The Weekend + Monday
Dec. 22nd, 2020 06:53 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
gwydion* I'm too queasy to go through and figure out what's no longer relevant. Sorry.
* "Charlie Hebdo: Fourteen guilty in 2015 Paris terror attacks trial:" https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-55336094
* "Travel chaos, U-turns and a cancelled Christmas: it's Boris Johnson's worst week:" https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2020/dec/21/boris-johnson-cabinet-uk-travel-ban-ministers-covid
* "For U.K., an Early Taste of Brexit as Borders Are Sealed:" https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/21/world/europe/brexit-covid-uk.html
* "Kidnap, torture, murder: the plight of Pakistan’s thousands of disappeared:" https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2020/dec/14/kidnap-torture-the-plight-of-pakistans-thousands-of-disappeared
* "Beijing may have built bases in the South China Sea, but that doesn't mean it can defend them, report claims:" https://www.cnn.com/2020/12/07/china/south-china-sea-bases-military-intl-hnk/index.html
* "Special Report-China launches 'gray-zone' warfare to subdue Taiwan:" https://www.reuters.com/article/hongkong-taiwan-military/special-report-china-launches-gray-zone-warfare-to-subdue-taiwan-idUSKBN28K1GS
* "As Mexico’s security deteriorates, the power of the military grows:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/graphics/2020/world/mexico-losing-control/mexico-military-security-drug-war/?itid=sf_world
* "The World’s Most Important Body of Water:" https://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2020/12/south-china-sea-us-ghosts-strategic-tensions/617380/
* "Indian farmers step up pressure with hunger strike against reforms:" https://www.reuters.com/article/india-farms-protests/indian-farmers-step-up-pressure-with-hunger-strike-against-reforms-idUSKBN28O0MC
* "The Arab Uprisings Never Ended:" https://www.foreignaffairs.com/articles/middle-east/2020-12-08/arab-uprisings-never-ended
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* "People Thought Covid-19 Was Relatively Harmless for Younger Adults. They Were Wrong.:" https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/16/opinion/covid-deaths-young-adults.html
* "She was demoted, doubted and rejected. Now, her work is the basis of the Covid-19 vaccine:" https://www.cnn.com/2020/12/16/us/katalin-kariko-covid-19-vaccine-scientist-trnd/index.html
* "Why Restricting International Travel Probably Won’t Prevent the Next Pandemic:" https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-12-18/study-travel-bans-won-t-thwart-the-next-pandemic
* "What to know about new Covid strain spreading in U.K.:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/what-to-know-about-new-covid-strain-spreading-in-u-k-98219077954
* "Netherlands ban flights from UK after detecting new coronavirus strain:" https://www.reuters.com/article/health-coronavirus-netherlands-britain/netherlands-ban-flights-from-uk-after-detecting-new-coronavirus-strain-idUSKBN28U03A
UPDATE: Pretty much all of Europe is banning or limiting travel from the UK.
* "‘Out of control’ Covid strain makes UK a global pariah as countries impose travel bans:" https://www.cnbc.com/2020/12/21/new-covid-strain-makes-uk-a-global-pariah-amid-travel-bans.html
* "Austria will go into third lockdown after Christmas, ending with tests:" https://www.reuters.com/article/health-coronavirus-austria/austria-to-go-into-third-lockdown-after-christmas-media-report-idUSKBN28S16L
* "Spain to start vaccinations against Covid-19 on Dec 27: Health minister:" https://www.business-standard.com/article/international/spain-to-start-vaccinations-against-covid-19-on-dec-27-health-minister-120121900145_1.html
* "WHO was warned lives were at risk over yanked Italy report:" https://apnews.com/article/technology-europe-italy-coronavirus-pandemic-united-nations-36170835a5c7ca888894022f31a38c85
* "Italy to go into Covid lockdown over festive period:" https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/dec/19/italy-to-go-into-covid-lockdown-over-festive-period
* Total confirmed COVID-19 cases in the U.S.A for 12/21/20 are 17,948,000. The official death toll is 319,000. The real number is likely much higher.
