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* "Philippines: Muslims vote in referendum on autonomous region:" https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/jan/21/philippines-muslims-vote-in-referendum-on-new-autonomous-region

* "May axes Brexit fee for EU citizens:" https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-politics-46950719

* "Zimbabwe troops 'used systematic torture':" https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-46968142

* "Fear of Mueller probe leads Russian pop star linked to Trump family to cancel tour:" https://www.nbcnews.com/news/investigations/emin-agalarov-russian-singer-linked-trump-family-cancels-upcoming-tour-n960981

* Wow! Just...wow. "“Even If He Did Do It, It Wouldn’t Be a Crime”: Rudy Giuliani on President Trump:" https://www.newyorker.com/news/the-new-yorker-interview/even-if-he-did-do-it-it-wouldnt-be-a-crime-rudy-giuliani-donald-trump-robert-mueller-moscow-buzzfeed

* ""We don't know anything about it": Donald Trump Jr. blames Michael Cohen for Moscow project:" https://www.axios.com/donald-trump-jr-michael-cohen-moscow-project-33686697-84af-4470-975c-506075607fb2.html

* "Supreme Court lets mystery foreign company file sealed appeal papers in possible Mueller case:" https://www.cnbc.com/2019/01/22/supreme-court-will-let-possible-mueller-company-file-papers-in-secret.html

* "Top diplomat for European affairs resigns from State Department:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/top-diplomat-for-european-affairs-resigns-from-state-department/2019/01/22/ada80048-1e3f-11e9-8b59-0a28f2191131_story.html?noredirect=on&utm_term=.9c0ae825dfcc

* Meanwhile on Autocracy watch. "Trump says he told Sarah Sanders 'not to bother' with press briefings:" https://www.politico.com/story/2019/01/22/trump-press-briefings-1117946

* "Rep. Ocasio-Cortez Debunks Myths About A 70% Marginal Tax:"

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* "Los Angeles Teachers’ Strike to End as Deal Is Reached:" https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/22/us/la-teacher-strike-deal.html

* The provisions are entirely unacceptable and Draconian. "G.O.P. Bill to End Shutdown Draws Protests Over Asylum Restrictions:" https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/22/us/politics/shutdown-trump-asylum.html

* "Senate Leaders Plan Competing Bills to End Shutdown:" https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/22/us/politics/government-shutdown-senate.html

* I support this. "Letter: Federal workers should stay home Jan. 23:" https://www.sltrib.com/opinion/letters/2019/01/21/letter-federal-workers/

* "Anonymous FBI agents air shutdown grievances in association's report:" https://www.politico.com/story/2019/01/22/fbi-shutdown-report-1119526

* "Federal work at Superfund sites suspended during shutdown:" https://www.apnews.com/550bec0c92024124893c97abc4ccf707

* "Workers, services begin to fray as shutdown enters second month:" http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/workers-services-begin-to-fray-as-shutdown-enters-second-month-1430345283517

* "Sen. Brown on shutdown: 'Mitch McConnell's gotta do his job.':" http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/sen-brown-on-shutdown-mitch-mcconnell-s-gotta-do-his-job-1430341699976

* "Sen. Brown: Trump long-term betrayal of workers seen in shutdown:" http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/sen-brown-trump-long-term-betrayal-of-workers-seen-in-shutdown-1430345283584

* "Sen. Tim Kaine on why you can't negotiate with Trump:" http://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/sen-tim-kaine-on-why-you-can-t-negotiate-with-trump-1430267971552

* "Chef Jose Andres on feeding workers hurt by shutdown:" http://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/chef-jose-andres-on-feeding-workers-hurt-by-shutdown-1430271555976

* If you have a Republican senator, especially one up for re-election in 2020, now is a good time to protest. If you have a Democratic Representative in the House or Senate, please let them know they should stand firm.

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/

* "The Supreme Court Is Preparing to Make Every State’s Gun Laws Look Like Texas’:" https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2019/01/supreme-court-new-york-gun-case-heller.html

* "DACA program that protects young undocumented immigrants not likely to get Supreme Court review this term:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/courts_law/daca-program-that-protects-young-undocumented-immigrants-not-likely-to-get-supreme-court-review-this-term/2019/01/22/dd3ac11a-1db3-11e9-8e21-59a09ff1e2a1_story.html?noredirect=on&utm_term=.7c63ea468c19

* "The Rev. William Barber delivers a fiery call to action during Nashville's MLK Day event:" https://www.tennessean.com/story/news/2019/01/21/rev-william-barber-mlk-day-speech-nashville-gov-bill-lee/2607922002/

* "Rev. Barber blasts politicians for hypocrisy about MLK:" http://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/rev-barber-blasts-politicians-for-hypocrisy-about-mlk-1430264899907

* "Rep. Lori Saine says blacks, whites lynched in ‘nearly equal numbers’ for being Republican:" https://www.greeleytribune.com/news/on-mlk-day-weld-county-legislator-says-blacks-whites-lynched-in-nearly-equal-numbers-for-being-republican/

* "Planned Attack On Muslim Community In Upstate New York Disrupted, Police Say:" https://www.npr.org/2019/01/22/687560197/attack-on-muslim-community-in-upstate-new-york-disrupted-police-say

* "“Leave No Soldier Behind”: The Unsolved Mystery of the Soldier Who Died in the Watchtower:" https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2019/01/the-unsolved-mystery-of-the-soldier-who-died-in-the-watchtower

* "Supreme Court allows Trump restrictions on transgender troops in military to go into effect as legal battle continues:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/courts_law/supreme-court-allows-trump-restrictions-on-transgender-troops-in-military-to-go-into-effect-as-legal-battle-continues/2019/01/22/e68a7284-1763-11e9-88fe-f9f77a3bcb6c_story.html?noredirect=on&utm_term=.36f90d6b5350

* "Transgender advocates optimistic in fighting Trump's military ban:" http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/transgender-advocates-optimistic-in-fighting-trump-s-military-ban-1430344259930

* "Crystal Healing: Toxic Crystals and Stones List:" https://sacredhealingnyc.com/toxic-crystal-list/

* The Senate's Plans to End the Shutdown, The U.S.'s Absence in Davos, & Japan's Unemployed Robots":"

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* "The Democratic Apology Tour:"

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* "Fox News Can't Stop Misreporting Deaths:"

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* "Pence's Trump-MLK Comparison Doesn't Add Up:"

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* "Rudy Giuliani Has Out-Giuliani'ed Himself:"

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* I cleverly remembered that it was MLK Day before going to bed, so ddn't set an alarm. My lung infection ramped back up on me, so I've been going gentle in hopes of being able to forage on Wednesday as we are running low of some staples. The Pain situation continues to improve to a much more bearable level. I'm going gentle Tuesday too. We'll see how it goes.

* I feel like the people making Deadly Class went to a school like mine. Also? That music is on point.

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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

* 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

* "Congo opposition leader vows to challenge election results in court:" https://www.cnn.com/2019/01/11/africa/drc-election-fallout-intl/index.html

* "Why Africa’s ageing leaders are keeping a close watch on DRC power struggle:" https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/jan/13/democratic-republic-congo-africa-ageing-leaders-close-watch-power-struggle

* "Police use water cannon and teargas on Paris protesters:" https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/jan/12/police-use-water-cannon-and-teargas-on-paris-protesters-gilets-jaunes

* "Pentagon Officials Fear Bolton’s Actions Increase Risk of Clash With Iran:" https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/13/us/politics/bolton-iran-pentagon.html

* "Backlash after networks give Trump primetime airtime for his border wall speech:" http://www.msnbc.com/am-joy/watch/networks-give-trump-airtime-for-border-wall-speech-not-obama-s-2014-immigration-speech-1425082947754

* "Trump Sold $35 Million Of Real Estate In 2018:" https://www.forbes.com/sites/danalexander/2019/01/11/trump-sold-35m-of-real-estate-in-2018/#c93e55b45b57

* "Trump is doing immense damage. He has a hidden helper.:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2019/01/14/trump-is-doing-immense-damage-he-has-hidden-helper/?noredirect=on&utm_term=.a5b7a2d7897e

* "Tiffany Cross: We have to challenge Republicans to confront this president:" http://www.msnbc.com/am-joy/watch/gop-senators-defend-trump-after-new-york-times-washington-post-reports-1425090627640

* "F.B.I. Opened Inquiry Into Whether Trump Was Secretly Working on Behalf of Russia:" https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/11/us/politics/fbi-trump-russia-inquiry.html

* "Exclusive: Trump team should be allowed to ‘correct’ final Mueller report, says Giuliani:" https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/424871-exclusive-trump-team-should-be-allowed-to-correct-final-mueller

* "Trump 'a clear and present danger': former DOJ counterintel chief:" http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/trump-a-clear-and-present-danger-former-doj-counterintel-chief-1425919555601

* "Senate Democrats force vote on Trump plan to ease Russia sanctions:" https://www.cnn.com/2019/01/15/politics/senate-vote-russia-sanctions-trump/index.html

