gwydion | Entries tagged with disease

* TW: Blood. "Week in pictures: From Holi to Yemen air strikes:" https://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/inpictures/week-pictures-holi-yemen-air-strikes-180302084232570.html

* "Aid Group Pulls Out Of Nigerian Town Following Deadly Suspected Boko Haram Attack:" https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2018/03/03/590550649/aid-group-pulls-out-of-nigerian-town-following-deadly-suspected-boko-haram-attac

* "Al Qaeda affiliate claims responsibility for Burkina Faso attacks:" https://www.reuters.com/article/us-burkina-security-responsibility/al-qaeda-affiliate-claims-responsibility-for-burkina-faso-attacks-idUSKCN1GF0PX

* TW: Rape, Pedophilia "French man admits 'about 40' rapes and sexual assaults going back decades:" https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/mar/01/france-40-rapes-sexual-assaults-pont-sur-sambre

* Well this is terrifying. "Italy goes to the polls after divisive election campaign:" https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/mar/04/italy-goes-to-polls-divisive-election-campaign-berlusconi

* "Measles cases rise six-fold in Italy as populists pledge to scrap compulsory vaccines:" https://www.thelocal.it/20180126/measles-cases-increased-almost-six-fold-in-2017-as-two-parties-pledge-to-abolish-compulsory-vaccines

* "He Predicted The 2016 Fake News Crisis. Now He's Worried About An Information Apocalypse.:" https://www.buzzfeed.com/charliewarzel/the-terrifying-future-of-fake-news?utm_term=.sq0P7V0eA#.xsvYDLndz

* "What Putin Really Wants:" https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2018/01/putins-game/546548/

* The new Medicaid Rule will kill people: http://seananmcguire.tumblr.com/post/171510380335/trump-officials-move-to-allow-medicaid-work

* "Contempt for Court:" https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2018/02/contempt-for-court/553046/

* "How the Republicans rigged Congress — new documents reveal an untold story:" https://www.salon.com/2018/02/06/how-the-republicans-rigged-congress-and-poisoned-our-politics/

* "The Content of the G.O.P.’s Character:" https://www.nytimes.com/2018/02/19/opinion/gop-character-bad-faith.html

* "Republicans Have Lost Touch With Blue America:" https://www.thedailybeast.com/republicans-have-lost-touch-with-blue-america

* "Georgia, here we go again. This time it's the NRA.:" https://www.cnn.com/2018/03/03/opinions/delta-tax-break-cut-bad-for-georgia-opinion-moore/index.html

* "GA Lt. Governor Reveals Who He Really Represents - The NRA:" http://transgriot.blogspot.com/2018/03/ga-lt-governor-reveals-who-he-really.html

* "Robert Reich: The poor are being barred from voting. And that’s unconstitutional:" http://www.newsweek.com/robert-reich-poor-are-being-barred-voting-and-thats-unconstitutional-718117

* "Number 6 -Rest In Power and Peace Phylicia Mitchell:" http://transgriot.blogspot.com/2018/03/number-6-rest-in-power-and-peace.html

* "Phillip Aronoff Peddles Transphobia On The TX 29 Campaign Trail:" http://transgriot.blogspot.com/2018/03/philip-aronoff-peddles-transphobia-on.html

* "Sergei Polunin | The Talks:" http://the-talks.com/interview/sergei-polunin/

* "Presidential Address Cold Open - SNL:"

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* The Imperial couple.: gwydionmisha.tumblr.com/post/171544147526/the-imperial-couple

* "Sunday Sweets Celebrates Kids' Movies:" http://www.cakewrecks.com/home/2018/3/4/sunday-sweets-celebrates-kids-movies.html

* "We’re Ready:" http://seananmcguire.tumblr.com/post/171492121645/were-ready

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* Full list of Resistance and charity links has been migrated to my profile as it was getting out of hand.

* "Help us stop the humanitarian crisis on Manus:" https://www.asrc.org.au/donate-now/

* "RISE (Refugees, Survivors and Ex-Detainees):" https://www.givenow.com.au/riserefugee/donate

* How to help Rohingya refugees: https://www.nytimes.com/2017/09/29/world/asia/rohingya-aid-myanmar-bangladesh.html?emc=edit_nn_20171012&nl=morning-briefing&nlid=50784086&te=1&_r=0

* Help fight for Net Neutrality restoration: http://gwydionmisha.tumblr.com/post/170010496350/democrats-are-just-one-vote-shy-of-restoring-net

* A list of organizations to help you run for office: http://lovingmyselfishard.tumblr.com/post/167330144634/psst-hey

* Trans Lifeline is one of those organizations you can call at (877) 565-8860 in the US and in Canada (877) 330- 6366.

* The Trevor Project has a 24 hour hotline geared toward helping our youth, and you can call it at 1-866-488-7386

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

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

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

* Help pay for cat food, litter, meds, medical copays: Paypal Lethran@gmail.com

* Birthday/Solstice master list: https://gwydion.dreamwidth.org/1925021.html

* Want Game of Thrones without the creepy? We need new players. We are very inclusive. "Game of Bones MUSH:" gobmush.wikidot.com,

* "Honduran president sworn in amid protests:" http://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-42843644

* "Norway has a plan to decriminalize all drugs:" https://news.vice.com/en_us/article/mbpmjb/norway-has-a-plan-to-decriminalize-all-drugs

* "Yemen separatists 'take most of port city':" http://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-42877851

* This contains a good summary of the history of the dispute. "Kenya's political crisis grows, as opposition holds mock inauguration and government shuts down TV and radio stations:" http://www.latimes.com/world/africa/la-fg-kenya-rival-president-20180130-story.html

* "'She clearly has no idea': Kenyan doctor condemned over bid to legalise FGM:" https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2018/jan/26/kenyan-doctor-condemned-over-bid-to-legalise-fgm

* "At last, an abortion referendum. Women’s protest has won over Irish politicians:" https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2018/jan/30/abortion-referendum-ireland-women-protest-politicians-leo-varadkar-micheal-martin-repeal-mov

* Mystery cause my ass. It’s climate change. "A city that's home to 4 million people is about to run dry:" https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/water-crisis-hits-cape-town-south-africa-day-zero-looms-n841881

* "Catalan parliament delays vote on leader but backs Puigdemont:" https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/jan/30/catalonia-parliament-postpones-carles-puigdemont-investiture-president

* "'We'll do our damnedest to steal secrets':" http://www.bbc.com/news/av/world-us-canada-42864380/mike-pompeo-cia-boss-on-russia-north-korea-and-trump

* "Russia 'will target US mid-term election':" http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-42864372

* "White House to Congress: Russia sanctions not needed now:" https://www.politico.com/story/2018/01/29/russia-sanctions-white-house-congress-376813

* "Trump Administration Admits It Cribbed From Forbes Magazine To Create “Oligarch List”:" https://www.buzzfeed.com/johnhudson/trump-administration-admits-it-cribbed-forbes-magazine-to?utm_term=.yhxrXJP5p#.vyyNRjr6b

* "US lists Russian oligarchs but imposes no sanctions:" https://www.cnn.com/2018/01/29/politics/trump-russia-sanctions/index.html

* "What Happened to All the Jobs Trump Promised?:" https://projects.propublica.org/graphics/trump-job-promises

* Another white man takes credit for a black man's work. "'The greatest jobs president?' Not so much.:" http://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/-the-greatest-jobs-president-not-so-much-1148910659553

* "LPGA star on golf with Trump: 'He cheats like hell':" http://www.golf.com/tour-news/2018/01/30/president-trump-cheats-hell-golf-course-according-suzann-pettersen

* "Trump is convinced he'll beat Mueller, confidants say:" https://www.nbcnews.com/storyline/2018-state-of-the-union-address/state-donald-trump-he-thinks-it-couldn-t-be-better-n842501

* Basically, they yanked him on the grounds that he is competent and sane and thinks nuclear war is a bad idea. "Trump pick for South Korea ambassador will no longer be nominated:" http://thehill.com/policy/international/371459-trump-will-not-nominate-pick-for-south-korea-ambassador-because-he

* "What the surprise resignation of the deputy FBI director tells us about Trump:" https://www.cnn.com/2018/01/29/politics/mccabe-resignation-analysis/index.html

* "Second Trump-Russia dossier being assessed by FBI:" https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/jan/30/trump-russia-collusion-fbi-cody-shearer-memo

* "I Think Mueller's Days Are Numbered:" http://www.esquire.com/news-politics/politics/a15917140/will-trump-fire-mueller/

* "GOP moves to help Trump target Rosenstein:" http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/gop-hopes-to-help-trump-target-rosenstein-with-release-of-memo-1148965955634?playlist=associated

* "Schiff: House Intel GOP disgraced for Trump:" http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/schiff-house-intel-gop-disgraceful-covering-for-trump-1148967491602?playlist=associated

* "McConnell Says He Sees No Need to Act to Protect Mueller:" https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-01-30/mcconnell-sees-no-need-to-protect-mueller-from-president-trump

* "Ryan calls for a 'cleanse' of the FBI:" http://thehill.com/homenews/house/371429-ryan-calls-for-a-cleanse-of-the-fbi

* "Senate Dems Scramble Desperately to Save Mueller from Trump:" https://www.thedailybeast.com/senate-dems-plot-moonshot-attempts-to-save-robert-mueller-from-trump

* They are cutting off aid and declaring Mission Accomplished even though a third of the people have no electricity, whole communities are still mostly cut off by storm damage, and there are people who still have no way to get clean running water, because doing the right thing for tax paying citizens after a disaster is harming capitalism and unfair to price gougers. Also racism. "FEMA To End Food And Water Aid For Puerto Rico:" https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2018/01/29/581511023/fema-to-end-food-and-water-aid-for-puerto-rico

* "Betsy DeVos Wants To Put Your Student Loan Money On A Bank Card:" https://www.buzzfeed.com/mollyhensleyclancy/betsy-devos-student-financial-aid-debit-cards?utm_term=.ktdkeEWL1#.ndwx5Kknb

* "Scott Pruitt predicted Trump would act unconstitutionally as president:" https://www.axios.com/scott-pruitt-trump-comments-2016-3806e734-b033-4361-9975-f366e7b96e87.html

* "Manafort brought checkered past to Trump camp:" http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/paul-manafort-brought-checkered-past-to-trump-campaign-1148975171566?playlist=associated

* "Note To Nikki Haley: All Music Is Political:" http://transgriot.blogspot.com/2018/01/note-to-nikki-haley-all-music-is.html

* "What it's like to give a State of the Union response:" https://news.vice.com/en_us/article/ne48jd/what-its-like-to-give-a-state-of-the-union-response

* Personally, I approve of both the people protesting by boycotting and those who decided to bring immigrants, transfolk etc.. They are both valid tactics and I refuse to attack people for making a principled stand, whichever way they decided to do it. It's the people going along and kissing up that I'm angry with. No, I didn't watch it. My patience with bigoted word salad is tiny and I'm now ill enough that I keep having to wake up to readjust so I don't choke in my sleep. Frankly, I'd rather be cleaning toilette than watching 45's nonsense in concentrated form. I'm sure the most egregious bits will show up in the news when I'm ready to engage with them.

* "The Notorious RBG will be MIA at Trump's State of the Union address:" https://www.nbcnews.com/storyline/2018-state-of-the-union-address/ruth-bader-ginsburg-skipping-trump-s-state-union-address-n842566

* "A Dozen Democrats Will Skip Trump’s State of the Union Address:" https://www.rollcall.com/news/politics/sires-eighth-democrat-announce-state-union-boycott

* "Top DNC official out after less than a year on the job:" https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/elections/top-dnc-official-out-after-less-year-job-n842371

* "State Officials Fire Employee Who Sent False Missile Alert In Hawaii:" https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/hawaii-missile-alert-investigation_us_5a70a256e4b0ae29f08b667d

* The vote was scary close. "Senate defeats Trump-backed 20-week abortion ban:" https://www.politico.com/story/2018/01/29/senate-trump-20-week-abortion-ban-316002

* "The Cost of Sexual Harassment:" http://brigdh.tumblr.com/post/170283170479/the-cost-of-sexual-harassment

* Trying to get health care when you have a serious chronic illness: http://taibhsearachd.tumblr.com/post/170338697147/naamahdarling-i-ran-over-the-easter-bunny

* "Former Pro Tennis Player And Gay Dad Sounds Off On Margaret Court's Homophobia:" https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/outsports-fathers-day_us_594163dee4b0d3185486972e

* "Rep Joe Kennedy Invites Trans Solider To State of the Union Address:" http://transgriot.blogspot.com/2018/01/rep-joe-kennedy-invites-trans-solider.html

* "Chechen leader: Gay activists invent nonsense for money:" http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-42854814

* "First it was the gay community – now Chechnya is torturing drug users:" http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/chechnya-drug-users-ramzan-kadyrov-gay-torture-detain-arrest-russia-a8162001.html

* The dating is inconsistent in the article, alas. "Experts Reveal Face of 7,000-Year-Old Woman in Athens:" http://greece.greekreporter.com/2018/01/19/experts-reveal-face-of-7000-year-old-woman-in-athens/

* "Ancient DNA results end 4,000-year-old Egyptian mummy mystery:" https://phys.org/news/2018-01-ancient-dna-results-year-old-egyptian.html

* "Ancient ‘frozen’ tomb of Scythian Prince found in Siberia:" http://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/archaeology/ancient-frozen-tomb-scythian-prince-siberia-archaeology-gino-caspari-a8163446.html

* "Archaeologists in Mexico claim world's longest flooded cave:" https://phys.org/news/2018-01-archaeologists-mexico-world-longest-cave.html

* "500 years later, scientists discover what probably killed the Aztecs:" https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/jan/16/mexico-500-years-later-scientists-discover-what-killed-the-aztecs

* "Possible cause of early colonial-era Mexican epidemic identified:" https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2018-01/mpif-pco011118.php

* "Unearthed artifacts chronicle two centuries of Harpers Ferry history:" https://www.heraldmailmedia.com/news/tri_state/west_virginia/artifacts-display-unearths-years-of-harpers-ferry-history/article_36401785-9ae9-5aa1-b622-e6dcad2c040a.html

* "The timeless allure of ruins:" http://www.bbc.com/culture/story/20180112-the-timeless-allure-of-ruins

* "How a Fake Monster Crept Into our Museums:" https://hyperallergic.com/421405/how-a-fake-monster-creeped-into-our-museums/

* "Trump's Sit-Down with Piers Morgan & Sean Hannity's Live U-Turn on Robert Mueller:"

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* Mitch McConnell's sex tape:

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* "Disneyland Mishap. Ursula loses head.:"

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* "More adventures in replying to spam | James Veitch:"

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* Full list of Resistance and charity links has been migrated to my profile as it was getting out of hand.

* "Help us stop the humanitarian crisis on Manus:" https://www.asrc.org.au/donate-now/

* "RISE (Refugees, Survivors and Ex-Detainees):" https://www.givenow.com.au/riserefugee/donate

* How to help Rohingya refugees: https://www.nytimes.com/2017/09/29/world/asia/rohingya-aid-myanmar-bangladesh.html?emc=edit_nn_20171012&nl=morning-briefing&nlid=50784086&te=1&_r=0

* Help fight for Net Neutrality restoration: http://gwydionmisha.tumblr.com/post/170010496350/democrats-are-just-one-vote-shy-of-restoring-net

* A list of organizations to help you run for office: http://lovingmyselfishard.tumblr.com/post/167330144634/psst-hey

* Trans Lifeline is one of those organizations you can call at (877) 565-8860 in the US and in Canada (877) 330- 6366.

