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* "Resources for helping Gaza, Sudan and Congo:" https://www.tumblr.com/swallowedabug/758070860436439040?source=share

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* "Gaza population down by 6% since start of war - Palestinian statistics bureau:" https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/gaza-population-down-by-6-since-start-war-palestinian-statistics-bureau-2025-01-01/

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* "Palestinian-American explains why he is suing the State Department over U.S. support for Israel:" https://www.msnbc.com/ayman-mohyeldin/watch/palestinian-american-explains-why-he-is-suing-the-state-department-over-u-s-support-for-israel-227711045998

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* "Two killed in Russian drone strike on Kyiv, Ukraine says:" https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/russia-launches-new-year-drone-strike-kyiv-officials-say-2025-01-01/

* "Russia’s War Economy Is Hitting Its Limits:" https://foreignpolicy.com/2024/11/14/russia-war-putin-economy-weapons-production-labor-shortage-demographics/

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* "U.S. strikes Houthi targets in Yemen after American warships attacked, CENTCOM says:" https://www.cbsnews.com/news/us-strikes-houthi-targets-yemen-warships-attacked/

* "Ceasefire between Turkey and US-backed SDF in northern Syria holding, Pentagon says:" https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/ceasefire-between-turkey-us-backed-sdf-northern-syria-holding-pentagon-says-2024-12-30/

* "How Syria’s rebels overcame years of a bloody stalemate to topple Assad:" https://archive.ph/fT7tB#selection-504.0-504.1

* "An uneasy calm settles over Syrian city of Homs after outbreak of sectarian violence:" https://apnews.com/article/syria-homs-alawites-hts-assad-sectarian-6c8d534d9f93da13dc8629f2f2c49aae

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* "Venezuela opposition urges protests against Maduro's inauguration:" https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20241231-venezuela-opposition-urges-protests-against-maduro-s-inauguration

* "Some missing residential school students disappeared into arranged marriages, report says:" https://www.cbc.ca/news/indigenous/arranged-marriages-residential-schools-1.7396200

* "China-backed election raises fears of 'negative peace' in Myanmar:" https://www.voanews.com/a/china-backed-election-raises-fears-of-negative-peace-in-myanmar/7921313.html

* "U.S. Treasury says its computers were hacked by a Chinese 'threat actor' in a 'major incident':" https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/security/us-treasury-says-computers-hacked-chinese-threat-actor-rcna185809

* "Biden unveils final $2.5B security aid package for Ukraine:" https://www.politico.eu/article/joe-biden-announces-his-final-2-5-billion-security-aid-package-to-ukraine-war/

* "Biden honors Liz Cheney, Bennie Thompson with top civilian award:" https://www.npr.org/2025/01/02/g-s1-40817/biden-liz-cheney-presidential-citizens-medal

* It's to keep Trump from appointing extra partisan incompetents. "Biden vetoes bill that would have created dozens of new federal judge slots:" https://www.politico.com/news/2024/12/23/biden-vetoes-bill-federal-judge-slots-00195981

* "Biden administration scraps rules to expand birth control access:" https://www.politico.com/news/2024/12/23/biden-admin-birth-control-rule-00195979

* "US appeals court blocks Biden administration effort to restore net-neutrality rules:" https://www.reuters.com/legal/us-appeals-court-blocks-biden-administration-net-neutrality-rules-2025-01-02/

* "Senate Democrats blast Supreme Court's 'ethical crisis' as investigation concludes:" https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/congress/senate-democrats-blast-supreme-courts-ethical-crisis-investigation-rcna184987

* "Yellen: US will hit debt ceiling in mid- or late-January:" https://www.politico.com/live-updates/2024/12/27/congress/yellen-sees-u-s-hitting-debt-ceiling-in-early-2025-00196091

* "How Much Tax Do America's Undocumented Immigrants Actually Pay? [Infographic]:" https://www.forbes.com/sites/niallmccarthy/2016/10/06/how-much-tax-do-americas-undocumented-immigrants-actually-pay-infographic/

* "The Walmart Effect: New research suggests that the company makes the communities it operates in poorer—even taking into account its famous low prices.:" https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2024/12/walmart-prices-poverty-economy/681122/

* "Strike Against Amazon Ends But Teamsters Warn "Stay Tuned":" https://www.nycclc.org/news/2024-12/strike-against-amazon-ends-teamsters-warn-stay-tuned

* "House ethics watchdog unfurls campaign finance allegations against two members:" https://www.politico.com/live-updates/2025/01/02/congress/house-ethics-violations-allegations-00196307

* "Trump endorses Johnson for speaker:" https://www.politico.com/live-updates/2024/12/30/congress/trump-endorses-johnson-for-speaker-00196113

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* Our job for the next two years is to survive, to build grassroots resistance, to do all in our power to slow the republican Christo-fascist agenda, and to prepare for 2026 in case there is still Democracy.

We are trying to build a good list of resistance resources.

Please add more below if you have them.

Trump 2.0 Indivisible Guide.  https://indivisible.org/resource/guide

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/
To get your Critters' numbers to call direct: https://www.congress.gov/members/find-your-member

Run for Something: https://runforsomething.net/

How to render emergency aid in a riot: https://riotmedicine.net/static/downloads/riot-medicine_a5.pdf

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

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* "Ohio changes election forms to protect transgender political candidates:" https://www.advocate.com/politics/ohio-election-forms-transgender-candidates

* "Indiana Republicans target transgender people in one of new year’s first anti-LGBTQ+ bills:" https://www.advocate.com/politics/indiana-transgender-sports-ban

* "Florida Republican wants to ban Pride flags in public buildings:" https://www.advocate.com/politics/florida-randy-fine-pride-flags

* "Will American democracy follow Joe Biden into the sunset in 2025?:" https://www.advocate.com/voices/will-american-democracy-follow-joe-biden-into-the-sunset-in-2025

* ""This is Trump’s America now!": MAGA diehards jumpstart a new year of political violence:" https://www.salon.com/2024/12/30/this-is-trumps-america-now-maga-diehards-jumpstart-a-new-year-of-political-violence/

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* ""President Musk" And The Dangers Of Plutocracy:"

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* "Why Does Elon Musk Want to Kill Wikipedia?:"

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* "Trump weighs in on H-1B visas amid legal immigration fight:" https://www.semafor.com/article/12/29/2024/trump-fails-to-clarify-stance-on-highly-sough-h-1b-visas-wanted-by-silicon-valley

* "Trump tech bros spar with MAGA loyalists online:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/trump-tech-bros-spar-with-maga-loyalists-online-228053573772

* "Elon Musk ‘melts down’ after underestimating wrath of MAGA trolls:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/elon-musk-melts-down-after-underestimating-wrath-of-maga-trolls-228186181734

* CW: Sexual Abuse. "Court rejects Trump appeal in E. Jean Carroll sexual abuse and defamation case:" https://www.npr.org/2024/12/30/nx-s1-5243228/federal-appeal-trump-e-jean-carroll

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* "Former D.C. police intel chief found guilty of tipping off Proud Boys leader ahead of Jan. 6 attack:" https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/justice-department/former-dc-police-intel-chief-guilty-tipping-proud-boys-leader-ahead-ja-rcna185206

* "Suspects in Vegas explosion, New Orleans attack served at same Army base, police confirm:" https://www.denver7.com/news/local-news/suspects-in-vegas-explosion-new-orleans-attack-served-at-same-army-base-sources-tell-denver7-investigates

* "Victims of Bourbon Street attack in New Orleans include former Princeton football star, aspiring nurse, loving dad:" https://www.cbsnews.com/news/new-orleans-deadly-attack-new-years-victims/

* "Trump Stokes Hate With False Insinuations About New Orleans Truck Attack Suspect:" https://www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-anti-immigrant-new-orleans-attack_n_67765370e4b0a27885b4a456

* "Republican Steve Scalise bizarrely blames 'DEI' and 'wokeness' for New Orleans terror attack:" https://www.advocate.com/politics/steve-scalise-dei-new-orleans

* "‘Dangerous’: Trump and MAGA falsely link New Orleans attack to the border:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/-dangerous-trump-and-maga-falsely-link-new-orleans-attack-to-the-border-228370501607

* CW: Child Sex Abuse. "Survivors seek a reckoning as FBI investigates child sex abuse in little-known Christian sect:" https://apnews.com/article/christian-sect-child-sex-abuse-scandal-a94073c27168a7998c1a225f72672a3d

* "Judge rules against gender-affirming care for transgender prisoners:" https://www.advocate.com/news/judge-upholds-anti-trans-policy

* "Are Abortion Bans Across America Causing Deaths? The States That Passed Them Are Doing Little to Find Out.:" https://www.propublica.org/article/abortion-bans-deaths-state-maternal-mortality-committees?

* "Abortions are up in the U.S. It's a complicated picture as women turn to pills, travel:" https://www.mprnews.org/story/2024/12/28/abortions-are-up-in-the-us-its-a-complicated-picture-as-women-turn-to-pills-travel

* "Man arrested under Russia's 'international LGBT extremism' law dies in custody:" https://www.advocate.com/news/russia-law-man-gay-travel

* There have been rumors for a while that reached even me. "China is arresting writers for posting fanfiction and gay erotica:" https://www.advocate.com/world/china-writers-arrested-fanfiction-gay-erotica

* "J.K. Rowling falsely claims 'there are no trans kids':" https://www.advocate.com/jk-rowling-says-no-transgender-kids

* "Here are the victories for transgender people's rights in 2024:" https://www.advocate.com/news/victories-transgender-rights-2024

* "Illinois police say 11 teens brutally beat men they targeted using a gay dating app:" https://www.advocate.com/crime/illinois-teens-attack-gay-men

* "A small town's 'Pride Wall' was vandalized and taken down. They built it back even better:" https://www.advocate.com/news/photo-gallery-duvall-pride-wall

* "Dengue fever cases reach record-high in the Americas amid climate change:" https://www.euronews.com/health/2024/12/11/dengue-fever-cases-reach-record-high-in-the-americas-amid-climate-change

* "COVID-19 Turns Five Today. The Next Pandemic Is Lurking:" https://thetyee.ca/Analysis/2024/12/31/COVID-19-Turns-Five-Next-Pandemic-Lurking/

* "Why protective antibodies fade after COVID-19 vaccines:" https://www.nih.gov/news-events/nih-research-matters/why-protective-antibodies-fade-after-covid-19-vaccines

* "Accelerated kidney function decline seen with COVID-19 versus pneumonia:" https://medicalxpress.com/news/2024-12-kidney-function-decline-covid-pneumonia.html

* "Prevalence of Thyroid Dysfunction During and After COVID-19 Infection:" https://www.physiciansweekly.com/prevalence-of-thyroid-dysfunction-during-and-after-covid-19-infection/

* "Paxlovid tied to lower risk of hospital stay, heart problems, death in adults with kidney disease and COVID:" https://www.cidrap.umn.edu/covid-19/paxlovid-tied-lower-risk-hospital-stay-heart-problems-death-adults-kidney-disease-and

* "Many long COVID patients adjust to slim recovery odds as world moves on:" https://www.reuters.com/business/healthcare-pharmaceuticals/many-long-covid-patients-adjust-slim-recovery-odds-world-moves-2024-11-14/

* "Who wants a pig organ? Patients sick and tired of waiting years for a transplant:" https://apnews.com/article/pig-organ-transplant-kidney-xenotransplant-revivicor-egenesis-92c378d867f6e1ed8e1587c050daf0f8

* "A Hospital Scandal That Properly Reflects our Warped New Health-Care Reality:" https://www.esquire.com/news-politics/politics/a63240620/boston-investigation-steward-health-care/

* "“I Can’t Afford My Oxygen”: The Human Toll of For-Profit Insurance:" https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2024/12/toll-health-insurance-industry-profits-claim-denials-delays-care-brian-thompson-unitedhealth-luigi-mangione-physicians-national-health-program/

* "The ones who need little sleep:" https://knowablemagazine.org/content/article/mind/2024/genetics-of-people-who-need-little-sleep

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* "South Korea to inspect Boeing aircraft as it struggles to find cause of plane crash that killed 179:" https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/south-korea-to-inspect-boeing-aircraft-as-it-struggles-to-find-cause-of-plane-crash-that-killed-179/ar-AA1wH0UX

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* "Chile's giant 'living fossil' frog faces threat from climate change and humans:" https://www.reuters.com/science/chiles-giant-living-fossil-frog-faces-threat-climate-change-humans-2024-12-18/

* "Bird flu has killed 20 big cats including cougars at a U.S. wildlife sanctuary:" https://www.npr.org/2024/12/26/nx-s1-5239841/bird-flu-kills-20-cats-washington-sanctuary

* "Hungry or horny? Whale makes record swim halfway across planet:" https://bigthink.com/strange-maps/record-humpback-whale-migration/

* "A Homeowner Found Huge, Fossil Teeth While Mowing the Lawn. Then, Excavations Revealed a Complete Mastodon Jaw:" https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/a-homeowner-found-huge-fossil-teeth-while-mowing-the-lawn-then-excavations-revealed-a-complete-mastodon-jaw-180985703/

* "Archaeology news: New Polish Viking Sword!:"

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* "Vlad the Impaler | Extra History Complete | European History:"

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* "The Black Dinner - Scottish History - Extra History:"

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* "When the United States Tried to Get on Top of the Sex Trade:" https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2024/12/16/empire-of-purity-eva-payne-book-review

* "Disney's Animatronics: A Living History:"

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* "Tragedy Lingers Inside Chornobyl’s Abandoned City:" https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/abandoned-chernobyl-disaster-ukraine

* "the Sham Legacy of Richard Feynman:"

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When I got to my first college to be a philosophy monk, guys were all abuzz about "Surely You're Joking."

