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[gwydion]

* "Turkey wants NBA star jailed for insulting President Erdogan:" https://www.reuters.com/article/us-turkey-security-basketball/turkey-wants-nba-star-jailed-for-insulting-president-erdogan-idUSKBN1EE1PS

* "Muslim foster parents: ‘We'd never had a Christmas tree - it made them so happy’:" https://www.theguardian.com/society/2017/dec/03/muslim-foster-parents-it-has-been-such-a-blessing?CMP=fb_gu

* "Philippines' coast guard rescues 252 passengers from capsized ferry:" https://www.reuters.com/article/us-philippines-ferry/philippines-coast-guard-rescues-252-passengers-from-capsized-ferry-idUSKBN1EG08F

* "Trump bucks White House tradition by skipping end-of-year presser:" http://money.cnn.com/2017/12/22/media/president-trump-no-press-conference/index.html

* "Trump visited his properties over 100 times:" https://www.cnn.com/2017/12/22/politics/trump-mar-a-lago-golf/index.html

* What they mean by "family values." "Trump Administration Might Start Separating Undocumented Parents and Children:" http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2017/12/administration-might-separate-undocumented-kids-and-parents.html

* "Trump advisers express midterm concerns in tense meeting: report:" http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/366141-trump-advisers-express-midterm-concerns-in-tense-meeting-report

* "Trump signs major tax overhaul into law:" https://www.politico.com/story/2017/12/22/trump-tax-bill-signing-314767

* "Republicans warn Trump of 2018 bloodbath:" https://www.politico.com/story/2017/12/21/2018-midterms-republicans-trump-warning-312404

* "Ex-Trump adviser Carter Page accused academics who twice failed his PhD of bias:" https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/dec/22/trump-carter-page-phd-thesis-trump

* "Brain Drain At the EPA:" https://www.propublica.org/article/brain-drain-at-the-epa

* Things that make me go hmmmmm.... "EPA says Superfund Task Force created by Pruitt kept no records of meetings:" http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/politics/ct-epa-pruitt-superfund-task-force-records-20171220-story.html

* "Top Trump aide Rick Dearborn to depart White House:" http://www.cnn.com/2017/12/22/politics/trump-deputy-rick-dearborn-leaving-white-house/index.html

* "Why it's so hard to get the power back on in Puerto Rico:" https://news.vice.com/en_us/article/kznwwa/why-its-so-hard-to-get-the-power-back-on-in-puerto-rico

* "Republicans plan mega marketing push to sell unpopular tax plan:" https://www.politico.com/story/2017/12/21/gop-tax-plan-marketing-push-313231

* "Senate releases settlement payout data:" https://www.cbsnews.com/news/senate-dished-out-almost-1-5m-to-settle-harassment-claims-over-last-20-years-report-says/

"Four of the cases involved sex discrimination, including two that also involved "reprisal," while most of the rest were for race, age or disability discrimination."

* "CT scans of Egyptian mummies reveal oldest known cases of breast cancer and multiple myeloma:" https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2017/12/171214101215.htm

* "Masked Man:" https://www.archaeology.org/issues/283-1801/trenches/6191-trenches-guatemala-waka-maya-tomb

* "Ancient Wari Queen Brought to Life with Stunning Re-Creation of Head:" https://www.livescience.com/61216-ancient-wari-queen-reconstructed.html

* "Genetics preserves traces of ancient resistance to Inca rule:" https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2017-12/mpif-gpt120817.php

* "Pre-Hispanic Temple of the Wari Civilization Found in Peru:" https://www.telesurtv.net/english/news/Pre-Hispanic-Temple-of-the-Wari-Civilization-Found-in-Peru-20171215-0008.html

* "Two Raphael paintings unearthed after 500 years:" http://www.cnn.com/style/article/raphael-paintings-vatican/index.html

* "Face of Civil War soldier revealed:" http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-tyne-42311397

* Tavy remains somewhat jealous of sharing me in certain circumstances, but progress continues. He let Livia sleep in my leg mest while he slept in the tummy mest in the first quarter of my sleep and during the evening read and pet, he let her curl up with/on him so he could groom her while she got scritches until she got bored and went in search of something to play with because the adults were being boring. Progress.

* Just when I finished off the previous bureaucracy the massive end of year bureaucracy packet arrived. I've made a good start on it. The easy bits are all done and I've started on the hard bits. I need to go find an office that has moved in the past year as part of the document scavenger hunt that comes with this whole exhausting process, and squeeze it in to my Wednesday forage/errand run. (Moved from Monday because Christians.) I really wish they'd send the packet earlier in the month as document hunt is so much more difficult with things closed for the Holidays and this particular office has short, inconvenient hours anyway. Sigh.

* Stark's Luck: http://turtle-paced.tumblr.com/post/168750213542/a-few-people-in-my-inbox-asking-if-i-could-explain

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* Full list of Resistance and charity links has been migrated to my profile as it was getting out of hand.

* "Help us stop the humanitarian crisis on Manus:" https://www.asrc.org.au/donate-now/

* "RISE (Refugees, Survivors and Ex-Detainees):" https://www.givenow.com.au/riserefugee/donate

* How to help Rohingya refugees: https://www.nytimes.com/2017/09/29/world/asia/rohingya-aid-myanmar-bangladesh.html?emc=edit_nn_20171012&nl=morning-briefing&nlid=50784086&te=1&_r=0

* A list of organizations to help you run for office: http://lovingmyselfishard.tumblr.com/post/167330144634/psst-hey

* Trans Lifeline is one of those organizations you can call at (877) 565-8860 in the US and in Canada (877) 330- 6366.

* The Trevor Project has a 24 hour hotline geared toward helping our youth, and you can call it at 1-866-488-7386

* Resistance links for the tax cuts for the rich: http://gwydionmisha.tumblr.com/post/166977878817/fullhalalalchemist-the-gop-is-aiming-for-a-65vc

* Scripts for resisting the Tax Bill: https://laughingacademy.tumblr.com/post/168175070608/the-tax-bill-just-passed-the-senate-heres-what

* Call the Capitol Switchboard at (202) 224-3121 and ask to be connected to the representative of your choice.

* This App phones your rep for you: http://takeastance.us/

* Here is one that will send your reps a fax: https://resistbot.io/

* Help pay for cat food, litter, meds, medical copays: Paypal Lethran@gmail.com

* Birthday/Solstice master list: https://gwydion.dreamwidth.org/1925021.html

* Want Game of Thrones without the creepy? We need new players. We are very inclusive. "Game of Bones MUSH:" gobmush.wikidot.com