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* "Ethiopia just ended one war. Is another one beginning?:" https://www.reuters.com/world/africa/ethiopia-just-ended-one-war-is-another-one-beginning-2023-08-08/

* "The Taliban Won but These Afghans Fought On:" https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/08/world/asia/afghanistan-taliban-resistance.html

* "Colombia begins a six-month cease-fire with its last remaining rebel group in hopes of forging peace-:" https://apnews.com/article/colombia-eln-guerrilla-peace-agreement-cease-fire-0a35f7f2e0e9b0818c8a2cd4b02ee3ff

* "German far right picks EU lead candidate, wants European anti-migrant ‘fortress’ :" https://www.politico.eu/article/germany-alternative-fur-deutschland-european-parliament-election-maximilian-krah-migration/

* "Thousands protest against Germany's far-right AfD party:" https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/thousands-protest-against-germanys-far-right-afd-party-2023-07-29/

* "UK government threatens asylum seekers who refused to board ‘barbaric’ Bibby Stockholm barge:" https://www.thepinknews.com/2023/08/08/government-stockholm-bibby-barge-asylum/

* "Tory Splits Erupt Over Calls For UK To Quit European Court Of Human Rights:" https://ca.sports.yahoo.com/news/tory-splits-erupt-over-calls-120152751.html

* "Police drag autistic girl out of house ‘because she said officer looked like her lesbian grandmother’:" https://www.thepinknews.com/2023/08/10/west-yorkshire-police-lesbian-autistic/

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* "Two dead after Russian attack on Ukrainian city of Zaporizhzhia:" https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/three-dead-after-russian-attack-ukraines-zaporizhzhia-zelenskiy-says-2023-08-09/

* "Ukraine’s elite forces rely on technology to strike behind enemy lines:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/08/06/ukraine-special-forces-alpha-counteroffensive/

* "Ukrainian Troops Trained by the West Stumble in Battle:" https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/02/us/politics/ukraine-troops-counteroffensive-training.html

* "Land mines left by Russian forces in Ukraine pose a deadly threat to Kyiv's military - and civilians in liberated territory.:" https://www.reuters.com/graphics/UKRAINE-CRISIS/LANDMINES/myvmgnqbavr/index.html

* "The Kakhovka Dam’s destruction by suspected Russian sabotage has made the Ukrainian land itself a casualty of war.:" https://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2023/07/ukraine-kakhovka-dam-destruction-gallery/674806/

* CW: Domestic Violence. "Rising domestic violence is a hidden front in Ukraine's war:" https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/rising-domestic-violence-is-hidden-front-ukraines-war-2023-08-03/

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* "USAID Releases Historic LGBTQ-Inclusive Development Policy:" https://www.advocate.com/news/usaid-lgbtq-policy

* "Biden sets new rules restricting U.S. investments in China:" https://www.politico.com/news/2023/08/09/biden-investment-rules-hits-chinese-chip-ai-computing-00110488

* "Utah man suspected of threatening President Joe Biden shot and killed as FBI served warrant:" https://apnews.com/article/utah-biden-fbi-assassination-threat-ba3cc1d3b2f6cca8bd429febdcf04219

* "Biden to create monument around the Grand Canyon :" https://www.politico.com/news/2023/08/08/biden-to-create-monument-around-grand-canyon-ee-00110197

* "Garland names special counsel in Hunter Biden investigation:" https://www.npr.org/2023/08/11/1193465237/hunter-biden-investigation-special-counsel

* "'Blinking red light' scandal of Kushner's Saudi billions looms as GOP faceplants on Hunter Biden :" https://www.msnbc.com/alex-wagner-tonight/watch/-blinking-red-light-scandal-of-kushner-s-saudi-billions-looms-as-gop-faceplants-on-hunter-biden-190605381647

* "First Family scandals hardly unique to Biden:" https://www.msnbc.com/alex-wagner-tonight/watch/first-family-scandals-hardly-unique-to-biden-190683205920

* "Right-Wing Think Tank Family Research Council Is Now a Church in Eyes of the IRS:" https://www.propublica.org/article/family-research-council-irs-church-status

* "Divided Supreme Court allows ‘ghost gun’ rule to take effect:" https://www.politico.com/news/2023/08/08/supreme-court-ghost-guns-00110294

* "Let's talk about Alabama and SCOTUS....:"

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* "“Is Fish Meat?” One Justice’s Answer Shows Why the Supreme Court Is So Broken.:" https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2023/08/is-fish-meat-scalia-supreme-court-broken.html#:~:text=The%20concept%20of%20identity-protective%20cognition%20helps%20explain%20Justice,to%20his%20group%20identity%20as%20a%20practicing%20Catholic.

* " Clarence Thomas’ 38 Vacations: The Other Billionaires Who Have Treated the Supreme Court Justice to Luxury Travel:" https://www.propublica.org/article/clarence-thomas-other-billionaires-sokol-huizenga-novelly-supreme-court

* "‘Shockingly corrupt’: Hayes shreds ‘kept man’ Clarence Thomas over megadonor deals:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/-shockingly-corrupt-hayes-shreds-kept-man-clarence-thomas-over-megadonor-deals-190596677661

* "'Jaw-dropping': New report details extent of billionaires' luxury gifts to Clarence Thomas:" https://www.msnbc.com/alex-wagner-tonight/watch/-jaw-dropping-new-report-details-extent-of-billionaires-luxury-gifts-to-clarence-thomas-190602309665

* "Inside the campaign to turn Justice Clarence Thomas into a 'cultural icon':" https://www.msnbc.com/jonathan-capehart/watch/-inside-the-campaign-to-turn-justice-clarence-thomas-into-a-cultural-icon-190702661557

* "Houston just started enforcing a decade-old ban on feeding the homeless. Volunteers are fighting back.:" https://www.houstonchronicle.com/news/houston-texas/housing/article/food-not-bombs-charitable-feeding-homeless-tickets-18108568.php

* "Texas Charity Workers Have Been Ticketed For Feeding The Homeless More Than 40 Times — For Up To $2K Each Time:" https://www.yourtango.com/news/texas-volunteers-ticketed-feeding-homeless

* "Laura Ingraham Says Finding 'Sufficient Proof' Against Biden 'Is Irrelevant'—And Yeah, That Tracks:" https://secondnexus.com/ingraham-biden-proof-irrelevant-archer?Mastodon

* If their cause is as just as they claim, why do they build all their arguments for it on lies? "Five Myths In The House Anti-Trans Hearing Against Gender Affirming Care:" https://www.erininthemorning.com/p/five-myths-in-the-house-anti-trans

* "GOP Declares War on HIV Program as Dr. Fauci Rings Alarm:" https://www.advocate.com/health/gop-war-hiv-fauci

* "Congress Amended KOSA, But It's Still A Censorship Bill:" https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2023/08/congress-amended-kosa-its-still-censorship-bill

* "You Can Help Stop These Bad Internet Bills:" https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2023/07/you-can-help-stop-these-bad-internet-bills

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

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

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

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

* "Reflecting on 58 years since the signing of the Voting Rights Act:" https://www.msnbc.com/jonathan-capehart/watch/reflecting-on-58-years-since-the-signing-of-the-voting-rights-act-190120005849

* "Warnock: We saw Jan. 6 ‘metastasize into voter suppression laws’ across America:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/warnock-we-saw-jan-6-metastasize-into-voter-suppression-laws-across-america-190394949964

* "Spotlight on Michigan:" https://www.msnbc.com/jonathan-capehart/watch/spotlight-on-michigan-190119493603

* "Michigan has charged its Trump ‘fake electors.’ What about the other 6 states?:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/michigan-has-charged-its-trump-fake-electors-what-about-the-other-6-states-190595653873

* "Voters in Ohio reject GOP-backed proposal that would have made it tougher to protect abortion rights:" https://apnews.com/article/ohio-abortion-rights-constitutional-amendment-special-election-227cde039f8d51723612878525164f1a

* "Ohio Issue 1 fails in key victory for abortion rights:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/ohio-issue-1-fails-in-key-victory-for-abortion-rights-190394949874

* "Abortion’s role as an electoral litmus test hasn’t faded a year after Supreme Court decision overturning Roe:" https://www.cnn.com/2023/08/08/politics/cnn-poll-abortion-electoral-litmus-test-supreme-court/

* "‘5-alarm fire’ for GOP: Abortion rights have won in every post-Roe election:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/-5-alarm-fire-for-gop-abortion-rights-have-won-in-every-post-roe-election-190488133584

* "Conservatives have already written a climate plan for Trump’s second term:" https://www.eenews.net/articles/battle-plan-how-the-far-right-would-dismantle-climate-programs/?utm_medium=email

* "Indicted ex-president celebrates America’s World Cup defeat in ‘deranged’ rant:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/indicted-ex-president-celebrates-america-s-world-cup-defeat-in-deranged-rant-190293061686

* "‘No, thanks’: GOP voters, major donors losing interest in the DeSantis ‘war on woke’:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/-no-thanks-gop-voters-major-donors-losing-interest-in-the-desantis-war-on-woke-190296133550

* "The ‘Death Star’ Bill Is About Kneecapping Democracy in Texas:" https://www.texasobserver.org/death-star-hb-2127-democracy/

* "DeSantis suspends elected Florida state attorney Monique Worrell, accusing her of being soft on crime:" https://www.cnbc.com/2023/08/09/desantis-suspends-elected-florida-state-attorney-monique-worrell.html

* "Greg Gutfeld seems to think Nazis only killed useless Jews in the Holocaust:" https://boingboing.net/2023/07/25/greg-gutfeld-seems-to-think-nazis-only-killed-useless-jews-in-the-holocaust.html

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* "The Trump fraud case you forgot about: Scammy scheme lawsuit unnoticed among big cases:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/the-trump-fraud-case-you-forgot-about-scammy-scheme-lawsuit-unnoticed-among-big-cases-190314053542

* "Trump valet pleads not guilty in classified documents case; property manager’s arraignment postponed:" https://www.politico.com/news/2023/08/10/trump-walt-nauta-00110658

* "People Are Lying To You About The Trump Indictment:" https://popehat.substack.com/p/people-are-lying-to-you-about-the?sd=pf

* "Newly revealed memo details fake elector plot to overturn Trump’s 2020 election loss:" https://www.cnbc.com/2023/08/09/secret-memo-details-trump-plot-to-overturn-2020-loss-to-biden-report.html

* "Maddow: As states take lead on fake elector probes, Trump's role a likely endpoint:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/maddow-as-states-take-lead-on-fake-elector-probes-trump-s-role-a-likely-endpoint-190316101988

* "Trump judge in docs case makes misguided argument curiously similar to Fox News guest: Weissmann:" https://www.msnbc.com/alex-wagner-tonight/watch/trump-judge-in-docs-case-makes-misguided-argument-curiously-similar-to-fox-news-guest-weissmann-190400581847

* "Trump's Twitter habit comes back to haunt him; Here's what a search warrant might reveal:" https://www.msnbc.com/alex-wagner-tonight/watch/trump-s-twitter-habit-comes-back-to-haunt-him-here-s-what-a-search-warrant-might-reveal-190497349925

* "Elon Musk’s Twitter Delayed a Search Warrant for Trump’s Account:" https://newrepublic.com/post/174936/elon-musks-twitter-held-search-warrant-trumps-account

* "The Trump Conspiracy Indictment in DC Is Bad:"

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* "Judge in Trump Jan. 6 case issues order limiting use of "sensitive" material:" https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-protective-order-january-6-case-judge-hearing/

* "Judge emphasizes Trump 'not commit a crime,' 'try to influence a juror' in terms of release:" https://www.msnbc.com/msnbc/watch/-eye-popping-weissmann-stunned-at-judge-emphasizing-trump-not-commit-a-crime-try-to-influence-a-juror-in-terms-of-release-189940805938

* "'She knows who she is dealing with here': Judge sets limits for Trump; violation seems inevitable:" https://www.msnbc.com/alex-wagner-tonight/watch/-she-knows-who-she-is-dealing-with-here-judge-sets-limits-for-trump-violation-seems-inevitable-190682693838

* "Trump objects to strict limits on sharing evidence in election interference case:" https://www.politico.com/news/2023/08/07/trump-protective-order-response-00110188

* "'Cold dose of reality': Judge requires lawyer oversight of defendant Trump; dismissive of candidacy:" https://www.msnbc.com/alex-wagner-tonight/watch/-cold-dose-of-reality-judge-requires-lawyer-oversight-of-defendant-trump-dismissive-of-candidacy-190684741921

* "Now it's serious: Special counsel's new focus could threaten Trump's piggy bank:" https://www.msnbc.com/alex-wagner-tonight/watch/now-it-s-serious-special-counsel-s-new-focus-could-threaten-trump-s-piggy-bank-190400069848

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* "God’s Army Gathers in Fort Worth:" https://www.texasobserver.org/gods-army-gathers-in-fort-worth/

* "'Active club' hate groups are growing in the U.S. — and making themselves seen:" https://www.npr.org/2023/07/19/1188111769/active-club-hate-groups

* "Attacks at US medical centers show why health care is one of the nation’s most violent fields:" https://apnews.com/article/hospitals-workplace-violence-shootings-aa6918569ff8f76ff8a15b9813e31686

* "Vile scenes as gun-touting neo-Nazis storm Pride event demanding 'blood':" https://www.the-express.com/news/us-news/107061/wisconsin-neo-nazis-blood-tribe-pride-lgbtq-protest

* "Illinois fights gun lobby to ban marketing guns to little kids:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/illinois-fights-gun-lobby-to-ban-marketing-guns-to-little-kids-190317637765

* "Given Montgomery’s history, it was no surprise Black people rushed to defend the dockworker, locals say:" https://www.nbcnews.com/news/nbcblk/montgomerys-history-led-to-black-people-helping-dockworker-rcna98934

* "Let's talk about the Montgomery Docks....:"

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* "Trump judge orders lawyers to take ‘religious-liberty training’ from Christian ‘hate group’:" https://www.thepinknews.com/2023/08/10/southwest-airlines-religious-liberty-alliance-defending-freedom/

* "Stephen Miller's group seeks to fight "racial preferences" with ... racial preferences:" https://www.lawdork.com/p/stephen-miller-america-first-legal-diversity

* "Hillsborough schools cut back on Shakespeare, citing new Florida rules:" https://www.tampabay.com/news/education/2023/08/07/hillsborough-schools-cut-back-shakespeare-citing-new-florida-rules/

* "Censoring Shakespeare in schools is ‘a form of indoctrination’, scholar says:" https://www.thepinknews.com/2023/08/11/shakespeare-censor-florida-schools-indoctrination/

* "Did Florida Education Dept. Approve Climate-Denial Content Comparing Climate Science to Nazism?:" https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/florida-education-prageru-kids-climate-denial/

* "World Bank cuts off finance to Uganda over ‘deeply repressive’ anti-LGBTQ+ law:" https://www.thepinknews.com/2023/08/09/world-bank-uganda-lgbtq/

* "Venezuelan LGBTQ+ activists demand justice for 33 men arrested over sauna visit:" https://www.thepinknews.com/2023/08/12/venezuela-valencia-33-gay-men-detained-sauna/

* "Wearing a rainbow Swatch could land you with three years in jail in Malaysia:" https://www.thepinknews.com/2023/08/11/rainbow-swatch-malaysia-lgbtq/

* "Pop fans report ban on rainbow clothing at concert in China:" https://www.thepinknews.com/2023/08/07/china-lgbtq-concert-rainbow-a-mei/

* "Iraq to ban the words ‘homosexual’ and ‘gender’:" https://www.thepinknews.com/2023/08/10/iraq-homosexual-ban/

* I wish the straight liberals would stop pretending he's an ally. He's not. Slightly less horrible is still horrible. "Pope says Church open to LGBTQ+ people but ‘there are laws’:" https://www.thepinknews.com/2023/08/07/pope-church-lgbtq-laws-world-youth-day/

* "LGBTQ+ Scots ‘don’t realise their rights are being breached’ – but Human Rights Bill could help:" https://www.thepinknews.com/2023/08/10/human-rights-bill-equality-network-scotland/

* "John Nicolson MP warns Scotland faces ‘explosion of imported transphobia from US’:" https://www.thepinknews.com/2023/08/12/john-nicolson-mp-edinburgh-fringe-imported-transphobia/

* "Growing number of Brits view trans people negatively, YouGov study finds:" https://www.thepinknews.com/2023/08/11/yougov-lgbt-attitudes-trans/

* Before you say "Duh," water is wet studies are essential for things like court cases and persuading lawmakers and people who are low information, etc.. "Almost no one who has top surgery regrets it, study says:" https://www.thepinknews.com/2023/08/10/top-surgery-study-regret-rate/

* "Trans people allegedly waiting up to 35 years for first appointment on NHS:" https://www.thepinknews.com/2023/08/07/nhs-wait-times-trans-healthcare-porterbrook/

* "Oklahoma Governor Orders State to Use Anti-Trans Definition of Gender:" https://www.advocate.com/politics/gender-definition-oklahoma

* "Indiana Trans Students Will Continue to Access Appropriate Facilities:" https://www.advocate.com/law/transgender-restroom-rights-indiana

* "Pennsylvania Trans Man Wins Court Case Over Name Change:" https://www.advocate.com/law/court-grans-trans-name-change

* "Teen suspect in O’Shae Sibley killing pleads not guilty:" https://www.thepinknews.com/2023/08/12/o-shae-sibley-killing-suspect-pleads-not-guilty/

* "Former Minister Admits to Murder of Detroit Trans Woman Kelly Stough:" https://www.advocate.com/crime/kelly-stough-murdered-pleaded-guilty

* "Transgender Woman Violently Attacked in Palm Springs, Video Shows:" https://www.advocate.com/crime/palm-springs-trans-woman-attacked

* "Illinois Anti-Trans Teen’s Story Exposed as False:" https://www.assignedmedia.org/breaking-news/illinois-ymca-wheeler-protest-transgender

* "Lesbian officer awarded $2.6 million after decades of discrimination:" https://www.thepinknews.com/2023/08/12/lesbian-ohio-highway-patrol-officer-discremination-lawsuit/

* "History-making trans rabbi wants young people to find joy and ‘spiritual connection’:" https://www.thepinknews.com/2023/08/06/trans-non-binary-rabbi-elliot-kukla-lgbtq-youth/

* "Badminton England bans trans women from female competitions:" https://www.thepinknews.com/2023/08/11/badminton-england-trans/

* "Good Omens star David Tennant praises show’s message of inclusivity following religious backlash:" https://www.thepinknews.com/2023/08/11/good-omens-david-tennant-religious-backlash-inclusivity/

* "Barbie banned in Kuwait and facing censor review in Lebanon for ‘promoting homosexuality’:" https://www.thepinknews.com/2023/08/10/barbie-ban-kuwait-lebanon-promoting-homosexuality/

* "COVID-19 hospitalizations in the US are on the rise again, but not like before:" https://apnews.com/article/covid-cases-hospitalizations-increasing-9a831de37210c53c1ee48a30ad2ee611

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* "Climate change made July hotter for almost every human on Earth:" https://apnews.com/article/climate-change-heat-cause-global-warming-3d7d0ee31e022aab535adf57b54618ac

* "In Phoenix Heat, Ice-Filled Body Bags Are a Life-Saving Technology:" https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-07-26/in-phoenix-heat-ice-filled-body-bags-are-a-life-saving-technology

* "Portugal battles wildfires as temperatures soar, more than 1,000 evacuated:" https://www.france24.com/en/europe/20230809-portugal-battles-wildfires-as-temperatures-soar-more-than-1-000-evacuated

* "Out-of-control wildfires still burn in Quebec:" https://www.vermontpublic.org/show/vermont-edition/2023-08-08/out-of-control-wildfires-still-burn-in-quebec

* "Maui fires live updates: Death toll rises to 55 as Hawaii battles blazes:" https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/live-blog/maui-fires-live-updates-lahaina-rcna99396

* "Some Fire Survivors Say Flames Reached Them Before Evacuation Orders:" https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/10/us/lahaina-maui-fires-evacuation-orders.html

* "Lahaina’s historic and cultural treasures go up in smoke:" https://www.staradvertiser.com/2023/08/10/hawaii-news/lahainas-historic-and-cultural-treasures-go-up-in-smoke/

* "What was lost in Lahaina, a glittering jewel of the Hawaiian Kingdom:" https://www.nationalgeographic.com/premium/article/lahaina-maui-lost-cultural-history-hawaii-kingdom

* "How the history of Lahaina compounds the tragedy of the Maui fire devastation:" https://www.msnbc.com/alex-wagner-tonight/watch/how-the-history-of-lahaina-compounds-the-tragedy-of-the-maui-fire-devastation-190602821670

* "Hawaii wildfires reduce parts of Maui to ‘smoldering, toxic mess’:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/hawaii-wildfires-reduce-parts-of-maui-to-smoldering-toxic-mess-190678085817

* Want to help the people of Maui?

Maui Food Bank: https://mauifoodbank.org/

Maui Humane Society: https://www.mauihumanesociety.org/

Center for Native Hawaiian Advancement: https://www.memberplanet.com/campaign/cnhamembers/kakoomaui

Hawai'i Red Cross: https://www.redcross.org/local/hawaii/ways-to-donate.html

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* "The Other Greenhouse Gas:" https://www.reuters.com/graphics/FOOD-WASTE/METHANE/gdpzwqwqovw/

* "It's hot out there. A new analysis shows it's much worse if you're in a city:" https://www.npr.org/2023/07/26/1190071137/its-hot-out-there-a-new-analysis-shows-its-much-worse-if-youre-in-a-city

* "How concrete, asphalt and urban heat islands add to the misery of heat waves:" https://www.reuters.com/graphics/CLIMATE-CHANGE/URBAN-HEAT/zgpormdkevd/

* "Minnesota cities can no longer mandate turf grass lawns:" https://minnesotareformer.com/briefs/minnesota-cities-can-no-longer-mandate-turf-grass-lawns/

* "Hold Shell Accountable | Youth & Climate:"

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* "Twitter threatens legal action against nonprofit group that monitors hate speech:" https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/tech-news/twitter-threatens-legal-action-nonprofit-group-monitors-hate-speech-rcna97265

* "‘Yeah that was too far’: Private Facebook chats for Gavin Wax’s Liberty Conservative littered with racial slurs, Holocaust jokes:" https://www.dailydot.com/debug/liberty-conservative-leaked-chats-gavin-was/

* "News Corp beats profit estimates on cost cuts, touts AI boost to future sales:" https://www.reuters.com/business/media-telecom/news-corp-reports-9-fall-quarterly-revenue-2023-08-10/

* "Devs casually expose far-reaching loading bar conspiracy: 'People just don’t trust one that's too quick':" https://www.pcgamer.com/devs-casually-expose-far-reaching-loading-bar-conspiracy-people-just-dont-trust-one-thats-too-quick/

* "The Coming Enshittification of Public Libraries:" https://karawynn.substack.com/p/the-coming-enshittification-of-public-libraries?utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web

* "The Brooklyn Boys:" https://www.msnbc.com/msnbc-podcast/rachel-maddow-presents-ultra/episode-2-brooklyn-boys-n1299377

* "The Civil-Rights Showdown Nobody Remembers:" https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2023/08/07/the-civil-rights-showdown-nobody-remembers

* "New Jersey Lt. Gov. Sheila Oliver Dead at 71:" https://www.advocate.com/obituaries/sheila-oliver-dead71

* "The Ones We Sent Away:" https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2023/09/disabled-children-institutionalization-history/674763/

* "Summer camp in California gives Jewish children of color a haven to be different together:" https://apnews.com/article/jewish-summer-camp-diversity-race-black-125bf76a5584890e981aa6ecb9d01e80

* "Saga Brief 21 – Interpreting the Past (Part 1) – Modern Perceptions of the Viking Age with Verena Höfig and Zachary Melton:" https://sagathingpodcast.wordpress.com/2021/04/18/saga-brief-21-interpreting-the-past-part-1-modern-perceptions-of-the-viking-age-with-verena-hofig-and-zachary-melton/

* "Story Corps - Still the One:"

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* "Everything Trans People Have In Common With The Knights Templar In The Public Imagination:" https://www.thechatner.com/p/modern-headline-about-young-trans

* I haven't written much about my doings lately. Enough has been going on, I forget what i've written and what I hadn't. The air outside is hot and muggy which is exhausting for me, and thus I've been even slower than usual about most things, needing more rest.

Friday a week ago, I learned that I've shrunk a full inch. I remember my mother shrinking. it was particularly obvious because while we spoke on the phone a great deal, we only saw each other every few years. They don't measure one often as an adult, so it was still a surprise. I had attributed my difficulty in reaching things to the deterioration of my arms. I think I also unconsciously associate shrinking with white hair, and the individual gray strands are still only visible in certain lights. I am fully aware of all the other deterioration. I started developing jowls this spring, for example, and I now am apt to fall over when i pick things up off the floor. I suspect i am ddeveloping the beginnings of a hump. Still, i hadn't thought about shrinking and an inch feels like a lot.

We are now two weeks in a row of no friday morning cleaner. Last time Tavy panicked when Forage delivery arrived because he KNOWS the cleanedr arrives first. He kept trying to enlist me to go search the bushes in case his cleaner was lost in there. This week, he took it more calmly.

We had a good time at the lake last Sunday, but made an essential error. We decided to try a different section and it was rockier and shallow for a much longer distance. My strategy is to hang on to a helper until in is just deep enough for me to drop down and move like one of those fish evolving to walk until it's deep enough to really swim. It took ages to get deep enough not to drag myself across rocks. The spot we'd picked for our base camp was nice though. Better sand, better view, better shade, less crowded. I'm never going in that way again, but we make keep picking it for picnics.

* Good Omens 2 Job and Buddy Holly: Spoilers, Obviously.

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* Dracula: How long did the captain suspect the first mate? https://www.tumblr.com/vickyvicarious/724662216121597952/there-were-two-lines-in-particular-that-stood-out?source=share

* Dracula and the SPCA: https://www.tumblr.com/gwydionmisha/725257430383181824/yeah-the-animal-rights-thing-was-very-much-a-back?source=share

* "Middle-aged magical girl. She's been defending the Earth since the early 90s and she's very tired.:" https://www.tumblr.com/theabigailthorn/725164175075295232?source=share

* "Midnight Pals: Delete the Data, Dan Backslide:" https://www.tumblr.com/bitterkarella/725116027143372800/midnight-pals-delete-the-data-dan-backslide?source=share

* "Midnight Pals: Sting:" https://www.tumblr.com/bitterkarella/725212319794249728/midnight-pals-sting?source=share

* "Midnight Pals: Pun Times:" https://www.tumblr.com/bitterkarella/725478420733214720/midnight-pals-pun-times?source=share

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

The help links are at the bottom under the cut.

* Want to help the people of Maui?

Maui Food Bank: https://mauifoodbank.org/

Maui Humane Society: https://www.mauihumanesociety.org/

Center for Native Hawaiian Advancement: https://www.memberplanet.com/campaign/cnhamembers/kakoomaui

Hawai'i Red Cross: https://www.redcross.org/local/hawaii/ways-to-donate.html

* Want to help queer folk in Russia?

Queer Svit - https://queersvit.taplink.ws/ Helping LGBTQ+ and BIPOC аffected by the war and political repressions
Center-T - https://centre-t.com/english Helping transgender people in Russia
КилькоТ-Действие - https://boosty.to/kilkota
Delo LGBT+ - https://www.delo.lgbt/ || https://boosty.to/delolgbt

* BPAL Charity Fundraiser "TRIUMPH IN MY SONG:" https://blackphoenixalchemylab.com/product-category/activism/triumph-in-my-song/

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

* "DIY Box Fan Air Filter Directions:" https://aghealth.ucdavis.edu/sites/g/files/dgvnsk261/files/inline-files/DIY%20Air%20Purifier%20Directions_English.Spanish_0.pdf

* Useful state of trans links for making an arguement that we are real and nead human and civil rights: https://www.tumblr.com/gwydionmisha/722268284819570688/you-are-a-great-source-of-news-and-information-and?source=share

* Fundraiser to help some friends of a friend survive: https://www.gofundme.com/f/help-tara-candice-survive-unemployment

* Minoan miss needs funds to get around for training: https://minoanmiss.dreamwidth.org/1232423.html#cutid1

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

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

* I admit to having a wicked good time tormenting myself and other history geeks with my polls: https://www.tumblr.com/gwydpolls

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* I probably lost some things in the crash, but I'm too tired to work it out.

* "Turkey gives green light to Swedish NATO membership bid:" https://www.reuters.com/world/turkey-sweden-locked-talks-break-impasse-over-nato-membership-2023-07-10/

* "Putin's war on Ukraine backfires as NATO set to expand again:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/putin-s-war-on-ukraine-backfires-as-nato-set-to-expand-again-187430981956

* "NATO skirts final call on Ukraine membership, leaving unity-testing fight for later :" https://www.politico.eu/article/nato-skirts-final-call-on-ukraine-membership-leaving-unity-testing-fight-for-later/

* "Biden deems idea of Ukraine NATO membership as ‘premature’:" https://www.politico.com/news/2023/07/09/biden-deems-ukraine-nato-membership-premature-00105321

* "Israel May Have Committed War Crimes in Jenin Operation, UN Palestinian Rights Official Says:" https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/2023-07-06/ty-article/.premium/israel-may-have-committed-war-crimes-in-jenin-raid-un-palestinian-rights-official-says/00000189-2a7b-dcb5-a5df-6f7f370a0000

* "New migrant tragedy at sea changes little as EU leaders forge ahead with tougher borders plans:" https://apnews.com/article/migration-eu-summit-libya-turkey-borders-refugees-eab33d5169ae1c147e0dc5b2dc1f8266

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* Russia has been using them on Ukrainian civilians for some time. "U.S. approves cluster bombs despite humanitarian concerns:" https://www.politico.com/news/2023/07/07/u-s-approves-cluster-bombs-in-latest-ukraine-weapons-transfer-00105234

* I am really alarmed. "One Ukrainian soldier had six extensively drug-resistant bacterial infections:" https://arstechnica.com/health/2023/07/ukraine-war-spurs-horrifying-rise-in-extensively-drug-resistant-bacteria/

* "A Boy’s Life on the Front Lines:" https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2023/06/26/magazine/ukraine-war-childhood.html

* "Thousands of Ukraine civilians are being held in Russian prisons. Russia plans to build many more:" https://apnews.com/article/ukraine-russia-prisons-civilians-torture-detainees-88b4abf2efbf383272eed9378be13c72

* "The Children Russia Kidnapped:" https://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2023/07/russia-kidnapping-abducting-ukrainian-children/674535/

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* "U.S. drone strike kills Islamic State leader in Syria, Defense Department says :" https://www.politico.com/news/2023/07/09/drone-strike-islamic-state-leader-syria-00105334

* "Where Clarence Thomas Entered an Elite Circle and Opened a Door to the Court:" https://www.nytimes.com/2023/07/09/us/clarence-thomas-horatio-alger-association.html

* "NYT: Clarence Thomas gave elite group 'unusual' access to Supreme Court:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/nyt-clarence-thomas-gave-elite-group-unusual-access-to-supreme-court-187414085847

* "Civil rights dominoes set to fall as conservative activists get Supreme Court's message:" https://www.msnbc.com/alex-wagner-tonight/watch/civil-rights-dominoes-set-to-fall-as-conservative-activists-get-supreme-court-s-message-188522053560

* "White House slams John Cornyn for infrastructure vote amid ‘Bidenomics’ push:" https://www.houstonchronicle.com/politics/texas/article/cornyn-biden-broadband-funding-18175221.php

* "Biden laughs at Tuberville hailing Alabama broadband funds he voted against, reviving feud with senator:" https://www.al.com/politics/2023/07/biden-laughs-at-tuberville-hailing-alabama-broadband-funds-he-voted-against-reviving-feud-with-senator.html

* "US Rep. Nancy Mace endorses Charleston bus project. But she voted against its funding.:" https://www.postandcourier.com/politics/us-rep-nancy-mace-endorses-charleston-bus-project-but-she-voted-against-its-funding/article_687b1c16-15cb-11ee-b76d-277e7ee0749f.html

* "Buttigieg calls out opponents of infrastructure bill now trying to take credit:" https://www.msnbc.com/alex-wagner-tonight/watch/buttigieg-calls-out-opponents-of-infrastructure-bill-now-trying-to-take-credit-187643973878

* "Read SAG-AFTRA President Fran Drescher’s fiery speech announcing actors’ strike:" https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/business/story/2023-07-13/fran-drescher-speech-actors-strike-sag-aftra-strike-press-conference

* "'Complete disrespect': Fran Drescher, SAG-AFTRA president, rages at media execs over impasse:" https://www.msnbc.com/alex-wagner-tonight/watch/-complete-disrespect-fran-drescher-sag-aftra-president-rages-at-media-execs-over-impasse-188373061828

* Why the Actor's strike is important: https://www.tumblr.com/thirddoctor/722802911553437696?source=share

* "GOP’s Bombshell Anti-Biden Witness Has a Wee Credibility Problem Why does this keep happening?:" https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2023/07/gal-luft-gop-biden-witness-charged-china-justice-department-comer.html

* "'Failure': Raskin on missing GOP ‘informant’ turning out to be fugitive:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/-failure-raskin-on-missing-gop-informant-turning-out-to-be-fugitive-187630661543

* "McCarthy claims indictment of GOP 'informant' only makes Biden case 'stronger':" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/mccarthy-claims-indictment-of-gop-informant-only-makes-biden-case-stronger-188365381745

* "As GOP works the law enforcement refs for Trump, important policing issues go fallow:" https://www.msnbc.com/alex-wagner-tonight/watch/as-gop-works-the-law-enforcement-refs-for-trump-important-policing-issues-go-fallow-188084293657

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

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

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

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

* Ohioans please vote! Early Voting has already started! "Ohio Republicans piling on in seeking closed primaries on top of Issue 1 affront:" https://www.cleveland.com/opinion/2023/07/ohio-republicans-piling-on-in-seeking-closed-primaries-on-top-of-issue-1-affront-editorial.html

* "Ohio Issue 1 isn’t about any one issue — It’s about every issue and the power Ohio voters have:" https://ohiocapitaljournal.com/2023/07/11/ohio-issue-1-isnt-about-any-one-issue-its-about-every-issue-and-the-power-ohio-voters-have/

* "‘Desperate’: Ohio Republicans pull ‘brazen stunt’ to undermine abortion rights:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/-desperate-ohio-republicans-pull-brazen-stunt-to-undermine-abortion-rights-188514373750

* "WA transgender youth bill targeted in national culture war:" https://crosscut.com/politics/2023/05/wa-transgender-youth-bill-targeted-national-culture-war

* "Editorial: Ballot measure isn’t about parental rights:" https://www.heraldnet.com/opinion/editorial-ballot-measure-isnt-about-parental-rights/

* "No, Washington Did Not Just Pass a Law Allowing the State to Kidnap and Transgenderify Children:" https://www.thestranger.com/news/2023/04/19/78955501/no-washington-did-not-just-pass-a-law-allowing-the-state-to-kidnap-and-transgenderify-children

* "Conspiratorial election denial bad for business pillow guy learns; GOP does damage control:" https://www.msnbc.com/alex-wagner-tonight/watch/conspiratorial-election-denial-bad-for-business-pillow-guy-learns-gop-does-damage-control-188084805617

* "Abortion complicates 2024 outlook as Republicans gear up for Iowa and primary season:" https://www.msnbc.com/alex-wagner-tonight/watch/abortion-complicates-2024-outlook-as-republicans-gear-up-for-iowa-and-primary-season-187636805929

* "GOP candidates court anti-abortion crowd; count on mass amnesia for general election:" https://www.msnbc.com/alex-wagner-tonight/watch/gop-candidates-court-anti-abortion-crowd-count-on-mass-amnesia-for-general-election-188084805859

* "We Investigated the Deepest, Darkest Corners of the Internet to Understand Ron DeSantis’ Bizarre New Video:" https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2023/07/08/ron-desantis-memes-lgbtq-ad-00105238

* He's targeting trans men specifically. "Why Ron DeSantis is emailing his supporters about men getting pregnant:" https://www.politico.com/news/2023/06/30/desantis-campaign-cash-gop-voters-00104323"

* "The Sequel Will Be Worse. Trump’s former Justice Department officials fear a second term.:" https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2023/07/trumps-ex-justice-department-officials-fear-a-second-term.html

* "‘Retaliation’: Why Trump’s former DOJ officials fear a second term:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/-retaliation-why-trump-s-former-doj-officials-fear-a-second-term-187412037687

* "A Small Town’s Fourth of July: Flags, a 5K and Trump’s Attacks on American Institutions:" https://www.nytimes.com/2023/07/01/us/politics/trump-pickens-independence-day.html

* "These are the 5 state driver's licenses no longer valid in Florida under new immigration law:" https://www.nbcmiami.com/news/local/these-are-the-5-state-drivers-licenses-no-longer-valid-in-florida-under-new-immigration-law/3066073/

* "Misfire’: Floridians already feeling economic effect of DeSantis immigration law:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/-misfire-floridians-already-feeling-economic-effect-of-desantis-immigration-law-187412038002

* Who was it who said a gaffe is saying what you really believe by accident? "Tommy Tuberville reverses his claim that white nationalists are unfairly labeled racist:" https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/tommy-tuberville-triples-claim-white-nationalists-unfairly-labeled/story?id=101095697

* "‘Embarrassing’: Ex-Alabama Senator rips Tuberville's white nationalist remarks:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/-embarrassing-ex-alabama-senator-rips-tuberville-s-white-nationalist-remarks-188078661661

* "Ex-GOP Ohio House speaker sentenced to 20 years for role in $60M bribery scheme; appeal expected:" https://apnews.com/article/bribery-investigation-ohio-speaker-householder-sentenced-7ff5163a7d1fdbbfe6570ed34c7a7f67

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* "Disciplinary panel calls for Rudy Giuliani’s disbarment:" https://www.politico.com/news/2023/07/07/disciplinary-panel-calls-for-rudy-giulianis-disbarment-00105220

* "Attorney ethics case against Trump ally Clark moves forward in DC:" https://www.reuters.com/legal/legalindustry/attorney-ethics-case-against-trump-ally-clark-moves-forward-dc-2023-07-07/

* "DOJ won’t defend Trump in Carroll rape defamation case anymore:" https://www.cnbc.com/2023/07/11/doj-trump-in-carroll-rape-defamation-case.html

* "A grand jury sworn in Tuesday could decide whether Trump is charged over Georgia’s 2020 election:" https://apnews.com/article/trump-georgia-election-investigation-grand-jury-0cfd32492da81697879b8c8ac00f8c83

* "Trump wants classified documents trial delayed until after 2024 election:" https://www.politico.com/news/2023/07/11/trump-classified-documents-trial-date-2024-00105565

* "New targets suggest new indictments likely in Trump cases: new reports:" https://www.msnbc.com/alex-wagner-tonight/watch/new-targets-suggest-new-indictments-likely-in-trump-cases-new-reports-188521029990

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* "Let's talk about a judge's quotes at a hearing...:"

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* The republican mainstream and literal Neo-NAZIs Venn Diagram is a circle. "College Republicans Convention to Host White Nationalist Nick Fuentes:" https://newrepublic.com/post/174204/college-republicans-united-convention-antisemite-nick-fuentes

* "US citizenship test changes are coming, raising concerns for those with low English skills:" https://apnews.com/article/new-citizenship-test-naturalization-immigrants-immigration-c074aa1c92b226b4960485fb26d0f4fa

* "Immigration policies don’t deter migrants from coming to the US – Title 42 and the border rules replacing it only make the process longer and more difficult :" https://theconversation.com/immigration-policies-dont-deter-migrants-from-coming-to-the-us-title-42-and-the-border-rules-replacing-it-only-make-the-process-longer-and-more-difficult-200776

* "Domestic terrorism charges in Georgia are prompting concern over political repression:" https://www.npr.org/2023/06/28/1184782128/cop-city-atlanta-domestic-terrorism

* "A Police K-9 Took This Man’s Eye:"

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* This decision is shameful. "Oklahoma judge dismisses Tulsa race massacre reparations case filed by last known survivors:" https://www.cnn.com/2023/07/08/us/tulsa-race-massacre-reparations-case/index.html

* "Judge dismisses Tulsa reparations case as California reparations task force unveils final report:" https://www.msnbc.com/jonathan-capehart/watch/judge-dismisses-tulsa-reparations-case-as-california-reparations-task-force-unveils-final-report-187273285822

* "'This isn't over': Demand for national reparations intensifies after dismissal of Tulsa lawsuit:" https://news.yahoo.com/this-isnt-over-demand-for-national-reparations-intensifies-after-dismissal-of-tulsa-lawsuit-201152753.html

* "With race-based admissions no longer an option, states may imitate Texas Top 10% Plan:" https://www.texastribune.org/2023/06/29/texas-college-top-ten-percent-plan-supreme-court/

* The Republican War on Capitalism, Child Safety, and Free Expression continues. Note they are saying that a simple display of a rainbow constitutes pedophilia as part of their campaign to trivialize CSA. "7 Republican AGs write to Target, say Pride month campaigns could violate their state’s child protection laws:" https://amp.cnn.com/cnn/2023/07/08/business/target-attorneys-general-pride-month/index.html

* "Inside Moms for Liberty’s summit: Big money and even bigger conspiracy theories:" https://www.mediamatters.org/moms-liberty/inside-moms-libertys-summit-big-money-and-even-bigger-conspiracy-theories?fbclid=IwAR1HHHab7Z60Hq7HA_-C_OsGM-8TR2FOU-Lzv0pJwXpAE5n8akFBisXzUZw

* This means libraries can't let children read e-books to get around government censorship. "HOOPLA, OVERDRIVE/LIBBY NOW BANNED FOR THOSE UNDER 18 IN MISSISSIPPI:" https://bookriot.com/hoopla-overdrive-libby-now-banned-for-those-under-18-in-mississippi/

* CW: CSA. "BBC suspends presenter alleged to have paid teen for sexually explicit photos:" https://www.thepinknews.com/2023/07/09/bbc-explict-photos-teen-presenter-suspended/

* CW: CSA "BBC presenter: Second young person comes forward with allegations:" https://www.thepinknews.com/2023/07/11/bbc-presenter-second-young-person/

* CW: CSA "Huw Edwards named as BBC presenter suspended over sexual images claim:" https://www.thepinknews.com/2023/07/12/bbc-presenter-huw-edwards/

* CW: Abuse "Fans Built Her an Internet Empire. Now They’re Tearing It Down:" https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-features/colleen-ballinger-miranda-sings-youtube-fans-allegations-1234774947/

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* "'Stop killing us': Polish women protest against strict anti-abortion law:" https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/stop-killing-us-polish-women-protest-against-strict-anti-abortion-law-2023-06-14/

* "It’s Almost Impossible to Get an Abortion in Poland. These Women Crossed the Border to Germany for Help:" https://time.com/poland-abortion-laws-protest/

* "Poland sees peril for women of extreme, ill-considered abortion bans:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/poland-sees-peril-for-women-of-extreme-ill-considered-abortion-bans-187296837924

* The Republican War on Freedom continues. "Most abortions now banned in Iowa after Gov. Kim Reynolds signs 'fetal heartbeat' law:" https://www.desmoinesregister.com/story/news/politics/2023/07/14/iowa-abortion-ban-six-weeks-gov-kim-reynolds-signs-law-republicans-special-session-fetal-heartbeat/70398800007/

* For your own safety, I beg you not to give Meta's Facebook or Threads any of your data. "Teen and mom plead guilty to abortion charges based on Facebook data:" https://techcrunch.com/2023/07/11/teen-and-mom-plead-guilty-to-abortion-charges-based-on-facebook-data/

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* I admit, I wept when I realized some of the women were older than me. So few are still here, but there they are living their best lives. "Kristen Lovell, co-director of 'The Stroll,' knows sex work is real work:" https://www.npr.org/2023/07/06/1186278193/kristen-lovell-co-director-of-the-stroll-knows-sex-work-is-real-work

* "Hollyoaks star Annie Wallace expertly breaks down why so-called ‘trans ideology’ doesn’t exist:" https://www.thepinknews.com/2023/07/11/hollyoaks-actress-annie-wallace-sally-st-claire-trans-ideology/

* "Polish judge backs ‘homosexuals molest children’ claim in ‘shameful’ ruling:" https://www.thepinknews.com/2023/07/10/poland-pride-van-lgbt/

* "Trans woman found ‘brutally murdered’ in her own home in Greece:" https://www.thepinknews.com/2023/07/11/trans-woman-murdered-greece-anna-ivankova/

* "EuroPride slams Georgian government ‘incompetence’ after Tbilisi Pride attack:" https://www.thepinknews.com/2023/07/11/europride-georgia-tbilisi-pride-attack/

* "US ambassador to host Pride party in defiance of Hungary’s anti-LGBTQ+ PM:" https://www.thepinknews.com/2023/07/15/david-pressman-hungary-us-viktor-orban-budapest-pride/

* "Nepal makes history as first South Asian country to recognise same-sex marriage:" https://www.thepinknews.com/2023/07/09/nepal-same-sex-marriage-supreme-court-ruling/

* "Latvia swears in EU’s first openly gay president:" https://www.thepinknews.com/2023/07/10/latvia-edgars-rinkevics-president-gay/

* "‘Straight pride’ photo lands Canadian politician Danielle Smith in hot water:" https://www.thepinknews.com/2023/07/11/straight-pride-photo-lands-canadian-politician-danielle-smith-in-hot-water/

* "Draft civil service gender policy would ban most trans employees from bathrooms:" https://www.thepinknews.com/2023/07/12/civil-servants-trans-guidelines-gender-critical/

* "Government’s job to decide the definition of sex in Equality Act, says EHRC boss:" https://www.thepinknews.com/2023/07/12/ehrc-sex-definition-women-and-equalities-committee-trans/

* "MPs blast government for ‘unacceptable stress’ caused to LGBTQ+ community by conversion-therapy ban delay:" https://www.thepinknews.com/2023/07/12/conversion-therapy-ban-conservative-government-lgbtq/

* "Appeal against spiralling trans healthcare wait times argues NHS ‘breached legal duty’:" https://www.thepinknews.com/2023/07/12/court-of-appeal-good-law-project-nhs/

* "Oxfam, Samaritans and 100 other charities sign pledge to support trans and non-binary people:" https://www.thepinknews.com/2023/07/10/oxfam-samaritans-charities-sign-trans-rights-pledge/

* Vanderbilt University agrees with Republicans that HIPAA doesn't apply to trans people as we have no legal or human rights so turned over unredacted medical records not only without a fight, but without telling them thus outing and endangering their patients. Medical ethics? What medical ethics? "Tennessee A.G. uses private medical records in Republican campaign against trans people:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/tennessee-a-g-uses-private-medical-records-in-republican-campaign-against-trans-people-187444805726

* "US hair salon refuses to serve some trans customers after Supreme Court ruling:" https://www.thepinknews.com/2023/07/12/hair-salon-refuses-trans-non-binary/

* "Thousands of congregations disaffiliate from national church over LGBTQ+ issues:" https://www.thepinknews.com/2023/07/10/united-methodist-church-split-lgbtq/

* "Olympian Caster Semenya wins appeal at European Court of Human Rights over testosterone rules:" https://www.thepinknews.com/2023/07/11/caster-semenya-wins-appeal/

* "World cycling body bans trans women from female categories: ‘Impossible to rule out advantage’ :" https://www.thepinknews.com/2023/07/15/uci-cycling-trans-women-sports-ban/

* "The unspoken struggles of being a high masking Autistic:"

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* "The One-Shot Drug That Keeps on Dosing:" https://www.wired.com/story/the-one-shot-drug-that-keeps-on-dosing/

* "Maternal deaths in the US more than doubled over two decades. Black mothers died at the highest rate:" https://apnews.com/article/black-maternal-mortality-american-indian-hispanic-deaths-64da18fec80f8f1790aee2e9986a757e

* "Noise could take years off your life:" https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2023/06/09/health/noise-exposure-health-impacts.html?unlocked_article_code=VgkBNGRcsfA0ZGckA2c6C4_95DcpKhkw4NGIrwKX-8ptavShrG8nAVm2KYEtuEkcIfTq5KSxVQ8SY4pDMWDO3U2PRJW8ZgIxhMJXVUu1h-9Qz4UVcwLw01vCRBUvnD80w7hC0baJCGFht_zJz4PbfW3ErJ2PNSd-u-3Mug1C3_45_ryX7kOTGxpQ-1qc3GjUIF4r-1rpHSiHHXv3EaKPUtEJd82-nPycZ-jouwVlp5pnliNRTR5z77PB_-fCtzQVBH_5D-JLOrifP__okHrdkFaD8TnnPLWfAyNFJwItEoBYI2H-ccP7E10kPoS6smyQ91AinKUYyWRCIyOPZ3HefifY1p3r1yAsbYb8wzLB8dLnrgHwlWE&smid=url-share

* "They Followed Doctors’ Orders. Then Their Children Were Taken Away.:" https://www.nytimes.com/2023/06/29/magazine/pregnant-women-medication-suboxonbabies.html/

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* "It’s even hot in Antarctica, where it’s winter:" https://www.vox.com/climate/23792828/antarctica-heat-wave-sea-ice-level-record-el-nino

* "Record-breaking heat scorches communities around the world:" https://apnews.com/article/heat-climate-change-global-warming-hot-recordbreaking-heat-b87a7cd3bb8f70692d433cb06877975b

* "Coast-to-coast heat dome sends temperatures soaring, threatens all-time records:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/weather/2023/07/13/heatwave-california-arizona-florida-texas-records/

* "Florida ocean temperatures at ‘downright shocking’ levels:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/weather/2023/07/10/florida-ocean-temperature-heat-records/

* "How Hot Is the Sea Off Florida Right Now? Think 90s Fahrenheit.:" https://www.nytimes.com/2023/07/12/climate/florida-ocean-temperatures-reefs.html

* "90 degree sea temperatures among 'most worrying signs’ of climate crisis:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/90-degree-sea-temperatures-among-most-worrying-signs-of-climate-crisis-188366917660

* "Record-breaking North Atlantic Ocean temperatures contribute to extreme marine heatwaves:" https://climate.copernicus.eu/record-breaking-north-atlantic-ocean-temperatures-contribute-extreme-marine-heatwaves

* "El Niño is back: Surging temperatures bring extreme weather and threaten lives:" https://www.euronews.com/green/2023/07/07/el-nino-is-back-heres-what-it-means-for-extreme-weather

* "A meteorologist got threats for his climate coverage. His new job is about solutions:" https://www.npr.org/2023/06/27/1184461263/iowa-meteorologist-harassment-climate-change-quits

* "Canadian Wildfires Burn a Record 25 Million Acres With No End in Sight:" https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-07-15/canadian-wildfires-burn-a-record-25-million-acres-with-no-end-in-sight

* "Canada sees its farthest-north 100-degree temperature as wildfires rage:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/weather/2023/07/10/canada-record-heat-wildfires-climate/

* "Campfire ban in place for most of B.C., state of emergency for Stikine announced as wildfire numbers spike:" https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/bc-wildfires-july-10-2023-1.6902150

* "Canadian wildfire dangers should prompt more proactive mitigation from government:" https://abcnews.go.com/US/canadian-wildfire-dangers-prompt-proactive-mitigation-government-experts/story?id=100478859

* "B.C. wildfire fighter, 19, died after being hit by falling tree while responding to blaze: RCMP:" https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/devyn-gale-bc-wildfire-fighter-dead-1.6907184

* "In fight against Canada fires, dancing South Africa crews are a familiar and uplifting sight:" https://apnews.com/article/canada-wildfires-south-africa-firefighters-smoke-ea13e9377f4696a80f30c17f7ea959dc

* "For some remote Canadian wildfires, best and fastest option is sending in the smokejumpers:" https://apnews.com/article/canada-wildfires-smoke-firefighters-smokejumpers-climate-ed33e70c86756119f631538becc9da29

* "The year of wildfire smoke: Why the U.S. faces a brutal season:" https://www.nbcnews.com/science/environment/year-wildfire-smoke-us-faces-brutal-season-rcna92453

* "Minnesota and Wisconsin issue air quality alerts amid a new round of Canada smoke:" https://www.npr.org/2023/07/15/1187943437/minnesota-wisconsin-midwest-air-quality-alert-smoke

* "Fast-moving fires force evacuations, char thousands of acres in Riverside County as heat wave continues:" https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2023-07-14/fires-force-evacuations-char-hundreds-of-acres-in-riverside-county

* "Wildfire in southwest Oregon puts up huge smoke column, burning near Agness:" https://www.statesmanjournal.com/story/news/2023/07/15/large-wildfire-reported-near-oak-flat-in-southwest-oregon-agness/70417528007/

* "India's monsoon rains flood Yamuna river in Delhi, forcing thousands to evacuate and grinding life to a halt:" https://www.cbsnews.com/news/india-monsoon-2023-delhi-flood-yamuna-river-record-water-level-deaths-evacuations/

* "Torrential rain, floods kill 22 across northern India:" https://www.reuters.com/world/india/torrential-rain-floods-kill-22-across-northern-india-2023-07-10/

* "Flash floods hit Spain after heavy rainfall; cars swept away, people trapped:" https://www.hindustantimes.com/world-news/flash-floods-hit-spain-after-heavy-rainfall-cars-swept-away-people-trapped-watch-101688868123707.html

* "Rare flash flood warning issued for New York as a woman dies trying to evacuate:" https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/rare-flash-flood-warning-issued-new-york-woman-dies-trying-evacuate-rcna93346

* "Vermont faces a rare high risk for flooding. Here’s why these days are so deadly and devastating:" https://www.cnn.com/2023/07/10/weather/vermont-flooding-high-risk-new-york/index.html

* "Five key factors that spurred the historic floods in Vermont, New York:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/weather/2023/07/11/vermont-flooding-cause/

* "Landslides and floods kill at least 22 as South Korea battered by torrential rains:" https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/south-korea-weather-landslides-torrential-rain-flooding-north-korea-rcna94415

* "In pricey Palos Verdes, the ocean view is great — until your house slides into a canyon:" https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2023-07-13/rolling-hills-estates-landslide-cause-palos-verdes-peninsula

* "Northern Mexico bakes as residents try to beat scorching heat:" https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/northern-mexico-bakes-residents-try-beat-scorching-heat-2023-07-14/

* "What 120 Degrees Looks Like in One of Mexico’s Hottest Cities:" https://www.nytimes.com/2023/07/06/world/americas/hermosillo-mexico-heat.html

* "One-third of Americans under heat alerts as blistering weather spreads from Southwest to California:" https://conuly.dreamwidth.org/3398221.html#cutid1

* "The Southwest Bakes With More Heat on the Way:" https://www.nytimes.com/2023/07/09/us/heat-southwest-arizona.html

* "New measures are being taken to reduce heat-related deaths in Phoenix:" https://www.npr.org/2023/07/10/1186827280/new-measures-are-being-taken-to-reduce-heat-related-deaths-in-phoenix

* "Emergency room visits surge, Texans die amid dangerous heat wave:" https://www.texastribune.org/2023/06/30/texas-heat-wave-deaths-illness/

* "As summer heats up, impacts of drought begin to appear in northwest Montana:" https://montanafreepress.org/2023/07/10/flathead-lake-at-precarious-level-as-drought-comes-to-northwest-montana/

* "Nearly 62,000 people died from record-breaking heat in Europe last summer. It’s a lesson for the US, too:" https://www.cnn.com/2023/07/10/world/deadly-europe-heatwave-2022-climate/index.html

* "How the Western drought has increased carbon emissions:" https://grist.org/energy/western-drought-hydropower-emissions-study/

* "Maryland asks some residents to conserve water amid drought conditions:" https://www.baltimoresun.com/news/environment/bs-md-water-conservation-drought-mde-20230710-fgd73j6vsve73j2frjizqg5ucy-story.html

* "Drought and extreme heat burn through farmers' margin for error — and it's only July:" https://www.nbcnews.com/business/drought-extreme-heat-burn-farmers-margin-error-only-july-rcna93862

* "Coachella Valley Rescue Mission Provides Homeless Resources in Extreme Heat:" https://nbcpalmsprings.com/2023/07/12/coachella-valley-rescue-mission-provides-homeless-resources-in-extreme-heat/

* "In Phoenix, Heat Becomes a Brutal Test of Endurance:" https://www.nytimes.com/2023/07/11/us/phoenix-heat-wave.html

* "Why is this city in the Keys the hottest spot in Florida? Weather service has answers:" https://www.miamiherald.com/news/weather-news/article277277108.html

* "‘Bud Light of insurance’: Florida official blames insurer crisis on wokeness:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/-bud-light-of-insurance-florida-official-blames-insurer-crisis-on-wokeness-188076101690

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* "Scottsdale bans natural grass in front yards of new houses to conserve water amid Arizona’s drought :" https://www.cnn.com/2023/07/13/us/scottsdale-arizona-grass-ban-new-houses/index.html

* "A Building Made From Cannabis? Yes, Seriously - With Hempcrete:" https://www.smartcitiesdive.com/ex/sustainablecitiescollective/building-made-cannabis-yes-seriously-hempcrete/324521/

* "Drive-thrus are creating problems for cities and towns:" https://www.cnn.com/2023/06/24/business/drive-thru-fast-food-chick-fil-a-urban-planning/index.html

* "The ACTUAL Danger of A.I. with Gary Marcus:"

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* "Tax preparers that shared private data with Meta, Google could be fined billions:" https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2023/07/meta-wont-say-what-happened-to-taxpayer-data-it-may-have-illegally-collected/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social

* "Far-right figures, including Nazi supporters, anti-gay extremists, and white supremacists, are flocking to Threads:" https://www.mediamatters.org/facebook/far-right-figures-including-nazi-supporters-anti-gay-extremists-and-white-supremacists-are

* "Meta’s vision for Threads is more mega-mall than public square:" https://techcrunch.com/2023/07/07/threads-shopping-mall-not-a-public-square/

* I stand by my avoidance of Facebook, Threads, and ChatGPT. "Hackers are increasingly using ChatGPT lures to spread malware on Facebook:" https://techcrunch.com/2023/05/03/malware-chatgpt-lures-facebook/

* "Facebook's Threads is so depressing:" https://jogblog.substack.com/p/facebooks-threads-is-so-depressing

* "Mark F***king Zuckerberg Is Not Your Friend:" https://catvalente.substack.com/p/mark-fking-zuckerberg-is-not-your

* "Elon Musk wants ‘d**k measuring contest’ with Mark Zuckerberg:" https://www.thepinknews.com/2023/07/10/elon-musk-wants-dk-measuring-contest-with-mark-zuckerberg/

* "Elon Musk and the dominance space:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2023/07/10/elon-musk-twitter-threads/

* "Twitter’s death spiral and what it means for LGBTQ+ rights:" https://www.thepinknews.com/2023/07/13/twitter-death-lgbtq/

* "“How is still being on Twitter, for whatever reason, actually ‘handing money’ to [Musk and his fascist project]?”:" https://solarbird.net/blog/2023/04/23/how-is-still-being-on-twitter-for-whatever-reason-actually-handing-money-to-musk-and-his-fascist-project/

* "Far-right Twitter influencers first on Elon Musk’s monetization scheme:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2023/07/13/twitter-creators-payments-right-wing/

* "Twitter Blue Accounts Are Spreading Misinformation About The War In Ukraine:" https://www.forbes.com/sites/petersuciu/2023/07/10/twitter-blue-accounts-are-spreading-misinformation-about-the-war-in-ukraine/?sh=77065a6f320f

* "Apple Is Taking On Apples in a Truly Weird Trademark Battle:" https://www.wired.com/story/apple-vs-apples-trademark-battle/

* "Pinanga Subterranea: New Species of Rare Palm Discovered to Flower Underground:" https://www.sciencetimes.com/articles/44551/20230627/pinanga-subterranea-new-species-rare-palm-discovered-flower-underground.htm

* "Summer is here. Where are the Fireflies?:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/interactive/2023/firefly-summer-extinction/

* "Flowers pollinated by honeybees make lower-quality seeds:" https://www.sciencenews.org/article/flowers-pollinate-honeybees-low-seeds

* "After being swallowed alive, water beetle stages 'backdoor' escape from frog's gut:" https://www.livescience.com/beetle-escape-frog-butt.html

* "Dolphin moms use baby talk to call to their young, recordings show:" https://apnews.com/article/dolphin-mothers-baby-talk-calves-cc0c189aa1b8e1298155b1ea78c1002a

* "What Did Viking Town Houses Look Like? And Where Did They Poop?:"

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* "Reflections In The Shadow of Tahoma: Nettie J. Asberry:" https://www.tacomaartslive.org/terms/583-in-the-shadow-of-tahoma-nettie-j-asberry

* "A hundred years on from the 'cult of the clitoris' libel trial, let's remember that fake news is nothing new:" https://www.independent.co.uk/news/long_reads/oscar-wilde-maud-allan-cult-of-the-clitoris-black-book-first-world-war-a8369811.html

* "A fire destroyed millions of veterans’ records. 50 years later, families are still seeking answers:" https://apnews.com/article/military-records-fire-veterans-2f8337c58bc87c10179a2cf6ee54136a

* "My Aunties | Father Figures:"

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* "A Short History of Naughty Literature and Zane:"

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* "Steven Pieters: One of the longest-living HIV survivors in US dies after cancer battle:" https://www.thepinknews.com/2023/07/10/steven-pieters-hiv-activist-dies/

* "Fast fashion retailer Shein accused of racketeering and copyright infringement in lawsuit:" https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/fashion/shein-rico-charge-racketeering-lawsuit-b2375825.html

* "5-person refugee team competes at European Games in Poland:" https://www.infomigrants.net/en/post/50021/5person-refugee-team-competes-at-european-games-in-poland

* Very early Sunday morning I discovered that I no longer need four pillows on top of the two elderly wheelchair cushions on my beat up second hand office chair. I can now manage with just the two wheelchair cushions thanks to my new meds. This may seem like a small thing, but it means I get my options back for leg and hip positioning at my desk.

(I can't sit easily long term in a chair without propping my legs if I intend to use the legs for things like walking later. It's also uncomfortable to let them dangle. you know how starting ballet at a very young age changes the shape of your hip joints? Now add serious arthritic degeneration and what the current rheum thinks is hyper-mobility, but not the really obvious everyone notices it kind. Apparently they are in the process of changing diagnostic criteria based on more recent science. Apparently most ballet dancers and gymnasts would qualify under the newer guidelines, which makes sense to me.)

My shoulder is still completely fucked from the trying to clean up after the Uncleaner, but I am really noticing the difference in so many ways. Yay, new meds. I've mostly acclimated to the side effects so far. still no hallucinations and last night's test with combining with the emergency tramadol did not induce temporary psychosis, which is a really good sign. (For new readers a whole bunch of meds can induce hallucinations and paranoia in my family, including opiods, anti-psychotics, and SSRIs. At high doses we are talking full psychotic break, a thing I've seen now deceased older family members experience in the hospital. if someone is having an obvious psychotic break, they tend to administer anti-psychotics, which have a multiplying effect with the pain killers and thus make things way worse, so they administer more anti-psychotics instead of cutting the opiods and the anti-psychotics out.... you can see the obvious problem. I have only just started hallucinating with stronger opiods, but can still tolerate milder ones. They are still a little unpleasant for me at low doses. I don't use them too often because some time pain killers are necessary and due to allergies my only other options are Tylenol and my arthritis pill, which I can't take more often than every twelve hours for safety reasons. It's a whole thing. New med is a class none of us have taken before, so I'm a guinea pig). I am wary of going up to the standard for adult humans dose, however, as I am getting the weird intense dreams side effect, which for me can be a warning that a drug is about to turn ugly on me. Don't worry, everybody around me knows what's going on with my meds situation.

I other news, Tavy wants to hang out with his favorite Millennials and enjoyed watching the Friday cleaner, but still is only letting me and Squirrel touch him. he did want to be super close to goth Millennial Saturday and was interested in play, though tired easily in the heat. He also get upset when it was time for Goth Millennial to go home. It's looking like he's recovering from the Uncleaner traumatizing him. he still wants reassurance after sleep, but yesterday he didn't wake me in a panic after a bad nightmare and have trouble being soothed. I am still furious about the whole thing, but the cats are being more normal.

Goth Millennial put in the air conditioner/air filtration in the main area before they left, which is making a huge difference.

* Sunday: Tavy let Goth Millennial pet him. he’s still too distressed to sit on the sofa with Goth Millennial for TV time and pettins, but he did curl up behind us. The cats are still sleepy, I'm hoping from the heat and not the Ajax, but Tavy was himself enough to play what is a normal amount for him in summer.

Goth Millennial got some good gardening in and is starting to sort out things cleaners put away in odd locations. The air filtering in the main room is being a huge help. I worry about all the smoke injuring my cats and the Millennials. I know it's really been fucking me up, but ever running the machine for a few hours perks us all up. My room is filtered as always when I sleep, of course.

I blew through all the EBT and OTC in the first week of July and am way over budget on food already. Sigh. I gaze sadly at melons and cucumbers I can't eat safely and pass on.

* The new meds side effect wave hit hard and dangerous Thursday, but I'm not sure it didn't start a lot earlier.

Okay, so I had a vicious headache last Friday night for about three hours, which didn't particularly shock me, as my body just does stuff like that. Same Saturday. Normal. Sunday. Monday. I made a note to mention it to the doctor Tuesday morning, but forgot. I noticed Tuesday's headache at the same time was absolutely crushing for three hours, then shut off like a faucett as if it had never been. Which is creepy and wrong. So I'm now weighing if the new meds improvement is worth creepy three hour debilitating headache every day, and if I should call it in the next day.

So Wednesday I wake up to one of my body is very, very bad days. which is a thing that happens sometimes, especially if my body's been to far which between the uncleaner and the extreme heat and this being the worse time of year for my allergies and assorted RL commitments including the doctor is not weird. Plus I'm... I forget how many days in on struggling to type on Klaus Laptop because its hard to lift my arm the extra nine and a half inches, and I'm mostly having to drink with a straw because i go half my wake cycle not being ably to lift a full glass of water that high and I'm dropping things because my arms are fucked. which happens. All of it really stresses out my body though, you follow?

So sometimes the alarm goes off because I have to go somewhere and my body nopes out of it, or tries to. So I'm exhausted. I have the shakes. I end up way late to pick up Goth Millennial because it's just that hard to move. So I drive Goth Millennial around and wait in the car while they do errands. Goth Millennial goes outside to putter in the garden. I lung, then take a nap, all with Tavy glued to my chest, because it's sometimes better after a nap. Resets everything to a more acceptable level of crappy.

I make it all the way up to minimally functional by the time the other Millennials arrive for dinner. One of them had brought pre-marinated and cooked tofu. Me: I think we should make rice for it. With coconut milk and saffron and Turmeric. New Millennial: Oooo! That sounds delicious! Me: It's possible I'm edging up towards Indonesian happy rice except I don't have any lemon grass. But I do have Bay leaves.... So it ends up with New Millennial Making Rice and the two of us keep consulting on spices until I have to lie down again. The results we excellent.

Tavy is still clearly traumatized from the Uncleaner. He loves techie Millennial. Techie Millennial was the first visitor he let pet and play with him. He hid from the Millennials when they arrived after nap time. He did eventually come out and watch them for a bit and even rubbed against Techies legs, but ran if it even looked like someone might tough her. I'm still so angry about the Uncleaner traumatizing him like this.

Really, I just wanted to go to bed after they left, but I needed to stay up for the morning allergy treatment. My body was really not movi ng well, but I dragged myself there and back, which nearly did me in. I did manage to prep for bed and climb in, which really fucking hurt, at which point the first wave of hallucinations and fast heartbeat and arrhythmia hit. So that was fun. Me: Guess that's it for new Meds. They were amazing while they lasted.

They must have been really busy at the doctor because they didn't get back to me until afternoon. I left a message for my doctor's nurse, conveying that I was having severe side effects and needed to know if I should go to the ER. No one ever got back to me. The heart stuff got really bad for four or five hours, always with visual hallucinations. I thought about calling for help, but my right arm wasn't working and my left wasn't great either, and it's usually eight hours minimum to get seen at the ER and they yell at you if you bring in chest pains that turn out not to be a heart attack, and the pain only happened when I moved so it was likely just torso muscles screaming about my arms.

But the supper high irregular heart beat for hours can't be good. I wrote this waiting for receptionist call back Friday morning. I was 36 minutes in on the wait as I typed this sentence. I really think they should check my heart, but if they are this busy... Yeah. I'm assuming if it was really dangerous, they'd return my call from yesterday instead of continuing to ignore my message.

* It took about an hour and a quarter total, but we will find out if i had a heart attack or not on Tuesday. They I had to chase down the asshole agency as they had not called to tell me the cleaner wasn't coming, so it's now rescheduled for Tuesday. Then I waited on hold to try to schedule the mobility assessment, only to discover the number they gave was for central processing. They were going to transfer me when call waiting beeped, so i made them give me the direct line number and extension. (It was meds. Pharmacy was delivering meds and they only wait five minutes so that was the correct call on my part.) The making appointment direct line was faster by far, but I had no clue which wheelchair vender I was interested in. O.o apparently they have the vender in on assessment days, so that effects scheduling. I let her pick. She was like: We like this one better, but we have to offer both.

Forage delivery still hadn't arrived. It was now really hot and polleny outside. This is relevant. I can't leave food out there very long or it will spoil. Inside, I have air conditioning and extra filtering. I can breath inside, but not outside. I was exhausted and frustrated and really pissed off about the medical stuff. My chest was still tight. There is a band of intense pain keeping me from lifting my arms properly. I manage to drag the laundry basket to me room anyway, but I'm not remotely up to the pain involved in folding it. Livia wants her love. I climb into bed for Livia loves. My experience is, getting ready to sleep summons Forage Delivery somehow. Livia is done with her love. I've been in bed over an hour waiting. Tavy insists I should sleep with claws to my nipple, because health stiff makes him anxious.

The phone rings. We have the conversation where we double check which porch to put it on. I lie there a bit, working up to the pain of levering myself out of bed. I lumber out there. No food boxes. so I'm thinking did he think left instead of right? So I'm out in the mid day sun with my crutch and bare feet, struggling to breath because I can't breath in the heat on a good day and this isn't close. I have no idea how I will get the food boxes to my apartment. My best guess is crawl on the pavement pushing them ahead of me because there is zero chance of my arms even lifting them. It's not on the patios of any building facing the gazebo. Me: did they drive past and hit the wrong side of my building? So I hobble around the other side in baking heat and it's not on the logical patios. I have to then hobble all the way back to my patio, exhausted. I simply can't be out any longer or I will collapse. This is why I have forage delivery, so I don't have to seriously endanger myself getting the food. Which i am now doing and failing at miserably.

I try last call return. No one answers. Fuck! I restart the computer and look up forage delivery dispatch. I get a live human without a long wait on hold for the first time in two days. This is possibly a miracle. I am still struggling to breath when I explain and ask if they could at least give me a hint as to where the food is because I can't be out in the sun searching anymore. She puts me on hold and reaches them. She puts me on hold and reaches them. she says they will come back.

So I go lie down in my room where the air is best and wait. He’s like: I’m right here. The food is here. I go look. No man. No food. I used my stop a kid from across the playground below to see if we could get a Polo for my Marco. No dice. I had cleverly left the phone off the hook when I went to look on the grounds that the food was definitely not on my patio previously.

It turns out that they’d put it in the middle of the other side of the building, expecting me somehow to drag it all that way over carpeted halls. O.o I didn’t think to look there because we’d discussed patio locations in such a super specific way moments before he’d put it at the main entrance instead of a patio. He was nice enough to bring it around and drop it right inside my door.

I have recently learned Millennials generally don’t know the word “gazebo” and are afraid to ask or look it up because of the cleaners. I am now wondering if patio may also be too bougie to be familiar, but lots of apartments around here come with small patios if they are ground floor, even the shitty apartments I can generally afford, just like tiny balconies are super common on upper floors in this region. Surely jungle of plants and blue chair were hints though? IDK. We’ve lost a lot of delivery people in the decade we live here too. Something about the complex confuses people.

Forage delivery guy looked like a thirtyish Mr. Clean and really was very kind, just confused.

Goth Millennial was sweet enough to come in on their day off to work and extra two hours looking after me, and then we finished the back third of a movie we’d been re-watching together. I’m not great, but improving. I also have a new unexplored theory about what is wrong with my arms from the article about statins I linked in this space. I guess I’ll run it by the doctor when I see them.

* "Completely Neutral, Race-Blind College Admissions Questions:" https://www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/completely-neutral-race-blind-college-admissions-questions

* "You drop a small piece of food on the floor, and decide to kick it under the oven/couch/whatever because you can’t be bothered to pick it up. As you’re walking away, you hear a very quiet “Thank you!” from under it.:" https://bixbythemartian.tumblr.com/post/183910148322/you-drop-a-small-piece-of-food-on-the-floor-and

* "Midnight Pals: Body Horror:" https://www.tumblr.com/bitterkarella/722118655202181120/midnight-pals-body-horror?source=share

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

The help links are at the bottom under the cut.

* BPAL Charity Fundraiser "TRIUMPH IN MY SONG:" https://blackphoenixalchemylab.com/product-category/activism/triumph-in-my-song/

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

* "DIY Box Fan Air Filter Directions:" https://aghealth.ucdavis.edu/sites/g/files/dgvnsk261/files/inline-files/DIY%20Air%20Purifier%20Directions_English.Spanish_0.pdf

* Useful state of trans links for making an arguement that we are real and nead human and civil rights: https://www.tumblr.com/gwydionmisha/722268284819570688/you-are-a-great-source-of-news-and-information-and?source=share
* Cool Blackwork Embroidery Patterns for Beginners: https://www.etsy.com/shop/thehaberdasheress/?etsrc=sdt

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

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* "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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* "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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