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* "Supporters of Ukraine protest Russia’s military action by marching along Michigan Avenue:" https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-viz-ukraine-war-protest-20220807-x2pi7e2l2jgddfqpfzosjpfk5e-photogallery.html

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* "Iranian operative charged in plot to murder John Bolton:" https://apnews.com/article/middle-east-iran-national-security-john-bolton-government-and-politics-4552020a58966ac53f501ca4dc39494f

* "Historians privately warn Biden that America’s democracy is teetering:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2022/08/10/biden-us-historians-democracy-threat/

* "Biden privately met with historians to discuss the state of American democracy:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-sunday-show/watch/biden-privately-met-with-historians-to-discuss-the-state-of-american-democracy-146148421531

* "Inflation eased in July from a year ago, as energy prices fell:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2022/08/10/july-inflation-clip/

* "Mortgage rates climb above 5% once again:" https://www.cnn.com/2022/08/11/homes/mortgage-rates-august-11/index.html

* "Gas prices dip just below $4 for the first time in 5 months:" https://apnews.com/article/prices-820e356328581d63f735ffd32eeb24a1

* "Senate Dems pass long-awaited climate, tax and health care bill:" https://www.politico.com/news/2022/08/07/democrats-senate-reconciliation-votearama-00050222

* This is the hill they wanted to die on. "Republicans block cap on insulin costs for many Americans from Democratic deal:" https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/congress/republicans-block-cap-insulin-costs-many-americans-democratic-deal-rcna41913

* "Congress OKs Dems' climate, health bill, a Biden triumph:" https://apnews.com/article/economic-bill-house-vote-be99d8db5bd610c5b1d78bc047a03e77

* "Mississippi will send back fed's rental aid, even as housing needs remain high:" https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/mississippi-will-send-back-cash-federal-rental-aid-program-even-renter-rcna42547

* "D.C. to Open First LGBTQ+ Homeless Shelter For Adults:" https://www.advocate.com/news/2022/7/18/dc-open-first-lgbtq-homeless-shelter-adults

* Indigenous People Gouged with sky high food prices: https://tuulikki.tumblr.com/post/692335337403531264

* "Biden signs bill to aid veterans exposed to toxins from burn pits:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2022/08/10/biden-veterans-burn-pits/

* "Burn pits recognition for veterans took decade of struggle:" https://www.militarytimes.com/news/burn-pits/2022/08/09/burn-pits-recognition-for-veterans-took-decade-of-struggle/

* "Many LGBTQ+ Vets Still Having Trouble Getting Benefits, Suit Says:" https://www.advocate.com/news/2022/7/14/many-lgbtq-vets-still-having-trouble-getting-benefits-suit-says

* "Respect for Marriage Act Key to Resisting Threats to LGBTQ+ Equality:" https://www.advocate.com/commentary/2022/7/22/respect-marriage-act-key-resisting-threats-lgbtq-equality

* "Far-right advocacy group obtains tax-exempt status from IRS:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-sunday-show/watch/far-right-advocacy-group-obtains-tax-exempt-status-from-irs-146146885917

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* "‘Handed him a lifeline’: 5 takeaways from a post-Mar-a-Lago primary:" https://www.politico.com/news/2022/08/10/takeaways-mar-a-lago-primary-00050768

* "Four takeaways from the Wisconsin, Vermont and Minnesota primaries:" https://www.cnn.com/2022/08/09/politics/wisconsin-vermont-minnesota-primary-election-takeaways/index.html

* "Takeaways from the Minnesota, Vermont and Wisconsin primaries:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2022/08/10/takeaways-wisconsin-minnesota-vermont-primaries/

* "Assembly Speaker Robin Vos narrowly holds off Trump-backed GOP primary challenger:" https://www.wpr.org/assembly-speaker-robin-vos-narrowly-holds-trump-backed-gop-primary-challenger

* "Joe Arpaio loses 3rd comeback bid in town mayoral race:" https://apnews.com/article/2022-midterm-elections-arizona-immigration-phoenix-joe-arpaio-0ad754d5f15d56a1494266e30810649b

* "Rep. Jaime Herrera Beutler concedes close congressional primary to challenger Joe Kent:" https://www.opb.org/article/2022/08/09/herrera-beutler-concedes-in-southwest-washington-us-house-primary/

* "Joe Kent's ballot rejected, then corrected, due to signature challenge:" https://katu.com/news/local/joe-kents-ballot-rejected-then-corrected-due-to-signature-challenge

* "Trump-backed Levy wins GOP Senate primary in Connecticut:" https://www.stltoday.com/news/national/leora-levy-wins-republican-us-senate-primary-in-connecticut/article_5080674d-30ec-5f02-aa5c-1a3a71ec7efb.html

* "Abortion foes win Republican governor nods in Wisconsin, Minnesota:" https://www.reuters.com/world/us/abortion-focus-wisconsin-minnesota-midterm-primary-voting-2022-08-09/

* "She questioned disabled people's right to vote. Now, she's running to be a chief election official.:" https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2022/08/kim-crockett-minnesota-republican-candidate-secretary-of-state/

* "Could Carl Paladino and His ‘3-Ring Circus’ Be Headed for Congress?:" https://www.nytimes.com/2022/08/11/nyregion/carl-paladino-langworthy-primary.html

* "Dem candidate for Georgia secretary of state Nguyen calls out GOP predecessor for voter purges:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-reidout/watch/democratic-candidate-for-georgia-secretary-of-state-st-rep-bee-nguyen-on-need-for-free-and-fair-elections-145918533693

* "Republicans rally around Trump, while election deniers are winning primaries:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-sunday-show/watch/republicans-rally-around-trump-while-election-deniers-are-winning-primaries-146146885754

* "In Wisconsin, G.O.P. Voters Demand the Impossible: Decertifying 2020:" https://www.nytimes.com/2022/08/08/us/politics/wisconsin-gop-2020-election.html

* "Kari Lake Lays Down the Threat:" https://solarbird.dreamwidth.org/1843127.html

* "There's Some Truly Wild Jan. 6-Themed Performance Art At CPAC:" https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/juliareinstein/cpac-jan-6-jail-brandon-straka-performance

* "A progressive prosecutor clashed with DeSantis. Now he’s out of a job.:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2022/08/14/florida-desantis-warren-prosecutor-suspension/

* "FBI Got 4,500 Kavanaugh Tips—Then Punted Them to Trump Team:" https://www.thedailybeast.com/fbi-admits-it-got-4500-tips-on-supreme-court-nominee-brett-kavanaugh-palmed-them-off-to-trump-counsel?ref=scroll

* "Trump Wanted His Military Leaders to Pretend He Was Adolf Hitler:" https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2022/08/donald-trump-military-generals-adolf-hitler

* "Inside the War Between Trump and His Generals:" https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2022/08/15/inside-the-war-between-trump-and-his-generals

* "Trump says he took the Fifth in New York civil investigation:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/trump-says-hes-testifying-wednesday-in-ny-investigation/2022/08/10/45ec619c-186e-11ed-b998-b2ab68f58468_story.html

* "FBI search at Trump’s Mar-a-Lago home tied to classified material, sources say:" https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/donald-trump/trump-says-mar-lago-home-was-raided-large-group-fbi-agents-rcna42133

* "Mishandling of documents 'clearest case against Trump': Rohde:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/mishandling-of-documents-clearest-case-against-trump-rohde-145767493514

* "The GOP Suddenly Wants to Defund Law Enforcement After Feds Raid Mar-a-Lago:" https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/mar-a-lago-raid-gop-response-defund-fbi-1394486/

* "Doug Jones calls out ‘hypocrisy’ of GOP backing SCOTUS decisions but decrying judge-issued warrant:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-reidout/watch/fbi-search-of-mar-a-lago-causing-right-wing-freakout-slammed-by-former-u-s-senator-doug-jones-145842757533

* "Trump Search Warrant for Nuclear Weapons Documents?:"

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* "Republican congressman says FBI seized his cell phone:" https://www.cnn.com/2022/08/09/politics/scott-perry-fbi-seize-cellphone/index.html

* "Why Scott Perry stands out in the FBI's investigations of Trump allies:" https://www.politico.com/news/2022/08/10/scott-perry-trump-fbi-investigation-00050901

* "FBI seizes phone of Trump ally Rep. Scott Perry:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/fbi-seizes-phone-of-trump-ally-rep-scott-perry-145834053849

* "Garland: DOJ filed motion to unseal Trump warrant:" https://www.cnn.com/2022/08/11/politics/garland-announcement-justice-department/index.html

* "Judicial Crisis Network Gives Trump Timely Political Cover With $1 Million Attack on Attorney General Merrick Garland | Right Wing Watch:" https://www.rightwingwatch.org/post/judicial-crisis-network-gives-trump-timely-political-cover-with-1-million-attack-on-attorney-general-merrick-garland/

* "Rep. Swalwell on violent threats: ‘If you think you’re going to intimidate me, you’re not’:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-reidout/watch/fbi-elected-officials-being-targeted-by-right-wing-with-violence-threats-slammed-by-rep-eric-swalwell-145996869982

* "First on CNN: Alex Jones' texts have been turned over to the January 6 committee, source says:" https://www.cnn.com/2022/08/08/politics/alex-jones-january-6/index.html

* "The body count grows as Trump followers put their lives on the line for him:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-sunday-show/watch/the-body-count-grows-as-trump-followers-put-their-lives-on-the-line-for-him-146146373979

* "Salman Rushdie severely injured in stabbing at lecture in New York; suspect in custody:" https://www.cbsnews.com/news/salman-rushdie-attacked-stage-new-york/

* "Salman Rushdie, Badly Wounded, Is Off Ventilator and Starting to Recover:" https://www.nytimes.com/2022/08/14/nyregion/salman-rushdie-recovery.html

* CW: Suicide "Man fatally shoots self after crashing car into barricade near US Capitol Building:" https://www.cnn.com/2022/08/14/politics/capitol-car-incident/index.html

* "Beto O'Rourke responds to heckler over Uvalde with expletive:" https://www.latimes.com/world-nation/story/2022-08-11/beto-orourke-responds-to-heckler-over-uvalde-with-expletive

* "Alex Jones Obliterated on Cross Because His Lawyer Sent His Cell Phone to Opposing Counsel:"

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* "Huge Verdict Against Alex Jones:"

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* "Music Midtown pulls the plug over Georgia's gun laws, highlighting a legal gray area:" https://www.npr.org/2022/08/01/1114951094/music-midtown-atlanta-canceled-over-guns

* "Man who tried to breach FBI office killed after standoff:" https://apnews.com/article/fbi-cincinnati-armed-man-b4701596a0eb9770e3b29e95328f5704

* "U.S. military-run slot machines earn $100 million a year from service members overseas:" https://www.npr.org/2022/07/31/1110882487/dod-slot-machines-overseas-bases

* "Researchers ask Census to stop controversial privacy method:" https://apnews.com/article/census-2020-us-bureau-government-and-politics-20e683c71eeb62ee4b7792d7d8530419

* "An American Catastrophe:" https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2022/09/trump-administration-family-separation-policy-immigration/670604/

* "'Deliberately kept apart': The secret history of the family separation policy:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/-deliberately-kept-apart-the-secret-history-of-the-family-separation-policy-145915973581

* "Autopsy commissioned by family of Brianna Grier says her cause of death is consistent with severe blunt force trauma:" https://www.cnn.com/2022/08/08/us/brianna-grier-autopsy-commissioned-family-findings-reaj/index.html

* "After the death of another mentally ill person in police custody, experts call for widespread training and health resources:" https://www.cnn.com/2022/08/11/us/brianna-grier-mental-illness-police-response-reaj/index.html

* "Rage Erupts at Funeral for Black Woman Who Died After Falling Out of Moving Cop Car:" https://www.thedailybeast.com/brianna-grier-georgia-funeral-over-death-in-police-custody-full-of-rage

* "Man who shot Ahmaud Arbery gets life sentence for hate crime:" https://www.politico.com/news/2022/08/08/man-shot-ahmaud-arbery-life-sentence-hate-crime-00050354

* "Albuquerque killings send fear through Islamic communities:" https://apnews.com/article/muslims-killed-albuquerque-17ef26ffff92cc05ff4ca77765066d33

* "Afghan man charged in killing of 2 Muslims in Albuquerque:" https://apnews.com/article/afghanistan-religion-pakistan-new-mexico-albuquerque-86dc44b0546834282ac9b171b37b32f7

* "New Mexico: several arrested after SUV drives into Native American parade:" https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2022/aug/05/new-mexico-native-american-parade

* "Grand jury declines to indict Carolyn Bryant Donham, the woman whose accusations led to death of Emmett Till:" https://www.cnn.com/2022/08/09/us/emmett-till-carolyn-bryant-no-indictment-reaj/index.html

* "Ezra Miller charged with felony burglary in Vermont:" https://apnews.com/article/entertainment-vermont-burglary-ezra-miller-125f5fa6b497c374c97b2646c52e764a

* "Ezra Miller: Police searching for mother and children who were staying with actor:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2022/08/12/ezra-miller-police-vermont-farm/

* "More Black NFL retirees win dementia cases in rescored tests:" https://apnews.com/article/nfl-concussion-settlements-more-dementia-cases-4bb73e9d399f3438972f95caaf14d4f4

* "Airbnb apologizes for slave cabin for rent in Mississippi:" https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2022/aug/03/airbnb-slave-cabin-mississippi

* "How architecture-themed Twitter accounts became a magnet for white nationalism:" https://www.newstatesman.com/science-tech/2018/08/how-architecture-themed-twitter-accounts-became-magnet-white

I want to make clear as someone with degrees in both Classics and medieval history, that I've been angry for ages over White supremacist appropriation of Vikings and Norse history and their recent incursions into classical History and literature. The white supremacist looking for antecedents in the extremely multi-racial, multi-ethnic, roman Empire are barking up entirely the wrong tree, in particular. My posting of architectural images does not signal some sort of right wing agenda as you can likely guess from my everything else really.

When I was in Grad school for medieval history, everyone else in my program was Catholic, ex-catholic, or in the process of conversion. I, obviously, was not and am not. A person can study a subject, an era, etc. without endorsing everything in it and most of the history academics I dealt with had a complex and nuanced understanding of things going on in their area of study. One can study colonialism and/or genocide, for example without endorsing them. I can look at art and architecture from the past and enjoy the aesthetic while at the same time emphatically not wanting to live in that time period, for reasons I can likely articulate for hours for pretty much any time period you can name.

There was no golden age. I want to make the time period in better not go back to some previous period without things like indoor plumbing, safe water, modern medicine, and oh yeah VERY FEW RIGHTS for people like me. I get grumpy a lot of the time about people flattening out the past, because people are complicated, culture is complicated, laws often aren't what people imagine they were, politics are complicated, and most times and places had good and bad things going on at the same time.

When I look at the past, I'm not imaging myself as a noble, because I know for a fact that most of my ancestors were poor or middle class at best. Nearly all of them were working people, and that generally just sucks. That's the side my bread is buttered on. If I lived at any time before the invention of antibiotics, I'd have been dead by seventeen or eighteen of a lung infection if something hadn't gotten me first. Odds are I'd have been deaf or seriously hard of hearing with oozing infectious sores on my legs, judging from my cf carrier and by long history of infections growing up. That's if I hadn't fallen off something i climbed or been killed by a farm accident or a war or contaminated water or.... I barley made it past my mid-thirties with modern medicine.

This doesn't even get into the whole queer in at least three senses of the word and the way that places out complexly depending on time period, circumstance or culture.

In any case, my interest in history does not indicate some weird white supremacist yearning. A lot of time me posting a bunch of pictures of French landmarks etc., for example, has to do with me thinking of my father, rather than some political agenda. I often bank images from places I've been reading about or thinking about or just randomly suit my fancy. I do post a lot of aesthetically or historically interesting images on tumblr, but I'm not someone who forgets on who's backs the resources that went into palaces and art and what have you were made.

