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* "Israelis rally against Netanyahu’s judicial plan for 22nd week:" https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2023/6/4/israelis-rally-against-netanyahus-judicial-plan-for-22nd-week

* "Thai PM frontrunner vows to legalise same-sex marriage: ‘Love must win’:" https://www.thepinknews.com/2023/06/07/thailand-prime-minister-pita-limjaroenrat-same-sex-marriage/

* "Latvia elects Edgars Rinkevics as president – the first openly gay head of state in Europe:" https://www.thepinknews.com/2023/05/31/latvia-gay-president-edgars-rinkevics/

* "Ireland Has Been Giving Creative Workers $1,400 a Month in an Economic Experiment That Will Soon Shape National Policy:" https://news.artnet.com/art-world/ireland-artists-basic-income-results-2278099

* "Senior Tory peer thinks plan to fight next election on ‘trans debate’ is ‘really, really dumb’:" https://www.thepinknews.com/2023/06/08/ian-duncan-conservative-lord-general-election-trans/

* "Met Police apologises for past homophobia and acknowledges ‘racists and misogynists’ in force:" https://www.thepinknews.com/2023/06/07/met-police-apology-homophobia/

* "Meet the Robin Hood-Style Activists ‘Shoplifting’ for Food Banks:" https://novaramedia.com/2023/06/06/meet-the-robin-hood-style-activists-shoplifting-for-food-banks/

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* "Blasts at major dam in southern Ukraine unleash floodwaters" https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/ukraine-says-russia-blows-up-major-nova-kakhovka-dam-southern-ukraine-2023-06-06/

* CW: Animal Death. "Hundreds of Animals Killed After Dam Attack Floods Ukraine Zoo:" https://www.newsweek.com/hundreds-animals-killed-after-dam-attack-floods-ukraine-zoo-1804856

I have a particular horror of things like floods hitting zoos.

* "Liverpool to host KyivPride march on behalf of Ukraine:" https://www.thepinknews.com/2023/06/02/liverpool-kyiv-pride-march/

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* "China seeking to spy on the U.S. from a base in Cuba:" https://www.politico.com/news/2023/06/08/china-spy-on-us-cuba-00100990

* "Joe Biden pledges urgent support for LGBTQ+ Americans as ‘state of emergency’ declared by charity:" https://www.thepinknews.com/2023/06/09/white-house-joe-biden-lgbtq-pledge-book-bans/

* This is an important win. SCOTUS was expected to open the floodgates for unlimited gerrymandering, but instead sided with Democracy for once. "Voting Rights Act dodges bullet at Supreme Court :" https://www.politico.com/news/2023/06/08/voting-rights-act-dodges-bullet-at-supreme-court-00101004

* "The Supreme Court Has a New Bold Lone Dissenter:" https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2023/06/supreme-court-glacier-northwest-unions-strike.html

* "Unions Can Still Strike—Don't Let the Supreme Court Tell You Otherwise:" https://www.labornotes.org/2023/06/unions-can-still-strike-dont-let-supreme-court-tell-you-otherwise

* "Supreme Court Ruling on Trans Immigrant Celebrated for Correct Pronoun Use:" https://www.advocate.com/law/supreme-court-transgender-pronouns

* "Justice Clarence Thomas delays filing financial disclosure amid increased ethics scrutiny:" https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/supreme-court/new-supreme-court-financial-reports-set-release-increased-ethics-scrut-rcna87752

* "Biden signs bipartisan debt ceiling bill to avert government default:" https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/white-house/biden-signs-bipartisan-debt-ceiling-bill-avert-government-default-rcna87516

* "Here are the 6 must-know provisions of the new debt ceiling deal :" https://www.politico.com/news/2023/05/28/6-pillars-of-the-debt-ceiling-deal-00099108

* "The Winners and Losers of the New Debt Ceiling Law:" https://www.msnbc.com/jonathan-capehart/watch/the-winners-and-losers-of-the-new-debt-ceiling-law-179923013748

* "Lauren Boebert Running Late For Debt Ceiling Vote Video Viewed 12m Times:" https://www.newsweek.com/lauren-boebert-running-late-debt-ceiling-vote-viral-video-1804441

* "How to Save a Community College :" https://newrepublic.com/article/172967/cuny-budget-battle-eric-adams

* "Conservatives surprise McCarthy with floor rebellion over debt deal anger :" https://www.politico.com/news/2023/06/06/conservatives-mccarthy-rebellion-debt-deal-00100538

* "Senate votes to torpedo Biden’s student debt relief plan amid veto threat:" https://www.politico.com/news/2023/06/01/senate-repeals-bidens-student-debt-relief-00099682

* "Death by Debt:" https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2023/05/student-loan-debt-cancellation-supreme-court-jessica-madison-collective/

* "GOP Senator Admits Republicans Don’t Care if Accusations Against Joe Biden Are “Accurate”:" https://newrepublic.com/post/173162/grassley-admits-republicans-dont-care-accusations-joe-biden-accurate

* "GOP House Oversight chairman moves to hold FBI director Wray in contempt of Congress:" https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/gop-house-oversight-chairman-moves-to-hold-fbi-director-wray-in-contempt-of-congress

* "Congress threatens to block Space Command headquarters funding as abortion politics affect location decision:" https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/national-security/congress-threatens-block-funding-space-force-headquarters-abortion-pol-rcna86500

* "Republicans pick a bad time to go to war against breathable air:" https://www.msnbc.com/alex-wagner-tonight/watch/republicans-pick-a-bad-time-to-go-to-war-against-breathable-air-181009477995

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

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

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

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

* They came so close last time. "Colorado Democrats unveil full court press to unseat Rep. Lauren Boebert in 2024:" https://www.cpr.org/2023/06/05/colorado-democrats-unveil-full-court-press-to-unseat-rep-lauren-boebert-in-2024/

* "Justice Department will not seek criminal charges in Pence classified document probe :" https://www.cnn.com/2023/06/02/politics/mike-pence-justice-department-documents/

* "Ex-vice president Mike Pence, enemy of LGBTQ+ rights, joins White House race:" https://www.thepinknews.com/2023/06/06/mike-pence-2024-presidential-race-us-donald-trump/

* "Pence Delivers Strong Rebuke to Trump in Campaign Announcement:" https://www.nytimes.com/2023/06/07/us/politics/pence-trump-2024-announcement.html

* "Pence hits Trump during campaign launch: He ‘should never’ be president again:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/pence-hits-trump-during-campaign-launch-he-should-never-be-president-again-180962373662

To be clear, Mike Pence is a vile human being.

I should probably explain I feel a duty to make a note of who’s in the primary and what the relevant discourse is around that, in part because I think we are completely fucked if any Republican wins.

I am too old and ill to do well as a refugee on Canada. Odds are if the facists take over entirely, I die fast.

* "55 Things You Need to Know About Mike Pence:" https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2023/06/07/mike-pence-55-things-about-00100408

"As governor, he signed laws restricting abortions and allowing guns in parking lots of schools, dragged his feet during an HIV outbreak in the rural part of the state, deleted comments from his official Facebook page disagreeing with his views on gay marriage (and then apologized for it) and put together plans for a state-run news service he was going to call “Just IN” (which he scrapped due to criticism, including the Atlantic dubbing the idea “Pravda on the Plains”). But more than anything else, his tenure was marked by the furor surrounding the Religious Freedom Restoration Act, a bill that made it essentially legal for businesses in the state to discriminate against gay people. Battered by backlash from corporations, the NCAA and even the GOP establishment, then mocked for a disastrous appearance on TV, he backed off and signed into law a watered-down version of the bill. Liberals saw him as a bigot. Conservatives thought he had caved. His polling plunged. People thought he was done. “I bet he’d never get elected again in Indiana,” the owner of the Indianapolis Business Journal said in 2017. “But he went from being a likely loser as an incumbent governor to vice president of the United States.”"

* "Tara Reade, who accused Biden of sexual assault, will apply for Russian citizenship:" https://www.npr.org/2023/05/31/1179158199/tara-reade-biden-sexual-assault-russian-citizenship

* "Despite polling near zero, Christie wants another shot at Trump:" https://www.msnbc.com/alex-wagner-tonight/watch/despite-polling-near-zero-christie-wants-another-shot-at-trump-180729413822

* CW: Suicide. "Republican presidential hopeful Nikki Haley blames teens suicide on trans girls using locker rooms:" https://www.thepinknews.com/2023/06/05/nikki-haley-presidential-election-trans-girls-teen-suicide/

Wouldn't Republican Christo-fascism, misogyny, dehumanization, the ripping away of civil and human rights, etc. be a more likely cause?

* "Donald Trump says he doesn’t like the word ‘woke’ in latest jibe at rival Ron DeSantis:" https://www.thepinknews.com/2023/06/05/donald-trump-woke/

* "Ron DeSantis confronted by woman claiming murder cover-up at campaign event:" https://www.thepinknews.com/2023/06/04/ron-desantis-murder-cover-up-claim-florida/

* "Zooey Zephyr travels to Florida, roasts Ron DeSantis on his home turf: ‘You will not make us afraid’:" https://www.thepinknews.com/2023/06/04/zooey-zephyr-ron-desantis-lgbtq-trans-pride/

* "North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum announces a truly long-shot presidential bid :" https://www.politico.com/news/2023/06/07/north-dakota-doug-burgum-presidential-bid-00100715

* "'Do not congratulate': Trump coziness with dictators tests GOP primary opponents:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/-do-not-congratulate-trump-coziness-with-dictators-tests-gop-primary-opponents-180423749793

* "Sadiq Khan slams ‘abhorrent’ anti-LGBTQ+ views of US presidential hopefuls like Ron DeSantis:" https://www.thepinknews.com/2023/06/07/sadiq-khan-ron-desantis-trans-bills/

* "Republican primary field struggles with personality shortage:" https://www.msnbc.com/alex-wagner-tonight/watch/republican-primary-field-struggles-with-personality-shortage-181021765864

* The Atlanta police want to remind you that exercising your first amendment rights is considered terrorism as is any political opposition. "Atlanta Is Trying to Crush the Opposition to “Cop City” by Any Means Necessary:" https://www.thenation.com/article/activism/cop-city-arrests-atlanta-repression/

* "Atlanta Solidarity Fund organizer speaks out after police raid, calls charges ‘backed by politics’:" https://www.wabe.org/atlanta-solidarity-fund-organizer-speaks-out-after-police-raid-calls-charges-backed-by-politics/

* "The Details of the Atlanta Bail Fund Arrest Are More Horrific Than First Described:" https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2023/06/cop-city-tortuguita-atlanta-bail-fund-arrest-horror.html

* "No One Believes in Cop City. So Why Did Atlanta’s City Council Fund It? :" https://theintercept.com/2023/06/06/cop-city-atlanta-funding-vote/

* Check your registration. Republicans like to summarily disenfranchise people. "Atlanta organizers unveil plan to stop ‘Cop City’ at the ballot box:" https://apnews.com/article/atlanta-police-training-cop-city-referendum-d605bfb043f2e24c5749f441458acf5a

* The Republican Pro-corruption agenda continues. "Iowa Gov. Reynolds signs bill limiting state taxpayer watchdog:" https://www.thegazette.com/state-government/iowa-gov-reynolds-signs-bill-limiting-state-taxpayer-watchdog/

* "Tallahassee My Texas:" https://www.texasobserver.org/ron-desantis-texas/

* "Minnesota legislature ends its session with major progressive wins:" https://www.msnbc.com/jonathan-capehart/watch/minnesota-legislature-ends-its-session-with-major-progressive-wins-181697605923

* "Judge who threw out Don’t Say Gay challenge to decide DeSantis vs Disney lawsuit:" https://www.thepinknews.com/2023/06/06/disney-desantis-florida-dont-say-gay-allen-winsor/

* I don't understand how this is constitutional, but here we are. "Oklahoma approves nation’s first public religious charter school:" https://www.politico.com/news/2023/06/05/oklahoma-approves-public-religious-charter-school-00100269

* "This City Now Has the Most LGBTQ+ Council Members in US History:" https://advocatechannel.com/this-city-most-lgbtq-council-members-us-history

* "Gay Rep. George Santos Scammed His Fellow Republicans, Too:" https://www.advocate.com/politics/george-santos-scammed-republicans

* "Santos fights to conceal identities of people helping him remain free while under indictment:" https://www.politico.com/news/2023/06/09/santos-conceal-identities-of-people-helping-him-remain-free-00101284

* "Jamie Raskin Opens Up About Cancer Recovery, Bravery, and Mental Health Awareness:" https://www.advocate.com/voices/jamie-raskin-maryland

* "California governor slams ‘ignorant’ school board president who called Harvey Milk a ‘paedophile’:" https://www.thepinknews.com/2023/06/04/california-gavin-newsom-school-board-president-harvey-milk-book/

* "Marjorie Taylor Greene embarrasses herself with transphobic Pride Month message:" https://www.thepinknews.com/2023/06/04/marjorie-taylor-greene-pride-month-tweet-transphobic/

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* "Georgia probe of Trump expands to activities in other states, Washington Post reports:" https://www.reuters.com/legal/georgia-probe-trump-expands-activities-other-states-washington-post-2023-06-02/

* "Trump attorneys haven’t found classified document former president referred to on tape following subpoena:" https://www.cnn.com/2023/06/02/politics/donald-trump-iran-subpoena/index.html

* "Of Course a Mar-a-Lago Worker Drained the Pool Into Room Where Surveillance Video Was Kept:" https://newrepublic.com/post/173256/mar-a-lago-worker-drained-pool-room-surveillance-video-kept

* "Trump charged over classified documents in 1st federal indictment of an ex-president:" https://wtop.com/national/2023/06/trump-braces-for-possible-federal-charges-after-being-warned-hes-a-target-of-documents-probe/

* "Read the full federal indictment in the Trump classified documents case:" https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/read-full-indictment-text-classified-document-probe-rcna88600

* "Trump indictment cheat sheet: What to know about the classified documents case:" https://www.politico.com/news/2023/06/08/trump-indictment-classified-documents-what-to-expect-00101159

* "Donald Trump stored, showed off and refused to return classified documents, indictment says:" https://apnews.com/article/trump-justice-department-indictment-classified-documents-miami-8315a5b23c18f27083ed64eef21efff3

* "Why Donald Trump was indicted in Florida instead of Washington D.C:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/why-donald-trump-was-indicted-in-florida-instead-of-washington-d-c-181274181657

* "Why Biden's documents case is nothing like Trump's despite the GOP's effort to equate them:" https://www.msnbc.com/alex-wagner-tonight/watch/why-biden-s-documents-case-is-nothing-like-trump-s-despite-the-gop-s-effort-to-equate-them-181298245658

* Fuckksake! "Trump-appointed judge assigned to initially oversee the Florida case:" https://www.politico.com/news/2023/06/09/trump-appointed-judge-to-oversee-initial-florida-court-appearance-00101273

* "Trump judge with sketchy record could give DOJ cause for concern in Trump case:" https://www.msnbc.com/alex-wagner-tonight/watch/trump-judge-with-sketchy-record-could-give-doj-cause-for-concern-in-trump-case-181573189553

* "Trump loses two lawyers just hours after being indicted:" https://www.politico.com/news/2023/06/09/trump-loses-two-lawyers-just-hours-after-being-indicted-00101263

* "Brennan: Intel community may never fully know what was compromised by Trump:" https://www.msnbc.com/alex-wagner-tonight/watch/brennan-intel-community-may-never-fully-know-what-was-compromised-by-trump-181570629585

* "Donald Trump responds to second indictment with pathetic attack on Joe Biden’s garage door:" https://www.thepinknews.com/2023/06/09/donald-trump-classified-documents-charges-joe-biden/

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* "7 wounded in shooting after high school graduation ceremony in Richmond, Virginia:" https://www.pbs.org/newshour/nation/7-wounded-in-shooting-after-high-school-graduation-ceremony-in-richmond-virginia

* "Asylum-seekers say joy over end of Title 42 turns to anguish induced by new US rules:" https://apnews.com/article/border-asylum-rules-immigration-title-42-biden-e77b4730682d889a2376b868c2fcac18

* "Migrants risk life and limb to jump Mexico trains in rush to border :" https://www.reuters.com/investigates/special-report/usa-immigration-mexico-train/

* "Sheriff files criminal charges over Florida’s transport of migrants from San Antonio to Massachusetts:" https://www.texastribune.org/2023/06/05/texas-san-antonio-migrant-flight-marthas-vineyard-criminal-charges/

* "California authorities say migrants flown to Sacramento have links to Florida :" https://www.politico.com/news/2023/06/04/california-florida-migrants-marthas-vineyard-00100121

* "Suspect in murder of off-duty cop walks free after former top prosecutors committed ‘egregious’ misconduct, officials say:" https://www.inquirer.com/news/william-johnson-murder-dismissed-terence-flomo-lynne-abraham-carlos-vega-20230608.html

* "2 men wrongfully convicted of Oakland murder file lawsuit:" https://www.kron4.com/news/bay-area/2-men-wrongfully-convicted-of-oakland-murder-file-lawsuit/

* CW: Rape. "How a ‘Blue Wall’ Inside N.Y. State Prisons Protects Abusive Guards:" https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/22/nyregion/ny-state-prison-guards-abuse.html

* "Florida Transformers convention bans ‘cross-dressing cosplay’ under state’s anti-drag law:" https://www.thepinknews.com/2023/06/09/florida-transformers-convention-tfcon-anti-drag-cross-dressing-cosplay/

* "Meet the L.A. Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence:" https://www.advocate.com/activism/meet-sisters-of-perpetual-indulgence

* "Under Ron DeSantis, Our Site Couldn't Exist:" https://advocatechannel.com/desantis-diversity-equity-inclusion-ban

* "Republican Attacks on LGBTQ+ Educators and Students Will Set Us Back 40 Years:" https://www.advocate.com/voices/mark-takano-republicans-educators

* "Librarians Now Face Prison For Distributing Banned Books:" https://advocatechannel.com/librarians-face-prison-distributing-banned-books

* "Texas Bans 'Marxist' Diversity Offices at State Universities:" https://advocatechannel.com/texas-bans-marxist-diversity-offices-state-universities

* Onion headline predicts reality. "Utah district bans Bible in elementary and middle schools ‘due to vulgarity or violence’:" https://apnews.com/article/book-ban-school-library-bible-fc025c8ccf30e955aaf0b0ee1899608a

* "Georgia School's LGBTQ+ Book Purge Violated Students' Rights: DOE:" https://www.advocate.com/news/georgia-book-ban-violates-rights

* "Gavin Newsom Slams 'Extremists' in Florida, Demands Investigation Into Textbook :" https://advocatechannel.com/gavin-newsom-slams-extremists-florida-investigation-textbook-rewrites

* "Florida teacher explains why he quit over LGBTQ+ book bans: ‘Protect us or lose us’:" https://www.thepinknews.com/2023/06/07/florida-hernando-county-school-district-ron-desantis/

* "Grandad’s Pride publisher slams ‘offensive and homophobic’ attacks on LGBTQ+ kids’ book:" https://www.thepinknews.com/2023/06/08/grandads-pride-book-gender-critical-lgbtq-pride/

* CW: Rape. I'm not in agreement on everything in here, but this is very interesting. "Ending the Trauma of Antagonistic Masculinity:"

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* CW: Rape. "Florida Security Guard Allegedly Raped Trans Woman at the Bar Where He Worked:" https://www.advocate.com/crime/florida-guard-accused-rape-trans

* CW: Pedophilia. "Florida Christian School Teacher Accused of Sex Crimes Against Special Needs Student:" https://www.advocate.com/crime/christian-schools-arrest-sex-crimes

* CW: Domestic Violence "Two in five LGBTQ+ domestic violence victims have no support from family, study finds:" https://www.thepinknews.com/2023/06/06/lgbtq-domestic-violence-support-galop-study/

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* Women are dying. "Polish prosecutors and ombudsman investigate death of pregnant woman in hospital:" https://apnews.com/article/poland-pregnancy-death-abortion-law-b0d095dfd704e2b9e3534e6b07e4397c

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* "LGBTQ+ kids become unhappy adults if not supported by family and schools, research finds:" https://www.thepinknews.com/2023/06/01/just-like-us-positive-futures-report/

* "U.S. considers action to counter anti-gay hate stoked in Uganda by American evangelicals:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/u-s-considers-action-to-counter-anti-gay-hate-stoked-in-uganda-by-american-evangelicals-180428357953

* "Archbishop of Canterbury urges Ugandan church to reject deadly anti-gay law:" https://www.thepinknews.com/2023/06/09/archbishop-of-canterbury-uganda-anti-homosexuality-act/

* "‘Grave concerns’ after Tories refuse to help LGBTQ+ Ugandans facing death penalty:" https://www.thepinknews.com/2023/06/04/uk-government-uganda-refugees-lgbtq/

* "Lesbian couple brutally stabbed to death in broad daylight at Hong Kong mall:" https://www.thepinknews.com/2023/06/08/hong-kong-lesbian-couple-double-murder/

* "Trans women beaten, cut and ‘forcibly undressed’ in Kenyan refugee camp: ‘They see us as the devil’:" https://www.thepinknews.com/2023/06/07/kakuma-refugee-camp-trans-lgbtq-amnesty/

* "Gay Men in Nigeria Targeted in Dating App Extortion Scheme:" https://www.advocate.com/crime/gay-nigerians-blackmailed

* "Beijing LGBT Center Latest Victim of China's Anti-LGBTQ+ Crackdown:" https://www.advocate.com/news/china-beijing-lgbt-center

* "Iceland passes historic conversion therapy ban and yes, it’s trans-inclusive:" https://www.thepinknews.com/2023/06/10/iceland-conversion-therapy-ban/

* "Taiwan Grants Adoption Rights to Same-Sex Couples in Latest Step Toward Equality:" https://www.advocate.com/family/taiwan-lgbtq-adoption

* "Man jailed for pushing gay student Scott Johnson to his death from Sydney cruising spot:" https://www.thepinknews.com/2023/06/08/scott-johnson-manslaughter-sentenced-sydney/

* "UK named one of world’s least friendly countries for trans people:" https://www.thepinknews.com/2023/06/06/great-britain-ipsos-pride-survey-trans/

* "Labour remains vague on Gender Recognition Act reforms as Greens and SNP call for change:" https://www.thepinknews.com/2023/06/09/labour-gender-recognition-act-reforms-greens-snp-trans/

* "Labour MP Nadia Whittome challenges Tories to ditch empty promises and protect LGBTQ+ people:" https://www.thepinknews.com/2023/06/09/labour-nadia-whittome-conservative-demands-lgbtq-protection/

* "Labour MP Kate Osborne says sex ed review ‘undoubtedly’ being used to push anti-trans agenda:" https://www.thepinknews.com/2023/06/09/kate-osborne-sex-ed-review-lgbtq-trans/

* "Labour’s Anneliese Dodds blasts Kemi Badenoch over conversion therapy ban: ‘We need a ban now!’:" https://www.thepinknews.com/2023/06/08/anneliese-dodds-kemi-badenoch-conversion-therapy-ban-lgbtq/

* "Coming out trans at school: Student stories show why Tory plans to out trans kids are so, so wrong:" https://www.thepinknews.com/2023/06/08/coming-out-trans-school/

* Children will die. "NHS to stop prescribing puberty blockers for children struggling with their gender identity:" https://www.thepinknews.com/2023/06/11/nhs-england-puberty-blockers-trans-youth/

* "School cancels Pride celebration to protect pupils after ‘fury’ stirred by right-wing press:" https://www.thepinknews.com/2023/06/08/school-cancels-pride-right-wing-press-backlash/

* "Andrew Moffat on Birmingham anti-LGBTQ+ school protests, four years on: ‘Hardest time in my life’:" https://www.thepinknews.com/2023/06/06/andrew-moffat-no-outsiders-parkfield-protests/

* "Nation's largest LGBTQ advocacy group declares state of emergency:" https://www.nbcnews.com/nbc-out/out-politics-and-policy/nations-largest-lgbtq-advocacy-group-declares-state-emergency-rcna87938

* "Louisiana Senate passes Don’t Say Gay bill and ban on life-saving healthcare for trans kids:" https://www.thepinknews.com/2023/06/08/louisiana-lgbtq-dont-say-gay/

* "Jen Psaki points out ‘awkward’ hypocrisy behind Fox News’ anti-LGBTQ+ outrage:" https://www.thepinknews.com/2023/06/05/jen-psaki-fox-news-lgbtq-woke/

* "Judge blocks Florida ban on life-saving healthcare for trans kids: ‘Gender identity is real’:" https://www.thepinknews.com/2023/06/07/florida-ron-desantis-gender-affirming-care-ban/

* "Maryland governor Wes Moore signs order protecting trans healthcare: ‘You deserve to live safely’:" https://www.thepinknews.com/2023/06/08/maryland-governor-wes-moore-trans-healthcare/

* "Janelle Monáe vows to fight anti-LGBTQ+ legislation: ‘I will never sit back and be silent’:" https://www.thepinknews.com/2023/06/08/janelle-monae-vows-to-fight-anti-lgbtq-legislation/

* "Man arrested over the death of Black trans woman Ashley Burton. She was just 37:" https://www.thepinknews.com/2023/06/07/ashley-burton-trans-murder-atlanta-arrest-darius-mills/

* "Man punches LGBTQ+ activist in head during violent brawl over school board’s Pride meeting:" https://www.thepinknews.com/2023/06/08/glendale-unified-school-district-protest-lgbtq-pride/

* "Violence breaks out at school board meeting over Pride Month: ‘Extremists attacked LGBTQ+ parents’:" https://www.thepinknews.com/2023/06/07/school-board-meeting-pride-month-violence-glendale/

* "Pride Month Organizers Confident in Security Despite Far-Right Threats:" https://www.advocate.com/gay-pride-parade/pride-month-organizers-security-threats

* "Going sober at Pride: ‘We can actually celebrate the real meaning of Pride’:" https://www.thepinknews.com/2023/06/08/sober-pride-alcohol-lgbtq/

* "NYC Pride’s first asexual grand marshal explains why including ace people at Pride is so important:" https://www.thepinknews.com/2023/06/01/yasmin-benoit-asexual-grand-marshal-nyc-pride/

* I'm not in 100% agreement, but I do think most of their points are good. "The Problem With Pride:"

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* "All the brands homophobes and transphobes have attempted to boycott, from Bud Light to Build-a-Bear:" https://www.thepinknews.com/2023/06/04/anti-lgbtq-bigots-boycott-brand-list/

* "Gareth Thomas explains why trans sports bans are so damaging: ‘It’s a purpose to be alive’:" https://www.thepinknews.com/2023/06/08/gareth-thomas-trans-inclusion-sport/

* "Navigating Mpox: How to Prepare for Pride Season:" https://www.advocate.com/health/mpox-prepare-for-pride

* "Fall’s COVID Shots May Be Different in One Key Way:" https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2023/05/covid-vaccine-strain-xbb1/674208/

* "We’ve only just begun to examine the racial disparities of long covid:" https://www.technologyreview.com/2022/09/20/1059679/racial-disparities-of-long-covid/

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* "Climate Crisis Is on Track to Push One-Third of Humanity Out of Its Most Livable Environment :" https://www.propublica.org/article/climate-crisis-niche-migration-environment-population

* "‘How Could This Happen?’: Canadian Fires Burning Where They Rarely Have Before:" https://www.nytimes.com/2023/06/08/world/canada/quebec-canada-wildfires-locations.html

* "International help rolls in to fight persistent Canadian wildfires:" https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/wildfires-burn-across-canada-with-little-relief-sight-2023-06-08/

* "A third day of smoky air gives millions in US East Coast, Canada a new view of wildfire threat:" https://apnews.com/article/wildfires-canada-quebec-smoke-new-york-washington-86eb7685c5330c548fd93891fffcfd65

* "Deadly Indian rail crash shifts focus from new trains to safety:" https://www.reuters.com/world/india/deadly-indian-rail-crash-shifts-focus-new-trains-safety-2023-06-03/

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* "What Wildfire Smoke, Gas Stoves and Covid Tell Us About Our Air:" https://www.nytimes.com/2023/06/07/opinion/wildfire-smoke-air-quality-viruses.html

* "How Corporate America's Toxic Waste Destroys Farms:"

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* "Debunking the Tech Hype Cycle with Dan Olson:"

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* "Sci-fi writer Ted Chiang: ‘The machines we have now are not conscious’:" https://archive.ph/CUd6G#selection-1585.14-1585.24

* "Twitter’s potential collapse could wipe out vast records of recent human history:" https://www.technologyreview.com/2022/11/11/1063162/twitters-imminent-collapse-could-wipe-out-vast-records-of-recent-human-history/

* "Ten Juneteenth Myths:" https://www.worldhistory.org/article/2240/ten-juneteenth-myths/?utm_source=Tumblr&utm_medium=Pabbly&utm_campaign=whencyclopedia

* "Before Stonewall, this Kansas City activist helped unite the national gay rights movement:" https://www.kcur.org/arts-life/2022-06-01/before-stonewall-this-kansas-city-activist-helped-unite-the-national-gay-rights-movement

* "Robert Hanssen, FBI agent who spied for the Russians, dies in supermax prison:" https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/robert-hanssen-fbi-agent-spied-russians-dies-supermax-prison-rcna87806

* Get out your dancing shoes! "Pat Robertson, Conservative Anti-LGBTQ+ Televangelist, Dies at 93:" https://www.advocate.com/obituaries/pat-robertson-dead

* "The hateful legacy of Pat Robertson, the televangelist who blamed 9/11 on gay people:" https://www.thepinknews.com/2023/06/10/pat-robertson-dead-televangelist-gay-9-11/

* "Antisemitism and the Gothic:" https://shows.acast.com/re-dracula/episodes/bonus-3-antisemitism-and-the-gothic

* "When Hollywood Came Out of the Closet:"

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* Homoerotic and possibly NWS though their clothes stay on. "Arrow—The Irrepressibles唯美的性感男男钢圈舞Rim dance:"

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* I only got threeish hours of sleep for Monday, and spent all day out in heat and allergens or a waiting room. It was very worth it, given the results, but I am burnt and there is no real rest until Thursday.

I lost two hours of sleep to that thing where I wake up coughing and can't stop, plus pain and sensory stuff making it hard to get back to sleep once my body calmed the fuck down, plus a very long and distressing phone call from the doctor's office.

so I lost my incredibly cool superstar doctor in... was it February? The replacement turned out to be cool and we were going to do an appointment on a different topic every month until he caught up because my medical file is war and peace plus Moby Dick plus the whole of the Wheel of Time saga and takes ages to get a real handle on, and I very much need a Doctor who takes things like my lungs and joints seriously.

I liked him. He was charming and cheerful and well vouched for, but he's an older gentleman, and my may appointment got rescheduled as did the June appointment, and I got worried he might be having health issues. I don't know if the whatever I was led to him retiring or if something way more serious happened, but he's done and I'm to start from scratch with a new Doctor and no clue what if any prep they got before taking over the degenerative disease library that is me.

I hope he’s okay, wherever he is.

I am less worried about the trans stuff than i would normally be. Me and another trans person pioneered trans treatment at this clinic, and because the nearest trans services were down in Seattle back then, not counting the transphobe endocrinologist who rarely took new patients, they got a massive influx of trans people once we spread word of mouth that they would take us. back then it was really basic and we had to educate them, but once they realized how desperately they were needed, a second and better doctor started taking trans patients there, and then they started doing periodic how can we improve services and do serious training, and taking people on who were interested in learning.

They literally changed the clinic name because a lot of queer folk in poverty were afraid to go there. People who aren't comfortable with trans bodies, preferred names, and neo-pronouns don't work there and we are all incredibly lucky to have this clinic. I've been the first trans patient in a lot of specialist and surgical practices It is always a little nerve wracking and I had to do a lot of 101 for doctors and nurses over the years. I am pretty sure I am safe here.

It's the whole 'will they think I'm a hypochondriac or a drug seeker' thing that plagues all chronic illness/chronic pain patients that makes me wary.

* ...And no call and no cleaner Tuesday. I had to be up anyway for the medical social worker, but I'm becoming rather miffed.

* Management banned all flags in the complex this year to stop me putting pride flags in my windows. Our plan is to hang them inside the regulation white curtains instead of outside them and see if they send us a written notice to take them down. The white curtains are thin, but it's not clear how visible they will be at different times of day and night. They are up. The progress flagg is somewhat visible when backlit with the light still out. I'm not convinced the chevron Queer Flag will be. When I loop the curtain and not the flag, more of the flag is easily seen than not.

We thought of some other loopholes. I have a compliant white and blue chair on the porch. Head Millenial will be painting pink stripes hopefully next week if we can get the stuff that makes paint stick to fabric. The stripes won't be the right order, but we can at least have the colour.

We went to the Dollar store Wednesday in search of rainbow pinwheels, but all they had were red/white/blue. Sigh. A friend bought a big flower pinwheel with the correct number of petals and has undertaken to paint it pride flag colours.

We also plan to report every US flag we see when it gets close to July 4th as the wording bans those too. If you ban flags, you better not only enforce on minorities.

So here's the thing. We are all really poor, but we are also angry. If you have good cheap suggestions for how to make pride stuff without actual flags, please, please write in. Most of the Millennials are good at DIY and we are all very much in the mood for malicious compliance.

* As of Friday, the cleaners haven't turned up the last five times they've been scheduled. I spent an hour on the phone with they Asshole Agency, mostly on hold, getting cut off "accidentally" before the operator got an answer from management. The second lady double checked my phone number so she could call back if we got cut off. This too was a lie. Remember, every time they cut me off, I have to start over, waiting on hold for an operator, explaining from scratch, them trying to reach a supervisor.

Am I being blackballed? Inquiring minds want to know.

In any case I have to wait up for the imaginary cleaner, then call the Asshole Agency to ask if the cleaner has cancelled, because once again they didn’t bother to call, which means i lose nearly as much sleep only no dishes are washed.

PRIDE Loophole Update: The Progress shows up fine at night. I have to loop up the curtain to reveal the queer chevron.

* My oldest continuous friend is trying to raise money to buy games for a Cat Rescue fundraiser. This cat rescue is no kill and places most cats in foster homes until they can be adopted. They are good people there and it's a huge number of cats many needing basic or more serious healthcare.

https://www.gofundme.com/f/318lgf6fa0?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=p_cf%20share-flow-1&fbclid=IwAR1smSQTz7deMSVUBsEg30AdhQ-zeAEHGXOcHXqVUILTlF2MqnIIW49SDVU

* "Midnight Pals: The Future is Now:" https://www.tumblr.com/bitterkarella/719037361912201216/midnight-pals-the-future-is-now?source=share

* "Midnight Pals: Oxfam fam:" https://www.tumblr.com/bitterkarella/719498606294548480/midnight-pals-oxfam-fam?source=share

* "Midnight Pals: Cozy Horror:" https://www.tumblr.com/bitterkarella/719674079795380224/midnight-pals-cozy-horror?source=share

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

The help links are at the bottom under the cut.

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

* My oldest continuous friend is trying to raise money to buy games for a Cat Rescue fundraiser. This cat rescue is no kill and places most cats in foster homes until they can be adopted. They are good people there and it's a huge number of cats many needing basic or more serious healthcare.

https://www.gofundme.com/f/318lgf6fa0?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=p_cf%20share-flow-1&fbclid=IwAR1smSQTz7deMSVUBsEg30AdhQ-zeAEHGXOcHXqVUILTlF2MqnIIW49SDVU

* Cool Blackwork Embroidery Patterns for Beginners: https://www.etsy.com/shop/thehaberdasheress/?etsrc=sdt

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

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* "Lebanon's soul has been eviscerated by its financial crisis. Not even the children want to play:" https://www.cnn.com/2021/12/30/middleeast/lebanon-crisis-children-cmd-intl/index.html

* "Russia lists Pussy Riot member, art collector and satirist as 'foreign agents':" https://www.cnn.com/2021/12/30/europe/pussy-riot/index.html

* "Lesbian Pop Star Denise Ho Arrested by Hong Kong Authorities:" https://www.advocate.com/world/2021/12/30/lesbian-pop-star-denise-ho-arrested-hong-kong-authorities-cantopop-china

* "The mob killing of a factory manager in Pakistan comes amid surge in anti-blasphemy violence:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2021/12/24/pakistan-blasphemy-violence-labbaik/?itid=mr_world_4

* "“Meet a Jew,” Germany’s New Scheme to Convince the Country That Jews Are People:" https://slate.com/human-interest/2021/12/meet-a-jew-germany-anti-semitism-crime.html

* "‘My grandmother hid Jewish children’: Poland’s underground refugee network:" https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2021/dec/24/my-grandmother-hid-jewish-children-polands-underground-refugee-network

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* "WHO: global COVID cases up 11% last week, omicron risk high:" https://www.cleveland.com/news/2021/12/who-global-covid-cases-up-11-last-week-omicron-risk-high.html

* "FDA: Antigen tests may have reduced sensitivity detecting Omicron:" https://www.politico.com/news/2021/12/28/fda-antigen-tests-reduced-sensitivity-omicron-526217

* "You might get a breakthrough case of Covid-19 this winter. Here’s how to prepare.:" https://www.vox.com/22841985/breakthrough-covid-19-winter-positive-test-how-to-prepare

* "COVID cases surge in Lebanon ahead of New Year’s Eve celebrations:" https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/12/31/warnings-lebanon-covid-rising-figures

* "NHS trusts in England declare critical incidents amid Covid staff crisis:" https://www.theguardian.com/society/2022/jan/03/several-nhs-trusts-declare-critical-incidents-amid-covid-staff-crisis

* "U.S. sets new daily high for Covid cases:" https://www.politico.com/news/2021/12/28/us-new-daily-high-covid-526223

* "US children hospitalized with COVID in record numbers:" https://abcnews.go.com/Health/wireStory/us-children-hospitalized-covid-record-numbers-82004052

* "FDA Expands Pfizer Boosters for More Teens as Omicron Surges:" https://www.usnews.com/news/business/articles/2022-01-03/fda-expands-pfizer-boosters-for-more-teens-as-omicron-surges

* "Omicron makes up 95% of sequenced Covid cases in U.S. as infections hit pandemic record:" https://www.cnbc.com/2022/01/04/omicron-makes-up-95percent-of-sequenced-covid-cases-in-us-as-infections-hit-pandemic-record.html

* "Hospitalizations spike amid rocketing Covid case counts; threat to hospitals renewed:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/hospitalizations-spike-amid-rocketing-covid-case-counts-threat-to-hospitals-renewed-130067013845

* "Intimate portraits of a hospital COVID unit from a photojournalist-turned-nurse:" https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2021/12/26/1066395049/intimate-portraits-of-a-hospital-covid-unit-from-a-photojournalist-turned-nurse

* "White House issues a warning to unvaccinated Americans as concerns about omicron grow:" https://www.npr.org/2021/12/17/1065312060/white-house-issues-a-warning-to-unvaccinated-americans-as-concerns-about-omicron

* "Chris Hayes: How omicron’s contagiousness is changing the pandemic normal:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/chris-hayes-how-omicron-s-contagiousness-is-changing-the-pandemic-normal-129800261794

* "Pfizer pill becomes 1st US-authorized home COVID treatment:" https://apnews.com/article/coronavirus-pandemic-pfizer-medication-f5f65e7e61d6aa9c7dfa193053e8878a

* "US Army Creates Single Vaccine Against All COVID & SARS Variants, Researchers Say:" https://www.defenseone.com/technology/2021/12/us-army-creates-single-vaccine-effective-against-all-covid-sars-variants/360089/

* "‘This was the moment’: CDC defends altered guidance amid Omicron surge:" https://www.politico.com/news/2021/12/29/cdc-defends-new-covid-guidelines-526234

* "Omicron is latest blow to pandemic-weary front-line workers:" https://apnews.com/article/coronavirus-pandemic-health-business-pandemics-london-7004e1f1b1847b9831623e6adcedb5f3

* "Covid-19 surges spark chain reactions that strain US hospitals everywhere:" https://www.vox.com/coronavirus-covid19/22849829/covid-omicron-variant-cases-surge-us-hospitals

* "Florida breaks state record for COVID-19 cases again, for 4th time in 7 days:" https://www.wfla.com/community/health/coronavirus/florida-breaks-state-record-for-covid-19-cases-again-fourth-time-in-7-days/

* "Orange Mayor Demings blasts DeSantis, expands COVID-19 testing, requires masks for employees:" https://www.orlandosentinel.com/coronavirus/os-ne-coronavirus-orange-update-12-28-20211229-3xmrumwt45gllkym5su6jz26nq-story.html

* "Dem Florida gov. candidate Nikki Fried calls out DeSantis’s lack of visibility as Omicron surges:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-reidout/watch/florida-gov-ron-desantis-appears-to-be-missing-in-action-as-omicron-sweeps-across-his-state-129803845777

* "Activist claims DeSantis ‘decided to just sit back, do nothing’ as Covid surged in Florida:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-reidout/watch/desantis-largely-missing-from-public-from-december-17-through-new-year-s-eve-as-covid-surged-130060869600

* "Despite vaccines, more Texans died of COVID-19 in 2021 than in first year of pandemic:" https://www.houstonchronicle.com/coronavirus/article/Despite-vaccines-Texas-COVID-deaths-35-higher-16722967.php

* "Omicron is sidelining even health care workers as it rips through Texas:" https://www.texastribune.org/2021/12/28/omicron-texas-covid-19/

* "Texas COVID-19 hospitalizations rise more than 11% in a day:" https://www.kxan.com/news/coronavirus/hospitalizations/texas-covid-19-hospitalizations-rise-more-than-11-in-a-day/

* "R.I. health care system ‘is currently collapsing,’ emergency doctors warn :" https://www.bostonglobe.com/2021/12/18/metro/ri-health-care-system-is-currently-collapsing-emergency-doctors-warn/

* "Frustrated emergency doctor says R.I. isn’t doing enough to address health system ‘collapse’:" https://www.bostonglobe.com/2021/12/21/metro/frustrated-emergency-doctor-says-ri-isnt-doing-enough-address-health-system-collapse/

* "Covid-19 patients at this hospital are dying 'at a rate we've never seen die before' -- and it's taking a toll on health care workers:" https://www.cnn.com/2021/12/09/us/hospital-covid-19-deaths-michigan/index.html

* "Surge in COVID-19 cases overwhelms Indianapolis hospitals:" https://www.wishtv.com/news/vaccinecentral/surge-in-covid-19-cases-overwhelms-indianapolis-hospitals/

* "'There's going to be opposition': Indiana lawmakers prep to fast track vaccine mandate bill:" https://www.indystar.com/story/news/politics/2021/12/17/covid-indiana-lawmakers-prep-fast-track-vaccine-mandate-bill/8925925002/

* "Nearly two-thirds of hospitalized COVID-19 patients in New Hampshire unvaccinated, report says:" https://www.wmur.com/article/nearly-two-thirds-of-hospitalized-covid-19-patients-in-new-hampshire-unvaccinated-report-says/38628992

* "Inside a New Hampshire hospital overwhelmed by COVID:" https://www.wbur.org/news/2021/12/20/covid-cases-overwhelm-new-england-hospitals

* "About 25% of Ohio coronavirus tests are coming back positive. Gov. Mike DeWine says actual positivity is higher.:" https://www.cleveland.com/news/2021/12/about-25-of-ohio-coronavirus-tests-are-coming-back-positive-gov-mike-dewine-says-actual-positivity-is-higher.html

* "Ohio hospital saw pediatric COVID-related hospitalizations triple in the last week:" https://www.10tv.com/article/news/health/coronavirus/ohio-hospital-pediatric-covid-related-hospitalizations-triple-in-the-last-week/530-3228dfd1-2f0b-4a15-9956-de0267ca8fdd

* "More Ohio hospitals postpone surgeries as COVID cases rise:" https://www.10tv.com/article/news/health/coronavirus/more-ohio-hospitals-postpone-surgeries-covid-cases-rise/530-4c8f04ca-8fe4-4125-8250-a71c16e970b3

* "‘We’re begging you’: Ohio hospitals have more COVID-19 patients in emergency rooms than ever before:" https://www.cleveland19.com/2021/12/20/were-begging-you-ohio-hospitals-have-more-covid-19-patients-emergency-rooms-than-ever-before/

* "'Nurses are at a breaking point': Union sounds plea as healthcare workers face continuing COVID-19 surge:" https://www.kare11.com/article/news/health/coronavirus/nurses-breaking-point-minnesota-nurses-association-pleas-healthcare-workers-covid-19-surge/89-1dd21ed7-fa65-4926-8432-0ab1860471ed

* "Mississippi in 5th wave of COVID-19, state health official says:" https://www.wapt.com/article/msdh-issues-updated-guidance-on-omicron-covid-19-treatments/38635488

* "COVID-19 cases to climb even higher as students return to school, health officials say:" https://www.clarionledger.com/story/news/local/2021/12/28/mississippi-covid-cases-rise-sharply-going-into-new-year/9035370002/

* "COVID-19 hospitalizations up dramatically in Missouri:" https://apnews.com/article/coronavirus-pandemic-health-st-louis-kansas-city-missouri-44e8dc99f89b812fecbe01c7b9c5a3ba

* "COVID cases surge in Kansas City as the new year arrives: here are three key takeaways:" https://www.kansascity.com/news/coronavirus/article256930162.html

* "Alabama adds 5,900 new COVID cases, positivity rate hits all-time high:" https://www.al.com/news/2021/12/alabama-covid-positivity-rate-at-all-time-high-nearly-6000-new-cases-reported-wednesday.html

* "COVID-19 hospitalizations, school cases increasing in Alabama:" https://www.montgomeryadvertiser.com/story/news/2021/12/22/covid-alabama-coronavirus-cases-hospitals-schools-omicron-variant/8998336002/

* "COVID-19 cases continue to rise in New Jersey:" https://abc7ny.com/covid-in-new-jersey-gov-phil-murphy-restrictions-coronavirus-updates/11361136/

* "NJ's Largest Hospital System Expects Hospitalizations to Exceed Worst of 2020 Soon:" https://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/coronavirus/njs-largest-hospital-system-expects-hospitalizations-to-exceed-worst-of-2020-soon/3473230/

