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Aug. 17th, 2012 11:48 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
gwydion* Remember that drought that's killing crops all over the Midwest and causing 13 states to burn? The same global climate change caused drought is withering crops over in Russia and Eastern Europe. It's going to be high food prices and possibly starvation all over the Northern hemisphere and in countries that rely on grain exports.
* Meanwhile, a whole lot of trapped pets and livestock have burned in the wildfires. Some people who's farm were consumed so fast they couldn't take anything or load any animals cut their fences to try to give the animals a chance to escape. They are trying to round up survivors and folks are donating time, space, food, and veterinary expertise until the owners can claim them. CNN's got a list of charities to help human and Animal survivors here: http://www.cwu.edu/taylorbridgefire#how-help
* "Brazil gay rights thwarted by conservative past:" http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-19293682
* Every time I hear a reference to Paul Ryan and the Wiener Mobile, I imagine some very wrong Paul Ryan/Anthony Wiener slash. I want it out of my head. Gah!
* Today was sleep in and do housework and accounts day. I was reasonably successful. (It was just enough cooler today that my sleep was only mildly disrupted. I really need squirrel to take out the recycling and trash to clean properly, but I did the important stuff. Accounts are sorted though.) Karjack's been randomly all over my dreams this week, randomly dragged into the latest version of the St. John's nightmare and a bunch of Corvallis stuff completely out of context. Last night, she skipped my trip to the Underworld at least.
* Dub the Dew Poll goes wrong: http://newsfeed.time.com/2012/08/14/mountain-dews-dub-the-dew-online-poll-goes-horribly-wrong/
I would actually try it if they named it "Soylent Green."
* "The 50 Most Scandalous Dresses in History:" http://nymag.com/thecut/2012/08/50-most-scandalous-dresses-in-history.html
* Clinically Studied: http://xkcd-rss.livejournal.com/276045.html
* The Clutch:
* Meanwhile, a whole lot of trapped pets and livestock have burned in the wildfires. Some people who's farm were consumed so fast they couldn't take anything or load any animals cut their fences to try to give the animals a chance to escape. They are trying to round up survivors and folks are donating time, space, food, and veterinary expertise until the owners can claim them. CNN's got a list of charities to help human and Animal survivors here: http://www.cwu.edu/taylorbridgefire#how-help
* "Brazil gay rights thwarted by conservative past:" http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-19293682
* Every time I hear a reference to Paul Ryan and the Wiener Mobile, I imagine some very wrong Paul Ryan/Anthony Wiener slash. I want it out of my head. Gah!
* Today was sleep in and do housework and accounts day. I was reasonably successful. (It was just enough cooler today that my sleep was only mildly disrupted. I really need squirrel to take out the recycling and trash to clean properly, but I did the important stuff. Accounts are sorted though.) Karjack's been randomly all over my dreams this week, randomly dragged into the latest version of the St. John's nightmare and a bunch of Corvallis stuff completely out of context. Last night, she skipped my trip to the Underworld at least.
* Dub the Dew Poll goes wrong: http://newsfeed.time.com/2012/08/14/mountain-dews-dub-the-dew-online-poll-goes-horribly-wrong/
I would actually try it if they named it "Soylent Green."
* "The 50 Most Scandalous Dresses in History:" http://nymag.com/thecut/2012/08/50-most-scandalous-dresses-in-history.html
* Clinically Studied: http://xkcd-rss.livejournal.com/276045.html
* The Clutch: