Monday's Post

* "Risking death crossing the English Channel in a pedalo:"

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* "'Pandora Papers' bring renewed calls for tax haven scrutiny:" https://apnews.com/article/leaked-pandora-records-show-how-powerful-shield-assets-b31daac39800f6a6423e24465df45ffc

* "China to ban games featuring queer relationships, 'effeminate' men, moral choices:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2021/10/02/china-video-games-gay-effeminate-men-ban/

* "Ecuador’s prison riot: Drug cartels, overcrowded cells and a bloodbath:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2021/09/30/ecuador-prison-riot-cartels/

* "Ecuador to pardon thousands of inmates after deadly prison riot:" https://www.cnn.com/2021/10/02/americas/ecuador-pardon-inmates-deadly-prison-riot-intl/index.html

* "A 96-year-old former Nazi camp secretary was supposed to stand trial. She tried to flee instead.:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2021/09/30/nazi-concentration-camp-secretary-trial-escape-germany/

* "Fumio Kishida expected to become Japan's next Prime Minister after ruling party vote:" https://www.cnn.com/2021/09/29/asia/japan-leadership-election-kishida-intl-hnk/index.html

* "Former French President Nicolas Sarkozy guilty of illegal campaign financing, receives 1-year sentence:" https://www.cnn.com/2021/09/30/europe/sarkozy-france-election-campaign-guilty-verdict-intl/index.html

* "‘Cultural genocide’: the shameful history of Canada’s residential schools – mapped:" https://www.theguardian.com/world/ng-interactive/2021/sep/06/canada-residential-schools-indigenous-children-cultural-genocide-map

* CW: Dead Children "Thousands of Kids Died in Residential Schools, Now They're Being Found:"

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* "N.Korea says it fired 'remarkable' new anti-aircraft missile in test:" https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/nkorea-says-it-conducted-anti-aircraft-missile-test-yesterday-kcna-2021-09-30/

* "Video Shows Alleged Mexican Special Forces Busting Cartel Boss Out of Prison:" https://www.vice.com/en/article/88npax/exclusive-video-shows-alleged-mexican-special-forces-busting-cartel-boss-out-of-prison

* "Poland 'illegally' pushed migrants back into Belarus - BBC News:"

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* "Inside Nigeria's Kidnapping for Ransom Crisis:"

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* CW: Dead Children "Children in Yemen Are So Hungry They’re Eating Their Own Hands:"

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* "Beirut’s Main Public Hospital Risks Closure Amid Lebanon’s Economic Collapse:"

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* "Merck’s experimental pill to treat covid-19 cuts risk of hospitalization and death in half, the pharmaceutical company reports:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/2021/10/01/pill-to-treat-covid/

* "Vatican orders all employees to get COVID vaccine or weekly testing:" https://www.axios.com/covid-vaccine-vatican-employees-weekly-testing-2728bb35-9d00-4475-b950-eff3330f4f65.html

* "Fire at Romanian COVID-19 hospital kills seven people:" https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/fire-covid-19-hospital-romania-kills-nine-people-2021-10-01/

* "Brazil’s homophobe-in-chief Jair Bolsonaro mocked LGBT+ rights in cruel WhatsApp messages:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2021/10/01/jair-bolsonaro-anti-lgbt-texts/

* "With Officials’ Backing, Dubious Virus Remedies Surge in Latin America (Published 2020):" https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/23/world/americas/chlorine-coronavirus-bolivia-latin-america.html

* "COVID Misinformation Is Running Rampant Online, & It’s Worse in Spanish:"

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* "Russia threatens to block YouTube after German channels are deleted over coronavirus misinformation:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2021/09/29/russia-ban-youtube-german-coronavirus/

* "'Absolute sewer' of Covid vaccine misinformation to be subject of YouTube crackdown:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/-absolute-sewer-of-covid-vaccine-misinformation-to-be-subject-of-youtube-crackdown-122355269667

* "Supreme Court declines to block New York City's COVID-19 vaccine mandate for teachers:" https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2021/10/01/supreme-court-allows-covid-vaccine-mandate-new-york-city-teachers/5953731001/

* "How West Virginia became a Covid-19 disaster:" https://www.cnn.com/2021/09/26/politics/west-virginia-covid-analysis/index.html

* "Florida’s per capita Covid death rate is 50x Australia’s:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/florida-s-per-capita-covid-19-death-rate-is-50-times-more-than-australia-s-122339397942

* "Nearly 22,800 Mississippi students have tested positive for COVID-19 since school started:" https://www.clarionledger.com/story/news/2021/09/28/1-240-mississippi-students-staff-and-teachers-test-covid-19-positive/5888638001/

* "Officials: 91% of COVID-19 hospitalizations in Oklahoma unvaccinated:" https://kfor.com/news/local/officials-91-of-covid-19-hospitalizations-in-oklahoma-unvaccinated/

* "Idaho COVID Insanity Shows How Much Worse the GOP Can Get:" https://www.thedailybeast.com/idaho-covid-insanity-shows-how-much-worse-the-gop-can-get

* "COVID-19 cases in Idaho children have ‘skyrocketed.’ That could affect hospitals, care:" https://www.idahostatesman.com/news/coronavirus/article254683892.html

* "Viewpoint: Crush of COVID-19 patients puts enormous strain on Idaho hospitals:" https://www.ktvb.com/article/news/local/viewpoint/viewpoint-covid-crush-idaho-hospitals-mortality-rate-vaccine/277-038a8945-bba0-479a-88ee-4aa977077163

* "‘I have no beds’: Hospitalizations spike in rural Washington amid fifth COVID-19 wave:" https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/health/i-have-no-beds-hospitalizations-spike-in-rural-washington-amid-fifth-covid-19-wave/

* "Murkowski bemoans surge of covid cases in Alaska, decries Nazi references about mask mandate:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/coronavirus-alaska-murkowski-mandates/2021/10/01/a1e2fa8e-22d7-11ec-b3d6-8cdebe60d3e2_story.html

* "In Alaska’s Covid Crisis, Doctors Must Decide Who Lives and Who Dies:" https://www.nytimes.com/2021/10/03/us/coronavirus-crisis-alaska.html

* "COVID vaccine mandate takes effect for NYC teachers, staff:" https://abcnews.go.com/Health/wireStory/covid-vaccine-mandate-takes-effect-nyc-teachers-staff-80389009

* "California pushes 1st US vaccine mandate for schoolchildren:" https://apnews.com/article/coronavirus-pandemic-health-education-california-gavin-newsom-575ef3be2c5c2600664fa48c08041abd

* "‘We’re getting it right:' Gov. Lamont on how CT became most vaccinated state:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/-we-re-getting-it-right-gov-lamont-on-how-ct-became-most-vaccinated-state-122745413923

* "Health workers once saluted as heroes now get threats:" https://apnews.com/article/coronavirus-pandemic-business-health-missouri-omaha-b73e167eba4987cab9e58fdc92ce0b72

* "School board group asks US for help policing threats:" https://abcnews.go.com/Health/wireStory/school-board-group-asks-us-policing-threats-80328174

* "What It’s Like to Be the Target of a COVID Conspiracy:"

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* "Justice Brett Kavanaugh tests positive for Covid-19:" https://www.cnn.com/2021/10/01/politics/brett-kavanaugh-covid-19/index.html

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* "Lawsuit Filed After Biden Opens 80 Million Acres of Gulf of Mexico for Oil Leasing:" https://earthjustice.org/news/press/2021/lawsuit-filed-after-biden-opens-79-million-acres-of-gulf-of-mexico-for-oil-leasing

* "Biden administration reverses Trump rule barring federally funded family planning clinics from abortion referrals:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/biden-administration-title-x-abortion/2021/10/04/33451c1a-223c-11ec-9309-b743b79abc59_story.html

* "Mail Delivery Is About To Get Slower And Pricier Just In Time For The Holidays:" https://www.npr.org/2021/09/28/1041304836/slower-mail-delivery-higher-prices-holiday-season

* "DeJoy's plan to make U.S. mail slower and more expensive reignites calls for his ouster:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/dejoy-s-plan-to-make-u-s-mail-slower-and-more-expensive-reignites-calls-for-his-ouster-122564165989

* "The Supreme Court's conservatives cook up a stew of abortion, guns, religion and more:" https://www.npr.org/2021/10/04/1041713663/the-supreme-courts-conservatives-cook-up-a-stew-of-abortion-guns-religion-and-mo

* Republicans hate America a so much they are proudly planning to destroy the American economy for generations and crash the world economy for fun and Manchin and Sinema agree with them that this is a way better outcome then getting rid of the segregation era filibuster in order to save America and the world. "McConnell reactivates his connection to Biden — with a sharp debt warning:" https://www.politico.com/news/2021/10/04/mcconnell-biden-connection-514901

* "Biden signs bill to avert partial government shutdown:" https://apnews.com/article/congress-moves-to-avert-partial-government-shutdown-8f5b5b0c6c4cb12af8316ffc0b098771

* "Schumer forces debt limit vote to squeeze Republican resistance:" https://www.politico.com/news/2021/10/04/schumer-debt-limit-vote-515058

* "Biden: ‘I can’t’ guarantee U.S. won’t hit debt limit:" https://www.politico.com/news/2021/10/04/biden-us-debt-limit-514993

* "'It’s not a success': Dems head home after infrastructure stalemate:" https://www.politico.com/news/2021/10/01/house-democrats-biden-infrastructure-deal-514878

* "Progressives Stand Firm on Priorities as Infrastructure Debate Continues:" https://www.nytimes.com/2021/10/03/us/politics/progressive-democrats-infrastructure-abortion.html

* "Bad Apple:" https://popular.info/p/bad-apple

* "Manchin, Sinema leave Dems in lurch as Biden agenda teeters:" https://www.politico.com/news/2021/09/28/manchin-sinema-dems-biden-514574

* "Rep. Jayapal: We are not going to leave behind women and families:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-reidout/watch/build-back-better-act-passing-biden-s-economic-agenda-discussed-by-rep-pramila-jayapal-122442309707

* "‘He’s wrong’: Chris Hayes debunks Manchin case against $3.5T Biden plan:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/-he-s-wrong-chris-hayes-debunks-manchin-case-against-3-5t-biden-plan-122436677730

* "Fmr. Sen. Harry Reid, Rep. Jayapal on politics of passing Biden’s agenda:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-reidout/watch/passing-biden-s-agenda-vs-manchin-and-sinema-s-obstruction-discussed-by-harry-reid-pramila-jayapal-122555461937

* "Sinema ‘enjoying the attention, without putting out any policy’ expert asserts:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-reidout/watch/sinema-obstructing-biden-agenda-alienating-voters-analyzed-by-politics-experts-122745925714

* "WTF Is An Earmark?:"

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* "This Is How America’s Richest Families Stay That Way:" https://www.nytimes.com/2021/09/24/opinion/biden-tax-loophole.html

* "Be your own boss: Inside six co-op businesses returning power to their workers:" https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2021/09/worker-co-ops-photos-labor-democracy-communitarian-no-boss/

* "Low wages, grueling hours, lack of rest: Why IATSE is ready to strike:" https://www.kcrw.com/culture/shows/the-business/iatse-strike/shawn-waugh-haskell-wexler

* "Hollywood’s behind-the-scenes crews vote to authorize strike:" https://apnews.com/article/entertainment-business-amazoncom-inc-north-america-strikes-918e53319278cbd42ef4a3d45cc9122a

* "This Private School Only Teaches Homeless Kids:"

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* CW: Suicide. "Out Lawmakers Reintroduce Anti-Bullying Bill to Honor Tyler Clementi:" https://www.advocate.com/politics/2021/9/23/out-lawmakers-reintroduce-anti-bullying-bill-honor-tyler-clementi

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* "California's universal voting by mail becomes permanent:" https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2021-09-27/california-universal-voting-by-mail-becomes-permanent

* "Texas reduces Black and Hispanic majority congressional districts in proposed map, despite people of color fueling population growth:" https://www.texastribune.org/2021/09/24/texas-congressional-redistricting/

* "Giuliani reveals basis for election lies — and it's both absurd and terrifying:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/court-case-giuliani-shed-new-light-big-lie-s-origins-n1280309

* "Maddow Reads Damning Giuliani Testimony Showing Roots Of Election Conspiracy:" https://www.huffpost.com/entry/maddow-rudy-giuliani-election-conspiracy_n_6153fc44e4b099230d1c714c

* "Rudy Giuliani, under oath, reveals baseless origins of Trump Big Lie claims:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/rudy-giuliani-under-oath-reveals-baseless-origins-of-trump-big-lie-claims-122458181721

* "‘Mad Dash’: Trump’s demand for a Texas ‘audit’ caught Gov. Abbott off guard:" https://www.politico.com/news/2021/09/28/trump-texas-audit-abbott-scramble-514454

* "Idaho Secretary of State refutes Mike Lindell’s statewide election manipulation claims:" https://www.kmvt.com/2021/09/29/idaho-secretary-state-refutes-mike-lindells-statewide-manipulation-claims/

* "Pillow guy's bogus claims debunked again; recount costs Trump a few votes (again):" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/pillow-guy-s-bogus-claims-debunked-again-recount-costs-trump-a-few-votes-again-122458693515

* "South Dakota attorney general ‘actively reviewing’ Gov. Kristi Noem’s controversial family meeting:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2021/09/29/south-dakota-ag-review-kristi-noem-daughter/

* "'Remarkable turn of events': Gov. Noem under review by AG she urged to resign:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/-remarkable-turn-of-events-gov-noem-under-review-by-ag-she-urged-to-resign-122442309624

* "Texas lt. gov. candidate Matthew Dowd says ‘lieutenant governor most powerful position in Texas’:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-reidout/watch/former-george-w-bush-strategist-matthew-dowd-running-for-texas-lieutenant-governor-as-democrat-122342981554

* "Out Candidate Draws Parallels Between Madison Cawthorn and Nazis in Ad:" https://www.advocate.com/politics/2021/9/24/out-candidate-draws-parallels-between-madison-cawthorn-and-nazis-ad

* CW: Sexual Abuse. "Madison Cawthorn Is Calling For Holy War -- But Former Classmates Say His Behavior Is Pretty Unholy:" https://hillreporter.com/madison-cawthorn-is-calling-for-holy-war-but-former-classmates-say-his-behavior-is-pretty-unholy-114344

* "Russia's eroded democracy seen as cautionary tale for U.S. after Trump:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/russia-s-eroded-democracy-seen-as-cautionary-tale-for-u-s-after-trump-122753605612

