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* "Jovenel Moïse: Foreign hit squad killed Haiti's president, police say:" https://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-57766749

* "Florida suspect in Haiti president killing deepens mystery:" https://apnews.com/article/caribbean-florida-united-nations-haiti-e68c210cc43fb0d8b10158902c74e5c6

* "Myanmar protesters commemorate 1962 student resistance:" https://apnews.com/article/myanmar-government-and-politics-02d87d36b0cd901806b04ebd1f2b323a

* "Myanmar: From political crisis, to ‘multi-dimensional human rights catastrophe’:" https://news.un.org/en/story/2021/07/1095392

* CW: Rape. "Russian Mercenaries Are Allegedly Raping and Murdering Central African Civilians:"

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* "Colombia used 'excessive force' against protesters, says human rights report:" https://www.cnn.com/2021/07/08/americas/colombia-excessive-force-protests-intl/index.html

* "Colombia’s Deadly Fight for Justice:"

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* "Cubans take to streets in rare protests over lack of freedoms and worsening economy:" https://www.cnn.com/2021/07/11/americas/cuba-protests/index.html

* "South African military deployed as ex-leader Zuma jailed and looting spreads:" https://www.cnn.com/2021/07/12/africa/zuma-looting-south-africa-intl/index.html

* Given a fifth of the country wasn't allowed to vote.... "Ethiopia election: Abiy Ahmed wins with huge majority:" https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-57791868

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* It’s still extremely rare and far less dangerous than getting COVID. "FDA adds new warning on Johnson & Johnson vaccine related to rare autoimmune disorder:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/2021/07/12/johnson-and-johnson-warning/

* CW: Child Death "Covid-19 is killing Brazilian children at alarming rates. Many may be going undiagnosed:" https://www.cnn.com/2021/06/30/americas/brazil-children-covid-deaths-intl/index.html

* "Covid-19 pandemic: 'Everything you should not do, Brazil has done':" https://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-57733540

* "Brazil Vaccine Scandal Imperils Bolsonaro as Protests Spread:" https://www.nytimes.com/2021/07/03/world/americas/brazil-bolsonaro-vaccine-scandal.html

* "Japan PM Suga declares state of COVID-19 emergency in Tokyo:" https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/japan-pm-suga-declares-state-covid-19-emergency-tokyo-2021-07-08/

* "India’s COVID Crisis Is Making Oxygen Scammers Rich:"

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* "Indonesia short on oxygen, seeks help as virus cases soar:" https://www.pbs.org/newshour/world/indonesia-short-on-oxygen-seeks-help-as-virus-cases-soar

* "The C.D.C. Issues New School Guidance, With Emphasis on Full Reopening:" https://www.nytimes.com/2021/07/09/health/cdc-schools-reopening-guidelines.html

* "Republicans push to ban "discrimination" against unvaccinated people:" https://www.axios.com/republicans-coronavirus-vaccines-discrimination-law-states-533503fb-fa83-43d0-bd51-2d614483d241.html

* The Republican War on Reality continues. "GOP Rep. Lauren Boebert Scorned After Ridiculous Suggestion To Tackle Delta Variant:" https://www.huffpost.com/entry/lauren-boebert-covid-19-delta-variant-tweet_n_60dd5e33e4b0b94d34de3a12

* "Joy Reid slams the CPAC speakers who waged war on the COVID vaccine:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-reidout/watch/cpac-conference-speakers-audience-celebrating-covid-vaccine-resistance-slammed-by-joy-reid-116665413847

* "Hayes: Right-wing engineers outrage over vaccine ‘coercion’:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/chris-hayes-says-right-wing-engineers-outrage-over-vaccine-coercion-116508741804

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* "Biden backs Trump rejection of China's South China Sea claim:" https://apnews.com/article/business-government-and-politics-china-south-china-sea-5ea0eeb76a57d529dc982caeb802c456

* "Biden tells Putin the U.S. will take ‘any necessary action’ after latest ransomware attack, White House says:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/russia-united-states-ransomware-attacks-biden/2021/07/09/034ac07e-e0d7-11eb-b507-697762d090dd_story.html

* "U.S. legacy of evacuating, protecting military allies looms over Afghanistan withdrawal:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/u-s-legacy-of-evacuating-protecting-military-allies-looms-over-afghanistan-withdrawal-116452421941

* "Guam ready to help process Afghan interpreter evacuees; awaits order: Governor Guerrero:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/guam-ready-to-help-process-afghan-interpreter-evacuees-awaits-order-governor-guerrero-116454469535

* "Education Department urges Biden to extend student loan relief:" https://www.politico.com/news/2021/07/09/student-loan-relief-extension-498942

* "E.P.A. Approved Toxic Chemicals for Fracking a Decade Ago, New Files Show:" https://www.nytimes.com/2021/07/12/climate/epa-pfas-fracking-forever-chemicals.html

* "Biden taps Eric Garcetti for India ambassador post:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2021/07/09/garcetti-india-ambassador-india/

* "Biden launches assault on monopolies:" https://www.politico.com/news/2021/07/08/biden-assault-monopolies-498876

* "Wide-ranging Biden competition-boosting executive order includes perks for consumers:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/wide-ranging-biden-competition-boosting-executive-order-includes-perks-for-consumers-116526149557

* "Republicans unite to defund a specific type of police:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/republicans-unite-to-defund-a-specific-type-of-police-116443717641

* "Why Aren't D.C. and Puerto Rico States? It's Complicated:"

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* "The Complicated History of Citizen's Arrest Laws:"

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* "Republican Fight to Criminalize Protest Tactics: VICE News Tonight on HBO:"

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* "What's Actually Changed Since George Floyd's Murder?:"

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* "How Chicago Is Trying to Stop Shootings Without Police:"

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* "'An incredible day' as Lee statue removed in Charlottesville:" https://apnews.com/article/charlottesville-robert-e-lee-statue-removed-2efbc5e13b74e2545a0f6642e2384308

* "Nikole Hannah-Jones & Ta-Nehisi Coates: Which story will we tell about America?:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/nikole-hannah-jones-and-ta-nehisi-coates-on-critical-race-theory-and-gop-voter-suppression-efforts-116443717982

* "GOP efforts to ban critical race theory mimic authoritarian ‘memory laws’ historian says:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-reidout/watch/critical-race-theory-bans-mimic-memory-laws-in-authoritarian-states-like-russia-historian-says-116511301792

* "Joy Reid gives history lesson as parents reportedly object to teaching Civil Rights icon’s memoir:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-reidout/watch/parents-reportedly-objecting-to-teaching-ruby-bridges-memoir-spark-civil-rights-history-lesson-by-joy-reid-116510789955

* "Woman Who Says ICE Gave Her Unwanted Gynecological Surgery Has Been Released:"

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* "Outrage in Georgia after cameraman dies following vicious attack by anti-Pride mob:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2021/07/12/georgia-alexander-lashkarava-tbilisi/

* "Three Arrested in Brutal Killing of 24-Year-Old Gay Man in Spain:" https://www.advocate.com/world/2021/7/07/samuel-luiz-spain-killing-arrest-murder-gay-crime-protests

* "At End of SCOTUS Term, Where Are We on LGBTQ+ Rights?:" https://www.advocate.com/commentary/2021/7/07/end-scotus-term-where-are-we-lgbtq-rights

* "Trans Nudity at Los Angeles Spa Roils City:" https://www.advocate.com/transgender/2021/7/07/trans-nudity-los-angeles-spa-roils-city

* "Teen Charged for Attempting to Murder Stranger He Thought Was Gay:" https://www.advocate.com/crime/2021/7/07/teen-charged-attempting-murder-stranger-he-thought-was-gay

* "Gene therapy turns children’s lives around:" https://cosmosmagazine.com/health/medicine/gene-therapy-turns-childrens-lives-around/

* "Insect Experts Will Change The Name Of The 'Gypsy Moth' And 'Gypsy Ant':" https://www.npr.org/2021/07/10/1014787096/insect-experts-will-change-the-name-of-the-gypsy-moth-and-gypsy-ant

* "When It Gets Real:" https://alexsteffen.substack.com/p/when-it-gets-real

* "Heat Wave Killed An Estimated 1 Billion Sea Creatures, And Scientists Fear Even Worse:" https://www.npr.org/2021/07/09/1014564664/billion-sea-creatures-mussels-dead-canada-british-columbia-vancouver

* "Record number of manatees die in Florida as food source dries up:" https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2021/jul/12/record-number-of-manatees-die-in-florida-as-food-source-dries-up

* "New Yorkers wade through waist-deep floods to reach their trains as storms pummel the city:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2021/07/09/new-york-flash-floods-subway/

* "Lightning fires reported in Okanogan-Wenatchee forest:" https://www.yaktrinews.com/lightning-fires-reported-in-okanogan-wenatchee-national-forest/

* "Firefighters make progress against big fires in US West:" https://www.miamiherald.com/news/business/article252726523.html

* "Generational amnesia: The memory loss that harms the planet:" https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20210623-generational-amnesia-the-memory-loss-that-harms-the-planet

* "Going Green With Lithium Has Environmentalists Torn:"

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* "The lie of "expired" food:" https://www.vox.com/22559293/food-waste-expiration-label-best-before

* "New kind of ice is so bendy it can curl and uncurl without breaking:" https://www.newscientist.com/article/2283602-new-kind-of-ice-is-so-bendy-it-can-curl-and-uncurl-without-breaking/

* Creepy! "Samsung Washing Machine App Requires Access to Your Contacts and Location:" https://www.vice.com/en/article/z3xqdw/samsung-washing-machine-app-requires-access-to-your-contacts-and-location

* "Destruction For Nada:"

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* NWS "A Giant Chalk Figure Is Finally Starting to Make Some Sense:" https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2021/07/how-old-cerne-abbas-giant/619406/

* "Are They Gay? - Alexander Hamilton and John Laurens:"

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* "The French Revolution: Crash Course World History #29:"

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* "Haitian Revolutions: Crash Course World History #30:"

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* "Latin American Revolutions: Crash Course World History #31:"

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* "Drought and Famine: Crash Course World History #208:"

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* Asexuals were always part of the queer community: https://sherlock-is-ace.tumblr.com/post/656098031135047680/you-gonna-bac-up-your-claim-that-cisgender

* "Samurai, Daimyo, Matthew Perry, and Nationalism: Crash Course World History #34:"

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* "A History of Menstruation:"

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* "Purity, Promiscuity, and The American Teenager:"

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* "100 Years of LGBT+ Music: From Ma Rainey to Little Nas X:"

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* "Judas and the Black Messiah Ending Shows Horrific Legacy of COINTELPRO:" https://www.denofgeek.com/movies/judas-and-the-black-messiah-ending-legacy-cointelpro/

* "Gay Son Pays Tribute to Dads With HIV Who Died Five Days Apart:" https://www.hivplusmag.com/news/2021/7/06/gay-son-pays-tribute-dads-hiv-who-died-five-days-apart

* "The Rare Jewels Salvaged from America’s Old Auto Factories:" https://www.messynessychic.com/2021/07/01/the-rare-jewels-salvaged-from-americas-old-auto-factories/

* "Puyallup tribal members return here to harvest sacred cedar bark:" https://www.thenewstribune.com/news/state/washington/article252521723.html

* "What Makes Disney Villains so Gay?:"

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* "The Queer History of Loki (It’s Weirder Than You Think):"

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* "Suddenly All of The Gay:"

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* Friday, I managed to damage my torso sitting up too fast. Again.

Saturday, I was doing physio in advance of going to a birthday party (Of all full vax people), we tavy kept coming in and sitting on me and demanding cuddles. This happens sometimes, so I thought nothing of it, until I had to go out to get a number and make a phone call relaying our ride's eta, and sat in vomit. Charming! I started cleaning that up, and slipped in more vomit and nearly went down. Two more soiled locations were found in the course of cleaning the office and myself.

So I go back in to again try to get ready and finish physio. Tavy came for another cuddle, or so I thought. In reality, it was a clever ruse designed to let him pin me and attempt to eat my clothes while I was wearing them. During which, he 'helpfully' called the paramedics by biting the alarm pedant. By the time I'd disentangled myself and got my legs working sufficient to stumble out of my room to answer the box, the nice people who man the alarm box were shouting to see if I was already in advance of calling the paramedics and poor Squirrel was pulling on clothes to come see if I was dead in the bathroom or something.

Bonus: The ruckus terrified both cats into hiding. He didn't get the medicine finger before I left. I didn't see her for over 24 hours and she's not eating her meat, which is a serious concern. When I got back from the very nice party, she was still hiding and he was Mr. Cuddles. I checked my bed for vomit and didn't see any. I was just getting out the night pills when I spotted a tell tale shrivelled arugula leaf on a pillow. Damnit! Further investigation showed he'd dragged the pillow on top of more arugula vomit. Of course. Not his fault. He needed his medicine finger.
Sunday: I logged in to someone asking if I’d been hacked on tumblr. I hadn’t been on in twoish days so it took a little digging to find. I did change my password, but my current theory is I wasn’t hacked, rather someone up a reblog chain had been and whatever had been there was replaced by shitty explicit hetero porn. Well spotted tumblr, friend, well spotted.

There is no situation in which I’d be posting a close up of the genitals of straight people fucking. Tasteful nudes regardless of gender yes. Art or artistic photographs of queer people kissing, possibly undressed or nearly so, but no. If you spot bad explicit het porn on my social media something has gone terribly wrong somewhere.

* Monday's telemedicine explained the contradictory stuff assorted doctor's have been telling me. apparently Manchinville wasn't the aggressive colony trying to kill me. The new procedure suggests he can be left alone, so we are turning our attention towards the scattering of long term threats that that is McConellville. They have pushed back the attack on McConnellville to fall, since I seem to have stabilized for the moment absent another ER visit this Summer.

* "20 Photos of Trans Elders Who Have Survived:" https://www.advocate.com/photography/2018/9/06/20-photos-trans-elders-who-have-survived-jess-t-dugan?utm_source=direct&utm_medium=house&utm_campaign=photography%20#media-gallery-media-17

* ToS: Season 2 Rewatch:

- 2.26: Assignment Earth.

The gang travel to 1968 for historical research even though they nearly wiped out start fleet time traveling once, but sure, historical research is worth wiping out earth retroactively or whatever. Also, time travel is now easy? Something beams aboard the vessel using powerful tech star fleet doesn't have. It's a black cat and a guy with a suit. The man and cat are distressed by them being ahistorical. Right back at you Gary 7 and Isis cat. They want to be beamed down to save earth. Kirk and Spock debate veracity. A scuffle ensues; Kirk shoots Gary 7.

Various departments report: They can't find his planet, which he said was hidden. Recordings got fused. Spock lists historical events, all potentially dangerous, but orbitral nukes are the obvious issue. Gary frees himself. McCoy says the readings are perfect and human. The cat runs off. Gary and Isis beam down.

Gary and Isis discuss how primitive it all is on earth. He tries to checkk in with his computyer, but it says he isn't stationed here. His ancestors were taken to Beta Seven 6000 years ago. The agents stationed here are missing. They were supposed to sabotage the rocket, but didn't. The cat is displeased. Gary's going to try to complete the mission. Kirk and Spock beam down.

A lady shows up at the safe house. She clearly doesn't know wtf and is surprised by the psychic typewriter. She's a secretary, not an agent. He recruits her. he's pretending to be CIA and claims Isis is a trained cat. The agents died in a car wreck. Kirk and Spock turn up; the secretary calls the police. There is a scuffle and she sees Spock's ears. Gary teleports to the launch site. The police turn up and they transport out with the police and send them right back.

Isis and Gary zap a security guard, then hides in a car trunk to get to the gantry. Scotty uses a weather satellite to spy on the base, then beams them down, where they are promptly caught. Meanwhile the secretary finds the secret door in the safe house. The cat backseat drives the sabotage by standing on Gary's back and complaining while he works which is... very realistic, to be honest. Scotty spots the saboteur and beams them up, but the secretary beams them back to the safe house.

Gary takes over the rocket manually; Roberta tries to call the cops; Isis snitches. Gary arms the warhead and sends it over Eurasia. Kirk tries to signal the enterprise, but is caught. Roberta thumps Gary on the head. Six minutes to impact. he points out if he doesn't finish what he started it'll be WWIII. Scotty tries to signal Kirk. Spock neck pinches the guy holding the communicator and Kirk has them beam him to Gary. The self destruct isn't working. All major powers are on full alert. Kirk has Gary at phaser point. Gary wants to detonate the warhead before it hits a populated area, scaring them into ending the arms race. Roberta sides with Gary. The decision can't be made logically, so Kirk trusts Gary and he sorts it. It leads to an international anti-proliferation treaty.

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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.

* Want to help get Rand Paul out of the senate? Support Charles Booker:" https://secure.actblue.com/donate/cb-ads-dd-google-senate-launch?source=ads_ms_CHB_20210701-DD-GS-SenateLaunch_brandedkw-Natl-1865U-MF_a003-CHB-cbfuss-gstxt-txt&gclid=Cj0KCQjwxJqHBhC4ARIsAChq4auMxkyB4EqbiJYINuvQfZwWndHRj6juSW_B_MPhbIc8BhM8dJPkZbEaArBaEALw_wcB

* How to help the town that burned to the ground in Canada: https://ca.gofundme.com/c/act/bc-wildfire

* Chicksaw bead artist and cool person has Kiamichi Beading suitable for non-native sale: https://www.instagram.com/kiamichi_beading/

* 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/

* 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

* 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

* 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 Indivisible 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

* Birthday/Solstice master list: https://gwydion.dreamwidth.org/2108835.html

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