Omnibus Edition
Apr. 24th, 2021 05:07 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
gwydion* "EU sanctions Myanmar generals as UN urges ASEAN action:" https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/4/20/eu-sanctions-myanmar-generals-as-un-urges-asean-action
* "Millions face hunger as Myanmar crisis worsens, United Nations says :" https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/millions-face-hunger-myanmar-crisis-worsens-united-nations-says-2021-04-22/
* "Analysis: Urgent action on Myanmar is needed but engaging the junta is a risky gamble:" https://www.cnn.com/2021/04/22/asia/asean-myanmar-summit-intl-hnk/index.html
* "China, Myanmar and others criticised in report on rising religious persecution:" https://www.reuters.com/world/china/china-myanmar-others-criticised-report-rising-religious-persecution-2021-04-20/
* "The Incredible Rise of North Korea’s Hacking Army:" https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2021/04/26/the-incredible-rise-of-north-koreas-hacking-army
* "Time running out for missing Indonesian submarine as U.S. joins search:" https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/desperate-hunt-missing-indonesian-submarine-oxygen-set-run-out-2021-04-23/
* "‘So much has been taken from us’: former post office operators speak out:" https://www.theguardian.com/business/2021/apr/23/so-much-has-been-taken-from-us-former-post-office-operators-speak-out
* "Commonwealth war graves: PM 'deeply troubled' over racism:" https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-56840131
* "Meet the new leader of Cuba's Communist Party:" https://www.cnn.com/2021/04/19/americas/cuba-castro-diaz-canel-intl-latam/index.html
* "In its latest lurch to the far right, Denmark plans to send refugees back to Syria:" https://www.cnn.com/2021/04/18/europe/denmark-syrian-refugees-damascus-intl/index.html
* "Facebook planned to remove fake accounts in India – until it realized a BJP politician was involved:" https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2021/apr/15/facebook-india-bjp-fake-accounts
* "I Thought My Job Was To Report On Technology In India. Instead, I Got A Front-Row Seat To The Decline Of My Democracy.:" https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/pranavdixit/indian-government-using-tech-destroy-democracy
* "Delights of Ramadan disappear for Syrian refugees in Lebanon:" https://apnews.com/article/world-news-lebanon-coronavirus-pandemic-ramadan-financial-markets-c35d39117407076945cea9b5403980fd
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* "More young people are getting hospitalized as a 'stickier,' more infectious coronavirus strain becomes dominant:" https://www.cnn.com/2021/04/12/health/b117-covid-variant-young-patients/index.html
* "Learning to breathe: German clinic helps COVID long haulers:" https://apnews.com/article/world-news-general-news-health-bc397414e9131936f6c6b8af7f1129fc
* "New coronavirus cases around the world reached a new weekly record, according to the W.H.O.:" https://www.nytimes.com/2021/04/21/world/coronavirus-global.html
* "Turkey reports record daily number of COVID-19 deaths:" https://apnews.com/article/general-news-health-religion-turkey-51616e9efa1032384fa2282efc499261
* "Why are so many babies dying of Covid-19 in Brazil?:" https://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-56696907
* "Brazil COVID cases still soaring among unprotected majority:" https://apnews.com/article/latin-america-health-coronavirus-brazil-4f87e98d8e4b2a9db9db34bf726364aa
* "Covid: India sees world's highest daily cases amid oxygen shortage:" https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-india-56826645
* "Hospitals overrun as India’s COVID-19 infections top global record for second day:" https://www.reuters.com/world/india/fire-covid-19-hospital-kills-12-india-struggles-with-huge-second-wave-2021-04-23/
* "Cafes Open in Denmark as COVID-19 Restrictions Loosen:" https://www.usnews.com/news/world/articles/2021-04-21/cafes-open-in-denmark-as-covid-19-restrictions-loosen
* "Conspiracy Theories Could Hamper Serbia's Successful Vaccine Rollout:"
* "Japan declares a state of emergency for third time; what does that mean for the Olympics?:" https://www.usatoday.com/story/travel/news/2021/04/23/japan-declares-state-emergency-olympics-danger/7348533002/
* "Sweden’s Pandemic Experiment:" https://www.newyorker.com/news/dispatch/swedens-pandemic-experiment
* "U.S. Issues More Than 115 'Do Not Travel' Advisories, Citing Risks From COVID-19:" https://www.npr.org/sections/coronavirus-live-updates/2021/04/22/989809103/u-s-issues-more-than-115-do-not-travel-advisories-citing-risks-from-covid-19
* "Biden: 200 million Americans have been vaccinated:" https://www.politico.com/news/2021/04/21/biden-businesses-covid-vaccines-484030
* "U.S. sees significant drop in vaccinations over past week:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/2021/04/21/vaccinations-downturn-jj-pause-soft-demand/
* "CDC, FDA lift pause on using J&J's coronavirus vaccine, add safety warning:" https://www.cnn.com/2021/04/23/health/johnson-vaccine-acip-recommendation/index.html
* "‘Excess Deaths’ in 2020 Surpassed Those of 1918 Flu Pandemic:" https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2021/04/23/us/covid-19-death-toll.html
* "COVID-19 hospitalizations tumble among US senior citizens:" https://apnews.com/article/covid-19-hospitalizations-tumble-us-senior-citizens-37f5a0ca5ab76149c1e9bfca9e34eadf
* "The Broken Front Line:" https://www.propublica.org/article/inside-an-emergency-medical-system-on-the-brink-of-collapse
* "Biden administration to provide $150 million to boost Covid response in underserved and vulnerable areas:" https://www.cnn.com/2021/04/19/politics/american-rescue-plan-funding-vulnerable-communities/index.html
* "Least Vaccinated U.S. Counties Have Something in Common: Trump Voters:" https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2021/04/17/us/vaccine-hesitancy-politics.html
* "The U.S. awarded a firm $1.3 billion to make syringes. Where are they?:" https://www.nbcnews.com/health/health-care/trump-administration-awarded-firm-1-3-billion-make-covid-vaccine-n1263872
* "Ron Johnson downplays urgency of getting Covid-19 vaccine:" https://www.cnn.com/2021/04/23/politics/ron-johnson-covid-vaccine/
* "‘No accountability to the truth’: Ron Johnson tests the viability of Trumpism:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/-no-accountability-to-the-truth-ron-johnson-tests-the-viability-of-trumpism-110764101679
* "Florida men indicted for selling bleach as "miracle" COVID-19 cure:" https://www.newsweek.com/florida-men-indicted-selling-bleach-miracle-covid-19-cure-1586153
* "Dr. Fauci on responding to Rep. Jim Jordan's contentious statements at COVID hearing:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-sunday-show/watch/dr-fauci-on-rep-jim-jordan-s-covid-hearing-remarks-ongoing-vaccine-rollout-110415429655
* "Maxine Waters says she told Jim Jordan to ‘shut your mouth’ for ‘bullying’ Dr. Fauci:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-sunday-show/watch/maxine-waters-says-she-told-jim-jordan-to-shut-your-mouth-for-bullying-dr-fauci-110413893870
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* "Protesters across Russia call for Alexey Navalny's release on same day as Putin's annual address:" https://www.cnn.com/2021/04/21/europe/russia-putin-address-navalny-protests-intl/index.html
* "Russia will face consequences if Putin critic Alexei Navalny dies in prison, White House warns:" https://www.cnbc.com/2021/04/18/white-house-warns-russia-will-face-consequences-if-alexei-navalny-dies.html
* "Aleksei Navalny Is Transferred to Hospital After Long Hunger Strike:" https://www.nytimes.com/2021/04/19/world/europe/navalny-hospital-prison-russia.html
* "Opinion: The last chance to save Alexey Navalny:" https://www.cnn.com/2021/04/19/opinions/navalny-putin-last-chance-roth/index.html
* "U.S. ambassador to Russia returning to Washington for ‘consultations’:" https://www.politico.com/news/2021/04/20/us-ambassador-russia-returning-washington-483409
* "Russia orders troops back to base after massive buildup near Ukraine border:" https://www.cnn.com/2021/04/22/europe/russia-military-ukraine-border-exercises-intl/index.html
* "Jailed Kremlin critic Alexey Navalny ends hunger strike:" https://www.cnn.com/2021/04/23/europe/alexey-navalny-ends-hunger-strike-intl/index.html
* "Buoyed by nationwide protests, Russian opposition leader Navalny ends hunger strike:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/buoyed-by-nationwide-protests-russian-opposition-leader-navalny-ends-hunger-strike-110771269573
* "US, China agree to cooperate on climate crisis with urgency:" https://apnews.com/article/joe-biden-climate-shanghai-climate-change-john-kerry-905125d79b6c31940b8747df86c2a87a
* "Biden plans to cut emissions at least in half by 2030:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/2021/04/20/biden-climate-change/
* "To protect bottom line, Chevron aims to tie U.S. hands against military junta in Burma:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/to-protect-bottom-line-chevron-aims-to-tie-u-s-hands-against-military-junta-in-burma-110713925889
* "Biden Makes New Pledge For U.S. Greenhouse Gas Emissions: A 50% Cut:" https://www.npr.org/2021/04/22/988051091/biden-makes-new-pledge-for-u-s-greenhouse-gas-emissions-a-50-cut
* "Chris Hayes: The case for optimism about Biden’s new climate goal:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/chris-hayes-the-case-for-optimism-about-biden-s-new-climate-goal-110697541689
* "Officials: Biden preparing to recognize Armenian genocide:" https://apnews.com/article/politics-joe-biden-turkey-recep-tayyip-erdogan-adam-schiff-280a4525f0e2ac4b82f3268700a62d2d
* "Biden administration withdraws Trump-era proposal to allow homeless shelters to discriminate against transgender people:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2021/04/22/transgender-homeless-shelters-biden-trump/
* "Biden White House removes Trump-era scientist from overseeing climate report:" https://www.cnn.com/2021/04/19/politics/white-house-removes-trump-era-scientist/index.html
* "Biden's associate attorney general nominee Vanita Gupta confirmed after GOP senator breaks ranks:" https://www.cnn.com/2021/04/21/politics/vanita-gupta-nomination-advances/index.html
* "‘Suddenly I’m breathing’: hope as Haaland takes on crisis of missing and murdered Native Americans:" https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/apr/11/deb-haaland-interior-missing-murdered-native-americans-unit
* "Garland returns to Oklahoma City to warn that domestic terrorism is 'still with us':" https://www.politico.com/news/2021/04/19/garland-domestic-terrorism-warning-483091
* "Harris pitches American Jobs Plan during first extended economic speech since becoming VP:" https://www.cnn.com/2021/04/19/politics/kamala-harris-economic-speech/index.html
* "Crisis of Black women being three times more likely to die in childbirth than whites addressed by Vice President Harris:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-sunday-show/watch/black-maternal-health-week-being-designated-by-vice-president-harris-is-discussed-by-experts-who-explain-that-black-women-are-three-times-more-likely-to-die-in-childbirth-than-whites-110416453615
* "By turning care into infrastructure, Biden is the first president to take women’s economic plight seriously:" https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2021/04/caregiving-is-infrastructure-joe-biden/
* "Senate Democrats reject Republican infrastructure bid:" https://www.politico.com/news/2021/04/21/senate-democrats-republican-infrastructure-484035
* "Biden Will Seek Tax Increase on Rich to Fund Child Care and Education:" https://www.nytimes.com/2021/04/22/business/economy/biden-taxes.html
* "Senate overwhelmingly passes anti-Asian hate crimes bill:" https://www.cnn.com/2021/04/22/politics/senate-vote-hate-crimes-bill/
* "Biden administration says it ‘strongly supports’ making D.C. the 51st state:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/dc-politics/biden-dc-statehood-position/2021/04/20/31b86b92-a1e3-11eb-85fc-06664ff4489d_story.html
* "House Democrats Pass Bill To Make D.C. The 51st State:" https://www.npr.org/2021/04/22/989119412/house-democrats-pass-bill-to-make-d-c-the-51st-state
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* "Joy Reid: Senator John Kennedy thought he could get the best of Stacey Abrams:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-reidout/watch/joy-reid-senator-john-kennedy-thought-he-could-get-the-best-of-stacey-abrams-110692421950
* "Stacey Abrams: Why Republicans are 'hysterical' about suppressing the vote:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-reidout/watch/stacey-abrams-why-republicans-are-hysterical-about-suppressing-the-vote-110695493746
* "Dozen Megadonors Gave $3.4 Billion, One in Every 13 Dollars, Since 2009:" https://www.nytimes.com/2021/04/20/us/politics/megadonors-political-spending.html
* "Analysis: Voters say *this* is the biggest election problem in the country:" https://www.cnn.com/2021/04/05/politics/gerrymandering-election-problem/index.html
* "Mass Incarceration Draws Its Own Maps and Creates a Country in Its Image:" https://newrepublic.com/article/161817/mass-incarceration-prison-gerrymandering-districts
* On Tuesday, several states passed laws declaring exercise of 1st Amendment rights a felony and/or proudly legalized terrorism.
