While people are inclined to whip out their phones and film when they see something alarming happening, those videos are not always recorded in a way that can be used as evidence in a legal proceeding or to support advocacy tactics.
At the human rights organization WITNESS, where I work as the senior U.S. program coordinator, we’ve learned that video has a greater chance of making an impact when it’s filmed ethically and strategically, and released in coordination with advocacy and legal efforts. Using the camera in your pocket can be a valuable way to ensure the world bears witness to abusive policing and systemic racism, help hold authorities accountable, and advocate for the real safety of our communities.
Teen Vogue still hitting it out of the park, I see.
HOLY SHIT. This was extremely informative. Please everyone READ THIS!!!
This is my dog Lukki, he’s blind and needs 5000$ within 2-3 months to get surgery to remove his cataracts. If we can’t get the money in time he might never see again because of how fast the cataracts are developing. If you donate or share this post it increases the chances that he can see again. He’s such a lovely dog and has a lot of life left in him.
seriously, tho, shelters and rescues are being slammed HARD by kitten season this year. i mean, we always are, but this year seems extra bad. shelters are in desperate need of:
Towels
Kitten Milk Replacer (kmr)
Baby kitten kibble (like with the teeny tiny kibbles like royal canin’s babycat formula)
Baby kitten soft food
Heating pads (kittens need SO MUCH HEAT)
Pine litter (baby kittens can’t use clumping litter because they try to eat it or it gets stuck to their bottoms and clumps up)
Unflavored pedialyte
little kitten pens (like the kind you keep kittens IN, not the kind you write with)
feeding syringes, bottles, and nipples
money
Fosters!!! this is probably the thing we need more than anything else, tbh.
this is the only reason i get news notifications on my phone
okay but they actually had a very calculated disregard for speed limits?
some of the quick facts:
- average speed of 103mph (165kmh) including the 22.5 minutes of refueling - reached cruise speeds of 160mph (258kmh) - 700 horsepower from various upgrades
- built-in Net Radar radar detector
- windshield-mount Escort Max 360 radar detector - AL Priority laser jammer system - aircraft collision avoidance system
(for finding highway patrol aircraft)
- brake lights and tail lights disabled - vinyl trim used to make the rear lights resemble a honda accord (and not a race-ready mercedes) - 2 ipads for additional police tracking - 2 GPS systems to prove their record
- police scanner - CB radio - 18 spotters along the route to watch for police - and my personal favourite, a roof mounted set of thermal binoculars
And that’s the way to do it.
Kings
I’m amazed they were able to beat the old cannonball record
Apparently, they had cops helping keep the other cops away, they did this by convincing them that they would do it regardless and helping would be safer, and if they set a crazy enough record it would deter other people.
The speed discrepancy between the top speed at almost 200 and average speed of 103 is because they dropped it with other cars nearby, which was also a strategy to not get reported and stopped.
It was not a Mercedes it was an Infiniti Q50 modded with a GT-R drivetrain which was set up for multiple drivers with a MIDDLE seat like a McClaren F1? I cannot find pictures unfortunately.
The original interview says they had a fucking smoke screen if they got chased even. Recommended by his therapist apparently?
I think my favorite part was he is agnostic so he prayed to every god just in case. All of them he could find. Just to cover all the bases.
Okay also I’ve been driving electric cars long enough now to be really emphatic that the fact that they’re not all automatically built with solar panels in the roofs is a scandal.
And somehow almost every time I tell anyone this they roll their eyes and attempt to explain to me that this would not create a perpetual motion machine because of the limitations of the area relative to the power draw of the motor, which is incredibly annoying because that’s not the point.
Yes it’s possible that driving in the sunshine with a solar collector dripping into the battery would net you a little more mileage on that trip before needing recharge, but the usefulness of a solar-topped electric car is that if you drive it someplace–say, to work–and leave it outside in the sun all day, you’ll definitely have more range available by the time you’re ready to head home.
Also if you fuck up your calculations because of the inefficiency induced by cold weather or something and get yourself stranded without anywhere to charge, like halfway up a mountain or, more likely, six miles from home, you can call for rescue or walk away, come back later, and it’ll be able to move again.
This is important because unlike running out of gas you can’t really go get some electricity.
like imagine if some of the energy that turns into face-melting air when you first turn the AC on was stored as electricity instead of going to waste
Imagine if electric cars were designed and sold on their merits as practical devices and not toys for the rich.
We really need to get away from the image of electric cars only being big expensive toys for the rich.
The best selling electric car in Europe is the small Renault ZOE, which sells for 20-30k€, a fraction of what a Tesla model S costs.
I’m on my fifth year with my ZOE, and I swear, the number of people who don’t even consider an electric car as an option when buying a new car, because they’re convinced only millionaires can afford them, is such an unnecessary obstacle for phasing out fossil cars.
Please, don’t contribute to the myth.
And yes, OP, solar panels in the roof should be the default. I couldn’t agree more.
reminder to be wary of any news coverage you hear or read that doesn’t come from a direct source because there is always some type of spin on EVERYTHING.
