via twitter.com

“Louisiana is the world's prison capital. The state imprisons more people per capita than any other state or country.”

— Clint Smith, twitter.com

“A majority of Louisiana prisoners are housed in for-profit facilities run by local sheriffs, which is a $182 million industry in the state.”

— Clint Smith, twitter.com

“Louisiana has five times the incarceration rate as Iran, 13 times China's, and 20 times more than Germany's.”

— Clint Smith, twitter.com

“Black men are 25% of Baton Rogue population but 100% of those killed by Baton Rogue police.”

— Samuel Sinyangwe, twitter.com

“#AltonSterling was the 154th black person killed by police this year (to date).”

— Samuel Sinyangwe, twitter.com

“Repeat after me: Police officer kills black person; hashtag is created; police go on leave; media begin blaming black person for death.”

— Broderick Greer, twitter.com

“Buzzfeed is *entirely predicated* on surveilling & stealing from activism, leveraging findings to make corporate advertising more effective.”

— Shanley, twitter.com

“Exploitation of diverse media/creators is bigger than a pattern of plagiarism here. It is the fundamental financial strategy of Buzzfeed.”

— Shanley, twitter.com

“Fuck every country but America”

— James Melton, twitter.com

“Working is overrated. People try to make it about dignity, but it's all forced because of capitalism.”

— alicia fiasco, twitter.com

“I get all my news from the memes”

— nic brodine, twitter.com

“almost drunk enough to call my grandma”

— nic brodine, twitter.com

“whoever I marry has to be cool with the fact that we're gonna spend our honeymoon in bushwick”

— nic brodine, twitter.com

“The secret truth is this: rarely do we feel more connected to a higher power than when we ask for help.”

— Julia Cameron, twitter.com

“Trump doesn't even make the cut to be a city councilman.”

— Wanda Sykes, twitter.com

“Brexit. Grexit. Departugal. Italeave. Fruckoff. Czechout. Oustria. Finish. Slovakout. Latervia. Byegium.”

— Rahul Goma Phulore, twitter.com

“A police officer in America faces a 1 in 1000 chance of ever facing jail time for killing another human being. #FreddieGray”

— Samuel Sinyangwe, twitter.com

“wondering if I should package my next novel with an N64 rumble pak that rumbles whenever the narrator feels emotionally devastated.”

— Guillaume Morissette, twitter.com

“you have everything that would have made you happy back then, what happened? your needs keep shifting like sand.”

— near_rhymes, twitter.com

“I love me.”

— Kanye West, favstar.fm