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* "U.N. report says Taliban have killed scores of former Afghan officials, others:" https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/un-report-says-taliban-killed-have-killed-scores-former-afghan-officials-others-2022-01-30/

* "Islamic State Claims Responsibility for Attack in Herat, Afghanistan:" https://www.usnews.com/news/world/articles/2022-01-23/islamic-state-claims-responsibility-for-attack-in-heart-afghanistan

* "Experts decry measures to ‘steadily erase’ Afghan women and girls from public life:" https://news.un.org/en/story/2022/01/1109902

* "Taliban arrests Afghan journalists, weeks after activists go missing:" https://english.alarabiya.net/News/world/2022/02/01/Taliban-arrests-Afghan-journalists-weeks-after-activists-go-missing

* "Taliban Free 2 Afghan Journalists After International Outcry:" https://www.voanews.com/a/taliban-free-2-afghan-journalists-after-international-outcry/6423917.html

* "Attack on Kurdish prison in Syria shows ISIS is still alive and kicking:" https://www.haaretz.com/middle-east-news/.premium-attack-on-kurdish-prison-in-syria-shows-isis-is-still-alive-and-kicking-1.10574260

* "Will Humanitarian Aid Reach the LGBTQ+ Afghans in Hiding?:" https://www.advocate.com/commentary/2022/1/26/will-humanitarian-aid-reach-lgbtq-afghans-hiding

* "‘We just sleep and hope we don’t perish’: 2m in Tigray in urgent need of food – UN:" https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2022/jan/28/we-just-sleep-and-hope-we-dont-perish-2m-in-tigray-in-urgent-need-of-food-un

* "Myanmar Is Killing the Poets Fighting a Coup:" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oRfIFyJjS_I

* "Myanmar’s junta struggles to prevent protests planned for coup anniversary:" https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2022/jan/31/myanmars-junta-threatens-protesters-planning-coup-anniversary-action

* "‘I can’t go home’: families hide in Myanmar’s forests as fighting rages:" https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2022/feb/03/families-hide-in-myanmar-forests-as-fighting-rages

* "Manchester police make sixth arrest after fatal stabbing of Kennie Carter, 16:" https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2022/jan/24/manchester-police-make-sixth-arrest-after-fatal-stabbing-of-kennie-carter-16

* "Tainted cocaine kills 20 in Argentina with dozens more hospitalised:" https://www.theguardian.com/society/2022/feb/03/tainted-cocaine-kills-16-in-argentina-with-dozens-more-hospitalised

* "‘Felt like ice’: Two babies freeze to death in Syria IDP camps:" https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2022/2/1/she-felt-like-ice-children-die-in-syria-as-winter-hits-hard

* "Manitoba RCMP in Toronto area to investigate path of family found frozen near border:" https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/patel-family-frozen-canada-us-border-manitoba-rcmp-investigators-toronto-tips-1.6336751

* "19 people found frozen to death, sparking diplomatic row between Turkey and Greece:" https://www.cnn.com/2022/02/02/europe/frozen-migrants-turkey-greece-intl/index.html

* "North Korea missile tests: Photos from space released:" https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-60193714

* "Mexicans protest journalist killings, call for protection:" https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/mexican-reporters-plan-nationwide-protests-over-journalist-killings-2022-01-25/

* "Burkina Faso coup: New leader Damiba gives first speech:" https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-60164531

* "Xiomara Castro becomes Honduras' first female president:" https://www.cnn.com/2022/01/27/americas/xiomara-castro-honduras-inauguration-intl/index.html

* "Cuba’s Shelves Are Empty, Citizens Are Organizing:"

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* I know this is tumblr, but it summarizes the white supremacist and appropriative bits of the Anti-vaxxer convoy: https://laughingacademy.tumblr.com/post/675504426036920320/foroneandall-jayswing101-sobadpink-sobadpink

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* "To mandate or not to mandate? All eyes are on Austria as vaccination requirement for all adults comes into force.:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2022/01/31/austria-vaccine-mandate-coronavirus/

* "Italian nurse accused of giving fake Covid jabs to anti-vaxxers arrested:" https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/jan/16/italian-nurse-accused-of-giving-fake-covid-jabs-to-anti-vaxxers

* My people know from plague."COVID-19 vaccination higher among gay and lesbian adults than heterosexual adults:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2022/02/04/covid-19-vaccine-rates-gay-lesbian-cdc/

* "Pfizer asks FDA to allow COVID-19 vaccine for kids under 5:" https://apnews.com/article/covid-vaccine-children-pfizer-07d72ab0b76329d3899c135afd2a93f5

* "FDA gives full approval to Moderna's Covid-19 shot:" https://www.politico.com/news/2022/01/31/moderna-fda-approval-covid-shot-00003673

* But will COVID move away from us? "Governors say they told Biden US needs to 'move away from the pandemic' at White House meeting:" https://www.cnn.com/2022/01/31/politics/governors-pandemic-biden/index.html

* "Alabama least vaccinated state, breaks 17,000 confirmed COVID deaths:" https://www.alreporter.com/2022/01/28/alabama-least-vaccinated-state-breaks-17000-confirmed-covid-deaths/

* "Official: COVID Strain on Mississippi Health System High:" https://www.usnews.com/news/best-states/mississippi/articles/2022-01-30/official-covid-strain-on-mississippi-health-system-high

* "Hospitals in East Tennessee concerned about latest COVID-19 surge:" https://www.wbir.com/article/news/local/hospitals-concerned-about-latest-covid-surge/51-beab783e-6460-4954-bfd4-becfbcf64584

* "Indiana coronavirus updates: Omicron drives US deaths higher than fall's delta wave:" https://www.wthr.com/article/news/health/coronavirus/indiana-coronavirus-updates-sunday-jan-30-2022-vaccine-tests-k95/531-532ab3ed-8622-4c97-9809-0e32d0477566

* "Missouri is ranked one of the top five least safe states from COVID. Here’s why:" https://www.kansascity.com/news/coronavirus/article257779738.html

* "Nurses’ union launches campaign targeting unvaccinated, unboosted Rhode Islanders:" https://www.wpri.com/health/coronavirus/nurses-union-launches-campaign-targeting-unvaccinated-unboosted-rhode-islanders/

* "Omicron surge in New Hampshire not letting up, health officials say:" https://www.wmur.com/article/omicron-surge-new-hampshire-deaths/38903310#

* "Joseph Ladapo and his contrived evasiveness must go:" https://www.sun-sentinel.com/opinion/editorials/fl-op-edit-ladapo-covid-senate-confirmation-20220126-7hd6kbncjvdmvgrq75vcblpvy4-story.html

* "Despite red flags, Florida Republicans poised to confirm questionable surgeon general:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/despite-red-flags-florida-republicans-poised-to-confirm-questionable-surgeon-general-132501573731

* "Florida surgeon general favorably recommended after Democrats walk out of confirmation hearing:" https://www.cnn.com/2022/01/26/politics/joseph-ladapo-florida-surgeon-general-confirmation/index.html

* "Ex-supervisor wouldn't endorse Ladapo as FL's top doctor:" https://abcnews.go.com/Health/wireStory/supervisor-endorse-ladapo-fls-top-doctor-82679324

* "Wash. state trooper who told governor to "kiss my a**' over vaccine dies of COVID:" https://www.newsweek.com/robert-lamay-washington-state-trooper-jay-inslee-covid-vaccine-mandate-dies-1674275

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* "U.S. intelligence: Russia may stage video to create pretext for Ukraine war:" https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/us-intelligence-alleges-russia-has-plan-fabricate-pretext-attack-ukraine-reports-2022-02-03/

* "U.S. deploys troops to Eastern Europe; thousands more on standby:" https://www.politico.com/news/2022/02/02/biden-troops-europe-ukraine-tensions-00004630

* "How a group of Irish fishermen forced the Russian Navy into a U-turn:" https://www.cnn.com/2022/01/31/europe/ireland-fishermen-russia-navy-intl/index.html

* "LGBT+ Ukrainians are ready to fight for their freedom if Russia invades:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2022/01/29/ukraine-russia-war-invasion-lgbt-kiev-pride/

* "Is Russia Preparing to Invade Ukraine?:"

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* "Ukrainian Soldiers Are Preparing for Russia to Invade (Again):"

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* "Biden: U.S. forces killed ISIS leader in Syria raida:" https://www.politico.com/news/2022/02/03/us-forces-syria-raid-00005114

* "Kansas Mom Accused of Being ISIS Leader Not Contesting Detention:" https://www.vice.com/en/article/88gvnz/kansas-mom-allison-fluke-ekren-isis-court

* "Biden relaunches 'Cancer Moonshot' initiative aimed at halving rate of cancer deaths by 2047:" https://www.cnn.com/2022/02/02/politics/cancer-moonshot-initiative-white-house-biden/index.html

* "Biden May Stumble, But He’s No Donald Trump:" https://www.advocate.com/commentary/2022/1/25/biden-may-stumble-hes-no-donald-trump

* "Exclusive: Biden administration raises minimum wage for federal employees to $15:" https://www.axios.com/minimum-wage-increase-federal-workers-biden-5806be19-a753-458e-8af8-56bab9498f50.html

* "Biden to sign executive order boosting rights of 200,000 construction workers:" https://www.reuters.com/world/us/exclusive-biden-sign-executive-order-boosting-rights-200000-construction-workers-2022-02-03/

* "Biden officials push to hold up $11.3 billion USPS truck contract, citing climate damage:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/2022/02/02/usps-trucks-epa-climate-change/

* "EPA to bring back mercury pollution rules that were nixed under Trump administration:" https://www.cnn.com/2022/01/31/politics/epa-mercury-pollution-coal-plants-climate/index.html

* "‘The White House isn’t supporting him’: Biden’s FDA pick left in limbo:" https://www.politico.com/news/2022/01/28/white-house-biden-fda-pick-califf-00003053

* "Biden Should Nominate More LGBTQ+ Federal Judges, Lambda Legal Urges:" https://www.advocate.com/politics/2022/2/01/biden-should-nominate-more-lgbtq-federal-judges-lambda-legal-urges

* "Senate sets hearing on antisemitism envoy for Feb. 8:" https://forward.com/fast-forward/481794/senate-close-to-scheduling-confirmation-hearing-for-bidens-special-envoy/

* "What Conservatives Really Mean When They Say Biden’s Potential SCOTUS Nominees Are “Unqualified”:" https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2022/01/conservative-attacks-on-bidens-scotus-nominees-have-a-long-racist-history.html

* "A history lesson for the Senators troubled by the Biden SCOTUS vow:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/a-history-lesson-for-the-senators-troubled-by-the-biden-scotus-vow-132407365664

* "Chris Hayes rips Neil Gorsuch for private speech at conservative event:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/chris-hayes-rips-neil-gorsuch-for-private-speech-at-conservative-event-132491333900

* "Luján will return to Senate in 4-6 weeks 'barring any complications' after stroke:" https://www.cnn.com/2022/02/02/politics/scotus-fight-senate-democrats/index.html

