humansofnewyork: ““I work as an investigator for the Legal Aid Society. We provide legal defense to people who can’t afford it. I studied law in college, but I’m learning that the system doesn’t match up to what we were taught. According to theory,...

humansofnewyork:

“I work as an investigator for the Legal Aid Society. We provide legal defense to people who can’t afford it. I studied law in college, but I’m learning that the system doesn’t match up to what we were taught. According to theory, the defendant should always have the advantage. Our clients are supposed to be innocent until proven guilty. The burden of proof lies with the prosecutor. But that’s only in theory. In reality, the District Attorneys bend the rules of the system to gain maximum leverage. They don’t care about justice– well, I’m sure there are some that do– but the ones I’ve seen only care about winning. It’s an elected position, so they want to show voters that they are ‘tough on crime.’ And that requires higher incarceration rates. So they are incentivized to convict as many people as possible. One of their favorite weapons is to overcharge. They’ll charge a defendant with ten things. Nine of them would easily get thrown out in court, but the client just can’t risk it. So they’ll plead guilty to the one charge that even remotely applies to the case. We’re representing one client who passed out on the subway. It’s a simple public intoxication charge. But his beer bottle fell off his seat and broke, so they charged him with possession of a weapon. They know it’s ridiculous. But they know he’ll never go to trial with that charge on the table. So they’ll get their conviction. And that’s all that matters.”

(via humansofnewyork)

floatan: “ だれかに鼻をうずめるのが好きなのは、ねこも人もおんなじ。冷たいとこがあったまると気持ちいいからね。匂いも嗅げるし。 ”

floatan:

だれかに鼻をうずめるのが好きなのは、ねこも人もおんなじ。冷たいとこがあったまると気持ちいいからね。匂いも嗅げるし。

(via kawaii-kink)

mujistudies: “ | sources | • studying japanese resources by @fuckstudy • japanese resources by @gachagachagogo • hiragana chart by @linguajunkie • hiragana matching game by @dolleye • japanese learning cheat sheets by misshoneyvanity • 300...

mujistudies:

|  sources |

| dictionaries |

| textbooks |

| grammar |

| vocabulary |

| kana |

| kanji |

| tools + apps |

| reading |

| listening |

* The ones in bold are my faves

* But I advise you to watch LearningJapanese!! Like this guy literally taught me from Kana to Intermediate Grammar, which has been a very good improvement

(via cmpsbls)

just-shower-thoughts:

I don’t follow the “respect is earned” philosophy. I respect everyone automatically and then each person has the opportunity to lose my respect based on their behavior.