I intended to read it eventually, but I kept shying away instinctively. I think I subconsciously picked up on what time of guys were into Feynman.

(There was an exception, who used to also tell his dad's Feynman stories from when they were working together. These stories were amusing in a way that the Feynman Bros quoting the book weren't. He wasn't a Feynman cultist, but rather someone with stories to contribute about Feynman in Feynman based conversations, if you get my meaning.)

This piece was illuminating and helpful to me.

* "Why we will never have another president like Jimmy Carter again:" https://www.advocate.com/voices/jimmy-carter-remembered

* "President Jimmy Carter dead at 100 — here's his history as an LGBTQ+ ally:" https://www.advocate.com/politics/jimmy-carter-dead-100

* "Pete Buttigieg remembers warmth and kindness of Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter:" https://www.advocate.com/politics/pete-buttigieg-praises-jimmy-carter

* "Stacey Abrams honors Jimmy Carter: He ‘remade Democratic politics’:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/stacey-abrams-honors-jimmy-carter-he-remade-democratic-politics-228186693960

* "11 Rare Old Words for the Heinous and Villainous:" https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/83472/11-rare-old-words-heinous-and-villainous

* At bedtime Monday morning I noticed some weird things with my vision in my right eye. I looked them up and it sure sounds like a retinal tear. (I know, don't trust Web M.D., but shit is sudden, extreme and weird. I thought of alternate explanations, but I liminiated all of the non-medical ones. Fuck! Of course when everyone's off for holidays.

I have a scheduled appointment, I think for Monday. I should likely wait up and hope they are open today because it's getting worse.

* I was so exhausted I completely missed the Mummer's this year. :(

For those following the Special Assessment Saga, it was a good thing I raised and paid rent on top of what they took. Assholes still charged me a hundred dollar late fee because they fucked up December accounting. If they had taken rent instead of the third special assessment chunk without my knowledge or consent causing overdraft fees, then everything would have been paid to them on time, but I didn't know they were doing it until it was too late to fix, so here we are down an extra hundred for January with car fees and things coming due later in the month.

It will likely be all right. I will need to talk to Squirrel about it, but it will probably be all right.

I hate how extreme the punishment for doing nothing wrong has been in 2024, and it just keeps happening.

* I had so much fun with the dead podcast the back half of December. I ran out of episodes and find myself craving more.

It's an anthology series via Bloody Disgusting and the George A. Romero Foundation, so zombies.Like any anthology, so are more to my taste than others, but they were all worth listening to. They are shared universe, and do occasionally reference each other, but they also jump in time between stories and you could pretty easily listen to each story in any order. (A story is four episodes). The cast is diverse as one would expect given who is making these. The sound design fills me with horror and delight as is expected from Bloody Disgusting. For real, the zombie eating people sounds are far more awful than seeing gore on screen would be, even knowing how they were made.

Something I wanted to mention is the zombie sounds. Walking Dead is such a big thing and has been since the first episode debuted that their rattling hiss zombie vocalizations tend to be what zombies sound like now. Older media did other things: Moans, silence, even words. I have even heard a roar in one fascinating low budget one. These days though? Rattling hiss tends to be what one hears even in a lot of non Walking Dead Properties.

I like how human they made their zombie vocalizations in The Dead. I like the slow transition from a human sounding sick and in pain getting less and less articulate to what sounds a lot like me levering myself out of bed on a bad pain day and hobbling around. I like that it reminds one how human the newly turned look and sound. I like that it sounds like they could start speaking again at any moment, that the sound design of the intro encourages one to strain to catch words that never come during the episodes proper.

This thing is beautifully done and addicting, even when I know exactly how things are going to go. (This isn't a dis. Most twists in anything I will see coming).

Anyway, if you like zombie stories, I suggest checking this out.

* "Video Games & the Sexy Gender Binary:"

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* "Horror Queers: Re-Animator (1985):" https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/re-animator-1985/id1449041559?i=1000643633533

* "The 25 Best Queer Films of the Century So Far :" https://www.advocate.com/arts-entertainment/the-25-best-queer-films-of-the-century-so-far

* "19 LGBTQ+ movies & TV shows coming in January 2025 & where to watch them:" https://www.advocate.com/arts-entertainment/lgbtq-movies-tv-shows-january-2025

* "Horror Queers: Strangers on a Train (1951):" https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/strangers-on-a-train-1951/id1449041559?i=1000649018428

* "39 Amazing And Thought-Provoking Sculptures You've Probably Never Seen Before:" https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/39-amazing-and-thought-provoking-sculptures-you-ve-probably-never-seen-before/ar-AA1tHmuz

* "Riding Through Time: Vintage Motorcycle Photos of People Posing with Pride, 1920s-1950s:" https://rarehistoricalphotos.com/people-with-motorcycles-vintage-photos/

* "Stunning Black-and-White Photos That Capture the Spirit of 1980s Hong Kong:" https://rarehistoricalphotos.com/hong-kong-photos-1980s/

* "“The Council Requires Snackies”: 50 Hilarious Pics Of Cats Grouping Together Interview With Expert:" https://www.boredpanda.com/council-of-cats-pics/

* "Sunday Sweets: Jen's Happy Cakes:" https://www.cakewrecks.com/home/sunday-sweets-jens-happy-cakes-2024

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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.

* "We have a right to safety, privacy, and protest. Say no to mask bans.:" https://www.stopmaskbans.com/

* Ethical Elephant sanctuary disaster relief: https://www.tumblr.com/veluigi/769847233453719552/emergency-flood-relief?source=share

* "Trans Kids Deserve Better:" https://transkidsdeservebetter.org/support

* "Here are 26 organizations fighting Donald Trump that you can donate to:" https://www.advocate.com/politics/anti-donald-trump-charities

* Run for Something: https://runforsomething.net/

* "LGBTQ+ Victory Fund:" https://victoryfund.org/

* "Buy Native List:" https://www.beyondbuckskin.com/p/buy-native.html?m=1

* Natural fiber fabric sources to buy from for sewing: https://www.tumblr.com/gwydionmisha/768880596478984192?source=share

* "Palestine Children’s Relief Fund:" https://pcrf1.app.neoncrm.com/forms/gaza-recovery

* Disaster Preparedness stuff from the US Government: https://www.ready.gov/publications

* "My husky’s fren needs your help:" https://www.youtube.com/shorts/74raKUtbCKI

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* "Faced with disappearances, beatings and intimidation, Afghanistan’s women’s rights activists go quiet on the streets:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2022/02/08/afghanistan-taliban-women-protests/

* "The Betrayal:" https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2022/03/biden-afghanistan-exit-american-allies-abandoned/621307/

* "Life in the Taliban's Afghanistan:"

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* "Basic income pilot scheme for care leavers to be trialled in Wales:" https://www.theguardian.com/society/2022/feb/15/basic-income-pilot-scheme-for-care-leavers-to-be-trialled-in-wales

* "French-led western forces to withdraw from Mali:" https://www.cnn.com/2022/02/17/africa/france-withdraws-military-mali-intl/index.html

* "Bosnia shivers as ghost of nationalism returns:" https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-60240767

* "UN court orders Uganda to pay $325m in reparations to DRC:" https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2022/2/9/un-court-orders-uganda-to-pay-325m-in-reparations-to-dr-congo

* "Paris attacks trial: 'How I persuaded Salah Abdeslam to open up':" https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-60344480

* "Chagos Islands: Mauritian flag raised on British-controlled islands:" https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-60378487

* "Swimmer dies after being bitten by shark at Sydney beach:" https://www.cnn.com/2022/02/16/australia/sydney-shark-swimmer-dies-intl-scli/index.html

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* "‘Game-Changer’ Pfizer Pill Is Easier to Find as Omicron Fades Away:" https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-02-16/-game-changer-pfizer-pill-easier-to-get-as-omicron-fades-away

* "Hong Kong Can’t Live With the Virus. It Can’t Stop It, Either.:" https://www.nytimes.com/2022/02/16/world/asia/hong-kong-covid-omicron-wave.html

* "As Alabama COVID numbers fall, ICUs across the state remained slammed:" https://www.montgomeryadvertiser.com/story/news/2022/02/16/alabama-sees-dropping-daily-covid-cases-omicron-icu-capacity-montgomery-gadsden-tuscaloosa/6805348001/

* "'Such preventable loss': As more babies are hospitalized with COVID-19, these moms are grateful for the vaccine:" https://mississippitoday.org/2022/02/14/mississippi-moms-and-babies-covid/

* "COVID-19 cases down, but deaths remain high - Daily Leader:" https://www.dailyleader.com/2022/02/16/covid-19-cases-down-but-deaths-remain-high/

* Who needs that plague rat. "Unvaccinated Djokovic could skip French Open, Wimbledon:" https://abcnews.go.com/Sports/wireStory/unvaccinated-djokovic-skip-french-open-wimbledon-82895044

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* "Ukraine crisis: Russia keeps troops in Belarus amid Ukraine fears:" https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-60451955

* "US says Russia closer to invading Ukraine, agrees to meeting:" https://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/shelling-east-ukraine-russia-nuclear-drill-raise-tension-83011700

* "U.S. sounds new alarms on Ukraine and details Russian invasion plan:" https://www.politico.com/news/2022/02/17/blinken-to-deliver-remarks-on-russian-threat-to-peace-and-security-at-u-n-security-council-00009733

* "Russian government hackers have likely penetrated critical Ukrainian computer systems, U.S. says:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2022/02/15/russia-ukraine-cyber-attacks/

* "Why the U.S. is ‘transparently’ laying out intel on Russia’s invasion plan:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/why-the-u-s-is-transparently-laying-out-intel-on-russia-s-invasion-plan-133438533691

* "Canadian police arrest 100, tow vehicles amid protests in Ottawa:" https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/police-arrest-two-leaders-protesting-truckers-canadas-capital-rcna16767

* "The Ottawa trucker protest is rooted in extremism, a national security expert says:" https://www.npr.org/2022/02/10/1079842220/ottawa-trucker-convoy-protest

* "A Porno-Metal Song About Gay Cowboys Is Disrupting the Anti-Vax Trucker Convoy:" https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-news/anti-vax-trucker-convoy-porno-metal-ram-ranch-1297926/

* "How the 'Battle of Billings Bridge' attracted hundreds of volunteers, trapped convoy for hours:" https://ottawacitizen.com/news/local-news/battle-of-billings-bridge-attracts-hundreds-of-volunteers-traps-convoy-for-hours

* "Ex-president arrested in Honduras as US requests extradition on drugs charges:" https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/feb/15/us-honduras-arrest-extradite-ex-president-juan-orlando-hernandez

* I believe in harm reduction. They've made so much progress in Seattle and other places that take this approach. Reducing it to misleading racist dog whistles as an excuse to jail people instead of help them is the opposite of what we need, which is evidence based e+approaches and education. "The ‘crack pipe’ outcry was a huge missed opportunity:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2022/02/17/crack-pipe-outcry-overdose-crisis-harm-reduction-policy/

* "GOP senators block measures to reduce inflation while whining about inflation:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/gop-senators-block-measures-to-reduce-inflation-while-whining-about-inflation-133438533968

