Tag: good things

bogleech:

disneybombshell:

tsunamiwavesurfing:

  • Esther Okade from Walsall has enrolled on Open University course
  • After degree she wants to study for PhD before running her own bank
  • Girl’s younger brother Isiah is already studying for A-levels aged six
  • Siblings are both home-schooled by mathematician mother Omonefe

Look at her mother bless

isn’t it a little shitty though that they were home-schooled by a mathematician and the article headlines just say they “DIDN’T GO TO SCHOOL”

What the fuck is that

Oh, yeah. That bit is messed up.

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loungejulius:

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manafromheaven:

salticinae:

I’m actually crying right now. Something that seemed impossible for me might actually happen in the future. I just hope this isn’t repealed by the time I feel comfortable enough in my life to transition. I know this doesn’t seem important to most people but this just gave me another reason to keep moving forward with my life. 🙏

I HOPE THIS IS A THING FOR MY AMERICAN FRIENDS AHH!!!

WOAH WAIT WHAT

IS THIS REALLY A THING

@_@

The three articles mentioned in the image.

For all my followers who are interested in surgery.

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harriedwizard:

bathedinflames:

nerdyandyouknowit:

cheerfulmetaphysics:

tsamthepoet:

I hardly see any heroic posts about Muslims on here, so here you go.

I love that it takes the time to specify that his attack of choice was a flying kick

The hero the world needs

I remember this. But I feel we’re missing some key points. When it happened, he was out jogging with his puppy:

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He heard screams and sprinted towards them. He jumped a fence, saw a man pinning a woman down and immediately fly-kicked him in the face, knocking him out. He then gave the woman his jacket because her dress was ripped and got her a taxi home. She only managed to get in contact with him and tell the papers cause she later found his driver’s license in the pocket of the jacket.

“If I see a person in danger then I will intervene. I would not want to ignore it and then read the next day that a woman had been raped or murdered.”

And his message to the attacker:

“He is a coward and a man with no morals. I won’t forget his face.”

In case you wondered what a hero looks like.

Dresden

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l20music:

fatshitcray:

datzhott:

Plus-Sized Woman Rocks Bikini on Hollywood Boulevard to Promote Body Acceptance

Los Angeles is known for many things: great weather, a laidback lifestyle, and Hollywood’s biggest stars. But for many who live in La La Land, the pressure to conform to a certain beauty standard can leave them feeling downright depressed.

Why didn’t this have any notes?

It doesnt have any notes because its a black woman doing it. Had it been a white woman this wouldve been national news.

Source: datzhott

verigupi:

justice4mikebrown:

actjustly:

THIS IS HUGE

More info should be available tomorrow (12/12).

A federal judge ruled Thursday that police can no longer use tear gas on protesters without declaring an illegal assembly, giving them fair warning and time to vacate the area.

The temporary restraining order comes just weeks after the last rounds of heavy protest in Ferguson in response to a St. Louis County grand jury’s decision not to indict the police officer who shot and killed Michael Brown Jr. A group of protesters had filed the lawsuit asking for a restriction on police use of tear gas and excessive force during demonstrations.

“Ultimately she decided there was substantial evidence that police had violated the constitutional rights of the protesters, that it was a restriction on their free speech,” Roediger told msnbc shortly after the judge made her ruling.

“The best thing the judge said and she said it a couple of times, was that ‘it’s clear to me for some reason the police are treating this group, around this movement, differently than they treat other large crowds,” Roediger said. “Hopefully it’ll put an end to the practice of protesters having no idea what the police response will be. No more of this sort of punishment in the streets where what the police are going to do is unpredictable and often violent,” he said.

franksredhaute:

BREAKING: President Obama Is Doing the One Thing That Will Prevent More Fergusons

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thepoliticalfreakshow:

And it’s about time.

The crisis born of Officer Darren Wilson’s non-indictment in Ferguson, Missouri, last week has compelled the White House to push for national police reform.

President Barack Obama called for Monday $75 million to equip 50,000 police officers across the nation with body cameras intended to track their interactions with civilians.

The budget for the body cameras, announced during a day of meetings with civil rights leaders and members of law enforcement, is part of a three-year, $263 million initiative on police reform that would also expand training for law enforcement, according to the Associated Press. Obama plans on working with Congress next year to include the program in the 2015 budget. 

The program: The package would provide a 50% federal match for local police departments to acquire body cameras, Talking Points Memo reports. There are no confirmed numbers on how many police agencies use body cameras, but a 2013 report cited by Talking Points Memo suggests that currently most do not. 

The White House also is working on an executive order to change the review process under which military-grade equipment is given to local police departments and require new standards for their supervision. Talking Points Memo says that a senior administration official declined to comment on whether Obama would support a ban on the transfer of militarized equipment itself to the police.  

The grand jury’s decision not to indict Wilson triggered an explosion of protests, riots and a fierce national debate over the relationship between police agencies and the black community. The fervor of the response seems to have already surpassed the outcry last year over George Zimmerman’s acquittal after he killed unarmed black teenager Trayvon Martin in 2012.

A necessary step: Body cameras have been brought up as one way to help reform behavior of police agencies, some of whom have proven to be systematic practitioners of racial discrimination. A black person is four times more likely to be arrested for having marijuana than a white person, despite using the drug at similar rates. Young black males are 21 times more likely to be shot dead by police than their white peers. The United States incarcerates its minorities at a greater rate than any other country in the world, including South Africa under apartheid.

Substantial evidence based on case studies show body cameras can work as a tool of accountability and quickly decrease the rate of the use of force in confrontations between police and civilians.

Body cameras won’t solve the deeper structural incentives that police officers have for surveilling, harassing and arresting black and brown communities around the country, but they could be a useful tool for curbing the epidemic of police brutality that seems to have hit a breaking point nationally.

Source: Zeeshan Aleem for Mic

!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

lyndez:

socialjusticekoolaid:

ICYMI in Ferguson (12/1/14): Several St Louis Rams players showed their solidarity with Ferguson protesters as they took the field, displaying the now iconic “Hands Up Don’t Shoot” gesture. The head of the St Louis Police Association, cop killer apologist/defender Jeff Roorda (really, there aren’t enough unpleasant things to say about him), was outraged by the salute, and is calling for the players to be disciplined. The Rams won themselves some new fans today, Roorda be damned! #staywoke #farfromover

Man I just can’t get enough of this

Source: revolutionarykoolaid