On Oct. 17, Texas plans to execute Robert Roberson, an Innocence Project client who has spent over 20 years on death row for a crime that never happened.
Robert faces the risk of becoming the first person in the U.S. executed based on the discredited “shaken baby syndrome” theory.
Mr. Roberson left school after completing 8th grade with undiagnosed autism spectrum disorder — which impacts how people communicate and interact with others. Symptoms of autism can include avoiding eye contact, “unusual” mood or emotional reactions, the appearance of indifference, fixation on details that strike others as “abnormal,” and difficulty expressing feelings.
Hospital staff, who did not know that Mr. Roberson has autism, were suspicious of his flat affect and interpreted his response to his daughter’s condition as lacking emotion. They viewed his inability to explain Nikki’s condition as a sign that he must be lying.
Every life has value, and we cannot stand by as an innocent life is threatened. Add your name to help #SaveRoberson and protect the sanctity of life. #RespectLife #RobertRoberson
as with all innocence project petitions you can and should sign outside the US too
Unless you were a tech at NASA back in the day, when one time some hydrogen a) escaped in a particular building, and b) caught on fire. This was extremely difficult because hydrogen does NOT burn on the visible spectrum humans evolved to see (and flee). Rather, it technically does, but it’s so pale that in practice, no one could see it. Additionally, pure hydrogen burns without smoke and with so little ambient heat that you can’t really sense it till you walk into it. So, per the lore, for a few days all the techs in that building just walked around brandishing brooms in front of them like lances. If your broom lit on fire, congrats! You have located more burning hydrogen! Do not proceed!
just found out that stoats hunt twice the size of them like rabbits by aggressively and eccentrically dancing around it with their little slinky rigatoni bodies so it can confuse the absolute fuck out of its prey until it can get close enough to jump on its back like some shadow of the colossus shit and take it down
oh my god its called the weasel war dance and they just go off the shits apeshit little animals
just found out that stoats hunt twice the size of them like rabbits by aggressively and eccentrically dancing around it with their little slinky rigatoni bodies so it can confuse the absolute fuck out of its prey until it can get close enough to jump on its back like some shadow of the colossus shit and take it down
oh my god its called the weasel war dance and they just go off the shits apeshit little animals
As an eye doctor, this shouldn’t be controversial. It’s a problem. 5 years ago, nighttime headlight issues were reserved for people with cataracts or LASIK scars. Today, everyone has problems seeing the road through the oncoming headlights. People are getting anti-glare and blueblocking coatings not bc they are sitting on a computer 8+ hours a day but bc the blue tinted halogens are making them feel unsafe to drive. We are selling insane amounts of yellow tinted nighttime driving glasses even though they’re really only for people with cataracts bc ppl are desperate for anything that may help them deal with the headlights. I’ve had multiple patients tell me they just don’t drive at night anymore.
This is an actual safety issue and it needs to be addressed
[Image ID: Tweet from verified user Jack Crosbie (@/ jscros) on 12/11/21 reading: maybe a controversial take but car headlights are too bright these days. every single SUV is equipped with like military grade halogen retina destroyers. jeep grand cherokee drivin around with the 9/11 memorial spotlights on the front. lighthouse-ass chevy tahoes. grow up /End ID]
Of the friendships Narinder makes out of imprisonment, I’d like to think he visits Chemach while she’s in her chains (and Kuudai and Clauneck) occasionally to talk about Old God stuff
I also jacked off twice today. You wanna FaceTime for round three?
not before I go do my deadlifts. I’ve got 406 lbs, 4 reps, 9 sets today.
Have a great time! :)
“That should be long enough for me to jack off at least two more times. He’ll stand no chance against my empty balls and desensitized dick. I’ll be sure to win this session.”
Thanks bestie, I will!
“If he were Kira, he’d likely to use this time to jack off again… No… Maybe several times. It would be wise to bring my stroker with me to the gym so I can get at least another load out between sets. Such a dangerous foe, one can never be too cautious.”
When its your birthday month you should be able to do whatever you want and spend as much money as you want throughout the month and it doesn’t count since your birthday is on that month so it’s okay
I LOATHE “we didn’t need to learn Algebra” people. Believe it or not it’s good for you to know things and engage with different subjects. And it’s highly likely you got an education for free on top of it? Idk I’m getting to a point where now that I’ve been out of school for a sizeable amount of time it’s like. Holy shit I got to be taught and instructed in so many things for FREE? FREE?!?!? And I didn’t have to work?!?!? I still would never relive high school but like. Damn my boomer take is you should be damn grateful you’re getting or have gotten an education.
