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* TW: Suicide "Increasing minimum wage linked to lower suicide rates:" https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/money/2020/01/increasing-minimum-wage-linked-to-lower-suicide-rates.html?ref=ves-nextauto

* "Puerto Ricans still waiting on disaster funds as Hurricane Maria’s aftermath, earthquakes continue to affect life on the island:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/puerto-ricans-still-waiting-on-disaster-funds-as-hurricane-marias-aftermath-earthquakes-continue-to-affect-life-on-the-island/2020/01/19/3864fcea-387f-11ea-bb7b-265f4554af6d_story.html

"The houses, the schools, the bridges — all victims of the slow trickle of more than $20 billion in promised federal funding intended to aid the reconstruction of lives here in Puerto Rico. Residents have been waiting since September 2017 for their government in Washington to send relief. The instability was at first unsettling, then upending and now tormenting as hundreds of earthquakes have been rattling the southern coast, deepening the destitution and fear that the help may never come."

* "Virginia pro-gun rally: Despite anger, threats of insurrection, massive rally is carried out peacefully outside state Capitol:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2020/01/20/virginia-gun-rally-updates/

* "Gun rights activists rally against gun control legislation in Richmond:" http://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/gun-rights-activists-rally-against-gun-control-legislation-in-richmond-77161541692

* TW: Rape. Details are pretty graphic. "Evelyn Yang is the bravest woman I know:" https://www.cnn.com/2020/01/17/opinions/evelyn-yang-assault-and-bravery-hossain/index.html

* "National Archives exhibit blurs images critical of President Trump:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/national-archives-exhibit-blurs-images-critical-of-president-trump/2020/01/17/71d8e80c-37e3-11ea-9541-9107303481a4_story.html

""There's no reason for the National Archives to ever digitally alter a historic photograph," Rice University historian Douglas Brinkley said. "If they don't want to use a specific image, then don't use it. But to confuse the public is reprehensible. The head of the Archives has to very quickly fix this damage. A lot of history is messy, and there's zero reason why the Archives can't be upfront about a photo from a women's march."

Wendy Kline, a history professor at Purdue University, said it was disturbing that the Archives chose to edit out the words "vagina" and "pussy" from an image of the Women's March, especially when it was part of an exhibit about the suffragist movement. Hundreds of thousands of people took part in the 2017 march in the District, which was widely seen as a protest of Trump's victory.

"Doctoring a commemorative photograph buys right into the notion that it's okay to silence women's voice and actions," Kline said in an email. "It is literally erasing something that was accurately captured on camera. That's an attempt to erase a powerful message.""

* "LGBTQ Inmates Wed in Cyprus Prison, Making History in European Union:" https://www.advocate.com/world/2020/1/17/lgbtq-inmates-wed-cyprus-prison-making-history-european-union

* "Navigating disability in the kitchen is all about finding the right adaptations:" https://thetakeout.com/disability-in-kitchen-cooking-adaptations-for-wheelchai-1840924440

* "The Roads to World War I: Crash Course European History #32:"

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* "The Secretive Company That Might End Privacy as We Know It:" https://www.nytimes.com/2020/01/18/technology/clearview-privacy-facial-recognition.html

* "To understand King, don't rely on the highlights reel, experts warn:" https://www.nbcnews.com/news/nbcblk/understand-martin-luther-king-jr-don-t-rely-highlights-reel-n1118821?cid=sm_npd_nn_fb_ma&fbclid=IwAR2WptbqRq9A7vXKdSVACzP8rVsn5A1oGmPPD2axeR8msjSYMbnqYvf04nU

* "The Political Philosophy of Martin Luther King Jr:" https://jacobinmag.com/2018/04/martin-luther-king-rhetoric-political-philosophy

* "The 11 Most Anti-Capitalist Quotes from Martin Luther King Jr.:" https://www.commondreams.org/views/2019/01/21/11-most-anti-capitalist-quotes-martin-luther-king-jr

* "This is how Martin Luther King Jr felt about gay people, according to iconic civil rights campaigner Bayard Rustin:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2020/01/20/martin-luther-kinggay-people-civil-rights-campaigner-bayard-rustin/

* "Ten OTHER Things Martin Luther King Said:"

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* "Pro-Gun Protests in Virginia, Couch Cash in Michigan & Molecular Coffee:"

* "The New York Times's Double Democratic Endorsement & Michael Bloomberg's White Privilege Admission:"

* "Wrong Ways to Celebrate Martin Luther King Day:"

* "Parnas Implicates Trump & Co. In Ukraine Crimes, And He Has Receipts:"

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* I logged on quick Sunday to check email and discovered all my links gone. IDK. It does this randomly sometimes. I hadn't time to futz with it then. I just spent a couple of hours reconstructing what I could, but odds are, things I was working on were lost. I'm sorry.

We actually accomplished quite a bit. The bedroom is as ready as I can make it and still have to remotely livable. As it stands, I moved some things to the closet side drawers and I'm trying to remember to dismount that side, which is harder than it sounds when I'm barely awake and trying to roll out for a quick stumble to the bathroom. I nearly broke something (one of my legs, the light box and it's contents) the first time I woke up and went the wrong way. The cats are very distressed. Livia has lost her second favorite hide, and the big body pillow Livia likes to sleep on is now on the window side, which means all of their various mesting locations are scrambled and no one knows who owns which of the 6 or so popular sleeping locations. There was quite a bit of stress blerping, but they are a touch more settled now. Because of the bed literally taking up most of the room and the placement of small objects habits I developed to deal with the lopsided clearances around the bed, I keep is covering stupid things, like when i get up, I pull the covers the wrong way and Tavy dismounts the wrong side and is so in the way of my flailing uncoordinated exit. My first meds protocol was thrown up by having the big pillow the wrong side. It's all stupid little things, really. I need to remember to try to push the bed further Wednesday morning before he arrives, but if I do that early, I lose access to things like my underwear. I have hopes of getting him another six inches. It's still going to be scary tight.

We finished breaking down the 20, cleaning and stowing it, and about half the mantle's cleared. The rest needs packing away and I need to find somewhere safe for the boxes of fragile. I am currently storing pictures we had/have to pull down on top of the dryer. I've a friend coning Tuesday to sort it, as it's all ladder work. I'm trying to figure out where the benches are going, and I've a nasty suspicion I'm going to have to squeeze them between plants on the patio, possibly with some chairs on top of them, but that is a tomorrow problem.

I found three dead fish yesterday and did another massive change. I think one had been from the big die off and trapped under the fish furniture, but the other two looked freshish. Sigh. I've confirmed fifteen alive today, which doesn't mean that's all there are. (Note: This is actually more fish than I spotted the night of the die off. There is a lot of fish furniture in there and I literally can't see all of the places they an be.)

There was sweeping. So. Much. Sweeping.

We also made it out to the home depot a half hour to close, my friend taking notes, and me with my measuring tape. I have emailed the contractor a tub suggestion and asked some questions about toilet seats and paper holders. We'll see. If they let me have this tub it will be heaven. We aren't budgeted for a walk in, but this one is actually deep enough, with an edge I can sit on when I get in and out and jets. They didn't have any surrounds matching, so I have no way of telling if we can get a surround in budget.

We'll see if they let me get it. If they do it will be a massive help with my AS, especially with a new water heater. Trust me, there is nothing like a good hot epsom soak when it gets bad, and this thing is actually deep enough to do that properly. We've already ordered an accessible shower/faucet/spout set, so that part's set.

Once the tub/surround and the toilet details are settled, it'll be all ordered and moving. First wave repairs start 9AM Wednesday.

The Contractor's been a saint, helping me find things that work inside the specs and we've been going back and forth with links. There was literally one toilet we could get from the three suppliers that fit the specs, and the sweet man found it. When he noticed I kept picking black fixtures, he even checked to see if the toilets came in black, which they do! :) Seriously, I could not have managed this without him because no way would I have been up to finding the needle in the haystack there, and no way could I have done that much walking in Home Depot and Lowe's.

* The thing my friend commented on yesterday was how much autonomy the are letting me have. Most programs for the poor and disabled don't give you choices or cater to what the specific person needs. They tend to do one size fits all things picked by someone who is and has never been poor and/or disabled. They tend to infantilize and assume we are incapable of making good decisions for ourselves in our best interest.

They didn't say the word "Dignity," but I thought it. Assuming that I'm competent to pick my own energy efficient washer and dryer within a certain range of specs and under a particular budget according to my needs and aesthetic taste is treating me, an impoverished disabled person who literally nearly fell into a fish tank Sunday because standing is hard, like an adult and not an incompetent. It feels nice. The cynical part of me suspects that this is because the program is for people who could afford their own home before they got old and/or disabled. It's easier for tax payers to sympathize for someone who outlived their savings or had a horrible accident or catastrophic illness than for people who are victims of the refusal to make minimum wage a living wage and 40 years of Republican tax policy, but here we are.

* Today I was actually up and about to do errands at a reasonable time, though forage was closed for MLK and I couldn't solve the wiper situation because there was literally no room for my car in line.

Did I mention some asshole broke off both my rear wiper and my front passenger side wiper during the week I wasn't driving? Because they did. Uh, thanks? At least they left me the driver's side or I'd have been fucked. at least I was able to price the passenger replacement today before I went to play small bill. (They would very much like me to start paying more every month, given how much I owe them, which is understandable. I had, in fact budgeted more for this month, but most of the extra is going to buy a passenger side wiper. I'll just need to learn to live with the back one being gone. The small bill people were surprisingly nice about it, all things considered.

Anyway, I got the meds I discovered I was low on over the weekend and spent the last of my EBT on the way home, so it wasn't a total loss.

* Snerk: https://www.gocomics.com/doonesbury/2020/01/19

* "Sunday Sweets Gets Corny:" https://www.cakewrecks.com/home/2020/1/19/sunday-sweets-gets-corny

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

* Australia is on fire. Want to help? https://gwydionmisha.tumblr.com/post/190151259088
https://www.abc.net.au/classic/read-and-watch/news/bushfire-donations/11823676
Help Thirsty Koalas Devastated by Recent Fires: https://au.gofundme.com/f/help-thirsty-koalas-devastated-by-recent-fires
Mogo Zoo Fire Recovery: https://au.gofundme.com/f/mogo-zoo-fire-recovery
WIRES-Emergency Fund for Wildlife: https://www.facebook.com/donate/1386120504919105/10158318179549750/
Victorian Bushfire Appeal: https://www.vic.gov.au/bushfireappeal
"Fire Relief Fund for First Nations Communities:" https://www.gofundme.com/f/fire-relief-fund-for-first-nations-communities

* A small, cheap thing to help climate change if you have little money to spare: https://onetreeplanted.org/products/amazon-rainforest-peru

* How to donate to Rainbow Road: https://www.rainbowrailroad.com/donate

* 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 Refugee Children:" 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

* The Indivisble guide exists to help you organize effective resistance: https://indivisible.org/

* Want to support Christy Smith in the primary for Katie Hill's seat?: https://secure.actblue.com/donate/dw_ca25

* Want to get rid of Mitch McConnell? Help Amy McGrath: https://secure.actblue.com/donate/am-website?refcode=website-nav

* Want to get rid of Lindsey Graham? Help Jaime Harrison: https://secure.actblue.com/donate/ms_harrison_fr_q12019_jaime-a?refcode=MS_AD_D-DD_2019.03.08_X_GG_KW__X__eyJjcmVhdGl2ZSI6IkFkZCBEb25hdGlvbiBOb3ciLCJhdWRpZW5jZSI6IkphaW1lSGFycmlzb24ifQ&recurring=TRUE&gclid=EAIaIQobChMIn4a_583I5gIVC8RkCh0MowFeEAAYASAAEgIXZfD_BwE

* There's a decent chance of flipping this Senate seat blue. Want to help? https://secure.actblue.com/donate/ads-mek-egsearch_dtd?refcode=ads-200108-gs-evergreensearch-dtd-natl-mix-8753679275-87807510469-410037583123-%2Bmark%20%2Bkelly%20%2Bdonate&gclid=EAIaIQobChMIpKSR192K5wIVAsNkCh0EeAFSEAAYASAAEgLY7fD_BwE

* 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/

* Some RL friends of mine who were barely scraping by just lost one of the part time jobs they collectively hold and it's really fucking things up for them. These are good people, who do so much for others. Want to help? https://www.gofundme.com/f/help-a-gig-worker-get-through-the-winter/share

* HorrorMux is currently running a Max Mad type thing. Available Archetypes are here. I'm Martyr 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

* If you are interested in helping, right now the Cat thing we need most is:
https://www.chewy.com/wellness-core-signature-selects/dp/147047

The dry food I was going to try is this one: https://www.chewy.com/blue-buffalo-wilderness-flatland/dp/176663

Or possibly this: https://www.chewy.com/instinct-by-natures-variety-limited/dp/44654

* Birthday/Solstice master list: https://gwydion.dreamwidth.org/2108835.html

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