if any of the people storming the capitol rn were slightly less white they would've been fucking shot to death hours ago
Theyre deescalating and talking to them
In case anyone forgot, this was the capitol building less than 6 months ago when the protest was people saying “Please stop murdering us”
5/26 4 officers fired for murdering George Floyd 5/27 Charges dropped for Kenneth Walker (Breonna Taylor’s boyfriend, who police accused of killing her) 5/28 University of Minnesota cancels contract with police 5/28 3rd precinct police station neutralized by protesters 5/28 Minneapolis transit union refuses to bring police officers to protests or transport arrested protesters 5/29 Activists commandeer Minneapolis hotel to provide shelter to homeless 5/29 Former officer Chauvin arrested and charged with murder 5/29 Louisville Mayor suspends “no-knock” warrants 5/30 US Embassies across Africa condemn police murder of George Floyd 5/30 Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison takes over prosecution of the murdering officer 5/30 Transport Workers Union refuses to help NYPD transport arrests protesters 5/30 Maryland lawmakers forming work group on police reform, accountability 5/31 2 abusive officers fired for pulling a couple out of their car and tasing them - Atlanta, GA 6/1 Minneapolis public schools end contract with police 6/1 Confederate monument removed after being toppled by protesters - Birmingham, AL 6/1 CA prosecutors launch campaign to stop DAs from accepting police union money 6/1 Tulsa Mayor agrees to not renew Live PD contract 6/1 Louisville police chief fired after shooting of David Mcatee 6/1 Congress begins bipartisan push to cut off police access to military gear 6/1 Atlanta announces plans to create a task force and public database to track police brutality in metro Atlanta area 6/2 Minneapolis AFL-CIO calls for resignation of police union president Bob Kroll, a vocal white supremest 6/2 Pittsburgh transit union announces refusal to transport police officers or arrest protesters 6/2 Racist ex-mayor Frank Rizzo statue removed in Philadelphia 6/2 6 abusive officers charged for violence against residents and protesters - Atlanta, GA 6/2 Civil rights investigation of Minneapolis Police Dept launched 6/2 San Francisco resolution to prevent law enforcement from hiring officers with history of misconduct 6/2 Survey indicates that 64% of those polled are sympathetic to protesters, 47% disapprove of police handling of the protests, and 54% think the burning down of the Minneapolis police precinct was fully or partially justified 6/2 Trenton NJ announces policing reforms 6/2 Minneapolis City Council members consider disbanding the police 6/2 Confederate statue removed from Alexandria, VA 6/3 Officer fired for tweets promoting violence against protesters - Denver, CO 6/3 Walker Art Center and the Minneapolis Institute of Art cut ties with the MPD 6/3 Chauvin charges upgraded to second degree murder, remaining 3 officers also charged and taken into custody 6/3 Richmond VA Mayor Stoney announces RPD reform measures: establish “Marcus” alert for folks experiencing mental health crises, establish independent Citizen Review Board, an ordinance to remove Confederate monuments, and implement racial equity study 6/3 County commissioners deny proposal for $23 million expansion of Fulton County jail 6/3 Minneapolis Park and Recreation Board unanimously votes to sever ties with MPD 6/3 Seattle withdraws request to end federal oversight/consent decree of police department 6/3 Breonna Taylor’s case reopened 6/3 Louisville police department (Breonna Taylor’s murderers) will now be under review from an outside agency, which will include review on training, bias-free policing and accountability 6/3 Colorado lawmakers introduce a police reform bill that includes body cam laws, repealing the “fleeing felon” statute, and banning chokeholds 6/3 Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti announces plans to reduce funding to police department by $150M and instead invest in minority communities 6/4 Virginia governor announces plans to remove Robert E. Lee statue from Richmond 6/4 Portland schools superintendent discontinues presence of armed police officers in schools 6/4 MBTA (Metro Boston) board orders that buses wont transport police to protests, or protesters to police 6/4 King County Labor Federation issues ultimatum to police unions: admit to and address racism in Seattle PD, or be removed 6/5 City of Minneapolis bans all