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* "Sri Lanka president declares state of emergency after day of protests:" https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/anti-government-protest-strike-sri-lanka-shuts-schools-businesses-2022-05-06/

* "‘I saw my son’s body on Facebook’:" https://www.bbc.com/news/av/world-asia-india-61327821

* "Path to victory: the seats that will decide the 2022 federal election:" https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2022/may/06/path-to-victory-the-seats-that-will-decide-the-2022-federal-election

* "Clive Palmer's Big Piss Billboards Are Copping A Very Deserved Facelift Across Australia RN:" https://www.pedestrian.tv/news/clive-palmer-uap-billboards-defaced/

* "French Greens, leftist Mélenchon form alliance ahead of parliamentary elections:" https://www.france24.com/en/europe/20220502-french-greens-far-left-leader-m%C3%A9lenchon-form-an-alliance-ahead-of-parliamentary-elections

* "In the Philippines, grass-roots campaign takes on the Marcos juggernaut:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2022/05/06/philippines-election-leni-robredo-marcos/

* "Philippines election: 'Politicians hire me to spread fake stories':" https://www.bbc.com/news/blogs-trending-61339293

* "Tiny Loans Were Going to Solve Global Poverty. Then Big Money Got Involved:" https://www.bloomberg.com/graphics/2022-microfinance-banks-profit-off-developing-world/

* "Powerful blast at Havana hotel kills at least 9, injures 40:" https://abcnews.go.com/Business/wireStory/strong-blast-havana-hotel-kills-people-injures-40-84548952

* Universal Basic Income Petition. "European Citizens' Initiative:" https://vaspider.tumblr.com/post/683566200335286272

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* "Here’s why people with allergic asthma are at lower COVID-19 risk:" https://www.sciencenews.org/article/covid-asthma-allergic-immune-response

* "Nearly 15 million deaths related to covid-19, WHO estimates:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/2022/05/05/covid-excess-global-deaths-nearly-15-million/

* "Covid's toll in the U.S. reaches a once unfathomable number: 1 million deaths:" https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/covids-toll-us-reaches-1-million-deaths-unfathomable-number-rcna22105

* "Racial split on COVID-19 endures as restrictions ease in US:" https://apnews.com/article/covid-health-pandemics-public-race-and-ethnicity-6d512d62a6aadf9f1777bc4a4e0f29a9

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* "The AP Interview: Belarus admits Russia's war 'drags on':" https://apnews.com/article/belarus-alexander-lukashenko-ap-interview-9bc1f6524eb65841b924883705684b7f

* "EU takes major step toward Russian oil ban, new sanctions:" https://apnews.com/article/russia-ukraine-business-global-trade-moscow-europe-c6c7a1960b88c363ce5f3eaf0ea07dcd

* "Russia accuses Israel of backing ‘neo-Nazis’ in Kyiv as diplomatic row grows:" https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/may/03/russia-accuses-israel-backing-neo-nazis-kyiv-diplomatic-row-grows

* "Biden call with Zelenskyy says ‘America is not forgetting Ukraine’ expert explains:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-reidout/watch/russian-forces-continue-brutal-assault-on-azovstal-steel-plant-in-mariupol-139492421741

* "U.S. provided intelligence that helped Ukraine sink Russian warship:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2022/05/05/us-intelligence-ukraine-moskva-sinking/

* "Why the battle for Mariupol is important for Vladimir Putin.:" https://www.nytimes.com/2022/05/05/world/putin-war-mariupol-ukraine.html

* "Evacuation operations continue from Mariupol with 40 civilians rescued on Friday – as it happened:" https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2022/may/06/russia-ukraine-war-rescue-operations-to-resume-in-mariupol-hellscape-un-says-amid-rumours-russia-wants-to-claim-city-for-victory-day-live

* "A grinding artillery war in Ukraine:" https://www.nytimes.com/2022/05/06/briefing/a-grinding-artillery-war-in-ukraine.html

* "Britain says Russia deploys 22 battalion tactical groups near Izium:" https://www.reuters.com/world/uk/britain-says-russia-deploys-22-battalion-tactical-groups-near-izium-2022-05-04/

* "Missiles hit power stations in Lviv and along crucial railways in central and western Ukraine.:" https://www.nytimes.com/2022/05/03/world/europe/lviv-ukraine-russia-missiles.html

* "Ukraine: Intense shelling as troops battle to regain Kharkiv region:" https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-61364217

* "In battered Kharkiv, cold, dark basements are the last safe refuge:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2022/05/07/ukraine-kharkiv-basement-refuge/

* "In Ukrainian villages, whispers of collaboration with the Russians:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2022/05/04/ukraine-collaborators-chernihiv-fear-paranoia-villages/

* "Trans Ukrainians being forced back into closet as Putin's bloodthirsty war rages on:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2022/05/06/gay-alliance-ukraine-russia-war-trans/

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

* "Odesa locks down over fears of Putin's saboteurs on painful anniversary:" https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/odesa-fears-russian-saboteurs-may-2-euromaidan-protests-anniversary-rcna26865

* "Wives of Mariupol soldiers dispersed by police at Kyiv protest:" https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/may/06/wives-mariupol-soldiers-dispersed-police-kyiv-protest-ukraine-russia

* "'They thought they were safe.' AP investigation reveals 600 likely died in Mariupol theater airstrike:" https://www.pbs.org/newshour/world/they-thought-they-were-safe-ap-investigation-reveals-600-likely-died-in-mariupol-theater-airstrike

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* "White House names Karine Jean-Pierre as first Black and openly LGBTQ+ press secretary:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2022/05/06/karine-jean-pierre-white-house-press-secretary-lgbtq/

* "U.S. Supreme Court's Alito cancels conference appearance after abortion ruling leak:" https://www.reuters.com/legal/government/us-supreme-courts-alito-cancels-conference-appearance-after-abortion-ruling-leak-2022-05-04/

* "'Inflation is much too high': Powell puts the hammer on price spikes:" https://www.politico.com/news/2022/05/04/fed-inflation-new-era-economy-00029928

* "U.S. added 428,000 jobs in April despite surging inflation:" https://www.politico.com/news/2022/05/06/u-s-jobs-april-inflation-00030647

* "How the NCAA Avoided Paying its Players:"

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* Illegal lies employers tell: https://thewynne.tumblr.com/post/683722366774280192

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

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

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

* Republicans decided to ignore the ruling so as to run out the clock on the grounds that Republicans are by definition above the law. They are likely going to get away with it. "Ohio Redistricting Commission reconvenes with looming court-ordered deadline:" https://www.statenews.org/government-politics/2022-05-04/ohio-redistricting-commission-reconvenes-with-looming-court-ordered-deadline

* "J.D. Vance, with a Trump boost, clinches Senate GOP primary in Ohio:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2022/05/03/ohioans-head-polls-senate-primary-tests-trumps-sway/

* "A mole hunt, a secret website and Peter Thiel's big risk: How J.D. Vance won his primary:" https://www.politico.com/news/2022/05/03/jd-vance-win-ohio-primary-00029881

* CW: Rape. "GOP candidate who told women to "enjoy" rape suffers surprise loss:" https://www.newsweek.com/robert-regan-gop-candidate-told-women-enjoy-rape-loses-race-michigan-1703331

* This is where I am on this. "Madison Cawthorn Thrusting His Naked Body on Another Man’s Face Doesn’t Tell Us Much About His “Gayness”:" https://slate.com/human-interest/2022/05/madison-cawthorn-video-leak-lingerie-election-republicans.html

* "In the Georgia governor’s race, Perdue tries to push Kemp on abortion.:" https://www.nytimes.com/live/2022/05/05/us/midterms-primary-elections

* "The Jolt: Leaked audio reveals David Perdue’s post-Trump runoff strategy:" https://www.ajc.com/politics/politics-blog/the-jolt-leaked-audio-shows-david-perdues-post-trump-runoff-strategy/AF3WSBMB2BD4FDWJQTLT5KRW3I/

* "Marjorie Taylor Greene is qualified to run for re-election, Georgia official says:" https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2022/may/06/trump-marjorie-taylor-greene-reelection-georgia-judge-raffensperger

* "Attorney reacts to judge approving Marjorie Taylor Greene’s re-election bid:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/attorney-reacts-to-judge-approving-marjorie-taylor-greene-s-re-election-bid-139486277645

* "A glaring omission from Trump’s Pennsylvania rally speech: Abortion:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2022/05/06/glaring-omission-trumps-pennsylvania-rally-speech-abortion/

* "Senate Candidate Praises Trump’s 'Awesome Idea' to Buy Greenland During Debate: 'He's a Deal Guy':" https://www.mediaite.com/politics/senate-candidate-praises-trumps-awesome-idea-to-buy-greenland-during-debate-hes-a-deal-guy/

* "Chris Hayes: What to do when the system isn’t working:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/chris-hayes-what-to-do-when-the-system-isn-t-working-139398725599

* "DHS watchdog says Trump's agency appears to have altered report on Russian interference in 2020 election in part because of politics:" https://www.cnn.com/2022/05/03/politics/donald-trump-russian-interference-election-politics/index.html

* "Donald Trump’s dangerous view of state violence:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2022/05/02/donald-trumps-dangerous-view-state-violence/

* "Former defense secretary says Trump proposed bombing Mexico:" https://www.cnn.com/videos/politics/2022/05/06/esper-new-book-trump-bomb-mexico-drugs-haberman-newday-vpx.cnn

* "Defense Secretary Esper: Trump wanted to ‘quietly’ bomb Mexico:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/defense-secretary-esper-trump-wanted-to-quietly-bomb-mexico-139483717813

* "Rep. Raskin: Esper revelations show Trump’s ‘fascination with violence’:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/rep-raskin-esper-revelations-show-trump-s-fascination-with-violence-139486277506

* "$750,000 settlement reached with DC attorney general in case involving funds used in 2017 Trump inauguration:" https://www.cnn.com/2022/05/03/politics/trump-organization-inauguration-funds/index.html

* "Court denies Trump effort to pause $10,000 daily fine for contempt:" https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-contempt-court-denies-halt-10000-dollar-daily-fine/

* "Donald Trump Jr. met with the House January 6 committee on Tuesday:" https://www.cnn.com/2022/05/04/politics/donald-trump-jr-january-6-committee/index.html

* "Rudy Giuliani backs out of interview with Capitol attack committee:" https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2022/may/05/rudy-giuliani-house-january-6-committee-interview-donald-trump

* "Jan. 6 was worse than you remember. It must define our politics.:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2022/05/07/jan-6-was-worse-than-you-remember-it-must-define-our-politics/

* "Who was the Oath Keepers leader talking to from Trump’s inner circle on Jan. 6?:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/who-was-the-oath-keepers-leader-talking-to-from-trump-s-inner-circle-on-jan-6-139397189634

* "New report says officials ignored social media companies' warnings about Jan. 6:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-reidout/watch/facebook-parler-reportedly-gave-advance-warning-to-government-officials-about-jan-6-139404357583

* "Pacific Northwest court case endangers tribal rights nationwide:" https://indiancountrytoday.com/opinion/pacific-northwest-court-case-endangers-tribal-rights-nationwide

* "Texas governor says the state may contest a Supreme Court ruling on migrant education:" https://www.npr.org/2022/05/06/1097178468/texas-governor-says-the-state-may-contest-a-supreme-court-ruling-on-migrant-educ

* "How a Polarizing Best Seller Became Required Reading for Orthodox Jewish Women:" https://www.theatlantic.com/culture/archive/2022/04/orthodox-judaism-laura-doyle-the-surrendered-wife/629663/

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* "Louisiana Republicans advance bill that would charge abortion as homicide:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2022/05/05/louisiana-republicans-advance-bill-that-would-charge-abortion-homicide/

* "The long, scary history of doctors reporting pregnant people to the cops:" https://www.motherjones.com/crime-justice/2022/04/self-induced-abortion-herrera-texas-murder-hospital/

* "Next battle over access to abortion will focus on pills:" https://apnews.com/article/abortion-us-supreme-court-health-south-dakota-07c1bcbcb3f6b466100acedb28723069

* "What the end of Roe v. Wade would mean for Texas’ past, current and future abortion laws:" https://www.texastribune.org/2022/05/03/texas-abortion-law-roe/

* "Senate Republicans' circulate draft abortion talking points on Roe decision:" https://www.axios.com/2022/05/03/senate-republicans-abortion-talking-points

They are claiming that doing what a consistent clear majority of American voters want by keeping 50ish years of settled law is in place is "radical" while throwing out settled law, nullifying the ninth and fourteenth amendments of the Us Constitution, and stripping away the basic human rights to bodily autonomy and privacy from approximately half of the citizenry while vowing to use that to strip away human and citizen rights from other minority groups they don't like is somehow not radical in comparison to keeping the statis quo..

* "8 legal reasons to hate Justice Alito's draft opinion on abortion:" https://www.nbcnews.com/think/opinion/roe-v-wade-overturned-supreme-court-abortion-draft-alitos-legal-analys-rcna27205

* "Crowds protest at Supreme Court after leak of Roe opinion draft:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2022/05/03/protests-roe-v-wade-supreme-court/

* "Harris on GOP’s anti-abortion push: ‘How dare they’:" https://www.politico.com/news/2022/05/03/kamala-harris-supreme-court-abortion-00029813

* "VP Kamala Harris delivers remarks at gala hosted by abortion rights group Emily’s List:"

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* "See protests grow across the country as the Supreme Court deals with Roe v. Wade leak:" https://www.npr.org/sections/pictureshow/2022/05/04/1096525936/see-protests-grow-across-the-country-as-the-supreme-court-deals-with-roe-v-wade

* "LAPD, protesters clash downtown after rally against overturning of Roe vs. Wade:" https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2022-05-03/downtown-los-angeles-roe-wade-protest

* "This is a giant step backwards for women as free people in America:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-reidout/watch/draft-of-supreme-court-decision-that-would-overturn-roe-v-wade-slammed-by-planned-parenthood-ceo-139232325580

* "Joy Reid: McConnell’s stolen right-wing Supreme Court poised to rip away 50 years of rights:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-reidout/watch/supreme-court-opinion-draft-showing-intent-to-overturn-roe-v-wade-sparks-calls-for-immediate-action-from-democrats-139232325805

* "Warren: Plan of GOP extremists was always to ‘blast Roe v. Wade to pieces’:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/warren-plan-of-gop-extremists-was-always-to-blast-roe-v-wade-to-pieces-139226693724

* "Traister: Democrats' stance on abortion is popular—they should talk about it. :" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/traister-democrats-stance-on-abortion-is-popular-they-should-talk-about-it-139310661825

* "Why Stacey Abrams ‘converted’ to an unequivocal abortion rights supporter:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/why-stacey-abrams-converted-to-an-unequivocal-abortion-rights-supporter-139311685902

* "Why the right doesn’t want to talk about abortion:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/chris-hayes-why-the-right-doesn-t-want-to-talk-about-abortion-139321413788

* "Experts depict the grim reality of a post-Roe America:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-reidout/watch/supreme-court-overturning-roe-v-wade-would-criminalize-women-undermine-women-s-health-experts-say-139314245903

* "Women driving ‘a thousand miles’ to access reproductive rights decried by Sen. Duckworth:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-reidout/watch/republicans-obsessing-over-supreme-court-roe-v-wade-decision-draft-leak-discussed-by-sen-duckworth-139316805670

* "Alito's draft opinion for overturning Roe v. Wade cites 17th century misogynist:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-reidout/watch/supreme-court-justice-alito-s-draft-opinion-for-overturning-roe-v-wade-cites-17th-century-misogynist-multiple-times-139401797952

* "Women who fought for US abortion rights in the 70s call for mass global protests:" https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2022/may/08/women-who-fought-for-us-abortion-rights-in-the-70s-call-for-mass-global-protests

* "Abortion Rally Draws Thousands in Houston:" https://www.nytimes.com/2022/05/07/us/abortion-rights-rally.html

* "Abortion-rights protesters rally in U.S., spurred by draft Supreme Court opinion:" https://www.reuters.com/world/us/supreme-court-draft-abortion-opinion-sparks-protests-both-sides-debate-2022-05-03/

* "The Fight for Roe:" https://www.theatlantic.com/photo/2022/05/photos-abortion-rights-supporters-protest-usa/629757/

* "Alexis McGill Johnson - Planned Parenthood's CEO on Abortion:" https://www.cc.com/video/60d2bb/the-daily-show-with-trevor-noah-alexis-mcgill-johnson-planned-parenthood-s-ceo-on-abortion

* "Burn It All Down:" https://solarbird.dreamwidth.org/1832770.html?view=6950722&posted=1#cmt6950722

* "Oklahoma GOP governor signs 6-week abortion ban modeled after Texas law that allows civil enforcement:" https://www.cnn.com/2022/05/03/politics/oklahoma-heartbeat-act-abortion-governor-stitt-signs/index.html

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

* "What Overturning Roe v. Wade Could Mean for Marriage Equality:" https://www.advocate.com/law/2022/5/03/what-scotus-overturning-roe-v-wade-could-mean-marriage-equality

* "Joe Biden warns LGBTQ+ kids will be next after Roe v Wade:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2022/05/06/joe-biden-roe-v-wade-lgbtq/

* "‘Roadmap to take away rights’: Plaintiff in case legalizing same-sex marriage on Roe draft opinion:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-reidout/watch/supreme-court-draft-opinion-overturning-roe-v-wade-roadmap-to-take-away-rights-obergefell-says-139491397944

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* "Queer Nigerians stage defiant protest as government tries to ban ‘crossdressing’:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2022/05/03/nigeria-lgbt-trans-crossdressing-bill/

* "19 States Plan to Offer Refuge to Trans Youth & Families:" https://www.advocate.com/politics/2022/5/03/19-states-plan-offer-refuge-trans-youth-families

* "Tennessee governor signs cruel bill banning trans athletes from competing in collegiate athletics:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2022/05/07/tennessee-trans-sports-ban-college-bill-lee/

* "‘It’s Been a Nightmare’: Man Lived for Six Years With a Penis Grafted to His Arm:" https://www.thedailybeast.com/malcolm-macdonald-lived-for-six-years-with-a-penis-grafted-to-his-arm

* We had six hours of homework most nights starting from 2nd grade it was abusive and counter productive. "The Real History of Homework:"

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* "What Happened to Jilly Juice? (It's Not Good):"

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* CW: Sexual Assault"How The Cruise Industry Played Us All:"

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* "The Sad Truth About the Supplement Industry:"

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* "Drones Have Transformed Blood Delivery in Rwanda:" https://www.wired.com/story/drones-have-transformed-blood-delivery-in-rwanda/

* "Garbology: How to spot patterns in people's waste:" https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20220429-garbology-how-to-spot-patterns-in-peoples-waste

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* "Ocean animals face a mass extinction from climate change, study finds:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/2022/04/28/mass-marine-extinction-event-science/

* "‘We are living in hell’: Pakistan and India suffer extreme spring heatwaves:" https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/may/02/pakistan-india-heatwaves-water-electricity-shortages

* "Heat wave sparks blackouts, questions on India's coal usage:" https://apnews.com/article/science-business-environment-india-heat-waves-c55052c758ef86e1a51b709426594abe

* "Backed-up pipes, stinky yards: Climate change is wrecking septic tanks:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/2022/04/12/backed-up-pipes-stinky-yards-climate-change-is-wrecking-septic-tanks/

* "Our food system isn’t ready for the climate crisis:" https://www.theguardian.com/food/ng-interactive/2022/apr/14/climate-crisis-food-systems-not-ready-biodiversity

* "How New York City Plans to Soak Up the Rain:" https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-04-14/the-impossible-battle-to-flood-proof-new-york-city

* "Sinkholes: The Hidden Terror Beneath Your Feet:"

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* "Why Yellowstone is One of the Most Monitored Volcanoes:"

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* "Canopy Soil Is an Exciting Frontier in Forest Science:" https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/canopy-soil-pacific-northwest

* "Animal crossing: world’s biggest wildlife bridge comes to California highway:" https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2022/apr/09/wildlife-bridge-california-highway-mountain-lions

* "Cherokee Nation Members Can Now Gather Plants on National Park Land:" https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/cherokee-nation-members-can-now-gather-plants-on-national-park-land-180979965/

* "The French town where the lighting is alive:" https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20220407-the-living-lights-that-could-reduce-energy-use

* "The Centuries-Old Fish Ladder That Feeds Maine's Lobster Industry:" https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/fish-ladder-maine-lobster-industry

* "Amazon tribes turn the tables on intruders with social media:" https://apnews.com/article/climate-spacex-technology-entertainment-business-62848dbcffc7df4892233414d359a025

* "Illegal loggers in Vietnam train as jungle tour guides:" https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/illegal-loggers-vietnam-train-jungle-tour-guides-2022-04-25/

* "How to resurrect a coral reef:" https://www.vox.com/recode/23016412/coral-reef-restoration-climate-change

* "Scientists Discover Method to Break Down Plastic in Days, Not Centuries:" https://www.vice.com/en/article/akvm5b/scientists-discover-method-to-break-down-plastic-in-one-week-not-centuries

* "How the Shipping Industry Sails through Legal Loopholes:" https://hakaimagazine.com/features/how-the-shipping-industry-sails-through-legal-loopholes/

* "Muons spill secrets about Earth’s hidden structures:" https://www.sciencenews.org/article/muon-subatomic-particle-volcano-pyramid-physics

* "Jellyfish invade northern Italian port of Trieste:" https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/jellyfish-invade-northern-italian-port-trieste-2022-04-28/

* "Program helps Congo families protect endangered gorillas:" https://apnews.com/article/science-travel-business-animals-wildlife-ebf52eb254f1dc867fe5d98288e5ff69

* "Grindr users' precise location data was sold to the highest bidder for years:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2022/05/04/grindr-sold-data-location/

* "NFTs Are Legally Problematic ft. Steve Mould & Coffeezilla:"

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* "Tech Support Scams Need to be Stopped:"

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* "Elon Musk buys Twitter for $44B and will privatize company:" https://www.ajc.com/news/nation-world/elon-musk-buys-twitter-for-44b-and-will-privatize-company/XP2WOVZCARHGHJ6JPIPB7WP42A/

* "Musk's Twitter ambitions to collide with Europe's tech rules:" https://apnews.com/article/elon-musk-boris-johnson-technology-business-online-safety-f687d652d41678e25575ba67119bba6b

* "Workers discover ‘unprecedented’ Phoenician necropolis in southern Spain:" https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/apr/26/unprecedented-phoenician-necropolis-osuna-spain

* "A woman bought a sculpture at Goodwill for $34.99. It actually was a missing ancient Roman bust.:" https://phys.org/news/2022-05-woman-bought-sculpture-goodwill-ancient.html

* "Renaissance Antics – History Hijinks:"

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* "The Curious Tale of the Voynich Manuscript:"

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* "Sex Educators React to Sex History of Yore!:"

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* "History Summarized: Poland:"

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* "The Tragic Life of The “Monster” of The Palace | Eugenia Martínez:"

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* "Tulips and Onion Futures: The Gold and Silver you never knew:"

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* "Blackbeard and Stede Bonnet: The True History Behind Our Flag Means Death:"

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* "Exploring The Willard Asylum's History:"

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* "The Black Aerialist Who Dazzled Gilded Age Paris:" https://www.messynessychic.com/2022/04/19/the-black-aerialist-who-dazzled-gilded-age-paris/

* "The History of The Boycott:" https://thenib.com/boycott-history/

* "The History (and Return) of Company Towns:"

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* "Here's 9 LGBTQ+ Directors from Old Hollywood and the Lives They Lived:" https://www.advocate.com/arts-entertainment/2022/4/21/heres-9-lgbtq-directors-old-hollywood-and-lives-they-lived#media-gallery-media-9

* "11 (Fortunately) Retired Girl Scout Badges:" https://www.mentalfloss.com/posts/retired-girl-scout-badges

* "Her Comics were Everything Jim Crow America Never Wanted Black Women to Be:" https://www.messynessychic.com/2022/03/18/her-comic-strip-characters-were-everything-jim-crow-america-never-wanted-black-women-to-be/

* "Kindertransport: Saving children from the Holocaust, 1938-1939:" https://rarehistoricalphotos.com/kindertransport-historical-photos/

* "Looking at the Worst Towns in America: Sundown Towns:"

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* "The Wartime Spies Who Used Knitting as an Espionage Tool:" https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/knitting-spies-wwi-wwii

* "Now We Know Their Names:" https://www.theatlantic.com/national/archive/2022/02/america-lynching-history-reckoning/621320/

* "The Dark Past of the Hollywood Blacklist:"

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* "Lee Grant Overcame the Blacklist and Won an Oscar:"

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* "There Were Lesbian Books in the 1950s?:"

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* "Emmett Till: Crash Course Black American History #34:"

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* "The Montgomery Bus Boycott: Crash Course Black American History #35:"

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* "Why JFK's Casket Stayed Closed:"

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* "The Real Life Silent Hill: Centralia:"

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* I really loved her as a kid. "Ruth Gordon's Unique and Defiant Journey to Oscar:"

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* "See the bold buildings that sprang up after South Asia regained independence:" https://www.npr.org/sections/goatsandsoda/2022/04/23/1088675284/photos-see-the-bold-buildings-that-sprang-up-after-south-asia-regained-independe

* "How Women—and Their Hair—Transformed South Korea:" https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/women-hair-wigs-south-korea

* CW: Child Abuse, Sexual Abuse, Eating Disorders "The Life and Death of Judy Garland:"

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* "How Murderer John Wayne Gacy Ruined a Young John Casey’s Life:" https://www.advocate.com/commentary/2022/4/27/how-murderer-john-wayne-gacy-ruined-young-john-caseys-life

* "Yuba County 5:"

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* "A Black Women's History of Pinup and Burlesque:"

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* "These Pet MLMs are Selling Untested Supplements:"

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* "Why Is Florida At War With Arithmetic? | Tucker's Testosterone Doc Is Too Stupid To Ignore:"

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* "Abortion Ruling: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver:"

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* "Weekend Update: Roe v. Wade Leaked Draft Opinion, Vladimir Putin to Undergo Cancer Surgery:"

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* "Weekend Update: Justice Amy Coney Barrett on Overturning Roe v. Wade:"

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* "Israel Condemns Russia's Anti-Semitic Claims & Trash on Mars:" https://www.cc.com/video/m5vsny/the-daily-show-with-trevor-noah-israel-condemns-russia-s-anti-semitic-claims-trash-on-mars

* "Republicans Duke It Out in the 2022 Ohio Primary:" https://www.cc.com/video/9b0ues/the-daily-show-with-trevor-noah-republicans-duke-it-out-in-the-2022-ohio-primary

* "Roe v. Wade Overturned?:" https://www.cc.com/video/qhdgmx/the-daily-show-with-trevor-noah-roe-v-wade-overturned

* "SCOTUS Leak Speculation & Archaic Abortion Laws:" https://www.cc.com/video/nbj8kp/the-daily-show-with-trevor-noah-scotus-leak-speculation-archaic-abortion-laws

* "CP Time - The History of Black Jockeys:" https://www.cc.com/video/oahthc/the-daily-show-with-trevor-noah-cp-time-the-history-of-black-jockeys

* "Are Progressive Reboots Any Good?:"

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* Monday I stayed up to get the aggregate out and for phone bureaucracy reasons. I have so many things I need to go before I go into semi-seclusion on May 26th. Assuming I don't get moved up, surgery is June 8th. I can't afford to catch anything, not even a cold, in advance of it of I spend all Summer in this hell awaiting another opening. Yes, head Millennial will still be working, but I am going full infection prevention at that point, so no grocery shopping even masked. No visitors except Head Millennial, who strictly masks in public for my protection in regular life. Windows open and masks when Millennial is here except for quick sips, that sort of thing. Squirrel's work has strict infection prevention protocols, he's triple vaxxed and is strict about masking when he's around Not Us. Given he didn't give me COVID last January, I am not that worried, but still, we will be careful, especially as thing like rhinovirus can linger on surfaces.

When I woke, my body was terrible for a host of reasons, all of them predictable, all made worse by the ongoing health crisis, but none life threatening, just ranging from nuisance to obnoxious. (For example: I lose two options for heading off/dealing with torso spasms, for example because the drugs are dangerous right now. This means for spasms I am left with things like bananas for limb spasms, hot epsom bath for body spasms, etc.. none of these are as fast or sure as meds. Ah well.) I think I counted like 6 things wrong when I woke up. My policy on these occasions is to do what I can to head off big things, which trying to sort out as many small ones as I can peel off. It's... time consuming and really unpleasant.

Still I schlep on. It's what my family has always done.

* We are planning to use most of Squirrel's tax rebate to get a working oven, but the dishwasher is also broken. (The dishwasher is a safety thing because I am medically fragile. Not having a working oven is playing havoc with my nutrition.) My share of the oven plus fixing the dishwasher will likely be in the $600-700 range.

(I am disabled and queer in at least three senses of the word and on a fixed income).

Why not all of his tax refund? he’s in a medical insurance gap and is having an emergent health crisis. He couldn’t have paid for both things anyway.

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

* Re: the slow catch up. I am still slow from the covid booster, plus it is allergy season, plus the whole ongoing medical crisis, plus my ongoing attempts to properly cover both the Russian Invasion of Ukraine and the Abortion ban news, which are understandably labour intensives. As you can see, I am making progress. I made it well into the history section this time, with the Aidan laptop back log. Why are their things after the 1970's section? Because I pull out time sensitive things lower in the sort and because i scroll a bunch of stuff, particularly comedy and political comedy and about a third of the fluffier stuff every day or two off Klaus. Klaus and Aidan have mostly different jobs, but they do intersect where it comes to the aggregate post and a few other places, in part as a back up so I don't lose 2/3rd done aggregate posts.

Look, I have a lot of both in put and output going on and this is how work flow shook out after the last computer death a little over a year ago. Trust me, I have a system, which mostly works with my brain design and physical challenges.

If the balance seems weird the next week or two and there is a clump of older, lighter stuff, that is my finally gnawing through the back log. Knock wood.

* Timely. "ILU-486:" https://amandaching.wordpress.com/2012/02/20/67/

* All I really want to watch lately is queer people having adventures and Korean zombies. Why does no one make something with both?

In related news, yes, I watched Heartstopper. It reminded me a lot of the YA Book Boy Meets Boy, even though there is more stress around coming out and social acceptance in this. It is sweet and fluffy and happy for the middle and high schoolers who get to have something so warm and fluffy to watch.

Also in related news, I thought I was out of of Korean zombies, but I found another one hiding on Tubi. It means commercials (Yuck), but it also means I have Korean historical drama zombies to watch before bed. (I have seen Train to Busan, Peninsula, Seoul Station, Alive, All of Us are Dead, kingdom, and the kingdom prequel. I just started Rampant. Other suggestions? At this point I will happily branch out into other quality Asian zombies.

Similarly, Queer People Having Adventures suggestions? I have seen Black Sails. Trust me, my Byzantine Black Sails exegesis is still out there. I have seen Our flag. I have seen a TON of classic queer cinema. I watched Torchwood. Over and Over. Genres: historical drama, comedy adventure, Science Fiction, fantasy. suggestions?

* Bailey and Rowling at The Midnight Society: https://twitter.com/midnight_pals/status/1522978030062239744

* Gobbits: https://laughingacademy.tumblr.com/post/683653354177560576/limnaia-prismatic-bell-pens-and-paperbacks

* Mad Max and Blackbeard: https://laughingacademy.tumblr.com/post/683655725319340032/it-may-also-be-worth-pointing-out-that-the-main

* The importance of the talent show subplo ib Our Flag Means Death: https://chucktaylorupset.tumblr.com/post/681290680024334336/it-is-actually-extremely-important-to-me-that

* "Vico Ortiz Talks 'Our Flag Means Death,' Being a Non-Binary Actor & Working with Taika Waititi:" https://remezcla.com/film/vico-ortiz-interview-our-flag-means-death-non-binary-taika-waititi/

* I loved Wilderpeople. "How Taika Waititi Expresses His Love for New Zealand in ‘Hunt for the Wilderpeople’:" https://collider.com/taika-waititi-hunt-for-the-wilderpeople-love-for-new-zealand-why-its-good/

* "Not Jared Leto: Meet Frederik Robertsson the Met Gala 2022 Standout:" https://www.out.com/fashion/2022/5/02/not-jared-leto-meet-frederik-robertsson-met-gala-2022-standout

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

The help links are at the bottom under the cut.


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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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* "It's not too late to stave off the climate crisis, U.N. report finds. Here's how:" https://www.npr.org/2022/04/04/1090577162/climate-change-un-ipcc-report

* "The Guardian view on Hungary’s election: a dismal day for democracy:" https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2022/apr/04/the-guardian-view-on-hungarys-election-a-dismal-day-for-democracy

* "Anti-LGBTQ+ Hungarian PM Viktor Orbán Cruises to Huge Election Victory:" https://www.advocate.com/news/2022/4/04/anti-lgbtq-hungarian-pm-viktor-orban-cruises-huge-election-victory

* "Serbian president Aleksandar Vučić wins new term by landslide:" https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/apr/04/serbia-president-aleksandar-vucic-claims-election-victory-to-secure-second-term

* "Sri Lanka Protesters Defy President, Rejecting a Cabinet Shuffle:" https://www.nytimes.com/2022/04/04/world/asia/sri-lanka-protests-rajapaksa.html

* "Sri Lanka's president will not resign, despite protests - minister:" https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/sri-lankas-doctors-protest-against-drugs-shortage-crisis-persists-2022-04-06/

* "Putin targets enemies at home as his missiles strike Ukraine:" https://www.reuters.com/investigates/special-report/ukraine-crisis-russia-repression/

* "Hackers steal 900K emails from Russia's largest state-owned media corporation:" https://www.dailydot.com/debug/hackers-vgtrk-920k-emails-anonymous-russia/

* "Kremlin Shutters Amnesty, Human Rights Watch Offices in Moscow:" https://www.commondreams.org/news/2022/04/08/kremlin-shutters-amnesty-human-rights-watch-offices-moscow

* "Shanghai wrestles with food shortages under virus shutdown:" https://apnews.com/article/covid-business-health-shanghai-china-db82171b57b0768fea8352c1cd98bf39

* "First ICC trial addressing Darfur war crimes gets underway:" https://www.cnn.com/2022/04/05/africa/darfur-war-crimes-trial-icc-intl/index.html

* "Pope makes historic Indigenous apology for Canada abuses:" https://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/pope-begs-forgiveness-indigenous-canada-school-abuses-83806752

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* "Shanghai Covid lockdown extended to entire city:" https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-china-60994022

* "'So many bodies piled up': Hong Kong funeral services overwhelmed by COVID:" https://www.reuters.com/world/china/so-many-bodies-piled-up-hong-kong-funeral-services-overwhelmed-by-covid-2022-04-06/

* "'COVID is not a cold' - Germany U-turns on ending mandatory isolation:" https://www.reuters.com/business/healthcare-pharmaceuticals/germany-drops-plan-relax-covid-quarantine-rules-2022-04-06/

* "New Zealand’s Covid strategy was one of the world’s most successful – what can we learn from it?:" https://www.theguardian.com/world/commentisfree/2022/apr/05/new-zealands-covid-strategy-was-one-of-the-worlds-most-successful-what-can-it-learn-from-it

* "America Is Staring Down Its First 'So What?' Wave:" https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2022/04/ba2-omicron-variant-covid-surge/629474/

* "Hawaii becomes last state to lift mask mandate, but some opt to keep wearing them:" https://www.hawaiinewsnow.com/2022/03/27/mask-mandate-has-been-lifted-that-doesnt-mean-masks-have-gone-away-entirely/

* People were so good with masks in my town in Washington state all this time. In the grocery store today, head Millennial and I were in our N-95s because omicron. hardly anyone had a mask at all but us. It’s freaking me out a little. Has no one heard of Omicron?

* "Garland, Raimondo test positive for COVID-19:" https://apnews.com/article/covid-health-merrick-garland-8dbbc1e9d8d86abe272e03782068a97d

* "Pelosi positive for COVID-19, was at White House with Biden:" https://www.seattletimes.com/nation-world/nation-politics/pelosi-positive-for-covid-19-was-at-white-house-with-biden/

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* "War in Ukraine live updates: Russia is suspended from the U.N. Human Rights Council:" https://www.npr.org/live-updates/ukraine-russia-evacuations-security-council-04-07-2022#u-n-members-vote-to-suspend-russia-from-the-human-rights-council

* "Congress votes to suspend Russia trade status, enact oil ban:" https://apnews.com/article/russia-ukraine-putin-biden-business-europe-306879c2f7b51472c2ea217d70619ffd

* "‘Outraged by the atrocities’: U.S. aims new sanctions at Russia:" https://www.politico.com/news/2022/04/06/treasury-crackdown-russia-sberbank-00023372

* "Zelenskyy Calls for Ceasefire Before Potential Peace Negotiations:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-sunday-show/watch/zelenskyy-calls-for-ceasefire-before-potential-peace-negotiations-136887877792

* "U.S. pushes to suspend Russia from U.N. human rights body:" https://www.reuters.com/world/urgent-us-pushes-suspend-russia-human-rights-council-2022-04-04/

* "Germany says West to agree more sanctions on Russia after Bucha killings:" https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/ukraine-demands-new-russia-sanctions-over-massacre-2022-04-03/

* "‘Continuous drumbeat that sounds like genocidal language’ on Russian state TV journalist says:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-reidout/watch/russian-state-tv-language-targeting-ukraine-sounds-genocidal-journalist-says-137185861784

* "Historian: Only way to end Ukraine war is by Russian defeat on battlefield:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/historian-only-way-to-end-ukraine-war-is-by-russian-defeat-on-battlefield-137267269811

* "Russia hits an oil processing plant near the port city of Odesa:" https://www.npr.org/2022/04/03/1090496851/ukraine-russian-strikes-on-odesa-kyiv-mayor-says-russia-committing-genocide

* "Moscow Has Forcibly Taken More than 400,000 Ukrainians to Russia, Ukraine Says:" https://time.com/6160765/ukrainians-taken-to-russia/

* "Ukrainian mayor shows dead bodies amid battle-scarred city of Bucha:" https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/ukrainian-mayor-shows-dead-bodies-liberated-city-bucha-2022-04-03/

* "Biden on Bucha massacre: ‘It is a war crime’:" https://www.politico.com/news/2022/04/04/biden-bucha-massacre-war-crime-00022690

* "Vindman: Bucha killings show Russian ‘callousness for human life’:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/vindman-bucha-killings-show-russian-callousness-for-human-life-136991813523

* "Ukrainian MP alleges massacres happening in Ukrainian cities still under Russian control:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-reidout/watch/zelenskyy-calls-bucha-ukraine-massacre-a-war-crime-genocide-136997957503

* "The atrocities in Bucha are no aberration. This is the Russian way of war.:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2022/04/03/atrocities-are-the-russian-way-of-war/

* "Ukrainian officials accuse Russia of using 'mobile crematoriums' in Mariupol:" https://abcnews.go.com/amp/International/russia-accused-mobile-crematoriums-incinerate-civilians-mariupol/story?id=83932376

* "As Mariupol residents flee, Russian forces hunt for Ukrainian fighters:" https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/mariupol-residents-flee-russian-forces-hunt-ukrainian-fighters-2022-04-02/

* "Mariupol’s dead put at 5,000 as Ukraine braces in the east:" https://www.politico.com/news/2022/04/06/mariupol-dead-5-000-russia-war-ukraine-00023560

* "Mariupol, Ukraine city council member: ‘Russia is not possible to stop without a war’:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-reidout/watch/russian-rockets-hit-crowded-train-station-in-donetsk-region-of-ukraine-leaving-scores-dead-137357893891

* "Death toll rises to 31 from strike on government building in Ukraine's Mykolaiv:" https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/death-toll-rises-31-strike-government-building-ukraines-mykolaiv-2022-04-01/

* "Pentagon: Russia has fully withdrawn from Kyiv, Chernihiv:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2022/04/06/pentagon-russia-withdraws-kyiv-chernihiv/

* "After weeks of street battles, Kyiv suburb is scene of ruin:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2022/04/03/irpin-ukrainian-control/

* "Ukraine claims full control of Kyiv as chances of peace talks advance, says nearly 18,000 Russian military dead:" https://www.cnbc.com/2022/04/02/russia-ukraine-live-updates.html

* "Ukraine claims 410 bodies found in recaptured towns; Zelenskyy accuses Russia of genocide. Follow our live updates:" https://www.cnbc.com/2022/04/03/russia-ukraine-live-updates.html

* "Biden says U.S. will 'ratchet up the pain for Putin;' UN identifies 63 children among 1,563 dead civilians in Ukraine:" https://www.cnbc.com/2022/04/06/live-updates-latest-news-on-russia-and-the-war-in-ukraine.html

* "Missile kills at least 52 at crowded Ukrainian train station:" https://apnews.com/article/russia-ukraine-europe-ap-top-news-migration-united-nations-ee2fa37bb0ace7b4714c084998765f65

* "After the Bucha massacre, Ukraine's LGBT+ community needs our help more than ever:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2022/04/06/ukraine-lgbt-refugees-welcome-pinknews-kyiv-pride/

* "Ukrainian trans people struggling to access vital healthcare amid Russian war:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2022/04/06/ukraine-trans-healthcare/

* "The people who keep the refugee trains running out of Ukraine – photo essay:" https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/mar/31/the-people-who-keep-the-refugee-trains-running-out-of-ukraine-photo-essay

* "Poland struggles to resettle wave of Ukraine refugees in Krakow:" https://www.npr.org/2022/04/03/1090609720/poland-struggles-to-resettle-wave-of-ukraine-refugees-in-krakow

* "US Police Have So Much Extra Gear They’re Sending It to Ukraine:" https://www.vice.com/en/article/dypkjx/us-police-donates-tactical-gear-ukraine

* "Red is dead: Russian anti-war protesters fly a new flag for peace:" https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/apr/03/red-is-dead-russian-anti-war-protesters-fly-a-new-flag-for-peace

* "‘Motorcade of shame’: outrage over pro-Russia displays at Berlin rally:" https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/apr/05/motorcade-of-shame-outrage-over-pro-russia-displays-at-berlin-rally

* "Car rams Russian Embassy gate in Romania, driver dead:" https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/romania-russian-embassy-crash-1.6409864

* "UNESCO says 53 cultural sites in Ukraine have been damaged since the Russian invasion:" https://www.npr.org/2022/04/02/1090475172/unesco-ukraine-cultural-sites-damage

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* "Top US general: Potential for 'significant international conflict' is increasing:" https://www.cnn.com/2022/04/05/politics/mark-milley-ukraine-reaction-international-conflict/index.html

* "Shutdown of Russia's Hydra Market Disrupts a Crypto-Crime ATM:" https://www.wired.com/story/hydra-market-shutdown/

* "U.S. government and energy firms close ranks, fearing Russian cyberattacks:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2022/04/06/russia-cyber-attack-threat-energy/

* "Conscription Into Revolutionary Guards Haunts Iranian Dual Nationals Decades Later:" https://theintercept.com/2022/04/06/iran-terrorist-watchlist-travel-irgc/

* "US Navy intends to decommission some of its newest warships:" https://apnews.com/article/russia-ukraine-business-us-navy-china-congress-6697d9c7cbc047de99e225d379256e44

* "US: 2 posed as agents, gave gifts to Secret Service officers:" https://apnews.com/article/us-secret-service-956062f32e02854112b7c52794d202b2

* Finally! "Six-days-a-week mail delivery saved; Biden signs Postal bill:" https://apnews.com/article/biden-covid-business-health-congress-87359aea19ecb15cf33a02249c641be4

"The new law ends a requirement that the Postal Service finance workers’ health care benefits ahead of time for the next 75 years — an obligation that private companies and federal agencies do not face. Biden said that rule had “stretched the Postal Service’s finances almost to the breaking point.” "

* "Yellen calls for crypto regulation to reduce risks, fraud:" https://apnews.com/article/cryptocurrency-biden-technology-business-police-260dda0d6423e3f9dee06a2621c8f323

* "House Democrats weigh stronger response to Justice Thomas conflict of interest accusations:" https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/congress/house-democrats-are-weighing-stronger-response-justice-thomas-conflict-rcna23116

* "To recuse or not to recuse? A question only the Supreme Court can answer:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-sunday-show/watch/to-recuse-or-not-to-recuse-a-question-only-the-supreme-court-can-answer-136887877772

* "Biden gets history-making nominee Jackson on the Supreme Court:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2022/04/07/supreme-court-confirmation-news/

* "Joy Reid: Today was a day of victory not just for Black women and Black history, but for America:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-reidout/watch/judge-ketanji-brown-jackson-has-been-confirmed-by-the-senate-for-supreme-court-137270341949

* "‘Nobody stole the joy’: Sen. Booker on Judge Jackson's historic confirmation:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/-nobody-stole-the-joy-sen-booker-on-judge-jackson-s-historic-confirmation-137265221981

* I'm leaving other Jackson stuff here rather than reading it as some of it, particularly the QAnon bits, are important for American politics broadly.

