Too Tired to Weed

* "Homophobic, racist and sexist bullying at power plant so pervasive it prompts nuclear safety fears:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2021/03/10/sellafield-nuclear-site-bullying-racist-homophobic-sexist-abuse/

* "Uganda's missing: Hundreds of families fear for those taken away:" https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-56321791

* "Syria war: 'This is the price we had to pay for freedom':" https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-56154584

* "Myanmar coup: 'We were told to shoot protesters', say police who fled:" https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-56343982

* "Myanmar: Urgently Investigate NLD Official’s Death in Custody:" https://www.hrw.org/news/2021/03/09/myanmar-urgently-investigate-nld-officials-death-custody

* "Myanmar coup: Protesters flee after being 'trapped' overnight:" https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-56329220

* This amounts to a pay cut given the inflation rate. After everything medical staff went through this year the Tories decided to cut their pay while giving themselves massive pay cuts. "Anger grows at offer of 1% pay rise for NHS staff:" https://www.theguardian.com/society/2021/mar/05/anger-grows-at-offer-of-1-pay-rise-for-nhs-staff

* "Tory who wants more rights for straight men joins women and equalities committee:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2021/03/04/ben-bradley-mp-women-equalities-select-committee-straight-white-man/

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* "Brazil Study Suggests AstraZeneca Vaccine Is Effective Against Brazil COVID-19 Variant:" https://www.usnews.com/news/world/articles/2021-03-08/brazil-study-suggests-astrazeneca-vaccine-is-effective-against-brazil-covid-19-variant

* "Covid-19: Why are Palestinians behind in vaccine efforts?:" https://www.bbc.com/news/55800921

* "Brazil hits new daily COVID deaths record as crisis escalates:" https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/3/10/brazil-hits-new-daily-covid-deaths-record-as-crisis-escalates

* "Brazil’s growing coronavirus outbreak poses a threat far beyond its borders:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/the_americas/brazil-virus-cases-global-threat/2021/03/08/3de3f488-7e82-11eb-8c5e-32e47b42b51b_story.html

* "Poland's Lake District Sees Sudden Spike in COVID Cases:" https://www.usnews.com/news/world/articles/2021-03-03/polands-lake-district-sees-sudden-spike-in-covid-cases

* "Russian disinformation campaign working to undermine confidence in Covid-19 vaccines used in US:" https://www.cnn.com/2021/03/07/politics/russian-disinformation-pfizer-vaccines/index.html

* Total confirmed COVID-19 cases in the U.S.A for 3/8/21 are 29,034,000. The official death toll is 526,000. Fully Vaccinated: 9.4%.

* "Biden to order 100M more doses of Johnson & Johnson vaccine:" https://www.politico.com/news/2021/03/10/biden-100-million-doses-johnson-johnson-vaccine-475054

* "CDC cuts travel advice from guidelines for vaccinated people:" https://www.politico.com/news/2021/03/08/cdc-guidelines-vaccinated-people-474355

* "Fauci says vaccine supply will be "dramatically increased" in weeks ahead:" https://www.cbsnews.com/news/anthony-fauci-coronavirus-vaccine-supply-face-the-nation/

* Extended Interview with Dr. Rochelle Walensky: https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/pending-research-on-spread-variants-could-alter-guidance-for-vaccinated-people-102837829979

https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/why-the-cdc-isn-t-yet-ready-to-green-light-travel-for-those-already-vaccinated-102834245538

https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/u-s-in-vaccination-race-against-rapidly-mutating-covid-virus-102828613728

https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/covid-relief-bill-offers-welcome-boost-to-u-s-public-health-infrastructure-102842437666

* "Biden puts U.S. on path to global Covid vaccine leadership; sharp pivot from Trump failure:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/biden-puts-u-s-on-path-to-global-covid-vaccine-leadership-sharp-pivot-from-trump-failure-103861829962

* "Dr. Ashish Jha expects more vaccine supply in ‘Late March, Early April’ but ‘we have to make it easy’:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-reidout/watch/dr-ashish-jha-expects-more-vaccine-supply-in-late-march-early-april-but-we-have-to-make-it-easy-103119941733

* I think they are deliberately sabotaging the attempt to stop COVID for the pleasure of Pwning the libs at the expense of their voters’ lives. "U.S. hits record daily Covid vaccinations but health officials warn against loosening restrictions:" https://www.cnbc.com/2021/03/07/covid-us-vaccinations-hit-record-officials-warn-against-easing-restrictions.html

* "Workers worry for their safety as more states lift mask mandates:" https://www.cbsnews.com/news/mask-mandates-workers-health-safety-concerns/

* "‘It can absolutely kill you’: Joy Reid calls anti-mask bullies the absolute worst:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-reidout/watch/-it-can-absolutely-kill-you-joy-reid-calls-anti-mask-bullies-the-absolute-worst-102711877558

