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* "Mass protest keeps pressure on Belarus president:" https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-53966004

* "Suspected poisoning of Putin critic was meant to kill him, not to scare him off, chief aide says:" https://www.cnn.com/2020/08/28/europe/navalny-aide-interview-intl/index.html

* "Ailing Abe quits as Japan PM as COVID-19 slams economy, key goals unmet:" https://www.reuters.com/article/us-japan-politics-abe/ailing-abe-quits-as-japan-pm-as-covid-19-slams-economy-key-goals-unmet-idUSKBN25O00F

* "Delhi 2020 religious riots: Amnesty International accuses police of rights abuses:" https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/amp/world-asia-india-53891354

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* "Blood thinners reduce deaths among coronavirus patients, study finds:" https://www.cnn.com/2020/08/26/health/coronavirus-blood-thinners-mortality/index.html

* Total confirmed COVID-19 cases in the U.S.A for 8/31/20 are 6,024,000. The death toll is 184,000. The real number is likely much higher.

* "U.S. coronavirus cases pass 6 million:" https://www.politico.com/news/2020/08/31/us-coronavirus-cases-pass-6m-406044

* Wow, Republicans are really all in on their plan to create "American carnage." "New Trump pandemic adviser pushes controversial ‘herd immunity’ strategy, worrying public health officials:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/trump-coronavirus-scott-atlas-herd-immunity/2020/08/30/925e68fe-e93b-11ea-970a-64c73a1c2392_story.html

* "FDA commissioner says he's willing to fast-track coronavirus vaccine:" https://www.axios.com/fda-coronavirus-vaccine-fast-track-9c047fe0-a706-4c45-9e40-3ed6041c92ba.html

* "'I wouldn't recommend it for my patients': Dr. Roy criticizes FDA head willing to fast-track vaccine:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-reidout/watch/-i-wouldn-t-recommend-it-for-my-patients-dr-roy-criticizes-fda-head-willing-to-fast-track-vaccine-90921029922

* "How Trump Sowed Covid Supply Chaos. ‘Try Getting It Yourselves.’:" https://www.wsj.com/articles/how-trump-sowed-covid-supply-chaos-try-getting-it-yourselves-11598893051?mod=djemalertNEWS

* "White House privately warned states of Covid-19 ‘red zone’ threat, records show:" https://www.politico.com/news/2020/08/31/white-house-warned-red-zones-406211

* "Iowa Department of Public Health has been misreporting COVID-19 data for months:" https://www.newsbreak.com/news/coronavirus/2042650627143/iowa-department-of-public-health-has-been-misreporting-covid-19-data-for-months

* "‘Herman Cain’ Posts Tweet Saying Coronavirus Is Less Deadly Than Media Says, One Month After He Died of COVID:" https://www.thedailybeast.com/herman-cain-posts-tweet-saying-coronavirus-is-less-deadly-than-media-says-one-month-after-he-died-of-covid

* "My Husband Told Someone to Wear a Mask and Was Knocked Unconscious:" https://www.advocate.com/commentary/2020/8/30/my-husband-told-someone-wear-mask-and-was-knocked-unconscious

* "Homophobic group which thinks being gay causes ‘death and disease’ declared COVID-19 outbreak site:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2020/08/30/focus-on-the-family-homophobic-fundamentalist-christian-covid-19-outbreak-colorado/

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* "Trump Embraces Fringe Theories on Protests and the Coronavirus:" https://www.nytimes.com/2020/08/30/us/politics/trump-protests-violence-coronavirus.html

* "Mary Trump shares new recordings of Trump’s sister criticizing family:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-reidout/watch/mary-trump-shares-new-recordings-of-trump-s-sister-criticizing-family-90817605975

* "White House covered up real reason for sudden Trump Walter Reed hospital visit: book:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/white-house-covered-up-real-reason-for-trump-hospital-visit-book-90934341798

* "Rosenstein secretly curtailed counterintelligence probe into Trump's Russia ties:" https://www.axios.com/rod-rosenstein-trump-russia-c005394f-1fc5-4097-9e1f-04b3c99b831f.html

* "How the counterintelligence investigation of Trump's ties to Russia disappeared:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/how-the-investigation-of-trump-s-ties-to-russia-disappeared-90930245911

* "Public misunderstanding of Mueller mission overlooks missing counterintelligence piece:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/public-misunderstanding-of-mueller-mission-ignores-missing-piece-90930245889

* "Michael Schmidt's new book details how Trump mulled "settling" with Mueller:" https://www.axios.com/trump-settling-mueller-russia-michael-schmidt-book-7f2ace16-01ae-4bc2-9854-158c468d9ede.html

* "Trump offered FBI director job to John Kelly if he pledged loyalty:" https://www.cnn.com/2020/08/30/politics/john-kelly-fbi-director-trump/index.html

* "New reporting on John Kelly and Donald Trump bolsters Comey claim of loyalty demand:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/new-john-kelly-reporting-bolsters-comey-claim-of-loyalty-demand-90932293608

* "Leaked McGahn memo reveals alarms about Kushner's top-secret security clearance:" https://www.axios.com/jared-kushner-security-clearance-mcgahn-ecca918e-2685-473a-9504-cd412da301bf.html

* "Court dismisses House lawsuit seeking to enforce a subpoena of former White House counsel Donald McGahn:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/legal-issues/court-dismisses-house-lawsuit-seeking-to-enforce-a-subpoena-of-former-white-house-counsel-donald-mcgahn/2020/08/31/c693ad3e-ebaf-11ea-ab4e-581edb849379_story.html

* "Appeals court deals setback to Flynn’s attempt to end DOJ case against him:" https://www.politico.com/news/2020/08/31/judge-can-move-forward-with-flynn-hearing-appeals-court-says-406066

* "Voice of America Journalists: New CEO Endangers Reporters, Harms U.S. Aims:" https://www.npr.org/2020/08/31/907764105/voice-of-america-journalists-new-ceo-endangers-reporters-harms-u-s-aims

* "Daughter of hate preacher Franklin Graham continues family legacy with deeply transphobic Republican convention speech:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2020/08/26/cissie-graham-lynch-franklin-daughter-homophobia-transphobia-republican-national-convention/

* I particularly resent someone who describes literal NAZIs as "very fine people" using music by a Jewish artist against the will of his estate to glorify himself. "Leonard Cohen's Estate Blasts Trump's Use of 'Hallelujah':" https://www.advocate.com/politics/2020/8/28/leonard-cohens-estate-blasts-trumps-use-hallelujah

* "Joy Reid on Trump: ‘America has no king, America needs no king’:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-reidout/watch/joy-reid-on-trump-america-has-no-king-america-needs-no-king-90819141546

* "N.Y.C. Tenants Say They Were Tricked Into Appearing in R.N.C. Video:" https://www.nytimes.com/2020/08/28/nyregion/nyc-tenants-rnc-video-trump.html

* "Chad Wolf says he didn’t know naturalization ceremony would be seen at convention:" https://www.politico.com/news/2020/08/30/chad-wolf-naturalization-republican-convention-405214

* "‘He slapped science right in the face’: Pelosi on Trump’s maskless RNC crowd:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/-he-slapped-science-right-in-the-face-pelosi-on-trump-s-maskless-rnc-crowd-90924101876

