frenums:

tomhollandnet:

Tom out for dinner with Jake Gyllenhaal after CCXP | Dec 8

theomenroom:

brandieblaze:

thedarkestlove:

dockterfrankensteez:

DEADASS!!!

Aaaaand they will disbar a lawyer QUICK but these cops get paid vacation.

All I’m saying is you need a master’s to be a social worker, but you can be a cop with a high school diploma. Like, on what fucking planet do that make sense?

Cops don’t have to know the law.

There was a supreme court decision recently that a cop is not falsely detaining someone if they’re doing something the cop reasonably believes is against the law, even if it’s actually legal. I think the specific case was about someone driving with a broken taillight in a state where a car is street-legal so long as at least one of its taillights works.

Meanwhile, as a civilian, ignorance of the law is not a defense.

Cops are not required to know the laws they enforce. You are required to know every law you might conceivably break. But then, of course, if you backtalk a cop because you have better knowledge of the law than they do, and they respond violently, good luck winning that.

umuad:

thatsbelievable:

cwote:

Regardless of what you think, this is not the end of your story. This is the turning point. There is still so much more that lies ahead, so many more beautiful things to discover. Keep going, I promise you will be glad you did. 

gaypunkbf:

swanboulet:

pixelspaceboy:

daloy-politsey:

Some facts:

1) Black Americans created jazz.
2) Jewish Americans created comic books.
3) These things are said to be the only original American art forms.

4) black Americans invented rock and roll.

5) Black AND Jewish Americans created musical theatre. 

doomy:

why she takin off her shoe?

goodthingsarewaiting:

lion-from-the-north:

goodthingsarewaiting:

You can always start again. Clean out your social media. Create a new account for your new taste in music. Study or work in a new city. Start socialising with new people. Choose a new signature scent and style and purge the outdated parts of yourself. If you don’t like where you’re at, but you don’t know what to do about it - try starting again.

I never felt like I was allowed to do this.

I’m giving you full permission if you need it

nerdyseb:

elodieunderglass:

marthawells:

The myth that panic, looting, and antisocial behavior increases during the apocalypse (or apocalyptic-like scenarios) is in fact a myth—and has been solidly disproved by multiple scientific studies. The National Earthquake Hazards Reduction Program, a research group within the United States Federal Emergency Management Administration (FEMA), has produced research that shows over and over again that “disaster victims are assisted first by others in the immediate vicinity and surrounding area and only later by official public safety personnel […] The spontaneous provision of assistance is facilitated by the fact that when crises occur, they take place in the context of ongoing community life and daily routines—that is, they affect not isolated individuals but rather people who are embedded in networks of social relationships.” (Facing Hazards and Disasters: Understanding Human Dimensions, National Academy of Sciences, 2006). Humans do not, under the pressure of an emergency, socially collapse. Rather, they seem to display higher levels of social cohesion, despite what media or government agents might expect…or portray on TV. Humans, after the apocalypse, band together in collectives to help one another—and they do this spontaneously. Disaster response workers call it ‘spontaneous prosocial helping behavior’, and it saves lives.

I’ve been sharing this article a lot recently! I think it’s important

#stop believing capitalism’s myths about human nature#and start remembering that we are the descendants of the first animals to bury their dead with flowers#we are all alive because of kindness. because of cooperation. because of companionship. because of mutual aid.#we did not become the dominant species based on rugged individualism: we survived together. and that’s the only way forward. (via @robotmango)

ofools:

this is hands down one of the single funniest comic pages i have ever seen in my life

straightpeoplereceipts:

straightpeoplereceipts:

when your spouse catches your child in a ridiculous lie such as claiming they didnt eat the entirety of a bag of sugar despite the evidence, it is YOUR job, as co-parent and a bringer of chaos, to say: i believe her. she didn’t do it. that sugar could’ve came from anywhere. let’s go baby, let’s go find the criminal who framed you. what a dastardly crime to commit against a child.

now…as someone who raised their younger sister: 9 out of 10 times, this will end in a tearful confession. your faith in her will be it. and you have to act HEARTBROKEN. you have to look at the dog and ask, mournfully, “did you know? did you know?”

beachdeath:

i know i’ve written about this before but i really don’t think stranger things gets enough credit for the fucking like. feat of lgbt storytelling that they are pulling off in the character of will byers. and i know that’s by design, and i love how quiet they’ve been about it in an era where gay representation is increasingly deployed as a marketing tool disconnected from the needs of the community. but like, the showrunners have taken such care to introduce these subtextual, symbolic layers within will’s story that both point inward to his struggles with sexual identity and outward to the oppression of gay people under reagan, and it’s so satisfying to sift through those layers and know they don’t exist by accident, to know that you’re watching the story of a gay kid coming of age and coming to terms with his sexuality and getting to be a hero, a protagonist… i really hope they don’t fumble as they move from subtext to text but like so far so fucking good

beachdeath:

https://www.newyorker.com/culture/the-new-yorker-interview/love-is-not-a-permanent-state-of-enthusiasm-an-interview-with-esther-perel

beachdeath:

• falls in love with a straight girl, almost fucks entire life up as a result
  
• spends every day pulling childish pranks on annoying male colleague
• dunks on every guy in the warehouse during inter-office basketball game
• very deliberately and pettily dunks on straight girl crush’s fiance
• wardrobe consists solely of sloppily ironed button-downs w/ the sleeves rolled up
• has a short haircut but hasn’t had it cut in a while so it’s kind of curling out awkwardly over the ears
• went to niagara falls (canada) to get legally married in the year 2009
• first serious gf wears only pantsuits and vests
• ditches first serious gf due to still being hung up on straight girl crush
• great eyebrows
• bikes to work; can’t drive
  
• takes forever to seal the deal w/ pam but then uhauls immediately
• spends ½ the time making horrified faces re: behaviour of straights
• goes by shortened, masculinized version of birth name
• is a nice and good person w/ a stable, loving, and healthy relationship
• “I was just… I’m in love with you. I’m really sorry if that’s weird for you to hear, but I needed you to hear it. Probably not good timing, I know that. I just needed you to know. Once.” “Well, I… I can’t.” “You have no idea what your friendship means to me.” “Don’t do that. Come on. I don’t want to do that. I want to be more than that. I’m really sorry if you misinterpreted things. I’m sorry I misinterpreted our friendship.”