026
I was talking with my 12-year-old yesterday about the growing concerns that AI will undercut students' critical thinking skills. His response . . . "It seems unfair for adults to be criticizing kids for using AI. Kids didn't build it - adults did." Certainly made me think.
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Matthew A Kraft @matthewakraft.com · 10/09/2026
@mattbarnum.bsky.social out with a thoughtful piece about the arc of high-dosage tutoring that draws on some of my own research with amazing collaborators. Via @chalkbeat.org www.chalkbeat.org/2026/09/10/h...
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High-dosage tutoring was supposed to transform learning. What happened?
The latest research offers some sobering results. But it would be foolish to write off tutoring too quickly.
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Matthew A Kraft @matthewakraft.com · 10/09/2026
I’m starting a new substack. My focus will be, as always, on K12 education, but I'll also explore how the education system interacts with our economic system and our earth system. Please help me spread the word. It will always be free. matthewakraft.substack.com/p/introducin...
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Brown University Department of Education @brownedudept.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Please join us in celebrating Dr. Lindsay Page as she steps into her new role as Chair of Brown's Department of Education. 👏 education.brown.edu/news/2026-09...
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Leading Brown’s Department of Education: A Conversation with New Chair Lindsay Page
Dr. Page discusses her new role as Department Chair, the colleagues who shaped her first five years at Brown, and the impact of generative AI on teaching and learning.
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Institute at Brown for Environment & Society (IBES) @brown-ibes.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
IBES affiliate, @edsustainable.bsky.social director & @brownedudept.bsky.social prof @matthewakraft.com discussed the impact of natural disasters on school attendance. Read @anya1anya.bsky.social's full article:
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Matthew A Kraft @matthewakraft.com · 31/08/2026
ICYMI - my hot takes on the changing nature of the tutoring marketplace after new providers rushed in to meet the spike in district demand for tutoring services. It will be interesting to see the new post-federal-recovery-aid equilibrium. marketbrief.edweek.org/education-ma...
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Varsity Tutors for Schools' Exit Hints at Shift in Tutoring Market
The company is ending its district services to refocus on parent and college student customers.
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Matthew A Kraft @matthewakraft.com · 31/08/2026
I really enjoyed seeing Josh present this paper at #NBERSI2026 Although the paper is about private tutoring, I think it has huge implications for public school accountability systems and how families make residential choices based on school ratings such as those from Great Schools.
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Walt Ecton @waltecton.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
The Center for the Study of Higher and Postsecondary Education @ Michigan is hiring for an associate or full professor of higher education policy, with expertise in quantitative methods! careers.umich.edu/job_detail/2...
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Associate or Full Professor of Higher Education with Tenure | U-M Careers
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Josh Cowen @joshcowenmi.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
NEW: Dr. @matthewakraft.com is a Brown education economist who served in the White House. His team just released a shocking new report showing huge numbers of US schools are located near toxic waste sites.
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Matthew A Kraft @matthewakraft.com · 17/08/2026
Really enjoyed my conversation with Josh Cowen. We discuss #SustainableED's new paper showing how shockingly common it is for K12 schools to be located near toxic sites. @edsustainable.bsky.social joshcowen.substack.com/p/is-your-sc...
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Is your school near a toxic hazard site?
Sitting down with Brown University's Dr. Matthew Kraft, whose team has just released a shocking new report showing that thousands of American schools are located near environmental hazard sites.
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Mary Laski @marylaski.com · 11/08/2026
🚨⬇️🚨 New working paper out!!! 🚨⬇️🚨 caldercenter.org/publications... Pleased to share this paper with Calen Clifton and @cedr.bsky.social on the impact of Next Education Workforce team-based teaching models in Arizona. We find interesting variation in impacts across grades and subjects... (1/6)
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Evidence on Team-Based Teaching Models in Arizona | CALDER Center
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Matthew A Kraft @matthewakraft.com · 11/08/2026
The #SustainableED team's first publication is out in @pnas.org. We document the scale of potential pollutant & carcinogen exposure across US K12 schools. 8% of all schools are within a few blocks of EPA registered hazard sites. Exposure risk is highly inequitable. 🧵
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Matthew A Kraft @matthewakraft.com · 06/08/2026
Brown just opened a cluster hire for two tenure-track positions in Education Policy. Come join our vibrant community of scholars at @brownedudept.bsky.social & @annenberginstitute.bsky.social! apply.interfolio.com/190527 Please help spread the word.
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Joshua Goodman @joshua-goodman.com · 04/08/2026
Want to see in real time what's been happening to public school enrollment in your school district? Through @wheelockpolicybu.bsky.social, we've just released a school enrollment tracker for Massachusetts, allowing you to explore the data yourself. wheelockpolicycenter.org/high-quality...