* The Trevor Project has a 24 hour hotline geared toward helping our youth, and you can call it at 1-866-488-7386

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

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

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

* Help pay for cat food, litter, meds, medical copays: Paypal Lethran@gmail.com

* Birthday/Solstice master list: https://gwydion.dreamwidth.org/1925021.html

* Want Game of Thrones without the creepy? We need new players. We are very inclusive. "Game of Bones MUSH:" gobmush.wikidot.com

* Well, Fuck. "Czech Republic re-elects far-right president Miloš Zeman:" https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/jan/27/czech-republic-far-right-president-reelected

* "Fishy Trump golf funding likely to be probed:" http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/trump-golf-funding-a-rich-avenue-of-inquiry-for-mueller-probe-1147244099907?playlist=associated

* "Can a sitting president be indicted?:" http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/can-a-sitting-president-be-charged-with-a-crime-1147233347674?playlist=associated

* "John Dickerson: What Happens If Trump Declines Mueller Interview:"

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* Not holding my breath on this one as I can't see it passing the House let alone being signed by 45, who has every reason not to. "Senators rush to protect Mueller from Trump with new law:" http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/senators-rush-to-protect-mueller-from-trump-1147229251515?playlist=associated

* The war on Democracy continues. "Scott Walker Is Literally Preventing Wisconsinites From Voting:" https://www.thenation.com/article/scott-walker-is-literally-preventing-wisconsinites-from-voting/

* "Satanic Temple successfully argues that Missouri’s abortion laws violate their religious freedom:" http://deadstate.org/satanic-temple-argues-that-missouris-extreme-abortion-laws-violate-their-religious-freedomfbrefreshforce/

* "RNC finance chair Steve Wynn accused of sexual misconduct:" http://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/rnc-finance-chair-steve-wynn-accused-of-sexual-misconduct-1147171395990

* "The female price of male pleasure:" http://theweek.com/articles/749978/female-price-male-pleasure?utm_source=links&utm_medium=website&utm_campaign=twitter

* Fire her and yank her license! "Alabama teacher admits telling students to 'turn the n*gger tunes off' after they played Tupac in class:" https://www.rawstory.com/2018/01/alabama-teacher-admits-telling-students-turn-ngger-tunes-off-played-tupac-class/

* "Montana Father of Seven Who Was Raped in ICE Custody Faces Immediate Deportation:" https://www.aclumontana.org/en/press-releases/montana-father-seven-who-was-raped-ice-custody-faces-immediate-deportation

* "Oldest known human fossil outside Africa discovered in Israel:" https://www.theguardian.com/science/2018/jan/25/oldest-known-human-fossil-outside-africa-discovered-in-israel

* "First Scandinavians came from north and south:" http://sciencenordic.com/first-scandinavians-came-north-and-south

* "Houses reused for over 1000 years during Stone Age:" http://sciencenordic.com/houses-reused-over-1000-years-during-stone-age

* "Unusually sophisticated prehistoric monuments and technology revealed in the heart of the Aegean:" https://phys.org/news/2018-01-unusually-sophisticated-prehistoric-monuments-technology.html

* "Ancient human remains found in Mayo date back over 5,000 years:" http://www.thejournal.ie/ancient-human-remains-mayo-3805783-Jan2018/

* "Mini-Pompeii may be hiding under modern-day Selinunte:" http://www.ansamed.info/ansamed/en/news/sections/generalnews/2018/01/17/mini-pompeii-may-be-hiding-under-modern-day-selinunte_227aaf1e-a686-4fd9-8ac6-dec09a396e0e.html

* "Oldest ever trace of Hekate cult found (2) - Lifestyle:" http://www.ansa.it/english/news/lifestyle/arts/2018/01/16/oldest-ever-trace-of-hekate-cult-found-2_fadc3aa0-c134-4ccd-815f-16eb1895f54d.html

* " Mythbusting Ancient Rome: cruel and unusual punishment :" https://theconversation.com/mythbusting-ancient-rome-cruel-and-unusual-punishment-87939

* "Greek Culture Unearthed in War-Torn Syria:" http://world.greekreporter.com/2018/01/17/greek-culture-unearthed-in-war-torn-syria/

* "Unique Viking runes discovered in Denmark:" http://sciencenordic.com/unique-viking-runes-discovered-denmark

* It never occurred to me that there had to be photos of the third pandemic! "Skeleton teeth and historical photography are retelling the story of the plague:" https://phys.org/news/2018-01-skeleton-teeth-historical-photography-retelling.html

* "Another chance for the last man hanged in Dundee?:" https://phys.org/news/2018-01-chance-dundee.html

* "Like Pot? Visit Vermont!:"

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* "Big News In The Russia Investigation:"

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* "Bad Office Romance: U.S. Congressman Meehan:"

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* Eeew. "GOP Senate candidate flips out over ‘women’s rights’: ‘I want to come home to a cooked dinner every night’:" https://www.rawstory.com/2018/01/gop-senate-candidate-flips-womens-rights-want-come-home-cooked-dinner-every-night/#.Wmolo4HfkXk.facebook

* Star Wars vs. the Whiny Man Babies Who Can't Count: http://seananmcguire.tumblr.com/post/170192205720/jadelyn-all-is-for-all-mistertb#notes

* Confession: Sometimes I fantasize about Interpol raiding DAVOS and arresting all the International Criminals. It would never happen, alas.

* "Black Lightning Introduces Anissa's Girlfriend Chenoa:" https://www.thefandomentals.com/anissa-chenoa/

* Cersei after the Walk of Shame: http://turtle-paced.tumblr.com/post/170205353062/how-could-the-shame-march-have-changed-cersei

* "Sansa's Shithole Siblings Part 2: Shocks and Socks:" https://www.thefandomentals.com/winterhell-s7-retrospective-part-2/

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* Full list of Resistance and charity links has been migrated to my profile as it was getting out of hand.

* "Help us stop the humanitarian crisis on Manus:" https://www.asrc.org.au/donate-now/

* "RISE (Refugees, Survivors and Ex-Detainees):" https://www.givenow.com.au/riserefugee/donate

* How to help Rohingya refugees: https://www.nytimes.com/2017/09/29/world/asia/rohingya-aid-myanmar-bangladesh.html?emc=edit_nn_20171012&nl=morning-briefing&nlid=50784086&te=1&_r=0

* Help fight for Net Neutrality restoration: http://gwydionmisha.tumblr.com/post/170010496350/democrats-are-just-one-vote-shy-of-restoring-net

* A list of organizations to help you run for office: http://lovingmyselfishard.tumblr.com/post/167330144634/psst-hey

* Trans Lifeline is one of those organizations you can call at (877) 565-8860 in the US and in Canada (877) 330- 6366.

* The Trevor Project has a 24 hour hotline geared toward helping our youth, and you can call it at 1-866-488-7386

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

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

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

* Help pay for cat food, litter, meds, medical copays: Paypal Lethran@gmail.com

* Birthday/Solstice master list: https://gwydion.dreamwidth.org/1925021.html

* Want Game of Thrones without the creepy? We need new players. We are very inclusive. "Game of Bones MUSH:" gobmush.wikidot.com

* "Drought-stricken Cape Town tightens water restrictions:" http://www.theguardian.pe.ca/news/regional/drought-stricken-cape-town-tightens-water-restrictions-178446/

* "Cape Town slashes water use amid drought:" http://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-42731084

* "Vaccination ramps up in diphtheria-hit Rohingya refugee camps:" https://www.reuters.com/article/us-bangladesh-rohingya/vaccination-ramps-up-in-diphtheria-hit-rohingya-refugee-camps-idUSKBN1F41JU

* "Trump accuses Russia of helping North Korea evade sanctions:" https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-exclusive/exclusive-trump-accuses-russia-of-helping-north-korea-evade-sanctions-says-u-s-needs-more-missile-defense-idUSKBN1F62KO

* "Trump administration's infrastructure plan taking shape:" https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-infrastructure/trump-administrations-infrastructure-plan-taking-shape-idUSKBN1F71BC

* 45's persecution of Haiti continues. "Trump admin blocks Haitians from temporary visas:" http://www.cnn.com/2018/01/17/politics/haiti-temporary-visas/index.html

* "Hundreds of Yelp reviews describe Trump hotel as 's---hole':" http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/369277-hundreds-of-yelp-reviews-describe-trump-hotel-as-s-hole

* If you don't want to save lives, don't apply for a job at the ER. The goal here is to allow Christians to kill women and trans folk by denying emergency medical care in the name of Jesus. "Trump to overhaul HHS office, shield health workers with moral objections:" https://www.politico.com/story/2018/01/16/conscience-abortion-transgender-patients-health-care-289542

* "Trump lawyer used shell to pay porn star: WSJ:" http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/trump-lawyer-used-shell-company-to-pay-porn-star-wsj-1140420675612?v=a

* "Fusion GPS testimony shows potential crimes:" http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/fusion-gps-transcript-outlines-potential-trump-money-laundering-1140404803703?v=a

* "FBI investigating whether Russian money went to NRA to help Trump:" http://www.mcclatchydc.com/news/nation-world/national/article195231139.html

* "Bannon Battle Shows Potential Conflicts for White House’s McGahn:" https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-01-18/bannon-battle-shows-potential-conflicts-for-white-house-s-mcgahn

* "House panel releases transcript of interview with Fusion GPS co-founder:" https://www.politico.com/story/2018/01/18/house-panel-releases-transcript-of-interview-with-fusion-gps-co-founder-346342

* "Sebastian Gorka was White House aide while a fugitive from Hungarian justice:" https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/jan/18/sebastian-gorka-hungary-fugitive-white-house-aide

* "Mulvaney requests no funding for Consumer Financial Protection Bureau:" https://www.politico.com/story/2018/01/18/mulvaney-funding-consumer-bureau-cordray-345495

* "Kamala Harris Questions Kirstjen Nielsen at Senate Judiciary Hearing:"

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* "House passes spending bill, but shutdown threat remains:" https://www.politico.com/story/2018/01/18/government-shutdown-2018-trump-republicans-345532

* "A report that analyzed every minimum-wage hike since 1938 should put a bunch of nonsense ideas to rest:" https://amp.businessinsider.com/minimum-wage-effect-on-jobs-2016-5?__twitter_impression=true

* "House unveils landmark sexual harassment overhaul bill:" https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/congress/house-unveils-landmark-sexual-harassment-overhaul-bill-n838436

* TW: Child Abuse, Torture, Pedophilia. I am concerned that the coverage borders on prurient, but I feel obliged to link because Jesus fuck!!! Apparently they are setting up a special fund for people wanting to donate to help the survivors, and any gofundme you see is a fake, which makes sense that they had no understanding of the outside world until two days ago and certainly haven't got any social media. "Horrific new details emerge in case of 13 captive siblings:" http://abcnews.go.com/US/13-captive-siblings-forced-shower-year-strangled-subject/story?id=52431816

* "Sorority Bigot Expelled From University of Alabama After Racist Video:" http://transgriot.blogspot.com/2018/01/sorority-bigot-expelled-from-university.html

* "Trump Trying To Push Medical Transphobia:" http://transgriot.blogspot.com/2018/01/trump-trying-to-push-medical-transphobia.html

* "Meet Ghanian Trans Woman Angela Coleman:" http://transgriot.blogspot.com/2018/01/meet-ghanian-trans-woman-angela-coleman.html

* "2017 was the hottest year on record without El Niño boost:" https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2018/jan/18/2017-was-the-hottest-year-on-record-without-el-nino-boost

* "A handy list of poisons for writing reference:" https://thewightknight.tumblr.com/post/169872597823/we-are-dread-commando-badassdanddpics

* "Gerard Butler Explains Scottish Slang:" http://www.tastefullyoffensive.com/2018/01/gerard-butler-explains-scottish-slang.html

* "#MeToo Backlash:"

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* "Full Frontal Investigates: Is This Racist Racist?:"

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* "The Actual Forgotten Working Class:"

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* "Adam Rippon - 2018 U.S. Nationals, Men's Short Program:"

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* Yesterday was too much for me. I went to bed early, and stayed in bed all day with Tavy and books. I thought Liva was checking on me as I'd been in bed so long, but it turns out she was waiting for me to leave so she could sleep on my spot.

* "If Harry had gotten a less conventional, but more loving adoptive family...:" https://thewightknight.tumblr.com/post/169872715888/if-harry-had-gotten-a-less-conventional-but-more

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* Full list of Resistance and charity links has been migrated to my profile as it was getting out of hand.

* "Help us stop the humanitarian crisis on Manus:" https://www.asrc.org.au/donate-now/

* "RISE (Refugees, Survivors and Ex-Detainees):" https://www.givenow.com.au/riserefugee/donate

* How to help Rohingya refugees: https://www.nytimes.com/2017/09/29/world/asia/rohingya-aid-myanmar-bangladesh.html?emc=edit_nn_20171012&nl=morning-briefing&nlid=50784086&te=1&_r=0

* A list of organizations to help you run for office: http://lovingmyselfishard.tumblr.com/post/167330144634/psst-hey

* Trans Lifeline is one of those organizations you can call at (877) 565-8860 in the US and in Canada (877) 330- 6366.

* The Trevor Project has a 24 hour hotline geared toward helping our youth, and you can call it at 1-866-488-7386

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

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

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

* Help pay for cat food, litter, meds, medical copays: Paypal Lethran@gmail.com

* Birthday/Solstice master list: https://gwydion.dreamwidth.org/1925021.html

* Want Game of Thrones without the creepy? We need new players. We are very inclusive. "Game of Bones MUSH:" gobmush.wikidot.com

* "Venezuela helicopter pilot killed in raid:" http://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-42695537

* "A former CIA officer has been arrested. He's suspected of spying for China:" https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/ex-cia-officer-jerry-chun-shing-lee-suspected-spying-china-n838186

* "Corey Booker spits fire at DHS secretary for covering up Trump's racism:"

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* "Sen. Booker: DHS Secretary lied to protect Trump:" http://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/sen-booker-dhs-secretary-lied-to-protect-trump-1138484803966?v=a

* After all, would a racist person refuse to let black people rent housing from them, call all Mexicans rapists, insist everyone from Haiti has AIDS, brand a whole continent plus Haiti shitholes, attempt to ban all Muslims from the country, try to build a border wall we don't need to keep brown people out, deport Dreamers who are first responders and veterans, call KKK and NAZIs 'good people' while siding with thugs and terrorist against the innocent people they injured and killed, put literal Neo-NAZIs in the White House, etc.? What more can he do to prove he's "the least racist person you've ever interviewed?" "Sanders Says Trump Isn’t Racist, Citing ‘The Apprentice’:" https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-01-16/sanders-defends-trump-as-not-racist-citing-apprentice-tv-role

* Yes, I've looked at 45's Doctor statement, but there's nothing of interest in there and a lot of the reporting is offensive, so I'm not going to get into it in this space, despite my dislike of the man.

* So Steve Bannon got subpoenaed today for both the House Intelligence Committee and the Mueller investigation today. I'm seeing tons of speculation, but nothing substantial beyond the subpoenas, so I'm not going to bother posting much until more is known for sure.

* "US officials 'briefed Jared Kushner on concerns about Wendi Deng Murdoch':" https://www.theguardian.com/media/2018/jan/16/us-officials-briefed-jared-kushner-on-concerns-about-wendi-deng-murdoch

* As of this afternoon, we were one Republican vote short in the Senate to passing the Net Neutrality bill. (It'll still need to go through the House, but one step at a time). If you have a republican Senator, now is the time to speak up. If you can not 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/

* Short version: They tossed in six more years of CHIP, but not a clean DACA and it lasts until Feb. 16th. "House Republicans coalesce behind plan to avert shutdown:" https://www.politico.com/story/2018/01/16/house-republicans-government-shutdown-343189

* "U.S. Uninsured Rate Steady at 12.2% in Fourth Quarter of 2017:" http://news.gallup.com/poll/225383/uninsured-rate-steady-fourth-quarter-2017.aspx

* He ran on "Family Values." "GOP governor denies he blackmailed his mistress with revenge porn:" https://news.vice.com/en_us/article/43q78g/eric-greitens-naked-phote-blackmail-deny

* This doesn't get into him lowering the minimum wage and his war on Women, as those things are not illegal, but it does get into Corruption, Abuse of Power, and violating the open-record law, which are still illegal despite 45 flouting all of them with impunity. "Missouri governor inspired disputes before affair was public:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/missouri-governor-inspired-disputes-before-affair-was-public/2018/01/13/f060e79a-f877-11e7-9af7-a50bc3300042_story.html?utm_term=.b757c5844fdf

* This has some state level political context. "Governor in 'serious' danger of losing job:" http://www.cnn.com/2018/01/11/politics/missouri-gov-eric-greitens-q-and-a/index.html

* TW: Sexual Assault. On the sexual violation and rape culture in the case. "Revenge porn is the real issue in the Greitens scandal, not his affair:" http://www.kansascity.com/living/liv-columns-blogs/jenee-osterheldt/article194217694.html

* "Seattle’s $15 Minimum Wage Experiment Is a Success:" https://civicskunk.works/seattles-15-minimum-wage-experiment-is-a-success-2fd7c921031d

* "Black Girls Are Perceived As Less Innocent Than White Girls — Starting at Age 5:" https://www.thecut.com/2017/06/black-girls-are-perceived-as-less-innocent-than-white-girls.html?utm_campaign=sou&utm_source=tw&utm_medium=s1

* "A Tax on Blackness:" http://www.slate.com/news-and-politics/2018/01/the-lasting-damage-of-donald-trumps-bigotry.html

* "Navy filing homicide charges for McCain, Fitzgerald commanders:" https://www.navytimes.com/news/your-navy/2018/01/17/homicide-charges-charges-for-mccain-fitzgerald-commanders/

* "Burning oil tanker sinks in the East China Sea:" http://www.cnn.com/2018/01/14/asia/china-oil-tanker-sanchi-sinks/index.html

* "Meet The Fearless Cook Who Secretly Fed — And Funded — The Civil Rights Movement:" https://www.npr.org/sections/thesalt/2018/01/15/577675950/meet-the-fearless-cook-who-secretly-fed-and-funded-the-civil-rights-movement?utm_source=tumblr.com&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=npr&utm_term=nprnews&utm_content=20180115

* There was a long piece of reporting filmed towards the end of the big West African Ebola epidemic in one of the field hospitals. It was basically a series of big tents with the medical personnel taking the best precautions they could and doing the best they could in a horrific situation with nowhere near enough staff and supplies. There was the serious acute ward behind plastic sheeting airlocks and the usual footage of them unloading the living and dead from trucks to be triaged, but this was something terrible, yes, but something expected which I'd seen before. This wasn't the part that haunts me to this day.

The thing that I think about often, the thing I will likely never get out of my head, is the recovery area. This was another big long barracks like tent, with a fenced in yard sort of set up and outdoor showers. On the other side of the fence were family members camped out with tents and lawn chairs to visit the people on the other side. The people on the other side had miraculously survived the worst part of the disease with the hemorrhaging and the terrible fluids, but were not yet well and safe to return to the world.

