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* What is going on with the news postings? Basically, between the War and my health stuff, I not managing to post fast enough and I've got a ridiculous amount of the non-war links piling up. I am doing my best to rectify it, particularly where it comes to election, legislative, coup attempt, and LGBTQIA+ news, bit it always comes down to a race between the stuff already scaffolded, the stuff prepped, and the stuff coming in. I'm going to have to cut off the aggregate without most of the LGBTQIA+, science etc. news, but I am too tired to do that as of 4/1. I must sleep sometime. Anyway, that's why there is an above average amount of older stuff tucked in here. Apologies.

* "Taliban cancels higher education for girls despite pledges:" https://www.haaretz.com/world-news/asia-and-australia/taliban-cancels-higher-education-for-girls-despite-pledges-1.10693832

* "Taliban hard-liners turning back the clock in Afghanistan:" https://apnews.com/article/afghanistan-taliban-70bf3af0a3ee5d7e876b1f1e35f71682

* "World Bank freezes Afghan projects after Taliban bans girls from high school:" https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/world-bank-freezes-afghan-projects-after-taliban-bans-girls-high-school-2022-03-29/

* "Jamaica PM tells royal couple island will seek independence:" https://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/jamaica-pm-tells-royal-couple-island-seek-independence-83630705

* "No 10 lockdown parties: what do police fines mean for Johnson and Tories?:" https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2022/mar/29/no-10-lockdown-parties-what-do-police-fines-mean-for-boris-johnson-and-tories

* "Britain to force ferry firms to pay minimum wage after P&O row:" https://www.reuters.com/business/autos-transportation/uk-force-ferry-operator-wage-changes-after-po-row-2022-03-28/

* "Boris Nemtsov: Murdered Putin rival 'tailed' by agent linked to FSB hit squad:" https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-60878663

* "Russia Navalny: Putin critic given nine-year jail sentence in trial branded 'sham':" https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-60832310

* "Putin's Support of JK Rowling Highlights Anti-Trans Movement's Harm:"

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* "Chinese Court to Try Chinese Australian Journalist Next Week:" https://www.voanews.com/a/chinese-court-to-try-chinese-australian-journalist-next-week-/6503659.html

* "Suicide vest of Paris attacks defendant was faulty, expert tells court:" https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/mar/30/paris-attacks-2015-defendant-salah-abdeslam-trial-suicide-vest-questions

* CW: Torture, Rape "Beatings and forced abortions: Life in a North Korea prison:" https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-60870739

* "Singapore appeal court upholds death sentence for intellectually disabled man:" https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/mar/29/singapore-appeal-court-upholds-death-sentence-for-nagaenthran-k-dharmalingam

* "Indigenous tell pope of abuses at Canada residential schools:" https://www.miamiherald.com/news/nation-world/world/article259850460.html

* "‘Kill more’: Report finds Facebook still failing to detect hate against Rohingya:" https://www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog_entry/kill-more-report-finds-facebook-still-failing-to-detect-hate-against-rohingya/

* "Dozens of Bodies in Kenyan River Shed Light on Epidemic of Police Murders:" https://www.vice.com/en/article/v7dnmx/police-brutality-kenya

* "Kenya's Police Killing Epidemic:"

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* "Moderna says its low-dose COVID shots work for kids under 6:" https://apnews.com/article/moderna-low-dose-vaccine-children-c7702f93e863d74b712791b55e54bdc1

* "Why Kids’ COVID Vaccines Aren’t Performing Like Adults’:" https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2022/03/how-effective-are-kids-covid-vaccines/629419/

* "Omicron is trouncing the argument for “natural immunity” to COVID:" https://arstechnica.com/science/2022/03/omicron-is-trouncing-the-argument-for-natural-immunity-to-covid/

* "Scans reveal how Covid may change the brain:" https://www.bbc.com/news/health-60591487

* "Rich countries getting new COVID vaccine before poorer ones:" https://apnews.com/article/covid-science-business-health-europe-778444506a72e8f9c3be327640b1929d

* "WHO says several European countries lifted Covid-19 measures too ‘brutally’:" https://www.france24.com/en/europe/20220322-who-says-several-european-countries-lifted-covid-19-measures-too-brutally

* "Shanghai rules out full lockdown despite sharp rise in Covid cases:" https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/mar/26/china-shanghai-rules-out-full-lockdown-despite-sharp-rise-in-covid-cases

* "Hong Kong to ease strict COVID curbs after business backlash:" https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/hong-kong-leader-says-covid-flight-ban-9-countries-no-longer-necessary-2022-03-21/

* "Germany hits record Covid infection rate since start of pandemic:" https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/mar/16/germany-hits-record-covid-infection-rate-since-start-of-pandemic

* "US opens second COVID boosters to 50 and up, others at risk:" https://apnews.com/article/fda-authorizes-second-covid-booster-33e81ee1daddd9ff04c136db620aa1ae

* "A new federal website aims to solve a key COVID problem: where to get antiviral pills:" https://www.npr.org/2022/03/30/1089608854/covid-gov-new-website-offers-a-single-stop-for-covid-info-tests-and-treatment

* "The pandemic has been deadlier in red states:" https://www.axios.com/coronavirus-pandemics-politics-masks-vaccines-deaths-2644f22b-fa77-4e34-a6fe-8b492172dff2.html

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* "U.S. formally accuses Russian military of committing war crimes in Ukraine:" https://www.politico.com/news/2022/03/23/us-accuses-russian-military-war-crimes-ukraine-00019746

* "Biden pledges new Ukraine aid, warns Russia on chem weapons:" https://apnews.com/article/russia-ukraine-putin-biden-business-g-7-summit-9f6705e72533496f513c3540881d348e

* "Biden’s game plan in Brussels: Punch Putin and hug the West:" https://www.politico.com/news/2022/03/24/biden-russia-removal-g-20-00020169

* "U.S. announces new Russia sanctions over Ukraine invasion:" https://www.reuters.com/world/g7-eu-announce-measures-stop-russia-avoiding-sanctions-us-official-2022-03-24/

* "Leaders add sanctions on Russia, warn against chemical weapons:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2022/03/24/biden-nato-europe-russia-ukraine-war/

* "Amna Nawaz: If there’s concern about use of chemical weapons, where is the line?:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-reidout/watch/putin-warned-by-biden-against-using-chemical-weapons-we-will-respond-136186437504

* "Lavrov’s stepdaughter targeted as UK announces 65 new Russian sanctions:" https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/mar/24/uk-widens-russian-sanctions-list-to-target-key-industries-and-individuals

* "Russian supply chains next in line for sanctions:" https://www.reuters.com/business/us-allies-aim-sanctions-more-russian-sectors-supply-chains-treasurys-adeyemo-2022-03-29/

* "Russian Weekly Oil Exports Drop 26% as Buyers Look Elsewhere:" https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-03-28/russia-weekly-oil-exports-drop-26-as-buyers-look-elsewhere

* "Putin misled by 'yes men' in military afraid to tell him the truth, White House and EU officials say:" https://www.reuters.com/world/putin-advisers-too-afraid-tell-him-truth-ukraine-us-official-2022-03-30/

* "U.S. intelligence reveals Putin’s military advisors fear telling him about Ukraine failures:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-reidout/watch/russia-s-pledge-to-scale-back-military-operations-in-kyiv-met-with-skepticism-by-ukrainian-u-s-officials-136622149581

* "Biden says of Putin: 'For God's sake, this man cannot remain in power':" https://www.npr.org/2022/03/26/1089014039/biden-says-of-putin-for-gods-sake-this-man-cannot-remain-in-power

* "Putin spokesman refuses to rule out use of nuclear weapons if Russia faced an 'existential threat':" https://www.cnn.com/2022/03/22/europe/amanpour-peskov-interview-ukraine-intl/

* "Ammonia Leak Contaminates Area in East Ukraine:" https://www.usnews.com/news/world/articles/2022-03-20/live-updates-zelenskyy-suspends-parties-with-russian-links

* "Russian forces are occupying city housing Chernobyl workers, mayor says:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2022/03/26/slavutych-chernobyl-occupied-ukraine-russia/

* "Russians leave Chernobyl site as fighting rages elsewhere:" https://apnews.com/article/russia-ukraine-kyiv-europe-united-states-nato-5863ad1d740cdd04ba42a25de0d31449

* "Chernihiv mayor urges Zelenskiy not to swap captured Russian pilots for Ukrainian PoWs:" https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/mar/29/chernihiv-mayor-captured-russian-pilots-ukrainian-pows-zelenskiy

* "More Russian Mercenaries Deploying to Ukraine to Take On Greater Role in War:" https://www.nytimes.com/2022/03/25/us/politics/russian-mercenaries-ukraine-wagner-group.html?referringSource=articleShare

* "NATO: 7,000 to 15,000 Russian troops dead in Ukraine:" https://apnews.com/article/russia-ukraine-zelenskyy-kyiv-europe-nato-e35e54b40359e52f3ffd4911577b669a

* "Russia begins to mobilize military reinforcements for Ukraine as casualties mount, Pentagon says:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2022/03/25/russia-reinforcements-georgia-ukraine/

* "Russian troops’ tendency to talk on unsecured lines is proving costly:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2022/03/27/russian-military-unsecured-communications/

* "Counteroffensive in Ukraine Shifts Dynamic of War:" https://www.nytimes.com/live/2022/03/24/world/russia-ukraine-war

* "Kyiv suburb Irpin now 80% under Ukrainian control, mayor says:" https://www.cnn.com/europe/live-news/ukraine-russia-putin-news-03-23-22/h_002c58c0274484214f4750382a367581

* "Russia Abandons March on Kyiv, Focuses Embattled Troops Instead on Donbas:" https://www.usnews.com/news/world-report/articles/2022-03-25/russia-abandons-march-on-kyiv-focuses-embattled-troops-instead-on-donbas

* "The drone operators who halted Russian convoy headed for Kyiv:" https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/mar/28/the-drone-operators-who-halted-the-russian-armoured-vehicles-heading-for-kyiv

* "Inside a Ukrainian town's bloody battle to keep Russian invaders away from a nuclear plant and the vital port of Odesa:" https://www.cbsnews.com/news/russia-ukraine-voznesensk-battle-mykolaiv-defend-nuclear-plant-odesa-port/

* "With front lines on 3 sides, Ukraine's Dnipro sharpens its focus on the war:" https://www.npr.org/2022/03/29/1089146927/russia-war-ukraine-dnipro

* "Multiple rockets hit Lviv city in western Ukraine:" https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/three-powerful-explosions-heard-near-ukraines-western-lviv-city-says-governor-2022-03-26/

* "Ukraine’s Mykolaiv has held off Russian forces. Bodies are piling up anyway.:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2022/03/23/mykolaiv-bodies-ukraine-war/

* "Missiles hit Ukrainian military unit near Dnipro, governor says:" https://www.reuters.com/world/missiles-hit-ukrainian-military-unit-near-dnipro-governor-says-2022-03-25/

* "Russian forces cut off Ukraine's Chernihiv city, mayor says:" https://www.reuters.com/world/ukrainian-city-chernihiv-cut-off-by-russian-forces-regional-governor-2022-03-25/

* "In Chernihiv, civilians are trapped as hospitals and schools attacked:" https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-60860197

* "Twelve killed in Ukraine's Mykolaiv as rocket blasts hole in regional HQ:" https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/russian-rocket-blasts-hole-mykolaiv-administration-building-southern-ukraine-2022-03-29/

* "In Kyiv Suburb, Ukrainian Military Claims a Big Prize:" https://www.nytimes.com/2022/03/29/world/ukraine-russia-kyiv-irpin.html

* "Almost 5,000 killed in Mariupol since Russian siege began, mayor's office:" https://www.reuters.com/world/mariupol-mayor-fears-humanitarian-catastrophe-says-city-must-be-completely-2022-03-28/

* "Parliament member says Ukrainian forces won't surrender—including her own family:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/parliament-member-says-ukrainian-forces-won-t-surrender-including-her-own-family-136276549564

* "Putin is being humiliated on the battlefield in Ukraine:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-reidout/watch/russian-generals-warned-invading-ukraine-would-be-pointless-dangerous-new-york-times-reports-136089669916

* "Ukraine's zoos: what is happening to all the animals:" https://theconversation.com/ukraines-zoos-what-is-happening-to-all-the-animals-179147

* "Russian generals are getting killed at an extraordinary rate:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2022/03/26/ukraine-russan-generals-dead/

* "Mutinous Russian troops ran over their own commander, say western officials:" https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/mar/25/russian-troops-mutiny-commander-ukraine-report-western-officials

* "Ukrainian sailors tried to block a Russian oligarch's yacht from docking in Turkey:" https://www.npr.org/2022/03/23/1088210977/russian-oligarch-yacht-turkey

* "Ukraine reports 300 dead in airstrike on Mariupol theater:" https://apnews.com/article/russia-ukraine-zelenskyy-kyiv-europe-moscow-b56759e5d40db18e94bef8e42db23e47

* "Deadly shelling in Ukraine’s Kyiv flattens shopping mall:" https://www.aljazeera.com/gallery/2022/3/21/photos-smouldering-scenes-of-shelling-close-to-central-kyiv

* "Lady Anastasia's chief engineer decided to sink the yacht: 'I tried to sink the boat as a political protest':" https://www.cnn.com/2022/03/24/business/ukrainian-crew-member-sabotaged-russian-oligarch-linked-yacht-invs/index.html

* "Once the Children Got Hungry, ‘the Fire Was Gone From Their Eyes’:" https://www.nytimes.com/2022/03/29/world/europe/mariupol-ukraine-russia-war-food-water.html

* "Putin’s climate envoy steps down from his Kremlin post, reportedly over the Ukraine war.:" https://www.nytimes.com/2022/03/23/world/europe/russia-anatoly-chubais-quits.html

* "Russian soldiers release Ukraine town’s mayor and agree to leave after protests:" https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/mar/26/russian-soldiers-release-ukraine-towns-mayor-and-agree-to-leave-after-protests

* "Ukraine says Russian forces violently disperse Kherson protest:" https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2022/3/21/ukraine-says-russia-shoot-at-protesters-in-occupied-kherson

* "Thousands of Russians in Prague protest against war in Ukraine:" https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/thousands-russians-prague-protest-against-war-ukraine-2022-03-26/

* "Russian activists sign open letter calling for end to war in Ukraine:" https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/mar/25/russian-activists-sign-open-letter-calling-for-end-to-war-in-ukraine

* "Tanya’s Sister Was Trapped in Mariupol. This Is Their Story.:" https://www.nytimes.com/2022/03/26/opinion/ukraine-russia-war-family.html

* "March in support of Ukraine in London: everything was turning blue and yellow:" https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2022/mar/27/march-in-support-of-ukraine-in-london-everything-was-turning-blue-and-yellow

* "Gay Russian man 'ashamed' of his country says Putin 'disconnected from reality':" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2022/03/09/russia-ukraine-war-lgbt-gay/

* "Biden meets with U.S. soldiers in Poland as refugee crisis intensifies:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2022/03/25/biden-poland-ukraine/

* "Ukrainian refugees from Moldova arrive via air bridge in Germany:" https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/ukrainian-refugees-moldova-arrive-via-air-bridge-germany-2022-03-25/

* "Macron: France, Greece and Turkey to attempt Mariupol evacuation plan:" https://www.euronews.com/2022/03/25/ukraine-war-latest-zelenskyy-tells-eu-sanctions-came-a-little-late

* "Ukraine Refugees Near 4 million. Will Exodus Slowdown Last?:" https://news.wttw.com/2022/03/28/ukraine-refugees-near-4-million-will-exodus-slowdown-last

* "Holocaust survivors flee from Ukraine to Germany for safety:" https://apnews.com/article/holocaust-survivors-flee-ukraine-to-germany-55fae67ceebbe88e8edf04ce387d374b

* "'It is terrible': For Ukraine's Jews and Roma, war revives old traumas:" https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-60613433

* "Refugees in Quebec will have to learn French within 6 months:" https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/bill-96-quebec-refugees-french-1.6355756?cmp=rss

* "How Polish & Hungarian Activists Are Helping Queer Ukrainian Refugees:" https://www.advocate.com/commentary/2022/3/12/how-polish-hungarian-activists-are-helping-queer-ukrainian-refugees

* "Brave Polish activists helping LGBT+ Ukrainians flee Putin's cruel and barbaric war:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2022/03/09/poland-ukraine-russia-war-lgbt-warsaw-pride/

* "Steve Bannon Praises Putin and Texas for Anti-LGBTQ+ Actions:" https://www.advocate.com/politics/2022/2/24/steve-bannon-praises-putin-and-texas-anti-lgbtq-actions

* "ABC’s James Longman on Russia Bringing Back the Iron Curtain:" https://www.advocate.com/people/2022/3/03/abcs-james-longman-russia-bringing-back-iron-curtain

* "Head of Russian Orthodox Church blames Ukraine war on 'sinful' Pride parades:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2022/03/08/russia-ukraine-war-orthodox-church-kirill-lgbt-pride/

* "A familiar plot but truth may never be known about latest ‘Russian poisoning’:" https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/mar/28/truth-may-never-be-known-about-latest-russian-poisoning-roman-abramovich

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* "Putin’s war is the first conflict in a new global era:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/chris-hayes-putin-s-war-is-the-first-conflict-in-a-new-global-era-136175685819

* "Ukraine is canary in the coal mine in battle between tyranny and liberty Marie Yovanovitch says:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-reidout/watch/biden-s-trip-to-europe-over-ukraine-crisis-analyzed-by-marie-yovanovitch-john-brennan-136280645852

* "NATO set to boost forces on its eastern flank, chief says:" https://www.politico.eu/article/nato-ukraine-russia-stoltenberg-summit-forces-eastern-flank/

* "FCC says Russian anti-virus firm Kaspersky poses risk to U.S. national security:" https://www.upi.com/Top_News/World-News/2022/03/26/fcc-says-russian-cybersecurity-firm-kaspersky-poses-national-security-risk/8901648337432/

* "American freed from Venezuela says his ‘nightmare’ has ended:" https://apnews.com/article/russia-ukraine-business-europe-venezuela-caracas-daae694f5984d418627cbb3cb1885c43

* "US trial for member of Islamic State group begins in Virginia:" https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2022/mar/30/the-beatles-trial-isis-terror-group-virginia

* "Paul Manafort stopped from boarding plane to UAE over revoked passport:" https://www.cnn.com/2022/03/23/politics/manafort-passport-revoked/index.html

* "The Supply Chain Crisis Is About to Get a Lot Worse:" https://www.wired.com/story/supply-chain-crisis-data/

* "Vice President Harris on Russia: We are not into regime change, period:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-reidout/watch/vice-president-kamala-harris-interviewed-on-crisis-in-ukraine-and-more-by-joy-reid-136813126001

* "Vice President Harris "experienced great joy" as Judge Jackson "cut through political gamesmanship":" https://www.msnbc.com/the-reidout/watch/vice-president-kamala-harris-praises-judge-ketanji-brown-jackson-s-supreme-court-hearings-testimony-136814149928

* "Biden eyes using wartime powers for minerals needed in clean energy push:" https://www.politico.com/news/2022/03/30/biden-expected-to-use-wartime-powers-for-minerals-needed-in-clean-energy-push-00021693

* "Biden requests Mehmet Oz and Herschel Walker resign from presidential council or be terminated:" https://www.cnn.com/2022/03/23/politics/biden-requests-resignations-mehmet-oz-and-herschel-walker/index.html

* "Justice Clarence Thomas Discharged From Hospital, Court Says:" https://www.nytimes.com/2022/03/25/us/politics/justice-clarence-thomas-hospital-discharged.html

* "Manchin says he'll back Jackson for Supreme Court, likely assuring confirmation:" https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/manchin-says-hell-back-jackson-for-supreme-court-likely-assuring-confirmation

* This means we have the votes even if someone buys off Sinema. "Collins says she will back Ketanji Brown Jackson for Supreme Court:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2022/03/30/susan-collins-ketanji-brown-jackson-vote/

* "Explaining Lindsey Graham’s Many Interruptions of Ketanji Brown Jackson:" https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2022/03/lindsey-graham-interruptions-ketanji-brown-jackson.html

* "Blackburn to Jackson: Can you define ‘the word woman’?:" https://www.politico.com/news/2022/03/22/blackburn-jackson-define-the-word-woman-00019543

* "Sen. Padilla on Supreme Court nominee Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson: "She deserves better":" https://www.msnbc.com/the-sunday-show/watch/sen-padilla-on-supreme-court-nominee-judge-ketanji-brown-jackson-she-deserves-better-136343109909

* "GOP Senators seem to pander to QAnon base in Judge Jackson hearings:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/gop-senators-seem-to-pander-to-qanon-base-in-judge-jackson-hearings-136178245971

* "Expert hopes ‘sorry excuse for confirmation hearing’ sparks conversation on Jackson’s treatment:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-reidout/watch/supreme-court-confirmation-hearings-end-with-judge-ketanji-brown-jackson-remaining-poised-despite-gop-maltreatment-136091717711

* "Why Ketanji Brown Jackson's Work History Matters to LGBTQ+ People:" https://www.advocate.com/commentary/2022/3/08/why-kentaji-brown-jacksons-work-history-matters-lgbtq-people

* "SCOTUS Nom Ketanji Brown Jackson Has Nearly Flaw-Free LGBTQ+ Record:" https://www.advocate.com/news/2022/2/25/scotus-nom-ketanji-brown-jackson-has-nearly-flaw-free-lgbtq-record

* "Biden will tap oil reserve, hoping to push gasoline prices down.:" https://www.nytimes.com/2022/03/31/business/energy-environment/biden-oil-strategic-petroleum-reserve.html

* "Biden's budget plan: Higher taxes on rich, lower deficits:" https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/wireStory/bidens-budget-plan-hhigher-taxes-rich-lower-deficits-83720420

* "Vice President Kamala Harris visits Greenville in support of small businesses:" https://www.clarionledger.com/story/news/2022/04/01/harris-said-small-business-like-ones-greenville-deserve-support/7247112001/

* "Bipartisan deal struck 'in principle' on $10 billion Covid-19 aid package, Romney says:" https://www.cnn.com/2022/03/31/politics/covid-relief-negotiations-congress-mitt-romney/index.html

* "Ukraine crisis could derail drive to limit U.S. defense spending:" https://www.reuters.com/world/us/ukraine-crisis-could-derail-drive-limit-us-defense-spending-2022-03-23/

* Don't hold your breath. Manchin's been paid to vote against this sort of thing. "Biden administration announces new funding to make homes energy-efficient:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-solutions/2022/03/30/biden-energy-efficiency-homes-climate/

* "Community college enrollment is down, but skilled-trades programs are booming:" https://www.npr.org/2022/03/28/1086454046/2-year-skilled-trades-programs-booming

* "A battle over schools rages in Michigan — and Betsy DeVos is at the center of it:" https://www.nbcnews.com/news/education/betsy-devos-private-school-vouchers-michigan-rcna21384

* "Sacramento teachers strike as Minneapolis walkout continues:" https://www.kttc.com/2022/03/24/sacramento-teachers-strike-minneapolis-walkout-continues/

* "Email Prompts Several Applebee's Managers To Walk Off the Job:" https://www.snopes.com/news/2022/03/25/applebees-managers-walk-off-job/

* "Amazon Labor Union wins historic election at New York City warehouse:" https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2022/04/amazon-labor-first-union-win-warehouse-staten-island-historic-smalls-jfk8/

* "Amazon workers on Staten Island vote to form company’s first U.S. union:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/amazon-workers-on-staten-island-vote-to-form-company-s-first-u-s-union-136815173740

* "Joe Biden signs landmark law making lynching a hate crime:" https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2022/mar/29/emmett-till-anti-lynching-act-biden-signs

* "Violence Against Women Act Expands Services to LGBTQ+ Survivors:" https://www.advocate.com/politics/2022/3/17/violence-against-women-act-expands-services-lgbtq-survivors

* 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/

* "DeSantis vetoes new Florida congressional map and calls for special session:" https://www.cnn.com/2022/03/29/politics/desantis-vetoes-florida-congressional-map/index.html

* "Supreme Court Sides With Republicans in Case on Wisconsin Redistricting:" https://www.nytimes.com/2022/03/23/us/politics/supreme-court-wisconsin-redistricting.html

* "Judge strikes down parts of Florida election law; cites race:" https://apnews.com/article/2022-midterm-elections-florida-voting-elections-tallahassee-b0c486301fd6c22eeea6af7e55225c5a

* "Reporting on Conspiracy Theorists Trying to Take Over Elections:"

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* "Cawthorn’s ‘orgies’ line shows how right-wing politics can boomerang:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2022/03/29/madison-cawthorn-orgies/

* "Rep. Cawthorn’s ‘cocaine’ and ‘orgies’ remark finally too much for GOP:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/rep-cawthorn-s-cocaine-and-orgies-remark-finally-too-much-for-gop-136621637630

* Re: Cawthorn's Orgies: 1. Madison Cawthorn is a known and frequent liar. That being said, 2. He has corroboration from admittedly very shady roger Stone.

3. This is from the '80's and I have zero ways of knowing if it is still the case, but I knew a guy who used to do gigs as a bartender/sex worker at DC Parties involving lawmakers and the claims Cawthorn is making. Before you ask, no, I don't know which lawmakers of the period went to these parties as he never named names. He just said Republicans and democrats hired him. Again, hearsay from the late eighties, so take it with a grain of salt. I'm just saying that it is possible that Cawthorn's claims are at least partially true. This is not the same as saying they are, just that I wouldn't be surprised.

4. I admit that the way the republicans are reacting looks more like panic at getting called out on something at least partially true than innocent people reacting to lies, but again, this is a subjective response.

5. The contrast between this total freakout, whatever the veracity of the claims, and their lack of reaction reaction to literal Nazi and Nazi adjacent statements and behavior within their caucus is in itself a kind of indictment. Just saying.

* "His Record: Fla. Sen. Baxley Is a Notorious Anti-LGBTQ+ Lawmaker:" https://www.advocate.com/politics/2022/3/10/florida-senator-dennis-baxley-anti-lgbtq-record-history-bill-law-dont-say-gay#media-gallery-media-5

* "Marjorie Taylor Greene suggests Pete Buttigieg wants to use girls' bathrooms:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2022/03/28/marjorie-taylor-greene-pete-chasten-buttigieg-donald-trump-save-america/

"One Twitter user wrote: “I’m a woman, and honestly, I’d rather Pete Buttigieg in the bathroom with me than Marjorie Taylor Greene.”"

* "Buttigieg Slams Rep. Greene's Taunt to 'Stay Out of Girls' Bathrooms':" https://www.advocate.com/politics/2022/3/30/buttigieg-slams-rep-greenes-comment-keep-out-girls-bathrooms

* "GOP Candidate Sought Russian Help to Unseat Gay Rep. David Cicilline:" https://www.advocate.com/crime/2022/2/23/gop-candidate-sought-russian-help-unseat-gay-rep-david-cicilline

* "Watch: Anti-Trans Jeff Younger Heckled as "Fascist" by Students:" https://www.advocate.com/politics/2022/3/03/watch-anti-trans-texas-politician-jeff-younger-heckled-fascist-college-students

* "Gay Democrat Challenges GOP Rep. Lauren Boebert With Vow to End 'BS':" https://www.advocate.com/politics/2022/3/08/gay-democrat-alex-walker-challenges-gop-lauren-boebert-vow-end-bs

* "GOP Lawmaker Retracts Claim Students Were Self-Identifying as Cats:" https://www.advocate.com/politics/2022/3/31/gop-lawmaker-bruce-bostelman-retracts-claim-students-were-self-identifying-cats

* "Nebraska Rep. Jeff Fortenberry is found guilty in contributions probe:" https://www.npr.org/2022/03/25/1088715862/nebraska-rep-jeff-fortenberry-is-found-guilty-in-contributions-probe

* "'Revenge': Georgia GOP primaries test Trump's power, voter fraud lie:" https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2022-election/revenge-georgia-gop-primaries-test-trumps-power-voter-fraud-lie-rcna21354

* "How White Victimhood Fuels Republican Politics:" https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/how-white-victimhood-fuels-republican-politics/

* "‘Old-school bigoted’: Why Republicans seem to be regressing on LGBTQ issues:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/-old-school-bigoted-why-republicans-seem-to-be-regressing-on-lgbtq-issues-136719429508

* "White House rebukes Trump after he calls on Putin to smear Hunter Biden:" https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2022/mar/30/white-house-trump-claim-putin-hunter-biden

* "Trump committed ‘numerous’ felonies, said resigning New York prosecutor – report:" https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2022/mar/23/donald-trump-crime-accusation-prosecutor-mark-pomerantz

* "White House staffer says her gay teen son was 'ashamed' she worked for Donald Trump:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2022/03/10/stephanie-grisham-donald-trump-gay-son-florida/

* "Judge says Trump ‘likely’ committed crimes in bid to block Biden victory:" https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2022/mar/28/john-eastman-trump-lawyer-capitol-attack-emails

* "Ted Cruz's efforts to keep Trump in office went far deeper than we knew:" https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2022/03/ted-cruz-january-6-trump-election/

* "8-hour gap in Trump's Jan. 6 White House phone records:" https://apnews.com/article/capitol-siege-donald-trump-dd00501687003ec2ad3b4929a80ba83a

* "Rep. Luria: Missing Jan. 6 phone logs have ‘overtones’ of Nixon cover-up:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/rep-luria-missing-jan-6-phone-logs-have-overtones-of-nixon-cover-up-136531013658

* "Trump used White House phone for call on January 6 that was not on official log:" https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2022/mar/30/trump-used-white-house-phone-call-capitol-attack-jan-6-not-official-log

* "Jan. 6 panel votes to recommend contempt charges for Trump aides Scavino, Navarro:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/jan-6-panel-votes-to-recommend-contempt-charges-for-trump-aides-scavino-navarro-136447045503

* "Garland could be creating 'biggest failure of an attorney general in American history' expert says:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-reidout/watch/former-trump-aides-dan-scavino-peter-navarro-face-criminal-contempt-of-congress-charges-136450117652

* "Donald Trump’s disloyalty may finally come back to bite him:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2022/03/24/mo-brooks-turns-on-donald-trump-endorsement-jan-6-committee/

* "Mo Brooks: Trump asked him to ‘rescind' 2020 results, hold new election:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/mo-brooks-trump-asked-him-to-rescind-2020-results-hold-new-election-136087621920

* "Jared Kushner expected to appear before Jan. 6 committee this week:" https://abcnews.go.com/US/jared-kushner-expected-jan-committee-week/story?id=83723385

* "Virginia Thomas urged White House chief to pursue unrelenting efforts to overturn the 2020 election, texts show:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2022/03/24/virginia-thomas-mark-meadows-texts/

* "Texts show wife of Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas urged election overthrow to Mark Meadows:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-reidout/watch/texts-show-ginni-thomas-urged-election-overthrow-to-mark-meadows-136186949823

* "Ginni Thomas actively tried to install losing candidate as president legal expert says:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-reidout/watch/ginni-thomas-sent-29-texts-to-trump-s-chief-of-staff-to-justify-overturning-2020-election-136281669678

* "Warren: Justice Thomas must recuse himself from Jan. 6 cases:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/warren-justice-thomas-must-recuse-himself-from-jan-6-cases-136532037995

* "Impeach Thomas? House Dems can go there, but most won’t.:" https://www.politico.com/news/2022/03/29/clarence-thomas-congress-fallout-00021167

* "Cult expert claims this never-seen-before footage features Ginni Thomas discussing Lifespring experience:" https://www.rawstory.com/ginni-thomas-lifespring-cult/

* "Justice Dept. expands Jan. 6 probe to look at rally prep, financing:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2022/03/30/jan-6-fbi-subpoena-justice/

* "Threat assessment experts highlight danger posed by 'involuntarily celibate' men | CNN Politics:" https://www.cnn.com/2022/03/15/politics/tallahassee-hot-yoga-shooting-misogynistic-extremism-report/index.html

* "Alex Jones faces fines for skipping Sandy Hook deposition:" https://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/wireStory/alex-jones-faces-fines-skipping-sandy-hook-deposition-83769130

* "Initially Rejected by the US, Russians Are Secretly Hustled Over the Border:"

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* "Biden administration plans to end pandemic border restrictions in May, sources say:" https://www.cnn.com/2022/03/30/politics/immigration-title-42/index.html

* "How Putin's war in Ukraine can advance immigration policy in the United States:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-sunday-show/watch/how-putin-s-war-in-ukraine-can-advance-immigration-policy-in-the-united-states-136343109884

* "More than half of the Texas House wants to stop the execution of Melissa Lucio, convicted of killing her toddler:" https://www.texastribune.org/2022/03/24/texas-legislature-melissa-lucio/

* There remains no proof that any crime was committed at all. "‘Only the hand of the Governor can halt’ Lucio’s execution, judge says:" https://www.valleycentral.com/news/state-news/only-the-hand-of-the-governor-can-halt-lucios-execution-judge-says/

* "California Assembly advances involuntary servitude amendment:" https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2022-03-22/california-assembly-advances-involuntary-servitude-amendment

* "Prison Labor: Inmates Exploited for Profit:"

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* "The real story about crime Republicans won’t tell you:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2022/03/22/crime-murder-rates-republican-cities/

* "Study: states with high murder rates more likely to be Republican:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-sunday-show/watch/study-states-with-high-murder-rates-more-likely-to-be-republican-136344645535

* "83-Year-Old Trans Woman Indicted Over Killing and Dismembering Victim:" https://www.advocate.com/crime/2022/3/11/83-year-old-brooklyn-trans-woman-harvey-marcelin-indicted-over-killing-and-dismembering-victim

* "The Murderer's Little Boy:" https://www.texasobserver.org/the-murderers-little-boy/

* "'Black Panther' director Ryan Coogler speaks out after being mistakenly suspected of attempted robbery:" https://www.cnn.com/2022/03/09/entertainment/ryan-coogler-arrested-bank-robbery-mistaken/index.html

* "Can Kyle Rittenhouse Sue Everyone Who Called Him a Murderer?:"

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* "Washington OKs 1st statewide missing Indigenous people alert:" https://apnews.com/article/united-states-washington-jay-inslee-4ecb8e8b8dd600861307b0a176d0dfee

* "How the Atlanta Spa Shootings—the Victims, the Survivors—Tell a Story of America:" https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2022/03/how-the-atlanta-spa-shootings-tell-a-story-of-america

* "It Never Seems to Be a Good Time to Talk About Teachers’ Racism:" https://slate.com/human-interest/2022/03/teacher-racism-in-classrooms-and-curriculum.html

* "5 Christian School Staffers Charged Over Alleged Sex Abuse Cover-Up:" https://www.advocate.com/crime/2022/2/18/5-christian-school-staffers-charged-over-alleged-sex-abuse-cover

* CW: Extreme Child Abuse. "Mother Confesses She & Her Girlfriend Starved Her Daughters to Death:" https://www.advocate.com/crime/2022/3/18/mother-confesses-she-her-girlfriend-starved-daughters-death

* CW: Abuse "One in three LGBT+ Brits abused by their family, disturbing report finds:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2022/04/01/lgbt-family-abuse-galop/

* "Gay Ex-Amazon Employee Claims He Was Hit On by Female Boss, Then Fired:" https://www.advocate.com/business/2022/2/23/gay-ex-amazon-employee-claims-he-was-hit-female-boss-then-fired

* "Guatemala Moves to Ban Same-Sex Marriage, Increase Abortion Penalties:" https://www.advocate.com/world/2022/3/10/guatemala-moves-ban-same-sex-marriage-increase-abortion-penalties

* "While red states restrict abortion, blue states are voting to protect access:" https://www.npr.org/2022/03/28/1088238619/legislation-abortion-bans

* "Arizona governor signs 15-week abortion ban into law:" https://www.reuters.com/world/us/arizona-governor-signs-15-week-abortion-ban-into-law-2022-03-30/

* "Kentucky legislature approves sweeping abortion bill, sending it to governor's desk:" https://www.cnn.com/2022/03/30/politics/kentucky-omnibus-abortion-bill/index.html

* "DC Police Find 5 Fetuses In Home Of Anti-Abortion Activist Lauren Handy:" https://www.huffpost.com/entry/dc-police-fetuses-anti-abortion-activist-lauren-handy_n_6245e9a5e4b068157f749d7f

* "The many, many countries that have banned conversion therapy – no ifs or buts:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2022/04/01/conversion-therapy-bans-countries-uk-boris-johnson/

* "Plan to criminalise gender 'fraud' dubbed 'licence to harass trans people':" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2022/03/09/scottish-gender-recognition-bill-fraudulent/

* "Boris Johnson slammed for ‘despicable betrayal’ after dropping conversion therapy ban:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2022/03/31/conversion-therapy-boris-johnson-betrayal-ban-leak/

* Them not being able to find housing in the town where they are mayor is a perfect symbol for something fundamentally wrong with the housing market for anyone younger than a boomer really. "World's first non-binary mayor to stand down after 'change of circumstances':" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2022/03/15/owen-j-hurcum-not-standing-re-election/

* "Wales and Scotland vow to press on with trans-inclusive conversion therapy bans:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2022/04/01/wales-scotland-lgbt-conversion-therapy/

* "Man stabbed outside of queer bar in 'targeted' attack:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2022/03/12/bar-stabbing-sheffield-anti-lgbt/

* "'Whistleblower' says her life was destroyed after exposing 'homophobic abuse':" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2022/03/10/sellafield-nuclear-homophobia-racism-sexism/

* "US confirms X gender markers for passports to be rolled out imminently:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2022/03/31/x-gender-markers-neutral-passports-antony-blinken-joe-biden/

* "SCOTUS: Bisexual Lawyer's Suit Against Christian Group Can Go Ahead:" https://www.advocate.com/law/2022/3/22/scotus-bisexual-lawyers-suit-against-christian-group-can-go-ahead

* "Iowa High Court Recognizes Anti-Trans Discrimination in Historic Win:" https://www.advocate.com/law/2022/4/01/iowa-high-court-recognizes-anti-trans-discrimination-historic-win

* "More Than One-Third of Trans Kids Are at Risk of Losing Care:" https://www.advocate.com/news/2022/3/22/more-one-third-trans-kids-are-risk-losing-gender-affirming-care

* "Justice department issues stark warning over attacks on trans rights:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2022/04/01/department-justice-anti-trans-healthcare-bills-federal-law/

* "Arizona, Oklahoma Governors Sign Anti-Trans Bills Into Law:" https://www.advocate.com/law/2022/3/30/arizona-oklahoma-governors-sign-anti-trans-bills-law

* "Kansas Senate Passes Anti-Transgender Sports Bans:" https://www.hrc.org/press-releases/kansas-senate-passes-anti-transgender-sports-bans

* "Utah Lawmakers Override Gov.'s Veto & Pass Anti-Trans Sports Bill:" https://www.advocate.com/law/2022/3/25/utah-lawmakers-override-govs-veto-pass-anti-trans-sports-bill

* "Fla. Gov. DeSantis Signs Historic 'Don't Say Gay Bill,' Enabling Hate:" https://www.advocate.com/law/2022/3/28/fla-ron-desantis-signs-historic-dont-say-gay-bill-enabling-hate

* "FL gov's office said those opposing “Don’t Say Gay” bill complicit in pedophilia activist says:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-reidout/watch/-don-t-say-gay-bill-passed-in-florida-despite-widespread-opposition-to-desantis-bill-136536645660

* Sigh. "Gay Republicans Call DeSantis Press Sec. 'Gay Icon' After Homophobia:" https://www.advocate.com/politics/2022/3/16/gay-republicans-call-desantis-press-sec-christina-pushaw-gay-icon-after-homophobia

* "A Gay Florida Educator on the Terror of What's to Come:" https://www.advocate.com/youth/2022/3/25/gay-florida-educator-terror-whats-come

* "First Federal Suit Against Florida's 'Don't Say Gay' Law Filed:" https://www.advocate.com/law/2022/3/31/first-federal-suit-against-floridas-dont-say-gay-law-filed

* "GOP Indiana Gov. Eric Holcomb Vetoes Anti-Trans Sports Bill:" https://www.advocate.com/law/2022/3/23/gop-indiana-gov-eric-holcomb-vetoes-anti-trans-sports-bill

* "Texas Superintendent Pulls 130 LGBTQ+ Books from District Libraries:" https://www.advocate.com/news/2022/3/24/texas-superintendent-pulls-130-lgbtq-books-district-libraries

* "Texas AG Ken Paxton Says LGBTQ+ People and Allies Are 'Predators':" https://www.advocate.com/news/2022/3/28/texas-ag-ken-paxton-says-lgbtq-people-and-allies-are-predators

* "Prosecutor Says Kidd Creole Killed Man in 'Gay Panic'; Rapper Says No:" https://www.advocate.com/crime/2022/3/30/prosecutor-says-kidd-creole-killed-man-gay-panic-rapper-says-no

* "Chicago Trans Activist Elise Malary Found Dead on Lakeshore:" https://www.advocate.com/transgender/2022/3/21/chicago-trans-activist-elise-malary-found-dead-lakeshore

* "Trans Woman Tatiana Labelle Found Dead in Trash Can in Chicago:" https://www.advocate.com/crime/2022/3/21/trans-woman-tatiana-labelle-found-dead-trash-can-chicago

* "Police: 19-Year-Old Trans Woman Kathryn Newhouse Killed by Father:" https://www.advocate.com/news/2022/3/28/police-19-year-old-trans-woman-kathryn-newhouse-killed-father

* "Gang Savagely Attacks Three Gay Men Leaving Drag Show:" https://www.advocate.com/crime/2022/4/01/gang-savagely-attacks-3-gay-men-leaving-drag-show

* "Texas AG Ken Paxton says Austin schools' Pride Week is "immoral" and "illegal":" https://www.salon.com/2022/03/25/texas-ken-paxton-says-austin-schools-pride-week-is-immoral-and-illegal/

* "What Being Black Has Taught Me About Being Nonbinary:" https://www.advocate.com/transgender/2022/3/31/what-being-black-has-taught-me-about-being-nonbinary

* "Ex-GOP Candidate Calls for ‘Firing Squads’ for Trans Rights Supporters:" https://www.advocate.com/politics/2022/3/29/ex-gop-candidate-robert-foster-calls-firing-squads-trans-rights-supporters

* "Christian University Allegedly Fires Professor for Hosting Gay Speaker:" https://www.advocate.com/news/2022/3/15/christian-university-allegedly-fires-professor-hosting-gay-speaker

* "Seattle Pride Cut Ties With Amazon Over Anti-LGBTQ+ Donations:" https://www.advocate.com/politics/2022/3/24/seattle-pride-cut-ties-amazon-over-anti-lgbtq-donations

* "Stephen Fry opens up about terrifying homophobic attack by 'furious skinhead':" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2022/03/09/stephen-fry-homophobia-attack-wembley-celibacy/

* "Trans cyclist Emily Bridges barred from major championship in last-minute U-turn:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2022/03/31/emily-bridges-uk-cycling-trans-ban/

* "Why a White-Led LGBTQ+ Org and a POC-Led Queer Group Are Teaming Up:" https://www.advocate.com/commentary/2022/4/01/why-white-led-lgbtq-org-and-poc-led-queer-group-are-teaming

* "Transgender Adults Face Disproportionate Food Insufficiency:" https://www.advocate.com/exclusives/2022/3/29/transgender-adults-face-disproportionate-food-insufficiency

* "Doctors learned how to save premature infants’ lives. They forgot about pain.:" https://www.vox.com/science-and-health/22949159/nicu-babies-pain-treatments-podcast-unexplainable

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* "Louisiana twister carved destruction in mere moments:" https://apnews.com/article/tornadoes-storms-new-orleans-hurricanes-weather-1b01d30a0719a44489b159cd6ba92a45

* "Searchers in China find wing, engine parts after plane crash:" https://apnews.com/article/china-6b7c4a15978ff73c82c59f5c32cc6730

* "Planned Obsolescence: The Right to a Product:"

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* Do Not Want. "The Plan to Put Bitcoin in Mouse DNA With a Genetically Engineered Virus:" https://www.vice.com/en/article/5dg5az/the-quest-to-put-bitcoin-in-mouse-dna-with-a-genetically-engineered-virus

* "The bizarre deep-sea creatures living on the Endurance shipwreck:" https://www.vox.com/down-to-earth/2022/3/9/22969054/endurance-shipwreck-deep-sea-animals

* "A 40,000-year-old Chinese stone tool culture unlike any other:" https://arstechnica.com/science/2022/03/a-40000-year-old-chinese-stone-tool-culture-unlike-any-other/

* "A Struggling Actress’s Greatest Role Was as a Real Civil War Spy:" https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/pauline-cushman-spy-american-civil-war

* "The Truth About the Winchester Mystery House:"

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* "Kirby Vacuums Suck:"

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* "Madeleine Albright, former U.S. secretary of state and feminist icon, dies at 84:" https://www.reuters.com/world/us/former-us-secretary-state-madeleine-albright-has-died-family-2022-03-23/

* "Tireless campaigner George Montague, the ‘oldest gay in the village’, dies aged 98:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2022/03/19/george-montague-oldest-gay-village-brighton/

* "Concerns about Bruce Willis' declining cognitive state swirled around sets in recent years:" https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/movies/story/2022-03-30/bruce-willis-aphasia-memory-loss-cognitive-disorder

* "Russian figure skaters banned from world championships but not for reason we expected:" https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/columnist/brennan/2022/03/01/russian-figure-skaters-banned-world-championships-putin/6981404001/

* Here's an idea: Don't hold major sporting events in countries where being queer is an imprisonable offense. "LGBT+ Pride flags could be confiscated at 2022 World Cup in Qatar:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2022/04/02/qatar-lgbt-world-cup-2022-pride-flags/

* "Va. Antique Store Posts Bizarre Anti-Trans Screed — Hundreds Respond:" https://www.advocate.com/business/2022/3/27/va-antique-store-posts-bizarre-anti-trans-screed-hundreds-respond

* "Will Smith punches Chris Rock and Wanda Sykes says 'gay': Biggest Oscars moments:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2022/03/28/oscars-2022-will-smith-chris-rock-wanda-sykes/

* "Ariana DeBose makes Oscars history as first queer woman of colour to win:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2022/03/28/ariana-debose-oscar-west-side-story/

* "In Alaska, Indigenous Women Are Reclaiming Traditional Face Tattoos:" https://www.vogue.com/article/in-alaska-indigenous-women-are-reclaiming-traditional-face-tattoos

* Is that a snake in your pants or.... "Border authorities find 52 lizards and snakes hidden in man’s clothing:" https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/border-authorities-find-52-lizards-snakes-hidden-mans-clothing-rcna19270

* "Gay Couple Adopts Dog Abandoned for 'Being Gay':" https://www.advocate.com/news/2022/3/23/dog-abandoned-shelter-because-owners-say-hes-gay-adopted-couple

* "Harm Reduction:"

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* "The Spy Who Called Me: Alexander Vindman and the Call That Sparked the Russian War on Ukraine:"

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* "What Recent HBCU Bomb Threats Say About the State of Racism in America:"

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* "The Postmodern Horror of TikTok's Encanto Discourse:"

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* "Dumped By Your Accounting Firm? Call Manston & Manston:"

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* ""Fight Club" Isn't The Only Movie China Altered:"

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* "Taboo: White Fragility Edition:"

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* "This Is Why Kanye Is Beefing With Peppa Pig:"

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* Our best reconstruction of what happened was the injury Wednesday caused serious inflammation, which caused bits to pop out again. I iced it and when the Doctors offices opened, i phoned in my symptoms to the surgeon. They ordered me to the emergency room. By the time they'd imaged me my bits had popped in again.

This is likely to keep happening if I'm unlucky or careless until the surgery sorts it. Sigh.

The cats were terrified, poor things. I kept seeing Livia's panicky face popping up over or around furniture to stare at me. Tavy was in the rarest of modes, the Angel Mode. He guarded from a distance for the three hours of the really bad stuff, and once things calmed down, very carefully stepped onto me, avoiding the damaged areas, made pillow biscuits instead of clawing my chest and stomach in hopes of milk, and settled sweetly in for a cuddle nap while I waited for phone time. he didn't hurt me even accidentally once.

I basically needed to spend about 36 hours in bed, only getting up for essentials like food, meds, and hydration. I still need to lie down at random with little warning, but I'm recovering.

* What with various emergencies, disruptions, and most of a month lost to quarantine, we got pretty far behind on myriad things here at the cat asylum. As of Sunday evening, the Head Millennial's pay is sorted, they have caught up on the back log of essential things to keep the household running, and they have gotten things cleared and planted so that the container garden is ready for spring.

They really went above and beyond this week, coming in for short shifts on more days to make sure I was all right during the medical emergency.

I tire easily, and for safety's sake am not bending or lifting, but my shift is considerably more together. I hate this, but I think the time bomb could have gone off at any point in the last couple of years. It just happened to be at the end of a particularly shitty two years medically. Ironically, none of my medical stuff was COVID which is absolutely a miracle of science and kindness on the part of the Millennials. Let us hope things improve and we can avoid further excitement until my surgery slot opens.

