Nec Hoc Nec Ilud

3/29/24 - 4/11/24

2024-04-11T07:27:36Z

* "Chef José Andrés: Food Is Not A Weapon Of War:"

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* Food aid to Gaza for Ramadan: https://support.anera.org/a/ramadan-2024

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

* Verified charities to help Palestinians: https://cleolinda.tumblr.com/post/737312194805612544

* Fundraisers for Gaza: https://www.tumblr.com/el-shab-hussein/742344297699999744/hi-if-its-okay-i-saw-you-were-boosting?source=share

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* Stop the government from censoring queer and other minority voices off the Internet: https://www.stopkosa.com/

* 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/
To get your Critters' numbers to call direct: https://www.congress.gov/members/find-your-member

* 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

* Primaries are ongoing:

NOTE: There is a call for people to vote "uncommitted" in the Democratic primary as a protest against Biden's Israel policy. The time to pressure Biden with your vote is now, not in November. The pressure from all the different types of protests do seem to be working, if far slower than we'd like.

NOTE 2: There is a similar protest against Trump where people vote for a candidate who isn't running. Check your state to see who people are promoting.

Wyoming (Democrats): 4/13/24

Alabama (Run Off): 4/16/24

Puerto Rico (Republicans): 4/21/24

Pennsylvania: 4/23/24

Puerto Rico (Democrats): 4/28/24

Know your state's schedule and where to vote. Make sure you and your friends are registered. If you are voting in person, plan how to get there.

If you live in an open primary state consider voting strategically. Otherwise, vote your heart in the primary. Remember how all those votes for Sanders and Warren pushed Biden and the party platform further left?

Remember to vote in all the races, not just the top of the ticket even if it's in a separate primary (as it is in my state). Who runs congress, your state, and your local government really matters. In some states this is a separate primary. Check the rules for your state.

Never, ever sleep on a chance to vote.

It is always better to vote for someone who will listen to us than to let someone who is actively trying to kill us.

* "How Fani Willis and Nathan Wade (Almost) Derailed Trump’s Georgia Prosecution:"

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* "Is Libs of TikTok a Terrorist?:"

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* "Native Land is an app to help map Indigenous territories, treaties, and languages.:" https://native-land.ca/

* "The Anti-Trans Propaganda Film Made by a Cult:"

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* "Working While Autistic:"

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* "Mount Etna blows spectacular smoke rings into the sky:" https://apnews.com/video/italy-volcanoes-sicily-europe-6f02270f03b94364ac39b63fb29f9694

* "Anti-LGBTQ+ conspiracy theorists are claiming that today’s solar eclipse is a ‘sign from God’:" https://www.thepinknews.com/2024/04/08/2024-solar-eclipse-conspiracy-theories/

* "Did Oscar Wilde's Sisters ☠️ From their Skirts Catching on Fire? (Victorian Fashion Myth Busting):"

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* "The Victorian Foot Fad Inspired by a Horror Novel: Weird Fashion History:"

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* Washing Machine Update 3/29/24: I tried to schedule a repair, but our set up is too hard for the repairman's back. I have left a message with someone he recommended.

My suspicion it will be in the $200-300 range, but that's a wild guestimate that assumes 100 or less for parts.

Thanks to Thursday donors I have enough to cover the in home visit, plus an hour of labour at local rates.

*fingers crossed for early next week washer repair*

* The washing Machine guy came. Luckily it was all labour and no parts, so I have clean clothes and bedding.

This week has been stupid hard, made harder by the can't sleep kuch thing. My arm hurts. I am eternally tired. Briwser crashed and wiped all links friday. I spent something like three hours barely scratching the surface on trying to get some things back.

I did manage to shower myself Friday, though really, I should have someone helping me in and out. I think I messed my arm up some getting in, but otherwise it was a little dicey, but fine.

* One of the many things I lost in Friday's browser crash was a fic I was reading about Frenchie and Jim integrating in Blackbeard's crew between season one and two and a slow accord building between Frenchie and Izzy. They'd just pulled a con to sell a painting to multiple people. I suck at finding things on AO3 as I barely use it and mostly just red recs friends make when I do. Lucius was in the walls, so likely started in the gap between seasons. It was something like 8 installments in and no sex, though I've no idea if the whole thing was G-rated. I don't know who rec'd it. I'm bummed I will likely never get to read the rest of it.

* I suspect I'll be slightly short for car repair and autowithdraws, even without paying other bills. i needed things like cat litter and tp. *facepalm*

* "Boeing: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO):"

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* "State Medical Boards: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO):"

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* "Student Loans: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO):"

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* "Food Delivery Apps: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO):"

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* "Strange Eclipse Behavior | NYC’s Earthquake | Mt. Etna Blows Smoke Rings | Trump’s $50M Fundraiser:"

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* "queer villains and the death of media literacy:"

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* "Can a Movie Change the Law?:"

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* "Mary Poppins ~ Lost in Adaptation:"

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* "Easter Cold Open - SNL:"

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* "Pilates - SNL:"

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* "Donald Trump’s New Border Plan:"

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* "Worried About Airplane Safety? Try Whitlock’s Hot Air Balloon!:"

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* OFMD: "Tea Soup and Sympathy:" https://www.tumblr.com/brigdh/747412270036992000?source=share

* "Sunday Sweets: Wedding Cakes For Music Lovers:" https://www.cakewrecks.com/home/sunday-sweets-wedding-cakes-for-music-lovers-2024

* "DONATING ECLIPSE GLASSES:" https://conuly.dreamwidth.org/3484009.html

* "Types of Eclipse Photo:" https://xkcd-rss.livejournal.com/739732.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.

The help links are at the bottom under the cut.

* People have been asking for ways to help trans people in West Virginia, given the scary shit going on there. So far this organization is suggested. I'm keeping an eye out for more ways to help. If you have suggestions, please let me know. "Fairness West Virginia:" https://fairnesswv.org/donate/

* To track more general LGBTQIA+ Legislation: https://www.lgbtmap.org/

* "How you can support queer and trans kids in Oklahoma after Nex Benedict’s death:" https://www.advocate.com/news/how-to-help-trans-kids

* An organization for the parents of trans youths: https://transparentusa.org/

* "2024 Trans Girl Scouts To Order Cookies From!:" https://www.erininthemorning.com/p/2024-trans-girl-scouts-to-order-cookies

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

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

* Verified charities to help Palestinians: https://cleolinda.tumblr.com/post/737312194805612544

* Fundraisers for Gaza: https://www.tumblr.com/el-shab-hussein/742344297699999744/hi-if-its-okay-i-saw-you-were-boosting?source=share

* Help Queer Folks in Ghana: https://www.silentmajorityghana.com/donate

* "Library of Congress Launches New Website for Americans to Share COVID-19 Stories:" https://newsroom.loc.gov/news/library-of-congress-launches-new-website-for-americans-to-share-covid-19-stories/s/d5739534-fec6-4e13-9f16-68d6117ee94b

* "We’re looking for English-speaking neopronoun users (aged 18+) to participate in a paid linguistics study.:" https://allthingslinguistic.com/post/741780492503990272/kirby-conrod-is-a-cool-linguist-whos-done-neat

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A friend asks me: How I came to know about myself

2023-06-29T07:42:35Z

I promised a friend an age ago that I’d write about my personal queer stuff, as they didn’t know me when I was writing more about it, but then I got deluged by the news fire hose and a series of exhausting RL emergencies amoung myself and my local friends. I meant to write maybe a small essay a week this Pride month, but I didn’t get there because *gestures out the window at everything physically and metaphorically on fire*

Still, I do want to write something, especially as, if you are reading this on tumblr, about half of you have started following me in the last year and a half. so here is the answer to the first question, at least, with a promise of more to follow at some point.

Remember, we are all different and people with wildly different experiences are absolutely valid. sometimes these things can be difficult and complicated to untangle. A shout out in particular to late in lifers and all the folks who are still on the journey to self discovery. You are loved and real. Don't let anyone try to tell you otherwise, because those people are what we call assholes.

( This is long and occasionally gets TMI because the orientation stuff involved a bunch of hands on experimentation: )

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Not Remotely All the News. Sort a Bit Rough.

2022-11-06T15:47:52Z

* (I made a small start on the queer news, but it's tiny compared to the prepped link. Very little after that point went up. The backlog is daunting and this coming week turns out to also be a monster scheduling wise, plus the election coverage about to hit. We are in the midst of all hands on deck cleaning for an inspection, for example. See below.).

* "As unrest grips Iran’s schools, the government is going after children:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2022/11/01/iran-protests-children-hijab-amini/

* "Cleric killed in restive Iranian city, protests rage on:" https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/iranian-human-rights-lawyers-criticise-clerical-leaders-amid-unrest-2022-11-03/

* CW: Child Murder "Children among 10 feared dead in Iran crackdown, Amnesty says:" https://www.cnn.com/2022/11/05/middleeast/iran-protest-crackdown-amnesty-international-intl-hnk/index.html

* "Iranians defy crackdown with fresh protests, as president dismisses US vow to ‘free Iran’:" https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/nov/06/iranians-defy-crackdown-with-fresh-protests-as-president-dismisses-us-vow-to-free-iran

* "US and Saudi Arabia concerned that Iran may be planning attack on energy infrastructure in Middle East:" https://www.cnn.com/2022/11/01/politics/us-saudi-arabia-iran-energy-infrastructure-middle-east/index.html

* Well, fuck! "Israel election final results: Netanyahu, Jewish far right win power, fiasco for left:" https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/elections/2022-11-03/ty-article/israel-election-final-results-netanyahu-jewish-far-right-win-power-fiasco-for-left/00000184-3e80-daf1-abc4-7f9a53f40000

* Re: Netanyahu

I’ve stated some form of this over the years any number of times, but in the current climate, I should reiterate it.

My dislike of Netanyahu and his ultra-right positions is specific to Netanyahu because of his ultra-right positions, his corruption, his policies, etc.. His party and allies have policies I oppose, much in the way I oppose Trump and the Republicans, Rishi Sunak (and Liz Truss, Boris Johnson, and every Tory PM back to the much hated Thatcher which was about when I started following UK Politics in real time), Viktor Orbán, Jair Bolsanaro, and a host of other horrible extreme right wing politicians the world over to numerous to list.

This does not and should not be taken for anger at the Israeli left or Jewish people the world over who did not vote for a right wing party in the recent Israeli election. There is a reason my coverage of Israeli politics mostly originates from left leaning Israeli news sources like Haaretz.

There is far too much violent antisemitism in the world right now, far to many politicians of every stripe happy to stoke antisemitism for personal power, far too many antisemitic movements and the like. In my country one of the two political parties with any power proudly embraces it.

This I am furious about and very much wish to fight against.

Please don’t take the recent election in Israel as an excuse to do or say something that harms real people who have nothing to do with it or were actively wanting a better outcome.

It is important to separate a dislike of a particular person for political reasons from a wider attack on a large group living in many countries famously holding a wide variety of beliefs and opinions.

I try very hard to do that in this space.

* A relief! "Denmark election result keeps Social Democrats at the helm:" https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/nov/02/denmark-election-result-keeps-social-democrats-at-the-helm

* A massive relief!!! "Brazil election: Anti-LGBTQ+ tyrant Jair Bolsonaro beaten by leftist Lula:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2022/10/30/brazil-election-lula-beats-jair-bolsonaro-lgbtq/

* "Why Bolsonaro’s stunning loss should give humans a glimmer of hope:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2022/10/31/jair-bolsonaro-lula-brazilian-election-amazon-putin-ukraine/

* *digits cruciform* "We Might Finally Be Free From the Madness of Bolsonaro:" https://www.nytimes.com/2022/10/31/opinion/brazil-election-lula-bolsonaro.html

* Let’s hope things go well for democracy. "Trucks, Protesters Block Brazil Highways After Bolsonaro Rout:" https://www.barrons.com/news/trucks-protesters-block-brazil-highways-after-bolsonaro-rout-01667224207

* "Steve Bannon says Bolsonaro can't concede as he rails against Biden and CIA:" https://www.newsweek.com/steve-bannon-bolsonaro-brazil-election-lula-1755696

* "Brazil's Bolsonaro signals cooperation with transfer of power, but does not concede election defeat :" https://www.cnn.com/2022/11/01/americas/bolsonaro-brazil-elections-protests-intl-latam/index.html

* "Bolsonaro backers call on Brazil military to intervene after Lula victory:" https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/bolsonaro-backers-call-brazil-military-intervene-after-lula-victory-2022-11-02/

* "Rishi Sunak 'wants to gut trans rights from Equality Act':" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2022/11/01/rishi-sunak-trans-equality-act/

* "New women's minister defends troubling voting record on women's rights:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2022/11/01/minister-for-women-maria-caulfield-abortion-clinic-vote/

* "Manston migrant centre like a zoo, says asylum seeker:" https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-63481151

* "Dover petrol bomb attacker said he planned to ‘obliterate Muslim children’:" https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2022/nov/02/migrant-centre-attacker-planned-to-obliterate-muslim-children-in-final-tweet

* "Russia’s security service works to subvert Moldova’s pro-Western government:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2022/10/28/russia-fsb-moldova-manipulation/

* "Russia Expected to OK Stricter 'Gay Propaganda' Law This Fall:" https://www.advocate.com/world/2022/10/17/russia-expected-ok-stricter-gay-propaganda-law-fall

* "Bi OnlyFans Creator Sentenced to Prison Over Using the Site:" https://www.advocate.com/news/2022/10/13/bi-onlyfans-creator-sentenced-prison-over-using-site

* "How Halloween revelry turned to disaster in South Korea:" https://graphics.reuters.com/SOUTHKOREA-STAMPEDE/CHRONOLOGY/zjvqjqmmlpx/index.html

* "North Korea fired the highest number of short-range missiles in a day, says South Korea:" https://www.cnn.com/2022/11/01/asia/north-korea-missiles-wednesday-intl-hnk

* "North Korea ICBM may have failed in flight, officials say; residents in Japan told to shelter:" https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/north-korea-fires-ballistic-missile-south-koreas-military-2022-11-02/

* "How Spain looked on as dozens were crushed to death at its border:" https://www.bbc.com/news/extra/z8i55dsu8w/spain-morocco-border

* "Czechs rally against rising extremism and voice support for Ukraine:" https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/czechs-rally-against-rising-extremism-voice-support-ukraine-2022-10-30/

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* "'Scrabble variants' now cause the majority of new Covid-19 infections in the US:" https://www.cnn.com/2022/10/28/health/covid-variants-dominant-bq/index.html

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* "For the first time, Iran acknowledges it sent drones to Russia:" https://www.npr.org/2022/11/05/1134523148/ukraine-russia-war-iran-drones

* "Russia's hope for Ukraine win revealed in battle for Bakhmut:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/russias-hope-for-ukraine-win-revealed-in-battle-for-bakhmut/2022/10/28/d81ceb7e-5692-11ed-ac8b-08bbfab1c5a5_story.html

* "Ukraine's 58th Brigade in the Heart of the Bakhmut Mire:" https://www.voanews.com/a/ukraine-s-58th-brigade-in-the-heart-of-the-bakhmut-mire-/6815660.html

* "Kyiv reels as 'massive' wave of missile strikes hit Ukrainian cities; wheat prices rise as grain deal stalls:" https://www.cnbc.com/2022/10/31/ukraines-forces-repel-brutal-russian-offensive-in-donetsk-wheat-prices-rise-after-grain-export-deal-stumbles.html

* "Ukraine’s War Is Leading to a Nervous Breakdown:"

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* "Lions Rescued From Ukraine Find New Home:" https://www.outtraveler.com/news/2022/10/17/lions-rescued-ukraine-find-new-home

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* "US Announces New Sanctions on Iran for Bounty on Rushdie:" https://www.voanews.com/a/us-announces-new-sanctions-on-iran-for-bounty-on-rushdie-/6809948.html

* "Biden sends a stark warning about political violence ahead of midterms: 'We can't take democracy for granted any longer':" https://www.cnn.com/2022/11/02/politics/biden-speech-democracy-dc/index.html

* "Seeing danger in GOP election-deniers, Biden appeals to Americans to support democracy:" https://www.msnbc.com/alex-wagner-tonight/watch/seeing-danger-in-gop-election-deniers-biden-appeals-to-americans-to-support-democracy-152373317527

* "Dowd: Biden realized there isn't a sane GOP holding election deniers accountable:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-reidout/watch/president-biden-s-speech-addressing-threats-to-democracy-particularly-from-maga-republicans-praised-as-midterms-push-152353861727

* "Rep. Raskin: ‘Joe Biden was trying to strike that tone as the leader of the whole country’:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-reidout/watch/president-biden-s-speech-on-attacks-and-threats-to-democracy-responded-to-by-rep-raskin-152356421932

* "Biden administration to provide over $13 billion in aid to help American families lower energy bills:" https://www.cnbc.com/2022/11/02/biden-administration-to-provide-over-13-billion-in-aid-to-help-american-families-lower-energy-bills.html

* "More LGBTQ+ Spouses to Receive Survivors' Benefits, VA Announces:" https://www.advocate.com/news/2022/10/20/more-lgbtq-spouses-receive-survivors-benefits-va-announces

* "Rachel Levine Elected to National Academy of Medicine:" https://www.advocate.com/news/2022/10/21/rachel-levine-elected-national-academy-medicine

* "Conservatives Spew Transphobia at Already Anti-Trans Federal Agency:" https://www.advocate.com/news/2022/10/18/conservatives-spew-transphobia-already-anti-trans-federal-agency

* "Elie Mystal: Supreme Court pretended arguments in favor of affirmative action didn’t exist:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-reidout/watch/supreme-court-weighs-race-based-college-admissions-don-t-seem-supportive-of-campus-diversity-152115269631

* "Supreme Court to Hear LGBTQ+ Rights Case Before End of Year:" https://www.advocate.com/law/2022/10/19/supreme-court-hear-lgbtq-rights-case-end-year

* "White House Press Secretary Sits Down for an Exclusive Interview:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-sunday-show/watch/white-house-press-secretary-sits-down-for-an-exclusive-interview-151959621696

* I have concerns. "Fed hikes interest rates again, up 0.75 percentage points:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2022/11/02/fed-rate-hike/

* "'Ripped off': Katie Porter on how price-gouging companies are driving inflation:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/-ripped-off-katie-porter-on-how-price-gouging-companies-are-driving-inflation-152360005651

* "Living Homeless in the Desert:"

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* "What I Learned Watching a Co-Worker Get Forced Out:" https://index.medium.com/what-i-learned-watching-a-co-worker-get-forced-out-2418ca86411

* "Pennsylvania court orders election officials to not count ‘undated’ ballots:" https://www.politico.com/news/2022/11/01/pennsylvania-court-undated-ballots-00064549

* "Arizona, Michigan GOP ask voters to mail in ballots and use drop boxes as candidates and officials blast the practice:" https://www.cnn.com/2022/10/29/politics/kfile-arizona-michigan-gop-encourage-mail-ballots/index.html

* "Kristina Karamo seeks court order that could impact thousands of Detroit voters:" https://www.freep.com/story/news/politics/elections/2022/10/28/kristina-karamo-lawsuit-detroit-votes/69598090007/

* "Lawyer in Karamo lawsuit targeting Detroit yells at judge, cites debunked film:" https://www.freep.com/story/news/politics/elections/2022/11/03/hearing-karamo-lawsuit-targeting-detroit-voters/69616706007/

* "DeSantis Voter Fraud Unit Defends Arresting Former Felons:"

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* If people like this turn up at your door, close and lock it. Do not interact. "In the hunt for voter fraud, Republican door knockers are intimidating residents: officials:" https://www.reuters.com/legal/republican-door-knockers-intimidate-voters-while-hunting-voter-fraud-say-2022-11-03/

* "Election Officials Say Efforts to Intimidate Voters Are Widening:" https://www.nytimes.com/2022/11/03/us/politics/voting-intimidation-democracy.html

* "Voter intimidation, election worker threats part of voting climate ahead of midterms:" https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/voter-intimidation-election-worker-threats-part-voting-climate/story?id=92505277

* "North Carolina reports possible voter intimidation, threats ahead of midterm elections:" https://www.reuters.com/world/us/north-carolina-reports-possible-voter-intimidation-threats-ahead-midterms-2022-11-04/

* "Stacey Abrams - Fighting for Voting Access in Georgia:" https://www.cc.com/video/2hwoe3/the-daily-show-with-trevor-noah-stacey-abrams-fighting-for-voting-access-in-georgia

* "Justice Department says 'vigilante ballot security efforts' in Arizona are likely illegal:" https://www.cnn.com/2022/10/31/politics/arizona-voter-intimidation-doj/index.html

* "Americans face voter intimidation at the polls:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-sunday-show/watch/americans-face-voter-intimidation-at-the-polls-151960645695

* "Judge limits ballot drop box monitoring in Arizona after intimidation claims:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2022/11/02/arizona-ballot-clean-elections-liburdi/

* If Republicans actually cared about ending voter fraud they'd stop committing it instead of stealing people's right to vote. "Milwaukee Election Commission official Kimberly Zapata could face charges accusing her of fraudulently requesting military ballots:" https://www.jsonline.com/story/news/politics/2022/11/03/mayor-says-milwaukee-election-worker-fired-over-ballot-fraud/69616108007/

* "Obama says democracy ‘may not survive’ in Arizona if Republicans win:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2022/11/03/obama-says-democracy-may-not-survive-if-arizona-republicans-win/

* "‘Let's not pretend’ that Republicans and Democrats share equal blame for election denial, DCCC chair says:" https://www.politico.com/news/2022/10/30/sean-maloney-democrats-republicans-elections-00064138

* "The Five Scariest Statewide Republican Candidates You Haven’t Heard of:" https://newrepublic.com/article/168373/five-scariest-republican-candidates-statewide-office

* "In 5 key battlegrounds, most GOP state legislative nominees are election deniers, report finds:" https://www.cnbc.com/2022/10/29/in-5-key-battlegrounds-most-gop-nominees-are-election-deniers.html

If they win, Democracy dies in those states.

Please, please, please vote the whole ticket.

* "GOP candidate Mark Finchem's lawyer proposed fake elector votes that "aren't legal.":" https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2022/11/gop-candidate-mark-finchems-lawyer-proposed-fake-elector-votes-that-arent-legal/

"And this guy wants to be in charge of Arizona's elections."

* I am terrified. Literally every governor and secretary of state race we lose in this election is likely a state that will lose the right to free and fair elections, probably for a generation, possibly forever.

I am terrified because not enough Millennials and Gen z are early voting. We can't save democracy without you. We pretty much need all of you. If we don't save democracy there is zero chance of fixing any thing else in this country.

Yes, things are terrible and most democratic politicians haven't enough spine, but they are legitimately trying to fix things. Republicans are out right promising to crash the world economy if they win the house of representatives to force an end to the social safety net. They are openly promising that if they win in the states, they will fix it so republicans can never lose there again. They are promising a national abortion ban and a repeal of civil and human rights for queer folks. Kiss any attempt to stop the planet burning goodbye.

Fuckssake get out there and vote! This may be your last chance for it to count if Republicans win in your state. Vote because our lives depend on it!

* "GOP floats Medicare changes while ducking details:" https://www.axios.com/2022/11/03/gop-floats-medicare-reform

* "Yes, some Republican senators really are talking openly about Social Security cuts:" https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/yes-some-republican-senators-are-talking-openly-about-social-security-cuts/ar-AA13K0K4?ocid=msedgntp&cvid=b2fd7a3baaf5485b89016d7bbdf50c32

* "GLAAD Ads Remind LGBTQ+ Voters What's at Stake in Midterm Election:" https://www.advocate.com/politics/2022/10/12/glaad-ads-remind-lgbtq-voters-whats-stake-midterm-election

* "Forward thinking, playing offense are opportunities for Democrats as midterms approach:" https://www.msnbc.com/alex-wagner-tonight/watch/forward-thinking-playing-offense-are-opportunities-for-democrats-as-midterms-approach-152243269571

* "Can Republicans fulfill their role in a multi-party democracy?:" https://www.msnbc.com/alex-wagner-tonight/watch/can-republicans-fulfill-their-role-in-a-multi-party-democracy-152370757778

* Elizabeth Warren Extended Interview:

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* "House GOP uses grade school trick to inflate pad report with 'filler and Fox News' :" https://www.msnbc.com/alex-wagner-tonight/watch/house-gop-uses-grade-school-trick-to-inflate-pad-report-with-filler-and-fox-news-152618053708

* "Chris Hayes: If Republicans win, Trump will be the ‘shadow Speaker of the House’:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/chris-hayes-if-republicans-win-trump-will-be-the-shadow-speaker-of-the-house-152597061618

* "Judiciary Republicans hint at investigation into FBI, DOJ if they retake the House:" https://www.npr.org/2022/11/04/1134449665/republicans-investigation-fbi-doj-midterms

* "3 Lies Republicans Are Using This Election| Robert Reich:"

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* "Pro-LGBTQ+ PAC Targets Pa. Republican Candidates Oz and Mastriano:" https://www.advocate.com/news/2022/10/27/pro-lgbtq-pac-targets-penn-republican-candidates-oz-and-mastriano

* "Column: A speech-impaired John Fetterman is better than a fast-talking Mehmet Oz:" https://www.latimes.com/opinion/story/2022-10-30/john-fetterman-mehmet-oz-aphasia-debate

* "Dr. Oz's Campaign Is Stocked With Jan. 6ers:" https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/dr-oz-jan6-john-fetterman-donald-trump-1234620315/

* He doesn't even know where Pennsylvania IS! O.o "Pennsylvania by the sea: Mehmet Oz implies state has Atlantic coastline:" https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2022/nov/01/mehmet-oz-pennsylvania-republican-candidate

* "Doug Mastriano ally Toni Shuppe has a plan to ‘stop the steal of 2022.’ It’s full of misinformation.:" https://www.inquirer.com/news/toni-shuppe-doug-mastriano-election-steal-pennsylvania-20221030.html

* "Exclusive with Josh Shapiro: "Our fundamental freedoms are on the ballot":" https://www.msnbc.com/the-sunday-show/watch/exclusive-with-josh-shapiro-our-fundamental-freedoms-are-on-the-ballot-151960645652

* "Mehmet Oz’s medical research was rejected in 2003, resulting in 2-year ban:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/elections/2022/11/01/oz-senate-doctor-research/

* "Oprah says if she lived in Pennsylvania, she’d vote for Fetterman over Oz in U.S. Senate race:" https://www.inquirer.com/politics/pennsylvania/oprah-winfrey-john-fetterman-mehmet-oz-pa-senate-race-20221103.html

* "GOP candidate Mark Finchem's lawyer proposed fake elector votes that "aren't legal.":" https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2022/11/gop-candidate-mark-finchems-lawyer-proposed-fake-elector-votes-that-arent-legal/

* "How Democracy Is on the Line in 2022 & Beyond:"

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* CW: Rape "GOP candidate wants ‘community-level review’ on if rape victims can get abortions:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/gop-candidate-wants-community-level-review-on-if-rape-victims-can-get-abortions-152599109733

* "How Doug Mastriano ended up in a Holocaust film that troubles scholars:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2022/11/02/doug-mastriano-holocaust-film-agenda/

* "Endorsement: Please, don’t give your vote to Lauren Boebert:" https://www.denverpost.com/2022/10/29/opinion-lauren-boebert-vote/

* "Lauren Boebert posts particularly vile Tweet and the backlash is brutal:" https://www.queerty.com/lauren-boebert-posts-particularly-vile-tweet-backlash-brutal-20221103

* "Indiana's Democratic Candidates Sign Contract to Protect Abortion Rights:" https://advocatechannel.com/indianas-democratic-candidates-sign-contract-to-protect-abortion-rights

* "Republican says party ‘will never lose another election’ in Wisconsin if he wins:" https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2022/nov/02/wisconsin-republican-gubernatorial-candidate-tim-michels

* "Editorial: Vote for Tony Evers and Mandela Barnes to defend our democracy. Here's why.:" https://www.jsonline.com/story/opinion/2022/11/02/wisconsin-vote-for-mandela-barnes-and-tony-evers-to-defend-democracy/69588162007/

* "Ron DeSantis uses 'non-binary student' photo to push pathetic election campaign:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2022/11/03/ron-desantis-anti-lgbtq-non-binary-stock-photo/