* "G.O.P. Bills Target Protesters (and Absolve Motorists Who Hit Them):" https://www.nytimes.com/2021/04/21/us/politics/republican-anti-protest-laws.html
* "Republican bills attack protest rights; wink at running over protesters:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/republican-bills-attack-protest-rights-wink-at-running-over-protesters-110637637629
* "Lawmakers in 34 states have introduced more than 80 anti-protest bills:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-reidout/watch/lawmakers-in-34-states-have-introduced-more-than-80-anti-protest-bills-110693445839
* "The Republican Party Is Already an “America First Caucus”:" https://newrepublic.com/article/162098/greene-anglo-saxon-gop-lincoln
* "Far-right Republicans try to distance themselves from ‘America First’ caucus:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/far-right-republicans-try-to-distance-themselves-from-america-first-caucus-110487109675
* "Joy Reid: America First Caucus confirmed that anti-immigrant racism is firmly rooted in modern GOP:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-reidout/watch/joy-reid-america-first-caucus-confirmed-that-anti-immigrant-racism-is-firmly-rooted-in-modern-gop-110483525742
* "Investigation suppressed by Trump administration reveals obstacles to hurricane aid for Puerto Rico:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2021/04/22/puerto-rico-hurricane-trump-hud/
* "DHS watchdog declined to pursue investigations into Secret Service during Trump administration, documents show:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/secret-service-trump-inspector-general/2021/04/19/87f20cc6-9eea-11eb-9d05-ae06f4529ece_story.html
* "Pompeos violated rules on use of State Department resources, IG finds:" https://www.politico.com/news/2021/04/16/pompeos-violated-rules-on-use-of-state-department-resources-ig-finds-482500
* "Justice Department sues Trump ally Roger Stone, alleging millions in unpaid taxes:" https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/justice-department/justice-department-sues-trump-ally-roger-stone-alleging-millions-unpaid-n1264372
* "New intel links Manafort to Russian spy who provided data to Russia:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-sunday-show/watch/new-intel-links-manafort-to-russian-spy-who-provided-data-to-russia-110414917617
* "Supreme Court tosses out another Republican 2020 election challenge:" https://www.cnn.com/2021/04/19/politics/supreme-court-tosses-gop-2020-election-challenge/index.html
* "A cybersecurity expert who promoted claims of fraud in the 2020 election is leading the GOP-backed recount of millions of ballots in Arizona:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/arizona-recount-cyber-ninjas/2021/04/16/b3cbbf08-996e-11eb-962b-78c1d8228819_story.html
* "Arizona Republicans embrace the ridiculous pursuing recount for Trump:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/arizona-republicans-embrace-the-ridiculous-pursuing-recount-for-trump-110714949561
* "Security lapses plague Arizona Senate's election audit at State Fairgrounds:" https://www.azfamily.com/news/investigations/cbs_5_investigates/security-lapses-plague-arizona-senates-election-audit-at-state-fairgrounds/article_b499aee8-a3ed-11eb-8f94-bfc2918c6cc9.html
* "Sketchy pro-Trump recount off to rocky start in Arizona:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/sketchy-pro-trump-recount-off-to-rocky-start-in-arizona-110768197622
* "Arizona Republicans conduct election ‘audit’ fueled by Trump’s Big Lie:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/arizona-republicans-conduct-election-audit-fueled-by-trump-s-big-lie-110762565721
* "Judge to revoke bail for Proud Boy leaders involved in Capitol riot:" https://www.politico.com/news/2021/04/19/judge-revoke-bail-proud-boy-leaders-483099
* "Lofgren: Capitol Police official being investigated for directions to pursue only 'anti-Trump' protesters Jan. 6:" https://www.politico.com/news/2021/04/21/capitol-officer-investigated-antitrump-protestors-484048
* "Justice Dept. now expects to charge more than 500 in Capitol riot probe:" https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/justice-department/justice-dept-now-expected-charge-more-500-capitol-riot-probe-n1265095
* "‘We are not a match’: Capitol rioter arrested after Bumble match alerts feds:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/-we-are-not-a-match-capitol-rioter-arrested-after-bumble-match-alerts-feds-110763589706
* "Wait, why is GOP demanding to investigate Black Lives Matter in Jan. 6 probe?:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/wait-why-is-gop-demanding-to-investigate-black-lives-matter-in-jan-6-probe-110702149597
* "The Postal Service is running a 'covert operations program' that monitors Americans' social media posts:" https://news.yahoo.com/the-postal-service-is-running-a-running-a-covert-operations-program-that-monitors-americans-social-media-posts-160022919.html
"When contacted by Yahoo News, civil liberties experts expressed alarm at the post office’s surveillance program. “It’s a mystery,” said University of Chicago law professor Geoffrey Stone, whom President Barack Obama appointed to review the National Security Agency’s bulk data collection in the wake of the Edward Snowden leaks. “I don’t understand why the government would go to the Postal Service for examining the internet for security issues.”"
* "Indianapolis FedEx shooter bought two weapons used in killings legally last year despite FBI concerns:" https://www.cnn.com/2021/04/18/us/indianapolis-shooting-fedex-sunday/index.html
* "The Grim Compassion of Searching for Missing Migrants in the Desert:" https://www.newyorker.com/culture/the-new-yorker-documentary/the-grim-compassion-of-searching-for-missing-migrants-in-the-desert
* "ICE, CBP to stop using ‘illegal alien’ and ‘assimilation’ under new Biden administration order:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/illegal-alien-assimilation/2021/04/19/9a2f878e-9ebc-11eb-b7a8-014b14aeb9e4_story.html
* "‘Desperation and frustration’: Rep. Omar reacts to the Biden refugee cap:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/-desperation-and-frustration-rep-omar-reacts-to-the-biden-refugee-cap-110488645758
* "Prosecutor on Derek Chauvin: ‘This wasn’t policing, this was murder’:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-reidout/watch/prosecutor-george-floyd-is-dead-because-chauvin-s-heart-is-too-small-110484037752
* "Joyce Vance: I think the prosecution has put in ‘significant evidence’ in the Chauvin trial:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-reidout/watch/joyce-vance-i-think-the-prosecution-has-put-in-significant-evidence-in-the-chauvin-trial-110483013744
* To Republicans calling the Chauvin trial a lynching: No. A white policeman tried by a multiracial jury of his peers based on solid evidence and found guilty of murdering a black man is the exact opposite of a lynching.
* "Garland announces sweeping police probe after Floyd verdict:" https://apnews.com/article/george-floyd-verdict-police-reform-doj-e24dd1a390a781af3495fa1e0271f492
* "Celebration is laced with warnings after Derek Chauvin conviction:" https://www.politico.com/news/2021/04/20/derek-chauvin-trial-verdict-george-floyd-483535
* "'A glimmer of justice': Eric Garner's mother reacts to the Derek Chauvin guilty verdicts:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/-a-glimmer-of-justice-eric-garner-s-mother-reacts-to-the-derek-chauvin-guilty-verdicts-110566981789
* "Bravery of witnesses made the difference in Chauvin trial:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/bravery-of-witnesses-made-the-difference-in-chauvin-trial-110565957849
* "Warnock on Chauvin verdict: Jury got it right, now we must get policy right:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/warnock-on-chauvin-verdict-jury-got-it-right-now-we-must-get-policy-right-110553669596
* "Chris Hayes: Why the Chauvin verdict is the exception, not the rule:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/chris-hayes-why-the-chauvin-verdict-is-the-exception-not-the-rule-110622789815
* "Sen. Cory Booker: How the George Floyd Act will provide ‘real accountability’:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/sen-cory-booker-how-the-george-floyd-act-will-provide-real-accountability-110624837787
* "After Chauvin verdict, VP Harris calls on Congress to pass the George Floyd Justice in Policing Act:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-reidout/watch/after-chauvin-verdict-vp-harris-calls-on-congress-to-pass-the-george-floyd-justice-in-policing-act-110548549657
* "Joy Reid: True justice requires going further than the Chauvin verdict:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-reidout/watch/joy-reid-true-justice-requires-going-further-than-the-chauvin-verdict-110618693890
* "Rep. Maxine Waters on GOP censure vote: ‘Republicans love to use me as a target’:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-reidout/watch/rep-maxine-waters-on-gop-censure-vote-republicans-love-to-use-me-as-a-target-110548037856
* To Republicans calling the Chauvin trial a lynching: No. A white policeman tried by a multiracial jury of his peers based on solid evidence and found guilty of murdering a black man is the exact opposite of a lynching.
* "Joy Reid: The right’s reaction to the Chauvin verdict was ‘stunning and predictable’:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-reidout/watch/joy-reid-the-right-s-reaction-to-the-chauvin-verdict-was-stunning-and-predictable-110620741826
* "How the prosecution of Derek Chauvin was ‘unique from the start’:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-reidout/watch/how-the-prosecution-of-derek-chauvin-was-unique-from-the-start-110759493571
* "‘It’s no time to rest’: Grieving mothers demand policing reforms:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-reidout/watch/-it-s-no-time-to-rest-grieving-mothers-demand-policing-reforms-110760005901
* "Joy: I spend lots of time speaking to mothers grieving kids lost to police. It’s personal.:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-reidout/watch/joy-i-spend-lots-of-time-speaking-to-mothers-grieving-kids-lost-to-police-it-s-personal-110760517746
* "Michele Norris on police shootings: ‘It’s like living in Groundhog Day’:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-reidout/watch/michele-norris-on-police-shootings-it-s-like-living-in-groundhog-day-110482501954
* "Capehart shares exhaustion of being Black in America in this week’s ‘Bye Line’:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-sunday-show/watch/black-people-exhausted-by-police-shooting-deaths-racism-discussed-in-capehart-s-bye-line-110413893820
* "Though often used to justify shootings, not all threats to police are met with bullets:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/though-often-used-to-justify-shootings-not-all-threats-to-police-are-met-with-bullets-110638149540
* "Columbus Police Shoot And Kill Black, Teenage Girl:" https://www.npr.org/2021/04/20/989342784/16-year-old-black-girl-who-called-for-help-fatally-shot-by-police-ohio-family-sa
* "'God knows what happened': North Carolina deputy fatally shoots Black man, but police release few details:" https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2021/04/21/andrew-brown-jr-fatally-shot-north-carolina-deputy-police-say/7323753002/
* "Knox County DA: No charges for officer in fatal shooting of 17-year-old at school:" https://wreg.com/news/national/knoxville-da-officer-justified-in-fatally-shooting-17-year-old-at-school/
* "Police killings of Black Americans continue apace in wake of Chauvin verdict:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/police-killings-of-black-americans-continue-apace-in-wake-of-chauvin-verdict-110637125955
* "The Myth of the Dangerous Traffic Stop Is Killing Black Men in America:" https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2021/04/daunte-wright-dangerous-traffic-stop-myth.html
* "What do communities do when the police retreat?:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2021/04/12/minneapolis-little-earth-police-alternative/
* "Killings by Police Declined after Black Lives Matter Protests:" https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/killings-by-police-declined-after-black-lives-matter-protests1/
* "Former Buffalo officer who stopped fellow cop's chokehold on suspect will get pension after winning lawsuit:" https://chicagocrusader.com/former-buffalo-officer-who-stopped-fellow-cops-chokehold-on-suspect-will-get-pension-after-winning-lawsuit/
* "How the Media Covered Police Brutality Three Decades Ago:" https://daily.jstor.org/how-the-media-covered-police-brutality-three-decades-ago/
* "Supreme Court Rejects Restrictions On Life Without Parole For Juveniles:" https://www.npr.org/2021/04/22/989822872/supreme-court-rejects-restrictions-on-life-without-parole-for-juveniles
* "Kavanaugh an ill-considered choice to pen ruling on incorrigible childhood offenses:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/kavanaugh-an-ill-considered-choice-to-pen-ruling-on-incorrigible-childhood-offenses-110710853702
* "Black residents to get reparations in Evanston, Illinois:" https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-56497294
* "How Legal Weed in New Jersey Helps Improve Social Justice:"
* CW: Harassment, Abuse "Joss Whedon: Why Harmful Creators Are Allowed To Thrive:"
* CW: Rape. "NEW Armie Hammer Updates + The BDSM Cult That Hid in Plain Sight:"
* CW: Domestic Violence. "Women Are Fighting for Their Lives in Puerto Rico:"
* CW: Domestic Violence. "A quarter of HIV-positive Americans have experienced intimate partner violence:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2021/04/18/hiv-intimate-partner-violence-america-health-outcomes-cdc/
* "Milkshakes, tacos and consent: New government video slammed as confusing and concerning:" https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-04-19/government-consent-video-milkshake-taco-slammed/100079682
* "Government plans crack down on 'rape culture' in schools:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2021/04/20/government-bullying-schools-scheme-anti-lgbt-funding-scrapped/
* "The Road to Terfdom:" https://lux-magazine.com/article/the-road-to-terfdom/
* "The Full TERF - How ‘Gender Critical' Harms Transgender Folks:"
* "Transphobia Doesn't Make Sense:"
* "A History of the Word "Bisexual":"
* "Northern Ireland conversion therapy ban wins overwhelming support in Stormont vote:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2021/04/20/northern-ireland-assembly-conversion-therapy-ban-motion/
* "Nicola Sturgeon gives Boris Johnson final conversion therapy ultimatum:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2021/04/19/nicola-sturgeon-boris-johnson-conversion-therapy/
* "Ex-DUP minister opposes conversion therapy ban: 'What if I struggled with same-sex attraction?':" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2021/04/20/jim-wells-dup-conversion-therapy-northern-ireland/
* "Arlene Foster to meet LGBT+ groups after vowing to block full conversion therapy ban:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2021/04/22/arlene-foster-dup-lgbt-groups-conversion-therapy-assembly/
* "Gay former extremist Caolan Robertson says leaving the far-right was like escaping ‘a cult’:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2021/04/18/caolan-robertson-gay-former-extremist-far-right-cult-homophobia-tommy-robinson/
* "Tories using 'transphobia and racism' to 'keep control', Labour MP warns:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2021/04/19/zarah-sultana-tories-culture-wars-transphobia-racism/
* "Anti-trans pressure group LGB Alliance officially recognised as a charity:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2021/04/20/lgb-alliance-charity-commission-register-england-wales/
* "Thug jailed after spitting in trans woman’s face during thick of the pandemic:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2021/04/22/neil-cleal-spat-trans-woman-coronavirus-pandemic-southampton-jailed/
* "A Gay Man's Life Was Threatened So Aussies Painted His House Rainbow:" https://www.outtraveler.com/news/2021/4/22/gay-mans-life-was-threatened-so-aussies-painted-his-house-rainbow
* "GOP to Trans Youth: We Know You Better Than You Know Yourselves:" https://www.advocate.com/commentary/2021/4/21/gop-trans-youth-we-know-you-better-you-know-yourselves
* "Arizona passes bill to let parents stop kids from learning about queer people:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2021/04/15/arizona-lgbt-school-bill/
* "Alabama Wants to Send Doctors to Prison for Treating Trans Kids:"
* "North Dakota, Kansas Governors Veto Anti-Trans Sports Bills:" https://www.advocate.com/transgender/2021/4/22/north-dakotas-gop-governor-vetoes-anti-trans-sports-bill
* "Florida's Anti-Trans Sports Bill Won't Pass:" https://www.advocate.com/transgender/2021/4/21/floridas-anti-trans-sports-bill-wont-pass
* "Florida School Reverses Decision, Will Allow LGBTQ+ Pages in Yearbook:" https://www.advocate.com/youth/2021/4/21/florida-school-reverses-decision-will-allow-lgbtq-pages-yearbook
* +bonus racism. "Fox News host Tucker Carlson appears to support Harvey Milk’s assassin:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2021/04/23/tucker-carlson-yearbook-dan-white-harvey-milk-jesse-helms-trinity-college/
* "Instagram accused of ‘sexualising, policing and censoring trans bodies’:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2021/04/22/instagram-trans-bodies-censorhip-we-deserve-to-be-here/
* "Thousands in Texas at Risk of Losing Access to Critical HIV Meds:" https://www.hivplusmag.com/news/2021/4/19/thousands-texas-risk-losing-access-critical-hiv-meds
* "A Boy, His Brain, and a Decades-Long Medical Controversy:" https://www.wired.com/story/a-boy-his-brain-and-a-decades-long-medical-controversy/
* "Malaria vaccine hailed as potential breakthrough:" https://www.bbc.com/news/health-56858158
* "Microbes are ‘unknown unknowns’ despite being vital to all life, says study:" https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2021/apr/19/microbes-are-unknown-unknowns-despite-being-vital-to-all-life-says-study
* "How 12,000 Tonnes of Dumped Orange Peel Grew Into a Landscape Nobody Expected to Find:" https://www.sciencealert.com/how-12-000-tonnes-of-dumped-orange-peel-produced-something-nobody-imagined
* "Japan's Worst Nuclear Disaster Still Haunts Fukushima:"
* "From toilet to tap: The Los Angeles plan to recycle wastewater:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/from-toilet-to-tap-the-los-angeles-plan-to-recycle-wastewater-110703685694
* "Table Mountain fire: Historic buildings destroyed in Cape Town:" https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-56793317
* "La Soufriere Volcano erupts explosively again:" https://www.nationnews.com/2021/04/18/la-soufriere-volcano-erupts-explosively/
* "UN to assist Barbados with ash clean-up:" https://www.nationnews.com/2021/04/22/un-assist-barbados-ash-clean/
* "100,000-year-old Neanderthal footprints show children playing in the sand:" https://www.livescience.com/neanderthal-footprints-children-playing-on-beach.html
* "Creepy sculpture with human faces is even older than experts thought:" https://www.livescience.com/shigir-idol-older-than-thought.html
* "3,000-Year-Old Bird-Shaped Vessel Placed in Burial Urn Found in Bulgaria’s Baley in Crucial Thracian Bronze Age Necropolis - Archaeology in Bulgaria. and Beyond:" http://archaeologyinbulgaria.com/2021/04/04/3000-year-old-bird-shaped-vessel-placed-burial-urn-found-in-bulgarias-baley-in-crucial-thracian-bronze-age-necropolis/
* "Ancient Inscription Points to Lost Temple of Unknown God in Yemen:" https://www.livescience.com/65024-ancient-inscription-lost-temple-yemen.html
* "The Hairstyles of Faustina the Younger:"
* "Necropolis found in Corsica offers rare glimpse into lives of ancient population:" https://www.rfi.fr/en/france/20210410-necropolis-found-in-corsica-offers-rare-glimpse-into-lives-of-ancient-population-france-tunisia-ile-rousse-archaeology
