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11/22/23 - 11/27/23
Nov. 27th, 2023 07:00 am* I have officially lost track of which things I posted before vs. those I read and didn't have time to post. I apologize for any duplication with last week's postings.
* Disinformation is only getting worse out there, so I'm linking the Snopes Israel-Hamas War page so you can easily check things: https://www.snopes.com/tag/israel-hamas_war/
* "What does the cease-fire between Israel and Hamas look like?:" https://apnews.com/article/israel-hamas-war-ceasefire-what-to-know-af1cfbc9dcaa1485ed7a9efaca7ec2b7
* "Let's talk about the agreement that was reached....:"
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* This is from Nov. 23, 2023, but I think the snap shot of civilian deaths is important. "Gaza Civilians, Under Israeli Barrage, Are Being Killed at Historic Pace:" https://www.nytimes.com/2023/11/25/world/middleeast/israel-gaza-death-toll.html
* "World Central Kitchen:" https://wck.org/
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* "South African lawmakers vote to suspend diplomatic ties with Israel, shut embassy:" https://www.reuters.com/world/africa/safrican-lawmakers-vote-suspend-diplomatic-ties-with-israel-shut-embassy-2023-11-21/
* "Palestinian and Israeli Teens Swam in the Same Pool. Then Came Oct. 7.:" https://www.nytimes.com/2023/11/15/world/middleeast/jerusalem-pool-israelis-palestinians.html
* "Hateful Anti-LGBTQ+ Minister John Hagee Addresses Pro-Israel Demonstration:" https://www.advocate.com/news/antigay-john-hagee-israel-rally
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* "Ukraine war: Locals forced to take Russian passports, report says:" https://nz.finance.yahoo.com/news/ukraine-war-locals-forced-russian-051139369.html?guccounter=1
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* "Argentina’s new far-right president seeks counsel from his dead dog:" https://www.thepinknews.com/2023/11/21/argentina-javier-milei-dogs/
* "Dutch parties position for tough coalition talks after Wilders' shock poll win:" https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/dutch-parties-tackle-tricky-coalition-talks-after-wilders-shock-poll-win-2023-11-24/
* "What a Hard-Right Victory in the Netherlands Means for Europe:" https://time.com/6339304/hard-right-victory-netherlands-europe-impact/
* "Dutch election shows far right rising and reshaping Europe:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/11/25/europe-far-right-netherlands-election/
One by one, the lights go out....
* "Jailed for 7 years, pacifist artist to Russian court: ‘I’m freer than you’:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/11/16/russia-artist-pacifist-sentenced-war/
* "Ideology or naiveté?: New attack on voting rights could test Roberts on racial reality:" https://www.msnbc.com/alex-wagner-tonight/watch/ideology-or-naivete-new-attack-on-voting-rights-could-test-roberts-on-racial-reality-198561349744
* "Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis' Drag Ban Can't Be Enforced, Supreme Court Rules:" https://www.advocate.com/law/drag-ban-florida-cant-enforce
* "UAW chief: Tesla's Elon Musk gets rich ‘on the backs of working class people’:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/uaw-chief-tesla-s-elon-musk-gets-rich-on-the-backs-of-working-class-people-198555717838
* Yet more proof Republicans are lying when they claim they are for free speech and the free market rather than autocracy and theocracy. "Florida plans to bring Ron DeSantis’ Don’t Say Gay law to workplaces:" https://www.thepinknews.com/2023/11/22/florida-dont-say-gay-ron-desantis/
* "You Can Help Stop These Bad Internet Bills:" https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2023/07/you-can-help-stop-these-bad-internet-bills
* Have something you want to tell your Congress Critters? If you can't safely contact them in person, here are some other options:
Call the Capitol Switchboard at (202) 224-3121 and ask to be connected to the representative of your choice.
Here is one that will send your reps a fax: https://resist.bot/
* The Indivisible Guide: "A Practical Guide to defeating MAGA:" https://indivisible.org/sites/default/files/2023-01/20220104_Indivisible_%20A%20Practical%20Guide%20to%20Defeating%20MAGA.pdf
* And this is why you vote the whole ticket and in every election. "This City Just Elected an All-Woman City Council:" https://advocatechannel.com/st-paul-all-woman-city-council
* "Let's talk about Missouri, wording, and 2024....:"
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* "Mike Johnson Friendly With Minister Who Said Gays Were Punished by Mpox, Obama Could Be Antichrist:" https://www.advocate.com/politics/mike-johnson-anti-lgbtq-minister
* "Kelly Johnson's Deadly Sin Behind Loving the Sinner and Hating the Sin:" https://www.advocate.com/voices/kelly-johnson-loving-sinner-hating-sin
* Shouldn't this headline read "Mike Johnson Boasts Lots of His Friends are Sex Offenders?" "Mike Johnson said his friends would use trans-inclusive laws to spy on girls:" https://www.thepinknews.com/2023/11/22/mike-johnson-trans-laws-girls/
* "'Completely unacceptable': Threats against subjects of Trump's ire revealed in gag order filing:" https://www.msnbc.com/alex-wagner-tonight/watch/-completely-unacceptable-threats-against-subjects-of-trump-s-ire-revealed-in-gag-order-filing-198560837921
* "'Unheard of': Trump attacks led to 'serious and credible' death threats to court:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/-unheard-of-trump-attacks-led-to-serious-and-credible-death-threats-to-court-198552645883
* ""This is an actual incitement": Legal experts alarmed after Trump pushes "citizen's arrest":" https://www.salon.com/2023/11/14/this-is-an-actual-incitement-legal-experts-alarmed-after-pushes-citizens-arrest/
* NOTE: Libs Of TikTok is a Neo-NAZI group. "Libs Of TikTok and Riley Gaines target cis woman Rabbi with anti-trans attacks:" https://www.thepinknews.com/2023/11/22/riley-gaines-libs-of-tiktok-target-cis-rabbi-jessica-rosenberg/
* "Authorities identify husband and wife whose car exploded in Rainbow Bridge crash:" https://abcnews.go.com/US/authorities-identify-husband-wife-car-exploded-rainbow-bridge/story?id=105136975
* "Watch This Virginia Dad Call Out His Trans Kid's School Board for Its Anti-LGBTQ+ Policies:" https://www.advocate.com/family/virginia-dad-school-district-youngkin
* "Transgender Boy Can Be the Lead in Texas High School's ‘Oklahoma!’ After All:" https://www.advocate.com/arts-entertainment/transgender-teen-texas-oklahoma-musical
* "Let's talk about Kansas, little turtles, hair , and the ACLU....:"
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* CW: CSA. Every Republican accusation is a confession. "Moms for Liberty organiser exposed as convicted sex offender:" https://www.thepinknews.com/2023/11/22/moms-for-liberty-organiser-sex-offender/
* CW: Rape. "Ex-Chicago Police Sergeant Guilty in Transgender Woman’s Sexual Assault Case :" https://www.advocate.com/news/chicago-cop-transgender-sex-assault
* "Tampon designed for trans men faces backlash from trolls:" https://www.thepinknews.com/2023/11/25/tampon-fro-men-vuokkoset-trans-backlash/
* "Trans Boys Sue University of Missouri Over Denying Them Gender-Affirming Care :" https://www.advocate.com/law/trmissouri-university-gender-affirming-care
* "Here's the thing: Cis people really do feel like the gender they were assigned at birth.:" https://www.tumblr.com/gwydionmisha/734782829532168192/for-the-person-asking-about-how-this-works-for?source=share
* "Five things you need to know about being demisexual:" https://www.thepinknews.com/2023/11/23/five-things-you-need-to-know-about-being-demisexual/
* CW: Suicide. "Queer teen dies by suicide after relentless online attacks:" https://www.thepinknews.com/2023/11/24/pranshu-social-media-bulying-suicide-india/
* "Sandi Toksvig slams anti-trans bigots ‘claiming to be radical feminists’:" https://www.thepinknews.com/2023/11/23/sandi-toksvig-activism-trans-rights/
* "Feminist lesbian Sandi Toksvig trolled and harassed over pro-trans comments:" https://www.thepinknews.com/2023/11/24/sandi-toksvig-harassed-pro-trans/
* "Family Has Questions After Missing Transgender Woman Found Dead:" https://www.advocate.com/news/transgender-woman-found-dead-sc
* "Black Trans Woman Shot, Killed, Misgendered in Texas:" https://www.advocate.com/crime/lakendra-andrews-trans-woman-killed
* "Guilty Verdict in Murder of Trans Woman Ahsid Hemingway-Powell:" https://www.advocate.com/crime/guilty-death-trans-woman-hemingway
* "Two Men Sentenced for Videotaped Hate Crime Attack on Murdered Trans Woman:" https://www.advocate.com/crime/puerto-rico-trans-woman-attacked
* "Murders of LGBTQ+ People Often Go Unsolved. We're Telling Their Stories. :" https://www.advocate.com/crime/lgbtq-cold-case-files
* Sigh. "Fox News Is Mad at Target for Gay Nutcracker & Black Santa in Wheelchair:" https://www.advocate.com/news/gay-nutcracker-angers-fox-news
* Sigh. Republicans are so extreme the real news keeps sounding like the Onion. "Right wingers are now demanding Froot Loops boycott for being too ‘woke’:" https://www.thepinknews.com/2023/11/22/froot-loops-woke-boycott-diversity-library/
* I'd rather be evacuated and it not erupt than not evacuate and it does. "Iceland remains on eruption alert as seismic activity wanes:" https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/iceland-remains-eruption-alert-seismic-activity-wanes-2023-11-24/
* "Sam Altman to return as CEO of OpenAI:" https://www.theverge.com/2023/11/22/23967223/sam-altman-returns-ceo-open-ai
* "How big is too big? Bat’s enormous penis makes penetration impossible:" https://www.science.org/content/article/how-big-too-big-bat-s-enormous-penis-makes-penetration-impossible
* "Endangered snails released in NC pond after 20 years in captivity:" https://www.wral.com/story/endangered-snails-released-in-nc-pond-after-20-years-in-captivity/21154691/
* "Ancient Roman Garum Revisited:"
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* I guessed who it would be just from the headline. "Museum relabels Roman emperor as a trans woman with she/her pronouns:" https://www.thepinknews.com/2023/11/21/museum-roman-emperor-transgender-woman/
* "So...Dead People Used to Give Gifts at Their Funerals...☠️☠️☠️:"
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* "The “Hero’s Journey” Is Nonsense:" https://talesoftimesforgotten.com/2020/12/31/the-heros-journey-is-nonsense/
* "We don't talk enough about the implications of the annual Thanksgiving presidential turkey pardon:" https://www.tumblr.com/brigdh/734752024753848320?source=share
* "This Archive Offers an Incredible Window Into the Early Trans Internet:" https://www.them.us/story/early-trans-internet-archive
* My hip joint was still sitting incorrectly in the socket when I got up Wednesday. Getting dressed and out to collect Goth Millennial was a bit of an epic. I stayed in the car for errands. On my way inside I foolishly stepped up ont the sidewalk instead of hobbling around the long way for the ramp. The joint jumped out of it's spot, and settled in a worse location. This made getting inside and back to my apartment into an extra challenging adventure. Eventually Goth Millennial came back with the other crutch and I made it to the sofa.
We watched a bunch of Skate Canada with Tavy, Goth Millennial kindly fetching things and doing bits of housework and me doing the usual things to try to easy the joint, until Newest Millennial arrived. It was a really good visit and eventually during a hobble to the bathroom, the joint popped back into the proper position. This doesn't mean it doesn't hurt. It just means that the leg works well enough I don't need to lean on two crutches instead of one and I can sit up without it being extreme agony. The pain is still bad, even by my standards, but the odds are good of me not really hurting myself in a slow shuffle to get water or the like. Assuming the joint stays where it is meant to, it'll mend to what passes for reasonable soon enough.
Ex-dancer problems, am I right?
With the exception of drink tea and eat dinner, I'm not enjoying anything my body is doing today.
* Spent Thursday in bed, babying the hip. It is still pretty bad. I did make progress on the Bloody Red baron reread, and Livia pretty much had me to herself, as Tavy moved to his heated bed on the sofa back after dark. Everything takes Forever when my legs are this bad. I didn't even make it to the computer until 1:30AMish. I have little hope of cleaner in the morning and they don't do forage delivery this week. My bedding desperately needs changing and I'm trying to work out if I should gamble on Tuesday or wait yet another week. Sigh.
On the upside, my sling is clean and dry. (It had to go in the wash because of Spillfest. Was that Tuesday? I run laundry Wednesdays lately because that means goth Millennial can get it out and hang it since it's too much for my failing arms.) I really need it today, so I am terribly happy to have the sling back. Bonus, in the interim I've worked out a two heating pad system that gets both my hip joint and shoulder at the same time, so i have that going to, though it's easier on my neck to alternate sling and pad still.
* Friday there were hours and hours of evening cat pets with the Emperor not making drama about turns and things. Then I had a particularly bad bout of spasms. I didn't start mitigation fast enough and ended up doing a two hour epsom and agony bath. On the upside, it has really helped my hip.
* Saturday's Freindfeast went well. It is possible I made too much pie.
* So there's this boomer in my building who hates Goth Millennial and has been low key hassling them for about two and a half years because he objects to them existing. It was small shit until recently when he started following them around and verbally harassing them in the hopes of figuring out which apartment they belong to. He followed us tonight, saying things like, "I hate you." About an hour later Goth Millennial went to take the trash out, and he threatened them and us with a three hundred dollar fine, which suggests his plan is to file complaints in the hopes that management will fine me into insolvency.
I have left an explanation of the situation for Management, asking what their procedure is for dealing with hallway harassment, pointing out that I am disabled and this is my medical aid, and that the problem has been going on for years and is escalating. I asked for 1. a plan to allow us to safely use the hallway, and 2. some assurance that we wouldn't be assessed frivolous fines as he has threatened to do.
Can you tell I've dealt with stuff like this before? I want their complaint to be the first thing management sees Monday morning. I want to be in with history and context before he starts lying to them.
