The Voices Inside My Head ;p

tastefullyoffensive: Old Economy Steve[via] XD

Fri, 24 May 2013 11:38:56 -0700

tastefullyoffensive:

Old Economy Steve

[via]

tastefullyoffensive: [gemmacorrell]

Fri, 24 May 2013 10:07:15 -0700

tastefullyoffensive:

[gemmacorrell]

Basics Of Origami

Fri, 24 May 2013 09:39:14 -0700

fakescience:

alexcowell: Possibilities are endless… 🌕_🚶__🌍 #Moon...

Fri, 24 May 2013 09:07:22 -0700

alexcowell:

Possibilities are endless…

🌕_____🚶______🌍

#Moon #passage #repost
#tumblr #bridge #peace
#Space #instagram #ig
#Imagination #Potential #Flow
#me #Blackandwhite #illustration

reaper317537: Tibetan bridge

Fri, 24 May 2013 09:06:28 -0700

reaper317537:

Tibetan bridge

eatorgeteaten: Seven mile bridge, Florida keys

Fri, 24 May 2013 09:05:41 -0700

eatorgeteaten:

Seven mile bridge, Florida keys

fywestcoast: Cable Bridge - Kennewick, Washington

Fri, 24 May 2013 09:04:57 -0700

fywestcoast:

Cable Bridge - Kennewick, Washington

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Fri, 24 May 2013 09:02:56 -0700

tastefullyoffensive: So close.[via]

Fri, 24 May 2013 08:47:30 -0700

tastefullyoffensive:

So close.

[via]

fuckyeahlaughters:

Fri, 24 May 2013 06:29:05 -0700

fuckyeahlaughters:

leadinq: THIS IS THE HAPPIEST GOAT I HAVE EVER SEEN OMFG JUST...

Thu, 23 May 2013 22:09:47 -0700

leadinq:

THIS IS THE HAPPIEST GOAT I HAVE EVER SEEN OMFG JUST LOOK AT ITS FACE

D’AW!!! :3

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Thu, 23 May 2013 20:28:59 -0700

anarcho-queer: NYPD Data Proves White People Are More Likely To...

Thu, 23 May 2013 19:16:23 -0700

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.

ikenbot: Sally Ride, 1st US Woman in Space, to Be Awarded Medal...

Thu, 23 May 2013 18:45:38 -0700

ikenbot:

Sally Ride, 1st US Woman in Space, to Be Awarded Medal of Freedom Posthumously

Sally Ride, the United States’ first woman in space, will be posthumously honored with the country’s highest civilian commendation and the renaming of a high-flying camera.

President Barack Obama announced on Monday (May 20) that Ride will be awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedomat the White House later this year. NASA further paid tribute to the late astronaut by creating a new internship program in her name and renaming a science instrument on board the International Space Station.

Ride, who after flying in space twice went on to become a leading advocate for science education, died on July 23, 2012, 17 months after she was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer. She was 61.

Teen Who Was Expelled From School For Science Explosion Receives Full Scholarship U.S. Space Academy

Thu, 23 May 2013 18:11:07 -0700

Teen Who Was Expelled From School For Science Explosion Receives Full Scholarship U.S. Space Academy:

ikenbot:

thescienceofreality:

“Kiera Wilmot made an honest mistake, but the police were trying to throw away her life with a felony. After the community stood up for the girl, the charges were dropped, and she was allowed to move on with her life. Well, her greatness is really starting to shine, as she was recently granted several extraordinary opportunities through scholarship offers she has received.

Dr. Christopher Emdin, a professor of education at Columbia University, says that the schools are now very similar to prisons in terms of how they are structured, and how the inhabitants are treated. Kiera overcame her situation, but there are thousands of kids across the country who aren’t so lucky. Maybe it’s time to attack the system that is attacking us.

Check this out from Gawker:

“Kiera Wilmot, the 16-year-old honor student expelled from her high school after she allegedly ignited a chemical explosion on school property, received a full scholarship to the U.S. Space Academy, courtesy of a NASA veteran who, as a teenager, was accused of starting a forest fire during a science experiment.”

