tylenol realizing they’re about to get a huge settlement from the US government and get some halfway-decent PR when the last thing we all knew about them was the murders
Vulcan naming conventions prioritize names that start with S and end with K (especially for men). Names tend to be of one or two syllables. Consonant stacks (such as the ‘Sp’ in 'Spock’) are encouraged. So what is it about the name of my cool new Vulcan OC, Startreck, that everyone suddenly has a problem with
‘The Bear’ writer, Alex O'Keefe was arrested on a train for sitting while Black;
I was arrested on the @MTA train to Connecticut today, pulled off, handcuffed, and detained. An old white woman got on the train and immediately pointed at me and told me to correct how I was sitting. I refused so she went to the conductor and complained. The conductor called the police and stopped the train. While waiting for the police to arrive, the old Karen’s friend said “You’re not the minority anymore.” The police told me to leave the train, I refused and asked what was I doing illegally. They said I was disturbing the peace by not leaving the train. They pulled me off the train and arrested me without even talking to the Karen who reported the one black person on the train. On the platform, the police detained me and interrogated me. Only black folks stayed nearby and recorded the arrest. When I demanded a lawyer and reminded them they didn’t even take a statement from the woman who complained they eventually released me. This country is growing more psycho by the day. What will you do about it?
Disheartening to know that not only did the conductor called and helped the pigs, the non-Black people also just sat by in silence. And yet, it’s utterly unsurprising. Grandma snitching on a Black man for sitting unproperly is pure Carolyn Bryant behaviour and she deserves to die a slow, painful death.
*Valley Girl voice*: I must, like, not fear. Fear is literally the mind-killer. Like it’s basically the little-death that brings total obliteration. I will totally face my fear. I will permit it to pass over me and through me, and? When it’s gone? I’m gonna like turn the inner eye to see its path! Where the fear has gone there will be literally nothing. Only I will remain.
ALT
