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* Headline Writer correctly anticipated my reaction. I'd love if there were progress, but I don't trust easily at this point. "Good news from Yemen! (Seriously.):" https://www.politico.com/newsletters/national-security-daily/2022/06/09/good-news-from-yemen-seriously-00037083

* "In Yemen, child soldiering continues despite Houthi promise:" https://apnews.com/article/politics-middle-east-sanaa-houthis-religion-5e62561f8070441412ed52d222c950e3

* "Brazil police: Items owned by missing men found in Amazon:" https://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/backpack-laptop-found-pair-missing-amazon-85348983

* "Brazil: Suspect confesses to killing pair missing in Amazon:" https://apnews.com/article/caribbean-brazil-arrests-e0ea11382304677fa152d2e40268a49b

* "A British journalist's remains have been found in Brazil's Amazon, police say:" https://www.npr.org/2022/06/17/1105997564/british-journalist-remains-found-brazil-amazon

* "Nigerian Officials Say Terror Group ISWAP Behind Church Massacre:" https://www.voanews.com/a/nigerian-authorities-say-terror-group-iswap-responsible-for-church-massacre-/6612480.html

* "French far-left firebrand puts Macron’s majority on the line in parliamentary vote:" https://www.politico.eu/article/gains-for-france-hard-left-in-parliamentary-election-first-round/

* "Colombia's police on highest alert over election violence:" https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/colombias-police-highest-alert-over-election-violence-2022-06-15/

* "UK govt orders Julian Assange's extradition; appeal planned:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/uk-govt-approves-extradition-of-assange-appeal-possible/2022/06/17/68f518c4-ee1f-11ec-9f90-79df1fb28296_story.html

* "U.K. vows more Rwanda deportation flights after legal setback:" https://www.npr.org/2022/06/15/1105161913/u-k-cancels-first-flight-to-deport-asylum-seekers-to-rwanda

* "Congo official: Rwanda will have war if it wants war:" https://apnews.com/article/politics-africa-rwanda-uganda-e367c565d85e855f0b65d511c7bc8352

* "Congolese soldier killed in Rwanda, fighting with rebels picks up:" https://www.reuters.com/world/africa/congo-soldier-shot-dead-rwanda-anger-flares-body-returned-2022-06-17/

* "Scraps of stale bread are keeping Afghans alive:" https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-61805862

* "Danish-Canadian deal ends 49-year-old feud over Arctic isle:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/danish-canadian-deal-ends-49-year-old-feud-over-arctic-isle/2022/06/14/96921d18-ebc7-11ec-9f90-79df1fb28296_story.html

* "China Says It Has 'Zero Tolerance' for Racism Amid Malawi Fallout:" https://www.voanews.com/a/china-says-it-has-zero-tolerance-for-racism-amid-malawi-fallout-/6620798.html

* "How North Korea Cheats Their Sanctions for Absurd Profit:"

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* "Beijing warns of 'explosive' COVID outbreak, Shanghai conducts mass testing:" https://www.reuters.com/world/china/china-reports-new-210-covid-cases-june-10-vs-151-day-earlier-2022-06-11/

* "The FDA authorizes COVID-19 shots for infants and preschoolers:" https://www.npr.org/2022/06/17/1105983004/fda-children-infants-covid-vaccine

* Sigh. "Florida only state not preordering toddler COVID-19 vaccines:" https://apnews.com/article/covid-health-florida-karine-jean-pierre-6b3272b50364855a58a5503aaf932b19

* "Fauci tests positive for virus, has mild COVID-19 symptoms:" https://apnews.com/article/biden-covid-science-health-infectious-diseases-c7773126776fe1ecaec8fb4a347544e7

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* "Leaders pledge arms and EU path for Ukraine in Kyiv visit:" https://apnews.com/article/eu-leaders-visit-ukraine-515075496ed9d6cfe3e4acde23b52f8e

* "Sanctions are hitting hard enough to hurt Russia, if not stop it:" https://www.theguardian.com/business/2022/jun/11/sanctions-are-hitting-hard-enough-to-hurt-russia-if-not-stop-it

* "Pope blasts Russian 'cruelty,' lauds Ukrainian 'heroism':" https://apnews.com/article/russia-ukraine-pope-francis-religion-nato-6e7e47890b64884ce5330bbfa39e8aea

* "Tough Questions for West as Ukraine Cities Teeter:" https://www.nytimes.com/2022/06/12/world/europe/ukraine-russia-war-eu.html

* "Russia is now in control of much of Severodonetsk, the epicenter of the battle for Ukraine's eastern Donbas region:" https://www.cnn.com/2022/06/11/europe/severodonetsk-control-mariupol-deaths-russia-ukraine-intl/index.html

* "Russia likely to seize all of Luhansk in coming weeks, U.S. official says:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2022/06/11/ukraine-war-russia-luhansk/

* "Lysychansk bombarded by Russian artillery:" https://www.bbc.com/news/av/world-europe-61774948

* "Zelenskiy says the battle for Sievierodonetsk is taking a ‘terrifying’ toll on Ukraine:" https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2022/jun/13/russia-ukraine-war-russia-committed-war-crimes-in-kharkiv-amnesty-alleges-evacuation-routes-destroyed-in-sievierodonetsk-live

* "Ukraine war: Every bridge leading to key city Severodonetsk destroyed:" https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-61786949

* "Ukraine war: Thousands of civilians trapped in Severodonetsk:" https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-61816749

* "Lysychansk: Russia erasing history in Ukraine's 'dead city':" https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-61785806

* "Air strike kills four civilians in Ukraine's Lysychansk, more feared trapped- governor:" https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/air-strike-kills-four-civilians-ukraines-lysychansk-more-feared-trapped-governor-2022-06-16/

* "Russia makes ‘marginal gains’ near Severodonetsk:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2022/06/18/russia-ukraine-war-putin-news-live-updates/

* "Ukraine's 'unicorn' LGBTQ soldiers head for war:" https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/ukraines-unicorn-lgbtq-soldiers-head-war-2022-05-31/

* "On the edge of embattled twin cities, an uncovered mass grave for civilians grows.:" https://www.nytimes.com/2022/06/16/world/europe/lysychansk-sievierodonetsk-ukraine-civilian-deaths.html

* "Russian army ramps up recruitment as steep casualties thin the ranks:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2022/06/16/russia-military-army-soldiers-recruitment/

* "What Relatives of Russian Troops Killed in Ukraine Think About the “Special Military Operation”:" https://slate.com/technology/2022/06/russian-soldiers-ukraine-families.html

* "Kremlin crackdown on dissent targets the Russians protesting Ukraine war:" https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/russians-opposed-war-ukraine-face-battle-kremlins-crackdown-anti-war-p-rcna29981

* "Ukraine's besieged farmers fear war-time harvest 'hell':" https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/ukraines-besieged-farmers-fear-war-time-harvest-hell-2022-06-14/

* "Farmers in Odesa sound alarm over blockade: ‘It’s a question of survival’:" https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/may/30/we-need-to-lift-the-blockade-ukraine-farmers-unable-to-export-grain

* "War isn't funny but humor helps Ukrainians cope with trauma:" https://apnews.com/article/russia-ukraine-kyiv-comedy-clubs-6c9ccdf5ee098cd22eaeffe7c811da69

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* "US has not fully investigated own role in Yemen human rights abuses, watchdog finds:" https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2022/jun/15/us-yemen-human-rights-abuses-gao-watchdog

* "Charter business thrives as US-expelled Haitians flee Haiti:" https://apnews.com/article/covid-health-travel-caribbean-2e5f32f8781a06e74ef7ea7ec639785f

* "Biden seeks to counter 'legislative attacks' on LGBTQ rights:" https://apnews.com/article/biden-congress-government-and-politics-gender-identity-82982ffff0c91415e29f1bb08a5c2f8c

* "Joe Biden applauded for finally taking action on anti-LGBTQ+ bills:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2022/06/16/joe-biden-lgbtq-executive-order-2/

* "Court rejects Trump-era EPA finding that weed killer safe:" https://apnews.com/article/health-climate-and-environment-government-politics-cancer-e1d47c554bc97537880f22c26c2eb229

* "Recession fears grow as Dow closes below 30,000 and mortgage rates spike:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2022/06/16/stocks-today-fed-rate-hike/

* Don't hold your breath. "Expert reveals what President Biden and the Democrats can do about gas prices:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-reidout/watch/president-biden-and-the-democrats-attempt-to-address-rising-gas-prices-142213189558

* "This CNN Hero solves an often invisible problem by providing 'Undies for Everyone':" https://www.cnn.com/2022/06/09/us/texas-rabbi-underwear-dignity-cnnheroes/index.html

* "The Self Made Myth: Why You’ll Never Be a Billionaire:"

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* "Inside the Blockade of Joe Manchin's Coal Profits:"

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* "Mehdi Hasan: How on Earth is Ted Cruz still in the Senate?:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/mehdi-hasan-how-on-earth-is-ted-cruz-still-in-the-senate-142372421586

* "Senate negotiators announce a deal on guns, breaking logjam:" https://apnews.com/article/gun-laws-senate-bipartisan-agreement-59d553f3d1e35fdbe4930e4341e74efb

* ""If any measure can be taken to save one more life, isn't it worth it?":" https://www.msnbc.com/the-sunday-show/watch/-if-any-measure-can-be-taken-to-save-one-more-life-isn-t-it-worth-it-141967941808

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

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

Here is one that will send your reps a fax: https://resist.bot/

* "Competitive congressional districts are on the decline. New Hampshire bucks the trend:" https://www.npr.org/2022/06/10/1104025539/new-hampshire-redistricting-competitive-districts-sununu

* "Court blocks Louisiana congressional map saying it suppresses Black voters:" https://www.axios.com/2022/06/06/louisiana-redistricting-map-voting-black

* "The Texas Plan:" https://solarbird.dreamwidth.org/1837932.html

* "Election standoff ends in New Mexico county after false fraud claims threw primary certification into question:" https://www.cnn.com/2022/06/17/politics/new-mexico-primary-results-otero-county-certification/index.html

* "New Mexico county commissioner who refuses to certify recent election results sentenced for role in January 6 attack:" https://www.cnn.com/2022/06/17/politics/couy-griffin-capitol-riot-new-mexico-plea/index.html

* "El Paso County coroner race: Candidates lay out priorities, experience:" https://gazette.com/elections/el-paso-county-coroner-race-candidates-lay-out-priorities-experience/article_d73ce9fe-dc56-11ec-8135-373c1a8f3b89.html

* "Election Deniers Are Everywhere — Including Your Local Races:" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3k9SsCxcLEE

* "Game Over for the Log Cabin Republicans:" https://solarbird.dreamwidth.org/1837738.html

* "Lesser-known candidates struggle for spotlight in Missouri Senate primaries • Missouri Independent:" https://missouriindependent.com/2022/06/13/lesser-know-candidates-struggle-for-spotlight-in-missouri-senate-primaries/

* "Rep. Karen Bass joins Jonathan Capehart to discuss L.A. mayoral race:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-sunday-show/watch/rep-karen-bass-joins-jonathan-capehart-to-discuss-l-a-mayoral-race-141968965651

* "Florida GOP Candidate’s Bisexual Daughter Slams Mom in Viral Video:" https://www.advocate.com/politics/2022/5/25/florida-gop-candidates-bisexual-daughter-slams-mom-viral-video

* "Mike Lee weathers intraparty attacks at Utah GOP debate:" https://apnews.com/article/2022-midterm-elections-campaigns-utah-mike-lee-mitt-romney-d6ec17c00386377e8cb416df492ca863

* "'Far too late': Judge dismisses Brnovich's complaint against Hobbs over Arizona elections manual:" https://www.azcentral.com/story/news/politics/elections/2022/06/17/arizona-judge-rules-secretary-state-katie-hobbs-over-attorney-general-mark-brnovich-elections-manual/7666518001/

* I had a fascinating poll Saturday. My best guess is it was Republican funded for the August primary by the party rather than a particular candidate. From the questions, they were clearly trying to figure out how much sway Drumpf still has, and what part of him still appeals if any. This being a blue state, where they are running against a Democratic Incumbent, there are four republicans representing a wide range. (We have two non-November elections: the smaller one I voted in months ago, and the August one. They are open Primaries and the too two go on the November ballot. It's all mail in and not a hassle). They had a whole section that seemed to be gauging the popularity of pro-Russian invasion extremist candidates vs. more moderate ones.

It was the most interesting poll I've taken in years and was worth Tavy and I being startled awake for.

* "Trumpism and election lies are spreading, plus 2 more takeaways from Tuesday's races:" https://www.npr.org/2022/06/15/1105201132/nevada-south-carolina-primaries-takeaways-trump-laxalt-rice-mace-marchant

* "5 takeaways from Tuesday's elections in South Carolina, Nevada, Texas, Maine and North Dakota:" https://www.cnn.com/2022/06/15/politics/nevada-south-carolina-primary-takeaways/index.html

* "Black Gay Candidates Make History With Primary Wins in Texas:" https://www.advocate.com/politics/2022/5/25/black-gay-candidates-make-history-primary-wins-texas

* "Lesbian Jamie McLeod-Skinner Wins Congressional Primary in Oregon:" https://www.advocate.com/politics/2022/5/27/lesbian-jamie-mcleod-skinner-wins-congressional-primary-oregon

* "Trump gets a split decision in South Carolina as Rice is beaten, while Mace survives:" https://www.npr.org/2022/06/14/1105009105/south-carolina-rice-fry-mace-arrington-trump-endorsements

* "Democrats are voting in GOP primaries. Did they sink Madison Cawthorn?:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2022/06/16/democrats-republicans-primaries-georgia-colorado-voting/

* "America’s Coming Age of Instability:" https://www.foreignaffairs.com/articles/united-states/2022-01-20/americas-coming-age-instability

* "The Road to Trump Began With Reaganomics & the Loss of the Middle Class, Economist Says:" https://today.duke.edu/2019/01/road-trump-began-reaganomics-loss-middle-class-economist-says

* "The definition of truth:" https://solarbird.dreamwidth.org/1837157.html

* "Sen. Warnock asks ‘all remain vigilant’ as America grapples with Jan. 6:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-reidout/watch/jan-6-and-his-new-book-discussed-by-sen-raphael-warnock-142297669985

* "Donald Trump to testify in New York investigation into his business practices:" https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2022/jun/08/donald-trump-testify-investigation-children-new-york-ag

* "Key Trump lawyer sought presidential pardon after effort to overturn election failed:" https://www.politico.com/news/2022/06/16/jan-6-panel-trump-pressure-campaign-pence-00039996

* "DOJ criminally investigating plan for alternate Trump electors with focus on lawyers, report says:" https://www.cnbc.com/2022/06/16/doj-criminally-investigating-plan-for-alternate-trump-electors-.html

* "New email reinforces Trump team saw ‘wild’ Jan. 6 unrest as leverage:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2022/06/16/eastman-chesebro-emails-january-6/

* "Panel sharpens focus on Trump's 'crazy' Jan. 6 plan:" https://apnews.com/article/capitol-siege-donald-trump-crime-presidential-elections-cdc64a3de7950e6f3291851b3c5d9b1a

* "It seems Eastman knew his plan was unconstitutional, illegal, unprecedented:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-reidout/watch/testimony-confirms-eastman-plan-to-reject-election-results-was-unconstitutional-142298181811

* "There were no heroes in the Trump administration on Jan. 6:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2022/06/17/no-heroes-trump-administration-january-6/

* "Rep. Loudermilk should be ‘affirmatively sharing all the information he can’ expert says:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-reidout/watch/jan-6-committee-tells-rep-loudermilk-man-he-gave-house-office-buildings-tour-to-threatened-democratic-lawmakers-142212165761

* "Jan. 6 panel calls Ginni Thomas to testify:" https://www.politico.com/news/2022/06/16/jan-6-panel-leaders-prepare-to-call-ginni-thomas-00040208

* "Rep. Ilhan Omar continues to call for Justice Thomas’ impeachment:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/rep-ilhan-omar-continues-to-call-for-justice-thomas-impeachment-142369861975

* "Chris Hayes: How ‘Team Normal’ enabled Trump and his Big Lie:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/chris-hayes-how-team-normal-enabled-trump-and-his-big-lie-142126661873

* "Rep. Raskin on William Barr: Just telling the truth doesn't make you a hero:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-reidout/watch/jan-6-hearings-with-top-trump-aides-allies-providing-damning-evidence-discussed-by-rep-raskin-142132293914

* "Legal expert on why he believes Trump understood his actions were ‘illegal and corrupt’:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-reidout/watch/trump-reportedly-pushing-doj-to-support-false-claims-election-was-stolen-discussed-by-legal-politics-experts-142133829675

* "Proud Boys document shows detailed Jan. 6 plan to occupy government buildings:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/proud-boys-document-shows-detailed-jan-6-plan-to-occupy-government-buildings-142205509603

* "Anti-vaccine doctor sentenced to prison for Jan. 6 trespassing:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2022/06/16/simone-gold-sentenced/

* "Patriot Front Member’s Mom: ‘Pack Your Stuff and Get Out’:" https://www.thedailybeast.com/pack-your-stuff-and-get-out-of-my-house-says-patriot-front-members-mom

* "'Enough is enough': Thousands demand new gun safety laws:" https://apnews.com/article/congress-parkland-florida-school-shooting-gun-violence-shootings-public-opinion-06cd760edf8977716dba0c2b157a1a91

* This is a terrible idea. "Ohio’s new concealed carry law takes effect this week: What both sides are saying:" https://www.daytondailynews.com/crime/ohios-new-concealed-carry-law-takes-effect-this-week-what-both-sides-are-saying/WI6ERBQ3WZFNXK4Y7SGFKXODR4/

* "How We Can Stop Racist, Anti-LGBTQ+ White Supremacist Rage:" https://www.advocate.com/commentary/2022/5/24/how-we-can-stop-racist-anti-lgbtq-white-supremacist-rage

* "Police Fatally Shoot Armed Man at Duncanville Field House; Campers Unharmed:" https://www.nbcdfw.com/news/local/watch-gunfire-reported-outside-duncanville-field-house-campers-moved-to-rec-center/2990942/

* "Church shooting suspect was warned by ATF about missing guns:" https://www.al.com/news/2022/06/church-shooting-suspect-was-licensed-gun-dealer-warned-by-federal-agents-about-missing-guns.html

* "A Woman Who Spent Years Telling Sandy Hook Parents Their Kids Were Never Killed Explains Why She Did It:" https://slate.com/human-interest/2022/06/shooting-school-texas-uvalde-sandy-hook-conspiracy.html

* "Texas shooting records could be blocked by legal loophole:" https://apnews.com/article/uvalde-school-shooting-investigation-legal-loophole-68215709d6ee722466d225b7013cdec1

* "Why Black people are afraid of ‘crazy’ White people:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-sunday-show/watch/why-black-people-are-afraid-of-crazy-white-people-141968453716

* "Buffalo Is Still Reeling From Racist Massacre:"

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* "Supreme Court rejects AG Brnovich's effort to restore Trump-era 'green-card' rule:" https://tucson.com/news/government-and-politics/supreme-court-rejects-ag-brnovichs-effort-to-restore-trump-era-green-card-rule/article_aa194a8a-ecc3-11ec-9b30-47e55b72c8ed.html

* CW: Suicide "Entertainment Media's History of Mistreating Young Women:"

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* CW: Domestic Violence "If I go back to Iran, my husband will kill me:" https://www.bbc.com/news/av/world-middle-east-61722849

* CW: Rape. "Former Myers Park HS student sues district for failing to prevent her sex assault:" https://www.wsoctv.com/news/local/former-myers-park-hs-student-sues-district-failing-prevent-her-sex-assault/IA7WMO3CTNEGFM4AFH5M32NS5E/

* CW: Sexual Assault "Inside the Alleged Sexual Assault Cover Up in Charlotte Schools:"

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* CW: Rape. "New SBC President commits to move sex abuse reforms forward:" https://www.newsobserver.com/news/business/article262549262.html

* CW: Sexual Assault. "His lawyer says Kevin Spacey strenuously denies sex charges:" https://www.npr.org/2022/06/16/1105458176/kevin-spacey-denies-sex-charges-bail

* CW: Sexual Assault. "Former Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein faces two indecent assault charges in UK:" https://www.cnn.com/2022/06/08/uk/uk-cps-harvey-weinstein-charged-intl-gbr/index.html

* I support the right of women to wear whatever the fuck they want. "French burkini ban challenged by Grenoble in top court:" https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-61796421

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* "Lawmakers urge Google to fix abortion searches suggesting ‘fake clinics’:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/2022/06/18/google-abortion-clinic-searches-fake/

* "Abortion rights advocates blockade intersections near Supreme Court:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2022/06/13/abortion-rights-protest-supreme-court/

* "Florida abortion ban violates Jews' religious freedom, lawsuit says:" https://www.reuters.com/world/us/florida-abortion-ban-violates-jews-religious-freedom-lawsuit-says-2022-06-14/

* "Wyoming authorities search for a suspect believed to have set an abortion clinic on fire :" https://www.cnn.com/2022/06/11/us/casper-wyoming-abortion-clinic-arson/index.html

* "Supreme Court: Rifts divide abortion views in Mississippi:" https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-61803062

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* "Gay man stabbed to death because he wanted to use the men's bathroom:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2022/06/17/gay-man-killed-south-africa-bathroom-emmanuel-mouers/

* "Lesbian Murdered & Her Body Mutilated in Alleged Hate Crime:" https://www.advocate.com/crime/2022/5/31/lesbian-murdered-her-body-mutilated-alleged-hate-crime

* CW: Child Abuse "Teen Savagely Beaten by Uncle for Wearing Rainbow Bandanna:" https://www.advocate.com/crime/2022/5/23/teen-savagely-beaten-uncle-wearing-rainbow-bandana

* "Labour and Tory MPs unite to demand trans conversion therapy ban:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2022/06/13/trans-conversion-therapy-ban-debate/

* "Indian royal knows exactly what he'd say to Liz Truss about conversion therapy:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2022/06/15/indian-royal-amar-singh-conversion-therapy-liz-truss/

* "Gay Couple Attacked & Beaten for Cuddling Are Now Afraid to Leave Home:" https://www.advocate.com/crime/2022/5/20/gay-couple-attacked-beaten-cuddling-are-now-afraid-leave-home

