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[gwydion]

* "'Even I will pick up a gun': Inside Kashmir's lockdown:" https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-india-49294301

* "Hundreds of poor migrant workers flee Kashmir under lockdown:" https://www.apnews.com/926ada333ae448ce9af20c2212b59902

* "UK must help the ‘half-widows’ of Jammu and Kashmir:" https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/aug/13/uk-must-help-the-half-widows-of-jammu-and-kashmir

* "Hong Kong Protesters, Police Clash at Airport:" https://www.wsj.com/articles/hong-kong-protesters-overwhelm-airport-for-second-day-11565687274

* "Ebola drugs trial shows ‘90% survival rate’:" https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-49326505

* "The Schoolteacher and the Genocide:" https://www.nytimes.com/2019/08/08/magazine/rohingya-genocide-teacher.html

* "Sink or swim: Chinese port plans put Pacific back in play:" https://www.reuters.com/article/us-pacific-samoa-china-insight/sink-or-swim-chinese-port-plans-put-pacific-back-in-play-idUSKCN1UX01I

* "Radiation containment a new concern in Russian nuclear incident:" http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/radiation-containment-a-new-concern-in-russian-nuclear-incident-66042949716

* The arrogance of this. "American With No Medical Training Ran Center For Malnourished Ugandan Kids. 105 Died:" https://www.npr.org/sections/goatsandsoda/2019/08/09/749005287/american-with-no-medical-training-ran-center-for-malnourished-ugandan-kids-105-d

* "Trump tells advisers Israel should bar entry to Omar and Tlaib:" https://www.axios.com/trump-tells-advisers-israel-should-bar-entry-omar-tlaib-a5a1977b-9862-420c-bf01-fa1936b0eec4.html

* "Trump delays China duties to avoid holiday bite:" https://www.politico.com/story/2019/08/13/trump-delay-china-duties-cellphones-laptops-1460478

* "Trump business conflicts further degrade US credibility on China:" http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/trump-business-conflicts-further-degrade-us-credibility-on-china-66042949724

* "Trump relinquishes US moral authority with sympathy for dictators:" http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/trump-relinquishes-us-moral-authority-with-sympathy-for-dictators-66046021868

* "Trump’s Push to Bring Back Jobs to U.S. Shows Limited Results:" https://www.nytimes.com/2019/08/13/business/economy/donald-trump-jobs-created.html

* "Trump claims credit for Shell plant announced under Obama:" https://apnews.com/00061b19834849f8b6e1aa73ecdf54e4

* "After Strongly Suggesting He May Commute Blagojevich’s Sentence, Trump Says Matter Is Under Review:" https://www.nytimes.com/2019/08/08/us/politics/trump-blagojevich.html

* "States Sue Trump Administration Over Rollback of Obama-Era Climate Rule:" https://www.nytimes.com/2019/08/13/climate/states-lawsuit-clean-power-ace.html

* "Elizabeth Warren calls for ‘gender-affirming’ healthcare for trans Americans:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2019/08/14/elizabeth-warren-affordable-gender-affirming-healthcare-transgender-people/

* "Transphobe Curt Schilling Considering Run for Congress:" https://www.advocate.com/politics/2019/8/13/transphobe-curt-schilling-considering-run-congress

"In 2016, after North Carolina passed a law restricting transgender people’s use of public restrooms, he shared a transphobic meme on Facebook. He and his family insisted he wasn’t anti-trans, but the action got him fired from ESPN. Additionally, he has joked about killing journalists, claimed that people who are offended by antigay slurs are “snowflakes,” said Hillary Clinton should be jailed, and spread conspiracy theories, including the allegation that a survivor of the high school shooting in Parkland, Fla., was a “crisis actor.”"

* "Dubious Georgia election strengthened Abrams' zeal for fairness:" http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/dubious-georgia-election-strengthened-abrams-zeal-for-fairness-66048069536

* "Stacey Abrams building team to guard against 2020 election abuse:" http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/abrams-building-team-to-guard-against-2020-election-abuse-66039877643

* "A blind man couldn't order pizza from Domino's. The company wants the Supreme Court to say websites don't have to be accessible:" https://www.cnbc.com/2019/07/25/dominos-asks-supreme-court-to-say-disability-protections-dont-apply-online.html

* "How The CDC's Reluctance To Use The 'F-Word' — Firearms — Hinders Suicide Prevention:" https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2019/08/08/738533533/how-the-cdcs-reluctance-to-use-the-f-word-firearms-hinders-suicide-prevention

* TW: Suicide "Some U.S. lawmakers want a ‘red flag’ law. But states have had mixed results.:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/public-safety/some-us-lawmakers-want-a-red-flag-law-but-states-have-had-mixed-results/2019/08/08/acdc6914-b3be-11e9-8f6c-7828e68cb15f_story.html?noredirect=on

* "Ayanna Pressley - The Urgency of Gun Control and Trump's Immigration Cruelty - Extended Interview:"

* "Iraqi man dies after Trump administration deports him:" https://www.politico.com/story/2019/08/07/iraqi-man-dies-deportation-trump-administration-1643512

* "Why Trump’s Cruelty Doesn’t Deter Migrants:" https://www.nytimes.com/2019/07/29/opinion/asylum-trump-guatemala-honduras.html

* "Trump Administration Seeks Decertification Of Immigration Judges' Union:" https://www.npr.org/2019/08/12/750656176/trump-administration-seeks-decertification-of-immigration-judges-union

* "A long journey to LGBT freedom:" https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-48404381

* "DHS scrambling to catch up to domestic terrorism:" http://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/the-department-of-homeland-security-is-now-in-a-mad-scramble-to-catch-up-to-domestic-terror-according-to-the-daily-beast-66034757937

* "Anger as grinning Trump gives thumbs-up while Melania holds El Paso orphan:" https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/aug/09/trump-el-paso-melania-orphan-baby-thumbs-up

* "White Nationalists Are Debunking White Supremacy:" https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2019/08/white-nationalists-debunking-white-supremacy.html

* "Trump immigration official offers rewrite for Statue of Liberty poem:" https://www.politico.com/story/2019/08/13/statue-of-liberty-poem-immigration-ken-cuccinelli-1459824

* "The Trump administration's attack on the Statue of Liberty:" http://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/yet-another-trump-administration-official-questions-the-famous-poem-on-the-statue-of-liberty-66034757953

* "White supremacist attacks have grown deadlier during Trump's presidency:" https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2019/08/white-supremacist-violence-trump-mass-shootings/

* "El Paso massacre upends white nationalists' normalization strategy:" https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-white-nationalism-insight/el-paso-massacre-upends-white-nationalists-normalization-strategy-idUSKCN1UY2B5

* "He’s a Veteran of Upheaval, Molded by Ferguson’s Traumas. He’s 7.:" https://www.nytimes.com/2019/08/08/us/ferguson-riots-michael-brown.html

* "Amazon Is Coaching Cops on How to Obtain Surveillance Footage Without a Warrant:" https://www.vice.com/amp/en_us/article/43kga3/amazon-is-coaching-cops-on-how-to-obtain-surveillance-footage-without-a-warrant

* TW: Rape. "They’re Mad as Hell:" https://www.nytimes.com/2019/07/30/style/theyre-mad-as-hell.html

* "Gay Dads Flee Russia in Fear of Losing Their Children:" https://www.advocate.com/world/2019/8/13/gay-dads-flee-russia-fear-losing-their-children

* "15-year-old boy holding crucifix blocks LGBT march in Poland:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2019/08/13/15-year-old-boy-holding-crucifix-blocks-lgbt-march-poland/

* "Driver suspended for ‘refusing to operate bus that promotes homosexuality’:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2019/08/13/norwich-bus-driver-suspended-homosexuality/

* "Why Drag Queens Will Lead the Revolution:" https://www.advocate.com/commentary/2019/8/13/why-drag-queens-will-lead-revolution

* "Republican politician says ‘harmful’ homosexuality kills gay men by age 42:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2019/08/13/republican-politician-homosexuality-life-expectancy-arizona-rob-gould/

* "Extreme climate change in the United States: Here are America’s fastest-warming places:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/graphics/2019/national/climate-environment/climate-change-america/?noredirect=on

* "This Land Is the Only Land There Is:" https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2019/08/how-think-about-dire-new-ipcc-climate-report/595705/

* "Preschool teachers ask children too many simple questions: Study examined teachers' approach during shared reading:" https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2019/07/190725091902.htm

* "Some white people don’t want to hear about slavery at plantations built by slaves:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/history/2019/08/08/some-white-people-dont-want-hear-about-slavery-plantations-built-by-slaves/?noredirect=on

* "The Rise of a Moderate (and Persecuted) Islamic Caliphate:" https://www.ozy.com/fast-forward/the-rise-of-a-moderate-and-persecuted-islamic-caliphate/93547

* "The Human Cost of Amber:" https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2019/08/amber-fossil-supply-chain-has-dark-human-cost/594601/

* "God Has Heard Your Thoughts and Prayers and He Thinks They Are Fucking Bullshit:" https://www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/god-has-heard-your-thoughts-and-prayers-and-he-thinks-they-are-fucking-bullshit

* "Trump Greeted By Protests In Dayton And El Paso:"

"Trump Greeted By Protests In Dayton And El Paso" (Watch on YouTube)

* "Joe Biden: Trump Offers No Moral Leadership:"

"Joe Biden: Trump Offers No Moral Leadership" (Watch on YouTube)

* "Vote Gregory Whytman 2020!:"

"Vote Gregory Whytman 2020!" (Watch on YouTube)

* "There Was A Turtle By The Name Of Mitch:"

"There Was A Turtle By The Name Of Mitch" (Watch on YouTube)

* "Hey Straight Guys: Recycling Does Not Make You Look Gay:"

"Hey Straight Guys: Recycling Does Not Make You Look Gay" (Watch on YouTube)

* "Tucker Carlson Takes a "Vacation" as His Sponsors Flee:"

* "Trump Calls Military Drills 'Ridiculous' After Reading Letter From Kim Jong Un:"

"Trump Calls Military Drills 'Ridiculous' After Reading Letter From Kim Jong Un" (Watch on YouTube)

* The big cat food shipment came. The cats were very excited when they saw the kibble bag and could not understand why I didn't decant any for them, but we have to wait for Livia's further improvement before they can free graze kibbles. Poor Tavy is really hungry, so last night I slipped him some of the old kibbles while Livy was napping and put them away when she came to investigate. (Tavy is not a goosh fan just generally.)

It looks like the sinus infection beat the antibiotic and is now striking back hard.

* "From high adventure to horror; Thomas Jopson’s descent into madness:" https://whalersandsailors.tumblr.com/post/186993629395/from-high-adventure-to-horror-thomas-jopsons

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

* Here are a bunch of state level links to help people in immigrant detention: https://taibhsearachd.tumblr.com/post/186058182962/woundability-this-4th-of-july-celebrate-the

* Angry about the concentration camps on our Southern Border? Here is a list of useful things you can do: https://medium.com/@togetherandfree/feel-helpless-amidst-the-horrific-immigration-news-youre-not-how-you-can-make-difference-today-108dc42de88e

* "More Organizations to Support Helping Kids in Concentration Camps:" https://thisfinecrew.dreamwidth.org/201920.html

Here is a massive list of things you can do to help refugees inside and outside of the Camps: https://s-leary.tumblr.com/post/185783586806/so-youve-probably-seen-the-post-going-around

* 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 clothes are being made from an ethical source. Looking for cool inclusive Pride themed merch? www.nerdykeppie.com

* HorrorMux is open for apping the next story, which is a 1994 Lost Boys type thing. Available Archetypes are here. I'm Martyr/Angel if you want to find me.: http://horrormu.com/index.php/Available

* 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