Rupert Lap Top is Dying
Mar. 15th, 2021 03:51 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
gwydion* "Sarah Everard: Met Police chief will not resign over vigil scenes:" https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-56389824
* "South Africa's Beloved Zulu Monarch Dies:" https://www.voanews.com/africa/south-africas-beloved-zulu-monarch-dies
* "Alleged terror plotter says he can't be homophobic because he kissed a man in a gay bar:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2021/03/02/sahayb-abu-isis-telegram-old-bailey-court-terror-attack-gay-lgbt/
* "Three workers for foreign media arrested in Ethiopia's Tigray region:" https://www.reuters.com/article/us-ethiopia-conflict-journalists/three-workers-for-foreign-media-arrested-in-ethiopias-tigray-region-idUSKCN2AU163
* "Three Women Working for a News Outlet Are Gunned Down in Afghanistan:" https://www.nytimes.com/2021/03/02/world/asia/afghanistan-women-journalists-killed.html
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* "Eli Lilly's combo therapy for COVID-19 cuts serious illness and death in large study:" https://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-lilly-idUSKBN2B21C0
* "New Biotechnology Covid Treatment Reduces Risk of Death:" https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-03-11/glaxo-vir-biotechnology-covid-treatment-reduces-risk-of-death
* "Long Covid symptoms aren’t as unique as we thought:" https://www.vox.com/22298751/long-term-side-effects-covid-19-hauler-symptoms
* "Unlocking the Mysteries of Long COVID:" https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2021/04/unlocking-the-mysteries-of-long-covid/618076/
* "Mexico City Is Running Low On Oxygen, and Gangs Are Making a Profit:"
* Total confirmed COVID-19 cases in the U.S.A for 3/10/21 are 29,207,000. The official death toll is 531,000. Fully Vaccinated: 10.0%.
* "Virus drove record U.S. death rate in 2020, CDC finds:" https://www.politico.com/news/2021/03/10/cdc-finds-covid-19-drove-15-percent-spike-in-death-rate-475219
* "Biden Sets Goal Of July 4th To 'Mark Independence' From Coronavirus:" https://www.npr.org/sections/coronavirus-live-updates/2021/03/11/975420676/biden-to-address-the-nation-marking-1-year-of-coronavirus-pandemic
* "Biden vaccination strategy aims to help lagging states, reach out to underserved areas :" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/biden-vaccination-strategy-aims-to-help-lagging-states-reach-out-to-underserved-areas-104713285680
* "Why mutated variants could make future Covid booster shots necessary:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/why-mutated-variants-could-make-future-covid-booster-shots-necessary-104708165541
* "Expect further guidance for vaccinated people 'very soon': Dr. Fauci:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/expect-further-guidance-for-vaccinated-people-very-soon-dr-fauci-104699461522
* "All living former presidents, first ladies appear in new vaccine PSAs — except the Trumps:" https://www.politico.com/news/2021/03/11/former-presidents-vaccine-psa-trump-475293
* "‘The absolute worst’: Texas AG threatens to Austin for defying governor’s mask mandate repeal:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-reidout/watch/-the-absolute-worst-texas-ag-threatens-to-austin-for-defying-governor-s-mask-mandate-repeal-104539205791
* "'Really ill advised': Fauci laments risks of Florida motorcycle rally:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/-really-ill-advised-fauci-laments-risks-of-florida-motorcycle-rally-104694341762
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* "US resumes aid to Yemen's rebel north as famine threatens:" https://apnews.com/article/joe-biden-world-news-famine-blockades-united-nations-3386dc685c1a7668e66852c2b010abdd
* "As Garland arrives at DOJ, Capitol rioter cases take shape, whistleblowers ding Trump:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/as-garland-arrives-at-doj-capitol-rioter-cases-take-shape-whistleblowers-ding-trump-104716357874
* "Senate confirms Michael Regan to lead EPA:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/2021/03/10/regan-epa-confirmed/
* "The Mothers Facing Eviction During COVID:"
* "Biden signs $1.9 trillion Covid relief bill:" https://www.politico.com/news/2021/03/11/biden-signs-covid-relief-bill-475344
* "Stimulus checks could start hitting bank accounts this weekend, White House says:" https://www.cnbc.com/2021/03/11/stimulus-checks-could-start-hitting-bank-accounts-this-weekend-white-house-says.html
* I know this is tumblr, but it's a good short summary the most important bits: https://tuulikki.tumblr.com/post/645429063513718784/the-idea-that-any-sane-person-could-genuinely-stan
* "Sen. Sherrod Brown says covid relief has 'so many things that'll make the country better':" https://www.msnbc.com/the-reidout/watch/sen-sherrod-brown-says-covid-relief-has-so-many-things-that-ll-make-the-country-better-103690309797
* "Democrat Skewers Republican Lawmaker's Attack On Black Lives Matter:" https://www.huffpost.com/entry/stacey-plaskett-glenn-grothman-black-lives-matter_n_6049543ec5b636ed3377f723
* "‘No longer being coded’: Stacey Plaskett says Rep. Grothman has a history of ‘very racist remarks’:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-reidout/watch/-no-longer-being-coded-stacey-plaskett-says-rep-grothman-has-a-history-of-very-racist-remarks-103714373614
* "Susan Collins, Joe Manchin Vote for Anti-Trans Language in COVID Bill:" https://www.advocate.com/politics/2021/3/08/susan-collins-joe-manchin-vote-anti-trans-language-covid-bill
* "Republicans turn on transphobe Marjorie Taylor Greene after 'pain in the a**' stunts:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2021/03/11/marjorie-taylor-green-republican-house-representatives-trans-transphobia/
* "AOC eviscerates Republicans' childish 'cancel culture' obsession in single tweet:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2021/03/12/alexandria-ocasio-cortez-kevin-mccarthy-dr-seuss-cancel-culture-covid-relief/
* "Chris Hayes breaks down some hidden gems of the Covid relief bill:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/chris-hayes-breaks-down-some-hidden-gems-of-the-covid-relief-bill-105350725553
* "Biden Administration to take ‘victory lap’ to sell covid relief package:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-reidout/watch/biden-administration-to-take-victory-lap-to-sell-covid-relief-package-104529477814
* "How House progressives set the bar for the Covid relief bill:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/how-house-progressives-set-the-bar-for-the-covid-relief-bill-105487941631
* "‘It’s indicative of who he is’: Trump makes voter suppression a part of his post presidency:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-reidout/watch/-it-s-indicative-of-who-he-is-trump-makes-voter-suppression-a-part-of-his-post-presidency-103116869985
* "Nicolle Wallace: Republicans are openly trying to disenfranchise voters:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-reidout/watch/nicolle-wallace-republicans-are-openly-trying-to-disenfranchise-voters-103696965636
* "'Corporations have a responsibility': Georgia firms pressed to stand up for voting rights:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/-corporations-have-a-responsibility-georgia-firms-pressed-to-stand-up-for-voting-rights-105480261763
* "Kyrsten Sinema Proves LGBTQ+ Representation Isn't Everything:" https://www.advocate.com/commentary/2021/3/08/kyrsten-sinema-proves-lgbtq-representation-isnt-everything
* "Republicans take spanking from Trump, ask for more:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/republicans-take-spanking-from-trump-ask-for-more-105496645671
* "New York prosecutor investigating Trump announces he won't seek reelection:" https://www.cnn.com/2021/03/12/politics/cyrus-vance-not-running/
* "Michael Cohen has seventh meeting with Manhattan DA as Trump investigation ramps up:" https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/donald-trump/michael-cohen-has-seventh-meeting-manhattan-da-trump-investigation-ramps-n1260548
* "Trump pressured a Georgia elections investigator in a separate call legal experts say could amount to obstruction:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/trump-call-georgia-investigator/2021/01/09/7a55c7fa-51cf-11eb-83e3-322644d82356_story.html
* "Newly Revealed Call Details How Trump Pressed Georgia Investigator To Find Vote Fraud:" https://www.npr.org/2021/03/11/976030079/newly-revealed-call-details-how-trump-pressed-georgia-investigator-to-find-vote-
* "Even Trump’s Defense Secretary During the Capitol Riot Blames Him for Inciting It:" https://www.vice.com/en/article/wx83v4/even-trumps-defense-secretary-during-the-capitol-riot-blames-him-for-inciting-it
* "Army reviewing investigation into Michael Flynn’s dealings with Russia, foreign firm:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/michael-flynn-investigation-russia-turkey/2021/03/12/3492549a-8366-11eb-bb5a-ad9a91faa4ef_story.html
* "Prosecutors seek a slowdown in Capitol attack cases, calling probe the ‘most complex’ in history:" https://www.politico.com/news/2021/03/12/prosecutors-capitol-riot-investigation-475505
* "‘QAnon Shaman’ stays in jail as judge slams his arguments: ‘So frivolous as to insult the Court’s intelligence’:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2021/03/09/qanon-shaman-jacob-chansley-jail/
* "Man Charged With Attacking Cop At Capitol Riot Buried Police Badge In Backyard:" https://www.huffpost.com/entry/thomas-sibick-mike-fanone-capitol-riot-police_n_604bdecec5b672fce4ec9e5d
* "Pennsylvania Man Arrested for Threatening to Kill Members of Congress and Shoot Black People to ‘Keep Them in Line’:" https://www.theroot.com/pennsylvania-man-arrested-for-threatening-to-kill-membe-1846328985
* "DeKalb Police make 5th arrest in brutal murder of man in own home:" https://www.11alive.com/article/news/crime/five-custody-man-beaten-shot-death-dekalb/85-9ed7c0f8-cdb2-4d21-adf4-7da48bc06ada
* "House Passes Bills To Strengthen Gun Laws, Including Expanding Background Checks:" https://www.npr.org/2021/03/11/976000003/house-passes-bills-to-strengthen-gun-laws-including-expanding-background-checks
* "Number of children in Border Patrol custody surpasses 3,700 amid ongoing surge:" https://www.cnn.com/2021/03/11/politics/children-border-patrol-surpasses-3700/index.html
* "Biden admin to end policy that let DHS deport caregivers for migrant kids:" https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/immigration/biden-admin-end-trump-policy-let-dhs-deport-caregivers-migrant-n1260920
* "Special Report: How Trump administration left indelible mark on U.S. immigration courts:" https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-immigration-trump-court-special-r/special-report-how-trump-administration-left-indelible-mark-on-u-s-immigration-courts-idUSKBN2B0179
* "Minneapolis will pay George Floyd's estate $27 million after city council votes to settle lawsuit with family:" https://www.cnn.com/2021/03/12/us/george-floyd-minneapolis-settlement/index.html
* "Cori Bush on $27 million George Floyd settlement: ‘We can’t put a price tag on this man’s life’:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-reidout/watch/cori-bush-on-28-million-george-floyd-settlement-we-can-t-put-a-price-tag-on-this-man-s-life-105299525825
* "Louisville's failure to address racial disparities prompts fears 'there will be another Breonna Taylor':" https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/mar/13/breonna-taylor-louisville-kentucky-one-year-on-blm
* "Police officer 'hurled slurs and shoved trans woman who was being assaulted':" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2021/03/09/nypd-trans-woman-attack-luis-cruz/
* "Black Trans Lives Matter vigil held ahead of George Floyd murder trial:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2021/03/10/black-trans-lives-matter-vigil-seattle-george-floyd-derek-chauvin-trial/
* "Prisons are ‘traumatising and dangerous places’ for LGBT+ inmates, eye-opening study finds:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2021/03/10/prisons-lgbt-england-scotland-trans-inmates-university-dundee/