* It’s almost like we need an Infrastructure Bill. "City waits for Mississippi to earmark money for water crisis as sewage overflows continue:" https://www.clarionledger.com/in-depth/news/2022/01/30/jackson-mississippi-federal-funding-resolve-water-crisis-sewage-pearl-river/9228052002/

* "'Déjà Vu All Over Again': Despite Gov. Abbott's Promises 70,000 Now Without Power in Texas as Winter Storm Hits:" https://www.thenewcivilrightsmovement.com/2022/02/deja-vu-all-over-again-despite-gov-abbotts-promises-70000-now-without-power-in-texas-as-winter-storm-hits/

* "Beto O’Rourke rips Abbott’s Texas freeze failure—and inaction to prevent another:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/beto-o-rourke-rips-abbott-s-texas-freeze-failure-and-inaction-to-prevent-another-132225093579

* "Childcare spending not your responsibility, senator? What fine Republican hypocrisy:" https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2022/jan/27/ron-johnson-republican-senator-childcare-society

* I bet Housing First would prevent things like this, but Christians appose helping the homeless on religious grounds, so.... "Advocates want more winter resources after friends say homeless Memphis man froze to death:" https://www.actionnews5.com/2022/01/21/advocates-want-more-winter-resources-after-friends-say-homeless-memphis-man-froze-death/

* "Living Rent-Free Next to Millionaires:"

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* 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/

* "Fort Worth is center of first redistricting challenge heard in federal court:" https://www.keranews.org/texas-news/2022-01-24/fort-worth-is-center-of-first-redistricting-challenge-set-to-be-heard-in-federal-court

* "Mich. Supreme Court upholds redistricting commission maps in face of voting rights lawsuit:" https://www.freep.com/story/news/local/michigan/detroit/2022/02/03/michigan-supreme-court-upholds-redistricting-commission-maps/9226313002/

* "N.J. Supreme Court dismisses GOP lawsuit on congressional redistricting - New Jersey Globe:" https://newjerseyglobe.com/redistricing/n-j-supreme-court-dismisses-gop-lawsuit-on-congressional-redistricting/

* "Audit Bureau Needs to Do a Better Job, Starting with Gableman’s Folly:" https://upnorthnewswi.com/2022/01/14/opinion-audit-bureau-needs-to-do-a-better-job-starting-with-gablemans-folly/

* "Defendant to appear in court in alleged attempt to access Cross Village voting machine:" https://www.petoskeynews.com/story/news/2022/02/02/defendant-appear-court-alleged-attempt-access-cross-village-voting-machine/9296696002/

* "Elbert County Clerk and Recorder admits copying election hard drives, says it's his duty to 'preserve' 2020 records:" https://www.9news.com/article/news/local/local-politics/elbert-county-clerk-recorder-admits-copying-election-hard-drives/73-8b87f791-1efd-4d67-8b0f-76081bfce14f

* "NYT: Trump fake electors planning began as early as 15 days after election:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/nyt-trump-fake-electors-planning-began-as-early-as-15-days-after-election-132315717984

* "Wisconsin attorney for Trump campaign one of first known to learn of fake elector strategy, memo shows:" https://www.jsonline.com/story/news/politics/elections/2022/02/02/trump-campaigns-wisconsin-attorney-got-memo-fake-elector-strategy/6642643001/

* "January 6 committee subpoenas individuals tied to fake elector push:" https://www.cnn.com/2022/01/28/politics/committee-subpoenas-14-republicans/index.html

* "Newly uncovered memos shed light on origins of Trump campaign's fake elector scheme: NYT:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/newly-uncovered-memos-shed-light-on-origins-of-trump-campaign-s-fake-elector-scheme-nyt-132335173835

* She had an official certificate telling her it was legal for her to vote. Meanwhile white republican men illegally casting ballots on purpose are getting slaps on the wrists. "The Black woman sentenced to six years in prison over a voting error:" https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2022/feb/03/fight-to-vote-tennessee-pamela-moses-convicted

* "Memphis Black Lives Matter activist sentenced to six years in shady-as-hell voter fraud case:" https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2022/2/3/2078418/-Memphis-Black-Lives-Matter-activist-sentenced-to-six-years-in-shady-as-hell-voter-fraud-case

* "GOP men hardly punished for illegal votes; Black woman given six years for sign-up error:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/gop-men-hardly-punished-for-illegal-votes-black-woman-given-six-years-for-sign-up-error-132422213543

* "Republicans to field more than 100 far-right candidates this year:" https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/feb/02/republicans-100-far-right-candidates-2022

* "A GOP Senate candidate walks 'rigged election' tightrope in Nevada:" https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/elections/adam-laxalt-walks-rigged-election-tightrope-nevada-senate-campaign-rcna14609

* "Heller calls Biden ‘illegitimate’ president; vows to repeal Commerce Tax ‘day one’ - The Nevada Independent:" https://thenevadaindependent.com/article/heller-calls-biden-illegitimate-president-vows-to-repeal-commerce-tax-day-one

* "GOP senate candidate pushes Big Lie while simultaneously urging people to vote:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/gop-senate-candidate-pushes-big-lie-while-simultaneously-urging-people-to-vote-132403781773

* "New Financial Disclosures Show Kyrsten Sinema Is Raking in Cash from Big GOP Donors:" https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/kyrsten-sinema-fundraising-republican-donors-1293087/

* "Barbara Lee - "Barbara Lee: Speaking Truth to Power":" https://www.cc.com/video/bfo5wq/the-daily-show-with-trevor-noah-barbara-lee-barbara-lee-speaking-truth-to-power

* "Nina Turner announces run for Congress, setting up Democratic primary rematch with Shontel Brown:" https://www.cleveland.com/news/2022/01/nina-turner-announces-run-for-congress-setting-up-democratic-primary-rematch-with-shontel-brown.html

* "Nina Turner announces her candidacy for Congress:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-sunday-show/watch/nina-turner-announces-her-candidacy-for-congress-132031045983

* "Democratic candidate Stacey Abrams details her Georgia governor race strategy:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-reidout/watch/democratic-georgia-governor-candidate-stacey-abrams-on-her-campaign-strategy-132129349690

* "Cawthorn Challenge Raises the Question: Who Is an ‘Insurrectionist’?:" https://www.nytimes.com/2022/01/25/us/politics/madison-cawthorn-jan-6.html

* "Madison Cawthorn sues to stop inquiry into his role on Jan. 6:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/madison-cawthorn-sues-to-stop-inquiry-into-his-role-on-jan-6-132224581646

* Want more left politicians to Vote for? Vote in the damned PRIMARIES! That is when you push the party left by making sure the people running in November are more progressive. Even if your candidate doesn’t win, a strong progressive alternative who almost wins tends to push the more establishment candidates a little further left. Tell your friends. Get them to vote too.

Do not forget to vote the whole ticket. The Republicans will. They will take over your school board or your town council or your state government if you let them and that’s a recipe for losing your basic human and civil rights.

Vote in every primary and special and general election. Vote on every race and ballot measure.

They will. You do it too. There are more of us.

* "Star witness in Ukraine impeachment saga sues Trump allies and alleges conspiracy to intimidate him:" https://www.cnn.com/2022/02/02/politics/alexander-vindman-donald-trump-rudy-giuliani-ukraine-impeachment/index.html

* "Republican party calls January 6 attack ‘legitimate political discourse’:" https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2022/feb/04/republicans-capitol-attack-legitimate-political-discourse-cheney-kinzinger-pence

* "Trump’s grip on the GOP:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-sunday-show/watch/trump-s-grip-on-the-gop-132563013950

* "Donald Trump vows to ban trans athletes if re-elected president:"https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2022/01/30/donald-trump-trans-athletes-re-election/

* "Trump suggests he might pardon some Jan. 6 defendants:" https://www.politico.com/news/2022/01/30/trump-pardon-jan6-defendants-00003450

* "Jan. 6 committee member: Trump ‘absolutely’ tampering with witnesses:" https://www.politico.com/news/2022/02/02/jan-6-committee-trump-witnesses-00004559

* "Trump is feeling the heat from investigations — and wants his mob to save him:" https://www.salon.com/2022/01/31/is-feeling-the-heat-from-investigations--and-wants-his-mob-to-save-him/

* "Fulton County district attorney asks for FBI's help with security as Trump investigation continues:" https://www.cnn.com/2022/01/30/politics/fulton-county-da-fbi-letter/index.html

* "No wonder Trump is nervous: NY attorney general looking at Trump bid for D.C. hotel:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/no-wonder-trump-is-nervous-ny-attorney-general-looking-at-trump-bid-for-d-c-hotel-132237381797

* "Joy Reid: Trump has emerged from his MAGA cocoon a fully-formed authoritarian butterfly:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-reidout/watch/trump-discussing-pardons-for-jan-6-capitol-insurrectionists-if-re-elected-slammed-by-joy-reid-132130885662

* "George Conway: Trump just gave prosecutors ‘trifecta’ of criminal intent:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/george-conway-trump-just-gave-prosecutors-trifecta-of-criminal-intent-132123717785

* "'A pernicious threat': Trump incitement of mob triggers security, safety concerns:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/-a-pernicious-threat-trump-incitement-of-mob-triggers-security-safety-concerns-132139589867

* "Bogus election claims in Michigan end up in draft order to seize voting machines nationally, state official says:" https://www.cnn.com/2022/01/26/politics/michigan-secretary-of-state-january-6-committee/index.html

* "Trump sought means of seizing voting machines in wake of his 2020 election defeat: NYT:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/trump-sought-means-of-seizing-voting-machines-in-wake-of-his-2020-election-defeat-132238917586

* "As Trump worked presidency's power to seize voting machines, local backers got the message:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/as-trump-worked-presidency-s-power-to-seize-voting-machines-local-backers-got-the-message-132421189848

* "New details on Trump's ‘Spidey-sense of criminal liability’ in bid to steal power:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/new-details-on-trump-s-spidey-sense-of-criminal-liability-in-bid-to-steal-power-132221509720

* "Memo circulated among Trump allies advocated using NSA data in attempt to prove stolen election:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2022/02/03/trump-nsa-election/

* "Disgraced Trump NSA Flynn proposed using National Guard to seize voting machines:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/disgraced-trump-nsa-flynn-proposed-using-national-guard-to-seize-voting-machines-nyt-132502085738

* "Analysis: January 6 committee uses Pence team to try to penetrate Trump's West Wing:" https://www.cnn.com/2022/02/01/politics/donald-trump-capitol-insurrection-house-committee-mike-pence/index.html

* "Raskin: Pence should tell the full truth and join the ‘party of democracy’:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/raskin-pence-should-tell-the-full-truth-and-join-the-party-of-democracy-132490821636

* "Joy Reid: Republicans as a party now officially trying to memory-hole the truth:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-reidout/watch/mike-pence-stands-up-to-donald-trump-and-tells-the-truth-about-the-election-again-132496453503