* Me explaining on Tumblr why so much Secondary school teaching of history is bad in the US:

The real answer is English Teachers. They hire English teachers to teach Core instead of hiring English Teachers to just teach English and Social studies teachers to teach History in a lot of places in the US school system.

English teachers are not trained how to teach History well; they are trained to teach English. A lot of them don’t like or care about history, so they just teach whatever often ancient text book the underfunded school system hands them in a half assed way.

If you are hiring one teacher to teach both subjects, see, you hire the English teacher because Republican “Back to Basics” school reform is designed to emphasis English and Math and do everything possible to fuck up Social Studies/History and Science teaching because the last thing they want is an educated electorate well versed in things like research, evaluating evidence, analysis, and critical thinking.

They’d abolish both disciplines if they could in public schools. They are actively trying right now with the wave of censorship laws that make it illegal to teach students anything factual about US history. see also the endless attempt to ban evolution being taught and “teach the controversy” bullshit intended to give parity to religious texts in science classes. It’s all part of the same thing.

People who are dual certified in Social studies/History and English are rare and most of those come from an English Literature academic background instead of having a bunch of history degrees like I do. Those of us who really love teaching Middle School History/Social Studies have an extremely hard time getting hired, since we aren’t getting hired for core positions no matter how good we are, which leaves those schools that separate their English and History. My strong academic background in history made me a less attractive and more expensive hire than a mediocre English teacher with no teaching experience for those core jobs.

So there’s the real answer.

English teachers are not the villains here by the way. They need to eat and pay back student loans too. It’s just they are trained to teach English. That’s where their passion is. I’m angry at the policies that fuck over generation after generation of students.

* Me watching Moon Knight: Seriously? He can't get a date? Trust me the leg restraint Would Not Stop Me.

“I'll help you rise from the dead Osiris!!! “

* "Street Photography by Juri Nesterov Documents Ukrainian Life Across Decades:" https://www.thisiscolossal.com/2022/03/juri-nesterov-photographs/

* NWS "The Art of Felix d'Eon:" https://felixdeon.tumblr.com/post/680261091522215936/its-international-transgender-day-of

* I feel this in my Medievalist bones. "Medievalists HATE Him: What Is Your Field's "A World Lit Only By Fire"?:" https://www.thechatner.com/p/medievalists-hate-him-what-is-your?token=eyJ1c2VyX2lkIjoxNjEzMzc4LCJwb3N0X2lkIjo1MTIyOTk0MCwiXyI6InM0WDU5IiwiaWF0IjoxNjQ4NjM0MjIyLCJleHAiOjE2NDg2Mzc4MjIsImlzcyI6InB1Yi01Iiwic3ViIjoicG9zdC1yZWFjdGlvbiJ9.mk8DJTt6FA5iDSw0f-C-pbAezVky025RcFNLr9vQNto&s=r

* "How To Tell If You're In A Folk Horror Film:" https://www.thechatner.com/p/how-to-tell-if-youre-in-a-folk-horror?token=eyJ1c2VyX2lkIjoxNjEzMzc4LCJwb3N0X2lkIjo1MDY5NTQxMSwiXyI6InM0WDU5IiwiaWF0IjoxNjQ4MDAzMzQ1LCJleHAiOjE2NDgwMDY5NDUsImlzcyI6InB1Yi01Iiwic3ViIjoicG9zdC1yZWFjdGlvbiJ9.R6aDIrC99a0TbQfoJhn0rzXmCRdw9XdD51rONo2Yeks&s=r

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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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* "Haiti crippled by fuel shortages as gang leader demands prime minister resign:" https://www.reuters.com/world/haiti-crippled-by-fuel-shortages-gang-leader-demands-prime-minister-resign-2021-10-26/

* "Sudan coup: Protests continue after military takeover:" https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-59045020

* "Seven killed, 140 hurt in protests against Sudan military coup:" https://www.reuters.com/world/africa/military-forces-arrest-senior-civilian-figures-sudan-al-hadath-tv-2021-10-25/

* "Tigray crisis: How the West has fallen out with Ethiopia's PM:" https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-58967302

* "In Colombia, shelters prepare for migrant families as Venezuela reopens border:" https://www.nbcnews.com/news/latino/colombia-shelters-prepare-migrant-families-venezuela-reopens-border-rcna3748

* "Aung San Suu Kyi Defends Herself During ‘Show Trial’ in Myanmar:" https://www.nytimes.com/2021/10/26/world/asia/myanmar-coup-trial-aung-san-suu-kyi.html

* "Japan's Princess Mako marries commoner, loses royal status:" https://apnews.com/article/japan-princess-mako-wedding-royal-status-888700204e714145be58e320f1dc0fe0

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* "Merck will allow drugmakers in other countries to make its COVID-19 pill:" https://www.npr.org/sections/coronavirus-live-updates/2021/10/27/1049587575/merck-covid-pill-countries

* "Brazil senators recommend Bolsonaro face charges over COVID:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/brazil-senators-to-vote-on-urging-charges-for-bolsonaro/2021/10/26/f34f0814-3677-11ec-9662-399cfa75efee_story.html

* "Facebook, YouTube take down Bolsonaro video over false vaccine claim:" https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/facebook-takes-down-bolsonaro-video-over-false-vaccine-claim-2021-10-25/

* "Poland may tighten COVID-19 curbs if cases keep growing, says minister:" https://www.reuters.com/world/poland-may-tighten-covid-19-curbs-if-cases-keep-growing-says-minister-2021-10-25/

* "FDA advisers endorse Covid-19 vaccine for kids 5-11:" https://www.politico.com/news/2021/10/26/fda-panel-endorses-covid-19-shot-for-kids-5-11-years-old-517236

* "Texas universities with federal contracts are caught between Greg Abbott and Joe Biden over COVID-19 vaccine mandates:" https://www.texastribune.org/2021/10/25/texas-universities-covid-19-vaccine-mandates/

* "As some police fight vaccine rules, DeSantis says Florida will pay them $5,000 to relocate: ‘We’ll treat you better’:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2021/10/25/desantis-offers-5k-bonus-outofstate-unvaccinated-officers/

* "Republicans pitching Florida’s COVID-19 policies to businesses, including In-N-Out:" https://www.wfla.com/community/health/coronavirus/republicans-pitching-floridas-covid-19-policies-to-businesses-including-in-n-out/

* "Mississippi reports nearly 23,000 positive COVID cases among students since August:" https://www.clarionledger.com/story/news/2021/10/26/mississippi-covid-19-cases-reporting-schools-declining/6176871001/

* "Alabama governor instructs state agencies to fight federal Covid-19 vaccine mandates:" https://www.cnn.com/2021/10/25/politics/alabama-vaccine-mandates-executive-order-kay-ivey/index.html

* "TN lawmakers to discuss future of COVID mandates, restrictions at special session:" https://www.wkrn.com/news/tn-lawmakers-to-discuss-future-of-covid-mandates-restrictions-at-special-session/

* "WV Gov. Justice reports average COVID death age continues to drop, state orders 50k vaccine doses for young children:" https://www.wowktv.com/news/west-virginia/watch-live-gov-jim-justice-schedules-virtual-covid-19-briefing-for-11-a-m-2/

* "Montana hospitals face looming choice between state law, federal vaccine requirements:" https://helenair.com/news/state-and-regional/govt-and-politics/montana-hospitals-face-looming-choice-between-state-law-federal-vaccine-requirements/article_f4e623e9-5359-5c2f-97bd-a5b6493d9a34.html

* "Why this doctor says Idaho has ‘lost the war’ against COVID-19:" https://www.deseret.com/utah/2021/10/18/22732879/covid19-study-idaho-least-safe-doctor-says-state-lost-war-wallethub-worst-state-coronavirus

* "September was Alaska’s deadliest pandemic month. Here’s what that might tell us about the future of COVID-19 in the state.:" https://www.adn.com/alaska-news/2021/10/23/september-was-alaskas-deadliest-pandemic-month-heres-what-that-might-tell-us-about-the-future-of-covid-19-in-the-state/

* "Birx: Trump adviser squeezed out health officials to downplay seriousness of Covid-19:" https://www.politico.com/news/2021/10/26/deborah-birx-trump-covid-reponse-hearing-517188

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* "Biden heads to G20 bereft of ambassadors as Republicans hold up nearly all nominees:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/biden-heads-to-g20-bereft-of-ambassadors-as-republicans-hold-up-nearly-all-nominees-124789829947

* Dejoy did this. "Consumers fume after US Postal Service suspends Australian deliveries:" https://247newsaroundtheworld.com/news/consumers-fume-after-us-postal-service-suspends-australian-deliveries/

* "In odd shortcoming for a major, modern nation, U.S.P.S. suspends deliveries to Australia:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/in-odd-shortcoming-for-a-major-modern-nation-u-s-p-s-suspends-deliveries-to-australia-124791365796

* "Inside the World's Most Spectacularly Failed Coup:"

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* "Biden, second Catholic U.S. president, enjoys lengthy visit with Pope Francis:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/biden-second-catholic-u-s-president-enjoys-lengthy-visit-with-pope-francis-124966469886

* "Wildlife agencies to cancel Trump endangered species rules:" https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/wireStory/wildlife-agencies-cancel-trump-endangered-species-rules-80789075

* "Senate Democrats unveil corporate tax for Biden agenda:" https://www.reuters.com/world/us/details-emerge-corporate-minimum-tax-plan-us-senate-democrats-cnbc-2021-10-26/

* "Robert Reich: Saying rich won’t invest if their taxes are raised ‘really a red herring’:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-reidout/watch/democrats-announced-corporate-minimum-tax-plan-on-tuesday-sparking-gop-opposition-124685893852

* "Progressives patient with negotiations as Manchin, Sinema sabotage Build Back Better bill:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/progressives-patient-with-negotiations-as-manchin-sinema-sabotage-build-back-better-bill-124792389844

* "Hayes: We have a Build Back Better deal. Now let’s remember how we got here.:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/hayes-we-have-a-build-back-better-deal-now-let-s-remember-how-we-got-here-124872261739

* "Rep. Cori Bush to Manchin, Sinema: Let us see the vote, that’s how we know where you stand:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-reidout/watch/progressives-demanding-that-infrastructure-bill-and-build-back-better-be-linked-discussed-by-rep-cori-bush-124874309972

* "‘Shockingly damning’: Hayes on America’s exceptional lack of paid family leave:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/-shockingly-damning-hayes-on-america-s-exceptional-lack-of-paid-family-leave-124683845956

* "108,000 people will get medical debt relief after Stacey Abrams' PAC gifts $1.34M:" https://www.npr.org/2021/10/27/1049675704/stacey-abrams-medical-debt-relief-pac-donation

* 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/

* "Wisconsin Republicans add mysterious 'Carol' to election review circus:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/wisconsin-republicans-add-mysterious-carol-to-election-review-circus-124791365869

* "Senate highlights threats to election workers; emphasizes protections in voting bill:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/senate-highlights-threats-to-election-workers-emphasizes-protections-in-voting-bill-124694597782

* Did you remember to vote?

* "At Least 12 Republicans Who Participated In Jan. 6 Are Running For Office Next Week:" https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/sarahmimms/jan-6-republicans-ballot-election-day

* Virginians, please vote! "Trump unpopularity in Virginia a liability for Youngkin; McCauliffe hopes to benefit:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/trump-unpopularity-in-virginia-a-liability-for-youngkin-mccauliffe-hopes-to-benefit-124695621811

* "Democratic Virginia governor candidate Terry McAuliffe calls GOP opponent Youngkin ‘dangerous’:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-reidout/watch/virginia-governor-race-between-democrat-mcauliffe-and-trump-backed-republican-youngkin-enters-final-stretch-124781125880

* "Republicans Are Leaning Into MAGA to Win Virginia:"

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* "The Bye Line: The voters who really hold the key to what happens in Virginia on Tuesday:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-sunday-show/watch/the-bye-line-the-voters-who-really-hold-the-key-to-what-happens-in-virginia-on-tuesday-125038149940

* "Sen. Tim Kaine Weighs in on Close Gubernatorial Race in VA:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-sunday-show/watch/sen-tim-kaine-weighs-in-on-close-gubernatorial-race-in-va-125038149881

* "Hayes: Why Trump's anti-democratic push can't be ignored in Virginia election :" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/hayes-why-trump-s-anti-democratic-push-can-t-be-ignored-in-virginia-election-125142597550

* "Democratic candidate Eric Adams likely to beat Republican Challenger Curtis Sliwa in NYC's mayoral election:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-sunday-show/watch/democratic-candidate-eric-adams-likely-to-beat-republican-challenger-curtis-sliwa-in-nyc-s-mayoral-election-125039173614

* "Who’s afraid of India Walton?:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/2021/11/01/india-walton-socialist-mayor-buffalo/

* "National rightist money going into school board elections:" https://solarbird.dreamwidth.org/1807984.html

* "Burr’s Brother-in-Law Called Stock Broker, One Minute After Getting Off Phone With Senator:" https://www.propublica.org/article/burrs-brother-in-law-called-stock-broker-one-minute-after-getting-off-phone-with-senator

* "Despite free pass from Trump DOJ, Republican senator in hot water over sketchy trades:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/despite-free-pass-from-trump-doj-republican-senator-in-hot-water-over-sketchy-trades-124886597807

* "GOP Rep. Adam Kinzinger, who voted to impeach Trump, won't run for reelection:" https://www.npr.org/2021/10/29/1050454729/gop-rep-adam-kinzinger-who-voted-to-impeach-trump-wont-run-for-reelection

* "Oklahoma's non-binary lawmaker has zero time for ignorant Republican dinosaurs:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2021/10/25/mauree-turner-non-binary-birth-certificates/

* "Republican congressman suspended from Twitter for misgendering top trans official:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2021/10/25/jim-banks-dr-rachel-levine-twitter/

* "A man gave a Nazi salute at a school board meeting to oppose mask rules. Ted Cruz defended it as a form of protest.:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2021/10/28/ted-cruz-nazi-salute-senate-hearing/

* "Facebook joins list of infamous companies hiding behind a name change:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/facebook-joins-list-of-infamous-companies-hiding-behind-a-name-change-124885573752

* "Joy Reid critiques Facebook for reportedly allowing right wing misinformation to thrive:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-reidout/watch/facebook-reportedly-allowing-hate-speech-right-wing-misinformation-to-thrive-critiqued-by-joy-reid-124782662002

* "Prison or presidency, new Trump company factors in his uncertain future:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/prison-or-presidency-new-trump-company-factors-in-his-uncertain-future-125156421763

* "Trump 'coup lawyer' caught on video boasting about quasi-legal memo; trashing Pence:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/trump-coup-lawyer-caught-on-video-boasting-about-quasi-legal-memo-trashing-pence-124694085949

* "Rep. Adam Schiff: GOP is now an anti-truth, anti-democratic cult of former president:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-reidout/watch/trump-attorney-john-eastman-caught-on-tape-discussing-jan-6-capitol-insurrection-124781125719

* "In new letter, tech expert's lawyer insists Alfa-Bank, Trump server data is no hoax:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/in-new-letter-tech-expert-s-lawyer-insists-alfa-bank-trump-server-data-is-no-hoax-124968005549

* "List of documents Trump wants to keep secret hint at January 6 presidential actions:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/list-of-documents-trump-wants-to-keep-secret-hint-at-january-6-presidential-actions-125158981583

* "Rep. Lieu: Marjorie Taylor Greene should not be in Congress if she still disputes election:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-reidout/watch/mo-brooks-denies-he-was-involved-in-planning-jan-6-rallies-implicates-his-staff-124688453586

* "How one GOP congressman went from barricading the doors to Jan. 6 apologist:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/how-one-gop-congressman-went-from-barricading-the-doors-to-jan-6-apologist-124682821531

* "‘The coup is ongoing’: Rep. Gallego on GOP whitewashing of Jan. 6:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/-the-coup-is-ongoing-rep-gallego-on-gop-whitewashing-of-jan-6-124955717767

* "He reported an ‘avalanche’ of warnings before Jan. 6. So why wasn’t it heeded?:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/he-reported-an-avalanche-of-warnings-before-jan-6-so-why-wasn-t-it-heeded-125144645976

* "'Cult-like': Riot suspect released over ‘toxic’ environment of jail's Jan. 6 wing:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/-cult-like-riot-suspect-released-over-toxic-environment-of-jail-s-jan-6-wing-124684357667

* "Hayes: How the Second Amendment is threatening the First:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/hayes-how-the-second-amendment-is-threatening-the-first-124774981860

