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gwydion* "Butchers want police protection from vegan "terrorists":" http://www.newsweek.com/butchers-want-police-protection-vegan-terrorists-996777
* As everyone but 45 said would happen... "North Korea making 'rapid' upgrades to nuclear reactor despite summit pledges:" https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/jun/27/north-korea-nuclear-reactor-upgrades-summit-pledges
* "Donald Trump made 103 false claims last week, shattering his dishonesty record:" https://www.thestar.com/news/world/analysis/2018/06/26/donald-trump-made-103-false-claims-last-week-shattering-his-dishonesty-record.html
* "Court orders Trump voter fraud panel to turn over docs to Dem member:" http://thehill.com/regulation/court-battles/394426-court-orders-trump-voter-fraud-commission-to-hand-over-documents-to
* "Manafort had $10 million loan from Russian oligarch: court filing:" https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-russia-manafort/manafort-had-10-million-loan-from-russian-oligarch-court-filing-idUSKBN1JN2YF
* "Special counsel eyeing Russians granted unusual access to Trump inauguration parties:" https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/special-counsel-eyeing-russians-granted-unusual-access-trump/story?id=56232847
* "Conservatives wanted Pruitt to derail a climate report — by removing an EPA employee:" https://www.politico.com/story/2018/06/26/pruitt-remove-employee-thwart-climate-report-649293
* "Sarah Sanders to receive Secret Service protection:" https://www.cnn.com/2018/06/26/politics/sarah-sanders-secret-service-protection/index.html
* "Former Fox News president accepts top White House job:" https://www.cnn.com/2018/06/27/politics/bill-shine-donald-trump-communications-director/index.html
* "Crowley and Grimm crash: Top takeaways from Tuesday’s primaries:" https://www.politico.com/story/2018/06/27/2018-primary-election-results-analysis-678811
* "Ocasio-Cortez on her win and 'the start of a movement':" http://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/ocasio-cortez-on-her-win-and-the-start-of-a-movement-1265684547645
* "Alexandria Ocasio Cortez: Trump Isn't Ready For A Girl From The Bronx:"
* "Ben Jealous wins Maryland Democratic primary race for governor:" http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/maryland/politics/bs-md-governor-primary-20180626-story.html
* "Warren: Trump may seek loyalty from Supreme Court pick:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/warren-trump-may-seek-loyalty-from-supreme-court-pick-1266534979513
* "Democrats face Day 1 of winnable fight for Supreme Court's future:" http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/democrats-face-day-1-of-winnable-fight-for-supreme-court-s-future-1265723971591?playlist=associated
* "Trump SCOTUS threat to abortion rights prompts wave of organizing:" http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/trump-scotus-threat-to-abortion-rights-prompts-wave-of-organizing-1265735747779?playlist=associated
* "Rising stakes stoke passions of community activists against Trump:" http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/rising-stakes-stoke-passions-of-community-activists-against-trump-1266608707761?playlist=associated
* "This feels like a tipping point on marijuana legalization:" https://www.cnn.com/2018/06/27/politics/marijuana-legalization-tipping-point/index.html
* "Supreme Court ruling deals major blow to public worker unions:" https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/supreme-court/supreme-court-ruling-major-blow-public-worker-unions-n872971
* "New bipartisan bill calls for Puerto Rico statehood:" https://www.nbcnews.com/news/latino/new-bipartisan-bill-calls-puerto-rico-statehood-n887116
* This has a good collection of things relating to the shooting in Maryland. As those of you who have known me longest can imagine, I have a whole lot of particularly strong feelings just now. I don't know if I'll be able to follow this properly, but this seems like a good place to check if you want to know more. "Deadly shooting at Maryland newspaper: Live updates:" https://www.cnn.com/us/live-news/maryland-newspaper-shooting/index.html
* "Immigrant toddlers ordered to appear in court alone:" https://www.texastribune.org/2018/06/27/immigrant-toddlers-ordered-appear-court-alone/
* So many things to say; no words. "Jeff Sessions Jokes About Family Separations Amid Controversy Over U.S. Border Policy:" https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/jeff-sessions-family-separations-joke_us_5b32f207e4b0cb56051d1f12
* "Almost 600 arrested at Washington protest over Trump immigration policy:" https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/jun/28/us-immigration-protest-trump-washington-senate
* "Federal officials launch two reviews into Trump’s handling of migrant children:" https://www.politico.com/story/2018/06/27/trump-border-migrant-children-investigation-680626
* "DHS asks Pentagon to help house 12,000 migrants:" https://www.cnn.com/2018/06/27/politics/defense-request-migrants-dhs/index.html
* "CBS News interview with ICE whistleblower interrupted by surprise visit from government agents:" https://www.cbsnews.com/news/former-ice-spokesman-james-schwab-opens-up-about-resignation-trump-administration/
* "McKinney, Texas, Girl Who Was Slammed to the Ground by Police at a Pool Party in 2015 Wins Settlement:" https://www.theroot.com/mckinley-texas-girl-who-was-slammed-to-the-ground-by-1826999472?utm_source=theroot_twitter&utm_medium=socialflow
* "East Pittsburgh Officer Who Shot Unarmed Black Teen Charged With Homicide:" https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2018/06/east-pittsburgh-police-officer-who-shot-antwon-rose-charged-with-criminal-homicide.html
* "Suspect in Charlottesville protest killing charged with hate crime:" https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/jun/27/charlottesville-james-alex-fields-charged-heather-heyer
* "Darnell L. Moore - Rethinking Gender and Sexuality in "No Ashes in the Fire" - Extended Interview:"
* Children and teens are literally going to die. Please, Ohio. Resist. "An Ohio Bill Would Charge Therapists With a Felony if They Don't Out Trans Kids to Their Parents:" https://www.them.us/story/ohio-trans-bill-2018
* "Bermuda legalizes same-sex marriage — again:" https://www.nbcnews.com/feature/nbc-out/bermuda-legalizes-same-sex-marriage-again-n880696
* "Botswana court orders government to recognize transgender woman as...:" https://www.reuters.com/article/us-botswana-lgbt/botswana-court-orders-government-to-recognize-transgender-woman-as-female-idUSKBN1E623G
* "Pakistan Passes Historic Transgender Rights Bill:" https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2018/05/09/609700652/pakistan-passes-historic-transgender-rights-bill
* "Janet Mock - Putting Transgender Characters Front and Center with "Pose" - Extended Interview:"
* "Harlan Ellison, Provocative Sci-Fi Writer of ‘Star Trek,’ ‘A Boy and His Dog,’ Dies at 84:" https://variety.com/2018/tv/news/harlan-ellison-dead-dies-star-trek-1202861048/
* RIP Harlan Ellison: https://laughingacademy.tumblr.com/post/175359613568/rip-harlan-ellison
* "Surprisingly Good News for Pride Month:"
* "Mike Pence's Ice-Cold Immigration Speech & Spain's Famous CPR Dog :"
* "Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez's Primary Upset & Justice Anthony Kennedy's Retirement:"
* "If At First You Don't Succeed, Call It A 'Travel Ban':"
* "Melania Trump Has An Entire 'Hidden Message' Wardrobe:"
* "Hugh Grant: England Had Its Own O.J. Simpson Sized Trial:"
* "Trump's Favorite 'Red Wave' Political Cartoon:"
* "Just Between Us - The Bad Guys Won:"
* "Mitch McConnell's Supreme About Face:"
* "Alexandria Ocasio Cortez Surprised Everyone, Even Herself:"
* "Jon Stewart Is Ready To Negotiate With Donald Trump:"
* Along with Hiddleston's keyboard going, at some point last week my DvD player stopped loading. Usually this happens when it gets jostled. There's a piece that tends to pop out, so I just open it up and slip it back in. I had not time and energy for that in the midst of the combined crises, but the current bedroom TV is one of those combined DvD/VCR thingies. I am wary of these because I don't like putting library discs into a machine I can't open up if the disc gets stuck. Also, I've never figured out how to get it to switch functions with the remote and have to go there and manually switch it on the built in controls when I turn it on. Plus, the TV hasn't subtitles and i really do manage better with subtitles to fall back on. Anyway, when I opened up the DvD player no obvious loose parts. I closed it up and am taking it to fix it next month. I did disentangle the crappy back up DvD player from the living room wire tangle and it also being Sony, takes the same remote as main Dvd player. It has a tendency to loose picture at the least vibration and an annoying hum in the audio but I can turn it on from the prone position when I'm ready to start the slow processes of gradually acclimating my lungs from recline to upright with a series of pillow props without distressing the Empress Livia by flopping next to her at the foot of the bed. I'm going to leave it as a stop gap until I find out if the good DvD player can be saved.
* Ned Stark and Jon Snow: http://turtle-paced.tumblr.com/post/175373111007/do-you-think-ned-actually-loved-jon-or-just-loved
* Star Trek, The Animated Series:
- 1.12: The Time Trap. In a Bermuda triangle area of space that looks like a monochrome fireworks display, they tangle with the Klingons. The lead Klingon attacks first then disappears, neither through destruction or cloak. The Klingons blame the Enterprise, because of course. They fly into the anomaly where the Klingon ship disappears while the Klingons pursue, firing. They get dizzy, uncoordinated and disoriented. They are in a graveyard of ships. Klingons fire first again; nothing happens; both captains get beamed to the equivalent of the Sargasso Sea UN. If anyone on either ship break the peace, then the ship is immobilized for a century as punishment. Time passes super slow in the time trap. They only have four days of power. They need to work together to get out. I like the bit where Spock pretends to have an emotion so he can use touch telepathy on the Klingon, though it seemed odd he didn't tell Kirk in advance and I don't know why Kirk didn't immediately get what he's doing like I did. Anyway, the Klingons try to sabotage the enterprise to blow up as soon as they escape. One of them breaks the peace; Kirk pleads for them not to be frozen; A UN psychic warns the enterprise about the bomb.
*****
* Full list of Resistance and charity links has been migrated to my profile as it was getting out of hand.
* Black Phoenix Alchemy Lab is doing a fundraiser for legal defense of refugee children in ICE detention. https://blackphoenixalchemylab.com/product-category/activism/deliver-them-from-the-hands-of-the-wicked/
* Want to contribute directly to the Refugee and Immigrant Center for Education and Legal Services fund? "Refugee and Immigrant Center for Education and Legal Services:" https://www.raicestexas.org/
* Support Kids at the Border: http://brigdh.tumblr.com/post/175022384240/support-the-kids-at-the-border
This has a call script to help you talk your Republican Senator into voting for the Keep Families Together Act: http://rockinhamburger.tumblr.com/post/175022988673/captacorn-marvelsmostwanted-heres-a-call
* 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
* Have something you want to tell your congress Critters? 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/
* This is a cool person and the swimsuits are being made from an ethical source. LGBTQIA+ swimsuits: https://www.etsy.com/shop/NerdyKeppie?ref=l2-shopheader-name§ion_id=24021616
* Help pay for cat food, litter, meds, medical copays: Paypal Lethran@gmail.com or paypal.me/Gwydion
* 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
* As everyone but 45 said would happen... "North Korea making 'rapid' upgrades to nuclear reactor despite summit pledges:" https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/jun/27/north-korea-nuclear-reactor-upgrades-summit-pledges
* "Donald Trump made 103 false claims last week, shattering his dishonesty record:" https://www.thestar.com/news/world/analysis/2018/06/26/donald-trump-made-103-false-claims-last-week-shattering-his-dishonesty-record.html
* "Court orders Trump voter fraud panel to turn over docs to Dem member:" http://thehill.com/regulation/court-battles/394426-court-orders-trump-voter-fraud-commission-to-hand-over-documents-to
* "Manafort had $10 million loan from Russian oligarch: court filing:" https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-russia-manafort/manafort-had-10-million-loan-from-russian-oligarch-court-filing-idUSKBN1JN2YF
* "Special counsel eyeing Russians granted unusual access to Trump inauguration parties:" https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/special-counsel-eyeing-russians-granted-unusual-access-trump/story?id=56232847
* "Conservatives wanted Pruitt to derail a climate report — by removing an EPA employee:" https://www.politico.com/story/2018/06/26/pruitt-remove-employee-thwart-climate-report-649293
* "Sarah Sanders to receive Secret Service protection:" https://www.cnn.com/2018/06/26/politics/sarah-sanders-secret-service-protection/index.html
* "Former Fox News president accepts top White House job:" https://www.cnn.com/2018/06/27/politics/bill-shine-donald-trump-communications-director/index.html
* "Crowley and Grimm crash: Top takeaways from Tuesday’s primaries:" https://www.politico.com/story/2018/06/27/2018-primary-election-results-analysis-678811
* "Ocasio-Cortez on her win and 'the start of a movement':" http://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/ocasio-cortez-on-her-win-and-the-start-of-a-movement-1265684547645
* "Alexandria Ocasio Cortez: Trump Isn't Ready For A Girl From The Bronx:"
* "Ben Jealous wins Maryland Democratic primary race for governor:" http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/maryland/politics/bs-md-governor-primary-20180626-story.html
* "Warren: Trump may seek loyalty from Supreme Court pick:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/warren-trump-may-seek-loyalty-from-supreme-court-pick-1266534979513
* "Democrats face Day 1 of winnable fight for Supreme Court's future:" http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/democrats-face-day-1-of-winnable-fight-for-supreme-court-s-future-1265723971591?playlist=associated
* "Trump SCOTUS threat to abortion rights prompts wave of organizing:" http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/trump-scotus-threat-to-abortion-rights-prompts-wave-of-organizing-1265735747779?playlist=associated
* "Rising stakes stoke passions of community activists against Trump:" http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/rising-stakes-stoke-passions-of-community-activists-against-trump-1266608707761?playlist=associated
* "This feels like a tipping point on marijuana legalization:" https://www.cnn.com/2018/06/27/politics/marijuana-legalization-tipping-point/index.html
* "Supreme Court ruling deals major blow to public worker unions:" https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/supreme-court/supreme-court-ruling-major-blow-public-worker-unions-n872971
* "New bipartisan bill calls for Puerto Rico statehood:" https://www.nbcnews.com/news/latino/new-bipartisan-bill-calls-puerto-rico-statehood-n887116
* This has a good collection of things relating to the shooting in Maryland. As those of you who have known me longest can imagine, I have a whole lot of particularly strong feelings just now. I don't know if I'll be able to follow this properly, but this seems like a good place to check if you want to know more. "Deadly shooting at Maryland newspaper: Live updates:" https://www.cnn.com/us/live-news/maryland-newspaper-shooting/index.html
* "Immigrant toddlers ordered to appear in court alone:" https://www.texastribune.org/2018/06/27/immigrant-toddlers-ordered-appear-court-alone/
* So many things to say; no words. "Jeff Sessions Jokes About Family Separations Amid Controversy Over U.S. Border Policy:" https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/jeff-sessions-family-separations-joke_us_5b32f207e4b0cb56051d1f12
* "Almost 600 arrested at Washington protest over Trump immigration policy:" https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/jun/28/us-immigration-protest-trump-washington-senate
* "Federal officials launch two reviews into Trump’s handling of migrant children:" https://www.politico.com/story/2018/06/27/trump-border-migrant-children-investigation-680626
* "DHS asks Pentagon to help house 12,000 migrants:" https://www.cnn.com/2018/06/27/politics/defense-request-migrants-dhs/index.html
* "CBS News interview with ICE whistleblower interrupted by surprise visit from government agents:" https://www.cbsnews.com/news/former-ice-spokesman-james-schwab-opens-up-about-resignation-trump-administration/
* "McKinney, Texas, Girl Who Was Slammed to the Ground by Police at a Pool Party in 2015 Wins Settlement:" https://www.theroot.com/mckinley-texas-girl-who-was-slammed-to-the-ground-by-1826999472?utm_source=theroot_twitter&utm_medium=socialflow
* "East Pittsburgh Officer Who Shot Unarmed Black Teen Charged With Homicide:" https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2018/06/east-pittsburgh-police-officer-who-shot-antwon-rose-charged-with-criminal-homicide.html
* "Suspect in Charlottesville protest killing charged with hate crime:" https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/jun/27/charlottesville-james-alex-fields-charged-heather-heyer
* "Darnell L. Moore - Rethinking Gender and Sexuality in "No Ashes in the Fire" - Extended Interview:"
* Children and teens are literally going to die. Please, Ohio. Resist. "An Ohio Bill Would Charge Therapists With a Felony if They Don't Out Trans Kids to Their Parents:" https://www.them.us/story/ohio-trans-bill-2018
* "Bermuda legalizes same-sex marriage — again:" https://www.nbcnews.com/feature/nbc-out/bermuda-legalizes-same-sex-marriage-again-n880696
* "Botswana court orders government to recognize transgender woman as...:" https://www.reuters.com/article/us-botswana-lgbt/botswana-court-orders-government-to-recognize-transgender-woman-as-female-idUSKBN1E623G
* "Pakistan Passes Historic Transgender Rights Bill:" https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2018/05/09/609700652/pakistan-passes-historic-transgender-rights-bill
* "Janet Mock - Putting Transgender Characters Front and Center with "Pose" - Extended Interview:"
* "Harlan Ellison, Provocative Sci-Fi Writer of ‘Star Trek,’ ‘A Boy and His Dog,’ Dies at 84:" https://variety.com/2018/tv/news/harlan-ellison-dead-dies-star-trek-1202861048/
* RIP Harlan Ellison: https://laughingacademy.tumblr.com/post/175359613568/rip-harlan-ellison
* "Surprisingly Good News for Pride Month:"
* "Mike Pence's Ice-Cold Immigration Speech & Spain's Famous CPR Dog :"
* "Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez's Primary Upset & Justice Anthony Kennedy's Retirement:"
* "If At First You Don't Succeed, Call It A 'Travel Ban':"
* "Melania Trump Has An Entire 'Hidden Message' Wardrobe:"
* "Hugh Grant: England Had Its Own O.J. Simpson Sized Trial:"
* "Trump's Favorite 'Red Wave' Political Cartoon:"
* "Just Between Us - The Bad Guys Won:"
* "Mitch McConnell's Supreme About Face:"
* "Alexandria Ocasio Cortez Surprised Everyone, Even Herself:"
* "Jon Stewart Is Ready To Negotiate With Donald Trump:"
* Along with Hiddleston's keyboard going, at some point last week my DvD player stopped loading. Usually this happens when it gets jostled. There's a piece that tends to pop out, so I just open it up and slip it back in. I had not time and energy for that in the midst of the combined crises, but the current bedroom TV is one of those combined DvD/VCR thingies. I am wary of these because I don't like putting library discs into a machine I can't open up if the disc gets stuck. Also, I've never figured out how to get it to switch functions with the remote and have to go there and manually switch it on the built in controls when I turn it on. Plus, the TV hasn't subtitles and i really do manage better with subtitles to fall back on. Anyway, when I opened up the DvD player no obvious loose parts. I closed it up and am taking it to fix it next month. I did disentangle the crappy back up DvD player from the living room wire tangle and it also being Sony, takes the same remote as main Dvd player. It has a tendency to loose picture at the least vibration and an annoying hum in the audio but I can turn it on from the prone position when I'm ready to start the slow processes of gradually acclimating my lungs from recline to upright with a series of pillow props without distressing the Empress Livia by flopping next to her at the foot of the bed. I'm going to leave it as a stop gap until I find out if the good DvD player can be saved.
* Ned Stark and Jon Snow: http://turtle-paced.tumblr.com/post/175373111007/do-you-think-ned-actually-loved-jon-or-just-loved
* Star Trek, The Animated Series:
- 1.12: The Time Trap. In a Bermuda triangle area of space that looks like a monochrome fireworks display, they tangle with the Klingons. The lead Klingon attacks first then disappears, neither through destruction or cloak. The Klingons blame the Enterprise, because of course. They fly into the anomaly where the Klingon ship disappears while the Klingons pursue, firing. They get dizzy, uncoordinated and disoriented. They are in a graveyard of ships. Klingons fire first again; nothing happens; both captains get beamed to the equivalent of the Sargasso Sea UN. If anyone on either ship break the peace, then the ship is immobilized for a century as punishment. Time passes super slow in the time trap. They only have four days of power. They need to work together to get out. I like the bit where Spock pretends to have an emotion so he can use touch telepathy on the Klingon, though it seemed odd he didn't tell Kirk in advance and I don't know why Kirk didn't immediately get what he's doing like I did. Anyway, the Klingons try to sabotage the enterprise to blow up as soon as they escape. One of them breaks the peace; Kirk pleads for them not to be frozen; A UN psychic warns the enterprise about the bomb.
*****
* Full list of Resistance and charity links has been migrated to my profile as it was getting out of hand.
* Black Phoenix Alchemy Lab is doing a fundraiser for legal defense of refugee children in ICE detention. https://blackphoenixalchemylab.com/product-category/activism/deliver-them-from-the-hands-of-the-wicked/
* Want to contribute directly to the Refugee and Immigrant Center for Education and Legal Services fund? "Refugee and Immigrant Center for Education and Legal Services:" https://www.raicestexas.org/
* Support Kids at the Border: http://brigdh.tumblr.com/post/175022384240/support-the-kids-at-the-border
This has a call script to help you talk your Republican Senator into voting for the Keep Families Together Act: http://rockinhamburger.tumblr.com/post/175022988673/captacorn-marvelsmostwanted-heres-a-call
* 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
* Have something you want to tell your congress Critters? 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/
* This is a cool person and the swimsuits are being made from an ethical source. LGBTQIA+ swimsuits: https://www.etsy.com/shop/NerdyKeppie?ref=l2-shopheader-name§ion_id=24021616
* Help pay for cat food, litter, meds, medical copays: Paypal Lethran@gmail.com or paypal.me/Gwydion
* 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