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* As has been the case since January, the sort may be a little rough. News keeps moving fast, so some items may be already out of date.

I had to cut this one off really, really early. I keep getting bigged down in trying to catch up on things I got behind on during the week from hell.

Similarly, I really didn't have time or energy for world news.

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* "Microsoft workers say they’ve been fired after 50th anniversary protest over Israel contract:" https://apnews.com/article/microsoft-protest-employees-fired-israel-gaza-50th-anniversary-c5b3715fa1800450b8d0f639b492495e

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* "Russian missiles hit Ukrainian city of Sumy during Palm Sunday celebrations, killing more than 30:" https://apnews.com/article/russia-ukraine-war-sumy-b034da8f4d83d08e5ea24c6033dbe3cf

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* "Jalisco cartel lures recruits with fake jobs through social platforms and kills those who resist:" https://apnews.com/article/mexico-jalisco-cartel-el-mencho-drugs-sinaloa-99f755b7173f101d74e6a1eac333cd38

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* "US office that counters foreign disinformation is being eliminated:" https://www.technologyreview.com/2025/04/16/1115256/us-office-that-counters-foreign-disinformation-is-being-eliminated-say-officials/

* "Activists stack coffins in front of State Department to protest PEPFAR cuts (in photos):" https://www.advocate.com/news/coffins-protest-pepfar-cuts#rebelltitem1

* "Trade Will Move On Without the United States:" https://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2025/04/trump-tariffs-hegemony-decline/682323/

* "WTO slashes 2025 trade growth forecast, warns of deeper slump:" https://archive.ph/PqmZ6

* Meanwhile, JD Vance goes the extra mile to try to make the world worse: "JD Vance wants the UK to repeal its LGBTQ+ hate speech laws to secure a trade deal:" https://www.advocate.com/politics/us-uk-trade-deal-lgbtq

* "Tariffs to trigger sharp US economic slowdown; chance of recession jumps to 45%: Reuters Poll:" https://archive.ph/vv7pY

* "Fed Chair Powell sounds alarm on tariffs, sending stocks lower:" https://abcnews.go.com/Business/fed-chair-powell-sounds-alarm-tariffs-sending-stocks/story?id=120863770

Meanwhile Trump wants to get rid of the fed Chairman for the crime of knowing what he's doing and saying true things.

* "Trump hammers Federal Reserve chief Powell: ‘Termination cannot come fast enough!’:" https://www.politico.eu/article/trump-says-fed-reserve-chief-powells-termination-cant-come-fast-enough/

* "Bessent privately urges caution as Trump attacks Powell:" https://www.politico.com/news/2025/04/17/trump-powell-fired-fed-00295552

* "California is first state to sue Trump on tariffs:" https://www.politico.com/news/2025/04/16/california-is-first-state-to-sue-trump-on-tariffs-00292637

* "'Every day, every single customer': Tariffs hit close to home inside Asian grocers:" https://www.npr.org/2025/04/07/nx-s1-5352901/tariffs-trump-asian-grocery-stores

* "Tariff-ying Times with Pete Buttigieg:" https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/tariff-ying-times-with-pete-buttigieg/id1583132133?i=1000702978762

* "Anxious Trading Partners Promise to Buy American to Stave Off Trump’s Tariffs:" https://archive.ph/Pbsga

* "The Constitutional Crisis Is Here: Trump’s administration is only pretending to comply with the Supreme Court on the matter of a Maryland man it deported erroneously.:" https://archive.ph/7MuVP

I'm pretty sure it was when they violated a court order to illegally mass deport innocent people without any due process in the first place, but either way, here we are.

* "‘Hair on fire’: Walz says he’s ‘convinced’ Trump will ignore courts:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/-hair-on-fire-walz-says-he-s-convinced-trump-will-ignore-courts-237504069634

* "Boasberg finds probable cause to hold Trump officials in criminal contempt over deportation flights:" https://www.politico.com/news/2025/04/16/trump-deportation-el-salvador-federal-judge-00293076

* "'Criminal contempt' looms over Trump's showdown with courts over deportation fiat:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/-criminal-contempt-looms-over-trump-s-showdown-with-courts-over-deportation-fiat-237682245946

* "‘It’s all made up!’: Hayes breaks down ‘sheer lawlessness’ of Trump deportation case:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/-it-s-all-made-up-hayes-breaks-down-sheer-lawlessness-of-trump-deportation-case-237646917654

* "Supreme Court blocks, for now, new deportations under 18th century wartime law:" https://www.npr.org/2025/04/19/g-s1-61385/supreme-court-block-deportations

* This is one of the people they were trying to send to forever prison: "Lawyer Warns Trump Is Moving to Deport Teen to El Salvador for Photo of Water Pistol:" https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/trump-deport-teenager-water-pistol-1235320693/

Republicans want to remind you that having a friend who owns a water pistol is such absolute proof of gang membership that anyone who knows anyone who has one deserves to be sent abroad to forever prison without any due process or proof of any wrong doing. Yes, that applies to children.

* "Judge blocks administration from deporting noncitizens to 3rd countries without due process:" https://abcnews.go.com/US/judge-blocks-administration-deporting-noncitizens-3rd-countries-due/story?id=120951918

* "Court denies White House appeal of 'shocking' Abrego Garcia deportation case:" https://www.npr.org/2025/04/17/g-s1-61118/appeals-court-deportation-abrego-garcia

* "'Shocking': Reagan judge issues ‘stark warning’ in scathing ruling against Trump:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/-shocking-reagan-judge-issues-stark-warning-in-scathing-ruling-against-trump-237787205992

* "'They can't hide the ball': Judge cracks the whip on Trump lawyers in deportation case:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/-they-can-t-hide-the-ball-judge-cracks-the-whip-on-trump-lawyers-in-deportation-case-237519429580

* The reason they claim they broke the law to deport him in the first place is bullshit. "Another disgraced cop linked to Trump’s authoritarian deportations to El Salvador exposed: report:" https://www.advocate.com/news/second-disgraced-cop-trump-deporations

* "Trump Admin’s New Defense For Accidentally Sending Abrego Garcia To Salvadoran Torture Camp: We Meant To Do That :" https://www.techdirt.com/2025/04/15/trump-admins-new-defense-for-accidentally-sending-abrego-garcia-to-salvadoran-torture-camp-we-meant-to-do-that/

* "‘Chilling’: Hayes on why the fate of Kilmar Abrego Garcia matters to us all:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/-chilling-hayes-on-why-the-fate-of-kilmar-abrego-garcia-matters-to-us-all-237505093763

* "Trump Ordered to Return Kilmar Abrego Garcia:"

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* "This Court Just Put The Trump Regime In Its Place | News You Missed:"

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* "Kilmar Abrego Garcia meets with Maryland senator in El Salvador, weeks after mistaken deportation:" https://www.cbsnews.com/baltimore/news/maryland-sen-van-hollen-meets-with-mistakenly-deported-kilmar-abrego-garcia-in-el-salvador/

* "'I felt afraid': Lawyer who traveled with Van Hollen to El Salvador details trip:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/-i-felt-afraid-lawyer-who-traveled-with-van-hollen-to-el-salvador-details-trip-237892677658

* "Protesters gather outside El Salvador’s consulate in St. Paul:" https://www.mprnews.org/story/2025/04/17/protesters-gather-el-salvador-consulate-st-paul

* "Trump's Deportations to El Salvador Are the Latest Stop on a Long Road:"

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* "Foreign students in US mount court challenges as Trump ends their legal status:" https://archive.ph/kKuMN

* "Trump plans to fine migrants $998 a day for failing to leave after deportation order:" https://archive.ph/c8O1X

Reminder: The Trump Administration is refusing to tell people their visas, permanent residence cards, etc., have been secretly illegally revoked so that people can't contest it, and then sending secret police to kidnap them.

* "There’s a Reason the Trump Administration Is Fighting to Keep Detained International Students in Louisiana:" https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2025/04/donald-trump-immigration-mahmoud-khalil-rumeysa-ozturk-louisiana.html

* "The controversial and obscure law being used against immigrant student protestors:" https://www.npr.org/2025/04/11/nx-s1-5360605/mahmoud-khalil-gaza-protests-columbia-university-immigrant

* "A Palestinian activist expecting a US citizenship interview is arrested instead by ICE in Vermont:" https://apnews.com/article/immigration-palestine-protest-trump-deportation-columbia-fca7e73fe2cbd616c1eacf3bdececdbe

* We are now also illegally detaining American Citizens now for the crime of being brown against judges orders: "U.S.-born American citizen under ICE hold in Florida after driving from Georgia:" https://www.nbcnews.com/news/latino/us-born-citizen-detained-ice-immigration-florida-rcna201800

* Another American Citizen they are trying to illegally Deport: "American doctor receives email from immigration officials telling her to leave the country immediately:" https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/doctor-email-immigration-leave-country-rcna201698

* "Judge orders detained Tufts student Rumeysa Öztürk to be transferred back to Vermont :" https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/tufts-student-rumeysa-ozturk-rcna201954

* "Video shows ICE agent smash window to detain man in Massachusetts. Attorney says they have wrong person.:" https://www.cbsnews.com/boston/news/video-ice-agent-smash-car-window-new-bedford-massachusetts/

It was the wrong man, but they took him anyway.

* "Australian with working visa detained and deported on returning to US from sister’s memorial:" https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/apr/11/australian-with-us-working-visa-detained-insulted-deported

* "BYU doctorate student’s visa reinstated after unexpected revocation:" https://kslnewsradio.com/breaking-news/visa-byu-student/2204681/

* "Campus activists, misidentified students, a jaywalker. Is this the deportation list the Trump administration is using?:" https://www.bostonglobe.com/2025/04/17/metro/zionist-group-deportation-lists/

* More terrifying shit. "Feds say agents went to LA schools to do welfare check on migrant children:" https://apnews.com/article/schools-immigration-federal-agents-los-angeles-fe4d1d3ba3f6a7afe6b749cd6a7f2fcb

* "Rep. Becca Balint unloads on Trump administration for false claims against detained students:" https://www.msnbc.com/ayman-mohyeldin/watch/rep-becca-balint-unloads-on-trump-administration-for-false-claims-against-detained-students-237925445924

* "Trump Admin Tells Afghan Refugees Who Fled Taliban to Self-Deport—Report:" https://www.newsweek.com/trump-admin-tells-afghan-refugees-who-fled-taliban-self-deportreport-2061049

* "‘War on tourism’: Trump set to cost U.S. billions as foreign tourists stay clear:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/-war-on-tourism-trump-set-to-cost-u-s-billions-as-foreign-tourists-stay-clear-237648453688

* " From Lollapalooza to Detention Camps: Meet the Tent Company Making a Fortune Off Trump’s Deportation Plans:" https://www.propublica.org/article/trump-deportations-deployed-resources-tent-company?

* "“They Don’t Care About Civil Rights”: Trump’s Shuttering of DHS Oversight Arm Freezes 600 Cases, Imperils Human Rights:" https://www.propublica.org/article/homeland-security-crcl-civil-rights-immigration-border-patrol-trump-kristi-noem?

* "UO students rally after visa revocations, urge stronger protections for international peers:" https://www.opb.org/article/2025/04/12/university-of-oregon-rally-international-students/

* If you live in Vermont, now is a great time to let your voice be heard. "Vermont Senate leaders urge Gov. Phil Scott to terminate state agreement with federal immigration officials:" https://vtdigger.org/2025/04/15/vermont-senate-leaders-urge-gov-phil-scott-to-terminate-state-agreement-with-federal-immigration-officials/

* "Trump Has a New Target for His Mass Deportations: U.S. Citizens:" https://newrepublic.com/post/193669/donald-trump-target-mass-deportations-us-citizens

* "Trump exposed in 'hot mic' moment planning further abuse of power:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/trump-exposed-in-hot-mic-moment-planning-further-abuse-of-power-237422661695

* "Trump's immigration agenda is not popular:" https://www.gelliottmorris.com/p/trumps-immigration-agenda-isnt-popular

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* "Anti-Trump protesters rally in New York, Washington and elsewhere across the country:" https://apnews.com/article/trump-protests-hands-off-revolutionary-war-anniversary-34218e384bef12bdf3a75a40959f4ede

* "Protesters rally outside White House amid nationwide anti-Trump demonstrations:" https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/trump-administration/protesters-rally-white-house-nationwide-anti-trump-demonstrations-rcna201993

* I can't show all the protests, but I can show you some to remind people they are ongoing.

* CW: Rape. "Justice Department wants to step in for Trump in E. Jean Carroll appeal:" https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-e-jean-carroll-defamation-case-justice-department/

* "Trump Family’s Crypto Venture Nets $25 Million Investment From Firm Suspected of Fraud:" https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-features/trump-family-crypto-dwf-1235318209/

* "Busted: Report paints vivid picture of Trump corruption:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/busted-report-paints-vivid-picture-of-trump-corruption-237899333688

* "Nearly 90% of Consumer Financial Protection Bureau cut as Trump’s government downsizing continues:" https://apnews.com/article/donald-trump-doge-cfpb-elon-musk-456b747c367fccbcf3b74d2893cd1a35

* "Judge orders halt to mass firings at Consumer Financial Protection Bureau:" https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/judge-orders-halt-mass-firings-consumer-financial-protection/story?id=120951391

* "Judge orders Trump administration to tell fired workers they were not let go for poor performance:" https://apnews.com/article/trump-mass-firings-probationary-workers-e469a427e50f205bb79803a1405dcc3c

* "Introducing Rise Up: Federal Workers Legal Defense Network:" https://aflcio.org/2025/4/16/introducing-rise-federal-workers-legal-defense-network

* I think we found the Government Waste. "US DOGE Service Agreement With Department of Labor Shows $1.3 Million Fee—and Details Its Mission:" https://www.wired.com/story/department-of-labor-doge-usds-payment/

* Here's more of it: "DOGE Playas, their DOGE Enforcer Pals And the Security Detail You Need to Be a True DOGE-Banger:" https://talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/doge-playas-their-doge-enforcer-pals-and-the-security-detail-you-need-to-be-a-true-doge-banger

* So they likely have been giving Russian Hackers and who knows who else sensitive data. "5 takeaways about NPR's reporting on the whistleblower report about DOGE at the NLRB:" https://www.npr.org/2025/04/15/nx-s1-5355895/doge-musk-nlrb-takeaways-security

* "DOGE assigns staffers to work at agency where it allegedly removed sensitive data:" https://www.npr.org/2025/04/16/nx-s1-5366851/doge-nlrb-whistleblower-musk-data

* "Elon Musk’s DOGE Is Getting Audited:" https://www.wired.com/story/gao-audit-elon-musk-doge-government-agencies/

* "Elon Musk’s xAI criticized over unauthorized gas turbines at Memphis facility:" https://www.yahoo.com/news/elon-musk-xai-criticized-over-182837823.html

* I can't begin to post all the protests, but I like to ink some now and then so people see they are still going.

* "‘Tesla Takedown’: Protesters gather outside new London Tesla dealership:" https://www.ctvnews.ca/london/article/tesla-takedown-protesters-gather-outside-new-london-tesla-dealership/

* "Tesla Protesters' Poster Says "Send Musk To Mars", He Responds:" https://www.ndtv.com/world-news/elon-musk-responds-to-tesla-protesters-send-musk-to-mars-demand-8166994

* "Anti-Trump protests this weekend turn focus to community action:" https://www.npr.org/2025/04/19/nx-s1-5369483/anti-trump-protests-50501-tesla-takedown

* "Targeting Tesla: Scenes from anti-Musk protests:" https://archive.ph/SJDEl

* "Simulated Musk, Zuckerberg voices are speaking from hacked crosswalk buttons:" https://www.theverge.com/news/647830/crosswalk-hack-musk-zuckerberg-voices-california

* "Trump administration overrode Social Security staff to list immigrants as dead:" https://archive.ph/e4zUd

* "The Social Security Administration Is Gutting Regional Staff and Shifting All Public Communications to X:" https://www.wired.com/story/social-security-administration-regional-office-elon-musk-x/

* "How DOGE may have improperly used Social Security data to push voter fraud narratives:" https://www.npr.org/2025/04/11/nx-s1-5352470/doge-musk-social-security-voting

* "Trump administration plans to end the IRS Direct File program for free tax filing, AP sources say:" https://apnews.com/article/irs-direct-file-tax-returns-free-trump-4bb0bca02fab9b3d06ae6f45ac67b7ab

* "20,000 IRS employees interested in deferred resignation offer as tax deadline looms:" https://www.cnbc.com/2025/04/15/irs-resignation-treasury-tax-deadline-trump.html

* "DOGE Cuts Update Today: IRS Doesn't 'Have Time' for Tax Cases Amid Layoffs:" https://www.newsweek.com/doge-cuts-update-irs-layoffs-2059957

Remember, the staffing cuts at the IRS are intended to make things harder for ordinary taxpayers and also to prevent any chance of rich tax cheats being audited, which will drive up the debt, which will the justify yet more cuts to social services.

* "DOGE’s IRS cuts will cost the average American a fortune :" https://thehill.com/opinion/white-house/5248491-irs-doge-taxpayer-impacts/

* "Internal budget document reveals extent of Trump’s proposed health cuts:" https://archive.ph/PPYPV

* "RFK Jr. vowed to upend American health care. It’s happening faster than expected.:" https://www.politico.com/news/2025/04/09/rfk-revamp-health-hhs-00280101

* Food Safety has already been deteriorating because of Trump's attacks on food safety last time. It's about to get so much deadlier. "US FDA suspends food safety quality checks after staff cuts:" https://archive.ph/df2sT

* "With tractor parade, Maine farmers protest USDA cuts that could leave many in debt:" https://mainemorningstar.com/2025/04/16/with-tractor-parade-maine-farmers-protest-usda-cuts-that-could-leave-many-in-debt/

* "CDC cruise inspectors laid off as ship arrives in Florida with norovirus outbreak:" https://www.tampabay.com/news/florida/2025/04/14/norovirus-outbreak-cruise-ship-cdc-layoffs-florida/

* "Measles exploded in Texas after stagnant vaccine funding. New cuts threaten the same across the US:" https://apnews.com/article/measles-texas-vaccines-funding-cuts-5785985d6b74024b0502f6a2fc1576e2

* "Kennedy draws from misinformation playbook by touting an inhaled steroid to treat measles:" https://www.nbcnews.com/health/health-news/kennedy-draws-misinformation-playbook-touting-inhaled-steroid-treat-me-rcna200085

* "Video shows doctor with measles treating kids. RFK Jr later praised him as an ‘extraordinary’ healer:" https://apnews.com/article/texas-measles-outbreak-rfk-jr-ben-edwards-2dd7c79d47c64ad2e6d4a4ac3c87ec1f

He was highly contagious. Children are dying and he spreads it as much as he can.

* They are cooking the books, which is terrifying. "Ex-official says he was forced out of FDA after trying to protect vaccine safety data from RFK Jr.:" https://www.ap.org/news-highlights/spotlights/2025/ex-official-says-he-was-forced-out-of-fda-after-trying-to-protect-vaccine-safety-data-from-rfk-jr/

* "Top NIH scientist speaks out, says research was ‘censored’ under RFK Jr:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/top-nih-scientist-speaks-out-says-research-was-censored-under-rfk-jr-237788229924

* "Autism rate rises in new CDC report that contradicts RFK Jr. on cause:" https://archive.ph/LVthz

* "Trump and Kennedy Spouting Dangerous Autism Misinformation:" https://autisticadvocacy.org/2025/04/trump-and-kennedy-spouting-dangerous-autism-misinformation/

* "RFK Jr. said autistic people don’t work or play sports. They say he’s wrong.:" https://archive.ph/YPwuR

* "Staffers Walk Out of RFK Jr.’s Slur-Ridden Speech About Deep State:" https://www.thedailybeast.com/staffers-walk-out-of-rfk-jrs-slur-ridden-speech-about-deep-state/

* "Actress Holly Robinson Peete denounces RFK Jr.'s harmful claims about autism:" https://www.msnbc.com/ayman-mohyeldin/watch/actress-holly-robinson-peete-denounces-rfk-jr-s-harmful-claims-about-autism-237928005844

* "'Just a big slogan and propaganda': Kennedy, Oz and Braun met with swift criticism:" https://www.thestatehousefile.com/politics/just-a-big-slogan-and-propaganda-kennedy-oz-and-braun-met-with-swift-criticism/article_d1953c5c-d5c4-431e-a5ec-48ff240775c1.html

* "Federal government to remove gender dysphoria from protected disabilities list:" https://www.advocate.com/politics/gender-dysphoria-removed-protected-disabilities

* "Doctors warn of ‘terrifying’ effects as Trump creates snitch line to report gender-affirming care patients:" https://www.advocate.com/politics/trump-trans-kid-reporting-portal

You know the drill, folks. Try to do credible, but completely false leads they will have to waste their time tracking down. You need things that LLMs/A.I. can't easily weed out.

* "Maine Gov. Janet Mills hits back after Trump sues state for transgender sports policies:" https://www.advocate.com/politics/trump-sues-maine-transgender-sports

* "Federal judge blocks Trump admin's gender-restrictive passport policy:" https://www.advocate.com/news/judge-blocks-passport-gender-restrictions

* "Military families sue Trump administration to keep their school system diverse:" https://www.advocate.com/news/military-familes-sue-pentagon-schools

* "Federal appeals court upholds block on Trump's trans military ban:" https://www.advocate.com/news/trans-military-ban-block-upheld

* "People protest proposed cuts to VA staffing:" https://www.wkow.com/news/people-protest-proposed-cuts-to-va-staffing-healthcare/article_2ae24486-789e-4b31-9e10-aabab48f0bfb.html

* "H.R. McMaster receives accidental call from President Trump:" https://www.cbsnews.com/news/h-r-mcmaster-trump-accidental-call/

The Administration keeps calling the wrong people by accident.

* "Signal War Plans v.s. Hillary's Emails:"

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* "Beyond Showerheads: Trump’s Attempts to Kill Appliance Regulations Cause Chaos:" https://www.propublica.org/article/trump-showerheads-appliances-led-lights-regulation-energy-department-chaos?

* "National Weather Service buyouts will leave gaps as storm season ramps up:" https://archive.ph/SwTG8

* "With fewer weather balloons due to government staffing cuts, forecasts may be less accurate:" https://www.nbcnews.com/science/science-news/weather-balloons-stop-trump-cuts-forecasts-less-accurate-rcna198055

Republicans are doing everything in their power to prevent forewarning of disasters a hamstringing disaster response. Remember, all this is necessary to justify more tax cuts for billionaires.

* "AmeriCorps members who respond to disasters and help nonprofits are let go in DOGE cuts:" https://apnews.com/article/americorps-volunteers-fema-doge-05b1d1cd53e0b5b9f64c17eaba7adf95

* "Schools lined up for help getting cleaner school buses. Then came the EPA freeze:" https://apnews.com/article/trump-electric-school-buses-districts-funding-biden-19fe231d30fc8ff606cae9f6987074c8

* "Lost in the sauce: Stories Trump probably hoped you wouldn't notice while he 'flooded the zone':" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/lost-in-the-sauce-stories-trump-probably-hoped-you-wouldn-t-notice-while-he-flooded-the-zone-237900357720

* "DOGE Visits National Gallery of Art to Discuss Museum’s Legal Status:" https://archive.ph/IBTYR

* "‘A death blow’: Filmmakers, archivists reel as DOGE suddenly cuts their funding:" https://sfstandard.com/2025/04/17/doge-neh-funding-cuts-sf/

* "DOGE cuts at National Endowment for the Humanities hit Carnegie Museums, Phipps and more:" https://www.wesa.fm/arts-culture/2025-04-17/doge-neh-pittsburgh-carnegie-phipps

* "Washington's libraries face 'deep and dramatic' funding cuts as Trump abruptly terminates federal grants:" https://www.kuow.org/stories/washington-libraries-deep-dramatic-cuts-trump-terminates-federal-grants

* "Head Start advocates brace for possibility of Trump eliminating funding:" https://www.npr.org/2025/04/18/nx-s1-5368248/president-trump-head-start

Head start is one of the most valuable and effective education programs that exist. It's a long term investment in children that pays off, not "waste."

* "What to Know About Head Start, the Early Childhood Education Program the Trump Administration Is Proposing to Eliminate:" https://time.com/7278480/head-start-history-effectiveness-trump-hhs-budget-funding-elimination-reactions/

* "Trans Congresswoman Sarah McBride just got Trump to reverse himself in victory for Delaware:" https://www.advocate.com/politics/sarah-mcbride-trump-reversal-victory

* "Trump Administration Retreats From White-Collar Criminal Enforcement:" https://archive.ph/cWdzs

* "Noem threatens Harvard’s ability to enroll international students:" https://www.politico.com/news/2025/04/17/trump-administration-punish-harvard-00295445

* "House GOP probes Harvard over federal funding:" https://www.politico.com/news/2025/04/17/house-gop-probes-harvard-over-federal-funding-00296742

* "Harvard University Announces It Won’t Surrender to Trump:" https://newrepublic.com/post/193977/harvard-university-wont-surrender-trump

* Harvard is doing the right thing instead of caving like Columbia. Other Universities are signing up to resist.

* "MSU faculty join call for Big Ten 'mutual defense compact' against Trump administration:" https://statenews.com/article/2025/04/msu-faculty-join-call-for-big-ten-mutual-defense-compact-against-trump-administration

* "These Faculty Senates Are Trying to Band Together to Stand Up to Trump:" https://www.chronicle.com/article/these-faculty-senates-are-trying-to-band-together-to-stand-up-to-trump

* "'Don't fight alone': Universities band together to defend against Trump attacks:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/-don-t-fight-alone-universities-band-together-to-defend-against-trump-attacks-237521477619

* "Judge temporarily blocks Trump from retaliating against firm that sued Fox News for election lies:" https://apnews.com/article/trump-law-firm-susman-godfrey-eada6cc436533ea3b483568c8287600e

* "Trump Enforcer Shaking Down Law Firms for Billions is Unmasked:" https://www.thedailybeast.com/donald-trumps-personal-lawyer-boris-epshteyn-is-the-one-shaking-down-big-law-firms/

* "White House shakes up press pool in apparent nod to court ruling:" https://www.politico.com/news/2025/04/15/white-house-changes-press-pool-00292526

* "Bill Maher Had Dinner With Donald Trump, Because of Course He Did:"

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* "From Roe to woes, the days SCOTUS hit 'undo' on half a century of progress:" https://www.advocate.com/scotus-ruling

* Republicans are hoping the 14th Amendment to the constitution will be declared unconstitutional. "Supreme Court to hear arguments on Trump’s bid to start implementing his plan to end birthright citizenship:" https://www.politico.com/news/2025/04/17/supreme-court-end-birthright-citizenship-trump-00296984

* "Mahmoud v. Taylor: Everything to know about the Supreme Court case to ban LGBTQ+ books:" https://www.advocate.com/news/mahmoud-v-taylor-lgbtq-books

* "ACLU and LGBTQ+ groups defend Maryland schools' LGBTQ+ curriculum in Supreme Court filing:" https://www.advocate.com/news/school-opt-out-challenged

* I do not want to go back to how it was in my youth. "What to know about the Supreme Court case that could take away your access to PrEP and other care:" https://www.advocate.com/news/supreme-court-prep-case-explained

* "The Cruelty of Medicaid Work Requirements:" https://time.com/7260543/medicaid-work-requirements-disability-essay/

* "White House to send Congress a formal request to nix $9.3B for PBS, NPR, State Department:" https://www.politico.com/news/2025/04/14/white-house-to-send-congress-a-formal-request-to-nix-9-3b-for-pbs-state-department-00289543

Now is the time to hammer your Congress Critters phonelines about why we need NPR and PBS.

* "Lisa Murkowski Says 'We Are All Afraid' Of Retaliation By Donald Trump:" https://www.huffpost.com/entry/lisa-murkowski-donald-trump_n_6800fb8ae4b027910a15d38f

* "Trump’s pick to lead the IRS raked in donations to pay off campaign debt after he was announced:" https://www.politico.com/news/2025/04/16/billy-long-irs-campaign-donations-00293051

* "Trump pick to head IRS raises red flags with sketchy ties, disappearing debt:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/trump-pick-to-head-irs-raises-red-flags-with-sketchy-ties-disappearing-debt-237903941510

* "Minimum Wage Increase for 20 Million Proposed Under New Bill:" https://www.newsweek.com/minimum-wage-increase-20-million-americans-proposed-new-bill-2059403?_bhlid=c646c53e777103df2a00a722dd2405c8418f77fd

* "What the SAVE Act could mean for millions of voters, according to a Brennan Center expert:" https://www.npr.org/2025/04/15/nx-s1-5361192/house-elections-save-act-voting-rights

* "Trump and Republicans Are Leading an Open Assault on Free Elections:" https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-features/trump-republicans-elections-voting-rights-attack-1235316895/

* "In Rural America, the SAVE Act Is a Direct Attack on the Freedom To Vote | Opinion:" https://www.newsweek.com/rural-america-save-act-direct-attack-freedom-vote-opinion-2061138

* "Dem Senators Introduce Logging Bill That Would Hand Over Keys to National Forests to Trump Administration:" https://oregonwild.org/fix-our-forests-senate-antienvironment-bill/

* "The Problems with the Fix Our Forests Act, which Aims to Totally F**k Our Forests:" https://www.youtube.com/shorts/1LUE2J-ujYs

* I can't remotely post all the rally/town hall stuff, I am sorry.

* "Thousands gather for 'Fighting Oligarchy' tour led by Sanders, AOC in Folsom:" https://www.kcra.com/article/bernie-sanders-aoc-fighting-oligarchy-folsom/64488745

* "‘We got ‘em scared!’: AOC and Bernie draw massive crowds in red states:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/-we-got-em-scared-aoc-and-bernie-draw-massive-crowds-in-red-states-237658181542

* "Rep. Dean explains why an anti-Trump town hall moved her to tears:" https://www.msnbc.com/jonathan-capehart/watch/rep-dean-explains-why-an-anti-trump-town-hall-moved-her-to-tears-237926469511

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* Our job for the next two years is to survive, to build grassroots resistance, to do all in our power to slow the republican Christo-fascist agenda, and to prepare for 2026 in case there is still Democracy.

We are trying to build a good list of resistance resources.

Please add more below if you have them.

* Trump 2.0 Indivisible Guide.  https://indivisible.org/resource/guide

* "Democracy 2025:" https://www.democracy2025.org/?utm_source=df-ad&utm_medium=&utm_campaign=21912407002&utm_content=721373734297&source=df-ad-gs&gad_source=1

* "Resisting Fascism in 2025 and Beyond:" https://www.prideandpagesbookclub.com/resisting-fascism-in-2025-and-beyond

* If you can't safely contact them in person, here are some other options for contacting your Congress Critters:

Five Calls to your critters: https://5calls.org/

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

"Congress. gov:" https://www.congress.gov/

White house (Possibly Dangerous): https://www.whitehouse.gov/

ACLU advice for writing to your Critters: https://www.aclu.org/writing-your-elected-representatives

Script to complain about Elon Musk/DOGE. I also suggest contacting your AG about data privacy. "Introducing Red State Scripts, Vol. 1:" https://homewiththearmadillo.blog/2025/02/10/introducing-red-state-scripts-vol-1/

* This tracks legislation: https://www.govtrack.us/

* "Vote Smart:" https://justfacts.votesmart.org/

* Useful organizing links and resources: https://www.tumblr.com/gwydionmisha/771859083592613888/hater-of-terfs-ive-already-reblogged-a-link-to?source=share

* Run for Something: https://runforsomething.net/

* How to render emergency aid in a riot: https://riotmedicine.net/static/downloads/riot-medicine_a5.pdf

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

* Avoiding Activist Burnout: https://www.tumblr.com/veluigi/771755723969478656/on-twitter-im-seeing-dozens-of-threads-from-black?source=share

* "ICE Raids Toolkit: Defend Against ICE Raids and Community Arrests:" https://www.immigrantdefenseproject.org/raids-toolkit/

* Contains a raid tip hotline amoung other things. "Know Your Rights
LEARN HOW TO PROTECT YOURSELF AND YOUR FAMILY:" https://wearecasa.org/know-your-rights/

* Free Bystander training amoung other useful things. "Right to Be Training:" https://righttobe.org/upcoming-free-trainings/

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* "Anti-LGBTQ+ Texas AG Ken Paxton announces U.S. Senate bid:" https://www.advocate.com/politics/ken-paxton-runs-senate

* " Georgia governor signs religious liberty law, worrying LGBTQ+ advocates who say it'll allow discrimination:" https://www.advocate.com/politics/georgia-religious-freedom-act-signed

* "Alabama House passes 'Don't Say Gay,' drag ban, and Ten Commandments bills all at once:" https://www.advocate.com/politics/alabama-gay-drag-ten-commandments

* "'Andy, that's not true:' Texas Republican mocked after admitting he doesn't know what intersex is:" https://www.advocate.com/politics/texas-republican-doesnt-know-intersex

* "Even in liberal Massachusetts, Republicans are attacking trans athletes:" https://www.advocate.com/politics/massachusetts-transgender-sports-ban-advances

* "Out gay Colorado Gov. Jared Polis signs law repealing marriage equality ban:" https://www.advocate.com/politics/colorado-marriage-equality-ban-repealed

* "Budget gets bipartisan support in the Senate: Bill unexpectedly repeals caseload limitations for child protection agency:" https://indianacapitalchronicle.com/2025/04/15/budget-gets-bipartisan-support-in-the-senate/

* Pittsburgh Mayor Ed Gainey Interview: https://www.advocate.com/politics/pittsburgh-mayor-ed-gainey-interview

* "Judge finds Newsmax aired false and defamatory claims about voting-tech company:" https://www.npr.org/2025/04/09/nx-s1-5357885/newsmax-dominion-defamation-2020-election

* "U.K. trans groups respond to high court ruling that trans women aren’t considered women under equalities law:" https://www.advocate.com/news/uk-court-definition-woman-cisgender

* "U.S. activists call U.K. anti-trans ruling 'a serious blow' to human rights:" https://www.advocate.com/news/american-activists-british-antitrans-ruling

* "When Therapists Lose Their Licenses, Some Turn to the Unregulated Life Coaching Industry Instead:" https://www.propublica.org/article/utah-therapists-life-coaches-regulation

* "Americans With Food Allergies Are Getting a Bad Deal:" https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2024/06/food-allergy-read-fda-warning-label/678731/

* CW: Suicide "A Disaster of the U.S. Military’s Own Making:" https://www.nytimes.com/2024/06/19/magazine/suicide-military-austin-valley.html

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* "Why isn’t extreme heat considered a disaster in the U.S.?:" https://www.npr.org/2024/06/18/nx-s1-5003785/extreme-heat-disaster-fema-climate?

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* "Creating a throw-away culture: How companies ingrained plastics in modern life:" https://www.npr.org/2024/06/09/nx-s1-4942415/disposable-plastic-pollution-waste-single-use-recycling-climate-change-fossil-fuels

* "The world is drowning in plastic.:" https://www.propublica.org/article/delusion-advanced-chemical-plastic-recycling-pyrolysis

* "Traffic engineers build roads that invite crashes because they rely on outdated research and faulty data:" https://theconversation.com/traffic-engineers-build-roads-that-invite-crashes-because-they-rely-on-outdated-research-and-faulty-data-223710

* "The West Coast’s Fanciest Stolen Bikes Are Getting Trafficked by One Mastermind in Jalisco, Mexico:" https://www.wired.com/story/silicon-valleys-fanciest-stolen-bikes-trafficked-mastermind-jalisco-mexico/

* "Banks Are Finally Realizing What Climate Change Will Do to Housing:" https://www.wired.com/story/banks-are-finally-realizing-what-climate-change-will-do-to-housing/

* "Potatoes Are the Perfect Vegetable—but You’re Eating Them Wrong:" https://www.wired.com/story/potatoes-are-the-perfect-vegetable-but-youre-eating-them-wrong/

* "Inside the Slimy, Smelly, Secretive World of Glass-Eel Fishing:" https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2024/06/24/inside-the-slimy-smelly-secretive-world-of-glass-eel-fishing

* "These oldest inhabited termite mounds have been active for 34,000 years:" https://apnews.com/article/oldest-termite-mounds-africa-climate-eb9b49dbbbb770c739398cef894a99a8

* "Videos Show That Leeches Can Jump in Pursuit of Blood:" https://www.nytimes.com/2024/06/20/science/jumping-leeches.html?unlocked_article_code=1.1E0.hCBE.hbEw5KUNR8vp&utm_source=DamnInteresting

* "The Koala Paradox: Can Australia find a way to protect its most beloved animal?:" https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2024/07/australia-koala-crisis-protection/678493/

* "Study shows elephants might call each other by name:" https://www.reuters.com/business/environment/study-shows-elephants-might-call-each-other-by-name-2024-06-10/

* "More Than a Century Ago, Flamingos Disappeared From Florida. Now, They’re Coming Home:" https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/more-than-a-century-ago-flamingos-disappeared-from-florida-now-theyre-coming-home-180984492/

* "Records of Pompeii’s survivors have been found – and archaeologists are starting to understand how they rebuilt their lives:" https://theconversation.com/records-of-pompeiis-survivors-have-been-found-and-archaeologists-are-starting-to-understand-how-they-rebuilt-their-lives-230641

* "The Curious Melodic Case of The Regina Music Box :" https://www.collectorsweekly.com/articles/the-curious-melodic-case-of-the-regina-music-box/

* "Letters Reveal the Life of a 20-Something in 18th-Century London:" https://www.mentalfloss.com/posts/letters-life-18th-century-london

* "There’s a Better Way to Teach the California Gold Rush:" https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smithsonian-institution/theres-a-better-way-to-teach-the-california-gold-rush-180984544/

* "No, President Trump, the Income Tax Wasn’t A Mistake. But It Was an Accident.:" https://www.propublica.org/article/history-income-tax-history-16th-amendment-trump-tariffs-great-depression

* "Bubble Girl: The kidnapping that once riveted the nation:" https://theamericanscholar.org/bubble-girl-1/

* "Worse Than Signalgate:" https://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2025/04/world-war-i-accidental-leak/682393/

* "What is "Haute Couture"? And why is it French?:"

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* "The Scandalous History of the Tuxedo:"

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* "How the Fridge Changed Flavor:" https://www.newyorker.com/culture/the-weekend-essay/how-the-fridge-changed-flavor

* "The Best Actress Oscar Race of 1950:"

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* I want to thank everyone who contributed to the Squirrel Fundraiser. They think they will be all right now.

* One of the things we got out of last week's marathon bureaucracy is Goth Millennial is getting paid to be my aid again. We also carved out eight hours a month for New Millennial. They started getting paid for their work Wednesday.

Let us hope I get to keep my home care aid hours. We should find out soon.

I took them both on Wednesday errands, which was delightful. I used the motorized cart and spent as much time as possible while waiting things in the car with my seat reclined, reading. When we got back I was exhausted, but we also needed to do a full sofa change for the second day in a row because the emperor is being above and beyond destructive just now.

Them: I haven't seen you this exhausted after errands in months.
Me: I kept having to use all the spoons last week. There is a price for that.

This is a reminder for those of you who are not disabled or are recently disabled that this is what pushing through DOES when you are disabled. Yes, the Millennials got their job stuff sorted out and I'm re-certified as still disabled (Every five years I need to prove to various agencies that my spine hasn't spontaneously regenerated to a pristine state, nor my joints, nor my lungs.) and I've shored up my SSI stuff best I can, and we got the cleaning done in time for both inspections, etc., etc. But I'm pretty much going to be fucked physically for a couple of weeks and I got way behind on EVERYTHING last week because there wasn't anything left most days so I kept going to bed hungry and very early and didn't do the stuff I can normally manage.

I am going to be paying and paying and paying.

Tavy did get a nice cuddle nap on me, then go sit on Goth Millennial for a while for pettins until the humans needed to rearrange themselves for dinner.

* Something has gone dramatically wrong with my bank account. I suspect paypal allowed a secret autowithdraw again at exactly the wrong time, which I will need to track down, as a bill I'd scheduled to pay with more than enough money in the account rather suddenly caused an overdraft. (I checked it wasn't Amazon prime randomly reactivating again, but it's a pain in the ass finding the right tab on paypal. I will do that next.) I had some cash I'd socked away at the beginning of the month in case I needed it for inspection cleaning. I put it back in in time to patch the hole, but when Insuarnce auto-withdraws hit, I am fucked. I think $70.00 would cover those plus fees.

Want to help? https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/Gwydion

* "HP-like LGBT Books (not written by a TERF):" https://www.tumblr.com/profiterole-reads/666484154723090432/hp-like-lgbt-books-not-written-by-a-terf

* "How Tim Burton Butchered Sweeney Todd:"

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* "Hunger Hurts: Cannibals and Why We're Obsessed with Them:"

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* Interview with Chuck Tingle: https://open.spotify.com/episode/3FycrHnScQ9KViVrcbdx4W?go=1&sp_cid=59b2ae97b301ef8280618aec96e6c4e8&nd=1&dlsi=5c5fb47f80f44c34

* "How Do Religions Use Art?: Crash Course Art History #8:"

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* "Why autism portrayal is one-dimensional—and how to change it | Chloé Hayden | TEDxSydney Youth:"

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* "Shop 'til You Drop: Horror's Condemnation of Overconsumption:"

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* "Illustrious Iliad:" https://www.youtube.com/shorts/M9qW-z39hrk

* "The White Potus - SNL:"

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* "Medication Ad - SNL:"

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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.

* "United States Disappeared Tracker:" https://public.tableau.com/app/profile/danielleharlow/viz/UnitedStatesDisappearedTracker/Map

* "Nationwide Economic Blackout: Boycott Dates for Target, Amazon, Others:" https://www.newsweek.com/nationwide-economic-blackout-boycott-dates-target-amazon-others-2037986

* "Introducing Rise Up: Federal Workers Legal Defense Network:" https://aflcio.org/2025/4/16/introducing-rise-federal-workers-legal-defense-network

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* "Niger coup widely condemned, countries urge return to order:" https://www.reuters.com/world/africa/niger-president-says-democracy-will-be-saved-following-coup-2023-07-27/

* "Can Israel's Supreme Court Disqualify the First Law of Netanyahu's Judicial Coup?:" https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/2023-07-24/ty-article/.premium/can-the-high-court-block-the-new-law-that-limits-its-actions-against-israeli-government/00000189-88a1-d5eb-abcb-f9e725150000

* "Netanyahu Government's Vindictive Anti-democratic Campaign Becomes Law:" https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/haaretz-today/2023-07-24/ty-article/.premium/netanyahu-governments-vindictive-anti-democratic-campaign-becomes-law/00000189-8821-d964-a789-9a2500390000

* "Protests rock Israel as it passes curbs on some Supreme Court powers:" https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/israels-netanyahu-discharged-hospital-reuters-witness-says-2023-07-24/

* "‘Blood Everywhere’: As Israel’s Protests Ramp Up, the Police Crack Down:" https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/2023-07-20/ty-article-magazine/.premium/blood-everywhere-as-israels-protests-ramp-up-the-police-crack-down/00000189-6eb8-d7ac-ab8b-ffbaa0c20000

* "Huge Protest March Reaches Jerusalem After 5-Day Trek From Tel Aviv:" https://www.nytimes.com/2023/07/22/world/middleeast/jerusalem-protest-march-israel.html

* "Spanish election's nail-biting finish makes hung parliament likely:" https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/spain-heads-close-run-polls-marked-by-spectre-far-right-2023-07-23/

* "Government urged not to house LGBTQ+ refugees on ‘barbaric’ migrant barge:" https://www.thepinknews.com/2023/07/28/bibby-stockholm-lgbtq-migrants/

* "British Prime Minister Sunak narrowly avoids wipeout in local polls:" https://www.reuters.com/world/uk/uk-pm-sunaks-conservatives-win-boris-johnsons-former-parliamentary-seat-2023-07-21/

* "Susan Hall: Tory London mayor candidate is ‘hard-right’ Trump fan who wants trans women out of sports:" https://www.thepinknews.com/2023/07/20/susan-hall-tory-london-mayor-candidate-trump-gender-critical/

* "What the UK’s incoming flexible working laws mean for you:" https://www.thepinknews.com/2023/07/21/what-the-uks-incoming-flexible-working-laws-mean-for-you/

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* "Russia attacks Danube grain export route vital for Ukraine:" https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/russia-attack-odesa-destroys-grains-depot-injures-four-ukraine-military-2023-07-24/

* "Sea drones and the counteroffensive in Crimea:" https://www.reuters.com/graphics/UKRAINE-CRISIS/CRIMEA/gdvzwrmrlpw/

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* "Judge knocks down Biden’s asylum policy as illegal border crossings dip:" https://www.politico.com/news/2023/07/25/biden-asylum-policy-immigration-00108074

* "Pressured by Joe Biden, AI companies agree to guardrails on new tools:" https://indianexpress.com/article/world/joe-biden-ai-companies-agree-to-guardrails-on-new-tools-8854274/

I'll believe it when I see dramatic improvement. I suspect they are just trying to duck the creation of strict federal regulation, but I'd love to be wrong.