* "Children: The Victims of Broken, Bigoted, and Useless Laws and Rulings:" https://www.advocate.com/commentary/2022/5/25/children-victims-broken-bigoted-and-useless-laws-and-rulings

* "Oklahoma Governor Signs Anti-Trans 'Bathroom Bill' Into Law:" https://www.advocate.com/transgender/2022/5/26/oklahoma-governor-signs-anti-trans-bathroom-bill-law

* "Arizona Dept. of Education Attacked Over Resources for LGBTQ+ Students:" https://www.advocate.com/news/2022/5/26/arizona-dept-education-attacked-over-resources-lgbtq-students

* "Right-wing extremists ramp up anti-LGBTQ hate:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/right-wing-extremists-ramp-up-anti-lgbtq-hate-142206533870

* "How ‘Don’t Say Gay’ Diminishes Same-Sex Parents and Their Children:" https://www.nytimes.com/2022/06/16/learning/dont-say-gay-parents-children.html

* "Ron DeSantis’s drag show comments foretell a vile trend:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2022/06/13/ron-desantis-weaponize-child-protective-services-over-drag-shows/

* "Lesbian Mom Removed From Child's Birth Certificate Fights Ruling:" https://www.advocate.com/news/2022/5/23/lesbian-mom-oklahoma-removed-childs-birth-certificate-fights-ruling

* "Mass. Senate Passes Bill Benefiting Victims of 'Don't Ask, Don't Tell':" https://www.advocate.com/news/2022/5/26/massachusetts-state-senate-passes-bill-benefiting-victims-dont-ask-dont-tell

* "Judge: Tennessee Can't Require Warnings on Trans-Inclusive Restrooms:" https://www.advocate.com/law/2022/5/19/judge-tennessee-cant-require-warnings-trans-inclusive-restrooms

* "Same-Sex Marriage Is Supported by More Americans Than Ever Before:" https://www.advocate.com/news/2022/6/01/same-sex-marriage-supported-more-americans-ever

* How to help Queer a youth center bigots burned: https://www.gofundme.com/f/warehouse-505-rebuild-after-fire-damage

* "Drag Queen Story Hour Isn't Going Anywhere -- But It's Getting Serious About Safety:" https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-news/drag-queen-story-hour-proud-boy-safety-1368900/

* "Ellensburg High School takes precaution against threats towards LGBTQ+ students:" https://cwuobserver.com/22140/news/ellensburg-high-school-takes-precaution-against-threats-towards-lgbtq-students/

* "A Gay Oral Roberts University Graduate's Painful Story:" https://www.advocate.com/commentary/2022/5/26/gay-oral-roberts-university-graduates-painful-story

* The Christians are calling for genocide again. "Pastor Who Wants Death Penalty for Gays Rails Against Pride Month:" https://www.advocate.com/pride/2022/5/27/texas-pastor-jonathan-shelley-who-wants-death-penalty-gays-rails-against-pride-month

* "Trans cyclist Emily Bridges speaks out after new rules bar her from racing:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2022/06/17/emily-bridges-trans-cycling-rules/

* "Meet Our 50+ Champions of Pride From Around the U.S. for 2022:" https://www.advocate.com/exclusives/2022/6/02/meet-our-50-champions-pride-around-us-2022

* We weren't imaging it. "Largest study to date confirms overlap between autism and gender diversity:" https://www.spectrumnews.org/news/largest-study-to-date-confirms-overlap-between-autism-and-gender-diversity/

* CW: Disordered Eating "Optavia: The Truth About the MLM Diet That's Dangerous:"

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* "Authors Behaving badly: Baycon edition:" http://shelfreflections.com/authors-behaving-badly-baycon-edition/?fbclid=IwAR0Vv9cwD5BGD0TGv6T_GqGekflNbAZsJWjmsCy8t05gCDc0XPptaacLFSI

* "Dolly Parton donated $1 million to help fund the fight against infectious diseases in children:" https://abc11.com/dolly-parton-vanderbilt-university-medical-center-disease-research-covid-vaccine/11961832/

* "Covid is making flu and other common viruses act in unfamiliar ways:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/2022/06/13/covid-flu-rsv-viruses/

* CW: Suicide. "Africa Daily, Does Kenya’s police force have a problem with suicide?:" https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p0cbps6s

* "Falklands War: 'I thought I was the only one like this':" https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-61787269

* "Canada Moves to Decriminalize Possession of ‘Hard’ Drugs:" https://www.wired.com/story/canada-moves-to-decriminalize-possession-of-hard-drugs/

* I am angry and have a lot of questions. "Parents say calls came too late after children drank floor sealant at Juneau summer school:" https://www.ktoo.org/2022/06/15/juneau-summer-school-floor-sealant-parent-calls/

* "A 3D printed human ear has been successfully transplanted in a world-first:" https://interestingengineering.com/3d-printed-human-ear-transplanted

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* "Spain and southern France hit by second extreme heat event of year:" https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/jun/13/spain-and-southern-france-hit-by-second-extreme-heat-event-of-year

* "India Isn’t Ready for a Deadly Combination of Heat and Humidity:" https://www.wired.com/story/india-deadly-combination-heat-humidity/

* "Deaths of 3 women in early heat wave raise questions, fears:" https://apnews.com/article/politics-chicago-heat-waves-climate-and-environment-a654df09a9598220bd5978e4f6dce4cb

* "Qatar accused of under-reporting heat deaths:" https://www.bbc.com/news/av/world-middle-east-61711468

* "Spain battles wildfires as it swelters in heatwave:" https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/spain-battles-wildfires-it-swelters-heatwave-2022-06-18/

* "Flagstaff wildfire forces evacuations, steadily grows:" https://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/flagstaff-wildfire-forces-evacuations-steadily-grows-85350021

* "Record flooding and mudslides force closure of Yellowstone national park:" https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2022/jun/13/yellowstone-national-park-closure-flooding-mudslides

* "Yellowstone flooding forces 10,000 to leave national park:" https://apnews.com/article/floods-travel-montana-obituaries-evacuations-3753caa39435d9f3f45d8b582381a0c6

* "New satellite imagery shows flooding in Yellowstone altered the river's course:" https://www.cnn.com/2022/06/16/weather/yellowstone-flood-satellite-before-and-after/index.html

* "From the Field: Ethiopia’s worst drought threatens ‘deadly consequences’ for women:" https://news.un.org/en/story/2022/06/1119512

* "'Only God can help': Hundreds die as Somalia faces famine:" https://apnews.com/article/russia-ukraine-covid-health-africa-84b52bd508b9aa7a01a7976423d67a27

* "Key US baby formula plant closes again as ‘torrential storms’ cause flooding:" https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2022/jun/16/us-baby-formula-plant-closes-again-flooding-abbott

* "Global food crisis looms as fertilizer supplies dwindle:" https://www.nationalgeographic.com/environment/article/global-food-crisis-looms-as-fertilizer-supplies-dwindle

* "The U.S. Drought Situation Is Getting Increasingly Desperate:" https://gizmodo.com/the-u-s-drought-situation-is-getting-increasingly-desp-1849022991

* "A drought so bad it exposed a long-ago homicide. Getting the water back will be harder than ever:" https://www.latimes.com/environment/story/2022-05-06/climate-change-makes-it-harder-to-get-water-needed-to-end-california-megadrought

* "As California's big cities fail to rein in their water use, rural communities are already tapped out:" https://www.cnn.com/2022/06/05/us/california-rural-groundwater-crisis-climate/index.html

* "Drought-stricken US warned of looming 'dead pool':" https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-61669233

* "As the Great Salt Lake Dries Up, Utah Faces An ‘Environmental Nuclear Bomb’:" https://www.nytimes.com/2022/06/07/climate/salt-lake-city-climate-disaster.html

* "Joshua Tree park closes trail so bighorn sheep can get water:" https://apnews.com/article/travel-trees-national-parks-9dd197db1ae2876ec1783535864e3696

* "UN: Climate shocks, war fuel multiple looming food crises:" https://apnews.com/article/russia-ukraine-covid-politics-health-db55f62bceef70e7cb06f5395563f7be

* "The banks collapsed in 2008 – and our food system is about to do the same:" https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2022/may/19/banks-collapsed-in-2008-food-system-same-producers-regulators

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* "Energy Crisis Makes Green Transition an ‘Unprecedented Challenge’:" https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-05-24/energy-crisis-makes-transition-an-unprecedented-challenge

* "Plastic Recycling Doesn’t Work and Will Never Work:" https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2022/05/single-use-plastic-chemical-recycling-disposal/661141/

* "How does the land use of different electricity sources compare?:" https://ourworldindata.org/land-use-per-energy-source

* "Slow water: can we tame urban floods by going with the flow?:" https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2022/jun/07/slow-water-urban-floods-drought-china-sponge-cities

* "Foaming at the mouth: the superworms making a meal of polystyrene waste:" https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2022/jun/10/foaming-at-the-mouth-the-superworms-making-a-meal-of-polystyrene-waste

* "Why We Won't Raise Our Kids in Suburbia:"

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* "When Cars Kill:" https://www.newyorker.com/news/our-local-correspondents/when-cars-kill-pedestrians

* "Judge gives initial OK to $1B deal in Florida condo collapse:" https://apnews.com/article/miami-florida-surfside-building-collapse-8a963a33562a041e011baf0da7fe871c

* "Supreme Court blocks Texas law on social media ‘censorship’:" https://www.politico.com/news/2022/05/31/texas-social-media-censorship-scotus-00036146

* "The U.S. Army’s Best Recruitment Tool Was a Video Game:"

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* "Firefox and Chrome are squaring off over ad-blocker extensions:" https://www.theverge.com/2022/6/10/23131029/mozilla-ad-blocking-firefox-google-chrome-privacy-manifest-v3-web-request

* "Regulators receive more than 750 complaints of faulty braking in Teslas:" https://www.pbs.org/newshour/nation/regulators-receive-more-than-750-complaints-of-faulty-braking-in-teslas

* "Facebook fails again to detect hate speech in ads:" https://abcnews.go.com/Technology/wireStory/facebook-fails-detect-hate-speech-ads-85282119

* "EU lawmakers endorse ban on combustion-engine cars in 2035:" https://apnews.com/article/climate-european-parliament-union-and-environment-336524fead81e58eb755ba004880f201

* "One plug and done: E.U. to require common way to charge phones:" https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/tech-news/one-plug-done-eu-require-common-way-charge-phones-rcna32282

* "India's mysterious gateway to the stars:" https://www.bbc.com/travel/article/20220530-jantar-mantar-indias-mysterious-gateway-to-the-stars

* "European star survey reveals celestial treasure trove:" https://apnews.com/article/science-business-3bf3e0a3e0c18cfd18397a8dc22b50cd

* "Reshuffled Rivers Bolster the Amazon’s Hyper-Biodiversity:" https://www.quantamagazine.org/reshuffled-rivers-bolster-the-amazons-hyper-biodiversity-20220607/

* "Plants Appear to Be Breaking Biochemistry Rules by Making 'Secret Decisions':" https://www.sciencealert.com/plants-are-making-decisions-about-how-much-carbon-to-release-breaking-biochemistry-rules

* "World's largest plant is a vast seagrass meadow in Australia:" https://abcnews.go.com/Technology/wireStory/worlds-largest-plant-vast-seagrass-meadow-australia-85112313

* "San Diego Zoo welcomes 1st aardvark birth in years:" https://abcnews.go.com/Weird/wireStory/san-diego-zoo-welcomes-1st-aardvark-birth-years-85442458

* "New restrictions on ships to protect whales coming soon:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/new-restrictions-on-ships-to-protect-whales-coming-soon/2022/06/10/53ef57f6-e8c9-11ec-a422-11bbb91db30b_story.html

* "How Animals Perceive the World:" https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2022/07/light-noise-pollution-animal-sensory-impact/638446/

* "Cockroach Reproduction Has Taken a Strange Turn:" https://www.nytimes.com/2022/05/27/science/cockroach-sugar-sex.html

* "Bronx Zoo elephant named Happy isn't a person, court rules:" https://apnews.com/article/happy-the-elephant-personhood-ruling-e87eacdfa08ed4057255bf4b7623aaf4

* "Egypt displays trove of newly discovered ancient artifacts:" https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/egypt-displays-trove-newly-discovered-ancient-artifacts-rcna31091

* "A 3400-year-old city emerges from the Tigris River:" https://uni-tuebingen.de/en/university/news-and-publications/press-releases/press-releases/article/a-3400-year-old-city-emerges-from-the-tigris-river/

* "Miscellaneous Myths: Medea:"

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* "The Stargazers:" https://www.science.org/content/article/what-did-ancient-maya-see-in-stars-their-descendants-team-with-scientists-find-out

* "The Truth Behind Spain’s Mad Queen | Juana la Loca:"

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* "Renaissance synagogues being restored in Venice's ghetto:" https://apnews.com/article/entertainment-travel-italy-museums-religion-30e8f2f78572c62a6cdb6bebd837133d

* "The Social Contract:"

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* "The Life and Death of Julie D'Aubigny:"

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* "The former slave who became the world's first drag queen:"

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* "This forgotten women's prison helped cement Greenwich Village's queer identity:" https://www.npr.org/2022/05/16/1098786259/hugh-ryan-queer-history-womens-house-of-detention?utm_source=twitter.com&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=npr&utm_term=nprnews

* "Freedom riders' 1947 convictions vacated in North Carolina:" https://gazette.com/ap/freedom-riders-1947-convictions-vacated-in-north-carolina/article_b33c4c3c-90a3-52da-b64f-a805c8390206.html

* "Politics and the Star Persona of Katharine Hepburn:"

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* "The History of Kink and Pride:" https://thequeer-menace.tumblr.com/post/687150049100185600/the-history-of-kink-and-pride

* "Tech Monopolies:"

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* "January 6th Hearings Episode 2 Recap:"

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* "Sam’s Take: Rudy! A Documusical:"

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* "The Hell and Horror of Giving Birth While Black:"

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* "Meanwhile... Will iPhone Switch To USB-C? | Diners Lick A Restaurant Wall In Arizona:"

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* "Proud Boys Face Prison Time For Sedition:"

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* "January 6 Hearings: Investigating the Thing We All Saw:" https://www.cc.com/video/mhqgqh/the-daily-show-with-trevor-noah-january-6-hearings-investigating-the-thing-we-all-saw

* "Stocks Enter Bear Market & Kimberly Guilfoyle's $60K Speech:" https://www.cc.com/video/udg35v/the-daily-show-with-trevor-noah-stocks-enter-bear-market-kimberly-guilfoyle-s-usd60k-speech

* "The Daily Showography of Rudy Giuliani:" https://www.cc.com/video/pujuhd/the-daily-show-with-trevor-noah-the-daily-showography-of-rudy-giuliani

* This movie fascinates me and the talk of body horror and illness in there was particularly evocative to be given the recent medical stuff. "Annihilation - I'm So Sorry That You Have to Have a Body:" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cZKsltnGcZE

* "Vintage Sex Ed is CRINGE (but so are we):"

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* "Trope Talk: Space Horror:"

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* "The Robbers to go (Schiller in 10 minutes, English version):"

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* "CBS Has A New Smash Hit Sitcom: The Insurrectionists:"

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* "Timon And Pumbaa Know You Don't Need Assault Rifles:"

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* "The Muppets Introduce "The Jan. 6th Show":"

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* "Plizzanet Earth with Snoop Dogg – Iguana vs. Snakes:"

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* "Gay Bar (an OFMD fanvid):"

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* Tuesday was wild an exhausting. I got about two hours sleep. It was worth it though because they did the covered by Medicare stop gap filling replacement. This does not solve the I still need an expensive out of pocket root canal issue, but it buys a little time, and also lets me chew more things. Like a lot of things I still can't eat at all and others I have to chew carefully with only the other side of my mouth, but it means every meal isn't a game of pain roulette in which I am always the loser with a bonus chance of permanent damage that could eventually kill the tooth. Seriously, this is a win.

My social worker is calling around to see if there is a specialist who takes Medicare within the range of travel my car can handle, which just manages to include another town big enough for a decent hospital and similar amenities. I do not like risking taking it so far, as there is always a risk that it will be one trip too many for the elderly beast, but I also need that tooth.

I am not sanguine she will succeed in her mission. Still no word back from the local specialists about cost, sliding scale, and payment plans. It is likely going to be significantly more expensive than the oven if sliding scale isn't an option.

In other Tuesday news, I am healed enough from the surgery to safely bathe. I can not express how happy I am to be truly properly clean. It's another three weeks before I can restart physio or lift things much heavier than the tiny terror, but not having a dangerous infection and being able to do hydrotherapy for the pain is a big quality of life improvement.

Last Friday, the management sent a packet with revised complex rules, some of which were clearly aimed specifically at me. Sigh. The most prominent of these was a total flag ban. If they are willing to ban American Flags for Veteran's Day, Memorial Day, and July 4th, they can pretend they aren't singling me out for my Pride Flags. I hadn't hung them this year because of all the medical stuff. I was barely managing oatmeal making by the beginning of June. I think I will wait 'til next year to play Pride Flag chicken with Management, since I'm still not managing or barely managing a lot of basic things.

I am determined to test their resolve next year though, and I plan to take a flag spotting tour around the complex at the beginning of July this year with Head Millennial to take pictures.

Wednesday, we did the usual Wednesday errands, plus went to the... Okay, it's like a farmer's market, except it's a store without walls and some of it open air run by hippies that sells mostly local produce from small farmers, plus some stuff from small farms further south that don't grow up here and the like. Anyway, they sell a lot of plants and plant starts in their open air section. Also I rechecked the Co-op garden section in hopes of finding the three plants I haven't seen yet this summer that I like.

Because of the new rules, Head Millennial needed to take down some things he put up to make Gothmas season lighting easier to install that are now outlawed. He also needed to plant some starts we bought, and the thing about container gardening is, you move stuff around a lot depending on which things need more or less light and moisture, which things are in producing right now, etc.. I can't lift the planters without risking another trip to the surgeon, so he has to be the one doing it. Since he was moving stuff anyway.... The patio looks great. I did not get as much weeding done as I hoped, but that is clearly another day's problem.

According to my Social Worker 70-80% of the people in my small city who are cleared for an aid don't have one or don't have all their hours covered. I knew there is a serious world wide aid shortage, but wow! I'd probably feel guiltier, but I literally have no idea how I'd have managed the last couple weeks before surgery plus the week after at all without him. I'd likely have been subsisting on crackers, for example. Also, the reason my hours were immediately filled was because I hired out of my friend group. He wouldn't be working as an aid if I hadn't offered him a job, and he very much likes working here. He is thinking about maybe signing up for another client in addition, but I'm not stealing an existing aid from someone who otherwise wouldn't have one.

If you are reasonably able bodied and need a job, I'm willing to bet wherever you live there is a shortage too. Just saying. Some of these jobs are harder than others, but given how tight the labour market is, you can likely set firm conditions about commute distance, hours, and what level of care you are able to give. (Care giving jobs have a really wide range as far as how demanding they are physically.) Just make sure you stand firm on limits and boundaries. Don't get talked into an hour each way bus commute, for example.

Anyway, we are still playing catch up on all the things that didn't get done when I was so ill, because a whole bunch of extra things got added and I was able to do so little for myself, but the progress is visible.

* I apparently need a root canal if I want to save a middle molar I need for chewing on the more functional side of my mouth so that has to go ahead of the oven fundraising wise. I've no idea how much that will cost until the specialists can get back to me. We are still trying to save for a working oven, but it's less important than being able to chew. I don't know how much I actually need there as the price fluctuates. we were $5-600 short when it was on sale. I am disabled and medically fragile. Not having a working oven is messing with my nutrition, but again being able to use that side of my mouth is worse:

If you would like to help: paypal.me/Gwydion

* A word about Becoming Elizabeth, because there are things you probably ought to know before you decide to watch it. I'm too angry to watch a second episode, and here's why.

CW for a discussion of pedophilia, history, and why what STARZ decided to do here is incredibly disgusting

I was excited at the idea of a show that started with the reign of Edward VI, because most Elizabeth centric things start with the reign of her half sister Mary, and there is a lot of really interesting stuff in that bit of history that could make a cool show in the right hands. At the same time, I was wary because there are so many ways to really screw up an Elizabeth narrative and I get shirty the way I do about things like the movie Troy, and Braveheart. Like really, I have rants.

I was particularly wary, because a narrative starting here requires the writers to make some difficult decisions as to how they handle Thomas Seymour's behavior to Elizabeth. There are things we are fairly certain of and things we simply can't know for sure.

( Cut for RL Thomas Seymour's Molestation Situation: )

Yeah, so I won't be watching anymore of this pro-pedophile propaganda. I'm disgusted that I got tricked into watching it at all. If the casting had been age accurate it would have been obvious to everyone how gross this is.

* Friday I had a massive sinus headache. There were hardly any spoons to start with, plus it was forage delivery day. I managed to spill a whole glass of lemonade everywhere. while cleaning it up a jabbed a hard pointy corner into my wound. This was one extreme pain too many. I gave up an took a tramadol. No hallucinations, luckily, just normal opioid nastiness.

* The white nectarines we got Wednesday started to ripen and the first two were heavenly.

* "Unlearning the Ableism of Cookbooks and Kitchen Wisdom:" https://catapult.co/stories/gabrielle-drolet-minced-words-unlearning-ableism-cookbooks-kitchen-wisdom-cooking-accessibility-disability

* "Five Gay Picture-Book Prodigies and the Difference They’ve Made:" https://www.hbook.com/story/five-gay-picture-book-prodigies-and-the-difference-theyve-made

* "“I bet most of the people flipping out about drag queens and kids have no idea that their favorite classic children’s books were written by queer people 🧵”:" https://twitter.com/lindzamer/status/1534557941248020481

* "The 5 Weirdest Changes Demanded by Comic Book Editors:" https://www.fromsuperheroes.com/post/the-5-weirdest-changes-demanded-by-comic-book-editors

* Stede and the Thanatos Drive: https://bibliomancer7.tumblr.com/post/687082851766845440

* Can hobbits declare Bilbo Baggins dead twice: https://bibliomancer7.tumblr.com/post/686901664138051584/prokopetz-silver-tongues-blog

* "We Need A Third Size For Vitamins:" https://www.thechatner.com/p/we-need-a-third-size-for-vitamins

* "What We're Allowed To Say We Know About Venus Figurines:" https://www.thechatner.com/p/what-were-allowed-to-say-we-know?s=r

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

The help links are at the bottom under the cut.

* "War in Ukraine! Support LGBTQ people.:" https://secure.wayforpay.com/payment/s047412e502b6

* "DONATE TO EMILY'S LIST:" https://win.emilyslist.org/a/donate-to-emily

* How to Support the Women's Reproduction Protection Act: https://laughingacademy.tumblr.com/post/684465183144476672/womens-health-protection-act

* "These Organizations Accept Donations To Help People in Ukraine:" https://www.snopes.com/news/2022/03/01/where-to-donate-help-ukraine/

* "Russia-Ukraine War: Info and ways to help:" https://ukrainewar.carrd.co/

* "This is where you can donate to support LGBT+ Ukrainians:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2022/02/25/donate-support-lgbt-ukraine/

* "Support OVD-Info:" https://beste-glatisant.tumblr.com/post/677388506851606528/hi-ive-donated-to-the-ukranian-refugees-and-now

* Donate to Abortion funds: https://tuulikki.tumblr.com/post/685542978922692608/seacollectsrivers-theegoldfinch-theegoldfinch

* "Supporting Abortion Funds in the South:" https://laughingacademy.tumblr.com/post/682207036936732672/supporting-abortion-funds-in-the-south

* Ways to help Trans Youth resisting Transphobic laws in Texas: https://the-cimmerians.tumblr.com/post/677204004210688000

* Help LGBTQIA+ people escape Afghanistan: https://www.gofundme.com/f/help-lgbtq-afghan-refugees-rebuild-their-lives

* "The Rainbow Railroad:" https://www.rainbowrailroad.org/take-action

* Want to help Charles Booker beat Rand Paul? https://secure.actblue.com/donate/pccc_2022_charles_booker_only

* We are drowning from one domestic disaster after another this winter. Paypal Lethran@gmail.com or paypal.me/Gwydion

( Links Underneath: )

* "More than 4,000 arrested in Amhara as Ethiopia cracks down on militia:" https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2022/may/30/more-than-4000-arrested-in-amhara-as-ethiopia-cracks-down-on-militia

* "Ethiopia set a world record for displacements in a single year: 5.1 million in 2021:" https://www.npr.org/sections/goatsandsoda/2022/05/28/1100469734/ethiopia-set-a-world-record-for-displacements-in-a-single-year-5-1-million-in-20

* "Eritrean troops shell town in north Ethiopia - U.N.:" https://www.reuters.com/world/africa/eritrean-troops-shell-town-north-ethiopia-un-2022-05-31/

* "Ethiopia’s new rift: Amhara vs Abiy:" https://www.theafricareport.com/210237/ethiopias-new-rift-amhara-vs-abiy/

* "Yemenis face daily struggle to survive in besieged Taiz:" https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/yemenis-face-daily-struggle-survive-besieged-taiz-2022-06-03/

* "‘How Are They Weapons? That’s Only a Flashlight!’:" https://www.wired.com/story/hong-kong-protests-things-they-carried/

* "Rights groups allege French arms makers complicit in Yemen war crimes:" https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/rights-groups-allege-french-arms-makers-complicit-yemen-war-crimes-2022-06-02/

* "US basketball star Brittney Griner still locked-up in Russia after more than 100 days:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2022/05/30/brittney-griner-basketball-wnba-detention-russia/

* "French legislative elections 2022: How does this post-presidential election work?:" https://www.lemonde.fr/en/les-decodeurs/article/2022/05/30/french-legislative-elections-2022-how-does-this-post-presidential-election-work_5984994_8.html

* "Colombia’s Trump May Be Headed for the Presidential Palace:" https://www.nytimes.com/2022/05/30/world/americas/colombia-presidential-election-hernandez-petro.html

"Mr. Hernández once called himself a follower of Adolf Hitler, has suggested combining major ministries to save money, and says that as president he plans to declare a state of emergency to deal with corruption, leading to fears that he could shut down Congress or suspend mayors."

* "'Something magnetic about her’: French ex-chambermaid Rachel Keke runs for MP after labour battle:" https://www.france24.com/en/europe/20220531-something-magnetic-about-her-french-ex-chambermaid-runs-for-mp-after-labour-battle

* This is not helping! "Nationalist Flag March returns to Jerusalem in all its ugliness:" https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/2022-05-29/ty-article/nationalist-flag-march-returns-to-jerusalem-in-all-its-ugliness/00000181-1159-d3ed-a7a3-375fa3a50000

* "Canada's government moves to make selling or importing handguns illegal:" https://www.npr.org/2022/05/30/1102084025/canada-bill-freeze-handgun-sales-imports

* CW: Child Death "Nurse at Birmingham hospital held on suspicion of poisoning after death of child:" https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2022/may/23/nurse-at-birmingham-hospital-held-on-suspicion-of-poisoning-after-death-of-child

* "I have asthma and was tear gassed twice - Liverpool fan:" https://www.bbc.com/news/av/uk-61623276

* "Woman tracks down her own stolen car before a police investigation:" https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-61592910

* CW: Animal Abuse. "West Ham footballer Kurt Zouma ordered to do community service over cat abuse:" https://www.theguardian.com/football/2022/jun/01/kurt-zouma-cat-abuse-videos-west-ham-footballer

* "How Partygate could do for Johnson as Black Wednesday did for Major:" https://www.theguardian.com/business/2022/may/29/how-partygate-could-do-for-johnson-as-black-wednesday-did-for-major

* "Carrie Johnson’s texts about ‘the gays’ at centre of new Partygate storm:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2022/05/30/carrie-johnson-text-gays-partygate-storm/

* "Rail staff are set for battle, but a post-Covid strike could run off track:" https://www.theguardian.com/business/2022/may/29/rail-staff-are-set-for-battle-but-a-post-covid-strike-could-run-off-track

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* "‘We’re playing with fire’: US Covid cases may be 30 times higher than reported:" https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/jun/01/us-covid-surge-cases-rate

* "Youngest Children Could Get Covid Shots in Late June, White House Says:" https://www.nytimes.com/2022/06/02/us/politics/children-covid-vaccine.html

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* "EU leaders agree to ban 90% of Russian oil by the end of 2022:" https://www.npr.org/2022/05/30/1102083611/eu-agree-partial-russian-oil-embargo

* "UK Pledges Missiles to Ukraine; New US Ambassador in Kyiv:" https://www.military.com/daily-news/2022/06/02/uk-pledges-missiles-ukraine-new-us-ambassador-kyiv.html

* "‘The west can change the outcome’: plea for heavy weapons on Ukraine frontline:" https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/may/31/plea-for-heavy-weapons-ukraine-frontline-mykolaiv

* "UK says Russia's gains in eastern Ukraine have been 'slow and costly'; Putin blames West for food, energy crisis:" https://www.cnbc.com/2022/06/04/russia-ukraine-live-updates.html

* "Ukraine war latest: Russia controls a fifth of Ukraine:" https://www.bbc.com/news/live/world-europe-61656289

* "Russian troops storm city amid eastern Ukraine bombardments:" https://www.politico.com/news/2022/05/29/russia-ukraine-bombardments-00035855

* "'I watched from afar Russia’s latest merciless assault on Severodonetsk':" https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-61634050

* "Russia holds most of Severodonetsk, center of Donbas fight, official says:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2022/05/31/severodonetsk-luhansk-donbas-ukraine-russia-war/

* "Russia strikes ‘nitric acid tank’ at chemical plant in Ukraine’s Severodonetsk:" https://www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog_entry/russia-strikes-nitric-acid-tank-at-chemical-plant-in-ukraines-severodonetsk/

* "Russia Trying to Capture Key Donetsk Cities: Governor:" https://www.usnews.com/news/world/articles/2022-06-02/russia-trying-to-capture-key-donetsk-cities-governor

* "Russians attempt to advance toward Lysychansk, avoiding fighting across the Siverskyi Donets:" https://www.ukrinform.net/rubric-ato/3497872-russians-attempt-to-advance-toward-lysychansk-avoiding-fighting-across-the-siverskyi-donets.html

* "Lyman overtaken by Russians; French journalist killed in Severodonetsk area:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2022/05/30/russia-ukraine-war-news-live-updates/

* "Russian Military Is Repeating Mistakes in Eastern Ukraine, U.S. Says:" https://www.nytimes.com/2022/05/31/us/politics/russia-military-eastern-ukraine.html

* "Russian soldiers get prison terms in second Ukraine war crimes trial:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2022/05/31/ukraine-russian-war-crimes-second-trial-sentencing/

* "An ‘unprecedented’ effort to document war crimes in Ukraine. But what chance of justice?:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2022/05/28/ukraine-war-crimes-investigations/

* "Ukraine war: Stories of torture emerging out of Kherson:" https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-61607410

* "Evacuation halted after French journalist killed by shelling in Ukraine's Luhansk region:" https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/french-journalist-killed-shelling-ukraines-luhansk-region-governor-2022-05-30/

* "A Russian Plane Crashed Into a House. Death Was Parceled Out Randomly.:" https://www.nytimes.com/2022/05/30/world/europe/ukraine-russia-chernihiv.html

* "Lviv commemorates 243 dead children in Ukraine war with school buses memorial:" https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/jun/02/lviv-commemorates-243-dead-children-in-ukraine-war-with-school-buses-memorial

* "The Russian soldiers refusing to fight in Ukraine:" https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-61607184

* "Zelenskyy predicts mass protests in Europe if Ukrainian ports not unblocked:" https://www.pravda.com.ua/eng/news/2022/06/2/7350155/

* "Tending Russia’s Dead as They Pile Up in Ukraine:" https://www.nytimes.com/2022/05/29/world/russian-casualties-ukraine.html

* "Eurovision winners Kalush Orchestra sell trophy to buy drones for Ukraine's military:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2022/05/30/kalush-orchestra-ukraine-eurovision-russia-war/

* "Amid Increasing Protests Against War, Moscow Mayor Warns Of Repercussions:" https://www.rferl.org/a/moscow-mayor-protests-warning-ukraine/31730885.html

* "The Ukraine War Is Transforming the LGBTQ+ Rights Landscape in Europe:" https://www.outtraveler.com/news/2022/5/16/ukraine-war-transforming-lgbtq-rights-landscape-europe

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* "OPEC+ agrees on March output rise amid oil price rally, defying pressure from U.S., India:" https://www.cnbc.com/2022/02/02/oil-opec-seen-sticking-to-output-policy-as-prices-hover-near-record-levels.html

* "Congress Launches a New Bipartisan Effort to End the War in Yemen:" https://theintercept.com/2022/06/01/yemen-war-saudi-arabia-congress-bipartisan-biden/

* "Biden talks gun control, extremism with New Zealand's PM:" https://apnews.com/article/biden-new-zealand-texas-buffalo-congress-9d696b199f104d83159c99bc09d420e5

* "What other countries could teach Ted Cruz about solving a gun crisis:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/what-other-countries-could-teach-ted-cruz-about-solving-a-gun-crisis-141195845617

* This disgusts me. "Nancy Reagan honoured by White House on first day of Pride, sparking outrage:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2022/06/02/nancy-reagan-stamp-backlash-aids-white-house-pride-month/

* Finally! "For years White House interns have not been paid. That will soon change:" https://www.npr.org/2022/06/02/1102593139/white-house-interns-paid

* "Biden cancels all remaining student loan debt from Corinthian Colleges:" https://www.politico.com/news/2022/06/01/biden-administration-student-loan-debt-00036572

* "Undoing Trump, EPA to empower states and tribes to oppose pipelines:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/2022/06/02/undoing-trump-epa-empower-states-tribes-oppose-pipelines/

* "House panel advances package of new gun bills after latest mass shootings jolt nation:" https://www.cbsnews.com/news/gun-control-bills-house-judiciary-committee-protecting-our-kids-act/

* "GOP congressman shows off home gun collection during first gun reform hearing after Uvalde shooting:" https://www.salon.com/2022/06/02/congressman-shows-off-home-collection-during-first-reform-hearing-after-uvalde/

* "Rep. Jeffries: Why the gun violence crisis requires a ‘national solution’:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/rep-jeffries-why-the-gun-violence-crisis-requires-a-national-solution-141195845812

* "Hayes: The case for small, preventative actions against gun violence:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/hayes-the-case-for-small-preventative-actions-against-gun-violence-141355077516

* "Fred Guttenberg: We must end the gun industry liability shield:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/fred-guttenberg-we-must-end-the-gun-industry-liability-shield-141392453830

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

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

Here is one that will send your reps a fax: https://resist.bot/

* "Florida Supreme Court locks in DeSantis-backed redistricting map:" https://www.politico.com/news/2022/06/02/florida-redistricting-map-court-decision-00036740

* "Jail is the new threat facing election workers:" https://www.cnn.com/2022/05/10/politics/election-workers-jail-threat-ctzn/index.html

* "Lawyer Who Plotted to Overturn Trump Loss Recruits Election Deniers to Watch Over the Vote:" https://www.nytimes.com/2022/05/30/us/politics/republican-poll-monitors-election-activists.html

* "They Insisted the 2020 Election Was Tainted. Their 2022 Primary Wins? Not So Much.:" https://www.nytimes.com/2022/05/31/us/politics/republicans-voter-fraud-claims-2022.html

* "Transphobic Republicans win but key Trump ally loses in Republican primaries:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2022/05/25/republican-primary-election-texas-alabama-georgia-arkansas-trump-lgbt/

* "Lesbian Tina Kotek Wins Democratic Primary for Oregon Governor:" https://www.advocate.com/politics/2022/5/17/lesbian-tina-kotek-wins-democratic-primary-oregon-governor

* Damnit! "Rep. Henry Cuellar finishes runoff 281 votes ahead of Jessica Cisneros:" https://www.houstonchronicle.com/home/article/Rep-Henry-Cuellar-finishes-runoff-281-votes-17217642.php

* "With 33-vote lead, Michelle Vallejo declares victory in South Texas congressional runoff:" https://www.texastribune.org/2022/06/01/michelle-vallejo-ruben-ramirez-tx-15-south-texas/

* "Pa. GOP Senate race upended by court cases:" https://www.politico.com/news/2022/05/31/mccormick-oz-supremecourt-recount-pennsylvania-00036128

* "Dave McCormick concedes Pennsylvania Senate GOP primary to Trump-backed Mehmet Oz:" https://www.cnn.com/2022/06/03/politics/dave-mccormick-concedes-mehmet-oz-pennsylvania-senate-republican-primary/index.html

* "Vote tally remains same after recount in 2 Buncombe County primary races:" https://wlos.com/news/local/vote-tally-remains-same-after-recount-in-2-buncombe-county-primary-races-nc-house-district-115-pratik-bhakta-sherry-higgins-district-attorney-todd-williams-courtney-booth

* "GOP Sen. Cynthia Lummis Issues 'Apology' After Transphobic Comments:" https://www.advocate.com/politics/2022/5/16/gop-sen-cynthia-lummis-issues-apology-after-transphobic-comments

* "Republican Rep. Debbie Lesko heckled, exits stage during graduation speech in Glendale:" https://kjzz.org/content/1783754/republican-rep-debbie-lesko-heckled-exits-stage-during-graduation-speech-glendale

* "The Lesbian Who Could Replace Madison Cawthorn and More Primary News:" https://www.advocate.com/politics/2022/5/18/lesbian-who-could-replace-madison-cawthorn-and-more-primary-news

Want to help Jasmine Beach-Ferrara flip a congressional seat? https://victoryfund.org/candidate/jasmine-beach-ferrara/

* "Some 2022 Colorado congressional candidates don’t live in the districts they’re running to represent:" https://coloradosun.com/2022/06/02/2022-colorado-primary-candidate-voting/

* "'Just the way it goes': DeSantis axes $3B from Legislature's budget in front of Republican leaders:" https://www.politico.com/news/2022/06/02/just-the-way-it-goes-desantis-axes-3b-from-legislatures-budget-in-front-of-republican-leaders-00036893

* "Florida Democrats sense opportunity against DeSantis over soaring housing costs:" https://www.cnn.com/2022/05/31/politics/florida-affordable-housing-ron-desantis-democrats/index.html

* "Marjorie Taylor Greene Says Bill Gates Will Force You to Eat Burgers Made in a ‘Peach Tree Dish’:" https://www.vice.com/en/article/5dgne3/marjorie-taylor-greene-says-bill-gates-will-force-you-to-eat-burgers-made-in-a-peach-tree-dish

* "In bizarre video, MTG assaults 'reality, science and the English language all at once':" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/hayes-in-video-marjorie-taylor-green-assaults-reality-science-and-the-english-language-141230149523

* "Michael Sussmann Is Acquitted in Case Brought by Trump-Era Prosecutor:" https://www.nytimes.com/2022/05/31/us/politics/michael-sussmann-durham-fbi.html

* "Conway on blueprint to keep Trump in power: 'If that’s not a crime, nothing is':" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/conway-on-blueprint-to-keep-trump-in-power-if-that-s-not-a-crime-nothing-is-141274693853

* "Ex-Trump aide Navarro indicted; Meadows won't be charged:" https://apnews.com/article/capitol-siege-peter-navarro-government-and-politics-subpoenas-8defd8645d6cb5cab67767650f6cc303

* "Secret Service were warned of security risk to Pence day before Capitol attack:" https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2022/jun/03/mike-pence-capitol-attack-secret-service-donald-trump-security-risk

* "Pence aide warned Secret Service of threat against VP posed by Trump: report:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/pence-aide-warned-secret-service-of-threat-against-vp-posed-by-trump-report-141429317814

* "The Breaking Point Is Here—Again:" https://www.wired.com/story/buffalo-uvalde-shootings-breaking-point/

* "The Atrocity of American Gun Culture:" https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2022/06/06/the-atrocity-of-american-gun-culture

* "Citizens need to see the destruction military-style weapons wreak, surgeon says:" https://www.npr.org/2022/05/31/1102097106/citizens-need-to-see-the-destruction-military-style-weapons-wreak-surgeon-says

* "Two Professors Found What Creates a Mass Shooter. Will Politicians Pay Attention?:" https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2022/05/27/stopping-mass-shooters-q-a-00035762

* "Nine killed and over 60 injured in Memorial Day weekend mass shootings:" https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/memorial-day-weekend-marked-dozen-mass-shootings-us-rcna31179

* "Shooters at large after 6 teenagers shot in downtown Chattanooga: Police:" https://abcnews.go.com/US/multiple-people-shoot-tennessee-police/story?id=85048571

* "Argument at Memorial Day festival leads to 1 person fatally shot, 7 others injured:" https://www.cnn.com/2022/05/29/us/oklahoma-festival-shooting/index.html

* "Tulsa gunman angry over pain after back surgery, police say:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2022/06/02/tulsa-shooting-news-medical-center/

* "Biden appeals for tougher gun laws: 'How much more carnage?':" https://apnews.com/article/biden-oklahoma-tulsa-shootings-gun-violence-5dc90ec2ab417708f9f023e642031c5b

* "After mass shooting, NYC explores gun detectors in subways:" https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/us/after-mass-shooting-nyc-explores-gun-detectors-in-subways/articleshow/91935971.cms

* "Texas authorities say a teacher closed a propped-open door before the attack:" https://www.npr.org/2022/05/31/1102316313/texas-uvalde-teacher-door-open-closed

* "Hayes: The bid to blame Uvalde shooting on ‘anything but the guns’:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/hayes-the-bid-to-blame-uvalde-shooting-on-anything-but-the-guns-141274181560

* "Students should walk out of schools this fall until parents, leaders ‘do something’ Tim Wise says:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-reidout/watch/uvalde-massacre-victims-funerals-begin-this-week-as-calls-for-gun-reform-grow-141200453718

* "‘Where are the letters of resignation?’: Sandy Hook first responder asks of Uvalde law enforcement:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-reidout/watch/new-york-times-timeline-of-mass-shooting-in-uvalde-texas-raises-stark-questions-about-failed-police-response-141203013607

* "Rep. Swalwell: Republicans are out of touch with the people in their own party who own guns:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-reidout/watch/gun-reform-leaders-rep-eric-swalwell-and-parkland-shooting-survivor-david-hogg-discuss-legislative-activist-routes-to-ending-gun-violence-141358149652

* "What Happened to the Defund the Police Movement?:"

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* "Family devastated after Texas escapee kills man, grandsons:" https://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/fugitive-suspected-taking-truck-found-dead-85151243

* "Woman shoots woman at Chattanooga restaurant drive-through, say police:" https://newschannel9.com/news/local/woman-charged-with-shooting-woman-in-chattanooga-wednesday-evening-chattanooga-police-gun-violence-bullets-crime

* "Nearly 6 years later, man indicted in mother's death at sea:" https://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/years-man-indicted-mothers-death-sea-84987093

* "Hinckley, who shot Reagan, says thanks after winning freedom:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/hinckley-who-shot-reagan-says-thanks-after-winning-freedom/2022/06/02/b2fb9332-e26a-11ec-ae64-6b23e5155b62_story.html

* "The Books Getting Banned From Schools:"

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* "Dissecting the Manosphere:"

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* CW: Rape, Pedophilia. "Is Armie Hammer Going to JAIL? Australian BDSM Cult Update & Manson Intimidates Accuser? Case Review:"

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* CW: Domestic Violence. "The Amber Heard & Evan Rachel Wood Connection: Fact or Fiction?:"

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* CW: Sexual Assault. "Kevin Spacey to face 4 sex assault charges in Britain:" https://apnews.com/article/kevin-spacey-sexual-assault-charges-0a0a03d60026132d35df0d5bd906c2d7

* CW: Sexual Assault. "Kevin Spacey faces extradition to UK after being charged with sexual assault:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2022/05/30/kevin-spacey-extradition-sexual-assault/

* Cw: Pedophilia. "I was sexually abused as a nine-year-old boy. People said I ‘was asking for it’ because I’m gay:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2022/05/26/gay-survivor-child-sexual-abuse-patrick-sandford/

* CW: Pedophilia. "Woman Jailed After Molesting 13-Year-Old Gay Boy to Make Him Straight:" https://www.advocate.com/crime/2022/5/17/woman-jailed-after-molesting-13-year-old-gay-boy-make-him-straight

* CW: Sex Abuse. "Distraught teen told of Cosby sex abuse, friend testifies:" https://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/wireStory/cosby-faces-sex-abuse-allegations-civil-trial-opens-85101851

* CW: Rape. "Harvey Weinstein’s rape conviction upheld by appeals court:" https://apnews.com/article/harvey-weinstein-conviction-upheld-1dc4db0787bfd4a94268ef0ed6ea4803

* CW: Rape. "Rape victim: It felt like I was being investigated when I reported my assault:" https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-61640054

* CW: Sexual Harassment "Woman Sues University After Alleging Golf Coach Outed Her:" https://www.advocate.com/law/2022/5/17/woman-sues-queens-university-after-alleging-golf-coach-outed-her

* CW: Rape. "JK Rowling 'demonises' trans inmates at prison where women raped by guards:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2022/05/31/jk-rowling-trans-prison-trans-reduxx-edna-mahan/

* "I get abuse and threats online - why can't it be stopped?:" https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-58924168

* CW: Domestic Violence. "Jury sides with Depp on lawsuit, Heard on counterclaim:" https://www.politico.com/news/2022/06/01/depp-heard-lawsuit-verdict-00036449

* "Let’s Sue Big Polluters Under Oklahoma’s Wacko Abortion Law:" https://www.thedailybeast.com/lets-sue-big-polluters-under-oklahomas-wacko-abortion-law

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* "What The History Of Back-Alley Abortions Can Teach Us About A Future Without Roe:" https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/what-the-history-of-back-alley-abortions-can-teach-us-about-a-future-without-roe/

* "The ‘Open Secret’ on Getting a Safe Abortion Before Roe v. Wade:" https://www.nytimes.com/2022/06/04/opinion/sunday/psychiatrists-abortion-roe.html

* I don’t have a lot of faith in “de-prioritizing” abortion arrests. "Austin pushing to effectively decriminalize abortion ahead of ruling on Roe:" https://www.politico.com/news/2022/05/30/austin-decriminalize-abortion-roe-00035791

* "If Roe v. Wade is overturned, two pathways will determine when Tennessee's abortion ban starts:" https://www.knoxnews.com/story/news/2022/05/31/two-legal-paths-could-determine-when-tennessee-bans-abortions/9914999002/

* "Empty clinics, no calls: The fallout of Oklahoma’s abortion ban:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2022/06/04/oklahoma-abortion-roe/

* "The Doctor Prescribing Abortions from Overseas:" https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2022/06/03/rebecca-gomperts-interview-abortion-00036742

* "In Florida, There’s a Growing Gap Between What People Say About Abortion and What They Do:" https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2022/06/03/florida-abortion-00035799

* "Amid abortion battle, DeSantis vetoes birth-control funding — again:" https://www.tampabay.com/news/florida-politics/2022/06/05/amid-abortion-battle-desantis-vetoes-birth-control-funding-again/

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* "JK Rowling’s Patronus is a TERF:"

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* "Labour MP Stella Creasy insists JK Rowling is wrong and a woman can have a penis:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2022/05/28/stella-creasy-jk-rowling-trans-woman-penis-mark-jenkinson/

* "Attorney general Suella Braverman says schools have no obligation to affirm trans pupils:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2022/05/28/attorney-general-suella-braverman-trans-schools/

* "BBC says it's 'misleading' to call JK Rowling's trans views 'unpopular':" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2022/05/28/bbc-says-its-misleading-to-call-jk-rowlings-trans-views-unpopular/

* "Labour MP calls for investigation into NHS 'blocking' trans pregnancy advice:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2022/06/02/nadia-whittome-labour-mp-nhs-trans-pregnanacy/

* "Trans girl assaulted by teen as friends hurled abuse because of her looks:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2022/05/31/lancashire-trans-girl-assault/

* "World's 'most influential' trans activist issues urgent rallying cry:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2022/06/05/emmett-schelling-texas-tent-lgbtq-time-influential-activist/

* "Texas Hospital to Resume Gender-Affirming Care for Trans Youth:" https://www.advocate.com/transgender/2022/5/13/texas-hospital-resume-gender-affirming-care-trans-youth

* "GOP lawmakers renew attempt at transgender girl sports ban:" https://www.union-bulletin.com/gop-lawmakers-renew-attempt-at-transgender-girl-sports-ban/article_26e39101-c408-5b86-b648-984ee4d7c592.html

* "Ohio GOP pass Molest Girls Act of 2022:" https://solarbird.dreamwidth.org/1835471.html

* "Florida's Ron DeSantis asks medical board to ban trans youth healthcare:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2022/06/03/florida-ron-desantis-gender-affirming-healthcare-trans-youth/

* "South Carolina Gov. Henry McMaster Signs Anti-Trans Sports Bill:" https://www.advocate.com/law/2022/5/17/south-carolina-gov-henry-mcmaster-signs-anti-trans-sports-bill

* "Police to finally end undercover bathroom stings after historic settlement:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2022/06/05/port-authority-police-lewdness-stings-ny-bathrooms/

* Republicans are now trying to make the sale of LGBTQIA+ books to minors illegal in stores. "GOP Politician Targets Barnes & Noble With Legal Action for Queer Book:" https://www.advocate.com/news/2022/5/20/gop-politician-targets-barnes-noble-legal-action-queer-book

* "Here Are the Trans Americans Killed in 2022 So Far:" https://www.advocate.com/transgender/2022/5/06/here-are-trans-americans-killed-2022-so-far

* "Trans Woman Nedra Sequence Morris Found Dead in Florida:" https://www.advocate.com/crime/2022/5/17/trans-woman-nedra-sequence-morris-found-dead-florida

* "Gay Man Allegedly Beaten, Blinded by Family Speaks Out:" https://www.advocate.com/crime/2022/5/13/florida-gay-man-allegedly-beaten-blinded-family-speaks-out

* "Teacher Free to Misgender & Out Students Following Trump Judge Ruling:" https://www.advocate.com/law/2022/5/19/kansas-teacher-free-misgender-out-students-following-trump-judge-ruling

* "Teacher Threatened & Transferred After Showing LGBTQ+ Pride Videos:" https://www.advocate.com/news/2022/5/12/glendale-california-teacher-threatened-transferred-after-showing-lgbtq-pride-videos

* "Restaurant’s Pride Flag Stolen for Third Time:" https://www.advocate.com/news/2022/5/19/connecticut-restaurants-pride-flag-stolen-third-time-blue-orchid-pan-asian

* "Surgeon Has Plans to Transplant a Uterus Into a Trans Woman:" https://www.advocate.com/health/2022/5/11/surgeon-india-has-plans-transplant-uterus-trans-woman

* "Georgia Modernizes HIV Disclosure Law:" https://www.hivplusmag.com/law-crime/2022/5/17/georgia-modernizes-hiv-disclosure-law

* "PrEP Use Has Not Increased Hep-C in Australian Gay and Bi Men:" https://www.hivplusmag.com/treatment/2022/5/16/prep-use-has-not-increased-hep-c-australian-gay-and-bi-men

* "WHO: Monkeypox won't turn into pandemic, but many unknowns:" https://apnews.com/article/covid-health-pandemics-world-organization-smallpox-260f127f54016fca402e88f8bdb3ace3

* "Monkeypox: Summer festivals could become super-spreader events, warns WHO:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2022/06/01/monkeypox-gay-bi-men-summer-festivals-who/

* "Melatonin poisoning reports are up in kids, study says:" https://apnews.com/article/covid-science-health-poisoning-716dbfe4eb49fc4cc224d388d91e8dbf

* "Viruses that were on hiatus during Covid are back — and behaving in unexpected ways:" https://www.statnews.com/2022/05/25/viruses-that-were-on-hiatus-during-covid-are-back-and-behaving-in-unexpected-ways/

* "'We have got to show up for Wendy Williams like we showed up for Britney': People raise the alarm about host's legal battle with Wells Fargo:" https://www.dailydot.com/unclick/wendy-williams-wells-fargo-financial-guardianship/

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* "Miscellaneous Myths: The Book Of Invasions:"

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* "329 years later, last Salem "witch" Elizabeth Johnson Jr. is pardoned:" https://www.cbsnews.com/news/salem-witch-elizabeth-johnson-jr-pardoned-329-years-later/

* "What the Vai Script Reveals About the Evolution of Writing:" https://www.sapiens.org/language/vai-script-evolution/

* "The Explosive History of Krakatoa:"

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* "The Hidden History of Black Catholic Nuns:" https://daily.jstor.org/the-hidden-history-of-black-catholic-nuns/

* Why didn't they use these ideas for the Met Ball? "Electrical Fashions:" https://daily.jstor.org/electrical-fashions/

* "Grand Illusions:" https://daily.jstor.org/grand-illusions/?preview_id=285654

* "Destroying Ancient Artifacts for Profit Is Nothing New:"

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* "Remembering the Unsung Egyptians Who Helped Discover King Tut’s Tomb:" https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/remembering-unsung-egyptians-who-helped-find-king-tut-tomb-180980074/

* "The Black Panther Party: Crash Course Black American History #39:"

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* "The Man Who Took Down a $3 Billion Funeral Empire:"

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* "'00s Bisexual Chic:"

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* "Has Urine Therapy Gone Too Far?:"

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* "We Don’t Need a Sitcom About School Shootings:" https://slate.com/culture/2022/06/abbott-elementary-school-shootings-uvalde-sitcoms.html

* "Urvashi Vaid, Legendary Activist for LGBTQ+ Civil Rights, Dies at 63:" https://www.advocate.com/news/2022/5/14/legendary-activist-urvashi-vaid-dies-63

* "Holocaust survivor who spoke about life as a gay woman in concentration camps dies:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2022/05/30/margot-heuman-holocaust-survivor-dead-gay/

* "Absurd Gun Debate as America Reels from Mass Shootings:" https://www.cc.com/video/wjtec5/the-daily-show-with-trevor-noah-absurd-gun-debate-as-america-reels-from-mass-shootings

* "Ronny Chieng Teaches You About Asians - Unsung Sports Heroes:" https://www.cc.com/video/3y69ks/the-daily-show-with-trevor-noah-ronny-chieng-teaches-you-about-asians-unsung-sports-heroes

* "SPRING/SUMMER FASHION TRENDS REVIEW but it's 1936:"

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* "Superbia: A Confusing History of a Failed Musical.:"

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* ""I Melt with You" by Modern English:"

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* "She’s Not A Grape | r/MenWritingWomen:"

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* "Do You Support Straight Marriage? | LGBTQ+ Tik Toks:"

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* Tuesday evening, Head Millennial came to do a bunch of per-surgery house prep, even though it was his day off. seriously a superstar. The cats DID NOT Approve of being locked out of my room because of the anti-infection protocol. They kept gathering in front of the door and staring with a deep look of betrayal. Then I needed a nap, and they were locked out, poor buttons. Squirrel came home to find alarmed cats congregating outside my door, possibly concerned i had crawled in there to die, given how injured I obviously am. They were very relieved when I emerged, but clearly knew something is up. They eventually wore themselves out and crashed hard around one AM, poor buttons.

I did manage to get the things needing doing done between when I got up from the nap and 5Am transport. Also my ID fell out in the Taxi, leading to later drama, but it was all right. The medicare card stayed in the book where I'd tucked it, and they were willing to check me in with that. I travel light to the hospital: comfortable clothes, assorted ID (sometimes paperwork they are likely to need, but not this time), a book for the long waits, and a mask. I don't bring any people, because really, I just want to read and what sort of monster drags extra people into a hospital waiting room to make them sit around for five or six hours, especially during a pandemic, unless they have to be there because of disorientation, dementia, mental health, or translation issues? (Some people do need a helper and that's okay. I don't.)

Everyone was really nice at the hospital. I still find the morning prayer announcement unnerving, though now it's more non-denominational and good thoughts instead of a formal prayer. In any case, being first cut of the day for that operating room, meant no delays. Surgery was routine and about an hour. They moved me out of acute recovery pretty quickly, as i was pretty clearly compose mentos and doing fine after the initial ten minutes, and the lady I was sharing the male nurse with was having a very bad time of it. (I really felt terrible for her).

Anyway, I had ice, juice, crackers and meds in the regular recovery station and Squirrel took me home. I ended up having to do a lot of phone bureaucracy and not just for the missing ID. (There has been an ongoing drama between the nebulizer people and my doctor that's been delaying shipments. I thought it was settled last week. Apparently it was not. This is why i stockpile meds. If I didn't, I'd be doing all this plus a particularly brutal allergy season without meds for the last two weeks. This is NOT the doctor's fault. Some of you may remember the resent drama with me trying to get a replacement machine awhile back and the ensuing nightmare with not being able to get treatments until I was hypoxic. Fun times! There was another medical equipment thing that was my fault, and I decided to sort out while I was at it and some pharmacy stuff and a thing i decided to sort since it was on the same paper with the transport phone numbers. The cab guy did eventually bring me the Id back, so that's okay. I took naps where i could.

Tavy has been alternating jealous/clingy and bitey for about two weeks when I started deteriorating rapidly. He's also been sassy with Head Millennial, which is in a sway a sign of how much he adores him This continues, though he's starting to calm down as of Thursday afternoon. Livia decided I was probably a doppelganger sent by the vet to trick her into a crate judging by my smell, so it was a rather tense time here at the cat asylum for a while. (If Livia hasn’t seen one of us for enough hours, she is wary that we might be doppelgangers. It’s a whole thing, but if it was just squirrel at work or me shopping, she usually decides we’re okay quickly. This time I was moving funny and smelled like hospital. It’s a reasonable concern.) Head Millennial took great care of me all evening. Went I got up for the 2:45 ice/meds, etc., I finally convinced Livia I probably was me and she got her proper bed pettins. The cats are still concerned, but cautiously optimistic.

Head Millennial came in the evening to take care of me. He did a wonderful job. The mashed potatoes are plentiful. I have lots of pre-cut fruit. He took care of assorted small stuff I couldn't handle myself, including watering plants, cat things, laundry folding. (I did two loads of laundry Tuesday because everything needed to be pristine.) He was a superhero. There is no way i could have handled any of this without him. He set me up with last meds and fresh ice for bed before leaving.

I am of course heavily drugged still, but I've had at least two worse surgeries than this, and a different one of the same severity in the same region of the body. (The removal of Herberton, a tumor colony the approximate size and shape of my brain.) I'm being very good about doing my anti-blood clot and post-op pneumonia exercises, and I'm doing fine as long as I don't move much or worse bend over *shudder* Money for food I don't have to cook or oven replacement is welcome as I'll likely be ready for better food by the weekend. (I am currently living on fruit, crackers, and mashed potatoes and am thinking about maybe some soup later). Expected recovery is five weeks, which is no surprise at all, as I’ve been here before. The first week is the rough bit, with the first couple days the worst.

The quality of news prepped after Tuesday may be low and somewhat redundant as frankly the Ukrainian things are mushy in my head. I do apologize for this, and hopefully by the time the next aggregate goes up, i will be way more together.

* Friday, Livia got her appetite back and I actually saw her playing. By Saturday, Tavy had transitioned out of "Human Must Be Guarded At All Times" mode into normal for Tavy mode. So far no signs of infection. I did go into shock Friday because I pushed a little to hard and am characteristically apt to stretch too long between pain meds doses. (Long time readers will know about the bad reaction a lot of people on my mom's side of the family have to both opioids and anti-psychotics. I luckily didn't inherit the full on version of it, but opioids are legitimately unpleasant for me to take. Imagine the taste of holly bark and the smell of diesel fumes mixed with crushed snake in a metal garbage can in July. Now imagine that smell/taste combination was a feeling in the back of your head mixed with a generalized malaise and you, too, would go as long as you can bear between oxycodin doses.)

This is so much more manageable than pre-surgury was. Sure, I need a stupid amount of sleep with very little warning and if I move wrong it feels like the Ides of march, but most of the time, it's just itchy and exhausting instead of my body endlessly screaming that Something Is Wrong 24/7 and almost as exhausting. On the scale of surgeries I've had this is only the forth most dire. Trust me, this was very worth it.

Round of applause for Head Millennial, without whom the whole last month would have been impossible.

* Sunday, I did too much and am really not well. In Cat News, Livia gave Head Millennial the blinky eyes while still managing to glare at him.

* We are trying to get a working oven. I am disabled and medically fragile. Not having a working oven is messing with my nutrition. I need about 600.00ish:

If you would like to help: paypal.me/Gwydion

* "Walt Whitman’s “Song of Myself”: Just the Gay Parts:" https://www.flavorwire.com/459904/walt-whitmans-song-of-myself-just-the-gay-parts#:~:text=I%20mind%20how%20once%20we,till%20you%20held%20my%20feet.

* This this on evolution approaches poetry: https://bibliomancer7.tumblr.com/post/686168346164609024/bitternest-elodieunderglass

* "50 Times Cat Owners “Set A Trap” To Catch Them And It Was Successful:" https://www.boredpanda.com/cat-trap-is-working-pics/?utm_source=conuly.dreamwidth&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=organic

* "Pride and Prejudice and Zombies for people who actually like Pride and Prejudice.:" https://gwydionmisha.tumblr.com/post/686170664130969600/jomiddlemarch-palis-delon-mryddinwilt

* "Story Time Sweets:" https://www.cakewrecks.com/home/2022/5/29/story-time-sweets

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

The help links are at the bottom under the cut.

* "War in Ukraine! Support LGBTQ people.:" https://secure.wayforpay.com/payment/s047412e502b6

* "DONATE TO EMILY'S LIST:" https://win.emilyslist.org/a/donate-to-emily

* How to Support the Women's Reproduction Protection Act: https://laughingacademy.tumblr.com/post/684465183144476672/womens-health-protection-act

* "These Organizations Accept Donations To Help People in Ukraine:" https://www.snopes.com/news/2022/03/01/where-to-donate-help-ukraine/

* "Russia-Ukraine War: Info and ways to help:" https://ukrainewar.carrd.co/

* "This is where you can donate to support LGBT+ Ukrainians:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2022/02/25/donate-support-lgbt-ukraine/

* "Support OVD-Info:" https://beste-glatisant.tumblr.com/post/677388506851606528/hi-ive-donated-to-the-ukranian-refugees-and-now

* Donate to Abortion funds: https://tuulikki.tumblr.com/post/685542978922692608/seacollectsrivers-theegoldfinch-theegoldfinch

* "Supporting Abortion Funds in the South:" https://laughingacademy.tumblr.com/post/682207036936732672/supporting-abortion-funds-in-the-south

* Ways to help Trans Youth resisting Transphobic laws in Texas: https://the-cimmerians.tumblr.com/post/677204004210688000

* Help LGBTQIA+ people escape Afghanistan: https://www.gofundme.com/f/help-lgbtq-afghan-refugees-rebuild-their-lives

* "The Rainbow Railroad:" https://www.rainbowrailroad.org/take-action

* Want to help Charles Booker beat Rand Paul? https://secure.actblue.com/donate/pccc_2022_charles_booker_only

* We are drowning from one domestic disaster after another this winter. Paypal Lethran@gmail.com or paypal.me/Gwydion

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* "The young rebels fighting for democracy:" https://www.bbc.com/news/av/world-asia-61151314

* CW: Rape "Myanmar Regime Forces Accused of Serial Sexual Assaults:" https://www.irrawaddy.com/news/burma/myanmar-regime-forces-accused-of-serial-sexual-assaults.html

* "Myanmar's Aung San Suu Kyi handed five year jail term for corruption:" https://www.cnn.com/2022/04/27/asia/myanmar-aung-san-suu-kyi-corruption-intl-hnk/index.html

* "Russian General Lets Slip Secret Plan to Invade New Country:" https://www.thedailybeast.com/russian-general-lets-slip-a-secret-plan-to-invade-moldova-and-seize-ukraines-entire-coastline

* "The West can’t afford to neglect Moldova — because Putin won’t:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2022/04/21/russia-putin-united-states-must-keep-eye-on-moldova/

* "Explosions in Moldovan region near Ukraine spark war worries:" https://apnews.com/article/russia-ukraine-europe-romania-moldova-0a18c5f703075d7913f5cf49f6bf2493

* "Tory whips ‘asking questions’ to find MP behind Angela Rayner claims:" https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2022/apr/25/angela-rayner-sexism-misogyny-tory-whips

* "Tory MP accused of watching pornography in Commons chamber:" https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-politics-61245040

* "Five UK police face misconduct hearing over treatment of two Black athletes:" https://www.reuters.com/world/uk/five-uk-police-face-misconduct-hearing-over-treatment-two-black-athletes-2022-04-27/

* If only we would do the same. "New law raises minimum marriage age to 18 in England and Wales:" https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-politics-61228240

* "Parliament passing 'deplorable' borders bill 'is a devastating blow to LGBT+ people':" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2022/04/28/nationality-and-borders-bill-lgbt-asylum-seekers/

* "Bermondsey: Joshua Jacques in court over four family members found dead:" https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-london-61223288

* "UK set to impose direct rule on British Virgin Islands as premier faces cocaine charges:" https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/apr/29/british-virgin-islands-direct-rule-andrew-fahie-drug-arrest

* "France’s Macron wins presidency, holding off Le Pen’s far-right threat to upend Europe and relations with Russia:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2022/04/24/french-election-2022-results/

The Russian funded literal NAZI lost.

