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* "Rebecca Long-Bailey on her unflinching support for trans rights and why Boris Johnson is the biggest threat to queer people:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2020/03/04/rebecca-long-bailey-labour-leadership-election-lgbt-trans-rights-boris-johnson/

* I'm going to section off coronavirus stuff in the aggregation between the dotted lines, so people who need to skip can skip without losing the other stuff.

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* "Coronavirus burial pits in Iran so vast that they’re visible from space:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/graphics/2020/world/iran-coronavirus-outbreak-graves/

* "France's culture minister has coronavirus:" https://www.france24.com/en/20200309-france-s-culture-minister-has-coronavirus

* "Countries enforce mass closures to stem virus:" https://www.bbc.com/news/world-51862347

* "Coronavirus: Macron orders education shutdown but polls go ahead:" https://www.politico.eu/article/macron-orders-closure-of-french-schools-universities-due-to-coronavirus/

* "Health minister Nadine Dorries diagnosed with coronavirus:" https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/mar/10/health-minister-nadine-dorries-diagnosed-with-coronavirus

* "Trump’s travel ban sidesteps his own European resorts:" https://www.politico.com/news/2020/03/12/trump-coronavirus-travel-europe-resorts-126808

* "EU leaders condemn Trump’s travel ban:" https://www.politico.eu/article/eu-leaders-condemn-trumps-travel-ban/

* "Trump met with Brazilian official who tested positive for coronavirus:" https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/mar/12/trump-coronavirus-photo-brazilian-aide-bolsonaro-contact-latest

* "How a country serious about coronavirus does testing and quarantine:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/how-a-country-serious-about-coronavirus-does-testing-and-quarantine-80595013902

* I keep hoping this pandemic ends mandatory hand shakes the way the 1918-19 pandemic ended people spitting all the time everywhere. I hate handshakes. I have always hate handshakes. Let's make this happen folks.

* "Lawmakers fume amid lack of coronavirus testing:" https://www.cnn.com/2020/03/12/politics/congress-outrage-testing-covid-19/index.html

* "U.S. ill served by Trump's repeated lying about coronavirus response:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/u-s-ill-served-by-trump-s-repeated-lying-about-coronavirus-response-80593989664

* "Chris Hayes: The failure of coronavirus comes from the top:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/chris-hayes-the-failure-of-coronavirus-comes-from-the-top-80589893565

* "‘It's insane that we're leaving D.C.’ Sen. Merkley on Senate break amid coronavirus pandemic:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/-it-s-insane-that-we-re-leaving-d-c-sen-merkley-on-senate-break-amid-coronavirus-pandemic-80588869573

* "Pelosi and Mnuchin closing in on a deal on coronavirus aid package:" https://www.politico.com/news/2020/03/12/democrats-to-pass-coronavirus-economic-relief-package-126961

* "Trump expected to sign order unleashing coronavirus funding:" https://www.politico.com/news/2020/03/12/trump-coronavirus-funding-order-127331

* "Trump and Pence try to reassure GOP donors they have coronavirus response under control:" https://www.cnbc.com/2020/03/09/trump-pence-try-to-reassure-gop-donors-coronavirus-response-under-control.html

* "White House didn't want to tell seniors not to fly:" https://apnews.com/921ad7f1f08d7634bf681ba785faf269

* "Trump admin fails on basic guidance to Americans facing coronavirus:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/trump-admin-fails-on-basic-guidance-to-americans-facing-coronavirus-80596549998

* "Senate staffer tests positive for coronavirus:" https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/487162-senate-staffer-tests-positive-for-coronavirus

* "Trump Attacks Democrats Hours After Calling for Bipartisanship:" https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/12/us/politics/trump-coronavirus.html

* "Pence says there's been 'irresponsible rhetoric' from people downplaying the coronavirus:" https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/white-house/pence-says-there-s-been-irresponsible-rhetoric-people-downplaying-coronavirus-n1156371

* "Trump attacks second Democratic governor over coronavirus criticism:" https://www.politico.com/news/2020/03/09/trump-attacks-second-democratic-governor-over-coronavirus-criticism-124216

* "Matt Gaetz made light of coronavirus by wearing a gas mask. Now he is in quarantine.:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2020/03/07/matt-gaetz-coronavirus-florida/

* "An anti-LGBT preacher is being sued for selling a ‘coronavirus cure’ and you honestly just love to see it:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2020/03/13/jim-bakker-coronavirus-cure-silver-solution-missouri-lawsuit-tammy-faye/

* "Anthony Fauci, After Leading AIDS Fight, May Help Conquer COVID-19:" https://www.advocate.com/health/2020/3/12/anthony-fauci-after-leading-aids-fight-may-help-conquer-covid-19

* "SCOTUS, many other courts, restrict access over coronavirus:" https://www.reuters.com/article/lawyer-coronavirus-court-closures/scotus-many-other-courts-restrict-access-over-coronavirus-idUSL1N2B53LI

* "‘Extraordinary Measures’: Maryland to Close Schools, Ban Groups of More Than 250 People:" https://www.nbcwashington.com/news/local/maryland-to-close-public-schools-gatherings-of-more-than-250-people-banned/2239127/

* "Inslee orders all private, public K-12 schools in King, Pierce, Snohomish counties to close through April 24 due to coronavirus concerns:" https://www.seattletimes.com/education-lab/inslee-orders-all-private-public-k-12-schools-in-king-pierce-snohomish-counties-to-close-through-april-24/

* "Ohio Gov. DeWine announces 3-week spring break for Ohio schools to control coronavirus:" https://www.cleveland.com/news/2020/03/ohio-gov-dewine-announces-3-week-spring-break-for-ohio-schools-to-control-coronavirus.html

* "NYC declares state of emergency, de Blasio says coronavirus 'could easily be a 6-month crisis':" https://www.cnbc.com/2020/03/12/new-york-city-declares-state-of-emergency.html

* "California now has 198 confirmed coronavirus cases: What you need to know:" https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2020-03-12/coronavirus-sweeping-california-heres-what-you-need-to-know

* "Maryland closes schools, bans large gatherings as coronavirus shutdown expands:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/virginia-dc-maryland-coronavirus-news-thursday/2020/03/12/77d178ce-6410-11ea-acca-80c22bbee96f_story.html

* "A Growing Number Of U.S. Colleges Cancel Classes Amid Coronavirus Fears:" https://www.npr.org/2020/03/09/813750481/more-than-20-colleges-cancel-in-person-classes-in-response-to-coronavirus

* "D.C.-area coronavirus cases spike; hundreds of churchgoers told to quarantine:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/dc-virus-christ-church-quarantine/2020/03/09/17567796-61fa-11ea-845d-e35b0234b136_story.html

* "New, drastic changes implemented in response to coronavirus:" https://www.kiro7.com/news/local/coronavirus-number-confirmed-cases-more-than-100-virus-moves-more-counties/XIDPHMLVOJAAREQ5YCL75367PU/

* "All Disney Theme Parks, U.S. Universal Studios Closing Amid Coronavirus Pandemic:" https://variety.com/2020/biz/news/disney-theme-park-closed-coronavirus-1203531795/

* "Broadway Goes Dark Amid Coronavirus Concerns:" https://variety.com/2020/legit/news/broadway-closed-coronavirus-1203531989/

* Also a bunch of Sportsball things.

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* "U.S. launches strikes in Iraq against Iranian-backed militias after attack that killed coalition troops:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2020/03/12/pentagon-awaiting-decision-trump-how-respond-deadly-rocket-attack-iraq/

* I hate having to cover this stuff, but I feel like some of it is relevant, so I'm doing it periodically. Do not ever think I care more about money than people. It's just the broad outlines of what I suspect is about to be massive economic disruption is relevant to humans who are likely about to live through a global economic crisis, and some of you may not have been adults for the last one. So I post the occasional thing. "Dow plunges 10 percent despite Fed lifeline as coronavirus panic grips investors:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2020/03/12/markets-live-updates-coronavirus-economy/

* "Trump urged Mnuchin to pressure Fed’s Powell on economic stimulus in explosive tirade about coronavirus:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/economy/trump-urged-mnuchin-to-pressure-feds-powell-on-economic-stimulus-in-explosive-tirade-about-coronavirus/2020/03/11/db7bfeea-63c9-11ea-b3fc-7841686c5c57_story.html

"The stock market has fallen precipitously since mid-February because global supply chains are seizing up, consumers are pulling back sharply on spending, and companies are retrenching as they wait to see what the effects of the coronavirus will be. Interest rates are already very low after an emergency cut by the Fed last week, and they are typically lowered to spur more borrowing and spending. Right now, however, many businesses and consumers aren’t spending money because they don’t know what the future will look like."

