8/11/24 - 8/16/24
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gwydion* Gnawing slowly through backlog.
* "Resources for helping Gaza, Sudan and Congo:" https://www.tumblr.com/swallowedabug/758070860436439040?source=share
* "In Gaza, Israel’s Military Has Reached the End of the Line, U.S. Officials Say:" https://www.nytimes.com/2024/08/14/us/politics/israel-military-gaza-war.html
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* "Egypt pushing for Palestinian Authority to take over Gaza’s Rafah Crossing:" https://www.timesofisrael.com/egypt-pushing-for-palestinian-authority-to-take-over-gazas-rafah-crossing-report/
* "What's going on inside Iran as the world awaits retaliation against Israel?:" https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/iran-vows-revenge-what-do-people-think-rcna166521
* "Hezbollah is undeterred as Lebanon braces for war with Israel:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2024/08/11/hezbollah-lebanon-israel/
* "Lebanon’s health care system in tatters but still preparing for a possible wider war with Israel:" https://apnews.com/article/lebanon-israel-hezbollah-health-conflict-crisis-89526e6d6a4fea070450b9a086816560
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* "Russian strike on supermarket in Ukraine's east kills 14 people:" https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/two-killed-17-injured-russian-strike-supermarket-ukraines-east-2024-08-09/
* "‘Operation Knock-Knock’: Venezuela Sweeps Up Dissenters After Disputed Vote:" https://www.nytimes.com/2024/08/10/world/americas/venezuela-election-maduro.html
* Don't hold your breath for this coming to anything. "British MPs want to haul Elon Musk before parliament over riots:" https://www.politico.eu/article/united-kingdom-mps-elon-musk-parliament-riots/
* "Elon Musk Won’t Quit Trying to Stoke Civil War in the U.K.:" https://newrepublic.com/post/184743/elon-musk-stoke-civil-war-uk-race-riots
* "Seventy Miles in Hell:" https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2024/09/darien-gap-route-migrants-panama/679156/?
* "FBI says it is investigating after Trump campaign said sensitive documents were hacked by Iran:" https://apnews.com/article/fbi-trump-iran-hack-campaign-02a44ea734c8ee92c4d3a576af7a79fe
* "What Idiot Let the Trump Campaign Get Hacked? This One.: Roger Stone’s dumb mistake let hackers access Donald Trump’s campaign.:" https://newrepublic.com/post/184818/donald-trump-campaign-hack-iran-roger-stone
* "Trump and his allies once cheered hacked materials. No longer, now that they say he's a target:" https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/wireStory/trump-allies-cheered-hacked-materials-longer-now-target-112786727
* "News outlets were leaked insider material from the Trump campaign. They chose not to print it:" https://apnews.com/article/trump-vance-leak-media-wikileaks-e30bdccbdd4abc9506735408cdc9bf7b
* "Biden’s Title IX sexual orientation and gender identity protections blocked in 26 states:" https://www.advocate.com/news/bidens-title-ix-blocked-in-26-states
* "Annual US inflation falls to 3-year low, clearing the way for the Fed to begin cutting rates:" https://apnews.com/article/inflation-prices-interest-rates-economy-federal-reserve-f8de2672173407d3a126cc13493fed85
* Democrats did this. "In a first, Medicare has set prices for 10 drugs, saving billions:" https://www.politico.com/news/2024/08/15/cms-releases-prices-for-10-negotiated-drugs-00174021
* "Georgia election board says counties can do more to investigate election results:" https://www.npr.org/2024/08/07/g-s1-15750/georgia-election-board-counties-investigate-elections
* "EXCLUSIVE: New report aims to protect election certification from Trump subversion strategy:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/exclusive-new-report-aims-to-protect-election-certification-from-trump-subversion-strategy-217040965727
* "Jenna Ellis, ex-Trump attorney from Colorado, will cooperate in Arizona fake electors case:" https://www.cpr.org/2024/08/06/former-trump-attorney-jenna-ellis-cooperate-arizona-fake-electors-case/
* "Pro-Trump former county clerk guilty of tampering with voting machines:" https://www.thepinknews.com/2024/08/14/tina-peters-trial/
* "Ignore your lying eyes: Republicans attempt to overwrite living memory to rewrite history:" https://www.msnbc.com/alex-wagner-tonight/watch/ignore-your-lying-eyes-republicans-attempt-to-overwrite-living-memory-to-rewrite-history-217202757889
* "More than just lying: How Trump's distortions are setting up his post-election scheme:" https://www.msnbc.com/alex-wagner-tonight/watch/more-than-just-lying-how-trump-s-distortions-are-setting-up-his-post-election-scheme-217201221662
* "Republicans exposed for adopting Trump's gaslighting tactic to avoid harsh political realities:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/republicans-exposed-for-adopting-trump-s-gaslighting-tactic-to-avoid-harsh-political-realities-217040965526
* "Alabama town's first Black mayor takes office after three-year legal battle:" https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/alabama-towns-black-mayor-takes-office-after-year/story?id=112579938
This is big. It's an 80% black town where the white minority illegally just kept appointing each other to government for nearly sixty years to prevent the black residents from having the right to vote or any say in government.
Mr. Braxton filed and won an election four years ago, but they refused to let him in the building or have any of the power or paperwork because they considered democracy to be illegitimate.
Democracy has reached this town in Alabama for the first time right now in 2024.
* The more they try to stop you, the more important it is to do it. "Transgender people are showing up at the ballot box in spite of significant 'barriers':" https://www.advocate.com/news/transgender-survey-voter-rates
* "Wisconsin primary voters oust more than a half-dozen legislators, setting stage for Dem push in fall:" https://apnews.com/article/wisconsin-legislature-primary-incumbents-redistricting-b5ac200615adfbf82eda7cb2f6d15a32
* "Out Sen. Tammy Baldwin to face anti-LGBTQ+, anti-choice GOPer Eric Hovde in November:" https://www.advocate.com/election/tammy-baldwin-eric-hovde-wisconsin
* "Hawaii elects Kim Coco Iwamoto as its first-ever out trans state lawmaker:" https://www.thepinknews.com/2024/08/12/kim-coco-iwamoto-hawaii-trans/
* "Queer Democrat Emily Randall ‘excited’ about Washington congressional primary victory:" https://www.advocate.com/politics/emily-randall-washington-primary-interview
* "MAGA Senate Candidate Exposed Long History of Gross Comments:" https://newrepublic.com/post/184867/maga-senate-candidate-amy-klobuchar
* "NC superintendent candidate Morrow called for mass arrests, enacting Insurrection Act in 2021 video:" https://ncnewsline.com/briefs/nc-superintendent-candidate-morrow-called-for-mass-arrests-enacting-insurrection-act-in-2021-video/
* "As NC faith leaders, we are speaking out against Mark Robinson:" https://www.charlotteobserver.com/opinion/article291021745.html
* "NC Republican governor candidate Mark Robinson, who called abortion 'genocide,' took his wife to get one:" https://www.advocate.com/politics/mark-robinson-wife-abortion-north-carolina-republican
* "Gay San Francisco Supervisor candidate reveals he was the victim of alleged homophobic hate crime:" https://www.advocate.com/crime/gay-san-francisco-supervisor-candidate-reveals-he-was-the-victim-of-alleged-homophobic-hate-crime
* "Missouri and Arizona voters will decide abortion access in November:" https://www.spokesman.com/stories/2024/aug/13/missouri-and-arizona-voters-will-decide-abortion-a/
* "Ruling: Fetus can be referred to as ‘unborn human being’ in Arizona abortion measure voter pamphlet:" https://apnews.com/article/arizona-abortion-rights-ballot-measure-b0ea37c92692533da109fd74a07b25f7
* Primaries are Ongoing:
Important! Remember to vote in all primaries!!!
NOTE: Important non-Presidential Primaries are also ongoing! Remember to vote in all the races, not just the top of the ticket. Who runs congress, your state, and your local government really matters. In some states this is a separate primary. Check the rules for your state. This is how you push the party and the government left.
Alaska, Florida, Wyoming: 8/20/24
Oklahoma: 8/27/24
Massachusetts: 9/3/24
Delaware, New Hampshire, Rhode Island: 9/9/24
Know your state's schedule and where to vote. Make sure you and your friends are registered. If you are voting in person, plan how to get there.
Never, ever sleep on a chance to vote.
It is always better to vote for someone who will listen to us than to let someone who is actively trying to kill us.
* "Robert F. Kennedy Jr. tried to meet with Kamala Harris to discuss Cabinet job:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/08/14/rfk-jr-kamala-harris-cabinet-trump/
* "Harris makes fighting high prices a campaign issue:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/harris-makes-fighting-high-prices-a-campaign-issue-217190981828
* "Stonewall veteran Miss Major endorses Kamala Harris for president:" https://www.advocate.com/news/miss-major-kamala-harris-endorsement
* "Tim Walz, Doug Emhoff, and the Nice Men of the Left:" https://nymag.com/intelligencer/article/tim-walz-doug-emhoff-democrats-nice-men-of-the-left.html
* "Walz launches 5-state fundraising blitz in LA, warns Trump will wage ‘war’ on working people:" https://apnews.com/article/walz-unions-support-fundraiser-harris-democrats-1f809455ba6643ec7f455ca75c6acd30
* "First Native American woman governor to lead Minnesota if Walz wins:" https://www.msnbc.com/jonathan-capehart/watch/meet-the-woman-who-could-be-the-nation-s-first-indigenous-woman-governor-216917061583
* "What is the Heritage Foundation, the group behind the terrifying Republican Project 2025 agenda?:" https://www.advocate.com/politics/what-is-heritage-foundation
* "Inside Project 2025’s Secret Training Videos:" https://www.propublica.org/article/inside-project-2025-secret-training-videos-trump-election
* "Secret video links Trump to Project 2025:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/secret-video-links-trump-to-project-2025-217275461681
* "Creepy Project 2025 video tells Americans to ‘spit out’ gender-inclusive language ‘before we choke on it’:" https://www.advocate.com/politics/project-2025-training-video
* "New hidden camera video reinforces Trump’s Project 2025 problem:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/08/15/new-hidden-camera-video-reinforces-trumps-project-2025-problem/
* "Trump took a private flight with Project 2025 leader in 2022:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/elections/2024/08/07/trump-heritage-project-2025-roberts/
* "Project 2025: Chapter24: Detailed notes:" https://amaebi.dreamwidth.org/2482110.html
* "Note on Paul Winfree and top-level summary of Federal Reserver, Ch. 24 of Project 2024:" https://amaebi.dreamwidth.org/2481513.html
* "HRC sounds alarm over Trump-Vance Project 2025’s existential threat to LGBTQ+ people:" https://www.advocate.com/news/hrc-project-2025-dangers
* "Republicans tell Trump to focus on issues, not "crowd sizes." Project 2025 shows that will backfire:" https://www.salon.com/2024/08/15/tell-to-focus-on-issues-not-crowd-sizes-project-2025-shows-that-will-backfire/
* "Trump Allies Fear He’s Sabotaging His Own Campaign:" https://www.vanityfair.com/news/story/trump-allies-fear-sabotaging-campaign
* "Trump's biggest campaign obstacle: He can't stop being Donald Trump:" https://www.msnbc.com/alex-wagner-tonight/watch/trump-s-biggest-campaign-obstacle-he-can-t-stop-being-donald-trump-217287749572
* "“Economic Terrorism”: Teamsters President Finally Slams Trump: Teamsters President Sean O’Brien seems to be finally waking up to the reality of Trump after his disgusting comments about workers to Elon Musk.:" https://newrepublic.com/post/184861/teamsters-president-sean-obrien-reaction-trump-musk-interview-workers
* "Elon Musk’s Twitter Space With Donald Trump Was a Dumpster Fire:" https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2024/08/elon-musk-donald-trump-twitter-space/
* "On the failed X chat with Musk, Trump let slip that Harris is as beautiful as…Melania?:" https://www.advocate.com/voices/trump-musk-unhinged-interview
* "Trump calls Kamala Harris & Tim Walz ‘heavy into the transgender world’ at unhinged press conference:" https://www.advocate.com/election/trump-unhinged-transgender-presser
* "Donald Trump bashes Tim Walz's support for trans people in such a weird way:" https://www.advocate.com/election/trump-walz-transgender
* Having no positive legacy from his presidency, Trump keeps stealing Biden's. "‘I did the insulin’: Trump tries to take credit for bill signed by Biden:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/-i-did-the-insulin-trump-tries-to-take-credit-for-bill-signed-by-biden-217276485749
* "Michael Fanone reacts to Trump's lies about Jan. 6: 'I'm exhausted':" https://www.msnbc.com/jonathan-capehart/watch/former-jan-6-officer-i-m-exhausted-by-trump-s-lies-216952389532
* "he other Black politician who says he was with Trump in that near-fatal chopper crash :" https://www.politico.com/news/2024/08/09/trump-plane-crash-california-00173487
* "Why Trump flew to campaign events on Jeffrey Epstein’s plane last weekend:" https://www.miamiherald.com/news/politics-government/article290986070.html
* "J.D. Vance’s Weird Thoughts on Older Women Exposed in New Audio:" https://newrepublic.com/post/184888/jd-vance-weird-thoughts-older-women-postmenopausal-female-audio
* "Stacey Abrams shreds JD Vance for distorting her words:" https://www.msnbc.com/alex-wagner-tonight/watch/stacey-abrams-shreds-jd-vance-for-distorting-her-words-217290309820
* Interesting that Republicans are doing this while trying to swift boat Tim Walz. "JD Vance Mocked For Claiming Trump Embodies Marines' 'Always Faithful' Motto:" https://www.huffpost.com/entry/jd-vance-trump-semper-fi-military_n_66be2f12e4b04090eac446d0?ncid=NEWSSTAND0001
* "Pete Buttigieg calls out JD Vance as being 'not pro-family for me':" https://www.advocate.com/politics/pete-buttigieg-responds-jd-vance
* "Secret Service explains why JD Vance’s weird Air Force Two stunt in Wisconsin wasn’t a security breach:" https://www.advocate.com/election/secret-service-jd-vance-stunt
* "Did you know most anti-LGBTQ+ legislation has failed? 'We're getting these wins':" https://www.advocate.com/politics/lgbtq-victories-legislation-failures
* The Republican War on Education continues. "Glenn Youngkin appoints ‘failed Moms for Liberty candidate’ to Virginia Board of Education:" https://www.advocate.com/politics/meg-bryce
* "George Santos faced a New York judge in court as his federal criminal trial looms:" https://www.advocate.com/crime/george-santos-court-hearing
* "Trump seeks to delay his hush money sentencing until after the election:" https://www.politico.com/news/2024/08/15/trump-seeks-delay-to-hush-money-sentencing-00174157
* "Trump’s attempt to remove judge from hush money case fails again:" https://www.politico.com/news/2024/08/14/trump-merchan-recusal-bid-fail-00173966
* "A Colorado man threatened to 'shoot up' a drag show. Artists are responding with a bigger show:" https://www.advocate.com/news/steamboat-springs-colorado-drag-threat
* "Sheriff who hired ex-deputy charged in Sonya Massey killing to retire:" https://abcnews.go.com/US/sheriff-sonya-massey-case-retire/story?id=112726163
* "Inmates battle heat, mold and mice inside Mississippi's largest prison:" https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/inmates-battle-heat-mold-mice-mississippis-largest-prison-rcna163635
* "Who is Robby Starbuck? This is the anti-LGBTQ+ conspiracy theorist convincing companies to drop DEI:" https://www.advocate.com/news/robby-starbuck-dei-lgbtq-conspiracy-theorist
* "Book Bans with Dave Eggers:" https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/book-bans-with-dave-eggers/id1382983397?i=1000664414159
* CW: Domestic Violence. "Florida man kills husband after 'very bad argument,' calls 911 on himself: police:" https://www.advocate.com/news/florida-man-arrested-husband-killed
* "US offers the most expensive gender-affirming care in the world – but where is the cheapest?:" https://www.thepinknews.com/2024/08/15/us-offers-the-most-expensive-gender-affirming-care-in-the-world-but-where-is-the-cheapest/
* "Ohio's 'medically baseless and genuinely dangerous' gender-affirming care ban upheld by judge:" https://www.advocate.com/news/ohio-gender-affirming-care-youth-ban
* CW: CSA, Rape, "Attorney General Todd Rokita drops lawsuit against IU Health tied to 10-year-old's abortion:" https://www.indystar.com/story/news/politics/2024/08/12/todd-rokita-drops-lawsuit-against-iu-health-tied-to-ohio-girls-abortion/74767752007/
* CW: Rape, CSA. "Indiana attorney general drops lawsuit over privacy of Ohio girl who traveled for abortion:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/indiana-attorney-general-drops-lawsuit-over-privacy-of-ohio-girl-who-traveled-for-abortion-217192005709
* "Nigerian transgender TikTok star found dead:" https://www.thepinknews.com/2024/08/12/abuja-area-mama-death-trans-nigeria/
* "Pope Francis ‘denounces anti-LGBTQ+ discrimination’ in historic meeting with Ugandan activist :" https://www.thepinknews.com/2024/08/15/pope-francis-denounces-anti-lgbtq-discrimination-in-historic-meeting-with-ugandan-activist/
* "Thailand takes a leap towards marriage equality, but more work is needed for trans rights:" https://www.advocate.com/voices/thailand-laws-transgender
* "Powerful advert highlights shocking reality of legal anti-LGBTQ+ discrimination in the US:" https://www.thepinknews.com/2024/08/15/powerful-advert-highlights-shocking-reality-of-legal-anti-lgbtq-discrimination-in-the-us/
* "Southern states can't block protections for transgender students, judge rules:" https://www.advocate.com/news/southern-states-can-t-block-protections-for-transgender-students-judge-rules
* "Black trans woman Monique Brooks shot and killed in Florida parking lot:" https://www.advocate.com/crime/monique-brooks-killed-florida
* "Man arrested in killing of ‘brilliant’ gay neurosurgeon in Detroit:" https://www.advocate.com/man-arrested-killing-devon-hoover
* "Black transgender woman Tai’Vion Lathan shot and left to die in Baltimore alley:" https://www.advocate.com/crime/black-transgender-woman-taivion-lathan-shot-and-left-to-die-in-baltimore-alley
* "Trans woman Dylan Gurley, 20, killed in Texas:" https://www.thepinknews.com/2024/08/14/trans-woman-dylan-gurley-20-killed-in-texas/
* "Liberty University allegedly fired a woman after she came out as transgender. Now, she's suing:" https://www.advocate.com/news/liberty-university-transgender-lawsuit
* "Walmart and MISTR to offer free at-home HIV testing kits:" https://www.advocate.com/health/walmart-mistr-hiv-test-kits
* "World Health Organization again declares mpox a global health emergency amid rising case threat:" https://www.advocate.com/health/mpox-global-health-emergency-again
* Wear your mask. "As COVID precautions vanish, people with disabilities struggle with safety and isolation:" https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/as-covid-precautions-vanish-people-with-disabilities-struggle-with-safety-and-isolation
* "Noah Lyles' collapse underscores our collective COVID denial:" https://www.salon.com/2024/08/10/noah-lyles-collapse-underscores-our-collective-denial/
* "N95 Masks Nearly Perfect at Blocking COVID, UMD Study Shows:" https://today.umd.edu/n95-masks-nearly-perfect-at-blocking-covid-umd-study-shows
* "Parts Of The Amazon Rainforest Are Now Releasing More Carbon Than They Absorb:" https://www.npr.org/2021/07/15/1016469317/parts-of-the-amazon-rainforest-are-now-releasing-more-carbon-than-they-absorb
* "Great Barrier Reef facing catastrophic damage, research shows:" https://www.unimelb.edu.au/newsroom/news/2024/august/great-barrier-reef-facing-catastrophic-damage,-research-shows
* "Trees Reveal Climate Surprise: Bark Removes Methane from the Atmosphere:" https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/trees-reveal-climate-surprise-bark-removes-methane-from-the-atmosphere/
* "Famous Sycamore Gap tree illegally felled in England showing signs of life with regrowth appearing on stump:" https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-08-01/famous-sycamore-gap-tree-illegally-felled-showing-signs-of-life/104172842
* "Elon Musk calls for “criminal prosecution” of X ad boycott perpetrators:" https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2024/07/elon-musk-calls-for-criminal-prosecution-of-x-ad-boycott-perpetrators/
* "X Formerly Known As Twitter Suspendsgaydesertguide and ilovegay Accounts Among Other LGBTQ Accounts:" https://pstribune.com/2024/07/09/x-formerly-known-as-twitter-suspends-gaydesertguide-and-ilovegay-accounts-among-other-lgbtq-accounts/
* "I keep wanting to be done with Musk’s disinformation fountain, but:" https://solarbird.net/blog/2024/08/05/i-keep-wanting-to-be-done-with-musks-disinformation-fountain-but/
* "Elon Musk's X adds pro-Trump icons for Trump hashtags:" https://mashable.com/article/elon-musk-x-twitter-pro-trump-custom-hashtag-icon
* "Are 20,000 Big Cats Caged in the U.S.? Highly Unlikely.:" https://undark.org/2024/07/31/how-many-big-cats-caged-in-america/
* "Matthew Perry’s assistant among 5 people, including 2 doctors, charged in ‘Friends’ star’s death:" https://apnews.com/article/matthew-perry-death-arrest-b3708a3818f1c649f234f83a6cd16e30
* " Dr. Fauci reflects on religion, divisiveness, and the special place gay men have in his life (exclusive):" https://www.advocate.com/news/fauci-new-book-gay-men
* We went to a different part of the big lake Sunday. Not much beach, but little wavelets. It was stunningly beautiful, and as the snow run off season is over the water is what passes for warmer around here. (Still cold, but slightly warmer than the Atlantic is in the Jersey shore in August). I really liked it, though it is quite a Drive.
