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* "Colombia’s Peace Deal Paved the Way for Its Historic Protests:" https://www.thenation.com/article/colombia-strikes-duque/

* "Why Chileans Are Protesting for a New Socioeconomic Order:" https://www.thenation.com/article/chile-protests-inequality-pinochet/

* My condolences to my U.K. readers. "Boris Johnson leads Tories to historic general election win:" https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2019/dec/13/boris-johnson-leads-tories-historic-general-election-win

* "Tories will remain in power after divisive UK election. This is what it means for LGBT people:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2019/12/12/uk-conservative-party-election-exit-poll-results-2019/

* "The race is on for a new Labour leader. Here are the favourites and here’s where they stand on queer rights:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2019/12/13/labour-leader-emily-thornberry-kier-starmer-angela-rayner-jess-phillips-lgbt/

* "Iraqi Protesters Lynch Teenager While Police Stand By:" https://www.nytimes.com/2019/12/12/world/middleeast/iraq-protesters-teen-lynching.html

* "The country where electricity is stolen to survive:" https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-50760043

* "Senate committee passes bipartisan bill to stop Trump withdrawing from Nato:" https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/dec/11/senate-committee-passes-bipartisan-bill-stop-trump-withdrawing-nato

* "Confidential documents reveal U.S. officials failed to tell the truth about the war in Afghanistan:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/graphics/2019/investigations/afghanistan-papers/afghanistan-war-confidential-documents/

* "Senate passes resolution recognizing Armenian genocide:" https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/congress/senate-passes-resolution-recognizing-armenian-genocide-n1100886

* "Trump signs off on deal to ease China trade war:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2019/12/12/trump-says-trade-deal-with-china-is-very-close-just-days-ahead-tariff-deadline/

* She is so much brighter and mature than he is. "Trump mocks 16-year-old Greta Thunberg a day after she is named Time’s Person of the Year:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/trump-mocks-16-year-old-greta-thunberg-a-day-after-she-is-named-times-person-of-the-year/2019/12/12/fc66f406-1cda-11ea-8d58-5ac3600967a1_story.html

* I've been dipping in and out of the hearings and deliberations since they started, but not watching the whole things because even I don't have that kind of time. The actually hearings where there was testimony were weirdly mesmerizing.

This last couple days with the Impeachment Article mock up? It's been really hard going. There were some beautiful arguments and refutations gong on in there, but the five minute blocks of nothing but lies, hypocrisy, and obfuscation were really wearing at me Thursday night.

I'm at the point where I think I need to stop for a while for my mental health. Which doesn't effect things that much as far as what I post, but for the sake of intellectual honesty,I thought I should mention that this is now in the category of mass shooting coverage and the catastrophic fires in Australia. I'm putting limits in, rather than trying to push through on live coverage.

I'll still be reading the reporting, and thus aggregation will continue.

* "House Judiciary Committee postpones approval of impeachment articles to Friday:" https://www.politico.com/news/2019/12/12/trump-articles-of-impeachment-083429

* "Senate Republicans look to hold short impeachment trial despite Trump’s desire for an aggressive defense:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/senate-republicans-look-to-hold-short-impeachment-trial-despite-trumps-desire-for-a-raucous-show/2019/12/11/b55f7da8-1c58-11ea-9ddd-3e0321c180e7_story.html

* "6 takeaways from the impeachment articles markup:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2019/12/12/takeaways-impeachment-articles-markup/

* "Pence rejects calls to declassify new impeachment testimony:" https://www.politico.com/news/2019/12/11/pence-impeachment-declassify-testimony-083349

* "Raskin lays out essence of Trump impeachment case at hearing:" http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/raskin-lays-out-essence-of-trump-impeachment-case-at-hearing-75002949991

* "Chris Hayes on what’s true of both the Clinton and Trump impeachments:" http://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/chris-hayes-on-what-s-true-of-both-the-clinton-and-trump-impeachments-74949189969

* "Impeachment report moves newspapers, triggers wave of editorials:" http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/impeachment-report-moves-newspapers-triggers-wave-of-editorials-75004485819

* "As impeachment gears turn, focus becomes fight for public opinion:" http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/as-impeachment-gears-turn-focus-becomes-fight-for-public-opinion-75003461640

* "Senate confirms new Trump ambassador to Russia:" https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/congress/senate-confirms-new-trump-ambassador-russia-n1100851

* "Donald Trump Jr. Went to Mongolia, Got Special Treatment From the Government and Killed an Endangered Sheep:" https://www.propublica.org/article/trump-inc-podcast-donald-trump-jr-went-to-mongolia-got-special-treatment-from-the-government-and-killed-an-endangered-sheep

* "Trump tightens grips on judges as McConnell wins 50th Circuit pick:" https://www.politico.com/news/2019/12/12/trump-judges-mcconnell-circuit-082836

* "Lawmakers reach a bipartisan deal 'in principle' to fund the government:" https://www.politico.com/news/2019/12/12/lawmakers-reach-a-bipartisan-deal-in-principle-to-fund-the-government-083826

* "Pentagon watchdog investigating $400M border wall contract:" https://apnews.com/d2474701743e9cc9f7ffda888b5371e9

* "Federal Agencies at Fault in Trans Immigrant's Death, Complaint Says:" https://www.advocate.com/transgender/2019/12/12/federal-agencies-fault-trans-immigrants-death-complaint-says

* "Chick-fil-A have donated millions more to homophobic and transphobic groups:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2019/12/13/chick-fil-a-homophobic-transphobic-charity-donations-salvation-army/

* "Lawmakers Push Back On Trump Allowing LGBTQ Discrimination:" https://www.advocate.com/politics/2019/12/12/lawmakers-push-back-trump-allowing-lgbtq-discrimination

* Think their moms are proud of them? "Blind trans woman brutally beaten by a gang of teenagers as she got off a bus:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2019/12/12/blind-trans-woman-bus-attack-tukwila-seattle-washington/

* "Gentrification Shutters One of Oakland's Only LGBTQ Bars:" https://www.advocate.com/news/2019/12/12/gentrification-shutters-one-oaklands-only-lgbtq-bars

* TW: Self harm, Suicide. "Lesbian who started self-harming after being forced through traumatising conversion therapy has been found dead:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2019/12/12/alana-chen-lesbian-conversion-therapy-dead-suicide-chautauqua-park-colorado/

* It amuses me that several people contacted me about this penis fish story. Y'allreally know me. "Pulsing ‘penis fish’ cover beach:" https://www.news.com.au/technology/science/animals/bad-weather-has-covered-a-beach-in-a-strangely-shaped-worm/news-story/3701bc7d72ccd681bd7acb6f7942ef38

* "Donald Trump and the Articles of Impeachment | Full Frontal on TBS:"

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* "The White House Hates Food Stamps | Full Frontal on TBS:"

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* "Greta Thunberg Becomes TIME's Person of the Year & Plantation Weddings Get Shunned Online:"

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* "The Washington Post Exposes Nonstop Lies About the War in Afghanistan:"

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* "Trump's Allies In Congress Don't Care How History Will Remember Them:"

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* Scheduling note: I have stuff I'm doing Friday and Saturday. Saturday I'll be out of town all evening. I've no idea when I'm catching up. Apologies.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

* Have something you want to tell your Congress Critters? If you can not protest in person, here are some other options:

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

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

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

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

* HorrorMux is currently running a Max Mad type thing. Available Archetypes are here. I'm Martyr if you want to find me.: http://horrormu.com/index.php/Available

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

* If you are interested in helping, right now the Cat thing we need most is:
https://www.chewy.com/wellness-core-signature-selects/dp/147047

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

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

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

* "India bans onion exports after monsoon rains damage crops and prices soar:" https://www.cnbc.com/2019/10/02/india-economy-modi-government-bans-onion-exports-after-prices-soar.html

* "Election results give hope to opposition in Poland and Hungary:" https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/oct/14/election-results-opposition-poland-hungary

* "U.S. forces say Turkey was deliberately ‘bracketing’ American troops with artillery fire in Syria:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2019/10/12/us-forces-say-turkey-was-deliberately-bracketing-american-forces-with-artillery-fire-syria/

* "Absent US, Kurds panicked by Arab 'shock troops' turn to Syria:" http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/absent-us-kurds-panicked-by-arab-shock-troops-turn-to-syria-71268421930

* "US policy collapses into catastrophe following Trump's whims:" http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/us-policy-collapses-into-catastrophe-following-trump-s-whims-71267397820

* "Giuliani role in Trump Ukraine scheme develops new twists:" http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/giuliani-role-in-trump-ukraine-scheme-develops-new-twists-71267909781

* "Gay man told ‘your kind should be burned alive’ on bus and the ‘driver did nothing’:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2019/10/14/gay-man-told-burned-alive-bus-driver-arriva-durham/

“Something needs to change so people like me can get on their buses and feel safe.”

* "Trans community’s ability to vote threatened by Boris Johnson’s voter ID plans:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2019/10/13/boris-johnson-plans-voter-id-transgender-people-right-to-vote/

"The Electoral Commission’s evaluation of those trials found that some groups of people found it harder than others to provide photo ID, including people with protected characteristics such as gender reassignment. Research in 2015 found that 3.5 million Brits – or 7.5 percent of the voting population – do not have access to photo ID. In the 2017 general election, there was just one conviction for voter fraud out of a total of 32 million votes. In the US, tens of thousands of trans people lost their ability to vote when stricter voter ID laws were brought in."

* "Hillary and Chelsea Clinton have very different opinions on transgender identity:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2019/10/14/hillary-clinton-chelsea-trans-identity-sunday-times-interview/

* "Gender-Neutral Student Crowned Homecoming Queen in California:" https://www.advocate.com/youth/2019/10/14/gender-neutral-student-crowned-homecoming-queen-california

* "Scotty Bowers, 'Male Madam' to Classic Hollywood Stars, Dead at 96:" https://www.advocate.com/arts-entertainment/2018/7/31/hollywoods-male-madame-helped-gay-men-find-sex-dark-time

* "Tainted Water, Ignored Warnings and a Boss With a Criminal Past:" https://www.nytimes.com/2019/08/24/nyregion/newark-lead-water-crisis.html

* "Why European Restaurants Are Much More Vigilant About Food Allergies:" https://www.npr.org/sections/thesalt/2019/08/19/750488730/why-european-restaurants-are-much-more-vigilant-about-food-allergies

* I have tried so many times to explain this to people who never heard of it. Apparently, I’m still incredibly angry about it. "The day Philadelphia bombed its own people:" https://www.vox.com/the-highlight/2019/8/8/20747198/philadelphia-bombing-1985-move

* * The French Revolution: Crash Course European History #21":"

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* "Court Show - SNL:"

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* "Grouch (Joker Parody) - SNL:"

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* "CNN Equality Town Hall Cold Open - SNL:"

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* "Weekend Update: Pete Davidson on Sexually Transmitted Diseases - SNL:"

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* "Weekend Update: Trump Loses Five Court Cases in One Day - SNL:"

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* "Weekend Update: Catholic Church Debates Celibacy Requirement for Priests - SNL:"

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* "Cut for Time: Giuliani & Associates - SNL:"

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* "Guess Who? GOP Whistleblower Edition:"

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* "Donald Trump Really Thinks He's Tony Soprano:"

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* I partially reset sleep today and foraged, but I'm still not sorted out.

Meanwhile, the exterior Gothmas display: https://gwydionmisha.tumblr.com/post/188356674031/the-rest-of-the-decorations-are-up-alas-livia#notes

https://gwydionmisha.tumblr.com/post/188357682300/gothmas-2019-phase-1-part-4-photography-courtesy

* "I'm Bringing Skeksis Back: 10 Dark Crystal Sweets!:" https://www.cakewrecks.com/home/2019/10/13/im-bringing-skeksis-back-10-dark-crystal-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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

* Have something you want to tell your Congress Critters? If you can not protest in person, here are some other options:

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

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

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

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

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

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

* If you are interested in helping, right now the Cat thing we need most is:
https://www.chewy.com/wellness-core-signature-selects/dp/147047

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

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

* "Can baby boxes save lives in Kenya's slums?:" https://www.bbc.com/news/av/world-africa-49755140/can-baby-boxes-save-lives-in-kenya-s-slums

* "Syrian Children Saved a German Village. And a Village Saved Itself.:" https://www.nytimes.com/2019/09/19/world/europe/germany-golzow-syria-refugees.html

* "Massive semen explosion after blaze hits bull artificial insemination facility, firefighters forced to dodge "projectiles":" https://www.newsweek.com/fire-bull-semen-explosion-farm-australia-1459673

* "These 5 Places Tried Bold Political Experiments. Did They Work?:" https://www.politico.com/interactives/2019/how-to-fix-politics-experiments/

* "Climate Protesters and World Leaders: Same Planet, Different Worlds:" https://www.nytimes.com/2019/09/21/climate/united-nations-climate-change.html

* "Trump Turnberry resort singled out in airport’s pitch to US military:" https://www.scotsman.com/news/world/trump-turnberry-resort-singled-out-in-airport-s-pitch-to-us-military-1-5011598

* "Trump pressed Ukraine’s president to work with Barr for dirt on Biden:" https://www.politico.com/story/2019/09/25/white-house-releases-transcript-of-trumps-call-with-ukraines-president-1510767

* "Official Notes of Trump's Corrupt Call to Ukraine.:" https://s.wsj.net/public/resources/documents/Unclassifiedukrainetranscript09.2019.pdf

* "Five Moments In Donald Trump’s Phone Call To Ukraine That Could Fuel The Impeachment Investigation:" https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/zoetillman/trump-ukraine-call-transcript-biden-impeachment

* "218 House lawmakers now support an impeachment inquiry on Trump:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/trump-ukraine-controversy/2019/09/25/9390e9b8-df82-11e9-b199-f638bf2c340f_story.html

* "White House preparing to release whistleblower complaint to Congress:" https://www.politico.com/story/2019/09/24/white-house-whistleblower-complaint-release-1510341

* "Acting director of national intelligence threatened to resign if he couldn’t speak freely before Congress on whistleblower complaint:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/acting-director-of-national-intelligence-threatened-to-resign-if-he-couldnt-speak-freely-before-congress/2019/09/25/b1deb71e-dfbf-11e9-be96-6adb81821e90_story.html

* "Democrats look to narrow impeachment focus to Trump-Ukraine scandal:" https://www.politico.com/story/2019/09/25/trump-ukraine-memo-1510895

* "Trump asked Pelosi on Tuesday "Can we work something out" about whistleblower complaint during phone call, MSNBC reporter says:" https://www.newsweek.com/trump-asked-pelosi-tuesday-can-we-work-something-out-about-whistleblower-complaint-during-phone-1461180

* "How the Impeachment Process Works:" https://www.nytimes.com/2019/09/24/us/politics/impeachment-trump-explained.html

* "Trump pressed Ukraine leader to investigate Biden, memo reveals:" https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/sep/25/ukraine-trump-meeting-impeachment-inquiry-whistleblower-conversation

* "White House mistakenly sends Trump-Ukraine talking points to Democrats:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/white-house-mistakenly-sends-trump-ukraine-talking-points-to-democrats/2019/09/25/5170aa52-dfb2-11e9-b199-f638bf2c340f_story.html

* "House Judiciary chief call on Barr to recuse himself from Ukraine probes:" https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-whistleblower-barr/house-judiciary-chief-call-on-barr-to-recuse-himself-from-ukraine-probes-idUSKBN1WA24K

* "Phone call notes expose Barr's deep involvement in Ukraine scheme:" http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/phone-call-notes-expose-barr-s-deep-involvement-in-ukraine-scheme-69938757999

* "Trump pressed Ukraine on theory to clear Russia in 2016 hack:" http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/trump-pressed-ukraine-on-theory-to-clear-russia-in-2016-hack-69939781715

* "Rep. Speier: Whistleblower complaint 'nothing short of explosive':" http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/rep-speier-whistleblower-complaint-nothing-short-of-explosive-69930053655

* "Murphy: Trump personal use of Ukraine a national security concern:" http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/murphy-trump-personal-use-of-ukraine-a-national-security-concern-69930565922

* "The parallels between Trump’s phone call and Watergate:" http://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/the-parallels-between-trump-s-phone-call-and-watergate-69924421566

* "Rudy Giuliani straight up admitted it:" http://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/rudy-giuliani-straight-up-admitted-it-69925445659

* "Chris Hayes: It’s Day 2 and we already have impeachable facts:" http://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/chris-hayes-it-s-only-day-2-and-we-already-have-impeachable-facts-69926469723

* "Ukraine scandal involves multiple Trump officials:" http://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/nyt-ukraine-scandal-involves-multiple-trump-officials-69925957694

* Republicans are stealing children's lunches as a cost saving measure. "Trump administration rule could end free school lunches for about 500,000 children:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/education/trump-administration-rule-could-end-free-school-lunches-for-about-500000-children/2019/09/24/4c488f66-def1-11e9-8dc8-498eabc129a0_story.html

"Both the SNAP and school meals programs are critical in combating food insecurity among children, ensuring children are fed nutritiously in school, during the summer and in other care settings,” they wrote. “By undermining access to these essential programs, the proposed rule would worsen child food insecurity, with detrimental effects on children’s academic outcomes, health and more.”

* "Matt Bevin Dipping Into The GOP Transphobic Playbook:" https://transgriot.blogspot.com/2019/09/matt-bevin-dipping-into-gop-transphobic.html

* It’s not Veto Proof. "Senate Votes Again to Block Trump’s Border ‘Emergency’ Wall Fund:" https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-09-25/senate-votes-again-to-block-trump-s-border-emergency-wall-fund

* "The Trump administration just inked another deal making it harder to claim asylum in the US:" https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2019/9/25/20883831/trump-asylum-honduras-agreement

* "How the U.S. Created the World's Largest Immigrant Detention System:" https://www.themarshallproject.org/2019/09/24/detained

* "Deported Army veteran returns to US in bid to become citizen:" https://www.apnews.com/a3a7071389834b5c95f1be12dd0cbdc9

* "DHS Is Finally Going After White Supremacists. It’s Not Going to Be Simple.:" https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2019/09/new-strategy-fight-white-supremacist-violence/598501/

* "U.S. minority students concentrated in high-poverty schools: study:" https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-education-poverty/u-s-minority-students-concentrated-in-high-poverty-schools-study-idUSKBN1WA052

* "The Obscure Newspaper Fueling the Far-Right in Europe:" https://newrepublic.com/article/155076/obscure-newspaper-fueling-far-right-europe

* TW: Rape. "One In 10 Florida Girls Sexually Assaulted, LGB Face Greater Risk:" https://www.advocate.com/news/2019/9/25/one-10-florida-girls-sexually-assaulted-lgb-face-greater-risk

* "How To Design A Female-Friendly Toilet:" https://www.npr.org/sections/goatsandsoda/2019/09/20/762764826/how-to-design-a-female-friendly-toilet

* "In Coal Country, the Mines Shut Down, the Women Went to Work and the World Quietly Changed:" https://www.nytimes.com/2019/09/14/us/appalachia-coal-women-work-.html

* "An overwhelming majority of LGBT pupils have heard homophobic, transphobic or biphobic remarks in school:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2019/09/25/lgbt-pupils-homophobic-transphobic-school/

* "Your City Enacted LGBTQ Protections! Oop, Your State Just Killed Them:" https://www.advocate.com/commentary/2019/9/25/your-city-enacted-lgbtq-protections-oop-your-state-just-killed-them

* "Dallas Police Arrest Suspect in Transphobic Shooting:" https://www.advocate.com/crime/2019/9/25/dallas-police-arrest-suspect-transphobic-shooting

* "Gay man has the absolute best response to a ‘homophobic’ church that rejected him:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2019/09/25/gay-man-homophobic-church-rejected-him-letter-youtube/

* "Transgender Woman Vanishes at Dallas-Fort Worth Airport:" https://www.advocate.com/transgender/2019/9/25/transgender-woman-vanishes-dallas-fort-worth-airport

Anyone with information on del Mundo is asked to call DFW Airport Detective Sgt. Karl Ross at (972) 391-7221.

* "From ze and zir to they/them: Here’s why you should respect gender pronouns:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2019/09/24/gender-pronouns-meaning-ze-zir-they-them-mean-list-explained/

* "How I Became Visually Impaired:"

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* "North Tampa Behavioral Health is cashing in on Florida’s Baker Act:" https://projects.tampabay.com/projects/2019/investigations/north-tampa-behavioral-health/

* "Special Report: The three young women racing to defuse a climate-change bomb:" https://www.reuters.com/article/us-climate-change-arctic-methane-special/special-report-the-three-young-women-racing-to-defuse-a-climate-change-bomb-idUSKBN1W517G

* "UN report warns of accelerating sea level rise in a warming world:" https://www.politico.eu/article/un-report-warns-of-accelerating-sea-level-rise-in-a-warming-world/

* "Amazon tribe in Brazil patrols territory, braces for fight:" https://www.apnews.com/6d819f7ee60849c6bf850e53cec04cfd

* "What do evangelical Christians really think about climate change?:" https://www.newsweek.com/what-evangelical-christians-think-climate-change-1459927

* "How Cities Reshape the Evolutionary Path of Urban Wildlife:" https://www.wired.com/story/urban-wildlife-evolution-climate-change/

* "Inside Conservative Groups’ Effort to ‘Make Dishwashers Great Again’:" https://www.nytimes.com/2019/09/17/climate/trump-dishwasher-regulatory-rollback.html

* "An Indigenous way of life for these California tribes breaks modern laws:" https://roadsandkingdoms.com/2019/californias-forage-wars/

* "Mexico promised affordable housing for all. Instead it created many rapidly decaying slums:" https://www.latimes.com/projects/la-me-mexico-housing/

* "The Indian children who take a train to collect water:" https://widerimage.reuters.com/story/the-indian-children-who-take-a-train-to-collect-water

* TW: Rape "They were once America’s cruelest, richest slave traders. Why does no one know their names?:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/history/2019/09/14/they-were-once-americas-cruelest-richest-slave-traders-why-does-no-one-know-their-names/?noredirect=on

* "Easy Everyday Vintage Make Up:"

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* "How To Curl Your Hair // Vintage Sponge Rollers Tutorial:"

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* "Boris Johnson's Tech-Paranoid U.N. Speech, Robot Gymnastics & Explosive Dry Shampoo:"

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* "The Fantastic, Absolutely Tremendous Road to Impeachment - The Trump-Zelensky Phone Transcript:"

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* "On Location at Business Insider's GOP Primary Debate:"

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* "Full Frontal’s Second Annual Brett Kavanaugh Remembrance Act:"

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* "Meet the Rich: The Koch Brothers:"

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* "The Founding Fathers Were Not Gods:"

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* "HERE FOR IT: Ukraine and the Trump Impeachment Inquiry (Part 1):"

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* "HERE FOR IT: Ukraine and the Trump Impeachment Inquiry (Part 2) :"

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* "Trump's New National Security Advisor Worked The A$AP Rocky Case:"

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* "Trump In California: Raking In Cash, Rolling Back Emissions Standards:"

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* Wednesday I managed to space a Dental appointment. I also got awakened about every hour for most of my sleep cycle by Tavy or the phone. I left a couple hours later than I hoped, but I did make it out to forage and collected my gravy so I can make boca chick'n sammiches. Mmm... tasty protein.

When I got home I discovered two cases of special girl goosh! Thank you whoever sent it! I was just trying to work out how to ration without endangering Livia's health, and now we have stacks and tacks of goosh! Omnomnom! Thank you Benefactor!

I would also like to thank you ever sent the money. You are all lifesavers.

* "“Dear Parents, Your Child Is Not the Chosen One” by P.G. Galalis:" http://www.diabolicalplots.com/dp-fiction-55b-dear-parents-your-child-is-not-the-chosen-one-by-p-g-galalis/

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

* Have something you want to tell your Congress Critters? If you can not protest in person, here are some other options:

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

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

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

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

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

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

* If you are interested in helping, right now the Cat thing we need most is:
https://www.chewy.com/natural-balance-ultra-premium-turkey/dp/33214?utm_source=google-product&utm_medium=cpc&utm_campaign=f&utm_content=Natural%20Balance&utm_term=&gclid=EAIaIQobChMI-uXqwqPK5AIVB9tkCh3a2wZmEAQYASABEgJuZvD_BwE

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

* "Death toll in Bahamas rises to 20 after Hurricane Dorian leaves 'generational devastation':" https://www.cnn.com/2019/09/04/us/hurricane-dorian-bahamas-death-toll-wxc/index.html

* "Brexit’s ‘Doomsday Politics’ Mean Voters May Be Last Chance to Resolve Crisis:" https://www.nytimes.com/2019/09/04/world/europe/brexit-british-political-system.html

* "Boris Johnson Brexit push threatens to upend British democracy:" http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/boris-johnson-brexit-push-threatens-to-upend-british-democracy-68214341898

* "Boris Johnson accused of ‘homophobia’ after appearing to call Jeremy Corbyn a ‘big girl’s blouse’:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2019/09/04/boris-johnson-called-jeremy-corbyn-big-girls-blouse/

* "Cathay Pacific’s Chairman Resigns as China Pressures Hong Kong Business:" https://www.nytimes.com/2019/09/04/business/cathay-pacific-chairman-resigns.html

* "As the Amazon Burns, Indonesia Shows World How to Fight Forest Fires:" https://www.ozy.com/fast-forward/as-the-amazon-burns-indonesia-shows-world-how-to-fight-forest-fires/96359

* "Hong Kong government's attempt to outflank protesters is doomed to fail:" https://www.cnn.com/2019/09/04/asia/hong-kong-protests-withdrawal-intl-hnk/index.html

* "Stars boycott South Africa over xenophobic attacks:" https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-49576397

* "Absolutely nobody turned up to support Mike Pence in Ireland:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2019/09/05/absolutely-nobody-turned-up-to-support-mike-pence-in-ireland/

* "China’s Spies Are on the Offensive:" https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2019/08/inside-us-china-espionage-war/595747/

* "Trump shares potentially revealing image of Iranian launch site on Twitter:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/trump-shares-potentially-revealing-image-of-iranian-missile-site-on-twitter/2019/08/30/4820db10-cb5e-11e9-a1fe-ca46e8d573c0_story.html?noredirect=on

* "London mayor mocks Trump for dealing with hurricane ‘out on the golf course’:" https://www.politico.eu/article/sadiq-khan-london-mayor-mocks-donald-trump-for-dealing-with-hurricane-out-on-the-golf-course/

* "The secrecy of Russia's election interference:" http://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/the-secrecy-of-russia-s-election-interference-68210245637

* 45 is insisting that his dementia is so advanced he can't remember the other Cat. 5 hurricanes during his Presidency including Maria. "Trump doesn't think he's 'ever even heard of a Category 5' hurricane. Four such storms have threatened the US since he took office:" https://www.cnn.com/2019/09/01/politics/donald-trump-category-5-hurricane-dorian/index.html

* "Trump claimed Dorian could hit Alabama -- even after weather service refuted it:" https://www.cnn.com/2019/09/02/politics/trump-hurricane-dorian-false-claims-alabama/index.html

* " President Trump showed a doctored hurricane chart. Was it to cover up for ‘Alabama’ Twitter flub? :" https://www.washingtonpost.com/weather/2019/09/04/president-trump-shows-doctored-hurricane-chart-was-it-cover-up-alabama-twitter-flub/?noredirect=on

* "Trump lies about storm harder to ignore than his usual nonsense:" http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/trump-lies-about-storm-harder-to-ignore-than-his-usual-nonsense-68214341863

* "Trump cites out-of-date chart to justify alarming Alabama tweet:" http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/trump-cites-out-of-date-chart-to-justify-alarming-alabama-tweet-68215365620