* "‘Canyon of danger’: Hayes on Trump stoking chaos as reelection strategy:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/-canyon-of-danger-hayes-on-trump-stoking-chaos-as-reelection-strategy-90925637667

* "Biden rips Trump as a president who ‘sows chaos’:" https://www.politico.com/news/2020/08/31/biden-speech-rips-trump-chaos-406118

* "Dems outraged as Trump administration scales back election security briefings:" https://www.politico.com/news/2020/08/29/odni-to-scale-back-election-security-briefings-404919

* "Brennan ‘worried about what Trump plans’ with DNI no longer briefing Congress on election security:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-reidout/watch/brennan-worried-about-what-trump-plans-with-dni-no-longer-briefing-congress-on-election-security-90922565876

* "Oversight panel set to subpoena DeJoy amid clash over Postal Service:" https://www.politico.com/news/2020/08/31/oversight-panel-subpoena-dejoy-406100

* "Trump, Portland mayor blame each other after deadly shooting:" https://apnews.com/6706c916dc6a156b9847baca437a91de

* "Defying local leaders, Trump declares he will still visit Kenosha:" https://www.politico.com/news/2020/08/31/trump-defying-visit-kenosha-405944

* "Trump escalates war of words with Biden over civil rights protests – as it happened:" https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/live/2020/aug/31/trump-threats-portland-kenosha-visit-blm-protests-biden-election-live-latest-news-updates

* "Sen. Murphy reacts to Trump's defense of teen charged with killing two protesters in Kenosha:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/sen-murphy-reacts-to-trump-defending-17-year-old-who-killed-2-protesters-90925637818

* "A Kenosha Militia Facebook Event Asking Attendees To Bring Weapons Was Reported 455 Times. Moderators Said It Didn’t Violate Any Rules.:" https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/ryanmac/kenosha-militia-facebook-reported-455-times-moderators

* "Jacob Blake Sr: I want the officers fired, there was attempted murder on my son:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-reidout/watch/jacob-blake-sr-i-want-the-officers-fired-there-was-attempted-murder-on-my-son-90818117999

* "The Life Breonna Taylor Lived, in the Words of Her Mother:" https://www.vanityfair.com/culture/2020/08/breonna-taylor

* "Ta-Nehisi: ‘Breonna Taylor is going to happen again’ until things change systemically:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/ta-nehisi-breonna-taylor-is-going-to-happen-again-until-things-change-systemically-90822725616

* "Ta-Nehisi: We must understand George Floyd, Breonna Taylor were human lives taken:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/ta-nehisi-we-must-understand-george-floyd-breonna-taylor-were-human-lives-taken-90822725508

* "Trans woman sues jail after she was placed in a men’s facility, deadnamed by staff, and denied her vital hormone treatment:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2020/08/29/trans-woman-jail-lawsuit-pinellas-florida-facility-deadname-hormone-treatment-misgender-karla-bello/

* "‘Gender critical’ activists with ‘I heart JK Rowling’ banner mock Black Lives Matter protesters in ugly confrontation:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2020/08/31/gender-critical-posie-parker-jk-rowling-banner-black-lives-matter-protesters-transphobia/

* "All LGBTQ+ People Should Stand in Solidarity With Black Athletes:" https://www.advocate.com/commentary/2020/8/28/all-lgbtq-people-should-stand-support-black-athletes

* "Activists sue Trump administration for scrapping data on LGBT+ and American Indian youth in foster care:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2020/08/30/trump-foster-system-data-lgbt-american-indian-youth-lawsuit-hhs-lambda-legal/

* "Student goes viral after drowning out homophobic, racist demonstrator with his trombone:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2020/08/29/trombone-homophobic-racist-demonstrator-freshman-university-south-carolina-black-lives-matter-trey-hogan-trombro/

* "Black Homeowners Face Discrimination in Appraisals:" https://www.nytimes.com/2020/08/25/realestate/blacks-minorities-appraisals-discrimination.html

* "Racism has shaped public transit, and it’s riddled with inequities:" https://kinder.rice.edu/urbanedge/2020/08/24/transportation-racism-has-shaped-public-transit-america-inequalities

* "‘Certain streets are designed to kill’: How U.S. roadways target minorities and the poor:" https://www.fastcompany.com/90543235/certain-streets-are-designed-to-kill-how-u-s-roadways-target-minorities-and-the-poor

* "Yale Law Professor Jed Rubenfeld Suspended for Sexual Harassment:" https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2020/08/yale-professor-jed-rubenfeld-suspended-for-sexual-harassment.html

* "Freshers who hurled homophobic slurs in LSE group chat ‘thought it would be bants’:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2020/08/29/lse-freshers-london-economics-homophobic-slurs-group-chat-bants-banter-twitter/

* "Dad reacted horribly when his gay son came out and was racist about his boyfriend. Years later, he wants to make things right:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2020/08/29/deidre-sanders-the-sun-advice-columnist-dad-son-coming-out-gay/

* "Closeted married man brutally beaten and threatened with exposure after gay dating app hook-up goes horribly wrong:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2020/08/31/india-pune-married-man-beaten-robbed-gay-dating-app-hook-up-sex/

* "Anti-Trans School Restroom Policies Unconstitutional, Court Rules:" https://www.advocate.com/transgender/2020/8/26/anti-trans-school-restroom-policies-unconstitutional-court-rules

* "In Gay We Trust: How Do We Tackle PTSD In The LGBTQ+ Community?:" https://www.advocate.com/commentary/2020/9/01/gay-we-trust-how-do-we-tackle-ptsd-lgbtq-community

* "Queer People And The Effects of 'Doom Scrolling':" https://www.advocate.com/exclusives/2020/8/31/queer-people-and-effects-doom-scrolling

* "They Know How to Prevent Megafires. Why Won’t Anybody Listen?:" https://www.propublica.org/article/they-know-how-to-prevent-megafires-why-wont-anybody-listen

* "Another fierce hurricane, 15 years after Katrina, shows who really pays the price:" https://www.cnn.com/2020/08/30/opinions/hurricane-laura-hurricane-katrina-15-anniversary-climate-justice-russell/index.html

* "Everything Is Unprecedented. Welcome To Your Hotter Earth:" https://www.npr.org/2020/08/28/905622947/everything-is-unprecedented-welcome-to-your-hotter-earth

* "U.S. Flood Strategy Shifts to ‘Unavoidable’ Relocation of Entire Neighborhoods:" https://www.nytimes.com/2020/08/26/climate/flooding-relocation-managed-retreat.html

* "The Republican National Convention 2020: Day Four:"

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* "Covid Loves College:"

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* "After Four Nights Of Nonsense At The RNC, We're Getting Off This Emotional Roller Coaster:"

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* "Steve Bannon's Sham Border Wall Charity Tried Raising Money Off Of Stephen Colbert's Good Name:"

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* Sunday I had the shakes, which is a thing that happens when my body is under stress, which it is between the virulent lung infection and the new antibiotic ducking it out. I keep having to lie down. Tavy wanted me ho hold him up for a really long love and I thought, "We could do this lying down. so i carried him into the bedroom with me, a pan to which he vociferously objected, but he didn't jump off. he had a brief altercation with the Empress after his pettin, then retreated to the safety shelf, which I have established as a no competition zone. (A cat can sit there and be left entirely alone while hanging out with the clowder.) Eventually he started wandering around the shelving and i came back out to try to do some work before the next dizzy spell. They were both still in there an hour later, so i'm calling it a win. He'll be a lot happier if he can sleep with the clowder.