* "The transphobia Imane Khelif is experiencing isn't new—it's part of a disturbing, hateful pattern:" https://www.advocate.com/news/imane-khelif-olympics-2024-transpobia
* "J.K. Rowling and Elon Musk Named in Cyberbullying Lawsuit Filed by Algerian Boxer Imane Khelif After Olympic Win:" https://variety.com/2024/tv/news/jk-rowling-elon-musk-imane-khelif-lawsuit-1236105185/
* Correlation is not causation. "Breakdancing Won't Be Part of 2028 Los Angeles Olympics?:" https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/breakdancing-2028-olympics/
* "Simone Biles claps back at hair critics at the Paris 2024 Olympics:" https://www.thepinknews.com/2024/08/12/simone-biles-hair-claps-back/
* "Team LGBTQ+ finished in 7th place at this year’s Olympics – their most medals ever:" https://www.thepinknews.com/2024/08/12/team-lgbtq-olympics/
* "Tom Daley announces retirement from diving after Olympic silver: ‘It’s the right time’:" https://www.thepinknews.com/2024/08/12/olympian-tom-daley-announces-retirement-diving-paris-2024/
* "First trans athlete at Paralympic Games says her participation ‘is an important symbol of inclusion’:" https://www.thepinknews.com/2024/08/13/transgender-athlete-paralympics/
* "Hawaii: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO):"
* "Dracula's Whitby - Mina's Run:"
* "Emma, Part VI:" https://www.thechatner.com/p/emma-part-vi?utm_source=post-email-title&publication_id=5&post_id=147521019&utm_campaign=email-post-title&isFreemail=true&r=ykw2&triedRedirect=true&utm_medium=email
* "The real reason your sapient dragon character needs a "rider":" https://www.tumblr.com/lookoverfortygrapes/758750825719988224
* "Sunday Sweets Celebrates Mid-Century Modern:" https://www.cakewrecks.com/home/sunday-sweets-celebrates-mid-century-modern-2024
*****
* 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.
* "Safe Home for Muslim Woman with Disabilities:" https://www.launchgood.com/v4/campaign/safe_home_for_muslim_woman_with_disabilities?src=125500
* "Black Alliance for Peace’s Atlanta Citywide Alliance:" https://linktr.ee/bapatlanta
* Map of Cop Cities planned or being built: https://isyourlifebetter.net/cop-cities-usa/
* "if you are struggling with choosing which fundraisers to support, please consider donating to the following places providing medical aid, food, and other supplies to palestine at this time:" https://www.tumblr.com/gwydionmisha/750500230956564480?source=share
* Links for various Palestinian Aid Organizations: https://www.tumblr.com/gwydionmisha/750151174318112768?source=share
* "World Central Kitchen:" https://wck.org/
* "Palestine Children’s Relief Fund:" https://pcrf1.app.neoncrm.com/forms/gaza-recovery
* Help Barbara Phifer beat Denny Hoskins in Missouri: https://secure.actblue.com/donate/citizens-for-phifer-2?refcode=directory
* Free JSTOR: https://support.jstor.org/hc/en-us/articles/115004760028-How-to-Register-Get-Free-Access-to-Content
* Help Queer Folks in Ghana: https://www.silentmajorityghana.com/donate
* "Library of Congress Launches New Website for Americans to Share COVID-19 Stories:" https://newsroom.loc.gov/news/library-of-congress-launches-new-website-for-americans-to-share-covid-19-stories/s/d5739534-fec6-4e13-9f16-68d6117ee94b
* To track more general LGBTQIA+ Legislation: https://www.lgbtmap.org/
* An organization for the parents of trans youths: https://transparentusa.org/
* Want to help Lucas Kunce beat Josh Hawley? https://secure.actblue.com/donate/pccc_2022_lucas_kunce_only
* Want to help Andy Kim beat Bob Menendez? https://www.andykim.com/
* Help Adam Frisch beat Lauren Boebert: https://secure.actblue.com/donate/defeatlaurenboebertnowz
* Want to contribute to Gloria Johnson's senate run in Tennessee? https://www.votegloriajohnson.com/
* Want to help queer folk in Russia?
Queer Svit - https://queersvit.taplink.ws/ Helping LGBTQ+ and BIPOC аffected by the war and political repressions
Center-T - https://centre-t.com/english Helping transgender people in Russia
КилькоТ-Действие - https://boosty.to/kilkota
Delo LGBT+ - https://www.delo.lgbt/ || https://boosty.to/delolgbt
* List of ways to help Brazil: https://www.tumblr.com/tuulikki/749885837529022464?source=share
* Want to help Journalists without Borders? https://donate.rsf.org/us/donate/~my-donation
* How to donate to Doctors Without Borders: https://donate.doctorswithoutborders.org/secure/donate
* "The Rainbow Railroad:" https://www.rainbowrailroad.org/take-action
* "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/
* "Support OVD-Info:" https://beste-glatisant.tumblr.com/post/677388506851606528/hi-ive-donated-to-the-ukranian-refugees-and-now
* "Native Land is an app to help map Indigenous territories, treaties, and languages.:" https://native-land.ca/
* "War in Ukraine! Support LGBTQ people.:" https://secure.wayforpay.com/payment/s047412e502b6
* 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
* A resistance website for organizing and publicizing anti-censorship pro-education etc. rallies/protests/walkouts. "Walkout2learn:" https://www.walkout2learn.org/
* New Indivisible Guide! "A Practical Guide to defeating MAGA:" https://indivisible.org/sites/default/files/2023-01/20220104_Indivisible_%20A%20Practical%20Guide%20to%20Defeating%20MAGA.pdf
* 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.
Senate: https://contactsenators.com/senator-phone-numbers/
Congress in General: https://www.congress.gov/members/find-your-member
Here is one that will send your reps a fax: https://resist.bot/
* "DONATE TO EMILY'S LIST:" https://win.emilyslist.org/a/donate-to-emily
* Tiny hand knit stocking earrings made by a good friend: https://forestgirlclothing.com/collections/autumn-winter-collection/products/fairy-stocking-earrings?fbclid=IwAR0EjmUHcdv_cQOwQt4tRAouQRVtZfhSMdQDtoazj5mIKgK6cOiVCvUFU2A
* Chicksaw bead artist and cool person has Kiamichi Beading suitable for non-native sale: https://www.instagram.com/kiamichi_beading/
* Cool Blackwork Embroidery Patterns for Beginners: https://www.etsy.com/shop/thehaberdasheress/?etsrc=sdt
* This is a long time friend of mine. They have secured future housing, but have spent everything in the previous fundraiser on gofundme to survive to this point and they need They need $3000 over the next couple months until their move in date.