* "Biden will designate a national monument honoring Emmett Till and his mother:" https://www.npr.org/2023/07/23/1189664409/emmett-till-national-monuments-biden

* "Don't let the black and white photos fool you, the historic fight for civil rights is still happening:" https://www.msnbc.com/alex-wagner-tonight/watch/don-t-let-the-black-and-white-photos-fool-you-the-historic-fight-for-civil-rights-is-still-happening-189280837843

* Regulations are written in blood."After decades of delays and broken promises, coal miners hail rule to slow rise of black lung:" https://apnews.com/article/black-lung-silica-dust-coal-mining-west-virginia-be722098fcf2a20b16bd73ca12c06c7e

* "Judge says she's not ready to accept Hunter Biden's plea deal:" https://www.npr.org/2023/07/26/1190211798/hunter-biden-plea-tax-charges

* "White House shuts down possibility of Hunter Biden pardon:" https://www.foxnews.com/politics/white-house-shuts-down-possibility-hunter-biden-pardon

* "Psaki on Hunter Biden probe: Biden values DOJ independence. I saw it firsthand.:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/psaki-on-hunter-biden-probe-biden-values-doj-independence-i-saw-it-firsthand-189359173742

* "Trump vow to weaponize DOJ against Bidens trips up case against Hunter: Analysis:" https://www.msnbc.com/alex-wagner-tonight/watch/trump-vow-to-weaponize-doj-against-bidens-trips-up-case-against-hunter-189369925589

* "Supreme Court clears path for Mountain Valley Pipeline construction to resume:" https://www.politico.com/news/2023/07/27/supreme-court-clears-path-for-mountain-valley-construction-to-resume-00108076

* "This Is How Conservatives Manufactured an LGBTQ+ Rights Supreme Court Case:" https://www.advocate.com/law/303-creative-lgbtq-rights-scotus

* "McConnell’s Dream of a Segregated U.S. Is Being Realized:" https://www.advocate.com/voices/supreme-court-anti-lgbtq

* "SCOTUS Lets Trans Woman's Discrimination Suit in Virginia Go Forward:" https://www.advocate.com/law/supreme-court-transgender-woman-discrimination

* "US economic growth accelerated in 2nd quarter, exceeding expectations and quieting recession fears:" https://abcnews.go.com/Business/us-economy-expected-grown-slowed-dispelling-recession-fears/story?id=101664985

* "The Fed's hot pause summer gets an ice bath: Interest rates rise again:" https://www.npr.org/2023/07/26/1190093285/fed-federal-reserve-interest-rates-borrowing-inflation

* "One year old, US climate law is already turbocharging clean energy technology:" https://apnews.com/article/inflation-reduction-act-renewable-energy-policy-economy-d5b0a7f15659930c6c15f0d180b193e8

* "Jaime Colindres lived at the American Hotel in the 1990s and again for about five years in the 2010s.
LA Promised to Preserve Low-Cost Housing. These Tenants’ Homes Were Turned Into Hotel Rooms Anyway.:" https://www.propublica.org/article/meet-people-uprooted-by-american-hotel-los-angeles

* "Hotel workers kick off third wave of strikes in Hollywood, Pasadena:" https://www.latimes.com/business/story/2023-07-20/hotel-workers-third-wave-strikes-hollywood-pasadena

* "For fast food workers, organizing poses extra challenges:" https://www.kcrw.com/news/shows/greater-la/traffic-filipino-protests/fast-food-strike

* "French Film Guilds Pledge ‘Full Solidarity’ With SAG-AFTRA and WGA Strikes; SFA Leader Hopes to Host Event by End of Summer:" https://ca.finance.yahoo.com/news/french-film-guilds-pledge-full-145927765.html

* They are determined despite not being able to to find a scrap of credible evidence. "McCarthy: GOP’s Biden probes ‘rising to the level of impeachment inquiry’ :" https://www.politico.com/news/2023/07/25/kevin-mccarthy-impeachment-inquiry-biden-00107955

* "Inside Kevin McCarthy’s secret promise to expunge Trump’s record:" https://www.politico.com/news/2023/07/20/kevin-mccarthy-donald-trump-impeachment-expunge-promise-00107236

* "‘These people look pathetic’: Pelosi slams McCarthy on expunging Trump impeachments :" https://www.politico.com/news/2023/07/23/pelosi-slams-mccarthy-expunge-trump-impeachments-00107727

* "House Democrats Introduce Gender-Neutral Laws Bill:" https://www.advocate.com/politics/democrats-push-gender-neutral-laws

* "LGBTQ+ Democrats push for America to stop funding Uganda over anti-homosexuality law:" https://www.thepinknews.com/2023/07/12/lgbtq-democrats-uganda-funding-robert-garcia/

* "Democrats Introduce Bill to Make PrEP Available to More Americans:" https://www.advocate.com/law/prep-drug-protection-bill

* "US senator JD Vance moves to ban all gender-affirming care for trans minors across the nation:" https://www.thepinknews.com/2023/07/21/gender-affirming-care-ban-jd-vance/

* "House Republicans Schedule ‘Mean-Spirited’ Hearing on Gender-Affirming Care:" https://www.advocate.com/politics/house-republicans-bigoted-care-hearing

* "National Anti-Trans Bans Loom: Will Democrats Surrender Trans Rights?:" https://www.erininthemorning.com/p/national-anti-trans-bans-loom-will

Now is an excellent time to tell your Democratic Congress Critters trans Healthcare is important

* "Heritage Foundation Says That Of Course GOP Will Use KOSA To Censor LGBTQ Content :" https://www.techdirt.com/2023/05/24/heritage-foundation-says-that-of-course-gop-will-use-kosa-to-censor-lgbtq-content/

Some Democrats are siding with their effort to let the most conservative state censor us all for being queer on the Internet.

Please, please, please don't sleep on this.

* "Another action item, this one’s worse: KOSA:" https://solarbird.dreamwidth.org/1929643.html

* 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

* "Democrats say new Alabama congressional map shorts Black voters:" https://www.reuters.com/world/us/alabama-lawmakers-clash-over-black-voters-redistricting-deadline-looms-2023-07-21/

* Republicans are strongly opposed to the rule of law. "Alabama Republicans refuse to draw a second Black congressional district in defiance of Supreme Court:" https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/elections/alabama-gop-refuses-draw-second-black-district-supreme-court-order-rcna94715

* "Why Alabama Republicans may be plotting something bigger with defiance of Supreme Court:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/why-alabama-republicans-may-be-plotting-something-bigger-with-defiance-of-supreme-court-189197893875

* "Rudy Giuliani concedes he made false statements against 2 Georgia election workers:" https://www.npr.org/2023/07/26/1190173929/rudy-giuliani-georgia-election-workers

* "'You can't lie in the court of law': Trump's Big Lie hits brick wall in court:" https://www.msnbc.com/alex-wagner-tonight/watch/-you-can-t-lie-in-the-court-of-law-trump-s-big-lie-hits-brick-wall-in-court-189364293995

* "‘I have been indicted,’ says suspect in Michigan vote machine tampering probe:" https://www.bridgemi.com/michigan-government/i-have-been-indicted-says-suspect-michigan-vote-machine-tampering-probe

* "A Black Man Was Elected Mayor in Rural Alabama, but the White Town Leaders Won’t Let Him Serve:" https://capitalbnews.org/newbern-alabama-black-mayor/

* "‘Manchin is dreaming:’ What the third-party push gets wrong about America:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/-manchin-is-dreaming-what-the-third-party-push-gets-wrong-about-america-189361733734

* RFK Jr. is the worst. Please do not vote for him. "RFK Jr. Clashes With Sean Hannity, Says U.S. ‘Pushed’ Ukraine War:" https://www.thedailybeast.com/rfk-jr-clashes-with-sean-hannity-during-fox-news-town-hall-says-us-pushed-ukraine-war

* "DeSantis lets go of more than a third of campaign staff as reset continues:" https://www.politico.com/news/2023/07/25/desantis-lets-go-of-more-than-1-3-of-campaign-staff-as-reset-continues-00108046

* Well that's on brand. "Canceled Documentary Details DeSantis’ Time at Gitmo, Including Allegedly Overseeing Forced Feedings:" https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/desantis-guantanamo-force-feedings-canceled-documentary-1234793826/

* Republicans aren't even pretending they aren't NAZIs anymore. "Mask Off: DeSantis Staffer Reportedly Shares Video of DeSantis and Giant Nazi Symbol:" https://newrepublic.com/post/174555/desantis-staffer-reportedly-shares-video-desantis-giant-nazi-symbol

* "DeSantis doubles down on claim that some Blacks benefited from slavery:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2023/07/22/desantis-slavery-curriculum/

* "Dictator-wannabe Donald Trump praises Xi Jinping as a "perfect" leader who rules "with an iron fist":" https://boingboing.net/2023/07/19/dictator-wannabe-donald-trump-praises-xi-jinping-as-a-perfect-leader-who-rules-with-an-iron-fist-video.html

* "People Aren’t Facing Up to the Horrors a New Trump Term Would Bring:" https://newrepublic.com/article/174535/people-arent-facing-horrors-new-trump-term-bring

* "The Potential Danger of a Trump Second Term:" https://www.msnbc.com/jonathan-capehart/watch/the-potential-danger-of-a-trump-second-term-189092933676

* "Let's talk about Trump's angry new rhetoric....:"

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* "Rep. Paul Gosar promotes another antisemitic site that praises Hitler and denies the Holocaust:" https://www.mediamatters.org/diversity-discrimination/rep-paul-gosar-promotes-another-antisemitic-site-praises-hitler-and-denies

* "McConnell episode alarms Senate GOP:" https://www.politico.com/news/2023/07/26/mcconnell-abruptly-leaves-press-conference-after-feeling-light-headed-00108318

* "Texas A.G.'s PAC makes 'amazing' donation to Lt. Gov. presiding over his impeachment trial:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/ahead-of-texas-ag-s-impeachment-trial-his-pac-donates-millions-to-lt-gov-running-trial-189198917594

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* CW: Sexual Abuse "Trump loses bid for new trial in E. Jean Carroll case:" https://www.politico.com/news/2023/07/19/trump-loses-bid-new-trial-carroll-00107025

* "Timeline: Manhattan DA's Stormy Daniels hush money case against Donald Trump:" https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/timeline-manhattan-district-attorney-case-donald-trump/story?id=98389444

* "Rep. Schiff on Trump's Potential Third Indictment:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/psaki-to-gop-candidates-defending-trump-what-is-your-endgame-189186629934

* "Trump grand jury hears testimony from aide who was with him on Jan. 6:" https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/justice-department/trump-grand-jury-hear-testimony-aide-was-jan-6-rcna94998

* "Let's talk about Trump's legal team being surprised....:"

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* "Trump court schedule puts rule of law on the ballot; Alabama GOP already rejecting courts:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/trump-court-schedule-puts-rule-of-law-on-the-ballot-alabama-gop-already-rejecting-courts-189196869576

* "Feds sought surveillance video from State Farm Arena in Trump probe:" https://www.ajc.com/politics/exclusive-feds-sought-surveillance-video-from-state-farm-arena/TWLKTY4KGFB25DUPSPZXUEDFL4/

* "Trump Tried to Delete Mar-a-Lago Security Footage to Thwart Investigators:" https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/trump-carlos-de-oliveira-mar-a-lago-classified-docs-1234796376/

* "Why Jack Smith waited until now to charge Trump for secret Iran document flaunted on tape:" https://www.msnbc.com/alex-wagner-tonight/watch/why-jack-smith-waited-until-now-to-charge-trump-for-secret-iran-document-flaunted-on-tape-189453893613

* "Prosecutors looking at meeting at which Trump expressed confidence in voting security:" https://www.msnbc.com/alex-wagner-tonight/watch/prosecutors-looking-at-meeting-at-which-trump-expressed-confidence-in-voting-security-189277765722

* "I served on the Jan. 6 committee. Jack Smith is vindicating our work.:" https://www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnbc-opinion/trump-indictment-looming-jan-6-committee-zoe-lofgren-rcna96471

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* "Six months. 28 mass killings in the US. That’s the worst yet, and all but one case involved guns:" https://apnews.com/article/mass-killings-record-gun-violence-0174103c37756fe4d247fd15cd3bc009

* "Derailing the defund: How SPD manipulated the media narrative around the 2020 protests:" https://www.realchangenews.org/news/2023/07/19/derailing-defund-how-spd-manipulated-media-narrative-around-2020-protests

* "Seattle police kept mock tombstone for Black man, Trump flag in break room, video shows:" https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/law-justice/seattle-police-kept-mock-tombstone-for-black-man-trump-flag-in-break-room-video-shows/

* "Video Confirms that Officer Was Going 74 MPH, Did Not Have Siren Running When He Struck Pedestrian:" https://publicola.com/2023/07/20/video-confirms-that-officer-was-going-74-mph-was-not-running-siren-when-he-killed-pedestrian/

* "New Police Body Cam Data Exposes the True Scale of NYPD Violence Against Protesters:" https://www.wired.com/story/nypd-george-floyd-nyc-protester-settlement/

* "New York to pay $13 million to protesters arrested during George Floyd protests:" https://www.reuters.com/world/us/new-york-pay-13-million-protesters-arrested-during-george-floyd-protests-2023-07-20/

* "A Trooper Issued More than 1,000 Fake Tickets. Connecticut Police Won’t Say Whether He Still Has a Job.:" https://archive.ph/jTv5E#selection-1661.0-1675.272

"A single state trooper logged 1,350 fraudulent traffic tickets into a Connecticut database meant to detect racial profiling. The finding is key to a damning new audit of the Connecticut State Police, which reveals pervasive trooper malfeasance, including at least 26,000 false tickets logged over seven years, that masked racial bias in the force’s policing. Now, the CSP refuses to discuss the audit — or even reveal if the most-prolific ticket faker still has a badge."

* "Why Do White Supremacist Groups Often Include Latinos? :" https://advocatechannel.com/white-supremacist-groups-latinos

* Don't forget to vote in school board elections, because they will remember. "Chaos at the School Board:" https://www.propublica.org/series/chaos-at-the-school-board

* "Florida Board of Education OK's Anti-LGBTQ+ Policies, Sanitized View of Slavery:" https://www.advocate.com/education/florida-schools-anti-lgbtq

"Among the new standards OK’d for teaching about slavery and racism is one that requires “instruction for middle school students to include ‘how slaves developed skills which, in some instances, could be applied for their personal benefit,’” CNN reports. The NAACP issued a press release calling this “a sanitized and dishonest telling of the history of slavery in America.”

A policy on racially motivated massacres, which occurred in Florida towns and elsewhere in the 20th century, mandates inclusion of “acts of violence perpetrated against and by African Americans,” even though most of the violence was committed by whites against Blacks."

* "Florida tries to defend its revisionist history on slavery:" https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2023/7/21/2182564/-Florida-tries-to-defend-its-revisionist-history-on-slavery

* "Infamous right-wing online group's programming approved for Florida students:" https://www.msnbc.com/alex-wagner-tonight/watch/right-wing-online-group-s-programming-approved-for-florida-students-189279813581

* "Maxwell Frost rips new Florida curriculum as bid to ‘erase Black history’:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/maxwell-frost-rips-new-florida-curriculum-as-bid-to-erase-black-history-189270597974

* "School district approves materials mentioning Harvey Milk after governor threatens $1.5 million fine:" https://www.thepinknews.com/2023/07/22/california-school-district-materials-harvey-milk-approve-fine/

* "VA: Youngkin’s Anti-Trans School Rules Prohibit Uncommon Nicknames:" https://www.assignedmedia.org/breaking-news/va-youngkins-anti-trans-school-rules-prohibit-uncommon-nicknames

* "They Checked Out Pride Books in Protest. It Backfired.:" https://www.nytimes.com/2023/07/22/us/pride-books-library-protest.html

* CW: Child Sexual Abuse. "Why Do Neo-Nazis Keep Getting Arrested For Child Sexual Abuse Material?:" https://www.vice.com/en/article/3akvbw/why-do-neo-nazis-keep-getting-arrested-for-child-porn

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* "Infant deaths surge in Texas after abortion ban:" https://arstechnica.com/health/2023/07/infant-deaths-surge-in-texas-after-abortion-ban/

"The new grim statistics are only expected to worsen. Abortion bans and restrictions are known to increase infant deaths, maternal deaths, and maternal suffering. And the US already has the worst maternal and infant mortality rates of any other high-income country in the world."

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* "Gender-Affirming Care Bans Often Modeled by Anti-LGBTQ+ Groups: Report:" https://www.advocate.com/politics/gender-affirming-care-bans-bills

* CW: Suicide. "80% of Transgender Americans Have Considered Suicide:" https://www.advocate.com/health/transgender-alarming-suicide-rate

* "Breaking Down Rapid-Onset Gender Dysphoria:"

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* "Lesbian mums in Italy ‘living in fear’ as government strips names from birth certificates:" https://www.thepinknews.com/2023/07/26/lesbian-mums-italy-birth-certificates-giorgia-meloni/

* "Yandex CEO Charged Under Russia’s Anti-LGBTQ+ “Propaganda” Laws:" https://www.advocate.com/business/yandex-ceo-russia-propaganda-lgbtq

* "Matty Healy’s gay kiss stunt is white saviourism that could harm LGBTQ+ Malaysians, says singer" https://www.thepinknews.com/2023/07/26/matt-healy-malaysia-lgbtq-rufus-sivaroshan/

* "Peru court offers same-sex marriage hope for LGBTQ+ couples:" https://www.thepinknews.com/2023/07/22/peru-same-sex-marriage-court/

* "Teen Pleads Guilty to Brutal Attack on Lesbian Couple:" https://www.advocate.com/crime/lesbian-couple-attacked-dublin

* "Suella Braverman suggests ‘trans ideology’ book as summer reading:" https://www.thepinknews.com/2023/07/21/suella-braverman-helen-joyce-summer-reading/

* "Labour ‘placating gender critics’ with latest U-turn – and trans members have had enough:" https://www.thepinknews.com/2023/07/26/labour-trans-anneliese-dodds-keir-starmer-gender/

* "Keir Starmer repeats anti-trans dogwhistle, claiming a woman is an ‘adult female’:" https://www.thepinknews.com/2023/07/26/keir-starmer-labour-trans-adult-female/

* "Brianna Ghey suspect pleads not guilty to murder of trans girl:" https://www.thepinknews.com/2023/07/20/brianna-ghey-suspect-pleads-not-guilty-to-murder-of-trans-girl/

* "Gay man hits back at ‘disgusting’ decorator who refused work due to Christian beliefs:" https://www.thepinknews.com/2023/07/27/bristol-gay-man-discrimination-painter/

* "The Right Is Using the Anti-Abortion Supreme Court Ruling to Attack Trans Care. Will It Work?:" https://www.advocate.com/law/dobbs-gender-affirming-care-transgender

* "In the war over transgender rights, Florida is ground zero. One woman’s battle to survive:" https://www.latimes.com/politics/story/2023-07-20/transgender-laws-florida

* "Arlington Public Schools Say "No," Refuse To Comply With Anti-Trans State Policy:" https://www.erininthemorning.com/p/arlington-public-schools-say-no-refuse

* "Mum of 11-year-old at centre of trans bathroom ban case speaks out: ‘She’s just a person’:" https://www.thepinknews.com/2023/07/20/wisconsin-trans-girl-mother-bathroom-ban-school-policy/

* "Judge blocks ‘hateful’ Arizona ban on trans girls playing sports:" https://www.thepinknews.com/2023/07/22/arizona-trans-girls-sports-ban-temporary-injunction/

* "What States Have the Most Anti-LGBTQ+ Hate Crimes? :" https://www.advocate.com/hate-crimes/hate-crime-lgbtq-states

* "Pro-LGBTQ+ church set on fire following video of visit by right-wing YouTuber:" https://www.thepinknews.com/2023/07/28/pro-lgbtq-church-firebombed/

* "Chris Rufo Claims Trans Acceptance Threatens Reality Itself:" https://www.assignedmedia.org/breaking-news/chris-rufo-claims-trans-acceptance-threatens-reality-itself

* "'Refugees in the USA': Transgender care bans cause families to pull up stakes:" https://www.mprnews.org/story/2023/07/20/refugees-in-the-usa-transgender-care-bans-cause-families-to-pull-up-stakes

* "How Women’s World Cup players are defying FIFA’s Pride rainbow ban:" https://www.thepinknews.com/2023/07/28/womens-world-cup-lgbtq-pride-onelove-armband/

* "2023 Treatment Guide: Is it Time to Change Your HIV Regimen?:" https://www.hivplusmag.com/treatment-guide/10-reasons-to-change-your-hiv-regimen

* "How Living with HIV is Criminalized:"

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* "Growing up gay with cerebral palsy: ‘Too gay for the disabled people and too disabled for the gays’:" https://www.thepinknews.com/2023/07/25/emmett-de-monterey-cerebral-palsy-gay/

* "We are failing young people by not trusting them to be the experts about their own lives:" https://www.thepinknews.com/2023/07/28/young-people-experts-disability/

* "Colorado’s new right-to-repair law ensures tractor and wheelchair owners get the parts they need:" https://techcrunch.com/2023/04/25/colorados-new-right-to-repair-law-ensures-tractor-and-wheelchair-owners-get-the-parts-they-need/?guccounter=1&guce_referrer=aHR0cHM6Ly9jb251bHkuZHJlYW13aWR0aC5vcmcv&guce_referrer_sig=AQAAAAp5W8XviPTARKL9KycaPqUgz-13Q0sIePzadxd_ULg8Y6Rbc1jutI4xxn8YVgOiIxogdxuRzqzdIOzRoZH5kityHg9tP7rLF8AbbYZtTbdJXMUYX9dmqjcitsttnkEVFFhf6y_8-B_p05FpQu0CYmLMpu7vth4pEBuii5SCvje2

* "How can businesses support disabled employees?:" https://www.thepinknews.com/2023/07/27/how-can-businesses-support-disabled-employees/

* "Why our voices change as we get older:" https://theconversation.com/why-our-voices-change-as-we-get-older-208640

* "Reinventing the E.R. for America’s Mental-Health Crisis:" https://www.newyorker.com/science/annals-of-medicine/reinventing-the-er-for-americas-mental-health-crisis

* I support harm reduction. "Harm Reduction: Young People in Appalachia and the South Are Addressing the Overdose Crisis:" https://www.teenvogue.com/story/harm-reduction-young-people-overdoses

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* "Climate Disasters Daily? Welcome to the ‘New Normal.’:" https://www.nytimes.com/2023/07/10/climate/climate-change-extreme-weather.html

* "Climate change role in July heatwaves 'overwhelming', scientists say:" https://www.reuters.com/world/climate-change-role-july-heatwaves-overwhelming-scientists-say-2023-07-25/

* "Gulf Stream shutoff could happen this century, scientists warn:" https://www.politico.eu/article/climate-change-gulf-stream-atlantic-ocean-global-warming-nature-ditlevsen-copenhagen/

* "What People With Disabilities Know About Surviving Climate Disasters:" https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2023-06-22/in-climate-disasters-people-with-disabilities-are-getting-left-behind

* "Let's talk about 80 million at 105 degrees....:"

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* "Maricopa County Medical Examiner at 106% capacity, bringing in coolers:" https://www.abc15.com/news/region-phoenix-metro/maricopa-county-medical-examiner-at-106-capacity-bringing-in-coolers

* I mildly burned my feet on black top Tuesday a week ago in about a minute, and it's not nearly that hot here.

Be careful folks, and keep children and animals off pavement."Toddler receives second-degree burns to feet from hot playground in Castle Rock: "It's dangerous":" https://www.cbsnews.com/colorado/news/toddler-receives-second-degree-burns-feet-hot-playground-castle-rock-dangerous/

* "Monsoon floods threaten India's Taj Mahal, but officials say the iconic building will be safe:" https://www.cbsnews.com/news/monsoon-floods-threaten-indias-taj-mahal-but-officials-say-the-iconic-building-will-be-safe/

* "Nova Scotia floods cause 'unimaginable' damage; four people missing:" https://www.reuters.com/business/environment/atlantic-canada-province-says-dam-could-breach-tell-residents-get-out-2023-07-22/

* "‘Concrete Coffins’: Surviving Extreme Heat Behind Bars:" https://www.themarshallproject.org/2023/07/22/texas-heat-prison-louisiana

* "Texas charges prisoners 50% more for water as heat wave continues:" https://www.kut.org/health/2023-07-20/texas-charges-prisoners-50-more-for-water-for-as-heat-wave-continues

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* "Tornado damage to Pfizer plant will probably create long-term shortages of some drugs hospitals need:" https://apnews.com/article/pfizer-factory-tornado-drugs-north-carolina-3ce4b4ee0be984f751e0173091a3cdd7

* "How Bricks Made From Invasive Seaweed Clean Mexico's Beaches:"

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* "Elon Sues The Lawyers That Forced Him to Buy Twitter:"

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* "X Isn’t a Super App. It’s Just Twitter:" https://www.wired.com/story/twitter-x-rebrand-elon-musk/

* "Elon Musk’s Twitter rebrand to ‘X’ is a total disaster. Here’s what’s happened so far:" https://www.thepinknews.com/2023/07/26/elon-musks-twitter-x-rebrand-disaster/

* "‘Mom, these bad men have me’: She believes scammers cloned her daughter’s voice in a fake kidnapping :" https://www.cnn.com/2023/04/29/us/ai-scam-calls-kidnapping-cec/index.html

* "Legends Summarized: The Epic of Gilgamesh:"

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* "Eating The Heart Of A King:"

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* CW: Child Abuse "The Dark Secrets Buried at Red Cloud Boarding School:" https://www.wired.com/story/marsha-small-red-cloud-boarding-school/

* "Clinging to the Enigma of Rock Hudson:" https://www.advocate.com/television/rock-hudson-documentary

* "Susan Love, Outspoken Lesbian Doctor and Breast Cancer Expert, Dies at 75:" https://www.advocate.com/obituaries/susan-love-dead-breast-cancer

* "Steven Pieters, Longtime HIV Activist Interviewed by Tammy Faye Bakker, Dies at 71:" https://www.advocate.com/obituaries/steven-pieters-obituary

* "Sue Johanson, Who Gave Witty Sex Advice, Dead at 92:" https://www.advocate.com/obituaries/sex-adviser-sue-johanson-dies

* "Cheri Pies, pioneering author of lesbian parent handbook, dies of cancer, aged 73:" https://www.thepinknews.com/2023/07/25/cheri-pies-lesbian-parent-handbook-dies-cancer/

* "Appreciation: Sinéad O’Connor was right all along:" https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/music/story/2023-07-27/sinead-oconnor-dies-snl-catholic-church-protest

* "All the ways queer icon Sinéad O’Connor proved she was a fearless LGBTQ+ ally:" https://www.thepinknews.com/2023/07/27/sinead-oconnor-lgbtq-ally-irish-singer-dead/

* "Sinéad O’Connor risked it all to give voice to the powerless and call out the Catholic Church:" https://www.thepinknews.com/2023/07/27/sinead-o-connor-death-catholic-church-snl/

* Our movement must be intersectional. We must all have each other's backs. Leave no one's rights behind. "50+ Years Since Stonewall, 20 Years After Lawrence, We Still Fight Criminalization:" https://www.advocate.com/voices/lgbtq-criminal-justice-system

* "I’m a Luddite (and So Can You!):" https://thenib.com/im-a-luddite/

* Why people didn't come out in High School (Hate Speech, Bullying, Hate Crime, Child Abuse): https://www.tumblr.com/gwydionmisha/723812206710489088/i-figured-out-who-i-was-over-the-course-of-the?source=share

* "The Outsiders | Toxic Masculinity vs. Vulnerability:"

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* "The History of Gay Hollywood:"

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* "The Black Reclamation of the Body Snatchers:"

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* "RENT and the Mainstreaming of Queer Suffering:"

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* "Chuck Tingle Goes Mainstream...ish:" https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/authors/profiles/article/92146-chuck-tingle-goes-mainstream-ish.html

* "“Horror Is Not a Celebration of Death, It Is a Celebration of Life”: Chuck Tingle Talks Camp Damascus:" https://www.tor.com/2023/07/11/horror-is-not-a-celebration-of-death-it-is-a-celebration-of-life-chuck-tingle-talks-camp-damascus/

* "Camp Damascus is a Hopeful Story of Queer Struggle and Survival:" https://gizmodo.com/camp-damascus-chuck-tingle-review-book-horror-queer-1850668427

* "The Foggy Dew - Sinéad O’Connor & The Chieftains, 1995:"

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* "Sinéad O'Connor - Nothing Compares 2 U:"

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* "Sinéad O'Connor - I Am Stretched on Your Grave:"

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* Sunday was a trip to the Lake with Millennials. No rich children stole my crutch this time. We had a really good swim, but the current was above average strong and at some point I was like, "Oh shit! There's the swim boouy! We are in the middle of the boat lanes. We swam back. It was fine. They put in an outdoor shower this year, which is a huge help. After we showered we ate finger foods and chatted.

I stopped by the bathrooms on the way to my car and OMG! It was one of those things where there was a perfectly logical explanation from the perspective of the three of us already in the bathroom, but like opening a door into chaos for the other two people involved.

This bathroom is tiny. Three stalls on your left. Across from that a big metal communal urinal. The sink and mirror give an excellent view of the door and also a small bench they jammed in against the door wall. It's almost 6:30PM on a crowded hot weekend. it's a couple hours before sunset, so the park is less crowded than when we arrived 4ish, but people are still arriving and the bathroom is Trashed. The little beach strip is more mud then sand and people have been tracking water and black mud/sand in there for about ten hours and there is tp paper mache all over the ground and the toilets desperately need cleaning.

So I step out of the stall, just as a person is heading to the nasty ass urinal trench thing. Another guy is climbing up on the bench to change, because he understandably doesn't want to be barefoot on that floor and then put on shoes to drive home. Bench guy is soon full on pooh bear over my right shoulder as i wash my hands, which takes a while because the water keeps auto shutting off, so I have to stop and restart every few seconds. Perfectly framed over my left shoulder is the door, which swings open.

It's two gentlemen, one of whom beelines for the urinal. The other freezes in horror and starts yelling, "Wrong bathroom! Wrong bathroom!" I have very long hair. I am wearing a mask because I'm in a small, poorly ventilated place. I have on a black tee and my trunks look like goth shorts. My sandals are of an ubiquitous style worn my any gender in my region in good weather. I'm very androgynous. I think it was my hair causing the initial panic, but his head turned to follow his friend's trajectory to the 2-3 person piss trench and he saw bench guy crouched pantsless behind me like a downhill skier doing the streak, as if he was possibly about to pounce on my back, and his cries of wrong bathroom got a lot more shrill. In my head I'm picturing the Guy in Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas who walks in on hippies liking a guy's jacket. His oblivious friend is doing his business, the other guy is about to leave. I turn and head towards the poor panicky guy and am like: It's the right bathroom. I have long hair.

We have accidentally traumatized a guy who was clearly not ready for the PNW weird.

A couple millennials came back for dinner. Once we arrived, I realized just how fucked I was. I'd swum too long and my arms were DONE. Luckily, I'd dropped off New Millennial to get their car and a take 'n bake, so I could just lung and rest up. They ended up staying very late talking. I closed down the apartment for the night and went to bed.

I could have gotten up nineish, but I decided to read Camp Damascus in between pettins and supplemental sleep all day, which turned out to be a good call. I have this thing where I promise the Millennials that if they are ever stranded at one of the further bits of town they can call me and if I physically can, I will come get them. Bus service is even shittier out there and there's a severe lack of shelters to wait in. It was pouring down at a rate that was threatening to flood low lying areas. A Millennial was trapped at the back of beyond with a long drenching slog to the bus. Of course I went, but it turned into a a much longer trip than intended for reasons that were no one's fault. I got them home and reasonably dry though, and I'm not sorry.

It did eat and extra chunk of evening though, and I'm really chewed up from swimming. I am very glad I got the aggregate out Friday, because I'm not up to much posting this evening.

We plan to do lake swimming on Sundays all August, which will effect posting schedule.

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

* Secrecy in Dracula: https://www.tumblr.com/vickyvicarious/724040479037161472/your-meta-made-me-think-that-secrecy-sealing?source=share

* "A princess died in the Snow:" https://www.tumblr.com/seananmcguire/723388026724745216?source=share

* "Midnight Pals: Little Longfellow War:" https://www.tumblr.com/bitterkarella/723927370035265536/midnight-pals-little-longfellow-war?source=share

* "Midnight Pals: Long Longfellow War:" https://www.tumblr.com/bitterkarella/724022759803535360/midnight-pals-long-longfellow-war?source=share

* "Midnight Pals: Escape Antics:" https://www.tumblr.com/bitterkarella/724113850793869312/midnight-pals-escape-antics?source=share

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

The help links are at the bottom under the cut.

* Want to help queer folk in Russia?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

( Links Underneath: )

* I still have a stupid amount of prepped links waiting to get scaffolded, but i am exhausted and most of the time sensative stuyff is here.

* CW: Rape "In Ethiopia war, new abuse charges put focus on Tigrayan former rulers:" https://www.reuters.com/investigates/special-report/ethiopia-conflict-tplf/

* "Parents selling children shows desperation of Afghanistan:"https://apnews.com/article/afghanistan-poverty-marriage-taliban-6edf1acfd3849773b3cf6be1c2eb61fa

* "These judges sent murderers to prison. When they were freed by the Taliban, the killers were hell-bent on revenge:" https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-12-29/inside-the-daring-plan-to-spirit-brave-judges-out-of-afghanistan/100714310

* "Canada Has Promised to Resettle LGBTQ+ Afghans and Female Judges:" https://www.advocate.com/world/2022/1/05/canada-has-promised-resettle-lgbtq-afghans-and-female-judges

* "Bad timing: Kazakhstan intervention presents unwelcome distraction for Putin:" https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/bad-timing-kazakhstan-intervention-presents-unwelcome-distraction-putin-2022-01-07/

* "As Russia gears up to invade Ukraine, the West faces a choice:" https://www.bostonglobe.com/2021/12/26/opinion/russia-gears-up-invade-ukraine-west-faces-choice/

* "China warns of "drastic measures" if Taiwan provokes on independence:" https://www.reuters.com/world/china/china-warns-drastic-measures-if-taiwan-provokes-independence-2021-12-29/

* "Aung San Suu Kyi sentenced to four years in prison:" https://www.cnn.com/2022/01/10/asia/suu-kyi-conviction-walkie-talkies-intl-hnk/index.html

* "Kazakhstan leader gives 'kill without warning' order, as bodies lie in the streets:" https://www.cnn.com/2022/01/07/asia/kazakhstan-kassym-jomart-tokayev-address-intl/index.html

* "Labour MP Chris Bryant defends Tony Blair knighthood amid backlash:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2022/01/06/tony-blair-chris-bryant-knighthood-petition-civil-partnership/

* "The Guardian view on the cladding scandal: businesses must pay:" https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2022/jan/10/the-guardian-view-on-the-cladding-scandal-businesses-must-pay

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* "Indonesia survey finds 85% of population have COVID-19 antibodies:" https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/indonesia-survey-finds-85-population-have-covid-19-antibodies-2022-01-06/

* "Duterte wants unvaccinated jailed as COVID rate hits record high:" https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2022/1/8/arrest-unvaccinated-if-they-go-outdoors-philippines-duterte

* "Hospitals Are in Serious Trouble:" https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2022/01/omicron-mild-hospital-strain-health-care-workers/621193/

* "A record-high number of kids are getting hospitalized with Covid-19 as overall Covid-19 hospitalizations soar past the Delta peak:" https://www.cnn.com/2022/01/04/health/us-coronavirus-tuesday/index.html

* "Hospitalizations skyrocket in kids too young for COVID shots:" https://apnews.com/article/coronavirus-pandemic-science-health-pandemics-rochelle-walensky-0f9d46ab55b0f2f6951ffddd6ca8a511

* "Schools sticking with in-person learning scramble for subs:" https://apnews.com/article/coronavirus-pandemic-health-education-pandemics-cincinnati-6c6be609e8d74d402f714a06beb52dea

* "Omicron explosion spurs nationwide breakdown of services:" https://apnews.com/article/coronavirus-pandemic-health-business-education-pandemics-76830eee3a8c2a5688df4fc77488195a

* "White House embraces a manage-not-contain Omicron game plan:" https://www.politico.com/news/2022/01/04/biden-white-house-omicron-plan-526516

* "Home Covid-19 tests must be paid for by health insurers starting Saturday:" https://www.cnn.com/2022/01/10/politics/home-covid-tests-health-insurance/index.html

* "Supreme Court seems skeptical of Biden’s vaccine rules for businesses, more receptive to policy for health-care workers:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/courts_law/supreme-court-biden-vaccine-mandate/2022/01/06/93b4d45c-6f2e-11ec-a5d2-7712163262f0_story.html

* "Real agenda of Supreme Court conservatives seen in treatment of vaccine mandate case:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/real-agenda-of-supreme-court-conservatives-seen-in-treatment-of-vaccine-mandate-case-130409541970

* "Hayes: How GOP is using Supreme Court as ‘own little supervisory legislature’:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/hayes-how-gop-is-using-supreme-court-as-own-little-supervisory-legislature-130404933676

* "Postal Service asks for temporary waiver from Biden vaccine requirement:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2022/01/05/ovid-19-vaccine-mandate-usps/

* "Omicron on track to shatter Texas' COVID-19 hospitalization record:" https://www.texastribune.org/2022/01/07/texas-covid-hospital-capacity/

* "State of Texas: ‘We don’t have enough staff’ – COVID surge strains Texas hospitals:" https://www.kxan.com/state-of-texas/state-of-texas-we-dont-have-enough-staff-covid-surge-strains-texas-hospitals/

* "Colorado reactivates crisis standards of care for emergency services for 1st time in nearly 2 years:" https://www.thedenverchannel.com/news/coronavirus/colorado-reactivates-crisis-standards-of-care-for-emergency-services-for-1st-time-in-nearly-2-years

* "Indiana House bill to ban vaccine mandates gets fast-tracked:" https://www.wishtv.com/news/indiana-news/indiana-lawmakers-bill-to-ban-vaccine-mandates-gets-fast-tracked/

* "COVID-19 vaccine mandate ban legislation clears first hurdle, adds unemployment benefits:" https://indianapublicradio.org/news/2022/01/covid-19-vaccine-mandate-ban-legislation-clears-first-hurdle-adds-unemployment-benefits/

* "As omicron overtakes Tennessee, one in every three tests is positive:" https://www.tennessean.com/story/news/health/2022/01/04/tennessee-covid-19-omicron-positive-tests/9071546002/

* "Alabama hospitals, ICUs starting to feel crush of omicron; 48 children hospitalized with COVID:" https://www.al.com/news/2022/01/alabama-hospitals-icus-starting-to-feel-crush-of-omicron-48-children-hospitalized-with-covid.html

* "Missouri COVID-19 hospitalizations sets record as cases surge:" https://krcgtv.com/news/local/missouri-covid-19-hospitalizations-sets-record-cases-surge-st-louis

* It's a polite term for living on a gurney in a corridor or the like. "St. Louis woman spends days as "boarder" at crowded emergency room amid COVID surge:" https://www.kmov.com/news/st-louis-woman-spends-days-as-boarder-at-crowded-emergency-room-amid-covid-surge/article_0110d81a-70f7-11ec-a195-a3537b2a57c7.html

* "COVID-19 positivity rate in Minnesota reaches record 15.6%:" https://www.startribune.com/covid-19-positivity-rate-reaches-minnesota-record-15-6/600133626/?refresh=true

* "Outdoor tent serves as waiting room at Mercy Health Muskegon during COVID-19 surge:" https://www.freep.com/story/news/local/michigan/2022/01/10/outdoor-tent-waiting-room-west-michigan-hospital-covid-19-surge/9164943002/

* "Chicago’s public schools cancel Monday’s classes.:" https://www.nytimes.com/2022/01/09/us/chicago-public-schools-classes-cancelled.html

* "Mississippi reports highest number of COVID-19 cases in one day since pandemic began:" https://www.wlox.com/2022/01/05/6592-new-covid-19-cases-11-deaths-reported-wednesday-mississippi/

* "This Mississippi county saw a 1000% increase in COVID cases over the past 2 weeks:" https://www.wreg.com/news/mid-south/this-county-in-ms-saw-a-1000-increase-in-covid-cases-in-2-weeks/

* "Mississippi imposing few restrictions on Mardi Gras, despite 1305 percent COVID case jump:" https://www.newsweek.com/mississippi-imposing-few-restrictions-mardi-gras-despite-1305-percent-covid-case-jump-1667498

* "Doc: Most Mississippi Nursing Homes Have COVID Outbreaks:" https://www.jacksonfreepress.com/news/2022/jan/10/doc-most-mississippi-nursing-homes-have-covid-outb/

* "As NJ COVID hospitalizations continue to rise, the number on ventilators has jumped 50%:" https://www.northjersey.com/story/news/coronavirus/2022/01/08/nj-covid-cases-omicron-latest-update-hospitlization-ventilators/9136991002/

* "'Omicron tsunami': 2 pediatric deaths as NJ COVID hospitalizations surge:" https://abc7ny.com/covid-omicron-nj-variant-symptoms-new-jersey-vaccine/11449765/

* "Outbreak reported at Rhode Island hospital after Covid-positive, asymptomatic staff asked to work:" https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/outbreak-reported-rhode-island-hospital-covid-positive-asymptomatic-st-rcna11376

* "COVID-19 cases in New Hampshire hit record high for third time this week:" https://www.wmur.com/article/covid-19-cases-new-hampshire-hospitalizations-january-7-2022/38698953#

* "Staffs of Maryland hospitals, stressed and sickened with COVID-19, know ‘cavalry’ isn’t coming:" https://www.baltimoresun.com/coronavirus/bs-hs-hosptial-workforce-orders-20220107-b5oqgqzbq5dqbmb7b4t7ryxzbi-story.html

* "House Majority Whip Jim Clyburn reports COVID infection:" https://apnews.com/article/coronavirus-pandemic-joe-biden-health-south-carolina-elizabeth-warren-c3ea850ac6cf431351eafdec24f60474

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* "Elon Musk's SpaceX satellites catch heat in China over close calls with space station:" https://www.cnn.com/2021/12/28/tech/elon-musk-china-spacex-satellite-collision-intl-hnk/index.html

* "Harvard chemistry professor found guilty of hiding ties to China:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2021/12/22/charles-lieber-harvard-professor-china-ties/

* "Trump’s newest business partner: A Chinese firm with a history of SEC investigations:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2021/12/23/trump-spac-deal-sec/

* "Russian Politician Calls for Kidnapping of U.S. Congressman on Live TV:" https://www.thedailybeast.com/russian-politician-aleksei-zhuravlyov-calls-for-kidnapping-of-us-congressman-ruben-gallego-on-live-tv

* Rightly so. "‘Killer robots’ may be coming. New Zealand wants to stop them.:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2021/12/01/new-zealand-killer-robots-autonomous-weapons-law/

* "Biden administration moves to expand solar power on U.S. land:" https://www.denverpost.com/2021/12/21/biden-administration-moves-to-expand-solar-power-on-us-land/

* "Biden has installed a significant number of judges from diverse backgrounds — now comes the hard part:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2021/12/19/biden-judges/

* "Biden has lowest first-year Senate confirmation rate among last three presidents, according to new report:" https://www.cnn.com/2022/01/09/politics/biden-senate-confirmation-numbers/index.html

* "Sanders Urges Biden to Demand DeJoy's Resignation Over Postal Service 'Sabotage':" https://www.commondreams.org/news/2021/12/23/sanders-urges-biden-demand-dejoys-resignation-over-postal-service-sabotage

* "Biden extends pause on student loan repayment through May 1:" https://www.cnn.com/2021/12/22/politics/student-loan-pause-biden/index.html

* "Sen. Joe Manchin suggests Child Tax Credit payments would be used to buy drugs:" https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/sen-joe-manchin-suggests-child-tax-credit-payments/story?id=81865740

* "Corporate donations to Sen. Joe Manchin's PAC surged as he fought President Biden's agenda:" https://www.cnbc.com/2021/12/21/joe-manchin-pac-saw-surge-of-corporate-donations-as-he-fought-biden-agenda.html

* "Historian depicts the fall of Democracy in U.S., through tainted elections:" https://www.msnbc.com/ali-velshi/watch/historian-depicts-the-fall-of-democracy-in-u-s-through-tainted-elections-130462277603

* "Global Risk Assessment Report says it’s time for U.S. to “rebuild” democracy, not “save” it:" https://www.msnbc.com/ali-velshi/watch/global-risk-assessment-report-says-it-s-time-for-u-s-to-rebuild-democracy-not-save-it-130461253931

* "Republicans shift their focus from vote suppression to vote subversion:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-sunday-show/watch/republicans-shift-their-focus-from-vote-suppression-to-vote-subversion-130462789617

* "Democrats are back in Washington and voting rights are teed up:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-sunday-show/watch/democrats-are-back-in-washington-and-voting-rights-are-up-to-the-plate-130463301649

* "Sen. Kaine: "The burden of history is on our shoulders" to pass voting rights legislation:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-sunday-show/watch/sen-kaine-the-burden-of-history-is-on-our-shoulders-to-pass-voting-rights-legislation-130462277843

* "LaTosha Brown: It’s unconscionable that a year later we do not have voting rights legislation:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-reidout/watch/biden-harris-to-give-speeches-in-atlanta-on-voting-rights-but-some-activists-say-do-not-come-without-a-plan-130564677749

* "Voting rights advocates press hard line for Biden:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/voting-rights-advocates-press-hard-line-for-biden-130413125682

* "Rep. Clyburn: Manchin is very proud of record, won’t sully it by blocking voting rights:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-reidout/watch/manchin-helping-voting-rights-legislation-pass-via-senate-filibuster-rules-change-discussed-by-clyburn-130406469871

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

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

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

* "New NYC Law Allows Noncitizens To Vote In Watershed Moment:" https://www.huffpost.com/entry/nyc-law-noncitizen-voters-election_n_61db41d3e4b04b42ab8132c3

* "Lawsuit filed against Michigan redistricting commission alleges maps unfair to Black voters:" https://www.freep.com/story/news/local/michigan/detroit/2022/01/06/michigan-redistricting-commission-lawsuit-filed-black-voters/9095961002/

* "Lawsuit challenges Georgia redistricting of seat held by Rep. McBath:" https://www.ajc.com/politics/lawsuit-filed-over-georgia-redistricting-of-us-rep-lucy-mcbath/S72U4KY3VVH4XGT3VRBMPZDNTY/

* "Swing State Trumpers Forged Letters to National Archives in Harebrained Scheme to Overturn Election:" https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/pro-trump-groups-fake-letter-national-archives-1281966/

* "We must hold Wisconsin’s fraudulent electors accountable:" https://wisconsinexaminer.com/2022/01/06/we-must-hold-wisconsins-fraudulent-electors-accountable/

* Why haven’t they been arrested yet? "Republicans in at least three states filed forged elector letters; possible pattern seen:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/republicans-in-at-least-three-states-filed-forged-elector-letters-possible-pattern-seen-130571333927

* "Sen. Kathy Bernier calls it quits - Wisconsin Examiner:" https://wisconsinexaminer.com/brief/sen-kathy-benier-calls-it-quits/

* "Schumer cites Trump's Big Lie as through line from 1/6 to state GOP voting restrictions:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/schumer-cites-trump-s-big-lie-as-through-line-from-1-6-to-state-gop-voting-restrictions-130238021737

* "One year after Jan. 6 riot, Michigan election deniers hold more influence in Republican politics:" https://www.mlive.com/public-interest/2022/01/one-year-after-jan-6-riot-michigan-election-deniers-hold-more-influence-in-republican-politics.html

* "MAGA Audit Fans Turn on Cyber Ninjas After Court Ruling:" https://www.thedailybeast.com/cyber-ninjas-attacked-by-maga-audit-fans-after-court-ruling

* "It's Not Only the Left Taking Lessons From January 6, Trump Is Too:" https://www.advocate.com/commentary/2022/1/06/its-not-only-left-taking-lessons-january-6-trump-too

* "Arizona congressman calls Marjorie Taylor Greene a "traitor" for suggesting "national divorce":" https://www.newsweek.com/az-congressman-calls-marjorie-taylor-greene-traitor-suggesting-national-divorce-1664168

* "Wisconsin Lt. Governor Mandela Barnes vies for Ron Johnson’s U.S. Senate seat:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-reidout/watch/sen-ron-johnson-is-breaking-his-term-limits-pledge-and-running-for-re-election-130563141933

* "Trump’s cable cabinet: New texts reveal the influence of Fox hosts on previous White House:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/trump-cable-cabinet/2022/01/09/96fac488-6fe6-11ec-b9fc-b394d592a7a6_story.html

* "A year after election, RNC still spending hundreds of thousands to cover Trump's legal bills:" https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/year-election-rnc-spending-hundreds-thousands-cover-trumps/story?id=82114367

* "Georgia DA investigating Trump closer to decision on charges:" https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/wireStory/georgia-da-investigating-trump-closer-decision-charges-82178527

* "Trump lawyers met with Georgia prosecutors; days later, Trump rants about law enforcement:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/trump-lawyers-met-with-georgia-prosecutors-days-later-trump-rants-about-law-enforcement-130568261687

* "Judge mulls whether Trump’s silence on Jan. 6 could amount to ‘agreement’ with rioters:" https://www.politico.com/news/2022/01/10/trump-immunity-jan-6-526839

* "Donald Trump tells 'MAGA nation' to 'rise up' a year after inciting Capitol riot:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2022/01/06/donald-trump-maga-nation-capitol-riots-anniversary/

* "Garland offers no clarity on whether Trump coup plot, now made public, is illegal:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/garland-offers-no-clarity-on-whether-trump-coup-plot-now-made-public-is-illegal-130238021764

* "Ambiguity in Garland speech leaves scope of DOJ focus a mystery:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/ambiguity-in-garland-speech-leaves-scope-of-doj-focus-a-mystery-130238533704

* "Joy Reid to Merrick Garland: Nothing ideological about today's threats to our democracy? Really?:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-reidout/watch/jan-6-capitol-insurrection-commemorated-in-merrick-garland-s-speech-wednesday-130226757859

* "Jimmy Carter: I Fear for Our Democracy:" https://www.nytimes.com/2022/01/05/opinion/jan-6-jimmy-carter.html

* "Biden decries Trump’s ‘singular responsibility’ for the Capitol riot:" https://www.politico.com/news/2022/01/06/biden-trump-capitol-riot-526605

* "Trump victim act follows authoritarian playbook drawing in fanatical supporters:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/trump-victim-act-follows-authoritarian-playbook-drawing-in-fanatical-supporters-130414661689

* "Raskin: ‘Chilling’ for Liz and Dick Cheney to be only Republicans marking 1/6 :" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/raskin-chilling-for-liz-and-dick-cheney-to-be-only-republicans-marking-1-6-130322501981

* "Hayes: America was one Mike Pence away from 'full-blown' constitutional crisis:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/hayes-america-was-one-mike-pence-away-from-full-blown-constitutional-crisis-130225221880

* "Rep. Pressley: White supremacy perpetuated the Big Lie ultimately resulting in Jan. 6 insurrection:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-reidout/watch/jan-6-capitol-insurrection-horrors-remembered-by-members-of-congress-130326597643

* "Capitol Police Officer Dunn: There hasn’t been an end to Jan. 6:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/capitol-police-officer-dunn-there-hasn-t-been-an-end-to-jan-6-130224709765

* "Cory Booker Speaks About 'Choosing Trump Over Truth':"

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* "Joy Reid: Jan. 6 images remind us how fragile our democracy remains:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-reidout/watch/jan-6-capitol-insurrection-anniversary-remembered-by-rep-pete-aguilar-joy-reid-130325061944

* "Rep. Jamie Raskin recounts Jan. 6th and the "three rings" of the insurrection.:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-sunday-show/watch/rep-jamie-raskin-recounts-jan-6th-and-the-three-rings-of-the-insurrection-130462789670

* "The chair of the Jan. 6 panel says the committee will ask Mike Pence to appear:" https://www.npr.org/2022/01/07/1071368803/jan-6-panel-chair-says-committee-will-ask-mike-pence-to-voluntarily-appear

* "Jan. 6 panel subpoenas Trump Jr. advisers, Trump speechwriter:" https://www.politico.com/news/2022/01/11/jan-6-panel-subpoenas-trump-jr-aides-trump-speechwriter-526916

* "Jan. 6 panel ramps up investigation into Trump's state-level pressure:" https://www.politico.com/news/2022/01/10/jan-6-committee-ramps-up-state-level-investigation-526752

* "Rep. Jim Jordan refuses to cooperate with Jan. 6 committee investigating Capitol attack:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2022/01/10/jim-jordan-jan-6-committee-refuse/

* "A Year Later, We’re Still Reluctant to Say What Really Caused the Insurrection:" https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2022/01/insurrectionists-victims-banality-of-evil.html

* "Kamala Harris was evacuated from DNC headquarters minutes after pipe bomb discovered during Capitol riot:" https://www.cnn.com/2022/01/06/politics/kamala-harris-january-2021/index.html

* "Hundreds of crimes, little punishment: Inside the sentences since the Capitol attack:" https://www.politico.com/news/2022/01/04/jan-6-insurrection-sentencing-tracker-526091

* "Judge slams US Capitol rioter's request to take Jamaican vacation:" https://www.cnn.com/2022/01/06/politics/capitol-rioter-jamaican-vacation-denied/index.html

* "More Floridians arrested with ties to the Capitol riot than any other state:" https://www.wokv.com/news/local/more-floridians-arrested-with-ties-capitol-riot-than-any-other-state/3I3CH5ESURHR5PH4YYBFDA76JQ/

* "Capitol rioter asks judge to let him use dating apps while he awaits trial:" https://www.wusa9.com/article/news/national/capitol-riots/capitol-rioter-thomas-sibick-accused-of-robbing-officer-michael-fanone-asks-judge-to-let-him-use-dating-apps-january-6-donald-trump/65-c06e9e22-0e6d-4389-b99c-39cd461155db

* "Young Capitol Rioter Receives 14 Days In Jail After Lawyer’s Bizarre Argument That Client’s Brain Wasn’t Fully Matured During Jan. 6 Attacks:" https://www.yahoo.com/now/young-capitol-rioter-receives-14-133000194.html

* "If far-right groups are bankrupted by Jan. 6 lawsuit, ‘so be it,’ says D.C. AG:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/if-far-right-groups-are-bankrupted-by-jan-6-lawsuit-so-be-it-says-d-c-ag-130559045706

* "Abcarian: Conspiracy theorist Alex Jones learns the laws aren't just for the little people:" https://www.latimes.com/opinion/story/2021-12-01/alex-jones-sandy-hook-defamation-lawsuit

* "Alex Jones Raked in $165 Million Over Three Years Selling Supplements and Prepper Gear:" https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/alex-jones-infowars-store-165-million-1281059/

* "Massachusetts Church Opens Safe Haven for LGBTQ+ Asylum-Seekers:" https://www.advocate.com/news/2021/12/14/massachusetts-church-opens-safe-haven-lgbtq-asylum-seekers

* "All 3 white men convicted of murdering Ahmaud Arbery are sentenced to life in prison:" https://www.npr.org/2022/01/07/1070618256/ahmaud-arbery-killers-sentence

* "US prisons director resigning after crises-filled tenure:" https://apnews.com/article/coronavirus-pandemic-health-crime-prisons-arrests-efaf6fd8bbfe78b1124e64c08a5537ce

* "Neutral on Nazism: Indiana lawmaker walks back remark that teachers must be impartial:" https://www.indystar.com/story/news/education/2022/01/06/nazi-scott-baldwin-indiana-facism-education-teachers/9123302002/

* CW: Pedophilia, Sexual Assault. "Anti-LGBTQ+ Republican Accused of Sexual Assault by Sister-In-Law:" https://www.advocate.com/crime/2022/1/07/anti-lgbtq-republican-accused-sexual-assault-sister-law-lee-chatfield

* "Man forced to register as sex offender for having consensual gay sex:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2022/01/01/south-carolina-offender-buggery-sodomy-gay/

* "A Planned Parenthood Was Burned Down. This Is Just the Latest in Knoxville's War Over Abortion:" https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-features/knoxville-planned-parenthood-fire-arson-1280947/

* "Ethical non-monogamy: the rise of multi-partner relationships:" https://www.bbc.com/worklife/article/20210326-ethical-non-monogamy-the-rise-of-multi-partner-relationships

* "The Abusive Practices of Focus on the Family :"

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* "On LGBTQ+ Rights, Ghana’s Bishops Choose to Ignore Pope:" https://www.advocate.com/commentary/2021/12/06/lgbtq-rights-ghanas-bishops-choose-ignore-pope-francis-catholic-church

* "Lesbian Detained in Iran, Fears for Life:" https://www.advocate.com/world/2021/12/14/lesbian-detained-iran-fears-life-sareh

* "F1's Lewis Hamilton: Saudi Arabia's Anti-LGBTQ+ Laws Are 'Terrifying':" https://www.advocate.com/sports/2021/12/03/f1s-lewis-hamilton-saudi-arabias-anti-lgbtq-laws-are-terrifying

* "Qatar sinks to 'new low' by seizing 'un-Islamic' rainbow-coloured kids' toys:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2021/12/27/qatar-lgbt-rainbow-children-toys-islam/

* "Hungary’s cruel anti-LGBT+ law breaches basic human rights, say legal experts:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2021/12/21/hungary-anti-lgbt-law/

* CW: Torture. "Trans Woman Tortured to Death, Her Body Dumped in a Canal:" https://www.advocate.com/crime/2021/12/17/trans-woman-tortured-death-her-body-dumped-canal-saray-atenea

* "In a Nonbinary Pronoun, France Sees a U.S. Attack on the Republic:" https://www.nytimes.com/2021/11/28/world/europe/france-nonbinary-pronoun.html

* "Conversion therapy bishop stripped of powers after marrying Satanic porn writer:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2021/12/14/conversion-therapy-bishop-satanic-porn-xavier-novell/

* "Senegal Rejects Draft Bill Toughening Anti-LGBTQ+ Law:" https://www.advocate.com/world/2022/1/06/senegal-rejects-draft-bill-toughening-anti-lgbtq-law

* "In Historic First, Taiwan Court Allows Same-Sex Partner to Adopt Child:" https://www.advocate.com/world/2022/1/07/historic-first-taiwan-court-allows-same-sex-partner-adopt-child

* "Proudly queer MP named official defender of LGBT+ rights by German government:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2022/01/07/germany-lgbt-commissioner-sven-lehmann/

* "Switzerland to allow trans people to legally change gender through self-ID:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2021/12/27/switzerland-trans-gender-self-id-law/

* "France Outlaws Discredited Practice of LGBTQ+ Conversion Therapy:" https://www.advocate.com/world/2021/12/16/france-outlaws-discredited-practice-lgbtq-conversion-therapy

* "All EU nations must recognise children of same-sex parents, court rules:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2021/12/14/eu-same-sex-parents-bulgaria/

* "'Gay cake' court case thrown out after man's 7-year battle against bakery:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2022/01/06/gay-cake-gareth-lee-court-case-ehcr/

* "New Zealand unanimously passes gender self-ID law in huge win for trans rights:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2021/12/09/new-zealand-self-id-gender-marker-trans/

* "Activist Lady Phyll deftly explains UK's role in spreading anti-LGBT+ hate across the world:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2021/12/28/lady-phyll-kaleidoscope-trust-britain-colonialism/

* "Scotland announces 'crisis funding' worth millions for 'broken' trans healthcare:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2021/12/09/trans-healthcare-scotland-budget-crisis-funding/

* "The Times forced to issue corrections after spreading anti-trans misinformation:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2022/01/07/the-times-corrections-trans-misinformation-rape-chestfeeding/

* "'Pointless' voter ID law could disenfranchise trans, disabled and Black Brits:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2021/12/14/uk-tory-voter-id-law-black-trans-disabled-mp/

* "Liz Truss slammed for failing to set up new LGBT advisory panel:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2022/01/09/liz-truss-new-lgbt-advisory-panel/

* "Government urged to change 'outdated and discriminatory' rules for LGBT+ families:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2021/12/10/birth-certificates-lgbt-parents-rules/

* "MPs demand Met Police homophobia inquiry after shameful Stephen Port probe:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2021/12/12/stephen-port-met-police-institutional-homophobia-inquiry/

* "Families of Grindr killer Stephen Port's victims 'beyond staggered' by police failings:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2021/12/28/stephen-port-four-lives-bbc-inquest/

* "Police sergeant 'targeted women with cruel homophobic, misogynistic remarks':" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2021/12/08/police-misconduct-lesbian/

* "Teen who shouted abuse says he can't be homophobic because he has a bisexual friend:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2021/12/08/wales-homophobic-attack-keiron-mahoney/

* "Reverend ordered son to 'court' non-binary lesbian to make them straight:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2021/12/11/conversion-therapy-ban-non-binary/

* "Grandmother from hell jailed after cruel campaign of hate against gay neighbours:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2021/12/16/elvira-baptiste-gay-homophobia-bristol/

* "Bill Banning Unnecessary Surgeries on Intersex Children Fails:" https://www.advocate.com/news/2022/1/07/california-bill-banning-unnecessary-surgeries-intersex-children-fails

* "South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem Proposes New Anti-Trans Sports Bill:" https://www.advocate.com/transgender/2021/12/16/south-dakota-gov-kristi-noem-proposes-new-anti-trans-sports-bill

* "Trans federal prisoner could be first in US to receive gender-affirming surgery:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2022/01/07/trans-prison-gender-affirmation-surgery-texas-cristina-iglesias/

* "Young Queer Man Shot in the Head and Killed in Chicago:" https://www.advocate.com/crime/2021/12/17/young-queer-man-shot-head-and-killed-chicago-suraj-mahadeva

* "Police investigating deaths of two Black trans women in first two days of 2022:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2022/01/05/trans-murder-us-amarey-lej-duval-princess/

* "Queer family targeted with hateful, anti-LGBT+ Christmas card:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2022/01/01/queer-christmas-card-lgbt-family-massachusetts/

* "Wedding Photographer Loses Case Against NY's Antidiscrimination Laws:" https://www.advocate.com/news/2021/12/16/wedding-photographer-loses-case-against-new-york-antidiscrimination-laws

* "Gay-Straight Alliance Wins Equal Rights After Judge’s Injunction:" https://www.advocate.com/news/2021/12/28/gay-straight-alliance-wins-equal-rights-after-judges-injunction-indiana

* "Founder of Ex-LGBTQ+ Group Admits to Having Gay Sex Again:" https://www.advocate.com/people/2021/12/16/founder-ex-lgbtq-group-jeffrey-mccall-admits-having-gay-sex-again

* "Injectable PrEP Option Approved by FDA:" https://www.hivplusmag.com/treatment/2021/12/20/injectable-prep-treatment-approved-fda

* "They Were the Pandemic’s Perfect Victims:" https://www.propublica.org/article/they-were-the-pandemics-perfect-victims#1216777

* "Super poo: the emerging science of stool transplants and designer gut bacteria:" https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2022/jan/03/super-poo-the-emerging-science-of-stool-transplants-and-designer-gut-bacteria

* "Judge rejects Purdue Pharma's opioid settlement that would protect the Sackler family:" https://www.npr.org/2021/12/16/1065047471/judge-rejects-purdue-pharmas-opioid-settlement-that-would-protect-the-sackler-fa

* CW: Elder Abuse. "How Nursing Homes’ Worst Offenses Are Hidden From the Public:" https://www.nytimes.com/2021/12/09/business/nursing-home-abuse-inspection.html

* "Jean And Jorts: the extended metaphor for workplace accommodations nobody asked for:" https://graniteandsunlight.wordpress.com/2021/12/16/jean-and-jorts-the-extended-metaphor-for-workplace-accommodations-nobody-needed-but-my-brain-insisted-on/

* "Researchers discover new muscle layer in humans' jaws:" https://thehill.com/changing-america/well-being/medical-advances/586653-researchers-discover-new-muscle-layer-in-humans

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* "Cold, heat, fires, hurricanes and tornadoes: The year in weather disasters:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/interactive/2021/weather-disasters-2021/

* "More than 40 percent of Americans live in counties hit by climate disasters in 2021:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/2022/01/05/climate-disasters-2021-fires/

* "67 degrees in Alaska? Climate change continues to topple temperature records.:" https://news.yahoo.com/67-degrees-in-alaska-climate-change-continues-to-topple-temperature-records-193405514.html

* "375 dead, 56 missing after typhoon slams Philippines:" https://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/200-dead-typhoon-slams-philippines-81851873

* "‘Desperate’ need for water, food in typhoon-hit Philippines:" https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/12/18/desperate-need-for-water-food-in-typhoon-hit-philippines

* "Malaysia floods hit seven states forcing thousands to evacuate:" https://www.cnn.com/2022/01/02/asia/malaysia-floods-evacuation-intl-hnk/index.html

* "California snow drought ends in dramatic fashion, while other states still deal with shortage:" https://www.cnn.com/2021/12/19/weather/weather-drought-california-snowpack/index.html

* "Snow blasts California and freezes Pacific Northwest:" https://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/snow-blasts-california-freezes-pacific-northwest-81958014

* "The Western megadrought is revealing America's 'lost national park':" https://www.npr.org/2022/01/07/1067716380/western-megadrought-climate-lake-powell-glen-canyon-reservoir

* "Newfound type of storm is a 1,000-km-wide puddle in the sky:" https://newatlas.com/environment/atmospheric-lakes-new-meteorological-phenomenon/

* "Galápagos islands volcano erupts spewing lava and clouds of ash:" https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/jan/07/galapagos-islands-volcano-erupts-lava-ash

* "Hong Kong: Fire at World Trade Centre leaves hundreds trapped on roof:" https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-china-59663826

* "Bangladesh ferry fire: Dozens killed near Jhalakathi:" https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-59777784

* "Up to 27 feared dead in building fire in Japan:" https://www.cnn.com/2021/12/16/asia/japan-osaka-building-fire-intl-hnk/index.html

* "Woman arrested after two sets of twins die in London house fire:" https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2021/dec/17/woman-arrested-after-four-children-die-in-london-house-fire

* "Teens amazingly climb down pole from 4th floor to safety in tragic East Village fire:" https://abc7ny.com/teens-down-pole-escape-nycha-fire-apartment/11351502/

* "Bronx apartment building fire leaves 19 people dead, including 9 children:" https://www.cnn.com/2022/01/09/us/bronx-fire-injuries/index.html

* "A Massive Oil Spill Helped One Billionaire Avoid Paying Income Tax for 14 Years:" https://www.propublica.org/article/a-massive-oil-spill-helped-one-billionaire-avoid-paying-income-tax-for-14-years#1192500

* "Inside the battle to regulate one of the country’s deadliest consumer products:" https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/generators-carbon-monoxide-poisoning-rcna9027

* "How Bad Are Plastics, Really?:" https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2022/01/plastic-history-climate-change/621033/

* "A Laredo plant that sterilizes medical equipment spews cancer-causing pollution on schoolchildren:" https://www.texastribune.org/2021/12/27/laredo-texas-ethylene-oxide/

* "The World's Shopping Obsession Is Causing a Literal Stink:" https://time.com/6127646/box-factories-pollution/

* "Gaza's old battery pileups pose risk to health, environment:" https://apnews.com/article/business-africa-middle-east-global-trade-power-outages-9bad730a1cbe480261e283fbbca54dfc

* "The Race to Find ‘Green’ Helium:" https://www.wired.com/story/green-helium-mining/

* "These homes are off-grid and climate resilient. They’re also built out of trash.:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-solutions/2022/01/04/earthship-houses-climate-change/?itid=mr_5

* "Swinomish Tribe wants to resurrect U.S. clam gardening:" https://crosscut.com/environment/2021/12/swinomish-tribe-wants-resurrect-us-clam-gardening

* "A spacecraft has 'touched' the sun for the first time:" https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2021/12/211214134947.htm

* "Perseverance rover makes 'completely unexpected' volcanic discovery on Mars:" https://www.cnn.com/2021/12/15/world/perseverance-rover-mars-findings-scn/index.html

* "The Ghost Wolves of Galveston Island:" https://www.nytimes.com/2022/01/03/science/red-wolves-dna-galveston.html

* "Devil's fingers and 2021's other wildlife 'winners:" https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-59757497.amp

* "What the 10,000 year old remains of an infant discovered in Italy tell us about early humans:" https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/earliest-female-human-infant-burial-found-europe-rcna8677

* " Uruk: Origins and Legends of History's Earliest City :"

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* "Tiberius: The Reluctant Emperor:"

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* "The Antonine Plague: The Roman Empire's First Pandemic:"

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* "Head lice on humans can preserve ancient DNA:" https://www.jpost.com/science/article-690261

* "Archaeologists Revealed Massive Intricate Mosaic Floor Made from 5 Million Pieces of Stone in the Hisham Palace in Jericho:" https://pictojam.com/p/archaeologists-revealed-massive-intricate-mosaic-floor-made-from-5-million-pieces-of-stone-in-the-hisham-palace-in-jericho

* CW: All the Things. "Ivan the Terrible: The First Stalin:"

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* "Research: Wreck of last US slave ship mostly intact on coast:" https://apnews.com/article/science-alabama-atlantic-ocean-mobile-e385a066591f675fc0129cdb16a59836

* "Experts pull documents, money from Lee statue time capsule:" https://apnews.com/article/robert-e-lee-statue-time-capsule-opened-830b32a7890497f9b329cd2d14cea4b0

* "Napoleon III: The Forgotten Bonaparte:"

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* "The Grand Guignol, Paris: Theatre of Horror and Gore:"

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* CW: All of the Things. "The Heart of Darkness: 150 Years in the Congo:"

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* "Dance Until You Die: The Perverse Depression Era Fad of Dance Marathons:"

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* "These photos follow the journey of an average young man into a skilled and disciplined soldier, 1942:" https://rarehistoricalphotos.com/training-of-new-recruits-world-war-2/

* CW: All of the Things. "Unit 731: Imperial Japan’s Human Experimentation Laboratory:" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x9xvJXP_mTk

* CW: Suicide. "Florida's Lavender Scare They'd Like to Forget:"

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* "Che Guevara: Doctor, Revolutionary, Murderer:"

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* "How Ignoring Proper Safety Precautions Caused the Bhopal Gas Tragedy:"

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* "Galt's Gultch: An Imperfect Utopia:"

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* "11 unashamed and unabashed queer moments from David Bowie, whose LGBT+ legacy lives on today:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2022/01/08/david-bowie-anniversary-birthday-death-queer-lgbt-sexuality-coming-out/

* "Lani Guinier, voting rights champion and former assistant attorney general nominee, dies at 71:" https://www.cnn.com/2022/01/07/politics/lani-guinier-dies/index.html

* "Oscar winner and groundbreaking star Sidney Poitier dies:" https://www.politico.com/news/2022/01/07/oscar-winner-and-groundbreaking-star-sidney-poitier-dies-526735

* "Missing student Harvey Parker found dead in River Thames, police confirm:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2022/01/06/harvey-parker-missing-dead-thames-police/

* "Harvey Parker honoured with incredible fundraising effort after tragic discovery:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2022/01/06/harvey-parker-fundraiser-missing-body-found/

* "Rebecca Juro, Trans Journalist and Activist, Dies of Cancer:" https://www.advocate.com/media/2021/12/27/rebecca-juro-trans-journalist-and-activist-dies-cancer

* "Oldest US veteran of WWII, Lawrence N. Brooks, dies at 112:" https://apnews.com/article/new-orleans-race-and-ethnicity-racial-injustice-veterans-world-war-ii-7f524c95f9b3ac8f52ee487ed16a4cf1

* "Actress Betty White died of stroke suffered 6 days earlier:" https://www.reuters.com/lifestyle/actress-betty-white-died-stroke-suffered-6-days-earlier-2022-01-11/

* "Pose star Mj Rodriguez celebrates historic Golden Globes win in emotional video:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2022/01/10/mj-rodriguez-golden-globes-trans-pose/

* "Timothy LeDuc becomes first out non-binary Winter Olympics athlete:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2022/01/09/timothy-leduc-winter-olympic-games-non-binary/

* "Deep Underground, a Chinese Miner Discovered Poetry in the Toil:" https://www.nytimes.com/2021/11/13/world/asia/china-miner-poet-chen-nianxi.html

* "Nigerian priest saves traditional artefacts from Christian converts:" https://www.reuters.com/world/africa/nigerian-priest-saves-traditional-artefacts-christian-converts-2021-12-01/

* "The Transforming Castle Truck:" https://www.livingbiginatinyhouse.com/tiny-house-tours/transforming-castle-truck/

* "Dozens of camels barred from Saudi beauty contest over Botox:" https://apnews.com/article/oddities-health-travel-lifestyle-camels-b3e4d60991ce053d185cb8ed9cbbca74

* "Florida Will Beat Covid By Testing Less | Drivers Still Stranded In Snow On I-95:"

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* "Hannity's Role In Jan 6th Planning Revealed | Stephen's Song Explains The New CDC Guidelines:"

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* "Biden Takes The Gloves Off, Tears Into The Former President For Inciting Jan. 6th Riot:"

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* "Hospitality Industry Deploys Robots To Combat The Great Resignation | Seditionist Round Up Roundup:"

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* "Meanwhile... Florida Man Was Just Holding Penis Drugs For A Friend:"

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* "Why is Mens Fashion Boring? Not Beau Brummell:"

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* "Abhor-Rent: 525,600 Minutes Since The Insurrection:"

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* "The Fish And The Furious:"

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* "A PSA From Mothers Against Scientists Giving Hamsters Alcohol And Then Encouraging Them To Drive:"

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* Friday: We're still having sporadic snow and I'm still trying to take apart the Gothmas trees.

Saturday: I timed errands to be out while Head Millennial was working, as there was no snow. When I got back, I hid in my room until he was gone. He did a short shift, as he can't safely take breaks or drink inside. Squirrel remains negative, but he could literally catch it any night and safety has to come first. I spent an hour trying to get the lights off the Halloween Trees, but they were very tangled. The Millenial sorted it. I just need to stow it all away until next September. I'm going to try running the microwave later off an extension cord. *fingers crossed* My body is being annoying in some rather standard for me ways, but at least I'm getting reasonable sleep.

* Monday, a bunch of the phone tag people caught me. On top of that? *headdesk* It turns out the Management company was trying to trick us into paying for the fire suppression system check. They hadn't sent a work order, which means they get to refuse the invoice, forcing us to pay for it. so I cancelled that. I need to call the management company tomorrow anyway because the city wants in writing why they refuse to fix the wiring.

Bonus, I went to start dinner before lungs so it could bake. When I went to check,the oven had glitched out. I knew the burners were failing as two barely heat anymore. Now it heats up, then waits until I've set the alarm and wandered off to shut itself off. Um, thanks? so we're down to two burners now. Who knows how long before they glitch out too?

Update: It won't turn on for more than a few seconds. It's done. Dinner was about 3/4ths cooked, which wasn't entirely pleasant, but not a food safety issue, me being vegetarian. One more problem to try to sort tomorrow, I guess, but I'm not sanguine.

* Tuesday I was up all day being a grown up. The short version is as follows: I called property management as soon as they opened to get assorted things in motion. I got the city and the property management in contact with each other over the wiring dispute. Everyone's decided to wait to see what the electrician says. The guy from the city came to poke around. The electrical system is an emergency; the oven isn't. (Tavy remembered the city guy from two years ago. He's not in the clowder, but Tavy likes him and sort of followed him around. He has this warm, gentle vibe that is soothing to cats even though he is wandering around in work boots). The City is still hoping the electrician will say something that will budge Property Management, but if he doesn't, the City Program will likely pick up the insurance copay, assuming property insurance will cover the rest. The copay, while impossibly large for me, a person on SSI, is cheap at the price for the city program, if that makes sense, and a lot more doable than solving the whole thing for them given how stretched they are from flood damage. It's not 100% assured as they are using an emergency fund instead of the regular procedure.

Property management sent the proper paperwork for the visit to inspect the fire suppression. (I thanked the nice lady again for giving me the heads up on them on Property management trying to trick us into a surprise bill when she called for afternoon reschedule). Our belief that the component was dead is confirmed. They can't fix it apparently and it requires an electrician. Electrician has hopes of a preliminary visit this week or next. I'll call tomorrow and tell them about the fire suppression component and see if we can two in one there. (They are very backed up as a third of the city still has electrical damage from the floods. We are lucky to be this close to a visit).

I had a long talk with my social worker, catching her up on all the electrical drama and associated battles. She's calling around to see if there is some solution for the stove to various service agencies. I'm to call her back next week or when there is an electrical update. (For those just tuning in, she's a medical social worker who specializes in services for the elderly and disabled She is a superstar, and very good at finding weird little grants and programs for her people. If she can't find something to sort the stove no one can.)

On the upside there have been some more donations and I am pretty sure I can catch up the regular bills I didn't pay due to the Brakes Emergency. I'll know for sure that my maths tally up correctly in a few days. Squirrel thinks he can float the electrician visit. My next concern is the medical copay and the car tab bill that comes any day now, but I can’t deal with those until I know where I am on the biggest bill left.

I am thoroughly exhausted and down to the last few spoons. It is only Tuesday. I really need things to stop breaking, because it really feels like everything is caving in on my head at once.

* "Snowball Fights in Art (1400–1946):" https://publicdomainreview.org/collection/snowball-fights

* "Sunday Sweets: Mythical Beasts & Where to Devour Them:" http://www.cakewrecks.com/home/2022/1/9/sunday-sweets-mythical-beasts-amp-where-to-devour-them

* Cursed Tolkien Porn: https://twitter.com/hottestsingles/status/1383291233947189250

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

The help links are at the bottom under the cut.

* "Help Kevin Strickland After Wrongful Conviction:" https://www.gofundme.com/f/help-kevin-strickland-after-wrongful-conviction

* My Oldest Continuous friend's Elder Cat is getting up there and her special diet and health care for kidney failure is expensive. Gigi is a sweet, extremely cuddly girl and could use extra help. "Click here to show your support to Karrin Jackson's story *SupportGigiInHerOldAge:" https://www.spotfund.com/story/18393388-9914-4f6c-9f99-876aa019bdee

* Help LGBTQIA+ people escape Afghanistan: https://www.gofundme.com/f/help-lgbtq-afghan-refugees-rebuild-their-lives

* "The Rainbow Railroad:" https://www.rainbowrailroad.org/take-action

* Organizations working for reproductive rights in Texas: https://minoanmiss.dreamwidth.org/796848.html

* Even more Organizations working for reproductive rights in Texas: https://wendelah1.dreamwidth.org/788132.html

* Want to help Kimi Cole run for statewide office in Nevada? https://secure.actblue.com/donate/kimi-cole-4-nevada-1

* I used all the bill money to fix my brakes. I need about 250.00-300 to cover bills for the month. Paypal Lethran@gmail.com or paypal.me/Gwydion

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* "UN Peacekeepers Fathered Dozens Of Children In Haiti. The Women They Exploited Are Trying To Get Child Support.:" https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/karlazabludovsky/haiti-earthquake-un-peacekeepers-sexual-abuse

* "Deadly unrest reported in Myanmar after opposition urges 'defensive war':" https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/deadly-unrest-reported-myanmar-after-opposition-urges-defensive-war-2021-09-10/

* "Myanmar shadow government calls for revolt against military rule:" https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/myanmar-shadow-government-unveils-new-strategy-oppose-military-rule-2021-09-07/

* "Why payment apps that thrive in India struggle to succeed in Mexico:" https://restofworld.org/2021/mexico-payment-apps-india/

* "Return of migrant vessels: a violation of maritime law and moral duty:" https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/sep/09/returning-migrant-vessels-violates-maritime-law-and-moral-obligation

* "Guinea military consolidates takeover, opposition leader signals openness to transition:" https://www.reuters.com/world/africa/guinean-junta-replaces-provincial-governors-after-coup-media-say-2021-09-07/

* "Bitcoin crashes on first day as El Salvador's legal tender:" https://www.bbc.com/news/business-58459098

* "Rallies for and against Bolsonaro on Brazil national day:" https://www.aljazeera.com/gallery/2021/9/7/photos-rallies-for-and-against-bolsonaro-on-national-day

* "Lebanon’s power problems: serious talk but no easy fixes:" https://www.aljazeera.com/economy/2021/9/8/lebanons-power-problems-serious-talk-but-no-easy-fixes

* "Lebanon Is Facing One of the Worst Economic Crises in History:"

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* "The Man Who Gets People Out of the Hospital:" https://nowiknow.com/the-man-who-gets-people-out-of-the-hospital/

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* I saw the earlier tests in other countries went well. I’m glad we’re starting to implement it here. "Coronavirus-sniffing dogs unleashed at Miami airport to detect virus in employees:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2021/09/09/covid-sniffer-dogs/

* "Unvaccinated people were 11 times more likely to die of covid-19, CDC report finds:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/2021/09/10/moderna-most-effective-covid-vaccine-studies/

* "How does COVID-19 affect the brain? A troubling picture emerges.:" https://www.nationalgeographic.com/science/article/how-does-covid-19-affect-the-brain-a-troubling-picture-emerges

* "New Study Finds Yet Another Health Benefit Of The COVID Vaccine:" https://www.huffpost.com/entry/covid-vaccine-mental-health-benefits_l_6138c73be4b0aac9c01ea4c2

* "Fight-or-flight response is altered in healthy young people who had COVID-19:" https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2021/08/210809144104.htm

* "Vaccinated People Who Get COVID Have These 3 Things in Common:" https://bestlifeonline.com/vaccinated-people-who-get-covid-news/

* "New study finds people with COVID-19 have antibodies that target their own immune systems:" https://massivesci.com/notes/covid-autoantibodies-immune-system/

* "This Is How Long It Takes to Get COVID in a Room, Research Shows:" https://bestlifeonline.com/close-contacts-covid/

* "Keeping indoor air clean can reduce the chance of spreading coronavirus:" https://knowridge.com/2020/11/keeping-indoor-air-clean-can-reduce-the-chance-of-spreading-coronavirus/

* "How your diet can impact the severity of Covid-19 infection:" https://www.fitandwell.com/news/how-your-diet-can-impact-the-severity-of-covid-19-infection

* "TMH docs break down COVID side effects, pediatrics, ivermectin, death, and, yes, vaccines:" https://www.wtxl.com/news/local-news/tmh-docs-break-down-covid-side-effects-pediatrics-ivermectin-death-and-yes-vaccines

* "‘Assume the worst’: coronavirus variants in Africa worry scientists:" https://www.smh.com.au/world/africa/assume-the-worst-coronavirus-variants-in-africa-worry-scientists-20210911-p58qtc.html

* "Turkey's COVID-19 deaths up to mid-May levels as new cases dip:" https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/turkeys-covid-19-deaths-up-mid-may-levels-new-cases-dip-2021-08-27/

* "U.S. covid death toll hits 1,500 a day amid delta scourge:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/2021/09/03/delta-deaths-us-fourth-wave/

* "Biden administration's September 20 booster rollout may be scaled back to just Pfizer Covid-19 vaccine at first:" https://www.cnn.com/2021/09/03/politics/booster-shots-covid-19-vaccines/index.html

* "Sweeping new vaccine mandates for 100 million Americans:" https://apnews.com/article/joe-biden-business-health-coronavirus-pandemic-executive-branch-18fb12993f05be13bf760946a6fb89be

* "Biden flexes executive power in Covid vaccine push; leaves GOP, pundits sputtering:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/biden-flexes-executive-power-in-covid-vaccine-push-leaves-gop-pundits-sputtering-120557125773

* "Elie Mystal: Government can require people to be healthy, but cannot require people to get sick:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-reidout/watch/biden-initiating-federal-covid-19-vaccination-mandates-praised-by-experts-120546885656

* "Biden presses states to require vaccines for all teachers:" https://apnews.com/article/joe-biden-business-health-pandemics-coronavirus-pandemic-c4db6f7f3f63d0083581ac9eeb576077

* "As American as apple pie: Vaccine requirements aren't new—and they work:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/chris-hayes-on-vaccine-requirements-and-why-they-work-120627269552

* "Hayes: GOP tantrums over vaccine mandates are ridiculous—and getting people killed:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/chris-hayes-gop-tantrums-over-vaccine-mandates-are-ridiculous-and-getting-people-killed-120622661891

* "Solid legal basis for Biden vaccination rules less certain with radicalized Supreme Court:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/solid-legal-basis-for-biden-vaccination-rules-less-certain-with-radicalized-supreme-court-120641605695

* "'You have to give people the tools': Biden boosts supply of at-home rapid Covid tests:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/-you-have-to-give-people-the-tools-biden-boosts-supply-of-at-home-rapid-covid-tests-120555077921

* "First responders nationwide resist COVID vaccine mandates:" https://apnews.com/article/health-coronavirus-pandemic-f459b8d187cd915e17588873e07e8bdf

* "Dr. Fauci: People want to say we're done with COVID. But COVID's not done with us:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-reidout/watch/covid-19-delta-variant-and-need-to-vaccinate-75-million-eligible-americans-discussed-by-dr-anthony-fauci-120373317703

* "Monday Florida COVID update: 1,064 more deaths, hospitalizations, ICU patients decrease:" https://www.miamiherald.com/news/coronavirus/article254037598.html

* "In Florida, a summer of death and resistance as the coronavirus rampaged:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/2021/09/05/florida-coronavirus-delta-surge/

* "Florida Schools Are Fighting the Governor for Kids to Mask Up:"

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* "Court rules for Florida governor, reinstates ban on mask mandates in state's schools:" https://www.reuters.com/world/us/appeals-court-rules-favor-florida-governor-reinstates-ban-mask-mandates-florida-2021-09-10/

* "North Texas school districts feel COVID-19 surge, report thousands of new cases:" https://www.dallasnews.com/news/education/2021/09/06/north-texas-school-districts-feel-covid-19-surge-report-thousands-of-new-cases/

* "Texas Reopened Classrooms for Students... and COVID-19:"

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* "Hospitals in crisis in least vaccinated state: Mississippi:" https://apnews.com/article/health-coronavirus-pandemic-cbc4d9aa87d4f74991f9bea959bf0939

* "'We’re taking it day by day' | COVID-19 numbers spike in South Carolina after holiday weekend:" https://www.wcnc.com/article/news/health/coronavirus/covid-spike-south-carolina-holiday-weekend-dhec-quarantine/275-4533de91-1de4-4284-82e9-71452e4bf9e3

* "Two South Carolina schoolchildren die of COVID-19:" https://www.wltx.com/article/news/local/two-south-carolina-schoolchildren-die-of-covid19/101-3a1447e8-c653-4461-83cf-fd1ed47f8501

* "The Latest: N. Carolina has 170 clusters in schools, centers:" https://apnews.com/article/europe-business-health-elections-germany-977669b0af4fb346d05ddf407bd14e73

* "COVID-19 numbers climb among Oklahoma school-aged children:" https://kfor.com/news/coronavirus/covid-19-numbers-climb-among-oklahoma-school-aged-children/

* "Crisis Standards of Care activated in North Idaho:" https://www.kivitv.com/news/crisis-standards-of-care-activated-in-north-idaho

* "'Reconsider high risk activities': Overcrowded Idaho hospitals forced to ration care:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/-reconsider-high-risk-activities-overcrowded-idaho-hospitals-forced-to-ration-care-120465989786

* "Idaho suffering tragic mismatch of severe Covid crisis and misguided political leadership:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/idaho-suffering-tragic-mismatch-of-severe-covid-crisis-and-misguided-political-leadership-120639045736

* "Tennessee sets record for COVID hospitalizations for 7th straight day:" https://www.newschannel5.com/news/tennessee-sets-record-for-covid-hospitalizations-for-7th-straight-day

* "ICU doctor 'frustrated' as COVID hospitalizations spike in Tennessee:" https://www.newschannel5.com/news/icu-doctor-frustrated-as-covid-hospitalizations-spike-in-tennessee

* "Alabama man dies of cardiac event after 43 hospitals with full ICUs turned him away:" https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/health/2021/09/10/cullman-al-man-dies-hospitals-full-icus-turn-away-covid/8281712002/

* "Los Angeles mandates Covid vaccine for students over 12:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/los-angeles-mandates-covid-vaccine-for-students-over-12-120543813555

* "Mormon vaccine push ratchets up, dividing faith's members:" https://apnews.com/article/lifestyle-health-religion-coronavirus-pandemic-f42772097cf7557086f12b549e03b18a

* "Central District Health ratifies Dr. Cole's appointment to health board:" https://www.ktvb.com/article/news/health/central-district-health-ratifies-dr-ryan-cole-appointment-health-board/277-a25d9dc9-a6b3-41c0-8059-8fa496197c9d

* "Jewish Ohio Senate candidate compares Biden’s vaccine mandate to the Gestapo:" https://www.timesofisrael.com/jewish-ohio-senate-candidate-compares-bidens-vaccine-mandate-to-the-gestapo/

* "NIH director debunks ‘personal freedom’ argument in wake of vaccine mandate:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/nih-director-dr-francis-collins-debunks-personal-freedom-argument-in-wake-of-vaccine-mandate-120542277508

* "Chicago’s Resurrection Medical Center resists pressure to provide unauthorized ivermectin treatment for COVID-19:" https://www.chicagotribune.com/coronavirus/ct-resurrection-hospital-covid-ivermectin-20210908-3cencoxuiza6jmwb5fjatbchhq-story.html

* "Student mocked by adults after sharing personal Covid-19 connection at school board meeting:" https://www.wsmv.com/news/local/student-mocked-by-adults-after-sharing-personal-covid-19-connection-at-school-board-meeting/article_6c18121e-1115-11ec-9a36-37576ac1e7e8.html

* "Parents urge maskless kids to enter Michigan school, violating order:" https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/parents-urge-maskless-children-enter-michigan-school-violation-health-order-n1278803

* "Three Schools Forced Into Lockdown After Anti-Masker Proud Boys Try to Infiltrate:" https://www.thedailybeast.com/anti-mask-protests-and-proud-boys-shut-down-three-schools-in-vancouver

* "Mask mandate clashes show GOP is now a party of grievance McCaskill says:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-reidout/watch/covid-19-mask-mandates-spark-clashes-with-conservatives-at-local-school-boards-120374853608

* "Grand Blanc woman facing 20-year felony for alleged death threat over mask mandate:" https://www.abc12.com/2021/08/27/grand-blanc-woman-facing-20-year-felony-alleged-death-threat-over-mask-mandate/

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* "Taliban Say They Took Panjshir, Last Holdout Afghan Province:" https://www.usnews.com/news/world/articles/2021-09-06/taliban-say-they-took-panjshir-last-holdout-afghan-province

* "Taliban form all-male Afghan government of old guard members:" https://apnews.com/article/middle-east-pakistan-afghanistan-arrests-islamabad-d50b1b490d27d32eb20cc11b77c12c87

* "Photos: Afghan Women Are Protesting For Their Rights:" https://www.npr.org/2021/09/09/1035214735/women-afghanistan-protest-taliban

* "Taliban fighters use whips against Afghan women protesting the all-male interim government:" https://www.cnn.com/2021/09/08/asia/afghanistan-women-taliban-government-intl/index.html

* "Afghan Family Says Errant U.S. Missile Killed 10, Including 7 Children:" https://www.nytimes.com/2021/08/30/world/asia/afghanistan-drone-attack-ISIS.html

* "Afghanistan's last Jew leaves after Taliban takeover:" https://apnews.com/article/middle-east-religion-israel-afghanistan-evacuations-c616b5b847da79f0cfc1de6f0f37b0b7

* "How the US created a world of endless war:" https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/aug/31/how-the-us-created-a-world-of-endless-war

* "The US Is Scrambling to Resettle Afghan Translators:"

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* "President of Ukraine vows to fight for LGBT+ equality after Joe Biden meeting:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2021/09/02/ukraine-volodymyr-zelenskyy-joe-biden-lgbt/

* "20 States Sue Over Biden Administration's LGBTQ+ Rights Guidelines:" https://www.advocate.com/news/2021/8/31/20-states-sue-over-biden-administrations-lgbtq-rights-guidelines

* "White House competition council seeks lower consumer prices:" https://apnews.com/article/joe-biden-business-economy-prices-consumer-prices-7ea68c9157a0c72403a8e3da5fae8bcc

* "Trump Loyalists Push Back As Biden Ousts Them From Military Academy Boards:" https://www.npr.org/2021/09/09/1035508121/trump-administration-officials-military-academy-boards-spicer-conway

* "Why is this former Democratic senator trying to help millionaires avoid taxes?:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/why-is-former-democratic-senator-heidi-heitkamp-trying-to-help-millionaires-avoid-taxes-120625221717

* "Biden Asks Congress For $30 Billion To Help Disaster Relief And Afghan Evacuees:" https://www.npr.org/2021/09/07/1034923509/biden-asks-congress-for-30-billion-to-help-disaster-relief-and-afghan-evacuees

* "Millions in U.S. lose jobless benefits as federal aid expires, thrusting families and economy onto uncertain path:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2021/09/05/unemployment-benefits-economy/

* "Manchin calls on Democrats to ‘pause,’ cut $3.5 trillion spending plan, dealing potential blow to Biden agenda:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/us-policy/2021/09/02/manchin-senate-democrats-reconciliation/

* "Extreme weather amplifies calls for Congress to pass infrastructure legislation:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-sunday-show/watch/extreme-weather-amplifies-calls-for-congress-to-pass-infrastructure-legislation-120236613854

* "Schumer rejects Manchin’s ‘strategic pause’ on $3.5T bill:" https://www.politico.com/news/2021/09/08/schumer-manchin-megabill-510446

* "Biden administration says solar energy has the potential to power 40% of US electricity by 2035:" https://www.cnn.com/2021/09/08/politics/solar-energy-doe-report-climate/index.html

* "Dems vow to pass Biden’s budget, despite internal setbacks:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-sunday-show/watch/dems-vow-to-pass-biden-s-budget-despite-internal-setbacks-120698949995

* "Democrats near a compromise on a federal voting rights bill:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-sunday-show/watch/democrats-near-a-compromise-on-a-federal-voting-rights-bill-120700485560

* "This Town Was Paradise, Then Everyone Started Working From Home:"

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* 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.

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* "Ohio House Republicans propose voter photo ID law, ending most absentee voting:" https://www.10tv.com/article/news/politics/ohio-house-republicans-propose-voter-photo-id-law-ending-most-absentee-voting/530-a09063ea-a47c-424d-801e-2cac6a25b29e

* "Texas governor signs voting restrictions bill into law:" https://www.cnn.com/2021/09/07/politics/texas-greg-abbott-voting-bill/index.html

* "Mess in Texas: A Theocracy That Enshrines White, Male Power:" https://www.advocate.com/commentary/2021/9/02/mess-texas-theocracy-enshrines-white-male-power

* "State GOP leaders push new 2020 election reviews as Arizona report looms:" https://www.politico.com/news/2021/09/07/state-gop-2020-election-review-510023

* "Arizona's Election "Audit" Isn't Done, But Two Trump-Supporting Republicans Are Declaring Victory Anyway:" https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/sarahmimms/arizona-election-audit-trump-decertify

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* "The Bye Line: Don’t sit out the midterms:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-sunday-show/watch/the-bye-line-don-t-sit-out-the-midterms-120238149594

* "California's recall election 'threatens to roll back years of LGBT+ progress':" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2021/09/05/gavin-newsom-california-recall-election-lgbt/

* "California holds recall election this month for Gov. Gavin Newsom:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-sunday-show/watch/california-holds-recall-election-this-month-for-gov-gavin-newsom-120237637923

* "Fmr. California Gov. Jerry Brown says California recall ‘is all about money’:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-reidout/watch/california-recall-election-gavin-newsom-larry-elder-analyzed-by-former-california-gov-jerry-brown-120629317645

* "24-year-old gun reform activist runs for Rep. Val Demings’ House seat:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-sunday-show/watch/24-year-old-gun-reform-activist-runs-for-rep-val-demings-house-seat-120237125832

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* "Neguse reacts to redistricting map that would put Boebert against him in 2022 :" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/rep-joe-neguse-reacts-to-redistricting-map-that-would-put-rep-lauren-boebert-against-him-in-2022-120372293605

* "Aaron Schock and Richard Grenell to lead Republican Pride event:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2021/09/10/aaron-schock-richard-grenell-republican-pride/

* "‘There is no legal authority McCarthy has to issue threats’ to telecom, social media firms expert says:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-reidout/watch/kevin-mccarthy-s-phone-records-are-subject-to-preservation-requests-jan-6-select-committee-issued-reports-say-120178245982

* "GOP not conducting own Jan. 6 investigation despite McCarthy's vow:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/gop-not-conducting-own-jan-6-investigation-despite-mccarthy-s-vow-120370757678

* "McCarthy flirts with felony by threatening telecom companies on Jan. 6 Committee request:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/mccarthy-flirts-with-felony-by-threatening-telecom-companies-on-jan-6-committee-request-120556101722

* "Threats, harassment inspired by Trump's Big Lie terrorize election officials: Reuters:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/threats-harassment-inspired-by-trump-s-big-lie-terrorize-election-officials-reuters-120468037922

* "Lawyers organize to protect elections officials threatened with violence:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/lawyers-organize-to-protect-elections-officials-threatened-with-violence-120469573765

* "The increasing danger of America’s domestic terrorism:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-sunday-show/watch/the-increasing-danger-of-america-s-domestic-terrorism-120699973588

* "Capitol Police memo warns of potential for violence during September 18 rally:" https://www.cnn.com/2021/09/08/politics/capitol-hill-security-september-18-rally/index.html

* "Ex-Marine held without bond in shooting of Florida family:" https://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/marine-held-bond-shooting-florida-family-79858656

* "How to Persuade Americans to Give Up Their Guns:" https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2021/10/responsible-gun-ownership-is-a-lie/619811/

* "9 steel gates of Arizona's border wall ripped off by monsoon storms, 5 completely missing:" https://www.12news.com/article/news/special-reports/at-the-border/9-steel-gates-of-arizona-border-wall-ripped-off-by-monsoon-storms-5-completely-missing/75-d1140599-f255-4b95-ad58-79f8b65cdce0

* CW: Suicide "The U.S. Must Release All LGBTQ+ Immigrants From Detention:" https://www.advocate.com/commentary/2021/8/31/us-must-release-all-lgbtq-immigrants-detention

* "Biden administration appeals ruling that found DACA unlawful:" https://www.cnn.com/2021/09/10/politics/daca-biden-administration-appeals-ruling/index.html

* "Stuck at the border, migrant mothers confront a complex maze:" https://www.nationalgeographic.com/culture/article/stuck-at-the-border-migrant-mothers-confront-toughened-us-policies

* "A mother and her four daughters were separated at the border in 2018. This is what they lost:" https://www.cnn.com/2021/09/01/us/us-mexico-border-family-separation-mother-daughters/index.html

* "How True Crime Reveals the Corruption and Failures of the Legal System:"

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* "Teacher under investigation for lessons on LGBT+ rights and Black Lives Matter:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2021/09/03/illinois-teacher-lgbt-tiktok/

* "Hayes: What Robert E. Lee's statue says about battle for multi-racial democracy:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/chris-hayes-what-robert-e-lee-s-statue-says-about-battle-for-multi-racial-democracy-120456261554

* "Antiracism educator questions celebrating Lee statue removal 156 years after Civil War:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-reidout/watch/robert-e-lee-statue-removal-sign-that-right-wing-fringe-is-losing-culture-wars-120459845960

* "The Bye Line: Donald Trump and Robert E. Lee:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-sunday-show/watch/the-bye-line-donald-trump-and-robert-e-lee-120699461792

* "QAnon & Sovereign Citizens Are Coming for the Child Welfare System:"

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* "California poised to become the first state to outlaw ‘stealthing’:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2021/09/11/stealthing-remove-condom-sex-california-outlaw/

* CW: Domestic Violence and Domestic Homicide. "Ending the Myths about Domestic Homicide:" https://daily.jstor.org/ending-myths-domestic-homicide/

* "Mexico Supreme Court strikes down abortion ban in contrast with neighbor, Texas:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/mexico-supreme-court-strikes-down-abortion-ban-in-contrast-with-neighbor-texas-120383045554

* "UN experts condemn Texas abortion law as sex discrimination ‘at its worst’:" https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/sep/07/un-experts-condemn-texas-anti-abortion-law

* "Justice Department will 'protect' abortion seekers in Texas:" https://apnews.com/article/abortion-business-health-texas-738cfb097227037ac0ce33ccb79c2e4f

* "Senate Judiciary Committee to hold hearing on Supreme Court's abortion ruling and 'shadow docket':" https://www.cnn.com/2021/09/03/politics/senate-judiciary-hearing-supreme-court-shadow-docket/index.html

* "Late night Supreme Court decision on Texas abortion law spotlights controversial shadow docket:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-reidout/watch/supreme-court-decision-on-texas-abortion-law-sparks-calls-for-democrats-to-pay-attention-to-courts-120179269793

* "Supreme Court upholds restrictive abortion law in Texas:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-sunday-show/watch/supreme-court-upholds-restrictive-abortion-law-in-texas-120236613838

* How to help clog the snitch line: https://magnesiumflare.tumblr.com/post/661634297427542016

* "How the case of one bar's liquor license could bring down the new Texas abortion ban:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/how-the-case-of-one-bar-s-liquor-license-could-bring-down-the-new-texas-abortion-ban-120383557676b

* "Rep. Jayapal: We must 'enshrine' women's right to choose as federal law:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-reidout/watch/texas-abortion-law-and-enacting-federal-legislation-to-protect-women-s-right-to-choose-discussed-by-rep-jayapal-120461381814

* CW: Rape. Greg Abbot insists that Republicans have had a secret magic power that stops all rape all this time and they’ve been refusing to use it, just like they don’t prioritize rape kit processing and rape prosecution. "Texas governor defends abortion ban with promise to ‘eliminate’ rapists:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/texas-governor-greg-abbott-defends-abortion-ban-with-promise-to-eliminate-rapists-120456773657

* "Justice Department sues Texas over six-week abortion ban:" https://www.cnn.com/2021/09/09/politics/biden-administration-texas-abortion-law/index.html

* "Texas abortion ‘whistleblower’ website forced offline:" https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/sep/07/texas-abortion-whistleblower-website-forced-offline

* "This Black Queer Woman Counsels Texas Women on Terminating Pregnancies:" https://www.advocate.com/commentary/2021/9/09/black-queer-woman-counsels-texas-women-terminating-pregnancies

* "Garland meets first challenge of defeating Texas abortion ban: getting the law into court:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/garland-meets-first-challenge-of-defeating-texas-abortion-ban-getting-the-law-into-court-120556613595

* "Tucker Carlson targets trans men in unhinged abortion rant riddled with falsities:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2021/09/03/tucker-carlson-fox-news-trans-abortion/

* "Stephen Breyer calls Supreme Court decision on Texas abortion law 'very, very, very wrong':" https://www.cnn.com/2021/09/09/politics/stephen-breyer-texas-abortion/index.html

* "DOJ sues Texas over restrictive abortion law:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-sunday-show/watch/doj-sues-texas-over-restrictive-abortion-law-120699973615

* I haven't been covering this much because so much is speculation and she said vs she said vs untrustworthy cops said, and I'd like way more facts before commenting. However, this does a decent job of laying out the complications in a reasonably nuanced way. "Sex Offender Charged In Wi Spa Incident... Let's Talk About It:"

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* "I've Been Targeted & Doxxed By Transphobic Hate Raids:"

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* "Bible passages justifying homophobia have been woefully 'misinterpreted':" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2021/05/05/catholic-church-lgbt-gay-relationships-bible-wigngaards-institute-study-mary-mcaleese/

* "China Bans Effeminate, 'Sissy' Men from Television Broadcasts:" https://www.advocate.com/world/2021/9/03/chinese-bans-effeminate-sissy-men-television-broadcasts

* "Tens of thousands march for same-sex marriage in Switzerland ahead of national referendum:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2021/09/05/switzerland-pride-march-same-sex-marriage/

* "Six Men Convicted of Killing LGBTQ+ Activist and USAID Worker:" https://www.advocate.com/world/2021/9/02/six-men-convicted-killing-lgbtq-activist-and-usaid-worker

* "Bisexual, non-binary student scared to leave home after hateful street attack:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2021/09/10/non-binary-zerhanah-galway/

* "Anti-trans protesters in suffragette colours boo Nicola Sturgeon without irony:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2021/09/03/nicola-sturgeon-anti-trans-protest-suffragette-holyrood-edinburgh/

* "Couple beaten and stabbed in another homophobic attack in Birmingham Gay Village:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2021/09/06/birmingham-gay-village-homophobic-attack-2/

* "Police ‘stepping up’ presence in Birmingham following violent attack on gay couple:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2021/09/04/birmingham-police-patrols-attack-gay-couple/

* "Violent homophobe pushes man into canal in dangerous, 'despicable' hate crime:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2021/09/06/liverpool-canal-hate-crime/

* "Teen walks free after violently attacking gay couple while singing song from Frozen:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2021/09/02/lancashire-attack-gay-couple-homophobia/

* "Preacher who called gay man 'worse than a terrorist' convicted of hate crime:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2021/09/02/omar-mohamad-hate-crime-speakers-corner-preacher/

* "A Message for Black LGBTQ+ Youth:" https://www.advocate.com/commentary/2021/9/03/message-black-lgbtq-youth

*CW: Suicide. "I'm a Doctor: Gender-Affirming Care Saves Trans Lives:" https://www.advocate.com/commentary/2021/5/03/im-doctor-gender-affirming-care-saves-trans-lives

* "California passes America’s first bill tracking violent deaths of LGBT+ people:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2021/09/04/california-passes-ab-1094-violent-deaths-lgbt/

* "Trans Makeup Artist Pooh Johnson Murdered in Louisiana:" https://www.advocate.com/crime/2021/9/01/trans-makeup-artist-pooh-johnson-murdered-louisiana

* "Killer who strangled trans teen Nikki Kuhnhausen to death sentenced to 20 years:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2021/09/10/nikki-kuhnhausen-killer-sentenced-20-years/

* "Gay teacher forced to quit after school banned him from discussing his sexuality:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2021/09/09/missouri-teacher-resigns-gay/

* "Todrick Hall tears into wedding venues refusing gay couples over religious beliefs:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2021/09/02/todrick-hall-boycott-wedding-venues/

* "LGBT history exhibit pulled from Missouri Capitol after just four days following complaints:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2021/09/04/lgbt-history-exhibit-missouri-capitol-museum/

* "Parents of queer teen ‘stopped loving’ them when they came out. Now, they’re looking for a new family:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2021/09/11/queer-teen-new-family-dax-oklahoma-come-out/

* "Skater Amber Glenn on How Coming Out Changed Her Life:" https://www.advocate.com/exclusives/2021/8/26/skater-amber-glenn-how-coming-out-changed-her-life

* "Former HRC president Alphonso David says he was unjustly fired:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-sunday-show/watch/former-hrc-president-alphonso-david-says-he-was-unjustly-fired-120700485568

* "How Transphobes Weaponize Burnout Against Neurodivergent Trans People:"

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* "Study: Combining PrEP With U=U Yields Incredible Results:" https://www.hivplusmag.com/news/2021/9/01/study-combining-prep-uu-yields-incredible-results

* "The Gruesome Tale of the Laughing Death Epidemic:"

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* "Black Lives Are Shorter in Chicago. My Family’s History Shows Why.:" https://www.nytimes.com/2021/04/27/magazine/life-expectancy-racial-gap.html

* "The Plan to Stop Every Respiratory Virus at Once:" https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2021/09/coronavirus-pandemic-ventilation-rethinking-air/620000/

* CW: Elder Abuse. "Phony Diagnoses Hide High Rates of Drugging at Nursing Homes:" https://www.nytimes.com/2021/09/11/health/nursing-homes-schizophrenia-antipsychotics.html

* "Smallpox and the photos anti-vaxxers don't want you to see:" https://www.nzherald.co.nz/lifestyle/smallpox-and-the-photos-anti-vaxxers-dont-want-you-to-see/24MJGHWAIJRJYD6LIPQ6ZTBKHI/

* "Will Americans wear masks to prevent sickness beyond COVID-19?:" https://www.nationalgeographic.com/science/article/will-americans-wear-masks-to-prevent-sickness-beyond-covid-19

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The World is basically on Fire/Melting. I'm putting stuff to do with it here.

* "Climate change: Big increase in weather disasters over the past five decades:" https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-58396975

* "16 die as floods swamp public hospital in central Mexico:" https://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/flooding-central-mexico-kills-10-hospital-79877433

* "Floods sweep cars into sea, damage homes in northeast Spain:" https://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/floods-sweep-cars-sea-damage-homes-northeast-spain-79784040

* "Growing wildfire near Penticton sparks evacuation alerts by First Nation and regional district:" https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/bc-wildfires-sept-4-2021-1.6165208

* "Nearly 1 in 3 Americans experienced a weather disaster this summer:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/2021/09/04/climate-disaster-hurricane-ida/

* "Engineers Bent the Rules, and May Have Saved New Orleans:" https://time.com/6094221/hurricane-ida-engineering-protection/

* "Ida and COVID-19: 'Twin-demic' slams Louisiana hospitals:" https://apnews.com/article/hurricane-ida-environment-and-nature-louisiana-pandemics-health-e1ba589ce2b70b6fb3994fbe101c514f

* "What a hurricane means when you live in Louisiana's 'Cancer Alley':" https://www.cnn.com/2021/09/06/us/hurricane-ida-cancer-alley-pollution/index.html

* "Louisiana areas hardest-hit by Hurricane Ida need a fundamental change in how they're protected, official says:" https://www.cnn.com/2021/09/10/us/hurricane-ida-aftermath-louisiana-friday/index.html

* "Shortages of supplies and workers will delay Gulf rebuilding:" https://apnews.com/article/lifestyle-business-1ebb836d454ad09b0da429e0ba10e98a

* "New Orleans: Seniors left in dark, hot facilities after Ida:" https://apnews.com/article/louisiana-dd7efb4ba9b29389fa5888fd930dec5a

* "New York City's illegally converted apartments proved deadly in Ida's path:" https://www.cnn.com/2021/09/03/us/new-york-city-flooding-illegal-basement-apartments/index.html

* "New York City was never built to withstand a deluge like the one Ida delivered. It showed.:" https://www.cnn.com/2021/09/05/us/new-york-infrastructure-climate-change/index.html

* "Scenes from Ida’s Chaotic, Tragic Night in New York City:" https://www.curbed.com/2021/09/tropical-storm-ida-new-york-city.html

* "NYC's Subway Flooding Isn't A Fluke. It's The Reality For Cities In A Warming World:" https://www.npr.org/2021/09/02/1021185475/climate-change-means-more-subway-flooding-worldwide-like-new-york-just-experienc

* "Climate change’s ‘fingerprint’ seen in Ida flooding, including in Pennsylvania:" https://www.witf.org/2021/09/07/climate-changes-fingerprint-seen-in-ida-flooding-including-in-pennsylvania/

* "One week later, some Phoenixville flood victims still taking stock of damage:" https://6abc.com/phoenixville-flooding-pennslvania-chester-county-hurricane-ida/11009127/

* "Satellite Photos Show Just How Bad The Flooding From Ida Has Been In New Jersey:" https://www.npr.org/sections/pictureshow/2021/09/05/1034459845/satellite-photos-flooding-ida-new-jersey

* "Responders Are Gaining On The Caldor Fire, But Now They've Got New Blazes To Battle:" https://www.npr.org/2021/09/07/1034711477/updates-wildfires-california

* "Lightning threatens California as fires continue to burn across the state:" https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/sep/09/california-fire-weather-caldor-dixie-latest

* "An Unprecedented Fire Season Is Devastating California… Again:"

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* "‘They just forgot about us’: a US motel of climate refugees with nowhere to go:" https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/aug/26/oregon-wildfires-climate-change-motel

* "Watch Pets And People Run For Cover As A Powerful Earthquake Strikes Mexico:" https://www.npr.org/2021/09/08/1035108690/mexico-earthquake-video-acapulco-damage

* "Imagine If We Had Spent the Last 20 Years Fighting Climate Change Instead of the War on Terror:" https://inthesetimes.com/article/climate-change-floods-war-on-terror-crisis-china

* "Climate change: Shetland's power struggle between oil and wind:" https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-scotland-58464439

* "The snows of Kilimanjaro:" http://www.bbc.com/storyworks/travel/fit-for-purpose/climate-change-kilimanjaro

* "Ancient fleece paving method used to protect soft peatland route:" https://www.irishtimes.com/news/environment/ancient-fleece-paving-method-used-to-protect-soft-peatland-route-1.4659414

* "The World’s First Underwater Veggie Garden is Growing Lettuce, Tomatoes & More. Because, Waterworld.:" https://www.messynessychic.com/2021/09/01/the-worlds-first-underwater-veggie-garden-is-growing-lettuce-tomatoes-mushrooms-and-more-because-waterworld/

* "The lost generation of ancient trees:" https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20210908-the-lost-generation-of-ancient-trees

* ""The unlikely protector against Bangladesh's rising seas:" https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20210827-the-unlikely-protector-against-rising-seas-in-bangladeshCare at Scale:" https://www.cardus.ca/comment/article/care-at-scale/

* "There’s One Surefire Way to End Big Sewage Spills: End Big Sewage:" https://undark.org/2021/09/02/end-big-sewage/

* "Is Mycelium Fungus the Plastic of the Future?:"

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* "Judge loosens Apple's grip on app store in Epic decision:" https://abcnews.go.com/Business/wireStory/judge-loosens-apples-grip-app-store-epic-decision-79942612

* "DoorDash, Grubhub And Uber Eats Sue New York City Over Price Caps:" https://www.npr.org/2021/09/10/1035905604/doordash-grubhub-uber-eats-lawsuit-sue-new-york-city

* Not Okay. "Bar live-streams footage from bathrooms for rest of patrons to see, says it's for "safety":" https://www.newsweek.com/bar-live-streams-footage-bathrooms-rest-patrons-see-says-its-safety-1627171

* "UN hails end of poisonous leaded gas use in cars worldwide:" https://apnews.com/article/business-health-environment-and-nature-united-nations-d59bba0c54004966f16e4af38246194d

* "Streamers angry at Twitch changes that force them to work long hours or lose money:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2021/09/11/twitch-streamers-local-subscription-pricing/

* "One man’s plan to resurrect the animal species we can’t save:" https://www.wired.co.uk/article/natures-safe

* "In the Absence of Cruise Ships, Humpbacks Have Different Things to Say:" https://www.hakaimagazine.com/news/in-the-absence-of-cruise-ships-humpbacks-have-different-things-to-say/

* "DNA of Giant ‘Corpse Flower’ Parasite Surprises Biologists:" https://www.quantamagazine.org/dna-of-giant-corpse-flower-parasite-surprises-biologists-20210421/

* "New pumpkin toadlet species found—and it secretly glows in the dark:" https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/technology/new-pumpkin-toadlet-species-found%E2%80%94and-it-secretly-glows-in-the-dark/ar-BB1gehYu

* "Worms found to share "memories" by swapping RNA to warn of danger:" https://newatlas.com/biology/celegans-worms-share-memories-rna/

* "Researchers complete first-ever detailed map of global coral:" https://www.nbcnews.com/science/science-news/researchers-complete-first-ever-detailed-map-global-coral-rcna1943

* "‘Genetic fossil’: intact DNA from woman who lived 7,200 years ago discovered in Indonesia:" https://www.theguardian.com/science/2021/aug/26/genetic-fossil-intact-dna-from-woman-who-lived-7200-years-ago-discovered-in-indonesia

* "Prehistoric human bones in Guernsey discovered by coastal walker:" https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-guernsey-56663491

* "Dig in southern Spain reveals decapitation, trepanation and other extraordinary burial rituals:" https://archaeologynewsnetwork.blogspot.com/2021/03/dig-in-southern-spain-reveals.html

* "The far-reaching effects the Vikings had when they settled down:" https://www.rte.ie/brainstorm/2021/0406/1208207-vikings-anthropocene-settling-effects/

* "Archaeologists uncover evidence of Northumberland fishing community dating back 900 years:" https://www.northumberlandgazette.co.uk/news/people/archaeologists-uncover-evidence-of-northumberland-fishing-community-dating-back-900-years-3192422

* "Getting dressed in the middle ages, while Jewish: 11th century medieval Jews, England vs Spain:"

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* "How Exactly Did One Become an Executioner in Medieval Times?:"

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* "Medieval gold coin hoards and skull ring discovered in Wales:" https://www.livescience.com/uk-metal-detector-medieval-treasures.html

* "Aztec Pictograms Are the First Written Records of Earthquakes in the Americas:" https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/aztec-code-earthquakes-pictograms-180978534/

* "Princess Susana: The Colonial Con Woman:"

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* "Like Washington and Jefferson, he championed liberty. Unlike the founders, he freed his slaves:" https://www.cnn.com/2021/09/05/us/robert-carter-iii-deed-of-gift-slavery-anniversary/index.html

* "The Dred Scott Decision: Crash Course Black American History #16:"

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* "Margaretta Peter vs The Devil:"

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* CW: Pedophilia, Child Abuse. "The Cult That Made Your Grandmother's Fine Silverware:"

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* "3 Black People You Should Know!:"

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* "Wyatt Earp: The Great American... Villain?:"

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* "The Crystal Palace: An Omen of Things to Come:"

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* "The Erie Strangler: Michigan's Accidental Pirate:"

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* "How the Airline Industry Got Wise to Seat Belts:" https://www.airspacemag.com/history-of-flight/how-airline-industry-got-wise-seat-belts-180978271/

* "How Bicycles Caused the Downfall of the British Empire:"

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* CW: Cannibalism "The Acid Bath Murderer: No Body, No Crime (Not Quite):"

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* "Bible John: Scotland's High-Minded Jack the Ripper:"

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* "The Stone of Scone: A Very Scottish Heist:"

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* CW: Stalking "The Circleville Letters:"

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* "Mona Fandey: The Pop Princess Turned Black Magic Killer:"

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* "Hassan and Abbas O: The Perfect Crime:"

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* "The Phantom of Heilbronn:"

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* CW: Stalking "The Westfield Watcher:"

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* CW: Rape, Cannibalism "The Chijon Family: The Korean Cannibal Clan:"

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* "Actor Michael K. Williams, Omar on 'The Wire,' dead at 54:" https://apnews.com/article/michael-k-williams-dead-ee851aa32e91c879c89952eb431a2869

* "Forgetting My First Language:" https://www.newyorker.com/culture/personal-history/forgetting-my-first-language

* "Racist and Sexist School Dress Codes Continue to Fail Students:"

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* "Tenacious Unicorn Ranch Is Pioneering a New and Queer Wild West:"

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* "Was Cloris Leachman Television's First Beard?:"

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* "Disney's Gay Cultural Appropriation (1/2):"

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* Wednesday, the Nearby Millenial did her first training shift under the supervision of caregiver Millenial, now promoted to Head Millenial. It was charming. The plan is we all forage Wednesday afternoons, and then Nearby Millenial clocks in for her two hours. Wednesday's are crazy busy work wise for Head Millenial at it's a huge help to everyone involved. The goal is for nearby Millenial to register to work other caregiving gigs in the area, but also be available if Head Millenial gets sick, etc..

Tavy is on day three of nightmares and high anxiety, which I am doing my best to help him with. I long for good sleep though. It'll pass eventually.

I need to take the car in again. *fingers crossed*

* Tavy was feeling much better by Friday. I alas, had crap for sleep. I had to get up mid sleep cycle to take the car in to get poked at by the honest mechanics. I was lucky. It was the lower end of the range, rather than the high end. They can't actually fix it properly until the 20th, as they are swamped and short staffed, but they patched it together so I can drive it until then if I am careful and don't drive it too much. The fix is going to be about 90, which means I can't pay a bill this month, but luckily, I have not paid it yet, so the money physically exists.

Want to help fund the car repair? Paypal Lethran@gmail.com or paypal.me/Gwydion

Friday was also forage food delivery. It arrived while I was out and I brought it right in and unpacked it. No mice. It was also pharmacy delivery day. I was also double booked to finish a scene on line I'd started Wednesday that was rather important for both plot and character reasons, while I was also supposed to get a visit from a Millennial to do a thing. Luckily, the timing worked pretty well and everything got done.

From the time I got up for pharmacy delivery to the actual arrival of the Millennial, poor Tavy was in an agony of excitement. From my behavior, clearly a Millennial was coming, possibly his personal favorite Millennial. Unfortunately, said Millennial arrived two hour after the usual Millennial visitor arrival time, so every time he heard a small noise or caught movement out of the corner of his eye through one of the windows he went running over to check. He was too worked up to settle. At one point he escaped onto the patio to see if the millennial was out there gardening.

The Visitor was only here for about an hour, and the Emperor tried to leave with him. Poor Button. Saturday game will be more satisfying as he likes both Millennials who are coming and they will arrive at the usualish time. (Don't worry, we mask. we are taking delta seriously. These are also the ones who literally work in the apartment and they follow proper infectious disease protocols when in public and visiting me or each other. So basically a bubble with masks.

* Saturday's game the players planned a raid/heist against the Imperial Palace of the East Roman Empire. Initially, we had four mages (plus a mortal+ henchperson), and three assorted shifts. Two of the shifters had to drop off over the summer for assorted life reasons. Last season one of the characters acquired an NPC through play, but they are still not sure what he can do. This means we have 1 Garou Ragabash in a group of mages. <.< >.> They were not a fight heave group as the other two shifters were not werewolves, so the game is designed with the best fighters in the group being the mortal plus and a literal goose. (Long story on the goose. Basically this is a group that gathers information, and ideally sneaks rather than fights.

The way I world built, some places tend to be one or another species dominant, but the big, cosmopolitan centers are generally neutral by treaty and often have mixed defenses made and maintained by mixed species. there is also some cross species cooperation, particularly between certain groups in cosmopolitan settings. (Some factions, tribes, species, etc. don't cooperate ever. Some do in limited emergency circumstances. Some are way more open and relaxed. When I run mixed groups we select for backgrounds tribes, factions, clans, traditions, species that would ICly be more open and for play balance. shifters are first level to start. mages are arete two to start which makes sense if you've ever played mage. You can do A Lot with arete two, arete one not so much. A level one shifter is about as competent as a level two mage for dealing with starter character challenges). My general way of running things is to put makes sense and fun over often conflicting source books.

The Palace is species neutral by treaty (between a limited number of species), defended by multiple species, with a whole lot of political faction ebb and flow within. The group was working as outsiders to the city power structure so the important faction heads could have plausible deniability. They infiltrated the palace and have been spying basically. Studying the physical and political layout, trying to track down the mystical source of a virulent fever that had been burning off and on for a couple of years. they discovered that and more. So much more.

In the previous session they'd found something so big it really did require a city wide response. A council of the assorted friendly Shifter and Mage faction heads from various species was called on neutral ground. The group reported the fever source and called for help with some taint cleansing in the Palace, because one Ragabash with a cleansing ritual was not going to cut it. The mage PCs couldn't go inside because the Euthantos PC had done what amounted to a plague return to sender type thing. The mystic fever did not effect Garou, but is a pain in the ass to heal in the few mages likely to catch it. (level two and up life mages aren't catching it, but not everyone has two levels in Life.) Also, the mages needed to make and hold a temporary opening in a weak place in the wards to allow Garou in the penumbra through. They also reported the threat big enough to destroy the whole city they'd discovered.

The initial higher up plan to deal with the big threat turned out to be likely worse than doing nothing when it turned out the NPC had information about a similar previous attempt a very, very long time ago. That got tabled, but the raid/heist went ahead. Mages got the cleansing party in lead by our Garou who had found the taint and knew how to get to both sites. Some of them held the hole open, while the others fought the guards who inevitably found them and a cluster of mages come to investigate the hoopla. There had been a tiny combat once before, but this was their first multi-wave, multi-round combat. Meanwhile, the Garou used a thing he'd gotten in the umbra previously to bribe some small spider spirits into helping. They stealthed about, did their cleansings, avoided spirit guardians, and did some nice looting. A guard was beheaded. a mage was cleaved in two. A couple people were battered and bitten unconscious by a Horrible Goose. (Unleash the goose of war. Some others ran away. The group escaped.

They are now at the point where they are ready to formalize the group. Progress!

* After Saturday game, I needed to get gas so I could take Head Millennial home. I usually budget $30, but prices were so high it was just short of $50. This on top of the repairs I need to the car. I was just loading back into the car, when an out of breath man jogged up. He had very little English. I have even less Spanish, since it's just random words and phrases I picked up living here over the years (slowly deteriorating since I quit teaching), plus things I can deduce from what is left of my deteriorating French and Latin vocabulary. Plus Mime.

I worked out his car had run out of gas and he'd left his family there to come try to get some. He seemed legitimately freaked out and desperate for help. I gave him one of my cheap emergency cloth masks I keep in the car so we could go inside. At some point I had a gas can, but Skye gave it away in a move, and they were now charging 18+tax for a one gallon plastic can. (Jesus, Fuck!) Luckily he had it, because I didn't, having just blown it gassing my car. I negotiated the purchase. He only had cash and the change wasn't enough, so I bought him the gallon of fuel with what was left on my card, which legitimately startled him. I kept saying and miming zero when he asked how much. I was imagining he'd need what else he might have to gas up and possibly find food and lodging for his family, and it was the least I could do. There was no question of me not offering him a ride. I've been rescued by strangers when I had car trouble before and there was simply no question of me not doing the same.

Now we had to figure out where his car was. O.o Luckily Head Millennial had taken a little Spanish via language learning program, so had about as much as the gentleman had English. This was not enough for anything like clear directions, but we did manage to work out he wanted us to get on the highway going south, which was odd, because he was definitely saying North also, but I worked it out.

They'd been travelling North through the twisty, foggy, mostly unlit mountain pass at night, which can be scary on it's own. Also, there is a very long stretch of farmland with no gas South of the mountain, and literally one place to get gas in the pass. It's not as bad as the 40ish miles of farmland on a stretch further south where I got stranded on a shoulder at night once, but it is bad and waaaaaay the fuck scarier. The shoulder is narrow, and people get nervous driving a twisty two laner that high up. especially in fog. (South bound is far lower of the slope and nowhere near as alarming at night). No one was going to stop for a latino man, even with kids anywhere up there. Odds are no one would much notice them, being too busy driving and not tangling with trucks. If you runout there you are fucked 'til morning and there is a non zero chance of someone messing up and clipping you or your car. Jesus fuck! No wonder he was so happy to see us and grateful for our help. It was a massive relief to him when I mimed turning around. he must have been terrified. I'd suspected that when he was willing to get in a beat up old car with two strange white people at night).

It was a very, very long drive to the next exit south of the gas station where we collected him. I'm not kidding about how little flatland there is on that stretch of coast. The small ass community where the last gas station before the really rocky bit is well past the high bits. We found the north on ramp after a bit of fumbling with shitty signage in the dark. (I've pulled off here maybe three times since I moved up here in '98. I know how empty the passes are, so I am super careful about enough gas. A non-local wouldn't know that though). Then there was the long drive back, with us not sure how far they'd gotten before their gas ran out.

I spotted the car in time to stop. They cleverly owned flares (I don't) and had blinkers going. He must have jogged two to three miles for help, luckily down hill, but if I hadn't offered the ride, he'd have had to do that uphill going the wrong way. I just kept thinking how scary this would have been for him even without the language barrier and not knowing if American convenience stores carried gas can. They were so happy when they saw him get out of the car with the gas, I was incredibly happy they were all safe. (We could have easily been a car full of MAGA monsters or Proud Boys with guns or bats instead of someone bringing their husband and father back).

Yes, I've had people try to scam me with out of gas stories. Yes, the PNW has a history of robbing people who stop to help stranded drivers. Yes, there is always a risk taking a stranger into one's car. It's just I am good at reading people, and I absolutely believed him. He was clearly trying very hard not to freak the fuck out and was just as clearly out of breath. He had way more reason to be frightened of approaching white strangers at night. I'm glad it was us, a couple of mild mannered goth weirdos and not some asshole he approached in his desperation. We’re a blue state because of the cities strung like necklaces on the highway strings, but scratch blue here and you get red. I hope wherever they are going, they get there safely.

* "The Creepy Doll Adoption Agency:" https://www.neatorama.com/2021/09/08/The-Creepy-Doll-Adoption-Agency/

* "Sunday Sweets: Sweet Things In Small Packages:" https://www.cakewrecks.com/home/2021/9/12/sunday-sweets-sweet-things-in-small-packages

* "Sunday Sweets: Taste The Rainbow:" https://www.cakewrecks.com/home/2021/9/5/sunday-sweets-taste-the-rainbow

* "‘Game of Thrones’ type Michigan home hits market with moat, drawbridge, dungeon, secret passageways, grotto:" https://www.mlive.com/news/2021/09/game-of-thrones-type-michigan-home-hits-market-with-moat-drawbridge-dungeon-secret-passageways-grotto.html

* ToS: Season 2 Rewatch:

- 3.3: The Paradise Syndrome.

Kirk, Spock, and McCoy beam down to an 'improbably' earthlike planet. ('Improbable' despite lots of AU planets they've landed on already). They find an ancient advanced large metal artifact. They need to deflect an asteroid from the planet in thirty minutes, so clearly faffing about on the surface instead of solving the problem at any time before the last minute. They find a mix of Navaho, Mohican, and Delaware native Americans living traditional lifestyles there. There is a lot of extremely unfortunate dialog here, but it's nothing next to the appropriation, use of red face, and white savior crap to come.

Spock wants them to stop wasting time while a planet is at stake. (I agree, Spock, I agree). Kirk insists on futzing about with the obelisk for fun and to raise the stakes by wasting more time and gets sucked in. The search parties fail. Spock beams everyone up to go save the planet. McCoy has hysterics about abandoning Kirk even though logically saving the planet will save Kirk, while not saving the planet will definitely kill Kirk. Um, duh! Despite supposedly being a Doctor, McCoy somehow couldn't grasp this without it being explained as if to a three year old. McCoy gives no fucks that the entire planetary population of Native Americans will die if they don't stop the asteroid hitting the planet.

Kirk has amnesia. When he emerges from the obelisk the locals take him for their long awaited Savior God which...*head desk* Seriously, this is painful to watch. The local Elders want Kirk to prove he's a God. Kirk is supposed to rouse the Temple spirits to save them from the asteroid. Kirk vaguely remembers being from the sky and saves a drowned child with CPR, thus proving his white savior godhood. If you can not hear my disgust with this whole plot line in my typing, trust me, it's there.

Spock exceeds the safety margin to make up time for the time Kirk and McCoy wasted for no good reason. Scotty tells him off. Whatever they are paying Spock is clearly not enough. They try to deflect the asteroid, but the engines are damaged and they don't deflect the asteroid enough. Spock puts the ship in front of the asteroid in hopes of breaking it up. McCoy is still hysterical and obstructionist, unable to grasp that they need to save the planet or everyone on it dies, including Kirk.

Apparently the white lady made up in red face named Miramanee was engaged to a local named "Salish," which is the name of a real tribe near where I live. I have so many questions this episode will never answer. She breaks up with him to be Kirk's lover, because of course. Somehow Miramanee isn't bright enough to pull a tunic off using the head hole. Way to depict a grown woman as childlike. The Elders grovel in a way that turns my stomach and want to know how to advance and improve to please the Sky Gods. Ugh. I just... Why even is this episode? Kirk is happy and relaxed for the first time ever.

Miramanee is betrothed to Kirk because tribal law demands it. Suuuuurrrre. Anyway Kirk is into it, so they are to be married tomorrow. Meanwhile, the Enterprise is reduced to impulse power and they need to go to a repair base. The Rock is still headed for the planet. They will arrive in months, but four hours ahead of the asteroid. McCoy has more hysterics and berates Spock.

Salish attacks Kirk. The blood proves he's not a God. Kirk refuses to kill Salish. He and Miramanee marry. Months later, he's having nightmares and believes he doesn't deserve this happiness. Miramanee is pregnant. He invents irrigation and a lamp even though they would have had that technology.

Spock refuses to go to sick bay, being busy deciphering the obelisk. McCoy berates Spock and threatens to call security. Spock pretends to rest, then goes back to work. The symbols are both notes and an alphabet. The Preservers seeded "primitive cultures" throughout the galaxy. Their asteroid deflector has become defective. They need to fix it fast.

The asteroid approaches. Kirk tells them to go to the caves, but the locals say the caves aren't safe and he needs to go rouse the temple spirits. He prays fruitlessly. Chaos ensues. The mob stones Kirk and Miramanee. Spock and McCoy beam in, terrifying the locals. They save Kirk, but let Miramanee and her unborn baby die with only palliative care. Spock mind melds with Kirk to bring back his memory. Kirk resists, but it eventually works.

Spock catches Kirk up on the plot. He repeats his original message which accidentally opens the trap door. They try to figure out what Kirk did to screw up the system. Spock sorts it. Zap! Miramanee dies still believing in Kirk. They all bugger off having endangered a planet and contaminated another culture because they like site seeing.

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