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gwydion* "Clashes break out between Armenia and Azerbaijan over disputed region:" https://www.cnn.com/2020/09/27/europe/armenia-azerbaijan-tensions-nagorno-karabakh-intl/index.html
* "Women Are Being Killed With Impunity in Mexico:" https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/889ewg/women-are-being-killed-with-impunity-in-mexico
* "Lebanon's PM-designate Adib fails to form new government after blast:" https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-54307896
* "Switzerland referendum: Voters reject end to free movement with EU:" https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-54316316
* "Mi’kmaq lobster boats surrounded by Acadian commercial fishing vessels as traps are stolen, cut:" https://www.aptnnews.ca/national-news/mikmaq-lobster-boats-surrounded-by-acadian-commercial-fishing-vessels-as-traps-are-stolen-cut/?fbclid=IwAR26FK8d7TtxB4imleztdNtQ483I5xO-syBetD-eBNgzvyNuZaOGW1oc5cI
* "Indigenous chiefs in Nova Scotia are calling on the federal government to denounce what they described as racism and violence directed towards the Mi'kmaq people following a weekend of tension in St. Marys Bay.:" https://atlantic.ctvnews.ca/n-s-mi-kmaq-chiefs-call-on-ottawa-to-denounce-racism-in-lobster-dispute-federal-ministers-respond-1.5113190/lobster-dispute-in-saulnierville-1.5113198
* "Kim Jong Un apologizes in letter to Seoul for shooting of South Korean official:" https://www.cnn.com/2020/09/25/asia/north-korea-south-korea-shooting-intl-hnk/index.html
* "Missing Chinese journalist 'under state supervision':" https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-china-54277439
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* "Tiny airborne particles may pose a big coronavirus problem:" https://apnews.com/article/virus-outbreak-43fe5ca3fba1d4ebc05949a11643e03b
* Total confirmed COVID-19 cases in the U.S.A for 9/28/20 are 7,135,000. The death toll is 205,000. The real number is likely much higher.
* "COVID-19 could have been in US as early as December, according to new study:" https://www.mercurynews.com/2020/09/11/covid-19-could-have-been-in-us-as-early-as-december-according-to-new-study/
* "DeSantis flings open Florida in Trump’s campaign for normalcy:" https://www.politico.com/news/2020/09/25/desantis-trump-florida-coronavirus-421987
* "Florida reopens state’s economy despite ongoing pandemic:" https://www.miamiherald.com/news/article246005375.html
* I'm putting this Doonesbury in the COVID section: https://www.gocomics.com/doonesbury/2020/09/27
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* "Trump’s Taxes Show Chronic Losses and Years of Income Tax Avoidance:" https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/09/27/us/donald-trump-taxes.html
* "Trump’s reported tax rebate could’ve covered the cost of trans healthcare to the US military almost three times over:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2020/09/28/donald-trump-tax-return-taxes-trans-military-ban-healthcare-rebate-audit-irs/
* "Fury Over SCOTUS Nom for Scalia Acolyte Amy Coney Barrett:" https://www.advocate.com/politics/2020/9/25/fury-over-expected-scotus-nom-scalia-acolyte-amy-coney-barrett
* "Amy Coney Barrett pays tribute to ‘homophobe’ mentor as Donald Trump announces Supreme Court nomination:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2020/09/27/amy-coney-barrett-homophobe-antonin-scalia-donald-trump-nomination-supreme-court/
* "The Senate should ignore Amy Coney Barrett’s nomination:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/the-senate-should-ignore-amy-coney-barretts-nomination/2020/09/25/daf9e8c8-ff42-11ea-8d05-9beaaa91c71f_story.html
* ""Not Untruthful...Incompetent" - Rep. Katie Porter On Trump Officials When They Testify In Congre…:"
* "Biden accuses Trump of silence on Belarusian 'dictator' Lukashenko:" https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/joe-biden-accuses-donald-trump-silence-dictator-lukashenko-belarus-n1241177
