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* CW: Rape, Torture. "'Their goal is to destroy everyone': Uighur camp detainees allege systematic rape:" https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-china-55794071

* "'Things are getting worse': Tunisia protests rage on as latest victim named:" https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2021/jan/27/things-are-getting-worse-tunisia-protests-rage-on-as-latest-victim-named

* "Tunisians Need Real Change 10 Years After the Arab Spring:"

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* "Myanmar charges Suu Kyi, giving legal basis to detain her:" https://apnews.com/article/myanmar-charges-aung-san-suu-kyi-6884aae25bac2dbf952a8cc0447c83fc

* "Unveiling ceremony for 20ft Margaret Thatcher statue to cost £100,000:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2021/02/03/margaret-thatcher-grantham-bronze-statue-unveiling-ceremony/

* "UN envoy condemns terrorist attack on hotel in Somalia:" https://news.un.org/en/story/2021/02/1083452

* "Hong Kong Protestors Seeking Asylum In the West:"

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* "In Crises, Vaccines Can Be Stretched, but Not Easily:" https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/23/health/coronavirus-polio-vaccination.html

* "AstraZeneca vaccine may slow virus transmission:" https://abcnews.go.com/Health/astrazeneca-vaccine-slow-virus-transmission/story?id=75657579

* "Israel Is Vaccinating ‘Everyone’ — Besides 5 Million Palestinians:"

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* "Coronavirus: German medics fly in to aid Portugal's hospital emergency:" https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-55902317

* Total confirmed COVID-19 cases in the U.S.A for 2/4/21 are 26,523,000. The official death toll is 450,000. The real number is likely much higher.

* "COVID-19 live updates: US reports over 5,000 new deaths for 1st time:" https://abcnews.go.com/Health/live-updates/coronavirus/?id=75606765#75685731

* "It's the same disease: Same safety measures apply to coronavirus variants: CDC director:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/it-s-the-same-disease-same-safety-measures-apply-to-coronavirus-variants-cdc-director-100504645636

* "'Mitigating measures' key to opening schools without vaccinating teachers: CDC director:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/-mitigating-measures-key-to-opening-schools-without-vaccinating-teachers-cdc-director-100501573696

* "Biden administration weighs plan to directly send masks to all Americans:" https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/joe-biden/biden-administration-weighs-plan-directly-send-masks-all-americans-n1256681

* "South Dakota Governor Kristi Noem ignores reality of her failed pandemic response:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-reidout/watch/south-dakota-kristi-noem-ignores-reality-of-her-failed-pandemic-response-100495429620

* "Federal government opening first mass Covid-19 vaccination sites in California:" https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/white-house/federal-government-opening-first-mass-covid-19-vaccination-sites-california-n1256611

* "COVID Mutations Spell Catastrophe for Black America:" https://www.thedailybeast.com/coronavirus-mutations-spell-catastrophe-for-black-america

* "Alabama man diagnosed with UK variant dies at 35:" https://www.al.com/news/birmingham/2021/02/you-are-now-our-guardian-angel-alabama-man-with-uk-covid-19-variant-dies-at-35.html

* "Vaccination data shows severe racial disparities:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-reidout/watch/vaccination-data-shows-severe-racial-disparities-100495429907

* "Dr. Hotez: We risk 'losing a generation' of Black mothers and fathers to Covid variants:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/dr-hotez-we-risk-losing-a-generation-of-black-mothers-and-fathers-to-covid-variants-100522565552

* "COVID Is Making Muslim Burials Incredibly Difficult:"

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* "Biden announces end to US support for Saudi-led offensive in Yemen:" https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/feb/04/us-end-support-saudi-led-operations-yemen-humanitarian-crisis

* "Pete Buttigieg just made history by becoming America's first openly gay cabinet official:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2021/02/02/pete-buttigieg-us-senate-votes-joe-biden-transportation-secretary-gay-cabinet/

* "Top House Republican demands Psaki apologize over 'disgraceful' Space Force quip:" https://www.politico.com/news/2021/02/02/house-republican-psaki-space-force-465175

* "Warren: The No. 1 thing Biden can do for economy is cancel student loan debt:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/warren-the-no-1-thing-biden-can-do-for-economy-is-cancel-student-loan-debt-100555333987

* "House passes budget resolution, moving forward with $1.9 trillion Covid relief plan:" https://www.cnbc.com/2021/02/03/house-passes-budget-resolution-for-1point9-trillion-covid-relief-bill.html

* "More than two-thirds of Americans support Biden's $1.9 trillion Covid relief plan, poll finds:" https://www.cnbc.com/2021/02/03/biden-1point9-trillion-covid-relief-plan-has-wide-support-poll-finds.html

* "Mitt Romney unveils plan to provide at least $3,000 per child, giving bipartisan support to President Biden’s effort:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/us-policy/2021/02/04/romney-child-benefit-stimulus/

* "Sen. Warnock: Covid relief needs to be urgent, quick, and equitable:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-reidout/watch/sen-warnock-covid-relief-needs-to-be-urgent-quick-and-equitable-100492869780

