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* "They Came to Help Migrants. Now, Europe Has Turned on Them.:" https://www.nytimes.com/2022/03/02/magazine/greece-migration-ngos.html

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* "Hong Kong, Buckling Under Covid, Leaves Its Most Vulnerable in the Cold:" https://www.nytimes.com/2022/03/02/business/hong-kong-covid.html

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* "What are thermobaric weapons and how do they work?:" https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/mar/01/what-are-thermobaric-weapons-and-how-do-they-work

* "Russia showed its playbook in Syria. Here's what it may mean for civilians in Ukraine:" https://www.npr.org/2022/03/01/1083686606/ukraine-russia-civilian-casualties-syria

* "Putin says he’ll ‘denazify’ Ukraine. Its Jewish president lost family in the Holocaust.:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/history/2022/02/25/zelensky-family-jewish-holocaust/

* "China Asked Russia to Delay Ukraine War Until After Olympics, U.S. Officials Say:" https://www.nytimes.com/2022/03/02/us/politics/russia-ukraine-china.html

* "Zelenskyy to European Parliament: The Ukrainian people will not be broken:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-reidout/watch/putin-accused-of-war-crimes-by-ukrainian-president-volodymyr-zelenskyy-before-european-parliament-134369349660

* "Putin leveled outrageous lies about Ukrainian people in rambling diatribe Thursday:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-reidout/watch/ukraine-invasion-going-according-to-plan-putin-says-in-rambling-speech-despite-russian-soldiers-surrendering-134547525912

* "White House announces new sanctions on Russian oligarchs :" https://www.cnn.com/2022/03/03/politics/us-sanctions-on-russian-oligarchs/index.html

* "Russian billionaires lose $80 billion in wealth:" https://www.cnbc.com/2022/03/03/russian-billionaires-lose-over-80-billion-in-wealth.html

* "Russians start feeling the heat of Ukraine war sanctions:" https://apnews.com/article/russia-ukraine-business-europe-moscow-perm-9789398569c54f5ed3062410845dff06

* "Oligarchs targeted in part because they could hide Putin’s assets:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-reidout/watch/russian-oligarchs-are-all-aligned-with-putin-could-hide-his-assets-expert-says-134458437882

* This is legitimately terrifying. "Russian forces seize huge Ukrainian nuclear plant, fire extinguished:" https://www.reuters.com/markets/europe/top-wrap-1-europes-largest-nuclear-power-plant-fire-after-russian-attack-mayor-2022-03-04/

* "AP: Russian troops shelling Europe’s largest nuclear power station in Ukraine:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/ap-russian-troops-shelling-europe-s-largest-nuclear-power-station-in-ukraine-134548037825

* "Drone footage shows citizens blocking Russian troops in Enerhodar, home to Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2022/03/03/zaporizhzhia-nuclear-plant-blockade-drone-video/

* "Nuclear power plant in Ukraine under attack by Russian troops; fire reported:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/nuclear-power-plant-in-ukraine-under-attack-by-russian-troops-fire-reported-134552133554

* "Security measures tightened around main streets of Ukraine's capital:" https://www.aa.com.tr/en/russia-ukraine-crisis/security-measures-tightened-around-main-streets-of-ukraines-capital/2522521

* "Ukraine: Russian troops take control of key city of Kherson:" https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-60597367

* "With almost all Russian forces inside Ukraine, Moscow and Kyiv explore limited cease-fire:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2022/03/03/ukraine-military-kherson-odessa-kyiv-mariupol/

* "Anxiety Grows in Odessa as Russians Advance in Southern Ukraine:" https://www.nytimes.com/2022/03/02/world/europe/odessa-black-sea-ukraine-russia.html

* "Mariupol under siege: 'We are being completely cut off':" https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-60601235

* "Under attack, Ukraine's musicians become war reporters and military fundraisers:" https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-60586817

* "Kyiv shrines, memorials with powerful symbolic value at risk:" https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/wireStory/kyiv-shrines-memorials-powerful-symbolic-risk-83224208

* "'Incredible resilience': Photojournalist captures the humanity surviving Putin's onslaught:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/-incredible-resilience-photojournalist-captures-the-humanity-surviving-putin-s-onslaught-134380613605

* "Putin's shambolic invasion no less traumatizing for fleeing Ukrainians:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/putin-s-shambolic-invasion-no-less-traumatizing-for-fleeing-ukrainians-134472261693

* "Poor planning, low morale, weak supplies corrode Russian invasion from within:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/poor-planning-low-morale-weak-supplies-corrode-russian-invasion-from-within-134470213817

* "Volunteers flock to fight for Ukraine in pacifist Japan:" https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/around-70-japanese-have-volunteered-fight-ukraine-report-2022-03-02/

* "General McCaffrey: Putin just signed up for a ‘ten year event’:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/general-mccaffrey-putin-just-signed-up-for-a-ten-year-event-134457925736

* "Ukrainian reporter: The Ukrainian people submitting to the Kremlin is “impossible”:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-reidout/watch/russia-now-bombarding-ukrainian-towns-and-cities-134455877934

* "Russia's last independent TV channel shutters amid Putin's crackdown on media:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/russia-s-last-independent-tv-channel-shutters-amid-putin-s-crackdown-on-media-134561861835

* "The ex-news director of Russia's largest search engine urged his former colleagues to quit, accusing the company of censoring Russia's invasion into Ukraine:" https://news.yahoo.com/ex-news-director-russias-largest-212609662.html?guccounter=1&guce_referrer=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuZ29vZ2xlLmNvbS8&guce_referrer_sig=AQAAACAOqttAlvpayohPJNT-cwgwpOxfe54lF9XzjsIEWHwMEbarKtqPdrGzGWWvNRX47aD1qdnB9XFNBpbmomAezVIjSP4Q2QwoEP_s2jnudlXiTaKC4gB2xXpb5cmLyQDMww2QRvUd-dD4Ejb0eGnGz_NZl49ifhUhrIme4fD7Am4H

* "‘Fallen flat’: Why Putin is losing the information war:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/-fallen-flat-why-putin-is-losing-the-information-war-134455365553

* "The resolution of the Ukraine question.” A mistakenly published Russian article gives us a chilling insight into the neo-imperialist thinking in Russia that drives Putin’s decision to invade Ukraine. :" https://twitter.com/Tom_deWaal/status/1498310064117059585

* "Africans Say Ukrainian Authorities Hindered Them From Fleeing:" https://www.nytimes.com/2022/03/01/world/europe/ukraine-refugee-discrimination.html

* "‘Videos we're seeing at border are horrifying’: The discrimination at some Ukraine border crossings:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-reidout/watch/ukraine-refugees-who-are-african-other-non-ukrainian-groups-face-discrimination-at-some-border-crossings-134371909796

* "More than 167,600 Ukrainians entered Romania since Russian invasion:" https://www.reuters.com/article/us-ukraine-crisis-border-romania/more-than-167600-ukrainians-entered-romania-since-russian-invasion-idUSKBN2L10FM

* "Ali Velshi reports live from train carrying refugees from Ukraine arriving in Hungary:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-reidout/watch/ukraine-war-refugees-arriving-by-train-from-hungary-reported-on-by-ali-velshi-134554693769

* "Russian pensioner 'who survived siege of Leningrad' arrested for protest against Ukraine war:" https://www.theguardian.com/world/video/2022/mar/02/russian-activist-77-detained-by-police-while-protesting-against-ukraine-war-video

* "Russia's Navalny calls Putin insane and urges anti-war protests:" https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/kremlin-critic-navalny-calls-daily-anti-war-protests-russia-2022-03-02/

* "Tories urged to show LGBT+ Ukrainians 'kindness' by scrapping degrading borders bill:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2022/03/03/uk-nationality-borders-bill-ukraine-lgbt/

* "How do you like the Russian military now, Senator Cruz?:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2022/03/03/putin-invasion-ukraine-shattered-myth-invincibiity-of-russian-military-power/

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* "A Tale of Two Speeches in Biden’s State of the Union:" https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2022/03/01/biden-state-of-the-union-00013088

* "Biden plan would tackle chronic gaps in mental health care:" https://apnews.com/article/state-of-the-union-address-joe-biden-coronavirus-pandemic-health-business-1bdc62a08c2ee837deb051fd8c3d6c80

* "Former AG Barr said Trump became enraged after being told election fraud claims were nonsense:" https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/donald-trump/former-ag-barr-said-trump-became-enraged-told-election-fraud-claims-no-rcna17750

* "Jan. 6 committee says Trump violated multiple laws in effort to overturn election:" https://www.politico.com/news/2022/03/02/jan6-trump-obstruction-justice-00013440

* "Ex-officer cleared in shooting during raid that killed Breonna Taylor:" https://www.cnbc.com/2022/03/03/ex-officer-cleared-in-shooting-during-raid-that-killed-breonna-taylor.html

* "A New Message for Police: If You See Something, Say Something:" https://www.nytimes.com/2022/02/27/us/police-intervention-minneapolis-george-floyd.html

* "Crime Waves and Moral Panics:" https://daily.jstor.org/crime-waves-moral-panics/?preview_id=282709

* "Trapped in Silicon Valley’s Hidden Caste System:" https://www.wired.com/story/trapped-in-silicon-valleys-hidden-caste-system/

* CW: Pedophilia "Ex-D.C. Police Officer Charged With Having Sex With 16-Year-Old Boy:" https://www.advocate.com/crime/2022/2/15/ex-dc-police-officer-charged-having-sex-16-year-old-boy

* CW: Rape, Domestic Abuse. I believe Evan Rachel Wood. "Marilyn Manson sues Evan Rachel Wood over rape and abuse allegations:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2022/03/03/marilyn-manson-evan-rachel-wood-abuse-defamation/

* Domestic Violence "The Hidden Epidemic of Brain Injuries From Domestic Violence:" https://www.nytimes.com/2022/03/01/magazine/brain-trauma-domestic-violence.html

* "In Somaliland, COVID brings 'cutters' door to door for girls:" https://apnews.com/article/coronavirus-pandemic-health-lifestyle-religion-africa-e382d9893b7b8c02901c3a3177634c46

* "Blue states seek to protect abortion rights before supreme court decision:" https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2022/mar/04/blue-states-abortion-rights-supreme-court

* "Supreme Court allows Kentucky's GOP attorney general to defend controversial abortion law:" https://www.cnn.com/2022/03/03/politics/supreme-court-kentucky-abortion/index.html

* "Florida Republicans send 15-week abortion ban to governor:" https://www.npr.org/2022/03/04/1084440962/florida-republicans-send-15-week-abortion-ban-to-governor

* "Colombia’s highest court recognises non-binary people in landmark ruling:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2022/03/03/colombia-non-binary-legal-recognition/

* "New Zealand, Israel Take Steps Against Conversion Therapy:" https://www.advocate.com/world/2022/2/15/new-zealand-israel-take-steps-against-conversion-therapy

* "Thousands of church leaders tell Liz Truss to ban so-called conversion therapy, now:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2022/03/03/liz-truss-conversion-therapy-ban-christian-church/

* "Biden accuses Texas Gov. Abbott of ‘government overreach at its worst’ for investigating parents of children transitioning genders:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2022/03/03/biden-abbott-children-transgender/

* "Judge blocks Texas from investigating parents of trans teen for child abuse:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2022/03/03/texas-trans-parents-child-abuse-investigation-judge-meachum/

* "Texas removes life-saving LGBT+ suicide prevention resources from state websites:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2022/03/03/texas-lgbt-suicide-prevention-trevor-project/

* "New Ad Blasts Florida’s 'Don’t Say Gay' Bill:" https://www.advocate.com/politics/2022/2/14/new-ad-blasts-floridas-dont-say-gay-bill

* "Iowa to become 11th US state to sign hateful anti-trans sports ban into law:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2022/03/03/iowa-anti-trans-sports-ban-kim-reynolds/

* "Don't be fooled by its name: The 'Real You' bill is rooted in transphobia:" https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2022/2/11/2079830/-Don-t-be-fooled-by-its-name-The-Real-You-bill-is-rooted-in-transphobia

* "Rubi Dominguez Killed in Texas; 54th Trans Killing in 2021:" https://www.advocate.com/crime/2022/2/11/rubi-dominguez-killed-texas-54th-trans-killing-2021

* "Black Trans Woman Keeva Scatter Fatally Shot in Louisiana:" https://www.advocate.com/crime/2022/2/14/black-trans-woman-keeva-scatter-fatally-shot-louisiana

* "ADF: Is it Really Defending Freedom? :"

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* "Has a Woman Really Been "Cured" of HIV for the First Time Ever?:" https://www.hivplusmag.com/treatment/2022/2/15/another-person-world-has-been-seemingly-cured-hiv

* I Support harm Reduction. "The Radical Experiment Saving the Lives of Drug Users:" https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2022/02/how-supervised-drug-consumption-went-from-radical-to-reality.html

* "When Western Scientists Try to Study Indigenous Groups’ Genomes, Things Get Complicated Real Fast:" https://slate.com/technology/2022/03/philippines-uppsala-genomics-study-ethical-review.html

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* "Death toll rises following historic flooding in Australia:" https://www.accuweather.com/en/severe-weather/australia-historic-flooding-queensland-new-south-wales/1149890

* "Space junk on 5,800-mph collision course with moon:" https://apnews.com/article/spacex-science-business-china-moon-7044a26d9b4b43dc44e961c250186f26

* "Invasive Species Are Riding Plastics Across Oceans:"

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* "The Medieval Influencer Who Convinced the World to Drink Tea—Not Eat It:" https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/eating-tea

* "The 1920s Women Who Fought For the Right to Travel Under Their Own Names:" https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/us-passport-history-women

* "The Unmistakable Black Roots of 'Sesame Street':" https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/unmistakable-black-roots-sesame-street-180973490/

* "Amway: The MLM That Ruined it All:"

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* "The new wave of Indian Para-athletes making people look again:" https://www.bbc.com/sport/disability-sport/60508602

* "Buchholz High School student discovers and publishes new calculus technique:" https://www.wuft.org/news/2022/02/18/buchholz-high-school-student-discovers-and-publishes-new-calculus-technique/

* "Not their first rodeo: How Black riders are reclaiming their place in cowboy culture:" https://www.npr.org/sections/pictureshow/2022/02/19/1074792510/black-cowboys-mississippi-big-rodeo-project-justin-hardiman

* "Sex Work: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO):"

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* "Why Is PEACEMAKER So Good?:"

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* A masked woman just walked past my front window, and I have no idea what her face looked like, but otherwise, she looked so much like my late mother, it startled me. She had very distinctive hair, an accident of genetics plus aging carried in her maternal line. Seeing it on a stranger was odd, especially on one with her height and shape.

* "I Am Not Your Tragedy:" https://mermaidsmonthly.com/2021/08/27/i-am-not-your-tragedy/

* "Goodness Gray-tious:" https://www.cakewrecks.com/home/2022/2/20/goodness-gray-tious

* "Sunday Sweets: A Black Tie Affair :" https://www.cakewrecks.com/home/2022/2/27/sunday-sweets-a-black-tie-affair

* "Archaeology Loves An Amateur: The Importance Of Stumbling Upon Artefacts:" https://www.thechatner.com/p/archaeology-loves-an-amateur-the?token=eyJ1c2VyX2lkIjoxNjEzMzc4LCJfIjoiczRYNTkiLCJpYXQiOjE2NDYzNTYxOTMsImV4cCI6MTY0NjM1OTc5MywiaXNzIjoicHViLTUiLCJzdWIiOiJwb3N0LXJlYWN0aW9uIn0.K9V6AdI7gmT-F8hKdkA7Jg2J6-Hnb2xAMZUl576qgOM&s=r

* "Please Accept My Application To Become A Bog Body:" https://www.thechatner.com/p/please-accept-my-application-to-become?token=eyJ1c2VyX2lkIjoxNjEzMzc4LCJfIjoiczRYNTkiLCJpYXQiOjE2NDYzNTYyMjMsImV4cCI6MTY0NjM1OTgyMywiaXNzIjoicHViLTUiLCJzdWIiOiJwb3N0LXJlYWN0aW9uIn0._HxiQYmmVy29tmVybRSS5YI3od01qxKfIrDtAIPVAsY&s=r

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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.

* "These Organizations Accept Donations To Help People in Ukraine:" https://www.snopes.com/news/2022/03/01/where-to-donate-help-ukraine/

* "Russia-Ukraine War: Info and ways to help:" https://ukrainewar.carrd.co/

* "This is where you can donate to support LGBT+ Ukrainians:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2022/02/25/donate-support-lgbt-ukraine/

* "Support OVD-Info:" https://beste-glatisant.tumblr.com/post/677388506851606528/hi-ive-donated-to-the-ukranian-refugees-and-now

* Ways to help Trans Youth resisting Transphobic laws in Texas: https://the-cimmerians.tumblr.com/post/677204004210688000

* "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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* "Brazil protesters: 'Black lives matter here, too':" https://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-53484698

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* "US hits 4 million COVID cases, again logs 1,000 new deaths:" https://www.cidrap.umn.edu/news-perspective/2020/07/us-hits-4-million-covid-cases-again-logs-1000-new-deaths

* "Shut it down, start over, do it right | U.S. PIRG:" https://uspirg.org/resources/usp/shut-it-down-start-over-do-it-right

* "Botched U.S. reopening may require a shutdown do-over:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/botched-u-s-reopening-may-require-a-shutdown-do-over-88263237823

* "Rep. Maxine Waters: ‘Unbelievable’ that Trump’s response to pandemic is to ‘lie, lie, lie’:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-reidout/watch/rep-maxine-waters-unbelievable-that-trump-s-response-to-pandemic-is-to-lie-lie-lie-88148549832

* "‘Irresponsible’: Nancy Pelosi says the GOP is in ‘total disarray’ with their pandemic response:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-reidout/watch/-irresponsible-nancy-pelosi-says-the-gop-is-in-total-disarray-with-their-pandemic-response-88202309516

* "Florida Sets Yet Another Coronavirus Record: 173 Deaths In A Day:" https://www.npr.org/sections/coronavirus-live-updates/2020/07/23/894707706/florida-sets-yet-another-coronavirus-record-173-deaths-in-a-day

* "State potentially delayed outbreak announcement at beef factory:" https://www.kcrg.com/2020/07/24/state-potentially-delayed-outbreak-announcement-at-beef-factory/

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* "China tells US to close Chengdu consulate in growing spat:" https://apnews.com/5979db970a71ec5a0fdd3ba6ac92e03d

* "Fahrenthold: Trump is trademarking ‘telerally’ to pump money into private business:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/fahrenthold-trump-is-trademarking-telerally-to-pump-money-into-private-business-88256581586

* "Contradicting Trump, NC governor says he never demanded a convention limit of '10 people' in arena:" https://www.cnn.com/2020/07/20/politics/fact-check-trump-roy-cooper-rnc-charlotte/index.html

* "White House scraps fair housing rule as Trump bids for suburban voters:" https://www.politico.com/news/2020/07/22/white-house-scraps-fair-housing-rule-as-trump-bids-for-suburban-voters-379379

* "Eastside tech executive took $5.5M in fraudulent PPP loans, feds allege:" https://www.seattletimes.com/business/eastside-tech-executive-took-5-5m-in-fraudulent-ppp-loans-feds-allege/

* "‘Moral disgrace’: Rep. Lee on Congress leaving town amid eviction crisis:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/-moral-disgrace-rep-lee-on-congress-leaving-town-amid-eviction-crisis-88256069558

* "Ilhan Omar on eviction moratorium set to expire: We’re looking at a ‘collapse of our housing system’:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-reidout/watch/ilhan-omar-on-eviction-moratorium-set-to-expire-we-re-looking-at-a-collapse-of-our-housing-system-88249413523

* "2.4 million pounds and counting: How sending surplus crops to food banks is helping Washington farmers and hungry families:" https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/2-3m-pounds-and-counting-how-sending-surplus-crops-to-food-banks-is-helping-washington-farmers-and-hungry-families/

* "The Promising Results of a Citywide Basic-Income Experiment:" https://www.newyorker.com/news/news-desk/the-promising-results-of-a-citywide-basic-income-experiment

* "Why Trump's pick to lead the Post Office puts our democratic system at risk:" https://www.nbcnews.com/think/opinion/trump-s-2020-usps-appointment-could-corrupt-key-institution-ahead-ncna1234125

* "Two Trump Judges Broke Ethics Rules to Stop Up to 1 Million Floridians From Voting in November:" https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2020/07/11th-circuit-florida-fines-fees-judicial-ethics.html

* "“Facebook Is Hurting People At Scale”: Mark Zuckerberg’s Employees Reckon With The Social Network They’ve Built:" https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/ryanmac/facebook-employee-leaks-show-they-feel-betrayed

* "America’s Schools Are a Moral and Medical Catastrophe:" https://foreignpolicy.com/2020/07/24/americas-schools-are-a-moral-and-medical-catastrophe/

* "New CDC guidelines come down hard in favor of opening schools:" https://www.cnn.com/2020/07/23/health/cdc-coronavirus-school-guidelines-new/index.html

