gwydion | Entries tagged with philosophy

* Blood is absolutely on our hands too. This is a war crime and we are complicit. "Israel used U.S.-supplied white phosphorus in Lebanon attack:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/investigations/2023/12/11/israel-us-white-phosphorus-lebanon/

* "Palestine Children’s Relief Fund:" https://pcrf1.app.neoncrm.com/forms/gaza-recovery

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* "US vetoes Israel ceasefire resolution at the UN:" https://www.politico.com/news/2023/12/08/us-vetoes-un-israel-ceasefire-resolution-00130911

* "U.N. General Assembly votes in favor of cease-fire resolution 153-10; U.S. and Israel vote against:" https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/live-blog/israel-hamas-war-live-updates-us-israel-increasingly-isolated-growing-rcna129223#rcrd27851

* "Former US ambassador to Israel says Netanyahu is a ‘clear and present danger’ to Israel :" https://www.politico.com/news/2023/12/10/martin-indyk-israel-says-netanyahu-is-a-clear-and-present-danger-to-israel-00130992

* "Israel-Gaza live updates: Israel pumping seawater into some Gaza tunnels:" https://www.yahoo.com/gma/israel-gaza-live-updates-idf-054343233.html

* "US still unclear on what happens when the fighting between Israel and Hamas ends:" https://www.politico.com/news/2023/12/10/blinken-fighting-between-israel-hamas-ends-00130977

* "Biden says Netanyahu must change, Israel losing global support:" https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/biden-israel-starting-lose-support-over-indiscriminate-bombing-gaza-2023-12-12/

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* "A Russian missile attack on Kyiv wounds at least 53 as Ukraine pleads for more European support:" https://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/multiple-injuries-reported-nighttime-missile-attack-ukrainian-capital-105609551

* CW: Sexual Harassment "Trump's Worst Lawyer, Alina Habba, May Be Disbarred For This:"

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* "'The need for speed': Jack Smith adds specialist to shortcut Trump delay tactic:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/-the-need-for-speed-jack-smith-adds-specialist-to-shortcut-trump-delay-tactic-199993925535

* "‘Bizarre whining’: Trump lawyers call Jack Smith the Grinch in new court filing:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/-bizarre-whining-trump-lawyers-call-jack-smith-the-grinch-in-new-court-filing-200182853629

* When can we start treating literal NAZIs as the terrorists they are? "Nazi flags and SS history book found in Ohio Walmart shooter's house, records show:" https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/nazi-flags-ss-history-book-found-ohio-walmart-shooters-house-records-s-rcna126700

* "Black trans and gender non-conforming victims remembered after Ohio shooting:" https://www.thepinknews.com/2023/12/12/black-lgbt-remembered-ohio-shooting/

* "Federal judge prohibits separating migrant families at the border:" https://www.npr.org/2023/12/08/1218336878/immigration-family-separation-judge-settlement-border

* "Migrant families separated by Trump win major court victory though indelible trauma remains:" https://www.msnbc.com/alex-wagner-tonight/watch/migrant-families-separated-by-trump-win-major-court-victory-though-indelible-trauma-remains-199824453997

* I never liked Adams, but he gets worse and worse. ACAB. "Exclusive: 'The new Ellis Island': Migrant influx tests New York City's humanitarian ideals:" https://www.msnbc.com/alex-wagner-tonight/watch/-the-new-ellis-island-migrant-influx-tests-new-york-city-s-humanitarian-ideals-199823429527

* "‘Way wrong’: Chris Hayes debunks the myth of ‘organized’ shoplifting:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/-way-wrong-chris-hayes-debunks-the-myth-of-organized-shoplifting-199816773504

* "The Drag Queens Fighting Performance Bans in Texas:" https://www.newyorker.com/news/letter-from-the-southwest/the-drag-queens-fighting-performance-bans-in-texas

* "Right-wing fake history is making a big comeback — but it never went away:" https://www.salon.com/2023/11/04/right-wing-fake-history-is-making-a-big-comeback--but-it-never-went-away/

* CW: Rape. "Sex scandalized GOP official reportedly cites Trump values as new Republican standard:" https://www.msnbc.com/alex-wagner-tonight/watch/sex-scandalized-gop-official-reportedly-cites-trump-values-as-new-republican-standard-199825477984

* "Supreme Courts in 3 states will hear cases about abortion access this week:" https://www.npr.org/2023/12/11/1218357869/state-supreme-courts-abortion-wyoming-new-mexico-arizona

* Exceptions in the bans are lies. Republicans continue to win their war against freedom and bodily autonomy. "Texas Supreme Court rules against woman who sought abortion hours after she says she’ll travel out of state:" https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/texas-woman-sought-abortion-court-order-leave-state-rcna129087

* "Reality of women and pregnancy complications leaves GOP flummoxed:" https://www.msnbc.com/alex-wagner-tonight/watch/reality-of-women-and-pregnancy-complications-leaves-gop-flummoxed-200290885902

* "Texas abortion ban, Republican politics drive woman out of state for life-saving care:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/texas-abortion-ban-republican-politics-drive-woman-out-of-state-for-life-saving-care-199998533754

* "Texas woman ultimately had to flee state for abortion:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/texas-woman-ultimately-had-to-flee-state-for-abortion-200076357984

* "A Man Plagiarised My Work: Women, Money, and the Nation:"

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* "Russia declares ‘international public LGBT movement’, which does not exist, an extremist group:" https://www.thepinknews.com/2023/11/30/russia-supreme-court-lgbtq-activism/

* "Russian riot police raid another gay bar under ongoing crackdown on ‘LGBT movement’:" https://www.thepinknews.com/2023/12/13/russian-riot-police-gay-bar-lgbt-movement/

* "Odhrán Kelly: Police keeping an ‘open mind’ in murder investigation:" https://www.thepinknews.com/2023/12/07/odhran-kelly-murder-investigation-northern-ireland/

* "Brianna Ghey trial: Murder suspect admits ‘dark fantasies’ about torture and serial killer obsession:" https://www.thepinknews.com/2023/12/09/brianna-ghey-trial-dark-web-accused-torture-fantasies/

* "Man Fatally Shot Transgender Women in the Head Moments After Sex Act, Police Say :" https://www.advocate.com/crime/transgender-woman-killed-minneapolis

* "Loved ones remember trans woman Savannah Ryan Williams killed in ‘hate crime’ shooting:" https://www.thepinknews.com/2023/12/08/trans-woman-killed-hate-crime/

* "Another Man Is Charged in Torturing and Brutally Murdering an Arizona Gay Man:" https://www.advocate.com/crime/bernardo-pantaleon-alleged-killers-fourth

* "Florida Murder Trial Begins of Marriage Equality Pioneer Whose Body Was Found in a Landfill :" https://www.advocate.com/crime/jorge-diaz-johnson-murder-trial

* "Five things I wish I knew before starting hormones as a trans person:" https://www.thepinknews.com/2023/12/10/hrt-hormone-therapy-trans-gender-affirming-healthcare/#page/2

* "Ricky Gervais’ ‘heartless’ Netflix special sparks a fierce backlash over ableist language:" https://www.thepinknews.com/2023/12/07/ricky-gervais-heartless-netflix-special-sparks-a-fierce-backlash-over-ableist-language/

I hated him for decades over the fatphobia and misogyny. Then I hated him for the transphobia. I am not surprised in the least he's ablest.

* "New sickle cell treatment sparks feelings of hope and some hesitancy among Black patients:" https://www.nbcnews.com/health/health-news/new-sickle-cell-treatment-sparks-feelings-hope-hesitancy-black-patient-rcna128116

* This was likely the coolest year I will experience for the rest of my life. "UN weather agency says 2023 is the hottest year on record, warns of further climate extremes ahead:" https://apnews.com/article/climate-changetemperature-increase-424df9320b443a311727f0733631974b

* "Nations made bold climate pledges. They aren’t close to meeting them.:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/2023/11/15/un-climate-cop26-pledges/

* "Climate change affects your life in 3 big ways, a new report warns:" https://www.npr.org/2023/11/14/1206506962/climate-change-affects-your-life-in-3-big-ways-a-new-report-warns

* "Study warns about climate change misinformation during extreme weather:" https://www.axios.com/2023/11/30/misinformation-climate-change-latin-america-extreme-weather-study

* "Rising sea levels threaten hazardous waste facilities along U.S. coast:" https://www.axios.com/2023/12/10/sea-levels-hazardous-waste-climate-change

* "The Solar-Panel Backlash Is Here:" https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2023/10/solar-power-duck-curve-waste/675842/

* "Elon Musk's Thermonuclear Defamation Suit Is a Dud:"

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* "Elon Musk reinstates conspiracy theorist Alex Jones on X:" https://www.thepinknews.com/2023/12/10/elon-musk-conspiracy-theorist-alex-jones-x-twitter/

* "Elon Musk has boosted the 'pizzagate' conspiracy theory five times in the last two weeks:" https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/tech-news/elon-musk-boosted-pizzagate-conspiracy-theory-rcna127087

* "The Washington Post Will Pause Its Advertising on X:" https://www.washingtonian.com/2023/11/28/the-washington-post-will-pause-its-advertising-on-x/

* "Oops! Elon Musk’s AI chatbot is proving him wrong about trans people:" https://www.thepinknews.com/2023/12/11/elon-musk-ai-chatbot/

* "Trans woman warns of dating app danger after Tinder abduction:" https://www.thepinknews.com/2023/12/09/south-africa-dating-app-abduction-grindr/

* "One in five Women’s World Cup players has faced sexist abuse online:" https://www.thepinknews.com/2023/12/12/womens-world-cup-online-abuse/

* "How Vikings Buried Their Dead:"

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* "The London History Show: Pocahontas & John Smith:"

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* "45 Years Ago, Gay Activist Anthony Adams Was Murdered. Utah Police Are Still Missing Evidence:" https://www.advocate.com/crime/anthony-adams-murder

* "Remembering Norman Lear and His Pioneering LGBTQ-Inclusive Shows:" https://www.advocate.com/people/norman-lear-remembered

* "Andre Braugher, star of ‘Brooklyn Nine-Nine’ and ‘Men of a Certain Age,’ dies at 61:" https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/tv/story/2023-12-12/andre-braugher-dead-brooklyn-nine-nine

* "Brooklyn Nine-Nine's Andre Braugher Is Dead at 61:" https://www.advocate.com/obituaries/andre-braugher-dead-61

* "The Gävle Goat: A Struggle Of Tradition and Mischief:"

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* Torture appointment actually let out early because my shoulder was being a douche. I was still pretty chewed up when I set out for MRI in full dark of Northern winter morning. It ended up being a drama because the branch location is so new I've only been once so was unclear on it's location which i discovered after I left. Morning rush hour traffic jams in the dark are the worst in my opinion. In an evening in the dark traffic jam people are properly awake and respond better to sudden breaking after going 50-60 for a while. I got there ten minutes after check in time, which put me ahead of the appointment time and in any case there was the usual wait on the person ahead of me.

I have no phobias, which is helpful. It still really fucks up my body because immobilized and squeezed into a tube where it is very loud and sound chaotic is rough on my joints and my sensory system. So I don't like it, but I can handle it fine, if you follow. It is boring as I can't think properly in that sound environment, and there is a dramatic increase in pain and fall risk afterword. It is not even close to the worst thing that happens medically in a given year.

This one wasn't to bad as these things go, says a person who had their entire spine surveyed more than once. Fifteen minutes. I lucked out a little on the music as three of the five songs were actually both good and very familiar, if not things I'd pick myself.

My arm was too fucked up for home physio before bed and in any case I was too tired. I was good and did a little phone bureaucracy, but I was in extreme pain and completely worn out when I went to bed to try to catch the fivish hours of sleep I was allowed today.

Bwahahaha! No. Every time I tried to drift off the phone rang for the next twoish hours. One required me to get dressed and let people in, since I'm the person on my floor Amazon can reach. It was at this point I gave up and slept in my clothes even though the seams and confinement and wrinkles make it so much harder to sleep. I feel like eight phone calls in two hours is really excessive, but this is what sleeping while disabled is like.

I was so exhausted I ended up going back to bed after errands to sleep until dinner.

I had one of my complicated speculative fiction dreams. The special effects were Amazeballs. Good on you subconscious CGI!

This just in: The really elaborate surgery is now off the table. They think a classic total joint replacement is enough. So go me!

* My car broke yet again in late October and again in early December. As I feared in October, it was the hose that keeps the engine cool. Why feared? It's in the middle of all the gear under the hood. Hose and fluid replacements are cheap. an hour and a half of labor to take it all apart then put it back in is incredibly expensive.

As I suspected the December failure has turned out to be a different part of the computer/sensor system going with similar results as to one of the breakages last spring. This is also about an hour of labour and a part they need to order that costs about as much as the labour. It is again, a part hidden in the middle of the car. Sigh.

The good news is two generous donors turned up Thursday and Friday with the result that I not only have enough to cover the repair when the part arrives, but I can pay the most urgent and largest of the non-housing bills I pay every month, plus the car insurance auto withdraw. I'm about $100 short for the month, but that's dramatically less dire. (Thank you donors! I went to bed Friday terrified I wouldn't be able to pay the mechanic and woke up rescued.) Yes, this is the fifth repair this year. My car is about 25ish years old. I can't afford to replace it, nor can I do without it, being disabled.: https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/Gwydion

* I would like to thank people for sending Squirrel gas money. He should be okay until his first paycheck comes.

* An old friend of mine's beloved dog needs money for vet bills and special food. They are $75.00 short of goal: https://www.gofundme.com/f/pay-rosies-dental-bills

* Regulations are written in blood. We need a lot more of them, not less. "Freight Trains: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver:"

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* "GOP’s Evidence-Free Impeachment | Milk Debate In Congress | Oprah Surprises Stephen’s Audience!:"

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* "‘Doctor Who’ Gets More Than 100 Complaints Over “Inappropriate” Transgender Character:" https://deadline.com/2023/12/doctor-who-complaints-bbc-transgender-character-1235658283/

* Side Note: I found the show entirely unwatchable and bailed fast. I admire his fortitude in dragging himself through the whole thing. "We Need to Talk About The Winter King: A "Gritty" King Arthur TV series...👀:"

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* "Jane Eyre to go (Brontë in 10.5 minutes):"

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* "The Great Gatsby to go (Fitzgerald in 10 minutes, English version):"

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* "It's A Wonderful Life (1946) - James Stewart - George Bailey's Speech to Potter & the Loan Board:" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O4ne13Zft9Q

* "‘Good Omens’ Renewed for Third and Final Season at Amazon:" https://variety.com/2023/tv/news/good-omens-season-3-renewed-final-season-amazon-1235837682/

* "Gigi the Christmas Snake:"

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* "ShopTV Christmas - SNL:"

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* "Old Friends - SNL:"

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* "Is Christmas Turning Gay? Grace Kuhlenschmidt Investigates The Gay Nutcracker | The Daily Show:"

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* "Macho Nutcracker:"

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* "Drink Mammal Milk:"

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* It amused me on 30 Coins when there was an exchange along the lines of "What's Paco doing?" "Paco's being clever. Me: How do they not realize that Paco being clever is proof something is terribly wrong with our beloved Himbo?

* CW: Suicide. "Death and Change in OFMD:" https://www.tumblr.com/izzysillyhandsy/733279845888458752/death-and-change-in-ofmd

* OFMD: Frenchie: https://www.tumblr.com/brigdh/736179894366650368?source=share

* OFMD: Stede and Buttons: https://www.tumblr.com/brigdh/736606691553165312?source=share

* Gälve Goat Poem: https://www.tumblr.com/hasgavlebockenburneddownyet/736704010808098816

* More Gälve Goat Poems: https://www.tumblr.com/mayasaura/736737562668957696

* "Midnight Pals: Ladies of Llangollen:" https://www.tumblr.com/bitterkarella/736165452375523328/midnight-pals-ladies-of-llangollen?source=share

* "Midnight Pals: Prog:" https://www.tumblr.com/bitterkarella/736436325477236736/midnight-pals-prog?source=share

* "Midnight Pals: Prog Harder:" https://www.tumblr.com/bitterkarella/736527954468798464/midnight-pals-prog-harder?source=share

* Midnight Pals: Charles Dickens' Raven: https://www.tumblr.com/bitterkarella/736709127001276416/charles-dickens-ok-guys-today-im-gonna-tell-a?source=share

* "Sunday Sweets: Art Deco:" https://www.cakewrecks.com/home/sunday-sweets-art-deco-2023

* "Sunday Sweets: Modern, Funky, Cool!:" https://www.cakewrecks.com/?offset=1692018000806

* "Sunday Sweets For Book Lovers Day:" https://www.cakewrecks.com/home/sunday-sweets-for-book-lovers-day-2023

* "Sunday Sweets: 11 Magical Castle Cakes:" https://www.cakewrecks.com/home/sunday-sweets-11-magical-castle-cakes-2023

* "Sunday Sweets Gets Crafty:" https://www.cakewrecks.com/home/sunday-sweets-gets-crafty-2023

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

The help links are at the bottom under the cut.

* CW: Animal Death. Fundraiser to cover costs of final treatment. "Dine's expenses for Olivier's last week:" https://www.gofundme.com/f/dines-expenses-for-oliviers-last-week

* "World Central Kitchen:" https://wck.org/

* This is one of the innocent, unarmed young men shot for taking a walk after dinner by an islamaphobe. "Support For Hisham's Recovery:" https://www.gofundme.com/f/support-for-hishams-recovery

* "Now feels like a good time to plug the organizations that the Kissinger Death Tontine accepted donations-as-submissions from!:" https://www.tumblr.com/gwydionmisha/735458103739465728?source=share

* Where to donate for non-violent causes in Gaza and Israel: https://soc-puppet.dreamwidth.org/867894.html

* "Palestine Children’s Relief Fund:" https://pcrf1.app.neoncrm.com/forms/gaza-recovery

* My car broke yet again in late October and again in early December. The repairs ate most of my bill money for both months. Yes, these are the forth and fifth repairs this year. My car is about 25ish years old. I can't afford to replace it, nor can I do without it, being disabled. The car is back as of 12/13. I need about $100.00 to cover bills in the back half of the month: https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/Gwydion

* An old friend of mine's beloved dog needs money for vet bills and special food. They just need $75 more.: https://www.gofundme.com/f/pay-rosies-dental-bills

* Cool Blackwork Embroidery Patterns for Beginners: https://www.etsy.com/shop/thehaberdasheress/?etsrc=sdt

* If you would like to help support me and the Cats: paypal.me/Gwydion

* I admit to having a wicked good time tormenting myself and other history geeks with my polls: https://www.tumblr.com/gwydpolls

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* "Guatemala presidential election: Unraveling the final candidates’ platforms:" https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2023/8/14/guatemala-presidential-election-unraveling-the-final-candidates-platforms

* "Guatemala presidential frontrunner to keep same-sex marriage illegal and run country with ‘fear of God’:" https://www.thepinknews.com/2023/08/14/guatemalan-presidential-campaign-candidate-sandra-torres/

* "Let's talk about 2 things falling in Russia....:"

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* "Asylum seeker explains why ‘inhumane’ rhetoric is so hurtful: ‘See the person behind the story’:" https://www.thepinknews.com/2023/08/11/asylum-seeker-refugee-rishi-sunak-lee-anderson-bisexual/

* "How the ECHR has transformed LGBTQ+ rights in the UK, as Tories consider leaving it:" https://www.thepinknews.com/2023/08/12/echr-rwanda-lgbtq-rights/

* Doesn't undo the trauma of the police brutalizing her though. "Autistic girl arrested over ‘lesbian nanna’ comment to face no further action, police say:" https://www.thepinknews.com/2023/08/12/autistic-girl-arrest-west-yorkshire-police/

* "Ukraine says two killed in Russian shelling of Kharkiv, Zaporizhzhia regions:" https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/ukraine-says-two-killed-russian-shelling-kharkiv-zaporizhzhia-regions-2023-08-12/

* "Ukraine briefing: Russian shelling kills 7, including infant, in Kherson; cargo ship fired on in Black Sea:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/08/13/russia-ukraine-war-news/

* "Crimea Bridge Strikes 'Continue To Disrupt' Russian Logistics: ISW:" https://www.newsweek.com/ukraine-russia-crimea-bridge-chonhar-kerch-strait-logistics-1819386

* "Student Loan Bills Are Higher Than Mortgage Payments for Some Borrowers:" https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-08-16/student-loan-payments-restart-borrowers-will-pay-more-than-their-mortgage?srnd=premium&sref=MIBMEEoj

* "More than 800,000 student loan borrowers are getting billions of dollars in debt forgiveness this week:" https://www.cbsnews.com/news/student-loan-forgiveness-income-driven-repayment-plans-president-biden/

* "Fed officials see ‘upside risks’ to inflation possibly leading to more rate hikes, minutes show:" https://www.cnbc.com/2023/08/16/fed-meeting-minutes-signal-coming-rate-moves.html

* "U.S. mortgage interest rates jump to 7.16%, highest since 2001:" https://www.reuters.com/markets/us/us-mortgage-interest-rates-jump-716-highest-since-2001-2022-10-26/

* "Let's talk about Colorado, Alabama, and a General's house....:"

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* "Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin blasts GOP senator's blockade of military promotions as 'unnecessary' and 'unsafe':" https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/politics-news/defense-secretary-lloyd-austin-blasts-gop-senators-blockade-military-p-rcna99759

* "LGBTQ+ Community Centers: Invaluable, Imperiled:" https://www.advocate.com/voices/republicans-target-lgbtq-community-centers

* "Number of Homeless Americans Rises at Record Rate:" https://www.thedailybeast.com/number-of-homeless-americans-rises-at-record-rate-wsj

* "Texas man ticketed for feeding the homeless outside Houston library is found not guilty:" https://apnews.com/article/houston-homeless-feeding-food-not-bombs-not-guilty-530a5e5931fc6db8f0ab7d51b2331492

* "Let's talk about Texas, definitions, and people....:"

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* "Grindr Accused of Union Busting: Report:" https://www.advocate.com/business/grindr-union-busting-accusations

* "Marvel VFX Artists Will Vote to Unionize:" https://www.wired.com/story/marvel-vfx-unionization-big-deal/

* "Unionizing the Skies with Sara Nelson:"

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* "Democrat-turned-Republican who's now pushing for a Biden impeachment inquiry once opposed doing the same for Trump because it lacked 'bipartisan support' and would 'divide the country':" https://www.businessinsider.com/jeff-van-drew-democrat-republican-impeachment-inquiry-bipartisan-support-2023-8

* "Democrats call for hearing to ‘investigate attacks on democracy’ after DeSantis suspension of state attorney:" https://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/4148046-democrats-call-for-hearing-investigate-attacks-on-democracy-after-desantis-suspension-of-state-attorney/

* "Trans military bans undermine ‘very essence of the American Dream’, says Marine vet:" https://www.thepinknews.com/2023/08/12/marine-corps-veteran-lgbtq-trans-inclusion-military-ban/

* "Anti-LGBTQ+ Groups Back New Kids Online Safety Act: Report:" https://www.advocate.com/law/kosa-anti-lgbtq-groups

* "You Can Help Stop These Bad Internet Bills:" https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2023/07/you-can-help-stop-these-bad-internet-bills

* Have something you want to tell your Congress Critters? If you can't safely contact them in person, here are some other options:

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

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

* The Indivisible Guide: "A Practical Guide to defeating MAGA:" https://indivisible.org/sites/default/files/2023-01/20220104_Indivisible_%20A%20Practical%20Guide%20to%20Defeating%20MAGA.pdf

* "Judge calls new Texas election law unconstitutional but state says it will appeal ruling:" https://apnews.com/article/voting-texas-elections-harris-county-unconstitutional-2f0ee4a3a4bee1b673782544c39e36a9

* "Let's talk about the GOP trying again in Ohio....:"

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* "Let's talk about a GOP constitutional amendment....:"

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* This is terrorism. "Violent threats against public officials are rising. Here's why:" https://www.npr.org/2023/08/12/1193463117/violent-threats-against-public-officials-are-rising-heres-why

* "The President touts "Bidenomics" as administration tries to sell economic message:" https://www.msnbc.com/jonathan-capehart/watch/the-president-touts-bidenomics-as-administration-tries-to-sell-economic-message-190735941627

* "Vivek Ramaswamy: LGBTQ+ People Created 'Tyranny of the Minority':" https://www.advocate.com/politics/vivek-ramaswamy-lgbtq-people-tyranny

* "Mike Pence Runs Out of Gas:" https://www.advocate.com/voices/mike-pence-out-gas

* "Asa Hutchinson: I will prosecute Trump at the debate—whether he's there or not:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/asa-hutchinson-i-will-prosecute-trump-at-the-debate-whether-he-s-there-or-not-191148613887

* "Orlando Magic Donates $50K to Ron DeSantis Super PAC:" https://www.advocate.com/politics/ron-desantis-orlando-magic

* "DeSantis replaces campaign manager as he struggles to catch up to Trump:" https://www.politico.com/news/2023/08/08/ron-desantis-replaces-campaign-manager-00110253

* "‘This belongs in the Smithsonian’: Inside the meme video operation that swallowed Ron DeSantis’ campaign:" https://www.semafor.com/article/07/31/2023/desantis-meme-factory

* "DeSantis’ leaked debate memo leads us to ask: Is this guy for real?

* "Ron DeSantis Instructed to ‘Show Emotion’ at GOP Debate: Leaked Memo:" https://www.advocate.com/politics/ron-desantis-debate-memo

* "How Should DeSantis Handle Trump? Strategists Suggest Dropping Out or Becoming a Different Person.:" https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2023/08/desantis-trump-campaign-primary-political-operatives-advice.html

* "How a weird McConnell video may explain the embarrassing leak of DeSantis' debate strategy:" https://www.msnbc.com/alex-wagner-tonight/watch/how-a-weird-mcconnell-video-may-explain-the-embarrassing-leak-of-desantis-debate-strategy-191079493824

* "McConnell's Legacy in Flames as Trump Crime Show Swamps GOP:" https://www.advocate.com/voices/mcconnell-legacy-trump-crime-show

* "Spiraling Legal Bills Threaten Trump With a Cash Crunch:" https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/11/us/politics/donald-trump-legal-bills-campaign.html

* "Former Trump attorney Jenna Ellis is crowdfunding her Georgia indictment defense fees:" https://www.npr.org/2023/08/16/1194133648/former-trump-attorney-jenna-ellis-is-crowdfunding-her-georgia-indictment-defense

* "Pastor alarmed after Trump-loving congregants deride Jesus' teachings as 'weak':" https://www.rawstory.com/trump-evangelicals-2663078391/

* "DeSantis’ ‘anti-woke’ bills are costing Florida millions of dollars in business:" https://www.cnn.com/2023/08/06/economy/florida-convention-business-cancellations/index.html

* Republican Matt Gaetz is openly calling for Republicans to violently overthrow the government so a Republican fascist dictatorship can put an end to the rule of law. They aren't even pretending that's not the goal any more. "Congressman Matt Gaetz declares only “force” can bring change in Washington as he defends Trump in Iowa:" https://www.msnbc.com/american-voices/watch/congressman-matt-gaetz-declares-only-force-can-bring-change-in-washington-as-he-defends-trump-in-iowa-190749765584

* "Florida Republican chairman wants ‘perverted’ parents of LGBTQ+ youth to leave the state:" https://www.thepinknews.com/2023/08/15/florida-republicans-ron-desantis-christian-ziegler/

* "Republican Reportedly Called Child 'F*g' Then Sued News Outlet for Covering It:" https://www.advocate.com/media/wisconsin-lawsuit-republican-antigay-slurs

* "Texas Republican Sarah Davis explains how she became a trans ally: ‘It was very simple’:" https://www.thepinknews.com/2023/08/15/texas-republican-sarah-davis-trans-lgbtq-campaign/

* "A former fundraiser for Rep. George Santos has been charged with wire fraud and identity theft:" https://apnews.com/article/george-santos-fundraiser-indicted-congress-new-york-565b0a82e6ca2ceb6c69d1978254ac5b

* "Tennessee Republican with Anti-LGBTQ+ History Sentenced in Campaign Finance Case:" https://www.advocate.com/crime/tennessee-lawmaker-prison-campaign-finance

* "Police video shows Rep. Ronny Jackson swearing at Texas officers :" https://www.politico.com/news/2023/08/14/police-video-shows-rep-ronny-jackson-swearing-at-texas-officers-00111204

* "Republican finds limit to his 'back the blue' stance in aggressive arrest:" https://www.msnbc.com/alex-wagner-tonight/watch/republican-finds-limit-to-his-back-the-blue-stance-in-aggressive-arrest-190998597831

* "Canadian woman sentenced to nearly 22 years for 2020 ricin letter sent to Trump in White House:" https://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/canadian-woman-sentenced-22-years-2020-ricin-letter-102348326

* CW: Sexual Assault "Trump counterclaim against E. Jean Carroll dismissed, DA can get deposition:" https://www.cnbc.com/2023/08/07/judge-trump-deposition-in-e-jean-carroll-case-can-go-to-prosecutors.html

* "How Fani Willis oversaw what might be the most sprawling legal case against Donald Trump:" https://apnews.com/article/trump-georgia-election-investigation-fani-willis-indictment-32bfdd2cca9d3184056836b208a78379

* "Special prosecutor will examine actions of Georgia’s lieutenant governor in Trump election meddling:" https://apnews.com/article/trump-georgia-election-investigation-burt-jones-willis-16e76d68ca32a9b705b440c0c5098ef0

* "Trump, allies charged with racketeering scheme over bid to subvert election in Georgia:" https://www.politico.com/news/2023/08/14/fulton-county-trump-indictment-00111211

* "Trump is indicted in Georgia on charges of racketeering. What it means, what happens next:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2023/08/15/trump-indicted-georgia-explained/

* "Trump, Giuliani, Sidney Powell Among Many Indicted by Georgia Jury:" https://www.advocate.com/crime/trump-giuliani-powell-indicted-georgia

* "2 Chicago-area people indicted with Trump, accused of trying to overturn Georgia election results:" https://chicago.suntimes.com/politics/2023/8/15/23832765/trevian-kutti-stephen-lee-indicted-trump-overturn-georgia-election-results

* "DA seeks March 4 trial date for Trump Georgia election case:" https://www.cnbc.com/2023/08/16/da-seeks-march-4-trial-date-for-trump-georgia-election-case.html

* "4 things revealed by Trump’s Georgia indictment:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2023/08/15/takeaways-trump-georgia-indictment/

* "How Donald Trump tried to undo his loss in Georgia in 2020:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/interactive/2023/trump-georgia-election-investigation/?itid=hp-more-top-stories_p005_f004

* "Georgia prosecutors have messages showing Trump’s team is behind voting system breach:" https://www.cnn.com/2023/08/13/politics/coffee-county-georgia-voting-system-breach-trump/index.html

* "Georgia State Sen. Elena Parent on Donald Trump's New Indictments:" https://www.advocate.com/news/trump-indictments-georgia-elena-parent

* "A human face on the real victims: Georgia indictments offer some justice to maligned election workers:" https://www.msnbc.com/msnbc/watch/georgia-indictments-offer-some-justice-to-maligned-election-workers-190832197692

* "‘Ludicrous’: Hayes on GOP’s ‘painful’ defense of Trump after 4th indictment:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/-ludicrous-hayes-on-gop-s-painful-defense-of-trump-after-4th-indictment-190899269953

* "Former Kanye publicist named in Trump Georgia case; could mean justice for election workers:" https://www.msnbc.com/alex-wagner-tonight/watch/former-kanye-publicist-named-in-trump-georgia-case-could-mean-justice-for-election-workers-190907973608

* "Giuliani finds himself on the wrong end of his favorite anti-Mafia tool in Georgia case:" https://www.msnbc.com/alex-wagner-tonight/watch/giuliani-finds-himself-on-the-wrong-end-of-his-favorite-anti-mafia-tool-in-georgia-case-190908485946

* "Let's talk about how Trump's Georgia case is different....:"

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* "Authorities investigating threats to grand jurors who indicted Trump in Georgia:" https://apnews.com/article/trump-georgia-indictment-threats-grand-jurors-b489aea1bf8210224d1500895830528d

* "Trump supporters post names and addresses of Georgia grand jurors online:" https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/donald-trump/names-addresses-grand-jurors-georgia-trump-indictment-posted-online-rcna100239

* "Distressing but unsurprising: Targets of Trump vitriol face real threats from his followers:" https://www.msnbc.com/alex-wagner-tonight/watch/distressing-but-unsurprising-targets-of-trump-vitriol-face-real-threats-from-his-followers-190998085969

* "Hayes: Trump is ‘obviously’ fomenting violence against judges, prosecutors:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/hayes-trump-is-obviously-fomenting-violence-against-judges-prosecutors-191067717906

* "Mark Meadows seeks to move Georgia prosecution to federal court:" https://www.politico.com/news/2023/08/15/meadows-georgia-case-federal-court-00111382

* "Mark Meadows seeks to move Georgia conspiracy case to federal court:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/mark-meadows-seeks-to-move-georgia-conspiracy-case-to-federal-court-190902853685

* "Texas woman accused of threatening to kill judge overseeing Trump election case and a congresswoman:" https://apnews.com/article/donald-trump-tanya-chutkan-judge-threats-texas-7d90ad3c8b552b49e269a3f842a6700c

* "With new indictments, things get real for Trump's fake electors:" https://www.msnbc.com/alex-wagner-tonight/watch/with-new-indictments-things-get-real-for-trump-s-fake-electors-190909509844

* "Special counsel obtained Trump DMs despite ‘momentous’ bid by Twitter to delay, unsealed filings show :" https://www.politico.com/news/2023/08/15/special-counsel-obtained-trump-twitter-howell-00111410

* "Judge suggests Elon Musk withheld Twitter data to ‘cozy up’ to Trump:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/judge-suggests-elon-musk-withheld-twitter-data-to-cozy-up-to-trump-190992965683

* "Third defendant in Trump classified documents case pleads not guilty:" https://www.politico.com/news/2023/08/15/trump-classified-docs-carlos-de-oliveira-00111252

* "Feds say Trump not entitled to ‘special treatment’ in documents case:" https://www.cnbc.com/2023/08/14/feds-say-trump-not-entitled-to-special-treatment-in-documents-case.html

* "“Dopey and Constitutionally Dubious”: Legal Experts Blast Judge Aileen Cannon’s Latest Pro-Trump Rulings:" https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2023/08/egal-experts-blast-judge-aileen-cannons-latest-pro-trump-rulings

* "Feds alert judge to Trump’s ‘If you go after me, I’m coming after you!’ post :" https://www.politico.com/news/2023/08/04/feds-alert-judge-to-trumps-if-you-go-after-me-im-coming-after-you-post-00109944

* "Trump attacks special counsel Jack Smith and judge assigned to 2020 election case:" https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/donald-trump/trump-attacks-special-counsel-jack-smith-judge-assigned-2020-election-rcna98518

* "Judge warns Trump: ‘Inflammatory’ statements about election case could speed trial :" https://www.politico.com/news/2023/08/11/judge-warns-trump-speed-trial-00110870

* "Trump co-conspirator said plan was to use military to put down opposition to him staying in office:" https://boingboing.net/2023/08/01/the-plan-was-to-use-military-to-put-down-any-opposition-to-trump-staying-in-office-after-election-loss.html

* "Let's talk about Trump revealing his emotional state....:"

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* "Trump seeks trial on election interference charges in 2026:" https://www.politico.com/news/2023/08/17/trump-election-trial-date-proposal-00111775

* "Keeping Track of the Trump Investigations:" https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2023/us/trump-investigations-charges-indictments.html

* "Prosecutors seek 30-year sentences for Proud Boys leaders in Jan. 6 case :" https://www.politico.com/news/2023/08/17/30-year-sentence-proud-boys-jan-6-00111796

* "Feds seek 30 years in prison for Philly Proud Boys president Zach Rehl’s role in Jan. 6 attack:" https://www.inquirer.com/news/zach-rehl-proud-boys-sentence-january-6th-capitol-riot-20230818.html

* "Prosecutors seek 33-year sentence for Volusia County Proud Boys leader Joseph Biggs:" https://www.news-journalonline.com/story/news/courts/2023/08/18/prosecutors-seek-33-years-prison-for-volusia-county-proud-boys-leader/70617676007/

* "Pezzola sentencing set for Aug. 29, government recommends 20 years for participation in Capitol Riot:" https://www.rochesterfirst.com/news/top-stories/pezzola-sentencing-set-for-aug-29-government-recommends-20-years-for-participation-capitol-riot-january-6-jan/

* "Top Proud Boys lieutenant thinks he should walk free for Jan. 6 seditious conspiracy conviction, while feds want decades:" https://lawandcrime.com/u-s-capitol-breach/top-proud-boys-lieutenant-thinks-he-should-walk-free-for-jan-6-seditious-conspiracy-conviction-while-feds-want-decades/

* "Proud Boy on house arrest in Jan. 6 case disappears ahead of sentencing:" https://apnews.com/article/jan-6-capitol-attack-proud-boy-1341d4596fb96ee2828b54d70ef7e126

* "Bomb threats and ‘swatting’ campaign hits dozens of synagogues:" https://forward.com/news/557648/bomb-threats-and-swatting-campaign-hits-dozens-of-synagogues/?amp=1

* "2 synagogues evacuated during livestreamed Shabbat services as wave of bomb threats enters 4th week:" https://www.jta.org/2023/08/14/united-states/2-synagogues-evacuated-during-livestreamed-shabbat-services-as-wave-of-bomb-threats-enters-4th-week

* "Fullerton synagogue evacuated during Sabbath service due to bomb threat:" https://www.nbclosangeles.com/news/local/fullerton-synagogue-evacuated-during-sabbath-service-due-to-bomb-threat/3204919/?amp=1

* "Proud Boys, III%ers, and MAGA radicals target drag story hour in San Diego:" https://www.vpsreports.com/post/proud-boys-iii-ers-and-maga-radicals-target-drag-story-hour-in-san-diego

* "Armed Neo-Nazis With Swastika Flags Disrupt Wisconsin Pride Event:" https://www.advocate.com/news/gays-against-groomers-neo-nazis

* "North Carolina Drag Show Postponed After Man Arrested Over Death Threats:" https://www.advocate.com/crime/north-carolina-drag-show-threats

* This is Terrorism. "Oregon Medical Clinic Received Bomb Threat After Libs of TikTok Spotlight:" https://www.advocate.com/news/libs-of-tiktok-oregon-bomb

* "Illinois to outlaw gun advertisements that appeal to children, pose safety threat:" https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/illinois-to-outlaw-gun-advertisements-that-appeal-to-children-pose-safety-threat

* CW: Child Death "Child shoots and kills another child with a rifle moments after they were playing with Nerf guns, Alaska troopers say:" https://www.cbsnews.com/news/alaska-child-shoots-kills-child-with-rifle-after-playing-nerf-guns/

* "How Police Make Up The Law:"

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* CW: Rape and Torture. This is a really bad one, folks. Read at your own risk. "Mississippi “Goon Squad” Cops Plead Guilty to Racist Dildo and Taser Attacks:" https://www.advocate.com/crime/goon-squad-mississippi-police

* "All Charges Dropped Against Trans Man Beaten by Cop in Video:" https://www.advocate.com/news/trans-man-california-cop

* "Police stage ‘chilling’ raid on Marion County newspaper, seizing computers, records and cellphones:" https://kansasreflector.com/2023/08/11/police-stage-chilling-raid-on-marion-county-newspaper-seizing-computers-records-and-cellphones/

* "The ‘Stop Cop City’ Movement Is Vandalizing Pro-Police Companies Across the US:" https://www.vice.com/en/article/3ak8xy/stop-cop-city-movement-bigger-than-atlanta

* "Richard Hanania, Rising Right-Wing Star, Wrote For White Supremacist Sites Under Pseudonym:" https://www.huffpost.com/entry/richard-hanania-white-supremacist-pseudonym-richard-hoste_n_64c93928e4b021e2f295e817

* "Ex-Denver Postal Worker Goes on Bizarre Rant at Target While in Blackface: Video:" https://www.advocate.com/news/racist-former-usps-worker-blackface

* "A Gay Conservative Wrote a Fawning Tome on Tucker Carlson. It Flopped:" https://www.advocate.com/media/gay-conservative-tucker-carlson-book

* "Texas Sued Over 'Unconstitutional' Drag Ban by ACLU:" https://www.advocate.com/law/aclu-sues-texas-drag-ban

* "DeSantis' Florida approves classroom videos that compare climate activists to Nazis:" https://www.rawstory.com/prageru-florida-2662923106/

* "Kids' Cartoon From Conservative University Claims That Slavery Was 'No Big Deal' :" https://www.comicsands.com/prager-university-cartoon-justifies-slavery-2663089717.html

* "Will Florida Teachers Still Be Punished for Teaching AP Psychology?:" https://www.advocate.com/education/ap-psychology-florida-ban-confusion

* "Ron DeSantis’ Attempt to Erase Trans People From Florida Schools Is Now Underway:" https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2023/08/florida-ron-desantis-attacks-trans-students-teachers.html

* "Florida School District Bans Trans Employees From Using Their Pronouns:" https://www.advocate.com/news/trans-employees-pronouns-ban-florida

* "Florida town, students fight to preserve record against state's war on Black history:" https://www.msnbc.com/alex-wagner-tonight/watch/florida-town-students-fight-to-preserve-record-against-state-s-war-on-black-history-191154757893

* "A Bill Proposed a New Way to Teach History. It Got the History Wrong.:" https://www.nytimes.com/2022/01/14/us/virginia-lincoln-douglas-debates-bill.html

* "Maryland Parents Ask Judge to Allow Students to Avoid LGBTQ+ Books:" https://www.advocate.com/law/maryland-parents-optout-lgbtq-books

* "Georgia Teacher Fired for Reading Gender-Inclusive Book Appeals Decision:" https://www.advocate.com/education/georgia-teacher-appeals-firing-book

* "Idaho ‘teacher of the year’ winner flees state after attacks on her pro-LGBTQ+ views:" https://www.thepinknews.com/2023/08/14/idaho-teacher-of-the-year-lgbtq-black-lives-matter-flees-illinois/

* "Question on Sexually Explicit School Library Books Upsets Virginia Parents:" https://www.advocate.com/education/sexually-explicit-book-question-spotsylvania

* "Far Right Attacks It Gets Better After Group Donates $600k to Students:" https://www.advocate.com/news/it-gets-better-project-grants

* "Federal Judge Blocks Arkansas Law Targeting Books & Librarians:" https://www.advocate.com/law/arkansas-judge-blocks-librarian-criminalization

* "Longtime Wyoming Library Director Fired For Refusing to Scrap Shelves of LGBTQ+ Books:" https://www.advocate.com/news/wyoming-library-director-fired-lgbtq

* "Starting next year, child influencers can sue if earnings aren't set aside, says new Illinois law:" https://www.kcra.com/article/starting-next-year-child-influencers-can-sue-if-earnings-arent-set-aside-says-new-illinois-law/44802567

* "MAGA judge: Abortion pill robs doctors ‘joy’ of fetus pictures:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/maga-judge-abortion-pill-robs-doctors-joy-of-fetus-pictures-191071301834

* "Let's talk about evil in a religious context....:"

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* "LGBTQ+ People Are Facing Increased Persecution, Violence, Ethiopian Activists Say:" https://www.advocate.com/world/ethiopia-anti-lgbtq-crackdown

* "UK government announces crackdown on gender-neutral toilets:" https://www.thepinknews.com/2023/08/13/gender-neutral-toilets-policy-kemi-badenoch/

* "UK crackdown on gender-neutral bathrooms could put trans people in danger – just look at the US:" https://www.thepinknews.com/2023/08/14/bathroom-ban-use-gender-neutral-us-uk-trans/

* "Two Brewers staff praised for ‘exemplary’ work protecting customers after Clapham stabbing:" https://www.thepinknews.com/2023/08/14/two-brewers-london-clapham-stabbing-lgbtq-gay/

* "Give us teachers more time to teach about LGBTQ+ lives – it could make all the difference:" https://www.thepinknews.com/2023/08/14/rse-relationships-sex-education-teachers-lgbt/

* "Transgender Woman Violently Attacked in Palm Springs, Video Shows:" https://www.advocate.com/crime/palm-springs-trans-woman-attacked

* "Chess regulator effectively bans trans women from competitive play for two years: ‘These are dark days’:" https://www.thepinknews.com/2023/08/16/chess-regulator-fide-trans-women/

* "Right-wingers are threatening to boycott yet another brand – this time, it’s Skittles:" https://www.thepinknews.com/2023/08/12/skittles-boycott-black-lives-matter-pride/

* "What Are the New Guidelines for Gay and Bi Men Donating Blood?:" https://www.advocate.com/health/blood-donation-gay-discrimination-ends

* "Michael Oher, former NFL tackle known for ‘The Blind Side,’ sues to end Tuohys’ conservatorship:" https://apnews.com/article/nfl-movie-blind-side-michael-oher-tuohys-c2593f08f8788db5ee267b9a23007c6d

I avoided that movie because it reeked of white savior complex. The fact that it was all a fraud to steal from Mr. Oher, is unfortunately not a huge surprise.

* Hint for Florida: if you put someone who thinks demons cause disease, not pathogens, in charge of public Health for your state, horrible shit happens. If the party in charge is committed to killing constituents with contagious disease for political gain, horrible things happen.

* "Dengue is breaking records in the Americas — what’s behind the surge?:" https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-023-02423-w

* "Let's talk about dengue in Florida....:"

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* "Dengue spreads to Broward County; 10 people in FL have gotten sick this year:" https://floridaphoenix.com/blog/dengue-spreads-to-broward-county-10-people-in-fl-have-gotten-sick-this-year/

* "In Florida's local malaria outbreak, forgotten bite led to surprise hospitalization :" https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2023/07/26/1189852024/in-floridas-local-malaria-outbreak-forgotten-bite-led-to-surprise-hospitalizatio

* "Texas man diagnosed with ‘medieval’ illness after rash:" https://www.news.com.au/lifestyle/health/health-problems/texas-man-diagnosed-with-medieval-illness-after-rash/news-story/f180247bbfc5f3904b7344336c699e0b

* "Florida leprosy cases highlighted in recent report aren’t linked to COVID-19 vaccines:" https://apnews.com/article/fact-check-florida-leprosy-cases-cdc-covid-vaccines-352032756100

* "How leprosy arrived in Florida, and how it is spreading: New clues are emerging:" https://www.sun-sentinel.com/2023/08/07/how-leprosy-arrived-in-florida-and-how-it-is-spreading-new-clues-are-emerging/

* "Traveling to Florida or Texas? Here’s what CT experts say about reports of malaria, dengue fever, even leprosy :" https://www.courant.com/2023/08/14/traveling-to-florida-or-texas-heres-what-ct-experts-say-about-reports-of-malaria-dengue-fever-even-leprosy/

* "A woman with a severe peanut allergy says airline staff laughed at her and ignored her requests when she tried to fly to Costa Rica:" https://www.insider.com/woman-severe-peanut-allergy-says-airline-staff-laughed-at-her-2023-7?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=news_tab&mibextid=2JQ9oc

* CW: Suicide. "US suicides hit an all-time high last year:" https://apnews.com/article/suicides-record-2022-guns-48511d74deb24d933e66cec1b6f2d545

* "Rising Temperatures Are Wreaking Havoc Year-Round:" https://www.bloomberg.com/graphics/2023-global-warming-impacts-data/?sref=MIBMEEoj

* "Let's talk about heat, pavement, and Arizona mostly....:"

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* "Hawaii governor addresses sirens failure and 'grim' aftermath of Maui wildfire:" https://www.msnbc.com/jonathan-capehart/watch/hawaii-governor-addresses-sirens-failure-and-grim-aftermath-of-maui-wildfire-190735941609

* "Video puts scrutiny on possible cause of Maui wildfire:" https://abc7ny.com/maui-fires-hawaii-wildfire-hawaiian-electric-lawsuit-power-lines/13657819/

* "Maui’s emergency services chief resigns after facing criticism for not activating sirens during fire:" https://apnews.com/article/hawaii-wildfires-recovery-maui-lahaina-land-c8cfcacd2e63bdcd66ec13f2963cea8e

* "Left unchecked, Maui’s nonnative grasses turned into wildfire fuel:" https://www.nbcnews.com/science/science-news/maui-wildfires-grass-overgrown-nonnative-flammable-hawaii-rcna99963

* "Maui wildfire crews continue to fight "flare-ups" in Lahaina and inland, as death toll rises to 93:" https://www.cbsnews.com/news/maui-wildfires-crews-flare-ups-lahaina-upcountry-inland-death-toll-rises/

* "How did the Maui fire start? What we know about the cause of the Lahaina blaze:" https://www.cbsnews.com/news/how-did-maui-fire-start-cause-lahaina-hawaii-wildfire/

* "How Invasive Plants Caused the Maui Fires to Rage:" https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/13/us/hawaii-wildfire-factors.html

* "Fires and other disasters are increasing in Hawaii, according to this AP data analysis:" https://apnews.com/article/hawaii-fires-disaster-declarations-0344e3c954db7e0635cdaa8e87e25c92

* "Let's talk about Hawaii and theories....:"

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* Want to help the people of Maui?

Maui Food Bank: https://mauifoodbank.org/

Maui Humane Society: https://www.mauihumanesociety.org/

Center for Native Hawaiian Advancement: https://www.memberplanet.com/campaign/cnhamembers/kakoomaui

Hawai'i Red Cross: https://www.redcross.org/local/hawaii/ways-to-donate.html

* "Lookout Fire ‘growing rapidly’ in Lane County:" https://www.koin.com/news/wildfires/lookout-fire-growing-rapidly-in-lane-county/

* "Rare New England tornado lifts car from a highway as strong storms damage homes and flood roads:" https://apnews.com/article/new-england-tornado-60bdefd4dda026f349c76f17faa29975

* "Powerful Hurricane Hilary heads for Mexico’s Baja. Rare tropical storm watch issued for California:" https://apnews.com/article/hurricane-hilary-baja-california-arizona-406a3f7474eacb6222cedc33993d4657

* "‘Rare and historic’: California under first-ever tropical storm watch:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/-rare-and-historic-california-under-first-ever-tropical-storm-watch-191149125707

* "Montana judge sides with youth in historic climate trial:" https://www.politico.com/news/2023/08/14/montana-judge-sides-with-youth-in-climate-trial-00107668

* "Let's talk about Held v Montana and a win....:"

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* "The Clean Energy Future Is Arriving Faster Than You Think:" https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2023/08/12/climate/clean-energy-us-fossil-fuels.html

* "The first generation of solar panels will wear out. A recycling industry is taking shape:" https://apnews.com/article/recycle-solar-panel-circular-economy-sustainability-dc7284bab2180b5bd86ff5cb5c847652

* "It Gets Better Steps Back From Twitter/X Over Hate Speech Concerns:" https://www.advocate.com/business/it-gets-better-stops-twitter

* "Pornhub Sues Texas Over Age Verification Law Taking Effect Next Month:" https://www.advocate.com/law/pornhub-lawsuit-texas

* "I Would Rather See My Books Get Pirated Than This (Or: Why Goodreads and Amazon Are Becoming Dumpster Fires):" https://janefriedman.com/i-would-rather-see-my-books-pirated/

* "Bot Therapy and Informed Consent:" https://www.deeplearning.ai/the-batch/discords-kokobot-triggers-an-ethics-controversy/

* "Extreme Weather Is Coming. Someone Has to Tell the Chimps.:" https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/08/science/extreme-weather-chimpanzees.html

* "Ailing and baby hummingbirds nursed to health at woman’s apartment-turned-clinic in Mexico City:" https://apnews.com/article/mexico-hummingbirds-clinic-3f8247ca7957416aa97ccbb7b2f1aca8

* "Why Do Archaeologists Rebury Their Excavations?:" https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/why-do-archaeologists-rebury-their-excavations-180982542/

* "The Canterbury Tales, or, How Technology Changes The Way We Speak: The London History Show:"

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* "On The Fairy Dog Petitcrieu, Who Cuts In Half All Sorrows:" https://www.thechatner.com/p/on-the-fairy-dog-petitcrieu-who-cuts?utm_source=post-email-title&publication_id=5&post_id=135893278&isFreemail=true&utm_medium=email

* "This book vanished when Anne Boleyn was executed. Now it reveals her secrets.:" https://www.nationalgeographic.com/premium/article/anne-boleyn-book-of-hours-ultraviolet-hever

* "In Colonial Williamsburg, Thieving Rats Save History:" https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/colonial-williamsburg-bray-school-rat-nest-archaeology

* "Vintage Photos of Babies Learning to Walk Using Wicker Walkers, 1900s-1920s:" https://rarehistoricalphotos.com/wicker-walker-old-photos/

* "Heartstopper star Joe Locke wants people to ‘learn their boundaries’ after privacy violations:" https://www.thepinknews.com/2023/08/09/heartstopper-season-two-joe-locke-people-need-boundaries-grandma/

* I am still catching up financially from the car repairs. I had a choice to buy 2 out of these three: cat little, kibbles, and gas. I chose the kibbles and gas as they were nearly out and necessary, and I had hopes of the litter lasting the month. It's not going to. If you could kick in a little for litter, it would cut down on Tavy getting creative which he has done three times this week: paypal.me/Gwydion

* "If Republicans Said the Quiet Parts Loud:"

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* "Warrior Nun gets resurrected as film trilogy after massive fan campaign: ‘We made history’:" https://www.thepinknews.com/2023/08/16/warrior-nun-returns-film-trilogy-cancelled-netflix-fan-reactions/

* "Death on the Nile ~ Lost in Adaptation:"

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* "Midnight Pals: Once Upon a Time in Delain:" https://www.tumblr.com/bitterkarella/725655545417252864/midnight-pals-once-upon-a-time-in-delain?source=share

* "Midnight Pals: Chesssss:" https://www.tumblr.com/bitterkarella/725836407952785409/midnight-pals-chesssss?source=share

* "Midnight Pals: BBC:" https://www.tumblr.com/bitterkarella/725926403116236800/midnight-pals-bbc?source=share

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

The help links are at the bottom under the cut.

* Want to help the people of Maui?

Maui Food Bank: https://mauifoodbank.org/

Maui Humane Society: https://www.mauihumanesociety.org/

Center for Native Hawaiian Advancement: https://www.memberplanet.com/campaign/cnhamembers/kakoomaui

Hawai'i Red Cross: https://www.redcross.org/local/hawaii/ways-to-donate.html

* Want to help queer folk in Russia?

Queer Svit - https://queersvit.taplink.ws/ Helping LGBTQ+ and BIPOC аffected by the war and political repressions
Center-T - https://centre-t.com/english Helping transgender people in Russia
КилькоТ-Действие - https://boosty.to/kilkota
Delo LGBT+ - https://www.delo.lgbt/ || https://boosty.to/delolgbt

* BPAL Charity Fundraiser "TRIUMPH IN MY SONG:" https://blackphoenixalchemylab.com/product-category/activism/triumph-in-my-song/

* Support the WGA. "Entertainment Community Fund:" https://entertainmentcommunity.org/

* "DIY Box Fan Air Filter Directions:" https://aghealth.ucdavis.edu/sites/g/files/dgvnsk261/files/inline-files/DIY%20Air%20Purifier%20Directions_English.Spanish_0.pdf

* Useful state of trans links for making an arguement that we are real and nead human and civil rights: https://www.tumblr.com/gwydionmisha/722268284819570688/you-are-a-great-source-of-news-and-information-and?source=share

* Fundraiser to help some friends of a friend survive: https://www.gofundme.com/f/help-tara-candice-survive-unemployment

* Minoan miss needs funds to get around for training: https://minoanmiss.dreamwidth.org/1232423.html#cutid1

* Cool Blackwork Embroidery Patterns for Beginners: https://www.etsy.com/shop/thehaberdasheress/?etsrc=sdt

* If you would like to help support me and the Cats: paypal.me/Gwydion

* I admit to having a wicked good time tormenting myself and other history geeks with my polls: https://www.tumblr.com/gwydpolls

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* "Sudan ceasefire starts precariously as continued fighting reported:" https://www.reuters.com/world/africa/air-strikes-hit-khartoum-seven-day-ceasefire-approaches-2023-05-22/

* "UN: Sudan conflict displaces over 1.3 million, including some 320K to neighboring countries:" https://apnews.com/article/sudan-conflict-military-paramilitary-displaced-un-787b00cb9203335dc834369aabb3b202

* "As more women forgo the hijab, Iran’s government pushes back:" https://apnews.com/article/iran-headscarf-hijab-protests-unrest-7cfce99b8841d6df5e8ad95ec8032b28

* "Anti-overhaul protests enter 20th week as compromise talks remain stalled:" https://www.timesofisrael.com/anti-overhaul-protests-set-to-enter-20th-week-as-compromise-talks-remain-stalled/

* "Thousands in Jerusalem rally against budget, deals for ultra-Orthodox:" https://www.timesofisrael.com/thousands-in-jerusalem-rally-against-budget-deals-for-ultra-orthodox/

* "The State Of Israel:"

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* "France pension protest held on outskirts of Cannes Film Festival:" https://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/wireStory/france-pension-protest-held-outskirts-cannes-film-festival-99492995

* "Pakistan’s Imran Khan wins bail in multiple cases from anti-terrorist court:" https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/pakistans-imran-khan-wins-bail-multiple-cases-anti-terrorist-court-bloomberg-2023-05-23/

* "Key aide of Pakistan's Imran Khan resigns amidst standoff with army:" https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/pakistan-considering-banning-imran-khans-party-defence-minister-2023-05-24/

* "The Fugitive Princesses of Dubai:" https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2023/05/08/the-fugitive-princesses-of-dubai

* "Russian lawyer claims Putin is building settlements for conservatives looking to leave the US for 'ideological reasons':" https://www.rawstory.com/russian-lawyer-claims-putin-is-building-settlements-for-conservatives-looking-to-leave-the-us-for-ideological-reasons/

* "Life inside the South African gangs risking everything for copper:" https://www.ft.com/content/19973223-cda7-43c0-8ba5-ddd329fc9ff9?accessToken=zwAF-3NAn_Ggkc8ZlzIjzadDwNOLpd3TKfyf-Q.MEYCIQCdkXLApDF5LercBIVa5DHnMQA8t4Geek0BR_d5HLnjDwIhAItJ6AnaORpQmAUQHBHBj5RC3N5S6FP6_4oPCR5xKUNZ&sharetype=gift&token=ddc1c232-edc3-45e8-ac8a-fc676f0559dc

* "Jamaica’s break from British monarchy must bring about queer liberation, activists say:" https://www.thepinknews.com/2023/05/20/jamaica-republic-lgbtq-rights-kings-coronation/

* Looks like the opening salvo for political purges of schools and university and censorship to me. "Tory MP Miriam Cates thinks ‘cultural Marxism’ is ‘destroying children’s souls’. No, seriously:" https://www.thepinknews.com/2023/05/17/miriam-cates-cultural-marxism-national-conservatism-conference/

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* "The Counteroffensive:" https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2023/06/counteroffensive-ukraine-zelensky-crimea/673781/

* "Ukraine restores power to Russia-occupied nuclear plant:" https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/zaporizhzhia-nuclear-plant-switched-standby-russia-installed-official-2023-05-22/

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* How?!? "Conservative group Moms for Liberty claims Joe Biden is trying to turn kids trans and gay:" https://www.thepinknews.com/2023/05/24/moms-for-liberty-trans-gay-kids-joe-biden/

* "Joe Biden said “there are at least three” genders & shut down a conservative activist:" https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2021/01/joe-biden-said-least-three-genders-shut-conservative-activist/

* The Republicans continue to win their war against the environment and Humanity. "Supreme Court dramatically shrinks Clean Water Act’s reach:" https://www.politico.com/news/2023/05/25/supreme-court-dramatically-shrinks-clean-water-acts-reach-00098781

* "Harlan Crow refuses to cooperate with Dem senators’ Supreme Court probe :" https://www.politico.com/news/2023/05/23/harlan-crow-supreme-court-probe-00098401

* The Republican war on the Economy continues. Want to know how much Republicans hate America? This much apparently. "White House details ‘severe damage’ to the economy if debt ceiling crisis occurs:" https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/white-house/white-house-details-severe-damage-economy-debt-ceiling-default-occurs-rcna82743

* "Hayes: What the Republican debt ceiling threat is really about:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/hayes-what-the-republican-debt-ceiling-threat-is-really-about-175793221559

* "Saddled with Trump, unpopular policies, GOP toys with tanking economy under Biden:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/saddled-with-trump-unpopular-policies-gop-toys-with-tanking-economy-under-biden-175833157654

* "Hayes: ‘Deranged’ GOP debt plan would put these items on the chopping block:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/hayes-deranged-gop-debt-plan-would-put-these-items-on-the-chopping-block-176619589699

* Republicans don't want any further life saving vaccine research. When Republicans say the are pro-life, it looks like they mean pro-deadly virus life and on human type people. "White House Pushes to Save Key Covid Programs in Debt Ceiling Talks:" https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/23/us/politics/biden-debt-ceiling-covid.html

* "House Dems take pessimistic tone on debt as McCarthy pushes to ‘finish up’ talks:" https://www.politico.com/news/2023/05/24/debt-limit-talks-wednesday-kevin-mccarthy-00098564

* "Rich People’s Gain is Worth Less Than Poor People’s Pain:" https://doctorow.medium.com/rich-peoples-gain-is-worth-less-than-poor-people-s-pain-6c3631292841

* "From stakeouts to warrants: How federal investigators found more than 100 children cleaning slaughterhouses:" https://www.cbsnews.com/news/government-investigation-into-slaughterhouse-cleaning-company-that-hired-children-60-minutes-transcript-2023-05-07/

* "'They Just Need a Safe Place to Be:' How Public Transit Became the Last Safety Net In America:" https://www.vice.com/en/article/y3wvq5/they-just-need-a-safe-place-to-be-how-public-transit-became-the-last-safety-net-in-america

* "Low-income tenants lack options as old mobile home parks are razed:" https://apnews.com/article/mobile-home-evictions-housing-homelessness-796097305c4ef90d7d98e1fee1489284

* "Silo creator Graham Yost on why struggling writers needed to go on strike:" https://www.thepinknews.com/2023/05/21/graham-yost-silo-writers-strike/

* "Why Writers Are On Strike:"

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* This is a little round about, but please bear with me.

( Musings on B5, TV Production, and the writer's strike: )

All the actors were amazed that they always got to go home at five. Shooting stopped on time! This hardly ever happens! They could make dinner plans even on a Friday and get proper sleep instead of Friday shooting running into Saturday to make up missed shots. Which I suspect means that all the tech side folk js too got to have personal lives and sleep. O.o For five years! Steady employment with a reliable schedule in TV! I bet it saved money too, to not have to pay over time, to not have all that standing around when they could be setting up the next shot which wastes everyone's time and money. People were happier and they weren't run as nearly ragged and they made five seasons of antifascist and anti-colonialist science fiction with characters and dialog that will live in my heart and mind until I die.

All because they let the showrunner show run and write with a staff of writers who could stay on the project long term. Stuff that got seeded in season one paid off in later seasons. The writers all knew the lore and backstories and the relationships and where things were going.

You can't make TV like that without writers. You can't make TV like that with minirooms and gig employees.

I know I keep harping on how important that the WGA wins and wins big on Tumblr. (I do things on it on the aggregate as well, but I don't trust a lot of the journalism because it tends to be slanted for the greedy ass corporations, so way less turns up there). This is why I care so much. Because tech crew got to drive home safe after a reasonable work day instead of falling asleep at the wheel and crashing. Because it was a huge benefit to the actors who got a chance to really practice their craft and still go home at night. Because the directors could focus on making the best show possible every week without mountains of extra hassle. Because things like B5 and Black sails and stranger Things and Umbrella Academy and pretty much every show I've loved intensely as an adult absolutely require a reasonably stable writer's room with writers paid well enough to live while they do it.

If WGA wins, everybody wins. The tiny sliver of profits it takes to make all this happen is negligible.

I hope SAG and DGA strike too. I hope they all stand together and stop the Capitalist horror that grinds up writers and tech folk like they were components and not utterly essential.

The WGA are not greedy; they are fighting for their livelihoods and their art and it infuriates me that people can't wait a little longer for all the ways it will make the world better if the Studios blink first.

* "Jewish Democrats call on McCarthy to censure Gosar over staffer’s reported beliefs:" https://thehill.com/homenews/house/4010382-jewish-democrats-call-on-mccarthy-to-censure-gosar-over-staffers-reported-beliefs/

* "George Santos Just Hired the Only Man He Can Trust:" https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2023/05/george-santos-just-hired-the-only-man-he-can-trust/

* "George Santos Is In Trouble:"

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* "FBI ‘Called Bluff’ on Jim Jordan Hearing, Says Ex-Asst. Director:" https://www.thedailybeast.com/fbi-called-bluff-on-jim-jordan-hearing-ex-asst-director-for-counterintelligence-frank-figliuzzi-says

* "Jordan’s FBI “whistleblower” may have lied under oath about funding from Trump ally: report:" https://www.salon.com/2023/05/23/jordans-fbi-whistleblower-may-have-lied-under-oath-about-funding-from-ally-report/

* Again? ""Nothing is off the table": Jim Jordan says he'll give a "hard look" at launching new Hillary probe:" https://www.salon.com/2023/05/22/nothing-is-off-the-table-jim-jordan-says-hell-give-a-hard-look-at-launching-new-hillary-probe/

* "House passes measure to block Biden's student debt relief program:" https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/congress/house-vote-measure-block-bidens-student-debt-relief-program-rcna85974

* Have something you want to tell your Congress Critters? If you can't safely contact them in person, here are some other options:

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

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

* The Indivisible Guide: "A Practical Guide to defeating MAGA:" https://indivisible.org/sites/default/files/2023-01/20220104_Indivisible_%20A%20Practical%20Guide%20to%20Defeating%20MAGA.pdf

* "Harris County must remove its elections chief under new legislation headed to Gov. Greg Abbott:" https://www.texastribune.org/2023/05/23/texas-legislature-harris-county-elections/

This is the end of Democracy. They have given themselves the power to overturn any election not in their favor in the most populous county in the state because it's majority minority. If votes don't count, then all the people living there have been permanently disenfranchised, since there is no mechanism to undo this outside of a court system republicans have also fixed.

This is the fascist agenda at work.

* "Ohio Republicans try to change state rules to keep abortion off ballots:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/ohio-republicans-try-to-change-state-rules-to-keep-abortion-off-ballots-176197701972

* "Let's talk about how there are no red states....:"

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* The Republican war on children continues. "Kentucky Republican Candidate: ‘Will Not Have Transgenders in School’ if Elected:" https://www.advocate.com/politics/kentucky-kelly-craft-transgenders

* "2024 Republican candidates: Who’s running and how bad would they be for LGBTQ+ rights?:" https://www.thepinknews.com/2023/05/25/2024-republican-candidates-lgbtq/

* "Republican Nikki Haley rants about trans women and Dylan Mulvaney on 2024 campaign trail:" https://www.thepinknews.com/2023/05/25/nikki-haley-2024-election-dylan-mulvaney/

* "9 Ways Vivek Ramaswamy Can Beat Donald Trump, According to Andrew Yang:" https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2023/05/17/vivek-ramaswamy-how-you-win-00097211

* "Twitter glitches plague Ron DeSantis’ much-hyped presidential announcement with Elon Musk:" https://www.cnbc.com/2023/05/24/twitter-glitches-plague-desantis-presidential-announcement.html

* "First day of DeSantis campaign not likely as threatening to Trump as he hoped:" https://www.msnbc.com/alex-wagner-tonight/watch/first-day-of-desantis-campaign-not-likely-as-threatening-to-trump-as-he-hoped-176656965515

* "‘Blood in the water for DeSantis’: Trump world embraces Tim Scott’s candidacy :" https://www.politico.com/news/2023/05/22/trump-tim-scott-2024-00098292

* "DeSantis needs a new Republican lane. Elon Musk might be paving it. :" https://www.politico.com/news/2023/05/24/desantis-musk-thiel-sacks-tech-00098555

* " DeSantis sees a path to the White House — 280 characters at a time:" https://www.politico.com/news/2023/05/23/ron-desantis-to-launch-his-presidential-campaign-on-twitter-with-elon-musk-00098412

* "Scarred DeSantis staffers form a support group:" https://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/552308-former-desantis-staffers-form-support-group/

* "DeSantis' cringeworthy strain for 'likeability' is contradicted by hostile policies:" https://www.msnbc.com/alex-wagner-tonight/watch/desantis-cringeworthy-strain-for-likeability-is-contradicted-by-hostile-policies-176248901845

* "Ron DeSantis’ presidential bid: Sad attempt to ‘export extremist, anti-LGBTQ+ agenda to the nation’:" https://www.thepinknews.com/2023/05/25/ron-desantis-presidential-campaign-bid-florida-lgbtq-activists/

* "DeSantis faith in Musk for campaign launch results in humiliation; Trump gleeful:" https://www.msnbc.com/alex-wagner-tonight/watch/desantis-faith-in-musk-for-campaign-launch-results-in-humiliation-trump-gleeful-176650821634

* "Asked about pardoning Trump as president, DeSantis says he would be 'aggressive':" https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/asked-pardoning-trump-president-desantis-aggressive/story?id=99609762

* "DeSantis attempts to redefine Trump to make room for himself on GOP's right wing:" https://www.msnbc.com/alex-wagner-tonight/watch/desantis-attempts-to-redefine-trump-to-make-room-for-himself-on-gop-s-right-wing-177058885852

* "Republican senator says gender-neutral bathrooms will lead to violence from ‘dads like me’:" https://www.thepinknews.com/2023/05/24/illinois-neil-anderson-gender-neutral-toilets/

* "Texas House committee issues 20 articles of impeachment against Attorney General Ken Paxton:" https://www.texastribune.org/2023/05/25/ken-paxton-impeachment-investigation/

* "House panel investigating AG Ken Paxton’s office; Paxton calls on Speaker Dade Phelan to resign:" https://www.texastribune.org/2023/05/23/dade-phelan-ken-paxton-resign-intoxication/

* "‘Literal dumpster fire’: Infighting erupts among Texas Republican leaders:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/-literal-dumpster-fire-infighting-erupts-among-texas-republican-leaders-177032773957

* "Florida State Guard could triple in size, gain military police-like arm:" https://floridaphoenix.com/2023/04/25/florida-state-guard-could-triple-in-size-gain-military-police-like-arm/

* "Unlicensed religious chaplains may counsel students in Texas’ public schools after lawmakers OK proposal:" https://www.texastribune.org/2023/05/24/texas-legislature-chaplains-schools/

Republicans rammed it through because replacing licensed, trained counselors who've had background checks with untrained, unlicensed proselytizers is an emergency somehow, unlike mass shootings.

"Earlier this month, House Democrats also offered amendments to bar proselytizing or attempts to convert students from one religion to another; to require chaplains to receive consent from the parents of school children; and to make schools provide chaplains from any faith or denomination requested by students. All of those amendments failed."

"Worse, opponents say, the bill could deepen the state’s youth mental health crisis by providing students with unproven, lightly supervised and nonscientific counseling that treats common childhood problems, such as anxiety, as “sins” or issues that can merely be prayed away."

* "Texas Senate passes revamped school funding bill in last-minute bid to implement voucher program:" https://www.texastribune.org/2023/05/22/texas-senate-school-voucher/

* "As legislative session ends, Texas ignores gun violence crisis for culture war issues:" https://www.msnbc.com/alex-wagner-tonight/watch/as-legislative-session-ends-texas-ignores-gun-violence-crisis-for-culture-war-issues-176245829951

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* "E. Jean Carroll adds Trump’s post-verdict remarks to defamation case, seeks at least $10M:" https://apnews.com/article/trump-rape-trial-carroll-536e9f38e84f42d53b0216293b848e08

* "Carroll moves to teach Trump lesson he failed to learn from loss in court:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/carroll-moves-to-teach-trump-lesson-he-failed-to-learn-from-loss-in-court-175833157524

* "Donald Trump criminal trial is set for March 2024; judge informs Trump what he can’t say about hush money case:" https://www.cnn.com/2023/05/23/politics/donald-trump-protective-order-hearing/

* "Prosecutors Sought Records on Trump’s Foreign Business Deals Since 2017:" https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/22/us/politics/trump-records-foreign-deals.html

* "DOJ's reported interest in Trump foreign business deals reframes scope of Mar-a-Lago probe:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/doj-s-reported-interest-in-trump-foreign-business-deals-reframes-scope-of-mar-a-lago-probe-175837765937

* "“Shocked at the stupidity”: Prosecutors obtain lawyer notes that blow up Trump’s Mar-a-Lago defense:" https://www.salon.com/2023/05/22/shocked-at-the-stupidity-prosecutors-obtain-lawyer-notes-that-blow-up-trumps-mar-a-lago-defense/

* "Trump employees moved boxes at Mar-a-Lago a day before visit from feds:" https://www.cbsnews.com/news/mar-a-lago-boxes-moved-trump-employees/

* "New reporting on documents moved at Mar-a-Lago suggests shape of case against Trump:" https://www.msnbc.com/alex-wagner-tonight/watch/new-reporting-on-documents-moved-at-mar-a-lago-suggests-shape-of-case-against-trump-177068101886

* "Trump attorneys ask to meet with Atty. Gen. Merrick Garland on investigation:" https://www.cbsnews.com/atlanta/news/trump-attorneys-ask-to-meet-with-atty-gen-merrick-garland-on-investigation/

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* "Officers describe chaos, fear on Jan. 6 as judge weighs prison time for Oath Keepers’ Rhodes:" https://apnews.com/article/oath-keepers-sentencing-jan-6-stewart-rhodes-a33d6432875bd97fda41a60b4bb967f9

* "Oath Keepers to receive first seditious conspiracy sentences over Jan. 6:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/oath-keepers-to-receive-first-seditious-conspiracy-sentences-over-jan-6-176611397965

* "Man with Nazi flag who crashed U-Haul near White House praised Hitler:" https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/driver-white-house-crash-kill-biden-seize-power-nazis-rcna85905

* "Let's talk about what happened in DC....:"

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* "Pittsburgh confronts antisemitism as Tree of Life shooting trial nears :" https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2023/05/20/tree-of-life-shooting-trial-pittsburgh/

* "The U.S. Left Them Behind. They Crossed a Jungle to Get Here Anyway.:" https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/21/world/americas/darien-gap-afghan-migration.html

* "Florida judge blocks quick migrant release policy, raising concerns about overcrowding:" https://www.cbsnews.com/news/florida-judge-blocks-quick-migrant-release-policy-overcrowding-concerns-title-42-expiring/

* CW: Child Abuse, Child Death. "Child who died in Border Patrol custody ‘begged’ for medical help, her mother says:" https://www.pbs.org/newshour/nation/child-who-died-in-border-patrol-custody-begged-for-medical-help-her-mother-says

* CW: Child Abuse, Child Death. "Honduran teen dies in US immigration custody: ‘He wanted to live the American Dream’:" https://www.wbtv.com/2023/05/14/honduran-teen-dies-us-immigration-custody-he-wanted-live-american-dream/

* "Fox News runs with fake story about migrants displacing homeless veterans:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/fox-news-runs-with-fake-story-about-migrants-displacing-homeless-veterans-175800901614

* "FBI misused surveillance authorities to investigate Black Lives Matter protesters :" https://www.politico.com/news/2023/05/19/fbi-surveillance-black-lives-matter-protesters-00097924

* "Every state offers victim compensation. For the Longs and other Black families, it often isn't fair:" https://apnews.com/article/crime-victims-compensation-racial-bias-58908169e0ee05d4389c57f975eae49b

* "Investigation continues in death of Rasheem Carter:" https://magnoliatribune.com/2023/05/24/investigation-continues-in-death-of-rasheem-carter/

* "Civil rights groups warn tourists about traveling to Florida:" https://www.npr.org/2023/05/22/1177455149/civil-rights-groups-warn-tourists-about-traveling-to-florida

* "Hamburger Mary’s sues Ron DeSantis over Florida drag ban: ‘When does it stop?’:" https://www.thepinknews.com/2023/05/24/ron-desantis-hamburger-marys-florida/

* "Florida school limits access to Amanda Gorman’s inaugural poem after parental complaint :" https://www.politico.com/news/2023/05/23/florida-school-inaugural-poem-ban-00098492

* This contains the full text of the banned poem if you scroll down: https://www.cnbc.com/2021/01/20/amanda-gormans-inaugural-poem-the-hill-we-climb-full-text.html

* "Florida school bans Amanda Gorman poem over one parent’s CRT fears:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/florida-school-bans-amanda-gorman-poem-over-one-parent-s-crt-fears-176202309953

* "Florida Mom Behind Amanda Gorman Book Ban Has Proud Boy Links:" https://www.thedailybeast.com/florida-mom-behind-amanda-gorman-book-ban-has-proud-boy-links

* "Amanda Gorman’s Books Sky Rocket in Sales Despite Florida Book Ban :" https://variety.com/2023/politics/news/amanda-gorman-poem-banned-florida-1235623558/

* "PEN America v. Escambia County School District:" https://pen.org/pen-america-v-escambia-county/

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* Planned Parenthood is being sued for a massive amount of money because they followed a court order. "Trump’s worst judge will hear a $1.8 billion attack on Planned Parenthood:" https://www.vox.com/politics/2023/5/24/23725897/abortion-planned-parenthood-matthew-kacsmaryk-supreme-court-medical-progress-medicaid

* "Judge from abortion pill case to hear $1.8B suit against Planned Parenthood:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/judge-from-abortion-pill-case-to-hear-1-8b-suit-against-planned-parenthood-177037381937

* "South Carolina 6-week abortion ban signed into law, providers file lawsuit:" https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/south-carolina-6-week-abortion-ban-heads-governors/story?id=99565825

* "How South Carolina Ended Up With an All-Male Supreme Court :" https://www.propublica.org/article/how-south-carolina-ended-up-with-all-male-supreme-court

* "More women sue Texas saying the state's anti-abortion laws harmed them:" https://www.wesa.fm/2023-05-22/more-women-sue-texas-saying-the-states-anti-abortion-laws-harmed-them

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* "Romania breaching LGBTQ+ couples’ human rights, European court rules:" https://www.thepinknews.com/2023/05/23/romania-same-sex-couples-echr/

* "South Korea: Human rights boss makes crude, homophobic ‘anal rupture’ claim in draft ruling:" https://www.thepinknews.com/2023/05/23/lgbtq-south-korea-human-rights-commissioner-homophobic-remark/

* Bet his mom is proud of him for being such a big strong man that he can beat up elderly ladies dementia for pleasure. "Woman with dementia, 86, beat up by thug and put in wheelie bin because he thought she was trans:" https://www.thepinknews.com/2023/05/23/woman-86-beaten-wheelie-bin-trans/

* "Tory MP Nick Fletcher wants pronouns taken out of all schools: ‘We’re confusing people’:" https://www.thepinknews.com/2023/05/24/tory-mp-nick-fletcher-pronouns-schools-joshua-sutcliffe/

* "EHRC chair Kishwer Falkner under investigation ‘over bullying, transphobia and harassment claims’:" https://www.thepinknews.com/2023/05/24/ehrc-chair-kishwer-falkner-kemi-badenoch/

* "Grassroots trans group uncovering EHRC ‘attacks’ and the UK’s well-connected anti-trans movement:" https://www.thepinknews.com/2023/05/24/trans-safety-network-ehrc-un-abuse-hate/

* "Christian teacher banned after misgendering student on This Morning and posting Islamophobic videos:" https://www.thepinknews.com/2023/05/23/joshua-sutcliffe-teacher-banned-misgendering-this-morning/

* "Florida Agencies Manipulated Research To Ban Trans Care And Coverage:" https://www.erininthemorning.com/p/florida-agencies-manipulated-research?fbclid=IwAR0aJIga-j58jQkP7N9kBOIGXPcpjf878Or2h_fgeaI9E5vIDHJ0mxHoHxk

* "Florida parents sue to block enforcement of state’s gender-affirming care restrictions :" https://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/4010677-florida-parents-sue-to-block-enforcement-of-states-gender-affirming-care-restrictions/

* "How it's going as a trans person in Florida:" https://www.tumblr.com/bibliomancer7/718065561652871168?source=share

* "The next target of the right’s campaign against woke companies: Fox News?:" https://www.vox.com/2023/5/22/23732777/fox-news-trans-bud-light-employee-handbook

* "Target to pull some LGBTQ items after ‘threats’ to employees:" https://www.politico.com/news/2023/05/24/target-lgbtq-clothing-backlash-00098529

* "Target Pride artist responds after stores pull collection: ‘They haven’t contacted me once’:" https://www.thepinknews.com/2023/05/24/target-pride-collection-erik/

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* "Ending Guardianship: How State Governments Take Away Our Right to Make Choices and How We Can Stop It:" https://autisticadvocacy.org/actioncenter/issues/choices/guardianship/#how-guardianship-works

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* "Extreme weather has killed 2 million people over past half century, U.N. says:" https://www.nbcnews.com/science/environment/extreme-weather-killed-2-million-people-half-century-un-says-rcna85537

* "One in Three People Will Live in Dangerously Hot Areas by 2080:" https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-05-22/one-in-three-people-will-live-in-dangerously-hot-areas-by-2080?srnd=premium&sref=MIBMEEoj&leadSource=uverify%20wall

* "How global warming and a wet winter may impact the U.S. wildfire season:" https://www.nbcnews.com/science/environment/wildfire-season-2023-predictions-climate-change-snow-rcna85129

* "Flood watch issued for parts of B.C. already dealing with wildfires:" https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/flood-watch-heavy-rain-peace-fort-nelson-1.6851171

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* "Colorado River states announce breakthrough water sharing deal:" https://www.npr.org/2023/05/22/1177511800/colorado-river-states-announce-breakthrough-water-sharing-deal

* "On this day in 1892:" https://mississippitoday.org/2023/05/21/on-this-day-in-1892-ida-b-wells-column-exposes-lynchings/

* "'Queen of rock 'n' roll' Tina Turner dies at 83:" https://www.reuters.com/world/singer-tina-turner-dies-aged-83-2023-05-24/

* "Tina Turner was a fearless LGBTQ+ ally – long before it was popular to be one:" https://www.thepinknews.com/2023/05/25/tina-turner-lgbtq-ally-legacy/

* "The Breaking of “Narrative Promises” Through the Lens of Supernatural, Marvel, & More:" https://www.themarysue.com/the-breaking-of-narrative-promises-through-the-lens-of-supernatural-marvel-more/

* "Hurt - Nine Inch Nails (Bardcore | Medieval Style Cover) Hildegard von Blingin':"

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* "Tina Turner - What's Love Got To Do With It:"

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* "Sam Smith, Kim Petras - Unholy:"

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* Spoke to the Allergist today. They are plateauing me for the summer and are guaranteeing me treatment until September. This is good, as my lungs haven't been doing this well in Spring for years. I think it's peeling the trees and weeds away. Grasses remain a major problem. As I'm on Medicare, she's advocating for my transfer to a clinic by the hospital that will take it if they aren't full and my chances are good given the extreme severity of the grass allergy and my general improvement in other areas. They are full to bulging with patients already, especially with the influx from the closing clinic, but digits cruciform, yes?

This does not diminish my horror and distress for all the Medicaid patients and the people who are about to lose their jobs, but I for real was dreading the slow slide into allergy based ER visits that is near future if we stop treatment.

So I'm on maintenance for the Summer while we wait it all out.

* Thanks to a kind donation, the bills wil be up to date by early next week. Thank you all again for your help.

* My oldest continuous friend is trying to raise money to buy games for a Cat Rescue fundraiser. This cat rescue is no kill and places most cats in foster homes until they can be adopted. They are good people there and it's a huge number of cats many needing basic or more serious healthcare.

https://www.gofundme.com/f/318lgf6fa0?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=p_cf%20share-flow-1&fbclid=IwAR1smSQTz7deMSVUBsEg30AdhQ-zeAEHGXOcHXqVUILTlF2MqnIIW49SDVU

* Some Interesting Poison Ivy Thoughts: https://www.tumblr.com/allaboardthecolumboat/718353871863414784/im-glad-i-could-share-i-originally-got-into?source=share

* "Chess tournament put on hold briefly as White's bishops are having a schism:" https://www.tumblr.com/knowlesian/718061108513177600?source=share

* "The Story is Wrong:" https://www.tumblr.com/brigdh/717870485894037504/charminglyantiquated-a-short-comic-about-the?source=share

* "We don’t appreciate the fact that Bruce Wayne is a Kardasian level celebrity enough:" https://www.tumblr.com/seananmcguire/717956049256300544/we-dont-appreciate-the-fact-that-bruce-wayne-is-a?source=share

* "Midnight Pals: Hungry Trees:" https://www.tumblr.com/bitterkarella/718136484989894656/midnight-pals-hungry-trees?source=share

* "Midnight Pals: Faust Love:" https://www.tumblr.com/bitterkarella/718228107372445696/midnight-pals-faust-love?source=share

* "The Significance of Lucy’s Letters to Mina:" https://www.tumblr.com/fridge-full-of-feels/718337149559259137/i-cant-stop-thinking-about-the-significance-of?source=share

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

The help links are at the bottom under the cut.

* Support the WGA. "Entertainment Community Fund:" https://entertainmentcommunity.org/

* A resistance website for organizing and publicizing anti-censorship pro-education etc. rallies/protests/walkouts. "Walkout2learn:" https://www.walkout2learn.org/

* New Indivisible Guide! "A Practical Guide to defeating MAG:" https://indivisible.org/sites/default/files/2023-01/20220104_Indivisible_%20A%20Practical%20Guide%20to%20Defeating%20MAGA.pdf

* A very old friend and all around stand up guy wrote this. "Safest Family on the Block: 101 Tips, Tricks, Habits, and Hacks to Protect Your Family at Home, at School, and in the World:" https://www.amazon.com/Safest-Family-Block-Tricks-Protect-ebook/dp/B0C4JZ1QRX

* My oldest continuous friend is trying to raise money to buy games for a Cat Rescue fundraiser. This cat rescue is no kill and places most cats in foster homes until they can be adopted. They are good people there and it's a huge number of cats many needing basic or more serious healthcare.

https://www.gofundme.com/f/318lgf6fa0?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=p_cf%20share-flow-1&fbclid=IwAR1smSQTz7deMSVUBsEg30AdhQ-zeAEHGXOcHXqVUILTlF2MqnIIW49SDVU

* Cool Blackwork Embroidery Patterns for Beginners: https://www.etsy.com/shop/thehaberdasheress/?etsrc=sdt

* If you would like to help support me and the Cats: paypal.me/Gwydion

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

* "Buffalo Is Still Reeling From Racist Massacre:"

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

* "Miscellaneous Myths: Medea:"

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

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

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

* "The Social Contract:"

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

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

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

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

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

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

* "Tech Monopolies:"

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* "January 6th Hearings Episode 2 Recap:"

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* "Sam’s Take: Rudy! A Documusical:"

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

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

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* "Proud Boys Face Prison Time For Sedition:"

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

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

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

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

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

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* "Trope Talk: Space Horror:"

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

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

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

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

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

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* "Gay Bar (an OFMD fanvid):"

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

The help links are at the bottom under the cut.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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* "‘Vladimir the Poisoner’ A translation of Alexey Navalny’s speech in court on February 2:" https://meduza.io/en/feature/2021/02/02/vladimir-the-poisoner

* "Kremlin critic Alexey Navalny handed jail term, prompting protests across Russia:" https://www.cnn.com/2021/02/02/europe/alexey-navalny-russia-court-hearing-intl/index.html

* "'Vladimir the Underpants Poisoner': Navalny belittles Putin at court sentencing:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/-vladimir-the-underpants-poisoner-navalny-belittles-putin-at-court-sentencing-100441669612

* "Myanmar coup: Aung San Suu Kyi detained as military seizes control:" https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-55882489

* "Fire breaks out at controversial army barracks housing hundreds of asylum seekers:" https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/folkestone-napier-barracks-fire-today-asylum-seekers-b1794848.html

* "The Hong Kong migrants fleeing to start new lives in the UK:" https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-china-55357495

* "UK opens special visa route for Hong Kong residents to become citizens:" https://www.reuters.com/article/us-hongkong-security-britain-passports/uk-opens-special-visa-route-for-hong-kong-residents-to-become-citizens-idUSKBN2A0005

* "China Will No Longer Recognize British Hong Kong Travel Document:" https://www.npr.org/2021/01/29/962008847/china-will-no-longer-recognize-british-hong-kong-travel-document

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* "Johnson & Johnson’s Vaccine Offers Strong Protection but Fuels Concern About Variants:" https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/29/health/covid-vaccine-johnson-and-johnson-variants.html

* "Novavax’s Vaccine Works Well — Except on Variant First Found in South Africa:" https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/28/health/covid-vaccine-novavax-south-africa.html

* "Novavax submits vaccine for approval as Ottawa seeks EU reassurances on exports rules:" https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/novavax-approval-submission-eu-vaccine-export-controls-1.5895564

* "Infectious disease specialist: Johnson & Johnson vaccine ‘100% effective in preventing death’:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-reidout/watch/infectious-disease-specialist-johnson-johnson-vaccine-100-effective-in-preventing-death-100256837793

* "Russia's Sputnik V vaccine has 92% efficacy in trial:" https://www.bbc.com/news/health-55900622

* "Covid: EU approves AstraZeneca vaccine amid supply row:" https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-55862233

* "Why Is the Netherlands Rioting Over COVID Now?:" https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2021/01/netherlands-covid-lockdown-riots-why.html

* "The numbers are in: Canada’s COVID-fighting efforts are among world’s worst :" https://www.macleans.ca/opinion/the-numbers-are-in-canadas-covid-fighting-efforts-are-among-worlds-worst/

* Total confirmed COVID-19 cases in the U.S.A for 1/29/21 are 25,875,000. The official death toll is 436,000. The real number is likely much higher.

* "Variant prompts travel curbs as Fauci calls U.S. spread a ‘wake-up call’:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2021/01/29/covid-coronavirus-updates/

* "US virus numbers drop, but race against new strains heats up:" https://apnews.com/article/coronavirus-us-update-29c07f020bca0aa4a48a85dae5aa1457

* "Biden Pandemic Strategy Puts Focus On People With Disabilities:" https://www.disabilityscoop.com/2021/01/25/biden-pandemic-strategy-puts-focus-on-people-with-disabilities/29163/

* "Pentagon May Send Troops to Assist With Vaccines, Enlarging Federal Role:" https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/28/us/politics/coronavirus-fema-pentagon-vaccines.html

* "Biden administration to begin shipping vaccine doses directly to pharmacies:" https://www.politico.com/news/2021/02/02/biden-vaccine-pharmacies-464995

* "U.S. Cuts $231 Million Deal To Provide 15-Minute COVID-19 At-Home Tests:" https://www.npr.org/sections/coronavirus-live-updates/2021/02/01/962828149/u-s-cuts-231-million-deal-to-provide-15-minute-covid-19-at-home-tests

* "Biden Covid adviser tells providers to stop stockpiling vaccine:" https://www.politico.com/news/2021/02/01/states-stockpiling-covid-vaccine-464447

* Anthony Fauci Interview: https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/dr-fauci-how-to-avoid-another-covid-surge-in-the-u-s-100432965968

https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/-global-effort-dr-fauci-on-the-need-for-vaccination-push-across-the-world-100435013709

* "‘It’s a mess’: Biden’s first 10 days dominated by vaccine mysteries:" https://www.politico.com/news/2021/01/30/biden-covid-vaccine-states-463953

* O.o "Trump White House donated 8,700 ventilators to other nations. Officials now don’t know where many of them are, watchdog finds.:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2021/01/29/usaid-trump-ventilators-watchdog/

* "Our Funeral Home is Overwhelmed With Bodies:"

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* "In Philadelphia, A Scandal Erupts Over Vaccination Startup Led By 22-Year-Old:" https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2021/01/29/962143659/in-philadelphia-a-scandal-erupts-over-vaccination-start-up-led-by-22-year-old

* "Dodger Stadium's COVID-19 vaccination site temporarily shut down after protesters gather at entrance:" https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2021-01-30/dodger-stadiums-covid-19-vaccination-site-shutdown-after-dozens-of-protesters-gather-at-entrance

* "Personal touch, word of mouth: How U.S. rural communities succeed getting COVID-19 shots into arms:" https://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-vaccines-rural-ins/personal-touch-word-of-mouth-how-u-s-rural-communities-succeed-getting-covid-19-shots-into-arms-idUSKBN29Y1B2

* "Racial disparity seen in US vaccination drive:" https://apnews.com/article/race-and-ethnicity-health-coronavirus-pandemic-hispanics-d0746b028cf56231dbcdeda0fba24314

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* "Putin signs extension of last Russia-U.S. nuclear arms treaty:" https://www.politico.com/news/2021/01/29/putin-russia-us-nuclear-arms-treaty-463779

* "Biden’s push to advance LGBT rights applauded Human Rights Campaign President Alphonso David:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-sunday-show/watch/biden-s-lgbt-executive-orders-applauded-by-lgbtq-rights-leader-alphonso-david-100308549953

* "Valerie Jarrett decries Sen. Cornyn (R-TX) scoffing at Biden’s transgender rights executive order:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-sunday-show/watch/biden-s-transgender-rights-executive-order-being-scoffing-at-by-sen-cornyn-decried-by-jarrett-100310597694

* "Do Biden’s executive orders addressing racism include Latinx community needs?:" https://www.msnbc.com/cross-connection/watch/biden-signing-executive-orders-addressing-racism-latinx-community-needs-discussed-100282949906

* "The Sunday Show exclusive: Susan Rice makes case for Biden’s racial justice, equity plan:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-sunday-show/watch/biden-s-racial-justice-universal-equity-vision-explained-by-fmr-amb-susan-rice-100310085784

* "Senate Makes Alejandro Mayorkas First Latino Head Of Homeland Security:" https://www.npr.org/sections/president-biden-takes-office/2021/02/02/963317909/senate-makes-alejandro-mayorkas-first-latino-head-of-homeland-security

* "Pete Buttigieg Confirmed As Transportation Secretary:" https://www.npr.org/sections/president-biden-takes-office/2021/02/02/963217201/pete-buttigieg-confirmed-as-transportation-secretary

* "Biden environmental challenge: Filling vacant scientist jobs:" https://apnews.com/article/joe-biden-donald-trump-climate-climate-change-environment-d144eeab286de4cff4428b04b75f4489

* "Pentagon halts Trump appointments to advisory boards:" https://www.politico.com/news/2021/01/28/pentagon-suspends-trump-appointments-463601

* "Austin ousts Pentagon advisory board members as he roots out Trump appointees:" https://www.politico.com/news/2021/02/02/lloyd-austin-pentagon-advisory-board-members-465108

* This is absent the stimulus bill. "U.S. unemployment rate to remain above pre-pandemic level through decade, CBO says:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/us-policy/2021/02/01/cbo-economy-biden/

* "Biden doesn’t buy GOP’s Covid pitch:" https://www.politico.com/news/2021/02/01/senate-republicans-covid-relief-464327

* "Elizabeth Warren calls on Senate Republicans to ‘step up’ and vote for COVID relief:" https://www.msnbc.com/cross-connection/watch/covid-relief-senate-republicans-civil-unrest-addressed-by-sen-elizabeth-warren-100281413614

* "Democrats nurse fresh memories of bad faith Republican 'bipartisanship':" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/democrats-nurse-fresh-memories-of-bad-faith-republican-bipartisanship-100381253636

* "Sen. Cory Booker on covid relief: ‘This big challenge demands a big response ’:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-reidout/watch/sen-cory-booker-on-covid-relief-this-big-challenge-demands-a-big-response-100371013929

* "Rev. Barber on covid relief: We cannot compromise on the backs of poor people:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-reidout/watch/rev-barber-on-covid-relief-we-cannot-compromise-on-the-backs-of-poor-people-100372037534

* "Bernie Sanders on Covid relief bill: ‘Now is not the time to count pennies’:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/bernie-sanders-on-covid-relief-bill-now-is-not-the-time-to-count-pennies-100374597763

* "‘We know going big matters’: Sherrod Brown makes the case for covid relief:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-reidout/watch/-we-know-going-big-matters-sherrod-brown-makes-the-case-for-covid-relief-100430917822

* "Trump officials lobbied to deny states money for vaccine rollout last fall:" https://www.statnews.com/2021/01/31/trump-officials-lobbied-to-deny-states-money-for-vaccine-rollout/

* "‘The internet exploded’: Huge backlash as Robinhood restricts trading on GameStop stocks:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-reidout/watch/-the-internet-exploded-huge-backlash-as-robinhood-restricts-trading-on-gamestop-stocks-100189253972

* "Dems deliver GOP ultimatum over Marjorie Taylor Greene:" https://www.politico.com/news/2021/02/01/democrats-marjorie-taylor-greene-ultimatum-464382

* "McConnell Slams Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene Conspiracies As 'Loony Lies':" https://www.npr.org/2021/02/01/963069170/mcconnell-slams-rep-marjorie-taylor-greene-conspiracies-as-loony-lies

* "Democrats give Republicans ultimatum on booting Greene from committees:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/democrats-give-republicans-ultimatum-on-booting-greene-from-committees-100380741773

* "What the GOP war over Marjorie Taylor Greene is really about:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/02/02/what-gop-war-over-marjorie-taylor-greene-is-really-about/

* "‘I’m just furious’: Relations in Congress crack after attack:" https://www.politico.com/news/2021/01/29/congress-frustrations-capitol-riot-463619

"And on Friday, freshman Rep. Cori Bush (D-Mo.) tweeted that controversial GOP Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene and her staff “berated” her in a hallway and she now want to move her office from Greene’s “for my team's safety.”"

* "'I'm here to do a job': Cori Bush recounts how Marjorie Taylor Greene berated her:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-reidout/watch/-i-m-here-to-do-a-job-cori-bush-recounts-how-marjorie-taylor-greene-berated-her-100256325759

* "Rep. Tim Ryan addresses controversy related to Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene:" https://www.msnbc.com/cross-connection/watch/capitol-security-rep-marjorie-taylor-greene-discussed-by-rep-tim-ryan-100278341507

* "Democrats launch bid to kick anti-trans, QAnon conspiracist Republican out of office:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2021/01/29/marjorie-taylor-greene-republican-georgia-resolution-unseat-congress-jimmy-gomez/

* "Marjorie Taylor Greene Theorized Space Laser Beam Sparked CA Fire:" https://www.huffpost.com/entry/marjorie-taylor-greene-california-wildfires_n_60130bebc5b6aa4bad3241c4

* "QAnon Congresswoman: Ban Pride, 'Hate America Flags' at Embassies:" https://www.advocate.com/politics/2021/2/01/qanon-congresswoman-ban-pride-hate-america-flags-embassies

* "Rep. Deutch, gun control activist David Hogg support Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene’s removal:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-sunday-show/watch/rep-marjorie-taylor-greene-s-removal-is-strongly-supported-by-rep-deutch-d-fl-david-hogg-100309573817

* If this passes, it will disenfranchise Arizona voters in Presidential elections, possibly forever. "Arizona GOP lawmaker introduces bill to give Legislature power to toss out election results:" https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/politics-news/arizona-gop-lawmaker-introduces-bill-give-legislature-power-toss-out-n1256097

* "Arizona GOP rep introduces bill to give Legislature power to throw out election results:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/arizona-gop-rep-introduces-bill-to-give-legislature-power-to-throw-out-election-results-100258373909

* "Republicans considering more than 100 bills to restrict voting rights:" https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/jan/28/republicans-considering-100-bills-restrict-voting-rights

* "Proposed bill to require two copies of photo ID to vote absentee in Georgia:" https://thegrio.com/2021/01/29/proposed-bill-two-copies-photo-id-vote-absentee-georgia/

* "Capitol Police Call for More Security, Prompting Debate Over How Far to Go:" https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/28/us/politics/capitol-riot-security.html

* "Trump’s actions described as ‘a betrayal of historic proportions’ in trial brief filed by House impeachment managers:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/house-impeachment-trial-brief/2021/02/02/8eca2f14-6557-11eb-8c64-9595888caa15_story.html

* "Trump doubles down on false election claim in impeachment response:" https://www.politico.com/news/2021/02/02/house-impeachment-brief-trump-responsible-capitol-attack-464930

* "January 6th lingers as Trump pushes 'stolen election' myth in impeachment defense:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/january-6th-lingers-as-trump-pushes-stolen-election-myth-in-impeachment-defense-100440645775

* "Congressional staffers call for impeachment conviction of Trump in letter to senators:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/congressional-staffers-call-for-impeachment-conviction-of-trump-in-letter-to-senators-100266053533

* "Maxine Waters says Trump ‘absolutely should be charged with premeditated murder’:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-reidout/watch/maxine-waters-says-trump-absolutely-should-be-charged-with-premeditated-murder-100429893966

* "Trump’s top impeachment lawyer has left his team:" https://www.politico.com/news/2021/01/30/trumps-impeachment-lawyer-leaves-team-464017

* "One of Trump’s new lawyers declined to charge Bill Cosby. The other maintains Jeffrey Epstein was murdered.:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2021/02/01/trump-impeachment-new-defense-team/

* "Text Messages Show Top Trump Campaign Fundraiser’s Key Role Planning the Rally That Preceded the Siege:" https://www.propublica.org/article/trump-campaign-fundraiser-ellipse-rally

* "New reporting shows White House role in directing Trump mob to Capitol:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/new-reporting-shows-white-house-role-in-directing-trump-mob-to-capitol-100380741757

* "Trump pollster's campaign autopsy paints damning picture of defeat:" https://www.politico.com/news/2021/02/01/trump-campaign-autopsy-paints-damning-picture-of-defeat-464636

* "Parliament to hold vote on Unexplained Wealth Order into Donald Trump's finances:" https://www.scotsman.com/news/politics/scottish-parliament-hold-vote-unexplained-wealth-order-donald-trumps-finances-3118810

* "NY judge orders Trump Organization's tax firm to hand over more documents:" https://www.cnn.com/2021/01/29/politics/trump-taxes-westchester/index.html

* "Trump Raised $255.4 Million in 8 Weeks as He Sought to Overturn Election Result:" https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/31/us/politics/trump-voter-fraud-fundraising.html

* "People Died at the Capitol. Can Rioters Be Held Accountable?:" https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/02/us/capitol-riots-brian-sicknick.html

* "Pipe bombs found near Capitol on Jan. 6 are believed to have been placed the night before:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/investigations/2021/01/29/pipe-bomb-suspect-video/

* "'Extremely motivated': Authorities eager to bring Capitol officer's killer to justice:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/-extremely-motivated-authorities-eager-to-bring-capitol-officer-s-killer-to-justice-100440645760

* "A Pennsylvania Mother’s Path to Insurrection:" https://www.newyorker.com/news/news-desk/a-pennsylvania-mothers-path-to-insurrection-capitol-riot

* "The Capitol and the Grim Reminder to a Gay Jewish Man to Never Forget:" https://www.advocate.com/commentary/2021/1/31/capitol-and-grim-reminder-gay-jewish-man-never-forget

* "As more Capitol rioters are caught, Trump's ringleader role comes into focus:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/as-more-capitol-rioters-are-caught-trump-s-ringleader-role-comes-into-focus-100267589503

* "Federal judge overturns local courts to keep some accused Trump mob members in custody:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/federal-judge-overturns-local-courts-to-keep-accused-trump-mob-members-in-custody-100266565844

* "Ex-FBI lawyer spared prison for altering Trump-Russia probe email:" https://www.politico.com/news/2021/01/29/fbi-lawyer-trump-russia-probe-email-463750

* "Reality Winner’s mother: ‘I blame Trump and his DOJ' for my daughter's imprisonment:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-reidout/watch/reality-winner-s-mother-i-blame-trump-and-his-doj-for-my-daughter-s-imprisonment-100258373565

* "Biden open to breaking his immigration bill into pieces:" https://www.politico.com/news/2021/01/26/biden-immigration-bill-462479

* "Biden creates task force to undo 'shame' of Trump family separation policy:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/biden-creates-task-force-to-undo-shame-of-trump-family-separation-policy-100440645786

* "Biden forms task force to reunite separated families:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-reidout/watch/biden-forms-task-force-to-reunite-separated-families-100431941734

* ICE needs to go.

* It sure looks like child abuse to me, to deliberately harm a child this way. "Rochester police officers handcuff and pepper-spray a 9-year-old girl after call of 'family trouble':" https://www.cnn.com/2021/02/01/us/rochester-police-pepper-spray-child/index.html

* "US police three times as likely to use force against leftwing protesters, data finds:" https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/jan/13/us-police-use-of-force-protests-black-lives-matter-far-right

* "Rep. Karen Bass on how Democratic leaders may address policing with Senate control:" https://www.msnbc.com/cross-connection/watch/policing-reform-legislation-democratic-leadership-plans-discussed-by-rep-karen-bass-100283973531

* "White cop's son gets single year in jail for killing Black lover – for 'evidence tampering':" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2021/01/29/gardner-kent-fraser-dominic-jerome-dj-broadus-jr-cops-son/

* "Former QAnon believer apologises to Anderson Cooper for thinking he eats babies:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2021/02/01/qanon-conspiracy-theory-anderson-cooper-eats-babies-cnn-apology/

* "Teacher struck off for lesbian affair with teenage pupil who moved into her house:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2021/02/01/lesbian-history-teacher-pupil-fired-struck-off-affair-john-newman-catholic-college-birmingham/

* "Co-Founder of GOP Group Sent Sexual Messages to Young Men, 14-Year-Old:" https://www.advocate.com/news/2021/1/31/co-founder-gop-group-sent-sexual-messages-young-men-14-year-old

* "Coming Out As Trans - A Little Public Statement:"

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* "Pro-trans groups told they can join appeal against cruel puberty blockers ruling:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2021/01/29/puberty-blockers-appeal-high-court-trans-kids-gendered-intelligence-stonewall/

* "Turkish students depict sacred Islamic site alongside rainbows. They’re detained and dubbed ‘deviants’ by ministers:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2021/01/30/turkey-four-students-artwork-arrested-deviants-interior-minister-bogazici-university-kaaba/

* "Pregnant lesbian couple in race against time to overturn ‘discriminatory’ law and be recognised as baby’s parents:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2021/01/31/gibraltar-lesbian-couple-parental-rights-same-sex/

* "Scottish government withdraws amendment to exempt ‘criticism of transgender identity’ from hate crime law after backlash:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2021/02/01/scottish-government-exempt-criticism-transgender-identity-hate-crime-law-backlash/

* "Michael Sheen confronts Salvation Army over notorious LGBT+ discrimination record:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2021/02/01/michael-sheen-good-omens-salvation-army-donation-trans-lgbt/

* "LGBTQ+ Activists Urge Japan to Pass Equality Act Before 2021 Olympics:" https://www.advocate.com/sports/2021/2/01/lgbtq-activists-urge-japan-pass-equality-act-2021-olympics

* "Bishops council issues dangerous, misleading guide on praying the gay away:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2021/01/29/anglican-church-north-america-pastoral-statement-christian-lgbt-gay-lesbian/

* "Christian School Expels 8-Year-Old for Crush on Another Girl:" https://www.advocate.com/youth/2021/1/29/christian-school-expels-8-year-old-crush-another-girl

* "Vile Republican senator thinks married gay people are in direct 'rebellion' against God:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2021/02/01/richard-cash-south-carolina-homophobic-same-sex-marriage-gay-trans-god-homophobia/

* "Identity: A Trans Coming Out Story | Philosophy Tube ★:"

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* "Once-a-Month PrEP on Its Way?:" https://www.hivplusmag.com/prevention/2021/2/01/once-month-prep-its-way

* "Lawmakers push mental health days for kids amid pandemic:" https://apnews.com/article/arizona-mental-health-legislation-utah-coronavirus-pandemic-e7e6b6880c1495d7b48f6a16444eb5f5

* "A growing share of lung cancer is turning up in never-smokers:" https://www.statnews.com/2021/01/26/growing-share-of-lung-cancer-turning-up-in-never-smokers/

* "A Quarter of Known Bee Species Haven’t Been Seen Since 1990:" https://www.wired.com/story/a-quarter-of-known-bee-species-havent-been-seen-since-1990/

* "Fighting climate change in America means changes to America:" https://apnews.com/article/technology-business-climate-climate-change-united-states-605d63d962913aaa03f6c74e81405fbf

* "A huge piece of California's Highway 1 near Big Sur collapsed into the ocean:" https://www.cnn.com/2021/01/30/us/big-sur-road-collapse-trnd/index.html

* I miss our repair café, but pandemic. Often wonder and hope the retirees who ran and staff it are all safe and well. "The country rejecting throwaway culture:" https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20210128-right-to-repair-how-the-french-are-fighting-avoidable-waste

* "NYC Street Vendors Get Overdue Relief With New Permits Bill:" https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-01-29/nyc-street-vendors-scored-a-rare-victory-with-new-permits-bill

* "Burial ground reveals Stone Age people wore clothing covered in elk teeth:" https://www.cnn.com/2021/01/22/world/stone-age-people-elk-teeth-scn/index.html

* "A woman sleeps with someone in exchange for presents, and her husband gets mad. So she sets out to prove that her husband would ALSO allow a man to have sex with him in exchange for presents.:" https://twitter.com/erik_kaars/status/1354782143487029249

* "The Sword-fighting, Bisexual Badass La Maupin // Julie d'Aubigny [CC]:"

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* "The “Scientific” Antifeminists of Victorian England:" https://daily.jstor.org/the-scientific-antifeminists-of-victorian-england/

* "We'll Call her Story a Real-Life "Handmaid's Tale":" https://www.messynessychic.com/2019/11/27/well-call-her-story-a-real-life-handmaids-tale/

* "Atomic John:" https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2008/12/15/atomic-john

* "Bill would withhold state funds from any Mississippi school teaching The 1619 Project:" https://www.wlox.com/2021/01/30/bill-would-withhold-state-funds-any-mississippi-school-teaching-project/

* "'Progress isn't always linear': Joy Reid reflects on Black History Month:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-reidout/watch/-progress-isn-t-always-linear-joy-reid-reflects-on-black-history-month-100372037637

* "Lawyer Responds: John Oliver SLAPPs Back? (Real Law Review):"

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* "Rights You Didn't Know You Had (and Probably Don't Want):"

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* "The Parable of the Sower: Crash Course Literature 406:"

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* "Could a Corset Stop a Knife? | Enola Holmes:"

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* "How 8 Different Historical Corsets Affect the Same Plus Size Body:"

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* "Costuming in Historical Fantasy vs. Historical Accuracy in Movies & TV // Bridgerton Costumes:"

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* "Snowy Owl Stops in Central Park for the First Time Since 1890:" https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/snowy-owl-stops-central-park-first-time-1890-180976882/

* "Dog Leads Man To An Abandoned Newborn Baby In The Mountains:" https://blog.theanimalrescuesite.greatergood.com/dog-leads-man-to-abandoned-baby/

* "Kyrgyzstan ballads, Okinawan folk, Ugandan hymns … the album rewriting global music history:" https://www.theguardian.com/music/2021/jan/26/kyrgyzstan-ballads-okinawan-folk-ugandan-hymns-the-album-rewriting-global-music-history-excavated-shellac

* ""How Parisians Fell in Love with Their Own Weird Interpretation of Bagels:" https://www.vice.com/en/article/4x5w3j/how-parisians-fell-in-love-with-their-own-weird-interpretation-of-bagels

* "New York's radical female and non-binary skateboarders -- in photos:" https://www.cnn.com/style/article/girls-cant-skate-jordana-bermudez-photography/index.html

* "America's Crisis of Democracy from an African Perspective :" https://www.cc.com/video/xiavei/the-daily-show-with-trevor-noah-america-s-crisis-of-democracy-from-an-african-perspective

* "Washington Debates COVID-19 Relief :" https://www.cc.com/video/sck5a9/the-daily-show-with-trevor-noah-washington-debates-covid-19-relief

* "Wall Street Manipulation:" https://www.cc.com/video/815zm4/the-daily-show-with-trevor-noah-wall-street-manipulation

* "Western Australia's Lockdown & Rusty Pandemic-Era Pilots:" https://www.cc.com/video/4k4h2m/the-daily-show-with-trevor-noah-western-australia-s-lockdown-rusty-pandemic-era-pilots

* "AOC Recounts Capitol Riot Attack:" https://www.cc.com/video/25s9s1/the-daily-show-with-trevor-noah-aoc-recounts-capitol-riot-attack

* "What Still Works Cold Open - SNL:"

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* "Pandemic Game Night - SNL:"

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* "Weekend Update: New Minimum Wage & Amanda Gorman Super Bowl Poem - SNL:"

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* "Twins - SNL:"

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* "Vaccine wellerman let's goooo:"

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* I am having massive difficulties with my body. If you are an aggregate reader, it's likely obvious that something had gone badly wrong hear at the Cat Asylum. I am exhausted. The pain isn't really letting me sleep properly and doing everything is insanely hard. I keep having to stop and lie down.

I have surprise doctor appointment Tuesday. My suspicion is there was a cancellation or someone got moved over to a lung clinic appointment. In any case, it's mid sleep cycle. Fun!!!

* Tuesday I did make it out to the Doctor, despite the Emperor's objections. The Vaccination portable was eerily empty as I went through screening. I saw way more health care workers than patients on the property generally, all of which is super weird for Poverty Clinic.

My blood work is good. We are in agreement on what's going on with my lungs. We are changing up some of my meds including adding some temporary measures, one of which is "challenging" because I need to do it for times a day on a complicated schedule to avoid some of my meds it interferes with and food. I'm also going to have to risk a trip to an orthopedist because of the alarming shoulder deterioration in the last few months. I'm right handed. I really need my right arm to function and at this rate... Yeah.

My belief that I am near the top of the 1B schedule at the clinic is correct. The reason I haven't heard yet is they got one fifth of the doses they were meant to get and no doses at all this week. O.o Basically, they sent so few to my county that they are only doing 1A second doses this week here. Luckily, Squirrel was one of those second shots. I've been legitimately worried about him all year since as bad as my chances are his are a lot worse.

Anyway, if they actually start sending vaccine again, I'm betting I'll be next week or week after. If not... who knows.

I came home to find I'd lost parking, but luckily the guy we share with was at work. He's able bodied and only needs it sporadically; I've very much not and protecting the shoulder means opposite hip is really bad. I still feel like the asshole here. There was also a box of Special Girl Food and a bunch of bureaucracy. I did the phone bureaucracy right off, and luckily got under the wire in reaching an office to get stuff sent on an extremely time constricted thing before the offices in question closed. I need to check later in the week to make sure everything is sorted now. Two other things are also sorted. I have another thing I'm going to have to go through the pile for next weeks phone interview for to see if I really have a spare original of the thing another bit of bureaucracy that came in today needs. I think I do, but I was too tired to deal with it.

* "Australia Is A Whole Different World, And These 50 Photos Are Here To Prove It:" https://www.boredpanda.com/australia-weird-bizarre-things/

* "Sunday Sweets Goes FULL UNICORN:" https://www.cakewrecks.com/home/2021/1/31/sunday-sweets-goes-full-unicorn

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

The help links are at the bottom under the cut.

* I can't swear to these, but they fit with everything I've heard. "HOW TO FIGHT COVID AT HOME when you are not hospitalized.:" https://laughingacademy.tumblr.com/post/639454183045644288/fighting-covid-when-kept-home

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* This is a really bad one. It's a massive fire and explosion in Beirut with a high casualty count, which as of this writing was rising. There is no proper ambulance service and the private services were already swamped with COVID victims, so people are having to find ways to transport the injured themselves. There is a lot of speculating, so I'll check in later when there is firmer intel. I had to cut off my watching of the coverage for mental health reasons. BBC has a lot of good verified eyewitness stuff if you are looking. I'm posting the CNN feed here, as it has a lot of non-speculative bigger picture stuff.