* "Rep. Val Demings: Marco Rubio only likes to talk about crime when it is politically advantageous:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-reidout/watch/florida-u-s-senate-candidate-rep-val-demings-demolishes-marco-rubio-s-attempts-to-campaign-on-crime-152489541804

* "Midterms candidates Chris Jones in Arkansas, Charles Booker in Kentucky have impressive ground game:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-reidout/watch/midterms-candidates-chris-jones-in-arkansas-charles-booker-in-kentucky-winning-voters-by-focusing-on-forgotten-152605765559

* "Charles Booker touts abortion rights in Kentucky Senate bid:" https://abcnews.go.com/Health/wireStory/charles-booker-touts-abortion-rights-kentucky-senate-bid-92607940

* "Leading election denier is on the verge of leading Nevada's election system:" https://www.politico.com/news/2022/11/01/trump-aligned-jim-marchant-midterm-election-00064357

* "Nevada's MAGA secretary of state candidate appears to be blatantly ignoring campaign finance law:" https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2022/11/jim-marchant-nevada-secretary-state-maga-trump-citizens-united-campaign-finance/

* "This Bisexual Kansas Legislator Wants to Get Stuff Done:" https://www.advocate.com/politics/2022/10/18/bisexual-kansas-legislator-wants-get-stuff-done

* "‘Emasculating Vance Is Actually Part of Tim’s Effectiveness’:" https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2022/11/03/tim-ryan-senate-ohio-00064670

* "Tim Ryan on finding "gettable voters" in his quest for a Senate seat:" https://www.msnbc.com/alex-wagner-tonight/watch/tim-ryan-on-finding-gettable-voters-in-his-quest-for-a-senate-seat-152240709776

* "Abortion Is on the Ballot. Will It Help the Dems?:"

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* "Chris Hayes: The stakes of the New York governor's race between Zeldin and Hochul:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/chris-hayes-the-stakes-of-the-new-york-governor-s-race-between-zeldin-and-hochul-152107077663

* "Raphael Warnock - The Georgia Senator on His Midterm Race:" https://www.cc.com/video/8rlhtb/the-daily-show-with-trevor-noah-raphael-warnock-the-georgia-senator-on-his-midterm-race

* "What makes Virginia’s most competitive congressional race so close?:" https://wtop.com/virginia/2022/11/what-makes-virginias-most-competitive-race-so-competitive/

* "Luria makes final case for democracy, vies for Black voters:" https://apnews.com/article/elaine-luria-2022-midterms-strategy-a36ffe96b8d1ec2654ed67cb93639a16

* "Democratic star Katie Porter fights against a conservative resurgence in O.C.:" https://www.latimes.com/politics/story/2022-11-01/katie-porter-scott-baugh-california-congress-midterm-elections

* "Election Conspiracies Are Disrupting the Midterms:"

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* "N.J. Democrat once thought safe now in a close congressional race at campaign’s final week:" https://www.nj.com/politics/2022/11/nj-democrat-once-thought-safe-now-in-a-competitive-congressional-race-at-campaigns-final-week.html

* "GOP Candidate Said Elites Drink Blood, Sell ‘Baby Body Parts’ After Abortion:" https://www.vice.com/en/article/epzkdp/kristina-karamo-qanon-blood-body-parts

* "GOP rejection of democracy leaves force and violence as remaining governing option:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/gop-rejection-of-democracy-leaves-force-and-violence-as-remaining-governing-option-152124997513

* "Paul Pelosi's alleged attacker charged with attempted kidnapping:" https://www.politico.com/news/2022/10/31/justice-department-charges-depape-following-paul-pelosi-assault-00064282

* "Fears of Political Violence Following Attack on Paul Pelosi:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-sunday-show/watch/fears-of-political-violence-following-attack-on-paul-pelosi-151959621741

* "What we know about David DePape, the man accused in the Pelosi home invasion, attack:" https://www.cnbc.com/2022/10/29/what-we-know-about-david-depape-the-man-accused-in-the-pelosi-home-invasion-attack.html

* An elderly man was beaten with a hammer in an act of political terrorism. They are LYING when they say they are Law and Order candidates. Cruelty is the point. "Arizona GOP nominee Kari Lake mocks attack on Paul Pelosi at campaign event:" https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2022-election/arizona-gop-nominee-kari-lake-mocks-attack-paul-pelosi-campaign-event-rcna54960

* "Capitol Police cameras caught break-in at Pelosi home, but no one was watching:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2022/11/01/capitol-police-cameras-caught-break-in-pelosi-home-no-one-was-watching/

* "Fresh finger-pointing over Capitol Police's future after Pelosi home invasion:" https://www.politico.com/news/2022/11/04/fresh-finger-pointing-over-capitol-polices-future-after-pelosi-home-invasion-00065064

* "Swalwell: Pelosi suspect’s social media looks like that of Ted Cruz, MTG:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/swalwell-pelosi-suspect-s-social-media-looks-like-that-of-ted-cruz-mtg-152105029931

* "The Facts About the Attack on Paul Pelosi, According to Prosecutors:" https://www.nytimes.com/article/pelosi-paul-nancy-attack-facts.html

* "Joy Reid: There’s a long history of gaslighting and toxic politics regarding Speaker Pelosi:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-reidout/watch/paul-pelosi-assault-spawning-far-right-conspiracies-about-attack-decried-as-deplorable-152113733729

* "‘This is not normal, moral, human behavior’: Psaki on GOP response to Pelosi attack:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/-this-is-not-normal-moral-human-behavior-psaki-on-gop-response-to-pelosi-attack-152228933737

* "Right-wing resists facts about extremist violence to preserve identity of victimhood:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/right-wing-resists-facts-about-extremist-violence-to-preserve-identity-of-victimhood-152128069582

* "Trump joins growing GOP effort to whitewash, lie about Pelosi attack:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/trump-joins-growing-gop-effort-to-whitewash-lie-about-pelosi-attack-152227909623

* "Elon Musk tweets anti-LGBTQ+ conspiracy theory about Paul Pelosi attack:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2022/10/31/elon-musk-paul-pelosi-conspiracy-theory-gay-lgbtq/

* "Hate speech increased on Twitter after Elon Musk takeover, study finds:" https://abcnews.go.com/Business/hate-speech-increased-twitter-elon-musk-takeover-study/story?id=92445797

* "Twitter reportedly limits content moderation ahead of midterm elections:" https://www.msnbc.com/alex-wagner-tonight/watch/twitter-reportedly-limits-content-moderation-ahead-of-midterm-elections-152243269649

* Do not trust twitter. "Elon Musk appears in over his head with purchase of Twitter:" https://www.msnbc.com/alex-wagner-tonight/watch/elon-musk-appears-in-over-his-head-with-purchase-of-twitter-152617541762

* "Musk's attempt at trolling AOC backfires | Boing Boing:" https://boingboing.net/2022/11/03/musks-attempt-at-trolling-aoc-backfires.html

* "Elon Musk to the Rescue: Big Lie Fanatic Escapes Twitter Ban:" https://www.thedailybeast.com/arizona-election-denier-mark-finchem-credits-elon-musk-for-overturning-twitter-ban

* "What changes has Elon Musk made at Twitter and what might he do next?:" https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2022/nov/04/mass-sackings-monetisation-elon-musk-twitter-changing

* "Man pleads guilty to threatening to kill Rep. Eric Swalwell and staffers:" https://www.cnn.com/2022/10/28/politics/swalwell-threat-plea/index.html

* "Adams County investigates white powder found on ballot as officials reassure voters the election is safe:" https://www.denver7.com/news/politics/adams-county-investigates-white-powder-found-on-ballot-as-officials-reassure-voters-the-election-is-safe

* "Barrack acquittal another blow to DOJ’s foreign influence crackdown:" https://www.politico.com/newsletters/politico-influence/2022/11/04/barrack-acquittal-another-blow-to-dojs-foreign-influence-crackdown-00065258

* "Supreme Court Rules That Lindsey Graham Must Testify in Georgia Inquiry:" https://www.nytimes.com/2022/11/01/us/politics/supreme-court-lindsey-graham-georgia.html

* "Trump files a suit against New York attorney general, and against advice:" https://www.seattletimes.com/nation-world/nation-politics/trump-files-a-suit-against-new-york-attorney-general-and-against-advice/

* "Judge rules in favor of assigning monitor to oversee Trump Organization:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2022/11/03/judge-rules-favor-assigning-monitor-oversee-trump-organization/

* "Key Trump insider given immunity to testify in Mar-a-Lago documents investigation:" https://www.msnbc.com/alex-wagner-tonight/watch/key-trump-insider-given-immunity-to-testify-in-mar-a-lago-documents-investigation-152373829657

* "Litany of Trump legal entanglements grows ever longer as Trump Org criminal trial begins:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/litany-of-trump-legal-entanglements-grows-ever-longer-as-trump-org-criminal-trial-begins-152127557527

* "Trump asks Supreme Court to stop IRS from turning over his tax returns to the House:" https://www.cnn.com/2022/10/31/politics/trump-supreme-court-appeal/index.html

* "Trump lawyers saw Justice Thomas as 'only chance' to stop 2020 election certification:" https://www.politico.com/news/2022/11/02/trump-lawyers-saw-justice-thomas-as-only-chance-to-stop-2020-election-certification-00064592

* "Trump lawyers saw Justice Thomas as ‘key’ to post-election plan:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/emails-trump-lawyers-saw-justice-thomas-as-key-to-post-election-plan-152356421588

* "Trump loyalist Kash Patel questioned before Mar-a-Lago grand jury:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2022/11/03/kash-patel-grand-jury-trump/

* "Despite Eastman appeal, Jan. 6 committee accesses 8 disputed emails:" https://www.politico.com/news/2022/10/30/eastman-appeals-jan6-committee-disputed-00064166

* "House January 6 committee gives Trump more time to turn over subpoenaed documents:" https://www.cnn.com/2022/11/04/politics/trump-january-6-subpoena-deadline/index.html

* "Capitol Police officer disputes claims that Oath Keepers were seen protecting him during Jan. 6 attack:" https://abcnews.go.com/US/capitol-police-officer-disputes-claims-oath-keepers-protecting/story?id=92432188

* "Oath Keepers spent over $400 at post-US Capitol riot feast at the Olive Garden, prosecutors say:" https://www.cnn.com/2022/11/01/politics/oath-keepers-olive-garden-january-6/index.html

* "New Report Sheds Light on Gun Violence in LGBTQ+ Lives:" https://www.advocate.com/news/2022/10/11/new-report-sheds-light-gun-violence-lgbtq-lives

* "Chris Hayes: The myth of crime as a big-city, blue-state problem:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/chris-hayes-the-myth-of-crime-as-a-big-city-blue-state-problem-152230981820

* "Polly Klaas’s murder fueled the 90s crime panic. Her sisters fear ‘we’re repeating history’:" https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2022/oct/22/polly-klaas-sisters-criminal-justice-mass-incarceration

* "Detectives in Breonna Taylor Killing Confess to Falsifying Warrant Evidence:" https://advocatechannel.com/detectives-in-breonna-taylor-killing-admit-to-falsifying-warrant-evidence-based-on-gut-feeling

* "Police Killed a Boy. His Friend Was Charged With Murder:" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FFjFze39Dcc

* "Video Shows Sheriffs Choking, Tasing Unarmed Transgender Woman:" https://www.advocate.com/crime/2022/10/24/video-shows-sheriffs-choking-tasing-unarmed-transgender-woman

* "Comedian Eric André Files Lawsuit Against Atlanta Airport Police:" https://www.outtraveler.com/news/2022/10/20/two-black-comedians-file-lawsuit-against-atlanta-airport-police

* "I Spent Over 40 Years Working in Corrections. I Wasn’t Ready for Rikers.:" https://mailchi.mp/themarshallproject/i-spent-over-40-years-working-in-corrections-i-wasnt-ready-for-rikers

* "Ezra Miller Pleads Not Guilty to Burglary Charges in Vermont:" https://www.advocate.com/crime/2022/10/17/ezra-miller-pleads-not-guilty-burglary-charges-vermont

* "Bi Actor Andy Dick Arrested on Felony Burglary Charge:" https://www.advocate.com/crime/2022/10/21/bi-actor-andy-dick-arrested-felony-burglary-charge

* "Sheriff's office says antisemitic messages in Jacksonville were not crimes:" https://www.cnn.com/2022/10/30/us/florida-georgia-game-kanye-west/index.html

* "Pa. School District Allegedly Discriminated Against LGBTQ+ Students:" https://www.advocate.com/news/2022/10/09/penn-school-district-allegedly-discriminated-against-lgbtq-students

* "How The “No Child Left Behind” Act Failed on Every Level:"

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When this was passed teachers called it things like “children Left behind” because we could see it was designed to starve neighborhood schools so Republicans could close them, forcing busing to other schools and shifting funding even further away from the schools that need it into charter schools that can bar students who are poor, or not white, or who have limited English, or who have special needs.

This is about de facto segregation. It’s about starving public schools of funds. it’s about excuses to deprive the students with the biggest needs of an education.

All “Back to Basics” school “reforms” are about defending music, art, social studies, and sciences, because Republicans hate anything that keeps children from dropping out and/or teaches critical thinking. Science and social studies teach things like applying logic to real world problems, evaluating evidence, and thinking for yourself. The last thing they want is accurate history or modern science taught to children.

All Republicans want is to create an ignorant easily manipulable permanent underclass that votes for them. Quality Public education in anathema to them.

Republicans keep saying, “you can’t just through money at the problem,” yet never once in the history of this country have we tried funding the schools for the poor at the level we fund schools for the well off. we know objectively that 15-18 students is the sweet spot for class size at all grades. why not for once try paying teachers a living wage and hire enough of them to give every class room the same student/teacher ratios private schools have. How about instead of pennies per student per day we actually buy enough equipment and supplies so that all students get to do hands on science instead of only students who already have all the advantages? How about paying for proper maintenance on schools so the heating works and the pipes don’t bang and the roof doesn’t leak? How about money for computers and library books? How about desks and chairs so every student in every class gets one as well as a locker that closes and locks?

Can’t we try that just once?

Teaching pays about as well as Burger King and teachers owe student loans and need to pay for continuing ed and certification re-upping. They need supplies for themselves and students and a professional wardrobe and money for transportation and to pay off massive student loans, plus food, housing, medical stuff, etc.. out of what amounts to minimum wage.

Nobody goes into teaching expecting to get rich; they do it because they want to teach. Punishing them because the schools are falling apart and the textbooks are as old as they are is counter-productive. Actually funding the schools properly would let them do their jobs.

But no one ever ask teachers when they do “school reform.” It is nearly always imposed by people who’ve never taught based on ignorance and a deep refusal to look at the research.

* CW: Rape, Human Trafficking "Smooth Like Butter: The Slippery Underbelly of the Kpop Industry:"

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* "LGBTQ+ World Cup fans told hand-holding fine – but don't kiss:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2022/10/28/holding-hands-world-cup-no-public-affection-qatar-ambassador/

The World Cup should never have been held here. A whole lot of mostly guest workers literally died building that stadium, worked to death in the heat.

Their human rights record with LGBTQIA+ people is horrific and should be disqualifying.

* "Qatar journalist says LGBTQ+ people are ‘abnormal’ ahead of World Cup:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2022/10/31/qatar-journalist-lgbtq-abnormal-world-cup/

* "Wales footballers won’t be silenced when it comes to Qatar’s LGBTQ+ atrocities:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2022/11/02/wales-footballers-wont-be-banned-from-addressing-qatars-lgbtq-rights-record-officials-confirm/

* "Gay Qatari man won't let World Cup 'bury' LGBTQ+ atrocities 'in the shadows':" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2022/11/05/qatar-gay-nas-mohamed-world-cup/

* "Gay men shot outside LGBTQ+ bar laid to rest as thousands take to streets:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2022/10/27/gay-men-shot-outside-slovakian-lgbtq-bar-laid-to-rest-as-thousands-take-to-streets-in-protest/

* "Czech MP comes out as gay after horrific Slovakia LGBTQ+ bar shooting:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2022/10/31/czech-mp-gay-jiri-navratil/

* "Malaysia police detain 20 people at LGBTQ+ Halloween party for 'cross-dressing':" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2022/10/31/malaysia-halloween-party-raid-religious-police-sharia-law/

* "Irish law protecting trans people from hate crime 'too little too late':" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2022/10/27/ireland-trans-hate-crime-violence-law/

* "Gay Palestinian Man Beheaded After Receiving Death Threats:" https://www.advocate.com/world/2022/10/07/gay-palestinian-man-beheaded-after-receiving-death-threats

* "Mexico celebrates as same-sex marriage becomes law of the land:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2022/10/27/same-sex-marriage-legalised-mexico/

* "Trevor Project Launches Services in Mexico:" https://www.advocate.com/youth/2022/10/11/trevor-project-launches-services-mexico

* "Former Cop Reveals Horrific Gay Bashings by Police:" https://www.advocate.com/crime/2022/10/05/former-cop-reveals-horrific-gay-bashings-police

* "Gender law reforms pass first vote in Scotland with 'overwhelming' support:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2022/10/27/scotland-trans-gender-recognition-reform-vote/

* "Conversion therapy ban delayed by equalities minister Kemi Badenoch:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2022/10/31/conversion-therapy-ban-kemi-badenoch/

* "Grindr Faces Boycott After Gay CEO's Right-Wing Tweets Are Revealed:" https://www.advocate.com/news/2022/10/13/grindr-faces-boycott-after-gay-ceos-right-wing-tweets-are-revealed

* "Social Security Will Allow Users to Select Own Gender Marker:" https://www.advocate.com/news/2022/10/20/social-security-will-allow-users-select-own-gender-marker

* "South Carolina governor says he wants a statewide ban on same-sex marriage:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2022/10/29/south-carolina-henry-mcmaster-same-sex-marriage-ban-supreme-court/

* "Men who violently attacked gay couple escape jail thanks to kindness of victims:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2022/10/27/miami-homophobic-attack-avoid-jail/

* "2022 U.S. Trans Survey:" https://www.ustranssurvey.org/

* Why you should fill it out "The biggest transgender survey in the US is underway. Here's why it's important:" https://www.cnn.com/2022/11/02/us/us-trans-survey-2022-cec/index.html

* "If I say "the queer community", I am referring to the community of self identified queers. If you're not a self identified queer, then I wasn't talking about you!:" https://laughingacademy.tumblr.com/post/699776198583238656

* Rightly so!!! CW: Rape, Murder, Cannibalism "Jeffrey Dahmer Halloween costumes banned by LGBTQ+ bars:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2022/10/31/jeffrey-dahmer-halloween-costumes-lgbtq-bars-wisconsin/

* "Heartstopper fans react to star Kit Connor being forced to come out as bisexual:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2022/11/01/kit-connor-bisexual-coming-out-fan-reaction/

It is wrong to bully people. It is extra wrong to bully teenagers.

No one owes you their coming out. People deserve to work stuff out without pressure.

What the fuck is wrong with people?

This isn’t a closeted anti-queer politician out to hurt us. This is a literal teenager who is just trying to live his life.

* "Kit Connor's coming out proves bi-erasure is rife even in LGBTQ+ community:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2022/11/02/kit-connor-biphobia-bi-erasure-bisexual/

* "The Outing of Kit Connor:"

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* "Why we should be watching the sun, not the clock:" https://www.theguardian.com/news/2019/jan/11/watching-the-sun-not-the-clock-sleep-body-clocks-daylight-saving-time

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* "Philippine death toll from storm Nalgae rises to 98, disaster agency says:" https://www.cnn.com/2022/10/30/asia/philippines-tropical-storm-nalgae-paeng-deaths-intl-hnk/index.html

* "Photos: The aftermath of tropical storm Nalgae in Philippines:" https://www.aljazeera.com/gallery/2022/11/1/photos-the-aftermath-of-tropical-storm-nalgae-in-philippines

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* "Greece: Dozens missing after boat carrying migrants sinks:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/greece-dozens-missing-after-boat-carrying-migrants-sinks/2022/11/01/52543176-59b9-11ed-bc40-b5a130f95ee7_story.html

* "What we know about India's deadly bridge collapse:" https://www.cnn.com/2022/11/01/india/india-gujarat-morbi-bridge-collapse-explainer-intl-hnk

* "We Need To Talk About The Latest SHEIN Scandal:"

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* "First wild bison born in UK for millennia after surprise pregnancy:" https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2022/oct/21/first-wild-bison-born-in-uk-for-millennia-after-surprise-pregnancy

* "The Gruesome History of Real Life Vampire Hunting:"

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* "Ghosts Are Legally Real:"

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* "Recalling LGBTQ+ Stories in Hispanic Heritage Month:" https://www.advocate.com/voices/2022/10/14/recalling-lgbtq-stories-hispanic-heritage-month

* "Pioneering singer who recorded first gay country songs dies aged 78:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2022/11/01/patrick-haggerty-gay-country-singer-dies-aged-78/

* "Proud to be a Gay Icon: Angela Lansbury's Life & Legacy:"

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* "Bail Reform:"

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* "Stephen's Message To Young Voters | Dick Bigger, Jr. Is The Breakout Star Of This Election Season:"

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* "Dr. Oz Surfs PA's Coast | Taylor Swift Dominates The Charts | Elon Negotiates With Stephen King:"

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* "Votedemic 2022: Atlanta - Day 1:" https://www.cc.com/video/q0462s/the-daily-show-with-trevor-noah-votedemic-2022-atlanta-day-1

* "Votedemic 2022: Atlanta - Day 2 :" https://www.cc.com/video/rsdbd4/the-daily-show-with-trevor-noah-votedemic-2022-atlanta-day-2

* "Votedemic 2022: Atlanta - Day 3:" https://www.cc.com/video/9udze9/the-daily-show-with-trevor-noah-votedemic-2022-atlanta-day-3

* "Kosta La Vista Baby - Atlanta:" https://www.cc.com/video/3yu223/the-daily-show-with-trevor-noah-kosta-la-vista-baby-atlanta

* "Is Atlanta the Real-Life Wakanda?:" https://www.cc.com/video/ap288q/the-daily-show-with-trevor-noah-is-atlanta-the-real-life-wakanda

* CW: Self Harm, Eating Disorders. "The Harmful Drive for Queer Perfection:"

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* "DefunctTV: The History of the First Muppet Show, Sam and Friends:"

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* "5 Spooky Musicals That Are Totally UNHINGED:"

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* "Dr. Oz Is Surfin' PA:"

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* "Olive Garden Is The Perfect Place To Subvert Democracy:"

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* "This Is How Kari Lake's Comments Would Sound If They Were Actually Creatively Edited:"

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* "President Biden Midterms Address Cold Open - SNL:"

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* "Weekend Update: Tammy the Trucker on Gas Prices and Definitely Not Abortion - SNL:"

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* "Vlad the Impaler vs Count Dracula. Epic Rap Battles of History:"

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* More attempts at Gothmas Phase II pictures: https://www.tumblr.com/gwydionmisha/699602590803083264

* The emperor has been trying to break into one of the presents since it arrived, including an attempt to unwrap it the second I pulled it from the box. Turned out it was a massive bag of hand dried catnip. https://www.tumblr.com/gwydionmisha/699682102668673024/gothmashalloween-2022-the-emperor-has-been-tryingfr.

* Since the Pandemic started, I put out bowls of candy. each bowl has a handful of things. Adults are welcome too, and I usually give out a lot of candy. This year one person stole the bowl itself, and no one else came. I think the three families with kids have moved out, since i haven't seen or heard them playing since summer. I've noticed that the other people that usually decorate in the complex didn't this year. It's sad.

I did get reverse trick or treated and Squirrel and I split the loot. Weirdly, it was not the bowl thief.

* October is always really hard on my body and particularly so in the back half. Halloween week takes everything I have really. Samhein is the most important holiday of my year and it takes everything.

Wednesday my body hard vetoed Wednesday errands. I called Head Millennial in time for them to get public transport and make evening arrangements. I could barely walk and had the pain shakes. One days like this, it's best to just take ones meds and go back to sleep and home a nap will reset things. This was correct. When I tried again later, I was a functional level of awful. We managed to take in the Halloween specific exterior stuff and box it all up. I'll need to tweek the "Harvest Display" and do a day time sweep to be sure we got everything before boxes go back into storage. Halloweentown is in chaos, but that's another day's problem.

Head Millennial went above and beyond today. I love how fundamentally kind and trustworthy they are. we had dinner together and watched a movie we'd started a week ago, geeking out together about the high quality lighting design and mourning the death of banter in modern romcoms as well as how few productions are willing to pay for really artistic lighting. (I sited Black Sails as proof the art isn't lost, even though we might think it was looking at the newest Halloween and Got/house of the dragon. Head Millennial is very grumpy about Halloween franchise in particular.)

It sounds like Visiting Millennial has decided to move up here, so at some point in the future they will be Newest Millennial. There is much rejoicing.

NOTE for newer readers: I like to use sobriquets to prevent people chain tracking through blogs. It was always my instinct and I got stricter after that reporter found me through the blog of a friend who wasn't as careful after Skye was murdered. It was fine. She was nice and professional and my friend changed the post in case of future accident. My point is that a determined swatter could find me, but I like to make them work for it if they want my friends.

* Another disabled Elder Goth friend suggested there should be a "Retired Goth Bat sanctuary" for people like us. This delights me.

There is talk of Tee shirts.

Possibly next week.

I already want one.

* Thursday was the blue beast's mechanic appointment. They are always booked for weeks out this time of year. This meant very little sleep, but the coolant situation is sorted and I should be okay on the engine not melting for a while. *Knock wood*

Friday I just wanted sleep, but of they woke me up trying to strong arm me into a home health assessment. Thing is, it's an excellent service and an important one. My mother used them in her last year of life when her health was failing. They assess the person; they assess the needs; they help organize complex meds schedules; they hook people up with services. I support the program and said so to the lady, but I do not want one.

Why? She wanted to know. I do not need what they are offering and I don't like strangers in my home it's invasive. I don't need a dementia test. I have a home health aid. My meds schedule is, indeed, complex, but it's logical. (Think of it as a logic puzzle. Pills needing to be taken on an empty stomach need to go first thing in the morning. Ppills needing to be taken with food need to be at least an hour after empty stomach pills, and need to work with meal scheduling. Some pills can't be taken within two hours of each other, etc.. Some pills need to be taken multiple times a day. For a while I had a pill that needed to go four times a day, at least two hours after eating and an hour before eating. It was a nightmare, but I did it.) I do not want people tampering with the schedule, because every adjustment is a hassle and a half, and I have it down. The point is, it's my body deteriorating, not my mind, and I handle things just fine within my physical limits and I hate all the invasive monitoring that comes with living in this complex and that comes with being disabled. I minimize it where I can.

So I go to the bathroom, give Livia a come for pettins offer, reset my pillow prop system, and settle back in to try to sleep.

The phone rings. It's the system that pay for my caregiver. Mandatory home inspection. *deep sigh* I managed to wiggle out of this one so far because of the pandemic. It's so intrusive and I fucking hate that I don't get to have privacy because I'm disabled. I can't manage without Head Millennial, so I guess we're doing that Monday, plus the already scheduled social worker call Tuesday.

* "Here are the Spookiest Cities in America:" https://www.outtraveler.com/best-travel/2022/10/21/spookiest-cities-america

* "America's 15 Most Haunted Hotels:" https://www.outtraveler.com/news/2022/10/22/americas-15-most-haunted-hotels#media-gallery-media-16

* Events towards the end of Dracula from the viewpoint of the locals: https://uri59.tumblr.com/post/699674996605403136/random-sailor-at-the-sereth-river-this-night-is

* Ed as Blackbeard: https://www.tumblr.com/gwydionmisha/699813146114818048/ok-i-just-have-to-ask-did-you-notice-ed-as

* Arden Powell at the The Midnight Society: https://twitter.com/midnight_pals/status/1585317897785647105

* Clive Barker vs JK Rowling at The Midnight Society : https://twitter.com/midnight_pals/status/1586397640186466304

* Goblin detecting sword: https://www.tumblr.com/gwydionmisha/699816725716287488

* I feel this in my bones: https://xkcd.com/2692/

* "You’ve been sentenced to 400 years for multiple murders. It’s been 399 years and your jailers are starting to get nervous.:" https://www.tumblr.com/elidyce/688193708499320832/writing-prompt-s-youve-been-sentenced-to-400

* "God of Arepo:" https://gallusrostromegalus.tumblr.com/post/699776328566800384

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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.

* "Plan Your Vote: 2022 Elections:" https://www.nbcnews.com/specials/plan-your-vote-2022-elections/index.html?language=english&state=WA

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

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Two Mondays

2019-08-06T17:30:46Z

* "Lives lived and lost along Manila's Pasig river:" https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-49203752

* "The Catholic rebels resisting the Philippines’ deadly war on drugs:" https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/jul/18/philippines-rodrigo-duterte-war-on-drugs-catholic-church

* "Beijing Warns Hong Kong Protesters: Don't 'Play With Fire':" https://www.npr.org/2019/08/06/748570104/beijing-warns-hong-kong-protesters-dont-play-with-fire

* "India parliament votes to change Kashmir's status, give Delhi more control over contested region:" https://www.cnn.com/2019/08/06/asia/india-kashmir-union-territory-intl-hnk/index.html

* "Buddhism Returns Home in a New Japanese Form:" https://www.ozy.com/fast-forward/buddhism-returns-home-in-a-new-japanese-form/95473

* "Trump announces new sanctions on Venezuelan government:" https://www.cnn.com/2019/08/05/politics/trump-economic-embargo-venezuela/index.html

* "US declares China a currency manipulator, says it's using yuan to gain 'unfair advantage' in trade:" https://www.cnbc.com/2019/08/05/us-treasury-designates-china-as-a-currency-manipulator.html

* "Wall Street just chalked up its worst day of 2019. Here’s who won, who lost and why.:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2019/08/05/dow-tumbles-more-than-points-open-china-strikes-back-trade-war/?noredirect=on

* The Republican War on Science Continues. "Science panel’s fight for survival:" https://www.reuters.com/investigates/special-report/usa-trump-science/

* For some reasons the Republicans failed to mention they were planning to arbitrarily steal lunch from 500,000 children. "Trump plan failed to note that it could jeopardize free school lunches for 500,000 children, Democrats say:" https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/white-house/trump-plan-failed-note-it-could-jeopardize-free-school-lunches-n1035281

* I'm tossing this up because I didn't have much information when I posted the Dayton Shooting link right after it happened. "Gunman killed sister, eight others in second deadly U.S. mass shooting in 24 hours:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2019/08/04/nine-fatally-shot-dayton-including-suspect-day-after-mass-shooting-texas/?noredirect=on

* "Tight-knit Dayton community strained by gun massacre tragedy:" http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/tight-knit-dayton-community-strained-by-gun-massacre-tragedy-65386053612

* "Democrats pressure Mitch McConnell to cancel Senate recess for gun control vote:" https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/politics-news/democrats-pressure-mitch-mcconnell-cancel-senate-recess-gun-control-vote-n1039086

* "Mitch McConnell fractures his shoulder:" https://www.politico.com/story/2019/08/04/mitch-mcconnell-fractures-shoulder-1446434

* "FBI faces skepticism over its efforts against domestic terrorism:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/fbi-faces-skepticism-over-its-anti-domestic-terror-efforts/2019/08/04/c9c928bc-b6e0-11e9-b3b4-2bb69e8c4e39_story.html?noredirect=on

"I believe Christopher A. Wray is an honorable man, but I think in many ways the FBI is hamstrung in trying to investigate the white supremacist movement like the old FBI would,” Gomez said. “There’s some reluctance among agents to bring forth an investigation that targets what the president perceives as his base. It’s a no-win situation for the FBI agent or supervisor.”

Gomez said that reluctance stems in large part from the public criticism President Trump has launched against the FBI over the course of the bureau’s investigation into Russian election interference and the president’s conduct."

" "Political movement grows against inert, NRA-beholden legislators:" http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/political-movement-grows-against-inert-nra-beholden-legislators-65384517728

* "Latest mass shootings come amid turmoil at the NRA:" http://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/latest-mass-shootings-come-amid-turmoil-at-the-nra-65376325599

* "Gays Against Guns Take to the Streets After El Paso, Dayton Shootings:" https://www.advocate.com/politics/2019/8/05/gays-against-guns-take-streets-after-el-paso-dayton-shootings

* TW: Suicide "This Gay Gun Owner Just Had an Epiphany:" https://www.advocate.com/commentary/2019/8/05/gay-gun-owner-just-had-epiphany

* "Trump condemns white supremacy, focuses on combating mental illness over new gun-control measures:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/trump-calls-for-strong-background-checks-after-massacres-suggests-pairing-gun-legislation-with-immigration-reform/2019/08/05/7de14d7c-b770-11e9-bad6-609f75bfd97f_story.html?noredirect=on

* "Trump suggests tying gun measures to immigration after shooting that targeted immigrants:" https://www.cnn.com/2019/08/05/politics/donald-trump-gun-control-immigration-reform-mass-shootings/index.html

* "‘How do you stop these people?’: Trump’s anti-immigrant rhetoric looms over El Paso massacre:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/how-do-you-stop-these-people-trumps-anti-immigrant-rhetoric-looms-over-el-paso-massacre/2019/08/04/62d0435a-b6ce-11e9-a091-6a96e67d9cce_story.html?noredirect=on

* "Republican state lawmaker in Nebraska says his party is ‘enabling white supremacy’:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/republican-state-lawmaker-in-nebraska-says-his-party-is-enabling-white-supremacy/2019/08/05/4fab3c74-b76b-11e9-bad6-609f75bfd97f_story.html?noredirect=on

* "White nationalist domestic terror reaches crisis point for U.S.:" http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/white-nationalist-domestic-terror-reaches-crisis-point-for-u-s-65378373872

* "Trump ignores elephant in the room: his own racist rhetoric:" http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/trump-ignores-elephant-in-the-room-his-own-racist-rhetoric-65379909847

* "Trump anti-immigrant language taints outreach to El Paso:" http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/trump-anti-immigrant-language-taints-outreach-to-el-paso-65385541645

* "Shooter's terroristic act shapes foreign impressions of the U.S.:" http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/shooter-s-terroristic-act-shapes-foreign-impressions-of-the-u-s-65386053720

* "Terror of shooting massacre resonates beyond El Paso community:" http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/terror-of-shooting-massacre-resonates-beyond-el-paso-community-65387077787

* "'We are scared for our lives':" http://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/-we-are-scared-for-our-lives-65374789734

* "Julian Castro on the El Paso mass shooting:" http://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/julian-castro-on-the-el-paso-mass-shooting-65375813642

* "Beto O'Rourke: No one should be asking how this could happen in this country:" http://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/beto-o-rourke-no-one-should-be-asking-how-this-could-happen-in-this-country-65374789813

* "Cesar Sayoc, who mailed explosive devices to Trump’s critics, sentenced to 20 years in prison:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/cesar-sayoc-who-mailed-explosive-devices-to-trumps-critics-sentenced-to-20-years-in-prison/2019/08/05/cf4b56e2-b79a-11e9-bad6-609f75bfd97f_story.html?noredirect=on

* "Trump attacked Baltimore. The city’s newspaper wrote a scathing response.:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2019/07/28/baltimore-sun-blasts-trump-attacks-city-better-have-few-rats-than-be-one/?noredirect=on

* "‘I would fix it fast!’: In 2015, Trump criticized Obama for not doing enough to help Baltimore:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/i-would-fix-it-fast-in-2015-trump-criticized-obama-for-not-doing-enough-to-help-baltimore/2019/07/29/d202ade2-b207-11e9-8f6c-7828e68cb15f_story.html?noredirect=on

* "Mulvaney: Trump's tweets on Cummings not racist:" https://www.politico.com/story/2019/07/28/mulvaney-trump-cummings-not-racist-1438210

* "House Republicans plan yearly retreat in Baltimore despite Trump’s attacks:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/powerpost/house-republicans-plan-yearly-retreat-in-baltimore-despite-trumps-attacks/2019/07/29/38f882c0-b216-11e9-8f6c-7828e68cb15f_story.html?noredirect=on

* Eeew! "Trump's NYC eateries written up for 'live mice,' other 'critical' health code violations in recent months:" https://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/ny-pol-trump-restaurants-mice-health-20190207-story.html

* "Jared Kushner’s Other Real Estate Empire in Baltimore:" https://www.nytimes.com/2017/05/23/magazine/jared-kushners-other-real-estate-empire.html

* TW: Sexual Assault "LGBT community reports violent attacks after Brighton Pride:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2019/08/05/lgbt-community-reports-violent-attacks-brighton-pride/

* "Petition demands UK government launches inquiry into ‘transphobic’ media:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2019/07/29/petition-demands-uk-government-launches-inquiry-transphobic-media/

* "Kiki Fantroy Is (at Least) the 13th Black Trans Woman Killed in 2019:" https://www.advocate.com/crime/2019/8/05/kiki-fantroy-least-13th-black-trans-woman-killed-2019

* "Straight Pride organiser called out by her estranged gay son:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2019/08/04/straight-pride-organiser-called-out-by-her-estranged-gay-son/

* Please help us. "Before Trump Allows Hate in Health Care, Let Your Voice Be Heard:" https://www.advocate.com/commentary/2019/8/05/trump-allows-hate-health-care-let-your-voice-be-heard

* "Here’s how the hottest month in recorded history unfolded around the world:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/2019/08/05/heres-how-hottest-month-recorded-history-unfolded-around-globe/?noredirect=on

* "The Army’s Message to Returning World War I Troops? Behave Yourselves:" https://www.nytimes.com/2019/07/31/magazine/world-war-i-veterans-treatment.html

* "From 'Pink Lady Bandit' to 'Attila the Bun,' here's why the FBI nicknames bank robbers:" https://www.cnn.com/2019/07/30/us/fbi-criminal-nicknames-trnd/index.html

* "Woman comes home to find intruder dressed in her clothes, drinking her wine and cooking dinner:" https://www.newsweek.com/memphis-burglar-wearing-clothes-1452094

* "Woman turns 107 and shares her secret to longevity: 'I never got married':" https://www.cnn.com/2019/07/31/us/woman-turns-107-never-married-trnd/index.html

* "Historic Hoverboard Flight & A Heavy Metal Cougar Encounter:"

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* "Two Mass Shootings in Two Days:"

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* "Prison Labor: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver :"

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* "Motown Sings The Debates:"

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* "Dem Debate Night 2: This Time It's Not All White People:"

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* "Dems Debate Night 2: Joe Biden Attacked From All Sides:"

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* "Marianne Williamson And 'The Least Racist Person In The World':"

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* "Will Trump Stop His MAGA Rally Crowd From Chanting Racist Slogans?:"

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* "The News About Jeffrey Epstein Just Gets Creepier And Creepier:"

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* "Meanwhile... The Secret To Longevity:"

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* "Just One Question: Democratic Candidates Edition:"

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* "America's Gun Culture Is Melting Down:"

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* "Trump To Reporters: You Do The Vetting For Me:"

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* "Hunnu Guren - Batzorig Vaanchig & Auli:"

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* I've been working with a system where I wash the pee cover when I get up and do layers of blankets and towels while it washes, changing them every tie she goes so they don't soak through. It ends up being about three loads a night. It's exhausting and I feel bad about how much water I'm wasting, but I'm really not doing well physically. I started to get better on the antibiotic, but then I back slid. Don't worry, I'm still doing the full ten days. I can't tell how much of the exhausted and ill is pathogen, allergen, antibiotic sickness, the heat, the punishing level of housework, the cat stress, the news stress, but I'm basically not able to get it together until after sun down, which tends to be late in this latitude. I've been down to once a week forage, which isn't enough with pickings so slim.

I am waiting for money to move into a form I can use to buy the special cat food. It wasn't there Monday, but it will be soon, I think. I want to thank everyone who contributed to the save Livia Kitten fund. My balance went 3.03 negative briefly because of the vet visit, but a paypal deposit rescued it same day so I didn't end up in an overdraft fee spiral. Adding in the pleasant surprise I woke to in my mail today, we should be able to handle this.

She's still peeing blood and blerping a little, but I think today there was less blood. (She did not go in the tub today which makes it more of a guesstimate). I know she had a good box pee this evening. I figure as long as she's eating and peeing, and behaving more like herself it's okay. I am still terrified. she on her part is scared I'm going to pill her even though we are done here meds course, poor beastie, and has had to pioneer some new safer feeling pettin locations. They all really are eating the goosh at a good clip.

I feel like I'm under siege and I'm falling behind on basic housework. The tanks all need changing, the floors all need a sweep and mop. Stupid things like that. I have been running out of essentials because I couldn't handle grocery shopping in the heat. Squirrel didn't work tonight and got the car back before midnight, so I did some night shopping up at the cheapy. They don't carry a bunch of things I need, but I got a hundred dollars of staples and perishables, including a bunch of easy to make protein.

At this spoon level, every step has a price, every time I bend over has a price.

I pushed as hard as I could to get through backlog this week end. I stayed up into morning heat and noise from the landscapers filling my apartment with lung choking allergens. I still found myself staring at an impossibly large pile of last Monday's news links.

I must apologize again on falling down on the news posting. We're at a hard physical limit here. I am trying. I really am.

Remember when there used to be slow news cycles? When things got fairly quiet in late December and for August Congressional recess? I fucking miss that. I miss having someone competent in the White House actually intelligent and diligent enough for the job. I miss when there wasn't an unrelenting firehouse of horror and sewage bursting out of D.C. 24/7. I need a vacation. I'm not getting one.

* "Acceptable Responses To "Oh, She's Someone" When We're Watching TV Together:" https://www.shatnerchatner.com/p/acceptable-responses-to-oh-shes-someone?token=eyJ1c2VyX2lkIjoxNjEzMzc4LCJwb3N0X2lkIjoxMDAzNTMsIl8iOiJINmxnVyIsImlhdCI6MTU2NTA2ODYzNCwiZXhwIjoxNTY1MDcyMjM0LCJpc3MiOiJwdWItNSIsInN1YiI6InBvc3QtcmVhY3Rpb24ifQ.d0sbLov41GQhuLFHjp7hWMM_mnDTq8226hFRPOzath0

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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Not Even Close to All of Last Week.

2019-08-05T16:26:21Z

* "Hong Kong police fire teargas at protesters as two cars ram crowds:" https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/aug/05/hong-kong-riot-police-fire-teargas-at-protesters-as-two-cars-ram-crowds

* This is from a week ago. Sorry for the delay. "Girl, 16, among 44 charged with rioting in Hong Kong:" https://www.cnn.com/2019/07/30/asia/hong-kong-protesters-charged-riot-intl-hnk/index.html

* "India strips disputed Kashmir of special status:" https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-india-49231619

* "India Revokes Kashmir’s Special Status, Raising Fears of Unrest:" https://www.nytimes.com/2019/08/05/world/asia/india-pakistan-kashmir-jammu.html

Look, I know most Americans don't follow India and Pakistan that closely, but it's very likely that things are about to go pear shaped. The Hindu Nationalist are violating a provision of India's constitution by decree without any pretense at democratic process, putting Opposition politicians under house arrest without charge, suspending internet, and pouring troops into a very volatile region. People are panicking there and I don't blame them. This is scary shit.

* "U.N. urges sanctions on Myanmar army businesses, says foreign partners could be complicit:" http://news.trust.org/item/20190805043837-ahxcw

* "Space agency chief out amid deforestation row:" https://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-49212115

* "Fear and myths: Why people are still in denial about Ebola:" https://www.bbc.com/news/av/world-africa-49186147/ebola-one-year-on-from-democratic-republic-congo-outbreak

* "Trump's friend tried to profit from Middle East nuclear deal, lawmakers say:" https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/jul/29/tom-barrack-saudi-arabia-nuclear-deal-envoy

* "Trump aide submitted drafts of 'America First' energy speech to UAE for edits: Emails:" https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/trump-aide-submitted-drafts-2016-america-energy-speech/story?id=64634140

* "Trump sends hostage affairs envoy to monitor A$AP Rocky's Sweden trial in 'shameful abuse of office':" https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/trump-asap-rocky-trial-sweden-stockholm-assault-hostage-robert-obrien-a9029091.html

“It’s also incredibly infuriating [especially] when there are at least a half dozen Americans sitting in Iranian prisons, some of them for years,” she said.

“What is the Trump administration doing to free Siamak & Baqr Namazi, Xiyue Wang, Michael White, Bob Levinson?”

* "Trump’s pick for managing federal lands doesn’t believe the government should have any:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/trumps-pick-for-managing-federal-lands-doesnt-believe-the-government-should-have-any/2019/07/31/0bc1118c-b2cf-11e9-8949-5f36ff92706e_story.html?noredirect=on&utm_term=.feb8555f5b4e

* This whole thing is kind of amazing. I’m glad I read all of it. "U.S. Housing Secretary Carson decries Baltimore ‘animosity’ after church boots news conference from property:" https://www.baltimoresun.com/politics/bs-md-pol-ben-carson-visit-20190731-20190731-zk22qwmp4fhvjklv3wxlbvxfkm-story.html

"Evans said the church serves the community, distributing clothes and food, offering addiction counseling and providing youth programs. He said HUD has done little to help the neighborhood under the Trump administration.

HUD officials pointed to the nearby Hollins House apartment building, which was renovated through a federal program. That work began under the administration of then-President Barack Obama, a Democrat."

* "DOJ investigating Zinke's use of personal email, inspector tells lawmakers:" https://www.politico.com/story/2019/07/30/zinke-email-justice-energy-1627744

* TW: Sexual Assault. "Senate panel advances Pentagon nominee despite sexual misconduct allegations:" https://www.politico.com/story/2019/07/31/senate-john-hyten-joint-chiefs-1629781

* "Energy Secretary Rick Perry contradicts Trump, says humans do play a role in causing climate change:" https://www.cnbc.com/2019/07/31/energy-secretary-rick-perry-humans-play-a-role-in-climate-change.html

* "Top Dem Puts Hold On Trump Interior Nominee, Requests DOJ Perjury Probe:" https://www.huffpost.com/entry/danial-jorjani-nomination-ron-wyden-doj-investigation-request_n_5d410b45e4b0d24cde0799a1

* "Cornell Belcher - Highlights of CNN's Second 2020 Democratic Debate:"

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* "Beto O'Rourke on El Paso: We've got to be bigger than this hate:" http://www.msnbc.com/am-joy/watch/2020-presidential-candidate-beto-o-rourke-addresses-el-paso-shooting-65291333928

* "Buttigieg warns ‘U.S. under attack from domestic white nationalist terror’:" http://www.msnbc.com/am-joy/watch/2020-presidential-candidate-pete-buttigieg-addresses-el-paso-shooting-65293893646

* "Booker on El Paso: Trump is responsible to do something about this:" http://www.msnbc.com/am-joy/watch/2020-presidential-candidate-cory-booker-addresses-el-paso-shooting-65293893728

* "Castro: White supremacist terrorists parrot president’s language:" http://www.msnbc.com/am-joy/watch/2020-candidate-julian-castro-discusses-el-paso-dayton-shootings-65297989615

* And yet a majority of the people commuting mass shootings in thins country share some or all of her views, while as far as I know none of us have committed any. "Ohio lawmaker blames mass shootings on trans people, gay marriage and drag queens:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2019/08/05/ohio-lawmaker-blames-mass-shootings-trans-gay-marriage-drag-queens/

* "Mehdi Hasan: Hate speech is a Trump problem, not a societal problem:" http://www.msnbc.com/am-joy/watch/mehdi-hasan-this-is-a-trump-problem-not-a-societal-problem-65292357948

* "Rep. Elijah Cummings 'Scared The Intruder Away By Yelling' Inside Baltimore Home, Police Report Says:" https://baltimore.cbslocal.com/2019/08/02/police-report-elijah-cummings-burglary-baltimore/

* "President Trump Says Tweet About Rep. Elijah Cummings Home Burglary Wasn't A 'Wise Guy' Comment:" https://baltimore.cbslocal.com/2019/08/02/president-trump-tweets-about-rep-elijah-cummings-home-burglarized/

* Eeeeew! "Jeffrey Epstein Hoped to Seed Human Race With His DNA:" https://www.nytimes.com/2019/07/31/business/jeffrey-epstein-eugenics.html

* TW: Rape. "'I am DNA proof my father is a rapist':" https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-49082546

* "LGBT Australians call on Qantas to end forced deportations:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2019/08/05/pressure-building-qantas-end-lgbt-deportations/

* "Sinn Fein: No power-sharing deal without equal marriage in Northern Ireland:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2019/07/30/sinn-fein-equal-marriage-northern-ireland/

* "Trans woman's hair 'ripped out' in alleged bus stop attack in Malta:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2019/08/05/trans-woman-hair-ripped-bus-stop-malta/

* The gatekeeper system is a kind of violence. "Northern Ireland’s gender identity clinic takes no new patients in over a year:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2019/07/30/northern-irelands-gender-identity-clinic-takes-no-new-patients-in-over-a-year/

* "Bisexuals unite against arms trade funding and military recruitment:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2019/08/05/bisexuals-reject-military-recruitment-arms-trade-sponsorship/

* "Boris Johnson appoints anti-trans rights journalist as Downing street advisor:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2019/07/31/boris-johnson-appoints-anti-trans-rights-journalist-as-downing-street-advisor/

* "LGBT hate crimes rise to decade high in US:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2019/07/31/hate-crimes-us-lgbt-report/

* "Evangelical pastor arrested after ‘shoving anti-gay message down woman’s shirt’:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2019/08/04/evangelical-pastor-arrested-after-shoving-anti-gay-message-down-womans-shirt/

* They need to yank his Law License. "DA won't prosecute LGBT domestic violence because he doesn't recognise gay relationships:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2019/07/31/tennessee-dont-prosecute-lgbt-domestic-violence/

* "HIV positive gay priest: ‘I thought I’m going to die’:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2019/07/29/hiv-positive-gay-priest-jide-macaulay/

* "This Lesbian Rabbi Cared for Dying AIDS Patients When Few Would:" https://www.advocate.com/religion/2019/7/30/lesbian-rabbi-cared-dying-aids-denise-eger

* "Absolute Monarchy: Crash Course European History #13:"

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* "Health officials try new tactics against measles outbreak:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/health-officials-try-new-tactics-against-measles-outbreaks/2019/08/01/7a5b3208-af28-11e9-bc5c-e73b603e7f38_story.html?noredirect=on&utm_term=.af262d4e358f

* "Florida man rode horse during attempted house burglary, deputies say:" https://www.wftv.com/news/trending-now/florida-man-rode-horse-during-attempted-house-burglary-deputies-say/971194842

* "July Democratic Presidential Debates - Night One :"

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* "CNN's Democratic Presidential Debates - Night Two:"

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* "Spinning the Post-Debate Spin Room:"

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* "Too Many Candidates:"

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* "Donald J. Trump: Commander in Beef - French Wine, White House Air Conditioning & Elijah Cummings:"

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* "Trump Isn't A First Responder, But He Was 'Down There' On 9/11:"

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* "God Bless America, Except Baltimore:"

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* "Scooby-Doo Unmasks A Democratic Candidate:"

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* "Stephen Colbert's LIVE Monologue Part 1: A Whole Lot Of Delaney Fans:"

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* "Stephen Colbert's LIVE Monologue Part 2: Hands In The Air:"

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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Not Even Close to All of Last Week.

2019-08-04T15:19:24Z

* "How Foreign Donations, Poverty and Corruption Are Fueling Uganda’s Unregulated Orphanage Industry:" https://news.vice.com/en_us/article/a35wka/how-foreign-donations-poverty-and-corruption-are-fueling-ugandas-unregulated-orphanage-industry

* "Korean man smashes Japanese car in protest:" https://www.bbc.com/news/av/world-asia-49204622/south-korean-man-smashes-japanese-car-in-protest

* "Saudi Arabia allows women to travel independently:" https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-49201019

* TW: Rape. "India's ruling party expels politician accused of rape:" https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/aug/01/india-ruling-party-bjp-expels-politician-rape-kuldeep-singh-sengar

* "Panic and confusion as Rwanda closes border with DRC over Ebola outbreak:" https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2019/aug/01/rwanda-closes-border-with-dr-congo-over-deadly-ebola-outbreak-goma

* "Far-Right Extremists Are Threatening to Burn Down German Kindergartens for Taking Pork Off Their Menus:" https://news.vice.com/en_us/article/qvgdkq/far-right-extremists-are-threatening-to-burn-down-german-kindergartens-for-taking-pork-off-their-menus

* "Trump slaps tariffs on another $300 billion of Chinese goods:" http://www.msnbc.com/am-joy/watch/trump-slaps-tariffs-on-another-300-billion-of-chinese-goods-65261637719

* "McConnell under fire for blocking election security bills:" http://www.msnbc.com/am-joy/watch/mcconnell-under-fire-for-blocking-election-security-bills-65262149773

* "Ratcliffe withdraws from consideration for intelligence chief less than a week after Trump picked him:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/ratcliffe-withdraws-from-consideration-for-intelligence-chief-trump-says/2019/08/02/9f3c42cc-b551-11e9-951e-de024209545d_story.html?noredirect=on&utm_term=.b87fabdab967

* It likely tells you something about my week that it took me until sunday morning to finish watching the Democratic debates. night Two round two was a bit less boring and annoying, I think because their were fewer mediocre white men bellowing nonsense no one particularly wanted to hear. I do agree with Joy reid that everyone goig after President Obama was terrible fucking idea for pretty obvious political reasons.

I consider Elizabeth Warren the winner of night one of round two, and Corey Booker winner of night two of round two.

I can NOT wait for the winnowing, because seriously, that will make the debates a lot less annoying.

* "El Paso mass shooting is being investigated as domestic terrorism and possible hate crime:" https://www.cnn.com/2019/08/04/us/el-paso-shooting-sunday/index.html

* "9 dead, 26 injured in a shooting in Dayton, Ohio:" https://www.cnn.com/2019/08/04/us/dayton-ohio-active-shooter/index.html

"The question has to be raised, why does Dayton have to be the 250th mass shooting this year?"

* "Trump Admin Separated 911 Children From Parents Since Judge Ordered End To Policy:" https://talkingpointsmemo.com/news/aclu-911-family-separations-minor-offenses

* "Faith leaders turned away from El Paso, Texas detention center:" http://www.msnbc.com/am-joy/watch/aclu-over-900-migrant-families-separated-at-border-in-last-year-65263173791

* "Black woman GOPer running for Baltimore mayor on Trump, Cummings:" http://www.msnbc.com/am-joy/watch/trump-s-cummings-digs-test-black-goper-s-bid-for-baltimore-mayor-65264197512

* "NYPD officer who put Eric Garner in chokehold should be fired, judge says:" https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/aug/02/daniel-pantaleo-eric-garner-nypd-officer-fired-judge

* "Meet the LGBT Russians who are smashing stereotypes and creating their own queer future:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2019/08/03/lgbt-russians-creating-queer-future/

"What is to be done? Fight! Don’t be afraid to be yourself! Yes, in spite of all the archaic relics that surround you,” Nedos agreed. “Express yourself, cry out in your own voice, announce your existence. That’s how it happens.”

* "‘Homophobic’ sisters who attacked man with hammer in Liverpool spared prison:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2019/07/31/homophobic-sisters-attacked-man-hammer-liverpool-spared-prison/

* "Bishop Defends Belief Anal Makes Gay Babies As Church Doctrine:" https://www.advocate.com/religion/2019/7/30/bishop-defends-belief-anal-makes-gay-babies-church-doctrine

* "Heavy Metal Ban Defies Russian Law, Kisses on Stage:" https://www.advocate.com/music/2019/8/02/heavy-metal-ban-defies-russian-law-kisses-stage

* "Utah Supreme Court Will Now Allow Surrogacy for Same-Sex Couples:" https://www.advocate.com/news/2019/8/02/utah-supreme-court-will-now-allow-surrogacy-same-sex-couples

* "Attempt to Censure GOP Congressman After Officiating Gay Wedding Fails:" https://www.advocate.com/politics/2019/7/30/attempt-block-gop-congressman-officiating-gay-wedding-fails

* "We Won't End The HIV Epidemic Until We Help The Most Vulnerable:" https://www.hivplusmag.com/stigma/2019/7/29/we-wont-end-hiv-epidemic-until-we-help-most-vulnerable

* "‘It Was Pandemonium’: Homeless Encampments Burned In Brush Fire In Sepulveda Basin:" https://losangeles.cbslocal.com/2019/07/30/watch-brush-fire-in-sepulveda-basin/

* "The Aftermath of Robert Mapplethorpe's Censorship War:" https://www.advocate.com/art/2019/8/03/aftermath-robert-mapplethorpes-censorship-war

* The computer crashed and I lost a couple of hours of work. I'm trying to reconstruct.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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Not Even Close to All of This Week.

2019-08-03T16:01:30Z

* "Trump to sanction Russia over chemical weapons use:" https://www.politico.com/story/2019/08/01/trump-sanction-russia-chemical-weapons-1444845

* "White House Finally Acknowledges Trump-Putin Phone Call During Democratic Debate:" https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2019/08/white-house-acknowledges-trump-putin-phone-call-says-it-was-about-wildfires.html

* "Trump casts doubt on Russian interference in 2020 election:" https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/politics-news/trump-casts-doubt-russian-interference-2020-election-n1038636

* O.o "A Trump history lesson:" http://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/a-trump-history-lesson-65210437633

* "Trump says he will impose new tariffs on $300 billion of imports from China starting next month, ending brief cease-fire in trade war:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/economy/trump-says-he-will-impose-new-tariffs-on-300-billion-in-chinese-imports-starting-next-month-ending-brief-cease-fire-in-trade-war/2019/08/01/d8d42c86-b482-11e9-8949-5f36ff92706e_story.html?noredirect=on&utm_term=.e118f2f1f8d5

* "Tariffs backfiring on US, says ex-Trump adviser:" https://www.bbc.com/news/business-49187126

* The Republican war on the U. S. Economy continues. "How Trump's latest China tariffs could squeeze US consumers:" https://apnews.com/bb149842a3d04f29a784824edd15db72

* "Senate passes massive 2-year budget deal:" https://www.politico.com/story/2019/08/01/budget-deal-senate-vote-1444084

* "Pentagon puts $10B contract on hold after Trump swipe at Amazon:" https://www.politico.com/story/2019/08/01/pentagon-amazon-contract-1630381

* "Trump orders lawyers’ achievement awards revoked in Navy SEAL murder case:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/trump-orders-lawyers-achievement-awards-revoked-in-navy-seal-murder-case/2019/07/31/11a74d2c-b3cf-11e9-951e-de024209545d_story.html?noredirect=on&utm_term=.130245d89494

* "Trump warm-up speaker utters "QAnon" slogan:" http://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/trump-warm-up-speaker-utters-qanon-slogan-65212997585

* "Manhattan D.A. subpoenas Trump Org beyond Barr's protective reach:" http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/manhattan-d-a-subpoenas-trump-org-beyond-barr-s-protective-reach-65124933620

* "Gates, former Trump official, Mueller source, begins next phase:" http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/gates-former-trump-official-mueller-source-begins-next-phase-65225285850

* "Congress eyes potential corruption by Trump inaugural chairman:" http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/congress-eyes-potential-corruption-by-trump-inaugural-chairman-65224773515

* "Majority of House Democrats now support impeachment inquiry:" https://www.politico.com/story/2019/08/01/majority-house-democrats-support-impeachment-1440799

* "Nearly half of all House Democrats support impeachment inquiry:" http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/nearly-half-of-all-house-democrats-support-impeachment-inquiry-65129029545

* "Justice Dept. won't prosecute James Comey over handling of FBI memos, despite watchdog referral:" https://www.cnn.com/2019/08/01/politics/james-comey-justice-department-ig/index.html

* "I can't probe Kushner security clearance till Trump asks:" https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/national-security/watchdog-tells-democrats-he-can-t-probe-white-house-security-n1037486

* "Manhattan D.A. Subpoenas Trump Organization Over Stormy Daniels Hush Money:" https://www.nytimes.com/2019/08/01/nyregion/trump-cohen-stormy-daniels-vance.html

* Any suggestions how we stop this? It's terrifying. "Pentagon testing mass surveillance balloons across the US:" https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/aug/02/pentagon-balloons-surveillance-midwest

* "White House Asks for List of Top Spies During Intelligence Shakeup:" https://www.thedailybeast.com/white-house-asks-for-list-of-top-intel-officials-amid-intelligence-shakeup

* "Trump dumps ill-considered intelligence pick after just five days:" http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/trump-dumps-ill-considered-intelligence-pick-after-just-five-days-65226821506

* "New acting federal lands director opposes federal land ownership:" http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/new-acting-federal-lands-director-opposes-federal-land-ownership-65224773764

* "Meet your new U.N Ambassador, Kelly Knight Craft:" http://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/meet-your-new-u-n-ambassasor-kelly-knight-craft-65121349744

* "Cory Booker Isn’t Afraid to Talk About Racism and Reparations With White Voters:" https://news.vice.com/en_us/article/3k3xg8/cory-booker-isnt-afraid-to-talk-about-racism-and-reparations-with-white-voters

* "Booker takes care to keep criticism of Biden apart from Obama:" http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/booker-takes-care-to-keep-criticism-of-biden-apart-from-obama-65122373808

* "Joe Biden and the choice facing Democratic voters:" http://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/joe-biden-and-the-choice-facing-democratic-voters-65120837718

* "Biden's front-runner status makes him a target at second debate:" http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/biden-s-front-runner-status-makes-him-a-target-at-second-debate-65130053515

* "Obama legacy takes friendly fire in debate attacks on Joe Biden:" http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/obama-legacy-takes-friendly-fire-in-debate-attacks-on-joe-biden-65126981602

* "Gillibrand, Inslee Make Only Mentions of LGBTQ Rights at Debate:" https://www.advocate.com/politics/2019/8/01/gillibrand-inslee-make-only-mentions-lgbtq-rights-debate

* "Marianne Williamson told AIDS patients that sickness is 'an illusion':" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2019/08/03/presidential-candidate-marianne-williamson-told-aids-patients-sickness-is-an-illusion/

* "Texas Rep. Hurd, lone black Republican in House, won’t seek reelection:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/powerpost/texas-rep-hurd-lone-black-republican-in-house-wont-seek-reelection/2019/08/01/0927745c-b487-11e9-8949-5f36ff92706e_story.html?noredirect=on&utm_term=.34204ff5478d

* "The Biggest Abuser of Forced Arbitration Is Amazon:" https://prospect.org/article/biggest-abuser-forced-arbitration-amazon

* "Democratic pushback on Trump-pleasing stunt puts Graham in a snit:" http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/democratic-pushback-on-trump-pleasing-stunt-puts-graham-in-a-snit-65225285815

* "The Ronald Reagan tape:" http://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/the-ronald-reagan-tape-65120325900

* "Ta-Nehisi Coates defends his hometown of Baltimore:" http://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/ta-nehisi-coates-defends-his-hometown-of-baltimore-65209413938

* "At STEM Competitions, Gender Norms Still Hold Girls Back:" http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/d-brief/2019/07/16/stem-competitions-science-fair-olympiad-gender-disparities/

* "14 years after legalisation, one in four Canadians opposes equal marriage:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2019/08/02/14-years-legalisation-canada-opposes-equal-marriage/

* "Canada facing calls for federal ban on 'hateful and harmful' conversion therapy:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2019/08/02/canadian-officials-call-federal-ban-hateful-harmful-conversion-therapy/

* "Scottish Greens launch campaign to get more non-binary people into politics:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2019/08/02/scottish-greens-campaign-more-non-binary-people-politics/

* "Suspect arrested in murder of Russian LGBT rights activist:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2019/08/01/suspect-murder-russia-lgbt-activist-yelena-grigoryeva/

* "Trans woman in battle with bank who say she 'sounds like a man':" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2019/08/01/trans-woman-battle-bank-she-sounds-like-man/

* "Male sex workers take over Amsterdam’s Red Light District windows for Pride:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2019/08/03/male-sex-workers-amsterdam-red-light-district-windows-pride/

* "Police officer sacked after ‘calling for parents of trans kids to be shot’:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2019/08/03/police-officer-sacked-after-calling-for-parents-of-trans-kids-to-be-shot/

* "Outraged by the Catholic Church Firing LGBTQ People? Write a Letter:" https://www.advocate.com/religion/2019/8/01/outraged-catholic-church-firing-lgbtq-people-write-letter

* "Washington to add non-binary X option to driving licenses:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2019/08/01/washington-add-non-binary-gender-driving-licenses/

* "North Carolina Governor Ends Funding of Conversion Therapy on Minors:" https://www.advocate.com/politics/2019/8/02/north-carolina-governor-ends-funding-conversion-therapy-minors

* "Three arrested over alleged ‘hate-motivated’ murder of gay social worker:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2019/08/03/three-arrested-alleged-hate-motivated-murder-gay-social-worker-georgia/

* "Numbewr 13-Rest In Power and Peace Marquis 'Kiki' Fantroy:" https://transgriot.blogspot.com/2019/08/numbewr-13-rest-in-power-and-peace.html

* "Lyft Adopts New Policies After Drag Queens Refused Rides:" https://www.advocate.com/news/2019/8/02/lyft-adopts-new-policies-after-drag-queens-refused-rides

* "This is what billions of tons of melting Arctic ice looks like:" http://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/this-is-what-billions-of-tons-of-melting-arctic-ice-looks-like-65223749653

* "Boris Johnson: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver :"

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* The pills are flavored, she said. Just hide it in a bit of butter and she’ll eat it right up, she said.
Me: side eyes the vet.
Livia: runs in terror from obviously Doctored butter even if I stick a treat on top.
Livia: This is an obvious trap. Do they think I’m an imbecile?

* Both girls are definitely eating the new goosh. Livia took a good piss on the sofa, so that's proof she's not blocked. We have a pee proof cover now so I'm not dealing with a week plus of cushion cleaning, just laundry. Do I want her peeing on the sofa? no, but it's better than cat literally dying. I figure ss long as she's eating the medicinal goosh and peeing every twelve hours or so, it's good. She is really scared we'll pill her and/or take her to the vet. she's not wrong about either really, but it means she is very wary and pettins are rare and in unusual locations where she is entirely in control.

Livia Addendum: She peed on the sofa three times Tonight. I know I said I was using all proceeds to buy cat food and vet care, but I think another pee cover just got urgent. On the upside, this means she’s probably not dying and is on the mend.

* Reviews of Aziraphale's Book Shop: https://itsclydebitches.tumblr.com/post/186055292445/hey-all-remember-when-i-said-id-never-do-another

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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gwydion @ 2019-07-27T08:08:00

2019-07-27T15:08:52Z

* "A Prosperous China Says ‘Men Preferred,’ and Women Lose:" https://www.nytimes.com/2019/07/16/world/asia/china-women-discrimination.html

* "U.S. to pay farmers up to $16 billion for trade war losses, South...:" https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trade-china-idUSKCN1UK2M7

* "U.S. Economy Slows, Denying Trump 3% Talking Point:" https://www.nytimes.com/2019/07/26/business/economy/us-gdp-growth.html

* "Trump knocks Fox News after poll shows him losing to Biden by 10 points:" https://www.politico.com/story/2019/07/26/trump-fox-news-biden-poll-1437265

* "Russians probably targeted election systems in all 50 states, Senate panel’s report says:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/senate-intelligence-panel-releases-first-chapter-of-bipartisan-report-into-russian-meddling/2019/07/25/63bce4f4-af0c-11e9-bc5c-e73b603e7f38_story.html?noredirect=on&utm_term=.fa802e941d80

* "Judiciary Committee asks a judge to share Mueller's secret grand jury evidence:" https://www.politico.com/story/2019/07/26/mueller-report-secret-grand-jury-evidence-1436846

* "House Judiciary Committee Launches Official Impeachment Investigation:" https://www.advocate.com/politics/2019/7/26/house-judiciary-committee-launches-official-impeachment-investigation

* "Democrats broach impeachment in bid for Mueller grand jury info:" http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/democrats-broach-impeachment-in-bid-for-mueller-grand-jury-info-64685125910

* "Context of Trump impeachment improves Democrats' legal case:" http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/context-of-trump-impeachment-improves-democrats-legal-case-64689733539

* "How Science Got Trampled in the Rush to Drill in the Arctic:" https://www.politico.com/interactives/2019/trump-science-alaska-drilling-rush/

* "Trump distorts, ignores science in rush to drill Alaska refuge:" http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/trump-distorts-ignores-science-in-rush-to-drill-alaska-refuge-64688197636

* "U.S. Approves T-Mobile-Sprint Merger, a Deal That Would Reshape the Industry:" https://www.nytimes.com/2019/07/26/business/media/sprint-tmobile-merger.html

* "Dem Presidential Hopefuls Speak Out on Deaths of Black Trans Women:" https://www.advocate.com/politics/2019/7/26/dem-presidential-hopefuls-speak-out-deaths-black-trans-women

* "Supreme Court gives Trump go-ahead on border wall:" https://www.politico.com/story/2019/07/26/trump-border-wall-supreme-court-1437894

* "SCOTUS permits Trump to use $2.5 billion from Pentagon for wall:" http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/scotus-permits-trump-to-use-2-5-billion-from-pentagon-for-wall-64689221530

* "Arrest of Marines Suspected of Smuggling Migrants Points to Lucrative Trade:" https://www.nytimes.com/2019/07/26/us/marines-migrant-smuggling-pendleton.html

* "Active-duty U.S. troops are now just feet away from migrants in Texas:" https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/immigration/active-duty-u-s-troops-are-now-just-feet-away-n1034416

* "Judge blocks new Trump asylum rule...for now:" http://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/judge-blocks-new-trump-asylum-rule-for-now-64650309924

* "Detained American teen speaks about his ordeal:" http://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/detained-american-teen-speaks-about-his-ordeal-64681542001

* "Philadelphia to fire 13 police officers after series of racist, discriminatory Facebook posts:" https://www.usatoday.com/story/tech/2019/07/18/philadelphia-police-officers-face-firing-offensive-facebook-posts/1773445001/

* "What Do People in Solitary Confinement Want to See?:" https://www.newyorker.com/culture/photo-booth/photo-requests-from-solitary-confinement

* TW: Sexual Abuse "Female inmates were forced to expose their genitals in a ‘training exercise.’ It was legal, court rules.:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2019/07/19/female-inmates-were-forced-expose-their-genitals-training-exercise-it-was-legal-court-rules/?noredirect=on&utm_term=.f19219951157

* TW: Rape. "How Jeffrey Epstein Used the Billionaire Behind Victoria’s Secret for Wealth and Women:" https://www.nytimes.com/2019/07/25/business/jeffrey-epstein-wexner-victorias-secret.html

* TW: Pedophilia. "Jeffrey Epstein found injured in jail cell with marks on his neck, sources say:" https://www.cnn.com/2019/07/25/us/jeffrey-epstein-injured-jail-cell/index.html

* "Detroit Billboard Declares 'Trans People Are Sacred':" https://www.advocate.com/transgender/2019/7/26/detroit-billboard-declares-trans-people-are-sacred

* "The LGBTQ Health Clinic That Faced a Dark Truth About the AIDS Crisis:" https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2019/07/us-aids-policy-lingering-epidemic/594445/

* "Rabies Kills Tens of Thousands Yearly. Vaccinating Dogs Could Stop It.:" https://www.nytimes.com/2019/07/22/science/rabies-dogs-india.html

* "The U.S.’s Toxic Agent Orange Legacy:" https://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2019/07/agent-orange-cambodia-laos-vietnam/591412/

* "Twelve years to save Earth? Make that 18 months...:" https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-48964736

* "New York just passed the most ambitious climate target in the country:" https://www.vox.com/energy-and-environment/2019/6/20/18691058/new-york-green-new-deal-climate-change-cuomo

* "Gay Vietnamese-American Ballet Dancer John Lam Out to Inspire Others:" https://www.advocate.com/people/2019/7/25/gay-vietnamese-american-ballet-dancer-john-lam-out-inspire-others

* You may have noticed odd posting times. My lungs are bad even by my standards. I have an appointment on Monday morning. We'll see if anything can be done about the infection. So I have very little energy, I'm coughing constantly, and achieving anything, including sleep is difficult. It took what felt like forever to chew through the Mueller stuff and it ended up making sense to stay up Thursday to go to the library, instead of gambling that I could get it together after sleep fast enough to squeeze in there and the pharmacy before close. Which through the sleep cycle off. Friday I stayed up to forage as I hadn't been well enough to go in a week? More? Hence me not managing awake at a reasonable time.

Squirrel's sofa cover came. It is better than I feared. I was picturing the horrible plastic covers the neighbors across the street had when I was a kid. This one is quilted gray fabric on one side and rubberized plastic on the other. Not aesthetically pleasing, but I can sit on it comfortably. It's long enough, but designed for an entirely different type of sofa. I made it work, and it's far better than the alternative just now. Tavy fought a violent battle with it off and on for hours Friday.

I went to put the cushions back together, but found they weren't cleaned to my satisfaction after all. I intended to start over from scratch today, but my the time I'd full changed bathroom litter, did buckets from tank change earlier in the week, and had a bath, I simply couldn't face the level of hard manual labor involved. I frankensteined out and did some necessary night gardening instead, since I wasn't well enough to manage minimum maintenance Thursday, and they need daily water checks this time of year in this heat.

The triffid lilies are stunning this year. I'll post pics tomorrow, I think. I'm a bit concerned about the carnations, which after the first flurry of blooms are barely producing.

I am just exhausted, waking or sleeping. A serious lung infection will do that. This is the first bad one since the new vaccine came out fall before last. Given it's a partial coverage situation and things like this mutate, the fact I went this long is a minor miracle. I hate it and it's eating my summer, but it's not MRSA bad or bad like that thing that nearly took me out the winter before then new vaccine.

I'm like triple booked for Monday with too many things in the day time. I'm not going to even try to impose order on my body until I have antibiotics inside med and the Monday things conquered. Expect weird and possibly sporadic posting until mid-next week at minimum.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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gwydion @ 2019-07-26T12:25:00

2019-07-26T19:25:00Z

* "Protesters calling for 'free Hong Kong' converge on airport:" https://www.reuters.com/article/us-hongkong-extradition/protesters-calling-for-free-hong-kong-converge-on-airport-idUSKCN1UL0QC

* "Two killings symbolize reach of Kashmir conflict as death toll surges:" https://www.reuters.com/article/us-india-kashmir-deaths-insight/two-killings-symbolize-reach-of-kashmir-conflict-as-death-toll-surges-idUSKCN1UE0M6

* "How Norway turns criminals into good neighbours:" https://www.bbc.com/news/stories-48885846

* "Trump Administration Considering 'Travel Ban' On Guatemalans After Asylum Snub:" https://www.npr.org/2019/07/25/745132775/trump-administration-considering-travel-ban-on-guatemalans-after-asylum-snub

* "Trump stands before presidential seal doctored with symbols of Russia and golf:" https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/jul/24/trump-presidential-seal-doctored-russia-golf-turning-point

* "Trump mocked on stage by errant satire presidential seal:" http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/trump-mocked-on-stage-by-errant-satire-presidential-seal-64603205820

* "House passes two-year budget deal to lift spending, suspend debt ceiling:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/economy/trump-urges-republicans-to-support-budget-deal-as-house-prepares-to-vote/2019/07/25/010d6e6a-aee3-11e9-a0c9-6d2d7818f3da_story.html?noredirect=on&utm_term=.01db22a37f31

* "Mueller testimony laid bare Trump team's untruthfulness:" http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/mueller-testimony-laid-bare-trump-team-s-untruthfulness-64605253512

* "Demand for Nixon's taxes becomes key to case for seeing Trump's:" http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/demand-for-nixon-s-taxes-becomes-key-to-case-for-seeing-trump-s-64602181878

* "Senate Intel Committee Unveils Election Security Report In Wake Of Mueller Hearings:" https://www.npr.org/2019/07/25/745205135/senate-intel-committee-unveils-election-security-report-in-wake-of-mueller-day

* Republicans now hate our democracy so much they are open about how much they’d rather Russian intelligence choose our government officials instead of American citizen voters who they keep denying their rights on the basis of skin colour. "GOP senators block election security legislation hours after Mueller warns of Russian interference:" https://www.cnn.com/2019/07/25/politics/republican-senators-block-election-security-legislation/

* "Russian hackers accessed U.S. voter data: Senate report:" http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/russian-hackers-accessed-u-s-voter-data-senate-report-64604229532

* "Credibility of U.S. elections at stake in response to Russia hack:" http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/credibility-of-u-s-elections-at-stake-in-response-to-russia-hack-64604229541

* "Sen. Bennet on Russian election interference: 'This is serious':" http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/sen-bennet-on-russian-election-interference-this-is-serious-64603205905

* "Senate Report: Russia targeted voting systems in all 50 states:" http://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/senate-report-russia-targeted-voting-systems-in-all-50-states-64587333774

* "House Dems authorize subpoenas for senior White House aides' official communications:" https://www.politico.com/story/2019/07/25/white-house-private-communications-subpoena-1435114

* "Trump must face marketing scam lawsuit, escapes racketeering...:" https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-marketing-lawsuit-idUSKCN1UJ349

* Do not want. "Treasury pick Monica Crowley spread Obama smears: 'Can he be both loyal to Islam and loyal to the United States?':" https://www.cnn.com/2019/07/25/politics/kfile-monica-crowley/

* "Mike Pence Fails to Pay $24K Tab at Gay-Owned Club:" https://www.advocate.com/politics/2019/7/25/mike-pence-fails-pay-24k-tab-gay-owned-club

* "Andrew Yang - Bringing Bold and Unique Ideas to His 2020 White House Bid - Extended Interview:"

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* "Tom Steyer unveils climate plan:" http://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/tom-steyer-unveils-climate-plan-64589381668

* "Gillibrand calls for $10T to combat climate change:" https://www.politico.com/story/2019/07/25/gillibrand-2020-election-climate-change-1615073

* "Corruption, dark money, and dysfunction in Washington:" http://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/corruption-dark-money-and-dysfunction-in-washington-64590917538

* This is a long read, but it does a brilliant job of explaining what’s going on and what’s at stake. "Why Native Hawaiians are fighting to protect a mountain from a telescope:" https://www.vox.com/identities/2019/7/24/20706930/mauna-kea-hawaii

* "A judge just smacked down one of Trump’s most dangerous moves yet:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2019/07/25/judge-just-smacked-down-trumps-latest-dangerous-move/?noredirect=on&utm_term=.02f704428d27

* "Immigration Official: HIV-Positive Status Justifies Family Separations:" https://www.advocate.com/politics/2019/7/25/immigration-official-hiv-positive-status-justifies-family-separations

They insist that HIV is so incredibly contact contagious that it justifies kidnapping people’s children and torturing them, unlike flu which isn’t at all contagious.

* "Justice Department plans to restart capital punishment after long hiatus:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/justice-department-plans-to-restart-capital-punishment-after-long-hiatus/2019/07/25/f2cc6402-aee5-11e9-bc5c-e73b603e7f38_story.html?noredirect=on&utm_term=.32de3922142e

* TW: Rape, Pedophilia, Domestic Violence. "The Village Where Every Cop Has Been Convicted of Domestic Violence:" https://www.propublica.org/article/stebbins-alaska-cops-criminal-records-domestic-violence

* "Federal Judge Blocks Arkansas Anti-Abortion Laws for Now:" https://www.nytimes.com/2019/07/24/us/abortion-arkansas-laws.html

* "Jacob Rees-Mogg joins Boris Johnson cabinet: ‘an Orwellian nightmare’:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2019/07/25/jacob-rees-mogg-cabinet/

* "New home secretary Priti Patel urged to reform LGBT asylum:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2019/07/25/boris-johnson-cabinet-lgbt-rights/

* "Russians Arrest Suspect For Activist's Murder, Blame Domestic Dispute:" https://www.advocate.com/world/2019/7/26/russians-arrest-suspect-activists-murder-blame-domestic-dispute

* "Reversing Trump’s Transgender Military Ban Will Make Us Stronger:" https://www.advocate.com/commentary/2019/7/26/reversing-trumps-transgender-military-ban-will-make-us-stronger

* "Can America Fix Its Housing Crisis?:" https://thenib.com/can-america-fix-its-housing-crisis?t=recent

* "Rutger Hauer, ‘Blade Runner’ Co-Star, Dies at 75:" https://variety.com/2019/film/news/rutger-hauer-dead-dies-blade-runner-co-star-1203278050/

* "America's Crippling Student Loan Crisis:"

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* "President Trump Gets Trolled At Turning Point USA Teen Summit:"

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* "Meanwhile... Ruth-less Bader Ginsburg:"

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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gwydion @ 2019-07-25T11:39:00

2019-07-25T18:39:35Z

* "Send in the troops: Congo raises the stakes on illegal mining:" https://www.reuters.com/article/us-congo-mining-insight/send-in-the-troops-congo-raises-the-stakes-on-illegal-mining-idUSKCN1UC0BS

* "Boris Johnson cabinet is 'the most anti-human rights' in decades:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2019/07/24/boris-johnson-cabinet-most-anti-human-rights/

* "Protests Welcome Controversial Prime Minister Boris Johnson to Office:" https://www.advocate.com/world/2019/7/25/protests-welcome-controversial-prime-minister-boris-johnson-office

* "How the far right targets female MPs:" https://www.bbc.com/news/blogs-trending-48871400

* "Hong Kong’s New Reality:" https://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2019/07/hong-kong-protests-more-radical/594460/

* "North Korea launches 2 short range missiles:" https://abcnews.go.com/International/north-korea-launches-unidentifiable-objects/story?id=64549551

* "Afghanistan asks for explanation after Trump claims US could wipe it 'off the face of the Earth':" https://www.cnn.com/2019/07/23/politics/afghanistan-pushback-trump-comments/index.html

* "Freedom Caucus formally opposes Trump's budget deal:" https://thehill.com/homenews/house/454439-freedom-caucus-formally-opposes-trumps-budget-deal

* "While bemoaning Mueller probe, Trump falsely says the Constitution gives him ‘the right to do whatever I want’:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2019/07/23/trump-falsely-tells-auditorium-full-teens-constitution-gives-him-right-do-whatever-i-want/?noredirect=on&utm_term=.a0f889553894

* "Highlights of Robert Mueller’s Testimony to Congress:" https://www.nytimes.com/2019/07/24/us/politics/mueller-testimony.html

* "Mueller insists his report did not exonerate Trump on obstruction charges:" https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/jul/24/robert-mueller-hearing-special-counsel-testifies-trump-russia

* "Mueller condemns Trump praise of WikiLeaks:" https://www.cnn.com/2019/07/24/politics/mueller-testimony-before-congress/index.html

* "'Not a witch hunt': Mueller defends Russia probe from Trump's attacks:" https://www.politico.com/story/2019/07/24/robert-mueller-testimony-1428423

* "Some surprises among damning Mueller testimony, bad day for Trump:" http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/some-surprises-among-damning-mueller-testimony-bad-day-for-trump-64496709957

* "Mueller affirms Russian 2016 intrusion and ongoing threat:" http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/mueller-affirms-russian-2016-intrusion-and-ongoing-threat-64496709962

* "Despite warnings, McConnell still blocks election security bills:" http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/despite-warnings-mcconnell-still-blocks-election-security-bills-64497221892

* "House prepares to formally endorse Trump-related subpoenas:" https://www.politico.com/story/2019/07/23/house-endorse-trump-subpoenas-1428175

* "DOJ won't charge William Barr, Wilbur Ross after contempt vote:" https://www.politico.com/story/2019/07/24/justice-william-barr-wilbur-ross-1432595

* "House Oversight schedules Thursday vote to hold Kellyanne Conway in contempt:" https://thehill.com/homenews/house/454211-house-oversight-schedules-thursday-vote-to-hold-kellyanne-conway-in-contempt

* "Julián Castro: Trump's Cruelty Has Failed:"

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* "Puerto Rico's Governor Will Finally Resign After Homophobic Remarks:" https://www.advocate.com/politics/2019/7/24/puerto-ricos-governor-will-finally-resign-after-homophobic-remarks

* "The Way the Census Counts Prison Populations Seriously Distorts Redistricting:" https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2019/07/census-prison-count-distorts-redistricting-gerrymandering.html

* "Where Roe v. Wade Has the Biggest Effect:" https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2019/07/18/upshot/roe-v-wade-abortion-maps-planned-parenthood.html

* It's a maybe delay on enforcement phrased so fuzzily it may be a trap. "Administration pauses enforcement of abortion restriction:" https://www.apnews.com/2974bee275a04060963676214329510a

* "Health Insurers Make It Easy for Scammers to Steal Millions. Who Pays? You.:" https://www.propublica.org/article/health-insurers-make-it-easy-for-scammers-to-steal-millions-who-pays-you

* It’s not general marriage equality, just a recognition that vaid marriages made elsewhere in the E.U. have to be portable. Progress, but not for everybody. "Bulgaria court recognises same-sex marriage in landmark ruling:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2019/07/25/bulgaria-same-sex-marriage-equality/

* "Gay Ambassador Flies Rainbow Flag at Embassy in Berlin:" https://www.advocate.com/politics/2019/7/24/openly-gay-ambassador-flies-rainbow-flag-embassy-berlin

* "Gay couple sue US government after baby denied citizenship:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2019/07/25/gay-married-couple-sue-state-department-citizenship-surrogate/

* "NAACP Passes Pro-Trans Resolution!:" https://transgriot.blogspot.com/2019/07/naacp-passes-pro-trans-resolution.html

* "Second Suspect Arrested in Attack on NYC Trans Filmmakers:" https://www.advocate.com/crime/2019/7/24/second-suspect-arrested-attack-nyc-trans-filmmakers

* "How Queer Teachers Can Create a Safe, Brave Space for Students:" https://www.advocate.com/commentary/2019/7/24/how-queer-teachers-can-create-safe-brave-space-students

* "An Open Letter to Straight People:" https://www.advocate.com/commentary/2019/7/25/open-letter-straight-people

* "US troops are increasingly falling to heatstroke during training as the military braces for rising temperatures:" https://taskandpurpose.com/us-troops-are-increasingly-falling-to-heatstroke-during-training-as-the-military-braces-for-rising-temperatures

* "High and dry: Alpine resorts grapple with climate change:" https://www.reuters.com/article/us-climate-change-alps-insight/high-and-dry-alpine-resorts-grapple-with-climate-change-idUSKCN1UB0E0

* "California settles decades-long lawsuit over lead paint, but...:" https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-lead-california/california-settles-decades-long-lawsuit-over-lead-paint-but-outcome-is-bittersweet-idUSKCN1UC2H5

* "Elementary Education Has Gone Terribly Wrong:" https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2019/08/the-radical-case-for-teaching-kids-stuff/592765/

"All of which raises a disturbing question: What if the medicine we have been prescribing is only making matters worse, particularly for poor children? What if the best way to boost reading comprehension is not to drill kids on discrete skills but to teach them, as early as possible, the very things we’ve marginalized—including history, science, and other content that could build the knowledge and vocabulary they need to understand both written texts and the world around them?"

