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I’ve realized lately that my favorite tattooed people are the ones who just go willy-nilly with little stuff, as if their body were a bathroom wall...
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Daddy (Taken with instagram)
I’ve realized lately that my favorite tattooed people are the ones who just go willy-nilly with little stuff, as if their body were a bathroom wall in a dive bar. It seems indicative of an understanding that our skin is just a shell for our guts.
Drinking local milk in New York City can help the state reform its prison system. At least, that’s the argument of social enterprise Milk Not Jails.
Know your rights, y’all
Data Visualization: Racial Breakdown of Incarceration in The United States
The US is ranked #1 in some impressive areas but being #1 for incarceration isn’t something to brag about. In fact, more than 1 in every 100 adults in America are incarcerated at any given time. In some states such as Louisiana as many as 1 in 55 adults are incarcerated at any time. But even in states with fewer incarcerations like Maine, 1 in 226 are still incarcerated. In light of such numbers it isn’t surprising that the US has 25% of the world’s incarcerated population even though the US only makes up around 5% of the population globally.
Despite the huge population of incarcerated people it is far from a representative portion of the population. While the national average is 1 in 100, only 1 in 106 is a white male. Shockingly, 1 in 15 Black men are incarcerated. This is like 2 people out of every classroom. Comparatively 1 in 36 Hispanic men are incarcerated fully 300% more than their white counterparts.
(via thatneedstogo)
So, you know, people released from prison, you know, having been convicted, often find that they cannot get access to public housing, and in many regions of the country, you’re barred from public housing for a minimum of five years when you’re released from prison.
So where do you sleep? Where do you go? Trying to find work is extraordinarily difficult. You know, trying even to get a job as a barber or get a job as a janitor can be difficult. Employers are legally authorized to discriminate against you. Food stamps may be off-limits to you. Under federal law, you’re deemed ineligible for food stamps for the rest of your life if you’ve been convicted of a felony drug offense.
Fortunately, many states have now opted out of the federal ban on food stamps for drug offenders, but it remains the case that thousands of people still can’t even get food stamps to feed themselves because they were once caught with some drugs.
And to make matters worse, you know, when you’re released from prison, you’re often saddled with hundreds or thousands of dollars in fees, fines, court costs, accumulated back child support. In a growing number of states, you’re actually expected to pay back the cost of your imprisonment.
And, you know, get this: If you’re one of the lucky few who actually manage to get a job upon release from prison, up to 100 percent of your wages can be garnished to pay back all those fees, fines, court costs, accumulated back child support. What, realistically, do we expect folks to do? The system seems designed to send folks back to prison, which is what, in fact, happens the vast majority of the time.
And there is no longer any point to the work I have been doing….
(via meganj28)
Dear All Men In The World:
Watch this. If you’re vegan, it will inspire you. If you aren’t, it will make you question that in the best way possible.
“There’s effects on our water, our environment, our soil. There’s effects on public health and personal health. There’s a whole range of issues associated with animal agriculture. And when you take animal agriculture out of the equation, it helps solve a lot of these issues. it’s the only way to solve a lot of these issues. We can continue to put bandaids over it, but at the end of the day, if we don’t fix our appetites for animal based foods and fashion, we’re heading down the wrong path, and it’s just not sustainable.”
“The question is, what do you stand for? Do you have principles? Are there things that you believe, and are you the kind of person that’s going to stand up, and say hey, count me in, these are my principles, this is what I believe, and I’m going to defend them…and if you’re not that kind of guy, then you know, hey, maybe veganism isn’t for you. But what I’m saying is, if you’re the kind of guy that believes in compassion, you believe in mercy, you believe in right vs. wrong, then this is the right lifestyle for you, and this is what you need to be doing.”
- Robert Lucius, CEO of the Humane Party
A really interesting consideration about vegetarianism and veganism that I think a lot of people don’t think about - what does the way we treat animals and allow animals to be treated say about how we approach other living things, like each other?
(via lunchboxhabitat)
Introducing our new game called:
“Don’t Be A Di*k During Meals With Friends.”
The first person to crack and look at their phone picks up the check.
Our (initial) purpose of the game was to get everyone off the phones free from twitter/fb/texting and to encourage conversations.
Rules:
1) The game starts after everyone has ordered.
2) Everybody places their phone on the table face down.
3) The first person to flip over their phone loses the game.
4) Loser of the game pays for the bill.
5) If the bill comes before anyone has flipped over their phone everybody is declared a winner and pays for their own meal.
Variations/house rules:
-Starting the game after everyone is seated.
-In the rare event that multiple people flip their phones simultaneously, the bill is split between said players.
- Feel free to invoke penalties/strikes systems.
Notes:
- No touching or messing with anybody else’s phones.
- You don’t have to stack the phones. This was done for picture taking purposes.
- I realize I should perhaps think of a different name for this awesome game. Because I don’t mean to imply that everyone who checks their phone during meals is a di*k.
- I recommend not being such a stickler or hardass on people about the rules and even initiation of the game. Basic premise is to just get people open to the idea of staying active and attentive to one another. But if someone has to take a call; they have to take a call =).
- Have fun! It’s really more of a fun concept in this new age high tech life of ours. Conversation is the spice of life.
Fucking THIS.
Huh. I’d love to try this out.
Oh wow. Firstly, I think it is a great idea. Second, I’m sad that this is even an issue.
(via thatneedstogo)
thanks @mofletch.
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