* "Inmates at NYC's Rikers Island jail in the midst of 'emerging crisis' related to Omicron surge:" https://www.cnn.com/2021/12/22/us/omicron-surge-rikers-jail/index.html

* Why are cruises still a thing? "3rd Florida-based ship has outbreak, state cases hit record:" https://abcnews.go.com/Health/wireStory/3rd-florida-based-ship-outbreak-state-cases-rise-81932406

* "People should avoid cruise travel regardless of their vaccination status, the CDC says:" https://www.npr.org/sections/coronavirus-live-updates/2021/12/30/1069253312/cdc-cruise-ship-travel-covid-19

* "Fauci on Fox’s Jesse Watters: He ‘should be fired on the spot’:" https://www.wkbn.com/news/national-world/fauci-on-foxs-jesse-watters-he-should-be-fired-on-the-spot/

* "Extremists shifting attention to influencing local governments expert says:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-reidout/watch/u-s-sets-global-record-of-one-million-covid-cases-reported-monday-130145349717

* "Anti-vaccination protesters targeted a Cheesecake Factory — 6 were arrested:" https://www.cbsnews.com/news/anti-vaxxer-protesers-cheesecake-factory-arrests/

* "Congress' doctor urges lawmakers to work remotely and upgrade masks as omicron rages:" https://www.npr.org/2022/01/03/1070037412/covid-congress-house-senate-omicron

* "Congress' attending physician says there are "unprecedented" cases of Covid throughout the complex. :" https://www.politico.com/minutes/congress/01-3-2022/omicron-swamps-the-hill/

* "Pentagon Chief Austin Says He Has Tested Positive for COVID:" https://www.usnews.com/news/politics/articles/2022-01-02/pentagon-chief-austin-says-he-has-tested-positive-for-covid

* "Elizabeth Warren and Cory Booker test positive for Covid amid US Omicron surge:" https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/dec/19/elizabeth-warren-tests-positive-covid-omicron-surge

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* "Alexander Vindman supports arming Ukrainians to make Russian attack ‘less palatable’:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-reidout/watch/president-joe-biden-spoke-to-vladimir-putin-as-russian-troops-remain-stationed-at-ukrainian-border-129874501741

* "No surprise, Donald Trump just endorsed Hungary homophobe Viktor Orbán:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2022/01/04/donald-trump-viktor-orban-hungary-election-lgbt-rights/

* "The Human Toll of America’s Air Wars:" https://www.nytimes.com/2021/12/19/magazine/victims-airstrikes-middle-east-civilians.html

* "Hundreds of Afghans denied humanitarian entry into US:" https://apnews.com/article/afghanistan-immigration-massachusetts-kabul-taliban-8ea41eef2c1e1735d748fcb796faccab

* "Biden to speak with Putin on Thursday at Russian leader's request:" https://www.cnn.com/2021/12/29/politics/biden-putin-call/index.html

* "Dems fight back against GOP accusations of being weak on Russia: "That dog won't hunt!":" https://www.salon.com/2021/12/06/smacked-down-on-senate-floor-for-calling-dems-soft-on-russia-that-dog-wont-hunt_partner/

* "How Ocean Shipping Works (And Why It's Broken):"

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* "White House unveils plan to replace every lead pipe in the U.S.:" https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/white-house/white-house-unveils-plan-replace-every-lead-pipe-u-s-n1286079

* "Biden’s Pick for Banking Regulator Pulls Out After ‘Inappropriate Personal Attacks’:" https://www.thedailybeast.com/saule-omarova-bidens-pick-for-banking-regulator-withdraws-after-inappropriate-personal-attacks

* "Biden finishes 2021 with most confirmed judicial picks since Reagan:" https://www.reuters.com/legal/government/biden-finishes-2021-with-most-confirmed-judicial-picks-since-reagan-2021-12-28/

* And yet Manchin insists we can’t afford the infrastructure Bill. "Biden signs $768B defense policy bill that supersized his original Pentagon request:" https://www.politico.com/news/2021/12/27/biden-signs-defense-policy-bill-526171

* "Manchin says he won't vote for Build Back Better Act:" https://www.cnn.com/2021/12/19/politics/joe-manchin-build-back-better/index.html

* "Corporate donations to Sen. Joe Manchin's PAC surged as he fought President Biden's agenda:" https://www.cnbc.com/2021/12/21/joe-manchin-pac-saw-surge-of-corporate-donations-as-he-fought-biden-agenda.html

* "As Congress fails on climate (again), focus turns to executive options for Biden:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/as-congress-fails-on-climate-again-focus-turns-to-executive-options-for-biden-129880645576

* "They Are Essential Workers. They Pay Taxes. But They've Been Largely Excluded from Pandemic Aid.:" https://www.themarshallproject.org/2021/12/15/essential-but-excluded

* "The Undercover Anarchists’ Secret Construction Collective:" https://narratively.com/the-undercover-anarchists-secret-construction-collective/

* "Hostile Architecture: The Fight Against the Homeless:"

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* "Supply shortages and emboldened workers: A changed economy:" https://apnews.com/article/coronavirus-pandemic-lifestyle-health-business-prices-66e5f5612c0a56c18ac218425e2cd20a

* "The world as we know it is ending. Why are we still at work?:" https://www.vox.com/2021/12/16/22837830/covid-pandemic-climate-change-great-resignation-2021

* "Senate parliamentarian rejects latest Dem proposal on immigration:" https://www.politico.com/news/2021/12/16/senate-parliamentarian-rejects-latest-dem-proposal-on-immigration-525195

* "Senate Democrats renew focus on voting rights as domestic policy bill stalls and filibuster changes are considered:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/voting-rights-filibuster-manchin/2021/12/15/3492c0b0-5de5-11ec-ae5b-5002292337c7_story.html

* "Politics expert asks: Will Democratic leaders really listen to voters in 2022?:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-reidout/watch/senate-majority-leader-chuck-schumer-has-promised-a-vote-on-the-build-back-better-bill-in-2022-129873989697

* "'This is it': Swalwell warns 2022 could be last election if GOP wins majority:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/-this-is-it-swalwell-warns-2022-could-be-last-election-if-gop-wins-majority-130056261886

* "Historian: We must protect democracy in 2022, or lose it forever.:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-sunday-show/watch/historian-we-must-protect-democracy-in-2022-or-lose-it-forever-129969221954

* "How Out Texas Rep. Celia Israel Put Voting Rights First in 2021:" https://www.advocate.com/exclusives/2021/12/16/how-out-texas-rep-celia-israel-put-voting-rights-first-2021

* "Schumer tries to jump-start Dems with rules change threat:" https://www.politico.com/news/2022/01/03/schumer-threatens-vote-on-senate-rules-change-in-january-526394

* "Sen. Schumer on Manchin, Sinema: We've got to keep pressing them on voting rights:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-reidout/watch/sen-chuck-schumer-vows-vote-on-senate-filibuster-rules-changes-to-advance-voting-rights-legislation-130058821956

* 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/

* "Lincoln County, Georgia, Where The Population Is One-Third Black, Proposes Closing Down All But One Polling Place:" https://www.theroot.com/lincoln-county-georgia-where-the-population-is-one-th-1848257870

* "Washington redistricting commission sued over transparency issues as behind-the-scenes dealings emerge:" https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/politics/lawsuit-washington-redistricting-commission-violated-open-meetings-law/

* "Political stakes are high as trial begins in NC gerrymandering lawsuit:" https://www.newsobserver.com/news/politics-government/article257010887.html

* "Congressional redistricting hits the Ohio Supreme Court:" https://ohiocapitaljournal.com/2021/12/29/congressional-redistricting-hits-the-ohio-supreme-court/

* We still have a fighting chance if we all turn out next November. "Democrats Are Doing Weirdly Well in Redistricting:" https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2021/12/democrats-are-doing-weirdly-well-in-redistricting.html

* "Republicans hit snags deploying gerrymandering strategy to strengthen grip on power:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/republicans-hit-snags-deploying-gerrymandering-strategy-to-strengthen-grip-on-power-129879109973

* "'Slow-motion insurrection': How GOP seizes election power:" https://apnews.com/article/donald-trump-united-states-elections-electoral-college-election-2020-809215812f4bc6e5907573ba98247c0c

* "Colorado Election Fraud Group Is Training Conspiracists in Other States to Knock Doors in Search of 'Phantom Ballots':" https://coloradotimesrecorder.com/2021/10/colorado-election-fraud-group-is-training-conspiracists-in-other-states-to-knock-doors-in-search-of-phantom-ballots/39935/

* "A Utah group is going door to door looking for election fraud. But they don’t want you to know about it:" https://www.sltrib.com/news/politics/2021/12/06/utah-group-is-going-door/

* "Amid Texas GOP’s effort to question electoral integrity, attorney general tried to indict Travis County elections chief:" https://www.texastribune.org/2021/12/20/texas-ken-paxton-travis-county-elections/

* "‘A real conflagration’: Wisconsin emerges as front line in war over the 2020 vote:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/wisconsin-2020-vote-battle/2021/12/16/6c585248-5931-11ec-9a18-a506cf3aa31d_story.html

* "Most threats against election workers, stoked by Trump's Big Lie, go unpunished: Reuters :" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/most-threats-against-election-workers-stoked-by-trump-s-big-lie-go-unpunished-reuters-129878597732

* "Trump aide admits he was behind meeting with Kanye West publicist and Georgia election worker:" https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2070502

* "Eric Adams becomes New York City's 110th mayor:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-sunday-show/watch/eric-adams-becomes-new-york-city-s-110th-mayor-129969733747

* "‘National divorce:’ Congresswoman openly advocates end to American democracy:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/-national-divorce-congresswoman-openly-advocates-end-to-american-democracy-129871429742

* "Dominion Voting wins key decision in lawsuit against Fox News:" https://www.cnn.com/2021/12/16/media/fox-news-court-dominion/index.html

* "Twitter Bans Personal Greene Account for COVID-19 Misinfo:" https://www.usnews.com/news/politics/articles/2022-01-02/twitter-bans-personal-greene-account-for-covid-19-misinfo

* "GOP Candidate Claims Colorado Gov. Jared Polis Not Gay, Is Abuser:" https://www.advocate.com/politics/2021/12/16/gop-candidate-claims-colorado-gov-jared-polis-not-gay-abuser

* "Herschel Walker stumbles badly on John Lewis, voting rights:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/herschel-walker-stumbles-badly-john-lewis-voting-rights-n1286559

* "3 retired generals: The military must prepare now for a 2024 insurrection:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/12/17/eaton-taguba-anderson-generals-military/

* "GOP blows off Trump’s bid to oust McConnell:" https://www.politico.com/news/2021/12/17/gop-trump-oust-mcconnell-525207

* "Trump sues NY attorney general, seeking to halt civil probe:" https://apnews.com/article/business-new-york-lawsuits-donald-trump-albany-8cd1fd3c9dc206a5b563116f3966f2a4

* "GOP agrees to pay up to $1.6 million of Trump’s legal bills in N.Y. probes:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/republican-party-trump-legal-bills-new-york-probe/2021/12/16/08af4524-5c3f-11ec-9c0e-a955f8a009c1_story.html

* "New York attorney general subpoenas Donald Trump Jr and Ivanka Trump:" https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2022/jan/03/donald-trump-jr-ivanka-trump-new-york-attorney-general

* "Subpoenas for Ivanka, Trump Jr suggest NY AG investigation entering final stages:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/subpoenas-for-ivanka-trump-jr-suggest-ny-ag-investigation-entering-final-stages-130065477932

* "The U.S. military men spreading Trump’s baseless fraud claims:" https://www.reuters.com/investigates/special-report/usa-election-military/

* "Cheney: January 6 committee has 'firsthand testimony' that Ivanka asked Trump to intervene during insurrection:" https://www.cnn.com/2022/01/02/politics/bennie-thompson-trump-capitol-insurrection/index.html

* "Capitol panel to investigate Trump call to Willard hotel in hours before attack:" https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/dec/27/capitol-attack-panel-investigate-trump-call-willard-hotel-before-assault

* House panel asks Supreme Court to say by mid-January whether it's taking Trump's January 6 records case":" https://www.cnn.com/2021/12/23/politics/donald-trump-supreme-court-records-january-6/

* "Why the ‘consensus opinion’ during and right after Jan. 6 is worth remembering:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/why-the-consensus-opinion-during-and-right-after-jan-6-is-worth-remembering-130056773581

* "House committee seeks to interview GOP firebrand Rep. Jim Jordan about January 6:" https://www.cnn.com/2021/12/22/politics/jim-jordan-house-select-committee-january-6/index.html

* "Michael Flynn loses his legal challenge to the House January 6 probe, one day after filing it:" https://www.cnn.com/2021/12/22/politics/michael-flynn-january-6-lawsuit/index.html

* "Trump ally Straka has provided potentially significant information:" https://www.politico.com/news/2021/12/17/trump-ally-brandon-straka-information-525272

* "January 6 committee sends letter to GOP Rep. Scott Perry, asking to interview him:" https://www.cnn.com/2021/12/20/politics/scott-perry-january-6-committee/index.html

* "Trump ally Roger Stone pleads the Fifth in deposition with January 6 committee:" https://www.cnn.com/2021/12/17/politics/roger-stone-january-6-committee/index.html

* "Capitol rioters' tears, remorse don't spare them from jail:" https://apnews.com/article/capitol-siege-rioters-prison-95bdc863812cab48be3d98ada67bd582

* "Judge: Lack of charges for Trump over Jan. 6 is no basis for leniency for others:" https://www.politico.com/news/2021/12/17/judge-lack-charges-trump-jan-6-525277

* "Remembering the Jan. 6 insurrection: What it was like inside the Capitol:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-sunday-show/watch/remembering-the-jan-6-insurrection-what-it-was-like-inside-the-capitol-129968709883

* "Proud Boys member pleads guilty for role in Capitol riot:" https://www.npr.org/2021/12/22/1066944829/matthew-greene-proud-boys-jan-6-capitol-pleads-guilty

* "Capitol rioter told FBI he was "in the bathroom pooping when the violence occurred":" https://www.salon.com/2021/12/03/capitol-rioter-told-fbi-he-was-in-the-bathroom-pooping-when-the-violence-occurred_partner/

* "Proud Boys member pleads guilty for role in Capitol riot:" https://www.npr.org/2021/12/22/1066944829/matthew-greene-proud-boys-jan-6-capitol-pleads-guilty

* "'Jesus Christ Superstar' actor, an accused Capitol rioter, claimed 'divine' authority in court hearing:" https://www.cnn.com/2021/11/29/politics/january-6-jesus-christ-superstar-sovereign-citizen/index.html

* "‘Q’ Has Been Quiet, but QAnon Lives On:" https://www.nytimes.com/2021/12/20/technology/qanon-conspiracy-movement.html

* "Defense seeks dismissal of indictment for Gretchen Whitmer kidnap plot:" https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/dec/26/defense-dismissal-indictment-gretchen-whitmer-kidnap-plot-michigan-governor-coronavirus-covid

* "Since Jan. 6, the pro-Trump Internet has descended into infighting over money and followers:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2022/01/03/trump-qanon-online-money-war-jan6/

* "Police: Gunman in Denver who killed 5 targeted some victims:" https://www.miamiherald.com/news/business/article256898017.html

* " Why Alex Jones Lost the Sandy Hook Lawsuits :"

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* "North Carolina 3-year-old who accidentally shot herself on Christmas Day has died:" https://www.cnn.com/2021/12/29/us/north-carolina-christmas-shooting-toddler-dies/index.html

* "How a bloody land feud in Honduras is stoking migrant flight to U.S.:" https://www.reuters.com/investigates/special-report/honduras-migration-land/

* "Ex-officer Kim Potter found guilty of two counts of manslaughter for fatally shooting Daunte Wright:" https://www.cnn.com/2021/12/23/us/kim-potter-trial-thursday/index.html

* "A Reformist Black Police Chief Faces an Uprising of the Old Guard:" https://theintercept.com/2021/12/18/little-rock-police-chief-keith-humphrey/

* "How Paid Experts Help Exonerate Police After Deaths in Custody:" https://www.nytimes.com/2021/12/26/us/police-deaths-in-custody-blame.html

* "A Rogue Climber Running From the Law Was Fleeing His Own Trauma:" https://www.nytimes.com/2021/06/04/us/isaac-wright-driftershoots-ptsd.html

* "5 teenagers charged in armed carjacking of US Rep. Scanlon:" https://apnews.com/article/congresswoman-mary-gay-scanlon-carjacked-teens-charged-3b17b2cc9d2dc00f0782f0f937e960d0

* "'Unabomber' Ted Kaczynski moved to prison medical facility:" https://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/unabomber-ted-kaczynski-moved-prison-medical-facility-81916720

* "Rocker Rod Stewart, son resolve Florida hotel assault case:" https://apnews.com/article/entertainment-music-arts-and-entertainment-florida-rod-stewart-3ffb512ae758f75593d0cc8f1ab5ecb1

* "Prison Phone Companies Are Recording Attorney-Client Calls Across the US:" https://www.vice.com/en/article/7kbbey/prison-phone-companies-are-recording-attorney-client-calls-across-the-us

* "Behind the Violence at Rikers, Decades of Mismanagement and Dysfunction:" https://www.nytimes.com/2021/12/31/nyregion/rikers-island-correction-officers.html

* "The Injustices of the Private Prison System:"

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* "Far-right using COVID-19 theories to grow reach, study shows:" https://apnews.com/article/coronavirus-pandemic-business-health-race-and-ethnicity-europe-1952ea369c0f4afdb6d23c7706aaadc8

* "Debunking the right-wing’s shoplifting freak-out:" https://www.yahoo.com/now/debunking-wing-shoplifting-freak-015411156.html

* "Elizabeth Holmes found guilty on four out of 11 federal charges:" https://www.cnn.com/2022/01/03/tech/elizabeth-holmes-verdict/index.html

* "He wore a wire, risked his life to expose who was in the KKK:" https://apnews.com/article/florida-race-and-ethnicity-racial-injustice-veterans-ku-klux-klan-fa0ec4120b1457f56c527108074795b5

* "Claudette Colvin: Civil rights pioneer has record cleared:" https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-59688404

* "OK bill would pay parents $10K each day their nominated banned books remain in libraries:" https://www.newsweek.com/ok-bill-would-pay-parents-10k-each-day-their-nominated-banned-books-remain-libraries-1663511

* "Some school librarians fed up with book bans are organizing and fighting back:" https://www.cnn.com/2021/12/21/us/texas-school-librarians-book-challenges/index.html

* CW: Psychiatric Abuse, Domestic Abuse. "The Rise and Fall of Dr. Phil, Part One:"

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* CW: Child Abuse, Torture "Dr. Phil's Involvement with Turnabout Ranch is Uncomfortable :"

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* "Pushed to Perform: How Reality TV Became About Kids:"

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* CW: Pedophilia. "Joshua Bassett's childhood sexual abuser was a family member who groomed him for years:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2021/12/28/joshua-bassett-sexual-abuse-coming-out-zach-sang/

* CW: Sexual Abuse. "Ghislaine Maxwell found guilty of helping Jeffrey Epstein sexually abuse girls:" https://www.npr.org/2021/12/29/1066219689/ghislaine-maxwell-verdict-trial-jeffrey-epstein

* CW: Sex Trafficking, Rape, Pedophilia. "What Medieval Women Who Trafficked Girls Can Teach Us About Ghislaine Maxwell:" https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2021/12/ghislaine-maxwell-trial-history-of-female-complicity-in-sexual-abuse.html

* CW: Sex Trafficking. "Prince Andrew accuser’s 2009 deal with Jeffrey Epstein made public:" https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-59861831

* CW: Sex Trafficking, Pedophilia"A QAnon con: How the viral Wayfair sex trafficking lie hurt real kids:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/interactive/2021/wayfair-qanon-sex-trafficking-conspiracy/

* "Child grooms are often overlooked in the fight to stop child marriage:" https://www.npr.org/sections/goatsandsoda/2022/01/02/1066099271/child-grooms-are-often-overlooked-in-the-fight-to-stop-child-marriage

* CW: Sexual Assault. "Chris Noth: Two women accuse Sex And The City actor of sexual assault:" https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-59689064

* CW: Sexual Assault. "Chris Noth Is Dropped From ‘The Equalizer’ Amid Sexual Assault Allegations:" https://www.nytimes.com/2021/12/20/us/chris-noth-the-equalizer-fired.html

* CW: Sexual Assault. "Prosecutor drops groping charge against former NY Gov. Cuomo:" https://apnews.com/article/new-york-andrew-cuomo-albany-david-soares-24c140df57e2cf65bea8e576bf427f74

* CW: sexual Misconduct "Chris Cuomo, newly fired from CNN, faces an allegation of sexual misconduct:" https://www.npr.org/2021/12/05/1061639233/chris-cuomo-newly-fired-from-cnn-faces-an-allegation-of-sexual-misconduct

* "Bryan Singer accused of 'controlling, abusive' relationship with young assistant:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2021/12/21/bryan-singer-x-men-director-abuse-allegations-blake-stuerman/

* "Alex Jones' wife arrested on domestic violence charge:" https://news.yahoo.com/alex-jones-wife-arrested-domestic-204930217.html

* CW: Domestic Abuse "Dubai ruler must pay ex-wife $700M in divorce settlement:" https://abcnews.go.com/Business/wireStory/dubai-ruler-pay-wife-700m-divorce-settlement-81873513

* CW: Domestic Violence "Students walked out before ‘transphobic’ Rod Liddle speech 'over assault caution':" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2021/12/08/rod-liddle-durham-assault-caution/

* "Death of pregnant woman ignites debate about abortion ban in Poland:" https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/death-pregnant-woman-ignites-debate-about-abortion-ban-poland-2021-11-05/

* "Tennessee Planned Parenthood destroyed in early morning fire:" https://apnews.com/article/health-fires-tennessee-knoxville-planned-parenthood-524edc1a8bd12e46774c1fcdf37c6c72

* "US groups behind bid to outlaw abortion linked to global attacks on human rights:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2021/12/07/homophobic-groups-fund-abortion-case-us/

* "Abortion bans 'certain' across America if Supreme Court overturns Roe v Wade:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2022/01/04/abortion-supreme-court-roe-v-wade/

* "For Young LGBTQ+ Folks, Emergency Contraception on Campus Is Essential:" https://www.advocate.com/commentary/2021/11/29/young-lgbtq-folks-emergency-contraception-campus-essential

* "Vladimir Putin uses annual four-hour speech to attack trans people:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2021/12/24/vladimir-putin-russia-trans-coronavirus-pandemic/

* "Hungary’s cruel anti-LGBT+ law breaches basic human rights, say legal experts:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2021/12/21/hungary-anti-lgbt-law/

* "Kiss-A-Thon Held at Six Flags Mexico After Queer Couple Reprimanded:" https://www.advocate.com/world/2022/1/03/kiss-thon-held-six-flags-mexico-after-queer-couple-reprimanded-kissing

* "Same-Sex Couples in Israel Will Soon Have Access to Surrogacy:" https://www.advocate.com/news/2022/1/04/same-sex-couples-israel-will-soon-have-access-surrogacy

* "Majority of Scots think trans people should be 'free to express their identity':" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2021/12/17/trans-scotland-self-id-survation-poll/

* "All historic gay sex convictions to be pardoned: 'The UK did so much wrong':" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2022/01/04/gay-sex-pardon-turins-law-priti-patel/

* "Crucial appeal against anti-trans LGB Alliance’s charity status to be heard in 2022:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2021/12/23/lgb-alliance-charity-appeal/

* "Tories should give non-binary people legal recognition by 2024, say MPs:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2021/12/21/non-binary-legal-recognition-inquiry/

* "The real-life stories of Grindr serial killer Stephen Port's tragic victims:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2022/01/04/stephen-port-victims-anthony-walgate-daniel-whitworth-gabriel-kovari-jack-taylor/

* "America's LGBT+ population could be twice as big as previously thought, study says:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2021/12/19/usa-lgbt-population-census-pulse-survey-trans/

* "Black Trans Woman Ke’Yahonna Stone Shot Morning After Christmas:" https://www.advocate.com/crime/2021/12/31/black-transgender-woman-keyahonna-stone-shot-morning-after-christmas-indiana

* "21-Year-Old Black Trans Woman Amarey Lej Killed in Pittsburgh:" https://www.advocate.com/crime/2022/1/04/21-year-old-black-trans-woman-amarey-lej-killed-pittsburgh

* "'Angry' students take stand after school targeted in racist, homophobic attack:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2022/01/04/homophobic-racist-slurs-san-dieguito-academy/

* "Billionaire Mormon quits church over relentless attacks on LGBT+ rights:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2021/12/22/jeff-t-green-mormon-quit-lgbt-gay/

* "Their fears are mirrors of what they desire:" https://solarbird.dreamwidth.org/1814418.html

* "Game-changing injectable PrEP taken every other month to be rolled out in US:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2021/12/22/prep-injection-fda/

* Child Death "They Lost Three Daughters to Sickle Cell. Can They Save a Fourth?:" https://www.nytimes.com/2021/12/21/health/sickle-cell-nigeria.html

* "The whitest specialty: As medicine strives to close its diversity gaps, one field remains a stubborn outlier:" https://www.statnews.com/2021/12/13/whitest-specialty-as-medicine-strives-to-close-diversity-gaps-orthopedic-surgery-remains-stubborn-outlier/

* "New Zealand's unique cigarette ban may be a model for other countries:" https://www.npr.org/2021/12/15/1064212737/new-zealands-cigarette-ban-model

* "The Problem With the Myers-Briggs Personality Test:" https://www.discovermagazine.com/mind/the-problem-with-the-myers-briggs-personality-test

* "US population growth at lowest rate in pandemic's 1st year:" https://apnews.com/article/coronavirus-pandemic-immigration-health-us-census-bureau-covid-19-pandemic-d224035ee70e805f1e42da6c1a9c079c

* "Alyssa always wanted to be a doctor. Then her dad died of covid and her dream fell apart.:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/interactive/2021/father-covid-grief/

* "Children, Coping With Loss, Are Pandemic’s ‘Forgotten Grievers’:" https://www.nytimes.com/2021/12/09/us/politics/children-lost-parents-caregivers-covid-grief.html

* "Fentanyl number one cause of death for adults 18-45, recent government data says:" https://www.abc12.com/news/fentanyl-number-one-cause-of-death-for-adults-18-45-recent-government-data-says/article_ed0bfe28-5f79-11ec-8aa0-af3f6cbff03c.html

* "States target Sackler family for opioid crisis justice after judge dumps bankruptcy deal:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/states-target-sackler-family-for-opioid-crisis-justice-after-judge-dumps-bankruptcy-deal-129812037758

* CW: Suicide "Hazmat incident from suspected suicide closes Main Street in Springfield:" https://news.yahoo.com/hazmat-incident-fire-police-officials-023532091.html

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* "‘Our house was gone, it was sea and sand’: life on the vanishing coasts – in pictures:" https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/gallery/2021/dec/29/our-house-was-gone-it-was-sea-and-sand-life-on-the-vanishing-coasts-in-pictures

* "Boulder County wildfires: How to help those impacted by the disaster:" https://www.denverpost.com/2021/12/30/boulder-county-wildfires-how-to-help/

* "Alaska records all-time December high of 67 degrees:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/alaska-records-all-time-december-high-of-67-degrees-129871429768

* "‘Doomsday glacier’: Experts raise alarms about cracking Antarctic ice shelf:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/-doomsday-glacier-experts-raise-alarms-about-cracking-antarctic-ice-shelf-129872965776

* "3 people missing, nearly 1K structures scorched in Colorado wildfire, officials say:" https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2022/01/01/colorado-fire-boulder-county-2-people-believed-missing/9067357002/

* "Drivers fret about food and fuel while stranded on highway :" https://apnews.com/article/snow-storm-weather-195-virginia-660346cff578c655186ac517fb45f17f

* "The Next Disaster Coming to the Great Plains:" https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2021/12/kansas-aquifer-ogallala-water-crisis-drought/621007/

* "The rising threat to businesses in 2022? Water.:" https://www.cbsnews.com/news/climate-change-flooding-businesses-2022/

* "Trash for rice: Bali recycling scheme gives families pandemic lifeline:" https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/trash-rice-bali-recycling-scheme-gives-families-pandemic-lifeline-2021-12-29/

* "Inside the Chicago-area factory aiming to end US overreliance on Asia's PPE production:" https://www.cnn.com/2021/12/30/us/medical-gloves-ppe-chicago-factory/index.html

* "The First Dynasty of Egypt: The Birth of a Civilization:"

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* "The Great European Famine: The First Catastrophe of the 14th Century:"

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* "Syphilis: The Disease that Changed Europe:"

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* CW: Rape, Torture. "François L’Olonnais: The Most Savage Pirate of the Caribbean:"

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* "Emiliano Zapata: Mexico’s Greatest Revolutionary:"

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* CW: NAZIs, Holocaust, Torture. "Bayer's History is a Hard Pill to Swallow :"

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* "The Black Cop Who Infiltrated the KKK: Ron Stallworth:"

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* CW: Pedophilia, Child Murder "Inside the hunt for Christine Jessop's real killer:" https://torontolife.com/city/inside-the-hunt-for-christine-jessops-real-killer/

* "Betty White defended a Black dancer on her 1950s variety show:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2022/01/01/betty-white-show-arthur-duncan-black-tap-dancer-racism/

* "Betty White Understood Gay Men, and We Loved Her for It:" https://www.advocate.com/commentary/2021/12/31/betty-white-understood-gay-men-and-we-loved-her-it

* "Gay Olympic Diving Star Ian Matos Is Dead at 32:" https://www.advocate.com/sports/2021/12/24/gay-olympic-diving-star-ian-matos-dead-32

* "A Quick Memory of Harry Reid:" https://solarbird.dreamwidth.org/1815738.html

* "Mummers 2022 Fancy Brigade 06 Vikings:"

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* "Mummers 2022 Fancy Brigade 02 Avenuers:"

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* "Mummers 2022 Fancy Brigade 01 Satin Slipper:"

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* "Mummers 2022 String Band Fralinger - Orchestration Station:"

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* That’s It. That’s the movie. "Mummers 2022 String Band 10 Quaker City- Getting the Band Back Together:"

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* "Mummers 2022 South Philadelphia String Band - Circus Space-Tacular:"

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* "Psychology of a Hero: Katniss Everdeen (part 1):"

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* This latest crisis is of course happening in that weird liminal space between end of year holidays, so the fact that I got any call backs on my Wednesday round of message leaving as various social service agencies was all by itself impressive.

Thursday morning at 7AM, the phone rang. This is an alarming time for anyone to call anyone, and we are far enough north it's not yet dawn. With Squirrel's slightly longer commute to his new job (He'd have been home by then from his old job, if he hadn't stopped for groceries or gas or the like, but at 7 he's often still commuting these days) and the whole melted snow freezes into dangerous ice overnight thing, I was worried it was Squirrel having had an accident on the way home.

It was not. It was a very nice man filling in for someone on vacation at a long shot agency I called the previous day. The answer was the expected no, but he had two more leads to try.

Poverty is very time consuming. I have been poor most of my life, including all my adult life. Phone tag, the endless time consuming search for hidden little programs that might help one with whatever nightmare poverty has tossed at you this time. I fish and I wait. There is noting else to do sometimes.

It was very sweet of him to call first thing, and really kind to try to help the only way he could.

Want to help with the bills/wiring crisis? paypal.me/Gwydion

* The roads are so bad, the security guys coming to fix the fire system cancelled. Really there is nothing to be done until after the new year.

Head Millenial came in on his day off. We've got white fairy lights strung up in the kitchen and an extension cord running to the bathroom with a bedroom lamp attach. The beta now has light and heat. The lighting is dimmer than ideal but we can now see what we're doing at night and the small space heater is attached to the most stable of the household circuits, the one that is also lighting the bathroom. It's not ideal but the safety issue is abated and I have a stomache with protein in it as I typed this.

Addendum: The temperature dropped fast tonight, so it was very good we sorted out the space heater power supply.

* Friday, I'm awakened by some guy yelling about water leaking outside the interior door. So I throw on some clothes and go and answer it. It's an inspector needing to take moisture readings of his wall that connects to the neighbor on his side. So I wake squirrel up.

He hit us first, so I don't know the results of the inspection, but he had information that may be a game changer. He said that the fire suppression sprinkler cracked due to the weather, and was leaking into next door's apartment. I told him about our fire suppression and electrical issues and he said likely next door's water leak zapped us too.

If this is the case, odds are I can leverage that into getting management to pay to fix the electricals, since weather damage in another apartment leaking into ours and doing massive damage sounds a lot like the time I called in water coming out of the ceiling in the bathroom and they had to fix it for me. the Inspector said it sounded as crazy to him as it did to us that they wanted us to pay a massive repair bill caused by weather damage in someone else's apartment.

So Monday, I'll call around and verify if this is the case, and if it is, I have a good case for this being someone else's problem. Which leaves us with the bills I didn't pay so I could fix my brakes and the medical bill. I've got a few donations, including one that means I can cover the one that flips into fines on the 7th. I need to wait for money to shift around and for the electrical situation to get settled one way or another, at which point I an give an update on my level of fucked, but odds just shifted from this is my life now I guess to solvable by Spring.

In other news, the cats and I are still holed up against the cold and snow and spending a lot of time napping in a group. I am adjusting to the dim emergency lighting we've strung up and still have the battery lanterns for close work. What did I do for New Years? Pet assorted cats and read Medieval history between naps. Oh, and had spasms. So many spasms. I spent the last couple of days trying to head them off, and lost.

But we are all fed and warm and that's more than a lot of people have right now.

* The Mummer's Parade got postponed to Sunday, so I stayed up to watch it live streaming. you could see the effects of the pandemic particularly in the Comics, I think, and in some of the string Bands. Most of the parade did pretty well on the whole racism, appropriation problem. There was one thing in each section before the fancy brigades if i remember correctly, plus a really bad one by a DJ in the fancies, but trust me this is progress. It used to be so much worse.

The Fancy Brigades though? Jesus fuck! It was like some sort of racism/cultural appropriation Olympics. There were always problems in the fancies division, but this is by far the worst it's been since the '90's. no wonder the my agish black man doing the cultural sensitivity training for Mummers sounded so damned tired.

The fuck!
Anyway, money has moved around and the immediate personal financial crisis that started with the brakes on the car is under control thanks to donors. The wall I was going to hit on the seventh has been removed. If I can talk property management into fixing the electricity, it will be tight for January and possibly ugly in February, but the immediate oh shit has become a next month problem. I should know in a week or two how fucked we will be next month. I'll let you know then.

* Monday I spent all day doing bureaucracy and errands. A half an hour's argument with management rendered a hard no. Luckily, the City called and is willing to put me on the expedited waiting list. The form required me to spend two hours on hold to get a single number from an agency, but I filed the application for the city to fix the electricals the same day via email.

Going out to get the application packet turned into more of a saga than hoped, as one of my tires was on the rim flat. Luckily squirrel was awake and lent me his car. Also, I was exhausted, barely mobile and in a lot of pain. Still, the essential adulting got done.

Tuesday I spent most of the morning on more phone bureaucracy (tracking down more leads, etc.). apparently if I had 2500 I could get the electricals fixed myself. Might as well wish I had a million. I then drove on the rim to the tire store. It took two hours, which was no surprise. The line is always long there, and it was worse because of the whole people snowed in and new year thing, plus they were having computer issues which was slowing check in considerable. I couldn't not replace the tire and waiting for a better day would not make things any easier.

Apparently, the tire was under warranty, which surprised the hell out of me as I didn't know i had a warranty. I certainly hadn't paid for one. My assumption is is came automatically with the tires. As I bought these tires in February a year before the pandemic, my suspicion is if the tire had punctured say a month and a half from now, it would have expired. As it fell out, I got a free replacement tire, so that's a win.

I turned out one of the bills I didn't pay because brakes had acquired and extra 25 or so of fees; the other was the amount expected. I'll need to pay this month's bills, of course, plus the 70.00 medical bill, plus whatever they are going to charge me for car tabs later in the month, so I'm still some degree of fucked, but this could have been so much worse.

I also bought a grocery sandwich on EBT, because while it's not as bad as yesterday, my body is really not doing well at the basics. I turned in the hard copy of our application on the grounds that trying to read my arthritis handwriting on Squirrel's cell phone picture sounded dicey to me. I actually have faith that the city will help since both of the people involved in that decision are very invested in getting it sorted. It's more a matter of how long until my waiting list spot rises to an open slot and then about a three month process after that. We may even get them to replace the unreliable refrigerator and fix my broken kitchen drawer in the process.

It's going to be unpleasant, but if we can make it to April financially, we'll be okay.

* Wednesday, we didn't forage. Nearby Millennial was trapped at home because the compacted ice made her hill too dangerous. Head Millennial could make it, so we worked on stuff in the living room, while the snow invisibly piled up outside. Luckily, Squirrel took Head Millennial home before he went to work.

He called me from work. They have an outbreak and it's bad. Really, really bad. He's working directly with COVID patients. He is taking all precautions at work and is masking when he has to leave his room for food or work, but our risk just went way up.

In other news, I packed up Halloweentown today as a preliminary to taking down the interior Gothmas display. The cats had an exciting time exploring the cleared space and sitting together to stare out at the snowy landscape and occasional dog walker.

Did I mention the previous Wednesday, Head Millennial brought in a dish of snow for the cats? neither of them have much outdoor experience. (Livia escaped once and was deeply traumatized. Tavy has escaped more often, usually to the bushes in front of our patio to check for hidden Millenials). They've never been out in snow and seeing it fall only happens once or twice a year in the normal course of things, so they are fascinated and a bit alarmed whenever it happens.

The dish of snow blew the Emperor's mind. He finds snow both fascinating and alarming at the best of times. He'd never seen it indoors or been close to it. It really freaked him right out. he'd approach the bowl cautiously, tail lashing, then skitter away sideways. He did eventually sniff it, at which point he recoiled in horror. Livia basically gave it the side eye and would skirt around it.

Imperial opinion is united: It was not a hit. Snow belongs Outside, with noises and strangers.

* Since 2016, I've tried to write up a thing in the dark of every year, but this year, I didn't find the words. Looks like the Mountain Goats guy found them for me. :https://star-burp.tumblr.com/post/672168512356237312

* "Sunday Sweets For Roy G. Biv:" https://www.cakewrecks.com/home/2022/1/2/sunday-sweets-for-roy-g-biv

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

The help links are at the bottom under the cut.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

* I used all the bill money to fix my brakes. I need about 250.00-300 to cover bills for the month. Paypal Lethran@gmail.com or paypal.me/Gwydion

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* "Vladimir Putin’s homophobic reign to continue until 2036 as same-sex marriage ban ‘used as distraction’ in power-grab vote:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2020/07/01/russia-referendum-constitution-results-vladimir-putin-2036-same-sex-marriage/

* "Amazon fires at 13-year high for June:" https://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-53262565

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* "Coronavirus Victoria: 73 new Covid-19 cases reported as 36 Melbourne suburbs return to lockdown:" https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/jul/01/coronavirus-victoria-73-new-covid-19-cases-reported-as-36-melbourne-suburbs-return-to-lockdown

* "Another day of record coronavirus cases as more states rethink mask mandate:" https://www.cnn.com/2020/07/02/health/us-coronavirus-thursday/index.html

* "Coronavirus cases rose by nearly 50 percent last month, led by states that reopened first:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/coronavirus-cases-rose-by-nearly-50-percent-last-month-led-by-states-that-reopened-first/2020/07/01/3337f1ec-bb96-11ea-80b9-40ece9a701dc_story.html

* "U.S. sets record for new coronavirus cases, surpassing 55,000:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2020/07/02/coronavirus-live-updates-us/

* "‘National humiliation’: Chris Hayes compares U.S. coronavirus crisis to rest of world:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/-national-humiliation-chris-hayes-compares-u-s-coronavirus-crisis-to-rest-of-world-86946373788

* "U.S. still burdened by Trump admin failure to make a testing plan:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/u-s-still-burdened-by-trump-admin-failure-to-make-a-testing-plan-86953029898

* "History repeats as Trump admin fails to fix PPE shortage crisis:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/history-repeats-as-trump-admin-fails-to-fix-ppe-shortage-crisis-86952005889

* "As coronavirus cases soar, Texas issues statewide order requiring face coverings:" https://www.cnbc.com/2020/07/02/texas-issues-state-wide-order-requiring-face-coverings.html

* "Santa Clara County meeting that exposed 40 principals to coronavirus raises red flags:" https://www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/article/More-than-40-Bay-Area-school-principals-in-15381335.php

* "Herman Cain is receiving treatment for coronavirus at an Atlanta hospital:" https://www.cnn.com/2020/07/02/politics/herman-cain-coronavirus/index.html

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* "Is Trump Trying to Kill Us All?:" https://www.advocate.com/commentary/2020/6/30/trump-trying-kill-us-all

* "The RNC Is Paying a Former Apprentice Hand Accused of Having Trump Dirt:" https://www.thedailybeast.com/the-rnc-is-paying-a-former-apprentice-hand-chuck-labella-accused-of-having-trump-dirt

* "Duckworth to hold up confirmations to ensure impeachment witness Vindman's promotion isn't blocked:" https://www.politico.com/news/2020/07/02/tammy-duckworth-alexander-vindman-military-nominees-348183

* "U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of NY Stepping Down, Office Says:" https://www.ny1.com/nyc/all-boroughs/politics/2020/07/03/brooklyn-us-attorney-leaving-post-at-the-edny

* "Trump ambassadors sold stocks as president downplayed pandemic and virus was spreading:" https://www.cnbc.com/2020/07/02/coronavirus-update-trump-ambassadors-sold-stocks-as-president-downplayed-pandemic.html

* "Inquiry Prompted by Trump’s Hurricane Dorian Claim Is Being Blocked, Investigator Says:" https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/01/climate/trump-dorian-noaa-investigation.html

* "Mike Pence, who ‘really believes all lives matter’, wants Trump to win so he can appoint more conservative justices:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2020/06/30/mike-pence-all-lives-matter-black-supreme-court-conservative-justices-donald-trump/

* "Unemployment rate won't recover for the next decade, CBO projects:" https://www.cnn.com/2020/07/02/economy/congressional-budget-office-projections-economy/index.html

* "Jon Stewart: Joe Biden, Humbled By Grief, May Be The Leader America Needs Right Now:"

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* "Anti-LGBTQ+ Alabama Mayor Resigns After Denouncing Black Lives Matter:" https://www.advocate.com/politics/2020/7/03/anti-lgbtq-alabama-mayor-resigns-after-denouncing-black-lives-matter

* "Wake Up, White People: America is Drowning in 400 Years of Racism:" https://www.advocate.com/commentary/2020/6/30/wake-white-people-america-drowning-400-years-racism

* "Dr. Ibram X. Kendi: Creating A More Equitable Society Is In White Americans' Self Interest:"

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* "Sen. Cory Booker Is Pushing for Real Changes:"

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* "Bigoted historian David Starkey dropped by publisher and loses coveted Cambridge title after 'indefensible' racist rant:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2020/07/03/david-starkey-racist-racism-damn-blacks-cambridge-university-publisher-harper-collins/

* TW: Pedophilia "Ghislaine Maxwell, longtime Jeffrey Epstein associate, arrested for recruiting and abusing girls in sex-trafficking ring:" https://www.cnn.com/2020/07/02/us/ghislaine-maxwell-jeffrey-epstein/index.html

* TW: Pedophilia "Epstein’s confidant Ghislaine Maxwell charged in sex abuse probe:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/epstein-s-confidant-ghislaine-maxwell-charged-in-sex-abuse-probe-86946373974

* TW: Pedophilia "New York attorney general reaches $19m settlement in Harvey Weinstein lawsuits:" https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/jun/30/new-york-attorney-general-harvey-weinstein-lawsuit-settlement

* "A trans person was stoned and bottled by teenage thugs in a suspected hate attack, for the simple crime of walking their dog:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2020/07/01/trans-transgender-hate-attack-sutton-coldfield-birmingham-streetly/

* "Leaders from every major religion join forces to fight homophobia, end conversion therapy and protect trans people:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2020/06/30/religion-lgbt-homophobia-conversion-therapy-ozanne-foundation-islam-christianity-judaism/

* "Town officials refused to recognize Pride Month because it didn’t include ‘Straight Pride’. So locals got creative:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2020/07/01/emo-ontario-canada-pride-month-straight-flag-borderland/

* "Deplorable conversion therapy doctor unashamedly describes how he ‘treats’ gay people for their ‘sexual deviations’:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2020/07/02/jordan-conversion-therapy-psychiatrist-doctor-mohamed-al-dabbas-middle-east-honour-killing-homosexuality/

* "Trump administration strikes abhorrent new rule to ’empower’ homeless shelters to turn away vulnerable trans people:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2020/07/02/trump-administration-homeless-shelters-trans-hud-ben-carson-equal-access-rule/

* TW: Death Threats "Facebook refused to take down posts threatening to murder queer people because they ‘didn't contradict standards':" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2020/07/02/facebook-hate-speech-policy-posts-lgbt-people-murder-boycott/

* "Black Trans Woman in Critical Condition After L.A. Shooting:" https://www.advocate.com/crime/2020/7/02/black-trans-woman-critical-condition-after-la-shooting

* "Transphobia Killed Her Daughter, But Her Legacy Lives In New State Law:" https://www.advocate.com/exclusives/2020/7/02/transphobia-killed-her-daughter-her-legacy-lives-new-state-law

* "Restaurant worker pelted with homophobic abuse, brutally beaten and kicked in the mouth. His boss fired him for it:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2020/07/02/burgerfi-miami-beach-restaurant-homophobia-jaquan-walker-homophobic-attack-police/

* "Seattle Might Rename One of Their Schools After Marsha P. Johnson:" https://www.advocate.com/news/2020/6/30/seattle-might-rename-one-their-schools-after-marsha-p-johnson

* "Polyamorous Relationships Granted Rights in Massachusetts City:" https://www.advocate.com/news/2020/7/02/polyamorous-relationships-granted-rights-massachusetts-city

* "Could In-Home Tests Be the Secret to Ending Cervical Cancer?:" https://www.hivplusmag.com/news/2020/7/01/could-home-tests-be-secret-ending-cervical-cancer

* TW: Suicide "Mental health groups report huge surge in numbers of LGBT+ people at risk of suicide during lockdown:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2020/07/03/lgbt-suicide-rate-increase-coronavirus-pandemic/

* TW: Dead Bodies. "ICONIC CORPSE: The "Diva Corpse" Lady Dai:"

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* TW: Dead Bodies. "ICONIC CORPSE: 93 Years of Vladimir Lenin:"

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* TW: Dead Bodies. "How to Tell if Your Saint is Incorrupt:"

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* "Trump Stoked A Culture War Over Masks That Put Everyone At Risk, Even The Secret Service:"

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* Chuck Tingle has masks! https://twitter.com/ChuckTingle/status/1278712658301038598/

* This is beautiful. "This Contact Sword Routine is Absolutely Mesmerizing:" https://twistedsifter.com/videos/amazing-contact-swords-routine-by-titos-firedancer/

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Doug Jones - Alabama
Gary Peters - Michigan

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

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

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

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

* Want to support Christy Smith in the primary for Katie Hill's seat?: https://secure.actblue.com/donate/dw_ca25

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

* "Brother of Manchester bomber found guilty of murdering 22 innocent people in Ariana Grande terror attack:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2020/03/17/manchester-bomber-terror-attack-hashem-abedi-trial-ariana-grande-old-bailey/

* I'm going to section off coronavirus stuff in the aggregation between the dotted lines, so people who need to skip can skip without losing the other stuff.

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* "The EU travel ban explained:" https://www.politico.eu/article/the-eu-european-union-coronavirus-covid19-travel-ban-explained/

* "U.S. coronavirus death toll surpasses 100:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/us-coronavirus-death-toll-reaches-100/2020/03/17/f8d770c2-67a8-11ea-b313-df458622c2cc_story.html

* "Covid-19 hits doctors, nurses and EMTs, threatening health system:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/covid-19-hits-doctors-nurses-emts-threatening-health-system/2020/03/17/f21147e8-67aa-11ea-b313-df458622c2cc_story.html

* "VA’s mission to see civilian patients in times of crisis vanished from its website:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2020/03/16/va-fourth-mission-website/

* "A Top Cancer Hospital Faces Mask Shortages As COVID-19 Cases Show Up In Staff And Patients:" https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/rosalindadams/a-top-cancer-hospital-faces-mask-shortages-as-covid-19

* "U.S. Military Prepares Hospital Ships for Deployment, to Open Its Labs:" https://www.wsj.com/articles/u-s-military-prepares-hospital-ships-for-deployment-11584471429

* "White House Takes New Line After Dire Report on Death Toll:" https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/16/us/coronavirus-fatality-rate-white-house.html

* "Emergency stimulus to soar above $1 trillion:" https://www.politico.com/news/2020/03/17/coronavirus-1-trillion-emergency-stimulus-133821

* "Why Telling People They Don’t Need Masks Backfired:" https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/17/opinion/coronavirus-face-masks.html

* "U.S. Postpones April 15 Tax Payments for 90 Days for Most Americans:" https://www.wsj.com/articles/u-s-postpones-april-15-tax-deadline-for-90-days-for-millions-of-americans-11584463242

* "Texas coronavirus cases prompt Gov. Greg Abbott to activate National Guard:" https://www.texastribune.org/2020/03/17/texas-coronavirus-cases-prompt-greg-abbott-activate-national-guard/

* "Idris Elba on coronavirus diagnosis: 'This disease does not discriminate':" https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/story/2020-03-17/idris-elba-coronavirus-update-twitter

* "Outgoing acting White House chief of staff Mick Mulvaney under self-quarantine:" https://www.cbsnews.com/news/outgoing-acting-white-house-chief-of-staff-mick-mulvaney-under-self-quarantine-coronavirus/

* "Stephanie Grisham, White House press secretary, self-quarantines after coronavirus exposure:" https://nypost.com/2020/03/17/stephanie-grisham-white-house-press-secretary-self-quarantines-after-coronavirus-exposure/

* "Rush Limbaugh took a day off, and his replacement wasted no time blaming ‘the gays’ for coronavirus:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2020/03/18/rush-limbaugh-show-mark-steyn-gay-coronavirus-homophobia-donald-trump-san-francisco/

* "A Message to the Media on Implicit Bias:" https://www.advocate.com/commentary/2020/3/16/message-media-implicit-bias

* "Perhaps the most significant story from a former Sad Puppy ever:" https://camestrosfelapton.wordpress.com/2020/03/17/perhaps-the-most-significant-story-from-a-former-sad-puppy-ever/

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* "Justice Dept. abandons prosecution of Russian firm indicted in Mueller election interference probe:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/legal-issues/us-justice-dept-abandons-prosecution-of-russian-firm-indicted-in-mueller-election-interference-probe/2020/03/16/5f7c3fd6-64a9-11ea-912d-d98032ec8e25_story.html

* Primary Results:

Washington State (They just finished counting):
Joe Biden 43 37.9% 581,860
Bernie Sanders 41 36.5% 560,837

Florida:
Joe Biden 130 61.9% 1,070,825
Bernie Sanders 48 22.8% 395,069

Illinois:
Joe Biden 93 59.1% 909,460
Bernie Sanders 46 36.1% 554,974

Arizona (88% as of 2AM)
Joe Biden 26 43.6% 231,507
Bernie Sanders 22 31.6% 168,149

Delegate Totals (1,991 to win nomination):
Biden 1147
Sanders: 861

* "Pride in London calls on government to take urgent action on Poland’s ‘LGBT-free’ zones:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2020/03/17/pride-in-london-poland-lgbt-free-zones-dominic-raab-ambassador-arkady-rzegocki/

* "Meet Charmaine McGuffey, the Lesbian Running for Sheriff in Ohio:" https://www.advocate.com/politics/2020/3/17/meet-charmaine-mcguffey-lesbian-running-sheriff-ohio

* It bans intersex girls too. "Idaho just banned trans girls from competing in school sports because clearly there’s nothing else for politicians to do right now:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2020/03/17/idaho-trans-intersex-school-girls-athletics-ban-vox/

* "This teenager went to a sex party with two gay men and a trans woman. He returned an hour later and murdered all three:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2020/03/17/devon-robinson-detroit-us-sex-party-murder-gay-men-trans-woman/

* "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland – Mad Hatter's Tea Party (The Royal Ballet):"

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* "The Tart Adage from Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (The Royal Ballet, 2017):"

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* "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland - The Caterpillar (The Royal Ballet):"

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* "Tape Five Geraldine's Routine:"

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* Today I discovered the contractors are disinfecting all the surfaces they are touching before they leave at the end of the day, which removes a worry. (They already are wearing heavy masks and gloves.)

It looks like they expect to be at it through Thursday as the whole tub being slightly too big complicates things. Luckily for the cats, the living room equipment and materials pile is bout a third smaller and they were able to watch the gazebo bird show Tuesday evening.

* The Tuesday news was made extra challenging to compile because cats. Tavy turning off the computer. Elder Kitty pooping everywhere. Bonus: multiple surprise reboots.

* A saga for the Ages: https://gallusrostromegalus.tumblr.com/post/612911240137801728/muirin007-wait-wait-wait-have-i-not-told

* Free printable coloring books: https://gumroad.com/theonicole

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Doug Jones - Alabama
Gary Peters - Michigan

* Want to get rid of Mitch McConnell? Help Amy McGrath: https://secure.actblue.com/donate/am-website?refcode=website-nav

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

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

* Want to support Christy Smith in the primary for Katie Hill's seat?: https://secure.actblue.com/donate/dw_ca25

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

* "Half-North Korean, half-Chinese kids struggle in South Korea:" https://apnews.com/3ee96082ab384adcaac98223e5253034

* "‘Dump Trump!’ Protesters across the nation rally for impeachment:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/dump-trump-protesters-across-the-nation-rally-for-impeachment/2019/12/17/b010b272-213a-11ea-9c2b-060477c13959_story.html

* "A Third of Trump Judicial Appointees Are Anti-LGBTQ:" https://www.advocate.com/politics/2019/12/24/third-every-trump-judicial-appointment-anti-lgbtq

* "As a school shooting unfolded, a teen opened her mosque doors to shelter fleeing students:" https://www.cnn.com/2019/12/05/us/shelter-mosque-school-shooting-trnd/index.html

* "The Hidden Cost of Incarceration:" https://www.themarshallproject.org/2019/12/17/the-hidden-cost-of-incarceration

* "Brazil's Antigay President: Reporter's Face Is 'Like a Homosexual's':" https://www.advocate.com/world/2019/12/24/brazils-antigay-president-reporters-face-homosexuals

* "A group of boys as young as 12 are wanted by police for a suspected homophobic attack:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2019/12/24/netherlands-eindhoven-homophobic-attack-12-year-olds/

* TW: Sexual Assault "Kansas City Police Misgender Missing Trans Teen:" https://www.advocate.com/news/2019/12/24/kansas-city-police-misgender-missing-trans-teen

"But advocates nationwide say police not only risk offending individuals with misgendering, but as this case shows, lives can be placed at risk. The public won’t recognize the missing person if they express a different gender than appears on fliers, and often won’t respond to a name they no longer use."

* "What Quakers Can Teach Us About the Politics of Pronouns:" https://www.nytimes.com/2019/11/16/opinion/sunday/pronouns-quakers.html

* "A guide to how gender-neutral language is developing around the world:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2019/12/15/guide-how-gender-neutral-language-is-developing-around-world/

* "Transphobia: An Analysis | Philosophy Tube:"

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* "When Will Security Go Back to Normal? | Philosophy Tube:"

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* "Elon Musk | Philosophy Tube:"

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* "When a DNA Test Says You’re a Younger Man, Who Lives 5,000 Miles Away:" https://www.nytimes.com/2019/12/07/us/dna-bone-marrow-transplant-crime-lab.html

* "The Startling Secret of an Invincible Virus:" https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2019/12/startling-secret-invincible-virus/603412/

* "The Changing Geography of the Opioid Crisis:" https://www.citylab.com/life/2019/12/opioid-crisis-us-map-urban-rural-heroin-fentanyl-overdose/603100/

* "Separated by Design: Why Affordable Housing Is Built in Areas With High Crime, Few Jobs and Struggling Schools:" https://www.propublica.org/article/separated-by-design-why-affordable-housing-is-built-in-areas-with-high-crime-few-jobs-and-struggling-schools

* "For Tech Jobs, the Rich Cities Are Getting Richer:" https://www.wired.com/story/tech-jobs-rich-cities-getting-richer/

* "In A Warming Greenland, A Farming Family Adapts To Drought — And New Opportunities:" https://www.npr.org/2019/12/07/784557923/in-a-warming-greenland-a-farming-family-adapts-to-drought-and-new-opportunities

* "3,600-year-old disposable cup shows even our ancestors hated doing dishes:" https://www.cnn.com/style/article/ancient-single-use-cup-intl-scli-gbr-scn/index.html

* "When Dancing Plagues Struck Medieval Europe:" https://daily.jstor.org/when-dancing-plagues-struck-medieval-europe/

* "Watchmen Finale: Ending Explained + Every Easter Egg, Secret and Full BREAKDOWN:"

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* "Watchmen Sticks the Landing:" https://www.thefandomentals.com/watchmen-sticks-the-landing/

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

* Want to support Christy Smith in the primary for Katie Hill's seat?: https://secure.actblue.com/donate/dw_ca25

* Want to get rid of Mitch McConnell? Help Amy McGrath: https://secure.actblue.com/donate/am-website?refcode=website-nav

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

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

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

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

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

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

* HorrorMux is currently running a Max Mad type thing. Available Archetypes are here. I'm Martyr if you want to find me.: http://horrormu.com/index.php/Available

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

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

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

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

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

* "A Prosperous China Says ‘Men Preferred,’ and Women Lose:" https://www.nytimes.com/2019/07/16/world/asia/china-women-discrimination.html

* "U.S. to pay farmers up to $16 billion for trade war losses, South...:" https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trade-china-idUSKCN1UK2M7

* "U.S. Economy Slows, Denying Trump 3% Talking Point:" https://www.nytimes.com/2019/07/26/business/economy/us-gdp-growth.html

* "Trump knocks Fox News after poll shows him losing to Biden by 10 points:" https://www.politico.com/story/2019/07/26/trump-fox-news-biden-poll-1437265

* "Russians probably targeted election systems in all 50 states, Senate panel’s report says:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/senate-intelligence-panel-releases-first-chapter-of-bipartisan-report-into-russian-meddling/2019/07/25/63bce4f4-af0c-11e9-bc5c-e73b603e7f38_story.html?noredirect=on&utm_term=.fa802e941d80

* "Judiciary Committee asks a judge to share Mueller's secret grand jury evidence:" https://www.politico.com/story/2019/07/26/mueller-report-secret-grand-jury-evidence-1436846

* "House Judiciary Committee Launches Official Impeachment Investigation:" https://www.advocate.com/politics/2019/7/26/house-judiciary-committee-launches-official-impeachment-investigation

* "Democrats broach impeachment in bid for Mueller grand jury info:" http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/democrats-broach-impeachment-in-bid-for-mueller-grand-jury-info-64685125910

* "Context of Trump impeachment improves Democrats' legal case:" http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/context-of-trump-impeachment-improves-democrats-legal-case-64689733539

* "How Science Got Trampled in the Rush to Drill in the Arctic:" https://www.politico.com/interactives/2019/trump-science-alaska-drilling-rush/

* "Trump distorts, ignores science in rush to drill Alaska refuge:" http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/trump-distorts-ignores-science-in-rush-to-drill-alaska-refuge-64688197636

* "U.S. Approves T-Mobile-Sprint Merger, a Deal That Would Reshape the Industry:" https://www.nytimes.com/2019/07/26/business/media/sprint-tmobile-merger.html

* "Dem Presidential Hopefuls Speak Out on Deaths of Black Trans Women:" https://www.advocate.com/politics/2019/7/26/dem-presidential-hopefuls-speak-out-deaths-black-trans-women

* "Supreme Court gives Trump go-ahead on border wall:" https://www.politico.com/story/2019/07/26/trump-border-wall-supreme-court-1437894

* "SCOTUS permits Trump to use $2.5 billion from Pentagon for wall:" http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/scotus-permits-trump-to-use-2-5-billion-from-pentagon-for-wall-64689221530

* "Arrest of Marines Suspected of Smuggling Migrants Points to Lucrative Trade:" https://www.nytimes.com/2019/07/26/us/marines-migrant-smuggling-pendleton.html

* "Active-duty U.S. troops are now just feet away from migrants in Texas:" https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/immigration/active-duty-u-s-troops-are-now-just-feet-away-n1034416

* "Judge blocks new Trump asylum rule...for now:" http://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/judge-blocks-new-trump-asylum-rule-for-now-64650309924

* "Detained American teen speaks about his ordeal:" http://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/detained-american-teen-speaks-about-his-ordeal-64681542001

* "Philadelphia to fire 13 police officers after series of racist, discriminatory Facebook posts:" https://www.usatoday.com/story/tech/2019/07/18/philadelphia-police-officers-face-firing-offensive-facebook-posts/1773445001/

* "What Do People in Solitary Confinement Want to See?:" https://www.newyorker.com/culture/photo-booth/photo-requests-from-solitary-confinement