* "A death every 33 seconds:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2020/12/19/death-every-30-seconds/
* "FDA authorizes Moderna vaccine for emergency use:" https://www.politico.com/news/2020/12/18/fda-authorizes-moderna-coronavirus-vaccine-448578
* "Experts applaud as Moderna COVID-19 vaccine goes out for shipment:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-sunday-show/watch/moderna-covid-19-vaccine-now-out-for-shipment-discussed-by-health-military-experts-98118213959
* "Older People, Some Essential Workers Should Get Vaccines Next, CDC Panel Says:" https://www.npr.org/sections/coronavirus-live-updates/2020/12/20/948606578/older-people-some-essential-workers-to-get-vaccines-next-cdc-panel-says
* Stay the fuck at home! "Millions Of People Flying Despite Public Health Pleas To Stay Put:" https://www.npr.org/2020/12/20/948618133/millions-of-people-flying-despite-public-health-pleas-to-stay-put
* "‘Subpoenas are necessary’: House watchdog details extensive meddling with CDC Covid-19 reports:" https://www.politico.com/news/2020/12/21/house-watchdog-cdc-covid-reports-449517
* "Stanford Apologizes After Vaccine Allocation Leaves Out Nearly All Medical Residents:" https://www.npr.org/sections/coronavirus-live-updates/2020/12/18/948176807/stanford-apologizes-after-vaccine-allocation-leaves-out-nearly-all-medical-resid
* "Navajo Nation reports another 160 COVID cases plus 4 deaths:" https://kutv.com/news/local/navajo-nation-reports-another-160-covid-cases-plus-4-deaths
* "ICU availability in Southern California at 0%, and it's going to get worse, officials warn:" https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2020-12-17/southern-california-out-of-icu-beds-amid-covid-19-surge
* "Prisoners Have Been Excluded From COVID Vaccine Plans, and Health Experts Are Sounding the Alarm:" https://www.nbcwashington.com/news/business/money-report/prisoners-have-been-excluded-from-covid-vaccine-plans-and-health-experts-are-sounding-the-alarm/2510707/
* "New York Spent $1 Billion on Virus Supplies. Now It Wants Money Back.:" https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/17/nyregion/new-york-ppe-refunds.html
* "The Santa who sounded the alarm:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2020/12/19/santa-claus-coronavirus-warning/
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* "EU abstains from UN vote on ‘Nazism’:" https://www.politico.eu/article/eu-abstains-from-un-vote-on-nazism/
* "Trump contradicts Pompeo in bid to downplay massive hack of U.S. government, Russia’s role:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/russia-is-behind-the-broad-ongoing-cyber-spy-campaign-against-the-us-government-and-private-sector-pompeo-says/2020/12/19/8c850cf0-41b3-11eb-8bc0-ae155bee4aff_story.html
* "Trump administration weighing legal immunity for Saudi crown prince in alleged assassination plot:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/public-safety/legal-immunity-request-mbs/2020/12/21/c2b87900-4150-11eb-8bc0-ae155bee4aff_story.html
* 45's rearranging the deck chairs on the Titanic again. "Trump Makes Classical Style the Default for Federal Buildings:" https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/21/arts/design/trump-executive-order-federal-buildings-architecture.html
* "Trump pardons: 7 high profile people who may get one:" https://fortune.com/2020/12/18/trump-pardons-7-high-profile-people-who-may-get-one/
* "Barr says no need for special counsels to investigate election or Hunter Biden:" https://www.cnn.com/2020/12/21/politics/william-barr-hunter-biden-election-special-counsel/index.html
* "Trump's talk of martial law sends White House staffers rushing to the press:" https://www.cnn.com/2020/12/20/media/stelter-trump-martial-law/index.html
* "Heated Oval Office meeting included talk of special counsel, martial law as Trump advisers clash:" https://www.cnn.com/2020/12/19/politics/trump-oval-office-meeting-special-counsel-martial-law/index.html
* "‘Disgrace to his uniform’: Col. Wilkerson on Flynn’s martial law election plot:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/-disgrace-to-his-uniform-col-wilkerson-on-flynn-s-martial-law-election-plot-98216517703
* No, it's a different suit. 45 keeps humping that dead horse. "Trump wants Supreme Court to overturn Pa. election results:" https://apnews.com/article/trump-supreme-court-election-results-151f9a6ca176bd92bb67e4494fecc3c7