The lessons here are simple: Black kids have potential, and we can’t allow this system to destroy them. Also, hard work always pays off, especially when it comes to education. Dr. Boyce Watkins and Minister Louis Farrakhan recently held a forum called “Wealth, Education, Family and Community: A New Paradigm for Black America.” In the forum, Dr. Watkins and Min. Farrakhan both agree that African Americans are going to have to think differently when it comes to deciding what it means for your kids to be educated.”

Read more…

Just when I feel like all hope is lost :) may she grow up to become another awesome woc scientist, we need more of those too.

teenytigress: SO THIS GUY IN MY ENGLISH IS DOING A PROJECT FOR...

Thu, 23 May 2013 17:51:11 -0700

teenytigress:

SO THIS GUY IN MY ENGLISH IS DOING A PROJECT FOR BIO WHERE HE GETS A DUCKLING TO IMPRINT ON HIM SO HE JUST CARRIES IT AROUND WITH HIM TO ALL OF HIS CLASSES AND I SWEAR THIS DUCK IS THE MOST WELL BEHAVED FUCKING POULTRY IVE EVER SEEN IT JUST SITS ON HIS DESK QUIETLY AND SOMETIMES HE PUTS IT IN HIS POCKET AND IT JUST SLEEPS LIKE WOW YOU GO DUCKY

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Thu, 23 May 2013 17:49:45 -0700

theviraltruth: “…and for $23 million you get PBS’s nut-sack.”

Thu, 23 May 2013 17:02:59 -0700

theviraltruth:

“…and for $23 million you get PBS’s nut-sack.”

mcgriffin: tomblalaw: This Actually Happens A Lot My fourth...

Thu, 23 May 2013 15:22:21 -0700

mcgriffin:

tomblalaw:

This Actually Happens A Lot

My fourth year film from CalArts

This is how I felt and behaved my whole four years of college. I couldn’t connect with people at parties, couldn’t talk to girls, couldn’t express my desires because they felt completely unacceptable, and couldn’t NOT talk about my insecurities when pressed. The realization that everybody feels that way and that you just really need to be fucking nice to people is one that comes with maturity, even if the feelings themselves don’t go away. In this short it seems like the male and female characters are the exact same person in different stages of their lives. But yeah. If you’ve known me more than 9 years you’ve probably seen this behavior.

minceyfresh: This image seems to be making its rounds on...

Thu, 23 May 2013 12:46:34 -0700

minceyfresh:

This image seems to be making its rounds on Facebook right now.

Image created by unknown persons and inspired by a quote from Banksy, which was inspired by Sean Tejaratchi’s 1999 essay, “Death, Phones, Scissors.”

The Voices Inside My Head ;p

tastefullyoffensive: Old Economy Steve[via] XD

tastefullyoffensive: [gemmacorrell]

Basics Of Origami

alexcowell: Possibilities are endless… 🌕_____🚶______🌍 #Moon...

reaper317537: Tibetan bridge

eatorgeteaten: Seven mile bridge, Florida keys

fywestcoast: Cable Bridge - Kennewick, Washington

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tastefullyoffensive: So close.[via]

fuckyeahlaughters:

leadinq: THIS IS THE HAPPIEST GOAT I HAVE EVER SEEN OMFG JUST...

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anarcho-queer: NYPD Data Proves White People Are More Likely To...

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

ikenbot: Sally Ride, 1st US Woman in Space, to Be Awarded Medal...

Teen Who Was Expelled From School For Science Explosion Receives Full Scholarship U.S. Space Academy

teenytigress: SO THIS GUY IN MY ENGLISH IS DOING A PROJECT FOR...

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theviraltruth: “…and for $23 million you get PBS’s nut-sack.”

mcgriffin: tomblalaw: This Actually Happens A Lot My fourth...

minceyfresh: This image seems to be making its rounds on...

alexcowell: Possibilities are endless… 🌕_🚶__🌍 #Moon...