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What does a bitch have to do for some good vulva reference pictures for embroidery???

Mostly this is me being frustrated, but I do accept actual suggestions

mussyhead

cat friends

scarjodropdead-deactivated20220

Someone: Wow you’re so easy to talk to! I feel like our personalities fit so well together!

Me: thanks i made this one special just for you

valtsv

tbh the worst thing about being an adult is they dont make light up shoes in your size anymore because theyre “for kids”. fuck you. im gay and im scared of the dark.

neverthere12345

hundondestiny

chaotic good

doctorbobkelso

acitywithoutwalls

the only true ally

lavenderandpear

The man holding this #BlackLivesMatter sign is Richmond (CA) police chief Chris Magnus, whose department has not lost an officer or killed a citizen since 2007, the year after he took over. This is not an accident, this peacefulness is the direct result of his leadership. Police departments across the country should be looking to his department as an example to be followed.

‘Chief Magnus changed the department from one that focused on “impact teams” of officers who roamed rough neighborhoods looking to make arrests to one that required all officers to adopt a “community policing” model, which emphasizes relationship building.

“We had generations of families raised to hate and fear the Richmond police, and a lot of that was the result of our style of policing in the past. It took us a long time to turn that around, and we’re seeing the fruits of that now. There is a mutual respect now, and some mutual compassion.”’

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the interview is pretty awesome if you want to watch it: https://www.yahoo.com/news/richmond-california-police-chief-chris-magnus-talks-community-policing-in-katie-couric-interview-044448393.html?ref=gs

sabbatine

They also do regular officer trainings with roleplay scenarios and airsoft guns to teach them how to de-escalate, how to avoid firing when fired upon, and how to deal with people with weapons in a way that doesn’t end with a shootout.

They also apparently go through the details of officer-involved shootings elsewhere, picking them apart and using them as teaching tools for what NOT to do or what the officer could have done to avoid shooting the person.

Essentially, they take a proactive approach to not shooting people and put time, money, and effort into it. Richmond isn’t a low-crime area. Other cities could follow their model and almost certainly see results.

brinconvenient

Who’d have thought it would take so much work to learn how to just … NOT shoot people

trashmouse

These are the sort of police officers who deserve respect. The ones who take the time to build a relationship with the community they’re supposed to be protecting, and work to actually protect people instead of just shooting anyone who looked scary.

oswinstark

In before anyone tries to say that the only reason this works is because Richmond is probably like “not as bad” as other places in the US

I grew up here. I’m close to Richmond. It used to be one of the most dangerous cities in America. Literally. In 2006 it was #11 in the Most Dangerous Cities in America.

Now? It doesn’t even break the top 100.

What changed? This guy became police chief in 2007.

IT’S SO FUCKING WEIRD HOW THAT WORKS! *looks pointedly at every other police force in America*

raychromatic

a quick thing for Autism Acceptance Day/Month!!

how to support autistic people this month:

don’t support Autism Speaks – it’s an awful “charity” that harms autistic people more than it helps them

do support organisations run by and for autistic people, such as the Autistic Self-Advocacy Network ( @autisticadvocacy ) and the Autism Women’s Network ( @autisticwomen )

don’t “light it up blue” for “autism awareness” – these things are heavily associated with Autism Speaks, and with the dangerous misconceptions it spreads about autism

do use the hashtag #RedInstead to fight back against #LightItUpBlue

do promote and celebrate autism acceptance (not just awareness!)

and, most importantly:

do listen to what actual autistic people have to say – we know better than our family members, “autism experts”, or any non-autistic person!!

This probs sounds a little paranoid, but I'm PRETTY sure I've got someone on my Facebook that's secretly anti choice and I want to find out who so I can unfriend them so they

refuse2obeyy

You will meet many types of people in your life. You will meet delicate flowers, raging oceans, quiet forests, towering mountains, and colourful skies. You will meet thunderstorms, you will meet lightning. They will knock you down, they will leave you breathless. You will meet sunrises, you will meet gardens. They will give you light, they will take you on adventures. Explore them. Get lost with them. They all have something to teach you.

suzie-guru

Reblog if you want to people to come into your inbox and tell you what type of person you are to them - gardens? a sea storm? a sunrise that is brilliant and bold, or a sunrise that that is soft and pale with mist and promise? anything or everything…

randomslasher

What a beautiful ask meme

I know I'm never on here anymore

But like, y'all should do me a solid and go give First Step Pregnancy Resource Center in Bangor Maine a bad Google review. They're a Crisis Pregnancy Center, which means they like to patients about their options with pregnancy (and they aren't even HIPPA regulated!)

Honestly, give any CPC you know of a bad review. Reblog this and add your local CPC and I'll give them a negative review, too.

#cpc #crisis pregnancy center

high functioning mental illness means finding ways to self harm without leaving marks

#tw self harm #i should probs delete this #mental illness

Idk man, it's hard to believe people like me or want to spend time with me when I spend so much time alone