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gwydion* TW: Pedophilia. "In Chile, pope met by protests, threats, burned churches:" http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/chile-pope-met-protests-threats-burned-churches-52454519
* "Brazil ex-President Lula loses appeal:" http://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-42810464
* "Padmaavat: Indian cinemas brace for violence as Bollywood epic opens:" https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/jan/25/padmaavat-bollywood-epic-film-hindu-queen-muslim-threats-violence
* "The State Department is sued for denying citizenship to children of binational same-sex couples:" http://www.newsweek.com/state-department-sued-denying-citizenship-children-binational-same-sex-couples-787473
* "DOJ threatens 'sanctuary cities' with subpoenas, escalating Trump's immigration enforcement campaign:" https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2018/01/24/justice-department-threatens-sanctuary-cities-subpoenas-escalating-trumps-immigration-enforcement-ca/1061225001/
* "Mayors' group calls off Trump meeting after DOJ threatens sanctuary cities:" https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/politics-news/mayors-call-trump-meeting-after-justice-department-threatens-sanctuary-cities-n840721
* "White House: Trump hasn't fired Mueller in part because of how the press would react:" https://www.cnn.com/2018/01/23/politics/robert-mueller-donald-trump-fire-white-house/index.html
* Yes, please. "Trump says he's 'looking forward' to talking to special counsel Robert Mueller:" https://www.cnbc.com/2018/01/24/trump-says-hes-looking-forward-to-talking-to-special-counsel-robert-mueller.html
* "Trump once asked a top FBI official about his 2016 vote:" https://www.vox.com/2018/1/23/16926280/trump-fbi-andrew-mccabe-2016-vote
* "GOP tries to save Trump, attacks FBI, U.S. intelligence:" http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/gop-tries-to-save-trump-attacks-fbi-u-s-intelligence-1144200771667
* Obviously no, but the rest is interesting. "Trump's Criticism of Wilbur Ross and Ryan Zinke Strikes at His Own Weaknesses:" https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2018/01/whoa-wilbur/551222/
* "Flynn kept FBI interview concealed from White House and Trump:" https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/donald-trump/flynn-kept-fbi-interview-concealed-white-house-trump-n840491
* "What did Trump know about Flynn and when did he know it?:" http://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/what-did-trump-know-about-flynn-and-when-did-he-know-it-1145194051690
* Bet I can guess who he voted for. "Man arrested, accused of threatening to kill CNN employees:" http://thehill.com/media/370207-man-arrested-after-threatening-to-kill-cnn-employees
* "Why won't evangelicals quit Donald Trump?:" http://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/why-won-t-evangelicals-quit-donald-trump-1144126019931
* Remember, census data determines things like how many Congress Critters your state gets and is used for section 2 under the VRA to fight racial discrimination in voting. If people are afraid to fill it out, particularly in urban areas, particularly people of color... "The Controversial Question DOJ Wants to Add to the U.S. Census:" https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2018/01/the-controversial-question-doj-wants-to-add-to-the-us-census/550088/
* 900% is “helping” people. *side eye* "Under Trump Appointee, Consumer Protection Agency Seen Helping Payday Lenders:" https://www.npr.org/2018/01/24/579961808/under-trump-appointee-consumer-protection-agency-seen-helping-payday-lenders
* "Trump’s Commerce Secretary Keeps Falling Asleep During Meetings:" https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2018/01/trumps-commerce-secretary-keeps-falling-asleep-during-meetings
* "DoJ warns Nunes on reckless 'memo' stunt:" http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/doj-warns-nunes-against-political-stunts-with-classified-material-1145302595650
* "Justice Dept.: 'Reckless' to release Nunes memo without review:" https://www.cnn.com/2018/01/24/politics/nunes-memo-fbi/index.html
* I have a list of names. "Leading GOP senator raises the specter of a 'secret society':" http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/leading-gop-senator-raises-the-specter-secret-society
* "About that 'Secret Society' at the FBI:" http://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/about-that-secret-society-at-the-fbi-1145201219616
* "GOP smear of FBI makes law enforcement harder:" http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/law-enforcement-made-more-difficult-by-republican-smears-of-fbi-1145357379926
* Please Florida. "Florida Takes Big Step Toward Expanding Voting Rights To Over 1.5 Million People:" http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/florida-felony-disenfranchisement_us_5a62060fe4b074ce7a07ab01
* "Trump finally responds to the Kentucky shooting, nearly 24 hours after Trudeau:" https://www.vox.com/world/2018/1/24/16928676/trump-tweet-texts-kentucky-shooting-trudeau
* "What we know now: Marshall County High School shooting:" https://www.courier-journal.com/story/news/2018/01/24/what-we-know-now-marshall-county-high-school-shooting/1060830001/
* "U.S. senator to be first to give birth in office:" https://www.reuters.com/article/us-people-duckworth/u-s-senator-to-be-first-to-give-birth-in-office-idUSKBN1FD09N
* TW: Pedophilia, Rape "Larry Nassar sentenced to up to 175 years in prison for decades of sexual abuse:" https://www.cnn.com/2018/01/24/us/larry-nassar-sentencing/index.html
* TW: Pedophilia. "Perv Watch- HERO Hater Named In Lawsuit:" http://transgriot.blogspot.com/2018/01/perv-watch-hero-hater-named-in-lawsuit.html
* "Do work requirements help lift people out of poverty?:" https://www.pbs.org/newshour/economy/making-sense/do-work-requirements-help-lift-people-out-of-poverty
* "Video shows border agents dumping water left for migrants:" http://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/video-shows-border-agents-dumping-water-left-for-migrants-1144118339539
* "Schumer withdraws offer on Trump's wall:" https://www.politico.com/story/2018/01/23/chuck-schumer-trump-wall-offer-359156
* "Trump waives dozens of environmental rules to speed up construction of border wall:" http://thehill.com/latino/370202-trump-admin-waives-dozens-of-environmental-rules-to-speed-up-construction-of-border
* "Weddell Sea 'deserves protected status':" http://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-42795208
* "Trump's 'hatred of sharks' boosts charities:" http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-42809865
* "Ancient Egyptian Queen Neithhotep, Narmer’s wife:" https://www.egypttoday.com/Article/4/40455/Ancient-Egyptian-Queen-Neithhotep-Narmer%E2%80%99s-wife
* "Hetepheres I: King Sneferu’s wife and King Khufu’s mother:" http://www.egypttoday.com/Article/4/40167/Hetepheres-I-King-Sneferu%E2%80%99s-wife-and-King-Khufu%E2%80%99s-mother
* "Ursula K Le Guin, sci-fi and fantasy author, dies aged 88:" https://www.theguardian.com/books/2018/jan/23/ursula-k-le-guin-sci-fi-fantasy-author-dies-at-88
* "When Your Catfish Is Actually a Fish:"
* "Steve Bannon Needs a Job:"
* "Kangaroo Bae Has James Corden Hot & Bothered:"
* "Trump's 'Business As Usual' Oval Office Photo Shoot:"
* "Women's March 2018: Bigger Crowds, Even Funnier Signs:"
* "Ismo: Ass Is The Most Complicated Word In The English Language:"
* "Quentin Tarantino’s Star Trek:"
* "END OF ZE WORLD ...PROBABLY FOR REAL THIS TIME:"
* "Gerrymandering: Because America Can Hack Its Own Elections:"
* "Building Bridges (Not Walls) in Mexico:"
* I went to bed early and slept in as long as I could in hopes of improvement. Alas physical inconvenience and a pair of striped hellions running around yelling (him) and squeaking (her) and knocking things over meant the quality was not good. Still, foraging must be done, so I dragged myself out anyway, masked and droopy. It took twoish hours to put the food away as i kept having to rest and I scraped myself up in another fall. (I fall often, though I've set things up so I often an catch myself on the way down or land somewhere reasonable. Often, I get control back fast enough to have a good say on HOW I land. If I am lucky, I've grabbed something on the way down and my legs start working again part way through the collapse and I can not actually fall. this one was ill timed and I hit things on the way down, though luckily no cats were injured. (Livia was on the desk and Tavy is used to me and scurried.
I hate this virus, it's extra icky, it never seems to leave and I'm pretty clearly starting secondary infection number two on top of it. Did I get sick right before or right after solstice? I've lost track. I start to get better and then Bam! I'm running out of frigging masks for wearing out when I must do things. Still, it's better than MRA or last year's antibiotic resistant lung thing.
It's just shit needs doing around here. Litter boxes need changing and bending makes me cough and/or vomit even if you leave out the dust. Cats have been going on sprees and I need to clean up/sweep. There are a ton off small stupid things. I'm about to be behind on two bills and I REALLY need to do an auction, but that's an all evening undertaking with mask and gloves and all the little tests I periodically give myself are showing with this fever, I've not the brain acuity for something so precise. Argh.
Still, I would like to thank whoever sent gas money. When it clears I'll go get gas and meds and that's one less thing to be distressed about.
This virus is so incredibly exhausting on top of the usual exhausting of being chronically ill. I hate being so irritatingly emotional, which is a particularly annoying side effect of this one.
* Despite at least two month long interruptions due to shifting ILL due dates, I have finished the utterly fascinating Unnatural Murder: Poison At the Court Of James l, by Anne Somerset. I have been impressed with both the quality of her writing and the extensiveness of her research before, but I think she may have out done herself here. It is extremely readable, of course, but seriously, the amount of work in digging through old court records and documents as well as the depth of knowledge of the period are admirable. It was incredibly hard to put down. I will admit, that James is just out of my period and I am kicking myself for not ever wondering what happened to these folks after Elizabeth I died.
I knew King James much preferred sex with men, of course, and about Villiers, but not I'd honestly never wondered who was principle favorite before him or what happened to him. Wow, was I missing out on an amazing story. How is this not a STARZ mini series? Complex social and romantic relationships with gay and bisexual people. A possible asexual person (though gay and super discrete is possible). High relationship drama, including a dramatic and precedent setting divorce! Horrifying early modern medical and legal practices! Intrigue, politics, poison, and Court Room Drama! Cameos by all sorts of famous early modern people!
Seriously, this is a good read for historian and non-historian alike.
* Squirrel reports LM is pretty much done eating kibble and it's obvious she's been losing weight. Her teeth look okay to him. I've suggested he check for tumors just in case, and we'll see about the vet if things continue. She's about the age Hector was when he moved over to all goosh and she does seem happy to eat chunky goosh, so it's not at the pate only stage. I'm upping their goosh from every other day to daily. Given Livia eats like a horde of locusts and can use the extra fat and protein for all that growing, and Tavy really ever only wants a few bites, everyone getting daily goosh shouldn't be a problem for them. I've currently got a good stockpile, so no one is starving this month or next.
* Privilege and Representation: http://seananmcguire.tumblr.com/post/170104697065/campaignagainstcliche-roger-that
* Also, OMG, Black Lightning. Here I was thinking the first episode was good, but the second is AMAZING!
*****
* 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
* Help fight for Net Neutrality restoration: http://gwydionmisha.tumblr.com/post/170010496350/democrats-are-just-one-vote-shy-of-restoring-net
* 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
* 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
* "Brazil ex-President Lula loses appeal:" http://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-42810464
* "Padmaavat: Indian cinemas brace for violence as Bollywood epic opens:" https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/jan/25/padmaavat-bollywood-epic-film-hindu-queen-muslim-threats-violence
* "The State Department is sued for denying citizenship to children of binational same-sex couples:" http://www.newsweek.com/state-department-sued-denying-citizenship-children-binational-same-sex-couples-787473
* "DOJ threatens 'sanctuary cities' with subpoenas, escalating Trump's immigration enforcement campaign:" https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2018/01/24/justice-department-threatens-sanctuary-cities-subpoenas-escalating-trumps-immigration-enforcement-ca/1061225001/
* "Mayors' group calls off Trump meeting after DOJ threatens sanctuary cities:" https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/politics-news/mayors-call-trump-meeting-after-justice-department-threatens-sanctuary-cities-n840721
* "White House: Trump hasn't fired Mueller in part because of how the press would react:" https://www.cnn.com/2018/01/23/politics/robert-mueller-donald-trump-fire-white-house/index.html
* Yes, please. "Trump says he's 'looking forward' to talking to special counsel Robert Mueller:" https://www.cnbc.com/2018/01/24/trump-says-hes-looking-forward-to-talking-to-special-counsel-robert-mueller.html
* "Trump once asked a top FBI official about his 2016 vote:" https://www.vox.com/2018/1/23/16926280/trump-fbi-andrew-mccabe-2016-vote
* "GOP tries to save Trump, attacks FBI, U.S. intelligence:" http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/gop-tries-to-save-trump-attacks-fbi-u-s-intelligence-1144200771667
* Obviously no, but the rest is interesting. "Trump's Criticism of Wilbur Ross and Ryan Zinke Strikes at His Own Weaknesses:" https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2018/01/whoa-wilbur/551222/
* "Flynn kept FBI interview concealed from White House and Trump:" https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/donald-trump/flynn-kept-fbi-interview-concealed-white-house-trump-n840491
* "What did Trump know about Flynn and when did he know it?:" http://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/what-did-trump-know-about-flynn-and-when-did-he-know-it-1145194051690
* Bet I can guess who he voted for. "Man arrested, accused of threatening to kill CNN employees:" http://thehill.com/media/370207-man-arrested-after-threatening-to-kill-cnn-employees
* "Why won't evangelicals quit Donald Trump?:" http://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/why-won-t-evangelicals-quit-donald-trump-1144126019931
* Remember, census data determines things like how many Congress Critters your state gets and is used for section 2 under the VRA to fight racial discrimination in voting. If people are afraid to fill it out, particularly in urban areas, particularly people of color... "The Controversial Question DOJ Wants to Add to the U.S. Census:" https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2018/01/the-controversial-question-doj-wants-to-add-to-the-us-census/550088/
* 900% is “helping” people. *side eye* "Under Trump Appointee, Consumer Protection Agency Seen Helping Payday Lenders:" https://www.npr.org/2018/01/24/579961808/under-trump-appointee-consumer-protection-agency-seen-helping-payday-lenders
* "Trump’s Commerce Secretary Keeps Falling Asleep During Meetings:" https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2018/01/trumps-commerce-secretary-keeps-falling-asleep-during-meetings
* "DoJ warns Nunes on reckless 'memo' stunt:" http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/doj-warns-nunes-against-political-stunts-with-classified-material-1145302595650
* "Justice Dept.: 'Reckless' to release Nunes memo without review:" https://www.cnn.com/2018/01/24/politics/nunes-memo-fbi/index.html
* I have a list of names. "Leading GOP senator raises the specter of a 'secret society':" http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/leading-gop-senator-raises-the-specter-secret-society
* "About that 'Secret Society' at the FBI:" http://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/about-that-secret-society-at-the-fbi-1145201219616
* "GOP smear of FBI makes law enforcement harder:" http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/law-enforcement-made-more-difficult-by-republican-smears-of-fbi-1145357379926
* Please Florida. "Florida Takes Big Step Toward Expanding Voting Rights To Over 1.5 Million People:" http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/florida-felony-disenfranchisement_us_5a62060fe4b074ce7a07ab01
* "Trump finally responds to the Kentucky shooting, nearly 24 hours after Trudeau:" https://www.vox.com/world/2018/1/24/16928676/trump-tweet-texts-kentucky-shooting-trudeau
* "What we know now: Marshall County High School shooting:" https://www.courier-journal.com/story/news/2018/01/24/what-we-know-now-marshall-county-high-school-shooting/1060830001/
* "U.S. senator to be first to give birth in office:" https://www.reuters.com/article/us-people-duckworth/u-s-senator-to-be-first-to-give-birth-in-office-idUSKBN1FD09N
* TW: Pedophilia, Rape "Larry Nassar sentenced to up to 175 years in prison for decades of sexual abuse:" https://www.cnn.com/2018/01/24/us/larry-nassar-sentencing/index.html
* TW: Pedophilia. "Perv Watch- HERO Hater Named In Lawsuit:" http://transgriot.blogspot.com/2018/01/perv-watch-hero-hater-named-in-lawsuit.html
* "Do work requirements help lift people out of poverty?:" https://www.pbs.org/newshour/economy/making-sense/do-work-requirements-help-lift-people-out-of-poverty
* "Video shows border agents dumping water left for migrants:" http://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/video-shows-border-agents-dumping-water-left-for-migrants-1144118339539
* "Schumer withdraws offer on Trump's wall:" https://www.politico.com/story/2018/01/23/chuck-schumer-trump-wall-offer-359156
* "Trump waives dozens of environmental rules to speed up construction of border wall:" http://thehill.com/latino/370202-trump-admin-waives-dozens-of-environmental-rules-to-speed-up-construction-of-border
* "Weddell Sea 'deserves protected status':" http://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-42795208
* "Trump's 'hatred of sharks' boosts charities:" http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-42809865
* "Ancient Egyptian Queen Neithhotep, Narmer’s wife:" https://www.egypttoday.com/Article/4/40455/Ancient-Egyptian-Queen-Neithhotep-Narmer%E2%80%99s-wife
* "Hetepheres I: King Sneferu’s wife and King Khufu’s mother:" http://www.egypttoday.com/Article/4/40167/Hetepheres-I-King-Sneferu%E2%80%99s-wife-and-King-Khufu%E2%80%99s-mother
* "Ursula K Le Guin, sci-fi and fantasy author, dies aged 88:" https://www.theguardian.com/books/2018/jan/23/ursula-k-le-guin-sci-fi-fantasy-author-dies-at-88
* "When Your Catfish Is Actually a Fish:"
* "Steve Bannon Needs a Job:"
* "Kangaroo Bae Has James Corden Hot & Bothered:"
* "Trump's 'Business As Usual' Oval Office Photo Shoot:"
* "Women's March 2018: Bigger Crowds, Even Funnier Signs:"