* "Roman-era gallery discovered beneath Istanbul’s Topkapı Palace:" https://www.dailysabah.com/turkey/istanbul/roman-era-gallery-discovered-beneath-istanbuls-topkapi-palace
* "800-year-old medieval pottery fragments reveal Jewish dietary practices:" http://www.bristol.ac.uk/news/2021/april/pottery-jewish-diet.html
* "The Royal Spy Who Became the Feminist Answer to Shakespeare:" https://narratively.com/the-royal-spy-who-became-the-feminist-answer-to-shakespeare/
* "Battle of Culloden's 275th anniversary to be marked online:" https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-scotland-highlands-islands-56661832
* "Remembering the Tulsa race massacre as the 100th anniversary approaches:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/remembering-the-tulsa-race-massacre-as-the-100th-anniversary-approaches-110495301935
* "Former Vice President Walter Mondale has died at the age of 93:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/former-vice-president-walter-mondale-has-died-at-the-age-of-93-110491717528
* "‘Big Bird Bandits’: two men arrested and charged after alleged Sesame Street costume theft:" https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2021/apr/24/big-bird-bandits-two-men-arrested-and-charged-after-alleged-sesame-street-costume-theft
* "Things Your Parents Said Were Illegal...:"
‘Big Bird Bandits’: two men arrested and charged after alleged Sesame Street costume theft
* "Bankruptcy: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver:"
* "Minnesota Police Shooting & Violent Traffic Stop in Virginia:" https://www.cc.com/video/5ekxp1/the-daily-show-with-trevor-noah-minnesota-police-shooting-violent-traffic-stop-in-virginia
* "Please Allow Me to Introduce Yourself - Joe Manchin:" https://www.cc.com/video/u5f8a2/the-daily-show-with-trevor-noah-please-allow-me-to-introduce-yourself-joe-manchin
* "Policing in America - Daunte Wright & Capitol Riot Update:" https://www.cc.com/video/bo5jj7/the-daily-show-with-trevor-noah-policing-in-america-daunte-wright-capitol-riot-update
* "The Dangers of Driving While Black:" https://www.cc.com/video/zdnz6f/the-daily-show-with-trevor-noah-the-dangers-of-driving-while-black
* "Washington D.C. Needs to (Puff Puff) Pass Marijuana Legalization:"
* So I was trying to explain Action Park to Caregiver Millennial. For the record, I still think Action Park may have been the most Xer thing ever. This Park had zero safety warnings, safety testing, or safety standards. It maimed and/or killed people every year, and Boomers would take their kids there and set them loose in a water park mostly staffed by untrained teenagers and go off to get drunk in the beer garden knowing how incredibly dangerous it was.
Millennial: Why did they let him keep operating it?
Me, an Xer, with a casual shrug: It was New Jersey in the late seventies and eighties. Nobody much cared if a handful of young people got killed or disabled there.
So I've been thinking about the way I didn't even question it. Like: bad things happened all the time to us growing up. People got beaten up or sexually assaulted or hit by cars or lost random body parts or paralyzed or what have you, and the goal from when you were three or so was to not get killed or maimed. I never saw a bike helmet until I was in my twenties. I road in lots of cars with no seat belts as a kid, knowing damned well how dangerous that was. One time a door popped open due to a mechanical fault and a cousin nearly fell out on the high way, but the others grabbed him and hauled him back in. I had a lover in the '90's whose parents had an old beater car when he was a kid and there was a big hole in the floor through which he and his brother watched the road go by between their legs. I dated multiple people who had their faces and arms burned by stranger's cigarettes because they weren't paying attention and had dangling cigarettes while they were on crowded sidewalks. My sister was injured when a drunk driver rammed us and the cop pressured my mom into not pressing charges until she gave up even though the guy had no license and had 45+ other drunk driving convictions and we could smell him from the passenger side while he was talking to her on the driver's side and was wobbly and slurring his words.
This is not a kids these days rant. This is an observation about a big chunk of my generation growing up with an unspoken assumption that we were expendable.
I'm not saying no one grieved when one of us died. Families were devastated. Friends grieved and grieved. It's more subtle than that. I'm just saying most Boomers couldn't be arsed to lift their cigarette up when passing a parent holding a kid's hand because it was less effort to burn the cheek of a five year old stranger.
I wonder if some of it was the ass end of the Cold war. We just kind of assumed we'd never live to see thirty because the world would likely end, something that seemed a lot more likely once Regan became president. Then the plague hit when I was thirteen and if the Bomb didn't kill you odds are sex would. You just learned to live with it, the way you learned to dodge the neighborhood pedophiles and the gangs of teenagers wanting to catch and really hurt you.
What adult would care about the safety of someone else's kids when the world was this fucked up? Why do something about pollution or the environment or police burning down a whole middle class black neighborhood for political reasons? Why shut down a wildly unsafe water park that disabled or killed some children and teens every year? Why not shred the social safety net, tilt taxation to reward inherited wealth and punish work, why not let college become a lifelong unpayable debt and blame the next three generations for trying to adapt to a wildly hostile world Boomers decided to create because they got theirs let's pull up the ladder so no one else could follow.
Boomers: the Me Generation Xers: the Expendable Generation
Look, I fucking hate helicopter parenting, but I love seat belts and bike helmets and slides that don't tear up your legs. I believe in raising kids to be independent, but there's a happy fucking medium, and the way we were raised was way too far to the Libertarian give no fucks side. Helicopter parenting is the pendulum swinging way to far the other way and then getting weaponized against single parents, parents in poverty, parents who aren't upper middle class white.
Neither of these things are good.
There are so many things that are fucked up about the way Millennials and Zoomers are still paying for the sins of the fathers and Grandfathers down to the third generation. The endless fucking trauma of endless war and active shooter drills, the way everything Boomers tried on us they made geometrically worse for y'all.
The way the weight of all the unaddressed problems the Boomers had zero interest in fixing in the '70's and '80's got geometrically heavier and placed on your shoulders because there weren't even close to enough of us to stop them and we were so busy just trying to survive the hostile late stage capitalist dystopia they build for us.
You aren't expendable. None of us really ever were.
At least with all of here there are so many more hands to try to lift that weight together.
* Wednesday was another bad spasm night, the third spasm night in less than a week and it's usually a day or more to recover from each so yeah. I really need to be less thrashed by chronic illness to even out posting again. I keep being stupid behind on prepped links and the news is moving so fast I can catch up on scaffolding and posting in the windows of decent arm function I get.
I have no fucking clue how I'd have managed the last two weeks without Caregiver Millennial. hopefully at some point things will even out.
* For those following my latest medical saga, I'm now scheduled for the biopsies in July. This delay is due to the procedures requiring hospital outpatient service and the hospital is super backed up on non-emergency procedures. I'm going to keep monitoring for signs of things moving up into the emergency category, which would obviously change the urgency level. We are all in agreement that the situation is serious, but not immediately life threatening and they've upped a key med again to cut down on the condition the symptoms best fit landing me in the ER.
It is possible I could also have cancer, which is why they are taking samples in more than one location, but odds are super high that all or most of the current symptom set is a reoccurrence of an older problem I had off an on for a decadeish back in the '90's early oughts. We are doing cancer checks concurrently just to be safe. Right now it's annoying and unpleasant, but so is my right arm.
It is far, far too early to panic and the whole having a caregiver thing is really the fuck helping with the day to day being geometrically more disabled than I was two years ago thing.
I'm spending too much money on foods that don't require much prep, and have mostly blown through what was left of the stimulus as a result, but I'm not starving, and I think the garden's going to be good this year as I also bought to many starts. ;)
* I think my biggest problem with the current season of Black Lightning is that I really wanted to see a family of super heroes (blood and found included) fight oppressors together. Like, that was what i wanted from the show. There are lots of shows about people who don't get along. I wanted more Anissa and Grace being a battle couple like they were briefly this episode. I used to love watching Lynn and Jefferson co-parent back in season one. I really enjoy Jen and Anissa just being sisters sometimes. I liked Jenn and Jefferson doing stuff at the school. I like the bits that used social media and reflections of real world oppression by authorities. And yes, there are bits of that here and there, in season three, but I just... really wanted more working together as a group and less... interpersonal nastiness.
And yes there are other problems. I'm grumpy about using like half the final season to launch a Painkiller spin off. I'm grumpy about it being a Painkiller spin off and not Annissa, Grace and Jen having a spin off with maybe Painkiller in it. I'm also just not feeling the big plot for a bunch of reasons, which tends to suck the air out of a lot of the episodes.
The thing that really takes the fun out of it though is the whole I just wanted to watch characters I like work together and I'm not getting much of that.
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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.
* Mutual Aid Link Round Up: https://laughingacademy.tumblr.com/post/645696532415447040/popss-great-big-mutual-aid-masterpost
* Want to help the Asian Community?
https://nymag.com/strategist/article/where-to-donate-to-help-asian-communities-2021.html
https://www.gofundme.com/c/act/stop-aapi-hate
https://www.advancingjustice-atlanta.org/
* What to help save bats, and essential part of our ecosystem? "Merlin Tuttle's Bat Conservation:" https://www.merlintuttle.org/
* My oldest continuous Real Life friend is doing this project. "Bed, Bath, & Behemoth: An Epic D&D 5e Adventure:" https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/482738549/bed-bath-and-behemoth-an-epic-dandd-5e-adventure?fbclid=IwAR2pA1NFVGG7aZyrLDC5h9Q0a_g7yMh_rY5rWxrnpZ3sJRSe6yO8gAAEq4M
* 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
* "Millions face hunger as Myanmar crisis worsens, United Nations says :" https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/millions-face-hunger-myanmar-crisis-worsens-united-nations-says-2021-04-22/
* "Analysis: Urgent action on Myanmar is needed but engaging the junta is a risky gamble:" https://www.cnn.com/2021/04/22/asia/asean-myanmar-summit-intl-hnk/index.html
* "China, Myanmar and others criticised in report on rising religious persecution:" https://www.reuters.com/world/china/china-myanmar-others-criticised-report-rising-religious-persecution-2021-04-20/
* "The Incredible Rise of North Korea’s Hacking Army:" https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2021/04/26/the-incredible-rise-of-north-koreas-hacking-army
* "Time running out for missing Indonesian submarine as U.S. joins search:" https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/desperate-hunt-missing-indonesian-submarine-oxygen-set-run-out-2021-04-23/
* "‘So much has been taken from us’: former post office operators speak out:" https://www.theguardian.com/business/2021/apr/23/so-much-has-been-taken-from-us-former-post-office-operators-speak-out
* "Commonwealth war graves: PM 'deeply troubled' over racism:" https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-56840131
* "Meet the new leader of Cuba's Communist Party:" https://www.cnn.com/2021/04/19/americas/cuba-castro-diaz-canel-intl-latam/index.html
* "In its latest lurch to the far right, Denmark plans to send refugees back to Syria:" https://www.cnn.com/2021/04/18/europe/denmark-syrian-refugees-damascus-intl/index.html
* "Facebook planned to remove fake accounts in India – until it realized a BJP politician was involved:" https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2021/apr/15/facebook-india-bjp-fake-accounts
* "I Thought My Job Was To Report On Technology In India. Instead, I Got A Front-Row Seat To The Decline Of My Democracy.:" https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/pranavdixit/indian-government-using-tech-destroy-democracy
* "Delights of Ramadan disappear for Syrian refugees in Lebanon:" https://apnews.com/article/world-news-lebanon-coronavirus-pandemic-ramadan-financial-markets-c35d39117407076945cea9b5403980fd
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* "More young people are getting hospitalized as a 'stickier,' more infectious coronavirus strain becomes dominant:" https://www.cnn.com/2021/04/12/health/b117-covid-variant-young-patients/index.html
* "Learning to breathe: German clinic helps COVID long haulers:" https://apnews.com/article/world-news-general-news-health-bc397414e9131936f6c6b8af7f1129fc
* "New coronavirus cases around the world reached a new weekly record, according to the W.H.O.:" https://www.nytimes.com/2021/04/21/world/coronavirus-global.html
* "Turkey reports record daily number of COVID-19 deaths:" https://apnews.com/article/general-news-health-religion-turkey-51616e9efa1032384fa2282efc499261
* "Why are so many babies dying of Covid-19 in Brazil?:" https://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-56696907
* "Brazil COVID cases still soaring among unprotected majority:" https://apnews.com/article/latin-america-health-coronavirus-brazil-4f87e98d8e4b2a9db9db34bf726364aa
* "Covid: India sees world's highest daily cases amid oxygen shortage:" https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-india-56826645
* "Hospitals overrun as India’s COVID-19 infections top global record for second day:" https://www.reuters.com/world/india/fire-covid-19-hospital-kills-12-india-struggles-with-huge-second-wave-2021-04-23/
* "Cafes Open in Denmark as COVID-19 Restrictions Loosen:" https://www.usnews.com/news/world/articles/2021-04-21/cafes-open-in-denmark-as-covid-19-restrictions-loosen
* "Conspiracy Theories Could Hamper Serbia's Successful Vaccine Rollout:"
* "Japan declares a state of emergency for third time; what does that mean for the Olympics?:" https://www.usatoday.com/story/travel/news/2021/04/23/japan-declares-state-emergency-olympics-danger/7348533002/
* "Sweden’s Pandemic Experiment:" https://www.newyorker.com/news/dispatch/swedens-pandemic-experiment
* "U.S. Issues More Than 115 'Do Not Travel' Advisories, Citing Risks From COVID-19:" https://www.npr.org/sections/coronavirus-live-updates/2021/04/22/989809103/u-s-issues-more-than-115-do-not-travel-advisories-citing-risks-from-covid-19
* "Biden: 200 million Americans have been vaccinated:" https://www.politico.com/news/2021/04/21/biden-businesses-covid-vaccines-484030
* "U.S. sees significant drop in vaccinations over past week:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/2021/04/21/vaccinations-downturn-jj-pause-soft-demand/
* "CDC, FDA lift pause on using J&J's coronavirus vaccine, add safety warning:" https://www.cnn.com/2021/04/23/health/johnson-vaccine-acip-recommendation/index.html
* "‘Excess Deaths’ in 2020 Surpassed Those of 1918 Flu Pandemic:" https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2021/04/23/us/covid-19-death-toll.html
* "COVID-19 hospitalizations tumble among US senior citizens:" https://apnews.com/article/covid-19-hospitalizations-tumble-us-senior-citizens-37f5a0ca5ab76149c1e9bfca9e34eadf
* "The Broken Front Line:" https://www.propublica.org/article/inside-an-emergency-medical-system-on-the-brink-of-collapse
* "Biden administration to provide $150 million to boost Covid response in underserved and vulnerable areas:" https://www.cnn.com/2021/04/19/politics/american-rescue-plan-funding-vulnerable-communities/index.html
* "Least Vaccinated U.S. Counties Have Something in Common: Trump Voters:" https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2021/04/17/us/vaccine-hesitancy-politics.html
* "The U.S. awarded a firm $1.3 billion to make syringes. Where are they?:" https://www.nbcnews.com/health/health-care/trump-administration-awarded-firm-1-3-billion-make-covid-vaccine-n1263872
* "Ron Johnson downplays urgency of getting Covid-19 vaccine:" https://www.cnn.com/2021/04/23/politics/ron-johnson-covid-vaccine/
* "‘No accountability to the truth’: Ron Johnson tests the viability of Trumpism:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/-no-accountability-to-the-truth-ron-johnson-tests-the-viability-of-trumpism-110764101679
* "Florida men indicted for selling bleach as "miracle" COVID-19 cure:" https://www.newsweek.com/florida-men-indicted-selling-bleach-miracle-covid-19-cure-1586153
* "Dr. Fauci on responding to Rep. Jim Jordan's contentious statements at COVID hearing:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-sunday-show/watch/dr-fauci-on-rep-jim-jordan-s-covid-hearing-remarks-ongoing-vaccine-rollout-110415429655
* "Maxine Waters says she told Jim Jordan to ‘shut your mouth’ for ‘bullying’ Dr. Fauci:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-sunday-show/watch/maxine-waters-says-she-told-jim-jordan-to-shut-your-mouth-for-bullying-dr-fauci-110413893870
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* "Protesters across Russia call for Alexey Navalny's release on same day as Putin's annual address:" https://www.cnn.com/2021/04/21/europe/russia-putin-address-navalny-protests-intl/index.html
* "Russia will face consequences if Putin critic Alexei Navalny dies in prison, White House warns:" https://www.cnbc.com/2021/04/18/white-house-warns-russia-will-face-consequences-if-alexei-navalny-dies.html
* "Aleksei Navalny Is Transferred to Hospital After Long Hunger Strike:" https://www.nytimes.com/2021/04/19/world/europe/navalny-hospital-prison-russia.html
* "Opinion: The last chance to save Alexey Navalny:" https://www.cnn.com/2021/04/19/opinions/navalny-putin-last-chance-roth/index.html
* "U.S. ambassador to Russia returning to Washington for ‘consultations’:" https://www.politico.com/news/2021/04/20/us-ambassador-russia-returning-washington-483409
* "Russia orders troops back to base after massive buildup near Ukraine border:" https://www.cnn.com/2021/04/22/europe/russia-military-ukraine-border-exercises-intl/index.html
* "Jailed Kremlin critic Alexey Navalny ends hunger strike:" https://www.cnn.com/2021/04/23/europe/alexey-navalny-ends-hunger-strike-intl/index.html
* "Buoyed by nationwide protests, Russian opposition leader Navalny ends hunger strike:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/buoyed-by-nationwide-protests-russian-opposition-leader-navalny-ends-hunger-strike-110771269573
* "US, China agree to cooperate on climate crisis with urgency:" https://apnews.com/article/joe-biden-climate-shanghai-climate-change-john-kerry-905125d79b6c31940b8747df86c2a87a
* "Biden plans to cut emissions at least in half by 2030:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/2021/04/20/biden-climate-change/
* "To protect bottom line, Chevron aims to tie U.S. hands against military junta in Burma:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/to-protect-bottom-line-chevron-aims-to-tie-u-s-hands-against-military-junta-in-burma-110713925889
* "Biden Makes New Pledge For U.S. Greenhouse Gas Emissions: A 50% Cut:" https://www.npr.org/2021/04/22/988051091/biden-makes-new-pledge-for-u-s-greenhouse-gas-emissions-a-50-cut
* "Chris Hayes: The case for optimism about Biden’s new climate goal:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/chris-hayes-the-case-for-optimism-about-biden-s-new-climate-goal-110697541689
* "Officials: Biden preparing to recognize Armenian genocide:" https://apnews.com/article/politics-joe-biden-turkey-recep-tayyip-erdogan-adam-schiff-280a4525f0e2ac4b82f3268700a62d2d
* "Biden administration withdraws Trump-era proposal to allow homeless shelters to discriminate against transgender people:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2021/04/22/transgender-homeless-shelters-biden-trump/
* "Biden White House removes Trump-era scientist from overseeing climate report:" https://www.cnn.com/2021/04/19/politics/white-house-removes-trump-era-scientist/index.html
* "Biden's associate attorney general nominee Vanita Gupta confirmed after GOP senator breaks ranks:" https://www.cnn.com/2021/04/21/politics/vanita-gupta-nomination-advances/index.html
* "‘Suddenly I’m breathing’: hope as Haaland takes on crisis of missing and murdered Native Americans:" https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/apr/11/deb-haaland-interior-missing-murdered-native-americans-unit
* "Garland returns to Oklahoma City to warn that domestic terrorism is 'still with us':" https://www.politico.com/news/2021/04/19/garland-domestic-terrorism-warning-483091
* "Harris pitches American Jobs Plan during first extended economic speech since becoming VP:" https://www.cnn.com/2021/04/19/politics/kamala-harris-economic-speech/index.html
* "Crisis of Black women being three times more likely to die in childbirth than whites addressed by Vice President Harris:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-sunday-show/watch/black-maternal-health-week-being-designated-by-vice-president-harris-is-discussed-by-experts-who-explain-that-black-women-are-three-times-more-likely-to-die-in-childbirth-than-whites-110416453615
* "By turning care into infrastructure, Biden is the first president to take women’s economic plight seriously:" https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2021/04/caregiving-is-infrastructure-joe-biden/
* "Senate Democrats reject Republican infrastructure bid:" https://www.politico.com/news/2021/04/21/senate-democrats-republican-infrastructure-484035
* "Biden Will Seek Tax Increase on Rich to Fund Child Care and Education:" https://www.nytimes.com/2021/04/22/business/economy/biden-taxes.html
* "Senate overwhelmingly passes anti-Asian hate crimes bill:" https://www.cnn.com/2021/04/22/politics/senate-vote-hate-crimes-bill/
* "Biden administration says it ‘strongly supports’ making D.C. the 51st state:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/dc-politics/biden-dc-statehood-position/2021/04/20/31b86b92-a1e3-11eb-85fc-06664ff4489d_story.html
* "House Democrats Pass Bill To Make D.C. The 51st State:" https://www.npr.org/2021/04/22/989119412/house-democrats-pass-bill-to-make-d-c-the-51st-state
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* "Joy Reid: Senator John Kennedy thought he could get the best of Stacey Abrams:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-reidout/watch/joy-reid-senator-john-kennedy-thought-he-could-get-the-best-of-stacey-abrams-110692421950
* "Stacey Abrams: Why Republicans are 'hysterical' about suppressing the vote:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-reidout/watch/stacey-abrams-why-republicans-are-hysterical-about-suppressing-the-vote-110695493746
* "Dozen Megadonors Gave $3.4 Billion, One in Every 13 Dollars, Since 2009:" https://www.nytimes.com/2021/04/20/us/politics/megadonors-political-spending.html
* "Analysis: Voters say *this* is the biggest election problem in the country:" https://www.cnn.com/2021/04/05/politics/gerrymandering-election-problem/index.html
* "Mass Incarceration Draws Its Own Maps and Creates a Country in Its Image:" https://newrepublic.com/article/161817/mass-incarceration-prison-gerrymandering-districts
* On Tuesday, several states passed laws declaring exercise of 1st Amendment rights a felony and/or proudly legalized terrorism.
* "G.O.P. Bills Target Protesters (and Absolve Motorists Who Hit Them):" https://www.nytimes.com/2021/04/21/us/politics/republican-anti-protest-laws.html
* "Republican bills attack protest rights; wink at running over protesters:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/republican-bills-attack-protest-rights-wink-at-running-over-protesters-110637637629
* "Lawmakers in 34 states have introduced more than 80 anti-protest bills:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-reidout/watch/lawmakers-in-34-states-have-introduced-more-than-80-anti-protest-bills-110693445839
* "The Republican Party Is Already an “America First Caucus”:" https://newrepublic.com/article/162098/greene-anglo-saxon-gop-lincoln
* "Far-right Republicans try to distance themselves from ‘America First’ caucus:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/far-right-republicans-try-to-distance-themselves-from-america-first-caucus-110487109675
* "Joy Reid: America First Caucus confirmed that anti-immigrant racism is firmly rooted in modern GOP:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-reidout/watch/joy-reid-america-first-caucus-confirmed-that-anti-immigrant-racism-is-firmly-rooted-in-modern-gop-110483525742
* "Investigation suppressed by Trump administration reveals obstacles to hurricane aid for Puerto Rico:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2021/04/22/puerto-rico-hurricane-trump-hud/
* "DHS watchdog declined to pursue investigations into Secret Service during Trump administration, documents show:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/secret-service-trump-inspector-general/2021/04/19/87f20cc6-9eea-11eb-9d05-ae06f4529ece_story.html
* "Pompeos violated rules on use of State Department resources, IG finds:" https://www.politico.com/news/2021/04/16/pompeos-violated-rules-on-use-of-state-department-resources-ig-finds-482500
* "Justice Department sues Trump ally Roger Stone, alleging millions in unpaid taxes:" https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/justice-department/justice-department-sues-trump-ally-roger-stone-alleging-millions-unpaid-n1264372
* "New intel links Manafort to Russian spy who provided data to Russia:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-sunday-show/watch/new-intel-links-manafort-to-russian-spy-who-provided-data-to-russia-110414917617
* "Supreme Court tosses out another Republican 2020 election challenge:" https://www.cnn.com/2021/04/19/politics/supreme-court-tosses-gop-2020-election-challenge/index.html
* "A cybersecurity expert who promoted claims of fraud in the 2020 election is leading the GOP-backed recount of millions of ballots in Arizona:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/arizona-recount-cyber-ninjas/2021/04/16/b3cbbf08-996e-11eb-962b-78c1d8228819_story.html
* "Arizona Republicans embrace the ridiculous pursuing recount for Trump:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/arizona-republicans-embrace-the-ridiculous-pursuing-recount-for-trump-110714949561
* "Security lapses plague Arizona Senate's election audit at State Fairgrounds:" https://www.azfamily.com/news/investigations/cbs_5_investigates/security-lapses-plague-arizona-senates-election-audit-at-state-fairgrounds/article_b499aee8-a3ed-11eb-8f94-bfc2918c6cc9.html
* "Sketchy pro-Trump recount off to rocky start in Arizona:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/sketchy-pro-trump-recount-off-to-rocky-start-in-arizona-110768197622
* "Arizona Republicans conduct election ‘audit’ fueled by Trump’s Big Lie:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/arizona-republicans-conduct-election-audit-fueled-by-trump-s-big-lie-110762565721
* "Judge to revoke bail for Proud Boy leaders involved in Capitol riot:" https://www.politico.com/news/2021/04/19/judge-revoke-bail-proud-boy-leaders-483099
* "Lofgren: Capitol Police official being investigated for directions to pursue only 'anti-Trump' protesters Jan. 6:" https://www.politico.com/news/2021/04/21/capitol-officer-investigated-antitrump-protestors-484048
* "Justice Dept. now expects to charge more than 500 in Capitol riot probe:" https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/justice-department/justice-dept-now-expected-charge-more-500-capitol-riot-probe-n1265095
* "‘We are not a match’: Capitol rioter arrested after Bumble match alerts feds:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/-we-are-not-a-match-capitol-rioter-arrested-after-bumble-match-alerts-feds-110763589706
* "Wait, why is GOP demanding to investigate Black Lives Matter in Jan. 6 probe?:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/wait-why-is-gop-demanding-to-investigate-black-lives-matter-in-jan-6-probe-110702149597
* "The Postal Service is running a 'covert operations program' that monitors Americans' social media posts:" https://news.yahoo.com/the-postal-service-is-running-a-running-a-covert-operations-program-that-monitors-americans-social-media-posts-160022919.html
"When contacted by Yahoo News, civil liberties experts expressed alarm at the post office’s surveillance program. “It’s a mystery,” said University of Chicago law professor Geoffrey Stone, whom President Barack Obama appointed to review the National Security Agency’s bulk data collection in the wake of the Edward Snowden leaks. “I don’t understand why the government would go to the Postal Service for examining the internet for security issues.”"
* "Indianapolis FedEx shooter bought two weapons used in killings legally last year despite FBI concerns:" https://www.cnn.com/2021/04/18/us/indianapolis-shooting-fedex-sunday/index.html
* "The Grim Compassion of Searching for Missing Migrants in the Desert:" https://www.newyorker.com/culture/the-new-yorker-documentary/the-grim-compassion-of-searching-for-missing-migrants-in-the-desert
* "ICE, CBP to stop using ‘illegal alien’ and ‘assimilation’ under new Biden administration order:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/illegal-alien-assimilation/2021/04/19/9a2f878e-9ebc-11eb-b7a8-014b14aeb9e4_story.html
* "‘Desperation and frustration’: Rep. Omar reacts to the Biden refugee cap:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/-desperation-and-frustration-rep-omar-reacts-to-the-biden-refugee-cap-110488645758
* "Prosecutor on Derek Chauvin: ‘This wasn’t policing, this was murder’:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-reidout/watch/prosecutor-george-floyd-is-dead-because-chauvin-s-heart-is-too-small-110484037752
* "Joyce Vance: I think the prosecution has put in ‘significant evidence’ in the Chauvin trial:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-reidout/watch/joyce-vance-i-think-the-prosecution-has-put-in-significant-evidence-in-the-chauvin-trial-110483013744
* To Republicans calling the Chauvin trial a lynching: No. A white policeman tried by a multiracial jury of his peers based on solid evidence and found guilty of murdering a black man is the exact opposite of a lynching.
* "Garland announces sweeping police probe after Floyd verdict:" https://apnews.com/article/george-floyd-verdict-police-reform-doj-e24dd1a390a781af3495fa1e0271f492
* "Celebration is laced with warnings after Derek Chauvin conviction:" https://www.politico.com/news/2021/04/20/derek-chauvin-trial-verdict-george-floyd-483535
* "'A glimmer of justice': Eric Garner's mother reacts to the Derek Chauvin guilty verdicts:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/-a-glimmer-of-justice-eric-garner-s-mother-reacts-to-the-derek-chauvin-guilty-verdicts-110566981789
* "Bravery of witnesses made the difference in Chauvin trial:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/bravery-of-witnesses-made-the-difference-in-chauvin-trial-110565957849
* "Warnock on Chauvin verdict: Jury got it right, now we must get policy right:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/warnock-on-chauvin-verdict-jury-got-it-right-now-we-must-get-policy-right-110553669596
* "Chris Hayes: Why the Chauvin verdict is the exception, not the rule:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/chris-hayes-why-the-chauvin-verdict-is-the-exception-not-the-rule-110622789815
* "Sen. Cory Booker: How the George Floyd Act will provide ‘real accountability’:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/sen-cory-booker-how-the-george-floyd-act-will-provide-real-accountability-110624837787
* "After Chauvin verdict, VP Harris calls on Congress to pass the George Floyd Justice in Policing Act:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-reidout/watch/after-chauvin-verdict-vp-harris-calls-on-congress-to-pass-the-george-floyd-justice-in-policing-act-110548549657
* "Joy Reid: True justice requires going further than the Chauvin verdict:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-reidout/watch/joy-reid-true-justice-requires-going-further-than-the-chauvin-verdict-110618693890
* "Rep. Maxine Waters on GOP censure vote: ‘Republicans love to use me as a target’:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-reidout/watch/rep-maxine-waters-on-gop-censure-vote-republicans-love-to-use-me-as-a-target-110548037856
* To Republicans calling the Chauvin trial a lynching: No. A white policeman tried by a multiracial jury of his peers based on solid evidence and found guilty of murdering a black man is the exact opposite of a lynching.
* "Joy Reid: The right’s reaction to the Chauvin verdict was ‘stunning and predictable’:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-reidout/watch/joy-reid-the-right-s-reaction-to-the-chauvin-verdict-was-stunning-and-predictable-110620741826
* "How the prosecution of Derek Chauvin was ‘unique from the start’:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-reidout/watch/how-the-prosecution-of-derek-chauvin-was-unique-from-the-start-110759493571
* "‘It’s no time to rest’: Grieving mothers demand policing reforms:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-reidout/watch/-it-s-no-time-to-rest-grieving-mothers-demand-policing-reforms-110760005901
* "Joy: I spend lots of time speaking to mothers grieving kids lost to police. It’s personal.:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-reidout/watch/joy-i-spend-lots-of-time-speaking-to-mothers-grieving-kids-lost-to-police-it-s-personal-110760517746
* "Michele Norris on police shootings: ‘It’s like living in Groundhog Day’:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-reidout/watch/michele-norris-on-police-shootings-it-s-like-living-in-groundhog-day-110482501954
* "Capehart shares exhaustion of being Black in America in this week’s ‘Bye Line’:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-sunday-show/watch/black-people-exhausted-by-police-shooting-deaths-racism-discussed-in-capehart-s-bye-line-110413893820
* "Though often used to justify shootings, not all threats to police are met with bullets:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/though-often-used-to-justify-shootings-not-all-threats-to-police-are-met-with-bullets-110638149540
* "Columbus Police Shoot And Kill Black, Teenage Girl:" https://www.npr.org/2021/04/20/989342784/16-year-old-black-girl-who-called-for-help-fatally-shot-by-police-ohio-family-sa
* "'God knows what happened': North Carolina deputy fatally shoots Black man, but police release few details:" https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2021/04/21/andrew-brown-jr-fatally-shot-north-carolina-deputy-police-say/7323753002/
* "Knox County DA: No charges for officer in fatal shooting of 17-year-old at school:" https://wreg.com/news/national/knoxville-da-officer-justified-in-fatally-shooting-17-year-old-at-school/
* "Police killings of Black Americans continue apace in wake of Chauvin verdict:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/police-killings-of-black-americans-continue-apace-in-wake-of-chauvin-verdict-110637125955
* "The Myth of the Dangerous Traffic Stop Is Killing Black Men in America:" https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2021/04/daunte-wright-dangerous-traffic-stop-myth.html
* "What do communities do when the police retreat?:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2021/04/12/minneapolis-little-earth-police-alternative/
* "Killings by Police Declined after Black Lives Matter Protests:" https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/killings-by-police-declined-after-black-lives-matter-protests1/
* "Former Buffalo officer who stopped fellow cop's chokehold on suspect will get pension after winning lawsuit:" https://chicagocrusader.com/former-buffalo-officer-who-stopped-fellow-cops-chokehold-on-suspect-will-get-pension-after-winning-lawsuit/
* "How the Media Covered Police Brutality Three Decades Ago:" https://daily.jstor.org/how-the-media-covered-police-brutality-three-decades-ago/
* "Supreme Court Rejects Restrictions On Life Without Parole For Juveniles:" https://www.npr.org/2021/04/22/989822872/supreme-court-rejects-restrictions-on-life-without-parole-for-juveniles
* "Kavanaugh an ill-considered choice to pen ruling on incorrigible childhood offenses:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/kavanaugh-an-ill-considered-choice-to-pen-ruling-on-incorrigible-childhood-offenses-110710853702
* "Black residents to get reparations in Evanston, Illinois:" https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-56497294
* "How Legal Weed in New Jersey Helps Improve Social Justice:"
* CW: Harassment, Abuse "Joss Whedon: Why Harmful Creators Are Allowed To Thrive:"
* CW: Rape. "NEW Armie Hammer Updates + The BDSM Cult That Hid in Plain Sight:"
* CW: Domestic Violence. "Women Are Fighting for Their Lives in Puerto Rico:"
* CW: Domestic Violence. "A quarter of HIV-positive Americans have experienced intimate partner violence:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2021/04/18/hiv-intimate-partner-violence-america-health-outcomes-cdc/
* "Milkshakes, tacos and consent: New government video slammed as confusing and concerning:" https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-04-19/government-consent-video-milkshake-taco-slammed/100079682
* "Government plans crack down on 'rape culture' in schools:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2021/04/20/government-bullying-schools-scheme-anti-lgbt-funding-scrapped/
* "The Road to Terfdom:" https://lux-magazine.com/article/the-road-to-terfdom/
* "The Full TERF - How ‘Gender Critical' Harms Transgender Folks:"
* "Transphobia Doesn't Make Sense:"
* "A History of the Word "Bisexual":"
* "Northern Ireland conversion therapy ban wins overwhelming support in Stormont vote:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2021/04/20/northern-ireland-assembly-conversion-therapy-ban-motion/
* "Nicola Sturgeon gives Boris Johnson final conversion therapy ultimatum:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2021/04/19/nicola-sturgeon-boris-johnson-conversion-therapy/
* "Ex-DUP minister opposes conversion therapy ban: 'What if I struggled with same-sex attraction?':" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2021/04/20/jim-wells-dup-conversion-therapy-northern-ireland/
* "Arlene Foster to meet LGBT+ groups after vowing to block full conversion therapy ban:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2021/04/22/arlene-foster-dup-lgbt-groups-conversion-therapy-assembly/
* "Gay former extremist Caolan Robertson says leaving the far-right was like escaping ‘a cult’:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2021/04/18/caolan-robertson-gay-former-extremist-far-right-cult-homophobia-tommy-robinson/
* "Tories using 'transphobia and racism' to 'keep control', Labour MP warns:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2021/04/19/zarah-sultana-tories-culture-wars-transphobia-racism/
* "Anti-trans pressure group LGB Alliance officially recognised as a charity:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2021/04/20/lgb-alliance-charity-commission-register-england-wales/
* "Thug jailed after spitting in trans woman’s face during thick of the pandemic:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2021/04/22/neil-cleal-spat-trans-woman-coronavirus-pandemic-southampton-jailed/
* "A Gay Man's Life Was Threatened So Aussies Painted His House Rainbow:" https://www.outtraveler.com/news/2021/4/22/gay-mans-life-was-threatened-so-aussies-painted-his-house-rainbow
* "GOP to Trans Youth: We Know You Better Than You Know Yourselves:" https://www.advocate.com/commentary/2021/4/21/gop-trans-youth-we-know-you-better-you-know-yourselves
* "Arizona passes bill to let parents stop kids from learning about queer people:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2021/04/15/arizona-lgbt-school-bill/
* "Alabama Wants to Send Doctors to Prison for Treating Trans Kids:"
* "North Dakota, Kansas Governors Veto Anti-Trans Sports Bills:" https://www.advocate.com/transgender/2021/4/22/north-dakotas-gop-governor-vetoes-anti-trans-sports-bill
* "Florida's Anti-Trans Sports Bill Won't Pass:" https://www.advocate.com/transgender/2021/4/21/floridas-anti-trans-sports-bill-wont-pass
* "Florida School Reverses Decision, Will Allow LGBTQ+ Pages in Yearbook:" https://www.advocate.com/youth/2021/4/21/florida-school-reverses-decision-will-allow-lgbtq-pages-yearbook
* +bonus racism. "Fox News host Tucker Carlson appears to support Harvey Milk’s assassin:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2021/04/23/tucker-carlson-yearbook-dan-white-harvey-milk-jesse-helms-trinity-college/
* "Instagram accused of ‘sexualising, policing and censoring trans bodies’:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2021/04/22/instagram-trans-bodies-censorhip-we-deserve-to-be-here/
* "Thousands in Texas at Risk of Losing Access to Critical HIV Meds:" https://www.hivplusmag.com/news/2021/4/19/thousands-texas-risk-losing-access-critical-hiv-meds
* "A Boy, His Brain, and a Decades-Long Medical Controversy:" https://www.wired.com/story/a-boy-his-brain-and-a-decades-long-medical-controversy/
* "Malaria vaccine hailed as potential breakthrough:" https://www.bbc.com/news/health-56858158
* "Microbes are ‘unknown unknowns’ despite being vital to all life, says study:" https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2021/apr/19/microbes-are-unknown-unknowns-despite-being-vital-to-all-life-says-study
* "How 12,000 Tonnes of Dumped Orange Peel Grew Into a Landscape Nobody Expected to Find:" https://www.sciencealert.com/how-12-000-tonnes-of-dumped-orange-peel-produced-something-nobody-imagined
* "Japan's Worst Nuclear Disaster Still Haunts Fukushima:"
* "From toilet to tap: The Los Angeles plan to recycle wastewater:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/from-toilet-to-tap-the-los-angeles-plan-to-recycle-wastewater-110703685694
* "Table Mountain fire: Historic buildings destroyed in Cape Town:" https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-56793317
* "La Soufriere Volcano erupts explosively again:" https://www.nationnews.com/2021/04/18/la-soufriere-volcano-erupts-explosively/
* "UN to assist Barbados with ash clean-up:" https://www.nationnews.com/2021/04/22/un-assist-barbados-ash-clean/
* "100,000-year-old Neanderthal footprints show children playing in the sand:" https://www.livescience.com/neanderthal-footprints-children-playing-on-beach.html
* "Creepy sculpture with human faces is even older than experts thought:" https://www.livescience.com/shigir-idol-older-than-thought.html
* "3,000-Year-Old Bird-Shaped Vessel Placed in Burial Urn Found in Bulgaria’s Baley in Crucial Thracian Bronze Age Necropolis - Archaeology in Bulgaria. and Beyond:" http://archaeologyinbulgaria.com/2021/04/04/3000-year-old-bird-shaped-vessel-placed-burial-urn-found-in-bulgarias-baley-in-crucial-thracian-bronze-age-necropolis/
* "Ancient Inscription Points to Lost Temple of Unknown God in Yemen:" https://www.livescience.com/65024-ancient-inscription-lost-temple-yemen.html
* "The Hairstyles of Faustina the Younger:"
* "Necropolis found in Corsica offers rare glimpse into lives of ancient population:" https://www.rfi.fr/en/france/20210410-necropolis-found-in-corsica-offers-rare-glimpse-into-lives-of-ancient-population-france-tunisia-ile-rousse-archaeology
* "Roman-era gallery discovered beneath Istanbul’s Topkapı Palace:" https://www.dailysabah.com/turkey/istanbul/roman-era-gallery-discovered-beneath-istanbuls-topkapi-palace
* "800-year-old medieval pottery fragments reveal Jewish dietary practices:" http://www.bristol.ac.uk/news/2021/april/pottery-jewish-diet.html