* "Major settlement reached over failed background check on church killer's gun:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/major-settlement-reached-over-failed-background-check-on-church-killer-s-gun-124886597539

* "Charleston massacre survivor Jennifer Pinckney says ‘you never forget’ in wake of $88 million settlement:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-reidout/watch/charleston-massacre-survivors-winning-88-million-settlement-discussed-by-survivor-jennifer-pinckney-125148229832

* "White Supremacy Is On Trial in Charlottesville:"

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* "Report: Charlottesville defendant watched Tucker Carlson to prep for trial:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/report-charlottesville-defendant-watched-tucker-carlson-to-prep-for-trial-124871749554

* "Stuart Stevens: Race is the original sin of the modern Republican Party:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-reidout/watch/gop-virginia-governor-candidate-ad-targets-novel-by-about-escaping-slavery-beloved-124686405678

* "Top critical race theory scholar calls attacks on Toni Morrison novel a ‘bait and switch’:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-reidout/watch/toni-morrison-novel-targeted-in-virginia-governor-race-ad-decried-by-critical-race-theory-scholar-124960325880

* "Civil Rights Pioneer Claudette Colvin seeks to clear her name:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-sunday-show/watch/civil-rights-pioneer-claudette-colvin-seeks-to-clear-her-name-125040197723

* "Absurdity of Texas abortion law laid bare in Supreme Court arguments:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/absurdity-of-texas-abortion-law-laid-bare-in-supreme-court-arguments-125157445691

* "Legal expert on Texas abortion law: We need this law blocked immediately:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-reidout/watch/texas-abortion-ban-comes-before-supreme-court-via-challenges-from-doj-providers-125148741611

* "Billionaire plays architect, designs ‘nightmare’ dorm:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/billionaire-plays-architect-designs-nightmare-dorm-124957765694

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* "Meet the Vigilantes Trying to Wipe Out the Spotted Lanternfly:"

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* "Women Are on the Rise in Organized Crime:"

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* "How One Man In Egypt Is Keeping This 200-Year-Old Tile Tradition Alive | Still Standing:"

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* "Taiwan: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO):"

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* "West Virginia's Country Roads Will Soon Be Underwater:"

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* "New Jersey Is Paving The Way For Reproductive Rights:"

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* "Full Frontal Welcomes (Most Of) You to NYC!:"

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* "TikTok Misinformation is Spreading and it’s #Dangerous:"

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* "Homelessness: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO):"

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* "Facebook Needs A New Name, And Bannon 'Might' Be Punished For Contempt Of Congress:"

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* "It's Already Too Late To Start Your Holiday Shopping:"

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* "Rainfall Swamps The West, And GOP Members Conspired With Jan. 6th Riot Organizers:"

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* "Food And Gas Prices Spike, And Rep. Mo Brooks Wore Body Armor At 'Stop The Steal' Rally:"

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* "GOP Ridicules Billionaire Tax Plan, Rude Shoppers Blamed For The Labor Shortage:"

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* "If You Don't Know, Now You Know - Ticket Quotas for Police:" https://www.cc.com/video/e111pz/the-daily-show-with-trevor-noah-if-you-don-t-know-now-you-know-ticket-quotas-for-police

* "SB 8 and the Future of Abortion Rights in Texas:" https://www.cc.com/video/mg2clq/the-daily-show-with-trevor-noah-sb-8-and-the-future-of-abortion-rights-in-texas

* "Halloween Edibles & Democrats Agree on New Corporate Tax:" https://www.cc.com/video/agevgo/the-daily-show-with-trevor-noah-halloween-edibles-democrats-agree-on-new-corporate-tax

* "Mattress Stores React To The News That Vikings Beat Columbus To North America:"

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* "Together We Can Save Our Dongs:"

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* "Try NBA 2K22's New Unvaccinated Mode:"

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* "Mark Zuckerberg Has A New Strategy Team At Facebook:"

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* "Late Show's "How-Tooo-Weeeen: Pumpkin Carving Edition":"

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* "Rescue Dog Rescue with Nick Offerman, Halloween Costume Edition:"

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* "Stephen Colbert's Book Club For People Who Want To Sound Like They Read The Book:"

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* "Facebook's New Name Search Isn't Going Very Well:"

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* "Franzia Has A Message For Bottled Wine:"

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* "Forget Goop, Real Luxury Fans Are Signing Up For Summit-ton House:"

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* Saturday we went to the museums downtown as there were a couple of exhibits scheduled to be gone Monday we really wanted to see, and addition covers both buildings. (Thee is a third small museum in the cluster, but it's closed on weekends. Unfortunately, one of the exhibits we really wanted to see had left early, but the replacement was basically meditations on the human body by a very diverse group of artists. There were a number of interesting paintings, but the sculptures really stood out as a group. We went upstairs and looked at the Lummi and Nooksack exhibit, then over to see the small but extremely good 20th century fashion exhibit which was the other thing we were particularly wanting to see. Bonus, the dresses were free standing so you could walk all the way around to look over the construction and enjoy them from various angles. They also had a tone of hats mostly from the 20's and 30's, a nice array of shoes including some early twentieth century boots 18-35 year old be would have killed to have a pair of, and some lovely and deadly looking hat pins. We wandered around looking at the other permanent exhibits, then watched a surprisingly amusing educational film about our weird little... large town? Small City? (Population wise we are on the bubble. Signs insist it's a city, my instinct and the technical classification put it just under the limit in large town territory).

We left about fifteen minutes before turf out time take and bake pizza and baked goods were aquired and I passed out tea and the like.

Samhain went really smoothly. I got everything set up in time. I did the contactless individual bowls of mixed candy and did up my All ages welcome sign. I believe this holiday is fundamentally about hospitality to all comers living and dead. I also feel anyone who makes it all the way to my place deserves a fist full of candy. Last year adults kept furtively raiding the bowls. The sign dramatically increased the number of people quietly collecting their fist full. Yay, guilt free candy. The wind had been really high the last few nights, but it was gentle breezes tonight which really helped with the altar I set up back in the patio recess out of the way every year. With the hospitality table and the plants forming a barricade it was extra safe and I wasn't having to deal with making a make shift windbreak like I did the last few years.

Tavy kept trying to follow me out to search the bush he thinks Millennials come from, and succeeded after dark. He knows that today is usually a head Millennial day. (He's a bright guy. He knows sometimes the Head Millennial comes the afternoon after forage box delivery, so keeps an ear alert for patio sounds when it gets late enough, but he knows for sure Head Millennial comes the next afternoon and sometimes also Nearby Millennial. He knows the day after that there is usually another visit from head Millennial. Alas for the emperor for Halloween is a Goth national holiday, so he was off tending his own Pumpkins and the like. Poor little guy finally slipped out after dark. It was scary and there were strangers and a thing fell. He realized he'd made a mistake right away, but panicked a bit trying to get past the barrier to get back in. I made soothing sounds and he remembered he fit fine when he wasn't all bunched up and scurried in. He did enjoy people watching through the window.

Livia decided it was too much excitement for her after a while. I was up and down all night checking and periodically refilling bowls, checking candles. Going in and out the patio door. She's come out for pets, etc., but spent most of the night in her room where it was calmer.

Gothmas Exterior decorations: https://gwydionmisha.tumblr.com/post/666615551576178688/halloween

* "On the Gleefully Indecent Poems of a Medieval Welsh Feminist Poet:" https://lithub.com/on-the-gleefully-indecent-poems-of-a-medieval-welsh-feminist-poet/

* Where I am on Y: the Last Man:

I am wary because the graphic novel was very transphobic and the premise is everyone with a y chromosome with tiny exceptions died.

However, they are pretty clearly trying to fix it as much as it can be fixed. They hired a trans man actor I like and made his part a lot bigger according to informants. He is very much treated and spoken of as a man, with the exception of some terfy villains (some people in that group very much see him as a man some don’t. They are very clearly depicted as villains). Multiple characters consistently mention there still being men at appropriate points, and occasionally when man child Yorick isn’t wearing his mask (see baby man), people take him for a trans man and are cool about transness. They mention Intersex people with Y chromosomes dying, some of whom likely didn’t know they are intersex, which implies intersex people without ys are alive.

It’s still messy. I’m not comfortable with the basic premise which is why I didn’t read the comics when they were new despite being an avid Vertigo reader. People who did read it described the contents and I decided I never wanted to read it. I’m basing my understanding of what’s been changed on that.

I actually do like several of the women characters. I do like the way non-villains have an easy acceptance of trans people. Elliot Fletcher‘s trans man is a whole character with flaws and his own perspectives and goals. They do address trans specific concerns like can you get hormones in a post-apocalyptic situation and some trans specific safety concerns. I really, really wish Yorick would grow the fuck up and take some responsibility for his own safety and examine the way his privilege harms other people. The villians are so horrible I have trouble watching certain sections because I get enough horrible Republican crap in the news. I’m never going to be comfortable with the premise.

But I keep watching. Warily.

YMMV

* "Sunday Sweets: Haunted Tour:" https://www.cakewrecks.com/home/2021/10/31/sunday-sweets-haunted-tour

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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.

* 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

* "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 a say in Washington redistricting? "Draw Your WA | Washington State 2021 Redistricting Commission:" https://www.redistricting.wa.gov/

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* "Populist party backs Draghi as Italy’s new PM in online vote:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/populist-party-backs-draghi-as-italys-new-pm-in-online-vote/2021/02/11/47fe1eca-6c9f-11eb-a66e-e27046e9e898_story.html

* "UK government will fine universities for canceling hateful speakers in new ‘war on woke’:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2021/02/14/universities-fined-cancel-transphobic-speakers-free-speech-champion-government/

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* "WHO grants emergency use listing for Oxford/AstraZeneca vaccine:" https://www.politico.eu/article/who-grants-emergency-use-listing-for-oxford-astrazenca-vaccine/

* "81-person orgy broken up by police for breaking coronavirus rules:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2021/02/04/81-person-french-orgy-paris-police-covid-coronavirus/

* "Coronavirus in Zimbabwe: Nick Mangwana apologises for 'medical assassins' slur:" https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-55797903

* "Zimbabwe receives 200,000 doses of Sinopharm Covid-19 vaccines:" https://www.cnn.com/2021/02/15/africa/zimbabwe-sinopharm-vaccine-china-intl/index.html

* "South Africa in shock after AstraZeneca vaccine rollout halted:" https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-55999678

* "Half of coronavirus deaths were in the winter:" https://flowingdata.com/2021/02/10/half-of-coronavirus-deaths-were-in-the-winter/

* "New, Daily Coronavirus Cases Drop Below 100K For First Time In Months:" https://www.npr.org/sections/coronavirus-live-updates/2021/02/15/968005388/new-daily-coronavirus-cases-drop-below-100k-for-first-time-in-months

* Ya think? "As States Expand Access to Vaccines, Supply Isn't Keeping Up:" https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/15/world/coronavirus-vaccine-access-supply.html

* " The U.S. Bought Rapid Covid-19 Tests to Help Control the Virus. Now Many Are Unused:" https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-u-s-bought-rapid-covid-19-tests-to-help-control-the-virus-now-many-are-unused-11613397601?mod=hp_lead_pos6

* "Inside the Worst-Hit County in the Worst-Hit State in the Worst-Hit Country:" https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2021/02/15/inside-the-worst-hit-county-in-the-worst-hit-state-in-the-worst-hit-country

* "Thousands of Covid-19 vaccines wind up in the garbage because of fed, state guidelines:" https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/thousands-covid-19-vaccines-wind-garbage-because-fed-state-guidelines-n1254364?cid=sm_npd_nn_tw_ma

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* "As Biden Reopens ACA Enrollment, Are You Eligible To Sign Up Or Switch Health Plans?:" https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2021/02/15/967366282/as-biden-reopens-aca-enrollment-are-you-eligible-to-sign-up-or-switch-health-pla

* Good riddance! "White House deputy press secretary resigns after threatening reporter over story about him:" https://www.cnn.com/2021/02/13/media/tj-ducklo-resigns/index.html

* "Hard-hit restaurants feed COVID doctors, nurses to survive:" https://apnews.com/article/hard-hit-restaurants-feed-covid-doctors-5914100cccb1c14859e73c0e7930ba49

* "'This is not justice.' Tenant activists upend U.S. eviction courts:" https://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-evictions-insi/this-is-not-justice-tenant-activists-upend-u-s-eviction-courts-idUSKBN2A8112

* "Amazon faces biggest union push in its history:" https://apnews.com/article/amazon-workers-union-c8493c24dabe7609de8fec8716460737

* I support the Fast Food Workers strike and the Amazon Strike.

* "Democrat Mckayla Wilkes comes out as bisexual during fight to unseat house leader:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2021/02/12/mckayla-wilkes-bisexual-steny-hoyner-democrat-congress-lgbt-sexuality/

**** Impeachment ****

* So there you have it: only 7 Republicans ion the senate are in favor of keeping democracy. The rest hate America so much that they are all think violently over throwing the government in favour of a fascist autocracy is a good idea.

* "Senate acquits Trump of inciting deadly Capitol attack:" https://www.politico.com/news/2021/02/13/trump-impeachment-trial-day-5-468985

* "LGBTQ+, Other Civil Rights Groups Enraged by Trump Acquittal:" https://www.advocate.com/politics/2021/2/13/lgbtq-other-civil-rights-groups-enraged-trump-acquittal

* "There are no more checks on Presidential power.:" https://solarbird.dreamwidth.org/1790762.html

* "Capehart asks Democrats to eschew impeachment cynicism to ‘save our democracy’:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-sunday-show/watch/trump-s-acquittal-in-second-impeachment-trial-analyzed-in-capehart-s-bye-line-101020229750

* "Sen. Klobuchar applauds House managers for most bipartisan impeachment trial vote in history: https://www.msnbc.com/the-sunday-show/watch/trump-s-second-impeachment-trial-vote-celebrated-as-most-bipartisan-in-history-by-klobuchar-101022277560

* "Rep. Plaskett says impeachment trial needed ‘more Senators with spines’ not more witnesses:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-sunday-show/watch/trump-impeachment-trial-managers-not-calling-witnesses-addressed-by-house-impeachment-manager-rep-plaskett-101021253509

* "Some Republicans who shirked impeachment responsibility pass buck to law enforcement:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/some-republicans-who-shirked-impeachment-responsibility-pass-buck-to-law-enforcement-101080645577

* "Who is Rep. Jaime Herrera Beutler, whose tweet upended Trump’s impeachment trial?:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2021/02/13/jaime-herrera-beutler-impeachment/

* "Rep. Lieu on why Democrats chose not to call impeachment witnesses:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/rep-lieu-on-why-democrats-chose-not-to-call-impeachment-witnesses-101072965962

* "Impeachment secret ballot may have been possible, but not likely:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/impeachment-secret-ballot-may-have-been-possible-but-not-likely-101076549977

* "Expectation of litigious delay tempered interest in calling impeachment witnesses:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/expectation-of-litigious-delay-tempered-interest-in-calling-impeachment-witnesses-101078597531

* "Impeachment manager mystified at Pence's silence after targeting by Trump for mob attack:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/impeachment-manager-mystified-at-pence-s-silence-after-targeting-by-trump-for-mob-attack-101079621518

* "One Legacy of Impeachment: The Most Complete Account So Far of Jan. 6:" https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/13/us/politics/capitol-riots-impeachment-trial.html

* "Trump Celebrates His Acquittal, Says The Impeachment Was Part Of A 'Witch Hunt':" https://www.npr.org/sections/trump-impeachment-trial-live-updates/2021/02/13/967700796/trump-celebrates-his-acquittal-says-the-impeachment-was-part-of-a-witch-hunt

* "Trump escapes conviction but even his allies say he’s damaged:" https://www.politico.com/news/2021/02/13/trump-impeachment-witch-hunt-469001

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* "Six hours of paralysis: Inside Trump’s failure to act after a mob stormed the Capitol:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/trump-mob-failure/2021/01/11/36a46e2e-542e-11eb-a817-e5e7f8a406d6_story.html

* "Pelosi announces plans for '9/11-type commission' to investigate Capitol attack:" https://www.cnn.com/2021/02/15/politics/pelosi-capitol-attack-commission/index.html

* "New York Prosecutors Investigating Trump’s Manhattan Properties:" https://www.wsj.com/articles/new-york-prosecutors-investigating-trumps-manhattan-properties-11613241198?mod=djemalertNEWS

* "Fmr. Trump attorney Cohen wants next AG to ensure Trump faces NY state charges:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-sunday-show/watch/trump-impeachment-trial-acquittal-analyzed-by-trump-s-former-attorney-michael-cohen-101017669524

* "Graham’s post-election call with Raffensperger will be scrutinized in Georgia probe, person familiar with inquiry says:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/lindsey-graham-georgia-investigation/2021/02/12/f12faa82-6d6b-11eb-9f80-3d7646ce1bc0_story.html

* "Backlash against January 6 insurrection drives new interest in running for office:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/backlash-against-january-6-insurrection-drives-new-interest-in-running-for-office-101079109934

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

* Dejoy is still destroying the Post Office. "Postmaster general’s new plan for USPS is said to include slower mail and higher prices:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2021/02/12/dejoys-new-plan-usps-slower-mail-higher-prices-sources-say/

* CW: Abuse, Pedophilia. "Eliza Dushku becomes latest Buffy cast member to speak out over ‘toxic’ Joss Whedon controversy:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2021/02/14/buffy-vampire-slayer-eliza-dushku-toxic-abuse-joss-whedon-controversy/

* CW: pedophilia, sexual abuse, animal abuse. "We Need To Talk About Armie Hammer.:"

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* CW: pedophilia, sexual abuse, animal abuse. Re: Armie Hammer. I do think it's important to make distinctions between what is and isn't acceptable. Vore not my thing, but that isn't the problem here. Again Consensual non-consent is way not my thing, but it can be done ethically. I'm not judgey about things done ethically. Fantasies aren't an issue either.

The issue here is the creeper stuff (sending people unsolicited threatening sexual material, boundary pushing, lack of after care), and the out right not okay stuff like grooming underage people, animal abuse, rape, doing particularly extreme kinks without a safe word and the real risk of traumatizing, physically harming, or killing some one. Breath play can literally kill someone. Doing it to someone without enthusiastic consent and then going way further than promised is right the fuck out.

Some people want Consensual non-consent, but you absolutely have to stick to negotiated limits, do safe words and after care, etc.. Ethical standards have to be highest in more extreme kinks.

I couldn't do CNC or breath play. I wouldn't want to do it, but I feel that way about shit play and adult babies and I don't judge them either as long as it's done ethically. (Ex: I had a friend who was in Germany and thought he'd signed on for mild BDSM and had it turn out to be surprise Scheisse after things got going. Not okay.)

But if you are into it? Fine. Just negotiate it properly and pursue it ethically.

Acceptable mid sex surprises are things like: One time a guy and I were going at it so hard we fucked right off the edge of the bed and ended up doing it upside down and it was amazing. Surprise Scheisse or choking is a hard no.

So enjoy your fantasies and if you are into varsity level type kinks definitely pursue them consensually and ethically with adults who want to be there, but don't be creepy or abusive. Use safe words. Don't surprise people. Stick to negotiated limits and if you aren't sure either check or don't do it.

It's not the ethical kinksters who are the problem, it's an abuser trying to use kink as cover for terrible behavior that's the problem.

* "DUP education minister falls over himself defending colleague who shared ‘ex-gay’ propaganda:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2021/02/15/dup-peter-weir-nelson-mccausland-gay/

* "Bills Restricting Trans Student Athletes Advance in Three States:" https://www.advocate.com/transgender/2021/2/12/bills-restricting-trans-student-athletes-advance-three-states

* "Bigoted Republican scores own goal with bill to stop ‘trans men from competing in girls sport’:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2021/02/12/trans-school-sports-bill-florida-republican-anthony-sabatini-lake-country/

* "'Immoral' Republican condemned for shamefully comparing non-binary people to animals:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2021/02/12/john-fillmore-arizona-republican-trans-non-binary/

* "13-year-old girl banned from riding the school bus after declaring she's a lesbian:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2021/02/12/izzy-dieker-coming-out-lesbian-americus-school-kansas-homophobia-bus/

* "Devious sperm 'poison' their rivals, forcing them to swim in circles until they die:" https://www.livescience.com/mouse-sperm-poison-t-haplotype.html

* "Why Rhinos Fly Upside Down Over Namibia:" https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/how-to-move-rhinos

* CW: Animal death. "A Group of Orca Outcasts Is Now Dominating an Entire Sea:" https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2021/01/orcas-killer-whale-resident-transient/617862/

* "Frozen wind turbines contribute to rolling power blackouts across Texas:" https://www.cnn.com/2021/02/15/us/power-outages-texas-monday/index.html

* "One day, your home could be made with mushrooms:" https://www.theverge.com/22257120/mushroom-bricks-mycelium-sustainable-building-materials

* "In Violation of Einstein, Black Holes Might Have ‘Hair’:" https://www.quantamagazine.org/in-violation-of-einstein-black-holes-might-have-hair-20210211/

* "Researchers Levitated a Small Tray Using Nothing but Light:" https://www.wired.com/story/researchers-levitated-a-small-tray-using-nothing-but-light/

* "Scientists develop transparent wood that is stronger and lighter than glass :" https://www.cbc.ca/radio/quirks/scientists-develop-transparent-wood-that-is-stronger-and-lighter-than-glass-1.5902739

* "Conch shell in French museum found to be 17,000-year-old wind instrument:" https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/feb/10/conch-shell-in-french-museum-found-to-be-17000-year-old-wind-instrument

* Infrastructure matters. "How Early Megacities Emerged From the Jungles of Cambodia:" https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/ancient-cambodian-megacities

* "Deathbed confession from an 18th-century highwayman reveals a surprising failed gay hookup:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2021/02/13/horsham-museum-thomas-munn-highwayman-deathbed-confession-gay-hookup/

* "Kickass Women in History: Queen Nanny:" https://smartbitches-feed.dreamwidth.org/2781205.html?style=mine

* "American Democracy Is Only 55 Years Old—And Hanging by a Thread:" https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2021/03/voting-rights-act-democracy/617792/

* I love this. I hope they keep doing it. "The pandemic has cancelled New Orleans’ Mardi Gras parade. So thousands are creating ‘house floats.’:" https://www.inquirer.com/life/new-orleans-mardi-house-floats-gras-coronavirus-pandemic-parades-20210213.html

* "The Rise and Fall of Britain's Biggest Pram Collection:" https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/jack-hampshire-pram-collection

* "Meet the people fighting to keep a language alive online:" https://restofworld.org/2021/bringing-urdu-into-the-digital-age/

* "Malaysia Has Turned Lion Dancing Into a Gravity-Defying Extreme Sport:" https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/lion-dance-competition-malaysia

* "The life and death theatre of espionage | Jonna Mendez | TEDxBermuda:"

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* "The Scarlet Witch and Marvel’s Gay Power Couple:"

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* "The Next Pandemic: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO):"

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* "The Magical, Wonderful Road to Impeachment - Trump Acquitted:" https://www.cc.com/video/30y9c9/the-daily-show-with-trevor-noah-the-magical-wonderful-road-to-impeachment-trump-acquitted

* "New COVID-19 Variants in U.S. & Cuomo's Nursing Home Scandal:" https://www.cc.com/video/vdh5xj/the-daily-show-with-trevor-noah-new-covid-19-variants-in-u-s-cuomo-s-nursing-home-scandal

* "Second Impeachment Trial Cold Open - SNL:"

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* "Gorilla Glue - SNL:"

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* "What’s Your Type? - SNL:"

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* "Women’s Theater - SNL:"

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* "Pelotaunt - SNL:"

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* "Weekend Update: Stephanie Green on Conspiracy Theories - SNL:"

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* "The Negotiator - SNL:"

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* "Marjorie Taylor Greene's Conspiracy Theories, In Song:"

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* "Harriet Tubman Will Finally Become The Face Of America's $20 Bill:"

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* "Kevin McCarthy Is Playing Both Sides Of The GOP's Civil War:"

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* Snowing Day 2: https://gwydionmisha.tumblr.com/post/643121384584855553/21421-1040amstill-snowing

* Tavy in his snow watching spot: https://gwydionmisha.tumblr.com/post/643146578417385472/tavy-in-the-comfy-bed-he-inherited-from-elder

* I wanted to go to bed 4AMish, but I stayed up for the specialist appointment anyway. I called at8AM sharp to check for snow cancellation. It was not cancelled, so we suited up and Squirrel brought his car around to the door where the overhang means I only had t take one step in snow and none on ice. It was fine once we left our neighborhood and even there it was fine mist drizzling. It was also noticeably lot warmer. I watched it rain gently but steadily the whole appointment, slowly melting the roof snow.

I don't like being indoors with humans, but mask and distancing were excellent. The specialist was charming. I was very on with my charm the doctor humor routine, which is always useful in getting them to take my medical stuff seriously Once upon a time I held small crowds mesmerized without a microphone. Now? I bring it out almost exclusively for nurses and doctors. Sigh.

Anyway, it looks like the mechanical joint damage isn't quite as bad as it originally sounded. The real issue is the extreme fucking pain and the atrophy (in response to the extreme fucking pain). He decided it was safe to do the treatment after all. I had this in my hips before. The needle was still comically large, though not right out of a cartoon large. It hurt even more than I remember.

I did not get to bed until noonish and it was ages to get to sleep with the pain. You know how when my lungs are bad I have the ICU oxygen dream? When the pain is extreme even for me it tends to get translated into things like stabbings or what have you. In this case I dreamed I was in hospice dying of advanced cancer (Every thing above my mi thigh was horrific and I felt terrible whenever I woke, so it's not much of a stretch), and people kept trying to kill me so I kept having to fight off or charm the assassins.

By the third bathroom break I could feel the improvement though. I am still I a lot of pain just generally, but this is the rough edge of manageable. We'll know how well it actually worked in a few days, and I need to keep an eye out for infection, but I remember when we did my hips and the ground glass in the joint feeling going away. They still fucking hurt, especially in this weather, but trust me no ground glass was a big fucking improvement over ground glass. If it goes from pain scale 7-10 down to four to 7 for my dominant arm? That would be a game changer.

* Covid Vaccine Star Wars Analogy: https://xkcd.com/2425/

* "Let’s discuss what’s going on with American Gods Season 3 (and as a whole):" https://gwydionmisha.tumblr.com/post/643265933926924288/lets-discuss-whats-going-on-with-american-gods

* That's Not a Deer: https://aqua-luxe.tumblr.com/post/643251258381271040/what-do-you-mean-by-thats-not-a-deer-in-the

* "Carved Paintings by Hannah Jensen:" https://www.neatorama.com/2021/01/24/Carved-Paintings-by-Hannah-Jensen/

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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.

* "You Can Buy Girl Scout Cookies From Troop Of Girls In NYC Shelter System:" https://www.scarymommy.com/troop-6000-girl-scouts-nyc-shelters/

* Cat Rescue Fundraiser: https://gwydionmisha.tumblr.com/post/642429918533304320/design-a-tea-where-tea-leaves-dream-custom

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* I'm too queasy to go through and figure out what's no longer relevant. Sorry.

* "Charlie Hebdo: Fourteen guilty in 2015 Paris terror attacks trial:" https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-55336094

* "Travel chaos, U-turns and a cancelled Christmas: it's Boris Johnson's worst week:" https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2020/dec/21/boris-johnson-cabinet-uk-travel-ban-ministers-covid

* "For U.K., an Early Taste of Brexit as Borders Are Sealed:" https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/21/world/europe/brexit-covid-uk.html

* "Kidnap, torture, murder: the plight of Pakistan’s thousands of disappeared:" https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2020/dec/14/kidnap-torture-the-plight-of-pakistans-thousands-of-disappeared

* "Beijing may have built bases in the South China Sea, but that doesn't mean it can defend them, report claims:" https://www.cnn.com/2020/12/07/china/south-china-sea-bases-military-intl-hnk/index.html

* "Special Report-China launches 'gray-zone' warfare to subdue Taiwan:" https://www.reuters.com/article/hongkong-taiwan-military/special-report-china-launches-gray-zone-warfare-to-subdue-taiwan-idUSKBN28K1GS

* "As Mexico’s security deteriorates, the power of the military grows:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/graphics/2020/world/mexico-losing-control/mexico-military-security-drug-war/?itid=sf_world

* "The World’s Most Important Body of Water:" https://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2020/12/south-china-sea-us-ghosts-strategic-tensions/617380/
* "Indian farmers step up pressure with hunger strike against reforms:" https://www.reuters.com/article/india-farms-protests/indian-farmers-step-up-pressure-with-hunger-strike-against-reforms-idUSKBN28O0MC

* "The Arab Uprisings Never Ended:" https://www.foreignaffairs.com/articles/middle-east/2020-12-08/arab-uprisings-never-ended

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* "People Thought Covid-19 Was Relatively Harmless for Younger Adults. They Were Wrong.:" https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/16/opinion/covid-deaths-young-adults.html

* "She was demoted, doubted and rejected. Now, her work is the basis of the Covid-19 vaccine:" https://www.cnn.com/2020/12/16/us/katalin-kariko-covid-19-vaccine-scientist-trnd/index.html

* "Why Restricting International Travel Probably Won’t Prevent the Next Pandemic:" https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-12-18/study-travel-bans-won-t-thwart-the-next-pandemic

* "What to know about new Covid strain spreading in U.K.:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/what-to-know-about-new-covid-strain-spreading-in-u-k-98219077954

* "Netherlands ban flights from UK after detecting new coronavirus strain:" https://www.reuters.com/article/health-coronavirus-netherlands-britain/netherlands-ban-flights-from-uk-after-detecting-new-coronavirus-strain-idUSKBN28U03A

UPDATE: Pretty much all of Europe is banning or limiting travel from the UK.

* "‘Out of control’ Covid strain makes UK a global pariah as countries impose travel bans:" https://www.cnbc.com/2020/12/21/new-covid-strain-makes-uk-a-global-pariah-amid-travel-bans.html

* "Austria will go into third lockdown after Christmas, ending with tests:" https://www.reuters.com/article/health-coronavirus-austria/austria-to-go-into-third-lockdown-after-christmas-media-report-idUSKBN28S16L

* "Spain to start vaccinations against Covid-19 on Dec 27: Health minister:" https://www.business-standard.com/article/international/spain-to-start-vaccinations-against-covid-19-on-dec-27-health-minister-120121900145_1.html

* "WHO was warned lives were at risk over yanked Italy report:" https://apnews.com/article/technology-europe-italy-coronavirus-pandemic-united-nations-36170835a5c7ca888894022f31a38c85

* "Italy to go into Covid lockdown over festive period:" https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/dec/19/italy-to-go-into-covid-lockdown-over-festive-period

* Total confirmed COVID-19 cases in the U.S.A for 12/21/20 are 17,948,000. The official death toll is 319,000. The real number is likely much higher.

* "A death every 33 seconds:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2020/12/19/death-every-30-seconds/

* "FDA authorizes Moderna vaccine for emergency use:" https://www.politico.com/news/2020/12/18/fda-authorizes-moderna-coronavirus-vaccine-448578

* "Experts applaud as Moderna COVID-19 vaccine goes out for shipment:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-sunday-show/watch/moderna-covid-19-vaccine-now-out-for-shipment-discussed-by-health-military-experts-98118213959

* "Older People, Some Essential Workers Should Get Vaccines Next, CDC Panel Says:" https://www.npr.org/sections/coronavirus-live-updates/2020/12/20/948606578/older-people-some-essential-workers-to-get-vaccines-next-cdc-panel-says

* Stay the fuck at home! "Millions Of People Flying Despite Public Health Pleas To Stay Put:" https://www.npr.org/2020/12/20/948618133/millions-of-people-flying-despite-public-health-pleas-to-stay-put

* "‘Subpoenas are necessary’: House watchdog details extensive meddling with CDC Covid-19 reports:" https://www.politico.com/news/2020/12/21/house-watchdog-cdc-covid-reports-449517

* "Stanford Apologizes After Vaccine Allocation Leaves Out Nearly All Medical Residents:" https://www.npr.org/sections/coronavirus-live-updates/2020/12/18/948176807/stanford-apologizes-after-vaccine-allocation-leaves-out-nearly-all-medical-resid

* "Navajo Nation reports another 160 COVID cases plus 4 deaths:" https://kutv.com/news/local/navajo-nation-reports-another-160-covid-cases-plus-4-deaths

* "ICU availability in Southern California at 0%, and it's going to get worse, officials warn:" https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2020-12-17/southern-california-out-of-icu-beds-amid-covid-19-surge

* "Prisoners Have Been Excluded From COVID Vaccine Plans, and Health Experts Are Sounding the Alarm:" https://www.nbcwashington.com/news/business/money-report/prisoners-have-been-excluded-from-covid-vaccine-plans-and-health-experts-are-sounding-the-alarm/2510707/

* "New York Spent $1 Billion on Virus Supplies. Now It Wants Money Back.:" https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/17/nyregion/new-york-ppe-refunds.html

* "The Santa who sounded the alarm:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2020/12/19/santa-claus-coronavirus-warning/

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* "EU abstains from UN vote on ‘Nazism’:" https://www.politico.eu/article/eu-abstains-from-un-vote-on-nazism/

* "Trump contradicts Pompeo in bid to downplay massive hack of U.S. government, Russia’s role:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/russia-is-behind-the-broad-ongoing-cyber-spy-campaign-against-the-us-government-and-private-sector-pompeo-says/2020/12/19/8c850cf0-41b3-11eb-8bc0-ae155bee4aff_story.html

* "Trump administration weighing legal immunity for Saudi crown prince in alleged assassination plot:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/public-safety/legal-immunity-request-mbs/2020/12/21/c2b87900-4150-11eb-8bc0-ae155bee4aff_story.html

* 45's rearranging the deck chairs on the Titanic again. "Trump Makes Classical Style the Default for Federal Buildings:" https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/21/arts/design/trump-executive-order-federal-buildings-architecture.html

* "Trump pardons: 7 high profile people who may get one:" https://fortune.com/2020/12/18/trump-pardons-7-high-profile-people-who-may-get-one/

* "Barr says no need for special counsels to investigate election or Hunter Biden:" https://www.cnn.com/2020/12/21/politics/william-barr-hunter-biden-election-special-counsel/index.html

* "Trump's talk of martial law sends White House staffers rushing to the press:" https://www.cnn.com/2020/12/20/media/stelter-trump-martial-law/index.html

* "Heated Oval Office meeting included talk of special counsel, martial law as Trump advisers clash:" https://www.cnn.com/2020/12/19/politics/trump-oval-office-meeting-special-counsel-martial-law/index.html

* "‘Disgrace to his uniform’: Col. Wilkerson on Flynn’s martial law election plot:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/-disgrace-to-his-uniform-col-wilkerson-on-flynn-s-martial-law-election-plot-98216517703

* No, it's a different suit. 45 keeps humping that dead horse. "Trump wants Supreme Court to overturn Pa. election results:" https://apnews.com/article/trump-supreme-court-election-results-151f9a6ca176bd92bb67e4494fecc3c7

* "Feds probing Giuliani have broached making legal request for his electronic communications:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/feds-probing-giuliani-have-broached-making-legal-request-for-his-electronic-communications-98224197601

* "As Trump reportedly warms to pardon power, Giuliani focuses on reversing election for him:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/as-trump-reportedly-warms-to-pardon-power-giuliani-focuses-on-reversing-election-for-him-98231877686

* "Maddow: U.S. mired in '3-way split screen' of Trump crises:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/maddow-u-s-mired-in-3-way-split-screen-of-trump-crises-98231877672

* Extended Kamala Harris Interview: https://www.msnbc.com/the-reidout/watch/kamala-harris-on-trump-s-refusal-to-concede-we-need-to-govern-98209861924

https://www.msnbc.com/the-reidout/watch/kamala-harris-on-taking-the-vaccine-i-trust-the-public-health-experts-98209349580

https://www.msnbc.com/the-reidout/watch/kamala-harris-we-intend-to-work-across-party-lines-98208837811

* "A huge study of 50 years of tax cuts for the wealthy suggests 'trickle-down' economics makes inequality worse:" https://www.businessinsider.com/tax-cuts-rich-trickle-down-income-inequality-study-2020-12

* "Paycheck-To-Paycheck Nation: Why Even Americans With Higher Income Struggle With Bills:" https://www.npr.org/2020/12/16/941292021/paycheck-to-paycheck-nation-how-life-in-america-adds-up

* "Work (or, the 5 jobs I had before YouTube):"

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* "Lawmakers reach compromise over GOP proposal to rein in Fed’s powers, clearing path for a stimulus package deal:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/us-policy/2020/12/19/stimulus-talks-race-against-government-shutddown-deadline/

* "Sen. Coons says Senate COVID relief vote ‘still days away’:" https://www.msnbc.com/cross-connection/watch/covid-relief-passage-by-the-senate-still-days-away-by-sen-coons-says-98072133783

* "Jayapal on widespread COVID economic issues: 'This is on us, the federal government’:" https://www.msnbc.com/cross-connection/watch/covid-relief-package-in-congress-still-under-negotiations-discussed-by-rep-jayapal-98074181697

* "Congress passes massive stimulus package as virus rages:" https://www.politico.com/news/2020/12/21/congress-verge-approving-massive-stimulus-449504

* Georgians! Go Vote Now!

* I added a little something to "Love, Gen X" for 2020: https://gwydionmisha.tumblr.com/post/638078481235951616/dear-millenials-and-gen-z

* "Turner addresses Biden critique, pledges to work with all allies on economic issues:" https://www.msnbc.com/cross-connection/watch/nina-turner-on-her-biden-critiques-running-for-congress-income-inequality-98074693985

* "Black And Up In Arms: Code Switch:" https://www.npr.org/sections/codeswitch/2020/12/09/944615029/black-and-up-in-arms

* "What Black People Really Think About the Police:" https://newrepublic.com/article/160532/what-black-people-think-police

* "Police officers are prosecuted for murder in less than 2 percent of fatal shootings:" https://www.vox.com/21497089/police-prosecutions-black-lives-matter-breonna-taylor-george-floyd

* "Black children are 6 times more likely to be shot to death by police, study finds:" https://www.cnn.com/2020/12/17/us/black-children-police-brutality-trnd/index.html

* "Why You Really Can’t Fight City Hall, At Least Over the Police:" https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2020/12/15/monell-rule-police-racial-justice-445308

* "Police Say Seizing Property Without Trial Helps Keep Crime Down. A New Study Shows They’re Wrong.:" https://www.propublica.org/article/police-say-seizing-property-without-trial-helps-keep-crime-down-a-new-study-shows-theyre-wrong

* "Right-Wing Embrace Of Conspiracy Is 'Mass Radicalization,' Experts Warn:" https://www.npr.org/2020/12/15/946381523/right-wing-embrace-of-conspiracy-is-mass-radicalization-experts-warn

* "Why Just 'Adding Context' to Controversial Monuments May Not Change Minds:" https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/why-just-adding-context-controversial-monument-may-not-change-minds-180976583/

* "A family got a racist note after putting up a Black Santa. Soon, neighbors began displaying their own Black Santas.:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/2020/12/03/black-santa-solidarity/

* "These Aren’t Laws:"

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* CW: Domestic Violence, Rape. "“No Choice but to Do It”: Why Women Go to Prison:" https://newrepublic.com/article/160589/women-prison-domestic-violence-survivors

* CW: Sexual Assault. "Hundreds of veterans rebuke Rep. Dan Crenshaw over claims he smeared sex assault victim:" https://www.houstonchronicle.com/politics/texas/article/Nearly-500-veterans-rebuke-Rep-Dan-Crenshaw-over-15808348.php

* "People have the ‘right to offend’ and to ‘abuse another’ without fear of arrest, UK court rules:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2020/12/18/freedom-speech-right-offend-abuse-kate-scottow-stephanie-hayden-court-appeal/

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

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

* "How Kidney Failure Is the Perfect Storm of a Racist Health Care System:" https://features.propublica.org/covid-dialysis/for-years-jamarcus-crews-tried-to-get-a-new-kidney-but-corporate-healthcare-stood-in-the-way/

* "When Usually Solitary Octopuses Get Together, Odd Things Happen:" https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/octopus-behavior-metazoa

* "Who Gets to Breathe Clean Air in New Delhi?:" https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/12/17/world/asia/india-pollution-inequality.html

* "‘We are slowly being poisoned.’ How toxic fumes seep into the air you breathe on planes:" https://www.latimes.com/projects/toxic-chemicals-planes-covid-19-travel-woes/

* "The Antikythera Mechanism: Evidence of a Lunar Calendar:" https://www.metafilter.com/189714/The-Antikythera-Mechanism-Evidence-of-a-Lunar-Calendar

* "Her Majesty’s Kidnappers:" https://daily.jstor.org/kidnapping-for-the-queens-choir/?preview_id=268821

* "Iconic Corpse: GRAM PARSONS:"

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* "Slavery, Ghosts, and Beloved: Crash Course Literature 214:"

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* "Votegasm 2020: The Awkward Days After - More Shower Power:"

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* "Pence Gets the Vaccine Cold Open - SNL:"

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* "A Teacher - SNL:"

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* "The Grinch - SNL:"

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* "Ask Your Doctor If Putonamasc Is Right For You:"

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* Saturday: Today I had an evening of Spasms, which is painful and exhausting and in this case gave me a headache, though that could also be the lung infection with resurged Friday. I stayed up to call about more antibiotics, but it wasn't sorted by Pharmacy closing time. I'll try again Monday. I'm not dangerously ill and the timing: sinus symptoms two days after the end of a course, the rest of the identical symptom set the evening after... yeah. normally we do a double course of z-pacs, but it wasn't my regular doctor and I forgot to tell her, so really my fault. I'm gnawing on news, but mostly vegging and watching youtube. Sorry. Spasms + infections is just a lot.

On the upside? So many gift cookies in the mail! Omnomnom!

* Monday: My antibiotics didn't come, despite the pharmacist saying they were in the bag. I'm not doing so well physically. Otherwise though? it's pretty good solstice. Went to a solstice zoom party, even though I stopped going to the physical version about 12 years ago because of disability. Some Millenials brought food today, including an excellent pecan pie. Another Millenial brought a ton of cookies in the evening. I have two gifts to open and a ton of cards. The cats wore them self out playing with toys the Millenials got, and we just need to survive another month before things start improving.

* Muslim Experiences Christmas: https://magnesiumflare.tumblr.com/post/638068935319863296

* "Sunday Sweets With Christmas Cheer:" https://www.cakewrecks.com/home/2020/12/20/sunday-sweets-with-christmas-cheer

* "Sunday Sweets Savors The Moment :" https://www.cakewrecks.com/home/2020/12/13/sunday-sweets-savors-the-moment

* "Sunday Sweets Gets OVER DRAMATIC:" https://www.cakewrecks.com/home/2020/12/6/sunday-sweets-gets-over-dramatic

* I am watching season 5 of The Expanse, and finally, I get why book readers feel that way about Amos Burton.

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

The help links are at the bottom under the cut.

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

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* "Shocked by the rise of the right? Then you weren’t paying attention:" https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2019/may/24/country-racist-elections-liberals-anti-racism-movement

"There are many differences between the places I’ve mentioned, but for now I’d like to focus on one thing that unites them: that the countries which keep producing these shocks are every bit as racist, xenophobic and discriminatory as their voting habits suggest. This is not some new virus; it’s a susceptibility to a chronic illness that has crippled us for years. Ethnic and racial plurality and migration as a lived experience are older than any nation state, but equality is a relatively new idea, and some don’t like it. People forget how recently African Americans couldn’t vote, and that Winston Churchill told his cabinet “Keep England White” was a good campaign slogan.

These electoral victories are, largely but not exclusively, the products of those age-old prejudices: not because everyone who voted for them was racist, but because all the racists who did go to the polls voted for them. The intensity of that racism is now growing, as the victors use their podiums and despatch boxes to amplify their bigotry, giving confidence and licence for people to spread their poison. Take Britain. In January 2016, 64% of people from an ethnic minority said they had been targeted by a stranger. That’s before Brexit, and already terrible. That proportion rose to 76% this year. Things were bad. They are getting worse."

* "The Text of Prime Minister Theresa May’s Resignation Speech:" https://www.nytimes.com/2019/05/24/world/europe/theresa-may-resign-speech.html

* "Russian agitation seen in European politics as elections approach:" http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/russian-agitation-seen-in-european-politics-as-elections-approach-60228165618

* "Photos: Deadly Post-election Riots in Indonesia:" https://www.theatlantic.com/photo/2019/05/indonesia-election-riots-photos/590134/

* "In a Possible First for Hong Kong, Activists Wanted by Police Gain Protection in Germany:" https://www.nytimes.com/2019/05/21/world/asia/hong-kong-china-germany-activists.html

* "India election results 2019: Modi claims landslide victory:" https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/may/23/india-election-results-narendra-modi-bjp-victory

"The BJP’s president, Amit Shah, described illegal migrants in the country’s north-east as “termites” in one speech that was widely condemned by opponents.

Among the BJP candidates who won on Thursday was Pragya Singh Thakur, a Hindu nun and terrorism accused who is still facing trial for involvement in a 2008 bombing plot that killed six Muslims and injured scores of others."

* "The hidden lives of ‘housegirls’:" https://www.bbc.com/news/av/world-africa-48308502/the-hidden-lives-of-housegirls-in-kenya

* "Eritrea stands with Sudanese people - Afwerki sends delegation to Khartoum :" https://www.africanews.com/2019/05/20/sudan-s-president-bashir-steps-down-govt-sources/

* "He’s One of the Biggest Backers of Trump’s Push to Protect American Steel. And He’s Canadian.:" https://www.nytimes.com/2019/05/20/us/politics/hes-one-of-the-biggest-backers-of-trumps-push-to-protect-american-steel-and-hes-canadian.html

* "Trump announces $16 billion in aid to farmers impacted by trade war:" https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/trump-administration-announces-16-billion-bailout-farmers-hit/story?id=63227201

* "China says trade talks can't continue unless US addresses its 'wrong actions':" https://www.cnbc.com/2019/05/23/china-says-trade-talks-cant-continue-unless-us-addresses-its-wrong-actions.html

* "Pentagon mulling military request to send 5,000 troops to Middle...:" https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-iran-pentagon-idUSKCN1SS2XT

* "Trump Justice Department Crosses New Line, Charges Assange With Publishing U.S. Secrets:" https://www.thedailybeast.com/us-charges-wikileaks-julian-assange-with-publishing-classified-info

* "WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange charged with violating Espionage Act:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/legal-issues/wikileaks-founder-julian-assange-charged-with-violating-espionage-act/2019/05/23/42a2c6cc-7d6a-11e9-a5b3-34f3edf1351e_story.html?noredirect=on

* "Trump administration attacks First Amendment with Assange charges:" http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/trump-administration-attacks-first-amendment-with-assange-charges-60227653703

* I have deliberately said nothing much about Julian Assange, though I have read and posted pertinent news articles, because up until today my thoughts have been pretty fucking complex and hard to explain with appropriate nuance. Part of this is because I'm agnostic about a lot of this and I don't really trust much of anyone involved for pretty good reasons.

Today this changes. Rachel Maddow explains my position better than I can honestly, so I'm just going to leave this here.

* "Unprecedented charges against Assange:" http://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/unprecedented-charges-against-assange-60220997973

* "Assange charges strike at first amendment:" http://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/assange-charges-strike-at-first-amendment-60223557638

* "Faked Pelosi videos, slowed to make her appear drunk, spread across social media:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2019/05/23/faked-pelosi-videos-slowed-make-her-appear-drunk-spread-across-social-media/?noredirect=on&utm_term=.9f93eefb5aae

* This is beautiful. "Pete Buttigieg takes on draft dodger Donald Trump:" http://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/pete-buttigieg-takes-on-draft-dodger-donald-trump-60220997975

* "New Trump order 'a grotesque abuse': fmr DOJ counterintel chief:" http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/new-trump-order-a-grotesque-abuse-fmr-doj-counterintel-chief-60226117896

* "Trump giving his attorney general new power raises red flags:" http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/trump-giving-his-attorney-general-new-power-raises-red-flags-60227653793

* "Wells Fargo, TD Bank have already given Trump-related financial documents to Congress:" https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/congress/wells-fargo-td-bank-have-already-given-trump-related-financial-n1007181

* "GOP throws up impeachment shield around Trump:" https://www.cnn.com/2019/05/20/politics/trump-amash-impeachment-conclusion/index.html

* "Banker Accused of Arranging $16 Million in Loans to Manafort to Gain High-Level Trump Post:" https://www.nytimes.com/2019/05/23/nyregion/stephen-calk-manafort-arrest.html

* "Trump antagonist Avenatti indicted for ripping off Stormy Daniels, extorting Nike:" https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-crime-avenatti/trump-critic-avenatti-indicted-for-ripping-off-stormy-daniels-extorting-nike-idUSKCN1SS2IZ

* "Mick Mulvaney aims to install ally as head of legislative affairs which could give him more control of agenda:" https://www.cnbc.com/2019/05/22/mick-mulvaney-aims-to-install-ally-as-head-of-legislative-affairs.html

* "Republican senator wants U.S. Census to ask about criminal records:" https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-census-crime-idUSKCN1SS2E9

* "Deal struck to pass $19 billion disaster relief package without border funds:" https://www.cnn.com/2019/05/23/politics/disaster-relief-vote-senate/index.html

* "16-year-old boy is fifth migrant child to die recently after Border Patrol detention:" https://www.latimes.com/world/la-fg-migrant-child-death-border-patrol-custody-20190520-story.html

* "A 10-year-old migrant girl died last year in government care, officials acknowledge:" https://www.cbsnews.com/news/migrant-children-death-a-10-year-old-migrant-girl-died-last-year-in-government-care-officials-acknowledge-exclusive/

* "GOP removes lawmaker's remarks from the record after dispute over border deaths:" https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/congress/gop-removes-lawmaker-s-remarks-record-after-dispute-over-border-n1008886?cid=sm_npd_nn_tw_ma

* "New calls to investigate string of migrant child deaths:" http://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/new-calls-to-investigate-string-of-migrant-child-deaths-60220485980

* "Judge grapples with involvement of judiciary in House lawsuit over border wall:" https://www.cnn.com/2019/05/23/politics/house-lawsuit-national-emergency-declaration/index.html

It seems to me if they have so much extra money that they can afford to unconstitutionally misappropriate it for unwanted, ill-conceived, and unnecessary vanity projects, then congress should take double the amount misappropriated from every department 45 is stealing it from.