* "Is authoritarianism here to stay?:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-sunday-show/watch/is-authoritarianism-here-to-stay-122629701861

* "Hayes: Where are the consequences for the Trump enablers?:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/hayes-where-are-the-consequences-for-the-trump-enablers-122743877542

* "Malcolm Nance: Republican Party is becoming armed insurgency in U.S.:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-reidout/watch/steve-bannon-madison-cawthorn-far-right-wing-extremism-aligning-under-gop-banner-experts-say-122745926002

* "Trump asks court to force Twitter to reinstate his account:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2021/10/02/trump-twitter-ban-court-filing/

* "Whistleblower: Facebook chose profit over public safety:" https://apnews.com/article/facebook-whistleblower-frances-haugen-4a3640440769d9a241c47670facac213

* "30-year-old Austin man accused of throwing 'Molotov cocktail' into Travis County Democratic Party offices:" https://www.statesman.com/story/news/2021/09/29/molotov-cocktail-travis-county-democrat-office-austin/5914256001/

* "'Credible threat': FBI investigating fire attack on Texas county Democratic Party office:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/-credible-threat-fbi-investigating-fire-attack-on-texas-county-democratic-party-office-122356805950

* "Suspect arrested in fire attack on Democratic Party office in Texas:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/suspect-arrested-in-fire-attack-on-democratic-party-office-in-texas-122564165769

* "Trump played tough with Putin when cameras were around, but a new book details his insecurities:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/stephanie-grisham-book/2021/09/27/6589e23c-1cf1-11ec-8380-5fbadbc43ef8_story.html

* "Trump Loses Case to Enforce Omarosa Manigault Newman’s N.D.A.:" https://www.nytimes.com/2021/09/28/us/politics/trump-omarosa-nda-suit.html

* "“We’re not going to be able to hold that base”: Park Police overwhelmed hours before Capitol breach on Jan 6th :" https://www.citizensforethics.org/reports-investigations/crew-investigations/park-police-overwhelmed-hours-before-capitol-breach-on-jan-6th/

* "House Jan. 6 committee issues subpoenas for pro-Trump rally organizers:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/jan6-committee-subpoenas-rally-planners/2021/09/29/8c73eb68-216a-11ec-b3d6-8cdebe60d3e2_story.html

* Which he wouldn’t do if he had nothing to hide. "Trump plans to sue to keep White House records on Capitol attack secret:" https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/sep/29/donald-trump-6-january-records-sue

* "New January 6 tapes show Trump mob attacking police at Washington Monument; timeline shifts:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/new-january-6-tapes-show-trump-mob-attacking-police-at-washington-monument-timeline-shifts-122458181529

* "Capitol rioter who said she was looking to shoot Nancy Pelosi in the "brain" pleads guilty:" https://www.newsweek.com/capitol-rioter-who-said-she-was-looking-shoot-nancy-pelosi-brain-pleads-guilty-1633528

* "Oklahoma man took beer during Capitol riot, pleads guilty:" https://apnews.com/article/donald-trump-capitol-siege-oklahoma-nancy-pelosi-muskogee-5d2e1dedcfd482715f3f4bd9bee67116

* "Infowars host Alex Jones is responsible for damages triggered by his false claims on the Sandy Hook shooting, judge rules:" https://www.cnn.com/2021/10/01/us/alex-jones-loses-sandy-hook-cases/

* "Haitian Migrants Are Waiting in Mexico With Nowhere to Go:"

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* I'm still angry about this one. "Black teen’s suspicious death investigated in new doc ‘Finding Kendrick Johnson’ narrated, produced by Jenifer Lewis:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-reidout/watch/new-finding-kendrick-johnson-documentary-investigates-suspicious-death-of-black-georgia-teen-122556997809

* "Judge blocks key NYPD tactic: Scouring sealed arrest records:" https://apnews.com/article/crime-new-york-arrests-new-york-city-a6cc4b97ec7645fa8beb5de7cb493f6e

* "Alabama trying to use COVID relief funds for new prisons:" https://apnews.com/article/coronavirus-pandemic-business-prisons-montgomery-kay-ivey-8a7d30c43f4e61987051368a9604fda9

* For Republicans, 1984 was aspirational. "'Equity,' 'Multiculturalism,' and 'Racial Prejudice' Among Concepts That Could Be Banned in Schools by Wisconsin Bill:" https://reason.com/2021/09/30/equity-multiculturalism-and-racial-prejudice-among-concepts-that-could-be-banned-in-schools-by-wisconsin-bill/

* "‘Woke?’: Wisconsin GOP trying to ban these words from being taught in schools:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/-woke-republicans-in-wisconsin-are-trying-to-ban-words-and-phrases-from-being-taught-in-schools-122553925638

* "Simmonds rails against racism, says Denyskin should be 'banned for life':" https://www.sportsnet.ca/nhl/article/simmonds-rails-racism-says-denyskin-banned-life/

* CW: Rape.

