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11/9/26 - 11/14/26
Nov. 14th, 2026 08:45 am* I am once again cutting this off early. I've been having real problems with my body and also the HOA struck again. Bonus, my caregiver is ill, which means a bunch of things he normally does aren't.
* "I Went to a French Gen Z Protest (and Got Tear Gassed):"
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* "Masculinity-obsessed Pete Hegseth gets yelled at about discipline by Arlington Army guard who looks the part:" https://www.advocate.com/politics/national/arlington-guard-rebukes-pete-hegseth
* "Hayes: Hegseth’s Tomb visit exposes the right’s double standard:" https://www.ms.now/all-in/watch/hayes-hegseth-s-tomb-visit-exposes-the-right-s-double-standard-2520590403864
* "National Weather Service ordered to resume twice-daily weather balloon launches, "an important step":" https://www.cbsnews.com/detroit/news/nws-ordered-resume-twice-daily-weather-balloon-launches/
They literally tried to sell off all the weather monitoring stations an equipment because both climate change data and storm warnings made trump look bad and he was still angry about the time they correctly predicted a hurricane path and he "corrected" it in sharpie to where he wanted it to go,and they made him look bad because the storm didn't go right through Alabma like he wanted it to.
He turned off the weather equipment on embassies that had been there ages and cost next to nothing because they monitored air pollution and weather patterns, which made him look bad because they validated climate change and pollutions as poblems.
Trump believes that if you don't report coming tornadoes and the like they don't exist, just like if you don't report covid infection numbers the infections don't exist.
* "Disastrous White House press conference raises more questions than answers about nationwide ground stop:" https://www.advocate.com/politics/national/trump-cabinet-ground-stop-presser
* "Duffy puffy on FAA funding, elides Trump’s DOGE damage:" Duffy puffy on FAA funding, elides Trump's DOGE damage
* "Digital office communication affects stress, creativity, and perceived tone:" https://www.earth.com/science/digital-office-communication-affects-stress-creativity-and-perceived-tone/
* "As SNAP benefits run low, people with HIV can struggle to stay on treatment:" https://www.advocate.com/health/hiv/food-benefits-and-hiv-treatment
* "Trump’s Medicaid cuts are already hurting trans teens, New Hampshire families tell judge:" https://www.advocate.com/politics/states/new-hampshire-transgender-medicaid-care
* NOW IS A GREAT TIME to TELL LAWMAKERS WHAT IS IMPORTANT to YOU!!! The are already thinking about next years agenda and triaging what needs doing first.
*** I'm leaving these in, because they are likely trying again in January with better odds. Contact your Congress Critters and/or newly electeds if you want that to happen ***
* "Pete Hegseth declared himself safe from impeachment. Then came eight charges:" https://www.advocate.com/politics/national/pete-hegseth-thomas-massie-impeachment
* "Sen. Mark Kelly says Hegseth has three ways out—and Trump has a choice:" https://www.ms.now/all-in/watch/sen-mark-kelly-says-hegseth-has-three-ways-out-and-trump-has-a-choice-2520172099914
* "Maddow: After Hegseth, watch for impeachment of Trump’s A.G. Todd Blanche:" https://www.ms.now/rachel-maddow/watch/maddow-after-hegseth-watch-for-impeachment-of-trump-s-a-g-todd-blanche-2520186435867
* "Rachel Maddow on the Midterms & Examining the DOJ in “Department of Fate” | The Daily Show:"
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* I long for the day they try him in the Hague. "Pete Hegseth fights for his job by reminding everybody that Donald Trump gave the orders:" https://www.advocate.com/politics/national/hegseth-blames-trump-impeachment
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* "The Eight Articles of Impeachment Against Hegseth, Explained:" https://archive.ph/nQXvJ#selection-8194.0-8194.1
* "Pete Hegseth impeachment effort blocked by House Republicans:" https://apnews.com/article/hegseth-impeachment-briefing-trump-massie-87a78193502f716e6fb8eee5aef06ac0
* ....And Massie didn't have the Republican votes he thought he had and some Democrats were blocked from the building looks like.
Odds are they'll try again in January.
* "House Democrat says traffic incident prevented her and others from voting on Hegseth impeachment:" https://open.apexnews.com/news/detail/8e1c6d4426c24b5fbf5d03bd311305e9?country=us&language=en&appVersion=&client=startpage&info=eyiSy%3EEOJBBN_EOZN_NLZ_77j6lk55-839y-73p0-1114-itr20at47283%3CosovIr%3E9ld1r776309999dt_lc%3Cpzx%3E78nw5b93f0nv76a3uw109281380or65x&feed=true&limit_count=100&request_count=8
* "AOC Vows There Will Be ‘Many, Many, Many Investigations’ of Trump Officials: ‘There Are So Many Criminals in This Administration’:" https://open.apexnews.com/news/detail/1f75affd57dd2183993c61f1ff0851a7?country=us&language=en&appVersion=&client=startpage&info=eyiSy%3EEOJBBN_EOZN_NLZ_77j6lk55-839y-73p0-1114-itr20at47283%3CosovIr%3E01e3o081309999dt_lc%3Cpzx%3E78nw5b93f0nv76a3uw109281380or65x&feed=true&limit_count=100&request_count=8
* "Senators probe RFK Jr.'s Samoa trip testimony after AP and Guardian showed documents that refute it:" https://apnews.com/article/samoa-rfk-jr-senate-investigation-measles-vaccines-e4b97becad6d2951d9e84ea584979c41
* "House Oversight Republicans release final report on Epstein investigation:" https://www.politico.com/news/2026/11/10/house-oversight-republican-epstein-report-01158414
* "What Happens Next:"
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* "Sen. Bernie Sanders on Dem Wins, Trump & the Future | The Weekly Show with Jon Stewart:"
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* "Robert Garcia says Democrats are prepared to put Trump officials under oath:" https://www.advocate.com/politics/national/crooked-con-democrats-investigations
* "White House warns congressional Democrats: Investigating us may be a crime:" https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/white-house/white-house-warns-congressional-democrats-investigating-us-may-crime-rcna608752
* "‘Trump is clearly hiding something’: Top Oversight Democrat rejects White House threats:" https://www.ms.now/all-in/watch/trump-is-clearly-hiding-something-top-oversight-dem-rejects-white-house-threats-2520588867868
* "Bernie Sanders won’t support Schumer for Senate Democratic leader, saying it’s time for change:" https://apnews.com/article/schumer-bernie-sanders-senate-democrats-leadership-election-c5a182727397e964b19ad0dec5aeca42
* "Van Hollen will take on Schumer to lead Senate Democrats:" https://www.ms.now/the-briefing-with-jen-psaki/watch/ms-now-exclusive-van-hollen-will-take-on-schumer-to-lead-senate-democrats-full-video-2520598595621
* "Senate Republicans vote to keep John Thune as leader after steep election losses:" https://apnews.com/article/john-thune-republican-leadership-elections-aee05eef5d85aafde6fbb27272977a14
* "House GOP elects Jim Jordan as new leader as the party looks to rebuild from midterms:" https://www.npr.org/2026/11/10/nx-s1-6030988/gop-leadership-election-steve-scalise-jim-jordan
They just made a man credibly accused of helping to cover up wide spread abuse of athletes in charge of Republicans in the House next Congress.
They have learned nothing. Nothing.
