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* I probably lost some things in the crash, but I'm too tired to work it out.

* "Turkey gives green light to Swedish NATO membership bid:" https://www.reuters.com/world/turkey-sweden-locked-talks-break-impasse-over-nato-membership-2023-07-10/

* "Putin's war on Ukraine backfires as NATO set to expand again:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/putin-s-war-on-ukraine-backfires-as-nato-set-to-expand-again-187430981956

* "NATO skirts final call on Ukraine membership, leaving unity-testing fight for later :" https://www.politico.eu/article/nato-skirts-final-call-on-ukraine-membership-leaving-unity-testing-fight-for-later/

* "Biden deems idea of Ukraine NATO membership as ‘premature’:" https://www.politico.com/news/2023/07/09/biden-deems-ukraine-nato-membership-premature-00105321

* "Israel May Have Committed War Crimes in Jenin Operation, UN Palestinian Rights Official Says:" https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/2023-07-06/ty-article/.premium/israel-may-have-committed-war-crimes-in-jenin-raid-un-palestinian-rights-official-says/00000189-2a7b-dcb5-a5df-6f7f370a0000

* "New migrant tragedy at sea changes little as EU leaders forge ahead with tougher borders plans:" https://apnews.com/article/migration-eu-summit-libya-turkey-borders-refugees-eab33d5169ae1c147e0dc5b2dc1f8266

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* Russia has been using them on Ukrainian civilians for some time. "U.S. approves cluster bombs despite humanitarian concerns:" https://www.politico.com/news/2023/07/07/u-s-approves-cluster-bombs-in-latest-ukraine-weapons-transfer-00105234

* I am really alarmed. "One Ukrainian soldier had six extensively drug-resistant bacterial infections:" https://arstechnica.com/health/2023/07/ukraine-war-spurs-horrifying-rise-in-extensively-drug-resistant-bacteria/

* "A Boy’s Life on the Front Lines:" https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2023/06/26/magazine/ukraine-war-childhood.html

* "Thousands of Ukraine civilians are being held in Russian prisons. Russia plans to build many more:" https://apnews.com/article/ukraine-russia-prisons-civilians-torture-detainees-88b4abf2efbf383272eed9378be13c72

* "The Children Russia Kidnapped:" https://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2023/07/russia-kidnapping-abducting-ukrainian-children/674535/

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* "U.S. drone strike kills Islamic State leader in Syria, Defense Department says :" https://www.politico.com/news/2023/07/09/drone-strike-islamic-state-leader-syria-00105334

* "Where Clarence Thomas Entered an Elite Circle and Opened a Door to the Court:" https://www.nytimes.com/2023/07/09/us/clarence-thomas-horatio-alger-association.html

* "NYT: Clarence Thomas gave elite group 'unusual' access to Supreme Court:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/nyt-clarence-thomas-gave-elite-group-unusual-access-to-supreme-court-187414085847

* "Civil rights dominoes set to fall as conservative activists get Supreme Court's message:" https://www.msnbc.com/alex-wagner-tonight/watch/civil-rights-dominoes-set-to-fall-as-conservative-activists-get-supreme-court-s-message-188522053560

* "White House slams John Cornyn for infrastructure vote amid ‘Bidenomics’ push:" https://www.houstonchronicle.com/politics/texas/article/cornyn-biden-broadband-funding-18175221.php

* "Biden laughs at Tuberville hailing Alabama broadband funds he voted against, reviving feud with senator:" https://www.al.com/politics/2023/07/biden-laughs-at-tuberville-hailing-alabama-broadband-funds-he-voted-against-reviving-feud-with-senator.html

* "US Rep. Nancy Mace endorses Charleston bus project. But she voted against its funding.:" https://www.postandcourier.com/politics/us-rep-nancy-mace-endorses-charleston-bus-project-but-she-voted-against-its-funding/article_687b1c16-15cb-11ee-b76d-277e7ee0749f.html

* "Buttigieg calls out opponents of infrastructure bill now trying to take credit:" https://www.msnbc.com/alex-wagner-tonight/watch/buttigieg-calls-out-opponents-of-infrastructure-bill-now-trying-to-take-credit-187643973878

* "Read SAG-AFTRA President Fran Drescher’s fiery speech announcing actors’ strike:" https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/business/story/2023-07-13/fran-drescher-speech-actors-strike-sag-aftra-strike-press-conference

* "'Complete disrespect': Fran Drescher, SAG-AFTRA president, rages at media execs over impasse:" https://www.msnbc.com/alex-wagner-tonight/watch/-complete-disrespect-fran-drescher-sag-aftra-president-rages-at-media-execs-over-impasse-188373061828

* Why the Actor's strike is important: https://www.tumblr.com/thirddoctor/722802911553437696?source=share

* "GOP’s Bombshell Anti-Biden Witness Has a Wee Credibility Problem Why does this keep happening?:" https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2023/07/gal-luft-gop-biden-witness-charged-china-justice-department-comer.html

* "'Failure': Raskin on missing GOP ‘informant’ turning out to be fugitive:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/-failure-raskin-on-missing-gop-informant-turning-out-to-be-fugitive-187630661543

* "McCarthy claims indictment of GOP 'informant' only makes Biden case 'stronger':" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/mccarthy-claims-indictment-of-gop-informant-only-makes-biden-case-stronger-188365381745

* "As GOP works the law enforcement refs for Trump, important policing issues go fallow:" https://www.msnbc.com/alex-wagner-tonight/watch/as-gop-works-the-law-enforcement-refs-for-trump-important-policing-issues-go-fallow-188084293657

* Have something you want to tell your Congress Critters? If you can't safely contact them in person, here are some other options:

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* The Indivisible Guide: "A Practical Guide to defeating MAGA:" https://indivisible.org/sites/default/files/2023-01/20220104_Indivisible_%20A%20Practical%20Guide%20to%20Defeating%20MAGA.pdf

* Ohioans please vote! Early Voting has already started! "Ohio Republicans piling on in seeking closed primaries on top of Issue 1 affront:" https://www.cleveland.com/opinion/2023/07/ohio-republicans-piling-on-in-seeking-closed-primaries-on-top-of-issue-1-affront-editorial.html

* "Ohio Issue 1 isn’t about any one issue — It’s about every issue and the power Ohio voters have:" https://ohiocapitaljournal.com/2023/07/11/ohio-issue-1-isnt-about-any-one-issue-its-about-every-issue-and-the-power-ohio-voters-have/

* "‘Desperate’: Ohio Republicans pull ‘brazen stunt’ to undermine abortion rights:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/-desperate-ohio-republicans-pull-brazen-stunt-to-undermine-abortion-rights-188514373750

* "WA transgender youth bill targeted in national culture war:" https://crosscut.com/politics/2023/05/wa-transgender-youth-bill-targeted-national-culture-war

* "Editorial: Ballot measure isn’t about parental rights:" https://www.heraldnet.com/opinion/editorial-ballot-measure-isnt-about-parental-rights/

* "No, Washington Did Not Just Pass a Law Allowing the State to Kidnap and Transgenderify Children:" https://www.thestranger.com/news/2023/04/19/78955501/no-washington-did-not-just-pass-a-law-allowing-the-state-to-kidnap-and-transgenderify-children

* "Conspiratorial election denial bad for business pillow guy learns; GOP does damage control:" https://www.msnbc.com/alex-wagner-tonight/watch/conspiratorial-election-denial-bad-for-business-pillow-guy-learns-gop-does-damage-control-188084805617

* "Abortion complicates 2024 outlook as Republicans gear up for Iowa and primary season:" https://www.msnbc.com/alex-wagner-tonight/watch/abortion-complicates-2024-outlook-as-republicans-gear-up-for-iowa-and-primary-season-187636805929

* "GOP candidates court anti-abortion crowd; count on mass amnesia for general election:" https://www.msnbc.com/alex-wagner-tonight/watch/gop-candidates-court-anti-abortion-crowd-count-on-mass-amnesia-for-general-election-188084805859

* "We Investigated the Deepest, Darkest Corners of the Internet to Understand Ron DeSantis’ Bizarre New Video:" https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2023/07/08/ron-desantis-memes-lgbtq-ad-00105238

* He's targeting trans men specifically. "Why Ron DeSantis is emailing his supporters about men getting pregnant:" https://www.politico.com/news/2023/06/30/desantis-campaign-cash-gop-voters-00104323"

* "The Sequel Will Be Worse. Trump’s former Justice Department officials fear a second term.:" https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2023/07/trumps-ex-justice-department-officials-fear-a-second-term.html

* "‘Retaliation’: Why Trump’s former DOJ officials fear a second term:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/-retaliation-why-trump-s-former-doj-officials-fear-a-second-term-187412037687

* "A Small Town’s Fourth of July: Flags, a 5K and Trump’s Attacks on American Institutions:" https://www.nytimes.com/2023/07/01/us/politics/trump-pickens-independence-day.html

* "These are the 5 state driver's licenses no longer valid in Florida under new immigration law:" https://www.nbcmiami.com/news/local/these-are-the-5-state-drivers-licenses-no-longer-valid-in-florida-under-new-immigration-law/3066073/

* "Misfire’: Floridians already feeling economic effect of DeSantis immigration law:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/-misfire-floridians-already-feeling-economic-effect-of-desantis-immigration-law-187412038002

* Who was it who said a gaffe is saying what you really believe by accident? "Tommy Tuberville reverses his claim that white nationalists are unfairly labeled racist:" https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/tommy-tuberville-triples-claim-white-nationalists-unfairly-labeled/story?id=101095697

* "‘Embarrassing’: Ex-Alabama Senator rips Tuberville's white nationalist remarks:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/-embarrassing-ex-alabama-senator-rips-tuberville-s-white-nationalist-remarks-188078661661

* "Ex-GOP Ohio House speaker sentenced to 20 years for role in $60M bribery scheme; appeal expected:" https://apnews.com/article/bribery-investigation-ohio-speaker-householder-sentenced-7ff5163a7d1fdbbfe6570ed34c7a7f67

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* "Disciplinary panel calls for Rudy Giuliani’s disbarment:" https://www.politico.com/news/2023/07/07/disciplinary-panel-calls-for-rudy-giulianis-disbarment-00105220

* "Attorney ethics case against Trump ally Clark moves forward in DC:" https://www.reuters.com/legal/legalindustry/attorney-ethics-case-against-trump-ally-clark-moves-forward-dc-2023-07-07/

* "DOJ won’t defend Trump in Carroll rape defamation case anymore:" https://www.cnbc.com/2023/07/11/doj-trump-in-carroll-rape-defamation-case.html

* "A grand jury sworn in Tuesday could decide whether Trump is charged over Georgia’s 2020 election:" https://apnews.com/article/trump-georgia-election-investigation-grand-jury-0cfd32492da81697879b8c8ac00f8c83

* "Trump wants classified documents trial delayed until after 2024 election:" https://www.politico.com/news/2023/07/11/trump-classified-documents-trial-date-2024-00105565

* "New targets suggest new indictments likely in Trump cases: new reports:" https://www.msnbc.com/alex-wagner-tonight/watch/new-targets-suggest-new-indictments-likely-in-trump-cases-new-reports-188521029990

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* "Let's talk about a judge's quotes at a hearing...:"

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* The republican mainstream and literal Neo-NAZIs Venn Diagram is a circle. "College Republicans Convention to Host White Nationalist Nick Fuentes:" https://newrepublic.com/post/174204/college-republicans-united-convention-antisemite-nick-fuentes

* "US citizenship test changes are coming, raising concerns for those with low English skills:" https://apnews.com/article/new-citizenship-test-naturalization-immigrants-immigration-c074aa1c92b226b4960485fb26d0f4fa

* "Immigration policies don’t deter migrants from coming to the US – Title 42 and the border rules replacing it only make the process longer and more difficult :" https://theconversation.com/immigration-policies-dont-deter-migrants-from-coming-to-the-us-title-42-and-the-border-rules-replacing-it-only-make-the-process-longer-and-more-difficult-200776

* "Domestic terrorism charges in Georgia are prompting concern over political repression:" https://www.npr.org/2023/06/28/1184782128/cop-city-atlanta-domestic-terrorism

* "A Police K-9 Took This Man’s Eye:"

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* This decision is shameful. "Oklahoma judge dismisses Tulsa race massacre reparations case filed by last known survivors:" https://www.cnn.com/2023/07/08/us/tulsa-race-massacre-reparations-case/index.html

* "Judge dismisses Tulsa reparations case as California reparations task force unveils final report:" https://www.msnbc.com/jonathan-capehart/watch/judge-dismisses-tulsa-reparations-case-as-california-reparations-task-force-unveils-final-report-187273285822

* "'This isn't over': Demand for national reparations intensifies after dismissal of Tulsa lawsuit:" https://news.yahoo.com/this-isnt-over-demand-for-national-reparations-intensifies-after-dismissal-of-tulsa-lawsuit-201152753.html

* "With race-based admissions no longer an option, states may imitate Texas Top 10% Plan:" https://www.texastribune.org/2023/06/29/texas-college-top-ten-percent-plan-supreme-court/

* The Republican War on Capitalism, Child Safety, and Free Expression continues. Note they are saying that a simple display of a rainbow constitutes pedophilia as part of their campaign to trivialize CSA. "7 Republican AGs write to Target, say Pride month campaigns could violate their state’s child protection laws:" https://amp.cnn.com/cnn/2023/07/08/business/target-attorneys-general-pride-month/index.html

* "Inside Moms for Liberty’s summit: Big money and even bigger conspiracy theories:" https://www.mediamatters.org/moms-liberty/inside-moms-libertys-summit-big-money-and-even-bigger-conspiracy-theories?fbclid=IwAR1HHHab7Z60Hq7HA_-C_OsGM-8TR2FOU-Lzv0pJwXpAE5n8akFBisXzUZw

* This means libraries can't let children read e-books to get around government censorship. "HOOPLA, OVERDRIVE/LIBBY NOW BANNED FOR THOSE UNDER 18 IN MISSISSIPPI:" https://bookriot.com/hoopla-overdrive-libby-now-banned-for-those-under-18-in-mississippi/

* CW: CSA. "BBC suspends presenter alleged to have paid teen for sexually explicit photos:" https://www.thepinknews.com/2023/07/09/bbc-explict-photos-teen-presenter-suspended/

* CW: CSA "BBC presenter: Second young person comes forward with allegations:" https://www.thepinknews.com/2023/07/11/bbc-presenter-second-young-person/

* CW: CSA "Huw Edwards named as BBC presenter suspended over sexual images claim:" https://www.thepinknews.com/2023/07/12/bbc-presenter-huw-edwards/

* CW: Abuse "Fans Built Her an Internet Empire. Now They’re Tearing It Down:" https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-features/colleen-ballinger-miranda-sings-youtube-fans-allegations-1234774947/

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* "'Stop killing us': Polish women protest against strict anti-abortion law:" https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/stop-killing-us-polish-women-protest-against-strict-anti-abortion-law-2023-06-14/

* "It’s Almost Impossible to Get an Abortion in Poland. These Women Crossed the Border to Germany for Help:" https://time.com/poland-abortion-laws-protest/

* "Poland sees peril for women of extreme, ill-considered abortion bans:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/poland-sees-peril-for-women-of-extreme-ill-considered-abortion-bans-187296837924

* The Republican War on Freedom continues. "Most abortions now banned in Iowa after Gov. Kim Reynolds signs 'fetal heartbeat' law:" https://www.desmoinesregister.com/story/news/politics/2023/07/14/iowa-abortion-ban-six-weeks-gov-kim-reynolds-signs-law-republicans-special-session-fetal-heartbeat/70398800007/

* For your own safety, I beg you not to give Meta's Facebook or Threads any of your data. "Teen and mom plead guilty to abortion charges based on Facebook data:" https://techcrunch.com/2023/07/11/teen-and-mom-plead-guilty-to-abortion-charges-based-on-facebook-data/

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* I admit, I wept when I realized some of the women were older than me. So few are still here, but there they are living their best lives. "Kristen Lovell, co-director of 'The Stroll,' knows sex work is real work:" https://www.npr.org/2023/07/06/1186278193/kristen-lovell-co-director-of-the-stroll-knows-sex-work-is-real-work

* "Hollyoaks star Annie Wallace expertly breaks down why so-called ‘trans ideology’ doesn’t exist:" https://www.thepinknews.com/2023/07/11/hollyoaks-actress-annie-wallace-sally-st-claire-trans-ideology/

* "Polish judge backs ‘homosexuals molest children’ claim in ‘shameful’ ruling:" https://www.thepinknews.com/2023/07/10/poland-pride-van-lgbt/

* "Trans woman found ‘brutally murdered’ in her own home in Greece:" https://www.thepinknews.com/2023/07/11/trans-woman-murdered-greece-anna-ivankova/

* "EuroPride slams Georgian government ‘incompetence’ after Tbilisi Pride attack:" https://www.thepinknews.com/2023/07/11/europride-georgia-tbilisi-pride-attack/

* "US ambassador to host Pride party in defiance of Hungary’s anti-LGBTQ+ PM:" https://www.thepinknews.com/2023/07/15/david-pressman-hungary-us-viktor-orban-budapest-pride/

* "Nepal makes history as first South Asian country to recognise same-sex marriage:" https://www.thepinknews.com/2023/07/09/nepal-same-sex-marriage-supreme-court-ruling/

* "Latvia swears in EU’s first openly gay president:" https://www.thepinknews.com/2023/07/10/latvia-edgars-rinkevics-president-gay/

* "‘Straight pride’ photo lands Canadian politician Danielle Smith in hot water:" https://www.thepinknews.com/2023/07/11/straight-pride-photo-lands-canadian-politician-danielle-smith-in-hot-water/

* "Draft civil service gender policy would ban most trans employees from bathrooms:" https://www.thepinknews.com/2023/07/12/civil-servants-trans-guidelines-gender-critical/

* "Government’s job to decide the definition of sex in Equality Act, says EHRC boss:" https://www.thepinknews.com/2023/07/12/ehrc-sex-definition-women-and-equalities-committee-trans/

* "MPs blast government for ‘unacceptable stress’ caused to LGBTQ+ community by conversion-therapy ban delay:" https://www.thepinknews.com/2023/07/12/conversion-therapy-ban-conservative-government-lgbtq/

* "Appeal against spiralling trans healthcare wait times argues NHS ‘breached legal duty’:" https://www.thepinknews.com/2023/07/12/court-of-appeal-good-law-project-nhs/

* "Oxfam, Samaritans and 100 other charities sign pledge to support trans and non-binary people:" https://www.thepinknews.com/2023/07/10/oxfam-samaritans-charities-sign-trans-rights-pledge/

* Vanderbilt University agrees with Republicans that HIPAA doesn't apply to trans people as we have no legal or human rights so turned over unredacted medical records not only without a fight, but without telling them thus outing and endangering their patients. Medical ethics? What medical ethics? "Tennessee A.G. uses private medical records in Republican campaign against trans people:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/tennessee-a-g-uses-private-medical-records-in-republican-campaign-against-trans-people-187444805726

* "US hair salon refuses to serve some trans customers after Supreme Court ruling:" https://www.thepinknews.com/2023/07/12/hair-salon-refuses-trans-non-binary/

* "Thousands of congregations disaffiliate from national church over LGBTQ+ issues:" https://www.thepinknews.com/2023/07/10/united-methodist-church-split-lgbtq/

* "Olympian Caster Semenya wins appeal at European Court of Human Rights over testosterone rules:" https://www.thepinknews.com/2023/07/11/caster-semenya-wins-appeal/

* "World cycling body bans trans women from female categories: ‘Impossible to rule out advantage’ :" https://www.thepinknews.com/2023/07/15/uci-cycling-trans-women-sports-ban/

* "The unspoken struggles of being a high masking Autistic:"

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* "The One-Shot Drug That Keeps on Dosing:" https://www.wired.com/story/the-one-shot-drug-that-keeps-on-dosing/

* "Maternal deaths in the US more than doubled over two decades. Black mothers died at the highest rate:" https://apnews.com/article/black-maternal-mortality-american-indian-hispanic-deaths-64da18fec80f8f1790aee2e9986a757e

* "Noise could take years off your life:" https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2023/06/09/health/noise-exposure-health-impacts.html?unlocked_article_code=VgkBNGRcsfA0ZGckA2c6C4_95DcpKhkw4NGIrwKX-8ptavShrG8nAVm2KYEtuEkcIfTq5KSxVQ8SY4pDMWDO3U2PRJW8ZgIxhMJXVUu1h-9Qz4UVcwLw01vCRBUvnD80w7hC0baJCGFht_zJz4PbfW3ErJ2PNSd-u-3Mug1C3_45_ryX7kOTGxpQ-1qc3GjUIF4r-1rpHSiHHXv3EaKPUtEJd82-nPycZ-jouwVlp5pnliNRTR5z77PB_-fCtzQVBH_5D-JLOrifP__okHrdkFaD8TnnPLWfAyNFJwItEoBYI2H-ccP7E10kPoS6smyQ91AinKUYyWRCIyOPZ3HefifY1p3r1yAsbYb8wzLB8dLnrgHwlWE&smid=url-share

* "They Followed Doctors’ Orders. Then Their Children Were Taken Away.:" https://www.nytimes.com/2023/06/29/magazine/pregnant-women-medication-suboxonbabies.html/

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* "It’s even hot in Antarctica, where it’s winter:" https://www.vox.com/climate/23792828/antarctica-heat-wave-sea-ice-level-record-el-nino

* "Record-breaking heat scorches communities around the world:" https://apnews.com/article/heat-climate-change-global-warming-hot-recordbreaking-heat-b87a7cd3bb8f70692d433cb06877975b

* "Coast-to-coast heat dome sends temperatures soaring, threatens all-time records:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/weather/2023/07/13/heatwave-california-arizona-florida-texas-records/

* "Florida ocean temperatures at ‘downright shocking’ levels:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/weather/2023/07/10/florida-ocean-temperature-heat-records/

* "How Hot Is the Sea Off Florida Right Now? Think 90s Fahrenheit.:" https://www.nytimes.com/2023/07/12/climate/florida-ocean-temperatures-reefs.html

* "90 degree sea temperatures among 'most worrying signs’ of climate crisis:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/90-degree-sea-temperatures-among-most-worrying-signs-of-climate-crisis-188366917660

* "Record-breaking North Atlantic Ocean temperatures contribute to extreme marine heatwaves:" https://climate.copernicus.eu/record-breaking-north-atlantic-ocean-temperatures-contribute-extreme-marine-heatwaves

* "El Niño is back: Surging temperatures bring extreme weather and threaten lives:" https://www.euronews.com/green/2023/07/07/el-nino-is-back-heres-what-it-means-for-extreme-weather

* "A meteorologist got threats for his climate coverage. His new job is about solutions:" https://www.npr.org/2023/06/27/1184461263/iowa-meteorologist-harassment-climate-change-quits

* "Canadian Wildfires Burn a Record 25 Million Acres With No End in Sight:" https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-07-15/canadian-wildfires-burn-a-record-25-million-acres-with-no-end-in-sight

* "Canada sees its farthest-north 100-degree temperature as wildfires rage:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/weather/2023/07/10/canada-record-heat-wildfires-climate/

* "Campfire ban in place for most of B.C., state of emergency for Stikine announced as wildfire numbers spike:" https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/bc-wildfires-july-10-2023-1.6902150

* "Canadian wildfire dangers should prompt more proactive mitigation from government:" https://abcnews.go.com/US/canadian-wildfire-dangers-prompt-proactive-mitigation-government-experts/story?id=100478859

* "B.C. wildfire fighter, 19, died after being hit by falling tree while responding to blaze: RCMP:" https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/devyn-gale-bc-wildfire-fighter-dead-1.6907184

* "In fight against Canada fires, dancing South Africa crews are a familiar and uplifting sight:" https://apnews.com/article/canada-wildfires-south-africa-firefighters-smoke-ea13e9377f4696a80f30c17f7ea959dc

* "For some remote Canadian wildfires, best and fastest option is sending in the smokejumpers:" https://apnews.com/article/canada-wildfires-smoke-firefighters-smokejumpers-climate-ed33e70c86756119f631538becc9da29

* "The year of wildfire smoke: Why the U.S. faces a brutal season:" https://www.nbcnews.com/science/environment/year-wildfire-smoke-us-faces-brutal-season-rcna92453

* "Minnesota and Wisconsin issue air quality alerts amid a new round of Canada smoke:" https://www.npr.org/2023/07/15/1187943437/minnesota-wisconsin-midwest-air-quality-alert-smoke

* "Fast-moving fires force evacuations, char thousands of acres in Riverside County as heat wave continues:" https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2023-07-14/fires-force-evacuations-char-hundreds-of-acres-in-riverside-county

* "Wildfire in southwest Oregon puts up huge smoke column, burning near Agness:" https://www.statesmanjournal.com/story/news/2023/07/15/large-wildfire-reported-near-oak-flat-in-southwest-oregon-agness/70417528007/

* "India's monsoon rains flood Yamuna river in Delhi, forcing thousands to evacuate and grinding life to a halt:" https://www.cbsnews.com/news/india-monsoon-2023-delhi-flood-yamuna-river-record-water-level-deaths-evacuations/

* "Torrential rain, floods kill 22 across northern India:" https://www.reuters.com/world/india/torrential-rain-floods-kill-22-across-northern-india-2023-07-10/

* "Flash floods hit Spain after heavy rainfall; cars swept away, people trapped:" https://www.hindustantimes.com/world-news/flash-floods-hit-spain-after-heavy-rainfall-cars-swept-away-people-trapped-watch-101688868123707.html

* "Rare flash flood warning issued for New York as a woman dies trying to evacuate:" https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/rare-flash-flood-warning-issued-new-york-woman-dies-trying-evacuate-rcna93346

* "Vermont faces a rare high risk for flooding. Here’s why these days are so deadly and devastating:" https://www.cnn.com/2023/07/10/weather/vermont-flooding-high-risk-new-york/index.html

* "Five key factors that spurred the historic floods in Vermont, New York:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/weather/2023/07/11/vermont-flooding-cause/

* "Landslides and floods kill at least 22 as South Korea battered by torrential rains:" https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/south-korea-weather-landslides-torrential-rain-flooding-north-korea-rcna94415

* "In pricey Palos Verdes, the ocean view is great — until your house slides into a canyon:" https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2023-07-13/rolling-hills-estates-landslide-cause-palos-verdes-peninsula

* "Northern Mexico bakes as residents try to beat scorching heat:" https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/northern-mexico-bakes-residents-try-beat-scorching-heat-2023-07-14/

* "What 120 Degrees Looks Like in One of Mexico’s Hottest Cities:" https://www.nytimes.com/2023/07/06/world/americas/hermosillo-mexico-heat.html

* "One-third of Americans under heat alerts as blistering weather spreads from Southwest to California:" https://conuly.dreamwidth.org/3398221.html#cutid1

* "The Southwest Bakes With More Heat on the Way:" https://www.nytimes.com/2023/07/09/us/heat-southwest-arizona.html

* "New measures are being taken to reduce heat-related deaths in Phoenix:" https://www.npr.org/2023/07/10/1186827280/new-measures-are-being-taken-to-reduce-heat-related-deaths-in-phoenix

* "Emergency room visits surge, Texans die amid dangerous heat wave:" https://www.texastribune.org/2023/06/30/texas-heat-wave-deaths-illness/

* "As summer heats up, impacts of drought begin to appear in northwest Montana:" https://montanafreepress.org/2023/07/10/flathead-lake-at-precarious-level-as-drought-comes-to-northwest-montana/

* "Nearly 62,000 people died from record-breaking heat in Europe last summer. It’s a lesson for the US, too:" https://www.cnn.com/2023/07/10/world/deadly-europe-heatwave-2022-climate/index.html

* "How the Western drought has increased carbon emissions:" https://grist.org/energy/western-drought-hydropower-emissions-study/

* "Maryland asks some residents to conserve water amid drought conditions:" https://www.baltimoresun.com/news/environment/bs-md-water-conservation-drought-mde-20230710-fgd73j6vsve73j2frjizqg5ucy-story.html

* "Drought and extreme heat burn through farmers' margin for error — and it's only July:" https://www.nbcnews.com/business/drought-extreme-heat-burn-farmers-margin-error-only-july-rcna93862

* "Coachella Valley Rescue Mission Provides Homeless Resources in Extreme Heat:" https://nbcpalmsprings.com/2023/07/12/coachella-valley-rescue-mission-provides-homeless-resources-in-extreme-heat/

* "In Phoenix, Heat Becomes a Brutal Test of Endurance:" https://www.nytimes.com/2023/07/11/us/phoenix-heat-wave.html

* "Why is this city in the Keys the hottest spot in Florida? Weather service has answers:" https://www.miamiherald.com/news/weather-news/article277277108.html

* "‘Bud Light of insurance’: Florida official blames insurer crisis on wokeness:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/-bud-light-of-insurance-florida-official-blames-insurer-crisis-on-wokeness-188076101690

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* "Scottsdale bans natural grass in front yards of new houses to conserve water amid Arizona’s drought :" https://www.cnn.com/2023/07/13/us/scottsdale-arizona-grass-ban-new-houses/index.html

* "A Building Made From Cannabis? Yes, Seriously - With Hempcrete:" https://www.smartcitiesdive.com/ex/sustainablecitiescollective/building-made-cannabis-yes-seriously-hempcrete/324521/

* "Drive-thrus are creating problems for cities and towns:" https://www.cnn.com/2023/06/24/business/drive-thru-fast-food-chick-fil-a-urban-planning/index.html

* "The ACTUAL Danger of A.I. with Gary Marcus:"

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* "Tax preparers that shared private data with Meta, Google could be fined billions:" https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2023/07/meta-wont-say-what-happened-to-taxpayer-data-it-may-have-illegally-collected/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social

* "Far-right figures, including Nazi supporters, anti-gay extremists, and white supremacists, are flocking to Threads:" https://www.mediamatters.org/facebook/far-right-figures-including-nazi-supporters-anti-gay-extremists-and-white-supremacists-are

* "Meta’s vision for Threads is more mega-mall than public square:" https://techcrunch.com/2023/07/07/threads-shopping-mall-not-a-public-square/

* I stand by my avoidance of Facebook, Threads, and ChatGPT. "Hackers are increasingly using ChatGPT lures to spread malware on Facebook:" https://techcrunch.com/2023/05/03/malware-chatgpt-lures-facebook/

* "Facebook's Threads is so depressing:" https://jogblog.substack.com/p/facebooks-threads-is-so-depressing

* "Mark F***king Zuckerberg Is Not Your Friend:" https://catvalente.substack.com/p/mark-fking-zuckerberg-is-not-your

* "Elon Musk wants ‘d**k measuring contest’ with Mark Zuckerberg:" https://www.thepinknews.com/2023/07/10/elon-musk-wants-dk-measuring-contest-with-mark-zuckerberg/

* "Elon Musk and the dominance space:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2023/07/10/elon-musk-twitter-threads/

* "Twitter’s death spiral and what it means for LGBTQ+ rights:" https://www.thepinknews.com/2023/07/13/twitter-death-lgbtq/

* "“How is still being on Twitter, for whatever reason, actually ‘handing money’ to [Musk and his fascist project]?”:" https://solarbird.net/blog/2023/04/23/how-is-still-being-on-twitter-for-whatever-reason-actually-handing-money-to-musk-and-his-fascist-project/

* "Far-right Twitter influencers first on Elon Musk’s monetization scheme:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2023/07/13/twitter-creators-payments-right-wing/

* "Twitter Blue Accounts Are Spreading Misinformation About The War In Ukraine:" https://www.forbes.com/sites/petersuciu/2023/07/10/twitter-blue-accounts-are-spreading-misinformation-about-the-war-in-ukraine/?sh=77065a6f320f

* "Apple Is Taking On Apples in a Truly Weird Trademark Battle:" https://www.wired.com/story/apple-vs-apples-trademark-battle/

* "Pinanga Subterranea: New Species of Rare Palm Discovered to Flower Underground:" https://www.sciencetimes.com/articles/44551/20230627/pinanga-subterranea-new-species-rare-palm-discovered-flower-underground.htm

* "Summer is here. Where are the Fireflies?:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/interactive/2023/firefly-summer-extinction/

* "Flowers pollinated by honeybees make lower-quality seeds:" https://www.sciencenews.org/article/flowers-pollinate-honeybees-low-seeds

* "After being swallowed alive, water beetle stages 'backdoor' escape from frog's gut:" https://www.livescience.com/beetle-escape-frog-butt.html

* "Dolphin moms use baby talk to call to their young, recordings show:" https://apnews.com/article/dolphin-mothers-baby-talk-calves-cc0c189aa1b8e1298155b1ea78c1002a

* "What Did Viking Town Houses Look Like? And Where Did They Poop?:"

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* "Reflections In The Shadow of Tahoma: Nettie J. Asberry:" https://www.tacomaartslive.org/terms/583-in-the-shadow-of-tahoma-nettie-j-asberry

* "A hundred years on from the 'cult of the clitoris' libel trial, let's remember that fake news is nothing new:" https://www.independent.co.uk/news/long_reads/oscar-wilde-maud-allan-cult-of-the-clitoris-black-book-first-world-war-a8369811.html

* "A fire destroyed millions of veterans’ records. 50 years later, families are still seeking answers:" https://apnews.com/article/military-records-fire-veterans-2f8337c58bc87c10179a2cf6ee54136a

* "My Aunties | Father Figures:"

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* "A Short History of Naughty Literature and Zane:"

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* "Steven Pieters: One of the longest-living HIV survivors in US dies after cancer battle:" https://www.thepinknews.com/2023/07/10/steven-pieters-hiv-activist-dies/

* "Fast fashion retailer Shein accused of racketeering and copyright infringement in lawsuit:" https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/fashion/shein-rico-charge-racketeering-lawsuit-b2375825.html

* "5-person refugee team competes at European Games in Poland:" https://www.infomigrants.net/en/post/50021/5person-refugee-team-competes-at-european-games-in-poland

* Very early Sunday morning I discovered that I no longer need four pillows on top of the two elderly wheelchair cushions on my beat up second hand office chair. I can now manage with just the two wheelchair cushions thanks to my new meds. This may seem like a small thing, but it means I get my options back for leg and hip positioning at my desk.

(I can't sit easily long term in a chair without propping my legs if I intend to use the legs for things like walking later. It's also uncomfortable to let them dangle. you know how starting ballet at a very young age changes the shape of your hip joints? Now add serious arthritic degeneration and what the current rheum thinks is hyper-mobility, but not the really obvious everyone notices it kind. Apparently they are in the process of changing diagnostic criteria based on more recent science. Apparently most ballet dancers and gymnasts would qualify under the newer guidelines, which makes sense to me.)

My shoulder is still completely fucked from the trying to clean up after the Uncleaner, but I am really noticing the difference in so many ways. Yay, new meds. I've mostly acclimated to the side effects so far. still no hallucinations and last night's test with combining with the emergency tramadol did not induce temporary psychosis, which is a really good sign. (For new readers a whole bunch of meds can induce hallucinations and paranoia in my family, including opiods, anti-psychotics, and SSRIs. At high doses we are talking full psychotic break, a thing I've seen now deceased older family members experience in the hospital. if someone is having an obvious psychotic break, they tend to administer anti-psychotics, which have a multiplying effect with the pain killers and thus make things way worse, so they administer more anti-psychotics instead of cutting the opiods and the anti-psychotics out.... you can see the obvious problem. I have only just started hallucinating with stronger opiods, but can still tolerate milder ones. They are still a little unpleasant for me at low doses. I don't use them too often because some time pain killers are necessary and due to allergies my only other options are Tylenol and my arthritis pill, which I can't take more often than every twelve hours for safety reasons. It's a whole thing. New med is a class none of us have taken before, so I'm a guinea pig). I am wary of going up to the standard for adult humans dose, however, as I am getting the weird intense dreams side effect, which for me can be a warning that a drug is about to turn ugly on me. Don't worry, everybody around me knows what's going on with my meds situation.

I other news, Tavy wants to hang out with his favorite Millennials and enjoyed watching the Friday cleaner, but still is only letting me and Squirrel touch him. he did want to be super close to goth Millennial Saturday and was interested in play, though tired easily in the heat. He also get upset when it was time for Goth Millennial to go home. It's looking like he's recovering from the Uncleaner traumatizing him. he still wants reassurance after sleep, but yesterday he didn't wake me in a panic after a bad nightmare and have trouble being soothed. I am still furious about the whole thing, but the cats are being more normal.

Goth Millennial put in the air conditioner/air filtration in the main area before they left, which is making a huge difference.

* Sunday: Tavy let Goth Millennial pet him. he’s still too distressed to sit on the sofa with Goth Millennial for TV time and pettins, but he did curl up behind us. The cats are still sleepy, I'm hoping from the heat and not the Ajax, but Tavy was himself enough to play what is a normal amount for him in summer.

Goth Millennial got some good gardening in and is starting to sort out things cleaners put away in odd locations. The air filtering in the main room is being a huge help. I worry about all the smoke injuring my cats and the Millennials. I know it's really been fucking me up, but ever running the machine for a few hours perks us all up. My room is filtered as always when I sleep, of course.

I blew through all the EBT and OTC in the first week of July and am way over budget on food already. Sigh. I gaze sadly at melons and cucumbers I can't eat safely and pass on.

* The new meds side effect wave hit hard and dangerous Thursday, but I'm not sure it didn't start a lot earlier.

Okay, so I had a vicious headache last Friday night for about three hours, which didn't particularly shock me, as my body just does stuff like that. Same Saturday. Normal. Sunday. Monday. I made a note to mention it to the doctor Tuesday morning, but forgot. I noticed Tuesday's headache at the same time was absolutely crushing for three hours, then shut off like a faucett as if it had never been. Which is creepy and wrong. So I'm now weighing if the new meds improvement is worth creepy three hour debilitating headache every day, and if I should call it in the next day.

So Wednesday I wake up to one of my body is very, very bad days. which is a thing that happens sometimes, especially if my body's been to far which between the uncleaner and the extreme heat and this being the worse time of year for my allergies and assorted RL commitments including the doctor is not weird. Plus I'm... I forget how many days in on struggling to type on Klaus Laptop because its hard to lift my arm the extra nine and a half inches, and I'm mostly having to drink with a straw because i go half my wake cycle not being ably to lift a full glass of water that high and I'm dropping things because my arms are fucked. which happens. All of it really stresses out my body though, you follow?

So sometimes the alarm goes off because I have to go somewhere and my body nopes out of it, or tries to. So I'm exhausted. I have the shakes. I end up way late to pick up Goth Millennial because it's just that hard to move. So I drive Goth Millennial around and wait in the car while they do errands. Goth Millennial goes outside to putter in the garden. I lung, then take a nap, all with Tavy glued to my chest, because it's sometimes better after a nap. Resets everything to a more acceptable level of crappy.

I make it all the way up to minimally functional by the time the other Millennials arrive for dinner. One of them had brought pre-marinated and cooked tofu. Me: I think we should make rice for it. With coconut milk and saffron and Turmeric. New Millennial: Oooo! That sounds delicious! Me: It's possible I'm edging up towards Indonesian happy rice except I don't have any lemon grass. But I do have Bay leaves.... So it ends up with New Millennial Making Rice and the two of us keep consulting on spices until I have to lie down again. The results we excellent.

Tavy is still clearly traumatized from the Uncleaner. He loves techie Millennial. Techie Millennial was the first visitor he let pet and play with him. He hid from the Millennials when they arrived after nap time. He did eventually come out and watch them for a bit and even rubbed against Techies legs, but ran if it even looked like someone might tough her. I'm still so angry about the Uncleaner traumatizing him like this.

Really, I just wanted to go to bed after they left, but I needed to stay up for the morning allergy treatment. My body was really not movi ng well, but I dragged myself there and back, which nearly did me in. I did manage to prep for bed and climb in, which really fucking hurt, at which point the first wave of hallucinations and fast heartbeat and arrhythmia hit. So that was fun. Me: Guess that's it for new Meds. They were amazing while they lasted.

They must have been really busy at the doctor because they didn't get back to me until afternoon. I left a message for my doctor's nurse, conveying that I was having severe side effects and needed to know if I should go to the ER. No one ever got back to me. The heart stuff got really bad for four or five hours, always with visual hallucinations. I thought about calling for help, but my right arm wasn't working and my left wasn't great either, and it's usually eight hours minimum to get seen at the ER and they yell at you if you bring in chest pains that turn out not to be a heart attack, and the pain only happened when I moved so it was likely just torso muscles screaming about my arms.

But the supper high irregular heart beat for hours can't be good. I wrote this waiting for receptionist call back Friday morning. I was 36 minutes in on the wait as I typed this sentence. I really think they should check my heart, but if they are this busy... Yeah. I'm assuming if it was really dangerous, they'd return my call from yesterday instead of continuing to ignore my message.

* It took about an hour and a quarter total, but we will find out if i had a heart attack or not on Tuesday. They I had to chase down the asshole agency as they had not called to tell me the cleaner wasn't coming, so it's now rescheduled for Tuesday. Then I waited on hold to try to schedule the mobility assessment, only to discover the number they gave was for central processing. They were going to transfer me when call waiting beeped, so i made them give me the direct line number and extension. (It was meds. Pharmacy was delivering meds and they only wait five minutes so that was the correct call on my part.) The making appointment direct line was faster by far, but I had no clue which wheelchair vender I was interested in. O.o apparently they have the vender in on assessment days, so that effects scheduling. I let her pick. She was like: We like this one better, but we have to offer both.

Forage delivery still hadn't arrived. It was now really hot and polleny outside. This is relevant. I can't leave food out there very long or it will spoil. Inside, I have air conditioning and extra filtering. I can breath inside, but not outside. I was exhausted and frustrated and really pissed off about the medical stuff. My chest was still tight. There is a band of intense pain keeping me from lifting my arms properly. I manage to drag the laundry basket to me room anyway, but I'm not remotely up to the pain involved in folding it. Livia wants her love. I climb into bed for Livia loves. My experience is, getting ready to sleep summons Forage Delivery somehow. Livia is done with her love. I've been in bed over an hour waiting. Tavy insists I should sleep with claws to my nipple, because health stiff makes him anxious.

The phone rings. We have the conversation where we double check which porch to put it on. I lie there a bit, working up to the pain of levering myself out of bed. I lumber out there. No food boxes. so I'm thinking did he think left instead of right? So I'm out in the mid day sun with my crutch and bare feet, struggling to breath because I can't breath in the heat on a good day and this isn't close. I have no idea how I will get the food boxes to my apartment. My best guess is crawl on the pavement pushing them ahead of me because there is zero chance of my arms even lifting them. It's not on the patios of any building facing the gazebo. Me: did they drive past and hit the wrong side of my building? So I hobble around the other side in baking heat and it's not on the logical patios. I have to then hobble all the way back to my patio, exhausted. I simply can't be out any longer or I will collapse. This is why I have forage delivery, so I don't have to seriously endanger myself getting the food. Which i am now doing and failing at miserably.

I try last call return. No one answers. Fuck! I restart the computer and look up forage delivery dispatch. I get a live human without a long wait on hold for the first time in two days. This is possibly a miracle. I am still struggling to breath when I explain and ask if they could at least give me a hint as to where the food is because I can't be out in the sun searching anymore. She puts me on hold and reaches them. She puts me on hold and reaches them. she says they will come back.

So I go lie down in my room where the air is best and wait. He’s like: I’m right here. The food is here. I go look. No man. No food. I used my stop a kid from across the playground below to see if we could get a Polo for my Marco. No dice. I had cleverly left the phone off the hook when I went to look on the grounds that the food was definitely not on my patio previously.

It turns out that they’d put it in the middle of the other side of the building, expecting me somehow to drag it all that way over carpeted halls. O.o I didn’t think to look there because we’d discussed patio locations in such a super specific way moments before he’d put it at the main entrance instead of a patio. He was nice enough to bring it around and drop it right inside my door.

I have recently learned Millennials generally don’t know the word “gazebo” and are afraid to ask or look it up because of the cleaners. I am now wondering if patio may also be too bougie to be familiar, but lots of apartments around here come with small patios if they are ground floor, even the shitty apartments I can generally afford, just like tiny balconies are super common on upper floors in this region. Surely jungle of plants and blue chair were hints though? IDK. We’ve lost a lot of delivery people in the decade we live here too. Something about the complex confuses people.

Forage delivery guy looked like a thirtyish Mr. Clean and really was very kind, just confused.

Goth Millennial was sweet enough to come in on their day off to work and extra two hours looking after me, and then we finished the back third of a movie we’d been re-watching together. I’m not great, but improving. I also have a new unexplored theory about what is wrong with my arms from the article about statins I linked in this space. I guess I’ll run it by the doctor when I see them.

* "Completely Neutral, Race-Blind College Admissions Questions:" https://www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/completely-neutral-race-blind-college-admissions-questions

* "You drop a small piece of food on the floor, and decide to kick it under the oven/couch/whatever because you can’t be bothered to pick it up. As you’re walking away, you hear a very quiet “Thank you!” from under it.:" https://bixbythemartian.tumblr.com/post/183910148322/you-drop-a-small-piece-of-food-on-the-floor-and

* "Midnight Pals: Body Horror:" https://www.tumblr.com/bitterkarella/722118655202181120/midnight-pals-body-horror?source=share

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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.

* BPAL Charity Fundraiser "TRIUMPH IN MY SONG:" https://blackphoenixalchemylab.com/product-category/activism/triumph-in-my-song/

* Support the WGA. "Entertainment Community Fund:" https://entertainmentcommunity.org/

* "DIY Box Fan Air Filter Directions:" https://aghealth.ucdavis.edu/sites/g/files/dgvnsk261/files/inline-files/DIY%20Air%20Purifier%20Directions_English.Spanish_0.pdf

* Useful state of trans links for making an arguement that we are real and nead human and civil rights: https://www.tumblr.com/gwydionmisha/722268284819570688/you-are-a-great-source-of-news-and-information-and?source=share
* Cool Blackwork Embroidery Patterns for Beginners: https://www.etsy.com/shop/thehaberdasheress/?etsrc=sdt

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

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* "Ethiopia denies attack on Sudan, blames rebels for violence:" https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/11/29/ethiopia-denies-attack-on-sudan-blames-rebels-for-unrest

* "Tens of thousands march against military rule in Sudan, met with tear gas:" https://www.reuters.com/world/africa/anti-military-protesters-march-sudans-presidential-palace-2021-11-30/

* "Lebanese protesters block roads over economic meltdown:" https://www.reuters.com/markets/currencies/lebanese-protesters-block-roads-over-economic-meltdown-2021-11-29/

* "Suspected Militants Kill Soldiers in Burkina Faso's Desert North:" https://www.usnews.com/news/world/articles/2021-11-29/suspected-militants-kill-soldiers-in-burkina-fasos-desert-north

* "Iran Forcefully Clamps Down on Protests Against Growing Water Shortages:" https://www.nytimes.com/2021/11/26/world/middleeast/iran-protests-water-shortages.html

* "She Fled North Korea for Freedom. Then She Was Arrested.:" https://www.nytimes.com/2021/11/29/world/asia/north-korea-defectors-south-korea.html

* "China: North Korea fugitive captured after 40-day manhunt:" https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-china-59456540

* "Thandiwe Newton - "President":" https://www.cc.com/video/s10jfr/the-daily-show-with-trevor-noah-thandiwe-newton-president

* "Burkina Faso Lifts Internet Suspension a Day After Violent Protest:" https://www.usnews.com/news/world/articles/2021-11-28/burkina-faso-lifts-internet-suspension-a-day-after-violent-protest

* CW: Rape, Torture. "Secret prisons in Libya keep migrants out of Europe:" https://www.npr.org/2021/11/29/1059861708/secret-prisons-in-libya-keep-migrants-out-of-europe

* CW: Rape, Torture. "Reporter captured for trying to expose secret migrant prisons speaks out:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/reporter-captured-for-trying-to-expose-secret-migrant-prisons-speaks-out-127474757940

* "Xiomara Castro poised to become first female president of Honduras:" https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/nov/29/xiomara-castro-declares-victory-in-honduras-presidential-election

* "Serbian anti-mining activists block roads to protest against new laws:" https://www.reuters.com/world/china/serbian-anti-mining-activists-block-roads-protest-against-new-laws-2021-11-27/

* "Barbados Ditches Britain's Queen Elizabeth to Become a Republic:" https://www.usnews.com/news/world/articles/2021-11-29/prince-charles-travels-to-barbados-to-celebrate-the-creation-of-a-republic

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* I’m not remotely surprised. "New Info Shows Omicron Spread Wider Earlier Than Thought:" https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/coronavirus/nations-close-borders-but-more-omicron-cases-emerge-globally/2696081/

* "The omicron variant is cause for concern — but not panic, Biden says:" https://www.npr.org/2021/11/29/1059786378/biden-omicron-variant-coronavirus-concern-not-panic-travel-restrictions

* "Dr. Fauci responds to GOP Rep. Ronny Jackson calling Omicron the ‘Midterm Election Variant’:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-reidout/watch/omicron-variant-protection-through-boosters-masks-and-more-discussed-by-dr-anthony-fauci-127477829908

* "An FDA panel supports Merck COVID drug in mixed vote:" https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2021/11/30/1060130774/an-fda-panel-supports-merck-covid-drug-in-mixed-vote

* "White House says U.S. agencies can delay punishing unvaccinated federal workers:" https://www.reuters.com/world/us/white-house-says-us-agencies-can-delay-punishing-unvaccinated-federal-workers-2021-11-29/

* "The Defense Department says Oklahoma National Guard must get vaccinated.:" https://www.nytimes.com/2021/11/29/us/politics/oklahoma-national-guard-vaccine.html

* "OK national guard members have most to lose in governor's stand-off stunt with Pentagon:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/ok-national-guard-members-have-most-to-lose-in-governor-s-stand-off-stunt-with-pentagon-127491653827

* "DeSantis: COVID-19 lockdowns ‘not going to happen’ in Florida over omicron variant:" https://www.wfla.com/news/florida/desantis-to-speak-at-press-conference-with-florida-highway-patrol/

* "Florida averages 1,380 daily COVID cases as concerns over omicron variant rise:" https://www.clickorlando.com/news/local/2021/11/30/florida-averages-1380-daily-covid-cases-as-concerns-over-omicron-variant-rise/

* "I'm a high school junior. Make me wear a mask, please!:" https://www.nbcnews.com/think/opinion/covid-isn-t-over-texas-schools-pretend-it-leave-students-ncna1284511

* "COVID outbreaks have shut down some Colorado schools. Will holidays and cold weather make things worse?:" https://coloradosun.com/2021/11/29/colorado-school-covid-outbreaks-students-pagosa-springs-fort-collins/

* "Colorado COVID surge — and a staffing crunch — mean new crisis plans for hospitals:" https://www.cpr.org/2021/11/29/colorado-covid-surge-hospital-staffing-crisis-standards-of-care/

* "Joy Reid: The faction of the right defying COVID-fighting measures is a death cult:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-reidout/watch/fox-nation-host-lara-logan-comparing-dr-fauci-to-infamous-nazi-doctor-josef-mengele-slammed-by-joy-reid-127584837916

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* "Pentagon Chief Orders New Inquiry Into U.S. Airstrike That Killed Dozens in Syria:" https://www.nytimes.com/2021/11/29/us/politics/pentagon-airstrike-syria.html

* "Corporations are using inflation as an excuse to raise prices and make fatter profits — and it's making the problem worse:" https://www.businessinsider.com.au/corporations-using-inflation-as-excuse-to-reap-fatter-profits-reich-2021-11

* "U.S. Companies Bet Shoppers Will Keep Paying Higher Prices:" https://www.wsj.com/articles/u-s-companies-bet-shoppers-will-keep-paying-higher-prices-11635067802

* "America's biggest companies can't stop bragging to investors about how they're charging you more:" https://www.businessinsider.com.au/big-companies-keep-bragging-to-investors-about-price-hikes-2021-11

* "Cory Doctorow: Tech Monopolies and the Insufficient Necessity of Interoperability:" https://locusmag.com/2021/07/cory-doctorow-tech-monopolies-and-the-insufficient-necessity-of-interoperability/

* "Congress is facing a December time crunch. Here’s what to expect.:" https://www.vox.com/2021/11/28/22806059/congress-government-funding-debt-ceiling-reconciliation-ndaa-december

* "Government Shutdown 2021: These Services Will Be Inaccessible If Debt Ceiling Isn’t Raised by Dec. 15:" https://www.yahoo.com/now/government-shutdown-2021-services-inaccessible-191937021.html

* "Biden signs veterans' maternal health law as Underwood's 'Momnibus' gains support:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/biden-signs-veterans-maternal-health-law-as-underwood-s-momnibus-gains-support-127596101718

* 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://resistbot.io/

* "Prosecutors demanded records of Sidney Powell’s fundraising groups as part of criminal probe:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2021/11/30/sidney-powell-defend-the-republic-criminal-probe/

* "Rep. Lauren Boebert renews Islamophobic attack on Rep. Ilhan Omar, rebuffs call for public apology:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/rep-lauren-boebert-renews-islamophobic-attack-on-rep-ilhan-omar-rebuffs-call-for-public-apology/2021/11/29/d9b56d5c-514e-11ec-8769-2f4ecdf7a2ad_story.html

* "Boebert is slammed for spewing anti-Muslim bigotry about Ilhan Omar in this ‘Absolute Worst’:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-reidout/watch/lauren-boebert-is-slammed-for-spewing-anti-muslim-bigotry-about-rep-ilhan-omar-127478853985

* "Ayman on Boebert’s racist rhetoric: Islamophobia now part of GOP platform:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/ayman-on-boebert-s-racist-rhetoric-islamophobia-now-part-of-gop-platform-127473733948

* "Another video surfaces of Rep. Lauren Boebert’s bigoted bit:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/another-video-surfaces-of-rep-lauren-boebert-s-bigoted-bit-127583301971

* "Joy Reid: Where is McCarthy as House Republicans make racist remarks, threaten lives of House Democrats?:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-reidout/watch/mccarthy-s-ambition-motivates-him-to-ignore-racism-and-more-in-house-gop-caucus-experts-say-127587909629

* "Why Chris Christie’s ‘Republican Rescue’ isn’t selling:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/why-chris-christie-s-republican-rescue-isn-t-selling-127581765825

* "Trump argues January 6 committee could damage the presidency in quest for his records:" https://www.cnn.com/2021/11/24/politics/donald-trump-january-6-committee-argument/index.html

* "As courts indulge Trump stall tactic, January 6th Committee investigation presses ahead:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/as-courts-indulge-trump-stall-tactic-january-6th-committee-investigation-presses-ahead-127595077772

* "First on CNN: Meadows cooperating with January 6 investigators:" https://www.cnn.com/2021/11/30/politics/mark-meadows-january-6-committee/index.html

* "Former DOJ official could be second person to face contempt charges for defying January 6 committee:" https://www.cnn.com/2021/11/29/politics/jeffrey-clark-criminal-contempt-of-congress-referral/index.html

* "Jan. 6 committee to vote on Jeffrey Clark contempt charges:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/jan-6-committee-to-vote-on-jeffrey-clark-contempt-charges-127577669934

* "Hardcore QAnon Believers, Regular Old JFK Conspiracy Theorists Converge in Dallas:" https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-features/qanon-jfk-jr-conspiracy-theorist-convention-dallas-dealey-plaza-1261278/

* "Infighting among QAnon luminaries roils delusional movement:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/infighting-among-qanon-luminaries-roils-delusional-movement-127492165569

* "Student kills 3 in shooting at Michigan high school:" https://www.politico.com/news/2021/11/30/student-kills-3-wounds-6-michigan-school-523544

* "Sen. Murphy on school shootings: ‘We choose to let it happen’:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/sen-murphy-on-school-shootings-we-choose-to-let-it-happen-127583301728

* "Gov. Abbott mocked for claiming South African immigrants crossing border illegally:" https://www.kxan.com/news/texas-politics/gov-abbott-mocked-for-claiming-south-african-immigrants-crossing-border-illegally/

* "Natalie and Derrica Wilson - Black and Missing Foundation:" https://www.cc.com/video/yceuzn/the-daily-show-with-trevor-noah-natalie-and-derrica-wilson-black-and-missing-foundation

* "Lawyer: Jussie Smollett ‘a real victim’ of attack in Chicago:" https://www.denverpost.com/2021/11/29/lawyer-jussie-smollett-a-real-victim-of-attack-in-chicago/

* "The long, troubling story of actor Jussie Smollett's alleged hate crime hoax:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2021/11/29/jussie-smollett-trial-hate-crime-chicago/

* "Joy Reid on book banning trend: ‘We should buy these books and give them as gifts’:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-reidout/watch/banning-books-that-teach-the-truth-about-american-history-decried-by-joy-reid-in-the-absolute-worst-127586885506

* "New York city hall removes Thomas Jefferson statue:" https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/nov/23/thomas-jefferson-statuue-new-york-city-hall

* CW: Sex Trafficking "Schoolgirl Outfits, Gifts to Teens, Sex Abuse ‘Every Day’: Feds Slam Ghislaine Maxwell on 1st Day of Trial:" https://www.thedailybeast.com/ghislaine-maxwell-trial-will-hear-sordid-tales-of-schoolgirl-outfits-gifts-to-teens-and-obsessive-sex-abuse

* CW: Sex Trafficking "Jeffrey Epstein's former pilot testifies Bill Clinton, Donald Trump, Prince Andrew flew aboard Epstein's private plane:" https://www.cnn.com/2021/11/30/us/ghislaine-maxwell-pilot/index.html

* CW: Rape. "Cosby prosecutors urge Supreme Court to restore conviction:" https://apnews.com/article/bill-cosby-conviction-sexual-assault-supreme-court-c99fd1eae8e81dee767fe8374a22b24e

* "Supreme Court abortion case could lead to rollback of LGBT+ rights:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2021/11/29/supreme-court-abortion-mississippi-roe-v-wade-lgbt-rights/

* "‘A post-Roe strategy’: The next phase of the abortion fight has already begun:" https://www.politico.com/news/2021/11/30/roe-wade-strategy-scotus-abortion-523488

* "Rep. Lee: We must codify Roe v. Wade into law with Women's Health Protection Act:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-reidout/watch/supreme-court-hearing-arguments-about-mississippi-abortion-law-discussed-by-rep-barbara-lee-127479877707

* "If the Supreme Court throws out ‘Roe v. Wade,’ it will tear the country apart:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/11/29/abortion-supreme-court-roe-v-wade-unity/

* "U.S. women's reproductive rights at stake as Supreme Court to hear 'biggest case in years':" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/u-s-women-s-reproductive-rights-at-stake-as-supreme-court-to-hear-biggest-case-in-years-127595077613

* "Botswana court rejects cruel bid to re-criminalise gay sex in 'huge win':" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2021/11/29/botswana-gay-sex-lgbt/

* "Railway hero shuts down whining trolls who think trans rights delays trains:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2021/11/22/scotrail-trans-rights-twitter-angus-viral/

* "Why We Need LGBTQ+ History in Our Classrooms:" https://www.advocate.com/commentary/2021/11/17/why-we-need-lgbtq-history-our-classrooms

* "D.C. Corrections Officer Sues Department Over Antigay Harassment:" https://www.advocate.com/news/2021/11/17/dc-corrections-officer-sues-department-over-antigay-harassment

* "Bisexual teacher resigns after school demands pride flag removal:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2021/11/29/bisexual-teacher-quit-pride-flag-michigan/

* "Science Discovers Another Avenue That Could Lead to an HIV Cure:" https://www.hivplusmag.com/print-issue/2021/11/17/science-discovers-another-avenue-could-lead-hiv-cure

* "Ancient juniper trees illegally cut in New Mexico monument:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/ancient-juniper-trees-illegally-cut-in-new-mexico-monument/2021/11/30/8f4e2226-520d-11ec-83d2-d9dab0e23b7e_story.html

* "Meet the rogue birding group blocking wind energy at every turn:" https://grist.org/energy/american-bird-conservancy-wind-energy-project-icebreaker/

* " Monsanto's Fall From Grace:"

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* "Can lobsters and octopuses feel pain? Scientists say yes, and the U.K. is listening:" https://www.nbcnews.com/science/science-news/can-lobsters-octopuses-feel-pain-scientists-say-yes-uk-listening-rcna6378

* "Tudor wall paintings uncovered in Yorkshire ‘discovery of a lifetime’:" https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2021/nov/09/tudor-wall-paintings-uncovered-in-yorkshire-discovery-of-a-lifetime

* "In 19th-Century New England, This Amateur Geologist Created Her Own Cabinet of Curiosities:" https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/in-19th-century-new-england-this-amateur-geologist-created-her-own-cabinet-of-curiosities-180979083/

* NWS. "Bloody Hilarious: Menstrual Poems in Victorian Pornography:" https://jvc.oup.com/2021/11/11/menstrual-poems/

* "The Triple 'Murder' of Eduardo Tirella, Gay Confidant of Doris Duke:" https://www.advocate.com/commentary/2021/11/29/triple-murder-eduardo-tirella-gay-confidant-doris-duke-newport-rhode-island

* "Susan G. Komen: Race For the Cash:"

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* "Carrie Meek, daughter of Black sharecroppers who blazed path to Congress, dies aged 95:" https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/nov/29/carrie-meek-daughter-sharecroppers-florida-congresswoman-dies-aged-95

* "Frank Ocean leads tributes to visionary fashion designer Virgil Abloh, dead at 41:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2021/11/29/virgil-abloh-designer-dies-tributes/

* "Lee Elder, the 1st Black golfer to play at the Masters, has died at age 87:" https://www.npr.org/2021/11/29/1059889091/lee-elder-the-1st-black-golfer-to-play-at-the-masters-has-died-at-age-87

* "Frida Kahlo's 'Diego and I' Smashes Record for Latin American Art:" https://www.advocate.com/art/2021/11/17/frida-kahlos-diego-and-i-smashes-record-latin-american-art

* "Meanwhile... Thomas Jefferson Statue Removed From New York's City Hall:"

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* "Keeping Up with the Coronavirus - Omicron Variant:" https://www.cc.com/video/xwvbi3/the-daily-show-with-trevor-noah-keeping-up-with-the-coronavirus-omicron-variant

* "The Pandumbic - Omicron Variant Conspiracy Theories:" https://www.cc.com/video/krn49o/the-daily-show-with-trevor-noah-the-pandumbic-omicron-variant-conspiracy-theories

* "Barbados Drops the Queen & North Korea Bans Leather Coats:" https://www.cc.com/video/fyyjck/the-daily-show-with-trevor-noah-barbados-drops-the-queen-north-korea-bans-leather-coats

* "Weird and Creepy Abandoned Theme Parks:"

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* "The Worst Neighbors in History (Spite Sculptures, Giant Fences, & Boundary Disputes):"

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* North Americans, there is a continent wide blood shortage. If you are able to donate, please consider doing so.

* Monday Squirrel lent me his car and I dragged myself out for essential errands. Bank. Library. Bread. Lettuce. I know, I know, I shouldn't be spending any money on food, but given how fucked up my body is right now I needed things I can eat with a minimum of effort.

Currently, I have just over 200.00 towards brake repair (out of 500-700). I'd like to thank everyone who's chipped in so far. I hate being one crisis away from losing mobility on this scale. so thank you. I mean it.

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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.

* "Help Kevin Strickland After Wrongful Conviction:" https://www.gofundme.com/f/help-kevin-strickland-after-wrongful-conviction

* 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

* Help me fix my brakes: Paypal Lethran@gmail.com or paypal.me/Gwydion

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* "Stocks log third day of losses after Trump warns China trade war could go beyond 2020 election:" https://www.cnn.com/2019/12/03/investing/dow-stock-market-today/index.html

* "Ukraine Knew of Aid Freeze in July, Says Ex-Top Official in Kyiv:" https://www.nytimes.com/2019/12/03/world/europe/ukraine-impeachment-military-aid.html

* "Trump abused power of presidency, Dems conclude in impeachment report:" https://www.politico.com/news/2019/12/03/trump-abused-power-of-presidency-dems-conclude-in-impeachment-report-074924

* "Democrats quietly debate expanding impeachment articles beyond Ukraine:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/democrats-quietly-debate-expanding-impeachment-articles-beyond-ukraine/2019/12/02/da84e00a-1537-11ea-bf81-ebe89f477d1e_story.html

* "The fastest, easiest way to understand the impeachment report:" http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/the-fastest-easiest-way-to-understand-the-impeachment-report-74464325531

* "Numerous potential articles of impeachment sketched out in report:" http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/numerous-potential-articles-of-impeachment-sketched-out-in-report-74462789872

* "Rep. Jeffries: Trump has implicated the 'impeachment trifecta':" http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/rep-jeffries-trump-has-implicated-the-impeachment-trifecta-74462789995

* "Cory Booker on the Republican Ukraine lies:" http://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/cory-booker-on-the-republican-ukraine-lies-74459205559

* "Senate panel look into Ukraine interference comes up short:" https://www.politico.com/news/2019/12/02/senate-panel-ukraine-election-interference-074796

* We knew Devin Nunes was corrupt, but I admit, even I didn't guess this corrupt. Wow. Just Wow. "Democrats obtained phone records showing how Trump allies coordinated 'false narratives':" https://www.cnn.com/2019/12/03/politics/intelligence-report-phone-records-devin-nunes/

* "Impeachment Investigators Got Rudy’s Phone Records—And They’re Quite Revealing:" https://www.thedailybeast.com/impeachment-investigators-got-rudys-phone-recordsand-theyre-quite-revealing

* "Impeachment report reveals unexpected calls between Giuliani, OMB:" http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/impeachment-report-reveals-unexpected-calls-between-giuliani-omb-74463813586

* "‘Henchman for the President:’ Rep. Castro on Nunes’ Ukraine involvement:" http://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/-henchman-for-the-president-rep-castro-on-nunes-ukraine-involvement-74455109922

* "New charges likely in case against Giuliani associates:" https://www.politico.com/states/new-york/albany/story/2019/12/02/new-charges-likely-in-case-against-giuliani-associates-1230238

* "Court tells banks to hand Trump financial records to House Democrats:" https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-banks-idUSKBN1Y71V0

* "GOP donor gets $400 million sweetheart deal:" http://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/gop-donor-gets-400-million-sweetheart-deal-74459717558

* "Kamala Harris Says She’s Still ‘in This Fight,’ but Out of the 2020 Race:" https://www.nytimes.com/2019/12/03/us/politics/kamala-harris-campaign-drops-out.html

This perfectly illustrates why I'm going to miss her:

"President Trump tweeted a farewell to Ms. Harris, saying, “We will miss you Kamala,” to which she replied: “Don’t worry, Mr. President. I’ll see you at your trial.’’"

* She was my second choice. Damn. "Kamala Harris, LGBTQ Ally, Exits Presidential Race:" https://www.advocate.com/election/2019/12/03/kamala-harris-lgbtq-ally-exits-presidential-race

* "‘A damn shame:’ Cory Booker on lack of diversity in race amid Harris’ exit:" http://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/-a-damn-shame-cory-booker-on-lack-of-diversity-in-race-amid-harris-exit-74458181547

* "Teenage white supremacist sentenced to 16 months for covering city in racist, homophobic graffiti:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2019/12/03/cardiff-nazi-graffiti-racist-homophobic-elliott-richards-good/

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

* "After Being Denied Communion, Lesbian Judge Welcomed by Other Church:" https://www.advocate.com/religion/2019/12/04/after-being-denied-communion-lesbian-judge-welcomed-other-church

* "Texas Judge Rebuked for Refusing to Officiate Same-Sex Weddings:" https://www.advocate.com/politics/2019/12/03/texas-judge-rebuked-refusing-officiate-same-sex-weddings

* "Researchers Find A Remarkable Ripple Effect When You Give Cash To Poor Families:" https://www.npr.org/sections/goatsandsoda/2019/12/02/781152563/researchers-find-a-remarkable-ripple-effect-when-you-give-cash-to-poor-families

* "NYC Has an Old-Timey Plan to Fix Its Traffic Future:" https://www.wired.com/story/nyc-london-congestion-charge/

* Tuesday I spent a ridiculously long time searching for a library DvD that I thought a panicked Livia had knocked off the mounting bench in a panic that scattered a bunch of books and DvDs piled near it. Tavy "helped" by standing on my butt and randomly clawing and biting it. I bruised myself pretty impressively and found four of Livia's toys. (Tavy only plays with them 10% of the time as he prefers wrigglers and the like.)

Eventually I gave up and asked squirrel to come help. Apparently it went back to the library Sunday. I must have absentmindedly carried it out to the library pile. D'oh!

I did the essential errands, including spending half my ebt on things I really did need, though I managed to space detergent, which the cats are using at an alarming rate this late month. Three of the things only come from that store. The rest only came from there or the Co-op and the difference in price wasn't that big. Still it is alarming to be this far in on my allotment with so many other things not bought. Hopefully, I'll make it out to forage and the cheapie grocery tomorrow. My worry is I have an 8:15AM Doctor which threatens the forage, though I can hit the cheapie after if I have spoons, which lowers the states on me making it out in the afternoon somewhat.

...And Tavy outdid himself. He got the sofa good right before bedtime while we were putting my bed. Fine, I thought, cleaned the box exterior, and started yet another load of laundry. I woke up to find he'd had an oops on the sofa. Partially missed the box. I think he tilts it. The surface is soft and he's clumsy because of his disability. Fine, I thought, cleaned the box exterior, and started the third or forth load in a little over a day, transferring the other pee cover to the drier.

A little after midnight I go to prep the area for a snack and step in a puddle. Of Pee. He'd peed right through the last lines of defense, into the cushions and on to the floor. I have no idea where an animal that size stores it all. I spent a couple hours cleaning including starting the cushions and doing yet another load of laundry. A week+ long project, plus now I don't have cushions while I do lungs, just canvass. i didn't even get the snack as I was too queasy to eat by then.

He is so lucky he's cute.

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

* "How you can help Hurricane Dorian disaster relief:" https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/sep/08/hurricane-dorian-disaster-relief-how-you-can-help

* A small, cheap thing to help climate change if you have little money to spare: https://onetreeplanted.org/products/amazon-rainforest-peru

* How to donate to Rainbow Road: https://www.rainbowrailroad.com/donate

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

* 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

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

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

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

* 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 (less urgent) is this one: https://www.chewy.com/blue-buffalo-wilderness-flatland/dp/176663

Or possibly this: https://www.chewy.com/instinct-by-natures-variety-limited/dp/44654

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

* "A Russian Info-War Is Under Way in Crimea :" http://www.technologyreview.com/news/525336/watching-for-a-crimean-cyberwar-crisis/

* It is easy to be well meaning but still do Aid wrong. "The Great Penguin Sweater Fiasco:" http://www.giantflightlessbirds.com/2011/10/the-great-penguin-sweater-fiasco/

* "Navy will deploy first ship with laser weapon this summer:" http://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2014/03/navy-will-deploy-first-ship-with-laser-weapon-this-summer/

* "GOP focus on shaming those in need:"

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* On the Demonization of Defense Attorneys. "Open letter to Sen. Heitkamp:"

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* "Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court: Upskirt photos not illegal under state law:" http://www.masslive.com/news/boston/index.ssf/2014/03/massachusetts_upskirt_photo_court_ruling.html

* "Six abortion providers left in all of Texas:"

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* "Anti-abortion movement'€™s extreme 'soldiers':"

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* "Measuring Atmospheric Pressure on Exoplanets:" http://www.centauri-dreams.org/?p=30118

* "Told Y'all Conservafools Don't Care About Non-White Americans:" http://www.transgriot.blogspot.com/2014/03/told-yall-conservafools-dont-care-about.html

* "Needless 911: Can't Get This Jacket Off and I'm Pissed About It!:" http://www.loweringthebar.net/2014/03/cant-get-jacket-off.html

* "Can We Learn About Privacy From Porn Stars?:" http://www.nytimes.com/2014/03/09/opinion/sunday/can-we-learn-about-privacy-from-porn-stars.html?hp&rref=opinion&_r=0

One of the reasons I didn't crash and burn in the period when I was locally counter culture famous in Eugene, when so many of my friends in a similar position over the years did, is because I always separated my person from my persona. There was the person with friends and a private life and the Persona based on that which I trotted out regularly for the Gothlings that I had attracted into orbit. I slept with friends, but I never slept with groupies sand was extremely careful to use the power that came with my popularity for their benefit and not my own. Public appearances were always on my terms. Others of my friends let would be followers call them at home at all hours. Others of my friends let the wall between public and private crumble and burn out. Unethical people used the power that people gave them for personal gain. I found these people despicable. It likely helped that I was profoundly uncomfortable with that sort of power. I talked to them about ethical systems and finding an ethical path that worked for them instead of giving them the Answer they so often sought. I modelled for them an alternative adulthood, as many of them had crap parents and no real direction. I did encourage them to stay in school, to keep their options open, to take a break from the drugs or at least cut back. Sometimes I talked them down when the pressure was getting to much. Sometimes I hooked them up with resources like the food bank, youth homeless shelter, social services, etc..

There is no way in hell I could do that free 24/7. I gave them what I could and tried to steer them away from gurus including me. I maintained a complex social life in my private space with a host of friends and lovers who were peers, while maintaining a scary high grade point average, and doing my part for the Goth community and the homeless or semi-homeless kids my events and visibility attracted.

I never let their image of me become me. I never forgot to leave space for my private life, and when I was done, I was able to walk away whole.

* A Modest Proposal. "Flash War:" https://medium.com/the-nib/ff551f568d0f

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* Actual US based media coverage of the protests in Brazil:

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* "Sky trains, super bridges: 8 of the world's most spectacular infrastructure projects:" http://www.cnn.com/2013/06/18/business/world-spectacular-infrastructure-projects/

* A Print Version of the GOP fetal masturbation fantasy. "GOP congressman: I oppose abortion because fetuses masturbate (video):" http://americablog.com/2013/06/gop-congressman-opposes-abortion-because-fetuses-masturbate.html

* "7 worst international aid ideas:" http://matadornetwork.com/change/7-worst-international-aid-ideas/#0AZMWIIO3Vsygz4P.99

* "Laser Scanning Reveals New Parts of an Ancient Cambodian City:" http://www.technologyreview.com/view/516271/laser-scanning-reveals-new-parts-of-an-ancient-cambodian-city/

* "Reason Number Whatever Why I Don't Vote For Republicans:" http://transgriot.blogspot.com/2013/06/reason-number-whatever-why-i-dont-vote.html

* "Tracey Lynn Garner Facing Second Murder Charge In Silicone Pumping Death:" http://matadornetwork.com/change/7-worst-international-aid-ideas/#0AZMWIIO3Vsygz4P.99

* Actual human beings died, but they think it's hilarious because it's trans women. Assholes. "Tom Joyner Morning Show Team Dips Into Transphobic 'Comedy' In Garner Case:" http://transgriot.blogspot.com/2013/06/tom-joyner-morning-show-team-dips-into.html

* "Black Twitter Strikes Again On #PaulasBestDishes Hashtag:" http://transgriot.blogspot.com/2013/06/black-twitter-strikes-again-on.html

* Obama Quest - Looking For Love in All the Foreign Places:

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* Patenting Human Genes:

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* Loud people shouting at random intervals outside my window stole four hours of sleep Tuesday. Today it was the phone stealing three. I've also had two days of my right ankle randomly collapsing without warning on top of the usual issues with walking. Also, I lots a bottle of arthritis meds so am at half rations for those. Also, last fall the previous new Doctor insisted I didn't really need vitamin D tablets. I'm at less than half minimum on my latest blood work so guess what I have! Yep, New New Doc put me right back on. I am hoping this will raise me to functional again. *fingers crossed*

* "Classical sculptures dressed as hipsters look contemporary and totally badass" http://todayilearned.co.uk/2013/06/13/classical-sculptures-dressed-as-hipsters-look-contemporary-and-totally-badass/

The Greeks and Romans painted their sculptures to look like people and in some cases dressed them in outfits which they periodically changed. I think that is part of why I love this art project.

The Clutch: