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* "Northern Ireland facing food supply disruption over Brexit, MPs told:" https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2021/jan/06/northern-ireland-facing-food-supply-disruption-over-brexit-mps-told

* "Government urged not to cut ‘vital lifeline’ to vulnerable homeless LGBT+ youth during winter lockdown:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2021/01/06/lgbt-homeless-coronavirus-charities-everyone-in/

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* "Wars and instability pose vaccine challenges in poor nations:" https://www.latimes.com/world-nation/story/2020-12-27/wars-instability-pose-vaccine-challenges-in-poor-nations

* "This PPE Factory Isn't Protecting Its Workers Against COVID:"

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* Total confirmed COVID-19 cases in the U.S.A for 1/7/21 are 21,482,000. The official death toll is 365,000. The real number is likely much higher.

* "U.S. records its deadliest day of the pandemic while eyes are fixed on mob storming Capitol:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/2021/01/07/covid-coronavirus-updates/

* "Tennessee reports another 111 deaths, 9,000 new cases of COVID-19:" https://www.wmcactionnews5.com/2021/01/07/schd-more-than-active-coronavirus-cases-shelby-co/

* "The Gay 'Titanic' Sank; Let the Era of Selfishness Go With It:" https://www.advocate.com/commentary/2021/1/06/gay-titanic-sank-let-era-selfishness-go-it

* Most Republicans decided to shelter in small enclosed areas without masks in hope of infecting as many people as possible. "U.S. Congressman Tests Positive for COVID Hours After Attending Electoral College Vote in Person:" https://people.com/politics/u-s-congressman-tests-positive-for-covid-hours-after-voting-in-person-on-house-floor/

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* "SolarWinds hackers accessed thousands of DOJ employees' email accounts, department says:" https://www.politico.com/news/2021/01/06/solarwinds-hackers-justice-department-email-455478

* "Trump Is Said to Have Discussed Pardoning Himself:" https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/07/us/politics/trump-self-pardon.html

* Wednesday, Republicans rose up and attempted a coup after 45 ordered them to storm the capital and overthrow the government. The coup was put down, but 45 has not been arrested, nor have most of the people who tried to overthrow our government Democracy in his name, nor have Gohmert who called for the armed overthrow of the Government, nor Hawley nor any of the others who came out in support of that coup attempt.

The Capitol Police sided with the insurrectionists, refusing help from other agencies, removing barriers and generally helping the fascists in their attempt to violently establish a Trumpist dictatorship. To underline how much of a choice allowing the the looting of the Capitol is, contrast their active help with the level of force they illegally used against peaceful protesters last summer so 45 could hold a bible upside down in front of a Church for a photo op.

The Republicans also showed support for the attempted coup by going ahead with their plan to try to overthrow the election be having Senators and congress critters object to certifying the election. This attempt also failed, but if the overthrow of democracy was not now a mainstream Republican position why are so many elected officials proudly in support of this?

* "Flag: still there.:" https://sara.dreamwidth.org/618150.html

* "Trump unleashes fury at political rivals and allies alike:" https://www.politico.com/news/2021/01/06/trump-enters-burn-it-down-mode-455433

* "Hill chaos turns deadly after rioters storm Capitol:" https://www.politico.com/news/2021/01/06/electoral-college-certification-halted-amid-massive-pro-trump-demonstration-455495

* "Trump's Capitol Mob and the Double Standard of Who He Calls 'Thugs':" https://www.advocate.com/commentary/2021/1/06/trumps-capitol-mob-and-double-standard-who-he-calls-thugs

* "Lawmakers Slam Trump, Blame Him for Capitol ‘Coup’ Attempt:" https://www.advocate.com/politics/2021/1/06/trump-supporters-storm-capitol-interrupt-vote-certification

* Some security concerns pointed out: https://twitter.com/Nash076/status/1347085083392561152

* "Sadiq Khan says Donald Trump’s ‘deplorable’ views on LGBT+ rights ‘showed us who he is’ well before Capitol riots:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2021/01/07/sadiq-khan-donald-trump-capitol-riots-lgbt/

* "As the world condemns Donald Trump, the silence from America’s biggest LGBT+ Republican group is deafening:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2021/01/07/log-cabin-republicans-capitol-riots-donald-trump-richard-grenell/

* "Rep. Omar says Republicans who enabled Trump ‘have blood on their hands’:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/rep-omar-says-republicans-who-enabled-trump-have-blood-on-their-hands-99116613914

* "Manhunt underway for suspect who left pipe bombs in DC during Capitol riots:" https://www.thedenverchannel.com/news/national/manhunt-underway-for-suspect-who-left-pipe-bombs-in-dc-during-capitol-riots

* "Trump supporters leave lawn of Washington state governor’s mansion after standoff:" https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/politics/trump-supporters-open-gate-at-governors-mansion-in-olympia-occupy-front-lawn/

* "Pro-Trump protesters gather in Lansing as violence erupts in D.C:" https://www.lansingstatejournal.com/story/news/2021/01/06/pro-trump-protesters-gather-lansing-violence-erupts-d-c/6569746002/

* "Trump's 'big lie' keeps supporters in thrall but truth is the cure: Snyder:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/trump-s-big-lie-keeps-supporters-in-thrall-but-truth-is-the-cure-snyder-99124293932

* "'You can't lie your way to freedom': Timothy Snyder on truth and accountability:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/-you-can-t-lie-your-way-to-freedom-timothy-snyder-on-truth-and-accountability-99125829524

* "Pence took lead as Trump initially resisted sending National Guard to Capitol:" https://www.cnn.com/2021/01/06/politics/pence-national-guard/index.html

* "Capitol Police officer dies from injuries after clashing with pro-Trump mob:" https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/politics-news/capitol-police-officer-has-died-after-clashing-pro-trump-mob-n1253396

* "National Guard held in limbo as Trump mob ransacked U.S. Capitol:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/national-guard-held-in-limbo-as-trump-mob-ransacked-u-s-capitol-99124293773

* "Retired Capitol Police Officer: If that was a Black org., they would have never gotten to the steps:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-reidout/watch/retired-capitol-police-officer-if-that-was-a-black-org-they-would-have-never-gotten-to-the-steps-99113541602

* "Cunningham: It’s a choice for U.S. Capitol Police to ‘pretend this wasn't domestic terrorism’:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-reidout/watch/cunningham-it-s-a-choice-for-u-s-capitol-police-to-pretend-this-wasn-t-domestic-terrorism-99114565830

* "Pentagon placed limits on D.C. Guard ahead of pro-Trump protests due to narrow mission:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/trump-protests-washington-guard-military/2021/01/07/c5299b56-510e-11eb-b2e8-3339e73d9da2_story.html

* "Twitter, Facebook lock Trump's accounts in confrontation over Capitol breach posts:" https://www.politico.com/news/2021/01/06/twitter-trump-tweet-capitol-violence-455630

* "Donald Trump’s pitiful Twitter ban highlights the double standard between white supremacy and calling out transphobia:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2021/01/07/donald-trump-twitter-ban-suspension-lgbt-trans-capitol-hill-riots-transphobia/

* "'We were not protected': Questions raised about Capitol security in wake of Trump mob raid:" https://www.msnbc.com/msnbc/watch/-we-were-not-protected-questions-raised-about-capitol-security-in-wake-of-trump-mob-raid-99002949793

* "Last night I told my husband where my will was:" https://www.msnbc.com/msnbc/watch/ca-dem-rep-last-night-i-told-my-husband-where-my-will-was-98969157961

* "'Don’t dare call them protesters': Biden slams Capitol rioters as 'domestic terrorists':" https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/white-house/biden-slams-capitol-rioters-domestic-terrorists-don-t-dare-call-n1253335

* "Pelosi calls for Trump’s immediate ouster after deadly riots:" https://www.politico.com/news/2021/01/07/lawmakers-trump-25th-amendment-455832

* "Chris Hayes: Trump must be lawfully removed from office as fast as possible:" https://www.msnbc.com/msnbc/watch/chris-hayes-trump-must-be-lawfully-removed-from-office-as-fast-as-possible-99014213834

* "After Coup Attempt, LGBTQ+ Politicians, Orgs. Call for Trump's Removal:" https://www.advocate.com/politics/2021/1/07/after-coup-attempt-lgbtq-politicians-orgs-call-trumps-removal

* ""Not Only Did He Incite It, He Didn't Do Anything To Stop It" -Sen. Klobuchar On T****'s Failed Coup:"

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* "It has to be you:" https://solarbird.dreamwidth.org/1784716.html

* "Richard Grenell Is Still Spreading Lies About the Election:" https://www.advocate.com/media/2021/1/07/richard-grenell-still-spreading-lies-about-election

* "Maddow: Violent attack on U.S. Capitol a win in Trump's eyes as Republican support holds:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/maddow-violent-attack-on-u-s-capitol-a-win-in-trump-s-eyes-as-republican-support-holds-99124293834

* How much do mainstream Republicans hate Democracy and Freedom? Six Republican senators and 138 Republican Congress Folk voted to side with the Insurrectionists and overturn the Election.

* Want to check if your Republican Representative voted for a fascist dictatorship Wednesday? https://clerk.house.gov/evs/2021/roll011.xml

* "Congress certifies Biden’s win after day of chaos and violence:" https://www.politico.com/news/2021/01/06/congress-confirms-bidens-win-trump-455253

* "McConnell: "Our democracy would enter a death spiral" if Congress overturned election:" https://www.axios.com/mcconnell-electoral-college-2cc27aeb-00b2-4c56-b615-d87ae45c0acc.html

* "Joe Biden’s victory finally certified, ensuring a bright future for LGBT+ rights. Here’s how he became such a powerful ally:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2021/01/07/joe-biden-lgbt-rights-gay-trans-marriage-certified/

* "Biden to tap Merrick Garland for attorney general:" https://www.politico.com/news/2021/01/06/biden-to-tap-merrick-garland-for-attorney-general-455410

* "An isolated Trump bans Pence chief of staff from White House as other aides resign:" https://www.axios.com/trump-white-house-pence-chief-aides-676367a1-8110-4e53-9347-c3b09b578b45.html

* The rats flee the ship. "“They’re Being Told to Stay Away From Trump”: After a Day of Violence and 25th Amendment Chatter, Trump’s Allies Are Jumping Ship:" https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2021/01/after-a-day-of-violence-and-25th-amendment-chatter-trumps-allies-jumping-ship

* "US education secretary Betsy DeVos resigns, blaming Trump 'rhetoric' for violence:" https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/jan/07/trump-adviser-resigns-two-other-senior-officials-consider-quitting-matt-pottinger

* "Anti-Trans Betsy DeVos Resigns Amid Fallout From Trump's Capitol Mob:" https://www.advocate.com/politics/2021/1/07/anti-trans-betsy-devos-resigns-amid-fallout-trumps-capitol-mob

* "Trump's deputy national security adviser resigns as other top officials consider quitting over Capitol riot:" https://www.cnn.com/2021/01/06/politics/national-security-adviser-resigns-trump-protest/

* "Justice Dept. Seeks to Pare Back Civil Rights Protections for Minorities:" https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/05/us/politics/justice-department-disparate-impact.html

* "Trump auctions drilling rights to Arctic National Wildlife Refuge on Wednesday:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/2021/01/06/trump-arctic-national-wildlife-refuge-polar-bears/

"The Interior Department’s Bureau of Land Management will offer drilling rights to most of the refuge’s nearly 1.6 million-acre coastal plain, which attracts hundreds of thousands of migrating caribou and waterfowl each year and provides critical habitat for the Southern Beaufort Sea’s remaining polar bears. As sea ice on the Arctic Ocean abutting the refuge shrinks, the bears — threatened with extinction due to climate change — have been forced to spend more time on land. Federal scientists estimate that a third of the bears’ maternal dens lie within the area the administration has opened up for energy development."

* "Trump awards Medals of Freedom to three golfers on morning after riot at Capitol:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/2021/01/07/trump-medals-of-freedom-gary-player-annika-sorenstam-babe-zaharias/

* "U.S. unemployment claims slip to still-high 787,000:" https://www.politico.com/news/2021/01/07/us-unemployment-claims-slip-still-high-455760

* "We Spoke to People Facing Hunger During The Pandemic:"

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* "Warnock, Ossoff Win; Dems Will Control U.S. Senate:" https://www.advocate.com/politics/2021/1/05/warnock-projected-winner-georgia-ossoff-race-not-called-yet

* "The Republicans just lost control of the Senate. Here’s what it means for LGBT+ rights:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2021/01/06/georgia-election-results-lgbt-rights-senate-democrat-equality-act/

* "Republicans turn on Trump after Georgia loss:" https://www.politico.com/news/2021/01/06/republicans-turn-on-trump-georgia-loss-455305

* "Women Say They Were Abused and Deported by ICE. Now They Fear Being Silenced.:" https://www.vice.com/en/article/akd73b/women-say-they-were-abused-and-deported-by-ice-now-they-fear-being-silenced

* "How Defunding the Police Is Working Out in Seattle:"

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* "Racism Tainted Julius Jones' Murder Conviction. He's on Death Row Anyway.:" https://www.vice.com/en/article/88a5gx/racism-tainted-julius-jones-murder-conviction-hes-on-death-row-anyway

* "March For Death Row Inmate Julius Jones Ends At State Prison In McAlester:" https://www.newson6.com/story/5ff290d89888450bcadd8a62/march-for-death-row-inmate-julius-jones-ends-at-state-prison-in-mcalester

* "‘Soulless’ teen bludgeoned 15-year-old gay lover to death after paying thousands to keep their relationship a secret:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2021/01/07/alex-rodda-matthew-mason-guilty-murder-gay-cheshire-blackmail-trial-guilty/

* "India is poised for a gruelling battle for marriage equality. This inspiring couple are spearheading the fight:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2021/01/07/india-equal-marriage-lgbt-same-sex-delhi-kavita-arora-ankita-khanna-lgbt/

* "Outraged academics condemn government for handing anti-trans professor Kathleen Stock an OBE:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2021/01/06/kathleen-stock-obe-transphobia-open-letter/

* "Latinx Trans Woman Alexandria Winchester Killed in Bronx:" https://www.advocate.com/crime/2021/1/07/latinx-trans-woman-alexandria-winchester-killed-bronx

* "Washington DC votes to ban egregious gay and trans panic defences in honour of slain victims:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2020/12/17/washington-dc-gay-trans-panic-defence-banned-hate-crime-bill-charles-allen/

* "Gay teenager forced to masturbate to pictures of women in horrifying bid to ‘cure’ his sexuality:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2021/01/07/gay-man-conversion-therapy-curtis-galloway-kentucky-masturbate-women/

* "Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez cites bringing down price of PrEP as one of her proudest achievements during first term:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2021/01/07/alexandria-ocasio-cortez-prep-price-achievement-gilead-sciences-committee-hearing/

* "DRC: Polio transmission continues across multiple locations as of December 2020.:" https://www.garda.com/crisis24/news-alerts/417081/drc-polio-transmission-continues-across-multiple-locations-as-of-december-2020

* "America’s Trees Are Being Burned for Fuel Overseas:"

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* "Bay Area Lesbian Archives Founder Lenn Keller Dead at 69:" https://www.advocate.com/news/2021/1/06/bay-area-lesbian-archives-founder-lenn-keller-dead-69

* "A Riot At The Capitol Is Exactly What The "Law And Order" President Wanted:"

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* "Hey, Republicans Who Supported This President: Are We Great Again Yet?:"

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* "Tim Minchin: Talked Too Much, Stayed Too Long:"

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* I was still digesting the republican coup attempt Wednesday night and working on research and the like when our Internet went out. About an hour later it was frustratingly sporadic and i couldn't load half my stuff. I gave up and went to bed. My apologies.

Here's what else was going on at the Cat Asylum Wednesday: The Doctor's appointment was Endless. Getting into the lung clinic is a major drama. They do not answer the door bell so I have to wait until someone comes out to handle the next patient so I can flag them down, thus missing my appointment slot and pushing me back a half hour or so.

Them: Why didn't you use the door bell. Me: I did. No one ever answers it. Every time I come I ring it every five minutes or so. I've been here three times. No one's come yet.

I feel like the doorbell system could be streamlined. I don't know if it's not hooked up or they can't here it or they deliberately ignore it.

Neither the Doctor or nurse knew me and thus a massive amount of extra explanation was needed, so that went on and on. They had no sputum containers to send me home with, which meant dealing with the lab.

This is also a whole drama because there is no provision for people with no phones. As usual, I had to talk my way through several layers of screening to get sputum specimen containers. Ex: "No, If I quarantine for two weeks I will just be sicker and you still won't let me inside to get the specimen cups for the sputum test I need to get the targeted anti-biotic. The point of me being here is so we can find out which antibiotic to prescribe. For which I need specimen containers. which you won't give me because I can't go inside."

It would be much simpler if the screener could just go get a lab person to take my information and get me specimen containers. I could be gone in 5-10 minutes, but lab people don't come outside and I can't go in which requires me arguing with screeners who then have to go in and explain telephone game style until a lab person gives in agrees to come out with the clipboard to take my details which wastes 3-4 people's time for half an hour.

We did this last September or August, where they had lied to me that they would take the specimen via drive up, only they don't because I don't have a phone and after arguing through several layers wanted me to start over at the screening station where we could have had the same argument from scratch for another half hour. I decided to skip ahead to the arguing with screeners stage, but still, they've been doing this from march and refuse to come up with a system for dealing with people with non-Covid lung infections.

