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* I'm doing better, but I still tire easily and the physio is already getting ugly. This means I'm going to run out of things like energy and pain resistance without much warning.

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* "The Israeli military orders civilians to evacuate eastern Rafah as airstrikes escalate.:" https://www.nytimes.com/live/2024/05/06/world/israel-gaza-war-hamas?smid=url-share#the-israeli-military-tells-civilians-in-eastern-rafah-to-move-to-a-humanitarian-zone

* "Israel begins military operation in Rafah, hours after Hamas agrees to a cease-fire:" https://apnews.com/live/cease-fire-israel-hamas-updates

* "World Food Program director Cindy McCain: parts of Gaza in 'full-blown famine':" https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/israel-hamas/2024/05/04/gaza-famine-israel-hamas-war-world-food-program/73567949007/

* "Class destroyed: The rise and ruin of Gaza's revered universities:" https://www.nbcnews.com/specials/gaza-universities-destroyed-israel-military-war/index.html

* Links for various Palestinian Aid Organizations: https://www.tumblr.com/gwydionmisha/750151174318112768?source=share

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

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* "Far-right minister: Hostage deal throws war goals in trash to save only 22-33 hostages:" https://www.timesofisrael.com/far-right-minister-claims-hostage-deal-throws-war-goals-in-trash-to-save-hostages/amp/

* "‘No doubt’ Netanyahu preventing hostage deal, charges ex-spokesman of Families Forum:" https://www.timesofisrael.com/no-doubt-netanyahu-preventing-hostage-deal-charges-ex-spokesman-of-families-forum/amp/

* "Biden says US will cut off offensive weapons to Israel ‘if they go into Rafah’:" https://www.politico.com/news/2024/05/08/biden-says-u-s-will-cut-off-offensive-weapons-to-israel-if-they-go-into-rafah-00156943

* "Netanyahu says Israel can ‘stand alone’ after Biden threatens arms halt:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2024/05/09/israel-hamas-war-news-gaza-palestine/

* "Israel due to get billions of dollars more in US weapons despite Biden pause:" https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/israel-due-get-billions-dollars-more-us-weapons-despite-biden-pause-2024-05-09/

* "Exclusive: USAID officials say Israel breached US directive on Gaza aid:" https://www.devex.com/news/exclusive-usaid-officials-say-israel-breached-us-directive-on-gaza-aid-107545?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=devex_social_icons

* "Journalist casualties in the Israel-Gaza war:" https://cpj.org/2024/05/journalist-casualties-in-the-israel-gaza-conflict/

* "Israel takes Al Jazeera off the air, raids its offices:" https://www.politico.eu/article/israel-takes-al-jazeera-off-the-air-raids-its-offices-following-vote/

* "Al Jazeera Managing Editor: Israel's Shutdown is an Effort to Silence Coverage of Gaza War:" https://www.msnbc.com/ayman-mohyeldin/watch/al-jazeera-managing-editor-israel-s-shutdown-is-an-effort-to-silence-coverage-of-gaza-war-210307653768

* "‘Where Is the Palestinian Gandhi?’:" https://www.nytimes.com/2024/05/01/magazine/issa-amro-palestinian-nonviolent-activist.html?

* "How these University of Texas-Austin students view Gaza war protests on their campus:" https://www.npr.org/2024/05/06/1249296685/the-perspectives-of-protesters-at-the-university-of-texas-at-austin

* "Police Shoot at UCLA Protesters as Encampment Cleared:" https://www.newsweek.com/ucla-campus-protests-police-shoot-pro-palestinian-1896549

* "55 years after Reagan took on Berkeley, Newsom stays in the background amid roiling campus protests:" https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2024-05-05/50-years-after-reagan-took-on-berkeley-newsom-stays-in-the-background-amid-roiling-campus-protests

* "This California public university is first to revise investment policy after campus protests:" https://www.sfchronicle.com/california/article/sacramento-state-revises-investment-policy-avoid-19446646.php

* The Republican war on our basic freedoms continues. "Stefanik demands Biden administration yank Columbia’s federal funding:" https://www.politico.com/news/2024/04/23/stefanik-columbia-federal-funding-00153967

* "The Real “Outside Agitators” of These Protests Are Members of Congress:" https://newrepublic.com/article/181213/outside-agitators-campus-protests-members-congress

* ""Boogeyman narrative": Columbia professors call out Eric Adams over "outside agitators" trope:" https://www.salon.com/2024/05/02/boogeyman-narrative-columbia-professors-call-out-eric-adams-over-outside-agitators-trope/

* "FROM UCLA TO COLUMBIA, PROFESSORS NATIONWIDE DEFEND STUDENTS AS POLITICIANS AND POLICE ATTACK:" https://theintercept.com/2024/05/02/professors-students-gaza-university-protests-columbia/

* "The Media’s Hypocritical Hysteria Over Campus Protests:" https://www.msnbc.com/ayman-mohyeldin/watch/the-media-s-hypocritical-hysteria-over-campus-protests-210275909834

* "Debunking the “Outside Agitator” Trope amid pro-Palestinian campus protests:" https://www.msnbc.com/ayman-mohyeldin/watch/debunking-the-outside-agitator-trope-amid-pro-palestinian-campus-protests-210307653799

* "Police Treatment of a Dartmouth Professor Stirs Anger and Debate:" https://www.nytimes.com/2024/05/03/us/dartmouth-professor-police-protests.html

* "In NYC and LA, police response to campus protests draws sharp criticism:" https://www.npr.org/2024/05/08/1248935672/campus-protests-police-arrests

* Have they not heard of the first amendment? "Lawmakers Admit They Want to Ban TikTok Over Pro-Palestinian Content:" https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/lawmakers-tiktok-ban-pro-palestinian-content-1235016101/

* "Texas Senate panel to discuss campus free speech following UT protests:" https://www.nbc24.com/news/nation-world/texas-senate-panel-to-discuss-campus-free-speech-following-ut-protests-university-of-texas-at-austin-college-campus-anti-israel-demonstrations-hamas-war-middle-east-dei-ban-diversity-equity-inclusion-initiatives

* "Queer Eurovision fans on why they’ve chosen to boycott this year’s contest:" https://www.thepinknews.com/2024/05/11/eurovision-2024-queer-lgbtq-boycott/

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* "Putin orders tactical nuclear weapon drills to deter the West:" https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/russia-practice-tactical-nuclear-weapon-scenario-deter-west-defence-ministry-2024-05-06/

* "Russia says it has captured 5 villages in northeast Ukraine as more than 1,700 civilians flee:" https://apnews.com/article/russia-ukraine-war-kharkiv-offensive-26184a3898db0aece9f6e9eb3a700e7a

* "Russian drones injure 6 in Ukraine's Kharkiv, Dnipro regions:" https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/debris-drones-injures-three-ukraines-kharkiv-governor-says-2024-05-03/

* "Kyiv’s forces are up against a concerted Russian push in eastern Ukraine, a military official says:" https://apnews.com/article/russia-ukraine-war-odesa-missiles-d6b931b646cc78c5b48e1dc18614c7fb

* "Russian forces attack Ukraine's Kharkiv region, opening new front:" https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/ukraine-sends-reinforcements-after-russian-forces-attack-kharkiv-region-2024-05-10/

* "Russian attack hits school stadium, injures four children in Ukraine's Kharkiv:" https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/russian-attack-hits-school-stadium-injures-four-children-ukraines-kharkiv-2024-05-08/

* "Opinion Read Vladimir Kara-Murza’s Pulitzer Prize-winning commentary on Russia: Kara-Murza courageously wrote incisive, historically informed columns about Russia from his prison cell.:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2024/05/06/vladimir-kara-murza-pulitzer-prize-commentary/

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* "Russia to withdraw troops from Armenia’s border:" https://www.politico.eu/article/russia-to-withdraw-troops-from-armenias-border/

* "Meet the Candidate Challenging Venezuela’s Authoritarian President:" https://www.nytimes.com/2024/05/06/world/americas/edmundo-gonzalez-venezuela-elections.html

* "Is Venezuela Serious About Invading Guyana?:" https://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2024/05/venezuela-guyana-essequibo-border-dispute-referendum/678173/

* "Posie Parker’s Party of Women fails to gain any seats in local elections :" https://www.thepinknews.com/2024/05/03/posie-parker-party-of-women-local-elections-2024/

* "Controversial MSP Kate Forbes says she won’t run in the SNP leadership race, but John Swinney will:" https://www.thepinknews.com/2024/05/02/scotland-kate-forbes-snp-first-minister-leadership/

* "Bob Carr intends to sue NZ Foreign Minister Winston Peters for defamation over on-air insult:" https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-05-02/bob-carr-to-sue-nz-winston-peters-over-aukus-radio-interview/103794588

* This cost cutting at the expense of children's nutrition reminds me of Reagan declaring ketchup a vegetable so he could deprive children of actual vegetables in the Us when I was a kid.
"Parents, principals react to the Government's low-cost school lunch programme:" https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/politics/2024/05/parents-principals-react-to-the-government-s-low-cost-school-lunch-programme.html

* "Chechnya is banning music that's too fast or slow. These songs wouldn't make the cut:" https://www.npr.org/2024/04/09/1243632570/chechnya-music-ban-bpm

* "THE NEW PROPAGANDA WAR:" https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2024/06/china-russia-republican-party-relations/678271/

* "Biden administration toughens school nutrition standards:" https://www.reuters.com/world/us/biden-administration-toughens-school-nutrition-standards-2024-04-24/

* "Biden awards the Medal of Freedom to Nancy Pelosi, Medgar Evers, Michelle Yeoh, Al Gore and others:" https://www.latimes.com/world-nation/story/2024-05-03/biden-awards-the-presidential-medal-of-freedom-to-19-politicians-activists-athletes-yeoh-pelosi

* "Presidential Medal of Freedom recognizes the heroism of Judy Shepard:" https://www.advocate.com/news/judy-shepard-medal-freedom

* "Who is Jane Rigby, the lesbian scientist who just received a Medal of Freedom?:" https://www.advocate.com/news/jane-rigby-medal-of-freedom

* Republicans are suing for the right to incriminate against trans children in schools. "Nine GOP-led states sue Biden administration over new transgender protections under Title IX:" https://www.advocate.com/politics/gop-states-sue-title-ix

* "South Carolina education leader: schools should ignore LGBTQ-inclusive Title IX rule:" https://www.advocate.com/education/south-carolina-ignore-title-ix

* "Joe Biden lauds new Microsoft center on the same site where Trump’s Foxconn project failed:" https://apnews.com/article/biden-microsoft-tech-election-2024-ec3501d041d7b8b563563b22fcc23db5

* "Biden trolls Trump over Foxconn 'con job:' He 'didn't build a damn thing':" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/biden-trolls-trump-over-foxconn-con-job-he-didn-t-build-a-damn-thing-210540101852

* "The FDA grants trans-inclusive at-home cervical screening device a priority review:" https://www.thepinknews.com/2024/05/09/cervical-screening-at-home-test/

* "How immigrants are helping boost the U.S. job market without affecting inflation:" https://www.nbcnews.com/business/economy/immigrants-are-helping-us-job-market-grow-without-affecting-inflation-rcna146570

* "Many in Gen Z ditch colleges for trade schools. Meet the 'toolbelt generation':" https://www.npr.org/2024/04/22/1245858737/gen-z-trade-vocational-schools-jobs-college

* "Your Medicare Costs May Go Down Dramatically in 2024, Thanks to U.S. Law Kicking in:" https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/medicare-costs-have-gone-down-dramatically-thanks-to-inflation-reduction-act/

* "‘Failing act of political theater’: Greene ostracized after Johnson ouster push:" https://www.politico.com/live-updates/2024/05/09/congress/everybody-hates-mtg-00157030

* "800+ Jewish Professors Urge Biden, Senate to Oppose 'Dangerous' Antisemitism Bill: "Criticism of the state of Israel, the Israeli government, policies of the Israeli government, or Zionist ideology is not—in and of itself—antisemitic," reads a new letter.:" https://www.commondreams.org/news/antisemitism-bill

The Republican war on freedom of speech and the right to protest continues.

* Stop the government censoring queer and other minority voices off the Internet in the US : https://www.stopkosa.com/

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

Call the Capitol Switchboard at (202) 224-3121 and ask to be connected to the representative of your choice.
Here is one that will send your reps a fax: https://resist.bot/
To get your Critters' numbers to call direct: https://www.congress.gov/members/find-your-member

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

* "Barron Trump to be a Florida delegate at the Republican National Convention this summer:" https://www.advocate.com/politics/barron-trump-republican-national-convention

* "Nevada GOP nominates indicted ‘fake electors’ for national convention:" https://lasvegassun.com/news/2024/may/10/state-gop-nominates-indicted-fake-electors-for-nat/

* "US Republicans target noncitizen voting, as Trump keeps up false voter fraud claims:" https://www.reuters.com/world/us/us-republicans-target-noncitizen-voting-trump-keeps-up-false-voter-fraud-claims-2024-05-08/

* "'They're tricking themselves!': Republicans contort election strategy around Trump's Big Lie:" https://www.msnbc.com/alex-wagner-tonight/watch/-they-re-tricking-themselves-republicans-contort-election-strategy-around-trump-s-big-lie-210721349622

* "Texas voters make history electing first LGBTQ+ state senator:" https://www.advocate.com/politics/texas-molly-cook-lgbtq-senator

* "West Virginia governor’s race is a battle of who can be the most anti-trans:" https://www.advocate.com/politics/west-virgina-governors-race-transphobes

* Primaries are Ongoing:
Important! Remember to vote in all primaries, not just presidential!!!

NOTE: There is a call for people to vote "uncommitted" in the Democratic primary as a protest against Biden's Israel policy. The time to pressure Biden with your vote is now, not in November. The pressure from all the different types of protests do seem to be working, if far slower than we'd like.

NOTE 2: There is a similar protest against Trump where people vote for a candidate who isn't running. Check your state to see who people are promoting.

NOTE 3: Important non-Presidential Primaries are also ongoing! Vote the whole ballot!

Maryland, Nebraska, West Virginia: 5/14/24 (Senate and House Primaries as well! Important!!!)

Georgia, Kentucky, Oregon, Idaho: 5/21/24 (House Primaries as well! Important!!!)

Idaho (Democrat): 5/23/24

Texas (Run Off Election): 5/28/24

Iowa (House Primary), District of Columbia (Democrats), Montana (General Primary, Important), New Jersey (General Primary, Important), New Mexico (General Primary, Important), South Dakota: 6/4/24


Know your state's schedule and where to vote. Make sure you and your friends are registered. If you are voting in person, plan how to get there.

If you live in an open primary state consider voting strategically. Otherwise, vote your heart in the primary. Remember how all those votes for Sanders and Warren pushed Biden and the party platform further left?

Remember to vote in all the races, not just the top of the ticket even if it's in a separate primary (as it is in my state). Who runs congress, your state, and your local government really matters. In some states this is a separate primary. Check the rules for your state.

Never, ever sleep on a chance to vote.

It is always better to vote for someone who will listen to us than to let someone who is actively trying to kill us.

* "RFK Jr. makes California ballot by collaborating with political party with a bigoted, anti-LGBTQ+ past:" https://www.advocate.com/news/rfk-junior-california-aip

* "RFK Jr. claims a doctor told him a worm ate part of his brain, reports New York Times:" https://www.politico.com/news/2024/05/08/rfk-jr-brain-worm-00156794

* "Ohio lawmakers are at odds over effort to ensure Biden appears on November ballot:" https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2024-election/ohio-lawmakers-are-odds-effort-ensure-biden-appears-november-ballot-rcna151369

* "Kamala Harris responds to Donald Trump’s views on state punishments for abortion: ‘It’s outrageous’:" https://www.thepinknews.com/2024/05/04/kamala-harris-donald-trump-response/

* "Is 2024 Doomed to Repeat 1968 or 2020—or Both?:" https://www.newyorker.com/news/letter-from-bidens-washington/is-2024-doomed-to-repeat-1968-or-2020-or-both

* "“As he sees fit”: Trump lays out the stakes — and the media is starting to hear his message:" https://www.salon.com/2024/05/03/as-he-sees-fit-lays-out-the-stakes--and-the-media-is-starting-to-hear-his-message/

* "Trump pressed oil executives to give $1 billion for his campaign, people in industry say:" https://www.politico.com/news/2024/05/09/trump-asks-oil-executives-campaign-finance-00157131

* "'Quid pro quo:' Trump vowed to gut climate laws in exchange for $1B from oil bosses:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/-quid-pro-quo-trump-vowed-to-gut-climate-laws-in-exchange-for-1b-from-oil-bosses-210711621735

* "Donald Trump says he'll revoke Joe Biden's protections for trans people 'on day one':" https://www.advocate.com/politics/trump-revoke-trans-protections

* "Donald Trump shows his true colors in a Time Magazine profile:" https://www.msnbc.com/jonathan-capehart/watch/donald-trump-shows-his-true-colors-in-a-time-magazine-profile-210275397524

* "Rep. Maxine Waters: 'Donald Trump is a pure racist':" https://www.msnbc.com/jonathan-capehart/watch/rep-maxine-waters-donald-trump-is-a-pure-racist-210304581899

* "'Energizing': Maddow puts U.S. fight to defend democracy in global context:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/-energizing-maddow-puts-u-s-fight-to-defend-democracy-in-global-context-210396229831

* "Maddow: Trump, Republican attacks on legal system are actively damaging U.S. rule of law:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/maddow-trump-republican-attacks-on-legal-system-is-actively-damaging-u-s-rule-of-law-210398789561

* "What to know about Louisiana's new tough-on-crime laws:" https://abcnews.go.com/US/louisianas-new-tough-crime-laws/story?id=107803112

* "Opinion | Bill to jail librarians appears to also make many stores “public nuisances”:" https://www.alreporter.com/2024/05/02/opinion-bill-to-jail-librarians-appears-to-also-make-many-stores-public-nuisances/

* "Mississippi Republicans pass anti-trans bathroom bill at last-minute:" https://www.advocate.com/politics/mississippi-republicans-trans-bathroom-bill

* "Utah auditor slams legislature for making him 'bathroom monitor' after 'snitch form' flooded with memes:" https://www.advocate.com/news/utah-snitch-line-auditor

* "Louisiana allows predominantly White area to form new city, sparking segregation concerns:" https://wpde.com/news/nation-world/louisiana-allows-predominantly-white-area-to-form-new-city-sparking-segregation-concerns-east-baton-rouge-parish-city-of-st-george-mayor-president-sharon-weston-broome-norman-browning

* ""The Tide Is Turning": Dozens Of Anti-LGBTQ Bills Die In Florida:" https://www.erininthemorning.com/p/the-tide-is-turning-dozens-of-anti?utm_source=share&utm_medium=android&r=c0rw8&triedRedirect=true

* "Rhode Island advances law protecting doctors who provide abortions & gender-affirming care:" https://www.advocate.com/news/rhode-island-shield-law-abortion-transgender

* The Republican Agenda in a nutshell: Allow corporations to steal from regular people. "Ted Cruz Wants Airlines to Keep Your Cash When They Cancel Your Flight:" https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/ted-cruz-airlines-automatic-refunds-faa-reauthorization-1235012248/

* My disappointment in her grows by leaps and bounds. "NY Governor Kathy Hochul Backpedaling After Ignorant Statement About Black Kids:" https://www.theroot.com/ny-governor-kathy-hochul-backpedaling-after-ignorant-st-1851467300

* "Months after threesome scandal, Bridget Ziegler attacks protections for Florida transgender students:" https://www.advocate.com/politics/bridget-ziegler-transphobic-title-ix

* "Oops: Kristi Noem’s New Book Includes a Made-Up Story About Meeting Kim Jong Un:" https://www.vanityfair.com/news/kristi-noems-new-book-includes-a-made-up-story-about-meeting-kim-jong-un

* CW: Animal Death. "South Dakota Republican Kristi Noem killed her dog. Now she wants to kill President Joe Biden's:" https://www.advocate.com/politics/kristi-noem-dog-commander-biden-kill

* CW: Animal Death. "Kristi Noem roasted by Trump Jr., Bannon over dog killing revelation:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/kristi-noem-roasted-by-trump-jr-bannon-over-dog-killing-revelation-210241605886

* "GOP congressman seems to endorse Ole Miss student's racist response to a Black protester:" https://www.salon.com/2024/05/03/congressman-seems-to-endorse-ole-miss-students-response-to-a-black/

* "Democratic US Rep. Henry Cuellar of Texas and his wife are indicted over ties to Azerbaijan:" https://apnews.com/article/henry-cuellar-texas-azerbaijan-ddb1dea393ba88d8d823557ec6c0d93a

* "Florida document dump reveals more about Christian and Bridget Ziegler's threesomes:" https://www.advocate.com/christian-ziegler-bridget-threesome

* "Trump Media's accountant is charged with "massive fraud" by the SEC:" https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-media-accountant-borgers-charged-with-massive-fraud-sec/

* "How Paul Manafort Tried to Make Money With a Project Supposedly Tied to the Chinese Regime:" https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2024/05/paul-manafort-china-trump-doorways/

* "Appeals court upholds Steve Bannon’s conviction for defying Jan. 6 probe:" https://www.politico.com/news/2024/05/10/appeals-court-upholds-steve-bannons-conviction-for-defying-jan-6-probe-00157301

* "Ex-Trump advisor Bannon's trial over border wall scheme set for May 2024:" https://www.reuters.com/legal/ex-trump-advisor-bannons-fraud-trial-set-may-2024-2023-05-25/

* "Bannon set to enter Trump campaign-to-prison pipeline, crossing paths with Manafort:" https://www.msnbc.com/alex-wagner-tonight/watch/bannon-set-to-enter-trump-campaign-to-prison-pipeline-crossing-paths-with-manafort-210719813822

* "New York man pleads guilty to sending threats to state attorney general and Trump civil case judge:" https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/news/nation-world/story/2024-04-18/new-york-man-pleads-guilty-to-sending-threats-to-state-attorney-general-and-trump-civil-case-judge

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* "Trump judge postpones documents case 'indefinitely' but new legal calendar could backfire on Trump:" https://www.msnbc.com/alex-wagner-tonight/watch/trump-judge-postpones-documents-case-indefinitely-but-new-legal-calendar-could-backfire-on-trump-210469957860

* "Let's be clear: What Trump's Judge Cannon is doing is a ‘scandal,' says Hayes:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/let-s-be-clear-what-trump-s-judge-cannon-is-doing-is-a-scandal-says-hayes-210537541555

* "Georgia appeals court will review decision on Trump case DA, bringing another delay:" https://www.npr.org/2024/05/08/1249920941/fani-wade-disqualification-appeal-trump-georgia-case

* "Justice delayed: Lagging Trump trials belie justice system's usual ability to process big cases:" https://www.msnbc.com/alex-wagner-tonight/watch/lagging-trump-trials-belie-justice-system-s-usual-ability-to-process-big-cases-210548293986

* "If Trump defies the gag order — again — he deserves to go to jail:" https://www.advocate.com/voices/donald-trump-jail-gag

* "Inside Trump's Trial: Chaos, Consequences, & Contempt:"

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* "Trump fined $1,000 for violating gag order again and threatened with jail time:" https://www.npr.org/2024/05/06/1248648842/trump-gag-order-new-york-trial-fine

* "Judge warns Michael Cohen to stop talking about Trump hush money case:" https://abcnews.go.com/US/judge-warns-michael-cohen-stop-talking-trump-hush/story?id=110116950

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* "Rare non-scoundrel witness, Hope Hicks, obliterates Trump's defense with credible testimony:" https://www.msnbc.com/alex-wagner-tonight/watch/rare-non-scoundrel-witness-hope-hicks-obliterates-trump-s-defense-with-credible-testimony-210249797761

* "Trump's notorious micromanaging comes back to bite him in criminal trial testimony:" https://www.msnbc.com/alex-wagner-tonight/watch/trump-s-notorious-micromanaging-comes-back-to-bite-him-in-criminal-trial-testimony-210629189617

* "'Tactical error': Trump defense hurts its own case by going too far with Stormy Daniels smear:" https://www.msnbc.com/alex-wagner-tonight/watch/trump-defense-hurts-its-own-case-by-going-too-far-with-stormy-daniels-smear-210626629814

* "Trump's 'nuts and sluts defense' against Stormy Daniels backfires:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/trump-s-nuts-and-sluts-defense-against-stormy-daniels-backfires-210614853935

* "15 of Stormy Daniels' most ruthless quotes that prove she suffers no fools:" https://www.advocate.com/news/stormy-daniels-quotes

* "Trump caught ‘cursing audibly’ during Stormy Daniels testimony:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/trump-caught-cursing-audibly-during-stormy-daniels-testimony-210464325964

* Wake up, Babe, a new definition of pathetic just dropped. "Trump reads positive press clippings about himself to bide time during trial:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/trump-reads-positive-press-clippings-about-himself-to-bide-time-during-trial-210712133526

* "Judge in hush money trial denies Trump's second request for a mistrial:" https://www.npr.org/2024/05/09/1250172422/stormy-daniels-trump-trial-new-york

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* "How to Publish a Magazine in a Maximum-Security Prison:" https://www.newyorker.com/culture/the-new-yorker-interview/how-to-publish-a-magazine-in-a-maximum-security-prison

* "Former Ku Klux Klan leader’s adult child comes out as trans after rejecting white nationalism:" https://www.thepinknews.com/2024/05/10/former-ku-klux-klan-leader-child-transgender/

* "Anti-DEI laws are forcing universities to grapple with a mass exodus of LGBTQ+ professors: study:" https://www.advocate.com/news/gop-dei-attacks-lgbtq-faculty

* CW: CSA "Where Child Marriage Is Still Legal In The US, Mapped:" https://digg.com/data-viz/link/child-marriage-legal-US-law-map

* CW: Sexual Harassment. Terfs keep sexually harassing women in bathrooms while lying this harassment somehow protects women. "Western Carolina University investigates student who recorded video of trans woman in bathroom:" https://www.advocate.com/news/payton-mcnabb-transgender-bathroom-video

* "Utah launches 'snitch line' to report trans people in bathrooms; memes flood In:" https://www.advocate.com/utah-trans-snitch-line

* "FAT BODIES: LEARNING TO CARE FOR YOUR ROLLS AND FOLDS:" https://www.scarleteen.com/read/bodies/fat-bodies-learning-care-your-rolls-and-folds

* "Lesbian Georgia welder cites sex discrimination in EEOC complaint against her employer:" https://www.advocate.com/news/megan-mcdaniel-eeoc-republic-services

* "Why the Boy Scouts of America is changing its name and embracing everyone:" https://www.advocate.com/news/how-boy-scouts-became-inclusive

* "Gemma Collins says doctors advised her to terminate pregnancy because baby was intersex:" https://www.thepinknews.com/2024/05/09/gemma-collins-says-doctors-advised-her-to-terminate-pregnancy-because-baby-was-intersex/

* "Why ‘pregnant people’ and other gender-inclusive phrases should be acceptable:" https://www.advocate.com/news/gender-inclusive-phrases

* "These 4 states don't allow pregnant women to get a divorce:" https://www.advocate.com/news/pregnant-women-divorce-states

* "Texas Man Files Legal Action Over Ex’s Out-of-State Abortion:" https://www.thedailybeast.com/texas-man-wants-legal-power-to-investigate-ex-partners-out-of-state-abortion

* "How a network of abortion pill providers works together in the wake of new threats:" https://www.nbcnews.com/health/health-news/network-abortion-pill-providers-works-together-wake-new-threats-rcna146678

* "Tears and despair at Florida abortion clinic in final hours before ban:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2024/05/01/florida-abortion-clinic-6-week-ban/

* "How Transphobes Wield Nazi Crime Denialism To Further Fascism:"

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* "Queensland to protect non-binary and gender-diverse people in changes to its Anti-Discrimination Act:" https://www.thepinknews.com/2024/04/30/queensland-anti-discrimination-act/

* "Anger as George Galloway says gay relationships aren’t ‘normal’ and kids shouldn’t learn about them:" https://www.thepinknews.com/2024/05/02/george-galloway/

* "Right-wing media use Cass Report to justify violence against parents of trans youth:" https://www.thepinknews.com/2024/04/30/cass-report-violence-against-parents/

* "Homophobic killer who savagely beat ‘gentle soul’ to death jailed for life:" https://www.thepinknews.com/2024/05/07/homophobic-killer-wolverhampton-jailed-for-life/

* "Offender with 39 previous convictions jailed for ‘appalling’ homophobic hate crime:" https://www.thepinknews.com/2024/04/30/offender-with-39-previous-convictions-jailed-for-appalling-homophobic-hate-crime/

* "Man charged with murder after Black trans woman Starr Brown killed in Tennessee:" https://www.thepinknews.com/2024/05/09/starr-brown-trans-killing-memphis-tennessee/

* "A gay designer was attacked at a California fashion show in 2019. His assailant was just sentenced:" https://www.advocate.com/news/pol-atteu-assailant-sentenced

* "North Carolina restaurant countersues anti-drag protesters over ‘groomer’ and ‘pedophile’ smears:" https://www.advocate.com/news/north-carolina-restaurant-drag-lawsuit

* "Gay people often have older brothers. Why? And does it matter?:" https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2024/04/15/1243861703/sexuality-birth-order-gay-siblings

* "Vampire facial spa infected several women with HIV:" https://www.hivplusmag.com/law-crime/vampire-facial-spa-women-hiv

* "A biased test kept thousands of Black people from getting a kidney transplant. It’s finally changing:" https://apnews.com/article/kidney-transplant-race-black-inequity-bias-d4fabf2f3a47aab2fe8e18b2a5432135

* "Here are 3 solutions to get blood to folks in 'blood deserts.' One is often illegal:" https://www.npr.org/sections/goatsandsoda/2024/04/11/1242630805/blood-transfusions-donations-blood-bank-blood-desert

* "Milk Has Lost Its Magic:" https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2024/05/milk-cant-catch-a-break/678274/

* Our suspicions confirmed. "The sickest long COVID patients face symptoms identical to chronic fatigue syndrome:" https://www.ualberta.ca/folio/2024/02/sickest-long-covid-patients-face-symptoms-nearly-identical-to-chronic-fatigue-syndrome.html

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* "Europe is warming up faster than any other continent, and the heat is deadly:" https://www.npr.org/2024/04/22/1244791280/europe-is-warming-up-faster-than-any-other-continent-and-the-heat-is-deadly

* "Death toll from floods in Brazil's south climbs to 136:" https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/death-toll-floods-brazils-south-climbs-136-2024-05-11/

* "Rains return to flooded southern Brazil, interrupting rescues:" https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/death-toll-heavy-rains-brazil-hits-100-2024-05-08/

List of ways to help Brazil: https://www.tumblr.com/tuulikki/749885837529022464?source=share

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* CW: Suicide. "Second Boeing Whistleblower Dies Suddenly:" https://www.newsweek.com/boeing-whistleblower-joshua-dean-dies-sudden-illness-1896401

* "Emergency Slide Falls Off Plane, Winds Up At Home Of Lawyer Whose Firm Is Suing Boeing:" https://www.huffpost.com/entry/missing-delta-boeing-emergency-slide-found-on-beach_n_6630f8fae4b0c558f741c0e5

* "San Francisco’s Train System Still Uses Floppy Disks—and Will for Years:" https://www.wired.com/story/san-francisco-muni-trains-floppy-disks/

* "In Serbian village, women fight to escape encroaching mine:" https://www.reuters.com/investigates/special-report/serbia-mine-village/

* "Farmers in India are hit hard by extreme weather. Some say expanding natural farming is the answer:" https://apnews.com/article/natural-farming-climate-change-resilient-india-cyclone-disaster-fbf86b092b42303f5ae9d8af35aac8d9

* "Angry farmers in a once-lush Mexican state target avocado orchards that suck up too much water:" https://apnews.com/article/mexico-drought-avocados-dried-up-lakes-faaad63fdf0d3f3cba7b33fb0456c053

* "E-waste is overflowing landfills. At one sprawling Vietnam market, workers recycle some of it:" https://apnews.com/article/electronic-waste-vietnam-recycling-workers-ewaste-fd437a066a967a3c8d2c8611a628c944

* "The Next Heat Pump Frontier? NYC Apartment Windows:" https://www.wired.com/story/the-next-heat-pump-frontier-nyc-apartment-windows/

* "Catholic Group Defrocks AI Priest After It Gave Strange Answers:" https://futurism.com/catholics-defrock-ai-priest-hallucinations

* "Dating app scams see ‘significant surge’ in Nigeria as victim opens up about being ‘set up’:" https://www.thepinknews.com/2024/04/30/dating-app-scams-see-significant-surge-in-nigeria-as-victim-opens-up-about-being-set-up/

* "Warner Bros says two independent directors resign after DOJ probe:" https://www.reuters.com/business/media-telecom/warner-bros-says-two-independent-directors-resign-after-doj-investigation-2024-04-01/

* "The Revenge of the Home Page:" https://www.newyorker.com/culture/infinite-scroll/the-revenge-of-the-home-page

* "The Shark Whisperer:" https://nautil.us/the-shark-whisperer-547680/

* "'Mind-blowing' deep sea expedition uncovers more than 100 new species and a gigantic underwater mountain:" https://www.livescience.com/animals/mind-boggling-deep-sea-expedition-uncovers-100-new-species-and-a-gigantic-underwater-mountain

* CW: Animal Death. "Wolf deaths have grown ‘alarming’ says Oregon Fish and Wildlife:" https://www.kezi.com/news/wolf-deaths-have-grown-alarming-says-oregon-fish-and-wildlife/article_6d0cf447-b182-5317-8eb5-8a302f767b6d.html?emci=0c33d4ba-8e02-ef11-96f3-7c1e521b07f9&emdi=948b6934-3a03-ef11-96f3-7c1e521b07f9&ceid=2308473

* "Alpaca Sex Is Even Weirder Than You Think:" https://gizmodo.com/alpaca-sex-is-even-weirder-than-you-think-1851449908

* "Orangutan's use of medicinal plant to treat wound intrigues scientists:" https://www.reuters.com/science/orangutans-use-medicinal-plant-treat-wound-intrigues-scientists-2024-05-02/

* "U.S. to restore more bison herds on tribal lands by tapping Indigenous knowledge:" https://www.pbs.org/newshour/nation/u-s-to-restore-more-bison-herds-on-tribal-lands-by-tapping-indigenous-knowledge

* "Bison return to Texas Indigenous lands, reconnecting tribes to their roots:" https://www.texastribune.org/2023/11/13/texas-native-american-tribes-bison-return/

* "Ancient gender-nonconforming Romans found refuge in a community dedicated to a goddess:" https://www.advocate.com/news/gender-nonconforming-romans-cybele

* "The Myth of Tuberculosis Fashion : Victorian History Debunked:"

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* "Resurrectionists: The Body Snatchers that Built Modern Medicine:"

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* "They Used to Award Olympic Medals for Art?:" https://www.nytimes.com/2024/05/02/us/paris-olympics-arts-medals.html

* "Intriguing Vintage Spy Cameras: Covert Wonders of Espionage's Golden Age:" https://rarehistoricalphotos.com/vintage-handheld-spy-cameras/

* "A Trail Gone Cold:" https://www.damninteresting.com/a-trail-gone-cold/

* "‘Did Something Happen to Mom When She Was Young?’:" https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2024/04/19/greek-children-adoptions-cold-war-00153120

* "The Forgotten War on Beepers:" https://newsletter.pessimistsarchive.org/p/the-forgotten-war-on-beepers

I used to sell them at a job I had in the very early '90's. They made us card people and take down all their details in case a minor got caught with them so we could prove we sold them to an adult.

* "Trans+ History Week: This diary of a gay man who died in 1991 is an amazing testament to trans joy:" https://www.thepinknews.com/2024/05/10/lou-sullivan-youngman-diaries-gay-trans-man/

* "‘We Left the Girls Too Long in That Place’:" https://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2024/04/complicated-psychology-victims-boko-haram/678030/

* "Inside the Kenyan cult that starved itself to death:" https://www.economist.com/1843/2024/04/19/inside-the-kenyan-cult-that-starved-itself-to-death

* "Cambodian villagers hold rare oxcart race, seeking to revive a centuries-old tradition:" https://apnews.com/article/cambodia-oxcart-race-lunar-new-year-4c85395cb0697780bfbeb812ef2fd99e

* "Tupperware Is in Trouble:" https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2024/04/tupperware-kitchen-storage-trouble/678046/

* "Forbidden to Watch Films as a Child, He Now Directs Somalia’s Top Shows:" https://www.nytimes.com/2024/04/19/world/africa/somalia-director-abshir-rageh.html?

* "The Life and Death of Hollywood:" https://harpers.org/archive/2024/05/the-life-and-death-of-hollywood-daniel-bessner/

* "Milton Diamond, Sexologist and Advocate for Intersex Babies, Dies at 90:" https://www.nytimes.com/2024/05/08/health/milton-diamond-dead.html

* "Bernard Hill, ‘Lord of the Rings’ and ‘Titanic’ Actor, Dies at 79:" https://au.variety.com/2024/film/news/bernard-hill-dead-lord-of-the-rings-13742/

* "John Waters is recovering after a car accident outside Baltimore:" https://www.advocate.com/people/john-waters-car-accident

* "Jon Stewart On Immigration Over the Years | The Daily Show:"

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* "Libraries: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver:"

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* "Too many LGBTQ+ TV characters disappeared this year because their series was canceled: report:" https://www.advocate.com/arts-entertainment/lgbtq-characters-canceled-series-report

* "How to Look at Art: Crash Course Art History #2:"

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* The Road to Dracula's Castle: https://www.tumblr.com/immediatebreakfast/749686291790249984/the-very-constant-presence-of-religious-symbols-in?source=share

* A thing to mull. "Jonathan = Dracula's horses?:" https://www.tumblr.com/vickyvicarious/749686750056759296/not-sleepy-up-all-night-definitely-not-sleepy-at?source=share

* "You are the adventurer who went on an epic quest and defeated the evil king, all to gain the sacred amulet and use its one wish to revive your sister. Now everyone expects you to accept her death and use the wish to undo the damage instead. You refuse.:" https://www.tumblr.com/caffeinewitchcraft/749483314977603584/you-are-the-adventurer-who-went-on-an-epic-quest

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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.

* "Black Alliance for Peace’s Atlanta Citywide Alliance:" https://linktr.ee/bapatlanta

* Map of Cop Cities planned or being built: https://isyourlifebetter.net/cop-cities-usa/

* To track more general LGBTQIA+ Legislation: https://www.lgbtmap.org/

* An organization for the parents of trans youths: https://transparentusa.org/

* "World Central Kitchen:" https://wck.org/

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

* Verified charities to help Palestinians: https://cleolinda.tumblr.com/post/737312194805612544

* Fundraisers for Gaza: https://www.tumblr.com/el-shab-hussein/742344297699999744/hi-if-its-okay-i-saw-you-were-boosting?source=share

* Help Queer Folks in Ghana: https://www.silentmajorityghana.com/donate

* "Library of Congress Launches New Website for Americans to Share COVID-19 Stories:" https://newsroom.loc.gov/news/library-of-congress-launches-new-website-for-americans-to-share-covid-19-stories/s/d5739534-fec6-4e13-9f16-68d6117ee94b

* "We’re looking for English-speaking neopronoun users (aged 18+) to participate in a paid linguistics study.:" https://allthingslinguistic.com/post/741780492503990272/kirby-conrod-is-a-cool-linguist-whos-done-neat

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* "Where Is Hamas Getting Its Weapons? Increasingly, From Israel.:" https://www.nytimes.com/2024/01/28/world/middleeast/israel-hamas-weapons-rockets.html

* "Gaza mediators and others warn Israel of disaster if it launches a ground invasion on crowded Rafah:" https://apnews.com/article/israel-hamas-war-news-02-10-2024-2d80dc890a5030757e2ae76684fa75da

* Verified charities to help Palestinians: https://cleolinda.tumblr.com/post/737312194805612544

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* "Netanyahu rejects Hamas cease-fire demands, vows to fight until ‘absolute victory’:" https://www.politico.com/news/2024/02/07/netanyahu-hamas-cease-fire-demands-00140182

* "Egypt steps up security on border as Israeli offensive in Gaza nears:" https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/egypt-steps-up-security-border-israeli-offensive-gaza-nears-2024-02-09/

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* "Russian missiles strike Ukrainian cities again, killing at least 7 and wounding dozens:" https://apnews.com/article/ukraine-russia-war-kyiv-missile-kharkiv-7c360faaeec27ac169b2abf4865a4522

* "War cats: Ukraine enlists feline friends in fight against Russia:" https://www.politico.eu/article/ukraine-russia-war-cat-army-social-media/

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* "Farmer protests spread across Europe:" https://www.reuters.com/pictures/farmer-protests-spread-across-europe-2024-02-06/

* "Indian workers seek jobs in Israel, undeterred by conflict:" https://www.reuters.com/world/india/indian-workers-seek-jobs-israel-undeterred-by-conflict-2024-01-18/

* "Rishi Sunak’s tax bill sparks outcry after it’s revealed he paid the same rate as a teacher:" https://www.thepinknews.com/2024/02/10/rishi-sunak-tax/

* "Brianna Ghey’s father demands apology from Rishi Sunak for trans jibe in front of late teen’s mother:" https://www.thepinknews.com/2024/02/08/rishi-sunak-brianna-ghey/

* "Ex-prime minister Liz Truss brands supporters of LGBT people ‘left-wing extremists’:" https://www.thepinknews.com/2024/02/07/ex-prime-minister-liz-truss-brands-supporters-of-lgbt-people-left-wing-extremists/

* "Biden angrily pushes back at special counsel’s report that questioned his memory, handling of docs:" https://apnews.com/article/biden-hur-garland-classified-documents-836b99fe9cbef9ba7d32602f4928efec

* "'What the hell, man?': Hayes baffled by special counsel report on Biden:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/-what-the-hell-man-hayes-baffled-by-special-counsel-report-on-biden-203977797511

* "Karine Jean-Pierre defends Biden’s fitness in tense exchange with Fox News:" https://www.advocate.com/news/peter-doocy-karine-jean-pierre

* "EPA tightens rules on some air pollution for the first time in over a decade:" https://www.npr.org/2024/02/07/1229348646/epa-tightens-rules-on-some-air-pollution-for-the-first-time-in-over-a-decade

* "AI-generated voices in robocalls can deceive voters. The FCC just made them illegal:" https://apnews.com/article/fcc-elections-artificial-intelligence-robocalls-regulations-a8292b1371b3764916461f60660b93e6

* "The Supreme Court Has Itself to Blame for Texas Defying Its Orders: Greg Abbott is taking a stand to protect his state’s right to let children die in the Rio Grande, and four justices of the Supreme Court are encouraging him to do so.:" https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2024/01/greg-abbott-texas-border-stunt-supreme-court/677267/

* "Supreme Court justices appear skeptical of effort to remove Trump from a state ballot:" https://www.npr.org/2024/02/08/1229176555/supreme-court-trump-colorado-ballot

* "Trump’s Supreme Court Ballot Argument Posits That Jefferson Davis Wasn’t an Insurrectionist Either:" https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2024/02/trump-supreme-court-argument-jefferson-davis-insurrectionist.html

* "Meet the lawyers arguing the Trump ballot case at the Supreme Court:" https://www.politico.com/news/2024/02/07/trump-supreme-court-lawyers-00139974

* "Senate GOP blocks border bill, Democrats shift focus to Israel and Ukraine aid:" https://www.politico.com/live-updates/2024/02/07/congress/senate-supplemental-ukraine-border-aid-00140187

* "Republicans ‘absolutely allergic’ to fixing border, says Sen. Murphy:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/republicans-absolutely-allergic-to-fixing-border-says-sen-murphy-203824197878

* "House fails to pass standalone Israel aid bill as Senate package stalls:" https://www.cbsnews.com/news/house-of-representatives-israel-aid-vote-mike-johnson/

* Extended Elizabeth Warren Interview:

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* "Ukraine aid bill inches forward in US Senate:" https://www.reuters.com/world/us/ukraine-aid-bill-inches-forward-us-senate-2024-02-10/

* "House fails to pass articles of impeachment for Homeland Security Secretary Mayorkas:" https://www.npr.org/2024/02/06/1229642634/house-fails-to-pass-articles-of-impeachment-for-homeland-security-secretary-mayo

* "‘Laughable’: AOC blasts GOP’s ‘craven’ bid to impeach DHS Secretary:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/-laughable-aoc-blasts-gop-s-craven-bid-to-impeach-dhs-secretary-203827781561

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

Call the Capitol Switchboard at (202) 224-3121 and ask to be connected to the representative of your choice.
Here is one that will send your reps a fax: https://resist.bot/
To get your Critters' numbers to call direct: https://www.congress.gov/members/find-your-member

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

* "Missouri Republican candidate burns LGBTQ+ books with flamethrower and posts the video online:" https://www.advocate.com/politics/missouri-gop-flame-thrower-books

* New Yorkers who live in the 3rd district, the last day to vote in the Special Election is Feb. 13! Don't sleep on it! We can flip a seat if enough of you vote for Tom Suozzi!!!

* "What to know about the special election to replace George Santos:" https://www.axios.com/2024/02/07/george-santos-special-elections-congress-new-york

* "Candidates clash and tempers flare at New York special election debate:" https://www.politico.com/news/2024/02/08/candidates-clash-and-tempers-flare-at-new-york-special-election-debate-00140634

* "Santos sequel? Republican candidate in NY-3 special election raises eyebrows:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/santos-sequel-republican-candidate-in-ny-3-special-election-raises-eyebrows-203978309541

* Presidential Primaries are ongoing:

Republicans: South Carolina votes 2/24/24

Michigan: All vote 2/27/24

Know your state's schedule and where to vote. Make sure you and your friends are registered. If you are voting in person, plan how to get there.

If you live in an open primary state consider voting strategically. Otherwise, vote your heart in the primary. Remember how all those votes for Sanders and Warren pushed Biden and the party platform further left?

Remember to vote in all the races, not just the top of the ticket even if it's in a separate primary (as it is in my state). Who runs congress, your state, and your local government really matters. In some states this is a separate primary. Check the rules for your state.

Never, ever sleep on a chance to vote.

Remember, it is always better to vote for someone who will listen to us than to let someone who is actively trying to kill us.

* "Worse than you can imagine: Haley loses to ‘none of these candidates’ in Nevada:" https://www.politico.com/news/2024/02/07/haley-wins-nevada-primary-that-nets-no-delegates-00140036

* "The anti-abortion plan ready for Trump on Day One:" https://www.politico.com/news/2024/01/29/trump-abortion-ban-2024-campaign-00138417

* "Trump Says Jan. 6 Was an Insurrection:" https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/trump-says-jan-6-insurrection-1234964730/

* "West Virginia's 'Women's Bill Of Rights' Criticized As An Effort To Suppress Transgender People:" https://www.huffpost.com/entry/west-virginia-womens-bill-of-rights-criticized_n_65c56df0e4b0fb721d606684

* "New ‘Georgia Women’s Bill of Rights’ guts protections for trans women, eliminates gender identity:" https://www.advocate.com/georgia-womens-bill-of-rights

* "‘Patriotism Not Pride’ bill banning Oklahoma from spending funds on Pride Month passes key vote:" https://www.advocate.com/politics/patriotism-not-pride-bill-oklahoma

* Because Of Course. "Florida Republican lawmaker pivots from banning Pride flags — to protecting Confederate monuments:" https://www.advocate.com/politics/florida-confederate-monuments-pride-flags

* "Ohio won't restrict gender-affirming care for adults but still goes after trans youth:" https://www.advocate.com/politics/ohio-transgender-rules-revised

* "Transgender Virginians can breathe a sigh of relief after Democrats defeat all GOP anti-LGBTQ+ bills:" https://www.advocate.com/politics/virginia-democrats-protect-transgender-rights

* "Massachusetts Gov. Maura Healey nominates former partner for high court, raises GOP ire:" https://www.advocate.com/politics/maura-healey-nominates-former-partner

* "South Dakota tribe bans governor from reservation over US-Mexico border remarks:" https://www.politico.com/news/2024/02/04/south-dakota-us-mexico-border-00139485

* "Marjorie Taylor Greene pushes transgender care outrage with out-of-context, decade-old ‘Dateline’ clip:" https://www.advocate.com/news/transgender-dateline-video-outrage

* CW: Rape. "Moms for Liberty co-founder speaks out for first time after threesome revelations:" https://www.advocate.com/politics/moms-for-liberty-co-founder-speaks-out-for-first-time-after-threesome-revelations

* "North Carolina Republican says trans people should ‘find a corner outside somewhere’ to go to the bathroom:" https://www.advocate.com/politics/mark-robinson-trans-bathroom-nc

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* "Trump’s Worst Lawyer Costs Him Millions (Carroll v. Trump):"

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* "Judge Engoron's Scathing Rebuke of Donald Trump's Lawyers:" https://www.newsweek.com/judge-engoron-scathing-rebuke-donald-trump-lawyers-1868348

* "Jack Smith Hits Back at Judge Cannon’s Dangerous Order on Trump Case:" https://newrepublic.com/post/178922/jack-smith-judge-cannon-dangerous-order-trump-classified-documents

* "“Awful and unethical”: Legal experts say Judge Cannon could face removal for “disturbing” order:" https://www.salon.com/2024/02/08/awful-and-unethical-legal-experts-say-cannon-could-face-removal-for-disturbing-order/

* "'Putting her on notice': Jack Smith losing patience with Judge Cannon in Trump documents case:" https://www.msnbc.com/alex-wagner-tonight/watch/-putting-her-on-notice-jack-smith-losing-patience-with-judge-cannon-in-trump-documents-case-203985989629

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* "Political Violence is Ruining Democracy:"

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* "Ripples of hate: A chance encounter at N.Y. playground leaves a father asking, ‘What is justice now?’:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/interactive/2024/hate-crime-israel-palestine-impact-justice/?itid=mr_1

* "Libs of TikTok creator accuses NBC News of stochastic terrorism after bomb threat investigation:" https://www.advocate.com/news/chaya-raichik-nbc-stochastic-terrorism

* "TO STOP A SHOOTER: Why would an armed officer stand by as a school shooting unfolds?:" https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2024/03/parkland-shooter-scot-peterson-coward-broward/677170/

* "On live TV, Guardian Angels rough up a man in Times Square then misidentify him as a ‘migrant’:" https://apnews.com/article/guardian-angels-times-square-migrants-curtis-sliwa-dacb23b7cfe0679d12642bca116543d4

* "Fox News fearmongering backfires on live TV:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/fox-news-fearmongering-backfires-on-live-tv-203975750001

* "The Juror Who Found Herself Guilty:" https://www.texasmonthly.com/news-politics/the-juror-who-found-herself-guilty/

* "Prisoners in the US are part of a hidden workforce linked to hundreds of popular food brands:" https://apnews.com/article/prison-to-plate-inmate-labor-investigation-c6f0eb4747963283316e494eadf08c4e

* "Tennessee city ordered to pay half a million dollars in damages after banning Pride and drag shows:" https://www.thepinknews.com/2024/02/09/tennessee-murfreesboro-damages-lgbt-ban/

* "What It’s Like to Celebrate Black History in a State Where It’s Banned:" https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2024/02/florida-desantis-black-history-month/?utm_source=pocket-newtab-en-us

* "Indiana launches anti-LGBTQ+ 'snitch line;' users flood it with memes in protest:" https://www.advocate.com/news/indiana-snitch-line

* "Kansas Attorney General demands schools out trans kids, with no law in place:" https://www.thepinknews.com/2024/02/10/kansas-attorney-general-schools-out-trans-kids/

* CW: CSA. "Federal lawsuit filed against former Olympian and figure skating ‘governing body’ based in Colorado Springs:" https://www.kktv.com/2024/02/02/federal-lawsuit-filed-against-former-olympian-figure-skating-governing-body-based-colorado-springs/

* "Kevin Spacey ordered to pay $1m amid House of Cards sexual harassment saga:" https://www.thepinknews.com/2024/02/09/kevin-spacey-charges/

* I was just explaining this to someone the other day. Trans Athlete Bans and anti-trans athlete rhetoric literally endanger children and teens both cis and trans. This is the second thing like this in Utah this year and it's only February. "Utah student athlete threatened after school board member implies she's trans:" https://www.advocate.com/news/utah-student-harassed-transgender

* "Gender-affirming care improves transgender lives, according to largest survey of trans people:" https://www.advocate.com/transgender/us-transgender-survey-findings

* "Readers deserve better than misinformation about trans care; a response to Pamela Paul:" https://www.advocate.com/transgender/misinformation-nyt-trans-care

* "The fascinating history of the lesbian slang terms ‘stud’ and ‘stem’:" https://www.thepinknews.com/2024/02/11/lesbian-slang-stud-and-stem/

* "We’re looking for English-speaking neopronoun users (aged 18+) to participate in a paid linguistics study.:" https://allthingslinguistic.com/post/741780492503990272/kirby-conrod-is-a-cool-linguist-whos-done-neat

* "Houthi court sentences 13 men to public execution for gay sex:" https://www.advocate.com/news/houthis-persecution-homosexuality

* "Russian media watchdog investigating Duolingo over ‘LGBT propaganda’:" https://www.thepinknews.com/2024/02/10/russia-watchdog-duolingo-lgbt-propaganda/

* "Pope Francis calls out ‘hypocrisy’ of same-sex blessing critics:" https://www.thepinknews.com/2024/02/10/pope-francis-hypocrisy-same-sex-blessing/

* "Delhi government announces free bus travel for trans community in capital city:" https://www.thepinknews.com/2024/02/09/delhi-free-bus-service/

* "UK government reportedly shuts down NHS Pride badge scheme in ‘gutting’ move:" https://www.thepinknews.com/2024/02/09/nhs-pride-badge-scheme-reportedly-shut-down-government/

* "Hundreds of transgender people stage dramatic ‘die-in’ protests at DMVs across Florida:" https://www.thepinknews.com/2024/02/10/florida-trans-protest/

* "Gay dog walker fatally shot by gunman who ‘hurled homophobic slurs’ and said ‘you’re going to die’:" https://www.thepinknews.com/2024/02/11/john-walter-lay/

* "Soldiers from prestigious U.S. Army unit charged with stealing Pride flags in Virginia:" https://www.advocate.com/crime/soldiers-charged-pride-flag-thefts

* "Care, Out of the Closet:" https://thebaffler.com/salvos/care-out-of-the-closet-neumann

* "Buckle up, everyone: right-wingers are angry at Oreos now:" https://www.thepinknews.com/2024/02/09/oreo-lgbtq-support-criticised/

* I'd have been a lot harder on south Park than she is, but she's a much kinder person. ""Offensive" Comedy Isn't Offensive:"

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* "How I helped change the law that put me and other Black people with HIV behind bars:" https://www.advocate.com/voices/lashanda-salinas

* Wear a condom, dammit! "Syphilis cases rise to their highest levels since the 1950s, CDC says:" https://www.npr.org/2024/01/31/1228195107/syphilis-cases-soar-in-us-cdc-says

* "Long Covid is Now the Biggest Pandemic Risk for Most People:" https://www.metafilter.com/202210/Long-Covid-is-Now-the-Biggest-Pandemic-Risk-for-Most-People

* "The Myth of Panic:" https://www.palladiummag.com/2021/07/15/the-myth-of-panic/

* "The Forgotten Lessons Of Infectious Disease Control:" https://www.donotpanic.news/p/the-forgotten-lessons-of-infectious

* "‘If Exercise Could Cure This, I Would Have Been Cured So Quickly’: Striving for fitness is usually healing. But for most people with long COVID, it can be toxic.:" https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2024/01/long-covid-exercise-post-exertional-malaise/677242/

* "Library of Congress Launches New Website for Americans to Share COVID-19 Stories:" https://newsroom.loc.gov/news/library-of-congress-launches-new-website-for-americans-to-share-covid-19-stories/s/d5739534-fec6-4e13-9f16-68d6117ee94b

* "The first at-home cervical screening device is under clinical trial, and it’s about time:" https://www.thepinknews.com/2024/02/08/at-home-cervical-cancer-screening/

* "Two families waited years for new kidneys. Then they found each other.:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/2024/01/28/strangers-kidney-paired-transplant-arizona-illinois/

* "I was Hypnotized as a Teen. Was it Dangerous?:" https://longreads.com/2024/01/25/i-was-hypnotized-as-a-teen-was-it-dangerous/

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* "World Nears Dangerous Climate Tipping Point With Snow in Short Supply:" https://www.bloomberg.com/graphics/2024-snow-drought-climate-change/?accessToken=eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.eyJzb3VyY2UiOiJTdWJzY3JpYmVyR2lmdGVkQXJ0aWNsZSIsImlhdCI6MTcwNTQyODMwNCwiZXhwIjoxNzA2MDMzMTA0LCJhcnRpY2xlSWQiOiJTNzFaNEJUMVVNMFcwMCIsImJjb25uZWN0SWQiOiIzRDhGMEEzMTc2MDc0NUM5OTg4NkFCNzA1NDk2RUNEQSJ9.S2wF1RX63Z24vtPWlTsEaQvADjn7KRhnt0QuhhnOrdQ

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* "Gold miners bring fresh wave of suffering to Brazil’s Yanomami:" https://www.reuters.com/investigates/special-report/brazil-environment-yanomami/

* "This camel has a very important job:" https://www.vox.com/down-to-earth/2024/2/2/24052025/camel-seed-mojave-desert-joshua-tree-fires

* This is why we need external safety inspections. "How Boeing put profits over planes:" https://www.vox.com/money/24052245/boeing-corporate-culture-737-airplane-safety-door-plug

* "The Rooftop Solar Industry Could Be on the Verge of Collapse:" https://time.com/6565415/rooftop-solar-industry-collapse/

* "Inside the Crime Rings Trafficking Sand:" https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/sand-mafias-are-plundering-the-earth/

* "Athleisure: Destroying Fashion & the Environment:"

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* "Meta’s new AI image generator was trained on 1.1 billion Instagram and Facebook photos:" https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2023/12/metas-new-ai-image-generator-was-trained-on-1-1-billion-instagram-and-facebook-photos/

* "Texas cold leaves alligators 'frozen' underwater, but still alive. Here's how:" https://www.npr.org/2024/01/25/1226660910/alligators-frozen-underwater-brumation-explanation

* "Foul-mouthed parrots are unlikely stars at a British zoo:" https://www.npr.org/2024/01/25/1226911707/parrots-swear-profanities-british-zoo

* "These Parrots Use Their Beaks to Swing Across Branches Like Monkeys:" https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/these-parrots-can-use-their-beaks-to-swing-across-branches-like-monkeys-180983694/

* "Sighting of newborn great white shark ‘unlike anything we had ever seen before’:" https://www.science.org/content/article/sighting-newborn-great-white-shark-unlike-anything-we-had-ever-seen

* "Celebrate Winter in the Wild With 15 Photos of Animals Enjoying the Snow:" https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/celebrate-winter-in-the-wild-with-15-photos-of-animals-enjoying-the-snow-180983665/

* "Scientists Discover Stunning Evidence of Multiple Lost Prehistoric Societies:" https://www.vice.com/en/article/z3m5ye/scientists-discover-stunning-evidence-of-multiple-lost-prehistoric-societies

* "The Sensation Novelist Who Exposed the Plight of Victorian Women:" https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/the-sensation-novelist-who-exposed-the-plight-of-victorian-women-wilkie-collins-180983649/

* "Italy Returns Historic Plane to Ethiopia:" https://www.voaafrica.com/a/7463918.html

* "These Casual Snapshots Show What Kitchens Were Like in the 1960s:" https://rarehistoricalphotos.com/kitchen-desgins-1960s/

* "THE U.S. SHOULD APOLOGIZE TO GAY PEOPLE:" https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2024/01/lavender-scare-gay-people-public-service-erasure/677236/

* "Doll Houses, 1983:" https://www.presentandcorrect.com/blogs/blog/doll-houses-1983

* "Cecilia Gentili, trans activist, actress, and author, has died at 52:" https://www.advocate.com/obituaries/cecilia-gentili-trans-activist-obituary

* "It was deemed extinct. But now pentl'ach has been declared a living language thanks to Qualicum researchers:" https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/pentl-ach-officially-declared-a-living-language-added-to-b-c-list-of-first-nations-languages-1.7045803?cmp=rss

* "Los Angeles museum repatriates Asante artefacts to Ghana:" https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2024/02/05/fowler-museum-los-angeles-asante-repatriation-ghana

* "A pair of UK museums return gold and silver artifacts to Ghana under a long-term loan arrangement:" https://apnews.com/article/britain-ghana-museums-gold-colonial-theft-royal-e5aa77f9c07ab8952e507dd01e983c76

* "In South America, African-inspired religions gain more followers:" https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/south-america-african-inspired-religions-gain-more-followers-2024-02-03/

* "Tell Me Why the Watermelon Grows:" https://www.switchyardmag.com/issue-2/watermelon?src=longreads

* My surgery will be March 12th. As my dominant arm will be immobilized for two weeks, odds are I won't be doing news aggregation during that period as I suck at mousing with my off hand and I am slow. If I'm on at all it will likely be reblogs, queue, and the like. It can be up to a month after I'm freed to get up to speed, but I have no way of knowing what I can manage when, until very late March.

I'm giving people the heads up now so y'all know what's going on, and I'll remind people when we're closer. I know people worry if I drop off all social media for two weeks.

* "Meanwhile… Stolen Polar Bear | Monkey On The Run In Scotland | The $1,780 Lemon:"

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* "California’s Rainpocalypse | Taylor’s GRAMMY Surprise | Biden: Trump Is A “Sick F***”:"

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* "Meanwhile… Disco Bathroom | Kid Stuck In The Claw Game | Transatlantic Pot Bust:"

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* "Speaker Johnson Gets Spanked | Nobody Wins Nevada GOP Primary | Trump’s Pick To Run The RNC:"

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* "A History of Chuck E. Cheese: Last Squeak Tonight with John Oliver:"

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* "The Subversive Power of the Lesbian Cheerleader:"

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* "Sorry for adding to the Saltburn discourse:"

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This is pretty much where I was with this. I was low key obsessed with both Brideshead (Book and miniseries) and the Nureyev Nijinsky's Faun (and Nijinsky just generally. Also ballet) as a tween. I've seen talented Mr. Ripley any number of times.

On paper this was so exciting. The bones of something interesting were there. In practice? I kept thinking I'd rather be watching the Andrews/Irons miniseries of my youth.

* "Kwame Alexander Reads A Poem From “This Is the Honey: An Anthology Of Contemporary Black Poets”:"

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* "The 2023 Hugo nomination statistics have finally been released – and we have questions:" https://corabuhlert.com/2024/01/21/the-2023-hugo-nomination-statistics-have-finally-been-release-and-we-have-questions/

* World Con Stuff. "McCarty, Standlee, and Others Censured or Reprimanded:" https://locusmag.com/2024/01/mccarty-standlee-and-others-censured/

* "Why You Should Watch Straight Jacket, the Lost Gay Rom-Com:"

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* "Meet the 'Feud: Capote vs. The Swans' cast & the real people they play:" https://www.advocate.com/arts-entertainment/feud-capote-versus-swans#rebelltitem3

* "Lil Nas X has hilariously on-brand reaction to new single ‘J Christ’ charting at 69:" https://www.thepinknews.com/2024/01/25/lil-nas-x-j-christ-single-chart/

* "Donald Trump Has PACs For Days:"

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* "The Stakes Are High At Super Bowl LVIII:"

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* "Stephen Is Become Death, Destroyer Of Worlds:"

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* "Home Videos - SNL:"

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* "CNN Town Hall South Carolina Cold Open - SNL:"

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* "Dune Popcorn Bucket - SNL:"

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* "Where Ought The Human Part of Pan End and the Goat Part of Pan Begin?:" https://www.thechatner.com/p/where-ought-the-human-part-of-pan?utm_source=post-email-title&publication_id=5&post_id=141165230&utm_campaign=email-post-title&isFreemail=true&r=ykw2&utm_medium=email

* "Sometimes reading Arthuriana feels like reading Alice in Wonderland.:" https://www.tumblr.com/dduane/740748424532623360/sometimes-reading-arthuriana-feels-like-reading?source=share

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

The help links are at the bottom under the cut.

* People have been asking for ways to help trans people in West Virginia, given the scary shit going on there. So far this organization is suggested. I'm keeping an eye out for more ways to help. If you have suggestions, please let me know. "Fairness West Virginia:" https://fairnesswv.org/donate/

* To track more general LGBTQIA+ Legislation: https://www.lgbtmap.org/

* An organization for the parents of trans youths: https://transparentusa.org/

* "2024 Trans Girl Scouts To Order Cookies From!:" https://www.erininthemorning.com/p/2024-trans-girl-scouts-to-order-cookies

* "Tell your Representative to Support Rep Tlaib's Resolution for a New Streaming Royalty:" https://actionnetwork.org/letters/tell-your-representative-to-support-the-resolution-for-a-new-streaming-royalty/

* "World Central Kitchen:" https://wck.org/

* Verified charities to help Palestinians: https://cleolinda.tumblr.com/post/737312194805612544

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

* "Library of Congress Launches New Website for Americans to Share COVID-19 Stories:" https://newsroom.loc.gov/news/library-of-congress-launches-new-website-for-americans-to-share-covid-19-stories/s/d5739534-fec6-4e13-9f16-68d6117ee94b

* "We’re looking for English-speaking neopronoun users (aged 18+) to participate in a paid linguistics study.:" https://allthingslinguistic.com/post/741780492503990272/kirby-conrod-is-a-cool-linguist-whos-done-neat

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* 1/8/24: So where was most of the news for the first week of January? Basically a lot of stuff was happening out in the world while my body is still reading the beefed up daily physio routine as if it's an injury. Basically, I'd be just up to doing prep and then have to go rest. Or do more physio. Or my arm wouldn't be up to much. I have the links despite me thinking for about fifteen minutes I'd lost them in a computer problem at one point.

Trust me, I have been following the news. I'm going to try to at least get essentials from Gaza and some of the world election stuff out before I close out this aggregate edition. the Trump ball of worms is likely going to have to wait.

I will see how much I can wrangle before the Monday arm torture appointment.

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* "Israel, Hezbollah trade fire across Lebanon border amid alarm over Gaza war spillover:" https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/heavy-fire-lebanon-targets-northern-israel-amid-concern-over-gaza-spillover-2024-01-06/

* "Top Hamas official Saleh Arouri, who headed West Bank operations, killed in Beirut blast:" https://www.politico.com/news/2024/01/02/beirut-explosion-hamas-hezbollah-00133447

* "Journalist casualties in the Israel-Gaza war:" https://cpj.org/2024/01/journalist-casualties-in-the-israel-gaza-conflict/

* "An Al Jazeera journalist is the fifth member of his family killed by Israeli strikes on Gaza:" https://apnews.com/article/israel-hamas-war-journalist-killed-jazeera-86db4604dde19caa9c29366225a6648e

* "Gaza Is Starving:" https://www.newyorker.com/news/q-and-a/gaza-is-starving

* Verified charities to help Palestinians: https://cleolinda.tumblr.com/post/737312194805612544

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* "South Africa’s genocide case against Israel sets up a high-stakes legal battle at the UN’s top court:" https://apnews.com/article/un-court-south-africa-israel-gaza-genocide-71be2ce7f09bfee05a7cae26689ee262

* "Explainer: What is the genocide case against Israel at top UN court?:" https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/what-is-genocide-case-against-israel-top-un-court-2024-01-08/

* "The peace activists divided by October 7:" https://www.nytimes.com/2023/12/14/magazine/israelis-palestinians-peace-forum.html

* "Jewish Voice for Peace calls on all people of conscience to stop imminent genocide:" https://www.jewishvoiceforpeace.org/2023/10/11/statement23-10-11/

* "Red Sea Attacks Leave Shipping Companies With Difficult Choices:" https://www.nytimes.com/2024/01/06/business/red-sea-shipping-houthi.html

* "Maersk warns of major disruption as it diverts ships away from Red Sea:" https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/maersk-diverts-vessels-away-red-sea-for-foreseeable-future-2024-01-05/

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* "Russian troops are shelling the city of Kharkiv with missiles.:" https://www.ukrinform.net/rubric-ato/3810322-russians-attack-kharkiv-with-missiles-at-least-three-explosions-reported.html

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* "Displaced, repatriated and crossing borders: Afghan people make grueling journeys to survive:" https://apnews.com/article/afghanistan-war-poverty-refugees-displaced-pakistan-011714d17c5b8bd6cb8c5ddf65e9a5d2

* "Castaways recall month lost at sea between Africa and Europe:" https://projects.apnews.com/features/2023/africa-europe-migration-senegal-spain-investigation/index.html

* I get angry about this every time. "Migrants, Roma evicted from squats ahead of Paris 2024 Olympics:" https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/migrants-roma-evicted-squats-ahead-paris-2024-olympics-2023-12-22/

* "2024 brings wave of elections with global democracy on the ballot:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2024/01/03/2024-elections-us-eu-portugal-austria-bangladesh-india-south-africa-indonesia-mexico-taiwan/

* "Far-right parties eye gains in next year's EU parliament elections:" https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/far-right-parties-eye-gains-next-years-eu-parliament-elections-2023-12-03/

* "Far-right rise could make Europe ungovernable - EU liberals:" https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/far-right-rise-could-make-europe-ungovernable-eu-liberals-2024-01-09/

* "Pakistan's senate approves delaying elections, but decision not binding:" https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/pakistans-senate-approves-delaying-elections-decision-not-binding-2024-01-05/

* "Pakistan internet disrupted as opposition launches election campaign:" https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20240107-pakistan-internet-disrupted-as-opposition-launches-election-campaign

* "Pakistan human rights body says an upcoming election is unlikely to be free and fair:" https://apnews.com/article/pakistan-election-human-rights-commission-khan-3258e2131ac83e89c2c376b476caccec

* "Indonesia presidential frontrunner under fire as rivals attack defence plans:" https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/indonesia-presidential-frontrunner-under-fire-rivals-attack-defence-plans-2024-01-08/

* "Indonesia's Presidential Hopefuls Face Off in Debate:" https://www.voanews.com/a/indonesia-s-presidential-hopefuls-face-off-in-debate-/7430544.html

* "Indonesia vote watchdog says president's son broke rules:" https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/indonesia-election-watchdog-summons-presidents-son-over-alleged-violation-2024-01-03/

* "What you need to know about the Taiwan election:" https://www.reuters.com/podcasts/what-you-need-know-about-taiwan-election-2024-01-06/

* "Modi's popularity key to selling cut in food aid ahead of Indian elections:" https://www.reuters.com/world/india/modis-popularity-key-selling-cut-food-aid-ahead-indian-elections-2022-12-29/

* "Brazil observes anniversary of the anti-democratic uprising in the capital:" https://www.pbs.org/newshour/world/brazil-observes-anniversary-of-the-anti-democratic-uprising-in-the-capital

* "Argentina court suspends Milei's 'mega-decree' labor reforms:" https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/argentina-court-suspends-mileis-mega-decree-labor-reforms-2024-01-03/

* "EHRC to be investigated by UN group after bullying allegations:" https://www.thepinknews.com/2024/01/08/ehrc-investigation-united-nations/

* Tactical Voting Tool. "UNITE AGAINST THE TORIES:" https://tacticalvote.co.uk/

* "Mexico’s weed ‘nuns’ want to take the plant back from the narcos:" https://www.reuters.com/investigates/special-report/mexico-drugs-nuns/

* "Cats Filled the Prison. Then the Inmates Fell in Love.:" https://www.nytimes.com/2023/12/31/world/americas/cat-prison-chile.html

* "Finland Solved Homelessness: Here's How (Spoiler: It's More Than Housing First):"

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

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

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

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

* "‘I can finally vote by myself’: Disability advocate works to improve accessibility at the polls:" https://www.secondwavemedia.com/lakeshore/features/Disability%20advocate_works_to_improve_accessibility_at_polls.aspx

* Early voting has already staryed in some states. Primaries matter. If you live in an open primary state, like I do, remember you can vote strategically. Remember also to vote in all races. Primaries are how you get more progressive government on every level.

* "Fmr. Capitol Police Officer announces run for Congress:" https://www.msnbc.com/jonathan-capehart/watch/fmr-capitol-police-officer-announces-run-for-congress-201470021945

* "‘Are you better off now?’: What America was really like 4 years ago under Trump:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/-are-you-better-off-now-what-america-was-really-like-4-years-ago-under-trump-201320517532

* CW: CSA, Human Trafficking. "Hayes: There’s only one anti-Epstein candidate—and it’s not Trump or RFK Jr.:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/hayes-there-s-only-one-anti-epstein-candidate-and-it-s-not-trump-or-rfk-jr-201385029865

* "The Urgent Fight for Democracy:" https://www.msnbc.com/jonathan-capehart/watch/the-urgent-fight-for-democracy-201493061603

* "‘Too lame to lead’: GOP candidates launch attack ads in final weeks before Iowa:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/-too-lame-to-lead-gop-candidates-launch-attack-ads-in-final-weeks-before-iowa-201259589935

* "Colorado and Maine Kick Trump Off The Ballot:"

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* "Rep. Crockett: We know Trump got more than $7.8 million from foreign governments:" https://www.msnbc.com/ayman-mohyeldin/watch/rep-crockett-we-know-trump-got-more-than-7-8-million-from-foreign-governments-201494597674

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* "Rep. Dean: Democracy is a fragile thing, I didn't realize it until Jan. 6:" https://www.msnbc.com/jonathan-capehart/watch/rep-dean-democracy-is-a-fragile-thing-i-didn-t-realize-it-until-jan-6-201470021849

* "Fmr. DC Police Officer reflects on third anniversary of Jan. 6:" https://www.msnbc.com/jonathan-capehart/watch/fmr-dc-police-officer-reflects-on-third-anniversary-of-jan-6-201471557856

* "Sixth Grader Killed and 5 Others Injured in Iowa School Shooting:" https://www.nytimes.com/2024/01/04/us/perry-iowa-school-shooting.html

* "Things to know about a school shooting in the small Iowa town of Perry:" https://apnews.com/article/perry-iowa-school-shooting-things-to-know-07b7d636e9ec1d3f1ca6be628aff6e8d

* "What Happens When Young People Actually Read “Disturbing” Books:" https://www.tcpress.com/blog/young-people-read-disturbing-books/

* "LGBTQ Fiction Sales Are Up, but We Still Urgently Need Creative Ways To Fight Book Bans:" https://www.autostraddle.com/lgbtq-fiction-sales-are-up-but-we-still-urgently-need-creative-ways-to-fight-book-bans/

* "Threats to medication abortion access drive U.S. women to stockpile pills:" https://www.pbs.org/newshour/health/threats-to-medication-abortion-access-drive-u-s-women-to-stockpile-pills

* "Is LGBTQ+ too inclusive??:"

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* "Asexuality Is Finally Breaking Free from Medical Stigma:" https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/asexuality-is-finally-breaking-free-from-medical-stigma/

* "Uganda stabbing victim Steven Kabuye blames LGBTQ+ attacks on politicians:" https://www.thepinknews.com/2024/01/08/uganda-stabbing-victim-lgbtq-attack/

* "Police release images of man after couple attacked in London Underground hate crime:" https://www.thepinknews.com/2024/01/07/london-underground-bank-homophobic-attack/

* "Black trans woman Amber Minor remembered after devastating Christmas Eve shooting:" https://www.thepinknews.com/2024/01/07/black-trans-woman-christmas-eve-shooting/

* "A new COVID variant is dominant in the US: Know these symptoms:" https://news.yahoo.com/covid-variant-spreading-fast-us-014701360.html?.tsrc=daily_mail&uh_test=0_00

* "Vaccination Dramatically Lowers Long Covid Risk:" https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/vaccination-dramatically-lowers-long-covid-risk/

* "Respiratory virus activity is high and rising across the United States, CDC data shows:" https://www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/respiratory-virus-activity-high-rising-192815114.html?.tsrc=daily_mail&uh_test=0_00

* "mRNA covid vaccines, citing debunked claim:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/2024/01/03/florida-surgeon-general-ladapo-covid-vaccine/

* "Philips Recalled Breathing Machines in 2021. Chemicals of “Concern” Found in Replacement Machines Raised New Alarm.:" https://www.propublica.org/article/philips-recall-machines-chemicals-of-concern

* "The changing face of America’s favorite sport:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/interactive/2023/football-participation-decline-politics-demographics/?itid=mr_1

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* "Britain hit by flooding after heavy rain swells major rivers:" https://www.reuters.com/world/uk/britain-hit-by-flooding-after-heavy-rain-swells-major-rivers-2024-01-05/

* "Blizzard conditions bear down on central US, closing schools and highways:" https://apnews.com/article/winter-storm-weather-09d8e810fc5d80a34ef8bf008bfec7a1

* "Severe Thunderstorms and Likely Tornadoes Cause Damage in Florida:" https://www.nytimes.com/2024/01/09/us/tornado-storms-georgia-florida.html

* "How safety rules ‘written in blood’ saved lives in Tokyo plane crash :" https://www.cnn.com/2024/01/02/travel/tokyo-plane-crash-safety-rules-analysis-intl/index.html

* "FAA orders grounding of certain Boeing 737 Max 9 planes after Alaska Airlines incident:" https://www.npr.org/2024/01/06/1223296736/boeing-737-max-9-planes-grounded

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* "Inside India’s Gargantuan Mission to Clean the Ganges River:" https://www.wired.co.uk/article/river-ganges-clean-up-india-modi

* "Drought-prone California OKs new rules for turning wastewater directly into drinking water:" https://apnews.com/article/california-recycled-wastewater-drought-8b476dc83652af43c6aad52070b9d992

* "After a Decade of Planning, New York City Is Raising Its Shoreline:" https://e360.yale.edu/features/new-york-city-climate-plan-sea-level-rise

* "The nation’s capital, built on water, struggles to keep from drowning:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/interactive/2023/dc-low-lying-city-flood-risks/?pwapi_token=eyJ0eXAiOiJKV1QiLCJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJyZWFzb24iOiJnaWZ0IiwibmJmIjoxNzAzMTM0ODAwLCJpc3MiOiJzdWJzY3JpcHRpb25zIiwiZXhwIjoxNzA0NTE3MTk5LCJpYXQiOjE3MDMxMzQ4MDAsImp0aSI6IjJhMDE5Y2E4LTc0OTctNDM4OC05ZTEwLWI5MmI4ZDU5NjY1NyIsInVybCI6Imh0dHBzOi8vd3d3Lndhc2hpbmd0b25wb3N0LmNvbS9jbGltYXRlLWVudmlyb25tZW50L2ludGVyYWN0aXZlLzIwMjMvZGMtbG93LWx5aW5nLWNpdHktZmxvb2Qtcmlza3MvIn0.ftwEQeIL-DQKqGE7C2Rpq12eEXSIop4bKI31feVa9ng&itid=gfta

* "From Austin to Anchorage, U.S. cities opt to ditch their off-street parking minimums:" https://www.npr.org/2024/01/02/1221366173/u-s-cities-drop-parking-space-minimums-development

* "Trains were designed to break down after third-party repairs, hackers find:" https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2023/12/manufacturer-deliberately-bricked-trains-repaired-by-competitors-hackers-find/

* "Making Transparent Wood:"

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* "Don't Use AI Viking Face Apps:"

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* "What Happens When Facebook Heats Your Home:" https://www.wired.com/story/facebook-energy-heating-homes/

* "Google Settles $5 Billion Privacy Lawsuit Over Tracking People Using 'Incognito Mode':" https://www.huffpost.com/entry/google-settles-5-billion-privacy-lawsuit-over-tracking-people-using-incognito-mode_n_65903bade4b0cd3cf0e57701

* "'New York Times' sues ChatGPT creator OpenAI, Microsoft, for copyright infringement:" https://www.npr.org/2023/12/27/1221821750/new-york-times-sues-chatgpt-openai-microsoft-for-copyright-infringement

* "The Reach and Accuracy of Information on Autism on TikTok:" https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/37544970/

* "Try not to let moose lick your car, Parks Canada warns, as more salt-seeking animals flock to highways:" https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/dont-let-moose-lick-1.7074587

* "Spy Octopus Helps Friend Hide From Shark:"

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* "The checkered history of the poinsettia’s namesake and the flower’s origins get new attention:" https://apnews.com/article/poinsettia-joel-poinsett-noche-buena-mexico-a5f4abea985e0f44523b2963ff435b56

* "The Truth About Arsenic in the Victorian Era:"

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* "This 50-Year-Old Footage Shows What Life in New York Was Like in the 1970s:" https://www.mentalfloss.com/posts/vintage-video-new-york-city-1970s

* "Apo Whang-Od And The Thousand-Year-Old Tradition Live On:" https://vogue.ph/lifestyle/apo-whang-od-and-the-thousand-year-old-tradition-live-on/

* "Singapore's clandestine cats can soon legally call the city-state home:" https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/singapores-clandestine-cats-can-soon-legally-call-city-state-home-2024-01-03/

* "Single mother comes home to find driveway stolen:" https://local12.com/news/nation-world/single-mother-driveway-stolen-contractor-scam-real-estate-construction-replacement-cost-police-theft-investigation-home-value-sell-moving-contract-gofund-me-fundraiser-orange-county-florida

* For the first time since I moved up here in 1998, none of the neighbors set off fireworks. The laws got a lot stricter a few years ago, but the reservation is not that far, so people tend to have them all over town. My suspicion is, the complex has really beefed up surveillance, which i hate, but boomers are in charge, so….

I am glad there were no explosions. It's rough on veterans and animals and people with certain sensory situations, etc.. It didn't effect me much personally until this batch of cats, who are extremely sensitive. (The previous clowder ranged from indifference to curious.). The Imperial couple always find the explosions terrifying, especially as they are often a few feet from their windows.

This year, I failed to notice the turning of the year until 1:09AM, as i was busy with something. I only really drink for weddings and funerals or the equivalent. I am too old and tired for drunken parties, and my local friends are small gathering people. When I had a partner, we favored the large municipal fireworks displays, or small parties, or beach gatherings over large drunken things, but were just as likely to have a quiet romantic evening at home as go out to see explosions.

The cats entirely slept through it. They were crashed out so hard, they missed me padding about around 2ish, sprinkling fresh nip in there very beat up scratch and nap boxes. I literally accidentally sprinkled some on the emperor and he didn't stir.

This was so much nicer than them being terrified and running for the hides and needing hours of reassurance.

I still oppose the surveillance, etc., but I admit, it is pleasing not to have to worrying about the cats.

* There was a cleaner Tuesday, which was a huge help. Friday rescheduled to later Friday. We'll see if they actually come. I had another rough week with pain and exhaustion, but I'm finally starting to see results from the new batch of physio.

* Friday cleaner did come and took down most of the Gothmas decorations, mopped floors, etc.. We still need to stow the Halloween trees, and some miscellaneous things, but everything is much nicer with the dishes done and away and the floors clean. I think scheduling two this week was the right thing. The cats were delighted to see the window bench mostly devoid of Goth tchotchkes.

One of my few remaining relatives sent me shirt money, so I ordered a plain purple and a fancier one that I likely will wear outside of the surgery context. This means I'm up to four shirts. My plan is to mostly not bother with shirts when I don't have to go out until my arm heals up some, so it should be all right. I'm still stressed about the whole logistics of recovery, because I'll be mostly helpless in a bunch of areas and I hate that.

Livia love selected a new Spot at some point in early December and has been living it up. She's also decided that New Millennial is Safe and is relaxed enough to let me rub the tummy in her room when the Millennial is on the sofa. It is a huge show of trust for her to be that relaxed when there are People in her Home. I am endlessly proud of her. Tavy spent a whole hour Thursday night asleep in the crook of my good arm, which he hasn't been calm enough to do for a while.

* Tuesday: I have not enjoyed anything my body has done in the last 24 hours.

* "I Fact-Checked The Worst Video Essayist On YouTube:" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A6_LW1PkmnY

* "Very Bad Publishers Part VIII:" https://colleendoran.substack.com/p/very-bad-publishers-part-ix?r=2hlocf&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web

* "Odyssey to go (Homer in 14 minutes, English version):"

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* "A Midsummer Nights Dream to go (Shakespeare in 12.5 minutes):"

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* "Trump’s Theory Of Magnetivity:"

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* "The five most important queer moments from the Golden Globes 2024:" https://www.thepinknews.com/2024/01/08/the-five-biggest-queer-moments-from-the-golden-globes-2024/

* References for various types of traditional dress: https://www.tumblr.com/vaspider/738450685451010048?source=share

* A thing on how Americans tend to think of Calvinism as the default for Christianity in which we get into things like how very different Medieval Catholicism is.: https://www.tumblr.com/littlescratches/738868338146639872/a-good-way-to-get-a-vague-idea-with-how-it-used-to

* "A Letter from “Crawly” to Azirapil:" https://archiveofourown.org/works/19730593

* "My neoclassical New Year's Eve party dress: Ancient Roman, Regency, and historybounding lookbook!:"

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* "True Facts: The Rise of the Kitten Snake:"

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* "I assure you that I am a fully functional human with a backstory and everything.:" https://wilwheaton.net/2024/01/i-assure-you-that-i-am-a-fully-functional-human-with-a-backstory-and-everything/

* "Reverse Saltburn and The "Boy Kate Middleton" Genre:" https://www.thechatner.com/p/reverse-saltburn-and-the-boy-kate?utm_source=post-email-title&publication_id=5&post_id=140285062&utm_campaign=email-post-title&isFreemail=true&r=ykw2&utm_medium=email

* "Sentenced to death in a magical court:" https://www.tumblr.com/dycefic/656084683226038272/writing-prompt-s-you-have-been-sentenced-to-death

* "An old and homely grandmother accidentally summons a demon.:" https://jumpingjacktrash.tumblr.com/post/160598655019/fireandshellamari-gilajames

* "A daycare worker, watching over toddlers, when the imminent end of the world is announced. It becomes increasingly clear none of the kids’ parents are going to show up as the end inches nearer.:" https://bixbythemartian.tumblr.com/post/633183446892691456/writing-prompt-s-youre-a-daycare-worker

* "You were once the demon king.:" https://caffeinewitchcraft.tumblr.com/post/634539896857608192/writing-prompt-s-you-were-once-the-demon-king

* "Legolas and Gimli get married at least 5 times and here’s why:" https://brigdh.tumblr.com/post/696788010995417088/lenin-it-to-win-it-legolas-and-gimli-get-married

* Grandmother Beetroot: https://thestalkerbunny.tumblr.com/post/623514977716846592/times-are-troubling-and-hard-right-now-but-never

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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.

* Help the Lenape Nation get recognition from Pennsylvania: https://www.lenape-nation.org/

* "World Central Kitchen:" https://wck.org/

* Verified charities to help Palestinians: https://cleolinda.tumblr.com/post/737312194805612544

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

* An old friend of mine's beloved dog needs money for vet bills and special food. They just need $75 more.: https://www.gofundme.com/f/pay-rosies-dental-bills

* CW: Animal Death. Fundraiser to cover costs of final treatment. "Dine's expenses for Olivier's last week:" https://www.gofundme.com/f/dines-expenses-for-oliviers-last-week

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

* "A Police K-9 Took This Man’s Eye:"

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

* "My Aunties | Father Figures:"

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

The help links are at the bottom under the cut.

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

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

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

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

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

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* "Hong Kong mortuaries hit capacity as Covid-19 deaths climb:" https://www.cnbc.com/2022/03/01/hong-kong-mortuaries-hit-capacity-as-covid-19-deaths-climb.html

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* "Ukrainian intel suggests Belarus is prepared to join Russian invasion and US suspends operations at embassy:" https://www.cnn.com/2022/02/28/politics/belarus-ukrainian-invasion-american-embassy-suspended/index.html

* "US is expelling 12 Russian UN diplomats:" https://www.cnn.com/2022/02/28/politics/us-expels-russian-un-diplomats/index.html

* "Hayes on ‘unprecedented global consensus' of resistance to Putin’s invasion:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/hayes-on-unprecedented-global-consensus-of-resistance-to-putin-s-invasion-134268485662

* "Russia faces financial meltdown as sanctions slam its economy:" https://www.cnn.com/2022/02/28/business/russia-ruble-banks-sanctions/index.html

* "US cutting off Russia's central bank from US dollar transactions:" https://www.cnn.com/2022/02/28/politics/sanctions-russia-putin-rainy-day-fund/index.html

* "Russia closes its stock market as the ruble plummets:" https://www.axios.com/russia-stock-market-moscow-exchange-closed-4d55c6f1-35cb-4053-8e56-09433a94e9af.html

* "Switzerland says it will freeze Russian assets, setting aside a tradition of neutrality.:" https://www.nytimes.com/2022/02/28/world/europe/switzerland-russian-assets-freeze.html

* "Singapore to impose sanctions on Russia, including bank transactions:" https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/singapore-impose-appropriate-sanctions-restrictions-russia-2022-02-28/

* "Japan joins sanctions on Russian central bank, says 'Japan is with Ukraine':" https://www.reuters.com/business/japan-govt-cbank-executives-meet-ukraine-crisis-jolts-markets-2022-02-28/

* "Joining Sanctions on Russia, Italy Risks More Than Most:" https://www.nytimes.com/2022/03/01/world/europe/ukraine-russia-italy-sanctions.html

* "Russia eyes sanctions workarounds in energy, gold, crypto:" https://apnews.com/article/russia-ukraine-vladimir-putin-cryptocurrency-technology-business-d6a6d1bb3f664a555a2871eef3cd0e8c

* "Why sanctions may be the West's most powerful weapon against Putin and his oligarchs:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/why-sanctions-may-be-the-west-s-most-powerful-weapon-against-putin-and-his-oligarchs-134284357783

* "Ukraine War Tests the Power of Tech Giants:" https://www.nytimes.com/2022/02/28/technology/ukraine-russia-social-media.html

* "Apple to pause product sales in Russia as tech firms feel pressure over Ukraine:" https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2022/mar/01/apple-russia-ukraine-facebook

* "Ukraine wants to join the EU. Here's how that would work:" https://www.npr.org/2022/02/28/1083528087/ukraine-european-union

* "Zelensky assassination plot foiled, Ukrainian authorities say:" https://www.axios.com/zelensky-assassination-plot-foiled-7bea049b-2308-4801-b75a-93104c17b82b.html

* "Russian attacks increase on civilian areas in Ukraine:" https://chicago.suntimes.com/2022/3/1/22957031/russian-attacks-ukraine-civilian-areas-kharkiv-kyiv-zelensky-belarus-putin

* "Russian forces close in on Ukraine's capital as death toll mounts:" https://www.cbsnews.com/live-updates/russia-ukraine-news-kyiv-war-putin-invasion-talks-today/

* "Russia bombards Ukraine urban areas as armed convoy stalls:" https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/russian-isolation-intensifies-ukraine-fighting-rages-2022-03-01/

* "Ukraine conflict: Russia bombs Kharkiv's Freedom Square and opera house:" https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-60567162

* "One battle in Kharkiv shows how Ukraine is fighting back against the Russian invasion:" https://www.cnn.com/2022/02/28/europe/kharkiv-street-fight-russia-ukraine-intl-cmd/index.html

* "Ukrainians return from abroad to fight Russian invasion:" https://apnews.com/article/russia-ukraine-europe-poland-migration-8de0893dfcf7db46e6a6acf9911104a4

* CW: Child Death "Ukraine accuses Russia of killing 16 children and injuring 45 more in its invasion: 'Russia has shown what it has become':" https://www.businessinsider.com/ukraine-says-russian-invasion-killed-16-children-injured-45-more-2022-2

* "With roadblocks, rifles and Ukrainian flags, Kyiv residents brace for arrival of huge Russian convoy:" https://www.cnn.com/2022/03/01/europe/ukraine-russia-kyiv-war-zone-intl/index.html

* "Ukraine's Mariupol under heavy shelling, Kherson surrounded:" https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/ukraines-mariupol-under-heavy-shelling-kherson-surrounded-officials-2022-03-02/

* "Here's how Kharkiv looks after Russian bombing:" https://www.cnn.com/europe/live-news/ukraine-russia-putin-news-03-01-22/h_f743b88a246db94565ad3ecc32dfd37e

* "Ukrainians Prepare Molotov Cocktails in Kyiv:" https://www.nytimes.com/video/world/europe/100000008230394/ukraine-molotov-cocktails.html

* "Russian Cluster Munition Hits Hospital:" https://www.hrw.org/news/2022/02/25/ukraine-russian-cluster-munition-hits-hospital

* CW: Child Death. "A shelling, a young girl, and hopeless moments in a hospital:" https://apnews.com/article/russia-ukraine-europe-a8bb96288aaf70f9a7f70e9a4fac8160

* "Ukrainian Parliament MP on her 61-year-old dad saying he’ll ‘crawl’ to defend Kyiv:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-reidout/watch/ukrainian-parliament-member-on-returning-to-kyiv-and-preparing-to-defend-capital-134273093972

* "With roadblocks, rifles and Ukrainian flags, Kyiv residents brace for arrival of huge Russian convoy:" https://www.cnn.com/2022/03/01/europe/ukraine-russia-kyiv-war-zone-intl/index.html

* "Morale remains high in Kyiv despite concerns about food supply, basic needs:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/morale-remains-high-in-kyiv-despite-concerns-about-food-supply-basic-needs-134281797504

* "Malcolm Nance: Zelensky was an improbable character who showed his character when Russia invaded:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-reidout/watch/zelensky-s-decision-to-remain-in-ukraine-s-besieged-capital-kyiv-catapults-him-into-global-hero-134271557748

* "Keir Simmons: Putin reportedly believed Ukrainians would welcome Russians with open arms:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-reidout/watch/putin-puts-russian-nuclear-forces-on-high-alert-as-its-ukraine-invasion-sparks-tougher-sanctions-134270021889

* "‘I had no idea he was there’: families’ shock at video of captured Russian soldiers:" https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/feb/27/ukrainian-officials-upload-videos-of-captured-russian-soldiers-on-telegram

* "Some Russian troops are surrendering or sabotaging vehicles rather than fighting, a Pentagon official says.:" https://www.nytimes.com/2022/03/01/world/europe/russia-troops-pentagon.html

* "Thousands of Russians are protesting against the war with Ukraine. Putin’s not likely to listen.:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2022/03/01/thousands-russians-are-protesting-against-war-putins-not-likely-listen/

* "Nearly 6,000 detained across Russia after fourth day of anti-war protests:" https://www.cnn.com/europe/live-news/ukraine-russia-news-02-28-22/h_a3d861845b789787436d012fdae47595

* "Ukrainians chant 'go home' at Russian troops in defiant protest as Putin continues offensive:" https://inews.co.uk/news/ukraine-war-locals-chant-go-home-russian-troops-moscow-invasion-latest-news-1489321

* "Ukrainian sailor in Majorca tried to sink yacht of Russian boss:" https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-60553124

* "As the crisis in Ukraine continues, Biden quietly gets it right:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/maddowblog/crisis-ukraine-continues-biden-quietly-gets-right-rcna18110

* "These Organizations Accept Donations To Help People in Ukraine:" https://www.snopes.com/news/2022/03/01/where-to-donate-help-ukraine/
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* "Here's How the Global Respect Act Will Fight Anti-LGBTQ+ Abuse:" https://www.advocate.com/politics/2022/2/10/heres-how-global-respect-act-will-fight-anti-lgbtq-abuse

* Have something you want to tell your Senators? If you can't safely protest in person, here are some other options:

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

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

* "US Rep. Taylor-Greene slammed for addressing white supremacist gathering:" https://www.timesofisrael.com/us-rep-taylor-greene-slammed-for-attending-white-supremacist-gathering/

* "Rep. Greene & Rep. Gosar attend white nationalist, pro-Putin event :" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/rep-greene-rep-gosar-attend-white-nationalist-pro-putin-event-134268485740

* And yet the Party is full of them. "McConnell says no space in GOP for ‘white supremacists or anti-Semitism’ after two House Republicans participate in white nationalist’s conference:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2022/02/28/marjorie-taylor-greene-white-nationalist-conference/

* "Tireless justice advocate becomes Kentucky House's first LGBT+ representative:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2022/02/25/keturah-herron-kentucky-house-representative/

* "California ‘freedom convoy’ headed to DC disbands after just one day:" https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/california-freedom-convoy-dc-quits-b2024824.html

* Fuckssake! "Months after hate crime hoax guilty verdict, Jussie Smollett calls for new trial:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2022/02/27/jussie-smollett-hate-crime-trial-sentence/

* "Sleepy Time Tea's Weird Cult? :"

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* CW: Rape "Mormonism: Cleansing More Than Just Your Sin (It’s your Skin Color):"

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* CW: Pedophilia. "Airing Out This Christian Organization's Dirty Laundry: The IBLP and ATI:"

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* CW: Slavery, Pedophilia, Torture, Disordered Eating. "NXIVM. What the Media Won't Report.:" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wAyqGCEIFGU

* CW: Pedophilia "Cheer's Jerry Harris Pleads Guilty to Sex Crimes, Faces 50 Years:" https://www.advocate.com/crime/2022/2/11/cheers-jerry-harris-pled-guilty-sex-crimes-faces-50-years

* "Lesbian asylum seeker told she could look 'less mannish' to avoid persecution:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2022/02/25/lgbt-asylum-seekers-refugees-nationality-borders-bill/

* "Most Anglicans back same-sex marriage despite Church of England's archaic stance:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2022/03/01/church-of-england-same-sex-marriage-ozanne-foundation/

* "NHS failing trans patients across the board, report finds:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2022/03/01/trans-nhs-london-assembly-health-committee-sadiq-khan/

* "Cambridge student hospitalised in suspected homophobic attack:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2022/02/27/cambridge-university-wolfson-college-homophobia-attack/

* "Gay Wetherspoons chef accuses co-workers of bullying him with gherkin:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2022/02/26/wetherspoons-chef-brentwood-essex-employment-tribunal-homophobia/

* "Pete Buttigieg Explains Damning Impact of Florida 'Don't Say Gay' Bill:" https://www.advocate.com/politics/2022/2/11/pete-buttigieg-explains-damning-impact-florida-dont-say-gay-bill

* "Education Dept. Says BYU Can Discriminate Against Queer Students:" https://www.advocate.com/religion/2022/2/11/education-dept-says-byu-can-discriminate-against-queer-students

* "Teenager accused of trying to beat gay neighbour, 60, to death with a wrench:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2022/02/27/illinois-attack-homophobia-gay-ethan-dickerson/

* "Frances Haugen - A Facebook Whistleblower Speaks Out :" https://www.cc.com/video/of42ay/the-daily-show-with-trevor-noah-frances-haugen-a-facebook-whistleblower-speaks-out

* "Meet the 'Most Important' Jewish Woman in Medieval England:" https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/meet-the-most-important-jewish-woman-in-medieval-england-180979486/

* A history of Roma in Ukraine: https://twitter.com/InclusiveLucie/status/1497554987014049795

* "The American Revolution of Private Jacob Francis:" https://allthingsliberty.com/2018/03/american-revolution-private-jacob-francis/

* "Nurse, Spy, Guerrilla Leader - Remembering First Lt. Manuela Orquejo:" https://www.warhistoryonline.com/history/remembering-manuela-orquejo.html?fbclid=IwAR2OYQKHcbc3dVcgNQsEnkcCn_OrVLgd3NMq7bULxZ83kPl2XQF1pvidctg&chrome=1

* "Cutco: The MLM Selling Knives and Lies:"

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Way back in the early ‘90′s my lover needed a job and Cutco was hiring. He worked so hard at it. he did the presentations for everyone he knew and his divorced parents could rope in among their friends. He made absolutely nothing. It was heartbreaking. We used that knife all the time in the kitchen though.

So in the oughts I wasn’t making enough teaching to live on let alone pay student loans, because that is how we pay teachers in this country. I’m looking for work. I answer an ambiguous sales ad and get invited for an interview that evening, only when i get there i think I have the wrong address because it’s in this super sketchy portable park where people mostly sell things like retooled car parts and the like.

The building is unmarked, but lights are on and the door is open, so I park and approach warily. It’s the right place, but there are a bunch of people and it’s a “group interview” which is adding to the red flag collection since I’d never heard of such a thing, but it doesn’t seem physically dangerous, so I decide to see where it’s going.

The “Interview” is basically a sales pitch only without them saying right away what they’re selling. More read flags. Eventually the dude mentions knives and I’m like, “Wait. Is this Cutco Knives?” You could see the man’s demeanor change like he’s been slapped. He is forced to admit it is. This is a state that prohibits door to door selling, which means you really can only sell to friends and people at work. So I start gathering my things, “I can’t do this. I’m not allowed to sell at work and i don’t have the kind of contacts you need for this.” And all at once the 40ish lady next to me starts gathering her things, “I can’t do this either.” I basically started a stampede. Ruined that Cutco guy’s evening it did.

Seriously, not only did they lure us their under basically false pretenses, he wasted all those people’s time. he likely would have futzed around for who knows how long before telling them what was going on. It was cruel and deceptive and just ick.

* "If You Don't Know, Now You Know - Racist History of Highways:" https://www.cc.com/video/yx3hbl/the-daily-show-with-trevor-noah-if-you-don-t-know-now-you-know-racist-history-of-highways

* "Dul-Sayin' - Celebrating Black Romance Novelists:" https://www.cc.com/video/8h9x9m/the-daily-show-with-trevor-noah-dul-sayin-celebrating-black-romance-novelists

* "Feds Seize $4.5 Billion in Bitcoin:" https://www.cc.com/video/1ioc63/the-daily-show-with-trevor-noah-feds-seize-usd4-5-billion-in-bitcoin

* "Florida's "Don't Say Gay" Bill & Trump's Document Flush:" https://www.cc.com/video/lgg7qh/the-daily-show-with-trevor-noah-florida-s-don-t-say-gay-bill-trump-s-document-flush

* "CP Time - Black Winter Olympians:" https://www.cc.com/video/z3ffqq/the-daily-show-with-trevor-noah-cp-time-black-winter-olympians

* "Culture Wars: Moral Kombat - Book Bans on the Rise :" https://www.cc.com/video/eqtjsr/the-daily-show-with-trevor-noah-culture-wars-moral-kombat-book-bans-on-the-rise

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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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