I have also suggested that goth Millennial try to film it next time, as I'm pretty sure video of him following and threatening them while they politely ask him to leave them alone will speak for itself. He's very brazen and entitled.
Squirrel has pointed out that harassing and threatening the aid of a disabled person is a liability issue for management, which I hope will carry weight.
For the record, he is not a physical threat. He looks like has osteoarthritis and I'd bet he's in his 80's. Goth Millennial, while disabled, is tall and looks in good health. This is why we haven't phoned the police. There is zero chance of local PD doing a thing about verbal harassment from a frail old man aimed at counter culture people.
The threat here is to Goth Millennial's well being and to my housing.
So we're letter of the law and super duper customer service polite for the duration. We are documenting the shit out of it, in case it gets to the restraining order phase or the lawsuit phase our the he said they said phase with building management.
I don't trust management to DO anything about it, but I'm hoping us pointing out the threat of frivolous fines will make them look askance at his attempts to get them to levy massive frivolous fines, if you follow. I am hoping the wording of my complaint will suggest to them liability issues around housing discrimination and ADA issues.
Fucking Boomers. We did nothing to him. This all started because three summers ago Goth Millennial was wearing modest shorts in the middle of a massive heat wave, which he verbally objected to. People have a right to wear shorts for fuckssake, but he's been after them ever since.
* My car broke yet again in late October. As I feared it was the hose that keeps the engine cool. Why feared? It's in the middle of all the gear under the hood. Hose and fluid replacements are cheap. an hour and a half of labor to take it all apart then put it back in is incredibly expensive. $220 worth in total. (Thank you donors!) I have paid Squirrel back for the gas for the week and a halfish, I was borrowing his car, thanks to a donor. The repairs ate most of my bill money for the month. Yes, this is the forth repair this year. My car is about 25ish years old. I can't afford to replace it, nor can I do without it, being disabled: https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/Gwydion
* Squirrel has lost their job and needs about $800.00 for bills, meds and food for a month. They have lost their health insurance which provides essential medication. They can float bills a bit if they must, but it's extremely dangerous if they skip any of their meds. Squirrel got hired. The job starts on the 5th. First paycheck is mid-December They are an old RL friend and my roommate: https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/Squirrelmh
* An old friend of mine's beloved dog needs money for vet bills and special food. They are $75.00 short of goal: https://www.gofundme.com/f/pay-rosies-dental-bills
* "Neil Gaiman & Queering Fantasy:"
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* OFMD. "I don't even know who I am:" https://www.tumblr.com/brigdh/734556338789679105?source=share
* OFMD. "Thoughts and feelings about Izzy in s2ep4 and what it means to me as a fellow disabled person:" https://www.tumblr.com/brigdh/734732457883172864?source=share
* When I watched the Untamed, I eventually went back and rewatched the first episode after I got to know who everybody was. It was still enigmatic in a bunch of areas. I finally got a chance to read Grandmaster of Demonic Cultivation, and it instantly cleared up so many questions I had about that first episode. I've been wanting to read it all this time, but I simply can't read a whole novel at my desk. Now I am wishing I could rewatch the series again when I finish the book, but we're still super limited on streaming due to Squirrel and I both having been hit by emergencies. Maybe next year.
Anyway, I am having a glorious time with Grandmaster. :)
* In other news, the Doctor Who Special 1 fed my spirit.
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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.
* "World Central Kitchen:" https://wck.org/
* Where to donate for non-violent causes in Gaza and Israel: https://soc-puppet.dreamwidth.org/867894.html
* "Games for Gaza:" https://soc-puppet.dreamwidth.org/868099.html
* My car broke yet again in late October. As I feared it was the hose that keeps the engine cool. Why feared? It's in the middle of all the gear under the hood. Hose and fluid replacements are cheap. an hour and a half of labor to take it all apart then put it back in is incredibly expensive. $230 worth in total. I have paid Squirrel back for the gas for the week and a halfish, I was borrowing his car, thanks to a donor. The repairs ate most of my bill money for the month. Yes, this is the forth repair this year. My car is about 25ish years old. I can't afford to replace it, nor can I do without it, being disabled: https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/Gwydion
* Squirrel has lost their job and needs about $800.00 for bills, meds and food for a month. They have lost their health insurance which provides essential medication. We can float bills a bit if we must, but it's extremely dangerous if they skip any of their meds. They have already had a ton of interviews, and it is likely they will be offered a very good job if they can hold out until December when it starts. They are an old RL friend and my roommate: https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/Squirrelmh
* An old friend of mine's beloved dog needs money for vet bills and special food. They just need $75 more.: https://www.gofundme.com/f/pay-rosies-dental-bills
* Cool Blackwork Embroidery Patterns for Beginners: https://www.etsy.com/shop/thehaberdasheress/?etsrc=sdt
* If you would like to help support me and the Cats: paypal.me/Gwydion
* I admit to having a wicked good time tormenting myself and other history geeks with my polls: https://www.tumblr.com/gwydpolls
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* Disinformation is only getting worse out there, so I'm linking the Snopes Israel-Hamas War page so you can easily check things: https://www.snopes.com/tag/israel-hamas_war/
* "What does the cease-fire between Israel and Hamas look like?:" https://apnews.com/article/israel-hamas-war-ceasefire-what-to-know-af1cfbc9dcaa1485ed7a9efaca7ec2b7
* "Let's talk about the agreement that was reached....:"
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* This is from Nov. 23, 2023, but I think the snap shot of civilian deaths is important. "Gaza Civilians, Under Israeli Barrage, Are Being Killed at Historic Pace:" https://www.nytimes.com/2023/11/25/world/middleeast/israel-gaza-death-toll.html
* "World Central Kitchen:" https://wck.org/
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* "South African lawmakers vote to suspend diplomatic ties with Israel, shut embassy:" https://www.reuters.com/world/africa/safrican-lawmakers-vote-suspend-diplomatic-ties-with-israel-shut-embassy-2023-11-21/
* "Palestinian and Israeli Teens Swam in the Same Pool. Then Came Oct. 7.:" https://www.nytimes.com/2023/11/15/world/middleeast/jerusalem-pool-israelis-palestinians.html
* "Hateful Anti-LGBTQ+ Minister John Hagee Addresses Pro-Israel Demonstration:" https://www.advocate.com/news/antigay-john-hagee-israel-rally
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* "Ukraine war: Locals forced to take Russian passports, report says:" https://nz.finance.yahoo.com/news/ukraine-war-locals-forced-russian-051139369.html?guccounter=1
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* "Argentina’s new far-right president seeks counsel from his dead dog:" https://www.thepinknews.com/2023/11/21/argentina-javier-milei-dogs/
* "Dutch parties position for tough coalition talks after Wilders' shock poll win:" https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/dutch-parties-tackle-tricky-coalition-talks-after-wilders-shock-poll-win-2023-11-24/
* "What a Hard-Right Victory in the Netherlands Means for Europe:" https://time.com/6339304/hard-right-victory-netherlands-europe-impact/
* "Dutch election shows far right rising and reshaping Europe:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/11/25/europe-far-right-netherlands-election/
One by one, the lights go out....
* "Jailed for 7 years, pacifist artist to Russian court: ‘I’m freer than you’:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/11/16/russia-artist-pacifist-sentenced-war/
* "Ideology or naiveté?: New attack on voting rights could test Roberts on racial reality:" https://www.msnbc.com/alex-wagner-tonight/watch/ideology-or-naivete-new-attack-on-voting-rights-could-test-roberts-on-racial-reality-198561349744
* "Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis' Drag Ban Can't Be Enforced, Supreme Court Rules:" https://www.advocate.com/law/drag-ban-florida-cant-enforce
* "UAW chief: Tesla's Elon Musk gets rich ‘on the backs of working class people’:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/uaw-chief-tesla-s-elon-musk-gets-rich-on-the-backs-of-working-class-people-198555717838
* Yet more proof Republicans are lying when they claim they are for free speech and the free market rather than autocracy and theocracy. "Florida plans to bring Ron DeSantis’ Don’t Say Gay law to workplaces:" https://www.thepinknews.com/2023/11/22/florida-dont-say-gay-ron-desantis/
* "You Can Help Stop These Bad Internet Bills:" https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2023/07/you-can-help-stop-these-bad-internet-bills
* Have something you want to tell your Congress Critters? If you can't safely contact them in person, here are some other options:
Call the Capitol Switchboard at (202) 224-3121 and ask to be connected to the representative of your choice.
Here is one that will send your reps a fax: https://resist.bot/
* The Indivisible Guide: "A Practical Guide to defeating MAGA:" https://indivisible.org/sites/default/files/2023-01/20220104_Indivisible_%20A%20Practical%20Guide%20to%20Defeating%20MAGA.pdf
* And this is why you vote the whole ticket and in every election. "This City Just Elected an All-Woman City Council:" https://advocatechannel.com/st-paul-all-woman-city-council
* "Let's talk about Missouri, wording, and 2024....:"
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* "Mike Johnson Friendly With Minister Who Said Gays Were Punished by Mpox, Obama Could Be Antichrist:" https://www.advocate.com/politics/mike-johnson-anti-lgbtq-minister
* "Kelly Johnson's Deadly Sin Behind Loving the Sinner and Hating the Sin:" https://www.advocate.com/voices/kelly-johnson-loving-sinner-hating-sin
* Shouldn't this headline read "Mike Johnson Boasts Lots of His Friends are Sex Offenders?" "Mike Johnson said his friends would use trans-inclusive laws to spy on girls:" https://www.thepinknews.com/2023/11/22/mike-johnson-trans-laws-girls/
* "'Completely unacceptable': Threats against subjects of Trump's ire revealed in gag order filing:" https://www.msnbc.com/alex-wagner-tonight/watch/-completely-unacceptable-threats-against-subjects-of-trump-s-ire-revealed-in-gag-order-filing-198560837921
* "'Unheard of': Trump attacks led to 'serious and credible' death threats to court:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/-unheard-of-trump-attacks-led-to-serious-and-credible-death-threats-to-court-198552645883
* ""This is an actual incitement": Legal experts alarmed after Trump pushes "citizen's arrest":" https://www.salon.com/2023/11/14/this-is-an-actual-incitement-legal-experts-alarmed-after-pushes-citizens-arrest/
* NOTE: Libs Of TikTok is a Neo-NAZI group. "Libs Of TikTok and Riley Gaines target cis woman Rabbi with anti-trans attacks:" https://www.thepinknews.com/2023/11/22/riley-gaines-libs-of-tiktok-target-cis-rabbi-jessica-rosenberg/
* "Authorities identify husband and wife whose car exploded in Rainbow Bridge crash:" https://abcnews.go.com/US/authorities-identify-husband-wife-car-exploded-rainbow-bridge/story?id=105136975
* "Watch This Virginia Dad Call Out His Trans Kid's School Board for Its Anti-LGBTQ+ Policies:" https://www.advocate.com/family/virginia-dad-school-district-youngkin
* "Transgender Boy Can Be the Lead in Texas High School's ‘Oklahoma!’ After All:" https://www.advocate.com/arts-entertainment/transgender-teen-texas-oklahoma-musical
* "Let's talk about Kansas, little turtles, hair , and the ACLU....:"
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* CW: CSA. Every Republican accusation is a confession. "Moms for Liberty organiser exposed as convicted sex offender:" https://www.thepinknews.com/2023/11/22/moms-for-liberty-organiser-sex-offender/
* CW: Rape. "Ex-Chicago Police Sergeant Guilty in Transgender Woman’s Sexual Assault Case :" https://www.advocate.com/news/chicago-cop-transgender-sex-assault
* "Tampon designed for trans men faces backlash from trolls:" https://www.thepinknews.com/2023/11/25/tampon-fro-men-vuokkoset-trans-backlash/
* "Trans Boys Sue University of Missouri Over Denying Them Gender-Affirming Care :" https://www.advocate.com/law/trmissouri-university-gender-affirming-care
* "Here's the thing: Cis people really do feel like the gender they were assigned at birth.:" https://www.tumblr.com/gwydionmisha/734782829532168192/for-the-person-asking-about-how-this-works-for?source=share
* "Five things you need to know about being demisexual:" https://www.thepinknews.com/2023/11/23/five-things-you-need-to-know-about-being-demisexual/
* CW: Suicide. "Queer teen dies by suicide after relentless online attacks:" https://www.thepinknews.com/2023/11/24/pranshu-social-media-bulying-suicide-india/
* "Sandi Toksvig slams anti-trans bigots ‘claiming to be radical feminists’:" https://www.thepinknews.com/2023/11/23/sandi-toksvig-activism-trans-rights/
* "Feminist lesbian Sandi Toksvig trolled and harassed over pro-trans comments:" https://www.thepinknews.com/2023/11/24/sandi-toksvig-harassed-pro-trans/
* "Family Has Questions After Missing Transgender Woman Found Dead:" https://www.advocate.com/news/transgender-woman-found-dead-sc
* "Black Trans Woman Shot, Killed, Misgendered in Texas:" https://www.advocate.com/crime/lakendra-andrews-trans-woman-killed
* "Guilty Verdict in Murder of Trans Woman Ahsid Hemingway-Powell:" https://www.advocate.com/crime/guilty-death-trans-woman-hemingway
* "Two Men Sentenced for Videotaped Hate Crime Attack on Murdered Trans Woman:" https://www.advocate.com/crime/puerto-rico-trans-woman-attacked
* "Murders of LGBTQ+ People Often Go Unsolved. We're Telling Their Stories. :" https://www.advocate.com/crime/lgbtq-cold-case-files
* Sigh. "Fox News Is Mad at Target for Gay Nutcracker & Black Santa in Wheelchair:" https://www.advocate.com/news/gay-nutcracker-angers-fox-news
* Sigh. Republicans are so extreme the real news keeps sounding like the Onion. "Right wingers are now demanding Froot Loops boycott for being too ‘woke’:" https://www.thepinknews.com/2023/11/22/froot-loops-woke-boycott-diversity-library/
* I'd rather be evacuated and it not erupt than not evacuate and it does. "Iceland remains on eruption alert as seismic activity wanes:" https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/iceland-remains-eruption-alert-seismic-activity-wanes-2023-11-24/
* "Sam Altman to return as CEO of OpenAI:" https://www.theverge.com/2023/11/22/23967223/sam-altman-returns-ceo-open-ai
* "How big is too big? Bat’s enormous penis makes penetration impossible:" https://www.science.org/content/article/how-big-too-big-bat-s-enormous-penis-makes-penetration-impossible
* "Endangered snails released in NC pond after 20 years in captivity:" https://www.wral.com/story/endangered-snails-released-in-nc-pond-after-20-years-in-captivity/21154691/
* "Ancient Roman Garum Revisited:"
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* I guessed who it would be just from the headline. "Museum relabels Roman emperor as a trans woman with she/her pronouns:" https://www.thepinknews.com/2023/11/21/museum-roman-emperor-transgender-woman/
* "So...Dead People Used to Give Gifts at Their Funerals...☠️☠️☠️:"
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* "The “Hero’s Journey” Is Nonsense:" https://talesoftimesforgotten.com/2020/12/31/the-heros-journey-is-nonsense/
* "We don't talk enough about the implications of the annual Thanksgiving presidential turkey pardon:" https://www.tumblr.com/brigdh/734752024753848320?source=share
* "This Archive Offers an Incredible Window Into the Early Trans Internet:" https://www.them.us/story/early-trans-internet-archive
* My hip joint was still sitting incorrectly in the socket when I got up Wednesday. Getting dressed and out to collect Goth Millennial was a bit of an epic. I stayed in the car for errands. On my way inside I foolishly stepped up ont the sidewalk instead of hobbling around the long way for the ramp. The joint jumped out of it's spot, and settled in a worse location. This made getting inside and back to my apartment into an extra challenging adventure. Eventually Goth Millennial came back with the other crutch and I made it to the sofa.
We watched a bunch of Skate Canada with Tavy, Goth Millennial kindly fetching things and doing bits of housework and me doing the usual things to try to easy the joint, until Newest Millennial arrived. It was a really good visit and eventually during a hobble to the bathroom, the joint popped back into the proper position. This doesn't mean it doesn't hurt. It just means that the leg works well enough I don't need to lean on two crutches instead of one and I can sit up without it being extreme agony. The pain is still bad, even by my standards, but the odds are good of me not really hurting myself in a slow shuffle to get water or the like. Assuming the joint stays where it is meant to, it'll mend to what passes for reasonable soon enough.
Ex-dancer problems, am I right?
With the exception of drink tea and eat dinner, I'm not enjoying anything my body is doing today.
* Spent Thursday in bed, babying the hip. It is still pretty bad. I did make progress on the Bloody Red baron reread, and Livia pretty much had me to herself, as Tavy moved to his heated bed on the sofa back after dark. Everything takes Forever when my legs are this bad. I didn't even make it to the computer until 1:30AMish. I have little hope of cleaner in the morning and they don't do forage delivery this week. My bedding desperately needs changing and I'm trying to work out if I should gamble on Tuesday or wait yet another week. Sigh.
On the upside, my sling is clean and dry. (It had to go in the wash because of Spillfest. Was that Tuesday? I run laundry Wednesdays lately because that means goth Millennial can get it out and hang it since it's too much for my failing arms.) I really need it today, so I am terribly happy to have the sling back. Bonus, in the interim I've worked out a two heating pad system that gets both my hip joint and shoulder at the same time, so i have that going to, though it's easier on my neck to alternate sling and pad still.
* Friday there were hours and hours of evening cat pets with the Emperor not making drama about turns and things. Then I had a particularly bad bout of spasms. I didn't start mitigation fast enough and ended up doing a two hour epsom and agony bath. On the upside, it has really helped my hip.
* Saturday's Freindfeast went well. It is possible I made too much pie.
* So there's this boomer in my building who hates Goth Millennial and has been low key hassling them for about two and a half years because he objects to them existing. It was small shit until recently when he started following them around and verbally harassing them in the hopes of figuring out which apartment they belong to. He followed us tonight, saying things like, "I hate you." About an hour later Goth Millennial went to take the trash out, and he threatened them and us with a three hundred dollar fine, which suggests his plan is to file complaints in the hopes that management will fine me into insolvency.
I have left an explanation of the situation for Management, asking what their procedure is for dealing with hallway harassment, pointing out that I am disabled and this is my medical aid, and that the problem has been going on for years and is escalating. I asked for 1. a plan to allow us to safely use the hallway, and 2. some assurance that we wouldn't be assessed frivolous fines as he has threatened to do.
Can you tell I've dealt with stuff like this before? I want their complaint to be the first thing management sees Monday morning. I want to be in with history and context before he starts lying to them.
I have also suggested that goth Millennial try to film it next time, as I'm pretty sure video of him following and threatening them while they politely ask him to leave them alone will speak for itself. He's very brazen and entitled.
Squirrel has pointed out that harassing and threatening the aid of a disabled person is a liability issue for management, which I hope will carry weight.
For the record, he is not a physical threat. He looks like has osteoarthritis and I'd bet he's in his 80's. Goth Millennial, while disabled, is tall and looks in good health. This is why we haven't phoned the police. There is zero chance of local PD doing a thing about verbal harassment from a frail old man aimed at counter culture people.
The threat here is to Goth Millennial's well being and to my housing.
So we're letter of the law and super duper customer service polite for the duration. We are documenting the shit out of it, in case it gets to the restraining order phase or the lawsuit phase our the he said they said phase with building management.
I don't trust management to DO anything about it, but I'm hoping us pointing out the threat of frivolous fines will make them look askance at his attempts to get them to levy massive frivolous fines, if you follow. I am hoping the wording of my complaint will suggest to them liability issues around housing discrimination and ADA issues.
Fucking Boomers. We did nothing to him. This all started because three summers ago Goth Millennial was wearing modest shorts in the middle of a massive heat wave, which he verbally objected to. People have a right to wear shorts for fuckssake, but he's been after them ever since.
* My car broke yet again in late October. As I feared it was the hose that keeps the engine cool. Why feared? It's in the middle of all the gear under the hood. Hose and fluid replacements are cheap. an hour and a half of labor to take it all apart then put it back in is incredibly expensive. $220 worth in total. (Thank you donors!) I have paid Squirrel back for the gas for the week and a halfish, I was borrowing his car, thanks to a donor. The repairs ate most of my bill money for the month. Yes, this is the forth repair this year. My car is about 25ish years old. I can't afford to replace it, nor can I do without it, being disabled: https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/Gwydion
* Squirrel has lost their job and needs about $800.00 for bills, meds and food for a month. They have lost their health insurance which provides essential medication. They can float bills a bit if they must, but it's extremely dangerous if they skip any of their meds. Squirrel got hired. The job starts on the 5th. First paycheck is mid-December They are an old RL friend and my roommate: https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/Squirrelmh
* An old friend of mine's beloved dog needs money for vet bills and special food. They are $75.00 short of goal: https://www.gofundme.com/f/pay-rosies-dental-bills
* "Neil Gaiman & Queering Fantasy:"
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* OFMD. "I don't even know who I am:" https://www.tumblr.com/brigdh/734556338789679105?source=share
* OFMD. "Thoughts and feelings about Izzy in s2ep4 and what it means to me as a fellow disabled person:" https://www.tumblr.com/brigdh/734732457883172864?source=share
* When I watched the Untamed, I eventually went back and rewatched the first episode after I got to know who everybody was. It was still enigmatic in a bunch of areas. I finally got a chance to read Grandmaster of Demonic Cultivation, and it instantly cleared up so many questions I had about that first episode. I've been wanting to read it all this time, but I simply can't read a whole novel at my desk. Now I am wishing I could rewatch the series again when I finish the book, but we're still super limited on streaming due to Squirrel and I both having been hit by emergencies. Maybe next year.
Anyway, I am having a glorious time with Grandmaster. :)
* In other news, the Doctor Who Special 1 fed my spirit.
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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.
* "World Central Kitchen:" https://wck.org/
* Where to donate for non-violent causes in Gaza and Israel: https://soc-puppet.dreamwidth.org/867894.html
* "Games for Gaza:" https://soc-puppet.dreamwidth.org/868099.html
* My car broke yet again in late October. As I feared it was the hose that keeps the engine cool. Why feared? It's in the middle of all the gear under the hood. Hose and fluid replacements are cheap. an hour and a half of labor to take it all apart then put it back in is incredibly expensive. $230 worth in total. I have paid Squirrel back for the gas for the week and a halfish, I was borrowing his car, thanks to a donor. The repairs ate most of my bill money for the month. Yes, this is the forth repair this year. My car is about 25ish years old. I can't afford to replace it, nor can I do without it, being disabled: https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/Gwydion
* Squirrel has lost their job and needs about $800.00 for bills, meds and food for a month. They have lost their health insurance which provides essential medication. We can float bills a bit if we must, but it's extremely dangerous if they skip any of their meds. They have already had a ton of interviews, and it is likely they will be offered a very good job if they can hold out until December when it starts. They are an old RL friend and my roommate: https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/Squirrelmh
* An old friend of mine's beloved dog needs money for vet bills and special food. They just need $75 more.: https://www.gofundme.com/f/pay-rosies-dental-bills
* Cool Blackwork Embroidery Patterns for Beginners: https://www.etsy.com/shop/thehaberdasheress/?etsrc=sdt
* If you would like to help support me and the Cats: paypal.me/Gwydion
* I admit to having a wicked good time tormenting myself and other history geeks with my polls: https://www.tumblr.com/gwydpolls
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