Two Weeks Behind

* "Spain to use basic income to ease crisis pain:" https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-52707551

* "India prepares to evacuate a million as Cyclone Amphan nears:" https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/may/18/india-prepares-to-evacuate-a-million-as-cyclone-amphan-nears

* "Hong Kong Legislators Brawl Amid Fears Over Widening Chinese Control:" https://www.nytimes.com/2020/05/18/world/asia/hong-kong-protests-fight-legco.html

* "Netanyahu forces Gantz's hand even before they swear in a government:" https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/.premium-netanyahu-dupes-gantz-even-before-the-swearing-in-a-sign-of-things-to-come-1.8848753

* "Rwanda genocide suspect Kabuga arrested in France:" https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-52690464

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* "‘ICU Delirium’ Is Leaving COVID-19 Patients Scared and Confused:" https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2020/05/coronavirus-icu-delirium/610546/

* Don't hold your breath. It's a tiny, tiny study. "Moderna’s coronavirus vaccine shows encouraging early results:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/2020/05/18/coronavirus-vaccine-first-results/

* "Arrests at anti-lockdown demonstrations in Warsaw, London:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/europe/arrests-at-anti-lockdown-demonstrations-in-warsaw-london/2020/05/16/bf476a80-9799-11ea-87a3-22d324235636_story.html

* "Belgium: Workers protest during PM's hospital visit:" https://www.aa.com.tr/en/europe/belgium-workers-protest-during-pms-hospital-visit-/1843971

* "Brazil's Military Cabinet Members Push for General to Become Health Minister: Source:" https://www.usnews.com/news/world/articles/2020-05-15/brazils-military-cabinet-members-push-for-general-to-become-health-minister-source

* "Hospitals in Brazil's largest city 'near collapse':" https://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-52701524

* Republicans are against, of course. "We could stop the pandemic by July 4 if the government took these steps:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/we-could-stop-the-pandemic-by-july-4-if-the-government-took-these-steps/2020/05/15/9e527370-954f-11ea-9f5e-56d8239bf9ad_story.html

* "Nurses on coronavirus frontline face protective gear scarcity:" https://www.msnbc.com/am-joy/watch/coronavirus-frontline-nurses-lack-protective-gear-support-83572805636

* "Trump says he's taking hydroxychloroquine, despite scientists' concerns:" https://www.politico.com/news/2020/05/18/trump-says-hes-taking-unproven-anti-malarial-drug-265546

* "Drug promoted by Trump as coronavirus ‘game changer’ increasingly linked to deaths:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/drug-promoted-by-trump-as-coronavirus-game-changer-increasingly-linked-to-deaths/2020/05/15/85d024fe-96bd-11ea-9f5e-56d8239bf9ad_story.html

* "Azar calls White House adviser's CDC criticism ‘inaccurate and inappropriate’:" https://www.politico.com/news/2020/05/18/azar-calls-white-house-advisers-cdc-criticism-inaccurate-and-inappropriate-265323

* "Trump, in response to ‘60 Minutes’ interview, claims whistleblowers like Rick Bright are ‘causing great injustice and harm’:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2020/05/18/trump-rick-bright-coronavirus-60-minutes/

* To some up, Republicans are insisting that a discredited model made by economist with no public helth or medical experience is so much more reliable than actual data and observed reality, that we should entirely reject reality in favor of the model and ust let people die by opening entirely up without testing, contact tracing, safety precauions in work places, etc.. "White House coronavirus policy still motivated by debunked model:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/white-house-coronavirus-policy-still-motivated-by-debunked-model-83624517525

* "Coronavirus policies losing sight of sound scientific guidance:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/coronavirus-policies-losing-sight-of-sound-scientific-guidance-83624005530

* "Americans Didn’t Wait For Their Governors To Tell Them To Stay Home Because Of COVID-19:" https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/americans-didnt-wait-for-their-governors-to-tell-them-to-stay-home-because-of-covid-19/

* "Coronavirus has been devastating to the Navajo Nation, and help for a complex fight has been slow:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/coronavirus-navajo-nation-crisis/2020/05/11/b2a35c4e-91fe-11ea-a0bc-4e9ad4866d21_story.html

* "‘Backpacks For The Street’ gets COVID-19 protection to homeless:" https://www.msnbc.com/am-joy/watch/covid-19-gear-given-to-nyc-homeless-by-backpacks-for-the-street-83573829547

* "South Dakota's governor will allow checkpoints on tribal roads, but not state highways in a possible compromise:" https://www.cnn.com/2020/05/13/us/south-dakota-sioux-tribes-checkpoints/index.html

""It wasn't until checkpoints come about, then all of a sudden we're a focus, a center of attention," Frazier said. "You know we've been wanting assistance for test kits, we've been wanting assistance with (personal protective equipment), we've been wanting assistance to get more hospital beds built on our reservations."

