More than Two Weeks Behind

* I only got halfway through the Coronavirus links again tonight. Sorry.

* I'm going to section off epidemic specific stuff in the aggregation between the dotted lines, so people who need to skip can skip without losing the other stuff. I'm putting secondary effects things in their usual slots.

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* "The coronavirus outbreak is a 'real threat to everyone on the planet,' WHO official says:" https://www.cnbc.com/2020/04/01/global-coronavirus-cases-will-hit-1-million-and-50000-deaths-in-a-few-days-who-officials-say.html

* "COVID-19 Map:" https://coronavirus.jhu.edu/map.html

* "Italians Found Way to 3-D Print Key Ventilator Piece for $1 to Help Battle Coronavirus—So the Company With the Patent Is Threatening to Sue:" https://www.commondreams.org/news/2020/03/18/italians-found-way-3-d-print-key-ventilator-piece-1-help-battle-coronavirus-so

* Russia includes jail terms to enforce crackdown":" https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-52109892

* "Turkmenistan Has Banned Use Of The Word 'Coronavirus':" https://www.npr.org/sections/coronavirus-live-updates/2020/03/31/824611607/turkmenistan-has-banned-use-of-the-word-coronavirus

* "Worst-hit German district to become coronavirus ‘laboratory’:" https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/mar/31/virologists-to-turn-germany-worst-hit-district-into-coronavirus-laboratory

* "Police in the Philippines Are Putting Coronavirus Lockdown Violators in Dog Cages:" https://www.vice.com/en_asia/article/n7jyvd/police-in-the-philippines-are-putting-coronavirus-lockdown-violators-in-dog-cages

* "Pence task force freezes coronavirus aid amid backlash:" https://www.politico.com/news/2020/03/31/pence-task-force-coronavirus-aid-157806

* "Pence seeks to blame CDC and China for any delay in US coronavirus response -- not Trump's initial failure to face reality:" https://www.cnn.com/2020/04/01/politics/mike-pence-coronavirus/index.html

* "US coronavirus cases top 200,000 as virus spreads and testing ramps up:" https://www.cnbc.com/2020/04/01/us-coronavirus-cases-top-200000-as-virus-spreads-and-testing-ramps-up.html

* "COVID-19 Projections:" https://covid19.healthdata.org/projections

* "Doctors are turning away gay men with valuable coronavirus antibodies that could save lives:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2020/04/02/coronavirus-antibody-study-gay-blood-prep-covid19-mount-sinai-new-york-city/

* "White House Economists Warned in 2019 a Pandemic Could Devastate America:" https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/31/business/coronavirus-economy-trump.html

* "Trump Confronts a New Reality Before an Expected Wave of Disease and Death:" https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/01/us/politics/coronavirus-trump.html

* "US judge orders release of migrant families in detention centres over coronavirus risk:" https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/coronavirus-migrant-families-detention-release-order-ice-a9437741.html

"Advocates for immigrants say the facilities are effectively jails that hold children as young as infants with their parents, and provide subpar medical care. Hundreds of families are exhibiting symptoms that include coughs, fever and shortness of breath but are not being tested or receiving adequate medicine, the lawsuit says."

* "Prosecutors: Engineer deliberately ran train off tracks in attempt to smash the USNS Mercy:" https://abc7.com/officials-engineer-tried-to-smash-train-into-usns-mercy/6069395/https://abc7.com/officials-engineer-tried-to-smash-train-into-usns-mercy/6069395/

* "Top Navy Brass Defend Response To Virus-Stricken Carrier U.S.S. Theodore Roosevelt:" https://www.npr.org/2020/04/01/825640094/top-navy-brass-defend-response-to-virus-stricken-carrier-u-s-s-theodore-roosevel

* "Captain of aircraft carrier begs Navy for help as 93 sailors test positive for COVID-19:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/captain-of-aircraft-carrier-begs-navy-for-help-as-93-sailors-test-positive-for-covid-19-81515077797

* "Pentagon Confirms It’s Seeking 100,000 Body Bags in Virus Crisis:" https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-04-01/pentagon-seeking-100-000-body-bags-for-civilians-in-virus-crisis?srnd=premium&sref=MIBMEEoj

* "Desperate lawmakers hunt for medical supplies as Trump takes hands-off approach:" https://www.politico.com/news/2020/04/01/lawmakers-desperate-hunt-supplies-health-workers-157883

* "The coronavirus outbreak won't peak in every state at once:" https://www.axios.com/coronavirus-states-peak-hospitals-53274e0e-69b8-4dc7-b069-fb27955c559a.html

* "Coronavirus Spreads in Veterans’ Home, Leaving ‘Shuddering Loss for Us All’:" https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/31/us/coronavirus-holyoke-veterans-home.html

* "In reversal, Kemp imposes tough limits amid dire new COVID projections:" https://www.ajc.com/news/reversal-kemp-imposes-tough-limits-amid-dire-new-covid-projections/Q146RTPeVX7o9lxz8E3RPK/