* "Psaki: Trump learned nothing; Republicans ignore voters’ message:" https://www.ms.now/the-briefing-with-jen-psaki/watch/psaki-trump-learned-nothing-republicans-ignore-voters-message-2520312387640
* "Jen: GOP ready to ‘go down with the ship’:" https://www.ms.now/the-briefing-with-jen-psaki/watch/jen-gop-ready-to-go-down-with-the-ship-2520313411967* "Do Your Phone Calls and Emails Matter? :" https://cmarmitage.substack.com/p/do-your-phone-calls-and-emails-matter
* Until Midterms our job is to survive, to build grassroots resistance, to do all in our power to slow the republican Christo-fascist agenda, and to vote in the 2026 in case there is still Democracy.
"Take action with Indivisible:" https://www.mobilize.us/indivisible/
Trump 2.0 Indivisible Guide. https://indivisible.org/resource/guide
If you can't safely contact them in person, here are some other options for contacting your Congress Critters:
Five Calls to your critters: https://5calls.org/
Here is one that will send your reps a fax: https://resist.bot/
And another: https://faxzero.com/fax_senate.php
Snail Mail Campaigns: https://conuly.dreamwidth.org/3622760.html
"Congress. gov:" https://www.congress.gov/
White house (Possibly Dangerous): https://www.whitehouse.gov/
ACLU advice for writing to your Critters: https://www.aclu.org/writing-your-elected-representatives
This tracks legislation: https://www.govtrack.us/
"The Public Comment Process (+ how to write effective public comments):" https://www.tumblr.com/gwydionmisha/781844516804149248?source=share
"Swing Left:" https://swingleft.org/
Run for Something: https://runforsomething.net/
"Vote Smart:" https://justfacts.votesmart.org/
* "For these LGBTQ+ youth organizers, election night felt like vindication:" https://www.advocate.com/politics/national/outvote-lgbtq-youth-election-2026
* "Republicans bet everything on anti-trans messaging. It didn’t pay off:" https://www.advocate.com/politics/national/republican-anti-trans-messaging-lost
* This is predictable and boring, but Trump is attempting to run the Big Lie again, so I must mention it: "Trump claims election fraud without evidence to excuse midterm rebuke:" https://www.politico.com/news/2026/11/09/donald-trump-midterms-results
* "‘Can we not?’: Trump revives the Big Lie—and gets pushback from his own allies:" https://www.ms.now/all-in/watch/can-we-not-trump-revives-the-big-lie-and-gets-pushback-from-his-own-allies-2520177219650
* "Doug Jones’ gay son pens heartwarming note after his dad’s election loss: ‘You fought the good fight’:" https://www.advocate.com/politics/states/carson-jones-alabama-doug-jones
* "Trump demands every Alaska vote against Peltola be awarded to Republican incumbent in latest assault on Senate race:" https://www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/trump-demands-every-alaska-vote-against-peltola-be-awarded-to-republican-incumbent-in-latest-assault-on-senate-race/
This isn't how it works. This isn't how any of this works.
1. The President is not allowed to unilaterally change people's votes if he doesn't like who they voted for.
2. Elections are regulated entirely by state law, except for where Congress has passed a law.
3. Alaska has ranked choice voting, which means that if neither candidate gets 50%, the second choice of the voters who voted for the least popular candidate is the one that counts, and so on. Literally, the voters designated second and third choices when they voted. It does not require federal intervention to know what they wanted. The voters already said.
4. Odds are most of the Dan Sullivan votes will be for the other Dan Sullivan as a second choice, but if they aren't their wishes should be followed as required under Alaska law.
5. Similarly, those who voted for Gerald Heikes, the other candidate, will mostly have listed a second choice, but if they aren't their wishes should be followed as required under Alaska law.
* Alaska's getting a Democratic Governor! "JKT declares victory after topping 50% in Alaska governor’s race as Peltola extends Senate lead:" https://alaskapublic.org/news/politics/elections/2026-11-12/jkt-tops-50-in-alaska-governors-race-as-peltola-extends-senate-lead
* "California progressive Randy Villegas ousts longtime Republican in redrawn House district:" https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/nov/04/california-22nd-district-house-midterms
* "It’s official: California picks Xavier Becerra to replace Gavin Newsom:" https://calmatters.org/politics/2026/11/california-election-2026-governor-race/
* "These candidates are projected to win California's statewide office elections:" https://www.nbclosangeles.com/elections/2026-california-statewide-office-election-results/3967896/
* She moved to the most ruby red district in the state and still lost "Lauren Boebert vanquished: Colorado voters oust one of Congress’s loudest bigots:" https://www.advocate.com/politics/election/lauren-boebert-defeated-colorado
* "Defeat catches up with Boebert as Democrat flips her seat:" https://www.ms.now/the-briefing-with-jen-psaki/watch/defeat-catches-up-with-boebert-as-democrat-flips-her-seat-2520728643573
* "Trump’s transgender ban pushed her out of the military. Her Virginia community just elected her to lead:" https://www.advocate.com/politics/states/sabrina-bruce-herndon-vice-mayor
* I love she'll still be there while Boebert will be gone. "Sarah McBride didn’t give them the fight they wanted. She won anyway:" https://www.advocate.com/politics/national/sarah-mcbride-exclusive-term-review
* "Rep. Darren Soto survives Republican-drawn map in Florida:" https://rollcall.com/2026/11/10/darren-soto-florida-democrat-redistricting-election/
* "Florida voters elect Republican who marched with neo-Nazis in Charlottesville:" https://www.advocate.com/politics/election/marshall-rawson-neo-nazi-florida
* Kansas will have a Democrat Governor! "Cindy Holscher wins election for Kansas governor, extending Democrats' wave of victories:" https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/cindy-holscher-wins-election-for-kansas-governor-extending-democrats-wave-of-victories
* "Scott Colom defeats Cindy Hyde-Smith, who blocked his judgeship over trans rights:" https://www.advocate.com/politics/election/scott-colom-historic-mississippi-win
* "Blue South rising: Warnock, Colom make new case for the South:" https://www.ms.now/the-briefing-with-jen-psaki/watch/blue-south-rising-warnock-colom-make-new-case-for-the-south-2520461891743
* "‘145 years after the last Black senator’: Nikole Hannah-Jones reacts as Mississippi elects Colom:" https://www.ms.now/all-in/watch/145-years-after-the-last-black-senator-nikole-hannah-jones-reacts-as-miss-elects-colom-2520437315569
* "‘Emotional and energizing’: Bryan Stevenson on Colom’s momentous victory in Mississippi:" https://www.ms.now/all-in/watch/emotional-and-energizing-bryan-stevenson-on-colom-s-momentous-victory-in-mississippi-2520434243672
* "Why Colom’s victory in Mississippi changes the whole political playbook:" https://www.ms.now/the-briefing-with-jen-psaki/watch/why-colom-s-victory-in-mississippi-changes-the-whole-political-playbook-2520464451922
* "Montana Democrats elect historic transgender leadership in the chamber that once silenced Zooey Zephyr:" https://www.advocate.com/politics/states/zooey-zephyr-leadership-montana
* Gavin Newsom is already running ads for himself in Washington State, likely as a soft launch for a Presidential Campaign. I'm scared he'll win the nomination because he's a transphobic Republican light with a hypocrisy problem and it's the same problem with Schumer and Biden, only younger. Not willing to fight because he's too busy chasing Republican buy in that won't happen and it'll all swing back fascist in six years if we don't get progressives in Congressional Leadership and the White House.
We can't afford weak, wishy washy Status Quo Democrats who aren't flexible enough to try to actually fix things. People want change and if Democrats don't deliver it, all this progress and good will will get pissed away because of lack of guts and spine.
* "Suspect reported dead after shooting at popular gay-owned D.C. gym kills one, wounds four:" https://www.advocate.com/news/crime/vida-fitness-shooting-deaths
* "The Hottest New Side Hustle Is Stripping Copper Wire and Posting About It:" https://www.wired.com/story/the-hottest-new-side-hustle-is-stripping-copper-wire-and-posting-about-it/
* "MapQuest lets you track Flock cameras:" https://mashable.com/tech/mapquest-fusers-can-find-nearby-flock-cameras
* "New restrictions at Texas Tech are changing what professors can teach:" https://www.npr.org/2026/11/03/nx-s1-5963883/texas-tech-academic-sb17-odyssey
* CW: CSA, Rape, Abuse. "Looksmaxxer Facing Prisonmaxxing:"
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* CW: Rape. "Russell Brand sentenced to more than 10 years in prison for rape and sexual assault:" https://www.theguardian.com/news/2026/nov/09/russell-brand-sentenced-rape-sexual-assault
* CW: nonconsensual sex and intimate image abuse. "A College Girl Was Exploited on Camera. A Network of Anonymous Men Got to Work:" https://archive.ph/3L8Yt#selection-750.0-750.1
* CW: CSA, Rape. "David Walliams accused of sexual misconduct after losing injunction bid:" https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/ckn8w8p9370zo
* "Why Do We Mock Female Influencers But Platform Manfluencers?:"
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* "LGBTQ+ veterans deserve more than a thank you. These groups deliver for them:" https://www.advocate.com/politics/advocacy/lgbtq-veteran-resource-organizations
* "After Trump’s military ban, this nonbinary 11-year Air Force veteran found a new mission at Harvard:" https://www.advocate.com/politics/national/nonbinary-air-force-veteran-harvard
* "US loses measles-free status after continued spread of the disease, WSJ reports:" https://archive.ph/EUSQt#selection-1050.0-1050.1
* "It’s not just vaccines — parents are refusing other routine preventive care for newborns:" https://apnews.com/article/babies-newborns-pediatricians-vitamin-k-hepatitis-b-erythromycin-9126463f0cb38b9778fb77bc0d071776
* I'm reposting the baking with disabilities links as it's baking season.
* "Tips for baking with arthritis and other hand-related chronic pain :" https://www.kingarthurbaking.com/blog/2022/01/19/tips-for-baking-with-arthritis-and-other-hand-related-chronic-pain
* "Baking with chronic fatigue? We've got tips for conserving energy in the kitchen. :" https://www.kingarthurbaking.com/blog/2022/11/22/baking-chronic-fatigue-tips
* "Tips for baking with brain fog:" https://www.kingarthurbaking.com/blog/2022/06/22/tips-for-baking-with-brain-fog
* "‘Who will be held accountable?’: fatal Brooklyn building collapse devastates community:" https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/nov/12/nyc-building-collapse-reaction
* "Hazards, cracks preceded deadly NYC building collapse, records show:" https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2026/11/12/brooklyn-building-collapse-city-records-offer-clues-insight/92747873007/
* "Hunt for clues in deadly Brooklyn building collapse will take time:" https://apnews.com/article/brooklyn-building-collapse-dead-rubble-digging-292b3ece5d9ba6e375413c9f4671cf00
* "Casualties continue to rise after Brooklyn building collapses:" https://www.npr.org/sections/the-picture-show/2026/11/12/g-s1-153229/brooklyn-building-collapse-photos
* "'Miracle on Mississippi' - All passengers rescued after New Orleans cruise ship collision:" https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cw20xmy0m5yyo
* "16 Years After Deepwater Horizon Spill, Deep Sea Life in The Gulf of Mexico Shows No Sign of Recovery:" https://www.sciencealert.com/16-years-after-deepwater-horizon-spill-deep-sea-life-in-the-gulf-of-mexico-shows-no-sign-of-recovery
* "Finland launches criminal probe into land clearance for Google data centre:" https://archive.ph/JhoWU#selection-1094.0-1094.1
* "No More Adobe Photoshop?:"
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* "OpenSSH flaw lets attackers log into password-disabled Linux accounts:" https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/openssh-flaw-lets-attackers-log-into-password-disabled-linux-accounts/
* "North Korean hackers used fake video calls in $400m crypto hack, says FBI:" https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cqdj1ellpd70o
* "UK Sex Workers Wake Up to Sites Purging Their Content Following Porn Ban:" https://www.404media.co/clips4sale-content-removed-uk-porn-law/
* "Data centers need power – lower income, rural residents pay the price:" https://news.cornell.edu/stories/2026/11/data-centers-need-power-lower-income-rural-residents-pay-price
* "Op-ed: Nvidia’s CEO joins the parade of Trump allies brought down by scandal:" https://www.advocate.com/opinion/maga-sex-scandals-trump
* "Commerce's Lutnick was sent warning on Nvidia CEO affair:" https://www.axios.com/2026/11/10/lutnick-nvidia-jensen-huang-china-memo
* "Trump Officials Clashed Over Firm at Heart of Nvidia Affair:" https://archive.ph/kM5f8#selection-4042.0-4042.1
* "Despite Denial, Trump Was Told on Trip to China About Spying on Nvidia Leader:" https://archive.ph/7SfJF#selection-4022.0-4022.1
* "Former Nvidia CEO Huang had a relationship with a second employee, sources say:" https://archive.ph/OKVHj#selection-1058.0-1058.1
* "Huang agrees to appear before Congress, US lawmakers say, after scandal-hit Nvidia CEO resigns:" https://www.bbc.com/news/live/c6zjry11v8w1t
* "The Brutal Murders of Anglo-Saxon Royalty:"
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* "Sweating Sickness: Deadly Tudor Plague | After Dark:"
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* CW: Really graphic descriptions of historical medical procedures and disease progression. "The Gruesome History of Sexual Diseases:"
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NOTE: The Contagious Diseases Act was even worse than they say in this.
* A series of Jack the Ripper theory Debunkings: https://www.tumblr.com/gwydionmisha/833264988824223744/was-jack-the-ripper-a-member-of-the-royal-family?source=share
* "Was This Victorian Serial Killer WORSE Than Jack The Ripper?:"
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* CW: Rape. "Rasputin: The Man Who Just Wouldn't Die | After Dark Classics:"
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* "Protesting by Wearing Denim? Weird History of 1920:"
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* "The Nuclear Family was ALWAYS a Disaster:"
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* "The Catholic Institution That Turned "Fallen" Women Into Slaves:"
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* "A Trans Woman Invented the Tech Behind Your Smartphone in 1965. (And Then IBM Fired Her, Obviously.):" https://pridesource.com/article/trans-lucent-sept-17-2026
* "Walter Koenig: Chekov's Gone:"
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* ( Saffy Hygiene Progress!: )
* Wednesday was the sort of day where I needed a nap after even small things like taking meds, or putting on a shirt. Needless to say I spent most of it lying down.
I woke to find that Management finally got back to me after me waiting about a month for response as to what specifically they want moved. They did not actually tell me what specifically they wanted moved, of course. I need to hire a contractor and have the apartment vents cleaned by the thirtieth apparently, a thing they could have told me a month ago.
I need a reciept etc. I am fascinated to see if I will have the money for it. I already paid housing and Big Bill, and insurance autowithdraws.
I fucking hate them. They refuse to just say what they want because vague is so much easier for them and lets them fine people who guess wrong.
So Thursday I must find a contractor. I'm thinking I'll try calling honest contractor for recommendations first.