Gofundme here: https://www.gofundme.com/f/hdykv-housing-crisis?utm_campaign=p_lico+share-sheet&utm_medium=copy_link&utm_source=customer
You can also support them via their Redbubble: https://www.redbubble.com/people/Kandrinchae/shop?fbclid=IwAR0E1PRHlG45LWhBfDtVpGigD1YUk9Njm-__SviL4W7C8JZUCppFc1oG9Gs%22
* 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. :
SupportGigiInHerOldAge:" https://www.spotfund.com/story/18393388-9914-4f6c-9f99-876aa019bdee
They are also trying to GM for pay. They are an excellent GM. Here's where to sign up: https://startplaying.games/gm/1617744454089x564714756631343740
* What to help support all of us all here at the Cat Asylum? https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/Gwydion
* I admit to having a wicked good time tormenting myself and other history geeks with my polls: https://www.tumblr.com/gwydpolls
* "Resources for helping Gaza, Sudan and Congo:" https://www.tumblr.com/swallowedabug/758070860436439040?source=share
* "In Gaza, Israel’s Military Has Reached the End of the Line, U.S. Officials Say:" https://www.nytimes.com/2024/08/14/us/politics/israel-military-gaza-war.html
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* "Egypt pushing for Palestinian Authority to take over Gaza’s Rafah Crossing:" https://www.timesofisrael.com/egypt-pushing-for-palestinian-authority-to-take-over-gazas-rafah-crossing-report/
* "What's going on inside Iran as the world awaits retaliation against Israel?:" https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/iran-vows-revenge-what-do-people-think-rcna166521
* "Hezbollah is undeterred as Lebanon braces for war with Israel:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2024/08/11/hezbollah-lebanon-israel/
* "Lebanon’s health care system in tatters but still preparing for a possible wider war with Israel:" https://apnews.com/article/lebanon-israel-hezbollah-health-conflict-crisis-89526e6d6a4fea070450b9a086816560
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* "Russian strike on supermarket in Ukraine's east kills 14 people:" https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/two-killed-17-injured-russian-strike-supermarket-ukraines-east-2024-08-09/
* "‘Operation Knock-Knock’: Venezuela Sweeps Up Dissenters After Disputed Vote:" https://www.nytimes.com/2024/08/10/world/americas/venezuela-election-maduro.html
* Don't hold your breath for this coming to anything. "British MPs want to haul Elon Musk before parliament over riots:" https://www.politico.eu/article/united-kingdom-mps-elon-musk-parliament-riots/
* "Elon Musk Won’t Quit Trying to Stoke Civil War in the U.K.:" https://newrepublic.com/post/184743/elon-musk-stoke-civil-war-uk-race-riots
* "Seventy Miles in Hell:" https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2024/09/darien-gap-route-migrants-panama/679156/?
* "FBI says it is investigating after Trump campaign said sensitive documents were hacked by Iran:" https://apnews.com/article/fbi-trump-iran-hack-campaign-02a44ea734c8ee92c4d3a576af7a79fe
* "What Idiot Let the Trump Campaign Get Hacked? This One.: Roger Stone’s dumb mistake let hackers access Donald Trump’s campaign.:" https://newrepublic.com/post/184818/donald-trump-campaign-hack-iran-roger-stone
* "Trump and his allies once cheered hacked materials. No longer, now that they say he's a target:" https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/wireStory/trump-allies-cheered-hacked-materials-longer-now-target-112786727
* "News outlets were leaked insider material from the Trump campaign. They chose not to print it:" https://apnews.com/article/trump-vance-leak-media-wikileaks-e30bdccbdd4abc9506735408cdc9bf7b
* "Biden’s Title IX sexual orientation and gender identity protections blocked in 26 states:" https://www.advocate.com/news/bidens-title-ix-blocked-in-26-states
* "Annual US inflation falls to 3-year low, clearing the way for the Fed to begin cutting rates:" https://apnews.com/article/inflation-prices-interest-rates-economy-federal-reserve-f8de2672173407d3a126cc13493fed85
* Democrats did this. "In a first, Medicare has set prices for 10 drugs, saving billions:" https://www.politico.com/news/2024/08/15/cms-releases-prices-for-10-negotiated-drugs-00174021
* "Georgia election board says counties can do more to investigate election results:" https://www.npr.org/2024/08/07/g-s1-15750/georgia-election-board-counties-investigate-elections
* "EXCLUSIVE: New report aims to protect election certification from Trump subversion strategy:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/exclusive-new-report-aims-to-protect-election-certification-from-trump-subversion-strategy-217040965727
* "Jenna Ellis, ex-Trump attorney from Colorado, will cooperate in Arizona fake electors case:" https://www.cpr.org/2024/08/06/former-trump-attorney-jenna-ellis-cooperate-arizona-fake-electors-case/
* "Pro-Trump former county clerk guilty of tampering with voting machines:" https://www.thepinknews.com/2024/08/14/tina-peters-trial/
* "Ignore your lying eyes: Republicans attempt to overwrite living memory to rewrite history:" https://www.msnbc.com/alex-wagner-tonight/watch/ignore-your-lying-eyes-republicans-attempt-to-overwrite-living-memory-to-rewrite-history-217202757889
* "More than just lying: How Trump's distortions are setting up his post-election scheme:" https://www.msnbc.com/alex-wagner-tonight/watch/more-than-just-lying-how-trump-s-distortions-are-setting-up-his-post-election-scheme-217201221662
* "Republicans exposed for adopting Trump's gaslighting tactic to avoid harsh political realities:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/republicans-exposed-for-adopting-trump-s-gaslighting-tactic-to-avoid-harsh-political-realities-217040965526
* "Alabama town's first Black mayor takes office after three-year legal battle:" https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/alabama-towns-black-mayor-takes-office-after-year/story?id=112579938
This is big. It's an 80% black town where the white minority illegally just kept appointing each other to government for nearly sixty years to prevent the black residents from having the right to vote or any say in government.
Mr. Braxton filed and won an election four years ago, but they refused to let him in the building or have any of the power or paperwork because they considered democracy to be illegitimate.
Democracy has reached this town in Alabama for the first time right now in 2024.
* The more they try to stop you, the more important it is to do it. "Transgender people are showing up at the ballot box in spite of significant 'barriers':" https://www.advocate.com/news/transgender-survey-voter-rates
* "Wisconsin primary voters oust more than a half-dozen legislators, setting stage for Dem push in fall:" https://apnews.com/article/wisconsin-legislature-primary-incumbents-redistricting-b5ac200615adfbf82eda7cb2f6d15a32
* "Out Sen. Tammy Baldwin to face anti-LGBTQ+, anti-choice GOPer Eric Hovde in November:" https://www.advocate.com/election/tammy-baldwin-eric-hovde-wisconsin
* "Hawaii elects Kim Coco Iwamoto as its first-ever out trans state lawmaker:" https://www.thepinknews.com/2024/08/12/kim-coco-iwamoto-hawaii-trans/
* "Queer Democrat Emily Randall ‘excited’ about Washington congressional primary victory:" https://www.advocate.com/politics/emily-randall-washington-primary-interview
* "MAGA Senate Candidate Exposed Long History of Gross Comments:" https://newrepublic.com/post/184867/maga-senate-candidate-amy-klobuchar
* "NC superintendent candidate Morrow called for mass arrests, enacting Insurrection Act in 2021 video:" https://ncnewsline.com/briefs/nc-superintendent-candidate-morrow-called-for-mass-arrests-enacting-insurrection-act-in-2021-video/
* "As NC faith leaders, we are speaking out against Mark Robinson:" https://www.charlotteobserver.com/opinion/article291021745.html
* "NC Republican governor candidate Mark Robinson, who called abortion 'genocide,' took his wife to get one:" https://www.advocate.com/politics/mark-robinson-wife-abortion-north-carolina-republican
* "Gay San Francisco Supervisor candidate reveals he was the victim of alleged homophobic hate crime:" https://www.advocate.com/crime/gay-san-francisco-supervisor-candidate-reveals-he-was-the-victim-of-alleged-homophobic-hate-crime
* "Missouri and Arizona voters will decide abortion access in November:" https://www.spokesman.com/stories/2024/aug/13/missouri-and-arizona-voters-will-decide-abortion-a/
* "Ruling: Fetus can be referred to as ‘unborn human being’ in Arizona abortion measure voter pamphlet:" https://apnews.com/article/arizona-abortion-rights-ballot-measure-b0ea37c92692533da109fd74a07b25f7
* Primaries are Ongoing:
Important! Remember to vote in all primaries!!!
