The Relationship Bill of Rights You have the right, without shame, blame or guilt: In all intimate relationships: -to be free from coercion, violence and intimidation -to choose the level of involvement and intimacy you want -to revoke consent to any form of intimacy at any time -to be told the truth -to say no to requests -to hold and express differing points of view -to feel all your emotions -to feel and communicate your emotions and needs -to set boundaries concerning your privacy needs -to set clear limits on the obligations you will make -to seek balance between what you give to the relationship and what is given back to you -to know that your partner will work with you to resolve problems that arise -to choose whether you want a monogamous or polyamorous relationship -to grow and change -to make mistakes -to end a relationship In poly relationships: -to decide how many partners you want -to choose your own partners -to have an equal say with each of your partners in deciding the form your relationship with that partner will take -to choose the level of time and investment you will offer to each partner -to understand clearly any rules that will apply to your relationship before entering into it -to discuss with your partners decisions that affect you -to have time alone with each of your partners -to enjoy passion and special moments with each of your partners In a poly network: -to choose the level of involvement and intimacy you want with your partners’ other partners -to be treated with courtesy -to seek compromise -to have relationships with people, not with relationships -to have plans made with your partner be respected; for instance, not changed at the last minute for trivial reasons -to be treated as a peer of every other person, not as a subordinate
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Got this image before sleep last night. How I presume my body is divided.
Lobbying, to most people, looks like bribery — the lobbyist who refuses to contribute to the reelection campaign isn’t going to get a meeting, much less an ally.
No member of congress wants to feel bought. What they want to feel is convinced. It’s the lobbyist’s job to make the members of congress ‘feel’ like they’re making the right decision, not just the decision they were paid to make.
Lobbying, persuasion, or interest representation is the act of attempting to influence the actions, policies, or decisions of officials in their daily life, most often legislators or members of regulatory agencies. Lobbying is done by many types of people, associations and organized groups, including individuals in the private sector, corporations, fellow legislators or government officials, or advocacy groups (interest groups). Lobbyists may be among a legislator’s constituencies, meaning a voter or bloc of voters within their electoral district, or not; they may engage in lobbying as a business, or not. Professional lobbyists are people whose business is trying to influence legislation, regulation, or other government decisions, actions, or policies on behalf of a group or individual who hires them. Individuals and nonprofit organizations can also lobby as an act of volunteering or as a small part of their normal job (for instance, a CEO meeting with a representative about a project important to their company, or an activist meeting with their legislator in an unpaid capacity). Governments often define and regulate organized group lobbying that has become influential.
More research below:
How Corporate Lobbyists Conquered American Democracy Is Lobbying Good or Bad? Transparency and the Lobby Problem The Lobbying Problem and How We Can Fix It Corporate Lobbying: Bad for Business, Bad for America Influence & Lobbying Lobbying wiki Lobbying: The Scourge of Good Government What is shadow lobbying? How influence peddlers shape policy in the dark The American lobbying industry is completely out of control Lobbyists Explained Lobbyist Documentary Lobbyists in America 5 Crazy Facts About Lobbyists – End corruption. Defend the Republic
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The person reading this, hopefully. We’re looking for smart, fun, humble people. In general, you need to be enrolled in college and have completed three semesters of coursework. But maybe you took your own path—tell us about it!
What’s the internship?
There’s a bunch. Go here for the full list: Engineering, Marketing, Data science, Business, Design, etc. If you don’t see something for you, keep checking. We’ll be adding more over the next couple months. And yeah they’re all paid—it’s serious work.
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Mostly New York, the city of dreams. But also LA, the city of Angelenos.
When?
At least eight weeks. June-ish to August-ish—whatever your school schedule allows.
Why?
Seems like a weird question to ask.
How do I apply?
Go here 👈 Find an internship. Click apply. You’ll need a resume and cover letter so now would be a good time to meet your school’s career counselor.
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TRAPPIST - 1 by Guillem H. Pongiluppi
“Over time our individual sense of identity (social mask) has been shaped into a particular pattern (template) given to us by our society. This is the feeling of exclusivity; belonging to a particular tribe, race, religion or country. If this assimilation of ‘divide and conquer’ is successful (through conformity), you cannot successfully exit this artificial matrix construct.” -Anon I mus (Spiritually Anonymous)
“Most of us go through our entire lives experiencing unnecessary, personal suffering without ever waking up to the light of our true, infinite nature. The prison that we are trapped in exists only as internal programming inside of our heads; a thought-created construct of an illusory separate person (me, myself and my story) and its false conditioning.” ~Anon I mus (Spiritually Anonymous)