Thank you for your reply Joel. Yes, I realize the contradiction in absolutely being opposed to saying “All Lives Matter” but also thinking “don’t all trans lives matter?” and that’s something I just have to work on. Thank you again for taking a moment to explain and really drive it home.

The reason why there’s a lot of attention on black trans people is actually the same reasoning behind the BLM movement—these people are disproportionately victims of violence. As you saw in the post, the Brooklyn Liberation march this weekend was in response to two black trans women being murdered within 24 hours of…

It’s good that people are finally doing this, but these all sound like good things to do even when there’s not a pandemic? You could easily be out sick for a week plus with the regular flu as well, for example. Or you could get in a car accident, etc.

masculinity is a prison and your cousin-in-law is a prison guard

Had my cousin-in-law (is that a thing?) give me a lecture on how sous-vide wasn’t how she wanted men to cook their meat and how traditional ways were better as we ate at a steak house that I happen to know used that cooking method on the majority of their steaks before finishing, because of course they did. She said…

The Emancipation Proclamation technically ended slavery only in the states that had seceded. Slavery remained legal in the “border states” of Kentucky, Missouri, Maryland, and Delaware. Missouri and Maryland abolished slavery during the Civil War, but in Kentucky and Delaware, the enslaved people did not gain freedom…

Multnomah County, Oregon and Portland, Oregon have made Juneteenth a paid holiday for employees. OREGON!

From what I understand, they can store it in their database far beyond the point they are supposed to, potentially share your DNA with other police forces, and put you at risk of being falsely placed under suspicion for other crimes.

Misread:
“How to Talk to Your Kids About Bob Ross”

That first relationship is a shambling corpse. Dude needs to take your advice on improving himself two years ago. Hopefully he does before his next relationship.

As a scientist, I get where you are come from. However, I participated in a leadership seminar many years ago where we played something called “the game of Life,” where we were given name tags, which contained codes that said things about our race and social status (but which we didn’t know). The point of the game was…

Baggage claim is one of those things that has completely destroyed my faith in humanity. If we can’t get this right, we don’t deserve to make it as a species.

I was coming here to recommend a Dyson V6 or V7, which often go on sale for $200-$250 from Dyson directly. But you need to be patient.

I was coming here to recommend a Dyson V6 or V7, which often go on sale for $200-$250 from Dyson directly. But you…

Dyson. No contest. Had a V6 that I loved so I upgraded to a V11 (used). Price can be a huge barrier to entry because they are super expensive but worth every penny. If you can't afford a new one it's still worth it to buy used.

Dyson. No contest. Had a V6 that I loved so I upgraded to a V11 (used). Price can be a huge barrier to entry because…

Accountability will always be the biggest thing. Body cams, gun cams, car cams, hat cams, belt cams... whatever cams. No option to power off and severe punishment for tampering. The technology is there, hell the police actively use it to track tons of information already.  There are other methods that would help, like…

Good start... Also, we can always go to Black sources for information on Black businesses. Those websites and media properties need traffic too. I can definitely compose a whole list but for starters I will go with;
Dining http://soulphoodie.com/

Don’t forget reframing asking police to report bad actors not as ratting out your friends but as an extension of the “protect and serve” ethos.

I think some kind of deeper and more regular psychological testing for any field/beat officers and detectives would be good for everyone. Reducing the stigma of burnout or PTSD if someone needs a change in role. Weeding out people with chips on their shoulders (there are lots of psych tests already developed for…

Nothing at all will work unless and until the system layer behind the cops actually wants the cops to stop doing it. I can’t help but assume that, for instance, Floyd’s killer got fired from the force with a “Sorry bro, we have no choice but to let you go, or it’ll look bad on us.”

Well, fortunately some people have the basic intelligence to avoid painting an entire group with a single brush based on the actions of a few. Hopefully as you advance through grade school you’ll develop that along the way, too.