I don’t ask for a lot, but I’m tired of people thinking they can treat me any way they want and expect me to stick around for the bullshit. I’ve been too damn soft, letting people I love get away with treating me sub-par…
To be a “bored” person, you’re simply just boring or waiting for others to initiate life for you.
But also, stop calling yourself or your life boring. You can use words such as calm, still, tranquil, quiet, peaceful and serene.
5. My colleague @samanthaellimax reports that, in at least 32 of the 700+ cases, the accused perpetrators are medical professionals who were hired to treat detainees at the women’s jail. “I just didn’t understand,” Jennifer Levine said. “Why would I need a gynecological exam?”
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1. We analyzed state data and found more than 700 women filed lawsuits last year alleging they were sexually assaulted by Rikers Island jail staff. The lawsuits include allegations of rape, forced oral sex, forced group sex and groping. Their claims range from the 1970s to 2023, and were filed under NY's Adult Survivors Act. https://t.co/BujEPfYs8C
Me and my colleagues at @Gothamist & @wnyc spent the last 10 months poring over 100s of lawsuits filed last year by women who say they were sexually assaulted by city employees while they were held at Rikers Island. My final story is out today. This is what we found, a 🧵:
Our political system is not driven by voting. It's driven by propaganda. The voting follows.
If you were teaching a kid about the American system, would you lie to them about what causes people to vote the way they do or would you explain it as brainwashing?
When you are extremely empathic or just highly energetically sensitive alone time is like a luxury. Sometimes I just want to be engulfed in my own energy.
Just a heads up:
We’re one week away from a Full Moon in Aquarius happening on August 19th, which also happens to be the first day of the Democratic National convention. There will be some challenging astrology happening as we build towards it this week, namely a t-square forming between Venus, Saturn, and Mars / Jupiter.
Don’t be surprised if the current astro-weather continues to force us all on to meditate upon what collective liberation truly looks like and what it really means.
More to come later. Sending love.