* "Former Pence lawyer hailed as 'patriot' for lengthy testimony to January 6th Committee:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/former-pence-lawyer-hailed-as-patriot-for-lengthy-testimony-to-january-6th-committee-132237893508

* "Ex-Trump Justice Dept official appears before U.S. House Jan. 6 committee:" https://www.reuters.com/legal/government/ex-top-justice-dept-official-clark-appears-before-us-house-jan-6-committee-2022-02-02/

* I don't understand why a million dollar bribe doesn't constitute witness tampering. "Trump's PAC gave $1 million to Meadows' non-profit weeks after House formed January 6 committee:" https://www.cnn.com/2022/02/01/politics/trump-pac-mark-meadows-january-6-investigation/index.html

* "Oath Keepers leader talks to Jan. 6 panel from federal jail:" https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/wireStory/oath-keepers-leader-talks-jan-panel-federal-jail-82632978

* "Claire McCaskill: Trump is clearly ready to burn the whole thing down:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-reidout/watch/jan-6-select-committee-met-with-oath-keepers-leader-stewart-rhodes-132321349571

* "Oath Keepers founder is ordered detained pending trial in Jan. 6 riot:" https://www.politico.com/news/2022/01/26/oath-keepers-founder-detained-jan-6-riot-00002603

* "U.S. judge hands down 44-month sentence for Capitol rioter who assaulted police:" https://www.reuters.com/world/us/us-prosecutors-seek-51-month-sentence-capitol-rioter-who-assaulted-police-2022-01-26/

* "Gay Insurrectionist Brandon Straka Pleas Out, Gets House Arrest & Fine:" https://www.advocate.com/crime/2022/1/24/heres-convicted-gay-insurrectionist-brandon-straka-court-sentence

* I don't want people who are trying to end American Democracy platformed and normalized. Why did only two of them walk off? "Rudy Giuliani’s surprise reveal on Masked Singer led to judges walking off:" https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2022/feb/03/rudy-giuliani-surprise-masked-singer-judges-walking-off

* "California city approves 1st US insurance law for gun owners:" https://apnews.com/article/business-violence-california-united-states-gun-politics-998aa2507f995acb5a0c3e3661805a4a

* "Big-city mayors struggle to curb violent crime and illegal firearms as activists warn of return to problematic police tactics:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-sunday-show/watch/big-city-mayors-struggle-to-curb-violent-crime-and-illegal-firearms-as-activists-warn-of-return-to-problematic-police-tactics-132033093565

* "Federal judge rejects plea deal on hate crime charges in Ahmaud Arbery's killing over sentencing concerns:" https://www.cnn.com/2022/01/31/us/travis-and-greg-mcmichael-plea-deal-ahmaud-arbery-federal-hate-crime-charges/index.html

* "Gregory McMichael will face trial on federal hate crime charges in Ahmaud Arbery killing after withdrawing plea agreement:" https://www.cnn.com/2022/02/03/us/gregory-mcmichael-arbery-hate-crime-federal-trial-proceeds/index.html

* "Missouri ‘Stand Your Ground’ bill critiqued as racist ‘Make Murder Legal Act’:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-reidout/watch/missouri-stand-your-ground-bill-critics-call-make-murder-legal-act-now-being-debated-132408901763

* "What the Killing of Two N.Y.P.D. Officers Means for New York:" https://www.newyorker.com/news/our-local-correspondents/what-the-killing-of-two-nypd-officers-means-for-new-york

* "Baltimore City State's Attorney denies charges she calls retaliation for indicting law enforcement:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-reidout/watch/marilyn-mosby-says-she-is-innocent-timing-of-charges-meant-to-hurt-her-re-election-campaign-132227141699

* "Michael Avenatti convicted for stealing from Stormy Daniels:" https://www.cnn.com/2022/02/04/politics/michael-avenatti/index.html

* Good! He belongs in prison! "‘Tiger King’ Joe Exotic resentenced to 21 years in prison:" https://apnews.com/article/joe-exotic-tiger-king-sentence-murder-for-hire-812b9b2b759e8d84f2e3192766f1efec

* "Grindr, Scruff Used to Arrest 60 on Drug Charges in Sting Operation:" https://www.advocate.com/crime/2022/1/28/grindr-scruff-used-arrest-60-drug-charges-sting-operation

* "A white supremacist website got hacked, airing all its dirty laundry:" https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2022/01/data-leak-from-neo-nazi-site-shows-members-conspiring-in-hate-crimes/

* "Nazi gatherings in broad daylight in Florida spark alarm:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/nazi-gatherings-in-broad-daylight-in-florida-spark-alarm-132138053956

* "DeSantis treats Florida Nazi incidents as political game; condemns Democrats instead:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/desantis-treats-florida-nazi-incidents-as-political-game-condemns-democrats-instead-132334149995

* "Federal investigators focused on rash of threats against historically Black schools:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/federal-investigators-focused-on-rash-of-threats-against-historically-black-schools-132237381954

* "Neo-Nazi group’s leader among 3 arrested in attack at Orlando demonstration:" https://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/crime/os-ne-neo-nazi-alafaya-orlando-arrest-20220204-nudpwz7gtzhdzd4gkevjvq5sra-story.html

* "Three neo-Nazis arrested in Florida attack:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/three-neo-nazis-arrested-in-florida-attack-132502597785

* "Neo-Nazis, Trump, treat racial disparity fix as attack on white people in health care:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/neo-nazis-trump-treat-racial-disparity-fix-as-attack-on-white-people-in-health-care-132334661676

* "GOP bill would ban teachers from talking about LGBTQ people because it “offends Christian values”:" https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2022/02/gop-bill-ban-teachers-talking-lgbtq-people-offends-christian-values/

* "As Black History Month Begins, Booker Introduces African American History Act in Senate:" https://www.africanamericanreports.com/2022/02/as-black-history-month-begins-booker_5.html

* "Florida's "Don't say gay" bill advances:" https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/floridas-dont-gay-bill-advances-112003757.html

* "Florida Senate Bill Could Ban Books With LGBTQ+ Characters:" https://www.advocate.com/news/2022/1/26/florida-senate-bill-could-ban-books-lgbtq-characters

* "Chasten Buttigieg: Florida’s Proposed Anti-LGBTQ Bill ‘Will Kill Kids’:" https://www.advocate.com/news/2022/1/24/chasten-buttigieg-floridas-proposed-anti-lgbtq-bill-will-kill-kids

* "Chasten Buttigieg: Florida's "Don't Say Gay" bill puts kids in danger:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-sunday-show/watch/chasten-buttigieg-florida-s-don-t-say-gay-bill-puts-kids-in-danger-132033093586

* "'Stop the censorship': Texas students go off on school district officials:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-reidout/reidout-blog/granbury-texas-students-book-ban-rcna13617

* On Censorship: https://laughingacademy.tumblr.com/post/674859050572398592

* "'Filth,' 'Obscene': GOP Attacks Books About LGBTQ+ Kids, Racism:" https://www.advocate.com/exclusives/2022/2/01/filth-obscene-gop-attacks-books-about-lgbtq-kids-racism

* "Ex-Miami Dolphins coach Brian Flores accuses NFL of racial discrimination in lawsuit:" https://www.npr.org/2022/02/01/1077401749/brian-flores-sues-nfl-racial-discrimination

* "Brian Flores: Belichick texts confirmed what we thought happened behind closed doors:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/brian-flores-belichick-texts-confirmed-what-we-thought-happened-behind-closed-doors-132317253664

* "The Commodification of Black Athletes:"

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* CW: Rape, Pedophilia "The New Zealand Cult That Preyed on Children: Gloriavale:"

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* CW: Pedophilia, Sexual Assault. On Disney:

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* CW: Eating Disorders, Rape, Pedophilia. "Exposing the Underbelly of the Ballet Industry :"

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* "Looking at OAN's Treatment of Current and Former Employees:"

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* "Money, power and prestige: what a Prince Andrew trial would mean for New York:" https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2022/jan/27/prince-andrew-lawsuit-

* "Dueling Defamation Suits: Woman Testifies Against Roy Moore:" https://www.usnews.com/news/politics/articles/2022-01-25/testimony-begins-in-defamation-suits-over-roy-moore-claims

* CW: Rape "Libby Squire's mum calls for non-contact sex crime rehabilitation rules:" https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-humber-60206133

* CW: Rape "Scottish club Raith Rovers criticized after it signs striker who was ruled to have been a rapist by a judge in a civil case:" https://www.cnn.com/2022/02/02/football/david-goodwillie-raith-rovers-spt-intl/index.html

* "CNN president resigns after relationship with co-worker:" https://apnews.com/article/cnn-zucker-resigns-8bb57994bc510516ffa06fbac5442439

* "At 50, I finally figured out what Grace Tame knows in her 20s:" https://www.smh.com.au/national/at-50-i-finally-figured-out-what-grace-tame-knows-in-her-20s-20220128-p59s0a.html

* "Meet the Man Trying to Ban Abortion in America, One Town At A Time:"

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* "Growing Up Trans in a Country at the Forefront of Trans Rights:"

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* "Director's film on gay soldier blocked by India's government:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2022/01/29/onir-we-are-gay-soldier-india/

* "UK's so-called equalities watchdog 'held private meetings with anti-trans groups':" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2022/02/02/ehrc-equalities-watchdog-trans-lgb-alliance-fair-play-women/

* "Scottish Alba councillor launches 'appalling' attack against trans youth:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2022/01/30/scotland-trans-youth-alba-caroline-mcallister/

* "Murderers of beloved bisexual doctor laughed and joked as they were found guilty:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2022/02/04/gary-jenkins-murder-trial-guilty-cardiff/

* "Gay man left reeling after homophobic tirade from bus driver for kissing another man:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2022/01/29/connor-cunningham-london-bus-gay-homophobia/

* "TikTok's so-called 'Banter Queen' jailed for abusing trans reality TV star:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2022/01/28/tiktok-banter-queen-jail-trans-chelsey-harwood/

* "Gay Man Says Security Guards Savagely Beat Him at Popular Nightclub:" https://www.advocate.com/crime/2022/1/25/gay-man-says-security-guards-savagely-beat-him-popular-nightclub

* "Legislation Affecting LGBTQ Rights Across the Country:" https://tuulikki.tumblr.com/post/675419990950821888/legislation-affecting-lgbtq-rights-across-the

* "Lesbian Sues Military Bosses Who Told Her to Grow Hair, Wear Makeup:" https://www.advocate.com/news/2022/1/24/lesbian-sues-military-bosses-who-told-her-grow-hair-wear-makeup

* "GOP-Led Town Is First in Pennsylvania to Repeal LGBTQ+ Protections:" https://www.advocate.com/politics/2022/1/25/gop-led-town-first-pennsylvania-repeal-lgbtq-protections

* "Republican governor's 'hateful' chief-of-staff compares trans athletes to terrorists:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2022/01/27/south-dakota-kristi-noem-trans-athletes-mark-miller/

* "Two trans women killed are 2021's latest victims to 'epidemic of violence':" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2022/01/30/nikki-turietta-zaniyah-williams-trans-us-2021/

* "Man Charged in Gruesome and Violent Killing of Queer Couple:" https://www.advocate.com/crime/2022/2/01/man-charged-gruesome-and-violent-killing-queer-couple-australia

* "School official compares young kid's adorable Pride artwork to Nazi flag:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2022/01/28/oglethorpe-avenue-elementary-school-pride-artwork-nazi/

* "Jordan Peterson compares being trans to 'satanic ritual abuse' on Joe Rogan podcast:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2022/01/27/jordan-peterson-joe-rogan-spotify-podcast-trans/

* "Former President for the Human Rights Campaign sues organization for racial bias:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-sunday-show/watch/former-president-for-the-human-rights-campaign-sues-organization-for-racial-bias-132555845541

* "New highly-infectious and damaging strain of HIV discovered in the Netherlands:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2022/02/05/hiv-strain-variant-mutation-netherlands-testing/

* "New Jersey Decriminalizes Sexual Activity by People Living with HIV:" https://www.hivplusmag.com/stigma/2022/2/01/new-jersey-decriminalizes-sexual-activity-people-living-hiv

* "How Are We All Part of Ending Outbreaks? Crash Course Outbreak Science #15:"

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* "'Extremely drug-resistant' strain of painful STI shigella is on the rise in the UK:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2022/01/27/sti-shigella-rise/

* "‘Very worrying’: MMR vaccine rates in England at 10-year low:" https://www.theguardian.com/society/2022/feb/01/very-worrying-mmr-vaccine-rates-in-england-at-10-year-low

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* "Death toll rises after Tropical Cyclone Ana tears across southern Africa:" https://www.cnn.com/2022/01/28/africa/southern-africa-storm-ana-intl/index.html

* "Northeast begins to dig out from blizzard that dropped two feet of snow in some spots:" https://www.npr.org/2022/01/30/1076817657/boston-snow-ties-record-northeast-blizzard

* "Ecuador landslide: at least 24 dead after hillside collapses in capital Quito:" https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/feb/02/ecuador-landslide-deaths-hillside-collapses-quito

* "Peru oil spill after Tonga eruption bigger than previously thought:" https://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-60180226

* "Oil executives barred from leaving Peru after massive spill:" https://www.cnn.com/2022/01/28/americas/peru-oil-spill-travel-ban-intl/index.html

* "Homeless man freezes to death in Westlock:" https://www.townandcountrytoday.com/local-news/homeless-man-freezes-to-death-in-westlock-4962791

* "Investigation into Death of SUNY Oneonta Student May Take Months:" https://wibx950.com/investigation-into-death-of-suny-oneonta-student-tyler-lopresti-castro-may-take-months/

* "Wildfires Are Coming to the Suburbs:"

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* "National Butterfly Center Closing in Response to Conspiracy Theorists’ Threats:" https://www.thedailybeast.com/national-butterfly-center-closing-in-response-to-conspiracy-theorists-threats?via=ios

* "St. George’s Lake Powell Pipeline threatened by low lake levels:" https://lakepowellchronicle.com/article/st-georges-lake-powell-pipeline-threatened-by-low-lake-levels

* "Inside Kazakhstan's giant crypto-mine:" https://www.bbc.com/news/av/technology-60148754

* "Holding in the deep: what Canada wants to do with its decades-old pileup of nuclear waste:" https://thenarwhal.ca/nuclear-waste-ignace-bruce

* "6 cancer patients sue utility over Fukushima radiation:" https://apnews.com/article/business-health-japan-lawsuits-tokyo-6f168fe334ce7999aa232dda7910b7a6

* DO NOT WANT!!! D: "Why the Prospect of the IRS Using Facial Recognition Is So Alarming:" https://slate.com/technology/2022/02/irs-id-me-facial-recognition.html

* "Out-of-control SpaceX rocket on collision course with moon:" https://www.theguardian.com/science/2022/jan/26/out-of-control-spacex-rocket-on-track-to-collide-with-the-moon

* "The hard life and times of the forgotten Jamaicans who were exiled to Nova Scotia in 1796:" https://face2faceafrica.com/article/the-hard-life-and-times-of-the-forgotten-jamaicans-who-were-exiled-to-nova-scotia-in-1796

* "Ethical US consumers struggled to pressure the sugar industry to abandon slavery with less success than their British counterparts:" https://theconversation.com/ethical-us-consumers-struggled-to-pressure-the-sugar-industry-to-abandon-slavery-with-less-success-than-their-british-counterparts-173473

* "Were Books Really Bound in Human Skin?:"

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* ""The porters were fed up." C.L. Dellums and the rise of America's first Black union:" https://www.listennotes.com/podcasts/the-kitchen/182-the-porters-were-fed-up-QGEiPJHqj51/

* CW: Historical Racist and Homophobic Stereotypes. "The Offensive Tabloid that "Exposed" Gay People | Broadway Brevities:"

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* "The Tuskegee Experiment: Crash Course Black American History #29:"

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* CW: Historical Racism "The History of Sambo's Restaurant and Where it Stands Today:"

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* CW: Incest, Rape, Domestic Abuse. "Examining the Troubled Life of Rita Hayworth | Prism of the Past:"

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* "How Dr. Clarence Jones smuggled MLK's "Letter from Birmingham Jail" out to the world:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-sunday-show/watch/how-dr-clarence-jones-smuggled-mlk-s-letter-from-birmingham-jail-out-to-the-world-132556357569

* "Serial Killer Who Hunted Down Gay Men May Have Had a Sixth Victim:" https://www.advocate.com/crime/2022/1/28/serial-killer-who-hunted-down-gay-men-san-francisco-may-have-had-sixth-victim

* "Life in Prison For a Glitter Bomb?!:"

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* "White House: US sanctions top Turkish officials over detention of American pastor:" https://www.cnbc.com/2018/08/01/white-house-us-sanctions-top-turkish-officials-over-pastor-detention.html

* "Trump golf resort wrecked special nature site, reports reveal:" https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/jul/29/donald-trump-golf-environment-sssi-damaged-broken-promises

* "North Korea Reportedly Building More ICBMs:" https://www.npr.org/2018/07/31/634201841/despite-denuclearization-pledge-north-korea-reportedly-building-more-icbms

* "Russia says it knows of U.S. military plans before they happen:" https://www.newsweek.com/russia-says-it-will-know-us-military-plans-they-happen-1048779

* "Mueller refers foreign agent inquiries to New York prosecutors:" https://www.cnn.com/2018/07/31/politics/mueller-investigation-foreign-agent-referrals-new-york/index.html

* "Butina case offers Russia investigators new money paths to follow:" http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/butina-case-offers-russia-investigators-new-money-paths-to-follow-1290436675942?playlist=associated

* "Sanctions on Russia's Rusal could be lifted, Mnuchin says:" https://www.cnn.com/2018/07/27/politics/mnuchin-russia-sanctions-rusal/index.html

* "Facebook suspends 'inauthentic' accounts, sees Russia link:" https://www.politico.com/story/2018/07/31/facebook-suspends-inauthentic-propaganda-accounts-752615

* "Michael McFaul - "From Cold War to Hot Peace" & Trump's Relationship with Putin - Extended Interview:"

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* "What is QAnon?:" http://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/what-is-qanon-1290356291810

* "Trump blasts media as 'unhinged' and 'crazy':" https://www.politico.com/story/2018/07/31/trump-criticize-media-751422

* "Trump says Koch brothers are a 'total joke':" https://www.cnn.com/2018/07/31/politics/trump-koch-brothers/index.html

* Today 45 publicly ordered Jeff Sessions to obstruct justice by ending the Russia probe.

* "Manafort Trial Day 1: Prosecutors say ex-Trump aide lied to fund 'extravagant lifestyle':" https://www.politico.com/story/2018/07/31/jury-seated-in-manafort-trial-752691

* "Manafort drops appeal of civil case against Mueller:" https://www.cnn.com/2018/07/30/politics/manafort-appeal-civil-case-mueller/index.html

* "Trump rage tweets flirt with obstruction, but maybe on purpose:" http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/trump-rage-tweets-flirt-with-obstruction-but-maybe-on-purpose-1290413635678?playlist=associated

* "Manafort Trial Day 2: Fake bills, a banned word and a Rick Gates surprise:" https://www.politico.com/story/2018/08/01/paul-manafort-trial-testimony-day-2-756749

* "Trump administration widens availability of skimpy, short-term health plans:" https://www.sfgate.com/news/article/Trump-administration-widens-availability-of-13122402.php

* "More documents emerge from Kavanaugh's work for Starr:" https://www.politico.com/story/2018/07/30/brett-kavanaugh-ken-starr-documents-749713

* "74 protesters charged at Capitol in protest of Kavanaugh:"http://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/400017-74-protesters-charged-at-capitol-in-protest-of-kavanaugh

* "Kavanaugh in 2000: Congress had 'constitutional duty' to investigate president:" https://www.politico.com/story/2018/08/01/kavanaugh-independent-counsel-clinton-booker-754587

* "Rand Paul backs Kavanaugh for Supreme Court:" https://www.politico.com/story/2018/07/30/rand-paul-supposed-kavanaugh-748254

* "Protesters dog Brett Kavanaugh through meetings with senators:" http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/protesters-dog-brett-kavanaugh-through-meetings-with-senators-1290421315949?playlist=associated

* "Heitkamp: No Koch endorsement for me:" https://www.politico.com/story/2018/07/31/heitkamp-koch-dakota-senate-cramer-752883

* "Money from outside Ohio fuels next week's central Ohio congressional election:" http://www.dispatch.com/news/20180729/money-from-outside-ohio-fuels-next-weeks-central-ohio-congressional-election

* "Trump uses taxpayer-funded trip to campaign for GOP candidates:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/trump-uses-taxpayer-funded-trip-to-campaign-for-gop-candidates/2018/07/26/5a1a2d3a-9121-11e8-9b0d-749fb254bc3d_story.html?utm_term=.35871edb8149

* Good. I used to resent that unpaid 15 minutes for all those years as a fast food closer. "Court: Starbucks, others must pay workers for off clock work:" https://www.thestate.com/news/business/national-business/article215575130.html

* "US judge blocks release of blueprints for 3D printed guns:" https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2018/jul/31/seattle-judge-blocks-release-of-blueprints-for-3d-printed-guns

* "Judge orders many migrant children removed from Texas facility said to use psychotropic drugs:" https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/judge-orders-most-migrant-children-removed-texas-facility-uses-psychotropic-n895966

* "9th Circuit rules White House can’t withhold money from ‘sanctuary cities’:" https://www.politico.com/story/2018/08/01/trump-sanctuary-cities-appeal-ruling-756925

* "Chicago poke chain draws Hawaiian backlash for trying to restrict use of ‘aloha’:" https://chicago.suntimes.com/business/chicago-poke-chain-hawaii-backlash-restrict-aloha-cease-desist-friedlander/

* I added a little thing on nunneries to one of the branches of the infamous "Historically Accurate Sexism" thread: http://gwydionmisha.tumblr.com/post/176543983772/historically-authentic-sexism-in-fantasy-lets

* "Q Anon, Printable Guns, & Other Pure Nonsense Words:"

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* TW: Rape "Male Sexual Abuse Isn't Funny:"

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* "Asgardia: The Real Space Nation:"

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* Includes an interview with Anita Hill. TW: Rape. "Workplace Sexual Harassment: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver:"

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* "3D-Printed "Ghost Guns" Hit a Legal Snag:"

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* TW: sexual abuse. "Jim Jordan's Scandal-Plagued Run for House Speaker:"

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* Ha! I'm almost caught up!

* Sesame Street in the MCU post Snap (Bring tissues): http://gwydionmisha.tumblr.com/post/176548415022/animatedamerican-intosnarkness

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

* Practical ways to protest with scripts. "On the Helsinki summit, election integrity and Mueller:" https://medium.com/@Celeste_pewter/on-the-helsinki-summit-election-integrity-and-mueller-b8ed1acde2c0

* Black Phoenix Alchemy Lab is doing a fundraiser for legal defense of refugee children in ICE detention. https://blackphoenixalchemylab.com/product-category/activism/deliver-them-from-the-hands-of-the-wicked/

* 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

This has a call script to help you talk your Republican Senator into voting for the Keep Families Together Act: http://rockinhamburger.tumblr.com/post/175022988673/captacorn-marvelsmostwanted-heres-a-call

* 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

* 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? 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

* Want Game of Thrones without the creepy? We need new players. We are very inclusive. "Game of Bones MUSH:" gobmush.wikidot.comn
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* "Theresa May to shut down the internet as we know it:" http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/gadgets-and-tech/news/theresa-may-internet-conservatives-government-a7744176.html

* "B.C. school panned for having white people in headdresses tell indigenous stories:" http://globalnews.ca/news/3413893/fort-nelson-school-indigenous-performance/?utm_source=GlobalBC&utm_medium=Facebook

* "Trump interest in Russia sanctions alarmed outgoing State staff:"

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* "Report: From start, Trump pushed to lift Russia sanctions:"

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* "California set to leave Trump behind on climate policy:"

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* The Science of Weight Master Post: http://satyrday.tumblr.com/post/160259214276/thats-it-im-pissed

* "How bad science misled chronic fatigue syndrome patients:" https://www.statnews.com/2016/09/21/chronic-fatigue-syndrome-pace-trial/

* ""Wonder Woman" Breaks the Invisible Ceiling:"

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* "Covfefe, Kushner & An Idiot Abroad:"

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* "Gianforte Body-Slammed the Vote:"

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* "Who Will Be Trump’s John Dean?:"

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* The Story of Granny Annette and Grandson Demon Todd got even better: http://gwydionmisha.tumblr.com/post/161336319737/paddlewaddle-venallie-purrfecktlysinful

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

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

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

Want to fight Climate Change? "Ready to Mobilize? Start Here!:" http://www.theclimatemobilization.org/start_here

* Distressed by the anti-gay genocide in Chechnya and the anti-gay laws in Russia? Donate here: https://lgbtnet.org/en

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

* This is a Real Life friend of mine. They do very much need the money and a number of people and beasts depend on him and his husband. They have been incredibly helpful and supportive of me. If you can kick in, it is a kindness.: https://www.youcaring.com/tod-788345

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

* Want Game of Thrones without the creepy? We need new players. We are very inclusive. "Game of Bones MUSH:" gobmush.wikidot.com
gwydion: (Default)
* Fidel Castro has died.

* "Wisconsin election recount spurs rumors of hacking:"

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* "Ringside With Steve Bannon at Trump Tower as the President-Elect's Strategist Plots "An Entirely New Political Movement":" http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/steve-bannon-trump-tower-interview-trumps-strategist-plots-new-political-movement-948747?utm_source=twitter

* "It wasn’t just “fake news” presenting a fake Hillary Clinton: She was held to impossible standards:" http://www.salon.com/2016/11/26/it-wasnt-just-fake-news-presenting-a-fake-hillary-clinton-she-was-held-to-impossible-standards_partner/

* A project to publicize innocent people who were sentenced to the death penalty. "Last Words:"

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* "6 Native American girls explain the tragic story behind Thanksgiving:" https://mic.com/articles/160287/6-native-american-girls-explain-the-tragic-story-behind-thanksgiving?utm_source=policymicTBLR&utm_medium=movement&utm_campaign=social#.WMpNuazXt

* A Ballot Initiative intended to abolish slavery in Colorado failed.

* "Danielle Brooks' Emotional Keynote At R29's Every Beautiful Body Symposium:" http://www.refinery29.com/2016/10/127848/danielle-brooks-lane-bryant-plus-size-model-confidence-quotes?utm_source=tumblr.com&utm_medium=post&utm_campaign=h3&utm_campaign=watch_embed&utm_campaign=watch_end&utm_campaign=end&utm_campaign=repost=2

* "Speak Up: Responding to Everyday Bigotry:" https://www.splcenter.org/20150126/speak-responding-everyday-bigotry

* This terrifies me. "The GOP’s Anti-LGBT, Anti-Women ‘Religious Freedom’ Law on Steroids:" http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2016/11/16/the-gop-s-anti-lgbt-anti-women-religious-freedom-law-on-steroids.html

* "The newly discovered tablet V of the Epic of Gilgamesh:" http://etc.ancient.eu/exhibitions/giglamesh-enkidu-humbaba-cedar-forest-newest-discovered-tablet-v-epic/

* "Why Caravaggio was as shocking as his paintings:" http://www.bbc.com/culture/story/20161010-why-caravaggio-was-a-shocking-as-his-paintings?ocid=fbcul

* "Dulce Et Decorum Est by Wilfred Owen: Read by Christopher Eccleston | Remembering World War 1:"

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* Fuck 2016. Fuck it so hard. "Ron Glass, Emmy-Nominated Actor Known for ‘Barney Miller’ and ‘Firefly,’ Dies at 71:" http://variety.com/2016/tv/news/ron-glass-dead-barney-miller-firefly-dies-1201927179/

* "The Lion King Cast Apologizes To Mike Pence:"

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* "Trump vs. 'Hamilton' Inspires A Hip Hop Musical Spin-Off:"

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* "The Trump Train Is Already Off The Rails:"

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* TW: Pet Death. I am currently needing 10-14 hours of sleep a day, plus extra time to get all my limbs properly working, which really cuts into my ability to accomplish things. Fish News: )

* Sometimes I like to imagine Henry VI of England, Charles VI of France, Charles II of Spain, and Louis XVI of France living in a large rambling cottage in the country somewhere with someone to look after the cooking. They would each have their own room and space for their interests. Henry could herd a small flock of sheep and Louis could make keys. Every one would be careful not to touch Charles VI, and the cook could make soft foods for Charles II. Everyone would be kind to each other and none of them would be asked to deal with things like war and politics and they would be so much happier than they were in life.

Henry VI in particular just breaks my heart every damned time.

* I really wanted this movie to be good, but the fundamental disrespect of the religion and cultural traditions is a deal breaker for me, so I won't be seeing it. "Moana Review:" https://docs.google.com/document/d/1CFsYotjdqPAAGHC5pE4U-tErzufwDSHCzy1lonRj_QE/edit

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* Suicide Crisis numbers: http://gwydionmisha.tumblr.com/post/153016816845/non-us-crisis-line-list

* Victim of a Hate Crime? Report to the police first, but also report here to help the SPLC track incidents: https://www.splcenter.org/reporthate

* Trans Relief Project: http://transrelief.com/

* General Charities list to help groups being targeted in Trump's America: http://lovingmyselfishard.tumblr.com/post/153111297079/charities-that-may-need-some-love-in-the-upcoming

* Where to donate to help Immigrants: http://colinfirth.tumblr.com/post/152963467726/carecen-la-center-for-community-change

* Ways to protest: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/174f0WBSVNSdcQ5_S6rWPGB3pNCsruyyM_ZRQ6QUhGmo/htmlview?usp=sharing&sle=true#

* More ways to protest "So here’s the deal:" http://the-cimmerians.tumblr.com/post/153516131819/so-heres-the-deal

* "List of Standing Rock Resources:" https://laughingacademy.tumblr.com/post/152671392633/list-of-standing-rock-resources

* "How to help Flint, Michigan:" http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/how-help-flint-michigan

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

* Organizations helping with the refugee crisis: http://captainofalltheships.tumblr.com/post/128790538169/an-updated-list-of-organizations-to-donate-to-help

* Want Game of Thrones without the creepy? We desperately need new players. We are very inclusive. "Game of Bones MUSH:" gobmush.wikidot.com
gwydion: (No Angel)
* A man has attacked the US Ambassador to South Korea with a knife. The Ambassador is in the hospital, but is expected to heal. As the man has previously attacked the Japanese ambassador in the same way it is far too early for panic.

* "New York Fashion Week Designer steals from Northern Cheyenne/Crow artist Bethany Yellowtail:" http://nativeappropriations.com/2015/02/new-york-fashion-week-designer-steals-from-crow-artist-bethany-yellowtail.html

* "Why Footbinding Persisted in China for a Millennium:" http://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/why-footbinding-persisted-china-millennium-180953971/?no-ist

* "Find at Shiga ruins suggests ancient Buddhist site-cleansing ritual:" http://ajw.asahi.com/article/behind_news/social_affairs/AJ201501220067

* "Yuan Dynasty fresco tomb excavated in Shaanxi:" http://usa.chinadaily.com.cn/culture/2015-01/19/content_19347482.htm

* "From Venus to Katie Price: A brief history of the breast:" http://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2015/jan/25/beauty-breast-the-sun-female-form

* "Living Underground: Coober Pedy:" http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/02/09/living-underground-coober_n_449185.html

* Some of you may have noticed a slight reshuffling in the posting order of items. I have moved Archeology/history stuff below the trans LGBTQ News. This is because I encourage folks who have anxiety or other reasons to want lighter stuff to read from the bottom up, and having the QUILTBAG stuff lower down rather defeats this, so it's up with the other civil rights stuff now. As always, grouping is fairly loose and mistakes get made. Apologies.

* Our Financial Situation continues Scary: http://www.gofundme.com/cuovws or Lethran@gmail.com
gwydion: (Jack)
* I know this is a day late, but it explains the political and foreign policy issues very well. "Boehner, Netanyahu Cross A Very Serious Line:" http://reverbpress.com/politics/boehner-netanyahu-cross-serious-line/

* "Walker embraces a familiar anti-intellectualism:" http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/walker-embraces-familiar-anti-intellectualism

* "The argument for a basic income:" http://edition.cnn.com/2015/03/01/opinion/sutter-basic-income/index.html

* "Fears about stiff discrimination penalties unfounded:" http://www.dallasnews.com/news/community-news/plano/headlines/20150228-fears-about-stiff-discrimination-penalties-unfounded.ece

* "Virginia Republican: A Pregnant Woman Is Just A ‘Host’ For Fetus:" http://www.forwardprogressives.com/virginia-republican-a-pregnant-woman-is-just-a-host-for-fetus/

* "Why We Hate It When People Invade Our Space:" https://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/spycatcher/201502/why-we-hate-it-when-people-invade-our-space?utm_source=FacebookPost&utm_medium=FBPost&utm_campaign=FBPost

* "Republican-Proposed Law Would Imprison Sex Ed Teachers:" http://reverbpress.com/news/kansas-sex-ed-bill-offensive/

* "SNL 40th Anniversary: Mike Myers and Native Imagery:" http://nativeappropriations.com/2015/02/snl-40th-anniversary-mike-meyers-and-native-imagery.html

* "Phoenix Drops Unjust 'Walking While Trans' Charges Aimed At Monica Jones:" http://transgriot.blogspot.com/2015/03/phoenix-drops-unjust-walking-while.html

* "Major breakthrough in reading ancient scrolls:" http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2015/01/150122114405.htm

* Pi Day Proposal: http://psybelle.livejournal.com/1061335.html

* "Grumpy Cold Men:"

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* Some of you may have noticed a slight reshuffling in the posting order of items. I originally put QUILTBAG news right above the silly stuff as there were a whole bunch of people reading bottom up for whom that was the only news bits they wanted, but things change. I have moved Archeology/history stuff below the trans LGBTQ News. This is because I encourage folks who have anxiety or other reasons to want lighter stuff to read from the bottom up, and having the QUILTBAG stuff lower down rather defeats this, so it's up with the other civil rights stuff now. As always, grouping is fairly loose and mistakes get made. Apologies.

* Our Financial Situation continues Scary: http://www.gofundme.com/cuovws or Lethran@gmail.com
gwydion: (No Angel)
* Belgium is doing Anti-terror raids. We caught a loser planning to attack the Capitol yesterday. France is still hunting the wheel man from the kosher Deli attack and various associates of the dead terrorists from both attacks.

* An Uber rapist is going on trail in India.

* "Shooting exposes depth of police problems in Cleveland:"

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* "NYPD Slowdown Turns Into:" http://gothamist.com/2015/01/12/slowdown_now_crackdown.php

* On Racism and the Academy Awards. "And the nominees are...:"

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* "You can wear it, but I can’t!:" http://seananmcguire.tumblr.com/post/108018283480/thisiseverydayracism-ishanijasmin-the#notes

* "God Loves Little Girls Who Stand Up For Others:" http://notalwaysright.com/god-loves-little-girls-who-stand-up-for-others/40107

* "Oregon Medicaid Now Covers Transgender Medical Expenses:" http://jezebel.com/oregon-medicaid-now-covers-transgender-medical-expenses-1678817014?utm_campaign=socialfow_jezebel_twitter&utm_source=jezebel_twitter&utm_medium=socialflow

* I am of the opinion that all the selfie hate in the media is all about the misogyny. When it was mostly male artists and photographers doing self portraits, it's high art. When teenage girls do it, it's proof of shallowness and vanity and therefore wrong. It's yet another way to shame girls for taking control of the image they present and expressing agency.

* I was mulling a theory that Slenderman is speaking to the zeitgeist of people who grew up on Nightmare Before Christmas, but am a generation too old to test it in my own head.

* Is it just me, or were last weeks two episodes of the Librarians actually watchable?

* I really appreciate the way last weeks Elementary talked about addiction. I've seen friends go through that point, where the grinding tedium of it and knowledge that this is the rest of your life gets discouraging. It's generally not considered dramatic enough for fictional representations, but it's important and hard and something it is good for people to see, I think. I like the way it's slow built all season. I really appreciate the way that they don't let the addiction drop or be magically cured, and that he can't just special snowflake his way out of it. Elementary's plots don't generally live up to what I would like in a mystery show, but they do things with the characters and relationships that are fresh and interesting. I think the theme of agency for Kitty is going interesting places. I have always liked the way Joan stands up to Sherlock. The way they handle addiction here... it speaks to so many of my incredibly clever often atheist friends struggling with the program. Being incredibly bright does not make staying sober easier. It's a good thing to see a show that routinely includes that.

* The Library sent me the start of Penny Dreadful, so I am finally getting to see what the fuss is about. I'm still mulling the first episode. It looks like they have house of cards and Orange is the new Black Season one in, so I'm on the wait list for those. Yes, I know about Netflix, but since Hector broke the speaker plug in it is a major PITA for me to try to watch things on the laptop.

* Glee Thought: So we have WMHS Underworld vs. Blaine's Dalton Fairyland. Will there be a tiend? Now I'm having thoughts about Tamlin and Janet.

* "Wounderland: Surreal World Of Imagination, Nightmares And Taxidermy:" http://www.boredpanda.com/wounderland-fairy-tales-weird-surrealistic-photography-mothmeister/

* Help my friends adopt two cats: http://djinni.livejournal.com/516743.html

* I came back from spending all I had on meds to realize that nearly all the goosh cans left are flavours Hector has decided are inedible recently. (For months Poultry platter was his favorite flavour, now he insists it is poooooison! Mixed Grill is slightly cheaper and he was willing to eat it up until last week). After three months of mostly being off fish, which used to be his favorite, he wants fish based pates again. I've been trying to fob off LM with the flavours he's rejecting, but he's also having a bad dementia week, which means more food waste. We have enough kibble for LM, but Hector can't chew it, only having fangs left.

We likely have two days of Hector food left. I should have checked before splurging on an second course of antibiotics. I know that. The coughing has been wearing me out and I didn't think.

* Our Financial Situation continues Scary: http://www.gofundme.com/cuovws or Lethran@gmail.com
gwydion: (Krampus)
* "Justice at risk as Pakistan rushes convicts to the gallows:" http://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-30602157

* "Funeral Set for Man Shot, Killed by Police in Stairwell:" http://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/Akai-Gurley-Funeral-Al-Sharpton-NYC-Brooklyn-Homicide-Peter-Liang-Brown-Garner-284590311.html

* "Black Teen Fatally Shot By Police 2 Miles From Ferguson:" http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/12/24/antonio-martin-police-shooting_n_6376210.html

* "Native American Man Who Attended Anti-Police Brutality Rally Is Killed By Police Next Day:" http://indiancountrytodaymedianetwork.com/2014/12/22/native-american-man-who-attended-anti-police-brutality-rally-killed-police-next-day

* "Angela Davis: ‘There is an unbroken line of police violence in the US that takes us all the way back to the days of slavery’ :" http://www.theguardian.com/global/2014/dec/14/angela-davis-there-is-an-unbroken-line-of-police-violence-in-the-us-that-takes-us-all-the-way-back-to-the-days-of-slavery?CMP=share_btn_gp

* "When Asked To Sort 'Girls' And 'Boys' Gifts, Obama Destroys Toy Gender Stereotypes (VIDEO):" http://www.addictinginfo.org/2014/12/23/when-asked-to-sort-girls-and-boys-gifts-obama-destroys-toy-gender-stereotypes-video/

* "My son never wanted 'boy' toys for Christmas:" http://www.sheknows.com/parenting/articles/1067707/its-ok-for-a-boy-to-get-girl-toys

* "#DontEraseUs: A Campaign to End Anti-LGBT Curriculum Laws:" http://www.lambdalegal.org/dont-erase-us

* "The Nightmare Before Christmas Is Actually About Why Cultural Appropriation Is Terrible:" http://www.themarysue.com/nightmare-before-christmas-cultural-appropriation/

* Art for sale: http://thestorydragon.com/?post_type=product

* Our Financial Situation continues Scary: http://www.gofundme.com/cuovws
gwydion: (No Angel)
* Russia has annexed the Crimea. A Ukrainian officer was killed and another shot as they defended their military base from an attack. Russia has already mobilized and Ukraine is mobilizing. They are digging trenches and building fortifications along the border with the Crimea.

* They are appropriating the narrative of slavery to strip away women's human rights and to justify imprisoning and killing women by denying them emergency medical care. "The Abolitionist:"

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* "Energy company caught pumping from toxic pond:"

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* "Gun violence as a public health issue:"

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* "2,600 year old wooden coffin found near Athens:" http://www.sotterraneidiroma.it/notizie-sdr/item/2600-year-old-wooden-coffin-found-near-athens?category_id=20

* "5 new royal tombs discovered in Vergina:" http://www.ansamed.info/ansamed/en/news/sections/culture/2014/03/14/Archaeology-Greece-5-new-royal-tombs-discovered-Vergina_10232270.html

* "Spark in Darkness: Fred Phelps is dying:" http://www.sparkindarkness.com/2014/03/fred-phelps-is-dying.html

* Greenwick found. "Transgender people will be able to alter birth certificates:" http://www.canberratimes.com.au/act-news/transgender-people-will-be-able-to-alter-birth-certificates-20140316-34vt0.html

* Greenwick found. "8 Myths About Transgender Men's Genital Reconstructions:" http://www.huffingtonpost.com/mitch-kellaway/8-myths-about-transgender-mens-genital-reconstructions_b_4510196.html

* "DeSoto ISD Posts Problematic Prom Dress Code:" http://www.transgriot.blogspot.com/2014/03/desoto-isd-posts-problematic-prom-dress.html

* Side Note: I think it's interesting that the Huntington Post seems to have more respectful Trans* coverage than the Advocate.

* "Why I Hate The 'All Politicians Are The Same' Meme:" http://www.transgriot.blogspot.com/2014/03/why-i-hate-all-politicians-are-same-meme.html

* ""Tiger Lily Doesn't Equal Human Torch" plus a very long rant:" http://thisfeliciaday.tumblr.com/post/79718617942/tiger-lily-doesnt-equal-human-torch-plus-a-very-long

* Doctor's appointment went as expected. We are having to fight another mini-meds war with the new insurance company. I need to go see my lung guy about where we currently are on lung meds, and I need yet more blood work. This last is because the new lady is trying to get me one proper hormone dose instead of yo-yoing me every few months, so we are trying to take lots of readings at different meds levels.

* I've craving this for at least a week. Voivod "Le Pont Noir:"

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* I find this weirdly soothing in the way I used to find Ministry soothing, which is likey proof my brain is a little different:

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gwydion: (No Angel)
* I haven’t written about the missing Malaysia Airlines Flight 370, mostly because nearly everything I’ve seen in the press is speculative. It seems cruel to me to speculate in a way that verges on disaster porn in a situation like this when so many people are waiting to hear what happened to people they care deeply about. I’m mostly writing now as I am worried that the release of the details of the men traveling on Iranian and stolen passports has me concerned about the sort of racialized speculation I will wake up to tomorrow. Let’s try not to get ahead of the facts, okay? I know uncertainty is hard for people, but I think it is kinder to wait until more is known before finger pointing.

* "The Real Welfare Queens:" http://inthesetimes.com/article/16362/the_real_welfare_queens

* "Right-wing columnist urges GOP to abandon outreach: ‘Colorblind conservatism’ is futile:" http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2014/03/03/right-wing-columnist-urges-gop-to-abandon-outreach-colorblind-conservatism-is-futile/?onswipe_redirect=no

* I have trouble believing that the authors of this list have ever had good sex. "Things to do instead of sex:" http://www.stuff.co.nz/oddstuff/8827706/School-releases-pamphlet-with-sex-alternatives

* "30,000-year-old virus is revived:" http://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-26387276

* "Flu viruses derive from a global selective sweep in the 1870s:" http://arstechnica.com/science/2014/03/flu-viruses-derive-from-a-global-selective-sweep-in-the-1870s/

* "Climate Change Behind Trapped Heat in Oceanic Depths:" http://www.natureworldnews.com/articles/6223/20140303/climate-change-behind-trapped-heat-oceanic-depths.htm

* "Today, sex workers oppose criminalization of clients:" http://prostitutescollective.net/2014/03/03/today-sex-workers-oppose-criminalisation-of-clients/

* "Annie Is Black, And The Pointed White Hoods Come Out:" http://www.transgriot.blogspot.com/2014/03/annie-is-black-and-pointed-white-hoods.html

* "Dear Christina Fallin:" http://nativeappropriations.com/2014/03/dear-christina-fallin.html

* "Meet The American Pushing Homophobia in Uganda:" https://medium.com/the-nib/483631c1cb4d

* "The Forces Behind The 'Religious Freedom' Movement That Exploded Last Week:" http://talkingpointsmemo.com/dc/religious-freedom-origin-story

* "Handbook for Homophobes:" https://medium.com/the-nib/10c94dfbb76b

* "CeCe McDonald: Rebuilding Her Life After 19 Months in Prison:"http://www.advocate.com/politics/transgender/2014/03/03/cece-mcdonald-rebuilding-her-life-after-19-months-prison

* Yesterday we brought in another car load and a half from the storage unit. I managed to sort and absorb a massive amount of miscellanea. This cull is particularly brutal. I am going to be getting rid of books along with a massive amount of mementos. (I found a birthday check I lost in 1993 from my long dead Grandmother in a card. I found love letters, and wedding invitations, and cards. Nearly all must go). I hate selling books, but it must be done. I have enough books for a whole other apartment this size full of bookshelves, library style, and am unlikely to live anywhere larger. It is still a little like slicing off bits of flesh. Some of these were parent's or grandparents, and I started buying books for myself in lower school.

Today Hector was particularly nightmare prone and I kept having to wake up and calm him down. About halfway through the sleep cycle I had that thing where I could barely turn over for the pain. Apparently I sprained my ankle yesterday at some point. (High pain threshold + plush constant widespread pain= i hurt myself all the time without noticing.) I ended up doing the serious muscle relaxant thing and lounging in bed with hector watching Boardwalk Empire thing. (I'm in season 3. Please don't tell me things I haven't seen yet). I am picking at the book boxes, sorting and moving things about.

* TW: Spiders, Eye Stuff. "At first I wasn’t sure what I was looking at. Once I got it, I couldn’t believe it.:" http://omgne.ws/at-first-i-wasnt-sure-what-i-was-looking-at-once-i-got-it-i-couldnt-believe-it/

* "Objects of Intrigue: Mickey Mouse Gas Mask:" http://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/object-of-intrigue-mickey-mouse-gas-mask

* "Polish movie posters:" http://imgur.com/a/GhPcE/noscript

* "Sunday Sweets: Art Nouveaucakewrecks.com:" http://www.cakewrecks.com/home/2014/3/9/sunday-sweets-art-nouveau.html

* Grimm: I I am really angry they didn't tell Wu. I hate when the plot is pushed by refusal to share important information. I hate that they let Wu doubt himself and that ignorance is doing him serious harm. I hate that when they finally decide to develop Wu beyond the stereotypical emasculated comedy Asian trope he's been to this point that they seem to be planning to stick him in the plot box. I'd love to be wrong, but I expect to be furious next week.
gwydion: (Etherite)
* RIP: Philip Seymour Hoffman at 46 of an apparent heroin overdose. He was undoubtedly talented in an understated way. I feel terrible for his children.

* I'm posting this because of all the wonderful links on African History and Modern African kingdoms: http://medievalpoc.tumblr.com/post/75293401037/are-there-more-blacks-in-royalty-other-then-charlotte

* "11,000-Year-Old Seafaring Indian Sites Discovered on California Island:" http://westerndigs.org/11000-year-old-seafaring-indian-sites-discovered-on-california-island/

* Attn: Greenwick. This is the civilization I was talking about with the vultures and the floor burials. "The Seeds of Civilization:" http://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/the-seeds-of-civilization-78015429/

* "Egypt: Sarcophagus leads to the tomb of a previously unknown pharaoh, from 3,600 years ago:" http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2014/01/140116190323.htm

* "Photos: 2,500 year-old footprints uncovered in Daye, Hubei:" http://shanghaiist.com/2014/01/04/2500years_old_ancient_footprints_we.php

* "Chinese archaeologists uncover 4,000-year-old fortifications:" http://www.nzweek.com/technology/chinese-archaeologists-uncover-4000-year-old-fortifications-109117/

* "2,000-year-old skeleton unearthed in Davie:" http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/local/state/fl-ancient-skeleton-found-20140109,0,5954714.story

* "Mexican archaeologists pinpoint origin of Aztatlan ceramics:" http://www.globalpost.com/dispatch/news/agencia-efe/140109/mexican-archaeologists-pinpoint-origin-aztatlan-ceramics

* "Archaeologists Find Human Remains in Walls of Wari Complex:" http://www.peruviantimes.com/08/archaeologists-find-human-remains-in-walls-of-wari-complex/21130/

* "Understanding the founding city of the Khmer kingdom:" http://www.pasthorizonspr.com/index.php/archives/01/2014/understanding-founding-city-khmer-kingdom

* "Scientists unlock evolution of cholera, identify strain responsible for early pandemics that killed millions:" http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2014/01/140109003802.htm

* "Dancing over the edge: Vienna in 1914:" http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-25576645

* While setting up Main computer, I discovered the big speakers work fine on the laptop, thus dramatically improving my ability to watch media on there that requires sound. I also clearly need a longer ethernet cord. I moved a lot of stuff around last night and woke up covered in bruises including an impressive one on the inside of my left forearm that wraps most of the way around to the back. It is dark, deep, ans longer than my index finger. O.o I'm taking it easy today, physically, mostly because I have to.

* TW Dying Cat: )

* "18 Athletes Going to Sochi Alone:" http://mentalfloss.com/article/54769/18-athletes-going-sochi-alone

* (Spoilers for finale). "American Horror Story Coven: Madonna, Whore and Aging Jezebel:" http://www.fangsforthefantasy.com/2014/01/american-horror-story-coven-madonna.html

* I'm also linking the fangs review of the finale (spoilers, obviously) because it sums up a lot of things that made this season hard for me to connect with as an audience. I'd like to add one thing. They mention them using the wrong Loa. I don't think they are nearly as angry about that as I am. No, it's not my religion, and I'm pretty ignorant about it, but even I spotted that it was not the right name on the Loa, and that what they were doing is incredibly offensive. I didn't speak up at the time, because it's not my religion and I wanted to hear what practitioners I correspond with had to say. Having heard how disgusting this twisting and appropriation is for my correspondents who practice, I can only say that as angry I was when I watched the first episode with the loa in it, I still wasn't angry enough. They would not do something like this to Christianity, and I strongly suspect they felt safe doing it because Vodoun and Voodoo are a minority religion in this country and religion mostly practiced by People of Color. You add this on top of all the other messed up things happening around race in this show, and the picture isn't pretty. It's stops being in story (individual characters being racist), and starts being structural (The people writing the show are maxing decisions to not only shit on the characters of color but are shitting on the religious beliefs of real human beings in the real world in a way that lies about their religion in an incredibly damaging way, while making all the in story racism seem appropriate, which it isn't. Fuck that! It's creepy and it makes me complicit for having watched it). And yes, there were a whole lot of interesting things going on with themes relevant to my interests such as fame and fandom, and yes, it was well acted and beautiful designed and shot, but that doesn't negate what a vile piece of filth I swallowed by watching it. I am sorry I ever laid eyes on it.

"Fangs For The Fantasy: American Horror Story, season 3, Episode 13: The Seven Wonders:" http://www.fangsforthefantasy.com/2014/01/american-horror-story-season-3-episode_31.html
gwydion: (No Angel)
* Why a few have access to majority of wealth:

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* How movements for justice are caricatured:

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* "The wrong side of history on apartheid:"

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* "United States, Israel opposed Mandela, supported Apartheid:" http://www.juancole.com/2013/12/mandela-supported-apartheid.html

* I love that Melissa Harris-Perry routinely calls out the transphobia in statements like "Men don't have babies." MHP: "Look it up! They have!" It may seem like a small thing to cis folk, but it matters that she does it every time and not just on trans issue shows or when trans folk are in the room..

* "The Amazing Raise:"

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* Bill de Blasio & Billionaire Flight:

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* Greenwick and I cleared more stuff out to the new apartment storage unit. It turned out the good looking 30ish Ukranian giant doing installation Friday had enough time to start laying the living room floor. (Seriously, he was at least a foot taller than me). I can tell it's laminate, not hardwood, but it looks good. I have faith in them finishing Monday, given how far that guy got on his own. The living room here looks a little naked with three book shelves gone and most of what was left on the remaining shelves emptying out. (The good shelf is in the new place, and the unfinished shelf is getting painted before it goes over. One of the collapsible particle board ones went home with Greenwick, so they can use it in their new space at the flea market. I plan to buy ceiling high book cases to fit available space at the end of the move. Squirrel gets first pick of my collapsibles and then Greenwick and Djinni will get the rest.

* RP: Seeking Snakes:

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Next week, both Vampire players are gone, so we expect to do Tiger's menagerie raid instead of Snake hunting.

It turns out that everyone loves a Crap Croc. ;)

* "Dystopians: The Leadership of Cis, Straight, White, Able-Bodied Men.:" http://www.fangsforthefantasy.com/2013/12/dystopians-leadership-of-cis-straight.html
gwydion: (Krampus)
* Clarification: I am very much a supporter of the protesters in the Ukraine and hope they succeed. The claims I am agnostic about have to do with false flag operations and the specifics of some events for which i have seen no footage.

* The Senate is trying to pass a bill imposing new sanctions, presumably in hopes of scuttling the president's attempt to get Iran to submit to nuclear inspections etc.. Charming. The nonsensical claim is that contrary to logic and the pleas of everyone with two brain cells together, somehow showing extreme bad faith in the middle of negotiations will somehow make the diplomacy go better. Riiiiiight. Since no one with any sense can think that, I can only assume they are lying and trying to deny the president a "win" at the expense of making the world safer. Why do the right thing, which is wait to see what the final agreement will be before trying to tear it up, when you can do real damage to the peace process and deny innocent civilians medicine they need to survive?