* "A Sitting President, Riling the Nation During a Crisis:" https://www.nytimes.com/2020/05/15/us/politics/president-trump-coronavirus-pandemic-response.html

* "Eric Trump claims coronavirus is Democratic hoax, will ‘magically’ vanish after 2020 election:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2020/05/17/eric-trump-coronavirus/

* "Martin Shkreli Denied Release for 'Delusional' Claim He'll Cure COVID:" https://www.advocate.com/crime/2020/5/18/martin-shkreli-denied-release-delusional-claim-hell-cure-covid

"Probation officials had noted that a cure has “so far eluded the best medical and scientific minds in the world working around the clock,” CNBC reports. Shkreli’s assertion that he could succeed where they had not is the type of “delusional self-aggrandizing behavior” that resulted in his conviction, they added."

* "I blame the media for perhaps unwittingly helping Trump downplay the severity of the pandemic.:" https://marahmarie.dreamwidth.org/541974.html

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* "Busted: Pentagon Contractors’ Report on ‘Wuhan Lab’ Origins of Virus Is Bogus:" https://www.thedailybeast.com/pentagon-contractors-report-on-wuhan-lab-origins-of-coronavirus-is-bogus?ref=home

* "Trump campaign laying groundwork for a return to in-person rallies:" https://www.cnn.com/2020/05/15/politics/trump-campaign-rallies/index.html

* "Barr doesn't expect review of Russia probe will 'lead to a criminal investigation' of Obama and Biden:" https://www.cnn.com/2020/05/18/politics/william-barr-obama-biden-investigation-durham/index.html

* "Obama slams Trump's coronavirus response as president blames him:" https://www.msnbc.com/am-joy/watch/trump-republicans-fixate-on-obama-amid-coronavirus-pandemic-83571781909

* "Steele: McConnell, Trump blaming Obama has run its course:" https://www.msnbc.com/am-joy/watch/mcconnell-saying-obama-should-keep-his-mouth-shut-slammed-83559493728

* "Why is Trump bashing Obama right now?:" https://www.msnbc.com/am-joy/watch/trump-bashing-obama-called-distraction-from-wh-covid-19-response-83557445925

* "Difference in Sens. Burr, Loeffler treatment casts doubt on DOJ:" https://www.msnbc.com/am-joy/watch/trump-reprisals-an-issue-as-burr-faces-insider-trading-questions-83570245981

* "State Department inspector general becomes the latest watchdog fired by Trump:" https://edition.cnn.com/2020/05/15/politics/state-department-inspector-general-fired/

* "Pelosi Statement on Late-Night Firing of State Department Inspector General:" https://www.speaker.gov/newsroom/51520-2

* "Trump fires four inspectors general, one Pompeo’s investigator:" https://www.msnbc.com/am-joy/watch/trump-fires-four-inspectors-general-in-six-week-sparking-outrage-83575365875

* "Trump extends assault on oversight by firing inspectors general:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/trump-extends-assault-on-oversight-by-firing-inspectors-general-83624517534

* "Trump fires four inspectors general in two months:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/trump-fires-four-inspectors-general-in-two-months-83619909585

* "As White House pushes firms to reopen, new report says much of bailout stimulus money remains unspent:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/us-policy/2020/05/18/treasury-coronavirus-bailout-fund-cares-act/

* "HEROES Act would provide another stimulus check, broader student loan relief:" https://www.cnbc.com/2020/05/16/what-you-need-to-know-about-the-heroes-act.html

* I was noticing this anecdotally. "White-Collar Companies Race to Be Last to Return to the Office:" https://www.nytimes.com/2020/05/08/technology/coronavirus-work-from-home.html

* "COVID task force doc: We need more coronavirus guidance from CDC:" https://www.msnbc.com/am-joy/watch/coronavirus-cdc-guidance-as-states-reopen-not-enough-doctor-says-83550789506