* Another victory against fascism. "Janez Janša suffers heavy defeat as newcomer party wins Slovenian election:" https://www.politico.eu/article/janez-jansa-suffers-heavy-defeat-as-newcomer-party-wins-slovenian-election/

* "Australian election briefing: Albanese out of iso and Morrison’s war of words with Solomons PM — plus lettuce prices tip of the iceberg:" https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2022/apr/29/australian-election-briefing-albanese-out-of-iso-and-morrisons-war-of-words-with-solomons-pm-plus-lettuce-prices-tip-of-the-iceberg

* "Labor’s message that Morrison is ‘all announcement no delivery’ resonating with voters, poll shows:" https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2022/apr/29/labors-message-that-morrison-is-all-announcement-no-delivery-resonating-with-voters-poll-shows

* "Gay MP's home targeted by ruthless vandals night after night:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2022/04/29/gay-australian-mp-tim-wilson-targeted-by-vandals/

* "Philippines presidency frontrunner praises ‘genius’ dictator father:" https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/apr/27/philippines-presidency-frontrunner-ferdinand-marcos-jr-praises-genius-dictator-father

* "Is the Philippines ready for another Duterte?:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2022/04/27/sara-duterte-philippines-presidential-election/

* "India Is Stripping Muslims of their Homes and Rights:" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=czzTAjFGWJQ

* "Facing international criticism, Singapore defends Malaysian's execution:" https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/facing-international-criticism-singapore-defends-malaysians-execution-2022-04-28/

* "‘Voice of April’: Chinese netizens get creative to keep censored film on social media:" https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/apr/22/sound-of-april-chinese-netizens-get-creative-to-keep-censored-film-in-circulation

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* "Moderna seeks to be 1st with COVID shots for littlest kids:" https://apnews.com/article/moderna-vaccine-kids-update-fbf1b5e31c973bc09ced30ea590092ba

* "Philippines starts rollout of second booster dose against COVID:" https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/philippines-starts-rollout-second-booster-dose-against-covid-2022-04-25/

* "Court says UK’s nursing home COVID-19 policy was illegal:" https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/health/court-says-uks-nursing-home-covid-19-policy-was-illegal/?amp=1

* "COVID-19 third leading cause of death again in 2021- U.S. study:" https://www.reuters.com/world/us/covid-19-third-leading-cause-death-again-2021-us-study-2022-04-22/

* "Some travelers, faced with fewer colds, will still mask in flight:" https://www.cnn.com/travel/article/travelers-still-masking-wellness/index.html

* "Harris positive for COVID-19, Biden not a 'close contact':" https://apnews.com/article/covid-health-kamala-harris-dadf170fbacfd57922cdf51d59e87cdb

* "Taking Flight:" https://thenib.com/taking-flight/

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* "U.S. sends more military aid to country Putin's depravity in Ukraine:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/u-s-sends-more-military-aid-to-country-putin-s-depravity-in-ukraine-138986053691

* "Cracks emerge in Russian elite as tycoons start to bemoan invasion:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2022/04/29/russia-oligarchs-ukraine-invasion-dissent/

* "Russia halts gas supplies to Poland and Bulgaria:" https://www.reuters.com/world/poland-bulgaria-face-russian-gas-cut-ukraine-crisis-escalates-2022-04-26/

* "Moscow confirms attack on Kyiv during UN chief’s visit:" https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/apr/29/russia-carries-out-airstrike-on-kyiv-during-un-chief-visit-ukraine-antonio-guterres

* "UN works to broker civilian evacuation from Mariupol:" https://apnews.com/article/russia-ukraine-zelenskyy-kyiv-business-antonio-guterres-978fb92a44aad8f4fc297b9454ed7c0f

* "Why Mariupol matters to Russia in three maps:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2022/04/21/ukraine-russia-mariupol-fall-maps/

* "Mariupol holds out while EU calls for the opening of humanitarian corridors:" https://www.france24.com/en/europe/20220422-live-fate-of-mariupol-s-trapped-residents-is-in-putin-s-hands-mayor-says

* "Ukraine says mass graves in Mariupol were 20 times bigger than Bucha burial site; Biden to send more weapons and aid to Ukraine:" https://www.cnbc.com/2022/04/21/russia-ukraine-live-updates.html

* "Civilians in southern Ukraine are trying to get away from the assault in Mykolaiv:" https://www.npr.org/2022/04/22/1094240407/civilians-in-southern-ukraine-are-trying-to-get-away-from-the-assault-in-mykolai

* "As Russian rockets rain down on Kharkiv, its paramedics are risking their lives to save others:" https://www.cnn.com/2022/04/25/europe/ukraine-kharkiv-paramedics-intl/index.html

* "‘It was killing me’: Ukrainian mother says her son was forcibly deported to Russia:" https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/russia-ukraine-war-mother-son-forcible-deportation-mariupol-nizhegorod-rcna25371

* "Russia hits rail, fuel facilities in attacks deep in Ukraine:" https://www.militarytimes.com/news/your-military/2022/04/25/russia-hits-rail-fuel-facilities-in-attacks-deep-in-ukraine/

* "Russia bombards Chernihiv hours after pledging to halt shelling:" https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/mar/30/ukraine-russia-bombards-chernihiv-hours-after-pledging-to-halt-shelling

* "Missiles hit a residential neighborhood in Odesa, killing at least eight, officials say.:" https://www.nytimes.com/2022/04/23/world/europe/missile-strikes-odesa-ukraine.html

* "Odesa missile attack: 'My world was destroyed by a Russian missile':" https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-61210699

* "Russia's 'victory' in Mariupol turns city's dreams to rubble:" https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/russias-victory-mariupol-turns-citys-dreams-rubble-2022-04-26/

* "Ukraine updates: More mass graves unearthed near Kyiv as Russia moves troops south:" https://www.haaretz.com/world-news/europe/LIVE-russia-ukraine-updates-more-mass-graves-unearthed-near-kyiv-1.10732318

* "They Flooded Their Own Village, and Kept the Russians at Bay:" https://www.nytimes.com/2022/04/27/world/europe/ukraine-russia-war-flood-infrastructure.html

* "The Belarusian railway workers who helped thwart Russia’s attack on Kyiv:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2022/04/23/ukraine-belarus-railway-saboteurs-russia/

* "As bombs fall, a Ukrainian professor teaches economics — and survival:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/education/2022/04/25/kharkiv-university-ukraine-students-bombs/

* "How Ukraine's mud became a secret weapon in its defense against Russia:" https://www.cnbc.com/2022/04/21/how-ukraines-mud-became-a-secret-weapon-in-its-defense-against-russia.html

* "Russian forces were driven out of this village outside Kharkiv, Ukraine:" https://www.npr.org/sections/pictureshow/2022/04/22/1094271807/photos-russia-invasion-ukraine-military-mala-rohan-kharkiv

* "Police say 269 bodies recovered in Ukraine's war-torn Irpin:" https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/police-say-269-bodies-recovered-ukraines-war-torn-irpin-2022-04-18/

* "Another mass grave found near Mariupol:" https://www.ukrinform.net/rubric-ato/3467194-another-mass-grave-found-near-mariupol.html

* "Dozens of Bucha civilians were killed by metal darts from Russian artillery:" https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/apr/24/dozens-bucha-civilians-killed-flechettes-metal-darts-russian-artillery?fbclid=IwAR2dpR4hkUcn-CKdvKp4bKzBQ9Ped_0TjkW1eNMzM14yRouAi8NzKM6NT-M

* "'You can't imagine the conditions' - Accounts emerge of Russian detention camps:" https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-61208404

* CW: Rape "Russian troops use rape as 'an instrument of war' in Ukraine, rights groups allege:" https://www.cnn.com/2022/04/22/europe/ukraine-sexual-violence-allegations-russia-cmd-intl/index.html

* "To save a life: Refugees make protective vests for Ukraine:" https://apnews.com/article/russia-ukraine-business-europe-migration-prague-e960abbce8ff8662f20c9e6b850e5ef9

* "Biden announces new program for Ukrainian refugees to enter US on humanitarian grounds:" https://www.cnn.com/2022/04/21/politics/biden-administration-ukraine-refugees/index.html

* "A small country is accepting a large portion of Ukrainian refugees. Russia watches closely.:" https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/refugees-flee-moldova-russias-shadow-looms-large-rcna25529

* "Thousands flee Russia over government crackdown on protests, news outlets: "I'm a refugee again":" https://www.cbsnews.com/news/russians-flee-country-over-crackdowns-on-protests-news-outlets/

* "Ukraine war protesters in kayaks chain themselves to Russian oil tanker:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2022/04/25/greenpeace-protest-russia-oil-tanker/

* "On Earth Day, climate activists call for ban on buying Russian oil:" https://www.reuters.com/business/environment/earth-day-climate-activists-set-rally-against-fossil-fuels-2022-04-22/

* "Alleged Russian sting operation uncovers ‘The Sims 3,’ guns, grenade:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/video-games/2022/04/26/russian-assassination-sims-3/

* "Rand Paul ignites clash at Senate hearing by suggesting Ukraine is 'part of Russia':" https://www.rawstory.com/rand-paul-2657217736/

* "U.S. Senate candidate for Kentucky Booker slams Rand Paul for parroting Putin's talking points:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-reidout/watch/rand-paul-parroting-putin-s-talking-points-slammed-by-kentucky-democratic-candidate-for-u-s-senate-charles-booker-138699333512

* "‘We Ukrainians know how to turn suffering into strength’: Gogol Bordello’s Eugene Hütz on his musical resistance:" https://www.theguardian.com/music/2022/apr/28/gogol-bordello-eugene-hutz-russian-cultural-thefts-ukraine-punk-soviet-musicians

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* "A member of Islamic State group known as 'Beatles' is convicted in Americans' deaths:" https://www.npr.org/2022/04/14/1092869545/islamic-state-beatles-hostages-guilty

* No credit until he actually does it. Now is time to put the pressure on. "Biden signals he’s open to canceling student loans:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2022/04/26/biden-cancel-student-loans/

* "Chris Hayes: Why Mitt Romney’s take on student debt is ‘oddly comforting’:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/chris-hayes-why-mitt-romney-s-take-on-student-debt-is-oddly-comforting-138882630000

* "Bernie Sanders pushes back on Romney's comments bashing student-loan forgiveness: 'I know he thinks corporations are people, but does he know people are people?':" https://www.businessinsider.com/bernie-sanders-mitt-romney-spar-on-student-loan-forgiveness-2022-4

* "White House seeks more power to counter use of drones in US:" https://apnews.com/article/technology-business-federal-aviation-administration-congress-90c34d902cacb04d0d7369356d9706c1

* "Biden blocks sales of inefficient lightbulbs, reversing Trump-era policy:" https://www.cnbc.com/2022/04/26/biden-blocks-sales-of-inefficient-lightbulbs-reversing-trump-policy-.html

* "FDA to issue plan banning menthol in cigarettes, cigars:" https://www.nbcnews.com/health/health-news/fda-issue-plan-banning-menthol-cigarettes-cigars-rcna26477

* "US economy shrinks, threats loom, but growth likely to last:" https://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/us-economy-shrank-14-q1-consumers-spending-84367864

* "Conservative Pundit Says Trans People Are to Blame for Inflation:" https://www.advocate.com/politics/2022/4/14/conservative-pundit-charlie-kirk-says-trans-people-are-blame-inflation

* "Biden seeks a dramatic increase in aid for Ukraine:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2022/04/28/biden-russia-oligarchs-assets-ukraine/

* "Jamie Raskin slams Marjorie Taylor Greene for likening NATO allies to Nazis:" https://www.newsweek.com/jamie-raskin-slams-marjorie-taylor-greene-likening-nato-allies-nazis-1701951

* "'Last chance': Greens push climate compromise with Manchin:" https://www.politico.com/news/2022/04/26/greens-push-climate-compromise-manchin-00027511

* "Trump officials overruled Pentagon to approve pandemic loan, emails show:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2022/04/27/trump-officials-loan-yellow-trucking/

* "Families brace for potential end of universal free school meals:" https://nbc-2.com/news/2022/03/17/families-brace-for-potential-end-of-universal-free-school-meals/

* "US school 'sorry' for foster care threat over lunch debt:" https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-49117936

* "Alec Baldwin: Rust film producers were indifferent to gun safety:" https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-61169495

* "What Happened to the VA?:"

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* "Is Collegeboard Taking Advantage of High Schoolers?:"

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* "Chris Smalls - Building and Leading the Amazon Labor Union:" https://www.cc.com/video/kdwb3m/the-daily-show-with-trevor-noah-chris-smalls-building-and-leading-the-amazon-labor-union

* "Rich companies are using a quiet tactic to block lawsuits: bankruptcy:" https://www.npr.org/2022/04/02/1082871843/rich-companies-are-using-a-quiet-tactic-to-block-lawsuits-bankruptcy

* "In NYC, ads for jobs will have to say what they pay:" https://apnews.com/article/pay-transparency-new-york-city-b1ad9cb696ff57932d9aed39305f8b55

* No back pay for generations of worker’s required to work for free though. "Delta to begin paying flight attendants during boarding:" https://apnews.com/article/delta-flight-attendants-pay-boarding-f43909f3e2b050cd61c3bf1acdd74bd6

* "Boeing 'probably shouldn't have taken' Trump-negotiated Air Force One deal, CEO says:" https://www.cnn.com/2022/04/27/politics/air-force-one-boeing-trump/index.html

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

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

Here is one that will send your reps a fax: https://resist.bot/

* "Florida approves DeSantis-backed congressional maps that dismantle Black lawmaker’s seat:" https://www.politico.com/news/2022/04/21/floridas-gop-led-legislature-approves-new-congressional-maps-over-democrats-protests-00026950

* "Kansas judge rejects congressional map; appeal expected:" https://www.politico.com/news/2022/04/25/kansas-judge-rejects-congressional-map-00027508

* "N.Y. congressional map is illegal and must be redrawn, court says:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2022/04/27/ny-congressional-map-is-illegal-must-be-redrawn-court-says/

* Republicans refused to follow the law or the court ruling, so the courts gave up so as to let them cheat in the election becauasew that was easier than keeping the rule of law. "Ohio federal court plans to intervene without legislative redistricting plan by May - Ohio Capital Journal:" https://ohiocapitaljournal.com/2022/04/21/ohio-federal-court-plans-to-intervene-without-legislative-redistricting-plan-by-may/

* "The Republican blueprint to steal the 2024 election:" https://www.cnn.com/2022/04/27/opinions/gop-blueprint-to-steal-the-2024-election-luttig/index.html

* "Michigan GOP in chaos as fealty to Trump's Big Lie defines party:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/michigan-gop-in-chaos-as-fealty-to-trump-s-big-lie-defines-party-138802245782

* "Why a 'Big Lie' is so powerful and so hard to undo:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/why-a-big-lie-is-so-powerful-and-so-hard-to-undo-138899525579

* "How populations are lured into tolerating previously unacceptable behavior in politics:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/how-populations-are-lured-into-tolerating-previously-unacceptable-behavior-in-politics-138897477876

* "Maddow: Right-wing war on journalism part of a tactic worth recognizing:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/maddow-right-wing-war-on-journalism-part-of-a-tactic-worth-recognizing-138898501946

* "Trump allies breach U.S. voting systems in search of 'evidence':" https://www.reuters.com/investigates/special-report/usa-election-breaches/

* "Local Republicans compromising voting systems in pursuit of Trump's Big Lie: Reuters:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/local-republicans-compromising-voting-systems-in-pursuit-of-trump-s-big-lie-reuters-138982981915

* "GOP plans to ‘take the next election regardless of who wins’ Harvard constitutional scholar says:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-reidout/watch/republicans-are-planning-to-steal-2024-election-conservative-judge-warns-138979909665

* A third state has emerged. "Mark Meadows was simultaneously registered to vote in three states:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2022/04/22/mark-meadows-was-simultaneously-registered-vote-three-states/

* "‘Rich guy voter fraud’: Meadows was registered to vote in three states at once:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/-rich-guy-voter-fraud-meadows-was-registered-to-vote-in-three-states-at-once-138367045832

* "Exclusive: Local election chief threatened by Republican leader seeking illegal access to voting equipment:" https://www.reuters.com/world/us/exclusive-local-election-chief-threatened-by-republican-leader-seeking-illegal-2022-04-23/

* "Val Demings decries opponent Marco Rubio's statements on DeSantis Disney battle:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-reidout/watch/florida-taxpayers-facing-1-billion-debt-bomb-if-disney-s-special-status-revoked-decried-by-val-demings-138791493725

* "Crist on DeSantis: Whatever happened to less taxes, less government, more freedom from GOP?:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-reidout/watch/gop-embrace-of-authoritarianism-embodied-in-desantis-dem-candidate-for-florida-governor-charlie-crist-says-138612805722

* "Madison Cawthorn photos reveal him wearing women’s lingerie in public setting:" https://www.politico.com/news/2022/04/22/madison-cawthorn-photos-00027286

* "Cawthorn cited for loaded handgun at TSA checkpoint:" https://www.cnn.com/2022/04/26/politics/madison-cawthorn-cited-loaded-handgun-airport/index.html

* "Madison Cawthorn's Problem Is That He Picked a Fight With a Koch Brother Mini-Me:" https://www.esquire.com/news-politics/politics/a39841527/madison-cawthorn-insider-trading-airport-gun/

* "Hayes: Targeting of Madison Cawthorn reveals where Republican red line is:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/hayes-targeting-of-madison-cawthorn-reveals-where-republican-red-line-is-138973765917

* "Doug Mastriano campaigned at an event promoting QAnon and conspiracy theories about 9/11:" https://www.inquirer.com/politics/election/doug-mastriano-teddy-daniels-qanon-conference-gop-candidates-20220427.html

* "With no evidence, Rebecca Kleefisch, Wisconsin candidate for governor, says 2020 election was 'rigged':" https://www.jsonline.com/story/news/politics/elections/2022/04/27/rebecca-kleefisch-says-2020-election-rigged-compares-deflategate/9551852002/

* "Michigan GOP has put two election-deniers on the November ballot:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2022/04/25/michigan-gop-has-put-two-election-deniers-november-ballot/

* "Michigan GOP moves forward with 2020 election-denying secretary of state and AG:" https://www.npr.org/2022/04/23/1094474805/michigan-gop-karamo-secretary-of-state

* He’s proudly endangering the lives of innocent children for political gain. "GOP Candidate Targets LGBTQ+ Children in ‘Disgusting’ Campaign Ad:" https://www.advocate.com/politics/2022/4/14/gop-candidate-targets-lgbtq-children-disgusting-campaign-ad

* "Nev. Politician: Gays Are Unconstitutional Since They Can't Procreate:" https://www.advocate.com/politics/2022/4/18/nev-politician-gays-are-unconstitutional-they-cant-procreate

* CW: Sexual Assaut. The credibly accused pedophile and rapist endorses a credibly accused rapist. "Trump goes all in for candidate accused of sexual assault:" https://www.politico.com/news/2022/04/28/trumps-risky-primary-play-rallying-for-a-longtime-ally-accused-of-sexual-misconduct-00028611

* "Trump silent as Tenn. GOP kicks his candidate off ballot:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2022/04/20/tennessee-gop-morgan-ortagus-trump-off-ballot/

* "Federal judge says Georgia voters can challenge Greene's reelection run:" https://www.npr.org/2022/04/19/1093479545/federal-judge-says-georgia-voters-can-challenge-greenes-reelection-run

* "Marjorie Taylor Greene admits to calling for Nancy Pelosi's execution:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2022/04/22/marjorie-taylor-greene-hearing-nancy-pelosi-capitol-riots/

* "Marjorie Taylor Greene doesn’t ‘recall’ if she urged Trump to impose martial law:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/marjorie-taylor-greene-doesn-t-recall-if-she-urged-trump-to-impose-martial-law-138366021602

* "Saturday’s Utah State Republican Convention would be a great place for Mike Lee to come clean, Editorial Board writes:" https://www.sltrib.com/opinion/editorial/2022/04/19/saturdays-utah-state/

* "Marjorie Taylor Greene texted Trump chief of staff urging martial law to overturn election:" https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2022/apr/26/marjorie-taylor-greene-texts-mark-meadows-martial-law-2020-election

* It’s still going on despite no evidence of wrong doing. "Wisconsin's GOP-ordered election investigation will continue:" https://apnews.com/article/2022-midterm-elections-biden-steve-bannon-business-donald-trump-b029853f6796cb34c9465fb3b0806fd3

* "GOP texts cast renewed spotlight on post-2020 election efforts:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2022/04/25/greene-text-meadows-raised-topic-martial-law-keep-trump-power/

* "Chris Hayes on the ‘perpetual grievance machine’ of right-wing politics :" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/chris-hayes-on-the-perpetual-grievance-machine-of-right-wing-politics-138695749705

* "Fulton DA clarifies timeline for witness testimony in Trump probe:" https://www.ajc.com/news/georgia-news/fulton-da-clarifies-timeline-for-witness-testimony-in-trump-probe/QPKS7EJWYZHDRDXYH5NOR3KXGE/

* "Trump Fears Hecklers Wielding ‘Very Dangerous’ Killer Fruits:" https://www.thedailybeast.com/trump-warns-of-killer-tomatoes-pineapples-and-bananas-in-court-docs

* "Deposition transcript reveals Trump fear of flying fruit:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/deposition-transcript-reveals-trump-fear-of-flying-fruit-138799173942

* "Donald Trump no less dangerous for being a ridiculous buffoon:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/donald-trump-no-less-dangerous-for-being-a-ridiculous-buffoon-138802757572

* "New York grand jury hearing evidence in DA's investigation into Trump Organization expires this week:" https://www.cnn.com/2022/04/27/politics/trump-organization-investigation-grand-jury/

* "Judge Says Real Estate Giant Broke Rules for Trump:" https://www.thedailybeast.com/judge-says-real-estate-giant-cushman-and-wakefield-broke-rules-for-donald-trump

* "Judge finds Donald Trump in contempt in New York legal fight:" https://apnews.com/article/donald-trump-held-in-contempt-in-ny-legal-fight-409f6571e9d74c76055c8e0a57249163

* "Trump says he won't return to Twitter if account reinstated after Musk takeover, he tells Fox News:" https://www.reuters.com/technology/trump-says-he-wont-return-twitter-if-account-reinstated-after-musk-takeover-2022-04-25/

* "‘I’ve Had It With This Guy’: G.O.P. Leaders Privately Blasted Trump After Jan. 6:" https://www.nytimes.com/2022/04/21/us/politics/trump-mitch-mcconnell-kevin-mccarthy.html

* "Beschloss: If we don’t like how powerful Trump is today, thank Kevin McCarthy:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-reidout/watch/audio-showing-kevin-mccarthy-planned-to-urge-trump-to-resign-after-jan-6-analyzed-by-politics-experts-138370117716

* "Rep. Dean: "Mr. McCarthy has shown himself to not be able to lead… He's a follower":" https://www.msnbc.com/the-sunday-show/watch/rep-dean-mr-mccarthy-has-shown-himself-to-not-be-able-to-lead-he-s-a-follower-138440261640

* "Donald Trump brags about the incriminating video of him on Jan. 6 that Congress has obtained:" https://www.rawstory.com/trump-jan-6-2657203491/

* "Rep. Debbie Lesko attended White House planning meeting to avert Trump's 2020 loss:" https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/rep-debbie-lesko-attended-white-house-planning-meeting-to-avert-trump-s-2020-loss/ar-AAWwnsj?ocid=msedgdhp&cvid=deb89c89a92a4034861886c64d4fc3a5

* "Meadows was warned of violence ahead of Jan. 6, new court filings show:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2022/04/23/meadows-jan6-secret-service-committee-testimony/

* "McCarthy feared GOP colleagues would incite violence after Jan. 6 :" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/new-audio-mccarthy-feared-gop-colleagues-would-incite-violence-after-jan-6-138693701776

* "Swalwell on new McCarthy audio: ‘He put America first—for a couple of hours’:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/swalwell-on-new-mccarthy-audio-he-put-america-first-for-a-couple-of-hours-138694725664

* "Meadows' texts reveal new details about the key role a little-known GOP congressman played in efforts to overturn election:" https://www.cnn.com/2022/04/26/politics/mark-meadows-texts-scott-perry-key-role-overturn-election/index.html

* "Kimberly Guilfoyle meets with Jan. 6 committee:" https://apnews.com/article/capitol-siege-ivanka-trump-donald-kimberly-guilfoyle-a7ea316cf62f4950b6bfbcd3634767fd

* "Alex Jones Reaches Out to Justice Dept. About Jan. 6 Interview:" https://www.nytimes.com/2022/04/20/us/politics/alex-jones-jan-6-interview.html

* "Talk of martial law, Insurrection Act draws notice of Jan. 6 committee:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2022/04/27/talk-martial-law-insurrection-act-draws-notice-jan-6-committee/

* "Mark Meadows' 2,319 text messages reveal Trump's inner circle communications before and after January 6:" https://www.cnn.com/2022/04/25/politics/mark-meadows-texts-2319/index.html

* "New details on why Pence refused to get in Secret Service car on Jan. 6:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/new-details-on-why-pence-refused-to-get-in-secret-service-car-on-jan-6-138609733788

* "Raskin: Pence said ‘six of the most chilling words’ in U.S. history on Jan. 6:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/raskin-pence-said-six-of-the-most-chilling-words-in-u-s-history-on-jan-6-138611781523

* "Text message trove shows Oath Keepers discussing security details for Trump associates:" https://www.politico.com/news/2022/04/18/oath-keepers-security-trump-jan6-00026157

* "Jurors reject array of defenses at Capitol riot trials:" https://apnews.com/article/capitol-siege-new-york-city-riots-3d6b7ea4fc5ebc78738505cca5c15f0c

* "Adult Film Entertainer Arrested for Role in Jan. 6 Insurrection:" https://www.advocate.com/crime/2022/4/14/gay-adult-film-entertainer-sergeant-miles-arrested-role-jan-6-insurrection-capitol

* "In a D.C. jail, Jan. 6 defendants awaiting trial are forming bitter factions:" https://www.npr.org/2022/04/14/1092580753/capitol-riot-january-6-insurrection-defendants

* "Why Some Democrats and Republicans Want to Keep Title 42:"

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* "Hayes: America's current border policy is Stephen Miller's dream come true:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/hayes-america-s-current-border-policy-is-stephen-miller-s-dream-come-true-138975301802

* "Grand Rapids police chief names officer who fatally shot Patrick Lyoya:" https://www.cnn.com/2022/04/25/us/grand-rapids-police-christopher-schurr-patrick-lyoya-shooting/index.html

* "Texas Court Halts Execution of Mother Convicted of Killing Child:" https://www.nytimes.com/2022/04/25/us/melissa-lucio-execution-texas.html?smid=tw-nytimes&smtyp=cur

* "The LA sheriff now says no charges for the reporter who wrote about a cover-up:" https://www.npr.org/2022/04/26/1094952916/los-angeles-sheriff-la-times-cover-up-reporter

* "Report calls out abuse of social media by Minneapolis police:" https://apnews.com/article/death-of-george-floyd-police-minnesota-minneapolis-social-media-f6ce6422d81d365daddaa650b43243cc

* "Georgia Gov. Kemp signs bill into law that limits discussions about race in classrooms:" https://www.cnn.com/2022/04/28/politics/georgia-bill-limits-race-discussions-classrooms/

* "Tennessee lawmaker suggests burning banned books:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2022/04/27/tennessee-burning-banned-books/

* Oh look, it was all cover for a massive kickback for his donor. "As DeSantis administration rejects textbooks, only one publisher allowed for K-5 math classes in Florida:" https://www.tallahassee.com/story/news/2022/04/19/desantis-textbooks-florida-woke-one-publisher-allowed-k-5-math-classes/7357965001/

* "Florida and Maths Texts:" https://solarbird.dreamwidth.org/1831331.html

* "Tim Scott says "critical race theory" teaches kids they are "oppressors" or "victims":" https://www.msnbc.com/the-sunday-show/watch/tim-scott-says-critical-race-theory-teaches-kids-they-are-oppressors-or-victims-138439237896

* "Hayes: How the right disguises their quest for power as ‘free speech’ protest:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/hayes-how-the-right-disguises-their-quest-for-power-as-free-speech-protest-138786373669

* "Brooklyn Public Library offers young readers free library cards and access to banned books:" https://www.cnn.com/2022/04/26/us/brooklyn-library-banned-books-access/index.html

* "Kansas Gov. Vetoes Anti-Trans Sports Bill, 'Parents' Rights' Measure:" https://www.advocate.com/politics/2022/4/18/kansas-gov-vetoes-anti-trans-sports-bill-parents-rights-measure

* "Okla. legislature approves bill banning abortions after 6 weeks of pregnancy:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2022/04/28/abortion-oklahoma-republicans/

"During the Senate debate on the wider abortion ban, state Sen. Warren Hamilton (R) questioned why the bill should include an exception for ectopic pregnancies, a life-threatening condition in which the fetus grows outside the uterus. “I wonder how we square that with the idea of justice for all,” said Hamilton, who also opposed the measure’s exceptions for rape and incest."

* "US Surgeons General call for an end to intersex surgery:" https://www.gaystarnews.com/article/us-surgeon-generals-call-end-intersex-surgery/

* "Missouri lawmaker goes viral for a speech against an anti-trans sports bill:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-sunday-show/watch/missouri-lawmaker-goes-viral-for-a-speech-against-an-anti-trans-sports-bill-138440261679

* "Democrats may have a new weapon in the fight against the GOP's culture war:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-sunday-show/watch/democrats-may-have-a-new-weapon-in-the-fight-against-the-gop-s-culture-war-138451525896

* "Canada finally lifts archaic, homophobic ban on queer men donating blood:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2022/04/28/canada-lift-queer-men-blood-donation-ban/

* "America’s Pandemic Orphans Are Slipping Through the Cracks:" https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2022/04/covid-orphan-kids-lost-parent/629436/

* "Mental health trust branded 'inadequate' for fourth time in damning CQC report:" https://www.suffolknews.co.uk/bury-st-edmunds/news/mental-health-trust-branded-inadequate-in-damning-cqc-repo-9251571/

* "Norfolk mental health: Coroner raises concerns after death of patient:" https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-norfolk-61245928

* "Second death reported in new Ebola outbreak in Democratic Republic of Congo :" https://www.cnn.com/2022/04/26/africa/second-ebola-death-drc-intl/index.html

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* "Fierce winds drive wildfires in U.S. Southwest:" https://www.reuters.com/world/us/wildfires-widespread-parched-us-southwest-2022-04-22/

* "Thick smoke over Indian capital after landfill site catches fire:" https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2022/4/27/thick-smoke-over-indian-capital-after-landfill-site-catches-fire

* "How Military Jet Fuel Leaked Into Hawaii's Drinking Water:"

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* "The Fight Against A US Mining Company in Jamaica Continues:"

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* "The world’s oldest pants are a 3,000-year-old engineering marvel:" https://arstechnica.com/science/2022/04/the-worlds-oldest-pants-are-a-3000-year-old-engineering-marvel/

* Louisa May Alcott was likely Trans: https://twitter.com/peytonology/status/1516612189687324673

* "Survivors unite to deliver message on Holocaust remembrance:" https://apnews.com/article/russia-ukraine-middle-east-lifestyle-religion-europe-949c98b505d8e14f5099fc4569a47bfa

* CW: Suicide. "Outside the Supreme Court, a life of purpose and pain ends in flames:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2022/04/26/wynn-bruce-fire-supreme-court-climate-activist/

* "The world's oldest person, Japan's Kane Tanaka, dies at age 119:" https://www.npr.org/2022/04/25/1094630648/the-worlds-oldest-person-japans-kane-tanaka-dies-at-age-119

* "Orrin G. Hatch, longest-serving Republican in Senate history, dies at 88:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/obituaries/orrin-g-hatch-longest-serving-republican-in-senate-history-dies-at-88/2022/04/23/df938ada-0483-11e9-b5df-5d3874f1ac36_story.html

* "Former Kenyan President Kibaki is dead at 90:" https://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/kenyan-president-kibaki-dead-90-84239593

* "Gay Cyclist Killed in Hit and Run During AIDS/LifeCycle Fundraiser:" https://www.advocate.com/crime/2022/4/18/gay-cyclist-killed-hit-and-run-during-aidslifecycle-fundraiser

* "Gay Adult Film Star Steve 'Titpig' Hurley Has Died at Age 64:" https://www.advocate.com/news/2022/4/21/gay-adult-film-star-steve-titpig-hurley-has-died-age-64

"Outside of porn, Steve was a registered nurse who tirelessly volunteered for various HIV prevention organizations,” Mitchell continued. “He had the innate ability to make every fan he met feel like they were already friends.”

* "Rio carnival: Tribute to Afro-Brazilian god wins title:" https://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-61241879

* "This Challah Is Key to Good Fortune After Passover:" https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/key-shaped-challah

* "Tucker Carlson’s Cock Doc and the Far Right’s Bogus “War on Masculinity”:" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=obUFIqkr-iI&list=PLur87nTwD0BtTFxSkad7-nTALsJ52QXUf&index=3

* "The Case For Universal Free Lunch:"

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* "Mark Meadows' 2,319 Texts Are Absolutely Bonkers:"

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* "Greg Abbott Buses Migrants to D.C. & Rihanna's Vogue Cover:" https://www.cc.com/video/ud6frb/the-daily-show-with-trevor-noah-greg-abbott-buses-migrants-to-d-c-rihanna-s-vogue-cover

* "Jordan Klepper Fingers the Pulse - CPAC 2022 in Orlando, FL:" https://www.cc.com/video/aq1ps7/the-daily-show-with-trevor-noah-jordan-klepper-fingers-the-pulse-cpac-2022-in-orlando-fl

* "Jordan Klepper Fingers the Pulse - Hungary Goes Hard Right :" https://www.cc.com/video/j7d8qj/the-daily-show-with-trevor-noah-jordan-klepper-fingers-the-pulse-hungary-goes-hard-right

* "America: WTF - Taxes:" https://www.cc.com/video/vgz3rr/the-daily-show-with-trevor-noah-america-wtf-taxes

* "Florida Bans Math Books & AriZona Iced Tea Won't Raise Price:" https://www.cc.com/video/t9azga/the-daily-show-with-trevor-noah-florida-bans-math-books-arizona-iced-tea-won-t-raise-price

* "Netflix's Stock Plummets & Ron DeSantis-Disney Feud:" https://www.cc.com/video/37eq1h/the-daily-show-with-trevor-noah-netflix-s-stock-plummets-ron-desantis-disney-feud

* "January 6 Amnesia:" https://www.cc.com/video/quwyf0/the-daily-show-with-trevor-noah-january-6-amnesia

* "Trump Won't Return to Twitter & Youth Referee Shortage :" https://www.cc.com/video/2m7lex/the-daily-show-with-trevor-noah-trump-won-t-return-to-twitter-youth-referee-shortage

* "Russia Cuts Off Gas & Delta Changes Flight Attendant Pay :" https://www.cc.com/video/vnupt3/the-daily-show-with-trevor-noah-russia-cuts-off-gas-delta-changes-flight-attendant-pay

* "Porn-Watching U.K. Politician & Trump's Protester Testimony:" https://www.cc.com/video/8j4di4/the-daily-show-with-trevor-noah-porn-watching-u-k-politician-trump-s-protester-testimony

* "Fringe-Watching - Madison Cawthorn's Scandal Spree:" https://www.cc.com/video/01i2ey/the-daily-show-with-trevor-noah-fringe-watching-madison-cawthorn-s-scandal-spree

* "CP Time - Black Classical Music:" https://www.cc.com/video/8b759k/the-daily-show-with-trevor-noah-cp-time-black-classical-music

* Hannah Gadsby Interview:

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* "Florence + The Machine - Free:"

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* I spent a lot of the last week and a half dealing with bureaucracy. I had it really streamed lined in the prep phase. I should have known it was too easy. They literally moved the office where i was supposed to turn it in, plus all the associated proceedures. my sleep cycle is a mess.

Friday I stayed up to do phone calls. Later, I realised too late I'd forgotten half of them. I'm also dealing witrh yet more appartment management company bullshit, plus physical stuff related to the reason i need surgury.

I got my Covid second booster, so expect to be a mess for the weekend. I wrestled with it ethically. I am in the high risk group (for three reasons now), but also there are countries where people have had no shots at all. What decided me not to wait until August was Omicron BA variant contagiousness plus my upcoming surgury. This is agony and my shoulder is deteriorating badly thanks to the extreme limits on my physio. I don't want to lose another two to three months for a posative COVID test right before surgury.

I still feel like an asshole snatching a shot someone likerly needs more than I do.

* We are planning to use most of squirrel's tax rebate to get a working oven, but the dishwasher is also broken. (The dishwasher is a safety thing because I am medically fragile. Not having a working oven is playing havoc with my nutrition.) My share of the oven plus fixing the dishwasher will likely be in the $600-700 range.

(I am disabled and queer in at least three senses of the word and on a fixed income).

Why not all of his tax refund? he’s in a medical insurance gap and is having an emergent health crisis. He couldn’t have paid for both things anyway.

If you would like to help: paypal.me/Gwydion

* "Rare Gowns Found in Trunks Unpack Important Fashion History:" https://www.antiquetrader.com/collectibles/rare-callot-soeurs-gowns-found-in-trunks?fbclid=IwAR1AX6ovnca7fcbaBcqUVL9qF6vOBsCtSXlfMb5b3uifEVt75f0B-QQmEmA

* Ed Teach and Face Touch: https://amuseoffyre.tumblr.com/post/679907872835076096/im-having-so-many-emotions-right-now-about-ed-and

* Stede Bonnett and Trauma: https://quillyfied.tumblr.com/post/680380418533539840/a-point-id-like-to-see-being-addressed-more-the

* Izzy Hands Toes: https://gwydionmisha.tumblr.com/post/682420648650358784/has-anyone-done-a-gifset-thats-just

* Masculinity in Our flag Means Death: https://gwydionmisha.tumblr.com/post/682416233167060992

* "How ‘Our Flag Means Death’ Built a Realistic but Farcical Pirate Ship:" https://www.indiewire.com/2022/03/our-flag-means-death-pirate-ship-revenge-1234705721/

* "Mockumentary set in medieval England with no explanation as to why or how a camera crew is there:" https://thewynne.tumblr.com/post/682098665979002880

* "Entwives:" https://xkcd.com/2609/

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

The help links are at the bottom under the cut.

* "These Organizations Accept Donations To Help People in Ukraine:" https://www.snopes.com/news/2022/03/01/where-to-donate-help-ukraine/

* "Russia-Ukraine War: Info and ways to help:" https://ukrainewar.carrd.co/

* "This is where you can donate to support LGBT+ Ukrainians:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2022/02/25/donate-support-lgbt-ukraine/

* "Support OVD-Info:" https://beste-glatisant.tumblr.com/post/677388506851606528/hi-ive-donated-to-the-ukranian-refugees-and-now

* Ways to help Trans Youth resisting Transphobic laws in Texas: https://the-cimmerians.tumblr.com/post/677204004210688000

* Help LGBTQIA+ people escape Afghanistan: https://www.gofundme.com/f/help-lgbtq-afghan-refugees-rebuild-their-lives

* "The Rainbow Railroad:" https://www.rainbowrailroad.org/take-action

* "Supporting Abortion Funds in the South:" https://laughingacademy.tumblr.com/post/682207036936732672/supporting-abortion-funds-in-the-south

* We are drowning from one domestic disaster after another this winter. Paypal Lethran@gmail.com or paypal.me/Gwydion

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* "It's not too late to stave off the climate crisis, U.N. report finds. Here's how:" https://www.npr.org/2022/04/04/1090577162/climate-change-un-ipcc-report

* "The Guardian view on Hungary’s election: a dismal day for democracy:" https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2022/apr/04/the-guardian-view-on-hungarys-election-a-dismal-day-for-democracy

* "Anti-LGBTQ+ Hungarian PM Viktor Orbán Cruises to Huge Election Victory:" https://www.advocate.com/news/2022/4/04/anti-lgbtq-hungarian-pm-viktor-orban-cruises-huge-election-victory

* "Serbian president Aleksandar Vučić wins new term by landslide:" https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/apr/04/serbia-president-aleksandar-vucic-claims-election-victory-to-secure-second-term

* "Sri Lanka Protesters Defy President, Rejecting a Cabinet Shuffle:" https://www.nytimes.com/2022/04/04/world/asia/sri-lanka-protests-rajapaksa.html

* "Sri Lanka's president will not resign, despite protests - minister:" https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/sri-lankas-doctors-protest-against-drugs-shortage-crisis-persists-2022-04-06/

* "Putin targets enemies at home as his missiles strike Ukraine:" https://www.reuters.com/investigates/special-report/ukraine-crisis-russia-repression/

* "Hackers steal 900K emails from Russia's largest state-owned media corporation:" https://www.dailydot.com/debug/hackers-vgtrk-920k-emails-anonymous-russia/

* "Kremlin Shutters Amnesty, Human Rights Watch Offices in Moscow:" https://www.commondreams.org/news/2022/04/08/kremlin-shutters-amnesty-human-rights-watch-offices-moscow

* "Shanghai wrestles with food shortages under virus shutdown:" https://apnews.com/article/covid-business-health-shanghai-china-db82171b57b0768fea8352c1cd98bf39

* "First ICC trial addressing Darfur war crimes gets underway:" https://www.cnn.com/2022/04/05/africa/darfur-war-crimes-trial-icc-intl/index.html

* "Pope makes historic Indigenous apology for Canada abuses:" https://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/pope-begs-forgiveness-indigenous-canada-school-abuses-83806752

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* "Shanghai Covid lockdown extended to entire city:" https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-china-60994022

* "'So many bodies piled up': Hong Kong funeral services overwhelmed by COVID:" https://www.reuters.com/world/china/so-many-bodies-piled-up-hong-kong-funeral-services-overwhelmed-by-covid-2022-04-06/

* "'COVID is not a cold' - Germany U-turns on ending mandatory isolation:" https://www.reuters.com/business/healthcare-pharmaceuticals/germany-drops-plan-relax-covid-quarantine-rules-2022-04-06/

* "New Zealand’s Covid strategy was one of the world’s most successful – what can we learn from it?:" https://www.theguardian.com/world/commentisfree/2022/apr/05/new-zealands-covid-strategy-was-one-of-the-worlds-most-successful-what-can-it-learn-from-it

* "America Is Staring Down Its First 'So What?' Wave:" https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2022/04/ba2-omicron-variant-covid-surge/629474/

* "Hawaii becomes last state to lift mask mandate, but some opt to keep wearing them:" https://www.hawaiinewsnow.com/2022/03/27/mask-mandate-has-been-lifted-that-doesnt-mean-masks-have-gone-away-entirely/

* People were so good with masks in my town in Washington state all this time. In the grocery store today, head Millennial and I were in our N-95s because omicron. hardly anyone had a mask at all but us. It’s freaking me out a little. Has no one heard of Omicron?

