gwydion | Entries tagged with propaganda

* 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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* "Bombing of herders highlights pattern of deadly aerial assaults by the Nigerian military :" https://www.reuters.com/investigates/special-report/nigeria-military-civilian-airstrikes/

* "A boat carrying 180 Rohingya refugees vanished.:" https://apnews.com/article/rohingya-investigation-missing-boat-refugees-bangladesh-myanmar-migration-1b94b4472a42b26eb066bef47b7bcf7e

* "A pop-up restaurant in Kabul is run by women for women. The Taliban is watching:" https://www.npr.org/sections/goatsandsoda/2023/06/01/1179134749/a-pop-up-restaurant-in-kabul-is-run-by-women-for-women-the-taliban-is-watching

* "Nicola Sturgeon arrested in SNP finances investigation:" https://www.thepinknews.com/2023/06/11/nicola-sturgeon-arrested-in-snp-finances-investigation/

* "Blasts at major dam in southern Ukraine unleash floodwaters" https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/ukraine-says-russia-blows-up-major-nova-kakhovka-dam-southern-ukraine-2023-06-06/

* CW: Animal Death. "Hundreds of Animals Killed After Dam Attack Floods Ukraine Zoo:" https://www.newsweek.com/hundreds-animals-killed-after-dam-attack-floods-ukraine-zoo-1804856

I have a particular horror of things like floods hitting zoos.

* "Nebraska Sued Over Law Restricting Abortion and Gender-Affirming Care:" https://www.advocate.com/law/nebraska-abortion-transgender-lawsuit

* "Vermont's GOP Governor Shock: Protects Trans Care, Abortion Rights:" https://www.advocate.com/law/vermont-protects-abortion-transgender

* "Marion County judge moves forward RFRA challenge to Indiana abortion ban:" https://www.indystar.com/story/news/local/indianapolis/2023/06/07/marion-county-judge-moves-forward-rfra-lawsuit-indiana-abortion-ban/70299401007/

* "36 Queer Pride Flags You Should Know:" https://www.advocate.com/gay-pride-parade/36-queer-pride-flags-know

* "LGBTQ+ Equality Support Is at Record High But Some Troubling Trends Exist:" https://www.advocate.com/news/glaad-accelerating-acceptance-2023

* "Transgender adults reflect on art they created as kids:" https://www.today.com/parents/family/transgender-kids-childhood-art-rcna87945

* "Russia wants to ban all trans healthcare and gender recognition:" https://www.thepinknews.com/2023/06/16/russia-trans-healthcare-ban/

* Our suspicions prove correct, unfortunately. "Government officials attempt to stop Pride festival set up in South Korea:" https://www.thepinknews.com/2023/06/17/queer-festival-daegu-south-korea-hong-joon-pyo/

* "The American Medical Association Has Strengthened Its Stance on Gender-Affirming Care:" https://www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/american-medical-association-strengthened-stance-165953501.html?guccounter=1

* "Sesame Street tweeted support for Pride Month. Take a wild guess how bigots responded:" https://www.thepinknews.com/2023/06/13/sesame-street-pride-month-twitter-backlash-boycott/

* We literally noticed their pride flag window displays Wednesday when we were out and about today. They had a really good selection of flags, including non-binary and genderfluid. We were driving slowly past to look at them, but it was clear they all had a placard underneath, presumably with information about them for inside customers. If we'd known there was controversy, wed have taken a picture. "Starbucks denies banning LGBTQ+ Pride decorations in stores:" https://www.thepinknews.com/2023/06/14/starbucks-lgbtq-pride/

* "FDA advisers back updated COVID shots for fall vaccinations:" https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2023/06/15/1182503195/fda-advisers-back-updated-covid-shots-for-fall-vaccinations

* "Human-caused climate change to blame for increase in California’s wildfires:" https://news.uci.edu/2023/06/12/human-caused-climate-change-to-blame-for-increase-in-californias-wildfires/

* "Denialists Are Blaming Anything but Climate for Canada’s Fires:" https://foreignpolicy.com/2023/06/08/air-quality-canada-wildfire-smog-fire/

* "Fox News is full-on denying the wildfire crisis:" https://www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnbc-opinion/wildfire-smoke-fox-news-climate-rcna88434?cid=sm_npd_ms_tw_ma&taid=648481f0ab5b67000172cf67

* "How the train crash in eastern India unfolded:" https://www.reuters.com/graphics/INDIA-CRASH/RAIL-INVESTIGATION/dwvkdwnbkpm/index.html

* "In a first, a climate lawsuit from young people is going to trial:" https://www.mtpr.org/montana-news/2023-06-11/youth-climate-trial

* "Rich nations say they're spending billions to fight climate change. Some money is going to strange places.:" https://www.reuters.com/investigates/special-report/climate-change-finance/

* "'Incredibly Disturbing' Docs Reveal Oil Giant Shell Knew About Climate Impacts Even Earlier :" https://www.commondreams.org/news/shell-fossil-fuels-climate-1970s

* "Virginia air board votes to leave interstate carbon-capping alliance opposed by Youngkin:" https://thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/4039213-virginia-air-board-votes-to-leave-interstate-carbon-capping-alliance-opposed-by-youngkin/

* I am old enough to remember this. I don't want this to be our future too. "This is what America looked like before the EPA cleaned it up:" https://www.popsci.com/america-before-epa-photos/

* "For the first time, more money is going into solar power than oil:" https://www.cbsnews.com/news/solar-power-oil-investment-russia-invasion-energy-renewable-boom/

* "Liquid tree to combat air pollution in Belgrade:" https://balkangreenenergynews.com/liquid-tree-to-combat-air-pollution-in-belgrade/

* "Reddit says protesting communities crashed the site:" https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/tech-news/reddit-down-private-blackout-goes-protest-took-subreddits-rcna88856

* "One of Reddit's largest communities is protesting changes to the platform by posting only photos of John Oliver 'looking sexy':" https://www.businessinsider.com/reddit-community-is-protesting-by-posting-sexy-john-oliver-photos-2023-6?amp

* "Elon Musk’s anti-trans tweets continue with views on Megan Fox and her kids:" https://www.siliconvalley.com/2023/06/12/elon-musk-anti-trans-tweets-continue-with-views-on-megan-fox-and-her-kids/

* "Tucker Carlson thinks he’s being ‘silenced’ after being ‘hit with cease and desist’ by Fox News:" https://www.thepinknews.com/2023/06/14/tucker-carlson-twitter-fox-news-cease-desist/

* "Fungi seem to 'sweat' to stay cool and scientists don't know why:" https://www.livescience.com/planet-earth/plants/fungi-seem-to-sweat-to-stay-cool-and-scientists-dont-know-why

* "David Attenborough fought to put transgender people on TV 45 years ago, secret BBC memo reveals:" https://inews.co.uk/news/david-attenborough-fought-to-put-transgender-people-on-tv-45-years-ago-secret-bbc-memo-reveals-180681

* "Silvio Berlusconi, Italy's ex-prime minister and media mogul, dies at 86:" https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/former-italian-pm-silvio-berlusconi-has-died-italian-media-2023-06-12/

* "Poland’s bus route 666: Farewell to the highway to Hel:" https://www.euronews.com/culture/2023/06/16/polands-bus-route-666-farewell-to-the-highway-to-hel

* "Mary Trump and E. Jean Carroll Join Forces for Romance Novel:" https://www.advocate.com/books/mary-trump-e-jean-carroll

* "Kicking Out The Homophobe | r/AITA:"

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* "13 LGBTQ+ Books to Read and Enjoy Before Spring Is Over :" https://www.advocate.com/books/lgbtq-books-spring-2023

* "Questions You Wish You Could Ask A Gay Transgender Man: A tongue-in-cheek take on cisgender people’s frequently asked questions.:" https://johannestevans.medium.com/questions-you-wish-you-could-ask-a-gay-transgender-man-df6133d4bdb5

* "Building Full of Memories:"

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* Tuesday an actual cleaner arrived. The kitchen is very clean. When she was moping, Livia peeked out at the wrong time and the Stranger saw her glowy eyes in the shadowy depths of her fortress of Solitude. This was understandably distressing to Livia. Tavy, on the other hand, made me pick him up to get a better look at her and spent a lot of time staring at her while she worked.

I had the second bad fall in three days after she left, though it was not as bad as Sunday's during which I had nothing at all to grab on the way down and I nearly squashed Tavy. At least my bruising is fairly symmetrical now. The last week plus I've been having arms and or legs cut out at random when I'm trying to use them. The arm thing is super annoying and I keep dropping heavy things. Trips to the bathroom are terrifying. The pain is, as you can imagine, nightmarish even by my standards.

Wednesday we had important time dependent errands which meant an hour and a half less sleep and extra pain, but they were absolutely worth it. We got the essential things done. There was also frustration as I had given away my construction paper a couple of years ago since I wasn't using it, and apparently they no longer sell it locally, which is insane. It was all foam and/or felt mats and/or card stock in the usual places. This is insanity! It's kids home craft season!

Bonus horrible thing: The other Allergy Clinic decided they don't want any new Medicare patients, so I'm likely fucked. I am going to call my medical caseworker during business hours in case she can do the same magic the previous one did last year with dental care and I will see what new doctor can do when I meet them. Realistically though? Fucked.

Oh, and head Millennial isn't getting paid for another month for AID work which hurts both of us.

* Wednesday was productive but so exhausting I couldn't even. Friday they sent a cleaner, who was acceptable, but not as good as the previous three. It's free. She accomplished the main goals. That's all I can reasonably ask for.

Saturday, the engine light came on while I was driving the Head Millennial home. This will be the third trip to the shop in as many months, and I was only just finally catching up on bills. I don't know what I'll pay them with.

* My oldest continuous friend is trying to raise money to buy games for a Cat Rescue fundraiser. This cat rescue is no kill and places most cats in foster homes until they can be adopted. They are good people there and it's a huge number of cats many needing basic or more serious healthcare.

https://www.gofundme.com/f/318lgf6fa0?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=p_cf%20share-flow-1&fbclid=IwAR1smSQTz7deMSVUBsEg30AdhQ-zeAEHGXOcHXqVUILTlF2MqnIIW49SDVU

* Me watching the Strange New Worlds Premiere, squealing with delight: Simka!

* "Midnight Pals: The Good Leaper:" https://www.tumblr.com/bitterkarella/719855901413163008/midnight-pals-the-good-leaper?source=share

* "Midnight Pals: Mr Sandman:" https://www.tumblr.com/bitterkarella/720035495511556096/midnight-pals-mr-sandman?source=share

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

The help links are at the bottom under the cut.

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

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

* My oldest continuous friend is trying to raise money to buy games for a Cat Rescue fundraiser. This cat rescue is no kill and places most cats in foster homes until they can be adopted. They are good people there and it's a huge number of cats many needing basic or more serious healthcare.

https://www.gofundme.com/f/318lgf6fa0?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=p_cf%20share-flow-1&fbclid=IwAR1smSQTz7deMSVUBsEg30AdhQ-zeAEHGXOcHXqVUILTlF2MqnIIW49SDVU

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

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

( Links Underneath: )

* My body is very difficult for the last week and a half and no one is letting me sleep. (Pharmacy called me twice friday, for example, and I think that was the fifth or sixth pharmacy call waking me up in the last wee. Ilost track for obvious reasons. Every medical appointment requires three robo calls now and one appointment per week is a minimum for me. Plus all the car stuff and all the other calls waking me up, and Tavy's nightmare Monday and all the other things... No sleep. My eyelid is twitching right now.

* "Climate advocates urge World Bank overhaul as leader exits:" https://apnews.com/article/politics-climate-and-environment-world-bank-david-malpass-donald-trump-8e5da6c379e8452cc75f6b919a463889

* "Iranians are protesting their government on the anniversary of the Islamic Revolution:"`https://www.npr.org/2023/02/11/1156305970/iranians-are-protesting-their-government-on-the-anniversary-of-the-islamic-revol

* "Despite Khamenei's amnesty, most protesters in Iran won't go free, advocate says:" https://www.npr.org/2023/02/14/1156115697/iran-amnesty-protests-arrests-khamenei

* "Death toll from Islamic State attack in Syria at least 53:" https://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/death-toll-islamic-state-attack-syria-53-97306662

* "Insecurity threatens Nigeria's democracy as voters elect a new president:"`https://www.reuters.com/world/africa/insecurity-threatens-nigerias-democracy-voters-elect-new-president-2023-02-17/

* What Netanyahu is trying to do is terrifying. "100,000 Israelis gather in Jerusalem to protest judicial overhaul amid mass strike:"`https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/2023-02-13/ty-article-live/as-nationwide-strike-launches-across-israel-protesters-block-airport/00000186-495d-d80f-abff-6bdd90c30000

* "Israelis set to protest Netanyahu's judicial overhaul for seventh consecutive week:" https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/2023-02-17/ty-article/.premium/israelis-set-to-protest-netanyahus-judicial-overhaul-for-seventh-consecutive-week/00000186-5e99-dba0-a5c6-5efd92720000

* "France braces for protests as Macron pushes forward with pension reform:" https://www.politico.eu/article/france-emmanuel-macron-braced-for-protests-pushes-forward-with-pension-reform/

* "South Africa invokes disaster law to tackle energy crisis:" https://www.reuters.com/world/africa/south-african-president-declares-state-disaster-over-power-crisis-2023-02-09/

* "Explainer: How will South Africa's 'state of disaster' resolve power crisis?:" https://www.reuters.com/world/africa/how-will-south-africas-state-disaster-resolve-power-crisis-2023-02-10/

* "Brazil pushes illegal miners out of Yanomami territory:" https://apnews.com/article/brazil-government-climate-and-environment-indigenous-people-a902ff2529068ccb7965e505f250f0f7

* "Ukraine to summon Hungarian envoy over 'unacceptable' remarks by Orban:" https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/ukraine-summon-hungarian-envoy-over-unacceptable-remarks-by-orban-2023-01-27/

* "Moldovan prime minister announces government resignation:" https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/moldovan-prime-minister-announces-government-resignation-2023-02-10/

* "Moldova names new pro-EU prime minister after government falls amid Russian pressure:" https://www.politico.eu/article/moldova-government-resign-pro-european-union-natalia-gavrilita/

* "What is happening in Moldova, Ukraine's tiny European neighbor with a pro-Russian movement?:" https://www.cnbc.com/2023/02/17/what-is-happening-in-moldova-is-it-putins-next-target-after-ukraine.html

* "Facebook ran ads in Moldova for oligarch sanctioned by US:" https://apnews.com/article/technology-politics-united-states-government-us-department-of-the-treasury-russia-6277b515a552c980c262c72731dccdbe

* "India tax officers search BBC offices weeks after critical Modi documentary:" https://www.reuters.com/world/india/indias-income-tax-department-conducts-searches-bbc-offices-sources-2023-02-14/

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* "Government risks undermining plans to ban ‘no fault’ tenant evictions, say MPs - Committees:" https://committees.parliament.uk/committee/17/levelling-up-housing-and-communities-committee/news/186104/government-risks-undermining-plans-to-ban-no-fault-tenant-evictions-say-mps/

* "Tory MP Who Said Foodbank Users 'Can't Budget' Appointed Deputy Party Chairman:" https://ca.style.yahoo.com/tory-mp-said-foodbank-users-141545922.html

* "Nicola Sturgeon to resign as Scotland's first minister:" https://www.thepinknews.com/2023/02/15/nicola-sturgeon-resigns-quits-lgbtq-trans/

* "SNP 'frontrunner' Kate Forbes has a troubling record on abortion and trans rights:" https://www.thepinknews.com/2023/02/16/kate-forbes-snp-trans-church-abortion/

* "UK strikes hit a 30-year high as inflation erodes pay:" https://www.cnn.com/2023/02/14/economy/uk-strikes-wages-inflation/index.html

* "Tory crackdown on gender reform suggests government might ‘take away rights altogether’, trans dad fears:" https://www.thepinknews.com/2023/02/10/freddy-mcconnell-trans-gender-recognition-act-grc/

* "Tory government would block Welsh gender recognition reform:" https://www.thepinknews.com/2023/02/10/tory-government-block-welsh-gender-recognition-reform/

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* Please, please, wear your mask! "The COVID-19 pandemic in 2023: far from over:" https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(23)00050-8/fulltext

* Republicans continue to try to criminalize life saving medical care. "Idaho lawmakers introduce legislation to criminalize those who administer COVID vaccines:" https://www.ktvb.com/article/news/local/capitol-watch/idaho-lawmakers-introduce-legislation-to-criminalize-those-who-administer-covid-vaccines-legislature/277-2436a514-e7da-4b31-9762-f9be10300075

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* "Ukrainian president addresses UK parliament:" https://www.cnn.com/videos/world/2023/02/08/volodymyr-zelensky-addresses-parliament-sot-intl-vpx.cnn

* "Romania says Russian missile flew over Moldova just outside NATO airspace:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/02/10/romania-moldova-russia-missiles-ukraine-nato/

* "Russia-Ukraine War: U.S. Says Restocking Ukraine With Ammunition Is Urgent to Allies:" https://www.nytimes.com/live/2023/02/14/world/russia-ukraine-news

* "Russian diplomat says ties with US in 'unprecedented crisis':" https://apnews.com/article/politics-russia-government-united-states-moscow-cbc9e5e628564a6ac36caae94a082eb6

* "United States tells citizens: Leave Russia immediately:" https://www.reuters.com/world/us/united-states-tells-citizens-depart-russia-immediately-2023-02-13/

* "Zelenskyy predicts Russian loss and warns Belarus against attack:" https://www.politico.eu/article/volodymyr-zelenskyy-predict-russia-loss-warn-belarus-attack-munich-security-conference/

* "Russia is draining a massive Ukrainian reservoir, endangering a nuclear plant:" https://www.npr.org/2023/02/10/1155761686/russia-is-draining-a-massive-ukrainian-reservoir-endangering-a-nuclear-plant

* "Russian forces strike Ukraine, air raid sirens wail across the country:" https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/russian-forces-strike-ukraine-air-raid-sirens-wail-across-country-2023-02-10/

* "Russia's rare thermobaric rocket launcher taken out by Ukraine, video shows:" https://www.newsweek.com/russia-thermobaric-rocket-launcher-destroyed-ukraine-video-1781454

* "Russia may have lost an entire elite brigade near a Donetsk coal-mining town:" https://www.politico.eu/article/russia-may-have-lost-an-entire-elite-brigade-near-a-coal-mining-town-in-donbas-ukraine-says/

* " On the road from Donetsk, evacuation ends in heartbreak :" https://www.reuters.com/investigates/special-report/ukraine-crisis-evacuation-picture/

* I’m so glad she escaped. "Russian TV Journalist Who Protested Ukraine War On Air Added To Wanted List:" https://www.rferl.org/a/russia-journalist-ukraine-protest-ovsyannikova-wanted-escaped/32063391.html

Want to help Journalists without Borders? https://donate.rsf.org/us/donate/~my-donation

* "Opinion | They clicked once. Then came the dark prisons.:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/interactive/2023/political-protest-new-generation-faces/

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* "US intercepts Russian bombers off Alaska for 2 straight days:" https://abcnews.go.com/US/us-intercepts-russian-bombers-off-alaska-2-straight/story?id=97260923

* "North Korea displays enough ICBMs to overwhelm U.S. defense system against them:" https://www.politico.com/news/2023/02/08/north-korea-missile-capability-icbms-00081993

* "What we know about the unidentified object shot down over Alaska:" https://www.cnn.com/2023/02/11/politics/unidentified-object-alaska-military-latest/index.html

* "U.S. declassifies balloon intelligence, calls out China for spying:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2023/02/09/chinese-balloon-surveillance-program/

* "Congress unites to condemn China — but splits again over Biden — after spy balloon incident:" https://www.politico.com/news/2023/02/09/house-passes-measure-condemning-china-for-spy-balloon-419-0-00082038

* "Chinese Spy Balloon: Legal To Shoot Down?:"

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* "Did the Pentagon use a jet to shoot down a hobby group's balloon?:" https://www.msnbc.com/alex-wagner-tonight/watch/did-the-pentagon-use-a-jet-to-shoot-down-a-hobby-group-s-balloon-163535429550

* "Biden says objects shot down over North America last week appear to not be part of China's spy balloon operation :" https://www.cnn.com/2023/02/16/politics/president-biden-downed-objects

* "Outside of balloon spotlight, Chinese hacks threaten U.S. infrastructure, security:" https://www.msnbc.com/alex-wagner-tonight/watch/outside-of-balloon-spotlight-chinese-hacks-threaten-u-s-infrastructure-security-163391045627

* "After helping prince’s rise, Trump and Kushner benefit from Saudi funds:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2023/02/12/after-helping-princes-rise-trump-kushner-benefit-saudi-funds/

* "Democrat seeks documents about $2 billion Saudi investment in Kushner fund:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2023/02/15/democrats-jared-kushner-saudi-investment-documents/

* "Raskin calls for investigation into Kushner’s $2 billion Saudi deal:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/raskin-calls-for-investigation-into-kushner-s-2-billion-saudi-deal-163456581726

* "New details on how Trump, Kushner continue to profit off Saudi ties:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/new-details-on-how-trump-kushner-continue-to-profit-off-saudi-ties-163301445596

* "Apparent cyberattack forces Florida hospital system to divert some emergency patients to other facilities:" https://www.cnn.com/2023/02/03/politics/cyberattack-hospital-tallahassee-memorial-florida/index.html

* "Exclusive: Former top FBI official involved in Trump-Russia investigation under scrutiny by federal prosecutors for his own ties to Russia:" https://www.businessinsider.com/exclusive-fbi-charles-mcgonigal-trump-russia-grand-jury-oleg-deripaska-2022-9

* "New report raises questions about indicted former FBI spy chief's Russia contacts:" https://www.msnbc.com/alex-wagner-tonight/watch/new-report-raises-questions-about-indicted-former-fbi-spy-chief-s-russia-contacts-163531845694

* "Sarah Huckabee Sanders’s strange ‘woke’ rant reveals a big GOP problem:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/02/08/sarah-huckabee-sanders-sotu-response-biden-woke-ron-desantis/

* "One-on-One with Karine Jean-Pierre:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-sunday-show/watch/one-on-one-with-karine-jean-pierre-163207237765

* "Biden to name Fed's Lael Brainard as top economic advisor, source says:" https://www.cnbc.com/2023/02/14/biden-to-name-feds-lael-brainard-as-top-economic-advisor-source-says.html

* "Black History Flag Flies Over Federal Building For First Time:" https://advocatechannel.com/black-history-flag-flies-over-federal-building-first-time

* "Supreme Court justices discussed, but did not agree on, code of conduct:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2023/02/09/supreme-court-ethics-code/

* "String of scandals prompts push for Supreme Court code of conduct:" https://www.msnbc.com/alex-wagner-tonight/watch/string-of-scandals-prompts-push-for-supreme-court-code-of-conduct-163067461908

* Some Republican Supreme Court justices insist that they are Lawmakers, not judges and the importance of their rulings means they can't be constrained by any ethical rules when changing law in accordance with their political beliefs.

My suspicion is the ethical constraint that most would chafe is an end to them being allowed to take bribes for access.

* "The Supreme Court Could Destroy the Internet. Really.:"

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* "Inflation eases again, but bringing prices further down will take work:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2023/02/14/inflation-easing-cpi-january/

* "Rick Scott pivots on Social Security Medicare after bipartisan backlash:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/rick-scott-pivots-on-social-security-medicare-after-bipartisan-backlash-163605573683

* And yet they don’t examine the massive tax cuts they gave the rich. "Republicans take aim at food stamps in growing fight over federal debt:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/us-policy/2023/02/16/food-stamps-gop-proposed-cuts/

* "Ohio train crash crisis highlights need for safety net GOP seeks to cut:" https://www.msnbc.com/alex-wagner-tonight/watch/ohio-train-crash-crisis-highlights-need-for-safety-net-gop-seeks-to-cut-163614277858

* "582,462 and Counting:" https://www.nytimes.com/2023/02/03/business/economy/us-homeless-population-count.html

* "Striking HarperCollins Workers Reach Tentative Agreement With Publisher:" https://www.nytimes.com/2023/02/09/books/harper-collins-strike-tentative-agreement.html

* "Temple University cuts tuition and health benefits for striking graduate students:" https://www.npr.org/2023/02/10/1155762537/temple-university-grad-strike

Graduate student workers do a lot of the things professors do (grading, some teaching, particularly discussion sections, etc.), and being a grad student is incredibly expensive. Tuition is astronomically higher, and not always covered by grants, scholarships, etc.. The cost of books is massive even compared to undergraduates in the more expensive disciplines. (The books you need for things like advanced language classes and history cost almost as much as housing did for me in grad school per term). The same housing shortages and skyrocketing housing prices effect them as they do everyone else and on campus graduate housing tends to be super limited, especially if you have a spouse or family, which means dealing with expensive city housing markets).

I absolutely support the strikers. Universities use grad students and adjunct professors as a way to avoid paying for tenure track and tenured professors in the quantities they need. Seriously, given the geometric tuition inflation in my lifetime, most universities can afford to pay all their workers properly, they just chose not to.

* "Uber, Lyft drivers announce strike across Pittsburgh region:" https://www.wpxi.com/news/local/uber-lyft-drivers-announce-strike-across-pittsburgh-region/T7SE5T7GHJB7VOD4LG3J4VF34A/

* "Actors strike at California medieval-themed dinner theater:" https://apnews.com/article/california-los-angeles-business-strikes-409905e3e61b5611da872f4f25be8e96

* "Starbucks: A Grande Union Busting With Two Pumps of Racism:"

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* "Cinematographer Halyna Hutchins' parents, sister sue Alec Baldwin over 'Rust' shooting:" https://abcnews.go.com/US/cinematographer-halyna-hutchins-parents-sister-sue-alec-baldwin/story?id=97006332

* "Chris Hayes: The real reason behind the Republican Party infighting:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/chris-hayes-the-real-reason-behind-the-republican-party-infighting-163162693902

* "Plaskett: GOP using ‘weaponization’ panel to air conspiracy theories ahead of 2024:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/plaskett-gop-using-weaponization-panel-to-air-conspiracy-theories-ahead-of-2024-163164229889

* "Specificity key to advancing goals of public safety, police reform: Rep. Horsford:" https://www.msnbc.com/alex-wagner-tonight/watch/specificity-key-to-advancing-goals-of-public-safety-police-reform-rep-horsford-163170885872

* "Gay Dem Blasts Marjorie Taylor Greene for Going After Drag Shows at Hearing:" https://www.advocate.com/politics/marjorie-taylor-greene-robert-garcia

* 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/

* "Democrats look for opportunities to secure democracy against GOP election deniers:" https://www.msnbc.com/alex-wagner-tonight/watch/democrats-look-for-opportunities-to-secure-democracy-against-gop-election-deniers-163463237813

* "Fox knew vote rigging claims were false, Dominion says, as network defends coverage:" https://www.reuters.com/legal/dominion-voting-systems-says-fox-knew-vote-rigging-claims-it-broadcast-were-2023-02-16/

* "Mehdi: Bombshell text evidence confirms Fox 'is not a news channel':" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/mehdi-bombshell-text-evidence-confirms-fox-is-not-a-news-channel-163603525730

* "On air vs. off air: How Fox News lied about the 2020 election:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/on-air-vs-off-air-how-fox-news-lied-about-the-2020-election-163603013893

* "Court brief exposes Fox News fear of fickle, Trump-supporting audience:" https://www.msnbc.com/alex-wagner-tonight/watch/court-brief-exposes-fox-news-fear-of-fickle-trump-supporting-audience-163611205944

* "Fox News exposed for disingenuous coverage of Trump's Big Lie:" https://www.msnbc.com/alex-wagner-tonight/watch/fox-news-exposed-for-disingenuous-coverage-of-trump-s-big-lie-163613253706

* "Who knew a far-right election denier would do Democratic Gov. Katie Hobbs' bidding?:" https://www.azcentral.com/story/opinion/op-ed/laurieroberts/2023/02/07/gov-katie-hobbs-ally-in-election-denier-rep-liz-harris/69881091007/

* "Nikki Haley Launches Her Campaign Beside Doomsday Antisemitic Pastor:" https://www.thedailybeast.com/nikki-haley-launches-her-campaign-beside-doomsday-antisemitic-pastor-john-hagee

* "Trump attacks Nikki Haley from the left on Social Security, Medicare:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/trump-attacks-nikki-haley-from-the-left-on-social-security-medicare-163455557771

* "Nikki Haley stumbles over federal abortion ban issue:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/nikki-haley-stumbles-over-federal-abortion-ban-issue-163527749727

* "Trump Plans to Bring Back Firing Squads, Group Executions if He Retakes White House:" https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/trump-death-penalty-firing-squad-executions-1234679447/

* "Trump Vows to Gut Transgender Rights if Reelected:" https://www.advocate.com/politics/donald-trump-transgender-rights

* "Big GOP donors plot to replace Trump in 2024:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/big-gop-donors-plot-to-replace-trump-in-2024-163050565957

* "California's Rep. Lee files to seek Feinstein's Senate seat:" https://apnews.com/article/politics-united-states-government-2022-midterm-elections-dianne-feinstein-barbara-lee-82e9988882c50b6514b7ee22f946a884

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* "'This is a lie': Sinema's office denies Santos' account of friendly exchange during State of Union:" https://www.cnn.com/2023/02/10/politics/sinema-santos-state-of-the-union/index.html

* "FEC orders Santos to formally declare his 2024 candidacy or 'disavow' post-midterm fundraising :" https://www.cnn.com/2023/02/10/politics/fec-george-santos-campaign-fundraising/index.html

* "George Santos Reportedly Hires Lawyer Convicted of Brazilian Gang Killing:" https://www.advocate.com/news/george-santos-lawyer-gang-execution

* "Santos was charged with theft in 2017 case tied to Amish dog breeders:" https://www.politico.com/news/2023/02/09/santos-charged-theft-2017-dog-breeders-00082091

* "House Democrats file resolution attempting to expel George Santos from Congress:" https://www.cbsnews.com/news/george-santos-house-democrats-resolution-remove-from-congress/

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* "The First Gen Z Congressman Has Landed in Washington:"

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* If this is what he needed then I am very glad he was willing and able to do it. My thoughts are with him. "Fetterman checks into hospital to seek treatment for clinical depression:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/fetterman-checks-into-hospital-to-seek-treatment-for-clinical-depression-163527749542

* White lawmakers are planning to end democracy for a majority black city so they can have their way with the city, much as happened in Flint Michigan only worse. "Controversial Bill in Mississippi:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-sunday-show/watch/controversial-bill-in-mississippi-163208261638

* "Unnerving authoritarian patterns seen from right-wing U.S. governors:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/unnerving-authoritarian-patterns-seen-from-right-wing-u-s-governors-163312709674

* "First step to authoritarianism: attack the free press:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/first-step-to-authoritarianism-attack-the-free-press-163311173811

* This is terrifying in every country where it’s happening. "Authoritarian style attacks on judiciary expected as potential Trump indictment looms:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/authoritarian-style-attacks-on-judiciary-expected-as-potential-trump-indictment-looms-163312197935

* "Feds bust company using child labor to clean meatpacking plants:" https://www.msnbc.com/alex-wagner-tonight/watch/feds-bust-company-using-child-labor-to-clean-meatpacking-plants-163611717920

* "Portions of Georgia grand jury report cite suspicions of false testimony:" https://www.msnbc.com/alex-wagner-tonight/watch/portions-of-grand-jury-report-cite-suspicions-of-false-testimony-163534917814

* "FBI removes one document marked classified from former Vice President Mike Pence's home:" https://www.cnn.com/2023/02/10/politics/mike-pence-house-fbi-search/index.html

* "Trump team turns over additional classified records and laptop to federal prosecutors:" https://www.cnn.com/2023/02/10/politics/trump-classified-records-laptop/index.html

* "Trump lawyers turn over more classified material, including digital copies:" https://www.msnbc.com/alex-wagner-tonight/watch/trump-lawyers-turn-over-more-classified-material-including-digital-copies-163170885625

* "Trump legal spotlight increasingly difficult for Pence to avoid:" https://www.msnbc.com/alex-wagner-tonight/watch/trump-legal-spotlight-increasingly-difficult-for-pence-to-avoid-163169349927

* "Mark Meadows subpoenaed by DOJ special counsel in Jan. 6 probe:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/report-mark-meadows-subpoenaed-by-doj-special-counsel-in-jan-6-probe-163455045531

* "Trump chief of staff Mark Meadows received DOJ subpoena in January: reports:" https://www.msnbc.com/alex-wagner-tonight/watch/trump-chief-of-staff-mark-meadows-received-doj-subpoena-in-january-reports-163464261634

* "What the DOJ special counsel might hope to learn from Mike Pence under subpoena:" https://www.msnbc.com/alex-wagner-tonight/watch/what-the-doj-special-counsel-might-hope-to-learn-from-mike-pence-under-subpoena-163067461596

* "‘He’s going to lose this’: Mike Pence’s chance of challenging DOJ subpoena:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/-he-s-going-to-lose-this-mike-pence-s-chance-of-challenging-doj-subpoena-163049029764

* "Schiff: No excuse for Pence to do anything but cooperate with DOJ subpoena:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/schiff-no-excuse-for-pence-to-do-anything-but-cooperate-with-doj-subpoena-163161157968

* "'Wrongheaded on many levels': Lofgren knocks Pence foot-dragging on DOJ subpoena:" https://www.msnbc.com/alex-wagner-tonight/watch/-wrongheaded-on-many-levels-lofgren-knocks-pence-footdragging-on-doj-subpoena-163391045695

* "Rep. Goldman: Pence is trying Trump's delay strategy in subpoena fight:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/rep-goldman-pence-is-trying-trump-s-delay-strategy-in-subpoena-fight-163526725796

* "Four Takeaways From the Proud Boys Jan. 6 Sedition Trial So Far:" https://www.nytimes.com/2023/02/10/us/politics/proud-boys-jan-6-sedition-trial.html

* "Elon Musk Is An Idiot (and so are Zuck and SBF):"

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* "Joe Rogan Can’t Figure Out Why People Think Elon Musk Is a ‘Right-Winger’ Now:" https://www.thedailybeast.com/joe-rogan-cant-figure-out-why-people-think-elon-musk-is-a-right-winger-now

* "Marjorie Taylor Greene accuses gay former Twitter exec of sexualising children:" https://www.thepinknews.com/2023/02/08/marjorie-taylor-greene-yoel-roth-twitter-hunter-biden-hearing/

* "Extremist influencers are generating millions for Twitter, report says:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2023/02/09/twitter-ads-revenue-suspended-account/

* "FBI says Baltimore County woman plotted to 'shoot up' BGE electric substations:" https://www.wypr.org/wypr-news/2023-02-06/fbi-says-baltimore-county-woman-plotted-to-shoot-up-bge-electric-substations

* "Molotov Cocktail Thrown at New Jersey Synagogue:" https://advocatechannel.com/molotov-cocktail-new-jersey-synagogue

* "Florida could soon have permitless carry. It’s not enough, some gun owners say.:" https://www.tampabay.com/news/florida-politics/2023/02/07/desantis-permitless-carry-bill-gun-open-constitutional/

* "LGBTQ+ Activists Speak Out as Florida Considers Loosening Gun Access:" https://www.advocate.com/politics/permitless-carry-lgbtq-florida

* "New push for assault weapons ban, nearly five years after Parkland shooting:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-sunday-show/watch/new-push-for-assault-weapons-ban-nearly-five-years-after-parkland-shooting-163206725800

* "Maxwell Frost: Gen Z is the 'mass shooting generation’ :" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/maxwell-frost-gen-z-is-the-mass-shooting-generation-163380805669

* CW: Suicide. "Suspect has died of apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound after mass shooting at Michigan State University left 3 dead and 5 injured, police say:" https://www.cnn.com/2023/02/13/us/michigan-state-university-shots-fired/index.html

* "Suspect killed former partner, five others in Mississippi shootings, sheriff says:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2023/02/17/mississippi-shooting-tate-county/

* "White House struggles to explain the fate of Title 42:" https://www.politico.com/news/2023/02/06/public-health-emerdency-title-42-00081390

* "Lawsuit can proceed against Kenosha shooter Kyle Rittenhouse:" https://apnews.com/article/kyle-rittenhouse-legal-proceedings-kenosha-lawsuits-shootings-3bdc03586a45f1ebee16a3df8a5a4f63

* "How True Crime Exploits Victims:"

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* "Missouri man who killed 4 executed despite innocence claims:" https://apnews.com/article/missouri-state-government-california-homicide-94fe2fefa47faa618d3826c7f32e6f1d

* "Are Inmates Being Sentenced to a Painful Death?:"

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* "Yale Honors Black Girl Reported to Police For Spraying Lanternflies:" https://advocatechannel.com/yale-honors-black-girl-reported-to-police-for-spraying-lanternflies

* "Who’s Afraid of Black History?:" https://www.nytimes.com/2023/02/17/opinion/desantis-florida-african-american-studies-black-history.html?action=click&module=Well&pgtype=Homepage§ion=Opinion

* "Gov. Greg Abbott tells state agencies to stop considering diversity in hiring:" https://www.texastribune.org/2023/02/07/greg-abbott-diversity-equity-inclusion-illegal/

* "New College of Florida board trustee wants to replace president and fire all faculty and staff to eliminate ‘dogmatic wokeness’:" https://www.orlandoweekly.com/news/new-college-of-florida-board-trustee-wants-to-replace-president-and-fire-all-faculty-and-staff-to-eliminate-dogmatic-wokeness-33448774

* I was super skeptical of the guy from the college board I saw interviewed recently claiming there was no contact and they just decided to gut the course independently. I feel vindicated in my skepticism. "Florida Officials Had Repeated Contact With College Board Over African American Studies:" https://www.nytimes.com/2023/02/09/us/florida-college-board-african-american-studies.html

* "DeSantis retrograde war on education, social progress stirs protest in Florida capital:" https://www.msnbc.com/alex-wagner-tonight/watch/desantis-retrograde-war-on-education-social-progress-stirs-protest-in-florida-capital-163463237757

* "200 students stage walkout at Hillcrest High School in protest over Black History Month program:" https://www.cbs42.com/news/local/200-students-stage-walkout-at-hillcrest-high-school-in-protest-over-black-history-month-program/

* "North Dakota Bill Would Jail Librarians for Not Removing Certain Books:" https://www.advocate.com/news/north-dakota-library-jail-books

* "Right-Wing Group Targets LGBTQ+ Existence in Michigan Schools:" https://www.advocate.com/news/right-wing-targets-lgbtq-michigan

* "Libs of TikTok Targets 'Kinky Boots' Event:" https://www.advocate.com/news/chaya-raichik-unaware-kinky-boots#rebelltitem1

* "Former Mayor Pleads No Contest in Grindr Child Sex Crime Case:" https://www.advocate.com/crime/robert-jacob-child-sex-crime

* CW: Sexual Assault. "Male Staffer Who Accused CPAC's Matt Schlapp of Groping Sues GOP Operative:" https://www.advocate.com/news/matt-schlapp-gop-operative

* "Gay Man Sues Canada Over Sperm Donation Restrictions:" https://www.advocate.com/news/sperm-donation-canada-gay-men

* For Republicans, the Handmaid's Tale is aspirational. "Florida Wants Teen Athletes to Report Periods — Why?:" https://www.advocate.com/news/florida-teen-athletes-periods

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* I’m not holding my breath for this Supreme Court to side with the constitution and civil and human rights over their theocracy agenda. I’d love for this to work though. "Federal judge says constitutional right to abortion may still exist, despite Dobbs:" https://www.politico.com/news/2023/02/06/federal-judge-constitutional-right-abortion-dobbs-00081391

* "Biden administration braces for ruling that could ban abortion pills:" https://www.politico.com/news/2023/02/09/court-ban-abortion-pills-nationwide-00081946

* "Texas judge could end access to abortion medication mifepristone nationwide:" https://www.msnbc.com/alex-wagner-tonight/watch/texas-judge-could-end-access-to-abortion-medication-mifepristone-nationwide-163068485515

* "TX lawsuit could pull abortion drug off the U.S. market:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-sunday-show/watch/tx-lawsuit-could-pull-abortion-drug-off-the-u-s-market-163206725797

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* "Focus on the Family Hates Your (Non-Straight) Family:"

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* "Egyptian Police Entrapping Queer Men Through Dating Apps: Report:" https://www.advocate.com/news/gay-egypt

* "Photographer Charged With Murder of LGBTQ Activist, Model Edwin Chiloba:" https://www.advocate.com/crime/edwin-chiloba-murder-suspect

* "India could legalise same-sex marriage. It would change these couples' lives:" https://www.thepinknews.com/2023/02/09/india-same-sex-marriage-supreme-court-ruling/

* "Slovenia becomes first eastern European country to recognise same-sex marriage:" https://www.thepinknews.com/2023/02/02/slovenia-same-sex-marriage/

