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* "They Came to Help Migrants. Now, Europe Has Turned on Them.:" https://www.nytimes.com/2022/03/02/magazine/greece-migration-ngos.html

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* "Hong Kong, Buckling Under Covid, Leaves Its Most Vulnerable in the Cold:" https://www.nytimes.com/2022/03/02/business/hong-kong-covid.html

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* "What are thermobaric weapons and how do they work?:" https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/mar/01/what-are-thermobaric-weapons-and-how-do-they-work

* "Russia showed its playbook in Syria. Here's what it may mean for civilians in Ukraine:" https://www.npr.org/2022/03/01/1083686606/ukraine-russia-civilian-casualties-syria

* "Putin says he’ll ‘denazify’ Ukraine. Its Jewish president lost family in the Holocaust.:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/history/2022/02/25/zelensky-family-jewish-holocaust/

* "China Asked Russia to Delay Ukraine War Until After Olympics, U.S. Officials Say:" https://www.nytimes.com/2022/03/02/us/politics/russia-ukraine-china.html

* "Zelenskyy to European Parliament: The Ukrainian people will not be broken:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-reidout/watch/putin-accused-of-war-crimes-by-ukrainian-president-volodymyr-zelenskyy-before-european-parliament-134369349660

* "Putin leveled outrageous lies about Ukrainian people in rambling diatribe Thursday:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-reidout/watch/ukraine-invasion-going-according-to-plan-putin-says-in-rambling-speech-despite-russian-soldiers-surrendering-134547525912

* "White House announces new sanctions on Russian oligarchs :" https://www.cnn.com/2022/03/03/politics/us-sanctions-on-russian-oligarchs/index.html

* "Russian billionaires lose $80 billion in wealth:" https://www.cnbc.com/2022/03/03/russian-billionaires-lose-over-80-billion-in-wealth.html

* "Russians start feeling the heat of Ukraine war sanctions:" https://apnews.com/article/russia-ukraine-business-europe-moscow-perm-9789398569c54f5ed3062410845dff06

* "Oligarchs targeted in part because they could hide Putin’s assets:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-reidout/watch/russian-oligarchs-are-all-aligned-with-putin-could-hide-his-assets-expert-says-134458437882

* This is legitimately terrifying. "Russian forces seize huge Ukrainian nuclear plant, fire extinguished:" https://www.reuters.com/markets/europe/top-wrap-1-europes-largest-nuclear-power-plant-fire-after-russian-attack-mayor-2022-03-04/

* "AP: Russian troops shelling Europe’s largest nuclear power station in Ukraine:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/ap-russian-troops-shelling-europe-s-largest-nuclear-power-station-in-ukraine-134548037825

* "Drone footage shows citizens blocking Russian troops in Enerhodar, home to Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2022/03/03/zaporizhzhia-nuclear-plant-blockade-drone-video/

* "Nuclear power plant in Ukraine under attack by Russian troops; fire reported:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/nuclear-power-plant-in-ukraine-under-attack-by-russian-troops-fire-reported-134552133554

* "Security measures tightened around main streets of Ukraine's capital:" https://www.aa.com.tr/en/russia-ukraine-crisis/security-measures-tightened-around-main-streets-of-ukraines-capital/2522521

* "Ukraine: Russian troops take control of key city of Kherson:" https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-60597367

* "With almost all Russian forces inside Ukraine, Moscow and Kyiv explore limited cease-fire:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2022/03/03/ukraine-military-kherson-odessa-kyiv-mariupol/

* "Anxiety Grows in Odessa as Russians Advance in Southern Ukraine:" https://www.nytimes.com/2022/03/02/world/europe/odessa-black-sea-ukraine-russia.html

* "Mariupol under siege: 'We are being completely cut off':" https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-60601235

* "Under attack, Ukraine's musicians become war reporters and military fundraisers:" https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-60586817

* "Kyiv shrines, memorials with powerful symbolic value at risk:" https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/wireStory/kyiv-shrines-memorials-powerful-symbolic-risk-83224208

* "'Incredible resilience': Photojournalist captures the humanity surviving Putin's onslaught:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/-incredible-resilience-photojournalist-captures-the-humanity-surviving-putin-s-onslaught-134380613605

* "Putin's shambolic invasion no less traumatizing for fleeing Ukrainians:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/putin-s-shambolic-invasion-no-less-traumatizing-for-fleeing-ukrainians-134472261693

* "Poor planning, low morale, weak supplies corrode Russian invasion from within:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/poor-planning-low-morale-weak-supplies-corrode-russian-invasion-from-within-134470213817

* "Volunteers flock to fight for Ukraine in pacifist Japan:" https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/around-70-japanese-have-volunteered-fight-ukraine-report-2022-03-02/

* "General McCaffrey: Putin just signed up for a ‘ten year event’:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/general-mccaffrey-putin-just-signed-up-for-a-ten-year-event-134457925736

* "Ukrainian reporter: The Ukrainian people submitting to the Kremlin is “impossible”:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-reidout/watch/russia-now-bombarding-ukrainian-towns-and-cities-134455877934

* "Russia's last independent TV channel shutters amid Putin's crackdown on media:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/russia-s-last-independent-tv-channel-shutters-amid-putin-s-crackdown-on-media-134561861835

* "The ex-news director of Russia's largest search engine urged his former colleagues to quit, accusing the company of censoring Russia's invasion into Ukraine:" https://news.yahoo.com/ex-news-director-russias-largest-212609662.html?guccounter=1&guce_referrer=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuZ29vZ2xlLmNvbS8&guce_referrer_sig=AQAAACAOqttAlvpayohPJNT-cwgwpOxfe54lF9XzjsIEWHwMEbarKtqPdrGzGWWvNRX47aD1qdnB9XFNBpbmomAezVIjSP4Q2QwoEP_s2jnudlXiTaKC4gB2xXpb5cmLyQDMww2QRvUd-dD4Ejb0eGnGz_NZl49ifhUhrIme4fD7Am4H

* "‘Fallen flat’: Why Putin is losing the information war:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/-fallen-flat-why-putin-is-losing-the-information-war-134455365553

* "The resolution of the Ukraine question.” A mistakenly published Russian article gives us a chilling insight into the neo-imperialist thinking in Russia that drives Putin’s decision to invade Ukraine. :" https://twitter.com/Tom_deWaal/status/1498310064117059585

* "Africans Say Ukrainian Authorities Hindered Them From Fleeing:" https://www.nytimes.com/2022/03/01/world/europe/ukraine-refugee-discrimination.html

* "‘Videos we're seeing at border are horrifying’: The discrimination at some Ukraine border crossings:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-reidout/watch/ukraine-refugees-who-are-african-other-non-ukrainian-groups-face-discrimination-at-some-border-crossings-134371909796

* "More than 167,600 Ukrainians entered Romania since Russian invasion:" https://www.reuters.com/article/us-ukraine-crisis-border-romania/more-than-167600-ukrainians-entered-romania-since-russian-invasion-idUSKBN2L10FM

* "Ali Velshi reports live from train carrying refugees from Ukraine arriving in Hungary:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-reidout/watch/ukraine-war-refugees-arriving-by-train-from-hungary-reported-on-by-ali-velshi-134554693769

* "Russian pensioner 'who survived siege of Leningrad' arrested for protest against Ukraine war:" https://www.theguardian.com/world/video/2022/mar/02/russian-activist-77-detained-by-police-while-protesting-against-ukraine-war-video

* "Russia's Navalny calls Putin insane and urges anti-war protests:" https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/kremlin-critic-navalny-calls-daily-anti-war-protests-russia-2022-03-02/

* "Tories urged to show LGBT+ Ukrainians 'kindness' by scrapping degrading borders bill:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2022/03/03/uk-nationality-borders-bill-ukraine-lgbt/

* "How do you like the Russian military now, Senator Cruz?:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2022/03/03/putin-invasion-ukraine-shattered-myth-invincibiity-of-russian-military-power/

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* "A Tale of Two Speeches in Biden’s State of the Union:" https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2022/03/01/biden-state-of-the-union-00013088

* "Biden plan would tackle chronic gaps in mental health care:" https://apnews.com/article/state-of-the-union-address-joe-biden-coronavirus-pandemic-health-business-1bdc62a08c2ee837deb051fd8c3d6c80

* "Former AG Barr said Trump became enraged after being told election fraud claims were nonsense:" https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/donald-trump/former-ag-barr-said-trump-became-enraged-told-election-fraud-claims-no-rcna17750

* "Jan. 6 committee says Trump violated multiple laws in effort to overturn election:" https://www.politico.com/news/2022/03/02/jan6-trump-obstruction-justice-00013440

* "Ex-officer cleared in shooting during raid that killed Breonna Taylor:" https://www.cnbc.com/2022/03/03/ex-officer-cleared-in-shooting-during-raid-that-killed-breonna-taylor.html

* "A New Message for Police: If You See Something, Say Something:" https://www.nytimes.com/2022/02/27/us/police-intervention-minneapolis-george-floyd.html