The more I know about the Everard case the angrier I get. The Met hired him even though he has a history of low level sex offenses and his nickname at work on the Kent Police force was literally "The Rapist." He also had easy to find extremely racist, homophobic, and misogynistic social media exchanges with other terrible cops.

So their response to a police officer using a warrant card and work cuffs to fake arrest a woman to rape and kill her is "Increased patrols" and telling women to call 999 if a cop tries to arrest them because more police harassment and trying to call dispatch after you're cuffed is supposed to make women magically "feel safer" instead of say a full audit of the notoriously violent, racist, and misogynistic metropolitan police force in which they'd fire all the sex offenders, racists, people with a history of violence, etc..

Oh, and to remind women that they should be super cautious since getting raped is on them. For some reason victim blaming and cosmetic measures that make women feel less safe are not going over well.

* CW: Rape "Sarah Everard's murderer kidnapped her using police ID and handcuffs:" https://www.cnn.com/2021/09/29/uk/uk-sarah-everard-murder-sentencing-intl-gbr/index.html

* CW: Rape. "Sarah Everard killer swapped homophobic, sexist and racist messages with other cops:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2021/10/01/sarah-everard-murder-wayne-couzens/

* "Gay Met Police chief was told to 'act like a straight white man':" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2021/10/01/brian-paddick-metropolitan-police/

* CW: Sexual Abuse. "Trump donor: Corey Lewandowski made unwanted sexual advances:" https://www.politico.com/news/2021/09/29/corey-lewandowski-sexual-advances-allegations-514650

* CW: Rape. "A look at the women who brought R. Kelly to justice:" https://www.cnn.com/2021/10/03/us/r-kelly-trial-women-justice/index.html

* CW: Sexual Harassment. "Workers at Bezos' rocket company allege sexism, safety risks:" https://apnews.com/article/science-business-lifestyle-elon-musk-jeff-bezos-ccb58b2b24f43b1820f18496c19bc1a9

* CW: Sexual Abuse. "NWSL commissioner resigns and the league calls off all weekend games amid sexual misconduct allegations against a former coach:" https://www.chicagotribune.com/sports/soccer/ct-nwsl-games-postponed-20211001-fjmnm5lc6ncazdqo3ve2lnxoru-story.html

* "Biden administration urges judge to block Texas abortion law:" https://apnews.com/article/texas-abortion-law-court-a7961b629e913e1008f8e929c99fb310

* "Texas' abortion law is back in court:" https://www.npr.org/2021/10/01/1041607684/texas-abortion-law-federal-judge

* "DOJ lays out cruelty of Texas abortion law in federal court hearing:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/doj-lays-out-cruelty-of-texas-abortion-law-in-federal-court-hearing-122564677965

* "Proposed bill could allow citizens to seek $10K against those who cause unwanted pregnancy:" https://www.newsweek.com/proposed-bill-could-allow-citizens-seek-10k-against-those-who-cause-unwanted-pregnancy-1629952

* "Congresswoman shares painful past to support reproductive rights after Texas abortion ban:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/congresswoman-shares-painful-past-to-support-reproductive-rights-after-texas-abortion-ban-122461765631

* "Reps. Barbara Lee, Cori Bush, Pramila Jayapal share their deeply personal stories of abortion:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-reidout/watch/abortion-rights-championed-by-reps-barbara-lee-cori-bush-pramila-jayapal-who-share-personal-abortion-stories-122340933795

* "Expectations low for Roberts Court to honor precedent in upcoming abortion case:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/expectations-low-for-roberts-court-to-honor-precedent-in-upcoming-abortion-case-122754629571

* "Abortion rights rallies draw crowds nationwide:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/abortion-rights-rallies-draw-crowds-nationwide-122751045846

* "‘The criticism is working—so please keep it up’: Hayes on chorus of whining from Supreme Court:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/-the-criticism-is-working-so-please-keep-it-up-chris-hayes-on-the-chorus-of-whining-coming-from-the-supreme-court-justices-122551877542

* "What It’s Like Trying to Get an Abortion in Texas Right Now:"

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* NWS "Sex Educators Answer Most Googled Sex Questions:"

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* "The Rise of Asexual Representation:"

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* "Trans man challenges Japan's cruel, archaic gender laws with historic legal action:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2021/10/04/trans-japan-gen-suzuki-gender-surgery/

* "Switzerland Overwhelmingly Approves Marriage Equality in Referendum:" https://www.advocate.com/world/2021/9/27/switzerland-overwhelmingly-approves-marriage-equality-referendum

* "Anti-LGBTQ+ Protester Fighting the 'Homosexual Agenda' Gets Punched:" https://www.advocate.com/world/2021/9/24/anti-lgbtq-protestor-fighting-homosexual-agenda-gets-punched

* "Evangelists accuse Church in Wales of making God sad by blessing same-sex couples:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2021/10/01/evangelical-fellowship-church-in-wales-same-sex/

