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May 25, 2013
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Wish I tagged something, whether it’s a trigger or a fandom? Just ask.

I won’t be offended, and I won’t accuse you of telling me how to run my blog.

I recognize that you might like some of the things I do without liking all of them, and I am honored you want to continue following me enough to ask.

But if you don’t want to follow me any more, for any reason, that’s fine too. You don’t have to apologize and I won’t be hurt.

(Source: radianceandmist)

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May 25, 2013
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So I am at home for a week and a half!

My baby sister is adorable.

She likes a show called Doc McStuffins, which features a little black girl curing the neighbourhood children’s toys of various ailments with a magic stethoscope that makes them come to life and some serious medical skillz.

I think my dad and I like it more though.

I will probably not be on tumblr very much for the next week and a half because my family demands that I actually talk to them. So.

Tags: me saying stuff

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May 24, 2013
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3eanuts: July 31, 1970 — see The Complete Peanuts 1967-1970

3eanuts:

July 31, 1970 — see The Complete Peanuts 1967-1970

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May 24, 2013
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"We can tell our children that school is important until we’re blue in the face, they’re not stupid. They see the loudest applause is for the kids on the field. They know teachers are paid poorly and don’t drive fancy cars. They know people plan Super Bowl parties but mock the National Spelling Bee. In other words, they see the hypocrisy, and we can’t expect society to correct itself. If we want to have any lasting influence on the way our kids approach education — the way future generations approach education — then we have to grab our pom-poms and paint our faces and celebrate intellectual curiosity with the same vigor we do their athletic achievements."

— Why I’m raising my son to be a nerd - CNN.com (via explosionsoflife)

(via goldenheartedrose)

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May 24, 2013
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queerandpresentdanger: anarcho-queer: NYPD Data Proves White People Are More Likely To Possess Drugs Or A Weapon Than Racial Minorities When Stopped, Yet 84% of Stop & Frisk Victims Are Black/Latino During the just-concluded trial on the New York Police Department’s stop-and-frisk program, the city argued that officers’ disproportionate targeting of black and Latino New Yorkers was not due to racial profiling but because each stopped individual was doing something suspicious at the time. The data, however, tells a different story: weapons and drugs were more often found on white New Yorkers during stops than on minorities, according to the Public Advocate’s analysis of the NYPD’s 2012 statistics. White New Yorkers make up a small minority of stop-and-frisks, which were 84 percent black and Latino residents. Despite this much higher number of minorities deemed suspicious by police, the likelihood that stopping an African American would find a weapon was half the likelihood of finding one on a white person. • The likelihood a stop of an African American New Yorker yielded a weapon was half that of white New Yorkers stopped. The NYPD uncovered a weapon in one out every 49 stops of white New Yorkers. By contrast, it took the Department 71 stops of Latinos and 93 stops of African Americans to find a weapon. • The likelihood a stop of an African American New Yorker yielded contraband was one-third less than that of white New Yorkers stopped. The NYPD uncovered contraband in one out every 43 stops of white New Yorkers. By contrast, it took the Department 57 stops of Latinos and 61 stops of African Americans to find contraband. It’s unlikely that the appropriate lesson to take from these findings is that stops of white people should increase because they are more likely to carry weapons and drugs. Rather, they suggest that police are excessively targeting minorities. Officers may be netting more successful stops of white New Yorkers because they are only likely to stop a white person when they actually suspect that person of committing a crime. Considering one officer’s testimony that superiors explicitly directed him to target young black men, minorities are judged by a much more flexible definition of “reasonable suspicion.” In general, stop-and-frisk has proven to be remarkably ineffective; nearly 89 percent of all stops result in no charges. The city has also had to settle a surging number of civil rights lawsuits against police to the tune of $22 million in one year. Can we also acknowledge the white privilege of feeling comfortable carrying these things around because you will, statistically, be less likely to be targeted by police and if you are caught your sentencing will, statistically, likely be much lighter?

queerandpresentdanger:

anarcho-queer:

NYPD Data Proves White People Are More Likely To Possess Drugs Or A Weapon Than Racial Minorities When Stopped, Yet 84% of Stop & Frisk Victims Are Black/Latino

During the just-concluded trial on the New York Police Department’s stop-and-frisk program, the city argued that officers’ disproportionate targeting of black and Latino New Yorkers was not due to racial profiling but because each stopped individual was doing something suspicious at the time. The data, however, tells a different story: weapons and drugs were more often found on white New Yorkers during stops than on minorities, according to the Public Advocate’s analysis of the NYPD’s 2012 statistics.