* "Rare chance for Senate Democrats to force Russia sanctions vote:" http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/rare-chance-for-senate-democrats-to-force-russia-sanctions-vote-1425924163529

* "Embarrassment for Trump looms in vote on Russia sanctions:" http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/embarrassment-for-trump-looms-in-vote-on-russia-sanctions-1425923139675

* We need to fight this one Hard. "Trump's nominee to replace Kavanaugh wrote that date rape victims were partly responsible if they'd been drinking:" https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2019/01/trumps-nominee-to-replace-kavanaugh-questioned-date-rape-discrimination-and-climate-change/

* "Teachers take to the picket lines in Los Angeles:" https://www.politico.com/story/2019/01/14/la-teachers-strike-education-1098889

* "Useful data from the Economic Policy Institute:" https://amaebi.dreamwidth.org/1600436.html

* "Farm Country Stood by Trump. But the Shutdown Is Pushing It to Breaking Point.:" https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/10/us/farmers-trump-administration.html

* Let them eat cake! "White House economic adviser appears to compare shutdown to 'vacation' for furloughed workers:" https://www.politico.com/story/2019/01/11/white-house-economic-adviser-shutdown-vacation-for-workers-1098380

* Reminder: The Government Shutdown cost the American economy $20 billion in output through 1/10/19 will cost approximately an additional $10 billion per week after that.

* If you have a Republican senator, especially one up for re-election in 2020, now is a good time to protest.

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/

* "‘The story keeps changing’: Trump falsely asserts he never promised Mexico would directly pay for the border wall:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/the-story-keeps-changing-trump-falsely-asserts-he-never-promised-mexico-would-directly-pay-for-the-border-wall/2019/01/10/92ffee8e-14f5-11e9-90a8-136fa44b80ba_story.html?noredirect=on&utm_term=.857cecbb3189

* "Trump administration lays groundwork to declare national emergency to build wall:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/powerpost/trump-administration-lays-groundwork-to-declare-national-emergency-to-build-wall/2019/01/10/e8902698-14fa-11e9-b6ad-9cfd62dbb0a8_story.html?noredirect=on&utm_term=.f0d6b78690b5

* "Hayes: Steve King's agenda has taken over the GOP:" http://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/hayes-steve-king-s-agenda-has-taken-over-the-gop-1425856067645

* "Border Patrol agent accused of killing 4 in South Texas enters not guilty plea:" https://www.cnn.com/2019/01/10/us/border-patrol-agent-texas-killings/index.html

* "How to secure Mueller probe from Trump's AG pick, history's hint:" http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/how-to-secure-mueller-probe-from-trump-s-ag-pick-history-s-hint-1425920067781

* "Trump's Possible Russian Agent Role & Democratic Presidential Contenders for 2020:"

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* "Drunk History: Trump Edition:"

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* "Border Walls: The Medieval Solution:"

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* "Planet Washington: The Senate Majority Leader:"

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* "The Shutdown Is Bad For Anyone Who Eats Food:"

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* "Rep. Steve King: What's So Offensive About White Supremacy?:"

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* "Meanwhile... Look Up At The Super Blood Wolf Moon:"

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* You need to see the Episode List. "I’m gonna pitch a show as “like Game of Thrones but even more gritty and realistic” and then it’s nothing but a baron handling land estimates and organizing road repairs and stuff. There’ll be an entire episode about how a peasant gets brought to court for letting milk cattle graze on communal pastureland even though it’s supposed to be reserved for draft animals.:" https://qqueenofhades.tumblr.com/post/182016261199/cedrwydden-thetasteoffire-apricops-im

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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

* 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

* "Turkey's President: Saudis should prove missing journalist left consulate:" https://www.cnn.com/2018/10/08/middleeast/jamal-khashoggi-saudi-journalist-turkey-intl/index.html

* "North Korea is ready to allow inspection of key nuclear site, Pompeo says:" https://www.cnn.com/2018/10/08/politics/pompeo-north-korea-nuclear-inspectors-intl/index.html

* "Russian Oligarch Oleg Deripaska's U.S. Assets Frozen, Including NYC Mansion:" https://www.thedailybeast.com/oleg-deripaska-russian-oligarchs-us-assets-frozen-including-nyc-mansion

* "NY Times: Top Trump campaign official requested online manipulation plans from Israeli company:" https://www.cnn.com/2018/10/08/politics/nyt-rick-gates-online-manipulation/index.html

* "Scoop: White House begins prepping for Democratic legal storm:" https://www.axios.com/white-house-prepping-trump-democratic-legal-storm-6802dc91-bb27-4e14-86ba-028aab3bd793.html

* "GOP Activist Peter W. Smith Reportedly Raised $100K From Secret Donors in Hunt for Clinton Emails:" https://www.thedailybeast.com/gop-activist-peter-w-smith-reportedly-raised-dollar100k-from-secret-donors-in-hunt-for-clinton-emails

* 45 wants to remind you that while NAZIs literally attacking people and killing one person as part of terrorist activities in Charlottesville are "very fine people," peaceful protesters objecting to Brett Kavanaugh being forced on the country against the will of the people are "a mob" and the equivalent to arsonists.

* 45 insists that impeaching Kavanaugh for say, his habit of committing purjury would somehow be "an insult to the American public," as a majority of Americas oppose him serving on the Supreme Court. No, don't expect me to explain how that makes sense.

* "Brett Kavanaugh's confirmation to US supreme court gives Trump a major victory:" https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/oct/06/brett-kavanaugh-confirmed-us-supreme-court

* We'd need 67 Senators, so don't hold your breath. I'd love 67 senator, don't get me wrong, but at this point if we just get a majority back that would count as a big win. "Impeach Kavanaugh petition starts immediately after he's confirmed for the Supreme Court:" https://www.newsweek.com/impeach-kavanaugh-after-official-supreme-court-1156784

* "GOP Senate Hopeful Kevin Cramer Calls Me Too A 'Movement Toward Victimization':" https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/rep-kevin-cramer-calls-me-too-a-movement-toward-victimization_us_5bbb53e0e4b01470d0533dea

* "Heidi Heitkamp was ready to vote 'yes' on Kavanaugh. Then she watched him with the sound off.:" https://www.cnn.com/2018/10/08/politics/heidi-heitkamp-kavanaugh-cnn-interview/index.html

* Seriously folks, check your registration. We need the Hose and Senate if you want any checks on 45 at all.

Vote early if your state offers the opportunity, and make sure you vote in every race, because you’ll be needing your State Legislature if you want choice and birth control in your state once Roe goes down.

November may be our last or second to last exit ramp to keep Democracy. Don’t sit this one out.

* "Meanwhile, 2400 Texas voter registrations rejected right before deadline—all from Dem counties:" https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2018/10/4/1801670/-Meanwhile-2400-voter-registrations-rejected-right-before-deadline-all-from-Dem-counties

* "Georgia purged 10% of its voters: here's a way to check if you're one of them!:" https://boingboing.net/2018/10/02/thanks-greg-palast.html

* "Susan Rice considering 2020 challenge to Collins in Maine:" https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/wireStory/susan-rice-2020-challenge-collins-maine-58348163

* TW: Domestic Violence. "Safe House:" https://story.californiasunday.com/safe-house

* "People Had Seven Days To Watch A Film Banned For "Promoting Lesbianism":" https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/tamerragriffin/rafiki-kenya-screenings

* "Is The Ballet World Ready For A Gender Revolution?:" https://www.refinery29.com/chase-johnsey-ballet-gender-roles

* "Realism Gets Even More Real: Crash Course Theater #32:"

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* "IPCC climate change report calls for urgent action to phase out fossil fuels – as it happened:" https://www.theguardian.com/environment/live/2018/oct/08/ipcc-climate-change-report-urgent-action-fossil-fuels-live

* "Why I ‘Believe’ in Climate Change — and Why it Doesn’t Matter:" https://medium.com/s/story/why-i-believe-in-climate-change-and-why-it-doesnt-matter-650bf3e45a9f

* "Six cases of rare 'polio-like' illness diagnosed in children in Minnesota:" https://www.cnn.com/2018/10/07/health/afm-polio-like-illness-minnesota/index.html

* "The Lie Generator: Inside the Black Mirror World of Polygraph Job Screenings:" https://www.wired.com/story/inside-polygraph-job-screening-black-mirror/v

* "Tracing the Mysterious "Turks" of South Carolina Back to the Revolutionary War:" https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/tracing-mysterious-turks-of-south-carolina-back-revolutionary-war-180970383/

* "The Philosopher's Corpse: Crash Course Recess #2:"

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* I dragged myself out for forage and errands (masked, of course, made more annoying by Columbus Day, which shouldn't be a Thing anyway, and smokers. I won back or parking from and able bodied person who'd been hogging it all weekend, but Squirrel's been using my car again, so I suspect we've just lost it again, since this is his game night. After I put things away, I did some bits and bobs in the garden that needed doing. I also changed a tank and a box, and tried to replace three wraps on my left hand. i think the adhesive on this batch is badd also, as the thumb one started to come up before the clear polish dried. I really, really need to do more auction things as I'm falling further and further behind.