* "As Trump Calls for Schools to Fully Reopen, His Son’s School Says It Will Not:" https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/23/us/politics/barron-trump-school-coronavirus.html

* "POLITICO Playbook: Reopen schools, but no GOP convention?:" https://www.politico.com/newsletters/playbook/2020/07/24/reopen-schools-but-no-gop-convention-489877

* "Gov. Kim Reynolds orders Iowa schools to 'take all efforts' to get kids back in classrooms:" https://www.thegazette.com/subject/news/education/gov-kim-reynolds-to-direct-all-iowa-schools-to-reopen-in-person-when-school-year-begins-next-month-20200717

* "Iowa teachers drafting their own obituaries to send to Governor Reynolds:" https://kwwl.com/2020/07/20/iowa-teachers-drafting-their-own-obituaries-to-send-to-governor-reynolds/

* "Florida Teachers Sue To Block School Coronavirus Reopening Mandate:" https://www.npr.org/sections/coronavirus-live-updates/2020/07/20/893232710/florida-teachers-sue-to-block-school-coronavirus-reopening-mandate

* "Lawyers offer free living wills to teachers returning to school amid coronavirus:" https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/florida-lawyers-offering-free-living-wills-teachers-returning-school-during-n1234872

* "Alabama Teachers Against Covid-19 protest:" https://www.montgomeryadvertiser.com/picture-gallery/news/2020/07/23/alabama-teachers-against-covid-19-protest/5495143002/

* "'Not ready': Teachers across Arizona stage 'motor marches' to protest school reopenings:" https://www.azcentral.com/story/news/local/arizona-education/2020/07/22/arizona-teachers-protest-against-reopening-schools-in-person-classes-amid-covid-19-crisis/5487235002/

* "Tucson educators protest school reopening during pandemic:" https://news.azpm.org/p/coronavirus/2020/7/21/176940-tucson-educators-protest-school-reopening-during-pandemic/

* "White House hijacks CDC guidelines for school reopenings:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/white-house-hijacks-cdc-guidelines-for-school-reopenings-88262725974

* "White House school reopening push hazy on money, testing, reality:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/white-house-school-reopening-push-hazy-on-money-testing-reality-88262725924

* "‘I may have signed my own death warrant’: Teacher regrets her Trump vote as schools pushed to reopen during COVID-19 pandemic:" https://www.rawstory.com/2020/07/i-may-have-signed-my-own-warrant-teacher-regrets-her-trump-vote-as-schools-pushed-to-reopen-during-19/

* "Thousands in Puerto Rico still without housing since Maria:" https://apnews.com/a2cf35e2f8893592ec4b59d90baae1ac

* "Right Wing Bonus Tracks: 1,000 Steps Ahead:" https://www.rightwingwatch.org/post/right-wing-bonus-tracks-1000-steps-ahead/

* "Cuomo accuses DHS officials of criminal activity:" https://www.politico.com/states/new-york/city-hall/story/2020/07/24/cuomo-accuses-dhs-officials-of-criminal-activity-1303418

* "Trump says he could send as many as 75,000 federal agents to US cities:" https://www.cnn.com/2020/07/23/politics/trump-federal-agents-us-cities/index.html

* "Philadelphia's Top Prosecutor Is Prepared to Arrest Federal Agents:" https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-07-22/philly-d-a-threatens-to-arrest-federal-agents

* "Federal agents were sent to Seattle without governor, mayor knowing:" https://crosscut.com/2020/07/portland-federal-agents-were-seattle

* Oh look, the Republicans are hiring mercenaries to put down democracy in America. "The Lead Federal Agency Responding to Protesters in Portland Employs Thousands of Private…:" https://medium.com/@wkc6428/the-lead-federal-agency-responding-to-protesters-in-portland-employs-thousands-of-private-db137349f8b0

* "Portland officials demand feds remove courthouse fence in bike lane:" https://www.oregonlive.com/portland/2020/07/portland-officials-demand-feds-remove-courthouse-fence-in-bike-lane.html

* "Seattle mayor calls for peace as federal agents descend on city:" https://www.pbs.org/newshour/nation/watch-seattle-mayor-calls-for-peace-as-federal-agents-descend-on-city

* "Portland Federal Agents Accused of War Crimes for Destroying Medical Supplies:" https://www.newsweek.com/portland-federal-agents-destroying-medical-supplies-1519945

* "In Portland, the Baby Fascists Have Shown Their Face:" https://foreignpolicy.com/2020/07/23/portland-fascism-trump-election/

* "The Border Patrol Was Responsible for an Arrest in Portland:" https://www.thenation.com/article/society/border-patrol-portland-arrest/

* "Oregon Gov. Kate Brown Says President Trump Is Invading Portland as an Election Stunt:" https://www.wweek.com/news/2020/07/16/oregon-gov-kate-brown-says-president-trump-is-invading-portland-as-an-election-stunt/

* "AG Barr Announces ‘Operation Legend’ to Send Federal Troops to Kansas City, Surprises Mayor:" https://www.thedailybeast.com/ag-william-barr-announces-operation-legend-to-send-federal-troops-to-kansas-city-surprises-mayor

* "Jeh Johnson on Trump sending feds to cities: A militaristic presence ‘can make matters worse’:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-reidout/watch/jeh-johnson-on-trump-sending-feds-to-cities-a-militaristic-presence-can-make-matters-worse-88149573874

* "Joy Reid: Trump basing his campaign on ‘false portrait of cities under siege’:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-reidout/watch/joy-trump-basing-his-campaign-on-false-portrait-of-cities-under-siege-88152133535

* "Black Lives Matter Chicago Co-Founder: Trump's federal agents brought in to 'repress the movement':" https://www.msnbc.com/the-reidout/watch/black-lives-matter-chicago-co-founder-trump-s-federal-agents-brought-in-to-repress-the-movement-88212037760

* "Philadelphia DA on federal agents: Trump is acting like an ‘authoritarian dictator’:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-reidout/watch/philadelphia-da-on-federal-agents-trump-is-acting-like-an-authoritarian-dictator-88203333792

* "Nikole Hannah-Jones on Trump stoking division: ‘Very old page out of the playbook’:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-reidout/watch/nikole-hannah-jones-on-trump-stoking-division-very-old-page-out-of-the-playbook-88247877772

* "Mehdi Hasan: It’s time we use the F-word: fascism:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/mehdi-hasan-it-s-time-we-use-the-f-word-fascism-88251973935

* "American activism is best hope to save U.S. democracy from Trump:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/american-activism-is-best-hope-to-save-u-s-democracy-from-trump-88263749651

* I used to teach Millennial Eighth Graders about Anne Frank back in the Oughts. I've been thinking about it a lot lately. The question they always asked first was both simple and profound. They wanted to know how this happened. How could people let the holocaust happen.

And so I would tell them. I explained abut people making bad decisions in times of economic desperation. I talked about Hitler and the NAZIs harnessing that fear and desperation and turning it against innocent scapegoats for political gain. I talked a lot about scapegoating just generally because it's a useful fucking thing for a group of 8th graders and future voters to spend time thinking about how stereotyping and scapegoating are a slight of hand trick the powerful use to turn people's eyes away for the people and institutions that are really doing the harm so those powerful people can get even more power on the back of that misdirected mob rage. I talked about the psychology of scapegoating. I talked about Antisemitism in particular, but I left things open so they could apply the lesson to the demonization of people of middle eastern descent in the Bush Era America they could see around them and the anti-immigrant rhetoric and systemic anti-black racism that was and are endemic. I was trying hard to give them tools to see through racist populist rhetoric when they saw it.

I would speak to them about ordinary Germans in the 1930's. It's so easy to make the NAZIs inhuman aberrations, singular monsters. (I suspect that's why there are so many NAZI zombie movies and stories). Make NAZIs enough others and we don't have to face the reality that ordinary people did this big and terrible thing to other humans. So I would talk about the process of how it happened. It wasn't one day they were a Republic and the next they were Fascist dictatorship. So I talked about the way piece by piece civil society got chipped away. I talked about the slow boil of Antisemitism, violence, and the erosion of freedom going hand in hand. I talked about all those ordinary Germans falling in line or enthusiastically joining in.

I did not make the story a simple good and evil morality tale; I made it very clear that this is a thing that could happen anywhere if people let it.

I would look out at all those haunted faces, and I would meet their eyes one by one as I warned them that it could happen here, that they needed to be alert for the tricks that fascists use to get people in line and the lies people tell themselves to make them believe that doing these monstrous things was okay.

You could hear a pin drop in that room every time.

I wonder if any of my old students, now grown ass adults, some with children of their own, ever think of me chilling them to the bone one day in Spring with warnings about populist scapegoating of minorities and the chip, chip, chipping away of civil liberties, and the state violence. I wonder if they think of me when they read the news.

* "Border Patrol does not believe they are a civilian law enforcement agency. They believe they are kin to the Marine Corps.:" https://twitter.com/BuddJenn/status/1227623752583667713

* "A Year After Prison, He Has a Job, a Fiancée—And a Week Left of Freedom:" https://www.themarshallproject.org/2020/07/12/a-year-after-prison-he-has-a-job-a-fiancee-and-a-week-left-of-freedom

* "'I Could Not Allow That To Stand': Ocasio-Cortez Rebukes Republican For Vulgar Insult:" https://www.npr.org/2020/07/23/894596598/i-could-not-allow-that-to-stand-ocasio-cortez-rebukes-republican-for-vulgar-insu

* "Ilhan Omar: We have to condemn Yoho’s remarks ‘aggressively’:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-reidout/watch/ilhan-omar-we-have-to-condemn-yoho-s-remarks-aggressively-88247365924

* "The Promised Land:" https://longreads.com/2020/07/21/the-promised-land/

* "Rideshare Profiles With LGBTQ Symbols Canceled More Often by Drivers:" https://www.advocate.com/business/2020/7/26/rideshare-profiles-lgbtq-symbols-canceled-more-often-drivers

* "A florist 'refused' to make bouquets for a gay wedding, so the town decided to end discrimination once and for all:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2020/07/26/alaska-lgbt-discrimination-law-ketchikan-florist-gay-wedding/

* CW: Human Remains. "BOG BODY MURDER MYSTERY (Morbid Minute):"

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* CW: Human Remains. "ASK A MORTICIAN- Shrunken Heads:"

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* CW: Disordered Eating, Self Harm, Cannibalism. "HONEY MUMMY- It's the Mellified Man!:"

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* "This pitch-black fish of the deep has a disappearing act scientists just solved:" https://www.cnn.com/2020/07/16/world/how-black-fish-disappear-study-scn/index.html

* CW: Dead Bodies. "AMERICAN MUMMIES!:"

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* CW: Dead Bodies. It'a about ethics. "KITSCHY DISASTER TOURISM:"

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* "Harriet Tubman is a Disabled Icon Don't @ Me. :"

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* "Confederate Monuments Made Simple: What You Need to Know:"

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* "Colorado Springs: A City Built Upon Tuberculosis:" https://www.amusingplanet.com/2020/07/colorado-springs-city-built-upon.html

* "How the Ice Cream Truck Made Summer Cool:" https://www.smithsonianmag.com/innovation/ice-cream-truck-innovation-history-180975199/

* "Man parades down Oxford Street wearing nothing but mask:" https://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-britain-mask-pictu/man-parades-down-oxford-street-wearing-nothing-but-mask-idUSKCN24P288

* "How Historically Accurate (and gay) is Netflix’s Hollywood?:"

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* "Watching "The Mummy" With An Actual Egyptologist:"

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* I think I'm turning the corner. Right shoulder/arm are still bad, but I've got the pain down to a level where I'm painfully aware of secondary and tertiary damage areas. This is progress.

The Imperial couple are till noticeably distressed, but Saturday they returned to something approximating their usual activity/nap/migration schedule. Their appetites seem better today. I think part of the struggle to get Livia to eat her meat is that elder Kitty usually lines up with her. It's the time of day when her absence is most obvious from a cat perspective.

We all still miss her, each in our own way.

* Things that give one pause: When William the Bastard was my age, he was getting ready to crush the resistance in the north of England lead by the last male descendant of Alfred the Great.

* "Modern Wedding Cakes That May Surprise You:" https://www.cakewrecks.com/home/2020/7/26/modern-wedding-cakes-that-may-surprise-you

* Ways to make a cloth mask easier to wear for people who struggle with things on their face: https://rydra-wong.dreamwidth.org/787259.html

* Spoilers for the Old Guard. "The Old Guard team represents Andy’s use of ethos, pathos, and logos.:" https://gwydionmisha.tumblr.com/post/624698620644556800/the-old-guard-team-represents-andys-use-of-ethos

* Spoilers for the Old Guard. "Action Reveals Character:" https://gwydionmisha.tumblr.com/post/624698601006923776/action-reveals-character

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Doug Jones - Alabama
Gary Peters - Michigan

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

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

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

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

* Want to help Doug Jones defend his seat against a Trumpist homophobe? https://secure.actblue.com/donate/stand-with-doug?refcode=gaa1&gclid=EAIaIQobChMIx8n4rdfT6gIVvxitBh0BfQmNEAAYASAAEgJSwfD_BwE

* Want to help Sara Gideon unseat Susan Collins? https://secure.actblue.com/donate/adopt-me-dem-susan-collins-seat

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

* "Turkey's President: Saudis should prove missing journalist left consulate:" https://www.cnn.com/2018/10/08/middleeast/jamal-khashoggi-saudi-journalist-turkey-intl/index.html

* "North Korea is ready to allow inspection of key nuclear site, Pompeo says:" https://www.cnn.com/2018/10/08/politics/pompeo-north-korea-nuclear-inspectors-intl/index.html

* "Russian Oligarch Oleg Deripaska's U.S. Assets Frozen, Including NYC Mansion:" https://www.thedailybeast.com/oleg-deripaska-russian-oligarchs-us-assets-frozen-including-nyc-mansion

* "NY Times: Top Trump campaign official requested online manipulation plans from Israeli company:" https://www.cnn.com/2018/10/08/politics/nyt-rick-gates-online-manipulation/index.html

* "Scoop: White House begins prepping for Democratic legal storm:" https://www.axios.com/white-house-prepping-trump-democratic-legal-storm-6802dc91-bb27-4e14-86ba-028aab3bd793.html

* "GOP Activist Peter W. Smith Reportedly Raised $100K From Secret Donors in Hunt for Clinton Emails:" https://www.thedailybeast.com/gop-activist-peter-w-smith-reportedly-raised-dollar100k-from-secret-donors-in-hunt-for-clinton-emails

* 45 wants to remind you that while NAZIs literally attacking people and killing one person as part of terrorist activities in Charlottesville are "very fine people," peaceful protesters objecting to Brett Kavanaugh being forced on the country against the will of the people are "a mob" and the equivalent to arsonists.

* 45 insists that impeaching Kavanaugh for say, his habit of committing purjury would somehow be "an insult to the American public," as a majority of Americas oppose him serving on the Supreme Court. No, don't expect me to explain how that makes sense.

* "Brett Kavanaugh's confirmation to US supreme court gives Trump a major victory:" https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/oct/06/brett-kavanaugh-confirmed-us-supreme-court

* We'd need 67 Senators, so don't hold your breath. I'd love 67 senator, don't get me wrong, but at this point if we just get a majority back that would count as a big win. "Impeach Kavanaugh petition starts immediately after he's confirmed for the Supreme Court:" https://www.newsweek.com/impeach-kavanaugh-after-official-supreme-court-1156784

* "GOP Senate Hopeful Kevin Cramer Calls Me Too A 'Movement Toward Victimization':" https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/rep-kevin-cramer-calls-me-too-a-movement-toward-victimization_us_5bbb53e0e4b01470d0533dea

* "Heidi Heitkamp was ready to vote 'yes' on Kavanaugh. Then she watched him with the sound off.:" https://www.cnn.com/2018/10/08/politics/heidi-heitkamp-kavanaugh-cnn-interview/index.html

* Seriously folks, check your registration. We need the Hose and Senate if you want any checks on 45 at all.

Vote early if your state offers the opportunity, and make sure you vote in every race, because you’ll be needing your State Legislature if you want choice and birth control in your state once Roe goes down.

November may be our last or second to last exit ramp to keep Democracy. Don’t sit this one out.

* "Meanwhile, 2400 Texas voter registrations rejected right before deadline—all from Dem counties:" https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2018/10/4/1801670/-Meanwhile-2400-voter-registrations-rejected-right-before-deadline-all-from-Dem-counties

* "Georgia purged 10% of its voters: here's a way to check if you're one of them!:" https://boingboing.net/2018/10/02/thanks-greg-palast.html

* "Susan Rice considering 2020 challenge to Collins in Maine:" https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/wireStory/susan-rice-2020-challenge-collins-maine-58348163

* TW: Domestic Violence. "Safe House:" https://story.californiasunday.com/safe-house

* "People Had Seven Days To Watch A Film Banned For "Promoting Lesbianism":" https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/tamerragriffin/rafiki-kenya-screenings

* "Is The Ballet World Ready For A Gender Revolution?:" https://www.refinery29.com/chase-johnsey-ballet-gender-roles

* "Realism Gets Even More Real: Crash Course Theater #32:"

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* "IPCC climate change report calls for urgent action to phase out fossil fuels – as it happened:" https://www.theguardian.com/environment/live/2018/oct/08/ipcc-climate-change-report-urgent-action-fossil-fuels-live

* "Why I ‘Believe’ in Climate Change — and Why it Doesn’t Matter:" https://medium.com/s/story/why-i-believe-in-climate-change-and-why-it-doesnt-matter-650bf3e45a9f

* "Six cases of rare 'polio-like' illness diagnosed in children in Minnesota:" https://www.cnn.com/2018/10/07/health/afm-polio-like-illness-minnesota/index.html

* "The Lie Generator: Inside the Black Mirror World of Polygraph Job Screenings:" https://www.wired.com/story/inside-polygraph-job-screening-black-mirror/v

* "Tracing the Mysterious "Turks" of South Carolina Back to the Revolutionary War:" https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/tracing-mysterious-turks-of-south-carolina-back-revolutionary-war-180970383/

* "The Philosopher's Corpse: Crash Course Recess #2:"

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* I dragged myself out for forage and errands (masked, of course, made more annoying by Columbus Day, which shouldn't be a Thing anyway, and smokers. I won back or parking from and able bodied person who'd been hogging it all weekend, but Squirrel's been using my car again, so I suspect we've just lost it again, since this is his game night. After I put things away, I did some bits and bobs in the garden that needed doing. I also changed a tank and a box, and tried to replace three wraps on my left hand. i think the adhesive on this batch is badd also, as the thumb one started to come up before the clear polish dried. I really, really need to do more auction things as I'm falling further and further behind.

Still, there is something about the Gothmas decorations that makes everything better. I am a sucker for dead things and pretty lights.

* Enough time has passed that I decided to rewatch Lost Boys, which I loved when I saw in theaters and which I watched a lot in the '90's as we had it on VHS. There is no way to convey to anyone much younger than me how exciting this movie was hen it came out. lots of people have copied that long crane shot over water to convey the PoV of Vampires in Flight, but in '87, this was new and exciting. The "People are Strange" montage captures that exact moment where, punk and metal aesthetics started to spawn real Goths. The iconic looks of the Vampire clan were very of that moment, and the humor was exactly our sense of humor as teenagers about the same age Micheal was meant to be. So much of this movie is a time capsule of that particular slice of time, and still carries for me the sense memory of sitting between my lovers to watch it. The Autumn of '87 was such an action packed time for me, and everything going on right now in the world has it in the front of my mind. I have shivers watching certain sequences
for reasons I can't exactly explain that have to do with layered memories of various times and people I've watched this with. I've no idea how it holds up for people watching now the same age I was then. It still works for me, it seems.

* The Brave Little Automaton: https://glumshoe.tumblr.com/post/178471849889/glumshoe-glumshoe-glumshoe-the-prophecy

* "Z Nation, Season 5, Episode 1: Welcome to the Newpocalypse:" http://www.fangsforthefantasy.com/2018/10/z-nation-season-5-episode-1-welcome-to.htmlv

* I am now about $220.00 behind on bills, disabled, and have three cats. If you'd like to chip in directly towards helping me pay my bills Paypal Lethran@gmail.com or paypal.me/Gwydion

The all items for sale link is here: https://www.ebay.com/sch/lethran/m.html?_nkw=&_armrs=1&_ipg=&_from=

BPAL: Krampus (2012) (Yule (LE)): Sinister red musk, black leather, dusty rags, and wooden switches. Just Below shoulder. https://www.ebay.com/itm/BPAL-Krampus-2012-Yule-Limited-Edition/302912665865?hash=item4687007909:g:KEQAAOSwGohboEuu

BPAL: Regina Erebi (2011) (Halloween : An Evening in Hades (LE)): The Queen of Hell: pomegranate, spear mint, black mulberry, and myrrh. 1/2 Full & Scorpio (2007) (Celestials (LE)). 1-2 Imps worth. https://www.ebay.com/itm/BPAL-Regina-Erebi-2011-Halloween-An-Evening-in-Hades-Scorpio-2007/302912712603?hash=item4687012f9b:g:rlMAAOSwb2JboFtP

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

* Naral https://actnow.prochoiceamerica.org/donate/supportnaral/#.W7nPzmNRfIU

* Planned Paranthood: https://www.weareplannedparenthoodaction.org/onlineactions/hkv0R7LN0E-Q-U5mXFaXRA2?sourceid=1004272&ms=4NALz1800K1N1A&gclid=EAIaIQobChMI4I2IxID03QIVA7bACh3CCwHWEAAYASAAEgKlD_D_BwE&gclsrc=aw.ds

* Black Phoenix Alchemy Lab is doing a fundraiser for legal defense of refugee children in ICE detention. https://blackphoenixalchemylab.com/product-category/activism/deliver-them-from-the-hands-of-the-wicked/

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

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

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

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

* Have something you want to tell your Congress Critters? Call the Capitol Switchboard at (202) 224-3121 and ask to be connected to the representative of your choice.

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

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

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

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

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

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

* "Mass Greek protest over Macedonia name:" http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-42937889

* "NHS protest: thousands march to demand more cash for NHS:" https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2018/feb/04/nhs-budget-cuts-march-protest-jeremy-hunt-london-funding

* "UK leaders rebuke Trump for health care tweet:" http://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/uk-leaders-rebuke-trump-for-health-care-tweet-1154418243839

* "For answers on Afghanistan, look to Pakistan:" http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/why-is-the-u-s-still-in-afghanistan-pakistan-1154492483931?playlist=associated

* "Some Eagles players are skipping the White House visit over Trump:" https://www.cnn.com/2018/02/05/politics/philadelphia-eagles-super-bowl-white-house-visit/index.html

* Dear Leader thinks people should be tried for treason for not applauding him. O.o Someone needs to explain to 45 that things like letting Russian intelligence dictate your foreign policy while president against the interests of the United states is treason, but failing to clap isn't. Maybe someone needs to make a School house Rock style cartoon explaining the first amendment to him. "Trump: Democrats 'Un-American,' 'Treasonous' During State Of The Union:" https://www.npr.org/2018/02/05/583447413/trump-democrats-un-american-treasonous-during-state-of-the-union

* "White House rejects bipartisan immigration plan:" https://www.cnn.com/2018/02/05/politics/trump-daca-mccain-coons-immigration-plan/index.html

* "Trump's lawyers want him to refuse interview with Mueller:" http://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/trump-s-lawyers-want-him-to-refuse-interview-with-mueller-nyt-1154390083534

* "Rep. Lieu: ‘People would take to streets’ if Rosenstein fired:" http://www.msnbc.com/am-joy/watch/memo-doesn-t-give-trump-cause-to-fire-rosenstein-1153507907576

* "Rep. Schiff responds to Trump attacks over Russia probe:"http://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/rep-schiff-responds-to-trump-attacks-over-russia-probe-1154414147546

* "Nunes memo stunt blows up in GOP's face:" http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/nunes-memo-stunt-blows-up-in-gop-s-face-1154475075653?playlist=associated

* "Zinke's agency held up Indians’ casino after MGM lobbying:" https://www.politico.com/story/2018/02/01/zinkes-indian-casino-interior-312671

* "U.S. consumer protection official puts Equifax probe on ice:" https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-equifax-cfpb/exclusive-u-s-consumer-protection-official-puts-equifax-probe-on-ice-sources-idUSKBN1FP0IZ

* "Super Bowl national security docs left on plane:" https://www.cnn.com/2018/02/05/us/dhs-super-bowl-national-security-documents-left-on-plane-invs/index.html

* "Massive Pentagon agency lost track of hundreds of millions of dollars:" https://www.politico.com/story/2018/02/05/pentagon-logistics-agency-review-funds-322860

* Let them eat cake. "Paul Ryan Deletes Tweet After He’s Mocked for Celebrating $1.50 Benefit From Tax Cut:" https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2018/02/paul-ryan-deletes-tweet-after-hes-mocked-for-celebrating-usd1-50-benefit-from-tax-cut.html

* "The GOP candidate who would represent a suburban Chicago district is an open Holocaust denier, white supremacist and anti-Semite:" https://boingboing.net/2018/02/05/arthur-jones.html

* "U.S. Supreme Court allows revamp of Pennsylvania electoral map:" https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-court-election/u-s-supreme-court-allows-revamp-of-pennsylvania-electoral-map-idUSKBN1FP2E0

* "Dow plunges 1,175 -- worst point decline in history:" http://money.cnn.com/2018/02/05/investing/stock-market-today-dow-jones/index.html

* "Market plunges, government shutdown looms:" http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/market-plunges-government-shutdown-looms-again-1154483779682?playlist=associated

* TW: Rape. "This Is Why Uma Thurman Is Angry:" https://www.nytimes.com/2018/02/03/opinion/sunday/this-is-why-uma-thurman-is-angry.html?emc=edit_ta_20180203&nl=top-stories&nlid=69193558&ref=cta

* "Anguish amid Trump deportation crackdown:" http://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/anguish-amid-trump-deportation-crackdown-1154422339705

* "Ebony Morgan's Killer Found Guilty:" http://transgriot.blogspot.com/2018/02/ebony-morgans-killer-found-guilty.html

* "James Baldwin - Pin Drop Speech:"

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* "Remains in Europe: mummified woman in Basel is Boris Johnson’s ancestor:" https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2018/jan/25/remains-in-europe-mummified-woman-in-basel-is-boris-johnsons-ancestor

* This pretty much fits with historical/archaeological record, so it's really confirmation, not a surprise. "New genetic map reveals Irish people share far more DNA with the British and Vikings than previously believed:" http://irishpost.co.uk/new-genetic-map-reveals-irish-people-share-far-dna-british-vikings-previously-believed/

* "Ancient Eurasian DNA sequencing is revealing links with modern humans:" https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2018/01/180125135609.htm

* "Titian painting given to Charles I's plumber goes up for sale:" https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2018/jan/22/titian-painting-king-charles-i-plumber-sale-auction

* "The Greatest African American and Afro-American Martial Artists in History:" https://outofthiscentury.wordpress.com/2014/03/25/the-greatest-african-american-and-afro-american-martial-artists-in-history/

* "Hunter Knocked Unconscious By Shot Goose Falling Out Of The Sky:" https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2018/02/04/583110844/hunter-knocked-unconscious-by-falling-dead-goose-shot-by-his-hunting-party

* The title is terrible, but it's a feminist look at the way fashion and real women's bodies collide. "What is the ‘ideal’ female body shape?:" http://www.bbc.com/culture/story/20180122-what-is-the-ideal-female-body-shape

* "The evolution of the Australian accent:" https://phys.org/news/2018-01-evolution-australian-accent.html

* "Cut for Time: My Little Stepchildren (Natalie Portman) - SNL:"

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* "Weekend Update on Black History Month - SNL:"

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* "Weekend Update: Brigitte Bardot and Catherine Deneuve - SNL:"

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* I really only had 4-5 functional hours Sunday total, and went to bed very early. My sleep is mostly crappy still, but last night I wasn't having to wake up every 10-15 minutes to keep from choking which helps. I'll take fever dreams and frequent waking over tiny uncomfortable doses any day. When I got up, my breathing was a little better, so I decided not to try for emergency anti-biotics, although really I should make a lab result appointment soon. I have been craving comfort foods, like the impossible sandwich and a bunch of things my mom used to make. I've been too ill for experimental baking, but I managed some today. It was an edible failure, and I've ideas for further experiments as it was a near enough miss for me to do things like adjust for my weirdly uneven oven and work on substitutions to make the taste more like without getting me sick from allergens.

Today was a forage day, and I'm still trying to replenish depleted stores of staples. I planned things out to use the least gas, but it was still a grocery store, forage, pharmacy, library, and two other grocery stores on the way home which is a lot, even though they were all relatively quick trips. The second grocery store was extra frustrating. I wanted five specific things. One was there. One was nearly twice as expensive as I usually pay so I skipped it. The other three were out of stock. Sigh. I did find the herbal tea I'd thought had been discontinued a year or more ago as I haven't been able to find it anywhere and was shocked at check out to discover EBT no longer pays for it. Sigh. At the last store I did find the thing that wasn't at the store where it usually is on Saturday nor in the first store today, and was double priced at the second store. I am suspecting there might be a serious agricultural problem to the south of us, maybe related to the fires, mudslides, etc. that has borked the supply chain as that's likely screwed over their growing season, so I'm not blaming the stores for being out. Figuring processing/bottling time, I am thinking the Napa fire was timed just right to screw up supplies now. I did not find two of the three things I came specifically to the third store to get. Facepalm. I also remembered the thing I forgot to buy at the first store today while in the second store looking at their twice as expensive version. Maybe next Monday when I'm in that part of town for forage. The important thing though is that the four things I use all the time that I was out of or nearly out of going into the weekend are safely home in my cupboards. I also scored a basil plant. It's early in the season, so I'll need to bring it in if we have a cold snap, but that's one base covered and the plant is big and healthy looking, unlike the sickly things last season.

My dreaming brain has been spiraling architecture, which I love. I had this early modern fantasy novel type scenario where we were all people with terrible jobs (tavern, piece work, journymen/apprentices in the period were upward mobility bottle necked RL, only this was a low magic setting in a lesser regional market town.) There was this gorgeous cathedral in the center of town right on the market square and something happened that led to the bishop clearing out an attached convent gone wrong and do to some now forgotten convolution, I ended yup with it and decided to move all my misfit friends in and turn it into an Inn, only even as people were recruiting acts and the like for the entertainment of guests, I was exploring the place and my brain spun out more and more fascinating architecture spanning the 12-early 17th century. I love when my brain does that.

More ominous in the literal sense I dreamed a version of my high School graduation that was sort of smashed together with this May day fair my school used to do , but stopped about halfway through my Middle School with no explanation. RL, my parents had to force me to go, because the last thing I wanted to do was spend one more minute in that place with those people I wasn't strictly required to. The dress code for graduates was so much better than what they really forced us to wear, though still extremely gendered. This version of me transitioned androgyne Senior year and for some reason, no one commented on it, which is not what would have happened in that place and time. There was also a mix of people from the next two grades up who I was friends or sort of friends with who were obviously not there RL.

The real difference though was the aweful and beautiful blood red sky. I'm not talking sunset, red near the hiorizen. I'm talking uniform arterial red like a wound. Awesome in the original sense of the word, if that makes sense. This fairly light hearted celebration sor of thing was under a sky who's terrible beauty felt like the end of the world, and they were playing this game on the lawn, with rules you had to work out yourself while playing and if you lost, you got sucked through a door and were never seen again. In retrospect, this was merely a mpre overt version of what happened to the people the school broke real life, but I was too busy extricating myself from the playing field to ponder that at the time. It was all like that in the dream, really, lots of cryptic instructions and unwritten rules. More obvious and symbolic that RL, but recognizable. at the end, one by one I said good bye to folks from other years, from cross country/track, from the gang that hung out in the Alcove after school. Last of all a certain boy. I nearly said, "I've had a crush on you since I was 5," but instead I just silently waved goodbye as he he turned the corner out of my life forever.

When I got to my car, parked in my Dad's old spot from when I was in Lower and Middle School, which over looked the lawn where people were still playing the deadly game, the sky now bleeding for real onto the Chapel on the hill on the other side I had two final thoughts before waking: 1. The world is beautiful in it's dying. 2. This sky is something we will tell our grandchildren about, if enough of us survive long enough to have grandchildren. *shudder*

* Not yet seven months old, largest Cat in the house. She is creeping up on Tavy weight wise. http://gwydionmisha.tumblr.com/post/170561555502/not-yet-seven-months-old-largest-cat-in-the

* The Power of Love in Tolkien: http://gwydionmisha.tumblr.com/post/170547215037/kitteninteacup-obtrta-prismaticprince

* "Ghosts, Gaslighting, and Haunted Heroines: The Horror of “You’re Imagining Things”:" https://filmschoolrejects.com/ghosts-gaslighting-haunted-heroines-horror-youre-imagining-things/

* TNG: Season 6 Rewatch:

- 6.16-6.17 Birthright: They go to my beloved DS-9 to assist with water management technical stuff. There are two plots that reflect on each other, both to do with titular birthrights. One plot is Julian and Data collaborate to investigate an alien devise using the Enterprise's Equipment. Julian says inadvertently racist things to Data while gushing about how cool Data is. "I didn't think you'd be so personable" sounds a lot like "I didn't think you'd be so articulate." I do have to give them credit for not dropping the thread of people Othering Data, even though it makes me wince. he asks a lot of questions about how Data functions that conveniently provide in universe answers for why data breathes and has a pulse. An accident knocks him offline and he has a vision.

The other plot is Worf getting word his Father might be alive and captured by the Romulans from an alien on the station and having to come to terms with the dishonor. Worf's advise to data about his vision helps him decide to go look for his own Father. I always like the little Worf/Data scenes because of the way they are both partial outsiders in human culture and the ways they sometimes help each other navigate situations in which they are both unsure about something. Worf finds the shady guy and makes him take him to the prison camp instead of paying up front for dodging coordinates, which was the original offer.

Data goes to captain Picard, baffled by the large array of meanings for the same symbol across cultures. Picard calls him a "culture of one," which seems apt, and sends him off to thik about what the vision symbols mean to Data specifically. Data paints a large number of paintings based on the vision, starting with things he saw, but then he started painting things he imagined after. He wants to recreate the accident, risking his neural net in hopes of seeing more. This time it's different, and his Father tell him it's always different, and that he's started a "wonderful journey" and he's more than a collection of processes. Data can now dream and be creative. "Data, you are the bird." Data lets Julian write a paper on the incident.

Meanwhile the dodgy guy drops Worf off near the camp and says he'll be back in fifty hours. He finds a Klingon woman who insists she is "home." He follows the woman and a Romulan back to the village, where there is a Klingon ceremony going on, and grabs an elderly man who says Worf's father died at the massacre. Worf wants to rescue them; the old man goes to the elders. A man who remembers his father tells something he remembers of small Worf. They turn him over to the Romulans because "He would bring others."

The second episode starts with the Klingons explaining they'd been knocked unconscious. The Romulans wanted to trade them, but they were dishonored, so begged to stay and are now raising the next generation there, under Romulan rule, hiding from Klingon. The dishonor lasts three generations. Worf reveals his soft federation underbelly which grosses out the Elder Klingon. The children are raised so pacifist they are using weapons to till. ("And into plowshares turn their swords, Nations shall learn war no more.") The young ones all think there is still a war on; the Elders worry Worf will infect them with discontent. It turns out the Romulan gave up his carreer to guard the klingons which is the only way he could keep them alive. He married one of the Klingon women. I mulled this. Is is consensual if he is both guard and prisoner or is it still creepy? Worf makes an explosion so as to escape, but is caught. They put a tracking chip in Worf. Worf openly practices his forms, attracting youngsters who want to learn. The young woman sneaks him into her home to show him the old armour and a rusting weapons. He explains them to her. They get caught just as he's explaining a decoration that is given to a daughter who is of age, "old enough to mate." The Mother kicks him out. Soon he is telling youngsters tales of Kaliss. The boy who hates all of it still keeps turning up for things even though he complains. The young woman flirts with Worf and sort of makes a mood. Worf flips out on discovering her Romulan ears. He spouts racist stuff about her father the camp commander. He does turn up to apologize, but does it in a shitty way, which she calls him on it. He keeps arguing with the nay sayer youth, and pricks his pride to get him to try. Worf asks to the Romulan to let Worf and naysayer go on a hunt. Worf gives his word not to escape; the elder Klingon stands surety and tells the naysayer to kill Worf if he breaks his word. Worf is much better with Klingon youths here than he is with his own son, I notice. Hunting seems to awaken the kid's instincts. They return with dead things. The Romulan freaks out. The boy gets people singing the old hunting victory song.

The Romulan and Worf debate privately. The Romulan points out this is the only time and place in all of history where Klingons and Romulans live in peace. Worf's argument is basically that he had to take the klingon out of Klingons to due it and now that they are waking up again and have scented wild prey, they can't go back to being what the Romulan made them. The Romulan threatens to put Worf to death if he doesn't conform. Worf chooses death over the lifestyle of the prison camp. "The young people will see what it is to die a Klingon." The young woman tries to remove the tracking devise. Worf refuses to run to show them what i is to be Klingon. She plays the "You care for me card." Worf admits he loves her, but won't live this way. She points out that the prejudice against he means she can't come with him. He points out that he isn't accepted for himself there. They kiss and she storms out. The Romulan insists it is necessary to put Worf to death because he will destroy everything. Worf says he's really being executed for bringing knowledge. The Klingon lad comes out in full armour saying that if they are killing Worf they must kill him too, that many of them want to leave and the Romulans will have to kill them to keep them. The Romulan is going to execute them. A bunch of the others make a body shield. The young woman joins them. Her mother tells her husband, "This is our prion; it should not be theirs." Worf makes those leaving "honor" their parents by keeping their secret.

Meanwhile, Worf's friends have been looking for him. They get a message to come pick up the dissident Klingons. Worf lies they are survivors of a crash, that "no one survived Kitamer." Picard says, "I understand" in a way that suggests he understands perfectly well, and is going along with it.

I think this has been the most satisfying TNG arc I've seen so far. I works really well for both Data and Worf, and the Worf story line has a whole lot of depth and relevance. It helps him work through a lot of his baggage and define who he is a person much better than heretofore. It also reminds me of that time I sort of started a small scale resistance when I was fifteen, but that is another, private story. I wonder if Worf's parenting improves as a result of his experience. He certainly seems more calm and centered and he was really good with the young people.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

* "Why are women accused of witchcraft? Study in rural China gives clue:" https://phys.org/news/2018-01-women-accused-witchcraft-rural-china.html

* "Tim Hortons franchise owners tell workers to blame Wynne for benefit cuts and to 'not vote Liberal':" http://www.cbc.ca/beta/news/business/tim-hortons-minimum-wage-hike-ontario-government-1.4493436

* "New Zealand PM reveals she is pregnant:" http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-42741789

* "Racism Accusations Hang over Trump Presidency:"

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* "Tom Cotton, David Perdue, and the Trap of Lying for Donald Trump:" https://www.newyorker.com/news/daily-comment/tom-cotton-david-perdue-and-the-trap-of-lying-for-donald-trump

* "Migratory Birds Lose Protection Against Industry in Latest Trump Action Against Environmental Regulations:" https://www.ecowatch.com/migratory-bird-treaty-act-2520278975.html?utm_source=EcoWatch+List&utm_campaign=fbe4bf398a-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_49c7d43dc9-fbe4bf398a-85920757

* Yes, it's tumblr, but it's a good rundown on what's going on with the Government Shutdown, CHIP, and DACA: http://gwydionmisha.tumblr.com/post/169954416307/yourenotaloneinthis-pervocracy-cuyguy

* "First day of government shutdown ends in standoff:" https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-congress-shutdown/first-day-of-government-shutdown-ends-in-standoff-idUSKBN1F90DE

* "Republican congressman removed from ethics committee:" https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-congress-meehan/republican-congressman-removed-from-ethics-committee-idUSKBN1FA019?feedType=RSS&feedName=lifestyleMolt

* TW: Rape. Viola Davis' Woman's March speech: http://browngurlwfro.tumblr.com/post/169945296198/thepowerofblackwomen-when-i-raise-my-hand-i-am

* "Armed Federal Agents Enter Warehouse in Puerto Rico to Seize Hoarded Electric Equipment:" https://theintercept.com/2018/01/10/puerto-rico-electricity-prepa-hurricane-maria/

* "Native American family tree sprouts a new branch:" https://www.csmonitor.com/Science/2018/0109/Native-American-family-tree-sprouts-a-new-branch

* "Ancient Jew’s harps found in Altai Mountains as musical instruments reappear after 1,700 years:" http://siberiantimes.com/science/casestudy/news/ancient-jews-harps-found-in-altai-mountains-as-musical-instruments-reappear-after-1700-years/

* "Fossil DNA sheds light on origins of early Scandinavians:" http://cphpost.dk/news/fossil-dna-sheds-light-on-origins-of-early-scandinavians.html

* "Ancient Phoenician DNA from Sardinia, Lebanon reflects settlement, integration, mobility:" https://phys.org/news/2018-01-ancient-phoenician-dna-sardinia-lebanon.html

* "Royal palace ruins discovered in north China:" http://www.xinhuanet.com/english/2018-01/08/c_136880481.htm

* "DNA analysis of mummy, thought to have smallpox, points to Hepatitis B instead:" https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2018/01/180104153449.htm

* TW: Domestic Violence, Pedophilia. Sacajawea: Survivor. http://satyrday.tumblr.com/post/169789630591/llamajun-indigenous-rising-girljanitor#notes

* "Exotic animals and the hunt for gold:" https://phys.org/news/2018-01-exotic-animals-gold.html

* "Trump Wishes We Had More Immigrants From Norway. Turns Out We Once Did:" https://www.npr.org/sections/goatsandsoda/2018/01/12/577673191/trump-wishes-we-had-more-immigrants-from-norway-turns-out-we-once-did

* Henry Ford, Antisemitism, and Square Dancing. http://satyrday.tumblr.com/post/169673209361/semitics-dedalvs-shea-buttastic#notes

* "General Kelly: Trump's Wall Promises Were 'Not Fully Informed':"

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* "Starr Andrews Free Skate US Nationals:"

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* "Starr Andrews SP 2018 US Champs:"

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* "Fresh Prince - SNL:"

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* Impossible foods. My sense memory is really strong. This is why my method of choosing what food to make involves me flashing sense memories of various foods I have ingredients for until I hit on the "right" one. it also means that I'll remember a taste, smell, etc.. and then spend a ridiculous about of time trying to track it down to a context. I want THAT food, now what exactly is it? For the last couple weeks I've been wanting another Impossible food from a very specific shop in early '90's Corvallis. I've no idea if the shop is still there, nor a car able to carry me so far even if I had money and energy for such a journey. Still, over and over my mind thrusts the taste of this particular sandwich into moments between more serious thoughts: an impossible food, last shared with a lover now long dead in the company of friends I no longer have.

* "Sansa's Shithole Siblings Part 1: Family Disunion:" https://www.thefandomentals.com/winterhell-s7-retrospective-part-1/

* An interesting thing on Hux: http://lettersfromtitan.tumblr.com/post/169906910952/bomberqueen17-darthnickels-can-i-just-say-as#notes

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

* Emoluments clause? What Emoluments clause? "Despite pledge, Trump company works with a foreign entity. Again.:" http://www.mcclatchydc.com/news/politics-government/white-house/article187562198.html

* "Trump announces reduction of two national monuments in Utah:" https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/white-house/trump-announces-reductions-bears-ears-grand-staircase-monuments-n826326

* "Trump moves to block Romney from the Senate:" https://www.politico.com/story/2017/12/03/trump-mitt-romney-utah-senate-hatch-276805

* "Trump doubles down on Flynn defense, draws scrutiny with FBI tweet:" https://www.politico.com/story/2017/12/02/trump-flynn-russia-no-collusion-claim-276017

* "Trump lawyer: 'The president cannot obstruct justice:" https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/donald-trump/trump-lawyer-president-cannot-obstruct-justice-n826231

* "Trump's lawyer says he wrote the president's tweet about Flynn's dismissal:" http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/trumps-lawyer-wrote-presidents-sloppy-tweet-flynns-dismissal/story?id=51541650

* "House Republicans Prepare Contempt Action Against FBI, DOJ:" https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-12-03/u-s-house-republicans-prepare-contempt-action-against-fbi-doj-jaqegooo

* "White House paranoid: 'Everyone thinks they’re being recorded':" https://www.politico.com/story/2017/12/04/white-house-paranoid-trump-277761

* "Alleged" Pedophiles stick together. "Trump calls Roy Moore to offer his endorsement:" https://www.cnn.com/2017/12/04/politics/trump-moore-endorsement-twitter/index.html

* "FBI agents fire back at Trump: Saying we're not dedicated is 'simply false':" http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/363048-fbi-agents-fire-back-at-trump-saying-fbi-isnt-dedicated-is-simply

* "Sessions argued in Clinton impeachment that presidents can obstruct justice:" https://www.politico.com/story/2017/12/04/jeff-sessions-president-obstruct-justice-bill-clinton-278517

* He got RUSSIAN INTELLIGENCE to help him write his op-ed so he could violate the gag order before the bail deal even went into effect. O.o "Prosecutors: Manafort tried to write op-ed with Russian operative while under house arrest:" https://www.politico.com/story/2017/12/04/manafort-russia-prosecutors-oped-278786

* "Jared Kushner failed to disclose he led a foundation funding illegal Israeli settlements before U.N. vote:" http://www.newsweek.com/jared-kushner-disclosure-form-west-bank-settlements-israel-white-house-729290

* "Senate passes sweeping tax overhaul:" https://www.politico.com/story/2017/12/01/tax-bill-2017-senate-republicans-274453

Here are some resistance options:
Resistance links for the tax cuts for the rich: http://gwydionmisha.tumblr.com/post/166977878817/fullhalalalchemist-the-gop-is-aiming-for-a-65vc
Scripts for resisting the Tax Bill: https://laughingacademy.tumblr.com/post/168175070608/the-tax-bill-just-passed-the-senate-heres-what
Republicans are trying to kill library funding. Help us save the libraries. http://www.ala.org/advocacy/advleg/federallegislation/fight-for-libraries
Call the Capitol Switchboard at (202) 224-3121 and ask to be connected to the representative of your choice.
This App phones your rep for you: http://takeastance.us/
Here is one that will send your reps a fax: https://resistbot.io/

* We need to fight this one hard and there's almost no time. "Why Congress Should 'Fix NICS' And Reject The NRA's So-Called Concealed Carry 'Reciprocity' Bill:" https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/why-congress-should-fix-nics-and-reject-the-nras_us_5a242152e4b05072e8b56a16

* "The FCC's plans to end net neutrality could be killed in court:" https://www.techspot.com/news/72039-fcc-plans-end-net-neutrality-could-killed-court.html

* "Supreme Court grants Trump's bid to revive full travel ban for now:" http://www.latimes.com/politics/la-na-pol-court-travel-ban-20171204-story.html

* "Dinosaur ‘Mummy’ Unveiled With Skin And Guts Intact:" http://all-that-is-interesting.com/nodosaur-fossil?utm_campaign=pdtol&utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=social

* "Archaeology of dogs: Were they first domesticated in the Middle East?:" https://www.haaretz.com/archaeology/1.825926

* "Not Just for the Birds: Pigeons in the Roman and Byzantine Near East:" http://asorblog.org/2017/11/28/not-just-birds-pigeons-roman-byzantine-near-east/

* "Drone survey reveals ancient temple at Israeli military grounds:" https://www.timesofisrael.com/drone-survey-reveals-ancient-temple-at-israeli-military-grounds/

* "Mummies and log houses of the dead: Scythian life and death:" https://blog.britishmuseum.org/mummies-and-log-houses-of-the-dead-scythian-life-and-death/

* "Toxic masculinity fostered by misreadings of the classics:" https://theconversation.com/toxic-masculinity-fostered-by-misreadings-of-the-classics-88118

* "Mosaics on mosque floor revealed:" https://www.dailysabah.com/history/2017/11/27/mosaics-on-mosque-floor-revealed

* "The Skeletal Welsh Horse You Must Beat in a Battle of Rhymes:" https://hyperallergic.com/345156/the-welsh-undead-horse-of-christmas-you-must-beat-in-a-battle-of-rhymes/

* "When 'Miss' Meant So Much More: How One Woman Fought Alabama — And Won:" https://www.npr.org/sections/codeswitch/2017/11/30/567177501/when-miss-meant-so-much-more-how-one-woman-fought-alabama-and-won?utm_source=tumblr.com&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=npr&utm_term=nprnews&utm_content=2058

* I got out and did my forage and errands on time, including the long loop as I had gas for it. I am bleeding money I can't afford on meds and the like. Somehow, I'm going to need to find money for laundry detergent as we've been out over a week. *eyes medical debit* Sigh. Tomorrow is fix it, and I think I shall take them the fish light with the loose wire if I get my act together in time.

When I got home, there was Tavy happy to see me, and we had a good play after I put the forage away. There was no sin of Livia. I had honestly started to worry that she might have escaped when Squirrel was carrying the forage in, at which point Tavy started circling the area in front of my room calling for her, clearly concerned by her absence himself. She had been asleep in the mesting box under my desk the whole time, a foot away from my left foot. Doh!

He's been parenting so Hard, yo. I'm so proud of him. He did reach the point in the Sunday AM where the schedule disruption she was creating by insisting they saty on my bed instead of migrating into my office to hang out with me was wearing on him. He likes to be near the Hu-Mon, but his kitten inexplicably does not. It was a stressful conundrum, but being a bright little button, he has solved it by migrating out periodically to sit on the top of the cat tree, positioned where he can watch me and the kitten at the same time. he is, of course spending most of his time with her, in my room and they were curled up together on the blanket for a nap for a ouple of hours, so things are going well. She's more tolerant of me going in there periodically do grab things or change lighting or whatever, though she's not willing to be in the bed when I am in it except for tag with Tavy.

* "Margaret Atwood’s The Handmaid’s Tale reminds us that it can always happen here. It’s speculative, and it’s fiction, but that doesn’t mean it’s untrue.:" http://gwydionmisha.tumblr.com/post/168216664782/thecrashcourse-margaret-atwoods-the-handmaids

* That song in "Santa Claus is Coming to Town" where Kris Kringle insists children pay for their toys with kisses did NOT age well.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

* "Trump’s lengthy history of Russia connections:"

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* "Trump visits as Houston struggles to recover:"

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* "American Dreamers: Defending the DACA generation:"

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* "American Dreamers: Voices of the DACA generation:"

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* "American Dreamers: DACA recipients among first Harvey responders:"

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* "Ancient warrior unearthed marching to afterlife with his dagger drawn, wearing stylish earrings:" http://siberiantimes.com/other/others/features/ancient-warrior-unearthed-marching-to-afterlife-with-his-dagger-drawn-wearing-stylish-earrings/

* "Mummy found with perfect hair and eyebrows after 900 years:" http://metro.co.uk/2017/08/04/mummy-found-with-perfect-hair-and-eyebrows-after-900-years-6829532/

* "Has the tomb of the first historian of the Americas been discovered?:" https://elpais.com/elpais/2017/07/27/inenglish/1501149491_780251.html

* "Excavation of Old Summer Palace reveals new secrets from Qing Dynasty:" http://www.globaltimes.cn/content/1058870.shtml

* Of Sansa and Arya Stark: http://turtle-paced.tumblr.com/post/164659064032/2-also-what-are-your-thoughts-on-book-sansa-and

* "Why is it taking the Others so long to reach, much less breach the Wall?:" http://poorquentyn.tumblr.com/post/164490261653/why-is-it-taking-the-others-so-long-to-reach-much

* The Others in ASoIaF: http://poorquentyn.tumblr.com/post/164637776223/why-is-the-fandom-so-fascinated-with-the-idea-that

* Want to donate to the windshield wiper fund? (32$ Needed). Paypal Lethran@gmail.com

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

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

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

* "How to Help Hurricane Harvey Victims:" http://www.slate.com/blogs/the_slatest/2017/08/27/how_to_help_hurricane_harvey_victims.html

* How to help the protesters and ordinary people in Venezuela: https://thewynne.tumblr.com/post/163738805241/softestjohn-fiftyeightminutes-softestjohn

* "Ten Ways to Fight Hate: A Community Response Guide:" https://www.splcenter.org/20170814/ten-ways-fight-hate-community-response-guide

* A list of links to Charlottesville charities if you want to give the NAZIs a financial fuck you: https://twitter.com/SaraJBenincasa/status/896260623905861633

* How white Protesters can weaponize their whiteness: http://gwydionmisha.tumblr.com/post/164390645622/alvaroarbeloa-vaspider-okay-friends-lets

* List of places to donate to help trans service members and fight the planned attack on active duty trans soldiers: https://vaspider.tumblr.com/post/163475550346/moonbian-hey-i-know-reblogging-posts-about-how

* Red Cross is taking donations for Western Wildfire Relief: http://www.redcross.org/local/oregon/ways-to-donate/wildfires

* (This is here as a reminder to me for later). "Can you recommend me some good books, essays, etc. about witches, witchcraft, witch trials in England?:" https://laughingacademy.tumblr.com/post/164664427028/dear-pauline-can-you-recommend-me-some-good

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

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

* Why the Tories winning the UK Election is literally deadly: http://theonlyoneofherkind.tumblr.com/post/118761933448/what-does-is-mean-for-england-now-that-the-tories

* The surviving Boston Bomber has been sentenced to death.

* Hours after the Amtrak crash near Philly, Republicans moved boldly to further increase the number of train accidents, by cutting their budget yet again. After all, given the large number of train accidents the last thing we need is proper track maintenance or the funds to complete mandated safety upgrades. Remember, train crashers only kill mere human type people and often destroy homes and small businesses and republicans believe the purpose of government is to serve the interests of corporate type "people" and the .1% who are to rich to use trains. Who cares how many people who work for a living get killed as long as we can pay for corporate welfare and protect the .1% from paying their share?

* Some further words about the Amtrak crash for the evening:

1. I am hearing a lot of speculation about the causes of the crash, but right now we know nothing about what actually happened to the driver. We do know that the safety upgrades would have prevented this crash, but not what led to the train going that fast in the first place. I'd like to put in a plea that we reserve judgement until there are actual facts to base it on. there are all sorts of reasons this sort of thing can happen: some of which are true accidents and no one's fault, others caused by things like negligence or malice. Let's wait to find out which this is before attacking a man who may be purely a victim. there is time enough for finger pointing when we know what actually happened.

2. I'm seeing a lot of people saying things like the engineer's inability to remember is "suspiciously convenient." No, it's not suspicious at all with a serious concussion. People often lose time immediately before as well as after the head injury. My Uncle lost not only the play in which he had a serious concussion, but the one before it one time playing High School Football. The time I was attacked at work, I lost about a minute before I was pushed into the counter as well as the entire ambulance trip and the early part of the ER, and I was messed up seriously at least a month after. It's unreasonable to automatically assume a man with a serious concussion is faking a few minutes of lost time. He was in an accident that could have easily killed him.

3. Again, I don't know if he's innocent or guilty, but you know what? Neither does anyone else, possibly including the engineer himself. So rather than rushing to judgement, let's all take a deep breath and let the crash investigators do their work.

* "Killer Mike Just Tore Down the Media Coverage of Baltimore in a New Op-Ed:" http://mic.com/articles/117298/killer-mike-just-tore-down-the-media-coverage-of-baltimore-in-a-new-op-ed?utm_source=policymicTBLR&utm_medium=main&utm_campaign=social

* "State Attorney clears officer in shooting of unarmed 17 year old with Down’s Syndrome because as the deputy stated, “I was in fear he was going to hit me”. Traffic cameras tell a different story.:" http://www.wptv.com/news/local-news/investigations/questions-about-role-of-state-attorney-in-deputy-involved-shooting

* "10 Tips to Help Neurotypicals Understand Sensory Processing Disorder:" http://thebodyisnotanapology.com/magazine/the-neurotypicals-guide-to-adults-with-sensory-processing-disorder/

* "TED Talk on Battling Bad Science Journalism - July 2011:" https://soundcloud.com/adreana-langston-1/ted-talk-on-battling-bad-science-journalism-july-2011?in=cleverestofthem/sets/ted-talks

* "Egypt's animal mummy 'scandal' revealed:" http://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-32656743

* I have shivers. "Rihanna’s New Music Video Is the Perfect Illustration of Two Different Americas:" http://mic.com/articles/115870/rihanna-s-new-music-video-is-the-perfect-illustration-of-two-different-americas?utm_source=policymicTBLR&utm_medium=main&utm_campaign=social

* I'm headachey and feverish, so apologies if I'm making below average sense.

* "iZombie, Season 1, Episode 9: Patriot Brains:" http://www.fangsforthefantasy.com/2015/05/izombie-season-1-episode-9-patriot.html

* "#JusticeforKayleb: An autistic 6th grader unfairly convicted of a felony.:" https://www.change.org/p/justiceforkayleb-an-autistic-6th-grader-unfairly-convicted-of-a-felony

* Young athlete shot in the neck by security guard for talking to a white girl in his own car is being denied insurance coverage: http://thewynne.tumblr.com/post/119073636836/thissbrowngrl-etherealmermaidmarrell

* "The Nepal Earthquake: Disaster Relief Resources:" http://redpandanetwork.org/the-nepal-earthquake-disaster-relief-resources/

* Ways to help Nepal: https://twitter.com/zeldawilliams/status/592095661912363009

* Trying to stay afloat until August: http://www.gofundme.com/cuovws or Lethran@gmail.com

* Some people in Sierra Leone have started shunning ebola orphans even though they don't have the disease, much as has been happening with hysterical parents in Dallas demanding the names of the children that were potentially exposed even though there is no chance they infected other children even if they had it.

* A Spanish nurse has contracted ebola while treating a missionary they shipped home for treatment.

* They are trying a new experimental antiviral drug on the gentleman in Dallas, who's condition is bad and getting worse.

* They have transferred the photo journalist to bio containment in Nebraska.

* I am not a Christian, but I have huge respect for Judge Clay Jenkins for acting out of both reason and compassion and using his church ties to make things better instead of worse for the family exposed to ebola. He's shown through actions as well as words a great deal of calm and decency. I'm not from Dallas, and don't know anything about his rulings or politics, so I have no opinion about him as a judge, but I appreciate him taking responsibility for fuck ups and going above and beyond to try to make things right.

To be honest, the hysterical media sources demonizing him for acting calmly and rationally based on actual science make me want to hit people, and the calls to round people up and euthanize them are a fuck of a lot scarier than ebola.

* Ebola News Clip Round Up:

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* "Myth of Iraq WMDs still pushed by Republican candidate:"

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* oldhans117 found. "Clinic's reused needles may have exposed 40,000 to hepatitis, HIV:" http://www.sfgate.com/health/article/Clinic-s-reused-needles-may-have-exposed-40-000-3292675.php

* "Unique archaeological discovery in Supraśl:" http://www.naukawpolsce.pap.pl/en/news/news,401990,unique-archaeological-discovery-in-suprasl.html

* "Footprint of an ancient laborer found in Çanakkale:" http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/footprint-of-an-ancient-laborer-found-in-canakkale.aspx?pageID=238&nid=72570&NewsCatID=375

* "Slapping the king on the cheek in ancient Babylon:" http://www.jpost.com/Opinion/Slapping-the-king-on-the-cheek-in-ancient-Babylon-376438

* "'Beardless Jesus' found in Spain:" http://www.bbc.com/news/blogs-news-from-elsewhere-29480874

* "Ancient male warriors showed signs of vanity:" http://sciencenordic.com/ancient-male-warriors-showed-signs-vanity

* "New finds from Bulgaria's Perperikon unveiled:" http://sofiaglobe.com/2014/09/29/archaeology-new-finds-from-bulgarias-perperikon-unveiled/

* "Mummified Fetus Reveals Ancient Surgical Procedure:" http://www.livescience.com/48120-mummified-fetus-discovered.html

* The Supreme Court has declined to rule on the Windsor case, which lets the lower court decision stand. We have marriage Equality in 24 states today. There is an expectation of 30 next week, a majority. *fingers crossed*

* "'Edie and Thea' lead way to marriage equality, argle-bargle notwithstanding:"

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* This. "Fangs For The Fantasy: Z Nation, Season 1, Episode 4: Full Metal Zombie:" http://www.fangsforthefantasy.com/2014/10/z-nation-season-1-episode-4-full-metal.html

* "The Last Trick or Treaters:" http://rhymes-with-witch.com/rww10062014.shtml

* It is ebay time again:
BPAL: JOHNATHAN HARKER 2006 (LE, Halloweenie): http://www.ebay.com/itm/301337029112?ssPageName=STRK:MESELX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1555.l2649

* Fundraiser to Help Us Survive: http://www.gofundme.com/cuovws

* "Earlier Stone Age artifacts found in Northern Cape of South Africa:" http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2014-07/uot-esa072414.php

* "70,000 year-old African settlement unearthed:" http://www.pasthorizonspr.com/index.php/archives/07/2014/70000-year-old-african-settlement-unearthed

* "Psychedelics and the Ancient Near East:" http://asorblog.org/?p=7574

* "Archaeologists find '8,000-year-old human skull containing brain matter':" http://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/archaeology/archaeologists-find-8000yearold-human-skull-containing-brain-matter-9606891.html

* "ARCHAEOLOGISTS UNEARTH GRAVES IN CALLOSA DE SEGURA:" http://www.theleader.info/article/44319/spain/costa-blanca/archaeologists-unearth-graves-in-callosa-de-segura/

* "Who Were the Ancient Bog Mummies? Surprising New Clues:" http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2014/07/140718-bog-bodies-denmark-archaeology-science-iron-age/

* "Vintage Bling: Ancient Celts May Have Had Shiny Dental Implants:" http://www.livescience.com/46788-ancient-dental-implant-found.html

* "Fascinating archaeological finds at the Huaca de la Luna in northern Peru:" http://www.peruthisweek.com/news-fascinating-archaeological-finds-at-the-huaca-luna-in-northern-peru-103467

* "Little too late: Pathogenic bacterium in 700-year-old skeleton identified:" http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2014/07/140715085149.htm

* "Archaeological dig near Walterdale Bridge shows how people lived:" http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmonton/archaeological-dig-near-walterdale-bridge-shows-how-people-lived-1.2712339

* "The Vikings beneath modern Dublin:" http://www.irishtimes.com/news/science/the-vikings-beneath-modern-dublin-1.1867504

* "Rare medieval linen found during dig:" http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-northamptonshire-28245779

* "Archaeologists showcase finds from refugee slave camp:" http://wavy.com/2014/07/19/archaeologists-showcase-finds-from-refugee-slave-camp/

* "Boxing club recorded during dig" http://www.yorkpress.co.uk/news/11341457.Boxing_club_recorded_during_dig/?ref=rss