tripping over the ottoman

trekordie: boldlygoaway: iseefearinyoureyeshuman: kiranwearsscienceblues: what if all us...

Mon, 17 Jun 2013 23:56:59 -0400

trekordie: boldlygoaway: iseefearinyoureyeshuman: kiranwearsscienceblues: what if all us...

louisgrimshaw: The Way to Eden There is no insanity in what...

Mon, 17 Jun 2013 23:41:32 -0400

The Way to Eden

There is no insanity in what they seek. I made a promise which I should like to keep. With your permission, I must locate Eden.

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

Mon, 17 Jun 2013 22:25:06 -0400

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.

#CHANGEBRAZIL Masterpost: Understanding the cause

Mon, 17 Jun 2013 22:23:16 -0400

forgottencapital: I sure hope you are seeing a bunch of stuff about Brazil, either on Tumblr,...

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Mon, 17 Jun 2013 20:40:15 -0400

susanstorms: fake film meme (Star Trek/Road Trip AU): In...

Mon, 17 Jun 2013 20:34:52 -0400

susanstorms:

fake film meme (Star Trek/Road Trip AU): In another life they’re the crew of the U.S.S. Enterprise — but for now, they’re just a bunch of young adults pining for a new adventure while piling in the back of Kirk’s Ford Explorer (fitting, amirite?) The five year voyage through space is condensed to a five month trek across the North American plains, and while Lewis and Clark may have ventured the land long before their time, laying out the previously unstaked soil, their mission? One final hoo-rah before the real world gets ahead of them.

“Dammit, Kirk, I’m a doctor, not a fisherman! Get that trout out of my face!”

And that’s pretty much the whole plot of the movie, probably. Also Spock wearing a “Save the Fucking Earth” shirt need I really say more?? This basically has no plot or rhyme or reason but yay for road trip AUs! Also featuring Shatner because why the hell not.

Brazil is protesting against corruption, police brutality, for...

Mon, 17 Jun 2013 20:24:31 -0400

Brazil is protesting against corruption, police brutality, for better schools, hopitals and public transportation, for the media show the truth and not to repress protests. Who can not go to the streets can help supporting the moviment, sharing in social networking. The protest that started with some people in one city now is in the whole country with thousands of people. Right now the protesters are in the capital in front of the National Congress of Brazil, the legislative body of Brazil’s federal government.

shanimel: more than 100 thousand people protesting in rio de...

Mon, 17 Jun 2013 20:23:56 -0400

shanimel:

more than 100 thousand people protesting in rio de janeiro!

ofdanmark: you know this generation could probably change the world if we’d get off the internet...

Mon, 17 Jun 2013 20:23:20 -0400

ofdanmark: you know this generation could probably change the world if we’d get off the internet...

JJ Feild by Stephen Busken

Mon, 17 Jun 2013 20:02:06 -0400

JJ Feild by Stephen Busken

tiny-wee-bit: JJ Feild 007 [x]

Mon, 17 Jun 2013 20:01:43 -0400

tiny-wee-bit:

JJ Feild 007 [x]

converse-universe: Just realised that the British currency does...

Mon, 17 Jun 2013 19:57:11 -0400

converse-universe:

Just realised that the British currency does this. Mind. Blown.

Zachary Quinto Talks Rosie O'Donnell, Broadway and his first Tony Awards.

Mon, 17 Jun 2013 19:54:47 -0400

mrssylargray: Last week actor Zachary Quinto sat down with Broadway and Law & Order SVU actor...

mccooooooooooooooooooooooooooooy: Why you should ship Spones- Part 1 of an indeterminate amount of...

Mon, 17 Jun 2013 19:49:53 -0400

mccooooooooooooooooooooooooooooy: Why you should ship Spones- Part 1 of an indeterminate amount of...

isabelalina12: It’s happening! Protests in 6 big cities at the...

Mon, 17 Jun 2013 19:31:58 -0400

isabelalina12:

It’s happening! Protests in 6 big cities at the same time! This is Brazil screaming for changes!

vulcanblood: I didn’t choose the Star Trek life; the Star Trek life grabbed me by the tips of my...

Mon, 17 Jun 2013 19:23:26 -0400

vulcanblood: I didn’t choose the Star Trek life; the Star Trek life grabbed me by the tips of my...

iwdrm: “You know what? If everything’s going bad, we’re going...

Mon, 17 Jun 2013 17:18:26 -0400

iwdrm:

“You know what? If everything’s going bad, we’re going bad as well.”

Sedmikrásky (1966)

"You see, I feel sorrier for you than I do for him, because you’ll never know the things that love..."

Mon, 17 Jun 2013 15:18:18 -0400

“You see, I feel sorrier for you than I do for him, because you’ll never know the things that...

classictrek: Stills, “Requiem for Methuselah,” 1969

Mon, 17 Jun 2013 15:15:25 -0400

classictrek:

Stills, “Requiem for Methuselah,” 1969

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Mon, 17 Jun 2013 15:14:53 -0400