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Jul. 19th, 2021 05:19 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
gwydion* "What Justice Looks Like for a Child Soldier Turned Rebel Warlord:"
* "France's War On Terror in Mali:"
* "The Dominican Republic Is Building a Wall to Keep Migrant Kids Out:"
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* "Zero risk? Virus cases test Olympic organizers' assurances:" https://apnews.com/article/sports-2020-tokyo-olympics-health-coronavirus-pandemic-8cef15127de660b161807f1a9fd60ecd
Sort version: 2 soccer players +video analyst tested positive in the Olympic Village.
- A south African rugby team training in japan off site at pre-Olympic training camp has one down in isolation.
- Another athlete training off site in Japan tested positive.
- A South Korean IOC official also positive on arrival at the airport.
- 55 Japanese support staff tested positive since July 1
- Brits say 6 athletes + 2 staff are isolating in japan, because someone on plane near them was positive.
- Coco Gauff is isolating in the US as she tested posative before leaving.
- 1008 cases in Tokyo Sunday alone.
“This is ignoring human rights and our right to life,” protester Karoi Todo told the AP. “Infections are increasing. To do the Olympics is unforgivable.”
This is a terrible idea. Can we cancel it?
* "Social media fuels misinformation about COVID vaccines:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-sunday-show/watch/social-media-fuels-misinformation-about-covid-vaccines-116978757671
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* "How the US Exported a Bloods and Crips Gang War to Belize:"
* "Majority Whip Rep. James Clyburn pushes for the removal of the filibuster:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-sunday-show/watch/majority-whip-rep-james-clyburn-pushes-for-the-removal-of-the-filibuster-116979781652
* Have something you want to tell your Senators? 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/
* "Senator Amy Klobuchar joins Jonathan Capehart to discuss the new restrictive voting laws:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-sunday-show/watch/senator-amy-klobuchar-joins-jonathan-capehart-to-discuss-the-new-restrictive-voting-laws-116980293872
* "Pennsylvania Republicans Don't Want to Miss Out on Election Audit Palooza:"
* "After third venue cancels, Gaetz, Greene take 'protest against communism' to Riverside:" https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2021-07-17/third-venue-cancels-america-first-rally-anaheim-gaetz-greene
* "What conspiracy theories did Donald Trump believe during his final days in office? :" https://www.msnbc.com/the-sunday-show/watch/what-conspiracy-theories-did-donald-trump-believe-during-his-final-days-in-office-116979781622
* "Biden pledges appeal of 'deeply disappointing' DACA ruling:" https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/politics-news/biden-pledges-appeal-deeply-disappointing-daca-ruling-n1274280
* "Cop who shot gay Black man after driving him home indicted on felony charge:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2021/07/19/isiah-brown-shooting-virgina-cop/
* "Why Are So Many Cops Blasting Music While Being Filmed?:"
* Well this is scary. "What are the dangers of facial recognition?:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-sunday-show/watch/what-are-the-dangers-of-facial-recognition-116981317527
* CW: Suicide, Rape. "Gay Soldier Raped in Alleged Hate Crime:"
* "An Abortion Provider Discusses His Biggest Fears Over Texas' Abortion 'Bounty' Law:" https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/sb-8-texas-abortion-law-10000-dollar-bounty-1194953/
* "Social Constructs | Philosophy Tube:"
* "Apple 'enabling government censorship' of Grindr and LGBT+ apps, report claims:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2021/07/17/apple-lgbt-apps-censored/
* "Barcelona thugs smash man's jaw in alleged homophobic attack:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2021/07/16/barcelona-hammer-attack-homophobia/
* "The Supreme Court Could Make it Harder for Same Sex Parents to Foster Kids:"
* "Texas poised to ban trans kids from playing sport:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2021/07/16/texas-poised-ban-trans-kids-sport/
* "Minnesota to ban 'barbaric' conversion therapy as governor bypasses lawmakers:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2021/07/15/minnesota-ban-conversion-therapy/
* "Similar Rates of Dying for HIV-Positive and HIV-Negative People:" https://www.hivplusmag.com/news/2021/7/08/similar-rates-dying-hiv-positive-and-hiv-negative-people
* CW: Suicide "Japan Is Facing an Alarming Spike in Female Suicides:"
* "China's "Psycho Boom" From Life in Lockdown:"
* "Some parents are seeking out permanent virtual school for the fall:" https://www.cnn.com/2021/07/16/tech/online-school-permanent/index.html
* "America's Oldest Black Neighborhood Is Fighting Racist Infrastructure:"
* "Poisoning America: The US' Lead Pipe Problem:"
* "The Fossil Fuel Industry Wants You to Think It’s Solving Climate Change:"
* "Mr. Trash Wheel is gobbling up millions of pounds of trash:" https://www.cnet.com/news/mr-trash-wheel-is-gobbling-up-millions-of-pounds-of-trash/
* "Enormous scale of destruction is revealed as water subsides after historic western Europe flooding:" https://www.cnn.com/2021/07/18/europe/western-europe-floods-sunday-intl/index.html
* "'It's terrifying': Merkel shaken as flood deaths rise to 188 in Europe:" https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/bavaria-hit-by-floods-german-death-toll-climbs-156-2021-07-18/
* "Aid for German Flood Victims:" https://rubynye.tumblr.com/post/657095101707911168/aid-for-german-flood-victims
* "Wildfires rage in Russia's Siberia, cause airport to close:" https://apnews.com/article/europe-business-government-and-politics-fires-environment-and-nature-0701097671f846805860c184b215ff74
* "Huge Oregon blaze grows as wildfires burn across western US:" https://apnews.com/article/lifestyle-science-health-fires-environment-and-nature-98130ca2eda415754bbb085b2dd0a23d
* "Extreme heat bakes the Northern Rockies, as wildfires rage in the West.:" https://www.nytimes.com/live/2021/07/19/us/climate-heat-wave#climate-change-heat-drought-wildfires
* "Jumping Spiders Seem to Have a Cognitive Ability Only Previously Found in Vertebrates:" https://www.sciencealert.com/jumping-spiders-seem-to-have-a-special-ability-only-seen-in-vertebrates
* "Mary, Queen of Scots:"
* "LGBTQ Kings & Queen of Europe:"
* "The Peculiar Flapper Fad of Rouged and Decorated Knees:" https://www.messynessychic.com/2021/07/15/the-peculiar-flapper-fad-of-rouged-and-decorated-knees/
* "The defiant, grueling and glorious history of same-sex marriage in the UK:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2021/07/17/england-wales-same-sex-marriage-uk-legalised-civil-partnerships-david-cameron-history/
* "Missing Ugandan Olympic hopeful left note saying he wants to work in Japan:" https://edition.cnn.com/2021/07/17/sport/uganda-olympics-athlete-missing-julius-ssekitoleko-scli-spt-intl/index.html
* "Florida man tries to throw live gator onto building's roof:" https://abcnews.go.com/Weird/wireStory/florida-man-throw-live-gator-buildings-roof-78882558
Mobius and Loki, is that you? Maybe he's just an alligator playing the long game and pretending to be a Loki... wait, no, that makes it more likely he's a Loki.
* "How Marvel Baited its Queer Fans:"
* "The Subtle (and Not So Subtle) Military Propaganda in Movies:"
* "Stephen Colbert Puts His Pants Back On For THE Late Show:"
* NWS "Lope Navo Gives It to You 'Raw' in His New Book:" https://www.advocate.com/photography/2021/7/08/lope-navo-gives-it-you-raw-his-new-book#media-gallery-media-23
*****
* 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
* "Aid for German Flood Victims:" https://rubynye.tumblr.com/post/657095101707911168/aid-for-german-flood-victims
* 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
* "France's War On Terror in Mali:"
* "The Dominican Republic Is Building a Wall to Keep Migrant Kids Out:"
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* "Zero risk? Virus cases test Olympic organizers' assurances:" https://apnews.com/article/sports-2020-tokyo-olympics-health-coronavirus-pandemic-8cef15127de660b161807f1a9fd60ecd
Sort version: 2 soccer players +video analyst tested positive in the Olympic Village.
- A south African rugby team training in japan off site at pre-Olympic training camp has one down in isolation.
- Another athlete training off site in Japan tested positive.
- A South Korean IOC official also positive on arrival at the airport.
- 55 Japanese support staff tested positive since July 1
- Brits say 6 athletes + 2 staff are isolating in japan, because someone on plane near them was positive.
- Coco Gauff is isolating in the US as she tested posative before leaving.
- 1008 cases in Tokyo Sunday alone.
“This is ignoring human rights and our right to life,” protester Karoi Todo told the AP. “Infections are increasing. To do the Olympics is unforgivable.”
This is a terrible idea. Can we cancel it?
* "Social media fuels misinformation about COVID vaccines:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-sunday-show/watch/social-media-fuels-misinformation-about-covid-vaccines-116978757671
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* "How the US Exported a Bloods and Crips Gang War to Belize:"
* "Majority Whip Rep. James Clyburn pushes for the removal of the filibuster:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-sunday-show/watch/majority-whip-rep-james-clyburn-pushes-for-the-removal-of-the-filibuster-116979781652
* Have something you want to tell your Senators? 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/
* "Senator Amy Klobuchar joins Jonathan Capehart to discuss the new restrictive voting laws:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-sunday-show/watch/senator-amy-klobuchar-joins-jonathan-capehart-to-discuss-the-new-restrictive-voting-laws-116980293872
* "Pennsylvania Republicans Don't Want to Miss Out on Election Audit Palooza:"
* "After third venue cancels, Gaetz, Greene take 'protest against communism' to Riverside:" https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2021-07-17/third-venue-cancels-america-first-rally-anaheim-gaetz-greene
* "What conspiracy theories did Donald Trump believe during his final days in office? :" https://www.msnbc.com/the-sunday-show/watch/what-conspiracy-theories-did-donald-trump-believe-during-his-final-days-in-office-116979781622
* "Biden pledges appeal of 'deeply disappointing' DACA ruling:" https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/politics-news/biden-pledges-appeal-deeply-disappointing-daca-ruling-n1274280
* "Cop who shot gay Black man after driving him home indicted on felony charge:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2021/07/19/isiah-brown-shooting-virgina-cop/
* "Why Are So Many Cops Blasting Music While Being Filmed?:"
* Well this is scary. "What are the dangers of facial recognition?:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-sunday-show/watch/what-are-the-dangers-of-facial-recognition-116981317527
* CW: Suicide, Rape. "Gay Soldier Raped in Alleged Hate Crime:"
* "An Abortion Provider Discusses His Biggest Fears Over Texas' Abortion 'Bounty' Law:" https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/sb-8-texas-abortion-law-10000-dollar-bounty-1194953/
* "Social Constructs | Philosophy Tube:"
* "Apple 'enabling government censorship' of Grindr and LGBT+ apps, report claims:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2021/07/17/apple-lgbt-apps-censored/
* "Barcelona thugs smash man's jaw in alleged homophobic attack:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2021/07/16/barcelona-hammer-attack-homophobia/
* "The Supreme Court Could Make it Harder for Same Sex Parents to Foster Kids:"
* "Texas poised to ban trans kids from playing sport:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2021/07/16/texas-poised-ban-trans-kids-sport/
