Good (Encouraging) Stuff (Part 2)

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Excuse Me What GIF by Nickelodeon

Episode 2 Waiting GIF by The Bachelorette

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The first one? Isn’t the show something like 55 years old?

That actually floors me.

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Your moment of Zen:

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Gen AP Hill. Disposed of.

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The list:

(excerpt) The [LAPD] union is set to formally unveil the proposed list on Wednesday, but the list in its entirety can be found below:

  1. Non-criminal and/or non-violent homeless and quality of life-related calls;
  2. Non-criminal mental health calls;
  3. Non-violent juvenile disturbance or juveniles beyond parental control calls; (won’t go to school);
  4. Calls to schools unless the school administration is initiating a call foran emergency police response or making a mandatory reporting notification;
  5. Public Health Order violations;
  6. Non-violent calls for service at City parks;
  7. Under the influence calls (alcohol and/or drugs) where there is no other crime in progress;
  8. Welfare Check – WELCK;
  • Non-Criminal;
  • Courtesy request from Drs/Hospitals;
  1. Non-Fatal Vehicle Accidents – 1181/1182/1183/1179;
  • Non-DUI/Non-Criminal; Property damage only (including City property), Verbal disputes involving non-injury traffic collisions, refusing to share ID at traffic collisions;
  1. Parking violations;
  2. Driveway tow;
  3. Abandoned vehicles;
  4. Person dumping trash;
  5. Vicious and dangerous dog complaints where no attack is in progress;
  6. Calls for service for loud noise, loud music, or ‘party’ calls that are anonymous or have no victim;
  7. Landlord/Tenant Disputes;
  8. Loitering/Trespassing With No Indication Of Danger;
  9. Code 30 Alarm Response (except 211 silent alarm);
  10. Syringe Disposal;
  11. DOT Stand-By;
  12. Homeless Encampment Clean-Ups, unless officers are requested or prescheduled;
  13. Panhandling;
  14. Illegal Vending;
  15. Illegal Gambling;
  16. Fireworks;
  17. Defecating/Urinating In Public;
  18. Drinking in Public;
  19. Suspicious circs-possible dead body, where no indication of foul play

The union has agreed to stop providing a sworn police response to the complaints included in the list, and says it will work with the city and the Police Department to develop protocols if an armed response becomes necessary after the first unarmed response has already been deployed.

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and the city will reallocate LAPD funding to cover those services now that they aren’t being handled by police?

Praying I Hope GIF by The Paley Center for Media

I mean, this is the bulk of the Defund the Police wish list. The only thing remaining is separating criminal investigation from the police force so that it can be handled by people who have the critical thinking skills to actually do a decent job.

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If Los Angeles adopts the Eugene, Oregon model (followed by San Franciso) then


(excerpt) [San Francisco] said it will develop its plan over the next year ['20 through’21], following models like the Cahoots program in the western Oregon city of Eugene. That community-based crisis program employs social workers and mental health workers to respond to disturbances where crimes are not being committed.

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Yeah
should be crossposted to odd stuff, at the least.


and probably A thread of our own- misogyny, sadly :disappointed:

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No sir?

Joensuu’s Karjalainen is among the papers carrying an article about the possible introduction of gender-neutral forms of address in the Finnish military.

At present, subordinates address their superiors as either “Herra” (Sir) or “Rouva” (Ma’am).

The personnel division of Defence Command is now looking at the issue of a transition to a gender-neutral practice. The review was spurred by an anonymous complaint filed with military authorities questioning the legality of gendered terminology. According to the complaint, current practice is not gender-neutral, does not promote equality between the sexes, and does not take into account the individual’s experience of gender.

Women have held service roles in the Finnish Defence Forces since their founding in 1918. When women’s voluntary military service began in 1995, the general service regulations stipulated that females serving in the military should be addressed as “Rouva”.

“The general feeling is that these terms have been in use for a long time and they partly reflect the culture and practices in society as a whole. The titles used also embody the way of talking about others respectfully, which is characteristic of the military community,” according to an email from Defence Command’s personnel division in response to an inquiry by the Uutissuomalainen news group.

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I couldn’t think of a better place to put this so putting it here. Humble Bundle has a $30 (minimum) bundle of games and comics with 100% of the proceeds going to Direct Relief, International Medical Corps, and Save the Children in support of their ongoing TĂŒrkiye-Syria quake relief efforts.

The retail value of the contents is $1,000, and it includes the very new Gotham Knights, so you can get a very bad thing by doing a very good thing! Oh, and there are all 10 volumes of Saga in there in PDF form.

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Dart? They’re going to throw darts at it?

Star Wars Doom GIF

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Maybe they’ll throw Dodge Darts?

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:thinking: That could totally crush a Tesla, right? :smiling_imp:

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Don’t mock the buzzin’ half dozen.

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