* "Garland, Raimondo test positive for COVID-19:" https://apnews.com/article/covid-health-merrick-garland-8dbbc1e9d8d86abe272e03782068a97d

* "Pelosi positive for COVID-19, was at White House with Biden:" https://www.seattletimes.com/nation-world/nation-politics/pelosi-positive-for-covid-19-was-at-white-house-with-biden/

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* "War in Ukraine live updates: Russia is suspended from the U.N. Human Rights Council:" https://www.npr.org/live-updates/ukraine-russia-evacuations-security-council-04-07-2022#u-n-members-vote-to-suspend-russia-from-the-human-rights-council

* "Congress votes to suspend Russia trade status, enact oil ban:" https://apnews.com/article/russia-ukraine-putin-biden-business-europe-306879c2f7b51472c2ea217d70619ffd

* "‘Outraged by the atrocities’: U.S. aims new sanctions at Russia:" https://www.politico.com/news/2022/04/06/treasury-crackdown-russia-sberbank-00023372

* "Zelenskyy Calls for Ceasefire Before Potential Peace Negotiations:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-sunday-show/watch/zelenskyy-calls-for-ceasefire-before-potential-peace-negotiations-136887877792

* "U.S. pushes to suspend Russia from U.N. human rights body:" https://www.reuters.com/world/urgent-us-pushes-suspend-russia-human-rights-council-2022-04-04/

* "Germany says West to agree more sanctions on Russia after Bucha killings:" https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/ukraine-demands-new-russia-sanctions-over-massacre-2022-04-03/

* "‘Continuous drumbeat that sounds like genocidal language’ on Russian state TV journalist says:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-reidout/watch/russian-state-tv-language-targeting-ukraine-sounds-genocidal-journalist-says-137185861784

* "Historian: Only way to end Ukraine war is by Russian defeat on battlefield:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/historian-only-way-to-end-ukraine-war-is-by-russian-defeat-on-battlefield-137267269811

* "Russia hits an oil processing plant near the port city of Odesa:" https://www.npr.org/2022/04/03/1090496851/ukraine-russian-strikes-on-odesa-kyiv-mayor-says-russia-committing-genocide

* "Moscow Has Forcibly Taken More than 400,000 Ukrainians to Russia, Ukraine Says:" https://time.com/6160765/ukrainians-taken-to-russia/

* "Ukrainian mayor shows dead bodies amid battle-scarred city of Bucha:" https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/ukrainian-mayor-shows-dead-bodies-liberated-city-bucha-2022-04-03/

* "Biden on Bucha massacre: ‘It is a war crime’:" https://www.politico.com/news/2022/04/04/biden-bucha-massacre-war-crime-00022690

* "Vindman: Bucha killings show Russian ‘callousness for human life’:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/vindman-bucha-killings-show-russian-callousness-for-human-life-136991813523

* "Ukrainian MP alleges massacres happening in Ukrainian cities still under Russian control:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-reidout/watch/zelenskyy-calls-bucha-ukraine-massacre-a-war-crime-genocide-136997957503

* "The atrocities in Bucha are no aberration. This is the Russian way of war.:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2022/04/03/atrocities-are-the-russian-way-of-war/

* "Ukrainian officials accuse Russia of using 'mobile crematoriums' in Mariupol:" https://abcnews.go.com/amp/International/russia-accused-mobile-crematoriums-incinerate-civilians-mariupol/story?id=83932376

* "As Mariupol residents flee, Russian forces hunt for Ukrainian fighters:" https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/mariupol-residents-flee-russian-forces-hunt-ukrainian-fighters-2022-04-02/

* "Mariupol’s dead put at 5,000 as Ukraine braces in the east:" https://www.politico.com/news/2022/04/06/mariupol-dead-5-000-russia-war-ukraine-00023560

* "Mariupol, Ukraine city council member: ‘Russia is not possible to stop without a war’:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-reidout/watch/russian-rockets-hit-crowded-train-station-in-donetsk-region-of-ukraine-leaving-scores-dead-137357893891

* "Death toll rises to 31 from strike on government building in Ukraine's Mykolaiv:" https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/death-toll-rises-31-strike-government-building-ukraines-mykolaiv-2022-04-01/

* "Pentagon: Russia has fully withdrawn from Kyiv, Chernihiv:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2022/04/06/pentagon-russia-withdraws-kyiv-chernihiv/

* "After weeks of street battles, Kyiv suburb is scene of ruin:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2022/04/03/irpin-ukrainian-control/

* "Ukraine claims full control of Kyiv as chances of peace talks advance, says nearly 18,000 Russian military dead:" https://www.cnbc.com/2022/04/02/russia-ukraine-live-updates.html

* "Ukraine claims 410 bodies found in recaptured towns; Zelenskyy accuses Russia of genocide. Follow our live updates:" https://www.cnbc.com/2022/04/03/russia-ukraine-live-updates.html

* "Biden says U.S. will 'ratchet up the pain for Putin;' UN identifies 63 children among 1,563 dead civilians in Ukraine:" https://www.cnbc.com/2022/04/06/live-updates-latest-news-on-russia-and-the-war-in-ukraine.html

* "Missile kills at least 52 at crowded Ukrainian train station:" https://apnews.com/article/russia-ukraine-europe-ap-top-news-migration-united-nations-ee2fa37bb0ace7b4714c084998765f65

* "After the Bucha massacre, Ukraine's LGBT+ community needs our help more than ever:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2022/04/06/ukraine-lgbt-refugees-welcome-pinknews-kyiv-pride/

* "Ukrainian trans people struggling to access vital healthcare amid Russian war:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2022/04/06/ukraine-trans-healthcare/

* "The people who keep the refugee trains running out of Ukraine – photo essay:" https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/mar/31/the-people-who-keep-the-refugee-trains-running-out-of-ukraine-photo-essay

* "Poland struggles to resettle wave of Ukraine refugees in Krakow:" https://www.npr.org/2022/04/03/1090609720/poland-struggles-to-resettle-wave-of-ukraine-refugees-in-krakow

* "US Police Have So Much Extra Gear They’re Sending It to Ukraine:" https://www.vice.com/en/article/dypkjx/us-police-donates-tactical-gear-ukraine

* "Red is dead: Russian anti-war protesters fly a new flag for peace:" https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/apr/03/red-is-dead-russian-anti-war-protesters-fly-a-new-flag-for-peace

* "‘Motorcade of shame’: outrage over pro-Russia displays at Berlin rally:" https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/apr/05/motorcade-of-shame-outrage-over-pro-russia-displays-at-berlin-rally

* "Car rams Russian Embassy gate in Romania, driver dead:" https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/romania-russian-embassy-crash-1.6409864

* "UNESCO says 53 cultural sites in Ukraine have been damaged since the Russian invasion:" https://www.npr.org/2022/04/02/1090475172/unesco-ukraine-cultural-sites-damage

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* "Top US general: Potential for 'significant international conflict' is increasing:" https://www.cnn.com/2022/04/05/politics/mark-milley-ukraine-reaction-international-conflict/index.html

* "Shutdown of Russia's Hydra Market Disrupts a Crypto-Crime ATM:" https://www.wired.com/story/hydra-market-shutdown/

* "U.S. government and energy firms close ranks, fearing Russian cyberattacks:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2022/04/06/russia-cyber-attack-threat-energy/

* "Conscription Into Revolutionary Guards Haunts Iranian Dual Nationals Decades Later:" https://theintercept.com/2022/04/06/iran-terrorist-watchlist-travel-irgc/

* "US Navy intends to decommission some of its newest warships:" https://apnews.com/article/russia-ukraine-business-us-navy-china-congress-6697d9c7cbc047de99e225d379256e44

* "US: 2 posed as agents, gave gifts to Secret Service officers:" https://apnews.com/article/us-secret-service-956062f32e02854112b7c52794d202b2

* Finally! "Six-days-a-week mail delivery saved; Biden signs Postal bill:" https://apnews.com/article/biden-covid-business-health-congress-87359aea19ecb15cf33a02249c641be4

"The new law ends a requirement that the Postal Service finance workers’ health care benefits ahead of time for the next 75 years — an obligation that private companies and federal agencies do not face. Biden said that rule had “stretched the Postal Service’s finances almost to the breaking point.” "

* "Yellen calls for crypto regulation to reduce risks, fraud:" https://apnews.com/article/cryptocurrency-biden-technology-business-police-260dda0d6423e3f9dee06a2621c8f323

* "House Democrats weigh stronger response to Justice Thomas conflict of interest accusations:" https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/congress/house-democrats-are-weighing-stronger-response-justice-thomas-conflict-rcna23116

* "To recuse or not to recuse? A question only the Supreme Court can answer:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-sunday-show/watch/to-recuse-or-not-to-recuse-a-question-only-the-supreme-court-can-answer-136887877772

* "Biden gets history-making nominee Jackson on the Supreme Court:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2022/04/07/supreme-court-confirmation-news/

* "Joy Reid: Today was a day of victory not just for Black women and Black history, but for America:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-reidout/watch/judge-ketanji-brown-jackson-has-been-confirmed-by-the-senate-for-supreme-court-137270341949

* "‘Nobody stole the joy’: Sen. Booker on Judge Jackson's historic confirmation:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/-nobody-stole-the-joy-sen-booker-on-judge-jackson-s-historic-confirmation-137265221981

* I'm leaving other Jackson stuff here rather than reading it as some of it, particularly the QAnon bits, are important for American politics broadly.

* "Joy Reid: They do not want soon-to-be Justice Jackson on that Court as a Black woman unscathed:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-reidout/watch/senate-judiciary-committee-republicans-vote-against-judge-ketanji-brown-jackson-136996421802

* "The QAnon part out loud: GOP smears political opponents as ‘pro-pedophile’:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/the-qanon-part-out-loud-gop-smears-political-opponents-as-pro-pedophile-137084485804

* "Marjorie Taylor Greene calling GOP senators supporting Jackson “pro-pedophile” slammed by Mystal:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-reidout/watch/gop-sen-tom-cotton-saying-judge-ketanji-brown-jackson-would-have-defended-nazis-slammed-by-mystal-137086533889

* "Frightening reality is Marjorie Taylor Greene is present and future of GOP:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-reidout/watch/marjorie-taylor-greene-called-frightening-present-and-future-of-gop-by-joy-reid-137089093534

* "Ted Cruz and Josh Hawley Got What They Wanted From Their Child Porn Smear:" https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2022/04/ted-cruz-republican-grooming-smear-judge-jackson.html

* "How QAnon went mainstream: ‘Fever dream come true for the worst people on the internet’:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/how-qanon-went-mainstream-fever-dream-come-true-for-the-worst-people-on-the-internet-137180741699

* "Republicans block effort to advance $10 billion COVID relief deal in Senate:" https://www.cbsnews.com/news/covid-relief-deal-senate-10-billion-republicans/

* "Biden administration extends pause on federal student loan repayments through August:" https://www.cnn.com/2022/04/05/politics/student-loan-moratorium-extended/index.html

* "Sen. Warren: Canceling student loan debt is about investing in our economy overall:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-reidout/watch/student-loan-relief-boosted-by-sen-elizabeth-warren-as-investment-in-overall-economy-137184325769

* "New wave of teachers’ strikes rolls across US:" https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2022/mar/25/teachers-strikes-us-low-pay-covid

* "Etsy: Cancel the fee increase. Work with sellers, not against us!:" https://www.coworker.org/petitions/cancel-the-fee-increase-work-with-sellers-not-against-us

* "Etsy Strike:" https://etsystrike.org/

* "‘Amazon, here we come’: Biden delivers pro-labor message at union conference:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/-amazon-here-we-come-biden-delivers-pro-labor-message-at-union-conference-137180741549

* "Palm Springs Mayor Disputes Trans Universal Basic Income Claims:" https://www.advocate.com/news/2022/4/07/palm-spring-mayor-disputes-trans-nonbinary-universal-basic-income-claims

* "Why Passing the ERA Is as Critical to LGBTQ+ Folks as the Equality Act:" https://www.advocate.com/commentary/2022/3/22/why-passing-era-critical-lgbtq-folks-equality-act

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

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

Here is one that will send your reps a fax: https://resist.bot/

* "GOP judge throws out Democrats' redistricting plan in New York, setting up expected appellate fight:" https://www.politico.com/news/2022/03/31/new-york-judge-democrats-redistricting-plan-00022161

* "Electing Out People Is Our Best Defense to the War Against Queer Youth:" https://www.advocate.com/commentary/2022/4/02/electing-out-people-our-best-defense-war-against-queer-youth

* "Queer Lives Are Under Attack. Fight Back at the Polls:" https://www.advocate.com/commentary/2022/3/17/queer-lives-are-under-attack-fight-back-polls

* "How LGBTQ+ Candidates Can Win in Swing Districts:" https://www.advocate.com/politics/2022/3/17/how-lgbtq-candidates-can-win-swing-districts

* "Glenn Ivey is among the crowded field running in Maryland's 4th Congressional district:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-sunday-show/watch/glenn-ivey-is-among-the-crowded-field-running-in-maryland-s-4th-congressional-district-136887365824

* "Sarah Palin is back, for a GOP that was remade in her image:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2022/04/04/sarah-palin-is-back-gop-remade/

* "Sarah Palin set the mold for today’s GOP. Now she’s trying to rejoin it.:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/sarah-palin-set-the-mold-for-today-s-gop-now-she-s-trying-to-rejoin-it-136993349646

* "Trump aide seeking N.H. House seat voted in 2 states in 2016:" https://www.npr.org/2022/04/05/1091036830/trump-house-voted-2-states-2016-matt-mowers

* "Dr. Oz, running for U.S. Senate in Pennsylvania, reports at least $100 million in assets:" https://www.cbsnews.com/news/dr-oz-100-million-in-assets-pennsylvania-senate-race/

* "Ron DeSantis Is Threatening Disney With Regulations Because It Spoke Out Against Florida's Anti-LBGTQ Law:" https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2022/04/ron-desantis-threatens-disney-over-dont-say-gay-law-criticism

* "Marjorie Taylor Greene gave her definition of a woman and it backfired badly:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2022/04/06/marjorie-taylor-greene-definition-woman-backlash/

* Theocracy terrifies me "The Growing Religious Fervor in the American Right: ‘This Is a Jesus Movement’:" https://www.nytimes.com/2022/04/06/us/christian-right-wing-politics.html

* "Bannon, Milo Yiannopoulos, and other militant right-wing activists are hellbent on transforming the Catholic Church:" https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2022/03/bannon-milo-and-other-right-wing-activists-are-hellbent-on-transforming-the-catholic-church/

* "Watch Trump Tell Gay Supporters at FL Fundraiser 'You Don’t Look Gay':" https://www.advocate.com/politics/2022/4/01/watch-trump-tell-gay-supporters-fl-fundraiser-you-dont-look-gay

* "Prosecutor says criminal probe of Trump business is still underway:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2022/04/07/bragg-trump-probe-continues/

* "New York AG asks court to hold Donald Trump in contempt:" https://www.cnn.com/2022/04/07/politics/james-trump-contempt/index.html

* "Justice Department investigating handling of White House records taken to Mar-a-Lago after Trump left office:" https://www.cnn.com/2022/04/07/politics/justice-department-national-archives-mar-a-lago-boxes/

* "January 6 panel receives Trump lawyer emails about plan to block Biden victory:" https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2022/apr/06/trump-lawyer-emails-released-january-6-panel-discuss-plans-block-biden-victory

* "Ivanka Trump meets virtually with House January 6 committee:" https://www.cnn.com/2022/04/05/politics/ivanka-trump-january-6-meeting/index.html

* "House asks Justice Department to criminally prosecute former Trump aides Navarro and Scavino for snubbing Jan. 6 committee:" https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/donald-trump/house-vote-navarro-scavino-criminal-contempt-chargrs-trump-doj-rcna23230

* "Rep. Luria: Jan. 6 committee has ‘responsibility’ to refer crimes to DOJ:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/rep-luria-jan-6-committee-has-responsibility-to-refer-crimes-to-doj-136991813882

* "Court orders Jan. 6 defense lawyer disbarred:" https://www.politico.com/news/2022/04/05/jan-6-defense-lawyer-disbarred-00023314

* "Justice Department has more Jan. 6 cases than lawyers to prosecute them:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/justice-department-has-more-jan-6-cases-than-lawyers-to-prosecute-them-137216069951

* "Judge issues first outright acquittal of Jan. 6 riot defendant:" https://www.politico.com/news/2022/04/06/judge-issues-first-outright-acquittal-of-jan-6-riot-defendant-00023493

* "Proud Boys leader ‘confessed in open court to organizing attack on Congress’ legal expert explains:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-reidout/watch/first-proud-boys-leader-pleads-guilty-in-capitol-attack-confessing-to-organizing-attack-on-congress-legal-expert-says-137359429577

* "New evidence Jan. 6 included ‘coordinated assault’ by far-right groups:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/new-evidence-jan-6-included-coordinated-assault-by-far-right-groups-137355333887

* "Sacramento shooting was gunfight among gang rivals:" https://apnews.com/article/sacramento-shootings-crime-massacres-arrests-b7bf0ab7239d0db8820787c6842a7415

* "C.D.C. Confirms It Will Lift Public Health Order Restricting Immigration:" https://www.nytimes.com/2022/04/01/us/politics/cdc-immigration-title-42.html

* "Why Is the U.S. Supposed to Care About Human Rights in Ukraine, but Not at the Border?:" https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2022/04/u-s-human-rights-ukraine-mexico-title-42.html

* "Judge rules families separated at border can't sue Trump officials:" https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/immigration/judge-rules-migrant-families-separated-border-cant-sue-stephen-miller-rcna22857

* "Trump's Policies Tried to Tear This Gay Dad and Son Apart—The Dad Won:" https://www.advocate.com/law/2022/4/05/trumps-policies-tried-tear-gay-dad-and-son-apart-dad-won

* "Family Demands Answers After Gay 18-Year-Old Shot and Killed by Police:" https://www.advocate.com/news/2022/4/07/family-demands-answers-after-gay-18-year-old-shot-and-killed-police

* The Police get away with murder again. "No charges will be filed in fatal police shooting of Amir Locke, killed during no-knock warrant service:" https://www.cnn.com/2022/04/06/us/amir-locke-shooting-police-no-charges/index.html

* "This Rap Song Helped Sentence a 17-Year-Old to Prison for Life :" https://www.typeinvestigations.org/investigation/2022/03/30/rap-music-criminal-trials/

"During cross-examination, the defense attorney pointed out that several of the lyrics Mr. Stillman mentioned did not match the facts of the murder, including the reference to blood on sneakers, “a big Glock with 50 in it,” and an “opp car” — meaning a car belonging to a rival. (The court would later acknowledge that there were, in each of the four exhibits, “other lyrics that do not bear a resemblance to this crime.” One excerpt even ended with a critique of gun violence, in which Mr. Canady condemns all the “killing for no reason” that surrounded him.)"

* "Hayes: How Dems can avoid mistakes of the past and confront rising crime:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/hayes-how-dems-can-avoid-mistakes-of-the-past-and-confront-rising-crime-137356869692

* "Lawsuit: Mayor Lightfoot Berated City Officials Over Dick Size:" https://www.advocate.com/news/2022/3/03/lawsuit-mayor-lightfoot-berated-ex-city-officials-over-dick-size

* "Lawsuit says Google discriminates against Black workers:" https://apnews.com/article/technology-business-lawsuits-california-discrimination-2c375e16ad4f236141c12507a2c07041

* "Sampson McCormick, Black Gay Comedian, Punched at Live Show:" https://www.advocate.com/crime/2022/3/25/sampson-mccormick-black-gay-comedian-punched-live-show

* "Great Sioux Nation Issues 'Notice of Trespass' Against Owner of Hotel that Banned Native Americans:" https://nativenewsonline.net/currents/grand-sioux-nation-issues-notice-of-trespass-against-owner-of-hotel-that-banned-native-americans

* "Lawsuit filed over threat to ban Native Americans from South Dakota hotel:" https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/lawsuit-filed-threat-ban-native-americans-south-dakota-hotel-rcna21355

* "Interior is pushing states to replace derogatory place names with colonial ones:" https://www.hcn.org/articles/indigenous-affairs-interior-is-pushing-states-to-replace-derogatory-place-names-with-colonial-ones

* "What the New York Times doesn't get about free speech and "cancel culture":" https://www.salon.com/2022/03/18/what-the-new-york-times-doesnt-get-about-free-speech-and-cancel-culture/

* "This Small Library Off the Coast of Maine Is Collecting Banned Books:" https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/this-small-library-off-the-coast-of-maine-is-collecting-banned-books-180979861/

* "Uber: The Good, The Bad, and The Sexual Assaults:"

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* CW: Rape. "Ed Buck's Lawyer Says Victims Died of AIDS, Heart Attack in Hearing:" https://www.advocate.com/crime/2022/4/05/ed-bucks-lawyer-says-victims-died-aids-heart-attack-hearing

"Some of the evidence presented to the jury included dozens of photos and videos from a library of over 2,400 pieces of media showing Buck torturing his victims, pressuring them to smoke and inject meth, sexually assaulting his victims while they were unconscious, and more. The jury was also presented with DNA evidence, dozens of Buck’s text messages, and financial records."

* They keep screaming people who aren't pedophiles are while trying to legalize pedophilia. "Tennessee legislator files amendment to anti-LGBT marriage bill amid age limit backlash:" https://www.tennessean.com/story/news/politics/2022/04/06/tennessee-marriage-bill-no-age-limit-sparks-backlash-over-child-bride-concerns/9479778002/

* "GOP forced to amend bill that would have legalized child marriage in Tennessee:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/gop-forced-to-amend-bill-that-would-have-legalized-child-marriage-in-tennessee-137181253879

* CW: Domestic Violence, Stalking "Man tore boyfriend's penis in violent rage before waging campaign of harassment:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2022/03/30/birmingham-gay-domestic-abuse-penis-tear/

* "UK gender pay gap data shows companies paying women up to 63 per cent less:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2022/04/06/gender-pay-gap-data-uk/

* "To protest machismo, women played soccer in Mexico City's central square:" https://www.latimes.com/world-nation/story/2022-03-09/la-fg-mexico-soccer-zocalo

* "In a surprise move, Oklahoma approves bill to make abortion illegal:" https://19thnews.org/2022/04/in-a-surprise-move-oklahoma-approves-bill-to-make-abortion-illegal/

* "Nebraska senators defeat Abortion Ban bill with late night vote:" https://www.1011now.com/2022/04/07/nebraska-senators-defeat-abortion-ban-bill-with-late-night-vote/

* "Colorado now guarantees the right to abortion in state law:" https://www.denverpost.com/2022/04/04/colorado-abortion-rights-state-law/

* "Maryland approves bill to expand access to abortions:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2022/03/29/maryland-expands-abortion-access/

* "Michigan governor sues to secure abortion rights, vacate ban:" https://apnews.com/article/abortion-health-michigan-supreme-court-gretchen-whitmer-michigan-ce0cf41e3354a11187f5ea66c3df6179

* "Out of the Alley:" https://thenib.com/self-managed-abortion/

* "An anti-abortion group claims it took 115 fetuses from a medical waste truck:" https://www.npr.org/2022/04/06/1091228924/anti-abortion-fetuses-waste-truck

* "Court Blocks Same-Sex Marriage in Bermuda and Cayman Islands:" https://www.advocate.com/world/2022/3/14/court-blocks-same-sex-marriage-bermuda-and-cayman-islands

* "Fury as 'homophobic' Kosovo MPs reject historic same-sex unions bill:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2022/03/17/kosovo-lgbt-same-sex-marriage-civil-unions/

* "Singapore Court Won't Overturn Ban on Sex Between Men:" https://www.advocate.com/world/2022/2/28/singapore-court-wont-overturn-ban-sex-between-men

* "Taliban Stabbed Gay, Nonbinary Afghan 18 Times:" https://www.advocate.com/world/2022/2/28/taliban-stabbed-gay-nonbinary-afghan-18-times

* "Lesbian sex bans declared human rights violation by UN for the first time:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2022/03/30/lesbian-sex-bans-declared-human-rights-violation-by-un-for-the-first-time/

* "150 religious leaders vow to protect LGBT+ lives in 'revolutionary' agreement:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2022/03/25/religious-safeguarding-global-interfaith-commission-lgbt-lives/

* "First Same-Sex Couples Wed in Chile:" https://www.advocate.com/world/2022/3/11/first-same-sex-couples-wed-chile

* "The World’s First Out Gay Head Of State Appointed in San Marino:" https://www.advocate.com/politics/2022/4/05/san-marino-appoints-worlds-first-out-gay-head-state

* "The Tories’ LGBT+ conference was an egotistic sham doomed to fail from the start:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2022/04/06/tory-lgbt-conference-safe-to-be-me/

* "Boris Johnson doubles down on excluding trans people from conversion therapy ban:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2022/04/06/boris-johnson-trans-conversion-therapy-ban/

* "Trans conversion therapy survivor warns Boris Johnson 'lives will be lost':" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2022/04/01/boris-johnson-conversion-therapy-trans/

* "UK medical bodies tell government: Trans conversion therapy must end, now:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2022/04/06/conversion-therapy-ban-uk-medical-assocation/

* "Equalities watchdog publishes 'appalling' guidance on excluding trans people:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2022/04/04/ehrc-guidance-single-sex-trans/

