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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Statistical average doesn't prove individual performance.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

* "Autism Tropes in Media:"

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

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

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

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

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* "ICONIC CORPSE- Warrior Women Scorned!:"

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Doug Jones - Alabama
Gary Peters - Michigan

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

* "Bells toll to mark 75 years since Hiroshima bomb:" https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-53660059

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* Please, please, please, can we keep the schools closed now? "COVID-19 may have lasting effects on some children's brains:" https://www.nbcnews.com/health/health-news/covid-19-children-doctors-see-link-between-virus-neurological-side-n1235501

* "Fauci says the length of time to get a Covid-19 test result is "totally unacceptable":" https://www.cnn.com/world/live-news/coronavirus-pandemic-08-05-20-intl/h_539c8c048e47a1beb3048d187cfd198e

* "Stay Away From These 115 Hand Sanitizers, F.D.A. Warns:" https://www.nytimes.com/2020/08/04/health/fda-hand-sanitizer-recall.html?action=click&module=Top%20Stories&pgtype=Homepage

* "Johnson & Johnson reaches deal with U.S. for 100 million doses of coronavirus vaccine at more than $1 billion:" https://www.cnbc.com/2020/08/05/jj-reaches-deal-with-us-for-100-million-doses-of-coronavirus-vaccine-at-more-than-1-billion.html

* "How the Pandemic Defeated America:" https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2020/09/coronavirus-american-failure/614191/

* "U.S. caught in spiral as coronavirus exacerbates societal flaws:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/u-s-caught-in-spiral-as-coronavirus-exacerbates-societal-flaws-89513029559

* "Trump dinged by social media for 'harmful COVID misinformation':" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/trump-dinged-by-social-media-for-harmful-covid-misinformation-89623109742

* "Mississippi's governor just mandated masks in public gatherings and school. The state is top 5 for coronavirus cases per capita:" https://www.cnn.com/2020/08/05/health/mississippi-coronavirus-masks-schools-positivity-rate/index.html

* "'So many bodies ... I lost count': The grim business moving Latino coronavirus victims as death toll spikes:" https://www.latimes.com/world-nation/story/2020-08-02/grim-business-moving-latino-coronavirus-victims-grim-business-as-death-toll-mounts-so-many-bodies-i-lost-count

* "Journalist tests positive for coronavirus after covering President Trump’s visit to Tampa Bay:" https://www.tampabay.com/florida-politics/buzz/2020/08/03/journalist-tests-positive-for-coronavirus-after-covering-president-trumps-visit-to-tampa-bay/

* The Interior department refused to testify and Louis Gohmert refused to wear a mask so here we are. "Rep. Raul Grijalva tests positive for Covid-19:" https://www.politico.com/news/2020/08/01/raul-grijalva-tests-positive-covid-19-390111

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* "US defense officials contradict Trump: No indication yet of attack in Beirut:" https://www.cnn.com/2020/08/04/politics/defense-officials-contradict-trump-beirut/

* "Trump had US ambassador press UK for golf deal: former diplomat:" Trump had US ambassador press UK for golf deal: former diplomat

* "Report on Trump scheme to profit from UK favors withheld; IG fired:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/report-on-trump-scheme-to-profit-from-uk-favors-withheld-ig-fired-89621573520

* "Trump’s Bank Was Subpoenaed by N.Y. Prosecutors in Criminal Inquiry:" https://www.nytimes.com/2020/08/05/nyregion/trump-taxes-vance-deutsche-bank.html

* "Investigation of Trump Org follows familiar white collar contours:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/investigation-of-trump-org-follows-familiar-white-collar-contours-89511493965

* "James Comey Wrote a Letter in 2016. What Will Bill Barr Do?:" https://www.nytimes.com/2020/08/05/opinion/bill-barr-trump-biden-2020.html

* "Schatz slams Esper for allowing Trump appointment of ‘racist nutball’ to Pentagon:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/schatz-slams-esper-for-allowing-trump-appointment-of-racist-nutball-to-pentagon-89506885816

* "Democrats launch probe into $765M Kodak loan:" https://www.politico.com/news/2020/08/05/democrats-probe-765m-kodak-loan-391882

* "Former clients of acting Homeland Security chief Chad Wolf received millions in department contracts:" https://www.cnbc.com/2020/08/05/former-clients-of-acting-homeland-security-chief-chad-wolf-get-millions-in-dhs-contracts.html

* "Trump threatens executive actions as coronavirus relief deal remains elusive on Capitol Hill:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/us-policy/2020/08/05/congress-unemployment-trump-stimulus/

