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* "SOS: Stranded and shattered seafarers threaten global supply lines:" https://www.reuters.com/world/sos-stranded-shattered-seafarers-threaten-global-supply-lines-2021-07-20/

* "The return of shell money: PNG revives old ways after Covid's blow to economy:" https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/aug/22/the-return-of-shell-money-png-revives-old-ways-after-covids-blow-to-economy

* "Zambia election: Hakainde Hichilema beats President Edgar Lungu:" https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-58226695

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* "Delta Is Bad News for Kids:" https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2021/08/delta-variant-covid-children/619712/

* "Smoke and soot from wildfires may be causing more Covid-19 cases and deaths, study finds:" https://www.cnn.com/2021/08/13/health/wildfire-smoke-coronavirus-climate-change/index.html

* "Amid shortages, Africans scramble to be fully immunized :" https://apnews.com/article/africa-health-coronavirus-pandemic-coronavirus-vaccine-4223767b41b3c7b6cd81ead14d6c04e7

* "US reports nearly 1 million vaccinations in past day, most since early July:" https://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/567814-us-reports-nearly-1-million-vaccinations-in-past-day-most-since-early-july?rl=1

* "U.S. to Advise Boosters for Most Americans 8 Months After Vaccination:" https://www.nytimes.com/2021/08/16/us/politics/vaccination-booster-shots.html

* "Feds aim to save Covid-flooded hospitals with antibody therapy facility:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/feds-aim-to-save-covid-flooded-hospitals-with-antibody-therapy-facility-118683717782

* "U.S. to Advise Boosters for Most Americans 8 Months After Vaccination:" https://www.nytimes.com/2021/08/16/us/politics/booster-shots.html

* Good. Squirrel and I have been quietly freaked out about unvaccinated people risking nursing home denizens since early February at least. "Biden says US will require nursing homes get staff vaccinated or lose federal funds:" https://www.cnn.com/2021/08/18/politics/nursing-homes-federal-funding/index.html

* Good. At minimum unmasked schools looks like a serious ADA violation to me. "The Biden administration will use a federal civil rights office to deter states from banning masks in classrooms.:" https://www.nytimes.com/2021/08/18/us/politics/biden-masks-schools-civil-rights.html

* "'We are on fire': Five U.S. states set new records for Covid cases as hospitalizations rise:" https://www.cnbc.com/2021/08/16/we-are-on-fire-five-us-states-set-new-records-for-covid-cases-as-hospitalizations-rise-.html

* "Over 5,000 students quarantine or isolate because of Covid in Florida school district:" https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/over-5-000-students-quarantine-or-isolate-due-covid-single-n1276933

* "More than 400 students quarantined since first day of school because of COVID-19 in Palm Beach County School District:" https://www.wpbf.com/article/440-palm-beach-county-students-in-quarantine/37296839#

* "3 Broward County, Florida, educators died within about 24 hours from Covid-19 complications:" https://www.cnn.com/2021/08/13/us/broward-county-florida-covid-deaths/index.html

* "With the delta variant spreading, Texas COVID-19 hospitalizations have increased over 300% in the last month:" https://apps.texastribune.org/features/2020/texas-coronavirus-cases-map/

* "Multiple regions across Texas now completely out of ICU beds as COVID-19 cases spike, data shows:" https://www.wfaa.com/article/news/health/coronavirus/multiple-regions-across-texas-now-completely-out-of-icu-beds-data-shows/287-aaffc3f1-5d3b-4fa7-911d-bfd56bc174c9

* "The Texas Covid crisis worsens – why is the governor resisting masks?:" https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/aug/15/texas-covid-coronavirus-crisis-austin-greg-abbott

* "Siding with Gov. Greg Abbott, Texas Supreme Court temporarily halts mask orders in Dallas and Bexar counties:" https://www.texastribune.org/2021/08/15/texas-coronavirus-supreme-court-school-mask-mandate/

* I hope it works. "Texas school district makes masks part of dress code to get around Gov. Abbott's order:" https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/texas-school-district-makes-masks-part-dress-code-get-around-n1277040

* "As COVID-19 Surges, Mississippi Hospital 'Days Away' From Turning Away Patients:" https://www.npr.org/2021/08/14/1027756573/as-covid-19-surges-mississippi-hospital-days-away-from-turning-away-patients

* "Field hospital opens in parking garage as Mississippi sees 'skyrocketing' crush of COVID patients:" https://abcnews.go.com/Health/field-hospital-opens-parking-garage-mississippi-sees-skyrocketing/story?id=79433418

* "Doctor laments amount of 'young death' as Covid patients jam Mississippi hospitals:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/doctor-laments-amount-of-young-death-as-covid-patients-jam-mississippi-hospitals-118683717858

* "'Save our babies': As another Mississippi child dies of COVID-19, communities beg for help:" https://www.clarionledger.com/story/news/local/2021/08/16/fifth-child-mississippi-dies-covid-19/8150426002/

* "DeSoto County COVID cases rise 151% as Mississippi cases surge toward new peak:" https://www.wreg.com/news/coronavirus/desoto-county-covid-cases-rise-151-as-mississippi-cases-surge/

* "As COVID surges, Mississippi sets up second field hospital:" https://apnews.com/article/health-coronavirus-pandemic-mississippi-edbfe1ae66fc3d15a73d9962b284a9f6

* "Metro Atlanta school districts report over 4,000 cases of COVID-19 in first weeks:" https://www.wsbtv.com/news/local/metro-atlanta-school-districts-report-over-3700-cases-covid-19-first-weeks/KO37EA3M5NDRFPGCGVEY6OIA4U/

* "Louisiana's health care system nearing 'major failure' under COVID surge, says Gov. John Bel Edwards:" https://www.theadvocate.com/baton_rouge/news/article_35d58738-fc87-11eb-a14c-cb993c0fdd54.html

* "Louisiana lawmakers hold contentious hearing on COVID-19:" https://apnews.com/article/business-health-louisiana-education-coronavirus-pandemic-082e94c98144f3dfa2005e6f43f6cd32

* "'No beds anywhere': As COVID wards expand, Louisiana's small hospitals have nowhere to turn:" https://www.nola.com/news/coronavirus/article_2dc75078-fc7b-11eb-a04d-8f9b3ec919cf.html

* "COVID in Louisiana schools: As students return to campuses, infection rates are worse than ever:" https://www.theadvocate.com/baton_rouge/news/coronavirus/article_88df9674-fb80-11eb-b4fb-93a296642845.html

* "Nearly 1,000 confirmed COVID cases in Middle TN schools; hundreds quarantined for exposure:" https://www.wkrn.com/news/nearly-1000-confirmed-covid-cases-in-middle-tn-schools/

* "Oregon governor orders National Guard to help frontline workers in Covid-19 battle:" https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/oregon-governor-orders-national-guard-help-frontline-workers-covid-19-n1276817

* "Nearly 4,400 new COVID-19 cases in Oregon over the weekend, health officials say:" https://katu.com/news/local/nearly-4400-new-covid-19-cases-in-oregon-over-the-weekend-health-officials-say

* "Fueled by delta variant, 500,000 coronavirus cases now tallied in Washington state:" https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/fueled-by-delta-variant-washington-state-surpasses-500000-covid-19-cases/

* "Inslee announces vaccination requirement for most state employees, private health care and…:" https://medium.com/wagovernor/inslee-announces-vaccination-requirement-for-most-state-employees-private-health-care-and-7c765161cbb6

* "Whatcom sees 300 confirmed COVID cases last week, as hospital sets pandemic record high:" https://www.bellinghamherald.com/news/coronavirus/article253520639.html

* "Supreme Court rejects challenge to Indiana University's vaccination requirement:" https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/supreme-court/supreme-court-rejects-challenge-indiana-university-s-vaccination-requirement-n1276714

* "Curfew could be implemented as hospitalizations, cases continue to soar:" https://www.khon2.com/top-stories/curfew-could-be-implemented-as-hospitalizations-cases-continue-to-soar/

* "27 people aboard Carnival cruise test positive for COVID-19:" https://apnews.com/article/lifestyle-business-health-travel-caribbean-4dd34f14b6a6365f48b3375c57ba4fb4

* My community knows from plagues. "Overwhelming majority of LGBT+ adults have been vaccinated against COVID in the US:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2021/08/16/lgbt-adults-covid-cavvine/

* "Man stabbed near L.A. City Hall as vaccine mandate protest turns violent:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2021/08/15/la-vaccine-protest-stabbing/

* "Jen Psaki shuts down Fox reporter with reminder Trump suggested injecting bleach as COVID cure:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2021/08/13/jen-psaki-trump-covid-disenfectant/

* "Gov. Greg Abbott tests positive for COVID after jam-packed, maskless GOP event:" https://www.houstonchronicle.com/politics/texas/article/No-mask-no-social-distancing-no-problem-for-16393209.php

* "Vaccinated Texas Gov. Abbott Covid positive after heedless hobnobbing at maskless GOP fete:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/vaccinated-texas-gov-abbott-covid-positive-after-heedless-hobnobbing-at-maskless-gop-fete-118920773640

* "Antivaccine, Anti-LGBTQ+ Texas Politician Dies After COVID Diagnosis:" https://www.advocate.com/politics/2021/8/05/antivaccine-anti-lgbtq-texas-politician-dies-after-covid-diagnosis

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* Remember way back at the beginning of this when I wrote extensively in livejournal during the lead up to the Afghan war, that we shouldn't invade Afghanistan because there was very little chance of us achieving any long term good? Remember how I wrote about the long history of resistance their and the then recent Russian occupation? Remember how I said we had no clear exit strategy and that it looked to me like a potential forever war as we suck at things like nation building? That this sure looked like the recipe for another Vietnam? Remember I said we, as a country are not nearly bright enough to meddle with that part of the world. Yes, there are experts who are, but US foreign policy is a blunt instrument mostly wielded by the willfully ignorant with agendas that have nothing to do with working with locals to actually fix things.

Yeah.

My father was against the Vietnam war and at the same time we abandoned all those people who helped us to horrors. I was raised on images of the fall of Saigon, people desperately grabbing on to helicopter legs. I had a Vietnamese friend at my second college who'd been in a camp as a young child after the war and went through horrible trauma before she got out. Most of her family wasn't as lucky. They were mostly tortured to death.

I am furious we went in knowing we were only going to make things worse, kill and maim so many people, waist so many resources. I am furious zero effort is being made yet again to save people who risked everything to help us. Terrible things are going to happen and the second we invaded that became our fault the same way the terrible things we did there are all fault.

* "Only Congress member to vote against Afghanistan war in 2001 speaks out:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/only-congress-member-to-vote-against-afghanistan-war-in-2001-speaks-out-118830661619

* "Chaos is unfolding in Afghanistan. Here's what you need to know.:" https://www.cnn.com/2021/08/15/politics/taliban-kabul-afghanistan-explainer/index.html

* "Mapping the advance of the Taliban in Afghanistan:" https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-57933979

* "‘Game over’: Westerners rush to leave Kabul, rescue Afghans:" https://apnews.com/article/business-kabul-3bf5dcb07bb97ab8851cadce9336574b

* "Afghanistan in chaos as thousands try to flee Kabul after Taliban takeover:" https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2021/08/16/chaos-afghanistan-thousands-flee-amid-taliban-takeover-kabul/8147024002/

* "Frantic exodus from Afghanistan ties U.S. in logistical knot at Kabul airport:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/frantic-exodus-from-afghanistan-ties-u-s-in-logistical-knot-at-kabul-airport-118920773749

* "Ousted Afghan President Ashraf Ghani resurfaces in UAE after fleeing Kabul, Emirati government says:" https://www.cnbc.com/2021/08/18/afghan-president-ashraf-ghani-is-in-uae-after-fleeing-afghanistan.html

* "'I stand squarely behind my decision': Biden holds firm on Afghanistan drawdown:" https://www.politico.com/news/2021/08/16/joe-biden-afghanistan-drawdown-decision-505179

* "Full speech: President Biden addresses nation on Afghanistan:" https://www.nbcnews.com/video/full-speech-president-biden-addresses-nation-on-afghanistan-118814277554

* "What Biden lost in Afghanistan:" https://www.politico.com/newsletters/politico-nightly/2021/08/16/what-biden-lost-in-afghanistan-493977

* "6 Political Takeaways For President Biden From The Chaotic Afghanistan Withdrawal:" https://www.npr.org/2021/08/17/1028329119/biden-kabul-withdrawal-political-consequences

* "The awkward Trumpy truth about Afghanistan's likely new Taliban leader:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/the-awkward-trumpy-truth-about-afghanistan-s-likely-new-taliban-leader-mullah-baradar-118918725748

* "Afghan security forces’ wholesale collapse was years in the making:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/investigations/afghan-security-forces-capabilities/2021/08/15/052a45e2-fdc7-11eb-a664-4f6de3e17ff0_story.html

* "Maddow: Vanishing Afghan army disproves premise of U.S. presence in Afghanistan:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/maddow-vanishing-afghan-army-disproves-premise-of-u-s-presence-in-afghanistan-118836293933

* "Billions spent on Afghan army ultimately benefited Taliban:" https://apnews.com/article/joe-biden-army-taliban-995b069a9008690582cb34f4cacd8515

* "U.S. investment in Afghanistan bought infrastructure, corruption and a lot of weaponry:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/u-s-investment-in-afghanistan-bought-infrastructure-corruption-and-a-lot-of-weaponry-118836293710

* "Journalist asks on Afghanistan: What were we doing for the last two decades?:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-reidout/watch/afghanistan-under-taliban-u-s-withdrawal-of-troops-president-biden-s-address-analyzed-by-experts-118832197827

* "'Every second is a life or death': Marine encourages expediting Afghan evacuations:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/-every-second-is-a-life-or-death-marine-encourages-expediting-afghan-evacuations-119009861577

* "Americans at home tap every resource to help colleagues escape Afghanistan exodus gridlock:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/americans-at-home-tap-every-resource-to-help-colleagues-escape-afghanistan-exodus-gridlock-119006789555

* "Statement to President Biden from The Washington Post, The New York Times and The Wall Street Journal:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/pr/2021/08/16/statement-president-biden-washington-post-new-york-times-wall-street-journal/

* "Afghan women journalists stalwart in face of Taliban takeover:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/afghan-women-journalists-stalwart-in-face-of-taliban-takeover-118919749714

* "CNN’s Ward says Kabul colleague nearly pistol-whipped:" https://www.seattletimes.com/entertainment/cnns-ward-says-kabul-colleague-nearly-pistol-whipped/

* "The Taliban’s Return Is Catastrophic for Women:" https://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2021/08/the-talibans-return-is-awful-for-women-in-afghanistan/619765/

* "Taliban's terrifying treatment of LGBT+ people is no longer a horror of the past:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2021/08/18/taliban-afghanistan-lgbt-sharia-law/

* "The Dire Plight of LGBTQ+ Afghan Refugees:" https://www.advocate.com/commentary/2021/8/16/dire-plight-lgbtq-afghan-refugees

* "'Everything is gone' for LGBT+ Afghans, says bisexual man who escaped the Taliban:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2021/08/19/taliban-afghanistan-lgbt-kabul/

"He is deeply worried for LGBT+ people in his home country, but he is also terrified for his atheist friends who he fears will face persecution from the Taliban. When he still lived in Afghanistan, Mehrshad used to meet with a group of fellow atheists once a week where they would discuss what books they were reading and talk about different ideologies. Because many of them were visible and vocal about their atheism, Mehrshad fears they could be at the top of the Taliban’s list for persecution."

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

* "As Taliban widens its grip, Afghans reckon with life under militant rule:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2021/08/13/afghanistan-taliban-rule/

* "Evacuations continue in Afghanistan – in pictures:" https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/gallery/2021/aug/17/the-fall-of-afghanistan-in-pictures

* "Afghan woman to Biden: ‘Please save the families’ :" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/afghanistan-s-first-female-air-force-pilot-niloofar-rahmani-begs-biden-to-save-the-families-118829125656

* "Engel: Despite peaceful rhetoric, Taliban hasn't changed:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/engel-despite-peaceful-rhetoric-taliban-hasn-t-changed-118839877714

* "'There's no one to help. They're stuck there.': Afghan women look for escape from Taliban:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/-there-s-no-one-to-help-they-re-stuck-there-afghan-women-look-for-escape-from-taliban-118840901912

* "Rep. Jason Crow: You just can't deal with the Taliban:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-reidout/watch/afghanistan-deteriorating-rapidly-as-taliban-seizes-control-and-u-s-withdraws-analyzed-by-rep-jason-crow-nbc-s-richard-engel-118676037522

* "On the Ground in Kandahar as the Taliban Closed in:"

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* "The Taliban Was Never Going to Share Power:"

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* "Inside the Taliban's Takeover of Afghanistan:"

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* "David Corn: I’m not surprised to see Republicans using Afghanistan for political points:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-reidout/watch/biden-being-blamed-for-botched-afghanistan-withdrawal-called-out-by-politics-experts-118833221792

* "Fox News, Stephen Miller fan anti-refugee flames amid Afghanistan crisis:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/fox-news-stephen-miller-fan-anti-refugee-flames-amid-afghanistan-crisis-says-mehdi-hasan-118912069559

* "Rep. Omar responds to radio host saying Biden wants ‘a couple hundred thousand more Ilhan Omars’:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-reidout/watch/republicans-saying-they-do-not-want-afghan-refugees-to-come-to-u-s-slammed-by-rep-ilhan-omar-118913093985

* "Fearless advocate Tori Cooper is first Black trans woman appointed to presidential HIV council:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2021/08/16/tori-cooper-presidential-hiv-council/

* "DeJoy bought up to $305,000 in bonds from USPS board chair’s investment firm:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2021/08/13/dejoy-usps-bloom-bonds-brookfield/

* "Louis DeJoy finance entanglements with supportive USPS board member raise ethics questions:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/louis-dejoy-finance-entanglements-with-supportive-usps-board-member-raise-ethics-questions-118682181957

* "House Moderates Say They Won’t Back Budget Vote Until Infrastructure Bill Passes:" https://www.nytimes.com/2021/08/13/us/politics/house-democrats-budget-infrastructure.html

* "Pelosi seeks to advance bipartisan infrastructure bill and $3.5 trillion budget plan at same time:" https://www.cbsnews.com/news/pelosi-infrastructure-bill-buget-resolution-house/

* "Biden Administration Prompts Largest Permanent Increase in Food Stamps:" https://www.nytimes.com/2021/08/15/us/politics/biden-food-stamps.html

* I am frightened if we lose this time we lose for generations, the way it happened when Radical Reconstruction ended. We lose the right to vote, we lose everything.

