O Mandy: possibly interesting

Last bit of sunset. San Bruno mountains in the distance

Sat, 25 May 2013 00:53:22 -0700

Last bit of sunset. San Bruno mountains in the distance

100% that

Fri, 24 May 2013 17:43:20 -0700

100% that

nezua: i accept myself for who i am.

Fri, 24 May 2013 10:47:21 -0700

nezua:

i accept myself for who i am.

outsanity: jetgreguar: fwiffo: discoverynews: teamepiphany: ...

Fri, 24 May 2013 10:46:12 -0700

outsanity:

jetgreguar:

fwiffo:

discoverynews:

teamepiphany:

Virtual supermarkets are popping up in subway stations in South Korea, where commuters can virtually shop for items while waiting for the train to come. Customers simply scan an item’s QR code using the free “Homeplus” app and can have it delivered to their doorstep before they even get home. Ranked as the 2nd most hard-working country in the world to Japan, South Korea is rewarding its workers with this timesaving gem.

Wow! I kinda love this idea.

literally the future

this is some total recall shit i fuckin love it

DAMN YOU JAPAN AND YOUR SUGOI SHIT!

sugar-nextdoor: Me.

Fri, 24 May 2013 10:43:34 -0700

sugar-nextdoor:

Me.

Photo

Fri, 24 May 2013 10:42:59 -0700

nezua: thepeoplesrecord: TW: Police brutality - Judge tosses...

Fri, 24 May 2013 10:41:25 -0700

nezua:

thepeoplesrecord:

TW: Police brutality - Judge tosses indictment in Ramarley Graham case, says grand jury was misled
May 15, 2013

A judge has thrown out the indictment against an NYPD officer charged in the fatal shooting of an unarmed 18-year-old in his Bronx home last year, but said prosecutors can present the case again, NBC 4 New York has learned.

Officer Richard Haste, 31, had been indicted on manslaughter charges in the February 2012 shooting death of Ramarley Graham and faced up to 25 years in prison.

On Wednesday, a judge dismissed the indictment on a technicality, siding with defense lawyers who had argued prosecutors gave flawed instructions to the grand jury that indicted Haste.

The Bronx district attorney’s office couldn’t immediately be reached for comment.

Graham’s family left the courtroom after the judge’s decision, cursing and calling the officer a “murderer.”

Graham was shot to death in the bathroom of his home on East 229th Street after police chased him inside.

Security video showed Graham entering his home, and police running after him. Police at the time said officers witnessed a drug deal and pursued Graham, believing he had a gun.

They went in and found him in the second-floor bathroom, and shot him in the chest. He died shortly afterward.

Police said later that Graham was not found with a gun.

Source

“This is an outrageous miscarriage of justice and an insult to the family and supporters of Ramarley Graham. We demand that a new Grand Jury is convened immediately and that the case is re-presented.” - Rev. Al Sharpton

Pictured: Ramarley’s parents, Franclot Graham & Constance Malcolm

Judge is like WHOA WAIT A MINUTE, WE ALMOST CONVICTED A COP!!!

There’s nowhere to go for justice, so we all rely on the same crooked systems that have historically, and still to this day legitimize torture, invasion, occupation, genocidal expansion on the continent, illegal weapons, war crimes, interment, and land theft.

i hope he gets found guilty the second time, too. though i don’t understand how the prosecutors can “present the case again,” given laws against double jeopardy. maybe i don’t quite understand how to reason out the slickness in my lil layman’s world.

Chris Arnade Photography: The Death of Yafna Garcia

Sun, 19 May 2013 08:00:40 -0700

Chris Arnade Photography: The Death of Yafna Garcia:

arnade:

The last picture I have of Millie is of her talking to a stray cat.

It was a late October night. She was working “the spot,” a shuttered loading dock on an industrial street where I had first met her over a year before. Always shy, this night she was quieter than usual. She spoke to the…

escapedgoat: ghdos: sociapathy: luckydicekirby: sass-master-j...