* "Feds probing Giuliani have broached making legal request for his electronic communications:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/feds-probing-giuliani-have-broached-making-legal-request-for-his-electronic-communications-98224197601
* "As Trump reportedly warms to pardon power, Giuliani focuses on reversing election for him:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/as-trump-reportedly-warms-to-pardon-power-giuliani-focuses-on-reversing-election-for-him-98231877686
* "Maddow: U.S. mired in '3-way split screen' of Trump crises:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/maddow-u-s-mired-in-3-way-split-screen-of-trump-crises-98231877672
* Extended Kamala Harris Interview: https://www.msnbc.com/the-reidout/watch/kamala-harris-on-trump-s-refusal-to-concede-we-need-to-govern-98209861924
https://www.msnbc.com/the-reidout/watch/kamala-harris-on-taking-the-vaccine-i-trust-the-public-health-experts-98209349580
https://www.msnbc.com/the-reidout/watch/kamala-harris-we-intend-to-work-across-party-lines-98208837811
* "A huge study of 50 years of tax cuts for the wealthy suggests 'trickle-down' economics makes inequality worse:" https://www.businessinsider.com/tax-cuts-rich-trickle-down-income-inequality-study-2020-12
* "Paycheck-To-Paycheck Nation: Why Even Americans With Higher Income Struggle With Bills:" https://www.npr.org/2020/12/16/941292021/paycheck-to-paycheck-nation-how-life-in-america-adds-up
* "Work (or, the 5 jobs I had before YouTube):"
* "Lawmakers reach compromise over GOP proposal to rein in Fed’s powers, clearing path for a stimulus package deal:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/us-policy/2020/12/19/stimulus-talks-race-against-government-shutddown-deadline/
* "Sen. Coons says Senate COVID relief vote ‘still days away’:" https://www.msnbc.com/cross-connection/watch/covid-relief-passage-by-the-senate-still-days-away-by-sen-coons-says-98072133783
* "Jayapal on widespread COVID economic issues: 'This is on us, the federal government’:" https://www.msnbc.com/cross-connection/watch/covid-relief-package-in-congress-still-under-negotiations-discussed-by-rep-jayapal-98074181697
* "Congress passes massive stimulus package as virus rages:" https://www.politico.com/news/2020/12/21/congress-verge-approving-massive-stimulus-449504
* Georgians! Go Vote Now!
* I added a little something to "Love, Gen X" for 2020: https://gwydionmisha.tumblr.com/post/638078481235951616/dear-millenials-and-gen-z
* "Turner addresses Biden critique, pledges to work with all allies on economic issues:" https://www.msnbc.com/cross-connection/watch/nina-turner-on-her-biden-critiques-running-for-congress-income-inequality-98074693985
* "Black And Up In Arms: Code Switch:" https://www.npr.org/sections/codeswitch/2020/12/09/944615029/black-and-up-in-arms
* "What Black People Really Think About the Police:" https://newrepublic.com/article/160532/what-black-people-think-police
* "Police officers are prosecuted for murder in less than 2 percent of fatal shootings:" https://www.vox.com/21497089/police-prosecutions-black-lives-matter-breonna-taylor-george-floyd
* "Black children are 6 times more likely to be shot to death by police, study finds:" https://www.cnn.com/2020/12/17/us/black-children-police-brutality-trnd/index.html
* "Why You Really Can’t Fight City Hall, At Least Over the Police:" https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2020/12/15/monell-rule-police-racial-justice-445308
* "Police Say Seizing Property Without Trial Helps Keep Crime Down. A New Study Shows They’re Wrong.:" https://www.propublica.org/article/police-say-seizing-property-without-trial-helps-keep-crime-down-a-new-study-shows-theyre-wrong
* "Right-Wing Embrace Of Conspiracy Is 'Mass Radicalization,' Experts Warn:" https://www.npr.org/2020/12/15/946381523/right-wing-embrace-of-conspiracy-is-mass-radicalization-experts-warn
* "Why Just 'Adding Context' to Controversial Monuments May Not Change Minds:" https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/why-just-adding-context-controversial-monument-may-not-change-minds-180976583/
* "A family got a racist note after putting up a Black Santa. Soon, neighbors began displaying their own Black Santas.:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/2020/12/03/black-santa-solidarity/