* "Joe Biden, Human Rights Campaign: This Is the Election of Our Lives:" https://www.advocate.com/politics/2020/9/25/joe-biden-human-rights-campaign-election-our-lives
* "The man who could've been New York's first gay mayor drops out of race while candidly revealing battle with depression:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2020/09/25/corey-johnson-gay-hiv-positive-new-york-city-mayor-race-mental-health-depression/
* I do not understand how this is illegal. "Florida AG calls for criminal inquiry into Bloomberg’s $16M felon voter donation:" https://www.politico.com/states/florida/story/2020/09/23/florida-ag-calls-for-criminal-inquiry-into-bloombergs-16m-felon-voter-donation-1317995
* "Donald Trump’s lesbian niece Mary gives disturbing warning about how far her uncle will go to stay in office. If true, be afraid:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2020/09/26/mary-trump-donald-lesbian-niece-book-lpac-power-transfer-election-white-house/
* "The Man Who Refused to Spy:" https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2020/09/21/the-man-who-refused-to-spy
* "Breonna Taylor Fell Victim to Gunfire—and a Nation Built on Racism:" https://www.advocate.com/commentary/2020/9/24/breonna-taylor-fell-victim-gunfire-and-nation-built-racism
* The police kettled and prevented them from following orders to disburse and arrested them before curfew for breaking curfew so they could charge them with breaking curfew and failing to disabuse because they'd been arrested. "Louisville police arrest at least 25 people during fourth night of protests over Breonna Taylor case:" https://www.cnn.com/2020/09/27/us/louisville-protests-arrests-saturday/index.html
* "Suspect Is Charged in Shooting of 2 Louisville Police Officers:" https://www.nytimes.com/2020/09/24/us/breonna-taylor-decision-live-updates.html
* "Elite boys school was a hotbed of 'daily sustained violent homophobia' and 'hyper masculine' bullying:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2020/09/25/shore-school-sydney-elite-muck-up-day-tournament-toxic-culture-bullying-homophobia/
* "Woman claims fragile man held a gun to her head and fired because she called him gay:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2020/09/27/gun-gay-monroe-louisiana-arrest-aggravated-assault-fragile-toxic-masculinity/
* "This plumber set up a program to introduce girls to the trades in hopes they will follow in her bootsteps:" https://www.cnn.com/2020/09/25/world/champions-for-change-judaline-cassidy-tools-and-tiaras/index.html
* My ancedotal observations prove correct. "Largest study to date confirms overlap between autism and gender diversity:" https://www.spectrumnews.org/news/largest-study-to-date-confirms-overlap-between-autism-and-gender-diversity/
* "Jurors at fresh inquest into deaths of gay men murdered by Stephen Port to be quizzed on their 'moral attitudes':" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2020/09/25/stephen-port-inquest-gay-grindr-murder-serial-killer-ghb-old-bailey-jurors/
* "Michael Cashman asked the government to explain where in the world cis men have abused self-ID to hurt women. They couldn’t:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2020/09/25/michael-cashman-gender-recognition-act-self-id-house-of-lords-lizz-truss-elizabeth-berridge/
* "New LGBT-inclusive education guidance comes with a majorly problematic caveat for trans kids:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2020/09/25/mermaids-lgbt-inclusive-lessons-guidance-schools-trans-kids-department-education/
* "Boris Johnson’s first choice to be the next BBC chairman likened same-sex marriage to marrying a dog:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2020/09/28/charles-moore-bbc-chairman-anti-lgbt-same-sex-marriage-dog-bestiality/
* "Chicago's Gayborhood Ditches Male-Focused Name:" https://www.advocate.com/news/2020/9/24/chicagos-gayborhood-ditches-male-focused-name
* "Wait for PrEP rollout finally over with cash injection to provide the HIV prevention pill entirely uncapped:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2020/09/28/prep-hiv-england-rollout-government-department-health-funding-terrence-higgins-trust/
