Mostly Yesterday

* "'Prices keep rising, we don't know what to do':" https://www.bbc.com/news/av/world-africa-53283747/coronavirus-lockdown-zimbabwe-s-political-and-economic-crisis

* "Teachers face threats, books are banned as China pushes party line in Hong Kong schools:" https://www.seattletimes.com/nation-world/teachers-face-threats-books-are-banned-as-china-pushes-party-line-in-hong-kong-schools/

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* "India passes Russia as Covid cases continue to rise:" https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-india-53303870

* "Five questions about India's rising Covid-19 infections:" https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-india-53018351

* "Brazil’s Bolsonaro tests positive for coronavirus:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/the_americas/coronavirus-brazil-bolsonaro-tests-positive/2020/07/07/5fa71548-c049-11ea-b4f6-cb39cd8940fb_story.html

* "Do Americans Understand How Badly They’re Doing?:" https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2020/07/america-land-pathetic/613747/

* "White House claims US is 'a leader' in fight against Covid-19 as cases rise:" https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/jul/06/white-house-us-leader-coronavirus-infections

* "Maryland biotech firm wins $1.6 billion to develop coronavirus vaccine:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2020/07/07/coronavirus-vaccine-operation-warp-speed/

* "Chris Hayes: Trump is objectively pro-virus:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/chris-hayes-trump-is-objectively-pro-virus-87176261529

* "Gov. Inslee will require Washington businesses to turn away customers without coronavirus facial coverings:" https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/politics/inslee-will-require-businesses-to-turn-away-customers-who-enter-without-coronavirus-facial-coverings/

* The Republicans caused an outbreak by refusing to wear masks in session. "36 COVID-19 cases connected to outbreak in Mississippi Legislature; 26 are lawmakers:" https://www.wjtv.com/health/coronavirus/36-covid-19-cases-connected-to-outbreak-in-mississippi-legislature-26-are-lawmakers/

* "Coronavirus outbreak empties Mississippi capitol:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/coronavirus-outbreak-empties-mississippi-capitol-87260741976

* "As Oklahoma struggles with coronavirus, Trump rally didn't help:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/as-oklahoma-struggles-with-coronavirus-trump-rally-didn-t-help-87261765555

* "Arizona Is #1, Bahrain Is #4:" https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/08/briefing/arizona-mary-trump-facebook-your-wednesday-briefing.html

* "Desperate measures in Arizona as COVID-19 overwhelms hospitals:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/desperate-measures-in-arizona-as-covid-19-overwhelms-hospitals-87259717998

* "USDA Uses Faulty Data to Approve Speeding Up Meatpacking Lines:" https://www.dcreport.org/2020/07/01/usda-uses-faulty-data-to-approve-speeding-up-meatpacking-lines/

* ""It's like a horror movie": Trapped inside San Quentin during an explosion of COVID-19:" https://www.motherjones.com/crime-justice/2020/07/san-quentin-prison-coronavirus-california/

* "State's mistake turns San Quentin into major coronavirus hot spot:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/state-s-mistake-turns-san-quentin-into-major-coronavirus-hot-spot-87183429821

* "Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms tests positive for coronavirus:" https://www.axios.com/keisha-lance-bottoms-atlanta-coronavirus-778e7d66-fb63-46a2-b5d0-a6a2f11ec35a.html

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* "Trump administration sends letter withdrawing U.S. from World Health Organization over coronavirus response:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/trump-united-states-withdrawal-world-health-organization-coronavirus/2020/07/07/ae0a25e4-b550-11ea-9a1d-d3db1cbe07ce_story.html

* Who wants to bet this is retaliation for the Tulsa humiliation? "The United States is 'looking at' banning TikTok and other Chinese social media apps, Pompeo says:" https://www.cnn.com/2020/07/07/tech/us-tiktok-ban/index.htmlhttps://www.cnn.com/2020/07/07/tech/us-tiktok-ban/index.html

* "Republican National Convention will test Jacksonville attendees daily for coronavirus:" https://www.cnn.com/2020/07/06/politics/republican-national-convention-jacksonville-test-attendees-coronavirus/index.html

* "Mayor Turner cancels state Republican party's convention:" https://abc13.com/politics/houston-mayor-cancels-in-person-gop-convention/6307042/

* "Donald Trump lies with ease: recurring theme in niece's new book:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/donald-trump-lies-with-ease-recurring-theme-in-niece-s-new-book-87182917910

* "Tell-all book renews attention on Trump sister's ethics inquiry:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/tell-all-book-renews-attention-on-trump-sister-s-ethics-inquiry-87183941926

* "Roger Stone asks appeals court to keep him from prison:" https://www.politico.com/news/2020/07/06/roger-stone-appeals-court-prison-350152

* "DeVos blasts school districts that hesitate at reopening:" https://www.politico.com/news/2020/07/07/white-house-cdc-pediatricians-reopening-schools-350655

* "Trump Friends and Family Cleared for Millions in Small Business Bailout:" https://www.propublica.org/article/trump-friends-and-family-cleared-for-millions-in-small-business-bailout