* "Church of England votes to offer blessings to same sex couples:" https://www.thepinknews.com/2023/02/09/church-of-england-synod-votes-to-offer-blessings-to-same-sex-couples/

* "Protesters face off with bishops over paltry same-sex marriage blessings proposal:" https://www.thepinknews.com/2023/02/08/protestors-rally-against-church-of-englands-same-sex-marraige-law/

* "Doctors warn 'NHS is failing trans people' amid row over Tavistock gender clinic:" https://www.thepinknews.com/2023/02/09/tavistock-gender-clinic-closure-staff-open-letter-trans-healthcare/

* "91 Percent of Anti-LGBTQ+ Bills Failed in 2022:" https://www.advocate.com/news/anti-lgbtq-bills-failed-2022

* "Democrats kill off anti-trans bills targeting life-saving healthcare and trans kids:" https://www.thepinknews.com/2023/02/05/virginia-senate-democrats-trans-bills-healthcare/

* "Here Are the 21 States Trying to Ban Gender-Affirming Care:" https://www.advocate.com/politics/what-states-trying-ban-gender-affirming-care

* "Utah Gov. Signs Bill Banning Most Gender-Affirming Care for Youth:" https://www.advocate.com/politics/gender-affirming-care-utah-ban

* "North Dakota Bill Targets Nonexistent Trend of Students Identifying as Animals:" https://www.advocate.com/politics/students-identifying-as-animals-bill

* "Queer Prom Targeted by Far-Right Influencers and Lawmakers:" https://www.advocate.com/news/libs-of-tiktok-queer-prom

* "Trans pharmacist asked if she 'has a penis' during senate hearing speaks out: 'Dehumanising':" https://www.thepinknews.com/2023/02/17/gwendolyn-herzig-trans-pharmacy-doctor-arkansas/

* "Baker Jack Phillips Loses Appeal in Trans Woman's Discrimination Suit:" https://www.advocate.com/news/jake-phillips-loses-appeal-transgender

* "Two men charged over tragic 2019 killing of Black trans woman Pebbles LaDime Doe:" https://www.thepinknews.com/2023/02/04/pebbles-ladime-doe-death-south-caroline-black-trans/

* "Gay Man Robbed, Beaten Beyond Recognition in San Francisco:" https://www.advocate.com/crime/gay-man-robbed-beaten

* "FBI Investigating Threats Against 3 LGBTQ+ Bars:" https://www.advocate.com/news/fbi-investigation-lgbtq-bar-threats

* "School District Rallies Behind Superintendent Targeted by Antigay Letter:" https://www.advocate.com/news/georgia-school-district-superintendent

* "Trans employee wins $20K settlement against Shake Shack:" https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2023/02/trans-employee-wins-20k-settlement-against-shake-shack/

* "World Athletics Seeks Stricter Rules for Transgender Women:" https://www.advocate.com/world/world-athletics-transgender-women

* "Feds Seek Input on National PrEP Coverage:" https://www.advocate.com/news/feds-seek-prep-coverage-input

* "Mpox Is Almost Gone in the US, Leaving Lessons & Mysteries Behind:" https://www.advocate.com/health/mpox-monkeypox-numbers-down-lessons

* "Ex-Mormons Have Started a Magic Mushroom Church:"

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* Yet more proof insurance companies are evil and we need free universal healthcare. "Trans doctor forced to spend life savings to keep clinic open and treat patients:" https://www.thepinknews.com/2023/02/09/trans-doctor-tiffany-najberg-life-savings-to-keep-clinic-open/

* "Seizure Drug Can Reprogram Donor Hearts to Last Longer Until Transplant:" https://www.laboratoryequipment.com/594420-Seizure-Drug-Can-Reprogram-Donor-Hearts-to-Last-Longer-Until-Transplant/

* "900% increase in babies born with syphilis in Mississippi may be part of nationwide trend:" https://www.livescience.com/900-increase-in-babies-born-with-syphilis-in-mississippi-may-be-part-of-nationwide-trend

* "An 82-year-old woman was found alive at a New York funeral home after she was pronounced dead hours earlier, police say:" https://www.cnn.com/2023/02/07/us/new-york-woman-found-alive-funeral-home/index.html

* "Opioid Tapering Disrupts Healthcare and Worsens Doctor-Patient Relationships:" https://www.painnewsnetwork.org/stories/2023/2/8/opioid-tapering-disrupts-healthcare-and-worsens-doctor-patient-relationshipsnbsp

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* "How search and rescue teams pull survivors from rubble:" https://www.reuters.com/graphics/TURKEY-QUAKE/SEARCH/klpygdjoapg/

* "Turkey-Syria quake: Death toll tops 41,000; First U.N. aid convoy enters Syria via new border crossing:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/02/14/turkey-syria-earthquake-updates-deaths/

Link to help Turkey: https://www.tumblr.com/star-burp/708846519515774976?source=share

White Helmets Syria: https://www.whitehelmets.org/en/

UN help for both countries: https://donate.unhcr.org/int/en/turkiye-syria-earthquake-emergency

Queer relief fund for the 6 February Earthquake LGBTQIA+ and/or SW survivors: https://gogetfunding.com/queer-relief-fund-for-the-6-february-earthquake-lgbtqia-and-or-sw-survivors/

Doctors without Borders: https://donate.doctorswithoutborders.org/secure/donate?_gl=1*659c3c*_ga*NzkzMjQ0NzgxLjE2NzU4MzgzMzk.*_ga_C7EW6Q0J9K*MTY3NTgzODMzOC4xLjEuMTY3NTgzODQyMC4wLjAuMA..&_ga=2.197021998.387868859.1675838340-793244781.1675838339&_gac=1.52586970.1675838340.CjwKCAiAioifBhAXEiwApzCzthT21ylvvR7E5iLT-s-1Ob5DuAW4jst5eWVg1o0d89Pq6HwlGqUEPRoC-K0QAvD_BwE

* "Turkey’s Earthquake Response Is as Political as the Conditions That Increased the Devastation:" https://www.newyorker.com/news/daily-comment/turkeys-earthquake-response-is-as-political-as-the-conditions-that-increased-the-devastation

* "Devastation, loss and hope in Antakya after earthquake:" https://abcnews.go.com/International/earthquake-levels-city-antakya-southern-turkey/story?id=97034631

* "Syrian refugees starting over in Turkey are hit hard by the earthquake:" https://www.npr.org/2023/02/09/1155632055/syrian-refugees-starting-over-in-turkey-are-hit-hard-by-the-earthquake

* "Three people rescued from Syria rubble 110 hours after earthquake:" https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/three-people-rescued-syria-rubble-110-hours-after-earthquake-state-media-2023-02-10/

* "Survivors ever fewer in earthquake rubble of Turkey and Syria:" https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/survivors-ever-fewer-earthquake-rubble-turkey-syria-2023-02-12/

* "How Syria's war has hindered earthquake relief:" https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/how-syrias-war-has-hindered-earthquake-relief-2023-02-13/

* "Rescues dwindle in Turkey after earthquake as aid trickles into Syria:" https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/teenager-rescued-rubble-turkey-10-days-after-quake-2023-02-16/

* "A Crisis Within a Crisis in Syria:" https://www.nytimes.com/2023/02/16/podcasts/the-daily/syria-turkey-earthquake-aid.html

* "A Dramatic Rescue From Turkey's Earthquake Epicenter:"

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* "What to know about the train derailment in East Palestine, Ohio:" https://www.npr.org/2023/02/16/1157333630/east-palestine-ohio-train-derailment

* "Health concerns grow in East Palestine, Ohio, after train derailment:" https://www.npr.org/2023/02/14/1156567743/health-east-palestine-ohio-train-derailment-chemicals

* "Ohio train derailment prompts evacuations, uncertainty:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/ohio-train-derailment-prompts-evacuations-uncertainty-163303493603

* "Republicans use Ohio train disaster to pursue culture wars, ignore solutions:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/republicans-use-ohio-train-disaster-to-pursue-culture-wars-ignore-solutions-163379781729

* "Ohio Governor DeWine, FEMA Regional Administrator Sivak issue joint statement on East Palestine:" https://highlandcountypress.com/Content/In-The-News/Headlines/Article/Ohio-Governor-DeWine-FEMA-Regional-Administrator-Sivak-issue-joint-statement-on-East-Palestine/2/73/88183

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* "“Potential Environmental Nuclear Bomb”: The Disappearing Salt Lake:"

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* "When AI Art Becomes Exploitative and Unethical:"

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* "How Humans Domesticated Just About Everything:"

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* "19th century register gives glimpse into lives of free blacks in Pittsylvania County:" https://www.chathamstartribune.com/news/article_48c8c108-a88d-11ed-a5bc-a31f47080ded.html

* "How Robert Smalls sailed his crew and family to freedom during the Civil War:" https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/how-robert-smalls-sailed-his-crew-and-family-to-freedom-during-the-civil-war

* "First Black combatant of Civil War to be honored in Loudoun Co. battlefield cemetery:" https://wtop.com/loudoun-county/2023/02/first-black-combatant-of-civil-war-to-be-honored-in-loudoun-co-battlefield-cemetery/

* "History Thread: Robert Elliott and the Rhetoric of Liberty:" https://the-avocado.org/2023/02/14/history-thread-robert-elliott-and-the-rhetoric-of-liberty/

* "Boston’s only Black hospital was founded in 1908 — in the South End apartment building where I lived:" https://www.wbur.org/cognoscenti/2023/02/09/historic-boston-plymouth-hospital-cornelius-garland-lisa-gordon

* "How Hollywood was Born Gay:"

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* "Wikipedia’s Intentional Distortion of the History of the Holocaust:" https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/25785648.2023.2168939

* "The Little Known History of World War II's All-Black, All-Female Battalion:" https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/all-black-women-battalion-wwii-6888th?utm_source=Atlas+Obscura+Daily+Newsletter&utm_campaign=a57267612e-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2023_02_16&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_-a57267612e-%5BLIST_EMAIL_ID%5D&mc_cid=a57267612e&mc_eid=5723490053

* "James Dean: The Bi Hollywood Icon We Lost Too Soon:"

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* "50 Black Women in STEM You Should Know About:" https://medium.com/rediscover-steam/50-black-women-in-stem-you-should-know-about-f74bd23503fd

* "Jo-Raquel Tejada wanted to make it in Hollywood. She had to become Raquel Welch.:" https://www.nbcnews.com/news/latino/raquel-welch-stealth-latina-tejada-changing-times-rcna71174

* "George Santos: Bring On The Ethics Investigation:"

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* "Meanwhile… Subway Is For Sale | Japan’s Monkey Mermaid Mummy | Pizza Delivery Squirrel Attack:"

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* "Rihanna Wins! | Are The Balloons Sent By Aliens? | George Santos Stole Puppies:"

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* "The Last of Us EP4: Building a Bond — Therapist Reacts!:"

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* "The Last of Us HBO EP5: The Importance of Great Role Models — Therapist Reacts!:"

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* "How Glass Onion Calls Out Capitalism:"

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* "Hogwarts Legacy release prompts more antisemitism allegations:" https://www.thepinknews.com/2023/02/10/hogwarts-legacy-antisemitism-goblin-artefact/

* "The Queer Joy of Everything Everywhere All At Once:"

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* "Everyone Everywhere Needs Waymond Wang:"

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* "I Don't See Color: Where Bucky's Apology Fails:"

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* "Boyz II Men (ft. Stephen Colbert) -- "I'll Make Love To You (But We Don't Have To)":"

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* "Captain Kirk Has A New Enemy In Space:"

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* "Vladagra Will Help You Launch Your Missile:"

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* "The Bright Side of Dylan's Journey:"

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* This is a long time friend of mine. They have secured future housing, but have spent everything in the previous fundraiser on gofundme to survive to this point and they need They need $6800 over the next three months until their move in date.

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

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

* Thursday was really bad mobility wise. Bonus points for hours of intermittent Internet connection. Monday was astonishingly difficult physically as well for no apparent reason. Tuesday was a touch better. We have dropped off the car for the procedure. Let's hope Medicare transport goes okay.

* The car ended up being $450.00. When they lifted the assembly out, they discovered the spark plugs were close to the end, so they just charged parts to replace them. I vaguely remember this being what happened more than a decade ago, last time they redid this part of the car, so was rather expecting it.

I have raised 100ish towards the bills I didn't pay in order to fix the car. I'll need to sort out the exact size of the hole once everything settled..

My chronic illness stuff remains stunningly bad. I was going to explain what's going on, but frankly, it exhausts me. We are at the trapped on the kitchen floor weeping because I couldn't find the safe for me spaghetti pot and then discovered I couldn't get up level Wednesday. Thursday was supposed to be full rest after I got the car back in the morning, but Ha! No! People kept calling me, and then it turned out I'd forgotten to sign my check so I had to go back to the mechanic before the 5 O'clock close.

(One of the things I love about Honest Mechanic is their super strict business hours. They are opened 8-5 weekdays. Everyone gets a full hour of lunch and is paid what they deserve for their skilled labor. Everyone is treated decently and they are never asked to work even a minute early or late. No bothering people when they are off the clock. Work/life balance encouraged. I will weep when the owner retires, though it will likely be okay with his son in his footsteps. I noticed tonight his son is about the age the father was when I first went there, and looks so like him they could almost be clones. I love when businesses are ethical in every respect).

As I'd already spent the gas to go downtown, I forced myself to do pharmacy and library, since medicare transport only does to and from doctor's appointments, so no errands happened Wednesday. I am already weepy tired, and in pain. We have one week of special girl cat food left, and I have concerns. I think there may be enough gas to last the month. We'll see.

https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/Gwydion

* A thing on Shaw Deadnaming Seven of Nine in Star Trek: Picard: https://www.tumblr.com/gwydionmisha/709591413032189952/i-want-to-state-right-off-that-i-cant-speak-for?source=share

* I only agree with about 80% of this, but a lot of it is very good and the rest worth mulling and debating.
Contains Locked Tomb spoilers: "John is Ra and Alecto is Mehet-Weret:" https://chaos-has-theories.tumblr.com/post/686969277229727744/part-1-the-eye-of-john

* "What's happening to your body book for lyctors :" https://www.tumblr.com/yuck-pfaugh/709602095818571776?source=share

* "International Snow Sculpture Championships 2023: See the Incredible Winning Creations:" https://nicenews.com/culture/2023-international-snow-sculpture-championships/

* "In world where there is two types of tower-dwellers, a Princess is locked in a tower.:" https://www.tumblr.com/seananmcguire/708978195414859776?source=share

* I'd like to take a moment to appreciate how good the young actors are/have been on The Last of Us. So good and real and natural I never questioned it until listening to the creators talk about it.

* Alfred orients the Wayne Manor Staff: https://www.tumblr.com/seananmcguire/709087024924278784?source=share

* Time travel cop, fish & wildlife division: https://www.tumblr.com/magnesiumflare/709291424936607744?source=share

* "Midnight Pals: Fuckenstein:" https://www.tumblr.com/bitterkarella/708804745928802305/midnight-pals-fuckenstein?source=share

* "Midnight Pals: The Protocols of Hogwarts:" https://www.tumblr.com/bitterkarella/708894743941300224/midnight-pals-the-protocols-of-hogwarts?source=share

* "Midnight Pals: A Field So English:" https://www.tumblr.com/bitterkarella/709004466549129216/midnight-pals-a-field-so-english?source=share

* "Midnight Pals: Legally Binding:" https://www.tumblr.com/bitterkarella/709268715375558656/midnight-pals-legally-binding?source=share

* "Midnight Pals: The Real Victims:" https://www.tumblr.com/bitterkarella/709340610840182784/midnight-pals-the-real-victims?source=share

* "Midnight Pals: more of this shit:" https://www.tumblr.com/bitterkarella/709438054266552320/midnight-pals-more-of-this-shit?source=share

* "Midnight Pals: Penguins on Parade:" https://www.tumblr.com/bitterkarella/709619008102711296/midnight-pals-penguins-on-parade?source=share

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

The help links are at the bottom under the cut.

Earthquake Relief:
Link to help Turkey: https://www.tumblr.com/star-burp/708846519515774976?source=share

White Helmets Syria: https://www.whitehelmets.org/en/

UN help for both countries: https://donate.unhcr.org/int/en/turkiye-syria-earthquake-emergency

Queer relief fund for the 6 February Earthquake LGBTQIA+ and/or SW survivors: https://gogetfunding.com/queer-relief-fund-for-the-6-february-earthquake-lgbtqia-and-or-sw-survivors/

Doctors without Borders: https://donate.doctorswithoutborders.org/secure/donate?_gl=1*659c3c*_ga*NzkzMjQ0NzgxLjE2NzU4MzgzMzk.*_ga_C7EW6Q0J9K*MTY3NTgzODMzOC4xLjEuMTY3NTgzODQyMC4wLjAuMA..&_ga=2.197021998.387868859.1675838340-793244781.1675838339&_gac=1.52586970.1675838340.CjwKCAiAioifBhAXEiwApzCzthT21ylvvR7E5iLT-s-1Ob5DuAW4jst5eWVg1o0d89Pq6HwlGqUEPRoC-K0QAvD_BwE

* Want to help Journalists without Borders? https://donate.rsf.org/us/donate/~my-donation

* Where to order your free COVID tests. "COVID Home Tests:" https://special.usps.com/testkits

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

* Want to help Lucas Kunce beat Josh Hawley? https://secure.actblue.com/donate/pccc_2022_lucas_kunce_only

* "Alternative Library ~ New Home Fundraiser, organized by Alternative Library:" https://www.gofundme.com/f/alternative-library-new-home-fundraiser

* This is a long time friend of mine. They have secured future housing, but have spent everything in the previous fundraiser on gofundme to survive to this point and they need They need $6800 over the next three months until their move in date.

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

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

* My Oldest Continuous friend's Elder Cat is getting up there and her special diet and health care for kidney failure is expensive. Gigi is a sweet, extremely cuddly girl and could use extra help. :

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

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

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

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* I'm too tired to finish. Sorry.

* "Inflation is spiking around the world – not just in the United States:" https://theconversation.com/inflation-is-spiking-around-the-world-not-just-in-the-united-states-187678

* "Ugandan Asians recall the trauma of fleeing their homes 50 years on:" https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-coventry-warwickshire-62390725

* "How many people cross the Channel in small boats?:" https://www.bbc.com/news/explainers-53734793

* I forgot this had happened again!!! "UK authorities charge man arrested at castle with crossbow:" https://apnews.com/article/queen-elizabeth-ii-entertainment-arrests-royalty-178bb568c46c6abe431de4b41115af46

* "Prince Charles accepted £1m from family of Osama bin Laden, report claims:" https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2022/jul/30/prince-charles-accepted-1m-from-family-of-osama-bin-laden-report-claims

* "Private Security in South Africa Comes at a Cost:"

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* "The curious case of the Covid-19 rebound:" https://www.cnn.com/2022/08/03/world/coronavirus-newsletter-intl-08-03-22/index.html

* "'Rebound' Covid infections after Paxlovid becomes focus of inquiry:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/-rebound-covid-infections-after-paxlovid-becomes-focus-of-inquiry-145286725862

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* "Ukraine's army is waging its 1st major offensive against Russia to retake Kherson:" https://www.npr.org/2022/08/02/1115267046/ukraines-army-is-waging-its-1st-major-offensive-against-russia-to-retake-kherson

* "Using Nuclear Reactors for Cover, Russians Lob Rockets at Ukrainians:" https://www.nytimes.com/2022/08/01/world/europe/ukraine-south-counteroffensive-nuclear.html

* "Shells hit power lines at Ukraine nuclear plant, fighting in east:" https://www.reuters.com/business/aerospace-defense/shelling-hits-power-lines-ukraine-nuclear-plant-both-sides-trade-blame-2022-08-05/

* "Ukraine Builds a Case That Killing of P.O.W.s Was a Russian War Crime:" https://www.nytimes.com/2022/08/03/world/europe/russia-ukraine-prisoners-killed.html

* "Russia’s ethnic minorities lament the war in Ukraine:" https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2022/8/2/racist-federation-russias-minorities-complain-of-racism

* "Ballet, busking, bathing: How Ukrainians are defying Russia by embracing 'normal life':" https://www.cnn.com/2022/07/30/europe/russia-war-ukrainians-embracing-normal-life-intl-hnk/index.html

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* "China cuts off vital US contacts over Pelosi Taiwan visit:" https://apnews.com/article/taiwan-china-asia-beijing-b252479810add6a225fa1e4a6d441983

* "U.S. Drone Strike in Kabul Kills Top Qaeda Leader, Ayman al-Zawahri:" https://www.nytimes.com/live/2022/08/01/us/al-qaeda-leader-killed

* "What the killing of al-Zawahri says about U.S. capability and Taliban confidence:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/what-the-killing-of-al-zawahri-says-about-u-s-capability-and-taliban-confidence-145287237558

* "Russia is ‘cranking up dial to extract as much as it can’ via Brittney Griner sentence expert says:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-reidout/watch/brittney-griner-being-sentenced-to-9-years-in-russia-slammed-by-fellow-wnba-player-layshia-clarendon-145523781914

* "Biden signs new executive order on abortion rights: 'Women's health and lives are on the line':" https://www.cnn.com/2022/08/03/politics/joe-biden-abortion-executive-order/index.html

* "US proposes to increase refund protections for air travelers:" https://abc7.com/air-travel-refund-government-airlines/12097796/

* "Pete Buttigieg - The State of U.S. Infrastructure:" https://www.cc.com/video/6701q5/the-daily-show-with-trevor-noah-pete-buttigieg-the-state-of-u-s-infrastructure

* "Christian flag in speech battle flies, briefly, over Boston:" https://www.pressherald.com/2022/08/04/christian-flag-in-speech-battle-flies-briefly-over-boston/

* We now have the jobs back lost under 45. "Massive jobs surprise: US economy added 528,000 jobs in July :" https://www.cnn.com/2022/08/04/economy/monthly-jobs-report-preview-july/index.html

* "The Haves and the Have-Yachts:" https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2022/07/25/the-haves-and-the-have-yachts

* You can’t pay rent in chicken sandwiches. "Chick-fil-A store asks for ‘volunteers’ to work for chicken, not money:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2022/07/28/chickfila-volunteers-labor-drive-thru-chicken-north-carolina/

* "Rejected by courts, retirees take last shot to save pensions:" https://apnews.com/article/general-motors-co-congress-government-and-politics-703a3aa25278634996c0bc0414575767

* "Republican push to overturn Biden permitting rules passes Senate, with Manchin's support:" https://www.politico.com/news/2022/08/04/manchin-republicans-biden-environmental-rules-00049911

* "Senate passes bill to help veterans affected by burn pits:" https://www.cnn.com/2022/08/02/politics/senate-vote-burn-pits/index.html

* "Sinema says she will 'move forward' on economic bill, putting Biden's agenda on the cusp of Senate approval:" https://www.cnn.com/2022/08/04/politics/chuck-schumer-economic-bill-saturday/index.html

* ...And they chickened out on taxing the rich. "With Sinema’s help, private equity firms win relief from proposed tax hikes:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/us-policy/2022/08/07/inflation-reduction-act-sinema-private-equity/

* "Charles Blow: Republican opposition to climate bill is ‘purely partisan’:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/charles-blow-republican-opposition-to-climate-bill-is-purely-partisan-145354821784

* 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/

* "Michels goes after Kleefisch in Wisconsin governor's race:" https://apnews.com/article/2022-midterm-elections-wisconsin-donald-trump-campaigns-presidential-fc116b84f2648e70152fa5eb41f787bb

* "Six takeaways from Kansas, Michigan, Missouri, Arizona and Washington primaries:" https://www.cnn.com/2022/08/02/politics/arizona-michigan-missouri-primary-election-takeaways/index.html

* "Kansas votes to protect abortion rights in state constitution:" https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2022/aug/03/kansas-abortion-vote-state-constitution

* "Kansas voters rebuke anti-abortion rights amendment:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/kansas-voters-rebuke-anti-abortion-rights-amendment-145435717544

* "Joy Reid: Victory for reproductive freedom in Kansas should make GOP nervous about midterms:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-reidout/watch/kansas-voting-against-amendment-stripping-women-of-their-reproductive-rights-should-make-gop-nervous-about-midterms-joy-reid-says-145441861597

* "5 Takeaways From Ohio’s Primary Elections:" https://www.nytimes.com/2022/05/04/us/elections/ohio-indiana-primary-elections-takeaways.html

* "Trump-endorsed Masters, Finchem win Arizona GOP nods for key races:" https://www.politico.com/news/2022/08/03/masters-finchem-arizona-results-00049539

* "Election denier Kari Lake wins nomination in Arizona election she said was rigged:" https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2022/08/kari-lake-wins-arizona-election/

* "Racist former sheriff Joe Arpaio can't even get elected mayor of his own town:" https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2022/8/3/2114261/-Remember-racist-ex-sheriff-Joe-Arpaio-He-looks-headed-for-yet-another-electoral-defeat

* "Eric Schmitt’s dominating win and 6 other takeaways from Missouri’s primary election:" https://www.kcur.org/politics-elections-and-government/2022-08-04/eric-schmitts-dominating-win-and-6-other-takeaways-from-missouris-primary-election

* "Results from the top races of the Washington state primary:" https://www.king5.com/article/news/politics/elections/results-washington-2022-primary-election-races/281-69a38705-eb53-4ad8-91eb-6ffe36f3e074

* "GOP's links to extremism surface in congressional primary:" https://apnews.com/article/2022-midterm-elections-donald-trump-campaigns-race-and-ethnicity-be616cae0967ca6ee9c78ac1efee8e31

* "Herrera Beutler in trouble as Kent gains in WA’s 3rd District; Newhouse advances in the 4th:" https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/politics/herrera-beutler-in-trouble-as-kent-gains-in-was-3rd-district-newhouse-advances-in-the-4th/

* "Indiana Rep. Walorski, 2 staffers killed in head-on crash:" https://apnews.com/article/indiana-legislature-south-bend-accidents-elkhart-31c849c90aff88a7cddc9e9a614a585f

* "Sen. Joe Manchin Demurs On Wanting Democrats To Stay In Power:" https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2022/07/sen-joe-manchin-demurs-on-wanting-democrats-to-stay-in-power

* "Young Black voters talk politics ahead of November's midterms:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-sunday-show/watch/young-black-voters-talk-politics-ahead-of-november-s-midterms-145174597616

* "Stacey Abrams: ‘I am strongly pro-choice’:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/stacey-abrams-i-am-strongly-pro-choice-145434181822

* "GOP candidate for Illinois governor said Holocaust ‘doesn’t even compare’ to abortion in resurfaced 2017 video:" https://news.yahoo.com/gop-candidate-illinois-governor-said-193953407.html

* "Hungary’s far-right PM Viktor Orbán speaks at CPAC summit – as it happened:" https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/live/2022/aug/04/senate-sinema-climate-inflation-reduction-biden-democrats

* "As conservatives cheer far right messages at CPAC, Mehdi Hasan has another name for it: ‘Fascism’:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/as-conservatives-cheer-far-right-messages-at-cpac-mehdi-hasan-has-another-name-for-it-fascism-145517125919

* "Joy Reid: Viktor Orban is a right wing dream for GOP trying to destroy our democracy from within:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-reidout/watch/hungarian-autocrat-viktor-orban-receives-the-red-carpet-treatment-by-republicans-at-cpac-145522245758

* "The GOP is Viktor Orban’s party now:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2022/08/07/vicktor-orban-republican-party-cpac-dallas-new-fascism/

* CW: Sexual Assault "The FBI Confirms Its Brett Kavanaugh Investigation Was a Total Sham:" https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2022/08/brett-kavanaugh-fbi-investigation

* "Will Ivana help Donald Trump with tax breaks from beyond the grave?:" https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2022/jul/31/donald-ivana-trump-cemetery-golf-course-taxes

* "Federal grand jury subpoenas ex-Trump WH counsel Cipollone in 2020 election probe, source says:" https://www.cnn.com/2022/08/02/politics/pat-cipollone-grand-jury/

* "Arizona Officials Warned Fake Electors Plan Could ‘Appear Treasonous’:" https://www.nytimes.com/2022/08/02/us/politics/arizona-trump-fake-electors.html

* "Rep. Mondaire Jones: ‘Our democracy is in crisis’:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/rep-mondaire-jones-our-democracy-is-in-crisis-145519173576

* "Jan. 6 text messages wiped from phones of key Trump Pentagon officials:" https://www.cnn.com/2022/08/02/politics/defense-department-missing-january-6-texts/index.html

* "Homeland Security watchdog previously accused of misleading investigators, report says:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2022/08/03/homeland-security-joseph-cuffari-watchdog-report/

* "Former White House ethics lawyer ‘strongly suspects’ orders to destroy texts came from White House:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-reidout/watch/jan-6-texts-of-secret-service-department-of-homeland-security-pentagon-officials-being-deleted-slammed-by-former-white-house-ethics-lawyer-145441861886

* "Sandy Hook lawyer: Jan. 6 panel asked for Alex Jones' texts:" https://apnews.com/article/shootings-austin-texas-lawsuits-75d521210f350d3e7c36c1a5aa6213dd

* "Jan. 6 rioter who wore jacket with his last name on it pleads guilty:" https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/justice-department/jan-6-rioter-wore-jacket-last-name-pleads-guilty-rcna41784

* "Alex Jones ordered to pay $49.3M total over Sandy Hook lies:" https://www.politico.com/news/2022/08/05/alex-jones-sandy-hook-damages-00050186

* "US to fill border wall gaps at open area near Yuma, Arizona:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/us-to-fill-border-wall-gaps-in-arizona-for-safety-reasons/2022/07/28/1ae2f346-0ead-11ed-88e8-c58dc3dbaee2_story.html

* "Georgia authorities release body camera footage after woman dies following fall from patrol car:" https://www.cnn.com/2022/07/30/us/georgia-brianna-grier-body-camera-footage-reaj/index.html

* "Feds charge 4 police officers in fatal Breonna Taylor raid:" https://apnews.com/article/breonna-taylor-louisville-civil-rights-violations-merrick-garland-b137cccd940652c20e1294363cb01b72

* "Alec Karakatsanis - "Usual Cruelty":" https://www.cc.com/video/ratli7/the-daily-show-with-trevor-noah-alec-karakatsanis-usual-cruelty

* "New York prisons lift ban on book about Attica uprising:" https://www.miamiherald.com/entertainment/celebrities/article264093376.html

* "Life as a Trans Soldier:"

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* "Another Major Heat Wave Sweeps the U.S.:" https://www.nytimes.com/2022/08/02/us/heat-wave-northeast-records.html

* "August heat wave places nearly 80 million at risk from Texas to Northeast Megalopolis:" https://www.foxweather.com/weather-news/tracking-heat

* "Man trying to burn spider with lighter sparked Utah wildfire, police say:" https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2022/aug/02/utah-wildfire-police-man-burn-spider-lighter

* "As Western flames spread, California sees its largest 2022 fire:" https://www.npr.org/2022/08/01/1114828739/california-klamath-largest-fire

* "Record floods strand 1K people in Death Valley National Park:" https://apnews.com/article/floods-nevada-weather-government-and-politics-7e823cb4ab832c8a69587020c3a4eb2a

* "Floods strike new blow in place that has known hardship:" https://apnews.com/article/floods-storms-kentucky-21d5f1915034fcf4e02c85e5ac73b78d

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* "People Are Moving (Back) to This Deadly Wildfire Site:"

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* "How Clean Energy Is Increasing Worker Exploitation in DRC:" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YiThCK0-_b0

* "Village Tackles Speeding by Planting Thousands of Flowers Because Drivers Slow Down as They Pass By:" https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/village-tackles-speeding-by-planting-thousands-of-flowers-after-noticing-drivers-slowed-down-as-they-passed-them/

* "Elon Musk Has Officially Lost $69 Billion This Year:" https://futurism.com/the-byte/elon-musk-lost-69-billion?utm_campaign=trueanthem_manual&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook&fbclid=IwAR1XWvakA53op5H0o8wZinWq0YvF5D9IW0ie6-AGh8SEwzH2MsPqlJizoIc&fs=e&s=cl

* "Following the Black Soldiers who Biked Across America:"

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* "Nichelle Nichols, trailblazing 'Star Trek' actress, dies at 89:" https://www.cnn.com/2022/07/31/entertainment/nichelle-nichols-star-trek-dies/index.html

* "Wellington Paranormal's reluctant star:" https://www.stuff.co.nz/entertainment/tv-radio/tv-guide/105744477/wellington-paranormals-reluctant-star

* "Mental Health Care:"

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* "Meanwhile... Grandma's NSFW Headstone | A Candy Lover's Dream Job:"

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* "Meanwhile... The Rise Of The Necrobots | The Bittersweet Merger Of Spirit And JetBlue:"

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* "Joe Manchin's Surprising Climate Deal:" https://www.cc.com/video/mya63k/the-daily-show-with-trevor-noah-joe-manchin-s-surprising-climate-deal

* "Biden Resumes Border Wall & Ivana Trump's Golf Course Burial:" https://www.cc.com/video/7p75gr/the-daily-show-with-trevor-noah-biden-resumes-border-wall-ivana-trump-s-golf-course-burial

* "CP Time - The Black Roots of House Music:" https://www.cc.com/video/7n2b9n/the-daily-show-with-trevor-noah-cp-time-the-black-roots-of-house-music

* "Student Debt Is Following Americans to the Grave:" https://www.cc.com/video/oet983/the-daily-show-with-trevor-noah-student-debt-is-following-americans-to-the-grave

* "GOP Primaries, Kansas Protects Abortion & Alex Jones Trial:" https://www.cc.com/video/n41fe1/the-daily-show-with-trevor-noah-gop-primaries-kansas-protects-abortion-alex-jones-trial

* "Izzy/Ed / No Children / The Mountain Goats:"

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* So the tooth thing is a whole saga again. I went and got the root canal. After they were like, "We're putting in a temporary filling until you can get a crown." Me: When can I schedule the crown for? Them: We don't do that here and neither does your dentist. You can't chew anything until you get the crown as it's fragile and will crumble and we'll have to do another root canal. Good luck! Bye! Me: WTF!?!

Both my dentist and the Endodontist knew I had neither a previous crown or root canal, but I was supposed to have guessed two months ago that I would need a crown and that I needed to start searching for a new dentist that both did crowns and took Medicare right then, since there are basically no dentists taking new patients in my area and the wait lists are full since everything is scheduled out four months. I don't understand why they didn't tell me this when they told me I needed a root canal? I'd heard of crowns, had zero idea what one is or what it's for. I'm still not clear on what a root canal is. (I asked assorted different dental personal what a root canal is, including both dentists. I asked every time they asked if I had questions. None of the answers made sense and i think I would have done better if they'd used, say a picture of a tooth and pointed at things, but that's not how it works, apparently? Instead they say a few vague and confusing things that convey no information so there was nothing for it.) How was I supposed to guess that I needed to ask questions about crowns under that circumstance? Wouldn't it have been logical for them to say "You need both a root canal and a crown. You will need to find an endodonist and a new dentist, here are two lists of practices that do those things" rather than wait for someone who has said repeatedly they don't know anything about root canals to know what questions to ask?

So I'm basically fucked. I literally an not allowed to chew. I keep hurting myself moving my teeth wrong. There was a speck of grit in my mouth this evening (Wednesday) which may be the start of the temp filling crumbling. I have called all the dentists on the tiny list I wheedled them into giving me of dentists they work with, one of which doesn't exist apparently. The one who answered their phone says I should call back in a couple of months to see if there is room on their wait list then as they are scheduled four months out right now and they don't know any other practices taking new patients.

Everyday I call the answwering machines of dentists fruitlessly, leaving messages with zero hope that anyone will take me even if they do have slots as I know full well most dentists reject medicare out of hand even though it pays cash and is easier to get advance clearance for these things because of reasons unclear to me. My Social worker is on vacation. I hope to enlist her help when she gets back as she's a bulldog and can argue the medicare billing which I don't know how to do, but really, I'm fucked.

I have x-rays. I have excellent records. I literally had a cleaning in the last month. I just want the frigging crown, not all the new patient exam and x-ray stuff. I can't chew until we do this. I don't see how I can go the projected four to six months without crumbling the temp.

All the dentists knew this would be the case. Seriously, why the fuck did not one of them tell me to start looking for a dentist that does crowns two months ago? I don't understand why that deliberately kept this information from me knowing that getting a crown in less than four to six months would require a time machine or a miracle and that I needed a crown ideally within a week of the root canal? Am I missing something here?

* Wednesday we were meant to swim, but there was a COVID exposure in our friend group, and Head Millennial and I decided to just do errands instead. Several hours after I took Head Millennial home, my body through one of the grand tantrums where a bunch of things go wrong at once. I ended up puttering around for a while, but giving up and going to bed without accomplishing much.

Thursday I felt terrible to an extent where I am now playing the sick or recovering from a body tantrum game. The joys of chronic illness. I had wanted to post the Tuesday election results Wednesday noight. I simply was impossible. I'm sorry.

* Friday: I am 90% sure I figured out what's going on with my body and that it's a perfect storm of things that periodically go wrong going on at once, plus tooth rfelated disruptions meaning I keep ending up swalowing things that weren't really chewed and the whole mostly only eating once a day because I'm simply not well enough to make whole meals multiple times a day at this trather high pain level.

Normally, I'd do a real, dinner equivalent meal once I make it out of my room, as that's when my spoons and pain rtesistance are best case for the evening. I have dried fruit and nuts, and if I'm really hungry maybe a granola type bar as a mid-awake cycle snack, and then something easy and fairly light towards the end of the awake cycle for optimum coverage on my AS meds while I sleep. There is literally nothing on the snack list I can have mid wake cycle so it gets skipped. If I skip the smaller, later meal, I don't get the second AS meds dose. Without the mid-cycle snack, I'm often too tired and queasy to make and eat Last Meal. Missing the second dose fucks with my sleep and builds the general overall pain level higher which makes it even less likely I can manage Last Meal.... you see the problem. Yoghurt is crazy expensive. I should probably try to buy some this weekend anyway.

Adding to the whole pain situation I had Spasms, Wednesday after I took head Millenial home, which makes the pain situation worse and I had to take a PRN that interacts with something else to add muscle aches. That effect is mostly worn off, but it likely contributed to the pain snowballing effect. Then there's the sinus headache from allergen exposure outside Wednesday. Headaches make queasiness. The muscular part of my chronic pain (TMj,extreme spasms) also can cause queasiness. My inability to chew food contributes to queasiness.... You see where this is going. Oh, and I was taking the wrong dose of something by accident for over a month which can cause queasiness. I'm sure I'm forgetting something.

So I think I'm not sick, just in a perfect storm of chronic illness and tooth nonsense.

There is light at the end of the tunnel on the oven at least. I want to thank everyone who's contributed so far. We are at a point where, say not paying most of our electric bill could solve it, for example, if we are lucky and the price hasn't gone up in a monthish.

* Fundraising Friday and Saturday went swimmingly. As of this writing, I am waiting for money to move into my bank account so I can buy the oven.

I want to thank everyone who helped not only with the oven, but with the whole series of disasters that hit starting last November., I couldn't manage without all of you.

Thank you.

* "I Pledge Allegiance to Roller Coasters:" https://www.thechatner.com/p/i-pledge-allegiance-to-roller-coasters?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email

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

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* "Coronavirus: What's driving India's 100,000 Covid-19 deaths?:" https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-india-54352222

* Total confirmed COVID-19 cases in the U.S.A for 10/10/20 are 7,649,000. The official death toll is 214,000. The real number is likely much higher.