* "Joy Reid: They do not want soon-to-be Justice Jackson on that Court as a Black woman unscathed:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-reidout/watch/senate-judiciary-committee-republicans-vote-against-judge-ketanji-brown-jackson-136996421802

* "The QAnon part out loud: GOP smears political opponents as ‘pro-pedophile’:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/the-qanon-part-out-loud-gop-smears-political-opponents-as-pro-pedophile-137084485804

* "Marjorie Taylor Greene calling GOP senators supporting Jackson “pro-pedophile” slammed by Mystal:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-reidout/watch/gop-sen-tom-cotton-saying-judge-ketanji-brown-jackson-would-have-defended-nazis-slammed-by-mystal-137086533889

* "Frightening reality is Marjorie Taylor Greene is present and future of GOP:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-reidout/watch/marjorie-taylor-greene-called-frightening-present-and-future-of-gop-by-joy-reid-137089093534

* "Ted Cruz and Josh Hawley Got What They Wanted From Their Child Porn Smear:" https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2022/04/ted-cruz-republican-grooming-smear-judge-jackson.html

* "How QAnon went mainstream: ‘Fever dream come true for the worst people on the internet’:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/how-qanon-went-mainstream-fever-dream-come-true-for-the-worst-people-on-the-internet-137180741699

* "Republicans block effort to advance $10 billion COVID relief deal in Senate:" https://www.cbsnews.com/news/covid-relief-deal-senate-10-billion-republicans/

* "Biden administration extends pause on federal student loan repayments through August:" https://www.cnn.com/2022/04/05/politics/student-loan-moratorium-extended/index.html

* "Sen. Warren: Canceling student loan debt is about investing in our economy overall:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-reidout/watch/student-loan-relief-boosted-by-sen-elizabeth-warren-as-investment-in-overall-economy-137184325769

* "New wave of teachers’ strikes rolls across US:" https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2022/mar/25/teachers-strikes-us-low-pay-covid

* "Etsy: Cancel the fee increase. Work with sellers, not against us!:" https://www.coworker.org/petitions/cancel-the-fee-increase-work-with-sellers-not-against-us

* "Etsy Strike:" https://etsystrike.org/

* "‘Amazon, here we come’: Biden delivers pro-labor message at union conference:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/-amazon-here-we-come-biden-delivers-pro-labor-message-at-union-conference-137180741549

* "Palm Springs Mayor Disputes Trans Universal Basic Income Claims:" https://www.advocate.com/news/2022/4/07/palm-spring-mayor-disputes-trans-nonbinary-universal-basic-income-claims

* "Why Passing the ERA Is as Critical to LGBTQ+ Folks as the Equality Act:" https://www.advocate.com/commentary/2022/3/22/why-passing-era-critical-lgbtq-folks-equality-act

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

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

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

* "GOP judge throws out Democrats' redistricting plan in New York, setting up expected appellate fight:" https://www.politico.com/news/2022/03/31/new-york-judge-democrats-redistricting-plan-00022161

* "Electing Out People Is Our Best Defense to the War Against Queer Youth:" https://www.advocate.com/commentary/2022/4/02/electing-out-people-our-best-defense-war-against-queer-youth

* "Queer Lives Are Under Attack. Fight Back at the Polls:" https://www.advocate.com/commentary/2022/3/17/queer-lives-are-under-attack-fight-back-polls

* "How LGBTQ+ Candidates Can Win in Swing Districts:" https://www.advocate.com/politics/2022/3/17/how-lgbtq-candidates-can-win-swing-districts

* "Glenn Ivey is among the crowded field running in Maryland's 4th Congressional district:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-sunday-show/watch/glenn-ivey-is-among-the-crowded-field-running-in-maryland-s-4th-congressional-district-136887365824

* "Sarah Palin is back, for a GOP that was remade in her image:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2022/04/04/sarah-palin-is-back-gop-remade/

* "Sarah Palin set the mold for today’s GOP. Now she’s trying to rejoin it.:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/sarah-palin-set-the-mold-for-today-s-gop-now-she-s-trying-to-rejoin-it-136993349646

* "Trump aide seeking N.H. House seat voted in 2 states in 2016:" https://www.npr.org/2022/04/05/1091036830/trump-house-voted-2-states-2016-matt-mowers

* "Dr. Oz, running for U.S. Senate in Pennsylvania, reports at least $100 million in assets:" https://www.cbsnews.com/news/dr-oz-100-million-in-assets-pennsylvania-senate-race/

* "Ron DeSantis Is Threatening Disney With Regulations Because It Spoke Out Against Florida's Anti-LBGTQ Law:" https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2022/04/ron-desantis-threatens-disney-over-dont-say-gay-law-criticism

* "Marjorie Taylor Greene gave her definition of a woman and it backfired badly:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2022/04/06/marjorie-taylor-greene-definition-woman-backlash/

* Theocracy terrifies me "The Growing Religious Fervor in the American Right: ‘This Is a Jesus Movement’:" https://www.nytimes.com/2022/04/06/us/christian-right-wing-politics.html

* "Bannon, Milo Yiannopoulos, and other militant right-wing activists are hellbent on transforming the Catholic Church:" https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2022/03/bannon-milo-and-other-right-wing-activists-are-hellbent-on-transforming-the-catholic-church/

* "Watch Trump Tell Gay Supporters at FL Fundraiser 'You Don’t Look Gay':" https://www.advocate.com/politics/2022/4/01/watch-trump-tell-gay-supporters-fl-fundraiser-you-dont-look-gay

* "Prosecutor says criminal probe of Trump business is still underway:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2022/04/07/bragg-trump-probe-continues/

* "New York AG asks court to hold Donald Trump in contempt:" https://www.cnn.com/2022/04/07/politics/james-trump-contempt/index.html

* "Justice Department investigating handling of White House records taken to Mar-a-Lago after Trump left office:" https://www.cnn.com/2022/04/07/politics/justice-department-national-archives-mar-a-lago-boxes/

* "January 6 panel receives Trump lawyer emails about plan to block Biden victory:" https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2022/apr/06/trump-lawyer-emails-released-january-6-panel-discuss-plans-block-biden-victory

* "Ivanka Trump meets virtually with House January 6 committee:" https://www.cnn.com/2022/04/05/politics/ivanka-trump-january-6-meeting/index.html

* "House asks Justice Department to criminally prosecute former Trump aides Navarro and Scavino for snubbing Jan. 6 committee:" https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/donald-trump/house-vote-navarro-scavino-criminal-contempt-chargrs-trump-doj-rcna23230

* "Rep. Luria: Jan. 6 committee has ‘responsibility’ to refer crimes to DOJ:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/rep-luria-jan-6-committee-has-responsibility-to-refer-crimes-to-doj-136991813882

* "Court orders Jan. 6 defense lawyer disbarred:" https://www.politico.com/news/2022/04/05/jan-6-defense-lawyer-disbarred-00023314

* "Justice Department has more Jan. 6 cases than lawyers to prosecute them:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/justice-department-has-more-jan-6-cases-than-lawyers-to-prosecute-them-137216069951

* "Judge issues first outright acquittal of Jan. 6 riot defendant:" https://www.politico.com/news/2022/04/06/judge-issues-first-outright-acquittal-of-jan-6-riot-defendant-00023493

* "Proud Boys leader ‘confessed in open court to organizing attack on Congress’ legal expert explains:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-reidout/watch/first-proud-boys-leader-pleads-guilty-in-capitol-attack-confessing-to-organizing-attack-on-congress-legal-expert-says-137359429577

* "New evidence Jan. 6 included ‘coordinated assault’ by far-right groups:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/new-evidence-jan-6-included-coordinated-assault-by-far-right-groups-137355333887

* "Sacramento shooting was gunfight among gang rivals:" https://apnews.com/article/sacramento-shootings-crime-massacres-arrests-b7bf0ab7239d0db8820787c6842a7415

* "C.D.C. Confirms It Will Lift Public Health Order Restricting Immigration:" https://www.nytimes.com/2022/04/01/us/politics/cdc-immigration-title-42.html

* "Why Is the U.S. Supposed to Care About Human Rights in Ukraine, but Not at the Border?:" https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2022/04/u-s-human-rights-ukraine-mexico-title-42.html

* "Judge rules families separated at border can't sue Trump officials:" https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/immigration/judge-rules-migrant-families-separated-border-cant-sue-stephen-miller-rcna22857

* "Trump's Policies Tried to Tear This Gay Dad and Son Apart—The Dad Won:" https://www.advocate.com/law/2022/4/05/trumps-policies-tried-tear-gay-dad-and-son-apart-dad-won

* "Family Demands Answers After Gay 18-Year-Old Shot and Killed by Police:" https://www.advocate.com/news/2022/4/07/family-demands-answers-after-gay-18-year-old-shot-and-killed-police

* The Police get away with murder again. "No charges will be filed in fatal police shooting of Amir Locke, killed during no-knock warrant service:" https://www.cnn.com/2022/04/06/us/amir-locke-shooting-police-no-charges/index.html

* "This Rap Song Helped Sentence a 17-Year-Old to Prison for Life :" https://www.typeinvestigations.org/investigation/2022/03/30/rap-music-criminal-trials/

"During cross-examination, the defense attorney pointed out that several of the lyrics Mr. Stillman mentioned did not match the facts of the murder, including the reference to blood on sneakers, “a big Glock with 50 in it,” and an “opp car” — meaning a car belonging to a rival. (The court would later acknowledge that there were, in each of the four exhibits, “other lyrics that do not bear a resemblance to this crime.” One excerpt even ended with a critique of gun violence, in which Mr. Canady condemns all the “killing for no reason” that surrounded him.)"

* "Hayes: How Dems can avoid mistakes of the past and confront rising crime:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/hayes-how-dems-can-avoid-mistakes-of-the-past-and-confront-rising-crime-137356869692

* "Lawsuit: Mayor Lightfoot Berated City Officials Over Dick Size:" https://www.advocate.com/news/2022/3/03/lawsuit-mayor-lightfoot-berated-ex-city-officials-over-dick-size

* "Lawsuit says Google discriminates against Black workers:" https://apnews.com/article/technology-business-lawsuits-california-discrimination-2c375e16ad4f236141c12507a2c07041

* "Sampson McCormick, Black Gay Comedian, Punched at Live Show:" https://www.advocate.com/crime/2022/3/25/sampson-mccormick-black-gay-comedian-punched-live-show

* "Great Sioux Nation Issues 'Notice of Trespass' Against Owner of Hotel that Banned Native Americans:" https://nativenewsonline.net/currents/grand-sioux-nation-issues-notice-of-trespass-against-owner-of-hotel-that-banned-native-americans

* "Lawsuit filed over threat to ban Native Americans from South Dakota hotel:" https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/lawsuit-filed-threat-ban-native-americans-south-dakota-hotel-rcna21355

* "Interior is pushing states to replace derogatory place names with colonial ones:" https://www.hcn.org/articles/indigenous-affairs-interior-is-pushing-states-to-replace-derogatory-place-names-with-colonial-ones

* "What the New York Times doesn't get about free speech and "cancel culture":" https://www.salon.com/2022/03/18/what-the-new-york-times-doesnt-get-about-free-speech-and-cancel-culture/

* "This Small Library Off the Coast of Maine Is Collecting Banned Books:" https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/this-small-library-off-the-coast-of-maine-is-collecting-banned-books-180979861/

* "Uber: The Good, The Bad, and The Sexual Assaults:"

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* CW: Rape. "Ed Buck's Lawyer Says Victims Died of AIDS, Heart Attack in Hearing:" https://www.advocate.com/crime/2022/4/05/ed-bucks-lawyer-says-victims-died-aids-heart-attack-hearing

"Some of the evidence presented to the jury included dozens of photos and videos from a library of over 2,400 pieces of media showing Buck torturing his victims, pressuring them to smoke and inject meth, sexually assaulting his victims while they were unconscious, and more. The jury was also presented with DNA evidence, dozens of Buck’s text messages, and financial records."

* They keep screaming people who aren't pedophiles are while trying to legalize pedophilia. "Tennessee legislator files amendment to anti-LGBT marriage bill amid age limit backlash:" https://www.tennessean.com/story/news/politics/2022/04/06/tennessee-marriage-bill-no-age-limit-sparks-backlash-over-child-bride-concerns/9479778002/

* "GOP forced to amend bill that would have legalized child marriage in Tennessee:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/gop-forced-to-amend-bill-that-would-have-legalized-child-marriage-in-tennessee-137181253879

* CW: Domestic Violence, Stalking "Man tore boyfriend's penis in violent rage before waging campaign of harassment:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2022/03/30/birmingham-gay-domestic-abuse-penis-tear/

* "UK gender pay gap data shows companies paying women up to 63 per cent less:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2022/04/06/gender-pay-gap-data-uk/

* "To protest machismo, women played soccer in Mexico City's central square:" https://www.latimes.com/world-nation/story/2022-03-09/la-fg-mexico-soccer-zocalo

* "In a surprise move, Oklahoma approves bill to make abortion illegal:" https://19thnews.org/2022/04/in-a-surprise-move-oklahoma-approves-bill-to-make-abortion-illegal/

* "Nebraska senators defeat Abortion Ban bill with late night vote:" https://www.1011now.com/2022/04/07/nebraska-senators-defeat-abortion-ban-bill-with-late-night-vote/

* "Colorado now guarantees the right to abortion in state law:" https://www.denverpost.com/2022/04/04/colorado-abortion-rights-state-law/

* "Maryland approves bill to expand access to abortions:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2022/03/29/maryland-expands-abortion-access/

* "Michigan governor sues to secure abortion rights, vacate ban:" https://apnews.com/article/abortion-health-michigan-supreme-court-gretchen-whitmer-michigan-ce0cf41e3354a11187f5ea66c3df6179

* "Out of the Alley:" https://thenib.com/self-managed-abortion/

* "An anti-abortion group claims it took 115 fetuses from a medical waste truck:" https://www.npr.org/2022/04/06/1091228924/anti-abortion-fetuses-waste-truck

* "Court Blocks Same-Sex Marriage in Bermuda and Cayman Islands:" https://www.advocate.com/world/2022/3/14/court-blocks-same-sex-marriage-bermuda-and-cayman-islands

* "Fury as 'homophobic' Kosovo MPs reject historic same-sex unions bill:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2022/03/17/kosovo-lgbt-same-sex-marriage-civil-unions/

* "Singapore Court Won't Overturn Ban on Sex Between Men:" https://www.advocate.com/world/2022/2/28/singapore-court-wont-overturn-ban-sex-between-men

* "Taliban Stabbed Gay, Nonbinary Afghan 18 Times:" https://www.advocate.com/world/2022/2/28/taliban-stabbed-gay-nonbinary-afghan-18-times