* Me: Wow! Why is so and so suddenly so hot?
A minute later: Wait, let me google something.
30 Seconds later: Duh! They turned thirty 2-3ish years ago.

Yes, too young for me Rl, but just old enough to ping my radar.

* The judgements section of this one made me laugh so hard I needed medication. "The Saga of Hen-Thorir:" https://sagathingpodcast.wordpress.com/2014/01/29/episode-6-the-saga-of-hen-thorir/

* "The Adult Actors Who Play Movie Teens, by the Numbers:" https://www.theringer.com/movies/2020/8/28/21405196/adult-actors-playing-teen-analysis

* "Resurfaced medieval tale has the most incredible queer plot twist – and historians say there are many more where it came from:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2020/08/30/medieval-tale-gay-lgbt-love-story-twelfth-century-ireland-lesbian-lover-baby-king/

* "Bro, This Is Not The 'Beowulf' You Think You Know:" https://www.npr.org/2020/08/27/906423831/bro-this-is-not-the-beowulf-you-think-you-know

* "Disney Princess Cakes For Grown-Ups:" https://www.cakewrecks.com/home/2020/8/30/disney-princess-cakes-for-grown-ups

* Delightful! (SF story) "A Guide for Working Breeds:" https://www.tor.com/2020/03/17/a-guide-for-working-breeds-vina-jie-min-prasad/

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

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* "More than 10,000 join peaceful anti-Netanyahu protest in Jerusalem, for fourth week in a row:" https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/.premium-thousands-in-jerusalem-for-anti-netanyahu-demo-protesters-allegedly-attacked-1.9057410

* Well, fuck. "Sri Lanka's Rajapaksa brothers strengthen grip in landslide election win:" https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/aug/07/sri-lankas-rajapaksa-brothers-strengthen-grip-in-landslide-election-win

* "Macron promises help, Beirut residents vent fury at leaders:" https://apnews.com/9d10149b5d5f3e0e837edd6d5a8e0d8f

* "Indian Ocean island nation Mauritius scrambles to counter oil spill from grounded tanker:" https://www.chicagotribune.com/nation-world/ct-nw-mauritius-indian-oil-spill-20200808-qhoekdvajnbtre6dk4qtduixuu-story.html

* "Nearly 40% of A-level result predictions to be downgraded in England:" https://www.theguardian.com/education/2020/aug/07/a-level-result-predictions-to-be-downgraded-england

The plan is to institutionalize wealth and social inequalities by over riding teacher assessments in favor of a percentage system that harms students from less privileged backgrounds.

Look, I’m American, but I furious on behalf of both teachers and students. They are not treating these teachers like professionals who know their kids and how to do their jobs. They are fucking over students for classicist bullshit reasons, and none of it takes into account natural variation

And seriously, I've DONE grading for kinds who missed a portion of the term. you just use the grades you have. It's not that hard. Like you can't reasonably penalize a kid because their parents moved during term. Teachers know how to do this.

Grading on a curve based on three years previous performance? A, not a big enough sample size, and B institutionalizes inequalities and punishes kids on the bubble. Also, in real life out in the field, you get better and worse years. One class will randomly have 10 kids with serious intellectuals challenges and an extra dollop of asshole kids, or a toxic combination of personalities. Another class will get an extra helping of gifted or just a magic social dynamic.

There is shit you can't predict, like that one kid with learning disabilities who happened to look like Peeta in the Hunger Games movies (Which weren’t out yet, but that’s pretty much what he looked like only younger) in the 8th grade I student taught who was sweet and charismatic and the bright girls all took turns tutoring him so he was performing above what you'd expect even on stuff he did completely independently, or that kid with learning disabilities and massive executive function stuff who really loved his paper topic and worked incredibly hard on it and pulled out a grade in spring in English that might have looked like cheating compared to previous terms, but I was literally standing right there when he wrote it. Statistics can't account for me randomly being really into Latin senior year and getting near perfect scores on every test because I finally got a teacher I liked enough to actually work for instead of resist.

Using statistics leaves out the chance of the exceptional and punishes middle of the road kids who really pulled out the stops for whatever reason. Maybe they randomly got a higher percentage of kids who were really good at math or extra motivated for some reason this year.

My entire grade was notoriously nightmarish for every teacher we hit. We had an above average level of assholes and future sociopaths and they'd work together to torment teachers in often creative and psychologically adept ways. (Not me personally, but my grade in aggregate). As a group we caused several nervous breakdowns and drove several people out of the teaching profession entirely. Our grades weren't average either because, you know massive disruption. We also had a lot of kids with trauma (see assholes and future sociopaths and add in some incredibly psychologically abusive stuff from staff, targeted at already traumatized or marginalized kids). There was a ton of attrition in grades 4-9 because of mental health stuff, as in kids being pulled out for health and safety reasons sent to less traumatic and violent prep school. Would it be fair to judge the grade ahead or behind based on my classes scores? Would it be fair to average all three of those grade sets and impose a curve based on them on the grade below them?

Statistical average doesn't prove individual performance.

Or maybe,just maybe, we should just the fuck give kids a break because there's a fucking pandemic on.

* I've been watching the latest row between UK andfrance over refugees, and I have to admit, in France's place I'd be very tempted to step down patrols to rescue missions only. <.< >.>

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* "How a Popular Medical Device Encodes Racial Bias:" https://bostonreview.net/science-nature-race/amy-moran-thomas-how-popular-medical-device-encodes-racial-bias

* "There Is Little Evidence That Mass Transit Poses a Risk of Coronavirus Outbreaks:" https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/there-is-little-evidence-that-mass-transit-poses-a-risk-of-coronavirus-outbreaks/

* "India passes two million Covid-19 cases:" https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-india-53674857

* "Fauci says he'll repeat the importance of public health principles 'until I'm exhausted':" https://www.cnn.com/2020/08/07/health/us-coronavirus-friday/index.html

* Republicans continue to insist that slowing testing deliberately is the right thing to do as if you don't test for Covid you don't have cases, much in the way if you don't test for cancer no one gets it and if you don't take a pregnancy test you can't get pregnant. "Virus testing in the US is dropping, even as deaths mount:" https://apnews.com/aebdc0978de958f20ab3f398cdf6f769

* "Ben Rhodes: Trump ‘literally withdrew us from the rest of the world’ with WHO decision:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-reidout/watch/ben-rhodes-trump-literally-withdrew-us-from-the-rest-of-the-world-with-who-decision-89678917541

* "‘Like a Horror Movie’: A Small Border Hospital Battles the Coronavirus:" https://www.nytimes.com/2020/08/04/us/texas-coronavirus-rio-grande-valley-starr-county.html

* "'We are no less American': Deaths pile up on Texas border:" https://apnews.com/c5da90cb311e320d9ece7310b4fe257e

* "He fled Congo to work in a U.S. meat plant. Then he — and hundreds of his co-workers — got the coronavirus.:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/he-fled-the-congo-to-work-in-a-us-meat-plant-then-he--and-hundreds-of-his-co-workers--got-the-coronavirus/2020/08/06/11e7e13e-c526-11ea-8ffe-372be8d82298_story.html

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* "TikTok threatens legal action against Trump executive order:" https://www.politico.com/news/2020/08/07/tiktok-trump-executive-order-392558

* "Trump advisers hesitated to give military options and warned adversaries over fears he might start a war:" https://www.cnn.com/2020/08/06/politics/trump-advisers-fears-military-options/index.html

* "Pompeo Warned Russia Against Bounties on U.S. Troops in Afghanistan:" https://www.nytimes.com/2020/08/07/world/asia/pompeo-russia-afghanistan-bounties.html

* "Appeals court rules for U.S. House over subpoena for ex-White House lawyer:" https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-court-trump-idUSKCN25326S

* "Covid-19 Pandemic Triggers Wave of Long-Term Unemployment:" https://www.wsj.com/articles/covid-19-pandemic-triggers-wave-of-long-term-unemployment-11596817137?mod=hp_lead_pos5

* "Queer Black Americans have taken a ‘disproportionate’ financial hit during COVID-19 by every measure:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2020/08/07/black-lgbt-covid-19-americans-disproportionate-economic-impact-coronavirus-pandemic-report-human-rights-campaign/

* "James Carville on Trump deferring payroll tax to next year: Not very good policy, a lot of people not on a payroll:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-reidout/watch/james-carville-on-trump-deferring-payroll-tax-to-next-year-not-very-good-policy-a-lot-of-people-not-on-a-payroll-89751109777

* I don't understand how he has the power to do that. I thought the Congress was the only branch empowered by the constitutions to make appropriations. "Coronavirus relief package talks stall; Trump might use executive actions to bypass congress:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2020/08/07/coronavirus-covid-live-updates-us/

* "Bennet Statement Following President Trump’s Inadequate Executive Orders to Extend COVID-19 Economic Relief:" https://www.bennet.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/press-releases?id=5E7FC20B-13A0-47FE-BA67-7E78FA9E396F

* "Facebook Fired An Employee Who Collected Evidence Of Right-Wing Pages Getting Preferential Treatment:" https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/craigsilverman/facebook-zuckerberg-what-if-trump-disputes-election-results

* "Russian anti-Biden election interference finds ready conduit in Republican senators:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/russian-election-interference-finds-ready-conduit-in-gop-senators-89763397688

* "Sam Seder: Trump flails for reelection strategy after Plan A falls apart:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/sam-seder-trump-flails-for-reelection-strategy-after-plan-a-falls-apart-89756229774

* "Trump campaign reportedly considering whether to weaponise transphobia to save the president’s flailing re-election bid:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2020/08/07/donald-trump-campaign-november-election-weaponise-transgender-rights-lgbt/

* "Postal Service overhauls leadership as Democrats press for investigation of mail delays:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2020/08/07/postal-service-investigation-dejoy/

* "Postal Workers Union head confirms slowdown of postal service:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/postal-workers-union-head-confirms-slowdown-of-postal-service-89754181966

* "Hybrid Schooling May Be the Most Dangerous Option of All:" https://www.wired.com/story/hybrid-schooling-is-the-most-dangerous-option-of-all/

* This is going to be incredibly deadly. "Cuomo OKs New York schools for in-person instruction:" https://www.politico.com/states/new-york/city-hall/story/2020/08/07/cuomo-oks-new-york-schools-for-in-person-instruction-1305884

* "Virus keeps spreading as schools begin to open, frightening parents and alarming public health officials:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/virus-keeps-spreading-as-schools-begin-to-open-frightening-parents-and-alarming-public-health-officials/2020/08/06/7ef4f362-d80d-11ea-930e-d88518c57dcc_story.html

* "Health directors told to keep quiet as Fla. leaders pressed to reopen classrooms:" https://www.palmbeachpost.com/news/20200807/health-directors-told-to-keep-quiet-as-fla-leaders-pressed-to-reopen-classrooms

* "Charles Booker: We are dealing with the trauma of gun violence as a public health crisis:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-reidout/watch/charles-booker-we-are-dealing-with-the-trauma-of-gun-violence-as-a-public-health-crisis-89680453861

* CW: Dead Animals "VULTURES, FORENSICS, & BORDER POLICY: Why Migrant Bodies Disappear:"

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* "Brittany Gilliam, handcuffed with kids by Aurora Police, says their apology is ‘not good enough’:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-reidout/watch/brittany-gilliam-handcuffed-with-kids-by-aurora-police-says-their-apology-is-not-good-enough-89679941752

* "Breonna Taylor warrant was part of gentrification scheme, attorneys say:" https://www.ajc.com/news/breonna-taylor-warrant-was-part-gentrification-scheme-attorneys-say/gWlfh0zwq84wL0AshqizmM/

* "Joy on 'pig laws': ‘The rot from slavery is still with us in a thousand different ways’:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-reidout/watch/joy-on-pig-laws-the-rot-from-slavery-is-still-with-us-in-a-thousand-different-ways-89751621631

* CW: Rape "E. Jean Carroll, Who Accused Trump of Rape, Can Go Forward With Suit:" https://www.nytimes.com/2020/08/07/nyregion/jean-caroll-donald-trump-lawsuit-rape.html

* "Satanic Temple says religious freedoms exempt abortion rights from state laws:" https://kutv.com/news/nation-world/satanic-temps-says-religious-freedoms-exempt-abortion-rights-from-state-laws

* "Terrified queer Poles are fleeing the country as homophobic president Andrzej Duda is sworn in for second term:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2020/08/06/poland-president-andrzej-duda-swearing-in-homophobia-lgbt-rights-same-sex-marriage-family/

* "‘Violent and homophobic’ cyclists threaten same-sex couple simply for asking them not to use a private lane:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2020/08/08/homophobic-hate-crime-rothwell-caistor-west-yorkshire-cyclists-queer-couple/

* Looks like William is really putting the "Shat" in Shatner yet again. Bonus points for making our lives all about him.