* "New York City needs 3.3 million N95 masks and 400 ventilators by Sunday, Mayor de Blasio says:" https://www.cnbc.com/2020/04/01/new-york-city-needs-3point3-million-n95-masks-and-400-ventilators-by-sunday-mayor-de-blasio-says.html

* "Trump invents Alaska example, ignorant of actual Alaska coronavirus cases:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/trump-invents-alaska-example-ignorant-of-actual-alaska-coronavirus-cases-81524293605

* "Maddow: Lack of US national coronavirus policy is insane. And fatal.:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/maddow-lack-of-us-national-coronavirus-policy-is-insane-and-fatal-81524293600

* "NY plea for help also a chance for health workers to build experience:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/ny-plea-for-help-also-a-chance-for-health-workers-to-build-experience-81521733958

* "Javitz, HSNS Comfort slow to take on patients from beleaguered NYC:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/javitz-hsns-comfort-slow-to-take-on-patients-from-beleaguered-nyc-81521733971

* "Mississippi has nation's highest COVID-19 hospitalization rate:" https://mississippitoday.org/2020/04/01/mississippi-has-nations-highest-covid-19-hospitalization-rate/

* "Oklahoma Next Possible Hot Spot For Coronavirus Outbreak, Experts Say:" https://www.news9.com/story/41963865/oklahoma-next-possible-hot-spot-for-coronavirus-outbreak-experts-say

* "Bellingham doctor allegedly fired for blowing whistle on hospital conditions:" https://mynorthwest.com/1795813/bellingham-doctor-allegedly-fired-hospital-conditions/

* "Gretchen Whitmer - All Hands on Deck in Michigan and the Need to Put Politics Aside:"

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* "Trump insists on congratulations while America braces for the worst:" https://www.cnn.com/2020/03/31/politics/donald-trump-coronavirus-politics-2020-election/

* "Jonathan Karl Is On The Front Lines Of Trump's Coronavirus Press Briefings:"

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* "Andrew Yang on COVID-19 Relief Checks and Universal Basic Income:"

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* "Trump pursues harmful agenda amid global pandemic:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/trump-pursues-harmful-agenda-amid-global-pandemic-81515589984

* "Dow falls 900 points as Wall Street fears coronavirus will shut down economy longer than expected:" https://www.cnbc.com/2020/03/31/stock-market-futures-open-to-close-news.html

* "Jobless Claims Hit 3.3 Million in the Last Report. This Week’s Will Probably Be Worse.:" https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/04/01/upshot/coronavirus-jobless-claims-forecast-predictions.html

* "Rep. Mark Meadows resigns from Congress to become Trump's chief of staff:" https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/politics-news/rep-mark-meadows-resigns-congress-take-chief-staff-role-n1172621

* I want her to be Vice President so much. "The 2020 Election: What Do You Have To Lose?:"

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* "Sen. Loeffler Invested in Firm That Makes Protective Medical Garments, Says Report:" https://www.thedailybeast.com/sen-loeffler-invested-in-firm-which-makes-protective-medical-garments-says-report

* Odds are it was a pretext given the givens. "20 LGBTQ Ugandans Arrested for Allegedly Flouting Social Distancing:" https://www.advocate.com/world/2020/4/01/20-lgbtq-ugandans-arrested-allegedly-flouting-social-distancing

* "Lawyer who called judge a ‘gay fat f*g’ says he’s not homophobic and controversy is just ‘political correctness’:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2020/03/31/lawyer-homophobia-robert-abrams-judge-phillip-douglass-denver-colorado-political-correctness

* "Coronavirus lockdowns have changed the way Earth moves:" https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-020-00965-x

* "Kevin Thomas Duffy, U.S. Judge in Terrorism Cases, Dies at 87:" https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/01/nyregion/kevin-thomas-duffy-dead.html

* "Global condom shortage looms as coronavirus shuts down production:" https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/mar/27/global-condom-shortage-coronavirus-shuts-down-production

* "In The Mood For A Vacation?:"

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* "Introducing: Coronavirus For Her:"

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* "Stay Home and Fill Out Your 2020 Census!:"

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* "No April Fools' Gags About COVID-19 Allowed, Second Waves in Asia & Pandemic Block Parties:"

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* "Trump Suddenly Gets Serious About Coronavirus While Still Casting Blame :"

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* ""Stay The Fuck At Home" by Samuel L. Jackson:"

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* "Reasons Your Neurodivergent Person Needs You to Repeat What You Just Said:" https://twitter.com/SNeurotypicals/status/1245187745560981505

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

* "Learning Through Play: 101 Ways To Keep Young Minds Occupied At Home:" https://www.marksdailyapple.com/importance-of-play/

* Free lessons: https://www.mybluprint.com/

* CDC Foundation: https://www.cdcfoundation.org/give/ways-to-give

* "SUPPORT WORKERS IN CRISIS:" https://ofwemergencyfund.org/

* "Make to Give - Support Our Medical Personnel:" https://www.joann.com/make-to-give-response/

* "Snopes on COVID-19 Fact-Checking:" https://www.snopes.com/2020/03/20/snopes-on-covid-19-fact-checking/

* "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