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* Protests can work. "Clashes between police, protesters in Tel Aviv after Netanyahu pauses judicial overhaul:" https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/2023-03-26/ty-article-live/senior-likud-members-hint-at-opposing-judicial-overhaul/00000187-1c81-d4ca-afff-1d89ee5b0000

* "Police using ‘excessive force’ at France protests, rights groups say:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/03/26/france-police-violence-protests-retirement/

* "French police counter protest violence; garbage strike ends:" https://apnews.com/article/france-macron-protests-pensions-retirement-police-3b441f92ebac633c89207e7dbd5fe697

* "South Korea has the world's lowest fertility rate, a struggle with lessons for us all:" https://www.npr.org/2023/03/19/1163341684/south-korea-fertility-rate

* "Hong Kong's 'villain-hitting' ritual draws crowds:" https://apnews.com/article/hong-kong-villain-hitting-whacking-tradition-cdc90e423d73ffbdb8872ea55f0d5ae4

* "Belarus says it will host Russian nuclear weapons to counter NATO:" https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/belarus-says-it-decided-host-russian-nuclear-weapons-after-nato-pressure-2023-03-28/

* "Why the Journalist Arrested in Russia Won’t Be Another Brittney Griner:" https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2023/03/31/russia-journalist-magazine-interview-00089877

* "Bolsonaro Returns to Brazil, Ending Self-Imposed Exile:" https://www.nytimes.com/2023/03/30/world/americas/bolsonaro-returns-brazil.html

* "Oscar Pistorius, South African Olympian, is denied parole in his girlfriend's murder:" https://www.npr.org/2023/03/31/1167450979/oscar-pistorius-parole-denied-south-africa-reeva-steenkamp

* "Tory immigration bill could be ‘death sentence’ for refugees with HIV, MPs warn:" https://www.thepinknews.com/2023/03/30/illegal-immigration-bill-small-boats-hiv-lgbtq/

* "Homophobia, racism and misogyny rife in England’s fire services, report finds:" https://www.thepinknews.com/2023/03/31/fire-and-rescue-service-england-homophobia-racism-misogyny/

* "UK's controversial voter ID law – what it means for trans and non-binary people:" https://www.thepinknews.com/2023/03/27/voted-id-trans-non-binary-uk/

* Good News! "Humza Yousaf winning SNP leadership is a 'relief', say queer members:" https://www.thepinknews.com/2023/03/27/humza-yousaf-snp-leadership-lgbtq/

* "New SNP leader Humza Yousaf promises legal challenge against Tory gender block:" https://www.thepinknews.com/2023/03/27/snp-leader-humza-yousaf-gender-recognition-section-35/

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* "Ukraine shuts 'post-apocalyptic' battlefield town to civilians:" https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/nato-slams-putin-rhetoric-nuclear-weapons-belarus-2023-03-27/

* "Ukraine hits Russian-held city deep behind front as talk of counteroffensive grows:" https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/russian-forces-making-no-headway-bakhmut-avdiivka-ukraine-says-2023-03-28/

* "Queer Ukrainian soldier makes desperate plea for same-sex marriage to be legalised:" https://www.thepinknews.com/2023/03/28/ukraine-same-sex-marriage-demand/

* "Separated by war, a Ukrainian family balances safety, duty and love:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/interactive/2023/ukraine-war-anniversary-families-frontline/

* "Soils of war: The toxic legacy for Ukraine's breadbasket:" https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/soils-war-toxic-legacy-ukraines-breadbasket-2023-03-01/

* "The 'Ukrainian Banksy' has remained in Kharkiv despite Russian attacks:" https://www.npr.org/2023/03/25/1166093764/the-ukrainian-banksy-has-remained-in-kharkiv-despite-russian-attacks

* "How Russian Journalists in Exile Are Covering the War in Ukraine:" https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2023/03/13/how-russian-journalists-in-exile-are-covering-the-war-in-ukraine

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* "Can Harris’s Visit Shore Up U.S. Relations With Africa?:" https://foreignpolicy.com/2023/03/29/kamala-harris-africa-ghana-tanzania-zambia-visit-us-china/

* The guards decided to walk away, leaving people to burn to death rather then unlock them before leaving. As far as I'm concerned that's murder. "A deadly Mexico immigration center fire shows just a sliver of the abuse migrants see:" https://www.npr.org/2023/03/30/1166947456/ciudad-juarez-detention-fire-conditions-migrants-treatment

* "He came to D.C. as a Brazilian student. The U.S. says he was a Russian spy.:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/03/29/russian-spy-brazilian-student-washington/

* "Reclaiming U.S. Industry:" https://prospect.org/economy/2023-01-24-biden-american-industrial-policy/

* "Activist group led by Ginni Thomas received nearly $600,000 in anonymous donations:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/investigations/2023/03/28/ginni-thomas-crowdsourcers-anonymous-donations/

* "The Silicon Valley Bank Contagion Is Just Beginning:" https://www.wired.com/story/silicon-valley-bank-collapse-fallout/

* "How Gen Z's changing priorities are changing the face of work:" https://www.thepinknews.com/2023/03/23/how-gen-zs-changing-priorities-are-changing-the-face-of-work/

* "30 People Tell Us What Homelessness Is Really Like:" https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2023/02/10/headway/homelessness-mental-health-us.html?unlocked_article_code=MMNnOmLwwCB0dGHQJjPQ06R6r7StFi73JHHnu7YKrLYOGUUr9C6E1Jg7olVznjw9l37B99MtDqufRe9omEm01Mx7hMfiGWxKKB1ZCfG7DqIETtU0mhEUm3BFSPUnv5IFOXblCr3k5G_9GNWGI4nPJ2NFV7tC6k4lr7ZRaAoCWfW9Y1hFNkgXF7768EsNWz2-RYdl2du6HmfRIO8FNIHkYADUA9CQy3TqTegpMOapAEd9NFlgLvCdRDSYevL3QCsadmEmHYrvMLqwrZn9tTr83W-UV1XC2qbNelcUnNLtviRg5QsDZM-gyATpiu9s2tHfLTEOZFYodHy9EXSZHbTNmSu3LFqsH78ggaw7tNNkOQhcgHdGIYVp3g&smid=url-share?utm_source=join1440&utm_medium=emai

* The Republican War on Health Care continues. "Texas judge invalidates ACA promise of free preventive health services:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/2023/03/30/affordable-care-act-judge-oconnor/

* "In clash with Bernie Sanders, Starbucks' Howard Schultz insists he's no union buster:" https://www.npr.org/2023/03/29/1166277326/starbucks-bernie-sanders-howard-schultz-union-hearing

* "Sanders on Starbucks union busting: Even billionaires have to obey the law:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/sanders-on-starbucks-union-busting-even-billionaires-have-to-obey-the-law-167098437792

* "Senate votes to repeal Iraq War authorization:" https://www.npr.org/2023/03/29/1165581083/aumf-iraq-war-senate

* "McCarthy demands meeting with Biden. White House: Show us your budget.:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2023/03/28/mccarthy-biden-budget/

* "In Congress, little urgency to address gun violence with legislation:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2023/03/29/congress-little-urgency-address-gun-violence-with-legislation/

* "McCarthy dodges questions about assault weapons ban after Nashville school shooting:" https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/republican-leader-dodges-questions-assault-weapons-ban-after/story?id=98236644

* "Rep. Jamaal Bowman confronts GOP colleague on guns:" https://www.salon.com/2023/03/29/theyre-all-cowards-rep-jamaal-bowman-confronts-colleague-on/

* "Biden won't veto Republican-led bill ending COVID emergency:" https://apnews.com/article/covid-biden-senate-national-emergency-bill-f0e08810c28cc648a9b778a86d2dc7e1

* The Republican War on the Environment continues. "House Republicans pass marquee energy bill in rebuke of Biden:" https://www.politico.com/news/2023/03/30/house-republicans-marquee-energy-bill-00089529

* 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

* "Texas GOP Proposes Bill To Allow Sec Of State To Overturn Election Results In State’s Largest Blue County:" https://talkingpointsmemo.com/news/texas-gop-proposes-bill-to-allow-sec-of-state-to-overturn-election-results-in-states-largest-blue-county

* "Ex-Fox News Producer Asks To Correct The Testimony She Gave In Dominion Case:" https://talkingpointsmemo.com/news/ex-fox-news-producer-asks-to-correct-the-testimony-she-gave-in-dominion-case

* "Here's what Fox News was trying to hide in its Dominion lawsuit redactions:" https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/elections/dominion-releases-previously-redacted-slides-fox-news-lawsuit-rcna77257

* "New Fox emails: CEO says Trump fact-checks are ‘bad for business’:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/new-fox-emails-ceo-says-trump-fact-checks-are-bad-for-business-167096901719

* "DeSantis’ Culture Warrior: ‘We Are Now Over the Walls’:" https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2023/03/24/chris-rufo-desantis-anti-woke-00088578

* "Three TikTok users go viral for their prank trolling Truth Social app:" https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/tiktok-users-viral-prank-truth-social-app-rcna76371

* "A Trump rally, a right-wing cause and the enduring legacy of Waco:" https://www.seattletimes.com/nation-world/nation/a-trump-rally-a-right-wing-cause-and-the-enduring-legacy-of-waco/

* "Trump 'Went to Waco to Bring Back Visions' of Cult Leader David Koresh, Democratic Rep. Says:" https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/trump-waco-rally-david-koresh-cult-1234703923/

* "Trump, facing potential indictment, celebrates Jan. 6 insurrectionists at Waco rally:" https://www.latimes.com/politics/story/2023-03-25/trump-invokes-jan-6-at-waco-rally-ahead-of-possible-charges

* "Donald Trump launches chilling attack on trans rights at Waco rally:" https://www.thepinknews.com/2023/03/28/donald-trump-trans-rights-2024-campaign/

* "Trump starts Waco rally with song by Jan. 6 prison choir :" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/trump-starts-waco-rally-with-song-by-jan-6-prison-choir-166950469655

* "Disney's Middle Finger To DeSantis Was A Love Note To Lawyers:" https://www.wonkette.com/disney-s-middle-finger-to-desantis-was-a-love-note-to-lawyers

* "Gay congressman Mark Takano on his global fight for LGBTQ+ rights:" https://www.thepinknews.com/2023/03/20/mark-takano-gay-congressman-lgbtq-japan/

* "George Santos Finally Admits He Is a Fraudster in Brazil:" https://www.thedailybeast.com/george-santos-finally-admits-hes-a-fraudster-in-brazil

* "Republicans let gay thirst trap lawmaker keep job after Instagram scandal:" https://www.thepinknews.com/2023/03/27/randy-mcnally-gay-instagram-thirst-trap/

* "Florida's ‘Don’t Say Gay’ Author Pleads Guilty to Federal Fraud Charges:" https://www.advocate.com/politics/dont-say-gay-author-guilty

* "Leaked Emails Show GOP Lawmaker, Anti-Trans Activists Discuss Holy War:" https://www.advocate.com/news/north-dakota-anti-trans-emails

* "Gay Republican accused of encouraging paedophilia by GOP over same-sex marriage:" https://www.thepinknews.com/2023/03/30/gay-republican-chris-sander-same-sex-marriage/

* "Republican Lawmaker Asks Lesbian Colleague if She’s a Pedophile:" https://www.advocate.com/politics/rhode-island-republican-lesbian-colleague

* "AOC shuts down LibsOfTikTok founder in six epic seconds:" https://www.thepinknews.com/2023/03/31/aoc-chaya-raichik-libs-of-tiktok/

* "Utah Republicans Try To Accuse Romney Of Treason In Upcoming Censure Vote:" https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/utah-republicans-try-to-accuse-romney-of-treason-in-upcoming-censure-vote/ar-AA19hgwP?rc=1&ocid=winp1taskbar&cvid=a82419441e73440599fefba0decd9d1d&ei=8

* "Prosecutor oversight bill headed to Kemp; local control concerns dismissed - Georgia Recorder:" https://georgiarecorder.com/2023/03/27/prosecutor-oversight-bill-headed-to-kemp-local-control-concerns-dismissed/

* "Georgia bill is latest GOP effort targeting prosecutors:" https://apnews.com/article/georgia-prosecutor-district-attorney-remove-discipline-dd06c56d0d0672e38ef11f4c63dda468

* "OPINION: Fani Willis blasts GOP move to rein in local prosecutors:" https://www.ajc.com/politics/opinion-as-republicans-move-against-local-das-fani-willis-fights-back/XOGOZNJDHJDI3JFKKZVZOFOQWY/

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* "Trump hush money probe ends day without voting after appearance from ex-National Enquirer publisher David Pecker :" https://www.cnn.com/2023/03/27/politics/david-pecker-national-enquirer-trump-hush-money-investigation/

* "Donald Trump indicted by Manhattan grand jury on more than 30 counts related to business fraud:" https://www.cnn.com/2023/03/30/politics/donald-trump-indictment/index.html

* "Sen. Rand Paul says Manhattan DA leading Trump investigation should 'be put in jail':" https://www.yahoo.com/news/sen-rand-paul-says-manhattan-191533879.html

* "Right-wing host calls for military to execute Obama if Trump is indicted:" https://www.salon.com/2023/03/20/right-wing-host-calls-for-military-to-execute-obama-if-is-indicted/

* "Donald Trump facing criminal charges and Stormy Daniels is sipping champagne:" https://www.thepinknews.com/2023/03/31/donald-trump-indicted-stormy-daniels/

* "Hayes: Why Trump's indictment isn't actually some 'crazy departure from reality':" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/hayes-why-trump-s-indictment-isn-t-actually-some-crazy-departure-from-reality-167327813552

* "‘Karma’: Exonerated Central Park 5 member reacts to Trump indictment:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/-karma-exonerated-central-park-5-member-reacts-to-trump-indictment-167327813954

* "Trump's Lawyers Keep Crime-Fraud-ing:"

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* "Mike Pence must testify about conversations he had with Donald Trump leading up to January 6, judge rules:" https://www.cnn.com/2023/03/28/politics/mike-pence-grand-jury-testimony/index.html

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* "How Jan. 6 rioter Ashli Babbitt became a MAGA martyr:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/how-jan-6-rioter-ashli-babbitt-became-a-maga-martyr-167027269719

* "Two More Jan. 6 Capitol Rioters Have Fled Charges, Bringing Total to Six:" https://theintercept.com/2023/03/10/jan-6-capitol-riot-fugitives/

* "How the AR-15 became a powerful political, cultural symbol in America:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/interactive/2023/ar-15-america-gun-culture-politics/?itid=hp-top-table-main_p001_f001

* "Gun advocate Tucker Carlson furious at trans people carrying guns:" https://www.thepinknews.com/2023/03/25/gun-advocate-tucker-carlson-rants-about-tran-people-carrying-guns/

* "After Mass Shootings, Republicans Expand Access to Guns:" https://www.nytimes.com/2023/03/29/us/nashville-gun-laws.html

* "Permit to buy handgun no longer required in North Carolina:" https://apnews.com/article/pistol-permit-veto-override-north-carolina-b9d0ee55bf658ca72043bd3f706b128f

* "Nashville shooter who killed 6 drew maps, surveilled school:" https://wtop.com/national/2023/03/suspect-dead-after-shooting-at-nashville-private-school/

* "4 big questions about the Nashville school shooting (and what we know so far):" https://www.npr.org/2023/03/29/1166804786/nashville-school-shooting-covenant-hale

* "Marjorie Taylor Greene slammed for transphobic Nashville school shooting comment:" https://www.thepinknews.com/2023/03/28/marjorie-taylor-greene-nashville-school-shooting/

* "The right exploits Nashville shooting to escalate anti-trans rhetoric:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/2023/03/30/nashville-shooting-transgender-shooter/

* "Republican Keith R Swank mercilessly trolled after inane school shooting tweet:" https://www.thepinknews.com/2023/03/30/keith-r-swank-arsewank-twitter/

* "'Pissed off at cowards and profiteers': Outrage grows over gun safety inaction:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/-pissed-off-at-cowards-and-profiteers-outrage-grows-over-gun-safety-inaction-166957125535

* "Prevalence of mass shootings extends reach of gun violence across communities:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/prevalence-of-mass-shootings-extends-reach-of-gun-violence-across-communities-166959173767

* It’s only going to keep happening more often since people who were in school after the assault weapons ban lapsed, dramatically increasing the number of deaths, are now covering the mass murders. "Prevalence of mass shootings extends reach of gun violence across communities:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/slotkin-gun-views-are-changing-and-lawmakers-are-the-last-to-realize-167026757608

* "Hayes: The new attitude of GOP lawmakers is ‘American life is cheap’:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/hayes-the-new-attitude-of-gop-lawmakers-is-american-life-is-cheap-167026757836

* "What do race and ethnicity mean? The US government is asking:" https://apnews.com/article/race-ethnicity-census-mena-hispanic-jewish-black-d25d02d3ec3e5f75aaa3ad8e6da331fe

* "Ron DeSantis Wants to Make It a Felony to Have an Undocumented Person in Your Home or Car:" https://newrepublic.com/post/171137/ron-desantis-florida-bill-felony-undocumented-person-home-car

* "TSA confirms plans to mandate mug shots for domestic air travel – Papers, Please!:" https://papersplease.org/wp/2023/03/15/tsa-confirms-plans-to-mandate-mug-shots-for-domestic-air-travel/

* "Irvo Otieno’s last days: How a mental health system ‘completely failed’:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2023/03/25/irvo-otieno-mental-health-system-failures/

* "Idaho GOP Channels Trump With Plan to Bring Back Firing Squad:" https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/idaho-death-firing-squad-1234701499/

* "How one city ended prison gerrymandering:" https://publicintegrity.org/inequality-poverty-opportunity/how-one-city-ended-prison-gerrymandering/

* A Cop City news round up with ways to help resisters: https://www.tumblr.com/bitterkarella/713102785183383552?source=share

* How does this make sense let alone work? "Twitter now allows "non-toxic slurs" as long as the slurs are not hate speech:" https://boingboing.net/2023/03/24/twitter-now-allows-non-toxic-slurs-as-long-as-the-slurs-are-not-hate-speech.html

* "Church hosting drag event firebombed with Molotov cocktail by 'pathetic Nazis':" https://www.thepinknews.com/2023/03/30/community-church-chesterland-drag-queen-story-time-bomb-attack/

* "Neo-Nazis threatened a drag show at a Cookeville bar. Now the bar is facing eviction.:" https://wpln.org/post/neo-nazis-threatened-a-drag-show-at-a-cookeville-bar-now-the-bar-is-facing-eviction/

* "Book Sanctuary Cities Like Chicago Are a Response to Book Bans, Censorship:" https://www.teenvogue.com/story/book-sanctuaries-chicago-toronto-libraries

* "Florida fears Don't Say Gay could remain for decades:" https://www.thepinknews.com/2023/03/28/dont-say-gay-florida-lgbtq-one-year/

* "Opinion | The anti-LGBTQ lies at the core of Florida's newest law:" https://www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnbc-opinion/desantis-signs-don-t-say-gay-law-built-anti-lgbtq-n1293471

* "Opinion | A Florida School Banned a Disney Movie About Ruby Bridges. Here’s What That Really Means.:" https://www.nytimes.com/2023/03/29/opinion/florida-school-disney-ruby-bridges.html

* "Arkansas House approves bill to hold libraries accountable for ‘obscene’ material:" https://arkansasadvocate.com/2023/03/15/arkansas-house-approves-bill-to-hold-libraries-accountable-for-obscene-material/

* "Library defies bigots who tried label LGBTQ+ kids’ books ‘criminal’:" https://www.thepinknews.com/2023/03/29/louisiana-st-tammany-lgbtq-library-book-ban/

* "Miley Cyrus and Dolly Parton song ‘Rainbowland’ banned by school:" https://www.thepinknews.com/2023/03/28/miley-cyrus-dolly-parton-rainbowland-wisconsin-school-ban/

* "TERFs and the Fascist Roots of Anti-Trans Movements:"

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* CW: Sexual Assault "Marilyn Manson Harmed MINORS? New Lawsuit & Case Updates:"

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* "Nation Convicts Man of 'Stealthing' Partner During Sex:" https://www.hivplusmag.com/law-crime/nation-convicts-condoms

* "Alabama 5th Grade Girls Basketball Team Denied Title After Beating Boys' Team, Sparks Outrage:" https://www.ibtimes.sg/alabama-5th-grade-girls-basketball-team-denied-title-after-beating-boys-team-sparks-outrage-69326

* "In India, These Trailblazing Female Stunt Bikers Rule the Road:" https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/india-female-woman-stunt-bikers

* "UK Athletics confirms ban on trans women on Trans Day of Visibility:" https://www.thepinknews.com/2023/03/31/uk-athletics-ban-trans-women/

* "Young Afghan women train as midwives for out-of-reach villages:" https://www.reuters.com/investigates/special-report/womens-day-afghanistan/

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* "Idaho Is About To Be The First State To Restrict Interstate Travel For Abortion Post-Roe:" https://www.huffpost.com/entry/idaho-abortion-bill-trafficking-travel_n_641b62c3e4b00c3e6077c80b

* "Idaho set to restrict interstate travel for abortions:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/idaho-set-to-restrict-interstate-travel-for-abortions-167095365802

* "How Florida uses a little-known law to punish abortion clinics:" https://www.politico.com/news/2023/03/26/florida-abortion-law-ban-00088815

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* "UN urges Ugandan president to block 'disturbing' LGBTQ+ bill:" https://www.thepinknews.com/2023/03/23/uganda-lgbtq-bill-gay-law-ban/

* "White House suggests Uganda could face sanctions if LGBTQ+ ban becomes law:" https://www.thepinknews.com/2023/03/23/white-house-uganda-lgbtq/

* "Uganda passes bill making LGBTQ+ lives illegal and punishable with jail time:" https://www.thepinknews.com/2023/03/22/uganda-homosexuality-new-bill-illegal/

* "LGBTQ+ Ugandans ‘shaken, worried and scared’ after terrifying gay ban passes:" https://www.thepinknews.com/2023/03/24/uganda-lgbtq-anti-homosexuality-bill/

* "MPs urge government to help LGBTQ+ Ugandans fleeing anti-homosexuality bill:" https://www.thepinknews.com/2023/03/24/uganda-lgbtq-bill-uk-asylum-refugees/

* "LGBTQ+ Ugandans ‘shaken, worried and scared’ after terrifying gay ban passes:" https://www.thepinknews.com/2023/03/24/uganda-lgbtq-anti-homosexuality-bill/

* "Uganda's anti-LGBTQ+ bill result of insidious global push:" https://www.thepinknews.com/2023/03/25/uganda-lgbtq-bill-evangelical-christians/

* "Kamala Harris backs Africa's LGBTQ+ community in wake of cruel Uganda bill:" https://www.thepinknews.com/2023/03/28/kamala-harris-uganda-lgbtq/

* "Transgender Man's Killer Ordered to Rehab:" https://www.advocate.com/crime/transgender-killer-germany

* "Australian MP who spoke at Posie Parker rally suspended – but avoids being sacked:" https://www.thepinknews.com/2023/03/27/moira-deeming-australia-liberal-mp-posie-parker-kellie-jay-keen-minshull/

* "New Zealand minister won't apologise for saying 'white cis men' cause most violence:" https://www.thepinknews.com/2023/03/28/new-zealand-male-violence-marama-davidson-posie-parker/

* "Report attacking trans 'ideology' in schools could 'put kids in danger':" https://www.thepinknews.com/2023/03/30/policy-exchange-trans-schools-report/

* "Man Convicted of Killing Boyfriend Over Grindr DMs Sentenced to Life:" https://www.advocate.com/crime/man-murder-grindr-messages-boyfriend

* "Homophobe found guilty of murdering gay man with hammer in cemetery:" https://www.thepinknews.com/2023/03/23/erik-fled-ranjith-kankanamalage-london-cemetery-hammer-murder/

* "Lesbian Project's first meeting met with joyful pro-trans protest: 'We are one community':" https://www.thepinknews.com/2023/03/26/the-lesbian-project-the-dyke-project/

* "New poll confirms what trans people already knew about transitioning:" https://www.thepinknews.com/2023/03/26/majority-of-trans-people-are-happier-after-transitioning-survey-finds/

* "Idaho governor signs 'stigmatising' anti-trans bathroom bill into law:" https://www.thepinknews.com/2023/03/26/idaho-brad-little-bathroom-bill-anti-trans-law/

* "State Lawmakers Want to Ban Health Insurance for Trans Care:" https://www.thedailybeast.com/health-insurance-for-transgender-care-at-risk-in-tennessee-florida-wyoming-kentucky-and-arkansas

* He's declared gender affirming care illegal without any process because he's decided to lie that puberty blockers are somehow experimental, despite decades of them being in wide use. "Missouri AG seeks to restrict gender-affirming care for minors :" https://www.cnn.com/2023/03/21/politics/missouri-gender-affirming-care-trans-restriction/index.html

* "Conversion Therapy Ban Fails in a Missouri County Held by Democrats:" https://www.advocate.com/news/conversion-therapy-ban-fails-missouri

* "Iowa Gov. Signs Transphobic Gender-Affirming Care Ban and Bathroom Bill:" https://www.advocate.com/politics/gender-care-bathroom-ban-iowa

* "Kentucky forces through 'worst anti-trans bill in the US' – but the fight continues:" https://www.thepinknews.com/2023/03/30/kentucky-trans-healthcare-bill-ban-veto/

* "Colorado emerges as a refuge for transgender children and their families:" https://coloradosun.com/2023/03/25/transgender-children-colorado-health-safety/

* "Sarah Huckabee Sanders Signs Trans Bathroom Ban Bill Into Law:" https://www.advocate.com/politics/arkansas-transgender-bathroom-ban

* "Utah Governor Signs Conversion Therapy Ban Into Law:" https://www.advocate.com/news/conversion-therapy-utah-ban-governor

* "Buster Murdaugh Says He Wasn't Involved in Gay Student's Death:" https://www.advocate.com/crime/buster-murdaugh-stephen-smith

* "Georgia County Pays $1.2 Million to Fight Gender-Affirming Care Suit:" https://www.advocate.com/news/gender-affirming-care-lawsuit-deputy

* "Matthew Shepard’s father warns of history repeating itself with anti-trans hate:" https://www.thepinknews.com/2023/03/27/matthew-shepard-dennis-shepard-anti-trans-hate-warning/

* "It’s 1992 in Seattle, and it’s already about eradication :" https://solarbird.net/blog/1992/11/11/its-1992-in-seattle-and-its-already-about-eradication/

* "Transphobic Christian School Banned From Vermont Sports League:" https://www.advocate.com/sports/vermont-transphobic-christian-school

* "Women’s World Cup row brewing over pro-LGBTQ+ OneLove armbands:" https://www.thepinknews.com/2023/03/30/fifa-womens-world-cup-july-onelove-armband/

* "Mae Martin explains why they call out Dave Chappelle in new Netflix special:" https://www.thepinknews.com/2023/03/29/mae-martin-netflix-special-sap-dave-chappelle-trans-jokes/

* "NHS outed HIV service users in ‘distressing’ data breach:" https://www.thepinknews.com/2023/03/30/hiv-data-breach-nhs-highland/

* "ME/CFS: The Neglected Pandemic:" https://theotter.ca/me-cfs-neglected-pandemic/?fbclid=IwAR3bKosyhfHX0aKiuP2HgPmLwnWoxUTy8emkHbPM_KV5JsPBC5Mi88b2GoQ&mibextid=Zxz2cZ

* "As African kids died, doctors fought for ban on toxic Indian syrup:" https://www.reuters.com/investigates/special-report/health-coughsyrup/

* "FDA approves first over-the-counter Narcan:" https://www.politico.com/news/2023/03/29/fda-otc-narcan-spray-approval-00089376

* "How People With Dementia Make Sense of the World:" https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2023/03/dementia-caregiver-imposter-delusion-paranoia/673308/

* "Long Covid is associated with significantly increased risk of death, heart and lung problems, study finds:" https://www.cnn.com/2023/03/03/health/long-covid-health-consequences/index.html

* "The knowns — and known unknowns — of long Covid, explained:" https://www.vox.com/coronavirus-covid19/2023/3/13/23627229/long-covid-science-symptoms-treatments

* "COVID-19 made pulse oximeters ubiquitous. Engineers are fixing their racial bias : Short Wave:" https://www.npr.org/2023/02/10/1156166554/covid-19-pulse-oximeters-racial-bias

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* "Snow has been a no-show for some traditionally wintry cities:" https://apnews.com/article/snow-winter-east-coast-climate-warm-0e20875c070df8c57a5f04f29749b9d0

* "Before disastrous flood, officials knew Pajaro River levee could fail but took no action:" https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2023-03-12/authorities-knew-the-levee-could-fail

* "Another storm is expected to bring more snow and flooding to California:" https://www.npr.org/2023/03/29/1166720998/california-storm-snow-rain

* "Rolling Fork, the birthplace of Muddy Waters, has faced tornado and flooding concerns for years.:" https://www.nytimes.com/2023/03/25/us/rolling-fork-tornado.html

* "Philadelphia Monitoring Water Supply After Chemical Spill:" https://www.nytimes.com/2023/03/26/us/delaware-river-latex-chemical-spill.html

* "The Mexican Firefighting Crew That Saves Lives Across the Border:" https://www.newyorker.com/news/letter-from-the-southwest/the-mexican-firefighting-crew-that-saves-lives-across-the-border

* "Scientists fear a Great Toxic Dustbowl could soon emerge from the Great Salt Lake:" https://www.cnn.com/2023/02/10/us/utah-great-salt-lake-dust-pollution-weir-wxc/index.html

* "A train carrying ethanol derails and catches fire in Minnesota, evacuation lifted:" https://www.npr.org/2023/03/30/1166998646/minnesota-train-derailment-evacuation-fire-ethanol

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* "Facing floods: What the world can learn from Bangladesh's climate solutions:" https://www.npr.org/sections/goatsandsoda/2023/03/26/1165779335/facing-floods-what-the-world-can-learn-from-bangladeshs-climate-solutions

* "Hit With Extreme Weather, Texas Cities Debate Cost of Adaptation:" https://undark.org/2023/02/07/hit-with-extreme-weather-texas-cities-debate-cost-of-adaptation/

* "Opinion: Don't call it a comeback: California's Tulare Lake never really went away:" https://www.latimes.com/opinion/story/2023-03-29/tulare-lake-california-floods-storms

* "How Climate Change Is Making Tampons (and Lots of Other Stuff) More Expensive:" https://www.nytimes.com/2023/02/18/climate/climate-change-cotton-tampons.html

* "Dow said it was recycling our shoes. We found them in Indonesia:" https://www.reuters.com/investigates/special-report/global-plastic-dow-shoes/

* "The Electron Is Having a (Magnetic) Moment. It’s a Big Deal:" https://www.wired.com/story/the-electron-is-having-a-magnetic-moment-its-a-big-deal/

* "Scientists complete first map of an insect brain:" https://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/insect-brain-first-map-complete-b2297867.html

* CW: Animal Death "In a Famed Kenyan Game Park, the Animals Are Giving Up:" https://undark.org/2023/01/04/in-a-famed-kenyan-game-park-the-animals-are-giving-up/

* "An Icelandic Town Goes All Out to Save Baby Puffins:" https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/icelandic-town-goes-all-out-save-baby-puffins-180981518/

* "Is There an Ethical Way to Kill Rats? Should We Even Ask?:" https://www.nytimes.com/2023/02/27/science/rats-rodents-trapping.html

* "Dwarf elephants? Giant rats? Strange island creatures at high risk:" https://www.reuters.com/lifestyle/science/dwarf-elephants-giant-rats-strange-island-creatures-high-risk-2023-03-09/

* "First evidence for horseback riding dates back 5,000 years:" https://apnews.com/article/horse-horseback-riding-archeology-5caf7da564dbafad6aa50379b0927220

* "Were These Beetles Once as Valuable as Gemstones?:" https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/beetle-jewelry-status-symbol

* "Buried by the Ash of Vesuvius, These Scrolls Are Being Read for the First Time in Millennia:" https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/buried-ash-vesuvius-scrolls-are-being-read-new-xray-technique-180969358/

* "Did Christians Hate Vikings? Part Two: Crosses, Archaeology and Runes:"

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* "Michelangelo’s Illustrated Grocery List:" https://www.openculture.com/2023/02/michelangelos-illustrated-grocery-list-2.html

* "The Untold Stories of the Women Who Led Slave Revolts:" https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/women-led-slave-revolts

* "For the Enslaved Potter David Drake, His Literary Practice Was His Resistance:" https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smithsonian-institution/dave-the-potters-resistance-was-his-literary-practice-180981707/

* "NOT brothel candles:" https://fakehistoryhunter.net/2023/02/26/not-brothel-candles/

* "Long-lost ship found in Lake Huron, confirming tragic story:" https://apnews.com/article/great-lakes-shipwreck-discovery-ironton-91f6db8e3c42d37b2f8ade7b4df0a4bb

* "History’s Oldest Color Photos Show How The World Looked Like in the Early 1900s:" https://rarehistoricalphotos.com/oldest-color-photos-in-the-world/

* "Found: An 80-Year-Old Wedding Cake With a Tragic Past:" https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/historical-wedding-cake-topper

* "Chilean circus has fought LGBTQ discrimination for 54 years:" https://apnews.com/article/chile-circus-diversity-lgbtq-c608be081d6e2ca44e168c6c5af7bb8b

* "First trans man to medically transition became a monk after his heart was broken:" https://www.thepinknews.com/2023/03/31/laurence-michael-dillon-trans-man/

* "The incredible life of Roberta Cowell: Trans innovator, war pilot and racing driver:" https://www.thepinknews.com/2023/03/31/roberta-cowell-trans-woman-uk-history/

* "The Heroes of ACT UP Are Dying:" https://www.advocate.com/obituaries/heroes-act-up-are-dying

* "Paul O’Grady wanted police to apologise for 'homophobic' 1987 arrest:" https://www.thepinknews.com/2023/03/29/paul-o-grady-arrest-police-apology/

* "Suzy Eddie Izzard explains how Paul O'Grady helped her come out as trans:" https://www.thepinknews.com/2023/03/30/suzy-eddie-izzard-paul-ogrady-trans/

* "The Bizarre Origin of Florida Man:"

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* "A duo of 81-year-old women are on the adventure of a lifetime: Seeing the world in 80 days:" https://www.cbsnews.com/news/two-81-year-old-women-are-on-the-adventure-of-a-lifetime-seeing-the-world-in-80-days/

* "In New York City, a Ukrainian Dance Company Finds Strength in Tradition:" https://www.vogue.com/article/the-ukrainian-dance-company-that-finds-strength-in-tradition

* "Pence Ordered to Testify | School Bans Dolly Parton’s “Rainbowland” | Gwyneth’s Rectal Ozone Therapy:"

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* "Fewer Guns Equals Fewer Shootings | DeSantis Steals T****’s Best Lines:"

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* "The Last of Us: The Tragic Potential of Queer Zombies:"

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* "Starship Troopers ~ Lost in Adaptation:"

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* "10 musical set pieces that went WAY TOO HARD:"

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* "Doctor Who casts trans actor Pete MacHale in new season:" https://www.thepinknews.com/2023/03/30/doctor-who-new-cast-pete-machale-trans/

* "The January 6th Prisoners Choir Had It Comin’:"

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* "True Facts Animal Awards: Best Worst Jumping and More:"

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* "Kevin Aymoz skated the performance of his life at the 2023 World Championships.:"

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* I am still on a weird sleep schedule and dealing with assorted bodily inconveniences. Monday, my medical social worker patched me through to the lady the state pays to sort out that thing where you are on Medicare and medicaid and your health care is meant to be covered, but they send you bills anyway. I was up to two bills as a second came over the weekend from my trip over the mountains in February. I was on hold long enough to bake a veggie roast, but she fixed it. (I had put it in just before sitting down to make phone calls. Luckily I had it on cooking timer which turns the oven off automatically. The timer went off right when she came back on the line. It was fine. I had stuff to do on the computer).

Seriously, Medicare Part C (Medicare Advantage) is magic. I have no idea how to fight these things myself and it's all exhausting.

All the filters have been cleaned except on the big air conditioner that stays in it's closet until it gets really hot, which I’m pretty sure I cleaned at end of season.. The dishes are all done except the one that held the roast leftovers I had for dinner. Mr bedding is clean and fresh. The Head Millennial is off and away. The cats had a great afternoon today watching birds and dog walkers with the window open. We are already into two of their favorite shows: Gazebo Birds and new fan favorite Mrs. Robin's neighborhood. The season premieres of other favorites such as The Hummingbirds, Butterflies, and that perennial crime drama: Murder of Crows. seriously cat TV is excellent here.

* I was worried enough about the state of my lungs to call it in first thing Monday morning. I was still testing negative for COVID, but my immune system can't fight it's way out of a wet paper bag and I catch anything and everything. I got the usual lung doctor, which is a massive help, on Tuesday morning, which was when they could squeeze me in. My file is basically the medical equivalent of war and Peace and having a person up on it who had been in close contact with my much missed already GP is a huge help. I get treated like an adult who is an expert on my own body instead of having to fight foe the basics. She knows how seriously I take antibiotics. Trusty me, it was a relief to see her.

So we did the usual routine tests. I am negative for COVID and the currently dominant strains of Influenza which is very helpful to know, but not surprising with my vaccine status. I was actually feeling better at this point. We set up the standard contingencies. We generally do this 4-6 times a year. I'm hard to diagnose because of the stunning collection of things wrong with me as a baseline.

They also took five vials of blood as part of my routine monitoring, which I need for the new GP In April. new is a relative term here. If I am remembering names correctly, I think he's the guy who's been subbing in for emergencies when my doctor ius off for years, but I am bad at names, so it's possible I'm wrong. Anyway, they need to test a tone of things every year unless my numbers are bad and then i do an extra three vials at the half year.

This literally took all morning and I was running on about 3 1/2 hours sleep, plus the draws always take a lot out of me. I got another 3-4 hours sleep before the alarm. The trip to the bathroom at that point was so debilitating, that there was nothing for it but to rest and try again in another hour. My body really, really thought lying still all evening was a good idea, but I'd promised squirrel laundry, assorted plants and animals rely on me to look after them, and I'd an online commitment that was important, plus other assorted things needing doing like eating, lungs, and assorted small household things.

I did all those things, but getting up was very much a mistake. I basically spent all evening struggling and mostly failing to keep water and meds down, so that was.... not good. As of Wednesday evening, I'm still futzing with laundry from yesterday. *fingers crossed that my body is stabilizing*

* The Pevensies’ trauma: https://www.tumblr.com/nsuenn/712999444920057856/ok-we-all-talk-about-the-pevensies-trauma-at?source=share

* "Midnight Pals: Hot Takes:" https://www.tumblr.com/bitterkarella/713065506943434752/midnight-pals-hot-takes?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.

* "You can now sponsor refugees yourself. Here’s how.:" https://www.vox.com/future-perfect/23569848/how-to-sponsor-refugees-welcome-corps-biden

* "LGBTQ Refugees Welcome campaign:" https://www.gofundme.com/f/lgbtq-refugees-welcome

* There's a new 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

* This is a long time friend of mine. They have secured future housing, but have spent everything in the previous fundraiser on gofundme to survive to this point and they need They need $5000 over the next couple months until their move in date.

Gofundme here: https://www.gofundme.com/f/hdykv-housing-crisis?utm_campaign=p_lico+share-sheet&utm_medium=copy_link&utm_source=customer

You can also support them via their Redbubble: https://www.redbubble.com/people/Kandrinchae/shop?fbclid=IwAR0E1PRHlG45LWhBfDtVpGigD1YUk9Njm-__SviL4W7C8JZUCppFc1oG9Gs%22

* 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. :

SupportGigiInHerOldAge:" https://www.spotfund.com/story/18393388-9914-4f6c-9f99-876aa019bdee

They are also trying to GM for pay. They are an excellent GM. Here's where to sign up: https://startplaying.games/gm/1617744454089x564714756631343740

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

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* Headline Writer correctly anticipated my reaction. I'd love if there were progress, but I don't trust easily at this point. "Good news from Yemen! (Seriously.):" https://www.politico.com/newsletters/national-security-daily/2022/06/09/good-news-from-yemen-seriously-00037083

* "In Yemen, child soldiering continues despite Houthi promise:" https://apnews.com/article/politics-middle-east-sanaa-houthis-religion-5e62561f8070441412ed52d222c950e3

* "Brazil police: Items owned by missing men found in Amazon:" https://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/backpack-laptop-found-pair-missing-amazon-85348983

* "Brazil: Suspect confesses to killing pair missing in Amazon:" https://apnews.com/article/caribbean-brazil-arrests-e0ea11382304677fa152d2e40268a49b

* "A British journalist's remains have been found in Brazil's Amazon, police say:" https://www.npr.org/2022/06/17/1105997564/british-journalist-remains-found-brazil-amazon

* "Nigerian Officials Say Terror Group ISWAP Behind Church Massacre:" https://www.voanews.com/a/nigerian-authorities-say-terror-group-iswap-responsible-for-church-massacre-/6612480.html

* "French far-left firebrand puts Macron’s majority on the line in parliamentary vote:" https://www.politico.eu/article/gains-for-france-hard-left-in-parliamentary-election-first-round/

* "Colombia's police on highest alert over election violence:" https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/colombias-police-highest-alert-over-election-violence-2022-06-15/

* "UK govt orders Julian Assange's extradition; appeal planned:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/uk-govt-approves-extradition-of-assange-appeal-possible/2022/06/17/68f518c4-ee1f-11ec-9f90-79df1fb28296_story.html

* "U.K. vows more Rwanda deportation flights after legal setback:" https://www.npr.org/2022/06/15/1105161913/u-k-cancels-first-flight-to-deport-asylum-seekers-to-rwanda

* "Congo official: Rwanda will have war if it wants war:" https://apnews.com/article/politics-africa-rwanda-uganda-e367c565d85e855f0b65d511c7bc8352

* "Congolese soldier killed in Rwanda, fighting with rebels picks up:" https://www.reuters.com/world/africa/congo-soldier-shot-dead-rwanda-anger-flares-body-returned-2022-06-17/

* "Scraps of stale bread are keeping Afghans alive:" https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-61805862

* "Danish-Canadian deal ends 49-year-old feud over Arctic isle:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/danish-canadian-deal-ends-49-year-old-feud-over-arctic-isle/2022/06/14/96921d18-ebc7-11ec-9f90-79df1fb28296_story.html

* "China Says It Has 'Zero Tolerance' for Racism Amid Malawi Fallout:" https://www.voanews.com/a/china-says-it-has-zero-tolerance-for-racism-amid-malawi-fallout-/6620798.html

* "How North Korea Cheats Their Sanctions for Absurd Profit:"

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* "Beijing warns of 'explosive' COVID outbreak, Shanghai conducts mass testing:" https://www.reuters.com/world/china/china-reports-new-210-covid-cases-june-10-vs-151-day-earlier-2022-06-11/

* "The FDA authorizes COVID-19 shots for infants and preschoolers:" https://www.npr.org/2022/06/17/1105983004/fda-children-infants-covid-vaccine

* Sigh. "Florida only state not preordering toddler COVID-19 vaccines:" https://apnews.com/article/covid-health-florida-karine-jean-pierre-6b3272b50364855a58a5503aaf932b19

* "Fauci tests positive for virus, has mild COVID-19 symptoms:" https://apnews.com/article/biden-covid-science-health-infectious-diseases-c7773126776fe1ecaec8fb4a347544e7

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* "Leaders pledge arms and EU path for Ukraine in Kyiv visit:" https://apnews.com/article/eu-leaders-visit-ukraine-515075496ed9d6cfe3e4acde23b52f8e

* "Sanctions are hitting hard enough to hurt Russia, if not stop it:" https://www.theguardian.com/business/2022/jun/11/sanctions-are-hitting-hard-enough-to-hurt-russia-if-not-stop-it

* "Pope blasts Russian 'cruelty,' lauds Ukrainian 'heroism':" https://apnews.com/article/russia-ukraine-pope-francis-religion-nato-6e7e47890b64884ce5330bbfa39e8aea

* "Tough Questions for West as Ukraine Cities Teeter:" https://www.nytimes.com/2022/06/12/world/europe/ukraine-russia-war-eu.html

* "Russia is now in control of much of Severodonetsk, the epicenter of the battle for Ukraine's eastern Donbas region:" https://www.cnn.com/2022/06/11/europe/severodonetsk-control-mariupol-deaths-russia-ukraine-intl/index.html

* "Russia likely to seize all of Luhansk in coming weeks, U.S. official says:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2022/06/11/ukraine-war-russia-luhansk/

* "Lysychansk bombarded by Russian artillery:" https://www.bbc.com/news/av/world-europe-61774948

* "Zelenskiy says the battle for Sievierodonetsk is taking a ‘terrifying’ toll on Ukraine:" https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2022/jun/13/russia-ukraine-war-russia-committed-war-crimes-in-kharkiv-amnesty-alleges-evacuation-routes-destroyed-in-sievierodonetsk-live

* "Ukraine war: Every bridge leading to key city Severodonetsk destroyed:" https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-61786949

* "Ukraine war: Thousands of civilians trapped in Severodonetsk:" https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-61816749

* "Lysychansk: Russia erasing history in Ukraine's 'dead city':" https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-61785806

* "Air strike kills four civilians in Ukraine's Lysychansk, more feared trapped- governor:" https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/air-strike-kills-four-civilians-ukraines-lysychansk-more-feared-trapped-governor-2022-06-16/

* "Russia makes ‘marginal gains’ near Severodonetsk:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2022/06/18/russia-ukraine-war-putin-news-live-updates/

* "Ukraine's 'unicorn' LGBTQ soldiers head for war:" https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/ukraines-unicorn-lgbtq-soldiers-head-war-2022-05-31/

* "On the edge of embattled twin cities, an uncovered mass grave for civilians grows.:" https://www.nytimes.com/2022/06/16/world/europe/lysychansk-sievierodonetsk-ukraine-civilian-deaths.html

* "Russian army ramps up recruitment as steep casualties thin the ranks:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2022/06/16/russia-military-army-soldiers-recruitment/

* "What Relatives of Russian Troops Killed in Ukraine Think About the “Special Military Operation”:" https://slate.com/technology/2022/06/russian-soldiers-ukraine-families.html

* "Kremlin crackdown on dissent targets the Russians protesting Ukraine war:" https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/russians-opposed-war-ukraine-face-battle-kremlins-crackdown-anti-war-p-rcna29981

* "Ukraine's besieged farmers fear war-time harvest 'hell':" https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/ukraines-besieged-farmers-fear-war-time-harvest-hell-2022-06-14/

* "Farmers in Odesa sound alarm over blockade: ‘It’s a question of survival’:" https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/may/30/we-need-to-lift-the-blockade-ukraine-farmers-unable-to-export-grain

* "War isn't funny but humor helps Ukrainians cope with trauma:" https://apnews.com/article/russia-ukraine-kyiv-comedy-clubs-6c9ccdf5ee098cd22eaeffe7c811da69

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* "US has not fully investigated own role in Yemen human rights abuses, watchdog finds:" https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2022/jun/15/us-yemen-human-rights-abuses-gao-watchdog

* "Charter business thrives as US-expelled Haitians flee Haiti:" https://apnews.com/article/covid-health-travel-caribbean-2e5f32f8781a06e74ef7ea7ec639785f

* "Biden seeks to counter 'legislative attacks' on LGBTQ rights:" https://apnews.com/article/biden-congress-government-and-politics-gender-identity-82982ffff0c91415e29f1bb08a5c2f8c

* "Joe Biden applauded for finally taking action on anti-LGBTQ+ bills:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2022/06/16/joe-biden-lgbtq-executive-order-2/

* "Court rejects Trump-era EPA finding that weed killer safe:" https://apnews.com/article/health-climate-and-environment-government-politics-cancer-e1d47c554bc97537880f22c26c2eb229

* "Recession fears grow as Dow closes below 30,000 and mortgage rates spike:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2022/06/16/stocks-today-fed-rate-hike/

* Don't hold your breath. "Expert reveals what President Biden and the Democrats can do about gas prices:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-reidout/watch/president-biden-and-the-democrats-attempt-to-address-rising-gas-prices-142213189558

* "This CNN Hero solves an often invisible problem by providing 'Undies for Everyone':" https://www.cnn.com/2022/06/09/us/texas-rabbi-underwear-dignity-cnnheroes/index.html

* "The Self Made Myth: Why You’ll Never Be a Billionaire:"

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* "Inside the Blockade of Joe Manchin's Coal Profits:"

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* "Mehdi Hasan: How on Earth is Ted Cruz still in the Senate?:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/mehdi-hasan-how-on-earth-is-ted-cruz-still-in-the-senate-142372421586

* "Senate negotiators announce a deal on guns, breaking logjam:" https://apnews.com/article/gun-laws-senate-bipartisan-agreement-59d553f3d1e35fdbe4930e4341e74efb

* ""If any measure can be taken to save one more life, isn't it worth it?":" https://www.msnbc.com/the-sunday-show/watch/-if-any-measure-can-be-taken-to-save-one-more-life-isn-t-it-worth-it-141967941808

* 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://resist.bot/

* "Competitive congressional districts are on the decline. New Hampshire bucks the trend:" https://www.npr.org/2022/06/10/1104025539/new-hampshire-redistricting-competitive-districts-sununu

* "Court blocks Louisiana congressional map saying it suppresses Black voters:" https://www.axios.com/2022/06/06/louisiana-redistricting-map-voting-black

* "The Texas Plan:" https://solarbird.dreamwidth.org/1837932.html

* "Election standoff ends in New Mexico county after false fraud claims threw primary certification into question:" https://www.cnn.com/2022/06/17/politics/new-mexico-primary-results-otero-county-certification/index.html

* "New Mexico county commissioner who refuses to certify recent election results sentenced for role in January 6 attack:" https://www.cnn.com/2022/06/17/politics/couy-griffin-capitol-riot-new-mexico-plea/index.html

* "El Paso County coroner race: Candidates lay out priorities, experience:" https://gazette.com/elections/el-paso-county-coroner-race-candidates-lay-out-priorities-experience/article_d73ce9fe-dc56-11ec-8135-373c1a8f3b89.html

* "Election Deniers Are Everywhere — Including Your Local Races:" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3k9SsCxcLEE

* "Game Over for the Log Cabin Republicans:" https://solarbird.dreamwidth.org/1837738.html

* "Lesser-known candidates struggle for spotlight in Missouri Senate primaries • Missouri Independent:" https://missouriindependent.com/2022/06/13/lesser-know-candidates-struggle-for-spotlight-in-missouri-senate-primaries/

* "Rep. Karen Bass joins Jonathan Capehart to discuss L.A. mayoral race:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-sunday-show/watch/rep-karen-bass-joins-jonathan-capehart-to-discuss-l-a-mayoral-race-141968965651

* "Florida GOP Candidate’s Bisexual Daughter Slams Mom in Viral Video:" https://www.advocate.com/politics/2022/5/25/florida-gop-candidates-bisexual-daughter-slams-mom-viral-video

* "Mike Lee weathers intraparty attacks at Utah GOP debate:" https://apnews.com/article/2022-midterm-elections-campaigns-utah-mike-lee-mitt-romney-d6ec17c00386377e8cb416df492ca863

* "'Far too late': Judge dismisses Brnovich's complaint against Hobbs over Arizona elections manual:" https://www.azcentral.com/story/news/politics/elections/2022/06/17/arizona-judge-rules-secretary-state-katie-hobbs-over-attorney-general-mark-brnovich-elections-manual/7666518001/

* I had a fascinating poll Saturday. My best guess is it was Republican funded for the August primary by the party rather than a particular candidate. From the questions, they were clearly trying to figure out how much sway Drumpf still has, and what part of him still appeals if any. This being a blue state, where they are running against a Democratic Incumbent, there are four republicans representing a wide range. (We have two non-November elections: the smaller one I voted in months ago, and the August one. They are open Primaries and the too two go on the November ballot. It's all mail in and not a hassle). They had a whole section that seemed to be gauging the popularity of pro-Russian invasion extremist candidates vs. more moderate ones.

It was the most interesting poll I've taken in years and was worth Tavy and I being startled awake for.

* "Trumpism and election lies are spreading, plus 2 more takeaways from Tuesday's races:" https://www.npr.org/2022/06/15/1105201132/nevada-south-carolina-primaries-takeaways-trump-laxalt-rice-mace-marchant

* "5 takeaways from Tuesday's elections in South Carolina, Nevada, Texas, Maine and North Dakota:" https://www.cnn.com/2022/06/15/politics/nevada-south-carolina-primary-takeaways/index.html

* "Black Gay Candidates Make History With Primary Wins in Texas:" https://www.advocate.com/politics/2022/5/25/black-gay-candidates-make-history-primary-wins-texas

* "Lesbian Jamie McLeod-Skinner Wins Congressional Primary in Oregon:" https://www.advocate.com/politics/2022/5/27/lesbian-jamie-mcleod-skinner-wins-congressional-primary-oregon

* "Trump gets a split decision in South Carolina as Rice is beaten, while Mace survives:" https://www.npr.org/2022/06/14/1105009105/south-carolina-rice-fry-mace-arrington-trump-endorsements

* "Democrats are voting in GOP primaries. Did they sink Madison Cawthorn?:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2022/06/16/democrats-republicans-primaries-georgia-colorado-voting/

* "America’s Coming Age of Instability:" https://www.foreignaffairs.com/articles/united-states/2022-01-20/americas-coming-age-instability

* "The Road to Trump Began With Reaganomics & the Loss of the Middle Class, Economist Says:" https://today.duke.edu/2019/01/road-trump-began-reaganomics-loss-middle-class-economist-says

* "The definition of truth:" https://solarbird.dreamwidth.org/1837157.html

* "Sen. Warnock asks ‘all remain vigilant’ as America grapples with Jan. 6:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-reidout/watch/jan-6-and-his-new-book-discussed-by-sen-raphael-warnock-142297669985

* "Donald Trump to testify in New York investigation into his business practices:" https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2022/jun/08/donald-trump-testify-investigation-children-new-york-ag

* "Key Trump lawyer sought presidential pardon after effort to overturn election failed:" https://www.politico.com/news/2022/06/16/jan-6-panel-trump-pressure-campaign-pence-00039996

* "DOJ criminally investigating plan for alternate Trump electors with focus on lawyers, report says:" https://www.cnbc.com/2022/06/16/doj-criminally-investigating-plan-for-alternate-trump-electors-.html

* "New email reinforces Trump team saw ‘wild’ Jan. 6 unrest as leverage:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2022/06/16/eastman-chesebro-emails-january-6/

* "Panel sharpens focus on Trump's 'crazy' Jan. 6 plan:" https://apnews.com/article/capitol-siege-donald-trump-crime-presidential-elections-cdc64a3de7950e6f3291851b3c5d9b1a

* "It seems Eastman knew his plan was unconstitutional, illegal, unprecedented:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-reidout/watch/testimony-confirms-eastman-plan-to-reject-election-results-was-unconstitutional-142298181811

* "There were no heroes in the Trump administration on Jan. 6:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2022/06/17/no-heroes-trump-administration-january-6/

* "Rep. Loudermilk should be ‘affirmatively sharing all the information he can’ expert says:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-reidout/watch/jan-6-committee-tells-rep-loudermilk-man-he-gave-house-office-buildings-tour-to-threatened-democratic-lawmakers-142212165761

* "Jan. 6 panel calls Ginni Thomas to testify:" https://www.politico.com/news/2022/06/16/jan-6-panel-leaders-prepare-to-call-ginni-thomas-00040208

* "Rep. Ilhan Omar continues to call for Justice Thomas’ impeachment:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/rep-ilhan-omar-continues-to-call-for-justice-thomas-impeachment-142369861975

* "Chris Hayes: How ‘Team Normal’ enabled Trump and his Big Lie:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/chris-hayes-how-team-normal-enabled-trump-and-his-big-lie-142126661873

* "Rep. Raskin on William Barr: Just telling the truth doesn't make you a hero:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-reidout/watch/jan-6-hearings-with-top-trump-aides-allies-providing-damning-evidence-discussed-by-rep-raskin-142132293914

* "Legal expert on why he believes Trump understood his actions were ‘illegal and corrupt’:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-reidout/watch/trump-reportedly-pushing-doj-to-support-false-claims-election-was-stolen-discussed-by-legal-politics-experts-142133829675

* "Proud Boys document shows detailed Jan. 6 plan to occupy government buildings:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/proud-boys-document-shows-detailed-jan-6-plan-to-occupy-government-buildings-142205509603

* "Anti-vaccine doctor sentenced to prison for Jan. 6 trespassing:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2022/06/16/simone-gold-sentenced/

* "Patriot Front Member’s Mom: ‘Pack Your Stuff and Get Out’:" https://www.thedailybeast.com/pack-your-stuff-and-get-out-of-my-house-says-patriot-front-members-mom

* "'Enough is enough': Thousands demand new gun safety laws:" https://apnews.com/article/congress-parkland-florida-school-shooting-gun-violence-shootings-public-opinion-06cd760edf8977716dba0c2b157a1a91

* This is a terrible idea. "Ohio’s new concealed carry law takes effect this week: What both sides are saying:" https://www.daytondailynews.com/crime/ohios-new-concealed-carry-law-takes-effect-this-week-what-both-sides-are-saying/WI6ERBQ3WZFNXK4Y7SGFKXODR4/

* "How We Can Stop Racist, Anti-LGBTQ+ White Supremacist Rage:" https://www.advocate.com/commentary/2022/5/24/how-we-can-stop-racist-anti-lgbtq-white-supremacist-rage

* "Police Fatally Shoot Armed Man at Duncanville Field House; Campers Unharmed:" https://www.nbcdfw.com/news/local/watch-gunfire-reported-outside-duncanville-field-house-campers-moved-to-rec-center/2990942/

* "Church shooting suspect was warned by ATF about missing guns:" https://www.al.com/news/2022/06/church-shooting-suspect-was-licensed-gun-dealer-warned-by-federal-agents-about-missing-guns.html

* "A Woman Who Spent Years Telling Sandy Hook Parents Their Kids Were Never Killed Explains Why She Did It:" https://slate.com/human-interest/2022/06/shooting-school-texas-uvalde-sandy-hook-conspiracy.html

* "Texas shooting records could be blocked by legal loophole:" https://apnews.com/article/uvalde-school-shooting-investigation-legal-loophole-68215709d6ee722466d225b7013cdec1

* "Why Black people are afraid of ‘crazy’ White people:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-sunday-show/watch/why-black-people-are-afraid-of-crazy-white-people-141968453716

* "Buffalo Is Still Reeling From Racist Massacre:"

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* "Supreme Court rejects AG Brnovich's effort to restore Trump-era 'green-card' rule:" https://tucson.com/news/government-and-politics/supreme-court-rejects-ag-brnovichs-effort-to-restore-trump-era-green-card-rule/article_aa194a8a-ecc3-11ec-9b30-47e55b72c8ed.html

* CW: Suicide "Entertainment Media's History of Mistreating Young Women:"

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* CW: Domestic Violence "If I go back to Iran, my husband will kill me:" https://www.bbc.com/news/av/world-middle-east-61722849

* CW: Rape. "Former Myers Park HS student sues district for failing to prevent her sex assault:" https://www.wsoctv.com/news/local/former-myers-park-hs-student-sues-district-failing-prevent-her-sex-assault/IA7WMO3CTNEGFM4AFH5M32NS5E/

* CW: Sexual Assault "Inside the Alleged Sexual Assault Cover Up in Charlotte Schools:"

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* CW: Rape. "New SBC President commits to move sex abuse reforms forward:" https://www.newsobserver.com/news/business/article262549262.html

* CW: Sexual Assault. "His lawyer says Kevin Spacey strenuously denies sex charges:" https://www.npr.org/2022/06/16/1105458176/kevin-spacey-denies-sex-charges-bail

* CW: Sexual Assault. "Former Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein faces two indecent assault charges in UK:" https://www.cnn.com/2022/06/08/uk/uk-cps-harvey-weinstein-charged-intl-gbr/index.html

* I support the right of women to wear whatever the fuck they want. "French burkini ban challenged by Grenoble in top court:" https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-61796421

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* "Lawmakers urge Google to fix abortion searches suggesting ‘fake clinics’:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/2022/06/18/google-abortion-clinic-searches-fake/

* "Abortion rights advocates blockade intersections near Supreme Court:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2022/06/13/abortion-rights-protest-supreme-court/

* "Florida abortion ban violates Jews' religious freedom, lawsuit says:" https://www.reuters.com/world/us/florida-abortion-ban-violates-jews-religious-freedom-lawsuit-says-2022-06-14/

* "Wyoming authorities search for a suspect believed to have set an abortion clinic on fire :" https://www.cnn.com/2022/06/11/us/casper-wyoming-abortion-clinic-arson/index.html

* "Supreme Court: Rifts divide abortion views in Mississippi:" https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-61803062

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* "Gay man stabbed to death because he wanted to use the men's bathroom:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2022/06/17/gay-man-killed-south-africa-bathroom-emmanuel-mouers/

* "Lesbian Murdered & Her Body Mutilated in Alleged Hate Crime:" https://www.advocate.com/crime/2022/5/31/lesbian-murdered-her-body-mutilated-alleged-hate-crime

* CW: Child Abuse "Teen Savagely Beaten by Uncle for Wearing Rainbow Bandanna:" https://www.advocate.com/crime/2022/5/23/teen-savagely-beaten-uncle-wearing-rainbow-bandana

* "Labour and Tory MPs unite to demand trans conversion therapy ban:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2022/06/13/trans-conversion-therapy-ban-debate/

* "Indian royal knows exactly what he'd say to Liz Truss about conversion therapy:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2022/06/15/indian-royal-amar-singh-conversion-therapy-liz-truss/

* "Gay Couple Attacked & Beaten for Cuddling Are Now Afraid to Leave Home:" https://www.advocate.com/crime/2022/5/20/gay-couple-attacked-beaten-cuddling-are-now-afraid-leave-home

* "Children: The Victims of Broken, Bigoted, and Useless Laws and Rulings:" https://www.advocate.com/commentary/2022/5/25/children-victims-broken-bigoted-and-useless-laws-and-rulings

* "Oklahoma Governor Signs Anti-Trans 'Bathroom Bill' Into Law:" https://www.advocate.com/transgender/2022/5/26/oklahoma-governor-signs-anti-trans-bathroom-bill-law

* "Arizona Dept. of Education Attacked Over Resources for LGBTQ+ Students:" https://www.advocate.com/news/2022/5/26/arizona-dept-education-attacked-over-resources-lgbtq-students

* "Right-wing extremists ramp up anti-LGBTQ hate:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/right-wing-extremists-ramp-up-anti-lgbtq-hate-142206533870

* "How ‘Don’t Say Gay’ Diminishes Same-Sex Parents and Their Children:" https://www.nytimes.com/2022/06/16/learning/dont-say-gay-parents-children.html

* "Ron DeSantis’s drag show comments foretell a vile trend:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2022/06/13/ron-desantis-weaponize-child-protective-services-over-drag-shows/

* "Lesbian Mom Removed From Child's Birth Certificate Fights Ruling:" https://www.advocate.com/news/2022/5/23/lesbian-mom-oklahoma-removed-childs-birth-certificate-fights-ruling

* "Mass. Senate Passes Bill Benefiting Victims of 'Don't Ask, Don't Tell':" https://www.advocate.com/news/2022/5/26/massachusetts-state-senate-passes-bill-benefiting-victims-dont-ask-dont-tell

* "Judge: Tennessee Can't Require Warnings on Trans-Inclusive Restrooms:" https://www.advocate.com/law/2022/5/19/judge-tennessee-cant-require-warnings-trans-inclusive-restrooms

* "Same-Sex Marriage Is Supported by More Americans Than Ever Before:" https://www.advocate.com/news/2022/6/01/same-sex-marriage-supported-more-americans-ever

* How to help Queer a youth center bigots burned: https://www.gofundme.com/f/warehouse-505-rebuild-after-fire-damage

* "Drag Queen Story Hour Isn't Going Anywhere -- But It's Getting Serious About Safety:" https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-news/drag-queen-story-hour-proud-boy-safety-1368900/

* "Ellensburg High School takes precaution against threats towards LGBTQ+ students:" https://cwuobserver.com/22140/news/ellensburg-high-school-takes-precaution-against-threats-towards-lgbtq-students/

* "A Gay Oral Roberts University Graduate's Painful Story:" https://www.advocate.com/commentary/2022/5/26/gay-oral-roberts-university-graduates-painful-story

* The Christians are calling for genocide again. "Pastor Who Wants Death Penalty for Gays Rails Against Pride Month:" https://www.advocate.com/pride/2022/5/27/texas-pastor-jonathan-shelley-who-wants-death-penalty-gays-rails-against-pride-month

* "Trans cyclist Emily Bridges speaks out after new rules bar her from racing:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2022/06/17/emily-bridges-trans-cycling-rules/

* "Meet Our 50+ Champions of Pride From Around the U.S. for 2022:" https://www.advocate.com/exclusives/2022/6/02/meet-our-50-champions-pride-around-us-2022

* We weren't imaging it. "Largest study to date confirms overlap between autism and gender diversity:" https://www.spectrumnews.org/news/largest-study-to-date-confirms-overlap-between-autism-and-gender-diversity/

* CW: Disordered Eating "Optavia: The Truth About the MLM Diet That's Dangerous:"

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* "Authors Behaving badly: Baycon edition:" http://shelfreflections.com/authors-behaving-badly-baycon-edition/?fbclid=IwAR0Vv9cwD5BGD0TGv6T_GqGekflNbAZsJWjmsCy8t05gCDc0XPptaacLFSI

* "Dolly Parton donated $1 million to help fund the fight against infectious diseases in children:" https://abc11.com/dolly-parton-vanderbilt-university-medical-center-disease-research-covid-vaccine/11961832/

* "Covid is making flu and other common viruses act in unfamiliar ways:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/2022/06/13/covid-flu-rsv-viruses/

* CW: Suicide. "Africa Daily, Does Kenya’s police force have a problem with suicide?:" https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p0cbps6s

* "Falklands War: 'I thought I was the only one like this':" https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-61787269

* "Canada Moves to Decriminalize Possession of ‘Hard’ Drugs:" https://www.wired.com/story/canada-moves-to-decriminalize-possession-of-hard-drugs/

* I am angry and have a lot of questions. "Parents say calls came too late after children drank floor sealant at Juneau summer school:" https://www.ktoo.org/2022/06/15/juneau-summer-school-floor-sealant-parent-calls/

* "A 3D printed human ear has been successfully transplanted in a world-first:" https://interestingengineering.com/3d-printed-human-ear-transplanted

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* "Spain and southern France hit by second extreme heat event of year:" https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/jun/13/spain-and-southern-france-hit-by-second-extreme-heat-event-of-year

* "India Isn’t Ready for a Deadly Combination of Heat and Humidity:" https://www.wired.com/story/india-deadly-combination-heat-humidity/

* "Deaths of 3 women in early heat wave raise questions, fears:" https://apnews.com/article/politics-chicago-heat-waves-climate-and-environment-a654df09a9598220bd5978e4f6dce4cb

* "Qatar accused of under-reporting heat deaths:" https://www.bbc.com/news/av/world-middle-east-61711468

* "Spain battles wildfires as it swelters in heatwave:" https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/spain-battles-wildfires-it-swelters-heatwave-2022-06-18/

* "Flagstaff wildfire forces evacuations, steadily grows:" https://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/flagstaff-wildfire-forces-evacuations-steadily-grows-85350021

* "Record flooding and mudslides force closure of Yellowstone national park:" https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2022/jun/13/yellowstone-national-park-closure-flooding-mudslides

* "Yellowstone flooding forces 10,000 to leave national park:" https://apnews.com/article/floods-travel-montana-obituaries-evacuations-3753caa39435d9f3f45d8b582381a0c6

* "New satellite imagery shows flooding in Yellowstone altered the river's course:" https://www.cnn.com/2022/06/16/weather/yellowstone-flood-satellite-before-and-after/index.html

* "From the Field: Ethiopia’s worst drought threatens ‘deadly consequences’ for women:" https://news.un.org/en/story/2022/06/1119512

* "'Only God can help': Hundreds die as Somalia faces famine:" https://apnews.com/article/russia-ukraine-covid-health-africa-84b52bd508b9aa7a01a7976423d67a27

* "Key US baby formula plant closes again as ‘torrential storms’ cause flooding:" https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2022/jun/16/us-baby-formula-plant-closes-again-flooding-abbott

* "Global food crisis looms as fertilizer supplies dwindle:" https://www.nationalgeographic.com/environment/article/global-food-crisis-looms-as-fertilizer-supplies-dwindle

* "The U.S. Drought Situation Is Getting Increasingly Desperate:" https://gizmodo.com/the-u-s-drought-situation-is-getting-increasingly-desp-1849022991

* "A drought so bad it exposed a long-ago homicide. Getting the water back will be harder than ever:" https://www.latimes.com/environment/story/2022-05-06/climate-change-makes-it-harder-to-get-water-needed-to-end-california-megadrought

* "As California's big cities fail to rein in their water use, rural communities are already tapped out:" https://www.cnn.com/2022/06/05/us/california-rural-groundwater-crisis-climate/index.html

* "Drought-stricken US warned of looming 'dead pool':" https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-61669233

* "As the Great Salt Lake Dries Up, Utah Faces An ‘Environmental Nuclear Bomb’:" https://www.nytimes.com/2022/06/07/climate/salt-lake-city-climate-disaster.html

* "Joshua Tree park closes trail so bighorn sheep can get water:" https://apnews.com/article/travel-trees-national-parks-9dd197db1ae2876ec1783535864e3696

* "UN: Climate shocks, war fuel multiple looming food crises:" https://apnews.com/article/russia-ukraine-covid-politics-health-db55f62bceef70e7cb06f5395563f7be

* "The banks collapsed in 2008 – and our food system is about to do the same:" https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2022/may/19/banks-collapsed-in-2008-food-system-same-producers-regulators

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* "Energy Crisis Makes Green Transition an ‘Unprecedented Challenge’:" https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-05-24/energy-crisis-makes-transition-an-unprecedented-challenge

* "Plastic Recycling Doesn’t Work and Will Never Work:" https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2022/05/single-use-plastic-chemical-recycling-disposal/661141/

* "How does the land use of different electricity sources compare?:" https://ourworldindata.org/land-use-per-energy-source

* "Slow water: can we tame urban floods by going with the flow?:" https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2022/jun/07/slow-water-urban-floods-drought-china-sponge-cities

* "Foaming at the mouth: the superworms making a meal of polystyrene waste:" https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2022/jun/10/foaming-at-the-mouth-the-superworms-making-a-meal-of-polystyrene-waste

* "Why We Won't Raise Our Kids in Suburbia:"

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* "When Cars Kill:" https://www.newyorker.com/news/our-local-correspondents/when-cars-kill-pedestrians

* "Judge gives initial OK to $1B deal in Florida condo collapse:" https://apnews.com/article/miami-florida-surfside-building-collapse-8a963a33562a041e011baf0da7fe871c

* "Supreme Court blocks Texas law on social media ‘censorship’:" https://www.politico.com/news/2022/05/31/texas-social-media-censorship-scotus-00036146

* "The U.S. Army’s Best Recruitment Tool Was a Video Game:"

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* "Firefox and Chrome are squaring off over ad-blocker extensions:" https://www.theverge.com/2022/6/10/23131029/mozilla-ad-blocking-firefox-google-chrome-privacy-manifest-v3-web-request

* "Regulators receive more than 750 complaints of faulty braking in Teslas:" https://www.pbs.org/newshour/nation/regulators-receive-more-than-750-complaints-of-faulty-braking-in-teslas

* "Facebook fails again to detect hate speech in ads:" https://abcnews.go.com/Technology/wireStory/facebook-fails-detect-hate-speech-ads-85282119

* "EU lawmakers endorse ban on combustion-engine cars in 2035:" https://apnews.com/article/climate-european-parliament-union-and-environment-336524fead81e58eb755ba004880f201

* "One plug and done: E.U. to require common way to charge phones:" https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/tech-news/one-plug-done-eu-require-common-way-charge-phones-rcna32282

* "India's mysterious gateway to the stars:" https://www.bbc.com/travel/article/20220530-jantar-mantar-indias-mysterious-gateway-to-the-stars

* "European star survey reveals celestial treasure trove:" https://apnews.com/article/science-business-3bf3e0a3e0c18cfd18397a8dc22b50cd

* "Reshuffled Rivers Bolster the Amazon’s Hyper-Biodiversity:" https://www.quantamagazine.org/reshuffled-rivers-bolster-the-amazons-hyper-biodiversity-20220607/

* "Plants Appear to Be Breaking Biochemistry Rules by Making 'Secret Decisions':" https://www.sciencealert.com/plants-are-making-decisions-about-how-much-carbon-to-release-breaking-biochemistry-rules

* "World's largest plant is a vast seagrass meadow in Australia:" https://abcnews.go.com/Technology/wireStory/worlds-largest-plant-vast-seagrass-meadow-australia-85112313

* "San Diego Zoo welcomes 1st aardvark birth in years:" https://abcnews.go.com/Weird/wireStory/san-diego-zoo-welcomes-1st-aardvark-birth-years-85442458

* "New restrictions on ships to protect whales coming soon:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/new-restrictions-on-ships-to-protect-whales-coming-soon/2022/06/10/53ef57f6-e8c9-11ec-a422-11bbb91db30b_story.html

* "How Animals Perceive the World:" https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2022/07/light-noise-pollution-animal-sensory-impact/638446/

* "Cockroach Reproduction Has Taken a Strange Turn:" https://www.nytimes.com/2022/05/27/science/cockroach-sugar-sex.html

* "Bronx Zoo elephant named Happy isn't a person, court rules:" https://apnews.com/article/happy-the-elephant-personhood-ruling-e87eacdfa08ed4057255bf4b7623aaf4

* "Egypt displays trove of newly discovered ancient artifacts:" https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/egypt-displays-trove-newly-discovered-ancient-artifacts-rcna31091

* "A 3400-year-old city emerges from the Tigris River:" https://uni-tuebingen.de/en/university/news-and-publications/press-releases/press-releases/article/a-3400-year-old-city-emerges-from-the-tigris-river/

* "Miscellaneous Myths: Medea:"

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* "The Stargazers:" https://www.science.org/content/article/what-did-ancient-maya-see-in-stars-their-descendants-team-with-scientists-find-out

* "The Truth Behind Spain’s Mad Queen | Juana la Loca:"

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* "Renaissance synagogues being restored in Venice's ghetto:" https://apnews.com/article/entertainment-travel-italy-museums-religion-30e8f2f78572c62a6cdb6bebd837133d

* "The Social Contract:"

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* "The Life and Death of Julie D'Aubigny:"

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* "The former slave who became the world's first drag queen:"

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* "This forgotten women's prison helped cement Greenwich Village's queer identity:" https://www.npr.org/2022/05/16/1098786259/hugh-ryan-queer-history-womens-house-of-detention?utm_source=twitter.com&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=npr&utm_term=nprnews

* "Freedom riders' 1947 convictions vacated in North Carolina:" https://gazette.com/ap/freedom-riders-1947-convictions-vacated-in-north-carolina/article_b33c4c3c-90a3-52da-b64f-a805c8390206.html

* "Politics and the Star Persona of Katharine Hepburn:"

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* "The History of Kink and Pride:" https://thequeer-menace.tumblr.com/post/687150049100185600/the-history-of-kink-and-pride

* "Tech Monopolies:"

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* "January 6th Hearings Episode 2 Recap:"

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* "Sam’s Take: Rudy! A Documusical:"

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* "The Hell and Horror of Giving Birth While Black:"

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* "Meanwhile... Will iPhone Switch To USB-C? | Diners Lick A Restaurant Wall In Arizona:"

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* "Proud Boys Face Prison Time For Sedition:"

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* "January 6 Hearings: Investigating the Thing We All Saw:" https://www.cc.com/video/mhqgqh/the-daily-show-with-trevor-noah-january-6-hearings-investigating-the-thing-we-all-saw

* "Stocks Enter Bear Market & Kimberly Guilfoyle's $60K Speech:" https://www.cc.com/video/udg35v/the-daily-show-with-trevor-noah-stocks-enter-bear-market-kimberly-guilfoyle-s-usd60k-speech

* "The Daily Showography of Rudy Giuliani:" https://www.cc.com/video/pujuhd/the-daily-show-with-trevor-noah-the-daily-showography-of-rudy-giuliani

* This movie fascinates me and the talk of body horror and illness in there was particularly evocative to be given the recent medical stuff. "Annihilation - I'm So Sorry That You Have to Have a Body:" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cZKsltnGcZE

* "Vintage Sex Ed is CRINGE (but so are we):"

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* "Trope Talk: Space Horror:"

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* "The Robbers to go (Schiller in 10 minutes, English version):"

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* "CBS Has A New Smash Hit Sitcom: The Insurrectionists:"

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* "Timon And Pumbaa Know You Don't Need Assault Rifles:"

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* "The Muppets Introduce "The Jan. 6th Show":"

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* "Plizzanet Earth with Snoop Dogg – Iguana vs. Snakes:"

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* "Gay Bar (an OFMD fanvid):"

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* Tuesday was wild an exhausting. I got about two hours sleep. It was worth it though because they did the covered by Medicare stop gap filling replacement. This does not solve the I still need an expensive out of pocket root canal issue, but it buys a little time, and also lets me chew more things. Like a lot of things I still can't eat at all and others I have to chew carefully with only the other side of my mouth, but it means every meal isn't a game of pain roulette in which I am always the loser with a bonus chance of permanent damage that could eventually kill the tooth. Seriously, this is a win.

My social worker is calling around to see if there is a specialist who takes Medicare within the range of travel my car can handle, which just manages to include another town big enough for a decent hospital and similar amenities. I do not like risking taking it so far, as there is always a risk that it will be one trip too many for the elderly beast, but I also need that tooth.

I am not sanguine she will succeed in her mission. Still no word back from the local specialists about cost, sliding scale, and payment plans. It is likely going to be significantly more expensive than the oven if sliding scale isn't an option.

In other Tuesday news, I am healed enough from the surgery to safely bathe. I can not express how happy I am to be truly properly clean. It's another three weeks before I can restart physio or lift things much heavier than the tiny terror, but not having a dangerous infection and being able to do hydrotherapy for the pain is a big quality of life improvement.

Last Friday, the management sent a packet with revised complex rules, some of which were clearly aimed specifically at me. Sigh. The most prominent of these was a total flag ban. If they are willing to ban American Flags for Veteran's Day, Memorial Day, and July 4th, they can pretend they aren't singling me out for my Pride Flags. I hadn't hung them this year because of all the medical stuff. I was barely managing oatmeal making by the beginning of June. I think I will wait 'til next year to play Pride Flag chicken with Management, since I'm still not managing or barely managing a lot of basic things.

I am determined to test their resolve next year though, and I plan to take a flag spotting tour around the complex at the beginning of July this year with Head Millennial to take pictures.

Wednesday, we did the usual Wednesday errands, plus went to the... Okay, it's like a farmer's market, except it's a store without walls and some of it open air run by hippies that sells mostly local produce from small farmers, plus some stuff from small farms further south that don't grow up here and the like. Anyway, they sell a lot of plants and plant starts in their open air section. Also I rechecked the Co-op garden section in hopes of finding the three plants I haven't seen yet this summer that I like.

Because of the new rules, Head Millennial needed to take down some things he put up to make Gothmas season lighting easier to install that are now outlawed. He also needed to plant some starts we bought, and the thing about container gardening is, you move stuff around a lot depending on which things need more or less light and moisture, which things are in producing right now, etc.. I can't lift the planters without risking another trip to the surgeon, so he has to be the one doing it. Since he was moving stuff anyway.... The patio looks great. I did not get as much weeding done as I hoped, but that is clearly another day's problem.

According to my Social Worker 70-80% of the people in my small city who are cleared for an aid don't have one or don't have all their hours covered. I knew there is a serious world wide aid shortage, but wow! I'd probably feel guiltier, but I literally have no idea how I'd have managed the last couple weeks before surgery plus the week after at all without him. I'd likely have been subsisting on crackers, for example. Also, the reason my hours were immediately filled was because I hired out of my friend group. He wouldn't be working as an aid if I hadn't offered him a job, and he very much likes working here. He is thinking about maybe signing up for another client in addition, but I'm not stealing an existing aid from someone who otherwise wouldn't have one.

If you are reasonably able bodied and need a job, I'm willing to bet wherever you live there is a shortage too. Just saying. Some of these jobs are harder than others, but given how tight the labour market is, you can likely set firm conditions about commute distance, hours, and what level of care you are able to give. (Care giving jobs have a really wide range as far as how demanding they are physically.) Just make sure you stand firm on limits and boundaries. Don't get talked into an hour each way bus commute, for example.

Anyway, we are still playing catch up on all the things that didn't get done when I was so ill, because a whole bunch of extra things got added and I was able to do so little for myself, but the progress is visible.

* I apparently need a root canal if I want to save a middle molar I need for chewing on the more functional side of my mouth so that has to go ahead of the oven fundraising wise. I've no idea how much that will cost until the specialists can get back to me. We are still trying to save for a working oven, but it's less important than being able to chew. I don't know how much I actually need there as the price fluctuates. we were $5-600 short when it was on sale. I am disabled and medically fragile. Not having a working oven is messing with my nutrition, but again being able to use that side of my mouth is worse:

If you would like to help: paypal.me/Gwydion

* A word about Becoming Elizabeth, because there are things you probably ought to know before you decide to watch it. I'm too angry to watch a second episode, and here's why.

CW for a discussion of pedophilia, history, and why what STARZ decided to do here is incredibly disgusting

I was excited at the idea of a show that started with the reign of Edward VI, because most Elizabeth centric things start with the reign of her half sister Mary, and there is a lot of really interesting stuff in that bit of history that could make a cool show in the right hands. At the same time, I was wary because there are so many ways to really screw up an Elizabeth narrative and I get shirty the way I do about things like the movie Troy, and Braveheart. Like really, I have rants.

I was particularly wary, because a narrative starting here requires the writers to make some difficult decisions as to how they handle Thomas Seymour's behavior to Elizabeth. There are things we are fairly certain of and things we simply can't know for sure.

( Cut for RL Thomas Seymour's Molestation Situation: )

Yeah, so I won't be watching anymore of this pro-pedophile propaganda. I'm disgusted that I got tricked into watching it at all. If the casting had been age accurate it would have been obvious to everyone how gross this is.

* Friday I had a massive sinus headache. There were hardly any spoons to start with, plus it was forage delivery day. I managed to spill a whole glass of lemonade everywhere. while cleaning it up a jabbed a hard pointy corner into my wound. This was one extreme pain too many. I gave up an took a tramadol. No hallucinations, luckily, just normal opioid nastiness.

* The white nectarines we got Wednesday started to ripen and the first two were heavenly.

* "Unlearning the Ableism of Cookbooks and Kitchen Wisdom:" https://catapult.co/stories/gabrielle-drolet-minced-words-unlearning-ableism-cookbooks-kitchen-wisdom-cooking-accessibility-disability

* "Five Gay Picture-Book Prodigies and the Difference They’ve Made:" https://www.hbook.com/story/five-gay-picture-book-prodigies-and-the-difference-theyve-made

* "“I bet most of the people flipping out about drag queens and kids have no idea that their favorite classic children’s books were written by queer people 🧵”:" https://twitter.com/lindzamer/status/1534557941248020481

* "The 5 Weirdest Changes Demanded by Comic Book Editors:" https://www.fromsuperheroes.com/post/the-5-weirdest-changes-demanded-by-comic-book-editors

* Stede and the Thanatos Drive: https://bibliomancer7.tumblr.com/post/687082851766845440

* Can hobbits declare Bilbo Baggins dead twice: https://bibliomancer7.tumblr.com/post/686901664138051584/prokopetz-silver-tongues-blog

* "We Need A Third Size For Vitamins:" https://www.thechatner.com/p/we-need-a-third-size-for-vitamins

* "What We're Allowed To Say We Know About Venus Figurines:" https://www.thechatner.com/p/what-were-allowed-to-say-we-know?s=r

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

The help links are at the bottom under the cut.

* "War in Ukraine! Support LGBTQ people.:" https://secure.wayforpay.com/payment/s047412e502b6

* "DONATE TO EMILY'S LIST:" https://win.emilyslist.org/a/donate-to-emily

* How to Support the Women's Reproduction Protection Act: https://laughingacademy.tumblr.com/post/684465183144476672/womens-health-protection-act

* "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

* Donate to Abortion funds: https://tuulikki.tumblr.com/post/685542978922692608/seacollectsrivers-theegoldfinch-theegoldfinch

* "Supporting Abortion Funds in the South:" https://laughingacademy.tumblr.com/post/682207036936732672/supporting-abortion-funds-in-the-south

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

* 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

* Want to help Charles Booker beat Rand Paul? https://secure.actblue.com/donate/pccc_2022_charles_booker_only

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

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* "Sri Lanka president declares state of emergency after day of protests:" https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/anti-government-protest-strike-sri-lanka-shuts-schools-businesses-2022-05-06/

* "‘I saw my son’s body on Facebook’:" https://www.bbc.com/news/av/world-asia-india-61327821

* "Path to victory: the seats that will decide the 2022 federal election:" https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2022/may/06/path-to-victory-the-seats-that-will-decide-the-2022-federal-election

* "Clive Palmer's Big Piss Billboards Are Copping A Very Deserved Facelift Across Australia RN:" https://www.pedestrian.tv/news/clive-palmer-uap-billboards-defaced/

* "French Greens, leftist Mélenchon form alliance ahead of parliamentary elections:" https://www.france24.com/en/europe/20220502-french-greens-far-left-leader-m%C3%A9lenchon-form-an-alliance-ahead-of-parliamentary-elections

* "In the Philippines, grass-roots campaign takes on the Marcos juggernaut:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2022/05/06/philippines-election-leni-robredo-marcos/

* "Philippines election: 'Politicians hire me to spread fake stories':" https://www.bbc.com/news/blogs-trending-61339293

* "Tiny Loans Were Going to Solve Global Poverty. Then Big Money Got Involved:" https://www.bloomberg.com/graphics/2022-microfinance-banks-profit-off-developing-world/

* "Powerful blast at Havana hotel kills at least 9, injures 40:" https://abcnews.go.com/Business/wireStory/strong-blast-havana-hotel-kills-people-injures-40-84548952

* Universal Basic Income Petition. "European Citizens' Initiative:" https://vaspider.tumblr.com/post/683566200335286272

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* "Here’s why people with allergic asthma are at lower COVID-19 risk:" https://www.sciencenews.org/article/covid-asthma-allergic-immune-response

* "Nearly 15 million deaths related to covid-19, WHO estimates:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/2022/05/05/covid-excess-global-deaths-nearly-15-million/

* "Covid's toll in the U.S. reaches a once unfathomable number: 1 million deaths:" https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/covids-toll-us-reaches-1-million-deaths-unfathomable-number-rcna22105

* "Racial split on COVID-19 endures as restrictions ease in US:" https://apnews.com/article/covid-health-pandemics-public-race-and-ethnicity-6d512d62a6aadf9f1777bc4a4e0f29a9

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* "The AP Interview: Belarus admits Russia's war 'drags on':" https://apnews.com/article/belarus-alexander-lukashenko-ap-interview-9bc1f6524eb65841b924883705684b7f

* "EU takes major step toward Russian oil ban, new sanctions:" https://apnews.com/article/russia-ukraine-business-global-trade-moscow-europe-c6c7a1960b88c363ce5f3eaf0ea07dcd

* "Russia accuses Israel of backing ‘neo-Nazis’ in Kyiv as diplomatic row grows:" https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/may/03/russia-accuses-israel-backing-neo-nazis-kyiv-diplomatic-row-grows

* "Biden call with Zelenskyy says ‘America is not forgetting Ukraine’ expert explains:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-reidout/watch/russian-forces-continue-brutal-assault-on-azovstal-steel-plant-in-mariupol-139492421741

* "U.S. provided intelligence that helped Ukraine sink Russian warship:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2022/05/05/us-intelligence-ukraine-moskva-sinking/

* "Why the battle for Mariupol is important for Vladimir Putin.:" https://www.nytimes.com/2022/05/05/world/putin-war-mariupol-ukraine.html

* "Evacuation operations continue from Mariupol with 40 civilians rescued on Friday – as it happened:" https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2022/may/06/russia-ukraine-war-rescue-operations-to-resume-in-mariupol-hellscape-un-says-amid-rumours-russia-wants-to-claim-city-for-victory-day-live

* "A grinding artillery war in Ukraine:" https://www.nytimes.com/2022/05/06/briefing/a-grinding-artillery-war-in-ukraine.html

* "Britain says Russia deploys 22 battalion tactical groups near Izium:" https://www.reuters.com/world/uk/britain-says-russia-deploys-22-battalion-tactical-groups-near-izium-2022-05-04/

* "Missiles hit power stations in Lviv and along crucial railways in central and western Ukraine.:" https://www.nytimes.com/2022/05/03/world/europe/lviv-ukraine-russia-missiles.html

* "Ukraine: Intense shelling as troops battle to regain Kharkiv region:" https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-61364217

* "In battered Kharkiv, cold, dark basements are the last safe refuge:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2022/05/07/ukraine-kharkiv-basement-refuge/

* "In Ukrainian villages, whispers of collaboration with the Russians:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2022/05/04/ukraine-collaborators-chernihiv-fear-paranoia-villages/

* "Trans Ukrainians being forced back into closet as Putin's bloodthirsty war rages on:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2022/05/06/gay-alliance-ukraine-russia-war-trans/

* "War in Ukraine! Support LGBTQ people.:" https://secure.wayforpay.com/payment/s047412e502b6

* "Odesa locks down over fears of Putin's saboteurs on painful anniversary:" https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/odesa-fears-russian-saboteurs-may-2-euromaidan-protests-anniversary-rcna26865

* "Wives of Mariupol soldiers dispersed by police at Kyiv protest:" https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/may/06/wives-mariupol-soldiers-dispersed-police-kyiv-protest-ukraine-russia

* "'They thought they were safe.' AP investigation reveals 600 likely died in Mariupol theater airstrike:" https://www.pbs.org/newshour/world/they-thought-they-were-safe-ap-investigation-reveals-600-likely-died-in-mariupol-theater-airstrike

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* "White House names Karine Jean-Pierre as first Black and openly LGBTQ+ press secretary:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2022/05/06/karine-jean-pierre-white-house-press-secretary-lgbtq/

* "U.S. Supreme Court's Alito cancels conference appearance after abortion ruling leak:" https://www.reuters.com/legal/government/us-supreme-courts-alito-cancels-conference-appearance-after-abortion-ruling-leak-2022-05-04/

* "'Inflation is much too high': Powell puts the hammer on price spikes:" https://www.politico.com/news/2022/05/04/fed-inflation-new-era-economy-00029928

* "U.S. added 428,000 jobs in April despite surging inflation:" https://www.politico.com/news/2022/05/06/u-s-jobs-april-inflation-00030647

* "How the NCAA Avoided Paying its Players:"

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* Illegal lies employers tell: https://thewynne.tumblr.com/post/683722366774280192

* 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://resist.bot/

* Republicans decided to ignore the ruling so as to run out the clock on the grounds that Republicans are by definition above the law. They are likely going to get away with it. "Ohio Redistricting Commission reconvenes with looming court-ordered deadline:" https://www.statenews.org/government-politics/2022-05-04/ohio-redistricting-commission-reconvenes-with-looming-court-ordered-deadline

* "J.D. Vance, with a Trump boost, clinches Senate GOP primary in Ohio:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2022/05/03/ohioans-head-polls-senate-primary-tests-trumps-sway/

* "A mole hunt, a secret website and Peter Thiel's big risk: How J.D. Vance won his primary:" https://www.politico.com/news/2022/05/03/jd-vance-win-ohio-primary-00029881

* CW: Rape. "GOP candidate who told women to "enjoy" rape suffers surprise loss:" https://www.newsweek.com/robert-regan-gop-candidate-told-women-enjoy-rape-loses-race-michigan-1703331

* This is where I am on this. "Madison Cawthorn Thrusting His Naked Body on Another Man’s Face Doesn’t Tell Us Much About His “Gayness”:" https://slate.com/human-interest/2022/05/madison-cawthorn-video-leak-lingerie-election-republicans.html

* "In the Georgia governor’s race, Perdue tries to push Kemp on abortion.:" https://www.nytimes.com/live/2022/05/05/us/midterms-primary-elections

* "The Jolt: Leaked audio reveals David Perdue’s post-Trump runoff strategy:" https://www.ajc.com/politics/politics-blog/the-jolt-leaked-audio-shows-david-perdues-post-trump-runoff-strategy/AF3WSBMB2BD4FDWJQTLT5KRW3I/

* "Marjorie Taylor Greene is qualified to run for re-election, Georgia official says:" https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2022/may/06/trump-marjorie-taylor-greene-reelection-georgia-judge-raffensperger

* "Attorney reacts to judge approving Marjorie Taylor Greene’s re-election bid:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/attorney-reacts-to-judge-approving-marjorie-taylor-greene-s-re-election-bid-139486277645

* "A glaring omission from Trump’s Pennsylvania rally speech: Abortion:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2022/05/06/glaring-omission-trumps-pennsylvania-rally-speech-abortion/

* "Senate Candidate Praises Trump’s 'Awesome Idea' to Buy Greenland During Debate: 'He's a Deal Guy':" https://www.mediaite.com/politics/senate-candidate-praises-trumps-awesome-idea-to-buy-greenland-during-debate-hes-a-deal-guy/

* "Chris Hayes: What to do when the system isn’t working:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/chris-hayes-what-to-do-when-the-system-isn-t-working-139398725599

* "DHS watchdog says Trump's agency appears to have altered report on Russian interference in 2020 election in part because of politics:" https://www.cnn.com/2022/05/03/politics/donald-trump-russian-interference-election-politics/index.html

* "Donald Trump’s dangerous view of state violence:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2022/05/02/donald-trumps-dangerous-view-state-violence/

* "Former defense secretary says Trump proposed bombing Mexico:" https://www.cnn.com/videos/politics/2022/05/06/esper-new-book-trump-bomb-mexico-drugs-haberman-newday-vpx.cnn

* "Defense Secretary Esper: Trump wanted to ‘quietly’ bomb Mexico:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/defense-secretary-esper-trump-wanted-to-quietly-bomb-mexico-139483717813

* "Rep. Raskin: Esper revelations show Trump’s ‘fascination with violence’:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/rep-raskin-esper-revelations-show-trump-s-fascination-with-violence-139486277506

* "$750,000 settlement reached with DC attorney general in case involving funds used in 2017 Trump inauguration:" https://www.cnn.com/2022/05/03/politics/trump-organization-inauguration-funds/index.html

* "Court denies Trump effort to pause $10,000 daily fine for contempt:" https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-contempt-court-denies-halt-10000-dollar-daily-fine/

* "Donald Trump Jr. met with the House January 6 committee on Tuesday:" https://www.cnn.com/2022/05/04/politics/donald-trump-jr-january-6-committee/index.html

* "Rudy Giuliani backs out of interview with Capitol attack committee:" https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2022/may/05/rudy-giuliani-house-january-6-committee-interview-donald-trump

* "Jan. 6 was worse than you remember. It must define our politics.:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2022/05/07/jan-6-was-worse-than-you-remember-it-must-define-our-politics/

* "Who was the Oath Keepers leader talking to from Trump’s inner circle on Jan. 6?:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/who-was-the-oath-keepers-leader-talking-to-from-trump-s-inner-circle-on-jan-6-139397189634

* "New report says officials ignored social media companies' warnings about Jan. 6:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-reidout/watch/facebook-parler-reportedly-gave-advance-warning-to-government-officials-about-jan-6-139404357583

* "Pacific Northwest court case endangers tribal rights nationwide:" https://indiancountrytoday.com/opinion/pacific-northwest-court-case-endangers-tribal-rights-nationwide

* "Texas governor says the state may contest a Supreme Court ruling on migrant education:" https://www.npr.org/2022/05/06/1097178468/texas-governor-says-the-state-may-contest-a-supreme-court-ruling-on-migrant-educ

* "How a Polarizing Best Seller Became Required Reading for Orthodox Jewish Women:" https://www.theatlantic.com/culture/archive/2022/04/orthodox-judaism-laura-doyle-the-surrendered-wife/629663/

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* "Louisiana Republicans advance bill that would charge abortion as homicide:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2022/05/05/louisiana-republicans-advance-bill-that-would-charge-abortion-homicide/

* "The long, scary history of doctors reporting pregnant people to the cops:" https://www.motherjones.com/crime-justice/2022/04/self-induced-abortion-herrera-texas-murder-hospital/

* "Next battle over access to abortion will focus on pills:" https://apnews.com/article/abortion-us-supreme-court-health-south-dakota-07c1bcbcb3f6b466100acedb28723069

* "What the end of Roe v. Wade would mean for Texas’ past, current and future abortion laws:" https://www.texastribune.org/2022/05/03/texas-abortion-law-roe/

* "Senate Republicans' circulate draft abortion talking points on Roe decision:" https://www.axios.com/2022/05/03/senate-republicans-abortion-talking-points

They are claiming that doing what a consistent clear majority of American voters want by keeping 50ish years of settled law is in place is "radical" while throwing out settled law, nullifying the ninth and fourteenth amendments of the Us Constitution, and stripping away the basic human rights to bodily autonomy and privacy from approximately half of the citizenry while vowing to use that to strip away human and citizen rights from other minority groups they don't like is somehow not radical in comparison to keeping the statis quo..

* "8 legal reasons to hate Justice Alito's draft opinion on abortion:" https://www.nbcnews.com/think/opinion/roe-v-wade-overturned-supreme-court-abortion-draft-alitos-legal-analys-rcna27205

* "Crowds protest at Supreme Court after leak of Roe opinion draft:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2022/05/03/protests-roe-v-wade-supreme-court/

* "Harris on GOP’s anti-abortion push: ‘How dare they’:" https://www.politico.com/news/2022/05/03/kamala-harris-supreme-court-abortion-00029813

* "VP Kamala Harris delivers remarks at gala hosted by abortion rights group Emily’s List:"

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* "See protests grow across the country as the Supreme Court deals with Roe v. Wade leak:" https://www.npr.org/sections/pictureshow/2022/05/04/1096525936/see-protests-grow-across-the-country-as-the-supreme-court-deals-with-roe-v-wade

* "LAPD, protesters clash downtown after rally against overturning of Roe vs. Wade:" https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2022-05-03/downtown-los-angeles-roe-wade-protest

* "This is a giant step backwards for women as free people in America:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-reidout/watch/draft-of-supreme-court-decision-that-would-overturn-roe-v-wade-slammed-by-planned-parenthood-ceo-139232325580

* "Joy Reid: McConnell’s stolen right-wing Supreme Court poised to rip away 50 years of rights:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-reidout/watch/supreme-court-opinion-draft-showing-intent-to-overturn-roe-v-wade-sparks-calls-for-immediate-action-from-democrats-139232325805

* "Warren: Plan of GOP extremists was always to ‘blast Roe v. Wade to pieces’:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/warren-plan-of-gop-extremists-was-always-to-blast-roe-v-wade-to-pieces-139226693724

* "Traister: Democrats' stance on abortion is popular—they should talk about it. :" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/traister-democrats-stance-on-abortion-is-popular-they-should-talk-about-it-139310661825

* "Why Stacey Abrams ‘converted’ to an unequivocal abortion rights supporter:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/why-stacey-abrams-converted-to-an-unequivocal-abortion-rights-supporter-139311685902

* "Why the right doesn’t want to talk about abortion:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/chris-hayes-why-the-right-doesn-t-want-to-talk-about-abortion-139321413788

* "Experts depict the grim reality of a post-Roe America:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-reidout/watch/supreme-court-overturning-roe-v-wade-would-criminalize-women-undermine-women-s-health-experts-say-139314245903

* "Women driving ‘a thousand miles’ to access reproductive rights decried by Sen. Duckworth:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-reidout/watch/republicans-obsessing-over-supreme-court-roe-v-wade-decision-draft-leak-discussed-by-sen-duckworth-139316805670

* "Alito's draft opinion for overturning Roe v. Wade cites 17th century misogynist:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-reidout/watch/supreme-court-justice-alito-s-draft-opinion-for-overturning-roe-v-wade-cites-17th-century-misogynist-multiple-times-139401797952

* "Women who fought for US abortion rights in the 70s call for mass global protests:" https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2022/may/08/women-who-fought-for-us-abortion-rights-in-the-70s-call-for-mass-global-protests

* "Abortion Rally Draws Thousands in Houston:" https://www.nytimes.com/2022/05/07/us/abortion-rights-rally.html

* "Abortion-rights protesters rally in U.S., spurred by draft Supreme Court opinion:" https://www.reuters.com/world/us/supreme-court-draft-abortion-opinion-sparks-protests-both-sides-debate-2022-05-03/

* "The Fight for Roe:" https://www.theatlantic.com/photo/2022/05/photos-abortion-rights-supporters-protest-usa/629757/

* "Alexis McGill Johnson - Planned Parenthood's CEO on Abortion:" https://www.cc.com/video/60d2bb/the-daily-show-with-trevor-noah-alexis-mcgill-johnson-planned-parenthood-s-ceo-on-abortion

* "Burn It All Down:" https://solarbird.dreamwidth.org/1832770.html?view=6950722&posted=1#cmt6950722

* "Oklahoma GOP governor signs 6-week abortion ban modeled after Texas law that allows civil enforcement:" https://www.cnn.com/2022/05/03/politics/oklahoma-heartbeat-act-abortion-governor-stitt-signs/index.html

* "DONATE TO EMILY'S LIST:" https://win.emilyslist.org/a/donate-to-emily

* "What Overturning Roe v. Wade Could Mean for Marriage Equality:" https://www.advocate.com/law/2022/5/03/what-scotus-overturning-roe-v-wade-could-mean-marriage-equality

* "Joe Biden warns LGBTQ+ kids will be next after Roe v Wade:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2022/05/06/joe-biden-roe-v-wade-lgbtq/

* "‘Roadmap to take away rights’: Plaintiff in case legalizing same-sex marriage on Roe draft opinion:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-reidout/watch/supreme-court-draft-opinion-overturning-roe-v-wade-roadmap-to-take-away-rights-obergefell-says-139491397944

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* "Queer Nigerians stage defiant protest as government tries to ban ‘crossdressing’:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2022/05/03/nigeria-lgbt-trans-crossdressing-bill/

* "19 States Plan to Offer Refuge to Trans Youth & Families:" https://www.advocate.com/politics/2022/5/03/19-states-plan-offer-refuge-trans-youth-families

* "Tennessee governor signs cruel bill banning trans athletes from competing in collegiate athletics:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2022/05/07/tennessee-trans-sports-ban-college-bill-lee/

* "‘It’s Been a Nightmare’: Man Lived for Six Years With a Penis Grafted to His Arm:" https://www.thedailybeast.com/malcolm-macdonald-lived-for-six-years-with-a-penis-grafted-to-his-arm

* We had six hours of homework most nights starting from 2nd grade it was abusive and counter productive. "The Real History of Homework:"

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* "What Happened to Jilly Juice? (It's Not Good):"

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* CW: Sexual Assault"How The Cruise Industry Played Us All:"

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* "The Sad Truth About the Supplement Industry:"

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* "Drones Have Transformed Blood Delivery in Rwanda:" https://www.wired.com/story/drones-have-transformed-blood-delivery-in-rwanda/

* "Garbology: How to spot patterns in people's waste:" https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20220429-garbology-how-to-spot-patterns-in-peoples-waste

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* "Ocean animals face a mass extinction from climate change, study finds:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/2022/04/28/mass-marine-extinction-event-science/

* "‘We are living in hell’: Pakistan and India suffer extreme spring heatwaves:" https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/may/02/pakistan-india-heatwaves-water-electricity-shortages

* "Heat wave sparks blackouts, questions on India's coal usage:" https://apnews.com/article/science-business-environment-india-heat-waves-c55052c758ef86e1a51b709426594abe

* "Backed-up pipes, stinky yards: Climate change is wrecking septic tanks:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/2022/04/12/backed-up-pipes-stinky-yards-climate-change-is-wrecking-septic-tanks/

* "Our food system isn’t ready for the climate crisis:" https://www.theguardian.com/food/ng-interactive/2022/apr/14/climate-crisis-food-systems-not-ready-biodiversity

* "How New York City Plans to Soak Up the Rain:" https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-04-14/the-impossible-battle-to-flood-proof-new-york-city

* "Sinkholes: The Hidden Terror Beneath Your Feet:"

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* "Why Yellowstone is One of the Most Monitored Volcanoes:"

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* "Canopy Soil Is an Exciting Frontier in Forest Science:" https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/canopy-soil-pacific-northwest

* "Animal crossing: world’s biggest wildlife bridge comes to California highway:" https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2022/apr/09/wildlife-bridge-california-highway-mountain-lions

* "Cherokee Nation Members Can Now Gather Plants on National Park Land:" https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/cherokee-nation-members-can-now-gather-plants-on-national-park-land-180979965/

* "The French town where the lighting is alive:" https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20220407-the-living-lights-that-could-reduce-energy-use

* "The Centuries-Old Fish Ladder That Feeds Maine's Lobster Industry:" https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/fish-ladder-maine-lobster-industry

* "Amazon tribes turn the tables on intruders with social media:" https://apnews.com/article/climate-spacex-technology-entertainment-business-62848dbcffc7df4892233414d359a025

* "Illegal loggers in Vietnam train as jungle tour guides:" https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/illegal-loggers-vietnam-train-jungle-tour-guides-2022-04-25/

* "How to resurrect a coral reef:" https://www.vox.com/recode/23016412/coral-reef-restoration-climate-change

* "Scientists Discover Method to Break Down Plastic in Days, Not Centuries:" https://www.vice.com/en/article/akvm5b/scientists-discover-method-to-break-down-plastic-in-one-week-not-centuries

* "How the Shipping Industry Sails through Legal Loopholes:" https://hakaimagazine.com/features/how-the-shipping-industry-sails-through-legal-loopholes/

* "Muons spill secrets about Earth’s hidden structures:" https://www.sciencenews.org/article/muon-subatomic-particle-volcano-pyramid-physics

* "Jellyfish invade northern Italian port of Trieste:" https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/jellyfish-invade-northern-italian-port-trieste-2022-04-28/

* "Program helps Congo families protect endangered gorillas:" https://apnews.com/article/science-travel-business-animals-wildlife-ebf52eb254f1dc867fe5d98288e5ff69

* "Grindr users' precise location data was sold to the highest bidder for years:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2022/05/04/grindr-sold-data-location/

* "NFTs Are Legally Problematic ft. Steve Mould & Coffeezilla:"

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* "Tech Support Scams Need to be Stopped:"

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* "Elon Musk buys Twitter for $44B and will privatize company:" https://www.ajc.com/news/nation-world/elon-musk-buys-twitter-for-44b-and-will-privatize-company/XP2WOVZCARHGHJ6JPIPB7WP42A/

* "Musk's Twitter ambitions to collide with Europe's tech rules:" https://apnews.com/article/elon-musk-boris-johnson-technology-business-online-safety-f687d652d41678e25575ba67119bba6b

* "Workers discover ‘unprecedented’ Phoenician necropolis in southern Spain:" https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/apr/26/unprecedented-phoenician-necropolis-osuna-spain

* "A woman bought a sculpture at Goodwill for $34.99. It actually was a missing ancient Roman bust.:" https://phys.org/news/2022-05-woman-bought-sculpture-goodwill-ancient.html

* "Renaissance Antics – History Hijinks:"

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* "The Curious Tale of the Voynich Manuscript:"

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* "Sex Educators React to Sex History of Yore!:"

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* "History Summarized: Poland:"

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* "The Tragic Life of The “Monster” of The Palace | Eugenia Martínez:"

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* "Tulips and Onion Futures: The Gold and Silver you never knew:"

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* "Blackbeard and Stede Bonnet: The True History Behind Our Flag Means Death:"

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* "Exploring The Willard Asylum's History:"

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* "The Black Aerialist Who Dazzled Gilded Age Paris:" https://www.messynessychic.com/2022/04/19/the-black-aerialist-who-dazzled-gilded-age-paris/

* "The History of The Boycott:" https://thenib.com/boycott-history/

* "The History (and Return) of Company Towns:"

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* "Here's 9 LGBTQ+ Directors from Old Hollywood and the Lives They Lived:" https://www.advocate.com/arts-entertainment/2022/4/21/heres-9-lgbtq-directors-old-hollywood-and-lives-they-lived#media-gallery-media-9

* "11 (Fortunately) Retired Girl Scout Badges:" https://www.mentalfloss.com/posts/retired-girl-scout-badges

* "Her Comics were Everything Jim Crow America Never Wanted Black Women to Be:" https://www.messynessychic.com/2022/03/18/her-comic-strip-characters-were-everything-jim-crow-america-never-wanted-black-women-to-be/

* "Kindertransport: Saving children from the Holocaust, 1938-1939:" https://rarehistoricalphotos.com/kindertransport-historical-photos/

* "Looking at the Worst Towns in America: Sundown Towns:"

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* "The Wartime Spies Who Used Knitting as an Espionage Tool:" https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/knitting-spies-wwi-wwii

* "Now We Know Their Names:" https://www.theatlantic.com/national/archive/2022/02/america-lynching-history-reckoning/621320/

* "The Dark Past of the Hollywood Blacklist:"

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* "Lee Grant Overcame the Blacklist and Won an Oscar:"

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* "There Were Lesbian Books in the 1950s?:"

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* "Emmett Till: Crash Course Black American History #34:"

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* "The Montgomery Bus Boycott: Crash Course Black American History #35:"

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* "Why JFK's Casket Stayed Closed:"

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* "The Real Life Silent Hill: Centralia:"

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* I really loved her as a kid. "Ruth Gordon's Unique and Defiant Journey to Oscar:"

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* "See the bold buildings that sprang up after South Asia regained independence:" https://www.npr.org/sections/goatsandsoda/2022/04/23/1088675284/photos-see-the-bold-buildings-that-sprang-up-after-south-asia-regained-independe

* "How Women—and Their Hair—Transformed South Korea:" https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/women-hair-wigs-south-korea

* CW: Child Abuse, Sexual Abuse, Eating Disorders "The Life and Death of Judy Garland:"

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* "How Murderer John Wayne Gacy Ruined a Young John Casey’s Life:" https://www.advocate.com/commentary/2022/4/27/how-murderer-john-wayne-gacy-ruined-young-john-caseys-life

* "Yuba County 5:"

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* "A Black Women's History of Pinup and Burlesque:"

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* "These Pet MLMs are Selling Untested Supplements:"

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* "Why Is Florida At War With Arithmetic? | Tucker's Testosterone Doc Is Too Stupid To Ignore:"

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* "Abortion Ruling: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver:"

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* "Weekend Update: Roe v. Wade Leaked Draft Opinion, Vladimir Putin to Undergo Cancer Surgery:"

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* "Weekend Update: Justice Amy Coney Barrett on Overturning Roe v. Wade:"

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* "Israel Condemns Russia's Anti-Semitic Claims & Trash on Mars:" https://www.cc.com/video/m5vsny/the-daily-show-with-trevor-noah-israel-condemns-russia-s-anti-semitic-claims-trash-on-mars

* "Republicans Duke It Out in the 2022 Ohio Primary:" https://www.cc.com/video/9b0ues/the-daily-show-with-trevor-noah-republicans-duke-it-out-in-the-2022-ohio-primary

* "Roe v. Wade Overturned?:" https://www.cc.com/video/qhdgmx/the-daily-show-with-trevor-noah-roe-v-wade-overturned

* "SCOTUS Leak Speculation & Archaic Abortion Laws:" https://www.cc.com/video/nbj8kp/the-daily-show-with-trevor-noah-scotus-leak-speculation-archaic-abortion-laws

* "CP Time - The History of Black Jockeys:" https://www.cc.com/video/oahthc/the-daily-show-with-trevor-noah-cp-time-the-history-of-black-jockeys

* "Are Progressive Reboots Any Good?:"

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* "The Tucker Testicle Tanner Is The Perfect Way To Re-Juice Your Carlsons:"

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* "It's A Covid Celebration:"

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* "Rescue Dog Rescue with Oscar Isaac:"

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* "The Understudy - SNL:"

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* "Blue Bunny - SNL:"

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* "Chain Gang - SNL:"

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* "Hello Birmingham - Ani DiFranco:"

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* Monday I stayed up to get the aggregate out and for phone bureaucracy reasons. I have so many things I need to go before I go into semi-seclusion on May 26th. Assuming I don't get moved up, surgery is June 8th. I can't afford to catch anything, not even a cold, in advance of it of I spend all Summer in this hell awaiting another opening. Yes, head Millennial will still be working, but I am going full infection prevention at that point, so no grocery shopping even masked. No visitors except Head Millennial, who strictly masks in public for my protection in regular life. Windows open and masks when Millennial is here except for quick sips, that sort of thing. Squirrel's work has strict infection prevention protocols, he's triple vaxxed and is strict about masking when he's around Not Us. Given he didn't give me COVID last January, I am not that worried, but still, we will be careful, especially as thing like rhinovirus can linger on surfaces.

When I woke, my body was terrible for a host of reasons, all of them predictable, all made worse by the ongoing health crisis, but none life threatening, just ranging from nuisance to obnoxious. (For example: I lose two options for heading off/dealing with torso spasms, for example because the drugs are dangerous right now. This means for spasms I am left with things like bananas for limb spasms, hot epsom bath for body spasms, etc.. none of these are as fast or sure as meds. Ah well.) I think I counted like 6 things wrong when I woke up. My policy on these occasions is to do what I can to head off big things, which trying to sort out as many small ones as I can peel off. It's... time consuming and really unpleasant.

Still I schlep on. It's what my family has always done.

* We are planning to use most of Squirrel's tax rebate to get a working oven, but the dishwasher is also broken. (The dishwasher is a safety thing because I am medically fragile. Not having a working oven is playing havoc with my nutrition.) My share of the oven plus fixing the dishwasher will likely be in the $600-700 range.

(I am disabled and queer in at least three senses of the word and on a fixed income).

Why not all of his tax refund? he’s in a medical insurance gap and is having an emergent health crisis. He couldn’t have paid for both things anyway.

If you would like to help: paypal.me/Gwydion

* Re: the slow catch up. I am still slow from the covid booster, plus it is allergy season, plus the whole ongoing medical crisis, plus my ongoing attempts to properly cover both the Russian Invasion of Ukraine and the Abortion ban news, which are understandably labour intensives. As you can see, I am making progress. I made it well into the history section this time, with the Aidan laptop back log. Why are their things after the 1970's section? Because I pull out time sensitive things lower in the sort and because i scroll a bunch of stuff, particularly comedy and political comedy and about a third of the fluffier stuff every day or two off Klaus. Klaus and Aidan have mostly different jobs, but they do intersect where it comes to the aggregate post and a few other places, in part as a back up so I don't lose 2/3rd done aggregate posts.

Look, I have a lot of both in put and output going on and this is how work flow shook out after the last computer death a little over a year ago. Trust me, I have a system, which mostly works with my brain design and physical challenges.

If the balance seems weird the next week or two and there is a clump of older, lighter stuff, that is my finally gnawing through the back log. Knock wood.

* Timely. "ILU-486:" https://amandaching.wordpress.com/2012/02/20/67/

* All I really want to watch lately is queer people having adventures and Korean zombies. Why does no one make something with both?

In related news, yes, I watched Heartstopper. It reminded me a lot of the YA Book Boy Meets Boy, even though there is more stress around coming out and social acceptance in this. It is sweet and fluffy and happy for the middle and high schoolers who get to have something so warm and fluffy to watch.

Also in related news, I thought I was out of of Korean zombies, but I found another one hiding on Tubi. It means commercials (Yuck), but it also means I have Korean historical drama zombies to watch before bed. (I have seen Train to Busan, Peninsula, Seoul Station, Alive, All of Us are Dead, kingdom, and the kingdom prequel. I just started Rampant. Other suggestions? At this point I will happily branch out into other quality Asian zombies.

Similarly, Queer People Having Adventures suggestions? I have seen Black Sails. Trust me, my Byzantine Black Sails exegesis is still out there. I have seen Our flag. I have seen a TON of classic queer cinema. I watched Torchwood. Over and Over. Genres: historical drama, comedy adventure, Science Fiction, fantasy. suggestions?

* Bailey and Rowling at The Midnight Society: https://twitter.com/midnight_pals/status/1522978030062239744

* Gobbits: https://laughingacademy.tumblr.com/post/683653354177560576/limnaia-prismatic-bell-pens-and-paperbacks

* Mad Max and Blackbeard: https://laughingacademy.tumblr.com/post/683655725319340032/it-may-also-be-worth-pointing-out-that-the-main

* The importance of the talent show subplo ib Our Flag Means Death: https://chucktaylorupset.tumblr.com/post/681290680024334336/it-is-actually-extremely-important-to-me-that

* "Vico Ortiz Talks 'Our Flag Means Death,' Being a Non-Binary Actor & Working with Taika Waititi:" https://remezcla.com/film/vico-ortiz-interview-our-flag-means-death-non-binary-taika-waititi/

* I loved Wilderpeople. "How Taika Waititi Expresses His Love for New Zealand in ‘Hunt for the Wilderpeople’:" https://collider.com/taika-waititi-hunt-for-the-wilderpeople-love-for-new-zealand-why-its-good/

* "Not Jared Leto: Meet Frederik Robertsson the Met Gala 2022 Standout:" https://www.out.com/fashion/2022/5/02/not-jared-leto-meet-frederik-robertsson-met-gala-2022-standout

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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.


* "War in Ukraine! Support LGBTQ people.:" https://secure.wayforpay.com/payment/s047412e502b6

* "DONATE TO EMILY'S LIST:" https://win.emilyslist.org/a/donate-to-emily

* "Supporting Abortion Funds in the South:" https://laughingacademy.tumblr.com/post/682207036936732672/supporting-abortion-funds-in-the-south

* "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

* 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

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

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