More than Two Weeks Behind

[gwydion]

* I'm going to section off epidemic specific stuff in the aggregation between the dotted lines, so people who need to skip can skip without losing the other stuff. I'm putting secondary effects things in their usual slots.

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* "1 Million People Infected: How Coronavirus Spread Around the World:" https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-04-02/the-world-just-hit-1-million-coronavirus-infections?srnd=premium&sref=MIBMEEoj

* "3 mild symptoms, including body aches, could predict which coronavirus patients develop severe lung disease, research suggests:" https://www.businessinsider.com/coronavirus-serious-cases-signs-symptoms-body-aches-2020-3

* "The True Impact of Underlying Conditions on Coronavirus Severity:" https://time.com/5813711/coronavirus-underlying-conditions/

* "Social distancing can’t last forever. Here’s what should come next.:" https://www.vox.com/science-and-health/2020/3/26/21192211/coronavirus-covid-19-social-distancing-end

* "Why Asian Countries Have Succeeded in Flattening the Curve:" https://www.citylab.com/life/2020/03/coronavirus-stay-at-home-order-lockdown-social-distancing/608857/

* "The young doctors being asked to play god:" https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-52137160

* "The fake coronavirus stories spreading in Africa:" https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-51710617

* "Coronavirus has delivered political consensus to New Zealand – but for how long?:" https://www.theguardian.com/world/commentisfree/2020/apr/01/coronavirus-has-delivered-political-consensus-to-new-zealand-but-for-how-long

* "Coronavirus poses latest threat to battered health system in DR Congo:" https://news.un.org/en/story/2020/03/1060692

* "As Coronavirus Cases Jump, Chile Faces Pressure To Lock Down The Country:" https://www.npr.org/sections/coronavirus-live-updates/2020/03/24/820845018/as-coronavirus-cases-jump-chile-faces-pressure-to-lock-down-the-country

* "Bogotá’s Cacophony Is Hushed by Virus as Congested Streets Empty Out:" https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/30/world/americas/bogota-colombia-coronavirus-silence.html

* "Photos: Birds claim Peru beach emptied by coronavirus outbreak:" https://www.latimes.com/world-nation/story/2020-03-31/ap-photos-birds-claim-peru-beach-emptied-by-virus-outbreak

* "Coronavirus: Scott Morrison scraps childcare fees while warning Australia to brace for six months of upheaval:" https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2020/apr/02/coronavirus-scott-morrison-scraps-childcare-fees-while-warning-australia-to-brace-for-six-months-of-upheaval

* "France Tries Limiting Joblessness to Confront Coronavirus Recession:" https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/01/business/france-coronavirus-unemployment.html

* "For Mohawk community that straddles Canada and U.S., the border is no barrier to coronavirus:" https://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-canada-usa-feature/for-mohawk-community-that-straddles-canada-and-u-s-the-border-is-no-barrier-to-coronavirus-idUSKBN21J6SF

* "Beyond Trump's Wall: the Americans riding out coronavirus in Latin America:" https://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-latam-stranded-fea/beyond-trumps-wall-the-americans-riding-out-coronavirus-in-latin-america-idUSKBN21J6NE

* "The Daily Deaths From Coronavirus In The US Vs. Other Leading Causes Of Death, Visualized - Digg:" https://digg.com/2020/coronavirus-deaths-vs-cancer-heart-disease

* "Technology To Clean And Reuse PPE Is Being Deployed To Hotspot Hospitals:" https://www.npr.org/2020/03/30/823803831/technology-to-clean-and-reuse-ppe-is-being-deployed-to-hotspot-hospitals

* "Army Warned in Early February That Coronavirus Could Kill 150,000 Americans:" https://www.thedailybeast.com/army-warned-in-early-february-that-coronavirus-could-kill-150000-americans

* "FEMA tells lawmakers most new ventilators won't be ready until June:" https://www.politico.com/news/2020/04/02/fema-coronavirus-ventilators-161840

* "‘Appalled:’ Sen. Chuck Schumer responds to President Trump’s letter:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/-appalled-sen-chuck-schumer-responds-to-president-trump-s-letter-81571397540

* "Nursing home staff spread coronavirus to other facilities, CDC investigation finds:" https://www.latimes.com/world-nation/story/2020-03-18/coronavirus-spread-nursing-homes

* "Bill Gates - Sounding the Alarm About Pandemics and the Challenges That Lie Ahead:" http://www.cc.com/video-clips/6bzmz2/the-daily-show-with-trevor-noah-bill-gates---sounding-the-alarm-about-pandemics-and-the-challenges-that-lie-ahead

* "Where America Didn’t Stay Home Even as the Virus Spread:" https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/04/02/us/coronavirus-social-distancing.html

* "“The Campaign Panicked”: Inside Trump’s Decision to Back Off of His Easter Coronavirus Miracle:" https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2020/04/inside-trumps-decision-to-back-off-of-his-easter-coronavirus-miracle

* "Trump: “Every Country” Spreads Lies About the Coronavirus, What’s the Big Deal?:" https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2020/03/donald-trump-coronavirus-lies-china

* "White House expected to urge Americans to wear face coverings in public to slow spread of coronavirus:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/2020/04/02/coronavirus-facemasks-policyreversal/

* "Navy fires aircraft carrier captain who raised alarm about virus outbreak:" https://www.politico.com/news/2020/04/02/navy-fires-aircraft-carrier-captain-who-raised-alarm-about-virus-outbreak-162225

* "‘You’re a MONSTER’: Trump torched for whining about states’ ‘insatiable appetite’ for medical supplies:" https://www.rawstory.com/2020/04/youre-a-monster-trump-torched-for-whining-about-states-insatiable-appetite-for-medical-supplies/

* "Coronavirus: Much has changed as California marks grim 10,000 case milestone:" https://www.mercurynews.com/2020/04/02/coronavirus-much-has-changed-as-california-marks-grim-10000-case-milestone/

* "Arkansas coronavirus deaths up to 10; new restrictions at state parks to limit crowds:" https://katv.com/news/coronavirus/arkansas-coronavirus-deaths-up-to-10

* "New York City Has Done Almost Nothing to Protect 70,000 People in its Homeless Shelters From Coronavirus Spread:" https://theintercept.com/2020/04/01/coronavirus-new-york-city-homeless-shelters/

"With about 100,000 vacant hotel rooms in the city, there are enough empty rooms to get both street and sheltered homeless people their own rooms, said Hughes. “The shelter system should be emptied into hotels. Every single person on the street should be in a hotel room to keep them safe.” Hughes says. “The actions they’re taking shows that’s not the priority in any way for the Mayor or Governor.”

* "The coronavirus has spread to the US Marshals' detention empire:" https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2020/04/us-marshals-coronavirus-pretrial-detainees/

* "Inmates sue for soap and paper towels as coronavirus spreads in jails:" https://www.cnn.com/2020/03/31/politics/inmates-sue-coronavirus-jails/index.html

* "Chris Hayes: The pandemic is coming for every state:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/chris-hayes-the-pandemic-is-coming-for-every-state-81570373632

* "Governor Cuomo: 'No state is equipped to handle this situation':" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/governor-cuomo-no-state-is-equipped-to-handle-this-situation-81576005552

* "Cuomo: Coronavirus crisis 'truly frightening,' 'didn't have to be':" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/cuomo-coronavirus-crisis-truly-frightening-didn-t-have-to-be-81576005559

* A whole lot of people are going to die unnecessarily because Kemp decided to fix the last election even though he must have known he was too lazy and icompetent to do thejob. "Georgia governor admits he just learned asymptomatic people can spread COVID-19:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/georgia-governor-admits-he-just-learned-asymptomatic-people-can-spread-covid-19-81570885546

* "Gay man shares his boyfriend’s near-death coronavirus experience with a stark warning: ‘Everyone should be terrified’:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2020/04/02/gay-coronavirus-symptoms-new-york-john-giarratano-mount-sinai-brian-zupanic/

* "Free Meals:" https://www.schools.nyc.gov/school-life/food/free-meals

* "In rural America, cops are delivering groceries to vulnerable residents:" https://www.cnn.com/2020/04/01/business/grocery-delivery-coronavirus-police-sheriffs-office/index.html

* "Newspaper deliveryman brings groceries to his older customers on morning route, no extra charge:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/2020/03/31/newspaper-delivery-man-brings-groceries-his-older-customers-morning-route-no-extra-charge/

* "For the deaf or hard of hearing, face masks pose new challenge:" https://www.cnn.com/2020/04/02/opinions/deaf-hard-of-hearing-face-masks-brooks/index.html

* "DUP politician makes terrible non-apology after saying coronavirus is God’s punishment for same-sex marriage:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2020/04/03/dup-politician-john-carson-apology-same-sex-marriage-god-coronavirus-covid19-northern-ireland/

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* "Trump warns Iran against possible 'sneak attack' on U.S. in Iraq:" https://www.reuters.com/article/us-iraq-security-trump/trump-warns-iran-against-possible-sneak-attack-on-us-in-iraq-idUSKBN21J6FJ

* "Mortgage Defaults Could Pile Up at Pace That Dwarfs 2008:" https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-04-02/home-lenders-brace-for-up-to-15-million-u-s-mortgage-defaults?sref=MIBMEEoj

* "'A perfect storm': US facing hunger crisis as demand for food banks soars:" https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2020/apr/02/us-food-banks-coronavirus-demand-unemployment

* "’No words for this’: 10 million workers file jobless claims in just two weeks:" https://www.politico.com/news/2020/04/02/unemployment-claims-coronavirus-pandemic-161081

* "Secret Service signs contract this week to rent golf carts in town of Trump club:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/amid-virus-outbreak-secret-service-signed-contract-to-rent-golf-carts-at-home-of-trump-club/2020/04/01/86d249fe-7449-11ea-85cb-8670579b863d_story.html

* "Trump’s Company Seeks to Ease Financial Crunch as Coronavirus Takes Toll:" https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/02/business/economy/coronavirus-trump-company-finances.html

* "Anthony Fauci’s security is stepped up as doctor and face of U.S. coronavirus response receives threats:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/anthony-faucis-security-is-stepped-up-as-doctor-and-face-of-us-coronavirus-response-receives-threats/2020/04/01/ff861a16-744d-11ea-85cb-8670579b863d_story.html


"Fauci has become a public target for some right-wing commentators and bloggers, who exercise influence over parts of the president’s base. As they press for the president to ease restrictions to reinvigorate economic activity, some of these figures have assailed Fauci and questioned his expertise.

Last month, an article depicting him as an agent of the “deep state” gained nearly 25,000 interactions on Facebook — meaning likes, comments and shares — as it was posted to large pro-Trump groups with titles such as “Trump Strong” and “Tampa Bay Trump Club.”

* "You’ll Never Believe It but Jared Kushner May Have a Coronavirus Conflict of Interest:" https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2020/03/jared-kushner-oscar-coronavirus

* "Pelosi forms new select committee to oversee $2 trillion coronavirus relief package:" https://www.politico.com/news/2020/04/02/pelosi-forms-new-select-committee-to-oversee-2-trillion-coronavirus-relief-package-161436

* "Speaker Nancy Pelosi: How We Go Forward Has To Have Transparency And Accountability:"

Watch on YouTube

* "Pelosi wants 'vote by mail' provisions in next U.S. coronavirus bill:" https://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-vote/pelosi-wants-vote-by-mail-provisions-in-next-coronavirus-bill-idUSKBN21J6D0

* "Is Homophobia Still Prevalent in Politics?:" https://www.advocate.com/exclusives/2020/4/02/homophobia-still-prevalent-politics

* "This Is Crisis Colonization:" https://newrepublic.com/article/157091/crisis-colonization

* "Women are using code words at pharmacies to escape domestic violence:" https://www.cnn.com/2020/04/02/europe/domestic-violence-coronavirus-lockdown-intl/index.html

* "Why sex workers are sounding the alarm on the EARN IT Act:" https://www.dailydot.com/irl/earn-it-act-sex-workers-sesta-fosta/

* "Politician criticised for anti-trans views shows stunning lack of self-awareness by calling Pride leader an ‘idiot’:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2020/04/02/yakima-councillor-jason-white-pride-trans/

* "FDA Makes It Easier for Gay, Bi Men to Donate Blood:" https://www.advocate.com/health/2020/4/02/fda-makes-it-easier-gay-bi-men-donate-blood

* "Remote learning poses hurdles for students with disabilities:" https://apnews.com/1b643449253f1f453de6584917849d14

* "How Epidemics of the Past Changed the Way Americans Lived:" https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/how-epidemics-past-forced-americans-promote-health-ended-up-improving-life-this-country-180974555/

