9/4/23 - 9/10/23

Sep. 10th, 2023 05:18 am
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* I posted about a third of what I intended too. Apologies.

* I get angry every time a government does this. "How slums in Delhi were flattened before the G20 summit:" https://www.reuters.com/graphics/G20-SUMMIT/SLUM/zdpxrxoaypx/

* "Has India Changed Its Name? A G20 Invite Raises Eyebrows.:" https://www.nytimes.com/2023/09/06/world/asia/india-bharat-g20-summit.html

* "China’s Xi will skip G20 summit in India during a period of soured bilateral relations:" https://apnews.com/article/china-india-g20-xi-jinping-1540c1850f60edebc067ad430b968c00

* "Let's talk about China, G20, and explanations....:"

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* "Guatemala's top elections court suspends ban on president-elect Arevalo's party:" https://www.france24.com/en/americas/20230903-guatemala-s-top-elections-court-suspends-ban-on-president-elect-arevalo-s-party

* "Guatemala prosecutor seeks to strip electoral authorities of immunity after election:" https://apnews.com/article/guatemala-election-bernardo-arevalo-22fe6c74f3b4a7cd689517f15db6a060

* Terfs are lying when they claim to be feminist. "How do the Taliban, who ‘know what a woman is’, treat women in Afghanistan?:" https://www.thepinknews.com/2023/09/05/julia-hartley-brewer-taliban-tweet-trans/

* "Chile will search for 1,000+ victims of forced disappearance by Pinochet dictatorship:" https://www.npr.org/2023/08/31/1197019905/chile-search-disappeared-victims-pinochet-dictatorship

* "New scheme to help LGBTQ+ migrants bring ‘cultures and experiences’ to cities as they settle in Europe:" https://www.thepinknews.com/2023/09/04/queers-beyond-borders-queer-migrants-europe/

* "Who are the LGBTQ+ allies in Labour’s new front bench?:" https://www.thepinknews.com/2023/09/05/labour-keir-starmer-reshuffle-lgbtq-allies/

* "Romania Starts Sending Natural Gas To Moldova Through Pipeline:" https://www.rferl.org/a/romania-gas-supply-moldova-ukraine-war/32162977.html



* "Far-Right German Parliamentary Aide Tasked by Russia with Stopping Leopard Tanks to Ukraine:" https://theins.info/en/politics/264014

* "Musk says he refused Kyiv request for Starlink use in attack on Russia:" https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/musk-says-he-refused-kyiv-request-use-starlink-attack-russia-2023-09-08/

* "Russia amplifies right-wing influence campaign to undermine support for Ukraine by exploiting Hawaii's tragedy:" https://weaponizedspaces.substack.com/p/russia-amplifies-right-wing-influence

* "Let's talk about Russia, a talking point, and the reality....:"

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* "What Were the Russians Doing in Chornobyl?:" https://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2023/09/russia-ukraine-chernobyl-disaster/675083/

* "Ukrainian intercepts show Russian soldiers’ anger at losses, disarray :" https://www.reuters.com/investigates/special-report/ukraine-crisis-intercepts/

* "How They Tried to Kill Me:" https://www.nplusonemag.com/online-only/online-only/how-they-tried-to-kill-me/



* "Chinese Intel Officers Interfered in U.S. Election:" https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-features/china-facebook-instagram-propaganda-campaign-1234813762/

* "Let's talk about Fox, a story, and context....:"

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* "How President Biden came to grips with Trump-era radicalism:" https://www.msnbc.com/alex-wagner-tonight/watch/how-president-biden-came-to-grips-with-trump-era-radicalism-192331334000

* "Biden blocks oil drilling on 10M acres in Alaska, including leases Trump sold :" https://www.politico.com/news/2023/09/06/biden-to-cancel-trumps-oil-drilling-leases-in-alaskan-nature-refuge-00114243

* "Kamala Harris tour to inspire ‘critical generation’ of young people in fight for LGBTQ+ rights:" https://www.thepinknews.com/2023/09/08/kamala-harris-fight-for-our-freedoms-college-tour-lgbtq-rights/

* "Let's talk about Congress, confusion, and continuing resolutions....:"

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* "Let's talk about soft landings, recession, and Biden....:"

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* "This Is Public Housing. Just Don’t Call It That.:" https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/25/business/affordable-housing-montgomery-county.html

* "How the twin crises of climate change and poor public housing are harming people’s health:" https://www.statnews.com/2023/08/29/climate-change-public-housing-health-consequences/

* That's sure what it looked like, but it's helpful to have it substantiated. "New probe confirms Trump officials blocked Puerto Rico from receiving hurricane aid:" https://www.nbcnews.com/news/latino/new-probe-confirms-trump-officials-blocked-puerto-rico-receiving-hurri-rcna749

* "Let's talk about Beshear, McConnell, Kentucky, and the constitutions....:"

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* Republicans are lying when they say they care about national security or our troops. "Republican Cowardice Is Creating a Mess for the U.S. Military:" https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2023/09/tommy-tuberville-military-department-of-defense-blockade.html

* "Navy Secretary Carlos Del Toro accused Sen. Tommy Tuberville of helping the nation’s enemies.:" https://www.politico.com/news/2023/09/05/navy-secretary-tuberville-military-blockade-communists-00114115

* "Let's talk about Tuberville, poetry, and the military....:"

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* "Eight Things You Need to Know About the Navy’s Failed Multibillion-Dollar Littoral Combat Ship Program:" https://www.propublica.org/article/navy-littoral-combat-ship-takeaways

* Republicans continue to wage war on the Rule of Law in their pursuit of autocracy. "Jim Jordan and Wisconsin Republicans Know the Law—They Just Don’t Care:" https://newrepublic.com/post/175458/jim-jordan-wisconsin-republicans-conservatism-destruction

* "‘Offensive’: Georgia prosecutor excoriates Jordan for probe into Trump charges:" https://www.politico.com/news/2023/09/07/fani-willis-jim-jordan-offensive-00114583

* "Georgia DA eviscerates GOP Congressman, suggests he buy book on RICO law:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/georgia-da-eviscerates-gop-congressman-suggests-he-buy-book-on-rico-law-192496709613

* "Senator Admits "Kids Online Safety Act" Will Target Trans Content Online:" https://www.erininthemorning.com/p/senator-admits-kids-online-safety

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

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

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

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

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

* "Court tosses Alabama congressional map after GOP refuses to draw second Black district:" https://www.politico.com/news/2023/09/05/court-throws-out-alabama-gop-congressional-map-for-violating-voting-rights-act-00113962

* "Court decides Alabama Republicans can’t be trusted to draw congressional maps:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/court-decides-alabama-republicans-can-t-be-trusted-to-draw-congressional-maps-192327749981

* "DeSantis Florida redistricting map is unconstitutional and must be redrawn, judge says:" https://www.npr.org/2023/09/02/1197452442/desantis-florida-redistricting-map-gerrymandering-unconstitutional

* "Wisconsin Supreme Court Justice Rebecca Bradley criticized a colleague for not recusing from a case involving a donor. Six years ago, she helped kill a measure requiring those recusals.:" https://wausaupilotandreview.com/2023/09/02/wisconsin-supreme-court-justice-rebecca-bradley-criticized-a-colleague-for-not-recusing-from-a-case-involving-a-donor-six-years-ago-she-helped-kill-a-measure-requiring-those-recusals/

* Republicans insist that acknowledging facts is utterly disqualifying for Judges. "State Republicans Try to Remove Top Jurist for Mentioning the Existence of Racial Bias:" https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2023/08/north-carolina-gop-anita-earls-ethics-case.html

* "Let's talk about Wisconsin and the GOP not getting the answer they wanted....:"

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* "‘Tennessee Three’ members blast GOP rules restricting speech in state House :" https://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/4165033-tennessee-three-members-blast-gop-rules-restricting-speech-in-state-house/

* "Oregon Republicans barred from running for re-election after boycotting votes:" https://www.rawstory.com/oregon-gop-re-election/

* "Oregon Republican senators sue to run for reelection, saying walkout rule shouldn’t stop them:" https://apnews.com/article/oregon-republican-lawmaker-walkout-reelection-72dc264fc144539034ad2eb716eb208e

* "Backers blast approved ballot language for Ohio’s fall abortion amendment as misleading:" https://apnews.com/article/ohio-abortion-access-ballot-issue-election-2023-a628e9b323b8544847ace0a0504c5733

* I beg people over and over to vote in all the down ballot races in every election. This is why. "The GOP school boards making California Dems red in the face :" https://www.politico.com/news/2023/08/21/gop-school-boards-california-00112084

* "Historic Win: Gay Candidate Triumphs in Mississippi Primary :" https://www.outsmartmagazine.com/2023/09/historic-win-gay-candidate-triumphs-in-mississippi-primary/

* "Author of MS Care Ban Lost His Primary Because He’s Not Racist Enough:" https://www.assignedmedia.org/breaking-news/author-of-ms-care-ban-lost-his-primary-because-hes-not-racist-enough

* "Tennessee political candidate responds to homophobic smear campaign:" https://www.thepinknews.com/2023/09/06/tennessee-eric-patton-smear-campaign/

* "Let's talk about Blake vs Lake in Arizona....:"

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* "Gay club owner faces backlash over nearly $10,000 in Republican Party donations:" https://www.thepinknews.com/2023/09/08/michael-purdum-gop-donations/

* "Oliver Anthony Slams Republicans Using His Song 'Rich Men North of Richmond':" https://advocatechannel.com/oliver-anthony-slams-republicans

* "Republican presidential Project 2025 plans to define trans people as ‘pornographic’:" https://www.thepinknews.com/2023/09/08/conservative-think-tank-project-2025/

For fuckssake take this seriously. They are trying to make it illegal for us to exist in public. We are already subject to the death penalty in Florida for existing. They are planning to nationalize this.

They are coming for us first, but they will come for the whole queer community next. Respectability politics and throwing us under the bus won;t save you.

* "A lawsuit seeks to bar Trump from the primary in Colorado, citing Constitution’s insurrection clause:" https://apnews.com/article/trump-insurrection-constitution-2024-election-primary-ballot-19ca3f17881e8818302cb1260e7c2aed

* "‘Pro-baby:’ Republicans trying to rebrand the anti-abortion movement:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/-pro-baby-republicans-trying-to-rebrand-the-anti-abortion-movement-192584261851

* "Environmental groups sue over Virginia's withdrawal from greenhouse gas pact:" https://richmond.com/news/state-regional/government-politics/regional-greenhouse-gas-initiative-virginia-youngkin/article_f19e339a-4053-11ee-be13-2f3505af27d5.html

* "DeSantis appoints Moms for Liberty co-founder to board overseeing state employee conduct:" https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2023/09/06/desantis-appoints-moms-for-liberty-tina-descovich-florida-ethics-commission/70777620007/

Reminder: Mons for Liberty is a Neo-NAZI extremist hate group that openly admires Hitler and espouses his goals.

* "Impeachment trial begins for Texas Republican Ken Paxton:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/impeachment-trial-begins-for-texas-republican-ken-paxton-192327237660

* "Let's talk about why Republicans turned on Paxton....:"

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* "Trump White House official Navarro convicted of contempt after defying House Jan. 6 subpoena:" https://apnews.com/article/trump-white-house-navarro-contempt-congress-jan-6-a4ad58e1f590e5884fd347c86c121a8a

* "New York attorney general asks judge to fine Trump for ‘frivolous’ legal arguments:" https://www.politico.com/news/2023/09/05/trump-civil-fraud-lawsuit-sanctions-00114054

* "Witness in Trump documents case reached deal with prosecutors, ex-attorney says:" https://www.reuters.com/legal/witness-trump-documents-case-reached-deal-with-prosecutors-ex-attorney-says-2023-09-06/

* "Is Judge Cannon preparing to kneecap Trump's Florida documents case?:" https://www.publicnotice.co/p/judge-aileen-cannon-trump-florida-documents-case

* "Lordy, more tapes! Trump lawyer's notes add details on lead-up to FBI search of Mar-a-Lago:" https://www.msnbc.com/alex-wagner-tonight/watch/lordy-more-tapes-trump-lawyer-s-notes-add-details-on-lead-up-to-fbi-search-of-mar-a-lago-192418885579

* "Prosecutors race against Trump media's campaign to corrupt jury pool:" https://www.msnbc.com/alex-wagner-tonight/watch/prosecutors-race-against-trump-media-s-campaign-to-corrupt-jury-pool-192594501612

* "'His efforts fall short.': Judge stomps on Mark Meadows' bid to take Georgia trial federal:" https://www.msnbc.com/alex-wagner-tonight/watch/-his-efforts-fall-short-judge-stomps-on-mark-meadows-bid-to-take-georgia-trial-federal-192592453609

* "Fani Willis lays out criminal case against false electors :" https://www.politico.com/news/2023/09/05/fani-willis-criminal-case-electors-trump-00114149

* "All defendants in Georgia racketeering case, including Trump, have pleaded not guilty:" https://www.npr.org/2023/09/05/1197697531/georgia-racketeering-case-defendants-arraignment-trump-giuliani-meadows

* "Citing lumbering Young Thug case, Trump co-defendant seeks separate trial:" https://www.ajc.com/news/crime/citing-lumbering-young-thug-case-trump-co-defendant-seeks-separate-trial/LKEU6XM4AZBFBLBZH33VOGX33E/

* "Trump’s co-defendants are already starting to turn against him:" https://www.politico.com/news/2023/09/05/trump-cases-defendants-flipping-00113910

* "Trump, co-defendants scatter on strategy as legal heat intensifies:" https://www.msnbc.com/alex-wagner-tonight/watch/trump-co-defendants-scatter-on-strategy-as-legal-heat-intensifies-192332357685

* "Let's talk about Trump, Georgia, Willis and the most important takeaway....:"

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* "Threats, slurs and menace: Far-right websites target Fulton County grand jurors:" https://www.npr.org/2023/08/18/1194471162/trump-indictment-fulton-county-grand-jurors-threats

* "Trump Georgia election trial juror names should be secret, DA tells judge:" https://www.cnbc.com/2023/09/06/atlanta-da-wants-trump-georgia-election-trial-juror-names-to-be-secret.html

* "‘The corruption of Lindsey Graham:’ Why the senator risked indictment for Trump:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/-the-corruption-of-lindsey-graham-why-the-senator-risked-indictment-for-trump-192586309563

* "Trump’s daily statements threaten to prejudice jury pool in D.C. elections case, prosecutors warn:" https://www.cnbc.com/2023/09/05/trumps-daily-statements-threaten-to-prejudice-jury-pool-in-dc-elections-case-prosecutors-warn.html

* "'A new avenue of investigation': Jack Smith's grand jury that indicted Trump reconvenes:" https://www.msnbc.com/alex-wagner-tonight/watch/-a-new-avenue-of-investigation-jack-smith-s-grand-jury-that-indicted-trump-reconvenes-192505413868



* "Here are the longest Jan. 6 prison sentences handed down so far :" https://www.politico.com/news/2023/09/05/enrique-tarrio-prison-sentencing-proud-boys-00114104

* "Proud Boys’ Enrique Tarrio gets record 22 years in prison for Jan. 6 seditious conspiracy:" https://apnews.com/article/enrique-tarrio-capitol-riot-seditious-conspiracy-sentencing-da60222b3e1e54902db2bbbb219dc3fb

* "‘Wrong’ and ‘excessive:’ DeSantis, Ramaswamy criticize Proud Boys sentences:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/-wrong-and-excessive-desantis-ramaswamy-criticize-proud-boys-sentences-192498245678

* "A Christian Crowdfunding Site Has a White-Power Problem:" https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-features/christian-crowdfunding-givesendgo-white-power-problem-1234809799/

* "Neo-Nazis Parade Around Florida Chanting "Jews Will Not Replace Us":" https://www.advocate.com/news/neo-nazis-gather-orlando-florida

* Reminder: Both Libs of Tik Tok and Leave Our Kids Alone are Neo-NAZI hate groups know for inciting violence in pursuit of anti-LGBTQIA+ exterminationist goals. "“Lynch them all!” Libs of TikTok incites death threats targeting Los Angeles Unified School District:" https://www.vpsreports.com/post/lynch-them-all-libs-of-tiktok-incites-death-threats-targeting-los-angeles-unified-school-district

* "Sonja Shaw reshares threatening post against AG Rob Bonta: “you’re about to f- around and find out”:" https://www.vpsreports.com/post/sonja-shaw-reshares-threatening-post-against-ag-rob-bonta-you-re-about-to-f-around-and-find-out

* "U.S. judge orders Texas to move Rio Grande barriers to embankment, siding with Biden:" https://www.reuters.com/legal/us-judge-orders-texas-move-rio-grande-barriers-embankment-siding-with-biden-2023-09-06/

* "Busload of migrants, the 12th sent by Texas, arrives in Los Angeles:" https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2023-09-04/busload-of-migrants-12th-sent-by-texas-arrives-in-los-angeles

* "Thirteenth bus of migrants arrives at Union Station from Texas:" https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2023-09-09/bus-of-migrants-arrives-at-union-station-from-texas

* Police continue to murder people for sport. "New video shows Philadelphia Police officer shot Eddie Irizarry within seconds of getting out of patrol car:" https://www.inquirer.com/news/philadelphia/eddie-irizarry-philadelphia-police-shooting-mark-dial-family-lawyer-20230822.html

* "Video released in trooper's fatal shooting of Ricky Cobb II in Minneapolis:" https://www.cbsnews.com/minnesota/news/ricky-cobb-ii-state-trooper-fatal-shooting-video-released-minneapolis/

* "White ex-officers in Mississippi plead guilty to racist assault on 2 Black men during raid:" https://apnews.com/article/rankin-mississippi-deputies-civil-rights-brutality-2c2154e67cc6cd3b9a28cb16686f2a5c

* "A Chicago Cop Is Accused of Lying Under Oath 44 Times. Now Prosecutors Are Dropping Cases That Relied on His Testimony.:" https://www.propublica.org/article/chicago-officer-kriv-perjury-prosecutors-dropped-criminal-cases

* "Sadistic California Cops Bragged About ‘Violating Civil Rights’:" https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-features/antioch-cops-morteza-amiri-eric-rombough-devon-wenger-1234812466/

* "Dallas cops laughed after disabled military vet was denied restroom, urinated on himself:" https://www.dallasnews.com/news/public-safety/2023/08/16/dallas-cops-laughed-after-disabled-military-vet-denied-toilet-access-urinated-on-himself/

* "SPD illegally searched trunk after driver says he was stopped due to race, judge rules:" https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/law-justice/spd-illegally-searched-trunk-after-driver-says-he-was-stopped-due-to-race-judge-rules/

* All this for exercising their first amendment rights. This is some bullshit. "61 Cop City Protesters in Atlanta Are Being Hit With RICO Charges. Dozens of activists have been indicted for opposing the construction of a massive police facility outside Atlanta.:" https://newrepublic.com/post/175382/cop-city-protesters-atlanta-rico-racketeering-charges

* "Kansas State Police Tell Court It’s Too Much To Ask For Troopers To Respect The Constitution:" https://www.techdirt.com/2023/08/31/kansas-state-police-tell-court-its-too-much-to-ask-for-troopers-to-respect-the-constitution/

* "New Proof That Police Use Civil Forfeiture To Take From Those Who Can’t Fight Back:" https://www.forbes.com/sites/instituteforjustice/2021/10/25/new-proof-that-police-use-civil-forfeiture-to-take-from-those-who-cant-fight-back/?sh=25be27434e84

* "Racist abuse by Mississippi officers reveals a culture of misconduct, residents say:" https://apnews.com/article/mississippi-racist-abuse-police-culture-1feb54483e62bef53efe1a1a16be29f1

* "Woman forced to do her own detective work when an LAPD officer stole her debit card:" https://boingboing.net/2023/08/31/woman-forced-to-do-her-own-detective-work-when-an-lapd-officer-stole-her-debit-card.html

* "Well-Funded Reactionary Police Unions Are Recalling Progressive DAs Who Hold Cops Accountable:" https://www.downwithtyranny.com/post/well-funded-reactionary-police-unions-are-recalling-progressive-das-who-hold-cops-accountable

* Sheriffs wage war on the rule of law. "IN THE SHERIFF WE TRUST:" https://azcir.org/cspoa/

* "Sheriffs Who Back the “Great Replacement” as the New “Big Lie”:" https://www.democracydocket.com/opinion/sheriffs-who-back-the-great-replacement-as-the-new-big-lie/

* "NYPD will use drones to monitor private parties over Labor Day weekend:" https://www.engadget.com/nypd-will-use-drones-to-monitor-private-parties-over-labor-day-weekend-001909102.html?src=rss

* "Many big US cities now answer mental health crisis calls with civilian teams — not police:" https://apnews.com/article/mental-health-crisis-911-police-alternative-civilian-responders-ca97971200c485e36aa456c04d217547

* "A prison guard says she was forced to stay at her post during labor pains. Texas is fighting compensation for her stillbirth.:" https://www.chron.com/news/houston-texas/article/texas-argues-fetus-doesn-t-right-life-new-18292079.php

* "Is This the End of Prison Phone Fees?:" https://www.motherjones.com/crime-justice/2023/08/conneticut-prison-phone-fees-securus/

* "Texas drag ban: ‘I never dreamed I’d be in court fighting for the right to wear make-up and a wig’:" https://www.thepinknews.com/2023/09/09/texas-drag-ban-lawsuit-injunction-brigitte-bandit-extragrams/

* "Iowa Mayor Blocks LGBTQ+ Group From Labor Day Parade, Citing ‘Safety’ Concerns:" https://www.advocate.com/news/iowa-mayor-lgbtq-labor-day

* "At a College Targeted by DeSantis, Gender Studies Is Out, Jocks Are In:" https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/14/opinion/columnists/gender-studies-ron-desantis-florida.html?unlocked_article_code=iXRmJv42iabGRCWy2uY4F-FYZ_ntHEV7YRICgRsdHsE_zKNrMgPf5LpB7FfwlGLPb0YMg30o8rP7TFuwQ-WmWl2fXJrjHqDzOj4DD-E14MRQ5vxziXzg88itfuIu-zAm817zINVHywwnzkFdkBFJFfygyvnDZ1i1LtpbwGIu-fBFOpbBkUDZVOsHC0Y4T9EoxJ3hPgtiLZ0N4_6TZdkjQ9wdnUR6agNTlwr9nGwWoK566TPLYobR5EDRHOP5_Y5c2yvNoaw271NGv4YncIiCY3xn3x0ZOmSwWjZ2dMGAZ9Bu5Diw4CyfsfPEntum2EHJP3YhNfOShZNUt2t4D8h_rIxiLG6LaOUK4Bw55l5cZEhLM_Iso6hK&smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare

* "Houston ISD Takeover, The Musical:" https://www.texasobserver.org/houston-isd-takeover-the-musical/?goal=0_975e2d1fa1-5f5fbe19c0-34916046&mc_cid=5f5fbe19c0

* "Queer History Lecture Prompts Vengeance From Alabama GOP:" https://www.advocate.com/history/queer-history-lecture-alabama-gop

* "Florida school principal on leave after holding a Powerpoint session to tell Black kids they must improve:" https://boingboing.net/2023/08/26/florida-school-principal-on-leave-after-holding-a-powerpoint-session-to-tell-black-kids-they-must-improve.html

* "PragerU’s ‘Propaganda’ Videos Infiltrate Another State’s Classrooms:" https://www.thedailybeast.com/pragerus-propaganda-videos-okd-for-oklahoma-classrooms-by-supt-ryan-walters

* "Conservative propaganda site targeting schools looks to expand state partnerships:" https://www.msnbc.com/alex-wagner-tonight/watch/conservative-propaganda-site-targeting-schools-looks-to-expand-state-partnerships-192332357883

* "How Fracking Billionaires, Ben Shapiro, and PragerU Built a Climate Crisis–Denial Empire:" https://www.vice.com/en/article/y3p33j/fracking-farris-dan-wilks-prageru-climate-crisis-denial-shapiro

* "Follow the money: Fracking billionaires funding anti-renewable energy propaganda cartoons:" https://www.msnbc.com/alex-wagner-tonight/watch/follow-the-money-fracking-billionaires-funding-anti-renewable-energy-propaganda-cartoons-192512069824

* "Pennsylvania school district requires social studies classes to incorporate right-wing propaganda:" https://popular.info/p/pennsylvania-school-district-requires

* "Florida school board votes not to recognise LGBTQ+ History Month:" https://www.thepinknews.com/2023/09/07/florida-school-board-lgbtq-history-month/

* "School district uses ChatGPT to help remove library books:" https://www.popsci.com/technology/iowa-chatgpt-book-ban/

* "California passes anti-book ban bill for schools: ‘The true freedom state’:" https://www.thepinknews.com/2023/09/09/california-book-bans-lgbtq-race-inclusive-schools/

* "Conservative book ban push fuels library exodus from national association that stands up for books:" https://apnews.com/article/library-book-ban-association-withdraw-7f5743a9e464433a745697f9111d7f6b

* ""Detransitioner Wave" Fails To Materialize, Trans Regret Rates Remain Low:" https://www.erininthemorning.com/p/detransitioner-wave-fails-to-materialize?utm_source=profile&utm_medium=reader2

* "Why aren’t we all being offered an autumn Covid booster? We can’t let cost prevent us keeping Britain healthy:" https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/sep/08/autumn-covid-booster-britain-uk-vaccine-long-covid-economy

I hate linking to the Guardian because they hate people like me, but the Tories making Eugenics against disabled people their official public health policy isn't well covered anywhere not blatantly transphobic, so I'm doing it.

* "COVID Booster Is Coming, but Here’s Why You May Not Get It:" https://www.thedailybeast.com/covid-booster-is-coming-but-cdc-hasnt-decided-who-is-eligible

* I always ask them to do my left as a matter of course. I now feel lucky. "Which arm gets the Covid-19 booster may make a difference, study shows:" https://www.cnn.com/2023/08/18/health/covid-vaccine-arm-wellness/index.html

* "How Black autistic women and girls are excluded from conversations on resources and research:" https://19thnews.org/2023/06/black-women-and-girls-autism-data/

* "Is It Real or Imagined? Here’s How Your Brain Tells the Difference:" https://www.wired.com/story/is-it-real-or-imagined-heres-how-your-brain-tells-the-difference/

* This doesn't surprise me even a little, given my Uncle's experiences. "Largest study of brains of athletes younger than 30 finds early signs of CTE even in amateur players :" https://www.cnn.com/2023/08/28/health/cte-younger-athletes/index.html



* "Where dangerous heat is surging:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/interactive/2023/extreme-heat-wet-bulb-globe-temperature/

* "This Brutal Summer in 10 Alarming Maps and Graphs:" https://www.wired.com/story/this-brutal-summer-in-10-alarming-maps-and-graphs/

* "Climate-linked ills threaten humanity:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/interactive/2023/pakistan-extreme-heat-health-impacts-death/

* "Maui’s Wildfire Recovery Is Haunted by the Specter of Colonialism:" https://newrepublic.com/article/175209/maui-wildfire-recovery-haunted-colonialism

* "‘Everything was gone in minutes’: How queer people on Maui came together after devastating wildfires:" https://www.thepinknews.com/2023/09/05/lgbtq-support-impact-maui-wildfires-hawaii/

* "Morocco earthquake kills more than 2,000 and damages historic Marrakech:" https://www.cnn.com/2023/09/08/africa/morocco-6-8-magnitude-earthquake-intl-hnk/index.html

* "In a Place Shattered by War and Earthquakes, People Feel Forgotten:" https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/27/world/middleeast/syria-earthquake-rebuilding.html

* "The Burning Man disaster is ‘a teachable moment’ about climate change:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/2023/09/05/burning-man-exodus-flooding-climate-change/



* "A Cooler Future Means a World With Less Pavement:" https://www.thenation.com/article/environment/asphalt-pavement-climate-cities/

* "The endless battle to banish the world’s most notorious stalker website:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2023/09/03/kiwifarms-website-offline/

* "More than 11,000 years in jail for crypto firm founder :" https://www.euronews.com/2023/09/08/more-than-11000-years-in-jail-for-crypto-firm-founder

* "Elon Musk’s Shadow Rule:" https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2023/08/28/elon-musks-shadow-rule

* "With Elon Musk, Free Speech Comes at a Price:" https://www.newsweek.com/elon-musk-free-speech-price-man-sentenced-death-1824155

* "Elon Musk Blames Anti-Defamation League for Destroying Website He Ruined Himself:" https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-features/elon-musk-blames-anti-defamation-league-twitter-advertisting-revenue-antisemitism-1234818503/

* "Elon Musk Agrees to Libs of TikTok Request for X ‘Data Dump’ on Anti-Defamation League:" https://www.advocate.com/news/elon-musk-defends-chaya-raichik

* "X/Twitter executives had a very bad day defending Musk's platform:" https://mashable.com/article/x-twitter-linda-yaccarino-interview-illegal-content

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

* "Elon Musk’s X sues California over law meant to tackle hate speech on social media:" https://www.thepinknews.com/2023/09/09/elon-musk-x-sue-california-law-hate-speech-social-media/

* "Enough! Advertisers and Governments Must Dump Elon Musk.:" https://www.thedailybeast.com/enough-advertisers-and-governments-must-dump-elon-musk?ref=home?ref=home

* "The truth about Elon Musk and anti-Semitism :" https://popular.info/p/the-truth-about-elon-musk-and-anti

* Free speech doesn't mean free of consequences."Hey Elon: The ADL Convincing Advertisers To Run Away From Your Site Is Part Of The Free Speech You Pretend To Support :" https://www.techdirt.com/2023/09/05/hey-elon-the-adl-convincing-advertisers-to-run-away-from-your-site-is-part-of-the-free-speech-you-pretend-to-support/

* "Civil rights groups attacked by Elon Musk are mounting a counteroffensive:" https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/tech-news/civil-rights-groups-attacked-elon-musk-are-mounting-counteroffensive-rcna103579

* "Google gets its way, bakes a user-tracking ad platform directly into Chrome:" https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2023/09/googles-widely-opposed-ad-platform-the-privacy-sandbox-launches-in-chrome/

* I remember a similar campaign with vaccinated sandwiches decades ago. This is so much cleverer. "The Massive Campaign to Air-Drop Tiny Rabies Vaccines to Raccoons:" https://www.wired.com/story/the-massive-campaign-to-air-drop-tiny-rabies-vaccines-to-raccoons/

* "Viking Age Tools and the Mighty Mästermyr Tool Chest:"

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* "Who was the 1920s Moulin Rouge Drag Queen that inspired Man Ray and Cocteau?:" https://www.messynessychic.com/2023/02/15/who-was-the-1920s-moulin-rouge-drag-queen-that-inspired-man-ray-and-cocteau/

* "SOME LIKE IT HOT: Secrets, Scandals, and Marilyn's Mystique:"

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* "Tribe getting piece of Minnesota back more than a century after ancestors died there:" https://apnews.com/article/minnesota-native-american-land-back-b09c0dc8dd6289a1545684e04599f94f

* "Smash Mouth's Former Lead Singer Steve Harwell Dead at 56:" https://www.advocate.com/obituaries/smash-mouth-steve-harwell-dead

* "See the wild, customized creations of Indonesia’s ‘rebel riders’:" https://www.nationalgeographic.com/culture/article/see-wild-creations-indonesia-vespa-rebel-riders

* "‘Back to school’ means anytime from late July to after Labor Day, depending on where in the U.S. you live:" https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2023/08/25/back-to-school-dates-u-s/

* "Sailing boat rescued by the Götheborg:" https://www.gotheborg.se/news/rescue-of-sailing-boat/

* Wednesday was errands. Thursday, they upped my dose. After I got my flu vaccine. Between the two I'm a bit low grade ick, but it is so worth it. This year's flu is extra nasty. I'll take a few days of low grade meh over a month of illness and the risk of the hospital any day.

You might want to get yours soon.

Pharmacy is strict on the RSV age limit and isn't doing medical wavers. Given my immune system, I have hopes of the doctor giving me one despite being too young.

I hope to get the new COVID formulation next week.

Friday was the dentist. No cleaner, but it was a nobody's fault thing. She called Thursday morning while I was getting my jabs and I didn't check until it was to late to call back. she tried the call box out front, which doesn't work 98% of the time. When it does work, it may or may not ring and if it does all we get is static. She was gone when I checked. I was too tired and discouraged to cope with reschedule.

Did I mention today's random draw dentist looked and low key sounded like Colin Robinson? Because he did.

* "Smash Mouth - Walkin' On The Sun:"

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* "Midnight Pals: The Fourth Estate:" https://www.tumblr.com/bitterkarella/727555012038885377/midnight-pals-the-fourth-estate?source=share

* "Midnight Pals: Publisher Assassins:" https://www.tumblr.com/bitterkarella/727637341777297408/midnight-pals-publisher-assassins?source=share

* "Midnight Pals: FUCK THIS HOUSE:" https://www.tumblr.com/bitterkarella/727733292100681728/brian-asman-submitted-for-the-approval-of-the?source=share

* "Midnight Pals: Tapeworms:" https://www.tumblr.com/bitterkarella/728004145119903744/midnight-pals-tapeworms?source=share

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

The help links are at the bottom under the cut.

* "US Patent Bureau call for comment on AI:" https://amaebi.dreamwidth.org/2286373.html

* Want to help the people of Maui?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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* "Austria’s Sebastian Kurz charged with making false statements:" https://www.politico.eu/article/sebastian-kurz-charged-on-suspicion-of-making-false-statements/

* "Secret Messages Document Moscow Contacts with Staffer of Far-Right AfD:" https://www.spiegel.de/international/germany/germany-secret-messages-document-moscow-contacts-with-staffer-of-far-right-afd-a-0040e526-39d7-4f22-8bc1-6772bc2d840a

* "A top Russian general linked to the head of a rebellious mercenary group is reportedly dismissed:" https://apnews.com/article/russia-general-surovikin-dismissed-ukraine-wagner-036326ed0279a0c85600ef435e59a076

* "Russian mercenary chief and mutineer Prigozhin killed in jet crash, state media say:" https://www.latimes.com/world-nation/story/2023-08-23/jet-crash-in-russia-kills-10-wagner-chief-prigozhin-passenger-list

* "'Revenge served cold' suspected in plane crash death of Putin warlord:" https://www.msnbc.com/alex-wagner-tonight/watch/-revenge-served-cold-suspected-in-plane-crash-death-of-putin-warlord-191489605556

* "The new educational programme in Russia:" https://solarbird.dreamwidth.org/1932940.html



* "Ukraine forces raise national flag in Robotyne in Zaporizhzhia region:" https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/ukraine-forces-raise-national-flag-robotyne-zaporizhzhia-region-2023-08-23/

* "Turbulent Waters: How the Black Sea Became a Hot Spot in the War:" https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/08/world/europe/black-sea-russia-ukraine.html

* "Let's talk about Russia and who they don't want to face....:"

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* "Fox blames Biden for failing to stop Tropical Storm Hilary at the border: "they let it right in":" https://boingboing.net/2023/08/21/fox-blames-biden-for-failing-to-stop-tropical-storm-hilary-at-the-border-they-let-it-right-in.html

Remember when Republicans used to claim Obama had a time machine and super powers on the regular? Now they are claiming Biden controls the Weather.

* "Let's talk about government shutdowns, continuing resolutions, and more....:"

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* Republicans continue to wage their war on the American Economy that started with Reagan. "House Freedom Caucus rolls out demands to avoid shutdown:" https://www.politico.com/news/2023/08/21/house-freedom-caucus-potential-shutdown-00112068

* "More than 31K Arkansans lost Medicaid coverage for procedural reasons in July:" https://www.ualrpublicradio.org/local-regional-news/2023-08-09/more-than-31k-arkansans-lost-medicaid-coverage-for-procedural-reasons-in-july

* "More than 82,000 Arkansans lose Medicaid coverage in July purge:" https://www.arkansasonline.com/news/2023/aug/09/more-than-82000-arkansans-lose-medicaid-coverage/

* It's not just Arkansas. Check your Medicaid.

* "The Charitable-Industrial Complex:" https://www.nytimes.com/2013/07/27/opinion/the-charitable-industrial-complex.html

* "UPS workers overwhelmingly approve a 5-year contract, ending a standoff between the company and the Teamsters union:" https://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/ups-workers-overwhelmingly-approve-5-year-contract-ending-102462116

* "House Republicans launch investigation into Fulton County DA after Trump indictment:" https://www.politico.com/news/2023/08/24/house-republicans-launch-investigation-into-fulton-county-da-00112769

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

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

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

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

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

* "Federal Judge Strikes Down Portions of Texas Voter Suppression Law S.B. 1:" https://www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/federal-judge-strikes-down-portions-of-texas-voter-suppression-law-s-b-1/

* If Republicans succeed this is the end of rule of law and an independent judiciary. "Trump’s Georgia allies search for ways to punish Fani Willis:" https://www.ajc.com/politics/trumps-georgia-allies-search-for-ways-to-punish-fani-willis/LYUKIOKBJJBMBAXFD3JCWO2ZTQ/

* "Drag queen makes historic run for office to bring ‘voice to the voiceless’ in Florida politics:" https://www.thepinknews.com/2023/08/20/florida-drag-queen-politics-michael-travis-erika-rose/

* "Racist COVID Claims Spread by RFK, Jr., and Other Demagogues Are Deadly:" https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/racist-covid-infection-theories-arent-just-wrong-they-are-deadly/

* "Hayes: How the ‘hermetically-sealed’ MAGA world views Trump vs. Biden:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/hayes-how-the-hermetically-sealed-maga-world-views-trump-vs-biden-191383621713

* "Let's talk about negative turnout for Biden and Trump....:"

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* "Vivek Ramaswamy: LGBTQ+ People Created 'Tyranny of the Minority':" https://www.advocate.com/politics/vivek-ramaswamy-lgbtq-people-tyranny

* How is this legal? "ND governor paying people to donate to his presidential campaign:" https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/4089441-nd-governor-paying-people-to-donate-to-his-presidential-campaign/

* "The Ron DeSantis Slump:" https://www.newyorker.com/news/the-political-scene/the-ron-desantis-slump

* "DeSantis eager to disclaim his elitist roots to curry favor with MAGA populists:" https://www.msnbc.com/alex-wagner-tonight/watch/desantis-eager-to-disclaim-his-elitist-roots-to-curry-favor-with-maga-populists-191484485546

* "The dog that didn't bark: Trump's calls for massive protests go unanswered:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/the-dog-that-didn-t-bark-trump-s-calls-for-massive-protests-go-unanswered-191308869503

* "Let's talk about Trump, Tucker, and skipping the debates....:"

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* "Michigan's Perry Johnson excluded from GOP presidential debate; claims 'corrupt' process:" https://www.freep.com/story/news/politics/elections/2023/08/22/perry-johnson-michigan-gop-presidential-debate-candidate/70640396007/

* "Perry Johnson Also Plans to Sue RNC for Missing Presidential Debate:" https://www.thedailybeast.com/perry-johnson-also-plans-to-sue-rnc-for-missing-presidential-debate

* "'Mad, mad world': Republicans make a mockery of primary debate before it even starts:" https://www.msnbc.com/alex-wagner-tonight/watch/-mad-mad-world-republicans-make-a-mockery-of-primary-debate-before-it-even-starts-191389765967

* "The GOP Debate Participants: A Look at Their Anti-LGBTQ+ Records:" https://www.advocate.com/politics/republican-debate-homophobia-transphobia

* "The spiciest moments of the first GOP debate:" https://www.politico.com/news/2023/08/23/first-republican-debate-highlights-00112617

* "Republican presidential candidates attack LGBTQ+ ‘indoctrination’ in schools during TV debate:" https://www.thepinknews.com/2023/08/24/republican-2024-candidates-ron-desantis-nikki-haley-donald-trump/

* "The GOP Debate: A Dumpster Fire, With or Without Trump:" https://www.advocate.com/voices/gop-debate-dumpster-fire

* "New Arkansas law now allows children under 16 years old to work:" https://www.kait8.com/2023/08/01/new-arkansas-law-now-allows-children-under-16-years-old-work/

* "MTG Baselessly Claims Georgia Prosecutor Is ‘Guilty of’ RICO Crimes, Not Trump:" https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/mtg-georgia-prosecutor-guilty-rico-not-trump-1234809319/

* "Marjorie Taylor Greene appears to defend Proud Boys leader in social media post :" https://thehill.com/regulation/court-battles/4159874-marjorie-taylor-greene-defends-proud-boys-leader-in-social-media-post-as-doj-seeks-33-year-sentence/?utm_source=press.coop

* "George Santos Aide Accused of Impersonating Kevin McCarthy Staffer Now Charged:" https://www.advocate.com/crime/george-santos-aide-charged

* "Let's talk about Santos, fundraising, and another indictment....:"

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* "Trump attorneys guided false electors in Georgia, GOP chair says:" https://www.politico.com/news/2023/08/22/trump-indictment-false-electors-00112229

* "Meet the 34-year-old judge who will oversee Trump prosecution in Georgia:" https://www.ajc.com/news/meet-the-34-year-old-judge-who-will-oversee-trump-prosecution/BSRME6N2DJFYDGZ3OGBOJUFUKA/

* "Trump ex-chief Mark Meadows asks judge to protect him from arrest as he seeks to move Georgia case to federal court:" https://www.cnbc.com/2023/08/22/trump-ex-aide-meadows-asks-judge-to-protect-him-from-arrest-in-ga-case.html

* "Indicted Trump lawyer Kenneth Chesebro demands speedy trial in Georgia:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/indicted-trump-lawyer-kenneth-chesebro-demands-speedy-trial-in-georgia-191470661865

* "Judge schedules Trump codefendant Ken Chesebro for October trial in racketeering case:" https://www.politico.com/news/2023/08/24/fulton-county-prosecutors-ask-judge-to-set-oct-23-trial-on-trump-racketeering-charges-00112816

* "Giuliani turns himself in on Georgia 2020 election charges after bond is set at $150,000:" https://apnews.com/article/trump-giuliani-georgia-election-indictment-fulton-county-203b1e69cbff227a0bf8cc59a6bb645f

* "Federal judge rejects bids to halt Georgia prosecution of Trump aides over 2020 election:" https://www.politico.com/news/2023/08/23/georgia-trump-racketeering-case-state-court-00112480

* "Long on bills, short on time: Trump co-defendants may consider their options:" https://www.msnbc.com/alex-wagner-tonight/watch/long-on-bills-short-on-time-trump-co-defendants-may-consider-their-options-191393349787

* "Judge approves $200,000 bond for Trump in Georgia election case:" https://apnews.com/article/trump-giuliani-georgia-election-indictment-fulton-county-203b1e69cbff227a0bf8cc59a6bb645f

* "Behold the First Ever Presidential Mugshot:" https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/trump-mugshot-released-georgia-election-meddling-arrest-1234812072/

* "Sen. Warnock (D-GA): We know who Trump is, but who are we?:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/sen-warnock-d-ga-we-know-who-trump-is-but-who-are-we-191309381982

* This is understandable and some of the most in depth stuff I've seen on the indictments. "It's RICO in Georgia:"

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* "Inside One ‘Egregious’ Mistake From Trump’s Florida Judge Aileen Cannon:" https://www.thedailybeast.com/inside-one-egregious-mistake-from-trumps-florida-judge-aileen-cannon

* "Prosecutors: Trump Mar-a-Lago security aide flipped after changing lawyers :" https://www.politico.com/news/2023/08/22/trump-witness-reversal-testimony-jack-smith-00112355

* "Key Mar-a-Lago witness flips after dumping Trump-aligned lawyer, court filings reveal:" https://www.msnbc.com/alex-wagner-tonight/watch/key-mar-a-lago-witness-flips-after-dumping-trump-aligned-lawyer-court-filings-reveal-191393349836

* "Bondsman Scott Hall released from Fulton Jail:" https://www.ajc.com/news/bondsman-scott-hall-released-from-fulton-jail/5U2LUVKRR5AZDPGVUNFQFUVYCU/

* "Justice Department objects to Trump’s proposed April 2026 date for DC trial:" https://apnews.com/article/trump-special-counsel-trial-justice-department-jan-6-d2648e51ddf2cdcebf74a197e4c547d7

* "How Trump (Allegedly) Tried to Steal the Election:"

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* "Secret Service Agents Were in Contact With Far-Right Oath Keepers:" https://newrepublic.com/post/175151/secret-service-agents-contact-far-right-oath-keepers

* "'Naive' Secret Service had blind spot for Oath Keepers ahead of Jan. 6: report:" https://www.msnbc.com/alex-wagner-tonight/watch/-naive-secret-service-had-blind-spot-for-oath-keepers-ahead-of-jan-6-report-191481925893

* "Investigation underway after unknown white powdery substance found at Nevada FBI office:" https://katv.com/news/nation-world/investigation-underway-after-unknown-white-powdery-substance-found-at-nevada-fbi-office-reno-explicit-sign-cup-of-white-powder-federal-investigation-possible-hoax

* "‘Active’ hate groups made up of neo-Nazis growing in the US, experts warn:" https://www.thepinknews.com/2023/07/24/active-hate-groups-neo-nazis-us/

* "Bomb threats and ‘swatting’ campaign hits dozens of synagogues:" https://forward.com/news/557648/bomb-threats-and-swatting-campaign-hits-dozens-of-synagogues/?amp=1

* "Judge halts "religious-liberty training" order as Southwest argues it's unconstitutional:" https://www.lawdork.com/p/religious-liberty-training-order-30-day-stay

* "Misconduct Complaint Filed Against Texas Judge in Hate Group Training Case:" https://www.advocate.com/law/southwest-airlines-judge-complaint

* "Kyle Rittenhouse’s new foundation is run by a Pizzagate conspiracy theorist and a gun extremist who appeared on a white nationalist program:" https://www.mediamatters.org/diversity-discrimination/kyle-rittenhouses-new-foundation-run-pizzagate-conspiracy-theorist-and-gun

* "One dead in Nudieland shooting at ‘safe space’ for queer punk community in Minneapolis:" https://www.thepinknews.com/2023/08/18/nudieland-shooting-death/

* "Minneapolis Mass Shooting Leaves Transgender Community Fearful of Further Violence:" https://www.advocate.com/crime/nudieland-minneapolis-trans-shooting

* "Government's own experts found 'barbaric' and 'negligent' conditions in ICE detention:" https://www.npr.org/2023/08/16/1190767610/ice-detention-immigration-government-inspectors-barbaric-negligent-conditions

* "DOJ sues Texas and Gov. Greg Abbott over Rio Grande barrier:" https://www.politico.com/news/2023/07/24/doj-sues-texas-and-gov-greg-abbott-over-rio-grande-barrier-00107896

* "Lansing police detained a Black child who was in the 'wrong place, wrong time,' department says:" https://www.cbsnews.com/detroit/news/michigan-police-detained-a-black-child-who-was-in-the-wrong-place-wrong-time-department-says-4/

* "Trans man assaulted by police officer in car park to sue LA County for $10,000:" https://www.thepinknews.com/2023/08/18/emmett-brock-los-angeles-police-legal-action/

* "Lawsuit could be filed in death of Joan Meyer, who died day after police raid on KS paper:" https://news.yahoo.com/lawsuit-could-filed-death-joan-185938180.html

* "Authorities charge 10 current and former California police officers in corruption case:" https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/authorities-charge-10-current-and-former-california-police-officers-in-corruption-case

* "Let's talk about the FBI, California, and 9 cops....:"

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* "Greenpoint mystery solved: serial litterer was NYPD sergeant:" https://gothamist.com/news/greenpoint-mystery-solved-serial-litterer-was-nypd-sergeant

* "The War on Cities:" https://www.newyorker.com/news/annals-of-crime/the-war-on-cities

* "Sentenced to Life as Boys, They Made Their Case for Release:" https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/15/headway/prison-life-sentence-release.html

* "Did a Journalist Violate Hacking Law to Leak Fox News Clips? The Government Thinks He Did.:" https://zetter.substack.com/p/did-a-journalist-violate-hacking

* "The Black Panther Party is Back and They’ve Got Hormones:" https://www.assignedmedia.org/breaking-news/the-black-panther-party-is-back-theyve-got-hormones

* "Oklahoma’s high court will consider a reparations case from 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre survivors:" https://apnews.com/article/tulsa-race-massacre-survivors-lawsuit-2731bcc20ef66decf564eb4918460327

* "Texas Sued Over 'Unconstitutional' Drag Ban by ACLU:" https://www.advocate.com/law/aclu-sues-texas-drag-ban

* "Smithsonian Cancels Literature Festival Leaving Trans AAPI Community Disheartened:" https://www.advocate.com/news/aapi-transgender-smithsonian-festival-cancellation

* "Right-Wing Takeover of New College in Florida Seeks to Benefit More Men:" https://www.advocate.com/education/chris-rufo-new-college-florida

* "Moms for Liberty Wants to Make American Kids Oblivious to Sex Ed: Report:" https://www.advocate.com/education/sex-education-moms-for-liberty

* "North Carolina Lawmakers Override Governor's Veto of 3 Anti-LGBTQ+ Bills:" https://www.advocate.com/law/anti-lgbtq-bills-north-carolina

* "Students banned from using nicknames under new anti-trans Orange County schools guidance:" https://www.thepinknews.com/2023/08/08/orange-county-florida-trans-schools/

* "California School District Will Make Staff Out Trans Students to Their Parents:" https://www.advocate.com/education/murrieta-valley-outing-transgender-students

* "“Racism pure and simple”: Arkansas rejects credit for AP Black History — but Europe history is fine:" https://www.salon.com/2023/08/16/pure-and-simple-arkansas-rejects-credit-for-ap-black-history--but-europe-history-is-fine_partner/

* It is not allowed to teach about the Little Rock Nine in Little Rock. Little Rock high schools say they will defy the law. "Historic "Little Rock Nine" school pushes back on Arkansas law limiting race studies:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/historic-little-rock-nine-school-pushes-back-on-arkansas-law-limiting-race-studies-191307845936

* "PragerU co-host once condemned Martin Luther King Jr. and branded himself a white nationalist:" https://www.vpsreports.com/post/prageru-co-host-once-condemned-martin-luther-king-jr-and-branded-himself-a-white-nationalist

* "ACLU Calls for Federal Probe of Anti-LGBTQ+ Actions in Texas Schools:" https://www.advocate.com/law/texas-schools-anti-lgbtq

* "Heartstopper, The Color Purple and hundreds more books set for Iowa school ban:" https://www.thepinknews.com/2023/08/03/heartstopper-the-colour-purple-book-ban-iowa/

* "Trump-supporting town could force local library to close over a book about trans people:" https://www.thepinknews.com/2023/08/19/dayton-washington-library-lgbtq-books/

* CW: Sexual Assault "Sexual Assaults in the LGBTQ+ Community — A Survivor Finds His Voice and Speaks Out:" https://www.advocate.com/news/david-daniels-sexual-assault-schultz

* CW: Sexual Harassment. Christians insist their religion requires them to Sexually Harass queer people and the Us Government agrees that the Christian requirement to be cruel to people they hate is more important than the right of queer people to be safe. "Baylor University Gets Exemption From LGBTQ-Related Sexual Harassment Ban:" https://www.advocate.com/religion/baylor-university-sexual-harrassment-lgbtq

* CW: Domestic Violence murder. "Florida Man's Husband Identified as Suspect in His Death:" https://www.advocate.com/crime/florida-man-husband-homicide-suspect

* CW: Elder Abuse. "Elderly gay man burned by cigarette and left bruised by staff in care home abuse:" https://www.thepinknews.com/2023/08/16/lgbtq-oap-care-home-abuse-report/

* "Mississippi School District Implements Transphobic Dress Code:" https://www.advocate.com/news/mississippi-school-district-dress-code

* "Campaigners call out ‘deep-seated stigma’ as period products are tested with blood for first time ever:" https://www.thepinknews.com/2023/08/18/period-products-blood-test-first-time/

* "US appeals court backs abortion pill restrictions; Supreme Court appeal planned:" https://www.reuters.com/world/us/us-appeals-court-rules-restrict-abortion-pill-use-2023-08-16/

* "Nebraskans Ask State Supreme Court to Overturn Abortion, Trans Care Restrictions:" https://www.advocate.com/law/nebraska-abortion-transgender-lawsuit-appeal

* They are lying when they say they are "Pro-Life." "Texas Fights for the Right to Deny Women Life-Saving Abortion Care:" https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-features/texas-abortion-bounty-law-ruling-1234802301/

* "How the Cook Islands fought off the shackles of colonialism and freed its LGBTQ+ community:" https://www.thepinknews.com/2023/08/19/cook-islands-lgbtq/

* "Attacker jailed after threatening man he thought was gay with AK-47 and bayonet:" https://www.thepinknews.com/2023/08/20/jersey-bar-ak-47-bayonet-homophobic-incident/

* "Cis men are driving Britain’s anti-trans hostility – the data proves it:" https://www.thepinknews.com/2023/08/15/uk-trans-men-women-data/

* "LGBTQ+ people far more likely to face poverty in retirement, data finds:" https://www.thepinknews.com/2023/08/19/retirement-financial-hardship-lgbtq/

* "Government pushes ahead with Equality Act review, posting new job to ‘consider’ making changes:" https://www.thepinknews.com/2023/08/18/government-equality-act-review-job/

* "Rishi Sunak slammed in postcard campaign for taking holiday instead of passing conversion therapy ban:" https://www.thepinknews.com/2023/08/15/rishi-sunak-stonewall-postcards-california-holiday/

* Gender-neutral Toilets are important for both some people with disabilities and trans people. This strikes to the heart of both groups being able to exist in public. "Government crackdown on gender-neutral toilets goes against findings of its own study:" https://www.thepinknews.com/2023/08/16/government-gender-neutral-toilets-plan/

* "Kemi Badenoch told to stop ‘obsessing over toilets’ by Labour’s Anneliese Dodds:" https://www.thepinknews.com/2023/08/15/kemi-badenoch-anneliese-dodds-gender-neutral-toilet/

* "Rosie Duffield: What has the Labour MP said about trans people and trans rights?:" https://www.thepinknews.com/2023/08/18/rosie-duffield-labour-mp-trans-views/

* "Clapham stabbing victim speaks out after horrific homophobic Two Brewers knife attack:" https://www.thepinknews.com/2023/08/15/clapham-stabbing-two-brewers-victim/

* "Police release CCTV image of man following homophobic Two Brewers knife attack:" https://www.thepinknews.com/2023/08/15/london-two-brewers-homophobic-attack-cctv-image/

* "Met Police accused of failing third queer man attacked outside Two Brewers:" https://www.thepinknews.com/2023/08/16/clapham-stabbing-two-brewers-met-police/

* "How queer people are hiding their identity in public as anti-LGBTQ+ sentiment grows:" https://www.thepinknews.com/2023/08/19/two-brewers-stabbing-queer-lgbtq-safety/

* "Eight in 10 LGBTQ+ Americans fear for safety as bigotry sweeps nation, study finds:" https://www.thepinknews.com/2023/08/17/americans-us-human-rights-campaign/

* "Military Veterans Sue to Reclassify Sexuality-Based Discharge Records:" https://www.advocate.com/law/military-veterans-lawsuit-reclassify-discharge

* "Laws banning gender-affirming treatments can block trans youth from receiving other care:" https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/072723_trans_care_laws/laws-banning-gender-affirming-treatments-can-block-trans-youth-from-receiving-other-care/

* "After Mississippi banned his hormone shots, an 8-hour journey:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/interactive/2023/mississippi-youth-transgender-care-ban-aftermath/

* "Trans student was denied use of girls’ restroom at Platte County High, subject to verbal harassment:" https://www.kctv5.com/2023/08/03/lawsuit-trans-student-was-denied-use-girls-restroom-platte-county-high-subject-verbal-harassment/

* "New Hampshire Outlaws 'LGBTQ+ Panic' Defense in Homicide Cases:" https://www.advocate.com/law/new-hampshire-gay-panic-ban

* "Idaho's Anti-Trans Sports Law Still Blocked After Appeals Court Ruling:" https://www.advocate.com/law/idaho-trans-sports-ban-blocked

* "Idaho Bathroom Law Targeting Transgender Students Blocked by Judge:" https://www.advocate.com/law/judge-blocks-idaho-bathroom-law

* "U.S. Appeals Court Dismisses Suit Against Trans-Supportive School Policy:" https://www.advocate.com/law/anti-trans-lawsuit-dismissed-montgomery

* "Vanderbilt Medical Center Under Federal Scrutiny After Trans Patient Records Release:" https://www.advocate.com/news/vanderbilt-hhs-investigation-transgender-records

* "Diocese Issues Policy Regarding Sexuality and Sexual Identity in Schools:" https://worcesterdiocese.org/news/diocese-issues-policy-regarding-sexuality-and-sexual-identity-in-schools?utm_source=WBUR+Editorial+Newsletters&utm_campaign=1fdc1f8ca2-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2023_08_18_11_41&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_d0781a0a0c-1fdc1f8ca2-%5BLIST_EMAIL_ID%5D#menu

* "Students must use names, pronouns assigned at birth under new Worcester Catholic schools policy:" https://www.bostonglobe.com/2023/08/17/metro/trans-students-must-use-names-pronouns-assigned-birth-under-new-worcester-catholic-schools-policy/?utm_source=WBUR+Editorial+Newsletters&utm_campaign=1fdc1f8ca2-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2023_08_18_11_41&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_d0781a0a0c-1fdc1f8ca2-%5BLIST_EMAIL_ID%5D

* This is a different state. "Denver Archdiocese Sues to Deny LGBTQ+ Families Access to Preschool:" https://www.advocate.com/law/archdiocese-of-denver-lgbtq-discrimination

* "‘Remarkable’ woman shot dead after dispute over LGBTQ+ Pride flag:" https://www.thepinknews.com/2023/08/20/california-shop-owner-shot-lgbtq-pride-flag/

* "Suspect Identified in Killing of California Woman Shot for Displaying Pride Flag:" https://www.advocate.com/crime/travis-ikeguchi-lauri-carleton-flag

* "Suspect in killing over Pride flag had long history of anti-LGBTQ posts:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/suspect-in-killing-over-pride-flag-had-long-history-of-anti-lgbtq-posts-191387205747

* "Man Who Pulled Gun At Historic Gay Bar Gets 5 Years Behind Bars:" https://www.advocate.com/crime/19-bar-man-gun-sentenced

* "Lawyer for Alleged O’Shae Sibley Killer Claims Client is a “Good Christian Boy”:" https://www.advocate.com/crime/oshae-sibley-alleged-killer-christian

* "Anti-trans couple told they can’t foster children because of their views on LGBTQ+ kids. They’re suing:" https://www.thepinknews.com/2023/08/10/catholi-couple-trans-fostering/

They are suing for the right to abuse foster children, as the rights of children not to be abused are less important than their right as Christians to abuse other people's children.

* "Florida LGBTQ+ Rights Groups Launch Parenting With Pride Program:" https://www.advocate.com/news/florida-families-parenting-with-pride

* CW: Suicide "Leave Our Kids Alone supporters tell LGBTQ+ youth to hang themselves:" https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2023/8/6/2185669/-Leave-Our-Kids-Alone-supporters-tell-LGBTQ-youth-to-hang-themselves

How to spot a hate group.

* "Federalist Author Calls for a New Satanic Panic:" https://www.assignedmedia.org/breaking-news/federalist-author-calls-for-a-new-satanic-panic

* "Gay GB News pundit clashes with colleague over bigoted rant comparing being gay to paedophilia:" https://www.thepinknews.com/2023/08/19/gb-news-albie-amankona-bushra-shaikh-homophobia/

* "Hozier slams right-wing pundits for using LGBTQ+ folks as ‘scapegoats when things get difficult’:" https://www.thepinknews.com/2023/08/19/hozier-lgbtq-trans-scapegoats-fear-mongering/

* "English Chess Federation ‘will not exclude trans women’ despite international ban:" https://www.thepinknews.com/2023/08/20/english-chess-federation-fide-trans-women-policy/

* "Target Sued Over Inclusion of LGBTQ-Friendly Merchandise:" https://www.advocate.com/law/target-sued-lgbtq-products

* "Stephen Miller-Backed Group Targets Kellog Over ‘Woke’ LGBTQ+ Inclusion:" https://www.advocate.com/business/stephen-miller-group-kellog

* "Harry’s razors backlash is ‘latest attempt to harass trans people out of public life’:" https://www.thepinknews.com/2023/08/09/harrys-razor-trans-boycott/

* "Museum of Pop Culture REMOVES JK Rowling (& Why It Matters):"

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* "A Pill After Sex Could Help Slow STIs Among Gay Men:" https://www.advocate.com/health/stis-gay-sex-doxyprep

* "COVID Hospitalizations Now Up Nearly 22%:" https://themessenger.com/health/covid-hospitalizations-now-up-nearly-22

* "What Is Narcissism? Science Confronts a Widely Misunderstood Phenomenon:" https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/what-is-narcissism-science-confronts-a-widely-misunderstood-phenomenon/



* "Queer environmental activists warn of LGBTQ+ people ‘suffering first’ from catastrophic climate change:" https://www.thepinknews.com/2023/08/24/climate-change-queer-activists-lgbtq-environmental-crisis/

* "Wishing you had more shade? Florida’s heat takes uneven toll.:" https://www.tampabay.com/news/tampa/2023/08/22/floridas-heat-takes-toll-health-shade-provides-relief-not-all/

* "Extreme heat has killed 103 people in 2 Arizona counties so far in 2023:" https://www.azfamily.com/2023/08/08/extreme-heat-has-killed-147-people-5-counties-coroners-report-real-number-is-likely-much-higher/

* "Arizona Republicans Don’t Want to Hear About the Deadly Heat Wave:" https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2023/08/09/phoenix-heat-wave-republicans-00110325

* "Park officials still looking for stranded visitors in remote Death Valley areas:" https://www.sfgate.com/california-parks/article/400-people-stranded-in-death-valley-after-hilary-18307664.php

* "Devastation in Death Valley as photos show flood damage; park to reopen in stages over weeks ahead :" https://www.8newsnow.com/news/local-news/devastation-in-death-valley-as-photos-show-flood-damage-park-to-reopen-in-stages-over-weeks-ahead/

* "Rain from Tropical Storm Hilary lashes California and Mexico, swamping roads and trapping cars:" https://apnews.com/article/hilary-tropical-storm-flooding-california-mexico-f89aeddeb62d55c935699ac81ca85f1d

* "Magnitude 5.1 earthquake strikes Ojai area, rattling nerves as Hilary pounds Southland:" https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2023-08-20/5-0-magnitude-earthquake-strikes-ojai-area

* "Photos: See the aftermath of flooding, mudslides from Tropical Storm Hilary:" https://www.npr.org/sections/pictureshow/2023/08/20/1194964251/photos-see-flooding-mudslides-tropical-storm-hilary-brings-to-southern-calif

* "Scorched Europe battles deadly fires, Turkey shuts shipping lane:" https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/scorched-europe-battles-deadly-fires-turkey-shuts-shipping-lane-2023-08-23/

* "How climate change drives heatwaves and wildfires in Europe:" https://www.reuters.com/business/environment/how-climate-change-drives-heatwaves-wildfires-europe-2023-08-17/

* "Greece wildfires fanned by strong winds, killing one:" https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/firefighters-greece-battle-blazes-fanned-by-gale-force-winds-2023-08-21/

* "City empties as thousands flee wildfire burning near capital of Canada’s Northwest Territories:" https://apnews.com/article/canada-wildfires-northwest-territories-7b8c327876d86a483c8e25df7bc2c566

* "Amid Canadian wildfires, experts warn state of emergency could continue into fall:" https://www.cbsnews.com/minnesota/news/amid-canadian-wildfires-experts-warn-state-of-emergency-could-continue-into-fall/

* "Warming Set the Stage for Canada’s Record Fires, Study Finds:" https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/22/climate/canada-wildfires-climate-change.html

* "Prime Minister Justin Trudeau slams Facebook for blocking Canada wildfire news:" https://apnews.com/article/canada-wildfires-facebook-news-blocking-734a5bc05796e38a011c6c9a473efea8

* "Lookout Fire in Lane County expands closures to include Blue Pool, Sahalie Falls and other popular recreation areas:" https://www.kgw.com/article/news/local/wildfire/lane-county-lookout-wildfire-closures/283-56604abb-8d12-49e2-832e-fa0efb6a8dec

* "Lookout Fire evacuation areas updated, visibility improves for aerial operations:" https://www.kezi.com/news/lookout-fire-evacuation-areas-updated-visibility-improves-for-aerial-operations/article_a621b392-41e8-11ee-8d4d-77150ec08332.html

* "Hawaii wildfires: More than 1,000 people reported missing in Maui weeks after blaze:" https://www.cnbc.com/2023/08/23/hawaii-wildfires-more-than-1000-people-reported-missing-in-maui.html

* "In deadly Maui fires, many had no warning and no way out. Those who dodged a barricade survived:" https://apnews.com/article/hawaii-fires-timeline-maui-lahaina-road-block-c8522222f6de587bd14b2da0020c40e9

* "Address on the Maui Wildfire Disaster:" https://governor.hawaii.gov/main/address-on-the-maui-wildfire-disaster-friday-august-18-2023/

* "‘The Devastation Is Overwhelming’: Biden Tours Wildfire Damage on Maui:" https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/21/us/politics/biden-maui-hawaii-wildfires.html

* "Immigrant workers’ lives, livelihoods and documents in limbo after the Hawaii fire:" https://apnews.com/article/hawaii-lahaina-foreign-workers-mexico-fires-ab24400f8e1c89ed099dbd3cd45fb890

* "Online posts spread misinformation about FEMA aid following Maui wildfires:" https://apnews.com/article/maui-wildfires-hawaii-fema-misinformation-8562e2e81e03626acc5be30700d73120

* "Let's talk about Hawaii, sirens, and changes....:"

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* "Lahaina used to be a wetland:" https://heated.world/p/lahaina-used-to-be-wetland

* "Let's talk about Hawaii and $700 payments....:"

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* Want to help the people of Maui?

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

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

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

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

* "4 tornadoes hit New England, cause damage in Massachusetts, Rhode Island:" https://www.wcvb.com/article/4-tornadoes-hit-new-england-on-aug-18-2023-cleanup-continues/44858073



* "Ecuadorians reject oil drilling in the Amazon, ending operations in a protected area:" https://www.thestar.com/news/world/americas/ecuadorians-reject-oil-drilling-in-the-amazon-in-historic-decision/article_43ec3d1c-6d3b-5f83-b2bf-8933184bfd2b.html

* "Elon Musk is threatening to remove the ‘block’ button on X – here’s why it matters for queer users:" https://www.thepinknews.com/2023/08/21/elon-musk-block-x-twitter/

* "Far too many of Musk's followers and Twitter's users appear fake; advertisers may never return:" https://boingboing.net/2023/08/18/far-too-many-of-musk-and-twitters-followers-appear-fake-advertisers-may-never-return.html

* "The Big List of Elon Musk’s Hyperbole, Evasions, and Outright Lies:" https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-lists/elon-musk-twitter-zuckerberg-lies-1234808808/

* "Chandrayaan-3 spacecraft lands on the moon in 'victory cry of a new India':" https://www.reuters.com/world/india/india-counts-down-crucial-moon-landing-2023-08-23/

* "Ibis use 'stress and wash' technique to eat poisonous cane toads:" https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-11-23/ibis-find-way-to-eat-toxic-cane-toads/101683596

* "Miracle Plant Used in Ancient Greece Rediscovered After 2,000 Years:" https://greekreporter.com/2023/08/13/plant-ancient-greece-rediscovered/

* "History Summarized: Malta – An Empire In Miniature:"

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* "Met Museum Acquires Rare 19th-Century Portrait of Enslaved Child :" https://hyperallergic.com/839231/met-museum-acquires-rare-19th-century-portrait-of-enslaved-child/

* "The Surprising Contents of an American POW’s Journal:" https://daily.jstor.org/the-surprising-contents-of-an-american-pows-journal/?preview_id=303822

* "He was killed in the Holocaust. His family just got back his book of scripture.:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/2023/08/08/holocaust-auschwitz-dov-forman-bela/

* "Vivid Kodachrome Photos Show the Bygone Manhattan of the Early 1940s:" https://rarehistoricalphotos.com/manhattan-in-kodachrome-photos/

* "The struggle for land rights in Hawai’i.:" https://thenib.com/owning-an-island/

* "They wanted a Bollywood ending, not an arranged marriage. Their escape came at a cost:" https://www.npr.org/2023/08/06/1188366128/india-arranged-marriage-love-commandos

* "Seaside screen brings magic of movies to Gaza years after cinemas closed:" https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/seaside-screen-brings-magic-movies-gaza-years-after-cinemas-closed-2023-08-16/

* "Meghan Buell, Founder of Indiana Trans Organization, Dead at 58:" https://www.advocate.com/obituaries/trans-activist-meghan-buell

* "Director William Friedkin's Controversial Gay Film Legacy:" https://www.advocate.com/film/william-friedkin-cruising-boys-band

* "Darcie Silver: British trans comedian dies in Thailand, aged 35:" https://www.thepinknews.com/2023/08/22/darcie-silver-trans-comedian-death-thailand/

* "Holocaust Monument for LGBTQ+ Victims Vandalized in Berlin:" https://www.advocate.com/crime/german-police-berlin-holocaust-memorial

* I am still struggling with the Asshole agency. I was awakened Sunday morning by a cleaner checking in on her way to my place. Fuckssake! I do not understand why it's so hard to grasp only send cleaners every Friday morning unless I say other wise. They tried to send a morning and afternoon cleaner last Tuesday. Every day i have the same conversation about me only wanting weekly care Friday mornings. Every day they cancel the next day's cleaner, but not the day after. I only get so many hours a year and we are saving the extras for Autumn when millennials are busy with Gothmas season and the like.

I did not cancel the morning cleaner Sunday, because she'd already been booked and if I cancel that's money she loses. It was hours of sleep I needed, but oh well. Asshole agency. I did have about two hours of work for her, but I've no idea what happens if the telephone operator lady didn't sort it and a surprise cleaner comes Monday, as the stuff that's left is either complicated or not in the cleaner's remit. She said she'd switched me from daily back to weekly. *Fingers crossed*

This cleaner was very quiet. Tavy liked her. She was so quiet, Livia thought she'd gone and wandered into my bathroom to use her personal litter box and there she was: cleaning! Livia: The horror! The horror! Quiet was good. it meant I could do some tumblr programming with only occasional interruption for directions.

Winds from the tropical storm in Mexico and California are sending air currents along the coast that bring us smoke from the fires between us and there. Air quality was bad all weekend as a result. Instead of swimming we gathered in my place and goth Millennial made their excellent lasagna.

* I would like to thank my donor for the gift of excellent litter. Things are so much less dramatic here as a result.

The Asshole Agency has not surprised me with a cleaner I did not ask for two days in a row. Yay!

* I had my shoulder situation investigated again Tuesday. It was painful, of course, and my shoulders are still recovering. The new doctor had not grasped how extreme the situation is. We will be doing another round of specialists as a result. I have just started a new med. I am not sanguine it will be to the point and I worry it will fuck me up, but having eliminated the best option, we are down to two less ideal classes. I thought the other option too high risk for extreme side effects, so here we are.

* I explain my process and give some likely inadequate advice on tumblr to someone who asks "How do you keep up with all these articles and websites?:" https://www.tumblr.com/gwydionmisha/726275476259241984/how-do-you-keep-up-with-all-these-articles-and?source=share

* "No Second Season for A League of Their Own:" https://www.advocate.com/television/a-league-of-their-own-canceled

A better take would have been: it won't happen now because Amazon Prime didn't care about its audience and the greedy rich people in charge hate paying writers, Actors, etc. fair compensation for their work.

* "True Facts: Fish That Suck:"

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* "First day as a second century warlord:" https://www.tumblr.com/jonquility/706918292384776192?source=share

* "Alexander the Great Explaining Proskynesis To The Boys:" https://www.thestopgap.net/alexander-the-great-explaining-proskynesis-to-the-boys/

* "Midnight Pals: Mexican Gothic:" https://www.tumblr.com/bitterkarella/726203038247878656/midnight-pals-mexican-gothic?source=share

* "Midnight Pals: Florence Balcombe:" https://www.tumblr.com/bitterkarella/726470108741025792/midnight-pals-florence-balcombe?source=share

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

The help links are at the bottom under the cut.

* Want to help the people of Maui?

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

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

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

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

* Want to help queer folk in Russia?

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

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

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

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

* "Collection of links to trans & gnc related content that's free to read/ watch.:" https://translibrary.carrd.co/

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

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

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

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

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

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

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* "Israel Police Impose Restrictions on Protests Near Lawmakers' Homes:" https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/2023-08-01/ty-article/.premium/israel-police-impose-restrictions-on-protests-near-lawmakers-homes/00000189-b1bd-d2ad-afb9-bfbdf4820000

* "Police Officers Threaten to Sue Israelis Over Posts Citing Violence Against Protesters:" https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/2023-08-03/ty-article/.premium/police-officers-threaten-to-sue-israelis-over-posts-citing-violence-against-protesters/00000189-bb85-d20c-addf-fb87a6e10000

* "Netanyahu's Judicial Coup | Israelis Rally for 31st Week Amid Knesset Hiatus and Record Police Violence:" https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/2023-08-05/ty-article-live/israelis-rally-for-31st-week-amid-knesset-hiatus-and-record-police-violence/00000189-c5d6-d821-afdd-dff6eb440000

* "International pressure mounts on coup leaders in Niger while hundreds rally in support of junta:" https://apnews.com/article/coup-niger-extremists-sahel-c4ff0bc653c8b73366705b19b8c74c3e

* "Opinion: President of Niger: My country is under attack and I’ve been taken hostage:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/08/03/mohamed-bazoum-coup-niger-democracy/

* "'Waiting To Be Arrested At Night' is the story of a Uyghur poet's escape:" https://www.npr.org/2023/08/05/1192374018/waiting-to-be-arrested-at-night-is-the-story-of-a-uyghur-poets-escape

* "Suzy Eddie Izzard announces bid to become Labour MP for Brighton Pavilion:" https://www.thepinknews.com/2023/08/04/suzy-eddie-izzard-labour-mp-brighton-pavilion/

* "Rise and Fall of a Russian Ultranationalist:" https://www.voanews.com/a/rise-and-fall-of-a-russian-ultranationalist-/7202060.html



* "How the Ukrainian Counteroffensive Can Still Succeed:" https://time.com/6300772/ukraine-counteroffensive-can-still-succeed/

* "66 engravings dedicated to Holodomor recovered from under rubble in Sumy Oblast:" https://news.yahoo.com/66-engravings-dedicated-holodomor-recovered-131754687.html



* "Ron DeSantis Invites Kamala Harris to Discuss Slavery Standards with Homophobe Who Wrote Them:" https://www.advocate.com/politics/slavery-florida-curriculum-william-allen

* "Lesbian and STI Expert Dr. Jeanne Marrazzo to Succeed Fauci at NIAID:" https://www.advocate.com/health/jeanne-marrazzo-niaid-fauci

* "Let's talk about Huntsville, Colorado, and Space Command....:"

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* "Senate OK's Defense Bill Without Anti-LGBTQ+ Provisions, Setting Up Fight With House:" https://www.advocate.com/politics/senate-ndaa-approval

* "Rep. Bonamici: LGBTQ+ Seniors and Youth Most Imperiled by GOP:" https://www.advocate.com/voices/bonamici-lgbtq-seniors-youth-gop

* "Voters Actually Oppose Anti-LGBTQ+, Anti-Abortion Amendments to Defense Bill: Poll:" https://www.advocate.com/politics/opposition-anti-lgbtq-amendments

* "The perpetual infantilisation of millennial women:"

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* "Justine Bateman on the Destruction of the Film Business:" https://www.thedailybeast.com/hollywood-ceos-greed-will-burn-the-movie-biz-down

* "Adam Conover Explains the SAG-AFTRA & WGA Strikes, Writing Residuals & Why He's not Scared of AI:"

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* "Cutting Down Trees To Hurt Protesters? (TREE LAW!):"

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* "At striking actors' hangout bar, tiny residual checks no longer a joke:" https://www.reuters.com/lifestyle/striking-actors-hangout-bar-tiny-residual-checks-no-longer-joke-2023-08-02/

* "Disney Discontinues Physical Media Releases for an Entire Continent:" https://collider.com/disney-physical-media-release-discontinue-australia/

* "Tell Powell’s Books: Workers Deserve a Fair Contract with a Living Wage:" https://www.change.org/p/tell-powell-s-books-workers-deserve-a-fair-contract-with-a-living-wage

* "Marjorie Taylor Greene Blasted for Call for Decorum After Displaying Sexual Photos:" https://www.advocate.com/politicians/marjorie-taylor-greene-decorum-photos

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

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

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

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

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

* "Um, where are our voting machines? The bonkers details of the new MI election indictments:" https://www.msnbc.com/alex-wagner-tonight/watch/um-where-are-our-voting-machines-the-bonkers-details-of-the-new-mi-election-indictments-189868101865

* "Election deniers Dinesh D’Souza, Kari Lake highlight Michigan GOP fall conference:" https://www.mlive.com/politics/2023/07/election-deniers-dinesh-dsouza-kari-lake-highlight-michigan-gop-fall-conference.html

* "‘Everything has fallen off a cliff': Battleground state GOPs nosedive in Trump era:" https://www.politico.com/news/2023/08/02/broke-state-gop-parties-across-the-country-00109387

* "Colorado GOP paid no staff in April while fundraising lags under new Chairman Dave Williams :" https://coloradosun.com/2023/05/24/colorado-republicans-dave-williams/

* "Minnesota’s Republican Party Is Totally Broke:" https://www.thedailybeast.com/minnesotas-republican-party-is-totally-broke

* Ohioans! Have you voted? If not, why not do it now! "The Critical Election Republicans Are Hoping You Won’t Notice:" https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/04/opinion/ohio-abortion-referendum.html

* "Mike Pence says he wants to ban trans people from the US military, again:" https://www.thepinknews.com/2023/07/30/mike-pence-says-he-wants-to-ban-trans-people-from-the-us-military-again/

* "Mike Pence trans military ban proposal ‘cruel’ and ‘inhumane’, says non-binary veteran:" https://www.thepinknews.com/2023/08/03/trans-military-ban-mike-pence-non-binary-lgbtq-dont-ask-dont-tell/

* "The DeSantis Campaign Made That Homophobic Video After All:" https://www.advocate.com/politics/desantis-campaign-homophobic-video-producers

* "George Santos Shocked at Ron DeSantis’s Homophobia, Says He Was Misled:" https://www.advocate.com/politics/ron-desantis

* "Kari Lake wants to do WHAT in response to Trump's indictment?:" https://www.azcentral.com/story/opinion/op-ed/laurieroberts/2023/08/04/kari-lake-calls-trump-challengers-drop-out/70530227007/

* "Hayes: Mitch McConnell blew it with Trump impeachment acquittal:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/hayes-mitch-mcconnell-blew-it-with-trump-impeachment-acquittal-190048837888

* "‘Look where we are now:’ Congresswoman rips Senate Republicans who acquitted Trump:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/-look-where-we-are-now-congresswoman-rips-senate-republicans-who-acquitted-trump-190049349995

* "Trump's mask slips further with choice of Alabama political event:" https://www.msnbc.com/alex-wagner-tonight/watch/trump-s-mask-slips-further-with-choice-of-alabama-political-event-190060613647

* "“You Would Only Need a Week”: How the Next Republican President Could Ban Abortion Nationwide:" https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2023/04/mifepristone-comstock-abortion-medication-pill-texas-court-ban/

* "'Double talk': How the GOP is making white supremacy 'respectable' :" https://www.rawstory.com/white-supremacy-2662273994/

* "Republican Politician Urges Americans to Revisit Hitler and Stalin at Moms for Liberty Event:" https://www.advocate.com/politicians/moms-for-liberty-read-hitler

* "In a California First, Lesbian Toni Atkins Signs Bills Into Law as Acting Governor:" https://www.advocate.com/politics/toni-atkins-acting-governor-california

* "Lori Lightfoot on Defending the LGBTQ+ Community Against Republican Attacks:" https://www.advocate.com/politics/lori-lightfoot-calls-on-allies

* "GOP Lawmaker Calls Teenage Senate Pages 'Little Sh*ts':" https://www.advocate.com/news/republican-lawmaker-curses-senate-pages

* "Mississippi Republican Called ‘Groomer’ Defends Pink Tutu Outfit:" https://www.advocate.com/politics/mississippi-lawmaker-pink-tutu-groomer

* "Minnesota Senator Blames Pride for Mankind’s Impending Fiery Apocalypse:" https://www.advocate.com/politicians/minnesota-senator-pride-apocalypse

* "George Santos Tried to Get Rich Through Political Connections: Report:" https://www.advocate.com/politics/george-santos-business-schemes

* "Ex-Ohio GOP chair, lobbyist Matt Borges shows remorse, gets 5 years for role in $60M bribery scheme:" https://apnews.com/article/bribery-investigation-ohio-borges-sentencing-firstenergy-55ed095d2e6e83e820d9de514c85e96b

* "Ohio GOP Lawmaker Accused of Assaulting LGBTQ+ Protester Will Not Face Charges:" https://www.advocate.com/politics/protests



* "Subdued crowd gathers outside Washington courthouse where Trump was arraigned :" https://www.politico.com/news/2023/08/03/trump-indictment-courthouse-arraignment-00109643

* "What to know about the Pennsylvania fake electors mentioned in Trump’s third indictment:" https://www.inquirer.com/news/trump-indictment-pennsylvania-fake-electors-20230802.html

* "The Man With No Pants Is the Star of Donald Trump’s Latest Indictment :" https://theintercept.com/2023/08/02/trump-indictment-justice-department-jeffrey-clark/

* "‘Banality of evil’: Trump conspirator's path from 'unremarkable' to coup plotter:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/-banality-of-evil-trump-conspirator-s-path-from-unremarkable-to-coup-plotter-190050885595

* "‘They got him’: Chris Hayes says this Trump arrest is ‘biggest of all time’:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/-they-got-him-chris-hayes-says-this-trump-arrest-is-biggest-of-all-time-189957701949

* "'Extremely volatile situation': Trump could put himself in jail before a prosecutor does:" https://www.msnbc.com/alex-wagner-tonight/watch/-extremely-volatile-situation-trump-could-put-himself-in-jail-before-a-prosecutor-does-190058565682

* "Trump's Bonkers Superseding Indictment: They Tried to Delete the Video!:"

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* "Trump’s new judge is a tough Jan. 6 sentencer — and has a history with him:" https://www.politico.com/news/2023/08/02/trump-judge-tanya-chutkan-00109342



* "St. Louis Cardinals mega-fan charged with joining Capitol riot in red face paint and Trump hat:" https://apnews.com/article/cardinals-fan-arrested-fbi-capitol-riot-trump-rally-runner-5a9dbaf3fce8750c38c1de40482884d2

* "Why can’t the right-wing bubble give up on Ray Epps?:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2023/07/12/why-cant-right-wing-bubble-give-up-ray-epps/

* "MyPillow is auctioning equipment after a sales slump. Mike Lindell blames "cancel culture.":" https://www.cbsnews.com/news/mike-lindell-mypillow-auction-equipment-cancel-culture/

* "A School Bus Crosses U.S., Linking Families of Mass Shooting Victims:" https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/01/us/mass-shooting-bus-tour-oliver.html

* "Police Say Dogs Help Solve Crimes. Little Evidence Supports That.:" https://undark.org/2023/07/24/police-say-dogs-help-solve-crimes-little-evidence-supports-that/

* "California Could Soon Reform Solitary Confinement—Unless Gavin Newsom Intervenes:" https://www.motherjones.com/crime-justice/2023/07/california-could-soon-reform-solitary-confinement-unless-gavin-newsom-intervenes/

* "My Neighbors in Solitary:" https://slate.com/human-interest/2023/08/prison-experiences-female-inmate-solitary-confinment-texas.html

* "Georgia National Guard Will Use Phone Location Tracking to Recruit High School Children :" https://theintercept.com/2023/04/16/georgia-army-national-guard-location-tracking-high-school/

* "Texas A&M reaches $1 million settlement with Black journalism professor:" https://apnews.com/article/texas-am-diversity-settlement-kathleen-mcelroy-9408f1196417e4cc554ffc74a19956e2

* "Faculty worry about Texas A&M’s future after controversies over higher ed politicization:" https://www.texastribune.org/2023/07/27/texas-tamu-faculty-disappointment/

* "Montana's Drag Ban Blocked, Just in Time for Helena Pride Event:" https://www.advocate.com/law/montana-drag-ban-blocked

* "Ron DeSantis scraps all diversity and inclusion programmes from Disney World in Florida:" https://www.thepinknews.com/2023/08/02/ron-desantis-disney-world-florida/

* "DeSantis Faces Criticism For Black History Standards, Makes It Worse:" https://advocatechannel.com/desantis-black-history-standards-response

* "After clash over teaching on gender, psychology class may be available to Florida students:" https://apnews.com/article/college-board-psychology-florida-8735b41aff3086f35785efb0e7682cd1

* "Why a psychology curriculum can't ignore the people Republicans don't like:" https://www.msnbc.com/alex-wagner-tonight/watch/why-a-psychology-curriculum-can-t-ignore-the-people-republicans-don-t-like-190056517821

* "Let's talk about my last day teaching in Virginia....:"

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* "Federal Judge Blocks Arkansas Law Targeting Books & Librarians:" https://www.advocate.com/law/arkansas-judge-blocks-librarian-criminalization

* "Chesterfield man charged with accessory to child kidnapping donated to anti-child trafficking movie:" https://www.kmov.com/2023/08/04/chesterfield-man-charged-with-accessory-child-kidnapping-donated-anti-child-trafficking-movie-newsweek-report-claims/

* "A Growing Share Of Americans Think States Shouldn't Be Able To Put Any Limits On Abortion:" https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/americans-increasingly-against-abortion-limits/

* "America’s Pediatricians Reiterate Support for Gender-Affirming Care:" https://www.advocate.com/health-care/pediatricians-support-gender-affirming-care

* "Iran official in charge of ‘promoting Islamic values’ suspended over alleged gay sex video:" https://www.thepinknews.com/2023/07/31/iran-official-reza-tsaghati-gay-sex-video/

* "Malaysian official brands LGBTQ+ people ‘perverted’ after eight protestors detained:" https://www.thepinknews.com/2023/08/04/malaysian-official-brands-lgbtq-people-perverted-after-eight-protestors-detained/

* "Labour shift on trans rights is misguided attempt to win back red wall, says MP: ‘It’s patronising’:" https://www.thepinknews.com/2023/07/31/labour-red-wall-conservative-lgbtq-trans/

* Fuckssake! "Court of Appeal dismisses legal challenge to years of NHS waits faced by trans people:" https://www.thepinknews.com/2023/08/01/good-law-project-court-of-appeal-dismissed-trans-waiting-times/

* "Quakers pledge to stand by trans Brits: ‘A gold-standard for other faiths to follow’:" https://www.thepinknews.com/2023/08/01/quakers-trans-pledge-britain/

* "What new journalism guidelines on reporting sex and gender means for UK’s right-wing press:" https://www.thepinknews.com/2023/08/02/ipso-guidelines-trans-news-stories-misgendering/

* "Judge throws out attempt to repeal trans anti-bullying policy in Ohio:" https://www.thepinknews.com/2023/08/04/ohio-bullying-trans/

* "17-Year-Old Suspect Arrested in Killing of O'Shae Sibley, Voguing Gay Man:" https://www.advocate.com/crime/oshae-sibley-suspect-arrested

* "O'Shae Sibley and LGBTQ Rights:" https://www.msnbc.com/jonathan-capehart/watch/o-shae-sibley-and-lgbtq-rights-190073925806

* "Fatigue Can Shatter a Person:" https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2023/07/chronic-fatigue-long-covid-symptoms/674834/



* "Gay British couple fleeing Greece wildfires with son ‘gobsmacked’ after being refused shelter:" https://www.thepinknews.com/2023/08/03/greece-wildfires/



* "Solar panels on water canals seem like a no-brainer. So why aren’t they widespread?:" https://apnews.com/article/solar-panels-irrigation-canals-climate-solution-c57cac43b71a0edf76e62c4adc0f3ff7

* "Hops for beer flourish under solar panels. They’re not the only crop thriving in the shade.:" https://apnews.com/article/climate-beer-solar-panels-hops-germany-ee3d00a1877837eb85053335e3b68a00

* "Elon Musk’s Twitter threatens to sue anti-hate group over criticism of hate speech on the site:" https://www.thepinknews.com/2023/08/01/elon-musk-twitter-sues-anti-hate-group/

* "Reddit calls for “a few new mods” after axing, polarizing some of its best. Will Reddit get quality replacements? "Not a snowball's chance in hell.":" https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2023/07/reddit-calls-for-a-few-new-mods-after-axing-polarizing-some-of-its-best/

* "See Stunning Images of Female Birds, Often Overlooked by Wildlife Photographers:" https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/see-stunning-images-of-female-birds-often-overlooked-by-wildlife-photographers-180982575/

* "Photos: London’s Urban Foxes:" https://www.theatlantic.com/photo/2023/07/photos-london-urban-foxes/674870/

* "The Killer Whales of Eden and the ‘Law of the Tongue’:" https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/killer-whales-work-with-humans

* " X marks the unknown in algebra – but X’s origins are a math mystery :" https://theconversation.com/x-marks-the-unknown-in-algebra-but-xs-origins-are-a-math-mystery-210440

* "‘Hello America, this is Addis Ababa.’:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/rachel-maddow-presents-deja-news/episode-6-hello-america-addis-ababa-rcna95868

* "Is nature a gigantic cat? An electrifying letter from Nikola Tesla :" https://news.lettersofnote.com/p/is-nature-a-gigantic-cat-0bf

* "Utopia to blight: Surviving in Henry Ford’s lost jungle town:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/07/28/fordlandia-brazil/

* "Carmen Xtravaganza, Paris Is Burning Star and Ballroom Icon, Dies at 62:" https://www.advocate.com/obituaries/carmen-xtravaganza-dead-62

* "12 bodies found under former Paiute Indian boarding school:" https://www.abc4.com/news/southern-utah/12-bodies-found-under-former-paiute-indian-boarding-school/

* Far to late, but given how unlikely even a small measurr of justice is, I am celebrating anyway. "Henrietta Lacks' Family Reach a Settlement Over Her Stolen 'Immortal' Cell Line:" https://www.sciencealert.com/henrietta-lacks-family-reach-a-settlement-over-her-stolen-immortal-cell-line

* "How the ‘groundbreaking’ Henrietta Lacks settlement could change research:" https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-023-02479-8

* "Why the famed Appalachian Trail keeps getting longer — and harder:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/history/interactive/2023/appalachian-trail-length-route-changes/?itid=mr_2

* "South Pole Signage:" https://brr.fyi/posts/south-pole-signage

* "Kidnapped at Birth:" https://nymag.com/news/features/carlina-white-2011-10/

* On Public Schools: https://www.tumblr.com/whovianuncle/724883379034734592?source=share

* "Meet Gay Bob, the Out and Proud Anatomically Correct Disco-Era Doll:" https://www.advocate.com/news/gay-bob-out-ken-barbie

*****
* 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

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

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Apr. 2nd, 2022 06:32 am
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* What is going on with the news postings? Basically, between the War and my health stuff, I not managing to post fast enough and I've got a ridiculous amount of the non-war links piling up. I am doing my best to rectify it, particularly where it comes to election, legislative, coup attempt, and LGBTQIA+ news, bit it always comes down to a race between the stuff already scaffolded, the stuff prepped, and the stuff coming in. I'm going to have to cut off the aggregate without most of the LGBTQIA+, science etc. news, but I am too tired to do that as of 4/1. I must sleep sometime. Anyway, that's why there is an above average amount of older stuff tucked in here. Apologies.

* "Taliban cancels higher education for girls despite pledges:" https://www.haaretz.com/world-news/asia-and-australia/taliban-cancels-higher-education-for-girls-despite-pledges-1.10693832

* "Taliban hard-liners turning back the clock in Afghanistan:" https://apnews.com/article/afghanistan-taliban-70bf3af0a3ee5d7e876b1f1e35f71682

* "World Bank freezes Afghan projects after Taliban bans girls from high school:" https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/world-bank-freezes-afghan-projects-after-taliban-bans-girls-high-school-2022-03-29/

* "Jamaica PM tells royal couple island will seek independence:" https://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/jamaica-pm-tells-royal-couple-island-seek-independence-83630705

* "No 10 lockdown parties: what do police fines mean for Johnson and Tories?:" https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2022/mar/29/no-10-lockdown-parties-what-do-police-fines-mean-for-boris-johnson-and-tories

* "Britain to force ferry firms to pay minimum wage after P&O row:" https://www.reuters.com/business/autos-transportation/uk-force-ferry-operator-wage-changes-after-po-row-2022-03-28/

* "Boris Nemtsov: Murdered Putin rival 'tailed' by agent linked to FSB hit squad:" https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-60878663

* "Russia Navalny: Putin critic given nine-year jail sentence in trial branded 'sham':" https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-60832310

* "Putin's Support of JK Rowling Highlights Anti-Trans Movement's Harm:"

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* "Chinese Court to Try Chinese Australian Journalist Next Week:" https://www.voanews.com/a/chinese-court-to-try-chinese-australian-journalist-next-week-/6503659.html

* "Suicide vest of Paris attacks defendant was faulty, expert tells court:" https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/mar/30/paris-attacks-2015-defendant-salah-abdeslam-trial-suicide-vest-questions

* CW: Torture, Rape "Beatings and forced abortions: Life in a North Korea prison:" https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-60870739

* "Singapore appeal court upholds death sentence for intellectually disabled man:" https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/mar/29/singapore-appeal-court-upholds-death-sentence-for-nagaenthran-k-dharmalingam

* "Indigenous tell pope of abuses at Canada residential schools:" https://www.miamiherald.com/news/nation-world/world/article259850460.html

* "‘Kill more’: Report finds Facebook still failing to detect hate against Rohingya:" https://www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog_entry/kill-more-report-finds-facebook-still-failing-to-detect-hate-against-rohingya/

* "Dozens of Bodies in Kenyan River Shed Light on Epidemic of Police Murders:" https://www.vice.com/en/article/v7dnmx/police-brutality-kenya

* "Kenya's Police Killing Epidemic:"

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* "Moderna says its low-dose COVID shots work for kids under 6:" https://apnews.com/article/moderna-low-dose-vaccine-children-c7702f93e863d74b712791b55e54bdc1

* "Why Kids’ COVID Vaccines Aren’t Performing Like Adults’:" https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2022/03/how-effective-are-kids-covid-vaccines/629419/

* "Omicron is trouncing the argument for “natural immunity” to COVID:" https://arstechnica.com/science/2022/03/omicron-is-trouncing-the-argument-for-natural-immunity-to-covid/

* "Scans reveal how Covid may change the brain:" https://www.bbc.com/news/health-60591487

* "Rich countries getting new COVID vaccine before poorer ones:" https://apnews.com/article/covid-science-business-health-europe-778444506a72e8f9c3be327640b1929d

* "WHO says several European countries lifted Covid-19 measures too ‘brutally’:" https://www.france24.com/en/europe/20220322-who-says-several-european-countries-lifted-covid-19-measures-too-brutally

* "Shanghai rules out full lockdown despite sharp rise in Covid cases:" https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/mar/26/china-shanghai-rules-out-full-lockdown-despite-sharp-rise-in-covid-cases

* "Hong Kong to ease strict COVID curbs after business backlash:" https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/hong-kong-leader-says-covid-flight-ban-9-countries-no-longer-necessary-2022-03-21/

* "Germany hits record Covid infection rate since start of pandemic:" https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/mar/16/germany-hits-record-covid-infection-rate-since-start-of-pandemic

* "US opens second COVID boosters to 50 and up, others at risk:" https://apnews.com/article/fda-authorizes-second-covid-booster-33e81ee1daddd9ff04c136db620aa1ae

* "A new federal website aims to solve a key COVID problem: where to get antiviral pills:" https://www.npr.org/2022/03/30/1089608854/covid-gov-new-website-offers-a-single-stop-for-covid-info-tests-and-treatment

* "The pandemic has been deadlier in red states:" https://www.axios.com/coronavirus-pandemics-politics-masks-vaccines-deaths-2644f22b-fa77-4e34-a6fe-8b492172dff2.html

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* "U.S. formally accuses Russian military of committing war crimes in Ukraine:" https://www.politico.com/news/2022/03/23/us-accuses-russian-military-war-crimes-ukraine-00019746

* "Biden pledges new Ukraine aid, warns Russia on chem weapons:" https://apnews.com/article/russia-ukraine-putin-biden-business-g-7-summit-9f6705e72533496f513c3540881d348e

* "Biden’s game plan in Brussels: Punch Putin and hug the West:" https://www.politico.com/news/2022/03/24/biden-russia-removal-g-20-00020169

* "U.S. announces new Russia sanctions over Ukraine invasion:" https://www.reuters.com/world/g7-eu-announce-measures-stop-russia-avoiding-sanctions-us-official-2022-03-24/

* "Leaders add sanctions on Russia, warn against chemical weapons:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2022/03/24/biden-nato-europe-russia-ukraine-war/

* "Amna Nawaz: If there’s concern about use of chemical weapons, where is the line?:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-reidout/watch/putin-warned-by-biden-against-using-chemical-weapons-we-will-respond-136186437504

* "Lavrov’s stepdaughter targeted as UK announces 65 new Russian sanctions:" https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/mar/24/uk-widens-russian-sanctions-list-to-target-key-industries-and-individuals

* "Russian supply chains next in line for sanctions:" https://www.reuters.com/business/us-allies-aim-sanctions-more-russian-sectors-supply-chains-treasurys-adeyemo-2022-03-29/

* "Russian Weekly Oil Exports Drop 26% as Buyers Look Elsewhere:" https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-03-28/russia-weekly-oil-exports-drop-26-as-buyers-look-elsewhere

* "Putin misled by 'yes men' in military afraid to tell him the truth, White House and EU officials say:" https://www.reuters.com/world/putin-advisers-too-afraid-tell-him-truth-ukraine-us-official-2022-03-30/

* "U.S. intelligence reveals Putin’s military advisors fear telling him about Ukraine failures:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-reidout/watch/russia-s-pledge-to-scale-back-military-operations-in-kyiv-met-with-skepticism-by-ukrainian-u-s-officials-136622149581

* "Biden says of Putin: 'For God's sake, this man cannot remain in power':" https://www.npr.org/2022/03/26/1089014039/biden-says-of-putin-for-gods-sake-this-man-cannot-remain-in-power

* "Putin spokesman refuses to rule out use of nuclear weapons if Russia faced an 'existential threat':" https://www.cnn.com/2022/03/22/europe/amanpour-peskov-interview-ukraine-intl/

* "Ammonia Leak Contaminates Area in East Ukraine:" https://www.usnews.com/news/world/articles/2022-03-20/live-updates-zelenskyy-suspends-parties-with-russian-links

* "Russian forces are occupying city housing Chernobyl workers, mayor says:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2022/03/26/slavutych-chernobyl-occupied-ukraine-russia/

* "Russians leave Chernobyl site as fighting rages elsewhere:" https://apnews.com/article/russia-ukraine-kyiv-europe-united-states-nato-5863ad1d740cdd04ba42a25de0d31449

* "Chernihiv mayor urges Zelenskiy not to swap captured Russian pilots for Ukrainian PoWs:" https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/mar/29/chernihiv-mayor-captured-russian-pilots-ukrainian-pows-zelenskiy

* "More Russian Mercenaries Deploying to Ukraine to Take On Greater Role in War:" https://www.nytimes.com/2022/03/25/us/politics/russian-mercenaries-ukraine-wagner-group.html?referringSource=articleShare

* "NATO: 7,000 to 15,000 Russian troops dead in Ukraine:" https://apnews.com/article/russia-ukraine-zelenskyy-kyiv-europe-nato-e35e54b40359e52f3ffd4911577b669a

* "Russia begins to mobilize military reinforcements for Ukraine as casualties mount, Pentagon says:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2022/03/25/russia-reinforcements-georgia-ukraine/

* "Russian troops’ tendency to talk on unsecured lines is proving costly:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2022/03/27/russian-military-unsecured-communications/

* "Counteroffensive in Ukraine Shifts Dynamic of War:" https://www.nytimes.com/live/2022/03/24/world/russia-ukraine-war

* "Kyiv suburb Irpin now 80% under Ukrainian control, mayor says:" https://www.cnn.com/europe/live-news/ukraine-russia-putin-news-03-23-22/h_002c58c0274484214f4750382a367581

* "Russia Abandons March on Kyiv, Focuses Embattled Troops Instead on Donbas:" https://www.usnews.com/news/world-report/articles/2022-03-25/russia-abandons-march-on-kyiv-focuses-embattled-troops-instead-on-donbas

* "The drone operators who halted Russian convoy headed for Kyiv:" https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/mar/28/the-drone-operators-who-halted-the-russian-armoured-vehicles-heading-for-kyiv

* "Inside a Ukrainian town's bloody battle to keep Russian invaders away from a nuclear plant and the vital port of Odesa:" https://www.cbsnews.com/news/russia-ukraine-voznesensk-battle-mykolaiv-defend-nuclear-plant-odesa-port/

* "With front lines on 3 sides, Ukraine's Dnipro sharpens its focus on the war:" https://www.npr.org/2022/03/29/1089146927/russia-war-ukraine-dnipro

* "Multiple rockets hit Lviv city in western Ukraine:" https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/three-powerful-explosions-heard-near-ukraines-western-lviv-city-says-governor-2022-03-26/

* "Ukraine’s Mykolaiv has held off Russian forces. Bodies are piling up anyway.:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2022/03/23/mykolaiv-bodies-ukraine-war/

* "Missiles hit Ukrainian military unit near Dnipro, governor says:" https://www.reuters.com/world/missiles-hit-ukrainian-military-unit-near-dnipro-governor-says-2022-03-25/

* "Russian forces cut off Ukraine's Chernihiv city, mayor says:" https://www.reuters.com/world/ukrainian-city-chernihiv-cut-off-by-russian-forces-regional-governor-2022-03-25/

* "In Chernihiv, civilians are trapped as hospitals and schools attacked:" https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-60860197

* "Twelve killed in Ukraine's Mykolaiv as rocket blasts hole in regional HQ:" https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/russian-rocket-blasts-hole-mykolaiv-administration-building-southern-ukraine-2022-03-29/

* "In Kyiv Suburb, Ukrainian Military Claims a Big Prize:" https://www.nytimes.com/2022/03/29/world/ukraine-russia-kyiv-irpin.html

* "Almost 5,000 killed in Mariupol since Russian siege began, mayor's office:" https://www.reuters.com/world/mariupol-mayor-fears-humanitarian-catastrophe-says-city-must-be-completely-2022-03-28/

* "Parliament member says Ukrainian forces won't surrender—including her own family:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/parliament-member-says-ukrainian-forces-won-t-surrender-including-her-own-family-136276549564

* "Putin is being humiliated on the battlefield in Ukraine:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-reidout/watch/russian-generals-warned-invading-ukraine-would-be-pointless-dangerous-new-york-times-reports-136089669916

* "Ukraine's zoos: what is happening to all the animals:" https://theconversation.com/ukraines-zoos-what-is-happening-to-all-the-animals-179147

* "Russian generals are getting killed at an extraordinary rate:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2022/03/26/ukraine-russan-generals-dead/

* "Mutinous Russian troops ran over their own commander, say western officials:" https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/mar/25/russian-troops-mutiny-commander-ukraine-report-western-officials

* "Ukrainian sailors tried to block a Russian oligarch's yacht from docking in Turkey:" https://www.npr.org/2022/03/23/1088210977/russian-oligarch-yacht-turkey

* "Ukraine reports 300 dead in airstrike on Mariupol theater:" https://apnews.com/article/russia-ukraine-zelenskyy-kyiv-europe-moscow-b56759e5d40db18e94bef8e42db23e47

* "Deadly shelling in Ukraine’s Kyiv flattens shopping mall:" https://www.aljazeera.com/gallery/2022/3/21/photos-smouldering-scenes-of-shelling-close-to-central-kyiv

* "Lady Anastasia's chief engineer decided to sink the yacht: 'I tried to sink the boat as a political protest':" https://www.cnn.com/2022/03/24/business/ukrainian-crew-member-sabotaged-russian-oligarch-linked-yacht-invs/index.html

* "Once the Children Got Hungry, ‘the Fire Was Gone From Their Eyes’:" https://www.nytimes.com/2022/03/29/world/europe/mariupol-ukraine-russia-war-food-water.html

* "Putin’s climate envoy steps down from his Kremlin post, reportedly over the Ukraine war.:" https://www.nytimes.com/2022/03/23/world/europe/russia-anatoly-chubais-quits.html

* "Russian soldiers release Ukraine town’s mayor and agree to leave after protests:" https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/mar/26/russian-soldiers-release-ukraine-towns-mayor-and-agree-to-leave-after-protests

* "Ukraine says Russian forces violently disperse Kherson protest:" https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2022/3/21/ukraine-says-russia-shoot-at-protesters-in-occupied-kherson

* "Thousands of Russians in Prague protest against war in Ukraine:" https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/thousands-russians-prague-protest-against-war-ukraine-2022-03-26/

* "Russian activists sign open letter calling for end to war in Ukraine:" https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/mar/25/russian-activists-sign-open-letter-calling-for-end-to-war-in-ukraine

* "Tanya’s Sister Was Trapped in Mariupol. This Is Their Story.:" https://www.nytimes.com/2022/03/26/opinion/ukraine-russia-war-family.html

* "March in support of Ukraine in London: everything was turning blue and yellow:" https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2022/mar/27/march-in-support-of-ukraine-in-london-everything-was-turning-blue-and-yellow

* "Gay Russian man 'ashamed' of his country says Putin 'disconnected from reality':" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2022/03/09/russia-ukraine-war-lgbt-gay/

* "Biden meets with U.S. soldiers in Poland as refugee crisis intensifies:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2022/03/25/biden-poland-ukraine/

* "Ukrainian refugees from Moldova arrive via air bridge in Germany:" https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/ukrainian-refugees-moldova-arrive-via-air-bridge-germany-2022-03-25/

* "Macron: France, Greece and Turkey to attempt Mariupol evacuation plan:" https://www.euronews.com/2022/03/25/ukraine-war-latest-zelenskyy-tells-eu-sanctions-came-a-little-late

* "Ukraine Refugees Near 4 million. Will Exodus Slowdown Last?:" https://news.wttw.com/2022/03/28/ukraine-refugees-near-4-million-will-exodus-slowdown-last

* "Holocaust survivors flee from Ukraine to Germany for safety:" https://apnews.com/article/holocaust-survivors-flee-ukraine-to-germany-55fae67ceebbe88e8edf04ce387d374b

* "'It is terrible': For Ukraine's Jews and Roma, war revives old traumas:" https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-60613433

* "Refugees in Quebec will have to learn French within 6 months:" https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/bill-96-quebec-refugees-french-1.6355756?cmp=rss

* "How Polish & Hungarian Activists Are Helping Queer Ukrainian Refugees:" https://www.advocate.com/commentary/2022/3/12/how-polish-hungarian-activists-are-helping-queer-ukrainian-refugees

* "Brave Polish activists helping LGBT+ Ukrainians flee Putin's cruel and barbaric war:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2022/03/09/poland-ukraine-russia-war-lgbt-warsaw-pride/

* "Steve Bannon Praises Putin and Texas for Anti-LGBTQ+ Actions:" https://www.advocate.com/politics/2022/2/24/steve-bannon-praises-putin-and-texas-anti-lgbtq-actions

* "ABC’s James Longman on Russia Bringing Back the Iron Curtain:" https://www.advocate.com/people/2022/3/03/abcs-james-longman-russia-bringing-back-iron-curtain

* "Head of Russian Orthodox Church blames Ukraine war on 'sinful' Pride parades:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2022/03/08/russia-ukraine-war-orthodox-church-kirill-lgbt-pride/

* "A familiar plot but truth may never be known about latest ‘Russian poisoning’:" https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/mar/28/truth-may-never-be-known-about-latest-russian-poisoning-roman-abramovich

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* "Putin’s war is the first conflict in a new global era:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/chris-hayes-putin-s-war-is-the-first-conflict-in-a-new-global-era-136175685819

* "Ukraine is canary in the coal mine in battle between tyranny and liberty Marie Yovanovitch says:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-reidout/watch/biden-s-trip-to-europe-over-ukraine-crisis-analyzed-by-marie-yovanovitch-john-brennan-136280645852

* "NATO set to boost forces on its eastern flank, chief says:" https://www.politico.eu/article/nato-ukraine-russia-stoltenberg-summit-forces-eastern-flank/

* "FCC says Russian anti-virus firm Kaspersky poses risk to U.S. national security:" https://www.upi.com/Top_News/World-News/2022/03/26/fcc-says-russian-cybersecurity-firm-kaspersky-poses-national-security-risk/8901648337432/

* "American freed from Venezuela says his ‘nightmare’ has ended:" https://apnews.com/article/russia-ukraine-business-europe-venezuela-caracas-daae694f5984d418627cbb3cb1885c43

* "US trial for member of Islamic State group begins in Virginia:" https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2022/mar/30/the-beatles-trial-isis-terror-group-virginia

* "Paul Manafort stopped from boarding plane to UAE over revoked passport:" https://www.cnn.com/2022/03/23/politics/manafort-passport-revoked/index.html

* "The Supply Chain Crisis Is About to Get a Lot Worse:" https://www.wired.com/story/supply-chain-crisis-data/

* "Vice President Harris on Russia: We are not into regime change, period:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-reidout/watch/vice-president-kamala-harris-interviewed-on-crisis-in-ukraine-and-more-by-joy-reid-136813126001

* "Vice President Harris "experienced great joy" as Judge Jackson "cut through political gamesmanship":" https://www.msnbc.com/the-reidout/watch/vice-president-kamala-harris-praises-judge-ketanji-brown-jackson-s-supreme-court-hearings-testimony-136814149928

* "Biden eyes using wartime powers for minerals needed in clean energy push:" https://www.politico.com/news/2022/03/30/biden-expected-to-use-wartime-powers-for-minerals-needed-in-clean-energy-push-00021693

* "Biden requests Mehmet Oz and Herschel Walker resign from presidential council or be terminated:" https://www.cnn.com/2022/03/23/politics/biden-requests-resignations-mehmet-oz-and-herschel-walker/index.html

* "Justice Clarence Thomas Discharged From Hospital, Court Says:" https://www.nytimes.com/2022/03/25/us/politics/justice-clarence-thomas-hospital-discharged.html

* "Manchin says he'll back Jackson for Supreme Court, likely assuring confirmation:" https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/manchin-says-hell-back-jackson-for-supreme-court-likely-assuring-confirmation

* This means we have the votes even if someone buys off Sinema. "Collins says she will back Ketanji Brown Jackson for Supreme Court:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2022/03/30/susan-collins-ketanji-brown-jackson-vote/

* "Explaining Lindsey Graham’s Many Interruptions of Ketanji Brown Jackson:" https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2022/03/lindsey-graham-interruptions-ketanji-brown-jackson.html

* "Blackburn to Jackson: Can you define ‘the word woman’?:" https://www.politico.com/news/2022/03/22/blackburn-jackson-define-the-word-woman-00019543

* "Sen. Padilla on Supreme Court nominee Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson: "She deserves better":" https://www.msnbc.com/the-sunday-show/watch/sen-padilla-on-supreme-court-nominee-judge-ketanji-brown-jackson-she-deserves-better-136343109909

* "GOP Senators seem to pander to QAnon base in Judge Jackson hearings:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/gop-senators-seem-to-pander-to-qanon-base-in-judge-jackson-hearings-136178245971

* "Expert hopes ‘sorry excuse for confirmation hearing’ sparks conversation on Jackson’s treatment:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-reidout/watch/supreme-court-confirmation-hearings-end-with-judge-ketanji-brown-jackson-remaining-poised-despite-gop-maltreatment-136091717711

* "Why Ketanji Brown Jackson's Work History Matters to LGBTQ+ People:" https://www.advocate.com/commentary/2022/3/08/why-kentaji-brown-jacksons-work-history-matters-lgbtq-people

* "SCOTUS Nom Ketanji Brown Jackson Has Nearly Flaw-Free LGBTQ+ Record:" https://www.advocate.com/news/2022/2/25/scotus-nom-ketanji-brown-jackson-has-nearly-flaw-free-lgbtq-record

* "Biden will tap oil reserve, hoping to push gasoline prices down.:" https://www.nytimes.com/2022/03/31/business/energy-environment/biden-oil-strategic-petroleum-reserve.html

* "Biden's budget plan: Higher taxes on rich, lower deficits:" https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/wireStory/bidens-budget-plan-hhigher-taxes-rich-lower-deficits-83720420

* "Vice President Kamala Harris visits Greenville in support of small businesses:" https://www.clarionledger.com/story/news/2022/04/01/harris-said-small-business-like-ones-greenville-deserve-support/7247112001/

* "Bipartisan deal struck 'in principle' on $10 billion Covid-19 aid package, Romney says:" https://www.cnn.com/2022/03/31/politics/covid-relief-negotiations-congress-mitt-romney/index.html

* "Ukraine crisis could derail drive to limit U.S. defense spending:" https://www.reuters.com/world/us/ukraine-crisis-could-derail-drive-limit-us-defense-spending-2022-03-23/

* Don't hold your breath. Manchin's been paid to vote against this sort of thing. "Biden administration announces new funding to make homes energy-efficient:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-solutions/2022/03/30/biden-energy-efficiency-homes-climate/

* "Community college enrollment is down, but skilled-trades programs are booming:" https://www.npr.org/2022/03/28/1086454046/2-year-skilled-trades-programs-booming

* "A battle over schools rages in Michigan — and Betsy DeVos is at the center of it:" https://www.nbcnews.com/news/education/betsy-devos-private-school-vouchers-michigan-rcna21384

* "Sacramento teachers strike as Minneapolis walkout continues:" https://www.kttc.com/2022/03/24/sacramento-teachers-strike-minneapolis-walkout-continues/

* "Email Prompts Several Applebee's Managers To Walk Off the Job:" https://www.snopes.com/news/2022/03/25/applebees-managers-walk-off-job/

* "Amazon Labor Union wins historic election at New York City warehouse:" https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2022/04/amazon-labor-first-union-win-warehouse-staten-island-historic-smalls-jfk8/

* "Amazon workers on Staten Island vote to form company’s first U.S. union:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/amazon-workers-on-staten-island-vote-to-form-company-s-first-u-s-union-136815173740

* "Joe Biden signs landmark law making lynching a hate crime:" https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2022/mar/29/emmett-till-anti-lynching-act-biden-signs

* "Violence Against Women Act Expands Services to LGBTQ+ Survivors:" https://www.advocate.com/politics/2022/3/17/violence-against-women-act-expands-services-lgbtq-survivors

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

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

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

* "DeSantis vetoes new Florida congressional map and calls for special session:" https://www.cnn.com/2022/03/29/politics/desantis-vetoes-florida-congressional-map/index.html

* "Supreme Court Sides With Republicans in Case on Wisconsin Redistricting:" https://www.nytimes.com/2022/03/23/us/politics/supreme-court-wisconsin-redistricting.html

* "Judge strikes down parts of Florida election law; cites race:" https://apnews.com/article/2022-midterm-elections-florida-voting-elections-tallahassee-b0c486301fd6c22eeea6af7e55225c5a

* "Reporting on Conspiracy Theorists Trying to Take Over Elections:"

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* "Cawthorn’s ‘orgies’ line shows how right-wing politics can boomerang:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2022/03/29/madison-cawthorn-orgies/

* "Rep. Cawthorn’s ‘cocaine’ and ‘orgies’ remark finally too much for GOP:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/rep-cawthorn-s-cocaine-and-orgies-remark-finally-too-much-for-gop-136621637630

* Re: Cawthorn's Orgies: 1. Madison Cawthorn is a known and frequent liar. That being said, 2. He has corroboration from admittedly very shady roger Stone.

3. This is from the '80's and I have zero ways of knowing if it is still the case, but I knew a guy who used to do gigs as a bartender/sex worker at DC Parties involving lawmakers and the claims Cawthorn is making. Before you ask, no, I don't know which lawmakers of the period went to these parties as he never named names. He just said Republicans and democrats hired him. Again, hearsay from the late eighties, so take it with a grain of salt. I'm just saying that it is possible that Cawthorn's claims are at least partially true. This is not the same as saying they are, just that I wouldn't be surprised.

4. I admit that the way the republicans are reacting looks more like panic at getting called out on something at least partially true than innocent people reacting to lies, but again, this is a subjective response.

5. The contrast between this total freakout, whatever the veracity of the claims, and their lack of reaction reaction to literal Nazi and Nazi adjacent statements and behavior within their caucus is in itself a kind of indictment. Just saying.

* "His Record: Fla. Sen. Baxley Is a Notorious Anti-LGBTQ+ Lawmaker:" https://www.advocate.com/politics/2022/3/10/florida-senator-dennis-baxley-anti-lgbtq-record-history-bill-law-dont-say-gay#media-gallery-media-5

* "Marjorie Taylor Greene suggests Pete Buttigieg wants to use girls' bathrooms:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2022/03/28/marjorie-taylor-greene-pete-chasten-buttigieg-donald-trump-save-america/

"One Twitter user wrote: “I’m a woman, and honestly, I’d rather Pete Buttigieg in the bathroom with me than Marjorie Taylor Greene.”"

* "Buttigieg Slams Rep. Greene's Taunt to 'Stay Out of Girls' Bathrooms':" https://www.advocate.com/politics/2022/3/30/buttigieg-slams-rep-greenes-comment-keep-out-girls-bathrooms

* "GOP Candidate Sought Russian Help to Unseat Gay Rep. David Cicilline:" https://www.advocate.com/crime/2022/2/23/gop-candidate-sought-russian-help-unseat-gay-rep-david-cicilline

* "Watch: Anti-Trans Jeff Younger Heckled as "Fascist" by Students:" https://www.advocate.com/politics/2022/3/03/watch-anti-trans-texas-politician-jeff-younger-heckled-fascist-college-students

* "Gay Democrat Challenges GOP Rep. Lauren Boebert With Vow to End 'BS':" https://www.advocate.com/politics/2022/3/08/gay-democrat-alex-walker-challenges-gop-lauren-boebert-vow-end-bs

* "GOP Lawmaker Retracts Claim Students Were Self-Identifying as Cats:" https://www.advocate.com/politics/2022/3/31/gop-lawmaker-bruce-bostelman-retracts-claim-students-were-self-identifying-cats

* "Nebraska Rep. Jeff Fortenberry is found guilty in contributions probe:" https://www.npr.org/2022/03/25/1088715862/nebraska-rep-jeff-fortenberry-is-found-guilty-in-contributions-probe

* "'Revenge': Georgia GOP primaries test Trump's power, voter fraud lie:" https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2022-election/revenge-georgia-gop-primaries-test-trumps-power-voter-fraud-lie-rcna21354

* "How White Victimhood Fuels Republican Politics:" https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/how-white-victimhood-fuels-republican-politics/

* "‘Old-school bigoted’: Why Republicans seem to be regressing on LGBTQ issues:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/-old-school-bigoted-why-republicans-seem-to-be-regressing-on-lgbtq-issues-136719429508

* "White House rebukes Trump after he calls on Putin to smear Hunter Biden:" https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2022/mar/30/white-house-trump-claim-putin-hunter-biden

* "Trump committed ‘numerous’ felonies, said resigning New York prosecutor – report:" https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2022/mar/23/donald-trump-crime-accusation-prosecutor-mark-pomerantz

* "White House staffer says her gay teen son was 'ashamed' she worked for Donald Trump:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2022/03/10/stephanie-grisham-donald-trump-gay-son-florida/

* "Judge says Trump ‘likely’ committed crimes in bid to block Biden victory:" https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2022/mar/28/john-eastman-trump-lawyer-capitol-attack-emails

* "Ted Cruz's efforts to keep Trump in office went far deeper than we knew:" https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2022/03/ted-cruz-january-6-trump-election/

* "8-hour gap in Trump's Jan. 6 White House phone records:" https://apnews.com/article/capitol-siege-donald-trump-dd00501687003ec2ad3b4929a80ba83a

* "Rep. Luria: Missing Jan. 6 phone logs have ‘overtones’ of Nixon cover-up:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/rep-luria-missing-jan-6-phone-logs-have-overtones-of-nixon-cover-up-136531013658

* "Trump used White House phone for call on January 6 that was not on official log:" https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2022/mar/30/trump-used-white-house-phone-call-capitol-attack-jan-6-not-official-log

* "Jan. 6 panel votes to recommend contempt charges for Trump aides Scavino, Navarro:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/jan-6-panel-votes-to-recommend-contempt-charges-for-trump-aides-scavino-navarro-136447045503

* "Garland could be creating 'biggest failure of an attorney general in American history' expert says:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-reidout/watch/former-trump-aides-dan-scavino-peter-navarro-face-criminal-contempt-of-congress-charges-136450117652

* "Donald Trump’s disloyalty may finally come back to bite him:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2022/03/24/mo-brooks-turns-on-donald-trump-endorsement-jan-6-committee/

* "Mo Brooks: Trump asked him to ‘rescind' 2020 results, hold new election:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/mo-brooks-trump-asked-him-to-rescind-2020-results-hold-new-election-136087621920

* "Jared Kushner expected to appear before Jan. 6 committee this week:" https://abcnews.go.com/US/jared-kushner-expected-jan-committee-week/story?id=83723385

* "Virginia Thomas urged White House chief to pursue unrelenting efforts to overturn the 2020 election, texts show:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2022/03/24/virginia-thomas-mark-meadows-texts/

* "Texts show wife of Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas urged election overthrow to Mark Meadows:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-reidout/watch/texts-show-ginni-thomas-urged-election-overthrow-to-mark-meadows-136186949823

* "Ginni Thomas actively tried to install losing candidate as president legal expert says:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-reidout/watch/ginni-thomas-sent-29-texts-to-trump-s-chief-of-staff-to-justify-overturning-2020-election-136281669678

* "Warren: Justice Thomas must recuse himself from Jan. 6 cases:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/warren-justice-thomas-must-recuse-himself-from-jan-6-cases-136532037995

* "Impeach Thomas? House Dems can go there, but most won’t.:" https://www.politico.com/news/2022/03/29/clarence-thomas-congress-fallout-00021167

* "Cult expert claims this never-seen-before footage features Ginni Thomas discussing Lifespring experience:" https://www.rawstory.com/ginni-thomas-lifespring-cult/

* "Justice Dept. expands Jan. 6 probe to look at rally prep, financing:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2022/03/30/jan-6-fbi-subpoena-justice/

* "Threat assessment experts highlight danger posed by 'involuntarily celibate' men | CNN Politics:" https://www.cnn.com/2022/03/15/politics/tallahassee-hot-yoga-shooting-misogynistic-extremism-report/index.html

* "Alex Jones faces fines for skipping Sandy Hook deposition:" https://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/wireStory/alex-jones-faces-fines-skipping-sandy-hook-deposition-83769130

* "Initially Rejected by the US, Russians Are Secretly Hustled Over the Border:"

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* "Biden administration plans to end pandemic border restrictions in May, sources say:" https://www.cnn.com/2022/03/30/politics/immigration-title-42/index.html

* "How Putin's war in Ukraine can advance immigration policy in the United States:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-sunday-show/watch/how-putin-s-war-in-ukraine-can-advance-immigration-policy-in-the-united-states-136343109884

* "More than half of the Texas House wants to stop the execution of Melissa Lucio, convicted of killing her toddler:" https://www.texastribune.org/2022/03/24/texas-legislature-melissa-lucio/

* There remains no proof that any crime was committed at all. "‘Only the hand of the Governor can halt’ Lucio’s execution, judge says:" https://www.valleycentral.com/news/state-news/only-the-hand-of-the-governor-can-halt-lucios-execution-judge-says/

* "California Assembly advances involuntary servitude amendment:" https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2022-03-22/california-assembly-advances-involuntary-servitude-amendment

* "Prison Labor: Inmates Exploited for Profit:"

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* "The real story about crime Republicans won’t tell you:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2022/03/22/crime-murder-rates-republican-cities/

* "Study: states with high murder rates more likely to be Republican:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-sunday-show/watch/study-states-with-high-murder-rates-more-likely-to-be-republican-136344645535

* "83-Year-Old Trans Woman Indicted Over Killing and Dismembering Victim:" https://www.advocate.com/crime/2022/3/11/83-year-old-brooklyn-trans-woman-harvey-marcelin-indicted-over-killing-and-dismembering-victim

* "The Murderer's Little Boy:" https://www.texasobserver.org/the-murderers-little-boy/

* "'Black Panther' director Ryan Coogler speaks out after being mistakenly suspected of attempted robbery:" https://www.cnn.com/2022/03/09/entertainment/ryan-coogler-arrested-bank-robbery-mistaken/index.html

* "Can Kyle Rittenhouse Sue Everyone Who Called Him a Murderer?:"

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* "Washington OKs 1st statewide missing Indigenous people alert:" https://apnews.com/article/united-states-washington-jay-inslee-4ecb8e8b8dd600861307b0a176d0dfee

* "How the Atlanta Spa Shootings—the Victims, the Survivors—Tell a Story of America:" https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2022/03/how-the-atlanta-spa-shootings-tell-a-story-of-america

* "It Never Seems to Be a Good Time to Talk About Teachers’ Racism:" https://slate.com/human-interest/2022/03/teacher-racism-in-classrooms-and-curriculum.html

* "5 Christian School Staffers Charged Over Alleged Sex Abuse Cover-Up:" https://www.advocate.com/crime/2022/2/18/5-christian-school-staffers-charged-over-alleged-sex-abuse-cover

* CW: Extreme Child Abuse. "Mother Confesses She & Her Girlfriend Starved Her Daughters to Death:" https://www.advocate.com/crime/2022/3/18/mother-confesses-she-her-girlfriend-starved-daughters-death

* CW: Abuse "One in three LGBT+ Brits abused by their family, disturbing report finds:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2022/04/01/lgbt-family-abuse-galop/

* "Gay Ex-Amazon Employee Claims He Was Hit On by Female Boss, Then Fired:" https://www.advocate.com/business/2022/2/23/gay-ex-amazon-employee-claims-he-was-hit-female-boss-then-fired

* "Guatemala Moves to Ban Same-Sex Marriage, Increase Abortion Penalties:" https://www.advocate.com/world/2022/3/10/guatemala-moves-ban-same-sex-marriage-increase-abortion-penalties

* "While red states restrict abortion, blue states are voting to protect access:" https://www.npr.org/2022/03/28/1088238619/legislation-abortion-bans

* "Arizona governor signs 15-week abortion ban into law:" https://www.reuters.com/world/us/arizona-governor-signs-15-week-abortion-ban-into-law-2022-03-30/

* "Kentucky legislature approves sweeping abortion bill, sending it to governor's desk:" https://www.cnn.com/2022/03/30/politics/kentucky-omnibus-abortion-bill/index.html

* "DC Police Find 5 Fetuses In Home Of Anti-Abortion Activist Lauren Handy:" https://www.huffpost.com/entry/dc-police-fetuses-anti-abortion-activist-lauren-handy_n_6245e9a5e4b068157f749d7f

* "The many, many countries that have banned conversion therapy – no ifs or buts:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2022/04/01/conversion-therapy-bans-countries-uk-boris-johnson/

* "Plan to criminalise gender 'fraud' dubbed 'licence to harass trans people':" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2022/03/09/scottish-gender-recognition-bill-fraudulent/

* "Boris Johnson slammed for ‘despicable betrayal’ after dropping conversion therapy ban:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2022/03/31/conversion-therapy-boris-johnson-betrayal-ban-leak/

* Them not being able to find housing in the town where they are mayor is a perfect symbol for something fundamentally wrong with the housing market for anyone younger than a boomer really. "World's first non-binary mayor to stand down after 'change of circumstances':" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2022/03/15/owen-j-hurcum-not-standing-re-election/

* "Wales and Scotland vow to press on with trans-inclusive conversion therapy bans:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2022/04/01/wales-scotland-lgbt-conversion-therapy/

* "Man stabbed outside of queer bar in 'targeted' attack:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2022/03/12/bar-stabbing-sheffield-anti-lgbt/

* "'Whistleblower' says her life was destroyed after exposing 'homophobic abuse':" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2022/03/10/sellafield-nuclear-homophobia-racism-sexism/

* "US confirms X gender markers for passports to be rolled out imminently:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2022/03/31/x-gender-markers-neutral-passports-antony-blinken-joe-biden/

* "SCOTUS: Bisexual Lawyer's Suit Against Christian Group Can Go Ahead:" https://www.advocate.com/law/2022/3/22/scotus-bisexual-lawyers-suit-against-christian-group-can-go-ahead

* "Iowa High Court Recognizes Anti-Trans Discrimination in Historic Win:" https://www.advocate.com/law/2022/4/01/iowa-high-court-recognizes-anti-trans-discrimination-historic-win

* "More Than One-Third of Trans Kids Are at Risk of Losing Care:" https://www.advocate.com/news/2022/3/22/more-one-third-trans-kids-are-risk-losing-gender-affirming-care

* "Justice department issues stark warning over attacks on trans rights:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2022/04/01/department-justice-anti-trans-healthcare-bills-federal-law/

* "Arizona, Oklahoma Governors Sign Anti-Trans Bills Into Law:" https://www.advocate.com/law/2022/3/30/arizona-oklahoma-governors-sign-anti-trans-bills-law

* "Kansas Senate Passes Anti-Transgender Sports Bans:" https://www.hrc.org/press-releases/kansas-senate-passes-anti-transgender-sports-bans

* "Utah Lawmakers Override Gov.'s Veto & Pass Anti-Trans Sports Bill:" https://www.advocate.com/law/2022/3/25/utah-lawmakers-override-govs-veto-pass-anti-trans-sports-bill

* "Fla. Gov. DeSantis Signs Historic 'Don't Say Gay Bill,' Enabling Hate:" https://www.advocate.com/law/2022/3/28/fla-ron-desantis-signs-historic-dont-say-gay-bill-enabling-hate

* "FL gov's office said those opposing “Don’t Say Gay” bill complicit in pedophilia activist says:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-reidout/watch/-don-t-say-gay-bill-passed-in-florida-despite-widespread-opposition-to-desantis-bill-136536645660

* Sigh. "Gay Republicans Call DeSantis Press Sec. 'Gay Icon' After Homophobia:" https://www.advocate.com/politics/2022/3/16/gay-republicans-call-desantis-press-sec-christina-pushaw-gay-icon-after-homophobia

* "A Gay Florida Educator on the Terror of What's to Come:" https://www.advocate.com/youth/2022/3/25/gay-florida-educator-terror-whats-come

* "First Federal Suit Against Florida's 'Don't Say Gay' Law Filed:" https://www.advocate.com/law/2022/3/31/first-federal-suit-against-floridas-dont-say-gay-law-filed

* "GOP Indiana Gov. Eric Holcomb Vetoes Anti-Trans Sports Bill:" https://www.advocate.com/law/2022/3/23/gop-indiana-gov-eric-holcomb-vetoes-anti-trans-sports-bill

* "Texas Superintendent Pulls 130 LGBTQ+ Books from District Libraries:" https://www.advocate.com/news/2022/3/24/texas-superintendent-pulls-130-lgbtq-books-district-libraries

* "Texas AG Ken Paxton Says LGBTQ+ People and Allies Are 'Predators':" https://www.advocate.com/news/2022/3/28/texas-ag-ken-paxton-says-lgbtq-people-and-allies-are-predators

* "Prosecutor Says Kidd Creole Killed Man in 'Gay Panic'; Rapper Says No:" https://www.advocate.com/crime/2022/3/30/prosecutor-says-kidd-creole-killed-man-gay-panic-rapper-says-no

* "Chicago Trans Activist Elise Malary Found Dead on Lakeshore:" https://www.advocate.com/transgender/2022/3/21/chicago-trans-activist-elise-malary-found-dead-lakeshore

* "Trans Woman Tatiana Labelle Found Dead in Trash Can in Chicago:" https://www.advocate.com/crime/2022/3/21/trans-woman-tatiana-labelle-found-dead-trash-can-chicago

* "Police: 19-Year-Old Trans Woman Kathryn Newhouse Killed by Father:" https://www.advocate.com/news/2022/3/28/police-19-year-old-trans-woman-kathryn-newhouse-killed-father

* "Gang Savagely Attacks Three Gay Men Leaving Drag Show:" https://www.advocate.com/crime/2022/4/01/gang-savagely-attacks-3-gay-men-leaving-drag-show

* "Texas AG Ken Paxton says Austin schools' Pride Week is "immoral" and "illegal":" https://www.salon.com/2022/03/25/texas-ken-paxton-says-austin-schools-pride-week-is-immoral-and-illegal/

* "What Being Black Has Taught Me About Being Nonbinary:" https://www.advocate.com/transgender/2022/3/31/what-being-black-has-taught-me-about-being-nonbinary

* "Ex-GOP Candidate Calls for ‘Firing Squads’ for Trans Rights Supporters:" https://www.advocate.com/politics/2022/3/29/ex-gop-candidate-robert-foster-calls-firing-squads-trans-rights-supporters

* "Christian University Allegedly Fires Professor for Hosting Gay Speaker:" https://www.advocate.com/news/2022/3/15/christian-university-allegedly-fires-professor-hosting-gay-speaker

* "Seattle Pride Cut Ties With Amazon Over Anti-LGBTQ+ Donations:" https://www.advocate.com/politics/2022/3/24/seattle-pride-cut-ties-amazon-over-anti-lgbtq-donations

* "Stephen Fry opens up about terrifying homophobic attack by 'furious skinhead':" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2022/03/09/stephen-fry-homophobia-attack-wembley-celibacy/

* "Trans cyclist Emily Bridges barred from major championship in last-minute U-turn:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2022/03/31/emily-bridges-uk-cycling-trans-ban/

* "Why a White-Led LGBTQ+ Org and a POC-Led Queer Group Are Teaming Up:" https://www.advocate.com/commentary/2022/4/01/why-white-led-lgbtq-org-and-poc-led-queer-group-are-teaming

* "Transgender Adults Face Disproportionate Food Insufficiency:" https://www.advocate.com/exclusives/2022/3/29/transgender-adults-face-disproportionate-food-insufficiency

* "Doctors learned how to save premature infants’ lives. They forgot about pain.:" https://www.vox.com/science-and-health/22949159/nicu-babies-pain-treatments-podcast-unexplainable

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* "Louisiana twister carved destruction in mere moments:" https://apnews.com/article/tornadoes-storms-new-orleans-hurricanes-weather-1b01d30a0719a44489b159cd6ba92a45

* "Searchers in China find wing, engine parts after plane crash:" https://apnews.com/article/china-6b7c4a15978ff73c82c59f5c32cc6730

* "Planned Obsolescence: The Right to a Product:"

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* Do Not Want. "The Plan to Put Bitcoin in Mouse DNA With a Genetically Engineered Virus:" https://www.vice.com/en/article/5dg5az/the-quest-to-put-bitcoin-in-mouse-dna-with-a-genetically-engineered-virus

* "The bizarre deep-sea creatures living on the Endurance shipwreck:" https://www.vox.com/down-to-earth/2022/3/9/22969054/endurance-shipwreck-deep-sea-animals

* "A 40,000-year-old Chinese stone tool culture unlike any other:" https://arstechnica.com/science/2022/03/a-40000-year-old-chinese-stone-tool-culture-unlike-any-other/

* "A Struggling Actress’s Greatest Role Was as a Real Civil War Spy:" https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/pauline-cushman-spy-american-civil-war

* "The Truth About the Winchester Mystery House:"

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* "Kirby Vacuums Suck:"

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* "Madeleine Albright, former U.S. secretary of state and feminist icon, dies at 84:" https://www.reuters.com/world/us/former-us-secretary-state-madeleine-albright-has-died-family-2022-03-23/

* "Tireless campaigner George Montague, the ‘oldest gay in the village’, dies aged 98:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2022/03/19/george-montague-oldest-gay-village-brighton/

* "Concerns about Bruce Willis' declining cognitive state swirled around sets in recent years:" https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/movies/story/2022-03-30/bruce-willis-aphasia-memory-loss-cognitive-disorder

* "Russian figure skaters banned from world championships but not for reason we expected:" https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/columnist/brennan/2022/03/01/russian-figure-skaters-banned-world-championships-putin/6981404001/

* Here's an idea: Don't hold major sporting events in countries where being queer is an imprisonable offense. "LGBT+ Pride flags could be confiscated at 2022 World Cup in Qatar:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2022/04/02/qatar-lgbt-world-cup-2022-pride-flags/

* "Va. Antique Store Posts Bizarre Anti-Trans Screed — Hundreds Respond:" https://www.advocate.com/business/2022/3/27/va-antique-store-posts-bizarre-anti-trans-screed-hundreds-respond

* "Will Smith punches Chris Rock and Wanda Sykes says 'gay': Biggest Oscars moments:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2022/03/28/oscars-2022-will-smith-chris-rock-wanda-sykes/

* "Ariana DeBose makes Oscars history as first queer woman of colour to win:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2022/03/28/ariana-debose-oscar-west-side-story/

* "In Alaska, Indigenous Women Are Reclaiming Traditional Face Tattoos:" https://www.vogue.com/article/in-alaska-indigenous-women-are-reclaiming-traditional-face-tattoos

* Is that a snake in your pants or.... "Border authorities find 52 lizards and snakes hidden in man’s clothing:" https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/border-authorities-find-52-lizards-snakes-hidden-mans-clothing-rcna19270

* "Gay Couple Adopts Dog Abandoned for 'Being Gay':" https://www.advocate.com/news/2022/3/23/dog-abandoned-shelter-because-owners-say-hes-gay-adopted-couple

* "Harm Reduction:"

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* "The Spy Who Called Me: Alexander Vindman and the Call That Sparked the Russian War on Ukraine:"

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* "What Recent HBCU Bomb Threats Say About the State of Racism in America:"

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* "The Postmodern Horror of TikTok's Encanto Discourse:"

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* "Dumped By Your Accounting Firm? Call Manston & Manston:"

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* ""Fight Club" Isn't The Only Movie China Altered:"

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* "This Is Why Kanye Is Beefing With Peppa Pig:"

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* Our best reconstruction of what happened was the injury Wednesday caused serious inflammation, which caused bits to pop out again. I iced it and when the Doctors offices opened, i phoned in my symptoms to the surgeon. They ordered me to the emergency room. By the time they'd imaged me my bits had popped in again.

This is likely to keep happening if I'm unlucky or careless until the surgery sorts it. Sigh.

The cats were terrified, poor things. I kept seeing Livia's panicky face popping up over or around furniture to stare at me. Tavy was in the rarest of modes, the Angel Mode. He guarded from a distance for the three hours of the really bad stuff, and once things calmed down, very carefully stepped onto me, avoiding the damaged areas, made pillow biscuits instead of clawing my chest and stomach in hopes of milk, and settled sweetly in for a cuddle nap while I waited for phone time. he didn't hurt me even accidentally once.

I basically needed to spend about 36 hours in bed, only getting up for essentials like food, meds, and hydration. I still need to lie down at random with little warning, but I'm recovering.

* What with various emergencies, disruptions, and most of a month lost to quarantine, we got pretty far behind on myriad things here at the cat asylum. As of Sunday evening, the Head Millennial's pay is sorted, they have caught up on the back log of essential things to keep the household running, and they have gotten things cleared and planted so that the container garden is ready for spring.

They really went above and beyond this week, coming in for short shifts on more days to make sure I was all right during the medical emergency.

I tire easily, and for safety's sake am not bending or lifting, but my shift is considerably more together. I hate this, but I think the time bomb could have gone off at any point in the last couple of years. It just happened to be at the end of a particularly shitty two years medically. Ironically, none of my medical stuff was COVID which is absolutely a miracle of science and kindness on the part of the Millennials. Let us hope things improve and we can avoid further excitement until my surgery slot opens.

* Me explaining on Tumblr why so much Secondary school teaching of history is bad in the US:

The real answer is English Teachers. They hire English teachers to teach Core instead of hiring English Teachers to just teach English and Social studies teachers to teach History in a lot of places in the US school system.

English teachers are not trained how to teach History well; they are trained to teach English. A lot of them don’t like or care about history, so they just teach whatever often ancient text book the underfunded school system hands them in a half assed way.

If you are hiring one teacher to teach both subjects, see, you hire the English teacher because Republican “Back to Basics” school reform is designed to emphasis English and Math and do everything possible to fuck up Social Studies/History and Science teaching because the last thing they want is an educated electorate well versed in things like research, evaluating evidence, analysis, and critical thinking.

They’d abolish both disciplines if they could in public schools. They are actively trying right now with the wave of censorship laws that make it illegal to teach students anything factual about US history. see also the endless attempt to ban evolution being taught and “teach the controversy” bullshit intended to give parity to religious texts in science classes. It’s all part of the same thing.

People who are dual certified in Social studies/History and English are rare and most of those come from an English Literature academic background instead of having a bunch of history degrees like I do. Those of us who really love teaching Middle School History/Social Studies have an extremely hard time getting hired, since we aren’t getting hired for core positions no matter how good we are, which leaves those schools that separate their English and History. My strong academic background in history made me a less attractive and more expensive hire than a mediocre English teacher with no teaching experience for those core jobs.

So there’s the real answer.

English teachers are not the villains here by the way. They need to eat and pay back student loans too. It’s just they are trained to teach English. That’s where their passion is. I’m angry at the policies that fuck over generation after generation of students.

* Me watching Moon Knight: Seriously? He can't get a date? Trust me the leg restraint Would Not Stop Me.

“I'll help you rise from the dead Osiris!!! “

* "Street Photography by Juri Nesterov Documents Ukrainian Life Across Decades:" https://www.thisiscolossal.com/2022/03/juri-nesterov-photographs/

* NWS "The Art of Felix d'Eon:" https://felixdeon.tumblr.com/post/680261091522215936/its-international-transgender-day-of

* I feel this in my Medievalist bones. "Medievalists HATE Him: What Is Your Field's "A World Lit Only By Fire"?:" https://www.thechatner.com/p/medievalists-hate-him-what-is-your?token=eyJ1c2VyX2lkIjoxNjEzMzc4LCJwb3N0X2lkIjo1MTIyOTk0MCwiXyI6InM0WDU5IiwiaWF0IjoxNjQ4NjM0MjIyLCJleHAiOjE2NDg2Mzc4MjIsImlzcyI6InB1Yi01Iiwic3ViIjoicG9zdC1yZWFjdGlvbiJ9.mk8DJTt6FA5iDSw0f-C-pbAezVky025RcFNLr9vQNto&s=r

* "How To Tell If You're In A Folk Horror Film:" https://www.thechatner.com/p/how-to-tell-if-youre-in-a-folk-horror?token=eyJ1c2VyX2lkIjoxNjEzMzc4LCJwb3N0X2lkIjo1MDY5NTQxMSwiXyI6InM0WDU5IiwiaWF0IjoxNjQ4MDAzMzQ1LCJleHAiOjE2NDgwMDY5NDUsImlzcyI6InB1Yi01Iiwic3ViIjoicG9zdC1yZWFjdGlvbiJ9.R6aDIrC99a0TbQfoJhn0rzXmCRdw9XdD51rONo2Yeks&s=r

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

The help links are at the bottom under the cut.

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

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

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

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

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

* "Stop the EARN IT Act to Save Privacy:" https://act.eff.org/action/stop-the-earn-it-act-to-save-our-privacy

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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* "SOS: Stranded and shattered seafarers threaten global supply lines:" https://www.reuters.com/world/sos-stranded-shattered-seafarers-threaten-global-supply-lines-2021-07-20/

* "The return of shell money: PNG revives old ways after Covid's blow to economy:" https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/aug/22/the-return-of-shell-money-png-revives-old-ways-after-covids-blow-to-economy

* "Zambia election: Hakainde Hichilema beats President Edgar Lungu:" https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-58226695

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* "Delta Is Bad News for Kids:" https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2021/08/delta-variant-covid-children/619712/

* "Smoke and soot from wildfires may be causing more Covid-19 cases and deaths, study finds:" https://www.cnn.com/2021/08/13/health/wildfire-smoke-coronavirus-climate-change/index.html

* "Amid shortages, Africans scramble to be fully immunized :" https://apnews.com/article/africa-health-coronavirus-pandemic-coronavirus-vaccine-4223767b41b3c7b6cd81ead14d6c04e7

* "US reports nearly 1 million vaccinations in past day, most since early July:" https://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/567814-us-reports-nearly-1-million-vaccinations-in-past-day-most-since-early-july?rl=1

* "U.S. to Advise Boosters for Most Americans 8 Months After Vaccination:" https://www.nytimes.com/2021/08/16/us/politics/vaccination-booster-shots.html

* "Feds aim to save Covid-flooded hospitals with antibody therapy facility:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/feds-aim-to-save-covid-flooded-hospitals-with-antibody-therapy-facility-118683717782

* "U.S. to Advise Boosters for Most Americans 8 Months After Vaccination:" https://www.nytimes.com/2021/08/16/us/politics/booster-shots.html

* Good. Squirrel and I have been quietly freaked out about unvaccinated people risking nursing home denizens since early February at least. "Biden says US will require nursing homes get staff vaccinated or lose federal funds:" https://www.cnn.com/2021/08/18/politics/nursing-homes-federal-funding/index.html

* Good. At minimum unmasked schools looks like a serious ADA violation to me. "The Biden administration will use a federal civil rights office to deter states from banning masks in classrooms.:" https://www.nytimes.com/2021/08/18/us/politics/biden-masks-schools-civil-rights.html

* "'We are on fire': Five U.S. states set new records for Covid cases as hospitalizations rise:" https://www.cnbc.com/2021/08/16/we-are-on-fire-five-us-states-set-new-records-for-covid-cases-as-hospitalizations-rise-.html

* "Over 5,000 students quarantine or isolate because of Covid in Florida school district:" https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/over-5-000-students-quarantine-or-isolate-due-covid-single-n1276933

* "More than 400 students quarantined since first day of school because of COVID-19 in Palm Beach County School District:" https://www.wpbf.com/article/440-palm-beach-county-students-in-quarantine/37296839#

* "3 Broward County, Florida, educators died within about 24 hours from Covid-19 complications:" https://www.cnn.com/2021/08/13/us/broward-county-florida-covid-deaths/index.html

* "With the delta variant spreading, Texas COVID-19 hospitalizations have increased over 300% in the last month:" https://apps.texastribune.org/features/2020/texas-coronavirus-cases-map/

* "Multiple regions across Texas now completely out of ICU beds as COVID-19 cases spike, data shows:" https://www.wfaa.com/article/news/health/coronavirus/multiple-regions-across-texas-now-completely-out-of-icu-beds-data-shows/287-aaffc3f1-5d3b-4fa7-911d-bfd56bc174c9

* "The Texas Covid crisis worsens – why is the governor resisting masks?:" https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/aug/15/texas-covid-coronavirus-crisis-austin-greg-abbott

* "Siding with Gov. Greg Abbott, Texas Supreme Court temporarily halts mask orders in Dallas and Bexar counties:" https://www.texastribune.org/2021/08/15/texas-coronavirus-supreme-court-school-mask-mandate/

* I hope it works. "Texas school district makes masks part of dress code to get around Gov. Abbott's order:" https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/texas-school-district-makes-masks-part-dress-code-get-around-n1277040

* "As COVID-19 Surges, Mississippi Hospital 'Days Away' From Turning Away Patients:" https://www.npr.org/2021/08/14/1027756573/as-covid-19-surges-mississippi-hospital-days-away-from-turning-away-patients

* "Field hospital opens in parking garage as Mississippi sees 'skyrocketing' crush of COVID patients:" https://abcnews.go.com/Health/field-hospital-opens-parking-garage-mississippi-sees-skyrocketing/story?id=79433418

* "Doctor laments amount of 'young death' as Covid patients jam Mississippi hospitals:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/doctor-laments-amount-of-young-death-as-covid-patients-jam-mississippi-hospitals-118683717858

* "'Save our babies': As another Mississippi child dies of COVID-19, communities beg for help:" https://www.clarionledger.com/story/news/local/2021/08/16/fifth-child-mississippi-dies-covid-19/8150426002/

* "DeSoto County COVID cases rise 151% as Mississippi cases surge toward new peak:" https://www.wreg.com/news/coronavirus/desoto-county-covid-cases-rise-151-as-mississippi-cases-surge/

* "As COVID surges, Mississippi sets up second field hospital:" https://apnews.com/article/health-coronavirus-pandemic-mississippi-edbfe1ae66fc3d15a73d9962b284a9f6

* "Metro Atlanta school districts report over 4,000 cases of COVID-19 in first weeks:" https://www.wsbtv.com/news/local/metro-atlanta-school-districts-report-over-3700-cases-covid-19-first-weeks/KO37EA3M5NDRFPGCGVEY6OIA4U/

* "Louisiana's health care system nearing 'major failure' under COVID surge, says Gov. John Bel Edwards:" https://www.theadvocate.com/baton_rouge/news/article_35d58738-fc87-11eb-a14c-cb993c0fdd54.html

* "Louisiana lawmakers hold contentious hearing on COVID-19:" https://apnews.com/article/business-health-louisiana-education-coronavirus-pandemic-082e94c98144f3dfa2005e6f43f6cd32

* "'No beds anywhere': As COVID wards expand, Louisiana's small hospitals have nowhere to turn:" https://www.nola.com/news/coronavirus/article_2dc75078-fc7b-11eb-a04d-8f9b3ec919cf.html

* "COVID in Louisiana schools: As students return to campuses, infection rates are worse than ever:" https://www.theadvocate.com/baton_rouge/news/coronavirus/article_88df9674-fb80-11eb-b4fb-93a296642845.html

* "Nearly 1,000 confirmed COVID cases in Middle TN schools; hundreds quarantined for exposure:" https://www.wkrn.com/news/nearly-1000-confirmed-covid-cases-in-middle-tn-schools/

* "Oregon governor orders National Guard to help frontline workers in Covid-19 battle:" https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/oregon-governor-orders-national-guard-help-frontline-workers-covid-19-n1276817

* "Nearly 4,400 new COVID-19 cases in Oregon over the weekend, health officials say:" https://katu.com/news/local/nearly-4400-new-covid-19-cases-in-oregon-over-the-weekend-health-officials-say

* "Fueled by delta variant, 500,000 coronavirus cases now tallied in Washington state:" https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/fueled-by-delta-variant-washington-state-surpasses-500000-covid-19-cases/

* "Inslee announces vaccination requirement for most state employees, private health care and…:" https://medium.com/wagovernor/inslee-announces-vaccination-requirement-for-most-state-employees-private-health-care-and-7c765161cbb6

* "Whatcom sees 300 confirmed COVID cases last week, as hospital sets pandemic record high:" https://www.bellinghamherald.com/news/coronavirus/article253520639.html

* "Supreme Court rejects challenge to Indiana University's vaccination requirement:" https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/supreme-court/supreme-court-rejects-challenge-indiana-university-s-vaccination-requirement-n1276714

* "Curfew could be implemented as hospitalizations, cases continue to soar:" https://www.khon2.com/top-stories/curfew-could-be-implemented-as-hospitalizations-cases-continue-to-soar/

* "27 people aboard Carnival cruise test positive for COVID-19:" https://apnews.com/article/lifestyle-business-health-travel-caribbean-4dd34f14b6a6365f48b3375c57ba4fb4

* My community knows from plagues. "Overwhelming majority of LGBT+ adults have been vaccinated against COVID in the US:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2021/08/16/lgbt-adults-covid-cavvine/

* "Man stabbed near L.A. City Hall as vaccine mandate protest turns violent:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2021/08/15/la-vaccine-protest-stabbing/

* "Jen Psaki shuts down Fox reporter with reminder Trump suggested injecting bleach as COVID cure:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2021/08/13/jen-psaki-trump-covid-disenfectant/

* "Gov. Greg Abbott tests positive for COVID after jam-packed, maskless GOP event:" https://www.houstonchronicle.com/politics/texas/article/No-mask-no-social-distancing-no-problem-for-16393209.php

* "Vaccinated Texas Gov. Abbott Covid positive after heedless hobnobbing at maskless GOP fete:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/vaccinated-texas-gov-abbott-covid-positive-after-heedless-hobnobbing-at-maskless-gop-fete-118920773640

* "Antivaccine, Anti-LGBTQ+ Texas Politician Dies After COVID Diagnosis:" https://www.advocate.com/politics/2021/8/05/antivaccine-anti-lgbtq-texas-politician-dies-after-covid-diagnosis

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* Remember way back at the beginning of this when I wrote extensively in livejournal during the lead up to the Afghan war, that we shouldn't invade Afghanistan because there was very little chance of us achieving any long term good? Remember how I wrote about the long history of resistance their and the then recent Russian occupation? Remember how I said we had no clear exit strategy and that it looked to me like a potential forever war as we suck at things like nation building? That this sure looked like the recipe for another Vietnam? Remember I said we, as a country are not nearly bright enough to meddle with that part of the world. Yes, there are experts who are, but US foreign policy is a blunt instrument mostly wielded by the willfully ignorant with agendas that have nothing to do with working with locals to actually fix things.

Yeah.

My father was against the Vietnam war and at the same time we abandoned all those people who helped us to horrors. I was raised on images of the fall of Saigon, people desperately grabbing on to helicopter legs. I had a Vietnamese friend at my second college who'd been in a camp as a young child after the war and went through horrible trauma before she got out. Most of her family wasn't as lucky. They were mostly tortured to death.

I am furious we went in knowing we were only going to make things worse, kill and maim so many people, waist so many resources. I am furious zero effort is being made yet again to save people who risked everything to help us. Terrible things are going to happen and the second we invaded that became our fault the same way the terrible things we did there are all fault.

* "Only Congress member to vote against Afghanistan war in 2001 speaks out:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/only-congress-member-to-vote-against-afghanistan-war-in-2001-speaks-out-118830661619

* "Chaos is unfolding in Afghanistan. Here's what you need to know.:" https://www.cnn.com/2021/08/15/politics/taliban-kabul-afghanistan-explainer/index.html

* "Mapping the advance of the Taliban in Afghanistan:" https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-57933979

* "‘Game over’: Westerners rush to leave Kabul, rescue Afghans:" https://apnews.com/article/business-kabul-3bf5dcb07bb97ab8851cadce9336574b

* "Afghanistan in chaos as thousands try to flee Kabul after Taliban takeover:" https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2021/08/16/chaos-afghanistan-thousands-flee-amid-taliban-takeover-kabul/8147024002/

* "Frantic exodus from Afghanistan ties U.S. in logistical knot at Kabul airport:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/frantic-exodus-from-afghanistan-ties-u-s-in-logistical-knot-at-kabul-airport-118920773749

* "Ousted Afghan President Ashraf Ghani resurfaces in UAE after fleeing Kabul, Emirati government says:" https://www.cnbc.com/2021/08/18/afghan-president-ashraf-ghani-is-in-uae-after-fleeing-afghanistan.html

* "'I stand squarely behind my decision': Biden holds firm on Afghanistan drawdown:" https://www.politico.com/news/2021/08/16/joe-biden-afghanistan-drawdown-decision-505179

* "Full speech: President Biden addresses nation on Afghanistan:" https://www.nbcnews.com/video/full-speech-president-biden-addresses-nation-on-afghanistan-118814277554

* "What Biden lost in Afghanistan:" https://www.politico.com/newsletters/politico-nightly/2021/08/16/what-biden-lost-in-afghanistan-493977

* "6 Political Takeaways For President Biden From The Chaotic Afghanistan Withdrawal:" https://www.npr.org/2021/08/17/1028329119/biden-kabul-withdrawal-political-consequences

* "The awkward Trumpy truth about Afghanistan's likely new Taliban leader:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/the-awkward-trumpy-truth-about-afghanistan-s-likely-new-taliban-leader-mullah-baradar-118918725748

* "Afghan security forces’ wholesale collapse was years in the making:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/investigations/afghan-security-forces-capabilities/2021/08/15/052a45e2-fdc7-11eb-a664-4f6de3e17ff0_story.html

* "Maddow: Vanishing Afghan army disproves premise of U.S. presence in Afghanistan:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/maddow-vanishing-afghan-army-disproves-premise-of-u-s-presence-in-afghanistan-118836293933

* "Billions spent on Afghan army ultimately benefited Taliban:" https://apnews.com/article/joe-biden-army-taliban-995b069a9008690582cb34f4cacd8515

* "U.S. investment in Afghanistan bought infrastructure, corruption and a lot of weaponry:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/u-s-investment-in-afghanistan-bought-infrastructure-corruption-and-a-lot-of-weaponry-118836293710

* "Journalist asks on Afghanistan: What were we doing for the last two decades?:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-reidout/watch/afghanistan-under-taliban-u-s-withdrawal-of-troops-president-biden-s-address-analyzed-by-experts-118832197827

* "'Every second is a life or death': Marine encourages expediting Afghan evacuations:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/-every-second-is-a-life-or-death-marine-encourages-expediting-afghan-evacuations-119009861577

* "Americans at home tap every resource to help colleagues escape Afghanistan exodus gridlock:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/americans-at-home-tap-every-resource-to-help-colleagues-escape-afghanistan-exodus-gridlock-119006789555

* "Statement to President Biden from The Washington Post, The New York Times and The Wall Street Journal:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/pr/2021/08/16/statement-president-biden-washington-post-new-york-times-wall-street-journal/

* "Afghan women journalists stalwart in face of Taliban takeover:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/afghan-women-journalists-stalwart-in-face-of-taliban-takeover-118919749714

* "CNN’s Ward says Kabul colleague nearly pistol-whipped:" https://www.seattletimes.com/entertainment/cnns-ward-says-kabul-colleague-nearly-pistol-whipped/

* "The Taliban’s Return Is Catastrophic for Women:" https://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2021/08/the-talibans-return-is-awful-for-women-in-afghanistan/619765/

* "Taliban's terrifying treatment of LGBT+ people is no longer a horror of the past:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2021/08/18/taliban-afghanistan-lgbt-sharia-law/

* "The Dire Plight of LGBTQ+ Afghan Refugees:" https://www.advocate.com/commentary/2021/8/16/dire-plight-lgbtq-afghan-refugees

* "'Everything is gone' for LGBT+ Afghans, says bisexual man who escaped the Taliban:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2021/08/19/taliban-afghanistan-lgbt-kabul/

"He is deeply worried for LGBT+ people in his home country, but he is also terrified for his atheist friends who he fears will face persecution from the Taliban. When he still lived in Afghanistan, Mehrshad used to meet with a group of fellow atheists once a week where they would discuss what books they were reading and talk about different ideologies. Because many of them were visible and vocal about their atheism, Mehrshad fears they could be at the top of the Taliban’s list for persecution."

* "How You Can Help LGBTQ+ Afghans in Crisis:" https://www.advocate.com/world/2021/8/17/how-you-can-help-lgbtq-afghans-crisis

* "As Taliban widens its grip, Afghans reckon with life under militant rule:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2021/08/13/afghanistan-taliban-rule/

* "Evacuations continue in Afghanistan – in pictures:" https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/gallery/2021/aug/17/the-fall-of-afghanistan-in-pictures

* "Afghan woman to Biden: ‘Please save the families’ :" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/afghanistan-s-first-female-air-force-pilot-niloofar-rahmani-begs-biden-to-save-the-families-118829125656

* "Engel: Despite peaceful rhetoric, Taliban hasn't changed:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/engel-despite-peaceful-rhetoric-taliban-hasn-t-changed-118839877714

* "'There's no one to help. They're stuck there.': Afghan women look for escape from Taliban:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/-there-s-no-one-to-help-they-re-stuck-there-afghan-women-look-for-escape-from-taliban-118840901912

* "Rep. Jason Crow: You just can't deal with the Taliban:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-reidout/watch/afghanistan-deteriorating-rapidly-as-taliban-seizes-control-and-u-s-withdraws-analyzed-by-rep-jason-crow-nbc-s-richard-engel-118676037522

* "On the Ground in Kandahar as the Taliban Closed in:"

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* "David Corn: I’m not surprised to see Republicans using Afghanistan for political points:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-reidout/watch/biden-being-blamed-for-botched-afghanistan-withdrawal-called-out-by-politics-experts-118833221792

* "Fox News, Stephen Miller fan anti-refugee flames amid Afghanistan crisis:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/fox-news-stephen-miller-fan-anti-refugee-flames-amid-afghanistan-crisis-says-mehdi-hasan-118912069559

* "Rep. Omar responds to radio host saying Biden wants ‘a couple hundred thousand more Ilhan Omars’:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-reidout/watch/republicans-saying-they-do-not-want-afghan-refugees-to-come-to-u-s-slammed-by-rep-ilhan-omar-118913093985

* "Fearless advocate Tori Cooper is first Black trans woman appointed to presidential HIV council:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2021/08/16/tori-cooper-presidential-hiv-council/

* "DeJoy bought up to $305,000 in bonds from USPS board chair’s investment firm:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2021/08/13/dejoy-usps-bloom-bonds-brookfield/

* "Louis DeJoy finance entanglements with supportive USPS board member raise ethics questions:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/louis-dejoy-finance-entanglements-with-supportive-usps-board-member-raise-ethics-questions-118682181957

* "House Moderates Say They Won’t Back Budget Vote Until Infrastructure Bill Passes:" https://www.nytimes.com/2021/08/13/us/politics/house-democrats-budget-infrastructure.html

* "Pelosi seeks to advance bipartisan infrastructure bill and $3.5 trillion budget plan at same time:" https://www.cbsnews.com/news/pelosi-infrastructure-bill-buget-resolution-house/

* "Biden Administration Prompts Largest Permanent Increase in Food Stamps:" https://www.nytimes.com/2021/08/15/us/politics/biden-food-stamps.html

* I am frightened if we lose this time we lose for generations, the way it happened when Radical Reconstruction ended. We lose the right to vote, we lose everything.

* 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.

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

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

* "New intel reports indicate fresh efforts by Russia to interfere in 2022 election:" https://www.cnn.com/2021/08/13/politics/intel-report-russia-election-interference-2022/index.html

* "After Threats And Pressure, Fulton County Voter Registration Chief Resigns:" https://www.wabe.org/after-threats-and-pressure-fulton-county-voter-registration-chief-resigns/

* "FBI joins criminal probe in Colorado voting equipment breach:" https://apnews.com/article/technology-colorado-voting-hacking-1b6cf27c95b376edcf91bb53af4a4d40

* "Report Shows Big Spike in Mail Ballots During 2020 Election:" https://www.usnews.com/news/politics/articles/2021-08-16/report-shows-big-spike-in-mail-ballots-during-2020-election

* "She risked everything to expose Facebook. Now she’s telling her story.:" https://www.technologyreview.com/2021/07/29/1030260/facebook-whistleblower-sophie-zhang-global-political-manipulation/

* "Federal officials press GOP Rep. Lauren Boebert over apparent personal use of campaign funds:" https://www.cnbc.com/2021/08/18/lauren-boebert-questioned-over-personal-use-of-campaign-funds.html

* "Rand Paul discloses 16 months late that his wife bought stock in company behind covid treatment:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2021/08/11/rand-paul-gilead-stock/

* "Rand Paul reveals his wife bought stock in Covid treatment in February 2020:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/rand-paul-reveals-his-wife-bought-stock-in-covid-treatment-in-february-2020-118671941792

* "Kevin McCarthy Hawks ‘Moron’ T-Shirts In Spectacular Self-Own:" https://www.huffpost.com/entry/kevin-mccarthy-t-shirt_n_611611c4e4b07c14031367c6

* "Lindsey Graham Clicks Up His Heels at Mar-a-Lago:" https://www.advocate.com/commentary/2021/8/16/lindsey-graham-clicks-his-heels-mar-lago

* "Trump not back in office Aug. 13 despite QAnon, MyPillow predictions:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/trump-not-back-in-office-aug-13-despite-qanon-mypillow-predictions-118671429765

* "Former U.S. attorney in Atlanta says Trump wanted to fire him for not backing election fraud claims.:" https://www.nytimes.com/2021/08/11/us/politics/byung-pak-trump-atlanta-election-fraud.html

* "'Relevant and useful': Criminal probe of Trump keen on new Georgia coup plot reporting:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/-relevant-and-useful-criminal-probe-of-trump-keen-on-new-georgia-coup-plot-reporting-118684741869

* "Former AG Holder on whether Trump should be ‘held accountable if found to have committed criminal acts’:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-reidout/watch/trump-facing-prosecution-for-allegations-of-seeking-to-overturn-election-discussed-by-former-ag-eric-holder-118675525570

* "Trump pardon worthless to Kushner pal facing new state charges:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/trump-pardon-worthless-to-kushner-pal-facing-new-state-charges-119009861883

* "Kushner friend Ken Kurson charged in N.Y. eavesdropping case after Trump pardon:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/ken-kurson-kushner-friend-charged-trump-pardon/2021/08/18/d670ef70-ffac-11eb-a664-4f6de3e17ff0_story.html

* "Rep. Hakeem Jeffries recounts Jan. 6 moment when the ‘jackets came off’:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/rep-hakeem-jeffries-recounts-jan-6-capitol-riot-moment-when-the-jackets-came-off-118909509862

* "Multiracial population grew in almost every county in the US. It doesn't mean racism is over:" https://www.cnn.com/2021/08/15/us/census-2020-multiracial-nation/index.html

* "NRA Must Be Dissolved After Failing to Clean Up Misconduct, New York Says:" https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-08-17/nra-failed-to-clean-up-misconduct-must-be-dissolved-n-y-says

* "More Cubans try dangerous trip to US across Florida Straits:" https://apnews.com/article/lifestyle-joe-biden-travel-cuba-caribbean-cacce3184f5d48460967d89536042670

* "Senators Press State Department on Support for LGBTQ+ Asylum Seekers:" https://www.advocate.com/politics/2021/8/06/senators-press-state-department-support-lgbtq-asylum-seekers

* "‘Warrior mindset’ police training proliferated. Then, high-profile deaths put it under scrutiny.:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2021/08/11/police-training-warrior-mindset-killology/

* "Phoenix police officers passed around a coin to celebrate shooting anti-Trump protesters in the groin. The police chief got a 'written reprimand' for it.:" https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/phoenix-police-officers-passed-around-131704848.html

* "Is This Man Serving a Life Sentence Because of a Mistaken Identity?:" https://www.gq.com/story/thomas-james-tragic-murder-case

* "Stopping Violence Over Prison Phone Time? There’s an App for That.:" https://mailchi.mp/themarshallproject/cbpj1etnns

* "Prisons Are Increasingly Banning Physical Mail:" https://slate.com/technology/2021/08/prisons-banning-physical-mail.html

* "Hate crime charges for man who allegedly launched racist, homophobic attack on Asian family:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2021/08/12/gay-asian-washington-dc-homophobia/

* "Pride flags banned at school. So, a neighbour decided to pick up their paintbrush:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2021/08/13/pride-flags-blm-newberg-oregon/

"School board director and vice chair Brian Shannon, who believes Pride flags are “divisive”, even suggested that the board look at drafting “replacement language” for the districts anti-racism policy and repealing the Oregon Department of Education’s Every Student Belongs policy, which bans hate symbols including swastikas and the Confederate flag."