* "A Mom’s Campaign to Ban Library Books Divided a Texas Town — and Her Own Family:" https://www.propublica.org/article/texas-book-banning-libraries-lgbtq-hood-county#1392094

* "Ron DeSantis’s New Civics Initiative Involves Teaching Kids Slavery In America Wasn’t That Bad:" https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2022/08/ron-desantis-civics-initiative-slavery

* "Virginia Republicans Are Testing a Novel Way to Ban Books. It Might Just Work.:" https://slate.com/culture/2022/08/book-banning-republicans-gender-queer-obscenity-supreme-court.html

"Tim Anderson disagrees. He’s the man trying to get the books declared obscene—and, in the process, change obscenity law in the United States. Anderson, a lawyer and Republican Virginia state delegate whose district includes Virginia Beach, will argue the case later this month. (Another Republican, Tommy Altman, filed the petition; Altman recently lost his primary for a House seat in Virginia’s 2nd district.) The petition is a new twist on recent right-wing attacks on materials that address sexuality, gender, and race. Rather than demanding that school boards or librarians remove books, the current case takes the books to court, using an obscure Virginia law that would allow the judge, if she found the books obscene, to ban bookstores, libraries, and even private citizens from selling or sharing them, everywhere in Virginia."

* CW: Human Remains "The Funeral Concert Where the Body Performed:"

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This is where I am on it.

* "Twice Accused of Sexual Assault, He Was Let Go by Army Commanders. He Attacked Again.:" https://www.propublica.org/article/army-sexual-assault-alvarado-pretrial-confinement

* CW: Domestic Violence."Gabby Petito's family files $50-million claim alleging police failed her:" https://www.latimes.com/world-nation/story/2022-08-08/gabby-petitos-family-files-claim-alleging-police-failed-her

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* "Florida clergy lawsuits say abortion ban violates religious freedom:" https://www.reuters.com/world/us/florida-clergy-lawsuits-say-abortion-ban-violates-religious-freedom-2022-08-02/

* "State Legislatures Are Torching Democracy:" https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2022/08/15/state-legislatures-are-torching-democracy

* "An Idaho abortion law draws a Justice Department lawsuit:" https://www.npr.org/2022/08/02/1115272504/idaho-abortion-law-justice-department-lawsuit-emergency-medical-treatment

* "Louisiana abortion ban reinstated, clinics halt procedures:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/louisiana-abortion-ban-reinstated-clinics-halt-procedures/2022/08/01/03bbb49a-11d8-11ed-8482-06c1c84ce8f2_story.html

* "Abortion access in two 'stalwart' states in the South a focus of post-Roe court fights:" https://www.cnn.com/2022/08/08/politics/abortion-south-georgia-louisiana/index.html

* "Whitmer subpoenaed to testify in Michigan case preventing abortion-related prosecutions:" https://www.freep.com/story/news/politics/2022/08/08/whitmer-subpoenaed-testify-michigan-abortion-lawsuit/10269044002/

* "Draft version of SC abortion bill raises concern among First Amendment experts:" https://www.wfae.org/politics/2022-08-01/draft-sc-abortion-bill-raises-eyebrows-among-some-first-amendment-experts

* "'Providers are scared': Indiana's vague abortion ban language could hinder medical care:" https://www.indystar.com/story/news/politics/2022/08/02/indianas-vaguely-worded-health-exemption-for-abortion-worries-doctors/65384404007/

* "After years of battling, South Bend's only abortion clinic forced into closing next month:" https://www.southbendtribune.com/story/news/local/2022/08/11/whole-womans-health-south-bend-to-close-after-indiana-abortion-ban/65393180007/

* "Texas anti-abortion protesters set sights on New Mexico, where the procedure is still protected:" https://www.texastribune.org/2022/08/10/texas-abortion-sanctuary-city-new-mexico/

* "Embryos can be listed as dependents on tax returns, Georgia rules:" https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2022/aug/02/georgia-embyros-tax-dependents-fetus

* "DeSantis suspends Tampa prosecutor who took stance against criminalizing abortion providers:" https://www.cnn.com/2022/08/04/politics/desantis-suspends-prosecutor/index.html

* "Large employers express opposition after Indiana approves abortion ban:" https://www.npr.org/2022/08/06/1116132623/indiana-becomes-1st-state-to-approve-abortion-ban-post-roe

* "Nebraska teen and mother facing charges in abortion-related case that involved obtaining their Facebook messages:" https://www.cnn.com/2022/08/10/tech/teen-charged-abortion-facebook-messages/index.html

"Although the Burgesses were charged before Roe v. Wade was rolled back — and the protection would not have applied to the women's actions following the end of the pregnancy — the case demonstrates how private information such as direct messages on social media could be used to enforce laws prohibiting abortion. In 2018, a Mississippi woman was also indicted by a grand jury for second degree murder after an at-home pregnancy loss, after law enforcement pointed to her internet search results such as "buy abortion pills," although the charges were ultimately dropped."

* "The One Thing People Can Do to Keep Anyone Who Has Abortions Out of Prison:" https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2022/08/roe-v-wade-how-to-keep-women-who-have-abortions-from-going-to-prison.html

* "Should Doctors Break the Law?:" https://theintercept.com/2022/08/06/abortion-bans-doctors-civil-disobedience/

* "‘This is what happened’: Four Mississippians discuss their experiences with abortion:" https://mississippitoday.org/2022/08/01/mississippi-abortion-narratives/

* "Pregnant and at risk of a deadly infection: Women in states with abortion bans face post-Roe reality:" https://www.nbcnews.com/health/health-news/abortion-laws-texas-wisconsin-forcing-pregnant-women-wait-care-rcna41678

* "‘What about my life?’ West Virginia girl, 12, speaks out against anti-abortion bill:" https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2022/jul/28/west-virginia-girl-12-speaks-out-against-anti-abortion-bill

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* "Gender Dysphoria in Transgender Kids Is Not Caused by 'Social Contagion,' Study Finds:" https://www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/gender-dysphoria-transgender-kids-not-203152616.html

Before you say “Duh,” remember they are using the social contagion lie to make life saving health care from children and teens. Studies like this can be used in court to fight for the rights of children in our community.

