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[gwydion]

* "Australia gets new PM in brutal party coup:" https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-australia-45292637

* "U.S. election security steps hobbled by Congress-White House...:" https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election-security/u-s-election-security-steps-hobbled-by-congress-white-house-funding-fight-idUSKCN1L72FN

* "SA rejects Trump tweet on farmer killings:" https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-45282088

* "Trade war: The US and China just slapped new tariffs on each other:" https://www.cnn.com/2018/08/23/politics/china-us-tariffs/index.html

* "Trump says 'everybody would be very poor' if he's impeached:" https://www.cnn.com/2018/08/23/politics/trump-impeachment-democrats-congress/index.html

* "Trump says longstanding legal practice of flipping 'almost ought to be illegal':" https://www.cnn.com/2018/08/23/politics/trump-flipping-outlawed/index.html

* "Jeff Sessions fires back at Trump, says DOJ will remain independent:" https://www.cnbc.com/2018/08/23/jeff-sessions-pushes-back-against-trump-actions-of-doj-will-not-be-improperly-influenced-by-political-considerations.html

* "Fox anchor who interviewed Trump: He is looking to pardon Manafort:" https://www.politico.com/story/2018/08/22/will-donald-trump-pardon-paul-manafort-791510

* "Who is the holdout Manafort juror who stopped his conviction on all 18 counts?:" https://www.newsweek.com/paul-manafort-jury-holdout-trump-latest-1086699

* "Next Manafort trial will likely make Trump more uncomfortable:" http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/next-manafort-trial-will-like-make-trump-more-uncomfortable-1305438275764?v=railb

* "David Pecker, publisher of the National Enquirer and Trump friend, granted immunity in Cohen probe:" https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/politics-news/david-pecker-ceo-national-enquirer-publisher-trump-friend-granted-immunity-n903206

* "AP: National Enquirer hid damaging Trump stories in a safe:" https://apnews.com/143be3c52d4746af8546ca6772754407

* "Pecker's past practice puts POTUS in a pickle, precludes Pulitzer:" http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/pecker-s-past-practice-puts-potus-in-a-pickle-precludes-pulitzer-1305437251712?v=railb

* "Breaking: Manhattan D.A. looking at charges for Trump Org: NYT:" http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/breaking-manhattan-d-a-looking-at-charges-for-trump-org-nyt-1305442371956?v=railb

* "Jeff Sessions might have just lost his most important supporter: the Senate:" https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2018/8/23/17773828/trump-fire-sessions-senate-mueller

* "Powerful GOP senators have signaled that they're okay with Trump firing Sessions:" http://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/powerful-gop-senators-have-signaled-that-they-re-okay-with-trump-firing-sessions-1305354819644?v=railb

* Do not want! "Betsy DeVos considers allowing schools to use federal funds to buy guns:" http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/politics/ct-school-funding-guns-20180823-story.html

""Devos, after my daughter was murdered, you yelled 'Don't talk about guns, talk about mental health,' " Fred Guttenberg, whose daughter Jaime was killed at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High in Parkland, wrote on Twitter. "Your brain dead plan will pull money from mental health.""

* They Blackmailed the Fire Fighters into buying a more expensive plan by slowing their communications to a crawl. THIS is why we need Net Neutrality back. "Verizon Throttled Firefighters' Data As Mendocino Wildfire Raged, Fire Chief Says:" https://www.npr.org/2018/08/22/640815074/verizon-throttled-firefighters-data-as-mendocino-wildfire-raged-fire-chief-says

* "U.S. Military Is World’s Biggest Polluter:" https://www.ecowatch.com/military-largest-polluter-2408760609.html

* "The Next Flint Water Nightmare Could Be Closer Than You Think:" https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/ev843j/the-poisoned-city-book-anna-clark-interview

* "$1 an Hour to Fight Largest Fire in CA History: Are Prison Firefighting Programs Slave Labor?:" https://www.democracynow.org/2018/8/9/1_an_hour_to_fight_largest

