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via Brittany Kinley / Facebook
Brittany Kinley, a mother from Mansfield, Texas, had a hilarious mom fail her and she's chalking it up to being just another crazy thing that happened in 2020.
When Kinley filled out the order form for her son Mason's kindergarten class pictures, there was an option to have his name engraved into the photos. But Kinley wasn't interested in having her son's name on the photos so she wrote "I DON'T WANT THIS" on the box.
Well, it appears as though she should have left the box blank because the computer or incredibly literal human that designed the photographs wrote "I DON'T WANT THIS" where mason's name should be.
<p>Kinley shared the photo on Facebook where it's gone viral receiving over 16,000 likes and 38,000 shares.</p><div class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="f56dfa7d2bf53b5d6d0c74fe107c3b3a"><div class="fb-post" data-href="https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10124125803263754&set=a.10101049561961304&type=3"></div></div><p><br></p><p class="shortcode-media shortcode-media-rebelmouse-image">
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<small class="image-media media-photo-credit" placeholder="Add Photo Credit...">via Brittany Kinley / Facebook</small></p><p>"I'm sure everyone needs a good laugh these days so thanks to my latest mom fail...you're welcome in advance haha," Kinley captioned the photo. "Mason got his kindergarten pictures and I didn't want his name on the bottom so I typed in "I don't want this" and they freaking printed this…"<br></p><p>Having "I DON'T WANT THIS" printed on a photo that represents 2020 resonated with a lot of people on Facebook. Probably because it's what we've been saying to ourselves day after day of being stuck in the house or going outside and seeing normally busy places turned into ghost towns.</p><p>"Love! This is something I would definitely do!! and... it's the motto for 2020," a commenter named Chrysa wrote.</p><p>"This is a 2020 MOOD! Trying to smile but deep inside we are all I DON'T WANT THIS," Omar added.</p><div class="rm-embed embed-media"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="giphy-embed" frameborder="0" height="198" src="https://giphy.com/embed/hRwtOlZ1SBdpHV6QRZ" width="480"></iframe><p><a href="https://giphy.com/gifs/justin-meme-2020-hRwtOlZ1SBdpHV6QRZ"></a></p></div><p>But Kinley is just happy she's given people the chance to laugh in such a trying year.<br></p><p>"I think 2020 has been such a hard year for everyone and people need some positivity and a good laugh," Kinley said <a href="https://www.today.com/parents/see-why-one-mom-s-school-photo-fail-going-viral-t200189" target="_blank">according to Today.</a></p><p>"I've gotten so many messages from people saying they haven't laughed this hard all year and that it made their day," she added. "I never thought it would have that effect but I'm so glad we can spread laughter in a crazy time like this."</p><p>Mason now feels famous after all the attention his photo is getting. "He'll occasionally ask how many more people is he making laugh," Kinley said, adding "his teachers gave him a round of applause and yelled, 'I do want this!' during drop off!'"</p><p>Kinley has tried to get a hold of the company that printed the pictures but she hasn't had any luck as of yet.</p><p>"It's not their fault. It was my mom fail," Kinley said, "so no bad feelings there!"</p><p>Even if she does get new photos printed that don't say, "I DON'T WANT THIS" she has to keep a few of the original shots because they're sure to be a perfect reminder of the year nobody wanted.</p>
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It isn’t always easy to ask for help. But when organizations like Bread for the City bring you into their family, anything is possible.
11.19.20
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A lot of people here are like family to me," Michelle says about Bread for the City — a community nonprofit located in Washington DC that provides local residents with food, clothing, health care, social advocacy, and legal services. And since the pandemic began, the need to support organizations like Bread for the City is greater than ever, which is why Amazon is Delivering Smiles to local charities across the country this holiday season.
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He ran 2 miles carrying a TV to prove 'looking like a suspect' is no excuse for murder
05.11.20
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Over the weekend, an estimated thousands of people ran 2.23 miles to show their support for Ahmaud Arbery, a former high school football player and avid jogger. Arbery was shot and killed in February near Brunswick, Georgia after being pursued in a truck by a former policeman and his son who claimed he resembled someone responsible for break-ins in the neighborhood.