* TW: Sexual Abuse "Female inmates were forced to expose their genitals in a ‘training exercise.’ It was legal, court rules.:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2019/07/19/female-inmates-were-forced-expose-their-genitals-training-exercise-it-was-legal-court-rules/?noredirect=on&utm_term=.f19219951157

* TW: Rape. "How Jeffrey Epstein Used the Billionaire Behind Victoria’s Secret for Wealth and Women:" https://www.nytimes.com/2019/07/25/business/jeffrey-epstein-wexner-victorias-secret.html

* TW: Pedophilia. "Jeffrey Epstein found injured in jail cell with marks on his neck, sources say:" https://www.cnn.com/2019/07/25/us/jeffrey-epstein-injured-jail-cell/index.html

* "Detroit Billboard Declares 'Trans People Are Sacred':" https://www.advocate.com/transgender/2019/7/26/detroit-billboard-declares-trans-people-are-sacred

* "The LGBTQ Health Clinic That Faced a Dark Truth About the AIDS Crisis:" https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2019/07/us-aids-policy-lingering-epidemic/594445/

* "Rabies Kills Tens of Thousands Yearly. Vaccinating Dogs Could Stop It.:" https://www.nytimes.com/2019/07/22/science/rabies-dogs-india.html

* "The U.S.’s Toxic Agent Orange Legacy:" https://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2019/07/agent-orange-cambodia-laos-vietnam/591412/

* "Twelve years to save Earth? Make that 18 months...:" https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-48964736

* "New York just passed the most ambitious climate target in the country:" https://www.vox.com/energy-and-environment/2019/6/20/18691058/new-york-green-new-deal-climate-change-cuomo

* "Gay Vietnamese-American Ballet Dancer John Lam Out to Inspire Others:" https://www.advocate.com/people/2019/7/25/gay-vietnamese-american-ballet-dancer-john-lam-out-inspire-others

* You may have noticed odd posting times. My lungs are bad even by my standards. I have an appointment on Monday morning. We'll see if anything can be done about the infection. So I have very little energy, I'm coughing constantly, and achieving anything, including sleep is difficult. It took what felt like forever to chew through the Mueller stuff and it ended up making sense to stay up Thursday to go to the library, instead of gambling that I could get it together after sleep fast enough to squeeze in there and the pharmacy before close. Which through the sleep cycle off. Friday I stayed up to forage as I hadn't been well enough to go in a week? More? Hence me not managing awake at a reasonable time.

Squirrel's sofa cover came. It is better than I feared. I was picturing the horrible plastic covers the neighbors across the street had when I was a kid. This one is quilted gray fabric on one side and rubberized plastic on the other. Not aesthetically pleasing, but I can sit on it comfortably. It's long enough, but designed for an entirely different type of sofa. I made it work, and it's far better than the alternative just now. Tavy fought a violent battle with it off and on for hours Friday.

I went to put the cushions back together, but found they weren't cleaned to my satisfaction after all. I intended to start over from scratch today, but my the time I'd full changed bathroom litter, did buckets from tank change earlier in the week, and had a bath, I simply couldn't face the level of hard manual labor involved. I frankensteined out and did some necessary night gardening instead, since I wasn't well enough to manage minimum maintenance Thursday, and they need daily water checks this time of year in this heat.

The triffid lilies are stunning this year. I'll post pics tomorrow, I think. I'm a bit concerned about the carnations, which after the first flurry of blooms are barely producing.

I am just exhausted, waking or sleeping. A serious lung infection will do that. This is the first bad one since the new vaccine came out fall before last. Given it's a partial coverage situation and things like this mutate, the fact I went this long is a minor miracle. I hate it and it's eating my summer, but it's not MRSA bad or bad like that thing that nearly took me out the winter before then new vaccine.

I'm like triple booked for Monday with too many things in the day time. I'm not going to even try to impose order on my body until I have antibiotics inside med and the Monday things conquered. Expect weird and possibly sporadic posting until mid-next week at minimum.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

* HorrorMux is open for apping the next story, which is a 1994 Lost Boys type thing. Available Archetypes are here. I'm Martyr/Angel if you want to find me.: http://horrormu.com/index.php/Available

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

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

* "Australian opposition accuses government of 'spendathon' to win election:" https://www.cnbc.com/2019/04/03/australia-budget-tax-cuts-infrastructure-spending-as-election-nears.html

* "Trump claims that wind farms cause cancer for very Trumpian reasons:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2019/04/03/trump-claims-that-wind-farms-cause-cancer-very-trumpian-reasons/?noredirect=on&utm_term=.07812d3844f5

* "House Intel Requests Info, Interview From Top Trump Inaugural Planner:" https://talkingpointsmemo.com/muckraker/house-intel-requests-info-interview-from-top-trump-inaugural-planner

* "House Democrats seek 6 years of Trump’s personal and business tax returns:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/economy/house-democrats-seek-six-years-of-trumps-personal-and-business-tax-returns/2019/04/03/7a864eda-565d-11e9-8ef3-fbd41a2ce4d5_story.html?noredirect=on&utm_term=.c60ba03034fe

* "Cummings: Tax firm asks for subpoena before providing Trump docs:" https://www.politico.com/story/2019/04/03/cummings-subpoena-trump-tax-records-1253480

* "Mueller report: House committee approves subpoenas for full version:" https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/apr/03/mueller-trump-russia-report-house-subpoenas-approved

* "Barr's rosy report spin frustrates Mueller investigators: NYT:" http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/barr-s-rosy-report-spin-frustrates-mueller-investigators-nyt-1471907395667

* "House Judiciary demands the unredacted Mueller report:" http://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/house-judiciary-demands-the-unredacted-mueller-report-1471837251971

* "Most targets in House’s Trump corruption probe haven’t provided docs:" https://www.politico.com/story/2019/04/03/house-trump-corruption-probe-documents-1253724

* "House democrats step up their oversight of the Trump administration:" http://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/house-democrats-step-up-their-oversight-of-the-trump-administration-1471840835705

* "Republicans trigger ‘nuclear option’ to speed Trump nominees:" https://www.politico.com/story/2019/04/03/senate-republicans-trigger-nuclear-option-to-speed-trump-nominees-1253118

* "House condemns Trump's bid to get rid of Obamacare:" https://www.politico.com/story/2019/04/03/house-trump-obamacare-1312041

* "Biden’s Tactile Politics Threaten His Return in the #MeToo Era:" https://www.nytimes.com/2019/04/02/us/politics/joe-biden-women-me-too.html

* Remember how I keep saying over and over we need to show up every time there is an election of any kind to vote? "Conservative declares victory in Wisconsin Supreme Court race, though recount is possible:" https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/midwest/ct-wisconsin-supreme-court-election-20190402-story.html

* "States sue Trump admin over rollbacks on school lunch standards:" https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/states-sue-trump-admin-rollbacks-school-lunch-standards/story?id=62138425

* "Georgia's 'Uneasy Truce' On Abortion Ends:" https://www.npr.org/2019/03/30/708365446/georgias-uneasy-truce-on-abortion-ends

* "WWII women code breakers hold first reunion in over 70 years:" https://connectingvets.radio.com/articles/womens-history-month-female-wwii-veterans-have-their-first-reunion-over-70-years?fbclid=IwAR2r_5zBKE6epICOsa_H7-rpkXCekaf_LGEJLJoUdpiyU-v4T-EEzBxEaMU

* I wish this had been a thing in my youth. "These ballroom dancers teach a gender neutral way where both people lead:" https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/hamilton/ballroom-dancers-1.5042158?cmp=rss

* "Parenting in the Time of Measles:" https://www.nytimes.com/2019/04/03/opinion/parenting-vaccines-measles.html

* "New York will be first US city to charge congestion toll:" https://www.apnews.com/f64254de30244df698c805c63d8c4212

* "'We' - ('Us' Parody):"

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* "An America Without Avocados:"

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* "Trump Promises A Healthcare Plan, Someday:"

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* "Roe V. Wade V. Everyone:"

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* "Anti-Anti-Vaxxers:"

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* "White at the Museum:"

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* I am pretty sure I burned most of tomorrow's spoons, but it had to be done. The most efficient gas usage was to do things in this order and I had to go get my glasses, which they finished in half the time I expected. I stopped for gas first, because this one was going to eat most of what was left. Thence to to the highway and forage, where I only scored two bags of food, but they wwere better things than we've been getting lately. Then North to buy too many starts for the garden before I blew my EBT on the restock project. Then to grocery store one that has certain particular things cheap and with less crap in them than they add most places. Then onto the highway again breifly to get the bifocals. I opted not to drive in them, because the line in the middle was clearly going to be a distraction. Then to the cheap full service grocery, where I blew nearly everything. A couple weeks ago I started edging towards summer eating patterns and I really needed to restock for that.

Really, I wanted to go home round about waiting in line to pay for starts, but I had to keep going. Pushing through has a price.

The starts are planted. I put the food away. I was shaky enough by that point I scalded my left hand and a large section of abdomen making dinner, so that was 'fun.'

The glasses are fascinating. I may need to reconfigure my desk because the ideal angle for vision now is the opposite for my neck. The blur line in the center of my field of vision will take time to get used to. The weirdest thing? I discovered reading a graphic novel that when I'm reading top panels, the line coincides with the break above the bottom panel and it's like they are Coming Right at Me. It is a little like a mild acid flashback.

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

* Trans Helplines: https://www.translifeline.org/

* Want to complaint about Betsy DeVos's plan to coddle college rapists? https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2018/11/29/2018-25314/nondiscrimination-on-the-basis-of-sex-in-education-programs-or-activities-receiving-federal#open-comment

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

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

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

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

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

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

* Have something you want to tell your Congress Critters? If you can not protest in person, here are some other options:
Call the Capitol Switchboard at (202) 224-3121 and ask to be connected to the representative of your choice.

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

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

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

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

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

* "U.S. to withdraw from nuclear arms control treaty with Russia, raising fears of a new arms race:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/us-to-withdraw-from-nuclear-arms-control-treaty-with-russia-says-russian-violations-render-the-cold-war-agreement-moot/2019/02/01/84dc0db6-261f-11e9-ad53-824486280311_story.html?utm_term=.837e422ded5a

* "Trump hands Putin gift in missile treaty withdrawal:" http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/trump-hands-putin-gift-in-missile-treaty-withdrawal-1436323395687

* "Trump, in Interview, Calls Wall Talks ‘Waste of Time’ and Dismisses Investigations:" https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/31/us/politics/trump-wall-investigations-interview.html

* "Trump campaign spending erupts as president enters reelection mode:" https://www.politico.com/story/2019/01/31/trump-campaign-spending-1140925

* "Adelsons pumped $500K into Trump aides' legal defense fund:" https://www.politico.com/story/2019/01/31/sheldon-adelson-trump-aides-legal-defense-1140928

* "The President Said No Site Was Picked For Trump Moscow – But Documents Show His Fixers Were Scoping A Prime Location:" https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/emmaloop/trump-moscow-site

* "Blocked calls with Trump Jr. around Trump Tower meeting were not with his father, Senate investigators conclude:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/blocked-calls-with-trump-jr-around-trump-tower-meeting-were-not-with-his-father-senate-investigators-conclude/2019/02/01/41fa710e-25a7-11e9-ad53-824486280311_story.html?utm_term=.7b2a511edbe4

The law is not run on the principle of syndoche. If someone is discovered not to have shoplifted that one time it doesn’t clear them of embezzlement.

* "Justice Department issues new opinion that could further restrict online gambling:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/justice-department-issues-new-opinion-that-could-further-restrict-online-gambling/2019/01/14/a501e2da-1857-11e9-8813-cb9dec761e73_story.html?utm_term=.e2e28ca0e26c

* "House Democrats call on Mick Mulvaney to "immediately revoke" Jared Kushner's security clearance:" https://www.salon.com/2019/02/01/house-democrats-call-on-mick-mulvaney-to-immediately-revoke-jared-kushners-security-clearance/

* "Howard Schultz Draws Protesters in His Hometown, Seattle:" https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/31/us/politics/howard-schultz-protest.html

* "African-American vote in South Carolina shapes early 2020 field:" http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/african-american-vote-in-south-carolina-shapes-early-2020-field-1436323395625

* "Elizabeth Warren Apologizes to Cherokee Nation for DNA Test:" https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/01/us/politics/elizabeth-warren-cherokee-dna.html

* "Booker holds court in Newark — and breaks with Harris, Sanders:" https://www.politico.com/story/2019/02/01/cory-booker-new-jersey-1143397

* "Conway suggests Booker is sexist for running against 2020 Dem women:" https://www.politico.com/story/2019/02/01/kellyanne-conway-booker-2020-sexist-1141736

Conway: "If he were a Republican running against them, they immediately would call him a sexist for running against these women in the Democratic field.”

Me: No. No they wouldn't.

* "Gov. Ralph Northam admits he was in 1984 yearbook photo showing figures in blackface, KKK hood:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/virginia-politics/va-gov-northams-medical-school-yearbook-page-shows-men-in-blackface-kkk-robe/2019/02/01/517a43ee-265f-11e9-90cd-dedb0c92dc17_story.html?utm_term=.933e06ee81bc

* I was alive in 1984. This was not even close to acceptable then either. "Racist photo prompts call for Virginia governor's resignation:" http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/racist-photo-prompts-call-for-virginia-governor-s-resignation-1436322371806

* "Growing calls for Virginia governor to resign over racist yearbook photo:" http://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/growing-calls-for-virginia-governor-to-resign-over-racist-yearbook-photo-1436270147714

* "Over 3,000 more US troops headed to southern border:" https://www.cnn.com/2019/01/31/politics/troops-southern-border/index.html

* "Texas Border Sheriffs: There is No Crisis and We Don’t Want Trump’s Wall:" https://www.texasobserver.org/texas-border-sheriffs-there-is-no-crisis-and-we-dont-want-trumps-wall/

* "The Trump Administration Quietly Changed the Definition of Domestic Violence and We Have No Idea What For:" https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2019/01/trump-domestic-violence-definition-change.html

* "Ellen Page Calls Out Hateful Leadership:"

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* "Batman Is No Match For The Polar Vortex:"

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* "Donald Trump Is Denying U.S. Intel And Reality:"

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* I’m with James on this one. "Late Late Live Tinder w/ Collin Martin:"

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* "Astronaut Training w/ Chris Pratt, Elizabeth Banks & Will Arnett:"

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* "Meet the NFL's First Big Man Dance Crew:"

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* I'm going to miss him so much. "Javier FERNANDEZ ESP Free Skate 2019 European Championships:"

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* "The Opposite of Drowning -- now on preorder :" https://rm.livejournal.com/2174920.html

* "Various Medieval English Rulers in a Grocery Store:" https://xenopenthos.tumblr.com/post/182481191376/various-medieval-english-rulers-in-a-grocery-store

* "Z Nation: Season 5, Episode 13: End of Everything:" http://www.fangsforthefantasy.com/2019/01/z-nation-season-5-episode-13-end-of.html

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

* Trans Helplines: https://www.translifeline.org/

* Want to complaint about Betsy DeVos's plan to coddle college rapists? https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2018/11/29/2018-25314/nondiscrimination-on-the-basis-of-sex-in-education-programs-or-activities-receiving-federal#open-comment

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

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

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

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

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

* Have something you want to tell your Congress Critters? If you can not protest in person, here are some other options:
Call the Capitol Switchboard at (202) 224-3121 and ask to be connected to the representative of your choice.

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

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

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

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

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