* "Schumer and McConnell agree to organizing resolution for 50-50 Senate:" https://www.politico.com/news/2021/02/03/schumer-and-mcconnell-agree-to-organizing-resolution-for-50-50-senate-465444

* "House Exiles Marjorie Taylor Greene From Panels, as Republicans Rally Around Her:" https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/04/us/politics/marjorie-taylor-greene.html

* "A wild day that defined the Republican Party:" https://www.cnn.com/2021/02/04/politics/marjorie-taylor-greene-liz-cheney-republicans/index.html

* "House votes to impose fines of up to $10,000 on lawmakers who flout security screening:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2021/02/02/house-vote-tonight-leveling-fines-up-10000-lawmakers-who-flout-security-screening/

* "House To Vote On Stripping Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene From 2 Key Committees:" https://www.npr.org/2021/02/04/963785609/house-to-vote-on-stripping-rep-marjorie-taylor-greene-from-2-key-committees

* "Rep. Ilhan Omar: GOP bid to tie me to Marjorie Taylor Greene is ‘desperate smear’:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/rep-ilhan-omar-gop-bid-to-tie-me-to-marjorie-taylor-greene-is-desperate-smear-100496453874

* I cried real tears at the part about the parents of dead children begging people to believe. "Rep. Hayes: I thought of my Newtown constituents during vote to condemn Rep. Greene:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/rep-hayes-i-thought-of-my-newtown-constituents-during-vote-to-condemn-rep-greene-100554821907

* "Greene makes fool of McCarthy denying her space laser theory:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/greene-makes-fool-of-mccarthy-denying-her-space-laser-theory-100565061636

* "Maddow: McCarthy let down his caucus by allowing Greene's lies to go unchecked:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/maddow-mccarthy-let-down-his-caucus-by-allowing-greene-s-lies-to-go-unchecked-100563525885

* "Rep. Liz Cheney to stay in House GOP leadership after vote to remove her fails:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/rep-liz-cheney-to-stay-in-house-gop-leadership-after-vote-to-remove-h-100499525713

* His lawyers say. "Trump won’t testify at his second impeachment trial:" https://www.politico.com/news/2021/02/04/house-democrats-trump-testify-impeachment-465923

* "Donald Trump apparently still thinks he's president:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/donald-trump-apparently-still-thinks-he-s-president-100564037714

* "GAO report slams Trump administration response to the coronavirus pandemic:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/gao-trump-covid-biden/2021/02/02/38f0a0a8-65a4-11eb-bf81-c618c88ed605_story.html

* "Manhattan district attorney considering prosecuting Stephen Bannon following his pardon by Trump in federal fraud case:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/steven-bannon-fraud-state-case-pardon-trump/2021/02/02/329cea4e-6596-11eb-8c64-9595888caa15_story.html

* "Nessel, Whitmer and Benson want attorneys who filed election conspiracy lawsuits disbarred:" https://www.freep.com/story/news/politics/elections/2021/02/01/nessel-whitmer-and-benson-want-attorneys-who-filed-conspiracy-suits-disbarred/4348681001/

* "Voting technology company Smartmatic files $2.7 billion lawsuit against Fox News, Rudy Giuliani and Sidney Powell over 'disinformation campaign':" https://www.cnn.com/2021/02/04/media/smartmatic-fox-news-giuliani-powell-lawsuit/index.html

* "Far-right Protesters Tried Storming Oregon's Capitol 2 Weeks Before DC:"

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* "Biden to Welcome More Refugees, but Far From All Will Get In:" https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/03/us/politics/biden-immigration-refugee-policy.html

* ICE needs to go. "ICE defies Biden, deports El Paso massacre witness, hundreds of others:" https://www.nbcnews.com/news/latino/ice-defies-biden-deports-el-paso-massacre-witness-hundreds-others-n1256461

* "In one of its last acts, Trump administration tried to deport man to Haiti who has never been there:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/in-one-of-its-last-acts-trump-administration-tried-to-deport-man-to-haiti-who-has-never-been-there/2021/01/20/738d88e4-5b49-11eb-a976-bad6431e03e2_story.html

* CW: Rape. I’m so angry about this. "LGBT+ organisation says 'it's on us' after counsellor accused of raping asylum seekers:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2021/02/02/swedish-lgbt-federation-apology-rape-abuse-asylum-seekers/

* CW: Domestic Abuse, Hate Speech. "UK-based Muslim charity hosts sermons insisting gay people are diseased and need to be cured:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2021/02/03/ghamidi-centre-islamic-communication-muslim-charity-commission-gay-cure/

* "Puberty blockers literally make trans kids happier, landmark new study confirms:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2021/02/03/puberty-blockers-trans-teens-gender-identity-gids-nhs-study/

* "Michael Cashman slams anti-trans LGB people who 'learned nothing' from the AIDS crisis:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2021/02/02/michael-cashman-its-a-sin-aids-crisis-trans-rights-transphobia/

* "Conversion therapy ban must include protections for trans people, says Tory MP:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2021/02/02/alicia-kearns-conversion-therapy-ban-transgender-conservative-tory-mp/

* "Tories accused of ‘excluding and alienating’ trans folk with bizarre gender-neutral toilet review:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2021/02/03/gender-neutral-toilet-review-tory-government-trans-robert-jenrick-we-exist/

* "For First Time Ever, Three National LGBTQ Orgs Have Black Leaders:" https://www.advocate.com/news/2021/2/02/first-time-ever-three-national-lgbtq-orgs-have-black-leaders

* "Texas Is One of the Worst States for LGBTQ+ People, Says New Report:" https://www.advocate.com/politics/2021/2/02/texas-one-worst-states-lgbtq-people-says-new-report

* "What the Repeal of New York's 'Walking While Trans' Law Means:" https://www.advocate.com/transgender/2021/2/03/what-repeal-new-yorks-walking-while-trans-law-means

* CW: Suicide. "A rise in student suicides has pushed the 5th largest US school district to speed up a return to in-person learning:" https://www.cnn.com/2021/01/26/us/clark-county-school-district-covid-suicide-trnd/index.html

* "Trump's Environmental Rollbacks Could Be the End of This Swamp:"

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* "After a Bruising Year, the Oil Industry Confronts a Diminished Future:" https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/02/business/energy-environment/exxon-mobil-bp-2020-loss.html

* "Big oil's grip on power weakens; Democrats focus on climate change with new majority:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/big-oil-s-grip-on-power-weakens-democrats-focus-on-climate-change-with-new-majority-100505157730

* This is old, but it gives more of the story and from her side. "Before Rosa Parks, There Was Claudette Colvin:" https://www.npr.org/2009/03/15/101719889/before-rosa-parks-there-was-claudette-colvin

* "First out lesbian MP Maureen Colquhoun, fearless champion of LGBT+ equality and women’s rights, dies aged 92:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2021/02/02/first-out-lesbian-mp-maureen-colquhoun-dies-92/

* "500 Years of Women's Corsets, Stays, and Bras | A Dress Historian Explains Bustlines & Necklines:"

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* "100 Years of Corset History: How 8 Corsets affect the same body:"

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* "Western taste for bamboo art is transforming an ancient Japanese tradition:" https://www.cnn.com/style/article/japanese-bamboo-art/index.html

* "If You Don't Know, Now You Know - U.S. Childcare Crisis:" https://www.cc.com/video/mcry3l/the-daily-show-with-trevor-noah-if-you-don-t-know-now-you-know-u-s-childcare-crisis

* "GOP Metal Detector Controversy & Newsmax vs. Mike Lindell:" https://www.cc.com/video/wctaik/the-daily-show-with-trevor-noah-gop-metal-detector-controversy-newsmax-vs-mike-lindell

* "LeBron James Feuds with "Courtside Karen":" https://www.cc.com/video/rmc7fi/the-daily-show-with-trevor-noah-lebron-james-feuds-with-courtside-karen

* "Jeff Bezos Steps Down as CEO & Amazon Pays Back Stolen Tips:" https://www.cc.com/video/bnmapl/the-daily-show-with-trevor-noah-jeff-bezos-steps-down-as-ceo-amazon-pays-back-stolen-tips

* "If people in the future talked about bras the way we talk about corsets:"

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* Squirrel is having a rough time with second shot side effects, but we were expecting that, and he's over the worst of it. Again, yes, second shot makes some people sick, but a day or two of it is way better than weeks or months with a high chance of death or disability, and for Squirrel and I it's no-hyperbole life or death. Squirrel won't survive a real infection; odds are I won't either. We catch it, we're dead. so this is very worth it. I fetched him a gallon of water and his crystal light packets and lent him my heavy emergency blanket and he toughed it out in his room between showers, poor thing.

I kept getting woken up today with all sort of annoying calls. I particularly resent physio always calling twice two days before an appointment, once for their safety protocol reminders, then after you've had time to fall all the way asleep with the appointment reminder. I get why they need the big super long safety one for new patients, but couldn't they tack a mask and don't come if you're sick reminder on the appointment reminder call instead of doing it all from scratch each time I separate calls while I'm asleep? Or do them in the evening?

Pharmacy thinks they'll have the other short term med in tomorrow afternoon, so that's sorted. The other new short term med is clearly working as I was barely queasy at all at bedtime. Not bad for the first three doses. I hate having to regiment everything around the tight med schedule, but the damned stuff works. I was good and moved pills over to different containers and added the half pills for the upped dose.

* Thursday, no one was letting me sleep again, sigh, but Squirrel is entirely over his shot. The promised lung medication was not the one I actually need. Also, they tried to move Friday physio to middle of my sleep cycle, but I negotiated them down to I go to sleep an hour later than I would have with original appointment. Sigh. So no proper sleep until maybe Saturday?

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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.

* I can't swear to these, but they fit with everything I've heard. "HOW TO FIGHT COVID AT HOME when you are not hospitalized.:" https://laughingacademy.tumblr.com/post/639454183045644288/fighting-covid-when-kept-home

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