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</p><div id="8ae56" class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="f91edcc1168da5a3c097ff3cabe5841f"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet twitter-custom-tweet" data-twitter-tweet-id="1258824896567816202" data-partner="rebelmouse"><div style="margin:1em 0">I have been stopped too many times driving while black or riding a bike while black. For me, running has always bee… https://t.co/SaIxAeTukF</div> — DC〽️ (@DC〽️)<a href="https://twitter.com/DexterCMason/statuses/1258824896567816202">1588962217.0</a></blockquote></div>
<p></p><p>Travis and Gregory McMichael were arrested on charges of murder and aggravated assault on Friday.<br></p><p>The incident is seen by many as another in a long list of instances of black people's lives being threatened while engaging in normal, everyday activities that wouldn't arise any suspicions if done by a white person.</p><p>Richard Desmick, a 34-year-old former pastor living in Vero Beach, Florida, showed his support for Arbery by running 2.23 miles and doing so in a way that exposes racial disparity in America.</p><p>"I just started crying when I just saw this poor young man running – as I have thousands of times in my life – get shot down," Demsick <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com.au/white-man-carried-tv-while-running-arbery-killing-vide-2020-5" target="_blank">told Business Insider.</a> He said he thought "maybe I should run with a TV to show that being a suspicious character isn't enough that someone should be shot down. Being a white person, that's just not going to happen to me."</p><p>Since Demsick posted the video on Saturday, it has already received over 279,000 likes.</p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p class="shortcode-media shortcode-media-twitter_embed">
</p><div id="35548" class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="2a799d07eedcd5840472ed1a14b9d071"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet twitter-custom-tweet" data-twitter-tweet-id="1259228163315564544" data-partner="rebelmouse"><div style="margin:1em 0">This man jogged 2 miles through his neighborhood carrying a TV in his hands to prove that “looking like a suspect”… https://t.co/VgGNGPDHAP</div> — Rex Chapman🏇🏼 (@Rex Chapman🏇🏼)<a href="https://twitter.com/RexChapman/statuses/1259228163315564544">1589058364.0</a></blockquote></div>
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<em>#irunwithmaud part two! Really thought I figured it out guys but made it home safe after my 2.23 mile run 🤷🏻♂️ #runwithmaud #runwithahmaud #fyp</em>
</p><p><br></p><p>"Alright, I figured it out. I've got my hat on backwards, I'm shirtless like I'm on some episode of 'Cops,' I'm running with a TV," he said in a video posted to TikTok. "Someone's going to stop me now, for sure. Cause, if not, what was the problem with Ahmaud?"</p><p>The video has received an overwhelmingly positive response on social media, with many praising Demsick for engaging in activism that proves a significant point about race in America: a white man can run through the streets looking like he just stole a TV and no one bats an eye.</p><p>A black man minding his own business and jogging has to worry about being murdered.</p><p><br></p><p class="shortcode-media shortcode-media-rebelmouse-image">
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<small class="image-media media-photo-credit" placeholder="Add Photo Credit...">via TikTok</small></p><p><br></p><p>"People have been incredibly kind, undeservedly kind," Demsick said about the response to his video. "There are people who are daily working trying to correct the injustice, I just made a video."<br></p><p>Demisck's passion for social justice stems from his life growing up in Detroit. He was raised in the suburbs and attended dance competitions where most of his friends were black. It was through his interaction with the black community that he learned of the struggles they face.</p><p>Demsick was also a pastor at what he calls a primarily upper-class conservative church in Florida. He later moved on to start an outreach program for individuals experiencing homelessness.</p><p>He made a follow-up video on Mother's Day where he asked his mom if she'd be worried for him if he went running with a television in his hand.</p><p>"No, of course not," she said.</p><p>"Huh, I wonder why that is," he responded.</p><p><br></p><div class="rm-embed embed-media"><blockquote cite="https://www.tiktok.com/@jestertotheking/video/6825320136233274629" class="tiktok-embed" data-video-id="6825320136233274629" style="max-width: 605px;min-width: 325px;"> <section> <a href="https://www.tiktok.com/@jestertotheking" target="_blank" title="@jestertotheking">@jestertotheking</a> Dedicated to all black mothers especially Ahmaud Arberys' we can not understand your pain but we will not forget your story. Prayin <a href="https://www.tiktok.com/tag/blacklivesmatter" target="_blank" title="blacklivesmatter">##blacklivesmatter</a><br> <a href="https://www.tiktok.com/music/original-sound-6825320119040756485" target="_blank" title="♬ original sound - jestertotheking">♬ original sound - jestertotheking</a> </section> </blockquote> <script async="" src="https://www.tiktok.com/embed.js"></script></div>
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'It's working!': Pics show animals aren't afraid to cross Utah's new 'Critter Bridge'
11.25.20
via UDOT / Facebook
In December 2018, The Utah Department of Transportation opened the largest wildlife overpass in the state, spanning 320 by 50 feet across all six lanes of Interstate 80.
Its construction was intended to make traveling through the I-80 corridor in Summit County safer for motorists and the local wildlife.
The Salt Lake Tribune reports that there were over 100 animal incidents on the interstate since 2016, giving the stretch of highway the unfortunate nickname of "Slaughter Row."