* "Billionaire Kanye West’s Company Gets Multimillion-Dollar PPP Loan From Trump Admin:" https://www.thedailybeast.com/billionaire-kanye-wests-company-yeezy-llc-gets-multimillion-dollar-ppp-loan-from-trump-admin

* "Three Trans Peeps Running To Become Vermont Legislators:" https://transgriot.blogspot.com/2020/07/three-trans-peeps-running-to-become.html

* "Harvard, Princeton roll out plans for fall amid Trump pressure to reopen:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/harvard-princeton-roll-out-plans-for-fall-amid-trump-pressure-to-reopen-87177797793

* "Americans Want More, Not Less, Immigration for First Time:" https://news.gallup.com/poll/313106/americans-not-less-immigration-first-time.aspx

* "Civil rights groups denounce Facebook over hate speech:" https://apnews.com/ab4564b86230fc1d9261c620577036da

* "A bigoted protester said these are the people who will 'burn in hellfire', and we don't know about you but it sounds amazing:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2020/07/07/christian-protester-people-burn-hellfire-homophobia-transphobia-penis-lovers-david-christian-centre/

* "Three More Trans Americans Killed; Another Hospitalized for Injuries:" https://www.advocate.com/crime/2020/7/05/three-trans-americans-killed-past-week-one-hospital-post-attack

* "Suspect Arrested in Death of Arkansas Trans Teen Brayla Stone:" https://www.advocate.com/crime/2020/7/06/suspect-arrested-death-arkansas-trans-teen-brayla-stone

* "Judge orders temporary shutdown of controversial Dakota Access Pipeline:" https://www.cnn.com/2020/07/06/business/dakota-access-pipeline-shutdown/index.html

* "‘Glee' Actress Missing After Young Boy Found Alone on Boat in Lake Piru:" https://www.nbclosangeles.com/news/local/3-year-old-girl-found-alone-in-boat-on-lake-piru/2393145/

* Today was rough physically. I slept slightly out of position which borked an arm for a few hours. I had the shakes randomly for about three hours mid-evening. I completely failed to change the 20 tank, but I did clean the living room litter and launder a pee guard (probably Tavy). I was scattered, because that's normal with the shakes. So pre-midnight productivity was next to nil.

Did I mention the thing where I went to get water and somehow managed to get an entire fly strip stuck in my hair and had to then painfully remove it and true to wash the glue and flies out? Because that was extra fun.

Bonus, I keep managing to find work arounds for tumblr update, all of which end up being slower than pre update. I have found some tweaks that work for some things, but nothing so far for the mess they deliberately made of the dashboard or their decision to fuck up the scroll thingie to make it extremely hard for someone with my disabilities to use. Um, thanks? Plus the disaster just keeps rolling. Tonight, a tweak that solved one problem caused another. I now need three browsers with different tweaks on two different laptops to do the work I was doing on one to compensate for the supposed "upgrade." I keep having to experiment with how I do things, which eats time and messes with workflow.

Jesus fuck, I didn't need this.

Rupert laptop is still sporadically having trouble handling the "upgrade" as like most "upgrades" it eats extra resources. If you are reading on tumblr you may have notice weird ass posting patterns. That's because some nights I'm still having to save link posting for a batch job on Klaus. Klaus keeps having to do more and more Rupert jobs on top of his own. This is also contributing to the aggregate being harder to put out, so sorry dreamwidth readers.

A bit before 1 AM, Squirrel was asleep, so elder Kitty came out to sleep on my desk. She ended up crashed out on Rupert laptop. Needless to say no work got done on him while she was sleeping.

* "LOLTrek:" https://granades.com/2007/05/02/loltrek/?fbclid=IwAR3CHVxDz_WeJjfkJUJHjddttBkw6y1Y8oPsJa1Uw3tTQcqd9FbO_hLjk-E#more-864

* "The World's Greatest Gallery of Seductive Radishes:" https://www.sadanduseless.com/radish-hotness/

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

* Organizations to help trans folk: https://gwydionmisha.tumblr.com/post/620857152453640195/about-us

* "How to Safely and Ethically Film Police Misconduct:" https://www.teenvogue.com/story/how-to-film-police-safely

* Master Post for how to help organizations fighting Police violence: https://gwydionmisha.tumblr.com/post/620861026680881152/oberynmartell-list-of-black-lives-matter-and

* 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/mcgrath2020-dd-om-gsearch?utm_source=g&utm_medium=om&utm_campaign=dd&utm_content=om_g_dd_20190709_g-dd-namenat-search_namedon-nat_amosdn&refcode=om_g_dd_20190709_g-dd-namenat-search_namedon-nat_amosdn&gclid=EAIaIQobChMI5IL1uLKa6gIVcz2tBh1njwpEEAAYASAAEgLCYvD_BwE

* 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 help Ritchie Torres beat a homophobe in New York? https://secure.actblue.com/donate/dkendorsestorres?refcode=20200605fpdn1mid

* 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

* "Keep Me Safe! Help me get a gate organized by Briel Moore:" https://www.gofundme.com/f/keep-me-safe-help-me-get-a-gate?utm_medium=copy_link&utm_source=customer&utm_campaign=p_lico+share-sheet+expWdV

* 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