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Apr. 15th, 2019 04:47 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
gwydion* "How Chinese Entrepreneurs Are Quietly Reshaping Africa:" https://www.ozy.com/fast-forward/how-chinese-entrepreneurs-are-quietly-reshaping-africa/93519
* Well, Fuck! "AP Photos: India's sacred cow a symbol of rising nationalism:" https://www.apnews.com/8f92a38db1be4605935b759165ec01c0
* "Duterte threatens 'suicide mission' if Beijing oversteps in South China Sea:" https://www.cnn.com/2019/04/05/asia/south-china-sea-duterte-beijing-intl/index.html
* "China's construction binge spreads to Americas, rattles US:" https://www.apnews.com/01e30c76567f40ce9d5dabc20788139c
* "Legal experts on whether public will ever see full Mueller report:" http://www.msnbc.com/am-joy/watch/barr-says-he-will-release-mueller-report-this-week-1492098115769
* "Sen. Cory Booker formally joins presidential race with an echo of Martin Luther King Jr.: “We can’t wait.”:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/sen-cory-booker-formally-joins-presidential-race-with-an-echo-of-martin-luther-king-jr-we-cant-wait/2019/04/13/f15eec3e-5d14-11e9-842d-7d3ed7eb3957_story.html?noredirect=on&utm_term=.d653acc1fb80
* "Finland gave people free money. They became more trusting.:" https://www.vox.com/2019/4/6/18297452/finland-basic-income-free-money-canada
* "Why Europeans Don’t Get Huge Medical Bills:" https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2019/04/do-europeans-get-big-medical-bills/586906/
* "The Robocall Deluge Is a Case of Government Failure:" https://prospect.org/article/robocall-deluge-case-government-failure
* "Louisiana arson suspect expressed disgust with Baptist churches on Facebook:" https://www.cnn.com/2019/04/12/us/louisiana-church-fires-suspect/index.html
* "As Louisiana churches burn, Congress hijacks the conversation on hate:" https://www.cjr.org/the_media_today/louisiana_church_fires_hate.php
* "Tlaib wants us to see 'light' in her and Ilhan Omar's election:" http://www.msnbc.com/am-joy/watch/rep-rashida-tlaib-discusses-rep-ilhan-omar-and-trump-1492051523786
* "Expert says Islamophobia is ‘weaponized’ to manipulate voters:" http://www.msnbc.com/am-joy/watch/democratic-response-to-criticism-of-ilhan-omar-by-gop-scrutinized-1492072515749
* "Columnist on Omar coverage: Fox is ‘destroying political thought’:" http://www.msnbc.com/am-joy/watch/right-wing-media-coverage-of-rep-ilhan-omar-critiqued-1492124739708
* "How border patrol chases have spun out of control, with deadly consequences:" https://www.latimes.com/projects/la-me-ln-border-patrol-immigrant-chases-crashes/
* "Why Did Brett Kavanaugh Change His Mind About the Rights of Religious Minorities in the Execution Chamber?:" https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2019/03/patrick-henry-murphy-brett-kavanaugh-supreme-court-domineque-ray.html
* "Even very short jail sentences drive people away from voting:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/2019/03/28/even-very-short-jail-sentences-drive-people-away-voting/?noredirect=on&utm_term=.4dfb6ff1c088
* "Mothers grapple with unpaid maternity leave as lawmakers eye a change:" https://www.cbsnews.com/news/the-world-of-mothers-grappling-with-unpaid-maternity-leave/
* "Mother and daughter pilot Delta flight from Los Angeles to Atlanta:" https://www.kron4.com/news/national/mother-and-daughter-pilot-delta-flight-from-los-angeles-to-atlanta/1872058313
* "HIV Rates Are Rising in States That Didn't Expand Medicaid:" https://psmag.com/social-justice/hiv-rates-are-rising-across-the-south
"Yet just two weeks ago, the Trump administration argued that the ACA—which offered about 20 million Americans access to health care that they wouldn't otherwise have—should be dismantled entirely. For those living with HIV, the ACA's provision for pre-existing conditions meant the sudden freedom of being able to change jobs and, by extension, insurance plans—something they were terrified of doing before, Beyrer says, because "HIV is the mother of all pre-existing conditions.""
* "Morehouse College Opens Its Doors To Trans Masculine Students:" https://transgriot.blogspot.com/2019/04/morehouse-college-opens-its-doors-to.html
* "‘They Had Found Out That I Am Gay, and They Were Going to Kill Me’:" https://www.thenation.com/article/edafe-okporo-asylum-refugee-migrant-voices/
* "Take from the rich and give to … the subway? Inside New York’s evolving congestion pricing policy:" https://grist.org/article/take-from-the-rich-and-give-to-the-subway-inside-new-yorks-evolving-congestion-pricing-policy/
* "How A Seed Bank Helps Preserve Cherokee Culture Through Traditional Foods:" https://www.npr.org/sections/thesalt/2019/04/02/704795157/how-a-seed-bank-helps-preserve-cherokee-culture-through-traditional-foods
* "The Hidden Air Pollution in Our Homes:" https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2019/04/08/the-hidden-air-pollution-in-our-homes
* "The International Space Station Is a Cesspool of Bacteria and Fungi, Study Finds:" https://gizmodo.com/the-international-space-station-is-a-cesspool-of-bacter-1833885488
* "Killer Rabbits in Medieval Manuscripts: Why So Many Drawings in the Margins Depict Bunnies Going Bad:" http://www.openculture.com/2019/03/killer-rabbits-in-medieval-manuscripts-why-so-many-drawings-in-the-margins-depict-bunnies-going-bad.html
* "In India, the British Hyped Potatoes to Justify Colonialism:" https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/potato-history-india
* "History's 26 Most Incredible Heroes That You Never Heard Of:" https://www.cracked.com/pictofacts-1336-historys-26-most-incredible-heroes-that-you-never-heard-of/
* "Jail Cell Cold Open - SNL:"
* "Weekend Update: Julian Assange Arrested - SNL:"
* "The View: Jenny McCarthy on Vaccines - SNL:"
* "Zachary Levi Brings Out James's Inner-Shazam:"
* Sunday, my body was extremely rebellious. Let us hope it is less recalcitrant Monday and Tuesday.
* "10 Enchanted Garden Cakes That Are Pure Magic:" https://www.cakewrecks.com/home/2019/4/14/10-enchanted-garden-cakes-that-are-pure-magic.html
*****
* Full list of Resistance and charity links has been migrated to my profile as it was getting out of hand.
* "Books for low-income kids who don't have enough books Needed:" https://delight.dreamwidth.org/156856.html
* Want to help LGBTQIA+ folk escapr repressive regimes? https://www.rainbowrailroad.com/donate
* Donate to HIAS to help refugees: https://act.hias.org/page/6048/donate/1
* 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
* The Rainbow Road and other ways to help Gay Refugees: http://gwydionmisha.tumblr.com/post/160470723507/the-rainbow-railroad-is-helping-gay-men-escape
* Upset about the abuse of big cats by people who shouldn't be allowed to keep them? Big cat rescue is trying to change laws to protect wild animals. "Cat Laws:" https://bigcatrescue.org/cat-laws/
* 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? If you can not protest 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.
* 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
* Well, Fuck! "AP Photos: India's sacred cow a symbol of rising nationalism:" https://www.apnews.com/8f92a38db1be4605935b759165ec01c0
* "Duterte threatens 'suicide mission' if Beijing oversteps in South China Sea:" https://www.cnn.com/2019/04/05/asia/south-china-sea-duterte-beijing-intl/index.html
* "China's construction binge spreads to Americas, rattles US:" https://www.apnews.com/01e30c76567f40ce9d5dabc20788139c
* "Legal experts on whether public will ever see full Mueller report:" http://www.msnbc.com/am-joy/watch/barr-says-he-will-release-mueller-report-this-week-1492098115769
* "Sen. Cory Booker formally joins presidential race with an echo of Martin Luther King Jr.: “We can’t wait.”:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/sen-cory-booker-formally-joins-presidential-race-with-an-echo-of-martin-luther-king-jr-we-cant-wait/2019/04/13/f15eec3e-5d14-11e9-842d-7d3ed7eb3957_story.html?noredirect=on&utm_term=.d653acc1fb80
* "Finland gave people free money. They became more trusting.:" https://www.vox.com/2019/4/6/18297452/finland-basic-income-free-money-canada
* "Why Europeans Don’t Get Huge Medical Bills:" https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2019/04/do-europeans-get-big-medical-bills/586906/
* "The Robocall Deluge Is a Case of Government Failure:" https://prospect.org/article/robocall-deluge-case-government-failure
* "Louisiana arson suspect expressed disgust with Baptist churches on Facebook:" https://www.cnn.com/2019/04/12/us/louisiana-church-fires-suspect/index.html
* "As Louisiana churches burn, Congress hijacks the conversation on hate:" https://www.cjr.org/the_media_today/louisiana_church_fires_hate.php
* "Tlaib wants us to see 'light' in her and Ilhan Omar's election:" http://www.msnbc.com/am-joy/watch/rep-rashida-tlaib-discusses-rep-ilhan-omar-and-trump-1492051523786
* "Expert says Islamophobia is ‘weaponized’ to manipulate voters:" http://www.msnbc.com/am-joy/watch/democratic-response-to-criticism-of-ilhan-omar-by-gop-scrutinized-1492072515749
* "Columnist on Omar coverage: Fox is ‘destroying political thought’:" http://www.msnbc.com/am-joy/watch/right-wing-media-coverage-of-rep-ilhan-omar-critiqued-1492124739708
* "How border patrol chases have spun out of control, with deadly consequences:" https://www.latimes.com/projects/la-me-ln-border-patrol-immigrant-chases-crashes/
* "Why Did Brett Kavanaugh Change His Mind About the Rights of Religious Minorities in the Execution Chamber?:" https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2019/03/patrick-henry-murphy-brett-kavanaugh-supreme-court-domineque-ray.html
* "Even very short jail sentences drive people away from voting:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/2019/03/28/even-very-short-jail-sentences-drive-people-away-voting/?noredirect=on&utm_term=.4dfb6ff1c088
* "Mothers grapple with unpaid maternity leave as lawmakers eye a change:" https://www.cbsnews.com/news/the-world-of-mothers-grappling-with-unpaid-maternity-leave/
* "Mother and daughter pilot Delta flight from Los Angeles to Atlanta:" https://www.kron4.com/news/national/mother-and-daughter-pilot-delta-flight-from-los-angeles-to-atlanta/1872058313
* "HIV Rates Are Rising in States That Didn't Expand Medicaid:" https://psmag.com/social-justice/hiv-rates-are-rising-across-the-south
"Yet just two weeks ago, the Trump administration argued that the ACA—which offered about 20 million Americans access to health care that they wouldn't otherwise have—should be dismantled entirely. For those living with HIV, the ACA's provision for pre-existing conditions meant the sudden freedom of being able to change jobs and, by extension, insurance plans—something they were terrified of doing before, Beyrer says, because "HIV is the mother of all pre-existing conditions.""
* "Morehouse College Opens Its Doors To Trans Masculine Students:" https://transgriot.blogspot.com/2019/04/morehouse-college-opens-its-doors-to.html
* "‘They Had Found Out That I Am Gay, and They Were Going to Kill Me’:" https://www.thenation.com/article/edafe-okporo-asylum-refugee-migrant-voices/
* "Take from the rich and give to … the subway? Inside New York’s evolving congestion pricing policy:" https://grist.org/article/take-from-the-rich-and-give-to-the-subway-inside-new-yorks-evolving-congestion-pricing-policy/
* "How A Seed Bank Helps Preserve Cherokee Culture Through Traditional Foods:" https://www.npr.org/sections/thesalt/2019/04/02/704795157/how-a-seed-bank-helps-preserve-cherokee-culture-through-traditional-foods
* "The Hidden Air Pollution in Our Homes:" https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2019/04/08/the-hidden-air-pollution-in-our-homes
* "The International Space Station Is a Cesspool of Bacteria and Fungi, Study Finds:" https://gizmodo.com/the-international-space-station-is-a-cesspool-of-bacter-1833885488
* "Killer Rabbits in Medieval Manuscripts: Why So Many Drawings in the Margins Depict Bunnies Going Bad:" http://www.openculture.com/2019/03/killer-rabbits-in-medieval-manuscripts-why-so-many-drawings-in-the-margins-depict-bunnies-going-bad.html
* "In India, the British Hyped Potatoes to Justify Colonialism:" https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/potato-history-india
* "History's 26 Most Incredible Heroes That You Never Heard Of:" https://www.cracked.com/pictofacts-1336-historys-26-most-incredible-heroes-that-you-never-heard-of/
* "Jail Cell Cold Open - SNL:"
* "Weekend Update: Julian Assange Arrested - SNL:"
* "The View: Jenny McCarthy on Vaccines - SNL:"
* "Zachary Levi Brings Out James's Inner-Shazam:"
* Sunday, my body was extremely rebellious. Let us hope it is less recalcitrant Monday and Tuesday.
* "10 Enchanted Garden Cakes That Are Pure Magic:" https://www.cakewrecks.com/home/2019/4/14/10-enchanted-garden-cakes-that-are-pure-magic.html
*****
* Full list of Resistance and charity links has been migrated to my profile as it was getting out of hand.
* "Books for low-income kids who don't have enough books Needed:" https://delight.dreamwidth.org/156856.html
* Want to help LGBTQIA+ folk escapr repressive regimes? https://www.rainbowrailroad.com/donate
* Donate to HIAS to help refugees: https://act.hias.org/page/6048/donate/1
* 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
* The Rainbow Road and other ways to help Gay Refugees: http://gwydionmisha.tumblr.com/post/160470723507/the-rainbow-railroad-is-helping-gay-men-escape
* Upset about the abuse of big cats by people who shouldn't be allowed to keep them? Big cat rescue is trying to change laws to protect wild animals. "Cat Laws:" https://bigcatrescue.org/cat-laws/
* 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? If you can not protest 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.
* 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