* "Fed announces massive cash injection to relieve U.S. debt market:" https://www.politico.com/news/2020/03/12/fed-announces-massive-cash-injection-to-relieve-us-debt-market-127284

* "Joe Biden Releases Plan for LGBTQ Equality:" https://www.advocate.com/election/2020/3/05/joe-biden-releases-plan-lgbtq-equality

* "Stacey Abrams Is Building a New Kind of Political Machine in the Deep South:" https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-features/stacey-abrams-census-voting-rights-vice-president-953173/

* "Toxic masculinity is literally toxic, causing health problems for men in later life:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2020/03/12/toxic-masculinity-mental-physical-health-men-gender-roles-study-aging-michigan-state-university/

* "Britain’s longest-serving trans prisoner is now helping trans people locked up in the wrong prisons:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2020/03/12/trans-prisoner-gender-affirming-women-prison-sarah-jane-baker-transprisoner-alliance/

* "Court rules against gender-neutral passports and says people must define as either male or female:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2020/03/10/christie-elan-cane-court-appeal-battle-gender-neutral-passports-home-office/

* "Canada on Brink of Banning Conversion Therapy Nationwide:" https://www.advocate.com/world/2020/3/09/canada-brink-enacting-nationwide-conversion-therapy-ban

* "Virginia just became the 20th state in the US to ban traumatising conversion therapy for vulnerable minors:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2020/03/03/virginia-conversion-therapy-ban-20th-state-us-ralph-northam/

* "Never mind coronavirus, this politician thinks a rainbow sticker will cause the collapse of humanity:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2020/03/12/coronavirus-politician-rainbow-sticker-collapse-humanity/

* "LGBT+ people are far more likely to smoke than straight people, landmark study finds. Here’s why:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2020/03/10/lgbt-smoking-smokers-cigarettes-tobacco-nicotine-queer-voices-heard-stu-hosker/

* "Piercing portraits reveal desperate past:" https://www.bbc.com/news/in-pictures-44547160

* "Tom Hanks Contracts Coronavirus, the NBA Cancels its Season & Monkeys Invade Thailand:"

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* "President Trump's Coronavirus Address Fumble:"

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* "Daily Life Is Changing For Millions Of Americans As Coronavirus Crisis Grows:"

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* Antibiotic brain fog or not, today, I did necessary things. Bits of prep for Friday. Bits of cleaning. The surprise time sensitive bureaucracy that turned up last Friday. I was saved by my anal retentive copying of documents. No really. I make copies every scrap I need for the wave after wave of bureaucracy required to keep a household going at this poverty level and to keep all my disability stuff up to date. That means forms. That means documentation of any random thing the various agencies require.

Remember when I went to turn in my stuff to keep my property taxes frozen a the disabled person rate, I'm thinking last Friday? I stopped at the library to make copies of stuff in case they did not make their own. sometimes with the city, they copy what you hand them themselves, but you can't count on it and amoung other things, I was handing them my tax return, which I definitely need a copy of. So I made copies. They made copies. I had a spare tax return and proof of income to fold in with the surprise bureaucracy form, tucked away with all the other bureaucracy stuff I've had in that pouch since the start of December bureaucracy season.

There has been a bunch of extra bureaucracy things this year, because all the periodic reviews for various things happened to align.

Normally, all the stuff would be filed away by now, but I have a rule that I don't do that, until everything is completely cleared up because sometimes things like this come back wanting extra proofs or extra forms or what have you.

Exactly like happened this time.

Seriously, there is a reason I am anal retentive about paper work. The poorer and sicker you are the more you need and the less energy you have to play paperwork scavenger hunt.

This year's bureaucracy stack doesn't go away until the three lesser pending items are sorted and I get the confirmation letter on the bureaucracy I just put in the mail, because these folks in particular like both ambiguous directions and exact things that they do not spell out clearly on their forms. I don't trust them at all.

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

* Register to vote: https://vote.gov/

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

* The Indivisble guide exists to help you organize effective resistance: https://indivisible.org/

* Here’s a list of vulnerable republican senators up for election this year:

Martha McSally - Arizona
Susan Collins - Maine
Cory Gardner - Colorado
Thom Tillis - North Carolina
Pat Roberts - Kansas
David Perdue and Kelly Loeffler - Georgia
Joni Ernst - Iowa

Here’s a list of vulnerable democratic senators that NEED votes to keep their seats:

Doug Jones - Alabama
Gary Peters - Michigan

* Want to get rid of Mitch McConnell? Help Amy McGrath: https://secure.actblue.com/donate/am-website?refcode=website-nav

* Want to get rid of Lindsey Graham? Help Jaime Harrison: https://secure.actblue.com/donate/ms_harrison_fr_q12019_jaime-a?refcode=MS_AD_D-DD_2019.03.08_X_GG_KW__X__eyJjcmVhdGl2ZSI6IkFkZCBEb25hdGlvbiBOb3ciLCJhdWRpZW5jZSI6IkphaW1lSGFycmlzb24ifQ&recurring=TRUE&gclid=EAIaIQobChMIn4a_583I5gIVC8RkCh0MowFeEAAYASAAEgIXZfD_BwE

* There's a decent chance of flipping this Senate seat blue. Want to help? https://secure.actblue.com/donate/ads-mek-egsearch_dtd?refcode=ads-200108-gs-evergreensearch-dtd-natl-mix-8753679275-87807510469-410037583123-%2Bmark%20%2Bkelly%20%2Bdonate&gclid=EAIaIQobChMIpKSR192K5wIVAsNkCh0EeAFSEAAYASAAEgLY7fD_BwE

* Want to support Christy Smith in the primary for Katie Hill's seat?: https://secure.actblue.com/donate/dw_ca25

* 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/

* Some RL friends of mine who were barely scraping by just lost one of the part time jobs they collectively hold and it's really fucking things up for them. These are good people, who do so much for others. Want to help? https://www.gofundme.com/f/help-a-gig-worker-get-through-the-winter/share

* 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 thing we need most is:
https://www.chewy.com/wellness-core-signature-selects/dp/147047

The dry food I was going to try is this one: https://www.chewy.com/blue-buffalo-wilderness-flatland/dp/176663

* Birthday/Solstice master list: https://gwydion.dreamwidth.org/2108835.html

* I share the BBC's skepicism. "Detained Uighurs free after graduating, says China:" https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-china-50712126

* "How will millennial leaders change the world? Finland will give us a clue:" https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2019/dec/11/millennial-leaders-world-finland-prime-minister-sanna-marin

* "Finland's New Prime Minister Sanna Marin, 34, Was Raised by Two Moms:" https://www.advocate.com/world/2019/12/10/finlands-new-prime-minister-sanna-marin-34-was-raised-two-moms

* "As New Zealand island volcano vents again, GeoNet warns: 'Eruptions in the next 24 hours are still likely':" https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2019/12/10/new-zealand-volcano-eruption-why-were-tourists-white-island/4382671002/

* "Trump, House Democrats strike deal on updated NAFTA, setting stage for a vote:" https://www.politico.com/news/2019/12/10/lopez-obrador-usmca-signing-tuesday-in-mexico-city-080043

* "Dems agree to support North America trade deal:" http://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/dems-agree-to-support-north-america-trade-deal-74880069884

* 45 met privately with one of his Russian handlers today.

