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for people who don’t live in britain right now

on thursday we had a referendum, which is like x factor but with ramifications 

it did not go well

51.9% of people voted to leave the european union

so now we are leaving the eu

the “leave” campaign promised we’d have more money to spend on the nhs and less immigration if we left the eu

a few hours after they won they said this won’t happen

they also said they have no plan

like, on live tv

they said this

no one has a plan

the value of the pound crashed

our prime minister resigned

the conservative party, who are in power, are now wondering who should be in charge

at the moment it’s looking like a walking wig or a woman who views human rights as a minor inconvenience will be running the country by september

the labour party, who are in opposition, are arguing about who should be in charge

their leader is jeremy corbyn. imagine a british bernie sanders who looks as if he’s wondering if he left the gas on. that is him. basically he was elected to run for labour leader as a joke and then he actually ended up winning it. now everyone is walking out on him

the lib dems say they will ignore brexit and keep britain in the eu

do you know who the lib dems are? no, no one does, they used to be a thing but now they have 8 mps

their mps can literally share a table at nandos

our chancellor of the exchequer gave a speech to try to calm the stock markets down

the stock markets calmed down for a bit

then it lost its chill and we lost our aaa credit rating

this is bad because economy things??? its complicated

oh yeah and we just got kicked out of the euros 

the euros is football, actual football, im looking at you america with your football that does not involve feet in a significant way

so we have effectively left europe twice in one week

scotland want to leave britain

ireland want to leave britain

and wimbledon started today

wimbledon, okay

normally, the big story

the only news story

at this time of the year

is wimbledon

and now

the country is falling apart

and the news does not know what to do

because it opens with “brexit is happening and we’re all freaking out” and ends with “british chances at wimbledon are looking good this year”

as if they’re forgetting

no one is running the country right now

carol i don’t care about the weather for wimbledon i care about THE ECONOMY

we are all confused and also the weather is awful

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This is awesome. i can barely dance with shoes, and he’s killing it in roller blades

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When someone is crying, of course, the noble thing to do is to comfort them. But if someone is trying to hide their tears, it may also be noble to pretend you do not notice them.

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This is important.

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It's My Birthday, It's my Birthday!!!

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A lot of people in the coming days will say, “It’s not about race,” or, “The media is trying to make it about race.”

But look at the data from Missouri’s state government: Black residents of Ferguson are twice as likely to be stopped and/or searched as white residents, and they are far more likely to be arrested. But searches of black residents are much less likely to discover contraband than searches of white residents.

Around the country, when compared to white men, African American men are much more likely to be shot by police. They are more likely to be arrested. They are more likely to be convicted. And for the same crime, African American men will on average serve 20% more time in prison than a white man. 

We don’t have a race problem when it comes to policing in the U.S.? The data strongly indicate otherwise.

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I am the girl who prefers to spend her Friday night curled up with her pillow, reading a good novel, and I am also the girl who likes to go out on a Saturday night and dance until the DJ plays his last song. I am the girl who wants to wear beat up converses and an oversized sweatshirt, and I am also the girl who who owns over sixty dresses and too many shoes to count. Why did it become okay to say one is better than the other? Because I am all of that.

Ming D. Liu, What is “better?”

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More Philosophy here

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