* "Crime Waves and Moral Panics:" https://daily.jstor.org/crime-waves-moral-panics/?preview_id=282709

* "Trapped in Silicon Valley’s Hidden Caste System:" https://www.wired.com/story/trapped-in-silicon-valleys-hidden-caste-system/

* CW: Pedophilia "Ex-D.C. Police Officer Charged With Having Sex With 16-Year-Old Boy:" https://www.advocate.com/crime/2022/2/15/ex-dc-police-officer-charged-having-sex-16-year-old-boy

* CW: Rape, Domestic Abuse. I believe Evan Rachel Wood. "Marilyn Manson sues Evan Rachel Wood over rape and abuse allegations:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2022/03/03/marilyn-manson-evan-rachel-wood-abuse-defamation/

* Domestic Violence "The Hidden Epidemic of Brain Injuries From Domestic Violence:" https://www.nytimes.com/2022/03/01/magazine/brain-trauma-domestic-violence.html

* "In Somaliland, COVID brings 'cutters' door to door for girls:" https://apnews.com/article/coronavirus-pandemic-health-lifestyle-religion-africa-e382d9893b7b8c02901c3a3177634c46

* "Blue states seek to protect abortion rights before supreme court decision:" https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2022/mar/04/blue-states-abortion-rights-supreme-court

* "Supreme Court allows Kentucky's GOP attorney general to defend controversial abortion law:" https://www.cnn.com/2022/03/03/politics/supreme-court-kentucky-abortion/index.html

* "Florida Republicans send 15-week abortion ban to governor:" https://www.npr.org/2022/03/04/1084440962/florida-republicans-send-15-week-abortion-ban-to-governor

* "Colombia’s highest court recognises non-binary people in landmark ruling:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2022/03/03/colombia-non-binary-legal-recognition/

* "New Zealand, Israel Take Steps Against Conversion Therapy:" https://www.advocate.com/world/2022/2/15/new-zealand-israel-take-steps-against-conversion-therapy

* "Thousands of church leaders tell Liz Truss to ban so-called conversion therapy, now:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2022/03/03/liz-truss-conversion-therapy-ban-christian-church/

* "Biden accuses Texas Gov. Abbott of ‘government overreach at its worst’ for investigating parents of children transitioning genders:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2022/03/03/biden-abbott-children-transgender/

* "Judge blocks Texas from investigating parents of trans teen for child abuse:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2022/03/03/texas-trans-parents-child-abuse-investigation-judge-meachum/

* "Texas removes life-saving LGBT+ suicide prevention resources from state websites:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2022/03/03/texas-lgbt-suicide-prevention-trevor-project/

* "New Ad Blasts Florida’s 'Don’t Say Gay' Bill:" https://www.advocate.com/politics/2022/2/14/new-ad-blasts-floridas-dont-say-gay-bill

* "Iowa to become 11th US state to sign hateful anti-trans sports ban into law:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2022/03/03/iowa-anti-trans-sports-ban-kim-reynolds/

* "Don't be fooled by its name: The 'Real You' bill is rooted in transphobia:" https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2022/2/11/2079830/-Don-t-be-fooled-by-its-name-The-Real-You-bill-is-rooted-in-transphobia

* "Rubi Dominguez Killed in Texas; 54th Trans Killing in 2021:" https://www.advocate.com/crime/2022/2/11/rubi-dominguez-killed-texas-54th-trans-killing-2021

* "Black Trans Woman Keeva Scatter Fatally Shot in Louisiana:" https://www.advocate.com/crime/2022/2/14/black-trans-woman-keeva-scatter-fatally-shot-louisiana

* "ADF: Is it Really Defending Freedom? :"

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* "Has a Woman Really Been "Cured" of HIV for the First Time Ever?:" https://www.hivplusmag.com/treatment/2022/2/15/another-person-world-has-been-seemingly-cured-hiv

* I Support harm Reduction. "The Radical Experiment Saving the Lives of Drug Users:" https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2022/02/how-supervised-drug-consumption-went-from-radical-to-reality.html

* "When Western Scientists Try to Study Indigenous Groups’ Genomes, Things Get Complicated Real Fast:" https://slate.com/technology/2022/03/philippines-uppsala-genomics-study-ethical-review.html

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* "Death toll rises following historic flooding in Australia:" https://www.accuweather.com/en/severe-weather/australia-historic-flooding-queensland-new-south-wales/1149890

* "Space junk on 5,800-mph collision course with moon:" https://apnews.com/article/spacex-science-business-china-moon-7044a26d9b4b43dc44e961c250186f26