* "Autism Tropes in Media:"

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* "Devastating impact of lockdown on LGBT+ mental health laid bare as study reveals seven in 10 are suffering from depression:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2020/08/08/lgbt-mental-health-lockdown-queeratine-study-university-college-london-sussex/

* "The (Real) Delusion That You're a Corpse:"

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* "'I'm not Batman': Libertarian presidential candidate makes light of bat bite:" https://www.politico.com/news/2020/08/08/jo-jorgensen-bat-bite-libertarian-392698

* CW: Dead People, Body Horror, Dissection. "A Brief History of the Dead in Art:"

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* "ICONIC CORPSE- Warrior Women Scorned!:"

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* "The Mask Slackers of 1918:" https://www.nytimes.com/2020/08/03/us/mask-protests-1918.html

* This is even faster than that time a new character was so obnoxious we hunted and killed him about an hour in: https://gwydionmisha.tumblr.com/post/625855710003118080

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

* Want to help people in Beirut? https://karolinadeaen.tumblr.com/post/625576504313741312

* Organizations to help trans folk: https://gwydionmisha.tumblr.com/post/620857152453640195/about-us

* "How to Safely and Ethically Film Police Misconduct:" https://www.teenvogue.com/story/how-to-film-police-safely

* Master Post for how to help organizations fighting Police violence: https://gwydionmisha.tumblr.com/post/620861026680881152/oberynmartell-list-of-black-lives-matter-and

* How to donate to Doctors Without Borders: https://donate.doctorswithoutborders.org/onetime.cfm?source=ADD200U0U00&utm_source=google&utm_medium=cpc&utm_campaign=googlepaid&utm_content=brand&gclid=EAIaIQobChMIz8D9kYu46QIVqh6tBh2WogxQEAAYASAAEgK4FfD_BwE

* "More on the Mashpee Wampanoag Reservation and Reaffirmation Act:" https://amaebi.dreamwidth.org/1769250.html

* "Covid 19 Support for Indigenous Communities:" https://bibliomancer7.tumblr.com/post/616704253038395392/covid-19-support-for-indigenous-communities

* "Navajo Nation COVID-19 Relief Fund:" http://www.nndoh.org/donate.html

* "NYSCI has a set of activities and resources up on their website:" https://conuly.dreamwidth.org/2999942.html

* "How to Help Librarians and Archivists From Your Living Room:" https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/archives-to-browse-from-home

* "Free Meals:" https://www.schools.nyc.gov/school-life/food/free-meals

* "Learning Through Play: 101 Ways To Keep Young Minds Occupied At Home:" https://www.marksdailyapple.com/importance-of-play/

* Free lessons: https://www.mybluprint.com/

* CDC Foundation: https://www.cdcfoundation.org/give/ways-to-give

* "SUPPORT WORKERS IN CRISIS:" https://ofwemergencyfund.org/

* "Make to Give - Support Our Medical Personnel:" https://www.joann.com/make-to-give-response/

* "Snopes on COVID-19 Fact-Checking:" https://www.snopes.com/2020/03/20/snopes-on-covid-19-fact-checking/

* "Help the California food industry survive this crisis:" https://www.change.org/p/governor-gavin-newsom-support-the-california-food-industries-most-vulnerable-workers

* "Support Artists Impacted By the Covid-19 Pandemic:" https://daily.bandcamp.com/features/bandcamp-covid-19-fundraiser

* Register to vote: https://vote.gov/

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

* The Indivisble guide exists to help you organize effective resistance: https://indivisible.org/

* Here’s a list of vulnerable republican senators up for election this year:

Martha McSally - Arizona
Susan Collins - Maine
Cory Gardner - Colorado
Thom Tillis - North Carolina
Pat Roberts - Kansas
David Perdue and Kelly Loeffler - Georgia
Joni Ernst - Iowa

Here’s a list of vulnerable democratic senators that NEED votes to keep their seats:

Doug Jones - Alabama
Gary Peters - Michigan

* Want to get rid of Mitch McConnell? Help Amy McGrath: https://secure.actblue.com/donate/mcgrath2020-dd-om-gsearch?utm_source=g&utm_medium=om&utm_campaign=dd&utm_content=om_g_dd_20190709_g-dd-namenat-search_namedon-nat_amosdn&refcode=om_g_dd_20190709_g-dd-namenat-search_namedon-nat_amosdn&gclid=EAIaIQobChMI5IL1uLKa6gIVcz2tBh1njwpEEAAYASAAEgLCYvD_BwE

* Want to get rid of Lindsey Graham? Help Jaime Harrison: https://secure.actblue.com/donate/ms_harrison_fr_q12019_jaime-a?refcode=MS_AD_D-DD_2019.03.08_X_GG_KW__X__eyJjcmVhdGl2ZSI6IkFkZCBEb25hdGlvbiBOb3ciLCJhdWRpZW5jZSI6IkphaW1lSGFycmlzb24ifQ&recurring=TRUE&gclid=EAIaIQobChMIn4a_583I5gIVC8RkCh0MowFeEAAYASAAEgIXZfD_BwE

* There's a decent chance of flipping this Senate seat blue. Want to help? https://secure.actblue.com/donate/ads-mek-egsearch_dtd?refcode=ads-200108-gs-evergreensearch-dtd-natl-mix-8753679275-87807510469-410037583123-%2Bmark%20%2Bkelly%20%2Bdonate&gclid=EAIaIQobChMIpKSR192K5wIVAsNkCh0EeAFSEAAYASAAEgLY7fD_BwE

* Want to help Ritchie Torres beat a homophobe in New York? https://secure.actblue.com/donate/dkendorsestorres?refcode=20200605fpdn1mid

* Want to help Doug Jones defend his seat against a Trumpist homophobe? https://secure.actblue.com/donate/stand-with-doug?refcode=gaa1&gclid=EAIaIQobChMIx8n4rdfT6gIVvxitBh0BfQmNEAAYASAAEgJSwfD_BwE

* Want to help Sara Gideon unseat Susan Collins? https://secure.actblue.com/donate/adopt-me-dem-susan-collins-seat

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

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

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

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

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

* "Keep Me Safe! Help me get a gate organized by Briel Moore:" https://www.gofundme.com/f/keep-me-safe-help-me-get-a-gate?utm_medium=copy_link&utm_source=customer&utm_campaign=p_lico+share-sheet+expWdV

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

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

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

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

* This is a really bad one. It's a massive fire and explosion in Beirut with a high casualty count, which as of this writing was rising. There is no proper ambulance service and the private services were already swamped with COVID victims, so people are having to find ways to transport the injured themselves. There is a lot of speculating, so I'll check in later when there is firmer intel. I had to cut off my watching of the coverage for mental health reasons. BBC has a lot of good verified eyewitness stuff if you are looking. I'm posting the CNN feed here, as it has a lot of non-speculative bigger picture stuff.

"Beirut explosion generated seismic waves equivalent of a magnitude 3.3 earthquake:" https://www.cnn.com/middleeast/live-news/lebanon-beirut-explosion-live-updates-dle-intl/h_da222628bccbcd0736247682b65a8675

* Want to help people in Beirut? https://karolinadeaen.tumblr.com/post/625576504313741312

* I know this looks like a repeat, but it's worse now Hong Kong has fallen. "'The fear is real': Chinese students in Australia dread reprisal from Beijing:" https://www.smh.com.au/politics/federal/the-fear-is-real-chinese-students-in-australia-dread-reprisal-from-beijing-20200804-p55iht.html

* "Ayodhya prepares for Modi to lay foundation stone of Hindu temple at disputed site:" https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/aug/04/ayodhya-modi-india-foundation-stone-hindu-temple-disputed-site

* "Uighur model sends rare video from Chinese detention:" https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-china-53650246

* "Spain speculates over whereabouts of scandal-hit ex-king Juan Carlos:" https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/aug/04/spain-speculates-scandal-hit-former-king-whereabouts-juan-carlos

* "29 Dead After ISIS Attack on Afghan Prison:" https://www.nytimes.com/2020/08/03/world/asia/afghanistan-prison-isis-taliban.html

* TW: Rape "Nadia Murad - Surviving ISIS and Fighting Against Genocide:"

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* "Multiple Killings in Nigeria’s Kaduna State:" https://www.hrw.org/news/2020/07/31/multiple-killings-nigerias-kaduna-state#

* "'Europe's last dictator' battles coronavirus, mass protests and suspected Russian mercenaries to stay in power:" https://www.cnbc.com/2020/08/03/belarus-election-lukashenko-battles-coronavirus-protests-and-russia-tensions.html

* "India and China race to build along a tense frontier:" https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-53171124

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* "The odd, growing list of Covid-19 symptoms, explained:" https://www.vox.com/2020/7/29/21327317/symptoms-of-covid-19-coronavirus-fever-cough-toes-rash-loss-of-taste-smell

* "We Need to Talk About Ventilation:" https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2020/07/why-arent-we-talking-more-about-airborne-transmission/614737/

* "Biobot's Poop-Centric COVID-19 Research:"

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* "A coronavirus vaccine won’t change the world right away:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/2020/08/02/covid-vaccine/

* "Global coronavirus deaths exceed 700,000, one person dies every 15 seconds on average:" https://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-casualties/global-coronavirus-deaths-exceed-700000-one-person-dies-every-15-seconds-on-average-idUSKCN2510EN

* "New coronavirus cases rise 54% in mainland France in a week:" https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/jul/31/coronavirus-cases-rise-54-in-mainland-france-in-a-week

* "Vietnam records first Covid-19 deaths:" https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-53606917

* This is no surprise to anyone who’s been paying attention, but it’s very important to quantify it. "Data leak reveals Iran cover-up of Covid-19 deaths:" https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-53598965

* "Mexico's COVID-19 Death Toll Now World's Third Highest:" https://www.wbur.org/hereandnow/2020/08/03/mexico-coronavirus-schools

* "Colombia Coronavirus Quarantine to Be Extended Until Aug 30:" https://www.usnews.com/news/world/articles/2020-07-28/colombia-coronavirus-quarantine-to-be-extended-until-aug-30

* You think?!? "'We Have Made Mistakes': Norway Cruise Company Reports COVID-19 Outbreak:" https://www.npr.org/2020/08/03/898690128/we-have-made-mistakes-norway-cruise-company-reports-covid-19-outbreak

* "Violence Is Exploding in Europe's Most Notorious Migrant Camp:" https://www.newsbreak.com/news/1582837644663/violence-is-exploding-in-europes-most-notorious-migrant-camp

* "Infections Swamp the U.S., Which Recorded 42% of All Its Coronavirus Cases in July:" https://www.nytimes.com/2020/08/01/world/coronavirus-covid-19.html

* "19,000 more Americans could die from Covid-19 in the next 20 days, CDC composite forecast shows:" https://www.cnn.com/2020/08/02/health/us-coronavirus-sunday/index.html

* "A Viral Epidemic Splintering Into Deadly Pieces:" https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/29/health/coronavirus-future-america.html

* "Gottlieb warns "It's going to be hard to keep the virus out":" https://www.cbsnews.com/news/scott-gottlieb-coronavirus-warns-its-going-to-be-hard-to-keep-the-virus-out/

* "Trump on Covid death toll: 'It is what it is':" https://www.cnn.com/2020/08/04/politics/trump-covid-death-toll-is-what-it-is/index.html

45 congratulated himself on his excellent job in causing the US to have 4,752,000 COVID-19 cases and 157,000 deaths through his refusal to do his job and deliberate sabotage of measures designed to the slow spread and save lives. Given how proud he is of his terrible performance and how much he brags about it, really one can only assume that this carnage was his goal. We are now approximately 23% of global cases by ourselves.

* "Birx warns US is 'in a new phase' of coronavirus pandemic with more widespread cases:" https://www.cnn.com/2020/08/02/politics/birx-coronavirus-new-phase-cnntv/index.html

* "Oversight Subcommittee Investigation Reveals How Trump Administration Deprived Country of Needed Ventilators and Squandered More Than $500 Million in Taxpayer Funding:" https://oversight.house.gov/news/press-releases/oversight-subcommittee-investigation-reveals-how-trump-administration-deprived

* "There’s no national testing strategy for coronavirus. These states banded together to make one.:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/coronavirus/coronavirus-state-testing-compact/2020/08/04/8b73bed8-d66f-11ea-9c3b-dfc394c03988_story.html

* "463 new COVID-19 cases in Kentucky:" https://www.lex18.com/news/coronavirus/463-new-covid-19-cases-in-kentucky

* "Inslee extends 25 proclamations relating to COVID-19:" https://www.governor.wa.gov/news-media/inslee-extends-25-proclamations-relating-covid-19

* "Tracing the Invisible Danger of Household Crowding:" https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-07-21/gentrification-and-crowding-boost-covid-19-risk

* "One-third of black adults know a covid-19 victim:" https://www.seattletimes.com/nation-world/one-third-of-black-adults-know-a-covid-19-victim/

* "Coronavirus Is Devastating Navajo Nation:"

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* "Trump gives Microsoft 45 days to clinch TikTok deal:" https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-tiktok-trump-exclusive/exclusive-trump-to-give-tiktoks-chinese-owner-45-days-to-reach-deal-to-sell-sources-idUSKBN24Y0UD

* "Trump Says He'll Ban Chinese-Owned TikTok From U.S.:" https://www.advocate.com/business/2020/8/01/trump-says-hell-ban-chinese-owned-tiktok-us

* "Deutsche Bank Opens Review Into Personal Banker to Trump and Kushner:" https://www.nytimes.com/2020/08/02/business/kushner-deutsche-trump-rosemary-vrablic.html

* "NY prosecutors say Trump investigation extends beyond hush money payments:" https://www.cnn.com/2020/08/03/politics/trump-new-york-vance-investigation/index.html

* "House committee subpoenas 4 top Pompeo aides:" https://www.politico.com/news/2020/08/03/mike-pompeo-aides-subpoena-house-foreign-affairs-committee-390921

* "Ivanka Trump and Jared Kushner earned at least $36 million in outside income last year, new disclosures show:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/ivanka-trump-and-jared-kushner-earned-at-least-36-million-in-outside-income-last-year-new-disclosures-show/2020/07/31/9eb71e66-d36a-11ea-8c55-61e7fa5e82ab_story.html

* "Michael Tubbs - "Stockton on My Mind," Curbing Police Violence and Ensuring Guaranteed Income:"

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* "White House eyes executive orders to upend virus negotiations:" https://www.politico.com/news/2020/08/04/trump-executive-order-coronavirus-391305

* "U.S. Small Business Bailout Money Flowed to Chinese-Owned Companies:" https://www.nytimes.com/2020/08/02/us/politics/virus-china-ppp-small-business-loans.html

* "Defense contractor with billions in sales got millions in pandemic loans intended for small businesses:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2020/08/03/defense-contractor-with-billions-sales-got-millions-pandemic-loans-intended-small-businesses/

* "House Democrats call postmaster general to testify on USPS changes under Trump:" https://www.axios.com/usps-postmaster-general-trump-18ddfd55-e47c-4439-ab76-78395e76fb85.html