I now really, really need us to solve Saffy's butt fur issue ourselves and for her to not also need a vet. She looks odd from behind right now as I got one leg and the central sensative area, but the other side is still full fluff.
Speaking of vets, Livia seems to be more herself, so I think she, at least won't be going. Maybe she associates October weatrher with losing Tavy and she was just sad. In any case, she's been actively enjoying watching kitten nonsense as long as she is far enough away so as not to become involved involuntarily, enjoying the company at nap time, and generally more herself. I won't really be happy until she starts sleeping in her desk box again, but baby steps.
* I wasn't sure if Honest contractor did vents or not, but they usually are willing to recommend other specialists outside their wheelhouse that they like to work with, so it was worth a shot, but alas, no one was answering or returning calls. The people HOA recommended were over an hour south of us, and I was not sanguine. My skepticism was well founded. They said they'd call back in five minutes; I waited twenty with very little hope before calling around random Yelp options.
I miss when Yelp would automatically give you things appropriate to the search terms instead of vaguely related stuff, and I don't really trust them in general, but here we are. I got a guy willing to come today, which is extra good because I've no idea if I needed to move the big shelving inside or not as no one would tell me how much clearance they need. This gives me more time if things go wrong.
I hate this. I hate all of this. My foot is still streaked with bruises in the itchy stage because of the depth of tissue damage from the grand plant and shelf migration.
I needed to dip in at the library as I had some ILL DVDs on order and some others to go back, so I ducked out quick yo hit them and the pharmacy to pick up some meds. My plan was to eat, do meds and lungs, then take the kittens out. I was planning to sweep once the wind scared the kittens inside, but by the time I'd done all that and found the leashes and gathered gear I only had half an hour to the appointment window and kitten walks can take a while, so I wrote this up instead. I am tired. I hurt. I want to go to bed, but I want this over and settled more.
Squirrel has generously agreed to let me use their Saffy's sanitary shave fund for this, which is good as I don't have enough money to cover it, not even if I didn't have the other largish bill and the insurance autopay. I can cover the autopay, but only half the other bill. I can only do that because a birthday check came late.
Autumn is so fucking expensive and there keep being surprise things I need to buy like the cat shampoo on top of the expected extra expenses.
I am familiar with Contractor time, so I am taking his arrival time as an earliest he could arrive, especially with traffic so weird.
Let us all hope he comes and is willing to work in the space he has and that it's the low end of the estimate and not the high end.
UPDATE: The young man was 5 minutes early (Technically hadn't arrived, but was lost, which is normal for anyone trying to find this place the first time.) He will fit. He had the dryer going and went back to his truck for his gear and was setting up his ladder at 5 past.
By ten past there were very alarming sounds coming from my bedroom, through which the vents ran. Livia is hiding in the secure hide under my desk. Saffy is in her special secure hide. Claw is at the patio door watching the young man work.
Before he started he was like: You don't mind lint out here do you? Me: I've got my mask and I'm going to sweep after you go. It's fine. You are here to clean a dryer vent. I'd just assumed there'd be lots of lint involved.
Apparently, occasionally people lose their shit over a vent cleaning resulting in excess lint. He'd clearly been burnt before. I reassured him that I understood airflow and that dryer vents collect lint and I wouldn't be weird about it.
* I sent them receipt after the young man left. No word from management if they are satisfied, but it's probably all right. I hope.
I of course burned what little I'd manage to scrape together in the way of spoons on the library and the HOA nonsense, so I woke up even worse. Everything snail's pace and requiring a nap. The trip to and from the bathroom being an exhausting ordeal. There was nothing for it, but to wait it out lying down.
The thing I hate most about this is I can neither read nor rest properly. I'd me better served by either enough energy to read longer than a page or two or by another two or three hours sleep, but can achieve neither. The naps are mostly restless things that don't truly refresh.
I wasted about six hours like that. Sigh.
* My Monster/Horror Movie polls: https://www.tumblr.com/gwydpolls/tagged/Monster%20Movies
* "Trump Hopes for Heaven on "60 Minutes" & Stephen Miller Becomes Chief of Staff | The Daily Show:"
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* "The Nvidia Honey Trap Chinese Sexpionage Scandal, Explained | The Daily Show:"
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* "Trash Ladies: Grace Meets the Pond-Diving Grannies Cleaning Up Cape Cod | The Daily Show:"
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* Monday, I referred to the Kansas Governor's race as a "squeaker."
Them: Now imagining Kansas being governed by a squeaky cat toy. Still an improvement upon a Republican, naturally.
Me: Oh definitely. I figure the toy would be manipulated by the cat so the cat would rule. Cats are in favour of food and housing for everyone and a sleep/play balance that is much healthier than the norm. I suspect the paid family leave policy would be extremely progressive.
* "Anthony Teaches Dan Snow About Irish Wake Traditions (Halloween Special!):"
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* "Bewildering Battles (Zama):" https://www.youtube.com/shorts/9zAMLBbG59w
* "Setorius School Services:" https://www.youtube.com/shorts/Tc8jKa2Y4LQ
* "Brutus Bribery:" https://www.youtube.com/shorts/9t_VMovef0U
* "Annoying Antonies:" https://www.youtube.com/shorts/R6f8JJRYp74
* "Silly SPQR Successions:" https://www.youtube.com/shorts/sU0CaxMPGsk
* "Hospitaller Hospitality 2:" https://www.youtube.com/shorts/h4Pdr2K2Fa8
* "Montgisard Mount-Up:" https://www.youtube.com/shorts/qf_EHuIbXa4
* These Edward I on Braveheart ones are brilliant. Seriously, we saw Braveheart opening weekend and I ranted about it for longer than the run time of the movie. I found four things wrong in the opening sequences before we even got to the plot.
Don't get me wrong I have a long list of things I will always be angry at Edward I for, but that movie was nonsense.:
* "Royal Reactions (Braveheart):" https://www.youtube.com/shorts/FaegB6sFMoc
* "Royal Reactions (Braveheart) 2:" https://www.youtube.com/shorts/gFPNwX5nr3c
* "Royal Reactions (Braveheart) 3:" https://www.youtube.com/shorts/ftHQAT2rRG4
* "True Facts: The Bizarre Ways Cephalopods Make Bebes:"
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* "Colors of the Moon:" https://science.nasa.gov/image-article/apod-2026-november-1-colors-of-the-moon/
* "The Color and Lights of Diwali 2026:" https://archive.ph/MKLGe#selection-612.0-612.1
* "What an Iceberg Looks Like From Underneath:" https://mossandfog.com/what-an-iceberg-looks-like-from-underneath/
* "See the Hilarious Animal Shenanigans Captured in Photos and Videos Shortlisted for the 2026 Nikon Comedy Wildlife Awards:" https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/see-the-hilarious-animal-shenanigans-captured-in-photos-and-videos-shortlisted-for-the-2026-nikon-comedy-wildlife-awards-180989600/
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* Full list of Resistance and charity links has been migrated to my profile as it was getting out of hand.
The help links are at the bottom under the cut.
* I'm reposting the baking with disabilities links as it's baking season.