* "Covid 'hate crimes' against Asian Americans on rise:" https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-56218684
* "Congress preps legislation addressing anti-Asian violence:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-reidout/watch/congress-preps-legislation-addressing-anti-asian-violence-105305669727
* "Shocked judge bumps into hate crime suspect in restaurant after he was jailed:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2021/03/09/texas-judge-hate-crime-suspect-restaurant/
* "Neo-Nazi Terrorists Planned Fortified Compound in Michigan:" https://www.vice.com/en/article/3anwyw/neo-nazi-terrorists-planned-fortified-compound-in-michigan
* "The absolute worst: The right wing media’s reaction to the Meghan and Harry’s interview:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-reidout/watch/the-absolute-worst-the-right-wing-media-s-reaction-to-the-meghan-and-harry-s-interview-103129157954
* CW: Sexual Abuse. "Women allege sexual misconduct against North Carolina GOP lawmaker as his biography is under new scrutiny:" https://www.cnn.com/2021/03/01/politics/madison-cawthorn-sexual-misconduct-allegations/index.html
* CW: Sexual Harassment. "Schumer is latest Dem to call on Cuomo to resign as scandals intensify:" https://www.politico.com/news/2021/03/12/cuomo-ny-congress-democrats-resignations-475522
* CW: Sexual Harassment. "Schumer, Gillibrand call for Cuomo to resign amid accusations of inappropriate conduct:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/schumer-gillibrand-call-for-cuomo-to-resign-amid-accusations-of-inappropriate-conduct-105335877742
* "‘He's the absolute worst’: Rep. Houlahan calls out Tucker Carlson for attacking women in military:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-reidout/watch/-he-s-the-absolute-worst-rep-houlahan-calls-out-tucker-carlson-for-attacking-women-in-military-105315397503
* "Arkansas Passes Near-Total Abortion Ban — And A Possible 'Roe V. Wade' Test:" https://www.npr.org/2021/03/10/975546070/arkansas-passes-near-total-abortion-ban-as-lawmakers-push-for-supreme-court-case
* I fucking hate gender policing. "Rugby star with alopecia forced to lift her shirt to prove her gender when using bathroom:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2021/03/09/heather-fisher-rugby-alopecia-gender-england-worcester-olympics-bathroom/
* "Polish ‘LGBT-free zone’ refuses entry to gay French minister who vowed to ‘fight for tolerance’:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2021/03/09/clement-beaune-france-gay-poland-lgbt-free-zones/
* "Poland to ban gays from adopting, even as single parents:" https://www.reuters.com/article/idUSKBN2B31WN?il=0
* "Tory minister refuses to rule out UK conversion therapy ban for minors only:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2021/03/09/kemi-badenoch-conversion-therapy-ban-equalities-office-liz-truss-lgbt-crispin-blunt-john-nicolson-charlotte-nichols/
* "'Failing' NHS gender clinic The Laurels assessed just two new patients in 12 months:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2021/03/08/the-laurels-nhs-trans-waiting-times-west-england-gender-identity-clinic-waiting-list-exeter-devon-partnership-trust-transgender/
* "Census guidance on sex question to be amended after High Court challenge by anti-trans group:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2021/03/09/census-2021-sex-question-gender-identity-ons-anti-trans-fair-play-women/
* "Two more top advisers quit over Tories' 'hostile environment' for LGBT+ people:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2021/03/11/james-morton-ellen-murray-government-lgbt-advisory-panel-kemi-badenoch-liz-truss-conversion-therapy/
* "First openly genderqueer Plaid Cymru candidate resigns, claiming party ‘platforms transphobia’:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2021/03/07/plaid-cymru-genderqueer-agender-candidate-owen-hurcum-transphobia-helen-mary-jones/
* "Gay Russian priest who fled to Holland after coming out claims clergy have sex to get promotions:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2021/03/06/gay-priest-russian-orthodox-church-metropolitan-mercurius-holland-alexander-usatov/
* "UK’s first LGBT+ retirement community given green light to open in 2021:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2021/03/02/lgbt-retirement-community-uk-london/
* Warning: This one’s pretty graphic."Homophobic thug jailed for group attack on gay, trans couple that left both victims in trauma unit:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2021/03/13/homophobic-thug-jailed-gay-trans-couple-attack-worcester/
* "White House warns states cruelly targeting trans rights that they’re breaking the law:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2021/03/09/white-house-joe-biden-trans-rights-jen-psaki-transphobia-mississippi-south-dakota/
* "More than 500 college athletes unite to demand action on anti-trans sports laws:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2021/03/12/transgender-athletes-college-ban-ncaa-trans/
* "There Are Currently 108 Bills Targeting LGBTQ+ People:" https://www.advocate.com/politics/2021/3/06/there-are-currently-108-bills-targeting-lgbtq-people
* "South Dakota Governor Signs Discriminatory 'Religious Freedom' Bill:" https://www.advocate.com/politics/2021/3/11/south-dakota-governor-signs-discriminatory-religious-freedom-bill
* "Mississippi officially bans trans athletes from competing as their correct gender:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2021/03/11/mississippi-trans-sports-ban-governor-tate-reeves-transphobic/
* "Tennessee Advances Anti-Trans School Sports Bill:" https://www.advocate.com/transgender/2021/3/02/tennessee-advances-anti-trans-school-sports-bill
* "South Dakota Revives, Passes Anti-Trans Sports Bill, Sends to Governor:" https://www.advocate.com/transgender/2021/3/08/south-dakota-revives-passes-anti-trans-sports-bill-sends-governor
* O.o "Trump sycophant thinks Demi Lovato inspired a 'woke mob' to cancel International Women's Day:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2021/03/09/real-america-dan-ball-demi-lovato-woke-mob-left-gender-reveal-international-womens-day-cancel/