* "Doctor treating coronavirus patients on the frontline dies in his husbands arms just a week after showing symptoms:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2020/04/02/coronavirus-doctor-dies-husbands-arms-personal-protective-equipment-shortages-covid-19/

* "Top HIV scientist dies from coronavirus in ‘huge blow’ to the global fight against HIV/AIDS:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2020/04/02/professor-gita-ramjee-death-hiv-aids-researcher-scientist-south-africa-tributes/

* "Ellis Marsalis, pianist and patriarch of jazz dynasty, dies of coronavirus at 85:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/obituaries/ellis-marsalis-pianist-and-patriarch-of-jazz-dynasty-dies-of-coronavirus-at-85/2020/04/02/4c5cc48c-74e6-11ea-a9bd-9f8b593300d0_story.html

* "Chris Hayes remembers some of the victims of COVID-19:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/chris-hayes-remembers-some-of-the-victims-of-covid-19-81569349909

* "Scientists Team Up to Fight COVID-19, Unemployment Soars in the U.S. & Security for Anthony Fauci:" http://www.cc.com/video-clips/mflxaf/the-daily-show-with-trevor-noah-scientists-team-up-to-fight-covid-19--unemployment-soars-in-the-u-s----security-for-anthony-fauci

* The Gift Purifier came yesterday and I am already in love. It is pretty clearly a modernized version of the 22 year old behemoth that served so well for so long. It is taller and makes about half the noise, but it's going to be easy to service, since the design is so similar.

Tavy had a hard time deciding whether he wanted to sit inside the box or on top of the styrofoam nest and had a really fun half hour alternating between them. Livia found the new purifier scent intriguing.

* Today, Tumblr randomly decided to fuck up their web site or no apparent reason, making it once again less accessibly by making the up and down navigation bar tiny and thus hard for me to use, removing the wee arrow buttons, thus making it harder for me to use, and then completely fucking me over by making dashboard endless scroll with no option to look at it in individual page format and removing most of the customization under account settings so I can't fix it by putting my old settings back.

Um thanks?

And it also seemed to break firefox, adding an extra couple hours of work to aggregating.

* Squirrel gave in an got us CBS all access so we could watch Picard and Discovery last weekend. Picard was everything I could have wanted. I saw a library copy of first season Discovery and am now trundleing through second season.

What else good is on there I should try before the month is up? Suggestions encouraged.

* "The Coronavirus Is Bringing Back a 1,000-Year-Old 'Cheese' in Japan:" https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/how-to-make-so-cheese

* "How to Help Librarians and Archivists From Your Living Room:" https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/archives-to-browse-from-home

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

* "How to Help Librarians and Archivists From Your Living Room:" https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/archives-to-browse-from-home

* "Free Meals:" https://www.schools.nyc.gov/school-life/food/free-meals

* "Learning Through Play: 101 Ways To Keep Young Minds Occupied At Home:" https://www.marksdailyapple.com/importance-of-play/

* Free lessons: https://www.mybluprint.com/

* CDC Foundation: https://www.cdcfoundation.org/give/ways-to-give

* "SUPPORT WORKERS IN CRISIS:" https://ofwemergencyfund.org/

* "Make to Give - Support Our Medical Personnel:" https://www.joann.com/make-to-give-response/

* "Snopes on COVID-19 Fact-Checking:" https://www.snopes.com/2020/03/20/snopes-on-covid-19-fact-checking/

* "Help the California food industry survive this crisis:" https://www.change.org/p/governor-gavin-newsom-support-the-california-food-industries-most-vulnerable-workers

* "100 Million Mask Challenge:" https://www.providence.org/lp/100m-masks

* "Coronavirus: Deaconess asks public to sew CDC-compliant face masks for staff:" https://www.courierpress.com/story/news/2020/03/18/coronavirus-deaconess-ask-public-provide-medical-face-masks/2865273001/

* Register to vote: https://vote.gov/

* 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/

* Here’s a list of vulnerable republican senators up for election this year:

Martha McSally - Arizona
Susan Collins - Maine
Cory Gardner - Colorado
Thom Tillis - North Carolina
Pat Roberts - Kansas
David Perdue and Kelly Loeffler - Georgia
Joni Ernst - Iowa

Here’s a list of vulnerable democratic senators that NEED votes to keep their seats:

Doug Jones - Alabama
Gary Peters - Michigan

* 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

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

* 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

* 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

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