Rosé Motene

Bathroom Breaks Part one of a love letter to my favourite city.

I had a thought about how bathroom stall graffiti feels like a beautiful group project. You can read about that thought on my brand new substack!
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Friendly reminder to support your local independent bookstore this weekend!

A slightly less friendly reminder to just not buy books from Am*zon at all.

This race is going to be long 😭🥲

I am currently researching the rise of parasocial relationships between humans and AI chatbots/"synthetic conversation partners". Have you ever sought engagement with an AI-powered chatbot as a remedy (however fleeting) to some emotional turmoil such as loneliness or sadness?

Comparing Crime Rates Between Undocumented Immigrants, Legal Immigrants, and Native-born US Citizens in Texas | Office of Justice Programs This study used uniquely comprehensive arrest data from the Texas Department of Public Safety to compare the criminality of undocumented immigrants to legal immigrants and native-born U.S. citizens be...

Read this quick, before the administration takes it down. A 2020 paper on a study conducted with NFS and NIJ grants, which found that undocumented immigrants commit significantly fewer felonies per capita than either native-born citizens or legal immigrants. 🧵

My thing this year is that I’m not asking twice. I’m not bearing the responsibility of reminding anyone of any commitments, large and small. If I initiate and you reschedule, remembering to follow through is no longer my responsibility, but yours. Meet me halfway along the bridge of intention.

Americans buy into propaganda so easily, they need to fix those schools SO QUICKLY.

Who funded Israel and sent them weapons, quickly.

Americans are fawning over this because he’s a “badass”. I would like to remind every one that HIS administration is arming Israel.

He gave a school shooter a rifle, told them to go crazy and then to save face and as a final “legacy” act, took the gun away after 1000s of children were murdered.

People are going to miss the president who funded and allowed genocide to take place?

What an odd thing to say.

Lowering standards for yourself while raising them for everyone else is nasty work.

That reader/writer urge to take a book and a notebook with me wherever I go >>>

Just 57 companies linked to 80% of greenhouse gas emissions since 2016 Analysis reveals many big producers increased output of fossil fuels and related emissions in seven years after Paris climate deal

57 companies are responsible for 80% of global greenhouse gas emissions since 2016.

These companies include fossil fuel giants like Chevron, Shell, and BP, who have been raking in record profits.

The profits of Big Oil should not be more important than the future of our planet.

Sooo my year of sobriety has officially started but here are the wines that carried me through December ‘24 🍇
Looking forward to a year of sober research to start my collection in 2026 ❤️

Idk feels pretty irresponsible to start another year like RIGHT after this one.
Borderline reckless.

Feeling like a proud 30 year old for getting myself an actual set of pyjamas 😭

Yes, I also did get a notebook. What’s it to you?!

Me: running errands and doesn’t have a book to read while she waits for her kid’s haircut to be done so she quickly purchases one.

Also me: has 3 books at home she’s been reading for the past few months.

We need to talk about the impact of trauma. Every day. Factor it into every important conversation.

Starting my days with Thando Zide on repeat is doing so much for my sanity.

Adele tickets is $4k???

HELLO FROM THE
PARKINGLOOOOOOOTTTTT 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

This translates to an estimated 7 310 380 women with a significantly higher proportion of Black African women compared to women of other race groups. Experiences of physical violence were also significantly higher among women who were cohabiting but not married.

In terms of the prevalence of different forms of GBV among women (regardless of partnered status), the report found that 33.1% of all women aged 18 years and older had experienced physical violence in their lifetime.

Yesterday, HSRC released the First South African National Gender-Based Violence Study, 2022 to Minister Sindisiwe Chikunga from the Department of Women, Youth and People with Disabilities.

starter pack for writers who plan to spend their one wild and precious life posting about writing instead of writing

The floor of Acheulian artefacts we are getting close to lifting from Amanzi Springs Area 7 in South Africa. They are older than 400,000 years old.

In this political climate, everyone really needs to go watch A Bugs Life (again)