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* "Russian mercenaries exploit a war-torn African nation as they lead Putin’s fight in Ukraine:" https://www.nbcnews.com/news/africa/wagner-ukraine-russia-central-african-republic-gold-mine-putin-rcna86392

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* "500 days of the Ukraine war – and scapegoating:" https://www.jewishnews.co.uk/opinion-500-days-of-the-ukraine-war-and-scapegoating/

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* "US judge restricts Biden officials from contact with social media firms:" https://www.reuters.com/legal/judge-blocks-us-officials-communicating-with-social-media-companies-newspaper-2023-07-04/

* "Trump-appointed judge rules against Biden admin in Facebook censorship case:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/trump-appointed-judge-rules-against-biden-admin-in-facebook-censorship-case-186910277802

* It's a high traffic area, and I have my suspicions, but we'll likely never know. "White House cocaine culprit unlikely to be found: Law enforcement official:" https://www.politico.com/news/2023/07/05/white-house-cocaine-culprit-unlikely-to-be-found-law-enforcement-official-00104742

* "The fascinating and storied history of drugs and other substances found at the White House:" https://www.msnbc.com/alex-wagner-tonight/watch/the-fascinating-and-storied-history-of-drugs-and-other-substances-found-at-the-white-house-187093573756

* Thus opening the flood gates for all white juries sentencing black men to death. "Supreme Court backtracked on Black death row inmates’ racial bias claims, liberal justices say:" https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/supreme-court/supreme-court-backtracked-black-death-row-inmates-racial-bias-claims-l-rcna87808

* "Pride Month ends as it began, with LGBTQ+ lives viewed as an imposition:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2023/06/30/supreme-court-gay-rights/

* "Christian bakers’ same-sex wedding cake case to return to the Supreme Court:" https://www.thepinknews.com/2023/07/06/christian-wedding-cake-same-sex-marriage-supreme-court/

* "U.S. job openings dip to 9.8 million but remain high, showing resilience in labor market:" https://apnews.com/article/job-openings-unemployment-economy-recession-f6811dfae03fcb14249a8937425a2838

* "The ‘Great Resignation’ Is Over. Can Workers’ Power Endure?:" https://www.nytimes.com/2023/07/06/business/economy/jobs-great-resignation.html

* "Average long-term US mortgage rate climbs to 6.81% this week to highest level since November:" https://apnews.com/article/mortgage-interest-rates-housing-loans-real-estate-94dd344bf67ded00f56e078a0fdec667

* I have real concerns about over-correction. "Fed sees more rate hikes ahead, but at a slower pace, meeting minutes show:" https://www.cnbc.com/2023/07/05/fed-minutes-july-2023-.html

* "How Warner Bros. Discovery CEO David Zaslav Became Public Enemy Number One in Hollywood:" https://archive.ph/2023.07.03-160323/https://www.gq.com/story/david-zaslav-warner-bros-discovery-ceo-tcm-max

* "Marjorie Taylor Greene booted from House Freedom Caucus :" https://www.politico.com/news/2023/07/06/marjorie-taylor-greene-booted-out-of-freedom-caucus-member-says-00104997

* "Greene's attempt to play both sides of GOP split blows up in her face:" https://www.msnbc.com/alex-wagner-tonight/watch/greene-s-attempt-to-play-both-sides-of-gop-split-blows-up-in-her-face-187093061863

* "Republicans Want to Mandate a Single Style of Architecture in Washington:" https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2023/07/07/trump-conservative-federal-building-architecture-00104985

* "Republican opposition to LGBTQ rights erupts in backlash to Pride Month:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2023/06/30/republicans-pride-month-lgbtq/

Throughout June, many Republicans including presidential hopeful Ron DeSantis have sharply criticized Pride celebrations, and some have resurfaced fights over same-sex marriage

* 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

* "Mondaire Jones, One of the First Black Gay Men in Congress, Seeks to Win Back Seat:" https://www.advocate.com/politics/mondaire-jones-congress-candidacy

* "Trans candidate looks to make history as GOP is mired in anti-woke freak-out:" https://www.msnbc.com/alex-wagner-tonight/watch/trans-candidate-looks-to-make-history-as-gop-is-mired-in-anti-woke-freak-out-187233349700

* "Rep. Lisa Blunt Rochester discusses her historic Senate run:" https://www.msnbc.com/jonathan-capehart/watch/rep-lisa-blunt-rochester-discusses-her-historic-senate-run-187245125982

* "Ex-Twitter leader Jack Dorsey endorses RFK Jr. for president:" https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/4034584-ex-twitter-leader-jack-dorsey-endorses-rfk-jr-for-president/

* "Ron DeSantis bragged about sending help to Iowa — 10 hours after being told it wasn't needed:" https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2024-election/ron-desantis-bragged-sending-help-iowa-10-hours-told-wasnt-needed-rcna92955

* "Ron DeSantis boosts a video that all but calls for eliminating trans people:" https://www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnbc-opinion/ron-desantis-ad-video-trans-lgbtq-rcna92392

They want us all dead. Here. Abroad. They want all of us dead and their aren't going to be exceptions for the L and the G. We're just most vulnerable because so many people made it clear they won't fight for us.

* "DeSantis Posts Deranged Ad Attacking Trump and Pride Month With ‘American Psycho’ Clips:" https://www.mediaite.com/politics/desantis-posts-deranged-ad-attacking-trump-and-pride-month-with-american-psycho-clips/

* "‘Peaky Blinders’ Denounces Homophobic Ron DeSantis Campaign Video: Cillian Murphy Footage Was ‘Obtained Without Permission’ :" https://variety.com/2023/tv/news/peaky-blinders-ron-desantis-campaign-video-1235662106/

* "Ron DeSantis defends video going after Trump on LGBTQ issues: ‘Totally fair game’:" https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2024-election/ron-desantis-defends-video-going-trump-lgbtq-issues-totally-fair-game-rcna92791

* "Ron DeSantis’ pastor says gay people should be “put to death”:" https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2023/06/ron-desantis-pastor-says-gay-people-should-be-put-to-death/

* "Hayes: DeSantis flop is due to 'weird, alienating, hard-right campaign':" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/hayes-desantis-flop-is-due-to-weird-alienating-hard-right-campaign-186905669584

* "Koch Network Raises Over $70 Million for Push to Sink Trump:" https://www.nytimes.com/2023/06/29/us/politics/koch-network-trump-2024.html

* "Trump once said a president under felony indictment would grind the government to a halt and create a constitutional crisis:" https://www.cnn.com/2023/07/03/politics/kfile-trump-president-indictment-halt-government/index.html

* "‘Remarkable’: GOP voters not convinced by Pence's Jan. 6 defense:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/-remarkable-gop-voters-not-convinced-by-pence-s-jan-6-defense-187075141817

* "Why Everyone Hates the Hunter Biden Plea Deal:"

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* "Republicans Target Minority Scholarships After Supreme Court’s Affirmative Action Ruling:" https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-features/supreme-court-affirmative-action-minority-scholarships-republicans-1234783254/

* So very clever. "How Wisconsin’s governor bested the GOP and secured education funding for 400 years:" https://www.vox.com/politics/2023/7/6/23786064/wisconsin-governor-tony-evers-education-funding

* "Wisconsin governor uses clever maneuver to fund schools for four centuries:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/wisconsin-governor-uses-clever-maneuver-to-fund-schools-for-four-centuries-187078725716

* "Pa. House OKs a $45.5 billion spending plan, as Gov. Josh Shapiro plans to veto his own school voucher proposal:" https://www.inquirer.com/politics/pennsylvania/pa-budget-school-vouchers-house-democrats-20230705.html

* "Josh Hawley Quotes White Nationalist Magazine to Celebrate Fourth of July:" https://newrepublic.com/post/174104/josh-hawley-posts-fake-quote-white-nationalist-magazine-fourth-july

* "Why Josh Hawley’s fake historical quote matters:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/maddowblog/josh-hawleys-fake-historical-quote-matters-rcna92604

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* "What a Former Republican Calls “The Conspiracy to End America”:" https://terikanefield.com/what-a-former-republican-calls-the-conspiracy-to-end-america/

* "More Mar-a-Lago search warrant information released in Trump classified docs case:" https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/donald-trump/judge-orders-release-mar-lago-search-warrant-information-trump-classif-rcna92676

* "Justice Department had video of boxes being moved at Mar-a-Lago before FBI search, unredacted document shows:" https://www.cnn.com/2023/07/05/politics/mar-a-lago-unredacted-search-warrant-affidavit/

* "How Long Will Trump Go To Jail?:"

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* "Walt Nauta, Trump aide indicted in classified documents case, pleads not guilty:" https://www.cbsnews.com/news/walt-nauta-pleads-not-guilty-trump-classified-documents-case/

* "Who is Walt Nauta?:" https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/who-is-walt-nauta

* "“Ominous sign”: Legal experts say Jack Smith "closing in" after piercing Trump’s “inner circle”:" https://www.salon.com/2023/07/03/ominous-sign-legal-experts-say-jack-smith-closing-in-after-piercing-trumps-inner-circle/

* "Will be investigated!: Feds probe meeting that spawned Trump's 'will be wild!' tweet:" https://www.msnbc.com/alex-wagner-tonight/watch/will-be-investigated-feds-probe-meeting-that-spawned-trump-s-will-be-wild-tweet-187235909644

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* "New book looks at the cycles of racial progress and white backlash:" https://www.msnbc.com/jonathan-capehart/watch/new-book-looks-at-the-cycles-of-racial-progress-and-white-backlash-187245126001

* "Jan. 6 defendant arrested near Obama's home had guns and 400 rounds of ammunition in his van:" https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/justice-department/jan-6-defendant-arrested-obamas-home-guns-400-rounds-ammunition-van-rcna92094

* "Gun Violence Widely Viewed as a Major – and Growing – National Problem:" https://www.pewresearch.org/politics/2023/06/28/gun-violence-widely-viewed-as-a-major-and-growing-national-problem/

* "At least 17 mass shootings mark Fourth of July holiday weekend, data shows:" https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/least-9-people-child-teen-hurt-dc-shooting-fourth-july-celebrations-rcna92602

* "The wave of mass shootings over the Fourth of July highlights the challenges police face:" https://apnews.com/article/july-fourth-mass-shootings-block-party-e666444a2689210c0535289a2140385b

* "'An absolute crisis': Maryland governor calls on pro-gun states to help curb gun violence:" https://www.msnbc.com/alex-wagner-tonight/watch/-an-absolute-crisis-maryland-governor-calls-on-pro-gun-states-to-help-curb-gun-violence-186935877880

* "3 dead, 8 injured after overnight shooting in Fort Worth:" https://www.cbsnews.com/texas/news/11-people-shot-overnight-in-fort-worth/

* "Philadelphia mass shooting suspect left behind a will, had been acting agitated: DA:" https://6abc.com/philadelphia-mass-shooter-identity-suspect-kimbrady-carriker-shooting-july-2023/13463565/

* "The Far Right Is Already Using the Philadelphia Shooting to Smear Trans People:" https://www.vice.com/en/article/epvpqj/philadelphia-shooting-suspect-far-right-transgender-false-claims

* "9 people, including 2 kids, are shot and wounded in the nation’s capital as violence mars July 4:" https://apnews.com/article/dc-shooting-nine-injured-july-fourth-holiday-b080938aa92551fb9a59991bd057a0dd

* "14-year-old boy dead, 6 wounded in mass shooting at July Fourth block party in Maryland:" https://www.cbsnews.com/news/salisbury-maryland-shooting-teen-dead-6-wounded-july-fourth/

* "Man killed, 2 women shot in apparent July 4 party in Brockton:" https://www.nbcboston.com/news/local/3-shot-one-fatally-in-brockton-overnight/3082611/

* "Shooting leaves 3 dead, 6 wounded at July Fourth celebration in Shreveport, Louisiana:" https://www.cbsnews.com/news/shreveport-july-fourth-mass-shooting/

* "5 wounded overnight in Mattapan shooting; 3 in custody, officials say:" https://www.wcvb.com/article/5-wounded-mattapan-shooting-boston/44439465

* "Prosecutions of ‘Cop City’ protesters take an ominous turn:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-reidout/reidout-blog/cop-city-atlanta-georgia-dekalb-chris-carr-rcna91231

* "What the Fight Over Atlanta’s ‘Cop City’ Reveals About Policing of Protests :" https://www.themarshallproject.org/2023/06/24/atlanta-cop-city-protest-police

* "He Tried to Save a Friend. They Charged Him With Murder.:" https://www.nytimes.com/2023/06/25/us/fentanyl-murder-charge.html

* "Texas Sets New Hate Crimes Record, DPS Data Show:" https://www.texasobserver.org/texas-sets-new-hate-crimes-record-dps-data-show/

* "National organization pulls conference out of Florida because of DeSantis' attacks on DEI:" https://www.tallahassee.com/story/news/local/state/2023/07/07/black-engineers-move-conference-from-florida-amid-desantis-dei-attacks/70391967007/

* "Fascist Moms for Liberty Convention in Philadelphia Leads to the Arrests of 6 Protesters:" https://jezebel.com/fascist-moms-for-liberty-convention-in-philadelphia-lea-1850601715

* "Moms for Liberty's media training session was a warning to the press:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-reidout/reidout-blog/moms-for-liberty-conference-philadelphia-rcna92430

* "Moms for Liberty activist wants LGBTQ students separated into special classes:" https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2022/08/moms-liberty-activist-wants-lgbtq-students-separated-special-classes/

The openly fascist pro-censorship group is now pushing for the segregation of queer students in particularly ablest ways. That echo the sort of anti-trans laws the fascist Republicans are pushing.

I am using fascism as an accurate description, not a slur here.

* "How the ideology of Moms for Liberty is transforming my school district:" https://www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnbc-opinion/trump-loves-moms-for-liberty-and-pennsylvania-lgbtq-rcna91919

* "GOP censorship spreads as more education bans take hold:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-reidout/reidout-blog/july-1-book-bans-florida-rcna92420

* "Judge blocks a Florida law that would punish venues where kids can see drag shows:" https://www.npr.org/2023/06/27/1184561373/hamburger-marys-orlando-anti-drag-law-blocked-florida

* "GOP censorship spreads as more education bans take hold:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-reidout/reidout-blog/july-1-book-bans-florida-rcna92420

* "Oklahoma Bill Would Allow Removal of ANY Books That Contain Sex From Libraries, Right Down To Your Regency Faves:" https://www.themarysue.com/oklahoma-bill-would-allow-removal-of-any-books-that-contain-sex-from-libraries/

* "Viola Ford Fletcher, oldest living Tulsa Race Massacre victim, publishes memoir:" https://apnews.com/article/viola-fletcher-book-memoir-tulsa-race-massacre-0042fdce69750104e9dd6aef69f63de0

* "Oklahoma Superintendent Brazenly Claims Tulsa Race Massacre Was Not About Race:" https://newrepublic.com/post/174168/oklahoma-superintendent-brazenly-claims-tulsa-race-massacre-not-race

* "School administrator struggles to apply GOP anti-woke absurdity to factual history:" https://www.msnbc.com/alex-wagner-tonight/watch/school-administrator-struggles-to-apply-gop-anti-woke-absurdity-to-factual-history-187234374002

* "Florida school district considers ban on Billie Jean King biography after one parent complained:" https://www.thepinknews.com/2023/07/03/billie-jean-king-childrens-book-florida-school-ban/

* "Words Are Messy | A History:"

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* CW: Sexual Misconduct. "Tory MP Chris Pincher faces suspension after damning report on ‘egregious sexual misconduct’:" https://www.thepinknews.com/2023/07/06/chris-pincher-parliament-boris-johnson/

* CW: Rape. "The Weight of Water: Women Mariners Abused at Sea Are Finally Breaking Their Silence:" https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2023/06/the-weight-of-water-women-mariners-abused-at-sea-are-finally-breaking-their-silence/

* CW: Sexual Assault. "Kevin Spacey accused of coming out as a gay to ‘disguise’ behaviour, as trial continues:" https://www.thepinknews.com/2023/07/07/kevin-spacey-trial-coming-out-disguise/

* "Yes, They Are Coming for Your Birth Control:" https://www.elle.com/culture/career-politics/a44290204/birth-control-laws-abortion-2023/

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* "This Zombie Law Could Threaten Abortion Access Nationwide: The GOP’s 2024 candidates don’t want to talk about it, but anti-abortion activists see it as a way to further restrict women's reproductive rights:" https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-features/comstock-act-threaten-abortion-access-1234781080/

* "Wisconsin judge: Lawsuit to repeal abortion ban can continue:" https://apnews.com/article/abortion-wisconsin-ban-challenge-lawsuit-866eed85d2918113bfe644459e62171a

* Ohioans, don't sleep on this!!! "Ohio abortion rights groups submit signatures for ballot measure:" https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2024-election/ohio-abortion-rights-groups-submit-signatures-ballot-measure-rcna92627

* "Ohio voters scramble to protect abortion rights as GOP legislature invents new obstacles:" https://www.msnbc.com/alex-wagner-tonight/watch/ohio-voters-scramble-to-protect-abortion-rights-as-gop-legislature-invents-new-obstacles-186931781831

* "Iowa Republicans release information on proposed abortion bill:" https://www.kcci.com/article/iowa-republicans-propose-new-bill-on-abortion/44478342

* "Mother charged in Northeast Nebraska illegal abortion case pleads guilty:" https://www.ktiv.com/2023/07/07/mother-charged-northeast-nebraska-illegal-abortion-case-pleads-guilty/

* "Nearly 10,000 more babies born in nine months under Texas’ restrictive abortion law, study finds:" https://www.texastribune.org/2023/06/30/texas-abortion-johns-hopkins-study/

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* "Average age of gender dysphoria diagnosis falls from 31 to 26, study finds:" https://www.thepinknews.com/2023/06/29/gender-dysphoria-diagnosis-trans-research/

* "Vast majority of trans people have experienced negativity at work in past 12 months:" https://www.thepinknews.com/2023/07/06/trans-gender-non-conforming-work-inclusion/

* "Why are so many young people lgbtq+?:"

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* CW: CSA. "Anne Heche: When Community Doesn't Show Up:"

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* "Iraq bill calling for homosexuality ban submitted to parliament:" https://www.thepinknews.com/2023/07/04/iraq-homosexuality-bill-ban/

* "Man destroys tribute to 18-year-old trans girl during candlelit vigil after death in Serbia:" https://www.thepinknews.com/2023/07/07/belgrade-monument-dedicated-trans-teen/

* "Nepal ordered to recognise same-sex marriage by Supreme Court:" https://www.thepinknews.com/2023/06/30/nepal-supreme-court-same-sex-marriage/

* "Greece PM vows to legalise same-sex marriage: ‘Society is much more ready’:" https://www.thepinknews.com/2023/07/08/greece-same-sex-marriage-kyriakos-mitsotakis/

* "Singapore hosts first LGBTQ+ rally since decriminalisation of gay sex: ‘Everyone should stand in the sun’:" https://www.thepinknews.com/2023/06/26/singapore-lgbtq-rally-gay-sex-decriminalised/

* "Hundreds march in solidarity with Cork library staff after vile abuse over LGBTQ+ books:" https://www.thepinknews.com/2023/07/08/cork-library-staff-march-lgbtq-books-abuse/

* "Rwandans explain what life is like for queer community: ‘Why would the UK send LGBTQ+ people here?’:" https://www.thepinknews.com/2023/06/30/rwanda-lgbtq-gay-suella-braverman/

* "Record number of Brits support same-sex marriage, 10 years after historic vote:" https://www.thepinknews.com/2023/07/03/same-sex-marriage-support-record-yougov-uk/

* "UK government holding Wales back on LGBTQ+ rights, says Plaid Cymru politician:" https://www.thepinknews.com/2023/07/06/wales-sioned-williams-pinknews-summer-reception/

* "Young trans people invited to parliament to discuss ‘growing transphobia of Rishi Sunak’s government’:" https://www.thepinknews.com/2023/07/05/young-trans-people-parliament-nadia-whittome/

* "Suella Braverman condemned for latest anti-trans attack in House of Commons:" https://www.thepinknews.com/2023/07/04/suella-braverman-house-of-commons-transphobia/

* "Tory MP Liam Fox’s anti-trans newsletter sparks constituent fury: ‘Why does he need to vilify us?’:" https://www.thepinknews.com/2023/07/04/liam-fox-north-somerset-anti-trans-newsletter/

* "Rosie Duffield constituents and ‘older feminists’ urge MP to stop attacking trans people:" https://www.thepinknews.com/2023/07/08/rosie-duffield-canterbury-constituents-trans/

* "Labour MP tables bill allowing Church of England to perform same-sex marriages:" https://www.thepinknews.com/2023/07/06/church-of-england-same-sex-marriage-bill/

* "Author ‘beyond angry’ as London children’s museum removes trans and queer books:" https://www.thepinknews.com/2023/07/04/rowan-ellis-young-va-lgbtq-trans/

* "Police investigate hate crime after cyclist abuses two men on a picnic date in Birmingham:" https://www.thepinknews.com/2023/07/03/birmingham-hate-crime-gay-men-picnic-date/

* "Anti-trans campaigners are reporting a trans mum to the NSPCC because she breastfed her baby:" https://www.thepinknews.com/2023/07/06/trans-mother-breastfeeding-nspcc/

* "Huge list of feminists, MPs and activists sign open letter in support of trans mum, cruelly attacked for breastfeeding baby:" https://www.thepinknews.com/2023/07/08/mika-minio-paluello-letter-solidarity-trans-mother-abuse/

* "‘Furious’ parents protest against LGBTQ-inclusive education outside Manchester school:" https://www.thepinknews.com/2023/07/07/manchester-school-lgbtq-protest-sex-education/

* "LGB Alliance retains charity status on technicality, but that doesn’t mean it won:" https://www.thepinknews.com/2023/07/06/lgb-alliance-charity-status-ruling-anti-trans-history/

* "SNP’s John Nicolson questions ‘disturbing’ decision on LGB Alliance charity status:" https://www.thepinknews.com/2023/07/08/john-nicolson-lgb-alliance-charity-status/

* "Pride in London: Protesters target government, polluters and dictators:" https://www.thepinknews.com/2023/07/02/pride-in-london-protesters-just-stop-oil-uganda-heartstopper/

* "London Trans+ Pride wants trans people to know they are valid ‘as all hell’:" https://www.thepinknews.com/2023/07/07/trans-pride-london-2023-valid-as-hell/

* "Thousands march for trans freedom and equality at London’s Trans+ Pride:" https://www.thepinknews.com/2023/07/08/london-trans-pride-2023-march/

* "Munroe Bergdorf slams Tories for ‘inducing a moral panic’ over trans rights at London Trans+ Pride:" https://www.thepinknews.com/2023/07/08/munroe-bergdorf-london-trans-pride-tory-government-moral-panic/

* "The most joyful, hilarious and powerful placards at Trans+ Pride in London:" https://www.thepinknews.com/2023/07/08/trans-pride-in-london-best-placards-signs/

* "Anti-trans youths shoot BB gun at group celebrating Bristol Trans Pride picnic:" https://www.thepinknews.com/2023/07/03/bristol-trans-pride-south-west-bb-guns/

* "Navajo Nation lawmaker introduces bill to legalise same-sex marriage:" https://www.thepinknews.com/2023/07/06/navajo-nation-same-sex-marriage/

* "North Carolina governor vetoes ‘triple threat’ of three anti-LGBTQ+ bills targeting young people:" https://www.thepinknews.com/2023/07/06/north-carolina-governor-vetoes-three-anti-lgbtq-bills/

* "Louisiana governor vetoes state ban on trans healthcare passed on ‘propaganda and misinformation’:" https://www.thepinknews.com/2023/07/04/louisiana-governor-john-bel-edwards-trans-healthcare-ban/

* "'Gay Panic' Defense Ban Back on Track in New Hampshire:" https://www.advocate.com/law/new-hampshire-gay-panic-defense

* "Tell Me There Isn’t a Witch Hunt in Tennessee:" https://www.nytimes.com/2023/07/03/opinion/tennessee-trans-lgbtq-health-records-vanderbilt.html?unlocked_article_code=Q_yV7BcVoYQNU1_OaxWNny0Z1zqJoEoJ5gxSQ3rkeL8OL_ND9zFNoiwu_Sksrd7ce5VSZZafLIglDXzjxg0acq0tbBMKAOY4eLCDRvRbAypZMSVzWWr9mTsS0dvF-GisUDQlYIALMtaOmLiOQhzejmaBlmkK1qRaA9tFdiMGXFd3xwymCmQMDUBWa_cAh4n0nG8lce7QyB4KmVtx7kYUGv6JU80HMBVQ_GiAASIilmo8IH9YDpcuvp159opgSlzt2bauUjbiS6BFnUBGwrfuZ8CC2hAv1yZZW1OSKljSjyWjeLgWZHfcrTb-6MVhkwLj4o9A43vaJSevbQINZh0Scf8wUhfpRmn9r8OUbnKPzPVz8PL2MvpjIM8q&smid=url-share

* "LGBTQ+ resources removed from state website after right-wing media pressure: ‘Craven and politically motivated’:" https://www.thepinknews.com/2023/07/08/virginia-governor-glenn-youngkin-lgbtq-youth-services-remove-website/

* "New TN law requires the gender on your state ID match the gender on your birth certificate:" https://www.newschannel5.com/news/new-tn-law-requires-the-gender-on-your-state-id-match-the-gender-on-your-birth-certificate

* "Kansas to force trans people to reverse gender markers on birth certificates and driving licences:" https://www.thepinknews.com/2023/06/28/kansas-trans-law-birth-certificates-driving-licenses/

* "‘Fundamental right’: Judges rule against health care bans for trans youth:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/-fundamental-right-judges-rule-against-health-care-bans-for-trans-youth-1872103096436

* "Trans teenager found dead after going on a date in North Carolina:" https://www.thepinknews.com/2023/07/07/trans-teenager-north-carolina-death/

* "Salt Like City police investigating series of LGBTQ+ flag burnings in homophobic attacks:" https://www.thepinknews.com/2023/07/05/salt-like-city-pride-flags-burned/

* CW: Child Abuse, Suicide, All the Things. "He’s The Trans Son Of An Anti-Trans Influencer. It’s His Turn To Speak.:" https://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/trans-son-of-anti-trans-influencer-tania-joy-gibson-speaks-out_n_649d7449e4b028e6472f1700

* "Right-wingers launch attack on clothes store over Instagram post with a bearded TikToker in a dress:" https://www.thepinknews.com/2023/07/05/son-de-flor-instagram-attacks/

* "Dylan Mulvaney Says Bud Light Hung Her Out to Dry in Textbook Case of Rainbow Capitalism:" https://jezebel.com/dylan-mulvaney-says-bud-light-hung-her-out-to-dry-in-te-1850595839

* "Two more malaria cases confirmed in Sarasota County:" https://www.mysuncoast.com/2023/07/06/two-more-malaria-cases-confirmed-sarasota-county/

* "Florida suffers consequences of DeSantis political games with public health:" https://www.msnbc.com/alex-wagner-tonight/watch/florida-suffers-consequences-of-desantis-political-games-with-public-health-187095621577

* Never forget that Antivaxxers have killed children with their lies before in Samoa 80ish miles to the west recently. "Measles outbreak in American Samoa declared public health emergency:" https://abcnews.go.com/Health/measles-outbreak-american-samoa-declared-public-health-emergency/story?id=98826831

* "New Clues to an Old Mystery: Recent Gains in Endometriosis:" https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/993862#:~:text=A%20class%20of%20chemicals%20known%20as%20endocrine%20disruptors,of%20harmful%20to%20beneficial%20bacteria%20in%20their%20gu

* "America’s Most Popular Drug Has a Puzzling Side Effect. We Finally Know Why.:" https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2023/06/the-gene-that-explains-statins-most-puzzling-side-effect/674542/

* "What is perseveration?:" https://www.understood.org/en/articles/perseveration-adhd-and-learning-differences

* "People with dementia are still able to learn new things, study finds:" https://newatlas.com/health-wellbeing/people-with-dementia-can-learn-new-things/

* CW: Suicide. "An Elite School, a Boy’s Suicide and a Question of Blame:" https://www.nytimes.com/2023/07/02/nyregion/saint-anns-suicide.html?unlocked_article_code=JkLx66fpxRpJvaDGTnGy9a9EChYYB6H-SUsDI73l3NrUj2RkUyqgKEvlNcRX8se9XGMuYeBZx_nJhW-1vQyAyaiM7_LsvzwzNjBGJqtQ2fl3xdBB8Z5AnV-dofUhB8LjE9VLZcY1VmKHhT5Frw7lgvmRX9bwC0NA-hT0wIaAc3rfMH3Wu5vKlXwBJqtWW85mcEbF0YvjZC_-LfiyXDoLIRq9Ue4xPYCdtGJglpki7hcwivlq8ARaJYB-KD37lp5exQ4GfF0AdxAkSQ8ZSfa0kKIQAp-XyEYSJK9K-oNJq1fFQeLRG-4qI7Wur9R86ogOjvZUfBJKNf_RKvD9aQ&smid=url-share

* "Inside the Secretive World of Penile Enlargement :" https://www.propublica.org/article/penis-enlargement-enhancement-procedures-implants

* "WHO's cancer research agency to say aspartame sweetener a possible carcinogen:" https://www.reuters.com/business/healthcare-pharmaceuticals/whos-cancer-research-agency-say-aspartame-sweetener-possible-carcinogen-sources-2023-06-29/

* "Queer Cambridge professor on why a lack of diversity is ‘unhealthy for science’:" https://www.thepinknews.com/2023/06/29/cambridge-professor-queer-diversity-stem/

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* "Earth just set a heat record. It won't be its last.:" https://www.nationalgeographic.com/science/article/earth-record-heat-climate-change-prehistory

“This is the coldest summer of the rest of your life.”

* "Earth reaches hottest day ever recorded 3 days in a row:" https://abcnews.go.com/US/4th-july-breaks-record-highest-temperature-measured/story?id=100702850

* "World records its hottest days ever this week:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/world-records-its-hottest-days-ever-this-week-186912325902

* Before you say no duh, remember that we need studies like this to quantify things for planning, government policy, and court cases, and also to help convince people who's minds aren't already made up "Extreme heat 'disproportionately' impacts people with disabilities, report says:" https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/extreme-heat-disproportionately-impacts-people-with-disabilities-report-2023-06-26/

I know I struggle to breath in heat like this, and hypoxia kills, especially when cars are involved.

Please remember many medications and medical conditions can make you extra susebtable to heat or direct sunlight. I was reminded that SSRIs are a super common one. Please be extra careful out there if this applies to you.

* "Mexico acknowledges 112 heat-related deaths so far this year, almost triple the figures in 2022:" https://www.news4jax.com/health/2023/06/29/mexico-acknowledges-112-heat-related-deaths-so-far-this-year-almost-triple-the-figures-in-2022/

* "A 65-year-old man is found dead in Death Valley National Park after apparent extreme heat death:" https://www.cnn.com/2023/07/06/us/death-valley-national-park-heat-death-california/index.html

* "‘Literally off the charts’: Canada’s fire season sets records — and is far from over :" https://www.politico.com/news/2023/07/06/canada-fire-season-00104959

* "Wildfire in WA near Columbia River Gorge grows slowly, still at 5% containment :" https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/wildfire-in-wa-near-columbia-river-gorge-grows-slowly-still-at-5-containment/

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* "Restaurants in New Orleans are recycling oyster shells to save precious coastline:" https://www.pbs.org/newshour/nation/how-louisiana-turns-discarded-oyster-shells-into-restored-coastline

* "What Media Leaves Below Decks:" https://popula.com/2023/06/27/what-media-leaves-below-decks/

* CW: Harassment. "More than 50 percent of Americans report facing online harassment, hate: survey :" https://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/4071697-more-than-50-percent-of-americans-report-facing-online-harassment/

* "What does Twitter 'rate limit exceeded' mean for users?:" https://www.reuters.com/technology/what-does-twitter-rate-limit-exceeded-mean-users-2023-07-03/

* "Elon Musk Really Broke Twitter This Time:" https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2023/07/twitter-outage-elon-musk-user-restrictions/674609/

* "Twitter's threat to the 2024 election is coming from inside the house:" https://www.publicnotice.co/p/elon-musk-empowers-twitter-misinformation

* "Elon Musk’s Twitter Threatens to Sue Meta Over Threads, Alleging Meta Hired ‘Dozens’ of Twitter Employees to Launch Copycat App; Meta Disputes Claim:" https://variety.com/2023/digital/news/elon-musk-twitter-legal-threat-meta-instagram-threads-1235663115/

* "Far-right figures, including Nazi supporters, anti-gay extremists, and white supremacists, are flocking to Threads:" https://www.mediamatters.org/facebook/far-right-figures-including-nazi-supporters-anti-gay-extremists-and-white-supremacists-are

* "Quitting Twitter? Here Are Six Alternatives, From Threads to Bluesky and Spill:" https://variety.com/2023/digital/news/twitter-alternatives-bluesky-spill-instagram-threads-1235660707/

* "Spill Is a New Black-Owned Twitter Alternative. Here’s What to Know About the App:" https://time.com/6292622/spill-app-twitter-alternative/

* "Rats sense the wind with antennae-like whiskers above their eyes:" https://www.sciencenews.org/article/rats-wind-antennae-whiskers-eyes

* "The horrors of Pompeii:" https://aeon.co/essays/what-pompeiis-ruins-say-about-its-enslaved-prostituted-women

* "What's the Deal with 18th Century Wigs? (and why Bridgerton really messed this up):"

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* "Celebrating the life and loves of Frida Kahlo, Mexico’s most famous bisexual and a global icon:" https://www.thepinknews.com/2023/07/06/frida-kahlo-birthday-bisexual-artist/

* "‘The meanest, dirtiest, low-down stuff’: Republican complaints about election integrity that actually hide a more nefarious goal are not unknown in U.S. history.:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/rachel-maddow-presents-deja-news/episode-3-meanest-dirtiest-low-stuff-rcna91078

* "A Short History of Everyone Who Confirmed Reagan’s October Surprise Before the New York Times:" https://theintercept.com/2023/03/24/october-surprise-ben-barnes/

* "Ballroom History: The 1960s, Paris is Burning, and Today:"

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* "Spain's Falleras Bring Historic Opulence to Life:" https://www.nationalgeographic.com/culture/article/falleras-tradition-parade-costume-spain-culture

* "What Even Is "Good" Queer TV?:"

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* "Preacher calls for ‘holy judgement’ on Barbie movie for being ‘full of transgender and homosexuality’:" https://www.thepinknews.com/2023/07/03/barbie-lgbtq-kent-christmas-holy-judgement/

* "How Kids actually Played:" https://www.youtube.com/shorts/Er-8fEbozNg

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

The help links are at the bottom under the cut.

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

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

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

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

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* "Sri Lankan protesters demand justice for 2019 Easter attacks:" https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/news/nation-world/story/2022-04-17/sri-lankan-protesters-demand-justice-for-2019-attack-victims

* "Sri Lanka president expands cabinet amid economic crisis protests:" https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2022/4/18/sri-lanka-president-expands-cabinet-amid-economic-crisis-protests

* "LGBT+ Rwandans face bogus arrests and violent abuse in terrifying detention centre:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2022/04/15/rwanda-lgbt-rights-tom-pursglove/

This is where the Tories want to illegally deport queer refugees.

“The plan “will result in genuine gay refugees being deported to death. Rwanda’s human rights record includes forced disappearances and killings, and even today’s UK [Foreign Office] travel advice warns LGBT+ travelers of state-sanctioned abuse and discrimination,” Chelvan said.“

* "With war next door, Moldova faces a dilemma as Eastern Europe's most vulnerable state:" https://www.npr.org/2022/04/15/1091998660/ukraine-russia-war-moldova-security-transdniester

* "Russians Are Fleeing to the Country Putin Invaded Before Ukraine:"

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* "2 months after Brittney Griner’s arrest, mystery surrounds her case:" https://www.politico.com/news/2022/04/21/brittney-griner-arrest-russia-00027045

* "Brazilian president puts records of Moscow trip under seal for five years:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/brazilian-president-puts-records-of-moscow-trip-under-seal-for-five-years-138200133889

* "Poland builds a border wall, even as it welcomes Ukrainian refugees:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2022/04/13/poland-refugees-wall-belarus/

* "Europe fears possible Le Pen presidency in France as a threat from within:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2022/04/19/marine-le-pen-russia-nato/

* "Macron and Le Pen go head-to-head in French presidential debate:" https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/apr/20/macron-and-le-pen-go-head-to-head-in-french-presidential-debate

* "A Marine Le Pen presidency would be a dark, chilling time for LGBT+ rights:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2022/04/21/france-election-emmanuel-macron-marine-le-pen-lgbt/

* "Why Hong Kong’s prisoners of conscience deserve the Nobel Peace Prize:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2022/04/19/imprisoned-hong-kong-activists-deserve-nobel-prize/

* "The Maroons New Chief Richard Currie Says No Mining in Cockpit Country:" https://www.caribbeannationalweekly.com/caribbean-breaking-news-featured/the-maroons-new-chief-richard-currie-says-no-mining-in-cockpit-country/

* "This burning train is a symbol of the anger of India's out-of-work youth:" https://www.npr.org/sections/goatsandsoda/2022/03/16/1084139074/this-burning-train-is-a-symbol-of-the-anger-of-indias-out-of-work-youth

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* "This powerful Covid-19 mitigation measure is invisible:" https://www.cnn.com/2022/04/10/health/covid-19-ventilation-matters-wellness/index.html

I hope we get to keep good ventilation built into new architectural designs post pandemic. It will be so much better for everyone health wise. I fucking hated when they started doing things like no windows that open. I hate that windowless dorm design that is being pushed in California. We need good ventilation/filtration fans and lots of openable windows.

* "How long covid is accelerating a revolution in medical research:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/2022/04/03/long-covid-research/

* "FDA authorizes first Covid-19 breath test:" https://www.cnn.com/2022/04/14/health/covid-breath-test/index.html

* "Shanghai’s covid siege: Food shortages, talking robots, starving animals:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/interactive/2022/china-shanghai-covid-lockdown-food-shortage/

* "It's not over: COVID-19 cases are on the rise again in US:" https://apnews.com/article/covid-science-health-infectious-diseases-4b298e5339d399572e8f70bec118bde0

* "TSA won't enforce mask mandate for travel, following Florida ruling:" https://www.politico.com/news/2022/04/18/judge-strikes-cdc-mask-mandate-travel-00025900

The judge's ruling is full of lies about face masks propagated by right wing disinformation sites.

* "Trump judge's override of CDC on masks raises concerns for future public health measures:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/trump-judge-s-override-of-cdc-on-masks-raises-concerns-for-future-public-health-measures-138106437550

* "Dr. Gupta: You should still wear a mask on public transportation as of now:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/dr-gupta-you-should-still-wear-a-mask-on-public-transportation-as-of-now-138090565774

* "Trump-appointed judge voiding travel mask mandate raises danger of Covid surge experts say:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-reidout/watch/trump-appointed-judge-s-ruling-voiding-mask-mandate-on-planes-analyzed-by-experts-138095685652

* "Justice Dept. to appeal order voiding travel mask mandate:" https://apnews.com/article/health-travel-florida-public-centers-for-disease-control-and-prevention-918c37c5fc5e250f84f4f6cbf77bbcec

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* "Liberation Without Victory:" https://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2022/04/zelensky-kyiv-russia-war-ukrainian-survival-interview/629570/

* "Zelensky says world should be prepared for possibility Putin could use nuclear weapons:" https://www.cnn.com/2022/04/15/politics/tapper-zelensky-interview-cnntv/index.html

* "Russia's Chernobyl seizure seen as nuclear risk 'nightmare':" https://apnews.com/article/russia-ukraine-business-health-europe-accidents-edcd5bc0e6bde3cbf6d7300bebc9343f

* "Heedless Russian military risks catastrophe with Ukraine nuclear plants:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/heedless-russian-military-risks-catastrophe-with-ukraine-nuclear-plants-138199621509

* "Greece impounds Russian tanker as part of EU sanctions against Russia:" https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/greece-seizes-russian-tanker-part-eu-sanctions-2022-04-19/

* "Yellen, Ukraine official walk out of Russia's G-20 remarks:" https://apnews.com/article/russia-ukraine-business-europe-janet-yellen-g-20-summit-92c835b394325bae670e3d37d36594ec

* "Pentagon Press Sec. Kirby: We want Ukrainian sovereignty to be respected by Russia:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-reidout/watch/russian-forces-appearing-to-control-key-city-of-mariupol-ukraine-discussed-by-pentagon-press-sec-john-kirby-138278981688

* "Biden announces heavy artillery, other weapons for Ukraine:" https://apnews.com/article/russia-ukraine-war-biden-announces-new-military-aid-e78a7db76215a84f86586bb56122cd04

* "U.S. to start training Ukrainians on howitzers in coming days:" https://www.reuters.com/world/us-set-start-training-ukrainians-howitzers-coming-days-official-2022-04-18/

* "Explosions reported near Kyiv and Lviv; Mariupol’s fate in balance:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2022/04/16/russia-ukraine-war-news-putin-live-updates/

* "Lviv sees first wartime deaths amid strikes, Ukrainian officials say:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2022/04/18/lviv-missile-strikes-ukraine-russia-war/

* "“I’m done talking”: Nance on fighting in Ukraine with International Legion of Territorial Defense:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-reidout/watch/ukraine-s-fight-against-russia-joined-by-malcolm-nance-of-international-legion-of-territorial-defense-of-ukraine-137997381811

* "Ukrainians defy Russian surrender demand in Mariupol on 'Easter of war':" https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/russia-tells-ukrainian-troops-mariupol-lay-down-arms-0300-gmt-2022-04-17/

* "Odessa is Putin’s next target. It desperately needs our help.:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2022/03/17/odessa-putin-next-target-needs-help/

* "What life is like in the Ukrainian city of Mykolaiv:" https://www.npr.org/2022/04/16/1093212488/what-life-is-like-in-the-ukrainian-city-of-mykolaiv

* "Residents of a devastated Chernihiv ponder their future after a Russian siege ends:" https://www.npr.org/2022/04/13/1092407304/chernihiv-ukraine-russia-siege

* "Minesweeping dog helps clear Russian explosives:" https://www.bbc.com/news/av/world-europe-61099213

* "Charred houses, cratered lawns and an epic clean-up on road to Chernihiv:" https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/apr/18/chernihiv-ukrainians-territory-russia-occupation-kyiv

* "‘After Bucha, I’m afraid of Russian soldiers’: people in east Ukraine prepare for fresh assault:" https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/apr/17/after-bucha-im-afraid-of-russian-soldiers-people-in-east-ukraine-prepare-for-fresh-assault

* "‘Very similar’: fears gateway city to Donbas will become another Bucha:" https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/apr/18/bucha-izyum-fears-gateway-city-donbas-russia-ukraine

* "‘Thank You for Not Killing Us’:" https://www.nytimes.com/2022/04/15/world/europe/ukraine-russia-occupation.html

* "Former NATO Supreme Allied Commander on Ukraine: ‘This is a genocide’:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-reidout/watch/vladimir-putin-s-invasion-of-ukraine-and-the-battle-over-the-donbas-analyzed-by-experts-138095173603

* "Another Russian General Has Been Killed In Ukraine:" https://www.forbes.com/sites/lisakim/2022/04/16/another-russian-general-has-been-killed-in-ukraine/?sh=2f162abb3d41

* "Ukraine’s past and present intertwine as a war historian seeks refuge:" https://www.reuters.com/investigates/special-report/ukraine-crisis-refugee-history/

* ""Where Should I Go?" Ukrainian Refugees Try to Find Their Way in Poland:" https://time.com/6167995/poland-ukraine-refugees/

* "Thousands Detained At Anti-War Protests Across Russia:" https://www.rferl.org/a/russia-1000-protesters-arrested-ukraine-invasion/31738786.html

* "Meet the activists who projected a giant Ukrainian flag on Russia's Embassy in D.C.:" https://www.npr.org/2022/04/14/1092966576/ukraine-flag-projected-lights-protest-russian-embassy-washington-dc

* " History Summarized: Ukraine :"

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* "Russia’s ‘Satan 2’ missile changes little for U.S., scholars say:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2022/04/20/satan-2-icbm/

* "US Army using lessons from Ukraine war to aid own training:" https://apnews.com/article/russia-ukraine-war-us-army-training-54e76eba46f9bf79542dd3f872456e67

* "'Eliminationist rhetoric,' a fascist tool, gains alarming foothold in Trump-era politics :" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/-eliminationist-rhetoric-a-fascist-tool-gains-alarming-foothold-in-trump-era-politics-138007621574

* "How Coups Are Derailing the US War on Terror in Africa:"

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* "How Democracies Spy on Their Citizens:" https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2022/04/25/how-democracies-spy-on-their-citizens

* "Top Democrats call for investigation into Jared Kushner’s $2 billion investment from Saudi Arabia:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-reidout/watch/jared-kushner-s-two-billion-dollar-investment-from-saudi-arabia-sparks-calls-for-criminal-investigation-138189381539

* "Secret Service fatally shoots man at Peruvian ambassador’s home:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2022/04/20/secret-service-shooting-peruvian-embassy/

* "This Is What Happens When Globalization Breaks Down:" https://www.nytimes.com/2022/03/31/business/supply-chain-small-business.html

* "Biden administration announces it will resume onshore oil and gas lease sales with higher royalty rate:" https://www.cnn.com/2022/04/15/politics/biden-interior-oil-and-gas/index.html

* How high was the court when they made this decision? "High Court upholds excluding Puerto Ricans from aid for disabled and blind:" https://www.npr.org/2022/04/21/1094128297/high-court-upholds-excluding-puerto-ricans-from-aid-for-disabled-and-blind

* "The Supreme Court is broken. So is the system that confirms its justices.:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2022/04/08/supreme-court-broken-jackson-kagan-bork/

* "The Dark-Money Group Targeting Dozens of Biden Nominees:" https://www.newyorker.com/news/a-reporter-at-large/the-slime-machine-targeting-dozens-of-biden-nominees

* "Republican smear operation exposed in new report:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/republican-smear-operation-exposed-in-new-report-138009157552

* "States scale back food stamp benefits even as prices soar:" https://apnews.com/article/covid-health-nebraska-iowa-des-moines-4ff5e0d51f61e6704f44dfc31279376a

* "How Your Shadow Credit Score Could Decide Whether You Get an Apartment:" https://www.propublica.org/article/how-your-shadow-credit-score-could-decide-whether-you-get-an-apartment

* "Bellingham renters grapple with health, safety risks:" https://www.cascadiadaily.com/news/2022/apr/13/bellingham-renters-grapple-with-health-safety-risks/

You know the terribly landlords I've had? I've rented from both of these. Landmark is the one that:

1. Tried to double cash my rent check, then charge me late and return fees because i didn't have enough money in my account to pay a second rent I didn't actually owe them on the grounds that "Once you give us a check there is no law stopping us from cashing it as often as we want. Luckily my bank was willing to fight them tooth and nail and in the end they had to pay my bank fees also. (Seriously I still do not understand how this is legal.)

2. Fought us over every repair then took our deposit because we had not paid an outside contractor to fix things like plumbing.

3. Never changed carpets on any units between tenets. They were nasty, torn, stained, and moldy. We noted this on move in sheets. They charged us to replace the carpets when we left, then didn't change them so they could pull the scam on the next tenets, which i discovered when i went to get a mis-delivered package from the second rental we had from them.

4. Black mold constantly bloomed on the walls, carpeting and ceiling.

5. The stairs were rotting wood and shaky. One day the railing came off in my hand. They reluctantly replaced it with naked, uncured wood. No weather coating or paint or shellac, just pine bits they bought at some hardware store. the same happened when my leg went through a rotted stair board.

6. a neighbor kid fell on some of the rusted rebar they had sticking up randomly in the front yard. A slightly different fall would have pierced something vital. They not only refused to pay medical bills, they refused to remove the rebar. Every time I tottered down the railing-less cement stairs where the kid fell I would look at the foot high rebar spike and wonder if my eye or neck or heart would be next.

7. The floor was spongy in the entry way when we moved in, something we expressed concern about and noted on the move in form. They said it was normal and nothing was wrong with it. The ceiling in the front wall leaked at that same second and last rental. We reported it and the electrical danger it was posing as the stair light out front was wired through it and it was a lot of water. This was because they improperly installed the balcony above, compromising the wall and ceiling. They insisted this was our responsibility to pay to fix even though it was preexisting and clearly nothing to do with us. They refused to fix it and threatened to charge us for it if we didn't fix the balcony in the upstairs unit, wall, leaks, and wiring for them. (I have no idea how this is legal, but here we are. We knew we weren't getting a penny of deposit back anyway.)

Remember the spongy floor? Right under the water rivulets coming through the ceiling. One day squirrel's leg went through. He could have died as it would have been an entire story drop onto the foundation if both legs went through. They refused responsibility for medical bills and tried to get us to pay to fix it, which we refused. The workmen came and were horrified. The reason the floor was spongy was there was no wood under it. I was impressed unsupported linoleum lasted the three or so years before it gave way. They said the entire underside of the building was rotting away similarly.

It took most of the week for them to replace the massive section of floor they had to remove, since they had to put in make shift pillars and such underneath and shore up the rotting floor, using our two man sized hole. we were terrified a cat would jump in there and get trapped. I couldn't get safely over the hole so I was trapped in the black mold riddled house with my failing lung patient lungs. Squirrel had to work, so he kept having to step carefully over it over and over. I am still amazed he survived.

Eventually, they put naked plywood over the hole and we never saw them again. We could lift the plywood plank with our fingers it not being nailed down. It would stake as I walked over it. They tried to charge us thousands of dollars to replace it even though we pointed out none of this was in anyway our fault. Odds are it's still dragging my credit store down.

8. They did replace the balcony eventually and plug the holes, but they never touched the wall with the wiring that was sodden through every time it rained until they did. I never trusted that light switch, so we simply had no porch light. Want to bet it is all black mold inside?

Families are still living there.

All of this is completely legal as there is no authority anywhere that stops it.

* "John Oliver Just Found A 'F**king Creepy' But Legal Way To Blackmail Lawmakers:" https://www.huffpost.com/entry/john-oliver-data-brokers_n_6253db8ae4b066ecde08a5f8

* 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/

* "Post Politics Now: On Tax Day, the White House takes aim at GOP Sen. Rick Scott’s tax plan:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2022/04/18/biden-rick-scott-easter-egg/

* He’s running openly on heavily taxing the poor. "Rick Scott tax plan bad news for retirees:" https://www.palmbeachpost.com/story/opinion/2022/04/18/senator-rick-scott-plan-would-force-seniors-pay-more-taxes/7333900001/

* "Texas gov. candidate Beto O’Rourke slams Gov. Abbott for border truck inspections costing millions:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-reidout/watch/democratic-candidate-for-governor-of-texas-beto-o-rourke-slams-gop-incumbent-for-truck-border-inspections-costing-millions-137843269545

* "Trump-endorsed candidate booted from ballot by state GOP amid cringey campaign:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/trump-endorsed-candidate-booted-from-ballot-by-state-gop-amid-cringey-campaign-138200133824

* "What Marjorie Taylor Greene will be asked when she testifies under oath:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/what-marjorie-taylor-greene-will-have-to-answer-when-she-testifies-under-oath-138181189954

* "Rep. Gallego: Democrats must use 'offensive strategy' to win midterms:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/rep-gallego-democrats-must-use-offensive-strategy-to-win-midterms-137996357712

* "Trump-Endorsed Candidate JD Vance Once Said Trump Might Be ‘America’s Hitler’:" https://www.vice.com/en/article/bvn4b8/jd-vance-trump-messages

* "Mar-a-Lago Machine: Trump as a Modern-Day Party Boss:" https://www.nytimes.com/2022/04/17/us/politics/trump-mar-a-lago.html

* "How Trump became the GOP’s modern-day party boss:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/nyt-how-trump-became-the-gop-s-modern-day-party-boss-137993285944

* The Republican War on democracy continues. "Trump Allies Continue Legal Drive to Erase His Loss, Stoking Election Doubts:" https://www.nytimes.com/2022/04/18/us/politics/trump-allies-election-decertify.html

* "New developments reported in criminal probe of Donald Trump in Georgia; subpoenas planned:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/new-developments-reported-in-criminal-probe-of-donald-trump-in-georgia-subpoenas-planned-138103877751

* "New book exposes duplicity of Republican leaders toward Trump:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/new-book-exposes-duplicity-of-republican-leaders-toward-trump-138283077736

* "GOP Leader McCarthy wanted Twitter to suspend other Republican members of Congress: report:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/gop-leader-mccarthy-wanted-twitter-to-suspend-other-republican-members-of-congress-report-138281029546

* "DOJ adds prosecutor to investigate January 6th beyond the Capitol attack: NYT:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/doj-adds-prosecutor-to-investigate-january-6th-beyond-the-capitol-attack-nyt-138286661824

* "Lee worked hard to overturn election, keep Trump in power, texts show:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2022/04/15/mike-lee-trump-2020-election/

* "Texts show Oath Keepers discussed protecting GOP Rep. Ronny Jackson on Jan. 6:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/texts-show-oath-keepers-discussed-protecting-gop-rep-ronny-jackson-on-jan-6-138092613825

* "2 house parties, an Easter fete and a mall were among the sites of at least 10 weekend US mass shootings:" https://www.cnn.com/2022/04/18/us/us-shootings-easter-weekend/index.html

* "Who fired guns in Sacramento mass shooting? New documents detail gunfight, minute by minute:" https://www.sacbee.com/news/local/article260465242.html

* "Alex Jones' InfoWars files for bankruptcy in U.S. court:" https://www.reuters.com/business/media-telecom/alex-jones-infowars-files-bankruptcy-us-court-2022-04-18/

* "As Execution Looms, Mounting Evidence Points to Melissa Lucio’s Innocence:" https://theintercept.com/2022/04/17/melissa-lucio-clemency-execution/

* "Ed Buck jailed for 30 years for injecting gay men with fatal overdoses:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2022/04/15/ed-buck-donor-activist-gay-victims-sentence-prison/

* "Florida rejects math books with ‘references’ to critical race theory:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/education/2022/04/16/florida-rejects-math-textbooks-prohibited-topics/

I am having a hard time believing ANY Math books intended for K-12 contain second year law school legal theory let alone this many. Still Republicans are now basically banning Math for being too Woke.

* "Florida rejects 54 math textbooks over ‘prohibited topics’ including critical race theory:" https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2022/apr/17/florida-rejects-math-textbooks-critical-race-theory

* "Woke math? Florida rejects math textbooks, citing critical race theory:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/woke-math-florida-rejects-math-textbooks-citing-critical-race-theory-137994821717

* "A look inside the math textbooks rejected by Florida:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/a-look-inside-the-math-textbooks-rejected-by-florida-138274885664

* "Anti-abortion, anti-trans, anti-CRT bills spreading sign of fascism, hyper-masculinity on rise:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-reidout/watch/anti-abortion-anti-trans-anti-crt-bills-sweep-country-as-right-wing-accuses-democrats-of-trying-to-feminize-america-137997893936

* CW: Sexual Harassment, Sexual Assault. "How American Apparel Fell From Grace:"

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* CW: Pedophilia. "Kevin Spacey Asks Judge to Toss Anthony Rapp's Sexual Abuse Lawsuit:" https://www.advocate.com/law/2022/4/11/kevin-spacey-asks-judge-toss-anthony-rapps-sexual-abuse-lawsuit

* "Red and blue states race to reshape abortion access:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-sunday-show/watch/red-and-blue-states-race-to-reshape-abortion-access-137904197622

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

* "NHS guidance for pregnant trans people is inclusive, fair and just common sense:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2022/04/18/nhs-trans-pregnant-sussex-brighton-daily-mail-vagina-piers-morgan/

* "Joy Reid on DeSantis: Baby MAGA is mad that Disney opposes his "Don’t Say Gay" law:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-reidout/watch/desantis-moves-to-strip-disney-of-self-governing-status-as-it-opposes-his-don-t-say-gay-law-138188869556

* "Families and Doctors Sue Over Trans Health Care Ban in Alabama:" https://www.advocate.com/law/2022/4/12/families-and-doctors-sue-over-trans-health-care-ban-alabama

* "Alabama bans medical care to transgender youth:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-sunday-show/watch/alabama-bans-medical-care-to-transgender-youth-137904709507

* "'We will not let hate win:' Lawmaker’s viral takedown of right-wing culture war:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/-we-will-not-let-hate-win-lawmaker-s-viral-takedown-of-right-wing-culture-war-138183237659

* "Women's cycling race loses main sponsor over 'unacceptable' trans athlete suspension:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2022/04/15/womens-cicle-classic-emily-bridges-british-cycling/

* "Tucker Carlson's documentary is a bizarre, homoerotic fever dream nobody asked for:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2022/04/19/tucker-carlson-end-of-men-documentary-balls-tanning-gay-homoerotic/

* "Yes, trans women can get prostate cancer too – but they're being failed by doctors:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2022/04/18/trans-prostate-cancer-symptoms-heather-peto/

* "Meningococcal Disease Spikes in Florida:" https://www.hivplusmag.com/treatment/2022/4/11/meningococcal-disease-spikes-among-gay-and-bi-men-florida

* "Does getting a mobility aid mean you’ve ‘given up’?:"

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* "She Was Missing a Chunk of Her Brain. It Didn’t Matter:" https://www.wired.com/story/she-was-missing-a-chunk-of-her-brain-it-didnt-matter/

* "DNA-spiked gel heals the skin wounds of ‘butterfly children’:" https://www.science.org/content/article/dna-spiked-gel-heals-skin-wounds-butterfly-children

* "What really happens when babies are left to cry it out?:" https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20220322-how-sleep-training-affects-babies

* "The secrets hidden in sewage:" https://www.vox.com/coronavirus-covid19/23006184/covid-wastewater-surveillance-opioids-tuberculosis

* "Lead from gasoline blunted the IQ of about half the U.S. population, study says:" https://www.nbcnews.com/health/health-news/lead-gasoline-blunted-iq-half-us-population-study-rcna19028

* "The Insidious Idea About “Safety” That Keeps Putting Us in Danger:" https://slate.com/technology/2021/11/risk-compensation-debunked-masks-rapid-tests-vaccines-safety.html

* "Communities are divided over Rhode Island's plan for safe drug injection sites:" https://www.npr.org/2022/04/14/1092785414/communities-are-divided-over-rhode-islands-plan-for-safe-drug-injection-sites

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* "South Africa launches relief for Durban flooding; 448 dead:" https://phys.org/news/2022-03-scientists-figure-vampire-blood.html

* "In a World on Fire, Stop Burning Things:" https://www.newyorker.com/news/essay/in-a-world-on-fire-stop-burning-things

* "Video shows tornado damage in Kentucky after severe storms:" https://www.kentucky.com/news/weather/article260426152.html

* "Container ship stuck in Chesapeake Bay for more than a month is free:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2022/04/17/cargo-ship-ever-forward-chesapeake-bay-stuck/

* "The Missouri Ghost Town Poisoned By Toxic Waste:"

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* "How Japan Built Cities Where You Could Send Your Toddler on an Errand:" https://slate.com/business/2022/04/old-enough-netflix-do-japanese-parents-really-send-toddlers-on-errands.html

* "‘Everything’s going to pieces’: how a port took over a Black US neighborhood:" https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2022/mar/24/port-freeport-texas-east-end-historically-black-neighborhood

* "How a Forgotten Bit of Infrastructure Became a Symbol of Civic Pride:" https://www.newyorker.com/news/us-journal/how-a-forgotten-bit-of-infrastructure-became-a-symbol-of-civic-pride

* "How the Dorze in Ethiopia make ‘beehive’ houses from bamboo that last a lifetime:" https://aeon.co/videos/how-the-dorze-in-ethiopia-make-beehive-houses-from-bamboo-that-last-a-lifetime

* "6 Times We Tried to Extract Gold from Seawater:" https://www.discovermagazine.com/the-sciences/6-times-we-tried-to-extract-gold-from-seawater

* "2 monster black holes are headed toward a collision that will rock the fabric of space-time:" https://www.livescience.com/supermassive-black-hole-merger

* "Mysterious 'odd radio circles' seen in space, new image shows:" https://www.cnn.com/2022/03/24/world/odd-radio-circles-space-scn/index.html

* "Photographer Shoots 2 Million Photos to Show the Moon's 'Wobble':" https://petapixel.com/2022/03/31/photographer-shoots-2-million-photos-to-show-the-moons-wobble/

* "The Long Goodbye to Saturn’s Rings:" https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2022/03/saturn-losing-rings-nasa-moons/629391/

* "How tall will Mount Everest get before it stops growing?:" https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20220407-how-tall-will-mount-everest-get-before-it-stops-growing

* "'Impossible' chemistry may reveal origins of life on Earth:" https://www.nationalgeographic.com/science/article/impossible-chemistry-may-reveal-origins-of-life-on-earth

* "Why evolution is not a tree of life but a fuzzy network:" https://aeon.co/essays/why-evolution-is-not-a-tree-of-life-but-a-fuzzy-network

* "For the first time, wild dolphin observed 'talking' with harbor porpoises:" https://www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/article/dolphin-speaks-porpoise-communicates-with-other-species

* "Bear hibernation: More than a winter’s nap:" https://knowablemagazine.org/article/living-world/2022/bear-hibernation-more-winters-nap

* "‘It’s astonishing’: endangered bat not seen in 40 years found in Rwanda:" https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/mar/09/bats-endangered-hills-horseshoe-bat-rwanda

* "Fungus-ravaged bat proposed for endangered species listing:" https://apnews.com/article/health-environment-wildlife-traverse-city-bats-7e6c05b5b291633c5bc80e608007de1d

* "Scientists figure out how vampire bats got a taste for blood:" https://phys.org/news/2022-03-scientists-figure-vampire-blood.html

* "Meet the 10-armed, 325-million-year-old octopus fossil named after President Joe Biden:" https://phys.org/news/2022-03-armed-million-year-old-octopus-fossil-joe.html

* "Why Don’t All Lions Climb Trees?:" https://www.nytimes.com/2022/03/04/science/lions-trees.html

* "SpaceX launches 3 visitors to space station for $55M each:" https://apnews.com/article/spacex-nasa-axiom-space-launch-f184f3c36fa10a969c7faadd6e25a4d2

* "NFTs: Scamming Art into the Digital Age:"

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* "Bored Ape Yacht Club: Monkey Business on the Open Sea:"

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* "Seat Belt History: The Patent That Was Given Away:" https://tedium.co/2022/03/18/seat-belt-history/

* "EU agrees on new digital rules to rein in Big Tech dominance:" https://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/eu-agrees-digital-rules-rein-big-tech-dominance-83667180

* " Why Elizabeth Holmes Was Convicted (and Also Acquitted) :"

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* "Tesla CEO Elon Musk won't join Twitter's board after all:" https://apnews.com/article/technology-business-elon-musk-board-of-directors-217a2c041b13e7f647c5275ef29a6394

* "Twitter investors sue Elon Musk for failing to promptly disclose the size of his stake:" https://www.cnbc.com/2022/04/13/twitter-investors-sue-elon-musk-for-failing-to-promptly-disclose-stake.html

* "Elon Musk Should Have Been Stopped Long Before He Came for Twitter:" https://time.com/6168452/elon-musk-should-have-been-stopped-long-before-he-came-for-twitter/

* "Study Suggests Venus of Willendorf Originated in Italy:" https://www.archaeology.org/news/10387-220301-limestone-venus-willendorf

* "Largest Human Family Tree Identifies Nearly 27 Million Ancestors:" https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/largest-human-genomic-family-tree-identifies-nealy-27-million-ancestors-180979657/

* "History Summarized: Minoan Greece:"

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* "The Empress of China: Wu Zetian:"

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* "Why a Medieval Woman Had Lapis Lazuli Hidden in Her Teeth:" https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2019/01/the-woman-with-lapis-lazuli-in-her-teeth/579760/

* "A Manuscript Made From Sin: Codex Gigas:"

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* "Plague — History Hijinks:"

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* "The Drama of Point d'Alençon Needle Lace:" https://daily.jstor.org/the-drama-of-point-dalencon-needle-lace/

* "A Day in the Life of a Free Black Pepper Pot Woman in Philadelphia:"

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* My instinct is to wonder if it was a grad student. "2 missing Charles Darwin notebooks are mysteriously returned more than 20 years later:" https://www.npr.org/2022/04/05/1091010338/charles-darwin-notebooks-cambridge-library

* "How America Became Enamoured with Octagon Houses:" https://www.messynessychic.com/2022/04/12/how-america-became-enamoured-with-octagon-houses/

* "The Myth of the Mad Hatter - Making a Victorian Top Hat:"

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* "The Women Behind the First Black Music Magazine:" https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/first-black-music-magazine

* "Rube Waddell: Literally One of the WEIRDEST Guys in History:"

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* CW: Genital Mutilation. "Siblings, Sugar, and Strikes: The Story of Kelloggs:"

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* Both my Gran (Great Grandmother) and Gran got caught up in the craze when it was new and were still doing them until almoat the end of their lives. "A Century Before Wordle Went Viral, Crossword Mania Swept the Country:" https://www.smithsonianmag.com/arts-culture/a-century-before-wordle-went-viral-crossword-mania-swept-the-country-180979858/

* "How The Radium Girls Changed How We Work:"

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* "Troubling Stereotypes and False Narratives: The History of Hemp:"

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* "Why Tallulah Bankhead Never Became a Movie Star:"

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* "Marie Curie and Polish Resistance - JSTOR Daily:" https://daily.jstor.org/marie-curie-and-polish-resistance/

* "A Socialite’s Plot to Assassinate a Corrupt Official in Occupied Shanghai:" https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/zheng-pingru-spy-shanghai

* "The Mitfords: Communism Vs Fascism In The English Aristocracy | Tale Of Two Sisters:"

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* "Tastefully Simple: The Modern Day Tupperware Party:"

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* "No One Even Watched Rudy Giuliani’s ‘The Masked Singer’ Abomination:" https://www.thedailybeast.com/no-one-even-watched-rudy-giulianis-the-masked-singer-abomination

* "Police Interrogations: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver:"

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* "Kyrsten Sinema: A Tragedy of Her Own Making:"

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* "The Sleep Wellness Industry Is Trying To Sell You The Weirdest Shit:"

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* "This Manipulative Midterm Email Scam Already Hit Your Inbox:"

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* "The Angsty History of Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson:"

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* "Why Spock’s Sexuality is so Dang Controversial:"

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* "Trivia Game Show - SNL:"

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* "Food and YouTube ft. Lizzo - SNL:"

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* "Throne Room - SNL:"

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* Sunday, I made the mistake of absentmindedly lifting some things after the head Millennial went home. I realized what I was doing fairly early and started icing right away. I likely would have been okay if Tavy hadn't kept insisting he was allowed to sleep with his whole weight on my wound. I kept trying to discourage this and redirect him to less damaging positions. He kept pretending to comply and then creeping back onto the non-load bearing area of my body the moment I'd drift off. I'd catch him mid-creep and redirect him back to safe, bonier areas like my ribs.

Eventually, he "won." He landed with his whole weight on one paw directly to my wound. I woke up just early enough to anticipate the pain, but not prevent it. I yelled because it really fucking hurt, terrifying him, so it was a pyrrhic victory for the Emperor.

I iced it, but it was bad. I just managed to stay out of the ER and I'm a bit better, but still a mess.

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

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

* JK Rowling vs Gretchen Felker-Martin at the Midnight Society: https://twitter.com/midnight_pals/status/1516995869681209344

* Stripper Picketline where they dressed as the OSHA Violations they are protesting: https://twitter.com/janusrose/status/1516776595025018885

* D&D and Greek Myths: https://twitter.com/deathbybadger/status/1516712889800925187

* "I know the joke about Izzy is “human dropped into a muppets movie” but the tragedy is that he’s a queer-coded character from some 1940s or 50s popcorn flick dropped into a pride parade in a floating gayborhood & he flat out has no idea how to deal with it.:" https://laughingacademy.tumblr.com/post/682208231414710272/i-know-the-joke-about-izzy-is-human-dropped-into

* Izzy Hands: Mascochist: https://www.tumblr.com/blog/view/swords-n-spindles/680892159977766912

* The Radical Diversity of Our Flag Means Death: https://seananmcguire.tumblr.com/post/682005575395115008

* "Hidden love of New Brunswick men documented in early 20th-century photographs:" https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/havelock-len-cub-exhibit-fredericton-1.6410583

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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

* 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

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

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

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* "UN condemns airstrike in Yemen that leaves more than 80 dead:" https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/jan/22/un-condemns-deadly-airstrike-on-yemen-detention-centre

* "Kazakhstan's Shoot-to-Kill Policy Makes Its President Stronger than Ever:"

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* "Blurry Photos Are Getting Brazilians Jailed:"

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* "Terry Pratchett estate backs Jack Monroe’s idea for ‘Vimes Boots’ poverty index:" https://www.theguardian.com/books/2022/jan/26/terry-pratchett-jack-monroe-vimes-boots-poverty-index

* "Liverpool bomber had asylum claim rejected six years before attack:" https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2022/jan/24/liverpool-bomber-emad-al-swealmeen-asylum-claim-rejected-before-attack

* "The ugly truth about Tory Islamophobia: forget the assurances, it will happen again:" https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2022/jan/24/ugly-truth-tory-islamophobia-nusrat-ghani-anti-muslim

* "UK state pension systems not fit for purpose – MPs’ report:" https://www.theguardian.com/society/2022/jan/21/uk-state-pension-systems-not-fit-for-purpose-mps-report

The plan is to hive the money the government stole back for only a years worth for a bunch of people and to deny the heirs of people who've died the money their family is owed.

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* "The kids are not alright: Data suggests 10% of children with COVID-19 become "long-haulers":" https://www.salon.com/2022/01/22/the-kids-are-not-alright-data-suggests-10-of-children-with-19-become-long-haulers/

* On Children and COVID related organ damage. "This is what I've been afraid of:" https://solarbird.dreamwidth.org/1820672.html

My sister had viral myocarditis at twelve. She spent most of a year in an ICU. She's been in and out of hospitals ever since. It changed her life forever and not in a good way.

Do not underestimate heart and organ damage. Vaccinate yourself and your kids. Seriously consider not sending your child anywhere congregate if ze's too young to vaccinate. Do Not fuck around with this sort of life altering disability if you don't have to.

* "Pfizer and BioNTech start trials of new Omicron-specific jab:" https://www.bbc.com/news/health-60131986

* "Moderna starts trial for Omicron-specific booster shot:" https://www.reuters.com/business/healthcare-pharmaceuticals/moderna-starts-trial-testing-omicron-specific-booster-shot-2022-01-26/

* "How do death rates from COVID-19 differ between people who are vaccinated and those who are not?:" https://ourworldindata.org/covid-deaths-by-vaccination

* "COVID cases reported on Australian aid vessel sailing to virus-free Tonga:" https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/covid-cases-reported-australian-aid-vessel-sailing-virus-free-tonga-2022-01-25/

* "COVID hits one of the last uninfected places on the planet:" https://abcnews.go.com/Health/wireStory/covid-hits-uninfected-places-planet-82523242

* "'A bridge too far': federal judge in Texas blocks Biden's vaccine mandate for federal workers:" https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2022/01/21/biden-vaccine-mandate-federal-workers-blocked-federal-judge/6610420001/

* "Vaccine Mandate to Kick in for First Wave of Health Workers:" https://www.usnews.com/news/health-news/articles/2022-01-26/vaccine-mandate-to-kick-in-for-first-wave-of-health-workers

* "A Shrinking Band of Southern Nurses, Neck-Deep in Another Covid Wave:" https://www.nytimes.com/2022/01/23/health/covid-mississippi-nurses.html

* "Crisis, what crisis? Florida Republicans deny Omicron is straining hospitals:" https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2022/jan/06/florida-republicans-omicron-hospitals

* "Ron DeSantis keeps pushing Covid treatments that don’t work:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/ron-desantis-keeps-pushing-covid-treatments-that-don-t-work-131694661845

* "Florida health official put on leave after encouraging staff to get Covid vaccine:" https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2022/jan/19/florida-health-official-leave-encouraging-staff-covid-vaccine

"In the email, Pino wrote: “I have a hard time understanding how we can be in public health and not practice it.”"

* "DeSantis unable to adapt as Covid conditions change; clings to obsolete treatments:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/desantis-unable-to-adapt-as-covid-conditions-change-clings-to-obsolete-treatments-131893317633

* "DeSantis surgeon general pick stumbles through evasions instead of straight answers:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/desantis-surgeon-general-pick-stumbles-through-evasions-instead-of-straight-answers-131891781723

* "Alabama tops 45% COVID positivity rate, among highest in nation:" https://www.al.com/news/2022/01/alabama-tops-45-covid-positivity-rate-among-highest-in-nation.html

* "Tennessee among states leading in COVID-19 deaths and cases, but plateau could come soon:" https://www.wkrn.com/news/tennessee-news/tennessee-among-states-leading-in-covid-19-deaths-and-cases-but-plateau-could-come-soon/

* "Coronavirus: House passes vaccine mandate bill, Indiana eclipses 1.5 million COVID-19 cases:" https://www.wfyi.org/news/articles/coronavirus-house-passes-vaccine-mandate-bill-indiana-eclipses-15-million-covid-19-cases

* "New Jersey 'On The Backside Of Omicron,' But New Concern Grows About Children Getting Severely Sick With COVID-19:" https://philadelphia.cbslocal.com/2022/01/24/coronavirus-covid-omicron-new-jersey-numbers-update/

* "Novak Djokovic: Doubts over timing of Covid test:" https://www.bbc.com/news/59999541

* "'I'm a Full Anti-Vaxxer Now': How the Conspiracists Are Winning Over Fresh Converts:" https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-news/anti-vaccine-rfk-jr-rally-washington-dc-1289458/

* "Hayes on the ‘dangerous’ growth of the anti-vax movement:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/hayes-on-the-dangerous-growth-of-the-anti-vax-movement-131603013779

* "Levitz: ‘Fox News is literally killing its viewers’ with Covid lies:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/levitz-fox-news-is-literally-killing-its-viewers-with-covid-lies-131787333992

* "The worst part about the party of plague:" https://solarbird.dreamwidth.org/1821651.html

* Response to anti-vaxxers: https://solarbird.dreamwidth.org/1821859.html

* "Oklahoma pastor faces criticism for rubbing spit on parishioner’s face:" https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2022/jan/18/oklahoma-pastor-faces-criticism-for-rubbing-spit-on-parishoners-face

* Did no one ask a disabled person? https://twitter.com/jennie_kermode/status/1486668186615529472

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* "‘Little ground for optimism’: Kremlin says U.S. document doesn’t meet Russian security demands:" https://www.politico.com/news/2022/01/27/russia-conflict-us-written-response-00002668

* "U.S., NATO send written responses to Russia on its demands over Ukraine crisis:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2022/01/26/ukraine-russia-sanctions-biden-putin/

* "Ukraine tension: US 'lethal aid' arrives in Kyiv amid border build-up:" https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-60096261

* "US draws down Ukraine embassy presence as war fears mount:" https://apnews.com/article/russia-ukraine-business-antony-blinken-europe-evacuations-45d1a477929caefe1f0626a5ca42afd0

* "Sen. Murphy on where America stands in growing Russia-Ukraine tension:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/sen-murphy-on-where-america-stands-in-growing-russia-ukraine-tension-131604037953

* "Fishermen plan to peacefully disrupt Russian drills:" https://www.irishtimes.com/news/ireland/irish-news/fishermen-plan-to-peacefully-disrupt-russian-drills-1.4785336

* "Irish fishermen plan to disrupt Russian naval war games: 'Our presence is our protest':" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/irish-fishermen-plan-to-disrupt-russian-naval-war-games-our-presence-is-our-protest-131711045715

* "Russians deny fishermen’s claims on naval drills ‘buffer zone’:" https://www.irishtimes.com/news/ireland/irish-news/russians-deny-fishermen-s-claims-on-naval-drills-buffer-zone-1.4787859?localLinksEnabled=false

* "Belarus: US charges four government officials with piracy over Ryanair plane diversion:" https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/jan/21/belarus-us-charges-four-government-officials-with-piracy-over-ryanair-plane-diversion

* "Stalwart Irish fishermen uncowed by Russian threats and diplomatic games:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/stalwart-irish-fishermen-uncowed-by-russian-threats-and-diplomatic-games-131892293711

* "For Irish fishermen, confrontation with Russia is a matter of protecting their livelihood:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/for-irish-fishermen-confrontation-with-russia-is-a-matter-of-protecting-their-livelihood-131983941610

* "Why Ukraine matters more than just Ukraine:" https://solarbird.dreamwidth.org/1821422.html

* "Florida man charged after 4 found dead at Canada-US border:" https://apnews.com/article/florida-canada-manitoba-winnipeg-minnesota-b219733df8c735d9778b8637bd99a15e

* "Biden administration cancels two mining leases near Minnesota wilderness, in reversal of Trump-era decision:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/2022/01/26/biden-boundary-waters-canoe-mine/

* "Biden outpaces Trump in issuing drilling permits on public lands:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/2022/01/27/oil-gas-leasing-biden-climate/

* "Biden vows to nominate Black woman to succeed Breyer on Supreme Court:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2022/01/27/stephen-breyer-supreme-court-retire-live-updates/

* "Breyer retirement hands Biden open Supreme Court seat:" https://www.politico.com/news/2022/01/26/stephen-breyer-retirement-00002393

* "Democrats aim for quick confirmation of Biden nominee; alert to McConnell dirty tricks:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/democrats-aim-for-quick-confirmation-of-biden-nominee-alert-to-mcconnell-dirty-tricks-131801157875

* "Despite his best efforts, Breyer unable to avoid politics of his retirement:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/despite-his-best-efforts-breyer-unable-to-avoid-politics-of-his-retirement-131801157986

* "Breyer Supreme Court retirement puts spotlight on Biden campaign promise:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/breyer-supreme-court-retirement-puts-spotlight-on-biden-campaign-promise-131800133792

* "Joy Reid: Now President Biden will make his mark on the Supreme Court:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-reidout/watch/biden-will-make-his-mark-on-the-supreme-court-with-black-woman-nominee-experts-say-131792453599

* "Vow to nominate Black woman to Court spurs ‘spiral of racist and sexist tirades’:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/vow-to-nominate-black-woman-to-court-spurs-spiral-of-racist-and-sexist-tirades-131877445966

* "The Fed is getting ready to raise interest rates:" https://www.cnn.com/2022/01/26/economy/federal-reserve-powell-policy-update/index.html

* "U.S. economy grew 5.7 percent in 2021 in rebound from 2020 recession:" https://www.politico.com/news/2022/01/27/u-s-economy-grew-2021-2020-recession-00002678

* "Biden delivered fastest economic growth since Reagan. So why don't voters feel it?" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/biden-delivered-fastest-economic-growth-since-reagan-so-why-don-t-voters-feel-it-131971653920

* "Pittsburgh bridge collapses hours before Biden’s infrastructure speech in city:" https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2022/jan/28/pittsburgh-bridge-collapse-biden-infrastructure-speech

* "Human chain formed to help after Pittsburgh bridge collapse:" https://www.pbs.org/newshour/nation/human-chain-formed-to-help-after-pittsburgh-bridge-collapse

* "Auditor general: Pa. fuel tax money meant for bridges and roads went to state police instead:" https://www.phillytrib.com/news/state_and_region/auditor-general-pa-fuel-tax-money-meant-for-bridges-and-roads-went-to-state-police/article_a2ee0190-0c45-523b-a871-eca9f8b588cd.html

* "Cash Aid to Poor Mothers Increases Brain Activity in Babies, Study Finds:" https://www.nytimes.com/2022/01/24/us/politics/child-tax-credit-brain-function.html