* "The strange political silence on elder care:" https://washingtonmonthly.com/magazine/july-august-2019/the-strange-political-silence-on-elder-care/

* "Urinary Tract Infections Affect Millions. The Cures Are Faltering.:" https://www.nytimes.com/2019/07/13/health/urinary-infections-drug-resistant.html

* "Puerto Rico's Governor Resigns, Boris Johnson Meets the Queen & Australia's Drug-Smuggling Problem:"

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* "Robert Mueller's Long-Awaited Capitol Hill Testimony:"

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* "Boris Johnson: The World's Worst Cheerleader:"

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* "Meanwhile... Let's See Them Aliens:"

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* "Robert Mueller Repeatedly Declines And Deflects At Congressional Hearing:"

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* "The White House Rewrites the Poem on the Statue of Liberty - Alternatino:"

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* "The Mueller Hearings: The Movie :"

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* "How To Get Away With Widespread Election Interference...Again!:"

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* "The Border Can Be Fun!:"

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Look, I know I sound like broken record, but seriously, this is how we save democracy. PRIMARIES MATTER. This is when you get to decide if a candidate you like is up for election in November. Three of the four people I voted for today are candidates I'm REALLY EXCITED ABOUT. The forth? Was by far the lesser weevil. By a lot (One guy dropped out in May for reasons involving black out drinking and sexual assault), and I'll take the lady Ii can live with over some dude I can't, which were the other choices.

I know off year elections aren't exciting, but they matter. Who your state and local government officials are effects your quality of life on a daily basis. Is your water safe to drink? Do you have the right to chose? Do you have health care? Is your districting fair? Does the place you live emphasis drug and mental health diversion or locking up the poor and denying services.

Also? If you vote in primaries you have a lot more time to fight it if the Republicans knock you off the voter rolls. If you vote in off year elections, you get a whole year to fight disenfranchisement for next time. It's harder to have your citizen rights taken away if you are there every damned time voting for someone who will share at least some of your values and fight for you, instead of letting the MAGAs pick who makes those decisions.

Because you know who votes in off year primaries? Elderly Republicans. If you sit on your hands, they get to decide the quality of life where you live.

So go out there and vote. Find candidates you like and talk your friends into voting. In primaries, vote for whoever the fuck you like. November is for pragmatism.

Washington State: Watch your mail boxes, and if you haven't got a ballot by next weekish, remember you can always get a replacement at City Hall. (If you do this only vote once. Shred and toss the mail ballot if it turns up late).

Whatever you do? VOTE! Every office, every ballot measure, every primary and main. If you aren't sure who to vote for, check candidate bios in the voter guide, and if you still can't pick check endorsements online.

* I had a ton of other important things to do today. I'm still recovering from being sick, and the lung infection is striking back. I nearly passed out coughing this evening. I really, really need to forage and pick up meds and my library books. I physically could not quite get it together in time to do any of those things. (I could have done all of them if I cold have managed upright a half hour sooner). Instead I wasted 9.00 on emergency bags of perogies and some Popsicles, because the back half of this month while I wait for the Doctor is going to be outright terrible, and I had to change a tank tonight and have another go at the pee soaked sofa cushions. Those things, I managed. I do think the odoban is an improvement.

Squirrel has ordered a plastic cover for the sofa. I have concerns. He didn't measure the sofa (I would have seen him do it). I do not want to sit on plastic, especially in the heat, but I'm thinking I can cover the sofa when I'm asleep, as that seems to be pee time. We'll se how it goes.

* Yet more triffid lilies.: https://gwydionmisha.tumblr.com/post/186531245927/yet-more-triffid-lilies

* "The Black Council Emerges in Turn Coat:" https://www.thefandomentals.com/black-council-emerges-turn-coat/

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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gwydion @ 2019-07-24T08:32:00

2019-07-24T15:32:43Z

* "S Korea and Russia spar over airspace 'intrusion':" https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-49091523

* "Ukraine president on course for unprecedented majority after...:" https://www.reuters.com/article/us-ukraine-election-results/ukraines-president-party-on-course-to-win-majority-in-new-parliament-idUSKCN1UH0K3

* "The Guardian view on violence in Hong Kong: an attack on the idea of democracy:" https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2019/jul/23/the-guardian-view-on-violence-in-hong-kong-an-attack-on-the-idea-of-democracy

* "Trump warns of retaliation against Guatemala after immigration deal falls through:" https://www.politico.com/story/2019/07/23/trump-guatemala-retaliation-immigration-deal-1426722

* "FBI Director Wray: Russia intent on interfering with U.S. elections:" https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election-security-idUSKCN1UI1XW

* "Deficit Don? Red ink gushes in Trump era:" https://www.politico.com/story/2019/07/22/deficit-don-budget-red-ink-trump-1426696

* "Trump Relies on Populist Language, but He Mostly Sides With Corporate Interests:" https://www.nytimes.com/2019/07/23/us/politics/trump-working-class.html

* "Trump sues to prevent the release of his tax returns:" https://www.cnn.com/2019/07/23/politics/trump-sues-tax-returns/index.html

* "‘Democracy itself is in danger’:" http://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/-democracy-itself-is-in-danger-64393285970

* "House Democrats seek unity before Mueller testimony:" http://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/house-democrats-seek-unity-before-mueller-testimony-64395333754

* "Trump transition adviser convicted on foreign-agent charges:" https://www.politico.com/story/2019/07/23/trump-adviser-bijan-rafiekian-convicted-1428176

* "Another former Trump aide convicted; Flynn strategy suffers blow:" http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/another-former-trump-aide-convicted-flynn-strategy-suffers-blow-64409157903

* "Kelly Craft was out of Canada for half her days as ambassador:" https://www.politico.com/story/2019/07/22/kelly-craft-ambassador-canada-absence-1426702

* "Trump met with Nunes to talk intel chief replacements:" https://www.politico.com/story/2019/07/22/trump-nunes-intelligence-chiefs-1426698

* "Mark Esper Confirmed as Trump’s Defense Secretary:" https://www.nytimes.com/2019/07/23/us/politics/mark-esper-secretary-defense.html

* "Marianne Williamson: Peacebuilders Will Have a Seat At the Table of Power:"

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* "Three US Presidential hopefuls add pronouns to their bios:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2019/07/23/three-us-presidential-hopefuls-add-pronouns-bios/

* "Trump proposal would push 3 million Americans off food stamps:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2019/07/23/usda-proposes-snap-change-that-would-push-million-americans-off-food-stamps/?noredirect=on&utm_term=.a72586005733

* "Senate votes to make 9/11 fund permanent as first responders, Jon Stewart look on:" https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/senate-votes-make-911-victims-fund-permanent-responders/story?id=64509545

* "Pennsylvania school district tells parents to pay their lunch debt, or their kids will go into foster care:" https://www.cnn.com/2019/07/20/us/pennsylvania-school-lunch-debt-trnd/index.html

* "Puerto Rico governor gets resignation letter from his chief of staff:" https://www.cnn.com/2019/07/23/us/puerto-rico-crisis-tuesday/index.html

* "Puerto Rico Gov. Ricardo Rosselló is expected to resign today, source says:" https://www.cnn.com/2019/07/24/us/puerto-rico-crisis-wednesday/index.html

* "ICE tries to detain man, neighbors form human chain to protect him:" https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/ice-tries-detain-man-tennessee-home-neighbors-form-human-chain-n1032791

* They keep kidnapping American citizens and holding them without due process because of the colour of their skin. "A Dallas-born citizen picked up by the Border Patrol has been detained for three weeks, his lawyer says:" https://www.dallasnews.com/news/immigration/2019/07/22/dallas-born-citizen-picked-border-patrol-detained-three-weeks

* "American held by immigration released after three weeks:" http://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/american-held-by-immigration-released-after-three-weeks-64395845805

* "Americans Are Absolutely Terrified of Trump:" https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/americans-are-absolutely-terrified-of-trump-861686/

* "Wray says FBI has recorded about 100 domestic terrorism arrests in fiscal 2019 and many investigations involve white supremacy:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/wray-says-fbi-has-recorded-about-100-domestic-terrorism-arrests-in-fiscal-2019-and-most-investigations-involve-white-supremacy/2019/07/23/600d49a6-aca1-11e9-bc5c-e73b603e7f38_story.html?noredirect=on&utm_term=.efb94fc5d444

* "FBI Director: Domestic terror arrests up, most motivated by white supremacy:" http://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/fbi-director-domestic-terror-arrests-up-most-motivated-by-white-supremacy-64396869808

* "Lawyers For Cesar Sayoc Say Trump's Rhetoric Inspired Terrorist Plot On Democrats:" https://www.huffpost.com/entry/cesar-sayoc-trump-bombing_n_5d3635b1e4b004b6adb48758?zyn&guccounter=1&guce_referrer=aHR0cHM6Ly93aGF0dGhlZnVja2p1c3RoYXBwZW5lZHRvZGF5LmNvbS8yMDE5LzA3LzIzL2RheS05MTUv&guce_referrer_sig=AQAAAHs6rStONppDo4c10HxU9bxRVNSMjjZ04CC_-a00mrlytGw16ThblpnjWTQ8Vx950m8_x3oHaxyyntj4BxO9uWdRJFaCFiHB2A-xQgYHksAWKDRdst-aNrASEH1tx8u4JHwC-2EnDpN9RQq-pMCGbp2ymQh5RYtfjL75Eq99JYx8

* "Rights groups, senators sound alarm over new Trump commission:" https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/donald-trump/human-rights-groups-lead-chorus-alarm-over-new-trump-administration-n1032656

* "30,000 sign petition in support of 'homophobic' ten-year-olds:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2019/07/23/30000-sign-petition-support-homophobic-ten-year-olds/

* "Russian Activist Murdered After Being Named on 'Gay-Hunting' Site:" https://www.advocate.com/crime/2019/7/23/russian-activist-murdered-after-being-named-gay-hunting-site

* "Japan's First Out Gay Lawmaker Vows Same-Sex Marriage 'Will Happen':" https://www.advocate.com/politics/2019/7/23/japans-first-out-gay-lawmaker-vows-same-sex-marriage-will-happen

* "Man injured in 'homophobic' machete attack in London:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2019/07/23/man-injured-homophobic-machete-attack-in-london/

* "Gay Diplomat Nominated as Ambassador to Conservative Lithuania:" https://www.advocate.com/politics/2019/7/23/gay-diplomat-nominated-ambassador-conservative-lithuania

* "Sarah McBride's Running For A Delaware Senate Seat!:" https://transgriot.blogspot.com/2019/07/sarah-mcbrides-running-for-delaware.html

* "North Carolina Reaches Agreement to Protect Trans Restroom Access:" https://www.advocate.com/transgender/2019/7/23/north-carolina-reaches-agreement-protect-trans-restroom-access

* "Historic Indian Moon Mission Underway After Successful Launch of Chandrayaan-2 Lander and Rover:" https://gizmodo.com/historic-indian-moon-mission-underway-after-successful-1836630494

* "The federal election should be fought over climate, not chocolate milk :" https://ricochet.media/en/2685/the-federal-election-should-be-fought-over-climate-not-chocolate-milk

* "Scientists discovered a new species of tiny sharks that glow in the dark:" https://www.cnn.com/2019/07/21/us/new-shark-species-bioluminescent-trnd/index.html

* "It Was Never About Busing:" https://www.nytimes.com/2019/07/12/opinion/sunday/it-was-never-about-busing.html

* "If You Don't Know, Now You Know - Asian Nations Reject Western Trash:"

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* "Donald Trump: I Could Wipe Afghanistan Off The Face Of The Earth:"

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* "Trump Surrogates: 'Send Her Back' Chants Can't Be Racist:"

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* "Trump Tried To Set Up A Race War On 'The Apprentice':"

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* The lung infection is ramping back up, but I need to hold on until the 29th for medical care. I came out to do lungs and sat in cat pee. She peed into the crack between the other two cushions, all the way to the canvass, so I got to clean both of the other two. This time, I'm trying vinegar and odoban. I wrote this at 7:45 and I've already used most of today's spoons on cat pee.

While I was doing lungs, the neighbor kids were having a water pistol fight in the courtyard. After they finished, they came and peered in my window, the girl crossing the landscape strip to stare right up close. Normally, I'd be horrified, but I know they are huge Livia fan and I think they were concerned she wasn't in her window watching the birds going to bed show.

* More Triffid lilies: https://gwydionmisha.tumblr.com/post/186504175915/more-triffid-lilies

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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gwydion @ 2019-07-21T06:22:00

2019-07-21T13:22:32Z

* TW: Rape "'Every man wants to have sex with you':" https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-48882226

* "Alarmed by Venezuela, U.S. Military Seeks to Sell Arms to Colombia:" https://foreignpolicy.com/2019/07/18/alarmed-by-venezuela-u-s-military-seeks-to-sell-arms-to-colombia/

* "Trump taps Scalia’s son for Labor secretary:" https://www.politico.com/story/2019/07/18/trump-scalia-nomination-labor-chief-1422418

"Scalia played a key role in getting a federal judge to vacate the Obama Labor Department's fiduciary rule, which requires brokers to consider only the best interests of the client, irrespective of commissions or fees, when providing retirement advice. His client in both the fiduciary rule fight and earlier lobbying efforts on campaign finance reform was the U.S. Chamber of Commerce."

* "Fears anti-immigrant sentiment will fuel many in 2020 Trump base:" http://www.msnbc.com/am-joy/watch/how-trump-barbs-for-congresswomen-of-color-will-impact-2020-race-64220229637

* "Republicans defend Trump’s inflammatory comments. Why?:" http://www.msnbc.com/am-joy/watch/republicans-defend-trump-s-inflammatory-comments-why-64223813704

* "Trump officials pressing to slash refugee admissions to zero next year:" https://www.politico.com/story/2019/07/18/trump-officials-refugee-zero-1603503

""Over the last 17 years of war, numerous Iraqi nationals have risked their own lives and their families' lives by aligning with our diplomats and warfighters providing essential mission support. We owe them support for their commitment,” he wrote in a missive to White House national security adviser John Bolton.

Mattis added that abdicating the commitment to Iraqis who worked with U.S. military — many as translators and interpreters — could threaten U.S. interests."

* "Trump administration planning changes to U.S. citizenship test:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/trump-administration-planning-changes-to-us-citizenship-test/2019/07/19/34bdd65e-a9bc-11e9-a3a6-ab670962db05_story.html?noredirect=on&utm_term=.07f005eddcd4

* "Immigration officers at O’Hare detain 3 children who are U.S. citizens: Congresswoman calls it ‘kidnapping of children by our government’:" https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/breaking/ct-chicago-immigration-ohare-children-detained-20190718-zmd3663ndngvlj7n2frh3mpjxm-story.html

* "ICE Has Finally Released a Trans Man From Solitary Confinement:" https://www.advocate.com/commentary/2019/7/19/ice-has-finally-released-trans-man-solitary-confinement

* TW: Rape "AOC Confronts Head of Homeland Security on 'Rape Memes' About Her:" https://www.advocate.com/politics/2019/7/19/aoc-confronts-head-homeland-security-rape-memes-about-her

* "Defenders of a Racist President Use Jews as Human Shields:" https://www.nytimes.com/2019/07/19/opinion/trump-ilhan-omar.html

“When they start asking people to go back where they came from, that’s the first line of attack on the Jewish people over centuries,” said Ben-Ami. It’s terrifying enough to have a president who says such things. It’s an almost incalculable insult for Trump and his enablers to act as if he’s helping the Jews when he adopts the language of the pogrom.

* "House Democrats pledge unity after Trump attacks ‘The Squad’:" http://www.msnbc.com/am-joy/watch/trump-digs-in-on-apparent-attacks-against-the-squad-64221253554

* "Trump rally echoes apparent attacks on Democratic congresswomen:" http://www.msnbc.com/am-joy/watch/trump-rally-reflects-president-s-jabs-at-democratic-congresswomen-64220229889

* "Omar reported to be in ‘imminent danger’ after Trump rally chants:" http://www.msnbc.com/am-joy/watch/trump-s-rhetoric-could-impact-safety-of-members-of-congress-64223813767

* "8 in 10 Cambodian queer women and trans men emotionally abused by family:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2019/07/20/young-cambodian-queer-women-trans-men-family-violence/

* "Russia Investigates Social Workers Who Let Gay Couple Adopt:" https://www.advocate.com/world/2019/7/20/russia-investigates-social-workers-who-let-gay-couple-adopt

* "Women’s Equality leader: being bisexual is part of my politics:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2019/07/18/womens-equality-leader-being-black-and-bisexual-shaped-my-politics/

* "Airline investigates email suggesting same-sex couples could face in-flight intervention:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2019/07/19/klm-dutch-airline-email-gay-same-sex-couples/

* "Anti-gay activist calls Trump's rights commission an 'extraordinary opening':" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2019/07/20/anti-gay-brian-brown-trumps-rights-commission-extraordinary-opening/

* "Number 12- Rest In Power And Peace Denali Berries Stuckey:" https://transgriot.blogspot.com/2019/07/number-12-rest-in-power-and-peace.html

* "90-year-old sends gay granddaughter STI pamphlet on her wedding day:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2019/07/19/90-year-old-sends-gay-granddaughter-sti-pamphlet-wedding-day/

Proof I'm not a nice person: I'd be tempted to send the Grandmother a sympathy card back with a information about where the closest homeless shelter is to were she lives inside.

* "New Campaign Highlights Major Companies Backing Antigay Politicians:" https://www.advocate.com/politics/2019/7/19/new-campaign-highlights-major-companies-backing-antigay-politicians

* "Indonesia's Komodo Island to close for a year:" https://www.cnn.com/travel/article/indonesia-komodo-island-dragons-closure/index.html

* "When Sally Ride Saved the Space Program:" https://www.advocate.com/women/2019/7/20/when-sally-ride-saved-space-program

* The triffid lilies are in Bloom!: https://gwydionmisha.tumblr.com/post/186428964741/the-triffid-lilies-are-in-bloom

* Re: Crowley's Crucifixtion Outfit. ":" https://vaspider.tumblr.com/post/186416137816/so-i-realized-that-not-everyone-knows-what-i-do

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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Not even close to Caught Up. Too Tired. ZZZZZ.

2019-07-20T12:52:06Z

* "Bangladesh Calls for Financial Sanctions on Myanmar, as Country Pushes for Rohingya Repatriation:" https://www.voanews.com/south-central-asia/bangladesh-calls-financial-sanctions-myanmar-country-pushes-rohingya

* "Don’t panic, support DR Congo in fight against deadly Ebola virus, UN health agency urges:" https://news.un.org/en/story/2019/07/1042851

* "Japan Fire Killed Mostly Women, at a Studio Known for Hiring Them:" https://www.nytimes.com/2019/07/19/world/asia/japan-fire-kyoto-animation.html

* "Suspected Arsonist In Japanese Animation Studio Fire Reportedly Had Criminal Record:" https://www.npr.org/2019/07/19/743649950/suspected-arsonist-in-japanese-animation-studio-fire-reportedly-had-criminal-rec

* TW: Animal Death. (The tiger is fine). "Floods force tired tiger into resident's bed:" https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-india-49041722

* "Netherlands '10% liable' for 350 Srebrenica deaths:" https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-49042372

* "The ruthless gold mercenaries who run Sudan:" https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-48987901

* "Hong Kong’s Approach to Protesters: No More Concessions:" https://www.nytimes.com/2019/07/19/world/asia/hong-kong-protests-carrie-lam.html

* "Trump’s presidency may be making Latinos sick:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/trumps-presidency-may-be-making-latinos-sick/2019/07/19/4e89b9f0-a97f-11e9-9214-246e594de5d5_story.html?noredirect=on&utm_term=.f93e1e65ae3f

* "Dems ask whether DOJ memo prevented prosecuting Trump for hush payments:" https://www.politico.com/story/2019/07/19/doj-memo-trump-hush-payments-1422933

* "House Oversight demands answers on SDNY loose ends in Cohen case:" http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/house-oversight-demands-answers-on-sdny-loose-ends-in-cohen-case-64193093792

* "House Democrats demand Hope Hicks clarify testimony after Cohen document dump:" https://www.politico.com/story/2019/07/18/hicks-testimony-gets-second-look-after-cohen-document-dump-1422149

* "Trump admin. invokes privilege, blocks intel committee from Mueller docs: Sources:" https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/trump-administration-invokes-privilege-blocks-intel-committees-classified/story?id=64421388

* "Democrats see Mueller testimony as milestone to informing public:" http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/democrats-see-mueller-testimony-as-milestone-to-informing-public-64192581735

* There is some lovely footage of Elizabeth Warren, Elijah Cummings, and AOC grilling unethical nominees/officials in here. "Oversight in the age of Trump:" http://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/oversight-in-the-age-of-trump-64185413859

* "The Trump Swamp: Dept. of Labor edition:" http://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/the-trump-swamp-dept-of-labor-edition-64185925873

* "USDA pushes out scientists with relocation ultimatum:" http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/usda-pushes-out-scientists-with-relocation-ultimatum-64192069885

* "Trump EPA broadens use of pesticide 'highly toxic' to bees:" http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/trump-epa-broadens-use-of-pesticide-highly-toxic-to-bees-64192581753

* "Right-Wingers Freak Out Over Elizabeth Warren's Pronouns:" https://www.advocate.com/politics/2019/7/19/right-wingers-freak-out-over-elizabeth-warrens-pronouns

* "Disney heiress meets with theme park workers to hear about conditions:" https://news.yahoo.com/i-was-so-livid-disney-heiress-visits-theme-park-undercover-to-see-worker-conditions-093000722.html

* TW: Pedophilia. "Child sex trafficking charges added against Trumpworld figure:" http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/child-sex-trafficking-charges-added-against-trumpworld-figure-64189509767

* "Russian Site Encouraging the Hunting of LGBTQ People Taken Down:" https://www.advocate.com/world/2019/7/19/russian-site-encouraging-hunting-lgbtq-people-taken-down

* "Internal drug company emails show indifference to opioid epidemic:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/investigations/internal-drug-company-emails-show-indifference-to-opioid-epidemic-ship-ship-ship/2019/07/19/003d58f6-a993-11e9-a3a6-ab670962db05_story.html?noredirect=on&utm_term=.7d94381ce95d

* "Opioid maker, distributor gleeful over addiction business:" http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/opioid-maker-distributor-gleeful-over-addiction-business-64193093986

* "Rare New Zealand parakeet has best breeding season in decades:" https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-49027175

* "Ed Dwight Was Set to Be the First Black Astronaut. Here’s Why That Never Happened.:" https://www.nytimes.com/2019/07/16/us/ed-dwight-was-set-to-be-the-first-black-astronaut-heres-why-that-never-happened.html

* "A Puzzle That's Too Hard For Republicans:"

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* I took the day off in the hopes it’d help with the infection. The antibiotics do seem to be improving things. Tavy turned off my computer at a key juncture. I'm did my best to redo all the stuff I set up. Then we had a couple connectivity issues. Sigh.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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gwydion @ 2019-07-19T06:50:00

2019-07-19T13:50:53Z

* "Australia family argued taxes 'against God's will':" https://www.bbc.com/news/world-australia-49017512

* "Isha Sesay - Highlighting Boko Haram's Victims in "Beneath the Tamarind Tree" - Extended Interview:"

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* "Restart Mediterranean migrant rescue missions, UN bodies tell Europe:" https://www.dw.com/en/restart-mediterranean-migrant-rescue-missions-un-bodies-tell-europe/a-49561837-0

* "Iran seizes foreign oil tanker with 12 crew, state media says:" https://www.cnn.com/2019/07/18/middleeast/iran-tanker-intl/index.html

* "Iran denies Donald Trump claim that US destroyed drone in strait of Hormuz:" https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/jul/18/trump-us-warship-iran-drone-strait-of-hormuz

* "US preparing to send hundreds of troops to Saudi Arabia amid Iran tensions:" https://www.cnn.com/2019/07/17/politics/us-military-buildup-saudi-air-base-satellite-images/index.html

* "House votes to block Trump’s arms sales to Saudi Arabia, setting up a likely veto:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/house-votes-to-block-trumps-arms-sales-to-saudi-arabia-setting-up-likely-veto/2019/07/17/7f329a9c-a8ce-11e9-9214-246e594de5d5_story.html?noredirect=on&utm_term=.ac3bcfa2975d

* "2,100 more troops headed to the U.S.-Mexico border, Pentagon says:" https://www.politico.com/story/2019/07/17/2-100-more-troops-headed-to-the-us-mexico-border-pentagon-says-1418838

* "Trump Expressed Concern About Pentagon Cloud-Computing Contract:" https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-07-17/trump-expressed-concerns-about-pentagon-cloud-computing-contract

* "Trump directly involved in talks that led to Stormy Daniels payment, FBI says:" https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/jul/18/trump-hope-hicks-stormy-daniels-michael-cohen-fbi

* "New Charges in Stormy Daniels Hush Money Inquiry Are Unlikely, Prosecutors Signal:" https://www.nytimes.com/2019/07/18/nyregion/stormy-daniels-michael-cohen-documents.html

* "Trump campaign hush money scam appears to have worked:" http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/trump-campaign-hush-money-scam-appears-to-have-worked-64118853886

* "Congress probes approval of Trump backer’s housing project:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/congress-probes-approval-of-trump-backers-housing-project/2019/07/10/f78647f0-a33d-11e9-a767-d7ab84aef3e9_story.html?noredirect=on&utm_term=.8d6f5a217e9b

* "Paragon of corruption at Trump Interior draws eye of Congress:" http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/paragon-of-corruption-at-trump-interior-draws-eye-of-congress-64120901532

* "Rep. Nadler on Mueller's testimony and taking on Trump:" http://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/rep-nadler-on-mueller-s-testimony-and-taking-on-trump-64114245968

* "Barr's donations to Senate Republicans spiked before confirmation:" https://qz.com/1667918/barrs-donations-to-senate-republicans-spiked-before-confirmation/

* "E.P.A. Won’t Ban Chlorpyrifos, Pesticide Tied to Children’s Health Problems:" https://www.nytimes.com/2019/07/18/climate/epa-chlorpyrifos-pesticide-ban.html

* "Trump's USDA buried sweeping climate change response plan:" https://www.politico.com/story/2019/07/18/usda-suppresses-climate-change-plan-1598987

* "2020 contender Julian Castro responds to ‘send her back’:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-last-word/watch/2020-contender-julian-castro-responds-to-send-her-back-64119877931

* "'He's Putting Her At Risk': Klobuchar Reacts To 'Send Her Back' Chants At Trump Rally:" https://minnesota.cbslocal.com/2019/07/18/amy-klobuchar-donald-trump-comments-ilhan-omar/

* "Klobuchar fights Trump's hateful distraction with focus on policy:" http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/klobuchar-fights-trump-s-hateful-distraction-with-focus-on-policy-64118853605

* "Klobuchar lays out her 'first 100 days' plan: 'no mean tweets':" http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/klobuchar-lays-out-her-first-100-days-plan-no-mean-tweets-64119877864

* Don't hold your breath on the Senate. "House passes long-sought $15 minimum wage legislation:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2019/07/18/house-prepares-pass-long-sought-minimum-wage-legislation/?noredirect=on&utm_term=.8c76b6b80e48

* "Rep. Escobar: Hearing Border Child Separation:"

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* "70 Catholics arrested in D.C. protest over Trump immigration policies:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/70-catholics-arrested-in-dc-protest-over-trump-immigration-policies/2019/07/18/1f3b2bd6-a973-11e9-86dd-d7f0e60391e9_story.html?noredirect=on&utm_term=.286749886935

* "Chris Hayes: Trumpism must be peacefully but completely destroyed:" http://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/trumpism-must-be-peacefully-but-completely-destroyed-64115781657

* "'He's Putting Her At Risk': Klobuchar Reacts To 'Send Her Back' Chants At Trump Rally:" https://minnesota.cbslocal.com/2019/07/18/amy-klobuchar-donald-trump-comments-ilhan-omar/

* "‘Send her back’: Trump batters Dem congresswomen on campaign trail:" https://www.politico.com/story/2019/07/17/trump-send-her-back-north-carolina-rally-1418904

* "House Dems warn Omar in 'imminent danger' after Trump rally chants:" https://www.politico.com/story/2019/07/18/ilhan-omar-trump-rally-violence-1419338

* "The violence in Donald Trump's wake:" http://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/the-violence-in-donald-trump-s-wake-64114757931

* "How the Death of Eric Garner Changed the NYPD and New York City:" https://news.vice.com/en_us/article/3k3ga5/nypd-commish-james-oneill-teared-up-in-an-interview-about-eric-garner

* TW: Pedophilia. "Jeffrey Epstein Is Denied Bail in Sex Crimes Case:" https://www.nytimes.com/2019/07/18/nyregion/jeffrey-epstein-bail-hearing.html

* TW: Rape. "The Campus Rapist Hiding in Plain Sight:" https://www.theatlantic.com/education/archive/2019/07/why-dont-more-college-rape-victims-come-forward/593875/

* "Sadiq Khan and Labour mayors urge government to hurry gender reforms:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2019/07/18/gender-recognition-act-reform-sadiq-khan/

* "Gay Candidate in Florida Admits Lying About Saving Pulse Victims:" https://www.advocate.com/politics/2019/7/18/gay-candidate-florida-admits-lying-about-saving-pulse-victims

* "Man charged with murder of trans woman Zoe Spears:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2019/07/18/zoe-spears-murder-trans-woman-arrest/

* "Californian city to ban gender-binary language:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2019/07/18/berkley-california-gender-non-binary-language/

* "Investigation begins into fire that damaged landmark Clark Feed & Seed, Avalon Records:" https://www.bellinghamherald.com/news/local/article232826742.html

* "Notre-Dame came far closer to collapsing than people knew. This is how it was saved.:" https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2019/07/16/world/europe/notre-dame.html?ref=cta&nl=top-stories?