* Pope stores picketed over right-wing activism:

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* On Rosa Parks and ‘ending racism.’ A tone-deaf RNC tweet points to how the right falsely portrays civil rights leaders as having fought racism in a vacuum.

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* An unarmed man with Alzheimer's shot. "Today In Responsible Gun Ownership:" http://www.esquire.com/blogs/politics/Gun_Culture_Triumphant

* "Bigotry And The Human Language:" http://www.theatlantic.com/entertainment/archive/2013/12/bigotry-and-the-human-language/281935/

* "Celebrating Transgender Day Of Remembrance In Malaysia?:" http://transgriot.blogspot.com/2013/12/celebrating-transgender-day-of.html

* Home Page Improvement:

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* Gaywatch - Bed and Breakfast Discrimination & Catholic Rebranding

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* I was exhausted so went to bed early. It was to no avail as the Con Crud is really ramping up on me and I was too sick to sleep. The meds I would normally take to ease some of the discomfort were right out as i had to go let the floor guys in again. They are expecting to finish the sealant today. The foundation looked beautiful thanks to their efforts yesterday. I have scheduled the laminate crew to come Friday, when everything should be dry. Progress! Now if I could just get some sleep, or at least be not so brain foggy so I could sort out the rest of the bureaucracy. Unfortunately,a later attempt to sleep yeilded only about two hours divided into two chunks.

* Throughout the day the senior beasties were running on a time share arrangement regarding the bed, since Mache still wasn't convinced that other cat was Hector, and Hector finally figured out she was hissing at him. When I woke from the second miniature stretch of sleep they were sleeping curled up together by my head, so I think things are sorted out.

* A package came today containing a movie from my Amazon list (one of the ones where I wanted to replace a VHS copy I just donated with a DVD). I'm guessing it's one of you as the name was vaguely familiar, but I don't always remember meat space names of people I mostly know from the Internet. (Apologies. I am really bad at names). To whichever of you it was: Thank you for The Lost Boys, and do feel free to speak up.

* "The devil in disguise:" http://thequackdoctor.com/index.php/the-devil-in-disguise/

* "Storm turns lighthouses into a chilling masterpiece:" http://cottagelife.com/82671/blogs/storm-turns-lighthouses-into-a-frigid-masterpiece
gwydion: (Lorne)
* Only fourteen people were killed in the election in Kenya. While it is certainly horrible that anyone died, given the violence in the lead up to the election and the over a thousand who died in the previous one, this is a huge improvement. There are questions about fairness as a large number of votes are being rejected. Still, turn out was high, and again, the death toll is much lower than they thought it might be. They were still counting last I checked, so I can't give you a winner.

* "Republicans who didn't vote for Violence Against Women Act say they did anyway because why not?:" http://www.dailykos.com/story/2013/03/04/1191486/-Republicans-who-didn-t-vote-for-Violence-Against-Women-Act-say-they-did-anyway-because-why-not?showAll=yes#

* Climate change is projected to make the North west passage a reality. "Ships to sail directly over the north pole by 2050, scientists say:" http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2013/mar/04/ships-sail-north-pole-2050

* "'I am one of the Fukushima fifty':" http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/asia/i-am-one-of-the-fukushima-fifty-one-of-the-men-who-risked-their-lives-to-prevent-a-catastrophe-shares-his-story-8517394.html

* "African forest elephants decline by 62% in 10 years:" http://www.bbc.co.uk/nature/21655613

* "11 pre-Hispanic bodies found at Peru sports center:" http://phys.org/news/2013-02-pre-hispanic-bodies-peru-sports-center.html

* "The real witch hunters: Hopkins and Stearne:" http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/0/21548716

* Cultural Appropriation and the Harlem Shake:

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* My sister was attacked on separate occasions by seagulls, swans, and geese before she was five. It sounds funny, but trust me it was terrifying not only to her, but to my mother and I as we rushed to rescue her as it was happening. There's a reason geese were used as an alarm system all over Europe for thousands of years. When they spot an intruder, they make loud noises and attack. Don't fuck with geese, Man.

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* Ballots of the Southern Wild:

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* "Good Faith:" http://www.sparkindarkness.com/2013/03/good-faith.html

* "Growing Up Lesbian in Evangelical America:" http://www.patheos.com/blogs/lovejoyfeminism/2013/02/staying-in-growing-up-lesbian-in-evangelical-america.html

* It looks like a gender neutral pronoun may be developing outside of non-binary circles. "Yo as a Pronoun:" http://grammar.quickanddirtytips.com/grammar-yo-pronoun.aspx

* My hearing is still borked on my left side, what little I pick up drowned in static, but my right ear is mostly working and it's expected I'll get most of my hearing back. I'm still icky, but still on the upward trend.

* While this was written in reference to the just released Midnight Blue-Light Special, it's an excellent set of directions for how to support a book/author you like in an era when publishers don't advertise for books/authors like they used to. "Happy bookday to me, happy bookday to me..." http://seanan-mcguire.livejournal.com/499545.html

* "The not-so-slight return of Jimi Hendrix:" http://www.cnn.com/2013/03/04/showbiz/music/jimi-hendrix-new-album-people-hell-angels/

* Inappropriate Cake: http://www.cakewrecks.com/home/2013/3/5/faulty-towers.html
gwydion: Vlad and Niran kissing (Kiss)
* Only fourteen people were killed in the election in Kenya. While it is certainly horrible that anyone died, given the violence in the lead up to the election and the over a thousand who died in the previous one, this is a huge improvement. There are questions about fairness as a large number of votes are being rejected. Still, turn out was high, and again, the death toll is much lower than they thought it might be. They were still counting last I checked, so I can't give you a winner.

* "Republicans who didn't vote for Violence Against Women Act say they did anyway because why not?:" http://www.dailykos.com/story/2013/03/04/1191486/-Republicans-who-didn-t-vote-for-Violence-Against-Women-Act-say-they-did-anyway-because-why-not?showAll=yes#

* Climate change is projected to make the North west passage a reality. "Ships to sail directly over the north pole by 2050, scientists say:" http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2013/mar/04/ships-sail-north-pole-2050

* "'I am one of the Fukushima fifty':" http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/asia/i-am-one-of-the-fukushima-fifty-one-of-the-men-who-risked-their-lives-to-prevent-a-catastrophe-shares-his-story-8517394.html

* "African forest elephants decline by 62% in 10 years:" http://www.bbc.co.uk/nature/21655613

* "11 pre-Hispanic bodies found at Peru sports center:" http://phys.org/news/2013-02-pre-hispanic-bodies-peru-sports-center.html

* "The real witch hunters: Hopkins and Stearne:" http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/0/21548716

* Cultural Appropriation and the Harlem Shake:

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* My sister was attacked on separate occasions by seagulls, swans, and geese before she was five. It sounds funny, but trust me it was terrifying not only to her, but to my mother and I as we rushed to rescue her as it was happening. There's a reason geese were used as an alarm system all over Europe for thousands of years. When they spot an intruder, they make loud noises and attack. Don't fuck with geese, Man.

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* Ballots of the Southern Wild:

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* "Good Faith:" http://www.sparkindarkness.com/2013/03/good-faith.html

* "Growing Up Lesbian in Evangelical America:" http://www.patheos.com/blogs/lovejoyfeminism/2013/02/staying-in-growing-up-lesbian-in-evangelical-america.html

* It looks like a gender neutral pronoun may be developing outside of non-binary circles. "Yo as a Pronoun:" http://grammar.quickanddirtytips.com/grammar-yo-pronoun.aspx

* My hearing is still borked on my left side, what little I pick up drowned in static, but my right ear is mostly working and it's expected I'll get most of my hearing back. I'm still icky, but still on the upward trend.

* While this was written in reference to the just released Midnight Blue-Light Special, it's an excellent set of directions for how to support a book/author you like in an era when publishers don't advertise for books/authors like they used to. "Happy bookday to me, happy bookday to me..." http://seanan-mcguire.livejournal.com/499545.html

* "The not-so-slight return of Jimi Hendrix:" http://www.cnn.com/2013/03/04/showbiz/music/jimi-hendrix-new-album-people-hell-angels/

* Inappropriate Cake: http://www.cakewrecks.com/home/2013/3/5/faulty-towers.html
gwydion: (No Angel)
* "Former President calls for “caretaker administration” as protesters take to the streets:" http://minivannews.com/politics/former-president-calls-for-caretaker-administration-as-protesters-take-to-the-streets-51596

* There was a shooting at a college in Texas with three wounded. Republicans are already claiming this is proof that we need to arm even more college students, because increasing the successful suicide rate, accidental injury, and homicide rate on college campuses is balanced by the positive good of having multiple people shooting wildly into a panicked crowd during a shooting. *facepalm*

* Even more GOP Election rigging going on:

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* Roe vs. Wade anniversary and Modern politics:

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* Larry Wilmore on people appropriating Martin Luther King Jr.:

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* "We Have Work To Do, Trans Community:" http://transgriot.blogspot.com/2013/01/we-have-work-to-do-trans-community.html

* "Sadie's Dream For The World:" http://transgriot.blogspot.com/2013/01/sadies-dream-for-world.html

* I left the house at 8:30AM into a real pea souper. Luckily, people in this region are as good at fog driving as they are bad at snow driving. People turned their lights on, kept extremely wide following distances and did their best to avoid sudden breaking. It was still periodically scary as Hell as it was still heavy at 11AM when I went into the the bowels of the most brutal bit of bureaucracy where I spent three hours with screaming children and uncomfortable chairs. Why 8:30AM? The Post Office near Social Security opens at 8:30, so I could mail my box and be the second person in line for papers. Then I did the long loop, which involved more line waiting, but which turned my trip to the notary into a fast phone call I can make tomorrow, and solved a couple other things on my to do list for this week. Then was the purgatorial wait I mentioned. That was a mixed bag. I managed to multi-task it, which cut tomorrow's two hour voice mail buck passing phone call out entirely, in favour of a fast no. Sigh. I needed to wait the three hours anyway as it was also EBT reup time, so think of it as cutting five hours of bureaucracy into three. I needed to pick up some things that end of town and doing it after was cheaper in gas than a second trip, and I ate out, as I needed food by then and I knew I'd have no spoons by the time I got home. Then I went to the library as it needed doing today and picked up a replacement fish eater as the murina I bought as an experiment is a piece of crap. I suspect this is the root cause of my blue guppy colony not taking. They no longer make my usual type of heater, but were carrying the new model from the reliable company, so I'm trying that. The fish already look more active. I'll tinker with it more tomorrow. I got home a little after 2PM, dumped my gear and crashed. I did turn up late for my play date, but so did everyone else, and as I'd told them yesterday I wasn't coming, I don't feel bad about it. Tomorrow is Greenwick. Let's hope I'm more together then.

* A look at some homophobic filth: "Review: Out by Laura Preble:" http://www.fangsforthefantasy.com/2013/01/out-by-laura-preble.html

* Kickstarter for a cool anthology with a seanan McGuire story in it: http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/johnklima/glitter-and-madness-the-speculative-nightclub-anth

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