* "Lesbian sex bans declared human rights violation by UN for the first time:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2022/03/30/lesbian-sex-bans-declared-human-rights-violation-by-un-for-the-first-time/

* "150 religious leaders vow to protect LGBT+ lives in 'revolutionary' agreement:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2022/03/25/religious-safeguarding-global-interfaith-commission-lgbt-lives/

* "First Same-Sex Couples Wed in Chile:" https://www.advocate.com/world/2022/3/11/first-same-sex-couples-wed-chile

* "The World’s First Out Gay Head Of State Appointed in San Marino:" https://www.advocate.com/politics/2022/4/05/san-marino-appoints-worlds-first-out-gay-head-state

* "The Tories’ LGBT+ conference was an egotistic sham doomed to fail from the start:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2022/04/06/tory-lgbt-conference-safe-to-be-me/

* "Boris Johnson doubles down on excluding trans people from conversion therapy ban:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2022/04/06/boris-johnson-trans-conversion-therapy-ban/

* "Trans conversion therapy survivor warns Boris Johnson 'lives will be lost':" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2022/04/01/boris-johnson-conversion-therapy-trans/

* "UK medical bodies tell government: Trans conversion therapy must end, now:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2022/04/06/conversion-therapy-ban-uk-medical-assocation/

* "Equalities watchdog publishes 'appalling' guidance on excluding trans people:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2022/04/04/ehrc-guidance-single-sex-trans/

* "Health secretary Sajid Javid condemned for linking being trans to child sex abuse:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2022/04/06/sajid-javid-conversion-therapy-ban-trans-uk/

* "Nadia Whittome MP: Tories want to divide LGBT community with conversion U-turns:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2022/04/05/labour-mp-nadia-whittome-tory-conversion-therapy/

* "Protesters ready to unite and tell the government: Ban trans conversion therapy:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2022/04/09/ban-conversion-therapy-protest-westminster/

* "Thousands sign petition urging the government to outlaw 'horrific' trans conversion therapy:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2022/04/10/trans-conversion-therapy-government-petition/

* "Tory minister Zac Goldsmith compares life-saving puberty blockers to 'lobotomies':" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2022/03/18/tory-zac-goldsmith-trans-healthcare-puberty-blockers/

* "Government LGBT adviser blasted for blaming 'LGBT lobby' for conference cancellation:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2022/04/10/nick-herbert-safe-to-be-me-lgbt-lobby/

* The politics are vile. "Trans MP Jamie Wallis’ colourful history after momentous coming out:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2022/03/30/jamie-wallis-trans-mp-voting-record/

* "'Hypocrite' Boris Johnson made anti-trans joke hours before MP came out as trans:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2022/03/30/boris-johnson-trans-joke-mp-jamie-wallis/

* "Trans comic shares horrifying video of her being abused at LGB Alliance conference:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2022/03/25/lgb-alliance-conference-trans-comedian-jen-ives-video/

* This was is response to a literal hate crime murder. She things our deaths are funny. "JK Rowling condemned for mocking tweet about police's LGBT+ outreach efforts:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2022/03/22/jk-rowling-twitter-south-wales-police-gary-jenkins-cardiff/

* "Labour's Angela Rayner shuts down degrading debate on whether a woman can have a penis:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2022/03/29/angela-rayner-kay-burly-sky-news-woman-penis-trans/

* "Murderers who tortured and killed doctor in brutal homophobic jailed for life:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2022/03/25/dr-gary-jenkins-murder-sentence-life/

* "Conspiracy theorist teacher fired for saying LGBT+ people have the 'DNA of Satan':" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2022/03/21/robert-headley-london-teacher-rokeby-school-satan-lgbt/

* "Police homophobia 'may have played role' in failure to catch murderer Stephen Port:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2022/03/22/stephen-port-met-police-iopc-homophobia-report/

* "I couldn't die without the world knowing who I am: LGBT folk on 2 years of COVID:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2022/03/23/covid-19-two-years-lockdown-lgbt/

* "Supreme Court justices fire warning shot on religious freedom and LGBT rights:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2022/03/23/supreme-court-seattle-union-gospel-mission-lgbt-hiring/

* "US airport security screening to become more gender-neutral:" https://www.seattletimes.com/business/us-airport-security-screening-to-become-more-gender-neutral/

* "X Gender Marker Available on U.S. Passports Starting April 11 - United States Department of State:" https://www.state.gov/x-gender-marker-available-on-u-s-passports-starting-april-11/

* "238 US anti-LGBT+ bills, mostly targeting trans folk, filed in 2022 so far:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2022/03/20/anti-lgbt-bills-us-trans-kids-education-healthcare-sports/

* "Report: LGBTQ+ Students Are Target of Coordinated Right-Wing Attack:" https://www.advocate.com/politics/2022/3/17/report-lgbtq-students-are-target-coordinated-right-wing-attack

* "N.J. Supreme Court Affirms That Conversion Therapy Is Fraud:" https://www.advocate.com/news/2022/3/08/nj-supreme-court-affirms-conversion-therapy-fraud

* "GOP Rep. Lauren Boebert Wants an Age Minimum Before People Come Out:" https://www.advocate.com/politics/2022/4/04/gop-rep-lauren-boebert-wants-age-minimum-people-come-out

* "DeSantis questions Disney's special operating status after company opposes anti-gay bill:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-sunday-show/watch/desantis-questions-disney-s-special-operating-status-after-company-opposes-anti-gay-bill-136887365866

* This will kill trans kids. "Florida Republican wants to make life-saving healthcare for trans kids a felony:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2022/04/05/florida-republican-randy-fine-healthcare-trans-minors/

* "Florida's reviled, monstrous 'Don't Say Gay' bill signed into law by Ron DeSantis:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2022/03/28/dont-say-gay-bill-florida-governor-ron-desantis/

* "Tulsi Gabbard Thinks Fla.'s 'Don’t Say Gay' Law Doesn’t Go Far Enough:" https://www.advocate.com/news/2022/4/05/tulsi-gabbard-thinks-florida-dont-say-gay-law-doesnt-go-far-enough

* "Greg Abbott Doesn't Care About Trans Kids:" https://www.hivplusmag.com/opinion/2022/3/04/commentary-greg-abbott-doesnt-care-about-trans-kids

* "Marvel's Oscar Isaac has one word for Disney over its shameful LGBT+ failure:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2022/03/23/oscar-isaac-marvel-star-wars-dont-say-gay-disney/

* "Ron Perlman blasts Florida's 'Nazi pig' Ron DeSantis for signing 'Don't Say Gay' bill:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2022/03/30/ron-desantis-ron-perlman-nazi-pig-florida-dont-say-gay-bill/

* "White House's Jen Psaki schools Fox News reporter on 'hateful' Don't Say Gay law:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2022/04/06/jen-psaki-fox-news-white-house-dont-say-gay/

* "Watch Fla. Teen Fight 'Don't Say Gay' Law by Teaching Class Stonewall:" https://www.advocate.com/news/2022/4/05/watch-florida-teen-fight-dont-say-gay-law-teaching-class-stonewall

* "Erotica Author Chuck Tingle on His Epic Governor Greg Abbott Troll:" https://www.advocate.com/arts-entertainment/2022/3/02/erotica-author-chuck-tingle-his-epic-governor-greg-abbott-troll

* "Texas Sues Biden Administration Over Gender-Affirming Care Guidance:" https://www.advocate.com/law/2022/3/11/texas-sues-biden-administration-over-gender-affirming-care-guidance

* "Texas court upholds injunction blocking 'child abuse' probes into trans kids' parents:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2022/03/22/texas-court-appeal-trans-parents-child-abuse-investigation/

* "Texas AG sparks backlash after shameless transphobic attack on Dr Rachel Levine:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2022/03/17/texas-attorney-general-ken-paxton-rachel-levine/

* "Republican slammed for grilling child with invasive questions about genitals:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2022/03/16/missouri-trans-sports-ban-elaine-gannon/

* "Texas attorney general says the quiet part loud and calls LGBT+ people 'predators':" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2022/03/24/ken-paxton-texas-lgbt-predators-pride/

* "Texas Family Targeted by Anti-Transgender Directive Files Lawsuit:" https://www.snopes.com/news/2022/03/07/texas-family-targeted-by-anti-transgender-directive-files-lawsuit/

* "Twitter deems Texas AG's blatant transphobia as 'hateful' but 'in the public's interest':" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2022/03/18/twitter-texas-ken-paxton-misgender-rachel-levine-trans/

* "LA County bans official travel to Florida and Texas over LGBT+ attacks:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2022/04/06/la-county-texas-florida-travel-lgbt/

* "Ohio GOPers Introduce a 'Don't Say Gay' Bill, Flee From Questions:" https://www.advocate.com/politics/2022/4/06/ohio-gop-introduce-dont-say-gay-bill-flee-questions

* "Cruel Republican politician calls for trans people to be executed by firing squad:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2022/03/29/republican-trans-robert-foster-mississippi-politician-trans-firing-squad/

* "Trio of degrading, unscientific anti-trans sports bans passed by Republicans:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2022/03/26/republicans-trans-sports-ban-arizona-oklahoma-kentucky/

* All this to specifically bully one girl. "Kentucky Gov. Vetoes Anti-Trans Sports Bill, But Override Possible:" https://www.advocate.com/politics/2022/4/06/kentucky-gov-vetoes-anti-trans-sports-bill-override-possible

* "Arizona lawmakers pass bill attacking gender-affirming healthcare for trans youth:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2022/03/26/arizona-trans-gender-affirming-healthcare/

* "Utah bans trans students from playing girls sports despite governor's veto:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2022/03/26/utah-trans-sports-ban-governor-veto/

* "Iowa Is Now 11th State to Pass Anti-Trans Sports Law:" https://www.advocate.com/news/2022/3/03/iowa-now-11th-state-pass-anti-trans-sports-law

* "GOP Senators End Effort to Criminalize Gender-Affirming Care in Idaho:" https://www.advocate.com/politics/2022/3/18/gop-senators-end-effort-criminalize-gender-affirming-care-idaho

* "Trans Woman Paloma Vazquez Fatally Shot in Houston:" https://www.advocate.com/crime/2022/3/02/trans-woman-fatally-shot-houston-name-yet-be-released

* "Geri Judd Is 2021's Latest Confirmed Trans Homicide Victim:" https://www.advocate.com/crime/2022/3/04/geri-judd-2021s-latest-confirmed-trans-homicide-victim

* "Trans teen with a 'bright smile' killed by her own father in 'horrific tragedy':" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2022/03/29/kathryn-katie-newhouse-trans-killed-father-howard/

* "Black Trans Woman Kesha Webster Found Dead in Jackson, Mississippi:" https://www.advocate.com/crime/2022/4/05/black-trans-woman-kesha-webster-found-dead-jackson-mississippi

* "Young Trans Man, Matthew Spampinato, Killed in Hit-and-Run:" https://www.advocate.com/crime/2022/3/06/young-trans-man-matthew-spampinato-killed-hit-and-run

* "Man Arrested After Allegedly Robbing More Than 20 Men He Met on Grindr:" https://www.advocate.com/crime/2022/4/06/man-arrested-after-allegedly-robbing-more-20-men-he-met-grindr

* "15-Year-Old Florida Teen Arrested Over Antigay Attack on Another Boy:" https://www.advocate.com/crime/2022/3/21/15-year-old-florida-teen-arrested-over-antigay-attack

* "Gay Club Torched by Suspected Arsonist in New York City:" https://www.advocate.com/crime/2022/4/06/gay-club-torched-suspected-arsonist-new-york-city

* "Man Attacks 22-Year-Old on NYC Subway While Shouting Antigay Slurs:" https://www.advocate.com/crime/2022/4/04/man-attacks-22-year-old-nyc-subway-while-shouting-antigay-slurs

* "Kim Davis Violated Same-Sex Couples' Rights, Judge Rules:" https://www.advocate.com/news/2022/3/21/kim-davis-violated-same-sex-couples-rights-judge-rules

* "Gay Firefighter Alleges FDNY Told Him To Have Sex With Women:" https://www.advocate.com/news/2022/4/06/gay-firefighter-alleges-fdny-told-him-have-sex-women

* "School Board Draws Outrage & Protests for Hosting Anti-LGBTQ+ Speakers:" https://www.advocate.com/news/2022/3/16/school-board-draws-outrage-protests-hosting-anti-lgbtq-speakers

* "Gay teacher unceremoniously fired for giving LGBT+ Pride bracelets to students:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2022/03/29/gay-teacher-fired-pride-bracelet-ohio-jay-bowman/

* "Florida Man Pleads Guilty to Defacing Pride Streetscape:" https://www.advocate.com/crime/2022/3/02/florida-man-pleads-guilty-defacing-pride-streetscape

* "Tips For Hassle-Free (ish) Travel For Transgender and Nonbinary Folks:" https://www.outtraveler.com/exclusives/2022/2/24/travel-without-hassle-isnt-given-transgender-and-nonbinary-folks

* "The Harrowing Experience of Fighting for Gender-Affirming Health Care:" https://www.advocate.com/transgender/2022/3/04/trans-affirming-healthcare-Tanya-Asapansa-Johnson-walker

* "Landmark Court Victory: Military Can't Boot People With HIV:" https://www.hivplusmag.com/stigma/2022/4/07/landmark-court-victory-military-cant-boot-people-hiv

* "Autistic Women: Why is This Still Challenged?:"

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* As a disabled person Conservatorships terrify me. "Britney Spears: The “Circus” of Conservatorships:"

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* "U.S. life expectancy falls for 2nd year in a row:" https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2022/04/07/1091398423/u-s-life-expectancy-falls-for-2nd-year-in-a-row

* "Russia's war with Ukraine is devastating for Ukraine's war on TB:" https://www.npr.org/sections/goatsandsoda/2022/03/19/1087538209/russias-war-with-ukraine-is-devastating-for-ukraines-war-on-tb

* Isn't this basically what made Mira Grant's Newsflesh series zombie apocalypse? "The controversial quest to make a 'contagious' vaccine:" https://www.nationalgeographic.com/science/article/the-controversial-quest-to-make-a-contagious-vaccine

* "What Is ‘Bigorexia’?:" https://www.nytimes.com/2022/03/05/style/teen-bodybuilding-bigorexia-tiktok.html

* "The remarkable brain of a carpet cleaner who speaks 24 languages:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/interactive/2022/multilingual-hyperpolyglot-brain-languages/

* "Cells Blaze Their Own Trails to Navigate Through the Body:" https://www.quantamagazine.org/cells-blaze-their-own-trails-to-navigate-through-the-body-20220328/

* "How 2 Industries Stymied Justice for Young Lead Paint Victims:" https://www.nytimes.com/2022/03/29/us/lead-poisoning-insurance-landlords.html

* "New York City to offer free doula access in bid to reduce maternal mortality:" https://abcnews.go.com/GMA/Wellness/york-city-offer-free-doula-access-bid-reduce/story?id=83648967

* "Better air in classrooms matters beyond COVID. Here's why schools aren't there yet:" https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2022/03/14/1086125626/school-air-quality

* "How Heeding Disabled People Can Help Everyone Survive Crises:" https://slate.com/technology/2022/01/climate-change-disabilities.html

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* "Heatwaves at both of Earth’s poles alarm climate scientists:" https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2022/mar/20/heatwaves-at-both-of-earth-poles-alarm-climate-scientists

* "Without Russia, science going solo on world's woes, dreams:" https://apnews.com/article/russia-ukraine-space-exploration-science-business-mars-38ded59c1f3796cab7c5abe21bb69207

* "Historic drought looms for 20 million living in Horn of Africa:" https://www.nationalgeographic.com/environment/article/historic-drought-looms-for-20-million-living-in-horn-of-africa

* "A drowning world: Kenya’s quiet slide underwater:" https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/mar/17/kenya-quiet-slide-underwater-great-rift-valley-lakes-east-africa-flooding

* "Climate-driven water woes spark Colorado rush to conserve 'liquid gold':" https://www.reuters.com/world/us/climate-driven-water-woes-spark-colorado-rush-conserve-liquid-gold-2022-03-16/

* "The Illinois town that got up and left:" https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20220310-the-illinois-town-valmeyer-could-be-a-model-for-relocation/20220310-the-illinois-town-valmeyer-could-be-a-model-for-relocation

* "We all live in California, now.:" https://alexsteffen.substack.com/p/we-all-live-in-california-now?s=w

* "A small Alabama city was devastated by a tornado. Here's why FEMA didn't help.:" https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/fema-individual-assistance-disaster-survivors-rcna19495

* "We traveled deep into the Amazon to investigate deforestation. A grisly discovery awaited us.:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/interactive/2022/brazil-amazon-deforestation-highway-br-319/?itid=mr_5

* "US agency opens probe into electric vehicle batteries:" https://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/us-agency-opens-probe-electric-vehicle-batteries-83882398

* "A Plastic Bag’s 2,000-Mile Journey Shows the Messy Truth About Recycling:" https://www.bloomberg.com/graphics/2022-tesco-recycle-plastic-waste-pledge-falls-short/

* "Microplastics found in human blood for first time:" https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2022/mar/24/microplastics-found-in-human-blood-for-first-time

* "Folks, We Gotta Start Farming Different Crops:" https://slate.com/technology/2022/03/farming-food-crops-species-coffee-wheat-climate-green-revolution.html

* "Fukushima’s Earthquakes Show That Risk Is Inevitable:" https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2022/03/fukushima-nuclear-disaster-management-onagawa/627070/

* "Earthworms are invasive—and hurting insects—in much of North America:" https://www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/article/earthworms-invasive-north-america-hurt-insects

* "Endurance: Shackleton's lost ship is found in Antarctic:" https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-60662541

* "Why Have Female Animals Evolved Such Wild Genitals?:" https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/why-have-female-animals-evolved-such-wild-genitals-180979813/

* "After pandemic peace, fresh swarms of crabs invade Cuba´s Bay of Pigs:" https://www.reuters.com/business/environment/after-pandemic-peace-fresh-swarms-crabs-invade-cubas-bay-pigs-2022-03-24/

* "Zoos Hiding Birds As Avian Flu Spreads In North America:" https://www.news9.com/story/624db07d5ba59c070f069b7e/zoos-hiding-birds-as-avian-flu-spreads-in-north-america

* "How Migrating Birds Use Quantum Effects to Navigate:" https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/how-migrating-birds-use-quantum-effects-to-navigate/

* "Rudy Giuliani: The 'Rise' of America’s Mayor:"

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* "Will Smith gets 10-year Oscars ban over Chris Rock slap:" https://apnews.com/article/will-smith-oscars-ban-664346ac2d2441939764f35be2d8026b

* "Trucks: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver:"

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* "The GOP: Everyone Who Disagrees With Us Is a Pedophile:"

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* "Republican’s Midterm Strategy: Don’t Say Gay:"

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* "Meanwhile... Feminist Group Pitches Vulva-Shaped Spaceship | Someone Stole A Box Of Human Heads:"

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* "Fox & Friends Cold Open: Supreme Court Confirmation Hearings - SNL:"

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* "Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson Confirmation Cold Open - SNL:"

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* "Our Flag Means Death: The Gay Emancipation of Blackbeard :"

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* "Coming Out In Our Culture of Lies:"

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* "The Failure of Black Disney (& Discourse):"

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* "Are They Gay? - Deadpool and Spider-Man (Spideypool):"

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* They should merchandise this. I know I very much want one and I bet I'm not the only one. "Shop TV - SNL:" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YyCZbfMZEBY&list=PLS_gQd8UB-hLS2QV1Ke_hBDVCwFkWKt5g&index=13

* "Post-COVID Game Show - SNL:"

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* "Rescue Dog Rescue with John Oliver:"

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* Saturday a week ago I was well enough to start running my table top game again. Livia came out to watch her stories, as the Gazebo birds are back and she hates missing the late afternoon/early evening bit as they all flutter about in easy view before bird bed time. She pretended Head Millennial was not there, Brave Girl. Sunday we did errands, then after ate dinner and watched the back half of season one of resident Alien. Tavy has been unsure how to handle two of his people sitting on the sofa at the same time, but this time decided to take the plunge. He sat in a bunch of places including Head Millennial’s lap, and at one point rubbed his face on their hair.

Not long before bed, I had another incident, but caught it in the early stages and applied ice. Acutely painful, but not dangerous enough for the ER since i caught it early enough, so that’s a win. It did mean I needed lots of rest though. I am not even sure how it happened this time, since there was no obvious precipitating injury, which is worrying.

* So some friends of mine are moving and needed me to drive them around a bit and another friend drove up to help, only they didn’t need me the way they thought. The other friend did the afternoon driving, but I couldn’t get back to sleep. I did come along and bring cardboard boxes and food for the new place. We ate outside on their new place’s patio and had a little visit, but there was a lot of standing and cardboard wrangling and the pollen count is high and I had very little sleep. I went to bed early Friday instead of posting the aggregate as i had intended.

The extra spoons I burned Friday meant I had very little energy plus an allergy headache. After I took the head Millennial home I drove up there to help with transport. I didn’t get home until 11:15. I am a mess. I have spent nearly all the EBT, which is bad. I blew more tonight on things like yogurt. I know, I know, the aggregate’s super late. I still have what feels like a million links still needing to scaffold.

I am tired. I itch from all the trees mating. I do not know how I will manage until June without the surgery as it is incredibly hard to sleep like this.

Oh, in the middle of the medical crisis we got notice of fire inspection, which means I had to fix it myself. I did work out that a particular adapter might make the unit Squirrel bought work. I had too buy a bundle, since they aren’t sold individually online, and I hadn’t energy to search every hardware store in town even if it wouldn’t cost more in gas than the adapters cost. My theory that the adapter would work proved true, but the detector squirrel bought didn’t fit the bracket, so squirrel had to duct tape it up there. (They no longer make the model that came with the apartment. squirrel bought a different brand, apparently). Anyway, it works even if it is ugly.

Things like this and the the extra food I bought during the worst of the crisis and endless small things needing fixed or repaired ate away the money I’d tried to save for a working stove. *head desk* I am so fucking tired of my body and the apartment falling apart, but here we are.

* I lost some of this post. Grr.

* I love the way narcissus smell like spring and hyacinths smell like concentrated purple.
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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.

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

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

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

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

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

* "Stop the EARN IT Act to Save Privacy:" https://act.eff.org/action/stop-the-earn-it-act-to-save-our-privacy

* My Oldest Continuous friend's Elder Cat is getting up there and her special diet and health care for kidney failure is expensive. Gigi is a sweet, extremely cuddly girl and could use extra help. "Click here to show your support to Karrin Jackson's story *SupportGigiInHerOldAge:" https://www.spotfund.com/story/18393388-9914-4f6c-9f99-876aa019bdee

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

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

* Organizations working for reproductive rights in Texas: https://minoanmiss.dreamwidth.org/796848.html

* Even more Organizations working for reproductive rights in Texas: https://wendelah1.dreamwidth.org/788132.html

* Want to help Kimi Cole run for statewide office in Nevada? https://secure.actblue.com/donate/kimi-cole-4-nevada-1

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

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* "Member of Brutal ISIS ‘Beatles’ Cell Pleads Guilty in Hostage Cases:" https://www.nytimes.com/2021/09/02/us/politics/isis-beatles-alexanda-kotey.html

* "New Zealand police were following extremist who stabbed 6:" https://apnews.com/article/police-new-zealand-islamic-state-group-2bbbbc9f3e4249fba2c519dda5e8f05f

* "Ethiopia's Tigray crisis: What's stopping aid getting in?:" https://www.bbc.com/news/57929853

* "Museum chief is only candidate for Estonia's presidency:" https://apnews.com/article/europe-estonia-f2d1f04b715d7827afbe2c7c0d585865

* "Milan mayor says cladding melted in tower block blaze, as in London's Grenfell:" https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/milan-mayor-says-cladding-melted-tower-block-blaze-londons-grenfell-2021-08-30/

* "China limits teens to just three hours a week of online gaming in latest crackdown:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2021/08/31/chinese-teens-online-gaming-limited/

* "Heavily armed criminal group ties hostages to getaway cars after storming Brazilian city:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2021/08/30/brazi-crime-hostages-araatuba/

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* "Breakthrough Infections Less Likely to Cause Long Covid, Large Study Finds:" https://www.nytimes.com/live/2021/09/01/world/covid-delta-variant-vaccine

* "Australian state of Victoria extends lockdown until 70% receive first vaccine dose:" https://www.cnn.com/2021/08/31/australia/australia-new-zealand-covid-19-september-intl-hnk/index.html

* "Turkey's coronavirus cases hit three-week high:" https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/turkeys-coronavirus-cases-hit-three-week-high-2021-09-01/

* "Philippines health workers protest neglect as COVID-19 strains hospitals:" https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/philippines-health-workers-protest-neglect-covid-19-strains-hospitals-2021-09-01/

* "The U.S. reaches a daily average of 100,000 Covid hospitalizations for the first time since the winter peak.:" https://www.nytimes.com/2021/08/30/us/delta-100000-covid-patients.html

* "America has wasted at least 15 million Covid vaccine doses since March, new data shows:" https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/america-has-wasted-least-15-million-covid-vaccine-doses-march-n1278211

* "Experts decry anti-vaccine, anti-mask conservative rhetoric as COVID-19 cases surpass 39 million:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-reidout/watch/covid-19-cases-surpass-39-million-as-disinformation-counter-to-cdc-guidance-persists-119832645694

* "Education Department to probe 5 states with ‘unacceptable’ school mask bans:" https://www.politico.com/news/2021/08/30/education-department-probe-unacceptable-school-mask-bans-507589

* "Florida grapples with COVID-19's deadliest phase yet:" https://apnews.com/article/business-health-florida-coronavirus-pandemic-7ed6d05626848aca4e2827681b315770

* "Florida changed its COVID-19 data, creating an ‘artificial decline’ in recent deaths:" https://www.miamiherald.com/news/coronavirus/article253796898.html

* "Covid News: Florida Withholds Funds From Schools That Defied Governor’s Mask Mandate Ban:" https://www.nytimes.com/live/2021/08/30/world/covid-delta-variant-vaccine

* "Ron DeSantis appeals mask mandate ruling as Florida Covid deaths set record:" https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/sep/03/florida-covid-ron-desantis-appeals-mask-ruling-record-covid-deaths

* "Florida teachers on edge as mask war, COVID surge mark first weeks of school:" https://www.reuters.com/world/us/florida-teachers-edge-mask-war-covid-surge-mark-first-weeks-school-2021-09-04/

* "Rep. Demings says Rubio ‘wants to be anywhere but Florida’ as clashes over COVID mandates escalate:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-reidout/watch/covid-mandates-leading-to-violent-clashes-in-florida-and-beyond-discussed-by-senate-candidate-val-demings-119924293541

* "Texas district closes schools after covid kills two teachers in one week:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/education/2021/09/01/texas-school-covid-teachers-dead/

* "Texas teacher trying to decide about Covid vaccine dies three days after testing positive:" https://www.cnn.com/2021/09/03/us/coronavirus-texas-teacher-deaths-trnd/index.html

* "When the New Covid Surge Struck, Mississippi Was Uniquely Unprepared:" https://www.nytimes.com/2021/08/29/us/when-the-new-covid-surge-struck-mississippi-was-uniquely-unprepared.html

* "SC reports 3-day total of more than 16,000 new COVID-19 cases:" https://www.live5news.com/2021/08/30/sc-reports-3-day-total-more-than-16000-new-covid-19-cases/

* "For second day in a row, Tennessee sets COVID-19 hospitalization record:" https://www.newschannel5.com/rebound/for-second-day-in-a-row-tennessee-sets-covid-19-hospitalization-record

* "OSDH: Over 7,800 new cases of COVID-19 in Oklahoma since Friday:" https://kfor.com/news/local/osdh-over-7800-new-cases-of-covid-19-in-oklahoma-since-friday/

* "Genesee County health officials receive death threat after issuing mask mandate:" https://www.freep.com/story/news/local/michigan/2021/08/25/mask-mandate-genesee-county-death-threats/5592047001/

* "Should doctors prescribing 'snake oil' Covid treatments face consequences?:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/chris-hayes-should-doctors-prescribing-livestock-medicine-for-covid-face-consequences-119916613656

* "AMA calls on doctors to immediately stop prescribing ivermectin for Covid:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/american-medical-association-calls-on-doctors-to-immediately-stop-prescribing-ivermectin-for-covid-120005189773

* "Instagram User antivaxmomma Charged With Selling Fake Vaccine Cards:" https://www.nytimes.com/2021/08/31/nyregion/fake-vaccine-cards-woman-charged.html

* This teacher cared so little about the health and safety of the kids in their care that they refused vaccination, then came to school symptomatic and took their mask off so they could infect them, knowing it could kill or permanently damage them. I don't understand how this isn't child abuse. As someone who taught for a living I'm furious that someone who hates children enough to risk harming them this way on purpose was allowed in the classroom at all. "CDC: An Unvaccinated Teacher Took Off Their Mask to Read Aloud. Half the Class Got COVID:" https://www.edweek.org/leadership/cdc-an-unvaccinated-teacher-took-off-their-mask-to-read-aloud-half-the-class-got-covid/2021/08

* "When school isn't safe: 'You feel like you are sending your child into a lion's den':" https://www.cnn.com/2021/09/01/health/schools-parents-covid-teachers-wellness/index.html

* "At least 6 conservative radio hosts and anti-mask advocates have died from COVID-19 after bashing the vaccines:" https://www.businessinsider.com/conservative-radio-hosts-anti-maskers-death-covid-19-2021-9

* I suspect McSweeney speaks for many of us here. "Oh My Fucking God, Get the Fucking Vaccine Already, You Fucking Fucks:" https://www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/oh-my-fucking-god-get-the-fucking-vaccine-already-you-fucking-fucks

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* "Last troops exit Afghanistan, ending America's longest war:" https://apnews.com/article/afghanistan-islamic-state-group-e10e038baea732dae879c11234507f81

