charmalot → malcolmmerlyns

guys i’m moving blogs bc my tags are all fucked up here and it makes me angry

same trash, new blog: malcolmmerlyns

dctv ladies in plaid ｡♥‿♥｡

If no one else will defend the world, then I must. 

All I’m saying is the next Captain America film better have a historically accurate friendship kiss between Steve and Bucky! (x)

About five times a year, I re-learn that Jimmy Kimmel and Jimmy Fallon are different people.

do you ever watch something and think “this was written by a man”

Yea . Age of ultron

WONDER WOMAN – Rise of the Warrior [Official Final Trailer]  

aaaaAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH

Tom Holland on Lip Sync Battle

Katie McGrath as Lena Luthor in Supergirl

The man holding this #BlackLivesMatter sign is Richmond (CA) police chief Chris Magnus, whose department has not lost an officer or killed a citizen since 2007, the year after he took over. This is not an accident, this peacefulness is the direct result of his leadership. Police departments across the country should be looking to his department as an example to be followed.

‘Chief Magnus changed the department from one that focused on “impact teams” of officers who roamed rough neighborhoods looking to make arrests to one that required all officers to adopt a “community policing” model, which emphasizes relationship building.

“We had generations of families raised to hate and fear the Richmond police, and a lot of that was the result of our style of policing in the past. It took us a long time to turn that around, and we’re seeing the fruits of that now. There is a mutual respect now, and some mutual compassion.”’

the interview is pretty awesome if you want to watch it: https://www.yahoo.com/news/richmond-california-police-chief-chris-magnus-talks-community-policing-in-katie-couric-interview-044448393.html?ref=gs

They also do regular officer trainings with roleplay scenarios and airsoft guns to teach them how to de-escalate, how to avoid firing when fired upon, and how to deal with people with weapons in a way that doesn’t end with a shootout.

They also apparently go through the details of officer-involved shootings elsewhere, picking them apart and using them as teaching tools for what NOT to do or what the officer could have done to avoid shooting the person.

Essentially, they take a proactive approach to not shooting people and put time, money, and effort into it. Richmond isn’t a low-crime area. Other cities could follow their model and almost certainly see results.

Who’d have thought it would take so much work to learn how to just … NOT shoot people

These are the sort of police officers who deserve respect.  The ones who take the time to build a relationship with the community they’re supposed to be protecting, and work to actually protect people instead of just shooting anyone who looked scary.

In before anyone tries to say that the only reason this works is because Richmond is probably like “not as bad” as other places in the US

I grew up here. I’m close to Richmond. It used to be one of the most dangerous cities in America. Literally. In 2006 it was #11 in the Most Dangerous Cities in America. 

Now? It doesn’t even break the top 100.

What changed? This guy became police chief in 2007.

IT’S SO FUCKING WEIRD HOW THAT WORKS! *looks pointedly at every other police force in America*

We need more cops like him.

Can we give Moana an Oscar just for these 7 frames please

I CAN’T STOP WATCHING THIS

🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

today in things i hate in television

that episode where a team with only one girl and a lot of guys suddenly has another girl join the team, and everyone loves her for some reason (usually implied to be that shes pretty), and the original girl immediately hates and cannot stand second girl

are you kidding

whenever i have been in an all boy group the appearance of anything even remotely a girl has been an utter relief and total joy are you kidding

My entire professional life has been in teams surrounded by men.  Like, literally, there have been repeated times in my life when I was the only woman on that floor.

On two separate occasions in my working life, I’ve joined a team and the other woman already on that team has later come over to talk quietly to me and say something to the effect of “Thank god, another woman.  I was so happy to find you were joining us.”.

I guess this is how you can tell a guy wrote the script and he had very little real world experience in the environment he’s writing.  When you’re in an all-male team, the only other woman would have to be a straight out sociopath who casually poisoned people around her to make me hate her.  And even if she was, I’d at least try four times before I gave up.  Or maybe consider joining her (I mean she might have a reason for what she’s doing after all).