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* "New intel reports indicate fresh efforts by Russia to interfere in 2022 election:" https://www.cnn.com/2021/08/13/politics/intel-report-russia-election-interference-2022/index.html

* "After Threats And Pressure, Fulton County Voter Registration Chief Resigns:" https://www.wabe.org/after-threats-and-pressure-fulton-county-voter-registration-chief-resigns/

* "FBI joins criminal probe in Colorado voting equipment breach:" https://apnews.com/article/technology-colorado-voting-hacking-1b6cf27c95b376edcf91bb53af4a4d40

* "Report Shows Big Spike in Mail Ballots During 2020 Election:" https://www.usnews.com/news/politics/articles/2021-08-16/report-shows-big-spike-in-mail-ballots-during-2020-election

* "She risked everything to expose Facebook. Now she’s telling her story.:" https://www.technologyreview.com/2021/07/29/1030260/facebook-whistleblower-sophie-zhang-global-political-manipulation/

* "Federal officials press GOP Rep. Lauren Boebert over apparent personal use of campaign funds:" https://www.cnbc.com/2021/08/18/lauren-boebert-questioned-over-personal-use-of-campaign-funds.html

* "Rand Paul discloses 16 months late that his wife bought stock in company behind covid treatment:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2021/08/11/rand-paul-gilead-stock/

* "Rand Paul reveals his wife bought stock in Covid treatment in February 2020:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/rand-paul-reveals-his-wife-bought-stock-in-covid-treatment-in-february-2020-118671941792

* "Kevin McCarthy Hawks ‘Moron’ T-Shirts In Spectacular Self-Own:" https://www.huffpost.com/entry/kevin-mccarthy-t-shirt_n_611611c4e4b07c14031367c6

* "Lindsey Graham Clicks Up His Heels at Mar-a-Lago:" https://www.advocate.com/commentary/2021/8/16/lindsey-graham-clicks-his-heels-mar-lago

* "Trump not back in office Aug. 13 despite QAnon, MyPillow predictions:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/trump-not-back-in-office-aug-13-despite-qanon-mypillow-predictions-118671429765

* "Former U.S. attorney in Atlanta says Trump wanted to fire him for not backing election fraud claims.:" https://www.nytimes.com/2021/08/11/us/politics/byung-pak-trump-atlanta-election-fraud.html

* "'Relevant and useful': Criminal probe of Trump keen on new Georgia coup plot reporting:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/-relevant-and-useful-criminal-probe-of-trump-keen-on-new-georgia-coup-plot-reporting-118684741869

* "Former AG Holder on whether Trump should be ‘held accountable if found to have committed criminal acts’:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-reidout/watch/trump-facing-prosecution-for-allegations-of-seeking-to-overturn-election-discussed-by-former-ag-eric-holder-118675525570

* "Trump pardon worthless to Kushner pal facing new state charges:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/trump-pardon-worthless-to-kushner-pal-facing-new-state-charges-119009861883

* "Kushner friend Ken Kurson charged in N.Y. eavesdropping case after Trump pardon:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/ken-kurson-kushner-friend-charged-trump-pardon/2021/08/18/d670ef70-ffac-11eb-a664-4f6de3e17ff0_story.html

* "Rep. Hakeem Jeffries recounts Jan. 6 moment when the ‘jackets came off’:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/rep-hakeem-jeffries-recounts-jan-6-capitol-riot-moment-when-the-jackets-came-off-118909509862

* "Multiracial population grew in almost every county in the US. It doesn't mean racism is over:" https://www.cnn.com/2021/08/15/us/census-2020-multiracial-nation/index.html

* "NRA Must Be Dissolved After Failing to Clean Up Misconduct, New York Says:" https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-08-17/nra-failed-to-clean-up-misconduct-must-be-dissolved-n-y-says

* "More Cubans try dangerous trip to US across Florida Straits:" https://apnews.com/article/lifestyle-joe-biden-travel-cuba-caribbean-cacce3184f5d48460967d89536042670

* "Senators Press State Department on Support for LGBTQ+ Asylum Seekers:" https://www.advocate.com/politics/2021/8/06/senators-press-state-department-support-lgbtq-asylum-seekers

* "‘Warrior mindset’ police training proliferated. Then, high-profile deaths put it under scrutiny.:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2021/08/11/police-training-warrior-mindset-killology/

* "Phoenix police officers passed around a coin to celebrate shooting anti-Trump protesters in the groin. The police chief got a 'written reprimand' for it.:" https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/phoenix-police-officers-passed-around-131704848.html

* "Is This Man Serving a Life Sentence Because of a Mistaken Identity?:" https://www.gq.com/story/thomas-james-tragic-murder-case

* "Stopping Violence Over Prison Phone Time? There’s an App for That.:" https://mailchi.mp/themarshallproject/cbpj1etnns

* "Prisons Are Increasingly Banning Physical Mail:" https://slate.com/technology/2021/08/prisons-banning-physical-mail.html

* "Hate crime charges for man who allegedly launched racist, homophobic attack on Asian family:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2021/08/12/gay-asian-washington-dc-homophobia/

* "Pride flags banned at school. So, a neighbour decided to pick up their paintbrush:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2021/08/13/pride-flags-blm-newberg-oregon/

"School board director and vice chair Brian Shannon, who believes Pride flags are “divisive”, even suggested that the board look at drafting “replacement language” for the districts anti-racism policy and repealing the Oregon Department of Education’s Every Student Belongs policy, which bans hate symbols including swastikas and the Confederate flag."

* "The Unmaking of Biblical Womanhood:" https://www.newyorker.com/news/on-religion/the-unmaking-of-biblical-womanhood

* "Buck Angel: When Trans Folks Weaponize Transphobia For Themselves:"

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* "Bigot banned from store for putting 'gay pervert' signs up loses 'vexatious' discrimination case:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2021/08/13/evangelical-discrimination-case/

* "Bi Olympic hero Jack Woolley battered by gang of 12:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2021/08/15/jack-woolley-attack-dublin/

* "Couple beaten with glass bottles in brutal homophobic attack in Birmingham's Gay Village:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2021/08/16/birmingham-gay-village-homophobic-attack/

* "Two teenage girls beaten and robbed in ‘unprovoked homophobic hate crime’:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2021/08/15/homophobic-attack-hertfordshire/

* "Children beaten and spat on by gang of youths spouting homophobic and transphobic hate:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2021/08/17/children-homophobic-attack-liverpool/

* "Liverpool to ‘reclaim Pride’ after spate of violence with defiant, anti-capitalist protest:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2021/08/12/liverpool-reclaim-pride-lgbt/

* "Man on jet ski hurls foul homophobic abuse at beachgoers:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2021/08/12/jet-ski-homophobic-mudeford/

* "Black Trans Woman Miss CoCo Killed in Dallas:" https://www.advocate.com/crime/2021/8/13/black-trans-woman-miss-coco-killed-dallas

* "Arkansas Man Gets 50-Year Sentence in Death of Trans Teen:" https://www.advocate.com/crime/2021/8/16/arkansas-man-gets-50-year-sentence-death-trans-teen

* "Catholic school can legally fire teacher for being in same-sex marriage, court rules:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2021/08/12/catholic-roncalli-lynn-starkey/

* "Human Trials to Begin for Moderna's HIV Vaccine:" https://www.hivplusmag.com/treatment/2021/8/17/human-trials-begin-modernas-hiv-vaccine

* "Gilead: Two of Our HIV Drugs Were Tampered With:" https://www.hivplusmag.com/news/2021/8/12/gilead-two-our-hiv-drugs-were-tampered

* CW: Eating Disorders. "‘We are all suffering in silence’ — Inside the US military’s pervasive culture of eating disorders:" https://taskandpurpose.com/news/military-eating-disorders/

* "Deaf Children in Developing Countries Are Getting Inferior Cochlear Implants:" https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/deaf-children-in-developing-countries-are-getting-inferior-cochlear-implants/

* "A Surprising Side Effect of Giving Birth:" https://www.theatlantic.com/family/archive/2021/07/link-between-giving-birth-and-getting-cavities/619576/

* "‘He Thought What He Was Doing Was Good for People’:" https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2021/08/health-care-sherman-sorensen-pfo-closures/619649/

* "Haiti quake death toll rises to 1,419, injured now at 6,000:" https://apnews.com/article/health-caribbean-coronavirus-pandemic-united-nations-haiti-a625e4406ffa26e43d8b42cb71c9ba7f

* "Death toll from Haiti’s weekend earthquake raised to 1,941:" https://www.live5news.com/2021/08/16/quake-injured-wait-help-new-disaster-overwhelms-haiti/

* "Desperation, pressure for aid increase in Haiti after quake:" https://apnews.com/article/business-health-caribbean-coronavirus-pandemic-haiti-7901eacc8e6901885d6e6cd0b115bb40

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

* "Greenhouse gas emissions must peak within 4 years, says leaked UN report:" https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2021/aug/12/greenhouse-gas-emissions-must-peak-within-4-years-says-leaked-un-report

* "Droughts shrink hydropower, pose risk to global push to clean energy:" https://www.reuters.com/business/sustainable-business/inconvenient-truth-droughts-shrink-hydropower-pose-risk-global-push-clean-energy-2021-08-13/

* "Flooding in China kills 21, as thousands escape to shelters.:" https://www.nytimes.com/2021/08/13/world/asia/china-flooding-evacuations.html

* "Flash Floods in Turkey Kill 59, and Dozens Are Still Missing:" https://www.nytimes.com/2021/08/15/world/europe/turkey-floods.html

* "North Africa Fires Spread to Libya and Tunisia:" https://www.voanews.com/middle-east/north-africa-fires-spread-libya-and-tunisia

* CW: Lynching "Algeria: 61 arrested after mob kills man falsely accused of starting deadly fires:" https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/aug/18/algeria-61-arrested-after-mob-kills-man-falsely-accused-of-starting-deadly-fires

* "Morocco Deploys Canadair Water Bombers to Manage Chefchaouen Fires:" https://www.moroccoworldnews.com/2021/08/343913/morocco-deploys-canadair-water-bombers-to-manage-chefchaouen-fires

* "Wildfire in Jerusalem hills sends smoke clouds over city:" https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/wildfire-blazes-jerusalem-hills-2021-08-15/

* "Greece wildfires: Winds fan 2 new blazes outside of Athens:" https://apnews.com/article/europe-middle-east-fires-environment-and-nature-greece-c20f44f43e116b7afbbca28fed802348

* "Hundreds are evacuated as tinderbox Spain tackles wildfires:" https://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/hundreds-evacuated-tinderbox-spain-tackles-wildfires-79467665

* "‘All that’s left are ashes’: Italian communities count cost of wildfires:" https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/aug/13/all-thats-left-are-ashes-italian-communities-count-cost-of-wildfires

* "105 forest fires burning in northwestern Ontario on Sunday morning:" https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/thunder-bay/forest-fire-update-1.6141726

* "Kananaskis, Canmore have worst air quality in Canada after wildfires:" https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/air-quality-wildfire-canmore-kananaskis-1.6142459

* "Crews battle Western wildfires that have caused thousands of evacuations:" https://www.cnn.com/2021/08/16/weather/us-western-wildfires-monday/index.html

* "Thousands Evacuate as Wildfires Ravage Utah and Northern California:" https://www.nytimes.com/2021/08/15/us/utah-california-wildfire-evacuations.html

* "Northern California wildfire triples in size, forcing thousands to evacuate:" https://www.cnn.com/2021/08/18/weather/us-western-wildfires-wednesday/index.html

* "California Drought Takes Toll on World's Top Almond Producer:" https://www.usnews.com/news/us/articles/2021-08-17/california-drought-takes-toll-on-worlds-top-almond-producer

* "He Wrote a Gardening Column. He Ended Up Documenting Climate Change.:" https://www.nytimes.com/2021/07/28/magazine/gardening-column-climate-change.html

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* "Why Are Farmers in Senegal Creating Gardens That Look Like Crop Circles?:" https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/tolou-keur-circle-garden-senegal

* "Shift away from earthen homes ‘environmentally damaging’:" https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2021/08/210809144043.htm

* "40 Million People Rely on the Colorado River, and Now It's Drying Up:"

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* "First-ever water shortage on the Colorado River will bring cuts for Arizona farmers:" https://www.azcentral.com/story/news/local/arizona-environment/2021/08/16/colorado-river-shortage-bring-water-cuts-arizona-farmers/8150901002/

* "How Your Cup of Coffee Is Clearing the Jungle:" https://www.nytimes.com/2021/08/11/magazine/indonesia-rainforest-coffee.html

* "Meet the 'seed detective' on a mission to save our rarest vegetables:" https://www.cnn.com/2021/08/03/europe/seed-detective-heritage-seed-library-spc-intl/index.html

* "The Ingenious Ancient Technology Concealed in the Shallows:" https://www.hakaimagazine.com/features/the-ingenious-ancient-technology-concealed-in-the-shallows/

* On so called 'Smart Cities:' https://laughingacademy.tumblr.com/post/659441941482733569/smart-cities-are-neither-2021-edition

* "Studland Bay 'eco-moorings' set up to protect seahorses:" https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-dorset-57999730

* "What Animals See in the Stars, and What They Stand to Lose:" https://www.nytimes.com/2021/07/29/science/animals-starlight-navigation-dacke.html

* "There and back again: The epic adventures of China's wandering elephants:" https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-china-58196663

* "How ancient people fell in love with bread, beer and other carbs:" https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-021-01681-w

* "This 3,700-Year-Old Tablet Shows The Oldest Known Example of Applied Geometry:" https://www.sciencealert.com/this-3-700-year-old-tablet-shows-the-oldest-known-example-of-applied-geometry

* "For Centuries, England's Go-To Apple Utensil Was a Sheep Bone:" https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/antique-apple-scoops

* CW: Suicide Mentions. "The Poisonous Romance of Madeleine Smith:"

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* "A Toolbox in Your Pocket: The History of the Swiss Army Knife:"

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* CW: Child Murder "Leopold and Loeb: The "Genius" Killers:"

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* CW: Suicide Mention. "The Lead Masks of Vintém Hill:"

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* "Black Nite Brawl: 60 Year Anniversary of Pre-Stonewall Bar Uprising:" https://www.advocate.com/news/2021/8/05/milwaukee-marks-60th-anniversary-pre-stonewall-bar-uprising

* CW: Pedophilia, Child Death. "Cropsey: The Boogeyman of Staten Island:"

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* "Dr Death: Modern History's Worst Serial Killer:"

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* "Robert Pickton: The Pig Farmer Killer:"

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* "Nagasaki marks 76th anniversary of atomic bombing:" https://apnews.com/article/europe-business-bombings-63b48fdaf8e219c62663d48c138b6a3d

* "Mark Twitchell: The Dexter Killer (Part 1):"

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* "What Should You Do With a Captured Nazi Flag?:" https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/captured-nazi-flags

* "How Blind Activists Fought for Blind Workers:" https://daily.jstor.org/how-blind-activists-fought-for-blind-workers/

* "She was the only member of Congress to vote against war in Afghanistan. Some called her a traitor.:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/history/2021/08/17/barbara-lee-afghanistan-vote/

* "Breivik survivors keep fighting for their vision of Norway:" https://apnews.com/article/europe-norway-34f288881c5f26364d38f651a928649e

* "Mary Cunningham Simpson, the UK’s forgotten lesbian pioneer, tragically dies aged 74:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2021/08/19/mary-cunningham-simpson-lesbian-death/

* "'River Dave' Doesn't Think He Can Go Back to Being a Hermit:" https://www.usnews.com/news/best-states/new-hampshire/articles/2021-08-11/river-dave-doesnt-think-he-can-go-back-to-being-a-hermit

* "When Pets Need Lawyers:"

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* "Opioids III: The Sacklers: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver:"

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* "Andrew Cuomo, Don't Let The Door Hit You On The Way Out:"

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* Can we bring nuance back? "Fandom's Biggest Controversy: The Story of Proshippers vs Antis:"

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* "Therapist Reacts to KNIVES OUT:"

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* "The Conjuring: A Proper Movie Trilogy:"

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* "Marlon Brando Stars As "The Covid One":"

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* "The Vaccine Conspiracy Train Makes Stops At Ivermectin, Chimpanzees, And "I Am Legend":"

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* "All The Nudes That's Fit To Print - The New York Times Has A New Motto:"

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* "Therapist Reacts to A QUIET PLACE:"

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* "Can I Pee Here?:"

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* Saturday some friends drove up to visit. It was excellent, but looking at the PNW COVID numbers, I'm going to have to go back to stricter protocols, I think.

As of Monday, I've been threeish weeks without a properly working nebulizer motor. With the air quality as bad as it was last week, I should be doing three doses a day. My normal amount is two. I can just coax oneish dose out in two partial doses a day. I feel like shit, frankly. I'm pretty sure the air filtering is the only way I function at all.

* I got my flu shot today. It was a bit of an odyssey as they made me wait more than half an hour before realizing that even though I get it there every year they randomly no longer take Medicare advantage. Sigh. At least they were kind enough to tell me which pharmacy chain still takes it.

Why didn't I go to my Doctor? Pharmacies get it a month earlier than poverty clinic and I try to go as early in season as I can manage so that I don't turn out to be too sick to get it at appointment time.

Both pharmacies had covid vaccine patients ahead of me. I was the only flu shot that day at either place and it was already evening. Yay, people getting covid shots! Seriously, if you haven't got yours go! Go right away! If you already have been vaccinated? Please go get your flu shot. I know it's likely not a serious risk to you unless you are about my levelish of sick or worse, but it is way nicer not getting flu at all, and it is a risk to people around you. Save your grandmother. Save the cashier with underlying health condition. Save the kid with cancer living on your block. The mild inconvenience of a flu shot is nothing compared to actual flu.

Please, I beg you every year, but CDC is really worried about how flu season is going to go this year given the givens.