* "With final exit, U.S. joins list of countries unable to break Afghanistan's will:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/with-final-exit-u-s-joins-list-of-countries-unable-to-break-afghanistan-s-will-119838789679

* "Hayes: U.S. troops are finally out of Afghanistan—and it's remarkable:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/hayes-u-s-troops-are-finally-out-of-afghanistan-and-it-s-remarkable-119828037800

* "Afghan Women Sent Canada Requests for Help. When They Finally Got an Email Back, They Were Told The Evacuation Was Over.:" https://pressprogress.ca/afghan-women-sent-canada-requests-for-help-when-they-finally-got-an-email-back-they-were-told-the-evacuation-was-over/

* "Afghanistan’s Gay Men Fear Death as Taliban Judge OKs Stonings:" https://www.advocate.com/world/2021/8/23/afghanistans-gay-men-fear-death-taliban-judge-oks-stonings

* "Gay Afghan: The Taliban Killed My Boyfriend:" https://www.advocate.com/world/2021/8/26/gay-afghan-taliban-killed-my-boyfriend

* "Joe Manchin voted to advance the $3.5 trillion budget bill — now he says Democrats should press pause:" https://www.cnbc.com/2021/09/02/joe-manchin-opposes-3point5-trillion-biden-democratic-spending-bill.html

* "Dem Obstructionists Are Bankrolled By Pharma And Oil:" https://www.dailyposter.com/dem-obstructionists-are-bankrolled-by-pharma-and-oil/

* "Guaranteed Income Is a Queer Justice Issue:" https://www.advocate.com/commentary/2021/8/26/guaranteed-income-queer-justice-issue

* "Out Rep. Mark Takano Introduces Four-Day Workweek Legislation:" https://www.advocate.com/news/2021/8/18/out-rep-mark-takano-introduces-four-day-workweek-legislation

* "Nearly 20% of LGBT Renters Owe Back Rent, Half of Those Fear Eviction:" https://www.advocate.com/news/2021/9/01/nearly-20-lgbt-renters-owe-back-rent-half-those-fear-eviction

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

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

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

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

* "The hard-fought Texas voting bill is poised to become law. Here's what it does.:" https://www.texastribune.org/2021/08/30/texas-voting-restrictions-bill/

* "Texas Legislature sends sweeping GOP voting bill to governor:" https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/wireStory/texas-gop-voting-cusp-governor-79749334

* "Judge orders Cyber Ninjas to preserve Maricopa vote audit records in lawsuit by The Arizona Republic:" https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2021/08/25/arizona-audit-judge-orders-cyber-ninjas-preserve-documents/5595991001/

* "Newsom has a huge cash advantage in California’s recall vote. It may mean nothing:" https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/aug/31/california-governor-recall-election-gavin-newsom

* "Gay California Lawmaker Joins Grindr to Campaign Against Recall:" https://www.advocate.com/news/2021/9/02/gay-california-lawmaker-joins-grindr-campaign-against-recall

* "Rep. Bass: Conservative Elder becoming California gov. ‘a thought to cause nightmares’:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-reidout/watch/california-recall-election-speech-by-gavin-newsom-highlights-his-covid-19-leadership-vs-gop-run-states-120096325898

* On the Left. "kind of a version 0.9 beta rant:" https://solarbird.dreamwidth.org/1803906.html

* "Tucker Carlson Lays Into Bisexual Governor Because She Wed a Man:" https://www.advocate.com/news/2021/8/30/tucker-carlson-lays-bisexual-governor-because-she-wed-man

* "Brian Sims Reports Huge Campaign Haul for Penn. Lt. Governor Race:" https://www.advocate.com/politics/2021/8/24/brian-sims-reports-huge-campaign-haul-penn-lt-governor-race

* "Corporations and trade groups are bankrolling the Sedition Caucus again:" https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2021/08/corporate-pacs-donations-republican-congress-members-sedition-caucus-trump-insurrection/?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=3f267d69-d8e4-4798-b866-0c1d8dfd3f70

* "Rep. Madison Cawthorn falsely suggests elections are ‘rigged,’ says there will be ‘bloodshed’ if system continues on its path:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/rep-madison-cawthorn-says-there-will-be-bloodshed-if-us-elections-continue-to-be-rigged/2021/08/30/297a9fa2-09c8-11ec-aea1-42a8138f132a_story.html

* "Rep. Swalwell: Madison Cawthorn should face consequences for 'bloodshed' warning:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-reidout/watch/rep-cawthorn-warning-of-bloodshed-if-fraud-occurs-in-future-elections-slammed-by-rep-swalwell-119920709627

* "Kurt Bardella: Democracy doesn't die in darkness, it's happening in broad daylight:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-reidout/watch/republicans-influencing-school-boards-nationwide-part-of-wider-plan-experts-say-120176709741

* "January 6 committee to ask telecommunications companies to preserve phone records of members of Congress who participated in 'Stop the Steal' rally:" https://www.cnn.com/2021/08/30/politics/january-6-phone-records-members-of-congress/index.html

* "Jordan reveals multiple calls with Trump on January 6; investigation seeks phone records:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/jordan-reveals-multiple-calls-with-trump-on-january-6-investigation-seeks-phone-records-119839813624

* "Donald Trump and family among phone records sought by January 6th committee: CNN:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/donald-trump-and-family-among-phone-records-sought-by-january-6th-committee-cnn-119838789963

* "‘He’s scared’: Schiff on McCarthy reaction to Jan. 6 panel’s records request:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/-he-s-scared-schiff-on-mccarthy-reaction-to-jan-6-panel-s-records-request-119915589511

* "McCarthy threatens companies that comply with Jan. 6 probe’s phone records requests:" https://www.politico.com/news/2021/08/31/mccarthy-january-6-threaten-phone-records-requests-508166

* "Joy Reid critiques the Republicans threatening major companies if they cooperate with Jan. 6 select committee:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-reidout/watch/kevin-mccarthy-and-other-republicans-threaten-major-companies-if-they-cooperate-with-jan-6-select-committee-120009797570

* "630 people have been charged in the Capitol insurrection so far. This searchable table shows them all.:" https://news.yahoo.com/most-arrests-capitol-riots-misdemeanor-225235647.html

* "Federal officials charge Lansing man in Jan. 6 siege at US Capitol:" https://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/local/michigan/2021/08/17/federal-officials-charge-lansing-man-logan-james-barnhart-jan-6-siege-us-capitol/8173456002/

* "The anti-vax lawyer representing January 6 rioters has suddenly gone missing:" https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2021/08/john-pierce-missing-lawyer/

* "Anti-LGBTQ+ 'Infowars' Host Charged in Capitol Riot:" https://www.advocate.com/crime/2021/8/23/anti-lgbtq-infowars-host-charged-capitol-riot

* "'QAnon Shaman' pleads guilty to felony in US Capitol riot:" https://www.cnn.com/2021/09/03/politics/qanon-shaman-guilty-plea-insurrection-jacob-chansley/index.html

* "Scott MacFarlane report: Jan. 6 defendant was told 'wait for Trump's pardon':" https://www.msnbc.com/the-reidout/watch/jan-6-insurrectionist-jacob-chansley-could-face-approximately-4-years-scott-macfarlane-reports-120178757676

* "AP sources: Intel shows extremists to attend Capitol rally:" https://apnews.com/article/capitol-siege-887b2b3a4bcc3c667858765b1281c959

* "Second resident of Nebraska’s one-person town just a figment of Census Bureau’s imagination:" https://journalstar.com/news/state-and-regional/nebraska/second-resident-of-nebraska-s-one-person-town-just-a-figment-of-census-bureau-s/article_3dade4b8-8736-57af-9270-3a65973f5464.html

* "Officers And Paramedics Are Charged In Elijah McClain's 2019 Death In Colorado:" https://www.npr.org/2021/09/01/1033289263/elijah-mcclain-death-officers-paramedics-charged

* "Elijah McClain’s father tells Joy Reid ‘all Blacks in Colorado’ have a fear of police:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-reidout/watch/elijah-mcclain-s-father-on-grand-jury-indicting-officers-medics-for-his-son-s-2019-death-120007237920

* "White Man Who Harassed Black News Anchor Almost Caused an Environmental Disaster in 2017:" https://www.theroot.com/white-man-who-harassed-black-news-anchor-almost-caused-1847596784

* "Proud Boys' Straight Pride Ends In Fights and Arrests:" https://www.advocate.com/news/2021/8/31/proud-boys-straight-pride-ends-fights-and-arrests

* CW: Abuse "Christian boot camp accused of ‘abuse’ and ‘targeting Black and LGBT+ teens’:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2021/05/19/bethany-church-christian-boot-camp-homophobia-racism-joel-jonathan-stockstill-220i/

* CW: Suicide Mention "TikTok Presents Hate: Cheering Trans Suicides, Calling Gays Pedophiles:" https://www.advocate.com/media/2021/8/24/tiktok-presents-hate-cheering-trans-suicides-calling-gays-pedophiles

"The report, released Tuesday by the U.K.-based think tank Institute for Strategic Dialogue, examined 1,030 TikTok videos for various kinds of hatred, including white supremacy, Holocaust denial, terrorism, misogyny, and more, in addition to anti-LGBTQ+ activity. TikTok monitors and takes down such content but does so inconsistently, the institute notes."

* "US marshal claims he was fired for defending lesbian colleague from disgusting harassment:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2021/08/27/bobby-ledogar-marshal-lesbian-harassment-fired/

* "Supreme Court allows Texas’ 6-week abortion ban to take effect:" https://www.politico.com/news/2021/09/01/supreme-court-texas-abortion-ban-508275

* "New Texas abortion law pushes women to out-of-state clinics:" https://apnews.com/article/abortion-lifestyle-health-travel-texas-fbc505c3db4a08af51ba409a91ea161c

* "'Maddening': Hayes on GOP quest to ban abortion—and their lies along the way:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/chris-hayes-on-gop-quest-to-ban-abortion-and-their-lies-in-overturning-roe-v-wade-120002117800

* "Abortion rights activists rally to help Texas women get access out-of-state:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/abortion-rights-activists-rally-to-help-texas-women-get-access-out-of-state-120020549695

* "Supreme Court looks away as Texas effectively bans abortion:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/supreme-court-looks-away-as-texas-effectively-bans-abortion-120020549546

* "Maddow: New Texas abortion law 'turns every anti-abortion zealot into a bounty hunter':" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/maddow-new-texas-abortion-law-turns-every-anti-abortion-zealot-into-a-bounty-hunter-120019525534

* "What Can Democrats Do to Fight Texas’s Abortion Ban? Lots.:" https://www.thenation.com/article/politics/texas-abortion-fight/

* "Judge Shields Texas Clinics From Anti-Abortion Group's Lawsuits:" https://www.npr.org/2021/09/03/1034254539/texas-abortion-planned-parenthood-law-judge-order-right-to-life

* "Sen. Warren: Congress could pass Roe v. Wade:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-reidout/watch/texas-abortion-law-banning-abortions-as-early-as-six-weeks-into-pregnancy-denounced-by-sen-warren-120010309575

* "Barbara Boxer: Wake up America. This is a full-throated overturning of Roe:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-reidout/watch/texas-abortion-law-how-biden-can-defend-rights-of-texas-women-discussed-by-experts-120094789665

* "‘Sidewalk con:' Hayes on why abortion law design is particularly egregious :" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/chris-hayes-on-why-texas-abortion-law-design-is-particularly-egregious-120090181757

* "What it’s like to work at a Texas abortion group right now:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/what-it-s-like-to-work-at-a-texas-abortion-group-right-now-120177221994

* "Why most Republicans won't defend the Texas abortion ban:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/chris-hayes-on-why-most-republicans-won-t-defend-the-texas-abortion-ban-120173637854

* "One of the things that I think a lot of people are missing when they focus on the ‘abortion rights’ portion of the concept of 'overturning Roe v. Wade’ is that the Roe v. Wade decision wasn’t legally centered on the question of abortion per se but on the right to privacy.:" https://vaspider.tumblr.com/post/661454503051231232/i-originally-wrote-this-post-as-a-twitter-thread

* Organizations working for reproductive rights in Texas: https://minoanmiss.dreamwidth.org/796848.html

* Even more Organizations working for reproductive rights in Texas:https://wendelah1.dreamwidth.org/788132.html

* "Two High School Teens Wore The Same Outfits To Prove Dress Codes Are Sexist, And It Worked:" https://www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/teens-decided-test-double-standard-235257030.html?.tsrc=daily_mail&uh_test=1_03&guccounter=1&guce_referrer=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuZ29vZ2xlLmNvbS8&guce_referrer_sig=AQAAACAOqttAlvpayohPJNT-cwgwpOxfe54lF9XzjsIEWHwMEbarKtqPdrGzGWWvNRX47aD1qdnB9XFNBpbmomAezVIjSP4Q2QwoEP_s2jnudlXiTaKC4gB2xXpb5cmLyQDMww2QRvUd-dD4Ejb0eGnGz_NZl49ifhUhrIme4fD7Am4H

* "Antigay Catholic Newsletter Threatens to Out More Priests via Grindr:" https://www.advocate.com/religion/2021/8/23/antigay-catholic-newsletter-threatens-out-more-priests-grindr

* "Police name victim of ‘horrific’ suspected homophobic murder in London cemetery:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2021/08/27/london-cemetery-ranjith-kankanamalage/

* "Police accused of victim blaming for warning gay people to avoid dimly lit areas:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2021/09/01/met-police-victim-blaming-murder-gay-ranjith-kankanamalage/

* "Couple who were told by boss their trans son was ‘evil’ awarded £70,000 by employment tribunal:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2021/05/29/couple-boss-trans-son-evil-going-hell-khi-ro-peterborough-employment-tribunal/

* "Police officer who sent homophobic email to 55 colleagues allowed to keep his job:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2021/08/30/metropolitan-police-homophobic-david-bewick/

* "NHS is 'failing' trans men and non-binary people, Sajid Javid warned:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2021/09/02/sajid-javid-nhs-trans-men-healthcare/

* "Women's health law draws surge of support in wake of Texas anti-abortion vigilante law:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/women-s-health-law-draws-surge-of-support-in-wake-of-texas-anti-abortion-vigilante-law-120101445924

* "'This is a courts problem': Supreme Court flop on abortion law prompts calls for reform:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/-this-is-a-courts-problem-supreme-court-flop-on-abortion-law-prompts-calls-for-reform-120104005730

* "‘This is not a drill’: Rep. Pressley urges action from ‘pro-choice majority’:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/-this-is-not-a-drill-rep-pressley-urges-action-from-pro-choice-majority-120090693969

* "Religious Groups Seek Right to Fire Workers for Grindr Use, Gay Sex:" https://www.advocate.com/news/2021/5/28/religious-groups-seek-right-fire-workers-grindr-use-gay-sex

* "High School Reportedly Forced LGBTQ+ Coaches Out for Being Queer:" https://www.advocate.com/news/2021/8/25/high-school-reportedly-forced-lgbtq-coaches-out-being-queer

* "FBI Report Finds Increase in Hate Crimes Against Transgender People:" https://www.advocate.com/crime/2021/9/01/fbi-report-finds-increase-hate-crimes-against-transgender-people

* "Female Couple Shot to Death at Utah Campsite:" https://www.advocate.com/crime/2021/8/20/female-couple-shot-death-utah-campsite

* "Washington Man Convicted of Murder, Hate Crime in Trans Teen's Death:" https://www.advocate.com/crime/2021/8/30/washington-man-convicted-murder-hate-crime-trans-teens-death

* "TSA called police on trans kid who refused strip search. Her mum is suing:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2021/08/28/strip-search-trans-passenger/

* "Trans teen viciously bullied by transphobes, but he could be the one punished:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2021/08/29/tennessee-trans-bathroom-bill-bullying/

* "Mormon Apostle: Take Up 'Muskets' Against LGBTQ+ Equality:" https://www.advocate.com/news/2021/8/24/mormon-apostle-take-muskets-against-lgbtq-equality

* "Mormon university investigates man who defaced rainbow art, said 'f****ts go to hell':" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2021/08/28/mormon-byu-university-homophobia-lgbt/

* "Students Walk Out In Protest After Gay Coach Forced to Quit:" https://www.advocate.com/news/2021/8/26/students-walk-out-protest-after-gay-coach-forced-quit

* "Gavin Grimm to Get Laughable Amount of Money in $1.3M Legal Payout:" https://www.advocate.com/transgender/2021/8/27/gavin-grimm-get-laughable-amount-money-13m-legal-payout

* "Questions, Allegations After Black AIDS Institute CEO Pushed Out:" https://www.hivplusmag.com/news/2021/8/30/questions-allegations-after-black-aids-institute-ceo-pushed-out

* "Trans adults twice as likely to die as cis adults, eye-opening study finds:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2021/09/03/trans-cis-death-study-amsterdam-gender-clinci/

* "Johnson & Johnson HIV vaccine fails clinical trials in devastating setback:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2021/08/31/hiv-vaccine-johnson-clinical-trial/

* "This Region Has the Highest HIV-Related Death Rate in U.S.:" https://www.hivplusmag.com/news/2021/8/25/region-has-highest-hiv-related-death-rate-us

* "Why the War Against HIV Rages in the South:" https://www.advocate.com/commentary/2021/8/20/why-war-against-hiv-rages-south

* "Report: Less Than Half of Americans Understand HIV:" https://www.hivplusmag.com/news/2021/8/26/report-less-half-americans-understand-hiv

* "Britney Spears' attorney says singer 'will not be extorted' by her father:" https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/music/story/2021-09-01/britney-spears-jamie-spears-conservatorship-fight

* "The Brain ‘Rotates’ Memories to Save Them From New Sensations:" https://www.quantamagazine.org/the-brain-rotates-memories-to-save-them-from-new-sensations-20210415/

* "For Some College Students, Remote Learning Is a Game Changer:" https://www.nytimes.com/2021/08/23/health/covid-college-disabilities-students.html

* "Why Hooked on Phonics Was Way More Controversial Than You Remember:" https://tedium.co/2021/05/05/hooked-on-phonics-history/

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The World is basically on Fire/Melting. I'm putting stuff to do with it here.

* "Major flooding expected on Turkey, Wapsipinicon Rivers:" https://www.kcrg.com/2021/08/29/major-flooding-expected-turkey-wapsipinicon-rivers/

* "More heavy rain and floods in China:" https://www.scmp.com/video/china/3146859/heavy-rain-china-forces-thousands-evacuate-deluge-causes-flooding-and

* "Storm hits Spain, flooding towns, cutting electricity, rail services:" https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/storm-hits-spain-flooding-towns-cutting-electricity-rail-services-2021-09-01/

* "Hurricane Ida traps Louisianans, shatters the power grid:" https://apnews.com/article/hurricane-ida-louisiana-new-orleans-c43c2c68946ceb6100c2239534c6c290

* "These Images Show Just How Bad Hurricane Ida Hit Louisiana's Coastline:" https://www.npr.org/2021/08/31/1032737199/images-louisiana-hurricane-ida

* "'This is a long road ahead of us': Lack of electricity slows Hurricane Ida recovery:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/-this-is-a-long-road-ahead-of-us-lack-of-electricity-slows-hurricane-ida-recovery-120021061673

* How to help Louisiana: https://auressea.tumblr.com/post/661189695761530880

* "After Ida, Small Recovery Signs Amid Daunting Destruction:" https://www.usnews.com/news/us/articles/2021-09-01/in-idas-aftermath-no-quick-relief-in-sight-for-louisiana

* "Louisiana And Mississippi Were Overwhelmed By COVID-19 Cases. Then Ida Struck:" https://www.npr.org/2021/08/30/1032441006/storm-ida-covid-19-surge-louisiana-mississippi-hospitals-vaccines

* "Ida’s sweltering aftermath: No power, no water, no gasoline:" https://www.miamiherald.com/news/business/article253872203.html

* "More than 45 dead after Ida's remnants blindside Northeast:" https://apnews.com/article/northeast-us-new-york-new-jersey-weather-60327279197e14b9d17632ea0818f51c

* "Searches, sorrow in wake of Ida's destructive, deadly floods:" https://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/cleanup-mourning-continue-ida-soaks-northeast-us-79809550

* "Wildfire expected to grow in intensity as it forces further evacuations in western U.S. :" https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/california-lake-tahoe-wildfire-1.6159349

* "Caldor Fire prompts states of emergency in Nevada and California, with more than 50,000 told to evacuate the Lake Tahoe region:" https://www.cnn.com/2021/08/31/weather/western-wildfires-tuesday/index.html

* "Wildfire evacuees flood Lake Tahoe roads in rush to flee:" https://apnews.com/article/wildfires-lake-tahoe-57d7b821afacfac5ffd586bb897150d8

* "Firefighters battle wildfires, fatigue and Covid-19 as California braces for an extended fire season:" https://www.cnn.com/2021/09/03/weather/us-western-wildfires-friday/index.html

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* "Climate change: Families in Wales urged to plant more trees:" https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-wales-58259637

* "One in three trees face extinction in wild, says new report:" https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-58394215

* "Cats Take 'If I Fits I Sits' Seriously, Even If The Space Is Just An Illusion:" https://www.npr.org/2021/05/10/994262792/cats-take-if-i-fits-i-sits-seriously-even-if-the-space-is-just-an-illusion

* "Wild cockatoos observed using tools as ‘cutlery’ to extract seeds from tropical fruit:" https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/sep/01/wild-cockatoos-observed-using-tools-as-cutlery-to-extract-seeds-from-tropical-fruit

* "Fallen tech star Elizabeth Holmes prepares to go on trial:" https://apnews.com/article/technology-entertainment-business-health-trials-6c0651bac5517bcfa9439e13a1337d10

* "O (No!) Canada: Fast-Moving Proposal Creates Filtering, Blocking and Reporting Rules—and Speech Police to Enforce Them:" https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2021/08/o-no-canada-fast-moving-proposal-creates-filtering-blocking-and-reporting-rules-1

* "This Wasp Nest of Mine, I’m Gonna Let It Shine:" https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2021/08/paper-wasp-nest-fluorescent/619877/

* "During the Mexican-American War, Irish-Americans Fought for Mexico in the 'Saint Patrick's Battalion':" https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/mexican-american-war-irish-immigrants-deserted-us-army-fight-against-america-180971713/

* This happened to Squirrel and some roommates once, only without the murder. "Theodore Edward Coneys: The Denver Spiderman:"

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* CW: Domestic Violence "The Lake Bodom Murders:"

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* CW: Rape, Necrophilia, Cannibalism "Issei Sagawa: The Kobe Cannibal:"

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* "Paralympian Robyn Lambird makes history as first non-binary medal-winner:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2021/08/31/paralympics-robyn-lambird-non-binary/

* "The Great Maple Syrup Heist:"

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* "Ten Thought Patterns that Trip Up Former Bible Believers:" https://new.exchristian.net/2021/06/ten-thought-patterns-that-trip-up.html#.YS4Ic99lBPb

* "Ed Asner Dies; Show 'Lou Grant' Had Notable Gay Episode:" https://www.advocate.com/people/2021/8/29/ed-asner-dies-show-lou-grant-had-notable-gay-episode

* "Reviving a once-forbidden dialect: ‘All French is good French’:" https://www.nationalgeographic.com/culture/article/reviving-the-cajun-dialect

* "First full image of ‘new’ Vermeer with uncovered Cupid released by Dresden museum:" https://www.theartnewspaper.com/news/first-look-at-new-vermeer-painting-as-whole-hidden-cupid-finally-revealed

* "Covid Truthers Claim Unvaccinated Sperm Will Be The Next Bitcoin:"

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* "Come Visit The Colorado River:"

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* "Get Vax-Free Seed At Gary's Man Seed Emporium:"

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* "The ADDAMS FAMILY DOLLHOUSE is DONE! Final Projects and Tour!:"

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* The exhaustion is still really bad, though a little better Saturday. I think part of it is damage from fire season, part is people endlessly waking me up, and part is a couple weeks of warm extremely muggy weather, which I don't deal with very well. It rained today which helped some. The Married Millieniels came to visit today, after caregiver Millennial and I did a ton of grocery shopping.

* "Sunday Sweets: Modern Marvels:" https://www.cakewrecks.com/home/2021/8/29/sunday-sweets-modern-marvels

* My oldest continuous friend's next project. "Goblingrief: A D&D 5e Adventure:" https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/482738549/goblingrief-a-dandd-5e-adventure?fbclid=IwAR0jBz9AdmIPSOk4KiCxiykxktX_ePCGTI0iCv9YFcnN2ENmdj5zna3LZnk

* ToS: Season 2 Rewatch:

- 3.2: The Enterprise Incident.

Kirk is cranky and assholish. he is refusing psychiatric tests and R&R. He orders them into the Romulan Neutral Zone, then Romulan Space without orders. They see what look like Klingon ships, but are really Romulan. Kirk says he'll blow the ship rather than surrender. The Romulans are interested in Spock. They give the feds an hour to surrender. he asks opinions. Command crew are shirty about the going into Romulan territory without orders.

The Romulans want Kirk and Spock to come over to parlay. They offer two hostages in exchange. The commander speaks to Kirk alone first. She wants to know why they crossed. Kirk lies it's instrument failure. she doesn't believe them. Then She questions Spock. They have the same ancestors. She tests the myth that Vulcans can't lie. "It is not a lie to keep a truth to oneself." She accuses them of spying on the cloaking systems. She says her methods of questioning won't work on Vulcans, but may damage or kill Kirk. Spock points out that "the strain of command" has gotten to Kirk. Kirk behaves erratically and yells, "That's a lie!" Thus explaining Kirk's previous assholery was meant to convince truthful Spock of his instability in preparation for this moment. Spock says what he thinks is true and the Romulans know Vulcans don't lie, so... Anyway, Spock states for the record Kirk is insane and they had no orders.

Kirk is facing espionage charges, but Spock's testimony exonerates the Enterprise crew. Scott refuses to surrender the ship and threatens to blow up the ship if they are boarded. Kirk accuses Spock of disloyalty. The Romulan questions Spock about being a Vulcan on Kirk's ship. Spock explains about being half Vulcan with a human mother. He stands on his duty. She tries to tempt him with his own ship to command. He points out that she's the one wanting a ship: The Enterprise. She keeps trying to turn him.

Kirk is injured by guards. They beam McCoy over. The Romulan invites Spock to dinner. He discovers which corridor is forbidden. he keeps playing with her. "It is illogical to assume all conditions remain stable." McCoy claims Kirk is insane, supporting Spock's testimony. Spock is now in command. Kirk attacks Spock. Spock puts him out with a supposed Vulcan death grip. McCoy pronounces Kirk dead.

The death is faked of course, and McCoy brings him back aboard the enterprise. Nurse chapel catches them. Kirk tells them to keep pretending he's dead. McCoy summons Scott. McCoy has altered Kirk to look like a Vulcan, which startles Scott. Scott gets him a Romulan uniform.

The Romulan commander plies him with Vulcan cooking, strong drink, and her seductive powers. Spock hasn't sent coordinates. Kirk pretends to be an escaped centurion and goes looking for intelligence. The Romulan tells Spock to lead a small group across to take the enterprise. He puts her off for an hour, making it look like he was seduced.

While she goes to change, Spock sends Kirk the location of the devise. The Romulan crew notice a transmission. Spock and the Romulan hand fuck. Spock claims to be moved "emotionally." The Romulan Captain cock blocks them and fingers Spock. The Comander works out they are stealing the cloaking devise. Kirk is caught, but claims to be looking for the spy. He drops his weapon as ordered, but attacks the guards, stealing the devise and beaming away.

The commander is betrayed and wants to know what is he that he could do this to her. "First officer of the Enterprise." Then he asks about "your present form of execution." Very gloriously Spock. Meanwhile Scotty tries to install the cloaking device while Spock stalls, and the Enterprise techs try to pinpoint his life signature. The Romulan Commander orders a boarding action on the Enterprise.

Spock demands the rite of statement according to Romulan tradition. He gives a long speech. Romulan and Vulcan life signs are almost the same. They manage to beam up Spock and the commander, then flee. The Commander orders the destruction of the Enterprise. Scotty gets the cloaking devise to work and they change course so they aren't hit. Spock sort of apologizes Vulcan wise and admits to being tempted without saying it directly. "It was the only choice possible. You would not respect any other." Seriously this whole exchange is beautiful. They put Kirk's ears and eyebrows back.

As bad as some of the season three scripts often are, this one was really good and I particularly appreciate both the subtly of Spock's dialog and the delicacy of Nimoy's performance are really impressive. the guest star playing the commander does some really lovely acting too and rises above the lack of subtly in some of her earlier dialog.

* Me watching Titans: https://tomsmith.bandcamp.com/track/rotten-robin

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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.

* Organizations working for reproductive rights in Texas: https://minoanmiss.dreamwidth.org/796848.html

* Even more Organizations working for reproductive rights in Texas: https://wendelah1.dreamwidth.org/788132.html

* How to help Louisiana: https://auressea.tumblr.com/post/661189695761530880

* "How You Can Help LGBTQ+ Afghans in Crisis:" https://www.advocate.com/world/2021/8/17/how-you-can-help-lgbtq-afghans-crisis

* Hey! Want to propose Washington State geographical features to be renamed? "Committee on Geographic Names:" https://www.dnr.wa.gov/about/boards-and-councils/board-natural-resources/committee-geographic-names

* My oldest continuous friend's next project. "Goblingrief: A D&D 5e Adventure:" https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/482738549/goblingrief-a-dandd-5e-adventure?fbclid=IwAR0jBz9AdmIPSOk4KiCxiykxktX_ePCGTI0iCv9YFcnN2ENmdj5zna3LZnk

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

* "Coronavirus Is Devastating Navajo Nation:"

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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* "Logic | Philosophy Tube:"

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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* "Justice for Breonna Taylor :"

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Doug Jones - Alabama
Gary Peters - Michigan

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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