Update: I had sporadic outages all evening, but was able to work around them ass they were reasonable in length.

* The Midnight Society on The Failed Coup: https://twitter.com/midnight_pals/status/1347367983971123200

* The Midnight Society on Rowling and the BBC: https://twitter.com/midnight_pals/status/1341466988338577410

* The Midnight Society with More Rowling and the BBC: https://twitter.com/midnight_pals/status/1341828127673131010

* "Where are the fantasy/scifi races who hibernate?:" https://magnesiumflare.tumblr.com/post/639536740569333760/where-are-the-fantasyscifi-races-who-hibernate

* I tend to not notice things like casting decisions and behind the scenes drama and i avoid leaked information about series like the plague. I think I vaguely remember hearing a new Discworld thing got green lit, but when I saw the commercial for the Watch, I didn't connect the dots since it looked like some sort of Shadowrun adaptation in the commercials.

It took three days to get through the double episode. Me early on: Weird, they seem to have a lot of the same names as Pratchett characters from the Wa-wait a minute.

Yeah. It's...Oh god, it's like they jammed five books or more in there and understood none of them. I am angriest about Cheery who fucking matters to me as a trans person, but after that I can't work out if I'm angrier about Vimes or sybil. The librarian is a close fourth, or maybe Death, but the list goes on and on. I don't recognize Anhk-Morpork. Why are they calling that mass murderer Riducully because he's not even close and is he taking credit for everyone's inventions? Why is time all jumbled up? None of this makes sense. None of it's right.

I kept thinking as I stared it it in confusion and horror at something so important and beloved being stuck in a blender on puree with the contents of a privy, that this would never have happened if Pratchett were alive.

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

The help links are at the bottom under the cut.

* I can't swear to these, but they fit with everything I've heard. "HOW TO FIGHT COVID AT HOME when you are not hospitalized.:" https://laughingacademy.tumblr.com/post/639454183045644288/fighting-covid-when-kept-home

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* "The Protest Restaurants of Hong Kong:"

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* "Dozens killed in eastern DR Congo attack blamed on ADF: Officials:" https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/1/1/at-least-25-killed-in-eastern-dr-congo-adf-blamed-local

* "Special Report-Leaving Hong Kong: A family makes a wrenching decision:" https://www.reuters.com/article/us-hongkong-security-emigration-specialr/special-report-leaving-hong-kong-a-family-makes-a-wrenching-decision-idUSKBN28V1GK

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* "Military-grade camera shows risks of airborne coronavirus spread:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/investigations/2020/12/11/coronavirus-airborne-video-infrared-spread/?arc404=true

* "Some Covid Survivors Haunted by Loss of Smell and Taste:" https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/02/health/coronavirus-smell-taste.html

* I can't swear to these, but they fit with everything I've heard. "HOW TO FIGHT COVID AT HOME when you are not hospitalized.:" https://laughingacademy.tumblr.com/post/639454183045644288/fighting-covid-when-kept-home

* "Belgian St. Nick party for elderly leads to 27 virus deaths:" https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/belgian-st-nick-party-elderly-leads-27-coronavirus-deaths-n1252649

* "Covid: New lockdowns for England and Scotland ahead of 'hardest weeks':" https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-55538937

* Total confirmed COVID-19 cases in the U.S.A for 1/5/21 are 20,758,000. The official death toll is 353,000. The real number is likely much higher.

* "U.S. coronavirus cases eclipse 20 million:" https://www.politico.com/news/2021/01/01/us-coronavirus-cases-20-million-453275

* "A new year brings same problems with delayed vaccine distribution:" https://www.cnn.com/2021/01/01/politics/states-struggle-chaos-vaccine-distribution-warp-speed/index.html

* "Legendary gay bar pleads with government to let it help with COVID vaccine roll-out:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2021/01/04/nightingale-club-birmingham-gay-bar-covid-vaccine-roll-out-brewdog-twitter/

* "Do-It-Yourself Contact Tracing Is A 'Last Resort' In Communities Besieged By COVID-19:" https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2020/12/27/949246298/do-it-yourself-contact-tracing-is-a-last-resort-in-communities-besieged-by-covid

* "‘It can be done’: Fauci on Biden vaccination plan of 100M doses in first 100 days:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/-it-can-be-done-fauci-on-biden-vaccination-plan-of-100m-doses-in-first-100-days-98789957734

* They are requiring EMTs to play God. "Ambulance Crews Told to Only Transport Patients with Best Possible Outcomes:" https://losangeleno.com/coronavirus-los-angeles/january-1-2021/

* "Army Corps of Engineers arrive at 6 LA County hospitals to help with oxygen delivery systems:" https://www.loscerritosnews.net/2021/01/04/army-corps-of-engineers-arrive-at-6-la-county-hospitals-to-help-with-oxygen-delivery-systems/

* They paid $1000.00 to go to the saddest Middle School dance ever. "With Trump a no-show, Mar-a-Lago guests left to party maskless with Rudy Giuliani and Vanilla Ice:" https://www.cnn.com/2021/01/01/politics/mar-a-lago-new-years-eve/index.html

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* CW: Suicide "UK judge refuses US extradition of WikiLeaks founder Assange:" https://apnews.com/article/julian-assange-uk-refuses-us-extradition-5b148b0b6b9f72a20eedad4218e8227a

* "In Gay We Trust: 2021 and the Great Moral Reset:" https://www.advocate.com/commentary/2021/1/01/gay-we-trust-2021-and-great-moral-reset

* "Pence may choose 2020 election winner ‘as he sees fit,’ Gohmert says in court filing:" https://www.politico.com/news/2021/01/01/pence-2020-election-winner-gohmert-453259

* "At least 12 GOP senators to challenge Biden's win:" https://www.politico.com/news/2021/01/02/ted-cruz-electoral-college-challenge-453430

* "Georgia fights latest Trump suit to overturn November election:" https://www.politico.com/news/2021/01/04/trump-georgia-overturn-kemp-454925

* "Trump’s pressure on Georgia election officials raises legal questions:" https://www.politico.com/news/2021/01/03/trump-georgia-election-454122

* "Analysis: The 37 most outrageous lines from Donald Trump's call with the Georgia secretary of state:" https://www.cnn.com/2021/01/04/politics/donald-trump-brad-raffensperger-phone-call-georgia/index.html

* "Raffensperger: Trump could face investigation over election call:" https://www.politico.com/news/2021/01/04/raffensperger-trump-investigation-call-454478

* "All 10 living former defense secretaries: Involving the military in election disputes would cross into dangerous territory:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/10-former-defense-secretaries-military-peaceful-transfer-of-power/2021/01/03/2a23d52e-4c4d-11eb-a9f4-0e668b9772ba_story.html

* "U.S. Attorney for North Georgia abruptly resigns due to ‘unforeseen circumstances’:" https://www.ajc.com/news/breaking-us-attorney-for-north-georgia-resigns-effective-immediately/UDJNKRKKLRFILC4NC5QKWEUKXM/

* "‘I wanted to scream.’ Georgia election official voices his exhaustion with Trump’s baseless fraud claims.:" https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/04/us/gabriel-sterling-trump.html

* "Joy says Trump pressuring Georgia officials to change vote count ‘blows Watergate out of the water’:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-reidout/watch/joy-says-trump-pressuring-georgia-officials-to-change-vote-count-blows-watergate-out-of-the-water-98779717850

* "U.S. attorney in Georgia abruptly resigns after Trump scorns unnamed 'never Trumper':" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/u-s-attorney-in-georgia-abruptly-resigns-after-trump-scorns-unnamed-never-trumper-98795077709

* "'Two of the most egregious voter suppressors': Abrams points to Kemp, Raffensperger records:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/-two-of-the-most-egregious-voter-suppressors-abrams-points-to-kemp-raffensperger-records-98796613566

* "Anti-democracy Trump backers to face bipartisan pushback in Congress: Klobuchar:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/anti-democracy-trump-backers-to-face-bipartisan-pushback-in-congress-klobuchar-98795589862

* "D.C. Police Arrest Leader Of The Proud Boys Ahead Of Far-Right Protests:" https://www.npr.org/2021/01/04/953349879/d-c-police-prepare-for-far-right-protests-as-congress-counts-electoral-votes

* "Demonstrations, Road Closures Begin Tuesday in DC Before Congress Acts on Electoral College Vote:" https://www.nbcwashington.com/news/local/demonstrations-road-closures-to-begin-tuesday-in-dc-before-congress-acts-on-electoral-college-vote/2529480/

* "Republicans’ desperate final bid to steal the election involves a 200-year-old queer presidential candidate:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2021/01/04/josh-hawley-election-result-challenge-electoral-count-act/

* "Trump to give ally Nunes the Presidential Medal of Freedom:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2021/01/03/trump-give-ally-nunes-presidential-medal-freedom/

* "Congress overrides a Trump veto for the first time with Senate vote on defense bill:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/congress-override-trump-first-time/2021/01/01/eaca9c96-4c51-11eb-a9d9-1e3ec4a928b9_story.html

* "The future of LGBT+ rights ‘is at stake’ in the Georgia Senate run-offs. Here’s why:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2021/01/04/georgia-lgbt-rights-run-off-elections-david-perdue-kelly-loeffler-raphael-warnock-jon-ossoff/

* Extended Interview with Stacey Abrams:

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* "Rev. Warnock on Loeffler contesting Electoral College: ‘Georgians need a Senator, not a sycophant':" https://www.msnbc.com/the-reidout/watch/rev-warnock-on-loeffler-contesting-electoral-college-georgians-need-a-senator-not-a-sycophant-98784325606

* Georgians! Did you vote? Today is your last chance to flip the Senate! Vote now!

* "Nashville bomber's bizarre writings reveal belief in aliens and lizard people:" https://www.newschannel5.com/news/newschannel-5-investigates/nashville-bombers-bizarre-writings-reveal-belief-in-aliens-and-lizard-people

* "A Public Defender’s Lonely Fight Against Family Separation:" https://theintercept.com/2020/11/01/el-paso-family-separation-border-patrol/?src=longreads

* "Warrant: Officers tried to buy gun from man shot by police:" https://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/hundreds-demonstrate-fatal-minneapolis-police-shooting-75033683

* "Indigenous Women Keep Going Missing in Montana:"

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* "The Woman Who Live Streamed Philando Castile’s Death Talks Mental Health:"

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* CW: Rape. "Supreme Court overturns top military court, rules that rape cases before 2006 can be prosecuted:" https://www.cnn.com/2020/12/10/politics/supreme-court-military-sexual-assault-prosecuted-any-time/index.html

* CW: Extreme Pedophilia, Rape, domestic Abuse. "‘A lifetime of torture’: the story of the woman Trump is rushing to execute:" https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/jan/05/lisa-montgomery-death-row-execution-history

* "Disgraced cop who quit over dominatrix vampire sex unleashed torrent of homophobic and racist abuse:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2020/12/18/vampire-sex-dominatrix-stephen-redgewell-met-police-denise-pearce-homophobia/

* CW: Suicide. "Trans teen dies by suicide after being ‘humiliated’ for wearing a skirt to school:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2020/12/18/justice-for-fouad-transgender-student-suicide-fenelon-high-school/

* "Greece makes history and appoints its first-ever openly gay cabinet minister:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2021/01/04/nicholas-yatromanolakis-gay-minister-cabinet-greece-prime-minister-kyriakos-mitsotakis-culture/

* "Founder of anti-LGBT+ hate group outraged that people are describing it as an anti-LGBT+ hate group:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2020/12/21/anti-lgbt-hate-group-jennifer-roback-morse-ruth-institute-nbc-hate-group/

* "California Gay Couple’s Xmas Decorations Torn, Smeared With Feces:" https://www.advocate.com/news/2020/12/18/california-gay-couples-xmas-decorations-torn-smeared-feces

* "This Retired Oil Exec Wants to Plug Up Millions of Abandoned Wells Across the US:"

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* "Podcast: How the FBI Destroyed the Careers of 41 Women in TV and Radio:" https://thereader.mitpress.mit.edu/how-the-fbi-destroyed-the-careers-of-progressive-women/

* "The CIA’s Secret Global War Against the Left:" https://jacobinmag.com/2020/11/operation-condor-cia-latin-america-repression-torture

* "29 movie characters who should have been gay:"

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* "The President Just Called To Steal The Election:"

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* "Another Perfect Call: The President's Desperate Attempts To Steal The Election Continue:"

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

The help links are at the bottom under the cut.

* I can't swear to these, but they fit with everything I've heard. "HOW TO FIGHT COVID AT HOME when you are not hospitalized.:" https://laughingacademy.tumblr.com/post/639454183045644288/fighting-covid-when-kept-home

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* "Shadowy Ethiopian massacre could be 'tip of the iceberg':" https://apnews.com/article/sudan-ethiopia-massacres-d16a089f8dcb0511172b5662b9244f78

* "Croatia hit by 6.4 magnitude earthquake, leaving at least 7 dead:" https://www.cnn.com/2020/12/29/europe/croatia-earthquake-6-3-magnitude-petrinja-intl/index.html

* CW: Torture. "Torture and discrimination: How police brutality became endemic in India:" https://www.cnn.com/2020/12/02/india/police-brutality-india-dst-intl-hnk/index.html

* "The search for the disappeared points to Mexico’s darkest secrets:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/graphics/2020/world/mexico-losing-control/mexico-disappeared-drug-war/?itid=sf_world

* "Wuhan Covid citizen journalist jailed for four years in China's Christmas crackdown:" https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/dec/28/wuhan-citizen-journalist-jailed-for-four-years-in-chinas-christmas-crackdown

* "Hong Kong democracy activists caught at sea go on trial in China:" https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-china-55463512

* "India farmers agree to meet gov’t over new laws they want revoked:" https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2020/12/26/india-farmers-agree-to-meet-govt-over-new-laws-they-want-revoked

* "Saudi Activist Who Urged Women's Driving Rights Gets Nearly 6-Year Prison Term:" https://www.npr.org/2020/12/28/950765197/saudi-activist-who-urged-womens-driving-rights-gets-nearly-6-year-prison-term

* "Boris Johnson’s last-minute Brexit deal includes a new scheme named after gay war hero Alan Turing:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2020/12/24/boris-johnson-brexit-deal-alan-turing-erasmus-exchange-scheme-enigma-war-hero/

* "Hunger study predicts 168,000 pandemic-linked child deaths:" https://apnews.com/article/africa-hunger-study-coronavirus-children-0e2a17d63163d8558d203b2824a844fe

* "Ethiopia's war risks leaving manufacturing dreams in tatters:" https://www.reuters.com/article/us-ethiopia-conflict-manufacturing-insig/ethiopias-war-risks-leaving-manufacturing-dreams-in-tatters-idUSKBN28J0EI

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* "Fears of a ‘Twindemic’ Recede as Flu Lies Low:" https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/13/health/flu-coronavirus-twindemic.html

* "Pandemic expert: ‘We have no idea’ how long new COVID-19 vaccines offer protection:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-sunday-show/watch/covid-19-vaccines-length-of-protection-is-unknown-pandemic-expert-says-98450501977

* "New Covid variant linked to higher viral load in the blood:" https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/dec/30/new-covid-variant-linked-to-higher-viral-load-in-the-blood

* "Oxford-AstraZeneca Covid vaccine approved by UK regulator :" https://www.cnbc.com/2020/12/30/oxford-astrazeneca-covid-vaccine-approved-by-uk-regulator-.html

* "Scientists call for full lockdown in England as new Covid cases multiply:" https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/dec/29/scientists-warn-tier-4-not-enough-to-control-covid-in-england

* "Covid: South Africa's Ramaphosa announces new restrictions as cases soar:" https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-55468104

* "Nurse under investigation after having gay sex with COVID-19 patient in hospital toilet, leaving PPE scattered on the floor:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2020/12/28/covid-19-gay-sex-nurse-investigation-wisma-atlet-emergency-hospital-jakarta-indonesia/

* "Czech Republic Starts Coronavirus Vaccine Rollout:" https://www.usnews.com/news/world/articles/2020-12-27/czech-republic-starts-rollout-of-coronavirus-vaccine

* "Coronavirus: German daily death toll surpasses 1,000 for 1st time:" https://www.dw.com/en/coronavirus-german-daily-death-toll-surpasses-1000-for-1st-time/a-56090689

* "Germany alarmed by threat posed by coronavirus deniers:" https://www.reuters.com/article/us-germany-security-idUSKBN2921P7

* "The Latest: South Korea sees surge in coronavirus cases:" https://www.mercurynews.com/2020/12/25/the-latest-south-korea-sees-surge-in-coronavirus-cases/

* "The Latest: France confirms case of new virus variant:" https://abcnews.go.com/Health/wireStory/latest-us-requires-uk-passengers-negative-test-74905561

* "COVID: In Italy, the second wave is now as deadly as the first:" https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2020/12/25/why-is-italy-going-thought-a-deadly-wave-again

* "Coronavirus: Spain to keep register of those who refuse Covid vaccine:" https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-55471282

* "Covid-19 Cases Jump to 1,047 in Greece on Tuesday Covid-19 Cases Jump to 1,047 in Greece on Tuesday:" https://greece.greekreporter.com/2020/12/29/covid-19-cases-jump-to-1047-in-greece-on-tuesday/

* "1st reported US case of COVID-19 variant found in Colorado:" https://apnews.com/article/public-health-united-kingdom-jared-polis-coronavirus-pandemic-denver-755cd6f5e9189b1890f34f625d6a37f8

* "Biden team preps to accelerate pace of coronavirus vaccinations:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/biden-team-preps-to-accelerate-pace-of-coronavirus-vaccinations-98582597549

* "Trump admin. fails to keep Trump's promises on Covid-19 vaccine distribution timing:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/trump-admin-fails-to-keep-trump-s-promises-on-covid-19-vaccine-distribution-timing-98513989890

* "Shortcomings of U.S. public health infrastructure seen in mishandling of Covid, vaccine:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/shortcomings-of-u-s-public-health-infrastructure-seen-in-mishandling-of-covid-vaccine-98515013855

* "Jason Johnson: 'This snail's pace of a rollout is, put simply, a mess':" https://www.msnbc.com/the-reidout/watch/jason-johnson-this-snail-s-pace-of-a-rollout-is-put-simply-a-mess-98569285751

* "Stay-at-home order for much of California extended amid COVID-19 overload at hospitals:" https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2020-12-29/california-breaks-single-day-record-coronavirus-cases-66811

* L.A. County hospitals turn away ambulances, put patients in gift shop":" https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2020-12-29/l-a-county-hospitals-at-the-breaking-point-turn-away-ambulances

* "Pasadena hospital to use panel to ration care if COVID-19 situation worsens:" https://www.thebharatexpressnews.com/pasadena-hospital-to-use-panel-to-ration-care-if-covid-19-situation-worsens/

* "Rampant Covid-19 crushing L.A. County hospital resources:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/rampant-covid-19-crushing-l-a-county-hospital-resources-98583109894

* "California Not Tracking LGBTQ+ Pandemic Data Despite Promise:" https://www.advocate.com/health/2020/12/11/california-not-tracking-lgbtq-pandemic-data-despite-promise

* "COVID-19 in South Dakota: 427 new total cases; Death toll remains at 1,446; Active cases at 6,695:" https://www.keloland.com/news/healthbeat/coronavirus/covid-19-in-south-dakota-427-new-total-cases-death-toll-remains-at-1446-active-cases-at-6695/

* "Florida governor's aide criticized over COVID-19 tweet:" https://www.wesh.com/article/desantis-aide-covid-19-tweet/35074735

* "Oxygen supply shortages bedevil hospitals already overwhelmed by COVID-19 patients:" https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2020-12-29/oxygen-supply-shortages-bedevil-hospitals-already-overwhelmed-by-covid-19-patients

* "Oregon Hospitals Didn't Have Shortages. So Why Were Disabled People Denied Care?:" https://www.npr.org/2020/12/21/946292119/oregon-hospitals-didnt-have-shortages-so-why-were-disabled-people-denied-care

* "As prison infections and death rates soar, inmate treatment during pandemic scrutinized:" https://www.msnbc.com/cross-connection/watch/covid-19-death-and-infection-rates-in-prisons-spark-calls-to-improve-inmate-conditions-98421317802

* Think it will be Masque of the Red Death themed? "Trump to host New Year's Eve gala at Mar-a-Lago amid COVID pandemic. What we know:" https://www.palmbeachpost.com/story/news/2020/12/28/trump-new-years-eve-2020-celebrities-mar-lago-covid-pandemic/4058886001/

* "Tyson fires 7 at Iowa pork plant after COVID betting inquiry:" https://abcnews.go.com/Health/wireStory/tyson-facing-lawsuit-employee-covid-19-death-74762451

* "Massachusetts GOP leader says he likely got covid-19 at a White House Hanukkah party: ‘I’m paying the price’:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2020/12/29/tom-mountain-white-house-party-covid/

* "Covid-19 regrets follow one state Republican official home from White House party:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/covid-19-regrets-follow-one-state-republican-official-home-from-white-house-party-98583109609

* "Cuomo Threatens $1 Million Fine And License Revocation For COVID Vaccine Fraudsters:" https://gothamist.com/news/cuomo-threatens-1-million-fine-and-license-revocation-covid-vaccine-fraudsters

* What has he ever done to deserve to skip the queue ahead of nursing home residents and staff? ":" https://people.com/politics/marco-rubio-slammed-for-dishing-dr-fauci-criticism-after-receiving-a-covid-19-vaccine-himself/

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* "Peter Humphrey was once locked up in China. Now he advises other prisoners and their families how to take on Beijing:" https://www.cnn.com/2020/12/13/asia/peter-humphrey-china-prisoners-intl-hnk/index.html

* "Gohmert suit may force Pence's hand in effort to overturn Trump's defeat:" https://www.politico.com/news/2020/12/28/gohmert-suit-pence-overturn-trumps-defeat-451485

* "Until Biden’s win is certified, the U.S. remains vulnerable:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2020/12/26/until-bidens-win-is-certified-us-remains-vulnerable/

* "Absurdity no obstacle to Republican effort to save Trump from democracy:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/absurdity-no-obstacle-to-republican-effort-to-save-trump-from-democracy-98513989904

* "Neal Katyal: 'Trump is still living in a fantasy world':" https://www.msnbc.com/the-reidout/watch/-trump-is-still-living-in-a-fantasy-world-98576965839

* "Trump performing well among people charged with voter fraud in Pennsylvania:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/trump-performing-well-among-people-charged-with-voter-fraud-in-pennsylvania-98513477893

* Extended Interview with the Bidens:

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* "Biden to tap former Michigan Gov. Granholm to lead Energy Department:" https://www.politico.com/news/2020/12/15/biden-to-tap-former-michigan-gov-granholm-to-lead-energy-department-445782

* "Fired Florida data scientist Rebekah Jones named Forbes ‘Technology Person of the Year’:" https://www.wfla.com/news/florida/fired-florida-data-scientist-rebekah-jones-named-forbes-technology-person-of-the-year/

* "Antigay Counselor Marcus Bachmann Gets Presidential Appointment:" https://www.advocate.com/politics/2020/12/24/antigay-counselor-marcus-bachmann-gets-presidential-appointment

* "Donald Trump signs Covid-19 relief and spending bill:" https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/dec/28/donald-trump-signs-covid-19-relief-and-spending-bill

* "‘Marie Antoinette has nothing on this guy:’ Trump’s ‘cruel’ delay in signing relief bill:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/-marie-antoinette-has-nothing-on-this-guy-trump-s-cruel-delay-in-signing-relief-bill-98509893939

* "House passes measure to increase stimulus checks to $2,000:" https://www.cnn.com/2020/12/28/politics/house-vote-direct-payments-2000/index.html

* "House approves bill to up Covid relief checks to $2,000:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-reidout/watch/house-approves-bill-to-up-covid-relief-checks-to-2-000-98506309984

* ...And McConnell's blocking it. "McConnell Blocks Vote on $2,000 Checks Despite G.O.P. Pressure:" https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/29/us/politics/mcconnell-blocks-stimulus-check-vote.html

* "Mehdi: Wealthy GOP senators don’t need $2,000—so they think you don’t either:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/mehdi-wealthy-gop-senators-don-t-need-2-000-so-they-think-you-don-t-either-98566725902

* "House overrides Trump veto on $740B defense spending bill:" https://www.kiro7.com/news/trending/house-overrides-trump-veto-740b-defense-spending-bill/BQ4DT6FI2ZFFVHL2L2HDWUJANA/

* "Bernie Sanders to delay defense veto override in bid for $2,000 checks:" https://www.politico.com/news/2020/12/28/bernie-sanders-filibuster-delay-defense-veto-override-451697

* "NYC Food Delivery Workers Band to Demand Better Treatment. Will New York Listen to Los Deliveristas Unidos?:" https://www.thecity.nyc/work/2020/12/6/22157730/nyc-food-delivery-workers-demand-better-treatment

* "Stacey Abrams: 'November demonstrated that democratic values ... can win in our state':" https://www.msnbc.com/the-reidout/watch/stacey-abrams-november-demonstrated-that-democratic-values-can-win-in-our-state-98567749990

* "Hate preacher Franklin Graham calls on ‘God’s army’ to stop Democrats from passing LGBT+ rights law:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2020/12/29/franklin-graham-gods-army-lgbt-rights-equality-act-democrats-georgia-elections/

* Georgians! Go Vote Now!

* "Behind Washington’s one-eighty on Facebook: A rethink of monopoly power:" https://www.politico.com/news/2020/12/13/facebook-antitrust-flip-flop-444652

* "Lesbian police officer celebrated as a hero for saving lives after Christmas Day suicide bombing:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2020/12/28/lesbian-police-officer-nashville-christmas-bombing-explosion-amanda-topping/

* "Ayman Mohyeldin: 'That is a quintessential form of a terrorist act':" https://www.msnbc.com/the-reidout/watch/ayman-mohyeldin-that-is-a-quintessential-form-of-a-terrorist-act-98510917936

* "Anthony Quinn Warner identified as Nashville bomber:" https://www.cnn.com/2020/12/27/us/nashville-explosion-what-we-know/index.html

* "2020 Exposed the Myth of American “Security”:" https://inthesetimes.com/article/security-state-police-military-ice-homeland-security-covid-pandemic-war-prison

* "Jose Antonio Vargas Opens Up About Being Undocumented and Gay:" https://www.advocate.com/politics/2019/5/29/pulitzer-winner-jose-antonio-vargas-still-wrestles-being-gay

* "Columbus, Ohio, Officer Who Shot And Killed Andre Hill Is Fired:" https://www.npr.org/2020/12/28/950976148/columbus-ohio-officer-who-shot-and-killed-andre-hill-is-fired

* "Cops Could Use First Aid to Save Lives. Many Never Try.:" https://www.themarshallproject.org/2020/12/15/cops-could-use-first-aid-to-save-lives-many-never-try

* "The state of the Black Lives Matter movement, and its future, analyzed by experts:" https://www.msnbc.com/cross-connection/watch/black-lives-matter-gaining-mainstream-acceptance-in-2020-analyzed-by-experts-98421317855

* "How Did We End Up With Our Current Public Defender System?:" https://www.thenation.com/article/society/sara-mayeux-free-justice-public-defenders/

* "A Corrections Officer Trainee Says He Was Fired for Wearing a Black Lives Matter Shirt:" https://www.vice.com/en/article/4ada39/a-corrections-officer-trainee-says-he-was-fired-for-wearing-a-black-lives-matter-shirt

* "Inside Trump and Barr’s Last-Minute Killing Spree:" https://www.propublica.org/article/inside-trump-and-barrs-last-minute-killing-spree

* CW: Rape, Torture. This one’s a particularly bad one. "Man arrested after gang tortures, beats and rapes a trans woman as she pleaded them through tears to stop:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2020/12/26/trans-woman-tortured-gang-raped-chunian-pakistan-sohana-geo-news/

* CW: Sexual Assault. "Veterans groups demand VA Secretary Wilkie resign after scathing report that he tried to discredit assault victim:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/veterans-wilkie-resign/2020/12/12/97f9cb80-3c76-11eb-bc68-96af0daae728_story.html

* "Bolivia recognises same-sex union in historic first after gay couple took their battle for recognition to the courts:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2020/12/13/bolivia-david-aruquipa-guido-montana-same-sex-civil-union-civil-registry-constitutional-court/

* "Plane forced to land early after woman became so homophobic the pilot feared passengers were in danger:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2020/12/29/gemma-campbell-homophobic-flight-jet2-manchester-cork-fuertaventura-canary-islands/

* "Gay MP says 'under no circumstances' should 'abusive and sinister' LGB Alliance be granted charitable status:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2020/12/28/lgb-alliance-john-nicolson-charity-commission-abusive-transphobic-gay-snp-mp/

* "Equalities minister Liz Truss pits minorities against the ‘white working class’ in concerning rant littered with dogwhistles:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2020/12/27/liz-truss-conservative-minority-woke-identity-politics-working-class-poverty-lgbt-daily-mail/

* "LGB Alliance hit with blistering backlash yet again after confronting brave Eddie Izzard over her pronouns:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2020/12/29/eddie-izzard-pronouns-she-her-lgb-alliance-anti-trans-lobby-charlotte-nichols/

* "Tory MP Jackie Doyle-Price defends voting against rights for lesbians while also policing who can be a lesbian:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2020/12/29/jackie-doyle-price-tory-mp-charlotte-nichols-same-sex-marriage-lesbian-eddie-izzard/

* "BBC media editor applauds JK Rowling’s ‘bravery’ and names error-strewn transgender essay one of the best reads of the year:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2020/12/21/bbc-media-editor-amol-rajan-jk-rowling-bravery-transgender-essay-transphobia/

* "This trans woman was kicked out of a clothing store after making shoppers ‘uncomfortable’. Now she’s fighting back:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2020/12/27/colton-stankowski-transgender-calgary-canada-clothing-store/

* "Gay Black man stabbed and left in coma for four days is ‘hopeless’ knowing attackers are still walking free:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2020/12/28/gay-black-man-stabbed-coma-boston-massachusetts-anthony-crumbley/

* "Defiant ex-Mormon hangs 10,000 rainbow Christmas lights in protest against homophobic neighbours:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2020/12/25/woman-10000-rainbow-christmas-lights-protest-homophobic/

* "Hateful Russian bishop thinks Joe Biden ‘should be imprisoned’ for supporting transgender children:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2020/12/29/russia-bishop-hilarion-alfeyev-joe-biden-transgender-children-rights-orthodox-church/

* "Transgender woman shot dead on Christmas Day in suspected hate crime. She was misgendered by police in her death:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2020/12/29/courtney-eshay-key-chicago-transgender-woman-death-misgendered-police/

* "Long-Acting HIV Regimen Approved in Europe:" https://www.hivplusmag.com/treatment/2020/12/21/long-acting-hiv-regimen-approved-europe

* "How Scientists Use and Abuse Portraiture:" https://hyperallergic.com/604897/how-scientists-use-and-abuse-portraiture/

* "The Indoorification of Outdoor Dining:" https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-11-27/outdoor-dining-looks-a-lot-like-indoor-dining

* "'We Are Shipping To The U.S.': Inside China's Online Synthetic Drug Networks:" https://www.npr.org/2020/11/17/916890880/we-are-shipping-to-the-u-s-china-s-fentanyl-sellers-find-new-routes-to-drug-user

* "NYC's Struggling Street Vendors Confront Their Worst-Ever Crisis:" https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-12-10/nyc-street-vendors-fight-for-survival

* "To Make a Building Healthier, Stop Sanitizing Everything:" https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2020-12-16/covid-pandemic-microbiomes-could-be-key-to-stopping-spread-of-future-viruses

* "'Flexing their power': how America's richest zip code stays exclusive:" https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/dec/06/atherton-california-wealthy-zip-code-zoning

* "I tried the world's first no-kill, lab-grown chicken burger:" https://www.theguardian.com/food/2020/dec/04/no-kill-lab-grown-chicken-burger-restaurant-israel

Look, I’m a vegetarian, but I absolutely support sustainable cruelty free meat, assuming this is what they are saying it is.

Not everyone can be vegetarian for a variety of reasons and there will always be a lot of people wanting to eat meat. I’m all for more planet friendly cruelty free options if they can be found.

* "The Caribbean islands poisoned by a carcinogenic pesticide:" https://www.bbc.com/news/stories-54992051

* "What Happens to the Farm-to-Table Restaurant When Climate Change Sets the Farm On Fire?:" https://www.eater.com/22187508/single-thread-sonoma-county-climate-change-2020-california-wildfires

* "How Famous Surfers and Wealthy Homeowners Are Endangering Hawaii’s Beaches:" https://www.propublica.org/article/how-famous-surfers-and-wealthy-homeowners-are-endangering-hawaiis-beaches

* "They’re Among the World’s Oldest Living Things. The Climate Crisis Is Killing Them.:" https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/12/09/climate/redwood-sequoia-tree-fire.html

* "Louisiana chemical facilities are ‘ticking time bombs’ during hurricanes. Residents are left in the dark about the risks.:" https://southerlymag.org/2020/12/07/louisiana-chemical-facilities-are-ticking-time-bombs-during-hurricanes-residents-are-left-in-the-dark-about-the-risks/

* "The curse of 'white oil': electric vehicles' dirty secret:" https://www.theguardian.com/news/2020/dec/08/the-curse-of-white-oil-electric-vehicles-dirty-secret-lithium

* "Ancient Roman ‘homophobic graffiti’ found in unearthed Pompeii snack bar: ‘Nicia cinaede cacator’:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2020/12/28/pompeii-homophobic-graffiti-ancient-rome-gay-catamite-thermopolium-italy/

* "The Mystery of Harriet Tubman's Family Cabin:" https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/harriet-tubman-cabin

* "Why Do So Many Places In Texas Have 'Negro' In Their Name, Despite A Law Against It?:" https://www.npr.org/2020/12/11/945040041/why-do-so-many-places-in-texas-have-negro-in-their-name-despite-a-law-against-it

* "Southern schools' history textbooks: A long history of deception, and what the future holds:" https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/education/2020/12/07/southern-history-textbooks-long-history-deception/3809954001/

* "Kansas City paper apologizes to local Black community for reinforcing Jim Crow:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-sunday-show/watch/kansas-city-star-apologizes-to-local-black-community-for-its-part-in-systemic-racism-98449477957

* "This secret lesbian couple organised the first-ever White House meeting on LGBT+ rights, changing the path of equality forever:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2020/12/25/secret-lesbian-couple-historic-meeting-the-white-house/

* "'Singing and dancing to their deaths': football’s forgotten tragedy:" https://www.theguardian.com/news/2020/dec/03/rangers-football-forgotten-tragedy-ibrox-stadium-disaster-glasgow

* "The hidden story of African-Irish children:" https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-55145873

* "She Stalked Her Daughter’s Killers Across Mexico, One by One:" https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/13/world/americas/miriam-rodriguez-san-fernando.html

* "Pierre Cardin, Revolutionary French Fashion Designer, Dies at 98:" https://www.advocate.com/news/2020/12/29/pierre-cardin-revolutionary-french-fashion-designer-dies-98

* "Spy Novelist John Le Carré Dies At 89:" https://www.npr.org/2020/12/13/946105256/spy-chronicler-john-le-carre-dies-at-89

* "Remembering the indefatigable gay rights activist who fought for 40 years to marry the man he loved:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2020/12/18/anthony-sullivan-gay-rights-activist-marriage-australia-death-tribute-richard-adams/

* "Notorious Club Kid killer Michael Alig, once played by Macaulay Culkin, dies of ‘heroin overdose’ on Christmas morning:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2020/12/26/michael-alig-club-kid-killer-dies-christmas-new-york-city-macaulay-culkin/

* "The Man Who Was Dying to Be an Actor:" http://nowiknow.com/the-man-who-was-dying-to-be-an-actor/

* "The Ballad of Ron and Dorinda:" https://www.esquire.com/news-politics/a34773551/prison-break-lovebirds/

* "Jogger claims kangaroo attacked her in a violent rage because she was wearing Sarah Jessica Parker perfume:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2020/12/04/sarah-jessica-parker-perfume-kangaroo-attack-melbourne-australia/

* "The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn Part 1: Crash Course Literature 302:"

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* "The Raft, the River, and The Weird Ending of Huckleberry Finn: Crash Course Literature 303:"

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* CW: Rape. "Marvel's Jessica Jones: Consent & Toxic Masculinity:"

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* "Ranking 2020 Costume Dramas on Historical Accuracy:"

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* "Inflatable You by Tim Minchin:"

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* I adore this "Welcome Mari Lwyd:' https://skinnywhitechick.bandcamp.com/track/welcome-mari-lwyd-winter-wish-demo-version

* "Sunday Sweets: Jen's Happy Cakes:" https://www.cakewrecks.com/home/2020/12/27/sunday-sweets-jens-happy-cakes

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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.

* "8 Overlooked LGBTQ Groups to Donate to for Giving Tuesday:" https://www.advocate.com/commentary/2019/12/02/8-overlooked-lgbtq-groups-donate-giving-tuesday

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* "Hundreds protest in Armenia after PM ignores deadline to resign:" https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2020/12/8/hundreds-protest-in-armenia-after-pm-ignores-deadline-to-resign

* "344 kidnapped Nigerian boys freed, says state official:" https://www.cnn.com/2020/12/17/africa/nigerian-schoolboys-released-intl/index.html

* "Lebanon: 'Bread riots' in Beirut over reports subsidies on basic goods will end:" https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-55224884

* "Legislative election leaves Venezuela in political standoff:" https://apnews.com/article/boycotts-venezuela-elections-caracas-b8641cba3354cf8acca765d0de7d3ca8

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* "J&J cuts size of Covid-19 vaccine study due to prevalence of disease:" https://www.statnews.com/2020/12/09/johnson-johnson-cuts-size-of-covid-19-vaccine-study-due-to-prevalence-of-disease-in-u-s/

* "Sanofi, GSK say COVID-19 shot won't be ready until late 2021:" https://apnews.com/article/europe-coronavirus-pandemic-b465ce2e9483b972ad546b8c91021c01

* "The city where all the hospitals shut - except one:" https://www.bbc.com/news/av/world-middle-east-54034807

* "CDC warns that travel could spread British Covid-19 strain in U.S.:" https://www.politico.com/news/2020/12/22/cdc-travel-british-covid-strain-449873

* Total confirmed COVID-19 cases in the U.S.A for 12/23/20 are 18,382,000;. The official death toll is 326,000. The real number is likely much higher.

* "US deaths in 2020 top 3 million, by far most ever counted:" https://apnews.com/article/us-coronavirus-deaths-top-3-million-e2bc856b6ec45563b84ee2e87ae8d5e7

* "U.S. buys another 100M doses of Pfizer-BioNTech coronavirus vaccine:" https://www.politico.com/news/2020/12/23/pfizer-biontech-supply-coronavirus-vaccine-450216

* "Biden says 'our darkest days' in battling Covid-19 'are ahead of us':" https://www.cnn.com/2020/12/22/politics/biden-holiday-remarks/index.html

* "Headlines Don’t Capture the Horror We Saw:" https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2020/12/new-york-doctors-know-how-bad-pandemic-can-get/617302/

* "Rural areas send their sickest patients to cities, straining hospitals:" https://www.stltoday.com/lifestyles/health-med-fit/coronavirus/rural-areas-send-their-sickest-patients-to-cities-straining-hospitals/article_949930cb-9df2-5f70-b8c5-ec5be3ddfc0d.html

* "Despite their central role in the Covid-19 crisis, meatpackers mostly regulate themselves:" https://thecounter.org/covid-19-outbreak-meatpacking-safety-osha-california/

* "ICE Mismanagement Created Coronavirus “Hotbeds of Infection” In and Around Detention Centers:" https://theintercept.com/2020/12/09/ice-covid-detention-centers/

* "Cedric Richmond, incoming member of Biden administration, tests positive for coronavirus:" https://www.cnn.com/2020/12/17/politics/cedric-richmond-positive-coronavirus/index.html

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* "Trump downplays Russia in first comments on hacking campaign:" https://apnews.com/article/donald-trump-politics-mark-levin-coronavirus-pandemic-hacking-6080f156125a4a46edef2a6dcf826611

* "The Mystery of the Immaculate Concussion:" https://www.gq.com/story/cia-investigation-and-russian-microwave-attacks

* Who had mass murderers on the 45 Pardon Bingo card? The extreme levels of corruption I expected but the mass murderers of innocent unarmed civilians not so much, though i suppose it fits with his racist agenda. "Trump announces wave of pardons, including Papadopoulos and former lawmakers Hunter and Collins:" https://www.cnn.com/2020/12/22/politics/trump-pardons/index.html

* "Convicted congressmen, killers of Iraqi civilians: A closer look at those Trump just pardoned:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/convicted-congressmen-a-murderer-a-closer-look-at-the-crimes-of-those-trump-just-pardoned-98303557744

* "Trump hijacks pardon process; creates system for personal favors, special access:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/trump-hijacks-pardon-process-creates-system-for-personal-favors-special-access-98310213598

* "Trump pardons of Russia scandal figures undermines future of special counsels: Weissmann:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/trump-pardons-of-russia-scandal-figures-undermines-future-of-special-counsels-weissmann-98311237700

* "America's founders never imagined 'amoral and selfish' president like Trump: Beschloss:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/america-s-founders-never-imagined-amoral-and-selfish-president-like-trump-beschloss-98311749747

* "Trump pardoned four ex-Blackwater guards. Here’s the story of their victims.:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/trump-pardoned-four-ex-blackwater-guards-here-s-the-story-of-their-victims-98361413971

* This is a second batch of pardons."Trump Gives Clemency to More Allies, Including Manafort, Stone and Charles Kushner:" https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/23/us/politics/trump-pardon-manafort-stone.html

* "How Trump's pardons of Russia figures could backfire if he is prosecuted:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/how-trump-s-pardons-of-russia-figures-could-backfire-if-he-is-prosecuted-98368069792

* "‘As corrupt as a pardon gets’: Chris Hayes on Trump pardoning Manafort, Stone:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/-as-corrupt-as-a-pardon-gets-chris-hayes-on-trump-pardoning-manafort-stone-98360901806

* "Trump pardons Paul Manafort, Roger Stone:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-reidout/watch/trump-pardons-paul-manafort-roger-stone-98356805671

* "Trump’s Longtime Banker at Deutsche Bank Resigns:" https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/22/business/trump-deutsche-bank-rosemary-vrablic.html

* "Feds have discussed obtaining Giuliani's electronic communications:" https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/justice-department/feds-have-discussed-making-legal-request-giuliani-s-electronic-communications-n1250714

* "Giuliani told to preserve all records as lawyers for Dominion warn legal action is 'imminent':" https://www.cnn.com/2020/12/23/politics/dominion-voting-trump-campaign-lawsuit-imminent/

* "Dominion Voting Systems Employee Sues Trump Campaign And Allies, Alleging Defamation:" https://www.npr.org/2020/12/22/949294173/dominion-voting-systems-employee-sues-trump-campaign-and-allies-for-defamation

* A Lawyer reacts to Republicans filing a particularly WTF suit to overturn the last 130 years of elections on the grounds that the US constitution is unconstitutional. https://twitter.com/questauthority/status/1341538373412990979

* "Top Trump aide Mark Meadows visits Georgia ballot signature audit:" https://www.ajc.com/politics/top-trump-aide-mark-meadows-visits-georgia-ballot-signature-audit/LC5HBS3AUVH4ZONJFSEL5RO2XA/

* Here we go again. "House Republicans meet with Trump to discuss overturning election results:" https://www.politico.com/news/2020/12/21/trump-house-overturn-election-449787

* "Trump signals extremist supporters with martial law talk; promises 'wild' D.C. protest:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/trump-signals-extremist-supporters-with-martial-law-talk-promises-wild-d-c-protest-98368581764

* I have mixed feelings on this one. "Biden chooses Connecticut education commissioner for top schools post:" https://www.politico.com/news/2020/12/22/biden-connecticut-schools-chief-education-secretary-449808

* "With historic picks, Biden puts environmental justice front and center:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/2020/12/17/deb-haaland-interior-secretary-biden/

* "Gay ex-Trump official Richard Grenell controversially handed plum job by outgoing president. He’s already raging at critics:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2020/12/23/richard-grenell-trump-loyalists-rewarded-top-government-roles/

* "Trump White House staffers receive conflicting messages about their departure:" https://www.politico.com/news/2020/12/23/trump-administration-departure-instructions-450224

* "Will Jeffrey Rosen, William Barr's Replacement, Withstand White House Pressure?:" https://www.npr.org/2020/12/15/946657248/will-jeffrey-rosen-interim-doj-leader-withstand-white-house-pressure

* Extended Maddow Interview:

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* "Congress Passes $900 Billion Coronavirus Relief Bill, Ending Months-Long Stalemate:" https://www.npr.org/2020/12/21/948862052/house-passes-900-billion-coronavirus-relief-bill-ending-months-long-stalemate

* "Trump 'trying to burn this country down on his way out': Klobuchar on Covid relief bill:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/trump-trying-to-burn-this-country-down-on-his-way-out-klobuchar-on-covid-relief-bill-98310725724

* Sigh. "Trump takes aim at Covid stimulus bill, raising specter of veto:" https://www.politico.com/news/2020/12/22/trump-covid-stimulus-bill-450204

* "How Trump could set back Covid relief for weeks just by doing nothing:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/how-trump-could-set-back-covid-relief-for-weeks-just-by-doing-nothing-98367557989

* "Rep. Jayapal on Trump derailing covid relief talks: Democrats wanted $2000 checks ‘a long time ago’:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-reidout/watch/rep-jayapal-on-trump-derailing-covid-relief-talks-democrats-wanted-2000-checks-a-long-time-ago-98356805607

* Different Bill. "Trump vetoes defense bill, setting up showdown with Congress:" https://www.politico.com/news/2020/12/23/trump-ndaa-veto-defense-bill-450286

* "Trump defunds military even as he muses about martial law and rattles U.S. saber:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/trump-defunds-military-even-as-he-muses-about-martial-law-and-rattles-u-s-saber-98368069863

* "Texas AG asked Treasury to take back Covid funds from Harris County over voting plans:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/texas-ag-asked-treasury-to-take-back-covid-funds-from-harris-county-over-voting-plans-98304069852

* "George Takei on the Georgia Senate Runoffs: Ossoff, Warnock could play ‘critical’ role in the Senate:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-reidout/watch/george-takei-on-the-georgia-senate-runoffs-ossoff-warnock-could-play-critical-role-in-the-senate-98300997762

* Georgians! Go Vote Now!

* "Newsom picks Alex Padilla to fill Kamala Harris' Senate seat:" https://www.cnn.com/2020/12/22/politics/alex-padilla-senate-gavin-newsom/index.html

* "Supreme Court allows 3 Muslims put on no-fly list to seek damages against federal officials:" https://www.cnn.com/2020/12/10/politics/no-fly-list-religious-liberty/index.html

* CW: Child Abuse. "The QAnon conspiracy is fake. The harm it's doing to child welfare groups is real:" https://www.cnn.com/2020/11/28/politics/qanon-child-welfare/index.html

* "A Yazidi Woman Searches For Her Lost Daughter, Kidnapped By ISIS 6 Years Ago:" https://www.npr.org/2020/11/24/938039004/a-yazidi-woman-searches-for-her-lost-daughter-kidnapped-by-isis-6-years-ago

* CW: Pedophilia. "Many African, Asian families marry off daughters amid virus:" https://apnews.com/article/international-news-business-coronavirus-pandemic-sierra-leone-united-nations-9a9ab4f71adc1c6f7d435b744411fb90

* CW: Domestic Violence. "Katie Hill Sues Ex-Husband, Media Outlets That Published Nude Photos:" https://www.advocate.com/politics/2020/12/22/katie-hill-sues-ex-husband-media-outlets-published-nude-photos

* CW: Domestic Violence. "Her husband beat her. Caseworkers ‘pushed her to the edge.’:" https://www.usatoday.com/in-depth/story-series/2020/12/16/child-welfare-officials-favor-mothers-batterer-custody-battle/3792566001/

* "UK media coverage of trans lives has become ‘more troubling’ in the past decade:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2020/12/08/ipso-report-transgender-coverage-trans-media-watch/

* "Tory candidate in Welsh election issues meagre apology after ‘disgusting’ homophobic tweets resurface:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2020/12/01/welsh-conservative-senedd-candidate-homophobia-samuel-kurtz-resurfaced-tweets/

* "Equality watchdog commissioner liked tweet saying homophobe is a ‘highly ideological propaganda term’:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2020/11/30/equality-and-human-rights-commission-alasdair-henderson-twitter/

* "Police fine men cruising for gay sex on London’s Hampstead Heath for breaking coronavirus restrictions:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2020/12/22/hampstead-heath-gay-cruising-police-fine-covid-19-regulations/

* "Gender-neutral toilets to be made mandatory in all council buildings in South Oxfordshire:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2020/12/23/south-oxfordshire-council-gender-neutral-toilets/

* "Israeli officials call for sweeping gender law reform including self-ID and recognition for trans youth and non-binary people:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2020/12/22/israel-trans-rights-committee-self-id-non-binary-gender-transgender-youth/

* "India crowns new Miss Transqueen:" https://www.cnn.com/style/article/miss-transqueen-india-shaine-soni-intl-hnk/index.html

* "The big reason Christmas isn't always the most wonderful time of year for queer people:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2020/12/22/switchboard-christmas-most-wonderful-time-year-lgbt-people/

* "The Supreme Court Rejects Opportunity to Roll Back Marriage Equality:" https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2020/12/supreme-court-rejects-indiana-birth-certificate-case.html

* Yep, she was lying about having changed her positions. "Tulsi Gabbard Introduces Bill That Would Ban Trans Women and Girls from Female Sports:" https://time.com/5920758/tulsi-gabbard-bill-transgender-women-sports/

* "Funeral home that fired trans rights hero Aimee Stephens to pay substantial settlement in final ‘bittersweet’ victory:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2020/12/01/aimee-stephens-harris-funeral-home-supreme-court-title-vii-settlement/

* "Heartbroken father of murdered Black trans woman Chae’Meshia Simms vows to ‘never stop looking’ for her killer:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2020/11/30/chaemeshia-simms-richmond-virginia-trans-woman-murdered-gunshot-father-candlelight-vigil/

* "Sex toy company launches bizarre lawsuit after claiming to ‘own’ the word ‘enby’, an abbreviation for non-binary:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2020/12/03/shop-enby-wild-flower-sex-toy-lawsuit-trademark-trans-non-binary/

* "Bigoted wedding venue refuses same-sex couple because its ‘Christian values’ don’t include equality:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2020/12/22/wedding-venue-refuses-same-sex-couple-christian-values/

* "Teen punched in the face by homophobe who shouted ‘I hate gay people’ in ‘downright disturbing’ attack:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2020/12/23/andrew-cuomo-new-york-homophobic-attack-bus-hate-gay-people-teenager-punched/

* "Comedian Eddie Izzard Announces She/Her Pronouns: 'I Just Want to Be Based in Girl Mode':" https://people.com/tv/eddie-izzard-announces-she-her-pronouns/

* "Long-Acting HIV Regimen Approved in Europe:" https://www.hivplusmag.com/treatment/2020/12/21/long-acting-hiv-regimen-approved-europe

* On other types of chronic illness and long COVID.: https://conuly.dreamwidth.org/3108157.html#cutid1

* CW: Suicide "For months, he helped his son keep suicidal thoughts at bay. Then came the pandemic.:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/2020/11/23/covid-pandemic-rise-suicides/

* "From Money to Mental Health, Pandemic Ravages LGBTQ+ Households:" https://www.advocate.com/health/2020/12/23/money-mental-health-pandemic-ravages-lgbtq-households

* "Are parents spending less time with their kids?:" https://ourworldindata.org/parents-time-with-kids

* "Scientist explains why starfish will risk being eaten just to have gay sex:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2020/12/04/starfish-gay-sex-science-bisexual-animals-university-lethbridge-paul-vasey/

* "Four charged over fire that ravaged Australia's Fraser Island:" https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2020/dec/22/four-charged-over-fire-that-ravaged-australias-fraser-island

* "Ever Seen a Ghost Bike? Meet One of the People Who Builds the Memorials for Dead Cyclists:" https://www.bicycling.com/culture/a34703255/ghost-bikes-memorials-for-cyclists/

* "Congressional Investigation Finds Many Booster Seat Makers “Endangered” Children’s Lives After Review of “Meaningless Safety Testing”:" https://www.propublica.org/article/congressional-investigation-finds-many-booster-seat-makers-endangered-childrens-lives-after-review-of-meaningless-safety-testing#1017350

* "Broomstick weddings and the history of the Atlantic world:" https://aeon.co/essays/broomstick-weddings-and-the-history-of-the-atlantic-world

* "Britain finally equalised the age of consent 20 years ago today amid a bitter, toxic debate. But is history repeating itself?:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2020/11/30/age-of-consent-uk-equalised-gay-bisexual-queer-sexual-offences-act/

* CW: human Remains. "In Indonesia, a Blurred Boundary Between the Living and the Dead:" https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/14/travel/torajan-death-rituals-indonesia.html

* "Stephen Colbert Wielded Gandalf's Sword In The Filming Of "Darrylgorn" With Peter Jackson:"

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* "Mister Softee Has The Vaccine Distribution Market Cornered:"

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* "Happy Holidays: Happy Socks x Pedro Pascal:"

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* Monday and Tuesday we had snow. We had an outage for our whole neighborhood Monday night, just as I stepped behind my desk to start working. Impressively, they fixed in in about an hour instead of the two and a half they were projecting. I managed to be surprisingly productive anyway.