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Massachusetts School Enrollment Dashboard
This interactive dashboard examines the gap between the predicted and actual enrollment in Massachusetts public, private, charter, and home schools.
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Matthew A Kraft @matthewakraft.com · 04/08/2026
I hope state & district leaders will find the guidance in @joshbleiberg.bsky.social & my policy brief helpful for minimizing the harm of teacher layoffs "The Inequitable Effects of Teacher Layoffs: What We Know and Can Do" @aefpweb.bsky.social @efpjournal.bsky.social direct.mit.edu/edfp/article...
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Matthew A Kraft @matthewakraft.com · 04/08/2026
I hope state & district leaders will find the guidance in @joshbleiberg.bsky.social & my policy brief helpful for minimizing the harm of teacher layoffs "The Inequitable Effects of Teacher Layoffs: What We Know and Can Do" @aefpweb.bsky.social @efpjournal.bsky.social direct.mit.edu/edfp/article...
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Matthew A Kraft @matthewakraft.com · 30/07/2026
Brian Jacob gave a great presentation on the effect of schools adopting Yonder pouches to restrict cell phone use at #NBERSI2026. The paper has generated lots of 🔥 takes. I think it provides a window into the value & challenges of social science research. Full paper www.nber.org/papers/w35132
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Matthew A Kraft @matthewakraft.com · 30/07/2026
Happening today! Register to join us. www.eventbrite.com/e/a-professi...
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A profession under pressure: unpacking new data on teacher turnover
Teachers are the backbone of schools — but the state of the profession is fragile.
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Matthew A Kraft @matthewakraft.com · 28/07/2026
One of my deep frustrations with US K12 education is that we typically don't teach a second language until secondary school. This is backwards. Kids pick up languages so quickly when they are young. I'd gladly exchange 6 years of secondary language classes for 6 years of elementary. I'd prefer 12.
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Matthew A Kraft @matthewakraft.com · 24/07/2026
Take 1 minute to read this intuitive and incisive review of our study on the portability of teacher effectiveness by @nctq.bsky.social's Sarah Almy. Beautiful policy writing in my opinion. www.nctq.org/research-ins...
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Does great teaching travel from school to school? It’s complicated. - National Council on Teacher Quality
Do great teachers perform as well after switching schools? New research on a $20,000 transfer incentive program shows the answer is complicated—and prep matters.
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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
Come work at the @fordschool.bsky.social at U Michigan. We are recruiting for a scholar studying democracy, its functioning and threats, broadly considered. careers.umich.edu/job_detail/2...
The Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy at the University of Michigan invites applications for a tenured faculty position focused on teaching, research, and public engagement in the emerging field of democracy policy: an area of public policy research that treats democracy as a policy domain with identifiable problems, measurable outcomes, and actionable interventions. Just as health outcomes are dependent on health policy rather than medical practice alone, democratic resilience requires its own research infrastructure, practitioner training, evidence base, and policy framework. A scholar in this field might study domestic or global policies that support democratic norms, institutional legitimacy, and public trust in government, including administrative design and competence, state capacity, transparency, accountability mechanisms such as citizen oversight boards, election administration, franchise regulations (e.g., civil rights protections and imperialism), subnational administrative reform including redistricting policy, fair electoral representation, free speech protections, anti-corruption measures, and safeguards against politicization of public sector work. Democracy policy sits alongside established fields such as economic, social, education, health, and environmental policy, while drawing on questions of institutional design, quality, and resilience. It connects contemporary debates about abundance, democratic backsliding, and public interest technology by asking how public institutions can better meet public needs, reduce administrative burdens, protect core democratic norms, and build effective public goods. The successful candidate may work domestically, comparatively, or internationally across democracies worldwide, with a research agenda focused on policies that affect how institutions can generate more equitable representation and a more just distribution of resources,
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Matthew A Kraft @matthewakraft.com · 16/07/2026
Queridos colegas internacionales, Estaré de año sabático en 2026–2027 y me encantaría dar seminarios en el extranjero. Si les interesa mi trabajo sobre mercados laborales docentes, tutorías, effect sizes, o impactos climáticos en la educación, escríbanme. También puedo presentarlo en español.
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Matthew A Kraft @matthewakraft.com · 16/07/2026
Dear international colleagues, I’ll be on sabbatical in 2026–27 and would be excited to give seminars at universities abroad. If my work on teacher labor markets, tutoring, effect sizes, time in school, or climate impacts on education might be of interest, please reach out.
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Matt Barnum @mattbarnum.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
The last several years have been tumultuous for the U.S. teaching profession. In our next Chalkbeat Ideas online event, we'll discuss the state of the teaching profession and share new data on teacher exit rates. Join us at noon ET on July 30th! www.eventbrite.com/e/a-professi...