* "Sunday Sweets: Grandma's Kitchen Counter :" https://www.cakewrecks.com/home/2021/8/15/sunday-sweets-grandmas-kitchen-counter

* "What Are Your Preconceptions of Disability and Sexuality?:" https://www.advocate.com/photography/2021/8/12/what-are-your-preconceptions-disability-and-sexuality#media-gallery-media-8

* "Just Enough Rain:" http://giganotosaurus.org/2021/05/01/just-enough-rain/?fbclid=IwAR2LTT7udjMOKc5k_0J1i5efsOiwo4hG17f-0THXGZvCmbGaCIycCdbTo_E

* ToS: Season 2 Rewatch:

- 3.1: Spock's Brain.

*facepalm* This one is infamous. A mysterious ship shows up. A woman beams aboard. Everyone is knocked out. She takes Spock to sick bay and steals his brain. Somehow they get him on life support. They have to get his brain back before his body dies. Uhura asks the important question: why do they want Spock's brain.

Anyway, they follow the ion trail back to the planet where they think they took the brain. Some barbarians, who definitely were not the sort to have higher tech than the federation, attack. They stun one to question. The Barbarian thinks they are small, "Like the the Others, the givers of pain and delight." The Barbarians are all men; the others are women with some male barbarian servants. The Barbarian doesn't want to go to the buried city where the Others are and runs away.

The Landing Party finds a cave of supplies that may be a trap. Kirk sends for Spock and Bones. The brain nappers are confused, with minds like children. They contact Spock on the communicators. The Women capture them and question them. One is the brain abductor, but she doesn't remember at all. They serve the Controller. Bones explains brains to the women. Kirk works out that Spock's brain is the Controller.

The women give the Landing Party a long pain zap and go to work out what to do. They say a lot of sexist things, particularly Scotty. The Landing Party beats up the guards and escape. They explain to Spock he's a disembodied brain. Spock points out Bones doesn't have the technological knowledge to put his brain back in. Spock tells them how to get the pain bands off.

They find the Brain chamber. Head woman zaps them. Kirk uses his remote control to get Spock's body to release them. The Woman says if they take Spock's brain they will all die. It clearly runs their city. They find out their is a taped archive of the knowledge of the city builders they can access through "The Teacher" which is how the woman stole the brain in the first place.

They force the woman into the machine. She threatens them with the phasor, now she's bright. They steal the phasor back. The Teacher only gives three hours of knowledge. She refuses to put the brain back. Bones wants to try despite the brain damage risk. Bones hopes he can retain the knowledge. (Side note: The teacher looks like a crown to match the Iron Throne.)

Bones starts putting the brain back. The women is distressed by the coming civilization collapse. Kirk basically tells her she can trade sex for food and warmth. Eeew. Bones starts to forget how to do the operation. They connect Spock's vocal cords so he can help, instead of putting him under again for some reason. Spock talks him through it. Apparently the split happened during a glacial age. Bones is a jerk about the exposition.

This whole episode.... Sigh.

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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.

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

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

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* "After a Divisive Israeli Election, Calls for Unity:" https://www.nytimes.com/2019/09/18/world/middleeast/israel-election-unity-netanyahu-gantz.html

* "Justin Trudeau Says He Is ‘Deeply Sorry’ After Brownface Photo Surfaces:" https://www.nytimes.com/2019/09/18/world/canada/trudeau-brownface.html

* "Pence rebuffs Solomon Islands PM after nation cuts ties with Taiwan:" https://www.reuters.com/article/us-taiwan-diplomacy-pence-exclusive-idUSKBN1W22WK

* "The climate crisis behind Central American migration:" http://www.msnbc.com/am-joy/watch/climate-crisis-to-create-1-5-billion-migrants-by-2050-69619781800

* "Will U.S. troops send wrong message on Saudi Arabia-Yemen conflict?:" http://www.msnbc.com/am-joy/watch/trump-approves-troop-deployment-to-saudi-arabia-uae-69621317602

* "Biden turns questions on his son into critique of Trump:" http://www.msnbc.com/am-joy/watch/biden-slams-trump-s-alleged-call-to-ukraine-president-69620805588

* "Will media harp on debunked Biden scandals like Clinton in 2016?:" http://www.msnbc.com/am-joy/watch/trump-tries-to-spin-whistleblower-story-against-biden-69621317699

* "What’s next in the whistleblower case?:" http://www.msnbc.com/am-joy/watch/pompeo-suggests-investigating-biden-after-ukraine-question-69621829619

* "Trump's new national security adviser is the anti-Bolton in style only:" https://www.politico.com/story/2019/09/18/trump-to-nominate-us-hostage-negotiator-robert-obrien-as-national-security-adviser-1501811

* Likely, people will die from food contamination. "Trump administration allows pork slaughterhouses to have fewer USDA line inspectors:" https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/white-house/trump-administration-allows-pork-slaughterhouses-have-fewer-usda-inspectors-n1055451

* "Trump Administration Looks to Supreme Court to Rein In Consumer Finance Agency:" https://www.wsj.com/articles/trump-administration-looks-to-supreme-court-to-rein-in-consumer-finance-agency-11568771467

* "Angelica Ross says Bernie Sanders made “huge misstep” in skipping LGBT forum:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2019/09/22/angelica-ross-bernie-sanders-lgbt-forum-trans-elizabeth-warren/

* "Pulse survivor delivers sobering account of Florida mass shooting to Congress while urging for gun reform:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2019/09/19/pulse-survivor-account-florida-mass-shooting-congress-urging-gun-reform/

* "White House Fires Homeland Security Dept.’s General Counsel:" https://www.nytimes.com/2019/09/17/us/politics/john-mitnick-homeland-security.html

* "Brazil prosecutor orders five indictments over gay councilwoman assassination:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2019/09/22/brazil-prosecutor-orders-five-indictments-over-gay-councilwoman-assassination/

* "Ben Carson Spews Hateful Anti-Trans Slurs at HUD Meeting:" https://www.advocate.com/transgender/2019/9/19/ben-carson-spews-hateful-anti-trans-slurs-hud-meeting

* "Stonewall founder opposes trans rights, may form breakaway group:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2019/09/22/stonewall-trans-rights-simon-fanshawe-womens-sex-based-rights/

* "Patricia Arquette Pleads at Emmys: Stop Persecuting Trans People:" https://www.advocate.com/television/2019/9/22/patricia-arquette-pleads-emmys-stop-persecuting-trans-people

* "People are busting common and ridiculous myths around bisexuality for Bi Visibility Day:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2019/09/22/bi-visibility-day-bisexual-youtubers-dutchy-elle-mills-ridiculous-stereotypes/

* "Black trans women keep being murdered. So this New Yorker decided to do something about it:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2019/09/22/black-trans-woman-murdered-travel-fund-devin-lowe/

* "Explaining what's wrong with my hands:"

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* "I lost money when I got married:"

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* "The Truth About Memory Loss:"

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* "30 Lessons about life with a chronic illness.:"

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* "Don't Be A Jerk To People With Dietary Restrictions!:"

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* "Enlightened Monarchs: Crash Course European History #19:"

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* "What's Wrong With Reusable Straws?:"

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* "Queer Teens Like Katie Eder Will Save Us From the Climate Catastrophe:" https://www.advocate.com/youth/2019/9/19/queer-teens-katie-eder-will-save-us-climate-catastrophe

* "Billy Porter makes history as first openly gay black man to win acting Emmy:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2019/09/23/billy-porter-first-gay-black-man-emmy/

* "Essentially drunk hair rolling... // Ridiculously Easy Vintage Hair Tutoria:"

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* Want to See the Gothmas Phase 1 interior stuff? https://gwydionmisha.tumblr.com/post/187892906490/interior-gothmas-decorations-september-2019-pt-1 and https://gwydionmisha.tumblr.com/post/187893912707/gothmas-interior-phase-1-september-2019-pt2

* We have less than a week of prescription goosh left. High quality wet food that fits her veterinarian's specification in necessary to Livia staying healthy. Interested in helping with Livia's new Goosh?

I'm looking at Natural Balance Ultra Premium Turkey & Giblets Formula Canned Cat Food, since it's cheaper than prescription, but within specs: https://www.chewy.com/natural-balance-ultra-premium-turkey/dp/33214?utm_source=google-product&utm_medium=cpc&utm_campaign=f&utm_content=Natural%20Balance&utm_term=&gclid=EAIaIQobChMI-uXqwqPK5AIVB9tkCh3a2wZmEAQYASABEgJuZvD_BwE

or Paypal Lethran@gmail.com or paypal.me/Gwydion It's 47.00 with shipping looks like.

