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* "Christmas in Hong Kong marked by demonstrations and tear gas:" https://www.cnn.com/2019/12/25/asia/hong-kong-christmas-protests-intl-hnk/index.html

* "Christmas Eve wildfires in Chilean city destroy 200 homes:" https://www.cnn.com/2019/12/25/americas/chile-fires-homes-damaged-intl-hnk/index.html

* "Philippines typhoon brings Christmas Day misery:" https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/dec/25/philippines-typhoon-brings-christmas-day-misery

* "Australia weather: firefighters battle Boxing Day bushfires ahead of looming heatwave:" https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2019/dec/25/australias-east-coast-faces-extreme-heat-as-bushfire-threat-looms-again

* "Scott Morrison threatens crackdown on protesters who would 'deny liberty':" https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2019/nov/01/scott-morrison-threatens-crackdown-on-secondary-boycotts-of-mining-companies

“The prime minister’s commitment to outlaw the peaceful, legal protest of Australian individuals and community groups reads like a move straight from the totalitarian’s playbook,” he said.
“Instead of getting tough on the climate crisis, Scott Morrison is dismantling democracy.”

* "Going west, migrants wander through Bosnia in Balkan winter:" https://apnews.com/b82401d0454f4ac7003a06566eaa4d1f

* "Russian-backed Syrian offensive kills dozens, displaces tens of thousands:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/middle_east/russian-backed-syrian-offensive-kills-dozens-displaces-tens-of-thousands/2019/12/25/3f5ce2f6-235d-11ea-b034-de7dc2b5199b_story.html

"The province, with 3 million people, has borne the brunt of a Russian and Syrian air campaign that has struck hospitals and leveled homes and markets, human rights groups say. The province and surrounding areas are largely controlled by Hayat Tahrir al-Sham, an extremist Islamist group that began as al-Qaeda’s affiliate in Syria and has tried to rebrand itself several times during the war."

* "Russia 'successfully tests' its unplugged internet:" https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-50902496

* "How border crossings and ICE arrests are popping up on the pages of children's books:" https://www.cnn.com/2019/12/21/us/immigration-childrens-books/index.html

* "Black, Homeless and Burdened by L.A.’s Legacy of Racism:" https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2019/12/22/us/los-angeles-homeless-black-residents.html

* "Why Are Cops Around the World Using This Outlandish Mind-Reading Tool?:" https://www.propublica.org/article/why-are-cops-around-the-world-using-this-outlandish-mindreading-tool

* "How Locales Are Filling Their Expensive New Jails:" https://www.citylab.com/perspective/2019/12/mass-incarceration-rates-state-county-city-jail-poverty-bail/603166/

* "Most US workers still pay price of no paid parental leave:" https://apnews.com/816d3d0faa40f156f7682bae43256fd8

* "A New Effort In Argentina Seeks To Make Spanish Nouns Gender Neutral:" https://www.npr.org/2019/12/08/786135746/a-new-effort-in-argentina-seeks-to-make-spanish-nouns-gender-neutral

* "MSNBC Analyst Karine Jean-Pierre Is Proof Representation Matters:" https://www.advocate.com/exclusives/2019/12/25/msnbc-analyst-karine-jean-pierre-proof-representation-matters

* "Wheelchairs On Planes: Why Can't Passengers Use Their Own Onboard?:" https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2019/12/10/786559969/wheelchairs-on-planes-why-cant-passengers-use-their-own-onboard

* "What Green Costs:" https://logicmag.io/nature/what-green-costs/

* "Remembrance Lake: In Japan, an intimate reminder of climate change.:" https://www.reuters.com/investigates/special-report/climate-change-japan-lake/

* The Problem of the Cannibal Baby: https://twitter.com/erik_kaars/status/1139106297339686912?s=09

* "Starbucks Theater: An Iditarod Love Story (ft. Max Greenfield):"

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* Seanan McGuire and Mari Lwyd, pt. 1: https://twitter.com/seananmcguire/status/1209858498994962433

* Seanan McGuire and Mari Lwyd, pt. 2: https://twitter.com/KBSpangler/status/1209863909345247233

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

* A small, cheap thing to help climate change if you have little money to spare: https://onetreeplanted.org/products/amazon-rainforest-peru

* How to donate to Rainbow Road: https://www.rainbowrailroad.com/donate

* Here are a bunch of state level links to help people in immigrant detention: https://taibhsearachd.tumblr.com/post/186058182962/woundability-this-4th-of-july-celebrate-the

* Angry about the concentration camps on our Southern Border? Here is a list of useful things you can do: https://medium.com/@togetherandfree/feel-helpless-amidst-the-horrific-immigration-news-youre-not-how-you-can-make-difference-today-108dc42de88e

* "More Organizations to Support Helping Kids in Concentration Camps:" https://thisfinecrew.dreamwidth.org/201920.html

* Here is a massive list of things you can do to help refugees inside and outside of the Camps: https://s-leary.tumblr.com/post/185783586806/so-youve-probably-seen-the-post-going-around

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

* The Indivisble guide exists to help you organize effective resistance: https://indivisible.org/

* Want to support Christy Smith in the primary for Katie Hill's seat?: https://secure.actblue.com/donate/dw_ca25

* Want to get rid of Mitch McConnell? Help Amy McGrath: https://secure.actblue.com/donate/am-website?refcode=website-nav

* Want to get rid of Lindsey Graham? Help Jaime Harrison: https://secure.actblue.com/donate/ms_harrison_fr_q12019_jaime-a?refcode=MS_AD_D-DD_2019.03.08_X_GG_KW__X__eyJjcmVhdGl2ZSI6IkFkZCBEb25hdGlvbiBOb3ciLCJhdWRpZW5jZSI6IkphaW1lSGFycmlzb24ifQ&recurring=TRUE&gclid=EAIaIQobChMIn4a_583I5gIVC8RkCh0MowFeEAAYASAAEgIXZfD_BwE

* Have something you want to tell your Congress Critters? If you can not protest in person, here are some other options:

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/

* Some RL friends of mine who were barely scraping by just lost one of the part time jobs they collectively hold and it's really fucking things up for them. These are good people, who do so much for others. Want to help? https://www.gofundme.com/f/help-a-gig-worker-get-through-the-winter/share

* HorrorMux is currently running a Max Mad type thing. Available Archetypes are here. I'm Martyr if you want to find me.: http://horrormu.com/index.php/Available

* Help pay for cat food, litter, meds, medical copays: Paypal Lethran@gmail.com or paypal.me/Gwydion

* If you are interested in helping, right now the Cat thing we need most is:
https://www.chewy.com/wellness-core-signature-selects/dp/147047

The dry food I was going to try (less urgent) is this one: https://www.chewy.com/blue-buffalo-wilderness-flatland/dp/176663

Or possibly this: https://www.chewy.com/instinct-by-natures-variety-limited/dp/44654

* Birthday/Solstice master list: https://gwydion.dreamwidth.org/2108835.html