Month: July 2017

bringsyouwings:

archatlas:

Kampung Pelangi: a village in Indonesia made out of rainbows 

Kampung Pelangi, which literally translates to Rainbow Village, has to be one of the most colorful villages in the world, let alone in Indonesia. The village, which is home to 232 houses, is splashed in a series of bright colors and decorated with murals. Kampung Pelangi was recently given a government-funded makeover in a bid to make it more tourist-friendly — and it looks like it’s working.

قرية سياحية في اندونيسيا بألوان الطيف. x3

Source: Mashable

Female? He told you he was female?”
“She,” Angua corrected. “This is Ank-Morpork, you know. We’ve got extra pronouns here.”
She could smell his bewilderment…
“Well, I would have though she’d have the decency to keep it to herself,” carrot said finally. “I don’t think it’s very clever, you know, to go around drawing attention to the fact.”
“Carrot, I think you might have something wrong with your head,” said Angua.
“What?”
“I think you might have it stuck up your bum.

Terry Pratchett – Feet Of Clay (via terrypratchettparadise)
Source: terrypratchettparadise

wheelchair recommendations needed!

metapianycist:

My sister in law is in need of a new manual wheelchair that won’t go out of control when going downhill or flip over going uphill like her current chair. It needs to be able to handle 35% grade inclines in order for her to get around her neighborhood. Does such a chair exist?

Please reblog to signal boost even if you can’t suggest anything! She’s new to using a chair and none of us know much about how to choose a chair.

Anti-Semitism At Highest Level In UK, Study Finds – The Forward

kelpforestdweller:

clatterbane:

tikkunolamorgtfo:

chiribomb:

(JTA) — Anti-Semitic crime has risen to its highest level in the United Kingdom, according to a new audit released by the Campaign Against Antisemitism.

According to the National Antisemitic Crime Audit  released on Sunday, anti-Semitic crime in 2016 rose 44 percent from 2014.

The audit for 2016 registered a total of 1,078 anti-Semitic crimes in 2016. The audit found that 105 of those crimes were violent but that only one violent anti-Semitic crime was prosecuted. In total, only 15 cases were prosecuted, leading to the conviction of 17 criminals. In 2015, 12 anti-Semitic crimes were prosecuted, of which 3 involved violence, leading to 17 convictions.

In its recommendations, the CAA called for specific training and guidance on anti-Semitic hate crime for officers and prosecutors, appointing a senior officer in each force with responsibility for overseeing the response to anti-Semitic hate crime, and requiring the Crown Prosecution Service to record and regularly publish details of cases involving anti-Semitism and their outcomes, as police forces are already required to do.

Anti-Semitic crime has already been a factor in the initial months of 2017, with incidents including the firebombing of kosher restaurants in Manchester, a man stopped by police after chasing Jews in London brandishing a meat cleaver and machete, and police closing down London streets to make way for a major pro-Hezbollah march.

The group only began keeping statistics in 2014, though other outlets, such as the Community Security Trust, have been releasing figures for much longer. In February, the CST reported a record 1,309 incidents in 2016, constituting a 36 percent increase over the 2015 tally.

LOL I’m moving here in two weeks. Wheeeee.

A little more context

(TL;DR: The situation was really not looking good, even before the upswing in hate crimes pretty much across the board. Amnesty has taken an interest.)

i was wondering “highest since when?” and they’ve been keeping track since 2014. so that’s kind of an odd superlative to use. although the numbers are still bad enough.

Yeah, that framing seemed kind of odd to me too. One reason for the addition earlier

Anti-Semitism At Highest Level In UK, Study Finds – The Forward