* "Sen. Schatz: Trump and GOP allowing an 'economic extinction event':" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/sen-schatz-trump-and-gop-allowing-an-economic-extinction-event-89507397764

* "Trump confirms he’s considering delivering convention speech from White House:" https://www.politico.com/news/2020/08/05/trump-convention-speech-white-house-391752

* "Trump campaign sues Nevada over mail-in voting bill:" https://www.cnn.com/2020/08/05/politics/trump-campaign-nevada-mail-in-ballots/index.html

* "Nevada passes law to make voting easier, defying Trump bluster:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/nevada-passes-law-to-make-voting-easier-defying-trump-bluster-89512005965

* "Trump political games with post office messes with American lives:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/trump-political-games-with-post-office-messes-with-american-lives-89560133587

* "Hayes: Trump plan is to attack legitimacy of voting system while also undermining it:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/hayes-trump-plan-is-to-attack-legitimacy-of-voting-system-while-also-undermining-it-89506373993

* "Chris Hayes breaks down Trump’s plan to undermine democracy ahead of election:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/chris-hayes-breaks-down-trump-s-plan-to-undermine-democracy-ahead-of-election-89552453920

* "Sen. Booker says Trump’s attacks on voting process are ‘shameless’ and ‘dangerous’:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/sen-booker-says-trump-s-attacks-on-voting-process-are-shameless-and-dangerous-89552965881

* "Trump administration sticks to schools plan as U.S. nears 5 million coronavirus cases:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/trump-administration-sticks-to-schools-plan-as-us-nears-5-million-coronavirus-cases/2020/08/04/733e7de8-d68e-11ea-aff6-220dd3a14741_story.html

* "Chicago says students will stay home, New York erects COVID-19 checkpoints:" https://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa/new-york-city-erects-quarantine-checkpoints-to-curb-coronavirus-idUSKCN251281

* "‘I’m sorry, but it’s a fantasy’:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2020/08/01/schools-reopening-coronavirus-arizona-superintendent/?arc404=true

* "Over 100 students quarantined in Mississippi school district after several individuals tested positive for Covid-19:" https://www.cnn.com/2020/08/05/us/mississippi-school-district-coronavirus-trnd/index.html

* "With coronavirus cases reported at some reopened schools, protesters take to the streets with fake coffins:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/education/2020/08/04/with-coronavirus-cases-reported-some-reopened-schools-protesters-take-streets-with-fake-coffins/

* "Middle Tenn. teachers hold mock funeral procession to protest return to school:" https://www.wjhl.com/news/regional/tennessee/middle-tenn-teachers-hold-mock-funeral-procession-to-protest-return-to-school/

* "Agonizing school decisions made harder by flippant Trump remarks:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/agonizing-school-decisions-made-harder-by-flippant-trump-remarks-89559621690

* "Coronavirus resurgence could prompt state's reopening step-back:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/coronavirus-resurgence-could-prompt-state-s-reopening-step-back-89558597947

* "‘I cannot lose another teacher’: Ariz. superintendent terrified over school reopening:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/-i-cannot-lose-another-teacher-ariz-superintendent-terrified-over-school-reopening-89506885922

* "Trump hedges bet against 2020 win with early census data grab:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/trump-hedges-bet-against-2020-win-with-early-census-data-grab-89558597755

* CW: Descriptions of torture. This is a bad one. "El Salvador Police Sentenced in Country's 1st Trans Murder Conviction:"

* "‘The Biggest Monster’ Is Spreading. And It’s Not the Coronavirus.:" https://www.nytimes.com/2020/08/03/health/coronavirus-tuberculosis-aids-malaria.html

* "I Make the Pandemic Fun for People Who Don’t Realize It’s Happening:" https://slate.com/human-interest/2020/08/coronavirus-diaries-assisted-living-facility-activities.html

* So I'm sick again. I wouldn't even mention it if it weren't for the context. Headache, sinus symptoms, sore throat, dry cough. No noticeable lung involvement. This probably explains why I've been so tired. How the fuck am I catching things still?