* "Trump allies want to raise $2 million to target reporters at top outlets ahead of 2020:" https://www.axios.com/2020-presidential-campaign-trump-allies-journalists-6733432f-b008-45d3-99c2-9dca7931faff.html

* "Judge tells White House to reinstate reporter’s pass:" https://www.politico.com/story/2019/09/03/judge-press-pass-brian-karem-1479990

* " Judiciary panel issues subpoena on Trump's alleged offer to pardon DHS officials :" https://www.politico.com/story/2019/09/04/judiciary-panel-issues-subpoena-on-trumps-alleged-offer-to-pardon-dhs-officials-1481317

* "Jury finds Greg Craig not guilty in loss for Mueller prosecutors:" http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/jury-finds-greg-craig-not-guilty-in-loss-for-mueller-prosecutors-68214853901

* "DeVos tightens rules for forgiving student loans:" https://www.politico.com/story/2019/08/30/devos-forgiving-student-loans-1697959

* "Top Interior official who pushed to expand drilling in Alaska to join oil company there:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/2019/09/04/top-interior-official-who-pushed-expand-drilling-alaska-join-oil-company-there/?noredirect=on

* Do NOT sleep on your state level elections in 2020. We need fair district maps and a reasonable judiciary or we are fucked. "Why Democrats’ big gerrymandering win in North Carolina matters:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2019/09/04/how-democrats-win-north-carolinas-redistricting-battle-could-reverberate/?noredirect=on

* "Berman: NC GOP in ‘gerrymandering hall of fame’:" http://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/berman-nc-gop-in-gerrymandering-hall-of-fame-68210245711

* "San Francisco just passed a resolution calling the NRA a ‘domestic terrorist organization’:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2019/09/04/san-francisco-just-passed-resolution-calling-nra-domestic-terrorist-organization/?noredirect=on

* "McConnell vows to bring up gun legislation — as long as Trump backs it:" https://www.politico.com/story/2019/09/03/mcconnell-guns-trump-senate-1479818

* Any one who didn’t apply before August 7 is fucked, however. "Trump admin walks back plan to end deportation protections for sick immigrants:" https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2020-election/trump-admin-walks-back-plan-end-deportation-protections-sick-migrants-n1048851

* "Deported Harvard student Ismail Ajjawi arrives at university for start of classes:" https://nypost.com/2019/09/03/deported-harvard-student-ismail-ajjawi-arrives-at-university-for-start-of-classes/

* "Employers Struggle With Hiring Undocumented Workers: 'You Cannot Hire American Here':" https://www.npr.org/2019/08/21/752336132/employers-struggle-with-hiring-undocumented-workers-you-cannot-hire-american-her

* "Trump administration raids military construction projects for border wall:" https://www.politico.com/story/2019/09/03/trump-administration-prepares-to-raid-military-projects-for-border-wall-1479981

* "Mexico not paying for wall, Trump takes money from U.S. military:" http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/mexico-not-paying-for-wall-trump-takes-money-from-u-s-military-68215365766

* "Trump diverts money for schools to build wall:" http://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/trump-diverts-money-for-schools-to-build-wall-68211269811

* "Document Reveals The FBI Is Tracking Border Protest Groups As Extremist Organizations:" https://www.huffpost.com/entry/fbi-tracking-border-protest-groups_n_5d6ff5c2e4b09bbc9ef8ed2b?guccounter=1

* "She's black. She called 911 on her neighbor—and was threatened with eviction.:" https://www.motherjones.com/crime-justice/2019/05/the-crime-of-being-black-in-a-city-that-doesnt-want-you-there/

* "A new survey shows what really interests 'pro-lifers': controlling women:" https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2019/aug/22/a-new-poll-shows-what-really-interests-pro-lifers-controlling-women

* "French MPs begin push to criminalise conversion therapy:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2019/09/04/french-mps-begin-push-criminalise-conversion-therapy/

* "Majority of Brits back primary-school kids being taught about LGBT families:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2019/09/05/lgbt-families-inclusive-education-stonewall-research-olly-alexander/

* "Chasten Buttigieg makes the glaringly obvious point about Mike Pence’s lunch with gay Irish leader:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2019/09/03/chasten-buttigieg-makes-the-glaringly-obvious-point-about-mike-pences-lunch-with-gay-irish-leader/

* "What’s the best way to protest a Mike Pence visit? A big gay disco, obviously:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2019/09/05/mike-pence-gay-disco-ireland-amnesty-international-protest/

* "Iceland is rolling out the rainbow carpet for Mike Pence – literally:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2019/09/05/iceland-rolling-out-rainbow-carpet-mike-pence/

* "Judge refuses to dismiss charges against Straight Pride counter-protesters:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2019/09/04/charges-against-straight-pride-counter-protesters-wont-be-dropped/

* TW: Suicide "A trans boy died by suicide after being misgendered by hospital staff:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2019/09/04/katharine-prescott-kyler-trans-boy-suicide-rady-childrens-hospital/

* "Teenage girl is the 17th trans person to be killed in the US in 2019:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2019/09/05/teenage-girl-trans-murder-2019/

* "My life with face blindness: I spent decades unable to recognize people. Then I learned why.:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/magazine/wp/2019/08/21/feature/my-life-with-face-blindness/?noredirect=on

* "One Scientist’s Quest to Bring DNA Sequencing to Every Sick Kid:" https://www.wired.com/story/one-scientists-quest-to-bring-dna-sequencing-to-every-sick-kid/

* "California Will Build the Largest Wildlife Crossing in the World:" https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/california-will-build-largest-wildlife-crossing-world-180972947/

* "Napoleon lost the Battle of Waterloo—here’s what went wrong:" https://www.nationalgeographic.com/archaeology-and-history/magazine/2018/01-02/why-napoleon-lost-battle-waterloo/

* "Remembering the Forgotten Chinese Railroad Workers:" https://www.sapiens.org/archaeology/chinese-railroad-workers-utah/

* "The Disobedient Children of Monsters:" https://narratively.com/disobedient-children-monsters/

* "Brexit Chaos in the U.K., a Historic Space Crime & Trump's Doctored Hurricane Map:"

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* "Bernie Sanders Hits the Ballpark & Joe Biden Serves Up More Gaffes:"

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* "Pope Francis's Elevator Incident, Amped-Up Protests in Hong Kong & A Defiant Robbery Victim:"

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* They needed to clear the parking lot for maintenance, which means the closet Squirrel could park when he got home from work was several blocks away. Given I woke with the shakes and hip joints that were only marginally load bearing, there was zero chance of me walking that far and being able to forage. Forage with the car in the lot would have been right on the bubble as far as things I could maybe manage. Both was right out. This is why people who can technically still walk need disabled parking too. If I had a power chair, sure, I could have gone, but no way were my arms going that far up even a gentle slope in a manual and a manual is what I have. My right shoulder is still sort of fucked up. Even though the pain is at a level I can cope with on my AS meds and I have about 3/4 of my ROM back, it's still weak. Several blocks of me trying to wheel along is impossible. It sucks extra because I'm out of things like sandwich bread. Sigh.

I think something may be wrong. I've been getting I'm getting sick warning signs for several days now, so I'm mostly trying to rest up for the big push to get the apartment ready for Monday which will be eating all the weekend spoons.

In cat news, Livia is definitely peeing in the box like a good girl regardless of where I put it. Tavy is still peeing on the sofa despite me getting him to use the box last night and the night before. I can't full change and wash the box every other night. It's too much for me physically and burns resources I don't have. I can't do the having to wash everything all the time either because that's not sustainable. I'll keep chipping at it behaviorally, but this time he slipped in while I went to plate dinner and again while I was washing dishes. I can't guard the sofa 24/7. I used all the Livia money on food, vet, etc..

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

* Have something you want to tell your Congress Critters? If you can not protest in person, here are some other options:

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

* "Putin Opposition Leader Jailed Again After Suspected Poisoning:" https://www.npr.org/2019/07/29/746401239/putin-opposition-leader-jailed-again-after-suspected-poisoning

* "Mass arrests at Moscow protest point to cracks in Putin control:" http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/mass-arrests-at-moscow-protest-point-to-cracks-in-putin-control-64856133620

* "Hong Kong protests: 'I'm in Australia but I feel censored by Chinese students':" https://www.bbc.com/news/world-australia-49159820

* "Senate fails to override Trump veto on Saudi arms sales:" https://www.politico.com/story/2019/07/29/senate-trump-saudi-arabia-arms-sales-1439593

* "Trump advisor advocates for Saudi nuclear interests:" http://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/trump-advisor-advocates-for-saudi-nuclear-interests-64928837814

* "Majority of Trump’s Trade Aid Went to Biggest Farms, Study Finds:" https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-07-30/majority-of-trump-s-trade-aid-went-to-biggest-farms-study-finds

* "The tax bill postcard & the Trump kiss of death:" http://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/the-tax-bill-postcard-the-trump-kiss-of-death-64848965582

* "Trump’s tax returns required under new California election law:" https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2019-07-30/trump-tax-returns-california-ballot-gavin-newsom-law

* "Newsom signs first law requiring candidates to reveal taxes:" http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/newsom-signs-first-law-requiring-candidates-to-reveal-taxes-64933445543

* "With Sunday surge, nearly half of House Democrats back impeachment inquiry:" https://www.politico.com/story/2019/07/28/democrats-trump-impeachment-1438519

* "Calls for impeachment inquiry surge in wake of Mueller testimony:" http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/calls-for-impeachment-inquiry-surge-in-wake-of-mueller-testimony-64856133642

* "109 House Democrats call for impeachment inquiry:" http://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/109-house-democrats-call-for-impeachment-inquiry-64847941767

* "Trump poised to take major step to politicizing US intelligence:" http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/trump-poised-to-take-major-step-to-politicizing-us-intelligence-64852037618

* "“Moscow Mitch” McConnell lashes out:" http://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/-moscow-mitch-mcconnell-lashes-out-64929349926

* "DNC Chair Tom Perez on how to beat Trump:" http://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/dnc-chair-tom-perez-on-how-to-beat-trump-64929349976

* Me watching the Tuesday Night debate: Too much yelling and I really wish half these people would quit. At least. More really. It was three hours of boring indistinguishable men (and that lady I also wish would quit. Mariana?) yelling boring stuff in oposition to a small number of more competative candidates, who I actually wanted to hear from, for three intermable hours. I kept having to take breaks. I kept forgetting half of the men (and that one lady, Mariana?) existed until a moderator named them to ask a question. Me, over and over like I had a head injury: Oh right! (Insert name) exists).