White New Yorkers make up a small minority of stop-and-frisks, which were 84 percent black and Latino residents. Despite this much higher number of minorities deemed suspicious by police, the likelihood that stopping an African American would find a weapon was half the likelihood of finding one on a white person.

• The likelihood a stop of an African American New Yorker yielded a weapon was half that of white New Yorkers stopped. The NYPD uncovered a weapon in one out every 49 stops of white New Yorkers. By contrast, it took the Department 71 stops of Latinos and 93 stops of African Americans to find a weapon.

• The likelihood a stop of an African American New Yorker yielded contraband was one-third less than that of white New Yorkers stopped. The NYPD uncovered contraband in one out every 43 stops of white New Yorkers. By contrast, it took the Department 57 stops of Latinos and 61 stops of African Americans to find contraband.

It’s unlikely that the appropriate lesson to take from these findings is that stops of white people should increase because they are more likely to carry weapons and drugs. Rather, they suggest that police are excessively targeting minorities. Officers may be netting more successful stops of white New Yorkers because they are only likely to stop a white person when they actually suspect that person of committing a crime. Considering one officer’s testimony that superiors explicitly directed him to target young black men, minorities are judged by a much more flexible definition of “reasonable suspicion.”

In general, stop-and-frisk has proven to be remarkably ineffective; nearly 89 percent of all stops result in no charges. The city has also had to settle a surging number of civil rights lawsuits against police to the tune of $22 million in one year.

Can we also acknowledge the white privilege of feeling comfortable carrying these things around because you will, statistically, be less likely to be targeted by police and if you are caught your sentencing will, statistically, likely be much lighter?

(via tentacle-love)

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May 24, 2013
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When it rains outside

  • Facebook: 22 statuses
  • Twitter: 37 tweets
  • Instagram: 17 pictures of the sky
  • Tumblr: What is outside?
  • Avengers fandom: stop it, Thor.
  • Percy Jackson fandom: Zeus and Poseidon are fighting. Again.
  • Avatar fandom: Perfect. Time for some waterbending.
  • Grey's Anatomy Fandom: Perfect Storm
  • Game of Thrones Fandom: Yes now the rains weep o'er his hall with not a soul to hear
  • Supernatural Fandom: At least something is falling from the sky besides Angels.
  • Les Mis fandom: ON MY OOOWN PRETENDING HE'S BESIDE MEEEEE
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May 24, 2013
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tymethiefslongerthoughts:

kawaiimon:

theinturnet:

Why promote a company but not add a link?

http://www.childsown.com/

Now that’s just cool.

(via voltafiish)

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May 24, 2013
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haemus:

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craigmothertucker:

so my 16 year old brother made himself a balloon son and kept a photo album of their day together here it is

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Ladies and gentlemen, I present to you my boyfriend and his outstanding level of maturity.

I want to have a bf just like that

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May 24, 2013
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  • me: im so done
  • me: continues
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May 24, 2013
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"The— betweenthingy! The thingy! The thing, with the! Oppression and stuff! [Frantically thrusting their interlocked hands together] The thing! The word for the thing that matters! The word for the spiderweb thing of things that everyone who talks about the things has to remember! The word for the thingy! [Handthrusting increases] THE THINGY! THE— THE— THE INTERTHINGY!"

— direct quote of friend transcribing me skyping at hir frantically trying to remember the word “intersectionality” (via nuditea)