* "Talk About Your Trunk Space, Check THESE Sweets Out!:" https://www.cakewrecks.com/home/2019/9/22/talk-about-your-trunk-space-check-these-sweets-out

* TW: Abuse. "Captain Marvel Ventures Into Complex Trauma:" https://www.thefandomentals.com/captain-marvel-complex-trauma/

* "One-Millionth of a Hugo:" https://elf.dreamwidth.org/813864.html

* "What I'm Not Posting at File 770:" https://elf.dreamwidth.org/814355.html

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

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

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

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

* Master Post For the summer of resistance: https://gwydion.dreamwidth.org/2108368.html

* 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

* If you are interested in helping, right now the Cat things we need most are:
https://www.amazon.com/PetSafe-Deterrent-Activated-Repellent-Environmentally/dp/B0721735K9

And: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07J669H65/?coliid=I1EUR00IM1I3P&colid=1EVWGXWUM3YU7&psc=1&ref_=lv_ov_lig_dp_it

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

* "What Is An Ex-Georgian President Doing Camping Outside Ukraine's Parliament?:" https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2017/12/07/569132334/what-is-an-ex-georgian-president-doing-camping-outside-ukraines-parliament

* "Michael Gove: voters can change EU deal if they don't like it:" https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2017/dec/09/michael-gove-voters-can-change-eu-deal-if-they-dont-like-it

* "Saudi Arabia's Leader Spent $450 Million On A Painting. Here's What That Could Do For Victims Of His War In Yemen.:" https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/saudi-yemen-mbs-painting-aid_us_5a2999c2e4b0b185e53a3ce8

* "Two Palestinians shot dead and one critical in riots after Trump speech:" https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/dec/08/palestinian-shot-dead-in-gaza-as-protesters-clash-with-israeli-troops-in-west-bank

* So they decided to systematically exclude Jewish Democrats from an historically bipartisan Hanukah celebration on a partisan political basis to make it less political. O.o Can they hear themselves when they talk? "Trump to Jewish Democrats: No Hanukkah party for you:" http://www.miamiherald.com/news/politics-government/article188644224.html

* TW: Sexual Assault. "WH: Trump treats women with 'highest level of respect':" http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/363804-wh-trump-treats-women-with-highest-level-of-respect

* "Trump offers second Moore endorsement days before Alabama election:" https://www.politico.com/story/2017/12/08/trump-endorses-roy-moore-again-287143

* Except he will, just at a difference ceremony. "Trump will not speak publicly at opening of Civil Rights Museum:" https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/trump-will-not-speak-publicly-opening-mississippi-s-civil-rights-n827861

* "Trump admin scraps Obama-era proposal requiring airlines to disclose bag fees:" http://thehill.com/policy/transportation/363956-trump-admin-scraps-obama-era-proposal-requiring-airlines-to-disclose

* "Devin Nunes spoke to Erik Prince about House Intel testimony despite recusal from the Russia probe:" http://www.businessinsider.com/erik-prince-testimony-house-intel-committee-devin-nunes-russia-probe-2017-12

* Wave Goodbye to any chance of real investigation in the House. "Rep. Devin Nunes cleared of allegations that he disclosed classified information in Russia investigation:" http://www.latimes.com/politics/la-pol-ca-nunes-russia-ethics-20171207-story.html

* "Judge presiding over Michael Flynn criminal case is recused: court:" https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-russia-flynn/judge-presiding-over-michael-flynn-criminal-case-is-recused-court-idUSKBN1E202V

* "Email pointed Trump campaign to WikiLeaks documents:" https://www.cnn.com/2017/12/08/politics/email-effort-give-trump-campaign-wikileaks-documents/index.html

* "Trump senior aide Dina Powell to resign early next year: White House:" https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-powell/trump-senior-aide-dina-powell-to-resign-early-next-year-white-house-idUSKBN1E22IO

* How to save the Internet: http://gwydionmisha.tumblr.com/post/168331422241/net-neutrality

* Now is a fine time to contact her to complain about the Tax Scam if she's your senator. "Collins' Obamacare deal faces moment of truth:" https://www.politico.com/story/2017/12/08/susan-collins-obamacare-deal-213254

* Fuckssake. "The Activist Who Secretly Recorded Planned Parenthood Says It’s “Long Past Time” The Justice Department Looked Into It:" https://www.buzzfeed.com/emaoconnor/the-justice-department-is-taking-steps-to-investigate?utm_term=.yd2OV1JJ07#.dsNl0NQQoW

* "Puerto Rico's Death Toll May Be 1,052, New York Times Analysis Finds:" https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/puerto-ricos-death-toll-1052-nytimes-analysis-finds_us_5a2af857e4b0a290f0509d4e

* TW: Sexual Harassment. "Accuser's confidante: Trent Franks offered $5M for surrogacy:" http://www.cnn.com/2017/12/08/politics/trent-franks-surrogacy-accuser/index.html

* TW: Pedophilia. "Why these Alabama voters are sticking by Roy Moore:" https://news.vice.com/story/why-these-alabama-voters-are-sticking-by-roy-moore

* TW: Sexual Harassment. "Kaine calls on Senate to publicly release sexual harassment claims:" http://thehill.com/homenews/senate/363754-dem-wants-to-publicly-release-the-number-of-sexual-harassment-claims-filed

* TW: Sexual Harassment. "Aide who accused Texas Rep. Farenthold of sexual harassment to cooperate with House Ethics investigation:" https://www.dallasnews.com/news/politics/2017/12/07/aide-accused-texas-rep-farenthold-sexual-harassment-cooperate-house-ethics-investigation

* TW: Sexual Harassment. "Democrat Kihuen hanging on despite harassment claim:" https://www.politico.com/story/2017/12/07/ruben-kihuen-harassment-claim-286781

* TW: Sexual Harassment. "Hastings says never told of $220K settlement for sex harassment claims against him:" https://www.politico.com/states/florida/story/2017/12/08/treasury-department-settled-220-000-sexual-harassment-case-for-congressman-alcee-hastings-in-2014-8634339

* Why is there no coverage at all in even the local paper about the ongoing protest against police clearance of homeless camps and for housing first on the courthouse Downtown? Seriously fuck the Herald and their shittastic right wing editorial policies.

* TW: contains footage of police murdering an unarmed man while begging for his life. "Mesa Police shooting: Daniel Shaver seen crawling, begging in disturbing video:" https://www.cbsnews.com/news/mesa-police-shooting-daniel-shaver-seen-crawling-begging-in-disturbing-video/

* TW: contains horrifying quotes made of Hate Speech. ""White Sharia" and militant white nationalism:" https://www.splcenter.org/hatewatch/2017/11/27/white-sharia-and-militant-white-nationalism

* "Ex-cop Michael Slager sentenced to 20 years for Walter Scott killing:" http://www.cnn.com/2017/12/07/us/michael-slager-sentencing/index.html

* Ha! "Gay man denied a marriage license by Kim Davis is now running against her:" http://www.cnn.com/2017/12/06/politics/kim-davis-david-ernold-campaign-trnd/index.html

* "Historical signs now mark site where slaves were sold in Camden:" http://www.nj.com/camden/index.ssf/2017/11/nj_slave_markets_recognized_in_camden.html

* "'This is surreal': descendants of slaves and slaveowners meet on US plantation:" https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2017/nov/16/us-slavery-descendants-plantation-mississippi

* "The Walking Dead, Season 8, Episode 7: Time for After:" http://www.fangsforthefantasy.com/2017/12/the-walking-dead-season-8-episode-7.html

* Cersei Lannister's terrible plan. http://turtle-paced.tumblr.com/post/168216316487/could-you-outline-the-reasons-why-cerseis-plan

* What Varys wanted with Ned Stark: http://poorquentyn.tumblr.com/post/168261567798/what-role-would-varys-set-up-for-ned-had-he-been

* Representation Matters in Science Fiction Cannon: http://gwydionmisha.tumblr.com/post/168350786787

* OMG! Read the 1 Star reviews! https://www.amazon.com/Trump-America-Great-Collectible-Ornament/product-reviews/B01N67D8HO/ref=cm_cr_arp_d_paging_btm_2?ie=UTF8&reviewerType=all_reviews&pageNumber=2

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

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

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

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

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

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

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


* Republicans are trying to kill library funding. Help us save the libraries. http://www.ala.org/advocacy/advleg/federallegislation/fight-for-libraries

* Resistance links for the tax cuts for the rich: http://gwydionmisha.tumblr.com/post/166977878817/fullhalalalchemist-the-gop-is-aiming-for-a-65vc

* Scripts for resisting the Tax Bill: https://laughingacademy.tumblr.com/post/168175070608/the-tax-bill-just-passed-the-senate-heres-what

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

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

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

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

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

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

* I’m a member of two groups singled out for extra scrutiny. (No, not the obvious one). This means I get at least two forms of extra checks every time I go through a check point, sometimes more. I’m not afraid of flying, but I’m terrified of the TSA. What if someone takes exception to me existing during a stop over and I get trapped in the middle of the country with no money to get home?

I’m all for closing criminal background check loopholes and bringing back the assault rifle and extended clip bans, etc.., but I am against using the no fly list as a tool to stop gun sales because I am against the no fly list and have been since it was first being proposed. I am against extra judicial procedures. I am against the over throw of the rule of law. I am against the rising tide of authoritarianism. The no fly list needs to go and I will not compromise my beliefs for expedience.