* "Health secretary Sajid Javid condemned for linking being trans to child sex abuse:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2022/04/06/sajid-javid-conversion-therapy-ban-trans-uk/

* "Nadia Whittome MP: Tories want to divide LGBT community with conversion U-turns:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2022/04/05/labour-mp-nadia-whittome-tory-conversion-therapy/

* "Protesters ready to unite and tell the government: Ban trans conversion therapy:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2022/04/09/ban-conversion-therapy-protest-westminster/

* "Thousands sign petition urging the government to outlaw 'horrific' trans conversion therapy:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2022/04/10/trans-conversion-therapy-government-petition/

* "Tory minister Zac Goldsmith compares life-saving puberty blockers to 'lobotomies':" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2022/03/18/tory-zac-goldsmith-trans-healthcare-puberty-blockers/

* "Government LGBT adviser blasted for blaming 'LGBT lobby' for conference cancellation:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2022/04/10/nick-herbert-safe-to-be-me-lgbt-lobby/

* The politics are vile. "Trans MP Jamie Wallis’ colourful history after momentous coming out:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2022/03/30/jamie-wallis-trans-mp-voting-record/

* "'Hypocrite' Boris Johnson made anti-trans joke hours before MP came out as trans:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2022/03/30/boris-johnson-trans-joke-mp-jamie-wallis/

* "Trans comic shares horrifying video of her being abused at LGB Alliance conference:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2022/03/25/lgb-alliance-conference-trans-comedian-jen-ives-video/

* This was is response to a literal hate crime murder. She things our deaths are funny. "JK Rowling condemned for mocking tweet about police's LGBT+ outreach efforts:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2022/03/22/jk-rowling-twitter-south-wales-police-gary-jenkins-cardiff/

* "Labour's Angela Rayner shuts down degrading debate on whether a woman can have a penis:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2022/03/29/angela-rayner-kay-burly-sky-news-woman-penis-trans/

* "Murderers who tortured and killed doctor in brutal homophobic jailed for life:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2022/03/25/dr-gary-jenkins-murder-sentence-life/

* "Conspiracy theorist teacher fired for saying LGBT+ people have the 'DNA of Satan':" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2022/03/21/robert-headley-london-teacher-rokeby-school-satan-lgbt/

* "Police homophobia 'may have played role' in failure to catch murderer Stephen Port:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2022/03/22/stephen-port-met-police-iopc-homophobia-report/

* "I couldn't die without the world knowing who I am: LGBT folk on 2 years of COVID:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2022/03/23/covid-19-two-years-lockdown-lgbt/

* "Supreme Court justices fire warning shot on religious freedom and LGBT rights:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2022/03/23/supreme-court-seattle-union-gospel-mission-lgbt-hiring/

* "US airport security screening to become more gender-neutral:" https://www.seattletimes.com/business/us-airport-security-screening-to-become-more-gender-neutral/

* "X Gender Marker Available on U.S. Passports Starting April 11 - United States Department of State:" https://www.state.gov/x-gender-marker-available-on-u-s-passports-starting-april-11/

* "238 US anti-LGBT+ bills, mostly targeting trans folk, filed in 2022 so far:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2022/03/20/anti-lgbt-bills-us-trans-kids-education-healthcare-sports/

* "Report: LGBTQ+ Students Are Target of Coordinated Right-Wing Attack:" https://www.advocate.com/politics/2022/3/17/report-lgbtq-students-are-target-coordinated-right-wing-attack

* "N.J. Supreme Court Affirms That Conversion Therapy Is Fraud:" https://www.advocate.com/news/2022/3/08/nj-supreme-court-affirms-conversion-therapy-fraud

* "GOP Rep. Lauren Boebert Wants an Age Minimum Before People Come Out:" https://www.advocate.com/politics/2022/4/04/gop-rep-lauren-boebert-wants-age-minimum-people-come-out

* "DeSantis questions Disney's special operating status after company opposes anti-gay bill:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-sunday-show/watch/desantis-questions-disney-s-special-operating-status-after-company-opposes-anti-gay-bill-136887365866

* This will kill trans kids. "Florida Republican wants to make life-saving healthcare for trans kids a felony:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2022/04/05/florida-republican-randy-fine-healthcare-trans-minors/

* "Florida's reviled, monstrous 'Don't Say Gay' bill signed into law by Ron DeSantis:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2022/03/28/dont-say-gay-bill-florida-governor-ron-desantis/

* "Tulsi Gabbard Thinks Fla.'s 'Don’t Say Gay' Law Doesn’t Go Far Enough:" https://www.advocate.com/news/2022/4/05/tulsi-gabbard-thinks-florida-dont-say-gay-law-doesnt-go-far-enough

* "Greg Abbott Doesn't Care About Trans Kids:" https://www.hivplusmag.com/opinion/2022/3/04/commentary-greg-abbott-doesnt-care-about-trans-kids

* "Marvel's Oscar Isaac has one word for Disney over its shameful LGBT+ failure:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2022/03/23/oscar-isaac-marvel-star-wars-dont-say-gay-disney/

* "Ron Perlman blasts Florida's 'Nazi pig' Ron DeSantis for signing 'Don't Say Gay' bill:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2022/03/30/ron-desantis-ron-perlman-nazi-pig-florida-dont-say-gay-bill/

* "White House's Jen Psaki schools Fox News reporter on 'hateful' Don't Say Gay law:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2022/04/06/jen-psaki-fox-news-white-house-dont-say-gay/

* "Watch Fla. Teen Fight 'Don't Say Gay' Law by Teaching Class Stonewall:" https://www.advocate.com/news/2022/4/05/watch-florida-teen-fight-dont-say-gay-law-teaching-class-stonewall

* "Erotica Author Chuck Tingle on His Epic Governor Greg Abbott Troll:" https://www.advocate.com/arts-entertainment/2022/3/02/erotica-author-chuck-tingle-his-epic-governor-greg-abbott-troll

* "Texas Sues Biden Administration Over Gender-Affirming Care Guidance:" https://www.advocate.com/law/2022/3/11/texas-sues-biden-administration-over-gender-affirming-care-guidance

* "Texas court upholds injunction blocking 'child abuse' probes into trans kids' parents:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2022/03/22/texas-court-appeal-trans-parents-child-abuse-investigation/

* "Texas AG sparks backlash after shameless transphobic attack on Dr Rachel Levine:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2022/03/17/texas-attorney-general-ken-paxton-rachel-levine/

* "Republican slammed for grilling child with invasive questions about genitals:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2022/03/16/missouri-trans-sports-ban-elaine-gannon/

* "Texas attorney general says the quiet part loud and calls LGBT+ people 'predators':" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2022/03/24/ken-paxton-texas-lgbt-predators-pride/

* "Texas Family Targeted by Anti-Transgender Directive Files Lawsuit:" https://www.snopes.com/news/2022/03/07/texas-family-targeted-by-anti-transgender-directive-files-lawsuit/

* "Twitter deems Texas AG's blatant transphobia as 'hateful' but 'in the public's interest':" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2022/03/18/twitter-texas-ken-paxton-misgender-rachel-levine-trans/

* "LA County bans official travel to Florida and Texas over LGBT+ attacks:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2022/04/06/la-county-texas-florida-travel-lgbt/

* "Ohio GOPers Introduce a 'Don't Say Gay' Bill, Flee From Questions:" https://www.advocate.com/politics/2022/4/06/ohio-gop-introduce-dont-say-gay-bill-flee-questions

* "Cruel Republican politician calls for trans people to be executed by firing squad:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2022/03/29/republican-trans-robert-foster-mississippi-politician-trans-firing-squad/

* "Trio of degrading, unscientific anti-trans sports bans passed by Republicans:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2022/03/26/republicans-trans-sports-ban-arizona-oklahoma-kentucky/

* All this to specifically bully one girl. "Kentucky Gov. Vetoes Anti-Trans Sports Bill, But Override Possible:" https://www.advocate.com/politics/2022/4/06/kentucky-gov-vetoes-anti-trans-sports-bill-override-possible

* "Arizona lawmakers pass bill attacking gender-affirming healthcare for trans youth:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2022/03/26/arizona-trans-gender-affirming-healthcare/

* "Utah bans trans students from playing girls sports despite governor's veto:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2022/03/26/utah-trans-sports-ban-governor-veto/

* "Iowa Is Now 11th State to Pass Anti-Trans Sports Law:" https://www.advocate.com/news/2022/3/03/iowa-now-11th-state-pass-anti-trans-sports-law

* "GOP Senators End Effort to Criminalize Gender-Affirming Care in Idaho:" https://www.advocate.com/politics/2022/3/18/gop-senators-end-effort-criminalize-gender-affirming-care-idaho

* "Trans Woman Paloma Vazquez Fatally Shot in Houston:" https://www.advocate.com/crime/2022/3/02/trans-woman-fatally-shot-houston-name-yet-be-released

* "Geri Judd Is 2021's Latest Confirmed Trans Homicide Victim:" https://www.advocate.com/crime/2022/3/04/geri-judd-2021s-latest-confirmed-trans-homicide-victim

* "Trans teen with a 'bright smile' killed by her own father in 'horrific tragedy':" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2022/03/29/kathryn-katie-newhouse-trans-killed-father-howard/

* "Black Trans Woman Kesha Webster Found Dead in Jackson, Mississippi:" https://www.advocate.com/crime/2022/4/05/black-trans-woman-kesha-webster-found-dead-jackson-mississippi

* "Young Trans Man, Matthew Spampinato, Killed in Hit-and-Run:" https://www.advocate.com/crime/2022/3/06/young-trans-man-matthew-spampinato-killed-hit-and-run

* "Man Arrested After Allegedly Robbing More Than 20 Men He Met on Grindr:" https://www.advocate.com/crime/2022/4/06/man-arrested-after-allegedly-robbing-more-20-men-he-met-grindr

* "15-Year-Old Florida Teen Arrested Over Antigay Attack on Another Boy:" https://www.advocate.com/crime/2022/3/21/15-year-old-florida-teen-arrested-over-antigay-attack

* "Gay Club Torched by Suspected Arsonist in New York City:" https://www.advocate.com/crime/2022/4/06/gay-club-torched-suspected-arsonist-new-york-city

* "Man Attacks 22-Year-Old on NYC Subway While Shouting Antigay Slurs:" https://www.advocate.com/crime/2022/4/04/man-attacks-22-year-old-nyc-subway-while-shouting-antigay-slurs

* "Kim Davis Violated Same-Sex Couples' Rights, Judge Rules:" https://www.advocate.com/news/2022/3/21/kim-davis-violated-same-sex-couples-rights-judge-rules

* "Gay Firefighter Alleges FDNY Told Him To Have Sex With Women:" https://www.advocate.com/news/2022/4/06/gay-firefighter-alleges-fdny-told-him-have-sex-women

* "School Board Draws Outrage & Protests for Hosting Anti-LGBTQ+ Speakers:" https://www.advocate.com/news/2022/3/16/school-board-draws-outrage-protests-hosting-anti-lgbtq-speakers

* "Gay teacher unceremoniously fired for giving LGBT+ Pride bracelets to students:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2022/03/29/gay-teacher-fired-pride-bracelet-ohio-jay-bowman/

* "Florida Man Pleads Guilty to Defacing Pride Streetscape:" https://www.advocate.com/crime/2022/3/02/florida-man-pleads-guilty-defacing-pride-streetscape

* "Tips For Hassle-Free (ish) Travel For Transgender and Nonbinary Folks:" https://www.outtraveler.com/exclusives/2022/2/24/travel-without-hassle-isnt-given-transgender-and-nonbinary-folks

* "The Harrowing Experience of Fighting for Gender-Affirming Health Care:" https://www.advocate.com/transgender/2022/3/04/trans-affirming-healthcare-Tanya-Asapansa-Johnson-walker

* "Landmark Court Victory: Military Can't Boot People With HIV:" https://www.hivplusmag.com/stigma/2022/4/07/landmark-court-victory-military-cant-boot-people-hiv

* "Autistic Women: Why is This Still Challenged?:"

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* As a disabled person Conservatorships terrify me. "Britney Spears: The “Circus” of Conservatorships:"

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* "U.S. life expectancy falls for 2nd year in a row:" https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2022/04/07/1091398423/u-s-life-expectancy-falls-for-2nd-year-in-a-row

* "Russia's war with Ukraine is devastating for Ukraine's war on TB:" https://www.npr.org/sections/goatsandsoda/2022/03/19/1087538209/russias-war-with-ukraine-is-devastating-for-ukraines-war-on-tb

* Isn't this basically what made Mira Grant's Newsflesh series zombie apocalypse? "The controversial quest to make a 'contagious' vaccine:" https://www.nationalgeographic.com/science/article/the-controversial-quest-to-make-a-contagious-vaccine

* "What Is ‘Bigorexia’?:" https://www.nytimes.com/2022/03/05/style/teen-bodybuilding-bigorexia-tiktok.html

* "The remarkable brain of a carpet cleaner who speaks 24 languages:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/interactive/2022/multilingual-hyperpolyglot-brain-languages/

* "Cells Blaze Their Own Trails to Navigate Through the Body:" https://www.quantamagazine.org/cells-blaze-their-own-trails-to-navigate-through-the-body-20220328/

* "How 2 Industries Stymied Justice for Young Lead Paint Victims:" https://www.nytimes.com/2022/03/29/us/lead-poisoning-insurance-landlords.html

* "New York City to offer free doula access in bid to reduce maternal mortality:" https://abcnews.go.com/GMA/Wellness/york-city-offer-free-doula-access-bid-reduce/story?id=83648967

* "Better air in classrooms matters beyond COVID. Here's why schools aren't there yet:" https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2022/03/14/1086125626/school-air-quality

* "How Heeding Disabled People Can Help Everyone Survive Crises:" https://slate.com/technology/2022/01/climate-change-disabilities.html

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* "Heatwaves at both of Earth’s poles alarm climate scientists:" https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2022/mar/20/heatwaves-at-both-of-earth-poles-alarm-climate-scientists

* "Without Russia, science going solo on world's woes, dreams:" https://apnews.com/article/russia-ukraine-space-exploration-science-business-mars-38ded59c1f3796cab7c5abe21bb69207

* "Historic drought looms for 20 million living in Horn of Africa:" https://www.nationalgeographic.com/environment/article/historic-drought-looms-for-20-million-living-in-horn-of-africa

* "A drowning world: Kenya’s quiet slide underwater:" https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/mar/17/kenya-quiet-slide-underwater-great-rift-valley-lakes-east-africa-flooding

* "Climate-driven water woes spark Colorado rush to conserve 'liquid gold':" https://www.reuters.com/world/us/climate-driven-water-woes-spark-colorado-rush-conserve-liquid-gold-2022-03-16/

* "The Illinois town that got up and left:" https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20220310-the-illinois-town-valmeyer-could-be-a-model-for-relocation/20220310-the-illinois-town-valmeyer-could-be-a-model-for-relocation

* "We all live in California, now.:" https://alexsteffen.substack.com/p/we-all-live-in-california-now?s=w

* "A small Alabama city was devastated by a tornado. Here's why FEMA didn't help.:" https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/fema-individual-assistance-disaster-survivors-rcna19495

* "We traveled deep into the Amazon to investigate deforestation. A grisly discovery awaited us.:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/interactive/2022/brazil-amazon-deforestation-highway-br-319/?itid=mr_5

* "US agency opens probe into electric vehicle batteries:" https://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/us-agency-opens-probe-electric-vehicle-batteries-83882398

* "A Plastic Bag’s 2,000-Mile Journey Shows the Messy Truth About Recycling:" https://www.bloomberg.com/graphics/2022-tesco-recycle-plastic-waste-pledge-falls-short/

* "Microplastics found in human blood for first time:" https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2022/mar/24/microplastics-found-in-human-blood-for-first-time

* "Folks, We Gotta Start Farming Different Crops:" https://slate.com/technology/2022/03/farming-food-crops-species-coffee-wheat-climate-green-revolution.html

* "Fukushima’s Earthquakes Show That Risk Is Inevitable:" https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2022/03/fukushima-nuclear-disaster-management-onagawa/627070/

* "Earthworms are invasive—and hurting insects—in much of North America:" https://www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/article/earthworms-invasive-north-america-hurt-insects

* "Endurance: Shackleton's lost ship is found in Antarctic:" https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-60662541

* "Why Have Female Animals Evolved Such Wild Genitals?:" https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/why-have-female-animals-evolved-such-wild-genitals-180979813/

* "After pandemic peace, fresh swarms of crabs invade Cuba´s Bay of Pigs:" https://www.reuters.com/business/environment/after-pandemic-peace-fresh-swarms-crabs-invade-cubas-bay-pigs-2022-03-24/

* "Zoos Hiding Birds As Avian Flu Spreads In North America:" https://www.news9.com/story/624db07d5ba59c070f069b7e/zoos-hiding-birds-as-avian-flu-spreads-in-north-america

* "How Migrating Birds Use Quantum Effects to Navigate:" https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/how-migrating-birds-use-quantum-effects-to-navigate/

* "Rudy Giuliani: The 'Rise' of America’s Mayor:"

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* "Will Smith gets 10-year Oscars ban over Chris Rock slap:" https://apnews.com/article/will-smith-oscars-ban-664346ac2d2441939764f35be2d8026b

* "Trucks: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver:"

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* "The GOP: Everyone Who Disagrees With Us Is a Pedophile:"

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* "Republican’s Midterm Strategy: Don’t Say Gay:"

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* "Meanwhile... Feminist Group Pitches Vulva-Shaped Spaceship | Someone Stole A Box Of Human Heads:"

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* "Fox & Friends Cold Open: Supreme Court Confirmation Hearings - SNL:"

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* "Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson Confirmation Cold Open - SNL:"

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* "Our Flag Means Death: The Gay Emancipation of Blackbeard :"

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* "Coming Out In Our Culture of Lies:"

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* "The Failure of Black Disney (& Discourse):"

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* "Are They Gay? - Deadpool and Spider-Man (Spideypool):"

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* They should merchandise this. I know I very much want one and I bet I'm not the only one. "Shop TV - SNL:" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YyCZbfMZEBY&list=PLS_gQd8UB-hLS2QV1Ke_hBDVCwFkWKt5g&index=13

* "Post-COVID Game Show - SNL:"

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* "Rescue Dog Rescue with John Oliver:"

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* Saturday a week ago I was well enough to start running my table top game again. Livia came out to watch her stories, as the Gazebo birds are back and she hates missing the late afternoon/early evening bit as they all flutter about in easy view before bird bed time. She pretended Head Millennial was not there, Brave Girl. Sunday we did errands, then after ate dinner and watched the back half of season one of resident Alien. Tavy has been unsure how to handle two of his people sitting on the sofa at the same time, but this time decided to take the plunge. He sat in a bunch of places including Head Millennial’s lap, and at one point rubbed his face on their hair.

Not long before bed, I had another incident, but caught it in the early stages and applied ice. Acutely painful, but not dangerous enough for the ER since i caught it early enough, so that’s a win. It did mean I needed lots of rest though. I am not even sure how it happened this time, since there was no obvious precipitating injury, which is worrying.

* So some friends of mine are moving and needed me to drive them around a bit and another friend drove up to help, only they didn’t need me the way they thought. The other friend did the afternoon driving, but I couldn’t get back to sleep. I did come along and bring cardboard boxes and food for the new place. We ate outside on their new place’s patio and had a little visit, but there was a lot of standing and cardboard wrangling and the pollen count is high and I had very little sleep. I went to bed early Friday instead of posting the aggregate as i had intended.

The extra spoons I burned Friday meant I had very little energy plus an allergy headache. After I took the head Millennial home I drove up there to help with transport. I didn’t get home until 11:15. I am a mess. I have spent nearly all the EBT, which is bad. I blew more tonight on things like yogurt. I know, I know, the aggregate’s super late. I still have what feels like a million links still needing to scaffold.

I am tired. I itch from all the trees mating. I do not know how I will manage until June without the surgery as it is incredibly hard to sleep like this.

Oh, in the middle of the medical crisis we got notice of fire inspection, which means I had to fix it myself. I did work out that a particular adapter might make the unit Squirrel bought work. I had too buy a bundle, since they aren’t sold individually online, and I hadn’t energy to search every hardware store in town even if it wouldn’t cost more in gas than the adapters cost. My theory that the adapter would work proved true, but the detector squirrel bought didn’t fit the bracket, so squirrel had to duct tape it up there. (They no longer make the model that came with the apartment. squirrel bought a different brand, apparently). Anyway, it works even if it is ugly.

Things like this and the the extra food I bought during the worst of the crisis and endless small things needing fixed or repaired ate away the money I’d tried to save for a working stove. *head desk* I am so fucking tired of my body and the apartment falling apart, but here we are.

* I lost some of this post. Grr.

* I love the way narcissus smell like spring and hyacinths smell like concentrated purple.
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* Full list of Resistance and charity links has been migrated to my profile as it was getting out of hand.

The help links are at the bottom under the cut.

* "These Organizations Accept Donations To Help People in Ukraine:" https://www.snopes.com/news/2022/03/01/where-to-donate-help-ukraine/

* "Russia-Ukraine War: Info and ways to help:" https://ukrainewar.carrd.co/

* "This is where you can donate to support LGBT+ Ukrainians:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2022/02/25/donate-support-lgbt-ukraine/

* "Support OVD-Info:" https://beste-glatisant.tumblr.com/post/677388506851606528/hi-ive-donated-to-the-ukranian-refugees-and-now

* Ways to help Trans Youth resisting Transphobic laws in Texas: https://the-cimmerians.tumblr.com/post/677204004210688000

* "Stop the EARN IT Act to Save Privacy:" https://act.eff.org/action/stop-the-earn-it-act-to-save-our-privacy

* My Oldest Continuous friend's Elder Cat is getting up there and her special diet and health care for kidney failure is expensive. Gigi is a sweet, extremely cuddly girl and could use extra help. "Click here to show your support to Karrin Jackson's story *SupportGigiInHerOldAge:" https://www.spotfund.com/story/18393388-9914-4f6c-9f99-876aa019bdee

* Help LGBTQIA+ people escape Afghanistan: https://www.gofundme.com/f/help-lgbtq-afghan-refugees-rebuild-their-lives

* "The Rainbow Railroad:" https://www.rainbowrailroad.org/take-action

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

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

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

* We are drowning from one domestic disaster after another this winter. Paypal Lethran@gmail.com or paypal.me/Gwydion

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