* "Republican politician whines the left wants everyone to be bisexual and miserable:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2021/03/08/utah-republican-david-alvord-bisexual-polyamorous-trans-transphobia/
* "Rally descends into chaos with speaker calling gay mayor a ‘little f****t’:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2021/03/02/rally-descends-into-chaos-with-speaker-calling-gay-mayor-a-little-ft/
* "North Carolina Ends Deadnaming of Students on Report Cards, Documents:" https://www.advocate.com/transgender/2021/3/12/north-carolina-ends-deadnaming-students-report-cards-documents
* "Anti-LGBTQ+ Christian Woman Harasses Teens in Viral TikTok Clip:" https://www.advocate.com/youth/2021/3/12/anti-lgbtq-christian-woman-harasses-teens-viral-tiktok-clip
* Why were they selling these in the 21st century at all? "Amazon Won't Sell Books Calling LGBTQ+ Identity a Mental Illness:" https://www.advocate.com/transgender/2021/3/12/amazon-wont-sell-books-calling-lgbtq-identity-mental-illness
* "Alexandra Grey's True Hollywood Story Is Breaking Barriers:" https://www.out.com/print/2021/2/08/alexandra-greys-true-hollywood-story-breaking-barriers
* "Ryan O'Connell Is Horny for Representation:" https://www.out.com/celebs/2020/8/26/ryan-oconnell-horny-representation
* "Black, Gay, Autistic, and Beautiful:" https://www.advocate.com/commentary/2021/3/08/black-gay-autistic-and-beautiful
* "We need to talk about queer mental health [CC]:"
* "As an HIV Survivor, COVID-19 Stigma Is Sadly Familiar:" https://www.hivplusmag.com/opinion/2021/3/11/hiv-survivor-covid-19-stigma-sadly-familiar
* "It’s not just gut bacteria, our fungal mycobiome can also affect health:" https://newatlas.com/health-wellbeing/fungal-mycobiome-gut-bacteria-microbiome-health-metabolism/
* "‘Zombie’ Microbes Redefine Life’s Energy Limits:" https://www.quantamagazine.org/zombie-microbes-redefine-lifes-energy-limits-20200812/
* "These Sea Slugs Decapitate Themselves and Grow New Bodies:" https://www.wired.com/story/sea-slugs-decapitate-themselves-and-grow-new-bodies/
* "The Town Trying to Pump Billions of Gallons of Water to Their Desert Community:"
* "She sued her enslaver for reparations and won. Her descendants never knew.:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/history/2021/02/24/henrietta-wood-reparations-slavery/?arc404=true
* "The Greatest Defense of All Time: Clement Vallandigham:"
* "Everything Was Fake but Her Wealth:" https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/everything-was-fake-but-her-wealth-4621153/
* I want it gone. "Group of bipartisan senators pushes for permanent Daylight Saving Time:" https://www.cbsnews.com/news/daylight-savings-time-permanent-bill-senate/
* "Yaupon: The rebirth of America's forgotten tea:" http://www.bbc.com/travel/story/20210223-yaupon-the-rebirth-of-americas-forgotten-tea
* "Why do some people put their c**ks in cages – a guide to male chastity:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2021/03/07/what-are-chastity-cages-cage-belt-gay-male-penis-cock-fetish-device/
* "Common Women's History Myths We Need To Let Go:"
* "The Dangerous Mentality of The Thrombey Family (Knives Out):"
* "Meet The White Women Empowering QAnon:"
* "Unemployment: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver:"
* Wednesday I was back to annoying chronic illness stuff, including my often problematic eye pulling out the stops and the right shoulder joint stuff being extra, but I seem to be over the Pfiser shot. I ended up doing a bunch of scheduling and rescheduling of medical stuff, careful of the second shot timing.
How to tell I'm old: It occurred to be that by the time the farmer's market is open and in full swing, It'll be safe for me to shop outside. I could buy my own starts and vegetables. It was really exciting.
* Saturday: Rupert laptop has been having conniptions and between crashes and Tavy rebooting him a bunch I lost a massive, unrecoverable amount of data. I am too exhausted at this point to spend more than a couple of hours trying to get it back.
Update: Rupert Laptop is dying. I guess I know the first thing I need to do with stimulus money. Needless to say, trying and failing to solve Rupert's issues ate Saturday.
I know fuck all about what's good. If any of you are tech inclined, I'd love suggestions for reasonably priced 8GB Ram laptop with large screen or a desk top I can plug in to Main Computer's old monitor.
* This conversation about Wilder's Wonka is glorious: https://gwydionmisha.tumblr.com/post/645618159710306304/i-am-very-drunk-and-listening-to-totos-africa
* "So your grandmother is a starship now: a quick guide for the bewildered:" https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-021-00503-3?utm_source=twt_nft&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=futures
* I hate the glorification of the loose cannon cop "who doesn't play by the rules" in American Media. You know what a cop that doesn't play "by the rules" is? A particularly dangerous person who hurts and kills people with impunity. Those "rules" are literally laws. Laws designed to protect people. A loose cannon hurts everyone near it. (Look it up. A cannon was heavy as fuck and on wheels. A loose one on a rolling ship crushes the gun crew.)
I want less of the the laws are in the way and more anti-lynching, anti-police violence and corruption things. Lets treat IA as the good guys for once. Make things like the Ox Bow incident about how the rush to judgement kills innocent people. We've had generations of propaganda rolling out about how it's good if cops dehumanize and harm people with hardly any counter. Let's go the whole other way. Make Dirty Harry the bad guy, because cops executing children for playing in the park or fathers for selling a cigarette need to be reviled for the monsters they are and cop shows are still pretending rough rides are good policing.
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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.