* "Yet another study confirms conversion therapy is destructive, with links to internalised homophobia and depression:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2020/09/26/conversion-therapy-depression-internalised-homophobia-study-gerontologist-journal/
* "Inspiration P*rn: Oscar Bait!:"
* "Polio campaigners battle misinformation and distrust:" https://www.bbc.com/news/video_and_audio/health
* "8 Texas cities were alerted to a brain-eating amoeba found in water supply:" https://www.cnn.com/2020/09/26/us/brain-eating-amoeba-found-in-texas-water-supply-trnd/index.html
* I really wish I could see this. "Bringing the Ocean’s Midnight Zone Into the Light:" https://www.nytimes.com/2020/09/22/science/monterey-bay-aquarium-midnight-zone.html
* This is a friend of one of my RL friends. They are doing a fundraiser. "Salinas Family lost Home in Fire.:" https://www.gofundme.com/f/salinas-family-lost-home-in-fire?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=p_cf%20share-flow-1&fbclid=IwAR2yavSyYvLYBLDRceicc_N24Q4Hc_c7a_7i6rlx3ynAmoo956PL6W3KDIg
* "Avoiding a Climate Lockdown:" https://www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/radical-green-overhaul-to-avoid-climate-lockdown-by-mariana-mazzucato-2020-09
* "How beavers became North America's best firefighter:" https://www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/2020/09/beavers-firefighters-wildfires-california-oregon/
* "'Bringing beaches back to life': the First Nations restoring ancient clam gardens:" https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2020/sep/23/clam-gardens-first-nations-beaches-pacific-northwest
* "This is how police request customer data from Amazon:" https://techcrunch.com/2020/09/27/this-is-how-police-request-customer-data-from-amazon/
* "Scientists Advance on One of Technology’s Holy Grails:" https://www.newyorker.com/tech/annals-of-technology/the-promise-of-designer-protein-in-the-fight-against-covid-19
* "Combat experiments reveal fighting techniques of Bronze-Age warriors:" https://newatlas.com/science/bronze-swords-ancient-fighting-methods/
* "Billie Dale Wakefield, Bristol LGBT hero, dies aged 78:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2020/09/26/billie-dale-wakefield-bristol-lgbt-hero-dies-aged-78/
* "Wisconsin man shocked to discover a brain washed up on the beach:" https://www.cnn.com/2020/09/20/us/brain-found-on-beach-wisconsin-trnd/index.html
* "Secret ‘Man Cave' Discovered Below Grand Central Platform, 3 MTA Employees Busted:" https://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/secret-man-cave-discovered-below-grand-central-platform-3-mta-employees-busted/2634061/
* "As a shark latched on to her husband's shoulder, a pregnant woman sprang into action:" https://www.cnn.com/2020/09/26/us/pregnant-wife-saves-husband-from-shark-trnd/index.html
* "Loose Canon: Captain America:"
* "Lindsey Graham's Words Used Against Him:"
* "What Makes New York City An Anarchist Jurisdiction?:"
* "Trump's Disregard For Human Life Has Resulted In 200K Deaths And CDC Guidance That Can't Be Trusted:"
* "The Horton's Fisherman Responds To Trump's Tuna Cans Claim:"
* "Donald Trump Really Is America's Racist Uncle, Administration Sources Confirm:"
* "A Dog's Nose May Be The World's Most Accurate Covid-19 Test:"
* "Worried Trump Won't Leave The White House If He Loses The Election?:"
* Radioactive Animals: https://twitter.com/funranium/status/1310270781662740481
* NWS "29 Gorgeous Images of New Queer Photography:" https://www.advocate.com/photography/2020/9/25/29-gorgeous-images-new-queer-photography#media-gallery-media-30
* "Yusuf / Cat Stevens "Wild World":"
* A completely G-Rated Old guard thing involving Renaissance Art: https://sassyweethang.tumblr.com/post/627816459374133248/prompt-nile-learns-about-nicolo-yusuf-and-the
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* Full list of Resistance and charity links has been migrated to my profile as it was getting out of hand.
The help links are at the bottom.