Still, there is something about the Gothmas decorations that makes everything better. I am a sucker for dead things and pretty lights.

* Enough time has passed that I decided to rewatch Lost Boys, which I loved when I saw in theaters and which I watched a lot in the '90's as we had it on VHS. There is no way to convey to anyone much younger than me how exciting this movie was hen it came out. lots of people have copied that long crane shot over water to convey the PoV of Vampires in Flight, but in '87, this was new and exciting. The "People are Strange" montage captures that exact moment where, punk and metal aesthetics started to spawn real Goths. The iconic looks of the Vampire clan were very of that moment, and the humor was exactly our sense of humor as teenagers about the same age Micheal was meant to be. So much of this movie is a time capsule of that particular slice of time, and still carries for me the sense memory of sitting between my lovers to watch it. The Autumn of '87 was such an action packed time for me, and everything going on right now in the world has it in the front of my mind. I have shivers watching certain sequences
for reasons I can't exactly explain that have to do with layered memories of various times and people I've watched this with. I've no idea how it holds up for people watching now the same age I was then. It still works for me, it seems.

* The Brave Little Automaton: https://glumshoe.tumblr.com/post/178471849889/glumshoe-glumshoe-glumshoe-the-prophecy

* "Z Nation, Season 5, Episode 1: Welcome to the Newpocalypse:" http://www.fangsforthefantasy.com/2018/10/z-nation-season-5-episode-1-welcome-to.htmlv

* I am now about $220.00 behind on bills, disabled, and have three cats. If you'd like to chip in directly towards helping me pay my bills Paypal Lethran@gmail.com or paypal.me/Gwydion

The all items for sale link is here: https://www.ebay.com/sch/lethran/m.html?_nkw=&_armrs=1&_ipg=&_from=

BPAL: Krampus (2012) (Yule (LE)): Sinister red musk, black leather, dusty rags, and wooden switches. Just Below shoulder. https://www.ebay.com/itm/BPAL-Krampus-2012-Yule-Limited-Edition/302912665865?hash=item4687007909:g:KEQAAOSwGohboEuu

BPAL: Regina Erebi (2011) (Halloween : An Evening in Hades (LE)): The Queen of Hell: pomegranate, spear mint, black mulberry, and myrrh. 1/2 Full & Scorpio (2007) (Celestials (LE)). 1-2 Imps worth. https://www.ebay.com/itm/BPAL-Regina-Erebi-2011-Halloween-An-Evening-in-Hades-Scorpio-2007/302912712603?hash=item4687012f9b:g:rlMAAOSwb2JboFtP

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

* Naral https://actnow.prochoiceamerica.org/donate/supportnaral/#.W7nPzmNRfIU

* Planned Paranthood: https://www.weareplannedparenthoodaction.org/onlineactions/hkv0R7LN0E-Q-U5mXFaXRA2?sourceid=1004272&ms=4NALz1800K1N1A&gclid=EAIaIQobChMI4I2IxID03QIVA7bACh3CCwHWEAAYASAAEgKlD_D_BwE&gclsrc=aw.ds

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

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

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

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

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

* Have something you want to tell your Congress Critters? Call the Capitol Switchboard at (202) 224-3121 and ask to be connected to the representative of your choice.

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

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

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

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

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

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

* "Brazil's answer to Donald Trump was stabbed at a campaign rally:" https://news.vice.com/en_us/article/7xjzkb/brazil-presidential-election-bolsonaro-stabbed

* "US-China trade talks stall amid tariff standoff:" https://www.cnn.com/2018/09/22/politics/us-china-trade-talks-tariffs/index.html

* "Rob Goldstone wishes he'd never set up that Trump Tower meeting:" https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/national-security/rob-goldstone-wishes-he-d-never-set-trump-tower-meeting-n911851

* "Roger Stone sought contact with WikiLeaks' Julian Assange, email suggests:" https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/roger-stone-sought-contact-wikileaks-julian-assange-email/story?id=58032438

* "Rep. Schiff: "A slow-moving Saturday Night Massacre":" http://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/rep-schiff-a-slow-moving-saturday-night-massacre-1328304707632?v=railb&

* It looks like 45 has misidentified the source of the "lingering stench" he keeps smelling wherever he goes. "Trump wants to rid Justice Department of 'lingering stench':" https://apnews.com/59bd51fcd7bb4a979a9a4da2258c3d87

* "Klobuchar: Republicans rush Kavanaugh case at expense of fairness:" http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/klobuchar-republicans-rush-kavanaugh-case-at-expense-of-fairness-1328383555561?v=railb&

* "White and Male: Trump’s Ambassadors Don’t Look Like the Rest of America:" https://foreignpolicy.com/2018/09/17/white-male-trump-ambassadors-dont-look-like-america-us-state-department/

* "Kavanaugh tells Senate he won't withdraw:" https://www.politico.com/story/2018/09/24/trump-kavanaugh-allegations-totally-political-837684

* "Kavanaugh accuser agrees to testify before Senate panel:" https://www.politico.com/story/2018/09/23/kavanaugh-ford-hearing-837444

* "Graham: Ford’s testimony won’t change my vote:" https://www.politico.com/story/2018/09/23/kavanaugh-ford-lindsey-graham-837391

* "Ladies! Get EMPOWERED By Losing Your Reproductive Rights And Being Groped!:" https://www.wonkette.com/ladies-are-you-ready-to-get-empowered-by-losing-your-reproductive-rights-and-getting-sexual-harassed

* O.o "Trump HUD Secretary Ben Carson claims Kavanaugh allegations are part of a centuries old socialist plot:" https://www.cnbc.com/2018/09/21/hud-secretary-ben-carson-kavanaugh-allegation-is-part-of-a-socialist-plot.html?__source=sharebar%7Ctwitter&par=sharebar

* Re: Kavanaugh's calendars. Admittedly, I'm a bit younger, so high School was '84-'86, but the tech was the same. Excluding things like school dances of which I attended a total of three including less than an hour at Senior Prom, my calendars didn't show any of the parties I went to. Oh, you'd get work/sports/enrichment scheduling, but for the sort of parties where people were drinking? My boys would be like: Hey! There's a party after work or tonight or whatever. And I'd be like: Sure. Why don't I drive. (This was because I didn't drink or smoke and that way I could make sure my knuckleheaded friends/lovers would get home okay.) Why the fuck would I, an intelligent teenager, be leaving evidence lying around my parents house that I was about to be at a party where everyone else was going to be plastered and or high as fuck? And half the time they'd be telling me night of in person anyway and my calendar was at home because it was the '80's and calendars were all paper.

Anyway, my point is, as someone who was a teen in the time period before the World Wide Web and when cell phones were huge, just phones, and only for rich assholes, I find it way more likely that any drunken parties he was going to were word of mouth than otherwise. Just saying. like I never once saw one of my friends or one of the very Kavanaugh like assholes at my school whip out a physical calendar and write down when and where they planned to get drunk that weekend.

* "Hundreds Of Yale Students Protest Kavanaugh, Demand Investigation:" https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/yale-students-protest-kavanaughs_us_5ba8fa09e4b0375f8f9f1e18

* "Avenatti: Kavanaugh accuser client may pursue criminal case:" http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/avenatti-kavanaugh-accuser-client-may-pursue-criminal-case-1328359491812?v=railb&

* So I don't even know any more. "Kavanaugh accuser's lawyer blasts Grassley for prejudging hearing:" http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/kavanaugh-accuser-s-lawyer-blasts-grassley-for-prejudging-hearing-1328388163979?v=railb&

* Please, please, please if you can manage it, contact your Senators to get them to fight the Kavanaugh nomination. This is geometrically more important if you have a centrist Democrat like Joseph Manchin, Joe Donnelly, Doug Jones, Jon Tester, and Heidi Heitkamp; or Republicans like Tim Scott, Marco Rubio, Bob Corker, Jeff Flake, Susan Collins or Lisa Murkowski. (For Flake, Corker, Collins, and Murkowski please call for a proper independent investigation by the FBI and a return to normal Senate procedure in cases like this. For Scott and Rubio emphasize Kavanaugh's racism and support for racial profiling, for Collins and Murkowski emphasize the right to chose, the nominee allegedly having attempted to violently rape someone, and the Jane Doe case where he tried to force a raped immigrant teen to carry against her will, With Murowski, you might also mention his opposition to programs benefiting Alaska Natives). Jeff Flake of Arizona may be softening! Please, if you are from Arizona, keep the pressure on! Contact Chuck Schumer and ask him to whip the Democrats so as to get them to stand in united opposition. It wouldn't hurt to demand your Republican Senators call for a proper FBI Background investigation. They won't, but pressuring them shows them there might be consequences.

