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Jun. 3rd, 2015 08:12 pm* A large passanger boat on the Yangtze has capsized. It took two hours to send help as they sunk so fast no one sent out a distress signal, so no one knew of the disaster until some survivors swam to shore. There were 14 survivors last night out of more than 400.
* Scott Walker has come out strongly against the human rights of rape survivors, calling for an abortion ban designed to force rape survivors to carry their rapists' fetuses to term and calling for them to be re-traumatized by violating their bodies with forced ultrasounds for no medical reason just to punish them for trying to exert agency over their own bodies.
* I must apologize for a figure on the number of slaves who have died in Qatar building the World Cup Stadium. The 1200 figure is the number of total slave deaths in Qatar so far this year and the 4000 figure is the expected total of slave deaths this year, including those who died for the World Cup stadium. The source I was quoting posted a correction today. I could not get a revised world cup specific figure, but honestly and slavery at all is completely unacceptable, let alone deaths, let alone for some athletic contest and my long running belief that countries with any systemic human rights abuses should be bypassed for World Cups and Olympics (Including Russia for their their persecution of their LGBT population and the US for our prison industrial complex, use of solitary, etc., the ongoing government sanction of large numbers of unarmed citizens, etc..) still stands. Slavery is completely unacceptable and I do not think countries sanctioning it should be handed prestige events. We also need to stop consuming media and consumer goods made by slave labour. It's a pretty low bar here, but we can't seem to rise to it.
* "Louisiana Girl Scout Council Bans Trans Feminine Kids:" http://transgriot.blogspot.com/2015/05/louisiana-girl-scout-council-bans-trans.html
* NSW legislates a racist celebrity to be a boofhead. http://junkee.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/BOOFHEAD.jpg
* I am super short on sleep and spent all afternoon doing necessary things, which sucks from a pain perspective, but the air quality is a bigger issue right now. By 5:30, my eyes were so closed up I was struggling to see. I tried soldiering on, but I had to retreat to my bedroom where I can control air quality, which is a problem on several fronts. I do not work well on the computer without a proper desk. It is a lot of energy draw on one circuit, and my media options are limited. It was scary how fast I started to improve once I was properly ensconced. As a result, my availability may vary.
* Looking for something like the Beka Cooper series, but without the trans fail? interested in an excellent mystery set in a well drawn, LBGT friendly low fantasy setting with a unique magic system? Want a fantasy book that handles historical class issues instead of lamp shading them and does it well? Point of Hopes is your book. Seriously, how have I never heard of this series? It was a little slow starting, but bear with it. Trust me.
* "Black Sails Speculation:" http://gwydionmisha.tumblr.com/post/120659685812/black-sails-speculation
* I'm going to talk about onscreen depiction of rape, so TW, obviously.
( Cut for Eeew: )
* Ebay Time, Four lots:
( Cut for your pleasure: )
* Want Game of Thrones without the creepy? We desperately need new players. We are very inclusive. "Game of Bones MUSH:" gobmush.wikidot.com
* Nepal Relief: http://thewynne.tumblr.com/post/117524778471/nepal-donations
* Trying to stay afloat until August: http://www.gofundme.com/cuovws or Lethran@gmail.com
* Scott Walker has come out strongly against the human rights of rape survivors, calling for an abortion ban designed to force rape survivors to carry their rapists' fetuses to term and calling for them to be re-traumatized by violating their bodies with forced ultrasounds for no medical reason just to punish them for trying to exert agency over their own bodies.
* I must apologize for a figure on the number of slaves who have died in Qatar building the World Cup Stadium. The 1200 figure is the number of total slave deaths in Qatar so far this year and the 4000 figure is the expected total of slave deaths this year, including those who died for the World Cup stadium. The source I was quoting posted a correction today. I could not get a revised world cup specific figure, but honestly and slavery at all is completely unacceptable, let alone deaths, let alone for some athletic contest and my long running belief that countries with any systemic human rights abuses should be bypassed for World Cups and Olympics (Including Russia for their their persecution of their LGBT population and the US for our prison industrial complex, use of solitary, etc., the ongoing government sanction of large numbers of unarmed citizens, etc..) still stands. Slavery is completely unacceptable and I do not think countries sanctioning it should be handed prestige events. We also need to stop consuming media and consumer goods made by slave labour. It's a pretty low bar here, but we can't seem to rise to it.
* "Louisiana Girl Scout Council Bans Trans Feminine Kids:" http://transgriot.blogspot.com/2015/05/louisiana-girl-scout-council-bans-trans.html
* NSW legislates a racist celebrity to be a boofhead. http://junkee.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/BOOFHEAD.jpg
* I am super short on sleep and spent all afternoon doing necessary things, which sucks from a pain perspective, but the air quality is a bigger issue right now. By 5:30, my eyes were so closed up I was struggling to see. I tried soldiering on, but I had to retreat to my bedroom where I can control air quality, which is a problem on several fronts. I do not work well on the computer without a proper desk. It is a lot of energy draw on one circuit, and my media options are limited. It was scary how fast I started to improve once I was properly ensconced. As a result, my availability may vary.
* Looking for something like the Beka Cooper series, but without the trans fail? interested in an excellent mystery set in a well drawn, LBGT friendly low fantasy setting with a unique magic system? Want a fantasy book that handles historical class issues instead of lamp shading them and does it well? Point of Hopes is your book. Seriously, how have I never heard of this series? It was a little slow starting, but bear with it. Trust me.
* "Black Sails Speculation:" http://gwydionmisha.tumblr.com/post/120659685812/black-sails-speculation
* I'm going to talk about onscreen depiction of rape, so TW, obviously.
( Cut for Eeew: )
* Ebay Time, Four lots:
( Cut for your pleasure: )
* Want Game of Thrones without the creepy? We desperately need new players. We are very inclusive. "Game of Bones MUSH:" gobmush.wikidot.com
* Nepal Relief: http://thewynne.tumblr.com/post/117524778471/nepal-donations
* Trying to stay afloat until August: http://www.gofundme.com/cuovws or Lethran@gmail.com