* "Tips for baking with arthritis and other hand-related chronic pain :" https://www.kingarthurbaking.com/blog/2022/01/19/tips-for-baking-with-arthritis-and-other-hand-related-chronic-pain
* "Baking with chronic fatigue? We've got tips for conserving energy in the kitchen. :" https://www.kingarthurbaking.com/blog/2022/11/22/baking-chronic-fatigue-tips
* "Tips for baking with brain fog:" https://www.kingarthurbaking.com/blog/2022/06/22/tips-for-baking-with-brain-fog
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* "I Went to a French Gen Z Protest (and Got Tear Gassed):"
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* "Masculinity-obsessed Pete Hegseth gets yelled at about discipline by Arlington Army guard who looks the part:" https://www.advocate.com/politics/national/arlington-guard-rebukes-pete-hegseth
* "Hayes: Hegseth’s Tomb visit exposes the right’s double standard:" https://www.ms.now/all-in/watch/hayes-hegseth-s-tomb-visit-exposes-the-right-s-double-standard-2520590403864
* "National Weather Service ordered to resume twice-daily weather balloon launches, "an important step":" https://www.cbsnews.com/detroit/news/nws-ordered-resume-twice-daily-weather-balloon-launches/
They literally tried to sell off all the weather monitoring stations an equipment because both climate change data and storm warnings made trump look bad and he was still angry about the time they correctly predicted a hurricane path and he "corrected" it in sharpie to where he wanted it to go,and they made him look bad because the storm didn't go right through Alabma like he wanted it to.
He turned off the weather equipment on embassies that had been there ages and cost next to nothing because they monitored air pollution and weather patterns, which made him look bad because they validated climate change and pollutions as poblems.
Trump believes that if you don't report coming tornadoes and the like they don't exist, just like if you don't report covid infection numbers the infections don't exist.
* "Disastrous White House press conference raises more questions than answers about nationwide ground stop:" https://www.advocate.com/politics/national/trump-cabinet-ground-stop-presser
* "Duffy puffy on FAA funding, elides Trump’s DOGE damage:" Duffy puffy on FAA funding, elides Trump's DOGE damage
* "Digital office communication affects stress, creativity, and perceived tone:" https://www.earth.com/science/digital-office-communication-affects-stress-creativity-and-perceived-tone/
* "As SNAP benefits run low, people with HIV can struggle to stay on treatment:" https://www.advocate.com/health/hiv/food-benefits-and-hiv-treatment
* "Trump’s Medicaid cuts are already hurting trans teens, New Hampshire families tell judge:" https://www.advocate.com/politics/states/new-hampshire-transgender-medicaid-care
* NOW IS A GREAT TIME to TELL LAWMAKERS WHAT IS IMPORTANT to YOU!!! The are already thinking about next years agenda and triaging what needs doing first.
*** I'm leaving these in, because they are likely trying again in January with better odds. Contact your Congress Critters and/or newly electeds if you want that to happen ***
* "Pete Hegseth declared himself safe from impeachment. Then came eight charges:" https://www.advocate.com/politics/national/pete-hegseth-thomas-massie-impeachment
* "Sen. Mark Kelly says Hegseth has three ways out—and Trump has a choice:" https://www.ms.now/all-in/watch/sen-mark-kelly-says-hegseth-has-three-ways-out-and-trump-has-a-choice-2520172099914
* "Maddow: After Hegseth, watch for impeachment of Trump’s A.G. Todd Blanche:" https://www.ms.now/rachel-maddow/watch/maddow-after-hegseth-watch-for-impeachment-of-trump-s-a-g-todd-blanche-2520186435867
* "Rachel Maddow on the Midterms & Examining the DOJ in “Department of Fate” | The Daily Show:"
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* I long for the day they try him in the Hague. "Pete Hegseth fights for his job by reminding everybody that Donald Trump gave the orders:" https://www.advocate.com/politics/national/hegseth-blames-trump-impeachment
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* "The Eight Articles of Impeachment Against Hegseth, Explained:" https://archive.ph/nQXvJ#selection-8194.0-8194.1
* "Pete Hegseth impeachment effort blocked by House Republicans:" https://apnews.com/article/hegseth-impeachment-briefing-trump-massie-87a78193502f716e6fb8eee5aef06ac0
* ....And Massie didn't have the Republican votes he thought he had and some Democrats were blocked from the building looks like.
Odds are they'll try again in January.
* "House Democrat says traffic incident prevented her and others from voting on Hegseth impeachment:" https://open.apexnews.com/news/detail/8e1c6d4426c24b5fbf5d03bd311305e9?country=us&language=en&appVersion=&client=startpage&info=eyiSy%3EEOJBBN_EOZN_NLZ_77j6lk55-839y-73p0-1114-itr20at47283%3CosovIr%3E9ld1r776309999dt_lc%3Cpzx%3E78nw5b93f0nv76a3uw109281380or65x&feed=true&limit_count=100&request_count=8
* "AOC Vows There Will Be ‘Many, Many, Many Investigations’ of Trump Officials: ‘There Are So Many Criminals in This Administration’:" https://open.apexnews.com/news/detail/1f75affd57dd2183993c61f1ff0851a7?country=us&language=en&appVersion=&client=startpage&info=eyiSy%3EEOJBBN_EOZN_NLZ_77j6lk55-839y-73p0-1114-itr20at47283%3CosovIr%3E01e3o081309999dt_lc%3Cpzx%3E78nw5b93f0nv76a3uw109281380or65x&feed=true&limit_count=100&request_count=8
* "Senators probe RFK Jr.'s Samoa trip testimony after AP and Guardian showed documents that refute it:" https://apnews.com/article/samoa-rfk-jr-senate-investigation-measles-vaccines-e4b97becad6d2951d9e84ea584979c41
* "House Oversight Republicans release final report on Epstein investigation:" https://www.politico.com/news/2026/11/10/house-oversight-republican-epstein-report-01158414
* "What Happens Next:"
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* "Sen. Bernie Sanders on Dem Wins, Trump & the Future | The Weekly Show with Jon Stewart:"
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* "Robert Garcia says Democrats are prepared to put Trump officials under oath:" https://www.advocate.com/politics/national/crooked-con-democrats-investigations
* "White House warns congressional Democrats: Investigating us may be a crime:" https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/white-house/white-house-warns-congressional-democrats-investigating-us-may-crime-rcna608752
* "‘Trump is clearly hiding something’: Top Oversight Democrat rejects White House threats:" https://www.ms.now/all-in/watch/trump-is-clearly-hiding-something-top-oversight-dem-rejects-white-house-threats-2520588867868
* "Bernie Sanders won’t support Schumer for Senate Democratic leader, saying it’s time for change:" https://apnews.com/article/schumer-bernie-sanders-senate-democrats-leadership-election-c5a182727397e964b19ad0dec5aeca42
* "Van Hollen will take on Schumer to lead Senate Democrats:" https://www.ms.now/the-briefing-with-jen-psaki/watch/ms-now-exclusive-van-hollen-will-take-on-schumer-to-lead-senate-democrats-full-video-2520598595621
* "Senate Republicans vote to keep John Thune as leader after steep election losses:" https://apnews.com/article/john-thune-republican-leadership-elections-aee05eef5d85aafde6fbb27272977a14
* "House GOP elects Jim Jordan as new leader as the party looks to rebuild from midterms:" https://www.npr.org/2026/11/10/nx-s1-6030988/gop-leadership-election-steve-scalise-jim-jordan
They just made a man credibly accused of helping to cover up wide spread abuse of athletes in charge of Republicans in the House next Congress.
They have learned nothing. Nothing.