* Ways to help people in Texas: https://spockvarietyhour.tumblr.com/post/643435770019987456
https://omgthatdress.tumblr.com/post/643431809724628992
More Texas how to help links: https://omgthatdress.tumblr.com/post/643431809724628992
* "You Can Buy Girl Scout Cookies From Troop Of Girls In NYC Shelter System:" https://www.scarymommy.com/troop-6000-girl-scouts-nyc-shelters/
* More Girl Scout Troops in Particular Need: https://tuulikki.tumblr.com/post/643247412337639424/girl-scout-cookie-time
* Cat Rescue Fundraiser: https://gwydionmisha.tumblr.com/post/642429918533304320/design-a-tea-where-tea-leaves-dream-custom
"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
* 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/
* "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't safely 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
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* Birthday/Solstice master list: https://gwydion.dreamwidth.org/2108835.html
* "South Africa's Beloved Zulu Monarch Dies:" https://www.voanews.com/africa/south-africas-beloved-zulu-monarch-dies
* "Alleged terror plotter says he can't be homophobic because he kissed a man in a gay bar:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2021/03/02/sahayb-abu-isis-telegram-old-bailey-court-terror-attack-gay-lgbt/
* "Three workers for foreign media arrested in Ethiopia's Tigray region:" https://www.reuters.com/article/us-ethiopia-conflict-journalists/three-workers-for-foreign-media-arrested-in-ethiopias-tigray-region-idUSKCN2AU163
* "Three Women Working for a News Outlet Are Gunned Down in Afghanistan:" https://www.nytimes.com/2021/03/02/world/asia/afghanistan-women-journalists-killed.html
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* "Eli Lilly's combo therapy for COVID-19 cuts serious illness and death in large study:" https://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-lilly-idUSKBN2B21C0
* "New Biotechnology Covid Treatment Reduces Risk of Death:" https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-03-11/glaxo-vir-biotechnology-covid-treatment-reduces-risk-of-death
* "Long Covid symptoms aren’t as unique as we thought:" https://www.vox.com/22298751/long-term-side-effects-covid-19-hauler-symptoms
* "Unlocking the Mysteries of Long COVID:" https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2021/04/unlocking-the-mysteries-of-long-covid/618076/
* "Mexico City Is Running Low On Oxygen, and Gangs Are Making a Profit:"
* Total confirmed COVID-19 cases in the U.S.A for 3/10/21 are 29,207,000. The official death toll is 531,000. Fully Vaccinated: 10.0%.
* "Virus drove record U.S. death rate in 2020, CDC finds:" https://www.politico.com/news/2021/03/10/cdc-finds-covid-19-drove-15-percent-spike-in-death-rate-475219
* "Biden Sets Goal Of July 4th To 'Mark Independence' From Coronavirus:" https://www.npr.org/sections/coronavirus-live-updates/2021/03/11/975420676/biden-to-address-the-nation-marking-1-year-of-coronavirus-pandemic
* "Biden vaccination strategy aims to help lagging states, reach out to underserved areas :" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/biden-vaccination-strategy-aims-to-help-lagging-states-reach-out-to-underserved-areas-104713285680
* "Why mutated variants could make future Covid booster shots necessary:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/why-mutated-variants-could-make-future-covid-booster-shots-necessary-104708165541
* "Expect further guidance for vaccinated people 'very soon': Dr. Fauci:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/expect-further-guidance-for-vaccinated-people-very-soon-dr-fauci-104699461522
* "All living former presidents, first ladies appear in new vaccine PSAs — except the Trumps:" https://www.politico.com/news/2021/03/11/former-presidents-vaccine-psa-trump-475293
* "‘The absolute worst’: Texas AG threatens to Austin for defying governor’s mask mandate repeal:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-reidout/watch/-the-absolute-worst-texas-ag-threatens-to-austin-for-defying-governor-s-mask-mandate-repeal-104539205791
* "'Really ill advised': Fauci laments risks of Florida motorcycle rally:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/-really-ill-advised-fauci-laments-risks-of-florida-motorcycle-rally-104694341762
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* "US resumes aid to Yemen's rebel north as famine threatens:" https://apnews.com/article/joe-biden-world-news-famine-blockades-united-nations-3386dc685c1a7668e66852c2b010abdd
* "As Garland arrives at DOJ, Capitol rioter cases take shape, whistleblowers ding Trump:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/as-garland-arrives-at-doj-capitol-rioter-cases-take-shape-whistleblowers-ding-trump-104716357874
* "Senate confirms Michael Regan to lead EPA:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/2021/03/10/regan-epa-confirmed/
* "The Mothers Facing Eviction During COVID:"
* "Biden signs $1.9 trillion Covid relief bill:" https://www.politico.com/news/2021/03/11/biden-signs-covid-relief-bill-475344
* "Stimulus checks could start hitting bank accounts this weekend, White House says:" https://www.cnbc.com/2021/03/11/stimulus-checks-could-start-hitting-bank-accounts-this-weekend-white-house-says.html
* I know this is tumblr, but it's a good short summary the most important bits: https://tuulikki.tumblr.com/post/645429063513718784/the-idea-that-any-sane-person-could-genuinely-stan
* "Sen. Sherrod Brown says covid relief has 'so many things that'll make the country better':" https://www.msnbc.com/the-reidout/watch/sen-sherrod-brown-says-covid-relief-has-so-many-things-that-ll-make-the-country-better-103690309797
* "Democrat Skewers Republican Lawmaker's Attack On Black Lives Matter:" https://www.huffpost.com/entry/stacey-plaskett-glenn-grothman-black-lives-matter_n_6049543ec5b636ed3377f723
* "‘No longer being coded’: Stacey Plaskett says Rep. Grothman has a history of ‘very racist remarks’:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-reidout/watch/-no-longer-being-coded-stacey-plaskett-says-rep-grothman-has-a-history-of-very-racist-remarks-103714373614
* "Susan Collins, Joe Manchin Vote for Anti-Trans Language in COVID Bill:" https://www.advocate.com/politics/2021/3/08/susan-collins-joe-manchin-vote-anti-trans-language-covid-bill
* "Republicans turn on transphobe Marjorie Taylor Greene after 'pain in the a**' stunts:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2021/03/11/marjorie-taylor-green-republican-house-representatives-trans-transphobia/