* "These Aren’t Laws:"
* CW: Domestic Violence, Rape. "“No Choice but to Do It”: Why Women Go to Prison:" https://newrepublic.com/article/160589/women-prison-domestic-violence-survivors
* CW: Sexual Assault. "Hundreds of veterans rebuke Rep. Dan Crenshaw over claims he smeared sex assault victim:" https://www.houstonchronicle.com/politics/texas/article/Nearly-500-veterans-rebuke-Rep-Dan-Crenshaw-over-15808348.php
* "People have the ‘right to offend’ and to ‘abuse another’ without fear of arrest, UK court rules:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2020/12/18/freedom-speech-right-offend-abuse-kate-scottow-stephanie-hayden-court-appeal/
* "The Supreme Court Rejects Opportunity to Roll Back Marriage Equality:" https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2020/12/supreme-court-rejects-indiana-birth-certificate-case.html
* "Comedian Eddie Izzard Announces She/Her Pronouns: 'I Just Want to Be Based in Girl Mode':" https://people.com/tv/eddie-izzard-announces-she-her-pronouns/
* "How Kidney Failure Is the Perfect Storm of a Racist Health Care System:" https://features.propublica.org/covid-dialysis/for-years-jamarcus-crews-tried-to-get-a-new-kidney-but-corporate-healthcare-stood-in-the-way/
* "When Usually Solitary Octopuses Get Together, Odd Things Happen:" https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/octopus-behavior-metazoa
* "Who Gets to Breathe Clean Air in New Delhi?:" https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/12/17/world/asia/india-pollution-inequality.html
* "‘We are slowly being poisoned.’ How toxic fumes seep into the air you breathe on planes:" https://www.latimes.com/projects/toxic-chemicals-planes-covid-19-travel-woes/
* "The Antikythera Mechanism: Evidence of a Lunar Calendar:" https://www.metafilter.com/189714/The-Antikythera-Mechanism-Evidence-of-a-Lunar-Calendar
* "Her Majesty’s Kidnappers:" https://daily.jstor.org/kidnapping-for-the-queens-choir/?preview_id=268821
* "Iconic Corpse: GRAM PARSONS:"
* "Slavery, Ghosts, and Beloved: Crash Course Literature 214:"
* "Votegasm 2020: The Awkward Days After - More Shower Power:"
* "Pence Gets the Vaccine Cold Open - SNL:"
* "A Teacher - SNL:"
* "The Grinch - SNL:"
* "Ask Your Doctor If Putonamasc Is Right For You:"
* Saturday: Today I had an evening of Spasms, which is painful and exhausting and in this case gave me a headache, though that could also be the lung infection with resurged Friday. I stayed up to call about more antibiotics, but it wasn't sorted by Pharmacy closing time. I'll try again Monday. I'm not dangerously ill and the timing: sinus symptoms two days after the end of a course, the rest of the identical symptom set the evening after... yeah. normally we do a double course of z-pacs, but it wasn't my regular doctor and I forgot to tell her, so really my fault. I'm gnawing on news, but mostly vegging and watching youtube. Sorry. Spasms + infections is just a lot.
On the upside? So many gift cookies in the mail! Omnomnom!
* Monday: My antibiotics didn't come, despite the pharmacist saying they were in the bag. I'm not doing so well physically. Otherwise though? it's pretty good solstice. Went to a solstice zoom party, even though I stopped going to the physical version about 12 years ago because of disability. Some Millenials brought food today, including an excellent pecan pie. Another Millenial brought a ton of cookies in the evening. I have two gifts to open and a ton of cards. The cats wore them self out playing with toys the Millenials got, and we just need to survive another month before things start improving.
* Muslim Experiences Christmas: https://magnesiumflare.tumblr.com/post/638068935319863296
* "Sunday Sweets With Christmas Cheer:" https://www.cakewrecks.com/home/2020/12/20/sunday-sweets-with-christmas-cheer
* "Sunday Sweets Savors The Moment :" https://www.cakewrecks.com/home/2020/12/13/sunday-sweets-savors-the-moment
* "Sunday Sweets Gets OVER DRAMATIC:" https://www.cakewrecks.com/home/2020/12/6/sunday-sweets-gets-over-dramatic
* I am watching season 5 of The Expanse, and finally, I get why book readers feel that way about Amos Burton.
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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 under the cut.
* "8 Overlooked LGBTQ Groups to Donate to for Giving Tuesday:" https://www.advocate.com/commentary/2019/12/02/8-overlooked-lgbtq-groups-donate-giving-tuesday
"The Midwest Immigration Bond Fund!:" https://secure.actblue.com/donate/midwestibf
* The Blackfeet are under Covid lockdown and need food pantry donations: https://www.fastblackfeet.org/campaigns/fast-blackfeet/
* What to help fight for queer people in Africa? Try the Initiative Sankofa D’Afrique de l’Ouest www.ISDAO.org
* 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
* "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
* "SUPPORT WORKERS IN CRISIS:" https://ofwemergencyfund.org/
* "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/
* 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 things we need most are:
https://www.chewy.com/wellness-core-signature-selects/dp/147047
https://www.chewy.com/blue-buffalo-wilderness-flatland/dp/176663
* Birthday/Solstice master list: https://gwydion.dreamwidth.org/2108835.html
* "Charlie Hebdo: Fourteen guilty in 2015 Paris terror attacks trial:" https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-55336094
* "Travel chaos, U-turns and a cancelled Christmas: it's Boris Johnson's worst week:" https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2020/dec/21/boris-johnson-cabinet-uk-travel-ban-ministers-covid
* "For U.K., an Early Taste of Brexit as Borders Are Sealed:" https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/21/world/europe/brexit-covid-uk.html
* "Kidnap, torture, murder: the plight of Pakistan’s thousands of disappeared:" https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2020/dec/14/kidnap-torture-the-plight-of-pakistans-thousands-of-disappeared
* "Beijing may have built bases in the South China Sea, but that doesn't mean it can defend them, report claims:" https://www.cnn.com/2020/12/07/china/south-china-sea-bases-military-intl-hnk/index.html
* "Special Report-China launches 'gray-zone' warfare to subdue Taiwan:" https://www.reuters.com/article/hongkong-taiwan-military/special-report-china-launches-gray-zone-warfare-to-subdue-taiwan-idUSKBN28K1GS
* "As Mexico’s security deteriorates, the power of the military grows:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/graphics/2020/world/mexico-losing-control/mexico-military-security-drug-war/?itid=sf_world
* "The World’s Most Important Body of Water:" https://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2020/12/south-china-sea-us-ghosts-strategic-tensions/617380/
* "Indian farmers step up pressure with hunger strike against reforms:" https://www.reuters.com/article/india-farms-protests/indian-farmers-step-up-pressure-with-hunger-strike-against-reforms-idUSKBN28O0MC
* "The Arab Uprisings Never Ended:" https://www.foreignaffairs.com/articles/middle-east/2020-12-08/arab-uprisings-never-ended
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* "People Thought Covid-19 Was Relatively Harmless for Younger Adults. They Were Wrong.:" https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/16/opinion/covid-deaths-young-adults.html
* "She was demoted, doubted and rejected. Now, her work is the basis of the Covid-19 vaccine:" https://www.cnn.com/2020/12/16/us/katalin-kariko-covid-19-vaccine-scientist-trnd/index.html
* "Why Restricting International Travel Probably Won’t Prevent the Next Pandemic:" https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-12-18/study-travel-bans-won-t-thwart-the-next-pandemic
* "What to know about new Covid strain spreading in U.K.:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/what-to-know-about-new-covid-strain-spreading-in-u-k-98219077954
* "Netherlands ban flights from UK after detecting new coronavirus strain:" https://www.reuters.com/article/health-coronavirus-netherlands-britain/netherlands-ban-flights-from-uk-after-detecting-new-coronavirus-strain-idUSKBN28U03A
UPDATE: Pretty much all of Europe is banning or limiting travel from the UK.
* "‘Out of control’ Covid strain makes UK a global pariah as countries impose travel bans:" https://www.cnbc.com/2020/12/21/new-covid-strain-makes-uk-a-global-pariah-amid-travel-bans.html
* "Austria will go into third lockdown after Christmas, ending with tests:" https://www.reuters.com/article/health-coronavirus-austria/austria-to-go-into-third-lockdown-after-christmas-media-report-idUSKBN28S16L
* "Spain to start vaccinations against Covid-19 on Dec 27: Health minister:" https://www.business-standard.com/article/international/spain-to-start-vaccinations-against-covid-19-on-dec-27-health-minister-120121900145_1.html
* "WHO was warned lives were at risk over yanked Italy report:" https://apnews.com/article/technology-europe-italy-coronavirus-pandemic-united-nations-36170835a5c7ca888894022f31a38c85
* "Italy to go into Covid lockdown over festive period:" https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/dec/19/italy-to-go-into-covid-lockdown-over-festive-period
* Total confirmed COVID-19 cases in the U.S.A for 12/21/20 are 17,948,000. The official death toll is 319,000. The real number is likely much higher.
* "A death every 33 seconds:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2020/12/19/death-every-30-seconds/
* "FDA authorizes Moderna vaccine for emergency use:" https://www.politico.com/news/2020/12/18/fda-authorizes-moderna-coronavirus-vaccine-448578
* "Experts applaud as Moderna COVID-19 vaccine goes out for shipment:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-sunday-show/watch/moderna-covid-19-vaccine-now-out-for-shipment-discussed-by-health-military-experts-98118213959
* "Older People, Some Essential Workers Should Get Vaccines Next, CDC Panel Says:" https://www.npr.org/sections/coronavirus-live-updates/2020/12/20/948606578/older-people-some-essential-workers-to-get-vaccines-next-cdc-panel-says
* Stay the fuck at home! "Millions Of People Flying Despite Public Health Pleas To Stay Put:" https://www.npr.org/2020/12/20/948618133/millions-of-people-flying-despite-public-health-pleas-to-stay-put
* "‘Subpoenas are necessary’: House watchdog details extensive meddling with CDC Covid-19 reports:" https://www.politico.com/news/2020/12/21/house-watchdog-cdc-covid-reports-449517
* "Stanford Apologizes After Vaccine Allocation Leaves Out Nearly All Medical Residents:" https://www.npr.org/sections/coronavirus-live-updates/2020/12/18/948176807/stanford-apologizes-after-vaccine-allocation-leaves-out-nearly-all-medical-resid
* "Navajo Nation reports another 160 COVID cases plus 4 deaths:" https://kutv.com/news/local/navajo-nation-reports-another-160-covid-cases-plus-4-deaths
* "ICU availability in Southern California at 0%, and it's going to get worse, officials warn:" https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2020-12-17/southern-california-out-of-icu-beds-amid-covid-19-surge
* "Prisoners Have Been Excluded From COVID Vaccine Plans, and Health Experts Are Sounding the Alarm:" https://www.nbcwashington.com/news/business/money-report/prisoners-have-been-excluded-from-covid-vaccine-plans-and-health-experts-are-sounding-the-alarm/2510707/
* "New York Spent $1 Billion on Virus Supplies. Now It Wants Money Back.:" https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/17/nyregion/new-york-ppe-refunds.html
* "The Santa who sounded the alarm:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2020/12/19/santa-claus-coronavirus-warning/
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* "EU abstains from UN vote on ‘Nazism’:" https://www.politico.eu/article/eu-abstains-from-un-vote-on-nazism/
* "Trump contradicts Pompeo in bid to downplay massive hack of U.S. government, Russia’s role:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/russia-is-behind-the-broad-ongoing-cyber-spy-campaign-against-the-us-government-and-private-sector-pompeo-says/2020/12/19/8c850cf0-41b3-11eb-8bc0-ae155bee4aff_story.html
* "Trump administration weighing legal immunity for Saudi crown prince in alleged assassination plot:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/public-safety/legal-immunity-request-mbs/2020/12/21/c2b87900-4150-11eb-8bc0-ae155bee4aff_story.html
* 45's rearranging the deck chairs on the Titanic again. "Trump Makes Classical Style the Default for Federal Buildings:" https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/21/arts/design/trump-executive-order-federal-buildings-architecture.html
* "Trump pardons: 7 high profile people who may get one:" https://fortune.com/2020/12/18/trump-pardons-7-high-profile-people-who-may-get-one/
* "Barr says no need for special counsels to investigate election or Hunter Biden:" https://www.cnn.com/2020/12/21/politics/william-barr-hunter-biden-election-special-counsel/index.html
* "Trump's talk of martial law sends White House staffers rushing to the press:" https://www.cnn.com/2020/12/20/media/stelter-trump-martial-law/index.html
* "Heated Oval Office meeting included talk of special counsel, martial law as Trump advisers clash:" https://www.cnn.com/2020/12/19/politics/trump-oval-office-meeting-special-counsel-martial-law/index.html
* "‘Disgrace to his uniform’: Col. Wilkerson on Flynn’s martial law election plot:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/-disgrace-to-his-uniform-col-wilkerson-on-flynn-s-martial-law-election-plot-98216517703
* No, it's a different suit. 45 keeps humping that dead horse. "Trump wants Supreme Court to overturn Pa. election results:" https://apnews.com/article/trump-supreme-court-election-results-151f9a6ca176bd92bb67e4494fecc3c7
* "Feds probing Giuliani have broached making legal request for his electronic communications:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/feds-probing-giuliani-have-broached-making-legal-request-for-his-electronic-communications-98224197601
* "As Trump reportedly warms to pardon power, Giuliani focuses on reversing election for him:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/as-trump-reportedly-warms-to-pardon-power-giuliani-focuses-on-reversing-election-for-him-98231877686
* "Maddow: U.S. mired in '3-way split screen' of Trump crises:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/maddow-u-s-mired-in-3-way-split-screen-of-trump-crises-98231877672
* Extended Kamala Harris Interview: https://www.msnbc.com/the-reidout/watch/kamala-harris-on-trump-s-refusal-to-concede-we-need-to-govern-98209861924
https://www.msnbc.com/the-reidout/watch/kamala-harris-on-taking-the-vaccine-i-trust-the-public-health-experts-98209349580
https://www.msnbc.com/the-reidout/watch/kamala-harris-we-intend-to-work-across-party-lines-98208837811
* "A huge study of 50 years of tax cuts for the wealthy suggests 'trickle-down' economics makes inequality worse:" https://www.businessinsider.com/tax-cuts-rich-trickle-down-income-inequality-study-2020-12
* "Paycheck-To-Paycheck Nation: Why Even Americans With Higher Income Struggle With Bills:" https://www.npr.org/2020/12/16/941292021/paycheck-to-paycheck-nation-how-life-in-america-adds-up
* "Work (or, the 5 jobs I had before YouTube):"
* "Lawmakers reach compromise over GOP proposal to rein in Fed’s powers, clearing path for a stimulus package deal:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/us-policy/2020/12/19/stimulus-talks-race-against-government-shutddown-deadline/
* "Sen. Coons says Senate COVID relief vote ‘still days away’:" https://www.msnbc.com/cross-connection/watch/covid-relief-passage-by-the-senate-still-days-away-by-sen-coons-says-98072133783
* "Jayapal on widespread COVID economic issues: 'This is on us, the federal government’:" https://www.msnbc.com/cross-connection/watch/covid-relief-package-in-congress-still-under-negotiations-discussed-by-rep-jayapal-98074181697
* "Congress passes massive stimulus package as virus rages:" https://www.politico.com/news/2020/12/21/congress-verge-approving-massive-stimulus-449504
* Georgians! Go Vote Now!
* I added a little something to "Love, Gen X" for 2020: https://gwydionmisha.tumblr.com/post/638078481235951616/dear-millenials-and-gen-z
* "Turner addresses Biden critique, pledges to work with all allies on economic issues:" https://www.msnbc.com/cross-connection/watch/nina-turner-on-her-biden-critiques-running-for-congress-income-inequality-98074693985
* "Black And Up In Arms: Code Switch:" https://www.npr.org/sections/codeswitch/2020/12/09/944615029/black-and-up-in-arms
* "What Black People Really Think About the Police:" https://newrepublic.com/article/160532/what-black-people-think-police
* "Police officers are prosecuted for murder in less than 2 percent of fatal shootings:" https://www.vox.com/21497089/police-prosecutions-black-lives-matter-breonna-taylor-george-floyd
* "Black children are 6 times more likely to be shot to death by police, study finds:" https://www.cnn.com/2020/12/17/us/black-children-police-brutality-trnd/index.html
* "Why You Really Can’t Fight City Hall, At Least Over the Police:" https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2020/12/15/monell-rule-police-racial-justice-445308
* "Police Say Seizing Property Without Trial Helps Keep Crime Down. A New Study Shows They’re Wrong.:" https://www.propublica.org/article/police-say-seizing-property-without-trial-helps-keep-crime-down-a-new-study-shows-theyre-wrong
* "Right-Wing Embrace Of Conspiracy Is 'Mass Radicalization,' Experts Warn:" https://www.npr.org/2020/12/15/946381523/right-wing-embrace-of-conspiracy-is-mass-radicalization-experts-warn
* "Why Just 'Adding Context' to Controversial Monuments May Not Change Minds:" https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/why-just-adding-context-controversial-monument-may-not-change-minds-180976583/
* "A family got a racist note after putting up a Black Santa. Soon, neighbors began displaying their own Black Santas.:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/2020/12/03/black-santa-solidarity/
* "These Aren’t Laws:"
* CW: Domestic Violence, Rape. "“No Choice but to Do It”: Why Women Go to Prison:" https://newrepublic.com/article/160589/women-prison-domestic-violence-survivors
* CW: Sexual Assault. "Hundreds of veterans rebuke Rep. Dan Crenshaw over claims he smeared sex assault victim:" https://www.houstonchronicle.com/politics/texas/article/Nearly-500-veterans-rebuke-Rep-Dan-Crenshaw-over-15808348.php
* "People have the ‘right to offend’ and to ‘abuse another’ without fear of arrest, UK court rules:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2020/12/18/freedom-speech-right-offend-abuse-kate-scottow-stephanie-hayden-court-appeal/