* "No, Boris Johnson, banning conversion therapy isn't 'complex'. It's common sense:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2021/10/01/uk-conversion-therapy-ban-cooper-report/

* "Grilling politicians on who has a cervix isn't journalism – it's transphobic theatre:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2021/09/29/cervix-trans-debate-rosie-duffield-transphobia/

* "Sajid Javid is playing into a 'sick culture war' at intersex people's expense:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2021/10/01/sajid-javid-women-cervix-intersex-jules-gleeson/

* "Tory minister Liz Truss launches into bitter trans rant after slashing aid for women:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2021/10/04/liz-truss-conservative-party-conference-trans/

* "Appeal against anti-trans LGB Alliance's charity status inches closer to courtroom:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2021/10/01/lgb-alliance-charity-status-mermiads-good-law-project/

* "Street preacher challenged by angry crowd after calling gay people 'degenerates':" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2021/10/05/street-preacher-gay-lincoln-homophobia/

* "Labour councillor suffered transphobic abuse in women's toilet at party conference:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2021/09/29/labour-party-conference-trans-patricia-hannah-wood/

* "Glaring holes emerge in UK trans sports guidance as athletes fear for their future:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2021/10/01/trans-sport-guidance-uk-backlash/

* "Gay man rushed to hospital to save his sight after becoming latest LGBT+ person attacked in Birmingham:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2021/10/03/birmingham-lgbt-attack-gay-village/

* "Be Warned: Gay Marriage and Gay Sex Are in SCOTUS Crosshairs:" https://www.advocate.com/commentary/2021/9/28/be-warned-gay-marriage-and-gay-sex-are-scotus-crosshairs

* "Republican leader Kevin McCarthy appears to begrudgingly back same-sex marriage:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2021/10/01/republican-kevin-mccarthy-same-sex-marriage/

* "Texas Seeks Right to Discriminate Against Trans People:" https://www.advocate.com/transgender/2021/9/23/texas-seeks-right-discriminate-against-trans-people

* "Black Trans Women Like Me Are Dying in Texas Due to Political Games:" https://www.advocate.com/commentary/2021/9/23/black-trans-women-me-are-dying-texas-due-political-games

* "Community mourns 37th trans person violently killed in 2021, Brianna Hamilton:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2021/09/24/brianna-ulmer-hamilton-trans-chicago-killed/

* "Gay Google employee alleges years of brutal harassment in lawsuit:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2021/10/02/gay-google-security-harrassment-lawsuit/

* "Texas Students Walk Out to Support LGBTQ-Friendly Teachers:" https://www.advocate.com/youth/2021/9/23/texas-students-walk-out-support-lgbtq-friendly-teachers

* "Defiant wave of LGBT+ student walkouts are hitting schools where it hurts:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2021/10/02/student-walkout-lgbt-protest-texas-schools/

* "Gay-Straight Alliance Sues Indiana School Over Unequal Treatment:" https://www.advocate.com/news/2021/9/28/pendleton-heights-gay-straight-alliance-indiana-lawsuit

* "OkCupid condemns disgusting bigot who tore down pansexual poster in viral video:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2021/10/02/okcupid-pansexual-lgbt-video/

* "Trans teen finally feels like she ‘actually belongs’ after being elected homecoming queen:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2021/09/30/trans-teen-homecoming-queen/

* "The Scandal of Unpaid Carers:"

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* "Judge Frees Spears From Father’s Control:" https://www.nytimes.com/2021/09/29/arts/music/britney-spears-court-decision-conservatorship.html

* "Cancer Without Chemotherapy: ‘A Totally Different World’:" https://www.nytimes.com/2021/09/27/health/breast-cancer-chemotherapy-lung.html

* "They saw a YouTube video. Then they got Tourette’s:" https://www.wired.co.uk/article/tourettes-youtube-jan-zimmermann

* "Russia’s Wildfires Are Bigger Than All Other World Fires Combined:"

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* "Italy – Floods and Landslides in Liguria :" https://floodlist.com/europe/italy-liguria-floods-october-2021

* "Several killed, flights suspended as Cyclone Shaheen strikes Oman:" https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/10/3/cyclone-shaheen-approaches-oman-flights-delayed

* "Thailand eyes developing storms as flooding continues:" https://www.greenwichtime.com/news/article/Thailand-eyes-developing-storms-as-flooding-16509900.php

* "Lava flow thickens on La Palma after volcanic crater collapses:" https://www.cnn.com/2021/10/04/europe/canary-islands-la-palma-cumbre-vieja-volcano-eruption-intl/index.html

* "Crews race to avert ‘ecological disaster’ after California oil spill:" https://www.nbcnews.com/science/environment/crews-race-avert-ecological-disaster-california-oil-spill-rcna2556

* "'Dirty and dangerous': Another major spill exposes Big Oil's poor preparedness :" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/-dirty-and-dangerous-another-major-spill-exposes-big-oil-s-poor-preparedness-122751045651