* "Baltimore Officer Resigns After Video Shows Him Repeatedly Punching Man:" https://www.npr.org/2018/08/13/637975944/baltimore-officer-resigns-after-video-shows-him-repeatedly-punching-man?utm_source=tumblr.com&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=npr&utm_term=nprnews&utm_content=20180813

* "State of Virginia Confirms Immigrant Teenagers Were Strapped to Chairs with Bags Over Their Heads:" https://www.democracynow.org/2018/8/14/headlines/state_of_virginia_confirms_immigrant_teenagers_were_strapped_to_chairs_with_bags_over_their_heads

* "Hurricane Lane brings 19 inches of rain to parts of Hawaii:" https://www.cnn.com/2018/08/23/us/hurricane-lane-hawaii-wxc/index.html

* NWS "The Bayeux Tapestry with knobs on: what do the tapestry's 93 penises tell us?:" https://www.historyextra.com/period/medieval/bayeux-tapestry-penis-why-norman-conquest-battle-hastings-william-conqueror/

* "Molly Leigh - Blackbird Witch.:" http://gwydionmisha.tumblr.com/post/177338519502/molly-leigh-blackbird-witch

* I finished the fine sort of things I am for sure selling, and it's super clear that a ox is still missing somewhere. Sigh. I need to enlist someone to help me get boxes into my car, so I can have a little more room to maneuver.

The air quality is still not great, but there's more movement and I'm managing better today as a result.

I have rl social things scheduled Friday evening and Saturday afternoon. This may effect my availability. Really, I ought to be baking a pavlova as I type this, but I'm having trouble talking myself into it.

Update: I did make the pavlova, but either the new recipe I was trying or the humidity did not lead to the ideal texture. Sigh. On the upside, the dishwasher was almost full and I could run the beaters right away, so I can make whipped cream with them tomorrow.

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

* "Fires in Greece: how to help:" https://medium.com/@theo.k/fires-in-greece-how-to-help-41ad32fc9232

* Practical ways to protest with scripts. "On the Helsinki summit, election integrity and Mueller:" https://medium.com/@Celeste_pewter/on-the-helsinki-summit-election-integrity-and-mueller-b8ed1acde2c0

* Black Phoenix Alchemy Lab is doing a fundraiser for legal defense of refugee children in ICE detention. https://blackphoenixalchemylab.com/product-category/activism/deliver-them-from-the-hands-of-the-wicked/

* Want to contribute directly to the Refugee and Immigrant Center for Education and Legal Services fund? "Refugee and Immigrant Center for Education and Legal Services:" https://www.raicestexas.org/

* Support Kids at the Border: http://brigdh.tumblr.com/post/175022384240/support-the-kids-at-the-border

This has a call script to help you talk your Republican Senator into voting for the Keep Families Together Act: http://rockinhamburger.tumblr.com/post/175022988673/captacorn-marvelsmostwanted-heres-a-call

* How to help Rohingya refugees: https://www.nytimes.com/2017/09/29/world/asia/rohingya-aid-myanmar-bangladesh.html?emc=edit_nn_20171012&nl=morning-briefing&nlid=50784086&te=1&_r=0

* A list of organizations to help you run for office: http://lovingmyselfishard.tumblr.com/post/167330144634/psst-hey

* Have something you want to tell your Congress Critters? 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/

* This is a cool person and the swimsuits are being made from an ethical source. LGBTQIA+ swimsuits: https://www.etsy.com/shop/NerdyKeppie?ref=l2-shopheader-name§ion_id=24021616

* Help pay for cat food, litter, meds, medical copays: Paypal Lethran@gmail.com or paypal.me/Gwydion

* Birthday/Solstice master list: https://gwydion.dreamwidth.org/1925021.html

* Want Game of Thrones without the creepy? We need new players. We are very inclusive. "Game of Bones MUSH:" gobmush.wikidot.comn