chokeholds by police 6/5 Racist ex-mayor Hubbard statue removed - Dearborn, MI 6/5 NFL condemns racism and admits it should have listened to players’ protests 6/5 California Governor Gavin Newsom calls for statewide use-of-force standard made along with community leaders and ban on carotid holds 6/5 2 Buffalo officers suspended within a day of pushing 75 year old protester to the ground, and lying about it 6/5 2 NYPD officers suspended after videos of violence to protesters 6/5 The US Marines bans display of the Confederate flag 6/5 Dallas adopts a “duty to intervene” rule that requires officers to stop other cops who are engaging in excessive use of force 6/5 Dallas City Manager T.C. Broadnax releases an 11-point action plan for immediate police reforms 6/6 Statue of Confederate general Williams Carter Wickham torn down - Richmond, VA 6/6 2 Buffalo officers charged with second-degree assault for shoving elderly man 6/6 San Francisco Mayor London Breed announces effort to defund police and redirect funds to Black community 6/7 Frank Rizzo mural removed, to be replaced with new artwork - Philadelphia, PA 6/7 Minneapolis City Council members announce intent to disband the police department, invest in proven community-led public safety 6/7 Protesters in Bristol topple statue of slave trader Edward Colston, throw it in the river 6/7 NYC Mayor Bill de Blasio vows for the first time to cut funding for NYPD, redirect to social services 6/7 A Virginia police officer faces charges after using a stun gun on a black man 6/8 NY State Assembly passes the Eric Garner Anti-Chokehold Act 6/8 Democrats in Congress unveil a bill to rein in bias and excessive force in policing 6/8 Black lawmakers block a legislative session in Pennsylvania to demand action on police reform 6/8 France bans police use of chokeholds 6/8 Seattle council members join calls to defund police department 6/8 Boston reevaluates how it funds police department 6/8 Honolulu Police Commission nominees voice support for more transparency, reforms 6/8 Rights groups and Floyd’s family call for a UN inquiry into American policing and help with systemic police reform
No, it’s not enough, but this is only the beginning. Keep fighting!!!
(I adapted this list from this blog post and added sources and new entries. Please reblog with additions.)
Keep fighting, protesting, donating, demanding. It’s working.
I feel like this is pretty important to realize: the cops are becoming exhausted, and there’s a limited supply of them. NYPD has every cop on duty working full days every day. We have an unlimited capacity to rotate in fresh fighters that they simply do not have. We can take shifts. They can’t.
This is also why we’re starting to see bare minimum concessions now. The powers that be have realized they’ve made a grave miscalculation. A week into it, and ideas that seemed utterly impossible even a month ago are on the table- LA is talking about a hundred and fifty million dollar budget cut for the LAPD, every cop directly involved in George Floyd’s murder has been arrested and Chauvin’s charge has been raised to second degree murder, parts of the Minneapolis city council is pushing to permanently disband the Minneapolis police department.
What could we win with two weeks? Three? An organized general strike that brings the entire economy to a crashing halt? It is difficult to feel hopeful in such brutal times, but there is profound hope to be had in the realization that a week of getting our asses kicked has advanced the mainstream narrative around police so much further than electoralism would’ve dared to dream in 100 years.
Ok folks I’m super desperate now, I was hospitalized in early May, lost my job and now I’ve just had a car accident - this has overall been such a shitty month. I owe 1000 to fix my car and 500 for rent. Please, please help if you can, I’m thankful for whatever you can give. If you can’t, I totally understand, just please reblog.
Hot night = falling asleep takes 3 hours
Hot day = remaining awake requires active effort
why this
Summary: It has been 20 years since Inquisitor ‘Manehn Lavellan defeated Corypheus, and 18 years since the Exalted Council. Solas is furthering his plans and so far, all efforts to stop him seem to be in vain….until the Well of Sorrows begins to speak to ‘Manehn once more. Led by ancient magics and beset by enemies from Ferelden and Orlais to Antiva and Tevinter, ‘Manehn must gather allies old and new in a race against time to defeat Solas - at any cost.