* "The Unmaking of Biblical Womanhood:" https://www.newyorker.com/news/on-religion/the-unmaking-of-biblical-womanhood

* "Buck Angel: When Trans Folks Weaponize Transphobia For Themselves:"

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* "Bigot banned from store for putting 'gay pervert' signs up loses 'vexatious' discrimination case:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2021/08/13/evangelical-discrimination-case/

* "Bi Olympic hero Jack Woolley battered by gang of 12:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2021/08/15/jack-woolley-attack-dublin/

* "Couple beaten with glass bottles in brutal homophobic attack in Birmingham's Gay Village:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2021/08/16/birmingham-gay-village-homophobic-attack/

* "Two teenage girls beaten and robbed in ‘unprovoked homophobic hate crime’:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2021/08/15/homophobic-attack-hertfordshire/

* "Children beaten and spat on by gang of youths spouting homophobic and transphobic hate:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2021/08/17/children-homophobic-attack-liverpool/

* "Liverpool to ‘reclaim Pride’ after spate of violence with defiant, anti-capitalist protest:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2021/08/12/liverpool-reclaim-pride-lgbt/

* "Man on jet ski hurls foul homophobic abuse at beachgoers:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2021/08/12/jet-ski-homophobic-mudeford/

* "Black Trans Woman Miss CoCo Killed in Dallas:" https://www.advocate.com/crime/2021/8/13/black-trans-woman-miss-coco-killed-dallas

* "Arkansas Man Gets 50-Year Sentence in Death of Trans Teen:" https://www.advocate.com/crime/2021/8/16/arkansas-man-gets-50-year-sentence-death-trans-teen

* "Catholic school can legally fire teacher for being in same-sex marriage, court rules:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2021/08/12/catholic-roncalli-lynn-starkey/

* "Human Trials to Begin for Moderna's HIV Vaccine:" https://www.hivplusmag.com/treatment/2021/8/17/human-trials-begin-modernas-hiv-vaccine

* "Gilead: Two of Our HIV Drugs Were Tampered With:" https://www.hivplusmag.com/news/2021/8/12/gilead-two-our-hiv-drugs-were-tampered

* CW: Eating Disorders. "‘We are all suffering in silence’ — Inside the US military’s pervasive culture of eating disorders:" https://taskandpurpose.com/news/military-eating-disorders/

* "Deaf Children in Developing Countries Are Getting Inferior Cochlear Implants:" https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/deaf-children-in-developing-countries-are-getting-inferior-cochlear-implants/

* "A Surprising Side Effect of Giving Birth:" https://www.theatlantic.com/family/archive/2021/07/link-between-giving-birth-and-getting-cavities/619576/

* "‘He Thought What He Was Doing Was Good for People’:" https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2021/08/health-care-sherman-sorensen-pfo-closures/619649/

* "Haiti quake death toll rises to 1,419, injured now at 6,000:" https://apnews.com/article/health-caribbean-coronavirus-pandemic-united-nations-haiti-a625e4406ffa26e43d8b42cb71c9ba7f

* "Death toll from Haiti’s weekend earthquake raised to 1,941:" https://www.live5news.com/2021/08/16/quake-injured-wait-help-new-disaster-overwhelms-haiti/

* "Desperation, pressure for aid increase in Haiti after quake:" https://apnews.com/article/business-health-caribbean-coronavirus-pandemic-haiti-7901eacc8e6901885d6e6cd0b115bb40

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The World is basically on Fire/Melting. I'm putting stuff to do with it here.

* "Greenhouse gas emissions must peak within 4 years, says leaked UN report:" https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2021/aug/12/greenhouse-gas-emissions-must-peak-within-4-years-says-leaked-un-report

* "Droughts shrink hydropower, pose risk to global push to clean energy:" https://www.reuters.com/business/sustainable-business/inconvenient-truth-droughts-shrink-hydropower-pose-risk-global-push-clean-energy-2021-08-13/

* "Flooding in China kills 21, as thousands escape to shelters.:" https://www.nytimes.com/2021/08/13/world/asia/china-flooding-evacuations.html

* "Flash Floods in Turkey Kill 59, and Dozens Are Still Missing:" https://www.nytimes.com/2021/08/15/world/europe/turkey-floods.html

* "North Africa Fires Spread to Libya and Tunisia:" https://www.voanews.com/middle-east/north-africa-fires-spread-libya-and-tunisia

* CW: Lynching "Algeria: 61 arrested after mob kills man falsely accused of starting deadly fires:" https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/aug/18/algeria-61-arrested-after-mob-kills-man-falsely-accused-of-starting-deadly-fires

* "Morocco Deploys Canadair Water Bombers to Manage Chefchaouen Fires:" https://www.moroccoworldnews.com/2021/08/343913/morocco-deploys-canadair-water-bombers-to-manage-chefchaouen-fires

* "Wildfire in Jerusalem hills sends smoke clouds over city:" https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/wildfire-blazes-jerusalem-hills-2021-08-15/

* "Greece wildfires: Winds fan 2 new blazes outside of Athens:" https://apnews.com/article/europe-middle-east-fires-environment-and-nature-greece-c20f44f43e116b7afbbca28fed802348

* "Hundreds are evacuated as tinderbox Spain tackles wildfires:" https://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/hundreds-evacuated-tinderbox-spain-tackles-wildfires-79467665

* "‘All that’s left are ashes’: Italian communities count cost of wildfires:" https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/aug/13/all-thats-left-are-ashes-italian-communities-count-cost-of-wildfires

* "105 forest fires burning in northwestern Ontario on Sunday morning:" https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/thunder-bay/forest-fire-update-1.6141726

* "Kananaskis, Canmore have worst air quality in Canada after wildfires:" https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/air-quality-wildfire-canmore-kananaskis-1.6142459

* "Crews battle Western wildfires that have caused thousands of evacuations:" https://www.cnn.com/2021/08/16/weather/us-western-wildfires-monday/index.html

* "Thousands Evacuate as Wildfires Ravage Utah and Northern California:" https://www.nytimes.com/2021/08/15/us/utah-california-wildfire-evacuations.html

* "Northern California wildfire triples in size, forcing thousands to evacuate:" https://www.cnn.com/2021/08/18/weather/us-western-wildfires-wednesday/index.html

* "California Drought Takes Toll on World's Top Almond Producer:" https://www.usnews.com/news/us/articles/2021-08-17/california-drought-takes-toll-on-worlds-top-almond-producer

* "He Wrote a Gardening Column. He Ended Up Documenting Climate Change.:" https://www.nytimes.com/2021/07/28/magazine/gardening-column-climate-change.html

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* "Why Are Farmers in Senegal Creating Gardens That Look Like Crop Circles?:" https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/tolou-keur-circle-garden-senegal

* "Shift away from earthen homes ‘environmentally damaging’:" https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2021/08/210809144043.htm

* "40 Million People Rely on the Colorado River, and Now It's Drying Up:"

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* "First-ever water shortage on the Colorado River will bring cuts for Arizona farmers:" https://www.azcentral.com/story/news/local/arizona-environment/2021/08/16/colorado-river-shortage-bring-water-cuts-arizona-farmers/8150901002/

* "How Your Cup of Coffee Is Clearing the Jungle:" https://www.nytimes.com/2021/08/11/magazine/indonesia-rainforest-coffee.html

* "Meet the 'seed detective' on a mission to save our rarest vegetables:" https://www.cnn.com/2021/08/03/europe/seed-detective-heritage-seed-library-spc-intl/index.html

* "The Ingenious Ancient Technology Concealed in the Shallows:" https://www.hakaimagazine.com/features/the-ingenious-ancient-technology-concealed-in-the-shallows/

* On so called 'Smart Cities:' https://laughingacademy.tumblr.com/post/659441941482733569/smart-cities-are-neither-2021-edition

* "Studland Bay 'eco-moorings' set up to protect seahorses:" https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-dorset-57999730

* "What Animals See in the Stars, and What They Stand to Lose:" https://www.nytimes.com/2021/07/29/science/animals-starlight-navigation-dacke.html

* "There and back again: The epic adventures of China's wandering elephants:" https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-china-58196663

* "How ancient people fell in love with bread, beer and other carbs:" https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-021-01681-w

* "This 3,700-Year-Old Tablet Shows The Oldest Known Example of Applied Geometry:" https://www.sciencealert.com/this-3-700-year-old-tablet-shows-the-oldest-known-example-of-applied-geometry

* "For Centuries, England's Go-To Apple Utensil Was a Sheep Bone:" https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/antique-apple-scoops

* CW: Suicide Mentions. "The Poisonous Romance of Madeleine Smith:"

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* "A Toolbox in Your Pocket: The History of the Swiss Army Knife:"

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* CW: Child Murder "Leopold and Loeb: The "Genius" Killers:"

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* CW: Suicide Mention. "The Lead Masks of Vintém Hill:"

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* "Black Nite Brawl: 60 Year Anniversary of Pre-Stonewall Bar Uprising:" https://www.advocate.com/news/2021/8/05/milwaukee-marks-60th-anniversary-pre-stonewall-bar-uprising

* CW: Pedophilia, Child Death. "Cropsey: The Boogeyman of Staten Island:"

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* "Dr Death: Modern History's Worst Serial Killer:"

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* "Robert Pickton: The Pig Farmer Killer:"

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* "Nagasaki marks 76th anniversary of atomic bombing:" https://apnews.com/article/europe-business-bombings-63b48fdaf8e219c62663d48c138b6a3d

* "Mark Twitchell: The Dexter Killer (Part 1):"

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* "What Should You Do With a Captured Nazi Flag?:" https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/captured-nazi-flags

* "How Blind Activists Fought for Blind Workers:" https://daily.jstor.org/how-blind-activists-fought-for-blind-workers/

* "She was the only member of Congress to vote against war in Afghanistan. Some called her a traitor.:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/history/2021/08/17/barbara-lee-afghanistan-vote/

* "Breivik survivors keep fighting for their vision of Norway:" https://apnews.com/article/europe-norway-34f288881c5f26364d38f651a928649e

* "Mary Cunningham Simpson, the UK’s forgotten lesbian pioneer, tragically dies aged 74:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2021/08/19/mary-cunningham-simpson-lesbian-death/

* "'River Dave' Doesn't Think He Can Go Back to Being a Hermit:" https://www.usnews.com/news/best-states/new-hampshire/articles/2021-08-11/river-dave-doesnt-think-he-can-go-back-to-being-a-hermit

* "When Pets Need Lawyers:"

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* "Opioids III: The Sacklers: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver:"

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* "Andrew Cuomo, Don't Let The Door Hit You On The Way Out:"

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* Can we bring nuance back? "Fandom's Biggest Controversy: The Story of Proshippers vs Antis:"

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* "Therapist Reacts to KNIVES OUT:"

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* "The Conjuring: A Proper Movie Trilogy:"

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* "Marlon Brando Stars As "The Covid One":"

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* "The Vaccine Conspiracy Train Makes Stops At Ivermectin, Chimpanzees, And "I Am Legend":"

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* "All The Nudes That's Fit To Print - The New York Times Has A New Motto:"

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* "Therapist Reacts to A QUIET PLACE:"

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* "Can I Pee Here?:"

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* Saturday some friends drove up to visit. It was excellent, but looking at the PNW COVID numbers, I'm going to have to go back to stricter protocols, I think.

As of Monday, I've been threeish weeks without a properly working nebulizer motor. With the air quality as bad as it was last week, I should be doing three doses a day. My normal amount is two. I can just coax oneish dose out in two partial doses a day. I feel like shit, frankly. I'm pretty sure the air filtering is the only way I function at all.

* I got my flu shot today. It was a bit of an odyssey as they made me wait more than half an hour before realizing that even though I get it there every year they randomly no longer take Medicare advantage. Sigh. At least they were kind enough to tell me which pharmacy chain still takes it.

Why didn't I go to my Doctor? Pharmacies get it a month earlier than poverty clinic and I try to go as early in season as I can manage so that I don't turn out to be too sick to get it at appointment time.

Both pharmacies had covid vaccine patients ahead of me. I was the only flu shot that day at either place and it was already evening. Yay, people getting covid shots! Seriously, if you haven't got yours go! Go right away! If you already have been vaccinated? Please go get your flu shot. I know it's likely not a serious risk to you unless you are about my levelish of sick or worse, but it is way nicer not getting flu at all, and it is a risk to people around you. Save your grandmother. Save the cashier with underlying health condition. Save the kid with cancer living on your block. The mild inconvenience of a flu shot is nothing compared to actual flu.

Please, I beg you every year, but CDC is really worried about how flu season is going to go this year given the givens.

* "Sunday Sweets: Grandma's Kitchen Counter :" https://www.cakewrecks.com/home/2021/8/15/sunday-sweets-grandmas-kitchen-counter

* "What Are Your Preconceptions of Disability and Sexuality?:" https://www.advocate.com/photography/2021/8/12/what-are-your-preconceptions-disability-and-sexuality#media-gallery-media-8

* "Just Enough Rain:" http://giganotosaurus.org/2021/05/01/just-enough-rain/?fbclid=IwAR2LTT7udjMOKc5k_0J1i5efsOiwo4hG17f-0THXGZvCmbGaCIycCdbTo_E

* ToS: Season 2 Rewatch:

- 3.1: Spock's Brain.

*facepalm* This one is infamous. A mysterious ship shows up. A woman beams aboard. Everyone is knocked out. She takes Spock to sick bay and steals his brain. Somehow they get him on life support. They have to get his brain back before his body dies. Uhura asks the important question: why do they want Spock's brain.

Anyway, they follow the ion trail back to the planet where they think they took the brain. Some barbarians, who definitely were not the sort to have higher tech than the federation, attack. They stun one to question. The Barbarian thinks they are small, "Like the the Others, the givers of pain and delight." The Barbarians are all men; the others are women with some male barbarian servants. The Barbarian doesn't want to go to the buried city where the Others are and runs away.

The Landing Party finds a cave of supplies that may be a trap. Kirk sends for Spock and Bones. The brain nappers are confused, with minds like children. They contact Spock on the communicators. The Women capture them and question them. One is the brain abductor, but she doesn't remember at all. They serve the Controller. Bones explains brains to the women. Kirk works out that Spock's brain is the Controller.

The women give the Landing Party a long pain zap and go to work out what to do. They say a lot of sexist things, particularly Scotty. The Landing Party beats up the guards and escape. They explain to Spock he's a disembodied brain. Spock points out Bones doesn't have the technological knowledge to put his brain back in. Spock tells them how to get the pain bands off.

They find the Brain chamber. Head woman zaps them. Kirk uses his remote control to get Spock's body to release them. The Woman says if they take Spock's brain they will all die. It clearly runs their city. They find out their is a taped archive of the knowledge of the city builders they can access through "The Teacher" which is how the woman stole the brain in the first place.

They force the woman into the machine. She threatens them with the phasor, now she's bright. They steal the phasor back. The Teacher only gives three hours of knowledge. She refuses to put the brain back. Bones wants to try despite the brain damage risk. Bones hopes he can retain the knowledge. (Side note: The teacher looks like a crown to match the Iron Throne.)

Bones starts putting the brain back. The women is distressed by the coming civilization collapse. Kirk basically tells her she can trade sex for food and warmth. Eeew. Bones starts to forget how to do the operation. They connect Spock's vocal cords so he can help, instead of putting him under again for some reason. Spock talks him through it. Apparently the split happened during a glacial age. Bones is a jerk about the exposition.

This whole episode.... Sigh.

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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.

* "How You Can Help LGBTQ+ Afghans in Crisis:" https://www.advocate.com/world/2021/8/17/how-you-can-help-lgbtq-afghans-crisis

* Hey! Want to propose Washington State geographical features to be renamed? "Committee on Geographic Names:" https://www.dnr.wa.gov/about/boards-and-councils/board-natural-resources/committee-geographic-names

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* "UN calls for restoration of democracy in Myanmar, end to violence:" https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/5/1/myanmar-risks-standstill-three-months-after-coup-un-envoy

* "Kachin rebels shoot down military helicopter as parcel bomb kills 5 in central Myanmar:" https://www.cnn.com/2021/05/04/asia/myanmar-military-helicopter-parcel-bomb-intl-hnk/index.html

* "Myanmar military bans satellite TV, charges Japanese journalist:" https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/5/5/myanmar-military-bans-satellite-tv-charges-japanese-journalist

* "What We Know About the Mexico City Train Crash:" https://www.nytimes.com/2021/05/04/world/americas/mexico-city-train-derailment.html

* "Blinken Heads to Ukraine After Russia Sends 150K Troops to Border:" https://www.voanews.com/europe/blinken-heads-ukraine-after-russia-sends-150k-troops-border

* "Israel crush: Dozens killed at Lag B'Omer religious festival:" https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-56938657

* " Mali: One year on, justice still needs to be done for victims of protests and coup :" https://www.amnesty.org/en/latest/news/2021/04/mali-justice-still-needs-to-be-done-for-victims-of-protests-and-coup/

* "Dozens of militants killed in French-Malian army operation:" https://www.france24.com/en/africa/20210427-dozens-of-militants-killed-in-french-malian-army-operation

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* "Children Now Account For 22% Of New U.S. COVID Cases. Why Is That?:" https://www.npr.org/sections/coronavirus-live-updates/2021/05/03/993141036/children-now-account-for-22-of-new-u-s-covid-cases-why-is-that

* "Covid-19 caused one in three deaths in Brazil so far this year:" https://www.cnn.com/2021/05/03/americas/brazil-covid-deaths-2021-intl/index.html

* "Brazil's COVID-19 Deaths Top 400,000 Amid Fears Of Worsening Crisis:" https://www.npr.org/sections/coronavirus-live-updates/2021/04/29/992243462/brazil-covid-19-deaths-top-400-000-amid-fears-of-worsening-crisis

* "Brazil Seeks to Hold Bolsonaro Accountable for More Than 400,000 Covid-19 Deaths:" https://theintercept.com/2021/05/01/covid-brazil-deaths-bolsonaro-investigation/

* "‘I warned Bolsonaro’, ex-Brazil minister testifies in COVID probe:" https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/5/4/i-warned-bolsonaro-ex-brazil-minister-testifies-in-covid-probe

* "Coronavirus: How India descended into Covid-19 chaos:" https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-india-56977653

* "As Covid-19 Devastates India, Deaths Go Undercounted:" https://www.nytimes.com/2021/04/24/world/asia/india-coronavirus-deaths.html

* "The Covid-19 hospital so bad patients want to get out:" https://www.cnn.com/2021/05/03/india/hospital-coronavirus-deaths-oxygen-delhi-intl-hnk-dst/index.html

* "Modi could have prevented India's devastating Covid-19 crisis, critics say. He didn't:" https://www.cnn.com/2021/04/30/india/covid-second-wave-narendra-modi-intl-hnk-dst/index.html

* How to help India: https://www.khalsaaid.org/donate

* "How to Help India Amid the Covid Crisis:" https://www.nytimes.com/article/india-covid-how-to-help.html

* "US to restrict travel from India over COVID starting Tuesday:" https://apnews.com/article/india-coronavirus-travel-restriction-5e73dbbd0da45208af988d93c430e959

* "Biden shakes up vaccine strategy as he sets new goal:" https://www.politico.com/news/2021/05/04/white-house-states-vaccines-485348

* "Biden aims to vaccinate 70% of American adults by July 4:" https://apnews.com/article/coronavirus-pandemic-health-government-and-politics-d6ee06383f123a4ef0941847200757df

* "Reaching ‘Herd Immunity’ Is Unlikely in the U.S., Experts Now Believe:" https://www.nytimes.com/2021/05/03/health/covid-herd-immunity-vaccine.html

* "Examining the ‘herd immunity’ question: How the U.S. can get back to normal:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/examining-the-herd-immunity-question-how-the-u-s-can-get-back-to-normal-111286853763

* "FDA appears poised to authorize Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine for adolescents by next week:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/2021/05/03/pfizer-vaccine-for-adolescents/

* "Florida Gov. DeSantis suspends all remaining Covid restrictions: 'We are no longer in a state of emergency':" https://www.cnbc.com/2021/05/03/florida-governor-desantis-suspends-all-remaining-covid-restrictions.html

* "Los Angeles County reports no new COVID-19 deaths:" https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2021-05-02/los-angeles-county-reports-no-new-covid-19-deaths

* "Tucker Carlson slammed for saying children wearing masks outside warrants police intervention:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-sunday-show/watch/tucker-carlson-slams-mask-wearing-for-children-outdoors-is-called-unhinged-by-media-experts-111215173874

* "Trans woman denied life-saving COVID vaccine due to ‘mismatched ID’:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2021/04/21/trans-woman-denied-covid-vaccine-mismatched-id-oklahoma/

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* "Trump’s Secret Rules for Drone Strikes Outside War Zones Are Disclosed:" https://www.nytimes.com/2021/05/01/us/politics/trump-drone-strike-rules.html

* "Joe Biden tells trans Americans 'the president has your back' in historic speech:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2021/04/29/joe-biden-congress-address-trans-americans-equality-act/

* "Joe Biden Is Giving the World a Lesson on Moving Forward:" https://www.advocate.com/commentary/2021/4/29/joe-biden-giving-world-lesson-moving-forward

* "10 times Joe Biden stood up for LGBT+ rights in his first 100 days:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2021/04/29/joe-biden-lgbt-rights-100-days/

* "Why President Biden's domestic agenda is also a foreign policy statement:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/why-president-biden-s-domestic-agenda-is-also-a-foreign-policy-statement-111095877913

* "Joy Reid: Biden proposed ideas that will be very hard for Republicans to oppose:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-reidout/watch/joy-reid-biden-proposed-ideas-that-will-be-very-hard-for-republicans-to-oppose-111027781553

* "Biden's advantage as political messenger is his political background, history suggests:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/biden-s-advantage-as-political-messenger-is-his-political-background-history-suggests-111098437781

* "Chris Hayes: Biden is ending the Reagan era with bold, progressive agenda:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/chris-hayes-biden-is-ending-the-reagan-era-with-bold-progressive-agenda-111084613903

* "Chris Hayes: How Biden is succeeding where Trump failed:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/chris-hayes-how-biden-is-succeeding-where-trump-failed-111284805823

* "Chief Spokesperson for Vice President Kamala Harris on her historic first 100 days:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-sunday-show/watch/vice-president-kamala-harris-s-historic-first-100-days-discussed-by-symone-sanders-111213637598

* "Donald Trump’s cruel ban on trans people joining the military is officially over:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2021/05/01/trans-military-ban-over-pentagon-joe-biden-donald-trump/

* "Joe Biden to let embassies fly the Pride flag on the same pole as the US flag:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2021/04/23/us-embassy-lgbt-pride-flag-ban-joe-biden-anthony-blinken/

* "Biden Picks Lesbian Vet Gina Ortiz Jones for Air Force Undersecretary:" https://www.advocate.com/politics/2021/4/28/biden-picks-lesbian-vet-gina-ortiz-jones-air-force-undersecretary

* "Biden administration to propose first rule requiring cut in climate pollutants:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/2021/05/03/epa-climate-hfcs/

* "Consumer-fueled economy pushes GDP to 6.4% first-quarter gain:" https://www.cnbc.com/2021/04/29/us-gdp-rose-6point4percent-in-the-first-quarter-vs-6point5percent-increase-expected.html

* "Democratic tax cuts, stimulus measures seen to be revving up economy:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/democratic-tax-cuts-stimulus-measures-seen-to-be-revving-up-economy-111295045787

* "Not rich? Good news: You’re probably getting a tax cut.:" https://www.politico.com/news/2021/04/25/dems-tax-cuts-biden-484476

* "Some Republicans look to have it both ways on popular Covid relief:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/some-republicans-look-to-have-it-both-ways-on-covid-relief-111159365885

* "Rep. Schiff says GOP’s ‘grasping at straws’ to slam Biden's popular economic plan:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-sunday-show/watch/biden-s-popular-economic-plan-under-attack-from-gop-grasping-at-straws-schiff-says-111211077981

* "‘Be bold, go big’: Sen. Bernie Sanders on how Democrats can hold onto power:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/-be-bold-go-big-sen-bernie-sanders-on-how-democrats-can-hold-onto-power-111283781944

* "Democrats consider reforming immigration laws through infrastructure bill, reconciliation:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/democrats-consider-reforming-immigration-laws-through-infrastructure-bill-reconciliation-111359557561

* "McConnell Says ‘Zero’ Republicans Will Back Biden’s Infrastructure Package:" https://news.yahoo.com/mcconnell-says-zero-republicans-back-183602299.html

* Children learning accurate history for once being the most important threat to America right now according to Republicans, apparently, rather than Republicans literally trying to end Democracy forever. "POLITICO Playbook: McConnell takes on the 1619 Project:" https://www.politico.com/newsletters/playbook/2021/04/30/mcconnell-takes-on-the-1619-project-492664?nname=playbook&nid=0000014f-1646-d88f-a1cf-5f46b7bd0000&nrid=0000014e-f0ed-dd93-ad7f-f8edad790000&nlid=630318

* "GOP state lawmakers: The Three-Fifths Compromise was actually good:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2021/05/04/gop-state-lawmakers-three-fifths-compromise-was-actually-good/

* "As schools expand racial equity work, conservatives see a new threat in critical race theory:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/education/2021/05/03/critical-race-theory-backlash/

* "DNC Chair: GOP Obsessed With Mr. Potato Head, Not Real Issues:" https://www.advocate.com/politics/2021/4/29/dnc-chair-gop-obsessed-mr-potato-head-not-real-issues

* CW: Rape "Senators announce proposed law removing commanders from military sexual assault cases.:" https://www.nytimes.com/2021/04/29/us/politics/military-sexual-assault-cases.html

* "‘Failure is not an option, voting is too sacred’: How Chuck Schumer plans to pass voting rights:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-reidout/watch/-failure-is-not-an-option-voting-is-too-sacred-how-chuck-schumer-plans-to-pass-voting-rights-111020613651

* "Manchin says he doesn’t support D.C. statehood bill, dealing advocates a major blow:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/dc-politics/manchin-dc-statehood-amendment/2021/04/30/39fab2ae-a9dd-11eb-8d25-7b30e74923ea_story.html

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* "Florida Legislature passes elections bill that adds restrictions to voting:" https://www.cnn.com/2021/04/29/politics/florida-passes-elections-bill-voting-restrictions/

* "Republican ‘power grab’: Florida rep on his state's new voter restriction law:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/republican-power-grab-florida-rep-on-his-state-s-new-voter-restriction-law-111151173835

* "Republicans fear new voting restrictions could backfire on their own voters:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/republicans-fear-new-voting-restrictions-could-backfire-on-their-own-voters-111295557744

* "Texas leaders, corporations form coalitions to fight voting restrictions:" https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/elections/dozens-businesses-speak-out-against-voting-restrictions-texas-n1266287

* "Capehart remembers when Tim Scott once spoke sensitively about racial discrimination experiences:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-sunday-show/watch/tim-scott-s-speech-on-his-racial-discrimination-experiences-remembered-by-capehart-in-bye-line-111214149691

* "Cheney calls out Trump's latest attempt to promote 'BIG LIE' amid criticism from within her own party:" https://www.cnn.com/2021/05/03/politics/liz-cheney-criticism-trump-big-lie/

* "As McCarthy moves to boot Cheney, a favorite successor emerges:" https://www.politico.com/news/2021/05/04/mccarthy-gop-cheney-485316

* "Actual elections experts head to Arizona as Trump, GOP fixate on clumsy 'audit' stunt:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/actual-elections-experts-head-to-arizona-as-trump-gop-fixates-on-clumsy-audit-stunt-111096901907

* "Joy Reid: Trump and conspiracy theorists ‘defiling American democracy’ with audit of Arizona ballots:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-reidout/watch/joy-reid-trump-and-conspiracy-theorists-defiling-american-democracy-with-audit-of-arizona-ballots-111150149564

* "Ex-state Rep. Anthony Kern, who was at Capitol riot, seen counting ballots in Arizona audit:" https://www.newsweek.com/ex-state-rep-anthony-kern-who-was-capitol-riot-seen-counting-ballots-arizona-audit-1588010

* "Murkowski Challenger Endorsed 'Ex-Gay' Therapy, Denounced 'Twilight':" https://www.advocate.com/politics/2021/4/27/murkowski-challenger-endorsed-ex-gay-therapy-denounced-twilight

* "Former North Carolina Chief Justice Cheri Beasley running for U.S Senate:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-reidout/watch/former-north-carolina-chief-justice-cheri-beasley-running-for-u-s-senate-111149637516

* "LGBTQ+, Asian-American Groups Oppose Andrew Yang for NYC Mayor:" https://www.advocate.com/politics/2021/4/23/lgbtq-asian-american-groups-oppose-andrew-yang-nyc-mayor

* "Judge Accuses DOJ Of Misleading Her About Key Doc Related Mueller Report Release:" https://talkingpointsmemo.com/news/judge-olc-memo-mueller-report

* "Federal judge calls out Barr for lying, orders previously withheld documents released:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/federal-judge-calls-out-barr-for-lying-orders-previously-withheld-documents-released-111358533515

* "Giuliani investigation seen to be heating up with execution of search warrants:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/giuliani-investigation-seen-to-be-heating-up-with-execution-of-search-warrants-111023685521

* "Rudy’s downfall: Giuliani being investigated by the same office he once ran:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/rudy-s-downfall-giuliani-being-investigated-by-the-same-office-he-once-ran-111085637653

* "NYT: Firing of U.S. Ambassador is at the center of the Giuliani investigation:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-reidout/watch/nyt-firing-of-u-s-ambassador-is-at-the-center-of-the-giuliani-investigation-111080517821

* "Washington Post corrects report that Giuliani was warned he was target of Russian influence campaign:" https://www.cnn.com/2021/04/30/politics/rudy-giuliani-russia-influence-campaign/

* "Biden admin treats Russian political intrusion with law enforcement and transparency:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/biden-admin-treats-russian-political-intrusion-with-law-enforcement-and-transparency-111160389602

* "'Deliverables were delivered': Despite denials, much of the Giuliani case is on the record:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/-deliverables-were-delivered-despite-denials-much-of-the-giuliani-case-is-on-the-record-111159877523

* "Former Trump attorney Cohen says Giuliani should start cooperating with federal authorities:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-sunday-show/watch/giuliani-should-start-cooperating-with-federal-authorities-former-trump-attorney-cohen-says-111211077853

* "Facebook, burdened by timidity on right-wing misinformation, reconsiders Trump ban:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/facebook-burdened-by-timidity-on-right-wing-misinformation-reconsiders-trump-ban-111359557662

* "Capitol Police official who said to watch for ‘anti-Trump’ forces on Jan. 6 was deputy chief:" https://www.politico.com/news/2021/04/30/capitol-police-trump-insurrection-485138

* "Tip from family member leads to arrest of Capitol riot suspect in Marion County, FBI says:" https://www.clickorlando.com/news/local/2021/04/23/tip-from-family-member-leads-to-arrest-of-capitol-riot-suspect-in-marion-county-fbi-says/

* "Pulse Survivor Brandon Wolf: Stop Accepting Gun Violence:" https://www.advocate.com/politics/2021/4/20/pulse-survivor-brandon-wolf-stop-accepting-gun-violence

* "'One god-awful mess': Biden lays border crisis on Trump admin's refusal to cooperate:" https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/white-house/one-god-awful-mess-biden-lays-border-crisis-trump-admin-n1265908

* "Biden terminating border wall construction contracts:" https://www.politico.com/news/2021/04/30/biden-terminates-border-wall-construction-485123

* "Biden raises refugee cap to 62,500 after blowback:" https://www.cnn.com/2021/05/03/politics/refugee-cap/

* "US begins reuniting some families separated at Mexico border:" https://apnews.com/article/immigration-mexico-border-biden-families-separation-fa9c179146c708840b1002eb4f534c30

* "Surge of DOJ actions on policing as Biden nominees settle in:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/surge-of-doj-actions-on-policing-as-biden-nominees-settle-in-111028293989

* "'Serious negotiations underway': Biden White House sees opportunity for police reform bill:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/-serious-negotiations-underway-biden-white-house-sees-opportunity-for-police-reform-bill-111098437664

* "Rep. Ilhan Omar proposing new police accountability legislation:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-reidout/watch/rep-ilhan-omar-proposing-new-police-accountability-legislation-111282245971

* "Alameda PD releases bodycam video showing moments leading up to in-custody death of 26-year-old man:" https://abc7news.com/mario-gonzalez-alameda-police-video-death-gonzales/10554683/

* "Demonstrators March In Alameda Neighborhood Where Mario Gonzalez Died In Police Custody Struggle:" https://sanfrancisco.cbslocal.com/2021/05/01/mario-gonzalez-in-custody-death-alameda-protest/

* "Brown family attorney responds to claim that Andrew Brown's car 'made contact' with police: Show the tape:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-reidout/watch/brown-family-attorney-responds-to-claim-that-andrew-brown-s-car-made-contact-with-police-show-the-tape-111085125631

* "3 men charged with federal hate crimes in killing of Ahmaud Arbery in Georgia:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-reidout/watch/3-men-charged-with-federal-hate-crimes-in-killing-of-ahmaud-arbery-in-georgia-111019077860

* "Chicago Mayor Lightfoot Condemns 'Homophobic' Attacks Post-Shooting:" https://www.advocate.com/politics/2021/4/19/chicago-mayor-lightfoot-condemns-homophobic-attacks-post-shooting

* Rightly so. This was horrific and dehumanizing. "Oversight agency finds 'deficiencies' in Chicago police raid on Anjanette Young's home:" https://www.nbcnews.com/news/amp/ncna1266007

* CW: Torture, Sexual Assault "Trans woman locked up in men's prison victim of 'brutal, senseless violence':" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2021/05/03/free-syiaah-skylit-trans-woman-clemency-abuse-prison-california-gavin-newsom/

* CW: Pedophilia "Boosie, Black Boys, and Rape Culture:"

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* "The Daily Beast: Gaetz associate wrote in letter that congressman paid for sex with minor:" https://www.cnn.com/2021/04/30/politics/matt-gaetz-joel-greenberg-letter/

* "Rep. Lieu: Gaetz should be removed 'immediately' from Judiciary Committee:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/rep-lieu-gaetz-should-be-removed-immediately-from-judiciary-committee-111150661902

* CW: Pedophilia "Anonymous Kevin Spacey accuser must reveal identity or drop £30 million lawsuit:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2021/05/04/kevin-spacey-sexual-assault-lawsuit-anthony-rapp-cd/

* CW: Sexual Assault. "Accused of Assaulting Brendan Fraser, Ex-Globes Exec in New Scandal:" https://www.advocate.com/news/2021/4/19/accused-assaulting-brendan-fraser-ex-globes-exec-new-scandal

* Can we please stop doing these? "‘Earth-shaking’ gender reveal party explosion triggers earthquake reports:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2021/04/23/gender-reveal-party-explosion-new-hampshire-earthquake-reports/

* "Young Catholics deserting church in droves to protest same-sex unions ban:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2021/05/01/catholic-church-lgbt-same-sex-blessings-ban-vatican-belgium-johan-bonny/

* "Gay Latvian paramedic dies after being burnt alive in horrific ‘homophobic attack’:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2021/05/01/latvia-gay-paramedic-normunds-kindzulis-death-epoa/

* "Uganda passes reviled bill defining anal sex as an 'unnatural offence':" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2021/05/04/uganda-parliament-sexual-offences-bill-queer-anal-sex-work/

* "Suspect arrested after ‘traumatised’ gay man ‘stabbed with bottle in South Africa bar’:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2021/05/01/suspect-arrested-gay-man-stabbed-bottle-segakweng-kimora-magoma-south-africa/

* "Judge orders himself to speak to psychologist to 'understand same-sex relationships':" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2021/04/29/india-lesbian-couple-chennai-madurai-madras-court-psychologist-lgbt-education/

* "Court could force Honduras to stop heinous 'social cleansing' of trans people:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2021/05/02/honduras-transgender-trans-violence-inter-american-commission-human-rights/

* "Queer asylum seekers left facing isolation, hunger and mockery – right here in the UK:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2021/05/01/lgbt-asylum-seekers-uk-african-rainbow-family-donate-home-office-covid/

* "University staff given banned list of microaggressions they can't say to trans students:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2021/05/03/edinburgh-university-trans-transphobia-microaggressions-guidance-lecturers/

* "Scottish Green Party reveals plan to tackle 'resurgence of homophobia and transphobia':" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2021/04/28/scottish-green-party-lgbt-manifesto-rainbow-greens-patrick-harvie/

* "Cost of applying to change legal sex cut to £5 – but process remains undignified:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2021/05/04/gender-recognition-certificate-fee-act-legal-sex-birth-certificate-liz-truss/

* "Police officer jailed for membership to hateful Neo-nazi terror group:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2021/04/30/met-police-officer-bejamin-hannam-neo-nazi-terror-group-national-action/

* "Street preacher, 71, arrested for ‘distressing’ public with ‘homophobic’ rants:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2021/04/28/pastor-john-sherwood-peter-simpson-conservative-woman-uxbridge-arrest/

* "Man who threatened gay couple walks free after gay friend comes to his defence:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2021/05/02/alex-johnson-leek-steve-lanza-jason-smith-homophobic-abuse/

* "Cambridge university threatens to evict students over LGBT+ Pride flags:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2021/04/23/cambridge-jesus-college-evict-students-lgbt-pride-flags/

* I wish I could see the bag. It sounds amazing. "Gay man ‘humiliated and harassed’ for taking his Tom of Finland bag to the gym:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2021/04/23/tom-of-finland-gym-bag-jeff-trahair-arc-campbelltown-south-australia/

* "SCOTUS Kills Texas Lawsuit Against California Sparked by Antigay Law:" https://www.advocate.com/news/2021/4/27/scotus-kills-texas-lawsuit-against-california-sparked-antigay-law

* "West Virginia governor ‘proudly’ signs cruel anti-trans sports bill into law:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2021/04/29/west-virginia-anti-trans-sports-bill-jim-justice-governor-trevor-project-hrc/

* "Alabama Governor Signs Anti-Trans Sports Bill Into Law:" https://www.advocate.com/transgender/2021/4/23/alabama-governor-signs-anti-trans-sports-bill-law

* "Tennessee just passed two sinister laws putting safety of trans people at risk:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2021/05/04/tennessee-anti-trans-bill-transphobia-healthcare-bathrooms-ban-bill-lee/

* "Florida governor and Trump's potential running mate vows to sign cruel trans bill:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2021/05/03/florida-governor-ron-desantis-anti-trans-ban-sports-bill-trump-2024/

* "As Anti-Trans Bills Advance, Kansas Governor Implies Veto Likely:" https://www.advocate.com/transgender/2021/4/20/anti-trans-bills-advance-kansas-governor-implies-veto-likely

* "Hundreds rally against anti-trans bills erasing years of LGBT+ progress ‘with the swipe of a pen’:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2021/05/03/north-carolina-asheville-protest-transgender-youth-legislation/

* "Brave trans girls receives death threats after shaming bigoted lawmakers:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2021/04/22/kai-shappley-texas-trans-healthcare-law-death-threats-amber-briggle-bill-1646/

* "Father of trans teen arrested while testifying against cruel trans healthcare ban:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2021/04/29/chris-attig-arrested-trans-healthcare-ban-arkansas-house-speech/

* "From Andrew Sullivan to Terry Schilling: Framing Transition as Evil:" https://www.advocate.com/commentary/2021/4/28/andrew-sullivan-terry-schilling-framing-transition-evil

* "Elliot Page: 'Children Will Die' Due to Anti-Trans Laws:" https://www.advocate.com/transgender/2021/4/29/elliot-page-children-will-die-due-anti-trans-laws

* And he's not wrong. Republicans are killing children. CW: Suicide. "Rash of Teen Suicide Attempts After Arkansas Adopts Trans Care Ban:" https://www.advocate.com/transgender/2021/4/19/rash-teen-suicide-attempts-after-arkansas-adopts-trans-care-ban

* "Trans people under attack from GOP bills, fighting back discussed by LGBT leaders:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-sunday-show/watch/biden-tells-trans-youth-he-has-their-back-as-gop-attacks-trans-rights-nationwide-111213637796

* "Two trans women killed in the US on the very same day as violence spills into 2021:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2021/05/02/iris-santos-natalia-smut-lopez-trans-women-killed-us-2021/

* "School official hurls beers at diners filming his wife’s vile transphobic rant:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2021/05/02/michael-smurro-vice-principal-neptune-threw-beer-transphobic-rant/

* "UN Chief on Why the World Failed Its HIV Targets for 2020:" https://www.hivplusmag.com/news/2021/5/03/un-chief-why-world-failed-its-hiv-targets-2020

* "Ohio County Struggling With 700 Percent Increase in HIV Cases:" https://www.hivplusmag.com/news/2021/4/29/ohio-county-struggling-700-percent-increase-hiv-cases

* "You don't have a male or female brain – the more brains scientists study, the weaker the evidence for sex differences:" https://theconversation.com/you-dont-have-a-male-or-female-brain-the-more-brains-scientists-study-the-weaker-the-evidence-for-sex-differences-158005

* "Flooding and mudslides add to St. Vincent's volcano woes:" https://phys.org/news/2021-04-mudslides-st-vincent-volcano-woes.html

* "FUNERAL FASHION:"

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* "Resources, Racism, & The Myth of Inferior Black Intelligence:"

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* I've been using 'scarper' most of my life and I had no idea it was Polari, though I knew what Polari was. I love learning new stuff. "The Secret LGBTQ+ Language // Polari :"

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* "Televangelism: The Rise, Fall, and Reincarnation:"

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* Spoiler: Decades of propaganda demonizing them. "Why We Hate Bi Men:"

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* "Remembering the lives lost in the horrific Admiral Duncan nail bomb attack:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2021/04/30/admiral-duncan-pub-soho-bombing/

* "AIDS activist and creator of the red ribbon, Patrick O’Connell, dies aged 67:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2021/05/04/patrick-oconnell-aids-red-ribbon-dies/

* "Covid Vaccines: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver:"

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* "Gay Superheroes: Queerbaiting And Camp:"

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* "Spider-Man, Class and Militarization in the Marvel Cinematic Universe:"

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* "Reacting to Trans Fails | Accidentally Coming Out:"

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* "Reacting to Trans Fails | Public Toilets:"

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* "President Biden Needs To End Trump-Era Immigration Policies:"

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* "Why Washington, D.C. Deserves To Be A State:"

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* The older I get the more things it didn't occur to me were kink that we just did back in the day turn out to be kink.

* Livia voluntarily sniffed Caregiver Millenial's fingers Suday. So I was like, do you want to feed her some treats? So Sunday, he fed her treats and she ate them right in front og him like she knew him. he mostly recovered from the changes, though she is still alarmed by some of the cleaning in her area. One day, she emerged after her standard two hour hide to find the desk book stack gone. She hated the desk book stack and it's removal is of material benefit to her, but it is a change. She she did this massive double take and went all wide eyed and then checked the two desks she's allowed on for changes, poor button. Most of the recent stuff doesn't effect her beyond routine stuff like poop stealing and sweeping which she's used to. mostly, she needed to adjust to the idea of the asylum being invaded three times a week. But she's almost back to normal between visits and after the initial obligatory hide, she generally comes out and does her normal activities.

* Me rewatching Being John Malkovich. Almost immediately: She needs Whole Man Disposal.

* A Walrus in Wales: https://taibhsearachd.tumblr.com/post/650306043218427904

* NWS. "Stas Vokman and the Purity of the Naked Male:" https://www.advocate.com/photography/2021/4/23/stas-vokman-and-purity-naked-male#media-gallery-media-10

* "A trio of witches who live on the outskirts of town as outcasts befriend a neighbor child....:" https://dycefic.tumblr.com/post/647613085923803136/a-trio-of-witches-who-live-on-the-outskirts-of

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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.

* How to help India: https://www.khalsaaid.org/donate

* "How to Help India Amid the Covid Crisis:" https://www.nytimes.com/article/india-covid-how-to-help.html

* Mutual Aid Link Round Up: https://laughingacademy.tumblr.com/post/645696532415447040/popss-great-big-mutual-aid-masterpost

* Want to help the Asian Community?
https://nymag.com/strategist/article/where-to-donate-to-help-asian-communities-2021.html
https://www.gofundme.com/c/act/stop-aapi-hate
https://www.advancingjustice-atlanta.org/

* What to help save bats, and essential part of our ecosystem? "Merlin Tuttle's Bat Conservation:" https://www.merlintuttle.org/

* My oldest continuous Real Life friend is doing this project. "Bed, Bath, & Behemoth: An Epic D&D 5e Adventure:" https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/482738549/bed-bath-and-behemoth-an-epic-dandd-5e-adventure?fbclid=IwAR2pA1NFVGG7aZyrLDC5h9Q0a_g7yMh_rY5rWxrnpZ3sJRSe6yO8gAAEq4M

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Thursday's Post

Feb. 26th, 2021 11:29 pm
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* "Indian Court Grants Bail to Activist Arrested Over Farmers’ Protests:" https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/23/world/asia/india-bail-disha-ravi.html

* "China court orders man to pay wife for housework in landmark case:" https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-china-56178510

* "Angry words: rapper's jailing exposes Spain's free speech faultlines:" https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/feb/19/angry-words-rappers-jailing-exposes-spains-free-speech-faultlines-pablo-hasel

* "Protests in Myanmar amid flurry of Southeast Asian diplomacy:" https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/2/24/myanmar-set-for-more-protests-as-indonesia-steps-up-diplomacy

* "Myanmar’s Protests Are Growing, Defying Threats and Snipers:" https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/22/world/asia/myanmar-general-strike.html

* "Myanmar's Pajama Protesters Are Defying a Military Coup:"

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* "Amnesty strips Alexei Navalny of 'prisoner of conscience' status:" https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/feb/24/alexei-navalny-loses-amnesty-prisoner-of-conscience-label

* "In a Russian court, Alexei Navalny loses again but still has the last word:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/europe/russia-navalny-court-putin/2021/02/19/0985c016-706a-11eb-8651-6d3091eac63f_story.html

* "A year on, India's riot victims say justice still unserved:" https://apnews.com/article/religion-violence-india-crime-riots-14d73b12cab70f3b0e74b3b1d37790cb

* "On the Front Line With Mexico’s Warring Cartels:"

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* "Covid-Linked Syndrome in Children Is Growing, and Cases Are More Severe:" https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/16/health/covid-children-inflammatory-syndrome.html

* "New research shows California coronavirus variant is more transmissible:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/california-covid-variant/2021/02/24/0fb75550-76a3-11eb-948d-19472e683521_story.html

* "Selfish thug throws homophobic tantrum after being asked to wear a face mask in Greggs:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2021/02/24/homophobe-face-mask-greggs-nisa-local-southend-essex/

* Total confirmed COVID-19 cases in the U.S.A for 2/25/21 are 28,398,000. The official death toll is 508,000. Fully Vaccinated: 6.2%.

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* "US carries out air strikes in Syria targeting Iranian backed militias:" https://www.cnn.com/2021/02/25/politics/us-iraq-iran/index.html

* "Global LGBTQ+ Rights Could Be Elevated Through Biden's Trade Policy:" https://www.advocate.com/commentary/2021/2/24/global-lgbtq-rights-could-be-elevated-through-bidens-trade-policy

* "President Biden Revokes Trump's Controversial Classical Architecture Order:" https://www.npr.org/2021/02/25/971312635/president-biden-revokes-trumps-controversial-classical-architecture-order

* "Senate confirms former Michigan Gov. Jennifer Granholm as energy secretary:" https://www.axios.com/jennifer-granholm-energy-secretary-e58c8208-1095-49ea-a6a8-a42c3c9bafbd.html

* "Biden’s new energy secretary on why she’s ‘obsessed’ with creating green jobs:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/biden-s-new-energy-secretary-on-why-she-s-obsessed-with-creating-green-jobs-101615173684

* "Vile trolls spread fake social media posts targeting Biden nominee Dr Rachel Levine:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2021/02/24/joe-biden-rachel-levine-misinformation-vanity-fair-trans-kids-surgery-transphobia/

* "U.S. jobless claims fall to 730,000 but layoffs remain high:" https://www.politico.com/news/2021/02/25/jobless-claims-fall-layoffs-remain-high-471570

* "Minimum-wage increase imperiled in covid relief bill by Senate official’s ruling:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/us-policy/2021/02/25/minimum-wage-increase-imperiled-covid-relief-bill-by-senate-officials-ruling/

* "Republicans in the way of minimum wage hike most Americans want:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/republicans-in-the-way-of-minimum-wage-hike-most-americans-want-101623877871

* "GOP mayor of Oklahoma City argues for Covid relief opposed by Okla. GOP in Congress:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/gop-mayor-of-oklahoma-city-argues-for-covid-relief-opposed-by-okla-gop-in-congress-101612613971

* "McDonald’s Secretive Intel Team Spies on ‘Fight for $15’ Workers, Internal Documents Show:" https://www.vice.com/en/article/pkdkz9/mcdonalds-secretive-intel-team-spies-on-fight-for-15-workers

* "House passes Equality Act:" https://www.cnn.com/2021/02/25/politics/equality-act-passes-house/index.html

Want to tell your Republican Senator how important this is to you? Here are some options:

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

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

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

* "Marjorie Taylor Greene posts anti-transgender sign across hall from lawmaker with transgender child:" https://www.cnn.com/2021/02/25/politics/marjorie-taylor-greene-anti-transgender-sign/index.html

* "Antigay Marjorie Taylor Greene Says Equality Act Protects Pedophiles:" https://www.advocate.com/politics/2021/2/24/antigay-marjorie-taylor-greene-says-equality-act-protects-pedophiles

* "USPS' DeJoy to Congress: 'Get used to me':" https://www.politico.com/news/2021/02/24/usps-dejoy-congress-471362

* "The voter fraud you didn’t hear about: Wisconsin’s Electoral College imposters - Wisconsin Examiner:" https://wisconsinexaminer.com/2021/02/16/the-voter-fraud-you-didnt-hear-about-wisconsins-electoral-college-imposters/

* "Manhattan prosecutor gets Trump tax records after long fight:" https://www.politico.com/news/2021/02/25/manhattan-prosecutor-trump-tax-records-471585

* "Capitol Police chief warns militia groups want to 'blow up the Capitol' when Biden addresses Congress:" https://www.cnn.com/2021/02/25/politics/us-capitol-attack-house-hearing-pittman-blodgett/index.html

* "The Capitol Riots Finally Get Their First Public Hearing:"

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* "U.S. attorney investigating Capitol 'reconnaissance tours' ahead of pro-Trump riot:" https://news.yahoo.com/u-attorney-investigating-capitol-reconnaissance-063312314.html

* "U.S. attorney investigating Capitol 'reconnaissance tours' ahead of pro-Trump riot:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/u-s-attorney-investigating-capitol-reconnaissance-tours-ahead-of-pro-trump-riot-101624901598

* "Biden Reopens Gateway For Green Cards Reversing Trump COVID-19 Freeze:" https://www.npr.org/2021/02/24/971206197/biden-reopens-gateway-for-green-cards-work-visas-reversing-trump-covid-19-freeze

* "Federal judge indefinitely blocks Biden administration's 100-day moratorium on most deportations:" https://www.cbsnews.com/news/biden-deportation-moratorium-judge-bans-enforcement/

* "First migrant facility for children opens under Biden:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/immigrant-children-camp-texas-biden/2021/02/22/05dfd58c-7533-11eb-8115-9ad5e9c02117_story.html

“When I read they were opening again, I cried,” said Rosey Abuabara, a San Antonio community activist who was arrested for protesting outside the Carrizo camp in 2019. “I consoled myself with the fact that it was considered the Cadillac of [migrant child] centers, but I don’t have any hope that Biden is going to make it better.”

* "Lindsey Graham really, really wants this hole plugging:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2021/02/23/lindsey-graham-hole-mexico-border-wall-twitter/

* "The Prison Wildfire Evacuation That Led to a Riot:"

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* "Why Not Let People Have Cellphones in Prison?:" https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2021/02/cellphones-in-prisons.html

* "South Carolina Fetal Heartbeat Bill Basically Bans Abortions:"

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* "Brave and defiant Ghanaian journalist proudly comes out as gay on live TV:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2021/02/23/ghana-journalist-ignatius-annor-coming-out-gay-live-tv-joynews/

* "'The SNP has failed trans people' says Scottish Labour leader candidate Monica Lennon:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2021/02/24/monica-lennon-scottish-labour-leadership-election-lgbt-trans-pledges-snp/

* "South Dakota House Advances Dangerous Anti-Trans Sports Bill:" https://www.advocate.com/transgender/2021/2/24/south-dakota-house-advances-dangerous-anti-trans-sports-bill

* "Biden administration withdraws White House support for trans school sports ban case:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2021/02/24/trans-school-sports-ban-biden-administration-withdraw-white-house-support-connecticut/

* "Man robbed and strangled to death after Grindr hook-up goes horribly wrong:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2021/02/24/grindr-killer-murder-benjamin-davis-victor-najera-betanzos/

* CW: Dead Animals "Megafires Are Destroying the World's Biggest Tropical Wetlands:"

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* "Volunteers Are Leading Austin's Post-Storm Recovery:"

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* "Texas oil and gas agency not planning to require winterizing equipment despite failure:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/texas-oil-and-gas-agency-not-planning-to-require-winterizing-equipment-despite-failure-101622853992

* "Lady Gaga's dog walker 'shot in the chest' by thugs who stole two of her bulldogs:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2021/02/25/lady-gaga-dogs-stolen-dogwalker-shot-los-angeles/

* "Margaret Thatcher’s head on a spike appears in place of controversial 20ft statue:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2021/02/24/margaret-thatcher-head-spike-grantham-lincolnshire-statue-plinth/

* I loved this movie so much. "It Has Come To My Attention You Don't All Love BIRDS OF PREY:"

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* "Ted Cruz's Favorite President Could Face Jail Time For Tax Fraud:"

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* "Which Way Will You Go, Compromise Joe Manchin?:"

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* "NASA's Thrilling Mars Landing Is The Good News Pandemic-Weary America Needs:"

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* Tavy News: The Emperor has rediscovered the pleasures of his youth. The Ribbon Game involves me waving a long ribbon, which is so exciting, he runs from room to room like a maniac, too worked up to actually play with it. Livia, watching: O.o

At bedtime I was decanting and sorting a library pick up. This was in the largest paper bag size. The Middle Aged Terror say this, and seemed to remember how much he loved paper bags as a Tiny Terror. See, at some point he discovered he was too large to enjoy even the largest Pharmacy bags, and lost interest, so I started doing games involving a crinkle paper mest instead, but this bag was On the Bed and the right size for a full grown terror to really stretch out in. We had a great time playing kitten in a Bag for the first time in years, even if I did have to use a library DvD instead of a jingle stick, the bag being between me and the bed toys.

Livia News: She has discovered the Andromache Memorial Pettin Throne. I bought this pouf second hand when Mache was getting up there in years. It is low enough that an arthritic cat doesn't need to jump to get on. It is round and padded. Best of all it is right by where I sit at my desk so a cat can get pettins between naps. Mache was my copilot for years. LM came to love the Throne towards the end of her life. Now Livia has discovered it and as I typed this, she had fallen asleep on my foot after a long love.

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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.

* Ways to help people in Texas: https://spockvarietyhour.tumblr.com/post/643435770019987456
https://omgthatdress.tumblr.com/post/643431809724628992

More Texas how to help links: https://omgthatdress.tumblr.com/post/643431809724628992

* "You Can Buy Girl Scout Cookies From Troop Of Girls In NYC Shelter System:" https://www.scarymommy.com/troop-6000-girl-scouts-nyc-shelters/

* More Girl Scout Troops in Particular Need: https://tuulikki.tumblr.com/post/643247412337639424/girl-scout-cookie-time

* Cat Rescue Fundraiser: https://gwydionmisha.tumblr.com/post/642429918533304320/design-a-tea-where-tea-leaves-dream-custom

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I Am Way Behind, y'all!

Jan. 29th, 2021 05:52 am
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* "Covid: Foster children needing urgent care up 30%, Barnardo's says:" https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-wales-55781859

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* "Why Scientists Are Very Worried About The Variant From Brazil:" https://www.npr.org/sections/goatsandsoda/2021/01/27/961108577/why-scientists-are-very-worried-about-the-variant-from-brazil

* Total confirmed COVID-19 cases in the U.S.A for 1/28/21 are 25,709,000. The official death toll is 432,000. The real number is likely much higher.

* "First known cases of Covid variant from South Africa identified in the U.S.:" https://www.politico.com/news/2021/01/28/south-africa-covid-variant-united-states-463485

* "New York undercounted nursing home deaths by as much 50 percent, report finds:" https://www.politico.com/states/new-york/city-hall/story/2021/01/28/new-york-undercounted-nursing-home-deaths-by-as-much-50-percent-report-finds-1360742

* "Florida's Vaccine Rollout Rife With Snags And Inequities:" https://www.npr.org/2021/01/26/960884698/floridas-vaccine-rollout-rife-with-snags-and-inequities

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* "Biden Backs NATO ‘Strongly, Strongly, Strongly’ in Video Message:" https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-01-27/biden-backs-nato-strongly-strongly-strongly-in-video-message?sref=MIBMEEoj

* "Putin finds a significantly more assertive U.S. with new Biden administration:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/putin-finds-a-significantly-more-assertive-u-s-with-new-biden-administration-100139589516

* "Biden Administration Restores Aid To Palestinians, Reversing Trump Policy:" https://www.npr.org/sections/biden-transition-updates/2021/01/26/960900951/biden-administration-restores-aid-to-palestinians-reversing-trump-policy

* "Biden administration pauses arms sales to Saudi Arabia and UAE:" https://www.cnn.com/2021/01/27/politics/us-pauses-saudi-uae-arms-sales/index.html

* "Biden Moves to End Justice Contracts with Private Prisons:" https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/26/business/biden-private-prisons-justice-department.html

* "Biden starts rolling back Trump anti-abortion rules:" https://www.politico.com/news/2021/01/28/biden-trump-anti-abortion-rules-463347

* "Biden admin re-engages government with public, press after Trump disconnect:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/biden-admin-re-engages-government-with-public-press-after-trump-disconnect-100138565817

* "Trump officials moved most Bureau of Land Management positions out of D.C. More than 87 percent quit instead.:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/2021/01/28/trump-blm-reorganization/

* James McHenry, don't let the door hit you on your... "Biden administration replaces top immigration court official:" https://www.politico.com/news/2021/01/27/biden-replaces-immigration-court-463053

* Good. "Biden pitching a much vaster climate plan than Obama ever attempted:" https://www.politico.com/news/2021/01/27/biden-climate-orders-energy-463051

* "Biden not waiting for Congress to get started on climate action:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/biden-not-waiting-for-congress-to-get-started-on-climate-action-100139077728

* "‘Let’s think big’: Biden climate advisor says ‘We’re going to invest money in environmental justice’:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-reidout/watch/-let-s-think-big-biden-climate-advisor-says-we-re-going-to-invest-money-in-environmental-justice-100130885753

* AOC Extended Interview: https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/aoc-i-m-extraordinarily-encouraged-by-biden-s-climate-executive-actions-100133445634

https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/aoc-there-are-legitimate-white-supremacist-sympathizers-at-core-of-house-gop-100131909634

* "Biden starts staffing a commission on Supreme Court reform:" https://www.politico.com/news/2021/01/27/biden-supreme-court-reform-463126

* There's a special place in hell for people misappropriating health infrastructure funds. "Millions earmarked for public health emergencies were used to pay for unrelated projects, inspector general says:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/2021/01/27/barda-health-funds-misappropiated/

* "2020 was the worst year for economic growth since World War II:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2021/01/28/gdp-2020-economy-recession/

* Not fast enough but it has a built in COLA, so much better than nothing. "Democrats introduce bill to raise minimum wage to $15 by 2025:" https://www.cnn.com/2021/01/26/politics/congress-15-dollar-minimum-wage-increase-democrats/index.html

* "Democrats ready to plow ahead on Covid relief:" https://www.politico.com/news/2021/01/28/senate-democrats-coronavirus-relief-next-week-463452

* "Why Democrats get only two chances at major legislation this year (unless...):" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/why-democrats-get-only-two-chances-at-major-legislation-this-year-unless-100201029954

* "Republican resistance to cooperation leaves Democrats few options:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/republican-resistance-to-cooperation-leaves-democrats-few-options-100200005914

* Don't hold your breath on it passing senate filibuster. "Democrats introduce bill to make Washington, D.C., the 51st state:" https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/congress/democrats-introduce-bill-make-washington-dc-51st-state-n1255841

* "Activists draw on 'constituent power' to press Congress members for change:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/activists-draw-on-constituent-power-to-press-congress-members-for-change-100138053846

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

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

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

* "Liz Cheney Aide Gay-Baits Matt Gaetz With Makeup Remark:" https://www.advocate.com/politics/2021/1/26/liz-cheney-aide-gay-baits-matt-gaetz-makeup-remark

* She literally issued multiple death threats against Nancy Pelosi, mocked the families of murdered children, and sided with the attempted coup over democracy. "Pelosi rips GOP leaders for sticking with Marjorie Taylor Greene:" https://www.politico.com/news/2021/01/28/pelosi-rips-gop-marjorie-greene-463508

* "‘Absolutely horrific’: David Hogg criticizes Marjorie Taylor Greene appointed to Education Committee:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-reidout/watch/-absolutely-horrific-david-hogg-criticizes-marorie-taylor-greene-appointed-to-education-committee-100190277810

* "‘Dead on arrival’: Trump conviction unlikely after GOP votes to nix trial:" https://www.politico.com/news/2021/01/26/rand-paul-impeachment-462655

* "Gay Republican Richard Grenell: Trump to Seek Presidency Again:" https://www.advocate.com/politics/2021/1/26/gay-republican-richard-grenell-trump-seek-presidency-again

* "Did *Certain* Politicians Commit Sedition?:"

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* "DHS issues advisory warning of continued violence by domestic extremists:" https://www.politico.com/news/2021/01/27/dhs-warns-continued-violence-domestic-extremists-463161

* "DHS issues terrorism advisory over domestic extremists 'emboldened' by Capitol riot:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-reidout/watch/dhs-issues-terrorism-advisory-over-domestic-extremists-emboldened-by-capitol-riot-100126789614

* CW: Suicide. "Second police officer died by suicide following Capitol attack:" https://www.politico.com/news/2021/01/27/second-officer-suicide-following-capitol-riot-463123

* "Gay 'Former Liberal' Arrested for 'Disorderly Conduct' at Capitol Riot:" https://www.advocate.com/crime/2021/1/26/gay-former-liberal-arrested-disorderly-conduct-capitol-riot

* "Anti-trans 'women's rights' group urges MPs to eliminate 'transgenderism' and scrap GRA:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2021/01/27/womens-human-rights-campaign-gender-recognition-act-inquiry-trans-transphobia/

* "Joe Biden ‘backlash’ will prompt ‘dramatic increase’ in Republican attacks on LGBT+ rights, advocates fear:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2021/01/26/joe-biden-anti-lgbt-law-bill-state-legislature-joe-biden/

* "Oil Industry’s Public Climate Denial Campaign Dates Back to at Least 1980, Nearly a Decade Earlier Than Previously Thought:" https://www.desmogblog.com/2021/01/15/api-american-petroleum-institute-oil-industry-public-climate-denial-campaign-1980

* "Warning Signal: the messaging app’s new features are causing internal turmoil:" https://www.theverge.com/22249391/signal-app-abuse-messaging-employees-violence-misinformation

* "Why the heinous crimes committed by the Nazis against thousands of queer people must never, ever be forgotten:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2021/01/27/holocaust-memorial-day-lgbt-gay-pink-triangle/

* "Making It Big: The History of Gay Adult Film:"

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* Wednesday morning I stayed up for lab tests. I messed up a little on the fasting. (I was supposed to be water only after midnight, but forgot and snacked on some almonds mixed with dried cherries between 12 and 1. I debated going to bed early and setting an alarm, but decided working through to get the aggregate out made sense as i knew I'd be thrashed after they took all that blood. As a result I started getting ready at eight and solved a number of small stupid problems and did some bed prep before putting my shoes on. I needed to stop at the bank anyway. I figured in traffic (lighter than normal at that time of day since city hall, etc. are still closed), finding parking, the screening process, and the wait for the lb tech in. My timing turned out to be perfect as i had just started lab tech check in a minute before blood test minimum fast. I am good. Very good.

It was raining pretty solidly when I left the apartment. It had switched to flurries halfway to the clinic. Me: this is going to be fun to stand in for the long outdoor screening wait. It was drizzling when I reached the ATM, and barely a mist by the time I hit screening. *fist pump*

One of the portables is now a 1B Covid vaccination site. The lady was also doing lab/pharmacy screening and gestured me over. They have distancing dots and several people where waiting on the under the awning dots. I stayed out in the full air until she gestured me over, which wasn't long. We were standing with our backs to the vaccination portable, with me just under the awning, facing at slightly different angles for safety. The awning stretches between the two portables and the distance dots that had people were on the clinic side facing the clinic. I was facing slightly the other way on the parking lot side.

I didn't notice anything was wrong, as when I approached I was looking at three backs with mask loops over ears, plus full PPE check in ladies, one of whom was talking to masked patient. So we are talking loudly to each other over masks and portable vent sounds. Her head is down as she writes on the clip board. She glanced up after name and date of birth, did a double take and started her "you need to wear a mask" polite but firm. So I look over and the older gentleman closest is turning around with his mask pulled down. "I'll put it on when i get inside." I draw back fast, wide eyed with horror like he's a rattlesnake, "I'm highly risk! I can't be around you without a mask!" She tells him he has to wear a mask up here too. He grumpily puts it back on. Asshole.

Yes, we are outside and minimum distance, but he could infect people going in to get shots, who are all high risk pool and need to not get sick, or people like me who have to be there and have vulnerabilities, or the nice health care workers who've been risking their lives every day they work since late last February. Jesus fuck, what is wrong with people! Yes, outside is less risk, but you still wear a damned mask.

Anyway, blood was taken. It took ages to get to bed. I got about two and a half hours sleep when Asshole Contractor who does building maintenance and who cheated me twice when I first moved in called. They are finally going to do something about the ventilation issue in Squirrel's bathroom Super cool contractor found last January. he questioned me extensively, then wanted to come right over to look at it. Inside the apartment. In the middle of squirrel's sleep cycle, with no time to clean for him.

Yeah. No. I convinced him that instead of playing telephone about a building structure repair I heard about last year second hand, maybe he should talk to the contractor who saw and could likely describe the problem with the vent shafts in a more useful way. This still meant getting up and finding cool contractor's contact info and relaying it, but it meant not making Squirrel get up and try to panic clean right then. Squirrel likely needs heart surgery again and needs his damned sleep. He's ill enough it scares me.

So I went back to bed and slept. I alerted him to the need to clean at a sensible hour when we were both awake and he's doing his best. Tavy has started hanging out in his room and there have been some issues with him peeing. when that started I asked him if he'd clean litter in his bathroom box. apparently he threw his litter box out when elder kitty died. Me: O.o Well if the cats are going in there you need a box. If he hasn't a clean box handy he will just go where ever. The new box came today and I gave him very specific advice about how to clean and set up so he'll be more likely to use the box. I handed him a bottle of odoban and he went to work. We'll see.

I actually did do a bunch of bathroom cleaning that needed doing. Livia's bathroom box which she uses when she wants no chance of harassment or interruption is clean. The toilet is clean and the floor sorted. Kitchen needs doing, but the nausea is really bad today and blood letting wears me out by itself. I also did some essential bureaucracy that came in and prep for February's bureaucracy.

We're okay, money wise. The stimulus came in time to cover car repair. We had to buy two new space heaters as two of the ancient, second hand ones kicked the bucket this winter. A benefactor has sent extra and I can cover yearly car licensing and for sure the housing tax payment on the bill that will come soon. It remains to be seen if there is enough for the whole year, but if not, I'm getting stuff the animals need, like a new twenty filter, since the last liberty filter died beginning of the month, and maybe some more bedding. I always need more bedding.

We're okay for now, even if I feel like crap at the moment.

* Thursday's big chore was to gas up the car. Look, I get that this is not a big chore for normal people, but my chronic pain situation is extreme even by my standards right now. Getting it together even for a small expedition outside is an exhausting undertaking, especially as Squirrel has been putting trash against the inside of the door, which I then have to move out of the way, clean up after, move back, and clean up after again.

I did that, did the dishes, and made dinner. During lung time, I was seriously considering trying to sort out the big tanks and/or the litter or alternately do the office floor, but when I tried to sit up, I couldn't and there was a lot of screaming. This sort of thing usually only happens in bed, and I keep emergency meds where I can reach them if I'm facing the right way. I'm still fucked if I'm not, and it once took me two hours and a lot of screaming to roll over enough to reach, but usually, it's fairly solvable in a reasonable amount of time.

It's literally never happened on the sofa before. Nearest emergency meds are on the office med desk, requiring me to stand up and make it all the way around to the other side of the sofa. Again, this is nothing until one tries to do it with what feels like several knives stuck in one's back, even tiny movements jostling them causing pain at a level where one's body simply doesn't obey commands any more. The only thing more painful than this in my experience is genital surgery. Just saying.

Yes, I tried yelling for Squirrel, but he didn't hear me. So excruciating micro movements it was. I did finally get there, but it's bad, folks. Really, I needed the next level up pain killer at minimum, but that requires an expedition to the headboard shelving in my room and I couldn't face it. Also, if I did that, I'm down for the night and really I still needed hydration cycle, and sitting upright and very gently and slowly moving my arms and torso muscles after the emergency meds kicked in can help. I think this is the worst one in something like two years.

So yes, I'm way behind on posting. Sorry. I used most of today's spoons before I ever sat down at my desk.

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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.

* I can't swear to these, but they fit with everything I've heard. "HOW TO FIGHT COVID AT HOME when you are not hospitalized.:" https://laughingacademy.tumblr.com/post/639454183045644288/fighting-covid-when-kept-home

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* "How rescuing drowning migrants became a crime:" https://www.theguardian.com/news/2020/sep/22/how-rescuing-drowning-migrants-became-a-crime-iuventa-salvini-italy

* "Vienna shooting: Gunman hunted after deadly 'terror' attack:" https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-54786952

* "Attack on Kabul University by Isis gunmen leaves 22 dead:" https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/nov/02/gunmen-storm-kabul-university-afghanistan-attack

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* Total confirmed COVID-19 cases in the U.S.A for 11/2/20 are 9,269,000. The official death toll is 232,000. The real number is likely much higher.

* "Virus Hospitalizations Are Up in N.Y.C. But This Time, It’s Different.:" https://www.nytimes.com/2020/10/30/nyregion/new-york-city-coronavirus-hospitals.html

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* "Elizabeth Warren on Staying in the Fight:"

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* "Court Denies GOP Request To Block Drive-Through Voting In Harris County, Texas:" https://www.npr.org/2020/11/02/930365888/federal-judge-dismisses-effort-to-throw-out-drive-through-votes-in-houston

* "To keep Election Day safe, leave your guns at home:" https://www.detroitnews.com/story/opinion/2020/11/02/opinion-keep-election-day-safe-leave-your-guns-home/6122171002/

* "Trump glorifies drivers who swarmed Biden bus in Texas, as others see harassment and felony assault:" https://www.dallasnews.com/news/politics/2020/11/01/trump-glorifies-drivers-who-swarmed-biden-bus-in-texas-as-others-see-harassment-and-felony-assault/

* "Special Report: As jails free thousands amid COVID-19, reform push takes root:" https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-jails-release-specialreport/special-report-as-jails-free-thousands-amid-covid-19-reform-push-takes-root-idUSKBN27D1RX

* CW: pedophilia, Rape. "Ron Jeremy pleads not guilty to new rape, sexual assault charges involving 6 women:" https://www.usatoday.com/story/entertainment/celebrities/2020/10/28/ron-jeremy-pleads-not-guilty-new-rape-sexual-assault-charges/6065167002/

* "More US patients to have easy, free access to doctor's notes:" https://apnews.com/article/technology-virus-outbreak-dc762ec0fd60f363adc8e5d4ce42b7ff

* "Health Data: Study Hall Data Literacy #8: ASU + Crash Course:"

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* "Born Wet, Human Babies Are 75 Percent Water. Then Comes The Drying:" https://www.npr.org/sections/krulwich/2013/11/25/247212488/born-wet-human-babies-are-75-percent-water-then-comes-drying

* "Baby boom for the Bellinger River Snapping Turtle:" https://www.zooborns.com/zooborns/2020/11/baby-boom-for-the-bellinger-river-snapping-turtle.html

* "2 children pulled alive in dramatic Turkey quake rescues:" https://apnews.com/article/2-children-rescued-alive-turkey-quake-a52e6060abeebf82edca49e960790428

* "The Fight to Integrate Philadelphia's Department Stores :" https://daily.jstor.org/the-fight-to-integrate-philadelphias-department-stores/

* "A Chat with White Suburban Women for Trump:"

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* "America's Seniors Are Fired Up for Joe Biden:"

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* "Try Not To Freak Out During This Moment Of Calm:"

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* "Stephen Colbert Remains Calm As America Braces For An Election Day Like No Other:"

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* The refrigerator was way more expensive than I thought, but we just managed to cover repairs. I'm now waiting until i can put the food back in before I can sleep. So tired.

The cats are traumatized. I'm still wearing my mask just in case.

* And now your momment of zen. "Artist Creates Beautiful Patterns On Fruits And Vegetables By Hand-Carving Intricate Designs:" https://www.boredpanda.com/fruit-carving-art-tomoko-sato/?utm_source=conuly.dreamwidth&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=organic

* "Wild Nights Are Not Your Glory: A Disappointing Visit From Mrs. Whatsit:" https://www.shatnerchatner.com/p/wild-nights-are-not-your-glory-a?token=eyJ1c2VyX2lkIjoxNjEzMzc4LCJwb3N0X2lkIjoxNjE1ODY5MiwiXyI6Ikg2bGdXIiwiaWF0IjoxNjA0MTIzNzg5LCJleHAiOjE2MDQxMjczODksImlzcyI6InB1Yi01Iiwic3ViIjoicG9zdC1yZWFjdGlvbiJ9.L3sT0rBwtklsw7Ep-1jeJ0JhGPcXqA8Ld39HsPWP_30


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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.

* "Protect the Results - Organizing to Protect the Results of the 2020 Election:" https://protecttheresults.com/

* What to do if they try to turn you away at the polls: https://gwydionmisha.tumblr.com/post/632722905827016704/witches-ofcolor-rachelhaimowitz-lynati-a

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Jul. 2nd, 2020 09:44 am
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* "Turkey delays mosque decision on Hagia Sophia:" https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-53232110

* "UK makes citizenship offer to Hong Kong residents:" https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-politics-53246899

* "Several killed as Thai ferry sinks:" https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-pacific-24796181

* "'I would repeat Olympic fist protest':" https://www.bbc.com/news/av/uk-18134003/john-carlos-would-repeat-olympic-fist-protest

* Well, Fuck! "Scientists Say New Strain of Swine Flu Virus Is Spreading to Humans in China:" https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/30/world/asia/h1n1-swine-flu-virus-china-pig.html

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* "Coronavirus: asymptomatic people can still develop lung damage:" https://theconversation.com/coronavirus-asymptomatic-people-can-still-develop-lung-damage-141154

* Please Take Physical Distancing Seriously, Under Forty Folk! COVID Hospitalization rates are way the fuck up for your age group. A lower risk of dying does not save you from having to be on oxygen or if you are very unlucky a ventilator. It does not save you from permanent lung damage which you can get even if you are asymptomatic. Being sick enough to spend week in the hospital and picking up a brand new disability is not worth it.

Please, please, please wear your mask, keep your distance, and avoid closed public spaces unless you have to be there. We are right now at the worst point in the epidemic so far in the United States, and it is literally worse every day because Republicans basically.

Take it from someone who has permanent lung scarring from multiple lung infections. I used to be an athlete. I was a dancer and a distance runner. I used to practice martial arts every day. Now I sometimes get out of breath on a trip to my patio. This is not a great way to live. Hate a few months of lockdown? Try partial lockdown for the rest of your life because permanently screwed up lungs.

Seriously, I know this sucks that it's hitting you in the prime of life. Trust me I think a lot about the time you are losing to this, but think about how much more you lose if your lungs end up long term borked.

Stay safe out there.

* "WHO warns coronavirus pandemic is speeding up as countries ease lockdown rules: 'The worst is yet to come':" https://www.cnbc.com/2020/06/29/who-warns-coronavirus-pandemic-is-speeding-up-as-countries-ease-lockdown-rules.html

* "Fergus Walsh: What does Covid-19 do to the brain?:" https://www.bbc.com/news/health-53081022

* "Peru looks to restart economy after months-long lockdown:" https://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-peru/peru-looks-to-restart-economy-after-months-long-lockdown-idUSKBN2427CP

* I don't blame them at all. "E.U. Formalizes Reopening, Barring Travelers From U.S.:" https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/30/world/europe/eu-reopening-blocks-us-travelers.html

* "US secures world stock of key Covid-19 drug remdesivir:" https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/jun/30/us-buys-up-world-stock-of-key-covid-19-drug

* "Gilead sets price of coronavirus drug remdesivir at $3,120 as Trump administration secures supply for 500,000 patients:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2020/06/29/gilead-sciences-remdesivir-cost-coronavirus/

* "F.B.I. Warns of Fraudulent Coronavirus Antibody Tests:" https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/29/us/fake-coronavirus-antibody-test.html

* "U.S. risks 100,000 new Covid-19 cases a day, Fauci warns:" https://www.politico.com/news/2020/06/30/trump-officials-some-states-skipped-reopening-guidelines-345464

* "'It's very troubling': alarm grows over Covid-19 spike among young Americans:" https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/jul/02/covid-19-young-people-america-coronavirus

* "Reminder: Shudowns are to reduce contacts and control spread:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/reminder-shudowns-are-to-reduce-contacts-and-control-spread-86596677713

* "Trump Says Coronavirus Will Just ‘Disappear,’ Brags He Looks Like ‘Lone Ranger’ in Mask:" https://www.thedailybeast.com/trump-says-coronavirus-will-just-disappear-brags-he-looks-like-lone-ranger-in-mask

* "Trump coronavirus strategy: wish it just disappears:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/trump-coronavirus-strategy-wish-it-just-disappears-86784069943

* "Fallows: Bush, Obama admin. had ‘eloquent and detailed’ pandemic playbook which Trump ignored:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/fallows-bush-obama-admin-had-eloquent-and-detailed-pandemic-playbook-which-trump-ignored-86715973996

* "Close the bars. Reopen the schools.:" https://www.vox.com/future-perfect/2020/7/1/21306816/coronavirus-pandemic-reopen-schools-economy-social-distancing

* "Some US states return to previous restrictions to slow surge of coronavirus cases:" https://www.cnn.com/2020/06/29/health/us-coronavirus-monday/index.html

* "Virus cases surge among the young, endangering older adults:" https://www.seattletimes.com/business/virus-cases-surge-among-the-young-endangering-older-adults/

* "As COVID-19 spreads in Spokane, Inslee visits and meets unmasked resistance:" https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/health/as-covid-19-spreads-in-spokane-inslee-visits-and-meets-unmasked-resistance/

* "Texas sets another record in COVID-19 cases:" https://abc13.com/coronavirus-new-numbers-texas-what-are-the-latest-in-covid-cases-houston/6285769/

* "Houston hospitals hit 100% base ICU capacity. Then they stopped reporting data.:" https://www.houstonchronicle.com/news/houston-texas/houston/article/Houston-hospitals-hit-100-base-ICU-capacity-15372256.php

* "Texas nears 'humanitarian catastrophe' with coronavirus rampant:" https://www.msnbc.com/msnbc/watch/texas-nears-humanitarian-catastrophe-with-coronavirus-rampant-86596165861

* "Pence hails Texas coronavirus testing despite extensive problems:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/pence-hails-texas-coronavirus-testing-despite-extensive-problems-86597189634

* "Newsom orders bars closed in 7 California counties, including L.A., due to coronavirus spread:" https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2020-06-28/gavin-newsom-orders-bars-closed-in-7-california-counties-due-to-coronavirus-spread

* "Arizona orders bars and gyms to close, joining other states in reversing reopening:" https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/jun/29/arizona-covid-19-shutdown-rollback-bars-gyms

* "Jacksonville to order mask-wearing ahead of GOP convention:" https://www.politico.com/news/2020/06/29/jacksonville-mask-wearing-gop-convention-344530

* "In 2 a.m. vote, NC lawmakers target coronavirus measure on wearing masks in public:" https://www.newsobserver.com/news/politics-government/article243813917.html

* "North Carolina's lieutenant governor says he will sue Gov. Roy Cooper over his coronavirus executive orders:" https://www.cnn.com/2020/06/25/politics/north-carolina-lieutenant-governor-lawsuit/index.html

* "Dan Forest does North Carolina a favor with his embarrassing COVID-19 stunt:" https://www.charlotteobserver.com/opinion/editorials/article243815237.html

* "Reopening Setback: San Francisco Delays June 29 Openings Of Salons, Museums Over Rising COVID-19 Cases:" https://sanfrancisco.cbslocal.com/2020/06/26/reopening-setback-sf-june-29-openings-delayed-hair-salons-barbers-zoos-museums/

* "Ricketts tells local governments they won't get federal COVID-19 money if they require masks:" https://www.omaha.com/news/state_and_regional/ricketts-tells-local-governments-they-wont-get-federal-covid-19-money-if-they-require-masks/article_d15459b9-26df-527e-9899-9f579a3d8597.html

* "Local leaders not in Trump's thrall issue new mask mandates:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/local-leaders-not-in-trump-s-thrall-issue-new-mask-mandates-86597189660

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* "Online Press Briefing with Ambassador Marshall Billingslea, Special Presidential Envoy for Arms Control, And Lieutenant General Thomas A. Bussiere, Deputy Commander, United States Strategic Command (USSTRATCOM):" https://www.state.gov/online+press+briefing+with+ambassador-marshall-billingslea-special-presidential-envoy-for-arms-control-and-lieutenant-general-thomas-a-bussiere-deputy-commander-united-states-strategic-command/

* "Kayleigh McEnany’s answers on Russia’s bounties and Trump don’t make sense:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2020/06/29/kayleigh-mcenanys-answers-russias-bounties-trump-dont-make-sense/

* "Sen. Murphy: What on Earth could Russia do to us that Trump would take seriously?:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/sen-murphy-what-on-earth-could-russia-do-to-us-that-trump-would-take-seriously-86408773760

* "Suspicions of Russian Bounties Were Bolstered by Data on Financial Transfers:" https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/30/us/politics/russian-bounties-afghanistan-intelligence.html

* "Intelligence on Russian bounty plot was included in the President's Daily Brief earlier this year, source says:" https://edition.cnn.com/2020/06/29/politics/russia-bounties-presidential-daily-briefing

* "Russian Bounties on US Troops Go Back Five Years, Ex-Taliban Claims:" https://www.thedailybeast.com/russian-bounties-for-killing-americans-go-back-five-years-ex-taliban-claims?scrolla=5eb6d68b7fedc32c19ef33b4

* "AP sources: White House aware of Russian bounties in 2019:" https://apnews.com/425e43fa0ffdd6e126c5171653ec47d1

* "Rice: 'Makes no sense' that Trump wasn't told of Russia bounties:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/rice-makes-no-sense-that-trump-wasn-t-told-of-russia-bounties-86451781606

* "Russia paid up to $100k bounty for US deaths in Afghanistan: NYT:" https://www.msnbc.com/msnbc/watch/russia-paid-up-to-100k-bounty-for-us-deaths-in-afghanistan-nyt-86783557856

* "Families of fallen U.S. military in Afghanistan demand answers:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/families-of-fallen-u-s-military-in-afghanistan-demand-answers-86596165782

* "Schiff: The one person not outraged by Russian bounties is Trump:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/schiff-the-one-person-not-outraged-by-russian-bounties-is-trump-86757445590

* "Trump Calls Bounty Report A 'Hoax' Despite Administration's Briefing Of Congress:" https://www.npr.org/2020/07/01/885909588/trump-calls-bounty-report-a-hoax-despite-administration-s-briefing-of-congress

* "Republicans have been skipping House Intelligence meetings for months:" https://www.politico.com/news/2020/06/29/republicans-house-intelligence-345212

* "‘Childish’: Schiff on GOP reps boycotting intelligence briefings on Russian bounties:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/-childish-schiff-on-gop-reps-boycotting-intelligence-briefings-on-russian-bounties-86420549995

* "Human rights groups turn their sights on Trump's America:" https://www.politico.com/news/2020/07/01/human-rights-trump-us-346423

* "Iran issues arrest warrant for Trump over drone strike that killed Qasem Soleimani:" https://edition.cnn.com/2020/06/29/middleeast/iran-arrest-warrant-donald-trump-intl/

* "Trump administration finalizing plan to withdraw 4,000 troops from Afghanistan:" https://edition.cnn.com/2020/06/26/politics/us-troops-afghanistan/

* "Trump’s North American trade deal starts now. Here’s what to expect.:" https://www.politico.com/news/2020/07/01/trump-usmca-trade-346296

* "Senate strips provision from intelligence bill requiring campaigns to report foreign election help:" https://www.cnn.com/2020/06/30/politics/senate-removes-ban-foreign-election-help/index.html

* "Trump Campaign Has Spent $325,000 on Facebook Ads Featuring Brad Parscale’s Page:" https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/30/us/politics/brad-parscale-trump.html

* "Trump shares video in which supporter yells 'white power':" https://www.politico.com/news/2020/06/28/trump-shares-video-where-supporter-yells-white-power-342869

* "Trump retweets video of white St Louis couple pointing guns at protesters:" https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/jun/29/st-louis-couple-point-guns-at-protesters

* "Twitch, Reddit crack down on Trump-linked content as industry faces reckoning:" https://www.politico.com/news/2020/06/29/reddit-bans-pro-trump-forum-in-crackdown-on-hate-speech-344698

* "Trump Goes Golfing in Virginia After Promising He’d Stay Home to ‘Enforce’ Order in D.C.:" https://www.thedailybeast.com/trump-goes-golfing-in-virginia-after-promising-hed-stay-home-to-enforce-order-in-dc

* "Video appears to show Trump campaign removing social-distancing stickers in Tulsa:" https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/jun/27/trump-campaign-stickers-social-distancing-tulsa-video

* "CDC Says Singers Could Be Virus Superspreaders — But 100 Sang Unmasked With Pence:" https://www.npr.org/sections/coronavirus-live-updates/2020/06/29/884614249/cdc-says-singers-could-be-virus-super-spreaders-but-100-sang-unmasked-with-vp-pe

* "S. Dakota gov says 'we will not be social distancing' at July 3 celebration with Trump at Mount Rushmore:" https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/politics-news/s-dakota-gov-noem-says-we-will-not-be-social-n1232507

* "Pence postpones Florida, Arizona campaign events as coronavirus cases spike:" https://www.politico.com/news/2020/06/27/pence-postpones-florida-arizona-campaign-events-coronavirus-342241

* "Pence makes irresponsible rally stop as COVID-19 flares in Texas:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/pence-makes-irresponsible-rally-stop-as-covid-19-flares-in-texas-86451269676

* "Court sides with publisher of tell-all book by Trump's niece:" https://www.cnn.com/2020/07/01/media/mary-trump-book-reliable-sources/index.html

* "Kushner shakes up Trump campaign team:" https://www.politico.com/news/2020/07/01/jared-kushner-trump-campaign-team-346728

* "ADP Says U.S. Firms Add 2.37 Million Jobs, Fewer Than Forecast:" https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-07-01/adp-says-u-s-firms-add-2-37-million-jobs-fewer-than-forecast?srnd=premium&sref=MIBMEEoj

* "Fed officials raised concerns in June that U.S. could enter a much worse recession later this year if coronavirus cases continued to surge:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2020/07/01/federal-reserve-recession-june-minutes/

* "Fed officials raised concerns in June that U.S. could enter a much worse recession later this year if coronavirus cases continued to surge:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2020/06/30/paycheck-protection-program/

* "Trump picks worst time to attack pre-existing condition coverage:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/trump-picks-worst-time-to-attack-pre-existing-condition-coverage-86784581897

* "Rice: No higher imperative for U.S. than electing Joe Biden:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/rice-no-higher-imperative-for-u-s-than-electing-joe-biden-86449733752

* "Oklahoma voters approve Medicaid expansion at the ballot box:" https://oklahoman.com/article/5665790/oklahoma-voters-approve-medicaid-expansion-at-the-ballot

* "Atlanta mayor on voter suppression: Georgia Sec. of State refuses to accept reality:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/atlanta-mayor-on-voter-suppression-georgia-sec-of-state-refuses-to-accept-reality-86590533855

* "Judge blocks Trump administration rule limiting asylum claims by Central Americans:" https://www.cnn.com/2020/07/01/politics/asylum-us-mexico-border/index.html

* "Senate Republicans shrug off Trump's veto threat over renaming Confederate bases:" https://www.politico.com/news/2020/07/01/senate-ndaa-confederate-bases-347014

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* "Trump regrets following Jared Kushner's advice on prison reform:" https://www.axios.com/trump-kushner-second-thoughts-408d5a33-725d-442a-88e4-d6ab6742c139.html

* "Trump: Black Lives Matter is a 'symbol of hate':" https://www.politico.com/news/2020/07/01/trump-black-lives-matter-347051

* "L.A. mayor: Police shouldn’t be solution to everything:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/l-a-mayor-police-shouldn-t-be-solution-to-everything-86589509881

* "New Orleans mayor on police brutality: Transparency, accountability go ‘hand in hand’:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/new-orleans-mayor-on-police-brutality-transparency-accountability-go-hand-in-hand-86589509963

* "Sherrilyn Ifill: There Is Bi-Partisan Support For Reforming Qualified Immunity:"

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* "Union denies that Hamilton County sheriff's deputies beat Black man:" https://www.timesfreepress.com/news/local/story/2020/jun/25/union-denies-beating/526195/

* "Riot police confront peaceful violin vigil for Elijah McClain with pepper spray:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/police-in-riot-gear-confront-peaceful-violin-vigil-for-elijah-mcclain-with-pepper-spray-86434373957

* "Colorado Police Officers Under Investigation Over Photos At Elijah McClain Memorial:" https://www.npr.org/sections/live-updates-protests-for-racial-justice/2020/06/30/885178533/colorado-police-officers-under-investigation-for-photos-at-elijah-mcclain-memori

* "Mike Brown Learns How to Do the Uprising Thing:"

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* "Companies Pull Ads From Facebook to Combat Racist, Homophobic Speech:" https://www.advocate.com/business/2020/6/30/companies-pull-ads-facebook-combat-racist-homophobic-speech

* "Supreme Court strikes down restrictive Louisiana abortion law that would have closed clinics:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/courts_law/supreme-court-louisiana-abortion-law-john-roberts/2020/06/29/6f42067e-ba00-11ea-8cf5-9c1b8d7f84c6_story.html

* "Missouri governor will not appeal ruling for Planned Parenthood abortion clinic:" https://www.ky3.com/content/news/Missouri-governor-will-not-appeal-ruling-for-abortion-clinic-571547741.html

* "Teachers should be forced to misgender trans kids unless they have ‘permission’ from parents, right-wing think tank suggests:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2020/07/01/civitas-report-trans-transgender-puberty-blockers-school-joanna-williams/

* "Homophobic cyclist brutally beats driver, punches him in the face and shuts his leg in a car door:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2020/07/01/northampton-cyclist-homophobic-driver-punched-face-shut-leg-car-door/

* "In Gay We Trust: Queer Liberation Is Far From Over:" https://www.advocate.com/pride/2020/7/01/gay-we-trust-queer-liberation-far-over

* "Black Trans Woman Merci Mack Shot to Death in Dallas:" https://www.advocate.com/crime/2020/7/01/black-trans-woman-merci-mack-shot-death-dallas

* "Detroit Man Sentenced to Life in Murders of Two Gay Men, Trans Woman:" https://www.advocate.com/crime/2020/7/01/detroit-man-sentenced-life-murders-two-gay-men-trans-woman

* "Police investigating golf club attack on Black-run LGBT+ community centre that was a ‘sanctuary of love’:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2020/06/28/oakland-california-black-run-lgbt-centre-pride-weekend-golf-club-attack-sanctuary-of-love/

* "HIV activists celebrate as Wales confirms life-saving HIV drug PrEP will be rolled out on the NHS:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2020/06/30/prep-wales-roll-out-commissioned-available-hiv-drug/

* "My latest hospital visit in the form of a rainbow cake:"

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* Note: The Supreme Court sided in her favour. "Protecting Trans Bodies in Death:"

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* "Why Are Black & White Funeral Homes STILL Separate?:"

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* "Iconic Corpse: The Exhumations of Jesse James:"

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* "The Dark Side of Thomas Jefferson:" https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/the-dark-side-of-thomas-jefferson-35976004/

* "Protests East and West: Crash Course European History #45:"

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* "Carl Reiner, Multifaceted Master of Comedy, Is Dead at 98:" https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/30/arts/television/carl-reiner-dead.html

* A wee bit of schadenfreude: Brexiter Edition. https://twitter.com/archer_rs/status/1277505330885386240

* "Coronavirus IX: Evictions:"

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* "Trump Attacks Our Nation's Free Press Part 1:"

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* "Trump’s Ongoing Attacks On Our Nation’s Free Press Part 2 :"

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* "Bright Eyes "Mariana Trench":"

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* The last week or so was stressful for a bunch of reasons on top of my usual physical stuff being extra obnoxious. I'm tired basically. Monday I did do my socially distanced curbside pick up and got some links up, but see tired. Tuesday I was scarping along, even more tired, but we had a long internet outage and I gave up and just went to bed, rather than wait it out. I did get proper sleep today for the most part, but things have piled up dramatically. I'll do my best, but odds are you are looking at a partial instead of the usual amount of work.

Update: And then tumblr shit the bed and I spent a couple of hours trying to get it functional. My dashboard is still borked, but I can post links again.

If anyone knows how to roll back the dashboard to the yesterday version please tell me.

* "Two Timelines of Slang for Genitalia, from 1250 Through Today:" https://io9.gizmodo.com/two-timelines-of-slang-for-genitalia-from-1250-through-1157205966

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Doug Jones - Alabama
Gary Peters - Michigan

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

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

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

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

* Want to support Christy Smith in the primary for Katie Hill's seat?: https://secure.actblue.com/donate/dw_ca25

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

* Birthday/Solstice master list: https://gwydion.dreamwidth.org/2108835.html
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* I'm going to section off epidemic specific stuff in the aggregation between the dotted lines, so people who need to skip can skip without losing the other stuff. I'm putting secondary effects things in their usual slots.

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* "As Coronavirus Deepens Inequality, Inequality Worsens Its Spread:" https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/15/world/europe/coronavirus-inequality.html

* "The Unseen Pandemic:" https://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2020/04/refugees-coronavirus-covid19-bangladesh/609259/

* "PM in intensive care as virus symptoms worsen:" https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-52192604

* "U.S. spies find coronavirus spread in China, North Korea, Russia hard to chart:" https://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-spies/u-s-spies-find-coronavirus-spread-in-china-north-korea-russia-hard-to-chart-idUSKBN21H3CW

* "Cuban docs fighting coronavirus around world, defying US:" https://apnews.com/98cfdbf5c4a62a40eba648723e452f3e

* "Coronavirus Cases Have Surged, But The US Is Refusing To Take The World’s Most Available Masks:" https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/kenbensinger/coronavirus-kn95-masks-us-wont-import-china

* "Coronavirus death toll: Americans are almost certainly dying of covid-19 but being left out of the official count:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/investigations/coronavirus-death-toll-americans-are-almost-certainly-dying-of-covid-19-but-being-left-out-of-the-official-count/2020/04/05/71d67982-747e-11ea-87da-77a8136c1a6d_story.html

* "‘There will be death’: Trump warns of ‘toughest week’ ahead:" https://www.politico.com/news/2020/04/04/trump-predicts-toughest-week-coronavirus-164836

* "VA coronavirus numbers offer window on nationwide spread:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/va-coronavirus-numbers-offer-window-on-nationwide-spread-81720901936

* "Pelosi emphasizes need for coronavirus leadership as Congress considers further relief:' https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/pelosi-emphasizes-need-for-coronavirus-leadership-as-congress-considers-further-relief-81721413559

* "US 'wasted' months before preparing for coronavirus pandemic:" https://apnews.com/090600c299a8cf07f5b44d92534856bc

* "Pressed by Trump, U.S. pushed unproven coronavirus treatment guidance:"https://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-guidance-exclu-idUSKBN21M0R2

* "AMA President Has A Stark Warning About Trump's Coronavirus Treatment Advice:" https://www.huffpost.com/entry/ama-president-trump-hydroxychloroquine_n_5e8a9914c5b6e7d76c663197

* "Giuliani, a familiar voice in Trump’s ear, promotes experimental coronavirus treatments:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/giuliani-a-familiar-voice-in-trumps-ear-promotes-experimental-coronavirus-treatments/2020/04/05/d4b3b56a-7438-11ea-85cb-8670579b863d_story.html

* "Klobuchar: Trump went from ‘I alone can fix this’ to ‘I am backup’:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/klobuchar-trump-went-from-i-alone-can-fix-this-to-i-am-backup-81718341630

* "Bellingham hospital confirms firing ER doctor who criticized its coronavirus response:" https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/health/bellingham-hospital-confirms-firing-er-doctor-who-criticized-its-coronavirus-response/

* "Kids under threat: Virus hitting juvenile detention centers:" https://apnews.com/ee561204aae1c4c459256ddcd635e7ec

* "Mayor Hails Releases From Juvenile Detention, Yet Most Remain as Virus Hits:" https://thecity.nyc/2020/03/mayor-hails-juvenile-detention-releases-yet-most-remain.html

* "Curing our epidemic of incarceration: Learning to let more New Yorkers out of prison, during and after the coronavirus crisis:" https://www.nydailynews.com/opinion/ny-oped-curing-our-epidemic-of-incarceration-20200401-sanoyrz45re4jfkhps2xmmooua-story.html

* "NYPD’s Aggressive Policing Risks Spreading the Coronavirus:" https://theintercept.com/2020/04/03/nypd-social-distancing-arrests-coronavirus/

"But as officials threaten harsher enforcement, critics warn that police are not the answer. They caution against a heavy-handed response that they fear will be doled out unequally across the city. And with hundreds of officers testing positive for the virus, and thousands more out sick, community advocates worry that a more aggressive response would unnecessarily expose scores of people to the disease. While a criminal charge for failure to socially distance does not yet exist, officers have a lot of discretion in their encounters with the public and can arrest people under vague charges like disorderly conduct, obstructing government administration, or resisting arrest. That means that police interventions meant to keep people at a distance could quickly escalate into physical, and possibly violent, interactions."

* "He Led a Top Navy Ship. Now He Sits in Quarantine, Fired and Infected.:" https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/05/us/politics/coronavirus-aircraft-carrier-roosevelt-crozier.html

* He flew all the way to Guam in order to further undermine morale on the infected ship for political reasons. "Acting Navy secretary apologizes for calling ousted aircraft carrier captain 'stupid' in address to ship's crew:" https://www.cnn.com/2020/04/06/politics/uss-tr-crozier-modly/index.html

* "Rep. Luria calls for firing of Acting Navy Secretary in wake of leaked audio:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/rep-luria-calls-for-firing-of-acting-navy-secretary-in-wake-of-leaked-audio-81718341532

* "“Our Bodies Are On the Line”: NYC Nurses Demand Protective Gear as COVID-19 Death Toll Skyrockets:" https://www.democracynow.org/2020/4/3/nyc_frontline_medical_workers_ppe_protest

* "New York coronavirus deaths "effectively flat" as U.S. braces for peak cases in hot spots:" https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/new-york-coronavirus-deaths-effectively-flat-u-s-braces-peak-n1177626

* "New York City may have to bury coronavirus victims on public lands as deaths overwhelm mortuaries:" https://www.cnbc.com/2020/04/06/new-york-city-weighs-temporary-burials-as-coronavirus-deaths-overwhelm-mortuary-system.html

* "South Carolina governor issues weak 'home or work' COVID-19 order:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/south-carolina-governor-issues-weak-home-or-work-covid-19-order-81721925549

* "Tybee Island will fight Georgia governor's 'reckless mandate' to reopen state's beaches:" https://www.cnn.com/2020/04/04/us/tybee-island-georgia-beaches-open/index.html

"As the Pentagon ordered 100,000 body bags to store the corpses of Americans killed by the Coronavirus, Governor Brian Kemp dictated that Georgia beaches must reopen, and declared any decision-makers who refused to follow these orders would face prison and/or fines," Sessions' statement read.
"Tybee City Council and I are devastated by the sudden directives and do not support his decisions. The health of our residents, staff and visitors are being put at risk and we will pursue legal avenues to overturn his reckless mandate."

* "California Lends 500 Ventilators to 4 States, 2 Territories:" https://www.usnews.com/news/health-news/articles/2020-04-06/california-to-loan-500-ventilators-to-national-stockpile

* "Washington state to return ventilators for use in New York for coronavirus relief:" https://thehill.com/changing-america/well-being/prevention-cures/491310-washington-state-to-return-ventilators-for-use

* "Six deaths reported Monday bring Whatcom County’s coronavirus deaths to 19:" https://www.bellinghamherald.com/news/coronavirus/article241797761.html

* "‘Most homophobic’ minister in Israel, who thinks all LGBT+ people are sinners, tests positive for COVID-19:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2020/04/07/israel-health-minister-coronavirus-punishment-homosexuality-positive-covid-19-yaakov-litzman/

* "An anti-gay pastor was arrested after organizing a church service during lockdown. He just did the exact same thing again:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2020/04/06/anti-lgbt-pastor-tony-spell-life-tabernacle-church-louisiana-baton-rouge-coronavirus-lockdown/

"“This is not an issue over religious liberty, and it’s not about politics. We are facing a public health crisis and expect our community’s leaders to set a positive example and follow the law,” Corcoran said."

* "Mormon leaders address coronavirus pandemic, somehow manage to make it about ‘sinful’ gay sex:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2020/04/06/mormon-conference-coronavirus-gay-sex-russell-m-nelson/

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* "How the coronavirus could shield Trump's tax returns:" https://www.axios.com/trump-tax-returns-supreme-court-coronavirus-6f2f2791-8e6d-42af-95fc-964881a7b45f.html

* "Atkinson: Trump fired me because I handled whistleblower complaint properly:" https://www.politico.com/news/2020/04/05/atkinson-trump-fired-whistleblower-complaint-167371

* "'A searing time for whistleblowers': Ousted intel watchdog wrote letter to Schumer:" https://www.politico.com/news/2020/04/04/ousted-intel-watchdog-private-letter-to-chuck-schumer-164995

* "Trump 'decapitating' intelligence leadership amid coronavirus crisis – Schiff:" https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/apr/04/donald-trump-decapitating-intelligence-leadership-coronavirus-crisis-senior-democrat

* "Trump announces intent to nominate White House lawyer Brian Miller as inspector general for $2 trillion coronavirus law:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2020/04/03/trump-coronavirus-inspector-general-brian-miller/

* "Ivanka Trump Was Conduit for Small Banks Over SBA Program:" https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-04-03/banks-made-direct-appeal-to-ivanka-trump-over-sba-program?sref=MIBMEEoj

* "Trump campaign declares war on Dems over voting rules for November:" https://www.politico.com/news/2020/04/03/trump-2020-election-legal-battle-coronavirus-162152

"Biden spokesman Andrew Bates declined to comment on whether the campaign would join in the legal wrangling but said any Trump-led effort “to restrict access to voting would … amount to a craven attempt to steal the sacred right of the American people to vote.”"

* "Wisconsin Is Set to Vote on Tuesday After Court Overrules Governor’s Postponement:" https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/06/us/politics/wisconsin-primary-election-postponed-coronavirus.html

* "Pelosi on SCOTUS Wisconsin ruling: 'undermining our democracy', 'shameful':" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/pelosi-on-scotus-wisconsin-ruling-undermining-our-democracy-shameful-81720389728

* "Land-grab universities:" https://www.hcn.org/issues/52.4/indigenous-affairs-education-land-grab-universities

* "Birmingham teacher at the centre of school protests says he’ll settle for LGBT+ ‘tolerance’ instead of ‘celebration’:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2020/04/07/andrew-moffat-no-outsiders-book-birmingham-school-protests-tolerance/

* "University fires non-binary bookshop employee for wearing lipstick and ‘expressing their identity’:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2020/03/16/non-binary-bookstore-employee-lipstick-gender-expression-kennesaw-state-university-georgia/

* "Despite praise from gay Republicans, Donald Trump admits he 'didn't know' about FDA reducing gay blood ban:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2020/04/07/donald-trump-gay-blood-ban-fda-log-cabin-republicans/

* "World War II Civilians and Soldiers: Crash Course European History #39:"

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* "The Burning Problem of America’s Sugar Cane Growers:" https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2020-03-28/america-s-sugar-cane-growers-have-a-burning-problem

* "Gay Deputy Sheriff Is Florida's First Line-of-Duty COVID-19 Casualty:" https://www.advocate.com/news/2020/4/06/gay-deputy-sheriff-floridas-first-line-duty-covid-19-casualty

"According to Florida TV station WPLG, Bennett responded to the Pulse nightclub shooting by parking his patrol car outside bars and clubs in the heavily gay city of Wilton Manors. Over the weekend, flowers surrounded that same patrol car, and there was a heavy presence of law enforcement at Bennett’s home to show support and provide comfort."

* "Gay San Francisco Nurse Hospitalized With COVID-19:" https://www.advocate.com/news/2020/4/06/gay-san-francisco-nurse-hospitalized-covid-19

* Songs to get you through this: https://marahmarie.dreamwidth.org/525443.html

* "Heart Of Glass - Vintage '40s "Old Hollywood" Style Blondie Cover ft. Addie Hamilton:"

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* ""Bring Him Home" from Les Misérables | Sung by Alfie Boe, John-Owen Jones, Barricade Boys and more:"

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* "Family's lockdown adaptation of Les Misérables song goes viral:"

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* This is heart warming. "Social Distancing Spider Man:" https://laughingacademy.tumblr.com/post/614609873004593152/elidyce-spacedewey-i-guess-this-is-how-im

* "Kate Bush's "Mr. Sandman":" https://www.shatnerchatner.com/p/kate-bushs-mr-sandman?token=eyJ1c2VyX2lkIjoxNjEzMzc4LCJwb3N0X2lkIjozNTQ5MTEsIl8iOiJINmxnVyIsImlhdCI6MTU4NjI0MTg2NywiZXhwIjoxNTg2MjQ1NDY3LCJpc3MiOiJwdWItNSIsInN1YiI6InBvc3QtcmVhY3Rpb24ifQ.SUEihdTB8n--sm_JO9NAyGBJplJjHO9-sGDWI7ABvfI

* In the last two weeks I saw Vincent Cassel play a villainous french nobleman in three separate random things I watched. I never noticed him particularly before. I've no idea what his french language work is like, but now I'm wondering if in Hollywood they are like: Okay we need a sexy villainous/assholish french nobleman. Someone get Vincent Cassel's people on the line and see if he's free.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

* "100 Million Mask Challenge:" https://www.providence.org/lp/100m-masks

* "Coronavirus: Deaconess asks public to sew CDC-compliant face masks for staff:" https://www.courierpress.com/story/news/2020/03/18/coronavirus-deaconess-ask-public-provide-medical-face-masks/2865273001/

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

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

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

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

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

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

Doug Jones - Alabama
Gary Peters - Michigan

* Want to get rid of Mitch McConnell? Help Amy McGrath: https://secure.actblue.com/donate/am-website?refcode=website-nav

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

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

* Want to support Christy Smith in the primary for Katie Hill's seat?: https://secure.actblue.com/donate/dw_ca25

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

* Birthday/Solstice master list: https://gwydion.dreamwidth.org/2108835.html
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Apr. 6th, 2020 09:44 am
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* I'm going to section off epidemic specific stuff in the aggregation between the dotted lines, so people who need to skip can skip without losing the other stuff. I'm putting secondary effects things in their usual slots.

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* "Coronavirus in Africa Tracker: How many covid-19 cases & where?:" https://africanarguments.org/2020/04/05/coronavirus-in-africa-tracker-how-many-cases-and-where-latest/

* "Mexico declares health emergency as coronavirus death toll rises:" https://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-mexico/mexico-declares-health-emergency-as-coronavirus-death-toll-rises-idUSKBN21I05K

* "It Was Already Dangerous To Be Muslim in India. Then Came the Coronavirus:" https://time.com/5815264/coronavirus-india-islamophobia-coronajihad/

* "Lockdown: Nursing homes in Spain a vector for deadly coronavirus:" https://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-spain-lockdown-ins/lockdown-nursing-homes-in-spain-a-vector-for-deadly-coronavirus-idUSKBN2190N1

* "Spain's deaths soar but infection rate slows:" https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-52117883

* "How Mexico Is Coping With A Coronavirus Outbreak Partially Imported From Vail, Colorado:" https://www.cpr.org/2020/04/01/how-mexico-is-coping-with-a-coronavirus-outbreak-partially-imported-from-vail-colorado/

* "Drive-through funerals in the epicenter of Spain's coronavirus pandemic:" https://www.cnn.com/2020/04/06/europe/spain-coronavirus-drive-thru-funerals-madrid-intl/index.html

* "Military flies Italian and French patients to Germany for treatment:" https://metro.co.uk/2020/03/28/military-flies-italian-french-patients-germany-treatment-12471328/

* "Spain, Italy Coronavirus Outbreak Slows as Japan Declares National Emergency:" https://www.usnews.com/news/world-report/articles/2020-04-06/spain-italy-coronavirus-outbreak-slows-as-japan-declares-national-emergency

* "Chinese families should be sweeping graves now. But thousands still haven’t buried their dead.:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/asia_pacific/chinese-families-should-be-sweeping-graves-now-but-thousands-still-havent-buried-their-dead/2020/04/03/5a6daa50-7234-11ea-ad9b-254ec99993bc_story.html

"Using photos posted online, social media sleuths have estimated that Wuhan funeral homes have returned 3,500 urns a day since March 23. That would imply a death toll in Wuhan of about 42,000 — or 16 times the official number. Another widely shared calculation from Radio Free Asia, based on Wuhan’s 84 furnaces running nonstop and each cremation taking an hour, put the death toll at 46,800."

* "Iran Says U.S. Sanctions Are Taking Lives. U.S. Officials Disagree.:" https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/01/world/middleeast/iran-virus-sanctions.html

* "Health expert: We must reduce activity as pandemic peaks:" https://www.msnbc.com/am-joy/watch/coronavirus-peaking-requires-reducing-movement-over-next-two-weeks-81661509662

* "Congressmen from WA, CA call for ramped-up coronavirus testing:" https://www.msnbc.com/am-joy/watch/coronavirus-testing-increases-needed-to-end-pandemic-reps-say-81660997712

* "Trump’s Breakdown:" https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2020/04/01/trump-breakdown-threaten-sink-presidency-158321

* "Sen. Tina Smith: Trump is treating pandemic like PR war:" https://www.msnbc.com/am-joy/watch/coronavirus-pandemic-responses-of-trump-critiqued-by-sen-smith-81660485806

* "Trump's coronavirus press briefings criticized by media expertsTrump's coronavirus press briefings criticized by media experts:" https://www.msnbc.com/am-joy/watch/coronavirus-responses-of-trump-cuomo-surgeon-general-compared-81663045581

* "Is press overly-praising Trump's pandemic response 'tone'?:" https://www.msnbc.com/am-joy/watch/trump-s-treatment-by-the-press-during-pandemic-analyzed-81662533532

* "‘That's a nasty, snarky question’: Trump’s media assault rages on in midst of coronavirus crisis:" https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/apr/01/us-coronavirus-outbreak-donald-trump-media-latest

* "Journalists challenge Trump's 'revisionist history' regarding coronavirus response:" https://www.cnn.com/2020/03/31/media/donald-trump-coronavirus-response-reliable-sources/index.html

* "‘We could get wiped out’: American Indians have the highest rates of diseases that make covid-19 more lethal:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/2020/04/04/native-american-coronavirus/

* "The particular peril of coronavirus for poor people - and then everyone else :" https://arktimes.com/arkansas-blog/2020/03/07/the-particular-peril-of-coronavirus-for-poor-people-and-then-everyone-else

* "Rural areas fear spread of virus as more hospitals close:" https://apnews.com/2ff8980e3c6ad674dfd7cefce02105ee

* "Cruise ship docks in Florida with two dead and 12 testing positive for coronavirus:" https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/apr/04/coral-princess-cruise-ship-docks-florida-coronavirus-pandemic

* "Hunt for medical supplies creates marketplace of desperation:" https://apnews.com/829280426e49dfdf7f2cb1be4b0cfe05

* "Pastor who thinks homosexuality is evil and Jesus will save him from coronavirus could face jail for holding church services:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2020/04/01/pastor-homosexuality-evil-jail-church-services/

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* "'Mom & Pop' shops worry they will be squeezed out of small business coronavirus aid:" https://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-small-business/mom-pop-firms-worry-they-will-be-squeezed-out-of-small-business-coronavirus-aid-idUSKBN21L1EG

* "Black Businesses Left Behind in Covid-19 Relief:" https://www.citylab.com/perspective/2020/03/coronavirus-relief-racial-equity-black-business-covid-19/609055/

* "‘Essential’ Laundromats Under Strain as NYC’s Wash Culture Shifts:" https://thecity.nyc/2020/04/new-york-citys-laundromats-strain-in-coronavirus-crisis.html

* "Candidate jolts battleground congressional race with ad blasting China for coronavirus:" https://www.texastribune.org/2020/04/02/texas-congressional-candidate-kathaleen-wall-blames-china-coronavirus/

* "How Social Distancing Could Lead to a Spike in White Nationalism:" https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-news/covid-19-coronavirus-pandemic-extremism-white-nationalism-southern-poverty-law-center-969079/

* "Neo-Nazis and homophobes are among the supporters of the ‘anti-trans’ group LGB Alliance:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2020/04/03/lgb-alliance-neo-nazi-homophobia-spinster-death-head-charity-commission/

* "Nowhere to go: Some inmates freed because of coronavirus are 'scared to leave':" https://www.cnn.com/2020/04/04/politics/freed-inmates-challenges-coronavirus/index.html

* "Cuomo’s Bail Reform Reversal Risks Explosive Coronavirus Spread in Jails:" https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2020/04/cuomo-bail-reform.html

* "Catholics for Trump Coalition Loaded With Anti-LGBTQ Extremists:" https://www.advocate.com/election/2020/4/03/catholics-trump-coalition-loaded-anti-lgbtq-extremists

* The gift purifier and the tub have been helping a ton, but I had an Incident Sunday because I didn't wash my hair before bed and so lost most of my sleep. Monday I needed to stay up to order second quarter OTC benefit box, which got messy because they were out of things and rationing things, but my contingency plan held. Unfortunately, the space where I planned to close out the aggregate while waiting for the OTC people to open was the space in which we had sporadic outages. The good news was, I gnawed through a lot of news. The bad for my sleep news was I then needed to stay up to post all the links. They somehow did landscaping today despite the shelter in place (Is lawn mowing really vital), so I definitely need another lung treatment and bath before bed. I may be wreck tonight. idk.

* "Sunday Sweets Is All About April:" https://www.cakewrecks.com/home/2020/4/5/sunday-sweets-is-all-about-april

* "After the hydra:" https://claudeb.dreamwidth.org/7670.html

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

* "100 Million Mask Challenge:" https://www.providence.org/lp/100m-masks

* "Coronavirus: Deaconess asks public to sew CDC-compliant face masks for staff:" https://www.courierpress.com/story/news/2020/03/18/coronavirus-deaconess-ask-public-provide-medical-face-masks/2865273001/

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

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

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

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

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

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

Doug Jones - Alabama
Gary Peters - Michigan

* Want to get rid of Mitch McConnell? Help Amy McGrath: https://secure.actblue.com/donate/am-website?refcode=website-nav

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

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

* Want to support Christy Smith in the primary for Katie Hill's seat?: https://secure.actblue.com/donate/dw_ca25

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

* Birthday/Solstice master list: https://gwydion.dreamwidth.org/2108835.html
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Dec. 30th, 2019 05:51 am
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* "The Tax Break for Children, Except the Ones Who Need It Most:" https://www.nytimes.com/2019/12/16/us/politics/child-tax-credit.html

* "Constitutional scholar: Senate trial pointless without witnesses:" http://www.msnbc.com/am-joy/watch/trump-impeachment-trial-in-senate-needs-witnesses-expert-says-75821125515

* "Barbara Boxer: ‘No comparison’ between Trump, Clinton impeachment:" http://www.msnbc.com/am-joy/watch/trump-s-impeachment-vs-clinton-s-by-former-sen-barbara-boxer-75821637708

* "The ‘Valley Girls’ of the Rio Grande:" https://www.nytimes.com/2019/05/03/us/valley-girls-rio-grande.html

* "There was an attack on Jewish New Yorkers almost every day last week. Police are investigating these as possible hate crimes:" https://www.cnn.com/2019/12/29/us/jewish-attacks-week-new-york-trnd/index.html

* "Chicago Is Making the Case for Releasing Pregnant Inmates:" https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2019/12/doulas-county-jail/603730/?utm_source=feed

* "US Interior Department cuts sexual orientation from anti-discrimination guidelines:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2019/12/28/us-interior-department-cuts-sexual-orientation-anti-discrimination-guidelines/

* "Dozens attend sombre vigil to mourn trans woman Yahira Nesby, brutally murdered in New York City:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2019/12/28/yahira-nesby-trans-woman-murdered-new-york-city/

* "She Wants to Prevent Nigerians From Bleeding to Death:" https://www.ozy.com/the-new-and-the-next/a-blood-donation-mobile-app-attacks-a-desperate-need/245064/

* "Climate change threatens reindeer food supplies in Sweden's Arctic:" https://www.nbcnews.com/news/animal-news/reindeer-may-starve-climate-change-threatens-food-supply-arctic-n1098881

* "Scientists have gotten predictions of global warming right since the 1970s:" https://www.vox.com/energy-and-environment/2019/12/4/20991315/climate-change-prediction-models-accurate

* "There's A New Kind Of Inequality. And It's Not About Income:" https://www.npr.org/sections/goatsandsoda/2019/12/09/786315267/theres-a-new-kind-of-inequality-and-it-s-not-about-income

* "On defeats, small people, and the UK election:" https://going-medieval.com/2019/12/17/on-defeats-small-people-and-the-uk-election/

* "Why Ottoman Sultans Locked Away Their Brothers:" https://daily.jstor.org/why-ottoman-sultans-locked-away-their-brothers/

* "Excavating a Queer History of Colonial Williamsburg:" https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/queer-colonial-williamsburg

* "Reflections From A Jew At A Mock-Jewish Restaurant:" https://www.npr.org/sections/codeswitch/2019/12/28/403012038/reflections-from-a-jew-at-a-mock-jewish-restaurant

* "Earliest Known Recording of Marsha P. Johnson, Sylvia Rivera Found:" https://www.advocate.com/transgender/2019/12/29/earliest-known-recording-marsha-p-johnson-sylvia-rivera-found

* "Who Won the Year in Culture? Lizzo, Ava DuVernay and more:" http://www.msnbc.com/am-joy/watch/lizzo-watchmen-when-they-see-us-win-the-year-in-culture-75824197960

* "Sunday Sweets Could Use A Drink:" https://www.cakewrecks.com/home/2019/12/29/sunday-sweets-could-use-a-drink

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

* A small, cheap thing to help climate change if you have little money to spare: https://onetreeplanted.org/products/amazon-rainforest-peru

* How to donate to Rainbow Road: https://www.rainbowrailroad.com/donate

* Here are a bunch of state level links to help people in immigrant detention: https://taibhsearachd.tumblr.com/post/186058182962/woundability-this-4th-of-july-celebrate-the

* Angry about the concentration camps on our Southern Border? Here is a list of useful things you can do: https://medium.com/@togetherandfree/feel-helpless-amidst-the-horrific-immigration-news-youre-not-how-you-can-make-difference-today-108dc42de88e

* "More Organizations to Support Helping Kids in Concentration Camps:" https://thisfinecrew.dreamwidth.org/201920.html

* Here is a massive list of things you can do to help refugees inside and outside of the Camps: https://s-leary.tumblr.com/post/185783586806/so-youve-probably-seen-the-post-going-around

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

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

* Want to support Christy Smith in the primary for Katie Hill's seat?: https://secure.actblue.com/donate/dw_ca25

* Want to get rid of Mitch McConnell? Help Amy McGrath: https://secure.actblue.com/donate/am-website?refcode=website-nav

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

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

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

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

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

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

* HorrorMux is currently running a Max Mad type thing. Available Archetypes are here. I'm Martyr if you want to find me.: http://horrormu.com/index.php/Available

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

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

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

Or possibly this: https://www.chewy.com/instinct-by-natures-variety-limited/dp/44654

* Birthday/Solstice master list: https://gwydion.dreamwidth.org/2108835.html
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* "HK rubber bullet blinds journalist in one eye:" https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-china-49910636

* "25 Malian soldiers killed in attack on two military camps:" https://www.cnn.com/2019/10/02/africa/mali-soldiers-killed-military-base-attack/index.html

* "Rebecca Solnit: The Loneliness of Donald Trump:" https://lithub.com/rebecca-solnit-the-loneliness-of-donald-trump/?fbclid=IwAR0hkd9ntJRV_OnknqOt2LTARrgAePKQ90sDArp-0ARYfC-UQxGfQqpCJ7Y

* "Lawyer for Ukraine whistleblower says he represents second whistleblower on Trump's actions:" https://www.cnn.com/2019/10/06/politics/second-whistleblower-trump-ukraine/index.html

* "Navarro, in a combative CNBC interview, says 'Congress has declared war on this president':" https://www.cnbc.com/2019/09/30/peter-navarro-says-congress-has-declared-war-on-president-trump.html

* "Rep. Maxine Waters: To these whistleblowers you are the patriots:" http://www.msnbc.com/am-joy/watch/rep-maxine-waters-on-reports-of-new-trump-whistleblowers-70728261683

* "Sen. Cory Booker on impeachment actually reaching McConnell’s Senate:" http://www.msnbc.com/am-joy/watch/booker-on-how-trump-impeachment-may-conclude-in-mcconnell-s-senate-70727749875

* "Is media shifting to cover impeachment as ‘a national emergency’?:" http://www.msnbc.com/am-joy/watch/trump-impeachment-inquiry-media-coverage-analyzed-70732357931

* "Rep. Meeks on reported second potential Trump whistleblower:" http://www.msnbc.com/am-joy/watch/trump-whistleblower-related-to-tax-returns-discussed-by-rep-meeks-70697541749

* "Texts show U.S. officials dangled White House visit for Biden probe:" http://www.msnbc.com/am-joy/watch/trump-administration-pressure-on-ukraine-detailed-in-texts-70703173920

* "Impeachment inquiry turns to Vice President Pence:" http://www.msnbc.com/am-joy/watch/house-democrats-seek-ukraine-documents-from-pence-70703685916

* "Trump Taxes: President Ordered to Turn Over Returns to Manhattan D.A.:" https://www.nytimes.com/2019/10/07/nyregion/trump-taxes-lawsuit-vance.html

* "As Hunter Biden faces scrutiny, Trump’s children face new questions:" http://www.msnbc.com/am-joy/watch/trump-s-children-scrutinized-as-joe-biden-s-son-hunter-targeted-70706757562

* "Giuliani hires Watergate prosecutor to represent him in House impeachment probe:" https://www.politico.com/news/2019/10/01/rudy-giuliani-hires-attorney-trump-impeachment-probe-015172

* "Shoot Migrants’ Legs, Build Alligator Moat: Behind Trump’s Ideas for Border:" https://www.nytimes.com/2019/10/01/us/politics/trump-border-wars.html

* "Task force will examine prison conditions for trans people after death of sex worker:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2019/10/06/layleen-polanco-trans-prison-inmates-task-force-new-york-rikers-island/

* "Crucial reforms to allow trans people to self-identify allegedly delayed by UK equalities minister Liz Truss:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2019/10/06/trans-liz-truss-gender-recognition-act-mail-on-sunday/

* "Man who peacefully protests against homophobia attacked with his own sign in suspected hate crime:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2019/10/07/hate-crime-new-york-homophobia-attacked-anthony-dolci/

* "A Queer Eye star just won a major battle to overturn an anti-trans healthcare policy:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2019/10/02/queer-eye-skyler-jay-trans-healthcare-university-system-georgia/

* "Yet even more Christian extremists are complaining about gender-inclusive dolls because apparently there’s nothing else to do:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2019/10/02/dolls-mattel-christian-extremists-gender-inclusive-one-million-moms-boycott-petition/

* "Not in my bat’s yard:" https://www.curbed.com/2019/10/2/20893660/real-estate-development-animal-habitats-london

* "Made for Misfits: The Colorful History of the Black Leather Jacket:" https://www.collectorsweekly.com/articles/the-colorful-history-of-the-black-leather-jacket/

* "Iconic Actress Diahann Carroll Joins The Ancestors:" https://transgriot.blogspot.com/2019/10/iconic-actress-diahann-carroll-joins.html

* The trip to Seattle was excellent and it was good seeing that particular friend after a long absence. The Imperial couple were not best pleased and Tavy has been... extra distressed and making the sorts of messes that require lots of laundry. I am very grateful for the extra pee cover as it saved me this evening. Really, it isn't malicious. He has had a lot of feelings and extra cuddles weren't quite enough to settle him.

It was a good visit though, and there is talk of more.

* "10 Wedding Cakes For Book Lovers :" https://www.cakewrecks.com/home/2019/10/6/11-wedding-cakes-for-book-lovers

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

* "How you can help Hurricane Dorian disaster relief:" https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/sep/08/hurricane-dorian-disaster-relief-how-you-can-help

* A small, cheap thing to help climate change if you have little money to spare: https://onetreeplanted.org/products/amazon-rainforest-peru

* How to donate to Rainbow Road: https://www.rainbowrailroad.com/donate

* Here are a bunch of state level links to help people in immigrant detention: https://taibhsearachd.tumblr.com/post/186058182962/woundability-this-4th-of-july-celebrate-the

* Angry about the concentration camps on our Southern Border? Here is a list of useful things you can do: https://medium.com/@togetherandfree/feel-helpless-amidst-the-horrific-immigration-news-youre-not-how-you-can-make-difference-today-108dc42de88e

* "More Organizations to Support Helping Kids in Concentration Camps:" https://thisfinecrew.dreamwidth.org/201920.html

Here is a massive list of things you can do to help refugees inside and outside of the Camps: https://s-leary.tumblr.com/post/185783586806/so-youve-probably-seen-the-post-going-around

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

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

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

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

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

* This is a cool person and the clothes are being made from an ethical source. Looking for cool inclusive Pride themed merch? www.nerdykeppie.com

* HorrorMux is open for apping the next story, which is a 1994 Lost Boys type thing. Available Archetypes are here. I'm Martyr/Angel if you want to find me.: http://horrormu.com/index.php/Available

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

* If you are interested in helping, right now the Cat thing we need most is:
https://www.chewy.com/natural-balance-ultra-premium-turkey/dp/33214?utm_source=google-product&utm_medium=cpc&utm_campaign=f&utm_content=Natural%20Balance&utm_term=&gclid=EAIaIQobChMI-uXqwqPK5AIVB9tkCh3a2wZmEAQYASABEgJuZvD_BwE

* Birthday/Solstice master list: https://gwydion.dreamwidth.org/2108835.html
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Jul. 26th, 2019 12:25 pm
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* "Protesters calling for 'free Hong Kong' converge on airport:" https://www.reuters.com/article/us-hongkong-extradition/protesters-calling-for-free-hong-kong-converge-on-airport-idUSKCN1UL0QC

* "Two killings symbolize reach of Kashmir conflict as death toll surges:" https://www.reuters.com/article/us-india-kashmir-deaths-insight/two-killings-symbolize-reach-of-kashmir-conflict-as-death-toll-surges-idUSKCN1UE0M6

* "How Norway turns criminals into good neighbours:" https://www.bbc.com/news/stories-48885846

* "Trump Administration Considering 'Travel Ban' On Guatemalans After Asylum Snub:" https://www.npr.org/2019/07/25/745132775/trump-administration-considering-travel-ban-on-guatemalans-after-asylum-snub

* "Trump stands before presidential seal doctored with symbols of Russia and golf:" https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/jul/24/trump-presidential-seal-doctored-russia-golf-turning-point

* "Trump mocked on stage by errant satire presidential seal:" http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/trump-mocked-on-stage-by-errant-satire-presidential-seal-64603205820

* "House passes two-year budget deal to lift spending, suspend debt ceiling:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/economy/trump-urges-republicans-to-support-budget-deal-as-house-prepares-to-vote/2019/07/25/010d6e6a-aee3-11e9-a0c9-6d2d7818f3da_story.html?noredirect=on&utm_term=.01db22a37f31

* "Mueller testimony laid bare Trump team's untruthfulness:" http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/mueller-testimony-laid-bare-trump-team-s-untruthfulness-64605253512

* "Demand for Nixon's taxes becomes key to case for seeing Trump's:" http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/demand-for-nixon-s-taxes-becomes-key-to-case-for-seeing-trump-s-64602181878

* "Senate Intel Committee Unveils Election Security Report In Wake Of Mueller Hearings:" https://www.npr.org/2019/07/25/745205135/senate-intel-committee-unveils-election-security-report-in-wake-of-mueller-day

* Republicans now hate our democracy so much they are open about how much they’d rather Russian intelligence choose our government officials instead of American citizen voters who they keep denying their rights on the basis of skin colour. "GOP senators block election security legislation hours after Mueller warns of Russian interference:" https://www.cnn.com/2019/07/25/politics/republican-senators-block-election-security-legislation/

* "Russian hackers accessed U.S. voter data: Senate report:" http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/russian-hackers-accessed-u-s-voter-data-senate-report-64604229532

* "Credibility of U.S. elections at stake in response to Russia hack:" http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/credibility-of-u-s-elections-at-stake-in-response-to-russia-hack-64604229541

* "Sen. Bennet on Russian election interference: 'This is serious':" http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/sen-bennet-on-russian-election-interference-this-is-serious-64603205905

* "Senate Report: Russia targeted voting systems in all 50 states:" http://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/senate-report-russia-targeted-voting-systems-in-all-50-states-64587333774

* "House Dems authorize subpoenas for senior White House aides' official communications:" https://www.politico.com/story/2019/07/25/white-house-private-communications-subpoena-1435114

* "Trump must face marketing scam lawsuit, escapes racketeering...:" https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-marketing-lawsuit-idUSKCN1UJ349

* Do not want. "Treasury pick Monica Crowley spread Obama smears: 'Can he be both loyal to Islam and loyal to the United States?':" https://www.cnn.com/2019/07/25/politics/kfile-monica-crowley/

* "Mike Pence Fails to Pay $24K Tab at Gay-Owned Club:" https://www.advocate.com/politics/2019/7/25/mike-pence-fails-pay-24k-tab-gay-owned-club

* "Andrew Yang - Bringing Bold and Unique Ideas to His 2020 White House Bid - Extended Interview:"

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* "Tom Steyer unveils climate plan:" http://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/tom-steyer-unveils-climate-plan-64589381668

* "Gillibrand calls for $10T to combat climate change:" https://www.politico.com/story/2019/07/25/gillibrand-2020-election-climate-change-1615073

* "Corruption, dark money, and dysfunction in Washington:" http://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/corruption-dark-money-and-dysfunction-in-washington-64590917538

* This is a long read, but it does a brilliant job of explaining what’s going on and what’s at stake. "Why Native Hawaiians are fighting to protect a mountain from a telescope:" https://www.vox.com/identities/2019/7/24/20706930/mauna-kea-hawaii

* "A judge just smacked down one of Trump’s most dangerous moves yet:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2019/07/25/judge-just-smacked-down-trumps-latest-dangerous-move/?noredirect=on&utm_term=.02f704428d27

* "Immigration Official: HIV-Positive Status Justifies Family Separations:" https://www.advocate.com/politics/2019/7/25/immigration-official-hiv-positive-status-justifies-family-separations

They insist that HIV is so incredibly contact contagious that it justifies kidnapping people’s children and torturing them, unlike flu which isn’t at all contagious.

* "Justice Department plans to restart capital punishment after long hiatus:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/justice-department-plans-to-restart-capital-punishment-after-long-hiatus/2019/07/25/f2cc6402-aee5-11e9-bc5c-e73b603e7f38_story.html?noredirect=on&utm_term=.32de3922142e

* TW: Rape, Pedophilia, Domestic Violence. "The Village Where Every Cop Has Been Convicted of Domestic Violence:" https://www.propublica.org/article/stebbins-alaska-cops-criminal-records-domestic-violence

* "Federal Judge Blocks Arkansas Anti-Abortion Laws for Now:" https://www.nytimes.com/2019/07/24/us/abortion-arkansas-laws.html

* "Jacob Rees-Mogg joins Boris Johnson cabinet: ‘an Orwellian nightmare’:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2019/07/25/jacob-rees-mogg-cabinet/

* "New home secretary Priti Patel urged to reform LGBT asylum:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2019/07/25/boris-johnson-cabinet-lgbt-rights/

* "Russians Arrest Suspect For Activist's Murder, Blame Domestic Dispute:" https://www.advocate.com/world/2019/7/26/russians-arrest-suspect-activists-murder-blame-domestic-dispute

* "Reversing Trump’s Transgender Military Ban Will Make Us Stronger:" https://www.advocate.com/commentary/2019/7/26/reversing-trumps-transgender-military-ban-will-make-us-stronger

* "Can America Fix Its Housing Crisis?:" https://thenib.com/can-america-fix-its-housing-crisis?t=recent

* "Rutger Hauer, ‘Blade Runner’ Co-Star, Dies at 75:" https://variety.com/2019/film/news/rutger-hauer-dead-dies-blade-runner-co-star-1203278050/

* "America's Crippling Student Loan Crisis:"

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* "President Trump Gets Trolled At Turning Point USA Teen Summit:"

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* "Meanwhile... Ruth-less Bader Ginsburg:"

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

* Here are a bunch of state level links to help people in immigrant detention: https://taibhsearachd.tumblr.com/post/186058182962/woundability-this-4th-of-july-celebrate-the

* Angry about the concentration camps on our Southern Border? Here is a list of useful things you can do: https://medium.com/@togetherandfree/feel-helpless-amidst-the-horrific-immigration-news-youre-not-how-you-can-make-difference-today-108dc42de88e

* "More Organizations to Support Helping Kids in Concentration Camps:" https://thisfinecrew.dreamwidth.org/201920.html

Here is a massive list of things you can do to help refugees inside and outside of the Camps: https://s-leary.tumblr.com/post/185783586806/so-youve-probably-seen-the-post-going-around

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

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

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

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

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

* This is a cool person and the clothes are being made from an ethical source. Looking for cool inclusive Pride themed merch? www.nerdykeppie.com

* HorrorMux is open for apping the next story, which is a 1994 Lost Boys type thing. Available Archetypes are here. I'm Martyr/Angel if you want to find me.: http://horrormu.com/index.php/Available

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

* Birthday/Solstice master list: https://gwydion.dreamwidth.org/1925021.html
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May. 12th, 2019 05:48 am
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* "With Sudan’s Revolution in the Balance, Darfur Moves Center Stage:" https://www.nytimes.com/2019/05/11/world/africa/sudan-darfur-revolution-protest.html

* "Sudan's talks deadlocked as military mulls early elections:" https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2019/05/sudans-transitional-talks-deadlocked-military-mulls-early-elections-190512070625199.html

* "Venezuela: Maduro targets ex-spy chief Figuera in outburst:" https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/may/11/venezuela-maduro-targets-ex-spy-chief-figuera-in-outburst

* "The U.K. Has Officially Declared a 'Climate Emergency':" http://time.com/5581615/uk-declares-climate-emergency/

* "No turning back: Syrian Kurds reshape region with books and schools:" https://www.reuters.com/article/us-syria-security-kurds-insight/no-turning-back-syrian-kurds-reshape-region-with-books-and-schools-idUSKCN1SC0WX

* "Chelsea Manning Is Freed From Jail, Faces New Subpoena In WikiLeaks Case:" https://www.npr.org/2019/05/10/722059301/chelsea-manning-is-freed-from-jail-faces-new-subpoena-in-wikileaks-case

* "Ukrainians Slam Rudy Giuliani’s ‘Shameful Play’ to Meddle in Their Politics:" https://www.thedailybeast.com/ukrainians-slam-rudy-giulianis-shameful-play-to-meddle-in-their-politics

* "Giuliani cancels Ukraine trip after election meddling criticisms:" http://www.msnbc.com/am-joy/watch/giuliani-cancels-ukraine-trip-many-see-as-intending-to-help-trump-59446341900

* "White House revokes several press passes prompting outrage:" http://www.msnbc.com/am-joy/watch/sanders-press-passes-revoked-due-to-secret-service-s-concern-59460165516

* "Trump says the US is 'full', but is it?:" https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-48179914

* "Sandra Bland, It Turns Out, Filmed Traffic Stop Confrontation Herself:" https://www.nytimes.com/2019/05/07/us/sandra-bland-video-brian-encinia.html

* "Let’s Make It Easier for Kids to Visit Incarcerated Parents:" https://www.themarshallproject.org/2019/05/10/let-s-make-it-easier-for-kids-to-visit-incarcerated-parents

* "Backlash grows against new anti-abortion legislation in Georgia, Alabama:" http://www.msnbc.com/am-joy/watch/georgia-alabama-push-anti-abortion-bills-to-overturn-roe-v-wade-59450437700

* "Kindergarten teacher: 'Why our youngest learners are doomed right out of the gate’ — and a road map to fix it:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/education/2019/05/08/kindergarten-teacher-why-our-youngest-learners-are-doomed-right-out-gate-road-map-fix-it/?noredirect=on&utm_term=.e24e84f8c326

* "Inside the silent nation of Brunei:" https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-48211193

* "Brunei won't enforce gay sex death penalty:" https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-48171165

* "When an Argument Over Macbeth Incited a Bloody Riot:" https://daily.jstor.org/an-argument-over-macbeth-incited-a-bloody-riot/

* "Meet the Press Cold Open - SNL:"

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* "Weekend Update: Trump Lost Over $1 Billion - SNL:"

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* None of the things I unearthed turned out to be real bandages. A kind friend is sending me some, but until they get here, I fell back on a nasty expedient. I need something to cover the wounds while I sleep, to keep the medicine in and to prevent further injury. The doctor had said one can tape cellophane on in an emergency. I figured that'd keep things from sticking to it and the medicine and scabs from rubbing off. I layered a not bandage over it for padding. the cats can tell I'm injured, but they are small nervous animals with brains the size of walnuts and a habit of walking over me with pointy feet when I'm lying down. It was not pleasant. The plastic wrap doesn't breathe and is hot. I'll do it again when I sleep, as the particularly bad patch looked a little better when I woke. I can't wait for the proper pads to get here.

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

* "Books for low-income kids who don't have enough books Needed:" https://delight.dreamwidth.org/156856.html

* Want to help LGBTQIA+ folk escapr repressive regimes? https://www.rainbowrailroad.com/donate

* Donate to HIAS to help refugees: https://act.hias.org/page/6048/donate/1

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

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

* The Rainbow Road and other ways to help Gay Refugees: http://gwydionmisha.tumblr.com/post/160470723507/the-rainbow-railroad-is-helping-gay-men-escape

* Upset about the abuse of big cats by people who shouldn't be allowed to keep them? Big cat rescue is trying to change laws to protect wild animals. "Cat Laws:" https://bigcatrescue.org/cat-laws/

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

* Birthday/Solstice master list: https://gwydion.dreamwidth.org/1925021.html
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May. 4th, 2019 06:23 pm
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* "Special Report: China's vast fleet is tipping the balance in the...:" https://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-army-navy-specialreport/special-report-chinas-vast-fleet-is-tipping-the-balance-in-the-pacific-idUSKCN1S612W

* "What Trump’s long phone call with Putin could mean:" http://www.msnbc.com/am-joy/watch/trump-spoke-with-putin-but-didn-t-discuss-russian-meddling-58867781535

* "National security correspondent says Barr’s conflicts are known:" http://www.msnbc.com/am-joy/watch/republicans-call-for-investigations-into-the-fbi-58867269741

* "Rep. Jamie Raskin discusses potential Democratic strategies in age of Trump:" http://www.msnbc.com/am-joy/watch/legal-conflicts-between-trump-and-house-democrats-escalate-58868293506

* "Did Attorney General Barr mislead Congress?:" http://www.msnbc.com/am-joy/watch/william-barr-s-standoff-with-house-democrats-58862661824

* This harms the poorest children the most, like most Republican policies. "With Trump rollback, school lunch could get more white bread:" https://www.apnews.com/b1be9f0f856542a5af962a2f5d7806d5

* "How Trade Agreements Stand in the Way of an International Green New Deal:" http://inthesetimes.com/features/green-new-deal-trade-deals-emissions.html

* "The Green New Deal Costs Less Than Doing Nothing:" https://newrepublic.com/article/153702/green-new-deal-costs-less-nothing

* "The Housing Market Doesn’t Just Reflect American Inequality—It Exacerbates It:" https://www.citylab.com/equity/2019/05/affordable-housing-rental-income-inequality-data-homeowners/588109/

* "We have an income crisis, not a housing crisis:" https://www.motherjones.com/kevin-drum/2019/04/we-have-an-income-crisis-not-a-housing-crisis/

* "Exclusive: Trump administration proposal would make it easier to...:" https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-immigration-benefits-exclusive/exclusive-trump-administration-proposal-would-make-it-easier-to-deport-immigrants-who-use-public-benefits-idUSKCN1S91UR

* "“Smart” Technology Is Coming for Prisons, Too:" https://slate.com/technology/2019/04/smart-ai-prisons-surveillance-monitoring-inmates.html

* "People in prison are way more likely to have dyslexia. The justice system sets them up to fail.:" https://www.motherjones.com/crime-justice/2019/04/people-in-prison-are-way-more-likely-to-have-dyslexia-the-justice-system-sets-them-up-to-fail/

* Good! This is real progress. "How California Is Making Up for 20 Years of English-Only Education:" https://psmag.com/education/a-huge-shift-how-california-is-making-up-for-20-years-of-english-only-education

* TW: Pedophilia "The Mormon Church Has Been Accused of Using a Victims' Hotline to Hide Claims of Sexual Abuse:" https://news.vice.com/en_us/article/d3n73w/duty-to-report-the-mormon-church-has-been-accused-of-using-a-victims-hotline-to-hide-sexual-abuse-claims

* "ABCs of LGBTQ history mandated for more U.S. public schools:" https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-lgbt-education/abcs-of-lgbtq-history-mandated-for-more-u-s-public-schools-idUSKCN1S912O

* "As Big Pharma Abandons Antibiotic Research, Scientists Turn to Graves, Lizards, and Fungus for…:" https://onezero.medium.com/inside-the-global-scavenger-hunt-to-beat-the-antibiotic-apocalypse-42e41472fcbb?gi=1f56bb06de04

* "Busting the myth that depression doesn't affect people in poor countries:" https://www.theguardian.com/society/2019/apr/30/busting-the-myth-that-depression-doesnt-affect-people-in-poor-countries

* "Hardships from Hawaii volcano stretch on 1 year later:" https://www.apnews.com/5b2fc2fc37a445f9a5455de706794a66

* "Prehistoric Traders Cheated Rich People With Fake Amber Jewelry:" http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/d-brief/2019/05/03/iberians-fake-amber-cheat/#.XM01OaJ7nIU

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

* "Books for low-income kids who don't have enough books Needed:" https://delight.dreamwidth.org/156856.html

* Want to help LGBTQIA+ folk escapr repressive regimes? https://www.rainbowrailroad.com/donate

* Donate to HIAS to help refugees: https://act.hias.org/page/6048/donate/1

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

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

* The Rainbow Road and other ways to help Gay Refugees: http://gwydionmisha.tumblr.com/post/160470723507/the-rainbow-railroad-is-helping-gay-men-escape

* Upset about the abuse of big cats by people who shouldn't be allowed to keep them? Big cat rescue is trying to change laws to protect wild animals. "Cat Laws:" https://bigcatrescue.org/cat-laws/

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

* Birthday/Solstice master list: https://gwydion.dreamwidth.org/1925021.html
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Not even close to all the News. Too Tired. ZZZZZ.

Apr. 20th, 2019 03:55 am
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* "‘I felt like a slave:’ Inside China’s complex system of incarceration and control of minorities:" https://www.theglobeandmail.com/world/article-i-felt-like-a-slave-inside-chinas-complex-system-of-incarceration/

* "In South Sudan, midwives bring down deaths despite the odds:" https://www.apnews.com/cc857dc393a042d9b713a221558873aa

* Despite all the evidence. Sigh. "Kremlin claims there's no proof in Mueller’s report of Russian meddling:" https://www.politico.com/story/2019/04/19/kremlin-mueller-report-russian-meddling-1282654

* "Nadler subpoenas DOJ for full version of the Mueller report:" https://www.politico.com/story/2019/04/19/nadler-subpoena-full-mueller-report-1282969

* "House Dems in talks with DOJ for Mueller testimony:" https://www.politico.com/story/2019/04/19/robert-mueller-testimony-house-judiciary-committee-1283213

* "More Than 750,000 Could Lose Food Stamps Under Trump Administration Proposal:" https://www.npr.org/2019/04/01/707681965/more-than-750-000-could-lose-food-stamps-under-trump-administration-proposal

* "How the 1 Percent Is Tearing America Apart:" https://www.citylab.com/equity/2019/04/economic-inequality-geographic-divide-map-census-income-data/586222/

* "Companies warn Trump: Census citizenship question could be costly:" https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-census-business-insight/companies-warn-trump-census-citizenship-question-could-be-costly-idUSKCN1RT17M

* "How to Resist Validating President Trump’s View of Sanctuary Cities:" https://www.newyorker.com/news/our-columnists/how-to-resist-validating-president-trumps-view-of-sanctuary-cities

* "The NYPD Union’s War Against Parole Reform:" https://www.thenation.com/article/nypd-parole-lynch-herman-bell/

* "Labor Law Doesn’t Apply If You’re in Prison:" http://inthesetimes.com/working/entry/21810/labor_law_prison_unicor_court_bivens_labor_law_discrimination_retaliation

* "Boston's METCO Program Is Fading Away:" https://www.citylab.com/equity/2019/04/the-utter-inadequacy-of-americas-efforts-to-desegregate-schools/586981/

* "America doesn’t just have a gender pay gap. It has a gender wealth gap.:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/2019/04/02/america-doesnt-just-have-gender-pay-gap-it-has-gender-wealth-gap/?noredirect=on&utm_term=.e9952aa57de5

* "Loos, Lewdness, and Literature: Tales from the Boghouse:" https://publicdomainreview.org/2019/04/17/tales-from-the-boghouse/

* "The Sly Modernity of Édouard Laboulaye’s Fairy Tales:" https://www.nybooks.com/daily/2019/04/06/the-sly-modernity-of-edouard-laboulayes-fairy-tales/

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

* "Books for low-income kids who don't have enough books Needed:" https://delight.dreamwidth.org/156856.html

* Want to help LGBTQIA+ folk escapr repressive regimes? https://www.rainbowrailroad.com/donate

* Donate to HIAS to help refugees: https://act.hias.org/page/6048/donate/1

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

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

* The Rainbow Road and other ways to help Gay Refugees: http://gwydionmisha.tumblr.com/post/160470723507/the-rainbow-railroad-is-helping-gay-men-escape

* Upset about the abuse of big cats by people who shouldn't be allowed to keep them? Big cat rescue is trying to change laws to protect wild animals. "Cat Laws:" https://bigcatrescue.org/cat-laws/

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

* Have something you want to tell your Congress Critters? If you can not protest in person, here are some other options:
Call the Capitol Switchboard at (202) 224-3121 and ask to be connected to the representative of your choice.

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

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

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

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

* Birthday/Solstice master list: https://gwydion.dreamwidth.org/1925021.html
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Mar. 15th, 2019 08:49 am
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* "'We don't have time to wait:' Teenagers fight for a greener planet:" https://www.cnn.com/2019/03/14/world/global-climate-strike-teenagers-school-walkout-greta-thunberg-intl/index.html

* "'There is no Planet B': Tens of thousands of students ditch school for climate change rallies:" https://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-03-15/students-walk-out-of-class-to-protest-climate-change/10901978

* "New Zealand Muslim leaders call for calm after mosque attacks:" https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/mar/15/new-zealand-muslim-leaders-call-for-calm-after-mosque-attacks

* "Attacks could reverse gains in Congo’s Ebola fight, says WHO:" http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2019/mar/14/attacks-could-reverse-gains-in-congos-ebola-fight-/

* "Theresa May has finally got the Brexiters where she wants them:" https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2019/mar/14/theresa-may-brexit-article-50-delay

* "Venezuela’s inflation worse than Zimbabwe, Iran, amid grinding economic crisis:" https://www.miamiherald.com/news/nation-world/world/americas/venezuela/article227814159.html

* "Are Kenyans still scandalized by scandals?:" https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-47554326

* "Senate rebukes Trump with vote ordering U.S. military to end support for Saudi-led war in Yemen:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/powerpost/senate-rebukes-trump-with-vote-ordering-us-military-to-end-support-for-saudi-led-war-in-yemen/2019/03/13/da6a24a8-45c2-11e9-8aab-95b8d80a1e4f_story.html?noredirect=on&utm_term=.86ba1e9ec343

* "Mnuchin’s Hollywood Ties Raise Ethical Questions in China Talks:" https://www.nytimes.com/2019/03/14/us/politics/mnuchin-china-trade-hollywood.html

* "Russians may have laundered money through Trump Organization, president could be “compromised,” Schiff says:" https://www.newsweek.com/russians-laundered-money-trump-organization-1362120

* ”Mnuchin tussles with House Democrats over Trump's tax returns:" https://www.politico.com/story/2019/03/14/mnuchin-trump-tax-returns-1221286

* TW: Sexual Assault "Court allows defamation suit against Trump to proceed:" https://www.politico.com/story/2019/03/14/summer-zervos-trump-1221742

* "NY attorney general: Evidence shows Trump misused charity:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/ny-attorney-general-evidence-shows-trump-misused-charity/2019/03/14/8d7ab87e-469e-11e9-94ab-d2dda3c0df52_story.html?noredirect=on&utm_term=.d5060bcfc61c

* "House overwhelmingly approves resolution urging release of Mueller report:" https://www.politico.com/story/2019/03/14/house-resolution-release-mueller-report-1221287

* "FBI’s Peter Strzok told Congress election tampering was a ‘far graver threat’ than Clinton email scandal, new transcript says:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/house-republicans-release-transcript-of-former-fbi-official-peter-strzok/2019/03/14/96c1c3c6-4655-11e9-90f0-0ccfeec87a61_story.html?noredirect=on&utm_term=.c31bd3839ecf

* "GOP's transcript release gambit backfires upon actual reading:" http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/gop-s-transcript-release-gambit-backfires-upon-actual-reading-1458542147704

* "Report: DNC hack may have used tech system in Steele dossier:" http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/report-dnc-hack-may-have-used-tech-system-in-steele-dossier-1458536515723

* "Beto announces bid for president:" https://www.politico.com/story/2019/03/14/beto-orourke-2020-president-1207704

* "Beto O'Rourke is running for president:" http://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/beto-o-rourke-is-running-for-president-1458432067967

* Does he realize that Social security is less than a thousand a month? Why does he think people with complex and expensive medical needs ought to have less money than the able bodied? "US presidential hopeful: Free money can help save the country from jobs lost to robots:" https://www.cnbc.com/2018/09/10/andrew-yang-universal-basic-income-to-protect-jobs-from-automation.html

* "South Bend Mayor Pete Buttigieg Just Proved He's One to Watch for 2020:" https://www.esquire.com/news-politics/a26785867/pete-buttigieg-candidate-2020/

* "Sen. Vicki Marble Doubles Down on Threat to 9News Reporter: "I'll Ambush HIM with MY Camera Crew!":" https://coloradotimesrecorder.com/2019/03/colorado-lawmaker-doubles-down-on-threat-to-9news-reporter-ill-ambush-him-with-my-camera-crew/14466/

* "Trump Jr. serves up another self-own:" http://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/trump-jr-serves-up-another-self-own-1458433091794

* "How Does Losing Medicaid Help You Get a Job?:" https://www.thenation.com/article/arkansas-medicaid-work-requirement-healthcare/

* "Families of Sandy Hook shooting victims can sue gunmaker Remington over 2012 attack, court says:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/families-of-sandy-hook-shooting-victims-can-sue-gunmaker-remington-over-2012-attack-court-says/2019/03/14/4222b1ec-4671-11e9-aaf8-4512a6fe3439_story.html?noredirect=on&utm_term=.29c1c0c6b8e5

* "Sandy Hook families win ruling to seek gun maker accountability:" http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/sandy-hook-families-win-ruling-to-seek-gun-maker-accountability-1458545731929

* "Sandy Hook families see legal path around gun industry immunity:" http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/sandy-hook-families-see-legal-path-around-gun-industry-immunity-1458551875837

* "Senate deals blow to Trump in vote to terminate border emergency:" https://www.politico.com/story/2019/03/14/romney-alexander-national-emergency-1221317

* "Congress takes historic action blocking Trump on emergency call:" http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/congress-takes-historic-action-blocking-trump-on-emergency-call-1458542659936

* Don't hold your breath for overturning the veto, but now is an excellent time to tell your Republican Senator to stand against the Emergency Declaration just in case. If you can not protest in person, here are some other options:

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

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

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

* "Democrats call on Wilbur Ross to resign:" http://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/democrats-call-on-wilbur-ross-to-resign-1458445891594

* "Hunter High School Is 9 Percent Black or Hispanic. Why Isn’t It Part of the Diversity Debate?:" https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/21/nyregion/hunter-high-school-diversity-exam.html

* "The surprising benefits of serving prisoners better food:" https://www.motherjones.com/crime-justice/2019/03/prison-food-health-commissary-strike-public-health-chronic-disease-pelican-bay/

* TW: Rape, Pedophilia "New details revealed in alleged R. Kelly assault of Baltimore teenager in 1996:" https://www.newsweek.com/r-kelly-accused-1996-sexual-assault-baltimore-witness-comes-forward-1362321

* "Jacob Tobia - Promoting a "Gender-Chill" Exploration of Identity with "Sissy" :"

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* "Pentagon issues new transgender policy limiting service members to birth gender:" https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/pentagon-issues-transgender-policy-limiting-service-members-birth/story?id=61643836

* "America’s Cities Are Running on Software From the ’80s:" https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-02-28/america-s-cities-are-running-on-software-from-the-80s

* "AI can spot the pain from a disease some doctors still think is fake:" https://qz.com/1349854/ai-can-spot-the-pain-from-a-disease-some-doctors-still-think-is-fake/

* "Amazon Will Pay a Whopping $0 in Federal Taxes on $11.2 Billion Profits:" http://fortune.com/2019/02/14/amazon-doesnt-pay-federal-taxes-2019/

* "X-Ray Analysis Reveals Self-Portrait Hidden Under Artemisia Gentileschi Painting:" https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/x-ray-analysis-reveals-self-portrait-hidden-under-artemisia-gentileschi-painting-180971653/?utm_source=facebook.com&utm_medium=socialmedia&fbclid=IwAR33Ae8DJjUqMj0souhUQDSeDFspuZJsbywS3f_bS73cp0SCOLWlhkdSDXQ

* "Beto O'Rourke Enters the 2020 Race & Andrew Yang's Campaign for Universal Basic Income:"

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* "Arrested Developments - Dumb Solutions to Policing Problems:"

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* "Mike Pence Loses Some Office Space:"

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* "Now That's What I Call An Alibi:"

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* "Trump Told Gen. Kelly To 'Get Rid Of My Kids':"

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* "A Republican Rebuke Of The President:"

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* "Doin' It Donkey Style: Born To Beto:"

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* "Meanwhile... The Wearable Penis Camera:"

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* I not only successfully completed the scheduled phone bureaucracy, but made several other necessary phone calls. More phone calls I need to make appeared in my mail, but I ran out of time and anyway needed to food and lung. Today's scheduled bureaucracy was about a program that helps elderly and disabled home owners get repairs they can't afford. As a result, the plumbing plans are on hold, since having a licensed a bonded plumber sort it for free would be worth waiting for even if right now the kitchen sink is spewing rotted milk again.

* "G and S parody: Xena; or the Warrior Princess:" http://www.cs.cmu.edu/~valkyrie/parody/xena.html

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

* Trans Helplines: https://www.translifeline.org/

* Want to complaint about Betsy DeVos's plan to coddle college rapists? https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2018/11/29/2018-25314/nondiscrimination-on-the-basis-of-sex-in-education-programs-or-activities-receiving-federal#open-comment

* Donate to HIAS to help refugees: https://act.hias.org/page/6048/donate/1

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

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

* The Rainbow Road and other ways to help Gay Refugees: http://gwydionmisha.tumblr.com/post/160470723507/the-rainbow-railroad-is-helping-gay-men-escape

* Upset about the abuse of big cats by people who shouldn't be allowed to keep them? Big cat rescue is trying to change laws to protect wild animals. "Cat Laws:" https://bigcatrescue.org/cat-laws/

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

* Have something you want to tell your Congress Critters? If you can not protest in person, here are some other options:
Call the Capitol Switchboard at (202) 224-3121 and ask to be connected to the representative of your choice.

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

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

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

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

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

Dec. 22nd, 2018 08:39 am
gwydion: (Default)
* "The warnings of escalation in the Russia-Ukraine standoff:" https://www.axios.com/russia-ukraine-crisis-getting-worse-c02757c8-e5d1-4763-bc44-555ced984780.html

* "Saudi and US resistance delays UN resolution on Yemen ceasefire:" https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/dec/20/saudi-and-us-resistance-delays-un-resolution-on-yemen

* "Weighed down by sex and sleaze, the Coalition ends the year the way it started:" https://www.smh.com.au/politics/federal/weighed-down-by-sex-and-sleaze-the-coalition-ends-the-year-the-way-it-started-20181219-p50n4a.html

* "U.S. withdrawal from Syria is 'a message':" http://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/u-s-withdrawal-from-syria-is-a-message-1404739139849

* I keep marveling that the only way there was any chance of us pulling out of Afghanistan was for the American President's Russian handler to tell him to do it quite openly on television?

* "As stocks drop, Trump fears he’s losing his best argument for reelection:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/economy/as-stocks-drop-trump-fears-hes-losing-his-best-argument-for-re-election/2018/12/20/a7368994-fd53-11e8-ad40-cdfd0e0dd65a_story.html?noredirect=on&utm_term=.1473ecf35d78

* "Dow dives 400 points to end its worst week in 10 years:" https://www.cnbc.com/2018/12/21/us-stocks-set-for-lower-week-after-fed-decision-government-shutdown-fears.html

* "‘A tailspin’: Under siege, Trump propels the government and markets into crisis:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/a-tailspin-under-siege-trump-propels-the-government-and-markets-into-crisis/2018/12/20/e30347e0-046b-11e9-b6a9-0aa5c2fcc9e4_story.html?noredirect=on&utm_term=.52a0e1af08a3

* "Trump's Hall of Mirrors:" https://talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/trumps-hall-of-mirrors

* Mueller's Special Council Office is will not be shutting down.

* "Hirono: Trump only wants an A.G. who will do his bidding:" http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/hirono-trump-only-wants-an-a-g-who-will-do-his-bidding-1404852803713

* "Trump surrogate Katrina Pierson demands John McCain answer her questions -- and gets buried in ridicule:" https://www.rawstory.com/2018/12/trump-surrogate-katrina-pierson-demands-john-mccain-answer-questions-gets-buried-ridicule/?fbclid=IwAR1FBHz8eSBW5lYAzYXEvVrbQO-esVMGz1qfw8SPHulKeqB49dk31RCvXaU

* "A Top Aide’s Exit Plan Raises Eyebrows in the White House:" https://www.nytimes.com/2018/12/20/us/politics/zachary-fuentes-coast-guard-retirement.html

* "Normal corruption scandal highlights distorted news climate:" http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/normal-corruption-scandal-highlights-distorted-news-climate-1404858947822

* "Russians Tried, but Were Unable to Compromise Midterm Elections, U.S. Says:" https://www.nytimes.com/2018/12/21/us/politics/russia-midterm-election-influence-coates.html

* "Billionaire donor Robert Mercer cuts back on GOP support after being scrutinized for backing Trump:" https://www.cnbc.com/2018/12/21/robert-mercer-scales-back-gop-support-after-scrutiny-for-backing-trump.html

* "Hayes: Country feels on the precipice of real crisis:" http://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/hayes-country-feels-on-the-precipice-of-real-crisis-1404712003724

* They caught it early because of the broken rib. Let us all hope her lymph node results are good. "Ruth Bader Ginsburg has surgery for malignant nodules in her lung:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/courts_law/ruth-bader-ginsburg-has-surgery-for-malignant-nodules-in-her-lung/2018/12/21/03009a1e-0545-11e9-b6a9-0aa5c2fcc9e4_story.html?noredirect=on&utm_term=.3587349f5c73

* "Government shutdown begins as talks falter over Trump’s border wall:" https://www.politico.com/story/2018/12/21/senate-trump-wall-1072331

* "Why Trump shut down the government - again:" http://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/why-trump-shut-down-the-government-again-1404709443949

* "Congress back to square one as Trump forces government shutdown:" http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/congress-back-to-square-one-as-trump-forces-government-shutdown-1404857923725

* "Congressional GOP saves room for cheese amid shutdown crisis:" http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/congressional-gop-saves-room-for-cheese-amid-shutdown-crisis-1404855363914

* "Supreme Court denies Trump administration request to immediately enforce new asylum rules:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/courts_law/supreme-court-denies-trump-administration-request-to-immediately-enforce-new-asylum-rules/2018/12/21/e9cdaf32-03c8-11e9-b6a9-0aa5c2fcc9e4_story.html?noredirect=on&utm_term=.1b23bb8ae921

* "Under pressure, Pa. prisons repeal restrictive book policy:" http://www.philly.com/philly/news/pennsylvania-book-ban-doc-books-through-bars-wetzel-20181102.html

* TW: Rape. "She swiped her co-worker’s Coke can. Police say it cracked a 28-year-old murder case.:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2018/12/18/she-swiped-her-co-workers-coke-can-police-say-it-cracked-year-old-murder-case/?noredirect=on&utm_term=.92d95065d016

* "A Legislative Battle Looms Over Arizona's Repressive LGBT Education Laws:" https://psmag.com/education/the-education-legislation-battle-coming-to-arizona

* TW: Suicide. "Kaiser clinicians say Kaiser's mental health care is awful:" https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2018/12/kaiser-mental-health-care-problems/

* "Tiny raptor tracks lead to big discovery:" https://phys.org/news/2018-11-tiny-raptor-tracks-big-discovery.html

* "The Christians and the Pagans - Dar Williams:"

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* "Star Trek: Space Command:"

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* "The TV Is Telling The President What To Do:"

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* "Secretary Mattis Takes A Parting Shot At Trump:"

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* "A Very Special Counsel Christmas:"

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* This Solstice Ritual didn't go nearly as well as the summer solstice one. IDK. Anyway, best wishes to all who celebrate. This the coming year be better than this last.

* "Tonight is the Longest Night:" https://auresse.dreamwidth.org/7801.html

* The cats celebrated the evening with surprise messes to find with my feet. Bonus points for Tavy who managed not to re-break my toe while using it as a springboard for a Great Leap, scratching it all to hell and causing it to swell like a ballpark frank. I'm pretty sure none of these messes were Livia's fault, as one was a crime scene #2 situation for Tavy and the other looked like LM's mo.

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

* Trans Helplines: https://www.translifeline.org/

* Want to complaint about Betsy DeVos's plan to coddle college rapists? https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2018/11/29/2018-25314/nondiscrimination-on-the-basis-of-sex-in-education-programs-or-activities-receiving-federal#open-comment

* "Trump’s New Wall to Keep Out the Disabled:" https://www.nytimes.com/2018/11/29/opinion/trumps-disability-public-charge.html

They are soliciting public comment on these draconian regulations until December 10th here: https://www.regulations.gov/comment?D=USCIS-2010-0012-0001

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

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

* "Resources for Male Victims of Abuse:" http://butlerbookbinding.tumblr.com/post/178933672694/resources-for-male-victims-of-abuse

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

* Donate to HIAS to help refugees: https://act.hias.org/page/6048/donate/1

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

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

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

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

* Have something you want to tell your Congress Critters? If you can not protest in person, here are some other options:
Call the Capitol Switchboard at (202) 224-3121 and ask to be connected to the representative of your choice.

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

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

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

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

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