* I’m not holding my breath. "Ukraine's Zelensky vows to consider same-sex marriage:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2022/08/03/volodymyr-zelensky-ukraine-same-sex-marriage/

* "Tens Of Thousands Rally As Warsaw Hosts Ukraine's Largest Pride Parade:" https://www.rferl.org/a/ukraine-kyivpride-lgbtq-parade-poland/31914583.html

* "UK's 'visible and effective' transphobia mapped out in eye-opening new report:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2022/08/07/global-action-for-trans-equality-gate-uk-report-study/

* "Government ignored evidence on trans women's needs in drafting landmark health plan:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2022/08/04/womens-health-strategy-government-trans-non-binary-inclusion/

* "Florida warns schools against following Biden’s LGBTQ student protections:" https://www.politico.com/news/2022/07/28/florida-schools-disregard-federal-title-ix-guidance-00048505

* "Kindergartner kicked out of Baptist school after adoption by lesbian couple:" https://onlysky.media/hemant-mehta/kindergartner-kicked-out-of-baptist-school-after-getting-adopted-by-lesbians/

* "Oregon Baker's LGBTQ+ Discrimination Fine Reduced by Over $100k:" https://www.advocate.com/news/2022/7/14/oregon-bakers-lgbtq-discrimination-fine-reduced-over-100k

* "Court upholds right of Catholic school to fire counsellor for loving another woman:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2022/07/31/roncalli-high-school-lynn-starkey-lawsuit-lgbtq/

* "Fla. Applebee’s Settles Race, Sexual Orientation Discrimination Suit:" https://www.advocate.com/news/2022/7/13/fla-applebees-settles-race-sexual-orientation-discrimination-suit

* "Did Anti-LGBTQ+ Minister Jesse Lee Peterson Have Gay Sex Liaisons?:" https://www.advocate.com/religion/2022/7/13/did-anti-lgbtq-minister-jesse-lee-peterson-have-same-sex-liaisons

* "'Safe, inclusive' trans swimming sessions are helping young people thrive:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2022/08/12/kite-trust-swimming-trans-participation/

* "World Health Organization to rename monkeypox amid stigmatisation concerns:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2022/08/14/monkeypox-world-health-organization-who-rename-stigma/

* "The U.S. Declares Monkeypox a Public Health Emergency. Here's What That Means:" https://time.com/6203874/monkeypox-public-health-emergency-us/

* "He discovered the origin of the monkeypox outbreak — and tried to warn the world:" https://www.npr.org/sections/goatsandsoda/2022/07/28/1114183886/a-doctor-in-nigeria-tried-to-warn-the-world-that-monkeypox-had-become-a-global-t

* "U.S. will stretch monkeypox vaccine supply with smaller doses:" https://www.cbsnews.com/news/united-states-monkeypox-vaccine-supply-smaller-doses/

* "Group addresses 'huge inequity' in monkeypox vaccine rollout by offering vaccines at UK Black Pride:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2022/08/14/team-prepster-uk-black-pride-monkeypox-vaccine/

* "Tories need start taking monkeypox seriously – before it's too late, MP says:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2022/08/12/wes-streeting-monkeypox/

* Of course he does. *Sigh*"DeSantis claims concern over monkeypox is overblown:" https://www.politico.com/news/2022/08/03/desantis-monkeypox-cdc-who-00049630

* "Monkeypox vaccine: Australia secures 450,000 doses as EU struggles to roll out jab:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2022/08/05/monkeypox-vaccine-australia/

* "LGBTQ+ charities and Truvada-maker Gilead launch $5 million monkeypox fund:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2022/08/11/gilead-partners-with-glaad-hrc-nbjc-monkeypox/

* "Monkeypox Gay Sex Stigma Falsely Pushed by Right-Wing Columnist:" https://www.advocate.com/health/2022/7/18/monkeypox-gay-sex-stigma-falsely-pushed-rightwing-columnist

* "Pro-Epidemic Stigmatization:" https://daily.jstor.org/pro-epidemic-stigmatization/

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* "In pictures: Heatwaves, drought and wildfires:" https://www.bbc.com/news/in-pictures-62497772

* "France battles 'monster' wildfire as heatwaves scorch Europe:" https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/france-fighting-monster-wildfire-near-bordeaux-fnspf-2022-08-11/

* "Six Rivers Lightning Complex of fires emerges in Northern California:" https://wildfiretoday.com/2022/08/06/srf-lightning-complex-of-fires-emerges-in-northern-california/

* "Bastrop County wildfire grows to 250 acres, homes evacuated:" https://www.kxan.com/news/local/bastrop-county/crews-responding-to-wildfire-in-bastrop-county/

* "Yet another heat wave grips Pacific Northwest:" https://www.opb.org/article/2022/08/06/another-pacific-northwest-summer-heat-wave-august/

* "City officials warn of dangerous heat to start the week:" https://whyy.org/articles/philadelphia-heat-health-emergency-august-8-9/

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* "Climate activists fill golf holes with cement after water ban exemption:" https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-62532840

* "Is THIS the Real Reason More Homes Are Burning in Wildfires?:"

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* "David McCullough, Pulitzer-winning historian, dies at 89:" https://www.politico.com/news/2022/08/08/david-mccullough-pulitzer-historian-dies-00050364

* "Olivia Newton-John, who played Sandy in 'Grease,' dies at 73:" https://www.seattlepi.com/entertainment/article/Olivia-Newton-John-superstar-singer-and-actress-17359783.php

* "Monkeypox: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver:"

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* "John Fetterman Goes Full Troll On Dr. Oz | Fact-Checking The Choco Taco Drama:"