* 45 says he can illegally over ride the constitution in order to force people to risk COVID infections to vote. "Trump claims right to issue executive order on vote-by-mail:" https://www.politico.com/news/2020/08/03/trump-mail-in-voting-order-391066

* "Trump’s assault on mail voting threatens his reelection bid:" https://www.politico.com/news/2020/08/03/trumps-assault-on-mail-voting-threatens-his-reelection-bid-390949

* "Trump pledges lawsuit to block mail-in voting in Nevada:" https://www.politico.com/news/2020/08/03/trump-nevada-mail-voting-lawsuit-390878

* "A School Reopens, and the Coronavirus Creeps In:" https://www.nytimes.com/2020/08/01/us/schools-reopening-indiana-coronavirus.html

* It's being done for political reasons in hopes of starving cities and cutting blue state representation in congress. IF YOU DON'T COMPLETE THE CENSUS YOU ARE HELPING THE REPUBLICANS. DO IT NOW IF YOU HAVEN"T!!! "Census Cuts All Counting Efforts Short By A Month:" https://www.npr.org/2020/08/03/898548910/census-cut-short-a-month-rushes-to-finish-all-counting-efforts-by-sept-30

* "He was promised a job in the U.S. He found himself trapped in a nightmare.:" https://www.nbcnews.com/specials/h2a-visa-program-for-farmworkers-surging-under-trump-and-labor-violations/

* "DHS official whose office compiled ‘intelligence reports’ on journalists and protesters has been removed from his job:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/dhs-official-whose-office-compiled-intelligence-reports-on-journalists-and-protesters-has-been-removed-from-his-job/2020/08/01/f01247be-d3ff-11ea-8d32-1ebf4e9d8e0d_story.html

* Mass Arrests in 2020 Echo the Brutality Endured by RNC Protesters 20 Years Ago":" https://truthout.org/articles/mass-arrests-in-2020-echo-the-brutality-endured-by-rnc-protesters-20-years-ago/?eType=EmailBlastContent&eId=30f0eebc-6d95-4641-adac-30d9cf2d66f0

* "What Has Happened to Police Filmed Hurting Protesters? So Far, Very Little.:" https://www.propublica.org/article/what-has-happened-to-police-filmed-hurting-protesters-so-far-very-little

* They decided to slowly suffocate a kid to death for throwing a sandwich. CW: partially obscured footage showing adults murdering a teenager. "Dangerous Restraints Were Routine at This Youth Home. Then a Black Teen Died:"

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* "Recall effort underway for Thurston County sheriff over not enforcing face mask mandate:" https://www.king5.com/article/news/local/recall-effort-underway-for-thurston-county-sheriff-over-not-enforcing-face-mask-mandate/281-ec2c7f0a-806b-4154-9782-18fc08465c7f

* "For Some Bad Cops, A Second Chance Is Actually Their Third:"

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* "Many Americans Are Convinced Crime Is Rising In The U.S. They’re Wrong.:" https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/many-americans-are-convinced-crime-is-rising-in-the-u-s-theyre-wrong/

* "Why Statistics Don’t Capture The Full Extent Of The Systemic Bias In Policing:" https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/why-statistics-dont-capture-the-full-extent-of-the-systemic-bias-in-policing/

* "Companies Issuing Bogus Copyright Claims To Hide Police Training Materials From The Public:" https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20200625/18351444792/companies-issuing-bogus-copyright-claims-to-hide-police-training-materials-public.shtml

* As a former teacher, I call bullshit on their explanations for why they did this terrible thing. "Oakland Co. girl jailed for not doing homework gets released:" https://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/local/oakland-county/2020/07/31/oakland-co-girl-jailed-not-doing-homework-ordered-release/5557997002/

* "Preserving Sacred Traditions During a Pandemic:" https://doc.wa.gov/news/2020/07292020.htm

* "Trump USAID appointee unloads as rocky tenure ends:" https://www.politico.com/news/2020/08/03/usaid-appointee-unloads-as-rocky-tenure-ends-390972

* "Advocates Rally to Tear Down Highways That Bulldozed Black Neighborhoods:" https://www.pewtrusts.org/en/research-and-analysis/blogs/stateline/2020/07/28/advocates-rally-to-tear-down-highways-that-bulldozed-black-neighborhoods

* CW: Pedophilia. "Trump defends wishing Ghislaine Maxwell well and questions if Epstein's death was suicide:" https://www.cnn.com/2020/08/04/politics/donald-trump-ghislaine-maxwell-axios/index.html

* "Boys may be hiding their feelings less amid the coronavirus pandemic:" https://www.cnn.com/2020/07/27/health/boys-gender-roles-feelings-wellness/index.html

* NOTE: This article contains a slur, but foregrounds UK Romani voices and contains important information, so i decided to post it anyway. "This is the constant battle trans Travellers face while living through the pandemic: ‘It’s like how a mouse feels when standing on a trap’:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2020/08/04/traveller-pride-trans-solidarity-fund-gypsy-roma-grt-coronavirus-pandemic-tyler-hatwell/

* "Man charged with hate crime after stealing a rainbow flag and setting it on fire during Brighton’s Pride weekend:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2020/08/04/brighton-pride-flag-burned-arson-hate-crime-abdelhakim-ismaili/

* Why did the second school hire him? They already knew he was smugly bigoted. "Teacher who was fired after repeatedly misgendering a trans boy blames the ‘LGBT+ mafia’ for losing his job:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2020/08/03/joshua-sutcliffe-oxford-cherwell-school-st-aloysius-catholic-primary-school-transphobia-lgbt-islam-mafia/

* "This Activist Ensures Black Trans People Don't Go Hungry:" This Activist Ensures Black Trans People Don't Go Hungry

* "Non-Affirming Therapists Endanger Trans Youth:" https://www.teenvogue.com/story/gender-critical-support-board-trans-youth

* "Trans Woman Stabbed to Death at Vigil in Portland:" https://www.advocate.com/crime/2020/8/04/trans-woman-stabbed-death-vigil-portland

* "Empathy is not endorsement:" https://www.ted.com/talks/dylan_marron_empathy_is_not_endorsement?language=en

* "Deaf association sues to force White House to use sign language interpreters at coronavirus briefings:" https://www.cnn.com/2020/08/03/politics/sign-language-interpreters-coronavirus-briefings/index.html

* "Dementia on the Retreat in the U.S. and Europe:" https://www.nytimes.com/2020/08/03/health/alzheimers-dementia-rates.html

* "Significant jump in Emperor penguins numbers:" https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-53549299

* "How the Ultimate Live-in Boyfriend Evolved His Way Around Rejection:" https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/30/science/anglerfish-immune-rejection.html

* "Mayan Ruins in Guatemala Could Become a U.S.-Funded Tourist Attraction:"

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* "Logic | Philosophy Tube:"

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* "'So much to learn': The untold stories of slavery in Canada:" https://www.ctvnews.ca/canada/so-much-to-learn-the-untold-stories-of-slavery-in-canada-1.5047238#_gus&_gucid=&_gup=twitter&_gsc=oYiIaUQ

