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* "Russia asks Interpol for help over alleged CIA mole's whereabouts:" https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/sep/12/russia-cia-suspected-spy-us-kremlin-cia-interpol

* "Schiff says whistleblower complaint could implicate White House:" http://www.msnbc.com/am-joy/watch/house-intel-chair-subpoenas-acting-director-of-national-intel-68993093528

* "Administration finalizes repeal of 2015 water rule Trump called ‘destructive and horrible’:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/administration-finalizes-repeal-of-2015-water-rule-trump-called-destructive-and-horrible/2019/09/11/fddfa49a-d4aa-11e9-9343-40db57cf6abd_story.html?noredirect=on

* "Three Bolton aides submit their resignations at White House:" https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-bolton-aides/three-bolton-aides-submit-their-resignations-at-white-house-idUSKCN1VW24P

* "Ivanka tells donors she got her moral compass from her dad:" https://www.politico.com/story/2019/09/13/ivanka-trump-donors-1488704

* "Jamelle Bouie - Assessing the Third Democratic Primary Debate:"

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* "Examining Biden’s remarks on race after debate backlash:" http://www.msnbc.com/am-joy/watch/biden-delivers-remarks-on-race-in-alabama-church-68997189760

* "Trump's plan to use Air Force funds for border wall poses national security risks:" https://www.axios.com/trump-border-wall-divert-air-force-funds-national-security-risks-2b49e2e4-9c91-451c-a0c3-fc2d94a9b8f1.html

* "Supreme Court says Trump administration can begin denying asylum to migrants while legal fight continues:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/courts_law/supreme-court-says-trump-administration-can-begin-denying-migrants-asylum-while-legal-fight-continues/2019/09/11/94b90da4-d017-11e9-8c1c-7c8ee785b855_story.html?noredirect=on

* TW: Sexual Assault "Analyzing new Kavanaugh allegation reported by The New York Times:" http://www.msnbc.com/am-joy/watch/new-kavanaugh-sexual-misconduct-allegation-reported-by-new-york-times-68996165526

* "New York City Council Plans to Repeal Conversion Therapy Ban:" https://www.advocate.com/news/2019/9/12/new-york-city-council-plans-repeal-conversion-therapy-ban

* "Greta Thunberg - Inspiring Others to Take a Stand Against Climate Change - Extended Interview:"

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* I am still grumpy about Voltaire's treatment of Émilie du Châtelet, but she really seemed to love him, so.... "The Enlightenment: Crash Course European History #18:"

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* "Highlights of the Third 2020 Democratic Primary Debate:"

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* "Candidate Rehab:"

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* "Companies Pay for Their Role in the Opioid Crisis :"

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* "If You Don't Know, Now You Know - Trump Makes the World Safer for Trophy Hunters:"

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* "Sunday Sweets: Sew Much Fun:" https://www.cakewrecks.com/home/2019/9/15/sunday-sweets-sew-much-fun

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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 you can help Hurricane Dorian disaster relief:" https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/sep/08/hurricane-dorian-disaster-relief-how-you-can-help

* Angry at 45 for his plan to steal food from 3.1 million people who need it including stealing lunch from 500,000 children? Here is a big activism resource for fighting back. "USDA SNAP Rule Opposition Campaign - Comments Due September 23, 2019!:" https://docs.google.com/document/d/1hGBajjsAwdueJFfXospFnUo89wAWR2HHPxNt8heUUIE/edit?fbclid=IwAR0GoYF521ASlr9Nwm6xfTxBsPVhyqLmVlkjbOjLCjnJ4Iblv6OI8Kzufao

* Master Post For the summer of resistance: https://gwydion.dreamwidth.org/2108368.html

* Here are a bunch of state level links to help people in immigrant detention: https://taibhsearachd.tumblr.com/post/186058182962/woundability-this-4th-of-july-celebrate-the

* Angry about the concentration camps on our Southern Border? Here is a list of useful things you can do: https://medium.com/@togetherandfree/feel-helpless-amidst-the-horrific-immigration-news-youre-not-how-you-can-make-difference-today-108dc42de88e

* "More Organizations to Support Helping Kids in Concentration Camps:" https://thisfinecrew.dreamwidth.org/201920.html

Here is a massive list of things you can do to help refugees inside and outside of the Camps: https://s-leary.tumblr.com/post/185783586806/so-youve-probably-seen-the-post-going-around

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

* Have something you want to tell your Congress Critters? 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/