NOTE: Important non-Presidential Primaries are also ongoing! Remember to vote in all the races, not just the top of the ticket. Who runs congress, your state, and your local government really matters. In some states this is a separate primary. Check the rules for your state. This is how you push the party and the government left.
Alaska, Florida, Wyoming: 8/20/24
Oklahoma: 8/27/24
Massachusetts: 9/3/24
Delaware, New Hampshire, Rhode Island: 9/9/24
Know your state's schedule and where to vote. Make sure you and your friends are registered. If you are voting in person, plan how to get there.
Never, ever sleep on a chance to vote.
It is always better to vote for someone who will listen to us than to let someone who is actively trying to kill us.
* "Robert F. Kennedy Jr. tried to meet with Kamala Harris to discuss Cabinet job:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/08/14/rfk-jr-kamala-harris-cabinet-trump/
* "Harris makes fighting high prices a campaign issue:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/harris-makes-fighting-high-prices-a-campaign-issue-217190981828
* "Stonewall veteran Miss Major endorses Kamala Harris for president:" https://www.advocate.com/news/miss-major-kamala-harris-endorsement
* "Tim Walz, Doug Emhoff, and the Nice Men of the Left:" https://nymag.com/intelligencer/article/tim-walz-doug-emhoff-democrats-nice-men-of-the-left.html
* "Walz launches 5-state fundraising blitz in LA, warns Trump will wage ‘war’ on working people:" https://apnews.com/article/walz-unions-support-fundraiser-harris-democrats-1f809455ba6643ec7f455ca75c6acd30
* "First Native American woman governor to lead Minnesota if Walz wins:" https://www.msnbc.com/jonathan-capehart/watch/meet-the-woman-who-could-be-the-nation-s-first-indigenous-woman-governor-216917061583
* "What is the Heritage Foundation, the group behind the terrifying Republican Project 2025 agenda?:" https://www.advocate.com/politics/what-is-heritage-foundation
* "Inside Project 2025’s Secret Training Videos:" https://www.propublica.org/article/inside-project-2025-secret-training-videos-trump-election
* "Secret video links Trump to Project 2025:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/secret-video-links-trump-to-project-2025-217275461681
* "Creepy Project 2025 video tells Americans to ‘spit out’ gender-inclusive language ‘before we choke on it’:" https://www.advocate.com/politics/project-2025-training-video
* "New hidden camera video reinforces Trump’s Project 2025 problem:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/08/15/new-hidden-camera-video-reinforces-trumps-project-2025-problem/
* "Trump took a private flight with Project 2025 leader in 2022:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/elections/2024/08/07/trump-heritage-project-2025-roberts/
* "Project 2025: Chapter24: Detailed notes:" https://amaebi.dreamwidth.org/2482110.html
* "Note on Paul Winfree and top-level summary of Federal Reserver, Ch. 24 of Project 2024:" https://amaebi.dreamwidth.org/2481513.html
* "HRC sounds alarm over Trump-Vance Project 2025’s existential threat to LGBTQ+ people:" https://www.advocate.com/news/hrc-project-2025-dangers
* "Republicans tell Trump to focus on issues, not "crowd sizes." Project 2025 shows that will backfire:" https://www.salon.com/2024/08/15/tell-to-focus-on-issues-not-crowd-sizes-project-2025-shows-that-will-backfire/
* "Trump Allies Fear He’s Sabotaging His Own Campaign:" https://www.vanityfair.com/news/story/trump-allies-fear-sabotaging-campaign
* "Trump's biggest campaign obstacle: He can't stop being Donald Trump:" https://www.msnbc.com/alex-wagner-tonight/watch/trump-s-biggest-campaign-obstacle-he-can-t-stop-being-donald-trump-217287749572
* "“Economic Terrorism”: Teamsters President Finally Slams Trump: Teamsters President Sean O’Brien seems to be finally waking up to the reality of Trump after his disgusting comments about workers to Elon Musk.:" https://newrepublic.com/post/184861/teamsters-president-sean-obrien-reaction-trump-musk-interview-workers
* "Elon Musk’s Twitter Space With Donald Trump Was a Dumpster Fire:" https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2024/08/elon-musk-donald-trump-twitter-space/
* "On the failed X chat with Musk, Trump let slip that Harris is as beautiful as…Melania?:" https://www.advocate.com/voices/trump-musk-unhinged-interview
* "Trump calls Kamala Harris & Tim Walz ‘heavy into the transgender world’ at unhinged press conference:" https://www.advocate.com/election/trump-unhinged-transgender-presser
* "Donald Trump bashes Tim Walz's support for trans people in such a weird way:" https://www.advocate.com/election/trump-walz-transgender
* Having no positive legacy from his presidency, Trump keeps stealing Biden's. "‘I did the insulin’: Trump tries to take credit for bill signed by Biden:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/-i-did-the-insulin-trump-tries-to-take-credit-for-bill-signed-by-biden-217276485749
* "Michael Fanone reacts to Trump's lies about Jan. 6: 'I'm exhausted':" https://www.msnbc.com/jonathan-capehart/watch/former-jan-6-officer-i-m-exhausted-by-trump-s-lies-216952389532
* "he other Black politician who says he was with Trump in that near-fatal chopper crash :" https://www.politico.com/news/2024/08/09/trump-plane-crash-california-00173487
* "Why Trump flew to campaign events on Jeffrey Epstein’s plane last weekend:" https://www.miamiherald.com/news/politics-government/article290986070.html
* "J.D. Vance’s Weird Thoughts on Older Women Exposed in New Audio:" https://newrepublic.com/post/184888/jd-vance-weird-thoughts-older-women-postmenopausal-female-audio
* "Stacey Abrams shreds JD Vance for distorting her words:" https://www.msnbc.com/alex-wagner-tonight/watch/stacey-abrams-shreds-jd-vance-for-distorting-her-words-217290309820
* Interesting that Republicans are doing this while trying to swift boat Tim Walz. "JD Vance Mocked For Claiming Trump Embodies Marines' 'Always Faithful' Motto:" https://www.huffpost.com/entry/jd-vance-trump-semper-fi-military_n_66be2f12e4b04090eac446d0?ncid=NEWSSTAND0001
* "Pete Buttigieg calls out JD Vance as being 'not pro-family for me':" https://www.advocate.com/politics/pete-buttigieg-responds-jd-vance
* "Secret Service explains why JD Vance’s weird Air Force Two stunt in Wisconsin wasn’t a security breach:" https://www.advocate.com/election/secret-service-jd-vance-stunt
* "Did you know most anti-LGBTQ+ legislation has failed? 'We're getting these wins':" https://www.advocate.com/politics/lgbtq-victories-legislation-failures
* The Republican War on Education continues. "Glenn Youngkin appoints ‘failed Moms for Liberty candidate’ to Virginia Board of Education:" https://www.advocate.com/politics/meg-bryce
* "George Santos faced a New York judge in court as his federal criminal trial looms:" https://www.advocate.com/crime/george-santos-court-hearing
* "Trump seeks to delay his hush money sentencing until after the election:" https://www.politico.com/news/2024/08/15/trump-seeks-delay-to-hush-money-sentencing-00174157