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* "Biden signs executive order expanding voting access:" https://www.cnn.com/2021/03/07/politics/voting-access-executive-order/

* "Biden Establishes A Gender Policy Council Within The White House:" https://www.npr.org/2021/03/08/974655385/biden-will-establish-a-gender-policy-council-within-the-white-house

* "Biden Endorses Female Generals Whose Promotions Were Delayed Over Fears of Trump’s Reaction:" https://www.nytimes.com/2021/03/07/us/politics/female-generals-promoted-biden.html

* "Merrick Garland finally got his Senate vote. Now comes the hard part:" https://www.cnn.com/2021/03/10/politics/merrick-garland-attorney-general-challenges/index.html

* "Marcia Fudge confirmed as first Black woman to lead HUD in more than 40 years:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2021/03/10/hud-secretary-marcia-fudge-confirmation/

* "Joe Biden stays true to his word by appointing senior advisor on LGBT+ issues:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2021/03/04/joe-biden-white-house-senior-advisor-lgbt-reggie-greer-victory-institute/

* "House gives final OK to Biden’s $1.9T Covid aid plan:" https://www.politico.com/news/2021/03/10/house-final-passage-wednesday-covid-aid-plan-475047

* "Here's what's in the Covid relief package:" https://www.cnn.com/2021/03/10/politics/whats-in-the-covid-relief-bill/index.html

* "COVID bill to deliver big health insurance savings for many:" https://apnews.com/article/donald-trump-health-care-reform-legislation-coronavirus-pandemic-medicaid-69773575cabcb7af79eadea3ecdb5c81

* Because unlike Republicans, Biden believes helping Americans is more important than his ego. "Biden's name will not appear on 'memo line' on stimulus checks: White House:" https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-biden-stimulus-signature-idUSKBN2B12HU

* "Covid relief: What's in the bill, and why the ‘working class’ party won't back it:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/covid-relief-what-s-in-the-bill-and-why-the-working-class-party-won-t-back-it-102739525655

* "‘Pinching myself’: Nobel Prize-winning economist on scale of Covid relief bill:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/-pinching-myself-nobel-prize-winning-economist-on-scale-of-covid-relief-bill-102741573592

* "‘Social security for kids:’ Chris Hayes on historic child credit in Covid bill:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/-social-security-for-kids-chris-hayes-on-historic-child-credit-in-covid-bill-103136325993

* "Clyburn: Covid relief package is most ‘transformative’ bill of his career:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/clyburn-covid-relief-package-is-most-transformative-bill-of-his-career-103141957787

* "Maddow: Biden has a lot to boast about in new Covid relief bill:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/maddow-biden-has-a-lot-to-boast-about-in-new-covid-relief-bill-103185989664

* "White House Press Sec. Psaki affirms Biden’s commitment to $15 minimum wage:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-sunday-show/watch/biden-s-commitment-to-15-minimum-wage-affirmed-by-white-house-press-sec-psaki-102230085888

* "Economics in Brief: Results From Stockton’s Basic Income Experiment:" https://nextcity.org/daily/entry/economics-in-brief-results-from-stocktons-basic-income-experiment

* "Stockton’s Basic-Income Experiment Pays Off:" https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2021/03/stocktons-basic-income-experiment-pays-off/618174/

* "California Program Giving $500 No-Strings-Attached Stipends Pays Off, Study Finds:" https://www.npr.org/2021/03/04/973653719/california-program-giving-500-no-strings-attached-stipends-pays-off-study-finds

* "Moms Drop Out of Work Most in States Where Kids Learn From Home:" https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-03-09/moms-drop-out-of-work-most-in-states-where-kids-learn-from-home?sref=MIBMEEoj

* "Rep. Clyburn vows John Lewis Voting Rights Act will be on Biden’s desk by August:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-sunday-show/watch/biden-to-have-new-voting-rights-act-on-desk-by-august-clyburn-vows-102235717828

Want to tell your Republican Senator how important this is to you? Here are some 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/

* "Georgia Senate approves sweeping election bill that would repeal no-excuse absentee voting:" https://www.cnn.com/2021/03/08/politics/georgia-senate-no-excuse-absentee-voting/

* "In Georgia, Republicans Take Aim at Role of Black Churches in Elections:" https://www.nytimes.com/2021/03/06/us/politics/churches-black-voters-georgia.html

* "'The bills target everything': Georgia Republicans target voting from many angles:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/-the-bills-target-everything-georgia-republicans-target-voting-from-many-angles-102848581596

* "Iowa governor signs controversial law shortening early and Election Day voting:" https://www.cnn.com/2021/03/08/politics/kim-reynolds-voting-iowa/index.html

* "Iowa Hispanic group files lawsuit challenging new voting law:" https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/wireStory/iowa-hispanic-group-files-lawsuit-challenging-voting-law-76343301

* "Iowa Republicans spurn past election success, pass new voting restrictions:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/iowa-republicans-spurn-past-election-success-pass-new-voting-restrictions-103184453940

* "'Pay attention to this': Republican voter suppression effort unprecedented since Jim Crow:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/-pay-attention-to-this-republican-voter-suppression-effort-unprecedented-since-jim-crow-103184453815

* Extended Stacey Abrams Interview: https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/-the-pieces-are-in-place-abrams-calls-on-congress-to-pass-voting-rights-bills-103872581550

https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/-use-every-lever-at-our-disposal-abrams-not-counting-on-courts-to-defend-voting-rights-103875654001

* "Sen. Roy Blunt won't run for reelection in latest blow to GOP:" https://www.politico.com/news/2021/03/08/gop-sen-roy-blunt-will-not-run-for-reelection-474342

* "America, I am an angry Black woman. I’m OK with that. You should be too.:" https://www.goerie.com/story/opinion/columns/2021/02/25/anger-injustice-making-itself-heard/4554031001/

* "POLITICO Playbook: Scoop: Trump sends legal notice to GOP to stop using his name:" https://www.politico.com/newsletters/playbook/2021/03/06/scoop-trump-sends-legal-notice-to-gop-to-stop-using-his-name-492021

* "RNC brushes back Trump team on cease-and-desist demand:" https://www.politico.com/news/2021/03/08/rnc-trump-cease-and-desist-474412

* "Fulton DA overseeing Trump investigation hires top RICO expert:" https://www.ajc.com/news/crime/fulton-da-overseeing-trump-investigation-hires-top-rico-expert/2IHWNVR65NCZ7BKQWGOHYGIBVU/

* "NYC prosecutors' probe into Trump finances expands to include millions loaned for Chicago skyscraper:" https://www.cnn.com/2021/03/08/politics/trump-chicago-subpoena/

* "Supreme Court rejects final Trump election challenge:" https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/supreme-court/supreme-court-rejects-final-trump-election-challenge-n1260023

* "F.B.I. Finds Contact Between Proud Boys Member and Trump Associate Before Riot:" https://www.nytimes.com/2021/03/05/us/politics/trump-proud-boys-capitol-riot.html

* "FBI arrests 2, including Roger Stone bodyguard, in Capitol riot:" https://chicago.suntimes.com/2021/3/8/22320383/fbi-arrests-2-including-roger-stone-bodyguard-capitol-riot

* Says the man who says he will enthusiastically support the man who made those precautions necessary by trying to overthrow the government and lynch it's members. "McConnell: Capitol security measures are ‘overreaction’:" https://www.politico.com/news/2021/03/10/capitol-security-mitch-mcconnell-475123

* "Biden administration grants Venezuelans temporary protected status:" https://www.politico.com/news/2021/03/08/biden-venezuelans-temporary-protected-status-474424

* "Biden administration ditches Trump plan to limit immigration for financially dependent:" https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/supreme-court/biden-administration-ditches-trump-plan-limit-immigration-financially-dependent-n1260239

* "Immigration arrests have fallen sharply under Biden, ICE data show:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/ice-deportations-immigration-arrests/2021/03/09/af27b164-80fa-11eb-bb5a-ad9a91faa4ef_story.html

* "Record number of migrant children held in Border Patrol custody as cases climb overnight:" https://www.cnn.com/2021/03/09/politics/immigration-border-patrol-children/index.html

* "Biden administration tells facilities for migrant children to reopen to pre-pandemic levels:" https://www.cnn.com/2021/03/05/politics/immigration-border-crowding-covid/index.html

* "Exclusive: Unaccompanied migrant children staying in Border Patrol facilities an average of 107 hours, internal records show:" https://www.cnn.com/2021/03/10/politics/migrant-children-border-patrol/index.html

* "Jury selection begins in Derek Chauvin's trial in the death of George Floyd. Here's what to expect:" https://www.cnn.com/2021/03/08/us/derek-chauvin-trial-jury/index.html

* "George Floyd’s brother on the Derek Chauvin trial: ‘I believe a conviction is possible’:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-reidout/watch/george-floyd-s-brother-on-the-derek-chauvin-trial-i-believe-a-conviction-is-possible-102702149562

* "Far-Right Misinformation Is Thriving On Facebook. A New Study Shows Just How Much:" https://www.npr.org/2021/03/06/974394783/far-right-misinformation-is-thriving-on-facebook-a-new-study-shows-just-how-much

* "Capital Punishment (& Prison Abolition):"

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* I believe Meghan and Harry and seriously fuck you BBC commentator who mocked them for "complaining and moaning."