I know this is the “arts and creative writing” website, but for all of the backlash against the “why were the curtains blue?” lack of critical thinking in english lit classes, there sure are a lot of people who are loud and proud about their profound ignorance of math.
Like, you’re going to have to calculate a tip, do your taxes, figure out if your mortgage broker is screwing you over, so many things. Don’t worry about it, you’re never going to need to know how to figure out whether you’re really getting the 32% commission that you’re owed, or be able to tell how many 1 inch boxes can fit into a 1 foot container, or work out how much paint you need to buy to cover the area of the walls of your home.
Hell, at the university I went to for undergrad, all of my peers in the physics program were required to take non-major courses in history or the arts or foreign languages, so that we could be well-rounded citizens of the world. But the art students could go their whole degree without taking a single math class and the university was just fine with it!
That can’t be good in a society where everything is based on numbers, from paychecks to logistics to computer code. I think everyone would be well served by having a passing familiarity with how the infrastructure of the world works. Otherwise, you’re always just taking somebody’s word for it, and the people selling you this stuff have every incentive to lie.
This isn’t even scratching the surface of the “why do we study any organism that isn’t human science funds are so wasted wtf” style of sheer science ignorance
I LOATHE “we didn’t need to learn Algebra” people. Believe it or not it’s good for you to know things and engage with different subjects. And it’s highly likely you got an education for free on top of it? Idk I’m getting to a point where now that I’ve been out of school for a sizeable amount of time it’s like. Holy shit I got to be taught and instructed in so many things for FREE? FREE?!?!? And I didn’t have to work?!?!? I still would never relive high school but like. Damn my boomer take is you should be damn grateful you’re getting or have gotten an education.
I know this is the “arts and creative writing” website, but for all of the backlash against the “why were the curtains blue?” lack of critical thinking in english lit classes, there sure are a lot of people who are loud and proud about their profound ignorance of math.
Like, you’re going to have to calculate a tip, do your taxes, figure out if your mortgage broker is screwing you over, so many things. Don’t worry about it, you’re never going to need to know how to figure out whether you’re really getting the 32% commission that you’re owed, or be able to tell how many 1 inch boxes can fit into a 1 foot container, or work out how much paint you need to buy to cover the area of the walls of your home.
Hell, at the university I went to for undergrad, all of my peers in the physics program were required to take non-major courses in history or the arts or foreign languages, so that we could be well-rounded citizens of the world. But the art students could go their whole degree without taking a single math class and the university was just fine with it!
That can’t be good in a society where everything is based on numbers, from paychecks to logistics to computer code. I think everyone would be well served by having a passing familiarity with how the infrastructure of the world works. Otherwise, you’re always just taking somebody’s word for it, and the people selling you this stuff have every incentive to lie.
This isn’t even scratching the surface of the “why do we study any organism that isn’t human science funds are so wasted wtf” style of sheer science ignorance
actually everyone making fun of these and writing about how they bully other drivers on the road by tailgating and driving aggressively in their 2 ton death machines is a cunt. if your response to someone admitting they’re nervous to be operating a massive dangerous machine they usually require to lead a normal life is to make their life even scarier and potentially cause an accident you have problems straight up
Lots of grown-ass adults in the world who think it’s cute or cool to be like “if you display any sign of weakness or vulnerability where I can see it I will pounce on it and savage it like a starving coyote”
Crusader Kings: the game where the future if my dynasty is in doubt bc my son refuses to fuck his fat wife and make another heir
It turned out ok bc me and my son both died of typhus at the exact same time so power went to my brilliant 23 year old daughter so i get to play as a girl again, yippee
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so I started a new anxiety medication this past week and so far it’s been going very well except that I have extremely vivid dreams and apparently sleep texting. I seem to have sent this at 3am and i have no memory of it
My throats fucked but I like inhaled toothpaste and my throat seized up and I couldn’t breathe worst part is I spat toothpaste everywhere trying to get it out of my mouth and my throat is like fuzzy now?? Water did not help honey tea might
Dude I was dry heaving into a sink barely breathing and my brain went “this is gonna make a sick ass tumblr story”
My throats fucked but I like inhaled toothpaste and my throat seized up and I couldn’t breathe worst part is I spat toothpaste everywhere trying to get it out of my mouth and my throat is like fuzzy now?? Water did not help honey tea might
Dude I was dry heaving into a sink barely breathing and my brain went “this is gonna make a sick ass tumblr story”