* "AOC eviscerates Republicans' childish 'cancel culture' obsession in single tweet:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2021/03/12/alexandria-ocasio-cortez-kevin-mccarthy-dr-seuss-cancel-culture-covid-relief/
* "Chris Hayes breaks down some hidden gems of the Covid relief bill:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/chris-hayes-breaks-down-some-hidden-gems-of-the-covid-relief-bill-105350725553
* "Biden Administration to take ‘victory lap’ to sell covid relief package:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-reidout/watch/biden-administration-to-take-victory-lap-to-sell-covid-relief-package-104529477814
* "How House progressives set the bar for the Covid relief bill:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/how-house-progressives-set-the-bar-for-the-covid-relief-bill-105487941631
* "‘It’s indicative of who he is’: Trump makes voter suppression a part of his post presidency:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-reidout/watch/-it-s-indicative-of-who-he-is-trump-makes-voter-suppression-a-part-of-his-post-presidency-103116869985
* "Nicolle Wallace: Republicans are openly trying to disenfranchise voters:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-reidout/watch/nicolle-wallace-republicans-are-openly-trying-to-disenfranchise-voters-103696965636
* "'Corporations have a responsibility': Georgia firms pressed to stand up for voting rights:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/-corporations-have-a-responsibility-georgia-firms-pressed-to-stand-up-for-voting-rights-105480261763
* "Kyrsten Sinema Proves LGBTQ+ Representation Isn't Everything:" https://www.advocate.com/commentary/2021/3/08/kyrsten-sinema-proves-lgbtq-representation-isnt-everything
* "Republicans take spanking from Trump, ask for more:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/republicans-take-spanking-from-trump-ask-for-more-105496645671
* "New York prosecutor investigating Trump announces he won't seek reelection:" https://www.cnn.com/2021/03/12/politics/cyrus-vance-not-running/
* "Michael Cohen has seventh meeting with Manhattan DA as Trump investigation ramps up:" https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/donald-trump/michael-cohen-has-seventh-meeting-manhattan-da-trump-investigation-ramps-n1260548
* "Trump pressured a Georgia elections investigator in a separate call legal experts say could amount to obstruction:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/trump-call-georgia-investigator/2021/01/09/7a55c7fa-51cf-11eb-83e3-322644d82356_story.html
* "Newly Revealed Call Details How Trump Pressed Georgia Investigator To Find Vote Fraud:" https://www.npr.org/2021/03/11/976030079/newly-revealed-call-details-how-trump-pressed-georgia-investigator-to-find-vote-
* "Even Trump’s Defense Secretary During the Capitol Riot Blames Him for Inciting It:" https://www.vice.com/en/article/wx83v4/even-trumps-defense-secretary-during-the-capitol-riot-blames-him-for-inciting-it
* "Army reviewing investigation into Michael Flynn’s dealings with Russia, foreign firm:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/michael-flynn-investigation-russia-turkey/2021/03/12/3492549a-8366-11eb-bb5a-ad9a91faa4ef_story.html
* "Prosecutors seek a slowdown in Capitol attack cases, calling probe the ‘most complex’ in history:" https://www.politico.com/news/2021/03/12/prosecutors-capitol-riot-investigation-475505
* "‘QAnon Shaman’ stays in jail as judge slams his arguments: ‘So frivolous as to insult the Court’s intelligence’:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2021/03/09/qanon-shaman-jacob-chansley-jail/
* "Man Charged With Attacking Cop At Capitol Riot Buried Police Badge In Backyard:" https://www.huffpost.com/entry/thomas-sibick-mike-fanone-capitol-riot-police_n_604bdecec5b672fce4ec9e5d
* "Pennsylvania Man Arrested for Threatening to Kill Members of Congress and Shoot Black People to ‘Keep Them in Line’:" https://www.theroot.com/pennsylvania-man-arrested-for-threatening-to-kill-membe-1846328985
* "DeKalb Police make 5th arrest in brutal murder of man in own home:" https://www.11alive.com/article/news/crime/five-custody-man-beaten-shot-death-dekalb/85-9ed7c0f8-cdb2-4d21-adf4-7da48bc06ada
* "House Passes Bills To Strengthen Gun Laws, Including Expanding Background Checks:" https://www.npr.org/2021/03/11/976000003/house-passes-bills-to-strengthen-gun-laws-including-expanding-background-checks
* "Number of children in Border Patrol custody surpasses 3,700 amid ongoing surge:" https://www.cnn.com/2021/03/11/politics/children-border-patrol-surpasses-3700/index.html
* "Biden admin to end policy that let DHS deport caregivers for migrant kids:" https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/immigration/biden-admin-end-trump-policy-let-dhs-deport-caregivers-migrant-n1260920
* "Special Report: How Trump administration left indelible mark on U.S. immigration courts:" https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-immigration-trump-court-special-r/special-report-how-trump-administration-left-indelible-mark-on-u-s-immigration-courts-idUSKBN2B0179
* "Minneapolis will pay George Floyd's estate $27 million after city council votes to settle lawsuit with family:" https://www.cnn.com/2021/03/12/us/george-floyd-minneapolis-settlement/index.html
* "Cori Bush on $27 million George Floyd settlement: ‘We can’t put a price tag on this man’s life’:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-reidout/watch/cori-bush-on-28-million-george-floyd-settlement-we-can-t-put-a-price-tag-on-this-man-s-life-105299525825
* "Louisville's failure to address racial disparities prompts fears 'there will be another Breonna Taylor':" https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/mar/13/breonna-taylor-louisville-kentucky-one-year-on-blm
* "Police officer 'hurled slurs and shoved trans woman who was being assaulted':" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2021/03/09/nypd-trans-woman-attack-luis-cruz/
* "Black Trans Lives Matter vigil held ahead of George Floyd murder trial:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2021/03/10/black-trans-lives-matter-vigil-seattle-george-floyd-derek-chauvin-trial/
* "Prisons are ‘traumatising and dangerous places’ for LGBT+ inmates, eye-opening study finds:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2021/03/10/prisons-lgbt-england-scotland-trans-inmates-university-dundee/
* "Covid 'hate crimes' against Asian Americans on rise:" https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-56218684
* "Congress preps legislation addressing anti-Asian violence:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-reidout/watch/congress-preps-legislation-addressing-anti-asian-violence-105305669727
* "Shocked judge bumps into hate crime suspect in restaurant after he was jailed:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2021/03/09/texas-judge-hate-crime-suspect-restaurant/
* "Neo-Nazi Terrorists Planned Fortified Compound in Michigan:" https://www.vice.com/en/article/3anwyw/neo-nazi-terrorists-planned-fortified-compound-in-michigan
* "The absolute worst: The right wing media’s reaction to the Meghan and Harry’s interview:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-reidout/watch/the-absolute-worst-the-right-wing-media-s-reaction-to-the-meghan-and-harry-s-interview-103129157954
* CW: Sexual Abuse. "Women allege sexual misconduct against North Carolina GOP lawmaker as his biography is under new scrutiny:" https://www.cnn.com/2021/03/01/politics/madison-cawthorn-sexual-misconduct-allegations/index.html
* CW: Sexual Harassment. "Schumer is latest Dem to call on Cuomo to resign as scandals intensify:" https://www.politico.com/news/2021/03/12/cuomo-ny-congress-democrats-resignations-475522
* CW: Sexual Harassment. "Schumer, Gillibrand call for Cuomo to resign amid accusations of inappropriate conduct:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/schumer-gillibrand-call-for-cuomo-to-resign-amid-accusations-of-inappropriate-conduct-105335877742
* "‘He's the absolute worst’: Rep. Houlahan calls out Tucker Carlson for attacking women in military:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-reidout/watch/-he-s-the-absolute-worst-rep-houlahan-calls-out-tucker-carlson-for-attacking-women-in-military-105315397503
* "Arkansas Passes Near-Total Abortion Ban — And A Possible 'Roe V. Wade' Test:" https://www.npr.org/2021/03/10/975546070/arkansas-passes-near-total-abortion-ban-as-lawmakers-push-for-supreme-court-case
* I fucking hate gender policing. "Rugby star with alopecia forced to lift her shirt to prove her gender when using bathroom:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2021/03/09/heather-fisher-rugby-alopecia-gender-england-worcester-olympics-bathroom/
* "Polish ‘LGBT-free zone’ refuses entry to gay French minister who vowed to ‘fight for tolerance’:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2021/03/09/clement-beaune-france-gay-poland-lgbt-free-zones/
* "Poland to ban gays from adopting, even as single parents:" https://www.reuters.com/article/idUSKBN2B31WN?il=0
* "Tory minister refuses to rule out UK conversion therapy ban for minors only:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2021/03/09/kemi-badenoch-conversion-therapy-ban-equalities-office-liz-truss-lgbt-crispin-blunt-john-nicolson-charlotte-nichols/
* "'Failing' NHS gender clinic The Laurels assessed just two new patients in 12 months:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2021/03/08/the-laurels-nhs-trans-waiting-times-west-england-gender-identity-clinic-waiting-list-exeter-devon-partnership-trust-transgender/
* "Census guidance on sex question to be amended after High Court challenge by anti-trans group:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2021/03/09/census-2021-sex-question-gender-identity-ons-anti-trans-fair-play-women/
* "Two more top advisers quit over Tories' 'hostile environment' for LGBT+ people:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2021/03/11/james-morton-ellen-murray-government-lgbt-advisory-panel-kemi-badenoch-liz-truss-conversion-therapy/
* "First openly genderqueer Plaid Cymru candidate resigns, claiming party ‘platforms transphobia’:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2021/03/07/plaid-cymru-genderqueer-agender-candidate-owen-hurcum-transphobia-helen-mary-jones/
* "Gay Russian priest who fled to Holland after coming out claims clergy have sex to get promotions:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2021/03/06/gay-priest-russian-orthodox-church-metropolitan-mercurius-holland-alexander-usatov/
* "UK’s first LGBT+ retirement community given green light to open in 2021:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2021/03/02/lgbt-retirement-community-uk-london/
* Warning: This one’s pretty graphic."Homophobic thug jailed for group attack on gay, trans couple that left both victims in trauma unit:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2021/03/13/homophobic-thug-jailed-gay-trans-couple-attack-worcester/
* "White House warns states cruelly targeting trans rights that they’re breaking the law:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2021/03/09/white-house-joe-biden-trans-rights-jen-psaki-transphobia-mississippi-south-dakota/
* "More than 500 college athletes unite to demand action on anti-trans sports laws:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2021/03/12/transgender-athletes-college-ban-ncaa-trans/
* "There Are Currently 108 Bills Targeting LGBTQ+ People:" https://www.advocate.com/politics/2021/3/06/there-are-currently-108-bills-targeting-lgbtq-people
* "South Dakota Governor Signs Discriminatory 'Religious Freedom' Bill:" https://www.advocate.com/politics/2021/3/11/south-dakota-governor-signs-discriminatory-religious-freedom-bill
* "Mississippi officially bans trans athletes from competing as their correct gender:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2021/03/11/mississippi-trans-sports-ban-governor-tate-reeves-transphobic/
* "Tennessee Advances Anti-Trans School Sports Bill:" https://www.advocate.com/transgender/2021/3/02/tennessee-advances-anti-trans-school-sports-bill
* "South Dakota Revives, Passes Anti-Trans Sports Bill, Sends to Governor:" https://www.advocate.com/transgender/2021/3/08/south-dakota-revives-passes-anti-trans-sports-bill-sends-governor
* O.o "Trump sycophant thinks Demi Lovato inspired a 'woke mob' to cancel International Women's Day:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2021/03/09/real-america-dan-ball-demi-lovato-woke-mob-left-gender-reveal-international-womens-day-cancel/
* "Republican politician whines the left wants everyone to be bisexual and miserable:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2021/03/08/utah-republican-david-alvord-bisexual-polyamorous-trans-transphobia/
* "Rally descends into chaos with speaker calling gay mayor a ‘little f****t’:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2021/03/02/rally-descends-into-chaos-with-speaker-calling-gay-mayor-a-little-ft/
* "North Carolina Ends Deadnaming of Students on Report Cards, Documents:" https://www.advocate.com/transgender/2021/3/12/north-carolina-ends-deadnaming-students-report-cards-documents
* "Anti-LGBTQ+ Christian Woman Harasses Teens in Viral TikTok Clip:" https://www.advocate.com/youth/2021/3/12/anti-lgbtq-christian-woman-harasses-teens-viral-tiktok-clip
* Why were they selling these in the 21st century at all? "Amazon Won't Sell Books Calling LGBTQ+ Identity a Mental Illness:" https://www.advocate.com/transgender/2021/3/12/amazon-wont-sell-books-calling-lgbtq-identity-mental-illness
* "Alexandra Grey's True Hollywood Story Is Breaking Barriers:" https://www.out.com/print/2021/2/08/alexandra-greys-true-hollywood-story-breaking-barriers
* "Ryan O'Connell Is Horny for Representation:" https://www.out.com/celebs/2020/8/26/ryan-oconnell-horny-representation
* "Black, Gay, Autistic, and Beautiful:" https://www.advocate.com/commentary/2021/3/08/black-gay-autistic-and-beautiful
* "We need to talk about queer mental health [CC]:"
* "As an HIV Survivor, COVID-19 Stigma Is Sadly Familiar:" https://www.hivplusmag.com/opinion/2021/3/11/hiv-survivor-covid-19-stigma-sadly-familiar
* "It’s not just gut bacteria, our fungal mycobiome can also affect health:" https://newatlas.com/health-wellbeing/fungal-mycobiome-gut-bacteria-microbiome-health-metabolism/
* "‘Zombie’ Microbes Redefine Life’s Energy Limits:" https://www.quantamagazine.org/zombie-microbes-redefine-lifes-energy-limits-20200812/
* "These Sea Slugs Decapitate Themselves and Grow New Bodies:" https://www.wired.com/story/sea-slugs-decapitate-themselves-and-grow-new-bodies/
* "The Town Trying to Pump Billions of Gallons of Water to Their Desert Community:"
* "She sued her enslaver for reparations and won. Her descendants never knew.:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/history/2021/02/24/henrietta-wood-reparations-slavery/?arc404=true
* "The Greatest Defense of All Time: Clement Vallandigham:"
* "Everything Was Fake but Her Wealth:" https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/everything-was-fake-but-her-wealth-4621153/
* I want it gone. "Group of bipartisan senators pushes for permanent Daylight Saving Time:" https://www.cbsnews.com/news/daylight-savings-time-permanent-bill-senate/
* "Yaupon: The rebirth of America's forgotten tea:" http://www.bbc.com/travel/story/20210223-yaupon-the-rebirth-of-americas-forgotten-tea
* "Why do some people put their c**ks in cages – a guide to male chastity:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2021/03/07/what-are-chastity-cages-cage-belt-gay-male-penis-cock-fetish-device/
* "Common Women's History Myths We Need To Let Go:"
* "The Dangerous Mentality of The Thrombey Family (Knives Out):"
* "Meet The White Women Empowering QAnon:"
* "Unemployment: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver:"
* Wednesday I was back to annoying chronic illness stuff, including my often problematic eye pulling out the stops and the right shoulder joint stuff being extra, but I seem to be over the Pfiser shot. I ended up doing a bunch of scheduling and rescheduling of medical stuff, careful of the second shot timing.
How to tell I'm old: It occurred to be that by the time the farmer's market is open and in full swing, It'll be safe for me to shop outside. I could buy my own starts and vegetables. It was really exciting.
* Saturday: Rupert laptop has been having conniptions and between crashes and Tavy rebooting him a bunch I lost a massive, unrecoverable amount of data. I am too exhausted at this point to spend more than a couple of hours trying to get it back.
Update: Rupert Laptop is dying. I guess I know the first thing I need to do with stimulus money. Needless to say, trying and failing to solve Rupert's issues ate Saturday.
I know fuck all about what's good. If any of you are tech inclined, I'd love suggestions for reasonably priced 8GB Ram laptop with large screen or a desk top I can plug in to Main Computer's old monitor.
* This conversation about Wilder's Wonka is glorious: https://gwydionmisha.tumblr.com/post/645618159710306304/i-am-very-drunk-and-listening-to-totos-africa
* "So your grandmother is a starship now: a quick guide for the bewildered:" https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-021-00503-3?utm_source=twt_nft&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=futures
* I hate the glorification of the loose cannon cop "who doesn't play by the rules" in American Media. You know what a cop that doesn't play "by the rules" is? A particularly dangerous person who hurts and kills people with impunity. Those "rules" are literally laws. Laws designed to protect people. A loose cannon hurts everyone near it. (Look it up. A cannon was heavy as fuck and on wheels. A loose one on a rolling ship crushes the gun crew.)
I want less of the the laws are in the way and more anti-lynching, anti-police violence and corruption things. Lets treat IA as the good guys for once. Make things like the Ox Bow incident about how the rush to judgement kills innocent people. We've had generations of propaganda rolling out about how it's good if cops dehumanize and harm people with hardly any counter. Let's go the whole other way. Make Dirty Harry the bad guy, because cops executing children for playing in the park or fathers for selling a cigarette need to be reviled for the monsters they are and cop shows are still pretending rough rides are good policing.
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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.
* Ways to help people in Texas: https://spockvarietyhour.tumblr.com/post/643435770019987456
https://omgthatdress.tumblr.com/post/643431809724628992
More Texas how to help links: https://omgthatdress.tumblr.com/post/643431809724628992
* "You Can Buy Girl Scout Cookies From Troop Of Girls In NYC Shelter System:" https://www.scarymommy.com/troop-6000-girl-scouts-nyc-shelters/
* More Girl Scout Troops in Particular Need: https://tuulikki.tumblr.com/post/643247412337639424/girl-scout-cookie-time
* Cat Rescue Fundraiser: https://gwydionmisha.tumblr.com/post/642429918533304320/design-a-tea-where-tea-leaves-dream-custom
"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
* 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/
* "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't safely 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