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* "Inflation Reduction Act Is Great For The Environment | Alex Jones Is The Worst Human On The Planet:"

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* ""Civil War" Trended On Twitter After Mar-A-Lago Raid | IHOP And Applebee's Attract Wealthy Customers:"

Watch on YouTube

* "Inflation Reduction Act Passes Senate & CPAC Mock Jail Cell :" https://www.cc.com/video/sz3l7d/the-daily-show-with-trevor-noah-inflation-reduction-act-passes-senate-cpac-mock-jail-cell

* "FBI Raid on Donald Trump's House:" https://www.cc.com/video/e6w65i/the-daily-show-with-trevor-noah-fbi-raid-on-donald-trump-s-house

* "America's Most Tremendously Wanted - Trump Takes the Fifth:" https://www.cc.com/video/v7skiv/the-daily-show-with-trevor-noah-america-s-most-tremendously-wanted-trump-takes-the-fifth

* "Jordan Klepper Fingers the Pulse - Wisconsin Trump Rally :" https://www.cc.com/video/czilsj/the-daily-show-with-trevor-noah-jordan-klepper-fingers-the-pulse-wisconsin-trump-rally

* "So Much News, So Little Time - Trump Informant Fears & More :" https://www.cc.com/video/z26xnk/the-daily-show-with-trevor-noah-so-much-news-so-little-time-trump-informant-fears-more

* "Unhinged lesbian tier ranks every Sapphic movie trope:"

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* "This Is Monkeytown USA:"

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* "This Dolphin Boy Band Is The Next Big Thing:"

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* "When It Comes To The Former President: Which Crime Is It?:"

Watch on YouTube

* "Making Love In New York's Outdoor Dining Sheds:"

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* "Mar-A-Lago Has Some New Rules After The FBI Raid:"

Watch on YouTube

* Saturday I had a bad fall dismounting my bed. Sigh. The bruising is alarming, but I think i didn't damage anything important. When I was taking head Millennial home the sky was cloudless and the sunset was Turner painting stunning due to all the ash in the air. The heat and air are dangerous, but still there is an unnatural beauty to it.

The weekend fundraising was stunning and very welcome. The appliance sale only lasts 'til Tuesday, so Monday morning out I went to get an oven. It was very lucky we raised the money before the sale ended as the price had increased dramatically since early July and did not match website prices as a result, much as I feared. Having raised more than we asked for, we could still get an excellent flat top electric, which was the goal. They are faster, more energy, efficient, and easy to clean than the raised element ones. I had also forgotten the price for installation, which is very worth it. There is zero chance of two people with assorted disabilities hauling a stove here, installing it, and hauling the old one to the dump. We'd have had to rent a truck and dollies and...

So we had enough even with the price hike and the taxes and the installation fee. Thank you all again for supporting me in this. There was zero chance of sorting it in anything like a reasonable time scale otherwise. The oven should arrive Friday.

* Wednesday, I promised to take a couple of the Millennials swimming. The heat and air quality have been terrible, but the air is generally a bit better at the lake and the run off fed lake is refreshing on a too hot for the local ecosystem and me kind of day.

It drizzled in the morning and was very overcast in the afternoon, but really, to me it had simply cut the air contaminants in halfish and lowered the temperature to reasonable summer day in this micro-climate from unnatural and wrong levels.

I had a doctor's appointment for the afternoon, and had scheduled with the millennials to pick them up downtown after. I had a massive number of downtown errands, but the timing looked reasonable. The poverty clinic was way behind, as is often the case, especially with the under-staffing thanks to the pandemic, and I knew my appointment would be longish. There is skin cancer in my family. I have been periodically on medicines that increase the chances of it. I'm also an Elder Goth, which is protective. If you've been avoiding the sun whenever possible since the mid-'80's your skin ages much more gently and it drops your skin cancer risk. Still I'm in my fifties, and I've had assorted lumps, moles and skin tags since my early thirties. I also have a serious autoimmune condition. Once I went on Medicare, i made a habit of going in once a year or so for a skin check/tag removal because it's free and a really good idea preventative medicine wise. (It infuriates me that we got ACA instead of Universal single payer or at minimum medicare for all. EVERY BODY should get basic preventative medicine.) Anyway, I skipped two years for the pandemic and a bunch of things had grown or appeared or changed and this takes a while. (I'm fine by the way. The new weird thing may end up getting removed if it grows or gets more annoying, but otherwise is a nuisance not a danger. We're also keeping an eye on yet another cyst, but the other random stuff was the usual).

I also needed bloodwork, and to pick up meds at the attached Pharmacy, change stuff at the library, go to the post office, pay a small bill I pay every month in person, and drop off my sandals for repair as they broke last week.

I did all but the last three in time to pick up millennials for swimming. I collected them. We did the post office run as the thing needing mailing was time sensitive. I blew off the small bill until next week, which is fine. I flaked the shoe repair, which is extra stupid as it was literally a place I passed after collecting techie millennial on the way to get head millennial. D'oh! I went to my favorite post office where there was no line. (Most people don't know it is there. it's mostly a sorting depot, and the line is short or non-existence except in November and December. Plus it's an historic building and really pretty inside). It took less than ten minutes even with the hobbling to and from parking.

We stopped so millennials could pick up snacks, and went up to the lake. The over cast day had scared most people away, so the parking was great. There were a ton of ducks and a murder of crows and a lone seagull. Techie Millennial I went in and it was fine. Head Millennial drank coffee and fed birds. We came out when it got choppy and hung out for a while, enjoying bird politics and chatting. It looked like a storm was coming in around five thirty, so we took techie millennial home. Head millennial prepped the kitchen for Stove exchange and made us pancakes to eat while watching what we do in the shadows.