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A profession under pressure: unpacking new data on teacher turnover
Teachers are the backbone of schools — but the state of the profession is fragile.
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Matthew A Kraft @matthewakraft.com · 10/07/2026
If you have experience as an educator in any capacity and love working with data, I hope you'll consider applying. We start reviewing applications on Monday.
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Matthew A Kraft @matthewakraft.com · 08/07/2026
Our first annual SustainableED conference was a huge success. We hope you'll join us next year!
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Matthew A Kraft @matthewakraft.com · 06/07/2026
It's going to be a great conversation centered around new data collected by @mattbarnum.bsky.social. Join us!
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Matthew A Kraft @matthewakraft.com · 24/06/2026
🚨 I'm hiring for a (Senior) Research Associate position to work with me on a broad research agenda focused on teacher labor markets. Great opportunity to be a part of the vibrant @annenberginstitute.bsky.social community of researchers at Brown University. Links in reply Please spread the word
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Katharine Hayhoe @katharinehayhoe.com · 23/06/2026
Climate.us is officially live! After NOAA ended Climate.gov’s day-to-day operations in 2025, former team members built Climate.us to carry that work forward. Their explanations and graphics have always stood out to me as clear, accessible, and transparent. I’m really looking forward to this reboot.
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Climate.us Home
independent, nonprofit, and immune to politics
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Matthew A Kraft @matthewakraft.com · 23/06/2026
"In 2010, at Springfield Renaissance School, a public school in Springfield, Mass., serving mostly low-income students of color, ninth graders were trained by city engineers to conduct energy audits of school buildings. . . . " 1/2 www.nytimes.com/2026/06/22/o...
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Opinion | I Thought ‘No Child Left Behind’ Would Fix Public Schools. I Was Wrong.
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Matthew A Kraft @matthewakraft.com · 23/06/2026
Really important op-ed by Ross Wiener on ed reform. Two thoughts: Some accountability seems right given investment of public $, but it also requires reciprocal support Project-based learning is powerful, but hard to do well, especially w/ high turnover www.nytimes.com/2026/06/22/o...
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Opinion | I Thought ‘No Child Left Behind’ Would Fix Public Schools. I Was Wrong.
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Jeff Greene @jeffgreene.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
Great thread. Excellent work @matthewakraft.com !
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Matthew A Kraft @matthewakraft.com · 18/06/2026
Layoffs are coming in districts that added positions w/ onetime pandemic-era federal aid as enrollments ⬇️ and labor/healthcare costs ⬆️. This may temporarily relieve localized shortages, but not in the long run. A shrinking industry with seniority-based layoffs is not a magnet.
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Institute at Brown for Environment & Society (IBES) @brown-ibes.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
Postdoc opportunity 📢 IBES seeks candidates for distinguished Voss Postdoctoral Fellows in any field relevant to environmental research. Appointments start July 2027 with an expected term of two years. Submit step-one proposals by Sept 1! ibes.brown.edu/opportunitie...
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Matthew A Kraft @matthewakraft.com · 18/06/2026
🚨Our tutoring meta-analysis is now online at RER. @bethschueler.bsky.social, Grace Falken & I analyzed 263 RCTs. What we learned has important implications for the future of tutoring and the use of meta-analyses to inform policy. Open access: journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.3102/... 🧵
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Josh Bleiberg @joshbleiberg.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
www.education.pitt.edu/josh-bleiber...
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Josh Bleiberg Receives National NAEd/Spencer Fellowship - University of Pittsburgh School of Education
During the prestigious national fellowship, he will study education policy issues related to state school district takeovers.
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Matthew A Kraft @matthewakraft.com · 09/06/2026
So excited to visit the University of Stavanger in Norway and present at the Synapse Lab tomorrow!
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Michael Petrilli @michaelpetrilli.bsky.social · 27/05/2026
Teacher union influence is waning. In A Crowded Table, @mimiarnoldlyon.bsky.social, Sandy Frost Waldron, and Rebecca Jacobsen rank union strength across all fifty states and D.C. and examine how the K–12 landscape has grown more crowded. Read the report: fordhaminstitute.org/national/res...
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A Crowded Table: Teacher Union Strength in 2026
Researchers use the latest publicly available data and a fresh survey of K–12 stakeholders in all 50 states to provide a comprehensive update to Fordham’s 2012 rankings of state teacher union strength...
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Jennifer Doleac @jenniferdoleac.bsky.social · 19/05/2026
I've started a Substack! In "Probable Causation: The Newsletter," I'll share regular updates on what I'm thinking about in the evidence-based public safety space. Please subscribe and share! First post linked below.
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