* "The Royal Spy Who Became the Feminist Answer to Shakespeare:" https://narratively.com/the-royal-spy-who-became-the-feminist-answer-to-shakespeare/
* "Battle of Culloden's 275th anniversary to be marked online:" https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-scotland-highlands-islands-56661832
* "Remembering the Tulsa race massacre as the 100th anniversary approaches:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/remembering-the-tulsa-race-massacre-as-the-100th-anniversary-approaches-110495301935
* "Former Vice President Walter Mondale has died at the age of 93:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/former-vice-president-walter-mondale-has-died-at-the-age-of-93-110491717528
* "‘Big Bird Bandits’: two men arrested and charged after alleged Sesame Street costume theft:" https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2021/apr/24/big-bird-bandits-two-men-arrested-and-charged-after-alleged-sesame-street-costume-theft
* "Things Your Parents Said Were Illegal...:"
‘Big Bird Bandits’: two men arrested and charged after alleged Sesame Street costume theft
* "Bankruptcy: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver:"
* "Minnesota Police Shooting & Violent Traffic Stop in Virginia:" https://www.cc.com/video/5ekxp1/the-daily-show-with-trevor-noah-minnesota-police-shooting-violent-traffic-stop-in-virginia
* "Please Allow Me to Introduce Yourself - Joe Manchin:" https://www.cc.com/video/u5f8a2/the-daily-show-with-trevor-noah-please-allow-me-to-introduce-yourself-joe-manchin
* "Policing in America - Daunte Wright & Capitol Riot Update:" https://www.cc.com/video/bo5jj7/the-daily-show-with-trevor-noah-policing-in-america-daunte-wright-capitol-riot-update
* "The Dangers of Driving While Black:" https://www.cc.com/video/zdnz6f/the-daily-show-with-trevor-noah-the-dangers-of-driving-while-black
* "Washington D.C. Needs to (Puff Puff) Pass Marijuana Legalization:"
* So I was trying to explain Action Park to Caregiver Millennial. For the record, I still think Action Park may have been the most Xer thing ever. This Park had zero safety warnings, safety testing, or safety standards. It maimed and/or killed people every year, and Boomers would take their kids there and set them loose in a water park mostly staffed by untrained teenagers and go off to get drunk in the beer garden knowing how incredibly dangerous it was.
Millennial: Why did they let him keep operating it?
Me, an Xer, with a casual shrug: It was New Jersey in the late seventies and eighties. Nobody much cared if a handful of young people got killed or disabled there.
So I've been thinking about the way I didn't even question it. Like: bad things happened all the time to us growing up. People got beaten up or sexually assaulted or hit by cars or lost random body parts or paralyzed or what have you, and the goal from when you were three or so was to not get killed or maimed. I never saw a bike helmet until I was in my twenties. I road in lots of cars with no seat belts as a kid, knowing damned well how dangerous that was. One time a door popped open due to a mechanical fault and a cousin nearly fell out on the high way, but the others grabbed him and hauled him back in. I had a lover in the '90's whose parents had an old beater car when he was a kid and there was a big hole in the floor through which he and his brother watched the road go by between their legs. I dated multiple people who had their faces and arms burned by stranger's cigarettes because they weren't paying attention and had dangling cigarettes while they were on crowded sidewalks. My sister was injured when a drunk driver rammed us and the cop pressured my mom into not pressing charges until she gave up even though the guy had no license and had 45+ other drunk driving convictions and we could smell him from the passenger side while he was talking to her on the driver's side and was wobbly and slurring his words.
This is not a kids these days rant. This is an observation about a big chunk of my generation growing up with an unspoken assumption that we were expendable.
I'm not saying no one grieved when one of us died. Families were devastated. Friends grieved and grieved. It's more subtle than that. I'm just saying most Boomers couldn't be arsed to lift their cigarette up when passing a parent holding a kid's hand because it was less effort to burn the cheek of a five year old stranger.
I wonder if some of it was the ass end of the Cold war. We just kind of assumed we'd never live to see thirty because the world would likely end, something that seemed a lot more likely once Regan became president. Then the plague hit when I was thirteen and if the Bomb didn't kill you odds are sex would. You just learned to live with it, the way you learned to dodge the neighborhood pedophiles and the gangs of teenagers wanting to catch and really hurt you.
What adult would care about the safety of someone else's kids when the world was this fucked up? Why do something about pollution or the environment or police burning down a whole middle class black neighborhood for political reasons? Why shut down a wildly unsafe water park that disabled or killed some children and teens every year? Why not shred the social safety net, tilt taxation to reward inherited wealth and punish work, why not let college become a lifelong unpayable debt and blame the next three generations for trying to adapt to a wildly hostile world Boomers decided to create because they got theirs let's pull up the ladder so no one else could follow.
Boomers: the Me Generation Xers: the Expendable Generation
Look, I fucking hate helicopter parenting, but I love seat belts and bike helmets and slides that don't tear up your legs. I believe in raising kids to be independent, but there's a happy fucking medium, and the way we were raised was way too far to the Libertarian give no fucks side. Helicopter parenting is the pendulum swinging way to far the other way and then getting weaponized against single parents, parents in poverty, parents who aren't upper middle class white.
Neither of these things are good.
There are so many things that are fucked up about the way Millennials and Zoomers are still paying for the sins of the fathers and Grandfathers down to the third generation. The endless fucking trauma of endless war and active shooter drills, the way everything Boomers tried on us they made geometrically worse for y'all.
The way the weight of all the unaddressed problems the Boomers had zero interest in fixing in the '70's and '80's got geometrically heavier and placed on your shoulders because there weren't even close to enough of us to stop them and we were so busy just trying to survive the hostile late stage capitalist dystopia they build for us.
You aren't expendable. None of us really ever were.
At least with all of here there are so many more hands to try to lift that weight together.
* Wednesday was another bad spasm night, the third spasm night in less than a week and it's usually a day or more to recover from each so yeah. I really need to be less thrashed by chronic illness to even out posting again. I keep being stupid behind on prepped links and the news is moving so fast I can catch up on scaffolding and posting in the windows of decent arm function I get.
I have no fucking clue how I'd have managed the last two weeks without Caregiver Millennial. hopefully at some point things will even out.
* For those following my latest medical saga, I'm now scheduled for the biopsies in July. This delay is due to the procedures requiring hospital outpatient service and the hospital is super backed up on non-emergency procedures. I'm going to keep monitoring for signs of things moving up into the emergency category, which would obviously change the urgency level. We are all in agreement that the situation is serious, but not immediately life threatening and they've upped a key med again to cut down on the condition the symptoms best fit landing me in the ER.
It is possible I could also have cancer, which is why they are taking samples in more than one location, but odds are super high that all or most of the current symptom set is a reoccurrence of an older problem I had off an on for a decadeish back in the '90's early oughts. We are doing cancer checks concurrently just to be safe. Right now it's annoying and unpleasant, but so is my right arm.
It is far, far too early to panic and the whole having a caregiver thing is really the fuck helping with the day to day being geometrically more disabled than I was two years ago thing.
I'm spending too much money on foods that don't require much prep, and have mostly blown through what was left of the stimulus as a result, but I'm not starving, and I think the garden's going to be good this year as I also bought to many starts. ;)
* I think my biggest problem with the current season of Black Lightning is that I really wanted to see a family of super heroes (blood and found included) fight oppressors together. Like, that was what i wanted from the show. There are lots of shows about people who don't get along. I wanted more Anissa and Grace being a battle couple like they were briefly this episode. I used to love watching Lynn and Jefferson co-parent back in season one. I really enjoy Jen and Anissa just being sisters sometimes. I liked Jenn and Jefferson doing stuff at the school. I like the bits that used social media and reflections of real world oppression by authorities. And yes, there are bits of that here and there, in season three, but I just... really wanted more working together as a group and less... interpersonal nastiness.
And yes there are other problems. I'm grumpy about using like half the final season to launch a Painkiller spin off. I'm grumpy about it being a Painkiller spin off and not Annissa, Grace and Jen having a spin off with maybe Painkiller in it. I'm also just not feeling the big plot for a bunch of reasons, which tends to suck the air out of a lot of the episodes.
The thing that really takes the fun out of it though is the whole I just wanted to watch characters I like work together and I'm not getting much of that.
*****
* 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.
* Mutual Aid Link Round Up: https://laughingacademy.tumblr.com/post/645696532415447040/popss-great-big-mutual-aid-masterpost
* Want to help the Asian Community?
https://nymag.com/strategist/article/where-to-donate-to-help-asian-communities-2021.html
https://www.gofundme.com/c/act/stop-aapi-hate
https://www.advancingjustice-atlanta.org/
* What to help save bats, and essential part of our ecosystem? "Merlin Tuttle's Bat Conservation:" https://www.merlintuttle.org/
* My oldest continuous Real Life friend is doing this project. "Bed, Bath, & Behemoth: An Epic D&D 5e Adventure:" https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/482738549/bed-bath-and-behemoth-an-epic-dandd-5e-adventure?fbclid=IwAR2pA1NFVGG7aZyrLDC5h9Q0a_g7yMh_rY5rWxrnpZ3sJRSe6yO8gAAEq4M
* 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