* Want to Help bail out Louisvile Protesters? https://bailproject.org/louisville/?form=donate
* "2020 wildfires in California and the west: Everything we know and how you can help:" https://www.cnet.com/how-to/2020-wildfires-in-california-and-the-west-everything-we-know-and-how-to-help/
* Want a quick way to donate money to close senate races in hopes of flipping the senate? https://secure.actblue.com/donate/ky_mcconnell_vid
* "Effective Political Giving:" https://idlewords.com/2020/09/effective_political_giving.htm
* "Campaigns:" https://postcardstovoters.org/campaigns/
* What to help fight for queer people in Africa? Try the Initiative Sankofa D’Afrique de l’Ouest www.ISDAO.org
* Things you can do to help save the post office: https://gwydionmisha.tumblr.com/post/626472377433358336
* "When and how to vote in all 50 states:" https://www.axios.com/how-to-vote-by-state-2020-307c3d17-ee57-4a1b-8bad-182ca1cdb752.html
* "PLAN YOUR VOTE: How to vote by mail and register to vote in each state:" https://www.nbcnews.com/specials/plan-your-vote-state-by-state-guide-voting-by-mail-early-in-person-voting-election/
* "You don't need the U.S. Postal Service to deliver your mail-in ballot:" https://news.yahoo.com/you-dont-need-the-us-postal-service-to-vote-your-mail-in-ballot-210121973.html
* Want to help people in Beirut? https://karolinadeaen.tumblr.com/post/625576504313741312
* Organizations to help trans folk: https://gwydionmisha.tumblr.com/post/620857152453640195/about-us
* "How to Safely and Ethically Film Police Misconduct:" https://www.teenvogue.com/story/how-to-film-police-safely
* Master Post for how to help organizations fighting Police violence: https://gwydionmisha.tumblr.com/post/620861026680881152/oberynmartell-list-of-black-lives-matter-and
* How to donate to Doctors Without Borders: https://donate.doctorswithoutborders.org/onetime.cfm?source=ADD200U0U00&utm_source=google&utm_medium=cpc&utm_campaign=googlepaid&utm_content=brand&gclid=EAIaIQobChMIz8D9kYu46QIVqh6tBh2WogxQEAAYASAAEgK4FfD_BwE
* "More on the Mashpee Wampanoag Reservation and Reaffirmation Act:" https://amaebi.dreamwidth.org/1769250.html
* "Covid 19 Support for Indigenous Communities:" https://bibliomancer7.tumblr.com/post/616704253038395392/covid-19-support-for-indigenous-communities
* "Navajo Nation COVID-19 Relief Fund:" http://www.nndoh.org/donate.html
* "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
* "Support Artists Impacted By the Covid-19 Pandemic:" https://daily.bandcamp.com/features/bandcamp-covid-19-fundraiser
* 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/mcgrath2020-dd-om-gsearch?utm_source=g&utm_medium=om&utm_campaign=dd&utm_content=om_g_dd_20190709_g-dd-namenat-search_namedon-nat_amosdn&refcode=om_g_dd_20190709_g-dd-namenat-search_namedon-nat_amosdn&gclid=EAIaIQobChMI5IL1uLKa6gIVcz2tBh1njwpEEAAYASAAEgLCYvD_BwE
* 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
* Want to help Warnock win a Senate Seat? https://secure.actblue.com/donate/wfg_ads-a?amount=25&amounts=25,50,100,250,500,1000,2800&refcode=ads_alw_gs_brand_d2d_nat_tCPA&gclid=EAIaIQobChMIpt6FyNaI7AIVoCCtBh1-5AR7EAAYASAAEgJOC_D_BwE
* Want to help a trans person unseat a virulent homophobe? https://miadmason.us/
* 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 help Ritchie Torres beat a homophobe in New York? https://secure.actblue.com/donate/dkendorsestorres?refcode=20200605fpdn1mid
* Want to help Doug Jones defend his seat against a Trumpist homophobe? https://secure.actblue.com/donate/stand-with-doug?refcode=gaa1&gclid=EAIaIQobChMIx8n4rdfT6gIVvxitBh0BfQmNEAAYASAAEgJSwfD_BwE
* Want to help Sara Gideon unseat Susan Collins? https://secure.actblue.com/donate/adopt-me-dem-susan-collins-seat
* 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/
* 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
* "Women Are Being Killed With Impunity in Mexico:" https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/889ewg/women-are-being-killed-with-impunity-in-mexico
* "Lebanon's PM-designate Adib fails to form new government after blast:" https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-54307896
* "Switzerland referendum: Voters reject end to free movement with EU:" https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-54316316
* "Mi’kmaq lobster boats surrounded by Acadian commercial fishing vessels as traps are stolen, cut:" https://www.aptnnews.ca/national-news/mikmaq-lobster-boats-surrounded-by-acadian-commercial-fishing-vessels-as-traps-are-stolen-cut/?fbclid=IwAR26FK8d7TtxB4imleztdNtQ483I5xO-syBetD-eBNgzvyNuZaOGW1oc5cI
* "Indigenous chiefs in Nova Scotia are calling on the federal government to denounce what they described as racism and violence directed towards the Mi'kmaq people following a weekend of tension in St. Marys Bay.:" https://atlantic.ctvnews.ca/n-s-mi-kmaq-chiefs-call-on-ottawa-to-denounce-racism-in-lobster-dispute-federal-ministers-respond-1.5113190/lobster-dispute-in-saulnierville-1.5113198
* "Kim Jong Un apologizes in letter to Seoul for shooting of South Korean official:" https://www.cnn.com/2020/09/25/asia/north-korea-south-korea-shooting-intl-hnk/index.html
* "Missing Chinese journalist 'under state supervision':" https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-china-54277439
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* "Tiny airborne particles may pose a big coronavirus problem:" https://apnews.com/article/virus-outbreak-43fe5ca3fba1d4ebc05949a11643e03b
* Total confirmed COVID-19 cases in the U.S.A for 9/28/20 are 7,135,000. The death toll is 205,000. The real number is likely much higher.
* "COVID-19 could have been in US as early as December, according to new study:" https://www.mercurynews.com/2020/09/11/covid-19-could-have-been-in-us-as-early-as-december-according-to-new-study/
* "DeSantis flings open Florida in Trump’s campaign for normalcy:" https://www.politico.com/news/2020/09/25/desantis-trump-florida-coronavirus-421987
* "Florida reopens state’s economy despite ongoing pandemic:" https://www.miamiherald.com/news/article246005375.html
* I'm putting this Doonesbury in the COVID section: https://www.gocomics.com/doonesbury/2020/09/27
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* "Trump’s Taxes Show Chronic Losses and Years of Income Tax Avoidance:" https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/09/27/us/donald-trump-taxes.html
* "Trump’s reported tax rebate could’ve covered the cost of trans healthcare to the US military almost three times over:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2020/09/28/donald-trump-tax-return-taxes-trans-military-ban-healthcare-rebate-audit-irs/
* "Fury Over SCOTUS Nom for Scalia Acolyte Amy Coney Barrett:" https://www.advocate.com/politics/2020/9/25/fury-over-expected-scotus-nom-scalia-acolyte-amy-coney-barrett
* "Amy Coney Barrett pays tribute to ‘homophobe’ mentor as Donald Trump announces Supreme Court nomination:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2020/09/27/amy-coney-barrett-homophobe-antonin-scalia-donald-trump-nomination-supreme-court/
* "The Senate should ignore Amy Coney Barrett’s nomination:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/the-senate-should-ignore-amy-coney-barretts-nomination/2020/09/25/daf9e8c8-ff42-11ea-8d05-9beaaa91c71f_story.html
* ""Not Untruthful...Incompetent" - Rep. Katie Porter On Trump Officials When They Testify In Congre…:"
* "Biden accuses Trump of silence on Belarusian 'dictator' Lukashenko:" https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/joe-biden-accuses-donald-trump-silence-dictator-lukashenko-belarus-n1241177
* "Joe Biden, Human Rights Campaign: This Is the Election of Our Lives:" https://www.advocate.com/politics/2020/9/25/joe-biden-human-rights-campaign-election-our-lives
* "The man who could've been New York's first gay mayor drops out of race while candidly revealing battle with depression:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2020/09/25/corey-johnson-gay-hiv-positive-new-york-city-mayor-race-mental-health-depression/
* I do not understand how this is illegal. "Florida AG calls for criminal inquiry into Bloomberg’s $16M felon voter donation:" https://www.politico.com/states/florida/story/2020/09/23/florida-ag-calls-for-criminal-inquiry-into-bloombergs-16m-felon-voter-donation-1317995
* "Donald Trump’s lesbian niece Mary gives disturbing warning about how far her uncle will go to stay in office. If true, be afraid:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2020/09/26/mary-trump-donald-lesbian-niece-book-lpac-power-transfer-election-white-house/
* "The Man Who Refused to Spy:" https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2020/09/21/the-man-who-refused-to-spy
* "Breonna Taylor Fell Victim to Gunfire—and a Nation Built on Racism:" https://www.advocate.com/commentary/2020/9/24/breonna-taylor-fell-victim-gunfire-and-nation-built-racism
* The police kettled and prevented them from following orders to disburse and arrested them before curfew for breaking curfew so they could charge them with breaking curfew and failing to disabuse because they'd been arrested. "Louisville police arrest at least 25 people during fourth night of protests over Breonna Taylor case:" https://www.cnn.com/2020/09/27/us/louisville-protests-arrests-saturday/index.html
* "Suspect Is Charged in Shooting of 2 Louisville Police Officers:" https://www.nytimes.com/2020/09/24/us/breonna-taylor-decision-live-updates.html
* "Elite boys school was a hotbed of 'daily sustained violent homophobia' and 'hyper masculine' bullying:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2020/09/25/shore-school-sydney-elite-muck-up-day-tournament-toxic-culture-bullying-homophobia/
* "Woman claims fragile man held a gun to her head and fired because she called him gay:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2020/09/27/gun-gay-monroe-louisiana-arrest-aggravated-assault-fragile-toxic-masculinity/
* "This plumber set up a program to introduce girls to the trades in hopes they will follow in her bootsteps:" https://www.cnn.com/2020/09/25/world/champions-for-change-judaline-cassidy-tools-and-tiaras/index.html
* My ancedotal observations prove correct. "Largest study to date confirms overlap between autism and gender diversity:" https://www.spectrumnews.org/news/largest-study-to-date-confirms-overlap-between-autism-and-gender-diversity/
* "Jurors at fresh inquest into deaths of gay men murdered by Stephen Port to be quizzed on their 'moral attitudes':" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2020/09/25/stephen-port-inquest-gay-grindr-murder-serial-killer-ghb-old-bailey-jurors/
* "Michael Cashman asked the government to explain where in the world cis men have abused self-ID to hurt women. They couldn’t:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2020/09/25/michael-cashman-gender-recognition-act-self-id-house-of-lords-lizz-truss-elizabeth-berridge/
* "New LGBT-inclusive education guidance comes with a majorly problematic caveat for trans kids:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2020/09/25/mermaids-lgbt-inclusive-lessons-guidance-schools-trans-kids-department-education/
* "Boris Johnson’s first choice to be the next BBC chairman likened same-sex marriage to marrying a dog:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2020/09/28/charles-moore-bbc-chairman-anti-lgbt-same-sex-marriage-dog-bestiality/
* "Chicago's Gayborhood Ditches Male-Focused Name:" https://www.advocate.com/news/2020/9/24/chicagos-gayborhood-ditches-male-focused-name
* "Wait for PrEP rollout finally over with cash injection to provide the HIV prevention pill entirely uncapped:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2020/09/28/prep-hiv-england-rollout-government-department-health-funding-terrence-higgins-trust/