* "14% of world’s coral lost in less than a decade, study shows:" https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2021/oct/05/world-coral-lost-study-shows-reef-health

* "A War Over Weed & Water Is Tearing Apart This California Community:"

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* "Rundown apartments reborn as food-forest coliving Agritopia:"

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* "Improving tiny urban greenspaces causes huge boosts in insect life:" https://boingboing.net/2021/09/23/improving-tiny-urban-greenspaces-causes-huge-boosts-in-insect-life.html

* Everything about this makes me sad. "Inside Russia’s Woolly Mammoth Tusk Trade:"

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* "US says ivory-billed woodpecker, 22 other species extinct:" https://apnews.com/article/climate-change-science-animals-wildlife-fish-b6e61676548a1d7b2f81a6512cbed7a7

* "Gibraltar cave chamber discovery could shed light on Neanderthals’ culture:" https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/sep/28/gibraltar-cave-chamber-discovery-could-shed-light-on-neanderthals-culture

* "Cahokia: America’s Forgotten Ancient Mega-City:"

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* "Scientists decipher Marie Antoinette's redacted love notes:" https://phys.org/news/2021-10-scientists-decipher-marie-antoinette-redacted.html

* "Black Americans in the Civil War: Crash Course Black American History #18:"

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* "Reconstruction: Crash Course Black American History #19:"

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* "Why the US Army tried to exterminate the bison:"

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* "Pellagra - A Medical Mystery - Extra History:"

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* "Grigori Rasputin:"

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* "Peter Freuchen: The Incredible Life of the Arctic Explorer:"

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* "Ukraine's forgotten 'Holocaust by Bullets':" https://www.bbc.com/news/av/world-europe-58706841

* "The Immortal Woman Whose Death Changed the World:"

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* I hope they win. "Henrietta Lacks' estate sued a company saying it used her 'stolen' cells for research:" https://www.npr.org/2021/10/04/1043219867/henrietta-lacks-estate-sued-stolen-cells

* "The Faker:" https://medium.com/truly-adventurous/the-faker-66e9fb076908

* "The Patriot Act, 20 Years Later:"

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* CW: Domestic Violence. "A Crime to Remember: The Case of Nicole Gordon:"

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* "This Family of Black Cowboys Dates Back 5 Generations:"

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* "Dinosaur Cowboys Are Hunting for the Next $32 Million T. Rex:" https://www.bloomberg.com/features/2021-hunting-dinosaur-bones-worth-millions/

* "Clown shortage: Appeal for new recruits in Northern Ireland:" https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-northern-ireland-58733754

* "Turkey: 'Missing' man joins search party looking for himself:" https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-58746703

* "New Jersey Is Paving The Way For Reproductive Rights:"

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* "TikTok Misinformation is Spreading and it’s #Dangerous:"

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* "Biden Unites Democrats Cold Open - SNL:"

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* "School Board Meeting - SNL:"

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* "Burned-Out Nurses Reach Their Breaking Point:" https://www.cc.com/video/pohyaz/the-daily-show-with-trevor-noah-burned-out-nurses-reach-their-breaking-point

* "Taliban on Pedal Boats & The Spotted Lanternfly Menace:" https://www.cc.com/video/uz0v41/the-daily-show-with-trevor-noah-taliban-on-pedal-boats-the-spotted-lanternfly-menace

* "Full Frontal Welcomes (Most Of) You to NYC!:"

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* "Transforming Myself Into an Emo Flapper (ThE RaWriNg 20s):"

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* "The Problem With “It’s All Been Done Before” In Fashion [RANT?]:"

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* "Disney's Culture War Against Gay kids:"

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* "Kobyashi Maru: Lessons From Starfleet's Greatest Test:"

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* CW: Rape. "Laws Broken: Revenge of the Nerds:"

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* "Real Lawyer Reacts to Batman: the Animated Series:"

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* "The Crisis of Male Friendship:"

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* "Lil Nas X - THATS WHAT I WANT:"

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* Tuesday, I stayed up for a doctor's appointment. (Routine meds adjustment after the temporary measures we had to take last spring and summer). Thursday and Friday I got lots of phone calls awakening me. Five of them were real things requiring my attention. the others were autodialer ring and runs. Sigh. Bonus? Thursdays I discovered a worrying thing on my skin, which if I'd noticed a couple of days previous, I could have shown to my doctor. Now I need to arrange another appointment. Sigh.

* Saturday's game did not go well. Every time I got my flow going, I'd have to restart the zoom, and about half way through Klaus Laptop lost it and started doing random things and we mostly couldn't see the other players any more because the window shrunk itself and kept moving around the screen while Klaus randomly browsed. I'm writing this on him now, and he's fine if I'm not trying to zoom. My theory is running zoom and browser at the same time is too much for his memory and every time I needed to start the meeting again I needed to open the browser and after a couple iterations it was simply too much. Everything was jumping around so much I stopped being able to close the browser after the invites. IDK.