* This is a cool person and the clothes are being made from an ethical source. Looking for cool inclusive Pride themed merch? www.nerdykeppie.com

* HorrorMux is open for apping the next story, which is a 1994 Lost Boys type thing. Available Archetypes are here. I'm Martyr/Angel if you want to find me.: http://horrormu.com/index.php/Available

* Help pay for cat food, litter, meds, medical copays: Paypal Lethran@gmail.com or paypal.me/Gwydion

* If you are interested in helping, right now the Cat things we need most are:
https://www.amazon.com/PetSafe-Deterrent-Activated-Repellent-Environmentally/dp/B0721735K9

And: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07J669H65/?coliid=I1EUR00IM1I3P&colid=1EVWGXWUM3YU7&psc=1&ref_=lv_ov_lig_dp_it

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

* "The lives of three men show why Syria’s rebels are losing:" https://www.reuters.com/article/us-mideast-crisis-syria-rebels-insight/the-lives-of-three-men-show-why-syrias-rebels-are-losing-idUSKCN1GR1RB

* "How Sugar Daddies and Vaginal Microbes Created an HIV epidemic:" https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2018/03/the-blessers-curse/555950/

* "The Hairdos Of An Ivory Coast Artist Send A #MeToo Message:" https://www.npr.org/sections/goatsandsoda/2018/03/25/594074571/the-hairdos-of-an-ivory-coast-artist-send-a-metoo-message

* "Are 2018 midterm elections safe from Russian interference?:" http://www.msnbc.com/am-joy/watch/jeh-johnson-on-2018-midterm-elections-russian-interference-1216668227672

* 45, being too lazy to go to Barbara Bush's funeral, paid himself to play golf for hours with taxpayer money, then claims he watched it on TV.

* "Hannity’s relationship to Trump called ‘parasitic, co-dependent’:" http://www.msnbc.com/am-joy/watch/trump-reportedly-takes-advice-from-sean-hannity-of-fox-1216674883853

* "Update on the Flint water crisis with Flint Mayor Karen Weaver:" http://www.msnbc.com/am-joy/watch/flint-s-free-bottled-water-program-ends-despite-safety-skeptics-1216677955734

* "Not Feeling The Syracuse Theta Tau Chapter Bigotry:" http://transgriot.blogspot.com/2018/04/not-feeling-syracuse-theta-tau-chapter.html

* TW: Rape. "Boys Often Don’t Recognize When They’ve Been Sexually Assaulted:" https://www.thecut.com/2018/03/when-boys-are-victims-of-sexual-assault.html

* "FOSTA/SESTA is a law meant to curb sex trafficking, but it’s destroying jobs across the US.:" https://vaspider.tumblr.com/post/173218912216/5-ways-to-support-kinky-sex-workers-after

* "Media Ownership: Crash Course Media Literacy #8:"

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* "Plato and Aristotle: Crash Course History of Science #3:"

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* "Hrotsvitha, Hildegard, and the Nun who Resurrected Theater: Crash Course Theater #9:"

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* "Get Outside and Have a (Mystery) Play: Crash Course Theater #10:"

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* "3 Defining Features of ADHD That Everyone Overlooks:" https://www.additudemag.com/symptoms-of-add-hyperarousal-rejection-sensitivity/

* "The Rise and Fall of the Hormel Girls, Who Sold America on SPAM:" https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/history-of-spam-hormel-girls

* "Parks & No Wreck: Sunday Sweets To TREAT YO'SELF:" http://www.cakewrecks.com/home/2018/4/22/parks-no-wreck-sunday-sweets-to-treat-yoself.html

* I am doing National Poetry Month again this year, but I'm confining it to Tumblr on the grounds of tired. What the poems I selected? Five or so should turn up daily over here if you want to look them over: http://gwydionmisha.tumblr.com/tagged/Poem

* I used all my money on housing and insurance last month, and this month it's all went to housing and car things. I need the car to get around as I am disabled. I need to raise about $400 to stay afloat. If you'd like to chip in: Paypal Lethran@gmail.com

* Threeish Days left, two no bid as of this writing. Ebay BPALs for sale:

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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

* "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

* "North Korea detains third U.S. citizen:" http://www.reuters.com/article/us-northkorea-usa-detainee-idUSKBN17P038

* "'Outsider candidates' in spotlight for upcoming French election:"

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* "Guest: Most French see Trump as a flake:"