*fingers crossed*

A friend sent me an adult sized sling last week, and partially as a result, my arm is improved enough that I didn't need it tonight, though the pain is still seriously fucking with my sleep.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Doug Jones - Alabama
Gary Peters - Michigan

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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* "Seven babies die in one night at Zimbabwe hospital:" https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-53580559

* "Michelle Bolsonaro, Brazil's First Lady, Tests Positive For Coronavirus:" https://www.wbur.org/npr/897196730/michelle-bolsonaro-brazils-first-lady-tests-positive-for-coronavirus

* "Cases surge in Victoria despite Melbourne lockdown:" https://www.bbc.com/news/world-australia-53589817

* "Fauci: Virus rampant in U.S. because of inadequate, patchwork shutdowns:" https://www.politico.com/news/2020/07/31/fauci-virus-rampant-inadequate-shutdowns-389512

* "Raskin: It's like GOP has 'a policy of mass human sacrifice' on coronavirus:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/raskin-gop-has-a-policy-of-mass-human-sacrifice-89378373752

* "How Jared Kushner’s Secret Testing Plan “Went Poof Into Thin Air”:" https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2020/07/how-jared-kushners-secret-testing-plan-went-poof-into-thin-air

Short version: Republicans hate America so much they deliberately scuttled plans for a coordinated COVID response because they decided letting it run unchecked in blue states would be good for them politically.

* "Florida sets new record for Covid-19 deaths for 4th straight day:" https://www.cnn.com/world/live-news/coronavirus-pandemic-07-31-20-intl/h_13cfc5b8fe400598ec55b431cd2006dd

* "COVID-19 in Mississippi: Gov. Tate Reeves orders mask mandate for eight more counties:" https://www.clarionledger.com/story/news/politics/2020/07/30/mississippi-covid-reeves-orders-mask-mandate-8-more-counties/5544800002/

* "Kemp renews ban on mask mandates, extends Georgia coronavirus restrictions:" https://www.ajc.com/politics/politics-blog/kemp-to-renew-ban-on-mask-mandates-extend-coronavirus-restrictions/3EKYCVG6VVGWFDX6YIH7YP2QZA/

* "Trump's red state presidency leaves U.S. without unifying leadership:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/trump-s-red-state-presidency-leaves-u-s-with-no-unifying-leader-89389125543

* Reopening Schools is a terrible idea. "The Coronavirus Infected Hundreds at a Georgia Summer Camp:" https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/31/health/coronavirus-children-camp.html

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* "White House condemns Hong Kong election delay after Trump suggests postponing U.S. election:" https://www.politico.com/news/2020/07/31/white-house-condemns-hong-kong-election-delay-389504

* "Microsoft Is in Talks to Buy TikTok in U.S.:" https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-07-31/microsoft-is-said-to-be-in-talks-to-buy-tiktok-in-u-s?sref=MIBMEEoj

* "Right-Wing Media Outlets Duped by a Middle East Propaganda Campaign:" https://www.thedailybeast.com/right-wing-media-outlets-duped-by-a-middle-east-propaganda-campaign

* "Trump sued again for blocking people on Twitter:" https://www.politico.com/news/2020/07/31/trump-sued-for-blocking-people-on-twitter-389588

* "Trump campaign temporarily halts ad spending for review of messaging strategy:" https://www.cnn.com/2020/07/30/politics/trump-campaign-halt-advertisements/

* "Fearing Trump interference, FBI agents hid copies of Russia investigation docs:" https://www.cnn.com/2020/07/30/politics/jeffrey-toobin-trump-fbi-mueller-true-crimes-and-misdemeanors/index.html

* "US government drops effort to silence Trump's ex-lawyer:" https://apnews.com/70edd09000ff3c12b2100549ab81e2a1

* "Trump standing by Pentagon nominee under fire for Islamophobic tweets:" https://www.politico.com/news/2020/07/31/trump-pentagon-nominee-islamophobic-tweets-389527

* "Pelosi duels with White House as unemployment aid set to expire:" https://www.politico.com/news/2020/07/31/white-house-democrats-unemployment-benefits-389540

* "Trump, GOP neglect of housing help escalates eviction risk:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/trump-gop-neglect-of-housing-help-escalates-eviction-risk-89386053911

* "‘Inexplicable’: Sen. Brown on GOP leaving town as unemployment benefits expire:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/-inexplicable-sen-brown-on-gop-leaving-town-as-unemployment-benefits-expire-89377349895

* "Postal Service backlog sparks worries that ballot delivery could be delayed in November:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/postal-service-backlog-sparks-worries-that-ballot-delivery-could-be-delayed-in-november/2020/07/30/cb19f1f4-d1d0-11ea-8d32-1ebf4e9d8e0d_story.html

* "Fallacy of Trump mail voting criticism exposed by Colorado success:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/fallacy-of-trump-mail-voting-criticism-exposed-by-colorado-success-89387589560

* "Donald Trump Jr finally got his Twitter account back and couldn’t wait to… accuse Barbie of voter fraud. Yes, really:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2020/07/31/donald-trump-jr-twitter-barbie-doll-2020-presidential-election-mail-in/

* "Trump Defends ‘Delay the Election’ Tweet, Even Though He Can’t Do It:" https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/30/us/elections/biden-vs-trump.html

* "Donald Trump Jr finally got his Twitter account back and couldn’t wait to… accuse Barbie of voter fraud. Yes, really:" https://www.cnn.com/2020/07/25/politics/lebron-james-florida-voting-rights-felons/index.html

* "Florida Education Association President on opening schools: ‘We need help’:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-reidout/watch/florida-education-association-president-on-opening-schools-we-need-help-89373253836

* "Dismantle the Department of Homeland Security:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/dismantle-the-department-of-homeland-security/2020/07/30/24ef8ba0-d279-11ea-8c55-61e7fa5e82ab_story.html

* "DHS compiled ‘intelligence reports’ on journalists who published leaked documents:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/dhs-compiled-intelligence-reports-on-journalists-who-published-leaked-documents/2020/07/30/5be5ec9e-d25b-11ea-9038-af089b63ac21_story.html

* "Trump ordered federal forces to quell Portland protests. But the chaos ended as soon as they left.:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2020/07/31/portland-protests-federal-calm/

* "Portland sees peaceful night of protests following withdrawal of federal agents:" https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/jul/31/portland-protests-latest-peaceful-night-federal-troops-withdrawal

* "Tom Cotton describes slavery as a 'necessary evil' in bid to keep schools from teaching 1619 Project:" https://www.cnn.com/2020/07/27/politics/tom-cotton-slavery-necessary-evil-1619-project/index.html

* TW: Pedophilia. "Lawsuit accuses GOP gubernatorial candidate Loren Culp of mishandling child sex-abuse investigation:" https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/politics/lawsuit-accuses-gop-gubernatorial-candidate-loren-culp-of-mishandling-child-sex-abuse-investigation/

* "Horrifically homophobic pamphlets comparing ‘evil’ homosexuality to incest and bestiality dropped into UK homes:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2020/07/31/northern-ireland-pamphlet-gay-evil-mid-ulster-christian-helpline-incest-bestiality-homophobia/

* "Police finally admit that brutal killings of Black trans teenagers almost two decades ago were ‘clearly a hate crime’:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2020/07/31/ukea-davis-stephanie-thomas-washington-dc-trans-murder-suspect-identified/

* "OUR POLYAMOROUS RELATIONSHIP:"

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* "More than half of Americans think they have to be ‘careful’ around people living with HIV ‘to avoid catching it’. Yes, really:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2020/08/01/hiv-study-glaad-gilead-state-of-hiv-positive-stigma-us/

* "We regret to inform you that ignorant transphobes are once again trying to weaponise cervical cancer for their own agenda:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2020/07/31/cnn-cervical-cancer-trans-non-binary-intersex-transphobia-twitter/

* NWS "SEX AND COVID... Will sex ever be the same?:"

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* "Hurricane Isaias Batters The Bahamas & Caribbean Before Headed Toward Florida:" https://miami.cbslocal.com/2020/08/01/hurricane-isaias-bahamas-caribbean-florida/

* "Tom Cotton Calls Slavery a "Necessary Evil”:"

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* "LeBron James Helps Ex-Felons Vote, a Four-Year-Old Lands a Book Deal & Trump Flip-Flops on the RNC:"

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* "China & Uighurs:"

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* Livia is trying more new things! Once when she was young and had a very bad cold, she slept on me for hours, but she never did again. Until today. She spent all day on top of me and when I finally came out of my room, squeaked at me extensively and tried to get me to go back in. She has discovered she likes sleeping on me after all. It may possibly be the best thing ever.

This evening, Livia just discovered that if she sits on the pettin throne the human will pet her, and it's way more comfortable than squeezing herself into the Tavy sized spot next to Klaus. Bonus? No competition from Tavy.

I bought that padded stool for Mache when she was getting old. It's the perfect height for an arthritic kitty to pull herself up on, and is pleasingly round and padded for old bones. LM discovered it in her declining years and made good use of it. Now Livia is the third girl to discover it's comforts and the bonus pettins that come with.

* More Triffid lilies: https://gwydionmisha.tumblr.com/post/625204009189474304/more-triffid-lilies

* Taken the next day: https://gwydionmisha.tumblr.com/post/625261447200571392/yet-more-triffid-lilies-you-can-see-that-one-of

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* "Portraits of the street sellers of 1840 New York:" https://ephemeralnewyork.wordpress.com/2020/07/27/portraits-of-the-street-sellers-of-1840-new-york/

* ToS: Season 2 Rewatch:

- 2.18: Immunity Syndrome.

* TNG: Season 7 Rewatch:

- 7.15 Lower Decks.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Doug Jones - Alabama
Gary Peters - Michigan

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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