It was a good day. The storm missed us alas, so I still had trouble with my sinuses today, and the sky was cloudless and starting to turn the wrong colour when I took my sandals downtown. It was a massive relief to see a mid-thirties millennial with a nose ring running the counter while the Elderly gentlemen who's run the place since long before I moved here was working in the back. I worried about him during the pandemic and very much hoped he was okay. I also worried there would be no one to take over the trade when the Boomer era shoe repair guy retired. We have lost so much in this town in the last three years. The fish store that was a local institution burned down the Autumn before the plague. A ton of small businesses died in the last two years. This summer, the elderly couple that ran the open air produce store retired and another institution is gone, but there is the tiny shoe repair place and the handmade sweet shop run by an equally ancient couple next door to it was open, though there was no point in me doing more than gaze longingly at it, since I can't chew anything. They survived! Something good survived!

Poor Squirrel is still sleeping on the sofa and occasionally napping in my room in the evening when I'm not using it. The Cats find this deeply disturbing. Tavy keeps Gargoyling on the sofa back to stare at Squirrel while he sleeps and both he and the Empress keeping checking squirrel's room in disbelief off and on all day because he's supposed to be there. Livia has decided to pretend Squirrel is not sleeping in weird places so she ignores him and subtly avoids him when he is in the wrong place.

I am just having a ton of trouble with my body. It is all chronic illness stuff made so much worse by heat and air quality every time I need to leave the safe, filtered bubble of the cat asylum and all the stress and drama around food and my teeth. I keep having to go to bed very early without much warning. I am falling drastically behind again sigh.

My Gothy heart longs for Autumn for all the usual reasons, but also because of all the ways climate change has completely borked the local weather patterns.

* Friday, I stayed up for the 8AM call about the oven arrival time. Initially it had been intended as a morning delivery, but they changed the time to afternoon. I went to bed, knowing that there would be morning forage delivery, a quick drop in by the Head Millennial (who is house sitting nearby and wanted to do a few things), and likely a bunch of phone calls, all of which would wake me. I also got a surprise wake up from Squirrel, who came out to discover Tavy making an escape to; see where Head Millennial had gone. Were they hiding in the bushes? (He knows Millennials come from bushes and the short drop in really confused him). Squirrel needed to check if Livia had escaped. She had not. Livia escaped once in her youth and it was terrifying for her. She was napping in my bed like a good girl. Still checking was absolutely the right thing to do.

There were calls, including the police "charity" scammers who have clearly gotten some new auto-dialer numbers. Sigh. If I got two hours sleep together, I'd be surprised. Forage delivery blocked the door again, but luckily hadn't put them right up against the door (a thing that periodically happens), so I could open far enough to push them away far enough so i could drag them through.

The oven arrived in the hottest part of the day, which was not pleasant for anyone involved, as I had to go out, prop the door, and guide them in, and those poor bastards were trying to work in it, I turned on main room fans and air-conditioning, but the brief trip outside, followed by my frantic cleaning of the under-oven space after they pulled the dead one, very nearly did me in.

I was thirty seconds from getting the last mystery glob off the floor when the phone range and I had to talk squirrel into getting it as I was blocked in by the arriving oven. I intuited it was my social worker, and managed to stop squirrel from telling her to call back later, but rather to wait. I huddled in the space between the small chest freezer where Squirrel keeps his meat and the sink while they pulled the oven forward so I could escape.

I explained about finally finding a dentist willing to do the crown, but they wanted 1700.00 cash up front and told me I should personally bill medicare for reimbursement after. I had tried to tell them that wasn't how it works. They kept insisting they weren't in network for medicare even though that's not how medicare works either. (Not exact wording, but the gist). This was basically the endodontist problem all over. I gave her the dentist contact info and she'll do battle with them next week. who knows. If we are lucky she'll open that dentist for medicare users too, just like she did the endodontist. She is the bureaucratic equivalent of Wonder Woman and she is my best hope for winning a crown before we have to do the root canal all over again.

Let's all hope, shall we.

I needed a bath at this point between sweat and allergens and sticky things that had dripped down the back wall, so i gave squirrel the pre-cooled living room, bathed, and went back to bed. It was clear I was not getting back to sleep, so the cats and I read peaceable for a couple of hours in the nice filtered air. I was nearly done physio when Head Millennial l called needing a ride, which was fine. We chatted while we sorted it out and there are now plans for the Head Millennial to bake me a vegetarian lasagna for Saturday first meal. We are both very excited to try the new oven. (Don't worry, i ran it the requisite recommended time this afternoon to "burn off and leftover manufacturer oils).

Tavy nearly knocked me over when I went to water the plants, still looking for his missing Millennial, Poor Wee Button. The cats did not like workmen and the whole day was made of disruptions, but they've settled down now that everything is normal again. Livia ate her meat, everyone has had pets and snacks. My stomach is full, I am hydrated and medicated, and by the time I went to pick up the millennial, there were normal for summer here clouds and there was a good breeze coming off the bay to chase the heat wave funk away.

All is well at the Cat asylum tonight.

* Saturday, Head Millennial Inaugurated out new and exciting oven with his homemade lasagna. It was delicious. We stayed up talking far too late, as he stayed for dinner after he clocked out. We had gone shopping for ingredients earlier, including to a local market garden, so we had fresh fruit for dessert. He forgot to put the eggplant in, in his excitement, so made pasta sauce with it and some of the onions we got. Omonom nom.

