Oh man, don’t look at me. I think it’s completely ridiculous, but I’m assuming that’s their spin on it. When I was at school in Columbia, excessive force and targeting from the police was a big thing. I remember one student was waiting outside for her ride to come because she knew she was too drunk to drive home. A…

She was passively resisting, but there’s not much difference when it comes to most cops in that city.

The saddest part is that I know or used to know some of the teachers and administraters in this district. It’s a rough district but it’s full of people who genuinely care about the students and their families. They all deserve better, but Columbia’s law enforcement has left a hell of a lot to be desired in general, so…

You have the ability to pick these battles. For some of us, this is the stuff that defines our lives.

It’s called a living will. She had one. You can legally say when you want the plug pulled and whether you want to be DNR. As it stands right now, people can violate that. Imagine what it was like for her grieving family not to have closure. This woman’s fetus was not viable outside the womb, otherwise they wouldn’t…

I think the police classify this under the cyberbullying stuff, and there’s next to nothing they can/will do about it. I think it has to do with not having the resources or knowledge to trace the IPs or figure out who’s doing what and what counts as a credible threat.

It can’t be. That’s the thing. Turning a brain dead woman’s body into an incubator is not only a gross violation of that woman’s agency, it’s bankrupting her family to prolong the life of a fetus that almost certainly won’t get the nutrients it needs. Think about it. You’re incubating a fetus in a body that is…

The problem is that then you run into situations like that poor woman in Louisiana whose dead body was kept alive to be an incubator for her unborn child completely against medical advice and the wishes of her family. Also, extremely premature babies generally have a poor quality of life ahead of them and cost…

I tore mine with pretty much that same movement during a sparring session and managed to convince myself I had just pulled it. I limped around for like a week and ended up nearly severing my Achilles. Don’t ask me why, but there’s some kind of brain disconnect when it comes to non-contact injuries, I think. Like “It…

Look up some of Ruffalo’s tumblr responses, especially the response to a fan letter someone wrote him. They are sweet and adorable. I want to give that man the biggest hug. Same with Clark Gregg.

Have you ever done something like a prepared debate? You can gather all your information and have everything ready to go, but spending 11 hours getting badgered by assholes while under intense media scrutiny is unimaginably difficult. You can dislike Clinton and disagree with her policies, but you can’t deny that she…

Have you read the book? It was a huge part of my childhood.

Listen though, Lone Ranger was crap, but it could have been somewhat salvaged by more Armie Hammer in chaps scenes. Get on it, Hollywood.

In theory, the stock market is regulated both internally and by the external factors that move it. Stocks also follow very predictable patterns which balances the luck vs skill thing, and investing is literally giving money to the growth of a business as opposed to tossing a quarter in for a randomized jackpot. It can…

While you’re not technically wrong, that was the whole point of making the Model T and revolutionizing the assembly line while trying to maximize efficiency. Up until that point, cars were a luxury item well beyond the price point of the normal working family. Ford cut production times drastically and standardized…

I remember when Lattimore blew out his knees playing for South Carolina, the school immediately promised to take care of him. They held a big rally at the school to show support, paid his medical, etc. He now works for them as well, I think. It was pretty rad to see a program care about an injured athlete that much.

I seriously can’t watch him play. He looks miserable and you know he’s so close to a spinal injury he can feel it.

Most social media management for places that have, let’s say, outdated policies and practices, falls to an intern or someone with little to no community management experience. This is why people pay PR firms.

I saw the best Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles ballet outfit/costume at a local art festival last week. I heard the designer explaining to a baffled parent that her daughter wanted to be leader of the Ninja Turtles and there were no costumes that were cute and would fit her properly, so she made a Leonardo tutu. She also…

I mean this, really. I think a lot of these developer groups who have genuinely good intentions and ideas fall victim to a lack of project management and investor relations.