* ""Send Her Back" Chants Define an Extra-Disturbing Trump Rally:"

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* "Anti-Governor Protests in Puerto Rico:"

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* "Don't Watch This Trump-Epstein Video Alone:"

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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gwydion @ 2019-07-18T06:40:00

2019-07-18T13:40:25Z

* "Ebola Outbreak in Congo Is Declared a Global Health Emergency:" https://www.nytimes.com/2019/07/17/health/ebola-outbreak.html

* "South African corruption inquiry adjourns after Zuma’s lawyers say...:" https://www.reuters.com/article/us-safrica-politics/south-african-corruption-inquiry-adjourns-after-zumas-lawyers-say-questioning-unfair-idUSKCN1UC1JN

* "Rand Paul angles to become Trump's emissary to Iran:" https://www.politico.com/story/2019/07/17/rand-paul-iran-talks-donald-trump-1418075

* "Security reports reveal how Assange turned an embassy into a command post for election meddling:" https://www.cnn.com/2019/07/15/politics/assange-embassy-exclusive-documents/index.html

* When they pretend to care about the deficit they are lying. "White House projects $1 trillion deficit for 2019:" https://www.axios.com/white-house-projects-1-trillion-deficit-for-2019-ee45c1b0-44d3-4c94-9f02-442e8fcf61dc.html

* "The Unclean Hands of Donald J. Trump:" https://www.advocate.com/commentary/2019/7/18/unclean-hands-donald-j-trump

* "House votes to hold Attorney General Barr, Commerce Secretary Ross in contempt for failing to comply with subpoena on 2020 Census:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/house-to-vote-to-hold-barr-ross-in-contempt-over-2020-census-citizenship-question/2019/07/17/8dbeb35c-a89c-11e9-a3a6-ab670962db05_story.html?noredirect=on&utm_term=.657c53b879c7

* "House shoots down attempt to immediately impeach Trump:" https://www.politico.com/story/2019/07/17/house-to-vote-on-whether-to-consider-articles-of-impeachment-for-trump-1417991

* "Feds’ probe into Trump hush money payments is over, judge says:" https://www.politico.com/story/2019/07/17/trump-hush-money-payments-probe-over-1418074

* "Sen. Booker wants answers on AG Barr in the Garner killing:" http://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/sen-booker-wants-answers-on-ag-barr-in-the-garner-killing-64054341768

* I want to remind people that I'm not ready to endorse. I'm currently down to a short list of about five. I did want to include this person's thing on Harris, because a lot of the coverage is negative or abut racist attacks on her, and this is good summary of some posatives. "A Californian's Thoughts On Sen. Kamala Harris' Candidacy:" https://transgriot.blogspot.com/2019/07/a-californians-thoughts-on-sen-kamala.html

* Looking for a Way to Help Save Democracy? Just because I haven't picked a candidate yet doesn't mean you can't.

It's July. If you have a candidate you feel really passionate about and you have time, energy, and/or money, consider volunteering and/or donating. Even if you don't think they'll win. Remember Barak Obama was a long shot.

Seriously, early campaign donations are the most helpful and this one is going to be long and expensive.

Don't have money, but still want to help? Volunteer. Campaigns need lots of people to do all kinds of work.

Don't have a Presidential Primary Candidate but still want to help? Try looking down ticket. Have a strong opinion about who should represent you in Congress? Volunteer or donate to them. Who represents you in your State Government is going to determine redistricting. Don't want your state so gerrymandered that you lose all your representation? Volunteer/Donate for State senators/Reps/Whatever you like. Want someone who has your values with veto power in your state? Volunteer/donate to Gubernatorial Candidate. Care about Clean water to drink, whether your Schools teach science in science class, and whether your local justice system favors mental health/drug diversion or just locking people up and taxing the poor? That's your City government.

Don't have particular candidate you like yet, but you want to help save Democracy, Civil rights, human Rights, the environment, etc.? Contact the local branch of the party and ask them what they need.

You aren't helpless, but we're running short of time to turn this mess around.

* "Senate Dems take lead in climate crisis:" http://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/senate-dems-take-lead-in-climate-crisis-64052805580

* A man who gets excellent health care completely free insists we should stop paying for for cancer treatments for 9/11 First Responders. "Rand Paul blocks Senate from approving 9/11 victim compensation fund:" https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/453519-rand-paul-blocks-senate-vote-on-9-11-victim-compensation-fund

* "Why Raising the Minimum Wage Is a Critical LGBTQ Issue:" https://www.advocate.com/commentary/2019/7/17/why-raising-minimum-wage-critical-lgbtq-issue

* Don't hold your breath on the Senate. "A $15 minimum wage started as a slogan. This week, it's set to pass the House:" https://www.cnn.com/2019/07/15/economy/15-dollar-minimum-wage-house-vote/index.html

* "Trump cruelty policy provokes protests from religious groups:" http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/trump-cruelty-policy-provokes-protests-from-religious-groups-64062533933

* "Migrants in ICE's Trans Unit Describe Dire Conditions, Beg for Help:" https://www.advocate.com/transgender/2019/7/17/migrants-ices-trans-unit-describe-dire-conditions-beg-help

* "‘Send her back’: Trump batters Dem congresswomen on campaign trail:" https://www.politico.com/story/2019/07/17/trump-send-her-back-north-carolina-rally-1418904

* 45 is now whipping up mobs at his hate rallies to demand the deportation of Congresswomen of colour for daring to excercise free speech which republicans generally consider a reasonable cause for revoking citizenship now, it looks like.

* "Trump cranks up racist demagoguery in latest distraction gambit:" http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/trump-cranks-up-racist-demagoguery-in-latest-distraction-gambit-64059973757

* "White GOP congressman says he isn't offended by racist Trump tweets because 'I'm a person of color':" https://www.cnn.com/2019/07/17/politics/mike-kelly-trump-tweets-person-of-color/index.html

* "Janelle Monáe calls for Trump impeachment following ‘racist tweets’:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2019/07/17/janelle-monae-calls-for-trump-impeachment-following-racist-tweets/

* "Judges Can’t Decide Whether Freedom Extends to Your Car:" https://www.citylab.com/equity/2019/07/road-police-power-has-few-limits/593989/

* TW: Pedophilia. "Trump and Epstein Partied and Commented on Women in 1992 Video:" https://www.nytimes.com/2019/07/17/us/politics/trump-jeffrey-epstein-video.html

* TW: Pedophilia. "Record shows close Donald Trump relationship with Jeffrey Epstein:" http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/record-shows-close-donald-trump-relationship-with-jeffrey-epstein-64058949783

* TW: Pedophilia. "NM to send evidence of Epstein survivor victims to NY prosecutors:" http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/nm-to-send-evidence-of-epstein-survivor-victims-to-ny-prosecutors-64054853564

* TW: Rape. "Inside Tibetan Buddhism’s ‘Rape’ and Abuse Scandal:" https://www.thedailybeast.com/inside-tibetan-buddhisms-rape-and-abuse-scandal?ref=scroll

* "Growing calls for governor of Puerto Rico to resign:" http://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/growing-calls-for-governor-of-puerto-rico-to-resign-64054341806

* "Ricky Martin, Bad Bunny Join Protests Against Puerto Rico's Governor:" https://www.advocate.com/world/2019/7/17/ricky-martin-bad-bunny-join-protests-against-puerto-ricos-governor

* TW: Rape "Trans activist released after 120 days in solitary confinement in male prison:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2019/07/16/trans-activist-released-120-days-solitary-confinement/

* "Trump’s Racist Rants and the Susceptibility of Wishy-Washy Acceptance:" https://www.advocate.com/commentary/2019/7/17/trumps-racist-rants-and-susceptibility-wishy-washy-acceptance

* "Teen who stabbed classmate over anti-gay bullying guilty of manslaughter:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2019/07/17/teen-stabbed-classmate-anti-gay-bullying-guilty-manslaughter/

* "Democratic mayor blocks Pride flag being flown at city hall:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2019/07/17/democratic-mayor-blocks-pride-flag-flown-city-hall/

* "17 people share what makes them proud to be non-binary:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2019/07/14/17-people-proud-non-binary-day/

* "Gay man banned from donating blood donates kidney instead:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2019/07/18/gay-man-banned-donating-blood-kidney-instead/

* "Hate-crime laws updated in Oregon to include gender identity:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2019/07/18/oregon-hate-crime-laws-updated-oregon-to-include-gender-identity/

* Damn! I was literally just there to get fish food and a new cardboard scratchy thing. The Fish store was saved last time by the firewall when the feed store was gutted. They had serious water and some smoke damage, but survived. That arsonist was caught but got time served. The Feed store and the food exchange side were basically facade filled with debris. (The Fish store is named Feed and Seed. The real Feed and Seed was named Holt’s.) They still have that whole area fenced off and I was gazing at the sky through the upper story ruins wondering WTF they were going to do with the burned out shell of a historical landmark building. And now my beloved fish store burned. The scratchy things weren't where they had been so I walked through most of the store looking. I wish I'd walked through all of it, but i had so few spoons left. Fuckfuckfuck. I don't want it to be gone.

"Bellingham fire crews respond to three-alarm fire at Clark Feed and Seed:" https://www.bellinghamherald.com/news/local/article232814287.html

"The fire comes nearly five months to the day after Hohl Feed & Seed, a store that shared a wall with Clark, was destroyed by fire on Feb. 18. Two alarms were also called on that fire."

* "The Fascinating Daguerrotypes of Victorians Breastfeeding:" https://www.messynessychic.com/2019/07/12/the-curious-perks-of-victorian-motherhood/

* "Latin Pop Star, White Audience - Alternatino:"

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* "FaceApp Fad, El Chapo's Life-Plus Prison Sentence & Elon Musk's Brain-Machine Interface:"

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* "Congressional Chaos Over Trump's Racist Tweets:"

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* "Video Surfaces of Trump Partying with Jeffrey Epstein:"

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* "A Rundown of Trump’s Racist Racisms:"

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* "Jeffrey Epstein’s Got Friends in High Places:"

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* Today my body tried to pull a soft veto, but I had a Dentist appointment and the Library couldn't wait. It was overcast and people were driving a little desperately Downtown. Everywhere was crowed. There was no close parking anywhere. My body is still not all that great. I'm well enough to drive. (It's a thing I can do sitting down that doesn't rely on the small muscles that things like, say sewing do). I was really, really not well enough to stand in a long forage line and do all the extra walking because no free close parking. To get anything close enough for walking to even pe possible involved wasting gas circling blocks. Add in my lungs keep getting worse. I think I am infected, but that the smoke/allergen situation is causing large fluctuations in function, which made the underlying up until this evening mild congestion look like left overs.

Odds are I will be fucked tomorrow, because those were tomorrow's spoons.

I am pretty sure it's bacterial. I am now trying to decide if I take the antibiotics I have from that time I started improving over the weekend instead of deteriorating, or if I try to get an appointment with a floater who won't know my file, or if I make an appointment for next month with the Good doctor. I don't think I can handle fish Store smoke if I go Walk In. Not with my lungs starting to pancake batter. Or the traffic. Or looking at the likely dead fish and lndie record store as I do past.

I am so tired. I realized last night that I've started sounding a little like a rage infected from 28 days Later. If I do this, I'll have to go off my arthritis meds for most of a week. It's really starting to feel like worth it.

Anyway, I did do library, pharmacy, bank, Pay the Small Bill, and get fish food and the replacement for the scratchy thing ruined... was it last month?

I can barely move now. I'm mostly working at the news because bed prep is exhausting and I don't relish how bad my lungs will be when I lie down.

If I get any worse in the next couple hours I'm taking the pills. I can likely get away with first dose even with the arthritis meds in my system.

The Dentist was really long. They got me in the room on time, but there was a scheduling snafu. (They scheduled me for the wrong appointment type, so the hygienist was free, but the dentist was tied up). We did a fancy new whole mouth x-ray that really fucking hurt with my AS, but the pics were fascinating. After she took that and a bunch of extra small x-rays of my front teeth, we just sat and chatted.

She was my ageish with three adult kids (the youngest barely) and amazing hair. My chart lists me trans, so she barely even did a test question before getting into politics. She too is freaked out and furious at 45.

It was get another new dentist. This one I'm dubbing "The Blond." He was quick and competent and took that thing I've been having trouble with since they did the filling in the upper right back molar seriously. He's doing a revision and the usual small cavities from my meds. This will take me into early October.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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Monday and Tuesday.

2019-07-17T15:17:25Z

* Remember we aren’t causing this devastation to our own economy for any strategic reason, but only because 45 insists Trade Wars are “Fun and easy to win.” "Tariffs on China Don’t Cover the Costs of Trump’s Trade War:" https://www.nytimes.com/2019/07/15/business/trade-war-tariffs-revenue.html

* "Pro-impeachment Dems fear Al Green's renegade push:" https://www.politico.com/story/2019/07/16/al-green-impeachment-house-democrats-1416845

* "Racist Trump spectacle distracts from other damaging Trump news:" http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/racist-trump-spectacle-distracts-from-other-damaging-trump-news-63915589818

* "Kellyanne Conway defies subpoena, skips Oversight hearing:" https://www.politico.com/story/2019/07/15/kellyanne-conway-subpoena-oversight-hearing-1416132

* "DeVos' use of personal email as secretary probed by House Democrats:" https://www.politico.com/story/2019/07/15/devos-use-of-personal-email-as-secretary-probed-by-house-democrats-3582116

* "Judge bars Roger Stone from Instagram, Facebook and Twitter:" https://www.cnn.com/2019/07/16/politics/roger-stone-social-media-posts/index.html

* "Omar cites corruption, ineptitude among reasons to impeach Trump:" http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/rep-omar-calls-out-trump-as-corrupt-inept-worst-president-63912517619

* "Trump weighs ousting Commerce chief Wilbur Ross after census defeat:" https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/white-house/trump-weighs-ousting-commerce-chief-wilbur-ross-after-census-defeat-n1029761

* "Former Trump Aide Jason Miller Admits to Hiring Prostitutes in 2015 and 2017:" https://www.mediaite.com/politics/exclusive-former-trump-aide-jason-miller-admits-to-hiring-prostitutes-in-2015-and-2017/

* "Trump Taps Health Care Expert As Acting Top White House Economist:" https://www.npr.org/2019/07/15/731647850/trump-taps-health-care-expert-as-acting-top-white-house-economist

* "Top Trump officials tell Bureau of Land Management staff most of them must leave D.C. by end of next year:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/2019/07/16/top-trump-officials-tell-bureau-land-management-staff-most-them-must-leave-dc-by-end-next-year/?noredirect=on&utm_term=.f2ade2580f7b

“Assuming the goal is to improve efficiency, streamline operations, and improve lines of communication," McCollum added, "perhaps Mr. Bernhardt should prioritize securing a permanent director — which BLM has lacked for the duration of this administration — before the Department spends millions of taxpayer dollars playing musical chairs with employees’ lives.”

* "Federal workers sound alarm about agency relocation:" https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/politics-news/federal-workers-u-s-department-agriculture-sound-alarm-about-agency-n1030056

* "Trump set to decimate USDA research, fire hundreds of scientists:" http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/trump-set-to-decimate-usda-research-fire-hundreds-of-scientists-63916101590

* "Alabama Senate Candidate Slams 'Homosexual Activities' on TV:" https://www.advocate.com/politics/2019/7/16/alabama-senate-candidate-slams-homosexual-activities-tv

* "Federal judge permanently blocks Trump admin from adding citizenship question to 2020 census:" https://www.cnn.com/2019/07/16/politics/judge-permanently-blocks-citizenship-question-2020-census/index.html

* "Trump talks up success of raids, despite little evidence of widespread deportations:" https://www.politico.com/story/2019/07/15/trump-ice-raids-1416128

* "Clinton warning about Trump 'deportation force' proves prescient:" http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/clinton-warning-about-trump-deportation-force-proves-prescient-63914565748

* "'This is tough stuff': Pence visits caged, unwashed, overcrowded migrants:" https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/jul/13/pence-visits-caged-unwashed-overcrowded-migrants-tough-stuff

* "70 current, former CBP workers under investigation:" http://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/70-current-former-cbp-workers-under-investigation-63906885948

* "Trump moves to effectively end asylum, family separations ongoing:" http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/trump-moves-to-effectively-end-asylum-family-separations-ongoing-63915589881

* "'Bile of garbage': Progressive squad tears into Trump:" https://www.politico.com/story/2019/07/15/pelosi-announces-resolution-condemning-trump-for-racist-tweets-1415889

* "'You can leave': Trump unrepentant over racist attack on congresswomen:" https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/jul/15/donald-trump-congresswomen-republicans-ocasio-cortez-tlaib-pressley-omar

* "House thrown into chaos after Pelosi decries Trump's 'racist' tweets on floor:" https://www.politico.com/story/2019/07/16/pelosi-trump-racism-resolution-1417365

* "Trump tells four liberal congresswomen to ‘go back’ to their countries, prompting Pelosi to defend them:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/trump-says-four-liberal-congresswomen-should-go-back-to-the-crime-infested-places-from-which-they-came/2019/07/14/b8bf140e-a638-11e9-a3a6-ab670962db05_story.html?noredirect=on&utm_term=.a4e024ca9795

* "‘This is the agenda of white nationalists’: Four minority congresswomen condemn Trump’s racist remarks:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/this-is-the-agenda-of-white-nationalists-four-minority-congresswomen-condemn-trump-attacks-decried-as-racist/2019/07/15/7f021822-a743-11e9-9214-246e594de5d5_story.html?noredirect=on&utm_term=.04957367dd4f

* "Kellyanne Conway Snaps Back at Reporter: ‘What’s Your Ethnicity?’:" https://www.thedailybeast.com/kellyanne-conway-snaps-back-at-reporter-whats-your-ethnicity

* "George Conway: Trump is a racist president:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/george-conway-trump-is-a-racist-president/2019/07/15/b13c0bd4-a740-11e9-9214-246e594de5d5_story.html?noredirect=on&utm_term=.5529fae69b8d

* "House passes resolution condemning Trump's racist remarks:" http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/house-passes-resolution-condemning-trump-s-racist-remarks-63985733589

* "Democrats look for bipartisanship in condemnation of Trump racism:" http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/democrats-look-for-bipartisanship-in-condemnation-of-trump-racism-63986245594

* "Why does Trump’s racism resonate?:" http://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/why-does-trump-s-racism-resonate-63950405616

* "Trump administration's racism evident far beyond tweets:" http://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/trump-administration-s-racism-evident-far-beyond-tweets-63981125667

* "DOJ will not bring charges against officer in death of Eric Garner:" https://www.politico.com/states/new-york/albany/story/2019/07/16/doj-will-not-bring-charges-against-officer-in-death-of-eric-garner-1103711

* TW: Pedophilia "Feds find diamonds, fake passport at Epstein’s townhouse:" https://nypost.com/2019/07/15/feds-find-diamonds-fake-saudi-passport-at-epsteins-townhouse/

* TW: Pedophilia "Epstein hearing on release:" http://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/epstein-hearing-on-release-63907909869

* " A 17-Year-Old Girl Was Murdered. How Did Photos of Her Death Go Viral?:" https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-news/bianca-devins-murder-brandon-andrew-clark-858874/

* "Trump abortion restrictions effective immediately:" https://apnews.com/e0bf2658969c482bb9addf40eb5bd667

* "Gay man left with horrific injuries after homophobic attack outside McDonald’s:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2019/07/16/gay-man-horrific-injuries-homophobic-attack-mcdonalds/

* "Gay WWII Codebreaker Alan Turing to Be Face of £50 Note:" https://www.advocate.com/news/2019/7/15/gay-wwii-codebreaker-alan-turing-be-face-ps50-bill

* "Israeli Education Minister Claims He Turned Gay Person Straight:" https://www.advocate.com/world/2019/7/15/israel-education-says-he-performed-conversion-therapy

* "Judge quashes anonymity order protecting trans dad from British tabloids:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2019/07/16/judge-anonymity-order-trans-dad-british-tabloids/

* "France to end 'discriminatory' gay blood donation policy:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2019/07/17/france-end-gay-blood-donation-policy-2022/

* "Putin gets expertly schooled after calling trans people 'transformers':" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2019/07/17/russian-lgbt-network-school-putin-trans-people/

* "Anti-equal marriage politician’s daughter speaks out about marrying a woman:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2019/07/16/anti-gay-marriage-politician-daughter-marrying-woman/

* "Bercow on LGBT lessons row: 'You can't appease bigots and homophobes':" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2019/07/17/john-bercow-on-lgbt-lessons-row-you-cant-appease-bigots-and-homophobes/

* "Megan Rapinoe Has a Message for Her Fans Who Are Trump Supporters:" https://www.advocate.com/sports/2019/7/15/megan-rapinoe-has-message-her-fans-who-are-trump-supporters

* "Former Iowa Official Wins Antigay Bias Suit Against GOP Governor:" https://www.advocate.com/politics/2019/7/16/former-iowa-official-wins-antigay-bias-suit-against-gop-governor

* "A Trans Woman Is Liberating the State of Alaska:" https://www.advocate.com/exclusives/2019/7/17/trans-woman-liberating-state-alaska

* "Puerto Rico's Gov Urged to Resign Over Antigay, Sexist Remarks:" https://www.advocate.com/politics/2019/7/15/puerto-ricos-gov-urged-resign-over-antigay-sexist-remarks

* "Former Employees at Tech Giant Dell Allege Anti-LGBTQ Discrimination:" https://www.advocate.com/news/2019/7/16/former-employees-tech-giant-dell-allege-anti-lgbtq-discrimination

* "What happens when you can see disaster unfolding, and nobody listens?:" https://www.motherjones.com/environment/2019/07/weight-of-the-world-climate-change-scientist-grief/

* "Lesbian LGBT rights champion Rose Greene dies aged 72:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2019/07/16/lesbian-lgbt-rights-advocate-rose-greene-dies/

* "The Humane Legacy of John Paul Stevens:" https://www.newyorker.com/news/postscript/the-humane-legacy-of-john-paul-stevens-supreme-court-died

* "Justice Stevens, a reminder of the way things used to be:" http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/justice-stevens-a-reminder-of-the-way-things-used-to-be-63983173996

* "Stevens, 'the rule of law judge,' known as a 'judge's judge':" http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/stevens-the-rule-of-law-judge-known-as-a-judge-s-judge-63984197874

* "John Paul Stevens Leaves Legacy of LGBTQ Rights Advocacy:" https://www.advocate.com/politics/2019/7/17/john-paul-stevens-leaves-legacy-lgbtq-rights-advocacy

* "The Fight to Turn Lake Erie Into a Person:"

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* TW: Pedophilia "The Law Closes in on Jeffrey Epstein:"

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* "By Attacking Democrats, Trump Unites Them:"

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* "The GOP Reacts (And Doesn't) To Trump's Racist Tweets:"

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* "The Animaniacs Show Trump How America Works:"

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* "The Squad Says They're More Than Four People:"

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* Monday was meant to be forage, but my body hard vetoed that extremely emphatically. I'm pasted together barely on a physical level. The library books I meant to take back are sitting there all accusatory, but no way could I have done it. Three hours more sleep later I had bad shakes and nearly enough muscle control to go behind the wheel. I'm super strict about things like that. I couldn't possibly have done it, let alone safely, so I feel way less of a scrotum for failing.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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gwydion @ 2019-07-15T08:01:00

2019-07-15T15:01:36Z

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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Not Caught Up. Friday and Saturday's News.

2019-07-14T13:35:18Z

* "Hong Kong Protesters Try to Keep Momentum With Weekend Protests:" https://www.nytimes.com/2019/07/14/world/asia/hong-kong-sha-tin-protest.html

* Attawapiskat declares state of emergency over water quality":" https://www.cbc.ca/news/indigenous/attawapiskat-water-quality-emergency-1.5204652

* "Major cities in India are starting to run out of water:" https://theweek.com/articles/850956/major-cities-india-are-starting-run-water

* It's just the House. "House votes to restrain Trump on war with Iran, setting up showdown with the Senate:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/house-votes-to-restrain-trump-on-war-with-iran-setting-up-showdown-with-the-senate/2019/07/12/1305584e-a4bb-11e9-bd56-eac6bb02d01d_story.html?noredirect=on&utm_term=.4f3beab1605c

* "Trump’s Fourth of July event and weekend protests bankrupted D.C. security fund, mayor says:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/dc-politics/trumps-july-fourth-event-and-weekend-protests-bankrupted-dc-security-fund-mayor-says/2019/07/10/fb0d1de4-a316-11e9-b732-41a79c2551bf_story.html?noredirect=on&utm_term=.5418bf5e89a2

* "Trump praises Twitter trolls at 'Social Media Summit':" http://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/trump-praises-twitter-trolls-at-social-media-summit-63695941754

* "Trump calls Ryan a 'baby' after the former speaker blasted him in a new book:" https://www.politico.com/story/2019/07/12/trump-slams-paul-ryan-1412466

* "Failing Trump resort cancels strip-club tournament with dancers auctioned as "caddy girls":" https://www.salon.com/2019/07/11/failing-trump-resort-to-host-strip-club-tournament-with-dancers-auctioned-as-caddy-girls/

* "Prosecutors can file secret evidence in Mar-a-Lago intruder case, judge says:" https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/justice-department/prosecutors-can-file-secret-evidence-mar-lago-intruder-case-judge-n1028346

* "CA lawmakers pass bill requiring Trump, presidential candidates to release tax returns:" https://abc7news.com/politics/ca-lawmakers-pass-bill-requiring-trump-to-release-tax-returns/5389210/

* "Mueller testimony delayed by one week:" https://www.politico.com/story/2019/07/12/mueller-testimony-delayed-by-one-week-1412004

* "Trump argument against oversight by Congress met with skepticism:" http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/trump-argument-against-oversight-by-congress-met-with-skepticism-63771717775

* Do not want. "Watch Al Franken grill Trump's new labor chief for promoting sweatshops:" https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2019/07/watch-al-franken-grill-trumps-new-labor-chief-for-promoting-sweatshops/

* "Trump tells confidants he's eager to remove Director of National Intelligence Dan Coats:" https://www.axios.com/donald-trump-remove-dan-coats-director-of-national-intelligence-2ba4275d-7624-4f4b-9026-ee0d0606ce32.html

* Do not want. "Trump preference for DNI would test seriousness of Senate vetting:" http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/trump-preference-for-dni-would-test-seriousness-of-senate-vetting-63771205668

* "Is the new labor secretary...even worse?:" http://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/is-the-new-labor-secretary-even-worse-63767109808

* "Pentagon in its longest-ever stretch of leadership limbo:" https://apnews.com/ce5a27679ec7442283a372d7f3b67e92

* "Pete Buttigieg Wants to Eliminate Death Penalty, Legalize Weed:" https://www.advocate.com/politics/2019/7/11/pete-buttigieg-wants-eliminate-death-penalty-legalize-weed

* Do not want. "Tom Steyer’s bets on private prisons and coal mining could spell trouble in 2020:" https://www.latimes.com/politics/la-na-pol-2020-tom-steyer-hedge-fund-billionaire-20190711-story.html

* "Pelosi clash with star House freshman seen as sign of Dem discord:" http://www.msnbc.com/am-joy/watch/pelosi-checks-star-house-freshman-in-new-interview-63797829529

* "Is Obamacare at risk of being ruled unconstitutional?:" http://www.msnbc.com/am-joy/watch/obamacare-targeted-again-63797317756

* "Trump admits defeat: No citizenship question:" http://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/trump-admits-defeat-no-citizenship-question-63694405881

* I would like to thank those who protested in these. "‘Lights for Liberty’ Event Reflects Growing Resistance to Immigrant Detention Policies:" https://fortune.com/2019/07/11/lights-for-liberty-vigil-july-12/

* "ICE just quietly opened three new detention centers, after Congress told it not to:" https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2019/07/ice-just-quietly-opened-three-new-detention-centers-flouting-congress-limits/

* "Border Patrol Agents Are Passing Around A Commemorative Coin Mocking Care for Migrant Kids:" https://www.propublica.org/article/border-patrol-agents-are-passing-around-a-commemorative-coin-mocking-care-for-migrant-kids

* "Freshman Democrats' horrific account of migrant detention centers:" http://www.msnbc.com/am-joy/watch/trump-confirms-mass-immigrations-raids-set-to-begin-sunday-63797317598

* "This Jewish Trans Woman Sees Parallels Between U.S. and 1930s Germany:" https://www.advocate.com/commentary/2019/7/13/jewish-trans-woman-sees-parallels-between-us-and-1930s-germany

* "Vice President Pence Tours Border Patrol Facility With Almost 400 Men in ‘Crowded’ Cages, ‘Horrendous Stench’:" https://www.thedailybeast.com/vice-president-pence-tours-border-patrol-facility-with-almost-400-men-in-crowded-cages-horrendous-stench

* "Pence sees border horror first hand as protests spread nationwide:" http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/pence-sees-border-horror-first-hand-as-protests-spread-nationwide-63770693822

* "Shocking new images of overcrowding at the border:" http://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/shocking-new-images-of-overcrowding-at-the-border-63767109800

* "Mayors and protesters remain defiant ahead of ICE raids: "You’re going to have to come through us":" https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2019/7/13/20693099/ice-raids-trump-chicago-new-york-san-francisco-denver-mayors-protesters

* "Chants of 'classrooms, not cages' as hundreds gather for DC 'Lights for Liberty' vigil:" https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2019/07/12/lights-liberty-dc-immigration-vigil-hundreds-gather-protest/1710297001/

* "House Democrats seek documents from for-profit companies detaining migrants:" https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/congress/house-democrats-seek-documents-profit-companies-detaining-migrants-n1028591

* TW: Sexual Assault. "Officer alleges sexual misconduct by general:" https://apnews.com/08a297df36e947a7888fde64acebdec5

* TW: Pedophilia. "Jeffrey Epstein Was a ‘Terrific Guy,’ Donald Trump Once Said. Now He’s ‘Not a Fan.’:" https://www.nytimes.com/2019/07/09/us/politics/trump-epstein.html

* TW: Pedophilia. "Acosta, Who Cut Deal With Epstein, Tried to Slash Anti-Trafficking Program by 80 Percent:" https://www.thedailybeast.com/labor-secretary-alex-acosta-who-cut-deal-with-epstein-tried-to-slash-anti-trafficking-budget

* TW: Pedophilia. "New Accusations For Epstein As Some In South Florida Say 'Good Riddance' To Acosta:" https://www.npr.org/2019/07/12/741326915/new-accusations-for-epstein-as-some-in-south-florida-say-good-riddance-to-acosta

* TW: Pedophilia. "Why Did It Take So Long to Take Down Epstein, Cosby, and Spacey?:" https://www.advocate.com/commentary/2019/7/12/why-did-it-take-so-long-take-down-epstein-cosby-and-spacey

* TW: Pedophilia "Acosta joins lengthy list of ignominious Trump admin departures:" http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/acosta-joins-lengthy-list-of-ignominious-trump-admin-departures-63770181863

* TW: Pedophilia "Prosecutors allege Epstein tried to pay off potential accomplices:" http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/prosecutors-allege-epstein-tried-to-pay-off-potential-accomplices-63770181803

* "What is it like being black in LGBT spaces?:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2019/07/11/what-is-it-like-being-black-in-lgbt-spaces/

* "Third Trans Woman Murdered in Honduras This Month:" https://www.advocate.com/world/2019/7/11/third-trans-woman-murdered-honduras-month

* "Australian politician: Christians suffered because of same-sex marriage:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2019/07/12/australian-politician-christians-suffered-same-sex-marriage/

* "There’s a clear link between homophobia and transphobia, data confirms:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2019/07/10/clear-link-homophobia-transphobia-data-british-social-attitudes/

* TW: Rape. "South Korean LGBT soldiers face physical and sexual violence, says report:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2019/07/12/lgbt-soldiers-south-korea-face-physical-sexual-violence/

* "Lesbian couple in Barcelona receive torrent of abuse for kissing in public:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2019/07/13/lesbian-couple-barcelona-homophobic-abuse-kissing/

* "Welsh politicians say progress is 'not irreversible' at PinkNews Cardiff summer reception:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2019/07/11/welsh-politicians-say-progress-is-not-irreversible-at-pinknews-cardiff-summer-reception/

* "Teens who wore masks during homophobic graffiti spree identified by automatic wi-fi:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2019/07/12/high-schoolers-who-wore-masks-during-homophobic-graffiti-spree-identified-by-auto-connect-wi-fi/

* It's just the House. "House approves amendment to reverse Trump's trans military ban:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2019/07/11/house-of-representatives-approves-amendment-to-reverse-trans-military-ban/

* "Catholic school teacher fired for being gay sues archdiocese:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2019/07/12/catholic-school-teacher-fired-gay-sues-archdiocese/

* "'Die-In' Protesters Confront Alabama Mayor Who Called for Killing Gays:" https://www.advocate.com/politics/2019/7/12/die-protesters-confront-alabama-mayor-who-called-killing-gays

* "This Two-Spirited Activist Is Fighting for Visibility and Justice:" https://www.advocate.com/exclusives/2019/7/13/two-spirited-activist-fighting-visibility-and-justice

* "New Hampshire is the 13th US state to add X gender option to drivers licenses:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2019/07/13/new-hampshire-adds-x-gender-option-drivers-licenses/

* TW: Suicide "Alabama police officer re-hired after mocking gay teen’s suicide:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2019/07/12/alabama-police-officer-re-hired-mocking-gay-teens-suicide/

* "Detroit man allegedly used Grindr to find gay people, shoot them dead:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2019/07/12/detroit-man-grindr-find-gay-people-shoot-dead/

* "This Trans Pioneer in New Hampshire Isn't Done Yet:" https://www.advocate.com/exclusives/2019/7/13/trans-pioneer-new-hampshire-isnt-done-yet

* "Meet Oklahoma's First Lesbian Elected as State Senator:" https://www.advocate.com/exclusives/2019/7/13/meet-oklahomas-first-lesbian-elected-state-senator

* "Is Congress Listening To AIDS Activists Now?:" https://www.hivplusmag.com/print-issue/2019/7/12/congress-listening-aids-activists-now

* "Meet the Poz, Black Feminist Helping to Change the World:" https://www.advocate.com/exclusives/2019/7/14/meet-poz-black-feminist-helping-change-world

* They are doing one with African women too. "HIV Vaccine Trials on Gay, Bi Men to Begin in U.S., Europe:" https://www.advocate.com/health/2019/7/12/hiv-vaccine-trials-gay-bi-men-begin-us-europe

* "Why We Still Need HIV Warriors:" https://www.hivplusmag.com/print-issue/2019/7/11/why-we-still-need-hiv-warriors

* "Hurricane Barry weakens into a tropical storm, but officials warn there’s more to come:" https://www.latimes.com/nation/la-na-tropical-storm-barry-20190713-story.html

* I meant to post Friday's digest version separately, but for cat related reasons, that didn't happen. Saturday evening squirrel and I had a thing out in the big blue room, and i was gone past Midnight. I am still catching up on reading a posting a whole bunch of news I flagged to look at Wednesday and Thursday. I'm doing my level best, but there was just a lot of news last week and my lungs keep yoyoing depending on if it's raining or not. I slow way the fuck down when I can't breathe. Luckily we are have a summer much like a couple decades ago before the climate change really amped, so the rain is on my side. Problem is it's clearly not just an allergen situation. If it were just pollen I'd get a lot longer grace period after it rains. I'm guessing forest fire smoke is blowing in from somewhere because about an hour after each rain my lungs go bad really quickly.I'm sleeping under filtration with clean hair which helps and doing all the other little tricks, but the whole randomly half suffocating thing is exhausting and it's truncating my prime getting things done time.

My apologies.

* Creepy Child Jesus: https://the-alexandrian-alchemist.tumblr.com/post/186271383926/secifosseluce-secifosseluce-secifosseluce

* A cool thing on Gender Presentation in Good Omens: https://kedreeva.tumblr.com/post/186257565953/i-am-glad-neil-gaiman-confirmed-that-crowley-was

* I love this thing on Crowley and Aziraphale. Entirely G Rated character analysis: https://gwydionmisha.tumblr.com/post/186255461857/im-significant-vaspider

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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Not even close to Caught Up.

2019-07-12T14:31:19Z

gwydion @ 2019-07-10T08:13:00

2019-07-10T15:13:51Z

* Are you scare yet? Because I am. "Mike Pompeo unveils panel to examine 'unalienable rights':" https://www.politico.com/story/2019/07/08/pompeo-panel-unalienable-rights-1400023

"How do we know — or how do we determine — whether that claim ... is it true and therefore ought it to be honored? How can there be human rights rights we possess, not as privileges we are granted or even earn, but simply by virtue of our humanity belong to us?” he asked. “Is it in fact true, as our Declaration of Independence asserts, that as human beings we — all of us, every member of our human family — are endowed by our creator with certain unalienable rights?”

* "Read Kim Darroch’s letter of resignation as British ambassador to the United States:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2019/07/10/read-kim-darrochs-letter-resignation-british-ambassador-united-states/?noredirect=on&utm_term=.5b9c7fce7499

* "Central American officials avoid focus on immigration:" https://www.apnews.com/412aa583fe874a6f976e509ec8c29e0e

* "Judges: Trump violates First Amendment when he blocks Twitter critics:" https://www.politico.com/story/2019/07/09/trump-first-amendment-blocking-twitter-critics-1403910

* "House Dems set to subpoena Kushner, Sessions and 10 other Mueller witnesses:" https://www.politico.com/story/2019/07/09/house-dems-prep-subpoenas-for-jared-kushner-jeff-sessions-and-10-other-mueller-witnesses-1402876

* "Trump dossier author Steele gets 16-hour DOJ grilling:" https://www.politico.com/story/2019/07/09/christopher-steele-trump-dossier-doj-1403318

* "Felix Sater to testify after missing previously scheduled appearance:" https://www.politico.com/story/2019/07/08/felix-sater-moscow-trump-tower-1401940

* "White House blocks key Mueller witness from answering more than 200 questions from House investigators:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/white-house-blocks-key-mueller-witness-from-answering-more-than-200-questions-from-house-investigators/2019/07/08/d21bc6b6-a1d0-11e9-b7b4-95e30869bd15_story.html?noredirect=on&utm_term=.796e4b9325f8

* "Government no longer wants Michael Flynn to testify against ex-partner:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/public-safety/government-no-longer-wants-michael-flynn-to-testify-against-ex-partner/2019/07/09/3138cfa4-a1b3-11e9-b732-41a79c2551bf_story.html?noredirect=on&utm_term=.2381b4e2d1d2

* "Behind the DNC staffer murder conspiracy theory:" http://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/behind-the-dnc-staffer-murder-conspiracy-theory-63561285763

* "Republican Likens His Anti-LGBTQ Work to Oskar Schindler Saving Jews:" https://www.advocate.com/politics/2019/7/09/republican-likens-his-anti-lgbtq-work-oskar-schindler-saving-jews

What to donate to his opponent? https://secure.actblue.com/donate/bluerevfordm

* "Amy McGrath Opens Campaign to Oust Mitch McConnell in 2020:" https://www.nytimes.com/2019/07/09/us/politics/amy-mcgrath-2020-senate.html

* "HRC's Sarah McBride, Who Made Trans History at DNC, Running for Office:" https://www.advocate.com/politics/2019/7/09/hrcs-sarah-mcbride-who-made-trans-history-dnc-running-office

* "Meet the LGBTQ2S Woman Who Ran for President of Navajo Nation:" https://www.advocate.com/exclusives/2019/7/10/meet-lgbtq2s-woman-who-ran-president-navajo-nation

* "‘Government-Run Healthcare’ Is a Product of Health Industry–Run Media:" https://fair.org/home/government-run-healthcare-is-a-product-of-health-industry-run-media/

* "Federal Appeals Court Judges Appear to Back GOP Efforts to End Obamacare:" https://www.theroot.com/federal-appeals-court-judges-appear-to-back-gop-efforts-1836232190

* "Republicans trying to cut ACA again:" http://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/republicans-trying-to-cut-aca-again-63559237821

* "Federal judge rejects Trump administration’s bid to swap out lawyers for census case on citizenship question:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/federal-judge-rejects-trump-administrations-bid-to-swap-out-lawyers-for-census-case-on-citizenship-question/2019/07/09/d12f811e-a24f-11e9-b7b4-95e30869bd15_story.html?noredirect=on&utm_term=.028cf49a9dd7

* "Dems to pursue criminal contempt for William Barr, Wilbur Ross over census:" https://www.politico.com/story/2019/07/08/criminal-contempt-william-barr-wilbur-ross-census-1402210

* "Mitch McConnell, who opposes reparations, is descended from two slave owners:" https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/congress/mitch-mcconnell-ancestors-slave-owners-alabama-1800s-census-n1027511

* "Exposing the Racist Facebook Posts of City Cops:" https://www.citylab.com/equity/2019/07/police-social-media-facebook-racism-islamophobia-bias/593131/

* TW: Pedophila. "Migrant kids in Yuma report sex assault, retaliation from U.S. agents:" https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/immigration/migrant-kids-overcrowded-arizona-border-station-allege-sex-assault-retaliation-n1027886

* TW: Pedophila, Graphic description of public sexual assault of a girl. "Migrant children describe sex assault, retaliation by border agents:" http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/migrant-children-describe-sex-assault-retaliation-by-border-agents-63562821659

* TW: Pedophilia. "Barr Won’t Recuse Himself From New Case Against Jeffrey Epstein:" https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-07-09/barr-won-t-recuse-himself-from-new-case-against-jeffrey-epstein

* TW: Pedophilia. "Acosta defends Epstein plea deal as Dems call for his resignation:" https://www.politico.com/story/2019/07/09/alex-acosta-resign-jeffrey-epstein-1402980

* TW: Pedophilia. "Claire McCaskill: I shouldn't have backed Acosta:" http://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/claire-mccaskill-i-shouldn-t-have-backed-acosta-63558213987

Ya think?

* "Here's how every MP voted on equal marriage in Northern Ireland:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2019/07/09/heres-how-every-mp-voted-on-equal-marriage-in-northern-ireland/

* "All school uniforms in Wales to be made gender neutral:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2019/07/10/all-school-uniforms-wales-made-gender-neutral/

* "Pride flag arson suspect arrested in New York:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2019/07/10/pride-flag-arson-arrested-new-york/

* "Nine-year-old refused entry to summer camp because he's trans:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2019/07/09/boy-9-summer-camp-scholarship-rejected-trans/

* "Former College Wrestler Convicted of HIV 'Exposure' Freed From Jail:" https://www.advocate.com/health/2019/7/09/former-college-wrestler-convicted-hiv-exposure-freed-jail

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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gwydion @ 2019-07-09T05:20:00

2019-07-09T12:20:46Z

* "Greek elections: landslide victory for centre-right New Democracy party:" https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/jul/07/greeks-choose-between-beach-and-ballot-in-first-post-debt-bailout-poll

* "Congressional Democrats subpoena Trump organization:" https://www.cnn.com/2019/07/08/politics/trump-organization-subpoena/index.html

* "N.Y. Gov. Cuomo signs bill allowing Congress to access Trump's state tax returns:" https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/donald-trump/ny-gov-cuomo-signs-bill-allowing-congress-access-trump-s-n1027396

* "Investigation Intensifies Into Top Trump Fund-raiser:" https://www.nytimes.com/2019/07/08/us/politics/elliott-broidy-trump.html

* "McGahn aide extends pattern of Trump admin stonewalling Congress:" http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/mcgahn-aide-extends-pattern-of-trump-admin-stonewalling-congress-63510085564

* "Environment advocates criticize Trump's climate record:" http://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/environment-advocates-criticize-trump-s-climate-record-63496773906

* "Breitbart's White House correspondent joins White House:" https://www.cnn.com/2019/07/08/media/breitbart-white-house/index.html

* "Eric Swalwell ends presidential bid after failing to gain traction:" https://www.cnn.com/2019/07/08/politics/eric-swalwell-ends-campaign/index.html

* "Could This Be the First Out Gay Man Elected to the U.S. Senate?:" https://www.advocate.com/politics/2019/7/08/could-be-first-out-gay-man-elected-us-senate

* "When Hospitals Sue For Unpaid Bills, It Can Be 'Ruinous' For Patients:" https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2019/06/25/735385283/hospitals-earn-little-from-suing-for-unpaid-bills-for-patients-it-can-be-ruinous

* "Only One in Seven Eligible Kids Get Free Lunch in the Summer. What's Going Wrong?:" https://psmag.com/social-justice/only-one-in-seven-eligible-kids-get-free-lunch-in-the-summer-whats-going-wrong

* "No rest for the workers: how the US is out of step on paid leave:" https://www.theguardian.com/news/datablog/2019/jun/18/paid-vacation-leave-us-datablog

* "Barr: Trump Admin Has 'Pathway' To Get Citizenship Question Back On Census:" https://talkingpointsmemo.com/news/bill-barr-census-pathway-citizenship-question

* "Justice Department replaces attorneys in census citizenship-question battle:" https://www.politico.com/story/2019/07/08/justice-department-census-citizenship-question-battle-1399523

* "DOJ scrambles to make Trump citizenship census tweet reality:" http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/doj-scrambles-to-make-trump-citizenship-census-tweet-reality-63508037973

* "The Real Illegal Immigration Crisis Isn’t on the Southern Border:" https://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2019/04/real-immigration-crisis-people-overstaying-their-visas/587485/

* "U.N. human rights chief ‘deeply shocked’ by migrant detention center conditions in Texas:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/2019/07/08/un-human-rights-chief-deeply-shocked-by-migrant-detention-center-conditions-texas/?noredirect=on&utm_term=.5a3e1b52ce8b

* "Border facility staff blame officials for bad conditions:" http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/border-facility-staff-blame-officials-for-conditions-reports-63508549921

* "Trump: 'I want the press to go in and see' migrant detention centers:" https://www.cnn.com/2019/07/07/politics/trump-press-migrant-detention-centers/index.html

* Creepy as fuck. "FBI, ICE find state driver’s license photos are a gold mine for facial-recognition searches:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2019/07/07/fbi-ice-find-state-drivers-license-photos-are-gold-mine-facial-recognition-searches/?noredirect=on&utm_term=.bde876133511

* "More reporting on horrific conditions at migrant detention center in Clint:" http://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/more-reporting-on-horrific-conditions-at-migrant-detention-center-in-clint-63497797760

* "Top immigration official says ICE is ready to deport 1 million undocumented immigrants:" https://www.cbsnews.com/news/ken-cuccinelli-on-face-the-nation-ice-is-ready-to-deport-1-million-undocumented-immigrants/

* TW: Pedophilia. "Attorney General William Barr recused from Epstein case over legal conflict: Report:" https://www.newsweek.com/william-barr-says-hes-recused-epstein-case-over-legal-conflict-1448165

* TW: Pedophilia. "New federal charges against Epstein describe familiar pattern:" http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/new-federal-charges-against-epstein-describe-familiar-pattern-63507525674

* TW: Pedophilia. "Past prosecutor Acosta's leniency adds twist to new Epstein case:" http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/past-prosecutor-acosta-s-leniency-adds-twist-to-new-epstein-case-63511109541

* This law needs to go. "No prosecution for Alabama woman who was shot, lost fetus:" https://www.apnews.com/4402f390a26c48c5933775b5c0457db6

* "Why isn’t birth control better?:" https://www.vox.com/the-goods/2019/6/25/18715504/birth-control-side-effects-pill-iud

* "Amid Threats and Leaks, Tbilisi, Georgia Sees First LGBTQ Pride Event:" https://www.advocate.com/world/2019/7/08/amid-threats-and-leaks-tbilisi-georgia-sees-first-lgbtq-pride-event

* "Wales will open first gender identity clinic this year:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2019/07/09/wales-open-first-gender-identity-clinic-september/

* "Northern Ireland could get marriage equality this week:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2019/07/08/northern-ireland-gay-marriage-equality-vote-commons/

* "Rainbow flags burned outside gay bar in New York – again:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2019/07/09/rainbow-flags-set-on-fire-outside-gay-bar-new-york/

* "Drag queens drown out far-right commentator with fan thworps:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2019/07/08/drag-queens-fans-proud-boys-washington-protest/

* "Soldier Accepts His Trans Daughter Video:" https://transgriot.blogspot.com/2019/07/soldier-accepts-his-trans-daughter-video.html

* "The ‘Platform’ Excuse Is Dying:" https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2019/06/facebook-and-youtubes-platform-excuse-dying/591466/

* "America in Decay:" https://thenib.com/america-in-decay

* "How judges added to the grim toll of opioids:" https://www.reuters.com/investigates/special-report/usa-courts-secrecy-judges/

* "Yemen cholera outbreak hits over 200,000 children in 2019:" https://www.independent.co.uk/news/health/cholera-yemen-children-infection-war-symptoms-diarrhoea-a8992371.html

* "The Problem With Autistic Communication Is Non-Autistic People: A Conversation With Dr. Catherine Crompton:" http://www.thinkingautismguide.com/2019/05/the-problem-with-autistic-communication.html?m=1

* "Lyme Disease Cases Are Exploding. And It’s Only Going to Get Worse.:" https://elemental.medium.com/lyme-disease-cases-are-exploding-and-its-only-going-to-get-worse-5d3c3a2de5c5

* "One man is trying to fight climate change by mobilizing an unlikely team: Iowa's farmers:" https://www.motherjones.com/food/2019/06/carbon-sequestration-faith-iowa-farmers-cover-crops-no-till-farming-floods/

* "Join the Navy! The Medieval version:" http://www.medievalists.net/2019/07/join-the-navy-the-medieval-version/

* "The No. 1 Ladies’ Defrauding Agency:" https://longreads.com/2019/07/02/the-no-1-ladies-defrauding-agency/

* "Empire, By the Numbers:" https://thenib.com/empire-by-the-numbers

* "Saving vanishing words: Why Queens is the ‘Noah’s Ark of languages’:" https://www.csmonitor.com/USA/Society/2019/0705/Saving-vanishing-words-Why-Queens-is-the-Noah-s-Ark-of-languages

* "Billy Porter, Mj Rodriguez & Our Lady J. Perform “Home” at TrevorLIVE LA 2018:"

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* "Sunday Sweets Is ON FIRE:" https://www.cakewrecks.com/home/2019/7/7/sunday-sweets-is-on-fire

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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gwydion @ 2019-07-08T02:58:00

2019-07-08T09:58:05Z

* "The children challenging segregation in Bosnia's schools:" https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-48760442https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-48760442

* "Migrants stranded in Libya endure sewage, maggots, disease:" https://www.apnews.com/43eb47c8ce6b4946a91f8c37f41c7cbe

* "Two Americas, Celebrating Separately in One Place:" https://www.nytimes.com/2019/07/04/us/politics/trump-july-4th.html?emc=rss&partner=rss

* "Trump’s Fourth of July is a bad imitation of Bastille Day:" https://beta.washingtonpost.com/outlook/2019/07/03/trumps-fourth-july-is-bad-imitation-bastille-day/?outputType=amp

"Some have drawn parallels between the 41-year-old French president and his 73-year-old American counterpart: Both campaigned as political disrupters, both love the pomp of the presidency, and both share an evident disdain for the media. But Macron, a staunch defender of the European project, has denounced Trump’s “America First” nationalism as a “betrayal of patriotism”; at last year’s Armistice Day celebration, Macron said, “By saying ‘Our interests first. Who cares about the others?’ we erase what a nation holds dearest, what gives it life, what makes it great, and what is essential: its moral values.”

Those ideals, against which Trump has declared war, are central to the parade that runs along the famed Champs Elysees avenue every year in Paris. Bastille Day, in roughly its current form, has taken place annually since 1880, independent of politics or partisanship; Trump’s July 4 equivalent would mark the first such American military parade since 1991, which was held to celebrate the U.S. victory in the Persian Gulf War. And Trump appears to view it as yet another campaign rally — this time with a hard militaristic edge — that glorifies his own presidency, not as a celebratory tribute to those broader American values he often emphatically disregards.

Bastille Day was Trump’s inspiration, but he seems to have confused that event with the Soviet-style military parades now parroted by authoritarian leaders from China to North Korea. His objective isn’t to celebrate the U.S. presence on the world stage, tip a hat to allies and celebrate the nation’s rich democratic history. Rather, it’s to show off a “new” America unencumbered by what he sees as a bygone commitment to the international order and the civic values it represents. Trump may have watched the French parade, but he failed to look past its shiny military surface."