* Some descendants of Holocaust survivors respond to the Donald Trump/Hilter comparisons: http://gwydionmisha.tumblr.com/post/135635154392/do-you-think-trumps-recent-comments-about-muslims

* "Undelivered letters shed light on 17th-century society:" http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/nov/08/undelivered-letters-17th-century-dutch-society

* "Rosalind Franklin (1920-1958): The Overlooked Mother of DNA:" http://rejectedprincesses.tumblr.com/post/134871763393/rosalind-franklin-1920-1958-the-overlooked

* "The History of Female Anger :" https://broadly.vice.com/en_us/article/the-history-of-female-anger

* "The Daily Show's 2015 Year in Review:"

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* "Donald Trump: The White ISIS:"

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* "Jordan Klepper: Good Guy with a Gun:"

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* "Who's Actually Supporting Donald Trump?:"

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* "Ted Cruz Jeopardizes the COP21 Climate Deal:"

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* "Blacklash 2016: The Unblackening - The Fifth Republican Presidential Debate:"

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* "Bill Cosby Strikes Back:"

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* "Merry Confederate Christmas:"

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* "Islamophobia in America:"

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* Today’s must do was get Hector Food. (Yet another drop below what the auto-withdraw will take for car insurance). It took me two and a half hours to achieve a functional body, but I did get extra function out of it, which it turned out I needed. I got a lot of things done around the house that needed doing, though not the thing I most needed to do. I’m calling it progress, even if that’s nearly it for spoons....And everything I wrote since the last posting went poof! Fun. What you're looking at is a reconstituted version. I want a lung treatment and cookies and a nap. None of these things are happening. No nap until lung treatment. No lung treatment until Hector wakes up naturally because he needs the sleep and I need the quiet. No cookies because if i had the spoons for baking, I'd be up doing the top three must dos that I blew off because I was nearly out of spoons when I discovered them.

* I am blown away by how well the Crafting/Archery/Horse events portion went. I’m chuffed at how many people turned up and played the various wedding events. It’s good to see so much life still in this game.

* ""The Walking Dead" and the Culture of Hopelessness - Fandom Following:" http://www.fandomfollowing.com/the-walking-dead-and-the-culture-of-hopelessness/

* I hate Elf on a Shelf. I'm glad it wasn't the thing when I was little. http://seananmcguire.tumblr.com/post/134987523670/drst-mhalachai-rainnecassidy-this-is-such#notes

* Understanding vs. Agreement: http://seananmcguire.tumblr.com/post/134993185210/vixyish-solarbird-eerieearthling-this#notes

* "Reading Holmes as a Transman:" http://seananmcguire.tumblr.com/post/135096545385/ghostbees-the-second-issue-of-the-practical#notes

* "Cesare Borgia, Kilgrave, and Telling the Problematic Faves from the Personal Favorite White Boys:" http://t.umblr.com/redirect?z=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.fandomfollowing.com%2Fcesare-borgia-kilgrave-and-telling-the-problematic-faves-from-the-personal-favorite-white-boys%2F&t=ZWM3NWQyNGMxOWExM2IwNDhmMGNjZjE3ZGE2NGNiYjFhZjhmMDRmYSxWbTFLTDZvRQ%3D%3D

* "What Mockingjay Part II did right – and what it did not - Fandom Following:" http://www.fandomfollowing.com/211-2/

* "Fast speed racking horses/flying pace Icelandic horses:"

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* Donate to help refugees "UN Refugee Agency:" http://donate.unhcr.org/international/general

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

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

* Officially in the Presidential Race for 2016: Ted Cruz, Hillary Clinton, Marco Rubio, and Rand Paul. Ted Cruz is being funded almost entirely by a tax cheat who owes the American people 6 Billion dollars in the hopes that he and other rich tax cheats won't have to pay what they owe if he wins.

* "Ferguson Elections Result In Major Changes:" http://transgriot.blogspot.com/2015/04/ferguson-elections-result-in-major.html

* "Historic election in Ferguson, MO:"

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* "These maps show why we keep electing climate change deniers:" http://www.motherjones.com/kevin-drum/2015/04/these-maps-show-why-we-keep-electing-climate-change-deniers

* "Why is Common Core so controversial?:"

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* "Why This New Study On Arctic Permafrost Is So Scary:" http://thinkprogress.org/climate/2015/04/08/3643953/greenland-permafrost-thaw-microbes/

* "Not the affirmative action you meant, not the history you’re making - See more at: http://nkjemisin.com/2015/04/not-the-affirmative-action-you-meant-not-the-history-youre-making/#sthash.wcRcp9P7.dpuf:" http://nkjemisin.com/2015/04/not-the-affirmative-action-you-meant-not-the-history-youre-making/

* "Stress makes everything harder:" http://urihu.tumblr.com/post/115686563033/stress-makes-everything-harder

* "Awesome Puritan names:" http://themyskira.tumblr.com/post/27965982570/awesome-puritan-names

* "150th Anniversary Of Lee's Surrender To Grant:" http://transgriot.blogspot.com/2015/04/150th-anniversary-of-lees-surrender-to.html

* "The Hugo Awards: GamerGate Edition, 2015:" http://terribleminds.com/ramble/2015/04/06/the-hugo-awards-gamergate-edition-2015/

* "Human Shields, Cabals and Poster Boys:" http://whatever.scalzi.com/2015/04/07/human-shields-cabals-and-poster-boys/

* "Asking the Wrong Questions: The 2015 Hugo Awards: Thoughts on the Nominees:" http://wrongquestions.blogspot.co.il/2015/04/the-2015-hugo-awards-thoughts-on.html

* I haven't $40.00 to spend on a Hugo Vote (If I did I'd be using if for car insurance). However, if you are voting, I do urge you to vote "No Vote" in protest in the hijacked categories rather than voting for one of the slate of puppy nominees.

* I’ve never much liked John W. Campbell for all the praise heaped on him from the old guard. I am not at all surprised to learn he was a racist and sexist who barred stories with black or woman protagonists from the things he edited. How did it take all these decades for me to hear about this terrible behavior? Why did none of those panegyrics I grew up with mention his racism and misogyny. My instinctive discomfort with the colonialist feel of his work feels pretty justified in retrospect.

Lovecraft’s face needs to not be on an award urgently, but Campbell’s name needs to go too. It’s time to move the awards for our genre into the 21st century.

* "Holding the Hugos–and the English Language–Hostage for Fun and Profit:" http://catvalente.livejournal.com/690416.html

* Ebay Time. Less than five days:

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For all at once: http://www.ebay.com/sch/lethran/m.html?_nkw=&_armrs=1&_ipg=&_from=

* We need $700.00 for Property taxes this month. Our Financial Situation continues Scary: http://www.gofundme.com/cuovws or Lethran@gmail.com

* "Why Joan Rivers FLOTUS Comment Was Racistly Insulting:" http://www.transgriot.blogspot.com/2014/07/why-joan-rivers-flotus-comment-was.html

* Greenwick found. "Reeling from killings, trans community calls for understanding:" http://america.aljazeera.com/watch/shows/america-tonight/articles/2014/7/3/trans-color-deathslgbt.html

* Greenwick found. "Transgender woman files human rights complaints over arrest at Pearson:" http://www.thestar.com/news/canada/2014/07/03/transgender_woman_files_human_rights_complaints_over_arrest_at_pearson.html

* This looks analogous to the hostility to YA for girls. "The future looks rosy:" http://bringbackbunty.wordpress.com/2011/08/10/the-future-looks-rosy/

* "And then Seanan talked about fanfic some more.:" http://seanan-mcguire.livejournal.com/578680.html

* I had a dream about Matt Boehmer. It was not a sex dream. I swear we were baking. Clothed. We were making a variety of unusual cookies and cakes with flower flavourings. My favorite was Magnolia/Pistachio/Cardamon with white chocolate chips.

* Grim Reaper Drone: https://fbcdn-sphotos-f-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-xpa1/t1.0-9/10431472_767769299928443_1184676014687980946_n.png

* Greenwick found. "O'Malley signs transgender rights bill:" http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/maryland/politics/blog/bs-md-last-signing-20140514,0,6134049.story

* Greenwick found. "Senate passes measure for prisoners to retain ‘their actual residence’ for voting purposes:" http://www.providencejournal.com/breaking-news/content/20140514-senate-passes-measure-for-prisoners-to-retain-their-actual-residence-for-voting-purposes.ece

* Greenwick found. "Fake Geek Guys: A Message to Men About Sexual Harassment:" http://comicsalliance.com/sexual-harassment-online-rape-threats-comics-superheroes-lessons-men-geek-culture/

* Greenwick found. "Israel changes laws for gender reassignment:" http://www.washingtonblade.com/2014/05/15/israel-changes-laws-gender-reassignment/

* Greenwick found. "India’s Gay Prince Says Transgender People Have Lived In His Country For 800 Years:" http://www.queerty.com/indias-gay-prince-says-transgender-people-have-lived-in-his-country-for-800-years-20140515

* "Mayor Parker drops flashpoint issue from civil rights ordinance:" http://www.khou.com/news/local/Mayor-Parker-drops-flashpoint-issue-from-civil-rights-ordinance-259144851.html

* "Lorena Escalera Plus Two:" http://transgriot.blogspot.com/2014/05/lorena-escalera-plus-two.html

* "Louisville High School Has Trans Drama:" http://www.transgriot.blogspot.com/2014/05/louisville-high-school-has-trans-drama.html

* The review at the bottom gets to my discomfort at where this is going. (Spoilers) "In The Flesh, Season 2, Episode 1:" http://www.fangsforthefantasy.com/2014/05/in-flesh-season-2-episode-2.html

* Signal Boost. "Trans* Housing Now! Queens Cottage Shelter:" https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/trans-housing-now-queens-cottage-shelter

* "Denny's New Book 'West Of Sunset':" http://transgriot.blogspot.com/2014/05/dennys-new-book-west-of-sunset.html

* I've got circular swaps with openings.
Just Tea: http://www.bpal.org/topic/83424-just-tea-spring-circular-swap/
Hot drinks: http://www.bpal.org/topic/83154-spring-drink-swap-open/
Scented Products: http://www.bpal.org/topic/83239-spring-scented-products-kitchen-sink-circular-swap/

* The Crimea has voted to join Russia and has declared Independence from Ukraine. They are Nationalizing Ukrainian property which has understandably annoyed Ukraine.


* "New study on how police perceive young black men:"

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* "LGBT protections front and center in south:"

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* "The champions for justice in Texas:" http://on.msnbc.com/1isXCeA

* "Fandom Sickness:" http://arsmarginal.wordpress.com/2014/03/16/fandom-sickness/

* I got up and phoned UPS to complain about the whole not actually trying to deliver the package and not leaving delivery notice issue and to try to get a delivery time estimate. I don't think anything will come of the complaint, but I do this every year or so because I think UPS needs to know how shitty their service is. I got a window of 2-3 PM. Hector and I went back to bed, where LM had curled up in my spot, presumably in the belief we were gone for the morning. I cruelly lay down next to her and pet her until she left. I did manage a couple of hours sleep despite having to sleep in my clothes, it being too hot, and me being too cranky. I camped in the vestibule until 3:15 when the UPS guys showed up without my package. "Our hands are tied." I went back to call UPS again because WTF, and this was the last delivery attempt. Apparently, the had a second truck coming to my address with no delivery time estimate. Hector and I went back to bed in the hopes of another nap. The 5:45 PM delivery guy actually knocked sand the box is safe. I still think this is an efficient and messed up way to run a business. Why not put all packages going to an area on the same truck? Why not knock or buzz every time? Why not leave an attempted delivery notice each time?

I harvested another two hyacinths, so I now have three purples and a blue on my desk. The whole apartment smells of hyacinth. This is happy making, them being my favorite flowers in both esthetics and scent. I ended up spending most of the evening anal retentively rearranging books in the living room. I am rapidly running out of shelving. I have more shelving and sorting to do in my room, but that's for later. I also did game dishes, and started unloading Gran's china. (Gran was my great Grandmother, with whom I was very close. I got Gran's china and my sister got Grammy's, My Mother's Mother. Grammy's was objectively nicer, but even though my sister is named after Gran, they never really "got" each other, and Grammy was about equally close to both of us, though in temperament more like my sister. This is a fair division, as I'm the one who looks at these tea cups and remember Gran's hand wrapped around one in her ould forth floor apartment in an old mansion in Germantown that had been cut in half and turned into apartment's by floor. I'm the one who remembers her stories about her brothers and "Uncle Bill," her Mother's forth husband. I'm the one who remembers her face when she talked about breaking her coccyx, skating down Broadstreet before it was paved, and hid the injury lest her Mother take the skates away. My sister doesn't have those memories, while she had a relationship with Grammy on the other side of her injury.) The rest of the china will have to wait. I want to run everything through the dish washer, as it's all been in storage since the mid-90's.

* Shelving observation: For someone who isn't a Christian, I own a massive about of Christian theology books. (It's a Classical and medieval history thing. I need to decide which to get rid of as I need the space. The issue is, I kept a lot of things for reference that I don't really need anymore as I'm out of academia. What are the odds of me rereading Erasmus? Ought I get rid of all my foreign language stuff while I'm at it? What are the odds of me reading homer in the original again? The Aeneid? Baudelaire? I hate weeding my library.

* Grimm: I'm really angry about what Nick decided to do to Wu. Not okay.

* Walking Dead: All these things needed to happen. I love Carol and Tyreese. Props to Melissa McBride who acted the shit out of a whole bunch of complex things she needed to convey.

* Well, victim blaming is a core Republican value. "Legis. Thomas Barraga: No one 'should ever ride a bicycle' in Suffolk County:" http://www.newsday.com/long-island/suffolk/legis-thomas-barraga-no-one-should-ever-ride-a-bicycle-in-suffolk-county-1.7057107

* "Herpin explains why it was 'good thing' Holmes had large ammo magazine:" http://kdvr.com/2014/02/12/herpin-a-good-thing-that-james-holmes-had-100-round-magazine/

* "Doctors: Abortion laws carry risk:" http://www.dispatch.com/content/stories/local/2014/02/09/doctors-abortion-laws-carry-risk.html

* "The French way of cancer treatment:" http://blogs.reuters.com/anya-schiffrin/2014/02/12/the-french-way-of-cancer-treatment/

* "248-Million-Year-Old Fossil Shows Oldest Reptile Live Birth:" http://www.ibtimes.com/248-million-year-old-fossil-shows-oldest-reptile-live-birth-chaohusaurus-was-born-head-first-photo

* "World's Oldest Crown Is Coming to the Upper East Side:" http://www.dnainfo.com/new-york/20140212/upper-east-side/worlds-oldest-crown-is-coming-upper-east-side

* "A little ass music: Hieronymus Bosch's 500-year-old butt song from hell:" http://dangerousminds.net/comments/a_little_ass_music_hieronymus_boschs_500_year_old_butt_song_from_hell

* This is fucking terrifying. They have made a law allowing police to refuse to help people when they are being assaulted and enshrining extreme segregation and discrimination against gay people, denying them access to all public services. I do not understand how this is constitutional, but it is about to become the law of the land in Kansas. "Kansas Anti-Gay Segregation Bill Is an Abomination:" http://www.slate.com/blogs/outward/2014/02/13/kansas_anti_gay_segregation_bill_is_an_abomination.html?wpisrc=burger_bar

* "Butch:" http://megallenstudio.com/butch/

* The pain is stunning today, but not unexpected as I pushed current physical limits yesterday.

* "Torvill and Dean back in Sarajevo after 30 years:" http://bigstory.ap.org/article/torvill-and-dean-back-sarajevo-after-30-years

I tried to figure out how to explain my emotions about this to those of you too young to remember the War, let alone the Sarajevo Olympics, but I simply can't. Sorry. It's too many things, most of them hard to convey to people for whom these are footnotes at best.. Suffice to say I needed tissues and some away from the computer time. Those of you who know me in person likely have heard my children of Sarajevo and Clinton Administration Ignorance and Islamaphobia story, which is the only thing I've ever been able to say that explains even a little part of how I feel about that War. I'm not up to putting it into writing tonight.

Instead have a heartwarming Olympic Skater story that has nothing at all to do with Sochi.

* "At what point are fans being screwed?:" http://www.fangsforthefantasy.com/2014/02/at-what-point-are-fans-being-screwed.html

* "This is the Only Must-Read Fashion Week Story About Goats:" http://modernfarmer.com/2014/02/fashion-week-goats/

* "The truth about numbers: Bible Math!:" http://www.dailykos.com/story/2014/02/13/1276922/-Cartoon-The-truth-about-numbers-Bible-nbsp-Math#

* Batman is a stalker. O.o "1966 Batman valentines:" http://thismodernworld.com/archives/8155

* "Snow Bird: 1922:" http://www.shorpy.com/node/16989

* Coverage of violent state endorsed hate crimes in Russia (TW):

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* Anderson Cooper and Greg Louganis discuss what to do in the wake of homophobic threats from Russia and the IOC:

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* "Removing Bad Tattoos in Antiquity:" http://www.wondersandmarvels.com/2013/08/removing-bad-tattoos-in-antiquity.html

* "Tomb of a Powerful Moche Priestess-Queen Found in Peru:" http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2013/08/130808-moche-priestess-queen-tomb-discovery-peru-archeology-science/

* "Giant Maya Carvings Found in Guatemala:" http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2013/08/pictures/130807-maya-frieze-discovered-holmul-guatemala-archaeology/#/new-maya-frieze-found-deity_70151_600x450.jpg

* "Islam’s Medieval Underworld:" http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/history/2013/07/islams-medieval-underworld/

* "Why getting sacked was good for Machiavelli:" http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-23546412

* "The Lost World of the London Coffeehouse :" http://publicdomainreview.org/2013/08/07/the-lost-world-of-the-london-coffeehouse/

* "Colonial Williamsburg's pioneering black school revealed by new archaeological clues:" http://articles.dailypress.com/2013-08-11/features/dp-nws-williamsburg-black-school-dig-20130811_1_colonial-williamsburg-mark-kostro-bray-school

* "The History and Psychology of Clowns Being Scary:" http://www.smithsonianmag.com/arts-culture/The-History-of-Scary-Clowns-217771511.html#Scary-Clowns-Halloween-parade-631.jpg

* " In case there is any doubt on Sochi:" http://www.sparkindarkness.com/2013/08/in-case-there-is-any-doubt-on-sochi.html

* "The Rainbow Gallery - a New Resource for LGBTQ Fandom:" http://www.fangsforthefantasy.com/2013/08/the-rainbow-gallery-new-resource-for.html

* Yesterday was more bureaucracy, today was doctor prodding. I really need to get going on my research pile. Oh, and more bureaucracy turned up in the mail today.

* "A Hugo for Juvenile SFF -- or, as we know it today, YA, MR, and Children's SFF.:" http://sweetmusic-27.livejournal.com/103160.html

* Dragon Cave: