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* "World leaders call for end to new anti-Semitism, reflect on dark past at Holocaust Forum:" https://www.haaretz.com/jewish/holocaust-remembrance-day/.premium-world-leaders-call-for-end-to-new-anti-semitism-while-reflecting-on-dark-past-1.8440705

* Bad news over the weekend. "Worries grow that quarantine in China not enough to stem increasingly virulent coronavirus:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/coronavirus-china-latest-updates/2020/01/27/3634db9a-40a7-11ea-aa6a-083d01b3ed18_story.html

* "Rep. Demings: ‘Take her out’ line usually comes from mobsters:" http://www.msnbc.com/am-joy/watch/trump-impeachment-trial-discussed-by-rep-val-demings-77587013806

* "Former Watergate prosecutor slams Trump lawyers’ arguments:" http://www.msnbc.com/am-joy/watch/trump-lawyers-defense-arguments-don-t-hold-up-experts-says-77588037960

* "Schiff calls Trump 'vindictive' after president's Twitter attacks:" http://www.msnbc.com/am-joy/watch/trump-tweet-attacking-adam-schiff-analysed-by-legal-experts-77595717774

* "Senate candidate for SC Jaime Harrison takes on Lindsey Graham:" http://www.msnbc.com/am-joy/watch/trump-supporter-graham-panned-by-senate-candidate-for-sc-harrison-77590085638

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

* "Joe Biden says ‘no room for compromise’ on trans equality in swipe at Bernie Sanders for touting anti-trans comedian’s support:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2020/01/26/joe-biden-trans-rights-bernie-sanders-joe-rogan-twitter/

* "Warren wins prized Des Moines Register endorsement:" https://www.politico.com/news/2020/01/25/warren-wins-prized-des-moines-register-endorsement-104643

* "The Des Moines Register executive editor on why it endorsed Warren:" http://www.msnbc.com/am-joy/watch/warren-endorsement-by-des-moines-register-explained-by-executive-editor-77560389793

* "Julián Castro on Warren’s outreach to people of color, more:" http://www.msnbc.com/am-joy/watch/warren-connects-with-2020-voters-of-color-julian-castro-says-77560389949

* TW: Torture, Mental Illness. "What is Solitary Confinement Like?:"

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* "Pro-LGBT priest reveals he is against abortion, uses queer people in his bizarre argument:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2020/01/26/pro-lgbt-priest-james-martin-abortion-jesuit-america-magazine-queer-argument/

* "Uber driver told gay couple stop kissing in her cab ‘because she is a Christian’:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2020/01/27/uber-driver-gay-couple-stop-kissing-christian-london-finn-davies/

* "Labour leader hopefuls Nandy, Thornberry and Long-Bailey pledge unwavering support for trans people:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2020/01/27/labour-leadership-trans-rights-emily-thornberry-lisa-nandy-rebecca-long-bailey-keir-starmer/

* "Liverpool arena cancels appearance by Donald Trump’s favorite hate preacher Franklin Graham after furious backlash:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2020/01/27/franklin-graham-evangelical-hate-preacher-backlash-anti-lgbt-liverpool-sheffield-uk-tour/

* "The Leather Community Isn't 'Degenerate' — It Leads the LGBTQ Movement:" https://www.advocate.com/commentary/2020/1/24/leather-community-isnt-degenerate-it-leads-lgbtq-movement

* "Are Rules Made to Be Broken?:"

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* "Alan Dershowitz Argues for Trump Cold Open - SNL:"

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* "Undercover Boss: Where Are They Now - SNL:"

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* "Weekend Update: Impeachment Trial Begins - SNL:"

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* "Dmitri ALIEV - Free Skating - European Championships 2020 (France TV):"

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* "European Championships 2020 — Michal Brezina SP:"

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* Saturday: Incremental improvement is still definitely improvement. Today it was the difference between me repeatedly waking up suffocating to me going back to bed in the afternoon and not suffocating in my sleep. It's the difference between a painful rattling cough that continues until i vomit or pass out (Saturday morning) to just a painful rattling cough. Baby steps.

I took a bath last night. Turned hot on all the way to full like I always do, and it actually gt uncomfortably hot! I can now have a really hot bath without using all the hot water in the house.

I keep finding Livia standing where the broken electric fireplace used to be, staring in bafflement at the dry wall. She then gives me this look like, "I'm not crazy, right? There used to be a wall here, and a fish tank?"

* Sunday: Spent all evening resting, but am still exhausted.

It's been over a week since I found a body and I've verified at least 20 fish survived.