She had not been expecting this.
Briala fiddled with the summons in her hand, expectantly and anxiously peeking outside the windows. The small carriage space still made her stomach turn even years after, since the burning of Halamshiral, when she was bound, heading for a cell.
The sight of the palace was familiar, and she took little interest in the gilded gold gates and the statues of lions, mouths open in a snarl. Orchestral music streamed through the carriage windows and the courtyards as the Palace Gates gave away, allowing Briala’s carriage to enter.
Morning rebloop
It is whispered that once, a student made a deal to get something for a song. The song they decided to trade away, never to be heard by them again, was John Cage's 4:33. Thankfully, this particular member of the Gentry was amused by this, and let them.
The second time someone tried to make the same deal, it was accepted--they would never hear any portion of that song again. You seldom notice silence until it is *entirely* absent from your life.
Sometimes I just need to draw self-indulgent things.
Look. Anytime you find yourself arguing that you gotta break a couple eggs to make an omelette (wherein “break a couple eggs” means suspend civil liberties/jail your opposition/torture some people/hold some show trials/fix an election or two/create a secret police force to spy on your citizens/ETC), it is probably long past time to consider that you might be one of the villains of the story, no matter how righteous the cause you think you’re fighting for.
This…really seems fairly self-evident, but considering how often this argument crops up on all sides of the political spectrum, apparently it’s a difficult concept.
It's such a stupid expression anyway, because the reason you have to break a few eggs to make an omelette is that *the whole point of making an omelette is to devour the eggs*. The eggs are not random bystanders who unfortunately get caught up in the cooking process. You don't have to break a few eggs to make a fruit salad. If you are comparing harming people in the pursuit of your aims to breaking eggs to make an omelette, you are saying that their suffering is essential to the point, not as a byproduct but as the first step to the goal of serving them up on a platter.
What are your thoughts on Solas?
Very simple and straightforward. I mean I was really put off by how one-dimensional he was in the original game and how his party banter was super boring, but then Trespasser came and it turned out that he was actually really noble and sympathetic and way better at making reasonable plans than I thought! Clearly he just needs love.I mean the writing was totally lame but all that stuff he said about their friendship made my Inquisitor feel so much better so I'll always kinda love him for that.
How many snakes do you have?
637.Mostly venemous, of course, but I do have a couple dozen Burmese pythons. The pythons are freeroaming but I keep the others in shoeboxes so they stay safe and happy.
This actually sounds hilarious
Omg pls ask
This might be the best ask meme yet.
Let there be light!
Here’s a few things I learned in the approximately 15 minutes it took to remove her, install the light, put her back, and get the lid closed:
She’s scary smart. She’s entirely unafraid of anything, but especially me. She can dig tunnels like nobody’s business. She will dig a tunnel from one side of the tub to the other in seconds, giving me a heart attack when I think I’ve lost her after JUST seeing her behind that one hide. She has terrifying observation skills. I’m mildly intimidated by her ability to problem solve. Seriously this snake is going to outsmart me one day.
I absolutely adore her, so much.
Me: the use of a word is the yardstick for its true definition, and language evolves constantly. Therefore its pedantic and ultimately pointless to nitpick people over using a technically incorrect synonym if you understand the sentence anyway.
Also me: THERES NO SUCH THING AS A “BREED” OF SNAKE
The Overworked American: The Unexpected Decline of Leisure, by Juliet B. Schor
“So you want a return to medieval servitude?” NO. We’re simply pointing out that Capitalism bring unique forms of exploitation, one of them being a life where you have barely enough ‘free time’ to get ready for your next working day, and not at all enough to do any actual living that isn’t focussed on getting ready for work again. Our whole lives are stolen from us.
this book is worth more than a dozen restaurants that grow their own microgreens on the roof
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I know this isn’t a gardening blog, but I feel like this would come in handy for those of you who want to grow your own food! - Mod Aya
Artist Turns Scrap Metal Into Animals.
The artist is JK Brown. Please always remember to give credit to artists.