* "Trump’s attempt to remove judge from hush money case fails again:" https://www.politico.com/news/2024/08/14/trump-merchan-recusal-bid-fail-00173966
* "A Colorado man threatened to 'shoot up' a drag show. Artists are responding with a bigger show:" https://www.advocate.com/news/steamboat-springs-colorado-drag-threat
* "Sheriff who hired ex-deputy charged in Sonya Massey killing to retire:" https://abcnews.go.com/US/sheriff-sonya-massey-case-retire/story?id=112726163
* "Inmates battle heat, mold and mice inside Mississippi's largest prison:" https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/inmates-battle-heat-mold-mice-mississippis-largest-prison-rcna163635
* "Who is Robby Starbuck? This is the anti-LGBTQ+ conspiracy theorist convincing companies to drop DEI:" https://www.advocate.com/news/robby-starbuck-dei-lgbtq-conspiracy-theorist
* "Book Bans with Dave Eggers:" https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/book-bans-with-dave-eggers/id1382983397?i=1000664414159
* CW: Domestic Violence. "Florida man kills husband after 'very bad argument,' calls 911 on himself: police:" https://www.advocate.com/news/florida-man-arrested-husband-killed
* "US offers the most expensive gender-affirming care in the world – but where is the cheapest?:" https://www.thepinknews.com/2024/08/15/us-offers-the-most-expensive-gender-affirming-care-in-the-world-but-where-is-the-cheapest/
* "Ohio's 'medically baseless and genuinely dangerous' gender-affirming care ban upheld by judge:" https://www.advocate.com/news/ohio-gender-affirming-care-youth-ban
* CW: CSA, Rape, "Attorney General Todd Rokita drops lawsuit against IU Health tied to 10-year-old's abortion:" https://www.indystar.com/story/news/politics/2024/08/12/todd-rokita-drops-lawsuit-against-iu-health-tied-to-ohio-girls-abortion/74767752007/
* CW: Rape, CSA. "Indiana attorney general drops lawsuit over privacy of Ohio girl who traveled for abortion:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/indiana-attorney-general-drops-lawsuit-over-privacy-of-ohio-girl-who-traveled-for-abortion-217192005709
* "Nigerian transgender TikTok star found dead:" https://www.thepinknews.com/2024/08/12/abuja-area-mama-death-trans-nigeria/
* "Pope Francis ‘denounces anti-LGBTQ+ discrimination’ in historic meeting with Ugandan activist :" https://www.thepinknews.com/2024/08/15/pope-francis-denounces-anti-lgbtq-discrimination-in-historic-meeting-with-ugandan-activist/
* "Thailand takes a leap towards marriage equality, but more work is needed for trans rights:" https://www.advocate.com/voices/thailand-laws-transgender
* "Powerful advert highlights shocking reality of legal anti-LGBTQ+ discrimination in the US:" https://www.thepinknews.com/2024/08/15/powerful-advert-highlights-shocking-reality-of-legal-anti-lgbtq-discrimination-in-the-us/
* "Southern states can't block protections for transgender students, judge rules:" https://www.advocate.com/news/southern-states-can-t-block-protections-for-transgender-students-judge-rules
* "Black trans woman Monique Brooks shot and killed in Florida parking lot:" https://www.advocate.com/crime/monique-brooks-killed-florida
* "Man arrested in killing of ‘brilliant’ gay neurosurgeon in Detroit:" https://www.advocate.com/man-arrested-killing-devon-hoover
* "Black transgender woman Tai’Vion Lathan shot and left to die in Baltimore alley:" https://www.advocate.com/crime/black-transgender-woman-taivion-lathan-shot-and-left-to-die-in-baltimore-alley
* "Trans woman Dylan Gurley, 20, killed in Texas:" https://www.thepinknews.com/2024/08/14/trans-woman-dylan-gurley-20-killed-in-texas/
* "Liberty University allegedly fired a woman after she came out as transgender. Now, she's suing:" https://www.advocate.com/news/liberty-university-transgender-lawsuit
* "Walmart and MISTR to offer free at-home HIV testing kits:" https://www.advocate.com/health/walmart-mistr-hiv-test-kits
* "World Health Organization again declares mpox a global health emergency amid rising case threat:" https://www.advocate.com/health/mpox-global-health-emergency-again
* Wear your mask. "As COVID precautions vanish, people with disabilities struggle with safety and isolation:" https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/as-covid-precautions-vanish-people-with-disabilities-struggle-with-safety-and-isolation
* "Noah Lyles' collapse underscores our collective COVID denial:" https://www.salon.com/2024/08/10/noah-lyles-collapse-underscores-our-collective-denial/
* "N95 Masks Nearly Perfect at Blocking COVID, UMD Study Shows:" https://today.umd.edu/n95-masks-nearly-perfect-at-blocking-covid-umd-study-shows
* "Parts Of The Amazon Rainforest Are Now Releasing More Carbon Than They Absorb:" https://www.npr.org/2021/07/15/1016469317/parts-of-the-amazon-rainforest-are-now-releasing-more-carbon-than-they-absorb
* "Great Barrier Reef facing catastrophic damage, research shows:" https://www.unimelb.edu.au/newsroom/news/2024/august/great-barrier-reef-facing-catastrophic-damage,-research-shows
* "Trees Reveal Climate Surprise: Bark Removes Methane from the Atmosphere:" https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/trees-reveal-climate-surprise-bark-removes-methane-from-the-atmosphere/
* "Famous Sycamore Gap tree illegally felled in England showing signs of life with regrowth appearing on stump:" https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-08-01/famous-sycamore-gap-tree-illegally-felled-showing-signs-of-life/104172842
* "Elon Musk calls for “criminal prosecution” of X ad boycott perpetrators:" https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2024/07/elon-musk-calls-for-criminal-prosecution-of-x-ad-boycott-perpetrators/
* "X Formerly Known As Twitter Suspends
gaydesertguide and ilovegay Accounts Among Other LGBTQ Accounts:" https://pstribune.com/2024/07/09/x-formerly-known-as-twitter-suspends-gaydesertguide-and-ilovegay-accounts-among-other-lgbtq-accounts/* "I keep wanting to be done with Musk’s disinformation fountain, but:" https://solarbird.net/blog/2024/08/05/i-keep-wanting-to-be-done-with-musks-disinformation-fountain-but/
* "Elon Musk's X adds pro-Trump icons for Trump hashtags:" https://mashable.com/article/elon-musk-x-twitter-pro-trump-custom-hashtag-icon
* "Are 20,000 Big Cats Caged in the U.S.? Highly Unlikely.:" https://undark.org/2024/07/31/how-many-big-cats-caged-in-america/
* "Matthew Perry’s assistant among 5 people, including 2 doctors, charged in ‘Friends’ star’s death:" https://apnews.com/article/matthew-perry-death-arrest-b3708a3818f1c649f234f83a6cd16e30
* " Dr. Fauci reflects on religion, divisiveness, and the special place gay men have in his life (exclusive):" https://www.advocate.com/news/fauci-new-book-gay-men
* We went to a different part of the big lake Sunday. Not much beach, but little wavelets. It was stunningly beautiful, and as the snow run off season is over the water is what passes for warmer around here. (Still cold, but slightly warmer than the Atlantic is in the Jersey shore in August). I really liked it, though it is quite a Drive.