I don't think I'd ever really thought about this, despite having followed ebola since it first started showing up under various names in the world press. Of course it takes ages to recover from something so extreme if one doesn't die right off. I just never imagined what it was like. All these people of all ages from the old to the occasional infants, lethargic and obviously still terribly ill, lying on their cots or occasionally dressing at a snails pace or shuffling out to shower and toilets or into the yard for a bit of air. They were well enough to eat, to dress, to move around a bit, but they were emaciated and so obviously not okay. The Doctor would move from cot to cot, checking on people and occasionally one would be curled up dead, wearing the brightly coloured street clothes the presumably convalescent person had put on themselves that morning. They found a man slumped at the bottom of a shower dead. To have survived the worst, to think they were going to make and then to die so suddenly that they had no chance to call out or get help. The doctor's comment was along the lines of we don't know exactly why it is happening, their systems are under such strain that sometimes they just stop. Somehow, even though it is is a kinder way to die than if they had died during the worst of it, it felt so much worse. I suppose it is in human nature to want a proper happy ending or something.

Out in the yard there was an older boy, who was mostly better waiting for his father to improve enough for release. He was holding a lethargic toddler in his lap, an orphan, who was failing to thrive. The baby had been in recovery a couple of weeks and would start to bond to someone and that person would die or leave. The toddler was old enough to talk, but didn't and seemed to be weaker every day. The staff seemed to honestly be doing their best for and for all of them, but it was that same strange system stress that was randomly taking some adults every day. The adults he came in with were all dead and no one is sure where he came from or what his name was or what they'd do with him if by some miracle he didn't die. If I remember correctly, his body failed while the film crew was still around, but it might have been a different baby; it was a while ago.

I just think about it now and then and wonder how all those people are now: the exhausted medical staff who served through all that death and despair, the father and son, the people who eventually made it out of the recovery enclosure still breathing. Ebola lingers. It hides in reservoirs in the body and can re-surge and kill the host or infect love ones; it can do permanent damage to a survivor who is free of the pathogen itself.

It haunts me. I suspect it haunts a lot of people so much worse.

* I think Andrew Holleran mourns similar to the way I mourn. I have reached the point in the book that is all about the loudness of absence.

* I've started the men's shorts from the U S championship. It's three hours, so I'll obviously be at this a while. The thing that is heartbreaking about the championships in an Olympic year is that this is the place dreams go to die. yes, there are up and comers and old favorites for whom this is a stepping stone to somewhere better, but there are also people who've worked incredibly hard and sacrificed just as much for whom this is their only real moment in the spotlight every year and it does not go well. Skating is expensive, all those coaching fees and the cost of travel and the skates and costumes and rink fees. All that time spent and the opportunity costs to try to do something amazing, and so many of them don't make it. I had a friend at my first college who did well on the Junior circuit and made it to regional. I adored him. And you know me, I root for them all to skate clean, to do the very best they are capable. The Championships are hard to watch. The young woman who took a whole year off from school in hopes that this would be her year, and who's short program suggested it won't be. Women as young as fourteen botching a jump and scooting across the ice in often undignified positions after a fall. That poor bastard who fell everywhere and shares a couch with a big name. according to johnny weir it sounds like the coach gives them both similar routines and the guy can't execute them. The poor man who moves well, but hasn't got a triple axle, let alone quads. The guy who pulled a pretty kick ass short, but couldn't go even if he won, as he's not a citizen yet. I watch because someone who doesn't know them ought to see them even if only this once and because someone who doesn't know them personally ought to be rooting for them even though they can't hear it and will never know. I watch because sometimes, someone does something amazing and unexpected and I like to keep an eye on the future. Still it is always emotional to watch even though I generally never even caught their names. (I am terrible at names and had to drill myself hard when I was teaching and I lose even the names of close friends once they are gone for a few years. The big names and folks like Rabbitt and Savary I remember, the last two being both delightful and having easy names to remember. Savary was heartbreaking as he's so damned fun to watch, but he popped his quad so that's it for him pretty much). Look, there really were some cool routines from guys I've no memory of watching before, which is why I'm here, but I always end up wincing and occasionally weeping for the ones for whom this is as good as it will ever get and who know it. The young ones will have more chances, but for the older skaters this is often the end of something they've put everything they had into since they were small.

* Horrifying Tolkien elf genital speculation. "Aragorn was one kinky ass-fucker." http://glassphemy.tumblr.com/post/169751967979/first-things-first-we-actually-do-know-what-elves

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* Full list of Resistance and charity links has been migrated to my profile as it was getting out of hand.

* "Help us stop the humanitarian crisis on Manus:" https://www.asrc.org.au/donate-now/

* "RISE (Refugees, Survivors and Ex-Detainees):" https://www.givenow.com.au/riserefugee/donate

* How to help Rohingya refugees: https://www.nytimes.com/2017/09/29/world/asia/rohingya-aid-myanmar-bangladesh.html?emc=edit_nn_20171012&nl=morning-briefing&nlid=50784086&te=1&_r=0

* A list of organizations to help you run for office: http://lovingmyselfishard.tumblr.com/post/167330144634/psst-hey

* Trans Lifeline is one of those organizations you can call at (877) 565-8860 in the US and in Canada (877) 330- 6366.

* The Trevor Project has a 24 hour hotline geared toward helping our youth, and you can call it at 1-866-488-7386

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

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

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

* Help pay for cat food, litter, meds, medical copays: Paypal Lethran@gmail.com

* Birthday/Solstice master list: https://gwydion.dreamwidth.org/1925021.html

* Want Game of Thrones without the creepy? We need new players. We are very inclusive. "Game of Bones MUSH:" gobmush.wikidot.com

* "Children hit by Yemen diphtheria outbreak:" http://www.bbc.com/news/av/world-middle-east-42561563/yemen-children-hit-by-diphtheria-outbreak

* "Trump dissolves voter fraud commission:" https://www.cnn.com/2018/01/03/politics/presidential-election-commission/index.html

* "White House officials discuss removing Katie Walsh from outside group:" https://www.axios.com/scoop-white-house-officials-discuss-removing-katie-walsh-from-outside-group-2522396631.html

* "Sessions announces end to policy that allowed legal pot to flourish:" https://www.politico.com/story/2018/01/04/jeff-sessions-marijuana-policy-us-attorney-enforcement-324020

* I want to thank the folks who kicked in towards kibble etc.. I'll know where I am financially Mondayish, but I have hopes of doing a proper kibble/litter/tp/gas run after Monday forage, or later in the week if I'm not up to it then. I definitely have enough for the weekend of everything except possibly litter. (I for sure have enough for one box, but not the others.

* Progress continues with the Beasties. Tavy is mostly letting her sleep with him on top of me as long as I am also asleep, but continues to object to her attempts to curl up with him on me while I am reading or the like. I keep kicking him off for assholery in a no conflict zone, but this process tends to scare her off too. Today she was clever and after two attempts at cuddle naps, she cleverly curled up on the other side of the barrier pillow within pettin reach and had a good love and a nap. I keep hoping she'll figure out Hector's old trick of curling up on my pillow while it's still cool enough.

Today she stopped playing to let Squirrel bend down and pet her even though humans are huge and scary when they walk. her Host human said she like shoulder cuddles, but no sign of it yet, though she does nap on my desk and has seen Tavy signal for them and get them. I still have hope.

We're just generally working on no conflict zone training, which is working out better on my desk than the bed so far though not perfectly. Mostly the issue is 1. Tavy not wanting to share me in particular situations. 2. Tavy responding to her signals that she's done being groomed now by intensifying rather than backing off, which I am also working on gently but firmly. To be clear, she really does like him grooming her, and arrives already purring like a motor cycle engine rolling carefully into grooming position. It's just him not knowing when to stop.

As I typed this in the late afternoon, they were hanging out on the living room window sill peacefully watching the birds etc..

* I've been really annoyed with myself the last few years for how many fewer books I read than I used to. I love reading, I love learning things, and was honestly starting to low key worry about mental deterioration. A couple of months ago, a friend referenced how many articles I read a day and I was like, "Oooohhhhh! I'm likely reading a similar page count, it's just instead of reading a book or two a day, I'm reading 2/3-3/4 of it in a form where I can't see the progress. I did, in fact also read approximately 2 1/2 feet of ILL books in the last two months, plus various non-ILL library books, library graphic novels, and the like. I am not in fact suddenly stupid, although I seem to have undergone another of those shifts in the way one's brain stores and processes data again, sort of like happens in one's mid-twenties, and that other one I noticed last time I was taking university courses for teach certificate renewal and one of the early twenty something's turned to me after the Prof used one of my exam answers as an example for the class in a YA for teachers class and asked, "How did you know all that and put it together that way?" and I said, "Oh, I cheated; I'm carrying an extra decade of knowledge around in my head." Which got me noticing and I realized I was chunking data way more efficiently with geometrically more cross connections than I had in my twenties. I am not convinced this more recent change in the way my brain organizes information is in any way an improvement. It's more like that thing when I was working on my first Master's degree in my twenties and I noticed my brain was full and I was losing information like what I'm meant to be doing Wednesday to make room for long lists of ale brewers and malefactors of the Marsh in early 14th century court rolls. Unfortunately I am losing a bunch of useful historical information i very much wanted to keep in favour of things like election details for four or five key countries in Africa, where and what epidemics and outbreaks are going on, what wars, the pipeline of horror out on Moscow and DC, a like a hundred terrible things I track in Ukraine, Yemen, Syria, the Philippines, Australian detention camps, etc.,etc.. Hence me flipping out and going to town on high medieval social, economic, and political history refreshers because forgetting shit I used to know like my own name pisses me off.

So I'm feeling a lot less stupid, even if this is a bit of aging I'm not liking.

Why am I talking about this? Because there's been all this stuff in the news about how much TV 45 watches. People are acting as if it's the number that is the problem. I watch lot of TV. I spend several hours in bed each day trying to do things like getting all my body parts to cooperate (which works better if I go slow), doing meds, getting dressed, petting and playing with cats, plus the wind down process involving putting things away, last meds, playing with and/or petting cats, re-configuring the bed so the prop pillows hold everything in place to minimize pain and damage before settling in to read and sleep. Like, between bed time and decanting from bed I watched the whole first disc of Stranger Things which Netflix finally released and came from the library yesterday, so that's like 4ish hours of TV right there, plus a whole episode of superstition during food and lungs, plus hours of assorted news programs that help me figure out what key words to be searching on top of the obvious ones, plus the commentary and assorted fun stuff I often have on in the background, but I also read three chapters of 15th century land disputes and the early battles of the Wars of the Roses plus associated English politics before I got up. I will likely read another chapter of that or another two of the painfully lyrical, charmingly literary, and utterly devastating AIDS memoir I am reading. If I take a bath that's a chunck of a graphic novel, plus the news fire hose from which I condense the best into links for y'all. I'm guessing I'm in the 8-12 hour range, which makes me WORSE than 45 on paper, and yet I'm damned sure I've a far greater grasp of what's going on in the world than he does despite me not having a daily intelligence briefing and access to the experts at the State Department, CIA, etc..

I think quality matters, which is not to say that I don't read and watch a lot of fun stuff. It's just my diet of information is reasonably varied, I read as well as watch, and I think as well as consume. I'm making analogies between the way Detroit is changing with certain ancient and medieval cities that experienced traumatic population contraction and resulting chaos and how they ultimately adapted. I'm taking in modern economic policy news and plugging it into my knowledge of micro and macro economics and several thousand years of historical knowledge about how economies and economic policies tend to effect each other. I'm taking current Jeff Session news and matching it up with a rich racial, political, and economic context from the whole of colonial and US history and how shit tends to go and why and what it actually means for human type people having to live with those decisions. I don't think any of that is true of 45. I don't think anything even vaguely like that goes on inside his head. I'm not convinced he's capable of imagination, empathy, or long term strategic thinking.

Every time this sad little word pictures of how 45 spends his days turn up in the news, a picture of President Obama working pops into my head. I think of him, jacket off and sleeves rolled up working hard at his desk, reading dispatches and briefs and legislation and treaties. I think of him in meetings paying attention and asking astute questions. I think of a man with the imagination and intellectual curiosity to ask what trans folk really needed in this country and get actual answers from transfolk that led to him improving our lives in 150+ small, unglamorous, utterly crucial ways that hardly anyone noticed because things like stopping a W era policy of having Homeland security automatically out trans job seekers to potential employers on;y matter to the transfolk who'd been denied jobs because they'd been outed and then weren't next time they applied somewhere. I picture him and Michelle propped up in bed at night with books and papers scattered everywhere, trying their damnedest to work out on a practical level what is best for the country and the world.

Look, I didn't always agree with President Obama, but I could look at any given decision he made and follow the basic decision making process and rationale based on publicly available knowledge, and with the understanding there are like a million things I don't know due to not having a massive staff of experts and access to State department and intelligence agency resources, etc.. I could have faith that he really thought shit through before deciding. I could see where he was trying to make the best of a no win. I quickly got a feel for his style of risk taking and was comfortable with it, even when I didn't agree. I knew that there was a first rate mind who had traveled to other countries and practiced constitutional law bringing all resources to bear on massive problems, and there was comfort in that.

For the last year I've watched BBC anchors and exports trying ever more frantically to find and assign some sort of thought or strategy to 45's actions and words while trying to disguise what I strongly suspect is rising panic. I DON'T THINK THERE IS ANY TO FIND, beyond self interest, tantrums, and a hunger to cause as much chaos as possible to get ratings. That's it. That's all there is. No deep thought or strategy, no three dimensional chess; just random impulses, greed, a toddler screaming "Look at me" while he loses at tic tac toe because he can't think even one move ahead.

* Me watching Superstition: That is the best sweater! You aren't going to do experiments in that sweater are you? Aiyeeeee! Stand back! You'll get blood on the best sweater ever! Is the sweater okay? I can't see! Shit, there's blood on her face! They got the sweater, didn't they. Damn.

Really though? This show is ridiculously good. I think I finally convinced Squirrel to try it. *fingers crossed* It is definitely the best new show this fall season and I'm really worried not enough people are watching it. (And Exorcist and Ghost Wars). Where are all the people who loved first season Sleepy Hollow and the first five seasons of Supernatural? Why aren't they mobbing social media with fic and art and ships and speculation? I really, really don't want this thing cancelled because the people who would like it never heard of it.

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* Full list of Resistance and charity links has been migrated to my profile as it was getting out of hand.

* "Help us stop the humanitarian crisis on Manus:" https://www.asrc.org.au/donate-now/

* "RISE (Refugees, Survivors and Ex-Detainees):" https://www.givenow.com.au/riserefugee/donate

* How to help Rohingya refugees: https://www.nytimes.com/2017/09/29/world/asia/rohingya-aid-myanmar-bangladesh.html?emc=edit_nn_20171012&nl=morning-briefing&nlid=50784086&te=1&_r=0

* A list of organizations to help you run for office: http://lovingmyselfishard.tumblr.com/post/167330144634/psst-hey

* Trans Lifeline is one of those organizations you can call at (877) 565-8860 in the US and in Canada (877) 330- 6366.

* The Trevor Project has a 24 hour hotline geared toward helping our youth, and you can call it at 1-866-488-7386

* Resistance links for the tax cuts for the rich: http://gwydionmisha.tumblr.com/post/166977878817/fullhalalalchemist-the-gop-is-aiming-for-a-65vc

* Scripts for resisting the Tax Bill: https://laughingacademy.tumblr.com/post/168175070608/the-tax-bill-just-passed-the-senate-heres-what

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

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

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

* Help pay for cat food, litter, meds, medical copays: Paypal Lethran@gmail.com

* Birthday/Solstice master list: https://gwydion.dreamwidth.org/1925021.html

* Want Game of Thrones without the creepy? We need new players. We are very inclusive. "Game of Bones MUSH:" gobmush.wikidot.com

* "U.S. warns North Korean leadership will be 'utterly destroyed' in case of war:" https://www.reuters.com/article/us-northkorea-missiles/u-s-warns-north-korean-leadership-will-be-utterly-destroyed-in-case-of-war-idUSKBN1DS2MB

* "Hawaii reinstates 'attack warning' siren to prepare for possible North Korean missile
The “attack warning” siren hasn’t been tested in Hawaii since the Cold War." https://www.nbcnews.com/news/asian-america/hawaii-reinstates-attack-warning-siren-prepare-possible-north-korean-missile-n823821

* Meanwhile, 45 created international incidents with too countries in his enthusiasm to stir up Islamaphobia and to show his support for a violent far right group. "Trump retweets anti-Muslim videos:" https://www.cnn.com/2017/11/29/politics/donald-trump-retweet-jayda-fransen/index.html

* "World astonished at yet more falsehoods from Donald Trump:"

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* ""The president is racist" - Rep. Keith Ellison:"

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* Hint: the Deep State isn't a Thing and there is nothing to investigate that hasn't already been investigated, and she's been cleared. Sigh. Also, she's a private citizen so it's not as urgent as people still in power committing treason, obstruction of justice, large scale corruption, so agencies have dramatically more important things to do than investigate debunked conspiracy theories. Just saying. "Trump asks why 'deep state authorities' aren't investigating Clinton emails:" http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/362271-trump-blasts-deep-state-for-not-investigating-clinton-emails

* Spoiler: There is no mystery. The Staffer had a heart condition, passed out, hit his head, and died of a blood clot. sad, but not mysterious. I loathe Joe Scarborough, but this is as nonsense as 45’s continued lies about President Obama’s birth certificate. Which he’s also peddling again this week to distract from the obstruction of justice, corruption, treason, etc. 45 is being investigated for. "Trump tweet calls for investigation into Scarborough's dead staffer while in Congress:" http://thehill.com/homenews/media/362307-trump-tweet-calls-for-investigation-into-scarboroughs-dead-staffer-while-in