"Beirut explosion generated seismic waves equivalent of a magnitude 3.3 earthquake:" https://www.cnn.com/middleeast/live-news/lebanon-beirut-explosion-live-updates-dle-intl/h_da222628bccbcd0736247682b65a8675

* Want to help people in Beirut? https://karolinadeaen.tumblr.com/post/625576504313741312

* I know this looks like a repeat, but it's worse now Hong Kong has fallen. "'The fear is real': Chinese students in Australia dread reprisal from Beijing:" https://www.smh.com.au/politics/federal/the-fear-is-real-chinese-students-in-australia-dread-reprisal-from-beijing-20200804-p55iht.html

* "Ayodhya prepares for Modi to lay foundation stone of Hindu temple at disputed site:" https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/aug/04/ayodhya-modi-india-foundation-stone-hindu-temple-disputed-site

* "Uighur model sends rare video from Chinese detention:" https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-china-53650246

* "Spain speculates over whereabouts of scandal-hit ex-king Juan Carlos:" https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/aug/04/spain-speculates-scandal-hit-former-king-whereabouts-juan-carlos

* "29 Dead After ISIS Attack on Afghan Prison:" https://www.nytimes.com/2020/08/03/world/asia/afghanistan-prison-isis-taliban.html

* TW: Rape "Nadia Murad - Surviving ISIS and Fighting Against Genocide:"

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* "Multiple Killings in Nigeria’s Kaduna State:" https://www.hrw.org/news/2020/07/31/multiple-killings-nigerias-kaduna-state#

* "'Europe's last dictator' battles coronavirus, mass protests and suspected Russian mercenaries to stay in power:" https://www.cnbc.com/2020/08/03/belarus-election-lukashenko-battles-coronavirus-protests-and-russia-tensions.html

* "India and China race to build along a tense frontier:" https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-53171124

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* "The odd, growing list of Covid-19 symptoms, explained:" https://www.vox.com/2020/7/29/21327317/symptoms-of-covid-19-coronavirus-fever-cough-toes-rash-loss-of-taste-smell

* "We Need to Talk About Ventilation:" https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2020/07/why-arent-we-talking-more-about-airborne-transmission/614737/

* "Biobot's Poop-Centric COVID-19 Research:"

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* "A coronavirus vaccine won’t change the world right away:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/2020/08/02/covid-vaccine/

* "Global coronavirus deaths exceed 700,000, one person dies every 15 seconds on average:" https://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-casualties/global-coronavirus-deaths-exceed-700000-one-person-dies-every-15-seconds-on-average-idUSKCN2510EN

* "New coronavirus cases rise 54% in mainland France in a week:" https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/jul/31/coronavirus-cases-rise-54-in-mainland-france-in-a-week

* "Vietnam records first Covid-19 deaths:" https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-53606917

* This is no surprise to anyone who’s been paying attention, but it’s very important to quantify it. "Data leak reveals Iran cover-up of Covid-19 deaths:" https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-53598965

* "Mexico's COVID-19 Death Toll Now World's Third Highest:" https://www.wbur.org/hereandnow/2020/08/03/mexico-coronavirus-schools

* "Colombia Coronavirus Quarantine to Be Extended Until Aug 30:" https://www.usnews.com/news/world/articles/2020-07-28/colombia-coronavirus-quarantine-to-be-extended-until-aug-30

* You think?!? "'We Have Made Mistakes': Norway Cruise Company Reports COVID-19 Outbreak:" https://www.npr.org/2020/08/03/898690128/we-have-made-mistakes-norway-cruise-company-reports-covid-19-outbreak

* "Violence Is Exploding in Europe's Most Notorious Migrant Camp:" https://www.newsbreak.com/news/1582837644663/violence-is-exploding-in-europes-most-notorious-migrant-camp

* "Infections Swamp the U.S., Which Recorded 42% of All Its Coronavirus Cases in July:" https://www.nytimes.com/2020/08/01/world/coronavirus-covid-19.html

* "19,000 more Americans could die from Covid-19 in the next 20 days, CDC composite forecast shows:" https://www.cnn.com/2020/08/02/health/us-coronavirus-sunday/index.html

* "A Viral Epidemic Splintering Into Deadly Pieces:" https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/29/health/coronavirus-future-america.html

* "Gottlieb warns "It's going to be hard to keep the virus out":" https://www.cbsnews.com/news/scott-gottlieb-coronavirus-warns-its-going-to-be-hard-to-keep-the-virus-out/

* "Trump on Covid death toll: 'It is what it is':" https://www.cnn.com/2020/08/04/politics/trump-covid-death-toll-is-what-it-is/index.html

45 congratulated himself on his excellent job in causing the US to have 4,752,000 COVID-19 cases and 157,000 deaths through his refusal to do his job and deliberate sabotage of measures designed to the slow spread and save lives. Given how proud he is of his terrible performance and how much he brags about it, really one can only assume that this carnage was his goal. We are now approximately 23% of global cases by ourselves.

* "Birx warns US is 'in a new phase' of coronavirus pandemic with more widespread cases:" https://www.cnn.com/2020/08/02/politics/birx-coronavirus-new-phase-cnntv/index.html

* "Oversight Subcommittee Investigation Reveals How Trump Administration Deprived Country of Needed Ventilators and Squandered More Than $500 Million in Taxpayer Funding:" https://oversight.house.gov/news/press-releases/oversight-subcommittee-investigation-reveals-how-trump-administration-deprived

* "There’s no national testing strategy for coronavirus. These states banded together to make one.:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/coronavirus/coronavirus-state-testing-compact/2020/08/04/8b73bed8-d66f-11ea-9c3b-dfc394c03988_story.html

* "463 new COVID-19 cases in Kentucky:" https://www.lex18.com/news/coronavirus/463-new-covid-19-cases-in-kentucky

* "Inslee extends 25 proclamations relating to COVID-19:" https://www.governor.wa.gov/news-media/inslee-extends-25-proclamations-relating-covid-19

* "Tracing the Invisible Danger of Household Crowding:" https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-07-21/gentrification-and-crowding-boost-covid-19-risk

* "One-third of black adults know a covid-19 victim:" https://www.seattletimes.com/nation-world/one-third-of-black-adults-know-a-covid-19-victim/

* "Coronavirus Is Devastating Navajo Nation:"

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* "Trump gives Microsoft 45 days to clinch TikTok deal:" https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-tiktok-trump-exclusive/exclusive-trump-to-give-tiktoks-chinese-owner-45-days-to-reach-deal-to-sell-sources-idUSKBN24Y0UD

* "Trump Says He'll Ban Chinese-Owned TikTok From U.S.:" https://www.advocate.com/business/2020/8/01/trump-says-hell-ban-chinese-owned-tiktok-us

* "Deutsche Bank Opens Review Into Personal Banker to Trump and Kushner:" https://www.nytimes.com/2020/08/02/business/kushner-deutsche-trump-rosemary-vrablic.html

* "NY prosecutors say Trump investigation extends beyond hush money payments:" https://www.cnn.com/2020/08/03/politics/trump-new-york-vance-investigation/index.html

* "House committee subpoenas 4 top Pompeo aides:" https://www.politico.com/news/2020/08/03/mike-pompeo-aides-subpoena-house-foreign-affairs-committee-390921

* "Ivanka Trump and Jared Kushner earned at least $36 million in outside income last year, new disclosures show:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/ivanka-trump-and-jared-kushner-earned-at-least-36-million-in-outside-income-last-year-new-disclosures-show/2020/07/31/9eb71e66-d36a-11ea-8c55-61e7fa5e82ab_story.html

* "Michael Tubbs - "Stockton on My Mind," Curbing Police Violence and Ensuring Guaranteed Income:"

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* "White House eyes executive orders to upend virus negotiations:" https://www.politico.com/news/2020/08/04/trump-executive-order-coronavirus-391305

* "U.S. Small Business Bailout Money Flowed to Chinese-Owned Companies:" https://www.nytimes.com/2020/08/02/us/politics/virus-china-ppp-small-business-loans.html

* "Defense contractor with billions in sales got millions in pandemic loans intended for small businesses:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2020/08/03/defense-contractor-with-billions-sales-got-millions-pandemic-loans-intended-small-businesses/

* "House Democrats call postmaster general to testify on USPS changes under Trump:" https://www.axios.com/usps-postmaster-general-trump-18ddfd55-e47c-4439-ab76-78395e76fb85.html

* 45 says he can illegally over ride the constitution in order to force people to risk COVID infections to vote. "Trump claims right to issue executive order on vote-by-mail:" https://www.politico.com/news/2020/08/03/trump-mail-in-voting-order-391066

* "Trump’s assault on mail voting threatens his reelection bid:" https://www.politico.com/news/2020/08/03/trumps-assault-on-mail-voting-threatens-his-reelection-bid-390949

* "Trump pledges lawsuit to block mail-in voting in Nevada:" https://www.politico.com/news/2020/08/03/trump-nevada-mail-voting-lawsuit-390878

* "A School Reopens, and the Coronavirus Creeps In:" https://www.nytimes.com/2020/08/01/us/schools-reopening-indiana-coronavirus.html

* It's being done for political reasons in hopes of starving cities and cutting blue state representation in congress. IF YOU DON'T COMPLETE THE CENSUS YOU ARE HELPING THE REPUBLICANS. DO IT NOW IF YOU HAVEN"T!!! "Census Cuts All Counting Efforts Short By A Month:" https://www.npr.org/2020/08/03/898548910/census-cut-short-a-month-rushes-to-finish-all-counting-efforts-by-sept-30

* "He was promised a job in the U.S. He found himself trapped in a nightmare.:" https://www.nbcnews.com/specials/h2a-visa-program-for-farmworkers-surging-under-trump-and-labor-violations/

* "DHS official whose office compiled ‘intelligence reports’ on journalists and protesters has been removed from his job:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/dhs-official-whose-office-compiled-intelligence-reports-on-journalists-and-protesters-has-been-removed-from-his-job/2020/08/01/f01247be-d3ff-11ea-8d32-1ebf4e9d8e0d_story.html

* Mass Arrests in 2020 Echo the Brutality Endured by RNC Protesters 20 Years Ago":" https://truthout.org/articles/mass-arrests-in-2020-echo-the-brutality-endured-by-rnc-protesters-20-years-ago/?eType=EmailBlastContent&eId=30f0eebc-6d95-4641-adac-30d9cf2d66f0

* "What Has Happened to Police Filmed Hurting Protesters? So Far, Very Little.:" https://www.propublica.org/article/what-has-happened-to-police-filmed-hurting-protesters-so-far-very-little

* They decided to slowly suffocate a kid to death for throwing a sandwich. CW: partially obscured footage showing adults murdering a teenager. "Dangerous Restraints Were Routine at This Youth Home. Then a Black Teen Died:"

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* "Recall effort underway for Thurston County sheriff over not enforcing face mask mandate:" https://www.king5.com/article/news/local/recall-effort-underway-for-thurston-county-sheriff-over-not-enforcing-face-mask-mandate/281-ec2c7f0a-806b-4154-9782-18fc08465c7f

* "For Some Bad Cops, A Second Chance Is Actually Their Third:"

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* "Many Americans Are Convinced Crime Is Rising In The U.S. They’re Wrong.:" https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/many-americans-are-convinced-crime-is-rising-in-the-u-s-theyre-wrong/

* "Why Statistics Don’t Capture The Full Extent Of The Systemic Bias In Policing:" https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/why-statistics-dont-capture-the-full-extent-of-the-systemic-bias-in-policing/

* "Companies Issuing Bogus Copyright Claims To Hide Police Training Materials From The Public:" https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20200625/18351444792/companies-issuing-bogus-copyright-claims-to-hide-police-training-materials-public.shtml

* As a former teacher, I call bullshit on their explanations for why they did this terrible thing. "Oakland Co. girl jailed for not doing homework gets released:" https://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/local/oakland-county/2020/07/31/oakland-co-girl-jailed-not-doing-homework-ordered-release/5557997002/

* "Preserving Sacred Traditions During a Pandemic:" https://doc.wa.gov/news/2020/07292020.htm

* "Trump USAID appointee unloads as rocky tenure ends:" https://www.politico.com/news/2020/08/03/usaid-appointee-unloads-as-rocky-tenure-ends-390972

* "Advocates Rally to Tear Down Highways That Bulldozed Black Neighborhoods:" https://www.pewtrusts.org/en/research-and-analysis/blogs/stateline/2020/07/28/advocates-rally-to-tear-down-highways-that-bulldozed-black-neighborhoods

* CW: Pedophilia. "Trump defends wishing Ghislaine Maxwell well and questions if Epstein's death was suicide:" https://www.cnn.com/2020/08/04/politics/donald-trump-ghislaine-maxwell-axios/index.html

* "Boys may be hiding their feelings less amid the coronavirus pandemic:" https://www.cnn.com/2020/07/27/health/boys-gender-roles-feelings-wellness/index.html

* NOTE: This article contains a slur, but foregrounds UK Romani voices and contains important information, so i decided to post it anyway. "This is the constant battle trans Travellers face while living through the pandemic: ‘It’s like how a mouse feels when standing on a trap’:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2020/08/04/traveller-pride-trans-solidarity-fund-gypsy-roma-grt-coronavirus-pandemic-tyler-hatwell/

* "Man charged with hate crime after stealing a rainbow flag and setting it on fire during Brighton’s Pride weekend:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2020/08/04/brighton-pride-flag-burned-arson-hate-crime-abdelhakim-ismaili/

* Why did the second school hire him? They already knew he was smugly bigoted. "Teacher who was fired after repeatedly misgendering a trans boy blames the ‘LGBT+ mafia’ for losing his job:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2020/08/03/joshua-sutcliffe-oxford-cherwell-school-st-aloysius-catholic-primary-school-transphobia-lgbt-islam-mafia/

* "This Activist Ensures Black Trans People Don't Go Hungry:" This Activist Ensures Black Trans People Don't Go Hungry

* "Non-Affirming Therapists Endanger Trans Youth:" https://www.teenvogue.com/story/gender-critical-support-board-trans-youth

* "Trans Woman Stabbed to Death at Vigil in Portland:" https://www.advocate.com/crime/2020/8/04/trans-woman-stabbed-death-vigil-portland

* "Empathy is not endorsement:" https://www.ted.com/talks/dylan_marron_empathy_is_not_endorsement?language=en

* "Deaf association sues to force White House to use sign language interpreters at coronavirus briefings:" https://www.cnn.com/2020/08/03/politics/sign-language-interpreters-coronavirus-briefings/index.html

* "Dementia on the Retreat in the U.S. and Europe:" https://www.nytimes.com/2020/08/03/health/alzheimers-dementia-rates.html

* "Significant jump in Emperor penguins numbers:" https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-53549299

* "How the Ultimate Live-in Boyfriend Evolved His Way Around Rejection:" https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/30/science/anglerfish-immune-rejection.html

* "Mayan Ruins in Guatemala Could Become a U.S.-Funded Tourist Attraction:"

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* "Logic | Philosophy Tube:"

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* "'So much to learn': The untold stories of slavery in Canada:" https://www.ctvnews.ca/canada/so-much-to-learn-the-untold-stories-of-slavery-in-canada-1.5047238#_gus&_gucid=&_gup=twitter&_gsc=oYiIaUQ

* "The Myth of the Kindly General Lee:" https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2017/06/the-myth-of-the-kindly-general-lee/529038/

* "Europe in the Global Age: Crash Course European History #48:"

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* "Trump cites Lewis' decision to not attend inauguration to downplay legacy of civil rights icon:" https://www.cnn.com/2020/08/04/politics/trump-john-lewis-axios/index.html

* "John Hume obituary:" https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2020/aug/03/john-hume-obituary

* "The GOP's Planned Unemployment Cuts & Trump's FBI Grift :"

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* "Keeping Up with Coronavirus - Second Wave Scares & Trump's Bizarre Doctor Endorsement :"

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* "Lewis Black Hates Outdoor Dining More Than Ever:"

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* "If You Don't Know, Now You Know - Black Women's Erasure from Social Justice History :"

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* "Historic Black Emmy Nominations, China Mails Mystery Seeds & Trump Shrugs Off Russian Bounties:"

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* "COVID-19 Fallout Continues & Herman Cain Dies of Coronavirus:"

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* "Trump Suggests Delaying the 2020 Election and Stokes Racism:"

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* "Justice for Breonna Taylor :"

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* "U.S. History: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver :"

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* "Betsy DeVos Stars In "The Tragic School Bus":"

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* "Meanwhile... A Late Show Is Cake:"

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* "How a Cheese Goes Extinct:" https://www.newyorker.com/culture/annals-of-gastronomy/how-a-cheese-goes-extinct

* "Sunday Sweets Celebrates All Things CANDY:" https://www.cakewrecks.com/home/2020/8/2/sunday-sweets-celebrates-all-things-candy

* On Marginaized People Reading Lovecraft: https://gwydionmisha.tumblr.com/post/625347715534077952/hi-would-you-ever-consider-doing-that-spirited

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

* Want to help people in Beirut? https://karolinadeaen.tumblr.com/post/625576504313741312

* Organizations to help trans folk: https://gwydionmisha.tumblr.com/post/620857152453640195/about-us

* "How to Safely and Ethically Film Police Misconduct:" https://www.teenvogue.com/story/how-to-film-police-safely

* Master Post for how to help organizations fighting Police violence: https://gwydionmisha.tumblr.com/post/620861026680881152/oberynmartell-list-of-black-lives-matter-and

* How to donate to Doctors Without Borders: https://donate.doctorswithoutborders.org/onetime.cfm?source=ADD200U0U00&utm_source=google&utm_medium=cpc&utm_campaign=googlepaid&utm_content=brand&gclid=EAIaIQobChMIz8D9kYu46QIVqh6tBh2WogxQEAAYASAAEgK4FfD_BwE

* "More on the Mashpee Wampanoag Reservation and Reaffirmation Act:" https://amaebi.dreamwidth.org/1769250.html

* "Covid 19 Support for Indigenous Communities:" https://bibliomancer7.tumblr.com/post/616704253038395392/covid-19-support-for-indigenous-communities

* "Navajo Nation COVID-19 Relief Fund:" http://www.nndoh.org/donate.html

* "NYSCI has a set of activities and resources up on their website:" https://conuly.dreamwidth.org/2999942.html

* "How to Help Librarians and Archivists From Your Living Room:" https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/archives-to-browse-from-home

* "Free Meals:" https://www.schools.nyc.gov/school-life/food/free-meals

* "Learning Through Play: 101 Ways To Keep Young Minds Occupied At Home:" https://www.marksdailyapple.com/importance-of-play/

* Free lessons: https://www.mybluprint.com/

* CDC Foundation: https://www.cdcfoundation.org/give/ways-to-give

* "SUPPORT WORKERS IN CRISIS:" https://ofwemergencyfund.org/

* "Make to Give - Support Our Medical Personnel:" https://www.joann.com/make-to-give-response/

* "Snopes on COVID-19 Fact-Checking:" https://www.snopes.com/2020/03/20/snopes-on-covid-19-fact-checking/

* "Help the California food industry survive this crisis:" https://www.change.org/p/governor-gavin-newsom-support-the-california-food-industries-most-vulnerable-workers

* "Support Artists Impacted By the Covid-19 Pandemic:" https://daily.bandcamp.com/features/bandcamp-covid-19-fundraiser

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

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

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

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

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

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

Doug Jones - Alabama
Gary Peters - Michigan

* Want to get rid of Mitch McConnell? Help Amy McGrath: https://secure.actblue.com/donate/mcgrath2020-dd-om-gsearch?utm_source=g&utm_medium=om&utm_campaign=dd&utm_content=om_g_dd_20190709_g-dd-namenat-search_namedon-nat_amosdn&refcode=om_g_dd_20190709_g-dd-namenat-search_namedon-nat_amosdn&gclid=EAIaIQobChMI5IL1uLKa6gIVcz2tBh1njwpEEAAYASAAEgLCYvD_BwE

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

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

* Want to help Ritchie Torres beat a homophobe in New York? https://secure.actblue.com/donate/dkendorsestorres?refcode=20200605fpdn1mid

* Want to help Doug Jones defend his seat against a Trumpist homophobe? https://secure.actblue.com/donate/stand-with-doug?refcode=gaa1&gclid=EAIaIQobChMIx8n4rdfT6gIVvxitBh0BfQmNEAAYASAAEgJSwfD_BwE

* Want to help Sara Gideon unseat Susan Collins? https://secure.actblue.com/donate/adopt-me-dem-susan-collins-seat

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

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

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

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

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

* "Keep Me Safe! Help me get a gate organized by Briel Moore:" https://www.gofundme.com/f/keep-me-safe-help-me-get-a-gate?utm_medium=copy_link&utm_source=customer&utm_campaign=p_lico+share-sheet+expWdV

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

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

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

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

* "Australia suspends extradition with Hong Kong and offers path to citizenship for city's residents:" https://www.cnn.com/2020/07/09/asia/australia-hong-kong-extradition-intl-hnk/index.html

* "Bosnians mark 25 years since Srebrenica genocide that shocked the world:" https://www.reuters.com/article/us-bosnia-srebrenica-anniversary/bosnians-mark-25-years-since-srebrenica-genocide-that-shocked-the-world-idUSKCN24C0H8

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* "Coronavirus can linger in air, possibly impacting school openings:" https://www.msnbc.com/am-joy/watch/coronovirus-hits-over-70-000-u-s-cases-in-single-day-87496773587

* "Op-Ed: People ask me if I've recovered from COVID-19. That's not an easy question to answer:" https://www.latimes.com/opinion/story/2020-07-09/op-ed-people-ask-me-if-ive-recovered-from-covid-19-thats-not-an-easy-question-to-answer

* "Iran's struggle to contain a coronavirus surge:" https://www.bbc.com/news/52959756

* "Brazil LGBTQ group hides from virus in Copacabana building:" https://apnews.com/b9f984f0c15c7250733d3c6dcd7a69b0

* "American Passports Are Worthless Now (Map):" https://medium.com/@indica/the-plague-states-of-america-53b20678a80e

* "Larry Brilliant on How Well We Are Fighting Covid-19:" https://www.wired.com/story/larry-brilliant-on-how-well-are-we-fighting-covid-19/

* "As death toll rises, pressure mounts on governors to pass mask requirements:" https://www.seattletimes.com/nation-world/as-death-toll-rises-pressure-mounts-on-governors-to-pass-mask-requirements/

* "Alabama GOP Leader Says He Wants More COVID-19 Cases In Order To Build 'Immunity':" https://talkingpointsmemo.com/news/alabama-gop-leader-says-he-wants-more-covid-19-cases-in-order-to-build-immunity

"However, health experts said that trying to combat COVID-19 with a “herd immunity” through natural infection, which would require hundreds of millions of people to catch the virus, is incredibly risky and could in fact worsen the pandemic."

* "Iowa governor says cities can't require masks:" https://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/506449-iowa-governors-says-cities-cant-require-masks

* "Nearly 80 Texas counties have opted out of Gov. Greg Abbott's mask order. Others refuse to enforce it.:" https://www.texastribune.org/2020/07/09/texas-mask-order-enforcement/

* "18 people test positive for COVID-19 in Whatcom, state reports for weekend:" https://www.bellinghamherald.com/news/coronavirus/article244160152.html

* "GOP called ‘cult’ of leaders apparently ignoring COVID-19 spikes:" https://www.msnbc.com/am-joy/watch/trump-desantis-more-gop-leaders-slammed-for-covid-19-failures-87571525505

* "Burger King workers stage strike after trans co-worker dies while working with COVID-19 symptoms:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2020/07/12/burger-king-workers-stage-strike-trans-co-worker-dies-covid-19/

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* "The worst president ever keeps getting worse:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2020/07/11/worst-president-ever-keeps-getting-worse/

* "Trump allegedly suggested selling Puerto Rico as Hurricane Maria approached:" https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2020/07/trump-allegedly-suggested-selling-puerto-rico-as-hurricane-maria-approached/

* "Twelve signs Trump would try to run a fascist dictatorship in a second term:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/fascist-dictatorship-trump-second-term/2020/07/10/63fdd938-c166-11ea-b4f6-cb39cd8940fb_story.html

* "Goya always cared more about money than its Latino customers. The CEO proved it.:" https://www.nbcnews.com/think/opinion/goya-ceo-s-trump-comments-led-latinos-call-boycott-goya-ncna1233516

* "Where’s Trump’s Financial Disclosure? The White House Blames the Pandemic:" https://nytimes.com/2020/07/08/us/politics/trump-financial-disclosure.html

* "As Mary Trump’s book comes out, president appears to flounder:" https://www.msnbc.com/am-joy/watch/trump-s-populist-message-falters-as-america-struggles-with-racism-87499333935

* "Trump expert on president’s taxes and potential for indictment:" https://www.msnbc.com/am-joy/watch/trump-expert-on-president-s-taxes-and-potential-for-indictment-87498309546

* "Stone Walks Free in One of the Greatest Scandals in American History:" https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2020/07/roger-stone/614068/

* "Robert Mueller: Roger Stone remains a convicted felon, and rightly so:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2020/07/11/mueller-stone-oped/?arc404=true

* "Debunking 12 lies and falsehoods from the White House statement on Roger Stone's commutation:" https://www.cnn.com/2020/07/10/politics/fact-check-white-house-statement-roger-stone-commutation/index.html

* "Legal expert: Stone’s tattoo of Nixon on his back sends message:" https://www.msnbc.com/am-joy/watch/trump-commuting-stone-s-sentence-should-outrage-gop-lawyer-says-87496261935

* "Vindman retiring also a sacrifice for other officers expert says:" https://www.msnbc.com/am-joy/watch/vindman-retirement-seen-as-noble-sacrifice-by-military-expert-87568453550

* "Alexander Vindman retires early citing Trump's alleged ‘bullying’:" https://www.msnbc.com/am-joy/watch/trump-s-alleged-bullying-cited-as-lt-col-vindman-retires-early-87567429725

* "Stop Building More Roads:" https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/08/opinion/us-infrastructure-plan.html

* "Los Angeles, Atlanta Among Cities Joining Coalition To Test Universal Basic Income:" https://www.forbes.com/sites/rachelsandler/2020/06/29/los-angeles-6-other-cities-join-coalition-to-pilot-universal-basic-income/#4aa58c071ae5

* "Housing is a human right: How Finland is eradicating homelessness:" https://www.cbc.ca/radio/thesundayedition/the-sunday-edition-for-january-26-2020-1.5429251/housing-is-a-human-right-how-finland-is-eradicating-homelessness-1.5437402

* The Republican Mainstream gets further and further from reality. "GOP House Candidate Blames 2018 California Wildfires On “Ray Beams” During Appearance On #QAnon Show:" https://www.joemygod.com/2020/07/gop-house-candidate-blames-2018-california-wildfires-on-ray-beams-during-appearance-on-qanon-show/

* "‘You can’t do that’: Chris Wallace scolds Betsy DeVos for trying to illegally cut off school funding:" https://www.rawstory.com/2020/07/you-cant-do-that-chris-wallace-scolds-betsy-devos-for-trying-to-illegally-cut-off-school-funding/

* "As Trump pushes to reopen schools, Arizona school leaders face more uncertainty:" https://www.azcentral.com/story/news/local/arizona-education/2020/07/08/trump-pushes-reopen-schools-arizona-school-leaders-face-more-uncertainty/5401041002/

* "At fraternities, an alarming spike in cases:" https://www.seattletimes.com/nation-world/at-fraternities-an-alarming-spike-in-cases/

* "Education leader: We need federal help to re-open schools safety_copy:" https://www.msnbc.com/am-joy/watch/trump-wanting-schools-opened-without-proper-preparation-resisted-87566917743

* "Sen. Stabenow: Trump can’t just tweet schools will be safe:" https://www.msnbc.com/am-joy/watch/trump-and-reopen-schools-safely-act-discussed-by-sen-stabenow-87564869932

* "Should People in Prison have a Right to Vote? | Philosophy Tube:"

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* "U.S. Broadcasting Agency Will Not Extend Visas For Its Foreign Journalists:" https://www.npr.org/2020/07/09/889301025/u-s-broadcasting-agency-will-not-extend-visas-for-its-foreign-journalists

* "‘Cohen released for COVID? Release migrant families together’:" https://www.msnbc.com/am-joy/watch/covid-19-fears-may-force-migrant-parents-to-give-up-child-custody-87569477598

* "ICE Offering 'Citizens Academy' Course with Training on Arresting Immigrants:" https://www.newsweek.com/ice-launching-citizens-academy-course-how-agency-arrests-immigrants-1516656

"The six-week course, García said, appeared to be "inviting people to become an extension of ICE... to possibly surveil their neighbors who might be undocumented." He also feared that the invitation might appeal to "right-wing individuals who might like the vigilante lifestyle," which could lead to potential violence."

* "Homeland Security Turns to Defending Statues Amid Questions Over Priorities:" https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/10/us/politics/homeland-security-statues-trump.html

* "Rep. Waters on Roger Stone, and attacks on Black Lives Matter:" https://www.msnbc.com/am-joy/watch/trump-s-stone-sentence-commutation-slammed-by-rep-maxine-waters-87572037739

* "Milley says Confederates committed ‘treason,’ backs review of Army base names:" https://www.politico.com/news/2020/07/09/milley-confederates-treason-review-army-base-names-355452

* "How the Trump administration secured a secret supply of execution drugs:" https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-executions-specialreport/special-report-how-the-trump-administration-secured-a-secret-supply-of-execution-drugs-idUSKBN24B1E4

* "$23 million cited as Portland protest damages was mostly tied to coronavirus closures:" https://www.oregonlive.com/portland/2020/07/coronavirus-closures-inflated-23-million-reported-in-downtown-portland-protest-damages.html

* "'This is a time bomb'—Leaked docs reveal homophobic, racist police instructors:" https://www.dailydot.com/debug/blueleaks-training-surveys/

* "Dana Larsen: Toronto cops barrage fellow officers with porn and abuse:" https://www.straight.com/news/dana-larsen-toronto-cops-barrage-fellow-officers-with-porn-and-abuse

* "Police Punish the ‘Good Apples’:" https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2020/07/what-police-departments-do-whistle-blowers/613687/

* "Court: Officer who stomped on suspect's ankle cannot be sued:" https://apnews.com/f4b80d7c57acb2b0ff0ac47b923a84c4

* "I was arrested, jailed and assaulted by a guard. My ‘crime’? Being a journalist in Trump’s America:" https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/journalist-arrest-seattle-chaz-protest-police-prison-black-lives-matter-a9606846.html

* "When reporters get arrested in Seattle and get a view from inside the criminal justice machine:" https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/politics/when-reporters-get-arrested-in-seattle-and-get-a-view-from-inside-the-criminal-justice-machine/

* "Chicago Police Department arrest API shutdown is its own kind of ‘cover up’:" https://chicagoreporter.com/chicago-police-department-arrest-api-shutdown-is-its-own-kind-of-cover-up/

* So basically, he said the quiet part out loud. "Tucker Carlson's top writer resigns after secretly posting racist and sexist remarks in online forum:" https://www.cnn.com/2020/07/10/media/tucker-carlson-writer-blake-neff/index.html

* "The Boogaloo Tipping Point:" https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2020/07/american-boogaloo-meme-or-terrorist-movement/613843/

* "Racial disparities seen in how doctors treat pain, even among children:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/racial-disparities-seen-in-how-doctors-treat-pain-even-among-children/2020/07/10/265e77d6-b626-11ea-aca5-ebb63d27e1ff_story.html

* "Let's Talk FUNERAL STRIPPERS:"

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* "I’m leaving Sleeping Giants, but not because I want to:" https://medium.com/@nandoodles/im-leaving-sleeping-giants-but-not-because-i-want-to-d9c4f488642

* I don't cancel people for small stuff, but if I can't cancel a children's author for smugly and enthusiastically advocating torturing children in hopes of driving them to suicide are we even a civilization? Because I feel like against torturing children is a really low fucking bar for any human being, but especially any job that has even a wee to do with children. Just saying.

While I'm at it? Mel Gibson is still cancelled over the antisemitism, homophobia, racism, misogyny, and domestic violence. Hollywood may be happy with a non-apology and a refusal to amend, but I'm not.

* "UK government bans Feuerkrieg Division, a vile white supremacist group linked to a sinister plot to blow up a gay bar:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2020/07/13/priti-patel-home-office-feuerkrieg-division-ban-parliament-white-supremacy-racism-conor-climo/

* "The BBC quietly dropped four LGBT+ charities from its transgender support page. Now, it’s empty:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2020/07/10/bbc-gender-identity-support-mermaids-lgbt-transgender-non-binary/

* "In a plot twist nobody saw coming – really, nobody did – the gun-toting St Louis couple are reportedly homophobic:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2020/07/11/mark-patricia-mccloskey-video-gay-neighbourhood-st-louis-post-dispatch/

* "Dying Fat: Your Funeral Options:"

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* CW: Decomposition, Maggots, Gross Stuff. "SO MANY WAYS TO DECAY!:"

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* CW: Decomposition, Maggots, Body Parts. "ASK A MORTICIAN- Dali's Exhumation, Amputated Limbs, Celebrity Graves:"

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* "America needs to reduce soaring overdoses. A secret supervised injection site may show us how.:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/2020/07/10/america-needs-reduce-soaring-overdoses-secret-supervised-injection-site-may-show-us-how/

* "The Man Who Is Aging Too Fast:" https://digg.com/2019/werner-syndrome-mosaic

* "Entire rare bird colony vanishes, baffling New Zealand scientists:" https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2020/jul/09/entire-rare-bird-colony-vanishes-baffling-new-zealand-scientists

* "‘It’s all on hold’: how Covid-19 derailed the fight against plastic waste:" https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2020/jul/09/covid-19-plastic-bans-california-new-york

* "120,000-year-old necklace tells of the origin of string:" https://arstechnica.com/science/2020/07/ancient-seashell-beads-may-help-unravel-the-origins-of-string/

* CW: NWS, Zombies. "Medieval Zombies?!:"

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* "Skulls, Willows, Cherubs & Other Gravestone Emojis!:"

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* "Female Husbands by Jen Manion review – a trans history:" https://www.theguardian.com/books/2020/jul/10/female-husbands-by-jen-manion-review-a-trans-history

* "The First American Restaurants' Culinary Concoctions:" https://daily.jstor.org/the-first-american-restaurants-culinary-concoctions/

* "It's a Mummy Unwrapping Party!:"

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* "This Actress Had a Forbidden Lesbian Affair in 1844:" https://www.advocate.com/books/2020/7/12/1844-love-story-charlotte-cushman-and-rosalie-sully

* "WHAT HAPPENED TO PEARL HARBOR'S DEAD?:"

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* "Grant Imahara, Host of 'MythBusters' and 'White Rabbit Project,' Dies at 49:" https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/grant-imahara-dead-mythbusters-host-was-49-1303101

* Monday we did an outdoor physically distanced visit in masks. It went pretty well, with the only issue being that one maskless dog walker who's dog lost his shit at seeing humans outside who got closer to me than I like while trying to restrain him.

To be clear, the dog was obviously friendly, but he was large a muscular and emphatically did not want to return to the path. People actually on the path were not a problem as we were far enough away. There was a light breeze. I'm pretty sure we were fine.

The thing the Millenials noticed that I've been noticing too lately is the weather. This is the sort of Summer weather we used to have before climate changed completely borked the weather patterns. I decided to live here on the basis of it, and then it went away in favor f humid, smokey oven.

Millenials: It’s like the weather from my childhood!

I love this weather. I wish we could keep it, but the smog and temperature are rising again as a lot of places come out of lockdown. Sigh.

* "Sunday Sweets Dives Under The Sea:" https://www.cakewrecks.com/home/2020/7/12/sunday-sweets-dives-under-the-sea

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

* Organizations to help trans folk: https://gwydionmisha.tumblr.com/post/620857152453640195/about-us

* "How to Safely and Ethically Film Police Misconduct:" https://www.teenvogue.com/story/how-to-film-police-safely

* Master Post for how to help organizations fighting Police violence: https://gwydionmisha.tumblr.com/post/620861026680881152/oberynmartell-list-of-black-lives-matter-and

* How to donate to Doctors Without Borders: https://donate.doctorswithoutborders.org/onetime.cfm?source=ADD200U0U00&utm_source=google&utm_medium=cpc&utm_campaign=googlepaid&utm_content=brand&gclid=EAIaIQobChMIz8D9kYu46QIVqh6tBh2WogxQEAAYASAAEgK4FfD_BwE

* "More on the Mashpee Wampanoag Reservation and Reaffirmation Act:" https://amaebi.dreamwidth.org/1769250.html

* "Covid 19 Support for Indigenous Communities:" https://bibliomancer7.tumblr.com/post/616704253038395392/covid-19-support-for-indigenous-communities

* "Navajo Nation COVID-19 Relief Fund:" http://www.nndoh.org/donate.html

* "NYSCI has a set of activities and resources up on their website:" https://conuly.dreamwidth.org/2999942.html

* "How to Help Librarians and Archivists From Your Living Room:" https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/archives-to-browse-from-home

* "Free Meals:" https://www.schools.nyc.gov/school-life/food/free-meals

* "Learning Through Play: 101 Ways To Keep Young Minds Occupied At Home:" https://www.marksdailyapple.com/importance-of-play/

* Free lessons: https://www.mybluprint.com/

* CDC Foundation: https://www.cdcfoundation.org/give/ways-to-give

* "SUPPORT WORKERS IN CRISIS:" https://ofwemergencyfund.org/

* "Make to Give - Support Our Medical Personnel:" https://www.joann.com/make-to-give-response/

* "Snopes on COVID-19 Fact-Checking:" https://www.snopes.com/2020/03/20/snopes-on-covid-19-fact-checking/

* "Help the California food industry survive this crisis:" https://www.change.org/p/governor-gavin-newsom-support-the-california-food-industries-most-vulnerable-workers

* "Support Artists Impacted By the Covid-19 Pandemic:" https://daily.bandcamp.com/features/bandcamp-covid-19-fundraiser

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

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

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

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

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

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

Doug Jones - Alabama
Gary Peters - Michigan

* Want to get rid of Mitch McConnell? Help Amy McGrath: https://secure.actblue.com/donate/mcgrath2020-dd-om-gsearch?utm_source=g&utm_medium=om&utm_campaign=dd&utm_content=om_g_dd_20190709_g-dd-namenat-search_namedon-nat_amosdn&refcode=om_g_dd_20190709_g-dd-namenat-search_namedon-nat_amosdn&gclid=EAIaIQobChMI5IL1uLKa6gIVcz2tBh1njwpEEAAYASAAEgLCYvD_BwE

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

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

* Want to help Ritchie Torres beat a homophobe in New York? https://secure.actblue.com/donate/dkendorsestorres?refcode=20200605fpdn1mid

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

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

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

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

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

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

* "Keep Me Safe! Help me get a gate organized by Briel Moore:" https://www.gofundme.com/f/keep-me-safe-help-me-get-a-gate?utm_medium=copy_link&utm_source=customer&utm_campaign=p_lico+share-sheet+expWdV

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

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

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

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

* "Dutch police discover secret torture site in shipping containers:" https://www.cnn.com/2020/07/07/europe/dutch-police-belgium-torture-shipping-containers/index.html

* "Erdogan Signs Decree Allowing Hagia Sophia to Be Used as a Mosque Again:" https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/10/world/europe/hagia-sophia-erdogan.html

* TW: Suicide "Seoul's mayor found dead, after seven-hour search:" https://www.cnn.com/2020/07/09/asia/seoul-mayor-missing-intl/index.html

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* "Terrifying coronavirus psychosis made a straight-identifying man confess to his wife that he’d had sex with men:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2020/07/10/coronavirus-psychosis-mania-man-gay-sex-men-wife-covid/

"According to the case report: “This is, to the best of our knowledge, the first report of an acute episode of mania or psychosis as a result of SARS-CoV-2 infection.” It added that the man’s case indicated a need to test for coronavirus in “new onset psychiatric and neurological disorders”.

