More Than A Week Behind

* I'm going to section off coronavirus stuff in the aggregation between the dotted lines, so people who need to skip can skip without losing the other stuff.

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* "Coronavirus pandemic is accelerating as cases eclipse 350,000, WHO says:" https://www.cnbc.com/2020/03/23/coronavirus-pandemic-is-accelerating-as-cases-eclipse-350000-who-says.html

* "Gasping for Air in the Time of COVID-19:" https://www.sapiens.org/culture/covid-19-air-pollution/

* "What's Iran doing to contain the coronavirus?:" https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-51642926

* "U.K. government imposes 3-week national lockdown, enforced by police, to contain coronavirus:" https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/uk-government-imposes-3-week-national-lockdown-enforced-police-contain-n1167141

* "IOC member says 2020 Tokyo Olympics will be postponed because of coronavirus pandemic:" https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/olympics/2020/03/23/olympics-2020-ioc-member-tokyo-games-postponed-dick-pound-coronavirus/2899848001/

* "Hidden data is revealing the true scale of the coronavirus outbreak:" https://www.wired.co.uk/article/coronavirus-spread-data

* "In global fight vs. virus, over 1.5 billion told: Stay home:" https://apnews.com/d1ddda5b644a9cdd6b844a196377b88e

* "U.S. intelligence reports from January and February warned about a likely pandemic:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/us-intelligence-reports-from-january-and-february-warned-about-a-likely-pandemic/2020/03/20/299d8cda-6ad5-11ea-b5f1-a5a804158597_story.html

* "U.S. axed CDC expert job in China months before virus outbreak:" https://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-china-cdc-exclusiv-idUSKBN21910S

* "Trump administration scrambles to offer guidance on what to do if hospitals run out of basic supplies for coronavirus:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/government-scrambling-to-advise-hospitals-that-run-out-of-basic-supplies/2020/03/21/d9c36702-6b88-11ea-abef-020f086a3fab_story.html

* This is evil. The drugs likely don't work for coronavirus, but a whole lot of people with lupus and rheumatoid arthritis get sick without them and some of the effects are permanent. "As Trump touts an unproven coronavirus treatment, supplies evaporate for patients who need those drugs:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2020/03/20/hospitals-doctors-are-wiping-out-supplies-an-unproven-coronavirus-treatment/

* "Coronavirus is over (if you want it):" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/coronavirus-is-over-if-you-want-it-8112493383

* "U.S. Considers Special Enrollment Period for Affordable Care Act Due to Coronavirus Spread:" https://www.wsj.com/articles/u-s-considers-special-enrollment-period-for-affordable-care-act-due-to-coronavirus-spread-11584814494

* "32 new coronavirus cases at Shuksan nursing home bumps Whatcom to fourth-highest in state:" https://www.bellinghamherald.com/news/coronavirus/article241433701.html

* "Texas Has Banned Abortion During The Coronavirus Outbreak:" https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/emaoconnor/texas-abortion-ban-coronavirus-outbreak

* "Top official says New York City coronavirus jail outbreak is a crisis, dozens infected:" https://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/488855-top-official-says-new-york-city-coronavirus-jail-outbreak-is-a-crisis

* "Idaho governor neglects to set statewide coronavirus rules:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/idaho-governor-neglects-to-set-statewide-coronavirus-rules-81124933835

* "Maddow: The president of coronavirus response is in New York:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/maddow-the-president-of-coronavirus-response-is-in-new-york-81124933820

* "Minnesota governor going into quarantine as coronavirus precaution:" https://www.foxnews.com/politics/minnesota-governor-going-into-quarantine-as-coronavirus-precaution

* "Amy Klobuchar announces her husband has coronavirus:" https://www.cnn.com/2020/03/23/politics/amy-klobuchar-husband-coronavirus/index.html

* "Klobuchar on husband's COVID-19: 'It's going to happen to every family':" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/klobuchar-on-husband-s-covid-19-it-s-going-to-happen-to-every-family-81124421914

* "Sen. Rand Paul tests positive for virus, forcing quarantines:" https://apnews.com/c3db22a242e9577126052dece8285d2f

* "Mnuchin, Schumer say coronavirus rescue package deal very close:" https://www.politico.com/news/2020/03/23/senate-coronavirus-rescue-package-143799

* We need universal income. "U.S. economy deteriorating faster than anticipated as 80 million Americans are forced to stay at home:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2020/03/20/us-economy-deteriorating-faster-than-anticipated-80-million-americans-forced-stay-home/

* The plan is to order the end of shelter in place because what republican cares if a million+ people die. The important thiing is that the mega corporations aren't making evough profits and all those lives are a small price to pay to make the rich richer. "‘Our country wasn’t built to be shut down’: Trump pushes back against health experts:" https://www.politico.com/news/2020/03/23/trump-coronavirus-lockdown-skepticism-143800

* The Republicans are now openly arguing for eugenics, basically. "Chris Hayes: Republicans are misreading our choices for coronavirus response:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/chris-hayes-republicans-are-misreading-our-choices-for-coronavirus-response-81118789736

* "Bernie Sanders on the coronavirus response: ‘Act in an unprecedented way’:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/bernie-sanders-on-the-coronavirus-response-act-in-an-unprecedented-way-81121861598

* "Murdochs failed to rein in Fox News ‘hoax’ narrative amid coronavirus: NYT:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/murdochs-failed-to-rein-in-fox-news-hoax-narrative-amid-coronavirus-nyt-81120837826

* "Confined by Virus, Frenchman Runs Marathon on His Balcony:" https://www.usnews.com/news/world/articles/2020-03-21/confined-by-virus-frenchman-runs-marathon-on-his-balcony

* "The many faces of health workers around the globe fighting coronavirus:" https://www.cnn.com/2020/03/21/world/health-workers-doctors-photos-coronavirus-italy-wuhan-trnd/index.html

* "Homophobic cardinal, exiled by the Pope for opposing condoms to prevent HIV, wants Catholics to keep going to church:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2020/03/23/catholic-cardinal-homophobic-exiled-pope-condoms-hiv-church-italy-coronavirus-covid19/

* "FX's 'Pose' Donates Medical Supply Props to New York Hospital:" https://www.advocate.com/health/2020/3/23/fxs-pose-donates-medical-supply-props-new-york-hospital

* "Emboldened wild animals venture into locked-down cities worldwide:" https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/mar/22/animals-cities-coronavirus-lockdowns-deer-raccoons

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* "Biden Campaign Names LGBTQ+ Vote Director:" https://www.advocate.com/election/2020/3/23/biden-campaign-names-lgbtq-vote-director

* "‘Embarrassed’ husband hurls homophobic abuse at ex for being in a relationship with a woman:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2020/03/22/husband-wife-new-relationship-woman-court-stoke-on-trent-live/

* "Murderer who stabbed his teen Grindr hook-up more than 100 times had ‘sinister’ chats with four other men:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2020/03/24/brian-healless-grindr-murder-alex-davies-lancashire-preston-crown-court-trial/

* "A legendary photographer kept these photos unseen for decades, until now:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/photography/2020/03/06/legendary-photographer-kept-these-photos-unseen-decades-until-now/

* The renovations are officially complete, except for him needing to switch out the part he made out of copper for me for the real replacement when it comes. I just worked out how to direct flow to the lower nozzle on the shower before I sat down at the computer tonight.

There was supposed to be a water heater inspection today, which struck me as a terrible idea, but the law is the law. The inspector called to explain they weren't doing inspections in person any more. Me: Thank God! You have to come into my bedroom to do that and it's not safe for me. There was a long pause, and in a relieved voice he explained I was the first person he called about this who didn't start arguing with him that it was fine. Me: I'm high risk. They've been wearing heavy hospital grade masks and I've been hiding in my room not interacting for safety. him: we're now using an app that... Me: I don't own a cell phone. Him, after a long pause: We're doing contractor affidavits. Me: That won't work, you'd need a notary to... him: Not real affidavits we're just calling them that. I'll talk to .

They ended up sending the city liaison anyway who needed my signature so they could pay the contractors anyway and he did have the right mask and took the completion pics for his program and the inspection pics for the water heater guy. The cats hated this, but he was in and out with signature and pics in a couple of minutes. Not ideal from a safety perspective, but done is better than up in the air, especially if I, city liaison, or papa contractor die in the pandemic, leaving everything in legal limbo. None of us said it, but I know I was thinking it. I want to make sure the A++ contractors get paid even if I don't make it.

I remain mostly well, though my lungs are a little worse. They were doing yard work in the rain today, which is better for my lungs than mowing without rain, but I'm semi fucked without a working air purifier, so it could be that rather than the bacterial infection not being as dead as we hoped. I do not have a fever, and I'm pretty sure it's not Covid, but we'll see.

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

* "Help the California food industry survive this crisis:" https://www.change.org/p/governor-gavin-newsom-support-the-california-food-industries-most-vulnerable-workers

* "100 Million Mask Challenge:" https://www.providence.org/lp/100m-masks

* "Coronavirus: Deaconess asks public to sew CDC-compliant face masks for staff:" https://www.courierpress.com/story/news/2020/03/18/coronavirus-deaconess-ask-public-provide-medical-face-masks/2865273001/

* Register to vote: https://vote.gov/

* 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/

* 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

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

* 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

* 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

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