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* You may remember that the site for direct deposit stimulus payments glitched out on me when I tried to use it so I thought I was going to be waiting until may with the SSI people who didn't file. (The free service I file through uses Turbo Tax). It turns out I didn't and they sent me a check in the mail today.

I was bad. On the way back I went into the grocery, masked up with one of my few heavy duty masks, of course. It was a half hour before close and they are usually fairly empty then anyway, which they were. It was the neighborhood one, so full of college age people at that time of night. I was shocked only half were masked, though all the workers were. People were being good about social distancing and the aisles are wide. They had one way signs, floor spacing lines, and sneeze guards.

I know I'm not supposed to go out; I haven't since early March, but we've hardly any new cases here, though many still on the ventilators, and I felt pretty safe with people being obviously careful with spacing.

I managed to score a mega big package of my personal favorite TP that may last me up to two months, the good kleenex that doesn't chafe my nose, though in the smaller sizes, bagels, and fresh veg. Alas, the starts there sucked, so I didn't get any, but I expected that and the place with the good starts closes at 8.

It was more money than I should have spent, but no the fuck way was I turning my nose up at that much good tp.

I had salad with dinner! And bagel sandwiches so good I nearly orgasmed. Toasted everything bagels, soft and fresh. Whipped philly chives cream cheese and a slice of swiss melted. Fresh lettuce. An extremely ripe, juicy, flavorful heirloom tomato sliced up and the seeds carefully buried in the garden in hopes of volunteers. Omnomnom.

I also managed to brain myself but good with a falling lamp. The crack when it hit was alarming, the bump is massive, and it hurts. I may or may not be mildly concussed. squirrel says my pupils seem okay. Plan is to keep an eye out. Really, I'm safer here than going to get checked given the situation p at the hospital.

Speaking of which, the hospital mass mailed a letter trying to convince us the whistleblower is lying and it's perfectly safe up there. Riiiiight. This hospital is dodgy for a whole bunch of reasons and I haven't trusted them for decades. Obviously I can't verify the whistleblower account myself, but I trust the reporting there a lot more than I trust admin. It's not like one really has a choice unless one has time to drive down to Mount Vernon for their significantly better hospital, so.... Yeah.

NOTE: Most of this aggregation was done yesterday, but I was too tired to post. I can't read for extended periods of time without pain. (see head Injury).

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

* "NYSCI has a set of activities and resources up on their website:" https://conuly.dreamwidth.org/2999942.html

* "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

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