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* "Australia to apologise to sex abuse victims:" http://www.bbc.com/news/world-australia-42984260

* "Deadly earthquake strikes Taiwan:" http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-42966916

* "'Boko Haram wanted me to carry a bomb':" http://www.bbc.com/news/av/world-africa-35891811/escaping-boko-haram-they-wanted-me-to-carry-a-bomb

* "Violent protests as opposition leader is jailed in Bangladesh:" https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/feb/08/violent-protests-opposition-leader-jailed-bangladesh-khaleda-zia

* "Trump reportedly doesn't read his daily intel briefing:" http://www.msnbc.com/brian-williams/watch/trump-reportedly-doesn-t-read-his-daily-intel-briefing-1158376516001

* "Trump wants to cap lifetime Medicaid benefits, even for disabled people, the chronically ill, and people with Alzheimer's:" https://boingboing.net/2018/02/07/are-there-no-workhouses-3.html

* "Tim Kaine demands release of secret Trump war powers memo:" https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/donald-trump/sen-tim-kaine-demands-release-secret-trump-war-powers-memo-n846176

* "Trump blocks release of Democratic Russia memo:" https://www.politico.com/story/2018/02/09/trump-blocks-release-of-democratic-memo-402083

* "FBI surveillance of Carter Page might have picked up Bannon:" https://www.politico.com/story/2018/02/08/carter-page-steve-bannon-fbi-communications-398992

* "Trump doesn't get the 'best people.' He gets the worst. Here's why.:" http://theweek.com/articles/753966/trump-doesnt-best-people-gets-worst-heres-why

* "Second White House staffer resigns amid abuse allegations:" https://www.politico.com/story/2018/02/09/second-white-house-staffer-resigns-amid-abuse-allegations-402084

* "Rachel Brand to resign from Justice Dept.:" https://www.cnn.com/2018/02/09/politics/rachel-brand-resigns/index.html

* "Trump closer to ending Russia probe as Rachel Brand quits DoJ:" http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/trump-closer-to-ending-russia-probe-as-rachel-brand-quits-doj-1158335043931?playlist=associated

* "Chief of Staff John Kelly expressed to President Trump willingness to resign: Sources:" http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/sources-chief-staff-john-kelly-expressed-president-trump/story?id=52970133

* "WTF is going on with Jared Kushner’s security clearance:" https://thinkprogress.org/its-been-385-days-and-jared-kushner-still-doesnt-have-a-permanent-security-clearance-e58c4f7dfa8f/

* TW: Domestic Abuse "White House won't say when Kelly knew about alleged abuse:" http://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/white-house-won-t-say-when-kelly-knew-about-alleged-abuse-1157234755726

* "Trump wishes disgraced aide well after domestic abuse allegations:" https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-porter/trump-wishes-disgraced-aide-well-after-domestic-abuse-allegations-idUSKBN1FT2MX

* "Trump frustrated with Hicks' role in Porter scandal:" https://www.cnn.com/2018/02/09/politics/rob-porter-donald-trump-reince-priebus/index.html

* "Trump vetting failures seen in scandals, firings, security lapses:" http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/trump-vetting-failures-seen-in-scandals-firings-security-lapses-1157371971590?playlist=associated

* "Congress votes to reopen government, passes massive budget deal:" https://www.newsday.com/news/nation/congress-budget-vote-1.16646015

* "Trump gets mocked for his parade idea:" http://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/trump-gets-mocked-for-his-parade-idea-1157250627786

* "Standing Up From My Wheelchair in Public:" http://taibhsearachd.tumblr.com/post/170709622053/standing-up-from-my-wheelchair-in-public

* "Number 4- Rest in Power and Peace Celine Walker:" http://transgriot.blogspot.com/2018/02/number-4-rest-in-power-and-peace-celine.html

* "An Ancient Virus May Be Responsible for Human Consciousness:" https://www.livescience.com/61627-ancient-virus-brain.html

* "Tools near Mumbai beach trace human settlements to Middle Stone Age:" https://www.hindustantimes.com/mumbai-news/tools-near-mumbai-beach-trace-human-settlements-to-middle-stone-age/story-B8EI1618lgZq9hvcsPH0GO.html

* The Pictures are Amazing! I've only seen one of them before. "The all-black WWI regiment renowned for courage despite prejudice:" https://mashable.com/2015/11/18/harlem-hellfighters/#ei5hNIhir8qJ

* "The Queer, Disabled and Women of Colour Suffragettes History Forgot:" https://www.vice.com/en_uk/article/d3w8wy/the-queer-disabled-and-women-of-colour-suffragettes-history-forgot

* "Angela Davis On Violence:"

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* "In 1968, Three Students Were Killed by Police. Today, Few Remember the Orangeburg Massacre:" https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/1968-three-students-were-killed-police-today-few-remember-orangeburg-massacre-180968092/

* "The Trumps-Giving Day Military Parade:"

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* "Our Very Smart President Can Easily Handle Robert Mueller:"

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* "Global Warming Is Now Not ‘Necessarily A Bad Thing’:"

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* "The White House Got Rid Of A Bad Man (No, Not Trump):"

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* "Quincy Jones Dishes On JFK, MJ, And POTUS:"

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* Thing I learned today: Biathlete and Bi athlete sound pretty much the same.

* I know Librarians is meant to be silly and the last episode was pretty, but I am having some really big problems with their mythology. Humans had colour and creativity long before the Library of Alexandria was formed. I simply can't swallow that everything was dull, unimaginative and lifeless until a particular library was built in North Africa under a Macedonian Dynasty. It doesn't pass the smell test. There was a long history of art and literature in Meopotamia, Egypt, India, and China, before that first scroll went into it's cubbyhole at the Library. It's just... too big and patently false a nonsense to swallow. Also, I'd been side eyeing the Mediterranean civilization hegemony here. Shouldn't there be a counterweight library somewhere in, say, China or India, given the age and literacy of those civilizations? While travel from Western Europe to India was hard until relatively recently, there was thriving trade from Eastern Africa to Eastern Asia with the subcontinent as a hub. Could the library make doors to cities in countries not mentioned in it's tomes? How would librarians know to go there, wouldn't a second, waaaay older library make sense? What of the Americas? Would first Century north African or European Librarians be traveling to continents they had no idea existed? How could the Library have the level of influence alleged there? What of Australia, New Zealand, etc.? Again, completely unsuspected to the rest of the world until relatively recently. It is looking more and more like the oral tradition of the indigenous Australians may be alarmingly accurate further back than writing existed. How do oral traditions on that scale and civilizations that old with that much continuity fit into the world building.

I just... The library is too new and too geographically specific, and so much Art and literature and creativity existed before the Library of Alexandria was a thing, and it's gotten impossible to ignore this season what with the Librry's back story and effects on the world being too large and Universal. The Dark Ages were that super specific thing that happened in Greece when Mycenaean culture collapsed so thoroughly that they forgot how to write and suddenly the people trying to make ceramics clearly only vaguely knew how pots were made because nearly all the professional potters were dead. The European "Dark Ages" was a thing Early Modern Era historians did where they labelled everything they didn't like Medieval and Every thing they did like Renaissance and then labelled a big chunk of history the Dark Ages to contrast it with their own time which they labelled enlightenment. Yes, things got pretty chaotic for a while in particular spots in Europe, but even where things were pretty bad, people still wrote books, and civilization trundled on just fine in Ireland and the eastern Roman Empire, and pretty much the whole rest of the world. There was never any whole world dark ages, so that warring librarians catastrophe story makes zero sense from a World historical perspective. Occasionally a particular civilization or section of a civilization will crash and burn, but there has not yet been a world wide catastrophe. And again, take a look at how complex and colorful world art and literature are before the founding of the Library of Alexandria, so the causation does not make any sense and I couldn't stop worrying at it that whole last episode, which meant that it was hard to focus on what was on the screen.

It was better not knowing the larger show mythology, because everything crumbles when you do, like a meringue one has taken a hammer to. I get it, it's a silly show and not intended for thinking thoughts, but they've exceeded the suspension of disbelief, and I'm not sure I can get mine back after this season.

* "The Environment and Tolerance in Wolf Speaker:" https://www.thefandomentals.com/environment-tolerance/

* I won't be watching these. "Benioff and Weiss are Writing Star Wars Movies and Rebellions are Built on LIES:" https://www.thefandomentals.com/benioff-weiss-star-wars-announcement/

* "Once upon a time there was a city called Omelas...:" http://gwydionmisha.tumblr.com/post/170685911452/shedoesnotcomprehend-once-upon-a-time-there-was

* Jyn Erso's last Words: gwydionmisha.tumblr.com/post/170683653612/ladytharen-i-personally-love-that-jyns-last

* "The sun is probably the closest thing we’ll ever have to a true Eldritch Abomination." http://lettersfromtitan.tumblr.com/post/170625947241/ndiecity-the-sun-is-probably-the-closest-thing

* Tywin Lannister vs. Eddard Stark as Parents: http://turtle-paced.tumblr.com/post/170510636997/wasnt-there-anything-that-tywin-was-right-about

* Dany and Jorah's Role: http://turtle-paced.tumblr.com/post/170536435512/do-you-think-jorahs-role-is-a-sort-of-entry-level#notes

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

* Well, Fuck. "Czech Republic re-elects far-right president Miloš Zeman:" https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/jan/27/czech-republic-far-right-president-reelected

* "Fishy Trump golf funding likely to be probed:" http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/trump-golf-funding-a-rich-avenue-of-inquiry-for-mueller-probe-1147244099907?playlist=associated

* "Can a sitting president be indicted?:" http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/can-a-sitting-president-be-charged-with-a-crime-1147233347674?playlist=associated

* "John Dickerson: What Happens If Trump Declines Mueller Interview:"

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* Not holding my breath on this one as I can't see it passing the House let alone being signed by 45, who has every reason not to. "Senators rush to protect Mueller from Trump with new law:" http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/senators-rush-to-protect-mueller-from-trump-1147229251515?playlist=associated

* The war on Democracy continues. "Scott Walker Is Literally Preventing Wisconsinites From Voting:" https://www.thenation.com/article/scott-walker-is-literally-preventing-wisconsinites-from-voting/

* "Satanic Temple successfully argues that Missouri’s abortion laws violate their religious freedom:" http://deadstate.org/satanic-temple-argues-that-missouris-extreme-abortion-laws-violate-their-religious-freedomfbrefreshforce/

* "RNC finance chair Steve Wynn accused of sexual misconduct:" http://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/rnc-finance-chair-steve-wynn-accused-of-sexual-misconduct-1147171395990

* "The female price of male pleasure:" http://theweek.com/articles/749978/female-price-male-pleasure?utm_source=links&utm_medium=website&utm_campaign=twitter

* Fire her and yank her license! "Alabama teacher admits telling students to 'turn the n*gger tunes off' after they played Tupac in class:" https://www.rawstory.com/2018/01/alabama-teacher-admits-telling-students-turn-ngger-tunes-off-played-tupac-class/

* "Montana Father of Seven Who Was Raped in ICE Custody Faces Immediate Deportation:" https://www.aclumontana.org/en/press-releases/montana-father-seven-who-was-raped-ice-custody-faces-immediate-deportation

* "Oldest known human fossil outside Africa discovered in Israel:" https://www.theguardian.com/science/2018/jan/25/oldest-known-human-fossil-outside-africa-discovered-in-israel

* "First Scandinavians came from north and south:" http://sciencenordic.com/first-scandinavians-came-north-and-south

* "Houses reused for over 1000 years during Stone Age:" http://sciencenordic.com/houses-reused-over-1000-years-during-stone-age

* "Unusually sophisticated prehistoric monuments and technology revealed in the heart of the Aegean:" https://phys.org/news/2018-01-unusually-sophisticated-prehistoric-monuments-technology.html

* "Ancient human remains found in Mayo date back over 5,000 years:" http://www.thejournal.ie/ancient-human-remains-mayo-3805783-Jan2018/

* "Mini-Pompeii may be hiding under modern-day Selinunte:" http://www.ansamed.info/ansamed/en/news/sections/generalnews/2018/01/17/mini-pompeii-may-be-hiding-under-modern-day-selinunte_227aaf1e-a686-4fd9-8ac6-dec09a396e0e.html

* "Oldest ever trace of Hekate cult found (2) - Lifestyle:" http://www.ansa.it/english/news/lifestyle/arts/2018/01/16/oldest-ever-trace-of-hekate-cult-found-2_fadc3aa0-c134-4ccd-815f-16eb1895f54d.html

* " Mythbusting Ancient Rome: cruel and unusual punishment :" https://theconversation.com/mythbusting-ancient-rome-cruel-and-unusual-punishment-87939

* "Greek Culture Unearthed in War-Torn Syria:" http://world.greekreporter.com/2018/01/17/greek-culture-unearthed-in-war-torn-syria/

* "Unique Viking runes discovered in Denmark:" http://sciencenordic.com/unique-viking-runes-discovered-denmark

* It never occurred to me that there had to be photos of the third pandemic! "Skeleton teeth and historical photography are retelling the story of the plague:" https://phys.org/news/2018-01-skeleton-teeth-historical-photography-retelling.html

* "Another chance for the last man hanged in Dundee?:" https://phys.org/news/2018-01-chance-dundee.html

* "Like Pot? Visit Vermont!:"

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* "Big News In The Russia Investigation:"

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* "Bad Office Romance: U.S. Congressman Meehan:"

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* Eeew. "GOP Senate candidate flips out over ‘women’s rights’: ‘I want to come home to a cooked dinner every night’:" https://www.rawstory.com/2018/01/gop-senate-candidate-flips-womens-rights-want-come-home-cooked-dinner-every-night/#.Wmolo4HfkXk.facebook

* Star Wars vs. the Whiny Man Babies Who Can't Count: http://seananmcguire.tumblr.com/post/170192205720/jadelyn-all-is-for-all-mistertb#notes

* Confession: Sometimes I fantasize about Interpol raiding DAVOS and arresting all the International Criminals. It would never happen, alas.

* "Black Lightning Introduces Anissa's Girlfriend Chenoa:" https://www.thefandomentals.com/anissa-chenoa/

* Cersei after the Walk of Shame: http://turtle-paced.tumblr.com/post/170205353062/how-could-the-shame-march-have-changed-cersei

* "Sansa's Shithole Siblings Part 2: Shocks and Socks:" https://www.thefandomentals.com/winterhell-s7-retrospective-part-2/

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

* "Reid: GOP still seems "enamored" by war:"

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* "A state gun bill the NRA applauds:"

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* The Pro-Death Republicans move to deny the working poor access to hospitals in emergency as part of their over all attack on those without inherited wealth. "Outcry as state GOP moves 'bad Samaritan' bill:"

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* "New stratigraphic research makes Little Foot the oldest complete Australopithecus:" http://phys.org/news/2014-03-stratigraphic-foot-oldest-australopithecus.html

* "What killed off the giant beasts: climate change or man?:" http://www.theguardian.com/science/2014/mar/15/what-killed-giant-beasts-mammoths-climate-change-or-man

* "Ancient secrets of the sand unveiled:" http://www.morpethherald.co.uk/what-s-on/leisure/ancient-secrets-of-the-sand-unveiled-1-6480949

* "A Mesolithic face from Southern Europe:" http://www.pasthorizonspr.com/index.php/archives/03/2014/a-mesolithic-face-from-southern-europe

* "Natural selection has altered the appearance of Europeans over the past 5,000 years:" http://phys.org/news/2014-03-natural-europeans-years.html

* "Researchers reconstruct a cheese recipe from the Early Bronze Age:" http://phys.org/news/2014-03-reconstruct-cheese-recipe-early-bronze.html

* "Polish archaeologists have studied 4000 years old settlements in Hungary:" http://www.naukawpolsce.pap.pl/en/news/news,399545,polish-archaeologists-have-studied-4000-years-old-settlements-in-hungary.html

* "4,000-year-old Dartmoor burial find rewrites British bronze age history:" http://www.theguardian.com/science/2014/mar/09/dartmoor-burial-site-bronze-age-history

* "Egyptian princess sculpture unearthed in Luxor:" http://www.theartnewspaper.com/articles/Egyptian-princess-sculpture-unearthed-in-Luxor/32046

* "Ancient Buddha images found in Linzin cemetery:" http://www.elevenmyanmar.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=5315:ancient-buddha-images-found-in-linzin-cemetery&catid=44:national&Itemid=384

* "Pre-Incan remains discovered in Peru burial site:" http://www.andina.com.pe/ingles/noticia-preincan-remains-discovered-in-peru-burial-site-497017.aspx

* "Royal settlement linked to Sutton Hoo treasures:" http://www.theguardian.com/science/2014/mar/10/royal-settlement-sutton-hoo-treasures

* "Genghis Khan 'lucky with weather':" http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-26523524

* "Medieval bread oven found during dig:" http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-northamptonshire-26580195

* "The Ides of March: George Washington and the Newburgh Conspiracy:" http://www.thenewamerican.com/culture/history/item/17859-the-ides-of-march-george-washington-and-the-newburgh-conspiracy

* "From Romans to Modern Day: The History of Eyeglasses:" http://www.penbaypilot.com/affiliate-post/romans-modern-day-history-eyeglasses/30010

* We are finally trying to do something to fix the damage we have done to Ugandan LGBT People. It's probably not enough, but it's something. "US to send experts to refute anti-gay bigotry:"

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