* "The transphobia Imane Khelif is experiencing isn't new—it's part of a disturbing, hateful pattern:" https://www.advocate.com/news/imane-khelif-olympics-2024-transpobia
* "J.K. Rowling and Elon Musk Named in Cyberbullying Lawsuit Filed by Algerian Boxer Imane Khelif After Olympic Win:" https://variety.com/2024/tv/news/jk-rowling-elon-musk-imane-khelif-lawsuit-1236105185/
* Correlation is not causation. "Breakdancing Won't Be Part of 2028 Los Angeles Olympics?:" https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/breakdancing-2028-olympics/
* "Simone Biles claps back at hair critics at the Paris 2024 Olympics:" https://www.thepinknews.com/2024/08/12/simone-biles-hair-claps-back/
* "Team LGBTQ+ finished in 7th place at this year’s Olympics – their most medals ever:" https://www.thepinknews.com/2024/08/12/team-lgbtq-olympics/
* "Tom Daley announces retirement from diving after Olympic silver: ‘It’s the right time’:" https://www.thepinknews.com/2024/08/12/olympian-tom-daley-announces-retirement-diving-paris-2024/
* "First trans athlete at Paralympic Games says her participation ‘is an important symbol of inclusion’:" https://www.thepinknews.com/2024/08/13/transgender-athlete-paralympics/
* "Hawaii: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO):"
* "Dracula's Whitby - Mina's Run:"
* "Emma, Part VI:" https://www.thechatner.com/p/emma-part-vi?utm_source=post-email-title&publication_id=5&post_id=147521019&utm_campaign=email-post-title&isFreemail=true&r=ykw2&triedRedirect=true&utm_medium=email
* "The real reason your sapient dragon character needs a "rider":" https://www.tumblr.com/lookoverfortygrapes/758750825719988224
* "Sunday Sweets Celebrates Mid-Century Modern:" https://www.cakewrecks.com/home/sunday-sweets-celebrates-mid-century-modern-2024
*****
* 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.
* "Safe Home for Muslim Woman with Disabilities:" https://www.launchgood.com/v4/campaign/safe_home_for_muslim_woman_with_disabilities?src=125500
* "Black Alliance for Peace’s Atlanta Citywide Alliance:" https://linktr.ee/bapatlanta
* Map of Cop Cities planned or being built: https://isyourlifebetter.net/cop-cities-usa/
* "if you are struggling with choosing which fundraisers to support, please consider donating to the following places providing medical aid, food, and other supplies to palestine at this time:" https://www.tumblr.com/gwydionmisha/750500230956564480?source=share
* Links for various Palestinian Aid Organizations: https://www.tumblr.com/gwydionmisha/750151174318112768?source=share
* "World Central Kitchen:" https://wck.org/
* "Palestine Children’s Relief Fund:" https://pcrf1.app.neoncrm.com/forms/gaza-recovery
* Help Barbara Phifer beat Denny Hoskins in Missouri: https://secure.actblue.com/donate/citizens-for-phifer-2?refcode=directory
* Free JSTOR: https://support.jstor.org/hc/en-us/articles/115004760028-How-to-Register-Get-Free-Access-to-Content
* Help Queer Folks in Ghana: https://www.silentmajorityghana.com/donate
* "Library of Congress Launches New Website for Americans to Share COVID-19 Stories:" https://newsroom.loc.gov/news/library-of-congress-launches-new-website-for-americans-to-share-covid-19-stories/s/d5739534-fec6-4e13-9f16-68d6117ee94b
* To track more general LGBTQIA+ Legislation: https://www.lgbtmap.org/
* An organization for the parents of trans youths: https://transparentusa.org/
* Want to help Lucas Kunce beat Josh Hawley? https://secure.actblue.com/donate/pccc_2022_lucas_kunce_only
* Want to help Andy Kim beat Bob Menendez? https://www.andykim.com/
* Help Adam Frisch beat Lauren Boebert: https://secure.actblue.com/donate/defeatlaurenboebertnowz
* Want to contribute to Gloria Johnson's senate run in Tennessee? https://www.votegloriajohnson.com/
* Want to help queer folk in Russia?
Queer Svit - https://queersvit.taplink.ws/ Helping LGBTQ+ and BIPOC аffected by the war and political repressions
Center-T - https://centre-t.com/english Helping transgender people in Russia
КилькоТ-Действие - https://boosty.to/kilkota
Delo LGBT+ - https://www.delo.lgbt/ || https://boosty.to/delolgbt
* List of ways to help Brazil: https://www.tumblr.com/tuulikki/749885837529022464?source=share
* Want to help Journalists without Borders? https://donate.rsf.org/us/donate/~my-donation
* How to donate to Doctors Without Borders: https://donate.doctorswithoutborders.org/secure/donate
* "The Rainbow Railroad:" https://www.rainbowrailroad.org/take-action
* "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/
* "Support OVD-Info:" https://beste-glatisant.tumblr.com/post/677388506851606528/hi-ive-donated-to-the-ukranian-refugees-and-now
* "Native Land is an app to help map Indigenous territories, treaties, and languages.:" https://native-land.ca/
* "War in Ukraine! Support LGBTQ people.:" https://secure.wayforpay.com/payment/s047412e502b6
* 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
* A resistance website for organizing and publicizing anti-censorship pro-education etc. rallies/protests/walkouts. "Walkout2learn:" https://www.walkout2learn.org/
* New Indivisible Guide! "A Practical Guide to defeating MAGA:" https://indivisible.org/sites/default/files/2023-01/20220104_Indivisible_%20A%20Practical%20Guide%20to%20Defeating%20MAGA.pdf
* 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.
Senate: https://contactsenators.com/senator-phone-numbers/
Congress in General: https://www.congress.gov/members/find-your-member
Here is one that will send your reps a fax: https://resist.bot/
* "DONATE TO EMILY'S LIST:" https://win.emilyslist.org/a/donate-to-emily
* Tiny hand knit stocking earrings made by a good friend: https://forestgirlclothing.com/collections/autumn-winter-collection/products/fairy-stocking-earrings?fbclid=IwAR0EjmUHcdv_cQOwQt4tRAouQRVtZfhSMdQDtoazj5mIKgK6cOiVCvUFU2A
* Chicksaw bead artist and cool person has Kiamichi Beading suitable for non-native sale: https://www.instagram.com/kiamichi_beading/
* Cool Blackwork Embroidery Patterns for Beginners: https://www.etsy.com/shop/thehaberdasheress/?etsrc=sdt
* This is a long time friend of mine. They have secured future housing, but have spent everything in the previous fundraiser on gofundme to survive to this point and they need They need $3000 over the next couple months until their move in date.
Gofundme here: https://www.gofundme.com/f/hdykv-housing-crisis?utm_campaign=p_lico+share-sheet&utm_medium=copy_link&utm_source=customer
You can also support them via their Redbubble: https://www.redbubble.com/people/Kandrinchae/shop?fbclid=IwAR0E1PRHlG45LWhBfDtVpGigD1YUk9Njm-__SviL4W7C8JZUCppFc1oG9Gs%22
* 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. :
SupportGigiInHerOldAge:" https://www.spotfund.com/story/18393388-9914-4f6c-9f99-876aa019bdee
They are also trying to GM for pay. They are an excellent GM. Here's where to sign up: https://startplaying.games/gm/1617744454089x564714756631343740
* What to help support all of us all here at the Cat Asylum? https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/Gwydion
* I admit to having a wicked good time tormenting myself and other history geeks with my polls: https://www.tumblr.com/gwydpolls