* I have a habit of ordering batches of DvDs from the library for what I call my "slow film festivals. I'll order all he films they have that I haven't seen with a particular actor, or all the restoration dramas, or whatever. They don't come all at once, of course, hence the slow motion. I'm also bad at remembering names and titles, so sometimes I'll think i haven't watched things that i have, or I'll order things and by the time they come, I don't recognize the title. This is not any sort of deterioration. I've always been bad at remembering names and titles of things I don't use often. I used to have to quiz myself hard on student names and then forget them over the summer and have to relearn them even when some were the same kids. I realized at my first college that I'd already lost the name of at least one guy i'd fucked in high school. Oh, I remember faces and stories and who people were, it's just often names slip away if I don't work to keep them pinned.

So at some point recently, I went through the library online catalog and ordered a mix of some zombie movies I liked and haven't seen in a while and everything I couldn't remember seeing based on the title. (So far only two turned out not to be rewatches, which for me and zombie movies is a lot. I pretty much watch all the zombie movies reasonably available in the Us and Canada at leas once, even if it takes a few years for TV or library to carry them).

I also keep an eye out for lists of queer cinema things so I can see ones I missed. I ordered a whole bunch of those from several lists over the course of the last few months.

Plus I comb the awards nominations lists and lists of snubs, as I really can't afford to go to movies anymore, and in the gp between release and Dvd, I lose titles. Things fall through the cracks. Back when I had more money I'd see a lot of movies at the Art cinemas in town, so I kept up on indie releases and quality foreign films, but again, broke, so it is helpful to see what world cinema, indie, documentaries etc. are turning up on various lists.

Remember: Super bad at remembering film titles. So a massive number came in all at once right when I was about to spend a ton of time in bed feeling crappy. Sometimes a title is memorable. Sometimes a title of or the cover is obviously zombie or obviously queer. Sometimes? I pop a thing in without paying enough attention or the title and cover are ambiguous and I start watching a film wondering if it's zombies, queer people, or award bait, which adds a whole other level of tension to the early part of the film.

I watched one today where they are out in the wilderness doing stuff and it was really tense because I didn't know if zombies were going to pop up and start eating people or if those guys were going to kiss or neither. (Spoiler: No zombies and they skipped kissing and went right to the fucking. I had to check after what year it came out because it looked like award bait too. It wasn't from this year, but from the cover it looked like it got some awards.)

* "Tesla's Terror is the Viewer's Fun Ride:" https://www.thefandomentals.com/doctor-who-s12-e4/

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

* Australia is on fire. Want to help? https://gwydionmisha.tumblr.com/post/190151259088
https://www.abc.net.au/classic/read-and-watch/news/bushfire-donations/11823676
Help Thirsty Koalas Devastated by Recent Fires: https://au.gofundme.com/f/help-thirsty-koalas-devastated-by-recent-fires
Mogo Zoo Fire Recovery: https://au.gofundme.com/f/mogo-zoo-fire-recovery
WIRES-Emergency Fund for Wildlife: https://www.facebook.com/donate/1386120504919105/10158318179549750/
Victorian Bushfire Appeal: https://www.vic.gov.au/bushfireappeal
"Fire Relief Fund for First Nations Communities:" https://www.gofundme.com/f/fire-relief-fund-for-first-nations-communities

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

* "Emotional support animals could be banned from planes under DOT rule:" https://www.rollcall.com/news/emotional-support-animals-banned-planes-dot

Want to complain? https://www.transportation.gov/briefing-room/us-department-transportation-seeks-comment-proposed-amendments-regulation-service

* 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 Refugee Children:" 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

* Here’s a list of vulnerable republican senators up for election this year:

Martha McSally - Arizona
Susan Collins - Maine
Cory Gardner - Colorado
Thom Tillis - North Carolina
Pat Roberts - Kansas
David Perdue and Kelly Loeffler - Georgia
Joni Ernst - Iowa

Here’s a list of vulnerable democratic senators that NEED votes to keep their seats:

Doug Jones - Alabama
Gary Peters - Michigan

* 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

* There's a decent chance of flipping this Senate seat blue. Want to help? https://secure.actblue.com/donate/ads-mek-egsearch_dtd?refcode=ads-200108-gs-evergreensearch-dtd-natl-mix-8753679275-87807510469-410037583123-%2Bmark%20%2Bkelly%20%2Bdonate&gclid=EAIaIQobChMIpKSR192K5wIVAsNkCh0EeAFSEAAYASAAEgLY7fD_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 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