<p>Forty-six deer, 14 moose, and four elk were killed on that stretch of highway <a href="https://www.yahoo.com/news/working-deer-bears-other-critters-023001198.html" target="_blank">in 2016 and 2017 alone.</a></p><p>The number of deaths is a tragedy for the local ecosystem but the situation is also dangerous for humans traveling at high speeds on the interstate.</p><p class="shortcode-media shortcode-media-rebelmouse-image">
<img type="lazy-image" data-runner-src="https://assets.rebelmouse.io/eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.eyJpbWFnZSI6Imh0dHBzOi8vYXNzZXRzLnJibC5tcy8yNDgyNzgzNC9vcmlnaW4uanBnIiwiZXhwaXJlc19hdCI6MTYxNDkyMjY4OX0.mUNwo-rRpszmPXpcn4rlDk-ttpWATme158_UV0OWKq4/img.jpg?width=980" id="68cee" class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="fd10eafc1271742d8531128d0684e5d0" data-rm-shortcode-name="rebelmouse-image">
<small class="image-media media-photo-credit" placeholder="Add Photo Credit...">via UDOT</small></p><p>When authorities agreed to build the $5 million project some were skeptical about whether it would work. There was a fear that the animals would be too afraid to cross the bridge. A three-mile cattle fence was installed leading up to the overpass to encourage wildlife to make their way towards the structure.<br></p><p>Well, the skeptics can rest easy, because footage from a surveillance camera recently released by the department of wildlife proudly proclaims, "It's working!"</p><div class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="5e8baecfdec389175a703cfe8109d167"><div class="fb-video" data-href="https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=3416838815036581" data-allowfullscreen="true"></div></div><p>Surveillance video taken over the past seven months shows that bobcats, coyotes, deer, mountain lions, moose, and even bears all use the structure.<br></p><p>Deer</p><p class="shortcode-media shortcode-media-rebelmouse-image">
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<small class="image-media media-photo-credit" placeholder="Add Photo Credit...">via UDOT / Facebook</small></p><p><br>Coyote</p><p><br></p><p class="shortcode-media shortcode-media-rebelmouse-image">
<img type="lazy-image" data-runner-src="https://assets.rebelmouse.io/eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.eyJpbWFnZSI6Imh0dHBzOi8vYXNzZXRzLnJibC5tcy8yNDgyNzgyOC9vcmlnaW4ucG5nIiwiZXhwaXJlc19hdCI6MTY1NDI2MDkyNH0.sVq-vEtn_01bpmEvGj-ui-DcdO76T94o9YFgnEzhBSg/img.png?width=980" id="2ad5f" class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="110c33bb53ad47525d0d6c18ecc826b1" data-rm-shortcode-name="rebelmouse-image">
<small class="image-media media-photo-credit" placeholder="Add Photo Credit...">via UDOT / Facebook</small></p><p><br></p><p>Bear</p><p><br></p><p class="shortcode-media shortcode-media-rebelmouse-image">
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<small class="image-media media-photo-credit" placeholder="Add Photo Credit...">via UDOT / Facebook</small></p><p>"From what we can tell, the number of accidents there is down dramatically," UDOT spokesman John Gleason<a href="https://www.yahoo.com/news/working-deer-bears-other-critters-023001198.html" target="_blank"> told the Salt Lake Tribune.</a> "At least initially, it appears the investment in safety is paying off. And we expected it to take several years before the animals got used to using it, so this is great."<br></p><p>UDOT believes it will take up to five years of studying the bridge to know if the project will work long-term.</p><p class="shortcode-media shortcode-media-rebelmouse-image">
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<small class="image-media media-photo-credit" placeholder="Add Photo Credit...">via National Wildlife Foundation</small></p><p>News of the bridge's early success has to be good for developers in Southern California building the world's largest and most urban wildlife crossing. The crossing above the busy 101 Freeway in Agoura Hills, just outside of Los Angeles, will be 165 feet wide and span 200 feet.<br></p><p>The $85 million dollar project created mostly with private money aims to help improve genetic diversity in the local mountain lion population and increase biodiversity in the area.</p><p>"Genetic decline, which is the result of isolation from these freeways for these cats is getting so bad, that they're starting to show birth defects," Beth Pratt with the National Wildlife Foundation<a href="https://laist.com/2020/10/25/wildlife_crossing_101_2022_groundbreaking.php#:~:text=The%20101%20Wildlife%20Crossing%20will,scheduled%20to%20take%20two%20years" target="_blank"> told LAist.</a></p><p>Two different microclimates have developed on each side of the freeway and this will allow them to reconnect.</p><p>"This project offers an opportunity to kind of stitch those two spaces back together," he said, "and allow that transition to occur naturally."</p><p><br><br></p>
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