* "Warning to Progressive Dems: You’re Leaving Corporate Media’s Comfort Zone:" https://fair.org/home/warning-to-progressive-dems-youre-leaving-corporate-medias-comfort-zone/

* "The Supreme Court Is One Vote Away from Changing How the U.S. Is Governed:" https://www.newyorker.com/news/our-columnists/the-supreme-court-is-one-vote-away-from-changing-how-the-us-is-governed

* "Trump Admits Census Citizenship Question Is About Elections and Districting:" https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/trump-census-citizenship-elections-856124/

* "'Help, 40 days here': Photos show migrants crammed into U.S. border...:" https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-immigration/help-40-days-here-photos-show-migrants-crammed-into-u-s-border-facilities-idUSKCN1TX28H

* "Fmr. CBP agent: Academy taught agents to use racist terms for migrants:" http://www.msnbc.com/am-joy/watch/fmr-border-patrol-agent-in-the-academy-they-teach-agents-to-use-racist-terms-for-migrants-63419973687

* "Rep. Pressley on conditions in migrant detention facilities:" http://www.msnbc.com/am-joy/watch/rep-pressley-on-conditions-in-migrant-detention-facilities-63420997854

* Tw: Pedophilia "Jeffrey Epstein Shouldn’t Expect to Wriggle Free Again:" https://www.thedailybeast.com/jeffrey-epstein-shouldnt-expect-to-wiggle-free-again-with-sdny-sex-trafficking-charges

* "Trans-inclusive lesbians lead Pride in London, year after anti-trans protest:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2019/07/06/trans-inclusive-lesbians-lead-pride-london-march-anti-trans-protest/

* "UK Black Pride 2019: Best pics from LGBTQ celebration in London's Haggerston Park:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2019/07/07/uk-black-pride-2019-best-pics-lgbtq-people-of-colour-celebration/

* "Court sides with student who branded gay people an ‘abomination’:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2019/07/07/court-sides-with-student-who-branded-gay-people-an-abomination/

* "Mhairi Black hits out at ‘toxic’ fearmongering over trans rights:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2019/07/07/mhairi-black-toxic-fearmongering-trans-rights/

* "Gay Tunisian politician Mounir Baatour is running for President:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2019/07/07/mounir-baatour-gay-president-tunisia/

* "Trans woman spat at by a woman walking with her kids in Stoke-on-Trent:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2019/07/08/trans-woman-spat-at-by-woman-with-kids-stoke-on-trent/

* "Black queer people are still regularly harassed and threatened:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2019/07/07/black-census-queer-people-harassed-threatened/

* "Denny's defends transgender woman who was arrested after using the bathroom:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2019/07/07/dennys-defends-transgender-woman-who-was-arrested-after-using-the-bathroom/

* "Eleven Black Trans Women Have Been Murdered This Year. It’s Time for Another Uprising.:" https://www.thenation.com/article/alicia-garza-stonewall-transgender/

* "Shaken communities take stock of damage after Southern California...:" https://www.reuters.com/article/us-california-quake/shaken-communities-take-stock-of-damage-after-southern-california-quakes-idUSKCN1U1096

* "The secondhand harms of drinking impact 1 in 5 adults, study says:" https://www.cnn.com/2019/07/01/health/alcohol-harms-secondhand-drinking-study/index.html

* "Empire, By the Numbers:" https://thenib.com/empire-by-the-numbers

* "Saving vanishing words: Why Queens is the ‘Noah’s Ark of languages’:" https://www.csmonitor.com/USA/Society/2019/0705/Saving-vanishing-words-Why-Queens-is-the-Noah-s-Ark-of-languages

* "Sunday Sweets Is ON FIRE:" https://www.cakewrecks.com/home/2019/7/7/sunday-sweets-is-on-fire

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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Thursday and Friday

2019-07-06T14:29:20Z

* "China separating Muslim children from families:" https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-china-48825090

* "U.N. says Libyan guards reportedly shot at migrants fleeing air...:" https://www.reuters.com/article/somnia-idUSKCN1TZ0QV

* "Sudan rebels criticize protesters’ deal with the army:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/africa/sudan-rebels-criticize-protesters-deal-with-the-army/2019/07/06/93173840-9fd4-11e9-83e3-45fded8e8d2e_story.html?noredirect=on&utm_term=.dd6218174a68

* "Police evacuate Capitol lawn due to lightning strikes:" https://thehill.com/homenews/media/451712-police-evacuate-capitol-lawn-due-to-lighting-strikes

* "How much each flyover cost during Trump’s Fourth of July event:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2019/07/05/how-much-each-flyover-cost-during-trumps-fourth-july-event/?noredirect=on&utm_term=.ad6d9325e9f2

* "In Barr Trump finds tool against political enemies, investigators:" http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/in-barr-trump-finds-tool-against-political-enemies-investigators-63373381523

* "Trump attacks intel leaders alarmed by Russia's support for Trump:" http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/trump-attacks-intel-leaders-alarmed-by-russia-s-support-for-trump-63375429721

* "Buttigieg Challenged by Racist at Iowa Campaign Event:" https://www.advocate.com/politics/2019/7/05/buttigieg-challenged-racist-iowa-campaign-event

* "VA secretary changes rules to allow displaying of religious symbols:" https://www.cnn.com/2019/07/03/politics/wilkie-va-policy-religious-symbols/index.html

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

* "Immigrant Domestic Violence Survivors Are Afraid to Go to Law Enforcement Under Trump:" https://psmag.com/social-justice/immigrant-domestic-violence-survivors-are-afraid-to-go-to-law-enforcement-under-trump

* "US border agents allegedly forced detained man to hold sign reading ‘I like men’:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2019/07/05/us-border-agents-allegedly-forced-detained-man-hold-sign-i-like-men/

* "How Natural Black Hair at Work Became a Civil Rights Issue:" https://daily.jstor.org/how-natural-black-hair-at-work-became-a-civil-rights-issue/

* "D.C. Prosecutors, Once Dubious, Are Becoming Believers In Restorative Justice:" https://www.npr.org/2019/07/02/735506637/d-c-prosecutors-once-dubious-are-becoming-believers-in-restorative-justice

* "Florida inmates will spend their Fourth of July comforting dogs in an animal shelter:" https://www.cnn.com/2019/07/04/us/florida-inmates-cuddle-dogs-july-4-trnd/index.html

* "The Meaning Of July 4 For Black Trans Americans:" https://transgriot.blogspot.com/2019/07/the-meaning-of-july-4-for-black-trans.html

* TW: Rape, Domestic Abuse. "Eight Women Accuse Max Landis of Emotional and Sexual Abuse:" https://www.thedailybeast.com/max-landis-8-women-accuse-hollywood-filmmaker-of-emotional-and-sexual-abuse-were-not-people-to-him?ref=scroll

* "MPs talk LGBT rights at the PinkNews Westminster summer reception:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2019/07/04/mps-lgbt-rights-pinknews-reception-westminster/

* "UK Methodist Church overwhelmingly votes to move towards same-sex unions:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2019/07/05/uk-methodist-church-votes-same-sex-unions/

* "Syrian LGBT refugees finally arrive in UK in time to celebrate Pride:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2019/07/05/syrian-lgbt-refugees-arrive-uk-celebrate-pride/

* "Police won't face misconduct charges over Stephen Port case 'failings':" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2019/07/06/police-misconduct-charges-failings-stephen-port-case/

* "Police panel chair ousted after objecting to rainbow lanyards:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2019/07/06/police-panel-chair-ousted-objecting-rainbow-lanyards/

* "Botswana to appeal against ruling decriminalising gay sex:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2019/07/06/botswana-appeal-against-ruling-decriminalising-gay-sex/

* "We Need an LGBTQ Advocate at the UN—Now More Than Ever:" https://www.advocate.com/commentary/2019/7/05/we-need-lgbtq-advocate-un-now-more-ever

* "Inside NYC’s Pride March — and the Movements Pushing Back:" https://news.vice.com/en_us/article/gy49eb/inside-nycs-pride-march-and-the-movements-pushing-back

* "Madrid high heels run defies gravity, homophobia:" https://www.reuters.com/article/us-gay-pride-spain-high-heels/madrid-high-heels-run-defies-gravity-homophobia-idUSKCN1TZ1UK

* "West Hollywood Warns Residents About Fentanyl After Young Gay Man Dies:" https://www.advocate.com/health/2019/7/04/west-hollywood-warns-residents-about-fentanyl-after-young-gay-man-dies

* "US generates more electricity from renewables than coal for first time ever:" https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2019/jun/26/energy-renewable-electricity-coal-power

* "Another, stronger quake in Ridgecrest shakes Southern California, causing more damage:" https://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-major-earthquake-southern-california20190705-story.html

* Firefox was being an asshole and ate a huge chunk of my work Friday night, so i spent the evening saving what I could. Then Squirrel wanted to do thing and wanted company, so I actually went out.

The cats were fine for the 4th, btw. Elder Kitty never much reacted to fireworks even before age dulled her senses. She slept through it. It was chilly and damp, which dramatically cut down on explosions in our complex. No one set any off under our window, which is usually the thing that freaks out the imperial couple. Neither of the m care about even close mortars. My theory is they sound enough like thunder that the cats takes them for weather. Tavy chilled and napped on and off. Livia sat in the window throughout.

I've been having trouble breathing the last few days, but I think it's improving.

* I laughed so hard: https://marchek.tumblr.com/post/186058264723/so-apparently-tumblr-ate-my-original-post-about

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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gwydion @ 2019-07-04T08:21:00

2019-07-04T15:21:30Z

* "Flood victims in Siberia complain authorities failed to warn them:" https://www.reuters.com/article/us-russia-weather-floods/flood-victims-in-siberia-complain-authorities-failed-to-warn-them-idUSKCN1TX24G

* "Maharashtra storm: 43 dead as Indian state pummeled by heavy monsoon rains:" https://www.cnn.com/2019/07/03/asia/maharashtra-indian-monsoon-rains-intl-hnk/index.html

* "Apparent Airplane Stowaway Falls From Sky Into London Garden:" https://www.npr.org/2019/07/02/737983539/apparent-airplane-stowaway-falls-from-sky-into-london-garden

* "'Bolsonaro wants to take the land sacred to us':" https://www.bbc.com/news/av/world-latin-america-48845015/amazon-rainforest-indigenous-people-in-fight-for-survival

* "Underwater vessel fire kills 14 Russian sailors:" https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-48844013

* "One dead as volcano erupts on Italian island:" https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-48857422

* This is a campaign event. Why is he allowed to use government money and our military for a campaign rally? Also, shouldn't he have to pay D.C. for his inauguration before he's allowed to hold another big partizan event there? "Park Service diverts $2.5 million in fees for Trump’s Fourth of July extravaganza:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/white-house-gives-tickets-to-trumps-july-fourth-extravaganza-to-gop-donors/2019/07/02/9109a566-9ce0-11e9-b27f-ed2942f73d70_story.html?noredirect=on&utm_term=.7e0ce611655c

* "'They started this too late': Trump officials and allies anxious about July 4 fest:" https://www.politico.com/story/2019/07/03/donald-trump-july-4-event-1397772

* "George Washington Would Hate Trump’s July 4 Parade:" https://www.nytimes.com/2019/07/03/opinion/july-4th-parade-trump.html

"The focus on a single leader — on the construction of a cult of personality — would have incensed the men and women who sacrificed so much to create a new nation. As Capt. Joseph Bloomfield explained to a company of New Jersey troops preparing to fight in the Revolutionary War, the American states had “entered a new era of politics.” He warned the soldiers to be on guard against the rise of an “aspiring Demagogue, possessed of popular talents and shining qualities, a Julius Caesar, or an Oliver Cromwell” who “will lay violent hands on the government and sacrifice the liberties of his country.”

At a moment when exclusionary forms of national identity are on the rise, we should remember that the ordinary people who suffered so much during a long war believed that their sacrifice legitimated a system of government in which ordinary people like themselves had a meaningful voice. There would be no more doffing the cap to noblemen. No more claims to special privilege. In the independent republic all citizens would be equal under the law."

* "Trump gets long sought military spectacle by hiding the price tag:" http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/trump-gets-long-sought-military-spectacle-by-hiding-the-price-tag-63283269634

* "Trump schedules a campaign rally in N.C. on same day Mueller testifies publicly to Congress:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/trump-schedules-a-campaign-rally-in-nc-on-same-day-mueller-testifies-publicly-to-congress/2019/07/03/29f68f94-9d79-11e9-85d6-5211733f92c7_story.html?noredirect=on&utm_term=.a4d792002059

* "Trump hints at defying court, edges toward constitutional crisis:" http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/trump-hints-at-defying-court-edges-toward-constitutional-crisis-63282245567

* "Donald Trump Jr. Shares, Then Deletes, a Tweet Questioning Kamala Harris’s Race:" https://www.nytimes.com/2019/06/28/us/politics/donald-trump-jr-kamala-harris.html

* Fucksake. "BREAKING: DOJ Says It's Been 'Instructed' To Try To Get Citizenship Question Back On Census:" https://talkingpointsmemo.com/muckraker/transcript-maryland-federal-court-hearing-george-hazel-census-citizenship-question

* "Trump puts DOJ in awkward spot with errant census question tweet:" http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/trump-puts-doj-in-awkward-spot-with-errant-census-question-tweet-63284293643

* Nothing says due process by not providing any information in a person's language and refusing to let them ask or answer and questions in their hearings or understand what is happing at all. "Trump administration ending in-person interpreters at immigrants' first hearings:" https://www.sfchronicle.com/politics/article/Trump-administration-ending-in-person-14070403.php

* Warning: This contains the picture of the dead father and child I've been trying to not post, but the news vvalue of the article was such I feel I have to link it. "Inside the Secret Border Patrol Facebook Group Where Agents Joke About Migrant Deaths and Post Sexist Memes:" https://www.propublica.org/article/secret-border-patrol-facebook-group-agents-joke-about-migrant-deaths-post-sexist-memes

* "Federal Judge Blocks Barr’s Attempt to Deny Asylum Seekers Bail:" https://www.nytimes.com/2019/07/02/us/politics/federal-judge-asylum-seekers.html

* "Trump admin rolls out latest cruel tactic against immigrants:" http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/trump-admin-rolls-out-latest-cruel-tactic-against-immigrants-63284805626

* "Trump says immigrants 'unhappy' with detention centers should stay...:" https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-immigration-idUSKCN1TY1A5

* Warning: Contains image of a teen being resuscitated. "Federal judge orders prompt mediation to determine if detention facilities and child migrants are safe:" https://www.cnn.com/2019/06/30/us/child-migrant-detention-center-doctors-federal-judge/index.html

* "If Conditions for Detained Migrant Children Got Worse, How Would We Know?:" https://psmag.com/news/if-conditions-for-detained-migrant-children-got-worse-how-would-we-know

* "Why a Government Lawyer Argued Against Giving Immigrant Kids Toothbrushes:" https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2019/06/why-sarah-fabian-argued-against-giving-kids-toothbrushes/592366/

* "Lack of data on missing migrant children leads to gaps in protection:" https://phys.org/news/2019-06-lack-migrant-children-gaps.html

* "Rep. Castro: 'Human rights are being neglected.':" http://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/rep-castro-human-rights-are-being-neglected-63276613919

* "“We are kept in a cage": Heartbreaking stories from children in border patrol custody:" https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2019/06/cbp-migrant-children-clint/

* "Migrants face violence as US makes them wait in Mexico:" https://www.apnews.com/0d4a28d1153547a7a777e29489e7fb85

* TW: Rape. "Judge Under Fire For Touting Boy's ‘Good Family,’ ‘Excellent School’ In Rape Case:" https://www.huffpost.com/entry/james-troiano-new-jersey-judge-teen-rape_n_5d1c1579e4b03d6116441252

* TW: Pedophilia "Anti-gay pastor breaks down, admits paedophilia to entire church:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2019/07/04/anti-gay-pastor-molesting-underage-boy/

* "Pakistani Man Arrested in Murder of Transgender Daughter:" https://www.advocate.com/world/2019/7/03/pakistani-man-arrested-murder-transgender-daughter

* "Tens of thousands join gay pride parades around the world:" https://www.apnews.com/ecc5657f9812431da0263c465dc14cb5

* TW: Rape. "Three men on trial for gang-rape of trans teen on her first night out as female:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2019/07/04/trans-teen-gang-raped-first-night-as-woman/

* "Public health boss: UK healthcare is "prejudiced" against LGBT people:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2019/07/03/uk-healthcare-absolutely-prejudiced-against-lgbt-people/

* "School at centre of LGBT education row to reinstate inclusive lessons:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2019/07/03/parkfield-school-centre-lgbt-education-row-reinstates-inclusive-lessons/

* "Trump might not know his gay spokesperson is gay:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2019/07/03/trump-might-not-know-gay-spokesperson-is-gay/

* It's a rodent study. It's a good start, but don't hold your breath. It's a smll sample and the percentage isn't great. If it works, it's going to be a long time to get there. "Study Shows HIV Can Be Eliminated in Mice:" https://www.advocate.com/health/2019/7/03/study-shows-hiv-can-be-eliminated-mice

* "Climate crisis update:" http://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/climate-crisis-update-63274053760

* Today I ended up spending my whole month's food budget after forage. I know, I know. In my defense, I needed to do a massive restock of shelf safe staples and emergency rations and miscalculated, so that I ended up with not quite enough for perishables. Plus i still need to by micro-pellets and betta pellets for the fish. Sigh.

I have the shakes bad tonight from the strain of it. I also still owe some Monday news, though I stayed up until nearly 10AM trying to catch up. I've no idea what things are going to look like post quality wise.

* Note to middle class White People: If your child is too small to see over the shopping cart handle bars, your child is too young to be pushing the cart alone during shopping rush hour (4-6PM) in the evening before a National Fucking holiday. Allowing your child to wander around ramming people absentmindedly with a full cart. The store is packed. Fucking control your children and maybe save teaching your kids to shop for times when the store is mostly empty. Also? Letting them wander away blocking aisles with their bodies while the daydream is an asshole maneuver. Look at what all the other parents are doing. See how they are keeping their kids close and monitoring them to make sure they aren't blocking traffic? Give that a try. It's called parenting and it's a great new trend. Jump on it.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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Not All of Monday and Tuesday.

2019-07-03T16:32:18Z

* TW: Suicide. "Activists fear shattered glass may obscure demands of Hong Kong protest movement:" https://www.latimes.com/world/asia/la-fg-hong-kong-protests-violence-martyrdom-20190702-story.html

* "China says Hong Kong violence 'totally intolerable':" https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/jul/02/chinese-media-calls-for-zero-tolerance-after-violent-hong-kong-protess

* "Former Obama aide says Trump lied about past attempts to meet with Kim:" https://thehill.com/policy/international/451047-former-obama-aide-says-trump-lied-about-past-attempts-to-meet-with-kim

* "North Korean failure to denuclearize rewarded with Trump visit:" http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/north-korean-failure-to-denuclearize-rewarded-with-trump-visit-63081541574

* "Trump achieves zero for US security, hands Kim another victory:" http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/trump-achieves-zero-for-us-security-hands-kim-another-victory-63080006001

* "Iran breaches uranium limits of 2015 nuclear deal:" https://www.axios.com/iran-uranium-stockpile-nuclear-deal-33374084-e9ed-4357-9cdb-fd5c29614bf2.html

* "Trump asks for tanks, Marine One and much more for grandiose July Fourth event:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/trump-asks-for-military-tanks-on-the-mall-as-part-of-grandiose-july-fourth-event/2019/07/01/e9d274ee-9adc-11e9-8d0a-5edd7e2025b1_story.html?noredirect=on&utm_term=.6e8bc6577271

* I do not want tanks rolling into my nation's Capital. "The Latest: Tanks arrive in DC ahead of July 4 celebration:" https://apnews.com/2e98f1c80ef9449fa1d4a95ff63258c0

* "RNC Giving Out Tickets To Trump’s Hijacked Fourth Of July Celebration:" https://www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-fourth-hijacking-rnc-tickets_n_5d1a6e06e4b07f6ca5821251

* "'Baby Trump' balloon to crash the president's Fourth of July bash:" https://www.politico.com/story/2019/07/02/baby-trump-balloon-fourth-of-july-1395398

* "Trump hijacks July 4 celebration:" http://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/trump-hijacks-july-4-celebration-63075397711

* "Trump of July: Big GOP donors get special treatment:" http://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/trump-of-july-big-gop-donors-get-special-treatment-63185477988

* "Study suggests Russian social media trolls had impact on 2016 election:" https://www.axios.com/russia-interference-trolls-impact-2016-election-eff627d5-f1b3-48fd-8745-449262880e16.html

* "House Democrats sue for Trump's tax returns:" https://www.politico.com/story/2019/07/02/donald-trump-tax-returns-democrats-lawsuit-1394959

* "Democrats tee up another lawsuit for Trump financial documents:" http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/democrats-tee-up-another-lawsuit-for-trump-financial-documents-63196741817

* "Constitutional powers of Congress at stake in Trump tax fight:" http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/constitutional-powers-of-congress-at-stake-in-trump-tax-fight-63196741831

* "‘Surreal’: Ivanka Trump plays a prominent role in her father’s historic Korea trip:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/surreal-ivanka-trump-plays-a-prominent-role-in-her-fathers-historic-korea-trip/2019/06/30/98695704-9b58-11e9-b27f-ed2942f73d70_story.html?noredirect=on&utm_term=.4f34c56dca51

* "Mike Pence Cancels a Trip to New Hampshire, and a Mystery Ensues:" https://www.nytimes.com/2019/07/02/us/politics/mike-pence-cancels-trip.html

* "Trump USDA climate science quash squanders US science leadership:" http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/trump-usda-climate-science-quash-squanders-us-science-leadership-63079493616

* "Trump Consultant Is Trolling Democrats With Biden Site That Isn’t Biden’s:" https://www.nytimes.com/2019/06/29/us/politics/fake-joe-biden-website.html

* "Joe Biden suggests homophobia was acceptable five years ago, audience disagrees:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2019/07/02/joe-biden-heckled-homophobia-acceptable-five-years-ago-audience-disagrees/

* "Julián Castro looks to broaden campaign with post-debate bump:" http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/julian-castro-looks-to-broaden-campaign-with-post-debate-bump-63193669827

* "Castro calls on career officials to resist Trump cruelty policy:" http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/castro-calls-on-career-officials-to-resist-trump-cruelty-policy-63195205556

* "Sen. Cory Booker: A Crisis of Silence Is Killing Trans Women of Color;" https://www.advocate.com/commentary/2019/7/01/we-are-crisis-silence-and-its-killing-trans-women-color

* "Trump Administration ‘Misses Deadline’ to Print Census Forms:" https://www.thedailybeast.com/2020-census-trump-administration-misses-deadline-to-print-census-forms

* "Census to leave citizenship question off 2020 questionnaire:" https://www.politico.com/story/2019/07/02/census-wont-include-citizenship-question-on-2020-questionnaire-1395933

* "The Treatment of Migrants Likely ‘Meets the Definition of a Mass Atrocity’:" https://www.nytimes.com/2019/06/29/opinion/immigration-children-detention.html

* "History Has Taught Us That Concentration Camps Should Be Liberated. We Can’t Wait Until 2020.:" https://theintercept.com/2019/06/29/concentration-camps-border-detention/

"It seems like our game plan is to focus on defeating Trump, and in the meantime, sue the administration until it incrementally agrees to start allowing kids to brush their teeth or wash their hands with soap. It just doesn’t seem to be enough. What if Trump wins again? Is our game plan then to wait four more years to hope we end these monstrous camps? Even if a Democrat wins, pledging to improve conditions, how can we hold them to account and demand that migrants be freed?

I always wondered how concentration camps lasted for so many years during the Holocaust, but now that we have our own, I see how. It’s a mix of fear, indifference, and lack of political will. We see the consequences of doing nothing, but it seems as though we’ve put all of our eggs into the basket of a far-off election. And I just don’t feel good about it."

* "Years Ago, the Border Patrol’s Discipline System Was Denounced as “Broken.” It’s Still Not Fixed.:" https://www.propublica.org/article/border-patrol-discipline-system-was-denounced-as-broken-still-not-fixed

* "Seven migrant deaths reported in 'extreme heat' at U.S. border:" https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-immigration-death/seven-migrant-deaths-reported-in-extreme-heat-at-u-s-border-idUSKCN1TQ0D7

* "Ocasio-Cortez details 'horrifying' conditions at migrant detention facility:" https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/jul/01/aoc-border-facility-horrifying-cbp-officers-tweets?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other

* "Women Held In Border Patrol Custody Say They Were Told To Drink Water From Toilets:" https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/adolfoflores/immigrants-drinking-toilets-water-aoc-border-patrol

* "Rep. Nadler: Border agency heads should be prosecuted for abuse:" http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/rep-nadler-border-agency-heads-should-be-prosecuted-for-abuse-63080005869

* "Rep. Nanette Barragán: 'They were begging for help':" http://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/rep-nanette-barragan-they-were-begging-for-help-63075397646

* "Federal judge blocks Trump policy keeping asylum seekers detained:" https://www.cnn.com/2019/07/02/politics/judge-blocks-asylum-seekers-detained/index.html

* The Republican War on Our Own Military continues. "Trump Wants To Withdraw Deportation Protections For Families Of Active Troops:" https://www.npr.org/2019/06/27/736362986/trump-wants-to-withdraw-deportation-protections-for-families-of-active-troops

"It's going to create chaos in the military," said Margaret Stock, an immigration attorney who represents recruits and veterans in deportation proceedings. "The troops can't concentrate on their military jobs when they're worried about their family members being deported."

* "Trump says more deportations ahead after Independence Day:" https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/donald-trump/trump-says-more-deportations-ahead-after-independence-day-n1025516

* "Trump Administration Hits Some Immigrants In U.S. Illegally With Fines Up To $500,000:" https://www.npr.org/2019/07/02/738059913/trump-administration-sends-out-notices-of-500-000-fines-for-those-in-u-s-illegal

* "Public pressure on border officials grows as Trump stokes cruelty:" http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/public-pressure-on-border-officials-grows-as-trump-stokes-cruelty-63197765505

* "Conditions at El Paso migrant facility so bad agents feared riots, DHS report says:" https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/immigration/dhs-warned-may-border-station-conditions-so-bad-agents-feared-n1025136

* "A judge just permanently blocked Trump from using $2.5 billion in military money for his border wall:" https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2019/06/border-wall-funding-blocked-trump-gilliam/

* "New HIV diagnoses reach 18-year low in Australia:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2019/07/03/hiv-australia-18-year-low/

* "LGBT employees paid £6,700 less a year than straight colleagues:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2019/07/02/lgbt-employees-paid-less-than-straight-pay-gap/

* "India's first openly gay prince celebrates Pride in New York:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2019/06/30/india-gay-prince-celebrates-pride-new-york/

* "Big-Name Republicans File SCOTUS Brief Against Anti-LGBTQ Bias:" https://www.advocate.com/politics/2019/7/02/big-name-republicans-file-scotus-brief-against-anti-lgbtq-bias

* "New York LGBT community hosts alternative Pride march:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2019/06/30/new-york-lgbt-community-queer-liberation-march-pride/

* "Trans Filmmakers Attacked While Making Film on Anti-Trans Violence:" https://www.advocate.com/news/2019/7/02/trans-filmmakers-attacked-while-making-film-trans-violence

* "Illinois introduces ‘affirming and inclusive’ protections for trans youth:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2019/07/01/illinois-transgender-students-youth-executive-order/

* "Japan grants refugee status for homophobic persecution for first time ever:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2019/07/02/japan-grants-refugee-status-homophobic-persecution-first-time/

* "Scientists Say Chemical Found in Spinach Is Basically a Steroid, Should Be Banned for Athletes:" https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/vb9nnm/scientists-say-chemical-found-in-spinach-is-basically-a-steroid-should-be-banned-for-athletes

* Monday: Bullshit robo calls kept waking Tavy and I up. The best I got was almost 45 minutes of sleep in one stretch before the alarm forced me up for forage. I got at best 4-4 1/2 hours sleep total. Then it got worse.

Tuesday: I took a much needed rest day. After consultation with the Emperor Octavian we decided to read most of an Ian Pears novel (the Last Judgement), take a nice long nap together, then read the rest.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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