* My eyelid has been twitching sporadically every day since early November 2016. It is getting worse. <.< >.>

* "Office opens case file into accusation that Conway broke the law:" http://thehill.com/homenews/news/362300-us-special-counsel-opening-up-case-file-over-accusation-that-conway-broke-the

* "Bernie Sanders laughs at Donald Trump:"

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* "Ex-con coal baron Don Blankenship is running for U.S. Senate:"

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* To fight for Net Neutrality: https://www.battleforthenet.com/

* We are really close to saving net neutrality. If you can, please contact one or more of these guys:

Ajit Pai - Ajit.Pai@fcc.gov

Mike O'Rielly - Mike.ORielly@fcc.gov

Brendan Carr - Brendan.Carr@fcc.gov

* TW: Sexual Assault "NBC News fires Matt Lauer over sexual allegations:"

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* "'America's dirty little secret': the Texas town that has been without running water for decades:" https://amp.theguardian.com/us-news/2017/nov/23/texas-town-without-running-water-sandbranch

* "Number 23- Rest In Power Brooklyn BreYanna Stevenson:" http://transgriot.blogspot.com/2017/11/number-23-rest-in-power-brooklyn.html

* "Bishop calls homosexuality ‘gift from God,’ seeks to end ‘prejudices that kill’:" https://cruxnow.com/global-church/2017/08/09/bishop-calls-homosexuality-gift-god-seeks-end-prejudices-kill/

* "PM Trudeau Delivers Apology To TBLGQ Canadians:" http://transgriot.blogspot.com/2017/11/pm-trudeau-delivers-apology-to-tblgq.html

* The introduction to this is obnoxious, but if you can get past the first few "trendy" paragraphs, it actually is a quality summary of the state of the argument. "How Asian nomadic herders built new Bronze Age cultures:" https://www.sciencenews.org/article/how-asian-nomadic-herders-built-new-bronze-age-cultures

* "Plague likely a Stone Age arrival to central Europe:" https://phys.org/news/2017-11-plague-stone-age-central-europe.html

* "Early and middle Paleoindians likely focused on hunting caribou:" http://www.berlindailysun.com/newsx/local-news/63267-early-middle-paleoindians-likely-focused-on-hunting-caribou

* "Ancient barley took high road to China:" https://phys.org/news/2017-11-ancient-barley-high-road-china.html

* "Archaeologists excavate oldest tombs in Xinjiang:" http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2017-11/22/c_136771500.htm

* "This Hairless Mexican Dog Has a Storied, Ancient Past:" https://news.nationalgeographic.com/2017/11/hairless-dog-mexico-xolo-xoloitzcuintli-Aztec/

* "Confucianism followed by ancient tribe:" http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2017-11/24/c_136777402.htm

* Fun Fact: My parents met in an Anglo Saxon language class. This was their favorite entry in the Anglo Saxon chronicle. I come by my Geek honestly. "An Anglo-Saxon Anecdote: The Battle of the Birds, 671:" https://dutchanglosaxonist.com/2016/08/26/battle-671/

* "1,200-year-old Native American artifacts unearthed in Westbrook:" http://wtnh.com/2017/11/23/1200-year-old-native-american-artifacts-unearthed-in-westbrook/

* "800-Year-Old Tombs Tell the Story of an Ancient Chinese Couple:" https://www.livescience.com/60979-ancient-tombs-chinese-couple.html

* "Lost medieval village discovered in Denmark:" https://www.thelocal.dk/20171121/lost-medieval-village-discovered-in-denmark

* "Hidden medieval painting to be uncovered:" http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-coventry-warwickshire-42023324

* "Early North American colonists ate turkey... but also horses, rats and snakes:" http://www.newsweek.com/thanksgiving-jamestown-turkey-diet-archaeologists-717920

* "Two massive pits of whale bones found among Neolithic houses on a Scottish island:" http://www.newsweek.com/scotland-whale-bone-mystery-beached-shore-718919?piano_t=1

* "Archaeologists search Montreal site for buried Irish famine:" https://www.irishcentral.com/roots/history/archaeologists-montreal-irish-famine-victims

* "The Austro-Hungarian Officer Corps — and Us:" https://www.chronicle.com/article/Academic-Life-Isn-t-as/241785?cid=gn&elqTrackId=d88f55f6368c4af4b51193ff201c0408&elq=10c3f158e5684b2b8eede3c8770fe7c0&elqaid=16826&elqat=1&elqCampaignId=7284

* "Matt Lauer and Kim Jong-un's Unwanted Advances:"

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* "The British Media's Racist Codes for Meghan Markle:"

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* I'm having one of my physical inconveniences this evening. Before things went south, physically, I managed to make good progress on the gift lighting. The second string of white clusters had a dead place in it, so I was forced to rethink. It's outside with the blue drape I leave up September to January. I have three strings of traditional Christmas lights with blown electricals, two mixed and one all white, and three empty strings with good electricals. I am scavenging the bulbs from the dead to light the living and doing it in such a way that next year I can also count them for Halloween. I've got red and white up in my bedroom window, with the white facing in. I've got Orange and green alternating until I ran out of orange and just did green draped. I need to do what I hope to be a blue and purple string, but I may have to fill with red and/or white. We'll see.

Tavy and Livia are comfortable to the point that they mostly play when both awake, with her wearing him out first, and me trying to provide entertainment here and there, but they are also able to ignore each other when they want food or sleep. I showed her how the busy box works last night and I set up some toys half stuck out in hopes of her practicing. She got one of the mice out to play with herself. Petty good for four months. she's not ready to try the harder ones yet, but I am very proud off her.

Livia will come right up to us when we are still and use our legs as terrain for pouncing out in ambush at Tavy if we stay still, but runs if we move or try to touch her, though she's touched me a few times. Tavy still resists her desire to sit on the top of the cat tree with him, but he's given up chasing her out of the cave just below. When I wrote these, she'd been crashed out in there for an hour or two and he'd gotten bored and come to sleep in his mesting box, pressed against my instep. It is progress.

Addendum: When Squirrel went out for work, scattering cats ahead of him, there was a gift package of hooks and micropellets waiting for me. Thank you, Benefactress! I shall try to do more anchoring tomorrow with them if there is time before the guests arrive.

Livia update: She took all her evening naps in the cat tree cave in my office. So right there close to Tavy where she could see me and I could see her.

* "Chief Complaint “2 y/o with fever and runny nose x6 hours”:" http://seananmcguire.tumblr.com/post/168011052640/tsk-chief-complaint-2-yo-with-fever-and-runny

* They don't record the obvious: http://the-alexandrian-alchemist.tumblr.com/post/168031481261/the-sun-of-rome-is-set-aethersea

* Hilarious and entirely believable" http://butlerbookbinding.tumblr.com/post/168003153769/branwyn-says-rabbitdadisw0rried-is-the-hero-of

* Theon Greyjoy's Clothes: http://turtle-paced.tumblr.com/post/167922809392/what-do-you-think-of-theons-attitude-towards

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* Full list of Resistance and charity links has been migrated to my profile as it was getting out of hand.

* "Help us stop the humanitarian crisis on Manus:" https://www.asrc.org.au/donate-now/

* "RISE (Refugees, Survivors and Ex-Detainees):" https://www.givenow.com.au/riserefugee/donate

* How to help Rohingya refugees: https://www.nytimes.com/2017/09/29/world/asia/rohingya-aid-myanmar-bangladesh.html?emc=edit_nn_20171012&nl=morning-briefing&nlid=50784086&te=1&_r=0

* A list of organizations to help you run for office: http://lovingmyselfishard.tumblr.com/post/167330144634/psst-hey

* Trans Lifeline is one of those organizations you can call at (877) 565-8860 in the US and in Canada (877) 330- 6366.

* The Trevor Project has a 24 hour hotline geared toward helping our youth, and you can call it at 1-866-488-7386

* Resistance links for the tax cuts for the rich: http://gwydionmisha.tumblr.com/post/166977878817/fullhalalalchemist-the-gop-is-aiming-for-a-65vc

* Republicans are trying to kill library funding. Help us save the libraries. http://www.ala.org/advocacy/advleg/federallegislation/fight-for-libraries

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

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

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

* Help pay for cat food, litter, meds, medical copays: Paypal Lethran@gmail.com

* Birthday/Solstice master list: https://gwydion.dreamwidth.org/1925021.html

* Want Game of Thrones without the creepy? We need new players. We are very inclusive. "Game of Bones MUSH:" gobmush.wikidot.comd I

* "Congo crisis on a par with Iraq, Syria and Yemen – and getting worse by the day:" https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2017/nov/16/congo-crisis-iraq-syria-yemen-cholera-aid

* "'Leave Zimbabwe now': thousands of protesters call for Robert Mugabe to go:" https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/nov/17/anti-mugabe-protest-planned-in-harare-as-president-clings-on

* TW: Rape. I hate Abe so much. "'Comfort Woman' Memorial Statues, A Thorn In Japan's Side, Now Sit On Korean Buses:" https://www.npr.org/sections/parallels/2017/11/13/563838610/comfort-woman-memorial-statues-a-thorn-in-japans-side-now-sit-on-korean-buses

* "On the frontline of Europe’s forgotten war in Ukraine:" https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/nov/12/ukraine-on-the-front-line-of-europes-forgotten-war

* "North Korean defector had 27cm parasitic worm in his stomach:" https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/nov/17/north-korean-defector-parasitic-worm-parasites-south-korea

* "Belgian court defers ruling on Carles Puidgemont extradition:" https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/nov/17/belgian-court-to-rule-carles-puidgemont-extradition-request-spain

* "'Our children are vulnerable': Judge sentences Calgary mother to 3 years in prison for son's strep death:" http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/tamara-lovett-ryan-strep-criminal-negligence-stay-sentence-decision-1.4406109

* I admit, my first thought on hearing the policy change Thursday, was Eric and Don Jr. want trophies, don't they? "Conservationists criticize timing of Trump reversal on ban of elephant trophies:" https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/zimbabwe-can-t-manage-its-elephant-population-while-under-coup-n821661

* TW: Sexual Assault "What about sexual misconduct allegations against Trump?:"

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* "Trump choosing white men as judges, highest rate in decades:" https://www.apnews.com/a2c7a89828c747ed9439f60e4a89193e/Trump-choosing-white-men-as-judges,-highest-rate-in-decades

* "Trump to Pay His Own Legal Bills, Set Up Fund to Cover Staff:" https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-11-17/trump-to-pay-his-own-legal-bills-set-up-fund-to-cover-staff

* "Kushner still waiting on permanent security clearance:" https://www.politico.com/story/2017/11/16/jared-kushner-security-clearance-246531

* "Russian ambassador says he won't name all the Trump officials he's met with: 'The list is so long":" https://www.cnbc.com/2017/11/16/kislyak-wont-name-trump-officials-hes-met-because-list-is-so-long.html

* "Papadopoulos claimed Trump phone call and larger campaign role:" https://www.politico.com/story/2017/11/17/george-papadopoulos-trump-greece-russia-245668

* "FCC begins scaling back internet subsidies for low-income homes:" https://www.theverge.com/2017/11/17/16669716/fcc-lifeline-scaled-back-tribal-lands-broadband-discount-limits

* 29% of Alabama Republicans say they are more likely to vote for Roy Moore now that they know he is a pedophile.

* "How a French king’s legacy revealed a loophole in evolution:" https://www.salon.com/2017/11/04/how-a-french-kings-legacy-revealed-a-loophole-in-evolution_partner/

* "North End archeological dig finds 1600s artifacts:" http://www.bostonglobe.com/metro/2017/11/09/north-end-archaeological-dig-finds-artifacts/gZsnNRyUMAjUIjo74ksFIL/story.html

* "Princeton Digs Deep Into Its Fraught Racial History:" https://www.nytimes.com/2017/11/06/arts/princeton-digs-deep-into-its-fraught-racial-history.html

* "How Germany got the Russian Revolution off the ground:" http://www.dw.com/en/how-germany-got-the-russian-revolution-off-the-ground/a-41195312

* "The two-time Nobel prize winner Marie Curie was born 150 years ago:" http://www.dw.com/en/the-two-time-nobel-prize-winner-marie-curie-was-born-150-years-ago/g-41262435

* "Roy Moore - Just a Gun-Totin', Jesus-Lovin' Accused Child Molester:"

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* "Satan Distances Himself From Roy Moore:"

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* "The Bipartisan Pastime Of Harassing Women:"

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* So I'm just short of a week in on this lung infection, which it turns out squirrel also has, along with his nursing home. Odds are, he gave it to me. I did get him to stay home Thursday and he's been holed up in his cave only emerging for juice and supplies. I'm puttering along at half speed and on maximum meds, as knock you on your ass sick for a healthy person is medium sick to someone who is always sick and used to making due. This thing has only tried to suffocate me twice, which is nothing compared to say, a month of life threatening pneumonia or six months of lung MRSA. So annoying, requires hoarded resources and much sleep. I don't need to leave the house until Monday anyway, so it's mostly inconveniencing rp partners anyway. As always, there is a chance of escalation or secondary infection, but I'm already doing everthing I can for now.

Thanks to all of you who have written in about the tech. After a consultation, it sounds like the shitty microsoft update that turned my computer into an asshole the last week or so is a contributing factor. Odds are that the Firefox update was more the straw that broke the camels back rather than the main culprit. Things appear a touch more stable today, so I am holding off on rolling things back in hopes that microsoft will get their shit together.

Tavy Button, who has a similar taste in play and mesting sites as my late beloved hector, has discovered the second to last of Hector's old napping spots not already taken over, as had the Best Nap in it today.

We are down to about a week's supply of kibble. If you'd like to chip in Paypal Lethran@gmail.com

* MCU and Insurance: http://seananmcguire.tumblr.com/post/167591426145/my-friends-and-i-are-having-a-discussion-on

* Figure Skating: NHK.

Ladies: Chartrand seems to have picked a program that works well with her strengths, but some of her second half elements fell apart. Mirai Nagasu had a lovely skate. Medvedeva was having an uncharacteristically rough skate and actually fell? Seriously, this season has been full of rough skates for the top people. I hope they are getting it all out of the way before the Olympics. Polina Tsurskaya is only just up from juniors and apparently has had a lot of injuries, but oh, do I like how she skates. Seriously, I think whoever gets the third slot will do fine. Carolina Kostner's choreography suits her and her skating is really expressive, but she was having a little trouble tonight too, though not as bad as it might have been and the silver was deserved.

Men: I wrote a whole complex thing up, but the computer ate it and reconstructing it is too much work, frankly.

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* Full list of Resistance and charity links has been migrated to my profile as it was getting out of hand.

* "Help us stop the humanitarian crisis on Manus:" https://www.asrc.org.au/donate-now/

* "RISE (Refugees, Survivors and Ex-Detainees):" https://www.givenow.com.au/riserefugee/donate

* How to help Rohingya refugees: https://www.nytimes.com/2017/09/29/world/asia/rohingya-aid-myanmar-bangladesh.html?emc=edit_nn_20171012&nl=morning-briefing&nlid=50784086&te=1&_r=0

* A list of organizations to help you run for office: http://lovingmyselfishard.tumblr.com/post/167330144634/psst-hey

* Resistance links for the tax cuts for the rich: http://gwydionmisha.tumblr.com/post/166977878817/fullhalalalchemist-the-gop-is-aiming-for-a-65vc

* Republicans are trying to kill library funding. Help us save the libraries. http://www.ala.org/advocacy/advleg/federallegislation/fight-for-libraries

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

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

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

* Help pay for cat food, litter, meds, medical copays: Paypal Lethran@gmail.com

* Birthday/Solstice master list: https://gwydion.dreamwidth.org/1925021.html

* Want Game of Thrones without the creepy? We need new players. We are very inclusive. "Game of Bones MUSH:" gobmush.wikidot.com

* "US makes it more difficult to travel to Cuba, blacklists many large military-run businesses:" http://www.nola.com/national_politics/2017/11/us_makes_it_more_difficult_to.html

* "Closure of Yemen's borders to aid deliveries is 'catastrophic', UN warns:" https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2017/nov/07/closure-of-yemen-borders-to-aid-deliveries-is-catastrophic-un-united-nations-warns

* "Trump blames predecessors, not China for unfair trade practices:" http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/359544-trump-blames-predecessors-not-china-for-unfair-trade-practices

* "Trump gutting of State Department hard to explain with politics:"

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* "Aide nixed offer of Russian women for Trump:" http://www.cnn.com/2017/11/09/politics/keith-schiller-russian-offer-women-2013-moscow/index.html

* "Johnstown Never Believed Trump Would Help. They Still Love Him Anyway.:" https://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2017/11/08/donald-trump-johnstown-pennsylvania-supporters-215800

* "Papadopoulos represented Trump campaign at international meetings:" http://www.cnn.com/2017/11/09/politics/papadopoulos-meetings-coffee-boy/index.html

* "Mueller interviews top White House aide:" http://www.cnn.com/2017/11/09/politics/stephen-miller-interviewed-special-counsel-russia-investigation/

* "Flynn worries about his son's legal exposure:" http://www.cnn.com/2017/11/08/politics/michael-flynn-son-special-counsel-russia-investigation/index.html

* "Trump voter fraud panel sued by its own member:" https://www.politico.com/story/2017/11/09/trump-voter-fraud-commission-lawsuit-matt-dunlap-244741

* "Donald Trump’s extremely unqualified nominees:"

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* TW: Pedophilia. "Moore scandal extends tumultuous streak in Alabama politics:"

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* TW: Pedophilia. "Roy Moore accused of child molestation:"

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* TW: Pedophilia. So according to him, anyone against grown ass men in their thirties molesting teenaged girls is part of "the forces of evil," as the right to sexually assault young teenagers is an important "Conservative value." "Moore after sexual allegations: 'I refuse to stand down':" http://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/359713-moore-after-sexual-allegations-i-refuse-to-stand-down

* TW: Pedophilia. And he's not the only Republican evangelical I saw strongly defending child molestation as a core christian value tonight, just the most prominent and therefore loudest. "Alabama state auditor defends Roy Moore, invokes Mary and Joseph:" http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/alabama-state-auditor-defends-roy-moore-against-sexual-allegations-invokes-mary-and-joseph/article/2640217

* Please keep protesting. "Senate GOP’s tax bill points to nasty fight ahead:" https://www.politico.com/story/2017/11/09/senate-tax-bill-2017-244743

* "Sanders: GOP tax plan about cuts for wealthy, companies:"

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* "Texas governor says church shooting not as bad as Hitler:" https://www.jta.org/2017/11/07/news-opinion/united-states/texas-governor-says-church-shooting-not-as-bad-as-hitler

* "From protests to politics: Braxton Winston wins Charlotte City Council at-large bid:" http://www.wbtv.com/story/36790543/from-protests-to-politics-braxton-winston-wins-charlotte-city-council-at-large-bid

* "Woman who ran after Atlantic County Freeholder mocked the Women's March knocks him off the board:" http://www.philly.com/philly/news/new_jersey/shore/run-for-something-ashley-bennett-womens-march-dinner-john-carmam-atlantic-county-freeholder-20171108.html

* A list of organizations to help you run for office: http://lovingmyselfishard.tumblr.com/post/167330144634/psst-hey

* "New leptospirosis deaths recorded in Puerto Rico:" http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/new-leptospirosis-deaths-recorded-puerto-rico

* "Hurricane-hit Puerto Rico's huge rebuilding task:" http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-41929287

* "New bill aims to stop senators from sexually harassing each other:" https://news.vice.com/story/new-bill-aims-to-stop-senators-from-sexually-harassing-each-other

* TW: Sexual Harassment, graphic depictions of Weinsteinesque grossness. "Louis C.K. accused of sexual misconduct in bombshell report:" http://www.cnn.com/2017/11/09/entertainment/louis-ck-sexual-misconduct/index.html

* "Spacey to be erased from completed film:" http://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-41925767

* "Brave Enough to Be Angry:" https://www.nytimes.com/2017/11/08/opinion/anger-women-weinstein-assault.html

* "Even in a 'Sanctuary State,' Immigrants Are Still in Danger:" https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/mb37bx/even-in-a-sanctuary-state-immigrants-are-still-in-danger

* "Arrests Made In Stephanie Montez Case:" http://transgriot.blogspot.com/2017/11/arrests-made-in-stephanie-montez-case.html

* TW: Dead Animal. "The stray dogs that led the space race:" http://www.bbc.com/future/story/20171027-the-stray-dogs-that-paved-the-way-to-the-stars

* "Send Nudes to Facebook & Allegations Against Louis C.K.:"

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* "China Pulls Out All the Stops for Trump:"

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* "Back in Black - How to Honor Veterans Without Using Them as Political Pawns:"

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* "What Would a President Worse Than Trump Look Like?:"

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* "Jen Psaki - Understanding the Difference Between Facts and Opinions:"

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* I did a long list of disgusting cleaning type things today, but did not do litters. facepalm* Tavy did the log roll thing today and tried and failed a second time. Look, I know able bodied cats do this easily, but it's huge given how hard it is for him to achieve.

* I was hoping I'd actually catch up tonight, but my computer is being an asshole. I'm sorry some of the election stuff is so late and for how far behind I expect to be by the time I go to sleep.

* "a guide to exploring abandoned farms:" http://lovingmyselfishard.tumblr.com/post/167329787544/a-guide-to-exploring-abandoned-farms

* That Water Park where I may or may not have died: http://gwydionmisha.tumblr.com/post/167336886847/ask-oncies-jizz-themoistplinth

* Every time I see 45 on TV being horrible I find myself wishing Douglas Adams' Total Perspective Vortex was a Thing.

* Poitier/Belafonte Cavett interview is delightfully full of dry and/or deadpan humor. I now very much want to see Buck and the Preacher, which they were promoting even though I'd never heard of it before. I just find the interplay between the two men utterly charming.

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* Full list of Resistance and charity links has been migrated to my profile as it was getting out of hand.

* "Help us stop the humanitarian crisis on Manus:" https://www.asrc.org.au/donate-now/

* "RISE (Refugees, Survivors and Ex-Detainees):" https://www.givenow.com.au/riserefugee/donate

* How to help Rohingya refugees: https://www.nytimes.com/2017/09/29/world/asia/rohingya-aid-myanmar-bangladesh.html?emc=edit_nn_20171012&nl=morning-briefing&nlid=50784086&te=1&_r=0

* A list of organizations to help you run for office: http://lovingmyselfishard.tumblr.com/post/167330144634/psst-hey

* Resistance links for the tax cuts for the rich: http://gwydionmisha.tumblr.com/post/166977878817/fullhalalalchemist-the-gop-is-aiming-for-a-65vc

* Republicans are trying to kill library funding. Help us save the libraries. http://www.ala.org/advocacy/advleg/federallegislation/fight-for-libraries

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

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

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

* Help pay for cat food, litter, meds, medical copays: Paypal Lethran@gmail.com

* Birthday/Solstice master list: https://gwydion.dreamwidth.org/1925021.html

* Want Game of Thrones without the creepy? We need new players. We are very inclusive. "Game of Bones MUSH:" gobmush.wikidot.com

* Someone really needs to explain to him shield missile systems don't work all that well. "Trump says Japan would shoot North Korean missiles 'out of sky' if it bought U.S. weaponry:" http://www.reuters.com/article/us-trump-asia-japan/trump-says-japan-would-shoot-north-korean-missiles-out-of-sky-if-it-bought-u-s-weaponry-idUSKBN1D602F

* Snopes debunked the 45/koi thing. Look, it makes a fun visual and y'all know I'm not a fan, but the fish are fine. Get angry at the actual insulting/horrifying things 45 has been saying on the trip and leave the too good to be true stuff alone: https://www.snopes.com/did-trump-impatiently-dump-fish-food-in-japanese-koi-pond/

* "Thoughts and Prayers Won't End Mass Shootings- Gun Bans Will:" http://transgriot.blogspot.com/2017/11/thoughts-and-prayers-wont-end-mass.html

* Please don't let the KKK win Tuesday, Virginia. Please.

* Don't forget to Vote!

* I wonder if it's related to whatever hit Athens during the The Peloponnesian War? "Solving the Mystery of an Ancient Roman Plague:" https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2017/11/solving-the-mystery-of-an-ancient-roman-plague/543528/

* "Skeletons uncovered during sewer replacement:" http://www.kentonline.co.uk/thanet/news/roman-era-skeletons-uncovered-134703/

* "Construction workers find ancient sarcophagus cover in Turkey's Gümüşhane:" https://www.dailysabah.com/history/2017/11/03/construction-workers-find-ancient-sarcophagus-cover-in-turkeys-gumushane

* Questions about the leprosy/squirrel study that clearly need further investigation. "Did The Viking Squirrel Trade Spread Leprosy?:" https://www.forbes.com/sites/drsarahbond/2017/10/31/did-the-viking-squirrel-trade-spread-leprosy/#3840a239120a

* Advertising, Misogyny, and Menstrual Products: http://gwydionmisha.tumblr.com/post/167227123897/postcardsfromtheoryland-pesmenos-why-is-there

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* Full list of Resistance and charity links has been migrated to my profile as it was getting out of hand.

* "Help us stop the humanitarian crisis on Manus:" https://www.asrc.org.au/donate-now/

* "RISE (Refugees, Survivors and Ex-Detainees):" https://www.givenow.com.au/riserefugee/donate

* How to help Rohingya refugees: https://www.nytimes.com/2017/09/29/world/asia/rohingya-aid-myanmar-bangladesh.html?emc=edit_nn_20171012&nl=morning-briefing&nlid=50784086&te=1&_r=0

* Resistance links for the tax cuts for the rich: http://gwydionmisha.tumblr.com/post/166977878817/fullhalalalchemist-the-gop-is-aiming-for-a-65vc

* Republicans are trying to kill library funding. Help us save the libraries. http://www.ala.org/advocacy/advleg/federallegislation/fight-for-libraries

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

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

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

* Help pay for cat food, litter, meds, medical copays: Paypal Lethran@gmail.com

* Birthday/Solstice master list: https://gwydion.dreamwidth.org/1925021.html

* Want Game of Thrones without the creepy? We need new players. We are very inclusive. "Game of Bones MUSH:" gobmush.wikidot.com

* "Roma to be placed in Camps in Hungary?:" http://www.hunglish.org/articles/roma-hungarian-conflict

* "Liberty University: Barber on banning of anti-Trump pastor:"

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* "Russia investigation: RNC accused of ignoring interference:"

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* Republicans are trying to kill library funding. Help us save the libraries. http://www.ala.org/advocacy/advleg/federallegislation/fight-for-libraries

* "The striking new evidence that expanding health coverage reduces crime:" https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2017/10/10/16455304/voxcare-expanding-health-coverage-reduces-crime

* "#ExposeYourPig: French women name and shame harassers:" https://www.reuters.com/article/us-women-sexcrimes-media/exposeyourpig-french-women-name-and-shame-harassers-idUSKBN1CO2JV

* "Cops tell Florida woman to ‘stop calling 911’ 3 hours before she was gunned down by boyfriend:" https://www.rawstory.com/2017/04/watch-cops-tell-florida-woman-to-stop-calling-911-3-hours-before-she-was-gunned-down-by-boyfriend/

* "Cops Taunted Black Veteran as He Died:" https://www.thedailybeast.com/cops-taunted-black-veteran-as-he-died

* "Australia cockatoos chew billion-dollar broadband:" http://www.bbc.com/news/world-australia-41857761

* I know its tumblr, but it's a quick, readable explanation of Enclosure: http://gwydionmisha.tumblr.com/post/167150768437/we-are-rogue-marzipanandminutiae-dagwolf

* It turned out only three sweaters survived the last wardrobe cull. I am keeping the blue and the black. The green is too small. It snowed again this afternoon, but by nightfall there was a net decrease in snow on the ground. It should not be snowing at all in November here, but weather is a mess the last decade with climate change fucking with all the wind patterns. Spring shouldn't start in January either, but here we are. anyway, let us hope it's melted by Monday as I am running out of some things and meds won't wait.

* Me watching 3rd Doctor deal with the Silurian Epidemic. That isn't how antibiotics work. That isn't how An of the works! you know it's incredibly contagious and swift killing, why the fuck is no one wearing gloves, let alone hazmat suits! WTF!!! He is Handling Infectious Blood Samples WITHOUT GLOVES. They know you can catch it from sweat and that people have caught it from money an infectious person touched. WHY ARE THEY HANDLING INFECTED DEAD BODIES BARE HANDED!!!! WHAT IS WRONG WITH YOU PEOPLE!!!! Seriously, Doctor, call yourself a scientist.

* Crows are not pets: http://gothiccharmschool.tumblr.com/post/167094200410/edgar-is-super-cute-but-where-does-he-poop-is-he

* Cersei and Robert Baratheon's Bastards: http://turtle-paced.tumblr.com/post/167140339777/given-how-much-robert-really-disliked-joffrey

* "If a Bird Can Be a Ghost:" https://www.apex-magazine.com/if-a-bird-can-be-a-ghost/

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* Full list of Resistance and charity links has been migrated to my profile as it was getting out of hand.

* How to help Rohingya refugees: https://www.nytimes.com/2017/09/29/world/asia/rohingya-aid-myanmar-bangladesh.html?emc=edit_nn_20171012&nl=morning-briefing&nlid=50784086&te=1&_r=0

* Resistance links for the tax cuts for the rich: http://gwydionmisha.tumblr.com/post/166977878817/fullhalalalchemist-the-gop-is-aiming-for-a-65vc

* Republicans are trying to kill library funding. Help us save the libraries. http://www.ala.org/advocacy/advleg/federallegislation/fight-for-libraries

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

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

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

* Help pay for cat food, litter, meds, medical copays: Paypal Lethran@gmail.com

* Want Game of Thrones without the creepy? We need new players. We are very inclusive. "Game of Bones MUSH:" gobmush.wikidot.com

* "Spanish judge jails eight members of former Catalan government:" https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/nov/02/spanish-court-question-catalonia-separatists-except-puigdemont

* "Why plague caught Madagascar unaware:" http://www.bbc.com/news/health-41844625

* Pneumonic kills so fast and is very contagious. It is a terrible thing to happen anywhere, but worse considering the resource shortage there. "'It is a dangerous moment': Madagascar plague death toll reaches 74:" https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2017/oct/19/madagascar-plague-death-toll-reaches-74

* TW: Antisemitism. "Jews should concern Americans more than Russian influence, Nigel Farage says:" http://www.newsweek.com/trump-russia-jewish-farage-brexit-698486

* "Russia hackers pursued Putin foes, not just US Democrats:" https://apnews.com/3bca5267d4544508bb523fa0db462cb2

* "Schumer: Trump hurts country seeking political gain in tragedy:"

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* "Trump USDA pick, linked to Russia probe, withdraws from consideration:" https://www.politico.com/story/2017/11/02/trump-campaign-aide-clovis-withdraws-from-consideration-for-usda-job-244458

* "Trump USDA Nominee Withdraws After Link to Russia Probe:" https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-11-02/trump-nominee-clovis-withdraws-after-link-to-russia-probe

* Facepalm. "Perry links fossil fuel development to preventing sexual assault:" http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/358386-rick-perry-fossil-fuels-will-help-prevent-sexual-assault

* "Carter Page testifies he told Sessions about Russia trip:" http://www.cnn.com/2017/11/02/politics/carter-page-testimony-russia-trip/index.html

* "Mueller Reveals New Manafort Link to Organized Crime:" https://www.thedailybeast.com/mueller-reveals-new-manafort-link-to-organized-crime

* "Jeff Sessions under fire as new revelations cast further doubt on his Russia testimony:" http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2017/11/jeff-sessions-under-fire-as-new-revelations-cast-further-doubt-on-his-russia-testimony/

* "RenTech’s Robert Mercer to Exit as Co-CEO, Sell Breitbart Stake:" https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-11-02/rentech-s-robert-mercer-to-resign-as-co-ceo-of-hedge-fund-firm

* "Unsealed Trump Russia court documents mean trouble for Sessions:"

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* "John Kelly is not honorable: Rep. Gallego:"

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* Please, please, please vote! "100 Million Americans Have an Election This November:" https://blog.flippable.org/100-million-americans-have-an-election-this-november-7e018f35ca4a

* "GOP unveils massive tax cut plan:" https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/congress/gop-unveils-massive-tax-cut-plan-n816881

They are robbing the poor and Middle class to give to the 1%. Please protest in person or via phone, fax, etc. to your Republican Congress Critters (senate and House) and Democrats Mansion, Donnelly, Heitkamp if you live in their states. If you have a moderate republican Senator lean on not wanting tax cuts for the rich. If you have a hard right senator, complain about exploding the deficit. Some aids to protesting:

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/

* "NYC To Roll Out School Integration Plan In The Lower East Side:" https://patch.com/new-york/east-village/nyc-roll-out-school-integration-plan-lower-east-side

* "Massive Government Report Says Climate Is Warming And Humans Are The Cause:" http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2017/11/02/561608576/massive-government-report-says-climate-is-warming-and-humans-are-the-cause

* I do enjoy salty Al Franken interrogating people in the Senate. "Silicon Valley Answers to Congress Amid the Russia Probe:"

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* "In Other News: Osama bin Laden, Barack Obama & A Lawyer Dog:"

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* "Just Say No To Rugs, Paul Manafort:"

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* "Trump's Name For His Tax Bill Is So... Trumpy:"

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* "Stephen Explains Socialism To Donald Jr. With Halloween Candy:"

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* "Trump Jr. Learned Halloween Is Pretty Socialist:"

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* All the paper decorations and clings are down for the season, the boxes are all away neatly with the Solstice set easy to hand for phase 4 in late November. I've got everything rearranged for harvest display purposes with the prettiest gourd in my livingroom window and the rest outside. I definitely feel accomplished and am enjoying this brief lung respite and the waking up fairly mobile bit.

My friends had mass transit drama, but turned up offering pizza. It was a good visit, but w startled to discover it was not only snowing, but sticking when we came out. I took them anyway as I gauged we would likely just have time to get there and back before it was too dangerous for my car. It was ugly at my end of town with low visibility because of the wind + snow situation, but the road hadn't had time to ice and wet conditions are what we call 8 months of the year here. It was not yet snowing past the town limits, but the stretch where the winds are bad was extra bad. As they unloaded, it started to snow lightly, but it wasn't sticking yet there. by the time we crossed my town limits again, the snow was sticking on the highway in the way that suggests it could be hidden ice ugly at any minute. I dropped my last passenger off at the foot of her hill because no fucking way was I taking my car up that and the pedestrian was was safer for her than my car out of control into traffic would have been. Pulling out of the lot where I dropped her off, I hit my first ice patch and the country length block home and my complex parking lot were the most dangerous part of the trip even though the visibility was better as I kept finding black ice under the snow. I learned to drive in snow country and still have the right instincts so it was fine, but I am not leaving the house again until it clears, which sucks as I have meds to pick up and EBT cleared today and I had things I need to get, but I will manage.