* "Trump pushes FDA to quickly clear coronavirus antibody treatments, erroneously calling them a ‘cure’:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/2020/10/08/trump-regeneron-antibodies-covid/

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* "Trump outraged by Democrats' plan to assess president's fitness to serve:" https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/oct/09/donald-trump-fitness-to-serve-commission-democrats-nancy-pelosi

* "Rep. Maxine Waters: 'Long past time' to invoke 25th amendment on Trump:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-reidout/watch/rep-maxine-waters-long-past-time-to-invoke-25th-amendment-on-trump-93561413893

* "Trump’s Taxes Show He Engineered a Sudden Windfall in 2016:" https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/10/09/us/donald-trump-taxes-las-vegas.html

* "Trump got a $21 million tax break for saving the forest outside his N.Y. mansion. Now the deal is under investigation.:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/trump-got-a-21-million-tax-break-for-saving-the-forest-outside-his-ny-mansion-now-the-deal-is-under-investigation/2020/10/07/de84c1ba-ff6b-11ea-830c-a160b331ca62_story.html

* "NYT: Trump borrowed $30 million seven weeks before 2016 election:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-reidout/watch/nyt-trump-borrowed-30-million-seven-weeks-before-2016-election-93561413728

* "Trump gets angry when told that findings from Durham probe might not come out before election:" https://www.cnbc.com/2020/10/09/trump-fumes-when-told-durham-probe-findings-might-not-come-out-before-election-day.html

* "Amy Coney Barrett initially failed to disclose talks on Roe v. Wade hosted by anti-abortion groups on Senate paperwork:" https://www.cnn.com/2020/10/09/politics/kfile-amy-coney-barrett-roe-v-wade-talks/index.html

* "White House floats new Covid deal to Pelosi as McConnell remains skeptical:" https://www.politico.com/news/2020/10/09/mcconnell-coronavirus-relief-package-428315

* "Presidential debate in Miami canceled after Trump refuses to participate virtually:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-reidout/watch/presidential-debate-in-miami-canceled-after-trump-refuses-to-participate-virtually-93560389574

* "Alex Wagner - "The Circus" and America on the Precipice:"

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* "'Reckless': Doctors Question Trump Resuming Activities So Quickly:" https://www.npr.org/sections/latest-updates-trump-covid-19-results/2020/10/09/922122539/reckless-doctors-question-trump-resuming-activities-so-quickly

* "Trump To Speak At White House Saturday, 1st Public Event Since COVID-19 Diagnosis:" https://www.npr.org/sections/latest-updates-trump-covid-19-results/2020/10/09/922383975/trump-to-speak-at-white-house-saturday-first-public-event-since-covid-19-diagnos

* "Trump's physician expects him to return to public events on Saturday:" https://www.cnn.com/2020/10/08/politics/donald-trump-coronavirus-contagious-immunity/index.html

* "Why won’t the White House reveal the date of Trump’s last negative test?:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/why-won-t-the-white-house-reveal-the-date-of-trump-s-last-negative-test-93566533820

* "Lifelong Republican, 94, pledges to vote Biden to protect the LGBT+ community after gay grandson’s emotional appeal:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2020/10/09/grandmother-republican-democrat-gay-grandson-brennan-suen-twitter-thread/

* "McCaskill: We can see ‘cracks in the very firm foundation’ of Trump’s GOP ‘minions’:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/mccaskill-we-can-see-cracks-in-the-very-firm-foundation-of-trump-s-gop-minions-93564997646

* "South Carolina US Senate debate changes format after Lindsey Graham refuses to take Covid-19 test:" https://www.cnn.com/2020/10/09/politics/south-carolina-debate-lindsey-graham-jamie-harrison/index.html

* "Republican senator says 'democracy isn't the objective' of US system:" https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/oct/08/republican-us-senator-mike-lee-democracy

* "'The arguments are getting more and more absurd': Joy blasts Mike Lee’s attacks on democracy:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-reidout/watch/here-s-what-joy-thinks-of-sen-mike-lee-attacking-rank-democracy-the-arguments-are-getting-more-and-more-absurd-as-trump-gets-more-and-more-absurd-93476421651

* "With Election Day looming, Twitter imposes new limits on U.S. politicians — and ordinary users, too:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2020/10/09/with-election-day-looming-twitter-imposes-new-limits-us-politicians-ordinary-users-too/

* This is why you need Democrats in your state legislature. Otherwise they will increase the gerrymander and make it even harder for the next decade. Vote in every race. "Kansas Republican leader says the quiet part out loud: GOP wants to rig redistricting:" https://www.kansascity.com/opinion/editorials/article246347750.html

* "Kansas GOP caught plotting to rig redistricting:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/kansas-gop-caught-plotting-to-rig-redistricting-93565509954

* "Pa. Republicans drop effort to create ‘election integrity’ panel with subpoena power:" https://www.inquirer.com/politics/election/spl/pa-election-integrity-committee-house-republicans-20201009.html

* "Sheriff Pal of Militia Twins: Whitmer Kidnap Plot Could’ve Been a Legal ‘Citizen’s Arrest’ Attempt:" https://www.thedailybeast.com/sheriff-pal-of-militia-twins-suggests-whitmer-kidnap-plot-couldve-been-a-legal-citizens-arrest-attempt

* On who are doing the terrorism in rural areas and asshole assumptions: https://twitter.com/SarahTaber_bww/status/1314578622246719488

* "Cop caught calling Black Lives Matter protestor a ‘f****t’ was just upset because a traffic cone was thrown at him, union says:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2020/10/09/chicago-police-union-black-lives-matter-protester-fire-officer-homophobic-slur-recommendation/

* "Far-right activist calls Chicago mayor Lori Lightfoot a ‘disgusting homosexual demon’ after being arrested outside her home:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2020/10/09/lori-lightfoot-bevelyn-beatty-arrest-court-protest/

* "World Rugby bans trans women from playing at elite women’s level in devastating blow to players:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2020/10/10/world-rugby-ban-transgender-women-policy-document-athlete-ally-stonewall-criticism/

* "Homophobic hate crimes have trebled in five years, shocking new figures reveal – and that’s ‘just the tip of the iceberg’:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2020/10/09/homophobic-hate-crimes-uk-police-2020-tommy-barkwick-stonewall-nancy-kelley/

* "Stephen King, Margaret Atwood and more than 1,000 literary heroes 'put their names on the line' for trans people:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2020/10/09/stephen-king-margaret-atwood-neil-gaiman-trans-transgender-rights-open-letter/

* "2020 is officially the deadliest year for transgender violence since records began – and there’s still three months left:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2020/10/09/transgender-violence-2020-deaths-deadliest-year-human-rights-campaign-felycya-harris/

* "Tropical Storm Delta Strikes a Louisiana Region That Was Already Reeling:" https://www.nytimes.com/2020/10/09/us/hurricane-delta-louisiana.html

* "The 1851 Women's Pants That Made The Victorians Go Crazy:"

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* "The Election of 1860 & the Road to Disunion: Crash Course US History #18:"

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* "The Civil War, Part I: Crash Course US History #20:"

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* "The Civil War Part 2: Crash Course US History #21:"

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* "How Did Victorian Women Deal With Their Periods?:"

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* Bring tissues. Contains 20th century Polish History. "100 Years of Beauty - Poland:"

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* "The New Deal: Crash Course US History #34:"

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* "Highlights of the Pence-Harris Vice Presidential Debate:"

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* "Trump Objects to Virtual Debate and Claims COVID-19 Immunity:"

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* "Jordan Klepper Fingers the Pulse - Trump Rally-Goers in PA:"

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* Friday is forage boxes day and I had a Thing in the afternoon scheduled, but it fell through, but I set the alarm because I didn't know at the time nothing was going to happen. Plus a long surprise phone call about getting services we need, plus scammer autodialers... I was going to be short sleeped anyway, but none of the sleep chunks I got were longer than an hour and a half and I take ages to fall back asleep under these circumstances so, basically hardly any spoons and nowhere near enough concentration it was past three AM before my head was together enough to do real work instead of just prepping and faffing about, by which point Rupert Laptop was balky. Mostly from there on I read stuff and fed things into the dramwidth scaffold, but really, mostly faffing about. Sorry.

Saturday: I meant to get up early today but that was before a scammer called me 20 times during my sleep cycle from different autodialers carefully timed so I'd have just enough time to drift back to sleep between and then I had to spend 45 minutes trying to talk someone into considering doing something about it. I am not sanguine anything will happen and I only get 25 blocked numbers, so....

Anyway, that ate three hours of sleep time and then I read Murderbot for a while, but the nap that followed was low quality. I managed to get as far as medicated and dressed before getting sucked down into slightly less crappy sleep, but still low quality.

* "Saga Brief 3: Krákumál:" https://sagathingpodcast.wordpress.com/2015/03/05/saga-brief-3-krakumal/

* "One the first day of halloween my lost love gave to me....:" https://twitter.com/moofable/status/1311815843781709825

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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.

* "2020 wildfires in California and the west: Everything we know and how you can help:" https://www.cnet.com/how-to/2020-wildfires-in-california-and-the-west-everything-we-know-and-how-to-help/

* Want a quick way to donate money to close senate races in hopes of flipping the senate? https://secure.actblue.com/donate/ky_mcconnell_vid

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* "Widespread COVID-19 vaccinations not expected until mid-2021, WHO says:" https://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-who-briefing/widespread-covid-vaccinations-not-expected-until-mid-2021-who-says-idUSKBN25V1B0

* "A Supercomputer Analyzed Covid-19 — and an Interesting New Theory Has Emerged:" https://elemental.medium.com/a-supercomputer-analyzed-covid-19-and-an-interesting-new-theory-has-emerged-31cb8eba9d63

* "No, 94 Percent of COVID-19 Deaths Were Not Caused by Something Else:" https://slate.com/technology/2020/09/94-percent-covid19-deaths-not-caused-by-something-else.html

* "COVID-19 Can Wreck Your Heart, Even if You Haven't Had Any Symptoms:" https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/covid-19-can-wreck-your-heart-even-if-you-havent-had-any-symptoms/

* "Israel announces partial national lockdown after coronavirus surge:" https://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-israel/israel-announces-partial-national-lockdown-after-coronavirus-surge-idUSKBN25U2T1

* "Cuba imposes Havana lockdown as coronavirus spreads:" https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2020/09/cuba-imposes-havana-lockdown-coronavirus-spreads-200901194133796.html

* Total confirmed COVID-19 cases in the U.S.A for 9/4/20 are 6,174,000. The death toll is 187,200. The real number is likely much higher.

* "Coronavirus in Illinois updates: 5,368 new known COVID-19 cases reported as state catches up following significant slowdown in data processing; Lake County now on warning list:" https://www.chicagotribune.com/coronavirus/ct-covid-19-pandemic-chicago-illinois-news-20200903-dzsplixxhfhjlmhpzi6j5ybymi-story.html

* Can we stop reopening schools now? "Despite Mass Testing, University Of Illinois Sees Coronavirus Cases Rise:" https://www.npr.org/sections/coronavirus-live-updates/2020/09/03/909137658/university-with-model-testing-regime-doubles-down-on-discipline-amid-case-spike

* "Missouri universities grappling with coronavirus spread:" https://www.stltoday.com/news/local/govt-and-politics/missouri-universities-grappling-with-coronavirus-spread/article_8827d84d-280e-59cc-aa8e-559c359dfba2.html

* "Video shows South Carolina college students crowding bar as COVID-19 cases spike:" https://thehill.com/homenews/news/515209-video-shows-south-carolina-college-students-crowding-bar-as-covid-19-cases

* "University of Iowa coronavirus cases among highest on U.S. campuses UI sees evidence surge has 'started to plateau':" https://www.thegazette.com/subject/news/education/iowa-university-coronavirus-students-tests-positive-cases-20200904

* "Different coronavirus landscape increases risk of post-Labor Day weekend spike:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/different-coronavirus-landscape-increases-risk-of-post-labor-day-weekend-spike-91167813758

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* "Multiple news outlets mirror report of Trump denigrating veterans, military service:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/multiple-news-outlets-mirror-report-of-trump-denigrating-veterans-91166789918

* "'It fits': Reports of Trump disparaging veterans resonates with what we know about him:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/reports-of-trump-disparaging-veterans-resonates-with-what-we-know-91167301940

* "Gold Star Mom: Trump 'doesn't seem to have a concept of service':" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/gold-star-mom-trump-doesn-t-seem-to-have-a-concept-of-service-91166277850

* "Trump disdain for military service threatens morale of those serving:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/trump-disdain-for-military-service-threatens-morale-of-those-serving-91165765942

* "This Former Log Cabin Republican Is on a Mission to Stop Trump:" https://www.advocate.com/commentary/2020/9/03/former-log-cabin-republican-mission-stop-trump

* "Anti-Trans Ads Against Biden Incite Fury:" https://www.advocate.com/politics/2020/9/03/anti-trans-ads-against-biden-incite-fury

* "Gay son gives his Trump-supporting mum a much-needed wake-up call in eye-opening new campaign ad:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2020/08/25/donald-trump-lgbt-gay-glaad-campaign-ad-fox-news-presidential-election/

* "Trump spins rumors about his own health into new attack on Biden:" https://www.politico.com/news/2020/09/03/trump-attacks-bidens-health-rally-408592

* "Trump Campaign Running Photo Ads Edited To Make Joe Biden Appear Older:" https://www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-biden-older-facebook-ads_n_5f515dcfc5b6946f3eaf3fbe?vf&_guc_consent_skip=1599190225

* "What video analysis of the Aug. 29 Portland shooting tells us:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/investigations/2020/09/04/portland-protest-shooting-video/

* "The Few, the Proud, the White: The Marine Corps Balks at Promoting Generals of Color:" https://www.nytimes.com/2020/08/31/us/politics/marines-race-general.html

* "White House Orders End Of 'Un-American' Racial Sensitivity Training At Federal Agencies:" https://www.huffpost.com/entry/racial-sensitivity-training-un-american_n_5f52e600c5b6578026ce23f1

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* "Shamelessly transphobic Polish minister urged to resign after lying about schools ‘stuffing’ kids with hormones:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2020/09/03/poland-mikolaj-pawlak-hormones-schools-transgender-pills-fact-checked/

* "Bishop who called for gay conversion camps claims church doesn't wants to force queer people into harmful 'therapy':" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2020/09/03/polish-bishop-now-claims-misconception-church-force-lgbt-people-into-conversion-therapy/

* "Indonesian Police Arrest Nine in Raid on 'Gay Party':" https://www.advocate.com/world/2020/9/03/indonesian-police-arrest-nine-raid-gay-party

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* "Bird deaths down 70 percent after painting wind turbine blades:" https://arstechnica.com/science/2020/08/black-paint-on-wind-turbines-helps-prevent-bird-massacres/

* "Once seen as loners, male elephants shown to follow elders:" https://apnews.com/ec1b2fcee31d80de93819897d2fe7441

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* "Caged Congolese teen: Why a zoo took 114 years to apologise:" https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-53917733

* "How Four Brothers Allegedly Fleeced $19 Million From Amazon:" https://www.wired.com/story/how-four-brothers-allegedly-fleeced-19-million-amazon/

* "R.I.P. David Graeber:" https://www.ianwelsh.net/r-i-p-david-graeber/

* "Amezaiku: The Nearly Lost Japanese Art of Candy Sculpture:" https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/628146/amezaiku-japanese-candy-sculpture

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* I was getting better. I swear I was. I started the second z-pac Thursday because while clearing, my lungs weren't clear. I also kind of felt crap Thursday evening, but in the expected ways given the war inside my body.

Ad then I had an ICU dream. These aren't nightmares. No really. I get them when my lungs are bad and the dream is about going on oxygen and having actual appropriate medical care. Other Americans will see why this is kind of an exciting concept. People in developed countries will likely be like: isn't that every day?

Anyway, I half woke up and thought, "Huh, that's odd. My lungs aren't bad enough for me to be dreaming about supplemental oxygen," and went back to sleep.

This was a mistake. I bet you can see the mistake already, but in my defense: half asleep and when I went to bed I was projecting them drying up by Monday.

I woke up with really bad lungs. Like worse than the day they started me on the second antibiotic bad lungs. I moved a little and ended up having to eject a cat and lean over the side of me bed in case I vomited from coughing bad.

My the time I got it together I was too late for the clinic call in hours, apparently. Like they were till open, but o longer answering phones.

Long time readers will know that I general get a virus and then an opportunistic bacterial lung infection moves in while my immune system is extra distracted between fighting off the virs and it's main goal of eating large sections of my body under the beleif that most of me is a foreign object.

Except this is clearly bacterial or it wouldn't have been responding to antibiotics. Which means odds are i just pulled the rare opposite scenario. What have I had to do a lot of the past three weeks? Go to assorted Doctors despite my real concern about infection risk. <.< >.>

Nothing could be done except wait for me to reach live people at the poverty clinic. I'm maxing out my lung treatments.

I think I need a COVID test. If I have it, odds are squirrel and I are both dead.

Update: as of 9AM, I have spent an hour so far hunting for an open Covid test slot before Tuesday. *digits cruciform*

* I watch a lot of zombie movies. Like most of them at least once. One'll slip by here or there only to be noticed a few years later and I'll have to wait for some to come up somewhere I can watch free, but I watch them all, even the terrible z-grade ones. I've been dreaming about zombies in one form another since I was literally three, before I knew the word. IDK, they resonate with me for a bunch of reasons, some of which I've written about before.

I have watched aquatic NAZI zombies, stripper zombies, lederhosen zombies, crappy racist pre-Romero zombies. I love Romero and always will. I love Cemetery Man. Train to Busan is now my favorite, but seriously Dawn of the dead in particular was formative in a bunch of ways. I even watched the zombienado thing the sharknado people made.

I may have found one of the worst zombie movies ever made last night. I mean, at least Zombienado and the zombie strippers had some camp value and the self awareness to know they aren't making a good flick here, just making a flick period, so they just had fun with it. It was a terrible, terrible thing, that made very little sense, couldn't pick a tone, was consistently horribly racist despite being made in 2014 and randomly casually homophobic, and had possibly the stupidest, most annoying collection of characters ever assembled in a zombie movie. Also it was simultaneously vehemently christian and anti-christian in a way that just kept confusing me. It seemed to be trying to say something about religion, but the whole thing was so incoherent, I can't venture a guess as to what.

When I say stupid, I mean I literally could not figure out how this collection of people could survive an hour in a zombie apocalypse let alone a year and a half. These zombies are attracted to noise, but they never shut up and like yelling and screaming all the fucking time. All of their ideas are terrible and frequently deadly. The teenager keeps wandering off by herself. they keep putting limbs and faces next to infected people. they don't pay attention to undead they can see coming towards them because their annoying petty personal dramas are more important than not getting bitten. They keep splitting up and getting attacked.... Like seriously, how'd they make it this far?

The two supposedly bright characters really, really weren't. One was a bunch of ableist tropes (both mental and physical) in a man suit. The other? Was supposedly a scientist, but was only marginally brighter than the others. If this movie wasn't from the UK and six years old, I'd have thought he was a trump CDC political appointee. Like get this: They did mass inoculations of the military with an experimental vaccine they had not bothered to test for safety and efficacy. They had no tests to see if there were any side effects apparently before they lined them up and dosed them with the stuff. What could go wrong? Dude!

So I have to ask, how did someone with 45's level of mental impairment get put in charge of a biological warfare vaccine development program of this magnitude? How did he get the credentials to get hired? What muppet let him handle level four pathogens? Did not one person anywhere in the process suggest at least one proper phase 3 study?

And his decisions stopped making any sense at all once they ran into literal Sweet zombie Jesus. No really. There is a literal zombie Jesus and what little sense the character had in their heads falls right out along with the already minimal coherence to the plot.

I just can't with this film. I keep trying to work out what any of the characters were thinking or why they did any of the things they did and I can't. I still have no idea why zombie Jesus' powers worked the weird inconsistent way they did, just as I can't explain WTF they had a live action first person shooter style intro tacked on at the start of the movie and what if any information it was meant to convey.

They'd have been better off killing off these people as an intro and then made another better movie with characters that I actually wanted to watch doing things that made sense instead of bickering loudly to attract zombies and occasionally literally feeding themselves to zombies on purpose.

Do not watch Zombie Resurrection.

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* Total confirmed COVID-19 cases in the U.S.A for 9/2/20 are 6,108,000. The death toll is 186,000. The real number is likely much higher.

* I am having trouble believing a full testing regimen for safety and effectiveness can be complete by then. "CDC to states: Ready vaccine distribution for November:" https://www.politico.com/news/2020/09/02/cdc-states-vaccine-distribution-407783

* "CDC tells states to prepare for vaccine by Nov. Here's why experts say that's unrealistic.:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/trump-appears-to-surrender-to-coronavirus-spread-embraces-herd-91055173681

* Apparently my skepticism that a full testing regimen for safety and effectiveness can be complete in less than two months is justified. "CDC tells states to prepare for vaccine by Nov. Here's why experts say that's unrealistic.:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/cdc-tells-states-to-prepare-for-vaccine-by-nov-here-s-why-experts-say-that-s-unrealistic-91050053712

* Apparently my skepticism that a full testing regimen for safety and effectiveness can be complete in less than two months is justified. "‘Definitely not’: Dr. Vin Gupta doesn’t think there will be a vaccine ready by October:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-reidout/watch/-definitely-not-dr-vin-gupta-doesn-t-think-there-will-be-a-vaccine-ready-by-october-91046981608

* "The Trump Administration Is Backing Out of a $647 Million Ventilator Deal After ProPublica Investigated the Price:" https://www.propublica.org/article/the-trump-administration-is-backing-out-of-a-647-million-ventilator-deal-after-propublica-investigated-the-price

* This may look scary, but it isn't. They are collecting anomous demographic data. "California to Require Hospitals to Collect LGBTQ+ Disease Data:" https://www.advocate.com/health/2020/9/02/california-require-hospitals-collect-lgbtq-disease-data

* "States Report Coronavirus Cases Linked To Sturgis, S.D., Motorcycle Rally:" https://www.npr.org/2020/09/02/908874086/states-report-coronavirus-cases-linked-to-sturgis-s-d-motorcycle-rally

* "First covid-19 death linked to Sturgis Motorcycle Rally reported in Minnesota:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/2020/09/02/sturgis-rally-death-coronavirus/

* "A rural wedding led to dozens of coronavirus cases. Officials see it as a cautionary tale.:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/2020/08/30/coronavirus-millinocket-wedding-outbreak/

* Why are Christians always trying to force other people to die for their religion? If god really is on their side, why do they always insist on lying to make arguments for things that they know will harm people? "Pastor defiant about outbreak as anxiety increases in Sanford:" https://www.pressherald.com/2020/09/01/sanford-pastor-defiant-after-outbreak-dividing-some-who-know-him/

* "Trump camp politicizing coronavirus has deadly consequences for followers, United States:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/trump-camp-misinformation-leads-followers-to-spread-coronavirus-91054661826

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* We are doing it because Republicans oppose any consequences for war crimes. Republicans insist that prosecuting war crimes is by definition terrorism against the Untied States. "US imposes sanctions on top international criminal court officials:" https://www.theguardian.com/law/2020/sep/02/us-sanctions-international-criminal-court-fatou-bensouda

* "Trump silent as world leaders call for answers from Putin on Navalny poisoning:" https://www.cnn.com/2020/09/02/politics/trump-admin-silence-navalny-poisoning-novichok/index.html

* "Trump goes after Drudge over rumors of ‘mini-strokes’:" https://www.politico.com/news/2020/09/01/trump-health-mini-strokes-406953

* Eeew. I don’t have to like Sara Sanders to me grossed out by 45 sexually harassing her. It shouldn’t happen to anybody and that definitely includes her. "Trump told Sarah Sanders to 'take one for the team' after Kim Jong-un wink:" https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/sep/01/donald-trump-sarah-sanders-take-one-for-the-team-kim-jong-un-wink-book

* "Melania Trump used private email accounts in the White House, ex-aide tells WashPost:" https://www.axios.com/washpost-melania-trump-private-email-accounts-white-house-dc91842e-8b1f-47fa-9447-a08cb46e44f1.html

* "House investigators warn of possibly ‘billions of dollars’ in PPP fraud and abuse:" https://www.chicagotribune.com/business/ct-biz-coronavirus-ppp-small-business-loan-fraud-20200901-7d5o2sh2qrbi3l42vrmtdjqg6q-story.html

* "ABC News: DHS withheld intelligence bulletin warning about Russian attack on Biden's mental health:" https://www.cnn.com/2020/09/02/politics/dhs-bulletin-russia-joe-biden/

* "Kacey Musgraves calls a spade a spade and declares a vote for Trump an ‘act of violence’ against LGBT+ community:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2020/09/01/kacey-musgraves-donald-trump-us-presidential-election-vote-lgbt-rights/

* "Exclusive: Bloomberg group warns Trump will appear to win big on election night:" https://www.axios.com/bloomberg-group-trump-election-night-scenarios-a554e8f5-9702-437e-ae75-d2be478d42bb.html

* "Fmr. Nixon counsel John Dean talks ‘pure authoritarianism’ of Trump, Barr:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/fmr-nixon-counsel-john-dean-talks-pure-authoritarianism-of-trump-barr-91048517836

* As part of his ”Law and Order” agenda, 45 calling on Republican voters to commit widespread felony voter fraud in order to fix the election. "Trump Urges Supporters to Commit Voter Fraud and Vote Twice, Once by Mail and Once in Person:" https://www.thedailybeast.com/trump-urges-supporters-to-commit-voter-fraud-and-vote-twice-once-by-mail-and-once-in-person

* "Trump encourages his supporters to try to commit voter fraud by voting for him twice:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/trump-encourages-his-supporters-to-commit-voter-fraud-vote-twice-91053637797

* "Lara Trump campaigned with far-right candidate and conspiracy theorist Laura Loomer:" https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/elections/2020/09/02/lara-trump-campaigned-conspiracy-theorist-laura-loomer/5692753002/

* "Want to Help Our Community Vote This Year? Be a Poll Worker:" https://www.advocate.com/politics/2020/9/01/want-help-our-community-vote-year-be-poll-worker

* "Trump and RNC sue Montana over mail-in voting:" https://www.cnn.com/2020/09/02/politics/trump-rnc-montana-mail-in-voting-sue/index.html

* "Texas Supreme Court temporarily blocks Harris County from sending mail-in ballot applications to all its voters:" https://www.texastribune.org/2020/09/02/Harris-County-absentee-ballott/

* Apparently they tricked two electors so he my not have the minimum. "Lawsuit Filed to Keep Kanye West Off Virginia Ballot:" https://www.nbcwashington.com/news/politics/lawsuit-filed-to-keep-kanye-west-off-virginia-ballot/2408207/

* "Leak Reveals Warnings Inside Census That Shortened Schedule Risks 'Serious Errors':" https://www.npr.org/2020/09/02/908852878/leak-reveals-warnings-inside-census-that-shortened-schedule-risks-serious-errors

* "Former DHS Official: Trump Pouring 'Fuel On The Fire' Of Domestic Extremism:" https://www.npr.org/2020/09/02/908347989/former-dhs-official-white-house-failed-to-take-far-right-extremism-seriously

* "Kenosha business owner declines President Trump photo-op, former owner replaces him:" https://www.tmj4.com/news/local-news/kenosha-business-owner-declines-president-trump-photo-op-former-owner-replaces-him

* "Sen. Tammy Baldwin Blasts Trump's 'Divisive' Wisconsin Visit:" https://www.advocate.com/news/2020/9/01/sen-tammy-baldwin-blasts-trumps-divisive-wisconsin-visit

* "Jacob Blake’s sister on police brutality: It’s going to take our country as a whole to put a stop to this:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-reidout/watch/jacob-blake-s-sister-on-police-brutality-it-s-going-to-take-our-country-as-a-whole-to-put-a-stop-to-this-90989637733

* "Is Trump radicalizing Americans?:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-reidout/watch/is-trump-radicalizing-americans-91050053624

* "Mandela Barnes: 'There is no crisis too large' for GOP in Wisconsin Legislature to ignore:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-reidout/watch/mandela-barnes-there-is-no-crisis-too-large-for-gop-in-wisconsin-legislature-to-ignore-90988613509

* "Trump spreads conspiracy theory that circulated on Facebook three months ago:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/trump-spreads-conspiracy-theory-that-circulated-on-facebook-three-months-ago-90993733590

* "Trump Says Some Really Strange Things. Republicans Say No Comment, Again.:" https://www.nytimes.com/2020/09/01/us/politics/trump-republicans.html

* "Trump flubs softball interview, compares police shooting unarmed Black man to golf:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/trump-flubs-softball-interview-compares-police-shooting-unarmed-black-man-to-golf-90991173934

* "Breonna Taylor's boyfriend says in $10.5 million lawsuit that he 'lives in constant fear':" https://www.cnn.com/2020/09/01/us/breonna-taylor-boyfriend-lawsuit/index.html

* Notice Jamarcus Glover is showing dramatically more decency and distress over the assassination than the assassins and the department that sent them. "Prosecutors' Plea Deal Required Drug Suspect To Name Breonna Taylor A 'Co-Defendant':" https://www.npr.org/2020/09/02/908625259/prosecutors-plea-offer-alleged-breonna-taylor-was-part-of-organized-crime-syndic

"Sam Aguiar, the lawyer who represents the Taylor family in a wrongful death lawsuit, says the plea offer was an attempt by Jefferson Commonwealth's Attorney Tom Wine to tarnish the 26-year-old EMT's reputation."

* "Gay Democrat wins historic LGBT+ rights victory after being threatened with decapitation over sex offenders bill:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2020/09/02/scott-wiener-california-gay-lgbt-sex-offenders-sexual-offence-bill/

* "Dictionary.com adds raft of LGBT+ words – including ‘Pride’ and ‘asexual’ – to ‘eliminate heterosexual bias in language’:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2020/09/02/dictionary-com-lgbt-new-words-pride-asexual-deadname-gender-diversity-definitions/

* "World Rugby told its heinous ban on trans women 'has no scientific basis' and 'will only hurt trans people':" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2020/09/02/world-rugby-trans-women-transgender-ban-scientific-evidence-letter/

* "Turkey's Government Is Using Antigay Hate to Retain Power:" https://www.advocate.com/commentary/2020/9/01/turkeys-government-using-antigay-hate-retain-power

* "Homophobic thugs dragged a queer man down the street with their car. His crime was holding hands with another man:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2020/09/02/canada-queer-homophobia-attack-hate-crime-orillia-police-james-ley/

* "Two Men Charged With Hate Crimes in Attack on L.A. Trans Women:" https://www.advocate.com/crime/2020/9/02/two-men-charged-hate-crimes-attack-la-trans-women

* "Man who fired gun outside a queer bar while shouting homophobic slurs jailed – but didn’t commit a hate crime:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2020/09/02/missouri-rehab-bar-shooting-gay-lgbt-hate-crime-freddie-doyle-prison/

* "Headteacher expels gay straight-A student because it’s what ‘Jesus would want’:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2020/09/02/covenant-christian-academy-jesus-texas-devin-byrant-gay-student-expelled-coming-out/

* "Gay People Do Not Have License to Weaponize Homophobic Slurs:" https://www.advocate.com/commentary/2020/9/01/gay-people-do-not-have-license-weaponize-homophobic-slurs

* "Things you should know about migraines...:"

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* How stupid is 45? This stupid, apparently. "U.S. says it won’t join WHO-linked effort to develop, distribute coronavirus vaccine:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/coronavirus-vaccine-trump/2020/09/01/b44b42be-e965-11ea-bf44-0d31c85838a5_story.html?tidr=a_breakingnews&hpid=hp_no-name_hp-breaking-news%3Apage%2Fbreaking-news-bar

* Total confirmed COVID-19 cases in the U.S.A for 9/1/20 are 6,065,000. The death toll is 185,000. The real number is likely much higher.

* Republicans now want to kill 2.3 million Americans rather than lift a finger to stop COVID-19. I feel like it needs to be said in those terms, because that's what the new "herd immunity" COVID-19 plan requires.

* "Advisers See No Data Favoring Trump-Touted Plasma Therapy:" https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-09-01/nih-advisers-say-data-fails-to-back-trump-backed-plasma-therapy?sref=MIBMEEoj

* "Twitter removes QAnon supporter's false claim about coronavirus death statistics that Trump had retweeted:" https://www.cnn.com/2020/08/30/politics/twitter-coronavirus-deaths-false-claim-qanon-trump/index.html

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* 45 announced out of the blue that he didn't have a bunch of mini strokes, much the way a toddler covered in cookie crumbs announces ze didn't eat any cookies before anyone asks.

* "Pence was on standby to 'take over' during Trump's unannounced Walter Reed visit, new book reports:" https://www.cnn.com/2020/08/31/politics/trump-walter-reed-visit-pence/index.html

* "Court temporarily blocks enforcement of subpoena for Trump’s tax records:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/trumps-tax-returns-subpoena/2020/09/01/a865b026-eb98-11ea-ab4e-581edb849379_story.html?tidr=a_breakingnews&hpid=hp_no-name_hp-breaking-news%3Apage%2Fbreaking-news-bar

* "Washington Post: Justice Department preparing to charge former Trump inaugural fundraiser Elliot Broidy:" https://www.cnn.com/2020/09/01/politics/elliot-broidy-charges-justice-department/index.html

* This isn't a reform. It's designed to let Bill Barr stop investigation of wrong doing. "Barr tightens rules on surveillance of political candidates and advisers:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/william-barr-surveillance-trump-campaign/2020/09/01/eacbe088-ec57-11ea-99a1-71343d03bc29_story.html

* The goal is to make the older, dirtier coal plants competitive with renewable energy by allowing them to pollute pretty much at will. Deregulation is always about helping corporations harm ordinary people in this country. "E.P.A. Relaxes Rules Limiting Toxic Waste From Coal Plants:" https://www.nytimes.com/2020/08/31/climate/trump-coal-plants.html

* "Congressional investigation finds over $1 billion in coronavirus aid fraud:" https://www.nbcnews.com/business/economy/congressional-investigation-finds-over-1-billion-ppp-fraud-n1239001

* They are still treating it like a PR problem. "HHS bids $250 million contract meant to 'defeat despair and inspire hope' on coronavirus:" https://www.politico.com/news/2020/08/31/hhs-contract-coronavirus-despair-hope-406361

* "Trump's Press Secretary Repeats Lie That He's Pro-LGBTQ+:" https://www.advocate.com/politics/2020/8/31/trumps-press-secretary-repeats-lie-hes-pro-lgbtq

* They removed the career official who among other things is in charge of cyber security against foreign threats to the election and put in a political appointee with zero cybersecurity experience. "Barr reportedly removes national security official ahead of elections:" https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/aug/31/william-barr-us-justice-department-elections

* "Facebook takes down Russian operation that recruited U.S. journalists, amid rising concerns about election misinformation:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2020/09/01/facebook-disinformation-takedown/

* "New York City delays first day of school amid teachers' concerns:" https://www.cnn.com/2020/09/01/us/new-york-city-school-delayed/index.html

* "FEMA Says It Will Stop Paying For Cloth Face Masks For Schools:" https://www.npr.org/sections/coronavirus-live-updates/2020/09/01/908413181/fema-says-it-will-stop-paying-for-cloth-face-masks-for-schools

* "2 Colorado Springs elementary schools quarantine classes over COVID-19 concerns:" https://gazette.com/news/2-colorado-springs-elementary-schools-quarantine-classes-over-covid-19-concerns/article_443882f2-ebb8-11ea-b5a6-bbfaa913b524.html

* "Colleges With Covid Outbreaks Advised to Keep Students on Campus:" https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-08-30/colleges-with-covid-outbreaks-advised-to-keep-students-on-campus

* "Coronavirus update: Infections rise to more than 1,000 on University of Alabama campus:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2020/08/29/coronavirus-covid-updates/

* The University’s goal is to spread it to as many households as possible, presumably in hopes of killing members the extended families of their students and spreading it to as many communities as possible, because why else would you do this knowing the consequences. "Emails Show Chaos and Confusion at Ole Miss Over Coronavirus Exposure:" https://www.thedailybeast.com/coronavirus-exposure-sends-university-of-mississippi-ole-miss-into-chaos-emails-show

* "Texas colleges see surge in COVID cases as students return:" https://www.houstonchronicle.com/news/education/article/Surge-in-COVID-19-cases-at-Baylor-prompts-15528173.php

* "Colorado College switches to remote learning, most students will have to leave campus:" https://www.thedenverchannel.com/news/coronavirus/colorado-college-switches-to-remote-learning-most-students-will-have-to-leave-campus

* "Dozens of students suspended as coronavirus outbreak emerges at New York college, chancellor says:" https://www.cnn.com/world/live-news/coronavirus-pandemic-08-31-20-intl/h_9ab6b9dd910c900a9c0a26fa178d70f8

* "University of Notre Dame changes 'battle plan' after rise in COVID-19 cases:" https://abcnews.go.com/US/university-notre-dame-battle-plan-rise-covid-19/story?id=72576408

* "University responds to more than 200 reports of COVID-19 violations:" https://www.unc.edu/posts/2020/08/31/university-responds-to-more-than-200-reports-of-covid-19-violations/

* "We Don’t Know How to Warn You Any Harder. America is Dying.:" https://eand.co/we-dont-know-how-to-warn-you-any-harder-america-is-dying-26ff80912391

* "Trump delivers law-and-order message in Kenosha, Wis.:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/elections/2020/09/01/election-2020-live-updates-trump-view-property-damage-talk-about-safety-during-visit-kenosha-wis/

* Let's call lies lies. He keeps claiming that if he fantasizes about something it becomes true. "Trump blames people in ‘dark shadows’ for protest violence, cites mysterious plane full of ‘thugs’ in black:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2020/09/01/trump-laura-ingraham-conspiracy-theory/

* So for Republicans, law and order means endorsing right wing terrorism against innocent Americans. "Trump defends accused Kenosha gunman, declines to condemn violence from his supporters:" https://www.reuters.com/article/us-global-race-usa-trump-idUSKBN25R2R1

* "Trump compares police brutality to golfers who ‘miss a 3-foot putt’:" https://www.politico.com/news/2020/09/01/trump-police-brutality-golfers-406802

* "DHS Chief Tells Tucker the Feds Are ‘Working On’ Conspiracy Charges Against BLM Leaders:" https://www.thedailybeast.com/dhs-chief-chad-wolf-tells-tucker-carlson-the-feds-are-working-on-corruption-charges-against-blm-leaders

* "A woman died in solitary confinement because she was trans. Her family was just awarded $6 million:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2020/09/01/layleen-cubilette-polanco-rikers-settlement-new-york-trans-woman/

* I am furious about this. "Drunk teens attack trans woman and friends on Manchester Pride weekend because she wouldn't give them a hug:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2020/09/02/manchester-pride-canal-street-transphobia-anti-lgbt-attack-adam-ali-jack-weir-police/

* "Who's Afraid of the Experts?:"

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* "Episode 7 – The Saga of Ragnar Lothbrok and His Sons:" https://sagathingpodcast.wordpress.com/2014/02/22/episode-7-the-saga-of-ragnar-lothbrok-and-his-sons/

* This is where I ended up on Blood Eagles back in the day for the same reasons. "Saga Brief 1: The Blood-Eagle:" https://sagathingpodcast.wordpress.com/2014/03/12/saga-brief-1-the-blood-eagle/

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* "Typhoon damages buildings, floods roads on Korean Peninsula:" https://apnews.com/e74800cacfed7743d130a8a7791775cb

* "Christchurch killer to stay in jail until he dies:" https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-53919624

* "Australia’s staunchly anti-LGBT+ former prime minister Tony Abbott hired by UK as post-Brexit trade chief:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2020/08/26/australia-tony-abbott-uk-board-trade-brexit-boris-johnson-anti-lgbt-same-sex-marriage/

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* "State of Play: Covid-19:" http://aebrain.blogspot.com/2020/08/state-of-play-covid-19.html

* Total confirmed COVID-19 cases in the U.S.A for 8/27/20 are 5,857,000. The death toll is 181,000. According to recent polls, most republicans are absolutely fine with that.