* "Trump To Meet Russia's Lavrov At White House Tuesday:" https://www.npr.org/2019/12/09/786530149/trump-to-meet-russias-lavrov-at-white-house-tuesday

* "Donald Trump prefers to live in alternate reality:" http://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/donald-trump-prefers-to-live-in-alternate-reality-74881093975

* "Resolution impeaching President Trump for high crimes and misdemeanors:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/context/resolution-impeaching-president-trump-for-high-crimes-and-misdemeanors/4318bc85-4770-47eb-a569-9a051fa3ebfb/

* "'High crimes and misdemeanors': Dems unveil impeachment charges against Trump:" https://www.politico.com/news/2019/12/10/democrats-ready-reveal-of-articles-of-impeachment-079950

* "Growing divide between Trump and McConnell over impeachment trial:" https://www.cnn.com/2019/12/10/politics/donald-trump-mitch-mcconnell-senate-trial-impeachment/index.html

* "Inspector general’s report on Russia probe: Key takeaways:" https://www.politico.com/news/2019/12/09/inspector-generals-report-russia-key-takeaways-079030

* "William Barr suggests FBI acted in 'bad faith' over Russia investigation:" https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/dec/10/donald-trump-fbi-director-christopher-wray-russia-investigation-report

* "The stakes for Trump's impeachment are very high:" http://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/chris-hayes-the-stakes-for-trump-s-impeachment-are-very-high-74878021930

* "Gay Conservative Confirmed to Appeals Court With Republican Support:" https://www.advocate.com/politics/2019/12/11/gay-conservative-confirmed-appeals-court-republican-support

* I'm putting a multisegment Buttigeig interview here:
http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/buttigieg-focusing-on-inclusion-for-post-trump-america-74887749580
http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/amid-overlapping-health-plans-buttigieg-emphasizes-distinctions-74888261659
http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/buttigieg-allowing-press-into-fundraisers-the-right-thing-to-do-74885701772
http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/buttigieg-criticism-of-former-employer-mckinsey-well-deserved-74884677810

* Hands down this was the scariest Amber Alert I've heard in real time. I am so glad no one was hurt. "Seattle-area Amber Alert resolved outside Cheney; parents taken into police custody:" https://www.spokesman.com/stories/2019/dec/10/seattle-area-amber-alert-resolved-outside-cheney-p/

* "Jersey City Shooting: Suspect Published Anti-Semitic Posts, Official Says:" https://www.nytimes.com/2019/12/11/nyregion/jersey-city-shooting.html

* "Jeremy Corbyn on 52 years of fighting for queer rights, why LGBT voters can trust him and, of course, Madonna or Cher:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2019/12/11/jeremy-corbyn-gay-rights-lgbt-equality-iran-hamas-section-28-general-election-interview/

* "Jo Swinson on sharing space with trans women, ‘tank-topped bum boys’ and whether or not gay sex is a sin:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2019/12/09/jo-swinson-liberal-democrats-general-election-gay-sex-trans-prisoners-phillip-lee-interview/

* "Tory candidate already under investigation for antisemitism in fresh homophobia and Islamophobia row:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2019/12/11/sally-ann-hart-conservative-tory-homophobia-islamophobia-antisemitism-investigation/

* "Supreme Court Rejects Inmate's Case for Gender Confirmation Surgery:" https://www.advocate.com/transgender/2019/12/10/supreme-court-rejects-inmates-case-gender-confirmation-surgery

* "Finland's Young Prime Minister, Mattress Theft at Luxury Hotels & The "I Am Jesus Christ" Video Game:"

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* "The Magical, Wonderful Road to Impeachment - House Democrats Make It Official as Trump Spins Away:"

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* "Back in Black - Hallmark's Hanukkah Movies, Auschwitz Christmas Ornaments & Auctioning Hitler's Hat:"

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* "Watch Rep. Jerrold Nadler Fend Off Republican Interruptions:"

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* "In Trump's Alternate Reality, The IG Report Confirms His Conspiracy Theories (It Doesn't):"

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* "President Trump Is A 15-Flush Kind Of Guy:"

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* "Donald Trump May Become The 4th Member Of The Impeachment Club:"

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* "House Democrats: Evidence Of Trump's Misconduct Is Overwhelming And Uncontested:"

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* "Trump, Barr And Lou Dobbs Are All-In On Deep State Conspiracy:"

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* They opened up Horror MUSH to allow player run plot with approval. I'm the first one up as far as i can tell. I'm running a two week thing. The first few bits went pretty well, I think. Tonight was my first combat. I had to fudge it a little as I've only been in one vehicle combat with this system before, but I think the timing was tight, except the one round I needed extra time to tally rolls and extrapolate the way the PC and enemy actions would interact, and everyone got to do something useful, which is generally my goal. The teamwork was spot on and they did some really quality posing. :)

I'm Martyr if you want to find me there: http://horrormu.com/index.php/Available

* Some RL friends of mine who were barely scraping by just lost one of the part time jobs they collectively hold and it's really fucking things up for them. These are good people, who do so much for others. Want to help? https://www.gofundme.com/f/help-a-gig-worker-get-through-the-winter/share

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

* A small, cheap thing to help climate change if you have little money to spare: https://onetreeplanted.org/products/amazon-rainforest-peru

* How to donate to Rainbow Road: https://www.rainbowrailroad.com/donate

* 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/

* Some RL friends of mine who were barely scraping by just lost one of the part time jobs they collectively hold and it's really fucking things up for them. These are good people, who do so much for others. Want to help? https://www.gofundme.com/f/help-a-gig-worker-get-through-the-winter/share

* 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 currently running a Max Mad type thing. Available Archetypes are here. I'm Martyr 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 thing we need most is:
https://www.chewy.com/wellness-core-signature-selects/dp/147047

The dry food I was going to try (less urgent) is this one: https://www.chewy.com/blue-buffalo-wilderness-flatland/dp/176663

Or possibly this: https://www.chewy.com/instinct-by-natures-variety-limited/dp/44654

* Birthday/Solstice master list: https://gwydion.dreamwidth.org/2108835.html

* "Labour has a week to turn this election into a winter war on austerity:" https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2019/dec/05/labour-election-winter-war-austerity-poverty

* "GOP expert wanted Clinton impeachment, says ‘slow down’ on Trump:" http://www.msnbc.com/am-joy/watch/gop-s-impeachment-expert-turley-says-house-should-slow-down-74708037673

* Republicans keep complaining that using the rules Republicans used for the Clinton Impeachment and the Benghazi hearings for this impeachment is by definition unfair. *sideye*

* "Amid scrutiny, Rudy Giuliani heads to Ukraine:" http://www.msnbc.com/am-joy/watch/giuliani-on-ukraine-trip-i-am-representing-my-client-74708549999

* "Legal expert says Nunes has much explaining to do over Parnas call:" http://www.msnbc.com/am-joy/watch/nunes-dodges-questions-about-phone-call-with-giuliani-associate-74708549917

* The Republican War on Small businesses and rural residents continues. "The small-town movie house braces for an unexpected threat:" https://apnews.com/43f36450e8fd4410b7bde463ab58fa50

* "Harris departure highlights lack of diversity among leading Dems:" http://www.msnbc.com/am-joy/watch/six-white-candidates-qualify-for-next-democratic-debate-so-far-74707526001

* "The Cybersecurity 202: Pennsylvania voting debacle gives ammunition to paper ballot push:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/powerpost/paloma/the-cybersecurity-202/2019/12/02/the-cybersecurity-202-pennsylvania-voting-debacle-gives-ammunition-to-paper-ballot-push/5de3fe8b602ff1181f2641e5/

* "Installing Free Wi-Fi To Help Count Rural Communities Of Color In 2020 Census:" https://www.npr.org/2019/12/03/783002964/installing-free-wi-fi-to-help-count-rural-communities-of-color-in-2020-census

* Why would I date someone who didn't consider me human enough to deserve basic human rights? "The Real Reason People Won’t Date Across the Political Divide:" https://melmagazine.com/en-us/story/dating-across-political-divide

"The risk of “polarization” this attitude supposedly causes is a red herring, disingenuously blaming the decline of democracy on leftist women who won’t fuck conservatives instead of on, say, gerrymandering, voter suppression, men who bully their wives and girlfriends into voting conservative and the influence of corporate lobbying. Rather than focus on these issues, critics blame individuals — and implicitly, those on the left — for wanting partners who share their values, and who truly value their wellbeing and lives. “The whole ‘you’re just narrow-minded’ thing gives me the shits, because it’s like, ‘No, I just don’t want to have sex with someone who thinks reverse racism is real,’” says Harriet, a 29-year-old writer in Australia who refuses to date anyone with right-wing politics.