* "Georgia, Texas, Florida take on high-level risk with uncertain future:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/chris-hayes-georgia-texas-florida-take-on-high-level-risk-with-uncertain-future-83617861739

* Remember how everyone with half a brain said that would be the likely result? "US lockdown protests may have spread virus widely, cellphone data suggests:" https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/may/18/lockdown-protests-spread-coronavirus-cellphone-data

* "Texas Supreme Court puts expansion of voting by mail on hold:" https://www.texastribune.org/2020/05/15/texas-voting-by-mail-coronavirus-blocked-supreme-court/

* "Stacey Abrams: GOP fears being ousted for poor COVID-19 response:" https://www.msnbc.com/am-joy/watch/coronavirus-impact-on-voting-and-gop-discussed-by-stacey-abrams-83569733874

* "Biden must 'atone for’ crime bill aftermath, more, activist says:" https://www.msnbc.com/am-joy/watch/biden-s-crime-bill-more-must-be-atoned-for-black-activist-says-83551301636

* "Joe Biden launches scathing attack on Trump for giving ‘safe harbour to hate’ against LGBT+ people:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2020/05/18/donald-trum-administration-joe-biden-anti-lgbt-homophobia-transphobia-idahobit/

* "Marco Rubio tapped to serve as Senate Intelligence Committee chairman:" https://www.politico.com/news/2020/05/18/marco-rubio-tapped-to-serve-as-senate-intelligence-committee-chairman-265460

* "As U.S. meat workers fall sick and supplies dwindle, exports to China soar:" https://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-meatpacking-an/as-u-s-meat-workers-fall-sick-and-supplies-dwindle-exports-to-china-soar-idUSKBN22N0IN

* CW: Animal Death. "Meat Plant Closures Mean Pigs Are Gassed or Shot Instead:" https://www.nytimes.com/2020/05/14/business/coronavirus-farmers-killing-pigs.html

* "Kansas governor to meet with Trump at White House:" https://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/498245-kansas-governor-to-meet-with-trump-at-white-house

* "Immigration Agency That Issues Visas, Green Cards Struggles to Stay Afloat:" https://www.nytimes.com/2020/05/17/us/immigration-agency-uscis-budget.html

* TW: Rape, Abuse. "A Woman Died of Covid-19 in a New Jersey Prison After Begging to Be Let Out of a Locked Shower:" https://theintercept.com/2020/05/11/new-jersey-prisons-coronavirus-death/

* "A Global Report Card on LGBTQ+ Rights for IDAHOBIT:" https://www.advocate.com/commentary/2020/5/17/global-report-card-lgbtq-rights-idahobit

* "Homophobia is ‘anchored’ in France as anti-LGBT+ hate crimes soar by more than a third:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2020/05/17/france-homophobic-hate-crimes-rocket-third-interior-ministry/

* "‘Unequivocal dyke’ Ruth Hunt admits to receiving more abuse for supporting trans rights than from homophobes:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2020/05/18/ruth-hunt-introvert-stonewall-house-lords-oxford-university-trans-rights-homophobia/

* "Prosecutors rule there’s ‘no reason to investigate’ Turkish cleric who called homosexuality ‘evil’ during Ramadan sermon:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2020/05/18/turkey-ali-erbas-homosexuality-evil-islam-ramadan-ankara-bar-association-investigationo/

* "Cleric who blames coronavirus on gay marriage demands Islamic flag be flown across UK and EU to protest Pride:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2020/05/18/iraq-pride-flag-islamic-muqtada-al-sadr-sadrist-movement-saraya-al-salam/

* "Albania Is Third European Country to Ban Conversion Therapy:" https://www.advocate.com/world/2020/5/18/albania-third-european-country-ban-conversion-therapy

* "It’s been two years since the Tories pledged to ‘eradicate’ conversion therapy and yet traumatising ‘gay cures’ are still rife:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2020/05/19/uk-conversion-therapy-ban-complex-issue-conservatives-equalities-minister/

* "Trump ambassador condemns homophobia in Poland. Hours later, she praises one of the most homophobic Popes in history:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2020/05/19/poland-donald-trump-us-ambassador-homophobia-pope-john-paul-ii-georgette-mosbacher/

* "Roy Horn, Little Richard, and Life in the Half-Closet:" https://www.advocate.com/commentary/2020/5/18/roy-horn-little-richard-and-life-half-closet