* The plan is to encourage those people who are asymptomatic or presympomatic to infect as many people as possible even though it flies directly in the face of science because that's a popular goal for Republican voters. "Updated CDC guidelines now say people exposed to coronavirus may not need to be tested:" https://www.cnn.com/2020/08/26/health/cdc-guidelines-coronavirus-testing/index.html

* They waited until Fauci was under anesthesia to force it through. "CDC was pressured 'from the top down' to change coronavirus testing guidance, official says:" https://www.cnn.com/2020/08/26/politics/cdc-coronavirus-testing-guidance/index.html

* "Trump Administration Orders Hospitals to Report Data or Risk Losing Funding:" https://www.nytimes.com/2020/08/25/us/politics/trump-coronavirus-data.html

* "Trump skips RNC announcement of rapid Covid tests:" https://www.politico.com/news/2020/08/27/trump-rapid-coronavirus-tests-403602

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* "Remember Trump's campaign to decriminalise homosexuality around the world? Unsurprisingly, it's a 'sham':" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2020/08/26/trump-campaign-decriminalise-homosexuality-gay-sham-richard-grenell-outright-action/

* "Room rentals, resort fees and furniture removal: How Trump’s company charged the U.S. government more than $900,000:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/trump-company-secret-service-spending/2020/08/27/9331bd86-de36-11ea-8051-d5f887d73381_story.html

* Meanwhile in Autocracy watch... "White House says it is creating 'very large' dossier on Washington Post journalist and others:" https://www.cnn.com/2020/08/27/media/white-house-dossier-journalists/

* "Alexander Vindman's brother files complaint alleging whistleblower retaliation:" https://www.axios.com/yevgeny-vindman-retaliation-complaint-trump-b81fc300-9e86-41b8-ab73-08c6c72b57b5.html

* "William Barr told Murdoch to 'muzzle' Fox News Trump critic, new book says:" https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/aug/22/william-barr-rupert-murdoch-muzzle-andrew-napolitano-fox-news-trump-critic-book

* "Another 1 million Americans filed for unemployment insurance benefits last week:" https://www.cnn.com/2020/08/27/economy/unemployment-benefits-coronavirus/index.html

* "Republicans officially adopt Mike Pence for a second term – and people can't wait for Kamala Harris to tear him apart:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2020/08/24/mike-pence-vice-president-kamala-harris-election-republican-national-convention/

* "Mike Pence argued homosexuality was 'a choice' or 'learned behavior' during 1990s fight against gay rights ordinance:" https://www.cnn.com/2019/09/13/politics/mike-pence-gay-rights-1990s/index.html?utm_source=twCNNp&utm_medium=social&utm_content=2019-09-13T17%3A19%3A04&utm_term=image

* "Fact-checking the third night of the 2020 Republican National Convention:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2020/08/27/fact-checking-third-night-2020-republican-national-convention/

* "Second night of RNC riddled with dishonesty as Melania Trump appeals for 'total honesty':" https://www.cnn.com/2020/08/25/politics/rnc-night-two-fact-check/index.html

* "Maddow corrects litany of falsehoods in Trump's marathon RNC speech:" https://www.msnbc.com/msnbc/watch/maddow-corrects-litany-of-falsehoods-in-marathon-trump-rnc-speech-90768453569

* "Donald Trump unveils 50-point plan for second term with zero mention of LGBT+ rights. He wants to build a moon base, though:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2020/08/24/donald-trump-action-plan-second-term-lgbt-rights-trans-moon-base/

* "Republican Message: Be Very Afraid of Biden Presidency:" https://www.advocate.com/politics/2020/8/24/republican-message-be-very-afraid-biden-presidency

* "Focus on Trump’s official White House actions as part of Republican convention programming raises Hatch Act concerns:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/hatch-act-republican-convention/2020/08/25/53b72b44-e6f8-11ea-970a-64c73a1c2392_story.html

* "‘This is absolutely not how it works’:" https://www.politico.com/newsletters/playbook/2020/08/26/this-is-absolutely-not-how-it-works-490188

* They are running on law and order while saying they are allowed to break laws because nobody cares. "Meadows dismisses Hatch Act concerns at RNC: 'Nobody outside of the Beltway really cares':" https://www.politico.com/news/2020/08/26/mark-meadows-hatch-act-rnc-402194

* "DHS employees receive Hatch Act warning after acting secretary's RNC appearance:" https://www.politico.com/news/2020/08/27/dhs-chad-wolf-rnc-hatch-act-warning-403567

* "Guests for Trump acceptance speech get guidance, but not Covid-19 testing:" https://www.politico.com/news/2020/08/27/trump-acceptance-speech-no-testing-403578

* "Melania Trump Rose Garden speech attendees not all required to get coronavirus tests:" https://www.cnn.com/2020/08/26/politics/rose-garden-attendees-coronavirus-tests-melania-trump/index.html

* "Republican convention speaker out of lineup after retweeting anti-Semitic rant:" https://www.politico.com/news/2020/08/25/rnc-speaker-retweets-anti-semitic-rant-401851

* "RNC Video Showing Rioters In “Biden’s America” Is Actually Spain:" https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/janelytvynenko/rnc-protest-video-barcelona

* The Projection is stunning. "Donald Trump, who’s made it his mission to destroy trans lives, says Joe Biden will ‘demolish the American dream’:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2020/08/28/donald-trump-republican-national-convention-speech-joe-biden-lgbt-gay/

* "Trump officials see political opportunity in racial unrest rocking the nation:" https://www.politico.com/news/2020/08/27/jared-kushner-white-house-democrats-racial-issues-403474

* "‘It’s not supposed to be about him’: Harris scorches Trump in prebuttal of acceptance speech:" https://www.politico.com/news/2020/08/27/harris-attacks-trumps-incompetence-coronavirus-response-in-acceptance-speech-prebuttal-403770

* "Republican Convention Ends With Doom, Gloom, and Lies From Trump:" https://www.advocate.com/politics/2020/8/27/republican-convention-ends-doom-gloom-and-lies-trump

* "David Jolly on RNC’s message: Trump is telling white people that Black people are coming for you:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-reidout/watch/david-jolly-on-rnc-s-message-trump-is-telling-white-people-that-black-people-are-coming-for-you-90757189577

* "Joy Reid: That was not an American President giving an acceptance speech, that was a monarch:" https://www.msnbc.com/msnbc/watch/joy-reid-that-was-not-an-americana-president-giving-an-acceptance-speech-that-was-a-monarch-90768453558

* "Sherrod Brown: RNC has been nothing about GOP ‘accomplishment and all about fear’:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-reidout/watch/sherrod-brown-rnc-has-been-nothing-about-gop-accomplishment-and-all-about-fear-90758213878

* "Mary Trump 'repulsed and heartbroken' after uncle's RNC speech:" https://www.msnbc.com/11th-hour/watch/mary-trump-repulsed-and-heartbroken-after-uncle-s-rnc-speech-90768453601

* "What It Means To Be Progressive With Pramila Jayapal:"

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* "Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez endorses congressional hopeful Alex Morse after facing ‘homophobic Grindr smears’:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2020/08/26/alexandria-ocasio-cortez-endorses-gay-alex-morse-massachusetts-homophobia-smear-campaign/

* "John Roberts' dark and sordid history bodes poorly if the 2020 election goes to the Supreme Court:" https://www.alternet.org/2020/08/john-roberts-dark-and-sordid-history-may-haunt-us-if-the-2020-election-goes-to-the-supreme-court/?utm_source=push_notifications

* "Intel officials contradict Trump on voting by mail:" https://www.politico.com/news/2020/08/26/intel-officials-contradict-trump-on-voting-by-mail-402470

* The Republican war on both truth and democracy continues. "Trump lies election workers, not USPS, could lead to 2020 miscount:" https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2020-election/trump-says-election-workers-not-usps-could-lead-2020-miscount-n1238387

* "Protesters set up a guillotine outside Jeff Bezos' mansion and demanded higher wages for Amazon workers after the CEO's net worth surpassed $200 billion:" https://www.businessinsider.com/bezos-mansion-protesters-set-up-guillotine-demand-higher-wages-2020-8

* "Border Officials Weighed Deploying Migrant ‘Heat Ray’ Ahead of Midterms:" https://www.nytimes.com/2020/08/26/us/politics/trump-campaign-immigration.html

* "Trump deploys federal agents to Kenosha:" https://www.politico.com/news/2020/08/26/trump-federal-agents-kenosha-wisconsin-402374

* "17-year-old charged with homicide after shooting during Kenosha protests, authorities say:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2020/08/26/jacob-blake-kenosha-police-protests/

* "Led by N.B.A., Boycotts Disrupt Pro Sports in Wake of Blake Shooting:" https://www.nytimes.com/2020/08/26/sports/basketball/nba-boycott-bucks-magic-blake-shooting.html

* "Jemele Hill: We're having the same conversations, 'trying to convince people that we matter':" https://www.msnbc.com/the-reidout/watch/jemele-hill-we-re-having-the-same-conversations-trying-to-convince-people-that-we-matter-90759237508

* "Brittany Packnett: 'If you want the protests to end, then stop killing us':" https://www.msnbc.com/the-reidout/watch/brittany-packnett-if-you-want-the-protests-to-end-then-stop-killing-us-90699333724

* "Symone Sanders: Biden believes ‘qualified immunity needs to be reined in’:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-reidout/watch/symone-sanders-biden-believes-qualified-immunity-needs-to-be-reined-in-90698821998

* "Shot by police, thwarted by judges and geography:" https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-police-immunity-variations-specia/special-report-shot-by-police-thwarted-by-judges-and-geography-idUSKBN25L168

* "Despite Huge Number of Misconduct Complaints, Cops at NYPD’s 75th Precinct Keep Getting Promotions:" https://theintercept.com/2020/08/23/nypd-75th-precinct-police-misconduct/

* "Inmate beaten to death at federal lockup:" https://apnews.com/1e8230672a10016c948015017b8b689e

* "The Federal Government Killed a Navajo Man Just to Prove It Could:" https://newrepublic.com/article/159089/federal-government-killed-navajo-man-just-prove

"Slightly complicating matters is the fact that members of the Slim family recently issued a statement supporting the execution of Mitchell—initially, court filings revealed that the daughter of Slim and mother of the child “passionately” argued against the death penalty. But as Navajo Nation Council delegate Carl Slater told the Navajo Times on Friday, the matter at hand is not one of whether the victims’ family’s wishes are being adhered to in terms of the levied justice but that the nation’s sovereignty was purposefully ignored and diminished by the U.S. “The Navajo Nation never opted in to impose the death penalty,” he told the Times. “It is not the decision of one person or one group of family to make the decision.”

Cases like these—ones that are extremely messy, grisly, and entangled in centuries of convoluted federal Indian law—are the kind that are meant to test both the American legal system and America’s commitment to tribal sovereignty. It’s a test that the country routinely, often gleefully, fails. It chose vengeance and violence. It opted for a flashy display of what it has decided to define as justice. And it did so against the express wishes of a sovereign nation. The case of Mitchell now stands as a harbinger of future federal action in Indian Country, should the U.S. federal government continue carrying out death penalty sentences. With Mitchell’s life now stolen by the state, America has tested a new boundary in its historic effort to undermine sovereignty at all turns and at all costs. Now it knows full well how to kill Native people convicted of crimes on tribal lands, sovereignty be damned."

* "The Hidden Costs of War: Vet Crimes:" https://www.ozy.com/news-and-politics/the-hidden-costs-of-war-vet-crimes/367025/

* CW: Rape. "Fashion's dirty secret: how sexual assault took hold in jeans factories:" https://www.theguardian.com/news/2020/aug/20/fashion-industry-jeans-lesotho-garment-factory-workers-sexual-violence

* CW: Rape. "A married lesbian couple were raped, murdered and set on fire, all because their killer didn’t want to pay rent:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2020/08/27/joey-anisha-van-niekerk-murder-rape-lesbian-couple-four-guilty-convicted-high-court-south-africa/

* "Trump administration asks Supreme Court to reinstate abortion pill restrictions judge has suspended due to coronavirus:" https://www.cnbc.com/2020/08/26/coronavirus-trump-administration-asks-supreme-court-to-rule-on-abortion-pill-restriction.html

* What to help fight queer people in Africa? Try the Initiative Sankofa D’Afrique de l’Ouest www.ISDAO.org

* "Stacks of obscene and disgusting transphobic leaflets found at Royal Mail sorting office:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2020/08/26/transphobic-leaflets-royal-mail-edinburgh-scotland-transphobia-gender-recognition-act/

* "This is what LGBT+ rights could look like after the UK crashes out of the European Unio... sorry, Brexit:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2020/08/26/university-law-brexit-lgbt-european-union-charter-fundamental-rights-equality-act/

* "Homophobic thug boasted about his ‘right hook’ after knocking a woman unconscious just because she had a wife:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2020/08/27/kristopher-gibson-homophobic-attack-hate-crime-gay-woman-belfast-sentencing-jail/

* "‘Beautiful’ gay couple ‘who were always together’ shot dead in their own home in furious four minute raid:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2020/08/27/ivor-maciejowski-christian-pandolfino-matla-dead-gay-murder-home-invasion-police/

* "Antigay State Dept. Must Grant Citizenship to Same-Sex Couple's Child:" https://www.advocate.com/family/2020/8/27/antigay-state-dept-must-allow-citizenship-same-sex-couples-child

* "Police arrest teenage boy after gay man is shot dead and two more injured in string of dating app attacks:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2020/08/26/damarion-trammell-degrate-arrested-waco-texas-jonathan-breeding-dead-gay-shooting-dating-app/

* It's not the kink; it's the hypocrisy. "14 worrying facts about Jerry Falwell Jr, the powerful evangelical homophobe embroiled in a sex scandal with a pool boy:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2020/08/26/jerry-falwell-liberty-university-sex-scandal-pool-boy-homophobia-lgbt-rights-donald-trump/

* "Trans woman in fear for her life after savage mob of thugs viciously beat her in her own home:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2020/08/27/kendall-stephens-trans-hate-crime-transphobia-mob-attack-philadelphia-police/

* "Police: Man Stole Shotgun Before Racist, Antigay Graffiti Spree:" https://www.advocate.com/news/2020/8/27/police-man-stole-shotgun-racist-antigay-graffiti-spree

* "Anchorage Becomes First Alaskan City to Ban Conversion Therapy:" https://www.advocate.com/politics/2020/8/27/anchorage-becomes-first-alaskan-city-ban-conversion-therapy

* "Another Epidemic of Inequities: HIV Among Young Black Men:" https://www.hivplusmag.com/opinion/2020/8/27/another-epidemic-inequities-hiv-among-young-black-men

* "Trying to Cure My Back Pain with a Corset:"

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* "California Has Australian Problems Now:" https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2020/08/climate-change-has-led-to-extreme-wildfires-in-california.html

* "Hurricane Laura Moving Inland as an Extremely Dangerous Category 4 Storm Near Lake Charles, Louisiana:" https://weather.com/storms/hurricane/news/2020-08-26-hurricane-laura-forecast-rapid-intensification-texas-louisiana

* "The future is fungal: why the 'megascience' of mycology is on the rise:" https://www.theguardian.com/science/2020/aug/23/the-future-is-fungal-why-the-megascience-of-mycology-is-on-the-rise

* "The First Modern Lesbian // Gentleman Jack:"

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* "What Typhoid Mary teaches us about the coronavirus:"

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* "The Bisexual Anti-Fascist // Marlene Dietrich:"

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* "‘You Are Not an American’:" https://prospect.org/civil-rights/you-are-not-an-american-citizenship-political-office-kamala-harris/

* "The Untold Story of the Black Marines Charged With Mutiny at Sea:" https://www.nytimes.com/2020/08/19/magazine/black-marines-mutiny.html

* "13 incredible facts about Stonewall legend and LGBT+ rights trailblazer Marsha P Johnson you might not know:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2020/08/24/marsha-p-johnson-stonewall-riots-death-institute-how-die-life/

* "Suppressing Native American Voters:" https://daily.jstor.org/suppressing-native-american-voters/

* "Louis DeJoy in the Hot Seat & Jerry Falwell's Sex Scandal:"

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* "America's Got Suppression:"

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* "When They Go Low, We Go LIVE: Watch Stephen Colbert's Monologue From Night 1 Of The RNC:"

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* "Melania Trump Headlines RNC Night 2 - Stephen Colbert's LIVE Monologue:"

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* "Jerry Falwell Jr.'s Link To Trump Is Far More Troubling Than His Sex Scandal:"

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* "The Republican Party’s Fall Look: Fringe!:"

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* "Full Frontal’s The Amazing Disgrace: Our Country’s Racist Symbols Pt. 1:"

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* "Stephen Colbert: I Didn't Watch The RNC Tonight, And I Feel Great About It:"

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* "The Republican National Convention 2020: Day Two:"

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* "The Shooting of Jacob Blake:"

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* "Surviving and Thriving with Jordan Klepper - The FEC in 2020:"

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* Y'all might remember The whole can't keep the antibiotic down situation last week. It was meant to be a ten day run. I managed a week. I'm sick again with the same symptom set. Sigh. Yes, I'm calling the doctor. Don't panic though. Yes, sick is scary especially now in someone with my health history, but really, odds are it's the lung infection rebounding and not something new.

In other news, Tavy is still refusing to go in my room except that one night when I was really sick. he is All Over Me when I'm out in the common areas, to the point I'm having trouble eating or typing. Tonight he worked out he can sit behind me in my chair, which means he doesn't need me to hol him for hours at a time which hurts a lot. He is coming for shorter arm cuddles, but not wanting me to hold him up while he sleeps.

In yet more cat news, Livia took the plunge Wednesday. She's been toying with the idea of staying on top o me after bedtime pets for longer and longer intervals. Today she finally did it! she slept right on top of the human the way Tavy used to before the elder Kitty decline and death. She had the best time. she needed encouragement to get back on after I shifted position the first couple of times, but she'd already learned to step off and then right back on by the third iteration. she liked it so much it took hours for me to get up because every time I stopped moving, she climbed back on for a pet and a nap.

Livia is definitely winning at life.

* "Billy Porter says his groundbreaking Pose sex scene was 'the hardest thing as a queer Black man':" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2020/08/27/billy-porter-pose-sex-scene-dyllon-burnside-black-queer-man-entertainment-weekly/

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* "COVID-19 Is Transmitted Through Aerosols. We Have Enough Evidence, Now It Is Time to Act.:" https://time.com/5883081/covid-19-transmitted-aerosols/

* Total confirmed COVID-19 cases in the U.S.A for 8/25/20 are 5,770,000. The death toll is 179,000.

* "New US virus cases fall as masks gain favor but testing lags:" https://apnews.com/219af7fe1e6a7393e4ef254cc0b6dfe9

* "Fauci says rushing out a vaccine could jeopardize testing of others:" https://uk.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-vaccine-approval-e/exclusive-fauci-says-rushing-out-a-vaccine-could-jeopardize-testing-of-others-idUKKBN25K2M0

* "FDA commissioner disputes Trump, says no 'deep state' thwarting vaccine:" https://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-hahn-exclusive/exclusive-fda-commissioner-disputes-trump-says-no-deep-state-thwarting-vaccine-idUSKBN25L0A2

* "F.D.A. ‘Grossly Misrepresented’ Blood Plasma Data, Scientists Say:" https://www.nytimes.com/2020/08/24/health/fda-blood-plasma.html

* "FDA chief issues mea culpa for his plasma treatment claims:" https://www.politico.com/news/2020/08/25/fda-chief-plasma-benefits-criticism-401514

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* "Trump Has Now Moved $2.3 Million Of Campaign-Donor Money Into His Private Business:" https://www.forbes.com/sites/danalexander/2020/08/25/trump-has-now-moved-23-million-of-campaign-donor-money-into-his-private-business/#5d336658773c

* "Manhattan DA agrees to delay subpoena of Trump's tax returns:" https://www.cnn.com/2020/08/24/politics/vance-trump-taxes-subpoena/index.html

* "New York attorney general files legal action against Trump Organization, revealing state investigation into the company’s financial dealings:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/new-york-ag-trump-organization-lawsuit/2020/08/24/882c03a8-e60e-11ea-bc79-834454439a44_story.html

* "Trump Told Homeland Security To Take Its Orders From Lou Dobbs, Former Official Says:" https://www.huffpost.com/entry/miles-taylor-trump-lou-dobbs-fox-marching-orders-homeland-security_n_5f4066aec5b697824f98b023

* "Melania Trump's Comments About Trump Family Were Taped:" https://yashar.substack.com/p/scoop-melania-trumps-comments-about

* "Trump Policy Enabled Discrimination Against LGBTQ+ Families:" https://www.advocate.com/politics/2020/8/19/report-trump-policy-enabled-discrimination-against-lgbtq-families

* "Trump announces plan to nominate Chad Wolf as secretary of Homeland Security:" https://www.politico.com/news/2020/08/25/chad-wolf-secretary-of-homeland-security-401600

* "Can Joe Biden Build a Better LGBTQ+ America?:" https://www.advocate.com/exclusives/2020/8/20/can-joe-biden-build-better-lgbtq-america

* "Fact-checking the first night of the 2020 Republican National Convention:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2020/08/24/fact-checking-first-night-2020-republican-national-convention/

* "Enjoy the RNC But Don't Forget: The Party's Over:" https://www.advocate.com/commentary/2020/8/23/enjoy-rnc-dont-forget-partys-over

* "Republican convention speakers share dark vision of Democrats and praise Trump’s character:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/elections/2020/08/24/republican-national-convention-live-updates/

* "State Department memo warned Senate-approved officials against appearing at partisan events:" https://www.politico.com/news/2020/08/24/state-department-memo-pompeo-rnc-400897

* "Pompeo outrages diplomats, imperils U.S. foreign policy with RNC speech:" https://www.msnbc.com/msnbc/watch/pompeo-rnc-speech-outrages-diplomats-hurts-u-s-foreign-policy-90640453631

* "Steve Schmidt: Trump, RNC celebrating ‘greatest failure of leadership in the history of the country’:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-reidout/watch/steve-schmidt-trump-rnc-celebrating-great-failure-of-leadership-in-the-history-of-the-country-90568773870

* Meanwhile in Autocracy news: "“Say 12 More Years”: At the RNC, Trump’s Authoritarian “Joke” Slips Closer to Reality:" https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2020/08/at-repulibcan-national-convention-trump-authoritarian-joke-slips-closer-to-reality

* "Joy Reid: RNC sets up Trumps as 'America's royal family':" https://www.msnbc.com/msnbc/watch/joy-reid-rnc-sets-up-trumps-as-america-s-royal-family-90572869675

* The Republicans are no openly acknowledging they have now goals our principles beyond supporting their Dear Leader. That’s it. There is no other party platform. "The Platform the GOP Is Too Scared to Publish:" https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2020/08/new-gop-platform-authoritarianism/615640/

* "How the Republican National Convention was technically over before it began:" https://www.msnbc.com/msnbc/watch/how-the-rnc-was-technically-over-before-it-began-90575941508

* "Fmr. DHS official says four more years of Trump will 'take decades to recover from':" https://www.msnbc.com/the-reidout/watch/fmr-dhs-official-says-four-more-years-of-trump-will-take-decades-to-recover-from-90635333843

* "RNC pulls 'angel mom' from lineup after sharing anti-Semitic, QAnon tweets:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/rnc-pulls-angel-mom-from-lineup-after-anti-semitic-qanon-tweet-90639941610

* "Florida Politician Triumphs Over Homophobia to Win Primary:" https://www.advocate.com/politics/2020/8/19/florida-politician-triumphs-over-homophobia-win-primary

* "Acting Homeland Security chief says department does not have authority to send agents to polling locations:" https://www.cnn.com/2020/08/23/politics/chad-wolf-polling-centers-election-cnntv/index.html

* "Twitter flags Trump tweet about mail drop boxes for violating election rules:" https://www.axios.com/twitter-flags-trump-tweet-mail-drop-a92a868c-3f4c-450c-a5f4-fb8c83513e4e.html?utm_source=twitter

* "New York attorney general files lawsuit to protect U.S. Postal Service:" https://www.reuters.com/article/us-election-postoffice-idUSKBN25L2ET

* "U.S. postmaster tells House committee he will resume cost-cutting after election:" https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election-post-office-idUSKBN25K1UT

* Don't hold your breath. McConnell's the death of all good legislation. "House approves bill to send $25 billion to Postal Service and halt changes:" https://www.cnn.com/2020/08/22/politics/postal-service-house-vote-funding/index.html

* "Rep. Carolyn Maloney: Postmaster General ‘didn’t take responsibility for anything’:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-reidout/watch/rep-carolyn-maloney-postmaster-general-didn-t-take-responsibility-for-anything-90571333573

* Can we stop reopening schools now? "Opinion: UNC fiasco reveals truth about reopening colleges:" https://edition.cnn.com/2020/08/18/opinions/unc-coronavirus-and-colleges-reopening-perry/index.html

* "USCIS abandons mass employee furloughs that would've crippled immigration system:" https://www.cbsnews.com/news/uscis-abandons-furloughs-13000-employees-us-immigration-system/

* They shot an unarmed black man in the back for the crime of deescalating a fight. "Jacob Blake needs 'a miracle' to walk again after Kenosha police shot him, attorney says:" https://www.cnn.com/2020/08/25/us/jacob-blake-kenosha-wisconsin-protests/index.html

* "Officers involved in shooting of Jacob Blake placed on administrative leave:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-reidout/watch/officers-involved-in-shooting-of-jacob-blake-placed-on-administrative-leave-90571333601

* "A Shared Fight: Police Brutality in the LGBTQ+ And Black Communities:" https://www.advocate.com/exclusives/2020/8/19/shared-fight-police-brutality-lgbtq-and-black-communities

* "Queer waiter given chilling warning to ‘get out of America’ on his $5 tip. And, yes, of course it was from a Trump supporter:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2020/08/18/ashton-bindrup-donald-trump-supporter-make-america-great-again-homophobia-utar-waiter/

* TW: Sexual Assault. "A Soldier's Murder Could Change How the Military Handles Sexual Assault:"

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* "Terrifying stalker arrested after targeting gay WWE superstar Sonya Deville in a sinister kidnapping plot:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2020/08/18/sonya-deville-gay-wwe-superstar-kidnap-hostage-phillip-thomas-arrest-lutz-florida/

* "Staggering Drop in Washington, D.C.'s HIV Infections:" https://www.hivplusmag.com/news/2020/8/25/staggering-drop-washington-dcs-hiv-infections

* "I'm not a warrior:"

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* "The Water Is Toxic in the Town With America's Largest Coal Plant:"

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* "Hurricane Marco Heads for Louisiana as Tropical Storm Laura Kills 11 in Haiti and Dominican Republic:" https://time.com/5882841/hurricane-marco-tropical-storm-laura/

* "The millions being made from cardboard theft:" https://www.bbc.com/news/business-53724620

* "Was Emily Dickinson Gay?:"

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* "The 2020 Republican National Convention: Day One:"

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* "If You Don't Know, Now You Know - QAnon:"

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* "The 2020 Republican National Convention: Fear and Shouting:"

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* Rupert survived.

* "House Of The Rising Sun 1270 A.D (Cover in Old French 800-1400 A.D) Bardcore:"

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* "Smells Like Teen Spirit Cover In Classical Latin (75 BC to 3rd Century AD) Bardcore:"

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* "Arkham Board of Health Feedback On Miskatonic University’s Draft Plan for a Safe Campus Reopening:" https://www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/arkham-board-of-health-feedback-on-miskatonic-universitys-draft-plan-for-a-safe-campus-reopening

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

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* "CDC suggests recovered COVID-19 patients have protection for 3 months:" https://www.nbcnews.com/health/health-news/cdc-suggests-recovered-covid-patients-can-t-spread-virus-3-n1236782

* "Exponential growth bias: The numerical error behind Covid-19:" https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20200812-exponential-growth-bias-the-numerical-error-behind-covid-19

* "New CDC guidance says Covid-19 rates in children are 'steadily increasing':" https://www.cnn.com/2020/08/15/health/us-coronavirus-saturday/index.html

* "Exclusive: U.S. to make coronavirus strain for possible human challenge trials:" https://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-vaccine-challenge/exclusive-u-s-to-make-coronavirus-strain-for-possible-human-challenge-trials-idUSKCN25A1EL

* "CDC asks 4 states and a city to draft coronavirus vaccine distribution plans:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/2020/08/14/cdc-asks-4-states-city-draft-coronavirus-distribution-plans/

* Beto O'Rourke calls Trump's pandemic response an 'historic mismanagement'":" https://www.msnbc.com/the-reidout/watch/beto-o-rourke-calls-trump-s-pandemic-response-an-historic-mismanagement-90097733647

* "Dr. Peter Hotez on the Federal COVID-19 Response and More:"

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* "Fear, language barriers hinder immigrant contact-tracing:" https://apnews.com/67d8c0778472c9c06bb5b1a0622375c2

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* "A Border Town Is Now Isolated From Both the U.S. and Canada:" https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/point-roberts-us-canada-covid-19

* "'Do you regret all your lying?' White House reporter's question startles Trump:" https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/aug/14/do-you-regret-all-your-lying-white-house-reporters-question-startles-trump

* "Trump plans to deliver RNC speech on White House lawn:" https://nypost.com/2020/08/13/trump-plans-to-deliver-rnc-speech-on-white-house-lawn/

* "Appeals court nixes Hillary Clinton deposition on emails:" https://www.politico.com/news/2020/08/14/hillary-clinton-emails-deposition-overturned-395361

* "Michael Cohen book claims Trump colluded with Russia and will ‘never leave office peacefully’:" https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/donald-trump/michael-cohen-book-claims-trump-colluded-russia-will-never-leave-n1236693

* "Trump Probe Not Limited to Stormy Daniels Payment, Manhattan D.A. Says:" https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-08-14/trump-n-y-probe-not-limited-to-stormy-daniels-payment-da-says?srnd=politics-vp&sref=MIBMEEoj

* "Not *not* updating on the FL eviction/mortgage moratorium for August:" https://marahmarie.dreamwidth.org/560764.html

* "‘This is our moment’ How Biden and Harris are bringing hope in the age of Trump:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/-this-is-our-moment-how-biden-and-harris-are-bringing-hope-in-the-age-of-trump-90103365511

* "Trump gives credence to false, racist Harris conspiracy:" https://apnews.com/841b2ae6f1b3bd7815a9a0b21c046e60

* "Zerlina: Let’s call ‘birtherism’ what it is—racism:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/zerlina-let-s-call-birtherism-what-it-is-racism-90101317825

* "Postal service warns nearly every state it may not be able to deliver ballots in time based on current election rules:" https://www.cnn.com/2020/08/14/politics/usps-warn-states-mail-in-ballot-delivery/index.html

* "Internal USPS Documents Outline Plans to Hobble Mail Sorting:" https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/pkyv4k/internal-usps-documents-outline-plans-to-hobble-mail-sorting

* "New Postmaster Hasn't Yet Met Election Officials About Mail-In Ballot Concerns:" https://www.npr.org/2020/08/14/902545891/amid-fears-about-mail-in-ballots-election-officials-havent-met-with-new-postmast

* "Exclusive: Postal service inspector general reviewing DeJoy's policy changes and potential ethics conflicts:" https://www.cnn.com/2020/08/14/politics/postal-service-inspector-general-reviewing-dejoy/

* "Trump and first lady request mail-in ballots despite attacks:" https://www.cnn.com/2020/08/13/politics/donald-trump-melania-florida-mail-in-ballot/

* This is an excellent summary of what's going on with links "I've never loved the post office more than I do now that it's being dismantled:" https://marahmarie.dreamwidth.org/560916.html

* "New Jersey will send ballots to all active registered voters for November election, governor says:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/new-jersey-will-send-ballots-to-all-active-registered-voters-for-november-election-governor-says/2020/08/14/d7c5fb7e-de36-11ea-809e-b8be57ba616e_story.html

* "Widespread public outrage halts Post Office removal of mailboxes:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/widespread-public-outrage-halts-post-office-removal-of-mailboxes-90107461739

* "Outspoken worker brings national attention to Trump's postal service attack:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/outspoken-worker-calls-attention-to-trump-s-postal-service-attack-90107973861

* "'Constituent power' key to pushing Congress to protect Postal Service:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/-constituent-power-key-to-making-congress-to-save-postal-service-90107461856

* "'Constituent power' key to pushing Congress to protect Postal Service:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-reidout/watch/joy-gop-does-not-care-the-destruction-trump-s-attacks-on-the-usps-have-inflicted-on-people-90096197956

* "Postal Service Inspector General investigating recent policy changes by Trump’s Postmaster General:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-reidout/watch/postal-service-inspector-general-investigating-recent-policy-changes-by-trump-s-postmaster-general-90095685798

* "Mich. Sec. of State explains ‘two-pronged strategy’ to fight election sabotage:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/mich-sec-of-state-explains-two-pronged-strategy-to-fight-election-sabotage-90100293746

* "Two trans women were marching for liberation. They were put in jail, misgendered and interrogated about their genitals:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2020/08/14/trans-women-dehumanising-treatment-miami-jail-officers-interrogate-genitals-miami-florida/

* "Rival protesters descend on Stone Mountain, Georgia, near country's largest Confederate monument:" https://www.cbsnews.com/news/stone-mountain-georgia-protests-confederate-monument-stone-mountain-park/

* "A man who was sentenced to life in prison for selling $30 of marijuana will be freed:" https://www.cnn.com/2020/08/08/us/man-freed-life-sentence-marijuana-trnd/index.html

* "Bigot admits to hurling ‘disgusting’ transphobic abuse at a trans woman who had the audacity to exist:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2020/08/14/annabel-forbes-transphobic-trans-abuse-southend-essex-seafront-magistrates-court/

* "Doctors dismissed her, but she turned out to be right after years of needless suffering:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/health-science/doctors-dismissed-her-but-she-turned-out-to-be-right-after-years-of-needless-suffering/2018/09/14/b5364c64-9593-11e8-810c-5fa705927d54_story.html

* "A new study finds that giving kids deworming treatment still benefits them 20 years later:" https://www.vox.com/future-perfect/2020/8/6/21354847/kremer-miguel-worms-deworming

* "Switzerland fights heroin with heroin:" https://www.northcarolinahealthnews.org/2019/01/28/switzerland-fights-heroin-with-heroin/

* "What Scars Say About Sex and Stereotypes:" https://www.sapiens.org/culture/scarification/

* "Cedar Rapids and nearby Iowa communities, still in shambles days after destructive derecho, plead for help:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/weather/2020/08/14/cedar-rapids-iowa-derecho/

* "Getting to Know Dem - Kamala Harris:"

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* "Trump Targets Showerhead Rules & Belarus Election Protests:"

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* "Trump Admits to Sabotaging the Mail:"

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* "Kamala Harris Fires Back & Sexist Punditry - Uncensored:"

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* "We Must Stop Dogs From Voting In The 2020 Election:"

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* Saturday: The Antibiotic is working on my lungs and sinuses, but it's also making me very sick, as in spend all day throwing up sick. The problem is, I've burned through a lot of the supplies of things to eat when I'm that kind of sick since March and there are fundamental problems, like the people buying my food for me don't shop anywhere that they sell the two types of crackers can manage on days when it's this bad. Crackers were essential for stopping the cycle.

I burned the insurance autodraw money on things to eat when I'm throwing up. I know I shouldn't have, but I have nearly a week more of this and I can't keep meds down when I can't stop puking. I'd already paid everything but the car insurance, so there was no cushion.

Want to keep me from being overdrawn? Paypal Lethran@gmail.com or paypal.me/Gwydion

UPDATE: I am overdrawn. Apparently that confusing message from my insurer a couple days ago meant they were taking a brand new forty dollar annual fee out Sunday instead of just the usual amount at the end of the month. I am completely fucked. Some kind person chipped in 15.00 Sunday, but when I checked this morning I was negative 36.00 and the fees are going to accumulate daily. I am fucked. Please help, because except that 15.00, nothing is coming in until the 5th or so of September.

(I’d still have been overdrawn if i hadn’t bought the crackers etc., but i thought I’d have ‘til almost the end of the month before the autodraw. I think they are still doing the autodraw.)

* Sunday. The crackers have stabilized things enough for me to eat things like cheese and crackers (cheese also bought on Saturday's mission). It's still bad though. I don't know how I can make it until next Friday.

I forgot to mention, this is the best tomato crop I've grown since I left the East Coast. Some alchemy of sun and water has balanced things just right. Before I got too sick, I'd harvested four from the oldest two plants. One of the special gift plants has what looks like a full sized green tomato, another is in the early stages. The third gift plant is budding. Growing season is long here, so I have hopes they will all produce before frost takes them like most of last year's crop. (The plants matured late last year. It was heart breaking.)

Livia has clearly figured out that I hide the kibbles until she eats enough of her meat. I can tell, because she'll eat a few mouthfuls then come check to see if I put the bowls out. When I haven't she goes back, eats a little more, rinse and repeat until I feel like she's eaten enough. Me to Livia: If you don't eat yer meat, you can't have any cookies. How can you have any cookies if you don't eat yer meat?

In other cat news, Squirrel got home from work the other night to find Tavy asleep on the same spot on the sofa as when he left. He was interrogating him about it while petting him and I was like, "The Emperor has recently discovered he's a middle aged Terror and that long naps between rampages are excellent." Squirrel was like "Middle Aged? What is he, three?" Me: Livia is three; Tavy is five. Squirrel: O.o Me: really shows one the passing of time doesn't it? Him: *sad sound of late middled aged regret*

* NOTE: I was never an English major and am certainly not an Austen scholar, nor have I studied any of these in a school setting since P&P in HS in the '80's. I just like the books.

Some of you may know that Persuasion is my favorite Austen book. I fell in love with it the first time I read it, and I just love it more each time I reread it. This may seem odd, given how much I dislike Mansfield Park. After all, Persuasion has some of Austen's sharpest social criticism along similar lines as Pride and Prejudice, but has a gentle, understated heroine, more like Fanny from Mansfield. It would surprise no one that I adore Eliza Bennent, but I also love Catherine from Northanger and Elinor Dashwood from Sense an Sensibility (The writing is a bit sluggish in S&S, which means I don't reread it often, but the bones are good). My point is, that these are three different character types who I am perfectly capable of enjoying. I would argue that my beloved Anne is another atempt at some of the things she was trying to convey with Elinor and to a certain extent with Fanny, only written at the height of her skill at the end of her life.

I have always had trouble explaining why exactly I adore Persuasion the way I do. I mean, sure, it's overtly feminist in spots. (I'd argue all her writing is feminist, it's just a lot of it is less overt, than say, the exchange in which Anne points out at that all the books being cited are by men and thus biased). Anne is far from the first heroine trapped in and constantly punished by gendered expectation and manners in her society, but Persuasion really brings that to the fore. This isn't exactly it though.

Tonight I finally put my finger on it: It's a queer culture thing. Bear with me. I'm not claiming this is what Austen was intending. People have made arguments for queer subtext around certain of the men in Persuasion, but I'm not talking about that. I'm talking about Anne and Wentworth. Yes, it's very clearly a straight relationship. I'm talking about a deeper resonance, and it's a struggle to put it into words.

Modern dating apps and social media and queer liberation and all the rest have made LGBTQIA+ dating easier, but it's a recent change and in some places it's still like it was. For a lot of the last millennium or so in European culture, courtship, seduction, etc., had to be underground. Subtle things conveyed in silences, in looks exchanged over innocuous sounding conversations with double meanings, in body language, in coded clothes and secret passwords. Outside of sex work, the way a lot of people connected was a careful, often slow business, involving feeling each other out and the suppression of more overt displays of interest while people tried to work out if the other person felt the ame. It's been pointed out that this is why the image of hands hesitantly touching and than grasping each other more firmly when the other person reciprocates is such a prominent image in queer cinema and now TV.

Touch is still so often dangerous. It can attract homophobic harassment and violence. Particularly for transfolk, though for queer folk in general there is always a chance that the person one reaches towards might beat or murder one.

Touch is dangerous, but it is so powerful. It is liberation, it is love.

So back to Anne, loving and desiring Wentworth so intently without any hope, being treated as sexless and a useful convenience by people who should value her. Back to Anne who is only really SEEN by the select few with the discernment to look. Most people only see the surfaces, and she is fundamentally at the mercy of those judgements from the undecerning for most of the novel. she has a fine appreciation of music, books, and poetry, that most people in her circle don't share.

Once Wentworth realizes he is interested in her, the courtship is done under everybody else's radar. They are at the mercy of other people's whims, of social constraints, of societal expectation. They snatch moments to exchange a few inadequate sentences and telling looks. They are in constant peril of never understanding each other becaue of gossip, because those snatched moments and cryptic messages are inadequate to convey what they feel. They are both deathly afraid of being rejected and irreparably hurt if they declare to the other one something of what the want too boldly first. What if they read the hints wrong? What if Wentworth believes all the gossip? What if Anne is reading him wrong in Bath? For how many centuries have queer couples danced this dance in one form or another. They are very straight, but this feels like a queer courtship. the dilemna is resolved because he overhears her in conversation with another character and reads the signals right. Finally. He declares his feelings clearly with his pen. Finally. When she's handed off to him casually in the street to take home and they finally, finally connect... Damn. It's earned, it's so earned, and it feels like magic.

I am nothing like Anne. My oldest continuous friend has referred to me in my heyday as Sexzilla, for fuck's sake. I did now and then play with subtlety because I could, but for the most part, I decided who I wanted and ethics and orientation permitting, I went hunting and generally caught who I aimed for. In my youth I didn't need much patience or finesse. I came from a place and culture and time where flirtation needed to do the heavy lifting of trading disease status and sexual interests, and I have likened it to contract bridge, though it also happened to be very sexy. there is no choice in waisting time with someone who wasn't serious about condoms and who didn't have enough overlap in taste to be worth the effort. Better to move on and find someone else. Now in the long twilight celibacy of my disability I have had to learn to bank my flames, but I was a bold thing once upon a time.

Anne still speaks to be on some fundamental level, some ancestral queer cultural resonance perhaps, or maybe it's a generational thing: the way plague shaped half of of us into people cautious of making that first move because the stakes were so high and the other half into risk takers trying to grab what joy we could before it all got snuffed out by bombs or virus. I was never an Anne, but we all have known some. Those pre-stonewall men I hung out with for a while still had a lot of those habits of carefulness, of slowly feeling things out, of flirtation that could be brushed off as no such thing if not reciprocated. They'd lived through more than one revolution, but you could see echoes of the terrible world before the year of my birth in their eyes, in their manners, in their references, in the way they flirted with me and each others. there was something similar in the late in life trans women I used to hang out with. It was so alien to the younger transfolk that the other Xer and I used to have to translate back and forth between the Boomers on one hand and Millenials on the other. Their cultures and frames of reference were so far apart it was like the divide between middle and modern English.

I have said often, I'm terribly glad we've moved on. I have always wanted something better for those coming behind us, but I come from a culture and a time and a place, and Anne has spoken to my heart from the first day i met her in the pages of Persuasion. I suspect she always will.