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* "Rep. Ted Lieu trolls Trump’s immigration policy:"

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* "Trump real estate a potential means to pay money to a president:"

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* "Sessions, unlike Trump, says DREAMers are 'subject to being deported':" http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/sessions-unlike-trump-dreamers-unauthorized-immigrants-subject-deported/story?id=46956350

* "New Trump hire resurrects corruption questions:"

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* "Dean on Jeff Sessions: I get the feeling it’s incompetence:"

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* "White House Still Pressing to Hold Obamacare Vote This Week:" https://www.bloomberg.com/politics/articles/2017-04-22/health-care-vote-likely-in-early-may-house-conservative-says

* "White House officials offer conflicting details of Trump tax plan:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2017/04/23/white-house-officials-offer-conflicting-details-of-trump-tax-plan/?utm_term=.3315575f659f

* "Thousands march for science!:"

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* "FOX boss made black workers arm wrestle for whites:"

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* "Marc Edwards - How to Address the U.S. Water Crisis in Flint and Beyond:"

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* "Dear parents, you are being lied to.:" https://violentmetaphors.com/2014/03/25/parents-you-are-being-lied-to/

* "Brown in Town - A West Texas Water Crisis:"

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* "French Elections: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver:"

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* "A Farewell To Bill O'Reilly From Stephen Colbert And 'Stephen Colbert':"

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* "Bill O'Reilly's '98 Novel Is Rich With Foreshadowing:"

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* "The Steve Bannon Diaries:"

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* "Exclusive 'Alien' Trailer With Sigourney Weaver And Stephen Colbert:"

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* "Big Mama Thornton - Hound Dog - 1965:"

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* "Nina Simone: Mississippi Goddam:"

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* I was watching part of the Yves Saint Laurent biopic from a couple of years ago over lunch. It got to the scene where they were negotiating with the Americans via interpreters, and I wandered off into the kitchen to clean up lunch and change out a fly strip. I had this strange feeling of rightness, and then it dawned on me, I was half half listening in two languages while tidying up bowls and such. My parents' bilingual dinner parties, when we had house guests from from France. Soft simultaneous polite conversation. Everything right with the world for a little while at least.

* I just had my first boca burger greens and salad out of my own garden earlier. I haven't enough yet to do it again for a bit, but the garden is going most excellently.

Reminder: I'm getting my foot out patient thing done Tuesday, which may effect availability and temper.

* "Already irked fans threaten boycott over Marvel’s new Hydra campaign:" https://www.dailydot.com/parsec/secret-empire-hydra-shirts-marvel/?tu=gav

* The theme of Social Contract theory in Black Sails: http://gwydionmisha.tumblr.com/post/159923124987/your-latest-black-sails-meta-made-me-realize-that

* Steve Rogers, the Warsaw Ghetto, and fuck Marvel: http://gwydionmisha.tumblr.com/post/159918198527/bluefall-returns-phinarei

* "Sunday Sweets For April (Baby) Showers:" http://www.cakewrecks.com/home/2017/4/23/sunday-sweets-for-april-baby-showers.html

* NWS: nudes. "Normal Moments In Art History With No Murder" http://the-toast.net/2014/06/16/fine-normal-moments-art-history-one-get-murdered/

* "The Handmaid’s Tale Is a Warning to Conservative Women:" https://newrepublic.com/article/141674/handmaids-tale-hulu-warning-conservative-women

* National Poetry Month:

"Stolen Kisses: to Iuventius by Gaius Valerius Catullus:" http://gwydionmisha.tumblr.com/post/159918785716/99-stolen-kisses-to-iuventius-by-gaius-valerius

"Hummingbird Pauses at the Trumpet Vine by Mary Oliver:" http://gwydionmisha.tumblr.com/post/159922506513/hummingbird-pauses-at-the-trumpet-vine-by-mary

* Dragon Cave:

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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 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

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

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

* "Before Her Murder, Berta Cáceres Singled Out Hillary Clinton for Criticism:" http://www.thenation.com/article/chronicle-of-a-honduran-assassination-foretold/

* "Echoes of Goldwater in 1964 seen in Trump 2016 campaign:"

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* "94 Detroit Schools Closed Monday Due to Teacher 'Sickouts.' Here's Why:" https://mic.com/articles/142354/detroit-s-school-teachers-called-in-sick-on-teacher-appreciation-day-here-s-why?utm_source=policymicTBLR&utm_medium=main&utm_campaign=social#.x5bWw0cpF

* "Men who are like “Oh I’d love to be *insert kind of sex worker here*” are so funny to me:" http://seawallglen.tumblr.com/post/143716523710/men-who-are-like-oh-id-love-to-be-insert-kind

* "This Slam Poet Has a Powerful Message for the People Who Protest at Planned Parenthood:" https://mic.com/articles/142454/this-slam-poet-has-a-powerful-message-for-the-people-who-protest-at-planned-parenthood?utm_source=policymicTBLR&utm_medium=main&utm_campaign=social#.3sO5fNOTk

* "Risks of harm from spanking confirmed by analysis of 5 decades of research:" https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2016/04/160425143106.htm?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter

* "Rare N.Z. parrot not dead, just pining for fiords:" http://phys.org/news/2016-04-rare-nz-parrot-dead-fiords.html

* "Taxes: Crash Course Economics #31:"

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* Watching the Crash courses on Aquinas sure reminds me why I lost interest in him a couple weeks in when I was a Philosophy Monk.

* Jon Snow, Bowen Marsh, Cowardice, and Genocide: http://turtle-paced.tumblr.com/post/143527152407/i-always-liked-that-with-jons-lc-decisions-he-has

* Ebay time again:

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* Want to help Equador in the wake of their Earthquake? http://www.ifrc.org/en/news-and-media/news-stories/americas/ecuador/ecuador-red-cross-responds-to-deadly-earthquake-72129/

* Zimbabwe has joined Ethiopia in disaster level drought People and animals are dying. Want to help? https://www.wfp.org/help

* "How to help Flint, Michigan:" http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/how-help-flint-michigan

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

* Donate to help refugees: http://donate.unhcr.org/international/general

* A list of LGBTQA Charities: http://awkward0w1.tumblr.com/post/126399233673

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

* The latest I can find on the mass shooting in Kansas is 3 dead (older sources say four) and 14 wounded.

* "How Does Deadpool Know He's a Comic Book Character?:"

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* We didn't record tonight. Instead MrBumblepants and I made my Cupcake tacos. This is something I used to make often for game night three moves ago when I had a large gaming group to feed, as it's cheap, filling, and fairly easy to make in bulk. It's Squirrel's favorite thing I make. I'm pretty sure I haven't made it in a decade, but he still talks about it. I had spring roll wraps, so I decided to make it as there are four of us. He came out of his cave for dinner. After, we went through some of my scents so we could find out want Djinni could both smell and enjoy wearing to give him a better idea of his scent profile.

The month is nearly over. I am starting to panic on insurance and the upcoming property tax bill, with the medical bills I let slide in favor of Hector eating looming still, and I haven't managed to put up an ebay batch despite having the sacrifices picked out. Between Hector and the spoon level and main computer still being broken I just haven't been up to it. Fuck!

* It’s looking like two likely ways for the rescue kitty to get North, so don’t worry.

* Firefly Musing: Malcolm Reynold's Game is on the level of a love struck eighth grader, isn't it?

* "Deadpool: A review:" http://www.fandomfollowing.com/deadpool/

* I think we need new hyacinth bulbs as a all of them are growing in with short tops, regardless of size of greenery alas. Still, they smell glorious and more bloom everyday. Here is the current batch:

* "Ten Star Trek Episodes for People Who Hate Star Trek:" http://www.fandomfollowing.com/1561-2/

* Walking Dead: I don't trust Flying Jesus. Not even little.

* "The Paintings used in ‘Black Sails’ (Part 5):" http://sagestreet.tumblr.com/post/139978547202/the-paintings-used-in-black-sails-part-5

* I got a chance to see Magic Mike XXL, and I took it. I was not impressed with the original. I loved the dancing and the backstage business with the ensemble talking and prepping, but I the actually plot with "The Kid," his sister, and Mike's courtship of her was like watching paint dry. I'd heard so many good things about the sequel, particularly feminist analysis of it, that given the chance to watch it free, I gave it a shot. OMG! It was all the good parts with the boys backstage as an ensemble, hot dancing, and somehow managed to be every bit as feminist as I was promised despite most of the main cast being male. It was really respectful of woman, was inclusive of body types and women of various ages, and the new African American characters were kick ass. I'd love to see them foregrounded if they make another sequel. This is the movie I wanted to see the first time, although I would still like more gay and/or bi male inclusion. (There was LGB inclusion this time and possibly T, depending on how that one person identifies, but I'd like to see it more woven in, if that makes sense). This was so much better and i had a fine time watching.

* "7 Real Products That Get Their Names From Dystopian Fiction:" http://paleofuture.gizmodo.com/7-real-life-products-that-get-their-names-from-dystopia-1749261720

* I’m going to reiterate my belief that Billy Bones and Flint is endgame, whatever happens with Silver. What would I best like? Threesome. But I’d not wager a groat on it. I’m still in the Billy doesn’t know exactly what he’s feeling and he’s deeply conflicted about that and the whole Gates murder issue. I think there is going to at some point be a confrontation that turns physical that ends in a kiss, though I could be mistaken as to circumstance. I will not venture a guess as to timeline. Flint/Bones just makes sense character wise, narrative wise, and fits with treasure Island, because that’s a good way to get from here to there. I’ve always thought so, but particularly strongly since Billy’s return in season two.

Silver/Flint may or may not be a tease. I’ll be disappointed if it is, but I won’t be angry unless they never give us Flint/Bones either. To me the Vane/Eleanor level mess that Silver/Flint would be is very much a thing I’d like to watch. Hell, I’d love if it paralleled that particular kind of love and war vibe they had, preferably with the same degree of explicitness, but I want Flint/Bones for the end game because anything short would feel like a cop out.

* A response to the above here: http://gwydionmisha.tumblr.com/post/140028291127/2-while-it-would-be-nice-to-have-some-more

* Want to help the people of Fiji in the wake of Cyclone Winston?: http://www.redcross.com.fj/

* Zimbabwe has joined Ethiopia in disaster level drought People and animals are dying. Want to help? https://www.wfp.org/help

* Help the poisoned children of Flint Michigan. "Water Crisis:&"; https://www.cfgf.org/cfgf/GoodWork/FlintArea/WaterCrisis/tabid/855/Default.aspx

* "How to help Flint, Michigan:" http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/how-help-flint-michigan

* Want to help finance my meds/medical co pays? Paypal Lethran@gmail.com

* Donate to help refugees "UN Refugee Agency:" http://donate.unhcr.org/international/general

* Organizations helping with the refugee crisis: http://captainofalltheships.tumblr.com/post/128790538169/an-updated-list-of-organizations-to-donate-to-help

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

* TW: Rape. "Raped, beaten and sold: Yazidi women tell of IS abuse:" http://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-33522204

* "Where is the world's hottest city?" http://www.theguardian.com/cities/2015/jul/22/where-world-hottest-city-kuwait-karachi-ahvaz?CMP=share_btn_tw

* "Women in Mexico rally against rampant domestic violence:" http://www.aljazeera.com/news/2015/07/women-mexico-rally-rampant-domestic-violence-150721065741156.html?utm_content=buffer95f2d&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook.com&utm_campaign=buffer

* "UN report says Northern Ireland abortion laws are putting women's lives at risk:" http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/health-and-families/health-news/northern-ireland-abortion-laws-are-putting-womens-lives-at-risk-says-un-report-10414483.html

* Three are dead, including the shooter, and nine injured in a theater shooting in Louisiana. Five are still in the hospital, one critical. The shooter was a white supremacist who particularly hated jews and gay people.

* Wait a Minute.... When the officer decided to put Sandra Bland under arrest for assaulting a police officer, she was still in the car. Her refusal to put out her cigarette was the reason he decided to arrest her for assaulting a police officer. I am no fan of second hand smoke, being a lung patient, but it sure didn't look like assault to me. I also still think it is wildly unfair that you can be charged for resisting arrest because the officer did not tell you you are under arrest. Was she supposed to read his mind? He had told her specifically that he was citing, not arresting her, yet he starts screaming at her about not getting out before he tells her he's arresting her and he refuses to tell her that he is arresting her for assaulting an officer for smoking in her car. I still think they should be legally required to tell you they are arresting you and why.

* "Protesters question Denver police killing of mentally ill Native American:" http://america.aljazeera.com/articles/2015/7/22/denver-police-shoot-mentally-ill-native-american.html?utm_content=bylines&utm_campaign=ajam&utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=SocialFlow

* "Italy Becomes Sixth Nation To Allow Trans Self Identification Without Surgery:" http://transgriot.blogspot.com/2015/07/italy-becomes-sixth-nation-to-allow.html

* "Meagan Taylor Is Free!" http://transgriot.blogspot.com/2015/07/meagan-taylor-is-free.html

* Yesterday, we tried to record the podcast, but it was too glitchy. Sigh. The pie experiment was closer, but not quite there. The TV was glitched so I just gave up and went to bed. i am still recovering from the mowing, but more sleep in my filtered room is helping. I did some bureaucracy and the dishes today, but little else. *facepalm*

* "Dungeons & Dragons & Philosophers - Existential Comics:" http://existentialcomics.com/comic/23

* New Ebays:

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

* My RL oldest continuous friend is doing a fundraiser: http://www.gofundme.com/x9g7q2k

* Trying to stay afloat until August: http://www.gofundme.com/cuovws or Lethran@gmail.com

* China's giving signals they may be softening on their pro-Assad stance. Fingers crossed.

* Remember how yesterday the Egyptian President made some moves to take back the government from the military? Looks like people are demonstrating in support of the President's strong move to protect Democracy. I'm still crossing my fingers that President Morsi won't go too far in taking control for himself and that he's serious about Constitutional government, but right now, it's still cautiously hopeful. I still need to see more in country Egyptian commentary, as what I've had time to look at hasn't been as diverse as I like.

* Somalia's on it's way to a set of Parliamentary elections. There's worry about corruption and continued trouble from al Shabaab, but if they can hold credible elections, it's a huge step towards putting the country back together.

* Yes, I'm aware of both the EU economic news and the Vatican scandal. I haven't the heart to dig into the former just yet, and I don't much care about the latter.

* On Paul Ryan's radical plan to criminalize the Pill and the IUD: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/26315908/#48668855

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* On Paul Ryan's extremely radical plan to redistribute wealth to the very rich from everyone else and dramatically grow the deficit without any investment in the economy: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/26315908/#48669141

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* Paul Ryan lying about his history of Objectivism:

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* I think the Romney/Paul campaign slogan should be, "I got mine, Jack!"

* RIP Ron Palillo, best known as Horshack, my favorate Sweathog when I was little. First Juan Epstein and now Horshack. Damn. http://www.nytimes.com/2012/08/15/arts/television/ron-palillo-horshack-on-welcome-back-kotter-dies-at-63.html

* "personal freedom roundup...:" http://psybelle.livejournal.com/776686.html

* I apologize for the size of the previous posting. Clearly, I should have put Archeology Roundup in it's own post at bare minimum, but by the time I figured that out, I was too tired to do it safely.

* I started watching Suits when it was new because it had Gina Torres in it. I stayed because I liked a bunch of characters and I like Trickster stories, despite the show being right on the edge of painful for me to watch. This season it was building up to being too hard for me to watch, and just before the Olympics started, it tipped too far into too unpleasant to watch, if no one's forcing me too. I think it may be time for a major purge of my presets, as there are several other things need to go. I have a couple things on the for sure get rid of. I'm on the bubble with White Collar (repetitive and not going anywhere, I'm mostly in it for Mozzie) and Covert Affairs (No Jai and tonight's episode was wandering into unpleasant to watch category. I'm mostly in it for Augie).

* "Thoughts on Writing #47: Different Strokes:" http://seanan-mcguire.livejournal.com/461025.html

* Bisexual Obstacle course: http://lgbtlaughs.tumblr.com/post/26869697504/a-mock-turtle-federalists-are-you-really

* Anyone surprised that Assad has plowed through the cease fire deadline still bombing and strafing fleeing civilians? Anyone? just the Russians still pretending to be surprised, huh? Anyway, they are still using tanks and artillery in places like Homs. 145 civilians were murdered yesterday. Over a hundred were murdered today. 9000-11000 civilians have been murdered since Assad started to make war on his own people.

* Zimmerman's lawyers gave a peculiar press conference suggesting that Zimmerman is mentally unstable and that he'd already fled Florida if not the country, then quit. It sounds like other lawyers think this is not only ill advised, but possibly professionally troublesome as it seems to involve violating attorney/client privilege. The prosecution has announced they are giving a press conference within the next few days.

* Santorum dropped out today. The theory is he was expected to lose in his home state of Pennsylvania what with him being wildly unpopular there, so it was better for him in the long term to drop out first. There is a competing theory that it was because his daughter Bella is really sick and he wanted to be with her.

* Romney is now accusing the President of Atheism, as that is the only thing less popular than Islam in a politician with voters. he also was condescending about the war on women. After all, it's all in the heads of silly hysterical women, right? It's not like the Republicans have been passing laws not only allowing, but requiring Doctors to lie to women, taking health care decisions away from women so that politicians and employers can make them for the women; repealing equal pay laws at the state level; and trying to deny women basic health care like cancer screening, right? Oh wait, they have, but what women really want is not things like health care and equal treatment as citizens and human beings, but even bigger tax cuts for the rich! Fuck you Willard Romney. Fuck you, Reince Priebus.

* Mitt Romney also wants you to know that the 14% tax rate he is currently paying is way too high, so you should give up Medicare, Medicaid, Social Security, Food Stamps, Pell Grants, Head Start and if you are poor pay a higher tax rate so he can pay even less. After all, that is what the "marvelous" Ryan plan he is campaigning for does. why campaign so hard for it and endorse it so glowingly if he doesn't want you to know what's in it.

* Doing the math on Republican economics: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/26315908/

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* Colbert on Steve King:

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* John Stewart looks at some of the hypocrisy behind the President vs. Supreme Court scandal and the Trayvon Martin Murder coverage: http://www.thedailyshow.com/watch/mon-april-9-2012/the-splice-channel

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* "Beer and Bling in Iron Age Europe:" http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/03/120319163710.htm

* Afghan DNA analysis:" http://phys.org/news/2012-03-afghans-unique-genetic-heritage-dna.html

* Reassessing US Civil War mortality upward: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-17604991

* Handel and Lead poisoning: http://galvestondailynews.com/story/303958

I notice that they repeat the lie that Romans drank water from lead pipes, even though we know that the sewer pipes were lead, but the drinking water pipes were not. Yes, people used to think that, but archeology has come a long way since then. The only way you'd have gotten lead poison from the water is if you were drinking out of the sewage pipes in preference to water fountains, which is pretty fucking illogical. Romans were extremely careful about keeping feces out of their drinking water in a way that Westerners in general weren't again until the mid to late 19th century. (The Chinese and the Japanese figured out municipal sanitation early in their respective development and maintained it as they went on to make bigger and bigger cities. If you had a choice between drinking water from the 16th century from any city in any country in Eurasia, pick one from Japan or China. I'm not kidding. It's part of the reason the average survival rate for an English family in English cities was 3 generations from arrival to totally wiped out). There was lead used to season wine, so that bit is accurate.

* A two part thing on Machiavelli: http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/belief/2012/mar/26/machiavelli-prince-power-good-evil http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/belief/2012/apr/02/machiavelli-humanism-history-prince

* I think Machiavelli is pretty seriously misunderstood, in part because hardly anyone reads his Discourses on Livy, and in part because most people don't read the Prince carefully. As a result they tend to miss things like context and nuance. He was a patriot who's city state was under constant threat by invading armies. From the Discourses, it's pretty obvious he'd have been happier in a Republic, but his choices were a Princedom or in a subject state. Under those circumstances a strong local ruler with a well run city state was the better choice, hence the Prince. If you read carefully, you'll notice that he favours the people over the nobles and justice where it's possible. He's a pragmatist, though, and picks better over the worst when the best isn't a choice. Don't get me wrong, he says some pretty horrible things, but he also thinks it's a good idea to feed your people and use a citizen army over mercenaries, and a lot of his advise is quite sensible. Hell, if W. had been Machiavellian instead of a neo-con puppet, we'd be better off. Context matters both for the books and within the books. So much is framed as x and y is the best combination of things but if you can only have one, which should you do/be? Anyway, it's not specific to the above, but just my take on Machiavelli himself.

* Why we evolved so that temperature changes taste: http://www.livescience.com/19288-room-temperature-coffee-taste.html

* It turned out the hyacinth just wasn't up to full smell. I'm not longer disappointed, though I'd rather have had three or four.

* The TV now turns off normally, I'm guessing there's a loos wire somewhere, but I'm just grateful for it to be working as it's the nicest TV I've had access to my whole life.

* So my current post organization goes loosely like this: Important news and world news on top, followed by political stuff, followed by editorial news related stuff (like Stewart clips or links to other people's rants), followed by science/history/archeology news, my life, books/movies/lighter stuff, dragon cave and other extras. I say loosely, because I make posts in snippets over the course of hours and things get out of order sometimes. Also, lines can be fuzzy. For example, do I put a rant about a book or movie from an LGBTQ justice perspective in with the editorials or the books? I'm still not all that consistent.