I just felt this was far too high a concentration of no hopers, though this format was less annoying than the interrupt and shout over each other MSNBC format.

* "Republicans suffer rash of retirements from Congress:" http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/republicans-suffer-rash-of-retirements-from-congress-64856133648

* "Assault-style rifle used in Gilroy shooting could not be sold in California, state attorney general says:" https://www.cnn.com/2019/07/29/us/gilroy-california-food-festival-shooting-monday/index.html

* "Newsom: Failure to act on gun violence is a 'damn disgrace':" http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/newsom-failure-to-act-on-gun-violence-is-a-damn-disgrace-64932421969

* "Miller wants border agents to screen migrants to lower asylum numbers:" https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/immigration/stephen-miller-wants-use-border-agents-screen-migrants-cut-number-n1035831

* "ACLU: Trump admin still separating families despite court order:" http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/aclu-trump-admin-still-separating-families-despite-court-order-64935493866

* "Trump settles into racist insults as campaign foundation:" http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/trump-settles-into-racist-insults-as-campaign-foundation-64855109880

* "Chris Hayes: Trump is offering racism to his base instead of solutions:" http://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/chris-hayes-trump-is-offering-racism-to-his-base-instead-of-solutions-64847429805

* "Trump claims — without evidence — that attacks on Cummings, Baltimore have fueled African American support:" https://www.politico.com/story/2019/07/30/trump-baltimore-elijah-cummings-1440793

* "Trump rattled by effectiveness of Cummings oversight leadership:" http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/trump-rattled-by-effectiveness-of-cummings-oversight-leadership-64936005637

* "The lessons of David Duke:" http://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/the-lessons-of-david-duke-64847941743

* "Denmark could soon allow trans teens to legally change gender:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2019/07/30/denmark-trans-legal-gender-change/

* "In older adults, some drugs may produce symptoms that imitate dementia:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/in-older-adults-some-drugs-may-produce-symptoms-that-imitate-dementia/2019/07/26/f192827c-ad5c-11e9-bc5c-e73b603e7f38_story.html?noredirect=on&utm_term=.d18ff08f1132

* "Special Report: A Cloudspotter's Guide to Climate Change:" https://www.reuters.com/article/us-climate-change-britain-clouds-special/special-report-a-cloudspotters-guide-to-climate-change-idUSKCN1UK1GL

* "Red Summer In Chicago: 100 Years After The Race Riots:" https://www.npr.org/sections/codeswitch/2019/07/27/744130358/red-summer-in-chicago-100-years-after-the-race-riots

* "In Their Own Words: The 1919 Race Riot:" http://www.chicagomag.com/Chicago-Magazine/August-2019/1919-Race-Riot/

* The last lilies. https://gwydionmisha.tumblr.com/post/186665781532/the-last-lilies

* It turns at that it’s not Elder Kitty. She is frequently incontinent in Squirrel’s room and some other places in response to stress and she’s been camping on my sofa, so she was the logical culprit.

I just caught Livia kitten peeing in a corner. It was red tinged. I don’t have money for the vet. I’m going to see if I can talk them into seeing her for everything I currently have, but odds are they won’t take her until I can either raise some or the SSI payment clears around the 4th of August.

She’s two years old, big and strong and otherwise in good health. I’ve left the tub open which she’s taken advantage of. It really panicked her when I spotted her. I feel like a monster.

If you’d like to pitch in towards the vet bill : Paypal Lethran@gmail.com or paypal.me/Gwydion

* Crowley Dreams: https://bibliomancer7.tumblr.com/post/186666076510/poplitealqueen-poplitealqueen-consider

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

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

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

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

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

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

* Have something you want to tell your Congress Critters? If you can not protest in person, here are some other options:

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

* "Rep. Waters: Mueller report contains enough to prove obstruction:" http://www.msnbc.com/am-joy/watch/maxine-waters-discusses-house-killing-efforts-to-impeach-trump-64252997949

* "Michelle Obama may not want to be your president, but she still wants you to vote:" https://www.vox.com/2018/7/19/17590322/michelle-obama-when-we-all-vote

* "Louisiana Police Officer on Facebook Says Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez ‘Needs a Round’:" https://www.nytimes.com/2019/07/21/us/charlie-rispoli-gretna-police.html

* "World leaders condemn Trump’s attacks on congresswomen of color:" http://www.msnbc.com/am-joy/watch/world-leaders-decry-trump-s-attacks-on-congresswomen-of-color-64249413989

* "Trump was oblivious to ‘go back’ tweets damage new report alleges:" http://www.msnbc.com/am-joy/watch/trump-on-freshman-democrats-let-them-leave-64252485733

* "Stephen Miller grilled on Trump attacks on congresswomen of color:" http://www.msnbc.com/am-joy/watch/stephen-miller-defends-trump-s-attacks-on-the-squad-64252485945

* TW: Pedophilia. "'Hundreds' allege Jesus Army abuse:" https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-48447066

* Saturday I had a friend over. It was a good visit and productive. I was shaky, but managed. My breathing's not where I'd like it, but it is noticeably improved from yesterday. I'm working slowly through my infection protocol stuff, but I'm very sluggish. Fighting an infection takes a lot out of my and I'm having a really hard time being off my AS meds for the antibiotics. I did manage to catch up the important stuff news wise before bed.

Sunday, I was really sick. I hope I got enough of that last dose of antibiotic. That ate a big chunk of evening as I had to go back to bed and lie in the dark too sick and in pain to read or sleep. Plus there was the usual drama with not electricity.

* "Reflections on a Space Race:" https://www.thefandomentals.com/reflections-on-a-space-race/

* "Sunday Sweets For Lace Week:" https://www.cakewrecks.com/home/2019/7/21/sunday-sweets-for-lace-week

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

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

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

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

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

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

* Have something you want to tell your Congress Critters? If you can not protest in person, here are some other options:

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

* "Sen. Smith calls McConnell’s Senate ‘place where good ideas die’:" http://www.msnbc.com/am-joy/watch/mcconnell-s-leadership-called-big-fat-waste-by-sen-tina-smith-63839301664

* "Trump's Nationwide Immigration Raids Fail to Materialize:" https://www.npr.org/2019/07/14/741653581/trumps-nationwide-immigration-raids-fail-to-materialize

* Doesn't this conflict with black letter law? "Trump Issues New Rule To End Asylum Protections For Central Americans:" https://www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-issues-new-rule-to-end-asylum-protections-for-central-americans_n_5d2c7a8fe4b0bd7d1e1fee42

* "Trump official does not rule out child separation during ICE raids:" http://www.msnbc.com/am-joy/watch/trump-administration-denies-reports-of-bad-migrant-camp-conditions-63840325541

* "Trump tells Dem congresswomen: Go back where you came from:" https://www.politico.com/story/2019/07/14/trump-congress-go-back-where-they-came-from-1415692

Can we take a moment to appreciate that 45 just described the United states under his leadership as having a government that is "a complete and total catastrophe, the worst, most corrupt and inept anywhere in the world (if they even have a functioning government at all)."

* "Pres. Trump appears to target progressive congresswomen of color in tweets, tells them to "go back" to where "they came" from:" http://www.msnbc.com/am-joy/watch/pres-trump-appears-to-target-progressive-congresswomen-of-color-in-tweets-63832133882

* "Trump accused of intensifying rhetoric to energize base for 2020:" http://www.msnbc.com/am-joy/watch/trump-appears-to-target-progressive-congresswomen-of-color-in-tweets-63838277988

* "An Arizona Teenager Was Fatally Stabbed. The Suspect Blames Rap Music.:" https://www.nytimes.com/2019/07/09/us/elijah-al-amin-michael-paul-adams.html?emc=rss&partner=rss

* "Detroit cops arrest police commissioner, protester at raucous public meeting:" https://www.metrotimes.com/news-hits/archives/2019/07/12/detroit-cops-arrest-police-commissioner-protester-at-raucous-public-meeting

* "Why You Need to Care About DeRay Mckesson's First Amendment Case:" https://news.vice.com/en_us/article/wjv34q/why-you-need-to-care-about-deray-mckessons-first-amendment-case

* TW: Rape, Pedophilia. "In Patriarchy No One Can Hear You Scream: Rebecca Solnit on Jeffrey Epstein and the Silencing Machine:" https://lithub.com/in-patriarchy-no-one-can-hear-you-scream-rebecca-solnit-on-jeffrey-epstein-and-the-silencing-machine/

* TW: Pedophilia. "How a Florida Lawyer Kept the Jeffrey Epstein Case Alive:" https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2019/07/bradley-edwards-jeffrey-epstein-alexander-acosta.html

* "All the places with better rights for non-binary people than the UK:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2019/07/14/non-binary-rights-countries-better-than-uk/

* "UN Human Rights Council votes to keep expert to protect LGBT+ rights:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2019/07/12/un-human-rights-council-votes-to-keep-expert-to-protect-lgbt-rights/

* "How A Young Pansexual Challenged Her School District, and Won:" https://www.advocate.com/exclusives/2019/7/14/how-young-pansexual-challenged-her-school-district-and-won

* "Still Menaced by Flooding, Louisiana Dodges a Storm’s Worst Blows:" https://www.nytimes.com/2019/07/14/us/tropical-storm-barry-flooding.html

* "Piece of skull found in Greece ‘is oldest human fossil outside Africa’:" https://www.theguardian.com/science/2019/jul/10/piece-of-skull-found-in-greece-is-oldest-human-fossil-outside-africa

* "Ross Perot brought us the tea party — and President Trump:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/2019/07/11/ross-perot-brought-us-tea-party-president-trump/?noredirect=on&utm_term=.ae095173405d

* "Sunday Sweets: Bright Summer Florals:" https://www.cakewrecks.com/home/2019/7/14/sunday-sweets-bright-summer-florals

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

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

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

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

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

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

* Have something you want to tell your Congress Critters? If you can not protest in person, here are some other options:

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

* TW: Rape "The sex attack that changed Spain:" https://www.bbc.com/news/av/world-europe-47801268/the-sex-attack-that-changed-spain

* "Sri Lanka death toll expected to rise as leaders condemn killings:" https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/apr/21/sri-lanka-attacks-death-toll-expected-rise-leaders-condemn-killings

Sri Lankan Red Cross: https://www.redcross.lk/

* "Finland heading for left-right coalition government after narrow SDP poll win:" https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/apr/15/finlands-sdp-tries-to-build-coalition-after-narrow-election-win

* "Hundreds of thousands back on Algeria's streets, demanding radical...:" https://www.reuters.com/article/us-algeria-protests/tens-of-thousands-of-protesters-back-on-algerias-streets-demanding-radical-reform-idUSKCN1RV0QG

* "The Revolutionary Force Behind Sudan’s Protest Movement? Doctors:" https://www.nytimes.com/2019/04/20/world/africa/sudan-doctors-protest.html

* "India Elections 2019: Farmers Are Hurting and Millions Are Voting:" https://www.nytimes.com/2019/04/20/world/asia/india-election-modi-farmers.html

* "Nairobi, Kampala now safe havens for Juba dollars:" https://www.theeastafrican.co.ke/news/ea/River-of-dollars-flowing-from-south-sudan-into-kenya-uganda/4552908-5080898-7mpgk/index.html

* "In Venezuela, life has gone from bad to worse. And the world has quit noticing:" https://www.latimes.com/opinion/op-ed/la-oe-ocanto-venezuela-guaido-maduro-trujillo-radio-20190421-story.html

* "Shortages hit Cuba, raising fears of new economic crisis:" https://www.apnews.com/efb7313888ca4b61824f5b293ae9cade

* TW: Suicide "Anger voiced at ex-Peru leader's wake:" https://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-47993257

* "Seth Rich Was Not Source of Leaked D.N.C. Emails, Mueller Report Confirms:" https://www.nytimes.com/2019/04/20/us/mueller-report-seth-rich-assange.html

* "Mueller did not find conspiracy but collusion was not ruled out:" http://www.msnbc.com/am-joy/watch/mueller-reports-outlines-contacts-between-trump-team-and-russia-1501046851766

* "Some Democrats don’t want impeachment without more investigation:" http://www.msnbc.com/am-joy/watch/trump-impeachment-debated-by-democrats-post-mueller-report-1500947523999

* "This conservative thinks Democrats should force a vote on Trump:" http://www.msnbc.com/am-joy/watch/trump-largely-supported-by-gop-establishment-post-mueller-report-1501013059787

* "Waters: American people are waiting for us to provide leadership:" http://www.msnbc.com/am-joy/watch/rep-maxine-waters-on-mueller-report-possible-trump-impeachment-1501765187683

* "‘The Democratic base is angry as hell’: Cory Booker’s message of love falls flat:" https://www.politico.com/story/2019/04/20/cory-booker-love-campaign-1282647

* "Some Dem candidates might be helping Fox News with 2020 town halls:" http://www.msnbc.com/am-joy/watch/democrats-consider-fox-news-town-halls-for-2020-after-sanders-1501764163634

* "The Worst Thing About Hudson Yards Isn't the Architecture:" https://www.citylab.com/equity/2019/04/hudson-yards-financing-eb5-investor-visa-program-immigration/586897/

* "Can Community Investment Trusts Help Slow Down Gentrification?:" https://psmag.com/economics/can-community-investment-trusts-help-slow-down-gentrification

* "How America’s College-Closure Crisis Leaves Families Devastated:" https://www.chronicle.com/interactives/20190404-ForProfit

* TW: Rape, Torture "Alabama’s Gruesome Prisons: Report Finds Rape and Murder at All Hours:" https://www.nytimes.com/2019/04/03/us/alabama-prisons-doj-investigation.html

* "Florence and the Renaissance: Crash Course European History #2:"

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* "Medieval Jews Celebrated Passover With Bird-Human Hybrids:" https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/birds-head-haggadah

* "Archaeologists unearth largest Mayan figurine factory to date:" https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2019/04/archaeologists-unearth-largest-mayan-figurine-factory-date

* "16 Years Later, How the Press That Sold the Iraq War Got Away With It:" https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-features/iraq-war-media-fail-matt-taibbi-812230/

* I'm still in bad shape from Saturday and I still had to tackle the pile of things in the sink that turned up soiled in the cleaning, plus laundry, and a bunch of small things.

Bonus: The fire alarmed woke me at 10:30AM sharp. The Imperial Couple hid in seconds, of course. In a real fire I'd have no hope of retrieving them. I was on my feet pulling on the trousers I'd mended just before sleep and a slobbing around shirt when I remembered it was Sunday, not Monday, so it couldn't be the inspectors turning up a couple of days early.

Shit!

From the sound I suspected building wide, but I yelled to see if it was squirrel showering. It was not. Front door was cold. Hall alarms and lights going. Fire door closed. Yep, building wide. It's never a real fire, and my bladder can't wait a half an hour after waking to be let back in the building, so quick pee, keys, messenger bag, and crutch. I was closing the patio door behind me when Squirrel appeared. The evacuation plans call for everyone to go out front doors into the hallway of a theoretically burning building and through two sets of doors. Obviously, that's nonsense for bottom floor people when we have the patio doors. I emerged from ours the same time the nice single mom down the way was herding her extremely well behaved children out, each of the kids carrying a cat crate. O.o In the time it took Squirrel to dress, they'd caught and crated two panicked animals, got everyone in shoes and out the door. Seriously, I suspect that woman of being a superhero. I noticed a grad student looking couple heading straight for the min-gym which is in the building across. Damned clever. Another grad student looking couple got right in their car and drove away. Supermom and her incredibly well brought up kids stowed their cat crates in there car which luckily for them was away from the building so excellent call there. I set my back to a parking pillar, lowered myself to the pavement in the evacuation area and read for about fifteen minutes till the firemen arrived. They milled around for a while putting on jackets and eventually one went in and turned off the alarm. They milled around some more, then left with no explanation.

One of the people milling where firemen were instead of standing in the evacuation area said it did smell like smoke in there and that someone had said something about a cooking fire. The central section did smell like a bad frying accident when we got into the foyer. I'm guessing they'd been frying pork chops or rather bland sausage from the smell. Look, back when I was young I used to make donuts sometimes of a weekend for my then partner. You get the occasional grease fire doing that. You pull it off the burner and put a lid on it to deprive the fire of oxygen. Turn the stove off, open windows and make sure every fan you have is on. It's no big deal, solved in minutes. My guess is they hadn't turned their hood on before starting and panicked from the fire, then panicked from the alarm and just left it. I mean, I've set it off burning toast here before and it starts in just your apartment if you do that. Squirrel sets it off every time he forgets to turn on a fan when he showers. Clear the smoke and it stops really quick instead of evacuating the building.

It took ages to get back to sleep. Tavy calmed down about a half hour after they let us back in and spent the rest of the day on or about my person. I didn't see Livia until mid afternoon. She wouldn't come for pettins and she didn't really calm down until I restocked all the busy boxes at lung time.

* I worked out a way to make swim aerobics work with today's schedule. Cue me at 6:30AM assembling my swim bag. No swimsuit in it's drawer. No swimsuit anywhere I could conceive of it going. Really though? When I get back from the lake I wash it and hang dry it in the shower and it goes in that one drawer.

My swimsuit is gone.

I likely wore it last towards the end of August. I spent hours looking. I took everything out of it's drawer and another drawer. I searched the bathroom even though if it had been in there I'd have seen it in the intervening months and put it back in it's dawn drawer. I opened drawers I haven't opened in a year or more even though I knew damned well it wouldn't be in there. I searched the trunk of my car.

I do not have $40-60 dollars for a new suit. It's a catastrophic loss. I know they won't let me use my swim scholarship without a suit. They kick people out for shorts, not that I have shorts I can ruin with chlorine. I'd need it anyway in a couple of months when it's warm enough for the lake.

Swimming is the only safe form of exercise for me. Fuckfuckfuck.

And swimsuit shopping is a discouraging nightmare that eats up a huge amount of time because sites like Amazon lie. I type in my size and they give me a selection of suits. I finally find one I'd be willing to be caught dead in. Half my size. Why the fuck are they listing it as my size then? And the specialist sites tend to be super ugly and or super expensive. I do not have 250.00 for a suit. If I had that kind of money, I'd have replaced the dying TV. It's just literally hours of frustrating and discouraging internet searching or driving all over town and finding nothing or at best one suit.

Not that I have the gas for that anyway. I did try to put ten in Sunday when I took the Library books back, but they were out of gas again.

So I should be swimming as I typed this. There will be no swimming.

Bonus for loud machinery yard work starting at 8AM that terrified the cats back into hiding and was so loud I couldn't turn the TV up loud enough to hear it and I got to do part of the searching with that horrendous noise going on.

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

* "Books for low-income kids who don't have enough books Needed:" https://delight.dreamwidth.org/156856.html

* Want to help LGBTQIA+ folk escapr repressive regimes? https://www.rainbowrailroad.com/donate

* Donate to HIAS to help refugees: https://act.hias.org/page/6048/donate/1

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

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

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

* Upset about the abuse of big cats by people who shouldn't be allowed to keep them? Big cat rescue is trying to change laws to protect wild animals. "Cat Laws:" https://bigcatrescue.org/cat-laws/

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

* Have something you want to tell your Congress Critters? If you can not protest in person, here are some other options:
Call the Capitol Switchboard at (202) 224-3121 and ask to be connected to the representative of your choice.

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

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

* This is a cool person and the swimsuits are being made from an ethical source. LGBTQIA+ swimsuits: https://www.etsy.com/shop/NerdyKeppie?ref=l2-shopheader-name§ion_id=24021616

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

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

* "In Central Asia’s forbidding highlands, a quiet newcomer: Chinese troops:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/asia_pacific/in-central-asias-forbidding-highlands-a-quiet-newcomer-chinese-troops/2019/02/18/78d4a8d0-1e62-11e9-a759-2b8541bbbe20_story.html?noredirect=on&utm_term=.dcfc4ea06aea

* "Haiti police fire rubber pellets at mourners as protests resume:" https://www.reuters.com/article/us-haiti-protests/haiti-police-fire-rubber-pellets-at-mourners-as-protests-resume-idUSKCN1QC01Y

* "Kamala Harris on climate change, identity politics and her plan for working families:" http://www.msnbc.com/am-joy/watch/one-on-one-interview-with-kamala-harris-1447489091627

* "Kamala Harris on 2020 run in an 'increasingly polarized America':" http://www.msnbc.com/am-joy/watch/more-from-one-on-one-with-kamala-harris-1447490627968

* "Elizabeth Warren’s universal child care plan, explained:" https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2019/2/22/18234606/warren-child-care-universal-2020

* You may have noticed I post a lot of different articles about and interviews with various declared and likely 2020 Presidential Primary candidates. I do this because I think it's important we get a good look at all our options. In my opinion it's far too soon for me to be selecting, let alone endorsing candidate.

I will vote for whoever gets chosen for the Democratic ticket. I stand by my policy of voting my heart in the primary and strategically in the general. With this understanding and the caveats above, I admit I have a short list all ready of people I would rather not have to vote for in 2020. I will, mind you, but I really really hope we chose someone better. There are good reasons for each of them:

Tulsi Gabbard is a homophobic DINO with a long list of unpleasant statements and policy positions so odious that David Duke wanted to endorse her. Yes, she turned him down, but still. DO NOT want. I don't want Biden and Sanders for a bunch of reasons. I listed my objections to Biden last time around, s I'm not going to know. They are the same as they were. Sander's has some serious problems with a tendency not to see the way systemic racism and sexism are a major problem in this country and he's really not up to the foreign policy part of the job. There are also way better candidates already in with views more in keeping with my own to the left of Sanders. I'd rather someone who can fight for more of the things I want with less of the baggage, and that actually is a choice this time. I'm much happier with him staying in the Senate.

I admit that I have several other "I would rather they stay in Congress" names on my list, but I'm not as adamant about them as of yet. They have a lot of room left to surprise me and/or convince me that they really are the best choice and a lot of time to do it in. All sorts of things can happen between now and late Spring 2020. I've a short list of likelier names, but it's fluid. My opinions on the candidates are fluid, and so I'm going to keep watching and reading and posting stuff. Let's all see where this goes, okay?

And yes, if you really do have a candidate you are passionate about, definitely donate and/or volunteer to help them. I'm just not even close to there yet and don't expect to be any time soon.

* "War memorial or religious symbol? Cross fight reaches U.S. high court:" https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-court-cross/war-memorial-or-religious-symbol-cross-fight-reaches-u-s-high-court-idUSKCN1QB1CJ

* "Because of Louisiana, the Minimum Wage in New Orleans Is a Poverty Wage:" https://www.citylab.com/perspective/2019/02/louisiana-minimum-wage-new-orleans-world-social-justice-day/583363/

* "Trump Should Stop Telling Hateful Lies That Racist Terrorists Believe:" http://nymag.com/intelligencer/2019/02/christopher-hasson-donald-trump-responsible-coast-guard-officer-terrorism-plot.html

* Now is an excellent time to tell your Republican Senator to stand against the Emergency Declaration. If you can not protest in person, here are some other options:

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

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

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

* "Alabama Newspaper That Called for K.K.K. to ‘Ride Again’ Has a New Editor: A Black Woman:" https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/23/us/democrat-reporter-elecia-dexter.html

* "They Took a Knee at Ole Miss For All of Us:" http://cwmemory.com/2019/02/24/they-took-a-knee-at-ole-miss-for-all-of-us/

* TW: Rape, Pedophilia. "The Spotlight Effect: This Church Scandal Was Revealed by Outsiders:" https://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2019/02/catholic-churchs-sex-abuse-scandal-was-driven-outsiders/583489/

* TW: Sexual Abuse. "Cardinal claims Catholic Church 'destroyed' documentation of sex abuse:" https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/cardinal-says-catholic-church-destroyed-documentation-sex-abuse-n974941

* "Everyone* Pours Bacon Fat Down the Drain, Everyone Lies About It:" https://www.wsj.com/articles/everyone-pours-bacon-fat-down-the-drain-everyone-lies-about-it-1533741026

* "Stress-free Training May Enhance Surgical Skill:" http://www.uh.edu/news-events/stories/2019/february-2019/021119-pavlidis-surgery-training.php

* "Stripes of wildflowers across farm fields could cut pesticide spraying:" https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2018/jan/31/stripes-of-wildflowers-across-farm-fields-could-cut-pesticide-spraying

* "Fire at Bellingham feed store started under suspicious circumstances, investigators say:" https://www.kiro7.com/news/north-sound-news/fire-at-bellingham-feed-store-started-under-suspicious-circumstances-investigators-say/923584175

* "These indigenous Peruvians are fighting deforestation with satellites and drones:" https://news.vice.com/en_us/article/kzdgdm/these-indigenous-peruvians-are-fighting-deforestation-with-drones-and-satellites

* "Pay attention to the growing wave of climate change lawsuits:" https://www.vox.com/energy-and-environment/2019/2/22/17140166/climate-change-lawsuit-exxon-juliana-liability-kids

* "Succulent-Smugglers Descend on California:" https://www.newyorker.com/news/california-chronicles/succulent-smugglers-descend-on-california

* "The Funeral Directors Deployed to America's Deadliest Disasters:" https://earther.gizmodo.com/the-funeral-directors-deployed-to-americas-deadliest-di-1832357395

* "Pre-Civil War African American Writers:" https://www.writersspot.net/articles/pre-civil-war-african-american-writers

* "Ira Aldridge: The Black Shakespearean Actor Who Broke Theater's Color Barrier:" http://mentalfloss.com/article/573441/ira-aldridge

* "Did We Forget to Memorialize Spanish Flu Because Women Were the Heroes?:" https://slate.com/technology/2019/02/spanish-flu-women-nurses-heroism.html

* "The Disturbing Reason Schools Tattooed Their Students in the 1950s:" http://mentalfloss.com/article/573101/operation-tat-type

* "Inside the Belgian Library That Tore Itself Apart:" https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/when-was-the-leuven-library-divided

* "The History of African-American Casting in Ballet:" https://daily.jstor.org/the-history-of-african-american-casting-in-ballet/

* "Sunday Sweets Would Like This Dance:" http://www.cakewrecks.com/home/2019/2/24/sunday-sweets-would-like-this-dance.html

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

* Trans Helplines: https://www.translifeline.org/

* Want to complaint about Betsy DeVos's plan to coddle college rapists? https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2018/11/29/2018-25314/nondiscrimination-on-the-basis-of-sex-in-education-programs-or-activities-receiving-federal#open-comment

* Donate to HIAS to help refugees: https://act.hias.org/page/6048/donate/1

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

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

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

* Upset about the abuse of big cats by people who shouldn't be allowed to keep them? Big cat rescue is trying to change laws to protect wild animals. "Cat Laws:" https://bigcatrescue.org/cat-laws/

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

* Have something you want to tell your Congress Critters? If you can not protest in person, here are some other options:
Call the Capitol Switchboard at (202) 224-3121 and ask to be connected to the representative of your choice.

