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* "Fresh Violence in Darfur Adds to Sudan’s Crises:" https://www.nytimes.com/2021/11/26/world/africa/sudan-darfur-violence-protests.html

* "Sudan's Burhan Dismisses Senior Intelligence Officers, Sources Say:" https://www.usnews.com/news/world/articles/2021-11-28/sudans-burhan-dismisses-senior-intelligence-officers-sources-say

* CW: Child Death "Girl, 12, Allegedly Stabbed to Death by Kids at Christmas Light Show:" https://www.thedailybeast.com/ava-white-allegedly-stabbed-to-death-by-kids-at-liverpool-christmas-light-show

* "Burkina Faso: Tear gas fired at protesters decrying Islamist attacks:" https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-59443521

* "No way out: The dangerous fields of India's impoverished sugar-cane cutters:" https://www.latimes.com/world-nation/story/2021-11-08/india-sugarcane-cutters

* "Contending With the Pandemic, Wealthy Nations Wage Global Battle for Migrants:" https://www.nytimes.com/2021/11/23/world/asia/immigration-pandemic-labor-shortages.html

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* "COVID variant spreads to more countries as world on alert:" https://apnews.com/article/omicron-variant-covid-africa-uk-netherlands-1b344a86ff359a552aa5a64899a57ff7

* "How vaccine makers plan to address the new COVID-19 omicron variant:" https://www.npr.org/2021/11/27/1059534796/covid-19-vaccine-makers-combat-omicron-variant

* "Even Health-Care Workers With Long COVID Are Being Dismissed:" https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2021/11/health-care-workers-long-covid-are-being-dismissed/620801/

* "In Peru's Amazon, 'forgotten' tribes discover COVID-19 as vaccines arrive:" https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/perus-amazon-forgotten-tribes-discover-covid-19-vaccines-arrive-2021-11-02/

* "‘It's Coming': NY Declares State of Emergency Ahead of Potential Omicron Spike:" https://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/omicron-variant-ny-declares-state-of-emergency-ahead-of-potential-spike/3421297/

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* "U.S. Military Training in Mexico Increased as Human Rights Waned, New Database Reveals:" https://theintercept.com/2021/11/17/mexico-military-pentagon-support-human-rights/

* "The Infrastructure Bill in Action:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-sunday-show/watch/the-infrastructure-bill-in-action-127353925939

* "Republican Leader Backtracks on LGBTQ+ Outreach After Backlash:" https://www.advocate.com/politics/2021/11/18/republican-leader-backtracks-lgbtq-outreach-after-backlash-ronna-mcdaniel

* "Gay Asian-American Lawmaker Sacked From Business Committee:" https://www.advocate.com/politics/2021/11/23/gay-asian-american-lawmaker-sacked-business-committee

* "Republican says LGBT+ people 'choose' to be beaten up:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2021/11/21/montana-senator-theresa-manzella-gay-choice/

* "Rep. Maxine Waters addresses extremism in the GOP:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-sunday-show/watch/rep-maxine-waters-addresses-extremism-in-the-gop-127354437798

* "Jury finds 'Unite the Right' organizers liable:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-sunday-show/watch/jury-finds-unite-the-right-organizers-liable-127355461568

* "How US gun culture stacks up with the world:" https://www.cnn.com/2021/11/26/world/us-gun-culture-world-comparison-intl-cmd/index.html

* "How Race Impacts the Self Defense Argument:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-sunday-show/watch/how-race-impacts-the-self-defense-argument-127355461607

* "“If Everybody’s White, There Can’t Be Any Racial Bias”: The Disappearance of Hispanic Drivers From Traffic Records:" https://www.propublica.org/article/if-everybodys-white-there-cant-be-any-racial-bias-the-disappearance-of-hispanic-drivers-from-traffic-records

* "Student 'needs police escort' after horrific homophobic, racist 'hazing':" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2021/11/21/southern-illinois-university-edwardsville-hazing-racist/

* "School Opens Hate Crime Probe After White Student Hits Black Classmate With Water Bottle:" https://www.thedailybeast.com/monroe-high-school-opens-hate-crime-probe-after-white-student-bashes-black-classmate-with-bottle

* CW: Pedophilia. "No phones, laptops allowed at Josh Duggar child porn trial:" https://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/wireStory/phones-laptops-allowed-josh-duggar-child-porn-trial-81373853

* CW: Domestic Violence. "Police Arrest Woman Over Fatal Stabbing of Her Girlfriend:" https://www.advocate.com/crime/2021/11/20/police-arrest-woman-over-fatal-stabbing-her-girlfriend

* CW: Abuse. "Many Older Queer Adults Face Abuse Yet Rarely Report It, Study Says:" https://www.advocate.com/news/2021/11/26/many-older-queer-adults-face-abuse-yet-rarely-report-it-study-says-oregon

* Orly? "Tory MP ridiculed for saying female lead in Doctor Who pushes young men into crime:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2021/11/26/tory-mp-doctor-who-crime-nick-fletcher/

* "Tanzania to lift ban on teenage mothers returning to school:" https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2021/nov/26/tanzania-to-lift-ban-on-teenage-mothers-returning-to-school

* "Why We Aren’t Monogamous…:"

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* "Russia to Consider Restricting Gay Love Scenes, 'As With Pornography':" https://www.advocate.com/world/2021/11/24/russia-consider-restricting-gay-love-scenes-pornography

* "Australia wants to protect religious people from so-called 'cancel culture':" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2021/11/28/australia-scott-morrison-cancel-culture-lgbt/

"In reality, the bill would allow religious Australians to legally discriminate against minorities, including LGBT+ people and people with disabilities, advocates have warned.

Australia’s Human Rights Law Centre explained in a release that it would “allow people to make derogatory, offensive and harmful statements of belief, including in workplaces, schools and health services, and that override federal, state and territory anti-discrimination laws, thereby denying victims an important avenue for justice”, and well as “grant unprecedented licence to religious bodies, including schools and charities, to discriminate against people of a different faith or no faith in a range of circumstances”."

* "Marriage Equality Rejected by Thailand's Constitutional Court:" https://www.advocate.com/world/2021/11/18/marriage-equality-rejected-thailands-constitutional-court

* "Teacher sacked from Christian school for 'being gay' issues grave warning:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2021/11/26/australia-teacher-gay-religious-discrimination-steph-lentz/

"The terrifying bill, the centre said, would “grant unprecedented licence to religious bodies, including schools and charities, to discriminate against people of a different faith or no faith in a range of circumstances”."

* "Thug terrifies staff with vile homophobic rant after being asked to wear a face mask:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2021/11/24/dublin-ireland-anti-face-mask-homophobic-rant/

* "Gay man 'thought he would bleed to death' after homophobic thug beat him at Pride:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2021/11/24/leeds-pride-james-withers-homophobia-gay/

* "Saving Two Spirit and Indigenous LGBTQ+ Youth:" https://www.advocate.com/commentary/2021/11/26/saving-two-spirit-and-indigenous-lgbtq-youth

* "Iowa Medicaid Program Must Cover Gender-Affirming Care, Judge Rules:" https://www.advocate.com/transgender/2021/11/24/iowa-medicaid-program-must-cover-gender-affirming-care-judge-rules

* "Straight People Are 'Superior,' Says N.C. Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson:" https://www.advocate.com/politics/2021/11/22/straight-people-are-superior-says-nc-lt-gov-mark-robinson

* "Drag queen’s home stormed by police after troll files false report accusing them of murder:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2021/11/28/elix-drag-queen-police-murder-troll-twitch/

* "Trucks Took to the Texas Streets With Signs Supporting Trans Lives:" https://www.advocate.com/news/2021/11/18/folx-health-trucks-took-texas-streets-support-trans-lives

* "Court Revives Lawsuit After Gay Teacher Fired From Catholic School:" https://www.advocate.com/news/2021/11/24/court-revives-lawsuit-after-gay-teacher-fired-catholic-school

* "Catholic Students Rally Around Schoolmate Punished for Pride Shirt:" https://www.advocate.com/religion/2021/11/23/catholic-students-rally-around-schoolmate-punished-pride-shirt

* "For the Trump Family, LGBTQ+ People Are Nothing but a Joke:" https://www.advocate.com/commentary/2021/11/19/trump-family-lgbtq-people-are-nothing-joke

* "Dave Chappelle 'jokes about identifying as a woman' in new comedy show:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2021/11/24/dave-chappelle-trans-transphobia-madison-square-garden/

* "Trans Netflix Engineer Quits; Legal Case Against Company Withdrawn:" https://www.advocate.com/media/2021/11/22/trans-netflix-engineer-quits-legal-case-against-company-withdrawn

* "5 things to know about monkeypox after a new case appeared in U.S.:" https://www.statnews.com/2021/11/17/monkeypox-cdc-maryland-disease/

* "Egypt: Hundreds stung by scorpions after deadly floods in Aswan:" https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-59274686

* "Peru's president pledges support for those affected by 7.5-magnitude earthquake:" https://www.cnn.com/2021/11/28/americas/peru-earthquake-intl/index.html

* "In fast-changing Dubai, once-isolated village to be razed:" https://apnews.com/article/business-middle-east-dubai-united-arab-emirates-4f4b5bbe9cf6ebf9695b74101cd4f7c2

* "A Tree That Was Once the Suburban Ideal Has Morphed Into an Unstoppable Villain:" https://www.nytimes.com/2021/11/26/us/bradford-pear-tree-south-carolina.html

* "Michigan city on edge as lead water crisis persists:" https://apnews.com/article/business-lifestyle-environment-and-nature-michigan-poverty-12586348a94d5d57de7de6e15df23421

* "This Ink Is Alive and Made Entirely of Microbes:" https://www.nytimes.com/2021/11/23/science/microbes-construction-bacteria.html

* "The McDonald’s Ice Cream Machine Hacking Saga Has a New Twist:" https://www.wired.com/story/mcdonalds-ice-cream-machine-hacking-kytch-taylor-internal-emails/

* "The Early History of Human Excreta:" https://daily.jstor.org/the-early-history-of-human-excreta/?preview_id=279309

* "First they found a dead king's body. Now they've uncovered an ancient mosaic:" https://www.npr.org/2021/11/26/1059341809/leicester-england-archaeologists-ancient-roman-mosaic

* "Looking at the Dark Side of Jamestown & John Smith | Prism of the Past:"

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* "Fabergé’s Secret Garden:" https://www.messynessychic.com/2021/11/24/faberges-secret-garden/

* "Karl I: The Last Emperor of Austria:"

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* CW: Pedophilia. "Seven Surprising Things You Probably Didn't Know about Josephine Baker:" https://www.messynessychic.com/2021/11/25/seven-surprising-things-you-probably-didnt-know-about-josephine-baker/

* CW: Rape "Ivan Milat: Australia’s Most Notorious Serial Killer:"

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* "Close friend shares moving stories about 'force of nature' Freddie Mercury's final days:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2021/11/24/freddie-mercury-death-hiv-aids-mike-moran/

* "The cruel way newspapers treated Freddie Mercury's death will chill you to the bone:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2021/11/24/freddie-mercury-death-hiv-aids-newspapers/

* "Even Rainbows Have a Dark Side:" https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/pointing-at-rainbows-taboo

* "The Rwandan Genocide:"

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* "The Wounded Warrior Project: Corporate Casket:"

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* "He Sold Away His People’s Heritage. He’s in the Jungle to Get It Back.:" https://www.nytimes.com/2021/11/21/arts/design/toek-tik-cambodian-artifacts.html

* "Egypt restores ancient road linking temples of Luxor and Karnak:" https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/nov/26/egypt-restores-ancient-road-linking-temples-of-luxor-and-karnak

* "Italian street artist battles racism by turning swastikas into cupcakes:" https://www.reuters.com/lifestyle/italian-street-artist-battles-racism-by-turning-swastikas-into-cupcakes-2021-11-24/

* "End Times Preacher: A Reptile Alien Imitating My Husband Tried to Sleep with Me:" https://friendlyatheist.patheos.com/2021/11/23/end-times-preacher-a-reptile-alien-imitating-my-husband-tried-to-sleep-with-me/

* "A Bunch of People Just Rode Horses to a McDonald’s Drive-Thru:" https://www.vice.com/en/article/qjb8dm/mcdonalds-drive-thru-horses-malaysia

* "What Is the 'Birds Aren't Real' Movement?:" https://www.snopes.com/articles/381287/birds-arent-real-movement/

* "Flynn, Powell Pushed The Military To Seize Control After T**** Lost The Election:"

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* "The Q Files: Q Faithful Are Still Waiting For JFK In Dallas:"

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* "Pfizer's Covid Pill Can Save Lives | Jon Batiste Stands Up For Big Bird:"

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* "Michael Cohen Is Kanye's Fixer | Roger Stone, Alex Jones In Hot Water For Roles In Jan. 6th Attack:"

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* "Billionaires, They're Just Not Like Us: Elon Feuds With Bernie, Bezos Would Turn Earth Into A Park:"

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* "Urinewhile... Singer Pees On Fan At Florida Festival, The Rock Pees In Water Bottles During Workouts:"

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* "C-SPANIME Covers The Censure Of Paul Gosar:"

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* "Love Crypto? Move To Bitcoin City:"

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* "Oh Christmas Lamp:"

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* "Sunday Sweets: Wedding Cakes in Chocolate:" https://www.cakewrecks.com/home/2021/11/28/sunday-sweets-wedding-cakes-in-chocolate

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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.

* "Help Kevin Strickland After Wrongful Conviction:" https://www.gofundme.com/f/help-kevin-strickland-after-wrongful-conviction

* 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

* 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

* Organizations working for reproductive rights in Texas: https://minoanmiss.dreamwidth.org/796848.html

* Even more Organizations working for reproductive rights in Texas: https://wendelah1.dreamwidth.org/788132.html

* Want to help Kimi Cole run for statewide office in Nevada? https://secure.actblue.com/donate/kimi-cole-4-nevada-1

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* "Member of Brutal ISIS ‘Beatles’ Cell Pleads Guilty in Hostage Cases:" https://www.nytimes.com/2021/09/02/us/politics/isis-beatles-alexanda-kotey.html

* "New Zealand police were following extremist who stabbed 6:" https://apnews.com/article/police-new-zealand-islamic-state-group-2bbbbc9f3e4249fba2c519dda5e8f05f

* "Ethiopia's Tigray crisis: What's stopping aid getting in?:" https://www.bbc.com/news/57929853

* "Museum chief is only candidate for Estonia's presidency:" https://apnews.com/article/europe-estonia-f2d1f04b715d7827afbe2c7c0d585865

* "Milan mayor says cladding melted in tower block blaze, as in London's Grenfell:" https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/milan-mayor-says-cladding-melted-tower-block-blaze-londons-grenfell-2021-08-30/

* "China limits teens to just three hours a week of online gaming in latest crackdown:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2021/08/31/chinese-teens-online-gaming-limited/

* "Heavily armed criminal group ties hostages to getaway cars after storming Brazilian city:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2021/08/30/brazi-crime-hostages-araatuba/

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* "Breakthrough Infections Less Likely to Cause Long Covid, Large Study Finds:" https://www.nytimes.com/live/2021/09/01/world/covid-delta-variant-vaccine

* "Australian state of Victoria extends lockdown until 70% receive first vaccine dose:" https://www.cnn.com/2021/08/31/australia/australia-new-zealand-covid-19-september-intl-hnk/index.html

* "Turkey's coronavirus cases hit three-week high:" https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/turkeys-coronavirus-cases-hit-three-week-high-2021-09-01/

* "Philippines health workers protest neglect as COVID-19 strains hospitals:" https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/philippines-health-workers-protest-neglect-covid-19-strains-hospitals-2021-09-01/

* "The U.S. reaches a daily average of 100,000 Covid hospitalizations for the first time since the winter peak.:" https://www.nytimes.com/2021/08/30/us/delta-100000-covid-patients.html

* "America has wasted at least 15 million Covid vaccine doses since March, new data shows:" https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/america-has-wasted-least-15-million-covid-vaccine-doses-march-n1278211

* "Experts decry anti-vaccine, anti-mask conservative rhetoric as COVID-19 cases surpass 39 million:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-reidout/watch/covid-19-cases-surpass-39-million-as-disinformation-counter-to-cdc-guidance-persists-119832645694

* "Education Department to probe 5 states with ‘unacceptable’ school mask bans:" https://www.politico.com/news/2021/08/30/education-department-probe-unacceptable-school-mask-bans-507589

* "Florida grapples with COVID-19's deadliest phase yet:" https://apnews.com/article/business-health-florida-coronavirus-pandemic-7ed6d05626848aca4e2827681b315770

* "Florida changed its COVID-19 data, creating an ‘artificial decline’ in recent deaths:" https://www.miamiherald.com/news/coronavirus/article253796898.html

* "Covid News: Florida Withholds Funds From Schools That Defied Governor’s Mask Mandate Ban:" https://www.nytimes.com/live/2021/08/30/world/covid-delta-variant-vaccine

* "Ron DeSantis appeals mask mandate ruling as Florida Covid deaths set record:" https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/sep/03/florida-covid-ron-desantis-appeals-mask-ruling-record-covid-deaths

* "Florida teachers on edge as mask war, COVID surge mark first weeks of school:" https://www.reuters.com/world/us/florida-teachers-edge-mask-war-covid-surge-mark-first-weeks-school-2021-09-04/

* "Rep. Demings says Rubio ‘wants to be anywhere but Florida’ as clashes over COVID mandates escalate:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-reidout/watch/covid-mandates-leading-to-violent-clashes-in-florida-and-beyond-discussed-by-senate-candidate-val-demings-119924293541

* "Texas district closes schools after covid kills two teachers in one week:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/education/2021/09/01/texas-school-covid-teachers-dead/

* "Texas teacher trying to decide about Covid vaccine dies three days after testing positive:" https://www.cnn.com/2021/09/03/us/coronavirus-texas-teacher-deaths-trnd/index.html

* "When the New Covid Surge Struck, Mississippi Was Uniquely Unprepared:" https://www.nytimes.com/2021/08/29/us/when-the-new-covid-surge-struck-mississippi-was-uniquely-unprepared.html

* "SC reports 3-day total of more than 16,000 new COVID-19 cases:" https://www.live5news.com/2021/08/30/sc-reports-3-day-total-more-than-16000-new-covid-19-cases/

* "For second day in a row, Tennessee sets COVID-19 hospitalization record:" https://www.newschannel5.com/rebound/for-second-day-in-a-row-tennessee-sets-covid-19-hospitalization-record

* "OSDH: Over 7,800 new cases of COVID-19 in Oklahoma since Friday:" https://kfor.com/news/local/osdh-over-7800-new-cases-of-covid-19-in-oklahoma-since-friday/

* "Genesee County health officials receive death threat after issuing mask mandate:" https://www.freep.com/story/news/local/michigan/2021/08/25/mask-mandate-genesee-county-death-threats/5592047001/

* "Should doctors prescribing 'snake oil' Covid treatments face consequences?:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/chris-hayes-should-doctors-prescribing-livestock-medicine-for-covid-face-consequences-119916613656

* "AMA calls on doctors to immediately stop prescribing ivermectin for Covid:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/american-medical-association-calls-on-doctors-to-immediately-stop-prescribing-ivermectin-for-covid-120005189773

* "Instagram User antivaxmomma Charged With Selling Fake Vaccine Cards:" https://www.nytimes.com/2021/08/31/nyregion/fake-vaccine-cards-woman-charged.html

* This teacher cared so little about the health and safety of the kids in their care that they refused vaccination, then came to school symptomatic and took their mask off so they could infect them, knowing it could kill or permanently damage them. I don't understand how this isn't child abuse. As someone who taught for a living I'm furious that someone who hates children enough to risk harming them this way on purpose was allowed in the classroom at all. "CDC: An Unvaccinated Teacher Took Off Their Mask to Read Aloud. Half the Class Got COVID:" https://www.edweek.org/leadership/cdc-an-unvaccinated-teacher-took-off-their-mask-to-read-aloud-half-the-class-got-covid/2021/08

* "When school isn't safe: 'You feel like you are sending your child into a lion's den':" https://www.cnn.com/2021/09/01/health/schools-parents-covid-teachers-wellness/index.html

* "At least 6 conservative radio hosts and anti-mask advocates have died from COVID-19 after bashing the vaccines:" https://www.businessinsider.com/conservative-radio-hosts-anti-maskers-death-covid-19-2021-9

* I suspect McSweeney speaks for many of us here. "Oh My Fucking God, Get the Fucking Vaccine Already, You Fucking Fucks:" https://www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/oh-my-fucking-god-get-the-fucking-vaccine-already-you-fucking-fucks

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* "Last troops exit Afghanistan, ending America's longest war:" https://apnews.com/article/afghanistan-islamic-state-group-e10e038baea732dae879c11234507f81

* "With final exit, U.S. joins list of countries unable to break Afghanistan's will:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/with-final-exit-u-s-joins-list-of-countries-unable-to-break-afghanistan-s-will-119838789679

* "Hayes: U.S. troops are finally out of Afghanistan—and it's remarkable:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/hayes-u-s-troops-are-finally-out-of-afghanistan-and-it-s-remarkable-119828037800

* "Afghan Women Sent Canada Requests for Help. When They Finally Got an Email Back, They Were Told The Evacuation Was Over.:" https://pressprogress.ca/afghan-women-sent-canada-requests-for-help-when-they-finally-got-an-email-back-they-were-told-the-evacuation-was-over/

* "Afghanistan’s Gay Men Fear Death as Taliban Judge OKs Stonings:" https://www.advocate.com/world/2021/8/23/afghanistans-gay-men-fear-death-taliban-judge-oks-stonings

* "Gay Afghan: The Taliban Killed My Boyfriend:" https://www.advocate.com/world/2021/8/26/gay-afghan-taliban-killed-my-boyfriend

* "Joe Manchin voted to advance the $3.5 trillion budget bill — now he says Democrats should press pause:" https://www.cnbc.com/2021/09/02/joe-manchin-opposes-3point5-trillion-biden-democratic-spending-bill.html

* "Dem Obstructionists Are Bankrolled By Pharma And Oil:" https://www.dailyposter.com/dem-obstructionists-are-bankrolled-by-pharma-and-oil/

* "Guaranteed Income Is a Queer Justice Issue:" https://www.advocate.com/commentary/2021/8/26/guaranteed-income-queer-justice-issue

* "Out Rep. Mark Takano Introduces Four-Day Workweek Legislation:" https://www.advocate.com/news/2021/8/18/out-rep-mark-takano-introduces-four-day-workweek-legislation

* "Nearly 20% of LGBT Renters Owe Back Rent, Half of Those Fear Eviction:" https://www.advocate.com/news/2021/9/01/nearly-20-lgbt-renters-owe-back-rent-half-those-fear-eviction

* Have something you want to tell your Senators? If you can't safely protest in person, here are some other options:

Call the Capitol Switchboard at (202) 224-3121 and ask to be connected to the representative of your choice.

This App phones your rep for you: http://takeastance.us/

Here is one that will send your reps a fax: https://resistbot.io/

* "The hard-fought Texas voting bill is poised to become law. Here's what it does.:" https://www.texastribune.org/2021/08/30/texas-voting-restrictions-bill/

* "Texas Legislature sends sweeping GOP voting bill to governor:" https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/wireStory/texas-gop-voting-cusp-governor-79749334

* "Judge orders Cyber Ninjas to preserve Maricopa vote audit records in lawsuit by The Arizona Republic:" https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2021/08/25/arizona-audit-judge-orders-cyber-ninjas-preserve-documents/5595991001/

* "Newsom has a huge cash advantage in California’s recall vote. It may mean nothing:" https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/aug/31/california-governor-recall-election-gavin-newsom

* "Gay California Lawmaker Joins Grindr to Campaign Against Recall:" https://www.advocate.com/news/2021/9/02/gay-california-lawmaker-joins-grindr-campaign-against-recall

* "Rep. Bass: Conservative Elder becoming California gov. ‘a thought to cause nightmares’:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-reidout/watch/california-recall-election-speech-by-gavin-newsom-highlights-his-covid-19-leadership-vs-gop-run-states-120096325898

* On the Left. "kind of a version 0.9 beta rant:" https://solarbird.dreamwidth.org/1803906.html

* "Tucker Carlson Lays Into Bisexual Governor Because She Wed a Man:" https://www.advocate.com/news/2021/8/30/tucker-carlson-lays-bisexual-governor-because-she-wed-man

* "Brian Sims Reports Huge Campaign Haul for Penn. Lt. Governor Race:" https://www.advocate.com/politics/2021/8/24/brian-sims-reports-huge-campaign-haul-penn-lt-governor-race

* "Corporations and trade groups are bankrolling the Sedition Caucus again:" https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2021/08/corporate-pacs-donations-republican-congress-members-sedition-caucus-trump-insurrection/?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=3f267d69-d8e4-4798-b866-0c1d8dfd3f70

* "Rep. Madison Cawthorn falsely suggests elections are ‘rigged,’ says there will be ‘bloodshed’ if system continues on its path:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/rep-madison-cawthorn-says-there-will-be-bloodshed-if-us-elections-continue-to-be-rigged/2021/08/30/297a9fa2-09c8-11ec-aea1-42a8138f132a_story.html

* "Rep. Swalwell: Madison Cawthorn should face consequences for 'bloodshed' warning:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-reidout/watch/rep-cawthorn-warning-of-bloodshed-if-fraud-occurs-in-future-elections-slammed-by-rep-swalwell-119920709627

* "Kurt Bardella: Democracy doesn't die in darkness, it's happening in broad daylight:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-reidout/watch/republicans-influencing-school-boards-nationwide-part-of-wider-plan-experts-say-120176709741

* "January 6 committee to ask telecommunications companies to preserve phone records of members of Congress who participated in 'Stop the Steal' rally:" https://www.cnn.com/2021/08/30/politics/january-6-phone-records-members-of-congress/index.html

* "Jordan reveals multiple calls with Trump on January 6; investigation seeks phone records:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/jordan-reveals-multiple-calls-with-trump-on-january-6-investigation-seeks-phone-records-119839813624

* "Donald Trump and family among phone records sought by January 6th committee: CNN:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/donald-trump-and-family-among-phone-records-sought-by-january-6th-committee-cnn-119838789963

* "‘He’s scared’: Schiff on McCarthy reaction to Jan. 6 panel’s records request:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/-he-s-scared-schiff-on-mccarthy-reaction-to-jan-6-panel-s-records-request-119915589511

* "McCarthy threatens companies that comply with Jan. 6 probe’s phone records requests:" https://www.politico.com/news/2021/08/31/mccarthy-january-6-threaten-phone-records-requests-508166

* "Joy Reid critiques the Republicans threatening major companies if they cooperate with Jan. 6 select committee:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-reidout/watch/kevin-mccarthy-and-other-republicans-threaten-major-companies-if-they-cooperate-with-jan-6-select-committee-120009797570

* "630 people have been charged in the Capitol insurrection so far. This searchable table shows them all.:" https://news.yahoo.com/most-arrests-capitol-riots-misdemeanor-225235647.html

* "Federal officials charge Lansing man in Jan. 6 siege at US Capitol:" https://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/local/michigan/2021/08/17/federal-officials-charge-lansing-man-logan-james-barnhart-jan-6-siege-us-capitol/8173456002/

* "The anti-vax lawyer representing January 6 rioters has suddenly gone missing:" https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2021/08/john-pierce-missing-lawyer/

* "Anti-LGBTQ+ 'Infowars' Host Charged in Capitol Riot:" https://www.advocate.com/crime/2021/8/23/anti-lgbtq-infowars-host-charged-capitol-riot

* "'QAnon Shaman' pleads guilty to felony in US Capitol riot:" https://www.cnn.com/2021/09/03/politics/qanon-shaman-guilty-plea-insurrection-jacob-chansley/index.html

* "Scott MacFarlane report: Jan. 6 defendant was told 'wait for Trump's pardon':" https://www.msnbc.com/the-reidout/watch/jan-6-insurrectionist-jacob-chansley-could-face-approximately-4-years-scott-macfarlane-reports-120178757676

* "AP sources: Intel shows extremists to attend Capitol rally:" https://apnews.com/article/capitol-siege-887b2b3a4bcc3c667858765b1281c959

* "Second resident of Nebraska’s one-person town just a figment of Census Bureau’s imagination:" https://journalstar.com/news/state-and-regional/nebraska/second-resident-of-nebraska-s-one-person-town-just-a-figment-of-census-bureau-s/article_3dade4b8-8736-57af-9270-3a65973f5464.html

* "Officers And Paramedics Are Charged In Elijah McClain's 2019 Death In Colorado:" https://www.npr.org/2021/09/01/1033289263/elijah-mcclain-death-officers-paramedics-charged

* "Elijah McClain’s father tells Joy Reid ‘all Blacks in Colorado’ have a fear of police:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-reidout/watch/elijah-mcclain-s-father-on-grand-jury-indicting-officers-medics-for-his-son-s-2019-death-120007237920

* "White Man Who Harassed Black News Anchor Almost Caused an Environmental Disaster in 2017:" https://www.theroot.com/white-man-who-harassed-black-news-anchor-almost-caused-1847596784

* "Proud Boys' Straight Pride Ends In Fights and Arrests:" https://www.advocate.com/news/2021/8/31/proud-boys-straight-pride-ends-fights-and-arrests

* CW: Abuse "Christian boot camp accused of ‘abuse’ and ‘targeting Black and LGBT+ teens’:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2021/05/19/bethany-church-christian-boot-camp-homophobia-racism-joel-jonathan-stockstill-220i/

* CW: Suicide Mention "TikTok Presents Hate: Cheering Trans Suicides, Calling Gays Pedophiles:" https://www.advocate.com/media/2021/8/24/tiktok-presents-hate-cheering-trans-suicides-calling-gays-pedophiles

"The report, released Tuesday by the U.K.-based think tank Institute for Strategic Dialogue, examined 1,030 TikTok videos for various kinds of hatred, including white supremacy, Holocaust denial, terrorism, misogyny, and more, in addition to anti-LGBTQ+ activity. TikTok monitors and takes down such content but does so inconsistently, the institute notes."

* "US marshal claims he was fired for defending lesbian colleague from disgusting harassment:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2021/08/27/bobby-ledogar-marshal-lesbian-harassment-fired/

* "Supreme Court allows Texas’ 6-week abortion ban to take effect:" https://www.politico.com/news/2021/09/01/supreme-court-texas-abortion-ban-508275

* "New Texas abortion law pushes women to out-of-state clinics:" https://apnews.com/article/abortion-lifestyle-health-travel-texas-fbc505c3db4a08af51ba409a91ea161c

* "'Maddening': Hayes on GOP quest to ban abortion—and their lies along the way:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/chris-hayes-on-gop-quest-to-ban-abortion-and-their-lies-in-overturning-roe-v-wade-120002117800

* "Abortion rights activists rally to help Texas women get access out-of-state:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/abortion-rights-activists-rally-to-help-texas-women-get-access-out-of-state-120020549695

* "Supreme Court looks away as Texas effectively bans abortion:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/supreme-court-looks-away-as-texas-effectively-bans-abortion-120020549546

* "Maddow: New Texas abortion law 'turns every anti-abortion zealot into a bounty hunter':" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/maddow-new-texas-abortion-law-turns-every-anti-abortion-zealot-into-a-bounty-hunter-120019525534

* "What Can Democrats Do to Fight Texas’s Abortion Ban? Lots.:" https://www.thenation.com/article/politics/texas-abortion-fight/

* "Judge Shields Texas Clinics From Anti-Abortion Group's Lawsuits:" https://www.npr.org/2021/09/03/1034254539/texas-abortion-planned-parenthood-law-judge-order-right-to-life

* "Sen. Warren: Congress could pass Roe v. Wade:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-reidout/watch/texas-abortion-law-banning-abortions-as-early-as-six-weeks-into-pregnancy-denounced-by-sen-warren-120010309575

* "Barbara Boxer: Wake up America. This is a full-throated overturning of Roe:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-reidout/watch/texas-abortion-law-how-biden-can-defend-rights-of-texas-women-discussed-by-experts-120094789665

* "‘Sidewalk con:' Hayes on why abortion law design is particularly egregious :" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/chris-hayes-on-why-texas-abortion-law-design-is-particularly-egregious-120090181757

* "What it’s like to work at a Texas abortion group right now:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/what-it-s-like-to-work-at-a-texas-abortion-group-right-now-120177221994

* "Why most Republicans won't defend the Texas abortion ban:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/chris-hayes-on-why-most-republicans-won-t-defend-the-texas-abortion-ban-120173637854

* "One of the things that I think a lot of people are missing when they focus on the ‘abortion rights’ portion of the concept of 'overturning Roe v. Wade’ is that the Roe v. Wade decision wasn’t legally centered on the question of abortion per se but on the right to privacy.:" https://vaspider.tumblr.com/post/661454503051231232/i-originally-wrote-this-post-as-a-twitter-thread

* Organizations working for reproductive rights in Texas: https://minoanmiss.dreamwidth.org/796848.html

* Even more Organizations working for reproductive rights in Texas:https://wendelah1.dreamwidth.org/788132.html

* "Two High School Teens Wore The Same Outfits To Prove Dress Codes Are Sexist, And It Worked:" https://www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/teens-decided-test-double-standard-235257030.html?.tsrc=daily_mail&uh_test=1_03&guccounter=1&guce_referrer=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuZ29vZ2xlLmNvbS8&guce_referrer_sig=AQAAACAOqttAlvpayohPJNT-cwgwpOxfe54lF9XzjsIEWHwMEbarKtqPdrGzGWWvNRX47aD1qdnB9XFNBpbmomAezVIjSP4Q2QwoEP_s2jnudlXiTaKC4gB2xXpb5cmLyQDMww2QRvUd-dD4Ejb0eGnGz_NZl49ifhUhrIme4fD7Am4H

* "Antigay Catholic Newsletter Threatens to Out More Priests via Grindr:" https://www.advocate.com/religion/2021/8/23/antigay-catholic-newsletter-threatens-out-more-priests-grindr

* "Police name victim of ‘horrific’ suspected homophobic murder in London cemetery:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2021/08/27/london-cemetery-ranjith-kankanamalage/

* "Police accused of victim blaming for warning gay people to avoid dimly lit areas:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2021/09/01/met-police-victim-blaming-murder-gay-ranjith-kankanamalage/

* "Couple who were told by boss their trans son was ‘evil’ awarded £70,000 by employment tribunal:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2021/05/29/couple-boss-trans-son-evil-going-hell-khi-ro-peterborough-employment-tribunal/

* "Police officer who sent homophobic email to 55 colleagues allowed to keep his job:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2021/08/30/metropolitan-police-homophobic-david-bewick/

* "NHS is 'failing' trans men and non-binary people, Sajid Javid warned:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2021/09/02/sajid-javid-nhs-trans-men-healthcare/

* "Women's health law draws surge of support in wake of Texas anti-abortion vigilante law:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/women-s-health-law-draws-surge-of-support-in-wake-of-texas-anti-abortion-vigilante-law-120101445924

* "'This is a courts problem': Supreme Court flop on abortion law prompts calls for reform:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/-this-is-a-courts-problem-supreme-court-flop-on-abortion-law-prompts-calls-for-reform-120104005730

* "‘This is not a drill’: Rep. Pressley urges action from ‘pro-choice majority’:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/-this-is-not-a-drill-rep-pressley-urges-action-from-pro-choice-majority-120090693969

* "Religious Groups Seek Right to Fire Workers for Grindr Use, Gay Sex:" https://www.advocate.com/news/2021/5/28/religious-groups-seek-right-fire-workers-grindr-use-gay-sex

* "High School Reportedly Forced LGBTQ+ Coaches Out for Being Queer:" https://www.advocate.com/news/2021/8/25/high-school-reportedly-forced-lgbtq-coaches-out-being-queer

* "FBI Report Finds Increase in Hate Crimes Against Transgender People:" https://www.advocate.com/crime/2021/9/01/fbi-report-finds-increase-hate-crimes-against-transgender-people

* "Female Couple Shot to Death at Utah Campsite:" https://www.advocate.com/crime/2021/8/20/female-couple-shot-death-utah-campsite

* "Washington Man Convicted of Murder, Hate Crime in Trans Teen's Death:" https://www.advocate.com/crime/2021/8/30/washington-man-convicted-murder-hate-crime-trans-teens-death

* "TSA called police on trans kid who refused strip search. Her mum is suing:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2021/08/28/strip-search-trans-passenger/

* "Trans teen viciously bullied by transphobes, but he could be the one punished:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2021/08/29/tennessee-trans-bathroom-bill-bullying/

* "Mormon Apostle: Take Up 'Muskets' Against LGBTQ+ Equality:" https://www.advocate.com/news/2021/8/24/mormon-apostle-take-muskets-against-lgbtq-equality

* "Mormon university investigates man who defaced rainbow art, said 'f****ts go to hell':" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2021/08/28/mormon-byu-university-homophobia-lgbt/

* "Students Walk Out In Protest After Gay Coach Forced to Quit:" https://www.advocate.com/news/2021/8/26/students-walk-out-protest-after-gay-coach-forced-quit

* "Gavin Grimm to Get Laughable Amount of Money in $1.3M Legal Payout:" https://www.advocate.com/transgender/2021/8/27/gavin-grimm-get-laughable-amount-money-13m-legal-payout

* "Questions, Allegations After Black AIDS Institute CEO Pushed Out:" https://www.hivplusmag.com/news/2021/8/30/questions-allegations-after-black-aids-institute-ceo-pushed-out

* "Trans adults twice as likely to die as cis adults, eye-opening study finds:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2021/09/03/trans-cis-death-study-amsterdam-gender-clinci/

* "Johnson & Johnson HIV vaccine fails clinical trials in devastating setback:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2021/08/31/hiv-vaccine-johnson-clinical-trial/

* "This Region Has the Highest HIV-Related Death Rate in U.S.:" https://www.hivplusmag.com/news/2021/8/25/region-has-highest-hiv-related-death-rate-us

* "Why the War Against HIV Rages in the South:" https://www.advocate.com/commentary/2021/8/20/why-war-against-hiv-rages-south

* "Report: Less Than Half of Americans Understand HIV:" https://www.hivplusmag.com/news/2021/8/26/report-less-half-americans-understand-hiv

* "Britney Spears' attorney says singer 'will not be extorted' by her father:" https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/music/story/2021-09-01/britney-spears-jamie-spears-conservatorship-fight

* "The Brain ‘Rotates’ Memories to Save Them From New Sensations:" https://www.quantamagazine.org/the-brain-rotates-memories-to-save-them-from-new-sensations-20210415/

* "For Some College Students, Remote Learning Is a Game Changer:" https://www.nytimes.com/2021/08/23/health/covid-college-disabilities-students.html

* "Why Hooked on Phonics Was Way More Controversial Than You Remember:" https://tedium.co/2021/05/05/hooked-on-phonics-history/

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The World is basically on Fire/Melting. I'm putting stuff to do with it here.

* "Major flooding expected on Turkey, Wapsipinicon Rivers:" https://www.kcrg.com/2021/08/29/major-flooding-expected-turkey-wapsipinicon-rivers/

* "More heavy rain and floods in China:" https://www.scmp.com/video/china/3146859/heavy-rain-china-forces-thousands-evacuate-deluge-causes-flooding-and

* "Storm hits Spain, flooding towns, cutting electricity, rail services:" https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/storm-hits-spain-flooding-towns-cutting-electricity-rail-services-2021-09-01/

* "Hurricane Ida traps Louisianans, shatters the power grid:" https://apnews.com/article/hurricane-ida-louisiana-new-orleans-c43c2c68946ceb6100c2239534c6c290

* "These Images Show Just How Bad Hurricane Ida Hit Louisiana's Coastline:" https://www.npr.org/2021/08/31/1032737199/images-louisiana-hurricane-ida

* "'This is a long road ahead of us': Lack of electricity slows Hurricane Ida recovery:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/-this-is-a-long-road-ahead-of-us-lack-of-electricity-slows-hurricane-ida-recovery-120021061673

* How to help Louisiana: https://auressea.tumblr.com/post/661189695761530880

* "After Ida, Small Recovery Signs Amid Daunting Destruction:" https://www.usnews.com/news/us/articles/2021-09-01/in-idas-aftermath-no-quick-relief-in-sight-for-louisiana

* "Louisiana And Mississippi Were Overwhelmed By COVID-19 Cases. Then Ida Struck:" https://www.npr.org/2021/08/30/1032441006/storm-ida-covid-19-surge-louisiana-mississippi-hospitals-vaccines

* "Ida’s sweltering aftermath: No power, no water, no gasoline:" https://www.miamiherald.com/news/business/article253872203.html

* "More than 45 dead after Ida's remnants blindside Northeast:" https://apnews.com/article/northeast-us-new-york-new-jersey-weather-60327279197e14b9d17632ea0818f51c

* "Searches, sorrow in wake of Ida's destructive, deadly floods:" https://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/cleanup-mourning-continue-ida-soaks-northeast-us-79809550

* "Wildfire expected to grow in intensity as it forces further evacuations in western U.S. :" https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/california-lake-tahoe-wildfire-1.6159349

* "Caldor Fire prompts states of emergency in Nevada and California, with more than 50,000 told to evacuate the Lake Tahoe region:" https://www.cnn.com/2021/08/31/weather/western-wildfires-tuesday/index.html

* "Wildfire evacuees flood Lake Tahoe roads in rush to flee:" https://apnews.com/article/wildfires-lake-tahoe-57d7b821afacfac5ffd586bb897150d8

* "Firefighters battle wildfires, fatigue and Covid-19 as California braces for an extended fire season:" https://www.cnn.com/2021/09/03/weather/us-western-wildfires-friday/index.html

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* "Climate change: Families in Wales urged to plant more trees:" https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-wales-58259637

* "One in three trees face extinction in wild, says new report:" https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-58394215

* "Cats Take 'If I Fits I Sits' Seriously, Even If The Space Is Just An Illusion:" https://www.npr.org/2021/05/10/994262792/cats-take-if-i-fits-i-sits-seriously-even-if-the-space-is-just-an-illusion

* "Wild cockatoos observed using tools as ‘cutlery’ to extract seeds from tropical fruit:" https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/sep/01/wild-cockatoos-observed-using-tools-as-cutlery-to-extract-seeds-from-tropical-fruit

* "Fallen tech star Elizabeth Holmes prepares to go on trial:" https://apnews.com/article/technology-entertainment-business-health-trials-6c0651bac5517bcfa9439e13a1337d10

* "O (No!) Canada: Fast-Moving Proposal Creates Filtering, Blocking and Reporting Rules—and Speech Police to Enforce Them:" https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2021/08/o-no-canada-fast-moving-proposal-creates-filtering-blocking-and-reporting-rules-1

* "This Wasp Nest of Mine, I’m Gonna Let It Shine:" https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2021/08/paper-wasp-nest-fluorescent/619877/

* "During the Mexican-American War, Irish-Americans Fought for Mexico in the 'Saint Patrick's Battalion':" https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/mexican-american-war-irish-immigrants-deserted-us-army-fight-against-america-180971713/

* This happened to Squirrel and some roommates once, only without the murder. "Theodore Edward Coneys: The Denver Spiderman:"

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* CW: Domestic Violence "The Lake Bodom Murders:"

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* CW: Rape, Necrophilia, Cannibalism "Issei Sagawa: The Kobe Cannibal:"

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* "Paralympian Robyn Lambird makes history as first non-binary medal-winner:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2021/08/31/paralympics-robyn-lambird-non-binary/

* "The Great Maple Syrup Heist:"

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* "Ten Thought Patterns that Trip Up Former Bible Believers:" https://new.exchristian.net/2021/06/ten-thought-patterns-that-trip-up.html#.YS4Ic99lBPb

* "Ed Asner Dies; Show 'Lou Grant' Had Notable Gay Episode:" https://www.advocate.com/people/2021/8/29/ed-asner-dies-show-lou-grant-had-notable-gay-episode

* "Reviving a once-forbidden dialect: ‘All French is good French’:" https://www.nationalgeographic.com/culture/article/reviving-the-cajun-dialect

* "First full image of ‘new’ Vermeer with uncovered Cupid released by Dresden museum:" https://www.theartnewspaper.com/news/first-look-at-new-vermeer-painting-as-whole-hidden-cupid-finally-revealed

* "Covid Truthers Claim Unvaccinated Sperm Will Be The Next Bitcoin:"

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* "Come Visit The Colorado River:"

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* "Get Vax-Free Seed At Gary's Man Seed Emporium:"

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* "The ADDAMS FAMILY DOLLHOUSE is DONE! Final Projects and Tour!:"

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* The exhaustion is still really bad, though a little better Saturday. I think part of it is damage from fire season, part is people endlessly waking me up, and part is a couple weeks of warm extremely muggy weather, which I don't deal with very well. It rained today which helped some. The Married Millieniels came to visit today, after caregiver Millennial and I did a ton of grocery shopping.

* "Sunday Sweets: Modern Marvels:" https://www.cakewrecks.com/home/2021/8/29/sunday-sweets-modern-marvels

* 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

* ToS: Season 2 Rewatch:

- 3.2: The Enterprise Incident.

Kirk is cranky and assholish. he is refusing psychiatric tests and R&R. He orders them into the Romulan Neutral Zone, then Romulan Space without orders. They see what look like Klingon ships, but are really Romulan. Kirk says he'll blow the ship rather than surrender. The Romulans are interested in Spock. They give the feds an hour to surrender. he asks opinions. Command crew are shirty about the going into Romulan territory without orders.

The Romulans want Kirk and Spock to come over to parlay. They offer two hostages in exchange. The commander speaks to Kirk alone first. She wants to know why they crossed. Kirk lies it's instrument failure. she doesn't believe them. Then She questions Spock. They have the same ancestors. She tests the myth that Vulcans can't lie. "It is not a lie to keep a truth to oneself." She accuses them of spying on the cloaking systems. She says her methods of questioning won't work on Vulcans, but may damage or kill Kirk. Spock points out that "the strain of command" has gotten to Kirk. Kirk behaves erratically and yells, "That's a lie!" Thus explaining Kirk's previous assholery was meant to convince truthful Spock of his instability in preparation for this moment. Spock says what he thinks is true and the Romulans know Vulcans don't lie, so... Anyway, Spock states for the record Kirk is insane and they had no orders.

Kirk is facing espionage charges, but Spock's testimony exonerates the Enterprise crew. Scott refuses to surrender the ship and threatens to blow up the ship if they are boarded. Kirk accuses Spock of disloyalty. The Romulan questions Spock about being a Vulcan on Kirk's ship. Spock explains about being half Vulcan with a human mother. He stands on his duty. She tries to tempt him with his own ship to command. He points out that she's the one wanting a ship: The Enterprise. She keeps trying to turn him.

Kirk is injured by guards. They beam McCoy over. The Romulan invites Spock to dinner. He discovers which corridor is forbidden. he keeps playing with her. "It is illogical to assume all conditions remain stable." McCoy claims Kirk is insane, supporting Spock's testimony. Spock is now in command. Kirk attacks Spock. Spock puts him out with a supposed Vulcan death grip. McCoy pronounces Kirk dead.

The death is faked of course, and McCoy brings him back aboard the enterprise. Nurse chapel catches them. Kirk tells them to keep pretending he's dead. McCoy summons Scott. McCoy has altered Kirk to look like a Vulcan, which startles Scott. Scott gets him a Romulan uniform.

The Romulan commander plies him with Vulcan cooking, strong drink, and her seductive powers. Spock hasn't sent coordinates. Kirk pretends to be an escaped centurion and goes looking for intelligence. The Romulan tells Spock to lead a small group across to take the enterprise. He puts her off for an hour, making it look like he was seduced.

While she goes to change, Spock sends Kirk the location of the devise. The Romulan crew notice a transmission. Spock and the Romulan hand fuck. Spock claims to be moved "emotionally." The Romulan Captain cock blocks them and fingers Spock. The Comander works out they are stealing the cloaking devise. Kirk is caught, but claims to be looking for the spy. He drops his weapon as ordered, but attacks the guards, stealing the devise and beaming away.

The commander is betrayed and wants to know what is he that he could do this to her. "First officer of the Enterprise." Then he asks about "your present form of execution." Very gloriously Spock. Meanwhile Scotty tries to install the cloaking device while Spock stalls, and the Enterprise techs try to pinpoint his life signature. The Romulan Commander orders a boarding action on the Enterprise.

Spock demands the rite of statement according to Romulan tradition. He gives a long speech. Romulan and Vulcan life signs are almost the same. They manage to beam up Spock and the commander, then flee. The Commander orders the destruction of the Enterprise. Scotty gets the cloaking devise to work and they change course so they aren't hit. Spock sort of apologizes Vulcan wise and admits to being tempted without saying it directly. "It was the only choice possible. You would not respect any other." Seriously this whole exchange is beautiful. They put Kirk's ears and eyebrows back.

As bad as some of the season three scripts often are, this one was really good and I particularly appreciate both the subtly of Spock's dialog and the delicacy of Nimoy's performance are really impressive. the guest star playing the commander does some really lovely acting too and rises above the lack of subtly in some of her earlier dialog.

* Me watching Titans: https://tomsmith.bandcamp.com/track/rotten-robin

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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.

* Organizations working for reproductive rights in Texas: https://minoanmiss.dreamwidth.org/796848.html

* Even more Organizations working for reproductive rights in Texas: https://wendelah1.dreamwidth.org/788132.html

* How to help Louisiana: https://auressea.tumblr.com/post/661189695761530880

* "How You Can Help LGBTQ+ Afghans in Crisis:" https://www.advocate.com/world/2021/8/17/how-you-can-help-lgbtq-afghans-crisis

* Hey! Want to propose Washington State geographical features to be renamed? "Committee on Geographic Names:" https://www.dnr.wa.gov/about/boards-and-councils/board-natural-resources/committee-geographic-names

* 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

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* "Uber accused of trying to deter drivers from seeking compensation:" https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2021/feb/22/uber-accused-of-trying-to-deter-drivers-from-seeking-compensation

* "After the Uber ruling, there's no excuse for government not to enforce workers' rights:" https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2021/feb/20/uber-ruling-government-workers-rights-conservatives-employers

* "Facebook unrepentant as Prime Minister dubs emergency services block 'arrogant':" https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-02-18/facebook-unrepentant-scott-morrison-dubs-move-arrogant/13169340

* "Government’s controversial free speech plans for universities cite research from a ‘homophobic hate group’:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2021/02/20/uk-government-free-speech-plans-universities-alliance-defending-freedom-hate-group-research/

* "Black Lives Matter: A Global Reckoning: Italy:"

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* "Despite hopeful new findings, two doses of Pfizer vaccine still recommended:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/despite-hopeful-new-findings-two-doses-of-pfizer-vaccine-still-recommended-101324869662

* "Coronavirus mutations put vaccines in race to reduce amount of virus worldwide:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/coronavirus-mutations-put-vaccines-in-race-to-reduce-amount-of-virus-worldwide-101324357821

* "Answers to All Your Questions About Getting Vaccinated for Covid-19:" https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2021/well/covid-vaccine-questions.html

* "Luck, foresight and science: How an unheralded team developed a COVID-19 vaccine in record time:" https://www.usatoday.com/in-depth/news/investigations/2021/01/26/moderna-covid-vaccine-science-fast/6555783002/

* "First real-world coronavirus vaccine data in Britain show decline in infections, hospitalizations after first dose:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/europe/covid-vaccines-protection-uk/2021/02/22/216b1dac-751a-11eb-9489-8f7dacd51e75_story.html

* "People with HIV can now bypass GP to get COVID vaccine without disclosing their status:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2021/02/22/hiv-covid-vaccine-coronavirus-positive-gp-nhs-england-health/

* Total confirmed COVID-19 cases in the U.S.A for 2/22/21 are 28,175,000. The official death toll is 500,000. Vaccination rate: 13.3%.

* "Fauci calls 500,000 coronavirus deaths 'terrible':" https://www.politico.com/news/2021/02/21/fauci-500-000-covid-deaths-terrible-470556

* "Overcoming COVID-19 Vaccine Hesitancy:" https://healthblog.uofmhealth.org/wellness-prevention/overcoming-covid-19-vaccine-hesitancy

* "I'm a Black doctor who didn't trust the Covid vaccine. Here's what changed my mind.:" https://www.nbcnews.com/think/opinion/i-m-black-doctor-who-didn-t-trust-covid-vaccine-ncna1255085

* "Dr. Anthony Fauci calls racial disparities in vaccination rates ‘very disturbing’:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-reidout/watch/dr-anthony-fauci-calls-racial-disparities-in-vaccination-rates-very-disturbing-101316165632

* "‘I wouldn’t be complaining.’ Gov. DeSantis threatens to pull coronavirus vaccine from communities that criticize distribution:" https://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/politics/fl-ne-ron-desantis-vaccine-politics-20210217-cgew27q23fhknh7rpr3h4sf5dy-story.html

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* "Biden pledges to reassert U.S. leadership in global diplomacy and welcome talks with Iran:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/biden-to-reassert-us-leadership-in-global-diplomacy-and-welcome-talks-with-iran/2021/02/18/76c6bb2c-724e-11eb-93be-c10813e358a2_story.html

* "It's official: U.S. back in the Paris climate club:" https://www.reuters.com/article/us-climate-change-usa-idUSKBN2AJ16T

* "Biden declares the era of Trump-style ‘America First’ diplomacy over.:" https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/19/world/biden-speech-munich-security-conference.html

* "Biden's message to world: 'America is back' -- but 'democratic progress is under assault' in United States:" https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/biden-acknowledge-democracy-stress-us-restore-place-global/story?id=75982189

* "Biden works to restore U.S. credibility on world stage:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/biden-works-to-restore-u-s-credibility-on-world-stage-101324357803

* "Capehart compares and contrasts Biden vs. Trump, celebrating ‘returned order’:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-sunday-show/watch/trump-vs-biden-compared-by-capehart-who-celebrates-returned-order-to-white-house-101363269587

* "Republicans pressure 2022 Democrats over Becerra nomination:" https://www.politico.com/news/2021/02/22/republicans-pressure-democrats-hhs-nomination-470816

"Republicans opposing Becerra cite his support for abortion rights and “Medicare for All” and have tried tying him to California Gov. Gavin Newsom’s troubled pandemic response. Becerra has also drawn opposition from a trio of leading conservative groups that in recent days launched a multimillion-dollar ad campaign to sink his nomination, along with that of Biden's pick for associate attorney general."

* "Manchin says he'll vote against Biden OMB nominee Neera Tanden:" https://www.cnn.com/2021/02/19/politics/joe-manchin-neera-tanden-confirmation-biden/index.html

* "The jockeying to replace Neera Tanden has begun:" https://www.politico.com/news/2021/02/20/neera-tanden-omb-replacement-470424

* "Biden criticizes earlier rollout of PPP as his administration changes rules to help smaller businesses:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2021/02/22/biden-ppp-rules/

* "Biden privately tells governors: Minimum wage hike likely isn’t happening:" https://www.politico.com/news/2021/02/18/biden-governors-minimum-wage-469898

Now would be a great time to tell your Senator how you feel about the minimum wage increase, particularly if your Critter is Manchin, Sinema, or a Republican.

Call the Capitol Switchboard at (202) 224-3121 and ask to be connected to the representative of your choice.

This App phones your rep for you: http://takeastance.us/

Here is one that will send your reps a fax: https://resistbot.io/

* "Biden Senior Advisor Richmond asks GOP who they’d leave out of COVID relief bill:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-sunday-show/watch/covid-relief-bill-will-pass-in-the-house-biden-senior-advisor-richmond-believes-101361221920

* "Joe Biden urges congress to ‘swiftly pass’ historic Equality Act and finally protect LGBT+ Americans:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2021/02/19/joe-biden-equality-act-congress-statement/

* "Sepi Shyne Paves a Way as the 1st Queer Iranian Elected Official:" https://www.advocate.com/exclusives/2021/2/18/sepi-shyne-paves-way-1st-queer-iranian-elected-official

* "PA State Rep. Kenyatta could make history as first openly gay male U.S. senator:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-sunday-show/watch/pennsylvania-u-s-senate-candidate-state-rep-kenyatta-on-why-he-s-running-now-101362757919

* "Georgia Republicans File Sweeping Elections Bill To Limit Early And Absentee Voting:" https://www.npr.org/2021/02/19/969497398/georgia-republicans-file-sweeping-elections-bill-to-limit-early-and-absentee-vot

* "Supreme Court won't hear GOP's Pennsylvania election challenge:" https://www.politico.com/news/2021/02/22/supreme-court-gop-pennsylvania-election-dispute-470827

* "Trump to tell CPAC he is Republican 'presumptive 2024 nominee' – report:" https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/feb/22/trump-cpac-republican-presumptive-2024-nominee

* "Rep. Thompson on 150-year-old Ku Klux Klan Act used in new Trump lawsuit:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-sunday-show/watch/trump-lawsuit-filed-by-naacp-rep-thompson-based-on-150-year-old-ku-klux-klan-act-101364293813

* "Supreme Court refuses Trump effort to block tax return subpoena:" https://www.politico.com/news/2021/02/22/supreme-court-donald-trump-tax-returns-new-york-470826

* "Investor who donated nearly $1M to Trump inauguration sentenced to 12 years in prison:" https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/politics-news/california-investor-who-donated-nearly-1m-trump-inauguration-sentenced-12-n1258303

* "Dominion Voting Systems Files Defamation Lawsuit Against MyPillow, CEO Mike Lindell:" https://www.npr.org/2021/02/22/970117188/dominion-voting-systems-files-defamation-lawsuit-against-mypillow-ceo-mike-linde

* "U.S. investigating possible ties between Roger Stone, Alex Jones and Capitol rioters:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/legal-issues/stone-jones-capitol-riot-investigation-radicalization/2021/02/19/97d6e6ee-6cad-11eb-9ead-673168d5b874_story.html

* "U.S. alleges wider Oath Keepers conspiracy, adds more defendants in Jan. 6 Capitol riot:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/legal-issues/oathkeepers-charged-capitol-riot/2021/02/19/ac41f692-72ce-11eb-b8a9-b9467510f0fe_story.html

* "Nine members of Oath Keepers charged with conspiracy for Capitol insurrection:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/nine-members-of-oath-keepers-charged-with-conspiracy-for-capitol-insurrection-101317701993

* "6 Capitol Police officers suspended, 29 others being investigated for alleged roles in riot:" https://www.cnn.com/2021/02/18/politics/capitol-police-officers-suspended/index.html

* "Wisconsin Judge Denies New Arrest Warrant For Kyle Rittenhouse:" https://www.npr.org/2021/02/11/967033204/wisconsin-judge-denies-new-arrest-warrant-for-kyle-rittenhouse

* "Gay man left scarred for life after brutal homophobic hate crime calls for ‘tougher penalties’ for attackers:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2021/02/20/ryan-turner-brandon-forrester-hate-crime-gay-good-morning-britain/

* "Transphobic violence got less than an hour of news coverage in 2020 – the deadliest year on record:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2021/02/18/transphobic-violence-got-less-than-an-hour-of-tv-news-coverage-in-2020-it-was-the-deadliest-year-on-record/

* "A gay campground announces they will ban trans men so they can manage the “atmosphere”:" https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2021/02/gay-campground-announces-will-ban-trans-men-can-manage-atmosphere/?fbclid=IwAR1TVymhzpsjiqRJ9fX4wJ4u4FfMvoNrQuE9hTm3L7M-vR1K58JPMt5jgD8#.YDEtlQjDaK0.facebook

* "As one senator tries to ban conversion therapy, another just launched a bid to protect it by law:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2021/02/19/arizona-conversion-therapy-ban/

* "Deluge of anti-trans bills part of a 'coordinated attack' to 'sow fear and hate':" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2021/02/21/trans-student-athlete-school-sport-bills-coordinated-attack/

* "Locals Protest Rush Limbaugh Tribute on Historic Gay-Friendly Theater:" https://www.advocate.com/theater/2021/2/19/locals-protest-rush-limbaugh-tribute-historic-gay-friendly-theater

* "Why Gavin Grimm May Be Back in Court:" https://www.advocate.com/transgender/2021/2/19/virginia-school-board-seeks-scotus-hearing-trans-restroom-access

* "Republican governor chokes up talking about trans kids and the school sports ban:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2021/02/19/republican-governor-chokes-up-talking-about-trans-kids-and-urges-lawmakers-to-pause-school-sports-ban/

* "‘Beautiful, magical’ trans woman brutally murdered in a chilling attack:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2021/02/20/chyna-carrillo-transgender-murder-pennsylvania-human-rights-campaign/

* "Black LGBT+ youth hit hardest by COVID-19 mental health crisis, reveals devastating study:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2021/02/22/black-lgbt-youth-covid-19-mental-health-just-like-us/

* "How Black barbers have become mental health advocates for African American men:" https://www.cnn.com/2021/01/23/us/black-barbers-mental-health-wellness-trnd/index.html

* "A College Program for Disadvantaged Teens Could Shake Up Elite Admissions:" https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/18/us/politics/college-admissions-poor-students.html

* "Scientists Accidentally Discover Strange Creatures Under a Half Mile of Ice:" https://www.wired.com/story/scientists-discover-strange-creatures-under-a-half-mile-of-ice/

* "These Cockroaches Mate for Life. Their Secret? Mutual Sexual Cannibalism:" https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smartnews-science/monogamous-cockroaches-may-benefit-mutual-sexual-cannibalism-180977028/

* "A Texas apartment building burned while firefighters scrambled for water.:" https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/19/us/san-antonio-fire-hydrants-water.html

* "Beto O’Rourke: We need to connect the Texas grid to the national grid:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-reidout/watch/beto-o-rourke-we-need-to-connect-the-texas-grid-to-the-national-grid-101315653503

* "The Hidden Faces of Wildlife Science: Stories of 7 Inspirational Black Biologists throughout History:" https://www.wildbiologist.com/blog/hiddenfacesofwildlifescience

* "He Wants to Save Classics From Whiteness. Can the Field Survive?:" https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/02/magazine/classics-greece-rome-whiteness.html

* "Once Overlooked, Black Abstract Painters Are Finally Given Their Due:" https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/12/t-magazine/black-abstract-painters.html

* "Queer spies reveal homophobic legacy of 'illogical' LGBT+ spy ban as MI6 finally apologise:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2021/02/19/queer-spies-reveal-homophobic-legacy-of-mi6s-illogical-lgbt-ban-and-how-far-things-have-come/

* "Snatched from a beach to train North Korea's spies:" https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-55651578

* "Larry Flynt, pornographer and self-styled First Amendment champion, dies at 78:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/obituaries/larry-flynt-porn-king-and-self-styled-first-amendment-champion-dies-at-xxx/2021/02/10/5240626c-6bf0-11eb-ba56-d7e2c8defa31_story.html

* "COVID Claims HIV Doctor David Katzenstein, Who Saved Innumerable Lives:" https://www.hivplusmag.com/news/2021/2/19/covid-claims-hiv-doctor-david-katzenstein-who-saved-innumerable-lives

* "Singapore vending machines now dispense salmon, crab and even cacti:" https://www.bbc.com/news/business-56066064

* "The Shape of Water: Falling In Love With Monsters (Feat. Lindsay Ellis):"

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* "Blade: A Proper Movie Trilogy:"

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* "Sea Shanty - SNL:"

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* "Weekend Update: Ted Cruz Goes to Cancun - SNL:"

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* "What Went Wrong With Disney/Pixar’s SOUL:"

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* "New Orleans Just Made Mardi Gras COVID Friendly:"

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* Friday: I went to bed with the floor clean and dry. I woke with it clean and dry. Periodic checks were good right up until the 5:30AM Saturday morning check. Whoever is doing it is super stealthy. I don't know what to do at this point. Everything I try ends in me trying to clean up pee everyday through a haze of pain.

* Monday: I've been trying different litter box configurations out. They both correctly use the open box in the office. There was a small mistake that was clearly her turning as part of her extremely long "I pooped ritual" that set a small klingon off the edge, but it's not the problem and increased traffic to that box is good.

The issue remains the area in front of the tank box, where whoever it is likes to pee half on half off the pad if i leave a pad there and will out right piss on the floor if I don't. IDK. I'm starting to worry about cat bladder health again.

I was doing really well so I went off both temp meds over the weekend. This is not noncompliance as the Doctor told me to try to save some for next time to give me emergency coverage until I can get seen. My lungs are normalish for the season/weather conditions. My interior went into crisis while I was asleep, and tonight has been quietly nightmarish, so I'm back on the "challenging" four pills a day regimen where everything i eat and drink has to be carefully timed.

In other news my calendar went walk about and I have run out of places to search easily that don't require me taking the whole desk arrangement apart. Sigh. Plus I haven't done any of the new bureaucracy that came in after I cleared out all the other bureaucracy and some o it is running out of time.

* "Sunday Sweets That Defy Gravity:" https://www.cakewrecks.com/home/2021/2/21/sunday-sweets-that-defy-gravity

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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.

* Ways to help people in Texas: https://spockvarietyhour.tumblr.com/post/643435770019987456
https://omgthatdress.tumblr.com/post/643431809724628992

More Texas how to help links: https://omgthatdress.tumblr.com/post/643431809724628992

* "You Can Buy Girl Scout Cookies From Troop Of Girls In NYC Shelter System:" https://www.scarymommy.com/troop-6000-girl-scouts-nyc-shelters/

* More Girl Scout Troops in Particular Need: https://tuulikki.tumblr.com/post/643247412337639424/girl-scout-cookie-time

* Cat Rescue Fundraiser: https://gwydionmisha.tumblr.com/post/642429918533304320/design-a-tea-where-tea-leaves-dream-custom

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* "Indonesian passenger jet missing after taking off from Jakarta:" https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/sriwijaya-air-flight-sj182-rescue-operation-launched-after-indonesian-passenger-n1253624?cid=sm_npd_nn_tw_ma

* "For many Venezuelans, Covid-19 is the least of their concerns. Here's why:" https://www.cnn.com/videos/world/2020/12/11/venezuela-caracas-pandemic-covid-19-extreme-poverty-soares-pkg-intl-ldn-vpx.cnn

* "Calls for mass duck cull in France as bird flu hits foie gras industry:" https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/jan/08/calls-for-mass-duck-cull-in-france-as-bird-flu-hits-foie-gras-industry

* "National security law: Hong Kong rounds up 53 pro-democracy activists:" https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-china-55555299

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* "'Care needed' after getting Covid vaccine:" https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-55579028

* Seriously, this is the strain I'm most worried about for good reasons. "South African Covid variant appears to ‘obviate’ antibody drugs, Dr. Scott Gottlieb says:" https://www.cnbc.com/2021/01/05/south-africa-covid-variant-appears-to-obviate-antibody-drugs-dr-scott-gottlieb-says.html

* "South Africa records 'grim' Covid milestone as humanitarian crisis unfolds at border with Zimbabwe:" https://www.cnn.com/2021/01/07/africa/south-africa-grim-milestone/index.html

* "Zimbabwe health system overwhelmed as country goes on new strict lockdown, doctors say:" https://www.cnn.com/2021/01/06/africa/zimbabwe-covid-doctors-intl/index.html

* "Mass vaccination programme using Sinovac is set to begin in Indonesia:" https://www.scmp.com/news/china/science/article/3116707/mass-sinovac-vaccination-programme-set-begin-indonesia-followed

* "Indonesia's Islamic body deems Sinovac vaccine 'holy and halal':" https://asia.nikkei.com/Spotlight/Coronavirus/Indonesia-s-Islamic-body-deems-Sinovac-vaccine-holy-and-halal

* "Covid: The challenge in speeding up France's vaccination drive:" https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-55547518

* "Sweden passes law allowing coronavirus lockdowns, expects to use it soon:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2021/01/08/sweden-coronavirus-lockdown-law/

* "Brazil enjoys fun in the sun as COVID-19 deaths top 200,000:" https://apnews.com/article/health-brazil-coronavirus-pandemic-c33d40bfdb2523f36e82efe728fa7118

* "Anger as Mexico's Covid-19 czar hits the beach:" https://www.cnn.com/2021/01/04/americas/hugo-lpez-gatell-mexico-covid-19-beach-intl/index.html

* "Fleeing Lockdown, Americans Are Flocking to Mexico City:" https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/02/world/americas/virus-mexico-visitors.html

* Total confirmed COVID-19 cases in the U.S.A for 1/8/21 are 21,809,000. The official death toll is 368,000. The real number is likely much higher.

* "White House warned governors about 'USA variant' of Covid-19, but no such discovery has been made:" https://www.cnn.com/2021/01/08/politics/white-house-coronavirus-task-force-reports/index.html

* "U.S. reports more than 4,000 Covid deaths for first time as outbreak grows worse than ever:" https://www.cnbc.com/2021/01/08/us-reports-more-than-4000-covid-deaths-for-first-time-as-outbreak-worsens.html

* "U.S. could hit 1 million COVID-19 deaths by May 1 expert believes:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-sunday-show/watch/covid-19-cases-reach-over-2-million-for-first-9-days-of-2021-alone-99230789765

* "Fauci Says U.S. Needs More Time To 'Catch Up' On Vaccine Rollout:" https://www.npr.org/sections/coronavirus-live-updates/2021/01/07/954324536/december-was-pandemics-deadliest-month-vaccine-process-has-been-slow

* *Facepalm* "Citizens' petition to impeach Gov. Beshear prompts Kentucky House to form impeachment committee:" https://www.wdrb.com/news/politics/citizens-petition-to-impeach-gov-beshear-prompts-kentucky-house-to-form-impeachment-committee/article_44576844-52c3-11eb-bd80-03fe459cc0e2.html

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* "The White House slips deeper into crisis in the final days of the Trump presidency.:" https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/08/us/politics/the-white-house-slips-deeper-into-crisis-in-the-final-days-of-the-trump-presidency.html

* "Dominion sues pro-Trump lawyer Sidney Powell, seeking more than $1.3 billion:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/dominion-sues-pro-trump-lawyer-sidney-powell-seeking-more-than-13-billion/2021/01/08/ebe5dbe0-5106-11eb-b96e-0e54447b23a1_story.html

* "US Capitol riots: World leaders react to 'horrifying' scenes in Washington:" https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-55568613

* "Alaska Sen. Lisa Murkowski calls on President Trump to resign, questions her future as a Republican:" https://www.adn.com/politics/2021/01/08/alaska-sen-lisa-murkowski-calls-on-president-trump-to-resign-questions-her-future-as-a-republican/

* "‘Senate Being Locked Down’: Inside a Harrowing Day at the Capitol:" https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/07/us/politics/capitol-lockdown.html

* "U.S. Capitol siege emboldens motley crew of extremists:" https://www.reuters.com/article/usa-election-extremists/u-s-capitol-siege-emboldens-motley-crew-of-extremists-idUSL1N2JJ0A0

* "More arrests in Capitol riot as more video reveals brutality:" https://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/men-high-profile-photos-latest-charged-dc-riot-75154226

* "Must-see new video shows Capitol riot was way worse than we thought:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/chris-99178053752

* "It Was Supposed to Be So Much Worse:" https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2021/01/trump-rioters-wanted-more-violence-worse/617614/

* "Decoding the extremist symbols and groups at the Capitol Hill insurrection:" https://www.cnn.com/2021/01/09/us/capitol-hill-insurrection-extremist-flags-soh/index.html

* "Federal murder investigation to be opened in Capitol Police officer's death:" https://www.cnn.com/2021/01/08/politics/capitol-police-officer-killed/index.html

* "Rep. Jayapal: Armed militias at state capitols last year 'were the precursor' to the pro-Trump mob:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-reidout/watch/rep-jayapal-armed-militias-at-state-capitols-last-year-were-the-precursor-to-the-pro-trump-mob-99176005767

* "More arrests in Capitol riot as more video reveals brutality:" https://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/men-high-profile-photos-latest-charged-dc-riot-75154226

* "A Newly Elected West Virginia Delegate Was Charged For Taking Part In The Attempted Coup At The Capitol:" https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/emaoconnor/west-virginia-delegate-charged-capitol-riot

* "Pa. man arrested during Capitol insurrection unrepentant: ‘The doors were open.’:" https://whyy.org/articles/pa-man-arrested-during-capitol-insurrection-unrepentant-the-doors-were-open/

* This feels like a powerful metaphor. "New Jersey congressman Andy Kim helps clean up U.S. Capitol after insurrection:" https://6abc.com/congressman-cleans-up-capitol-donald-trump-supporters-stomring-andy-kim/9478824/

* "Notable Arrests After the Riot at the Capitol:" https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/10/us/politics/capitol-arrests.html

* "Seattle police officers who were in DC during riot at US Capitol placed on administrative leave:" https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/seattle-police-officers-who-were-in-dc-during-wednesday-riots-placed-on-administrative-leave/

* "DOJ announces charges against man carrying Pelosi's podium and others in US Capitol riot:" https://www.cnn.com/2021/01/09/politics/us-capitol-riot-arrests/index.html

* "Some among America's military allies believe Trump deliberately attempted a coup and may have had help from federal law-enforcement officials:" https://www.businessinsider.com/trump-attempted-coup-federal-law-enforcement-capitol-police-2021-1

* "After inciting mob attack, Trump retreats in rage. Then, grudgingly, he admits his loss.:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/trump-rage-riot/2021/01/07/26894c54-5108-11eb-b96e-0e54447b23a1_story.html

* "These Black Capitol Police Officers Describe Fighting Off "Racist-Ass Terrorists":" https://www.buzzfeednews.com/amphtml/emmanuelfelton/black-capitol-police-racism-mob

* "To be white in America means you can storm the Capitol and take selfies with police:" https://www.nbcnews.com/think/opinion/capitol-police-treatment-trump-rioters-underscores-america-s-racist-reality-ncna1253293

* "Police's Failure to Control the Pro-Trump Mob at the Capitol Was a 'Blatant Display of White Privilege':" https://www.vice.com/en/article/88av7p/polices-failure-to-control-the-pro-trump-mob-at-the-capitol-was-a-blatant-display-of-white-privilege

* "Experts unpack inequalities in policing Black protesters vs. Capitol rioters:" https://www.msnbc.com/cross-connection/watch/pro-trump-white-rioter-treatment-vs-policing-black-protesters-analyzed-99204677687

* "Terrorism expert fears extremist threat to government officials could remain:" https://www.msnbc.com/cross-connection/watch/trump-supporting-mob-breaching-capitol-security-analyzed-by-malcolm-nance-99203141794

* "Rep. Demings, former police chief, on law enforcement response to Wednesday’s insurrection:" https://www.msnbc.com/cross-connection/watch/trump-led-mob-overrunning-capitol-safety-of-biden-inauguration-discussed-by-rep-demings-99194949520

* "Policing expert on Capitol rioters: ‘Some in law enforcement are part of this movement’:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-sunday-show/watch/pro-trump-rioters-include-some-folks-in-law-enforcement-policing-expert-believes-99231813508

* "Cross calls out right-wing voices still pushing false stories after Capitol insurrection:" https://www.msnbc.com/cross-connection/watch/some-republicans-continue-pushing-false-election-fraud-antifa-stories-after-riot-99205189644

* "Twitter bans President Trump:" https://www.axios.com/twitter-ban-trump-4242dbe6-f456-46fd-8bfe-d43b94ef9f07.html

* "Pompeo, Mnuchin among Cabinet secretaries who discussed 25th Amendment with staff, sources say:" https://www.cnbc.com/2021/01/07/mnuchin-pompeo-discussed-trump-removal-after-dc-riots.html

* "Pelosi threatens House could move to impeach Trump if he doesn’t resign ‘immediately.’:" https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/08/us/politics/trump-impeachment-pelosi.html

* "Trump considering Giuliani and Dershowitz for impeachment defense team:" https://www.cnn.com/2021/01/09/politics/donald-trump-impeachment-lawyers-dershowitz-giuliani/index.html

* "Democratic momentum builds for potential fast-track impeachment next week:" https://www.cnn.com/2021/01/08/politics/house-democrats-impeachment-plans/index.html

* "Rep. Adam Schiff: 'We can move swiftly ... to impeach this man':" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/rep-adam-schiff-we-can-move-swiftly-to-impeach-this-man-99180101855

* "For Republican senators, impeaching Trump may be as simple as not showing up:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/for-republican-senators-impeaching-trump-may-be-as-simple-as-not-showing-up-99183685871

* "Trump fear of prison could push him toward resignation and a Pence pardon:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/trump-fear-of-prison-could-push-him-toward-resignation-and-a-pence-pardon-99185221815

* "The 25th Amendment:"

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* "Pence and the 25th Amendment:" https://solarbird.dreamwidth.org/1785328.html

* "Rep. Bass: If Trump had any dignity he would resign:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-sunday-show/watch/trump-a-clear-and-present-danger-until-he-leaves-office-rep-bass-says-99233349595

* "Capehart to Trump: If you want to make America great again, leave:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-sunday-show/watch/trump-cruz-more-republicans-called-out-in-wake-of-capitol-insurrection-by-capehart-99232325602

* "Trailblazer Mondaire Jones joins resolution to impeach Donald Trump for ‘high crimes and misdemeanours’:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2021/01/08/mondaire-jones-donald-trump-impeachment-resolution-capitol-riots-congress/

* "Steele to Cruz, Hawley: No one is above the law:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-sunday-show/watch/senate-republicans-cruz-hawley-slammed-for-fomenting-pro-trump-capitol-insurrection-99235397524

* What to do if you want to get rid of Insurrectionist Congressional Senators and Representatives. "The 147 Congress Members Who Voted to Overturn the Election, Part II:" https://thisfinecrew.dreamwidth.org/249306.html

* "As the White House slips into deeper crisis, Trump says he will not go to Biden’s inauguration.:" https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/08/us/politics/as-the-white-house-slips-into-deeper-crisis-trump-says-he-will-not-go-to-bidens-inauguration.html

* "I.R.S. Tries to Fix Millions of Misdirected Stimulus Payments:" https://www.nytimes.com/live/2021/01/08/business/us-economy-coronavirus#december-2020-jobs-report

* "Lawsuit filed against Proud Boys for attack on historic church:" https://www.wusa9.com/article/news/community/equality-matters/civil-rights-groups-sue-proud-boys-vandalism-destruction-black-lives-matter-signs-at-church/65-beb252b9-8efa-4e52-8308-7c7167f4ff71

* "We need to learn how to talk to (and about) accidental conspiracists:" https://www.niemanlab.org/2020/12/we-need-to-learn-how-to-talk-to-and-about-accidental-conspiracists/

* "Conversion therapy survivor opens up about undergoing horrifying ‘exorcisms’ to cast out gay ‘demons’:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2020/12/17/conversion-therapy-survivor-justin-beck-stv-scotland-religion/

* "Gay asylum seeker who fled to the UK aged 15 after family threatened to kill him ordered by court to return to Algeria:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2020/12/17/gay-asylum-seeker-algeria-uk-court-of-appeal/

* "Scotland will not let cruel High Court puberty blockers ruling stop trans kids from receiving life-saving treatment:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2021/01/08/scotland-gender-clinic-sandyford-puberty-blockers-high-court/

* "Meet the trans lawmakers who broke brave new ground in Brazil, the world’s deadliest country for trans people:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2021/01/08/brazil-local-elections-trans-politicians-intersex-rainbow-wave-erika-hilton-linda-brazil/

* "Cases of the STI lymphogranuloma venereum soar among gay and bisexual men in England:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2021/01/09/lgv-sti-lymphogranuloma-venereum-gay-bisexual-men-public-health-england/

* "How the placenta evolved from an ancient virus:" https://whyy.org/segments/the-placenta-went-viral-and-protomammals-were-born/

* "A Sacred Place And A Sacred Quest To Save It:" https://m-huffpost-com.cdn.ampproject.org/v/s/m.huffpost.com/us/entry/us_5dfa9a7be4b006dceaa7e48c/amp?amp_js_v=a6&_gsa=1&usqp=mq331AQHKAFQArABIA%3D%3D#aoh=16099497193569&referrer=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.google.com&_tf=From%20%251%24s&share=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.huffpost.com%2Fentry%2Foak-flat-arizona-apache-mining_n_5dfa9a7be4b006dceaa7e48c

* "Isn’t She Good—For a Woman?:" https://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2021/01/feminist-rediscovery-artemisia-gentileschi-uk-national-gallery/617327/

* "11 unashamed and unabashed queer moments from David Bowie, whose LGBT+ legacy lives on today:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2021/01/08/david-bowie-anniversary-birthday-death-queer-lgbt-sexuality-coming-out/

* "The age of consent for gay and bi men was finally equalised 20 years ago today, marking a mammoth victory for love:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2021/01/08/age-of-consent-equalised-gay-bisexual-men-sex-lgbt-20-years-anniversary/

* "Fearless, frank and funny gay protest signs inspiring us all to keep the fight going:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2021/01/10/lgbt-protest-signs-gay-agenda-reddit/

* "Black Sails: How To Write A Better Ending Than Game of Thrones:"

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* "Kim Jong-Un Tells North Koreans To Steer Clear Of The U.S.:"

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* "A Terrified President Throws His Riot Mob Under A Bus To Save His Neck (And Get Back On Twitter):"

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* "It's Too Late To Jump Ship Now:"

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* "After A Rocky Week, Stephen Finally Gets To Celebrate The Georgia Senate Wins By Warnock And Ossoff:"

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* Friday, I set an alarm because I had a lot of business hours phone bureaucracy. There will be yet more of it Monday. Also, I'm pretty sure I forgot something. In any case, Forage boxes arrived an hour before the alarm, and by the time I'd dressed and unloaded them, there was no point in going back to bed.

I talked to the physio, who shares my alarm at my deterioration, despite doing the exercises every day. she's out of safe exercises to add. it is time to start planning for when my right arm becomes mostly paralyzed. It's time to start looking into appropriate adaptive technologies for the scary ass level of damage I'm dealing with now. She's looking into OT referral. I'm to keep doing the exercises as it's important to encourage blood flow.

I'm right handed. I'm having a really hard time adapting to the slow death of my right arm. This is actually harder to adapt to and like decades faster than what happened to my legs.

I was exhausted, so went to bed very early and took half a flex to see if I could get the pain down to something more manageable for Saturday. I barely managed two litter boxes Saturday evening and still haven't changed the big tanks. I've warned Squirrel that I'm likely going to have to give up on doing litterboxes soon.

I got funding for the Aide (still winding through the bowels of bureaucracy) because of the fall risk. but honestly it's the arm, which somehow is not enough disability for an aide despite repeated serious scaldings that is why I really the fuck need an aid.

* "Sunday Sweets For Puzzle Lovers:" https://www.cakewrecks.com/home/2021/1/10/sunday-sweets-for-puzzle-lovers

* I probably would have thought I hallucinated Space 1999 if someone hadn't randomly given my sister and me a Helena Action figure. Seriously, the moon gets detached and wanders around loose with a couple of accidentally kidnapped space shuttles. Clearly something a Kindergartner made up, not a real show.

* "Incorrect Antiques Roadshow:" https://twitter.com/welegi_/status/1347208866191319041


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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.

* I can't swear to these, but they fit with everything I've heard. "HOW TO FIGHT COVID AT HOME when you are not hospitalized.:" https://laughingacademy.tumblr.com/post/639454183045644288/fighting-covid-when-kept-home

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