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

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

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

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

* Republicans want to remind you that just because it's been ruled unconstitutional doesn't been they are legally required to stop. "Kansas officials told to keep enforcing voter ID law that was ruled unconstitutional:" https://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/393309-kansas-officials-told-to-keep-enforcing-voter-id-law-that-was-ruledv

* "Arizona Family Calls Out Their Racist Congressional Brother:" https://transgriot.blogspot.com/2018/09/arizona-family-calls-out-their-racist.html

* "More Than 2,000 Puerto Ricans Applied For Funeral Assistance After Hurricane Maria. FEMA Approved Just 75.:" https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/nidhiprakash/puerto-rico-hurricane-funeral-assistance-fema

* "Bill Cosby To Get Less Than Three Years Behind Bars For 2004 Rape, Says Judge:" https://deadline.com/2018/09/bill-cosby-sentence-three-years-likely-judge-says-1202470189/

* TW: Sexual Assault, Child Abuse, Suicide. "‘It’s Like, Who’s Next?’: A Troubled School’s Alarming Death Rate:" https://www.nytimes.com/2018/09/02/nyregion/suicide-school-overdose-deaths-ny-family-foundation.html

* "Race Melodrama and Minstrel Shows: Crash Course Theater #30:"

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* "How Midwestern Suffragists Won the Vote by Attacking Immigrants:" https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/how-midwestern-suffragists-won-vote-by-attacking-immigrants-180970298/

* "The FBI Plot to Bring Down the Gay Man Behind the March on Washington:" https://www.ozy.com/flashback/the-fbi-plot-to-bring-down-the-gay-man-behind-the-march-on-washington/89161

* "Another Sexual Assault Allegation for Brett Kavanaugh:"

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* Livia's no good very bad day: It started out fine. The Imperial couple realized I was bathing before bed and sensibly retired to my room for pre-Bedtime naps. I found them there: her cradled on the body pillow up near the head of the bed, him making a comfortable donut at the foot, just waiting for me to come to make him a leg mest for the real bedtime. They were so comfortable that thee was no milling about when I got into bed. Everyone had their back stroked and when back to dozing while i did things like reconfigure pillows and take the just beore sleep meds. I read a couple of chapter of Ms. McGuire, then I turned off the light. Tavy climbed on to my legs in expectation of hours of stillness. Livia pressed very gently against me. Peaceable Kingdom achieved. Minutes later? The phone.

It was the management company wanting to do an emergency fire inspection. This is no surprise. Last Spring the alarms all started going off when Squirrel showered if he forgot to turn on all the fans. I called, but nothing came of it and I did not want to press too hard as they might charge us for it instead of fixing it. We changed all the batteries and it happens less often, and it's yet another inconvenience we've had to learn to live with. Last Thursday it went off because I made pasta, even though the hood fan was on, which means the one right in front of my room with the brand new battery is now doing it too, in response to ordinary amounts of steam. Apparently every time the alarm goes off here to punish us for showering and cooking, it triggers something at the management company office. It's been getting way worse, so i bet it's happening all over my floor, the detector system all being the same age. Apparently the flashy lights went off so often this past week, they've decided to stop ignoring it.

So emergency fire inspection today, with a minimum one hour warning, but more likely in the afternoon. Somehow, the cats did not scatter despite the phone, and were still there when I was done warning Squirrel he had to clean his room for inspection Right Now. They did scatter in terror when he jiggled his dector to make sure it was properly seated after the last time he had to pull it when itwouldn't stop screaming about him taking a shower. Good bye peacable kigdom, hello hiding closet for cats. They called with a two hour afternoon window, which I went to inform Squirrel of. I cleaned the mess on the kitchen floor made by him taking out the garbage the night before. (This is fine and not a complaint. He does the carrying and lifting because I can't without seriously endangering myself. I clean because I'm the one notices what needs cleaning and knows how best to do it. I'm also the one with the list of cleaning supplies in my head and who knows what we have and what we need to buy next month. This division of labor is agreed on and very, very logical, being based on who is good at what. So again, not a complaint). I go back to bed and set the alarm so I will for sure be wearing trousers as they are like to hit us very early in the inspection window. I do get some crappy, interrupted sleep, and the beasts do eventually come back to the bed.

I get the clothes on and am lying there in the dusk of my room on an Autumn afternoon trying to decide if I should read or try to nap when they come. The Imperial Couple hides in the closet from the Strangers. Tavy will stay on the bed if the voices are familiar, but these were not voices he recognized, so from the perspective of the Cats, we were being Invaded by Cat Eating Trolls, some of them in Kitty Stomping Work Boots. *shudder*

I told them the saga of the smoke detectors. They decided they battery units need replacing, but the flashy light thing is probably fine, since it was getting triggered by the assholish detectors. They say they'll get back to me, likely with better warning. I went back to bed, talking in the comfort voice, so the cats would know it's over. Tavy came right out and got his pettin and went back to sleep in the leg mest. It took Livia several chapters to venture out for her pettin and her nap on the body pillow.

I missed forage of course, having opted for several hours of crappy sleep over getting dressed right then and going out. I had meant to go get meds, but I couldn't bear to disturb the beasts so soon. I did end up going for the library loop and to see if that case I ordered beginning of the month was ready to be picked up. It was not. Sigh.

I am worn thin like a tiny bit of butter on too much bread. The cats have mostly recovered from sirens and strangers, though there has been a degree of understandable extra cling. LM has been roaming the house between naps, cursing at kittens these days and soaking up short pettins. I suspect I will be low energy, but I will make an effort to address the latest firehouse of horror spewing out of D.C.

* "Yeah, so this theme of agency keeps coming up….:" https://lettersfromtitan.com/2018/09/24/yeah-so-this-theme-of-agency-keeps-coming-up/

* "Killjoys Takes a Field Trip Into the Green for the Season Finale :" https://www.thefandomentals.com/killjoys-takes-a-field-trip-into-the-green-for-the-season-finale/

* A useful collection of butch haircuts: https://laughingacademy.tumblr.com/post/178433679093/note-dont-know-who-these-are-for-the-most-part

* It's ebay time again. I am now I am about $120.00 behind on bills. 2ish days; 3 no bid as of this writing. If you'd like to chip in directly towards helping me pay my bills Paypal Lethran@gmail.com or paypal.me/Gwydion

The all items for sale link is here: https://www.ebay.com/sch/lethran/m.html?_nkw=&_armrs=1&_ipg=&_from=

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

* Have something you want to tell your Congress Critters? Call the Capitol Switchboard at (202) 224-3121 and ask to be connected to the representative of your choice.

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

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

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

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

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

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

* "Trump to Trudeau in testy tariff call: 'Didn't you guys burn down the White House?':" https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/jun/06/donald-trump-justin-trudeau-burning-down-white-house-tariffs

* So the official Republican justification for imposing tariffs on Canada is that the British burned down the White house in 1812 and therefore more than two hundred years later somehow Canada is now a threat as a result. O.o Canada was still a colony 214 years ago and historians think it was British troops not colonial troops and also did I mention it was 214 years ago? Like Canada has been our ally in a whole bunch of wars since then, so again I say: this tariff is illegal unless we are planning a shooting war with Canada in the very near future.

* "German politicians call on US to withdraw ambassador:" https://www.politico.eu/article/richard-grenell-trump-germany-us-ambassador-recall/

* "State cites bad example to emphasize U.S., Germany relationship:" http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/state-cites-bad-example-to-emphasize-u-s-germany-relationship-1250036803919?playlist=associated

* "State spokeswoman notes D-Day in answer on 'strong relationship' with Germany:" https://www.cnn.com/2018/06/05/politics/state-department-heather-nauert-germany-israel/index.html

"Tomorrow is the anniversary of the D-Day invasion. We obviously have a very long history with the government of Germany, and we have a strong relationship with the government of Germany."

* "'Keep your mouths shut': Ambassador David Friedman’s crude pro-Israel activism devalues U.S. diplomacy:" https://www.haaretz.com/us-news/.premium-trump-envoy-s-crude-pro-israel-activism-devalues-u-s-diplomacy-1.6153882

I feel like it's important to include the Israeli moderates and left in the conversation instead of treating Israeli politics like a monolith all in line with Netanyahu.