* "The Myth of the Kindly General Lee:" https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2017/06/the-myth-of-the-kindly-general-lee/529038/

* "Europe in the Global Age: Crash Course European History #48:"

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* "Trump cites Lewis' decision to not attend inauguration to downplay legacy of civil rights icon:" https://www.cnn.com/2020/08/04/politics/trump-john-lewis-axios/index.html

* "John Hume obituary:" https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2020/aug/03/john-hume-obituary

* "The GOP's Planned Unemployment Cuts & Trump's FBI Grift :"

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* "Keeping Up with Coronavirus - Second Wave Scares & Trump's Bizarre Doctor Endorsement :"

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* "Lewis Black Hates Outdoor Dining More Than Ever:"

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* "If You Don't Know, Now You Know - Black Women's Erasure from Social Justice History :"

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* "Historic Black Emmy Nominations, China Mails Mystery Seeds & Trump Shrugs Off Russian Bounties:"

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* "COVID-19 Fallout Continues & Herman Cain Dies of Coronavirus:"

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* "Trump Suggests Delaying the 2020 Election and Stokes Racism:"

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* "Justice for Breonna Taylor :"

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* "U.S. History: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver :"

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* "Betsy DeVos Stars In "The Tragic School Bus":"

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* "Meanwhile... A Late Show Is Cake:"

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* "How a Cheese Goes Extinct:" https://www.newyorker.com/culture/annals-of-gastronomy/how-a-cheese-goes-extinct

* "Sunday Sweets Celebrates All Things CANDY:" https://www.cakewrecks.com/home/2020/8/2/sunday-sweets-celebrates-all-things-candy

* On Marginaized People Reading Lovecraft: https://gwydionmisha.tumblr.com/post/625347715534077952/hi-would-you-ever-consider-doing-that-spirited

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

* Want to help people in Beirut? https://karolinadeaen.tumblr.com/post/625576504313741312

* Organizations to help trans folk: https://gwydionmisha.tumblr.com/post/620857152453640195/about-us

* "How to Safely and Ethically Film Police Misconduct:" https://www.teenvogue.com/story/how-to-film-police-safely

* Master Post for how to help organizations fighting Police violence: https://gwydionmisha.tumblr.com/post/620861026680881152/oberynmartell-list-of-black-lives-matter-and

* How to donate to Doctors Without Borders: https://donate.doctorswithoutborders.org/onetime.cfm?source=ADD200U0U00&utm_source=google&utm_medium=cpc&utm_campaign=googlepaid&utm_content=brand&gclid=EAIaIQobChMIz8D9kYu46QIVqh6tBh2WogxQEAAYASAAEgK4FfD_BwE

* "More on the Mashpee Wampanoag Reservation and Reaffirmation Act:" https://amaebi.dreamwidth.org/1769250.html

* "Covid 19 Support for Indigenous Communities:" https://bibliomancer7.tumblr.com/post/616704253038395392/covid-19-support-for-indigenous-communities

* "Navajo Nation COVID-19 Relief Fund:" http://www.nndoh.org/donate.html

* "NYSCI has a set of activities and resources up on their website:" https://conuly.dreamwidth.org/2999942.html

* "How to Help Librarians and Archivists From Your Living Room:" https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/archives-to-browse-from-home

* "Free Meals:" https://www.schools.nyc.gov/school-life/food/free-meals

* "Learning Through Play: 101 Ways To Keep Young Minds Occupied At Home:" https://www.marksdailyapple.com/importance-of-play/

* Free lessons: https://www.mybluprint.com/

* CDC Foundation: https://www.cdcfoundation.org/give/ways-to-give

* "SUPPORT WORKERS IN CRISIS:" https://ofwemergencyfund.org/

* "Make to Give - Support Our Medical Personnel:" https://www.joann.com/make-to-give-response/

* "Snopes on COVID-19 Fact-Checking:" https://www.snopes.com/2020/03/20/snopes-on-covid-19-fact-checking/

* "Help the California food industry survive this crisis:" https://www.change.org/p/governor-gavin-newsom-support-the-california-food-industries-most-vulnerable-workers

* "Support Artists Impacted By the Covid-19 Pandemic:" https://daily.bandcamp.com/features/bandcamp-covid-19-fundraiser

* Register to vote: https://vote.gov/

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

* The Indivisble guide exists to help you organize effective resistance: https://indivisible.org/

* Here’s a list of vulnerable republican senators up for election this year:

Martha McSally - Arizona
Susan Collins - Maine
Cory Gardner - Colorado
Thom Tillis - North Carolina
Pat Roberts - Kansas
David Perdue and Kelly Loeffler - Georgia
Joni Ernst - Iowa

Here’s a list of vulnerable democratic senators that NEED votes to keep their seats:

Doug Jones - Alabama
Gary Peters - Michigan

* Want to get rid of Mitch McConnell? Help Amy McGrath: https://secure.actblue.com/donate/mcgrath2020-dd-om-gsearch?utm_source=g&utm_medium=om&utm_campaign=dd&utm_content=om_g_dd_20190709_g-dd-namenat-search_namedon-nat_amosdn&refcode=om_g_dd_20190709_g-dd-namenat-search_namedon-nat_amosdn&gclid=EAIaIQobChMI5IL1uLKa6gIVcz2tBh1njwpEEAAYASAAEgLCYvD_BwE

* Want to get rid of Lindsey Graham? Help Jaime Harrison: https://secure.actblue.com/donate/ms_harrison_fr_q12019_jaime-a?refcode=MS_AD_D-DD_2019.03.08_X_GG_KW__X__eyJjcmVhdGl2ZSI6IkFkZCBEb25hdGlvbiBOb3ciLCJhdWRpZW5jZSI6IkphaW1lSGFycmlzb24ifQ&recurring=TRUE&gclid=EAIaIQobChMIn4a_583I5gIVC8RkCh0MowFeEAAYASAAEgIXZfD_BwE

* There's a decent chance of flipping this Senate seat blue. Want to help? https://secure.actblue.com/donate/ads-mek-egsearch_dtd?refcode=ads-200108-gs-evergreensearch-dtd-natl-mix-8753679275-87807510469-410037583123-%2Bmark%20%2Bkelly%20%2Bdonate&gclid=EAIaIQobChMIpKSR192K5wIVAsNkCh0EeAFSEAAYASAAEgLY7fD_BwE

* Want to help Ritchie Torres beat a homophobe in New York? https://secure.actblue.com/donate/dkendorsestorres?refcode=20200605fpdn1mid

* Want to help Doug Jones defend his seat against a Trumpist homophobe? https://secure.actblue.com/donate/stand-with-doug?refcode=gaa1&gclid=EAIaIQobChMIx8n4rdfT6gIVvxitBh0BfQmNEAAYASAAEgJSwfD_BwE

* Want to help Sara Gideon unseat Susan Collins? https://secure.actblue.com/donate/adopt-me-dem-susan-collins-seat

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

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

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

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

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

* "Keep Me Safe! Help me get a gate organized by Briel Moore:" https://www.gofundme.com/f/keep-me-safe-help-me-get-a-gate?utm_medium=copy_link&utm_source=customer&utm_campaign=p_lico+share-sheet+expWdV

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

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

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

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