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* "Norway landslide buries homes in mud; 10 people still missing:" https://www.cbsnews.com/news/norway-landslide-destroyed-homes-missing-injured-2020-12-31/

* "UN expert urges Thailand to stop targeting protesters with royal insult law:" https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/dec/27/un-thailand-protesters-royal-insult-law-lese-majesty

* "Yemen Airport Is Attacked as New Government Arrives:" https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/30/world/middleeast/yemen-explosion-airport.html

* "Dozens die during India farmers’ protests; Modi offers more talks:" https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2020/12/18/several-indian-farmers-dead-in-protests-against-farm-laws

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* "South Africa hits 1 million coronavirus cases as new variant spreads rapidly:" https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/dec/28/south-africa-hits-1-million-coronavirus-cases-as-new-variant-spreads

* Note: Not for the Palestinians, apparently. "How has Israel launched the world’s fastest Covid vaccination drive?:" https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/dec/30/how-has-israel-launched-the-worlds-fastest-covid-vaccination-drive

* "Israel shuts down Ramon prison due to COVID infections:" https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2020/12/29/israel-shuts-ramon-prison-over-coronavirus-infections

* "'Miners out, Covid out': threats to indigenous reserve in Brazil grow:" https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2020/dec/29/illegal-goldminers-brazil-indigenous-communities-garimpeiros-aoe

* "The Worst Of COVID-19 Should Be Over For 1 Hard-Hit Brazilian City. But It's Not:" https://www.npr.org/sections/goatsandsoda/2020/12/24/949799132/the-worst-of-covid-should-be-over-for-one-hard-hit-brazilian-city-but-its-not

* "Venezuela's hospitals are crumbling. Many Covid-19 patients prefer their chances at home:" https://www.cnn.com/2020/12/07/americas/venezuela-hospitals-covid-caracas-intl/index.html

* "Duque warns of "drastic measures" as coronavirus cases surge in Colombia | The City Paper Bogotá:" https://thecitypaperbogota.com/news/duque-warns-of-drastic-measures-as-coronavirus-cases-surge-across-colombia/26423

* "Covid fatalities soar in Mexico as president condemned for inaction:" https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/dec/23/mexico-coronavirus-amlo-cases-deaths

* "Mexico may allow private firms to buy, distribute COVID-19 vaccines:" https://www.pbs.org/newshour/world/mexico-may-allow-private-firms-to-buy-distribute-covid-19-vaccines

* "The Plague Year:" https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2021/01/04/the-plague-year

* "Covid vaccine's biggest obstacle turns out to be leadership, not science:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/covid-vaccine-s-biggest-obstacle-turns-out-to-be-leadership-not-science-98630725950

* "DeSantis became a ‘mini-Trump’ as COVID-19 struck Florida in 2020, critics say:" https://www.orlandosentinel.com/politics/os-prem-ne-desantis-year-2020-20201230-jdhqlnh2ibgfdm54jjcknvimvy-story.html

* "Florida seniors begin swarming coronavirus vaccination sites:" https://www.tampabay.com/news/health/2020/12/30/florida-seniors-begin-swarming-coronavirus-vaccination-sites/

* "Slow rollout of vaccine in Arizona leads frustrated governor to intervene:" https://www.azcentral.com/story/news/local/arizona-health/2020/12/30/slow-rollout-vaccine-arizona-leads-frustrated-gov-doug-ducey-intervene/4093598001/

* "The coronavirus vaccine rollout in Texas is leaving some with more questions than answers:" https://www.texastribune.org/2020/12/30/texas-coronavirus-vaccine/

* "11 takeaways from Michigan Gov. Whitmer’s update on COVID-19 in Michigan:" https://www.clickondetroit.com/news/michigan/2020/12/30/11-takeaways-from-michigan-gov-whitmers-update-on-covid-19-in-michigan/

* "Congressman-elect Luke Letlow dies from Covid complications days before being sworn in:" https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/congress/congressman-elect-luke-letlow-dies-after-covid-diagnosis-n1252520?cid=ed_npd_bn_tw_bn

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* "Trump facing multiple lawsuits upon leaving office:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-reidout/watch/trump-facing-multiple-lawsuits-upon-leaving-office-98627653973

* "Federal judge in Iowa ridicules Trump's pardons:" https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/wireStory/federal-judge-iowa-ridicules-trumps-pardons-74953710

* "The Political Depravity of Unjust Pardons:"

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* "Sen. Hawley endorses Trump’s anti-democratic fantasy, announces he will contest election:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/sen-hawley-endorses-trump-s-anti-democratic-fantasy-announces-he-will-contest-election-98626629523

* "Head of Georgia NAACP resigns from Raffensperger’s election task force:" https://www.ajc.com/politics/politics-blog/head-of-georgia-naacp-resigns-from-raffenspergers-election-task-force/YUOBHQAGXRCVRNIDW6UY6OQMIE/

* "Billy Porter wants you to know LGBT+ voters helped bring down Donald Trump. But now it’s time to get to work:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2020/12/29/billy-porter-lgbt-voters-2020-presidential-election-donald-trump-joe-biden/

* "What 2020's social justice movement hopes to achieve in the Biden/Harris era:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/what-2020-s-social-justice-movement-hopes-to-achieve-in-the-biden-harris-era-98632261663

* "‘Unconscionable:’ Bernie Sanders reacts to delay in passage of Covid relief bill:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/-unconscionable-bernie-sanders-reacts-to-delay-in-passage-of-covid-relief-bill-98624581939

* "LaTosha Brown: 'They constantly underestimate the power of people':" https://www.msnbc.com/the-reidout/watch/latosha-brown-they-constantly-underestimate-the-power-of-people-98628677618

* Georgians! Go Vote Now!

* "Nashville bomber left hints of trouble, but motive elusive:" https://apnews.com/article/california-us-news-bombings-nashville-f59a041c945826448e2a9fbcde2f54b6

* "Mehdi Hasan on the privileges afforded to the Nashville bomber:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/mehdi-hasan-on-the-privileges-afforded-to-the-nashville-bomber-98627141613

* "Deadly Restraints Are Being Used on Children at Youth Homes and Schools:"

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* "Argentina Legalizes Abortion, a Milestone in a Conservative Region:" https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/30/world/americas/argentina-legalizes-abortion.html

* "Trailblazing gay imam trains Muslim religious leaders on gender and sexuality during the pandemic:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2020/12/19/gay-imam-muhsin-hendricks-south-africa-religious-leaders-gender-sexuality/

* "Western Isles, off the coast of Scotland, just rejected LGBT-inclusive education in favour of Roman Catholic teaching on sex:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2020/12/30/western-isles-scotland-lgbt-inclusive-sex-education-roman-catholic-rshp/

* "Yes, Eddie Izzard is using ‘she’ and ‘her’ pronouns. And it’s her right to define however she wants:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2020/12/30/eddie-izzard-gender-fluid-transgender-she-her-pronouns-identity-backlash-lgb-alliance/

* "Queer teenager pelted with tin cans and vile homophobic abuse in vicious attack:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2020/12/30/new-york-homophobic-attack-nypd-bronx-slurs-teenager-melrose-playground/

* "Trailblazing senator Sarah McBride explains the ‘perpetual fear’ felt by trans people navigating the healthcare system:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2020/12/30/sarah-mcbride-senator-delaware-us-healthcare-system-mama-doctor-jones/

* "How Heteronormativity Hurts LGBT/Queer People:"

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* "Marcus D’Amico, pioneering star of Tales of the City and Angels in America, dies aged 55:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2020/12/30/marcus-damico-death-tribute-tales-of-the-city-angels-in-america-pneumonia/

* "The Handmaid's Tale, Part 1: Crash Course Literature 403:"

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* "Unrequited: The History of Queer Baiting:"

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* I've never seen 500 Days, but wow, did I have that relationship a bunch of times in my teens and early twenties. I really identify with summer in those scenes. "The Death Of The “Manic Pixie Dream Girl” Trope:"

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* ""Twas The Coup Before Christmas" A Late Show Animated Holiday Classic:"

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* The thing about antibiotics is I have to go off my pain meds. Tuesday was impossible, though I did eventually push the aggregate out. Wednesday wasn't great and I was not particularly productive.

* "The Unbroken Wheel:" https://archiveofourown.org/works/27643904

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

The help links are at the bottom under the cut.

* "8 Overlooked LGBTQ Groups to Donate to for Giving Tuesday:" https://www.advocate.com/commentary/2019/12/02/8-overlooked-lgbtq-groups-donate-giving-tuesday

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