* "Invasive Species Are Riding Plastics Across Oceans:"

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* "The Medieval Influencer Who Convinced the World to Drink Tea—Not Eat It:" https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/eating-tea

* "The 1920s Women Who Fought For the Right to Travel Under Their Own Names:" https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/us-passport-history-women

* "The Unmistakable Black Roots of 'Sesame Street':" https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/unmistakable-black-roots-sesame-street-180973490/

* "Amway: The MLM That Ruined it All:"

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* "The new wave of Indian Para-athletes making people look again:" https://www.bbc.com/sport/disability-sport/60508602

* "Buchholz High School student discovers and publishes new calculus technique:" https://www.wuft.org/news/2022/02/18/buchholz-high-school-student-discovers-and-publishes-new-calculus-technique/

* "Not their first rodeo: How Black riders are reclaiming their place in cowboy culture:" https://www.npr.org/sections/pictureshow/2022/02/19/1074792510/black-cowboys-mississippi-big-rodeo-project-justin-hardiman

* "Sex Work: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO):"

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* "Why Is PEACEMAKER So Good?:"

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* A masked woman just walked past my front window, and I have no idea what her face looked like, but otherwise, she looked so much like my late mother, it startled me. She had very distinctive hair, an accident of genetics plus aging carried in her maternal line. Seeing it on a stranger was odd, especially on one with her height and shape.

* "I Am Not Your Tragedy:" https://mermaidsmonthly.com/2021/08/27/i-am-not-your-tragedy/

* "Goodness Gray-tious:" https://www.cakewrecks.com/home/2022/2/20/goodness-gray-tious

* "Sunday Sweets: A Black Tie Affair :" https://www.cakewrecks.com/home/2022/2/27/sunday-sweets-a-black-tie-affair

* "Archaeology Loves An Amateur: The Importance Of Stumbling Upon Artefacts:" https://www.thechatner.com/p/archaeology-loves-an-amateur-the?token=eyJ1c2VyX2lkIjoxNjEzMzc4LCJfIjoiczRYNTkiLCJpYXQiOjE2NDYzNTYxOTMsImV4cCI6MTY0NjM1OTc5MywiaXNzIjoicHViLTUiLCJzdWIiOiJwb3N0LXJlYWN0aW9uIn0.K9V6AdI7gmT-F8hKdkA7Jg2J6-Hnb2xAMZUl576qgOM&s=r

* "Please Accept My Application To Become A Bog Body:" https://www.thechatner.com/p/please-accept-my-application-to-become?token=eyJ1c2VyX2lkIjoxNjEzMzc4LCJfIjoiczRYNTkiLCJpYXQiOjE2NDYzNTYyMjMsImV4cCI6MTY0NjM1OTgyMywiaXNzIjoicHViLTUiLCJzdWIiOiJwb3N0LXJlYWN0aW9uIn0._HxiQYmmVy29tmVybRSS5YI3od01qxKfIrDtAIPVAsY&s=r

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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.

* "These Organizations Accept Donations To Help People in Ukraine:" https://www.snopes.com/news/2022/03/01/where-to-donate-help-ukraine/

* "Russia-Ukraine War: Info and ways to help:" https://ukrainewar.carrd.co/

* "This is where you can donate to support LGBT+ Ukrainians:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2022/02/25/donate-support-lgbt-ukraine/

* "Support OVD-Info:" https://beste-glatisant.tumblr.com/post/677388506851606528/hi-ive-donated-to-the-ukranian-refugees-and-now

* Ways to help Trans Youth resisting Transphobic laws in Texas: https://the-cimmerians.tumblr.com/post/677204004210688000

* "Stop the EARN IT Act to Save Privacy:" https://act.eff.org/action/stop-the-earn-it-act-to-save-our-privacy

* My Oldest Continuous friend's Elder Cat is getting up there and her special diet and health care for kidney failure is expensive. Gigi is a sweet, extremely cuddly girl and could use extra help. "Click here to show your support to Karrin Jackson's story *SupportGigiInHerOldAge:" https://www.spotfund.com/story/18393388-9914-4f6c-9f99-876aa019bdee

* Help LGBTQIA+ people escape Afghanistan: https://www.gofundme.com/f/help-lgbtq-afghan-refugees-rebuild-their-lives

* "The Rainbow Railroad:" https://www.rainbowrailroad.org/take-action

* 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

* Want to help Kimi Cole run for statewide office in Nevada? https://secure.actblue.com/donate/kimi-cole-4-nevada-1

* We are drowning from one domestic disaster after another this winter. Paypal Lethran@gmail.com or paypal.me/Gwydion

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