* "Alec Baldwin sued by family of cinematographer killed on set:" https://apnews.com/article/alec-baldwin-entertainment-business-shootings-new-mexico-39573f76042e71fc5f4fba9f36743bbc

* "‘Nurses Have Finally Learned What They’re Worth’:" https://www.nytimes.com/2022/02/15/magazine/traveling-nurses.html

* "Hospital Sues At-Will Workers for Getting Better Jobs:"

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* "Why Trucking Can’t Deliver the Goods:" https://prospect.org/economy/why-trucking-cant-deliver-the-goods/

* "Workforce at Alabama chicken plants includes migrant teens:" https://www.reuters.com/investigates/special-report/usa-immigration-alabama/

* "This School Is So Understaffed, The Principal Drives the Bus:"

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* "Rents Reach 'Insane' Levels Across U.S. With No End in Sight:" https://time.com/6149784/rent-u-s/

* "The Man Who Fought Homelessness and Won (Sort Of):" https://www.nytimes.com/2022/02/02/magazine/steven-banks-homelessness.html

* 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/

* "New Texas GOP voting rules tie election system in knots; thousands of ballots rejected:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/new-texas-gop-voting-rules-tie-election-system-in-knots-thousands-of-ballots-rejected-133547077623

* "Data shows odd clusters of Florida voters switching to Republican Party:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/data-shows-odd-clusters-of-florida-voters-switching-to-republican-party-133441093683

* "Joy Reid: GOP continues to stoke rage, racialized cultural anxiety among Whites for political gain:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-reidout/watch/school-boards-targeted-by-conservatives-in-nationally-coordinated-takeover-effort-133349445574

* "Pro-Trump local official under investigation announces bid for Colorado secretary of state:" https://www.cnn.com/2022/02/14/politics/tina-peters-mesa-county-colorado-secretary-of-state/index.html

* "Election denier under investigation is running to oversee elections in her state :" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/election-denier-under-investigation-is-running-to-oversee-elections-in-her-state-133252677616

* "Wave of new candidates eager to counter wave of right-wing activists in local elections:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/wave-of-new-candidates-eager-to-counter-wave-of-right-wing-activists-in-local-elections-133265989776

* "Sen. Josh Hawley's campaign selling coffee mugs with image of his Jan. 6 fist pump:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-reidout/watch/republican-u-s-senator-josh-hawley-stonewalls-critical-defense-department-nominees-133258309915

* "GOP Politician's 'Jesus Guns Babies' Slogan Has Twitter Firing Off Jokes:" https://www.huffpost.com/entry/kandiss-taylor-jesus-guns-babies-campaign-slogan_n_620ebe89e4b0c94bb9a81845

* Oh, did you hear that Republicans are claiming Hillary Clinton used (presumably Obama’s time machine) to travel to the future to spy on 45 in the white house?

That really happened this week.

* "Trump and two of his children must be deposed by N.Y. attorney general, judge rules:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2022/02/17/trump-hotel-lease-probe/

* "With businesses failing, Trump taps his political supporters to maintain his wealth:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/with-businesses-failing-trump-taps-his-political-supporters-to-maintain-his-wealth-133545541836

* "For Trump, a Perilous Exclamation Point to Years of Wealth Inflation:" https://www.nytimes.com/2022/02/16/business/trump-wealth-mazars.html

* "Trump's legal and money woes snowball as his financial credibility crumbles:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/trump-s-legal-and-money-woes-snowball-as-his-financial-credibility-crumbles-133450309543

* "Trump, deep in debt, faces dwindling options to preserve faltering business:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/trump-deep-in-debt-faces-dwindling-options-to-preserve-faltering-business-133451333830

* "With Trump abandoned by accounting firm, House Oversight asks GSA to yank hotel lease:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/with-fraudulent-trump-financials-exposed-house-oversight-asks-gsa-to-yank-hotel-lease-133455941507

* "Trump expert Tim O’Brien: I think right now he’s very cornered:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-reidout/watch/donald-trump-don-jr-ivanka-now-have-21-days-to-answer-questions-under-oath-in-new-york-investigation-133442117914

* "Donald Trump's Long Week of Legal Woes:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-sunday-show/watch/donald-trump-s-long-week-of-legal-woes-133619781707

* "How Trump University Was Built to Scam People:"

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* "The Many MLMs of Donald Trump |Multi Level Mondays:"

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* "Doug Mastriano was subpoenaed by the committee investigating the Jan. 6 Capitol attack:" https://www.inquirer.com/politics/election/doug-mastriano-subpoena-jan-6-capitol-attack-20220215.html

* "House probe of Jan. 6 Capitol riot subpoenas Arizona GOP leader Kelli Ward, 5 others over 'alternate electors':" https://www.cnbc.com/2022/02/15/jan-6-capitol-riot-probe-subpoenas-arizona-gop-chair-kelli-ward-5-others-.html

* "New subpoenas show focus on Trump campaign officials in fake elector scheme :" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/new-subpoenas-show-focus-on-trump-campaign-officials-in-fake-elector-scheme-133265989619

* "Fake elector probe spotlights veteran of bogus Republican election fraud claims:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/fake-elector-probe-spotlights-veteran-of-bogus-republican-election-fraud-claims-133354565918

* "Biden orders release of Trump White House logs to Congress:" https://apnews.com/article/joe-biden-donald-trump-united-states-congress-dana-remus-833698eba6e222cdc3dfa128c44b0c99

* "Classified docs found in Trump’s Mar-a-Lago stash, National Archives confirms:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/classified-docs-found-in-trump-s-mar-a-lago-stash-national-archives-confirms-133535301834

* "Judge allows lawmaker Jan. 6 lawsuits against Trump to proceed :" https://rollcall.com/2022/02/18/judge-allows-lawmaker-jan-6-lawsuits-against-trump-to-proceed/

* "Trump the failed candidate lacks the privilege of Trump the president; can be sued: judge:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/trump-the-failed-candidate-lacks-the-privilege-of-trump-the-president-can-be-sued-judge-133542469800

* "Federal judge: Trump had a ‘tacit agreement’ with Capitol attackers:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/federal-judge-trump-had-a-tacit-agreement-with-capitol-attackers-133534277814

* "Jan. 6 congressional committee subpoenas Kelli Ward, Mark Finchem:" https://www.azcentral.com/story/news/politics/arizona/2022/02/15/jan-6-committee-subpoenas-kelli-ward-mark-finchem-over-2020-election/6804440001/

* "Text messages reveal new host of characters lobbying Trump before Jan. 6:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/text-messages-reveal-new-host-of-characters-lobbying-trump-before-jan-6-133344837946

* "Frantic January 6th texts to Mark Meadows only a 'sliver' of investigation's evidence:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/frantic-january-6th-texts-to-mark-meadows-only-a-sliver-of-investigation-s-evidence-133355589942

* "US Capitol attack panel discusses subpoena for Ivanka Trump:" https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2022/feb/17/us-capitol-attack-ivanka-trump-subpoena-discussion

* "Sandy Hook families reach $73 million settlement with gun manufacturer Remington:" https://www.cnn.com/2022/02/15/us/sandy-hook-shooting-settlement-with-remington/index.html

* "Sandy Hook families achieve major legal victory against gun maker:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/sandy-hook-families-achieve-major-legal-victory-against-gun-maker-133263942002

* "Sandy Hook Promise CEO on families reaching $73 million settlement with gunmaker:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-reidout/watch/sandy-hook-families-reach-73-million-settlement-with-gunmaker-remington-133256773965

* "Kim Potter to be sentenced today for Daunte Wright's death:" https://www.cnn.com/us/live-news/kim-potter-trial-sentencing-02-18-22/index.html

* "Elie Mystal: Judge Chu cried out for sympathy for Daunte Wright’s killer in front of his mother:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-reidout/watch/daunte-wright-s-killer-kim-potter-being-sentenced-to-2-years-in-prison-decried-by-elie-mystal-133538373516

* "Rep. Ilhan Omar to introduce legislation proposing new restrictions on no-knock warrants:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-reidout/watch/rep-ilhan-omar-to-introduce-legislation-on-new-restrictions-on-no-knock-warrants-in-name-of-22-year-old-amir-locke-133257285919

* "Use of rape-kit DNA to probe other crimes shocks prosecutors:" https://apnews.com/article/crime-california-san-francisco-sexual-assault-3dcd00bf0522ce7c39bb2a7ec53cf7d3

* "Video of New Jersey officers pinning down and handcuffing Black teen after mall fight draws criticism:" https://www.cbsnews.com/news/mall-fight-new-jersey-police-black-teenager-bridgewater-commons/

* "Black teen handcuffed by police at mall while white teen wasn't scared of what could've happened:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-reidout/watch/black-teen-handcuffed-by-police-at-nj-mall-while-white-teen-who-also-fought-watched-speaks-out-133440581884

* "What the Backlash Over Alvin Bragg’s “Day One Memo” Gets Wrong:" https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2022/02/manhattan-district-attorney-alvin-bragg-prosecutorial-discretion.html

* "New York’s Speed Cameras Aren’t Racist — But the City’s Road Design Is:" https://nyc.streetsblog.org/2022/02/14/analysis-new-yorks-speed-cameras-arent-racist-but-the-citys-road-design-is/

* "Life Is Hell On Riker’s Island Right Now:"

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* "Teens arrested after bomb threats at D.C. high schools; more threats reported Thursday:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2022/02/10/bomb-threats-schools-washington/

* "Delta passenger tried to open emergency door as attention-grab to share vaccine views, feds say:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/transportation/2022/02/15/delta-passenger-emergency-door-vaccines-demarre/

* As man recently literally endangered an airplane full of people so that his right wing extremist disinformation rant would go viral. He easily could have killed someone for his political views if the flight attendant hadn't been fast and lucky. How is this not a terrorist? "Eight Republican senators say they oppose ‘no-fly’ list for disruptive passengers because it would equate mask opponents to ‘terrorists’:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2022/02/15/eight-republican-senators-say-they-oppose-no-fly-list-disruptive-passengers-because-it-would-equate-mask-opponents-terrorists/

* "‘Disgusting’: GOP senators try to link Innocence Project lawyer to rise in crime:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/-disgusting-gop-senators-try-to-link-innocence-project-lawyer-to-rise-in-crime-133346885749

* "Republicans worry unruly passenger no-fly list casts anti-maskers as terrorists:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/republicans-worry-unruly-passenger-no-fly-list-casts-anti-maskers-as-terrorists-133354565818

* "'Nowhere is safe': Asian women reflect on brutal New York City killings:" https://www.nbcnews.com/news/asian-america/nowhere-safe-asian-women-reflect-brutal-new-york-city-killings-rcna16173

* "Christina Lee's Alleged Killer Had Arrests but No Mental Health Intervention:" https://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/christina-lees-alleged-killer-had-arrests-but-no-mental-health-intervention/3556359/

* "Murders of Christina Yuna Lee, Michelle Alyssa Go reflect unexamined perils faced by AAPI women:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-reidout/watch/violent-crimes-against-asian-americans-and-women-in-particular-soar-during-pandemic-133352005595

* "How to Rename a Place:" https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2022/01/renaming-racist-places-board-on-geographic-names/621342/

* "Dan Patrick vows to ban teaching critical race theory at Texas universities:" https://www.mysanantonio.com/politics/article/Texas-critical-race-theory-schools-Dan-Patrick-UT-16923077.php

* "School boards get death threats over race, gender, mask policies:" https://www.reuters.com/investigates/special-report/usa-education-threats/

* "Elon Musk and Tesla’s Many Missteps:"

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* CW: Suicide, Domestic Violence, rape. "NFL: Profit over Players and Their Families:"

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* CW: Descriptions of imaginary child abuse. "Understanding the Satanic Panic :"

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* "Manson's Home RAIDED + BDSM Cult Ringleader Arrested? (House of Cadifor):"

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* CW: Sex Abuse "Prince Andrew to settle sex abuse case, donate to charity:" https://apnews.com/article/prince-andrew-virginia-giuffre-lawsuit-settlement-8b04c775aa46f761d81c05ef12e3a94f

* CW: Pedophilia "In Italy, a Call for a National Investigation Into Clerical Sexual Abuse:" https://www.nytimes.com/2022/02/15/world/europe/italy-catholic-church-sexual-abuse.html

* CW: Sex Trafficking. "Jeffrey Epstein associate Jean-Luc Brunel is found dead in a French jail cell:" https://www.npr.org/2022/02/19/1081961087/jeffrey-epstein-jean-luc-brunel-dead

* "Telegram: Where women's nudes are shared without consent:" https://www.bbc.com/news/world-60303769

* "Cuomo sued by New York trooper who claims he sexually harassed her:" https://www.politico.com/news/2022/02/18/cuomo-sued-trooper-sexually-harassed-00010102

* CW: Sexual Assault. "We Need to Talk About Choking.:"

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* "Inside Texas’s Underground Abortion Pill Network:"

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* "Three LGBTQ+ People Were Killed in Honduras on Same Day:" https://www.advocate.com/crime/2022/2/07/three-lgbtq-people-were-killed-honduras-same-day

* "Cuba's first gay hotel reopens as human rights deteriorate:" https://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-60339741

* "New Zealand bans dehumanising conversion therapy in landslide vote:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2022/02/15/new-zealand-conversion-therapy-ban-3/

* "How Matt Walsh Vilifies Trans People (To Grift his Audience):"

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* "First woman reported cured of HIV after stem cell transplant:" https://www.reuters.com/business/healthcare-pharmaceuticals/first-woman-reported-cured-hiv-after-bone-marrow-transplant-2022-02-15/

* "How a Rare Brain Mutation Spread Across America:" https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2022/01/brain-bleed-genetic-mutation-ccm2-deletion/621336/

* "66 years ago, the founder of Alcoholics Anonymous tried LSD — and ignited a controversy still raging today:" https://www.inverse.com/mind-body/alcoholics-anonymous-lsd-bill-wilson

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* "Extreme Heat in the Oceans Is Out of Control:" https://www.wired.com/story/extreme-heat-in-the-oceans-is-out-of-control/

* "‘The treeline is out of control’: how the climate crisis is turning the Arctic green:" https://www.theguardian.com/news/2022/jan/20/norway-arctic-circle-trees-sami-reindeer-global-heating

* CW: Animal Death "UN: Horn of Africa drought kills+ over 1.5 million livestock:" https://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/horn-africa-drought-kills-15-million-livestock-82890758

* "UN: 13 million face hunger in Horn of Africa as drought worsens:" https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2022/2/8/13-million-face-hunger-in-horn-of-africa-as-drought-worsens-un

* "Brazil: Climate change, neglect contribute to deadly mudslides:" https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2022/2/18/brazil-climate-change-neglect-contribute-deadly-mudslides

* "A ghost village emerges from the cracked earth as drought empties Spanish reservoir:" https://www.cnn.com/travel/article/spain-aceredo-ghost-village-emerges-reservoir-intl-scli/index.html

* "How Dubai is pushing back its encroaching deserts:" https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20220125-how-dubai-is-pushing-back-its-encroaching-deserts

* "Mexico’s avocados face fallout from violence, deforestation:" https://www.nbcnews.com/news/latino/mexicos-avocados-face-fallout-violence-deforestation-rcna16555

* "The Soldiers Came Home Sick. The Government Denied It Was Responsible.:" https://www.nytimes.com/2022/01/11/magazine/military-burn-pits.html

* "The Lasting Legacy Of Redlining:" https://projects.fivethirtyeight.com/redlining/

* "The Ticking Clock for Miami's Condo Empire:" https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2022/01/28/magazine/miami-condo-collapse.html

* "Facebook Has a Superuser-Supremacy Problem:" https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2022/02/facebook-hate-speech-misinformation-superusers/621617/

* "Famous Statistic Blaming Car Crashes on Human Error Is Wrong:" https://www.vice.com/en/article/n7n3ym/famous-statistic-blaming-car-crashes-on-human-error-is-wrong

* "Tesla Faces Another US Investigation: Unexpected Braking:" https://www.voanews.com/a/tesla-faces-another-us-investigation-unexpected-braking-/6446566.html

* "Precopulatory oral sex found in darkling beetles:" https://phys.org/news/2021-12-precopulatory-oral-sex-darkling-beetles.html

* "These Animals Are Feasting on the Ruins of an Extinct World:" https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2022/02/sponges-arctic-worms-volcano/621621/

* "Once Thought Loners, Cougars Revealed to Have Rich Society:" https://www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/article/pumas-mountain-lions-cougars-society-social-cats-animals

* "World's first half-male, half-female, dual-gender stick insect discovered:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2022/02/19/stick-insect-dual-sex-gender-gynandromorph-charlie/

* "Rescued circus lions reach new home in South Africa:" https://www.bbc.co.uk/newsround/60367417

* "Nearly half of US bald eagles suffer lead poisoning:" https://apnews.com/article/science-health-animals-birds-bald-eagles-8aa5cb2aa77fe3d045cd72a724376e3c

* "French pet care firm stops selling fish bowls - they drive fish mad:" https://www.reuters.com/lifestyle/french-pet-care-firm-stops-selling-fish-bowls-they-drive-fish-mad-2022-01-22/

* "Tut-Tut:" https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2022/02/14/why-king-tut-is-still-fascinating/amp

* "Black Women and the Wyoming Women’s Suffrage Act (1869- ) •:" https://www.blackpast.org/african-american-history/concepts-african-american-history/black-women-and-the-wyoming-womens-suffrage-act-1869/

* "The surprising ways that Victorians flirted:" https://www.bbc.com/culture/article/20220114-the-surprising-ways-that-victorians-flirted

* "Exploring the Queer History of the Old West... Yeehaw:"

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* "World War II: Black American History #31:"

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* "Randolph, Rustin, and the Origins of the March on Washington: Crash Course Black American History 32:"

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* "MOVE 101: Why, 35 years ago, Philadelphia dropped a bomb on itself:" https://billypenn.com/2020/05/11/move-101-why-30-years-ago-philadelphia-dropped-a-bomb-on-itself/

* "Bitcoins, Pigeons, and Russians: Three Ponzi Schemes You Need to Know About :"

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* "'A very rich language': Iqaluit woman begins teaching Inuktitut online :" https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/north/allurvik-inuktitut-online-classes-iqaluit-1.6315826

* "Baptisms by Arizona priest presumed invalid due to error:" https://apnews.com/article/arizona-priest-baptism-catholic-church-208c6795fbf2dea911cf4488e8a5925e

* "Is This the End of the Cannonball Run?:" https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/cannonball-run-cross-country-racing

* "NYC Mayor Equates Cheese to Heroin:"

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* "How Conservative Book Bans Don’t Protect Kids:"

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* "Power Naps: Black America’s Struggle To Sleep:"

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* "Allana Harkin Goes to the Super Bowl to Talk Politics:"

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* "Olympic Committee Wins Gold Medal For Bullshit:"

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* "We Know Who Biden Should Pick For SCOTUS:"

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* "SAND: The Sexiest Topic We’ve Ever Covered:" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YWGZFGr_xgE&list=PLur87nTwD0BvJxnqy0vtMfcdzOWB0CZ_X&index=1

* "Kinky GREEN Flags:"

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* "Shipping: A Nuanced Argument:"

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* "The Musical that Closed Before Rehearsals: Rebecca The Musical:"

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* "The Broadway Show that Closed in 3 DAYS: The History of Carrie the Musical:"

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* "Not for Girls | Pointlessly Gendered:"

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* Wednesday morning, City Guy and Honest Contractor were scheduled to come for a walk through as part of getting things going on the electrical fix. (The plan was for them to work out how bad the damage was and then I'd submit a claim to housing insurance. City was going to fund my... I think it was 2500.00 copay and the rest of the rewiring would hopefully be covered by insurance.) I stayed up for it, despite being exhausted and my legs being really bad. Getting electricity for the kitchen and bathroom was worth whatever it cost me physically in the short run.

Longtime readers will remember there was a massive delay caused first by Squirrel catching COVID at work the day after he got his booster, before the extra coverage could kick in. He was symptomatic in a way that closely mimicked my reaction to the booster early in December. We opted for longer quarantine than the five days for vaccinated people. I never caught it. yay, booster! By the time we were out of quarantine, City Guys kid had caught it in school and Honest contractor had caught it separately on a job. (Everyone's okay now.) Thus COVID ate a month on dealing with stuff.

Longtime readers will also remember that the city funded renovations two years ago overlapped the beginning of the pandemic by about a month. They wore high end construction masks, we hid in our rooms as by this point they were mostly finishing my bathroom off, and I think maybe painting living room dry wall, but don't quote me on that. As a result, the city final inspection was not entirely complete. They combined the inspection with the electrical walk through. This will come up later.

By the time they arrived I could barely walk and was using the crutches to hobble around when they needed me for stuff. They were almost done and the contractor was looking grim, on the grounds that this was likely going to be an incredibly expensive rewiring. They were impressed by the blue sparks when they tried to flick the switch in the electrical panel. He was emerging from squirrel's room where I didn't follow, preferring to sit in my office chair because legs shaky and extreme pain. It was at this point I described the initial incident back in late December in detail for the first time. (Three people handling things at the city office had heard the full thing but the contractor had only had bare bones). His face lit up.

Honest Contractor was like: It might just be a shirt behind the light switch panel in the bathroom! So he grabbed a tool out of my belt and i scrounged some office supplies from my desk area and he opened it up. At which point his was very O.o. If you know anything about how wiring works you will understand the horror the four of us felt at his discovery.

The wires had corroded right behind the switch. This is not the alarming part. The alarming part was that the low bid contractor who had royally fucked up the building from square one had, for reasons known only to himself, wrapped the grounding wire AROUND the live wire. Because of the corrosion, these to things were touching and it would arc blue every time you flipped the switch. So that was quite alarming. It is likely the same in every apartment in all three buildings. Holy Fire Hazard Batman! He sorted it out.

We have Electricity! I repeat, we have electricity!

This took all of the Wednesday and most of the Thursday spoons, but it was so worth it. Seriously, I couldn't make it out of my room until 2AM.

Thursday, I got a call from City Guy. Honest contractor will need to come back for a small pipe related revision related to the original city funded renovation. honest contractor has also agreed to fix a safety hazard in the kitchen for 50.00. The hope is to combine these missions. I've no idea when he's coming as he is a very busy man and his schedule is borked by his getting sick, but there is a light at the end of the tunnel on everything but the stove and maybe fire suppression.

So to some up, what we were all thinking was 20,000 of wiring damage is fixed. We are still in the air on fire suppression and stove. I am about 150.00 behind on bills because of Management Company charging us 160.00 to not fix the fire suppression leading and surprise medical bill, and car tabs all hitting in January, leading to late fees on a bill I haven't caught up as a result. Plus the 50.00 so no one will accidentally break a finger in the kitchen. The big housing tax bill is expected any day, but that, like a stove that can do more than boil water is on my next month problem list at this point.

We are substantially in a better position than we were in January despite a+everything, so I am calling it a win.

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* Watching the women's singles event, I kept thinking about how flat and samey a lot of it was. I used to love the ladies events the same way I still love the men's events. Off the top of my head I could easily think of ten women I used to look forward to watching every time from earlier cycles.

My biases as well known. I'll take an all around skater over a jumper with privative choreography any day. I like character and artistry and I want to feel something when I watch. I'm that weirdo who loves watching the early flights at the big events as well as the top skaters. I love spotting folks just up from juniors full of potential. I love watching quirky older skaters who will likely never see a podium, but who are fun and/or magical in their expression. I love watching people who clearly love what they are doing even if they only get seen once a year at nationals or Europeans. (I would happily watch everyone's nationals if they broadcast them. At least broadcast Japanese Nationals over here? Pretty Please?).

I have a friend who'd stopped following skating this cycle, so I was bringing her up to speed on single skating stuff for this Olympics. I had this massive list of people to watch for in the earlier flights in the men's event: their strengths, their weaknesses, why I in particular liked them. I explained why I wasn't big on several of the big names as well. {Me: Grassl skates like a young Evgeni Plushenko (derogatory). See my opinion on jumpers with nothing much else to recommend them}. I had page after page of things to say about male figure skaters.

This was before the revelations about the Russian women's figure skating program and doping in particular. I explained my opinions of the three Russian skaters. None of it particularly relevant anymore, though I stand by my comparison of Alexandra Trusova to Evgeni Plushenko (derogatory), especially after her throwing an almost identical tantrum to the one he threw when even beat him in pretty much the same way. I explained that my current favorite woman single skater Mai Mihara wouldn't be there because she hadn't recovered from an injury fast enough to compete until Four Continents where she skated brilliantly. That Kaori was my second favorite by a hair and I was desperately rooting for her to get bronze, even though it would be very uphill and a bit long shot. I listed a few others I enjoy: Alysa Liu, Loena Hendrickx, You Young, Wakaba Higuchi. There are a few earlier flight skaters I'm vaguely fond of, but it wasn't what it would have been a decade and a half ago.

I watched it all, like I always do. I cheered on Mariah and Maddie. I watched with real concern as Zhu Yi skated, cheering her on with the Canadian commentators after all she'd been through and then.... sea of sameness. The Estonian had innovative costumes, which was cool, even though her skating didn't do much for me. The rest? Eh. until nearly the end.

I kept thinking about how dull it's all gotten, really, outside of a handful of performances. I think the Russians sucked all the air out of the room eight or so years ago, with there incredibly abusive and dangerous training methods. I've said before, I'm not angry at abused teenagers for living in a system designed to chew them up and spit them out in two to four years. I'm angry at the adults who built and perpetuated this system. My fury is inexpressible really, and I can only watch them skate in sorrow. I think it's the whole women's side of the sport that's been damaged though. All those young women tying to chase something impossible to catch and destructive if you do. It's like the life had been hammered out of the middle flights, and it just... breaks my heart.

I've loved women's skating my whole life. I watched Dorothy Hammill in real time as a child. My whole family wept for Debi Thomas when she fell. The part of my that wanted to dance like Mikhail Baryshnikov and was fascinated by Rudolf Nureyev, also loved figure skating. All of figure skating.

I want the sport I loved back. I want the IOC to grow a fucking spine and come down like bricks on Eteri Tutberidze, the Russian doping agency, and anyone in authority involved in the cheating and the abuse. I want an end to slaps on the wrist that only encourage them to do worse. I want clean skating and skaters who are allowed to eat and for women to be allowed to now interesting programs again. I want a sport that actually would have room for a modern Surya Bonaly without the racism and body shaming.

I want women's skating to be better than it was in the 20th century, not worse. I want to look forward to every event again like I used to.

* "How To Figure Out You're Gay Or Something ("Or Something") Before You Know What Being Gay Or Something ("Or Something") Is:" https://www.thechatner.com/p/how-to-figure-out-youre-gay-or-something?token=eyJ1c2VyX2lkIjoxNjEzMzc4LCJwb3N0X2lkIjo0ODg3MDUyMywiXyI6IngwWHkwIiwiaWF0IjoxNjQ1MTA3NTkzLCJleHAiOjE2NDUxMTExOTMsImlzcyI6InB1Yi01Iiwic3ViIjoicG9zdC1yZWFjdGlvbiJ9.YF8-PSR6uV58w6A1scIKAnKRUpAN63Hs33MvnDDTTHw&r=ykw2&utm_source=url

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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.

* "Stop the EARN IT Act to Save Privacy:" https://act.eff.org/action/stop-the-earn-it-act-to-save-our-privacy

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

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

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

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

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

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

* We are drowning from one domestic disaster after another this winter. Paypal Lethran@gmail.com or paypal.me/Gwydion

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* "Humiliating Kashmir is part of Modi’s plan to remake India:" https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2019/aug/06/narendra-modi-india-kashmir-revoke-special-status

"The solidification of the cult of Modi has been accompanied by an aggressive erosion of the legal and constitutional foundations on which the Indian republic stands. Last week the government arrogated to itself powers to designate individuals as terrorists. Presumption of innocence, legal representation and the right to judicial appeal – everything that distinguishes a civilised democracy from an autocracy – is severely restricted. Muslims and other minorities, favoured quarry of the lynch mobs emboldened by the regime, will be the principal targets of the new measures."

* "Pakistan vows to fight India's 'illegal' Kashmir move:" https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-49258923

* "Colombia to give citizenship to babies of Venezuelan migrants:" https://www.reuters.com/article/us-venezuela-politics-colombia/colombia-to-give-citizenship-to-babies-of-venezuelan-migrants-idUSKCN1UV1ZE

* "No One Is Safe: How Saudi Arabia Makes Dissidents Disappear:" https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2019/07/how-saudi-arabia-makes-dissidents-disappear

* "Most Veterans Say America’s Wars Are a Waste. No One’s Listening to Them.:" https://newrepublic.com/article/154471/veterans-say-americas-wars-waste-no-ones-listening-them

* "Jon Huntsman resigns as U.S. ambassador to Russia to return to Utah for possible run for governor:" https://www.sltrib.com/news/politics/2019/08/06/jon-huntsman-us/

* "Trump warns he is 'watching Google very closely!':" https://www.politico.com/story/2019/08/06/trump-warns-google-fox-news-1448957

* "Judge signals interest in removing Mueller report redactions:" https://www.politico.com/story/2019/08/05/judge-signals-interest-in-removing-mueller-report-redactions-1448331

* "Trump Campaign Sues Over California’s Requirement to Release Tax Returns:" https://www.nytimes.com/2019/08/06/us/politics/california-trump-tax-returns.html

* "Dayton residents make clear demand of governor: Do something:" http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/dayton-residents-make-clear-demand-of-governor-do-something-65468485715

* "FBI investigates Gilroy Garlic Festival shooting as act of domestic terrorism:" https://www.sfchronicle.com/crime/article/FBI-investigates-Gilroy-Garlic-Festival-shooting-14284598.php?psid=glu0d

* "Mitch McConnell’s campaign decries protest outside his Louisville home as a call to violence:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/mitch-mcconnells-campaign-decries-protest-outside-his-louisville-home-as-a-call-to-violence/2019/08/06/46d344b0-b86b-11e9-bad6-609f75bfd97f_story.html?noredirect=on

* "Mitch McConnell campaign tweets image of tombstone with opponent’s name:" https://www.politico.com/story/2019/08/05/mcconnell-mcgrath-tombstone-tweet-1448627

* "McConnell Campaign Responds to Viral Photo of Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Cutout Being Groped:" https://www.thedailybeast.com/mitch-mcconnell-campaign-manager-boys-will-be-boys-over-photo-of-alexandria-ocasio-cortez-cutout-being-groped

* "Ocasio-Cortez confronts McConnell over photo of men in ‘Team Mitch’ shirts ‘groping & choking’ her cutout:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2019/08/06/aoc-mcconnell-cardboard-cut-out-groping-choking/?noredirect=on

* "Anti-gay hate crimes double in Birmingham amid school protests:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2019/08/07/anti-gay-hate-crimes-double-birmingham-amid-school-protests/

* Ohio lawmaker who blamed shootings on gay marriage refuses to resign":" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2019/08/06/ohio-lawmaker-blamed-mass-shootings-gay-marriage-refuses-resign/

* "Chicago's Lesbian Mayor Unloads on Ivanka Trump: 'No Decency':" https://www.advocate.com/politics/2019/8/06/chicagos-lesbian-mayor-unloads-ivanka-trump-no-decency

"That’s the danger of somebody with a platform and audience … that doesn’t know what they’re talking about and getting the fundamental facts wrong that they can easily figure out if they had the decency to actually reach out to us if they wanted to be a constructive and engaged partner... What I’m focused on is actually helping run the city of Chicago and working hard every day with the superintendent and his leadership team to keep people in our city safe. I’m not going to be distracted by nonsense tweets from people who don’t know what they’re talking about."

* "Trump attacks Obama for statement on shootings:" https://www.politico.com/story/2019/08/06/trump-attacks-obama-shootings-statement-1448922

* "Trump referred to immigrant 'invasion' in 2,000 Facebook ads, analysis reveals:" https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/aug/05/trump-internet-facebook-ads-racism-immigrant-invasion

* "Fox ‘invasion’ message echoed by El Paso suspect:" http://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/fox-invasion-message-echoed-by-el-paso-suspect-65461317768

* "'We have a long way to go:' Descendants of first black Americans on...:" https://www.reuters.com/article/us-africa-slavery-descendants/we-have-a-long-way-to-go-descendants-of-first-black-americans-on-race-relations-idUSKCN1UV0YN

* "Chris Hayes: Donald Trump knows what he's doing:" http://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/chris-hayes-donald-trump-knows-what-he-s-doing-65416773515

* "'This sucking moral vacuum at the top of the country':" http://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/-this-sucking-moral-vacuum-at-the-top-of-the-country-65458757863

* "El Paso victims on Trump: 'Tell him not to come here':" http://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/el-paso-victims-on-trump-tell-him-not-to-come-here-65459269856

* TW: contains graphic descriptions of hate crimes and a Lynching. "Legal strategy has proven record against white supremacist groups:" http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/legal-strategy-has-proven-record-against-white-supremacist-groups-65468485710

* "Pursuit of white supremacist groups a 'whack-a-mole' challenge:" http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/pursuit-of-white-supremacist-groups-a-whack-a-mole-challenge-65468485719

* "How America Got to ‘Zero Tolerance’ on Immigration: The Inside Story:" https://www.nytimes.com/2019/07/16/magazine/immigration-department-of-homeland-security.html

* TW: Rape. "A Unique Military Program Helps Sexual Assault Survivors. But Not All of Them.:" https://www.themarshallproject.org/2019/07/30/a-unique-military-program-helps-sexual-assault-survivors-but-not-all-of-them

“They seem to be part of the system that isn’t corrupt,” she said. “They don’t seem rotten.”

* "Latin American Women’s Aid in London opens a queer drop-in service:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2019/08/07/latin-american-womens-aid-queer-drop-in-service-london/

* "An Intimate Interview with Israel's Lifelong LGBTQ Activist Uzi Even:" https://www.advocate.com/politics/2019/8/06/intimate-interview-israels-lifelong-lgbtq-activist-uzi-even

* WTF!!! "Cory Booker Distances Himself From Homophobic Pastor After Visit:" https://www.advocate.com/politics/2019/8/07/cory-booker-distances-himself-homophobic-pastor-after-visit

* "Mike Pence slammed for appearing with three sets of 'anti-LGBT extremists' in five days:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2019/08/07/mike-pence-alliance-defending-freedom-anti-lgbt-extremists/

* "Mike Pence Advises Antigay Group to 'Spend More Time on Your Knees':" https://www.advocate.com/politics/2019/8/06/mike-pence-advises-antigay-group-spend-more-time-your-knees

* "Trial begins for man who filmed himself burning LGBT children’s books:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2019/08/06/trial-begins-man-filmed-himself-burning-lgbt-childrens-books/

“Mr. Dorr isn’t being sent the message that he cannot burn books when he disagrees with the contents of those books,” magistrate Lisa Mazurek wrote in her ruling, according to Newsweek.

“He is being sent the message that he cannot burn books that do not belong to him.”

* "Trans woman’s pleas for help ignored as she is robbed, beaten by seven men:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2019/08/07/trans-woman-ignored-robbed-beaten-gang-seven-men/

* "Straight men don’t recycle because they are worried it looks gay:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2019/08/05/gender-stereotypes-environment-efforts/

* "Suburb in the sky: how Jakartans built an entire village on top of a mall:" https://www.theguardian.com/cities/2019/aug/05/suburb-in-the-sky-how-jakartans-built-an-entire-village-on-top-of-a-mall

* "Toni Morrison, Towering Novelist of the Black Experience, Dies at 88:" https://www.nytimes.com/2019/08/06/books/toni-morrison-dead.html

* "The LGBTQ Community Mourns 'Beloved' Author Toni Morrison:" https://www.advocate.com/people/2019/8/06/lgbtq-community-mourns-beloved-author-toni-morrison

* "NYPD removes 25k bees from Staten Island Ferry terminal awning:" https://www.silive.com/news/2019/08/nypd-removes-25k-bees-from-staten-island-ferry-terminal-awning.html

* "Loose Bat Terrorizes Spirit Airlines Passengers Mid-Flight:" https://www.huffpost.com/entry/bat-spirit-airlines-flight_n_5d4490b5e4b0ca604e31fa08?guccounter=1&guce_referrer=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuZ29vZ2xlLmNvbS8&guce_referrer_sig=AQAAAN6FDe-KznN0oXcGUeVoHhnjh8ymLN-CWf25IvliDfcQARhjPjrtkultWFLw8N2odMBSlXKQzSfHhFy4muplaoM-0JPj9pXu_5VSiwAOwgdyb4v7p3xpint-nOmQMy-LcUmDb1fK4PI2rBeZfYX1mIkvYWYItyE1NUqQBZQK_Bwq

* "Student Loan Debt: It’s Not Just For Millennials Anymore!:"

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* "Decriminalizing migration is not open borders ft. Julián Castro:"

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* "Kentucky Wants to Break Up with Mitch McConnell :"

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* "Fox News Pundits Spin America's Latest Mass Shootings :"

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* "El Paso To Trump: You're Not Welcome Here:"

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* "October's Dem Debate Could See MORE Candidates:"

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* She’s a delight. "Hannah Gadsby Doesn't Plan On Initiating Conversation With Beyoncé:"

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* ""YUNGBLUD & Halsey cover Death Cab for Cutie 'I Will Follow You Into The Dark' for Like A Version":"

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* I only did two loads last night and both incidents were before midnight. I plan to remain careful until several more days have past. Her appetite is good. I've seen her drinking water. I can tell she still has urgency, but she's been making it to the office box since Midnight, and she had too good pees in the night. I've also observed more running, leaping, and grooming behavior, though not up to Livia normal level.

I ordered 24 case of the big cans of medicinal wet and the largest bag of the medicinal kibble. I would very much like to that all of you who contributed to getting her the special food. It's cheaper to buy everything at once with the discount code. If there are no accidents, tomorrow I'll set out the kibble sample.

* "These Middle-Grade Novels Are Some of the Most Formally Innovative Works of Our Time - Electric Literature:" https://electricliterature.com/these-middle-grade-novels-are-some-of-the-most-formally-innovative-works-of-our-time/

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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

" "Dramatic footage shows landslide sweeping away houses:" https://www.cnn.com/2019/05/01/americas/bolivia-la-paz-landslide-scli-intl/index.html

* "Emperor Naruhito Takes the Throne, and a New Era Arrives in Japan:" https://www.nytimes.com/2019/04/30/world/asia/japan-emperor-abdicates-akihito-naruhito.html

* "WikiLeaks’ Julian Assange sentenced to 50 weeks prison for jumping bail:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/europe/wikileaks-julian-assange-sentenced-to-50-weeks-prison-in-bail-jumping-case/2019/05/01/d83c0190-6b6c-11e9-bbe7-1c798fb80536_story.html?noredirect=on&utm_term=.949b66c4229d

* "Agitators, tear gas cloud May Day march in Paris:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/europe/police-use-tear-gas-in-paris-to-control-may-day-protesters/2019/05/01/8de05b5e-6c03-11e9-bbe7-1c798fb80536_story.html?noredirect=on&utm_term=.6731a22370f2

* "Hours after mass escape, migrants chant for food, freedom:" https://www.apnews.com/2529d3d392394f3c87bd246d75d81213

* "Millions in India in path of huge cyclone:" https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-india-48121606

* "With Maduro Still in Power, Questions About the U.S. Role in Venezuela:" https://www.nytimes.com/2019/05/01/us/politics/trump-venezuela-maduro-guaido.html

* "Trade war and sagging prices push U.S. family farmers to leave the...:" https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-farmers-retirement-insight/trade-war-and-sagging-prices-push-u-s-family-farmers-to-leave-the-field-idUSKCN1S613U

* "Mueller complained to Barr about Russia report memo:" https://www.politico.com/story/2019/04/30/robert-mueller-william-barr-report-1295269

* "The Barr-Mueller breakup: AG works to discredit special counsel:" https://www.politico.com/story/2019/05/01/barr-hearing-mueller-report-1295274

* "Barr makes dubious legal claims; letter exposes rift with Muller:" http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/barr-makes-dubious-legal-claims-letter-exposes-rift-with-muller-1515971139668

* "Clinton: Don't let Barr distract from focus on Mueller findings:" http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/clinton-don-t-let-barr-distract-from-focus-on-mueller-findings-1515948611969

* "Clinton: Barr is doing the job he was hired to do:" http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/clinton-barr-is-doing-the-job-he-was-hired-to-do-1515947587946

* "Clinton suggests impeachment take back seat to fact finding:" http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/clinton-suggests-impeachment-take-back-seat-to-fact-finding-1515955779700

* "Clinton: Mueller report shows that the Russians were successful:" http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/clinton-mueller-report-shows-that-the-russians-were-successful-1515955267847

* "Clinton: 'I'm living rent free inside of Donald Trump's brain':" http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/clinton-i-m-living-rent-free-inside-of-donald-trump-s-brain-1515954755908

* "Sen. Mazie Hirono on why Bill Barr should resign:" http://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/sen-mazie-hirono-on-why-bill-barr-should-resign-1515888195712

* "Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand calls for AG William Barr to resign:" http://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/sen-kirsten-gillibrand-calls-for-ag-william-barr-to-resign-1515905603614

* "Barr Must Resign Immediately for Lying to Congress, Democrats Say:" https://www.thedailybeast.com/barr-must-resign-immediately-for-misleading-congress-says-senator-van-hollen

* "Barr Tries To Clean Up Misleading Claim That Trump Didn't Get Defensive Briefing On Russia:" https://talkingpointsmemo.com/news/barr-trump-defensive-briefing

* "William Barr to skip House hearing Thursday:" https://www.cnn.com/2019/05/01/politics/barr-skips-house-hearing/index.html

* They need to start arresting people exactly the way they would if a poor person broke the law like this. "White House rejects House's security clearance document request:" https://www.politico.com/story/2019/05/01/white-house-rejects-security-clearance-request-1296280

* "New York push to reveal Trump's state tax returns takes a step forward:" https://www.cnn.com/2019/04/30/politics/new-york-trump-taxes/index.html

* "Congressional Democrats’ emoluments lawsuit targeting President Trump’s private business can proceed, judge says:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/congressional-democrats-emoluments-lawsuit-targeting-president-trumps-private-business-can-proceed-judge-says/2019/04/30/ae2ae6be-5b9f-11e9-a00e-050dc7b82693_story.html?noredirect=on&utm_term=.1886b49c8f15

* I am including this, even though I find Comey annoying and don't agree with everything in it, because of the obvious news value etc.. Please don't attribute his views of, say, Mattis and William Barr as being honorable men, to me. "James Comey: How Trump Co-opts Leaders Like Bill Barr:" https://www.nytimes.com/2019/05/01/opinion/william-barr-testimony.html

* "The Stephen Moore farce reveals the depths of GOP cynicism:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2019/05/01/stephen-moore-farce-reveals-depths-gop-cynicism/?noredirect=on&utm_term=.63efa5ccf990

* If you can not protest Stephen Moore's nomination to the Fed Board to your senators 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/

* "Trump retweets dozens of people taking issue with a firefighters union’s endorsement of Biden:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/trump-retweets-dozens-of-people-taking-issue-with-a-firefighters-unions-endorsement-of-biden/2019/05/01/2c07faf0-6bf8-11e9-be3a-33217240a539_story.html?noredirect=on&utm_term=.28cefb9b65d7

* "The Surprising Long-Term Consequences Of Childhood Hunger:" http://digg.com/2019/child-hunger-effects

* "Trump seeks $4.5 billion in emergency border aid:" https://www.politico.com/story/2019/05/01/white-house-emergency-border-immigration-1296437

* "Homeland Security Collected Intel on Arizona Family Separation Protests:" https://www.phoenixnewtimes.com/news/homeland-security-intelligence-arizona-family-separation-protests-11278067

* They need to start arresting People. "Emails: DHS had no way to link separated families:" http://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/emails-dhs-had-no-way-to-link-separated-families-1515896899623

* "Unaccompanied 16-year-old migrant boy dies in U.S. custody:" https://www.cbsnews.com/news/16-year-old-unaccompanied-migrant-boy-dies-in-us-custody-officials-said-today-2019-05-01/

* "Mexico warns of 'deep concern' over armed groups on U.S. border:" https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-immigration-mexico-border/mexico-warns-of-deep-concern-over-armed-groups-on-u-s-border-idUSKCN1RW0N6

* "Vigilantes not welcome: A border town pushes back on anti-immigrant extremists:" https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2019/04/immigrant-vigilantes-arizona-border-arivaca/

* "How Social-Media Surveillance of Teenagers Led to a New Kind of Policing:" https://www.thenation.com/article/jeffery-lane-digital-street-book-review/

* "Alabama Lawmakers Move To Outlaw Abortion In Challenge To Roe V. Wade:" https://www.npr.org/2019/05/01/719096129/alabama-lawmakers-move-to-outlaw-abortion-in-challenge-to-roe-v-wade

""When a woman is pregnant, an abortion is no longer legal," says Collins, explaining the bill.

The bill criminalizes abortion, meaning doctors would face felony jail time up to 99 years if convicted. The only exceptions are for a serious health risk to the pregnant woman, or a lethal anomaly of the fetus. There are no exceptions for cases of rape or incest. A woman would not be held criminally liable for having an abortion."

* I am so angry about this. "Caster Semenya: Cas ruling 'justifies discrimination':" https://www.bbc.com/sport/athletics/48128682

* "Climate Change Could Destroy His Home in Peru. So He Sued an Energy Company in Germany.:" https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2019/04/09/magazine/climate-change-peru-law.html

* "Prawn to be wild: cocaine found in all shrimp tested in rural UK county:" https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2019/may/02/shrimp-cocaine-found-in-all-tested-in-rural-county-suffolk

* "India could meet air quality standards by cutting household fuel use:" https://phys.org/news/2019-04-india-air-quality-standards-household.html

* "Climate Change Was The Engine That Powered Hurricane Maria's Devastating Rains:" https://www.npr.org/2019/04/17/714098828/climate-change-was-the-engine-that-powered-hurricane-marias-devastating-rains

* "A global survey finds that the Arctic Ocean is a hot spot for viruses:" https://www.sciencenews.org/article/global-survey-arctic-ocean-viruses

* "'Uber Was Supposed To Be Our Public Transit':" https://www.citylab.com/transportation/2019/04/innisfil-transit-ride-hailing-bus-public-transportation-uber/588154/

* "Volkswagen CEO 'not aware’ of Uighurs detained in China’s Xinjiang, despite having a factory there:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2019/04/17/volkswagen-built-factory-chinas-xinijang-where-up-million-uighurs-have-been-detained-its-ceo-says-hes-not-aware-that/?noredirect=on

* "Israel preserves Holocaust survivors' memorabilia for future:" https://www.apnews.com/f9158489b5c24b0c80473e8f2fc329dc

* "William Barr in the Senate Hot Seat:"

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* "Why Aren't People More Worried About Climate Change?:"

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* "A Message From The NRA:"

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* "Joe Biden's New Obama-Heavy Ad:"

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* "Trump Aims To Charge Refugees A Fee To Seek Asylum:"

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* "Meanwhile... Russia's Newest Spy Is A Whale:"

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* Last night, Hiddleston disconned from the internet when Rupert didn't. It was close to bed time so I rebooted and figured he'd connect tonight. No dice. Hiddleston is now basically a CD player, which is really annoying, Rupert not having enough memory to do Hiddleston's job as well as his own. Fuck!

In other news, I scalded myself badly again today while cooking after forage. I did not need to lose the laptop, even an already half broken one on top of this.

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

* "Books for low-income kids who don't have enough books Needed:" https://delight.dreamwidth.org/156856.html

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

* "Football in India: The Mumbai girls defying tradition to follow World Cup dreams:" https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/46907915

* "The strange normality of life in a breakaway state:" https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-46510917

* "'The trash never stops': Indonesia battles to clean up rivers:" https://www.reuters.com/article/us-indonesia-environment-plastics/the-trash-never-stops-indonesia-battles-to-clean-up-rivers-idUSKCN1PH0CQ

* "Blind woman allegedly told to get her guide dog off bus because it's 'black':" https://www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/blind-woman-allegedly-told-get-guide-dog-off-bus-black-011926957.html

* "U.N. Execution Expert Will Investigate Khashoggi Killing:" https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/25/world/middleeast/un-jamal-khashoggi-saudi-arabia.html

* "Everyone Who’s Been Charged in Investigations Related to the 2016 Election:" https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2018/08/21/us/mueller-trump-charges.html

* "Robert Mueller indicts Trump associate Roger Stone:" https://www.cbsnews.com/news/roger-stone-arrested-fbi-raid-home-indictment-trump-associate-obstruction-false-statements-witness-tampering-today-2019-01-25/

* "Steve Bannon is the 'high-ranking Trump campaign official' mentioned in Roger Stone's indictment:" https://www.cnbc.com/2019/01/25/steve-bannon-is-high-ranking-trump-official-mentioned-in-roger-stone-indictment.html

* "Paul Manafort faces sealed Feb. 4 hearing on Mueller probe allegations he lied after pleading guilty:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/legal-issues/paul-manafort-due-in-court-to-face-mueller-probe-allegations-he-lied-after-pleading-guilty/2019/01/24/6e92b6f0-2001-11e9-8b59-0a28f2191131_story.html?noredirect=on&utm_term=.e15324e1716e

* "Four Revelations from the Dramatic Arrest of Roger Stone:" https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/roger-stone-indictment-details-784796/

* "Roger Stone's long history of dirty tricks:" http://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/roger-stone-s-long-history-of-dirty-tricks-1432259139936

* "Roger Stone allegedly made ‘mob tactic’ threats targeting witness Randy Credico’s dog:" http://www.msnbc.com/am-joy/watch/roger-stone-charged-with-obstruction-witness-tampering-giving-false-statements-1432481859969

* "Trump public conduct similar to case for Stone witness tampering:" http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/trump-public-conduct-similar-to-case-for-stone-witness-tampering-1432323651923

* Sigh. "Republicans slow to staff key committee, slowing Mueller help:" http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/republicans-slow-to-staff-key-committee-slowing-mueller-help-1432324163767

* "House Democrats eager for Trump-Russia answers after GOP stalling:" http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/house-democrats-eager-for-trump-russia-answers-after-gop-stalling-1432323651758

* "Sen. Wyden: I will fight to make sure Mueller report is public:" http://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/sen-wyden-i-will-fight-to-make-sure-mueller-report-is-public-1432259139713

* "Civil penalties for polluters dropped dramatically in Trump’s first two years, analysis shows:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/health-science/civil-penalties-for-polluters-dropped-dramatically-in-trumps-first-two-years-analysis-shows/2019/01/24/7384d168-1a82-11e9-88fe-f9f77a3bcb6c_story.html?noredirect=on&utm_term=.7857436a56a2

* "Malcolm Nance: I’ve never heard of editing a security clearance application like Kushner:" http://www.msnbc.com/am-joy/watch/kushner-security-clearance-rejection-was-overruled-by-trump-appointee-report-1432493123647

* "Trump signs bill to open the government, ending the longest shutdown in history:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/senate-leaders-continue-to-seek-a-deal-to-end-shutdown-that-will-satisfy-trump/2019/01/25/09c898dc-20ad-11e9-8e21-59a09ff1e2a1_story.html?noredirect=on&utm_term=.9eec97e48cf6

* "Longest shutdown in history ends after Trump relents on wall:" https://www.politico.com/story/2019/01/25/trump-shutdown-announcement-1125529

* "At least 14,000 unpaid IRS workers did not show up for work as broad shutdown disruption hits tax agency, according to House aides:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2019/01/25/least-unpaid-irs-workers-did-not-show-up-work-broad-shutdown-disruption-hits-tax-agency-according-house-aides/?noredirect=on&utm_term=.7f0f46e2dfa8

* "Flights into three US airports delayed due to staffing issues caused by shutdown:" https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/jan/25/flight-delays-laguardia-newark-philadelphia-shutdown

* "Trump ends shutdown with nothing to show for damage wrought:" http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/trump-ends-shutdown-with-nothing-to-show-for-damage-wrought-1432326211686

* "‘The Art of the Deal’ author on Trump: Most deals in book were failed deals:" http://www.msnbc.com/am-joy/watch/trump-signs-bill-to-re-open-the-government-despite-no-funding-for-wall-1432484931751

* "Joy Reid: Trump shut the government down for 35 days. The one thing that is true is he owns it:" http://www.msnbc.com/am-joy/watch/government-opens-temporarily-after-longest-shutdown-in-u-s-history-1432491075628

* "Arizona Lawmaker Wants Porn To Fund Trump's Border Wall:" https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/arizona-lawmaker-wants-porn-tax-to-fund-trumps-border-wall_us_5c47438ae4b0bfa693c7a650

* "Brazil's sole openly gay congressman leaves country after death threats:" https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/jan/24/jean-wyllys-brazils-openly-gay-congressman-leaves-job-country-amid-death-threats

* "Houston Trans Woman Shot, Misgendered By Houston Chronicle:" https://transgriot.blogspot.com/2019/01/houston-trans-woman-shot-misgendered-by.html

* "Check Yourself with Lateral Reading: Crash Course Navigating Digital Information #3:"

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* "Beckett, Ionesco, and the Theater of the Absurd: Crash Course Theater #45:"

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* "By way of mdlbear the Maybe You've Been Pwned Edition:" https://marahmarie.dreamwidth.org/439659.html

“Hate to break up all your Happy Weekend Weekending but The 773 Million Record "Collection #1" Data Breach deserves attention as it affects up to roughly three quarters of one billion of us, or so.“

* "How Cartographers for the U.S. Military Inadvertently Created a House of Horrors in South Africa:" https://gizmodo.com/how-cartographers-for-the-u-s-military-inadvertently-c-1830758394

* "...it just hit the news that a Norwegian billionaire, Gunhild Stordalen, who bankrolled a big campaign to convince people to eat a mostly meatless diet to save the planet, spends her time junketing around with her friends to exotic places around the world in her own $26 million private jet.:" https://ecosophia.dreamwidth.org/45943.html

* "Missing 13-year-old Jayme Closs found alive in Wisconsin:" https://www.cnn.com/2019/01/10/us/jayme-closs-missing-wisconsin-girl-found/index.html

* "6 Amazing Facts That'll Change The Way You Look At History:" http://www.cracked.com/article_26144_6-amazing-facts-thatll-change-way-you-look-at-history.html

* "Forgotten women artists of Vienna censored by the Nazis:" https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-46992369

* "12 Old-Timey Ways of Saying “Nonsense”:" http://mentalfloss.com/article/64162/12-old-timey-ways-saying-nonsense

* "Trump's Not-So-Subtle Witness Intimidation:"

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* "Tucker Carlson Cold Open - SNL:"

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* Friday, I thought I was well enough to Forage, so I went. I was not, as it turns out, and my lungs got much worse over the course of the evening, and I was just generally exhausted. I went to bed early and just stayed there. I'm doing my best to catch up tonight.

* "Why these sea slugs look so much like David Bowie:" https://www.pbs.org/newshour/science/why-these-sea-slugs-look-so-much-like-david-bowie

* How to Fix the Princess Bride: https://staranise.dreamwidth.org/627145.html

* Snerk. "Gender Studies:" https://cmdr-zoom.dreamwidth.org/1039063.html

"Gender is a cryptid – I don’t believe in it, but a lot of people seem pretty convinced it's real."

"Gender is real! I saw it once in the parking lot behind Denny's!"

"If gender’s not real, how do you explain this?" *holds up a grainy picture of a bear* "Yeah, checkmate."

"Works for both uses of 'bear', too!"

* "Doctor Who: Season 11, Episode 11: Resolution:" http://www.fangsforthefantasy.com/2019/01/doctor-who-season-11-episode-11.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.

* 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

* "Indigenous people exposed to UK nuclear tests given healthcare aid:" http://www.bbc.com/news/world-australia-39777197

* "North Korea’s 'jangmadang generation' questions the necessity of the Party Congress :" http://www.dailynk.com/english/read.php?num=13890&cataId=nk01500

* "Trump: Go back to ‘goddamned steam':"

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* "US attorney scores settlement in Russia case:"

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* "Trump behavior toward Comey likely making his lawyers unhappy:"

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* Eeeeeew! "Trump asked Comey to pledge loyalty to him:"

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* "Rough welcomes for GOP Rep., Secy. DeVos:"

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* "Elizabeth Warren on Republicans and Trump’s 'nonsense':"

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* "Why I Had to Buy My Wife's Inhaler on the Dark Web:" https://motherboard.vice.com/en_us/article/why-i-had-to-buy-my-wifes-inhaler-on-the-dark-web?utm_source=dmfb

* ""I'm facing jail time after laughing at Jeff Sessions. I regret nothing.":" https://www.vox.com/first-person/2017/5/8/15578850/sessions-confirmation-laugh-desiree-fairooz

* TW: Suicide. "8-year-old boy was bullied before committing suicide, attorneys say:" http://www.cbsnews.com/news/young-boy-bullied-by-classmates-suicide-cincinnati/

* "Bethune-Cookman Students Are Part Of A Distinguished Heritage Of HBCU Protest:" http://transgriot.blogspot.com/2017/05/bethune-cookman-students-are-part-of.html

* Fuck D. L. Hugely. I remember when he went around insisting that LGBTQIA people didn't deserve even basic rights because not enough of us had been beaten and murdered yet. No word on how many more of us he wanted to be killed before he'd consider us worthy of being considered people, but I haven't heard an apology and I haven't forgotten how cruel, hateful, and dehumanizing that was. He is not an icon of the progressive left, he is a homophobe; just as Gloria Steinem isn’t a feminist, he is a Transmysognist.

* " What you will" The fluidity of gender is no 21st-century idea. In Twelfth Night, writes Dr Will Tosh, gender is what you make of it.:" http://brigdh.tumblr.com/post/160602115847/what-you-will

* "The Trump administration deleted the EPA’s climate change website. So, Chicago published it instead.:" https://mic.com/articles/176472/chicago-adds-epa-climate-change-page-deleted-by-trump-administration-to-city-website?utm_campaign=social&utm_medium=future&utm_source=policymicTBLR#.8mafEgxwO

* So affluent white people went to a community of colour to lie to them about vaccines in the middle of an epidemic in the hopes their children will be infected with a deadly disease. They don't frame it like that, but that sure is what it looks like to me. "Anti-vaccine groups blamed in Minnesota measles outbreak:" http://www.cnn.com/2017/05/08/health/measles-minnesota-somali-anti-vaccine-bn/

* Help save the National Parks from 45: http://fiftysevenacademics.tumblr.com/post/160610175875/public-comment-on-trumps-executive-order-to

* Tw: Dead Animals. "South Florida python hunters bag a ton of snakes — cost-effectively:" http://www.miamiherald.com/news/local/environment/article149798804.html

* "This Is the Best Dinosaur Fossil of Its Kind Ever Found:" http://www.nationalgeographic.com/magazine/2017/06/dinosaur-nodosaur-fossil-discovery/

* "During the English Civil War, Lady Mary Bankes defended a castle from over 200 attackers with only five men under her initial command:" https://www.thevintagenews.com/2016/08/14/priority-english-civil-war-lady-mary-bankes-defended-castle-200-attackers-five-men-initial-command/

* "Donny Goes to School:"

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* "Djimon Hounsou - Changing Up Well-Known Stories with "King Arthur"- Extended Interview:"

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* "Between the Scenes - Trump's Dictator Tendencies:"

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* "The All-Male Panel on Women's Health:"

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* "The Kentucky Derby Was Eerily Reminiscent Of The Election:"

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* "What Ambulances Will Look Like Under Trumpcare:"

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* "Good Omens aborts the Apocalypse :" https://www.thefandomentals.com/good-omens-apocalypse/

* "The Ballad Of Captain America’s Disapproving Face:" http://sodiumflare.tumblr.com/post/160601771130/daredevilmeme-scarletmemewitch

* "American Gods, Season One, Episode Two: The Secret of Spoon:" http://www.fangsforthefantasy.com/2017/05/american-gods-season-one-episode-two.html

* "American Gods Dials It Up for Episode 2:" https://www.thefandomentals.com/american-gods-1x02/

* "American Gods begins to show its subtle changes:" https://www.thefandomentals.com/american-gods-begins-show-subtle-changes/

* "Guardians 2 Is The Most Emotionally Deep Marvel Movie To Date:" https://www.thefandomentals.com/guardians-2-review/

* This is Brilliant. "The True Meaning of 42:" https://vaspider.tumblr.com/post/160579237257/stripeycrayons-i-have-been-deeply-in-love-with

* "Torchwood Is Getting a Fifth Season—But Only in Audio Form:" http://io9.gizmodo.com/torchwood-is-getting-a-fifth-season-but-only-in-audio-f-1795014355

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

* "White supremacists see opportunity in Trump campaign success:"

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* The Secret Service shot a man waving a gun at a white house checkpoint. It was a single shot to the chest, and civilian witnesses are describing events in alignment with law enforcement As of this writing, the man was a alive at the hospital and expected to survive. Preliminary reports suggests attempted suicide by cop.

* "Pfizer decision complicates death-penalty dilemma:" http://swtimes.com/news/state-news/pfizer-decision-complicates-death-penalty-dilemma

* "Prison labor strike in Alabama: ‘We will no longer contribute to our own oppression’:" http://sfbayview.com/2016/05/prison-labor-strike-in-alabama-we-will-no-longer-contribute-to-our-own-oppression/

* "Don’t Blame the Video:" http://www.nytimes.com/2016/05/16/opinion/dont-blame-the-video.html?action=click&pgtype=Homepage&clickSource=story-heading&module=opinion-c-col-left-region®ion=opinion-c-col-left-region&WT.nav=opinion-c-col-left-region&_r=1

* "National Police Violence Map:" http://mappingpoliceviolence.org/

* "Former Death Row Prisoner Moreese Bickham Dies at 98: He Served 37 Years for Killing Klansmen Cops:" http://www.democracynow.org/2016/5/5/former_death_row_prisoner_moreese_bickham

There is still no right to self defense for Black Men in this country. So damned little has changed.

* Rumor control. "Obama Forces All Schools to Make Bathrooms Transgender?:" http://www.snopes.com/obama-transgender-bathrooms/

* "Woman mistaken for transgender harassed in Walmart bathroom:" http://www.newstimes.com/local/article/Woman-mistaken-for-transgender-harassed-in-7471666.php#photo-10075102

* "How The Wrong Verb Meant The Texas GOP Called Most Texans Gay:" http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2016/05/19/478720206/how-the-wrong-verb-meant-the-texas-gop-called-most-texans-gay?utm_source=facebook.com&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=npr&utm_term=nprnews&utm_content=20160519

* "The media is lying about why NC is being sued:" http://www.transadvocate.com/the-media-is-lying-about-why-nc-is-being-sued1_n_15873.htm

* "DC security guard arrested for blocking trans woman from using womens’ restroom:" http://www.rawstory.com/2016/05/d-c-security-guard-arrested-for-blocking-trans-woman-from-using-womens-restroom/

* "The Forgotten Female Action Stars of the 1910s:" http://www.theatlantic.com/entertainment/archive/2016/03/the-forgotten-female-action-stars-of-the-1910s/475635/

* "Heartbreaking Poem Will Strike Anyone With Student Loans to the Core:" https://mic.com/articles/144018/heartbreaking-poem-will-strike-anyone-with-student-loans-to-the-core?utm_source=policymicTBLR&utm_medium=main&utm_campaign=social#.851x0mw6I

* "President Obama's Transgender Bathroom Backlash:"

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* "Exclusive - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau Welcomes Syrian Refugees to Canada:"

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* "Virginia Politician Forgets to Close Out of His Porn:"

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* "Hang On a Minute, News! - Desegregation in Mississippi:"

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* "Super Depressing Deep Dive - The Origins of America's Lead Poisoning Crisis:"

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* A tub test of the long 20 shows the leak is likely not catastrophic, so I'm going to clean, sanitize, and use sealer on it.

* "I enjoy being a girl… sometimes. Sort of.:" https://lettersfromtitan.com/2016/05/13/i-enjoy-being-a-girl-sometimes-sort-of/

* Game of Thrones snarky recap: http://imgur.com/a/C4X2G

* TURN: I never liked Abraham. Now I flat out hate him.

* "Game of Nonsense Week Three: What Even Are The Northern Lords?:" http://www.fandomfollowing.com/4629-2/

* "Here Are All The Ways You Can Help Fort McMurray:" http://www.huffingtonpost.ca/2016/05/04/fort-mcmurray-how-to-help_n_9843774.html?ncid=tweetlnkcahpmg00000002

* Want to help Equador in the wake of their Earthquake? http://www.ifrc.org/en/news-and-media/news-stories/americas/ecuador/ecuador-red-cross-responds-to-deadly-earthquake-72129/

* Zimbabwe has joined Ethiopia in disaster level drought People and animals are dying. Want to help? https://www.wfp.org/help

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

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

* Donate to help refugees: http://donate.unhcr.org/international/general

* A list of LGBTQA Charities: http://awkward0w1.tumblr.com/post/126399233673

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

* "Brazilians get that sinking feeling as crisis deepens:" http://www.bbc.com/news/blogs-trending-35837876

* "Tricks and triangulation not new to GOP delegate process:"

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* Apparently Ted Cruz loved the deregulation and resulting world wide financial crash under W. so much, that he has picked one of the major architects of that disaster as his financial adviser, presumably because Republicans have not done enough damage to the economy and the middle class in particular in my life time to suit his purposes.

* "Snyder called out in Congressional hearing despite GOP cover:"

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* "Students Are Being Rejected From The Polls Because Of North Carolina’s Voter ID Law:" http://thinkprogress.org/politics/2016/03/15/3760266/north-carolina-voter-id/

* "Gen Z Doesn't Really Believe in Gender:" http://reason.com/blog/2016/03/15/gen-z-doesnt-believe-in-gender

* "Women's products cost more. Here's how to avoid the "pink tax.":" http://www.vox.com/2016/3/1/11139280/avoid-pink-tax-women

* "Do Your Job, Congress:"

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* Tavy spent the morning hiding in plain sight on the fireplace ledge, alternately napping and watching me type. Once the guests left I retired to my room, in the firm belief that he was waiting to have the room to himself to explore properly and have a nosh. My original plan involved geographic separation of the cats until the smells got familiar, but she's lazy, in late middle age, and not fond of jumping, whereas he's tiny, fast, and loves heights. As more than half of his observed hiding places in the first twelve hours were places she either couldn't fit or wouldn't go, I decided it was safe to let them overlap. LM is quite excited every time she smells him, but has not tried to get close yet and he's staying out of her way. When I woke up, he was perched on my window sill, hiding behind the fan, where he stayed to watch me finish the riveting Chaos Choreography. (I'd love to see the In Cryptid books done as a quality TV series). I left him some treats and left him to it. After dinner, I spotted LM going in to check out the stranger and followed. She got close enough for them to look at each other properly, but she opted to go back to her territory, what with me there watching them.

I'm giving the little guy lots of space on purpose. This doesn't mean I'm not excited he's here, it's that I'm trying to minimize stress on a small animal that has been through a lot in the last 8-9 months he's been alive, and has just taken an all day road trip from an environment with a lot of cats and two humans he knows and likes to a strange place with one other cat and two strange, possibly dangerous humans and all sorts of unfamiliar smells. I am establishing that I'm calm and friendly, and not prone to attacks or sudden lunges. I figure when he's more comfortable I'll start working on being friends. My hope is that he'll home base in my room as it's a place LM goes for naps, but has always been Elder kitty and my turf primarily, just as Squirrel's room has always belonged to him and the junior beasties primarily, with the common areas overlapping ground mostly under my jurisdiction. (Elder beasties used to go into Squirrel's room and the Butt used to pile into bed with me and the Elder Beasties often as not, but there's a difference between home turf other people have visiting rights on, shared turf, and someone else's you have visiting and sometimes napping rights in.) Anyway, my hope is he'll move into a lot of Hector's spaces since they have similar taste in perches and mests. I was in no shape for dealing with getting him registered as cat in residence. I've hope's of doing it Monday, though there is a chance of later in the week.

* Read at your own risk. "crucifix nail nipples:" http://gwydionmisha.tumblr.com/post/141299729132/zoinomiko-thebibliosphere-hadanelith

* "Black Sails XXVI: Flint, Vane, and the Teacup of Empire:" http://gwydionmisha.tumblr.com/post/141277956714/black-sails-xxvi-flint-vane-and-the-teacup-of

* "Black Sails XXVI: Eleanor Guthrie, Woodes Rogers, Charles Vane, and Flint:" http://gwydionmisha.tumblr.com/post/141280655979/black-sails-xxvi-eleanor-guthrie-woodes-rogers

* "Sunday Sweets To MARVEL Over:" http://www.cakewrecks.com/home/2016/2/21/sunday-sweets-to-marvel-over.html

* "Sunday Sweet Gets Flowery:" http://www.cakewrecks.com/home/2016/2/28/sunday-sweet-gets-flowery.html

* EBAYs, 4ish days, no bid:

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* Zimbabwe has joined Ethiopia in disaster level drought People and animals are dying. Want to help? https://www.wfp.org/help

* Help the poisoned children of Flint Michigan. "Water Crisis:&"; https://www.cfgf.org/cfgf/GoodWork/FlintArea/WaterCrisis/tabid/855/Default.aspx

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

* Want to help finance my meds/medical co pays? Paypal Lethran@gmail.com

* 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

* "Australia to deny benefits to parents refusing to vaccinate their children:" http://america.aljazeera.com/articles/2015/4/12/australia-to-deny-benefits-to-parents-refusing-to-vaccinate-children.html?utm_content=nobylines&utm_campaign=ajam&utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=SocialFlow

* "Forced sterilization of Romani women – a persisting human rights violation:" https://romediafoundation.wordpress.com/2013/02/07/forced-sterilization-of-romani-women-a-persisting-human-rights-violation/

* "Exploding trains push consideration of new safety rules:"

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* "VA threatened by conservative privatization push:"

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* "Volunteer reserve cops with guns?:"

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* "ACLU Report Shows Chicago Stop And Frisk Worse Than New York:" http://chicagoist.com/2015/03/24/aclu_report_shows_chicago_stop_and.php?utm_content=buffer4246c&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_campaign=buffer

* "Why Do We Keep Insisting That Poor People Need To Be Miserable?:" http://www.xojane.com/issues/policing-poverty

* "Scarlet Letters: Getting the History of Abortion and Contraception Right:" https://www.americanprogress.org/issues/religion/news/2013/08/08/71893/scarlet-letters-getting-the-history-of-abortion-and-contraception-right/

* "Take the Red Pill: The Truth Behind the Biology of Sex:" http://disruptingdinnerparties.com/2014/04/08/take-the-red-pill-the-truth-behind-the-biology-of-sex/

* "Bringing up a boy in Sweden:" http://www.mrfoxmagazine.com/parenting/scandi-sense/

* "Start Wars:"

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* "Had Mex & Marcnado:"

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* "Please don't use the argument that "pirating books helps the Author":" http://seananmcguire.tumblr.com/post/115968171470/please-dont-use-the-argument-that-pirating-books

* "No one has to buy your stuff.:" http://seananmcguire.tumblr.com/post/115967855470/no-one-has-to-buy-your-stuff

* In case you are wondering, I've been ill again, and it's why posting is so irregular. I'm also ridiculously behind on things. Apologies.

* The best garden gnome ever: http://www.thinkgeek.com/product/1c81/?pfm=Search&t=rampaging%20kaiju%20garden%20gnome

* Ebay Time:

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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

* "Panama Canal expansion could pose health risk for Newark, NJ:" http://on.msnbc.com/1w6SFzX

* "Dick Cheney Defends the Torture of Innocents:" http://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2014/12/dick-cheney-defends-the-torture-innocents/383741/

* I support the right of Athletes to protest police murders on camera.

* The Doctor from Massachusetts who survived ebola is going back to Liberia to save more lives.

* TW: Suicide, Domestic Violence. It looks like the Pennsylvania shooter likely killed himself in the woods with his knife. It's sounding like he was controlling and prone to threatening to murder his family, but people ignored her repeated complaints about the domestic violence. he murdered his ex-wife and her family, just as he said he would.

* “After police shot & killed John Crawford in Wal-Mart, they threatened & harassed his girlfriend for over 90 minutes:" https://twitter.com/ShaunKing/status/544248692136759297

* The police want to remind you that one second is plenty of time to carefully assess the threat posed by a black man talking on his cell phone and carrying store merchandise in an open carry state, order him to put down the gun, and for the man to respond. Similarly, the police in Ohio claim that hard interrogation of the partner of a murder victim for 90 minutes when they know she and her partner literally did nothing illegal is standard police procedure and there is no plan to change it or discipline the murderers, let alone arrest them for shooting an innocent man for doing nothing illegal.

* "What do toys teach kids about gender roles? :" http://on.msnbc.com/1w6Aj1U

* "A Not-Always-Happy Holidays:" http://sparkindarkness.livejournal.com/522202.html

* WTF, Amazon "Hyphen Hate? When Amazon went to war against punctuation.:" https://graemereynolds.wordpress.com/2014/12/14/hyphen-hate-when-amazon-went-to-war-against-punctuation/

* Where was I Monday? Doctors and post office wore me out and I ended up crashing when I got home. I am a little freaked out as postage was twice what I expected. That was the money to feed Hector for the rest of the month. We have about two days of the goosh he will willingly eat left and I'm not convinced I'll be able to scrape up another $20 or so from anywhere.

* I just found like ten emails gmail was hiding from me. *facepalm*

* Internet friends who need to move fast: http://www.gofundme.com/ip2els

* Our Financial Situation continues Scary: http://www.gofundme.com/cuovws