In cat news, Livia gave Head Millennial and Nearby Millennial what for at end of game. She doesn't squeak in front of people she doesn't trust. her squeaking at them both in quantity was a big step for her. she's also comfortable enough around them that she sniffed there hair and did some window watching towards the end of game. Brave girl!

* Sunday we got about half of the outdoor Gothmas Phase II decorations up.

* "11 Things You Didn't Know About DC's Beast Boy:" https://www.slashfilm.com/608780/things-you-didnt-know-about-dcs-beast-boy/

* "An informal Translation of Hesiod's Theogony, or Actually Deriving Supreme Executive Power From Some Farcical Aquatic Ceremony:" https://www.thechatner.com/p/an-informal-translation-of-hesiods?token=eyJ1c2VyX2lkIjoxNjEzMzc4LCJwb3N0X2lkIjo0MTQ2MzcxMSwiXyI6Im9JOFdsIiwiaWF0IjoxNjMyMDQ2NzYxLCJleHAiOjE2MzIwNTAzNjEsImlzcyI6InB1Yi01Iiwic3ViIjoicG9zdC1yZWFjdGlvbiJ9.Qc5V1YOjNazafdSnT4lyTNuyfZIpOeP251JFq9cKitY

* "Gracious Traveler! What Humble Meal Will You Share With This Trembling Old Widder-Woman By The Side Of The King's Road?:" https://www.thechatner.com/p/gracious-traveler-what-humble-meal?token=eyJ1c2VyX2lkIjoxNjEzMzc4LCJwb3N0X2lkIjo0MTk2OTEzOCwiXyI6IlJ4MlhlIiwiaWF0IjoxNjMyOTc0NDg0LCJleHAiOjE2MzI5NzgwODQsImlzcyI6InB1Yi01Iiwic3ViIjoicG9zdC1yZWFjdGlvbiJ9.mr6ZIvGICCYsiPrStdsUurymjl3s4qM-rCHLCOs3I7Q

* "If You Want To Be A Mythological Greek Hero, You're Going To Have To Fight A Pig:" https://www.thechatner.com/p/if-you-want-to-be-a-mythological?token=eyJ1c2VyX2lkIjoxNjEzMzc4LCJwb3N0X2lkIjo0MTQ2MDgzOCwiXyI6IjA3UUhnIiwiaWF0IjoxNjMyMjc0MzI1LCJleHAiOjE2MzIyNzc5MjUsImlzcyI6InB1Yi01Iiwic3ViIjoicG9zdC1yZWFjdGlvbiJ9.i5giSqSiUsJ3XVfNax-O6r-jPQhc19sW45vDexNIHNI

* "Sunday Sweets: Simply Stunning:" https://www.cakewrecks.com/home/2021/10/3/sunday-sweets-simply-stunning

* "Sunday Sweets: Flights of Fancy:" https://www.cakewrecks.com/home/2021/9/26/sunday-sweets-flights-of-fancy

* "Sunday Sweets: Casual Elegance :" https://www.cakewrecks.com/home/2021/9/19/sunday-sweets-casual-elegance

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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.

* Organizations working for reproductive rights in Texas: https://minoanmiss.dreamwidth.org/796848.html

* Even more Organizations working for reproductive rights in Texas: https://wendelah1.dreamwidth.org/788132.html

* How to help Louisiana: https://auressea.tumblr.com/post/661189695761530880

* "How You Can Help LGBTQ+ Afghans in Crisis:" https://www.advocate.com/world/2021/8/17/how-you-can-help-lgbtq-afghans-crisis

* Hey! Want to propose Washington State geographical features to be renamed? "Committee on Geographic Names:" https://www.dnr.wa.gov/about/boards-and-councils/board-natural-resources/committee-geographic-names

* My oldest continuous friend's next project. "Goblingrief: A D&D 5e Adventure:" https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/482738549/goblingrief-a-dandd-5e-adventure?fbclid=IwAR0jBz9AdmIPSOk4KiCxiykxktX_ePCGTI0iCv9YFcnN2ENmdj5zna3LZnk

* Want to help Maxwell frost go to congress? https://secure.actblue.com/entity/fundraisers/119806

* Want to help Val Demings unseat Marco Rubio? https://secure.actblue.com/entity/fundraisers/117824

* Want to contribute to Morgan Harper's campaign? https://secure.actblue.com/donate/ads_ms_mh_gs_202109_dd_launch?source=ads_ms_MH_20210903-DD-GS-Launch-National_mhkywrds-Natl-1865U-MF_a003-MH-ad3-gstxt-txt&gclid=Cj0KCQjwqKuKBhCxARIsACf4XuGuQ_qm_8NW3mAhIySgB61jwTijPejfpvU6Gkt_JHp3b5YG4E75aWAaAhwTEALw_wcB

* Want a say in Washington redistricting? "Draw Your WA | Washington State 2021 Redistricting Commission:" https://www.redistricting.wa.gov/

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