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* Wisconsin and People in Florida Do NOT forget to vote!

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* "Trump on Putin: ‘I don’t think he’s going to go back on his word’:" https://www.politico.com/news/2025/03/30/trump-vladimir-putin-russia-ukraine-00259985

This happened After him briefly pretending to be angry at his Handler/Puppet-master.

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* "2025 Australian federal election: experts explain the key issues:" https://www.sydney.edu.au/news-opinion/news/2025/03/28/2025-australian-federal-election-experts-explain-key-issues.html

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* "Iran's Missiles 'Loaded onto Launchers' After Trump Threat:" https://www.newsweek.com/iran-missiles-loaded-launchers-trump-bombing-threat-2052848

* "Trump says he ‘couldn’t care less’ if foreign automakers raise prices due to tariffs:" https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/donald-trump/trump-says-couldnt-care-less-automakers-raise-prices-tariffs-rcna198731

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* "Why Trump Says He’s ‘Not Joking’ About a Third Term:" https://archive.ph/Zrx6X

It's unconstitutional, but that won't stop him. He's been floating this idea since his first term. It's likely a way of priming his next coup.

* "Taxpayers' Tab For Trump's Second-Term Golf Excursions Crosses $26 Million Mark:" https://www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-golf-again-26-million_n_67e6c885e4b0f69ef1d3886c

It seems to me that things like these and all the sweetheart deals Elon Musk is giving himself is the real government waste. Let's save things like teacher education and measles vaccinations instead of spending it on crap like this.

* On a related note. "Kristi Noem refused to say who financed some of her travel. It was taxpayers who were on the hook:" https://apnews.com/article/noem-travel-taxpayers-south-dakota-homeland-security-c2655e00a16d44bba46c60a14a638f5d

* I'm putting this here because of the way it lies on the intersection of possible corruption and a complete lack of empathy. "How Kristi Noem’s $50,000 Rolex in a Salvadoran prison became a political flash point
The high-end Swiss watch lent a striking contrast to her tour of a notoriously overcrowded mega-prison in one of Latin America’s poorest countries.:" https://archive.ph/CS8AL

* "DOGE Plans to Rebuild SSA Code Base in Months, Risking Benefits and System Collapse:" https://www.wired.com/story/doge-rebuild-social-security-administration-cobol-benefits/

* "DOGE Plans to Rewrite Entire Social Security Codebase in Just ‘a Few Months’: Report:" https://gizmodo.com/doge-plans-to-rewrite-entire-social-security-codebase-in-just-a-few-months-report-2000582062
Do you trust them not to steal the data, given how at least one of the hackers he hired has a history of working with cyber criminals and another was fired from a company because he leaked information?

Do you think people claiming to be so incompetent at their job that they lied and are still lying that COBOL error messages are somehow proof of massive fraud on a large scale to update a program written in COBOL?

Do you trust them not to completely fuck up the new website either through incompetence or on purpose as a way to steal people's benefits, maybe declare people dead or delete them for "fraud" if they don't like their last names or where they live?

Do you think using AI in code that is vital to the survival of so many Americans is a good Idea?

From the article:

"The DOGE team has already been reportedly running highly sensitive government data through AI, as the Washington Post reported last month, so why not use it to cheat-code your way to a more modern programming language? The reason, of course is the risk of cascading failures during any rush-job that might mean missed payments or beneficiary information getting wiped from the system entirely."

This is utterly terrifying, especially given the fact that they've already completely funked up Social Security phone service. How do I know? Just over a month ago, I called to do the quick phone tree to get a proof of income from them, something I have to do multiple times a year because various programs want them and they need to be very recent. The phone tree had been noticeably improved since last time I'd used it in the fall. When I called today 3/31/25, they had completely removed all the quick phone tree options.

They took a service that was completely automated in the last ten years, and thus super cheap and already in place, for people with a bunch of routine, common, queries and yanked all that out, requiring people to get in line for a live person. Last time I needed live agent service it took about five hours to get back to me.

They are lying that this is about efficiency and saving money. Leaving the automated system in place is dramatically cheaper than paying people to answer, especially at a time they are firing people.

This is meant to break the system and force the people who need their benefits the most out of the system.

Musk has given the goal of stealing Social Security benefits away from people who earned the benefit and actually need it:

"“In fact, what we’re doing will help their benefits,” Musk said. “Legitimate people, as a result of the work of DOGE, will receive more Social Security, not less. I want to emphasize that. As a result of the work of DOGE, legitimate recipients of Social Security will receive more money, not less money.”"

The only way that happens is to take it away from the majority of recipients. You know the people Lutnick claims are fraudsters if they complain at the theft of their rent and electricity bill money recently.

Have something you want to tell your Congress Critters?

If you can't safely contact them in person, here are some other options:

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

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

Scream loudest at republican Critters. Those are their voters Musk is trying to kill, but whatever critters you have, stay noisy. We have until 4/14 to stop them.

* "Social Security: Senator Warns Elon Musk, Trump Can Make 'Backdoor' Cuts:" https://www.newsweek.com/elizabeth-warren-doge-social-security-warning-2052170

* "Trump Declares War On Lawyers:"

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* "Federal Investigators Were Preparing Two Texas Housing Discrimination Cases — Until Trump Took Over:" https://www.propublica.org/article/trump-hud-texas-housing-discrimination-cases-dallas-houston

* "RFK Jr. Moves to Close Administration For Community Living
The shutdown, part of wider cuts, will mean “more people forced into institutional settings.”:" https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2025/03/rfk-hhs-acl-community-living-shutdown/

"A central part of ACL’s purpose has been oversight of state protection and advocacy agencies for disabled people, providing grants for approved independent living centers, support for employment programs for disabled people, and assistance with adult protective services—all with the goal of helping disabled and aging people live successfully within their communities, rather than in institutions."

This is intended to stop elderly people and people with disabilities living with dignity in their homes so that he can force them into institutional settings where they will die so much faster.

Do you remember how fast disease rips through nursing homes? How many die with each wave.

This is about cruelty and eugenics.

If he cared about health, he wouldn't be doing this.

I beg of you all to please complain.

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* "Why We Can’t Have Nice Things with Ezra Klein:" https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/why-we-cant-have-nice-things-with-ezra-klein/id1583132133?i=1000701030294

* "Over 160 Civil Liberties, Labor, Education Groups Urge House to Vote No on H.R. 32:" https://www.aclu.org/press-releases/over-160-civil-liberties-labor-education-groups-urge-house-to-vote-no-on-h-r-32

“Congress should not pass legislation handing the Trump administration vast and vaguely worded authority it may use to further intimidate, coerce and inflict chaos on schools, hospitals, local police, and other institutions that our communities rely on,” the letter states. “Nor should Congress, through this legislation, concede its ‘power of the purse’ — a vital aspect of our constitutional balance of powers that is perhaps more important than ever.”

Quick Explainer: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/p2TfyEb8OA4

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

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

Please add more below if you have them.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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* "Elon Musk says Wisconsin Supreme Court race could affect the ‘entire destiny of humanity’:" https://www.wpr.org/news/elon-musk-wisconsin-supreme-court-race-green-bay-visit-million-dollar-checks

* "Elon Musk hands out $1 million payments after Wisconsin Supreme Court declines request to stop him:" https://apnews.com/article/wisconsin-supreme-court-musk-million-dollar-giveaway-cdea66e0dcbaa53dd183e1d10bee2b35

Do you really want to let a cheater win? Please vote. Get everyone you can to vote in the April 1 Election. Musk is getting the Republicans out to vote against Democracy and bodily autonomy. Please save yourselves from letting Musk buy your state as he has the Federal government.

* "Why Is Elon Musk Trying to Buy a Wisconsin Supreme Court Seat?:" https://www.newyorker.com/news/the-lede/why-is-elon-musk-trying-to-buy-a-wisconsin-supreme-court-seat

* "Protests held in Green Bay outside of Elon Musk's town hall ahead of state Supreme Court race:" https://www.wbay.com/2025/03/30/protests-held-green-bay-outside-elon-musks-town-hall-ahead-state-supreme-court-race/

* "‘We Are in an Emergency’: Progressive TikTok Star Launches Bid to Unseat Old-Guard Dem: The Democratic district where Kat Abughazaleh is running hasn’t had a competitive primary in decades:" https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-features/kat-abughazaleh-congress-1235301996/

* "Illinois returns stolen land to Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation:" https://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/illinois-returns-stolen-land-prairie-band-potawatomi-nation-120144789

* "Exclusive: Intelligence Dossier Compares Luigi Mangione to ‘Robin Hood’:" https://prospect.org/justice/2025-03-27-intelligence-dossier-compares-luigi-mangione-robin-hood/

* "The Human Cost of Jeff Landry’s Drive to Resume Executions:" https://boltsmag.org/the-human-cost-of-jeff-landrys-drive-to-resume-executions/

* "A “Goofy” DJ’s Secret Life at the Center of an Online Terrorism Network:" https://www.propublica.org/article/matthew-allison-dj-terrogram-collective-boise-dallas-humber

* CW: Rape. "Religious Sect That Took Over a Midwestern Town:" https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-features/perfect-church-oregon-illinois-controversy-1235290819/

* "Can I Age In Peace? Aging vs Social Media:"

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* "We Need To Talk About The “Queer Elder” Crisis:"

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* "Are you unknowingly hurting your LGBTQ+ child??:"

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* "Expert has shocking conclusion on transgender athletes: "Trans women are not biological men":" https://nextimpulsesports.com/politics/transgender-athletes-expert-biological-men/

I don't understand how it's that shocking as it's in line with previous reputable studies, just with more data covering more areas, but it's absolutely necessary and important to keep doing these kinds of studies. I'm just grumpy at the headline pretending the previous science didn't exist.

* "Mainstream media paved the way for Trump’s anti-trans policies:" https://xtramagazine.com/power/politics/donald-trump-executive-order-trans-270855

* "Beyond long COVID — how reinfections could be causing silent long-term organ damage:" https://www.cbc.ca/radio/quirks/beyond-long-covid-1.7485888

* "The Science on Weight and Health Is More Complicated Than You Think:" https://www.self.com/story/weight-and-health-is-more-complicated-than-you-think

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* "World's glaciers are losing record ice as global temperatures climb, U.N. says:" https://www.reuters.com/business/environment/worlds-glaciers-are-losing-record-ice-global-temperatures-climb-un-says-2025-03-21/

* "Growth in global energy demand surged in 2024 to almost twice its recent average:" https://www.iea.org/news/growth-in-global-energy-demand-surged-in-2024-to-almost-twice-its-recent-average

* "Sudan's RSF squeezing relief supplies as famine spreads, aid workers say:" https://www.reuters.com/world/africa/sudans-rsf-squeezing-relief-supplies-famine-spreads-aid-workers-say-2025-03-25/

* "In pictures: Los Angeles continues cleanup after Palisades fire:" https://www.reuters.com/pictures/pictures-los-angeles-continues-cleanup-after-palisades-fire-2025-03-18/?

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* "The Last Drops of Mexico City:" https://mexicocitywater.longlead.com/

* "Some New York City water could be undrinkable in 80 years due to upstate road salt:" https://www.timesunion.com/hudsonvalley/news/article/new-work-reservoirs-salt-undrinkable-20234117.php

* "The Cult Of The American Lawn:" https://www.noemamag.com/the-cult-of-the-american-lawn/

* "Why so many New York City sidewalks are covered in scaffolding:" https://thehustle.co/originals/why-so-many-new-york-city-sidewalks-are-covered-in-scaffolding?

* "GPS, a system we rely upon every day to navigate by plane, car or at sea, is vulnerable.:" https://news.sky.com/story/pull-up-pull-up-who-is-messing-with-gps-signals-used-by-passenger-planes-and-why-13331351

* It is amazing to me that the Rocket didn't blow up going up or down like recent previous ones. "NASA astronauts 'Butch and Suni' return to Earth after drawn-out mission in space:" https://www.reuters.com/technology/space/nasa-astronauts-head-home-spacex-capsule-after-drawn-out-space-station-stay-2025-03-18/

* "Dark energy is weakening and the universe could (eventually) collapse, study says:" https://www.npr.org/2025/03/20/nx-s1-5333843/dark-energy-weakening-universe-collapse-desi

* "History of Cats 1: God’s Fluffy Murder Machines | World History | Extra History:"

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* "Ancient Greek and Roman Statues Were Not Only Beautiful, but Also Smelled Nice, Too:" https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/ancient-greek-and-roman-statues-were-not-only-beautiful-but-also-smelled-nice-too-180986280/

* "Tudor French Hoods || Researching and Making a More Accurate French Hood:"

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* "Dress Historian Recreates Margaret Tudor's French Hoods:"

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* "Answering Your Questions About The Suffragettes:"

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* "How did they afford houses 100 years ago? The history of homeownership is CRAZY:"

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* "Who Gave Away the Skies to the Airlines?:" https://www.thenation.com/article/society/airline-deregulation-carter-neoliberalism/

* CW: Animal Death, Sexual Assault. "A 1990s History of Scandals:"

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* "Graffiti Limbo: A University of Virginia professor enlisted students to document the messages—profane, hopeful, despairing—left on library carrels by previous generations.:" https://daily.jstor.org/graffiti-limbo/?preview_id=321790

* "America's Most Unhinged Judges:"

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* Easy to use graffic. "Guide to Stir frying:" https://www.tumblr.com/vaspider/779433224700067840/brinconvenient-theres-a-total-of-like-6-steps?source=share

* "Wicked ~ Lost in Adaptation (The Musical):"

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* "Group Chat Cold Open - SNL:"

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

The help links are at the bottom under the cut.

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

* How to fight your insurace company when they insist you take meds that don't work instead of a more expensive one that does: https://steptherapy.com/step-therapy-legislation-by-state/

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* "27 experts urge Biden not to allow Saudis to enrich uranium for Israel deal:" https://www.timesofisrael.com/27-experts-urge-biden-not-to-allow-saudis-to-enrich-uranium-for-israel-deal/

* "Hungarian president Katalin Novak uses UN General Assembly to go on ‘anti-family’ tirade:" https://www.thepinknews.com/2023/09/20/hungary-president-un-general-assembly-anti-family/

* "Turkey’s president Erdoğan doesn’t know what Pride colours are, makes UN complaint anyway:" https://www.thepinknews.com/2023/09/22/turkeys-president-erdogan-un-pride-colours/

* "Hundreds protest overhaul in New York as Netanyahu meets with world leaders:" https://www.timesofisrael.com/hundreds-protest-overhaul-in-new-york-as-netanyahu-meets-with-world-leaders/

* "Netanyahu wraps up US visit as protesters shout ‘shame’ at departing convoy in NY:" https://www.timesofisrael.com/netanyahu-ends-us-visit-with-protesters-shouting-shame-at-departing-convoy/

* "Azerbaijan says it has retaken breakaway Armenian enclave after separatists surrender:" https://www.cnn.com/2023/09/20/asia/nagorno-karabakh-russia-ceasefire-intl/index.html

* "Iranian authorities arrest Mahsa Amini’s father on anniversary of her death:" https://www.politico.com/news/2023/09/16/mahsa-amini-father-arrest-iran-protest-crackdown-00116401?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=RSS_Syndication

* "Residents See Signs of Crackdown on Dissent After Libya Floods:" https://www.nytimes.com/2023/09/21/world/middleeast/libya-floods-derna-crackdown.html

* "Nearly 100 migrants rescued from a yacht off southwestern Greece:" https://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/rescue-operation-underway-off-southwestern-greece-90-migrants-103334178

* "Canada Post breaking law by gathering info from envelopes, parcels to build marketing list: privacy watchdog:" https://www.cp24.com/news/canada-post-breaking-law-by-gathering-info-from-envelopes-parcels-to-build-marketing-list-privacy-watchdog-1.6570397

* "Rishi Sunak slammed for ‘reckless political gimmick’ amid plans to roll back on Tory green policies:" https://www.thepinknews.com/2023/09/20/rishi-sunak-climate-change-plans-uk/

* "Daily Mail retracts Iceland boss claims of HIV needle attacks in stores:" https://www.thepinknews.com/2023/09/22/daily-mail-iceland-boss-claims-retracted/

* "‘Racist, homophobic’ teen who defaced Windrush mural named:" https://www.thepinknews.com/2023/09/22/teen-dafaced-windrush-mural-named/

* "India tells citizens in Canada to exercise caution as relations worsen:" https://www.reuters.com/world/india/indias-opposition-congress-dismisses-canadas-suspicions-sikh-leaders-murder-2023-09-20/

* "Biden raised issue of Canadian Sikh's murder with Modi at G20, Financial Times reports:" https://www.reuters.com/world/biden-raised-issue-canadian-sikhs-murder-with-modi-g20-ft-2023-09-22/

* "Surveillance of Indian diplomats in Canada led to allegations around Sikh killing, official says:" https://apnews.com/article/india-canada-visas-sikh-activist-killing-381e973e84f8d0c10b0bd53b03ccbdf2

* "Let's talk about Canada and India....:"

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* "'A really dark moment': Canadians react to Poilievre's comment on Trudeau's LGBTQ+ post:" https://www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/canadians-pierre-poilievre-justin-trudeau-lgbtq-post-020533727.html

* "A brief note about changes in rhetoric:" https://solarbird.dreamwidth.org/1937558.html

* "Let's talk about social media influence....:"

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* "The Elusive Figure Running Wagner’s Embattled Empire of Gold and Diamonds:" https://www.wsj.com/world/africa/wagner-africa-sytii-prigozhin-gold-12a45769

* "Let's talk about how news is created rather than reported and charts....:"

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* "Let's talk about Ukraine and when it will end....:"

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* "U.S. Helped Pakistan Get IMF Bailout With Secret Arms Deal for Ukraine, Leaked Documents Reveal :" https://theintercept.com/2023/09/17/pakistan-ukraine-arms-imf/

* "Ukraine finds new sources of aid to fight Russia as politics with Poland gets complicated:" https://www.msnbc.com/alex-wagner-tonight/watch/ukraine-finds-new-sources-of-aid-to-fight-russia-as-politics-with-poland-gets-complicated-193428037981

* "Poland, with election looming, says it isn't sending new arms to Ukraine:" https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/poland-no-longer-arming-ukraine-says-pm-2023-09-21/

* "Ukraine’s counteroffensive may be painful. But its success is crucial to wider European security:" https://www.cnn.com/2023/09/20/europe/ukraine-counteroffensive-crucial-european-security-intl-cmd/index.html

* "Fighting ‘through hell.’ To reclaim Bakhmut, a Ukrainian brigade must first survive the forest:" https://apnews.com/article/ukraine-russia-counteroffensive-bakhmut-684873be8aad1b1502ff8d67ea48afac

* "Ukraine breaches Russian defensive line on southern front:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/09/23/ukraine-breach-verbove-zaporizhzhia/

* "Transgender American Suspended by Ukrainian Military After Controversial Video:" https://www.advocate.com/world/trans-ukraine-spokeswoman-suspended

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* "U.S. revives Cold War submarine spy program to counter China:" https://www.reuters.com/investigates/special-report/usa-china-tech-surveillance/

* "Inside the delicate art of maintaining America’s aging nuclear weapons:" https://apnews.com/article/nuclear-warheads-military-bomb-plutonium-6b86198def4516cebe496c9f5fbfbb75

* "U.S. will expand Temporary Protected Status to hundreds of thousands of Venezuelans:" https://www.npr.org/2023/09/20/1200719816/venezuelan-migrants-temporary-protected-status-us-border

* "Biden is unveiling the American Climate Corps, a program with echoes of the New Deal:" https://www.npr.org/2023/09/20/1200483937/biden-climate-corps-job-training

* "Biden launches Climate Corps; pairs new jobs with climate, infrastructure work:" https://www.msnbc.com/alex-wagner-tonight/watch/biden-launches-climate-corps-pairs-new-jobs-with-climate-infrastructure-work-193428037800

* "First White House Office of Gun Violence Prevention:" https://www.msnbc.com/jonathan-capehart/watch/first-white-house-office-of-gun-violence-prevention-193651781888

* "Flipping Kavanaugh: What's really behind Alabama's gerrymandering gambit:" https://www.msnbc.com/alex-wagner-tonight/watch/flipping-kavanaugh-what-s-really-behind-alabama-s-gerrymandering-gambit-193334853864

* "Clarence Thomas Secretly Participated in Koch Network Donor Events:" https://www.propublica.org/article/clarence-thomas-secretly-attended-koch-brothers-donor-events-scotus

* " Propublica: Clarence Thomas Participated in Koch Network Donor events:" https://www.msnbc.com/jonathan-capehart/watch/propublica-clarence-thomas-participated-in-koch-network-donor-events-193618501778

* "The Federal Reserve holds interest rates steady but hints at more action this year:" https://www.npr.org/2023/09/20/1200327332/federal-reserve-inflation-economy-interest-rates

* "The Kids on the Night Shift:" https://www.nytimes.com/2023/09/18/magazine/child-labor-dangerous-jobs.html

* "Florida Republican files bill to allow minors to work full-time and overnight:" https://www.thepinknews.com/2023/09/20/florida-bill-child-labour-overnight/

* "UAW strike day 9: Negotiations continue after strike expansion to other plants:" https://www.detroitnews.com/story/business/autos/2023/09/23/uaw-strike-day-9-talks-continue-after-strike-expansion/70945125007/

* "Autoworkers share what it's like working under an expired contract:" https://www.detroitnews.com/story/business/autos/2023/09/21/uaw-detroit-three-strike-expired-contract/70912395007/

* Short version: WGA still needs to vote on it as of this writing. The Union doesn't want anyone to go back to work until it's all finalized. SAG-AFTRA is still on strike. "Writers and Studios Reach Deal That Will End Strike:" https://www.advocate.com/arts-entertainment/writers-guild-wga-strike-deal

* "US Strike Wave Could Soon Grow as Airline, Healthcare Workers Fight for Decent Contracts:" https://www.commondreams.org/news/us-strike-wave

* "Republicans find scapegoat for auto workers strike: Woke cars:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/republicans-find-scapegoat-for-auto-workers-strike-woke-cars-193515589707

* "Why YOU Need a Union with Kim Kelly:"

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* "Why Can't Americans Afford Funerals?:" https://www.tumblr.com/vaspider/729138701341507584?source=share

* "Uber Eats will start accepting food stamps for grocery delivery in 2024:" https://www.theverge.com/2023/9/20/23880403/uber-eats-food-stamps-snap-ebt-fsa-flex-ai-assistant

* "Day care owners are fighting for survival as federal funding runs out this month:" https://www.inquirer.com/news/pennsylvania/childcare-funding-american-rescue-covid-daycare-philadelphia-20230923.html

* "Senate leaders trumpeted a spending plan to flex on McCarthy. It's stuck too. :" https://www.politico.com/live-updates/2023/09/20/congress/senates-own-funding-stumble-00117094

* "House GOP erupts as McCarthy fails to move Pentagon bill :" https://www.politico.com/news/2023/09/21/house-gop-conservatives-block-defense-bill-00117400

* "'These are not serious people': GOP pays the price for filling ranks with extremists:" https://www.msnbc.com/alex-wagner-tonight/watch/-these-are-not-serious-people-gop-pays-the-price-for-filling-ranks-with-extremists-193427525732

* "Let's talk about McCarthy's missed moment coming back around....:"

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* "Pro-Equality Lawmakers Demand Removal of Anti-LGBTQ+ Sections From Defense Bill:" https://www.advocate.com/politics/defense-bill-anti-lgbtq

* "Republican infighting continues as shutdown looms:" https://www.msnbc.com/jonathan-capehart/watch/republican-infighting-continues-as-shutdown-looms-193618501793

* "Let's talk about Humpty Dumpty, Republicans, and McCarthy....:"

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* "Let's talk about McCarthy, budgets, and bites....:"

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* "Let's talk about the potential shutdown and proposed CR....:"

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* "Kevin McCarthy: The Idiot of the House:" https://www.advocate.com/voices/kevin-mccarthy-idiot

* "Inside the Chaos in the GOP:" https://www.msnbc.com/jonathan-capehart/watch/inside-the-chaos-in-the-gop-193653317640

* "'Disrupting this Country': Rep. Waters on GOP Chaos:" https://www.msnbc.com/jonathan-capehart/watch/disrupting-this-country-rep-waters-on-gop-chaos-193652293814

* "Schumer takes on Tuberville’s blockade, teeing up votes on top military picks:" https://www.politico.com/news/2023/09/20/schumer-takes-on-tubervilles-blockade-teeing-up-votes-on-top-military-picks-00117143

* "Gen. C.Q. Brown confirmed as top military officer despite Tuberville's roadblock:" https://www.npr.org/2023/09/20/1200705608/senate-tuberville-hold-military-promotions

* "Sen. Tuberville continues to block military nominations:" https://www.msnbc.com/jonathan-capehart/watch/sen-tuberville-continues-to-block-military-nominations-193618501803

* "Democratic Lawmakers Reintroduce Landmark LGBTQ+ Military Equality Bill:" https://www.advocate.com/news/lgbtq-military-equality-bill-reintroduced

* "Pete Buttigieg Explains the Difference Between Climate Change and Seasons to Republican Lawmaker:" https://www.advocate.com/politics/pete-buttigieg-explains-climate-change

* "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

* "Democrats have been winning big in special elections:" https://abcnews.go.com/538/democrats-winning-big-special-elections/story?id=103315703

* "'Pro-democracy': Dems overperform in 24 of 30 special elections so far in 2023:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/-pro-democracy-dems-overperform-in-24-of-30-special-elections-so-far-in-2023-193416773961

This only holds if everyone keeps showing up to vote.

* "Democrats retain narrow control of Pennsylvania House after special election:" https://apnews.com/article/pennsylvania-special-election-pittsburgh-8895ca07c1436640045861aff6c9ad6c

* "Flipped seat sets the stage for even split in N.H. House:" https://www.bostonglobe.com/2023/09/20/metro/flipped-seat-sets-stage-even-split-nh-house/

* "Missouri Republican Vows to Burn 'Woke Pornographic Books' If Elected Governor:" https://www.advocate.com/politics/missouri-book-burning-video

* "Anti-LGBTQ+ Republican mayoral candidate once pleaded guilty to ‘promoting prostitution’:" https://www.thepinknews.com/2023/09/22/anti-lgbtq-mayoral-candidate-promoting-prostitution/

* "35 Bisexual Politicians You Should Know:" https://www.advocate.com/politics/bisexual-politicians-visibility-day

* "Does 14th Amendment Bar Trump From the Presidency?:"

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* "Trump blue collar act a tougher sell now with anti-labor record:" https://www.msnbc.com/alex-wagner-tonight/watch/trump-blue-collar-act-a-tougher-sell-now-with-anti-labor-record-193335877717

* "Donald Trump Asked Joint Chiefs Chair Mark Milley, 'Are You Soft on Transgenders?':" https://www.advocate.com/military/donald-trump-mark-milley-transgender

* "‘This is horrifying': Top New Jersey Democrats call on Bob Menendez to resign after his second indictment:" https://www.politico.com/news/2023/09/22/new-jersey-democrats-menendez-indictment-00117693

* "Rupert Murdoch to Step Down from Fox and News Corp Boards in November:" https://www.advocate.com/business/rupert-murdoch-retiring-fox-news

* "Will Lachlan Murdoch Bring a New Era to Fox News or the Same Hell?:" https://www.advocate.com/voices/lachlan-murdoch-fox-news

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* "Giuliani’s former lawyers sue him for $1.36M in unpaid legal fees:" https://www.politico.com/news/2023/09/19/rudy-giuliani-lawyer-trump-00116671

* "Trump wrote to-do lists for assistant on White House documents marked classified:" https://abcnews.go.com/US/trump-wrote-lists-assistant-white-house-documents-marked/story?id=103226113

* "Georgia DA lists Trump ally Lin Wood as state witness:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/georgia-da-lists-trump-ally-lin-wood-as-state-witness-193419845977

* "Trump Privately Frets He Could Be Headed to Prison:" https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-features/trump-prison-conviction-trial-1234828231/

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* "Nazis Are Returning to the Streets:" https://www.vice.com/en/article/v7byyd/2024-election-neo-nazis-visible-on-streets

* "Police investigate after bomb threat shuts down drag storytime at Utah bookstore:" https://www.thepinknews.com/2023/09/25/bomb-threat-drag-storytime/

* "The Police Will Never Protect Us:"

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* "Victory for Students: LGBTQ+ Resource Center Reopens at Missouri University:" https://www.advocate.com/news/missouri-university-reopens-lgbtq-center

* "Virginia Beach Parents Sue to Force Schools to Adopt Glenn Youngkin's Anti-Trans Policies:" https://www.advocate.com/law/youngkin-transgender-schools-sue-lawsuit

* "Students protest Virginia schools anti-trans policies: ‘We will be bullied and dead-named’:" https://www.thepinknews.com/2023/09/25/student-protest-virginia-anti-trans-policies/

* "Americans Divided on Use of Chosen Names and Pronouns in Schools, Survey Finds:" https://www.advocate.com/news/americans-divided-student-chosen-names

* "California governor signs raft of protections for LGBTQ+ youth:" https://www.thepinknews.com/2023/09/24/california-governor-lgbtq-gavin-newsom/

* "Texas Teacher Fired For Assigning Anne Frank Graphic Novel:" https://advocatechannel.com/texas-teacher-fired-anne-frank

* "Challenges to library books continue at record pace in 2023, American Library Association reports:" https://apnews.com/article/books-bans-american-library-association-42b34a284a6363439de20bbb65bb43b4

* "Virginia Library Temporarily Avoids Closing Over LGBTQ+ Books Controversy:" https://www.advocate.com/news/samuels-library-front-royal-open

* CW: Rape. "Decades-Old Trove of DNA Evidence, Collected by a Maryland Doctor, Leads to a Serial Rape Arrest:" https://www.propublica.org/article/decades-old-trove-of-dna-evidence-leads-to-serial-rape-arrest-maryland

* CW: Rape. "Protecting a Predator: How Columbia University ignored women, undermined prosecutors, and allowed one of its OB/GYNs to abuse hundreds of patients.:" https://nymag.com/intelligencer/article/columbia-obgyn-robert-hadden-sexually-assaulted-patients.html

* CW: Sexual Assault. "Trump aide Cassidy Hutchinson says Rudy Giuliani groped her before Jan. 6 Capitol riot:" https://www.cnbc.com/2023/09/20/trump-aide-says-rudy-giuliani-groped-her-on-january-6.html

* "Somalia's first all-women newsroom spotlights female taboos:" https://www.reuters.com/world/africa/somalias-first-all-women-newsroom-spotlights-female-taboos-2023-09-20/

* "Natasha Devon: Trans panic risks taking sex education back to the days of Section 28:" https://www.thepinknews.com/2023/09/23/trans-sex-education-transphobia-section-28-natasha-devon/

* "They Live in the US, but These LGBTQ+ Couples Can’t Get Married. Here's Why:" https://www.advocate.com/news/navajo-nation-married-queer-couples

* "California governor vetoes bill on gender-affirmation in child custody cases:" https://www.thepinknews.com/2023/09/23/california-gender-affirming-bill-trans/

* "Transgender Youth Face Hurdles Getting Gender-Affirming Care Even When It's Legal:" https://www.advocate.com/news/transgender-youth-access-care-restricted

* "Texas church launches non-profit to help transgender minors access healthcare:" https://www.thepinknews.com/2023/09/21/texas-church-transgender-minors-healthcare/

* "He Needs Gender-Affirming Surgery, but His State Is Fighting to Deny Coverage:" https://www.advocate.com/transgender/trans-health-care-north-carolina-coverage-denied

* "Abortions resume in Wisconsin after 15 months of legal uncertainty:" https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2023/09/21/1200610927/abortions-resume-in-wisconsin-after-15-months-of-legal-uncertainty

* "‘I looked in the mirror and saw the man in me’: Trans elders on the ‘hope’ in ageing authentically:" https://www.thepinknews.com/2023/09/24/trans-elders-lgbtq-coming-out-ageing-joy/

* "How queer Iranians are fighting back against the country’s online LGBTQ+ crackdown:" https://www.thepinknews.com/2023/09/23/mahsa-amini-protests-iranian-diaspora-collective-onlin/

* "Anti-trans rallies met with huge counter-protests across Canada:" https://www.thepinknews.com/2023/09/20/canada-pro-anti-lgbt-protests/

NOTE: Canadian correspondants are saying they were way more protests not covered in the article including Calagary, were the oposite.

* "New study finds decline in UK trans acceptance: ‘A shift that benefits no one’:" https://www.thepinknews.com/2023/09/21/uk-less-tolerant-of-trans-people-study/

* "Civil servants up in arms over ‘woke’ policies on trans inclusion and a calendar marking Pride Month:" https://www.thepinknews.com/2023/09/23/civil-servants-woke-complaint-letter-trans/

* "Updated EHRC guidance suggests misgendering trans pupils not discriminatory:" https://www.thepinknews.com/2023/09/23/ehrc-guidance-trans-misgendering-pupils-schools/

* "Kate Osborne blasts Suella Braverman’s ‘woke policing’ claims: ‘Legitimising hate’:" https://www.thepinknews.com/2023/09/23/kate-osborne-suella-braverman-woke-policing/

* "Pentagon Says It'll Review Cases of LGBTQ+ Vets Who Were Denied Honorable Discharges:" https://www.advocate.com/news/lgbtq-veterans-pentagon-dadt-review

* "Let's talk about Missouri, change, and elections....:"

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* "Angelica Ross is ‘leaving Hollywood’ after American Horror Story transphobia row:" https://www.thepinknews.com/2023/09/22/angelica-ross-american-horror-story-emma-roberts-ryan-murphy-leaving-hollywood/

* "She has Medicare and Medicaid. So why should it take 18 months to get a wheelchair? :" https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2023/09/21/1200657834/she-has-medicare-and-medicaid-so-why-should-it-take-18-months-to-get-a-wheelchai

* "Federal government to relaunch free COVID test program:" https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/federal-government-relaunch-free-covid-tests-program/story?id=103347741

* "COVID-19 Tests:" https://www.covid.gov/tests

* "‘They’re obsessed’: Dr. Fauci on death threats, 'lab leak,' and vaccine safety:" https://www.msnbc.com/mehdi-on-msnbc/watch/-they-re-obsessed-dr-fauci-on-death-threats-lab-leak-and-vaccine-safety-193484357913

* "Why sewage may hold the key to tracking diseases far beyond COVID-19:" https://www.sciencenews.org/article/sewage-key-track-disease-covid-19-wastewater

* "Rural hospitals are closing maternity wards. People are seeking options to give birth closer to home:" https://apnews.com/article/birthing-rural-hospitals-maternity-care-births-e67a91d927eb545459e83bc7b2b95a0d

* CW: Child Death "Cough syrup killed scores of children. Why no one has been held to account :" https://www.reuters.com/investigates/special-report/health-coughsyrup-india/

* "At Japan’s dementia cafes, forgotten orders are all part of the service:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/09/19/japan-aging-elderly-dementia-care/

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* "Phoenix hit 110 degrees on 54 days in 2023, setting another heat record:" https://www.pbs.org/newshour/nation/phoenix-hit-110-degrees-on-54-days-in-2023-setting-another-heat-record

* "Ravaged by floods and fires, Greece struggles on the front lines of our climate reality:" https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/ravaged-floods-fires-greece-struggles-front-lines-climate-reality-rcna107985

* "In Morocco's Atlas Mountains, survivors of the quake take stock of all they've lost:" https://www.npr.org/2023/09/20/1199471923/morocco-earthquake-atlas-mountains-survivors-loss

* How to donate to Doctors Without Borders: https://donate.doctorswithoutborders.org/secure/donate

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* "Wildfires are destroying decades of clean air efforts in the U.S.:" https://www.nbcnews.com/science/environment/wildfires-are-destroying-decades-clean-air-efforts-us-rcna105140

* "Renewable energy is now cheap—what’s next?:" https://arstechnica.com/science/2023/09/renewable-energy-is-now-cheap-whats-next/

* "How to Cool Down a City:" https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2023/09/18/world/asia/singapore-heat.html?unlocked_article_code=HSk3tYP63honaw6JVn60sCk2OyUJmggqmzSIK7lP_OWn6_9pFszirIXkmTLXDcXyRjn3rb5O5MgeQVi_FaD3W02hlA7Jjpbtw97pHNa5YV4GcIulAYY-fRPWhu9E9aMgO-1r0POf8CiuB54APIMbIIZYdAhOfHfPAcTiqgtY1jzeaWyOebK9mwNnx4VByANdE3qQEuqwyWdHf2NVemqZIQl9rh7bQY1vavuSlJJbcXoUmLZPj-Aa9HEGdRpQw6njaDeR0D2fL41PXsa0i626uNbLUHYiBchPr_dJQo-WtHDqeajLOdJA23VKtxYKQ1l9dNmgCUq_SroOLzSmYhKjjwcTlVTJS0KV-6LG&smid=url-share

* "This Spanish city has been restricting cars for 24 years. Here’s what we can learn:" https://www.fastcompany.com/90952175/this-spanish-city-has-been-restricting-cars-for-24-years-heres-what-we-can-learn-from-it

* "The American chestnut tree is coming back. Who is it for?:" https://grist.org/indigenous/transgenic-american-chestnut-indigenous-rights/

* "The Physics of Crowds: Why dangerous crowds behave the way they do.:" https://nautil.us/the-physics-of-crowds-388020/

* "Let's talk about Rand Paul and a billboard....:"

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* You know how I kept saying these were an obvious scam from the beginning? "Your NFTs Are Actually — Finally — Totally Worthless:" https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-news/nfts-worthless-researchers-find-1234828767/

* "‘Game of Thrones’ creator and other authors sue ChatGPT-maker OpenAI for copyright infringement:" https://apnews.com/article/openai-lawsuit-authors-grisham-george-rr-martin-37f9073ab67ab25b7e6b2975b2a63bfe

* "Decoding racial bias in artificial intelligence:" https://www.msnbc.com/jonathan-capehart/watch/decoding-racial-bias-in-artificial-intelligence-193619013836

* "AI in schools puts LGBTQ+ students at risk, new study reveals:" https://www.thepinknews.com/2023/09/24/ai-schools-digital-surveillance-lgbtq-students/

* "xQc Is Stealing Content (and So Are Most Reaction Streamers):"

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* "Elon Musk accuses George Soros of wanting ‘destruction of western civilization’ a day before meeting Netanyahu over antisemitism on X:" https://fortune.com/2023/09/18/elon-musk-george-soros-antisemitism-israel-benjamin-netanyahu-twitter-x/

* "Why Some Animals Thrive in Cities:" https://www.wired.co.uk/article/urban-animals-wildlife-biodiversity-traits-pigeons-reptiles-amphibians

* "What Made a 17th-Century Midwife Good at Her Job?:" https://juliamartins.co.uk/what-made-a-17th-century-midwife-good-at-her-job

* "Dead Reckoning:" https://magazine.atavist.com/dead-reckoning-honda-point-navy-disaster-1923/

* "Welcome to the Little Cuba of the Sahara Desert:" https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/cuba-influence-western-sahara

* Wednesday's plans fell through for a bunch of nobody's fault reasons, but at least the annual curtain cleaning got done, along with a bunch of necessary errands and the like. I was exhausted and ended up going to bed for a few hours before the Thursday dose. (It went up again. I'm fine, but it takes a lot out of me). I had planned to get my COVID boosters, but there is a local distribution delay. I am rescheduled for Saturday the 30th, which is far less convenient, but there was nothing to be done. It'll be my first Moderna shot; I've had Pfiser every time previous, but apparently the Pfiser delay is a lot longer if I don't want to cross the mountains and do like an hourish of driving in my ancient car to a crappy little town I've only been to once and don't know my way around.

Waiting is simpler and cheaper as I need to make this half tank last, so I will wait.

no one was letting me sleep Thursday. It was that thing where I was having trouble sleeping because of the pain being so extreme, and when I finally started to drift off, the phone would ring. Rinse and repeat. One of them let me sleep a whole hour, which was exciting. By the time we got to the 5-7th calls, I had reached a state of grimly amused. Then I woke up choking, which hasn't happened for a while and is likely to do with the Thursday shot and me running out of a side effect mitigation med I can't afford to replace until the 1st, by which time there will be no more shots until the new clinic opens.

I can't remember if I wrote about the two doctors getting a new office in the new clinic that opens in October, but they aren't scheduling yet. Let's hope the gap isn't so big I have to start over.

I did finally get a little REM sleep, but not much. Then I completely borked the bad shoulder trying to do physio. The arm didn't want to and it's bad enough I had to break out emergency meds and use the sling. Grr.

* "Star Trek Doesn't Understand Eugenics:"

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* "The White Gaze of Hairspray:"

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* "15 Hunky Black and White Folsom Street Fair Photos by Chantis :" https://www.advocate.com/photography/folsom-street-fair-2022-chantis

* "Halloween 🎃 Outdoor Decor | DIY Halloween Decorations for Outside | Front Yard Halloween Decorating:"

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* "If "Pride and Prejudice" was a podcast:"

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* Dracula: Lucy and Jonathan Parallels: https://www.tumblr.com/vickyvicarious/729285707782389760/with-lucy-gone-now-and-van-helsing-saying-that?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.

* "COVID-19 Tests:" https://www.covid.gov/tests

* Help Adam Frisch beat Lauren Boebert: https://secure.actblue.com/donate/defeatlaurenboebertnowz

* Want to contribute to Gloria Johnson's senate run in Tennessee? https://www.votegloriajohnson.com/

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

* "STOP Moms for "Liberty":" https://www.stopmomsforliberty.com/

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

* "Kenya's Police Killing Epidemic:"

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

* "Prison Labor: Inmates Exploited for Profit:"

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

* "The Truth About the Winchester Mystery House:"

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* "Kirby Vacuums Suck:"

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

* "Harm Reduction:"

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* "The Spy Who Called Me: Alexander Vindman and the Call That Sparked the Russian War on Ukraine:"

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* "What Recent HBCU Bomb Threats Say About the State of Racism in America:"

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* "The Postmodern Horror of TikTok's Encanto Discourse:"

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* "Dumped By Your Accounting Firm? Call Manston & Manston:"

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* ""Fight Club" Isn't The Only Movie China Altered:"

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* "Taboo: White Fragility Edition:"

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* "This Is Why Kanye Is Beefing With Peppa Pig:"

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* Our best reconstruction of what happened was the injury Wednesday caused serious inflammation, which caused bits to pop out again. I iced it and when the Doctors offices opened, i phoned in my symptoms to the surgeon. They ordered me to the emergency room. By the time they'd imaged me my bits had popped in again.

This is likely to keep happening if I'm unlucky or careless until the surgery sorts it. Sigh.

The cats were terrified, poor things. I kept seeing Livia's panicky face popping up over or around furniture to stare at me. Tavy was in the rarest of modes, the Angel Mode. He guarded from a distance for the three hours of the really bad stuff, and once things calmed down, very carefully stepped onto me, avoiding the damaged areas, made pillow biscuits instead of clawing my chest and stomach in hopes of milk, and settled sweetly in for a cuddle nap while I waited for phone time. he didn't hurt me even accidentally once.

I basically needed to spend about 36 hours in bed, only getting up for essentials like food, meds, and hydration. I still need to lie down at random with little warning, but I'm recovering.

* What with various emergencies, disruptions, and most of a month lost to quarantine, we got pretty far behind on myriad things here at the cat asylum. As of Sunday evening, the Head Millennial's pay is sorted, they have caught up on the back log of essential things to keep the household running, and they have gotten things cleared and planted so that the container garden is ready for spring.

They really went above and beyond this week, coming in for short shifts on more days to make sure I was all right during the medical emergency.

I tire easily, and for safety's sake am not bending or lifting, but my shift is considerably more together. I hate this, but I think the time bomb could have gone off at any point in the last couple of years. It just happened to be at the end of a particularly shitty two years medically. Ironically, none of my medical stuff was COVID which is absolutely a miracle of science and kindness on the part of the Millennials. Let us hope things improve and we can avoid further excitement until my surgery slot opens.

* Me explaining on Tumblr why so much Secondary school teaching of history is bad in the US:

The real answer is English Teachers. They hire English teachers to teach Core instead of hiring English Teachers to just teach English and Social studies teachers to teach History in a lot of places in the US school system.

English teachers are not trained how to teach History well; they are trained to teach English. A lot of them don’t like or care about history, so they just teach whatever often ancient text book the underfunded school system hands them in a half assed way.

If you are hiring one teacher to teach both subjects, see, you hire the English teacher because Republican “Back to Basics” school reform is designed to emphasis English and Math and do everything possible to fuck up Social Studies/History and Science teaching because the last thing they want is an educated electorate well versed in things like research, evaluating evidence, analysis, and critical thinking.

They’d abolish both disciplines if they could in public schools. They are actively trying right now with the wave of censorship laws that make it illegal to teach students anything factual about US history. see also the endless attempt to ban evolution being taught and “teach the controversy” bullshit intended to give parity to religious texts in science classes. It’s all part of the same thing.

People who are dual certified in Social studies/History and English are rare and most of those come from an English Literature academic background instead of having a bunch of history degrees like I do. Those of us who really love teaching Middle School History/Social Studies have an extremely hard time getting hired, since we aren’t getting hired for core positions no matter how good we are, which leaves those schools that separate their English and History. My strong academic background in history made me a less attractive and more expensive hire than a mediocre English teacher with no teaching experience for those core jobs.

So there’s the real answer.

English teachers are not the villains here by the way. They need to eat and pay back student loans too. It’s just they are trained to teach English. That’s where their passion is. I’m angry at the policies that fuck over generation after generation of students.

* Me watching Moon Knight: Seriously? He can't get a date? Trust me the leg restraint Would Not Stop Me.

“I'll help you rise from the dead Osiris!!! “

* "Street Photography by Juri Nesterov Documents Ukrainian Life Across Decades:" https://www.thisiscolossal.com/2022/03/juri-nesterov-photographs/

* NWS "The Art of Felix d'Eon:" https://felixdeon.tumblr.com/post/680261091522215936/its-international-transgender-day-of

* I feel this in my Medievalist bones. "Medievalists HATE Him: What Is Your Field's "A World Lit Only By Fire"?:" https://www.thechatner.com/p/medievalists-hate-him-what-is-your?token=eyJ1c2VyX2lkIjoxNjEzMzc4LCJwb3N0X2lkIjo1MTIyOTk0MCwiXyI6InM0WDU5IiwiaWF0IjoxNjQ4NjM0MjIyLCJleHAiOjE2NDg2Mzc4MjIsImlzcyI6InB1Yi01Iiwic3ViIjoicG9zdC1yZWFjdGlvbiJ9.mk8DJTt6FA5iDSw0f-C-pbAezVky025RcFNLr9vQNto&s=r

* "How To Tell If You're In A Folk Horror Film:" https://www.thechatner.com/p/how-to-tell-if-youre-in-a-folk-horror?token=eyJ1c2VyX2lkIjoxNjEzMzc4LCJwb3N0X2lkIjo1MDY5NTQxMSwiXyI6InM0WDU5IiwiaWF0IjoxNjQ4MDAzMzQ1LCJleHAiOjE2NDgwMDY5NDUsImlzcyI6InB1Yi01Iiwic3ViIjoicG9zdC1yZWFjdGlvbiJ9.R6aDIrC99a0TbQfoJhn0rzXmCRdw9XdD51rONo2Yeks&s=r

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

The help links are at the bottom under the cut.

* "These Organizations Accept Donations To Help People in Ukraine:" https://www.snopes.com/news/2022/03/01/where-to-donate-help-ukraine/

* "Russia-Ukraine War: Info and ways to help:" https://ukrainewar.carrd.co/

* "This is where you can donate to support LGBT+ Ukrainians:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2022/02/25/donate-support-lgbt-ukraine/

* "Support OVD-Info:" https://beste-glatisant.tumblr.com/post/677388506851606528/hi-ive-donated-to-the-ukranian-refugees-and-now

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

* "Stop the EARN IT Act to Save Privacy:" https://act.eff.org/action/stop-the-earn-it-act-to-save-our-privacy

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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