* "Trudeau under fire as Trans Mountain pipeline opposition grows:" https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2018/04/trudeau-fire-trans-mountain-pipeline-opposition-grows-180418072220251.html

* "Trump hit Mexico with steel tariffs. Mexico is hitting back — and targeting Republicans.:" https://www.vox.com/world/2018/6/6/17433654/mexico-tariffs-us-goods-trump-trade

* "Facebook gave user data to a Chinese company considered a national security threat:" https://www.vox.com/technology/2018/6/6/17433802/facebook-data-privacy-huawei-china

* I know people have been mocking her, but it is nice to see her using her power for good, and this was a worthy thing for her to have done. "Trump commutes term of Kardashian-championed drug offender:" https://apnews.com/fd7cc2166d0840a785ff38cef28a2df0

* "Ryan backs Gowdy on FBI’s use of informant to contact Trump associates:" https://www.politico.com/story/2018/06/06/ryan-backs-gowdy-on-fbis-use-of-informant-to-contact-trump-associates-628693

* "Cambridge Analytica director 'met Assange to discuss US election':" https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2018/jun/06/cambridge-analytica-brittany-kaiser-julian-assange-wikileaks

* "Pruitt Aide Resigns Amid Scandals:" https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2018/06/top-aide-to-epa-administrator-scott-pruitt-resigns/561974/

* "Two EPA staffers leave as Scott Pruitt scandal worsens:" http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/two-epa-staffers-leave-as-scott-pruitt-scandal-worsens-1250048579595?playlist=associated

* "Ivanka Trump reportedly connected Michael Cohen to a weightlifter who said he could arrange a Putin meeting:" https://www.cnbc.com/2018/06/06/ivanka-trump-connected-cohen-to-man-who-said-he-could-arrange-putin-meeting-report.html

* "For 19-year-old campaign manager, it's not just politics, it's personal:" https://www.al.com/opinion/index.ssf/2018/05/for_a_19-year-old_campaign_man.html

* "Democrats in good shape for 2018 after California primaries:" http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/democrats-in-good-shape-for-2018-after-california-primaries-1250062915647?playlist=associated

* "UPS Teamsters ready to stage America's biggest strike since 1997, with solidarity as the main sticking point:" https://boingboing.net/2018/06/06/divide-and-rule-2.html

* "An Impromptu Memorial To Demand That Puerto Rico's Hurricane Dead Be Counted:" https://www.npr.org/2018/06/01/616216225/an-impromptu-memorial-to-demand-puerto-ricos-hurricane-dead-be-counted

* This is a very tiny step forward, since it's a ruling that allows the suit to proceed, not a big sweeping ruling on the case itself. "Federal judge strikes a blow against the Trump administration's separation of families at the border:" https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2018/06/federal-judge-strikes-blow-against-trump-administration-separation-of-families-border-1/

* "Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie - "Dear Ijeawele" and Raising a Child to Be a Feminist - Extended Interview:"

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* "“Pose” Is Full of Trans Joy, Resistance, and Love:" https://www.autostraddle.com/pose-is-full-of-trans-joy-422329/

* "Ancient & Medieval Medicine: Crash Course History of Science #9:"

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* "Toregene Khatun (?-1246): Empress of the Mongol Empire:" http://rejectedprincesses.tumblr.com/post/174404149503/toregene-khatun-1246-empress-of-the-mongol#notes

* "The secrets of a diary written on floorboards:" https://www.bbc.com/news/stories-44265475

* "Overlooked No More: She Followed a Trail to Wyoming. Then She Blazed One.:" https://www.nytimes.com/2018/05/23/obituaries/overlooked-esther-morris.html

* "Transavia Airlines plane forced to make emergency landing due to stinky passenger:" https://www.sfgate.com/travel/article/Dutch-airline-Amsterdam-stink-passenger-BO-odor-12957831.php

* "Facebook Cashes In on Conflict:"

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* "Trump Disinvites The Eagles For... Never Kneeling?:"

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* "Trump, Sanders, And Sekulow Got Caught In A Lie:"

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* "Missing Migrant Children Update:"

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* "The Texas Conscience:"

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

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

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

* Have something you want to tell your congress Critters? Call the Capitol Switchboard at (202) 224-3121 and ask to be connected to the representative of your choice.

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

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

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

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

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

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

* "Pentagon engaged in ‘wishful thinking’ on Syria strikes?:" http://www.msnbc.com/am-joy/watch/why-syria-strikes-will-not-end-civil-war-or-help-civilians-1211051587964

* "Expert tells Joy Reid ‘in a sense, Assad has won this war’:" http://www.msnbc.com/am-joy/watch/sec-of-defense-mattis-calls-syria-strikes-a-one-time-shot-1211048003824

* I know "deposed" means "gave a deposition," but my historian brain thinks for a hot second every single time that they are saying "deposed" as in "they deposed the" tyrant/incompetent king/corrupt bishop, etc..

* "Union Leader Calls For An End To Oklahoma Teachers' 9-Day Strike:" https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2018/04/14/602462055/union-leader-calls-for-an-end-to-oklahoma-teachers-9-day-strike

* "Arizona’s governor promises to give teachers a pay raise in effort to avert a strike:" https://www.vox.com/2018/4/13/17234984/arizona-teacher-strike-redfored

* How to tell the Governor of Kentucky is a terrible person. "Kentucky gov. says "I guarantee" child was sexually assaulted during teacher protests:" https://www.cbsnews.com/news/matt-bevin-kentucky-governor-i-guarantee-child-was-sexually-assaulted-during-teacher-protests/

* Surprise! Kenysian Economics still describe reality and the Republican Supply side Fairtytale remains just that "The Minnesotan left-wing economic miracle continues, while neighboring Republican states slowly collapse:" https://boingboing.net/2017/03/17/facts-vs-ideology.html

* "'He was a quiet and normal kid': The infantilization of young, white, male domestic terrorists:" https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2018/3/22/1751214/--He-was-a-quiet-and-normal-kid-The-infantilization-of-young-white-male-domestic-terrorists

* "Want to fight crime? Plant some flowers with your neighbor:" https://phys.org/news/2018-03-crime-neighbor.html

* "Philadelphia’s District Attorney Just Showed America’s Prosecutors How to End Mass Incarceration:" https://www.motherjones.com/crime-justice/2018/03/philadelphia-district-attorney-larry-krasner-memo-just-showed-america-prosecutors-how-to-end-mass-incarceration-1/

* TW: Contains graphic details of the rape. "The horrifying sexual misconduct allegations against Missouri Gov. Eric Greitens, explained:" https://www.vox.com/2018/4/11/17227132/eric-greitens-missouri-governor-rape-sexual-assault-nonconsensual-force-revenge-porn-blackmail

* TW: Rape. "Cosby defense attorneys used personal attacks to try to discredit witnesses:" https://www.vox.com/2018/4/13/17234172/bill-cosby-trial-accusers-janice-dickinson-testimony

* "Female homicide rate dropped after Craigslist launched its erotic services platform:" https://thinkprogress.org/craigslist-erotic-services-platform-3eab46092717/

* "Why Don't Americans Use Bidets?:" https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2018/03/the-bidets-revival/555770/

* "Underground Railroad refuge for hundreds of slaves discovered in Philadelphia:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2018/03/22/underground-railroad-refuge-for-hundreds-of-slaves-discovered-in-philadelphia/?utm_term=.35f275ef9093

* "The Librarian at the Nexus of the Harlem Renaissance:" https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/harlem-renaissance-librarian-regina-anderson

* Ooo! "Thread by @gawanmac: "I saw this on an OS map and couldn't not investigate. A place of worship symbol in the middle of bloody nowhere on the edge of a wood. It wa […:" https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/984865835566141440.html

* "CP Time: The Fair Housing Act Turns 50:"

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* "Trump Condemns The 'Disgraceful' Raid Of Michael Cohen:"

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* I solved a variety of problems today, but failed to set up the auction for Monday. Sigh. I also need to change fly strips for spring, but didn't trust myself to be up and down the ladder. I really am much improved physically, but I'm still not wanting to push it.

* "The Expanse Brings A Mediocre Season Opener :" https://www.thefandomentals.com/the-expanse-s03-e01/

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

* TW: Pedophilia. "The Rohingya children trafficked for sex:" http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-43469043

* "China Hits Back on Trump Tariffs as Europe Off the Hook for Now:" https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-03-22/trump-orders-50-billion-hit-on-china-goods-amid-trade-war-fears

* I realize that systematically destroying the American economy has been a core Republican goal since at least the 70's, and I get how this benefits the richest 1%, but I honestly don't understand why anyone who isn't in the 1% supports them, knowing that this is one of their major goals and the driving force behind all their economic legislation since the election of Reagan. It makes no sense to me at all. "Stocks Drop Most in Six Weeks on Trade War Tension: Markets Wrap:" https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-03-21/asian-stocks-face-mixed-start-dollar-sinks-on-fed-markets-wrap

* Two grown ass men in their 70's who have had a great deal of power. Just saying. "Trump: Biden 'would go down fast and hard' in a fight:" https://www.cnn.com/2018/03/22/politics/donald-trump-joe-biden/index.html

* "Summons Issued For Trump In Emoluments Case:" https://wamu.org/story/18/03/21/summons-issued-trump-emoluments-case/

* "Government knows DNC hacker was Russian intel officer:" http://thehill.com/policy/technology/379866-government-knows-dnc-hacker-was-russian-intel-officer-report

* "Federal prosecutors told to seek death penalty in drug cases:" https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-opioids-deathpenalty/federal-prosecutors-told-to-seek-death-penalty-in-drug-cases-idUSKBN1GX25A?il=0

* Sigh. "House panel finds no Trump-Russia collusion, recommends leak crackdown:" https://www.politico.com/story/2018/03/22/house-intelligence-panel-votes-to-release-trump-russia-report-479406

* Don’t hold your Breath. "House Dem moves to force vote on bill protecting Mueller:" http://thehill.com/homenews/house/379676-house-dem-moves-to-force-vote-on-bill-protecting-mueller

* "Mueller following the money on Trump Middle East policy:" http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/mueller-following-the-money-on-trump-middle-east-policy-1191850563652

* "Dowd resigns as Trump's lawyer amid disagreements on strategy:" https://www.cnn.com/2018/03/22/politics/john-dowd-white-house/index.html

* "As legal team withers, Trump adds cable news legal pundits:" http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/as-legal-team-withers-trump-adds-cable-news-legal-pundits-1193077827572

* ""This can be a very mean-spirited town," Tillerson says in farewell speech that doesn't mention Trump:" https://www.cbsnews.com/news/tillerson-bids-farewell-leaving-state-department-live-updates/

* "Zinke brought security team to vacation in Turkey and Greece, records show:" https://www.politico.com/story/2018/03/21/zinke-security-team-personal-vacation-429302

* "NYC agency investigating more than a dozen Kushner buildings:" https://apnews.com/307b69c25cb24b9184a9989543428a8a

* "Kellyanne Conway Edges Toward Accepting the Job of Communications Director:" https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2018/03/conway/556184/

* Do not want. "Trump Replaces McMaster With Bolton as National Security Adviser:" https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-03-22/trump-replaces-mcmaster-with-bolton-as-national-security-adviser

* "McFaul on Trump pick Bolton: What he believes in is very scary:" http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/mcfaul-on-trump-pick-of-bolton-as-new-nsa-it-s-a-bad-choice-1193064515936

* "Schiff: Bolton likely to exaggerate Trump's dangerous impulses:" http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/schiff-bolton-likely-to-exaggerate-trump-s-dangerous-impulses-1193108035875

* "Sen. Murphy on Bolton: 'Can't imagine' more dangerous pick:" http://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/sen-murphy-on-bolton-can-t-imagine-more-dangerous-pick-1192981059524

* "Congress blocks DeVos agenda in spending bill:" https://www.cnn.com/2018/03/22/politics/congress-betsy-devos-spending-bill/index.html

* "Lawmakers release huge budget; big military, domestic boosts:" https://apnews.com/bc38a23b54294dbba22ace2aaed9d76d

* "Devin Nunes Probed by FEC for Possible Campaign-Finance Violations:" https://www.thedailybeast.com/devin-nunes-probed-by-fec-for-possible-campaign-finance-violations

* Why the ADA Changes are terrible: http://seananmcguire.tumblr.com/post/172162173355/qjusttheletter-make-posts-about-disability

* "Students press for change on guns ahead of March For Our Lives:" http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/students-press-for-change-on-guns-ahead-of-march-for-our-lives-1191833667877

* "Stoneman Douglas Students - Grief, Gun Reform and the March For Our Lives - Extended Interview:"

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* TW: Rape. "'They Don't Want to Include Women Like Me.' Sex Workers Say They're Being Left Out of the #MeToo Movement:" http://time.com/5104951/sex-workers-me-too-movement/

* TW: Rape. "This Teenager Accused Two On-Duty Cops Of Rape. She Had No Idea The Law Might Protect Them.:" https://www.buzzfeed.com/albertsamaha/this-teenager-accused-two-on-duty-cops-of-rape-she-had-no?utm_term=.bnKDDpVJ8&bftwnews#.yv5vvEK9g

* TW: Rape. "Past victims of sexual assault by Washington politicians say generational changes have helped women:" http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2017/dec/29/past-victims-of-sexual-assault-by-washington-polit/

* "Matt Damon & Gary White - Transforming Lives with Water.org and WaterEquity - Extended Interview :"

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* "'Lost' Austrian film predicting rise of nazism restored and relaunched:" https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/dec/09/lost-austrian-film-predicting-rise-of-nazism-restored-and-relaunched

* "Protesters block NBA arena over fatal Sacramento police shooting:" https://www.cnn.com/2018/03/22/us/sacramento-police-shooting-protests/index.html

* "Canine war heroes mistreated by U.S. Army: Pentagon report:" https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-defense-dogs/canine-war-heroes-mistreated-by-u-s-army-pentagon-report-idUSKCN1GE30M

* "The Enigma of Edinburgh’s Miniature Coffins:" http://mentalfloss.com/article/524144/enigma-edinburghs-miniature-coffins

* "How Photographs Printed on Paper Changed 19th-Century America:" https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/how-paper-photography-shaped-19th-century-america

* "How the 1918 Flu Pandemic Helped Advance Women’s Rights:" https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/how-1918-flu-pandemic-helped-advance-womens-rights-180968311/

* "The Midnight Ruin of Paul Revere (with Chris Parnell):"

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* "Adam Ruins Everything - How the Continental Army Was Actually Formed :"

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* "Firings, Facebook, and (Not-So-Fond) Farewells:"

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* "All You Get Is Birth Control:"

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* "The History Of Women's Pain:"

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* "Iraq War: 15 Years Later:"

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* "Electronic Brainwashing: Cambridge Analytica's Sinister Facebook Strategy :"

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* "Shafted: Willie Mae Thornton's "Hound Dog":"

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* "Black Lightning Lets the Pierce Family Shine:" https://www.thefandomentals.com/book-of-little-black-lies/

* I used all my money on housing and insurance this month. I need to raise another 100-120 for the other bills. If you'd like to chip in: Paypal Lethran@gmail.com

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

* "Danes to double penalty for ghetto crime:" http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-43214596

* "At French Outpost in African Migrant Hub, Asylum for a Select Few:" https://www.nytimes.com/2018/02/25/world/africa/france-africa-migrants-asylum-niger.html

* "‘This Route Doesn’t Exist on the Map’:" https://newrepublic.com/article/146919/this-route-doesnt-exist-map

* TW: Rape. "‘Don’t struggle if you’re raped’: People smuggler gives chilling warning to undercover CNN reporter:" https://www.cnn.com/2018/02/27/africa/nigeria-migrant-smugglers-intl/index.html

* "Afghan boy launches UK legal challenge against refugee policy:" https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/feb/28/teenage-refugees-high-court-challenge-could-give-hope-to-thousands?utm_source=ECRE+Newsletters&utm_campaign=a0b01df1da-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2018_03_01&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_3ec9497afd-a0b01df1da-422318169

* "Women stand up for right to work in Turkey:" http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-43197642

* "Russian millennials look to their future: 'If we don't do anything now, we will keep living like our parents':" http://www.latimes.com/world/la-fg-russia-profiles-of-youth-20180223-htmlstory.html

* TW: Domestic Violence "Why Russia’s #MeToo moment hasn’t happened:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/europe/why-russias-metoo-moment-hasnt-happened/2018/02/25/0b8bbf92-0514-11e8-aa61-f3391373867e_story.html?utm_term=.bd749ec92e70

* "Russia to expel 23 UK diplomats in spy row:" http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-43440992

* "Vladimir Putin secures landslide victory in Russian election:" https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/mar/18/vladimir-putin-wins-russian-election-with-more-than-70-of-vote-exit-poll

* This has Russian emigres talking about various Russia related stuff and is worth watching. "Russia’s Vladimir Putin expected to win election:" http://www.msnbc.com/am-joy/watch/russia-s-vladimir-putin-expected-to-win-election-1188949571973

* "Trump: General questions Putin’s influence over president:" http://www.msnbc.com/am-joy/watch/trump-general-questions-putin-s-influence-over-president-1188955203812

* "Cambridge Analytica: Facebook data of 50 million allegedly seized:" http://www.msnbc.com/am-joy/watch/cambridge-analytica-facebook-data-of-50-million-allegedly-seized-1188990531822

* "Russian Roulette Book: Putin, Trump and the 2016 election:" http://www.msnbc.com/am-joy/watch/russian-roulette-book-putin-trump-and-the-2016-election-1188517955628

* "Andrew McCabe: Rep. Gutierrez offers job to secure pension:" http://www.msnbc.com/am-joy/watch/andrew-mccabe-rep-gutierrez-offers-job-to-secure-pension-1188943427979

* By the time I was teaching these were a thing. It was obvious to me it was as bullshit as those duck and cover drills. I mean, theoretically one could hide in the science rooms with the big massive teacher "l" desk with bunson burner outlets, but good luck trying to get the middle schoolers to shut up entirely for five whole minutes (since in any given group of 6th-8th graders some giggle in a tense situation and others make fart sounds or poke people to relieve tension and then every one has to complain about it and once one gets them quiet, you get a long tense pause of a couple of minutes and then someone makes a fart sound or someone starts complaining about who poked them or the like.), let alone the full length of the drill, and most of the rooms had those individual table style desks, so making kids duck and cover under them was pure security theater. No way would an active shooter be fooled by 35-38 middle schoolers not really fitting under their desks. It infuriated me that we were wasting their time and stressing them out for no reason I could see. (And yes, that last year when I was literally in the process of dying for the whole first term to the point that I wasn't expected to live until Spring unless my family could raise surgery money, I used to turn off my lights, draw my shades, and hide behind my desk during planning period and pep rallies, because I was in danger from passing out from the standing and walking whenever the kids were there and I never got caught, but I was alone and reading silently under there, not crouching half in the open with a room full of anxious 6-8th graders, just saying. And before you judge me, I was twice in a straight to the ER once I was allowed to leave work at the end of the day, and on the second of these occasions, I looked so bad by the end of Wednesday it freaked out the 7th Graders and when I wasn't there the next day a rumor started I had died and they were really upset and wildly relieved. Again, a couple months to live if we didn't raise surgery money by Christmas Break, wearing a Winter coat inside, clutching the podium trying not to sway or shiver bad enough for the kids in the front row to see enough to panic, really real dying). Anyway, we were shit out of luck, in pretty much any room I taught in a real situation, and anyway a student shooter would know the procedures from the active shooter drill like it said in the article. The kids knew it too and would complain about how useless it was. "What Are the Psychological Effects of 'Active-Shooter Drills'?:" https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2018/02/effects-of-active-shooter/554150/

* "Marielle Franco: Brazil’s favelas mourn the death of a champion:" https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/mar/18/marielle-franco-brazil-favelas-mourn-death-champion

* "More than 100 cities now mostly powered by renewable energy, data shows :" https://www.theguardian.com/cities/2018/feb/27/cities-powered-clean-energy-renewable

* "Flood risk from American rivers is greatly underestimated:" https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2018/02/180228112520.htm

* "The First (Documented) Black Woman to Serve in the U.S. Army:" https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/cathay-williams-buffalo-soldier

* Correction: Apparently it's a Windows 8 Computer. I'd mismembered which one was mostly patching and re-branding. So Windows 8 vs 10.

* TW: Rape. We need to talk about Neegan.

Look, I get it, Walking Dead Fandom, Jeffrey Dean Morgan is an extremely sexy guy. He's good looking, he has an appealing laugh, he moves in a particularly appealing way, he seems really comfortable in his masculinity when he's out of character, and it was delightful watching him flirt with Craig Ferguson on the Late Late Show. Trust me, I Get It. You also have every right to ship whoever the fuck you want without being hassled or kink shamed for it. The thing I am about to say does not even a little apply to shippers. If loss of control fantasies are your thing, there is nothing wrong with that. Again, what I'm saying has 0% to do with shipping.

My issue is not with shipping, but with the Mainstream non-porn related discourse, mostly between straight cis men, which treats the Character Neegan as the moral equivalent of Rick. Look, I strongly dislike Rick and think he makes a lot of shitty decisions and don't think he's half the leader show!Maggie or Book!Michonne is or any Glen was, or example. At the same time? Rick never raped any one. Neegan? Has a rape camp in his compound. He forces woman to have sex with him and his lieutenant on pain of starvation, torture, or death. Canonically, the women in the rape camp tried to kill him in a recent season because he is their rapist. Whatever one can say about shitty straight white cis male leader on the Walking Dead show and their bad and good leadership choices, I can tell Neegan is the villain because he goes around murdering and torturing people and he has a rape camp. I have to side eye everyone making the argument that if Neegan had been the main character of Walking Dead from the start of the show we'd see him as the hero.

No. I wouldn't. I point again to the Rape Camp. No one regularly raping and women and causing them to be raped is a Good Guy. This is not a gray area. There are gray areas about say, whether a particular killing can be justified for the good of the group, for example. At the same time even weaselly, self agendaed, back stabbing Gregory didn't rape any one we know of. Sex in Alexandra, the Kingdom, Oceancide, and Hilltop is consensual as far as we've seen except for possibly in that one Domestic violence situation where I can't remember what all went on and they killed that guy. Just saying.

Neegan is a rapist, and any discourse claiming that really he's a good guy who is just misunderstood ignores the literal iron burns on that one guy's face and Neegan raping all those women. It ignores the murder of Glen. It ignores a couple of seasons of seemingly endless atrocities. So, no. Not redeemable. Not Misunderstood. Not the Good Guy.

* I used all my money on housing and insurance this month. I need to raise 200-240 for the other bills, so it's ebay time. 3ish days left, 1 no bid last I looked: https://www.ebay.com/sch/lethran/m.html?_nkw=&_armrs=1&_ipg=&_from=

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

* "Mongolia and Kyrgyzstan lose out in their struggle with the IMF over the targeting of child benefits:" http://www.developmentpathways.co.uk/resources/mongolia-kyrgyzsg-child-benefits/

* "Iranian woman who removed headscarf jailed for two years:" https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/mar/07/iranian-woman-who-removed-headscarf-sentenced-to-two-years

* "Betsy DeVos' visit to Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School prompts complaints from some students:" http://www.latimes.com/local/education/la-essential-education-updates-southern-betsy-devos-visited-marjory-stoneman-1520441006-htmlstory.html

* "Deadly Connection: Neo-Nazi Group Linked To 3 Accused Killers:" https://www.npr.org/2018/03/06/590292705/5-killings-3-states-and-1-common-neo-nazi-link?utm_source=tumblr.com&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=npr&utm_term=nprnews&utm_content=20180306

* He murdered her, but she's a Trans Woman of colour so it "did not rise to the level of criminal conduct." "Man accused in death of trans woman won’t face trial:" https://www.mysanantonio.com/news/local/article/Man-accused-in-death-of-trans-woman-won-t-face-12739854.php

* "Hawai‘i’s Last Outlaw Hippies:" https://www.hakaimagazine.com/features/hawaiis-last-outlaw-hippies/

* "A Forest of Furniture Is Growing in England:" https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/forest-furniture-england-midlands-tree-shaping-chairs-tables

* I can't really watch this currently, but I thought it might be of general interest. "Is ARCOLOGY a SUSTAINABLE SOLUTION to URBAN SPRAWL?:" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7UO0NQ8Ewbw&feature=youtu.be

* "Community And Vegetables Grow Side-By-Side In Syrian Refugee Camp Gardens:" https://www.npr.org/sections/thesalt/2018/02/22/587708405/community-and-vegetables-grow-side-by-side-in-syrian-refugee-camp-gardens

* "Why Aren’t Businesses Doing More to Save American Manufacturing?:" https://www.racked.com/2018/2/20/17029148/american-giant-manufacturing-supply-chain/

* Romance Languages and the word "Yes:" http://benito-cereno.tumblr.com/post/171103878358/okay-so-latin-has-this-word-sic-or-if-we-want

* "The Africans Who Called Tudor England Home:" https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/black-african-tudors-england

* "Plantation Tours: Don’t Expect to Hear How Horrible Slavery Really Was:" https://www.theroot.com/plantation-tours-don-t-expect-to-hear-how-horrible-sla-1790860547

* "These historical menus show how drastically the way we eat has changed:" https://thetakeout.com/these-historical-menus-show-how-drastically-the-way-we-1798258043

* "Tootsie Rolls Were WWII Energy Bars:" https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/tootsie-rolls-were-wwii-energy-bars-180962202/

* "Cross Words:" http://nowiknow.com/cross-words/

* "Stolen work by famed painter Degas found in bus:" https://www.cnn.com/2018/02/23/world/stolen-degas-painting-found-bus-intl/index.html

* Hey Folks. I'm no longer as up on YA as I was when I was teaching, though I do my best. Does anyone have recommendations for YA with Trans representation that is not all horrible things happening to the trans character that has been published within the last twenty years? Diversity is a bonus. Off the top of my head I thought of Seanan MacGuire's Wayward Children Series and Karen Healey's When We Wake and sequel, both of which have main cast trans characters and are generally diverse, but I'm blanking on one's in other genres and with Trans main characters. Anyone have good suggestions for books of any genre with quality trans representation that one can whole heartedly recommend?

* "[swl] enter the dragon:" https://cmdr-zoom.dreamwidth.org/1028154.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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

* "North Korean bomber's tears of remorse:" http://www.bbc.com/news/av/world-asia-22250905/north-korean-plane-bomber-in-rare-interview-with-bbc

* "North Korea says no U.S. talks planned at Olympics as Pence heads for:" https://www.reuters.com/article/us-olympics-2018-northkorea/north-korea-says-no-u-s-talks-planned-at-olympics-as-pence-heads-for-seoul-idUSKBN1FR1V5

* "Zimbabwe Opposition Leader’s Cancer Worsens, Official Says:" https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-02-06/zimbabwe-opposition-leader-s-cancer-is-said-to-worsen

* "Myanmar 'starving out' Rohingya in Rakhine: Amnesty:" http://www.aljazeera.com/news/2018/02/myanmar-starving-rohingya-rakhine-amnesty-180207141718699.html

* "Myanmar: Fresh evidence of ongoing ethnic cleansing as military starves, abducts and robs Rohingya:" https://www.amnesty.org/en/latest/news/2018/02/myanmar-fresh-evidence-of-ongoing-ethnic-cleansing-as-military-starves-abducts-robs-rohingya/

* "All you need to know about the Maldives crisis:" https://www.cnn.com/2018/02/06/asia/maldives-political-unrest-explainer-intl/index.html

* "Venezuela sets April 22 for election after talks break down:" http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2018/feb/07/venezuela-sets-april-22-for-election-after-talks-b/

* "Cambodia: Supreme Court upholds deeply flawed conviction against land activist Tep Vanny:" https://www.amnesty.org/en/latest/news/2018/02/cambodia-supreme-court-upholds-deeply-flawed-conviction-against-land-activist-tep-vanny/

* "Jakarta Braces for Floods as Landslides Kill 2:" https://www.voanews.com/a/jakarta-braces-floods-landslide-kill-two/4239447.html

* "Tillerson warns U.S. is not 'better prepared' for Russian meddling in 2018 midterms:" https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/tillerson-warns-u-s-not-better-prepared-new-russian-election-n845396

* "Russia is still meddling and Trump doesn't seem to care:" http://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/russia-is-still-meddling-and-trump-doesn-t-seem-to-care-1156292675837

* "Trump plans 'to top' France's military parade:" http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-42969566

* "A true picture of US black jobless figures:" http://www.bbc.com/news/business-42863851

* "Holder: Indicting a president not settled law:" http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/holder-there-s-a-persuasive-case-that-presidents-can-be-indicted-1156383299647?playlist=associated

* "Who's funding a new Trump scandal lawyer fund:" http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/excess-trump-inauguration-money-could-go-to-legal-defense-fund-1155352131936?playlist=associated

* "Fine line between legal fund and hush money:" http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/fine-line-between-scandal-legal-defense-fund-and-hush-money-1155370563875?playlist=associated

* "New details on dossier's path to FBI:" http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/new-details-on-how-steele-alerted-fbi-about-trump-russia-intel-1155370051528?playlist=associated

* "Openly gay figure skater Adam Rippon declined chance to speak with Vice President Pence:" https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/columnist/brennan/2018/02/07/2018-winter-olympics-vice-president-mike-pence-adam-rippon-south-korea-gay-rights/314167002/

* TW: Domestic Abuse. "Spousal abuse accusations emerge as theme in Trump White House:" http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/spousal-abuse-accusations-emerge-as-theme-in-trump-white-house-1156397635707?playlist=associated

* TW: Domestic Abuse. "The White House is under fire for defending a top aide accused of domestic violence:" https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2018/02/rob-porter-abuse-resign-john-kelly-defense/

* "White House Senior Staffer Resigns After Domestic Abuse Allegations:" https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2018/02/08/584173950/white-house-senior-staffer-resigns-after-domestic-abuse-allegations

* "'Nevertheless, she persisted,' one year later:" http://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/-nevertheless-she-persisted-one-year-later-1156312131533

* "Eric Holder: We're going to Republican states and we're bringing Obama with us:" https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/onpolitics/2018/02/07/eric-holder-were-going-republican-states-and-were-bringing-obama-us/315007002/

* "Democrats aim to make 2018 wave count:" http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/democrats-aim-to-make-expected-2018-wave-count-with-redistricting-1156376643948?playlist=associated

* She set the record in the House! "Pelosi makes a stand for DACA recipients:" http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/pelosi-makes-a-stand-for-daca-recipients-and-sets-a-record-1156404291651?playlist=associated

* "Warren: Congress has responsibility to DACA recipients:" http://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/warren-congress-has-responsibility-to-daca-recipients-1156319811588

* "Senate leaders strike budget deal ahead of shutdown deadline:" https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/congress/senate-leaders-strike-budget-deal-ahead-government-shutdown-deadline-n845491

* "Congressional leaders reach budget deal:" https://www.politico.com/story/2018/02/07/government-shutdown-senate-budget-deal-395984

* TW: Pedophilia.

Long time readers will know, I have next to no interest in the personal lives of living celebrities beyond the who is and isn't Out list, and the things that are so bad that I will never give them another penny list. Luckily, with rare exceptions like Kevin Spacey, these lists hardly ever intersect. There are too many things in the world of actual interest to me to waste time on trivia that doesn't. Unfortunately one can't entirely insulate oneself from celebrity gossip, so things get through. More often, I am apt to pick up on little hints here and there in places like interviews and DvD extras/commentary tracks, the same way I pick up on hints socially so I know who to avoid in real life. (I came away from that long Oprah interview with Micheal Jackson in the first half of the '90's with the distinct impression he was a pedophile, though I couldn't prove it, and the allegations only started a year or two later). Like a lot of "naturals" I learn to trust and hone my instincts early in the forge of serious danger. I don't always know what specifically is wrong, but I am very good at spotting potential trouble.

I've been wary of Tarantino from pretty early on, based on nothing specific, just a hinky sort of vibe in interviews, and not just around race. Some part of me has been expecting an ugly revelation since I started seeing him in interviews after Pulp Fiction's release. I'd heard some vague rumors about his treatment of Uma Thurman around Kill Bill, but again, mostly insulated from celebrity gossip unless it is of particular interest to me and loud enough to reach me in my attempt to avoid lesser stuff about who is consensually hooking up with whom. I was sure of it when I came across the commentaries and extras on a library copy of Death Proof, where it was obvious that there was something fundamentally creepy about his interest in that nice Kiwi Stunt Woman. Again, nothing provable or overt, but enough to slide him onto my Creep list. Since then, I've been waiting for the shoe to drop.

It has, as far a I'm concerned. I expect more directly horrible things to come out at some point, but I absolutely believe Uma Thurman and the other women, and add what he did to her and the interview in which he full throatedly endorsed Roman Polanski's drugging and violent rape of a thirteen as acceptable and consensual.... I'm done. He's joining Roman Polanski, Mel Gibson, Woody Allen, etc. on my not another penny list. He is so disgusting to me, I'd love never to see his face anywhere again, which is unfortunately impossible.

I do not want him touching Star Trek. He would have been a bad fit anyway, but as far as I'm concerned he is beyond the pale and does not belong in a franchise that was meant to embody some of the best hopes for humanity. I will not watch any such films. There are plenty of directors who would do a much better job, more in line with what Star trek is meant to be. Don't let this pustule touch it, I'm begging you, Paramount. Hollywood, please stop hiring him.

* "'I think people are really disgusted' – Quentin Tarantino faces Hollywood backlash:" https://www.theguardian.com/film/2018/feb/07/quentin-tarantino-hollywood-baclkash-uma-thurman-roman-polanski

* "Uber is losing billions: Here's why investors don't care:" http://money.cnn.com/2017/06/01/technology/business/uber-losses-investors/index.html

* "Trump immigration plan would keep America whiter:" http://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/trump-immigration-plan-would-keep-america-whiter-1155275843968

* "Black Lives Matter Activist Who Snatched Confederate Flag Killed In New Orleans:" https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/black-lives-matter-muhiyidin-moye-killed-confederate-flag_us_5a7b1fe4e4b07af4e8200250

* "Amtrak engineer must face trial for 2015 derailment, judge rules:" https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-train-derailment/amtrak-engineer-must-face-trial-for-2015-derailment-judge-rules-idUSKBN1FQ2TK

* "How Latin Became The Romance Languages:" https://theconcourse.deadspin.com/how-latin-became-the-romance-languages-1821640626

* "“The Economics of Freedom” from Eric Foner’s Reconstruction:" https://beforeness.tumblr.com/post/170594948198/the-economics-of-freedom-from-eric-foners

* "How Louisiana Buried the History of the Nation’s First Black Lieutenant Governor:" https://splinternews.com/how-louisiana-buried-the-history-of-the-nation-s-first-1822667618

* "Which branch of feminism won women the vote? We all did:" https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2018/feb/06/feminism-women-vote-suffragette-democracy-protests-political-theatre

* "Trump Uses Nunes Memo to Attack Russia Probe: A Closer Look:"

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* "China Anne McClain and Nafessa Williams Talk Black Lightning:"

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* "President Trump Declines To Tackle The Traditional Super Bowl Interview:"

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* "Missouri Senate Candidate Courtland Sykes Prefers Sexism Over Feminism:"

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* "Philly's Post-Super Bowl Local News Coverage:"

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* "Trump Touted The Economy As The Stock Market Plunged:"

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* "The MLK Super Bowl Ad Dodge Didn't Show You:"

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* "G.I. Joe's New Companion Is. . . Cadet Bone Spurs!:"

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* "Why Trump Doesn't Want To Talk To Robert Mueller:"

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* "A Footnote Completely Ruins Devin Nunes' Argument:"

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* "Stephen Crowns Elon Musk As The King Nerd:"

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* "Justin Trudeau Gets Over-Woke:"

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* "Of Course Trump Wants to Throw Himself a Military Parade:"

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* "Trump the Jokester Accuses Democrats of Treason:"

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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