“It’s one thing to argue policy specifics, but there’s no reckoning with ‘brown people are leeches on society’ and ‘it’s fine and good that we jail one in every 10 people,’” adds Julia, 32, from Washington, D.C. “It feels like they shouldn’t be allowed to have orgasms on principle.”"

* "Inside the Cell Where a Sick 16-Year-Old Boy Died in Border Patrol Care:" https://www.propublica.org/article/inside-the-cell-where-a-sick-16-year-old-boy-died-in-border-patrol-care

They need to be arresting people for negligent homicide and child abuse.

* They should have fired at least 32 people. "West Virginia Fires 3 Employees After Photo Shows Trainees Giving Nazi Salute:" https://www.nytimes.com/2019/12/06/us/west-virginia-nazi-salute.html

* "Prosecutor drops all charges against man whose arrest and apparent choking by Baltimore police went viral:" https://www.baltimoresun.com/news/crime/bs-md-ci-cr-david-dixon-charges-dropped-20191206-c2wahvzs6bhrhbedovvjhfogki-story.html

* "Four died in a shootout with police after a UPS truck was hijacked. Could it have been avoided?:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2019/12/07/four-died-shootout-with-police-after-ups-truck-was-hijacked-could-it-have-been-avoided/

* "Critic says Barr comments imply a ‘two-tier American citizenship’:" http://www.msnbc.com/am-joy/watch/barr-communities-not-showing-respect-to-police-may-lose-protection-74708549526

* TW: Rape. "Donald Trump says "I don't know Prince Andrew,' despite meeting with the royal before Jeffrey Epstein's arrest:" https://www.newsweek.com/donald-trump-prince-andrew-epstein-virginia-giuffre-1475231

* We are long term fucked. This details how badly. "Nearly 30% of All Federal Judges Could Be Trump-Appointed by 2021:" https://www.advocate.com/commentary/2019/12/02/nearly-30-all-federal-judges-could-be-trump-appointed-2021

* "Senate Confirms Trump Judicial Nominee Who Fought Against Abortion, Surrogacy, and Fertility Treatment:" https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2019/12/sarah-pitlyk-trump-judge-ivf-abortion.html

* "Hate crimes are rising and the planet is burning, but this woman locked herself in a bathroom and cried because a gender reveal was ‘ruined’:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2019/12/02/reddit-gender-reveal-party-bathroom-lockdown-crying-ruined/

* "New blood donation rules for gay and bi men in the UK has not changed rates of infected blood:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2019/12/07/new-blood-donation-rules-gay-bisexual-men-not-changed-rates-infected-blood/

* "Lib Dem politician Phillip Lee says trans prisoners should be segregated during car crash Mumsnet interview:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2019/12/05/phillip-lee-mumsnet-transgender-people-segregated-prisons-liberal-democrats/

* "This Bird Went Extinct and Then Evolved Into Existence Again:" https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/vb9bpm/this-bird-went-extinct-and-then-evolved-into-existence-again

* "NATO Cafeteria Cold Open - SNL:"

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* So here’s what’s going on:

I’ve been having a bad episode with my body. It’s a chronic illness thing. Odds are the extra sleep disruption and cat messes turned up to nearly impossible and scheduled things and various pathogens and the rather brutal dentistry week before the one just past and associated infection all over stressed the system. Or it could be weather changes or just random systematic tantrum. These things happen. I’m likely allergic to something I was exposed to as I’m getting random bits of rash and some throat swelling. I’m also pretty sure I picked up a pathogen at this week’s dentist, though it’s at the nuisance stage so far. Like I said, my bet is on too many small things going on and my barely functional system can’t handle that.

The pain is not what even I consider manageable. Lying down hurts like sitting, sitting hurts like standing and anything at all involving standing or walking is for real torture. If I sit too long it ramps up near that level. The constant effort of will involved to do anything at all burns through spoons at double or triple usual rate for the same activity. Which really short circuits fine muscle control. In the last week I’ve spilled some of every single liquid I’ve poured. On the counter, on the floor, on the table, on me. More excruciating things to clean up while standing. I’ve spilled some of most of what I’ve eaten. I’ve done things like managed to make from scratch meals a few times and been too queasy to eat them from the pain.

The pain was so bad and the scheduling requirements I be up all morning for some things, that my sleep is off schedule and sporadic. I missed all the forage windows, because I’m generally not making it out of bed until well after dark. Result is, I’ve spent way too much ebt on things I could grab night shopping with a minimum of walking. I’ve a small emergency reserve, but… *shrug* I am having stupid problems like I can’t make sandwiches because I’ve not had much luck foraging bread and what I could forage has gone moldy. Hence the missing all this week being a terrible idea.

Next time you see a disabled person buying ready meals on EBT think of this. Don’t judge. Yes, I can make way cheaper things from scratch, but it’s a major effort when it’s bad like this and the food is mostly wasted and then I didn’t get enough to eat. I try to cook at least one meal a day. One a good week it’s too, but sometimes I have to fall back entirely on thing I can prep sitting down and make in a microwave or with boiled water or things I can just eat like crackers, nuts, and granola bars. It is way more important that I eat something than that I perform virtuous poor person right now for strangers in supermarkets. These are the trade offs we make.

Fuck. I forgot to restock the vegan cup of soups that actually taste good, and I burned through most of them with November pathogens.

It’s not getting any better next week, especially if I’m sick again. Basically all I did Saturday was fart around and reload the tumblr hopper because I don’t have the concentration for the real work on news stuff. Remember, aggregation requires a lot of reading and research, and I do it nearly every day, usually in quantity. Sometimes I need a day off, or at least mostly off. Sorry. I did do the research I absolutely have to do for the little thing I’m meant to be running tomorrow on horror Mush. I’ve got a list of stuff to read over for Tuesday, but that’s Monday’s problem.

I really am trying so very hard, but the difficulty on literally everything I do is turned waaaay up to eleven. I appreciate all of my readers. I hate when I let y'all down like I’ve been doing really since I got all the second degree burns last spring. This work of documenting the mess we are in as a country and as a planter is important to me.

This work of aggregation has gotten 100x harder since 2016.

I owe you all my thanks. You all help to keep me at it and I think it’s important to bear witness and rally the troops where we can.

* I’m still chipping away at the vertigo reread project I started back… I think February before last in the period when both my laptop and my car failed. I’m currently gnawing slowly through Hellblazers, starting at the very beginning. I started buying them in real time at the end of the twin plot, and my first full arc was Constantine’s lung cancer. As of now, I’m at the beginning of the big long thing with Kit.

A couple nights ago I hit an issue from late 1991 or thereabouts. For those of you too young to remember the world before google, this is back when the Internet was bboards and very, very primitive email. The world wide web is a few years in the future. Mobile phones were massive, just phones, and mostly only used by complete wankers. (I make an exception for specialist surgeons who back then often had pagers and sometimes had car phones in case the hospital called because they were air lifting someone in and they needed to prep for surgery ASAP, but mostly? Douche bags trying to show off how important they were.) smart phones with apps were still Science Fiction and would be for a long time.

So Constantine, Chas, and a couple of randos are playing poker in a bar in 1991. Constantine is generally a shit friend to poor Chas who is way more loyal and generous than Constantine could ever hope to deserve. John generally mocks him for being “thick” in between using him while giving nothing back and generally fucking up his life. Yes, I have feelings about this. *grumblegrumble* Yes, that’s part of the point. This crap human being saves the world over and over at great cost to pretty much anyone he brushes up against.

Anyway, Chas Chandler has an idea for a business. He’s a taxi driver see? And it occurred to him that only a handful of places deliver things like pizza, but that for most restaurants high and low in cost, you have to go pick it up yourself. Only maybe people are drunk or tired or whatever and don’t want to walk all the way to the chip shop or of to get pasties or whatever. Chas is like, I could go pick up their food for a percentage and deliver it like I deliver people in my taxi. O.o

They all mock him for being stupid because it’s the dumbest idea they’d ever heard of.

Chas Chandler very nearly invented Uber Eats in 1991. Blew my mind.

* ...And Squirrel's asshole cat turned off the computer "helpfully" losing the whole night of work, including a bunch of links I'd read, but not loaded here. I was trying to reboot at the time. If she's waited a literal minute, it would have been fine.

* Some RL friends of mine who were barely scraping by just lost one of the part time jobs they collectively hold and it's really fucking things up for them. These are good people, who do so much for others. Want to help? https://www.gofundme.com/f/help-a-gig-worker-get-through-the-winter/share

* Christmas Bonuses: https://twitter.com/emilygmonster/status/1202991091684925442

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

* A small, cheap thing to help climate change if you have little money to spare: https://onetreeplanted.org/products/amazon-rainforest-peru

* How to donate to Rainbow Road: https://www.rainbowrailroad.com/donate

* 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/

* Some RL friends of mine who were barely scraping by just lost one of the part time jobs they collectively hold and it's really fucking things up for them. These are good people, who do so much for others. Want to help? https://www.gofundme.com/f/help-a-gig-worker-get-through-the-winter/share

* 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 currently running a Max Mad type thing. Available Archetypes are here. I'm Martyr 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 thing we need most is:
https://www.chewy.com/wellness-core-signature-selects/dp/147047

The dry food I was going to try (less urgent) is this one: https://www.chewy.com/blue-buffalo-wilderness-flatland/dp/176663

Or possibly this: https://www.chewy.com/instinct-by-natures-variety-limited/dp/44654

* Birthday/Solstice master list: https://gwydion.dreamwidth.org/2108835.html

* "Adultery no longer a crime in India:" https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-india-45404927

* "Court Lifts Ban on Women in Prominent Hindu Temple in India:" https://www.voanews.com/a/india-court-lifts-ban-women-prominent-hindu-temple/4591637.html

* "A Warning From Europe: The Worst Is Yet to Come:" https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2018/10/poland-polarization/568324/

* "Farmers Say Aid Won’t Cover Tariff Damage:" https://www.wsj.com/articles/farmers-say-aid-wont-cover-tariff-damage-1537974178

* "Trump administration argues that Earth will inevitably be ruined by climate change, so we might as well keep using fossil fuels:" http://theweek.com/speedreads/798874/trump-administration-argues-that-earth-inevitably-ruined-by-climate-change-might-well-keep-using-fossil-fuels

* "EPA makes changes at research, child health offices:" https://www.cnn.com/2018/09/28/politics/epa-research-changes/index.html

* "Big donor to Trump campaign made overture to top Russian official, boasting of connections:" https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/donald-trump/big-donor-trump-campaign-made-overture-top-russian-official-boasting-n913791

* "U.S. House committee votes to release Trump-Russia transcripts:" https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-russia-congress/u-s-house-committee-votes-to-release-trump-russia-transcripts-idUSKCN1M820J

* "House Judiciary panel subpoenas Andrew McCabe memos, Carter Page surveillance documents:" http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/politics/ct-house-judiciary-andrew-mccabe-memos-carter-page-surveillance-documents-20180927-story.html

* "Mueller witness who testified against Russians fears for his life: Court filing:" https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/mueller-witness-testified-russians-fears-life-court-filing/story?id=58127210

* "Two red state Democrats announce opposition to Kavanaugh:" https://www.cnn.com/2018/09/28/politics/joe-donnelly-kavanaugh-nomination/index.html

* "Trump’s Pentagon Quietly Made A Change To The Stated Mission It’s Had For Two Decades:" https://taskandpurpose.com/pentagon-mission/?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=share&utm_content=tp-share

* "Under pressure, Trump orders FBI to investigate Kavanaugh amid sex misconduct allegations:" https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/congress/senate-judiciary-committee-postpones-kavanaugh-decision-friday-afternoon-n914676

* "Kavanaugh confirmation hits major snag after Flake seeks FBI probe:" https://www.politico.com/story/2018/09/28/flake-will-vote-to-confirm-kavanaugh-to-the-supreme-court-851291

* "American Bar Association: Delay Kavanaugh until FBI investigates allegations:" https://www.cnn.com/2018/09/27/politics/kavanaugh-american-bar-association/index.html

* "Yale Law School Says Brett Kavanaugh's Nomination Should Be Delayed So The FBI Can Investigate:" https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/otilliasteadman/brett-kavanaugh-yale-law-school-delay-senate-fbi

* "The Latest: Biden hails Ford's 'courageous' testimony:" https://apnews.com/6cd0cc2774d94da68fc9b92b6f2dae42/The-Latest:-Judge-says-he'll-cooperate-with-investigation

* "Democratic Sen. Feinstein attacks Kavanaugh's temperament after his 'belligerent' testimony:" https://www.cnbc.com/2018/09/28/sen-dianne-feinstein-rips-brett-kavanaughs-belligerent-testimony.html

* The Jesuits have turned on him. O.o "The Editors: It is time for the Kavanaugh nomination to be withdrawn:" https://www.americamagazine.org/politics-society/2018/09/27/editors-it-time-kavanaugh-nomination-be-withdrawn

* File under hypotheticals for next year. "House Judiciary Committee Democrats Ready To Investigate Brett Kavanaugh:" https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/house-judiciary-committee-kavanaugh_us_5bae3d5ee4b0b4d308d277d9

* "Booker: Hearing showed need for FBI investigation of Kavanaugh:" http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/booker-hearing-showed-need-for-fbi-investigation-of-kavanaugh-1332536899672?v=railb&

* "Concern for comity, collegiality moved Flake on FBI concession:" http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/concern-for-comity-collegiality-moved-flake-on-fbi-concession-1332536387717?v=railb&

* "Kavanaugh credibility questioned even before assault accusations:" http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/kavanaugh-credibility-questioned-even-before-assault-accusations-1332536899991?v=railb&

* "Kavanaugh's partisan rage at hearing calls fitness into question:" http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/kavanaugh-s-partisan-rage-at-hearing-calls-fitness-into-question-1332540995673?v=railb&

* "Kavanaugh rant raises questions about his political impartiality:" http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/kavanaugh-rant-raises-questions-about-his-political-impartiality-1332534851612?v=railb&

* "How Jeff Flake's turnaround on Kavanaugh went down:" http://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/how-jeff-flake-s-turnaround-on-kavanaugh-went-down-1332454979741?v=railb&

* "Christine Blasey Ford's family speaks out:" http://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/christine-blasey-ford-s-family-speaks-out-1332464195718?v=railb&

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* Me responding to someone on Tumblr who seemed to not know a really basic thing about how things work:

@champagnebeneaththestars "FBI has no jurisdiction over it...thats why they refused."

You are flat out wrong. The FBI does background checks for judicial nominees all the time. It is literally part of their job. On previous occasions, like the Tower and Thomas confirmation hearings, where more information emerged after the initial hearings, new more focused background investigation was ordered from the FBI to investigate the allegations, after which the hearings were reopened.

This is the normal procedure in cases like this. Either the President or the Congress can order the FBI to do more background checks. The judiciary committee could also hire an independent non-partisan investigator. Republicans are refusing to do allow of those things even though that is the normal precedent.

Every time you hear a Republican politician claim FBI doesn’t do background checks, they are lying. Chuck Grassley was on the Judiciary Committee during the Anita Hill/Clarence Thomas Hearings in which the FBI did exactly the sort of background check we are asking for. He is lying and he knows he is lying every time he says the FBI doesn’t do background checks.

UPDATE: Flake and Murkowski have joined the Democrats in wanting an FBI Background check, and the FBI now has a week to investigate the allegations.

Which is AGAIN literally part of their job.

* We are making progress! Please, please, please if you can manage it, contact your Senators to get them to fight the Kavanaugh nomination. This is geometrically more important if you have a centrist Democrat like Joe Manchin, Doug Jones, and Heidi Heitkamp (Donnelly and Tester are now no on Kavanaugh. If you are a constituent, consider thanking them for doing the right thing.); or Republicans like. You may want to contact Chuck Schumer and ask him to whip the Democrats so as to get them to stand in united opposition. If you have Tim Scott, Marco Rubio, Bob Corker, Jeff Flake, Susan Collins, or Lisa Murkowski, please keep calling to ask them to vote no. Jeff Flake, Susan Collins, and Lisa Murkowski remain the best bets, so please keep the pressure on them! Flake and Murkowski have joined the Democrats in demanding an FBI Background check, and the FBI now has a week to investigate the allegations, so there is still time to make your voice heard!

Protest in person if you can, but if you can’t, here are some other options:

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

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

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

* The descriptions of Kavanaugh in High School and college are all too painfully familiar to me. I'm going to talk about sexual harassment, attempted rape, and rape under the cut.

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* "'I was shot in a cash-in-transit heist':" https://www.bbc.com/news/av/world-africa-45260751/attacks-on-cash-handling-vehicles-surge-in-south-africa

* "Australia's Child Refugees Are Suffering A Rare Psychological Illness Where They Withdraw From The World:" https://www.buzzfeed.com/amphtml/lanesainty/australias-child-refugees-are-being-diagnosed-with-swedens?utm_term=.dtzrYEEYz&__twitter_impression=true

* Vaccinate your Damned Kids! "Resurgence of deadly measles blamed on low MMR vaccination rates:" https://www.theguardian.com/society/2018/aug/20/low-mmr-uptake-blamed-for-surge-in-measles-cases-across-europe

* "Thousands Of Muslims Gather In China To Protest Mosque Demolition:" https://www.npr.org/2018/08/10/637449044/thousands-of-muslims-gather-in-china-to-protest-mosque-demolition?utm_source=tumblr.com&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=npr&utm_term=nprnews&utm_content=20180810

* "Facebook uncovers new global misinformation operations:" https://apnews.com/c1581fb125644e6db3e934d5a1c3f993/Facebook-uncovers-new-global-misinformation-operations

* "DNC calls FBI after appearing to thwart hack of its voter database:" https://www.cnn.com/2018/08/22/politics/democratic-national-committee-voter-database/index.html

* "Steven Tyler Sends Trump Cease-and-Desist Letter For Playing Aerosmith:" https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/steven-tyler-sends-trump-cease-and-desist-letter-for-playing-aerosmith-at-rally-714395/

* "Trump Denies Telling Cohen to Pay Off Women, Despite Tape:" https://www.thedailybeast.com/trump-denies-telling-cohen-to-pay-off-women-despite-being-on-tape

* "Attorney: Cohen has incriminating information about Trump:" https://www.politico.com/story/2018/08/22/attorney-cohen-has-incriminating-information-about-trump-791277

* "What Michael Cohen’s Plea and Paul Manafort’s Conviction Mean for Trump and the Mueller Investigation:" https://www.lawfareblog.com/what-michael-cohens-plea-and-paul-manaforts-conviction-mean-trump-and-mueller-investigation

* "Feds: Pro-Trump National Enquirer Schemed With Michael Cohen to Silence Stormy Daniels:" https://www.thedailybeast.com/national-enquirer-david-pecker-dylan-howard-schemed-with-michael-cohen-to-silence-stormy-daniels-prosecutors-say

* "Michael Cohen paid a mysterious tech company $50,000 'in connection with' Trump's campaign:" https://www.cnbc.com/2018/08/22/michael-cohen-paid-a-mysterious-tech-company-50000-in-connection-with-trumps-campaign.html

* "New York state subpoenas Cohen in Trump Foundation probe:" https://apnews.com/72c5c19195f84abfaa42eaffe78d806a

* "New Cohen subpoena could mean new legal trouble for Trump family:" http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/new-cohen-subpoena-could-mean-new-legal-trouble-for-trump-family-1304666179927?v=railb

* "Rep. Maxine Waters on the GOP's corruption culture:" http://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/rep-maxine-waters-on-the-gop-s-corruption-culture-1304593475748?v=railb

* "Sen. Chris Murphy on impeachment and delaying the Kavanaugh hearing:" http://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/sen-chris-murphy-on-impeachment-and-delaying-the-kavanaugh-hearing-1304587843934?v=railb

* "Devin Nunes is using Trump-like "fake news" attacks on the Fresno Bee — and it's working:" https://news.vice.com/en_us/article/wjkazq/devin-nunes-is-using-trump-like-fake-news-attacks-on-the-fresno-bee-and-its-working

* "The First 2 Congressmen To Endorse Trump Have Been Indicted:" https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/trump-duncan-hunter-chris-collins-indictments_us_5b7caf60e4b07295150dd6cb

* "My mom cried as a first year teacher when she realized many of her students were food insecure.:" http://gwydionmisha.tumblr.com/post/177300194442/pacificnorthwestdoodles

* "Why the 2018 prison strike could be "one of the largest" in US history:" https://www.vox.com/2018/8/21/17721874/national-prison-strike-2018-13th-amendment-attica

* TW: Pedophilia. "Catholic Sexual Abuse Crisis Deepens As Authorities Lag In Response:" https://www.npr.org/2018/08/15/638690110/catholic-sexual-abuse-crisis-deepens-as-authorities-lag-in-response?utm_source=tumblr.com&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=npr&utm_term=nprnews&utm_content=20180815

* "Historic Ruling Against Monsanto Finds Company Acted with “Malice” Against Groundskeeper with Cancer:" https://www.democracynow.org/2018/8/14/historic_ruling_against_monsanto_finds_company

* "Sitting Down with QAnon Conspiracy Theorists:"

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* I was meant to pick up my case of emergency protein on Monday, but frankly spaced it and was too tired to go back for it when I remembered later. They called today to ask when I was coming, so I went out into air as thick as fog with smoke particulates to forage and get the food I ordered at month's start. There wasn't even a breath of air off the Bay, which let the smoke pool even here in my neighborhood and the whole town was like an oven. We need rain desperately, though not as bad as they need it where the actual fires are. Fucking climate change! Summers used to be wet and we never had fires like this until a few years ago. Luckily, I carry a few emergency masks in my messenger bag, so I wore one. It was still terrible, and I was coughing by the time I got back. I ended up handing out the other masks I had with me in the forage line to my neighbors. I was only sad I hadn't enough for every one needing them with me. It was not a great forage, but it had the things we were low on, plus a seasonal that is running near the end and I might have missed if I'd waited to Friday. I opted out of the library as I'd gone Monday and the headache, eye irritation, and lung distress were mounting. (As bad as it is here in the Cat Asylum, it is so much worse Downtown.) It think the air quality is making us all stupid, as it was like a lot of people had forgotten how to drive in the foggy conditions this mimics. I did pick up my protein and drop the thing I'd meant to take to the library off at the box near home. I fine sorted two big stacks of things to sell away while doing lungs/waiting for dinner/after dinner. I've hopes of taking comics to sell next week, but to do that I need to finish the fine sort for those boxes.

I am wearing my mask around the apartment except to eat, drink, and lung, and I slept under heavy filtration, which meant no Livia, her still being too scared of the sound the heavy filter makes.

* "A Heartbreakingly Beautiful Ukulele Cover of The Beatles Song ‘While My Guitar Gently Weeps’:" https://laughingsquid.com/ukulele-cover-of-while-my-guitar-gently-weeps/

* A Rom Com I'd actually watch: http://ninemilestogo.tumblr.com/post/177292911861/captainevans-captainevans-captainevans

* "Missing Heads and Creepy Dolls Make for a Scary Elementary Double Feature:" https://www.thefandomentals.com/elementary-6-15-6-16/

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

* "Fires in Greece: how to help:" https://medium.com/@theo.k/fires-in-greece-how-to-help-41ad32fc9232

* Practical ways to protest with scripts. "On the Helsinki summit, election integrity and Mueller:" https://medium.com/@Celeste_pewter/on-the-helsinki-summit-election-integrity-and-mueller-b8ed1acde2c0

* Black Phoenix Alchemy Lab is doing a fundraiser for legal defense of refugee children in ICE detention. https://blackphoenixalchemylab.com/product-category/activism/deliver-them-from-the-hands-of-the-wicked/

* Want to contribute directly to the Refugee and Immigrant Center for Education and Legal Services fund? "Refugee and Immigrant Center for Education and Legal Services:" https://www.raicestexas.org/

* Support Kids at the Border: http://brigdh.tumblr.com/post/175022384240/support-the-kids-at-the-border

This has a call script to help you talk your Republican Senator into voting for the Keep Families Together Act: http://rockinhamburger.tumblr.com/post/175022988673/captacorn-marvelsmostwanted-heres-a-call

* 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

* Have something you want to tell your Congress Critters? 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 swimsuits are being made from an ethical source. LGBTQIA+ swimsuits: https://www.etsy.com/shop/NerdyKeppie?ref=l2-shopheader-name§ion_id=24021616

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

* 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.comn

* "Pakistan PM Nawaz Sharif resigns after Panama Papers verdict :" http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-40750671

* "US hits Nicolás Maduro with sanctions after Venezuela's 'sham' election:" https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/jul/31/us-venezuela-sanctions-nicolas-maduro

* "What's Happening in Venezuela:" http://s-leary.tumblr.com/post/163656197610/whats-happening-in-venezuela-long-post-but

* "Kenyan election official 'tortured and murdered' as fears of violence grow:" https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/jul/31/kenyan-election-official-christopher-msando-dead-before-national-vote

* "Trump drafted Jr's misleading collusion e-mail statement: WaPo:"

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* You know what would be simpler than the fixes ACA they are planning? Let people and employers buy into medicare, thus solving the escalating premiums, shortage of insurance providers, etc. problems, and adding healthier people to the Medicare pool won't hurt it. We could remove the Bush Era cap on pay in that prevents the wealthy from paying in their share while we are at it.

Of course, Single payer would be dramatically simpler than all these things, but that is like hoping Republicans would suddenly wake up interested in doing what is best for human type people, the economy, the country, the world, etc.. Not happening.

* "Former Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio found guilty of criminal contempt of court:" http://www.azcentral.com/story/news/local/phoenix/2017/07/31/maricopa-county-sheriff-joe-arpaio-found-guilty-criminal-contempt-court/486278001/

* "Teen Girls Stage Incredible Quinceañera Protest at Texas Capitol Against Vile Anti-Immigrant Law:" http://splinternews.com/teen-girls-stage-incredible-quinceanera-protest-at-texa-1797064966

* "Tennessee jails have been shortening sentences for inmates who get vasectomies or birth control implants:" http://www.businessinsider.com/tennessee-jails-offer-vasectomies-for-reduced-sentence-2017-7

* "The Veteran Who Created The Trans Pride Flag Reacts To Trump's Trans Military Ban:" https://www.buzzfeed.com/bransonlb/the-veteran-who-created-the-trans-pride-flag-reacts-to?utm_term=.jrrbW62Mp&bftw=lgbt#.dqjz4MoV5

* "Everything You Need to Know About Judaism’s Saddest Day of the Year:" http://forward.com/culture/jewishness/378359/everything-you-need-to-know-about-judaisms-saddest-day-of-the-year/

* "Noncompete Pacts, Under Siege, Find Haven in Idaho:" https://www.nytimes.com/2017/07/14/business/economy/boise-idaho-noncompete-law.html

* "Nottingham archaeologist uncovers secrets of sunken 'pirate city' in Jamaica:" https://nottstv.com/nottingham-archaeologist-uncovers-secrets-sunken-pirate-city-jamaica/

* "Companies have forgotten how to pay workers fairly — and workers have forgotten what they deserve:" http://www.businessinsider.com/why-cant-americans-get-a-raise-2017-7

* "Scaramucci and Priebus Exit the White House as the Real Problem Remains:"

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* "Trump Thinks Police Brutality Is a Joking Matter:"

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* "Have I ever told the story of how my mom almost died because a giant Gene Simmons burned down her apartment building?:" http://gwydionmisha.tumblr.com/post/163673064792/smallswingshoes-butts-bouncing-on-the-beltway

* "GoT 7×03 The Queen's Justice Liveblog: Attack of the NaCl:" https://www.thefandomentals.com/got-7x03-liveblog/

* Wow, the Cavett interview with Richard Pryor was embarrassing for Dick Cavett. He's doing the classic well meaning white person with examined racial attitudes thinking he's the exception thing. Pryor is brilliant here, turning things back on Cavett. "I don't understand hat you mean," forcing Cavett to explain himself, and thus digging himself in deeper. It's sort of a master class in making the person examine what was wrong with what he just said.

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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/

* 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

* 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

* "The hypocritical Jason Chaffetz:"

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* "Trump likes ex-Goldman Sachs 'foreclosure machine' for Treasury:"

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* "Trump taps health policy extremist for HHS:"

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* "Trump lays out pre-inauguration tour:"

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* "Pence makes Indiana taxpayers part of Trump Carrier jobs plan:"

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* "Donald Trump just hired "one of America's most notorious Islamophobes" :" https://mic.com/articles/159586/donald-trump-adds-notorious-islamophobe-to-his-transition-team?utm_source=policymicTBLR&utm_medium=main&utm_campaign=social#.icqct92Wc

* "Trump has already defeated the news media. And it’s unclear what we can do about it.:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/plum-line/wp/2016/11/28/trump-has-already-defeated-the-news-media-and-its-unclear-what-we-can-do-about-it/?utm_term=.e2a2d3e6bd95

* ""Coastal elites" are in a bubble. So are white working-class Americans.:" http://www.vox.com/identities/2016/11/11/13589118/trump-voters-media-bubble

* "Prospect of Trump presidency raises free speech concerns:"

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* "4 people have died since April in jail run by potential Trump...:"

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* "Mitt Romney Dines with President-Elect Trump:"

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* "Profiles in Tremendousness: Treasury Secretary Nominee Steven Mnuchin:"

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* "Adapting to Donald Trump's Lies:"

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* "Holocaust-Themed Ice Skating in Russia:"

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* All right, Incorporated. You caught me. I'm officially intrigued. Let's see if you can live up to it.

* "A woman makes a deal with the devil… but before signing, she actually reads the contract. She is the first to do so.:" http://caffeinewitchcraft.tumblr.com/post/151903308089/writing-prompt-s-a-woman-makes-a-deal-with-the

* Tony Stark and Steve Rogers discuss the "alt-right:" http://textsfromsuperheroes.com/image/153885834428

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* Suicide Crisis numbers: http://gwydionmisha.tumblr.com/post/153016816845/non-us-crisis-line-list

* Victim of a Hate Crime? Report to the police first, but also report here to help the SPLC track incidents: https://www.splcenter.org/reporthate

* Trans Relief Project: http://transrelief.com/

* "Donate to the SPLC:" https://donate.splcenter.org/sslpage.aspx?pid=463

* General Charities list to help groups being targeted in Trump's America: http://lovingmyselfishard.tumblr.com/post/153111297079/charities-that-may-need-some-love-in-the-upcoming

* Where to donate to help Immigrants: http://colinfirth.tumblr.com/post/152963467726/carecen-la-center-for-community-change

* Ways to protest: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/174f0WBSVNSdcQ5_S6rWPGB3pNCsruyyM_ZRQ6QUhGmo/htmlview?usp=sharing&sle=true#

* More ways to protest "So here’s the deal:" http://the-cimmerians.tumblr.com/post/153516131819/so-heres-the-deal

* "10 ways we can help Standing Rock Indian Reservation.:" http://browngurlwfro.tumblr.com/post/153755459138/dooder-tooder-this-is-a-photo-my-friend-posted

* "List of Standing Rock Resources:" https://laughingacademy.tumblr.com/post/152671392633/list-of-standing-rock-resources

* "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

* 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

* "How to Organize the Largest US Prison Strike Ever … From Inside Prison:" https://www.wired.com/2016/09/endprisonslavery/

* "Sweden’s liberal image is a mirage that hides a very ugly problem:" http://qz.com/516017/sweden-is-not-the-tolerant-raceless-paradise-it-claims-to-be/?utm_source=YPL

* Contains artistic nude images of a trans man, so NWS. TW: Footage of gay bashing. "Ukraine - GAYCATION:" https://www.viceland.com/en_us/video/Ukraine/57c5eb293b9a31982c8b08eb

* "The Obama administration just made a major announcement on the Dakota Access Pipeline:" http://usuncut.com/news/obama-pipeline-announcement/

* Do not read if eating, planing to eat, or are a germaphobe. "5 Horrifying Realities Behind The Scenes Of An Airport:" http://www.cracked.com/personal-experiences-2375-smoking-meth-tarmac-behind-scenes-at-airports.html

* I have no idea how to feel about this. "ROCK SUGAR-Don't Stop The Sandman:"

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* Louisiana is having a major flooding disaster, the worst disaster in this country since Sandy. Want to help? https://www.redcross.org/donate/donation

* "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 "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

* 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.comhttp://www.cnn.com/2016/07/28/asia/indonesia-drug-executions/

* "White supremacists see opportunity in Trump campaign success:"

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* The Secret Service shot a man waving a gun at a white house checkpoint. It was a single shot to the chest, and civilian witnesses are describing events in alignment with law enforcement As of this writing, the man was a alive at the hospital and expected to survive. Preliminary reports suggests attempted suicide by cop.

* "Pfizer decision complicates death-penalty dilemma:" http://swtimes.com/news/state-news/pfizer-decision-complicates-death-penalty-dilemma

* "Prison labor strike in Alabama: ‘We will no longer contribute to our own oppression’:" http://sfbayview.com/2016/05/prison-labor-strike-in-alabama-we-will-no-longer-contribute-to-our-own-oppression/

* "Don’t Blame the Video:" http://www.nytimes.com/2016/05/16/opinion/dont-blame-the-video.html?action=click&pgtype=Homepage&clickSource=story-heading&module=opinion-c-col-left-region®ion=opinion-c-col-left-region&WT.nav=opinion-c-col-left-region&_r=1

* "National Police Violence Map:" http://mappingpoliceviolence.org/

* "Former Death Row Prisoner Moreese Bickham Dies at 98: He Served 37 Years for Killing Klansmen Cops:" http://www.democracynow.org/2016/5/5/former_death_row_prisoner_moreese_bickham

There is still no right to self defense for Black Men in this country. So damned little has changed.

* Rumor control. "Obama Forces All Schools to Make Bathrooms Transgender?:" http://www.snopes.com/obama-transgender-bathrooms/

* "Woman mistaken for transgender harassed in Walmart bathroom:" http://www.newstimes.com/local/article/Woman-mistaken-for-transgender-harassed-in-7471666.php#photo-10075102

* "How The Wrong Verb Meant The Texas GOP Called Most Texans Gay:" http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2016/05/19/478720206/how-the-wrong-verb-meant-the-texas-gop-called-most-texans-gay?utm_source=facebook.com&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=npr&utm_term=nprnews&utm_content=20160519

* "The media is lying about why NC is being sued:" http://www.transadvocate.com/the-media-is-lying-about-why-nc-is-being-sued1_n_15873.htm

* "DC security guard arrested for blocking trans woman from using womens’ restroom:" http://www.rawstory.com/2016/05/d-c-security-guard-arrested-for-blocking-trans-woman-from-using-womens-restroom/

* "The Forgotten Female Action Stars of the 1910s:" http://www.theatlantic.com/entertainment/archive/2016/03/the-forgotten-female-action-stars-of-the-1910s/475635/

* "Heartbreaking Poem Will Strike Anyone With Student Loans to the Core:" https://mic.com/articles/144018/heartbreaking-poem-will-strike-anyone-with-student-loans-to-the-core?utm_source=policymicTBLR&utm_medium=main&utm_campaign=social#.851x0mw6I

* "President Obama's Transgender Bathroom Backlash:"

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* "Exclusive - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau Welcomes Syrian Refugees to Canada:"

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* "Virginia Politician Forgets to Close Out of His Porn:"

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* "Hang On a Minute, News! - Desegregation in Mississippi:"

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* "Super Depressing Deep Dive - The Origins of America's Lead Poisoning Crisis:"

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* A tub test of the long 20 shows the leak is likely not catastrophic, so I'm going to clean, sanitize, and use sealer on it.

* "I enjoy being a girl… sometimes. Sort of.:" https://lettersfromtitan.com/2016/05/13/i-enjoy-being-a-girl-sometimes-sort-of/

* Game of Thrones snarky recap: http://imgur.com/a/C4X2G

* TURN: I never liked Abraham. Now I flat out hate him.

* "Game of Nonsense Week Three: What Even Are The Northern Lords?:" http://www.fandomfollowing.com/4629-2/

* "Here Are All The Ways You Can Help Fort McMurray:" http://www.huffingtonpost.ca/2016/05/04/fort-mcmurray-how-to-help_n_9843774.html?ncid=tweetlnkcahpmg00000002

* 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

* A virulently racist mob at one of Donald trump's Nativist rallies spat on Latino protesters.

* "John Legend: We Must Help Former Prisoners Get Jobs:" http://time.com/4068377/ban-the-box-prison-reform/

* "How Doctors Take Women's Pain Less Seriously:" http://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2015/10/emergency-room-wait-times-sexism/410515/

* The party was excellent, but I left about an hour earlier than I would have as my headache and fever were rising again. I've started Black sails prep and have hopes of posting in the next few days.

* Walking Dead: I haven't much to say about the episode except 1. I think the protein bar thing was in there for the line that went something like "You always think there is one more protein bar left." That line makes sense thematically and serves as a sort of tag for the episode. I'm thinking the actual protein bar wasn't the point at all, but served as an excuse for that line. 2. I like what I've seen of Heath and not just because he's the only cast member better looking than Glenn. I really hope we get to keep both Heath and Morgan. 3. I think Morgan is there to remind Rick of who he used to be and it worries me he'll end up being a magical negro instead of an independent character with an arc of his own. I want him to have arc. I need him to have arc and not just exist for the sake of the white male lead. They weakened comic book Andrea and Tyresse in really annoying ways to defang them for the show. I feel like Michonne's been watered down and her arc submerged. I think I'm going to be furious if they Mammy or T-Dog or Magical Negro Morgan. I'd much rather he emerge as an equal and opposite force to Rick, able to tell him no and restrain him. I'd love if he would over throw him, but given the show's racial agenda, I'm not putting any money on that happening.

Anything else I could say is better said by this review. "Fangs For The Fantasy: The Walking Dead, Season Six, Episode One: First Time Again:" http://www.fangsforthefantasy.com/2015/10/the-walking-dead-season-six-episode-one.html

* I think I am so checked out of Dusk 'til Dawn, I'm giving up. I keep forgetting to pay attention which is never a good sign, and I ended up reading the fangs summary and review while watching the end bit as it was faster and easier. It's incoherent and boring and sexist. I'm out.

* TW: Rape. On the Jamie and Cersei rape scene in ASoIaF vs GoT: http://gotgifsandmusings.tumblr.com/post/131095876692/but-jaime-raped-cersei-in-the-books-too-so-its

* "Fans Try to Free Dobby With Socks at the WB Studio Tour in England:" http://www.themarysue.com/free-dobby-wb-tour/

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

* A list of LGBTQA Charities to donate money to instead of seeing the racist Stonewall Movie that decided to portray a black trans woman activist as a cis white man. 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