* "London’s gay Soho sets strict new rules on bars to avoid another chaotic ‘Super Saturday’ after last weekend’s uproar:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2020/07/10/soho-gay-bars-westminster-city-council-queer-venues-super-saturday/

* "Anderson Cooper has had it – officially – with Donald Trump and his ‘well of lies’:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2020/07/09/anderson-cooper-donald-trump-coronavirus-covid-19-lockdown-lies-cnn/

* "How Trump’s Hurricane Maria response foreshadowed his coronavirus failure:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/how-trump-s-hurricane-maria-response-foreshadowed-his-coronavirus-failure-87324741764

* "Touting criticized study, White House presses FDA to authorize hydroxychloroquine — again:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/2020/07/10/peter-navarro-hydroxychloroquine-coronavirus/

* "Chris Hayes: GOP is becoming a pro-virus party before our eyes:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/chris-hayes-gop-is-becoming-a-pro-virus-party-before-our-eyes-87453765993

* "Trump's rift with White House health advisor Fauci widens as coronavirus cases continue to hit new records:" https://www.cnbc.com/2020/07/10/coronavirus-trumps-rift-with-white-house-health-advisor-fauci-widens-as-cases-hit-new-records.html

* "Coronavirus deaths tick up in Florida, Texas, California, Arizona as states grapple with growing outbreaks:" https://www.cnbc.com/2020/07/10/coronavirus-deaths-tick-up-in-florida-texas-california-arizona.html

* "Florida publicly discloses hospitalizations as the US breaks another case record:" https://edition.cnn.com/2020/07/10/health/us-coronavirus-friday/

* And yet they are opening Disney in the middle of this. "40 Florida hospitals at ICU capacity: Hospital intensive care units at 40 Florida hospitals reached capacity as of July 9, according to data from the Florida Agency for Healthcare Administration. :" https://www.beckershospitalreview.com/patient-flow/40-florida-hospitals-at-icu-capacity.html

* "'In A Fight For Our Lives': Mississippi Issues New Mask Order Amid COVID-19 Spike:" https://www.npr.org/sections/coronavirus-live-updates/2020/07/10/889870406/in-a-fight-for-our-lives-mississippi-issues-new-mask-order-amid-covid-spike

* "Dozens of Mississippi lawmakers have coronavirus after weeks of refusing to wear masks:" https://www.cnn.com/2020/07/10/us/mississippi-coronavirus-legislature-trnd/index.html

* I keep thinking how many lives would have been saved if Brian Kemp hadn’t fixed that election. "Georgia Governor And The Mayor Of Atlanta In Turf War Over COVID-19 Restrictions:" https://www.npr.org/sections/coronavirus-live-updates/2020/07/10/889930319/georgia-governor-and-the-mayor-of-atlanta-in-turf-war-over-covid-19-restrictions

* "Health officials not releasing data on COVID-19 hot spots in Maricopa County:" https://www.azfamily.com/news/investigations/cbs_5_investigates/health-officials-not-releasing-data-on-covid-19-hot-spots-in-maricopa-county/article_441935de-c19a-11ea-bd16-e39801547762.html

* "California Will Release Up To 8,000 Prisoners Due To Coronavirus:" https://www.npr.org/sections/coronavirus-live-updates/2020/07/10/889861014/california-will-release-up-to-8-000-prisoners-due-to-coronavirus

* This is from the height of the New York Outbreak, but it's relevant to the stuff going on around the current outbreaks going in in the South and South West, as it's about handling bodies in mass casualty disasters and COVID in particular.

"Handling the Coronavirus Dead in New York:"

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* "Trump the victim: President complains in private about the pandemic hurting him:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/trump-the-victim-president-complains-in-private-about-the-pandemic-hurting-himself/2020/07/09/187142c6-c089-11ea-864a-0dd31b9d6917_story.html

* It's a dementia test. A kindergartner could get a perfect score. Why would you brag about this? "Trump Says He ‘Aced’ Cognitive Test, but White House Won’t Release Details:" https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/10/us/politics/trump-cognitive-test-health.html

* "Donald Trump doesn't care about any Americans — not even Republicans:" https://www.salon.com/2020/07/08/donald-trump-doesnt-care-about-any-americans--not-even-republicans/

* "New York City paints Black Lives Matter mural outside Trump Tower in Manhattan:" https://www.cnn.com/2020/07/09/us/trump-tower-black-lives-matter-mural-new-york-trnd/index.html

* "Trump continues to ignore pandemic during trip to hotspot of Florida:" https://www.cnn.com/2020/07/10/politics/donald-trump-florida-return-to-normal-coronavirus/index.html

* "Trump's New Hampshire rally delayed by weather, White House claims:" https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/jul/10/trump-new-hampshire-campaign-rally-postponed-weather

* "White House journalist tests positive for COVID-19 after attending briefings:" https://nypost.com/2020/07/09/white-house-reporter-tests-positive-for-covid-19/

* This feels like Right wing buzzword word salad. "WATCH: Fox's Dobbs Says Supreme Court "Infiltrated by Deep State":" https://hillreporter.com/watch-foxs-dobbs-says-supreme-court-infiltrated-by-deep-state-73038

* "Trump scandals pass by, lose spotlight to new Trump scandals:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/trump-scandals-pass-by-lose-spotlight-to-new-trump-scandals-87355973702

* "Trump Adds Roger Stone to His List of Pardons and Commutations:" https://www.nytimes.com/article/trump-pardons-commutations.html

* "Trump commutes sentence of key Russia scandal figure Roger Stone:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/trump-commutes-sentence-of-key-russia-scandal-figure-roger-stone-87456837921

* "Schiff: Trump commuting Stone an appalling attack on rule of law:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/schiff-trump-commuting-stone-an-appalling-attack-on-rule-of-law-87457861530

* "Judge swears in new top federal prosecutor in Brooklyn:" https://www.politico.com/news/2020/07/10/new-top-prosecutor-eastern-district-new-york-356605

* "Barr 'decapitates' third U.S. attorney's office looking at Trump:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/barr-decapitates-third-u-s-attorney-s-office-looking-at-trump-87458373925

* "Pandemic, China Trade Deal Fuel Farmer Doubts:" https://www.pewtrusts.org/en/research-and-analysis/blogs/stateline/2020/07/10/pandemic-china-trade-deal-fuel-farmer-doubts

* "AP: Catholic Church lobbied for taxpayer funds, got $1.4B:" https://www.seattletimes.com/business/ap-after-lobbying-catholic-church-won-1-4b-in-virus-aid/

* It's mostly about the Affordable housing Crisis, so I'm putting it here. "Julian Castro remembers his stepmother who died of COVID-19:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/julian-castro-remembers-his-stepmother-who-died-of-covid-19-87449157525

* "Sen. Warren explains Biden’s ‘Build Back Better’ economic plan:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/sen-warren-explains-biden-s-build-back-better-economic-plan-87322693808

* "Trump tweet threatens tax-exempt status of schools, colleges:" https://www.politico.com/news/2020/07/10/trump-threatens-schools-colleges-356294

* "Inslee: Trump threats on reopening schools ‘hogwash’:" https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/inslee-trump-threats-on-reopening-schools-hogwash/

* "Pediatricians split with Trump on school reopening threats:" https://www.politico.com/news/2020/07/10/pediatricians-trump-school-reopening-coronavirus-356229

* Forcing schools open is going to kill teachers and drive a large number out of the profession: https://twitter.com/bittergertrude/status/1280932693060907008

* "Landmark Supreme Court Ruling Affirms Native American Rights in Oklahoma:" https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/09/us/supreme-court-oklahoma-mcgirt-creek-nation.html

* "The U.S. Army Twitch Channel Is Banning People for Asking About War Crimes:" https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/n7w38m/the-us-army-esports-twitch-channel-is-banning-people-for-asking-about-war-crimes

* "Lawmakers urge ICE to release migrant families together following court order:" https://www.cbsnews.com/news/ice-migrant-families-congress-release-court-order-coronavirus/

* "Seattle City Council pressed to defund police, move 911 response dispatchers out of department:" https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/politics/seattle-city-council-pressed-to-defund-police-move-911-response-dispatchers-out-of-department/

* This is why they need to disband and reform police departments from scratch. Good cops get fired; bad cops get promoted. You can’t change the culture without starting over. "Joliet Police Sgt. Javier Esqueda, Who Blew Whistle On Death Of Eric Lurry In Police Custody, Stripped Of Police Powers:" https://chicago.cbslocal.com/2020/07/07/joliet-police-sgt-who-blew-whistle-on-death-of-eric-lurry-in-police-custody-stripped-of-police-powers/

* "Independent autopsy reveals Andres Guardado was shot five times in the back:" https://www.cnn.com/2020/07/08/us/andres-guardado-autopsy/index.html

* "Judge tosses Trump rule on billing for abortion coverage:" https://abcnews.go.com/Health/wireStory/judge-tosses-trump-rule-billing-abortion-coverage-71724216

* "Before Getting COVID, Brazilian President Said Masks 'Are for Fairies':" https://www.advocate.com/world/2020/7/09/getting-covid-brazilian-president-said-masks-are-fairies

* "Welsh government lampoons Tories and offers unwavering support to trans people ahead of crucial rights announcement:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2020/07/09/wales-welsh-government-trans-rights-transphobia-jeremy-miles-jane-hutt-boris-johnson/

* "Probe into ‘Grindr serial killer’ Stephen Port ‘won’t be delayed by coronavirus’:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2020/07/11/stephen-port-inquest-coronavirus-pandemic-not-delayed-grindr-serial-killer/

* "Instagram bans posts promoting vile, damaging conversion therapy in huge victory for LGBT+ activists:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2020/07/10/instagram-conversion-therapy-ban-posts-ads-lgbt-gay-trans/

* "Trans people are being murdered at the highest rate on record, with four innocent lives taken in the space of a week:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2020/07/10/trans-murders-transgender-2020-highest-rate/

* "New Idaho Laws Target Transgender Residents:" https://www.npr.org/2020/07/04/886316168/new-idaho-laws-target-transgender-residents

* "People Living With HIV Need a Safe Way to Access Services During COVID:" https://www.hivplusmag.com/opinion/2020/7/09/people-living-hiv-need-safe-way-access-services-during-covid

* "Charles Darwin Vs Karl Marx | Philosophy Tube:"

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* "GHOST MARRIAGE:"

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* "La Pascualita: MANNEQUIN OR CORPSE BRIDE?:"

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* TW: Self Harm, Eating Disorders, Suicide. "ASK A MORTICIAN- The Self Mummified Monks:"

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* TW: Metal Illness. "Morbid Mystery: The Death of Elisa Lam:"

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* "Santa Is More Real Than Peter Pan: Children Have A “Hierarchy” Of Belief In Fictional Characters:" https://digest.bps.org.uk/2020/07/06/santa-is-more-real-than-peter-pan-children-have-a-hierarchy-of-belief-in-fictional-characters/

* "Uncovering the Spark of Life:" http://nautil.us/issue/86/energy/uncovering-the-spark-of-life

* "China’s massive floods move east, battering communities along Yangtze River:" https://www.scmp.com/news/china/society/article/3092535/chinas-massive-floods-move-east-battering-communities-along

* "Venice test brings up floodgates for first time:" https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-53361958

* "Tropical Storm Fay makes landfall in New Jersey:" https://www.cnn.com/2020/07/10/weather/tropical-storm-fay-forecast/index.html

* "Japan Flooding Deaths Rise to 58, With More Rain on Horizon:" https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/08/world/asia/japan-floods-photos.html

* "15 houses washed away, two dead and 18 go missing as rains trigger floods in Sindhupalchok:" https://kathmandupost.com/national/2020/07/09/15-houses-washed-away-two-dead-and-18-go-missing-as-rains-trigger-floods-in-sindhupalchok

* TW: Historical Ableism. "He Found an Entire House in his Attic:" https://www.messynessychic.com/2020/07/08/he-found-an-entire-house-in-his-attic/

* "Scrabble Association Bans Racial, Ethnic Slurs From Its Official Word List:" https://www.npr.org/sections/live-updates-protests-for-racial-justice/2020/07/08/889246690/scrabble-association-bans-racial-ethnic-slurs-from-its-official-word-list

* "How knitting became cool:" https://www.bbc.com/culture/article/20200630-how-knitting-became-cool

* "Derrick Spiva Jr. - Prisms, Cycles, Leaps Part III: "To be a Horizon" (excerpt):"

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* I got polled twice on health care based stuff in 24 hours. The first one was elaborate and very clearly PeaceHealth trying to see if their propaganda effort has managed to make people forget they barred their staff from wearing PPE in February, risking their lives and long term health and then fired and black listed the whistleblower. I made very clear I hadn't forgotten as they had one of those comment section tipe things towards the end. I did distill my objections dow to three soundbite things, which the nice man laboriously wrote down. The other had to do with local COVD response and was both neutral and not very illuminating since the answers allowed did not remotely match my opinions. I made due.

Bonus: I also got two of those Credit card number scam robocalls in 24 hours. Clearly someone got a batch of brand neew autodialer numbers, which means a month or more of interrupted sleep for me as I drop an old number from the list and add a new until I hit homeostsis again. 25 slots isn't close to enough.

Saturday I stayed up for an internet event and I was too tired to post the resulting aggregate.

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

* Organizations to help trans folk: https://gwydionmisha.tumblr.com/post/620857152453640195/about-us

* "How to Safely and Ethically Film Police Misconduct:" https://www.teenvogue.com/story/how-to-film-police-safely

* Master Post for how to help organizations fighting Police violence: https://gwydionmisha.tumblr.com/post/620861026680881152/oberynmartell-list-of-black-lives-matter-and

* How to donate to Doctors Without Borders: https://donate.doctorswithoutborders.org/onetime.cfm?source=ADD200U0U00&utm_source=google&utm_medium=cpc&utm_campaign=googlepaid&utm_content=brand&gclid=EAIaIQobChMIz8D9kYu46QIVqh6tBh2WogxQEAAYASAAEgK4FfD_BwE

* "More on the Mashpee Wampanoag Reservation and Reaffirmation Act:" https://amaebi.dreamwidth.org/1769250.html

* "Covid 19 Support for Indigenous Communities:" https://bibliomancer7.tumblr.com/post/616704253038395392/covid-19-support-for-indigenous-communities

* "Navajo Nation COVID-19 Relief Fund:" http://www.nndoh.org/donate.html

* "NYSCI has a set of activities and resources up on their website:" https://conuly.dreamwidth.org/2999942.html

* "How to Help Librarians and Archivists From Your Living Room:" https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/archives-to-browse-from-home

* "Free Meals:" https://www.schools.nyc.gov/school-life/food/free-meals

* "Learning Through Play: 101 Ways To Keep Young Minds Occupied At Home:" https://www.marksdailyapple.com/importance-of-play/

* Free lessons: https://www.mybluprint.com/

* CDC Foundation: https://www.cdcfoundation.org/give/ways-to-give

* "SUPPORT WORKERS IN CRISIS:" https://ofwemergencyfund.org/

* "Make to Give - Support Our Medical Personnel:" https://www.joann.com/make-to-give-response/

* "Snopes on COVID-19 Fact-Checking:" https://www.snopes.com/2020/03/20/snopes-on-covid-19-fact-checking/

* "Help the California food industry survive this crisis:" https://www.change.org/p/governor-gavin-newsom-support-the-california-food-industries-most-vulnerable-workers

* "Support Artists Impacted By the Covid-19 Pandemic:" https://daily.bandcamp.com/features/bandcamp-covid-19-fundraiser

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

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

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

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

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

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

Doug Jones - Alabama
Gary Peters - Michigan

* Want to get rid of Mitch McConnell? Help Amy McGrath: https://secure.actblue.com/donate/mcgrath2020-dd-om-gsearch?utm_source=g&utm_medium=om&utm_campaign=dd&utm_content=om_g_dd_20190709_g-dd-namenat-search_namedon-nat_amosdn&refcode=om_g_dd_20190709_g-dd-namenat-search_namedon-nat_amosdn&gclid=EAIaIQobChMI5IL1uLKa6gIVcz2tBh1njwpEEAAYASAAEgLCYvD_BwE

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

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

* Want to help Ritchie Torres beat a homophobe in New York? https://secure.actblue.com/donate/dkendorsestorres?refcode=20200605fpdn1mid

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

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

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

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

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

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

* "Keep Me Safe! Help me get a gate organized by Briel Moore:" https://www.gofundme.com/f/keep-me-safe-help-me-get-a-gate?utm_medium=copy_link&utm_source=customer&utm_campaign=p_lico+share-sheet+expWdV

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

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

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

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

* "Which countries would cyber-attack Australia?:" https://www.bbc.com/news/av/world-australia-53102997/australian-cyber-attack-which-countries-would-do-it

* "Zoom admits to shutting down activist accounts at the request of the Chinese government :" https://techcrunch.com/2020/06/11/zoom-admits-to-shutting-down-activist-accounts-at-the-request-of-the-chinese-government/

* "North Korea blows up office used for talks with South:" https://www.cnn.com/2020/06/16/asia/north-korea-explosion-intl-hnk/index.html

* "Pressure grows on India's Modi after deadly skirmish with China over Himalayan border:" https://www.cnn.com/2020/06/17/asia/china-india-himalayas-conflict-intl-hnk/index.html

* "India's Modi vows to protect borders after clashes:" https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-53114762

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* It’s not an absolute cure, but it’s cheap, pretty much everywhere, and dramatically reduces the death rate. "Life-saving coronavirus drug 'major breakthrough':" https://www.bbc.com/news/health-53061281

* My concern about the safety of public toilets after reopening turns out to have been well founded. "Flushing the Toilet May Fling Coronavirus Aerosols All Over:" https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/16/health/coronavirus-toilets-flushing.html

* "Is Iran facing a second wave of coronavirus?:" https://www.bbc.com/news/52959756

* "Why does India deny Covid community transmission?:" https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-india-53018912

* "Brazil faces the coronavirus disaster almost everyone saw coming:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2020/06/15/brazil-faces-coronavirus-disaster-almost-everyone-saw-coming/

* "In countries keeping the coronavirus at bay, experts watch U.S. case numbers with alarm:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2020/06/19/countries-keeping-coronavirus-bay-experts-watch-us-case-numbers-with-alarm/

* "Europe suppressed the coronavirus. The U.S. has not.:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/europe-suppressed-the-coronavirus-the-u-s-has-not-85485125688

* "US virus outbreaks stir clash over masks, personal freedom:" https://apnews.com/54374ff841dfd84323a1fb86d1e93180

* "Dr. Fauci Explains Why Public Wasn't Told to Wear Masks When COVID-19 Pandemic Began:" https://www.thestreet.com/video/dr-fauci-masks-changing-directive-coronavirus

* "FDA ends emergency use of hydroxychloroquine for coronavirus:" https://www.politico.com/news/2020/06/15/fda-ends-emergency-use-of-hydroxychloroquine-319872

* "Trump calls coronavirus testing "overrated," says it "makes us look bad":" https://www.axios.com/trump-coronavirus-testing-overrated-cf847872-20d0-48b1-95dd-34af301642c0.html

* "The Trump Administration Paid Millions for Test Tubes — and Got Unusable Mini Soda Bottles:" https://www.propublica.org/article/the-trump-administration-paid-millions-for-test-tubes-and-got-unusable-mini-soda-bottles

* "US stockpile stuck with 63 million doses of hydroxychloroquine:" https://www.cnn.com/2020/06/17/health/hydroxychloroquine-national-stockpile/index.html

* "Mike Pence's coronavirus claims go from bad to worse:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/mike-pence-s-coronavirus-claims-go-bad-worse-n1231272?cid=sm_fb_maddow

* "Pence Overstates Coronavirus Supplies Delivered by Administration’s ‘Airbridge’ Program:" https://www.wsj.com/articles/pence-overstates-coronavirus-supplies-delivered-by-administrations-airbridge-program-11592584447

* "White House insists coronavirus is 'still a priority' as Trump prepares for rally that could spread it:" https://www.cnbc.com/2020/06/19/white-house-insists-coronavirus-is-a-priority-as-trump-prepares-for-rally.html

* "'They're in denial': How Trump's White House is ignoring the pandemic:" https://www.cnn.com/2020/06/17/politics/donald-trump-coronavirus-reelection-vaccine/index.html

* "A Mask is a Stupid Hill to Die on, America:" https://johnpavlovitz.com/2020/06/17/a-mask-is-a-stupid-hill-to-die-on-america/

* "Fauci: Americans ignoring science during pandemic is "frustrating":" https://www.cbsnews.com/news/anthony-fauci-coronavirus-pandemic-americans-ignoring-science/

* "New coronavirus spread isn't the feared 'second wave' – it's still the first, researchers say:" https://www.cnbc.com/2020/06/12/coronavirus-spread-isnt-the-feared-second-waveits-still-the-first.html

* "10 states are seeing their highest average of daily new Covid-19 cases since the pandemic started:" https://www.cnn.com/2020/06/17/health/us-coronavirus-wednesday/index.html

* "Florida, Arizona and Texas set records for new COVID-19 cases:" https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/florida-arizona-texas-set-records-new-covid-19-cases-n1231326

* "Covid-19 Hospitalizations Surge in Some States:" https://www.wsj.com/articles/covid-19-hospitalizations-surge-in-some-states-11591912459?mod=hp_lead_pos3

* "Some parts of the U.S. are 'on the cusp of losing control' of coronavirus, Dr. Scott Gottlieb says:" https://www.cnbc.com/2020/06/18/coronavirus-parts-of-the-us-are-on-the-cusp-of-losing-control-gottlieb-says.html

* "Oregon Pauses Reopening As Coronavirus Cases Rise:" https://www.npr.org/sections/coronavirus-live-updates/2020/06/12/875961223/oregon-pauses-reopening-as-coronavirus-cases-rise

* "Whirlpool Corporation confirms Tulsa plant temporarily closed due to COVID-19 cases:" https://www.kjrh.com/news/local-news/whirlpool-corporation-confirms-tulsa-plant-temporarily-closed-due-to-covid-19-cases

* "Coronavirus curve rises in Florida and Texas, as states reopen:" https://www.axios.com/coronavirus-florida-texas-curve-3a16926f-ed0a-4451-8b22-9e37cb1690d9.html

* "North Carolina reports 42,676 COVID-19 cases, 1,104 deaths as hospitalizations hit new record high of 823:" https://abc11.com/health/covid-19-latest-1427-more-cases-as-hospitalizations-hit-new-high/6247026/

* "Secret document lists locations of Kansas coronavirus outbreaks. Here’s what it says:" https://www.kansascity.com/news/coronavirus/article243305606.html

* "Arizona Sets COVID Records As Outbreak Blazes:" https://talkingpointsmemo.com/muckraker/arizona-sets-covid-records-as-outbreak-blazes

* "Arizona governor backtracks on mask rules as Covid-19 cases surge:" https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/jun/17/arizona-coronavirus-covid-19-governor-mayors

* "Arizona Sheriff Who Refused to Enforce Lockdown Now Has COVID-19:" https://www.thedailybeast.com/pinal-county-sheriff-mark-lamb-who-refused-to-enforce-lockdown-now-has-covid-19

* "With coronavirus cases climbing, Texas Gov. Greg Abbott says "no real need" to scale back business reopenings:" https://www.texastribune.org/2020/06/12/texas-coronavirus-reopening-cases/

* "Oregon sees record daily number of COVID-19 cases:" https://www.seattletimes.com/nation-world/oregon-sees-record-daily-number-of-covid-19-cases/

* "Montgomery City Council votes down mask ordinance, sends doctors out in disgust:" https://www.montgomeryadvertiser.com/story/news/2020/06/16/montgomery-council-votes-down-mask-ordinance-doctors-disgust/3203300001/

* "Montgomery city council rejects mask rule over pleas of doctors:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/montgomery-city-council-rejects-mask-rule-over-pleas-of-doctors-85191749514

* "Montgomery Mayor Steven Reed Issues Executive Order Requiring Face Masks to be Worn in Public:" https://www.alabamanews.net/2020/06/17/montgomery-mayor-steven-reed-issues-executive-order-requiring-face-masks-to-be-worn-in-public/

* "'They'll understand in the long run': mayor issues mask order:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/-they-ll-understand-in-the-long-run-mayor-issues-mask-order-85420613654

* "Texas Governor Says 'No Reason Today To Be Alarmed' As Coronavirus Cases Set Record:" https://www.npr.org/sections/coronavirus-live-updates/2020/06/16/878924556/as-texas-coronavirus-cases-reach-new-high-gov-abbott-plays-down-the-numbers

* "California makes face coverings mandatory outside the home:" https://www.cnn.com/2020/06/19/us/california-coronavirus-face-covering-order/index.html

* "COVID-19 is surging in Florida. Don’t deny why, Gov. DeSantis. Act responsibly:" https://www.miamiherald.com/opinion/editorials/article243591327.html

* "King County approved to move to Phase 2 amid coronavirus pandemic:" https://www.seattlepi.com/coronavirus/article/king-county-approved-to-move-to-phase-2-covid-19-15350732.php

* "It Doesn’t Look Like the Protests Are Causing a COVID-19 Spike:" https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2020/06/protests-covid-outdoor-masks.html

* "'Perfect storm for when COVID hits': Neglected Black communities in Alabama see coronavirus surge:" https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/perfect-storm-when-covid-hits-neglected-black-communities-alabama-see-n1231229

* "Meatpacking plants see spike in coronavirus outbreaks following Trump order: report:" https://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/501617-meatpacking-plants-see-spike-in-coronavirus-outbreaks-following-trump-order

* "'All smoke and mirrors': How Trump's meatpacking order has failed to keep workers safe:" https://www.news-journalonline.com/zz/news/20200618/all-smoke-and-mirrors-how-trumps-meatpacking-order-has-failed-to-keep-workers-safe

* "KCCI Investigates: Who was involved in high-level conversations about COVID-19 outbreaks at meatpacking plants:" https://www.kcci.com/article/kcci-investigates-who-was-involved-in-high-level-conversations-about-covid-19-outbreaks-at-meatpacking-plants/32907360#

* "As U.S. Nursing-Home Deaths Reach 50,000, States Ease Lockdowns:" https://www.wsj.com/articles/coronavirus-deaths-in-u-s-nursing-long-term-care-facilities-top-50-000-11592306919

* "Despite dire death toll, Trump admin still failing nursing homes:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/despite-dire-death-toll-trump-admin-still-failing-nursing-homes-84970053705

* "Federal government derelict in nursing home coronavirus response:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/federal-government-derelict-in-nursing-home-coronavirus-response-84971589664

* "TSA insider faults agency’s response to coronavirus:" https://www.seattletimes.com/business/reports-tsa-insider-faults-agencys-response-to-coronavirus/

* "Fast food workers, Rep. Joe Kennedy talk workers facing pandemic:" https://www.msnbc.com/am-joy/watch/covid-19-pandemic-impact-on-fast-food-workers-in-their-words-85035077983

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* "World takes note of waning influence of U.S. mired in crises:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/world-takes-note-of-waning-influence-of-u-s-mired-in-crises-85190213528

* "U.S. losing 'strategic communications' contest with global rivals:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/u-s-losing-strategic-communications-contest-with-global-rivals-85189189872

* "Russia Sends More Troops West, Challenging U.S.-NATO Presence Near Borders:" https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/russia-sends-more-troops-west-challenging-us-nato-presence-near-borders/ar-BB156dgJ

* "12 false claims Trump has made about Obama since last month:" https://www.cnn.com/2020/06/17/politics/fact-check-trump-obama-lies-policing-justice/index.html

* "Twitter labels Trump's tweet as 'manipulated media':" https://www.reuters.com/article/us-twitter-trump/twitter-labels-trumps-tweet-as-manipulated-media-idUSKBN23Q0LV

* "Facebook let the Trump campaign run ads with inverted red triangle — an infamous Nazi symbol:" https://www.mediamatters.org/facebook/facebook-let-trump-campaign-run-ads-inverted-red-triangle-infamous-nazi-symbol

* "Trump's wish for an end to the pandemic contradicts reality:" https://www.cnn.com/2020/06/16/politics/donald-trump-coronavirus-politics-oklahoma-election-2020/index.html

* "COVID-19 risk at GOP convention shrouded by Florida data opacity:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/covid-19-risk-at-gop-convention-shrouded-by-florida-data-opacity-84971077700

* "Patel: Coronavirus makes an indoor Trump rally 'a setup for disaster':" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/patel-coronavirus-makes-an-indoor-trump-rally-a-setup-for-disaster-84963909600

* "Trump Superfans Line Up Early for Tulsa Rally:" https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/18/world/coronavirus-cases-usa-world.html

* "‘Of course not’: Fauci says he personally wouldn’t attend Trump’s Tulsa rally, citing coronavirus:" https://www.seattletimes.com/nation-world/of-course-not-fauci-says-he-personally-wouldnt-attend-trumps-tulsa-rally-citing-coronavirus/

* "White House says Trump rally attendees ‘assume a personal risk’:" https://www.politico.com/news/2020/06/17/tulsa-trump-rally-coronavirus-personal-risk-326257

* "Tulsa arena asks Trump campaign for detailed health plan as Oklahoma Supreme Court hears arguments about rally:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/tulsa-arena-asks-trump-campaign-for-detailed-health-plan-as-oklahoma-supreme-court-hears-arguments-about-rally/2020/06/18/4e490308-b197-11ea-a567-6172530208bd_story.html

* "Top members of coronavirus task force advised against Trump's Tulsa rally:" https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2020-election/top-members-coronavirus-task-force-advised-against-trump-s-tulsa-n1231585

* "Judge denies Oklahoma residents’ bid to block Trump’s rally because of coronavirus fears:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/oklahoma-lawsuit-tries-to-block-trumps-rally-because-of-coronavirus-fears/2020/06/16/175bbf30-b01f-11ea-a567-6172530208bd_story.html

* "Trump crowd grows, clashes with protesters ahead of rally:" https://apnews.com/3ecbdd74c885b362661ed0f8c80b5b28

* "‘Magically protected’: Why hardcore Trump supporters won’t wear masks at rally:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/-magically-protected-why-hardcore-trump-supporters-won-t-wear-masks-at-rally-85485125654

* I have misgivings about the use of Gnosticism here, but the rest of the reporting is important. "“He’s the Chosen One to Run America”: Inside the Cult of Trump, His Rallies Are Church and He Is the Gospel:" https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2020/06/inside-the-cult-of-trump-his-rallies-are-church-and-he-is-the-gospel

* "Trump to visit Arizona, Wisconsin next week:" https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/503640-trump-to-visit-arizona-wisconsin-next-week

* "Face masks will no longer be required for White House staff:" https://www.axios.com/white-house-face-masks-required-8f08f27b-ca76-4efb-9161-4b3af615fdad.html

* "Trump indifference to governing a symptom of post-policy GOP:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/trump-indifference-to-governing-a-symptom-of-post-policy-gop-85128261639

* "Americans learn first-hand the burdens of post-policy politics:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/americans-learn-first-hand-the-burdens-of-post-policy-politics-85127237566

* "Trump: 'I made Juneteenth very famous' by moving Tulsa rally:" https://www.politico.com/news/2020/06/18/trump-juneteenth-tulsa-rally-328557

* "Trump calls for 'new justices' on Supreme Court after unfavorable rulings:" https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/503413-trump-calls-for-new-justices-on-supreme-court-after-unfavorable

* 45 risked people’s lives for this. "Malcolm Nance: Trump West Point speech ‘dull as dishwater’:" https://www.msnbc.com/am-joy/watch/trump-west-point-speech-dull-as-dishwater-malcolm-nance-says-84999749519

* "Trump launches the tell-all playbook on Bolton: Lawsuits and Twitter threats:" https://www.politico.com/news/2020/06/16/justice-department-sues-to-block-bolton-memoir-323753

* "Schiff rips Barr for using DOJ to protect Trump from Bolton book:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/schiff-rips-barr-for-using-doj-to-protect-trump-from-bolton-book-85305413539

* "Bolton book bombshells: Trump asked China's Xi for reelection help and told him to keep building concentration camps:" https://www.cnn.com/2020/06/17/politics/bolton-book-trump/index.html

* "Trump sought even more foreign help to retain presidency: Bolton:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/trump-sought-even-more-foreign-help-to-retain-presidency-bolton-85421125569

* "Bolton blames Democrats for failed impeachment despite refusing to testify:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/bolton-blames-democrats-for-failed-impeachment-despite-refusing-to-testify-85295173778

* "Bolton's staggering profile in cowardice:" https://www.cnn.com/2020/06/17/opinions/boltons-staggering-profile-in-cowardice-honig/index.html

* "How Trump misled U.S. on coronavirus while seeking Chinese reelection help:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/how-trump-misled-u-s-on-coronavirus-while-seeking-chinese-reelection-help-85410373998

* "Trump Considers Suing His Niece Over Her Tell-All Book, Saying She Signed an NDA:" https://www.thedailybeast.com/trump-considers-suing-his-niece-mary-trump-over-her-tell-all-book-saying-she-signed-an-nda

* "Scientists Warn Against Consumer Protection Nominee:" https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2020/06/16/876309425/scientists-warn-against-consumer-protection-nominee

* "New Trump Appointee to Foreign Aid Agency Has Denounced Liberal Democracy and “Our Homo-Empire”:" https://www.propublica.org/article/new-trump-appointee-to-foreign-aid-agency-has-denounced-liberal-democracy-and-our-homo-empire#962572

* "U.S. Attorney who oversaw key investigations related to Trump is resigning, says AG Barr:" https://www.msnbc.com/msnbc/watch/barr-announces-exit-of-us-attorney-for-sdny-new-trump-nominee-85488197545

* "Top State Department official resigns in protest of Trump’s response to racial tensions in the country:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/top-state-department-official-resigns-in-protest-of-trumps-response-to-racial-tensions-in-the-country/2020/06/18/e142e342-b181-11ea-a567-6172530208bd_story.html

* "Top Pentagon official Wheelbarger resigns, urges colleagues to be guided by U.S. Constitution:" https://www.cnbc.com/2020/06/18/top-pentagon-official-wheelbarger-resigns-urges-colleagues-to-be-guided-by-us-constitution.html

* "Former gay Republican leader joins the most anti-LGBT+ White House in modern history:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2020/06/18/gregory-t-angelo-log-cabin-republicans-donald-trump-white-house-office-drug-control-policy-spokesman/

* "Trump's fourth NSC Russia director is leaving the White House:" https://www.axios.com/trump-nsc-russia-director-70b0ae9a-089d-417b-bc08-408f556a6871.html

* "Mulvaney: Trump ‘didn’t hire very well,’ doesn’t mesh with ‘military personality’:" https://www.politico.com/news/2020/06/19/mick-mulvaney-donald-trump-military-ties-hiring-329383

* "Trump's New Foreign Broadcasting CEO Fires News Chiefs, Raising Fears Of Meddling:" https://www.npr.org/2020/06/18/879873926/trumps-new-foreign-broadcasting-ceo-fires-news-chiefs-raising-fears-of-meddling

* "'Wednesday night massacre' as Trump appointee takes over at global media agency:" https://www.cnn.com/2020/06/17/media/us-agency-for-global-media-michael-pack/index.html

* "Voice of America top officials resign as Trump-appointed CEO takes over international network:" https://www.cnn.com/2020/06/15/media/voice-of-america-top-officials-resign/index.html

* "Trump stacks US media agency with loyalists led by Bannon acolyte:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/trump-stacks-us-media-agency-with-loyalists-led-by-bannon-acolyte-85488709871

* "Trump threatens valuable tool for spreading American ideals:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/trump-threatens-valuable-tool-for-spreading-american-ideals-85492805964

* "Trump firings at US Global Media risk damaging high standards:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/trump-firings-at-us-global-media-risk-damaging-high-standards-85494341544

* "NOAA leaders violated agency’s scientific integrity policy, Hurricane Dorian ‘Sharpiegate’ investigation finds:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/weather/2020/06/15/noaa-investigation-sharpiegate/

* "HUD to change transgender rules for single-sex homeless shelters:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/hud-to-change-transgender-rules-for-single-sex-homeless-shelters/2020/06/12/d47a5744-ad03-11ea-9063-e69bd6520940_story.html

* "Lambda Legal Condemns Senate Republicans for Advancing Anti-Civil Rights Nominee Cory Wilson in Middle of a Pandemic and Nation-Wide Protests:" https://www.lambdalegal.org/news/dc_20200611_ll-condemns-senate-gop-advancing-cory-wilson

* "EPA Won’t Regulate Rocket Fuel Additive Perchlorate:" https://www.wsj.com/articles/epa-wont-regulate-rocket-fuel-additive-perchlorate-11592470801?mod=hp_lista_pos4

* "Weekly unemployment claims remain high, amid second wave of layoffs:" https://www.nbcnews.com/business/business-news/weekly-unemployment-claims-remain-high-amid-second-wave-layoffs-n1231399

* "Trump Touted the Economy’s COVID Resilience While His Top Aide Dumped His Stocks:" https://www.thedailybeast.com/trump-touted-the-economys-covid-resilience-while-his-top-aide-mick-mulvaney-dumped-his-stocks/?scrolla=5eb6d68b7fedc32c19ef33b4

* "Members of Congress took small-business loans — and the full extent is unknown:" https://www.politico.com/news/2020/06/16/congress-small-business-loan-320625

* "Kudlow says $600 additional unemployment checks will end in July:" https://www.politico.com/news/2020/06/14/kudlow-unemployment-checks-end-317641

* "Barber: It’s time for a moral revival as pandemic strikes poor:" https://www.msnbc.com/am-joy/watch/covid-19-pandemic-impact-on-poor-a-moral-issue-bishop-barber-says-85036101590

* "Dustin Lance Black on Biden, Hollywood, and the Ignorance of Prejudice:" https://www.advocate.com/people/2020/6/15/dustin-black-blm-protest

* "Transgender Health Protections Reversed By Trump Administration:" https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2020/06/12/868073068/transgender-health-protections-reversed-by-trump-administration

* "Joe Biden says Donald Trump’s ‘cruelty knows no bounds’ after he strips trans healthcare protections during Pride Month:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2020/06/13/joe-biden-donald-trump-trans-healthcare-protections-pride-month/

* "Activists slam roll backs of transgender healthcare protections:" https://www.msnbc.com/am-joy/watch/trump-admin-rolls-back-transgender-healthcare-protections-85018693693

* "Trump admin works to make life harder for trans people:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/trump-admin-works-to-make-life-harder-for-trans-people-85128773947

* "On the anniversary of the Pulse nightclub shooting, Trump administration celebrates by cruelly erasing healthcare protections for trans patients:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2020/06/13/donald-trump-trans-administration-healthcare-rollback-department-of-health-human-service/

* "‘My biggest risk’: Trump says mail-in voting could cost him reelection:" https://www.politico.com/news/2020/06/19/trump-interview-mail-voting-329307

* "Stacey Abrams - Fighting Voter Suppression in "Our Time Is Now":"

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* "Republicans will call for a ban on same-sex marriage and rally against trans rights in outdated election platform:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2020/06/12/republican-platform-2020-gop-donald-trump-same-sex-marriage-trans-conversion-therapy/

* "Republican party issues brief celebrating Donald Trump’s ‘unprecedented’ pro-LGBT+ achievements. Yes, really:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2020/06/12/donald-trump-lgbt-rights-republican-party-gop-brief-pride-month-trans-military-ban-joe-biden-equality/

* "House Republican leaders condemn GOP candidate who made racist videos:" https://www.politico.com/news/2020/06/17/house-republicans-condemn-gop-candidate-racist-videos-325579

* "Trayvon Martin’s mom explains why she’s running for office:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/trayvon-martin-s-mom-explains-why-she-s-running-for-office-84964421962

* "On Pulse Anniversary, a Call for LGBTQ+ Support for Gun Reform:" https://www.advocate.com/news/2020/6/12/pulse-anniversary-call-lgbtq-support-gun-reform

* "Supreme Court won't hear challenge to California sanctuary law:" https://www.cnn.com/2020/06/15/politics/sanctuary-cities-california-supreme-court/index.html

* "Supreme Court blocks Trump from ending DACA:" https://www.cnn.com/2020/06/18/politics/daca-immigration-supreme-court/index.html

* "Trump lashes out at Supreme Court, tries to turn DACA decision into a campaign issue:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/trump-lashes-out-at-supreme-court-calls-decisions-shotgun-blasts-into-the-face-of-conservatives/2020/06/18/e0bd2988-b176-11ea-8758-bfd1d045525a_story.html

* "Trump admin sloppiness hands Supreme Court victory to DREAMers:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/trump-admin-sloppiness-hands-supreme-court-victory-to-dreamers-85421125551

* "DACA lawyer says SCOTUS decision proves rule of law still exists, despite Trump:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/daca-lawyer-says-scotus-decision-proves-rule-of-law-still-exists-despite-trump-85408837926

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* "Seattle's Lesbian Mayor Jenny Durkan to Trump: Go Back to Your Bunker:" https://www.advocate.com/news/2020/6/11/seattles-lesbian-mayor-jenny-durkan-trump-go-back-your-bunker

* "Esper orders review of recent National Guard deployments:" https://www.cnn.com/2020/06/11/politics/mark-esper-national-guard-review/index.html

* "Officials familiar with Lafayette Square confrontation challenge Trump administration claim of what drove aggressive expulsion of protesters:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/officials-challenge-trump-administration-claim-of-what-drove-aggressive-expulsion-of-lafayette-square-protesters/2020/06/14/f2177e1e-acd4-11ea-a9d9-a81c1a491c52_story.html

* "White House didn't receive heads up about Milley apology:" https://www.cnn.com/2020/06/11/politics/white-house-milley-apology/index.html

* This is my deep skepticism. "Trump To Sign An Executive Order On Police Reform:" https://www.npr.org/2020/06/16/877794772/trump-to-sign-an-executive-order-on-police-reform

* Secret Service now says it did use pepper spray to clear protesters during the Trump church photo op":" https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/white-house/secret-service-now-says-it-did-use-pepper-spray-clear-n1231022

* "Air Force Investigates Military Planes That Monitored Protesters:" https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/18/us/politics/investigation-military-surveillance-planes-george-floyd-protests.html

* "From the Northwest to the White House: The fascists are here:" https://crosscut.com/2020/06/northwest-white-house-fascists-are-here

* "America, We Need to Talk About Fascism:" https://eand.co/america-we-need-to-talk-about-fascism-dc345f29a88

* "Mike Pence Refuses to Say ‘Black Lives Matter’:" https://www.thedailybeast.com/watch-mike-pence-refuses-to-say-black-lives-matter

* "'The police are killing us, not coronavirus':" https://www.bbc.com/news/av/world-africa-53025934/kenya-police-brutality-in-the-battle-against-coronavirus-in-mathare

* "Why Ethiopian Jews Are Building a Movement Against Racism in Israel:" https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/z3en3y/why-ethiopian-jews-are-building-a-movement-against-racism-in-israel

* "Boris Johnson being ‘urged to declare war on woke’ as criticism over trans rights rollback piles up:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2020/06/16/boris-johnson-war-on-woke-culture-trans-gender-reform-black-lives-matter/

* "Donald Trump Is an Affront to George Floyd's Memory:" https://www.advocate.com/commentary/2020/6/11/donald-trump-affront-george-floyds-memory

* "George Floyd death called ‘sacrifice’ in racial equality fight:" https://www.msnbc.com/am-joy/watch/racial-equality-and-culture-shifts-discussed-by-tiffany-d-cross-85020229989

* "Undercounting Those Killed by the N.Y.P.D.:" https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/19/opinion/police-involved-deaths-new-york-city.html

* "Some Atlanta police don't show up for work for a third day after officers charged in fatal shooting of Rayshard Brooks:" https://www.cnn.com/2020/06/19/us/rayshard-brooks-atlanta-shooting-friday/index.html

* "NJ Trooper Who Shot, Killed Man on Parkway Should Be Charged, Victim's Mom Says:" https://www.nbcphiladelphia.com/news/local/nj-trooper-who-shot-killed-man-on-parkway-should-be-charged-victims-mom-says/2429215/

* "Questions remain on unarmed black man killed by NJ state trooper:" https://www.msnbc.com/am-joy/watch/unarmed-black-man-maurice-gordon-killed-by-white-nj-state-trooper-85020229790

* "Rayshard Brooks police shooting was homicide, says medical examiner:" https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/jun/15/rayshard-brooks-police-shooting-was-homicide-says-medical-examiner

* "Police don’t need reform, but to be transformed:" https://www.msnbc.com/am-joy/watch/atlanta-police-killing-of-rayshard-brooks-analyzed-by-lawyer-85017669881

* "Rayshard Brooks family lawyer: What was officer’s state of mind?:" https://www.msnbc.com/am-joy/watch/brooks-family-lawyer-on-atlanta-police-killing-unarmed-black-man-85017669520

* "MSNBC analyst Capehart on black girl’s viral police encounter:" https://www.msnbc.com/am-joy/watch/karens-and-black-fears-of-police-discussed-by-jonathan-capehart-85019717933

* "OSU graduate, 22, dies after attending protests in Columbus:" https://www.clevelandjewishnews.com/news/local_news/osu-graduate-22-dies-after-attending-protests-in-columbus/article_dcadd6b2-a75d-11ea-94c3-e7751ddd6d55.html

* "SPD Arrested Man Who Shot Video of Kid Allegedly Pepper Sprayed by Cops:" https://www.thestranger.com/slog/2020/06/08/43864118/spd-arrested-man-who-shot-video-kid-allegedly-pepper-sprayed-by-cops

* "Snohomish County deputy’s use of force under review after video shows him striking a prone suspect repeatedly:" https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/crime/snohomish-county-deputys-use-of-force-under-review-after-video-shows-him-striking-a-prone-suspect-repeatedly/

* "‘Horrified’: New Mexico governor reacts to shooting at Albuquerque statue protest:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/-horrified-new-mexico-governor-reacts-to-shooting-at-albuquerque-statue-protest-85182021791

* "A Utah officer pulled his gun on a 10-year-old black boy. He'll keep working, chief says.:" https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2019/06/11/police-officer-gun-black-boy-utah-woods-cross/1424253001/

A Utah cop in a place with 2% black pop, saw a ten year old inocently playing on his lawn with nothing in his hands, pulled a gun on him, shouted at him to lie on his belly with hands on his head. The Cop lied it was justified as he somehow fit the description of an imaginary adult suspect. Not suspended as level of force was just fine apparently.

* ""Round Up The Green Hats": NYPD Accused Of Deliberately Targeting Legal Observers In Brutal Bronx Mass Arrest:" https://gothamist.com/news/round-green-hats-nypd-accused-deliberately-targeting-legal-observers-brutal-bronx-mass-arrest

* "A driver hit Black Lives Matter protesters. It was a neighboring town’s mayor, protesters say.:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2020/06/19/phoenix-oregon-chris-luz-protests/

* "Elderly protester injured by police and trolled by Trump in hiding after death threats:" https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/trump-buffalo-protester-police-martin-gugino-death-threats-a9575996.html

* "Medics say police have targeted them at Seattle protests:" https://crosscut.com/2020/06/medics-say-police-have-targeted-them-seattle-protests

* "Buffalo officials ask state to probe firing of Black officer who stopped white colleague's chokehold:" https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/buffalo-officials-ask-state-probe-firing-black-officer-who-stopped-n1231016

* "Black Lives Matter sues over violent Seattle police tactics:" https://www.seattlepi.com/news/article/Black-Lives-Matter-sues-over-violent-Seattle-15327796.php

* "Confessions of a Former Bastard Cop:" https://medium.com/@OfcrACab/confessions-of-a-former-bastard-cop-bb14d17bc759

* "Exclusive: Most Americans, including Republicans, support sweeping Democratic police reform proposals - Reuters/Ipsos poll:" https://www.reuters.com/article/us-minneapolis-police-poll-exclusive-idUSKBN23I380

* "Tacoma teachers union wants uniformed police officers removed from schools starting in fall:" https://www.thenewstribune.com/news/local/article243427501.html

* "Garcetti announces LAPD reforms designed to reduce officer misconduct:" https://abc7.com/garcetti-proposes-lapd-reforms-to-reduce-misconduct/6230453/

* "London Breed pushes San Francisco reforms: Police no longer will respond to noncriminal calls:" https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2020-06-12/san-francisco-police-reforms-stop-response-noncriminal-calls

* "Portland police chief resigns amid George Floyd protests:" https://www.seattlepi.com/news/article/20-arrested-in-Portland-Oregon-other-protests-15324914.php

* "Atlanta mayor pushes for reforms after police kill Rayshard Brooks:" https://www.msnbc.com/msnbc/watch/atlanta-mayor-pushes-for-reforms-after-police-kill-rayshard-brooks-85127237668

* "L.A. schools police will return grenade launchers but keep rifles, armored vehicle:" https://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-schools-weapons-20140917-story.html

* "N.Y.P.D. Disbands Plainclothes Units Involved in Many Shootings:" https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/15/nyregion/nypd-plainclothes-cops.html

* "Cory Booker on GOP police bill: ‘Heavy on symbols, but very light on substance’:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/cory-booker-on-gop-police-bill-heavy-on-symbols-but-very-light-on-substance-85294661916

* "A New World Is Possible: Defund Police And Fund Black Lives:" https://www.essence.com/feature/defund-police-fund-black-lives-m4bl/

* "What does 'defund the police' mean and why some say 'reform' is not enough:" https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2020/06/08/what-does-defund-police-mean-george-floyd-black-lives-matter/5317240002/

* "Colorado passes sweeping police reform bill:" https://www.cbsnews.com/news/colorado-passes-sweeping-police-reform-bill/

* "Defunding the police means reimagining safety legal expert says:" https://www.msnbc.com/am-joy/watch/-defund-the-police-calls-grow-as-george-floyd-protests-continue-85018181834

* "Statue of Jefferson Davis torn down on Monument Avenue:" https://www.richmond.com/news/local/statue-of-jefferson-davis-torn-down-on-monument-avenue/article_64865aee-76bc-54e1-8e90-2fa749f8877b.html

* "Sen. Jones: Jeff Sessions is ‘not on the right side of history’ on Confederate debate:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/sen-jones-jeff-sessions-is-not-on-the-right-side-of-history-on-confederate-debate-85115461777

* "How The Antifa Fantasy Spread In Small Towns Across The US:" https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/annehelenpetersen/antifa-rumors-george-floyd-protests

* "Southern Illinois towns reckoning with racist past as protests honoring George Floyd, condemning police brutality arise locally:" https://abc7chicago.com/society/southern-il-towns-reckon-with-racist-past-as-local-protests-arise/6247171/

* "Two Black Transgender Women Were Killed This Week, When Will it End?:" https://www.advocate.com/crime/2020/6/12/two-black-transgender-women-were-murdered-week-when-will-it-end

* "Transgender Woman Shot to Death by Colorado State Patrol:" https://www.advocate.com/crime/2020/6/19/transgender-woman-shot-death-colorado-state-patrol

* "All Black Lives Matter: 102 Pics of L.A. Marching for Justice:" https://www.advocate.com/photography/2020/6/15/all-black-lives-matter-102-pics-la-marching-justice#slide-1

* "Black Voices for Trump activist claims Black Lives Matter is a Trojan horse for a ‘Marxist gay agenda’:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2020/06/10/black-voices-for-trump-niger-innis-fox-news-black-lives-matter-gay-agenda/

* These are lynchings, not suicides. "Mark Taylor Says Black Men Are Hanging Themselves to Stoke Racial Division and Prevent Trump’s Reelection :" https://www.rightwingwatch.org/post/mark-taylor-says-black-men-are-hanging-themselves-to-stoke-racial-division-and-prevent-trumps-reelection/

* "An officer was gunned down. The killer was a ‘boogaloo boy’ using nearby peaceful protests as cover, feds say.:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2020/06/17/boogaloo-steven-carrillo/

* "Poisoned milkshakes? Police persecution complex is real — and it's dangerous:" https://www.latimes.com/opinion/story/2020-06-16/cops-fast-food-conspiracy-theories-police-persecution-complex

* "‘Legitimacy crisis’: Chris Hayes says NYPD milkshake incident reveals larger police issue:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/-legitimacy-crisis-chris-hayes-says-nypd-milkshake-incident-reveals-larger-police-issue-85179461797

* "Fox News runs digitally altered images in coverage of Seattle’s protests, Capitol Hill Autonomous Zone:" https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/politics/fox-news-runs-digitally-altered-images-in-coverage-of-seattles-protests-capitol-hill-autonomous-zone/

* "Weber State professor resigns after "abhorrent" tweets:" https://kslnewsradio.com/1926449/weber-state-investigating-professors-abhorrent-tweets/

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* "New York cop, in full uniform, performs vile transphobic rap calling for the hanging of Hillary Clinton:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2020/06/18/robert-sisco-new-york-city-cop-new-paltz-suspended-transphobic-rap-video-hillary-clinton/

* "Christian Cooper on why Black people don’t need to answer to white people calling the police:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/christian-cooper-on-why-black-people-don-t-need-to-answer-to-white-people-calling-the-police-85121605668

* "Katie Hopkins permanently banned from Twitter for ‘hateful conduct’ after years of vile attacks on trans people:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2020/06/19/katie-hopkins-twitter-permanently-suspended-banned-hateful-conduct/

* "Nashville police investigate anti-Semitic vandalism at Holocaust memorial as civil rights intimidation:" https://www.tennessean.com/story/news/2020/06/16/nashville-police-investigate-anti-semitic-vandalism-holocaust-memorial/3196443001/

* "For a More Perfect Union, We Still Need More Education, Understanding:" https://www.advocate.com/commentary/2020/6/18/straight-white-cisgender-people-are-waking-their-privilege

* "Inclusion Is Now a Requirement for Oscars Eligibility:" https://www.advocate.com/film/2020/6/12/inclusion-now-requirement-oscars-eligibility

* "Intro to Anarchy: Power & Violence | Philosophy Tube:"

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* "ACLU-TN Statement on Passage of Abortion Ban Legislation:" https://www.aclu-tn.org/tga-passes-abortion-ban-legislation/

* "Boris Johnson is scrapping long-overdue plans to allow trans people to self-ID despite overwhelming public support, report claims:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2020/06/14/trans-self-id-uk-boris-johnson-liz-truss-gender-recognition-act-leak-sunday-times/

* "Cis women sickened over transphobia being spread in their name share defiant messages of solidarity with trans people:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2020/06/17/trans-rights-solidarity-cis-women-ally-boris-johnson-gender-recognition-act-lgbt-foundation/

* "Peaceful protest against government's alleged anti-trans bathroom bill planned for central London:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2020/06/16/london-trans-rights-protest-gender-recognition-act-reform-boris-johnson/

* "Switzerland inches closer to marriage equality and same-sex adoption as parliament backs crucial bill:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2020/06/11/switzerland-same-sex-marriage-equality-bill-national-council-states-vote-lgbt/

* "Polish president calls homophobia criticism ‘fake news’ after literally vowing to devastate LGBT+ rights:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2020/06/15/president-poland-andrzej-duda-lgbt-people-gay-marraige-adoption-homophobia-fake-news/

* "Poland's president claims he had a 'constructive' meeting with an LGBT+ activist. The activist tells a different story:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2020/06/18/poland-andrzej-duda-lgbt-gay-bartosz-staszewski-law-justice-homophobia/

* "Polish Jews plead with politicians to learn from the horrors of the Holocaust and stop ‘dehumanising’ LGBT+ people:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2020/06/17/poland-jew-homophobia-anti-lgbt-andrzej-duda-warsaw-world-war-two-holocaust/

* "With LGBT ruling, Supreme Court hands liberals a surprise victory:" https://www.politico.com/news/2020/06/15/supreme-court-lgbt-rights-decision-319693

* "SUPREME COURT RULES ANTI-LGBTQ+ JOB DISCRIMINATION IS ILLEGAL:" https://www.advocate.com/news/2020/6/15/supreme-court-rules-anti-lgbtq-job-discrimination-illegal

* "The religious right is seriously flipping out over the Supreme Court ruling in favor of LGBTQ rights:" https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2020/06/religious-right-seriously-flipping-supreme-court-ruling-favor-lgbtq-rights/

* "This Is How Today's SCOTUS Decision Doesn't Protect LGBTQ+ People:" https://www.advocate.com/politics/2020/6/15/how-todays-scotus-decision-doesnt-protect-lgbtq-people

* "There’s a giant loophole in the historic Supreme Court ruling which means not all LGBT+ Americans are protected:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2020/06/17/supreme-court-ruling-lgbt-workplace-discrimination-loophole-human-rights-campaign/

* "Gorsuch, Conservative Favorite Appointed by Trump, Leads Way on Landmark Decision:" https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/15/us/politics/gorsuch-supreme-court-gay-transgender-rights.html

* "Alphonso David - The Supreme Court's Monumental LGBTQ Ruling and the Human Rights Campaign:"

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* "Republican senator quotes JK Rowling’s essay on trans people to shut down a vote on LGBT+ rights:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2020/06/19/jk-rowlings-lgbt-rights-trans-essay-republican-senator-james-lankford-equality-act-supreme-court-discrimination/

* "Chicago PD: Man Killed Trans Woman, Returned to Scene, Shot Her Again:" https://www.advocate.com/crime/2020/6/18/chicago-pd-man-killed-trans-woman-returned-scene-shot-her-again

* "Half a million demand justice for Tete Gulley, a Black trans woman found hanged whose death has been labelled suicide:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2020/06/17/tete-gulley-black-trans-woman-violence-murder-suicide-portland-oregon-police/

* "Grindr cannibal who ‘mutilated and ate the testicles’ of Kevin Bacon accused of yet another horrific hook-up attack:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2020/06/15/grindr-cannibal-kevin-bacon-mark-latunski-james-carlsen-michigan-murder-bdsm/

* "Two arguments often made about current topics that piss me off:" https://conuly.dreamwidth.org/3034502.html

* "5 Rules For Building a Welcoming Workplace For LGBTQ+ Employees:" https://www.advocate.com/exclusives/2020/6/15/5-rules-building-welcoming-workplace-lgbtq-employees

* "Donald Trump, ever the idiot, just said there was a cure for AIDS. There isn’t:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2020/06/16/donald-trump-ever-the-idiot-just-said-there-was-a-cure-for-aids-there-isnt/

* "HIV doctor whose life-saving antibodies were refused says 'humiliating' gay blood ban is fundamentally wrong:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2020/06/16/uk-blood-ban-gay-hiv-doctor-coronavirus-blood-plasma/

* CW: Human Remains "A Virtual Tour of the Mütter Museum:"

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* "What should museums do with their dead? (w/ Caitlin Doughty!):"

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* Now available in my state! Seriously, I want to be fertilizer, not pollution when I die. "ECO-DEATH TAKEOVER: Changing the Funeral Industry:"

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* "Iconic Corpse: The Romanov Family:"

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* "How Philadelphia Handled the 1918 Influenza Pandemic with Caitlin Doughty:"

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* CW: Human Remains "The Lake That Never Gives Up Her Dead:"

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* "Should This Funeral Director Be Forgiven?:"

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* "Emissions Are Surging Back as Countries and States Reopen:" https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/06/17/climate/virus-emissions-reopening.html

* "Trump administration proposes rolling back protections for big tech:" https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-tech-230-idUSKBN23O29D

* "Ancient Rome Thrived When the Empire Welcomed Immigrants. We Should Remember What Happened When That Changed:" https://news.yahoo.com/ancient-rome-thrived-empire-welcomed-183037857.html

* "The Queer Canon:" https://www.scribd.com/article/449064894/The-Queer-Canon

* "Activist Miss Major Recounts the First Night at the Stonewall Riots:" https://www.out.com/out-exclusives/2019/5/31/activist-miss-major-recounts-first-night-stonewall-riots

* "Gilbert Baker, iconic designer of the Pride flag, was a misunderstood ‘free spirit’ bullied for his sexuality:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2020/06/14/gilbert-baker-gay-pride-flag-designer-lgbt-who-designed/

* "The House That Sylvia Built:" https://www.scribd.com/article/449064889/The-House-That-Sylvia-Built

* "10 LGBTQ+ People You Should Know About:"

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* I don't agree with everything she says, but she's an elder and an activist and lived a hard life. "A Vietnam Veteran on Growing Up Transgender:" https://www.manrepeller.com/2018/05/felicia-elizondo-transgender-rights.html

* "James Baldwin’s Blueprint For the LGBTQ+ Rights Movement:" https://www.out.com/activism/2019/5/22/james-baldwins-blueprint-lgbtq-rights-movement

* "5 of the most iconic queer heroes from history who deserve their own statues immediately:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2020/06/18/british-lgbt-heroes-gay-lesbian-trans-history/

* "The Republican Campaign of Voter Suppression Pt. 1:"

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* "The Republican Campaign of Voter Suppression Pt. 2:"

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* "Who Runs The World? Apparently This Guy. Meet Reference Man:"

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* "Facial Recognition:"

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* "Trump Can't Spin His Choice Of Juneteenth For Tulsa Rally, Pushes It Back A Day:"

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* "The Supreme Court's DACA Decision:"

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* "Bombshells from John Bolton's Book:"

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* "Dul-Sayin' - Observing Juneteenth:"

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* "Quaker Drops Aunt Jemima, a Siri Shortcut Records Police & Trump Sues Over John Bolton's Tell-All:"

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* "The Coronavirus Returns to New Zealand and China, COVID-19 Research & Trump Downplays the Pandemic:"

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* "Trump's Tepid Executive Order & Police Reform in America:"

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* "Conquistador Statue Conflict, the NFL Supports Colin Kaepernick & Walmart Unlocks Beauty Products:"

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* "Supreme Court Victory for LGBTQ Employees, Global Black Lives Matter Marches & Trump's Rally Dilemma:"

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* "Black Pumas "Fast Car":"

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* "Avi Kaplan - Change on the Rise:"

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* "Neil Patrick Harris - Sugar Daddy (Hedwig and the Angry Inch):"

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* Friday a week ago I woke up with the shakes which is a thing that happens. It basically means I have almost no spoons, but he causes are various. It's my body giving leaving the bed a hard veto. Experience suggests that trying to push it is a terrible idea and the best course of action is to try again in an hour or two. This time it took two naps, not one, which is a bad sign.

I was still not right when I did emerge, but what was going on was not immediately apparent. My lungs have been cruddy for a couple of days and my eyes ache and itch, but also they mowed Wednesday and it's allergy season and I'm a lung patient, so let's hope maybe allergies, but the nastier alternative looms as a possiblity. Thursday was a massive sleep disruption which in itself could be causal. The sinus pain and headache are back in force.

The problem is, by morning the headache had morphed in a way that suggests pathogen, and I was queasy and running a mild fever. That is definitely malaise and while my body aches just generally on every given day, this set of body aches is suggestive.

I still have a sense of smell and it's a very low grade fever, so fingers crossed.

Saturday: I'm definitely sick, which is a nuisance and slowing me way the fuck down, but it's familiar kind of sick. My suspicion is influenza that's mutated just enough that last fall's shot only gives partial coverage. This usually doesn't take as long as June to happen, so yay, physical distancing. so I'm shaking and generally ick, but the fever is staying low, and the symptoms are manageable. The rain really helped my sinuses and cleared about half the lung crud, by knocking the allergens out of the air, so today is a bit better than yesterday.

I'm not particularly worried at this point, just irritated at how little work I got done yesterday.

* The fuck Happened to me and particularly the aggregate this week? I ain'n't dead, obviously. My belief that the illness was a nuisance pathogen rather than a dangerous or deadly one was correct. This year's flu was particularly nasty, I'm told. I always get my flu shot very early, because, you know, medically fragile. Coronaviruses mutate fast. Influenza? a coronavirus. Normally they mutate enough for me not to be quite covered earlier in the season, but physical distancing slowed influenza way the fuck down. This one came with an extra nasty headache and my shitty immune system is more interested in own goals then fighting the other team, so it wore me the fuck out and I had to spend an annoying amount of time resting or in too much pain to really concentrate. It's also allergy season and we had landscaping this week and not enough rain. I'd gauge about half the lung involvement is allergen related, as when there was rain that's how much better they were.

It sucks, but even with the Covid resurging not all that scary.

Still, I'd start working on the aggregate, post some links on tumblr, and then have to go to bed, so the aggregate's a mess at this point. Sorry.

* Friday: Case in point. Thursday I did my tumblr programming and prep work for aggregate, but was taken suddenly dizzy when I ought to have been posting backlogged links and had to go to bed. Also, the headache came back, though my lungs are no worse. I'm very ick today generally, but managing.

* The car went to honest mechanic Monday, but they are having construction so it's chaos over there. We got him back Wednesday. Me: The fuck is that smell? Five minutes Later: Oh duh! The disinfected the wheel and controls.

He's doing fine. His connector thingies are clean and he has a new battery.

A benefactor has sent money, so all the bills for the month are covered, plus taxes, and I'll be ordering cat food likely Monday.

The apartment is a mess and I'm still a little ill, but this is normal and I'll be okay.

* My Tumblr follower count was 1361 on 6/18. Fellow 14th century geeks and plague watchers will know that this is smack in the middle of the second great plague pandemic: aka the mortality of children, since a majority of second wave dead were under 20. Extend a little imagination and empathy. Picture the horror of that: A generation that saw 30-60% or the people they knew die a horrible, painful death; that were forced to bury their dead en mass with little or no chance to mourn, survives. They knit society back together, they spend most of a decade having children and rebuilding farms and businesses in the aftermath. Things are looking up, and Bam! The next wave hits and their children and grandchildren start dying.

I think about the Great Pestilence a lot these days.

Yersina pestis didn't just go away: It came back over and over in waves. There was a major outbreak in India in the '90's and people die of it all over the world still, because you need treatment fairly quickly even with modern antibiotics, particularly with pneumonic and septicemic, and your first thought on getting a piercing headache or symptoms of a fever, even in a place where it's endemic like new Mexico, is not "I must have plague! Better go to the hospital." 2018 was a really good year for the US with only one case and no deaths, but 4 people out of sixteen cases died in 2015, which was a bad year. I don't have world figures at my finger tips, but people still die of it somewhere every year, and this is a bacteria where antibiotic treatment is effective and we know a fuck of a lot about it. Just saying. Go on tell the families of the people who died in the 1994 outbreak that the plague just went away after the first wave burnt out 'round about 1351. It would certainly have been a surprise bit of news to the people dying of it in 1665, or 1361.

Just a thing to think about: how rare disease eradication is and how fucking heartbreaking a second wave can be.

* "Keep Me Safe! Help me get a gate organized by Briel Moore:" https://www.gofundme.com/f/keep-me-safe-help-me-get-a-gate?utm_medium=copy_link&utm_source=customer&utm_campaign=p_lico+share-sheet+expWdV

* "'Sesame Street' Celebrates LGBTQ+ Pride With Rainbow Muppet Message:" https://www.advocate.com/youth/2020/6/11/sesame-street-celebrates-lgbtq-pride-rainbow-muppet-message

* "Reclaiming Their Time:" https://www.scribd.com/article/449064904/Reclaiming-Their-Time

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

* Organizations to help trans folk: https://gwydionmisha.tumblr.com/post/620857152453640195/about-us

* "How to Safely and Ethically Film Police Misconduct:" https://www.teenvogue.com/story/how-to-film-police-safely

* Master Post for how to help organizations fighting Police violence: https://gwydionmisha.tumblr.com/post/620861026680881152/oberynmartell-list-of-black-lives-matter-and

* How to donate to Doctors Without Borders: https://donate.doctorswithoutborders.org/onetime.cfm?source=ADD200U0U00&utm_source=google&utm_medium=cpc&utm_campaign=googlepaid&utm_content=brand&gclid=EAIaIQobChMIz8D9kYu46QIVqh6tBh2WogxQEAAYASAAEgK4FfD_BwE

* "More on the Mashpee Wampanoag Reservation and Reaffirmation Act:" https://amaebi.dreamwidth.org/1769250.html

* "Covid 19 Support for Indigenous Communities:" https://bibliomancer7.tumblr.com/post/616704253038395392/covid-19-support-for-indigenous-communities

* "Navajo Nation COVID-19 Relief Fund:" http://www.nndoh.org/donate.html

* "NYSCI has a set of activities and resources up on their website:" https://conuly.dreamwidth.org/2999942.html

* "How to Help Librarians and Archivists From Your Living Room:" https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/archives-to-browse-from-home

* "Free Meals:" https://www.schools.nyc.gov/school-life/food/free-meals

* "Learning Through Play: 101 Ways To Keep Young Minds Occupied At Home:" https://www.marksdailyapple.com/importance-of-play/

* Free lessons: https://www.mybluprint.com/

* CDC Foundation: https://www.cdcfoundation.org/give/ways-to-give

* "SUPPORT WORKERS IN CRISIS:" https://ofwemergencyfund.org/

* "Make to Give - Support Our Medical Personnel:" https://www.joann.com/make-to-give-response/

* "Snopes on COVID-19 Fact-Checking:" https://www.snopes.com/2020/03/20/snopes-on-covid-19-fact-checking/

* "Help the California food industry survive this crisis:" https://www.change.org/p/governor-gavin-newsom-support-the-california-food-industries-most-vulnerable-workers

* "Support Artists Impacted By the Covid-19 Pandemic:" https://daily.bandcamp.com/features/bandcamp-covid-19-fundraiser

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

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

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

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

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

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

Doug Jones - Alabama
Gary Peters - Michigan

* Want to get rid of Mitch McConnell? Help Charles Booker: https://secure.actblue.com/donate/ads-cb-dd-google?refcode=ads-dd-google-20200602-ad02&gclid=EAIaIQobChMIq6SGian06QIVkxatBh0bFQVPEAAYASAAEgIjnPD_BwE

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

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

* Want to help Ritchie Torres beat a homophobe in New York? https://secure.actblue.com/donate/dkendorsestorres?refcode=20200605fpdn1mid

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

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

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

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

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

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

* "Keep Me Safe! Help me get a gate organized by Briel Moore:" https://www.gofundme.com/f/keep-me-safe-help-me-get-a-gate?utm_medium=copy_link&utm_source=customer&utm_campaign=p_lico+share-sheet+expWdV

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

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

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

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

* I'm sectioning off epidemic specific stuff in the aggregation between the dotted lines, so people who need to skip can skip without losing the other stuff. I'm putting secondary effects things in their usual slots.

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* "Coronavirus unlikely to significantly diminish with warm weather, National Academies of Sciences panel finds:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/weather/2020/04/08/coronavirus-unlikely-diminish-with-warm-weather-national-academies-sciences-panel-finds/

* "Bolsonaro may be the world’s coronavirus skeptic in chief:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2020/04/07/bolsonaro-may-be-worlds-coronavirus-skeptic-in-chief/

* "Brazil's homeless faced many risks before the coronavirus arrived:" https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2020/04/brazil-homeless-faced-risks-coronavirus-arrived-200408144946027.html

* "Coronavirus 'could wipe out Brazil's indigenous people':" https://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-52139875

* "How South Africa is Fighting to Feed Millions During Coronavirus Lockdown:" https://www.usnews.com/news/best-countries/articles/2020-04-08/south-africa-fights-to-feed-the-neediest-during-the-coronavirus-lockdown

* "Ireland's Gay Leader, Leo Varadkar, Resumes Medical Practice in Crisis:" https://www.advocate.com/world/2020/4/07/irelands-gay-leader-leo-varadkar-resumes-medical-practice-crisis

* "Over 10,000 confirmed COVID-19 cases in Africa; Zimbabwe and South Sudan among most vulnerable:" https://news.un.org/en/story/2020/04/1061352

* "Jakarta to start shutdown as burials, and fears, rise amid coronavirus outbreak:" https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/apr/08/jakarta-to-start-shutdown-indonesia-burials-fears-coronavirus

* "Stricter measures in Turkey as cases rise sharply:" https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-52185497

* "Iran appeals for loan as virus deaths near 4,000:" https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-52217600

* "Failed US federal response to COVID-19 manifests as international disaster:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/failed-us-federal-response-to-covid-19-manifests-as-international-disaster-81814597573

* "Trump threatens to hold WHO funding, then backtracks, amid search for scapegoat:" https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/apr/07/trump-coronavirus-who-funding-deaths-briefing

* "Trump’s top health officials predict diminished coronavirus death toll:" https://www.politico.com/news/2020/04/07/trumps-top-health-officials-predict-diminished-coronavirus-death-toll-171456

* "U.S. medical stockpile wasn't built to handle current crisis, former director says:" https://www.politico.com/news/2020/04/08/national-stockpile-coronavirus-crisis-175619

* "How Will We Know When It’s Time to Reopen the Nation?:" https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/06/upshot/coronavirus-four-benchmarks-reopening.html

* "Why the U.S. isn’t on track to open up:" https://www.politico.com/news/2020/04/07/coronavirus-testing-173607

* "US sees highest one-day death toll from coronavirus:" https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/apr/08/us-coronavirus-death-toll-latest-one-day-high

* "Pence and Fauci have some rare positive news about the coronavirus:" https://www.politico.com/news/2020/04/08/pence-fauci-reopen-country-plan-coronavirus-175792

* "US medical chief praises the ‘courage and dignity’ of gay community – while stood shoulder to shoulder with Mike Pence:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2020/04/08/mike-pence-us-medical-chief-dr-anthony-fauci-gay-community-hiv-aids-coronavirus/

* "CDC set to loosen back-to-work guidelines for some who self-isolate, Pence says:" https://www.cbsnews.com/news/coronavirus-cdc-guidelines-back-to-work-self-isolate/

* "The Worst-Case Scenario Is Here:" https://www.advocate.com/commentary/2020/4/07/worst-case-scenario-here

* "Intelligence report warned of coronavirus crisis as early as November: Sources:" https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/intelligence-report-warned-coronavirus-crisis-early-november-sources/story?id=70031273

* "Trump was warned in January of Covid-19's devastating impact, memos reveal:" https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/apr/07/donald-trump-coronavirus-memos-warning-peter-navarro

* "Trump’s ‘Hail Mary’ drug push rattles his health team:" https://www.politico.com/news/2020/04/06/trump-drug-coronavirus-hydroxychloroquine-170543

* "Trump’s promotion of unproven drugs is cause for alarm, but not because he’s making money off it:" https://www.vox.com/2020/4/7/21211872/trump-coronavirus-hydroxychloroquine-covid19-drugs-sanofi-owns

* "CDC removes unusual guidance to doctors about drug favored by Trump:" https://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-cdcguidance/cdc-removes-unusual-guidance-to-doctors-about-drug-favored-by-trump-idUSKBN21P39R

* "Kushner’s team seeks national coronavirus surveillance system:" https://www.politico.com/news/2020/04/07/kushner-coronavirus-surveillance-174165?nname=playbook&nid=0000014f-1646-d88f-a1cf-5f46b7bd0000&nrid=00000162-1a53-d34d-a77f-fb776fb40000&nlid=630318

* "Durbin warns of 'dangerous and risky' Senate return on April 20:" https://www.politico.com/news/2020/04/08/dick-durbin-senate-return-coronavirus-175358

* "How to Legislate From Home with Rep. Katie Porter:"

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* "Chicago’s Jail Is Top U.S. Hot Spot as Virus Spreads Behind Bars:" https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/08/us/coronavirus-cook-county-jail-chicago.html

* And yet their aren't tests of any kind available for front line first responders and medical personnel in places like New York. "To protect Trump, White House among first to use rapid coronavirus tests sought by communities:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/trump-rapid-coronavirus-tests-abott/2020/04/07/98e44a76-78e9-11ea-a130-df573469f094_story.html

* "Hospitals say feds are seizing masks and other coronavirus supplies without a word:" https://www.latimes.com/politics/story/2020-04-07/hospitals-washington-seize-coronavirus-supplies

"But the agency has refused to provide any details about how these determinations are made or why it is choosing to seize some supply orders and not others. Administration officials also will not say what supplies are going to what states."

* "Coronavirus: These US states refuse to issue stay-at-home orders:" https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2020/04/coronavirus-states-refuse-issue-stay-home-orders-200407190858864.html

* "Under pressure, Army Corps of Engineers adapts to demands COVID-19 puts on states:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/under-pressure-army-corps-of-engineers-adapts-to-demands-covid-19-puts-on-states-81765445622

* "New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo Reports 'Largest Single-Day' Increase In Deaths:" https://www.npr.org/sections/coronavirus-live-updates/2020/04/07/828868619/new-york-gov-andrew-cuomo-reports-largest-single-day-increase-in-deaths

* "Staggering Surge Of NYers Dying In Their Homes Suggests City Is Undercounting Coronavirus Fatalities:" https://gothamist.com/news/surge-number-new-yorkers-dying-home-officials-suspect-undercount-covid-19-related-deaths

"The FDNY says it responded to 2,192 cases of deaths at home between March 20th and April 5th, or about 130 a day, an almost 400 percent increase from the same time period last year. (In 2019, there were just 453 cardiac arrest calls where a patient died, according to the FDNY.)

That number has been steadily increasing since March 30th, with 241 New Yorkers dying at home Sunday — more than the number of confirmed COVID-19 deaths that occurred citywide that day. On Monday night, the city reported 266 new deaths, suggesting the possibility of a 40% undercount of coronavirus-related deaths."

* "Coronavirus: California donates hundreds of ventilators to national stockpile:" https://www.mercurynews.com/2020/04/06/coronavirus-california-donates-hundreds-of-ventilators-to-national-stockpile/

* "Newsom: California has deal for 200 million masks per month:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/newsom-california-has-deal-for-200-million-masks-per-month-81763397587

* "Governor Newsom hails fellow governors in coronavirus fight:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/governor-newsom-hails-fellow-governors-in-coronavirus-fight-81763909853

* "New Jersey governor: 'Please God, stay home':" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/new-jersey-governor-please-god-stay-home-81763909865

* "New Jersey closes state parks, state forests and county parks as more than 200 new COVID-19 deaths reported:" https://6abc.com/covid19-cases-us-coronavirus-symptoms/6083512/

* "Kansas coronavirus update: Gov. Laura Kelly condemns A.G., legislators for 'political attack' as deaths, infections surge:" https://www.cjonline.com/news/20200408/kansas-coronavirus-update-gov-laura-kelly-condemns-ag-legislators-for-rsquopolitical-attackrsquo-as-deaths-infections-surge

* "Arkansas Governor: State does not need coronavirus stay-at-home order:" https://www.baxterbulletin.com/story/news/local/2020/04/02/coronavirus-arkansas-governor-asa-hutchinson-no-stay-at-home-order/5115066002/

* "Army field hospital leaves Seattle after 9 days. It never saw a patient:" https://www.kuow.org/stories/washington-state-to-return-centurylink-field-hospital-to-feds

* "Don’t Blame New Orleans, and Don’t Forget It:" https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/08/opinion/coronavirus-new-orleans-mardi-gras.html

"This global pandemic is different, but New Orleans is uniquely susceptible to it because of the epidemics of poverty, environmental racism and a lack of access to health care and preventive medicine. Largely because of that, the heavily African-American population here has high rates of asthma, diabetes and hypertension, all of which increase one’s risk of death from Covid-19. We’re now seeing the consequences, as African-Americans make up an estimated 70 percent of the death toll in Louisiana."

* "Coronavirus killed a mother and her three sons, devastating their surviving relatives:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2020/04/09/new-orleans-franklins-coronavirus-deaths/

* "The Coronavirus Doesn't Discriminate, But U.S. Health Care Showing Familiar Biases:" https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2020/04/02/825730141/the-coronavirus-doesnt-discriminate-but-u-s-health-care-showing-familiar-biases

* "Black Americans Face Alarming Rates of Coronavirus Infection in Some States:" https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/07/us/coronavirus-race.html

* "Data shows shocking racial disparity in coronavirus cases:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/data-shows-shocking-racial-disparity-in-coronavirus-cases-81814085754

* This Pandemic Exposed the Extreme Vulnerability of LGBTQ Youth:" https://www.advocate.com/commentary/2020/4/07/pandemic-exposed-extreme-vulnerability-lgbtq-youth

* "Outside of the spotlight, coronavirus spreads through rural America:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/outside-of-the-spotlight-coronavirus-spreads-through-rural-america-81814085853

* "Frontline medical workers take mortal risks to answer impossible call:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/frontline-medical-workers-take-mortal-risks-to-answer-impossible-call-81814085863

* "Heartwarming campaign is bringing hope to elderly LGBT+ people left alone and isolated by coronavirus:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2020/04/08/love-is-not-cancelled-older-lgbt-opening-doors-london-coronavirus-little-gay-brother/

* "This homophobic preacher and failed TV host risked spreading coronavirus to protest an abortion clinic:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2020/04/07/anti-gay-preacher-david-benham-arrest-coronavirus-lockdown-protest-abortion-ted-cruz/

* "This pastor thinks homosexuality is a sin. He also thinks he can cure coronavirus by blowing through your TV:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2020/04/07/wind-of-god-pastor-homosexuality-sin-kenneth-copeland-ministries-cure-coronavirus-television/

* "Homophobic hate preacher claims ‘true Christians don’t mind dying of coronavirus’. Yes, really:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2020/04/09/tony-spell-anti-gay-pastor-christian-death-coronavirus-louisiana-life-tabernacle-church/

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* I know it sounds like an onion piece, but it's real. "Trump order encourages US to mine the moon:" https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/apr/07/trump-mining-moon-executive-order

* "Acting Navy secretary resigns after insulting aircraft carrier’s ousted captain:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/acting-navy-secretary-resigns-after-insulting-aircraft-carriers-ousted-captain/2020/04/07/263ba574-78f7-11ea-b6ff-597f170df8f8_story.html

* "The Worst Anti-LGBTQ Statements From Trump Press Sec Kayleigh McEnany:" https://www.advocate.com/politics/2020/4/08/worst-anti-lgbtq-statements-trump-press-sec-kayleigh-mcenany

* "Ivanka Trump seeks to headline administration's small business recovery effort:" https://www.cnn.com/2020/04/08/politics/ivanka-trump-small-business/index.html

* "David Perdue’s stock trading saw an uptick as coronavirus took hold:" https://www.ajc.com/news/state--regional-govt--politics/david-perdue-stock-trading-saw-uptick-coronavirus-took-hold/MRWmzwXeHgxi6IcmBbPgaN/

* "Worried that $2 trillion law wasn’t enough, Trump and congressional leaders converge on need for new coronavirus economic package:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/us-policy/2020/04/06/trump-democrats-coronavirus-stimulus-trillion/

* "Bernie Sanders Suspends Presidential Campaign But Will Stay on Ballot:" https://www.advocate.com/election/2020/4/08/breakng-bernie-sanders-leaves-presidential-race

* I'm putting the whole Colbert/Sanders extended interview under the cut:

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* "With Sanders Out, Is It Time to Vote Exclusively by Mail?:" https://www.advocate.com/election/2020/4/08/sanders-out-it-time-vote-exclusively-mail

* "Wisconsin decided to allow people to vote this week. People will die as a result:" https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2020/apr/08/wisconsin-election-almost-certainly-result-more-deaths

* "Why Wisconsin Republicans Insisted on an Election in a Pandemic:" https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/07/us/politics/wisconsin-pandemic-primary-republicans.html

* "‘They saw an opportunity to suppress the vote:’ Lt. Gov. on Wisconsin GOP forcing voters to polls amid pandemic:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/-they-saw-an-opportunity-to-suppress-the-vote-lt-gov-on-wisconsin-gop-forcing-voters-to-polls-amid-pandemic-81758277659

* "Two Trans Texans Running For The Texas Lege!:" https://transgriot.blogspot.com/2020/04/two-trans-texans-running-for-texas-lege.html

* "Democratic Party sued by non-binary candidates for forcing them to run as ‘male or female’:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2020/04/09/democratic-party-non-binary-lawsuit-candidates-male-female-brooklyn-trans-inclusive/

* "The truth about the toilet paper shortage:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/the-truth-about-the-toilet-paper-shortage-81759813784

* The milk shortage is similar to the TP problem turns out. https://twitter.com/FreshAirFarmer/status/1247876205564526593

* "Two black men say they were kicked out of Walmart for wearing protective masks. Others worry it will happen to them.:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2020/04/09/masks-racial-profiling-walmart-coronavirus/

* "Coronavirus is spreading a wave of vile and disgusting racism. This is how the LGBT+ Asian community is fighting back:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2020/04/09/lgbt-asian-community-coronavirus-racism/

* "Australia's High Court Overturns Cardinal Pell's Child Sexual Abuse Conviction:" https://www.npr.org/2020/04/06/828511647/australias-high-court-overturns-cardinal-pell-s-child-sexual-abuse-conviction

* "‘Abusive drunk’ launches vile homophobic tirade at police while being arrested for headbutting his own mum:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2020/04/07/mahabeer-bahia-homophobic-abuse-drunk-police-prison-release-early-coronavirus-gravesend/

* "Man ‘hurled homophobic abuse’ at police while trying to stop an ambulance answering an emergency call:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2020/04/08/man-attempt-stop-ambulance-answering-emergency-call-homophobic-abuse/

* "These councillors held a virtual meeting to talk about making changes to a roundabout. It was hijacked with gay porn:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2020/04/09/south-somerset-district-council-virtual-meeting-yeovil-roundabout-zoom-gay-porn-coronavirus/

* "Woman Charged With Falsely Accusing Astronaut Wife of Space Hacking:" https://www.advocate.com/news/2020/4/08/woman-charged-falsely-accusing-astronaut-wife-space-hacking

* "What Was Liberalism? #3 Neoliberalism:"

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* "What Was Liberalism? #4 Three Problems with Liberalism:"

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* "Bid to turn Reading Gaol into Oscar Wilde landmark rejected, as government plans to sell site off to private owner:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2020/04/08/reading-gaol-oscar-wilde-centre-rejected/

* "New Orleans cultural historian died of coronavirus, but his family only found out on the day of funeral:" https://www.cnn.com/2020/04/08/us/ronald-lewis-new-orleans-cultural-historian-dies-coronavirus/index.html

* "HIV activist who died of coronavirus remembered as ‘my reason for living’ by his husband:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2020/04/09/hiv-coronavirus-activist-los-angeles-covid-19-garry-bowie-death-tribute-jeff-wacha/

* "Bernie Sanders Drops Out, Jack Dorsey's Billion-Dollar Pandemic Pledge & Creative COVID-19 Solutions:"

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* "Why Are African Americans Being Hit the Hardest by COVID-19?:"

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* "A Ray of Sunshine, World Leaders Grappling with COVID-19 & Trump's Failure to Heed Dire Warnings:"

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* "Wisconsin Holds Its Primary Election Despite the Pandemic:"

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* "The Trump Administration Isn’t Social Distancing From Its Usual B.S.:"

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* "Trump Won't Be Following CDC Recommendations On Wearing Masks In Public:"

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* "Supreme Court Blocks Extended Voting In Wisconsin, Forces Voters Out To The Polls:"

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* What happened to Tuesday's news? The prep phase turned out to be massive and by the time i got to the article reading phase i wasn't taking that much in. The bit i managed went up on tumblr but I was too tired to clean up the aggregation for posting on dreamwidth.

Given how late I had to stay up to make this happen, odds are tomorrow's morning edition won't post.

I'm not sick. It's allergies kicking my ass. There is also the irony that while many people are having a lot of extra time, the things I do are ramped up to eleven. I just needed rest. I generally do this seven days a week and sometimes it's A LOT. It's very much A LOT right now.

* "The Met has put many publications on art history online:" https://conuly.dreamwidth.org/3002869.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.

* "NYSCI has a set of activities and resources up on their website:" https://conuly.dreamwidth.org/2999942.html

* "How to Help Librarians and Archivists From Your Living Room:" https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/archives-to-browse-from-home

* "Free Meals:" https://www.schools.nyc.gov/school-life/food/free-meals

* "Learning Through Play: 101 Ways To Keep Young Minds Occupied At Home:" https://www.marksdailyapple.com/importance-of-play/

* Free lessons: https://www.mybluprint.com/

* CDC Foundation: https://www.cdcfoundation.org/give/ways-to-give

* "SUPPORT WORKERS IN CRISIS:" https://ofwemergencyfund.org/

* "Make to Give - Support Our Medical Personnel:" https://www.joann.com/make-to-give-response/

* "Snopes on COVID-19 Fact-Checking:" https://www.snopes.com/2020/03/20/snopes-on-covid-19-fact-checking/

* "Help the California food industry survive this crisis:" https://www.change.org/p/governor-gavin-newsom-support-the-california-food-industries-most-vulnerable-workers

* "100 Million Mask Challenge:" https://www.providence.org/lp/100m-masks

* "Coronavirus: Deaconess asks public to sew CDC-compliant face masks for staff:" https://www.courierpress.com/story/news/2020/03/18/coronavirus-deaconess-ask-public-provide-medical-face-masks/2865273001/

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

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

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

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

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

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

Doug Jones - Alabama
Gary Peters - Michigan

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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* "Loss of smell could be a symptom of COVID-19:" https://www.livescience.com/covid-19-symptoms-loss-smell-taste.html

* "Why soap, sanitizer and warm water work against Covid-19 and other viruses:" https://www.cnn.com/2020/03/24/health/soap-warm-water-hand-sanitizer-coronavirus-wellness-scn/index.html

* "China Sends Medical Personnel, Supplies to Pakistan to Combat Coronavirus:" https://time.com/5812015/china-medical-aid-pakistan/

* "23 dead in prison riot in Colombia prompted by coronavirus fears, Ministry of Justice says:" https://www.cnn.com/2020/03/23/americas/colombia-prison-riots/index.html

* "Colombia may release some prisoners after deadly riots over coronavirus:" https://www.latimes.com/world-nation/story/2020-03-23/in-colombia-critics-cite-overcrowding-in-coronavirus-linked-prison-riot

* "With Most Coronavirus Cases in Africa, South Africa Locks Down:" https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/27/world/africa/south-africa-coronavirus.html

* "Key medical glove factories cutting staff 50% amid virus:" https://apnews.com/6202bebc5b0f5fa80904d06e50b8429f

* "Keeping the Coronavirus from Infecting Health-Care Workers:" https://www.newyorker.com/news/news-desk/keeping-the-coronavirus-from-infecting-health-care-workers

* "Used to Meeting Challenges With Bluster and Force, Trump Confronts a Crisis Unlike Any Before:" https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/21/us/politics/trump-coronavirus-leadership.html

* "Health experts on how to best fight coronavirus on frontlines:" https://www.msnbc.com/am-joy/watch/coronavirus-fight-failures-of-trump-admin-discussed-by-experts-81332293681

* "Prison system experts lament coronavirus impact on inmates:" https://www.msnbc.com/am-joy/watch/coronavirus-impact-on-inmates-in-prisons-decried-by-experts-81334341973

* "A Judge Ordered The Release Of Low-Level Prisoners Because Of The Coronavirus. People Were Absolutely Furious.:" https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/emmanuelfelton/a-judge-ordered-the-release-of-low-level-prisoners-because

* "Hospital ship arrives in LA as California braces for crisis on par with New York:" https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/mar/27/california-coronavirus-mercy-hospital-ship-us-navy

* "Louisiana’s Rep. Richmond: We need ventilators and need them now:" https://www.msnbc.com/am-joy/watch/coronavirus-spike-expected-in-louisiana-possibly-mississippi-81333317859

* "Philadelphia Ends Talks to Use Closed Hospital as Coronavirus Treatment Center:" https://www.costar.com/article/665095743/philadelphia-ends-talks-to-use-closed-hospital-as-coronavirus-treatment-center

* "Ga. National Guard deploys medical support team to Albany to fight COVID-19:" https://www.walb.com/2020/03/27/ga-national-guard-deploys-medical-support-team-albany-fight-covid-/

* "Coronavirus take from some conservatives: save economy or lives:" https://www.msnbc.com/am-joy/watch/coronavirus-take-from-some-conservatives-save-economy-or-lives-81333829656

* "LGBT+ helpline sees calls double as queer people fear being left with abusive families during coronavirus lockdown:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2020/03/27/lgbt-foundation-helpline-increased-calls-coronavirus-covid-19-pandemic-queer-gay-mental-health/

* "Iraqi cleric blames same-sex marriage for the global coronavirus crisis, missing a glaringly obvious point:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2020/03/28/iraqi-cleric-same-sex-marriage-equality-global-coronavirus-pandemic-moqtada-al-sadr-italy-china/

* "Christian pastor who thought COVID-19 is just ‘mass hysteria’ among the first from Virginia to die from virus:" https://www.rawstory.com/2020/03/christian-pastor-who-thought-covid-19-is-just-mass-hysteria-among-the-first-in-virginia-to-die-from-virus/

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* "Trump administration allows companies to break pollution laws during coronavirus pandemic:" https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2020/mar/27/trump-pollution-laws-epa-allows-companies-pollute-without-penalty-during-coronavirus

"The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has suspended its enforcement of environmental laws during the ongoing coronavirus outbreak, signaling to companies they will not face any sanction for polluting the air or water of Americans."

"Excusing the potential release of excess toxic air pollutants and other pollution that exacerbates asthma, breathing difficulty and cardiovascular problems in the midst of a pandemic that can cause respiratory failure is irresponsible from a public health perspective,” the letter states."

* "Rev. Barber: Coronavirus relief bill should've started with poor:" https://www.msnbc.com/am-joy/watch/coronavirus-relief-bill-should-ve-started-with-poor-barber-says-81334853914

* "Fmr. Obama official on how coronavirus relief bill helps workers:" https://www.msnbc.com/am-joy/watch/coronavirus-relief-bill-can-help-many-stay-employed-expert-says-81334341595

* "Trump tells a conference call of anti-LGBT+ pastors to pray for his re-election and forget about coronavirus:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2020/03/27/donald-trump-anti-lgbt-pastors-coronavirus-covid-19-2020-presidential-election-republican/

* "Secretary Of Interior Orders Mashpee Wampanoag Reservation 'Disestablished,' Tribe Says:" https://www.wbur.org/news/2020/03/28/mashpee-wampanoag-reservation-secretary-interior-land-trust

* "Column: 'It’s just too much': Asian Americans confront xenophobia, economic devastation and the coronavirus:" https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2020-03-23/coronavirus-devastation-immigrants

* "Egyptian government refuses to acknowledge existence of LGBT people, even as it continues to arrest them:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2020/03/27/egypt-government-lgbt-arrest-law-united-nations-covid-19-coronavirus/

* "Student union president accused of ‘homophobia and transphobia’ and dressing as holocaust victim:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2020/03/28/student-union-president-homophobia-transphobia-edge-hill-university-holocaust-sam-farrell/

* "What Was Liberalism? #1 Ideology & Violence | Philosophy Tube:"

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* "What Was Liberalism? #2 Capitalism & History | Philosophy Tube:"

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* "Artists & Fandoms | Philosophy Tube:"

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* The cats practicing Social distancing: https://gwydionmisha.tumblr.com/post/613898214665601025/the-cats-practicing-social-distancing-its-not-a

* Cyberpunk Sim City: https://cmdr-zoom.dreamwidth.org/1057466.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.

* "Snopes on COVID-19 Fact-Checking:" https://www.snopes.com/2020/03/20/snopes-on-covid-19-fact-checking/

* "Help the California food industry survive this crisis:" https://www.change.org/p/governor-gavin-newsom-support-the-california-food-industries-most-vulnerable-workers

* "100 Million Mask Challenge:" https://www.providence.org/lp/100m-masks

* "Coronavirus: Deaconess asks public to sew CDC-compliant face masks for staff:" https://www.courierpress.com/story/news/2020/03/18/coronavirus-deaconess-ask-public-provide-medical-face-masks/2865273001/

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

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

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

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

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

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

Doug Jones - Alabama
Gary Peters - Michigan

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

* "Death of whistleblower doctor unleashes fury in China; more trouble for cruise passengers:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/asia_pacific/coronavirus-china-live-updates/2020/02/07/0a31cae6-4933-11ea-9164-d3154ad8a5cd_story.html

* "Australian democracy is at risk. If we want to save it, we must all play a part:" https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2020/feb/08/australian-democracy-is-at-risk-if-we-want-to-save-it-we-must-all-play-a-part

* "American with coronavirus died in Wuhan, China, embassy says:" https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/american-coronavirus-died-wuhan-china-embassy-says-n1132946

* "White House announces death of terror leader Qassim al-Rimi:" https://www.cnn.com/2020/02/06/politics/white-house-announces-death-of-aqap-leader/index.html

* "Secret Service has paid rates as high as $650 a night for rooms at Trump’s properties:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/secret-service-has-paid-rates-as-high-as-650-a-night-for-rooms-at-trumps-properties/2020/02/06/7f27a7c6-3ec5-11ea-8872-5df698785a4e_story.html

* "Appeals court rejects Democrats' emoluments suit against Trump:" https://www.politico.com/news/2020/02/07/appeals-court-rejects-democrats-emoluments-suit-against-trump-111942

* TW: Hate Speech. "Bigot Rush Limbaugh Is an Insult to the Presidential Medal of Freedom:" https://www.advocate.com/news/2020/2/06/bigot-rush-limbaugh-insult-presidential-medal-freedom

* We are still holding up Ukraine's military aid to punish them for refusing to illegally help 45 in his election by persecuting the Bidens in he absense of a crime. "Ukraine Says The US Is Holding Up $30M Worth Of Guns And Ammo — And It Wants Its Money Back:" https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/christopherm51/ukraine-us-arms-sales

* "With Trump Acquittal, Senate Republicans Ripped Up the Constitution:" https://www.advocate.com/commentary/2020/2/06/trump-acquittal-senate-republicans-ripped-constitution

* "‘That speech will stand up for centuries:’ Sen. Murphy on Romney's condemnation of Trump:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/-that-speech-will-stand-up-for-centuries-sen-murphy-on-romney-s-condemnation-of-trump-78201413965

* "Joy Reid pens an open letter to Sen. Susan Collins on Trump:" https://www.msnbc.com/am-joy/watch/trump-statements-by-sen-susan-collins-critiqued-by-joy-reid-78388805813

* "Trump Fires Impeachment Witnesses Gordon Sondland and Alexander Vindman in Post-Acquittal Purge:" https://www.nytimes.com/2020/02/07/us/politics/alexander-vindman-gordon-sondland-fired.html

* "Esper guarantee against retaliation proves faithless for Vindman:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/esper-guarantee-against-retaliation-proves-faithless-for-vindman-78361669933

* "Witnesses left scattered in wake of Trump impeachment scandal:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/witnesses-left-scattered-in-wake-of-trump-impeachment-scandal-78361669921

* "LGBTQ State of the Union w/ Billy Porter | Logo TV:"

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* "Elizabeth Warren on her grassroots movement and billionaires in the 2020 race:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/elizabeth-warren-on-her-grassroots-movement-and-billionaires-in-the-2020-race-78325317715

* I forgot to tape the debate, much to my annoyance. Apologies.

* "Chris Hayes on the lack of viciousness in the 2020 race:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/chris-hayes-on-the-lack-of-viciousness-in-the-2020-race-78357573710

* "Elizabeth Warren on the 3 year anniversary of 'Nevertheless, she persisted':" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/elizabeth-warren-on-the-3-year-anniversary-of-nevertheless-she-persisted-78357573935

* "Elizabeth Warren: Trump thinks govt is about helping his ‘cronies, family’:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/elizabeth-warren-trump-thinks-govt-is-about-helping-his-cronies-family-78358597593

* "Klobuchar on Buttigieg’s lack of experience: ‘We need a leader that brings the receipts’:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/klobuchar-on-buttigieg-s-lack-of-experience-we-need-a-leader-that-brings-the-receipts-78357573800

* "Buttigieg on Klobuchar’s criticism of his lack of experience:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/buttigieg-on-klobuchar-s-criticism-on-his-lack-of-experience-78360133933

* "Sanders senior advisor: 83% of our SC staff is African-American:" https://www.msnbc.com/am-joy/watch/sanders-campaign-says-it-hires-invests-in-people-of-color-78393413985

* "Capehart: Buttigieg must address ‘deficiencies’ seen in debate:" https://www.msnbc.com/am-joy/watch/buttigieg-struggle-with-black-voters-analyzed-by-msnbc-s-capehart-78392901961

* "Buttigieg, Biden, and Others Spar in Wide-Ranging Debate:" https://www.advocate.com/election/2020/2/07/buttigieg-biden-and-others-spar-wide-ranging-debate

* "Opinion | The Government Uses ‘Near Perfect Surveillance’ Data on Americans:" https://www.nytimes.com/2020/02/07/opinion/dhs-cell-phone-tracking.html

* This is incredibly cruel. We made promises to the Hmong that if they fought for us, we'd take care of them. A lot of the people are talking about have been here most of half a century. "Thousands of Hmong and Lao Americans face deportation under Trump proposal:" https://www.sahanjournal.com/immigration/thousands-of-hmong-and-lao-americans-face-deportation-under-trump-proposal/

* "Graduates Of Historically Black Colleges May Be Paying More For Loans: Watchdog Group:" https://www.npr.org/2020/02/05/802904167/watchdog-group-minority-college-graduates-may-pay-higher-interest-rates

* ""Law & Order" and Civil Disobedience | Philosophy Tube:"

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* "Murderer finally convicted for shooting trans woman and her boyfriend, seven years after he killed them:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2020/02/07/milan-boudreaux-black-trans-woman-murderer-convicted-seven-years-later/

* "Homophobes hurl vile abuse before knocking bartender unconscious and injuring two gay men:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2020/02/07/gay-bar-homophobic-abuse-attack-assault-dallas-texas/

* "Virginia Makes History by Passing LGBTQ-Inclusive Civil Rights Bill:" https://www.advocate.com/politics/2020/2/06/virginia-makes-history-passing-lgbtq-inclusive-civil-rights-bill

* "1984 & Language | Philosophy Tube:"

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* "Data | Philosophy Tube:"

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* RW: Suicide. "Trying to stop shootings, school tip lines uncover a teen suicide crisis:" https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/school-tip-lines-were-meant-stop-shootings-uncovered-teen-suicide-n1127876

* "EU Climate Agency: Global Temperatures This January Were the Warmest Ever on Record For the Month:" https://time.com/5779142/global-temperatures-warmest-january/

* "Antarctica just hit 65 degrees, its warmest temperature ever recorded:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/weather/2020/02/07/antarctica-just-hit-65-degrees-its-warmest-temperature-ever-recorded/

* "Climate Change: It’s a Buzzkill for Bumblebees, Study Finds:" https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/02/06/climate/bumblebees-extreme-heat-weather.html

* "Celebrating 10 African-American medical pioneers:" https://www.aamc.org/news-insights/celebrating-10-african-american-medical-pioneers

* "Bayard Rustin Finally Pardoned by California for Consensual Sex Arrest:" https://www.advocate.com/politics/2020/2/05/bayard-rustin-finally-pardoned-california-consensual-sex-arrest

* "4 Alaska children missing in blizzard conditions are found alive:" https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2020/02/04/missing-alaska-kids-children-lost-blizzard-conditions-found-alive/4653776002/

* They took 6 vials of blood Friday and I then foolishly decided to make a dinner than involved a lot of standing on my fucked up foot. I am officially a mess.

* "23 Retellings of Classic Stories From Science Fiction & Fantasy Authors:" https://www.tor.com/2020/02/05/23-retellings-of-classic-stories-from-science-fiction-fantasy-authors/

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

* Australia is on fire. Want to help? https://gwydionmisha.tumblr.com/post/190151259088
https://www.abc.net.au/classic/read-and-watch/news/bushfire-donations/11823676
Help Thirsty Koalas Devastated by Recent Fires: https://au.gofundme.com/f/help-thirsty-koalas-devastated-by-recent-fires
Mogo Zoo Fire Recovery: https://au.gofundme.com/f/mogo-zoo-fire-recovery
WIRES-Emergency Fund for Wildlife: https://www.facebook.com/donate/1386120504919105/10158318179549750/
Victorian Bushfire Appeal: https://www.vic.gov.au/bushfireappeal
"Fire Relief Fund for First Nations Communities:" https://www.gofundme.com/f/fire-relief-fund-for-first-nations-communities

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

* "Emotional support animals could be banned from planes under DOT rule:" https://www.rollcall.com/news/emotional-support-animals-banned-planes-dot

Want to complain? https://www.transportation.gov/briefing-room/us-department-transportation-seeks-comment-proposed-amendments-regulation-service

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

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

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

* "More Organizations to Support Helping Refugee Children:" https://thisfinecrew.dreamwidth.org/201920.html

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Doug Jones - Alabama
Gary Peters - Michigan

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

* "Trump imposes travel restrictions, mandatory quarantines over coronavirus outbreak:" https://www.cnbc.com/2020/01/31/white-house-to-hold-briefing-on-coronavirus-friday-afternoon.html

* "U.S. economy misses Trump's 3% growth target in 2019:" https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-economy-idUSKBN1ZT0CA

* "Senate punts final vote in Trump trial to next week:" https://www.politico.com/news/2020/01/31/trumps-impeachment-trial-could-extend-into-next-week-109937

* "John Kelly: With no witnesses, Senate impeachment trial is 'a job only half done':" John Kelly: With no witnesses, Senate impeachment trial is 'a job only half done'

* "John Roberts blocks mentions of alleged whistleblower's name:" https://www.politico.com/news/2020/01/29/john-roberts-whistleblower-name-mentions-109292

* "Justice Department lawyer says House can impeach over defied subpoenas:" https://www.cnn.com/2020/01/30/politics/trump-impeachment-subpoena-hearing/index.html

* "‘Disgrace:’ Sen. Van Hollen on GOP vote to block witnesses:" http://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/-disgrace-sen-van-hollen-on-gop-vote-to-block-witnesses-77919813773

* "Sen. Blumenthal on ‘hypocrisy’ of Sen. Rubio, other GOP senators:" http://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/sen-blumenthal-on-hypocrisy-of-sen-rubio-other-gop-senators-77920837696

* "Chris Hayes on how Kavanaugh vote compares to impeachment trial:" http://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/chris-hayes-on-how-kavanaugh-vote-compares-to-impeachment-trial-77922885694

* "Trump lawyers make shocking claim of monarchical executive powers:" http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/trump-lawyers-make-shocking-claim-of-monarchical-executive-powers-77800005671

* "Republican impeachment calculus considers immediate Trump rage:" http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/republican-impeachment-calculus-considers-immediate-trump-rage-77859397808

* "New Audio Appears to Show Ex-Giuliani Pal Lev Parnas at Dinner With Trump:" https://www.thedailybeast.com/new-audio-appears-to-show-ex-giuliani-pal-lev-parnas-at-dinner-with-trump

* "Trump Told Bolton to Help His Ukraine Pressure Campaign, Book Says:" https://www.nytimes.com/2020/01/31/us/politics/trump-bolton-ukraine.html

* "Bolton’s lawyer contends his book does not contain classified material and asks White House for expedited review so he can testify if called:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/boltons-lawyer-contends-his-book-does-not-contain-classified-material-and-asks-white-house-for-expedited-review-so-he-can-testify-if-called/2020/01/29/89e4a56e-42e5-11ea-aa6a-083d01b3ed18_story.html

* "In Kyiv, Pompeo does not dispute allegations in Bolton's book:" https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/kyiv-pompeo-dispute-allegations-boltons-book/story?id=68666108

* "Energy Department releases more than 100 pages of Ukraine documents:" https://www.cnn.com/2020/01/28/politics/energy-department-ukraine-rick-perry-documents/index.html

* TW: Rape "Woman who says Trump raped her seeks his DNA:" https://apnews.com/0475983f6c1e40628d2a3058e270a747

* "Former Ambassador Marie Yovanovitch, Key Figure In Impeachment Trial, Retires:" https://www.npr.org/2020/01/31/801697400/ukraine-ambassador-marie-yovanovitch-key-figure-in-impeachment-trial-retires

* "McConnell keeps GOP in line with dark money war chest: Whitehouse:" http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/mcconnell-keeps-gop-in-line-with-dark-money-war-chest-whitehouse-77859397840

* "Portion of US border wall in California falls over in high winds and lands on Mexican side:" https://www.cnn.com/2020/01/29/politics/us-border-wall-falls-over-high-winds/index.html

* "An American Primer - James Baldwin RPF:"

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* "Intro to Plato:"

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* "African Philosophy & the Enlightenment :"

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* "Intro to Hegel (& Progressive Politics):"

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* "Coronavirus Is Scary! CDC Budget Cuts Make It Scarier:"

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* "Are Republicans Being Shadow Banned? (No):"

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* "Is The Iowa Caucus A Relic of the Past?:"

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* The lung episode Thursday alarmed the Contractors so much they spoke to he liaison guy, who called me this morning to see if I was okay. I'm not really, but I'm better than Friday. I washed a load in the new washing machine. It's a lot quieter and huge and apparently way more energy efficient. It is in fact so large that I had to use a broom to get my sundries, as I'm an inch or two to short to reach the back myself. The dryer is also massive, bu as it's front load, I'm fine.

Livia hid during the contractor visit and only noticed the change of appliances around lunchtime when she followed me into the bathroom and noticed the new gigantic black washer GURGLING at her. The doors that conceal them had been closed up until that point when she was roaming. She did not runaway in terror, but she is definitely wary.

Despite the pain and the state of my lungs, I forced myself out to forage, as I've missed most of a month and the only freshish veg left was some romaine that was starting to slime when I went o make a sandwich today. I hurt more than words can say and i'm now having trouble hobbling to the bathroom and the like, but we've got fresh greens, milk, and some of those small oranges.

It's real witch weather out tonight, just like I like it.

* "What Scientists Wear:" https://twitter.com/StudentofWhim/status/1222647450927845376

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

* Australia is on fire. Want to help? https://gwydionmisha.tumblr.com/post/190151259088
https://www.abc.net.au/classic/read-and-watch/news/bushfire-donations/11823676
Help Thirsty Koalas Devastated by Recent Fires: https://au.gofundme.com/f/help-thirsty-koalas-devastated-by-recent-fires
Mogo Zoo Fire Recovery: https://au.gofundme.com/f/mogo-zoo-fire-recovery
WIRES-Emergency Fund for Wildlife: https://www.facebook.com/donate/1386120504919105/10158318179549750/
Victorian Bushfire Appeal: https://www.vic.gov.au/bushfireappeal
"Fire Relief Fund for First Nations Communities:" https://www.gofundme.com/f/fire-relief-fund-for-first-nations-communities

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

* "Emotional support animals could be banned from planes under DOT rule:" https://www.rollcall.com/news/emotional-support-animals-banned-planes-dot

Want to complain? https://www.transportation.gov/briefing-room/us-department-transportation-seeks-comment-proposed-amendments-regulation-service

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

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

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

* "More Organizations to Support Helping Refugee Children:" https://thisfinecrew.dreamwidth.org/201920.html

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Doug Jones - Alabama
Gary Peters - Michigan

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

* "World leaders call for end to new anti-Semitism, reflect on dark past at Holocaust Forum:" https://www.haaretz.com/jewish/holocaust-remembrance-day/.premium-world-leaders-call-for-end-to-new-anti-semitism-while-reflecting-on-dark-past-1.8440705

* Bad news over the weekend. "Worries grow that quarantine in China not enough to stem increasingly virulent coronavirus:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/coronavirus-china-latest-updates/2020/01/27/3634db9a-40a7-11ea-aa6a-083d01b3ed18_story.html

* "Rep. Demings: ‘Take her out’ line usually comes from mobsters:" http://www.msnbc.com/am-joy/watch/trump-impeachment-trial-discussed-by-rep-val-demings-77587013806

* "Former Watergate prosecutor slams Trump lawyers’ arguments:" http://www.msnbc.com/am-joy/watch/trump-lawyers-defense-arguments-don-t-hold-up-experts-says-77588037960

* "Schiff calls Trump 'vindictive' after president's Twitter attacks:" http://www.msnbc.com/am-joy/watch/trump-tweet-attacking-adam-schiff-analysed-by-legal-experts-77595717774

* "Senate candidate for SC Jaime Harrison takes on Lindsey Graham:" http://www.msnbc.com/am-joy/watch/trump-supporter-graham-panned-by-senate-candidate-for-sc-harrison-77590085638

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

* "Joe Biden says ‘no room for compromise’ on trans equality in swipe at Bernie Sanders for touting anti-trans comedian’s support:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2020/01/26/joe-biden-trans-rights-bernie-sanders-joe-rogan-twitter/

* "Warren wins prized Des Moines Register endorsement:" https://www.politico.com/news/2020/01/25/warren-wins-prized-des-moines-register-endorsement-104643

* "The Des Moines Register executive editor on why it endorsed Warren:" http://www.msnbc.com/am-joy/watch/warren-endorsement-by-des-moines-register-explained-by-executive-editor-77560389793

* "Julián Castro on Warren’s outreach to people of color, more:" http://www.msnbc.com/am-joy/watch/warren-connects-with-2020-voters-of-color-julian-castro-says-77560389949

* TW: Torture, Mental Illness. "What is Solitary Confinement Like?:"

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* "Pro-LGBT priest reveals he is against abortion, uses queer people in his bizarre argument:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2020/01/26/pro-lgbt-priest-james-martin-abortion-jesuit-america-magazine-queer-argument/

* "Uber driver told gay couple stop kissing in her cab ‘because she is a Christian’:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2020/01/27/uber-driver-gay-couple-stop-kissing-christian-london-finn-davies/

* "Labour leader hopefuls Nandy, Thornberry and Long-Bailey pledge unwavering support for trans people:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2020/01/27/labour-leadership-trans-rights-emily-thornberry-lisa-nandy-rebecca-long-bailey-keir-starmer/

* "Liverpool arena cancels appearance by Donald Trump’s favorite hate preacher Franklin Graham after furious backlash:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2020/01/27/franklin-graham-evangelical-hate-preacher-backlash-anti-lgbt-liverpool-sheffield-uk-tour/

* "The Leather Community Isn't 'Degenerate' — It Leads the LGBTQ Movement:" https://www.advocate.com/commentary/2020/1/24/leather-community-isnt-degenerate-it-leads-lgbtq-movement

* "Are Rules Made to Be Broken?:"

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* "Alan Dershowitz Argues for Trump Cold Open - SNL:"

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* "Undercover Boss: Where Are They Now - SNL:"

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* "Slow - SNL:"

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* "Weekend Update: Impeachment Trial Begins - SNL:"

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* "Dmitri ALIEV - Free Skating - European Championships 2020 (France TV):"

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* "European Championships 2020 — Michal Brezina SP:"

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* Saturday: Incremental improvement is still definitely improvement. Today it was the difference between me repeatedly waking up suffocating to me going back to bed in the afternoon and not suffocating in my sleep. It's the difference between a painful rattling cough that continues until i vomit or pass out (Saturday morning) to just a painful rattling cough. Baby steps.

I took a bath last night. Turned hot on all the way to full like I always do, and it actually gt uncomfortably hot! I can now have a really hot bath without using all the hot water in the house.

I keep finding Livia standing where the broken electric fireplace used to be, staring in bafflement at the dry wall. She then gives me this look like, "I'm not crazy, right? There used to be a wall here, and a fish tank?"

* Sunday: Spent all evening resting, but am still exhausted.

It's been over a week since I found a body and I've verified at least 20 fish survived.

* I have a habit of ordering batches of DvDs from the library for what I call my "slow film festivals. I'll order all he films they have that I haven't seen with a particular actor, or all the restoration dramas, or whatever. They don't come all at once, of course, hence the slow motion. I'm also bad at remembering names and titles, so sometimes I'll think i haven't watched things that i have, or I'll order things and by the time they come, I don't recognize the title. This is not any sort of deterioration. I've always been bad at remembering names and titles of things I don't use often. I used to have to quiz myself hard on student names and then forget them over the summer and have to relearn them even when some were the same kids. I realized at my first college that I'd already lost the name of at least one guy i'd fucked in high school. Oh, I remember faces and stories and who people were, it's just often names slip away if I don't work to keep them pinned.

So at some point recently, I went through the library online catalog and ordered a mix of some zombie movies I liked and haven't seen in a while and everything I couldn't remember seeing based on the title. (So far only two turned out not to be rewatches, which for me and zombie movies is a lot. I pretty much watch all the zombie movies reasonably available in the Us and Canada at leas once, even if it takes a few years for TV or library to carry them).

I also keep an eye out for lists of queer cinema things so I can see ones I missed. I ordered a whole bunch of those from several lists over the course of the last few months.

Plus I comb the awards nominations lists and lists of snubs, as I really can't afford to go to movies anymore, and in the gp between release and Dvd, I lose titles. Things fall through the cracks. Back when I had more money I'd see a lot of movies at the Art cinemas in town, so I kept up on indie releases and quality foreign films, but again, broke, so it is helpful to see what world cinema, indie, documentaries etc. are turning up on various lists.

Remember: Super bad at remembering film titles. So a massive number came in all at once right when I was about to spend a ton of time in bed feeling crappy. Sometimes a title is memorable. Sometimes a title of or the cover is obviously zombie or obviously queer. Sometimes? I pop a thing in without paying enough attention or the title and cover are ambiguous and I start watching a film wondering if it's zombies, queer people, or award bait, which adds a whole other level of tension to the early part of the film.

I watched one today where they are out in the wilderness doing stuff and it was really tense because I didn't know if zombies were going to pop up and start eating people or if those guys were going to kiss or neither. (Spoiler: No zombies and they skipped kissing and went right to the fucking. I had to check after what year it came out because it looked like award bait too. It wasn't from this year, but from the cover it looked like it got some awards.)

* "Tesla's Terror is the Viewer's Fun Ride:" https://www.thefandomentals.com/doctor-who-s12-e4/

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

* Australia is on fire. Want to help? https://gwydionmisha.tumblr.com/post/190151259088
https://www.abc.net.au/classic/read-and-watch/news/bushfire-donations/11823676
Help Thirsty Koalas Devastated by Recent Fires: https://au.gofundme.com/f/help-thirsty-koalas-devastated-by-recent-fires
Mogo Zoo Fire Recovery: https://au.gofundme.com/f/mogo-zoo-fire-recovery
WIRES-Emergency Fund for Wildlife: https://www.facebook.com/donate/1386120504919105/10158318179549750/
Victorian Bushfire Appeal: https://www.vic.gov.au/bushfireappeal
"Fire Relief Fund for First Nations Communities:" https://www.gofundme.com/f/fire-relief-fund-for-first-nations-communities

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

* "Emotional support animals could be banned from planes under DOT rule:" https://www.rollcall.com/news/emotional-support-animals-banned-planes-dot

Want to complain? https://www.transportation.gov/briefing-room/us-department-transportation-seeks-comment-proposed-amendments-regulation-service

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

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

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

* "More Organizations to Support Helping Refugee Children:" https://thisfinecrew.dreamwidth.org/201920.html

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Doug Jones - Alabama
Gary Peters - Michigan

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

* "Sierra Leone initiates Bondo without FGM:" http://politicosl.com/articles/sierra-leone-initiates-bondo-without-fgm

* "Indigenous man handcuffed for opening bank account:" https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-51054120

* "Xi Jinping’s approach to Taiwan and Hong Kong has backfired:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/global-opinions/xi-jinpings-crackdown-in-hong-kong-has-backfired-in-taiwan/2020/01/13/f321868e-362c-11ea-9541-9107303481a4_story.html

* "Why protesting Indians are chanting the Constitution:" https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-india-51088907

* "Smoke from Australia's fires will make 'full circuit' around the world:" https://www.cnn.com/2020/01/14/australia/nasa-smoke-full-circuit-intl-scli-scn/index.html

* "Thousands of Iranian protesters hit streets condemning leaders over downed plane:" https://www.cnn.com/2020/01/12/middleeast/iran-protests-ukraine-plane-uk-ambassador-intl-gbr/index.html

* "State Department security officials weren't notified of 'imminent' threats to US embassies:" https://www.cnn.com/2020/01/13/politics/state-embassy-threat-iran-blindsideded/index.html

* "Pentagon chief says no specific evidence Iran was plotting to attack four U.S. embassies:" https://www.reuters.com/article/us-iraq-security-usa/pentagon-chief-says-no-specific-evidence-iran-was-plotting-to-attack-four-u-s-embassies-idUSKBN1ZB0KM

* How is seven months imminent? "Trump authorized Soleimani's killing 7 months ago, with conditions:" https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/national-security/trump-authorized-soleimani-s-killing-7-months-ago-conditions-n1113271

* "Senior administration officials struggle to explain intelligence behind killing of Soleimani:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/senior-administration-officials-struggle-to-explain-intelligence-behind-killing-of-soleimani/2020/01/12/daf7e896-3582-11ea-bf30-ad313e4ec754_story.html

* They still can’t get their story straight. "The Trump Administration’s Fluctuating Explanations for the Suleimani Strike:" https://www.nytimes.com/2020/01/12/us/politics/trump-suleimani-explanations.html

* "Schumer raises alarm about 'risks of war with this president':" http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/schumer-raises-alarm-about-risks-of-war-with-this-president-76675653717

* "‘This lie is most unforgivable:’ Chris Murphy on White House deception about Iran:" http://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/-this-lie-is-most-unforgivable-chris-murphy-on-white-house-deception-about-iran-76658757696

* "Hundreds mourn reporters shot dead after covering Iraq protests - France 24:" https://www.france24.com/en/20200111-hundreds-mourn-reporters-shot-dead-after-covering-iraq-protests

* "Trump administration warns Iraq could lose New York Fed account if US troops forced to leave:" https://www.cnbc.com/2020/01/11/trump-administration-warns-iraq-could-lose-new-york-fed-account-wsj.html

* "U.S. plans expulsions of at least a dozen Saudi military students whose colleague killed three at Pensacola naval base:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/saudi-military-trainees-could-be-sent-home-following-fbi-investigation-into-shooting-that-killed-three-at-pensacola-naval-base/2020/01/11/1797cc78-34e1-11ea-91fd-82d4e04a3fac_story.html

* "Trump’s latest lies about push to end healthcare coverage for pre-existing conditions:" http://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/trump-s-latest-lies-about-his-push-to-end-healthcare-coverage-for-pre-existing-conditions-76660805811

* "Climate change-denying White House tweets about snow when it's 70 degrees:" http://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/climate-change-denying-white-house-tweets-about-snow-when-it-s-70-degrees-76664901541

* "Fresh Cambridge Analytica leak ‘shows global manipulation is out of control’:" https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2020/jan/04/cambridge-analytica-data-leak-global-election-manipulation

* "Russian spies hacked Ukrainian gas company at heart of Trump impeachment trial, company says:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/russian-spies-hacked-ukrainian-gas-company-at-heart-of-trump-impeachment-trial/2020/01/13/db50b2b0-366c-11ea-bb7b-265f4554af6d_story.html

* "Rep. Schiff: NYT new Russian hacking report 'deeply disturbing':" http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/rep-schiff-nyt-new-russian-hacking-report-deeply-disturbing-76673605924

* "Pelosi says Trump ‘impeached for life’ despite McConnell’s ‘gamesmanship,’ ‘coverup’:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/pelosi-says-trump-impeached-for-life-despite-mcconnells-gamesmanship-coverup/2020/01/12/4e75531a-3544-11ea-9541-9107303481a4_story.html

* "White House expects GOP defections on calling witnesses in Senate impeachment trial:" https://www.cbsnews.com/news/impeachment-trial-white-house-expects-republican-defections-on-calling-new-witnesses-in-the-senate/

Don't hold your breath, but if you have a moderate Republican senator now might be a good time to express your opinion.

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/

* "Schiff: investigation of new Trump impeachment evidence continues:" http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/schiff-investigation-of-new-trump-impeachment-evidence-continues-76675653559

* "Giuliani associate Lev Parnas turns over thousands of pages of documents to impeachment investigators:" https://www.cnn.com/2020/01/13/politics/lev-parnas-house-documents/index.html

* "Revealed: US listed climate activist group as ‘extremists’ alongside mass killers:" https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2020/jan/13/us-listed-climate-activist-group-extremists

"In addition to providing an overview of domestic terrorism threats the document includes an appendix summarizing select incidents over the past few years. Two of the Valve Turners are listed alongside violent white supremacists such as Dylann Roof and James Fields, who have both been convicted of murdering innocent civilians. Roof killed nine black churchgoers in a rampage in South Carolina. Fields drove his car into a group of activists protesting a white supremacist rally in Charlottesville, Virginia, killing one and injuring at least 19 others.

The document also states that “racial and environmentally themed ideologies” were among the primary drivers of terrorist attacks in the United States during this time.

Mike German, a former FBI agent who is now a fellow with the Brennan Center for Justice, wrote in an email that

the DHS framing was “highly misleading because white supremacists are responsible for the bulk of this violence and almost all of the fatalities that result”. “There is little evidence,” he added, “that environmentalists have engaged in the types of deadly violence that would meet the statutory definition of domestic terrorism, as codified by Congress”."

* "Elizabeth Warren doubles down on commitment to LGBT community, vows to stop imprisoning trans women with men:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2020/01/13/elizabeth-warren-lgbt-community-stop-imprisoning-trans-women-with-men/

* "Sanders Reportedly Told Warren a Woman Cannot Win the Presidency:" https://www.advocate.com/election/2020/1/13/report-sanders-told-warren-woman-cannot-win-presidency

* "Booker drops out of presidential race:" https://www.politico.com/news/2020/01/13/booker-dropout-098177

* "Cory Booker, Major LGBTQ Ally, Ends Presidential Campaign:" https://www.advocate.com/election/2020/1/13/cory-booker-major-lgbtq-ally-ends-presidential-campaign

* Sen. Cory Booker's prayer for Democrats in 2020: Unite Americans":" http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/booker-s-prayer-for-democrats-in-2020-unite-americans-76675141737

* "Meet the First Trans Man Seeking Office in North Carolina:" https://www.advocate.com/politics/2020/1/13/meet-first-trans-man-seeking-office-north-carolina

* TW: Historical racism. "Is Philosophy Just White Guys J3rk!ng Off?:"

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* "Same-sex marriage has now officially become legal in Northern Ireland:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2020/01/13/northern-ireland-same-sex-marriage-equality-legal-weddings-uk/

* "Defence minister Johnny Mercer apologises again – this time for Catholic priests who outed gay soldiers:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2020/01/13/defence-minister-johnny-mercer-apology-catholic-priests-outed-gay-soldiers-military-ban/

* "Modern Thought and Culture in 1900: Crash Course European History #31:"

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* "How to Fix the Housing Crisis:"

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* "Oscar Snubs for Women, an End to Cory Booker's White House Bid & Diego the Tortoise's Retirement:"

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* "War in the Middle East: This Time It's Persianal - Iran's Plane Shootdown and Trump's Farsi Tweet:"

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* "While Trump Is Golfing, We're All Paying To Protect Him:"

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* ""The Song Of The White Wolf" METAL COVER:"

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* ""Toss A Coin To Your Witcher" METAL COVER:"

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* Imperial and Royal Forces have started skirmishing over my desk and sofa. The arguments have been inconclusive and the furry people are not sure who owns what now.

It snowed Sunday, which usually onl happens a couple times a Winter. Given the amount and the temperature, I correctly guessed I wouldn't be able to leave the house today. By evening there were no paths to the car yet. I've split Livia's last can. I don't know when I'll be safe to leave the house again.

I spent the day and evening sleeping under a sedimentary layer of cats. I think a may be turning the corner on the pathogen, but we'll see.

* Thank you benefactor, for sending Livia's cat food money. It'll need time to transfer, so there'll be a gap on her goosh, but there are enough of the prescription kibbles left that no one will actually go hungry. Let's hope hersystem can handle it.

* Avian Revolutionaries: https://twitter.com/keatxngrant/status/1147237365678845952

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

* Australia is on fire. Want to help? https://gwydionmisha.tumblr.com/post/190151259088
https://www.abc.net.au/classic/read-and-watch/news/bushfire-donations/11823676
Help Thirsty Koalas Devastated by Recent Fires: https://au.gofundme.com/f/help-thirsty-koalas-devastated-by-recent-fires
Mogo Zoo Fire Recovery: https://au.gofundme.com/f/mogo-zoo-fire-recovery
WIRES-Emergency Fund for Wildlife: https://www.facebook.com/donate/1386120504919105/10158318179549750/
Victorian Bushfire Appeal: https://www.vic.gov.au/bushfireappeal
"Fire Relief Fund for First Nations Communities:" https://www.gofundme.com/f/fire-relief-fund-for-first-nations-communities

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

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

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

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

* "More Organizations to Support Helping Refugee Children:" https://thisfinecrew.dreamwidth.org/201920.html

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

* "China sacks top Hong Kong envoy amid protests:" https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-china-50991815

* "Dozens held in Hong Kong after violence at parallel trading march:" https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/jan/05/dozens-held-in-hong-kong-after-anti-parallel-trading-march-turns-violent

* "In China’s Crackdown on Muslims, Children Have Not Been Spared:" https://www.nytimes.com/2019/12/28/world/asia/china-xinjiang-children-boarding-schools.html

* "Rain eases Australia fires but huge blaze expected:" https://www.bbc.com/news/world-australia-51003504

* Australia is on fire. Want to help? https://www.abc.net.au/classic/read-and-watch/news/bushfire-donations/11823676

* "Canada police prepared to shoot Indigenous activists, documents show:" https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/dec/20/canada-indigenous-land-defenders-police-documents

* "Trump warns of sanctions if Iraq tries to expel US troops:" https://apnews.com/6e761a5f7817ba8da1b54176ab8b65b9

* To sum up we pulled out of the Iran deal to "spite Obama" according to the White house. We illegally assassinated an official from a country we are not at war with on a whim. The white house refuses to give Congress evidence of imminent threat which suggests there is none, and they didn't inform Congress let along ask for an authorization of force against a country we were not at war with. We are now threatening to invade and commit war crimes in Iran and republicans insist that this is somehow deescalation. Meanwhile, Iraq ha voted to expel our troops, which they have every right to do and we are threatening sanctions against them. "Trump Threatens Iranian Cultural Sites, and Warns of Sanctions on Iraq:" https://www.nytimes.com/2020/01/05/us/politics/trump-iran-cultural-sites.html

* "Sen. Stabenow on Iran: We’ve put U.S. in tremendous jeopardy:" http://www.msnbc.com/am-joy/watch/aftermath-of-iranian-general-killed-in-u-s-airstrike-discussed-by-sen-stabenow-76054085799

* "Expert asserts strike killing Iranian general imperils Americans:" http://www.msnbc.com/am-joy/watch/iranian-general-qassem-soleimani-s-assassination-endangers-u-s-former-obama-advisor-says-76056645749

* "Middle East expert says Trump has taken U.S. ‘to precipice of war’:" http://www.msnbc.com/am-joy/watch/trump-has-u-s-at-edge-of-war-with-iran-after-qassem-soleimani-killing-expert-says-76057157607

* "Did Trump have authorization to order Soleimani strike?:" http://www.msnbc.com/am-joy/watch/trump-authorization-to-kill-iranian-general-soleimani-questioned-76057157851

* "Military expert warns Iran could attack U.S. ships, embassy:" http://www.msnbc.com/am-joy/watch/iran-could-attack-u-s-ships-in-middle-east-military-expert-warns-76059205580

* "Why expert fears Soleimani killing could fuel new Middle East war:" http://www.msnbc.com/am-joy/watch/soleimani-killing-could-fuel-new-middle-east-war-expert-fears-76060229563

* "Trump has put America ‘in a very bad place’ policy expert says:" http://www.msnbc.com/am-joy/watch/soleimani-killing-a-massive-iran-strategy-failure-experts-say-76084805503

* "Sen Cardin: ‘Outrageous' Pompeo talked to Russia ‘before Congress’:" http://www.msnbc.com/am-joy/watch/trump-must-establish-imminent-threat-from-iran-sen-cardin-says-76084805568

* "Is press repeating Iraq reporting mistakes with Trump and Iran?:" http://www.msnbc.com/am-joy/watch/trump-and-iran-compared-to-iraq-media-coverage-and-consequences-76085829567

* "Legal expert explains new Ukraine emails reportedly citing Trump:" http://www.msnbc.com/am-joy/watch/ukraine-aide-details-in-unredacted-emails-reportedly-cite-trump-76057157714

* "Julián Castro: We see strong cases of ‘buying onto debate stage’:" http://www.msnbc.com/am-joy/watch/julian-castro-on-ending-2020-run-money-in-politics-what-s-next-76084293844

* "A Translation Crisis at the Border:" https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2020/01/06/a-translation-crisis-at-the-border

* "What Never-Ending War Does to Kids:" https://www.thenation.com/article/children-forever-war/

* "He hunted black men with a Roman sword. Then he stabbed one to spark a ‘race war.’:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/graphics/2019/local/race-war-murder-hate-crime/

* "How White Nationalists Have Been Inspired by the Genocide of Muslims in Bosnia:" https://theintercept.com/2019/09/01/bosnian-genocide-mass-shootings/

* "Marketing Psychiatric Drugs to Jailers and Judges:" https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2019/12/pharmaceutical-companies-are-marketing-drugs-jailers/604264/

* "Over 200 members of Congress ask Supreme Court to 'reconsider' Roe v. Wade:" https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/politics-news/over-200-members-congress-ask-supreme-court-reconsider-roe-v-n1109781

* "Love, honesty and kindness: Transgender people share their hopes and dreams for 2020 – and it’s eye-opening:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2020/01/05/trans-non-binary-people-share-hopes-dreams-2020-munroe-bergdorf-glamrou/

* "Activists slam judge who set bail for man charged with strangling trans teen to death:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2020/01/04/trans-teen-murdered-activists-judge-bail-murdered-nikki-kuhnhausen-strangling-death-oregon/

* "Massachusetts Shows Us What We Must Do Next for Intersex Rights:" https://www.advocate.com/commentary/2020/1/04/intersex-rights-advance-massachusetts

* "Healthcare, Ethics, & Postmodernism | Philosophy Tube:"

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* "Flat Earth OR Why Do People Reject Science? | Philosophy Tube:"

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* "Why big business can count on courts to keep its deadly secrets:" https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-courts-secrecy-lobbyist-specialre/special-report-why-big-business-can-count-on-courts-to-keep-its-deadly-secrets-idUSKBN1YN1GF

* "History’s Largest Mining Operation Is About to Begin:" https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2020/01/20000-feet-under-the-sea/603040/

* "'Lobsters and octopuses are back': the Kenyan women leading a reef revival:" https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2019/nov/26/lobsters-and-octopuses-are-back-kenyan-women-leading-coral-reef-revival-wasini-island

* "Poor Charleston:" https://daily.jstor.org/letters-to-an-orphanage-in-poor-charleston/

* "That Time Animators Brought a Guillotine to the Disney Labor Strike in 1941:" https://paleofuture.gizmodo.com/that-time-animators-brought-a-guillotine-to-the-disney-1839802702

* "He Was One of Mexico’s Deadliest Assassins. Then He Turned on His Cartel.:" https://www.nytimes.com/2019/12/14/world/americas/sicario-mexico-drug-cartels.html

* "I Didn't Think My Dad Was a Spy—Until the FBI Called:" https://gizmodo.com/my-dad-was-a-spy-maybe-1840483228

* "The Trouble with the Video Game Industry | Philosophy Tube:"

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* "Nathan Chen's world-best short program at Grand Prix Final :"

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* Saturday I served tea and cookies and we took down Gothmas. And all the mantle lighting. :( It all looks so naked and start without the decorations. We were too tired to take apart and pack the altar proper or mess with tanks. As it was I needed twelve hours sleep, hence my silence al of Saturday. Basically i ate and lunged and went straight to bed.

Since I had outside help with the Gothmas break down, Livia spent the duration in her Hide and Tavy stayed on his bed. He let the guest pet him and he was very interested in the boxes being moved out of the closet, then later back in, but he never left his room.

When the Imperial couple emerged for feeding they discovered all the trees and Goth tchotchkes had been mysteriously vanished from the bird watching window and environs. So much excite! A cat would gallop up, lea dramatically onto the bench, peer out the window, then dart off again for a run round the common areas. Meanwhile another cat would do the same. Back and forth over and over, while Elder Kitty watched them like they had lost their minds. She had watched most of the break down in real time herself. She doesn't like visitors touching her, but she does like to hang out and be low key social when we have them so there was no mystery in the cleared space for her.

* If you are interested in helping with Livia's recovery, right now the Cat things we need are:
https://www.chewy.com/wellness-core-signature-selects/dp/147047

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

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

Alternately: Paypal Lethran@gmail.com or paypal.me/Gwydion

* "Every Popular History Bestseller That Hits American Bookstores Two Years After Its UK Debut:" https://www.shatnerchatner.com/p/every-popular-history-bestseller/comments?token=eyJ1c2VyX2lkIjoxNjEzMzc4LCJwb3N0X2lkIjoyMTM5ODMsIl8iOiJINmxnVyIsImlhdCI6MTU3ODE3NzQ3MiwiZXhwIjoxNTc4MTgxMDcyLCJpc3MiOiJwdWItNSIsInN1YiI6InBvc3QtcmVhY3Rpb24ifQ.az1Lvy5bluSdiXE-GLCBdITgNyRBwBxePTRztDSkBV4

* "Russell T Davies on queer representation on TV, time loop anomalies and homophobic folk dancers. Yes, really:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2020/01/05/russell-t-davies-john-barrowman-doctor-who-queer-as-folk-lgbt-television/

* "Sunday Sweets: Deco-licious:" https://www.cakewrecks.com/home/2020/1/5/sunday-sweets-deco-licious

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

* Australia is on fire. Want to help? https://www.abc.net.au/classic/read-and-watch/news/bushfire-donations/11823676

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

* "Half-North Korean, half-Chinese kids struggle in South Korea:" https://apnews.com/3ee96082ab384adcaac98223e5253034

* "‘Dump Trump!’ Protesters across the nation rally for impeachment:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/dump-trump-protesters-across-the-nation-rally-for-impeachment/2019/12/17/b010b272-213a-11ea-9c2b-060477c13959_story.html

* "A Third of Trump Judicial Appointees Are Anti-LGBTQ:" https://www.advocate.com/politics/2019/12/24/third-every-trump-judicial-appointment-anti-lgbtq

* "As a school shooting unfolded, a teen opened her mosque doors to shelter fleeing students:" https://www.cnn.com/2019/12/05/us/shelter-mosque-school-shooting-trnd/index.html

* "The Hidden Cost of Incarceration:" https://www.themarshallproject.org/2019/12/17/the-hidden-cost-of-incarceration

* "Brazil's Antigay President: Reporter's Face Is 'Like a Homosexual's':" https://www.advocate.com/world/2019/12/24/brazils-antigay-president-reporters-face-homosexuals

* "A group of boys as young as 12 are wanted by police for a suspected homophobic attack:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2019/12/24/netherlands-eindhoven-homophobic-attack-12-year-olds/

* TW: Sexual Assault "Kansas City Police Misgender Missing Trans Teen:" https://www.advocate.com/news/2019/12/24/kansas-city-police-misgender-missing-trans-teen

"But advocates nationwide say police not only risk offending individuals with misgendering, but as this case shows, lives can be placed at risk. The public won’t recognize the missing person if they express a different gender than appears on fliers, and often won’t respond to a name they no longer use."

* "What Quakers Can Teach Us About the Politics of Pronouns:" https://www.nytimes.com/2019/11/16/opinion/sunday/pronouns-quakers.html

* "A guide to how gender-neutral language is developing around the world:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2019/12/15/guide-how-gender-neutral-language-is-developing-around-world/

* "Transphobia: An Analysis | Philosophy Tube:"

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* "When Will Security Go Back to Normal? | Philosophy Tube:"

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* "Elon Musk | Philosophy Tube:"

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* "When a DNA Test Says You’re a Younger Man, Who Lives 5,000 Miles Away:" https://www.nytimes.com/2019/12/07/us/dna-bone-marrow-transplant-crime-lab.html

* "The Startling Secret of an Invincible Virus:" https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2019/12/startling-secret-invincible-virus/603412/

* "The Changing Geography of the Opioid Crisis:" https://www.citylab.com/life/2019/12/opioid-crisis-us-map-urban-rural-heroin-fentanyl-overdose/603100/

* "Separated by Design: Why Affordable Housing Is Built in Areas With High Crime, Few Jobs and Struggling Schools:" https://www.propublica.org/article/separated-by-design-why-affordable-housing-is-built-in-areas-with-high-crime-few-jobs-and-struggling-schools

* "For Tech Jobs, the Rich Cities Are Getting Richer:" https://www.wired.com/story/tech-jobs-rich-cities-getting-richer/

* "In A Warming Greenland, A Farming Family Adapts To Drought — And New Opportunities:" https://www.npr.org/2019/12/07/784557923/in-a-warming-greenland-a-farming-family-adapts-to-drought-and-new-opportunities

* "3,600-year-old disposable cup shows even our ancestors hated doing dishes:" https://www.cnn.com/style/article/ancient-single-use-cup-intl-scli-gbr-scn/index.html

* "When Dancing Plagues Struck Medieval Europe:" https://daily.jstor.org/when-dancing-plagues-struck-medieval-europe/

* "Watchmen Finale: Ending Explained + Every Easter Egg, Secret and Full BREAKDOWN:"

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* "Watchmen Sticks the Landing:" https://www.thefandomentals.com/watchmen-sticks-the-landing/

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

* "NATO Conference Is Canceled After U.S. Ambassador Barred a Trump Critic:" https://www.nytimes.com/2019/12/08/world/europe/carla-sands-trump-nato.html

* "What Andrew Johnson’s impeachment can tell us about Trump’s:" http://www.msnbc.com/am-joy/watch/trump-s-impeachment-proceedings-vs-andrew-johnson-s-impeachment-75096645726

* "Christopher Steele told additional information about him will be made public with DOJ IG report:" https://www.cnn.com/2019/12/09/politics/christopher-steele-doj-ig-report/

* "Trump Claims He’s Heard FBI ‘Lovers’ Had a ‘Restraining Order,’ Admits He Has No Evidence:" https://www.thedailybeast.com/trump-claims-fbi-lovers-lisa-page-and-peter-strzok-had-a-restraining-order-admits-theres-no-evidence

* "4 takeaways from the Horowitz report on the Russia investigation:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2019/12/09/takeaways-horowitz-report-russia-investigation/

* "Fusion GPS co-founders on GOP wrongly blasting Steele dossier:" http://www.msnbc.com/am-joy/watch/fusion-gps-co-founders-on-steele-dossier-crime-in-progress-book-75113541736

* "Will the Senate trial be a sham? Experts fear the worst:" http://www.msnbc.com/am-joy/watch/mcconnell-i-am-coordinating-impeachment-trial-with-white-house-75098693830

* "Rep. Joaquin Castro: We can’t okay presidential abuse of power:" http://www.msnbc.com/am-joy/watch/trump-impeachment-vote-in-house-discussed-with-rep-joaquin-castro-75093573641

* "Rep. Ihan Omar: Republicans are making mockery of Constitution:" http://www.msnbc.com/am-joy/watch/trump-impeachment-and-senate-trial-discussed-with-rep-ihan-omar-75114053852

* "Rep. Maxine Waters: Lindsey Graham has thumbed nose at America:" http://www.msnbc.com/am-joy/watch/trump-impeachment-graham-mcconnell-discussed-by-maxine-waters-75117125635

* "GOP senators accused of bias heading into Trump impeachment:" http://www.msnbc.com/am-joy/watch/trump-defended-by-gop-senators-ahead-of-impeachment-75117125903

* "Is GOP playing to FOX News crowd at Trump impeachment hearings?:" http://www.msnbc.com/am-joy/watch/trump-impeachment-hearings-plagued-by-gop-spin-expert-says-75094597841

* "William Barr’s links to cover-ups revisited as he defends Trump:" http://www.msnbc.com/am-joy/watch/barr-dismisses-inspector-general-finding-russia-probe-legitimate-75095621553

* "Betsy DeVos Overruled Education Dept. Findings On Defrauded Student Borrowers:" https://www.npr.org/2019/12/11/786367598/betsy-devos-overruled-education-dept-findings-on-defrauded-student-borrowers

* "Buttigieg to Reveal Consulting Firm Clients After McKinsey Lifts NDA:" https://www.advocate.com/election/2019/12/09/buttigieg-reveal-consulting-firm-clients-after-mckinsey-lifts-nda

* "This Gay Man Could Be the Next Mayor of San Diego:"https://www.advocate.com/politics/2019/12/11/gay-man-could-be-next-mayor-san-diego

* "More U.S. children die in mass shootings at home than at school: study:" https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-guncontrol-children/more-u-s-children-die-in-mass-shootings-at-home-than-at-school-study-idUSKBN1XV185

* "Kentucky Governor Andy Beshear Restores Voting Rights To Felons:" https://www.wbur.org/hereandnow/2019/12/13/kentucky-felon-voting-rights

* "The Government Has Taken At Least 1,100 Children From Their Parents Since Family Separations Officially Ended:" https://theintercept.com/2019/12/09/family-separation-policy-lawsuit/

* "Federal judge blocks Trump plan to spend $3.6 billion in military funds on border wall:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/federal-judge-blocks-trump-plan-to-spend-36-billion-in-military-funds-on-border-wall/2019/12/10/e534468a-1b9f-11ea-87f7-f2e91143c60d_story.html

* "Trump accused of ‘dipping into a deep well of anti-Semitic tropes’ during speech to Jewish voters:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2019/12/09/trump-israeli-american-council-anti-semitic-claims/

* "Military Investigating Suspected ‘White Power’ Hand Gestures Flashed at Game:" https://www.nytimes.com/2019/12/15/us/army-navy-game-white-supremacy.html

* "Supreme Court leaves in place Kentucky abortion restriction:" https://www.politico.com/news/2019/12/09/supreme-court-leaves-in-place-kentucky-abortion-restriction-078843

* "Argentina President's Drag Queen Son Wore Rainbow Flag to Inauguration:" https://www.advocate.com/world/2019/12/13/argentina-presidents-drag-queen-son-wore-rainbow-flag-inauguration

* "German bishops declare that homosexuality is completely and utterly ‘normal’:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2019/12/14/german-bishops-homosexuality-normal-berlin/

* "Transphobic and racist hate crime culprits “emboldened by Boris Johnson”, Labour politician claims:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2019/12/15/boris-johnson-conservative-party-general-election-sheffield-transphobic-hate-crime-rise/

* She shared Hentai. "A Trans Woman Is Being Sent to a Men's Prison for Sharing Erotica:" https://www.advocate.com/transgender/2019/12/15/trans-woman-being-sent-mens-prison-sharing-erotica

* "Asian Clergy, Religious Leaders Respond to GOP 'Fairness' Act:" https://www.advocate.com/commentary/2019/12/15/asian-clergy-religious-leaders-respond-gop-fairness-act

* "Two Dallas Men Plead Guilty in Grindr-Related Hate-Crime Spree:" https://www.advocate.com/crime/2019/12/14/two-dallas-men-plead-guilty-grindr-related-hate-crime-spree

* "Vandalized Dallas Trans Mural Repaired:" https://transgriot.blogspot.com/2019/12/vandalized-dallas-trans-mural-repaired.html

* "Migration: Crash Course European History #29:"

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* "Brexit: What Is Democracy?:"

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* "HBO's Chernobyl & Personal Responsibility:"

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* "Climate Grief:"

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* "Athletes condemn ‘spineless’ Wada as Putin considers appeal:" https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2019/dec/10/wada-committee-member-victoria-aggar-questions-role

* "Why Dead Brands Live on in Japan:" https://www.citylab.com/life/2019/12/japanese-shopping-mall-us-retail-brands-bankrupt-tokyo-osaka/602902/

* "Why every website wants you to accept its cookies:" https://www.vox.com/recode/2019/12/10/18656519/what-are-cookies-website-tracking-gdpr-privacy

* "She Reveals Solutions for the 'Hidden Homeless':" https://www.ozy.com/the-new-and-the-next/she-is-building-a-chatbot-for-the-hidden-homeless/231922/

* "Human Ancestors May Have Evolved the Physical Ability to Speak More Than 25 Million Years Ago:" https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/human-ancestors-may-have-evolved-physical-ability-speak-more-25-million-years-ago-180973759/

* "A Conway Marriage Story - SNL:"

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* "I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus - SNL:"

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* "Singing Elves - SNL:"

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* Saturday: We had a lovely lunch with really excellent handmade ice cream, hit the fish store for the new lights, and went to want turned out to be a really excellent concert. After we got back we had Russian dumplings at the place downtown. I was exhausted by this point, and went to bed early, though I did set up the twenty light I ended up buying after cleaning the far tank, sine it really needed it and I kind of want to do a test to see if these new fangled lights are goig to work. I still really need a glass cover for the thirty, Tavy having smashed it when he took out most of the 30 gallon's light array. (This is why 1. we can't have nice things. 2. I evacuated the 30 gallon a couple of years ago.) I'm going to see if I can solve that this week.

Reminder: I'm super busy Tuesday this week and won't be around on the 22nd for solstice activities.

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

* The Mandolorian is the Lone Wolf and Cub reboot I had no idea I needed.

* "Holly Jolly Gingerbread Houses:" https://www.cakewrecks.com/home/2019/12/15/sunday-sweets-holly-jolly-gingerbread-houses

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

* "Iraq PM's resignation accepted amid unrest:" https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-50619997

* "China suspends US Navy visits to Hong Kong:" https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-china-50626796

* The Russian Agenda at work in the White House. "Trump administration to cut its financial contribution to NATO:" https://www.cnn.com/2019/11/27/politics/trump-nato-contribution-nato/index.html

* Fuckssake. "White House opens new fronts in trade war, targeting Brazil, Argentina and France:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/us-policy/2019/12/02/trump-announces-tariffs-steel-aluminum-brazil-argentina/

* "Will Democrats pass Trump's new NAFTA?:" http://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/will-democrats-pass-trump-s-new-nafta-74389061866

* "Trump campaign to blacklist Bloomberg News:" https://www.axios.com/trump-campaign-bloomberg-news-credentials-de53650c-f275-4e83-a884-02677d3de6a3.html

* I was against the Patriot Act on Civil Liberty grounds from the time it was first proposed. I stand by that. He wrote one illegal check and they want to hold him forever. His sentence ended in 2017. "Trump Is First to Use PATRIOT Act to Detain a Man Forever:" https://www.thedailybeast.com/trump-invokes-patriot-act-to-detain-palestinian-adham-amin-hassoun-forever

* "Intelligence Committee to begin circulating draft Ukraine report Monday:" https://www.politico.com/news/2019/11/30/intelligence-committee-draft-ukraine-report-074518

* "White House won’t take part in first House Judiciary impeachment hearing:" https://www.politico.com/news/2019/12/01/trump-impeachment-response-house-judiciary-074712

* "Schiff: Ignoring Trump obstruction hurts Congress oversight power:" http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/schiff-ignoring-trump-obstruction-hurts-congress-oversight-power-74394693639

* "First Trump endorsements in Congress indicted, plead guilty:" http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/first-trump-endorsements-in-congress-indicted-plead-guilty-74397765793

* "Rep. Duncan Hunter,:" http://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/vaping-congressman-duncan-hunter-will-plead-guilty-74391109534

* Can we take a moment to appreciate that Republican Duncan Hunter initially claimed that his wife was somehow responsible for lavishly spending campaign money on his mistresses amoung other things.

* "GOP helped Donald Trump Jr. get to the top of the Best Sellers list:" http://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/gop-helped-donald-trump-jr-get-to-the-top-of-the-best-sellers-list-74390597767

* "The Philosophy of Antifa | Philosophy Tube:"

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* "Over 200,000 People Sign Petition for Marriage Equality in China:" https://www.advocate.com/world/2019/12/02/over-200000-people-sign-petition-marriage-equality-china

* "Police officer told to ‘tone down gayness’ may not get $19 million in damages as county argues discrimination is fine:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2019/12/02/gay-police-officer-lawsuit-damages-st-louis-county-missouri-discrimination-human-rights/

* "Italian and German Unification: Crash Course European History #27:"

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* "Watchmen Episode 6: Every Easter Egg and Hooded Justice Origin:"

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* The social stuff on Friday and Saturday went well, and I think the shoofly pies were particularly good despite some small issues that led to the texture not being ideal. I need to buy a lot of pie related supplies this month. I am really tired. I don't think sick tired, just burning spoons to fast tired. This week isn't going to be any better, really. Monday, I chose sleep over forage. When I tried to turn on the outdoor arry in the evening it was clear a fuse had failed. I thought I had a spare, but couldn't remember where. It turned out the used lights I was given earlier in the season included a couple c9 strings. I ended up doing a full replace and restring before remembering where the c9 fuse actually was. I now have a couple spare c9 fuses. I stowed the scavanged bulbs and string properly in the light box. The spares I pulled off the new string are good replacements for the 20-25 year old bulbs in a different string that are dwindling. Next year I'll redo that string back to the old pattern. there was also a c7 string in that back with like a million multi coloured replacements. This is excellent news as I don't have a back up seven string for Halloweentown and the big exterior halloween decorations generally take C7'sexcept for the one that needs a refrigerator light and i like doing those in colors. The other bag ha c7 string on top too, but I didn't did since other had visible nines. This basically ate my evening.

I've been trying to work out how best to handle moving the fish. It looks like the best solution to moving the fish involves buying a new thirty light. Good news? Good news? LED's are half as expensive as florescents. Bad news? Fish store burnt down which means Amazon and it would still take two to three months to save up for one figuring in shipping, if I bought nothing else except gas and meds. Inevitably I will need things like catfood and TP too. Sigh.

I can get a cheapy, but I need a proper bright grow light. The idea is move the occupants of the 20s and their plants into the thirty I can no longer afford to light, as that clears that whole section for the workmen and the fish will be safe in the office. I'm now working with half the old thirty (bulbs are no longer made, so not replaceable), and a couple sup lights that are not really adequate for the plants, which have been slowly dying back which is a problem for fry survival.

Issue is, I really need a Finnex Stingray 36", but even if I skimp on everything else, the best I'll have money for is a Beamswork, which according to reviews is a good working light, but not really strong enough for what I'm doing. ~~So I'm just going to hope Solstice money turns up to put me over the top on the cheapest Finnex 36".~~ (Here if you want to see what I'm babbling about https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07RDMB99R/?coliid=I2KNICFAS8ALFV&colid=1EVWGXWUM3YU7&psc=1&ref_=lv_ov_lig_dp_it). I don't need the fancy extras, but I do need a really bright light.

Also, I'm still grieving the burned fish store, damnit.

Cat wise, I'm rationing Livia's goosh, which is not ideal, but stretching it's going to be essential because I'm running out of time on fish stuff, and ideally, I'd like to move at least one breeder tank if not both in December. I flat out run out of time in January and clearing the rooms for the contractors, even if they let me do it one by one is going to take all the spoons. Anything I can clear ahead of time is a win.

Livia's goosh is this one: https://www.chewy.com/wellness-core-signature-selects/dp/147047

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

We'll see what December brings.

....And we had another internet outage, at the worst time, when I had no work loaded.

UPDATE: I checked mail and there is money and it's sorted. I will need to move money around, and a friend is going to take me to a Fish Store further South mid-December. I'm going to call ahead and make sure they have the right light. Once I have it I need to get a friend to help me do the transfer, but it's for real going to be all right. Livia should be okay on goosh once the money lands where it needs to, and we have sufficent to get us there.

I know they are just cheap breeder fish, but I love watching the little poop machines swim around of an evening and fish are now irreplaceable, since it requires research and a trip to another town, and my car doesn't travel that far.

* These are RL friends and good people, who do so much for others. Want to help? https://www.gofundme.com/f/help-a-gig-worker-get-through-the-winter/share

* "Agrarianism in the United Federation of Planets:" https://twitter.com/SarahTaber_bww/status/1200166974292140033

* "Skin Game Brings Us to the Current Conclusion:" https://www.thefandomentals.com/skin-game-current-conclusion/

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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