Tuesday night I had a virtual holiday Event that ate my whole night. I suspect it shows.

* "A 10-Month-Old's Letter To Santa:" https://www.huffpost.com/entry/10-month-olds-letter-to-santa_b_4427512?guccounter=1&guce_referrer=aHR0cHM6Ly90aWJpY2luYS5kcmVhbXdpZHRoLm9yZy8&guce_referrer_sig=AQAAALFNrgQF-X-IDGWPMtoF4uv3JvTOwZjJOh2DL_s04J0pvWq9cy3xzwwzxyK_2v2nNMugW66WPtOnkoW8xAXiS_1RKUJZVgL9eqSaX9JZ0CICt6TTEZkRkMd7u2itweM3E9b-NZd6EzEyQGPRkGVqDO1tyTOaYVGWFOKMXi3JGKoW

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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.

* "8 Overlooked LGBTQ Groups to Donate to for Giving Tuesday:" https://www.advocate.com/commentary/2019/12/02/8-overlooked-lgbtq-groups-donate-giving-tuesday

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* Total confirmed COVID-19 cases in the U.S.A for 12/19/20 are 17,376,000. The official death toll is 313,000. The real number is likely much higher.

* "Millions Of COVID-19 Vaccine Doses Stuck In Warehouses Until Federal Orders, Pfizer Says:" https://www.huffpost.com/entry/pfizer-warehouse-doses-trump-administration_n_5fdbe0c4c5b6094c0ff08c4a

* "Biden advisers warn Trump mass vaccine timeline may be too optimistic:" https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/white-house/biden-advisers-warn-trump-mass-vaccine-timeline-may-be-too-n1251499

* "Trump administration fails the first test of Covid vaccine distribution:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/trump-administration-fails-the-first-test-of-covid-vaccine-distribution-98054213882

* "Trump admin's stumbles on vaccine rollout are a warning sign as operation scales up:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/trump-admin-stumbles-on-vaccine-rollout-are-a-warning-sign-as-operation-scales-up-98055749793

* "Interior Secretary David Bernhardt tests positive for Covid-19:" https://www.cnn.com/2020/12/16/politics/david-bernhardt-covid-19-positive/index.html

* "Rupert Murdoch gets vaccinated as his media outlets spread lies, attack essential workers:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/rupert-murdoch-gets-vaccinated-as-his-media-outlets-spread-lies-attack-essential-workers-98048581636

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* "Microsoft breached in suspected Russian hack using SolarWinds -sources:" https://www.reuters.com/article/us-global-cyber-microsoft/exclusive-microsoft-breached-in-suspected-russian-hack-using-solarwinds-sources-idUSKBN28R3BY?il=0

* "Nuclear weapons agency breached amid massive cyber onslaught:" https://www.politico.com/news/2020/12/17/nuclear-agency-hacked-officials-inform-congress-447855

* "I Was the Homeland Security Adviser to Trump. We’re Being Hacked.:" https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/16/opinion/fireeye-solarwinds-russia-hack.html

* "Trump remains silent as massive cyber hack poses 'grave risk' to government:" https://www.cnn.com/2020/12/17/politics/trump-silence-cyber-hack/index.html

* "Biden and lawmakers raise alarms over cybersecurity breach amid Trump’s silence:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/russia-hacking-politics/2020/12/17/1c5708c6-40a4-11eb-8db8-395dedaaa036_story.html

* "Nuclear weapons agency breached amid massive cyberattack:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/reports-nuclear-weapons-agency-breached-amid-massive-cyber-onslaught-97958469551

* "Mar-a-Lago neighbors want Trump to go elsewhere after he leaves the White House:" https://www.cnn.com/2020/12/16/politics/donald-trump-mar-a-lago/index.html

* "Trump’s Future: Tons of Cash and Plenty of Options for Spending It:" https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/18/us/politics/trump-money-future.html

* "Lara Trump served on the board of a company through which the Trump political operation spent more than $700 million.:" https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/18/us/politics/lara-trump-served-on-the-board-of-a-company-through-which-the-trump-political-operation-spent-more-than-700-million.html

* "GOP suddenly outraged by foul language, silent on Trump’s vulgarity from the past four years:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-reidout/watch/gop-suddenly-outraged-by-foul-language-silent-on-trump-s-vulgarity-from-the-past-four-years-97955909658

* "House intends to continue pursuing McGahn testimony in 2021:" https://www.politico.com/news/2020/12/16/mcgahn-nadler-house-testimony-447355

* "Acting Pentagon chief halts Biden transition briefings:" https://www.axios.com/pentagon-biden-transition-briefings-123a9658-4af1-4632-a6e6-770117784d60.html

* "Biden picks top North Carolina environmental official to run EPA:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/2020/12/17/biden-epa-regan/

* "Jobless claims rise to 885,000 amid resurgence of virus:" https://www.politico.com/news/2020/12/17/jobless-claims-885-000-coronavirus-447576

* "Almost every single queer Black household has faced serious financial problems due to COVID, troubling study finds:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2020/12/17/movement-advancement-project-covid-pandemic-inequality-queer-black-latinx-lgbt/

* "Congress votes to avert government shutdown for now as Covid relief talks drag on:" https://www.cnn.com/2020/12/18/politics/government-shutdown-stimulus-negotiations/index.html

* "Congress flirts with short shutdown as negotiators near stimulus deal:" https://www.politico.com/news/2020/12/17/congress-prepares-for-weekend-work-as-stimulus-stalls-447567

* "Rev. William Barber on Covid-19 relief: This is going to require long term, fundamental transformation:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-reidout/watch/rev-william-barber-on-covid-19-relief-this-is-going-to-require-long-term-fundamental-transformation-97956933678

* "Rep. Ayanna Pressley on covid relief: ‘These are not stimulus checks, these are survival checks’:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-reidout/watch/rep-ayanna-pressley-on-covid-relief-these-are-not-stimulus-checks-these-are-survival-checks-98044485988

* "GOP launches legal war on absentee voting ahead of Georgia runoffs:" https://www.politico.com/news/2020/12/17/gop-legal-war-absentee-voting-georgia-runoffs-447266

* "Democrats rally support in Georgia Senate race; Republicans rack up court losses:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/democrats-rally-support-in-georgia-senate-race-republicans-rack-up-court-losses-98057285670

* "Anti-LGBT senator claims she had ‘no idea’ she was rubbing shoulders with a neo-Nazi white supremacist:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2020/12/17/kelly-loeffler-chester-dole-photo-racist-white-supremacist-kkk-leader-georgia-senate-run-offs/

* Georgians! Go Vote Now!

* "Explanation for USPS shipping delays doesn't relieve frustration:" https://www.kmov.com/news/explanation-for-usps-shipping-delays-doesnt-relieve-frustration/article_e26ea248-4000-11eb-86a4-ef0e9bc86987.html

* "Supreme Court Punts Census Case, Giving Trump An Iffy Chance To Alter Numbers:" https://www.npr.org/2020/12/18/946875796/supreme-court-punts-in-census-case-says-its-premature-to-decide-the-issue

* "Mayor Lightfoot on wrongful police raid: ‘If I wasn't mayor, that could have been me’:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-reidout/watch/mayor-lightfoot-on-wrongful-police-raid-if-i-wasn-t-mayor-that-could-have-been-me-98044485831

* Extended Obama interview:

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* CW: Rape. "Former Fashion Executive Peter Nygard Charged With Sex Trafficking:" https://www.npr.org/2020/12/16/947028382/former-fashion-executive-peter-nygard-arrested-on-sex-trafficking-charges

* CW: Sexual Assault "Vets call for Crenshaw to resign for alleged role in smear of sexual assault victim:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/vets-call-for-crenshaw-to-resign-for-alleged-role-in-smear-of-sexual-assault-victim-97958469809

* "UCLA Establishes New Center for LGBTQ+ Health Research:" https://www.hivplusmag.com/news/2020/12/17/ucla-establishes-new-center-lgbtq-health-research

* "An Enormous Bird Has a Real-Estate Problem:" https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2020/12/helmeted-hornbill-nests-endangered-poaching/617400/

* "Why Your Ice Cubes are White:" http://nowiknow.com/why-your-ice-cubes-are-white/

* "Cannibal Sandwiches & Major Bugs in "Cyberpunk 2077":"

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* "Republicans Accept Biden's Victory & William Barr Resigns:"

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* "Fairytale of New York - The Pogues cover - feat. Storm Large:"

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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.

* "8 Overlooked LGBTQ Groups to Donate to for Giving Tuesday:" https://www.advocate.com/commentary/2019/12/02/8-overlooked-lgbtq-groups-donate-giving-tuesday

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* Total confirmed COVID-19 cases in the U.S.A for 11/5/20 are 9,601,000. The official death toll is 235,000. The real number is likely much higher.

* "The US just set a staggering new Covid-19 daily case record with more than 120,000 infections:" https://www.cnn.com/2020/11/05/health/us-coronavirus-thursday/index.html

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* "Trump’s exit from Paris climate agreement becomes official:" https://www.axios.com/trumps-exit-paris-climate-agreement-official-33b2bbe9-48a2-467b-9f96-08edb982cde7.html

* "U.S. Exits Paris Climate Accord after Trump Stalls Global Warming Action for Four Years:" https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/u-s-exits-paris-climate-accord-after-trump-stalls-global-warming-action-for-four-years/

* "Federal watchdog probing Trump campaign's use of White House: lawmaker:" https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election-trump-investigation/federal-watchdog-probing-trump-campaigns-use-of-white-house-lawmaker-idUSKBN27L31H

* "Defense Secretary Esper has prepped resignation letter, say officials:" https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/donald-trump/long-odds-trump-defense-secretary-esper-has-prepared-resignation-letter-n1245846

* "Dr. Tressie McMillan Cottom - Electoral College Issues and More:"

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* "US braces for long wait for election results as Trump falsely declares victory:" https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/nov/03/america-votes-trump-biden-us-election

* "Biden edges toward victory while Trump launches fresh legal challenges:" https://www.politico.com/news/2020/11/03/presidential-election-2020-433952

* "Trump seeks to delegitimize vote even as his campaign says math will turn his way:" https://www.cnn.com/2020/11/04/politics/trump-election-results/index.html

* "Election observer says no evidence for Trump's fraud claims:" https://apnews.com/article/election-observer-no-evidence-fraud-b30f3424736014a6b7405df71e32e36f

* "Richard Grenell Flees Reporter Asking Evidence of Nevada Voter Fraud:" https://www.advocate.com/election/2020/11/05/richard-grenell-flees-reporter-asking-evidence-nevada-voter-fraud

* "Trump Wants A Recount In Wisconsin. How Would It Work?:" https://www.npr.org/2020/11/05/931478765/trump-asks-for-a-wisconsin-recount-though-its-unlikely-to-change-the-outcome

* "Trump campaign loses legal fights in Georgia and Michigan, vows Nevada lawsuit:" https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election-nevada-trump-idUSKBN27L1TR

* "Judges in two states reject Trump campaign lawsuits as the president continues to press unsubstantiated claims of fraud:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/trump-vote-lawsuits/2020/11/05/77f8a284-1f84-11eb-90dd-abd0f7086a91_story.html

* "Republicans In Michigan Tried To Storm A Detroit Ballot Counting Room To Challenge The Process:" https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/addybaird/michigan-republican-vote-challengers-detroit

* "And that's it for the third republic:" https://solarbird.dreamwidth.org/1777512.html

* "“Mail ballots do not “complicate” vote tallies.:" https://twitter.com/CAwkward/status/1323922488322101248

* "Geraldo Cadava - "The Hispanic Republican" & Latino Voters:"

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* "Evan Osnos - "Joe Biden" and Uniting a Divided America:"

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* "Anti-LGBTQ+ Lindsey Graham Reelected to Senate:" https://www.advocate.com/politics/2020/11/03/anti-lgbtq-lindsey-graham-reelected-senate

* "GOP Sen. Susan Collins wins re-election in Maine, AP projects:" https://www.axios.com/susan-collins-maine-senate-win-56e7b63b-fbf7-4dca-8b85-ea26d789a24c.html

* "‘Every vote counts’ protesters drown out bitter speech by Trump adviser Pam Bondi with Beyoncé – because obviously:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2020/11/05/beyonce-party-4-pam-bondi-donald-trump-pennsylvania-convention-center/

* "Election Day was a major rejection of the war on drugs:" https://www.vox.com/2020-presidential-election/2020/11/4/21548800/election-results-marijuana-legalization-drug-decriminalization-new-jersey-arizona-oregon-montana

* "Armed Agents Are Allowed in Ballot-Counting Venues, Justice Dept. Tells Prosecutors:" https://www.nytimes.com/2020/11/04/us/politics/justice-department-armed-officers-election.html

* They violated a judge’s order to prevent votes being counted. "USPS data shows thousands of mailed ballots missed Election Day deadlines:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2020/11/03/election-ballot-delays-usps/

* "More Than 40 Immigrants Have Died In ICE Custody In The Past Four Years. Here Are Thousands Of Records About What Happened.:" https://www.buzzfeednews.com/amphtml/kendalltaggart/here-are-thousands-of-documents-about-immigrants-who-died

* "The Victims of Trump’s Family Separation Policy Will Not Be Fine:" https://slate.com/human-interest/2020/10/family-separation-effects-holocaust-children-trump.html

* "Remember (!) SCOTUS Hears Huge LGBTQ+ Rights Case Day After Election:" https://www.advocate.com/news/2020/11/03/remember-scotus-hears-huge-lgbtq-rights-case-day-after-election

* "Make Science Great Again: U.S. researchers dream of life after Trump:" https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election-science-insight/make-science-great-again-u-s-researchers-dream-of-life-after-trump-idUSKBN27E1U8

* "Mandle: The Man Candle for Women:"

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* "Jordan Klepper Fingers the Pulse - Brooklyn Exit Polls:"

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* I want this. "Force the Vote: Australia's Mandatory Voting Policy:"

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* "Votegasm 2020: The Awkward Day After:"

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* "Some Good Election News as More Results Trickle In :"

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* "Votegasm 2020: The Awkward Days After:"

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* "U.S. COVID-19 Cases Reach All-Time High & Help from A.I.:"

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* My back and arms were still in a stunning amount of pain Wednesday, so there was nothing for it but strong muscle relaxants and 18 hours sleep, apparently.

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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.

* "Protect the Results - Organizing to Protect the Results of the 2020 Election:" https://protecttheresults.com/

* What to do if they try to turn you away at the polls: https://gwydionmisha.tumblr.com/post/632722905827016704/witches-ofcolor-rachelhaimowitz-lynati-a

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* "Protesters attacked in Nigerian demos against police abuse:" https://apnews.com/article/police-police-brutality-africa-lagos-nigeria-64a909a53c4916bff606becc53b93601

* "Macron calls Paris beheading 'Islamist terrorist attack':" https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-54579403

* "Thailand Steps Up Response as Antigovernment Protests Escalate:" https://www.nytimes.com/2020/10/16/world/asia/thailand-protests-bangkok.html

* "Coronavirus: French police raid ministers' homes in pandemic inquiry:" https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-54535358

* "Will Jacinda Ardern Win a Second Term? New Zealand’s Election, Explained:" https://www.nytimes.com/2020/10/16/world/asia/jacinda-ardern-new-zealand-election.html

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* "Remdesivir has ‘little or no effect’ in reducing coronavirus deaths, WHO says:" https://www.cnbc.com/2020/10/16/who-remdesivir-has-little-or-no-effect-in-reducing-covid-19-deaths.html

* "Coronavirus: France reports more than 30,000 new infections:" https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-54557549

* Total confirmed COVID-19 cases in the U.S.A for 10/16/20 are 8,028,000. The official death toll is 219,000. The real number is likely much higher.

* "U.S. Virus Cases Climb Toward a Third Peak:" https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/10/15/us/coronavirus-cases-us-surge.html

* "U.S. coronavirus cases surpass 8 million:" https://www.politico.com/news/2020/10/16/us-8-million-coronavirus-cases-429802

* "Pfizer won't seek coronavirus vaccine authorization until after election:" https://www.politico.com/news/2020/10/16/pfizer-coronavirus-vaccine-authorization-election-429797

* "Trump administration announces vaccine deal for long-term care facilities:" https://www.politico.com/news/2020/10/16/trump-nursing-facilities-coronavirus-vaccine-deal-429834

* "A Demoralized CDC Grapples With White House Meddling and Its Own Mistakes:" https://www.wsj.com/articles/a-demoralized-cdc-grapples-with-white-house-meddling-and-its-own-mistakes-11602776561

* "The American people didn't need to suffer: Harris slams Trump for 'no plan' on coronavirus:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/the-american-people-didn-t-need-to-suffer-harris-slams-trump-for-no-plan-on-coronavirus-93875269776

* "'Not only lies, they were dangerous lies': Maddow lists Trump Covid lies at town hall:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/-not-only-lies-they-were-dangerous-lies-maddow-lists-trump-covid-lies-at-town-hall-93942341835

* "1,700 new cases, 21 more deaths from coronavirus in Kansas:" https://www.ksn.com/news/health/coronavirus/coronavirus-in-kansas/1700-new-cases-21-new-deaths-from-coronavirus-in-kansas/

* "Coronavirus hospitalizations are up in Texas as some fear the state is headed toward another surge:" https://www.texastribune.org/2020/10/16/texas-coronavirus-hospitalizations-surge/

* "More than 2,000 new cases, 31 additional hospitalizations in Tennessee:" https://www.wmcactionnews5.com/2020/10/15/shelby-county-covid-cases-top-with-new-cases-reported/

* "Michigan coronavirus cases up to 143,106; Death toll now at 6,987:" https://www.clickondetroit.com/health/2020/10/16/michigan-coronavirus-cases-up-to-143106-death-toll-now-at-6987/

* "Wisconsin’s 3,747 coronavirus cases sets new one-day record:" https://www.wbay.com/2020/10/15/wisconsins-3747-coronavirus-cases-sets-new-one-day-record/

* "'Every alarm going off' in Ohio's COVID-19 data, but DeWine resists talk of new shutdown:" https://www.wcpo.com/news/government/state-government/ohio-state-government-news/live-dewines-covid-19-briefing-for-oct-15-2020

* "North Dakota reports another 18 COVID-19 deaths; state averaging 7 deaths a day in October:" https://www.grandforksherald.com/newsmd/coronavirus/6720307-North-Dakota-reports-another-18-COVID-19-deaths-state-averaging-7-deaths-a-day-in-October

* "665 new cases of COVID-19 in Montana:" https://nbcmontana.com/news/coronavirus/new-cases-of-covid-19-in-montana-10-16-2020

* "COVID spike prompts bed, worker shortage in Montana hospitals:" https://missoulacurrent.com/outdoors/2020/10/covid-montana-hospitals/

* "Watch: Gov. Little announces Idaho will stay in Stage 4 again, emphasizes personal responsibility of wearing face masks:" https://www.ktvb.com/article/news/health/coronavirus/watch-live-stream-governor-idaho-brad-little-coronavirus-covid-19-pandemic-press-conference-reopening-plan-economy-health/277-2f2c1270-8ece-4017-bbaf-e7a3415da16f

* "New Mexico seeing COVID-19 cases rise across all age groups; locals react:" https://www.krqe.com/health/coronavirus-new-mexico/new-mexico-seeing-covid-19-cases-rise-across-all-age-groups/

* "New Mexico extends emergency public health order, new restrictions put into place:" https://kfoxtv.com/news/coronavirus/new-mexico-provides-update-on-covid-19

* "Wyoming Medical Center declares 'Code Orange' status, opens COVID-19 surge unit:" https://trib.com/news/state-and-regional/health/wyoming-medical-center-declares-code-orange-status-opens-covid-19-surge-unit/article_a4303f7d-9aa8-5203-a4df-ae0493f8e035.html

* "Nation's headlines show widespread surge in coronavirus cases:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/nation-s-headlines-show-widespread-surge-in-coronavirus-cases-94022213582

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* "Judge wants to know if Trump is backing off Russia probe declassification:" https://www.politico.com/news/2020/10/16/judge-trump-russia-probe-declassification-429832

* "Barrett all but seals her confirmation after contentious hearings:" https://www.politico.com/news/2020/10/14/amy-coney-barrett-obamacare-trump-challenge-429420

* "As Virus Spread, Reports of Trump Administration’s Private Briefings Fueled Sell-Off:" https://www.nytimes.com/2020/10/14/us/politics/stock-market-coronavirus-trump.html

* "Jobless claims jump, hitting highest level since mid-August:" https://www.cnbc.com/2020/10/15/weekly-jobless-claims.html

* "8 Million Have Slipped Into Poverty Since May as Federal Aid Has Dried Up:" https://www.nytimes.com/2020/10/15/us/politics/federal-aid-poverty-levels.html

* "U.S. budget deficit breached $3.1 trillion in 2020 as pandemic slammed economy:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/us-policy/2020/10/16/2020-budget-deficit-coronavirus/

* "Pelosi, Mnuchin cite progress in economic relief talks but eye obstacles with Senate Republicans:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/us-policy/2020/10/15/trump-stimulus-economy-congress/

* "Trump appears to earnestly share satirical website’s take on Twitter:" https://www.politico.com/news/2020/10/16/trump-apparently-fooled-by-satirical-websites-twitter-story-429776

* "White House was warned Giuliani was target of Russian intelligence operation to feed misinformation to Trump:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/giuliani-biden-ukraine-russian-disinformation/2020/10/15/43158900-0ef5-11eb-b1e8-16b59b92b36d_story.html

* "Chinese Billionaire’s Network Hyped Hunter Biden Dirt Weeks Before Rudy:" https://www.thedailybeast.com/chinese-billionaires-network-hyped-hunter-biden-dirt-weeks-before-rudy

* "Trump embraces reported Russian anti-Biden disinformation delivered through Giuliani:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/trump-embraces-reported-russian-anti-biden-disinfo-campaign-94023749782

* "Rudy Giuliani's daughter says to vote for Biden and Harris to end Trump's 'reign of terror':" https://www.cnn.com/2020/10/16/politics/rudy-giuliani-daughter-caroline-joe-biden-2020/index.html

* So he likely lied so he could deliberately expose Biden. "Trump reveals new details about his Covid symptoms, testing:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/trump-reveals-new-details-about-his-covid-symptoms-testing-93943365665

* I'd only just started poking at the Town hall stuff when I started cleaning the aggregate for posting, but I've read some good ones and have others ready to ready. Next posting. Apologies.

* "Trump fuels range of conspiracy theories with town hall answers:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/trump-fuels-range-of-conspiracy-theories-with-town-hall-answers-93942341782

* "Georgia's Perdue mocks name of his own Senate colleague, Kamala Harris:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/georgia-s-perdue-mocks-name-of-his-own-senate-colleague-kamala-harris-94023749620

* "Biden campaign halts Kamala Harris' travel after two people in campaign's orbit test positive for coronavirus:" https://www.cnn.com/2020/10/15/politics/kamala-harris-campaign-travel-coronavirus/index.html

* "Ivanka Trump violated the Hatch Act eight times in just over 48 hours:" https://www.citizensforethics.org/reports-investigations/crew-investigations/ivanka-trump-violated-the-hatch-act-eight-times-in-just-over-48-hours/

* "Harris: 'When we take back the Senate and win the majority, we will have a lot to do.':" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/harris-when-we-take-back-the-senate-we-will-have-a-lot-to-do-93875781652

* "Lesbian war veteran turned Democratic challenger targeted with vile anti-trans Republican adverts:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2020/10/14/gina-ortiz-jones-transgender-advert-republican-tezas/

* "Harris: Our democracy is as strong as the American people's willingness to fight for it:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/harris-our-democracy-is-as-strong-as-the-american-people-s-willingness-to-fight-for-it-93875781672

* "Lesbian sheriff fired 'because she's a gay woman' is about to win her old boss' seat on a boldly queer platform:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2020/10/16/charmaine-mcguffey-lesbian-deputy-sheriff-chamilton-county-ohio-campaign-ad-homophobia-discrimination/

* "Postal Service Agrees To Reverse Service Cutbacks Ahead Of Election:" https://www.npr.org/2020/10/15/923960405/postal-service-agrees-to-reverse-service-cutbacks-ahead-of-election

* "Administration wants to exclude ‘anarchist jurisdictions’ from coronavirus safety grant:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/transportation/2020/10/15/anarchist-jurisdictions-denied-covid-grant-money/

* CW: Pedophilia. "Vatican trial over pedophile priest and child sex abuse cover-up:" https://indaily.com.au/news/2020/10/15/vatican-trial-over-pedophile-priest-and-child-sex-abuse-cover-up/

* "Trump Reverses Decision to Reject California’s Request for Wildfire Relief:" https://www.nytimes.com/2020/10/16/us/trump-california-wildfire-relief.html

* Our ballots came Friday, I've voted (using the drop box in front of the court house). The rest of halloween is sorted out, except for me needing to do a couple more sweeps for burnt out bulbs. We had two strings short ou, which is normal, and as is also normal, many older bulbs die either when we first pug in or in the next few days. I did an outside sweep today while it was still light out and later in the evening I saw one out. There are several inside, but that's a more involved and dangerous process, so it's likely Tuesday's problem.

The stuff I ordered for the pets with my birthday money came in and I've installed them. The one under the living room box really needed a change These pads turned out a lot smaller, but of the correct type. Once the dirty one's bee washed I plan to use the big pair on the sofa except during washing, and the smaller ones under the accident box, as those really need frequent changes. I now have an emergency back up filter for the tanks. During cleaning I discovered where Tavy had hidden the missing parts for the 30's filter, but the 20 was the one being changed today, so they are switched, but this is likely Wednesday's problem.

The apartment is much closer to clean and though I decided to skip putting up a few things, it looks like Gothmas here in the Cat Asylum, which makes a huge difference both aesthetically and to morale. I was having trouble getting into the Gothmas season spirit, but now everything feels much closer to the way it should. Squirrel really loves coming home to the lights and he loves just looking at Halloween town and the Gothmas trees. I often sit with the other lights off for a while before bed and simply enjoy the interior decorations, the way my late father used to with the Christmas tree.

We were and Addams family sort of family and Halloween was really big at our house when I was growing up, my mom sewing costumes, my dad giving out candy in his ghoul costume, my sister and i in our make up and home made cosumes moving quietly up behind the plastic Halloweeners at doors so they'd panic when they saw us there behind them waiting for our turn at the and bowl. Once I was old enough to take my sister and her friends, I would map out the routes in advance so we could hit the most houses, dropping off our loot twice. Once we dropped off her friends, we'd go with empty sacks to the rich houses to the north.

I love all of it, the decorations, the kids in costumes, the monster movies, the sense of fun in the air. I hate that kids are getting robbed of this Halloween by a plague and our malevolent White House Occupant. I plan to put candy out in bowls with a sign saying one bowl's worth per kids. Even without the plague we don't get many, but if any of the complex kids do turn up there will be candy in the skeleton's lap for them. I have a set of dollar store bowls I don't mind losing if someone steals them.

Anyway, I am exhausted and in pain, hence the weird posting schedule. I have online stuff including the birthday zoom party this weekend, which will eat my time and my brains. hopefully I will have more spoons sometime next week, just in time for physio to start.

* "What Watching "Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy" Feels Like:" https://www.shatnerchatner.com/p/what-watching-tinker-tailor-soldier?token=eyJ1c2VyX2lkIjoxNjEzMzc4LCJwb3N0X2lkIjoxMDY1MTI0MywiXyI6Ikg2bGdXIiwiaWF0IjoxNjAyNzM3MTYxLCJleHAiOjE2MDI3NDA3NjEsImlzcyI6InB1Yi01Iiwic3ViIjoicG9zdC1yZWFjdGlvbiJ9.Y16UR6Q0FcZ7rTpy_pHCaWlaYEr-twGyn68Ikjh0Ec0

* The Midnight Society and The Lottery: https://twitter.com/midnight_pals/status/1316481805361520640

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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.

* "2020 wildfires in California and the west: Everything we know and how you can help:" https://www.cnet.com/how-to/2020-wildfires-in-california-and-the-west-everything-we-know-and-how-to-help/

* Want a quick way to donate money to close senate races in hopes of flipping the senate? https://secure.actblue.com/donate/ky_mcconnell_vid

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* "Protests Spread Across Indonesia Over Jobs Law:" https://www.nytimes.com/2020/10/08/world/asia/indonesia-protests-jobs.html

* "QAnon Is Thriving in Germany. The Extreme Right Is Delighted.:" https://www.nytimes.com/2020/10/11/world/europe/qanon-is-thriving-in-germany-the-extreme-right-is-delighted.html

* "Middle Eastern countries arrested, deported exiled Uighurs to China: report:" https://english.alaraby.co.uk/english/news/2020/10/2/arab-countries-arrested-deported-exiled-uighurs-to-china-report

* "Afghan-Taliban conflict: Families flee fresh fighting in Helmand:" https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/amp/world-asia-54522304

* "SARS ban: Nigeria abolishes loathed federal special police unit:" https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-54499497

* "How Greece’s democracy withstood a fascist threat:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2020/10/09/golden-dawn-verdict-greece-fascist-threat/

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* "Pain Relief Caused by SARS-CoV-2 Infection May Help Explain COVID-19 Spread:" https://uahs.arizona.edu/news/pain-relief-caused-sars-cov-2-infection-may-help-explain-covid-19-spread

* "Johnson & Johnson pauses Covid-19 vaccine trial after 'unexplained illness':" https://www.cnn.com/2020/10/12/health/johnson-coronavirus-vaccine-pause-bn/index.html

* "Coronavirus Reinfections Are Real but Very, Very Rare:" https://www.nytimes.com/2020/10/13/health/coronavirus-reinfection.html

* "Spain's PM defends Covid emergency lockdown in Madrid:" https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/oct/11/spain-pm-sanchez-defends-covid-emergency-lockdown-in-madrid

* Total confirmed COVID-19 cases in the U.S.A for 10/13/20 are 7,848,000. The official death toll is 216,000. The real number is likely much higher.

* "New COVID-19 cases hit 2-month high in U.S., as 10 states report record one-day rise in infections:" https://www.nydailynews.com/coronavirus/ny-coronavirus-cases-hit-two-month-high-united-states-20201010-n6o5khrswvgava6ua4fpuoshh4-story.html

* "Coronavirus cases set new single-day records in 6 U.S. states:"https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/coronavirus-cases-set-new-single-day-records-six-u-s-n1242828

* "Covid spike, looming flu season, staff shortages: Hospitals feel pressure in North Dakota:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/covid-spike-looming-flu-season-staff-shortages-hospitals-feel-pressure-in-north-dakota-93725253717

* "White House Blocked C.D.C. From Requiring Masks on Public Transportation:" https://www.nytimes.com/2020/10/09/health/coronavirus-covid-masks-cdc.html

* "Trump's doctor says the President has tested negative on consecutive days:" https://www.cnn.com/2020/10/12/politics/trump-health-coronavirus/index.html

* "9 more dead, 56 hospitalized in Wisconsin due to COVID-19 since yesterday:" https://wkow.com/2020/10/12/covid-19-in-wisconsin-monday/

* "North Dakota has fewer than 20 staffed ICU beds available as Covid-19 cases surge, public health official says:" https://edition.cnn.com/world/live-news/coronavirus-pandemic-10-12-20-intl/h_2bac44b4d0485a2c9b722e7219eaa5ec

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* "The Swamp That Trump Built:" https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/10/10/us/trump-properties-swamp.html

* "Trump’s children brought Secret Service money to the family business with their visits, records show:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/secret-service-spending-trump-kids/2020/10/12/ffc1c330-ff31-11ea-9ceb-061d646d9c67_story.html

* "Old grudges hang over first day of Barrett hearings:" https://www.politico.com/news/2020/10/12/amy-coney-barrett-confirmation-hearing-428935

* "Trump team feigns ignorance of Amy Coney Barrett's stance on Roe v. Wade:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/trump-team-feigns-ignorance-of-amy-coney-barrett-s-abortion-views-93724229848

* "Amy Coney Barrett fails to fully disclose some past anti-abortion activism:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/amy-coney-barrett-fails-to-fully-disclose-some-past-anti-abortion-activism-93724229949

* What would Jesus do? Infect as many people as possible. "Sen. Mike Lee appears in person at Barrett hearing after Covid diagnosis:" https://www.politico.com/news/2020/10/12/mike-lee-coronavirus-amy-coney-barrett-428937

* "Senator Joni Ernst calls for Judiciary Committee to get COVID tests, while Lindsey Graham refuses:" https://www.newsweek.com/senator-joni-ernst-calls-judiciary-committee-get-covid-tests-while-lindsey-graham-refuses-1538104

* "Chris: GOP doesn’t seem to care who gets Covid—so long as Barrett gets on the Supreme Court:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/chris-gop-doesn-t-seem-to-care-who-gets-covid-so-long-as-barrett-gets-on-the-supreme-court-93712965652

* "Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse: If Supreme Court overturns ACA, we will ‘restore it bigger and stronger’:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-reidout/watch/sen-sheldon-whitehouse-if-supreme-court-overturns-aca-we-will-restore-it-bigger-and-stronger-93706821572

* "Jaime Harrison: Lindsey Graham ‘doesn’t have an urgency’ to pass pandemic relief:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-reidout/watch/jaime-harrison-lindsey-graham-doesn-t-have-an-urgency-to-pass-pandemic-relief-93704773926

* "Trump Makes First Public Appearance Since Leaving Walter Reed:" https://www.nytimes.com/2020/10/10/us/politics/trump-white-house-coronavirus.html

* "Trump taps U.S. Marine Band for White House event and raises questions about employing the military for political purposes:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/marine-band-trump-politics/2020/10/11/cdee31ee-0bf3-11eb-bfcf-b1893e2c51b4_story.html

* "Trump Hits The Trail With Florida Rally, A Week After COVID-19 Hospital Stay:" https://www.npr.org/2020/10/12/923050101/trump-hits-the-trail-with-florida-rally-a-week-after-covid-19-hospital-stay

* "Trump takes his Covid misinformation machine back on the road:" https://www.cnn.com/2020/10/12/politics/donald-trump-coronavirus-election-2020-joe-biden/index.html

* "MN health officials tie nearly two dozen COVID cases to presidential campaign events:" https://www.twincities.com/2020/10/12/minnesota-health-officials-tie-two-dozen-covid-19-cases-to-presidential-campaign-events/

* "Iowa tops 100,000 coronavirus cases as Trump plans rally:" https://www.kcrg.com/2020/10/12/iowa-tops-100000-coronavirus-cases-as-trump-plans-rally/

* "Fauci Calls Out Trump Campaign Ad That Used Him Without Permission:" https://www.nytimes.com/live/2020/10/11/world/covid-coronavirus

* "‘Hypocrisy 101’: Ex-Covid Task Force aide on Trump ad using Fauci out of context:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/-hypocrisy-101-ex-covid-task-force-official-on-trump-ad-using-fauci-out-of-context-93708869522

* "Masks optional: Packed Mike Pence retirement village rally risks becoming a superspreader event:" https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2020/10/10/mike-pence-holds-packed-mask-optional-rally-florida-retirement/

* "Microsoft takes down massive hacking operation that could have affected the election:" https://www.cnn.com/2020/10/12/tech/microsoft-election-ransomware/index.html

* "Getting involved in the 2020 election? Time to hit the 'go' button!:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/getting-involved-this-election-time-to-hit-the-go-button-93721157976

* I want to thank all of you voting early, and especially those of you who have volunteered to be poll workers.

* "More than 6.6 million Americans have already voted, suggesting record turnout:" https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election-early-vote/more-than-6-6-million-americans-have-already-voted-suggesting-record-turnout-idUSKBN26T3PC

* "The Case for Wearing a Mask and Voting Early In Person:" https://inthesetimes.com/article/vote-in-person-presidential-election-2020

* "Here are some of the people trying to help Trump sabotage the election:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/here-are-some-of-the-people-trying-to-help-trump-sabotage-the-election-93713477522

* "Late night court decision rules Texans will only have one ballot drop box per county:" https://www.cnn.com/2020/10/13/us/texas-election-ballot-drop-box-ruling/index.html

* "Massive lines mar start of in-person early voting in Georgia:" https://www.cnn.com/2020/10/12/politics/georgia-early-voting-lines-election-2020/index.html

* "After Complaining About Voter Fraud, the California GOP Commits Election Fraud:" https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2020/10/california-republicans-drop-boxes-ballot-harvesting-fraud.html

* "Volunteer lawyers will advise military personnel who question the legality of orders during protests, election disputes:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/volunteer-lawyers-will-advise-military-personnel-who-question-the-legality-of-orders-during-protests-election-disputes/2020/10/09/f4a04682-0a64-11eb-9be6-cf25fb429f1a_story.html

* "1 dead after gunfire erupts near dueling Denver protests:" https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/1-dead-after-gunfire-erupts-near-dueling-denver-protests-n1242838?cid=ed_npd_bn_tw_bn

* "Families seek new investigations into old police killings:" https://apnews.com/article/new-york-shootings-police-oklahoma-virginia-81848a05576f5f4f34e53e0271fad916

* "When Police Violence Is a Dog Bite:" https://www.themarshallproject.org/2020/10/02/when-police-violence-is-a-dog-bite

* "She Was Afraid of Her Lawyer. Then the Text Messages Started.:" https://www.propublica.org/article/she-was-afraid-of-her-lawyer-then-the-text-messages-started

* CW: Domestic Violence. "Stalked for 11 years: one woman's fight for freedom from an abusive ex-boyfriend:" https://www.theguardian.com/society/2020/sep/29/stalked-11-years-abusive-ex-boyfriend

* "Killings of trans Americans reach all-time high, rights group says:" https://www.nbcnews.com/feature/nbc-out/killings-transgender-americans-reach-all-time-high-rights-group-says-n1242417

* "Adam Rippon on Coming Out: "You Gain a Family":" https://www.advocate.com/commentary/2020/10/09/adam-rippon-coming-out-you-gain-family

* "Nurses suffer burn-out, psychological distress in COVID fight:" https://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-mentalhealth/nurses-suffer-burn-out-psychological-distress-in-covid-fight-association-idUSKBN26V0BJ

* "Babies' random choices become their preferences:" https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2020/10/201002091027.htm

* "Choice blindness: Do you know yourself as well as you think?:" https://www.bbc.com/news/stories-54349897

* "Can "Am I the Asshole?" Actually Help Make People Better?:" https://www.theringer.com/2020/10/7/21503068/am-i-the-asshole-reddit-2020

* Seriously, I want to be composted when I die after everything else useful is extracted. "The Newly Legal Process for Turning Human Corpses to Soil:" https://onezero.medium.com/the-newly-legal-process-for-turning-human-corpses-to-soil-d82ba1e4c05f

* "Inside the climate battle quietly raging about US homes:" https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/oct/09/climate-change-building-code-emissions-us

* "Secretive national oil companies hold our climate in their hands:" https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2019/oct/09/secretive-national-oil-companies-climate

* "Hurricane Delta leaves one dead in Louisiana and brings tornado threat to Carolinas:" https://www.cnn.com/2020/10/11/weather/hurricane-delta-sunday/index.html

* "Reconstruction and 1876: Crash Course US History #22:"

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* "Alaska's Unique Civil Rights Struggle :" https://daily.jstor.org/alaskas-unique-civil-rights-struggle/

* "We're in the Midst of a Mason Jar Shortage and the Culprit Is Shockingly Obvious:" https://www.thrillist.com/news/nation/mason-jar-shortage

* "Fungi, Folklore, and Fairyland:" https://publicdomainreview.org/essay/fungi-folklore-and-fairyland

* "With Americans anxious to go out, walking tours pick up pace:" https://apnews.com/article/virus-outbreak-travel-mlb-air-travel-cincinnati-d075115340677f2a8b7e6566508f13f7

* "Why Sweden’s Ancient Tradition of Calling Home the Herds Is Women’s Work:" https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smithsonian-institution/why-swedens-ancient-tradition-calling-home-herds-womens-work-180975904/

* "This Artist Sculpts Animals and Flowers From Grains of Rice:" https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/making-art-with-rice-china

* "VP Fly Debate Cold Open - SNL:"

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* Tavy gave me an ouch: https://gwydionmisha.tumblr.com/post/631941905745395712/the-emperor-was-rutching-around-climbing-around

* I had library curbside and another trip to the hardware store for a surprise light bulb emergency. (The big specialized light bulb in the bathroom burned out, which causes serious problems for me, and we ran out of regular ones early in the pandemic. Yes I should have got light bulbs when I went to get Tavy an emergency piss tarp, but I forgot). That's two high risk things in a month, but at least hardware store is super strict about masks and distancing. I saw one other customer total and no one crowded me. They have a way bigger check out sneeze guard than I see in pictures anywhere else, as it covers the while front of the counter with a pass through for items. If I have to be in a store for ten minutes this was not a bad choice. Anyway, I can read labels and the like in the bathroom again, which is helpful. Still I hate taking risks when other people are risking for me.

I'm having lung issues today, but the why is super obvious and a thing that happens with my level of lung damage. I really wanted to watch a few comedy specials because Jesus fuck the news! I know you mostly see doom and horror in here, but there is a reason I've been reading a lot of lighter stuff on my own time and I vary my tv/movie watching in the ways I do. Also a couple days ago I heard there was a Hari Kondabolu special on Netflix and righteously angry while being funny is kind of my jam. That wasn't the problem.

Last night I watched john Mulvaney and I had a laugh until I need medication moment, which is basically why I also have to limit laughter. Like, chuckle fine, small laugh fine, but a really big long laugh kicks up the endemic gunk in there and then I can't breathe. Annoying, but fine. It is entirely my fault that before getting up for errands, I put on a Trevor Noah special when looking for the Mulvaney. I'd heard about this special, but never seen because I only got on Squirrel's Netflix within the last year. So I'm medicated and dressed and have my body warmed up for moving around, and he hits the Bali section and the snake park end bit got me again. I had to hang my head over the bed side and struggle to breath, because if I cough too long bad stuff can happen that i don't want to clean up. So my throat's now sore from coughing and my lungs have been sandpapered, so I'm going to have to wait for more comedy for a while, but I figure I'm okay, I can do lungs after errands and the lungs will chill out.

The plan was fine, but I did not include raw fresh(ish)snacking peas from last week's food box. The treatment chilled out my lungs. I cleaned up the massive mess Tavy made over my long illness by his new hobby of throwing things off stuff in the living room, which needed to happen because hopeful the Millenials are coming to do the outside Gothmas display up. By which point Tavy had pissed on the sofa, which was fair, since literally the next thing on the to do was change the front box and check the others. He refuses to use any other box. So I did laundry and boxes and washed up.

I started trying to pull the tumblr links off the aggregate scaffold because I wanted to post Monday's aggregate right away, but it was a lot of links, since I had to get to bed early because I haven't had proper sleep since Thursday and I needed to hit my scheduled window at the library. Somewhere in there I discovered I was still hungry and was snacking on the peas while I worked. A rogue tip tried to escape up my sinuses. My lungs, already irritated from all the laugh coughing and still not recovered from the smoke even though it's been real autumn for about a week, completely fucking lost it. I couldn't stop. I nearly passed out, which is a thing that is also my kind of normal. And they kept not calming down. And they kept not calming down. I took the meds that usually sort that, which took it down a step, but my throat is shredded at this point and anything will set me off at this point because my lungs’re pissed.

I had to resort to the chloraseptic, which is a thing I hate. It was too close still to the previous lung treatment, so that was off the table. I did finally get it under control. Until Tavy deep clawed my neck and I couldn't get him off. (See bandaid pic above) Yelling in pain and surprise is not a good thing with the throat and barely under control lungs I'm dealing with. Which starts the cycle again....

Hence me posting the aggregate at nearly 5AM, with Tuesday's links all lined up because if I added them this was never going out and it already has three days in it. I promise, I read today mostly, but I just can't do it and this both.

* Someone reads Chuck Tingle's Harriet Porber:https://bibliomancer7.tumblr.com/post/631200382008328192

* The Dick of Death: https://laura-australis.tumblr.com/post/631369210435698688/did-i-ever-tell-u-guys-about-the-time-my-ex

* Magas at Salem: https://twitter.com/Mr_S_Crane/status/1314421359414579200

* "10 Sweet & Spooky Movie Cakes :" https://www.cakewrecks.com/home/2020/10/11/10-sweet-amp-spooky-movie-cakes

* The Midnight Society Presents Stephen King vs. J.K. Rowling: https://twitter.com/midnight_pals/status/1315077286714961920

* The Midnight Society Presents the Masque of the Red Death: https://twitter.com/midnight_pals/status/1312478266624602112

- 7.18 Eye of the Beholder. CW: Suicide. I'd forgotten this episode and it feels a little like stepping on a land mine. I started out trying to summarize it, but fuck that. the second and third scene are clumsy in an after school special way, and I reached the I want to punch somebody point during the third scene. (Not the actors, they are doing their best with the very special episode dialog they are given). I just... this is not the way to handle suicide in a TV show well, and yes, I get the mystery angle, but I just really don't think this is how to handle topics this complicated and sensitive, so I'm noping out of writing up the A plot of this one.

I will mention some arc things that matter longer term. Early on there is an awkward scene in which Worf is trying to work up to asking Riker if it's cool if he asks Deanna out, but chickens out. Later while working on the investigation together, Worf and Deanna make out and sex is implied as he's making her breakfast in bed next scene. They later have a conversation about last night, which he definitely does not regret. so this is the episode where deanna/Worf became a thing.

- 7.19 Genesis. this one starts in sickbay. Riker has a sex injury. Barkley's got a mild flu, but has googled symptoms and is sure he is dying of assorted rare diseases. Spot is pregnant. Another crew member is expecting. Data puts Barkley in charge of spot while he's on an away mission.

Meanwhile, Worf is testing a proton torpedo upgrade and it goes dreadfully wrong. He is trying to sort it all out and going extra Klingon in was not great for his new relationship. Worf missed their lunch date and is wolfing food down. He's obnoxious to her and furious at himself, she's eating caviar for lunch and off as well, though not as obviously, craving salt and fussing about the environmental system. He takes a nap and wakes up feral, ripping blanket and bed to make a mest on the floor.

Later, Barkley is a mile a minute and futzing with the power system. Riker is having trouble following their report which Barkley delivers like he's on coke. It turns out to be under attack from an organic solvent while Geordi is exhausted. Deanna and Worf have a fight on the bridge about the temperature and humidity controls. Riker is having trouble remembering what's going on with the weapons system. Worf is creepy at Deanna in private, and strikes Deanna, who is now freezing. Other crew are either too hot or cold. Worf is non-verbal and growing an acid sac on his neck and sprays Crusher when she looks in his mouth. It turns out Worf has been spraying all over the ship. Human crew are growing tired and forgetful. They are struggling to get the sensor to pick up Worf. Riker can't remember his password to call for help.

Picard and data return from dealing with the stray torpedo and find the ship adrift and silent with odd power and life signs readings. Main power's shut down. There are creepy sounds up ahead as they explore. They find a large humanoid shaped shed reptile skin. Deanna's underwater in the bath, devolved and breathing through gills. ad is now an amphibian. Worf has bitten her. They find a dead crewman with a broken spine on the bridge. Lifeforms are all over, but a bunch are in arboretum and aquatics for obvious reasons. Proto-human Riker attacks them and has to be stunned.

It's the synthetic t-cell from the opening scene causing them to devolve. The virus can cross species. Picard also has it now. Barkley's infected them all, except data of course. Data has a separate computer in his quarters that's undamaged. Spot's kittens are hungry, but she's devolved and can't care for them. The kittens seem immune. Data's going to look into using the pregnant ensign's amniotic fluid as a cure for the human's, but first they need to fix a problem with the engines. Picard runs into a partially arachnid Barkley. Picard is afraid and in early stages of the symptomatic phase.

Worf was trying to mate with Deanna and is now trying to break in where they are working on trying to find a cure. The award for most awkward way for your coworkers to find out you are fucking goes to Worf Son of Mogh and Deanna Troi! Picard leads him off with her concentrated pheromones. Picard has to shock him in a Jeffrey's tube to stop him. data releases the cure into the ship's air system.

They name the disease after Barkley. So. Much. Therapy.

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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.

* "2020 wildfires in California and the west: Everything we know and how you can help:" https://www.cnet.com/how-to/2020-wildfires-in-california-and-the-west-everything-we-know-and-how-to-help/

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* "Coronavirus in Africa: Five reasons why Covid-19 has been less deadly than elsewhere:" https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-54418613

* "Coronavirus could spread 'uncontrollably' over the next few weeks, German official warns:" https://www.cnbc.com/2020/10/08/coronavirus-could-spread-uncontrollably-germany-warns.html

* "Coronavirus: Masks made mandatory outdoors across Italy:" https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-54454450

* "Czech Republic tops record infection surge in Eastern Europe:" https://abcnews.go.com/Health/wireStory/czech-republic-tops-record-infection-surge-eastern-europe-73503526

* "Coronavirus: Brussels orders ‘code red’ shutdown of all bars and cafés:" https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/coronavirus-brussels-orders-code-red-shutdown-of-all-bars-and-cafes-8wdntl9vr

* "Coronavirus: Spain imposes partial lockdown on defiant Madrid:" https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-54383548

* Total confirmed COVID-19 cases in the U.S.A for 10/8/20 are 7,592,000The death toll is 213,000. The real number is likely much higher.

* "Trump advisers consult scientists pushing disputed herd immunity strategy:" https://www.politico.com/news/2020/10/06/trump-herd-immunity-scientists-426911

* "Antibody treatment Trump touts relied on testing with cells derived from fetal tissue:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/trump-antibody-treatment-fetal-tissue/2020/10/08/92f9b2d6-0971-11eb-9be6-cf25fb429f1a_story.html

* "Trump makes bold claims about his health as he returns to the Fox interview circuit:" https://www.politico.com/news/2020/10/08/trump-medical-condition-id-love-to-do-a-rally-tonight-427936

* "McConnell suggests White House is ‘paying the price’ for lax Covid protocols:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/mcconnell-suggests-white-house-is-paying-the-price-for-lax-covid-safety-standards-93478981535

* "Democrats rip Trump for suggesting Gold Star families could have given him Covid-19:" https://www.politico.com/news/2020/10/08/trump-gold-star-families-coronavirus-427875

* "White House hides Trump status as agent of infection; Trump blames Gold Star families:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/white-house-hides-trump-status-as-agent-of-infection-trump-blames-gold-star-families-93487173888

* "'Donald Trump has no understanding of what service is': Gold Star father:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/-donald-trump-has-no-understanding-of-what-service-is-gold-star-father-93488709902

* "‘The real danger is Donald Trump’: Sen. Duckworth on Trump blaming gold star families for infection:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-reidout/watch/-the-real-danger-is-donald-trump-sen-duckworth-on-trump-blaming-gold-star-families-for-infection-93474885837

* "Health officials urge attendees of White House event to get tested for coronavirus:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/coronavirus-dc-white-house/2020/10/08/82c64222-0966-11eb-a166-dc429b380d10_story.html

* "Senior Marine tests positive for coronavirus, second high-ranking uniformed official this week:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/senior-marine-tests-positive-for-coronavirus-second-high-ranking-uniformed-official-this-week/2020/10/07/aa8cc96a-08fe-11eb-991c-be6ead8c4018_story.html

* "Top White House aide hosted lavish Atlanta wedding in May despite virus restrictions:" https://www.ajc.com/politics/top-white-house-aide-hosted-lavish-atlanta-wedding-in-may-despite-virus-restrictions/EM4USUMCRFBJLJNC52WXR7EWIY/

* "Green Bay on 'verge of a crisis' as virus overwhelms hospitals, Wisconsin doctor says:" https://www.cnbc.com/2020/10/08/wisconsin-doctor-green-bay-on-the-verge-of-a-crisis.html

* "The Virus Surges in North Dakota, Filling Hospitals and Testing Attitudes:" https://www.nytimes.com/2020/10/07/us/coronavirus-north-dakota.html

* "Michigan Supreme Court rules against Whitmer's use of emergency powers law in pandemic:" https://www.crainsdetroit.com/government/michigan-supreme-court-rules-against-whitmers-use-emergency-powers-law-pandemic

* "Tribe reports scramble for hospital beds in South Dakota:" https://www.argusleader.com/story/news/2020/10/08/cheyenne-river-sioux-tribe-south-dakota-hospital-bed/5922477002/

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* "Walter Reed staff were required to sign nondisclosure agreements during Trump’s November 2019 medical visit:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/trump-walter-reed-nondisclosure-agreements/2020/10/08/50dbb71a-073b-11eb-a166-dc429b380d10_story.html

* Meanwhile in Autocracy news.... "‘Where are all of the arrests?’: Trump demands Barr lock up his foes:" https://www.politico.com/news/2020/10/07/trump-demands-barr-arrest-foes-427389

* "Longtime GOP fundraiser Elliott Broidy charged with acting as a foreign agent, is likely to plead guilty:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/trump-fundraiser-broidy-charged/2020/10/08/f2640488-f1f7-11ea-b796-2dd09962649c_story.html

* "Facebook bans marketing firm running ‘troll farm’ for pro-Trump youth group:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2020/10/08/facebook-bans-media-consultancy-running-troll-farm-pro-trump-youth-group/

* Spoiler: 45 is insisting he should be allowed to try to kill Biden by breathing Covid on him instead of staying in isolation. How much does 45 hate America? He is threatening to hold a massive super spreader event instead knowing he's infectious. "Sparring between Biden, Trump teams puts debate schedule in doubt:" https://www.politico.com/news/2020/10/08/trump-biden-virtual-second-debate-427810

* "Few Covid safeguards as Trump campaign restarts rallies:" https://www.politico.com/news/2020/10/08/covid-safety-trump-rallies-428139

* "'The arguments are getting more and more absurd': Joy blasts Mike Lee’s attacks on democracy:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-reidout/watch/here-s-what-joy-thinks-of-sen-mike-lee-attacking-rank-democracy-the-arguments-are-getting-more-and-more-absurd-as-trump-gets-more-and-more-absurd-93476421651

* "The VP debate offers the nation a glimpse of a post-Trump future:" https://www.politico.com/news/2020/10/08/vp-debate-post-trump-harris-pence-427765

* "Fact-checking the vice-presidential debate between Pence and Harris:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2020/10/08/fact-checking-vice-presidential-debate-between-pence-harris/

* "Harris vaccine answer knocked Trump lack of credibility on coronavirus:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/harris-vaccine-answer-knocked-trump-lack-of-credibility-93404229632

* Even in clips, Mike Pence's misogyny and refusal to answer questions was exhausting.

* "Democratic election hopeful admits he starred in gay porn as a ‘young and naive’ student:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2020/10/07/roger-montoya-gay-porn-democrat-new-mexico-house/

* This is some real talk about a King County judge that needs to go: https://twitter.com/midbeaconhill/status/1313324622637481990

* "F.B.I. Says Michigan Anti-Government Group Plotted to Kidnap Gov. Gretchen Whitmer:" https://www.nytimes.com/2020/10/08/us/gretchen-whitmer-michigan-militia.html

* "'Just Grab The Bitch': Militia Plotted To Kidnap Michigan Governor, Feds Say:" https://www.huffpost.com/entry/whitmer-kidnapping-michigan-militia-trump_n_5f7f32a5c5b600470a99510d

* "Alleged domestic terrorists used armed protests at Michigan capitol for recruitment:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/alleged-domestic-terrorists-used-armed-protests-at-michigan-capitol-for-recruitment-93489221819

* "‘Shaken’: Michigan State Sen. reacts to thwarted plot to kidnap Gov. Whitmer:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/-shaken-michigan-state-sen-reacts-to-thwarted-plot-to-kidnap-gov-whitmer-93480517622

* "Federal judge issues scathing decision to allow more ballot drop boxes in Ohio:" https://www.cnn.com/2020/10/08/politics/ohio-injunction-ballot-boxes-election/index.html

* "A Disastrous New Ruling Will Likely Disenfranchise Tens of Thousands of Wisconsin Voters:" https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2020/10/wisconsin-pandemic-absentee-voting-disenfranchised.html

* "Trans survivalist, known for smashing watermelons with the face of Boris Johnson, arrested for hoarding weapons:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2020/10/08/trans-survivalist-boris-johnson-watermelon-lincoln-arrest-weapons-explosive-chemicals/

* "Young whales looking to dine flock to waters off NYC:" https://apnews.com/article/new-york-new-york-city-whales-fish-environment-0c338c0b07001a03424d1e50efdf2cf3

* "War & Expansion: Crash Course US History #17:"

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* "The Roaring 20's: Crash Course US History #32:"

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* Some Holocaust oral history: https://lettersfromtitan.tumblr.com/post/631461472013320192/heres-the-opposite-story-though-with-apologies

* "See the secret buildings that make cities run:" https://www.fastcompany.com/90558115/hiding-in-plain-sight-how-cities-camouflage-infrastructure-with-buildings-that-blend-right-in

* "Loose Canon: The Jacks of King Kong:"

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* I'd watch it: https://twitter.com/KBSpangler/status/1314281095396032512

* Snerk: https://slate.com/culture/2020/10/debate-fly-mike-pence-hair-endorses-trump-death-decay-beelzebub-and-so-on.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.

* "2020 wildfires in California and the west: Everything we know and how you can help:" https://www.cnet.com/how-to/2020-wildfires-in-california-and-the-west-everything-we-know-and-how-to-help/

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* "In pictures: Mexico school classes resume on TV:" https://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-53917882

* "Tony Abbott confirmed as UK trade envoy despite blistering backlash over homophobic and misogynist comments:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2020/09/04/tony-abbott-trade-envoy-board-of-trade-homophobia-misogyny/

* "Belarus Lukashenko: Dozens arrested at mass protests in Belarus:" https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-54044750

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* "Germany coronavirus: Hundreds arrested in German 'anti-corona' protests:" https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-53959552

* "Mexico has world's highest coronavirus deaths among health workers:" https://www.nbcnews.com/news/latino/mexico-has-world-s-highest-coronavirus-deaths-among-health-workers-n1239322

* "Coronavirus: India overtakes Brazil in Covid-19 cases:" https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-india-54023509

* "Brazil surpasses 4 million Covid-19 cases, amid tentative signs of virus easing:" https://www.france24.com/en/20200904-brazil-surpasses-4-million-covid-19-cases-amid-tentative-signs-of-virus-easing-1

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* "Khizr Khan says Trump’s soul ‘can’t conceive of integrity and honor’:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-reidout/watch/khizr-khan-says-trump-s-soul-can-t-conceive-of-integrity-and-honor-91161157616

* "Michael Cohen says Trump would ‘start a war’ to ‘prevent himself from being removed from office’:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-reidout/watch/michael-cohen-says-trump-would-start-a-war-to-prevent-himself-from-being-removed-from-office-91161157996

* "New evidence raises questions about Breonna Taylor case:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-reidout/watch/new-evidence-raises-questions-about-breonna-taylor-case-91159621928

* "New book explores emotional turmoil of Central Park Five Case:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-reidout/watch/new-book-explores-emotional-turmoil-of-central-park-five-case-91162693949

* "Can I Keep My Parents' Skulls & Tattoos?:"

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* "The problem with the thrift-flipping trend:" https://metro.co.uk/2020/09/05/is-thrift-flipping-a-harmless-hobby-or-a-thoughtless-way-of-screwing-over-disadvantaged-and-plus-size-people-13227692/

* "Burning Out:" https://longreads.com/2019/11/15/burning-out/

* "Bird deaths down 70 percent after painting wind turbine blades:" https://arstechnica.com/science/2020/08/black-paint-on-wind-turbines-helps-prevent-bird-massacres/

* "Once seen as loners, male elephants shown to follow elders:" https://apnews.com/ec1b2fcee31d80de93819897d2fe7441

* "MOST ICONIC OF ICONIC CORPSES- Tachibana no Kachiko:"

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* "Norwegian Archaeologists Unearth Grave of Left-Handed Viking Warrior:" https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/archaeologists-uncover-grave-left-handed-viking-warrior-norway-180975734/

* CW: Extreme Historical Racism, NWS, Rape, Dead Bodies. "ICONIC CORPSE- Saartjie "Sarah" Baartman:"

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* CW: Insects, Body parts. "Disgusting and Creepy Victorian Fashion Trends:"

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* "Girl Talk with the Dead!:"

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* CW: Dead Bodies, Child Death "ICONIC CORPSE: Sweet Little (Haunted?) Rosalia Lombardo:"

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* "Caged Congolese teen: Why a zoo took 114 years to apologise:" https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-53917733

* CW: Dead Bodies "Iconic Corpse: Elena de Hoyos & Carl Tanzler:"

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* "How Four Brothers Allegedly Fleeced $19 Million From Amazon:" https://www.wired.com/story/how-four-brothers-allegedly-fleeced-19-million-amazon/

* "R.I.P. David Graeber:" https://www.ianwelsh.net/r-i-p-david-graeber/

* "Amezaiku: The Nearly Lost Japanese Art of Candy Sculpture:" https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/628146/amezaiku-japanese-candy-sculpture

* "Mel Brooks, The Producers and the Ethics of Satire about N@zis:"

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* "Night of Nights/Death Waltz - Piano:"

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* "Capybara eat huge pumpkin ASMR:"

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* I was getting better. I swear I was. I started the second z-pac Thursday because while clearing, my lungs weren't clear. I also kind of felt crap Thursday evening, but in the expected ways given the war inside my body.

Ad then I had an ICU dream. These aren't nightmares. No really. I get them when my lungs are bad and the dream is about going on oxygen and having actual appropriate medical care. Other Americans will see why this is kind of an exciting concept. People in developed countries will likely be like: isn't that every day?

Anyway, I half woke up and thought, "Huh, that's odd. My lungs aren't bad enough for me to be dreaming about supplemental oxygen," and went back to sleep.

This was a mistake. I bet you can see the mistake already, but in my defense: half asleep and when I went to bed I was projecting them drying up by Monday.

I woke up with really bad lungs. Like worse than the day they started me on the second antibiotic bad lungs. I moved a little and ended up having to eject a cat and lean over the side of me bed in case I vomited from coughing bad.

My the time I got it together I was too late for the clinic call in hours, apparently. Like they were till open, but o longer answering phones.

Long time readers will know that I general get a virus and then an opportunistic bacterial lung infection moves in while my immune system is extra distracted between fighting off the virs and it's main goal of eating large sections of my body under the beleif that most of me is a foreign object.

Except this is clearly bacterial or it wouldn't have been responding to antibiotics. Which means odds are i just pulled the rare opposite scenario. What have I had to do a lot of the past three weeks? Go to assorted Doctors despite my real concern about infection risk. <.< >.>

Nothing could be done except wait for me to reach live people at the poverty clinic. I'm maxing out my lung treatments.

I think I need a COVID test. If I have it, odds are squirrel and I are both dead.

Update: It took an hour and a half on the phone, but I found an open slot. I can't get results until Tuesday because of the long weekend.

* Sunday's Doonesbury: https://www.gocomics.com/doonesbury/2020/09/06

* "Sunday Sweets Is Blinding Me With SCIENCE:" https://www.cakewrecks.com/home/2020/9/6/sunday-sweets-is-blinding-me-with-science

* "Song dynasty poet Lu You poem-liveblogged his descent from cat owner to cat slave:" https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1299148337774354432.html

* "Rating (aka Roasting) Historical Movie Corsets:"

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This isn't in the video, but the one movie costumes do that drives me up the wall is when 20th century movies have corsets or obvious mid-20th century bras that completely screw up the silhouette in dresses from eriods before stays were invented.

* I watch a lot of zombie movies. Like most of them at least once. One'll slip by here or there only to be noticed a few years later and I'll have to wait for some to come up somewhere I can watch free, but I watch them all, even the terrible z-grade ones. I've been dreaming about zombies in one form another since I was literally three, before I knew the word. IDK, they resonate with me for a bunch of reasons, some of which I've written about before.

I have watched aquatic NAZI zombies, stripper zombies, lederhosen zombies, crappy racist pre-Romero zombies. I love Romero and always will. I love Cemetery Man. Train to Busan is now my favorite, but seriously Dawn of the dead in particular was formative in a bunch of ways. I even watched the zombienado thing the sharknado people made.

I may have found one of the worst zombie movies ever made last night. I mean, at least Zombienado and the zombie strippers had some camp value and the self awareness to know they aren't making a good flick here, just making a flick period, so they just had fun with it. It was a terrible, terrible thing, that made very little sense, couldn't pick a tone, was consistently horribly racist despite being made in 2014 and randomly casually homophobic, and had possibly the stupidest, most annoying collection of characters ever assembled in a zombie movie. Also it was simultaneously vehemently christian and anti-christian in a way that just kept confusing me. It seemed to be trying to say something about religion, but the whole thing was so incoherent, I can't venture a guess as to what.

When I say stupid, I mean I literally could not figure out how this collection of people could survive an hour in a zombie apocalypse let alone a year and a half. These zombies are attracted to noise, but they never shut up and like yelling and screaming all the fucking time. All of their ideas are terrible and frequently deadly. The teenager keeps wandering off by herself. they keep putting limbs and faces next to infected people. they don't pay attention to undead they can see coming towards them because their annoying petty personal dramas are more important than not getting bitten. They keep splitting up and getting attacked.... Like seriously, how'd they make it this far?

The two supposedly bright characters really, really weren't. One was a bunch of ableist tropes (both mental and physical) in a man suit. The other? Was supposedly a scientist, but was only marginally brighter than the others. If this movie wasn't from the UK and six years old, I'd have thought he was a trump CDC political appointee. Like get this: They did mass inoculations of the military with an experimental vaccine they had not bothered to test for safety and efficacy. They had no tests to see if there were any side effects apparently before they lined them up and dosed them with the stuff. What could go wrong? Dude!

So I have to ask, how did someone with 45's level of mental impairment get put in charge of a biological warfare vaccine development program of this magnitude? How did he get the credentials to get hired? What muppet let him handle level four pathogens? Did not one person anywhere in the process suggest at least one proper phase 3 study?

And his decisions stopped making any sense at all once they ran into literal Sweet zombie Jesus. No really. There is a literal zombie Jesus and what little sense the character had in their heads falls right out along with the already minimal coherence to the plot.

I just can't with this film. I keep trying to work out what any of the characters were thinking or why they did any of the things they did and I can't. I still have no idea why zombie Jesus' powers worked the weird inconsistent way they did, just as I can't explain WTF they had a live action first person shooter style intro tacked on at the start of the movie and what if any information it was meant to convey.

They'd have been better off killing off these people as an intro and then made another better movie with characters that I actually wanted to watch doing things that made sense instead of bickering loudly to attract zombies and occasionally literally feeding themselves to zombies on purpose.

Do not watch Zombie Resurrection.

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