This time it took me two work out the reason I was always hungry, was because about mid-week the clouds of nausea parted so I could actually feel hunger. I don't think I was well enough even with the best nausea management meds on the market to feel hunger since... I'm going to guess late Winter? I'd literally forgotten what appetite felt like. This has happened more and more the last few years. I have adapted. I eat. I suffer through the quease.

Chronic illness life.

It has been so exciting really enjoying food again for a little while.

* A trans friend of a friend in Florida is gonna lose her housing at the end of the month. She is hoping to find someone who can take her in by then for a few months while she deals with the bureacracy to move in with relatives in canada, and she are happy to move literally anywhere in the United states.

Let me know if you can offer housing. want to help in otheer ways?

https://www.gofundme.com/f/trans-girl-needs-a-new-home?member=21261213&sharetype=teams&utm_campaign=p_na+share-sheet&utm_medium=copy_link&utm_source=customer

https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/EllieDMox

* Percy and Mary Shelly at the Midnight Society: https://twitter.com/midnight_pals/status/1551952604954931200

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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.

* A trans friend of a friend in Florida is gonna lose her housing at the end of the month. She is hoping to find someone who can take her in by then for a few months while she deals with the bureacracy to move in with relatives in canada, and she are happy to move literally anywhere in the United states.

Let me know if you can offer housing. want to help in otheer ways?

https://www.gofundme.com/f/trans-girl-needs-a-new-home?member=21261213&sharetype=teams&utm_campaign=p_na+share-sheet&utm_medium=copy_link&utm_source=customer

https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/EllieDMox

* Fundraiser for a librarian under threat for Fighting Censorship: https://www.gofundme.com/f/legal-fees-for-librarian-amanda-jones

* "War in Ukraine! Support LGBTQ people.:" https://secure.wayforpay.com/payment/s047412e502b6

* "DONATE TO EMILY'S LIST:" https://win.emilyslist.org/a/donate-to-emily

* How to Support the Women's Reproduction Protection Act: https://laughingacademy.tumblr.com/post/684465183144476672/womens-health-protection-act

* "These Organizations Accept Donations To Help People in Ukraine:" https://www.snopes.com/news/2022/03/01/where-to-donate-help-ukraine/

* "Russia-Ukraine War: Info and ways to help:" https://ukrainewar.carrd.co/

* "This is where you can donate to support LGBT+ Ukrainians:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2022/02/25/donate-support-lgbt-ukraine/

* "Support OVD-Info:" https://beste-glatisant.tumblr.com/post/677388506851606528/hi-ive-donated-to-the-ukranian-refugees-and-now

* Want to support abortion in Poland?: https://tuulikki.tumblr.com/post/688438251039621120

* Donate to Abortion funds: https://tuulikki.tumblr.com/post/685542978922692608/seacollectsrivers-theegoldfinch-theegoldfinch

* "Supporting Abortion Funds in the South:" https://laughingacademy.tumblr.com/post/682207036936732672/supporting-abortion-funds-in-the-south

* Ways to help Trans Youth resisting Transphobic laws in Texas: https://the-cimmerians.tumblr.com/post/677204004210688000

* Help LGBTQIA+ people escape Afghanistan: https://www.gofundme.com/f/help-lgbtq-afghan-refugees-rebuild-their-lives

* "The Rainbow Railroad:" https://www.rainbowrailroad.org/take-action

* Want to help Charles Booker beat Rand Paul? https://secure.actblue.com/donate/pccc_2022_charles_booker_only

* Want to help Jasmine Beach-Ferrara flip a congressional seat? https://victoryfund.org/candidate/jasmine-beach-ferrara/

* My Oldest Continuous friend's Elder Cat is getting up there and her special diet and health care for kidney failure is expensive. Gigi is a sweet, extremely cuddly girl and could use extra help. "Click here to show your support to Karrin Jackson's story *SupportGigiInHerOldAge:" https://www.spotfund.com/story/18393388-9914-4f6c-9f99-876aa019bdee

* 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

* Want to help Chris Jones against Sarah Huckabee sanders in Arkansas? https://secure.actblue.com/donate/chrisjonesar

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

* My oldest continuous friend made this. "Echoes of Kyrill:" https://www.dmsguild.com/product/366097/Echoes-of-Kyrill

* 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

* My oldest continuous friend's next project. "Goblingrief: A D&D 5e Adventure:" https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/482738549/goblingrief-a-dandd-5e-adventure?fbclid=IwAR0jBz9AdmIPSOk4KiCxiykxktX_ePCGTI0iCv9YFcnN2ENmdj5zna3LZnk

* Want to help Maxwell frost go to congress? https://secure.actblue.com/entity/fundraisers/119806

* Want to help Val Demings unseat Marco Rubio? https://secure.actblue.com/entity/fundraisers/117824

* Want to contribute to Morgan Harper's campaign? https://secure.actblue.com/donate/ads_ms_mh_gs_202109_dd_launch?source=ads_ms_MH_20210903-DD-GS-Launch-National_mhkywrds-Natl-1865U-MF_a003-MH-ad3-gstxt-txt&gclid=

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White supremacists appropriate everything they can, don't they. Makes sense, too. If they allowed original thought, the dupes they ensnare might start figuring out the scam.

And yeah. People tend to forget, but Zelensky is a politician (and showman...) trying to drum up support for his country in the middle of a war. For once I can forgive inflated claims and promises. Who knows, maybe some good things will fall out of this by the end.

Edit: glad to hear you've had better days too, for a change.

Edited (Added another thought.) Date: 2022-08-15 12:45 pm (UTC)

gwydion

Thank you.

bellamagic

Hooray for the new oven! And I know what you mean "bird politics" - folks think I'm kidding when I talk about the cliques and shifting alliances of our waterfowl and poultry.

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