* "Ismo: Ass Is The Most Complicated Word In The English Language:"
* "Quentin Tarantino’s Star Trek:"
* "END OF ZE WORLD ...PROBABLY FOR REAL THIS TIME:"
* "Gerrymandering: Because America Can Hack Its Own Elections:"
* "Building Bridges (Not Walls) in Mexico:"
* I went to bed early and slept in as long as I could in hopes of improvement. Alas physical inconvenience and a pair of striped hellions running around yelling (him) and squeaking (her) and knocking things over meant the quality was not good. Still, foraging must be done, so I dragged myself out anyway, masked and droopy. It took twoish hours to put the food away as i kept having to rest and I scraped myself up in another fall. (I fall often, though I've set things up so I often an catch myself on the way down or land somewhere reasonable. Often, I get control back fast enough to have a good say on HOW I land. If I am lucky, I've grabbed something on the way down and my legs start working again part way through the collapse and I can not actually fall. this one was ill timed and I hit things on the way down, though luckily no cats were injured. (Livia was on the desk and Tavy is used to me and scurried.
I hate this virus, it's extra icky, it never seems to leave and I'm pretty clearly starting secondary infection number two on top of it. Did I get sick right before or right after solstice? I've lost track. I start to get better and then Bam! I'm running out of frigging masks for wearing out when I must do things. Still, it's better than MRA or last year's antibiotic resistant lung thing.
It's just shit needs doing around here. Litter boxes need changing and bending makes me cough and/or vomit even if you leave out the dust. Cats have been going on sprees and I need to clean up/sweep. There are a ton off small stupid things. I'm about to be behind on two bills and I REALLY need to do an auction, but that's an all evening undertaking with mask and gloves and all the little tests I periodically give myself are showing with this fever, I've not the brain acuity for something so precise. Argh.
Still, I would like to thank whoever sent gas money. When it clears I'll go get gas and meds and that's one less thing to be distressed about.
This virus is so incredibly exhausting on top of the usual exhausting of being chronically ill. I hate being so irritatingly emotional, which is a particularly annoying side effect of this one.
* Despite at least two month long interruptions due to shifting ILL due dates, I have finished the utterly fascinating Unnatural Murder: Poison At the Court Of James l, by Anne Somerset. I have been impressed with both the quality of her writing and the extensiveness of her research before, but I think she may have out done herself here. It is extremely readable, of course, but seriously, the amount of work in digging through old court records and documents as well as the depth of knowledge of the period are admirable. It was incredibly hard to put down. I will admit, that James is just out of my period and I am kicking myself for not ever wondering what happened to these folks after Elizabeth I died.
I knew King James much preferred sex with men, of course, and about Villiers, but not I'd honestly never wondered who was principle favorite before him or what happened to him. Wow, was I missing out on an amazing story. How is this not a STARZ mini series? Complex social and romantic relationships with gay and bisexual people. A possible asexual person (though gay and super discrete is possible). High relationship drama, including a dramatic and precedent setting divorce! Horrifying early modern medical and legal practices! Intrigue, politics, poison, and Court Room Drama! Cameos by all sorts of famous early modern people!
Seriously, this is a good read for historian and non-historian alike.
* Squirrel reports LM is pretty much done eating kibble and it's obvious she's been losing weight. Her teeth look okay to him. I've suggested he check for tumors just in case, and we'll see about the vet if things continue. She's about the age Hector was when he moved over to all goosh and she does seem happy to eat chunky goosh, so it's not at the pate only stage. I'm upping their goosh from every other day to daily. Given Livia eats like a horde of locusts and can use the extra fat and protein for all that growing, and Tavy really ever only wants a few bites, everyone getting daily goosh shouldn't be a problem for them. I've currently got a good stockpile, so no one is starving this month or next.
* Privilege and Representation: http://seananmcguire.tumblr.com/post/170104697065/campaignagainstcliche-roger-that
* Also, OMG, Black Lightning. Here I was thinking the first episode was good, but the second is AMAZING!
*****
* 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
* Help fight for Net Neutrality restoration: http://gwydionmisha.tumblr.com/post/170010496350/democrats-are-just-one-vote-shy-of-restoring-net
* 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
* 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