* "Border Patrol Agent Charged With Hitting Guatemalan Man With Truck Had Called Migrants “Subhuman” and “Savages”:" https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2019/05/border-patrol-agent-racist-texts.html

"Other examples the prosecutors give are equally offensive. In one, someone asks Bowen, “Did you gas hiscorpse or just use regular peanut oil while tazing?? For a frying effect.” To which Bowen responds, “Guats are best made crispy with an olive oil from their native pais.” In another, sent before the December 2017 incident, he complained that Border Patrol was a “failed agency” because “we are treated like shit, prosecuted for doing what it takes to arrest these savages….” (He said he would also miss the “chase of hunting down shitbags with your crew.”)"

* "U.S. federal wall funding of US$1.57B yields 1.7 miles of fence:" https://www.bnnbloomberg.ca/federal-wall-funding-of-1-57-billion-yields-1-7-miles-of-fence-1.1262220

* "FBI has seen significant rise in white supremacist domestic terrorism in recent months:" https://www.cnn.com/2019/05/23/politics/fbi-white-supremacist-domestic-terror/index.html

* "Harriet Tubman $20 bill no longer coming in 2020: Mnuchin says redesign postponed:" https://www.cnbc.com/2019/05/22/harriet-tubman-20-bill-no-longer-coming-in-2020.html

* TW: Suicide "Thousands of Immigrants Suffer in Solitary Confinement in ICE Detention:" https://theintercept.com/2019/05/21/ice-solitary-confinement-immigration-detention/

* "Rachel Louise Snyder - "No Visible Bruises" and a Closer Look at Domestic Abuse - Extended Interview:"

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* I didn't know this was a thing. "Meet the Democrats Who Want to Overturn Roe v. Wade:" https://news.vice.com/en_us/article/qv73y7/meet-the-democrats-who-want-to-overturn-roe-v-wade

* "Opioid Crackdowns Punish Chronic Pain Patients Without Fixing the Crisis:" https://talkpoverty.org/2019/05/17/chronic-pain-opioid-crisis/

* " BTAC Press Release Concerning The Muhlaysia Booker Murder :" https://transgriot.blogspot.com/2019/05/btac-press-release-concerning-muhlaysia.html

* "The Spycraft Revolution:" https://foreignpolicy.com/2019/04/27/the-spycraft-revolution-espionage-technology/

* "The Human Consequences of Computational Propaganda:" http://www.iftf.org/disinfoeffects/

* "Thanks to Facebook, Your Cellphone Company Is Watching You More Closely Than Ever:" https://theintercept.com/2019/05/20/facebook-data-phone-carriers-ads-credit-score/

* I want to be composted. "Washington becomes first state to legalize human composting:" https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/washington-becomes-first-state-to-legalize-human-composting/

* I know this is from the daily show, but it contains a good, ordinary person explanation of WTF. "If You Don't Know, Now You Know - The U.S. and China's Fight Over 5G:"

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* "Donald J. Trump: Commander-in-Beef - Nancy Pelosi Sparks a Presidential Tantrum:"

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* "Is Ben Carson on His Way to Getting Fired?:"

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* "Call Now To Help An Abandoned Pennsylvanian:"

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* "Trump's Records Are In Merrick Garland's Hands:"

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* "Trump Words That Start With "I":"

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* "Stop Investigating Me! Or Else!:"

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* I went to take the books to the time traveling drop, and the asshole catering van was blocking the drop zone, so I had to park and walk them over. The grocery store had a jungle of assorted mature flowering tomato plants out. I had no money, of course, but they had a bunch of varieties I like. No Thai Basil, alas. Let's hope the starts are still there next month. It is not that I actually need tomato plants, but....

Anyway. I'm posting this late because I tried to weed wack the news links. I made it all the way to Monday, but I'm not going to be able to finish. Staying up this late means I'll likely such tonight, but dealing with Friday and Monday's leftovers feels more manageable.

* So I rather liked the White Queen for all it's faults. The White Princess was such a terrible mess that even the stellar quality of the acting couldn't save it. I debated if I wanted to keep going, given lass season's debacle, but Catherine of Aragon lured me in. I want to say first off that the actresses playing Catherine and her principal lady (Is that Lina? I'm bad at names and IMDB is zero help.) are acting the shit out of their parts. I really like the who Lady in waiting and the Moorish soldier sub plot. I really like how they are playing up the cultural differences. The history though? *#$#&$%*$! I am so incredibly angry that they went with the deflowering that I'm not sure I can keep watching this mess, and that's not the only thing I'm really not happy with. I'm halfway through episode three. The Spanish Princess is going to be another Versailles level debacle, isn't it?

* I think the problem with "Reckless" is they tried to cross a spy thriller with "The Bridges of Madison County." It fucks with the pacing.

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

* They are changing the HUD rules to allow discrimination against trans folk. Here is how/where to complain: https://amaebi.dreamwidth.org/1643597.html

* Angry about the Republicans banning birth control and abortion inn several states? Consider protesting, donating, or volunteering:

Planned Parenthood
https://www.plannedparenthood.org/

The Center for Reproductive Rights
https://www.reproductiverights.org/

NARAL
https://www.prochoiceamerica.org/

The American Civil Liberties Union
https://www.aclu.org/

Access Reproductive Care: Southeast
https://www.arc-southeast.org

NNAF
https://abortionfunds.org/

the Yellowhammer Fund
https://yellowhammerfund.org/

Mississippi Reproductive Freedom Fund
https://msreprofreedomfund.org/

Women Have Options
http://www.womenhaveoptions.org/

* Want to help LGBTQIA+ folk escape repressive regimes? https://www.rainbowrailroad.com/donate

* Donate to HIAS to help refugees: https://act.hias.org/page/6048/donate/1

* Want to contribute directly to the Refugee and Immigrant Center for Education and Legal Services fund? "Refugee and Immigrant Center for Education and Legal Services:" https://www.raicestexas.org/

* Support Kids at the Border: http://brigdh.tumblr.com/post/175022384240/support-the-kids-at-the-border

* The Rainbow Road and other ways to help Gay Refugees: http://gwydionmisha.tumblr.com/post/160470723507/the-rainbow-railroad-is-helping-gay-men-escape

* Upset about the abuse of big cats by people who shouldn't be allowed to keep them? Big cat rescue is trying to change laws to protect wild animals. "Cat Laws:" https://bigcatrescue.org/cat-laws/

* 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/

* This is a cool person and the swimsuits are being made from an ethical source. LGBTQIA+ swimsuits: https://www.etsy.com/shop/NerdyKeppie?ref=l2-shopheader-name§ion_id=24021616

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

* Birthday/Solstice master list: https://gwydion.dreamwidth.org/1925021.html

* "Ex-footballer George Weah faces his toughest challenge:" http://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-42748770

* "Jared Kushner’s firm tied to “suspicious transactions” at German bank, according to explosive new report:" http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2018/01/deutsche-bank-reports-suspicious-activity-related-to-jared-kushners-accounts-1/

* "US military considering additional 1,000 troops for Afghanistan:" http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/370017-us-military-considering-additional-1000-troops-for-afghanistan-report

* "White House public voice mail changed to blame Dems for shutdown:" https://www.cnn.com/2018/01/21/politics/white-house-comment-line-blames-dems-trnd/index.html

* "Trump official says it’s "kind of cool" to be in charge of the government shutdown:" https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2018/1/20/16913284/mulvaney-shutdown-cool

* Help fight for Net Neutrality restoration: http://gwydionmisha.tumblr.com/post/170010496350/democrats-are-just-one-vote-shy-of-restoring-net

* "Congress votes to end shutdown:" https://www.politico.com/story/2018/01/22/government-shutdown-2018-senate-vote-354966

* Surprise level: Zero. "Advocacy group: #SchumerShutdown becomes top hashtag used by Russian bots:" http://thehill.com/policy/technology/370044-advocacy-group-schumershutdown-becomes-top-hashtag-used-by-russia-bots

* And there's the pay off. "Paul Ryan Collected $500,000 In Koch Contributions Days After House Passed Tax Law:" https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/koch-paysout-to-ryan-after-taxlaw_us_5a63ce41e4b0dc592a09697c

* "FBI: Devin Nunes Won’t Show Us Memo Alleging Surveillance Abuses:" https://www.thedailybeast.com/the-fbi-hasnt-even-seen-devin-nunes-releasethememo-memo

* "Pennsylvania court orders new congressional map due to gerrymandering:" https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-politics-pennsylvania/pennsylvania-court-orders-new-congressional-map-due-to-gerrymandering-idUSKBN1FB2N8

* Fuck!!! Stay safe, Folks! "Tsunami warning for much Alaska coast follows earthquake:" https://www.cbsnews.com/news/tsunami-warning-for-much-alaska-coast-follows-earthquake-live-updates/

* In case y'all are worried about me, yes, I am in the watch zone and I no longer live as high up the ridge as I used to, but I am on high ground, and there are a lot of islands to break up trouble on the way into our Bay, plus a lot of ground that would have to be flooded for me to be threatened. I'm not concerned for me, but rather people living in less protected low lying areas.

Please, Please, please, if you are in a low lying area in the warning zone, have a plan and go bag ready just in case, and keep an ear/eye out for official announcements. Do not fuck around with a tsunami related evacuation order

* "Montmaurin-La Niche mandible reveals the complexity of the Neanderthals' origin:" https://phys.org/news/2018-01-montmaurin-la-niche-mandible-reveals-complexity.html

* "Researchers find first evidence of sub-Saharan Africa glassmaking:" https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2018-01/ru-rff011818.php

* "Mirai NAGASU 長洲未来 FS - 2018 US Nationals:"

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* "KAREN CHEN 2018 FS - US. FIGURE SKATING CHAMPIONSHIPS:"

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* "2018 US Figure Skating Championships: Bradie Tennell LP:"

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* So the planned massive hiring of hygienists ans expansion of services occurred between my last emergency dentistry at the end of 2016 and now. One is still not allowed to make appointments unless one is in the particular list of vulnerable categories they used to serve exclusively, but if one is a patient at the sister clinic one can get standby appointments for things besides clear emergencies. Yay! It also means that instead of spending all day hoping for cancellations, they have staff that processes standbys all day. I arrived at seven fifteen, so was the first there of the four that ended up waiting for them to open, but the rightly took the lady who had driven all night from somewhere rural and was not doing well first. My forty five minute wait to be seen was magically short compared to the four hours if I was lucky I was expecting. Instead of sending me away for a couple hours after x-raying, they kept me in a chair til the dentist was free and they solved crumbly tooth. It was tenish, by then and I had another forty five minute wait for my first cleaning since Hector got sick and I couldn't cover copays any more. The cleaning was thorough and understandably took ages, but it was free. I can get a free standby cleaning once a year. Theoretically I could get a second one sliding scale, but I doubt I'll have money for it. Still a cleaning a year is dramatic progress, given I'll never be able to afford a full copay. I need to go back for two smaller cavities next month, but the big problems are solved.

I went for my bloodwork next, which I keep forgetting to do and which is nearby. I really should have foraged, but I was exhausted and dizzy and the line was to the end of the loooong lock forage is on and I was not convinced I had leg or spoons left. Instead I went home to bed. Forage is officially Wednesday's problem and my teeth are February's problem along with property tax. Sigh. It was a new phlebotomist, who left the torniquet on too long so it really hurt. (It’s five bottles and there aren’t five bottles in one’s forearm). She was really angry she wasn’t allowed to get free cleaning at the poverty dentist. Her: I’m poor too! Me: Social is $700.00 a month out of which one needs to pay housing, electricity, etc.. Her mouth snapped shut on her “It’s unfair” rant. I agreed enthusiastically that I thought all health care including dentistry should be free as it is in sensible countries. I rather missed the nice easy going lady who was horrified by my lung samples as this was rather more intense than one wants after waiting up all night for a morning of dentistry and I’m not the asshole here, congressional Republicans are for standing in the way of single payer and other developed world health reforms. I WANT her to be able to afford dental cleanings.

Cat update: I am not convinced I'm going to be able to teach Livia tricks, though I keep trying. Tavy has learned the trick I am trying to teach her, but I've nothing he wants to reward him with. if there is ever money for more treats, I shall experiment in hopes of finding one he likes. She and Tavy are sleeping in a cat bundle at least twice a day now and the safe zone training is going slowly but steadily. Tavy now KNOWS I don't want him attacking her while sge's having a desk nap and that they'll be bounced out of bed if they fight on top of me, which doesn't stop him, but he's more tentative and more prone to giving up after several tries. Tavy starts all the desk fights and four out of five bed fights start when he attempts to groom her too vigorously or won't stop when she tells him to. The fifth fight is her wanting to flop on him when he doesn't want to cuddle or whapping him in hopes of a wrestle or game of tag. She is six months old and slightly longer than him, which can be seen when they walk side by side or stand together to look out the bedroom window or stretch out long on the bed near each other. He is heavier, adult proportioned, to her long thin, kitten proportioned body, but she still eats about twice as much as Tavy and LM and is gaining on him in weight. LM is doing her periodic socialization hours. We thing her eye sight isn't what it was and she has trouble telling the Imperial couple apart from each other and the doorstop gargoyles. Livia would like to be friends and Tavy mostly just wants to hang out with her in her room. LM may not be able to adjust though as Tavy was so aggressive in his early attempts with her that she wants nothing to do with these young punks. Still, She lets Livia come within two-three feet as long as she doesn't try to get closer, and she will sit on her bed glaring at Tavy as long as he doesn't come too close or try to interact. The goal really is for them to be able to mingle unsupervised and chill on a piece of furniture at a distance, as LM liked to d with the Senior Kitties before they died. She's elderly and getting fragile, but she gets lonely. Low key hanging out with a peer group would be good for her if she can adjust to Tavy's more adult and respectful demeanor and learn that Livia mostly just wants other cats to cuddly nap with. She may be too old to make the adjustment, but one can hope.

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

* "Help us stop the humanitarian crisis on Manus:" https://www.asrc.org.au/donate-now/

* "RISE (Refugees, Survivors and Ex-Detainees):" https://www.givenow.com.au/riserefugee/donate

* How to help Rohingya refugees: https://www.nytimes.com/2017/09/29/world/asia/rohingya-aid-myanmar-bangladesh.html?emc=edit_nn_20171012&nl=morning-briefing&nlid=50784086&te=1&_r=0

* Help fight for Net Neutrality restoration: http://gwydionmisha.tumblr.com/post/170010496350/democrats-are-just-one-vote-shy-of-restoring-net

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

* Trans Lifeline is one of those organizations you can call at (877) 565-8860 in the US and in Canada (877) 330- 6366.

* The Trevor Project has a 24 hour hotline geared toward helping our youth, and you can call it at 1-866-488-7386

* 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/

* Help pay for cat food, litter, meds, medical copays: Paypal Lethran@gmail.com

* Birthday/Solstice master list: https://gwydion.dreamwidth.org/1925021.html

* Want Game of Thrones without the creepy? We need new players. We are very inclusive. "Game of Bones MUSH:" gobmush.wikidot.com