* "Psaki: Trump learned nothing; Republicans ignore voters’ message:" https://www.ms.now/the-briefing-with-jen-psaki/watch/psaki-trump-learned-nothing-republicans-ignore-voters-message-2520312387640
* "Jen: GOP ready to ‘go down with the ship’:" https://www.ms.now/the-briefing-with-jen-psaki/watch/jen-gop-ready-to-go-down-with-the-ship-2520313411967* "Do Your Phone Calls and Emails Matter? :" https://cmarmitage.substack.com/p/do-your-phone-calls-and-emails-matter
* Until Midterms our job is to survive, to build grassroots resistance, to do all in our power to slow the republican Christo-fascist agenda, and to vote in the 2026 in case there is still Democracy.
"Take action with Indivisible:" https://www.mobilize.us/indivisible/
Trump 2.0 Indivisible Guide. https://indivisible.org/resource/guide
If you can't safely contact them in person, here are some other options for contacting your Congress Critters:
Five Calls to your critters: https://5calls.org/
Here is one that will send your reps a fax: https://resist.bot/
And another: https://faxzero.com/fax_senate.php
Snail Mail Campaigns: https://conuly.dreamwidth.org/3622760.html
"Congress. gov:" https://www.congress.gov/
White house (Possibly Dangerous): https://www.whitehouse.gov/
ACLU advice for writing to your Critters: https://www.aclu.org/writing-your-elected-representatives
This tracks legislation: https://www.govtrack.us/
"The Public Comment Process (+ how to write effective public comments):" https://www.tumblr.com/gwydionmisha/781844516804149248?source=share
"Swing Left:" https://swingleft.org/
Run for Something: https://runforsomething.net/
"Vote Smart:" https://justfacts.votesmart.org/
* "For these LGBTQ+ youth organizers, election night felt like vindication:" https://www.advocate.com/politics/national/outvote-lgbtq-youth-election-2026
* "Republicans bet everything on anti-trans messaging. It didn’t pay off:" https://www.advocate.com/politics/national/republican-anti-trans-messaging-lost
* This is predictable and boring, but Trump is attempting to run the Big Lie again, so I must mention it: "Trump claims election fraud without evidence to excuse midterm rebuke:" https://www.politico.com/news/2026/11/09/donald-trump-midterms-results
* "‘Can we not?’: Trump revives the Big Lie—and gets pushback from his own allies:" https://www.ms.now/all-in/watch/can-we-not-trump-revives-the-big-lie-and-gets-pushback-from-his-own-allies-2520177219650
* "Doug Jones’ gay son pens heartwarming note after his dad’s election loss: ‘You fought the good fight’:" https://www.advocate.com/politics/states/carson-jones-alabama-doug-jones
* "Trump demands every Alaska vote against Peltola be awarded to Republican incumbent in latest assault on Senate race:" https://www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/trump-demands-every-alaska-vote-against-peltola-be-awarded-to-republican-incumbent-in-latest-assault-on-senate-race/
This isn't how it works. This isn't how any of this works.
1. The President is not allowed to unilaterally change people's votes if he doesn't like who they voted for.
2. Elections are regulated entirely by state law, except for where Congress has passed a law.
3. Alaska has ranked choice voting, which means that if neither candidate gets 50%, the second choice of the voters who voted for the least popular candidate is the one that counts, and so on. Literally, the voters designated second and third choices when they voted. It does not require federal intervention to know what they wanted. The voters already said.
4. Odds are most of the Dan Sullivan votes will be for the other Dan Sullivan as a second choice, but if they aren't their wishes should be followed as required under Alaska law.
5. Similarly, those who voted for Gerald Heikes, the other candidate, will mostly have listed a second choice, but if they aren't their wishes should be followed as required under Alaska law.
* Alaska's getting a Democratic Governor! "JKT declares victory after topping 50% in Alaska governor’s race as Peltola extends Senate lead:" https://alaskapublic.org/news/politics/elections/2026-11-12/jkt-tops-50-in-alaska-governors-race-as-peltola-extends-senate-lead
* "California progressive Randy Villegas ousts longtime Republican in redrawn House district:" https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/nov/04/california-22nd-district-house-midterms
* "It’s official: California picks Xavier Becerra to replace Gavin Newsom:" https://calmatters.org/politics/2026/11/california-election-2026-governor-race/
* "These candidates are projected to win California's statewide office elections:" https://www.nbclosangeles.com/elections/2026-california-statewide-office-election-results/3967896/
* She moved to the most ruby red district in the state and still lost "Lauren Boebert vanquished: Colorado voters oust one of Congress’s loudest bigots:" https://www.advocate.com/politics/election/lauren-boebert-defeated-colorado
* "Defeat catches up with Boebert as Democrat flips her seat:" https://www.ms.now/the-briefing-with-jen-psaki/watch/defeat-catches-up-with-boebert-as-democrat-flips-her-seat-2520728643573
* "Trump’s transgender ban pushed her out of the military. Her Virginia community just elected her to lead:" https://www.advocate.com/politics/states/sabrina-bruce-herndon-vice-mayor
* I love she'll still be there while Boebert will be gone. "Sarah McBride didn’t give them the fight they wanted. She won anyway:" https://www.advocate.com/politics/national/sarah-mcbride-exclusive-term-review
* "Rep. Darren Soto survives Republican-drawn map in Florida:" https://rollcall.com/2026/11/10/darren-soto-florida-democrat-redistricting-election/
* "Florida voters elect Republican who marched with neo-Nazis in Charlottesville:" https://www.advocate.com/politics/election/marshall-rawson-neo-nazi-florida
* Kansas will have a Democrat Governor! "Cindy Holscher wins election for Kansas governor, extending Democrats' wave of victories:" https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/cindy-holscher-wins-election-for-kansas-governor-extending-democrats-wave-of-victories
* "Scott Colom defeats Cindy Hyde-Smith, who blocked his judgeship over trans rights:" https://www.advocate.com/politics/election/scott-colom-historic-mississippi-win
* "Blue South rising: Warnock, Colom make new case for the South:" https://www.ms.now/the-briefing-with-jen-psaki/watch/blue-south-rising-warnock-colom-make-new-case-for-the-south-2520461891743
* "‘145 years after the last Black senator’: Nikole Hannah-Jones reacts as Mississippi elects Colom:" https://www.ms.now/all-in/watch/145-years-after-the-last-black-senator-nikole-hannah-jones-reacts-as-miss-elects-colom-2520437315569
* "‘Emotional and energizing’: Bryan Stevenson on Colom’s momentous victory in Mississippi:" https://www.ms.now/all-in/watch/emotional-and-energizing-bryan-stevenson-on-colom-s-momentous-victory-in-mississippi-2520434243672
* "Why Colom’s victory in Mississippi changes the whole political playbook:" https://www.ms.now/the-briefing-with-jen-psaki/watch/why-colom-s-victory-in-mississippi-changes-the-whole-political-playbook-2520464451922
* "Montana Democrats elect historic transgender leadership in the chamber that once silenced Zooey Zephyr:" https://www.advocate.com/politics/states/zooey-zephyr-leadership-montana
* Gavin Newsom is already running ads for himself in Washington State, likely as a soft launch for a Presidential Campaign. I'm scared he'll win the nomination because he's a transphobic Republican light with a hypocrisy problem and it's the same problem with Schumer and Biden, only younger. Not willing to fight because he's too busy chasing Republican buy in that won't happen and it'll all swing back fascist in six years if we don't get progressives in Congressional Leadership and the White House.
We can't afford weak, wishy washy Status Quo Democrats who aren't flexible enough to try to actually fix things. People want change and if Democrats don't deliver it, all this progress and good will will get pissed away because of lack of guts and spine.
* "Suspect reported dead after shooting at popular gay-owned D.C. gym kills one, wounds four:" https://www.advocate.com/news/crime/vida-fitness-shooting-deaths
* "The Hottest New Side Hustle Is Stripping Copper Wire and Posting About It:" https://www.wired.com/story/the-hottest-new-side-hustle-is-stripping-copper-wire-and-posting-about-it/
* "MapQuest lets you track Flock cameras:" https://mashable.com/tech/mapquest-fusers-can-find-nearby-flock-cameras
* "New restrictions at Texas Tech are changing what professors can teach:" https://www.npr.org/2026/11/03/nx-s1-5963883/texas-tech-academic-sb17-odyssey
* CW: CSA, Rape, Abuse. "Looksmaxxer Facing Prisonmaxxing:"
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* CW: Rape. "Russell Brand sentenced to more than 10 years in prison for rape and sexual assault:" https://www.theguardian.com/news/2026/nov/09/russell-brand-sentenced-rape-sexual-assault
* CW: nonconsensual sex and intimate image abuse. "A College Girl Was Exploited on Camera. A Network of Anonymous Men Got to Work:" https://archive.ph/3L8Yt#selection-750.0-750.1
* CW: CSA, Rape. "David Walliams accused of sexual misconduct after losing injunction bid:" https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/ckn8w8p9370zo
* "Why Do We Mock Female Influencers But Platform Manfluencers?:"
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* "LGBTQ+ veterans deserve more than a thank you. These groups deliver for them:" https://www.advocate.com/politics/advocacy/lgbtq-veteran-resource-organizations
* "After Trump’s military ban, this nonbinary 11-year Air Force veteran found a new mission at Harvard:" https://www.advocate.com/politics/national/nonbinary-air-force-veteran-harvard
* "US loses measles-free status after continued spread of the disease, WSJ reports:" https://archive.ph/EUSQt#selection-1050.0-1050.1
* "It’s not just vaccines — parents are refusing other routine preventive care for newborns:" https://apnews.com/article/babies-newborns-pediatricians-vitamin-k-hepatitis-b-erythromycin-9126463f0cb38b9778fb77bc0d071776
* I'm reposting the baking with disabilities links as it's baking season.
* "Tips for baking with arthritis and other hand-related chronic pain :" https://www.kingarthurbaking.com/blog/2022/01/19/tips-for-baking-with-arthritis-and-other-hand-related-chronic-pain
* "Baking with chronic fatigue? We've got tips for conserving energy in the kitchen. :" https://www.kingarthurbaking.com/blog/2022/11/22/baking-chronic-fatigue-tips
* "Tips for baking with brain fog:" https://www.kingarthurbaking.com/blog/2022/06/22/tips-for-baking-with-brain-fog
* "‘Who will be held accountable?’: fatal Brooklyn building collapse devastates community:" https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/nov/12/nyc-building-collapse-reaction
* "Hazards, cracks preceded deadly NYC building collapse, records show:" https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2026/11/12/brooklyn-building-collapse-city-records-offer-clues-insight/92747873007/
* "Hunt for clues in deadly Brooklyn building collapse will take time:" https://apnews.com/article/brooklyn-building-collapse-dead-rubble-digging-292b3ece5d9ba6e375413c9f4671cf00
* "Casualties continue to rise after Brooklyn building collapses:" https://www.npr.org/sections/the-picture-show/2026/11/12/g-s1-153229/brooklyn-building-collapse-photos
* "'Miracle on Mississippi' - All passengers rescued after New Orleans cruise ship collision:" https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cw20xmy0m5yyo
* "16 Years After Deepwater Horizon Spill, Deep Sea Life in The Gulf of Mexico Shows No Sign of Recovery:" https://www.sciencealert.com/16-years-after-deepwater-horizon-spill-deep-sea-life-in-the-gulf-of-mexico-shows-no-sign-of-recovery
* "Finland launches criminal probe into land clearance for Google data centre:" https://archive.ph/JhoWU#selection-1094.0-1094.1
* "No More Adobe Photoshop?:"
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* "OpenSSH flaw lets attackers log into password-disabled Linux accounts:" https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/openssh-flaw-lets-attackers-log-into-password-disabled-linux-accounts/
* "North Korean hackers used fake video calls in $400m crypto hack, says FBI:" https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cqdj1ellpd70o
* "UK Sex Workers Wake Up to Sites Purging Their Content Following Porn Ban:" https://www.404media.co/clips4sale-content-removed-uk-porn-law/
* "Data centers need power – lower income, rural residents pay the price:" https://news.cornell.edu/stories/2026/11/data-centers-need-power-lower-income-rural-residents-pay-price
* "Op-ed: Nvidia’s CEO joins the parade of Trump allies brought down by scandal:" https://www.advocate.com/opinion/maga-sex-scandals-trump
* "Commerce's Lutnick was sent warning on Nvidia CEO affair:" https://www.axios.com/2026/11/10/lutnick-nvidia-jensen-huang-china-memo
* "Trump Officials Clashed Over Firm at Heart of Nvidia Affair:" https://archive.ph/kM5f8#selection-4042.0-4042.1
* "Despite Denial, Trump Was Told on Trip to China About Spying on Nvidia Leader:" https://archive.ph/7SfJF#selection-4022.0-4022.1
* "Former Nvidia CEO Huang had a relationship with a second employee, sources say:" https://archive.ph/OKVHj#selection-1058.0-1058.1
* "Huang agrees to appear before Congress, US lawmakers say, after scandal-hit Nvidia CEO resigns:" https://www.bbc.com/news/live/c6zjry11v8w1t
* "The Brutal Murders of Anglo-Saxon Royalty:"
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* "Sweating Sickness: Deadly Tudor Plague | After Dark:"
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* CW: Really graphic descriptions of historical medical procedures and disease progression. "The Gruesome History of Sexual Diseases:"
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NOTE: The Contagious Diseases Act was even worse than they say in this.
* A series of Jack the Ripper theory Debunkings: https://www.tumblr.com/gwydionmisha/833264988824223744/was-jack-the-ripper-a-member-of-the-royal-family?source=share
* "Was This Victorian Serial Killer WORSE Than Jack The Ripper?:"
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* CW: Rape. "Rasputin: The Man Who Just Wouldn't Die | After Dark Classics:"
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* "Protesting by Wearing Denim? Weird History of 1920:"
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* "The Nuclear Family was ALWAYS a Disaster:"
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* "The Catholic Institution That Turned "Fallen" Women Into Slaves:"
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* "A Trans Woman Invented the Tech Behind Your Smartphone in 1965. (And Then IBM Fired Her, Obviously.):" https://pridesource.com/article/trans-lucent-sept-17-2026
* "Walter Koenig: Chekov's Gone:"
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* ( Saffy Hygiene Progress!: )
* Wednesday was the sort of day where I needed a nap after even small things like taking meds, or putting on a shirt. Needless to say I spent most of it lying down.
I woke to find that Management finally got back to me after me waiting about a month for response as to what specifically they want moved. They did not actually tell me what specifically they wanted moved, of course. I need to hire a contractor and have the apartment vents cleaned by the thirtieth apparently, a thing they could have told me a month ago.
I need a reciept etc. I am fascinated to see if I will have the money for it. I already paid housing and Big Bill, and insurance autowithdraws.
I fucking hate them. They refuse to just say what they want because vague is so much easier for them and lets them fine people who guess wrong.
So Thursday I must find a contractor. I'm thinking I'll try calling honest contractor for recommendations first.
I now really, really need us to solve Saffy's butt fur issue ourselves and for her to not also need a vet. She looks odd from behind right now as I got one leg and the central sensative area, but the other side is still full fluff.
Speaking of vets, Livia seems to be more herself, so I think she, at least won't be going. Maybe she associates October weatrher with losing Tavy and she was just sad. In any case, she's been actively enjoying watching kitten nonsense as long as she is far enough away so as not to become involved involuntarily, enjoying the company at nap time, and generally more herself. I won't really be happy until she starts sleeping in her desk box again, but baby steps.
* I wasn't sure if Honest contractor did vents or not, but they usually are willing to recommend other specialists outside their wheelhouse that they like to work with, so it was worth a shot, but alas, no one was answering or returning calls. The people HOA recommended were over an hour south of us, and I was not sanguine. My skepticism was well founded. They said they'd call back in five minutes; I waited twenty with very little hope before calling around random Yelp options.
I miss when Yelp would automatically give you things appropriate to the search terms instead of vaguely related stuff, and I don't really trust them in general, but here we are. I got a guy willing to come today, which is extra good because I've no idea if I needed to move the big shelving inside or not as no one would tell me how much clearance they need. This gives me more time if things go wrong.
I hate this. I hate all of this. My foot is still streaked with bruises in the itchy stage because of the depth of tissue damage from the grand plant and shelf migration.
I needed to dip in at the library as I had some ILL DVDs on order and some others to go back, so I ducked out quick yo hit them and the pharmacy to pick up some meds. My plan was to eat, do meds and lungs, then take the kittens out. I was planning to sweep once the wind scared the kittens inside, but by the time I'd done all that and found the leashes and gathered gear I only had half an hour to the appointment window and kitten walks can take a while, so I wrote this up instead. I am tired. I hurt. I want to go to bed, but I want this over and settled more.
Squirrel has generously agreed to let me use their Saffy's sanitary shave fund for this, which is good as I don't have enough money to cover it, not even if I didn't have the other largish bill and the insurance autopay. I can cover the autopay, but only half the other bill. I can only do that because a birthday check came late.
Autumn is so fucking expensive and there keep being surprise things I need to buy like the cat shampoo on top of the expected extra expenses.
I am familiar with Contractor time, so I am taking his arrival time as an earliest he could arrive, especially with traffic so weird.
Let us all hope he comes and is willing to work in the space he has and that it's the low end of the estimate and not the high end.
UPDATE: The young man was 5 minutes early (Technically hadn't arrived, but was lost, which is normal for anyone trying to find this place the first time.) He will fit. He had the dryer going and went back to his truck for his gear and was setting up his ladder at 5 past.
By ten past there were very alarming sounds coming from my bedroom, through which the vents ran. Livia is hiding in the secure hide under my desk. Saffy is in her special secure hide. Claw is at the patio door watching the young man work.
Before he started he was like: You don't mind lint out here do you? Me: I've got my mask and I'm going to sweep after you go. It's fine. You are here to clean a dryer vent. I'd just assumed there'd be lots of lint involved.
Apparently, occasionally people lose their shit over a vent cleaning resulting in excess lint. He'd clearly been burnt before. I reassured him that I understood airflow and that dryer vents collect lint and I wouldn't be weird about it.
* I sent them receipt after the young man left. No word from management if they are satisfied, but it's probably all right. I hope.
I of course burned what little I'd manage to scrape together in the way of spoons on the library and the HOA nonsense, so I woke up even worse. Everything snail's pace and requiring a nap. The trip to and from the bathroom being an exhausting ordeal. There was nothing for it, but to wait it out lying down.
The thing I hate most about this is I can neither read nor rest properly. I'd me better served by either enough energy to read longer than a page or two or by another two or three hours sleep, but can achieve neither. The naps are mostly restless things that don't truly refresh.
I wasted about six hours like that. Sigh.
* My Monster/Horror Movie polls: https://www.tumblr.com/gwydpolls/tagged/Monster%20Movies
* "Trump Hopes for Heaven on "60 Minutes" & Stephen Miller Becomes Chief of Staff | The Daily Show:"
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* "The Nvidia Honey Trap Chinese Sexpionage Scandal, Explained | The Daily Show:"
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* "Trash Ladies: Grace Meets the Pond-Diving Grannies Cleaning Up Cape Cod | The Daily Show:"
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* Monday, I referred to the Kansas Governor's race as a "squeaker."
Them: Now imagining Kansas being governed by a squeaky cat toy. Still an improvement upon a Republican, naturally.
Me: Oh definitely. I figure the toy would be manipulated by the cat so the cat would rule. Cats are in favour of food and housing for everyone and a sleep/play balance that is much healthier than the norm. I suspect the paid family leave policy would be extremely progressive.
* "Anthony Teaches Dan Snow About Irish Wake Traditions (Halloween Special!):"
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* "Bewildering Battles (Zama):" https://www.youtube.com/shorts/9zAMLBbG59w
* "Setorius School Services:" https://www.youtube.com/shorts/Tc8jKa2Y4LQ
* "Brutus Bribery:" https://www.youtube.com/shorts/9t_VMovef0U
* "Annoying Antonies:" https://www.youtube.com/shorts/R6f8JJRYp74
* "Silly SPQR Successions:" https://www.youtube.com/shorts/sU0CaxMPGsk
* "Hospitaller Hospitality 2:" https://www.youtube.com/shorts/h4Pdr2K2Fa8
* "Montgisard Mount-Up:" https://www.youtube.com/shorts/qf_EHuIbXa4
* These Edward I on Braveheart ones are brilliant. Seriously, we saw Braveheart opening weekend and I ranted about it for longer than the run time of the movie. I found four things wrong in the opening sequences before we even got to the plot.
Don't get me wrong I have a long list of things I will always be angry at Edward I for, but that movie was nonsense.:
* "Royal Reactions (Braveheart):" https://www.youtube.com/shorts/FaegB6sFMoc
* "Royal Reactions (Braveheart) 2:" https://www.youtube.com/shorts/gFPNwX5nr3c
* "Royal Reactions (Braveheart) 3:" https://www.youtube.com/shorts/ftHQAT2rRG4
* "True Facts: The Bizarre Ways Cephalopods Make Bebes:"
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* "Colors of the Moon:" https://science.nasa.gov/image-article/apod-2026-november-1-colors-of-the-moon/
* "The Color and Lights of Diwali 2026:" https://archive.ph/MKLGe#selection-612.0-612.1
* "What an Iceberg Looks Like From Underneath:" https://mossandfog.com/what-an-iceberg-looks-like-from-underneath/
* "See the Hilarious Animal Shenanigans Captured in Photos and Videos Shortlisted for the 2026 Nikon Comedy Wildlife Awards:" https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/see-the-hilarious-animal-shenanigans-captured-in-photos-and-videos-shortlisted-for-the-2026-nikon-comedy-wildlife-awards-180989600/
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* Full list of Resistance and charity links has been migrated to my profile as it was getting out of hand.
The help links are at the bottom under the cut.
* I'm reposting the baking with disabilities links as it's baking season.
* "Tips for baking with arthritis and other hand-related chronic pain :" https://www.kingarthurbaking.com/blog/2022/01/19/tips-for-baking-with-arthritis-and-other-hand-related-chronic-pain
* "Baking with chronic fatigue? We've got tips for conserving energy in the kitchen. :" https://www.kingarthurbaking.com/blog/2022/11/22/baking-chronic-fatigue-tips
* "Tips for baking with brain fog:" https://www.kingarthurbaking.com/blog/2022/06/22/tips-for-baking-with-brain-fog
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