Thu, 16 May 2013 13:38:04 -0700

escapedgoat:

ghdos:

sociapathy:

luckydicekirby:

sass-master-jack-frost:

I have never wanted to know why so bad in my entire life

i assume this is why

CLICK THAT LINK

Brilliance.

X___X

Oakland Hot Spot: Forty Goin' Norty

Thu, 16 May 2013 07:22:47 -0700

Oakland Hot Spot: Forty Goin' Norty:

oaklandhotspot:

For Amanda Smulevitz, bus line number 40 is like a time machine. It takes her back nearly four decades to a past growing up in homes scattered across East Oakland, past the San Antonio park where she hung out as a teenager, past Wing’s Daily Kitchen on Foothill, where she and her parents…

oaklandhotspot: Amanda Smulevitz, 45, in one of a series of...

Thu, 16 May 2013 07:22:35 -0700

oaklandhotspot:

Amanda Smulevitz, 45, in one of a series of videos talking about riding buses, East Oakland and the plight of kids growing up in the flatlands today.

Video

Thu, 16 May 2013 07:22:23 -0700

Murphy’s Law for moms

Mon, 13 May 2013 08:46:07 -0700

Murphy’s Law for moms

beam me up

Sat, 11 May 2013 23:16:03 -0700

beam me up

Violet

Sat, 11 May 2013 23:13:53 -0700

Violet

How to tell if a toy is for girls or boys

Tue, 07 May 2013 09:30:03 -0700

How to tell if a toy is for girls or boys

Free comics day (at The Comic Shop)

Sat, 04 May 2013 17:08:34 -0700

Free comics day (at The Comic Shop)

at Mountain Mike’s Pizza

Sat, 04 May 2013 14:04:57 -0700

at Mountain Mike’s Pizza

dumbesttweets: But that’s not who died. Bless all their hearts....

Wed, 01 May 2013 22:33:35 -0700

dumbesttweets:

But that’s not who died. Bless all their hearts. Shourrout to @SteenFox for finding these dunces.

mydaguerreotypelibrarian: I got a hot tip from Tumblr user...

Mon, 29 Apr 2013 09:51:55 -0700

mydaguerreotypelibrarian:

I got a hot tip from Tumblr user sunshinegames about a rad historical librarian, Ruth Brown. You can read more about her on the Oklahoma Library Legends website:

February was Brotherhood Month in 1950 and Miss Brown, along with two young African American teacher friends entered Bartlesville’s largest drugstore that served food and seated themselves. When service was refused, Miss Brown asked why, and was curtly answered. The ladies left, planning to repeat the action if repercussions were not “too violent.” Two weeks later, Senator Joseph McCarthy exploded on the national scene with his accusations of card carrying Communists in the government. This event not only sent the country into a spin, but it also gave opponents of Miss Brown’s interracial activities an opportunity to attack under false pretenses.

At a City Commission meeting that month, a group of citizens accused Miss Brown of supplying “subversive” materials at the library, namely The Nation magazine and at a later Commission meeting also New Republic and Soviet Russia Today. The Library Board, in an attempt to “deflect the attack, removed the offending magazines to locked storage.” A few days later on the front page of the local newspaper, a photo of the offending magazines and two books entitled, The Russians appeared. The subtitle, The Land, the People and Why They Fight was covered. The book was published in 1943 during the time that Russia and the United States were allies during WWII. Neither copy was owned by the Bartlesville Library. It has been speculated that the library custodian, whether by agreement or coercion, had let members of the opposing group enter the area while the library was closed. No one had authorized the photo and the displayed books were never located. For the next several months there were strong feelings pro and con concerning Miss Brown and the library.

Miss Brown was summoned to an executive session of the city commissioners. No one was present to record the interrogation, and she was concerned that her words would be misrepresented; she agreed to answer questions pertaining to her personal life, only in writing, as she had been advised by her lawyer. According to her written account a few days later, many of the questions dealt with her interracial activities and her loyalty. Within the hour, Miss Brown was notified that she was out of a job.