* "Minnesota to ban 'barbaric' conversion therapy as governor bypasses lawmakers:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2021/07/15/minnesota-ban-conversion-therapy/
* "Similar Rates of Dying for HIV-Positive and HIV-Negative People:" https://www.hivplusmag.com/news/2021/7/08/similar-rates-dying-hiv-positive-and-hiv-negative-people
* CW: Suicide "Japan Is Facing an Alarming Spike in Female Suicides:"
* "China's "Psycho Boom" From Life in Lockdown:"
* "Some parents are seeking out permanent virtual school for the fall:" https://www.cnn.com/2021/07/16/tech/online-school-permanent/index.html
* "America's Oldest Black Neighborhood Is Fighting Racist Infrastructure:"
* "Poisoning America: The US' Lead Pipe Problem:"
* "The Fossil Fuel Industry Wants You to Think It’s Solving Climate Change:"
* "Mr. Trash Wheel is gobbling up millions of pounds of trash:" https://www.cnet.com/news/mr-trash-wheel-is-gobbling-up-millions-of-pounds-of-trash/
* "Enormous scale of destruction is revealed as water subsides after historic western Europe flooding:" https://www.cnn.com/2021/07/18/europe/western-europe-floods-sunday-intl/index.html
* "'It's terrifying': Merkel shaken as flood deaths rise to 188 in Europe:" https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/bavaria-hit-by-floods-german-death-toll-climbs-156-2021-07-18/
* "Aid for German Flood Victims:" https://rubynye.tumblr.com/post/657095101707911168/aid-for-german-flood-victims
* "Wildfires rage in Russia's Siberia, cause airport to close:" https://apnews.com/article/europe-business-government-and-politics-fires-environment-and-nature-0701097671f846805860c184b215ff74
* "Huge Oregon blaze grows as wildfires burn across western US:" https://apnews.com/article/lifestyle-science-health-fires-environment-and-nature-98130ca2eda415754bbb085b2dd0a23d
* "Extreme heat bakes the Northern Rockies, as wildfires rage in the West.:" https://www.nytimes.com/live/2021/07/19/us/climate-heat-wave#climate-change-heat-drought-wildfires
* "Jumping Spiders Seem to Have a Cognitive Ability Only Previously Found in Vertebrates:" https://www.sciencealert.com/jumping-spiders-seem-to-have-a-special-ability-only-seen-in-vertebrates
* "Mary, Queen of Scots:"
* "LGBTQ Kings & Queen of Europe:"
* "The Peculiar Flapper Fad of Rouged and Decorated Knees:" https://www.messynessychic.com/2021/07/15/the-peculiar-flapper-fad-of-rouged-and-decorated-knees/
* "The defiant, grueling and glorious history of same-sex marriage in the UK:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2021/07/17/england-wales-same-sex-marriage-uk-legalised-civil-partnerships-david-cameron-history/
* "Missing Ugandan Olympic hopeful left note saying he wants to work in Japan:" https://edition.cnn.com/2021/07/17/sport/uganda-olympics-athlete-missing-julius-ssekitoleko-scli-spt-intl/index.html
* "Florida man tries to throw live gator onto building's roof:" https://abcnews.go.com/Weird/wireStory/florida-man-throw-live-gator-buildings-roof-78882558
Mobius and Loki, is that you? Maybe he's just an alligator playing the long game and pretending to be a Loki... wait, no, that makes it more likely he's a Loki.
* "How Marvel Baited its Queer Fans:"
* "The Subtle (and Not So Subtle) Military Propaganda in Movies:"
* "Stephen Colbert Puts His Pants Back On For THE Late Show:"
* NWS "Lope Navo Gives It to You 'Raw' in His New Book:" https://www.advocate.com/photography/2021/7/08/lope-navo-gives-it-you-raw-his-new-book#media-gallery-media-23
*****
* 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
* "Aid for German Flood Victims:" https://rubynye.tumblr.com/post/657095101707911168/aid-for-german-flood-victims
* 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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Date: 2021-07-19 03:40 pm (UTC)