It isn't that cold. When I took my friend to fetch the take 'n bakes I didn't bother with a coat as it was what I consider comfortable chilly. My coat was a little heavy for the cold on the taking people hope loop, and I went out barefoot to put the guest chair back on the patio where it lives. My snow country instincts insist it's not cold enough to last, but the weather here has been strange the last 3/4 of a decade with climate change messing up our wind patterns, so things are less predictable.

* I've been rewatching All the President's Men. You would think I'd seen this movie often, but I was born not that long before Watergate and growing up in the '70's, one was apt to find Watergate exhausting. It is hugely important, of course and shaped so much that came after, but I am at the educated person who pays reasonable attention to history and politics level here. I'm an Xer; not a Boomer. So I didn't get around to watching it until the mid 90's, at which point the movie, like the scandal itself was something with historical importance, but not pressing or all that relevant beyond the longer reaching influences and resulting changes to law and the whole movie histor angle. It was interesting and well made, but not viceral and immediate the way it was to the original Bicentenial year audience.

Watching it now, I have way too many emotions to properly write about. It has it's original power back, I think, and beyond that a strange nostalgia to a time when journalists actually asked tough questions (there are exceptions, but it's rare now), to when long form reporting and long term investigations were something that news outlets could afford and actually funded (There are exceptions, but shrinkingly few and soon to be fewer with the rise of Sinclair media and deregulation). To a time when 1/3 of the electorate lives in a fact and reality free zone. To a time when people actually gave a fuck whether the president was a crook or not, or at least enough of them to matter.

I suppose I should rewatch Frost/Nixon soon.

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* Full list of Resistance and charity links has been migrated to my profile as it was getting out of hand.

* How to help Rohingya refugees: https://www.nytimes.com/2017/09/29/world/asia/rohingya-aid-myanmar-bangladesh.html?emc=edit_nn_20171012&nl=morning-briefing&nlid=50784086&te=1&_r=0

* Resistance links for the tax cuts for the rich: http://gwydionmisha.tumblr.com/post/166977878817/fullhalalalchemist-the-gop-is-aiming-for-a-65vc

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

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

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

* Help pay for cat food, litter, meds, medical copays: Paypal Lethran@gmail.com

* Want Game of Thrones without the creepy? We need new players. We are very inclusive. "Game of Bones MUSH:" gobmush.wikidot.com

* "Inner-city living makes for healthier, happier people, study finds:" https://www.theguardian.com/society/2017/oct/06/inner-city-living-makes-for-healthier-happier-people-study-finds

* "Briton caught up in Dubai public indecency case 'happy to be home':" https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2017/oct/25/briton-jamie-harron-dubai-public-indecency

* "State Department Issues Russia Sanctions Guidance After Delay:" https://www.thedailybeast.com/corker-state-department-to-issue-russia-sanctions-guidance

* "Scott Brown investigated over comments at Peace Corps event:"

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* Hint: How to tell you do not “have a good brain:” You constantly have to tell pople how good your brain is and how intelligent you are. "Trump Says Soldier’s Widow Must Be Wrong Because He Has “One of the Great Memories of All Time”:" http://www.slate.com/blogs/the_slatest/2017/10/25/trump_says_myeshia_johnson_s_recollection_is_wrong_and_he_has_one_of_the.html

* Meanwhile Republicans are out arguing that “Just say no” entirely solved the Reagan era drug epidemic and the best way to help addicts is to tell them to not take drugs while dramatically cutting medicaid to prevent them being able to go to rehab. Oh, and also if we build the incredibly expensive border wall it will stop American drug companies from manufacturing and marketing opiods and American doctors from prescribing them. Like, I literally watched a Republican congress critter make the first argument, 45 has making the second, and various of his officials are making one or both arguments. O.o "Trump declares opioid epidemic a public health emergency:" http://www.cnn.com/2017/10/26/politics/donald-trump-opioid-epidemic/

* Look, I'm a Xer and was sick to death of the Boomer JFK assassination obsession by some point in Middle School, and I don't really care unless something of major historical interest turns up, but the incompetence here combined with the bragging and time traveling 45 nonsense (45 claimed recently thathe went back in time to get a Clinton era law passed mandating release. He did not say the time travel part, but how else could he be solely responsible as he claims? I'm assuming he has hold of the time machine that President Obama was always using to do things Republicans claimed like going back in time to the early 20th Century to get an "O" on the Ohio state flag, going back in time and using mind control powers to get republicans to pass deregulation he opposed at the time so as to crash the world economy, etc..) is worth noting, so I'm posting the outcome. "JFK files: Thousands released but Trump holds back others:" https://apnews.com/3814a426ab4c4295abb014bfb48da4d2/Trump-coy-on-what

* Republicans did this to you on purpose to sabotage health care access. "Premiums rising 34 percent for most popular health plan:" https://apnews.com/18eafd0af90d4638be180cdfa6a4ada0/Study:-ACA-silver-plan-premiums-up-average-of-34-percent

* "GAO to investigate Trump voter commission:" http://www.cnn.com/2017/10/26/politics/trump-voter-commission-gao-investigation/index.html

* "Trump official sidesteps questions about pregnant detainees:" http://www.mcclatchydc.com/news/politics-government/national-politics/article181067846.html

* "Undocumented immigrant teen has abortion in Texas, ending weeks-long court battle:" http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/ct-immigrant-abortion-texas-20171025-story.html

* "Lawmakers seek probe of power contract to Zinke neighbor:" https://apnews.com/82a076d092724b27bb80cb59c42d328e

* "Refugee office pressing anti-abortion agenda on minors in custody:"

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* "Trump, the Russians & Fox News:"

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* "Grassley staffer ran private investigation into Clinton e-mail:"

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* "Warren on bill she calls “giant wet kiss to Wall Street”:"

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* Remember how I said we should protest the shit out of the tax cut for the rich? "House narrowly passes budget, paving way for $1.5 trillion tax cut:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/powerpost/house-narrowly-passes-budget-paving-way-for-15-trillion-tax-cut/2017/10/26/49867544-ba50-11e7-be94-fabb0f1e9ffb_story.html?utm_term=.4bf44964fd0d

* "Days after activists sued, Georgia’s election server was wiped clean:" https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2017/10/days-after-activists-sued-georgias-election-server-was-wiped-clean/

* "Ed Gillespie's alt right makeover:"

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* "Women Aren't Nags—We're Just Fed Up:" http://www.harpersbazaar.com/culture/features/a12063822/emotional-labor-gender-equality/

* "Why you should give money directly and unconditionally to homeless people:" https://www.newstatesman.com/politics/uk/2017/10/why-you-should-give-money-directly-and-unconditionally-homeless-people

* "Alarm over disease as much of Puerto Rico still lacks clean water:"

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* "The Fight for the Right to Eat Seal Blubber:" http://www.slate.com/articles/health_and_science/medical_examiner/2017/10/the_fight_for_the_right_to_eat_seal_blubber.html

* "What if we get through this?:" https://deardesignstudent.com/what-if-we-get-through-this-5fc3914d4aa3

* "Mountainside gallery where all civilisations added their own art from Bronze Age to medieval times:" http://siberiantimes.com/science/casestudy/features/mountainside-gallery-where-all-civilisations-added-their-own-art-from-bronze-age-to-medieval-times/

* "Amazon's Home-Invading Delivery Service:"

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* "Natural Disasters: The Greatening:"

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* "Pruitt vs. The World:"

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* "Full Frontal's (Hot As) Hell House:"

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* "Trump Comes Through on the Opioid Crisis (But Not Really):"

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* "Reminder: Race Is Not a Costume:"

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* "Miles Teller & Jason Hall - Humanizing Veterans in "Thank You For Your Service" - Extended Interview:"

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* "Donald Trump's Ambitious Tax Plan:"

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* "Bruce Bartlett - Putting a Stop to Fake News in "The Truth Matters":"

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* "Our President Is An Old Man Yelling On His Lawn:"

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* "In The Cabinet: Scott Pruitt:"

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* Wednesday Night: It's getting about time to get out that warm black wrap thing Skye's Step Monster gave us that I wear around the house when it get's chilly, now that I've gotten rid of all the old army shirts.... Wonder where I put it?

Thursday Night: Okay, I really need the comfy wrap thing. I remember confiscating it from the cats last Spring and washing it.... Okay not in that closet. I know it's not in the bedroom closet because I've been through it twice in the last year and know exactly what is in there. Not on the hangers in the hall closet, which would be the obvious place to put it. Fuck, I am going to have to take this closet apart. The closet I didn't clean last spring as it was an exhausting prospect and the wheelchair is a pain in the ass, but also, I did want to see if the lovely soft hand woven scarf fell off in there and not while I was out and about last winter....

Me: Took the whole closet apart and swept starting at 4AM. Because of course. Neither thing was in there but it did need doing as I hadn't taken it all apart properly since we moved here. Somehow, properly organized it all takes up MORE SPACE. Of course it does.

Cat: Is WAY over stimulated.

Me: The fuck did I do with the comfy wrap?

* "Oaths and Promises at the Forbidden Pool:" https://www.thefandomentals.com/forbidden-pool-lotr-reread/

* It's an Olympic year, which is always exciting. People are pulling out the routines on which their fate's depend. The grand Prix in Russia was the first big event, and people were generally and completely understandably a bit rough. Much to my annoyance we didn't get short programs here. *Growl* I rather liked Dmitri Aliev, but I suspect he won't peak in time for PyeongChang. It looks to me like neither Ge, who skates beautifully but hasn't the jumps, and Kolyada, who the commentators like but to me never seems to connect properly with music or crowd, will be up to contending with the top men who have been skating at a level that is out of this world lately. Yuzuru Hanyu was having a rough night technically compared to his usual work the last three years, but I loved that routine two years ago and I think once he gets properly in the groove it will be exquisite. I had hoped last year that the brilliant jumper Nathan Chen would spend the summer working on getting his artistics up to level and I was not disappointed. Apparently he's been studying ballet and it really shows. He's so much more graceful than he was, even though he too was having a below average for him technical night. He's not as complex as Hanyu, who is the most beautiful on the ice of any man I've ever seen skate when he's having a good night, but he's now skating in a way that means their skate rivalry may very well be epic. I am looking forward to seeing what the other top level guys are bringing this year, because I already have chills thinking ahead to February and I haven't yet seen the other three I consider serious metal contenders. I'm a huge Hanyu fan, but there is no doubt in my mind Chen skated this one better.

The women's competition was also mostly rough skating as they are also shaking the bugs out. Mariah Bell was fun to watch but uneven as usual. I think Mirai Nagasu's program really suits her even if she was rather a mess technically at the event. I have hopes of her doing much better once she's shaken the bugs out. The commentators liked Elena Radionova's performance better than I did, but it has potential. I really enjoyed Wakaba Higuchi's performance. She's got a little technical work to do before February, but all the potential's there and i think her choreography suits her. Evgenia Medvedeva was delightful as usual, and except for a fall that startled me, the skate commentators, and from her expression Evgenia, flawless in every other way. There is a reason she is Queen not only of the most competitive women's program in the world just now, but women's skating generally. Carolina Kostner Really is a pleasure to watch on the ice. She hasn't the jumps to compete with the likes of Medvedeva, but I am a sucker for a mature rounded skating style, which is her forte. She earned her silver here fair and square.

I wanted to add that I wish Gracie Gold all the best. It is very brave of her to speak out about what she's struggling with given the stigmas our society imposes on people. It must be heart wrenching for her to have to decide to take time off for what may very well be her survival from the sound of it. I think she made the right choice however much it hurt. Skating's always been right up there with gymnastics as sports where incredibly unhealthy pressure is put on young women to have bodies that re unrealistic for the level of athleticism required to actually do the sport. I was furious with Dick button for most of my life for being a nasty, creepy old man talking publicly in the commentary about the bodies of often adolescent young women and mocking them for "baby fat" or not meeting his personal standards of attractiveness. I was glad when he retired and replaced by less horrible humans. My understanding is that, like gymnastics, there is an effort to improve, as so many people developed life threatening eating disorders and other mental illnesses, but that doesn't mean the pressure disappears or the culture magically changes over night. I wish her the best of luck and best of care in her recovery.

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* Full list of Resistance and charity links has been migrated to my profile as it was getting out of hand.

* How to help Rohingya refugees: https://www.nytimes.com/2017/09/29/world/asia/rohingya-aid-myanmar-bangladesh.html?emc=edit_nn_20171012&nl=morning-briefing&nlid=50784086&te=1&_r=0

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

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

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

* Help pay for cat food, litter, meds, medical copays: Paypal Lethran@gmail.com

* Want Game of Thrones without the creepy? We need new players. We are very inclusive. "Game of Bones MUSH:" gobmush.wikidot.com

* Male Mediocrity and Harassment: http://seananmcguire.tumblr.com/post/164943683000/lindentreeisle-akamine-chan

* "‘This is crazy,’ sobs Utah hospital nurse as cop roughs her up, arrests her for doing her job:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2017/09/01/this-is-crazy-sobs-utah-hospital-nurse-as-cop-roughs-her-up-arrests-her-for-doing-her-job/?utm_term=.eff64a32fda6

* "What does it mean to be a billionaire?" http://seananmcguire.tumblr.com/post/164897425945/what-does-it-mean-to-be-a-billionaire#notes

* "New Mycenaean tombs discovered during latest excavations in Nemea, Greece:" http://www.tornosnews.gr/en/greek-news/culture/26893-new-mycenaean-tombs-discovered-during-recent-nemea-excavations-in-greece.html

* "Archaeology: Ancient tavern, shops found under Sofia’s Sveta Nedelya Square:" http://sofiaglobe.com/2017/08/25/archaeology-ancient-tavern-shops2-found-under-sofias-sveta-nedelya-square/

* Today we had a proper September rain and reasonable early September weather. Heaven. I went out to pick up my Winter food flats. I still have one out standing that I don't expect for a while as there is a delay at manufacturer, but I knew that when I ordered it.

What is the deal with Winter food flats? Over the years, various safe for me to eat, easy to make, shelf stable emergency foods have quietly disappeared from the local shelves. If you are as sick as I often am, things like nutritious, good tasting, easy on the stomach, low sodium, things I can prepare in five minutes or less are magic. Unfortunately, if one is ordering food, it comes in a minimum quantity. On the upside, if I do it this way, I get a quantity discount on top of my coop member discount. It represents a large outlay at once, but is long run cheaper. Usually I space this stuff out, but I waited too late in season last March or April, and stuff was out for the summer. I was worried if I didn't order now, summer seasonal would be gone or I might miss Autumn in the press of Autumnal foods tempting me not to plan ahead.

I am not going to starve whatever, as I possess a ridiculous amount of rice and pasta. For me the issue is balancing nutrition around my SPD, medical, and chronic illness stuff. I discovered I alarmed some people about the food supply here, so I want to reassure people that I'll be okay. Squirrel teases me about my Zombie Apocolypse food horde of pasta and the like. I just... feel so much better with winter emergency supplies safely tucked up.

* I was meant to be doing the stack of bureaucracy came in this week or do an ebay auction, but instead, my body threw a tantrum so that's eating my night. Damnit.

* "A Guide to Making Up Diseases (as Explained by a Biologist):" http://seananmcguire.tumblr.com/post/164827227260/a-guide-to-making-up-diseases-as-explained-by-a

* Impressively Creepy Apocolyptic Dream: http://seananmcguire.tumblr.com/post/164831047320/rcmclachlan-i-just-woke-up-from-the-craziest#notes

* "Janet has no chill at all, no chill at all has she:" http://seananmcguire.tumblr.com/post/164839967295/ive-always-been-madly-in-love-with-the-story-of

* Want to donate to the windshield wiper fund? (32$ Needed). Paypal Lethran@gmail.com

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* Full list of Resistance and charity links has been migrated to my profile as it was getting out of hand.

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

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

* Authorities in Antigua & Barbuda want people to go through the Red Cross right now, as what is needed is centralized relief through a legitimate charity. https://www.redcross.org/donate/hurricane-irma-donations?scode=RSG00000E017&utm_campaign=irma&gclid=EAIaIQobChMIwZr44KqX1gIVCIR-Ch0EXQQ0EAAYASAAEgJnBPD_BwE&gclsrc=aw.ds&dclid=CJqzzvKql9YCFY2Tfgods-gBXQ

* "How to Help Hurricane Harvey Victims:" http://www.slate.com/blogs/the_slatest/2017/08/27/how_to_help_hurricane_harvey_victims.html

* "Disaster Relief and Support for Libraries:" http://www.txla.org/news/2017/08/disaster-relief-and-support-for-libraries

* How to help the protesters and ordinary people in Venezuela: https://thewynne.tumblr.com/post/163738805241/softestjohn-fiftyeightminutes-softestjohn

* "Ten Ways to Fight Hate: A Community Response Guide:" https://www.splcenter.org/20170814/ten-ways-fight-hate-community-response-guide

* A list of links to Charlottesville charities if you want to give the NAZIs a financial fuck you: https://twitter.com/SaraJBenincasa/status/896260623905861633

* How white Protesters can weaponize their whiteness: http://gwydionmisha.tumblr.com/post/164390645622/alvaroarbeloa-vaspider-okay-friends-lets

* List of places to donate to help trans service members and fight the planned attack on active duty trans soldiers: https://vaspider.tumblr.com/post/163475550346/moonbian-hey-i-know-reblogging-posts-about-how

* Red Cross is taking donations for Western Wildfire Relief: http://www.redcross.org/local/oregon/ways-to-donate/wildfires

* (This is here as a reminder to me for later). "Can you recommend me some good books, essays, etc. about witches, witchcraft, witch trials in England?:" https://laughingacademy.tumblr.com/post/164664427028/dear-pauline-can-you-recommend-me-some-good

* Help pay for cat food, litter, meds, medical copays: Paypal Lethran@gmail.com

* Want Game of Thrones without the creepy? We need new players. We are very inclusive. "Game of Bones MUSH:" gobmush.wikidot.com

* TW: Graphic images of babies an children starving to death in the literal sense. They will warn you before the really bad ones start. If you skip from the warning to 2:52 it is safe after. "Venezuela's child malnutrition crisis grows:" http://www.bbc.com/news/av/world-latin-america-40130224/venezuela-s-child-malnutrition-crisis-grows

* Tw: Contains images of starving children with cholera. "Witnessing Yemen's desperate suffering:" http://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-41000237

* "South African farmers who forced black man into coffin convicted:" https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/aug/25/south-african-farmers-who-forced-black-man-into-coffin-convicted

* "Trump just killed a study looking into the health effects of coal in Central Appalachia:" http://www.motherjones.com/environment/2017/08/trump-kills-coal-health-study/

* "How America Lost Its Mind:" https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2017/09/how-america-lost-its-mind/534231/

* "Opinion | Americans are burning down the house:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/americans-are-burning-down-the-house/2017/07/10/7b522ea6-65af-11e7-a1d7-9a32c91c6f40_story.html?utm_term=.80c482cb7a91

* On History and Monuments: https://laughingacademy.tumblr.com/post/164664006673/blackness-by-your-side-we-need-statues-of-black

* This has a bunch of likes to Joe Arpaio's human Rights abuses at the bottom: https://laughingacademy.tumblr.com/post/164663729598/anarchoclintonism-weavemama-weavemama-this

* "Dashcam video shows police sexually assaulted Texas woman, lawyer says:" https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2017/aug/16/charnesia-corley-houston-texas-police-dashcam-video?CMP=share_btn_tw

* "Ten Ways to Fight Hate: A Community Response Guide:" https://www.splcenter.org/20170814/ten-ways-fight-hate-community-response-guide

* Black Lives Matter at the Boston Protest/Counter Protest: http://gwydionmisha.tumblr.com/post/164695739177/allonsyforever-blm-organizers-and-protesters

* "Arrest Made In Tee Tee Dangerfield Murder Case:" http://transgriot.blogspot.com/2017/08/arrest-made-in-tee-tee-dangerfield.html

* "Man Killed After Standing Up For Gay Friends, Witnesses Say:" http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/lake-worth-florida-shooting-gay_us_59895efee4b0d7937389bca4

* "This Man Had To Find A New Place Because He’s Gay — And It’s Totally Legal:" https://www.buzzfeed.com/laurenstrapagiel/this-man-had-to-find-a-new-place-because-hes-gay-and-its?utm_term=.xoE9GB1qrV#.dh40BRzQyp

* "Former Olympian Gets Proposed To In Venice, And The Pics Are So Romantic:" http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/olympic-diver-proposal-venice_us_599c69b6e4b06a788a2c311a?section=us_queer-voices&utm_campaign=hp_fb_pages&utm_source=qv_fb&utm_medium=facebook&ncid=fcbklnkushpmg00000050

* "How “fake news” could get even worse:" https://www.economist.com/blogs/economist-explains/2017/07/economist-explains-3?fsrc=scn/tw/te/bl/ed/howfakenewscouldgetevenworse

* "A Whopping 91% of Plastic Isn't Recycled:" http://news.nationalgeographic.com/2017/07/plastic-produced-recycling-waste-ocean-trash-debris-environment/

* "How to Help Hurricane Harvey Victims:" http://www.slate.com/blogs/the_slatest/2017/08/27/how_to_help_hurricane_harvey_victims.html

* "18th-Century London Burial Thwarted Grave Robbers:" http://www.archaeology.org/news/5777-170801-london-body-snatchers

* "I Repeat: Confederate Is Not A Good Idea Right Now:" https://www.thefandomentals.com/i-repeat-confederate-is-not-a-good-idea-right-now/

* "Taylor Swift - Look What You Made Me Do:"

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* Want to donate to the windshield wiper fund? (32$ Needed). Paypal Lethran@gmail.com

* "The Strain, Season 4, Episode 6: Tainted Love:" http://www.fangsforthefantasy.com/2017/08/the-strain-season-4-episode-6-tainted.html

* "Sunday Sweets: Fabulous Faux Flowers:" http://www.cakewrecks.com/home/2017/8/27/sunday-sweets-fabulous-faux-flowers.html

* "Honestly, comic book writers have gotta start using their characters for more current events commentary.:" http://butlerbookbinding.tumblr.com/post/164694561909/phdna-princessamericachavez-honestly-comic

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* Full list of Resistance and charity links has been migrated to my profile as it was getting out of hand.

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

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

* How to help the protesters and ordinary people in Venezuela: https://thewynne.tumblr.com/post/163738805241/softestjohn-fiftyeightminutes-softestjohn

* A list of links to Charlottesville charities if you want to give the NAZIs a financial fuck you: https://twitter.com/SaraJBenincasa/status/896260623905861633

* How white Protesters can weaponize their whiteness: http://gwydionmisha.tumblr.com/post/164390645622/alvaroarbeloa-vaspider-okay-friends-lets

* List of places to donate to help trans service members and fight the planned attack on active duty trans soldiers: https://vaspider.tumblr.com/post/163475550346/moonbian-hey-i-know-reblogging-posts-about-how

* Help pay for cat food, litter, meds, medical copays: Paypal Lethran@gmail.com

* Want Game of Thrones without the creepy? We need new players. We are very inclusive. "Game of Bones MUSH:" gobmush.wikidot.com

* I am not and have never been a fan of the house of Hanover/Windsor, am no fan of monarchy, and I side eye modern royals just generally, but I do honestly appreciate Prince Harry talking about seeking psychiatric help for dealing with his grief at the loss of his mother, because any fucking thing we can do to destigmatize getting psychiatric help is important.

* "Scotland just generated enough renewable energy to power itself for six days:" http://www.independent.co.uk/environment/scotland-renewable-wind-energy-power-electricity-three-million-homes-118-per-cent-of-households-a7855846.html

* "'Unprecedented' outbreak of dengue fever plagues Sri Lanka:" http://www.cnn.com/2017/07/25/health/sri-lanka-dengue-fever/index.html

* "Rola Hallam - How CanDo Is Responding to the Health Care Crisis in Syria - Extended Interview:"

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* "Trump boy scout Jamboree speech angers parents:" http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-40715185

* "The 29 most cringe-worthy lines from Donald Trump's hyper-political speech to the Boy Scouts:" http://www.cnn.com/2017/07/25/politics/donald-trump-boy-scouts-speech/index.html

* It’s not over and the ruling is not all bad. Do not deregister. We need to vote these people out. "U.S. judge allows Trump election commission to seek voting data:" https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-vote-idUSKBN1A92HX

* "Trump's faint praise for Sessions: 'Time will tell':" http://www.nbcnews.com/politics/donald-trump/trump-rips-jeff-sessions-being-very-weak-clinton-leakers-n786211

* "AP sources: Trump speaks to advisers about firing Sessions:" https://www.apnews.com/966ae4f389064b2b90d84b03d260730e/AP-sources:-Trump-speaks-to-advisers-about-firing-Sessions

* "Jeff Sessions Is Growing ‘Pissed’ at Trump, His Allies Say. And He Doesn’t Plan to Quit.:" http://www.thedailybeast.com/jeff-sessions-is-growing-pissed-at-trump-his-allies-say-and-he-doesnt-plan-to-quit

* "Top Senate Democrat warns Trump over replacing Sessions to derail Russia probe:" https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-sessions-schumer-idUSKBN1AA25P

* "Jared Kushner sealed real estate deal with oligarch's firm cited in money-laundering case:" https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2017/jul/24/jared-kushner-new-york-russia-money-laundering

* "What's dangerous about a compromised person in public office:"

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* Contains Ableist and fat shaming language as well as the original death threat. "Sen. Reed on hot mic: I think Trump is crazy:"

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* "Warren: It's up to us to say 'no deal' on GOP health/tax plan:"

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* "Democrats fight for time and transparency on gop health/tax bill:"

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* John McCain's words were very pretty, but it's his actions that count.

* "What’s next for the Senate Republicans’ effort to repeal Obamacare, in one flowchart:" https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2017/7/24/16019984/obamacare-repeal-republican-flow-chart

This App phones your rep for you: http://takeastance.us/
Here is one that will send your reps a fax: https://resistbot.io/

* Police picked a random house and shot an innocent unarmed upstanding citizen through the door without warning, then lied that they could somehow see that he had a gun through the opaque closed door even though they didn't, then lied that they shouted warning that he should drop the gun they decided to pretend he was holding. The entirely innocent victim was Latino, so want to bet what's going to happen to the men who decided to assassinate him for no reason then lie on a police report? "Officers kill man with no active warrants at wrong house:" http://m.wmctv.com/wmctv/db_401748/contentdetail.htm?full=true&contentguid=AUdiWnEV&pn=&ps=#display

* The Dyke March is even more horrible than previously thought. Turns out they aren't just proudly antisemetic but they hate the very people the march is named after: http://gwydionmisha.tumblr.com/post/163447550187/brigdh-alogicals-so-let-me-get-this-straight

* "Senators Don't Know What's In The Healthcare Plan They Passed:"

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* "The GOP Brings the Dead Health Care Bill Back to Life:"

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* "Stephen Warns Trump About The Dangers Of Self-Pardoning:"

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* "Stephen Introduces His Anthony Scaramucci Impression:"

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* "Trump Really Puts The 'Fraud' In Voter Fraud Commission:"

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* "Donald Jr.'s Meeting Looked An Awful Lot Like 'Ocean's Eleven':"

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* "Weren't We Done With This? - Trump's Travel Ban & Another Bathroom Bill:"

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* When I went out before dawn to take back some library to the time traveling book drop, the breeze was so soft and fresh off the bay that it filled me with delight. As it turns out on returning, I discovered one can smell our lilies out in the hall, but I figure it's more pleasant than the usual mix of pot smoke and other people's nasty cooking.

* The first pinks opened yesterday, but it was one on each spray. Luckily the branch mates opened at dawn, so here are the first four. http://gwydionmisha.tumblr.com/post/163446414057/the-first-pinks-opened-yesterday-but-it-was-one

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* Full list of Resistance and charity links has been migrated to my profile as it was getting out of hand.

* "What can I do to help Syria?:" http://gwydionmisha.tumblr.com/post/161385222607/what-can-i-do-to-help-syria

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

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

* Want to fight Climate Change? "Ready to Mobilize? Start Here!:" http://www.theclimatemobilization.org/start_here

* Distressed by the anti-gay genocide in Chechnya and the anti-gay laws in Russia? Donate here:
https://lgbtnet.org/en
https://help.lgbtnet.org/en
https://help.lgbtnet.org/chechnya-en

* The Rainbow Road and other ways to help Gay Refugees: http://gwydionmisha.tumblr.com/post/160470723507/the-rainbow-railroad-is-helping-gay-men-escape

* This is a Real Life friend of mine. They do very much need the money and a number of people and beasts depend on him and his husband. They have been incredibly helpful and supportive of me. If you can kick in, it is a kindness.: https://www.youcaring.com/tod-788345

* This is my oldest continuous Real Life friend. She is disabled and really needs the money for herself and beasts. To buy jewelry from her: https://www.etsy.com/shop/karjack

* Help pay for cat food, litter, meds, medical copays: Paypal Lethran@gmail.com

* Want Game of Thrones without the creepy? We need new players. We are very inclusive. "Game of Bones MUSH:" gobmush.wikidot.com

* I’d feel better knowing for sure they were okay, but I’m willing to bet they’re in contact with family and I completely understand the impulse to flee to Canada, regardless of home country. "Parents 'not concerned' that Burundi robotics team may have fled to Canada:" http://www.ctvnews.ca/canada/parents-not-concerned-that-burundi-robotics-team-may-have-fled-to-canada-1.3516590

* "UN delegation visits Yemen amid cholera outbreak:" http://www.aljazeera.com/news/2017/07/delegation-visits-yemen-cholera-outbreak-170724155936265.html

* "Rome hit by water rationing as Italy struggles with drought:" http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-40704408

* "Wind-driven fires hopscotch through south of France, Corsica:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/europe/fires-hopscotch-through-touristic-southern-coast-of-france/2017/07/25/1ec6169c-711d-11e7-8c17-533c52b2f014_story.html

* <.< >.> http://gwydionmisha.tumblr.com/post/163427906482/for-some-reason-the-first-reminded-me-of-the

* "New facts uncovered about Trump FBI pick, confirmation vote looms:"

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* "Trump considering replacing Sessions: reports:"

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* "Senate Republicans heedless of Obamacare repeal consequences:"

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* Time to ramp protests up! "Republicans vote to move ahead on Obamacare repeal:" http://www.politico.com/story/2017/07/25/obamacare-repeal-vote-senate-republicans-240926

This App phones your rep for you: http://takeastance.us/
Here is one that will send your reps a fax: https://resistbot.io/

* "Truck-driving is a modern form of indentured slavery:" https://boingboing.net/2017/06/21/pacific-9-transportation.html

* "In Victory for Standing Rock Sioux Tribe, Court Finds That Approval of Dakota Access Pipeline Violated the Law:" http://www.theindigenousamericans.com/2017/07/16/victory-standing-rock-sioux-tribe-court-finds-approval-dakota-access-pipeline-violated-law/

* "Chechnya: Dozens of men slaughtered and buried in one night as gay purge continues:" http://www.pinknews.co.uk/2017/07/11/chechnya-names-of-27-men-slaughtered-and-buried-in-bloody-night-revealed-as-gay-purge-continues/?utm_source=PNFB&utm_content=BB

Here is a petition: http://petitions.pinknews.co.uk/russian-authorities-stop-the-persecution-of-gay-men-in-chechnya

Places to Donate:
https://lgbtnet.org/en
https://help.lgbtnet.org/en
https://help.lgbtnet.org/chechnya-en

* The Evolution of Bipedalism: http://seananmcguire.tumblr.com/post/162901571500/basinke-jacquez45-sinesalvatorem

* It's not helping if you didn't ask first. This is true on the small, personal scale, on the activism scale, and the Geo-political scale. Questions like, "What do you need", "Would you like me to help with that?", "What would you like me to do?", "What would be most useful for me to do?", and "How can I help you?" are magically because they not only are a subset of consent, but also let you target help when and where it is actually needed instead of just making things worse by barging into a situation without listen to the person or people you are trying to help.

On the personal scale, it is things like asking a person in mourning what they actually need instead of drowning them in food they can't store for the first two days than disappearing. Maybe what they actually need is respite child care or help with the dishes. How will you know I you didn't ask? Similarly, just grabbing someone's arm or wheelchair handles without asking is invasive and the absolute opposite of helping. Odds are you are about to knock someone off balance, make them lose step count, impede rather than facilitate, etc.. Not asking means it's about your ego or how you feel or what you want. Asking if you can help sincerely and listening to the answer, including no, is actually helping. Odds are I do want help cleaning up after the wake or carrying that stack of packages, but you don't know if you didn't ask me.

It's the same with allyship. Educate yourself. Listen to the discourse. Interrogate your biases and privilege. Listen to the people in the community you are wanting to stand with, and pay attention to what they say they need from allies. Signal boost their messages. Give the help that is asked for instead of imposing your ideas of what is best, because the people in that community have thought longer and harder on what needs to happen than even the most well meaning person can.

It's the same on the big scale too. When we invaded Afghanistan there was all this high minded rhetoric about helping women. Government programs, NGOs, and private charities all turned up with big ideas about how to "help," but it's not helping if you don't ask. Very little attempt was made to ask Afghan women what they needed, or enlist them in planning and decision making. The women we claimed to want to help were infantilized by paternalistic outsiders who never once considered that the people they were pretending to help might have their own, superior ideas as to what would actually improve things. When Jenny Nordberg came through much later and actually *gasp* asked, women said that they wanted things like full scholarships for young women from rural areas to go to school to become doctors, nurses, teachers, etc., so they could afford to train and then return where they were most needed, but that wasn't the sort of thing westerners convinced they know best would think of, because they don't know conditions on the intimate level that the women born and raised there did. I use this example, because it is on my mond lately, but there are other things in the world news this applies to.

It's not helping if you didn't ask first and you didn't listen to the answers.

* "Treasury of historic clothing revealed at Westminster Abbey:" https://www.theguardian.com/education/2016/jun/27/treasury-of-historic-clothing-revealed-at-westminster-abbey#img-2

* "Profiles in Tremendousness - White House Communications Director Anthony Scaramucci:"

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* ...And I'm out. "The Mist, Season One, Episode Five: The Waiting Room:" http://www.fangsforthefantasy.com/2017/07/the-mist-season-one-episode-five.html

* "Mansplaining, Offensive Representation, and...a Well-Written Sex Scene! Thrones Does the Impossible! :" https://www.thefandomentals.com/mansplaining-offensive-representation-well-written-sex-scene-thrones-impossible/

* "32 Things We Learned from Guillermo del Toro's Crimson Peak Commentary
twh-news:" http://tumblr.tomhiddlestonnews.com/post/138621139036/32-things-we-learned-from-guillermo-del-toros

* TNG Rewatch, Season 6:

- a Fist Full of Datas. So in the Scotty episode they used the holodeck without anything going wrong. I think that may be a record, one whole episode with holodeck bu no injuries or dangerous malfunctions. I've been recently rewatching the HBO Deadwood, which is rather a stark contrast, as you can imagine. This version ought to be cleaned up and a little silly, as it's a child's let's pretend. Of course, TOS Tombstone (and the Hartnell Doctor Who Tombstone) haven't that excuse. Anyway, Worf is bad at pretend and also still struggling with the parent thing, and very, very Worf. I am really uncomfortable with the cartoony Mexican bandito stereotype, and I could have done without the man in dress based punchline. has anything good ever come of tampering with Data's brain? Amusing call back to the infamous data cat poem. Brent Spiner is delightful in this and it is good to see them give Marina Sirtis something worth doing. I do enjoy the conflicting value systems here as Worf struggles to deal with something entirely alien. It was good Worf actually does the riht thing with Alexander for once. Is this episode the start of Diana/Worf?

- The Quality of Life. The Beard debate... I have no idea how to feel about it. The opposition set up between feminist discourse and self expression is messy in a very Star trek sort of way and does wend us back towards the personhood theme fundamental to Data in particular and Star trek as a whole. Even though Data isn't in this particular scene, this is a Data episode and does deal with artificial life and personhood. Seriously, the season six writing is noticeably better and I appreciate the little bits of continuity like Geordi's beard. The bickering is understandable given the stress, but exhausting to watch. This episode is full of big questions: What is life? What happens in the moment between being and not being? What constitutes slavery when it comes to AI? What are the ethics around testing for sapience? Is one intelligent lifeform more valuable than another?I do like that thesolution came dp

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* Full list of Resistance and charity links has been migrated to my profile as it was getting out of hand.

* "What can I do to help Syria?:" http://gwydionmisha.tumblr.com/post/161385222607/what-can-i-do-to-help-syria

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

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

* Want to fight Climate Change? "Ready to Mobilize? Start Here!:" http://www.theclimatemobilization.org/start_here

* Distressed by the anti-gay genocide in Chechnya and the anti-gay laws in Russia? Donate here:
https://lgbtnet.org/en
https://help.lgbtnet.org/en
https://help.lgbtnet.org/chechnya-en

* The Rainbow Road and other ways to help Gay Refugees: http://gwydionmisha.tumblr.com/post/160470723507/the-rainbow-railroad-is-helping-gay-men-escape

* This is a Real Life friend of mine. They do very much need the money and a number of people and beasts depend on him and his husband. They have been incredibly helpful and supportive of me. If you can kick in, it is a kindness.: https://www.youcaring.com/tod-788345

* This is my oldest continuous Real Life friend. She is disabled and really needs the money for herself and beasts. To buy jewelry from her: https://www.etsy.com/shop/karjack

* Help pay for cat food, litter, meds, medical copays: Paypal Lethran@gmail.com

* Want Game of Thrones without the creepy? We need new players. We are very inclusive. "Game of Bones MUSH:" gobmush.wikidot.com

* "At least 28 dead after brutal gang fight in Mexico prison:" https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/jul/06/mexico-prison-riot-acapulco-deaths

* We would be pitching in too if we had an ounce of decency. "Europeans vow more help to stem Libya-Italy migrant flow:" http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/europeans-vow-stem-libya-italy-migrant-flow-48411150

* "After a Revolution:" http://uncannymagazine.com/article/after-a-revolution/

* "Trump and Chinese president discuss North Korea:"

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* "Maxine Waters: Keep eye on sanctions:"

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* "Trump meeting with Putin sparks controversy:"

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* "The ethics chief who took on the White House:"

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* "States reject White House demand for voter information:"

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* "Lawsuit demands election results thrown out for Georgia's 6th Congressional District:" http://www.cbs46.com/story/35812893/lawsuit-demands-election-results-thrown-out-for-georgias-6th-congressional-district

* "The Brown, Queer, And Poor Are Not The Ones Holding The Left Back:" https://theestablishment.co/the-brown-queer-and-poor-are-not-the-ones-holding-the-left-back-f727e7bf55ed

* "Texas Republican Blocks State's Bathroom Bill: "I Don’t Want The Suicide Of A Single Texan On My Hands":" http://www.newnownext.com/joe-straus-suicide-texas-bathroom-bill/07/2017/?xrs=synd_facebook_Name+of+Brand

* "The Bootlegger, the Wiretap, and the Beginning of Privacy:" http://www.newyorker.com/culture/culture-desk/the-bootlegger-the-wiretap-and-the-beginning-of-privacy

* "Leah Gordon photographs the Freemasons of contemporary Haiti:" http://www.itsnicethat.com/articles/leah-gordon-freemasons-in-haiti-photography-290617

* "Zoot Suits: A Fashion Movement that Sparked Mexican American Resistance:" http://www.yesmagazine.org/people-power/zoot-suits-a-fashion-movement-that-sparked-mexican-american-resistance-20170609

* "Sabotage Your Way to Success!:" https://www.calibrepress.com/2016/10/sabotage-way-success/

* "Oral sex spreading unstoppable bacteria:" http://www.bbc.com/news/health-40520125

* "Turns Out, Snakes Can Hunt in Packs, So Let's Just All Move to Antarctica:" https://www.sciencealert.com/researcher-discovers-that-snakes-work-together-to-trap-their-prey-in-pack-hunts

* "Canuck the crow's attacks halt Vancouver mail delivery:" http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-40436177

* Tavy is officially wise to the medicine finger and fought hard for the first time today.

* "Killjoys, Season 3, Episode 2: A Skinner Darkly:" http://www.fangsforthefantasy.com/2017/07/killjoys-season-3-episode-2-skinner.html

* "The Philosophy Force Five vs the Scientismists:" http://existentialcomics.com/comic/190

* "The Dark Morality of Fairy-Tale Animal Brides:" https://www.theatlantic.com/entertainment/archive/2017/03/marrying-a-monster-the-romantic-anxieties-of-fairy-tales/521319/

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* Full list of Resistance and charity links has been migrated to my profile as it was getting out of hand.

* "What can I do to help Syria?:" http://gwydionmisha.tumblr.com/post/161385222607/what-can-i-do-to-help-syria

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

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

* "So, what can people do?*:" http://brigdh.tumblr.com/post/161640495373/so-what-can-people-do

* Want to fight Climate Change? "Ready to Mobilize? Start Here!:" http://www.theclimatemobilization.org/start_here

* Distressed by the anti-gay genocide in Chechnya and the anti-gay laws in Russia? Donate here: https://lgbtnet.org/en

* The Rainbow Road and other ways to help Gay Refugees: http://gwydionmisha.tumblr.com/post/160470723507/the-rainbow-railroad-is-helping-gay-men-escape

* This is a Real Life friend of mine. They do very much need the money and a number of people and beasts depend on him and his husband. They have been incredibly helpful and supportive of me. If you can kick in, it is a kindness.: https://www.youcaring.com/tod-788345

* This is my oldest continuous Real Life friend. She is disabled and really needs the money for herself and beasts. To buy jewelry from her: https://www.etsy.com/shop/karjack

* Help pay for cat food, litter, meds, medical copays: Paypal Lethran@gmail.com

* Want Game of Thrones without the creepy? We need new players. We are very inclusive. "Game of Bones MUSH:" gobmush.wikidot.com

* "Yemen hospital battles world's worst cholera outbreak:" http://www.bbc.com/news/av/world-middle-east-40443989/yemen-hospital-battles-world-s-worst-cholera-outbreak

* "Cardinal Pell: Vatican treasurer denies Australia sex offences:" http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-40439489

* "White House could offer to roll back sanctions in first Trump-Putin meeting:" https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2017/jun/29/white-house-sanctions-first-trump-putin-meeting

* "Trump allies work to smear FBI, discredit Russia investigation:"

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* "Stepsister, Yes; Grandma, No: U.S. Sets Guidelines for Revised Travel Ban:" https://www.nytimes.com/2017/06/28/us/politics/homeland-security-prepares-to-issue-travel-restrictions.html

* "Trump Attacks ‘Crazy’ Mika Brzezinski: She Was ‘Bleeding Badly From a Face-Lift’:" http://www.thedailybeast.com/trump-tweets-mika-was-bleeding-badly-from-a-face-lift

* "CBO: Republican health care bill will get worse with age:"

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* O.o "House panel votes to force new debate on terror war:" http://www.politico.com/story/2017/06/29/congress-vote-authorize-war-islamic-state-240095

* "We Are the Sum of Our Stories - Kameron Hurley:" http://www.kameronhurley.com/lita-talk-sum-stories/

* "Trolls, hypocrites and performance artists are trying to hack our lives. Don’t let them.:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/act-four/wp/2017/06/19/trolls-hypocrites-and-performance-artists-are-trying-to-hack-our-lives-dont-let-them/?utm_term=.ea194f94fdbe

* "Teaching The Camera To See My Skin:" https://www.buzzfeed.com/syreetamcfadden/teaching-the-camera-to-see-my-skin?utm_term=.ieaa46DJm2#.ouG6yxaYM9

* "Which jobs do economists say create the largest spillover benefits for society?:" https://80000hours.org/2017/06/which-jobs-do-economists-say-create-the-largest-spillover-benefits-for-society/

* "Some basic medieval fashion terms:" http://the-alexandrian-alchemist.tumblr.com/post/162422332481/some-basic-medieval-fashion-terms

* "Abraham Lincoln Doesn't Want Trump In The Hall Of Presidents:"

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* "Trump Thinks Healthcare Is Something You Can Win:"

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* "Yet Another Baker Who Won't Make Cakes For Same-Sex Weddings:"

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* "Dinosaur Decathalon - The Gong Show:"

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* I unironically adored this. "Zombie Ballet - The Gong Show:"

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* "What poet should I fight?:" http://gwydionmisha.tumblr.com/post/162424963292/what-poet-should-i-fight

* I really want a quality TV version of Bombshells on STARZ or Netflix.

* "Two Steps Forward, One Step Back with Superheroines:" https://www.thefandomentals.com/two-steps-forward-one-step-back-with-superheroines/

* "Salim the Cinnamon Roll and Gay Muslim Representation:" https://www.thefandomentals.com/salim-the-cinnamon-roll-and-gay-muslim-representation/

* "I actually think you’ve picked good examples to show that GRRM tries to minimise the role of coincidences (which do have their place) and move his plot along through plausible character action.:" http://turtle-paced.tumblr.com/post/162420744802/maybe-its-presentism-influencing-me-but-dont

* Two Days left. One no bid. I'm a hundred down on bills, plus we haven't money for electricity and Internet as we had to pay for car repairs (four hundred), so clearly it's ebay time.: http://www.ebay.com/sch/lethran/m.html?_nkw=&_armrs=1&_ipg=&_from=

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* Full list of Resistance and charity links has been migrated to my profile as it was getting out of hand.

* "What can I do to help Syria?:" http://gwydionmisha.tumblr.com/post/161385222607/what-can-i-do-to-help-syria

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

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

* "So, what can people do?*:" http://brigdh.tumblr.com/post/161640495373/so-what-can-people-do

* Want to fight Climate Change? "Ready to Mobilize? Start Here!:" http://www.theclimatemobilization.org/start_here

* Distressed by the anti-gay genocide in Chechnya and the anti-gay laws in Russia? Donate here: https://lgbtnet.org/en

* The Rainbow Road and other ways to help Gay Refugees: http://gwydionmisha.tumblr.com/post/160470723507/the-rainbow-railroad-is-helping-gay-men-escape

* This is a Real Life friend of mine. They do very much need the money and a number of people and beasts depend on him and his husband. They have been incredibly helpful and supportive of me. If you can kick in, it is a kindness.: https://www.youcaring.com/tod-788345

* This is my oldest continuous Real Life friend. She is disabled and really needs the money for herself and beasts. To buy jewelry from her: https://www.etsy.com/shop/karjack

* Help pay for cat food, litter, meds, medical copays: Paypal Lethran@gmail.com

* Want Game of Thrones without the creepy? We need new players. We are very inclusive. "Game of Bones MUSH:" gobmush.wikidot.com

* "Britain, U.S. deny that Trump state visit delayed:" https://www.reuters.com/article/us-britain-usa-idUSKBN1920OC

* This felt creepily "Dear Leader"like to me. "Cabinet members give Trump unusual tribute:" http://www.cnn.com/2017/06/12/politics/trump-cabinet-tribute/

* "Ninth Circuit upholds block on Trump's travel ban:" http://www.politico.com/story/2017/06/12/ninth-circuit-upholds-block-on-trumps-travel-ban-239433

* Things that make me go hmmmmm.... "Trump attorney won't rule out firing Mueller:" http://www.politico.com/story/2017/06/11/trump-mueller-special-counsel-239396

* "D.C., Maryland sue Trump over foreign business dealings:" http://www.politico.com/story/2017/06/12/trump-lawsuit-maryland-washington-dc-239420

* "Senate GOP won't release draft health care bill:" https://www.axios.com/senate-gop-wrapping-up-health-care-bill-but-wont-release-it-2440345281.html

* They gave Gianforte a slap on the wrist community service with no jail time and a tiny fine for viciously beating and innocent unarmed reporter for no reason except he could and then lying about it. He still gets to go to Congress.

* "Why do people believe myths about the Confederacy? Because our textbooks and monuments are wrong:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/posteverything/wp/2015/07/01/why-do-people-believe-myths-about-the-confederacy-because-our-textbooks-and-monuments-are-wrong/?utm_term=.31ffa3feef42

* "Why the Nazis Loved America:" http://time.com/4703586/nazis-america-race-law/

* Don’t hold your breath with a Republican Congress. "Puerto Rico Says 'Si' To Statehood:" http://transgriot.blogspot.com/2017/06/puerto-rico-says-si-to-statehood.html

* "Marine vet's quick actions saved dozens of lives during Orlando nightclub shooting:" http://www.marinecorpstimes.com/story/military/2016/06/14/marine-vets-quick-actions-saved-dozens-lives-during-orlando-nightclub-shooting/85860320/

* "Pulse Terror Attack: One Year Later:" http://transgriot.blogspot.com/2017/06/pulse-terror-attack-one-year-later.html

* "There are diseases hidden in ice, and they are waking up:" http://www.bbc.com/earth/story/20170504-there-are-diseases-hidden-in-ice-and-they-are-waking-up?ocid=ww.social.link.facebook

* "Mass Grave from Thirty Years' War Battle Reveals Soldiers' Fatal Wounds:" https://www.livescience.com/59302-germany-thirty-years-war-grave-revealed.html

* "50th Anniversary of Loving v. Virginia SCOTUS Case:" http://transgriot.blogspot.com/2017/06/50th-anniversary-of-loving-v-virginia.html

* "Another Message for Donald Trump from Former Mexican President Vicente Fox:"

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* "How 'The LEGO Batman Movie' Should Have Ended:"

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* "Brexit II: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver:"

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* "Trump's Parade of Shills:"

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* My suspicion as to the expense of fixing the car is correct. The estimate from Honest Mechanic is 400-500.00 depending on how long it takes to take apart and reassemble. We have an appointment for Wednesday and I hope to forage while it's going on, as they are back to back.

Squirrel is going to simply have to not pay the electric bill and internet bill this month it is looking like. Want to help? Paypal Lethran@gmail.com

* "Hundreds Of Blind, Pallid Disney Characters Discovered Living In Caves Deep Within Space Mountain:" http://theonion.tumblr.com/post/158752776773/hundreds-of-blind-pallid-disney-characters

* Fuck Oliver Stone!

* "I love the Star Trek trend of characters who present themselves as loyal, exemplary members of their cultures but end up inadvertently or begrudgingly subverting tradition and becoming vanguards of major sociopolitical change.:" http://trulysophisticat.tumblr.com/post/161764901602/thequantumqueer-background-alien-i-love-the

* "The Refreshing Queer Sensibility of 'American Gods':" https://www.theatlantic.com/entertainment/archive/2017/06/the-refreshing-queer-sensibility-of-american-gods/529398/?utm_source=atlfb

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* Full list of Resistance and charity links has been migrated to my profile as it was getting out of hand.

* "What can I do to help Syria?:" http://gwydionmisha.tumblr.com/post/161385222607/what-can-i-do-to-help-syria

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

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

* "So, what can people do?*:" http://brigdh.tumblr.com/post/161640495373/so-what-can-people-do

* Want to fight Climate Change? "Ready to Mobilize? Start Here!:" http://www.theclimatemobilization.org/start_here

* Distressed by the anti-gay genocide in Chechnya and the anti-gay laws in Russia? Donate here: https://lgbtnet.org/en

* The Rainbow Road and other ways to help Gay Refugees: http://gwydionmisha.tumblr.com/post/160470723507/the-rainbow-railroad-is-helping-gay-men-escape

* This is a Real Life friend of mine. They do very much need the money and a number of people and beasts depend on him and his husband. They have been incredibly helpful and supportive of me. If you can kick in, it is a kindness.: https://www.youcaring.com/tod-788345

* This is my oldest continuous Real Life friend. She is disabled and really needs the money for herself and beasts. To buy jewelry from her: https://www.etsy.com/shop/karjack

* Help pay for cat food, litter, meds, medical copays: Paypal Lethran@gmail.com

* Want Game of Thrones without the creepy? We need new players. We are very inclusive. "Game of Bones MUSH:" gobmush.wikidot.com

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