* "Yet another study confirms conversion therapy is destructive, with links to internalised homophobia and depression:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2020/09/26/conversion-therapy-depression-internalised-homophobia-study-gerontologist-journal/
* "Inspiration P*rn: Oscar Bait!:"
* "Polio campaigners battle misinformation and distrust:" https://www.bbc.com/news/video_and_audio/health
* "8 Texas cities were alerted to a brain-eating amoeba found in water supply:" https://www.cnn.com/2020/09/26/us/brain-eating-amoeba-found-in-texas-water-supply-trnd/index.html
* I really wish I could see this. "Bringing the Ocean’s Midnight Zone Into the Light:" https://www.nytimes.com/2020/09/22/science/monterey-bay-aquarium-midnight-zone.html
* This is a friend of one of my RL friends. They are doing a fundraiser. "Salinas Family lost Home in Fire.:" https://www.gofundme.com/f/salinas-family-lost-home-in-fire?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=p_cf%20share-flow-1&fbclid=IwAR2yavSyYvLYBLDRceicc_N24Q4Hc_c7a_7i6rlx3ynAmoo956PL6W3KDIg
* "Avoiding a Climate Lockdown:" https://www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/radical-green-overhaul-to-avoid-climate-lockdown-by-mariana-mazzucato-2020-09
* "How beavers became North America's best firefighter:" https://www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/2020/09/beavers-firefighters-wildfires-california-oregon/
* "'Bringing beaches back to life': the First Nations restoring ancient clam gardens:" https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2020/sep/23/clam-gardens-first-nations-beaches-pacific-northwest
* "This is how police request customer data from Amazon:" https://techcrunch.com/2020/09/27/this-is-how-police-request-customer-data-from-amazon/
* "Scientists Advance on One of Technology’s Holy Grails:" https://www.newyorker.com/tech/annals-of-technology/the-promise-of-designer-protein-in-the-fight-against-covid-19
* "Combat experiments reveal fighting techniques of Bronze-Age warriors:" https://newatlas.com/science/bronze-swords-ancient-fighting-methods/
* "Billie Dale Wakefield, Bristol LGBT hero, dies aged 78:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2020/09/26/billie-dale-wakefield-bristol-lgbt-hero-dies-aged-78/
* "Wisconsin man shocked to discover a brain washed up on the beach:" https://www.cnn.com/2020/09/20/us/brain-found-on-beach-wisconsin-trnd/index.html
* "Secret ‘Man Cave' Discovered Below Grand Central Platform, 3 MTA Employees Busted:" https://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/secret-man-cave-discovered-below-grand-central-platform-3-mta-employees-busted/2634061/
* "As a shark latched on to her husband's shoulder, a pregnant woman sprang into action:" https://www.cnn.com/2020/09/26/us/pregnant-wife-saves-husband-from-shark-trnd/index.html
* "Loose Canon: Captain America:"
* "Lindsey Graham's Words Used Against Him:"
* "What Makes New York City An Anarchist Jurisdiction?:"
* "Trump's Disregard For Human Life Has Resulted In 200K Deaths And CDC Guidance That Can't Be Trusted:"
* "The Horton's Fisherman Responds To Trump's Tuna Cans Claim:"
* "Donald Trump Really Is America's Racist Uncle, Administration Sources Confirm:"
* "A Dog's Nose May Be The World's Most Accurate Covid-19 Test:"
* "Worried Trump Won't Leave The White House If He Loses The Election?:"
* Radioactive Animals: https://twitter.com/funranium/status/1310270781662740481
* NWS "29 Gorgeous Images of New Queer Photography:" https://www.advocate.com/photography/2020/9/25/29-gorgeous-images-new-queer-photography#media-gallery-media-30
* "Yusuf / Cat Stevens "Wild World":"
* A completely G-Rated Old guard thing involving Renaissance Art: https://sassyweethang.tumblr.com/post/627816459374133248/prompt-nile-learns-about-nicolo-yusuf-and-the
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* Full list of Resistance and charity links has been migrated to my profile as it was getting out of hand.
The help links are at the bottom.
* Want to Help bail out Louisvile Protesters? https://bailproject.org/louisville/?form=donate
* "2020 wildfires in California and the west: Everything we know and how you can help:" https://www.cnet.com/how-to/2020-wildfires-in-california-and-the-west-everything-we-know-and-how-to-help/
* Want a quick way to donate money to close senate races in hopes of flipping the senate? https://secure.actblue.com/donate/ky_mcconnell_vid
* "Effective Political Giving:" https://idlewords.com/2020/09/effective_political_giving.htm
* "Campaigns:" https://postcardstovoters.org/campaigns/
* What to help fight for queer people in Africa? Try the Initiative Sankofa D’Afrique de l’Ouest www.ISDAO.org
* Things you can do to help save the post office: https://gwydionmisha.tumblr.com/post/626472377433358336
* "When and how to vote in all 50 states:" https://www.axios.com/how-to-vote-by-state-2020-307c3d17-ee57-4a1b-8bad-182ca1cdb752.html
* "PLAN YOUR VOTE: How to vote by mail and register to vote in each state:" https://www.nbcnews.com/specials/plan-your-vote-state-by-state-guide-voting-by-mail-early-in-person-voting-election/
* "You don't need the U.S. Postal Service to deliver your mail-in ballot:" https://news.yahoo.com/you-dont-need-the-us-postal-service-to-vote-your-mail-in-ballot-210121973.html
* Want to help people in Beirut? https://karolinadeaen.tumblr.com/post/625576504313741312
* Organizations to help trans folk: https://gwydionmisha.tumblr.com/post/620857152453640195/about-us
* "How to Safely and Ethically Film Police Misconduct:" https://www.teenvogue.com/story/how-to-film-police-safely
* Master Post for how to help organizations fighting Police violence: https://gwydionmisha.tumblr.com/post/620861026680881152/oberynmartell-list-of-black-lives-matter-and
* How to donate to Doctors Without Borders: https://donate.doctorswithoutborders.org/onetime.cfm?source=ADD200U0U00&utm_source=google&utm_medium=cpc&utm_campaign=googlepaid&utm_content=brand&gclid=EAIaIQobChMIz8D9kYu46QIVqh6tBh2WogxQEAAYASAAEgK4FfD_BwE
* "More on the Mashpee Wampanoag Reservation and Reaffirmation Act:" https://amaebi.dreamwidth.org/1769250.html
* "Covid 19 Support for Indigenous Communities:" https://bibliomancer7.tumblr.com/post/616704253038395392/covid-19-support-for-indigenous-communities
* "Navajo Nation COVID-19 Relief Fund:" http://www.nndoh.org/donate.html
* "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
* "Support Artists Impacted By the Covid-19 Pandemic:" https://daily.bandcamp.com/features/bandcamp-covid-19-fundraiser
* 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/mcgrath2020-dd-om-gsearch?utm_source=g&utm_medium=om&utm_campaign=dd&utm_content=om_g_dd_20190709_g-dd-namenat-search_namedon-nat_amosdn&refcode=om_g_dd_20190709_g-dd-namenat-search_namedon-nat_amosdn&gclid=EAIaIQobChMI5IL1uLKa6gIVcz2tBh1njwpEEAAYASAAEgLCYvD_BwE
* 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
* Want to help Warnock win a Senate Seat? https://secure.actblue.com/donate/wfg_ads-a?amount=25&amounts=25,50,100,250,500,1000,2800&refcode=ads_alw_gs_brand_d2d_nat_tCPA&gclid=EAIaIQobChMIpt6FyNaI7AIVoCCtBh1-5AR7EAAYASAAEgJOC_D_BwE
* Want to help a trans person unseat a virulent homophobe? https://miadmason.us/
* 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 help Ritchie Torres beat a homophobe in New York? https://secure.actblue.com/donate/dkendorsestorres?refcode=20200605fpdn1mid
* Want to help Doug Jones defend his seat against a Trumpist homophobe? https://secure.actblue.com/donate/stand-with-doug?refcode=gaa1&gclid=EAIaIQobChMIx8n4rdfT6gIVvxitBh0BfQmNEAAYASAAEgJSwfD_BwE
* Want to help Sara Gideon unseat Susan Collins? https://secure.actblue.com/donate/adopt-me-dem-susan-collins-seat
* 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/
* 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