* "No, I don’t deserve to be violently attacked in a queer space just because I’m fat:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2021/03/04/scottee-world-obesity-day-federartion-fatphobia-queer-gay-lgbt/

* "Archbishop of Canterbury condemns Nigerian primate’s description of gay people as a ‘virus’:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2021/03/07/archbishop-of-canterbury-nigeria-primate-gay-virus-anglican-henry-ndukuba/

* "Government LGBT+ adviser quits over fears Tories are ‘returning to days of Section 28’:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2021/03/10/jayne-ozanne-government-lgbt-advisory-panel-kemi-badenoch-liz-truss-conversion-therapy/

* "New Jersey Passes Landmark Bill Protecting LGBTQ+, HIV+ Seniors:" https://www.hivplusmag.com/news/2021/3/08/new-jersey-passes-landmark-bill-protecting-lgbtq-hiv-seniors

* "Mississippi, South Dakota Send Anti-LGBTQ+ Bills to Governors:" https://www.advocate.com/politics/2021/3/03/mississippi-south-dakota-send-anti-lgbtq-bills-governors

* "Homeless Trans Woman Jenna Franks Found Dead in North Carolina:" https://www.advocate.com/crime/2021/3/09/homeless-trans-woman-jenna-franks-found-dead-north-carolina

* "Houston Bakery Facing Two Anti-LGBTQ+ Discrimination Lawsuits:" https://www.advocate.com/crime/2021/3/10/houston-bakery-facing-two-anti-lgbtq-discrimination-lawsuits

* "President Biden, Immediately Allow Gay and Bi Men to Donate Blood:" https://www.advocate.com/commentary/2021/3/10/president-biden-immediately-allow-gay-and-bi-men-donate-blood

* Fuckssake wear a condom! "'Outbreak' of HIV, Syphilis in Minnesota:" https://www.hivplusmag.com/news/2021/3/08/outbreak-hiv-syphilis-minnesota

* "After 400 years away, England's beavers are protecting the landscape from flooding:" https://www.cnn.com/2021/03/03/europe/beavers-devon-flood-spc-cte-intl/index.html

* "Philippines reef littered with PPE face masks:" https://www.bbc.com/news/av/world-asia-56322369

* "How Lawyers Fight Climate Change:"

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* "The artists who outwitted the Nazis:" https://www.bbc.com/culture/article/20210223-the-artists-who-outwitted-the-nazis

* "How the Government Works with Dulce Sloan:" https://www.cc.com/video/s939s8/the-daily-show-with-trevor-noah-how-the-government-works-with-dulce-sloan

* "Bruce Springsteen - Ghosts:"

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* ( My Vaccination Saga: )

Short version? I got my first Pfizer shot. Second is already scheduled. If you X out the chronic stuff, the actual side effects were mild, it's just adding extra to a pile of Jesus Fuck I've been dealing with a weekish. Second dose will likely suck a lot more, judging from Squirrel and lots of vaccine related news coverage, but it is nothing next to getting covid, and I would gladly take Vaccine side effects rather than the AS and CF stuff I deal with every day. Trust me.

So get the damned shot, whatever shot when they offer it. (The ones that aren't working so well as not in the US. Seriously, just get the shot when your number comes up. I'd have taken whatever they gave me).

And don't be That Lady. Be nice to your provider because they are working their asses off to try to save your life.

* Update: Despite having no fever, I had the sort of dreams I normally have with a high fever. Just before bed, I'd developed a headache. It was dramatically worse between 4 and 7PM of the second day. My lungs had a really rough hour starting around four thirty, but they are almost back to where there were before yesterday morning's shot as of 9:30PM Tuesday. The muscle aches are almost over. Right now I'm dealing with chronic stuff plus general ick and the remains of the headache. Still totally worth it. It isn't even a question.

* "Sunday Sweets: No More Tiers:" https://www.cakewrecks.com/home/2021/3/7/sunday-sweets-no-more-tiers

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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.

* Ways to help people in Texas: https://spockvarietyhour.tumblr.com/post/643435770019987456
https://omgthatdress.tumblr.com/post/643431809724628992

More Texas how to help links: https://omgthatdress.tumblr.com/post/643431809724628992

* "You Can Buy Girl Scout Cookies From Troop Of Girls In NYC Shelter System:" https://www.scarymommy.com/troop-6000-girl-scouts-nyc-shelters/

* More Girl Scout Troops in Particular Need: https://tuulikki.tumblr.com/post/643247412337639424/girl-scout-cookie-time

* Cat Rescue Fundraiser: https://gwydionmisha.tumblr.com/post/642429918533304320/design-a-tea-where-tea-leaves-dream-custom

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