* "The Supreme Court Rejects Opportunity to Roll Back Marriage Equality:" https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2020/12/supreme-court-rejects-indiana-birth-certificate-case.html
* "Comedian Eddie Izzard Announces She/Her Pronouns: 'I Just Want to Be Based in Girl Mode':" https://people.com/tv/eddie-izzard-announces-she-her-pronouns/
* "How Kidney Failure Is the Perfect Storm of a Racist Health Care System:" https://features.propublica.org/covid-dialysis/for-years-jamarcus-crews-tried-to-get-a-new-kidney-but-corporate-healthcare-stood-in-the-way/
* "When Usually Solitary Octopuses Get Together, Odd Things Happen:" https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/octopus-behavior-metazoa
* "Who Gets to Breathe Clean Air in New Delhi?:" https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/12/17/world/asia/india-pollution-inequality.html
* "‘We are slowly being poisoned.’ How toxic fumes seep into the air you breathe on planes:" https://www.latimes.com/projects/toxic-chemicals-planes-covid-19-travel-woes/
* "The Antikythera Mechanism: Evidence of a Lunar Calendar:" https://www.metafilter.com/189714/The-Antikythera-Mechanism-Evidence-of-a-Lunar-Calendar
* "Her Majesty’s Kidnappers:" https://daily.jstor.org/kidnapping-for-the-queens-choir/?preview_id=268821
* "Iconic Corpse: GRAM PARSONS:"
* "Slavery, Ghosts, and Beloved: Crash Course Literature 214:"
* "Votegasm 2020: The Awkward Days After - More Shower Power:"
* "Pence Gets the Vaccine Cold Open - SNL:"
* "A Teacher - SNL:"
* "The Grinch - SNL:"
* "Ask Your Doctor If Putonamasc Is Right For You:"
* Saturday: Today I had an evening of Spasms, which is painful and exhausting and in this case gave me a headache, though that could also be the lung infection with resurged Friday. I stayed up to call about more antibiotics, but it wasn't sorted by Pharmacy closing time. I'll try again Monday. I'm not dangerously ill and the timing: sinus symptoms two days after the end of a course, the rest of the identical symptom set the evening after... yeah. normally we do a double course of z-pacs, but it wasn't my regular doctor and I forgot to tell her, so really my fault. I'm gnawing on news, but mostly vegging and watching youtube. Sorry. Spasms + infections is just a lot.
On the upside? So many gift cookies in the mail! Omnomnom!
* Monday: My antibiotics didn't come, despite the pharmacist saying they were in the bag. I'm not doing so well physically. Otherwise though? it's pretty good solstice. Went to a solstice zoom party, even though I stopped going to the physical version about 12 years ago because of disability. Some Millenials brought food today, including an excellent pecan pie. Another Millenial brought a ton of cookies in the evening. I have two gifts to open and a ton of cards. The cats wore them self out playing with toys the Millenials got, and we just need to survive another month before things start improving.
* Muslim Experiences Christmas: https://magnesiumflare.tumblr.com/post/638068935319863296
* "Sunday Sweets With Christmas Cheer:" https://www.cakewrecks.com/home/2020/12/20/sunday-sweets-with-christmas-cheer
* "Sunday Sweets Savors The Moment :" https://www.cakewrecks.com/home/2020/12/13/sunday-sweets-savors-the-moment
* "Sunday Sweets Gets OVER DRAMATIC:" https://www.cakewrecks.com/home/2020/12/6/sunday-sweets-gets-over-dramatic
* I am watching season 5 of The Expanse, and finally, I get why book readers feel that way about Amos Burton.
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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 under the cut.
* "8 Overlooked LGBTQ Groups to Donate to for Giving Tuesday:" https://www.advocate.com/commentary/2019/12/02/8-overlooked-lgbtq-groups-donate-giving-tuesday
"The Midwest Immigration Bond Fund!:" https://secure.actblue.com/donate/midwestibf
* The Blackfeet are under Covid lockdown and need food pantry donations: https://www.fastblackfeet.org/campaigns/fast-blackfeet/
* What to help fight for queer people in Africa? Try the Initiative Sankofa D’Afrique de l’Ouest www.ISDAO.org
* 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
* "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
* "SUPPORT WORKERS IN CRISIS:" https://ofwemergencyfund.org/
* "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/
* 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 things we need most are:
https://www.chewy.com/wellness-core-signature-selects/dp/147047
https://www.chewy.com/blue-buffalo-wilderness-flatland/dp/176663
* Birthday/Solstice master list: https://gwydion.dreamwidth.org/2108835.html