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

* Want to help people in Beirut? https://karolinadeaen.tumblr.com/post/625576504313741312

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Doug Jones - Alabama
Gary Peters - Michigan

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

* "China halts Hong Kong extradition treaties with Canada, Australia and UK:" https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/jul/28/china-halts-hong-kong-extradition-treaties-with-canada-australia-uk

* "New Zealand suspends extradition treaty with Hong Kong:" https://www.reuters.com/article/us-hongkong-security-newzealand/new-zealand-suspends-extradition-treaty-with-hong-kong-idUSKCN24S2U1

* "Rallies mark year since Rohingya crackdown:" https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-45307107

* "Signs of farm 'revolution' in India as coronavirus prompts change:" https://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-india-rice-insight/signs-of-farm-revolution-in-india-as-coronavirus-prompts-change-idUSKCN24O07M

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* "Lasting heart damage could be COVID-19's legacy for some non-hospitalized survivors:" https://www.sfgate.com/science/article/COVID-19-damage-of-the-heart-15437575.php

* "COVID-19 patients could be at risk for chronic fatigue: ‘Your whole life can change if you get this’:" https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/health/covid-19-patients-could-be-at-risk-for-chronic-fatigue-your-whole-life-can-change-if-you-get-this/

* It reads like an onion article, but it's deadly serious in the literal sense. "Hot With A Chance Of COVID: Tajik Weather Forecast Irks Turkmenistan:" https://www.rferl.org/a/hot-with-a-chance-of-covid-tajik-weather-forecast-irks-turkmenistan/30753366.html

* "More people in the US are hospitalized with Covid-19 than at almost any other time:" https://www.vox.com/2020/7/23/21335549/covid-19-coronavirus-us-hospitalizations-record-florida-texas-california

* "As US passes 150,000 coronavirus deaths, experts at Johns Hopkins call for reset in national response:" https://www.cnn.com/2020/07/29/health/us-coronavirus-wednesday/index.html

* "Trump Falsely Claims Much of U.S. Is ‘Corona-Free’:" https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/28/world/coronavirus-covid-19.html

* "Florida Closing All State-Run COVID-19 Testing Sites Ahead of Storm:" https://www.baynews9.com/fl/tampa/news/2020/07/29/florida-closing-all-state-run-covid-19-testing-sites-ahead-of-storm

* "Demonstrators protest mask mandate as coronavirus cases spikeDemonstrators protest mask mandate as coronavirus cases spike:" https://www.wthr.com/article/news/local/demonstrators-protest-mask-mandate-as-coronavirus-cases-spike/531-87821c01-d411-4185-bcc3-0b25d3df3371

* "Gohmert infection highlights weak coronavirus rules in Congress:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/gohmert-infection-highlights-weak-coronavirus-rules-in-congress-88803909995

* "Rep. Jackson Lee on Gohmert coronavirus diagnosis: ‘Sad day’ for those who have to be around anti-maskers:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/rep-jackson-lee-on-gohmert-coronavirus-diagnosis-sad-day-for-those-who-have-to-be-around-anti-maskers-88670789602

* "How Quack Doctors And Powerful GOP Operatives Spread Misinformation To Millions:" https://www.huffpost.com/entry/how-quack-doctors-and-powerful-gop-operatives-spread-misinformation-to-millions_n_5f208048c5b66859f1f33148

* "US officials: Russia behind spread of virus disinformation:" https://apnews.com/3acb089e6a333e051dbc4a465cb68ee1

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* Another gift for Putin. "US to bring 6,400 troops home from Germany, move 5,600 more:" https://apnews.com/85ecdd667630d491d544a132e27b35ba

* "Trump Admits He’s Never Mentioned Bounties to Putin Because He Thinks It’s ‘Fake News’:" https://www.thedailybeast.com/trump-admits-hes-never-mentioned-bounties-to-putin-because-he-thinks-its-fake-news

* "‘Faithless Commander in Chief’: Steve Schmidt blasts Trump for his stance on Russia:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-reidout/watch/-faithless-commander-in-chief-steve-schmidt-blasts-trump-for-his-stance-on-russia-88665157939

* When did it become illegal to say true negative things about the president in this country? "Trump Tweets His Disgust at 'Trending' Tweets He Calls 'Illegal' and 'Unfair':" https://www.newsweek.com/trump-tweets-his-disgust-trending-tweets-he-calls-illegal-unfair-1520840

* "Bona fide daddy Anderson Cooper mocks Donald Trump with baby talk after he flees challenging press conference:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2020/07/29/anderson-cooper-donald-trump-baby-talk-video-stella-immanuel-press-conference/

* "Trump Announced, Then Canceled, a Yankees Pitch. Both Came as a Surprise.:" https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/27/us/politics/trump-yankees-fauci.html

* "Legal complaint alleges Trump campaign, fundraising committee shielded millions in payments:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/lawsuit-alleges-trump-campaign-fundraising-committee-shielded-millions-in-payments/2020/07/28/2a9a5fd0-d03a-11ea-8d32-1ebf4e9d8e0d_story.html

* "Trump files new challenge to NY subpoena for his tax returns:" https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-vance/trump-files-new-challenge-to-subpoena-for-his-tax-returns-idUSKCN24S2NE

* "Ex-CIA director Brennan writes in upcoming memoir that Trump blocked access to records and notes:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/ex-cia-director-brennan-writes-in-upcoming-memoir-that-trump-blocked-access-to-records-and-notes/2020/07/28/f70b833e-d0f1-11ea-9038-af089b63ac21_story.html

* "Trump drops subtlety in racist pitch to protect 'suburbs':" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/trump-drops-subtlety-in-racist-pitch-to-protect-suburbs-88816709644

* "McEnany can't say why there's FBI building money in the coronavirus stimulus bill:" https://www.cnn.com/2020/07/29/politics/fbi-building-coronavirus-stimulus-trump/index.html

* "Why did Trump push for $2 billion for the FBI building in his coronavirus relief package?:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-reidout/watch/why-did-trump-push-for-2-billion-for-the-fbi-building-in-his-coronavirus-relief-package-88668229567

* "Why Susan Collins should be ‘concerned’ about reelection:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/why-susan-collins-should-be-concerned-about-reelection-88674885597

* "How Trump is slowing down the post office in the year of the mail-in ballot:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/how-trump-is-slowing-down-the-post-office-in-the-year-of-the-mail-in-ballot-88674373511

* "Trump Back to Criticizing Governors for Re-Opening Too Slowly:" https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-07-27/trump-back-to-criticizing-governors-for-re-opening-too-slowly?sref=MIBMEEoj

* "School leaders, not health officials, will decide when to start classes, Texas AG says:" https://www.star-telegram.com/news/coronavirus/article244534997.html

* He said the quiet part out loud. "Conservative think tank leader says schools should reopen since most Texans dying from COVID-19 are elderly or Hispanic:" https://www.texastribune.org/2020/07/28/vance-ginn-texas-coronavirus/

* "Katie Porter - Safely Reopening Schools and PPP Stimulus Challenges:"

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* I stand by my initial opposition to this. "Homeland Security Was Destined to Become a Secret Police Force:" https://www.newyorker.com/news/our-columnists/the-dhs-was-destined-to-become-a-secret-police-force

* There is no timetable for an end to the occupation, however. "Federal Agencies Agree to Withdraw From Portland, With Conditions:" https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/29/us/protests-portland-federal-withdrawal.html

* "Trump use of federal forces in U.S. cities a 'failed experiment': Oregon governor:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/trump-use-of-federal-forces-in-u-s-cities-a-failed-experiment-88751173526

* "What is happening in Portland and what does Trump hope to gain?:" https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/jul/26/portland-oregon-protests-what-is-happening-trump-chicago-albuquerque

* "Elite Border Patrol Unit Is Among Federal Agents Deployed to Portland:" https://www.wsj.com/articles/elite-border-patrol-unit-is-among-federal-agents-deployed-to-portland-11595689780

* "Videos Show How Federal Officers Escalated Violence in Portland:" https://www.nytimes.com/video/us/100000007243995/portland-protests-federal-government.html

* "Huge Portland protest crowds, standoff with feds go on:" https://apnews.com/847341576e44e4d9e717128db08faad4

* "Tensions rise as both state, government officials justify federal presence until protests end:" https://www.kptv.com/news/tensions-rise-as-both-state-government-officials-justify-federal-presence-until-protests-end/article_4d4173a8-ced1-11ea-8b94-c3e19f5e2dbe.html

* "A ‘Wall of Vets’ Joins the Front Lines of Portland Protests:" https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/25/us/a-wall-of-vets-joins-the-front-lines-of-portland-protests.html

* "Feds Tear Gas Portland Protesters For 10th Straight Night, Hitting Journalists Despite Judge Ruling:" https://www.forbes.com/sites/jemimamcevoy/2020/07/24/feds-tear-gas-portland-protesters-for-6th-straight-night-hitting-journalists-despite-judge-ruling/

* "James Clyburn: Trump sent federal agents to cities ‘to incite violence’:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-reidout/watch/james-clyburn-trump-sent-federal-agents-to-cities-to-incite-violence-88668229733

* "California bars police from using LAPD records in gang database. Critics want it axed:" https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2020-07-14/california-bars-police-from-using-lapd-records-in-gang-database-as-scandal-widens

* "Revealed: oil giants help fund powerful police groups in top US cities:" https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/jul/27/fossil-fuels-oil-gas-industry-police-foundations

* "Police: Richmond riots instigated by white supremacists disguised as Black Lives Matter:" https://www.wsls.com/news/virginia/2020/07/27/police-richmond-riots-instigated-by-white-supremacists-disguised-as-black-lives-matter/

* Not by enough. "US prison populations down 8% amid coronavirus outbreak:" https://apnews.com/9899b08a66a60f3106b563eb07c92c40

* "Gay journalist Owen Jones says the vicious attack on him is proof the UK isn’t fighting far-right extremism properly:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2020/07/29/owen-jones-attack-assault-uk-far-right-extremism-radicalisation-lbc-james-obrien/

* "Homophobic trolls mercilessly mocked a police officer for her short hair. Now she’s set to become chief constable:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2020/07/29/rachel-swann-derbyshire-police-chief-constable-homophobia-sexism-hair-hardyal-dhindsa/

* "These Are the Trans People Lost to Violence in 2020:" https://www.advocate.com/transgender/2020/7/29/these-are-trans-people-lost-violence-2020

* "Count On It with Dulce - Census Suppression Is Voter Suppression:"

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"LAPD Cops Faked Gang Members, Teen Incarcerated for Not Doing Homework & Trump on Police Brutality:"

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* "Keeping Up with Coronavirus - International Edition:"

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* Livia keeps progressing. She now rubs faces with me sometimes during bed pets and has been experimenting with hanging out on top of me after her loves. I'm still having trouble getting her to eat her meat, but her urine is the right colour, so fingers crossed.

I've now got Squirrel trained to give Tavy short pets when Tavy is up next to Klaus. This is really important to Tavy who needs extra reassurance right now.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Doug Jones - Alabama
Gary Peters - Michigan

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Doug Jones - Alabama
Gary Peters - Michigan

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

* "For Women in Afghan Security Forces, a Daily Battle:" https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/20/world/asia/afghanistan-women-police.html

* "Hagia Sophia to welcome Muslims for Friday prayers:" https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-53506445

* "Echoes of empire: Kenya clan 'branded evil':" https://www.bbc.com/news/av/world-africa-53514916/legacy-of-kenyan-clan-branded-evil-by-colonialists

* "Fifty-Five arrested as thousands gather in Jerusalem for anti-Netanyahu protest:" https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/.premium-jerusalem-bracing-for-another-night-of-anti-netanyahu-protests-1.9016209

* "Floods in India, Nepal displace nearly four million people, at least 189 dead:" https://www.reuters.com/article/us-india-floods/floods-in-india-nepal-displace-nearly-four-million-people-at-least-189-dead-idUSKCN24K06S

* "Thousands evacuated in China after floods threaten villages:" https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2020/07/thousands-evacuated-china-floods-threaten-villages-200722045507013.html

* TW: Domestic Violence. "She Went to Prison for Killing Her Husband. The Pandemic Set Her Free.:" https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/14/magazine/afghan-women-prison-coronavirus.html

* "Russia report reveals UK government failed to investigate Kremlin interference:" https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/jul/21/russia-report-reveals-uk-government-failed-to-address-kremlin-interference-scottish-referendum-brexit

* "EU leaders seal deal on spending and €750bn Covid-19 recovery plans:" https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/jul/20/macron-seeks-end-acrimony-eu-summit-enters-fourth-day

* "Belarus: Anti-government protesters rally ahead of presidential vote:" https://www.dw.com/en/belarus-anti-government-protesters-rally-ahead-of-presidential-vote/a-54237095

* "'Australia's colonial legacy not the past for us':" https://www.bbc.com/news/world-australia-53436225

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* This is preliminary and not peer reviewed, but fingers crossed on their being another useful therapeutic. "Covid treatment trial described as 'breakthrough':" https://www.bbc.com/news/health-53467022

* "Older Children Spread the Coronavirus Just as Much as Adults, Large Study Finds:" https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/18/health/coronavirus-children-schools.html

* "Autopsies reveal surprising cardiac changes in COVID-19 patients:" https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2020/07/200721114722.htm

* "It's not just dexamethasone: Other steroids may be used to treat critically ill COVID-19 patients, study says:" https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/health/2020/07/22/covid-19-prednisone-linked-reduced-risk-coronavirus-death/5478793002/

* "During Coronavirus Lockdowns, Some Doctors Wondered: Where Are the Preemies?:" https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/19/health/coronavirus-premature-birth.html

* "Isolated coronavirus antibodies offer hope for vaccine, treatment:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/isolated-coronavirus-antibodies-offer-hope-for-vaccine-treatment-88162374001

* "Glory Holes Officially Recommended for Safer Sex Amid the Pandemic:" https://www.advocate.com/health/2020/7/22/glory-holes-officially-recommended-safer-sex-amid-pandemic

* "Australia's Victoria requires masks for Melbourne hit by COVID-19:" https://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-australia/australias-victoria-requires-masks-for-melbourne-hit-by-covid-19-idUSKCN24K02O

* "Nearly all coronavirus cases now in Victoria may have link to hotel quarantine, inquiry told:" https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2020/jul/20/nearly-all-coronavirus-cases-now-in-victoria-may-have-link-to-hotel-quarantine-inquiry-told

* "Masks mandatory in France amid new virus outbreaks:" https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-53471497

* "Inside South Africa's 'hospitals of horrors':" https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-53396057

* "Coronavirus stokes Pakistan doctors' anger:" https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-52243901

* "Trump cancels Republican national convention as U.S. surpasses 4 million coronavirus cases:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2020/07/23/covid-live-updates-us/?hpid=hp_hp-top-table-high_virus-luf-1225am%3Aprime-time%2Fpromo

* "America's daily virus death toll passes 1,000 again:" https://www.politico.com/news/2020/07/21/americas-daily-virus-death-toll-passes-1-000-again-376973

* "Dire U.S. COVID-19 death rate seen in graph excluding NY, NJ, CT:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/dire-u-s-covid-19-death-rate-seen-in-graph-excluding-ny-nj-ct-88162885745

* "Most people in the United States are still highly susceptible to the coronavirus, CDC study finds:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/2020/07/21/coronavirus-immunity-us-cdc-study/

* "U.S. hospitals scramble to adopt new HHS coronavirus data system, some states see 'data blackout':" https://www.cnbc.com/2020/07/22/us-hospitals-scramble-to-adopt-new-hhs-coronavirus-data-system-some-states-see-data-blackout.html

* "Officials warn they lack key resources to confront surge in coronavirus cases:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2020/07/19/coronavirus-update-us/

* I saw it; it was half assed and he undermined it my claiming the masks also caused problems. "Trump says face masks are 'patriotic' after months of largely resisting wearing one:" https://www.cnbc.com/2020/07/20/trump-says-coronavirus-masks-are-patriotic-after-months-of-largely-resisting-wearing-one.html

* "Biden says Trump ‘surrendered,' waved 'the white flag' in his handling of the pandemic:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-reidout/watch/biden-says-trump-surrendered-waved-the-white-flag-in-his-handling-of-the-pandemic-88026693592

* "Trump insists he's 'right' on the virus as more Americans get sick and die:" https://www.cnn.com/2020/07/20/politics/donald-trump-coronavirus-election-2020-joe-biden/index.html

* Today he pretended he supported mask wearing and that he takes the virus seriously. I guess someone convinced him killing his base for fun wasn't win win. A little later, he went into a crowded room without a mask to show he didn't mean it. "Trump Says Virus Will Probably ‘Get Worse Before It Gets Better’:" https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/21/world/coronavirus-covid-19.html#link-743b1f5c

* "Trump discards 'patriotic' mask for meeting at Trump hotel:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-reidout/watch/trump-discards-patriotic-mask-for-meeting-at-trump-hotel-88096837692

* "Trump attended a fundraiser without a mask. The city sent an investigator to inspect his hotel.:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/dc-politics/trump-hotel-coronavirus-masks/2020/07/22/47b5b702-cc36-11ea-b0e3-d55bda07d66a_story.html

* And yet in the hot zones, people wait in line all day and get sent home without being tested because we don't have enough. 45 has said repeatedly that we should slow down or stop testing for everyone else as then we wouldn't have cases anymore. "White House says Trump gets tested ‘multiple times a day’ for coronavirus:" https://www.politico.com/news/2020/07/21/trump-tested-coronavirus-multiple-times-day-375957

* "‘Trump has put his head in the sand’: Schumer rips U.S. coronavirus response:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/-trump-has-put-his-head-in-the-sand-schumer-rips-u-s-coronavirus-response-88032325507

* "Why Trump's failure to lead national response prolongs coronavirus crisis:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/why-trump-s-failure-to-lead-national-response-prolongs-coronavirus-crisis-88166981530

* "Despite Trump claim, 13 states say some orders for coronavirus supplies still unfilled:" https://abcnews.go.com/Health/trump-claim-12-states-orders-coronavirus-supplies-unfilled/story?id=71946598

* "Texas county, overwhelmed by COVID-19, will deny treatment to those deemed unlikely to survive:" https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2020/7/23/1963124/-Texas-county-overwhelmed-with-Covid-19-will-deny-treatment-to-those-deemed-unlikely-to-survive

* "Texas Rio Grande Valley suffering COVID-19 'worst case scenario':" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/texas-rio-grande-valley-suffering-covid-19-worst-case-scenario-88210501998

* "Gov. Reeves extends Safe Return order, adds 10 new counties to mask mandate:" https://www.wlox.com/2020/07/20/gov-reeves-extends-safe-return-order-extends-counties-under-mask-mandate/

* "Nearly 50 Florida ICU Units Out of Hospital Beds:" https://www.voanews.com/covid-19-pandemic/nearly-50-florida-icu-units-out-hospital-beds

* "Atlanta Mayor: Despite rising cases, Georgia Governor ‘wants to silence me’:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-reidout/watch/atlanta-mayor-despite-rising-cases-georgia-governor-wants-to-silence-me-88028229625

* "Extremity of Texas COVID-19 curve puts hospital ICUs in a bind:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/extremity-of-texas-covid-19-curve-puts-hospital-icus-in-a-bind-88038469581

* "Local mask rules to slow coronavirus undercut by GOP governors:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/local-mask-rules-to-slow-coronavirus-undercut-by-gop-governors-88103493767

* "Beto O’Rourke: Texas GOP is a ‘death cult’ that wants you to do the dying:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/beto-o-rourke-texas-gop-is-a-death-cult-that-wants-you-to-do-the-dying-88098373720

* "Nearly 75% of detainees at US immigration facility in Virginia have coronavirus:" https://www.cnn.com/2020/07/23/politics/immigration-ice-detention-coronavirus-farmville/index.html

* "ICE, CBP, TSA employees join lawsuit seeking hazard pay for work during pandemic:" https://www.upi.com/Top_News/US/2020/07/23/ICE-CBP-TSA-employees-join-lawsuit-seeking-hazard-pay-for-work-during-pandemic/4161595541514/

* "Texas inmates hit by largest COVID-19 outbreaks at federal jails:" https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2020/07/texas-inmates-hit-largest-covid-19-outbreaks-federal-jails-200722081039471.html

* "The coronavirus is keeping Texas prisoners who've been approved for parole behind bars:" https://www.texastribune.org/2020/07/23/texas-prisons-coronavirus-parole/

* "2 Cafeterias Used by White House Staff Close After Employee Contracts the Virus:" https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/22/us/politics/white-house-employee-covid-19.html

* "Marine assigned to Trump's helicopter squadron tests positive for Covid-19:" https://www.politico.com/news/2020/07/23/marine-one-helicopter-covid-positive-380444

* "Stephen Miller's grandmother died of COVID-19. Her son blames the Trump administration.:" https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2020/07/stephen-millers-grandmother-died-of-covid-19-her-son-blames-the-trump-administration/

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* "DOJ says Chinese hackers targeted coronavirus vaccine research:" https://www.politico.com/news/2020/07/21/doj-chinese-hackers-coronavirus-research-375855

* "Trump blasts Beijing in public, but privately Trump org imports tons of Chinese goods:" https://www.cnn.com/2020/07/21/politics/trump-org-china-imports/index.html

* "US orders closure of Chinese consulate in Houston:" https://www.cnn.com/2020/07/22/politics/china-us-houston-consulate-intl-hnk/index.html

* "China expands amphibious forces in challenge to U.S. beyond Asia:" https://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-military-amphibious-specialrepo/special-report-china-expands-amphibious-forces-in-challenge-to-u-s-beyond-asia-idUSKCN24L17B

* "US fighter jet 'challenges' Iran passenger plane:" https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-53521726

* "Trump’s Request of an Ambassador: Get the British Open for Me:" https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/21/world/europe/trump-british-open.html

* "Trump pushed diplomat to boost golf club at expense of US stature: NYT:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/trump-pushed-diplomat-to-boost-golf-club-at-expense-of-us-stature-nyt-88105541640

* "Classified status hides fired IG's report on Trump golf club scheme:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/classified-status-hides-fired-ig-report-on-trump-golf-club-scheme-88160837929

* If 45 thinks a dementia test is hard.... "Chris Wallace to Trump: Cognitive Exam 'Not the Hardest Test’, Involves Identifying an Elephant:" https://www.thedailybeast.com/fox-news-chris-wallace-to-trump-cognitive-exam-not-the-hardest-test-involves-identifying-an-elephant

* There are no extra points and remembering the sequence from beginning to the end of the test is dead easy if you don’t have dementia. "'Person, woman, man, camera, TV': Trump insists cognitive test was difficult:" https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/jul/23/person-woman-man-camera-tv-trump-insists-cognition-test-was-difficult

* Meanwhile in Autocracy News. "Trump not ready to commit to election results if he loses:" https://apnews.com/aa07c0a980b3353b15f94442eb8191a5

* "White House portraits of Bill Clinton and George W. Bush moved from prominent space to rarely used room:" https://www.cnn.com/2020/07/17/politics/white-house-portraits-clinton-bush-trump/index.html

* "How Donald Trump Moved Millions From His Campaign Donors To His Private Business:" https://www.forbes.com/sites/michelatindera/2020/07/21/how-donald-trump-moved-millions-from-his-campaign-donors-to-his-private-business/#76b5ae8a735c

* "Joy Reid: Trump has always been a ‘really racist man, whose insecurities caused him to crave power’:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-reidout/watch/joy-reid-trump-has-always-been-a-really-racist-man-whose-insecurities-caused-him-to-crave-power-88096837730

* "'We can't pull it off': Florida sheriff says he can't muster security for GOP convention:" https://www.politico.com/news/2020/07/20/florida-sheriff-gop-convention-security-373089

* "Michael Cohen to be released from prison after judge sides with claims of retaliation:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/michael-cohen-released-from-prison-retaliation/2020/07/23/f8adefe8-ccf9-11ea-91f1-28aca4d833a0_story.html

* "Judge calls out Trump, Barr DOJ for punishing Cohen over new book:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/judge-calls-out-trump-barr-doj-for-punishing-cohen-over-new-book-88213573609

* "GOP leaders vow to fill a potential Supreme Court vacancy this year, despite some apprehension:" https://www.cnn.com/2020/07/20/politics/supreme-court-senate-republicans-election-year/index.html

* "New unemployment claims rose last week to 1.4M, ending months of declines:" https://www.politico.com/news/2020/07/23/unemployment-claims-numbers-coronavirus-379729

* "Black, Latino and poor people are less likely to get $1,200 coronavirus stimulus checks, new report says:" https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2020/07/20/coronavirus-blacks-latinos-poor-less-likely-get-1-200-checks/5471086002/

* "White House objects to Senate GOP push for more CDC money for coronavirus testing and tracing:" https://www.cnn.com/2020/07/18/politics/cdc-funding-white-house-senate-republicans/index.html

* "Trump doubles down on threats to defense, coronavirus relief bills:" https://www.politico.com/news/2020/07/19/trump-defense-spending-coronavirus-relief-370619

* "Rep. Ayanna Pressley says the pandemic illustrates the need for Medicare-For-All:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-reidout/watch/rep-ayanna-pressley-says-the-pandemic-illustrates-the-need-for-medicare-for-all-88094789662

* "Democrats Warn of Possible Foreign Disinformation Plot Targeting Congress:" https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/20/us/politics/congress-disinformation-biden-russia-ukraine.html

* "Dem leaders demand FBI briefing on 'foreign interference campaign' targeting lawmakers:" https://www.politico.com/news/2020/07/20/democrats-fbi-briefing-foreign-interference-campaign-373134

* "Joe Biden, citing intelligence briefings, warns that Russia, China are engaged in election interference:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/joe-biden-citing-intelligence-briefings-warns-that-russia-china-are-engaged-in-election-meddling/2020/07/17/3ce81580-c89a-11ea-a99f-3bbdffb1af38_story.html

* "GOP tested as Democrats call out foreign interference in election:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/gop-tested-as-democrats-call-out-foreign-interference-in-election-88037445982

* "‘Violation of our sovereignty': Biden says Russian interference in US elections will not go unnoticed:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-reidout/watch/-violation-of-our-sovereignty-biden-says-russian-interference-in-us-elections-will-not-go-unnoticed-88027717730

* "Stacey Abrams: 'Georgia is absolutely a swing state.':" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/stacey-abrams-georgia-is-absolutely-a-swing-state-88211013974

* "Biden says four Black women are on his VP list:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-reidout/watch/biden-says-four-black-women-are-on-his-vp-list-88032325600

* "Eric Holder on Trump: 'He's got to be beat, he has to be beaten badly':" https://www.msnbc.com/the-reidout/watch/eric-holder-on-trump-he-s-got-to-be-beat-he-has-to-be-beaten-badly-88097349875

* "Georgia State Sen. Nikema Williams To Replace Rep. John Lewis On November Ballot:" https://www.npr.org/2020/07/20/893152211/georgia-state-sen-nikema-williams-to-replace-rep-john-lewis-on-november-ballot

* "A wannabe sheriff saw two men holding hands. He responded by asking ‘where’s my gun’:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2020/07/22/sheriff-terry-king-alpena-michigan-homophobic-text-messages/

* "Biden vs. Trump: How to reopen the nation’s schools:" https://www.politico.com/newsletters/weekly-education/2020/07/20/biden-vs-trump-how-to-reopen-the-nations-schools-789272

* "Gov. Laura Kelly mandates masks in Kansas schools, awaits board’s vote on start of classes:" https://www.kwch.com/2020/07/20/gov-laura-kelly-to-sign-executive-order-to-delay-reopening-kansas-schools/

* "Harris County officials recommend, not mandate, that school districts stay closed to in-person instruction until October:" https://www.texastribune.org/2020/07/16/dallas-county-schools-closed-september-texas-coronavirus/

* "Rep. Hayes: Trump, DeVos need to rely on ‘science and data’ to reopen schools:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/rep-hayes-trump-devos-need-to-rely-on-science-and-data-to-reopen-schools-88096837772

* "Democrat found in hotel room with gay escort who ‘overdosed’ on meth thanks wife for standing by him:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2020/07/22/andrew-gillum-gay-escort-drug-overdose-meth-wife-rehab-video/

* "QAnon, Covid-19 and the conspiracy cult:" https://www.bbc.com/news/av/world-53507579/qanon-coronavirus-and-the-conspiracy-cult

* "Gay Trump Ex-Appointee Richard Grenell Goes on Bizarre Twitter Rampage:" https://www.advocate.com/politics/2020/7/20/gay-trump-ex-appointee-richard-grenell-goes-bizarre-twitter-rampage

* The Republican plan is to violate the 14th Amendment by throwing out the census data in favor of a number pulled out of Wilbur Ross' ass. "Trump wants immigration out of the census — and at the center of the election:" https://www.politico.com/news/2020/07/21/trump-undocumented-immigrants-census-376241

* "Judge rejects plea to release immigrant families in detention due to Covid-19:" https://www.cnn.com/2020/07/22/politics/immigration-detention-coronavirus/index.html

* This is both cruel and illegal. "AP Exclusive: Migrant kids held in US hotels, then expelled:" https://apnews.com/c9b671b206060f2e9654f0a4eaeb6388

* "House passes defense bill removing Confederate names from bases, defying Trump:" https://www.politico.com/news/2020/07/21/white-house-confederate-army-bases-defense-bill-376389

* "U.S. Senate passes $740 billion defense bill, bucking Trump on Confederate names:" https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-congress-defense/u-s-senate-passes-740-billion-defense-bill-bucking-trump-on-confederate-names-idUSKCN24O2TF

* "The Pentagon just banned Confederate and Pride flags from flying at military bases:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2020/07/20/pride-flag-rainbow-banned-us-military-confederate-pentagon/

* "Trump administration weighs a show of force in more cities:" https://www.politico.com/news/2020/07/21/trump-federal-force-cities-377273

* "Esper concerned over federal agents dressed like military troops in U.S. cities:" https://www.politico.com/news/2020/07/21/esper-federal-agents-military-protests-376381

* "Trump consults Bush torture lawyer on how to skirt law and rule by decree:" https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/jul/20/trump-john-yoo-lawyer-torture-waterboarding

* "Federal Officers Tear Gas Moms and Dads: A Digest of the 54th Night of Portland Protests:" https://www.portlandmercury.com/blogtown/2020/07/21/28661957/federal-officers-tear-gas-moms-and-dads-a-digest-of-the-54th-night-of-portland-protests

* "Trump's vow to send federal officers to US cities is election ploy, critics say:" https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/jul/20/donald-trump-us-cities-federal-agents-officers

* "By deploying police without badges, Barr threatens force without accountability:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/by-deploying-police-without-badges-barr-threatens-force-without-accountability/2020/06/04/8c6b8f8a-a68d-11ea-b619-3f9133bbb482_story.html

* "Oregon expanding criminal probe of unmarked federal troops:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/oregon-expanding-criminal-probe-of-unmarked-federal-troops-88038469617

* "Kamala Harris: We need answers to why these federal agents are being deployed:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-reidout/watch/-violation-of-constitutional-rights-kamala-harris-wants-answers-on-deployment-of-federal-officers-88092229935

* "Veteran speaks out after attack by federal agents in Portland:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/veteran-speaks-out-after-attack-by-federal-agents-in-portland-88031301795

* "Trump following Nixon 'law and order playbook on steroids': former DHS secretary:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/trump-following-nixon-law-and-order-playbook-on-steroids-former-dhs-secretary-88105541611

* "U.S. Homeland Security confirms three units sent paramilitary officers to Portland:" https://www.reuters.com/article/us-global-race-protests-agents-idUSKCN24M2RL

* "In Trump’s America, only those who bear arms can open their mouths:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2020/07/22/trumps-america-first-amendment-protects-only-those-who-exercise-second/

* "DOJ IG launches probe into law enforcement actions in Portland and Washington, D.C.:" https://www.politico.com/news/2020/07/23/doj-ig-probe-law-enforcement-portland-washington-dc-380383

* "Portland mayor teargassed by federal agents at protest:" https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/jul/23/donald-trump-portland-oregon-mayor-ted-wheeler-teargas-federal-agents

* "‘Wall of Moms’ organizer in Portland speaks out after teargassing by federal agents:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/-wall-of-moms-organizer-in-portland-speaks-out-after-teargassing-by-federal-agents-88155717813

* "‘Speechless’: Madeleine Albright reacts to deployment of federal agents in U.S. cities:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/-speechless-madeleine-albright-reacts-to-deployment-of-federal-agents-in-u-s-cities-88153669918

* "Trump’s agents are sweeping peaceful citizens off the streets. This is not America.:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2020/07/17/whats-happening-portland-shows-trump-is-ignoring-constitution-attacking-america/

* "Wyden, Merkley bill targets feds' Portland 'shadowy paramilitary occupations' - KTVZ:" https://ktvz.com/news/oregon-northwest/2020/07/20/wyden-merkley-bill-targets-feds-portland-shadowy-paramilitary-occupations/

* "Workers protest racial inequality on day of national strike:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/workers-protest-racial-inequality-on-day-of-national-strike/2020/07/20/0a9570dc-caf2-11ea-99b0-8426e26d203b_story.html

* "Senate rejects strict limits on military gear to civilian police:" https://www.politico.com/news/2020/07/21/senate-rejects-military-civilian-police-375990

* "Trump says "the game is over for me" if he sees a player kneel during the national anthem:" https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-anthem-kneel-sporting-event-support/

* "Rudy Giuliani: Black Lives Matter is going to take away “your property” and give it to Black people:" https://www.mediamatters.org/rudy-giuliani/rudy-giuliani-black-lives-matter-going-take-away-your-property-and-give-it-black

* "'Black Lives' mural outside Trump Tower defaced for 3rd time:" https://apnews.com/f4b43bdd01f181938feb1a795002803f

* "Neo-Nazi thugs march though Pennsylvania, flying swastikas and chanting ‘f**k you f****ts’:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2020/07/20/neo-nazi-march-pennsylvania-williamsport-swastika-homophobia-racism-anti-semitism/

* "Gay porn star who unleashed vile racist rant before assaulting a bystander dropped by studio:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2020/07/22/gay-porn-star-racist-rant-new-york-city-dustin-gold-helix-studios/

* "Woman who woke up from surgery with hair braided by doctor makes the case for more Black physicians: 'It can save lives':" https://www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/woman-who-woke-up-from-surgery-with-hair-braided-by-doctor-makes-the-case-for-more-black-physicians-it-can-save-lives-214631620.html?.tsrc=daily_mail&uh_test=1_02

* "Sports commentator fired after lecherous, misogynistic comments sues for anti-straight discrimination. Yes, really:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2020/07/21/jeremy-roenick-sues-nbc-sports-kathryn-tappen-spitten-chiclets-podcast-straight-discrimination/

* TW: Pedophilia. "Trump on Ghislaine Maxwell: ‘I wish her well’:" https://www.politico.com/news/2020/07/21/trump-ghislaine-maxwell-376820

* TW: Pedophilia. "Student, 27, jailed after asking 14-year-old for sex on Grindr. His defence? He was lonely in lockdown:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2020/07/23/oxford-university-phd-student-grindr-sex-jail-lonely-lockdown-shiraaz-kureembokus/

* "First-ever trans woman to run for office in Romania vows to make life better for women, sex workers and the Roma community:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2020/07/20/first-ever-trans-woman-to-run-for-office-in-romania-vows-to-make-life-better-for-women-sex-workers-and-the-roma-community/

* "Law firm partner fined thousands for asking if it was acceptable to call a gay trainee a ‘poofter’:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2020/07/20/leicester-law-firm-freeths-charles-jerome-darby-fine-poofter-gay-homophobia-investigation/

* "Boris Johnson appears to confirm the Tories are kicking Gender Recognition Act reform into the long grass – again:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2020/07/20/boris-johnson-gender-recognition-act-announcement-delayed-liz-truss-reform/

* "Northern Ireland’s chief conversion therapist says the LGBT+ community is like a ‘cult’ that you’re not allowed to leave:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2020/07/20/northern-ireland-conversion-therapy-mike-davidson-core-issues-trust-christian-today-gay-cure-lgbt/

* "World Rugby ‘considers outright ban on trans women’ after inviting anti-trans campaign group to weigh in on current rules:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2020/07/20/world-rugby-ban-trans-women-transgender-london-forum-draft-document/

* TW: Rape "Russian trans woman who picketed against Vladimir Putin’s vile rollback of LGBT+ rights ‘faces rape’ in male prison:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2020/07/21/russia-trans-activist-polina-simonenko-vladimir-putin-lgbt-rights-rollback/

* "Police officer reprimanded after being caught on video calling youths ‘little f****ts’ – but will keep his job:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2020/07/21/police-officer-jersey-reprimanded-homophobia-channel-island-robin-smith/

* "Israel moves to ban 'gay conversion' therapy:" https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-53511329

* "Male Bisexuality Is Real, a New Study Confirms Once and for All:" https://www.advocate.com/bisexual/2020/7/21/male-bisexuality-real-new-study-confirms-once-and-all

* "First-ever homeless shelter for transgender Americans set to open in New Orleans:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2020/07/20/house-of-tulip-new-orleans-transgender-homeless-shelter-refuge-housing/

* "Non-binary people win vital legal recognition as Maine becomes 12th state to issue ‘X’ gender birth certificates:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2020/07/20/maine-non-binary-birth-certificates-x-legal-recognition/

* "One of Donald Trump's senior advisers just shared support for traumatising conversion therapy:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2020/07/21/donald-trump-adviser-jenna-ellis-conversion-therapy-homophobia-paul-dirks-twitter-lgbt/

* "Almost half of America is suing the Trump administration over its debased rollback of LGBT+ healthcare protections:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2020/07/21/donald-trump-hss-sued-lgbt-healthcare-obamacare-affordable-care-act/

* "Trans man sues Catholic hospital that refused him healthcare because staff found it ‘immoral’:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2020/07/21/trans-man-catholic-hospital-st-joseph-maryland-us-jesse-hammons/

* "Are clear masks helpful?:"

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* "Civil War-era smallpox vaccination kits offer new insights on how the virus was eradicated:" https://www.cnn.com/2020/07/21/us/smallpox-vaccination-virus-eradication-scn-trnd/index.html

* "94-year-old ‘Rosie the Riveter’ once made warplanes and red bandannas. Now she makes face masks with the same cloth.:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/2020/07/21/mae-krier-rosie-riveter/

* CW: Eating Disorders. "‘Knowing it could kill you isn’t a deterrent’: the deadly trade in diet pills:" https://www.theguardian.com/society/2020/jul/21/dnp-deadly-diet-pills-online-trade

* "It’s The Perfect Time to Make Our Schools LGBTQ-Inclusive:" https://www.advocate.com/commentary/2020/7/22/its-perfect-time-make-our-schools-lgbtq-inclusive

* "Deepfake used to attack activist couple shows new disinformation frontier:" https://www.reuters.com/article/us-cyber-deepfake-activist-idUSKCN24G15E

* "UAE successfully launches Hope probe, Arab world's first mission to Mars:" https://www.theguardian.com/science/2020/jul/20/uae-mission-mars-al-amal-hope-space

* "Bacteria that eats metal accidentally discovered by scientists:" https://www.cnn.com/2020/07/16/world/metal-eating-bacteria-intl-scli-scn/index.html

* "The African continent is very slowly peeling apart. Scientists say a new ocean is being born.:" https://www.nbcnews.com/science/environment/african-continent-very-slowly-peeling-apart-scientists-say-new-ocean-n1234128

* CW: Animal Abuse. Just as I've been hoping the pandemic will end the pangolin trade, I am really hoping the same for the moon bear trade. "South Korea's moon bears slaughtered for medicine:" https://www.bbc.com/news/av/world-asia-53491515/moon-bears-korean-campaigners-call-for-farm-closures

* "The Terrible Consequences of Australia’s Uber-Bushfires:" https://www.wired.com/story/the-terrible-consequences-of-australias-uber-bushfires/

* "I finally made GARUM | Ancient Rome's favorite condiment:"

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* "Anglo-Saxon Oatcakes - How Not To Burn King Alfred's Cakes:"

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* "Making Hippocras at Home | Medieval Spiced Wine:"

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* "Here are seven things you probably didn't know were connected to slavery:" https://www.cnn.com/2020/07/19/us/us-slavery-connections-trnd/index.html

* "The Black Woman's Forgotten Fight against the Laws that Banned her Hair:" https://www.messynessychic.com/2020/07/21/the-black-womans-forgotten-fight-against-the-laws-that-banned-her-hair/

* "Chris Colfer Pens Heartrending Tribute to 'Glee' Costar Naya Rivera:" https://www.advocate.com/people/2020/7/21/chris-colfer-pens-heartrending-tribute-glee-costar-naya-rivera

* "Remembering Tony Fenwick, a ‘giant of the LGBT+ movement’ who dedicated his life to queer students and teachers:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2020/07/22/tony-fenwick-mbe-ceo-lgbt-history-month-schools-out-teacher-outing-history-sue-sanders/

* "Human Rights Campaign Honors John Lewis: 'Fight the Good Fight':" https://www.advocate.com/news/2020/7/20/human-rights-campaign-honors-john-lewis-fight-good-fight

* "Coronavirus: Conspiracy Theories: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO):"

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* I think I wrote this Monday: Tavy and Livia had a rough evening. Late afternoon they chased the grad students doing socially distanced and masked sunbathing off the lawn so they could power wash the gazebo. Tavy thought the workers were hissing and growling at him and he spent a couple of hours sporadically hissing and growling back.

Something's also clearly on fire near enough to us that the nasty smoke smell and lowered air quality are really messing with me.

Then the smoke detector went off, panicking the Imperial couple who ran out to see if I was scared. Long silence. Me: Could it be the smoke? Detector: CHIRP! Imperial couple *panics* I double check to make sure nothing inside could be doing it and turn on the hood and the bathroom vents just in case. Detector: CHIRP! It was too sporadic to be reacting to something. It went off again while I was putting on my shoes.

I bought two new 9 volts braving the store before it closed. Luckily it was sparsely populated and people were following the mandatory mask and distancing order. Luckily, there was just enough left on a card to cover two 9-volts. Let's hope I don't need meds again this month, shall we?

My arm is borked again, but it was finally cool enough for squirrel to sleep, so my unsteady ass climbed the ladder. I had to let go the lintel to futz with it and it still wasn't fixed. I made multiple attempts. I ended up waking him after all. Turned out it was my bedroom detector a couple feet away from the one I was trying to fix. Or possibly both of them. IDk. We spent an hour between us. I had two cats hiding under my desk for most of it. I had to go collect Elder kitty from the top of the thirty in the middle of it, as those lights are fragile and I'm scared she'll fall. (The light on the twenty she sits on is sturdier and the tank is a lot lower. She can get on and off easily. I've seen her thinking about trying to straight jump off the thirty). I've had to do this once or twice most nights since her stroke.

The Imperial couple did eventually come out to lounge around the livingroom where they could see me and each other, but they are jumpy. While I was writing this, I blew my nose, and Tavy jumped high in the air sideways off the sofa landing about 5 feet away, terrifying poor Livia who couldn't work out which way to run.

* Wednesday: I had that thing where when I tried to get up the first time I almost threw up from the pain. I opted for extra medication and comforting the Imperial couple, who are understandably distressed. Livia in particular is taking it hard. At one point she was wandering around the area where elder kitty died squeaking plaintively. Elder kitty had warmed up to her enough that they would hang out together a couple of feet apart just like Livia wanted, and they'd been extra close after the first stroke. She kept waking me up for reassurance, poor thing. Tavy's just generally been discombobulated for the last week and a half and he needed a lot of extra cuddle time this evening.

Once I did make it up there was a lot of cleaning to do. The bed to strip and change, boxes to tend to, livingroom soft furnishings to hand clean and febreeze, and lots of little things I'd been too busy to sort out properly between the ongoing right arm issue and Elder Kitty's rapid decline. There will be more of that tomorrow if my arms are working well enough.

We all miss her.

* Livia still doesn't have much appetite and they are both clingy and unsettled. I can't blame them.

I can't seem to make any headway on the pain situation. It's my own fault; I keep moving in my sleep. I'm usually more disciplined than this. I think it's a bit of a spiral. I was undisciplined a couple weeks ago once, which made me feel crap so it's harder to remember to stay still after I drift off. When I'm awake I try to roll it back, but even the magic tub can't shave off enough to undo more damage than I do when I sleep. I am out of tricks. I would call the doctor at this point, except I know perfectly well there is nothing to be done, but endure and try to keep my meds down.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Doug Jones - Alabama
Gary Peters - Michigan

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

* "As Neo-Nazis Seed Military Ranks, Germany Confronts ‘an Enemy Within’:" https://www.seattletimes.com/nation-world/as-neo-nazis-seed-military-ranks-germany-confronts-an-enemy-within/

* "A North Korean Defector’s Tale Shows Rotting Military:" https://www.wsj.com/articles/a-north-korean-defectors-tale-shows-rotting-military-11593867607

* "Crunch, crunch: Africa's locust outbreak is far from over:" https://apnews.com/7d5cd11206fc304630de9633acedb903

* "‘We feel absolutely abandoned’: Russia’s economic crisis swallows families that once seemed secure:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2020/07/02/we-feel-absolutely-abandoned-how-pandemic-russia-tanked-economy-plunged-families-into-crisis/?arc404=true

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* "Study confirms new version of coronavirus spreads faster, but doesn't make people sicker:" https://www.cnn.com/2020/07/02/health/coronavirus-mutation-spread-study/index.html

* "Scientists urge WHO to address airborne spread of coronavirus:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/europe/coronavirus-airborne-spread-world-health-organization/2020/07/05/9de19c38-bed8-11ea-b4f6-cb39cd8940fb_story.html

* "In Nick Cordero’s Death, a Reminder of Covid-19’s Unknowns:" https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/06/health/coronavirus-nick-cordero-underlying-conditions.html

* "Mutated coronavirus under scrutiny for ease of transmission:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/mutated-coronavirus-under-scrutiny-for-ease-of-transmission-87131205815

* "Mexico tightens border against U.S. coronavirus threat:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/mexico-tightens-border-against-u-s-coronavirus-threat-87134277969

* "Mexico's coronavirus death toll passes 30,000:" https://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-53296003

* "Virus surge forces another local Spanish lockdown:" https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-53299544

* "Australia Closes Interstate Border Because Of Coronavirus Outbreak:" https://www.npr.org/2020/07/06/887659557/australia-closes-interstate-border-because-of-coronavirus-outbreak

* "Trump’s ‘99 percent’ coronavirus comment finds little support:" https://www.politico.com/news/2020/07/05/hahn-coronavirus-trump-infection-348954

* "US is still 'knee-deep' in the first wave of the coronavirus pandemic, Fauci says:" https://www.cnn.com/2020/07/06/health/us-coronavirus-monday/index.html

* "FDA chief on Trump's inaccurate coronavirus claim: 'Not going to get into who's right and who is wrong':" https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/donald-trump/fda-chief-responds-trump-s-inaccurate-coronavirus-claims-won-t-n1232926

* "Coronavirus resistant to Trump tricks of obfuscation:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/coronavirus-resistant-to-trump-tricks-of-obfuscation-87128645957

* "Coronavirus updates: Seven-day average case total in the U.S. sets record for 27th straight day:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2020/07/05/coronavirus-update-us/

* "Tuscaloosa students held parties, bet on who got coronavirus first:" https://www.al.com/news/2020/07/tuscaloosa-students-held-parties-bet-on-who-got-coronavirus-first.html

* "COVID-19 case spikes via July 4th, summer holidays doctor fears:" https://www.msnbc.com/am-joy/watch/covid-19-case-spikes-via-july-4th-summer-holidays-feared-doctor-87058501905

* "Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner urges Texas GOP to cancel its convention:" https://www.texastribune.org/2020/07/06/texas-republican-party-convention-coronavirus-houston-sylvester-turner/

* "FEMA is 'getting out of the testing business,' won't help in Arizona, Phoenix mayor says:" https://theweek.com/speedreads/923775/fema-getting-testing-business-wont-help-arizona-phoenix-mayor-says

* "New Orleans coronavirus test site runs out of tests minutes after opening; others turned away:" https://www.nola.com/news/coronavirus/article_ba59be0e-bfa0-11ea-af21-db3e7ca7be47.html

* "Texas coronavirus cases cross 200,000 mark:" https://www.statesman.com/news/20200706/texas-coronavirus-cases-cross-200000-mark

* "10 out of the 12 hospitals in Texas' Rio Grande Valley are now full:" https://abc13.com/rio-grande-valley-hospitals-full-coronavirus-covid-19/6300835/

* "Stay-at-home order is best hope for Texas stricken by coronavirus:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/stay-at-home-order-is-best-hope-for-texas-stricken-by-coronavirus-87130181631

* Have we learned nothing? "Hundreds flock to gay party hotspot Fire Island – including one man who admitted he had coronavirus:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2020/07/06/fire-island-pines-july-4-beach-party-corey-hannon-giancarlo-albanese/

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* "Trudeau turns down White House invitation amid pandemic:" https://apnews.com/8f99aa628bbbd6d7b2bdaabcf4cd1ffe

* "Trump remains silent on Putin despite uproar over alleged Russian bounty payments:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/trump-remains-silent-on-putin-despite-uproar-over-alleged-russian-bounty-payments/2020/07/03/00a692a6-bc81-11ea-86d5-3b9b3863273b_story.html

* "‘Perhaps the most un-American speech ever delivered by an American president’: Ambassador McFaul:" https://www.rawstory.com/2020/07/perhaps-the-most-un-american-speech-ever-delivered-by-an-american-president-ambassador-mcfaul/

* "In Trump’s new version of American carnage, the threat isn’t immigrants or foreign nations. It’s other Americans.:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/in-trumps-new-version-of-american-carnage-the-threat-isnt-immigrants-or-foreign-nations-its-other-americans/2020/07/04/f1354fa6-be10-11ea-8cf5-9c1b8d7f84c6_story.html

* "Trump and Biden campaigns shift focus to coronavirus as pandemic surges:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/trump-and-biden-campaigns-shift-focus-to-coronavirus-as-pandemic-surges/2020/07/06/53a4ec50-bd62-11ea-80b9-40ece9a701dc_story.html

* "At least 8 Secret Service agents stuck in Phoenix with coronavirus after Pence trip:" https://www.cnn.com/2020/07/03/politics/secret-service-coronavirus-trump/index.html

* "A Bridgehampton Party, a President's Son, a Positive Covid Test:" https://www.easthamptonstar.com/health-villages/202074/bridgehampton-party-presidents-son-positive-covid-test

* "Kimberly Guilfoyle -- Donald Trump Jr.'s girlfriend and top Trump campaign official:" https://www.cnn.com/2020/07/03/politics/kimberly-guilfoyle-positive-coronavirus-test/index.html

* "Chuck Grassley will skip the Republican National Convention for the first time in 40 years, citing coronavirus:" https://www.desmoinesregister.com/story/news/politics/2020/07/06/chuck-grassley-wont-attend-republican-national-convention-rnc-jacksonville-florida-coronavirus-covid/5383466002/

* "Trump muddles campaign with inability to focus on message:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/trump-muddles-campaign-with-inability-to-focus-on-message-87132229524

* "White House refuses to denounce Confederate flag as Trump bemoans NASCAR's ban:" https://www.cnn.com/2020/07/06/politics/trump-nascar-bubba-wallace/index.html

* "Michael Cohen caught at NYC restaurant — and it could land him back in prison:" https://nypost.com/2020/07/03/michael-cohen-eating-at-nyc-restaurant-could-land-him-back-in-prison/

* "Publisher moves up release of book by Trump niece:" https://www.politico.com/news/2020/07/06/mary-trump-book-release-date-349845

* "Trump-connected lobbyists reap windfall in federal virus aid:" https://apnews.com/2edf8670a491a702ecfb7312f507f83a

* "Trump’s Small Biz Rescue Bailed Out Kushner’s Family, Obama’s Aides and Other Political Elite:" https://www.thedailybeast.com/trumps-small-biz-rescue-bailed-out-kushners-family-obamas-aides-and-other-political-elite?ref=home

* "McConnell calls for five-year lawsuit shield for businesses as part of next coronavirus bill:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/us-policy/2020/07/06/congress-departed-two-week-recess-without-addressing-coronavirus-spikes-economic-strains/?utm_source=reddit.com

* "Trump administration bars international college students if their school's classes are all online:" https://www.politico.com/news/2020/07/06/trump-international-students-ice-online-classes-349937

* "New book shows depravity of Trump admin family separation policy:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/new-book-shows-depravity-of-trump-admin-family-separation-policy-87132741541

* "Trump family separation figures move to botched COVID-19 response:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/trump-family-separation-figures-move-to-botched-covid-19-response-87133253646

* "How the NYPD Weaponized a Curfew Against Protesters and Residents:" https://theintercept.com/2020/06/28/new-york-city-curfew-nypd-protests/

* "Court order, City Council law didn’t stop Seattle police from using pepper spray, projectiles:" https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/politics/court-order-city-council-law-didnt-stop-seattle-police-from-using-pepper-spray-projectiles/

* "Cops ousted for bad behavior often land in one place: St. Ann:" https://www.stltoday.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/cops-ousted-for-bad-behavior-often-land-in-one-place-st-ann/article_cd3fa355-644c-5b16-8f41-2685c1b71c6d.html

* They are entirely lawless and the only way I can see of reigning them in is disbanding them and tarting over. "Court order, City Council law didn’t stop Seattle police from using pepper spray, projectiles:" https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/politics/court-order-city-council-law-didnt-stop-seattle-police-from-using-pepper-spray-projectiles/

* "White Michigan couple charged with assault, man fired after videos show woman pointing gun at Black family in Chipotle parking lot:" https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2020/07/02/woman-draws-gun-black-family-exchange-caught-video/5363743002/

* "Shocking viral videos spark debates on race in America:" https://www.msnbc.com/am-joy/watch/black-lives-matter-protests-coincide-with-viral-racist-incidents-87057477945

* "Predominantly Black armed protesters march through Confederate memorial park in Georgia:" https://www.reuters.com/article/us-global-race-usa-stone-mountain/predominantly-black-armed-protesters-march-through-confederate-memorial-park-in-georgia-idUSKBN24605G

* "For Black Americans, Wearing A Mask Comes With Complicated Anxieties:" https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/for-black-americans-wearing-a-mask-comes-with-complicated-anxieties/

* "Mother of Gregory Morales pushing for change in deserter status of her son:" https://www.kcentv.com/amp/article/news/local/mother-of-gregory-morales-pushing-for-change-in-deserter-status/500-5a7e1b05-d1d7-4a15-a833-8158e1aabb84

* "Human remains identified as missing Fort Hood soldier Vanessa Guillen, family attorney says:" https://www.cnn.com/2020/07/05/us/vanessa-guillen-remains-identified/index.html

* "The Cadaver in the Drag Queen's Closet:"

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* "Ireland’s new children’s minister is a gay man – and the response to his appointment is sickeningly predictable:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2020/07/06/roderic-ogorman-ireland-childrens-minister-gay-homophobia-fathers-rights-green-party/

* "Instead of listening to JK Rowling, here’s what the NHS and medical experts say about healthcare for trans kids:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2020/07/06/jk-rowling-puberty-blockers-nhs-tavistock-gids-horomones-trans-healthcare/

* "Trump ally Franklin Graham is thrilled with Malawi’s new President, who has linked homosexuality and child abuse:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2020/07/06/trump-ally-franklin-graham-malawi-new-president/

* "Family Searches for Missing Trans Woman Dawn Manson:" https://www.advocate.com/transgender/2020/7/06/family-searches-missing-trans-woman-dawn-manson

* "Antigay Virginia Photographer Sues for Right to Discriminate:" https://www.advocate.com/business/2020/7/06/antigay-virginia-photographer-sues-right-discriminate

* "Queer woman 'put in chokehold' and told 'I'll kill you f****t' by a man 25 years her senior, all because he didn't like her driving:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2020/07/06/portland-assault-queer-woman-shaws-parking-lot-alana-reali-michael-roylos/

* "New HIV Medication Approved for Those at Risk of Advancing to AIDS:" https://www.hivplusmag.com/news/2020/7/06/new-hiv-medication-approved-those-risk-advancing-aids

* "SCANDAL at the Harvard of Mortuary School:"

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* "Oven Crypts of New Orleans:"

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* "To Die & Mummify In LA: Yvette Vickers:"

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* "Sniffing Out Smell:" https://hms.harvard.edu/news/sniffing-out-smell

* "COVID-19 Broke the Economy. What If We Don’t Fix It?:" https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/qj4ka5/covid-19-broke-the-economy-what-if-we-dont-fix-it

* "The Mysterious Cave of Glowing Skulls:"

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* "THE TRIAL OF THE CORPSE POPE!:"

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* "DEMONIC BABIES: A Guide for New Parents:"

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* "The Forgotten Founding Father:" https://www.city-journal.org/html/forgotten-founding-father-12246.html

* "The Cult of Tradition | Renegade Cut:"

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* "Non-binary Black Lives Matter protester Summer Taylor killed by car speeding into crowd at peaceful protest:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2020/07/06/summer-taylor-non-binary-black-lives-matter-protester-death-tribute-dawit-kelete/

* "Outpouring of love and tributes for much-loved LGBT+ rights activist Susannah Toland, who passed away suddenly aged 45:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2020/07/07/susannah-toland-dies-dead-northern-ireland-londonderry-derry-lgbt-activist/

* "The Muppets & James Corden: 'With a Little Help from My Friends':"

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* TW: Dying Animal. ( Elder Kitty News: )

She's the last of her cohort. When Squirrel first moved in, she watched Mache telling me she wanted pets by gently placing her paw on my arm or leg. I always immediately started petting her. All these years after the cancer took Mache, Little Miss still does it, this endearing gesture she picked up from her eternal rival. Neither Tavy nor Livia have learned it as she doesn't do it when they are watching. When Little Miss goes, she takes this echo of my girl with with her. When I feed her shreds, she still sands silent and polite where I trained her to stand so she wouldn't freak out my poor sweet incredibly nervous Hector, all these years after he died. Little Miss is a very good cat.

As I typed that last paragraph she lifted her head, concerned by my tears. I gave her a pet, so she'd know it's all right.

UPDATE: This evening, she's noticeably improved and had enough strength in her right foreleg to eat without shaking. She’ll stumble a little when a right side leg doesn’t work the way she expects, but she’s getting around okay.

* The goth lilies in are in bloom + bonus window cats.: https://gwydionmisha.tumblr.com/post/623034723989635072/the-goth-lilies-in-are-in-bloom-bonus-window

* I am exhausted. I also had a bunch of scheduled stuff on a MUSH where I play. Rupert was recalcitrant Monday-Tuesday night, so I ended up scaffolding the links, but not posting them on tumblr after it got too hard. I batch did them tonight, but the birds are singing and I haven't started last night's actual work beyond set up, programing tumblr, etc.. I still have a pile of links I didn't get around to scaffolding before I crashed Tuesday morning and a scary ass backlog of things to read. Likely I won't have much Wednesday work time either because we expect another big plot thing tonight.

I am sorry. I need sleep desperately.

* The Star trek Version of huimans from an Alien perspective has been added to: https://kaccaman.tumblr.com/post/622972698549764096/wolfmoonjournal-majesty-intensifies

* People drag a grown ass woman for claiming there were no women authors before J.K. Rowling: https://twitter.com/dntmakeitworse/status/1280128467930144769

* More Midnight Society vs JK Rowling: https://twitter.com/midnight_pals/status/1279868958569426944

* "Sunday Sweets Celebrates Hamilton:" https://www.cakewrecks.com/home/2020/7/5/sunday-sweets-celebrates-hamilton

* More proof I am really terrible at telling celebrities apart: It turns out Jason Isaacs and John Hamm are somehow not both John Hamm. I literally never would have guessed.

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* 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

* "'Liberate Hong Kong' slogan banned as protesters lie low:" https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/jul/02/hong-kong-protesters-laying-low-following-mass-arrests-china

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* "As world approaches 10 million coronavirus cases, doctors see hope in new treatments:" https://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-lessons-special-re/special-report-as-world-approaches-10-million-coronavirus-cases-doctors-see-hope-in-new-treatments-idUSKBN23X1I5

* "Arizona GOP Rep. Calls For WH Coronavirus Task Force To Be Disbanded:" https://talkingpointsmemo.com/news/andy-biggs-arizona-disband-white-house-coronavirus-task-force

* "Surge in state COVID-19 cases driven by eastern Washington:" https://www.seattlepi.com/news/article/Surge-in-state-COVID-19-cases-driven-by-eastern-15384897.php

* "COVID-19 spikes linked to GOP leaders Arizona congressman asserts:" https://www.msnbc.com/am-joy/watch/arizona-congressman-laments-gop-leadership-linked-covid-19-spikes-87024197686

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* "Former diplomat: U.S. looks ‘stupid’ on Russian bounties response:" https://www.msnbc.com/am-joy/watch/trump-not-addressing-russian-bounties-analyzed-by-former-diplomat-87023173913

* "The Unraveling of the U.S.-South Korean Alliance:" https://www.foreignaffairs.com/articles/north-korea/2020-07-03/unraveling-us-south-korean-alliance

* "Trump Is Throwing a Mount Rushmore Fireworks Show. What Could Go Wrong?:" https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2020/07/trumps-mount-rushmore-fireworks-show-what-could-go-wrong.html

* "At Mount Rushmore, Trump exploits social divisions, warns of ‘left-wing cultural revolution’ in dark speech ahead of Independence Day:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/trump-mount-rushmore-fireworks/2020/07/03/af2e84f6-bd25-11ea-bdaf-a129f921026f_story.html

* "Trump’s Mount Rushmore trip decried by Native American activists:" https://www.msnbc.com/am-joy/watch/trump-trip-to-mount-rushmore-protested-by-native-americans-87019077763

* "Trump Believes That He Is Losing Because He Hasn’t Been Racist Enough:" https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2020/07/trump-is-losing-2020-polls-racism-black-lives-matter.html

* "Manhattan prosecutor pick ducks questions about Barr's job offer:" https://www.politico.com/news/2020/06/25/jay-clayton-sdny-bill-barr-339888

* "Barber slams ‘scarcity of will’ for economic issues plaguing U.S.:" https://www.msnbc.com/am-joy/watch/trump-touts-4-8-million-new-jobs-despite-50-million-jobs-lost-87027269816

* "How the American Worker Got Fleeced:" https://www.bloomberg.com/graphics/2020-the-fleecing-of-the-american-worker/

* "For Maine Lobstermen, a Perfect Storm Threatens the Summer Season:" https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/03/us/maine-lobster-summer-virus.html

* "Colleges Face Rising Revolt by Professors:" https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/03/us/coronavirus-college-professors.html

* "The Latest Pandemic Shortage: Coins Are The New Toilet Paper:" https://www.npr.org/2020/06/21/880958665/the-latest-pandemic-shortage-coins-are-the-new-toilet-paper

* "White evangelical approval of Trump slips, but eight-in-ten say they would vote for him:" https://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2020/07/01/white-evangelical-approval-of-trump-slips-but-eight-in-ten-say-they-would-vote-for-him/

* "GOP candidate is latest linked to QAnon conspiracy theory:" https://www.seattletimes.com/nation-world/gop-candidate-is-latest-linked-to-qanon-conspiracy-theory-2/

* "Mississippi could drop Jim Crow-era statewide voting process:" https://apnews.com/dc57e6e1b01c5a18af058d587daa2e11

* "The Voting Disaster Ahead:" https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2020/06/voter-suppression-novembers-looming-election-crisis/613408/

* "Mayor Muriel Bowser: Make D.C. a State!:"

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* "Police: 2 women hit by car on Seattle highway amid protest:" https://apnews.com/741b01da9ce010717df1afca30afe09e

* "WikiLeaks Founder Charged With Conspiring With LulzSec & Anonymous Hackers:" https://thehackernews.com/2020/06/wikileaks-lulzsec-anonymous-hackers.html

* "Fact check: Breaking down Trump's false claims about DACA and the Supreme Court's ruling:" https://www.cnn.com/2020/06/25/politics/fact-check-trump-daca-supreme-court-tweets/index.html

* "The Immigration System Is Set To Come To A Near Halt, And No One Is Paying Attention:" https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/hamedaleaziz/immigration-system-budget-cuts

* "He Built a Privately Funded Border Wall. It’s Already at Risk of Falling Down if Not Fixed.:" https://www.propublica.org/article/he-built-a-privately-funded-border-wall-its-already-at-risk-of-falling-down-if-not-fixed

* "Trump tweets about plan for BLM mural in front of his Tower:" https://www.seattletimes.com/nation-world/nation/trump-tweets-about-plan-for-blm-mural-in-front-of-his-tower/

* "Fact-checking Trump's references to the anti-police chant 'pigs in a blanket, fry 'em like bacon':" https://www.cnn.com/2020/07/02/politics/fact-check-trump-pigs-blanket-black-lives-matter/index.html

* "An Anti-Racist West Point:" https://medium.com/an-anti-racist-west-point/an-anti-racist-west-point-a26fa2f77bbe

* "A National Guardsman Sent To LA Protests Is Under Investigation For Ties To Proud Boys:" https://www.huffpost.com/entry/national-guard-proud-boys-california-black-lives-matter_n_5efe44a5c5b612083c592f32

* ""Kill 'em": Houston GOP powerbroker Steve Hotze left Greg Abbott a voicemail requesting that National Guard "shoot to kill" rioters:" https://www.texastribune.org/2020/07/03/steve-hotze-texas-greg-abbott-rioters/

* "Journalists are reexamining their reliance on a longtime source: The police:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/media/journalists-are-reexamining-their-reliance-on-a-longtime-source-the-police/2020/06/30/303c929c-b63a-11ea-a510-55bf26485c93_story.html

* "Latinx activist asks all impacted by police brutality to unite:" https://www.msnbc.com/am-joy/watch/police-shooting-death-of-andres-guardado-decried-by-activist-87025733956

* "Police clashes with Native Americans often ‘invisible’ activist laments:" https://www.msnbc.com/am-joy/watch/native-americans-disproportionately-impacted-by-police-violence-87026245691

* "Black Lives Matter protesters say they were attacked. Boise police investigate, speak out:" https://www.idahostatesman.com/news/local/community/boise/article243954757.html

* "South Dakota governor criticizes removal of statues as effort to 'discredit' nation's principles:" https://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/505839-south-dakota-governor-criticizes-removal-of-statues-as-effort

* "Movement for Black Lives Confronts Tennessee’s Confederate Legacy:" https://theintercept.com/2020/06/21/black-lives-matter-tennessee-confederate/

* "The Black-White Wage Gap Is as Big as It Was in 1950:" https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/25/opinion/race-wage-gap.html

* "From soldier to worker; Police unions were born of resistance to discipline for brutality. Do they belong in the labor movement?:" https://www.chicagoreader.com/chicago/cops-union-history-fraternal-order-of-police/Content?oid=80542709

* "‘What To The Slave Is The Fourth Of July?’: Descendants Read Frederick Douglass' Speech:"

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* "Daveed Diggs asks: “What to My People is the Fourth of July?”:"

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* "ICONIC CORPSE: The Exploitation of Julia Pastrana:"

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* TW: Pedophilia. "Lawsuit accuses GOP gubernatorial candidate Loren Culp of mishandling child sex-abuse investigation:" https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/politics/lawsuit-accuses-gop-gubernatorial-candidate-loren-culp-of-mishandling-child-sex-abuse-investigation/

* "Arizona official brought women to the US to give birth and charged families to adopt the babies:" https://www.cnn.com/2020/06/19/us/marshall-islands-paul-petersen-adoption-scheme/index.html

* "Gender bias kept alive by people who think it's dead:" https://phys.org/news/2020-06-gender-bias-alive-people-dead.html

* "Vladimir Putin takes pathetic potshots at the US embassy because it defiantly flew a Pride flag:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2020/07/04/vladimir-putin-russia-us-embassy-pride-flag-donald-trump-gay-queer-lgbt/

* "Poland’s homophobic barbarian – sorry, president – Andrzej Duda just vowed to ban same-sex couples from adopting children:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2020/07/04/andrzej-duda-poland-same-sex-adoption-ban-constitution-lgbt-gay/

* "J.K. Rowling likes tweet that supports conversion therapy:" https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2020/07/j-k-rowling-likes-tweet-supported-conversion-therapy/

* "Protesters take to the streets amid concerns over Tory government’s alleged rollback of trans rights:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2020/07/05/trans-rights-protest-london-parliament-square-gender-recognition-act-reform-conservative-boris-johnson-liz-truss/

* "Another Black trans woman killed after brutal shooting in Florida. Despite deadnaming from the media, her name was Bree Black:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2020/07/05/bree-black-transgender-killed-florida-pompano-beach-broward-sheriff/

* "Perkins: LGBTQ Rights Have Ruined The Fourth Of July - Joe.My.God.:" https://www.joemygod.com/2020/07/perkins-lgbtq-rights-have-ruined-the-fourth-of-july/

* "A Year In, 1st Patient To Get Gene Editing For Sickle Cell Disease Is Thriving:" https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2020/06/23/877543610/a-year-in-1st-patient-to-get-gene-editing-for-sickle-cell-disease-is-thriving

* You know how we people wih disabilities were concerned this would happen? Yeah. "Austin Hospital Withheld Treatment from Disabled Man Who Contracted Coronavirus:" https://thetexan.news/austin-hospital-withheld-treatment-from-disabled-man-who-contracted-coronavirus/

* "Visiting Hawaii's Tragic & Remote Leprosy Colony:"

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* "Salem Witch Trials- NEW Revelations:"

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* "ICONIC CORPSE- Haydn's Head!:"

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* "ICONIC CORPSE: Charles Byrne the Irish Giant:"

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* "Morbid Mystery: The Franklin Expedition:"

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* "Almost 17,000 Protesters Had No Idea A Tech Company Was Tracing Their Location:" https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/carolinehaskins1/protests-tech-company-spying

* "THE FROZEN BODIES OF MOUNT EVEREST:"

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* "CAVE DIVING CORPSES:"

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* "A water crisis looms for 270 million people as South Asia’s glaciers shrink:" https://www.nationalgeographic.com/magazine/2020/07/water-crisis-looms-for-270-million-people-south-asia-perpetual-feature/

* "How a decade of neglect and politics undermined the CDC’s fight against climate change:" https://www.motherjones.com/environment/2020/06/how-a-decade-of-neglect-and-politics-undermined-the-cdcs-fight-against-climate-change/

* "The Lion of Chaeronea:" https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/lion-of-chaeronea

* "Was the Real Lone Ranger a Black Man?:" https://www.history.com/news/bass-reeves-real-lone-ranger-a-black-man

* "The Black Female Battalion That Stood Up to a White Male Army:" https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/17/magazine/6888th-battalion-charity-adams.html

* "The US Didn’t Bring Freedom to South Korea — Its People Did:" https://jacobinmag.com/2020/06/gwangju-uprising-korean-war-seventieth-anniversary

* "Your Firework Smoke Could Be Tainted With Lead:" https://www.wired.com/story/your-firework-smoke-could-be-tainted-with-lead/

* "'The love letter that helped me flee my country':" https://www.bbc.com/news/stories-53077638

* "America is running out of fireworks:" https://www.cnn.com/2020/07/03/business/firework-industry-sales-2020/index.html

* "U.S. Coronavirus Cases Spike, the E.U. May Ban Americans & Clashes Over Mandatory Masks in Florida:"

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* "The Problem with Cop Shows:"

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* "Brandy Clark: Bigger Boat:"

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* Friday: Our HOA agreement allows seasonal decorations (within certain boundaries). So I was like, "Hey Squirrel, it occurs to me that PRIDE and particularly Stonewall Day are in fact holidays, so the HOA can't stop us. How would you feel about hanging a PRIDE flags up?" Because you don't cover your front window with a massive progress flag without consulting your roommate. He was really into it and wanted to get his own flag for his own window on top of the shared common space one. (I would love the chevrons, but flags are expensive so me getting a 45ish +shipping queer flag, yes I priced them and did the sourcing a monthish ago and it was hard ass things kept selling out or being sold out, on my own was too much money. Maybe next year). After some consultation we worked out which one he wanted and did the order. We did hang them in plenty of time for Stonewall day and they've been up a couple of weeks. My plan was to take them down on the 5th which is in margin by the letter of the rules, and damned if I don't want that thing up for the 4th for obvious fucking reasons. I generally don't rules lawyer, but i will for a good cause.

So when coming back from library curbside Monday I spotted the noticed the HOA had hung on the lobby door with passive aggressive highlighting on the sentence about not hanging political signs in the windows. I smiled, because I'd been waiting to see if they would give me an intent to fine notice, because my plan was to call them right up and point out that people are allowed to hang Christmas decorations, which given the whole bullshit war on Christmas rhetoric is a political issue. All we did was hang decorations celebrating Stonewall Day. Are you saying my identity is a political issue? Not a good look for the HOA in my deep blue college town.

Remember, I'm the person who put on clothes at 11:20PM on a Sunday night in the mid-90's to stomp a long block west to yell at a frat party to stop blasting 'Rockin Robin on repeat because some of us have jobs and need to sleep, with my terrified partner trailing after me, convinced I was a bout to get killed in a brawl with an entire frat and if I really was doing that, he should probably come have my back. They turned it off, chastened. More recently a few years ago I went and stood next to a Lady being screamed at by a mob anti-choicers and yelled back at them with her. I may pick my battles, but I'm all the fuck in when I fight.

So nothing happens and the days pass with no intent to fine notice. Squirrel's parking moves at the month change and he used that door coming home from work this morning and saw the notice. Him: This is definitely aimed at us. Nothing else has changed in the complex. Me: Oh yes. I spotted it Monday. If they want me to take it down they are going to have to explicitly tell me they don't consider PRIDE and Stonewall day real holidays. Him: They won't do that. Me: In which case I win. They either have to fight me over it or live with me ignoring their passive aggressive general notice.

The sign had to have gone up between last Monday afternoon and the Monday before, when I last used that door, which means I feel okay about taking my flag down on the 5th as planned. I'll still be within the HOA's own rules and nearly a week doesn't look like capitulation. Especially when they go back up next June. squirrel likes his so much It's going to be a wall hanging in his room and he's thinking about seeing if he can get a flag big enough to use as a door curtain for his room when there's more money, a project of which I approve. (We use shower curtains to create an airlock/privacy while leaving the doors ajar for cats.)

* Sunday: It will likely come as no surprise to you all that the Imperial couple do not react well to fireworks. Elder Kitty didn't mind them all that much before her hearing started to weaken and these days with her dementia, she only really responds to familiar stimulae that directly affects her in some way. Tavy and Livia though? A whole other story.

I fed the girls before it all started, which was a wise move. Livia had returned to the bed to hang out with me by the time of the first explosion. She clearly considered running, but I was calm and the bed room is generally invader free, so she decided to hang with me despite misgivings. Tavy came running in and jumped up on the bed to see iif we were scared and if this was a full on hide situation. He saw me lying there all calm and Livia nervous but holding it together and decided the "Hide on the bed in comfort as a group" plan was better than retreat to the secure hide. Her nerve nearly broke when the roman candle barrage happened on the other side of the gazebo, but they did really well, considering the both hate loud noises and unexpected happenings.

It's been rainy and cold for days, which I am grateful for since it discourages maskless idiots from congregating to breathe virus on each other. Bonus, it really cuts down on illegal firework related fires. It was still loud for a while, but it wasn't nearly as bad as usual when we get a week of explosions. We had a few on the third and then the usual nonsense in the complex, but it stopped early.

Taking the long silence for the end, I went and made dinner and did the usual chores. After I ate, I was just settling in for lungs and Tavy had just climbed on intending a pet and a cuddle nap. (He really likes lung time cuddle naps and he's especially big on them lately because he doesn't sleep on me as much with the machines going). His forth paw had landed when someone set off a massive mortar outside the window and he panicked all the way to his hide.

There followed another half hour or so, but they were done by midnight instead of going until dawn, so it's a huge win. They really did ride most of it out on the bed, and while they needed a lot of extra attention all night they had clearly recovered by dawn.

I've taken the PRIDE flag out of the front window and folded it away for next year. I even changed the 30. (Plus some MUSH Chargen). What I didn't do is much aggregate. Ooops.

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* 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

* "Outrage grows over deaths in Indian police custody:" https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-india-53202707

* "Malawi opposition leader wins historic poll rerun:" https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-53207780

* "Clash of values as Poles choose president:" https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-53190016

* "Poland's resident homophobe Andrzej Duda leads first round of re-election battle, but final vote may come down to the wire:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2020/06/29/polish-presidential-election-results-2020-poland-duda-trzaskowski-second-round/

* "Yemen: Coronavirus aid loss 'harming children':" https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-53191438

* "Massive Saharan dust cloud shrouds the Caribbean:" https://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-53177693

* "Billions of Locusts Are Descending on East Africa:"

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* "Delhi: Salaries Not Paid, Doctors at Kasturba, Hindu Rao Hospitals Threaten Mass Resignation:" https://thewire.in/rights/delhi-hindu-rao-kasturba-mcd-hospitals-doctors-mass-resgination

* "Portugal brings back some coronavirus lockdown measures in Lisbon:" https://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-portugal/portugal-brings-back-some-coronavirus-lockdown-measures-in-lisbon-idUSKBN23W2Q4

* "What caused Germany's biggest virus outbreak?:" https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-53177628

* "Mexico reports 947 more COVID deaths, 2nd highest daily toll:" https://abcnews.go.com/Health/wireStory/mexico-reports-947-covid-deaths-2nd-highest-daily-71440166

* "Brazil's COVID-19 crisis is devastating the country's most vulnerable populations.:" https://video.vice.com/en_us/video/tuesday-june-23-2020/5eed327ba5d772314151fefc

* "Migrant Workers are Bearing the Brunt of New Zealand’s Hardline Coronavirus Approach:" https://www.vice.com/en_asia/article/4ay3jn/migrant-workers-are-bearing-the-brunt-of-new-zealands-coronavirus-approach

* "E.U. Plans to Bar Most U.S. Travelers When Bloc Reopens:" https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/26/world/europe/europe-us-travel-ban.html?referringSource=articleShare

* "CDC chief says coronavirus cases may be 10 times higher than reported:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/2020/06/25/coronavirus-cases-10-times-larger/

* "Analysis | The Health 202: The Trump administration is eyeing a new testing strategy for coronavirus, Anthony Fauci says:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/powerpost/paloma/the-health-202/2020/06/26/the-health-202-the-trump-administration-is-eyeing-a-new-testing-strategy-for-coronavirus-anthony-fauci-says/5ef4f629602ff1080718f308/?itid=hp_hp-top-table-high_health202-830a%3Ahomepage%2Fstory-ans

* "State Coronavirus Data Doesn’t Support Trump’s Misleading Testing Claims:" https://www.propublica.org/article/state-coronavirus-data-doesnt-support-trumps-misleading-testing-claims

* "US coronavirus cases hit new one-day high as states backtrack on reopening:" https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/jun/26/arizona-joins-texas-halting-reopening-amid-surge-covid-coronavirus-cases

* "U.S. sets another single-day record for new coronavirus cases:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2020/06/25/coronavirus-live-updates-us/

"The US sees a record number of new coronavirus cases in a single day:" https://edition.cnn.com/2020/06/25/health/us-coronavirus-thursday/

* "Chris Hayes calls for Trump to resign: 'Urgent matter of public health, public safety’:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/chris-hayes-calls-for-trump-to-resign-urgent-matter-of-public-health-public-safety-86089285988

* "Hayes: Amid coronavirus surge, U.S. stuck with ‘same horrible choice’ as in start of pandemic:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/hayes-amid-coronavirus-surge-u-s-stuck-with-same-horrible-choice-as-in-start-of-pandemic-86091845936

* "Coronavirus cases rise in states with relaxed face mask policies:" https://www.inquirer.com/health/coronavirus/covid-19-coronavirus-face-masks-infection-rates-20200624.html

* "Texas, Florida governors order bars closed, impose new restrictions as cases surge:" https://www.politico.com/news/2020/06/26/austin-texas-mayor-steve-adler-coronavirus-341016

* "Houston area hospitals running out beds for COVID-19 patients:" https://www.msnbc.com/msnbc/watch/houston-area-hospitals-running-out-beds-for-covid-19-patients-86104133804

* "DeSantis slammed for COVID-19 response by Florida politics expert:" https://www.msnbc.com/am-joy/watch/florida-covid-19-surge-due-to-desantis-bungle-pundit-asserts-86149189543

* "Rep. Shalala: As COVID-19 spikes, people in Florida are ‘frightened to death':" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/rep-shalala-as-covid-19-spikes-people-in-florida-are-frightened-to-death-86094917625

* "UAMS model shows COVID-19 peak of 150,000 cases in Arkansas Sept. 30:" https://katv.com/news/local/uams-model-shows-covid-19-peak-of-150000-cases-in-arkansas-sept-30

* This is what Republican rule looks like. "How Arizona ‘lost control of the epidemic’:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/how-arizona-lost-control-of-the-epidemic/2020/06/25/f692a5a8-b658-11ea-aca5-ebb63d27e1ff_story.html

* "Premature Arizona reopening coincided with Trump publicity visit:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/premature-arizona-reopening-coincided-with-trump-publicity-visit-86103109945

* "Doctors face tough choices, narrowing options on COVID in Arizona:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/doctors-face-tough-choices-narrowing-options-on-covid-in-arizona-86104133971

* "Mississippi Adds 1,092 New COVID-19 Cases In Single Day:" https://www.jacksonfreepress.com/news/2020/jun/25/hospitalizations-peak-1000-mississippians-dead-cov/

* "Homophobic Lyft passenger threatens to crush 'candy-ass f****t' driver's skull – because he asked him to wear a mask:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2020/06/26/lyft-face-mask-homophobic-passenger-driver-threat-video/

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* "Russia Secretly Offered Afghan Militants Bounties to Kill U.S. Troops, Intelligence Says:" https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/26/us/politics/russia-afghanistan-bounties.html

45 has known since March that the Russians are paying out bounties for killing of US troops in Afghanistan, but don't worry, he's totally fine with it. In fact, he's so in favor of it, that he decided to reward them for paying to kill our soldiers by lobbying to get them back in the G-8 and withdrawing our troops from Germany.

* "Russia paid bounties to kill US troops, US intel says; Trump mum: NYT:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/russia-paid-bounties-to-kill-us-troops-us-intel-says-trump-mum-nyt-86104645517

* "NYT reporter covering Russia’s bounty on US troops gives analysis:" https://www.msnbc.com/am-joy/watch/trump-knew-of-russian-bounty-on-troops-before-late-march-report-86147653508

* "Trump Administration May End Congressional Review of Foreign Arms Sales:" https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/25/us/politics/trump-congress-arms-sales.html

* "Former GOPer slams Trump's inaction on Russia's soldier bounties:" https://www.msnbc.com/am-joy/watch/trump-not-confronting-russia-on-u-s-soldier-bounties-slammed-86250053955

* "Russia offered bounties to kill American soldiers in Afghanistan, NBC News confirms:" https://www.msnbc.com/am-joy/watch/russia-offered-bounties-to-kill-american-soldiers-in-afghanistan-nbc-news-confirms-86242885983

* "Dozens of Secret Service agents will be quarantined after Trump's Tulsa rally:" https://www.cnn.com/2020/06/24/politics/secret-service-trump-rally-quarantine-coronavirus/index.html

* "Trump cancels weekend trip to his private New Jersey golf club as coronavirus cases spike:" https://www.politico.com/news/2020/06/26/trump-cancels-new-jersey-trip-coronavirus-341305

* 45 has a habit of accusing innocent people of crimes he himself committed. "Trump falsely accuses Obama of treason in latest unfounded attack on his predecessor:" https://www.cnn.com/2020/06/22/politics/trump-obama-treason-claim/index.html

* "Roger Stone ordered to report to prison July 14, as judge denies request for two-month delay:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/legal-issues/roger-stone-ordered-to-report-to-prison-july-14-as-judge-denies-request-for-two-month-delay/2020/06/26/c76fc984-b7c7-11ea-9b0f-c797548c1154_story.html

* "Inside Barr’s Effort to Undermine Prosecutors in N.Y.:" https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/25/nyregion/geoffrey-berman-william-barr-michael-cohen.html

* "William Barr Turns DOJ Into Donald Trump’s Law Firm:" https://theintercept.com/2020/06/22/william-barr-has-turned-the-justice-department-into-a-law-firm-with-one-client-donald-trump/

* "Barr interfered in SDNY cases tied to Trump interests:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/barr-interfered-in-sdny-cases-tied-to-trump-interests-nyt-86030917607

* "Barr micromanagement out of proportion on Trump-tied cases: NYT:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/barr-micromanagement-out-of-proportion-on-trump-tied-cases-nyt-86031429769

* "Manhattan prosecutor pick ducks questions about Barr's job offer:" https://www.politico.com/news/2020/06/25/jay-clayton-sdny-bill-barr-339888

* "Calls for William Barr's impeachment grow:" https://www.msnbc.com/am-joy/watch/barr-has-performed-many-impeachable-acts-rep-dean-says-86153797740

* "Trump's brother fails in bid to block niece's tell-all book:" https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/jun/25/trump-brother-robert-niece-mary-memoir-book

* "Trump administration seeks to drill on more than two-thirds of nation’s largest swath of public land:" https://www.seattletimes.com/nation-world/trump-administration-seeks-to-drill-on-more-than-two-thirds-of-nations-largest-swath-of-public-land/

* "Top White House economist set to depart amid coronavirus recession:" https://www.politico.com/news/2020/06/24/white-house-economist-depart-coronavirus-recession-338357

* "Lobbyist Abramoff to plead guilty in cryptocurrency fraud case:" https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-crime-abramoff/lobbyist-abramoff-to-plead-guilty-in-cryptocurrency-fraud-case-idUSKBN23W39C

* "Another 1.48 million workers are newly unemployed:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/us-policy/2020/06/25/june-unemployment-insurance/

* "Audit: US sent $1.4B in virus relief payments to dead people:" https://apnews.com/88dcc4f977f8ddeed438a8f173008b5c

* "Economist Paul Krugman on fallout of states reopening too soon:" https://www.msnbc.com/am-joy/watch/coronavirus-spikes-in-state-reopening-early-discussed-by-krugman-86165573604

* Republicans insist stealing health care from millions of Americans and allowing Insurance Companies to consider COVID related long term health problems to be pre-existing conditions is absolutely essential now that the pandemic is the worst it's been in this country and getting dramatically more dire by the day. "Trump administration asks Supreme Court to overturn Obamacare:" https://www.politico.com/news/2020/06/25/trump-supreme-court-overturn-obamacare-340851

* "Trump administration asks Supreme Court to invalidate Obamacare:" https://www.cnn.com/2020/06/25/politics/trump-administration-obamacare-supreme-court/index.html

* "Evangelical hate group with links to Trump asks God to ‘protect children’ from Joe Biden’s plan to boost LGBT+ rights:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2020/06/29/tony-perkins-family-research-council-lgbt-joe-biden-election/

* Oh look, 45’s accusing Biden of doing what 45 is doing. "Trump falsely claims Biden, who has committed to the debates, is trying to get out of debating:" https://www.cnn.com/2020/06/26/politics/fact-check-trump-biden-debates/index.html

* "NYer Bowman runs for Congress to ‘cause problems for status quo’:" https://www.msnbc.com/am-joy/watch/police-brutality-fight-spurs-nyer-bowman-to-run-for-u-s-congress-86156357772

* Don't hold your breath for the Senate. "D.C. statehood approved by U.S. House for first time in history:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/dc-politics/dc-statehood-vote/2020/06/25/c2ac1670-b6ee-11ea-a8da-693df3d7674a_story.html

* "Gunman kills one employee at Walmart distribution center before police fatally shoot him:" https://www.cnn.com/2020/06/27/us/california-walmart-distribution-center-shooting/index.html

* "Supreme Court agrees with Trump administration on limits for asylum seekers:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/courts_law/supreme-court-agrees-with-trump-administration-on-limits-on-asylum-seekers/2020/06/25/695b3b74-b6e8-11ea-a510-55bf26485c93_story.html

* "Appeals court allows Trump's expansion of fast-track deportation - Roll Call:" https://www.rollcall.com/2020/06/23/appeals-court-allows-trumps-expansion-of-fast-track-deportation/

* "Trump can't divert military funds for wall, federal appeals court says:" https://www.cnn.com/2020/06/26/politics/border-wall-9th-circuit-appeals-court/index.html

* But not their parents. "Judge Orders ICE To Free Detained Immigrant Children Because Of COVID-19:" https://www.npr.org/sections/coronavirus-live-updates/2020/06/26/884186168/judge-orders-ice-to-free-detained-immigrant-children-because-of-covid-19

* "House Approves Police Reform Bill, But Issue Stalled Amid Partisan Standoff:" https://www.npr.org/2020/06/25/883263263/house-approves-police-reform-bill-but-issue-stalled-amid-partisan-standoff

* "House passes sweeping police reform bill, Pelosi calls it ‘historic day’:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/house-passes-sweeping-police-reform-bill-pelosi-calls-it-historic-day-86024773627

* "‘A problem that we need to solve’: Harris takes on policing:" https://www.seattletimes.com/nation-world/nation-politics/a-problem-that-we-need-to-solve-harris-takes-on-policing/

* "Plan advances to allow dismantling Minneapolis Police Dept.:" https://www.seattletimes.com/nation-world/nation/minneapolis-council-puts-plan-to-abolish-police-in-motion/

* "Philly sheriff: Something must change in police institutions:" https://www.msnbc.com/am-joy/watch/minneapolis-moves-to-defund-police-in-wake-of-floyd-protests-86142021807

* "Blueleaks: Police Focused on Unfounded Threats Amid Minneapolis Protests:" https://theintercept.com/2020/06/26/blueleaks-minneapolis-police-protest-fears/

* "Tucson police chief offers to resign over death of man placed face-down in custody:" https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/jun/25/tucson-carlos-ingram-lopez-police-chief-resignation

* Hell may have frozen over. "Mississippi Lawmakers Vote To Remove Confederate Emblem From State Flag:" https://www.npr.org/2020/06/27/884306925/mississippi-lawmakers-clear-path-to-remove-confederate-emblem-from-state-flag

* "Look away, Dixie: Mississippi to lose rebel emblem from flag:" https://apnews.com/1d4969cb533fb6ab7fe381fb5855c256

* "Cops fired over violent, racist talk about Black people: We are going to 'start slaughtering them':" https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/cops-fired-over-violent-racist-talk-about-black-people-we-n1232072

* "NC Police officers’ racist rant caught on tape: ‘I can’t wait’ for race war:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/nc-police-officers-racist-rant-caught-on-tape-i-can-t-wait-for-race-war-86024261643

* "‘We’re just tired of what’s going on:’ Metro employees protest racial bias at transit agency:" https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/were-just-tired-of-whats-going-on-metro-employees-protest-racial-bias-at-transit-agency/

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* "Plot twist. Russian court rules… in favour of trans woman, says her firing was unlawful:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2020/06/26/russian-trans-womean-discrimination-court-battle-legal-gender-recognition/

* "It will soon be illegal to even discuss being trans in Romanian schools:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2020/06/26/romania-trans-promotion-gender-identity-banned-schools-klaus-iohannis/

* "After surviving torture and escaping my home country, I finally came to terms with my queerness:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2020/06/26/torture-survivor-sri-lanka-gay-uk-refugee/

* "Marine Corps Celebrates Pride, Puts Down Homophobes:" https://www.advocate.com/pride/2020/6/26/marine-corps-celebrates-pride-puts-down-homophobes

* "Barack Obama celebrates five years of marriage equality and pays tribute to the LGBT+ community in stirring Pride address:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2020/06/26/barack-obama-pride-live-message-video-stonewall-gay-marriage-equality/

* "Five years after the Supreme Court’s historic equal marriage ruling, love is still winning and the community is still fighting:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2020/06/26/united-states-same-sex-marriage-obergefell-hodges-supreme-court-lesbian-gay-equality-rights/

* "How Stonewall Can Teach LGBTQ+ People to Fight Today:" https://www.advocate.com/commentary/2020/6/26/how-stonewall-can-teach-lgbtq-people-fight-today

* "LGBTQ+ Activists, Allies Raise Funds for Black Trans Lives:" https://www.advocate.com/pride/2020/6/26/lgbtq-activists-allies-raise-funds-black-trans-lives

* "LGBT Film History: The Early Years (1910s – 1920s):"

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* "Being Gay in the Thirties (Gay Life):"

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* "The History of Queer Coding [CC]:"

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* "Monsters in the Closet - A History of LGBT Representation in Horror Cinema:"

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* "I was misdiagnosed:"

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* "Whats wrong with me? // My Disabilities (Updated):"

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* "Can you tell if a disabled person is 'faking'?:"

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* Wishful Lying: https://twitter.com/sigridellis/status/1276672118093221889

* "Myths About Crime We Believe Thanks To Pop Culture:" https://www.cracked.com/pictofacts-1757-myths-about-crime-we-believe-thanks-to-pop-culture/

* "Slavery existed in Illinois, but schools don’t always teach that history.:" https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2020/06/slavery-existed-in-illinois-but-schools-dont-always-teach-that-history/?utm_source=mj-newsletters&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=daily-newsletter-06-25-2020

* "This artist is offering to redesign Harry Potter tattoos for free – all while raising money for trans people of colour:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2020/06/26/harry-potter-tattoo-cover-up-artist-molly-knox-ostertag-jk-rowling-trans/

* "U.S. Coronavirus Cases Spike, the E.U. May Ban Americans & Clashes Over Mandatory Masks in Florida:"

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* "The Problem with Cop Shows:"

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* "Elton John - I'm Still Standing:"

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* Friday: The good news is, this is definitely an AS flare with some allergy stuff. The bad news is the pain won Friday. The fact that I am writing this at 3:27AM, having just sat down at my desk will give you some idea.

* "Sunday Sweets In Summer :" https://www.cakewrecks.com/home/2020/6/28/sunday-sweets-in-summer

* Chuck Tingle is a National Treasure: https://gwydionmisha.tumblr.com/post/622077528987795456/silverhand-kingoftheunderground

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* 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

* "Which countries would cyber-attack Australia?:" https://www.bbc.com/news/av/world-australia-53102997/australian-cyber-attack-which-countries-would-do-it

* "Zoom admits to shutting down activist accounts at the request of the Chinese government :" https://techcrunch.com/2020/06/11/zoom-admits-to-shutting-down-activist-accounts-at-the-request-of-the-chinese-government/

* "North Korea blows up office used for talks with South:" https://www.cnn.com/2020/06/16/asia/north-korea-explosion-intl-hnk/index.html

* "Pressure grows on India's Modi after deadly skirmish with China over Himalayan border:" https://www.cnn.com/2020/06/17/asia/china-india-himalayas-conflict-intl-hnk/index.html

* "India's Modi vows to protect borders after clashes:" https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-53114762

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* It’s not an absolute cure, but it’s cheap, pretty much everywhere, and dramatically reduces the death rate. "Life-saving coronavirus drug 'major breakthrough':" https://www.bbc.com/news/health-53061281

* My concern about the safety of public toilets after reopening turns out to have been well founded. "Flushing the Toilet May Fling Coronavirus Aerosols All Over:" https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/16/health/coronavirus-toilets-flushing.html

* "Is Iran facing a second wave of coronavirus?:" https://www.bbc.com/news/52959756

* "Why does India deny Covid community transmission?:" https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-india-53018912

* "Brazil faces the coronavirus disaster almost everyone saw coming:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2020/06/15/brazil-faces-coronavirus-disaster-almost-everyone-saw-coming/

* "In countries keeping the coronavirus at bay, experts watch U.S. case numbers with alarm:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2020/06/19/countries-keeping-coronavirus-bay-experts-watch-us-case-numbers-with-alarm/

* "Europe suppressed the coronavirus. The U.S. has not.:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/europe-suppressed-the-coronavirus-the-u-s-has-not-85485125688

* "US virus outbreaks stir clash over masks, personal freedom:" https://apnews.com/54374ff841dfd84323a1fb86d1e93180

* "Dr. Fauci Explains Why Public Wasn't Told to Wear Masks When COVID-19 Pandemic Began:" https://www.thestreet.com/video/dr-fauci-masks-changing-directive-coronavirus

* "FDA ends emergency use of hydroxychloroquine for coronavirus:" https://www.politico.com/news/2020/06/15/fda-ends-emergency-use-of-hydroxychloroquine-319872

* "Trump calls coronavirus testing "overrated," says it "makes us look bad":" https://www.axios.com/trump-coronavirus-testing-overrated-cf847872-20d0-48b1-95dd-34af301642c0.html

* "The Trump Administration Paid Millions for Test Tubes — and Got Unusable Mini Soda Bottles:" https://www.propublica.org/article/the-trump-administration-paid-millions-for-test-tubes-and-got-unusable-mini-soda-bottles

* "US stockpile stuck with 63 million doses of hydroxychloroquine:" https://www.cnn.com/2020/06/17/health/hydroxychloroquine-national-stockpile/index.html

* "Mike Pence's coronavirus claims go from bad to worse:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/mike-pence-s-coronavirus-claims-go-bad-worse-n1231272?cid=sm_fb_maddow

* "Pence Overstates Coronavirus Supplies Delivered by Administration’s ‘Airbridge’ Program:" https://www.wsj.com/articles/pence-overstates-coronavirus-supplies-delivered-by-administrations-airbridge-program-11592584447

* "White House insists coronavirus is 'still a priority' as Trump prepares for rally that could spread it:" https://www.cnbc.com/2020/06/19/white-house-insists-coronavirus-is-a-priority-as-trump-prepares-for-rally.html

* "'They're in denial': How Trump's White House is ignoring the pandemic:" https://www.cnn.com/2020/06/17/politics/donald-trump-coronavirus-reelection-vaccine/index.html

* "A Mask is a Stupid Hill to Die on, America:" https://johnpavlovitz.com/2020/06/17/a-mask-is-a-stupid-hill-to-die-on-america/

* "Fauci: Americans ignoring science during pandemic is "frustrating":" https://www.cbsnews.com/news/anthony-fauci-coronavirus-pandemic-americans-ignoring-science/

* "New coronavirus spread isn't the feared 'second wave' – it's still the first, researchers say:" https://www.cnbc.com/2020/06/12/coronavirus-spread-isnt-the-feared-second-waveits-still-the-first.html

* "10 states are seeing their highest average of daily new Covid-19 cases since the pandemic started:" https://www.cnn.com/2020/06/17/health/us-coronavirus-wednesday/index.html

* "Florida, Arizona and Texas set records for new COVID-19 cases:" https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/florida-arizona-texas-set-records-new-covid-19-cases-n1231326

* "Covid-19 Hospitalizations Surge in Some States:" https://www.wsj.com/articles/covid-19-hospitalizations-surge-in-some-states-11591912459?mod=hp_lead_pos3

* "Some parts of the U.S. are 'on the cusp of losing control' of coronavirus, Dr. Scott Gottlieb says:" https://www.cnbc.com/2020/06/18/coronavirus-parts-of-the-us-are-on-the-cusp-of-losing-control-gottlieb-says.html

* "Oregon Pauses Reopening As Coronavirus Cases Rise:" https://www.npr.org/sections/coronavirus-live-updates/2020/06/12/875961223/oregon-pauses-reopening-as-coronavirus-cases-rise

* "Whirlpool Corporation confirms Tulsa plant temporarily closed due to COVID-19 cases:" https://www.kjrh.com/news/local-news/whirlpool-corporation-confirms-tulsa-plant-temporarily-closed-due-to-covid-19-cases

* "Coronavirus curve rises in Florida and Texas, as states reopen:" https://www.axios.com/coronavirus-florida-texas-curve-3a16926f-ed0a-4451-8b22-9e37cb1690d9.html

* "North Carolina reports 42,676 COVID-19 cases, 1,104 deaths as hospitalizations hit new record high of 823:" https://abc11.com/health/covid-19-latest-1427-more-cases-as-hospitalizations-hit-new-high/6247026/

* "Secret document lists locations of Kansas coronavirus outbreaks. Here’s what it says:" https://www.kansascity.com/news/coronavirus/article243305606.html

* "Arizona Sets COVID Records As Outbreak Blazes:" https://talkingpointsmemo.com/muckraker/arizona-sets-covid-records-as-outbreak-blazes

* "Arizona governor backtracks on mask rules as Covid-19 cases surge:" https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/jun/17/arizona-coronavirus-covid-19-governor-mayors

* "Arizona Sheriff Who Refused to Enforce Lockdown Now Has COVID-19:" https://www.thedailybeast.com/pinal-county-sheriff-mark-lamb-who-refused-to-enforce-lockdown-now-has-covid-19

* "With coronavirus cases climbing, Texas Gov. Greg Abbott says "no real need" to scale back business reopenings:" https://www.texastribune.org/2020/06/12/texas-coronavirus-reopening-cases/

* "Oregon sees record daily number of COVID-19 cases:" https://www.seattletimes.com/nation-world/oregon-sees-record-daily-number-of-covid-19-cases/

* "Montgomery City Council votes down mask ordinance, sends doctors out in disgust:" https://www.montgomeryadvertiser.com/story/news/2020/06/16/montgomery-council-votes-down-mask-ordinance-doctors-disgust/3203300001/

* "Montgomery city council rejects mask rule over pleas of doctors:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/montgomery-city-council-rejects-mask-rule-over-pleas-of-doctors-85191749514

* "Montgomery Mayor Steven Reed Issues Executive Order Requiring Face Masks to be Worn in Public:" https://www.alabamanews.net/2020/06/17/montgomery-mayor-steven-reed-issues-executive-order-requiring-face-masks-to-be-worn-in-public/

* "'They'll understand in the long run': mayor issues mask order:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/-they-ll-understand-in-the-long-run-mayor-issues-mask-order-85420613654

* "Texas Governor Says 'No Reason Today To Be Alarmed' As Coronavirus Cases Set Record:" https://www.npr.org/sections/coronavirus-live-updates/2020/06/16/878924556/as-texas-coronavirus-cases-reach-new-high-gov-abbott-plays-down-the-numbers

* "California makes face coverings mandatory outside the home:" https://www.cnn.com/2020/06/19/us/california-coronavirus-face-covering-order/index.html

* "COVID-19 is surging in Florida. Don’t deny why, Gov. DeSantis. Act responsibly:" https://www.miamiherald.com/opinion/editorials/article243591327.html

* "King County approved to move to Phase 2 amid coronavirus pandemic:" https://www.seattlepi.com/coronavirus/article/king-county-approved-to-move-to-phase-2-covid-19-15350732.php

* "It Doesn’t Look Like the Protests Are Causing a COVID-19 Spike:" https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2020/06/protests-covid-outdoor-masks.html

* "'Perfect storm for when COVID hits': Neglected Black communities in Alabama see coronavirus surge:" https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/perfect-storm-when-covid-hits-neglected-black-communities-alabama-see-n1231229

* "Meatpacking plants see spike in coronavirus outbreaks following Trump order: report:" https://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/501617-meatpacking-plants-see-spike-in-coronavirus-outbreaks-following-trump-order

* "'All smoke and mirrors': How Trump's meatpacking order has failed to keep workers safe:" https://www.news-journalonline.com/zz/news/20200618/all-smoke-and-mirrors-how-trumps-meatpacking-order-has-failed-to-keep-workers-safe

* "KCCI Investigates: Who was involved in high-level conversations about COVID-19 outbreaks at meatpacking plants:" https://www.kcci.com/article/kcci-investigates-who-was-involved-in-high-level-conversations-about-covid-19-outbreaks-at-meatpacking-plants/32907360#

* "As U.S. Nursing-Home Deaths Reach 50,000, States Ease Lockdowns:" https://www.wsj.com/articles/coronavirus-deaths-in-u-s-nursing-long-term-care-facilities-top-50-000-11592306919

* "Despite dire death toll, Trump admin still failing nursing homes:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/despite-dire-death-toll-trump-admin-still-failing-nursing-homes-84970053705

* "Federal government derelict in nursing home coronavirus response:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/federal-government-derelict-in-nursing-home-coronavirus-response-84971589664

* "TSA insider faults agency’s response to coronavirus:" https://www.seattletimes.com/business/reports-tsa-insider-faults-agencys-response-to-coronavirus/

* "Fast food workers, Rep. Joe Kennedy talk workers facing pandemic:" https://www.msnbc.com/am-joy/watch/covid-19-pandemic-impact-on-fast-food-workers-in-their-words-85035077983

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* "World takes note of waning influence of U.S. mired in crises:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/world-takes-note-of-waning-influence-of-u-s-mired-in-crises-85190213528

* "U.S. losing 'strategic communications' contest with global rivals:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/u-s-losing-strategic-communications-contest-with-global-rivals-85189189872

* "Russia Sends More Troops West, Challenging U.S.-NATO Presence Near Borders:" https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/russia-sends-more-troops-west-challenging-us-nato-presence-near-borders/ar-BB156dgJ

* "12 false claims Trump has made about Obama since last month:" https://www.cnn.com/2020/06/17/politics/fact-check-trump-obama-lies-policing-justice/index.html

* "Twitter labels Trump's tweet as 'manipulated media':" https://www.reuters.com/article/us-twitter-trump/twitter-labels-trumps-tweet-as-manipulated-media-idUSKBN23Q0LV

* "Facebook let the Trump campaign run ads with inverted red triangle — an infamous Nazi symbol:" https://www.mediamatters.org/facebook/facebook-let-trump-campaign-run-ads-inverted-red-triangle-infamous-nazi-symbol

* "Trump's wish for an end to the pandemic contradicts reality:" https://www.cnn.com/2020/06/16/politics/donald-trump-coronavirus-politics-oklahoma-election-2020/index.html

* "COVID-19 risk at GOP convention shrouded by Florida data opacity:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/covid-19-risk-at-gop-convention-shrouded-by-florida-data-opacity-84971077700

* "Patel: Coronavirus makes an indoor Trump rally 'a setup for disaster':" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/patel-coronavirus-makes-an-indoor-trump-rally-a-setup-for-disaster-84963909600

* "Trump Superfans Line Up Early for Tulsa Rally:" https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/18/world/coronavirus-cases-usa-world.html

* "‘Of course not’: Fauci says he personally wouldn’t attend Trump’s Tulsa rally, citing coronavirus:" https://www.seattletimes.com/nation-world/of-course-not-fauci-says-he-personally-wouldnt-attend-trumps-tulsa-rally-citing-coronavirus/

* "White House says Trump rally attendees ‘assume a personal risk’:" https://www.politico.com/news/2020/06/17/tulsa-trump-rally-coronavirus-personal-risk-326257

* "Tulsa arena asks Trump campaign for detailed health plan as Oklahoma Supreme Court hears arguments about rally:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/tulsa-arena-asks-trump-campaign-for-detailed-health-plan-as-oklahoma-supreme-court-hears-arguments-about-rally/2020/06/18/4e490308-b197-11ea-a567-6172530208bd_story.html

* "Top members of coronavirus task force advised against Trump's Tulsa rally:" https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2020-election/top-members-coronavirus-task-force-advised-against-trump-s-tulsa-n1231585

* "Judge denies Oklahoma residents’ bid to block Trump’s rally because of coronavirus fears:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/oklahoma-lawsuit-tries-to-block-trumps-rally-because-of-coronavirus-fears/2020/06/16/175bbf30-b01f-11ea-a567-6172530208bd_story.html

* "Trump crowd grows, clashes with protesters ahead of rally:" https://apnews.com/3ecbdd74c885b362661ed0f8c80b5b28

* "‘Magically protected’: Why hardcore Trump supporters won’t wear masks at rally:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/-magically-protected-why-hardcore-trump-supporters-won-t-wear-masks-at-rally-85485125654

* I have misgivings about the use of Gnosticism here, but the rest of the reporting is important. "“He’s the Chosen One to Run America”: Inside the Cult of Trump, His Rallies Are Church and He Is the Gospel:" https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2020/06/inside-the-cult-of-trump-his-rallies-are-church-and-he-is-the-gospel

* "Trump to visit Arizona, Wisconsin next week:" https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/503640-trump-to-visit-arizona-wisconsin-next-week

* "Face masks will no longer be required for White House staff:" https://www.axios.com/white-house-face-masks-required-8f08f27b-ca76-4efb-9161-4b3af615fdad.html

* "Trump indifference to governing a symptom of post-policy GOP:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/trump-indifference-to-governing-a-symptom-of-post-policy-gop-85128261639

* "Americans learn first-hand the burdens of post-policy politics:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/americans-learn-first-hand-the-burdens-of-post-policy-politics-85127237566

* "Trump: 'I made Juneteenth very famous' by moving Tulsa rally:" https://www.politico.com/news/2020/06/18/trump-juneteenth-tulsa-rally-328557

* "Trump calls for 'new justices' on Supreme Court after unfavorable rulings:" https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/503413-trump-calls-for-new-justices-on-supreme-court-after-unfavorable

* 45 risked people’s lives for this. "Malcolm Nance: Trump West Point speech ‘dull as dishwater’:" https://www.msnbc.com/am-joy/watch/trump-west-point-speech-dull-as-dishwater-malcolm-nance-says-84999749519

* "Trump launches the tell-all playbook on Bolton: Lawsuits and Twitter threats:" https://www.politico.com/news/2020/06/16/justice-department-sues-to-block-bolton-memoir-323753

* "Schiff rips Barr for using DOJ to protect Trump from Bolton book:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/schiff-rips-barr-for-using-doj-to-protect-trump-from-bolton-book-85305413539

* "Bolton book bombshells: Trump asked China's Xi for reelection help and told him to keep building concentration camps:" https://www.cnn.com/2020/06/17/politics/bolton-book-trump/index.html

* "Trump sought even more foreign help to retain presidency: Bolton:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/trump-sought-even-more-foreign-help-to-retain-presidency-bolton-85421125569

* "Bolton blames Democrats for failed impeachment despite refusing to testify:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/bolton-blames-democrats-for-failed-impeachment-despite-refusing-to-testify-85295173778

* "Bolton's staggering profile in cowardice:" https://www.cnn.com/2020/06/17/opinions/boltons-staggering-profile-in-cowardice-honig/index.html

* "How Trump misled U.S. on coronavirus while seeking Chinese reelection help:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/how-trump-misled-u-s-on-coronavirus-while-seeking-chinese-reelection-help-85410373998

* "Trump Considers Suing His Niece Over Her Tell-All Book, Saying She Signed an NDA:" https://www.thedailybeast.com/trump-considers-suing-his-niece-mary-trump-over-her-tell-all-book-saying-she-signed-an-nda

* "Scientists Warn Against Consumer Protection Nominee:" https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2020/06/16/876309425/scientists-warn-against-consumer-protection-nominee

* "New Trump Appointee to Foreign Aid Agency Has Denounced Liberal Democracy and “Our Homo-Empire”:" https://www.propublica.org/article/new-trump-appointee-to-foreign-aid-agency-has-denounced-liberal-democracy-and-our-homo-empire#962572

* "U.S. Attorney who oversaw key investigations related to Trump is resigning, says AG Barr:" https://www.msnbc.com/msnbc/watch/barr-announces-exit-of-us-attorney-for-sdny-new-trump-nominee-85488197545

* "Top State Department official resigns in protest of Trump’s response to racial tensions in the country:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/top-state-department-official-resigns-in-protest-of-trumps-response-to-racial-tensions-in-the-country/2020/06/18/e142e342-b181-11ea-a567-6172530208bd_story.html

* "Top Pentagon official Wheelbarger resigns, urges colleagues to be guided by U.S. Constitution:" https://www.cnbc.com/2020/06/18/top-pentagon-official-wheelbarger-resigns-urges-colleagues-to-be-guided-by-us-constitution.html

* "Former gay Republican leader joins the most anti-LGBT+ White House in modern history:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2020/06/18/gregory-t-angelo-log-cabin-republicans-donald-trump-white-house-office-drug-control-policy-spokesman/

* "Trump's fourth NSC Russia director is leaving the White House:" https://www.axios.com/trump-nsc-russia-director-70b0ae9a-089d-417b-bc08-408f556a6871.html

* "Mulvaney: Trump ‘didn’t hire very well,’ doesn’t mesh with ‘military personality’:" https://www.politico.com/news/2020/06/19/mick-mulvaney-donald-trump-military-ties-hiring-329383

* "Trump's New Foreign Broadcasting CEO Fires News Chiefs, Raising Fears Of Meddling:" https://www.npr.org/2020/06/18/879873926/trumps-new-foreign-broadcasting-ceo-fires-news-chiefs-raising-fears-of-meddling

* "'Wednesday night massacre' as Trump appointee takes over at global media agency:" https://www.cnn.com/2020/06/17/media/us-agency-for-global-media-michael-pack/index.html

* "Voice of America top officials resign as Trump-appointed CEO takes over international network:" https://www.cnn.com/2020/06/15/media/voice-of-america-top-officials-resign/index.html

* "Trump stacks US media agency with loyalists led by Bannon acolyte:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/trump-stacks-us-media-agency-with-loyalists-led-by-bannon-acolyte-85488709871

* "Trump threatens valuable tool for spreading American ideals:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/trump-threatens-valuable-tool-for-spreading-american-ideals-85492805964

* "Trump firings at US Global Media risk damaging high standards:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/trump-firings-at-us-global-media-risk-damaging-high-standards-85494341544

* "NOAA leaders violated agency’s scientific integrity policy, Hurricane Dorian ‘Sharpiegate’ investigation finds:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/weather/2020/06/15/noaa-investigation-sharpiegate/

* "HUD to change transgender rules for single-sex homeless shelters:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/hud-to-change-transgender-rules-for-single-sex-homeless-shelters/2020/06/12/d47a5744-ad03-11ea-9063-e69bd6520940_story.html

* "Lambda Legal Condemns Senate Republicans for Advancing Anti-Civil Rights Nominee Cory Wilson in Middle of a Pandemic and Nation-Wide Protests:" https://www.lambdalegal.org/news/dc_20200611_ll-condemns-senate-gop-advancing-cory-wilson

* "EPA Won’t Regulate Rocket Fuel Additive Perchlorate:" https://www.wsj.com/articles/epa-wont-regulate-rocket-fuel-additive-perchlorate-11592470801?mod=hp_lista_pos4

* "Weekly unemployment claims remain high, amid second wave of layoffs:" https://www.nbcnews.com/business/business-news/weekly-unemployment-claims-remain-high-amid-second-wave-layoffs-n1231399

* "Trump Touted the Economy’s COVID Resilience While His Top Aide Dumped His Stocks:" https://www.thedailybeast.com/trump-touted-the-economys-covid-resilience-while-his-top-aide-mick-mulvaney-dumped-his-stocks/?scrolla=5eb6d68b7fedc32c19ef33b4

* "Members of Congress took small-business loans — and the full extent is unknown:" https://www.politico.com/news/2020/06/16/congress-small-business-loan-320625

* "Kudlow says $600 additional unemployment checks will end in July:" https://www.politico.com/news/2020/06/14/kudlow-unemployment-checks-end-317641

* "Barber: It’s time for a moral revival as pandemic strikes poor:" https://www.msnbc.com/am-joy/watch/covid-19-pandemic-impact-on-poor-a-moral-issue-bishop-barber-says-85036101590

* "Dustin Lance Black on Biden, Hollywood, and the Ignorance of Prejudice:" https://www.advocate.com/people/2020/6/15/dustin-black-blm-protest

* "Transgender Health Protections Reversed By Trump Administration:" https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2020/06/12/868073068/transgender-health-protections-reversed-by-trump-administration

* "Joe Biden says Donald Trump’s ‘cruelty knows no bounds’ after he strips trans healthcare protections during Pride Month:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2020/06/13/joe-biden-donald-trump-trans-healthcare-protections-pride-month/

* "Activists slam roll backs of transgender healthcare protections:" https://www.msnbc.com/am-joy/watch/trump-admin-rolls-back-transgender-healthcare-protections-85018693693

* "Trump admin works to make life harder for trans people:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/trump-admin-works-to-make-life-harder-for-trans-people-85128773947

* "On the anniversary of the Pulse nightclub shooting, Trump administration celebrates by cruelly erasing healthcare protections for trans patients:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2020/06/13/donald-trump-trans-administration-healthcare-rollback-department-of-health-human-service/

* "‘My biggest risk’: Trump says mail-in voting could cost him reelection:" https://www.politico.com/news/2020/06/19/trump-interview-mail-voting-329307

* "Stacey Abrams - Fighting Voter Suppression in "Our Time Is Now":"

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* "Republicans will call for a ban on same-sex marriage and rally against trans rights in outdated election platform:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2020/06/12/republican-platform-2020-gop-donald-trump-same-sex-marriage-trans-conversion-therapy/

* "Republican party issues brief celebrating Donald Trump’s ‘unprecedented’ pro-LGBT+ achievements. Yes, really:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2020/06/12/donald-trump-lgbt-rights-republican-party-gop-brief-pride-month-trans-military-ban-joe-biden-equality/

* "House Republican leaders condemn GOP candidate who made racist videos:" https://www.politico.com/news/2020/06/17/house-republicans-condemn-gop-candidate-racist-videos-325579

* "Trayvon Martin’s mom explains why she’s running for office:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/trayvon-martin-s-mom-explains-why-she-s-running-for-office-84964421962

* "On Pulse Anniversary, a Call for LGBTQ+ Support for Gun Reform:" https://www.advocate.com/news/2020/6/12/pulse-anniversary-call-lgbtq-support-gun-reform

* "Supreme Court won't hear challenge to California sanctuary law:" https://www.cnn.com/2020/06/15/politics/sanctuary-cities-california-supreme-court/index.html

* "Supreme Court blocks Trump from ending DACA:" https://www.cnn.com/2020/06/18/politics/daca-immigration-supreme-court/index.html

* "Trump lashes out at Supreme Court, tries to turn DACA decision into a campaign issue:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/trump-lashes-out-at-supreme-court-calls-decisions-shotgun-blasts-into-the-face-of-conservatives/2020/06/18/e0bd2988-b176-11ea-8758-bfd1d045525a_story.html

* "Trump admin sloppiness hands Supreme Court victory to DREAMers:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/trump-admin-sloppiness-hands-supreme-court-victory-to-dreamers-85421125551

* "DACA lawyer says SCOTUS decision proves rule of law still exists, despite Trump:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/daca-lawyer-says-scotus-decision-proves-rule-of-law-still-exists-despite-trump-85408837926

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* "Seattle's Lesbian Mayor Jenny Durkan to Trump: Go Back to Your Bunker:" https://www.advocate.com/news/2020/6/11/seattles-lesbian-mayor-jenny-durkan-trump-go-back-your-bunker

* "Esper orders review of recent National Guard deployments:" https://www.cnn.com/2020/06/11/politics/mark-esper-national-guard-review/index.html

* "Officials familiar with Lafayette Square confrontation challenge Trump administration claim of what drove aggressive expulsion of protesters:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/officials-challenge-trump-administration-claim-of-what-drove-aggressive-expulsion-of-lafayette-square-protesters/2020/06/14/f2177e1e-acd4-11ea-a9d9-a81c1a491c52_story.html

* "White House didn't receive heads up about Milley apology:" https://www.cnn.com/2020/06/11/politics/white-house-milley-apology/index.html

* This is my deep skepticism. "Trump To Sign An Executive Order On Police Reform:" https://www.npr.org/2020/06/16/877794772/trump-to-sign-an-executive-order-on-police-reform

* Secret Service now says it did use pepper spray to clear protesters during the Trump church photo op":" https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/white-house/secret-service-now-says-it-did-use-pepper-spray-clear-n1231022

* "Air Force Investigates Military Planes That Monitored Protesters:" https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/18/us/politics/investigation-military-surveillance-planes-george-floyd-protests.html

* "From the Northwest to the White House: The fascists are here:" https://crosscut.com/2020/06/northwest-white-house-fascists-are-here

* "America, We Need to Talk About Fascism:" https://eand.co/america-we-need-to-talk-about-fascism-dc345f29a88

* "Mike Pence Refuses to Say ‘Black Lives Matter’:" https://www.thedailybeast.com/watch-mike-pence-refuses-to-say-black-lives-matter

* "'The police are killing us, not coronavirus':" https://www.bbc.com/news/av/world-africa-53025934/kenya-police-brutality-in-the-battle-against-coronavirus-in-mathare

* "Why Ethiopian Jews Are Building a Movement Against Racism in Israel:" https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/z3en3y/why-ethiopian-jews-are-building-a-movement-against-racism-in-israel

* "Boris Johnson being ‘urged to declare war on woke’ as criticism over trans rights rollback piles up:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2020/06/16/boris-johnson-war-on-woke-culture-trans-gender-reform-black-lives-matter/

* "Donald Trump Is an Affront to George Floyd's Memory:" https://www.advocate.com/commentary/2020/6/11/donald-trump-affront-george-floyds-memory

* "George Floyd death called ‘sacrifice’ in racial equality fight:" https://www.msnbc.com/am-joy/watch/racial-equality-and-culture-shifts-discussed-by-tiffany-d-cross-85020229989

* "Undercounting Those Killed by the N.Y.P.D.:" https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/19/opinion/police-involved-deaths-new-york-city.html

* "Some Atlanta police don't show up for work for a third day after officers charged in fatal shooting of Rayshard Brooks:" https://www.cnn.com/2020/06/19/us/rayshard-brooks-atlanta-shooting-friday/index.html

* "NJ Trooper Who Shot, Killed Man on Parkway Should Be Charged, Victim's Mom Says:" https://www.nbcphiladelphia.com/news/local/nj-trooper-who-shot-killed-man-on-parkway-should-be-charged-victims-mom-says/2429215/

* "Questions remain on unarmed black man killed by NJ state trooper:" https://www.msnbc.com/am-joy/watch/unarmed-black-man-maurice-gordon-killed-by-white-nj-state-trooper-85020229790

* "Rayshard Brooks police shooting was homicide, says medical examiner:" https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/jun/15/rayshard-brooks-police-shooting-was-homicide-says-medical-examiner

* "Police don’t need reform, but to be transformed:" https://www.msnbc.com/am-joy/watch/atlanta-police-killing-of-rayshard-brooks-analyzed-by-lawyer-85017669881

* "Rayshard Brooks family lawyer: What was officer’s state of mind?:" https://www.msnbc.com/am-joy/watch/brooks-family-lawyer-on-atlanta-police-killing-unarmed-black-man-85017669520

* "MSNBC analyst Capehart on black girl’s viral police encounter:" https://www.msnbc.com/am-joy/watch/karens-and-black-fears-of-police-discussed-by-jonathan-capehart-85019717933

* "OSU graduate, 22, dies after attending protests in Columbus:" https://www.clevelandjewishnews.com/news/local_news/osu-graduate-22-dies-after-attending-protests-in-columbus/article_dcadd6b2-a75d-11ea-94c3-e7751ddd6d55.html

* "SPD Arrested Man Who Shot Video of Kid Allegedly Pepper Sprayed by Cops:" https://www.thestranger.com/slog/2020/06/08/43864118/spd-arrested-man-who-shot-video-kid-allegedly-pepper-sprayed-by-cops

* "Snohomish County deputy’s use of force under review after video shows him striking a prone suspect repeatedly:" https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/crime/snohomish-county-deputys-use-of-force-under-review-after-video-shows-him-striking-a-prone-suspect-repeatedly/

* "‘Horrified’: New Mexico governor reacts to shooting at Albuquerque statue protest:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/-horrified-new-mexico-governor-reacts-to-shooting-at-albuquerque-statue-protest-85182021791

* "A Utah officer pulled his gun on a 10-year-old black boy. He'll keep working, chief says.:" https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2019/06/11/police-officer-gun-black-boy-utah-woods-cross/1424253001/

A Utah cop in a place with 2% black pop, saw a ten year old inocently playing on his lawn with nothing in his hands, pulled a gun on him, shouted at him to lie on his belly with hands on his head. The Cop lied it was justified as he somehow fit the description of an imaginary adult suspect. Not suspended as level of force was just fine apparently.

* ""Round Up The Green Hats": NYPD Accused Of Deliberately Targeting Legal Observers In Brutal Bronx Mass Arrest:" https://gothamist.com/news/round-green-hats-nypd-accused-deliberately-targeting-legal-observers-brutal-bronx-mass-arrest

* "A driver hit Black Lives Matter protesters. It was a neighboring town’s mayor, protesters say.:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2020/06/19/phoenix-oregon-chris-luz-protests/

* "Elderly protester injured by police and trolled by Trump in hiding after death threats:" https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/trump-buffalo-protester-police-martin-gugino-death-threats-a9575996.html

* "Medics say police have targeted them at Seattle protests:" https://crosscut.com/2020/06/medics-say-police-have-targeted-them-seattle-protests

* "Buffalo officials ask state to probe firing of Black officer who stopped white colleague's chokehold:" https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/buffalo-officials-ask-state-probe-firing-black-officer-who-stopped-n1231016

* "Black Lives Matter sues over violent Seattle police tactics:" https://www.seattlepi.com/news/article/Black-Lives-Matter-sues-over-violent-Seattle-15327796.php

* "Confessions of a Former Bastard Cop:" https://medium.com/@OfcrACab/confessions-of-a-former-bastard-cop-bb14d17bc759

* "Exclusive: Most Americans, including Republicans, support sweeping Democratic police reform proposals - Reuters/Ipsos poll:" https://www.reuters.com/article/us-minneapolis-police-poll-exclusive-idUSKBN23I380

* "Tacoma teachers union wants uniformed police officers removed from schools starting in fall:" https://www.thenewstribune.com/news/local/article243427501.html

* "Garcetti announces LAPD reforms designed to reduce officer misconduct:" https://abc7.com/garcetti-proposes-lapd-reforms-to-reduce-misconduct/6230453/

* "London Breed pushes San Francisco reforms: Police no longer will respond to noncriminal calls:" https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2020-06-12/san-francisco-police-reforms-stop-response-noncriminal-calls

* "Portland police chief resigns amid George Floyd protests:" https://www.seattlepi.com/news/article/20-arrested-in-Portland-Oregon-other-protests-15324914.php

* "Atlanta mayor pushes for reforms after police kill Rayshard Brooks:" https://www.msnbc.com/msnbc/watch/atlanta-mayor-pushes-for-reforms-after-police-kill-rayshard-brooks-85127237668

* "L.A. schools police will return grenade launchers but keep rifles, armored vehicle:" https://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-schools-weapons-20140917-story.html

* "N.Y.P.D. Disbands Plainclothes Units Involved in Many Shootings:" https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/15/nyregion/nypd-plainclothes-cops.html

* "Cory Booker on GOP police bill: ‘Heavy on symbols, but very light on substance’:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/cory-booker-on-gop-police-bill-heavy-on-symbols-but-very-light-on-substance-85294661916

* "A New World Is Possible: Defund Police And Fund Black Lives:" https://www.essence.com/feature/defund-police-fund-black-lives-m4bl/

* "What does 'defund the police' mean and why some say 'reform' is not enough:" https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2020/06/08/what-does-defund-police-mean-george-floyd-black-lives-matter/5317240002/

* "Colorado passes sweeping police reform bill:" https://www.cbsnews.com/news/colorado-passes-sweeping-police-reform-bill/

* "Defunding the police means reimagining safety legal expert says:" https://www.msnbc.com/am-joy/watch/-defund-the-police-calls-grow-as-george-floyd-protests-continue-85018181834

* "Statue of Jefferson Davis torn down on Monument Avenue:" https://www.richmond.com/news/local/statue-of-jefferson-davis-torn-down-on-monument-avenue/article_64865aee-76bc-54e1-8e90-2fa749f8877b.html

* "Sen. Jones: Jeff Sessions is ‘not on the right side of history’ on Confederate debate:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/sen-jones-jeff-sessions-is-not-on-the-right-side-of-history-on-confederate-debate-85115461777

* "How The Antifa Fantasy Spread In Small Towns Across The US:" https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/annehelenpetersen/antifa-rumors-george-floyd-protests

* "Southern Illinois towns reckoning with racist past as protests honoring George Floyd, condemning police brutality arise locally:" https://abc7chicago.com/society/southern-il-towns-reckon-with-racist-past-as-local-protests-arise/6247171/

* "Two Black Transgender Women Were Killed This Week, When Will it End?:" https://www.advocate.com/crime/2020/6/12/two-black-transgender-women-were-murdered-week-when-will-it-end

* "Transgender Woman Shot to Death by Colorado State Patrol:" https://www.advocate.com/crime/2020/6/19/transgender-woman-shot-death-colorado-state-patrol

* "All Black Lives Matter: 102 Pics of L.A. Marching for Justice:" https://www.advocate.com/photography/2020/6/15/all-black-lives-matter-102-pics-la-marching-justice#slide-1

* "Black Voices for Trump activist claims Black Lives Matter is a Trojan horse for a ‘Marxist gay agenda’:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2020/06/10/black-voices-for-trump-niger-innis-fox-news-black-lives-matter-gay-agenda/

* These are lynchings, not suicides. "Mark Taylor Says Black Men Are Hanging Themselves to Stoke Racial Division and Prevent Trump’s Reelection :" https://www.rightwingwatch.org/post/mark-taylor-says-black-men-are-hanging-themselves-to-stoke-racial-division-and-prevent-trumps-reelection/

* "An officer was gunned down. The killer was a ‘boogaloo boy’ using nearby peaceful protests as cover, feds say.:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2020/06/17/boogaloo-steven-carrillo/

* "Poisoned milkshakes? Police persecution complex is real — and it's dangerous:" https://www.latimes.com/opinion/story/2020-06-16/cops-fast-food-conspiracy-theories-police-persecution-complex

* "‘Legitimacy crisis’: Chris Hayes says NYPD milkshake incident reveals larger police issue:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/-legitimacy-crisis-chris-hayes-says-nypd-milkshake-incident-reveals-larger-police-issue-85179461797

* "Fox News runs digitally altered images in coverage of Seattle’s protests, Capitol Hill Autonomous Zone:" https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/politics/fox-news-runs-digitally-altered-images-in-coverage-of-seattles-protests-capitol-hill-autonomous-zone/

* "Weber State professor resigns after "abhorrent" tweets:" https://kslnewsradio.com/1926449/weber-state-investigating-professors-abhorrent-tweets/

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* "New York cop, in full uniform, performs vile transphobic rap calling for the hanging of Hillary Clinton:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2020/06/18/robert-sisco-new-york-city-cop-new-paltz-suspended-transphobic-rap-video-hillary-clinton/

* "Christian Cooper on why Black people don’t need to answer to white people calling the police:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/christian-cooper-on-why-black-people-don-t-need-to-answer-to-white-people-calling-the-police-85121605668

* "Katie Hopkins permanently banned from Twitter for ‘hateful conduct’ after years of vile attacks on trans people:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2020/06/19/katie-hopkins-twitter-permanently-suspended-banned-hateful-conduct/

* "Nashville police investigate anti-Semitic vandalism at Holocaust memorial as civil rights intimidation:" https://www.tennessean.com/story/news/2020/06/16/nashville-police-investigate-anti-semitic-vandalism-holocaust-memorial/3196443001/

* "For a More Perfect Union, We Still Need More Education, Understanding:" https://www.advocate.com/commentary/2020/6/18/straight-white-cisgender-people-are-waking-their-privilege

* "Inclusion Is Now a Requirement for Oscars Eligibility:" https://www.advocate.com/film/2020/6/12/inclusion-now-requirement-oscars-eligibility

* "Intro to Anarchy: Power & Violence | Philosophy Tube:"

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* "ACLU-TN Statement on Passage of Abortion Ban Legislation:" https://www.aclu-tn.org/tga-passes-abortion-ban-legislation/

* "Boris Johnson is scrapping long-overdue plans to allow trans people to self-ID despite overwhelming public support, report claims:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2020/06/14/trans-self-id-uk-boris-johnson-liz-truss-gender-recognition-act-leak-sunday-times/

* "Cis women sickened over transphobia being spread in their name share defiant messages of solidarity with trans people:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2020/06/17/trans-rights-solidarity-cis-women-ally-boris-johnson-gender-recognition-act-lgbt-foundation/

* "Peaceful protest against government's alleged anti-trans bathroom bill planned for central London:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2020/06/16/london-trans-rights-protest-gender-recognition-act-reform-boris-johnson/

* "Switzerland inches closer to marriage equality and same-sex adoption as parliament backs crucial bill:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2020/06/11/switzerland-same-sex-marriage-equality-bill-national-council-states-vote-lgbt/

* "Polish president calls homophobia criticism ‘fake news’ after literally vowing to devastate LGBT+ rights:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2020/06/15/president-poland-andrzej-duda-lgbt-people-gay-marraige-adoption-homophobia-fake-news/

* "Poland's president claims he had a 'constructive' meeting with an LGBT+ activist. The activist tells a different story:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2020/06/18/poland-andrzej-duda-lgbt-gay-bartosz-staszewski-law-justice-homophobia/

* "Polish Jews plead with politicians to learn from the horrors of the Holocaust and stop ‘dehumanising’ LGBT+ people:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2020/06/17/poland-jew-homophobia-anti-lgbt-andrzej-duda-warsaw-world-war-two-holocaust/

* "With LGBT ruling, Supreme Court hands liberals a surprise victory:" https://www.politico.com/news/2020/06/15/supreme-court-lgbt-rights-decision-319693

* "SUPREME COURT RULES ANTI-LGBTQ+ JOB DISCRIMINATION IS ILLEGAL:" https://www.advocate.com/news/2020/6/15/supreme-court-rules-anti-lgbtq-job-discrimination-illegal

* "The religious right is seriously flipping out over the Supreme Court ruling in favor of LGBTQ rights:" https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2020/06/religious-right-seriously-flipping-supreme-court-ruling-favor-lgbtq-rights/

* "This Is How Today's SCOTUS Decision Doesn't Protect LGBTQ+ People:" https://www.advocate.com/politics/2020/6/15/how-todays-scotus-decision-doesnt-protect-lgbtq-people

* "There’s a giant loophole in the historic Supreme Court ruling which means not all LGBT+ Americans are protected:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2020/06/17/supreme-court-ruling-lgbt-workplace-discrimination-loophole-human-rights-campaign/

* "Gorsuch, Conservative Favorite Appointed by Trump, Leads Way on Landmark Decision:" https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/15/us/politics/gorsuch-supreme-court-gay-transgender-rights.html

* "Alphonso David - The Supreme Court's Monumental LGBTQ Ruling and the Human Rights Campaign:"

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* "Republican senator quotes JK Rowling’s essay on trans people to shut down a vote on LGBT+ rights:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2020/06/19/jk-rowlings-lgbt-rights-trans-essay-republican-senator-james-lankford-equality-act-supreme-court-discrimination/

* "Chicago PD: Man Killed Trans Woman, Returned to Scene, Shot Her Again:" https://www.advocate.com/crime/2020/6/18/chicago-pd-man-killed-trans-woman-returned-scene-shot-her-again

* "Half a million demand justice for Tete Gulley, a Black trans woman found hanged whose death has been labelled suicide:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2020/06/17/tete-gulley-black-trans-woman-violence-murder-suicide-portland-oregon-police/

* "Grindr cannibal who ‘mutilated and ate the testicles’ of Kevin Bacon accused of yet another horrific hook-up attack:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2020/06/15/grindr-cannibal-kevin-bacon-mark-latunski-james-carlsen-michigan-murder-bdsm/

* "Two arguments often made about current topics that piss me off:" https://conuly.dreamwidth.org/3034502.html

* "5 Rules For Building a Welcoming Workplace For LGBTQ+ Employees:" https://www.advocate.com/exclusives/2020/6/15/5-rules-building-welcoming-workplace-lgbtq-employees

* "Donald Trump, ever the idiot, just said there was a cure for AIDS. There isn’t:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2020/06/16/donald-trump-ever-the-idiot-just-said-there-was-a-cure-for-aids-there-isnt/

* "HIV doctor whose life-saving antibodies were refused says 'humiliating' gay blood ban is fundamentally wrong:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2020/06/16/uk-blood-ban-gay-hiv-doctor-coronavirus-blood-plasma/

* CW: Human Remains "A Virtual Tour of the Mütter Museum:"

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* "What should museums do with their dead? (w/ Caitlin Doughty!):"

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* Now available in my state! Seriously, I want to be fertilizer, not pollution when I die. "ECO-DEATH TAKEOVER: Changing the Funeral Industry:"

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* "Iconic Corpse: The Romanov Family:"

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* "How Philadelphia Handled the 1918 Influenza Pandemic with Caitlin Doughty:"

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* CW: Human Remains "The Lake That Never Gives Up Her Dead:"

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* "Should This Funeral Director Be Forgiven?:"

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* "Emissions Are Surging Back as Countries and States Reopen:" https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/06/17/climate/virus-emissions-reopening.html

* "Trump administration proposes rolling back protections for big tech:" https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-tech-230-idUSKBN23O29D

* "Ancient Rome Thrived When the Empire Welcomed Immigrants. We Should Remember What Happened When That Changed:" https://news.yahoo.com/ancient-rome-thrived-empire-welcomed-183037857.html

* "The Queer Canon:" https://www.scribd.com/article/449064894/The-Queer-Canon

* "Activist Miss Major Recounts the First Night at the Stonewall Riots:" https://www.out.com/out-exclusives/2019/5/31/activist-miss-major-recounts-first-night-stonewall-riots

* "Gilbert Baker, iconic designer of the Pride flag, was a misunderstood ‘free spirit’ bullied for his sexuality:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2020/06/14/gilbert-baker-gay-pride-flag-designer-lgbt-who-designed/

* "The House That Sylvia Built:" https://www.scribd.com/article/449064889/The-House-That-Sylvia-Built

* "10 LGBTQ+ People You Should Know About:"

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* I don't agree with everything she says, but she's an elder and an activist and lived a hard life. "A Vietnam Veteran on Growing Up Transgender:" https://www.manrepeller.com/2018/05/felicia-elizondo-transgender-rights.html

* "James Baldwin’s Blueprint For the LGBTQ+ Rights Movement:" https://www.out.com/activism/2019/5/22/james-baldwins-blueprint-lgbtq-rights-movement

* "5 of the most iconic queer heroes from history who deserve their own statues immediately:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2020/06/18/british-lgbt-heroes-gay-lesbian-trans-history/

* "The Republican Campaign of Voter Suppression Pt. 1:"

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* "The Republican Campaign of Voter Suppression Pt. 2:"

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* "Who Runs The World? Apparently This Guy. Meet Reference Man:"

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* "Facial Recognition:"

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* "Trump Can't Spin His Choice Of Juneteenth For Tulsa Rally, Pushes It Back A Day:"

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* "The Supreme Court's DACA Decision:"

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* "Bombshells from John Bolton's Book:"

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* "Dul-Sayin' - Observing Juneteenth:"

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* "Quaker Drops Aunt Jemima, a Siri Shortcut Records Police & Trump Sues Over John Bolton's Tell-All:"

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* "The Coronavirus Returns to New Zealand and China, COVID-19 Research & Trump Downplays the Pandemic:"

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* "Trump's Tepid Executive Order & Police Reform in America:"

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* "Conquistador Statue Conflict, the NFL Supports Colin Kaepernick & Walmart Unlocks Beauty Products:"

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* "Supreme Court Victory for LGBTQ Employees, Global Black Lives Matter Marches & Trump's Rally Dilemma:"

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* "Black Pumas "Fast Car":"

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* "Avi Kaplan - Change on the Rise:"

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* "Neil Patrick Harris - Sugar Daddy (Hedwig and the Angry Inch):"

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* Friday a week ago I woke up with the shakes which is a thing that happens. It basically means I have almost no spoons, but he causes are various. It's my body giving leaving the bed a hard veto. Experience suggests that trying to push it is a terrible idea and the best course of action is to try again in an hour or two. This time it took two naps, not one, which is a bad sign.

I was still not right when I did emerge, but what was going on was not immediately apparent. My lungs have been cruddy for a couple of days and my eyes ache and itch, but also they mowed Wednesday and it's allergy season and I'm a lung patient, so let's hope maybe allergies, but the nastier alternative looms as a possiblity. Thursday was a massive sleep disruption which in itself could be causal. The sinus pain and headache are back in force.

The problem is, by morning the headache had morphed in a way that suggests pathogen, and I was queasy and running a mild fever. That is definitely malaise and while my body aches just generally on every given day, this set of body aches is suggestive.

I still have a sense of smell and it's a very low grade fever, so fingers crossed.

Saturday: I'm definitely sick, which is a nuisance and slowing me way the fuck down, but it's familiar kind of sick. My suspicion is influenza that's mutated just enough that last fall's shot only gives partial coverage. This usually doesn't take as long as June to happen, so yay, physical distancing. so I'm shaking and generally ick, but the fever is staying low, and the symptoms are manageable. The rain really helped my sinuses and cleared about half the lung crud, by knocking the allergens out of the air, so today is a bit better than yesterday.

I'm not particularly worried at this point, just irritated at how little work I got done yesterday.

* The fuck Happened to me and particularly the aggregate this week? I ain'n't dead, obviously. My belief that the illness was a nuisance pathogen rather than a dangerous or deadly one was correct. This year's flu was particularly nasty, I'm told. I always get my flu shot very early, because, you know, medically fragile. Coronaviruses mutate fast. Influenza? a coronavirus. Normally they mutate enough for me not to be quite covered earlier in the season, but physical distancing slowed influenza way the fuck down. This one came with an extra nasty headache and my shitty immune system is more interested in own goals then fighting the other team, so it wore me the fuck out and I had to spend an annoying amount of time resting or in too much pain to really concentrate. It's also allergy season and we had landscaping this week and not enough rain. I'd gauge about half the lung involvement is allergen related, as when there was rain that's how much better they were.

It sucks, but even with the Covid resurging not all that scary.

Still, I'd start working on the aggregate, post some links on tumblr, and then have to go to bed, so the aggregate's a mess at this point. Sorry.

* Friday: Case in point. Thursday I did my tumblr programming and prep work for aggregate, but was taken suddenly dizzy when I ought to have been posting backlogged links and had to go to bed. Also, the headache came back, though my lungs are no worse. I'm very ick today generally, but managing.

* The car went to honest mechanic Monday, but they are having construction so it's chaos over there. We got him back Wednesday. Me: The fuck is that smell? Five minutes Later: Oh duh! The disinfected the wheel and controls.

He's doing fine. His connector thingies are clean and he has a new battery.

A benefactor has sent money, so all the bills for the month are covered, plus taxes, and I'll be ordering cat food likely Monday.

The apartment is a mess and I'm still a little ill, but this is normal and I'll be okay.

* My Tumblr follower count was 1361 on 6/18. Fellow 14th century geeks and plague watchers will know that this is smack in the middle of the second great plague pandemic: aka the mortality of children, since a majority of second wave dead were under 20. Extend a little imagination and empathy. Picture the horror of that: A generation that saw 30-60% or the people they knew die a horrible, painful death; that were forced to bury their dead en mass with little or no chance to mourn, survives. They knit society back together, they spend most of a decade having children and rebuilding farms and businesses in the aftermath. Things are looking up, and Bam! The next wave hits and their children and grandchildren start dying.

I think about the Great Pestilence a lot these days.

Yersina pestis didn't just go away: It came back over and over in waves. There was a major outbreak in India in the '90's and people die of it all over the world still, because you need treatment fairly quickly even with modern antibiotics, particularly with pneumonic and septicemic, and your first thought on getting a piercing headache or symptoms of a fever, even in a place where it's endemic like new Mexico, is not "I must have plague! Better go to the hospital." 2018 was a really good year for the US with only one case and no deaths, but 4 people out of sixteen cases died in 2015, which was a bad year. I don't have world figures at my finger tips, but people still die of it somewhere every year, and this is a bacteria where antibiotic treatment is effective and we know a fuck of a lot about it. Just saying. Go on tell the families of the people who died in the 1994 outbreak that the plague just went away after the first wave burnt out 'round about 1351. It would certainly have been a surprise bit of news to the people dying of it in 1665, or 1361.

Just a thing to think about: how rare disease eradication is and how fucking heartbreaking a second wave can be.

* "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

* "'Sesame Street' Celebrates LGBTQ+ Pride With Rainbow Muppet Message:" https://www.advocate.com/youth/2020/6/11/sesame-street-celebrates-lgbtq-pride-rainbow-muppet-message

* "Reclaiming Their Time:" https://www.scribd.com/article/449064904/Reclaiming-Their-Time

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* 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 Charles Booker: https://secure.actblue.com/donate/ads-cb-dd-google?refcode=ads-dd-google-20200602-ad02&gclid=EAIaIQobChMIq6SGian06QIVkxatBh0bFQVPEAAYASAAEgIjnPD_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

* "Tropical storm kills 17 in El Salvador and Guatemala:" https://apnews.com/c7d04aceb1a90d2d370f5b0da3012385

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* "South Korea reports 38 new cases of COVID-19:" https://apnews.com/6ccb34c14fa6b86696013e2656384349

* "With Restaurants Closed, Tuscany’s Finest Fare Is Going to Food Banks:" https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/italian-food-banks

* "Brazil now fourth-highest in Covid-19 deaths:" https://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-52868854

* "Yemen's health system 'collapsed' amid virus:" https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-52769919

* "Dr. Anthony Fauci hasn't spoken with Trump in two weeks:" https://www.cnn.com/2020/06/01/politics/fauci-trump-two-weeks/index.html

* "White House Coronavirus Testing Czar To Stand Down:" https://www.npr.org/sections/coronavirus-live-updates/2020/06/01/867431135/white-house-coronavirus-testing-czar-to-stand-down

"By the end of May, there were around 400,000 tests done daily according to The COVID Tracking Project. While that's a significant increase, some public health experts say that in order to safely reopen, as many as 900,000 daily tests may be needed."

* "A 30-year-old teacher's Covid-19 death tells us volumes:" https://www.cnn.com/2020/05/31/opinions/higher-education-coronavirus-opportunity-for-a-more-just-world-johnson/index.html

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* "President Trump made 19,127 false or misleading claims in 1,226 days:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2020/06/01/president-trump-made-19127-false-or-misleading-claims-1226-days/

* "Zuckerberg Defends Hands-Off Approach to Trump’s Posts:" https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/02/technology/zuckerberg-defends-facebook-trump-posts.html

* "Facebook employees stage virtual walkout to protest Trump posts:" https://www.seattletimes.com/business/facebook-employees-stage-virtual-walkout-to-protest-trump-posts/

* "Judge Sullivan says he is not required to ‘rubber stamp’ DOJ’s bid to dismiss Flynn case:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/legal-issues/judge-sullivan-says-he-is-not-required-to-rubber-stamp-dojs-bid-to-dismiss-flynn-case/2020/06/01/5c1befd6-a418-11ea-b619-3f9133bbb482_story.html

* "One-Third of America’s Record Unemployment Payout Hasn’t Arrived:" https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-06-02/one-third-of-america-s-record-unemployment-payout-hasn-t-arrived?sref=MIBMEEoj

* "Food Banks Get The Love, But SNAP Does More To Fight Hunger:" https://www.npr.org/sections/thesalt/2020/05/22/859853877/food-banks-get-the-love-but-snap-does-more-to-fight-hunger

*** Here starts the protest/Authoritarianism things. At some point I gave up on the rough sort because I have to sleep sometime. ***

* "Protests over George Floyd's death expose raw race relations worldwide:" https://www.reuters.com/article/us-minneapolis-police-protests-global/protests-over-george-floyds-death-expose-raw-race-relations-worldwide-idUSKBN2392PE

* "George Floyd’s Death Moves the World to Protest Against Racism and Police Brutality:" https://www.vice.com/en_in/article/v7geax/george-floyd-protest-world-racism-police-brutality

* "Thousands in Germany Protest in Support of Black Lives Matter, Call for U.S. to End Human Rights Violations:" https://www.newsweek.com/thousands-germany-protest-support-black-lives-matter-call-us-end-human-rights-violations-1508147

* "Thousands gather in Britain to support US George Floyd protests:" https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/may/31/crowds-gather-in-britain-to-support-us-george-floyd-protests

* "Hundreds march in Sydney to protest against Indigenous deaths and George Floyd killing:" https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2020/jun/02/hundreds-march-in-sydney-to-protest-against-indigenous-deaths-and-george-floyd-killing

* "Photos show how the world is demanding justice for George Floyd at global Black Lives Matter protests:" https://www.insider.com/photos-show-global-george-floyd-black-lives-matter-protests-2020-6

* "Paris police brutality protest turns violent:" https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2020/06/paris-police-brutality-protest-turns-violent-200602195209447.html

* "“It’s Spiraling Out of Control”: Confronting a Failed Presidency, Trump Plays Politics With the Protests:" https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2020/06/trump-plays-politics-with-the-protests

* "Soldiers responding to US protests armed with ‘inflammatory’ weapon:" https://7news.com.au/news/conflict/usa-riots-soldiers-responding-to-protests-armed-with-bayonets-c-1075499

* "Trump threatens to end protests with military:" https://www.politico.com/news/2020/06/01/trump-slams-governors-as-weak-crackdown-on-protests-294023

* "Trump calls governors ‘weak,’ urges them to use force against unruly protests:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/trump-governors-george-floyd-protests/2020/06/01/430a6226-a421-11ea-b619-3f9133bbb482_story.html

* "Pentagon officials express concern as Trump threatens to use military to 'dominate' protestors:" https://edition.cnn.com/2020/06/01/politics/troops-deploying-washington-dc/

* "‘Outraged’: Trump faces condemnation for clearing protesters, threatening military force:" https://www.politico.com/news/2020/06/02/trump-protests-military-force-296368

* "Trump’s Response to Protests Draws Bipartisan Rebuke in Congress:" https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/02/us/politics/trump-congress-protesters-tear-gas.html?action=click&module=Top%20Stories&pgtype=Homepage

* "'They turned holy ground into a battleground': clergy teargassed by Washington police:" https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/jun/02/clergy-priests-attacked-police-washington-dc-st-john-church-trump-photo-op

"The Christian leaders were teargassed along with protesters and journalists, some of whom were also shot with rubber bullets and punched by officers as they cleared a path to the church from the nearby White House."

They were on church property and hadn't broken any laws, nor were they given any warning of the unprovoked attack by police.

* "Episcopal bishop cites Christian gospel in criticism of Trump:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/episcopal-bishop-cites-christian-gospel-in-criticism-of-trump-84274757611

* "Top Republican senators defend Trump's church photo-op after peaceful protesters cleared out:" https://www.cnn.com/2020/06/02/politics/congress-republican-reaction-trump-church/index.html

* "Senate Republicans Block Bill Condemning Trump Over Protesters:" https://www.usnews.com/news/top-news/articles/2020-06-02/pelosi-says-legislation-coming-soon-in-response-to-minneapolis-george-floyd-killing

* "Secretary Esper, you violated your oath in aiding Trump’s photo op. That’s why I’m resigning.:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2020/06/02/secretary-esper-you-violated-your-oath-aiding-trumps-photo-op-thats-why-im-resigning/?arc404=true

* "Trump’s Use Of Tear Gas To Break Up A Protest Undermined Three Core Values Of American Democracy:" https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/trumps-use-of-tear-gas-to-break-up-a-protest-undermined-three-core-values-of-american-democracy/

* The Attorney General ordered the violent attack on law abiding protestors as 45's whim to have a photo op entirely nullifies the 1st amendment in the opinion of the justice Department, and completely justifies the surprise violent assault on priests going about their business on church property. "Attorney General Barr ordered authorities to clear protesters near White House, DOJ official says:" https://www.cnn.com/2020/06/02/politics/barr-protests-white-house/index.html

* "Inside the push to tear-gas protesters ahead of a Trump photo op:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/inside-the-push-to-tear-gas-protesters-ahead-of-a-trump-photo-op/2020/06/01/4b0f7b50-a46c-11ea-bb20-ebf0921f3bbd_story.html

* "Gay Black news anchor Don Lemon's haunting warning as Donald Trump threatens to deploy military against protestors:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2020/06/02/gay-black-cnn-anchor-don-lemon-dictatorship-donald-trump-black-lives-matter/

* "The anger behind the protests, explained in 4 charts:" https://www.vox.com/2020/5/31/21276004/anger-police-killing-george-floyd-protests

* "Minnesota Officials Link Arrested Looters to 'White Supremacist' Groups:" https://www.courthousenews.com/minnesota-officials-link-arrested-looters-to-white-supremacist-groups/

* "Trump’s Threats to Antifa Are an Affront to Black Agency and a Risk to All Protest:" https://theintercept.com/2020/06/02/trump-antifa-terrorist-designation/

* "Twitter adds warning label to Gaetz tweet on antifa for glorifying violence:" https://www.politico.com/news/2020/06/01/twitter-gaetz-antifa-violence-295116

* "Many Claim Extremists Are Sparking Protest Violence. But Which Extremists?:" https://www.nytimes.com/2020/05/31/us/george-floyd-protests-white-supremacists-antifa.html

* "White nationalist group posing as antifa called for violence on Twitter:" https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/security/twitter-takes-down-washington-protest-disinformation-bot-behavior-n1221456

* "Louisville Police Chief Fired After Black Man Is Shot To Death:" https://www.npr.org/2020/06/01/867281529/louisville-police-chief-fired-after-black-man-is-shot-to-death

* "A fourth day of protests winds peacefully through Philly for hours; police report 703 arrests since Saturday, mandate use-of-force reporting:" https://www.inquirer.com/news/live/philadelphia-protest-curfew-news-live-george-floyd-minneapolis-looting-stores-police-20200602.html

* "Black Lives Matter protesters told ‘take that f****t energy away’ by white thugs wielding baseball bats:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2020/06/02/black-lives-matter-protesters-energy-white-thugs-baseball-bats/

"Men who appear to be members of the same vigilante group were spotted carrying assault weapons – which are not legal to open carry in Philadelphia – posing for photos with police officers."

* "Biden, seeking a contrast with Trump, denounces the incumbent’s show of force against protesters and vows to heal racial wounds:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/biden-in-speech-to-the-nation-plans-to-denounce-president-trumps-actions-against-protesters-and-vow-to-heal-racial-wounds/2020/06/02/5b86af6e-a4ce-11ea-b619-3f9133bbb482_story.html

* "Atlanta’s Fault Lines in a Moment of Protest:" https://www.newyorker.com/news/us-journal/atlantas-fault-lines-in-a-moment-of-protest

"That night, back at Centennial Park, police again used tear gas on protesters. Police tased two black college students, who were in their car; two of the officers were terminated on Sunday, and three were put on desk duty, after a harsh reprimand from Shields and Bottoms. Cummings was on the scene with his camera again. “They were trapping people in parking lots after curfew,” he said. “I saw five squad cars go into a parking lot and arrest everybody in the parking lot, so we took off. I didn’t want to provoke them. I just ran.” On Sunday, National Guardsmen were stationed around Centennial Olympic Park; police patrolled the Lenox mall. Another sixty-four people were arrested, bringing Atlanta’s total this weekend to almost three hundred. Cummings wished he could have stayed out longer. “I got some powerful images, though,” he said. “Grandfather would be proud.”"

* "Peaceful day of Portland protests ends in clashes:" https://www.koin.com/local/multnomah-county/portland-protests-george-floyd-day-5-06022020/

* "Seattle Police use tear gas and pepper spray on peaceful protesters:" https://www.kuow.org/stories/seattle-police-use-tear-gas-and-pepper-spray-on-peaceful-protesters

* "Protesters return to the streets as Trump decries 'lowlifes':" https://apnews.com/697d654ea64f3370f373aacfca2da950

* "I Cannot Remain Silent:" https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2020/06/american-cities-are-not-battlespaces/612553/

* "The DEA Has Just Been Authorized to Conduct Surveillance on Protesters:" https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/jasonleopold/george-floyd-police-brutality-protests-government

* "Chris Hayes: Trump is acting like a 'bumbling autocrat', not a democratic leader:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/chris-hayes-trump-is-acting-like-a-bumbling-autocrat-not-a-democratic-leader-84269637534

* "As Protests and Violence Spill Over, Trump Shrinks Back:" https://www.nytimes.com/2020/05/31/us/politics/trump-protests-george-floyd.html

* "When police think they’re ‘punishers,’ they cease to be police:" https://www.patheos.com/blogs/slacktivist/2020/06/02/when-police-think-theyre-punishers-they-cease-to-be-police/

* "Six officers charged after cops tase Georgia students in video:" https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2020/06/officers-charged-cops-tase-georgia-students-video-200602200310226.html

* "Across America, police are responding to peaceful protests with violence:" https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2020/jun/01/george-floyd-violent-rioters-america-police-officers

* "De-escalation Keeps Protesters And Police Safer. Departments Respond With Force Anyway.:" https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/de-escalation-keeps-protesters-and-police-safer-heres-why-departments-respond-with-force-anyway/

* "The NYPD Knows It Can Get Away With Attacking Protesters:" https://theintercept.com/2020/06/02/new-york-police-protesters-george-floyd/

* "These videos show the police aren’t neutral. They’re counterprotesters.:" https://www.vox.com/2020/6/1/21276669/protests-george-floyd-police-brutality-brooklyn-seattle

* "Denver officer in riot gear posts Instagram photo with the caption 'let’s start a riot':" https://www.thedenverchannel.com/news/local-news/denver-officer-in-riot-gear-posts-instagram-photo-with-the-caption-lets-start-a-riot?fbclid=IwAR1-Eqv2N6GmY12XCl6B-sAIPivBY-7ZqkvHcfv2su510iQj752adDS-TGc

* "After Black Trans Man Killed, Calls for Police Chief's Resignation:" https://www.advocate.com/transgender/2020/6/02/after-black-trans-man-killed-calls-police-chiefs-resignation

* "Minneapolis Police Being Investigated for Years of Racist Malpractice:" https://www.advocate.com/crime/2020/6/02/minneapolis-police-being-investigated-years-racist-malpractice

* "Police open fire on queer bar giving first aid and washing pepper spray out of Black Lives Matter protesters’ eyes:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2020/06/03/lgbt-bar-raleigh-north-carolina-ruby-deluxe-tim-lemuel-black-lives-matter-police-brutality-racism/

* "Heavy criticism for Trump's hazy idea to use military on US soil:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/heavy-criticism-for-trump-s-hazy-idea-to-use-military-on-us-soil-84279877508

* "U.S. police have attacked journalists more than 120 times since May 28:" https://www.niemanlab.org/2020/06/well-try-to-help-you-follow-the-police-attacks-on-journalists-across-the-country/

* "87 arrested after curfew in SF; officers will be out in full force Monday night, chief says:" https://abc7news.com/watch-today-sfpd-to-give-update-after-at-least-80-arrested-after-curfew/6224841/

* "Australian news crew assaulted by US cops:" https://www.canberratimes.com.au/story/6778035/australian-news-crew-assaulted-by-us-cops/?cs=14231

* "Thousands of protesters gather at the Stonewall Inn demanding an end to the murder of Black trans people:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2020/06/03/stonewall-inn-protest-new-york-black-trans-tony-mcdade-nina-pop/

* "Independent autopsy and Minnesota officials say George Floyd's death was homicide:" https://www.cnn.com/2020/06/01/us/george-floyd-independent-autopsy/index.html

* "NYC Bus Drivers Union Refuses to Transport Protesters for the NYPD:" https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/m7jed3/nyc-bus-drivers-union-refuses-to-transport-protesters-for-the-nypd

* "Powerful signs from Black Lives Matter protests across the US:" https://www.insider.com/black-lives-matter-photos-protest-signs-2020-6

* "“A Riot is the Language of the Unheard:" https://www.jimchines.com/2020/05/a-riot-is-the-language-of-the-unheard/

* "This Is Fascism:" https://newrepublic.com/article/157949/fascism-america-trump-anti-police-george-floyd-protests

* "How to Make this Moment the Turning Point for Real Change:" https://medium.com/@BarackObama/how-to-make-this-moment-the-turning-point-for-real-change-9fa209806067

* "This gay politician wants you to remember 'the first Pride was a riot' as he calls for justice for Black queers:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2020/06/02/brad-hoylman-pride-stonewall-riot-gay-justice-black-lives-matter-new-york-racism/

* " After Days Of Unrest, America Needs Moral Leadership. Instead, We Have Donald Trump :"

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* Killer Mike Extended Interview about the protests:

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* Chris Hayes and Stephen Colbert extended interview about the Protests, Journalist safety, etc.:

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* "James Corden: It's Time for Change in the US:"

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* "Dr. Michael Eric Dyson Discusses Civil Unrest Across America:"

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* "5 Ways to Support Protesters of Police Brutality Against Black People:" https://www.advocate.com/race/2020/6/02/5-ways-support-protesters-police-brutality-against-black-people

* "7 simple ways white queer people can be allies to Black people in the fight against racism and police brutality:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2020/06/01/black-lives-matter-white-people-help-donate-bail-petition-george-floyd-tony-mcdade/

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* "Bryan Stevenson: I don’t believe we would win Brown v. Board of Education today:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/bryan-stevenson-i-don-t-believe-we-would-win-brown-v-board-of-education-today-84271173967

* "Confederate monuments coming down around South amid protests:" https://apnews.com/810a6cb13ce6cdbde5b534661c5f2da6

* "Paedophile says Grindr vigilante group who exposed and ensnared him violated his right to privacy:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2020/06/03/paedophile-grindr-vigilante-group-groom-resisters-scotland-mark-sutherland-supreme-court/

* "Counter protester embedded inside Operation Pridefall reveals truth behind terrifying anti-LGBT+ cyber attack:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2020/06/03/operation-pridefall-alt-right-4chan-discord-cyber-attack-pinknews-lgbt-pride-month/

* "Judge tells Idaho its hideously transphobic birth certificate law is a constitutional violation:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2020/06/02/judge-idaho-trans-transphobia-birth-certificate-law-hb506-judge-candy-dale-lambda-legal/

* "How to Support Black LGBTQ+ Youth Mental Health:" https://www.advocate.com/youth/2020/6/02/how-support-black-lgbtq-youth-mental-health

* "Experience The Upheaval Of The 1960's All Over Again:"

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* "The Gospel According To Don:"

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* "Trump Sics Military On Peaceful Protesters And Clergy To Make Way For Bible Photo Op:"

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* Livia's been making slow but steady progress. A couple weeks ago, I convinced her to stay in the safety chair while I did lungs even though she's been scared of the machine since she came. I'm getting about a 50% success rate on herstaying. When she doesn't stayin the safety chair, she usually moves one chair over or sits in the window sill instead of hiding in the bedroom.

Tonight she did another brave thing. She likes to sleep on the back of the sofa, as it's more comfortable than the desk, but means she can be really close to me without touching. She is a huge fan of hanging out peacefully in a group without touching ust generally. Tavy came a long andalso wanted to sleep on the back of the sofa and instead of ceding the sofa entirely she just moved over so they weren't touching! Win!

Then she did a third brave thing. For some reason, I'm not scary sitting at my desk, but if I come around to sit on the sofa side, I'm a scary monster.

Until tonight! She looked alarmed the whole time I was there adleaned away if she thought I might be thinking of touching her, but she stayed not only for the soup, but when I came back with pie she was still there. It's a really big step for her.

For the record, she does like pettins and scritches, but she only allows them when she and the human are in predesignated locations and relative positions. She has a really hard time trying new things, so in the two and a half years she's lived her, the petting locations have ben expanding very slowly, but they are expanding.

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

* "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://omgthatdress.tumblr.com/post/619601461925625856

* 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/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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