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

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

* This is a cool person and the swimsuits are being made from an ethical source. LGBTQIA+ swimsuits: https://www.etsy.com/shop/NerdyKeppie?ref=l2-shopheader-name§ion_id=24021616

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

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

* "The Guardian view on Thailand’s election: staving off the real reckoning:" https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2019/feb/17/the-guardian-view-on-thailands-election-staving-off-the-real-reckoning

* "Thai Trans Businesswoman Running To Become Thailand's Prime Minister:" https://transgriot.blogspot.com/2019/02/thai-trans-businesswoman-running-to.html

* "Japan's PM nominated Trump for Nobel Peace Prize on U.S. request:...:" https://www.reuters.com/article/us-northkorea-usa-trump-japan-idUSKCN1Q6041

* "Top Trump appointees promoted selling nuclear power plants to Saudi Arabia over objections from national security officials, House Democratic report says:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/top-trump-appointees-promoted-selling-nuclear-power-plants-to-saudi-arabia-over-objections-from-national-security-officials-house-democratic-report-says/2019/02/19/6a719762-3456-11e9-af5b-b51b7ff322e9_story.html?noredirect=on&utm_term=.20af686f1238

* "WH plan to give nuclear tech to Saudi Arabia under investigation:" http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/w-h-plan-to-give-nuclear-tech-to-saudi-arabia-under-investigation-1445195843634

* "A 'rush to transfer' nuclear tech to the Saudis:" http://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/a-rush-to-transfer-nuclear-tech-to-the-saudis-1445121603690

* "Andrew McCabe Couldn’t Believe the Things Trump Said About Putin:" https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2019/02/mccabe-warns-trump-mueller-undeterred/583000/

* "Ebola Outbreak & Chapo Guilty Verdict: VICE News Tonight Full Episode (HBO):"

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* "Maine paid for 40 rooms at Trump hotel for LePage, staff:" https://www.pressherald.com/2019/02/17/maine-paid-for-40-rooms-at-trump-hotel-for-lepage-staff/

* "Trump Has Publicly Attacked the Russia Investigation More Than 1,100 Times:" https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2019/02/19/us/politics/trump-attacks-obstruction-investigation.html

* "Intimidation, Pressure and Humiliation: Inside Trump’s Two-Year War on the Investigations Encircling Him:" https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/19/us/politics/trump-investigations.html

* "Trump denies asking Whitaker to put ally in charge of hush money investigation:" https://www.politico.com/story/2019/02/19/trump-denies-whitaker-investigation-1175607

* "Nadler wants Whitaker to 'clarify' his testimony:" https://www.politico.com/story/2019/02/13/nadler-whitaker-testimony-trump-1169350

* "Roger Stone ordered to appear in court over Instagram post targeting judge:" https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/feb/19/roger-stone-court-instagram-post-judge

* "‘He’s on edge’: Roger Stone silencing expected after barbed comments:" https://www.politico.com/story/2019/02/19/roger-stone-gag-order-1176014

* "Stone takes swipe at judge, promptly files 'notice of apology':" http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/stone-takes-swipe-at-judge-promptly-files-notice-of-apology-1444578371566

* "William Barr’s Son-in-Law Just Landed a Job Advising Trump on “Legal Issues”:" https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2019/02/william-barr-son-in-law-white-house

* "NYT bombshell outlines Trump's efforts to obstruct investigations:" http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/nyt-bombshell-outlines-trump-s-efforts-to-obstruct-investigations-1445191747935

* "Trump took no action on Mike Flynn except lying: NYT revelation:" http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/trump-took-no-action-on-mike-flynn-except-lying-nyt-revelation-1445192771933

* "Rosenstein plans to leave Justice Department next month:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/rosenstein-plans-to-leave-justice-dept-next-month/2019/02/18/f94af3c4-33ee-11e9-af5b-b51b7ff322e9_story.html?noredirect=on&utm_term=.31326b684279

* "Trump to nominate transportation deputy to replace DAG Rosenstein:" http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/trump-to-nominate-transportation-deputy-to-replace-dag-rosenstein-1445161539641

* "New report adds to questions of whether Whitaker lied to Congress:" http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/new-report-adds-to-questions-of-whether-whitaker-lied-to-congress-1445198915626

* "Whitaker answers to Congress getting second look from Democrats:" http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/whitaker-answers-to-congress-getting-second-look-from-democrats-1445192259573

* "Heather Nauert Withdraws From Consideration as U.N. Ambassador:" https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/16/us/politics/heather-nauert-withdraws-un-ambassador.html

* "Marc Short Returns to Administration as Pence’s Chief of Staff:" https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/19/us/politics/marc-short-pence-chief-staff.html

* "Trump to approve lean Space Force:" https://www.politico.com/story/2019/02/18/trump-space-force-1182572

* "Stacey Abrams: Voter suppression in Georgia is 'nearly seamless':" http://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/the-former-georgia-gubernatorial-candidate-testified-before-house-democrats-tuesday-on-voting-rights-1445136963582

* Sigh. "Bernie Sanders launches second presidential campaign with big fundraising haul:" https://www.cnn.com/2019/02/19/politics/bernie-sanders-2020-presidential/index.html

* "Coalition of states sues Trump over national emergency to build border wall:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/health-science/coalition-of-states-sues-trump-over-national-emergency-to-build-border-wall/2019/02/18/9da8019c-33a8-11e9-854a-7a14d7fec96a_story.html?noredirect=on&utm_term=.a614b68f9049

* "Trump Will 'Protect' Emergency Declaration If Congress Disapproves, Miller Says:" https://www.npr.org/2019/02/18/695620579/trump-will-protect-emergency-declaration-if-congress-disapproves-miller-says

Want to tell your Congress Critters that you oppose the pretend National Emergency? If you can not protest in person, here are some other options:

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

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

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

* "New York City to Ban Discrimination Based on Hair:" https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/18/style/hair-discrimination-new-york-city.html

* "What I Told My White Friend When He Asked For My Black Opinion On White Privilege:" https://everydayfeminism.com/2016/08/told-white-friend-black-opinion/?mc_cid=9db1fd6bc6&mc_eid=7541af514b

* "Who Can Be A Cop?:" https://www.themarshallproject.org/2019/02/14/desperate-for-recruits-police-consider-non-citizens

* "House Armed Forces Committee Hearing On Trump Trans Troop Ban Happening Soon:" https://transgriot.blogspot.com/2019/02/house-armed-forces-committee-hearing-on.html

* "No One Really Knows What to Do With All of America’s Unclaimed Corpses:" https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2019/02/unclaimed-bodies-problem/582625/

* "Jazz on the Edge of Change:" https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/18/opinion/the-year-jazz-came-into-its-own.html

* "So Much News, So Little Time - Colin Kaepernick's NFL Settlement & Jussie Smollett's Alleged Attack:"

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* "President Trump's Border Emergency:"

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* "All The President's 2020 Challengers:"

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* "Peppa Pig Is Corrupting America's Youth!:"

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* "The National Emergency We 'Didn't Need':"

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* "The Trump Quote That Stood Out To McCabe:"

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* "Trump Calls on Europe to Take Back ISIS Fighters & New York City Bans Natural Hair Discrimination:"

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* "Bernie Sanders's 2020 Bid & Quaint Democratic Scandals:"

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* "The Unravelling of Jussie Smollett's Hate Crime Claims:"

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* I did manage to get nearly adequate sleep for the first time in nearly a week and also made it out the door in time to get my tag reupped. My battered blue twenty one year old beast is legal for another year! Thank you again, benefactors, who have kept me afloat for what is financially the hardest month in every year. You are all my heroes.

I think I figured out how I messed up my wrist. I had a minor fall yesterday which borked my left second biggest toe and I caught myself with my left hand. I was so focused on the toe damage I could easily have missed injuring my wrist.

* "The Walking Dead: Season 9, Episode 9: Adaption:" http://www.fangsforthefantasy.com/2019/02/the-walking-dead-season-9-episode-9.html

* I really love Shoma Uno's Sonata free skate routine. When he's on, he embodies the music the way the best ballet dancers might while still having the jumps to compete with the best technical folks in the world. I am and always have been a sucker for a good all around skater with real grace and personality and watching him do something that suits him so well has been a delight this season.

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

* Trans Helplines: https://www.translifeline.org/

* Want to complaint about Betsy DeVos's plan to coddle college rapists? https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2018/11/29/2018-25314/nondiscrimination-on-the-basis-of-sex-in-education-programs-or-activities-receiving-federal#open-comment

* Donate to HIAS to help refugees: https://act.hias.org/page/6048/donate/1

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

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

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

* Upset about the abuse of big cats by people who shouldn't be allowed to keep them? Big cat rescue is trying to change laws to protect wild animals. "Cat Laws:" https://bigcatrescue.org/cat-laws/

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

* Have something you want to tell your Congress Critters? If you can not protest in person, here are some other options:
Call the Capitol Switchboard at (202) 224-3121 and ask to be connected to the representative of your choice.

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

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

* This is a cool person and the swimsuits are being made from an ethical source. LGBTQIA+ swimsuits: https://www.etsy.com/shop/NerdyKeppie?ref=l2-shopheader-name§ion_id=24021616

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

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