* "Right-wing activist gatecrashed Hershey's shareholder meeting with anti-trans bigotry. The CEO was having none of it:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2020/05/18/hershey-ceo-michele-buck-justin-danhof-human-rights-campaign/

* "Happy Dallas Transgender Day Of Visibility!:" https://transgriot.blogspot.com/2020/05/happy-dallas-transgender-visibility-day.html

* "New York mayor begs for blood donations to stem overwhelming shortages, but queer men are still being excluded:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2020/05/18/new-york-city-mayor-bill-de-blasio-blood-shortages-gay-bisexual-men/

* TW: Suicide. "Japan suicides decline as Covid-19 lockdown causes shift in stress factors:" https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/may/14/japan-suicides-fall-sharply-as-covid-19-lockdown-causes-shift-in-stress-factors

* "Could This Ancient Water Tech Save Lima?:" https://www.ozy.com/good-sht/the-ancient-water-tech-that-could-save-lima/259298/

* "A Post-Pandemic Reality Check for Transit Boosters:" https://www.citylab.com/transportation/2020/05/public-transit-riders-coronavirus-bus-subway-public-funding/611203/

* "Street smarts required in heat mitigation:" https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2020/05/200511142120.htm

* "Even If Climate Change Wasn't Happening, Phasing Out Coal Is A 'No-Regret' Solution:" https://www.sciencealert.com/phasing-out-coal-is-a-no-regret-strategy-for-most-places-in-the-world

* "In a First, Renewable Energy Is Poised to Eclipse Coal in U.S.:" https://www.nytimes.com/2020/05/13/climate/coronavirus-coal-electricity-renewables.html

* "Republicans Are Sick Of Dr. Fauci Reminding Them Of How Many People Could Get Sick:"

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* "Trump Throws Shade At Dr. Rick Bright As The Whistleblower Warns Congress Of Dark Days Ahead:"

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* "Coronavirus VII: Sports: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver:"

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* "A Ray of Sunshine - Holy Water Gun in Michigan, "Trikini" Beachwear & One-on-One Concerts in Germany:"

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* My sinus infection is back, under cover of allergies and has reinfected my lungs. It's definitely bacterial in a way that is so much less worrying than ambiguous symptoms will be, though annoying. I'm waiting to see if it ramps enough for antibiotics. I'm pretty sure my Doctor trusts me enough to prescribe without a physical exam if it comes to it, that being dramatically safer at my risk level. We'll see.

I managed a bunch of household things needing doing today, including sweet tea making and the measuring/moving pictures around. The results are not deal, but I think it'll be okay. I'll know for sure once we move the big tank, which I'm not contemplating until I get my shoulder back under control again. when it's this bad, it's weaker and I can lose power to it without much in the way of warning which endangers the tank during a move.

In cat news, Livia has realized that from the new chair, she can watch both fish TV AND the Gazebo bird show. Winning!

* "Sunday Sweets Celebrates Rainbows & Love:" https://www.cakewrecks.com/home/2020/5/17/sunday-sweets-celebrates-rainbows-amp-love

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

* How to donate to Doctors Without Borders: https://donate.doctorswithoutborders.org/onetime.cfm?source=ADD200U0U00&utm_source=google&utm_medium=cpc&utm_campaign=googlepaid&utm_content=brand&gclid=EAIaIQobChMIz8D9kYu46QIVqh6tBh2WogxQEAAYASAAEgK4FfD_BwE

* "More on the Mashpee Wampanoag Reservation and Reaffirmation Act:" https://amaebi.dreamwidth.org/1769250.html

* "Covid 19 Support for Indigenous Communities:" https://bibliomancer7.tumblr.com/post/616704253038395392/covid-19-support-for-indigenous-communities

* "Navajo Nation COVID-19 Relief Fund:" http://www.nndoh.org/donate.html

* "NYSCI has a set of activities and resources up on their website:" https://conuly.dreamwidth.org/2999942.html

* "How to Help Librarians and Archivists From Your Living Room:" https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/archives-to-browse-from-home

* "Free Meals:" https://www.schools.nyc.gov/school-life/food/free-meals

* "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

* "Support Artists Impacted By the Covid-19 Pandemic:" https://daily.bandcamp.com/features/bandcamp-covid-19-fundraiser

* 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