* "Ron Johnson’s message to parents: You are on your own:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/ron-johnson-s-message-to-parents-you-are-on-your-own-131877445972

* "Sign-ups in Affordable Care Act marketplaces reach record 14.5 million:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/2022/01/27/affordable-care-act-record-enrollment/

* "Arizona Democrats have censured Kyrsten Sinema over her pro-filibuster vote:" https://www.npr.org/2022/01/22/1075088298/kyrsten-sinema-censure-arizona-democrats-filibuster-vote

* "Citing political betrayal, Voto Latino launches campaign to unseat Kyrsten Sinema:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/citing-political-betrayal-voto-latino-launches-campaign-to-unseat-kyrsten-sinema-131618373776

* "Bernice A. King - The King Center & "It Starts with Me":" https://www.cc.com/video/9fcsuh/the-daily-show-with-trevor-noah-bernice-a-king-the-king-center-it-starts-with-me

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

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

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

* "We uncovered the impact of GOP voting restrictions in one key state. It's staggering.:" https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2022/01/gop-voting-law-disenfranshised-georgia-voters/

* "Before Elections, Georgia Republicans Again Consider Voting Restrictions:" https://www.nytimes.com/2022/01/13/us/georgia-voting-laws-republicans.html

* "New ‘real world evidence’ that GOP voter suppression is already working:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/new-real-world-evidence-that-gop-voter-suppression-is-already-working-131971141798

* "‘Nakedly partisan.’ Explaining the lawsuit, objections to Ky. GOP’s redistricting maps:" https://www.kentucky.com/news/politics-government/article257595003.html

* "‘Everything was connected’: Why fake Trump electors could face criminal scrutiny:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/-everything-was-connected-why-fake-trump-electors-could-face-criminal-scrutiny-131877957646

* "Fake Trump electors, Trump White House spokesman receive January 6th Committee subpoenas:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/fake-trump-electors-trump-white-house-spokesman-receive-january-6th-committee-subpoenas-131984965774

* "Arizona Attorney General Mark Brnovich turns a blind eye to fake Trump electors:" https://www.azcentral.com/story/opinion/op-ed/ej-montini/2022/01/24/arizona-attorney-general-mark-brnovich-ignores-fake-trump-electors/6633139001/

* "Fake Trump electors from Arizona under 'ongoing' investigation: Politico:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/fake-trump-electors-from-arizona-under-ongoing-investigation-politico-131618373902

* "Arizona attorney general too busy kissing up to Trump to deal with fake elector referral:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/arizona-attorney-general-too-busy-kissing-up-to-trump-to-deal-with-fake-elector-referral-131891781705

* "New Mexico AG believes seditious conspiracy charges ‘on the table’ for fake electors:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-reidout/watch/fake-electors-who-submitted-falsified-documents-to-overturn-election-under-doj-scrutiny-131883077641

* "Sen. Larson: Open records regarding Wisconsin’s fake electors suggest Congressman Scott Fitzgerald played significant role in trying to overturn a free and fair election :" https://www.wispolitics.com/2022/sen-larson-open-records-regarding-wisconsins-fake-electors-suggest-congressman-scott-fitzgerald-played-significant-role-in-trying-to-overturn-a-free-and-fair-election/

* "Dem lawmakers to DA: Wisconsin must ‘prosecute sedition within its own borders’:" https://wisconsinexaminer.com/2022/01/11/dem-lawmakers-to-da-wisconsin-must-prosecute-sedition-within-its-own-borders/

* "Records request points to congressman's role in assisting fake elector meeting:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/records-request-points-to-congressman-s-role-in-assisting-fake-elector-meeting-131709509747

* "DOJ acknowledges investigation of fake Trump electors; clarifies scope of DOJ 1/6 probe:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/doj-acknowledges-investigation-of-fake-trump-electors-clarifies-scope-of-doj-1-6-probe-131710021582

* "State Auditor opens inquiry of Otero County contract to audit 2020 election:" https://www.alamogordonews.com/story/community/2022/01/24/new-mexico-2020-election-state-opens-inquiry-otero-county-audit/6606403001/

* "Steve Schmidt: Madison Cawthorn one of many lawmakers implicated by own words:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-reidout/watch/madison-cawthorn-s-candidacy-challenged-based-on-allegations-he-s-an-insurrectionist-131792965513

* "Dem U.S. Senate candidate Gary Chambers on his viral campaign ad featuring cannabis smoking:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-reidout/watch/supreme-court-appears-willing-to-uphold-texas-abortion-ban-as-roe-vs-wade-reaches-49-131440709935

* "Republican Virginia attorney general fires Jan. 6 investigator from university post:" https://www.cnbc.com/2022/01/24/republican-virginia-attorney-general-fires-january-6-investigator-from-university.html

* "Criminal investigation of Trump in Georgia continues with special grand jury approved:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/criminal-investigation-of-trump-in-georgia-continues-with-special-grand-jury-approved-131619909616

* "Georgia grand jury to probe Donald Trump’s attempts to ‘find votes’:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-reidout/watch/trump-s-attempts-to-find-votes-to-be-probed-by-georgia-grand-jury-131698757800

* "Michael Cohen says Donald Trump told him if one of his kids had to go to prison to 'make sure' it was Donald Jr., not Ivanka:" https://www.businessinsider.com/cohen-trump-don-jr-prison-rather-than-ivanka-2022-1

* "Read the never-issued Trump order that would have seized voting machines:" https://www.politico.com/news/2022/01/21/read-the-never-issued-trump-order-that-would-have-seized-voting-machines-527572

* "What Trump docs about late Capitol officers might tell the Jan. 6 committee:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/what-trump-docs-about-late-capitol-officers-might-tell-the-jan-6-committee-131696197713

* "Former Attorney General William Barr has spoken to Jan. 6 panel, chair says:" https://www.politico.com/news/2022/01/23/william-barr-jan6-committee-thompson-00000605

* "‘They have everything:’ Alex Jones meets with Jan. 6 panel, pleads Fifth:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/-they-have-everything-alex-jones-meets-with-jan-6-panel-pleads-fifth-131694661525

* "My Dad Attacked Cops at the Capitol Riot. I Turned Him In.:" https://www.vice.com/en/article/z3n3m8/guy-reffitt-capitol-rioter-family-torn-apart

* "Conspiracy Conundrum: The Info Wars Story:"

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* "Supreme Court to consider landmark challenge to Harvard and UNC affirmative action policies:" https://www.cnn.com/2022/01/24/politics/supreme-court-harvard-unc-affirmative-action/index.html

* "40 years of research shows race-conscious admissions benefits all students expert says:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-reidout/watch/supreme-court-to-hear-affirmative-action-challenge-131606597792

* "Mayor withholds $100,000 from libraries 'until homosexual materials removed':" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2022/01/26/mayor-library-funds-homosexual-materials-lgbt/

* "After 10 days in office, Virginia Gov. Youngkin is facing blowback over new policies:" https://www.npr.org/2022/01/25/1075624841/after-10-days-in-office-virginia-gov-youngkin-is-facing-blowback-over-new-polici

* "‘Stop the censorship’: Texas students push back on school book ban:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/-stop-the-censorship-texas-students-push-back-on-school-book-ban-131785797714

* "Hannah-Jones: Book bans, anti-CRT laws ‘not the sign of a healthy democracy’:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/hannah-jones-book-bans-anti-crt-laws-not-the-sign-of-a-healthy-democracy-131788357910

* "Creator of banned ‘Maus’ graphic novel: I just know the people that banned this are stupid:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-reidout/watch/maus-graphic-novel-about-the-holocaust-banned-by-tennessee-school-board-131882053652

* "A Tennessee school district has voted to ban the Holocaust graphic novel 'Maus':" https://www.npr.org/2022/01/27/1076180329/tennessee-school-district-ban-holocaust-graphic-novel-maus

* "Joy Reid asks GOP: Wokeness is communism, but book banning isn’t?:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-reidout/watch/more-than-70-bills-in-17-states-seek-to-regulate-how-teachers-teach-131975749746

* "Help fight Book Banning:" https://www.change.org/p/north-east-independent-school-district-remove-the-krause-list-from-all-neisd-schools?recruiter=false&utm_source=share_petition&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=psf_combo_share_initial&recruited_by_id=e64da7a0-7fc0-11ec-aa58-bd60e522749a

* "Arkansas Sen. Tom Cotton Introduces Anti-Trans Prison Bill:" https://www.advocate.com/politics/2022/1/20/arkansas-sen-tom-cotton-introduces-anti-trans-prison-bill

* "Florida bill would bar businesses and schools from making anyone "feel discomfort" or "guilt" about race:" https://www.cbsnews.com/news/florida-bill-whites-discomfort-critical-race-theory-desantis/

* "PragerU Isn't Teaching Anyone Anything:"

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* CW: Sexual Violence. "Israel's LGBT+ community faces up to its 'Me Too' moment as survivors break silence:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2022/01/21/israel-lgbt-me-too-sexual-violence-omri-feinstein/

* CW: Sex Trafficking. "The children groomed for the UK sex trade:" https://www.bbc.com/news/av/world-europe-60091717

* "Cleo Smith: Man pleads guilty to kidnapping Australian girl:" https://www.bbc.com/news/world-australia-60107053

* "Grace Tame and Scott Morrison’s frosty meeting sparks praise and condemnation:" https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2022/jan/25/grace-tame-and-scott-morrisons-frosty-meeting-sparks-praise-condemnation-and-memes

* "Why young women aren’t smiling for you any more:" https://www.smh.com.au/national/why-young-women-aren-t-smiling-for-you-any-more-20220126-p59rd2.html

* "Young women like Grace Tame weren’t socialised to shut up when authority figures speak – and it feels like progress:" https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2022/jan/25/young-women-like-grace-tame-werent-socialised-to-shut-up-when-authority-figures-speak-and-it-feels-like-progress

* "The Undoing of Joss Whedon:" https://www.vulture.com/article/joss-whedon-allegations.html

* "‘Buffy’ Star Charisma Carpenter Responds To Joss Whedon, Saying He Is Still Unable To “Just Apologize”:" https://deadline.com/2022/01/buffy-charisma-carpenter-joss-whedon-1234915732/

* "W. Kamau Bell - "We Need to Talk About Cosby":" https://www.cc.com/video/1zf3e1/the-daily-show-with-trevor-noah-w-kamau-bell-we-need-to-talk-about-cosby

* "We Can No Longer Ignore the Murders of LGBTQ+ People in Jamaica:" https://www.advocate.com/politics/2022/1/21/we-can-no-longer-ignore-murders-lgbtq-people-jamaica

* "MP stands trial for hate speech after saying gays have 'developmental disorder':" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2022/01/24/finland-mp-hate-speech-paivi-rasanen/

* "Cost of living crisis leaves LGBT Brits scared, lonely and back in the closet:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2022/01/27/cost-of-living-crisis-lgbt-uk/

* "UK's so-called equalities watchdog condemned for 'troubling attack on trans equality':" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2022/01/27/ehrc-trans-conversion-therapy-ban/

* "Queer Texas Couple Found Tortured, Shot, and Dismembered in Mexico:" https://www.advocate.com/crime/2022/1/20/queer-texas-couple-found-tortured-shot-dismembered-mexico

* "New NCAA Policy on Trans Athletes Raises Concerns:" https://www.advocate.com/sports/2022/1/20/new-ncaa-policy-trans-athletes-raises-concerns

* "HRC Slams New NCAA Constitution for Lacking Nondiscrimination Policy:" https://www.advocate.com/sports/2022/1/21/hrc-slams-new-ncaa-constitution-lacking-nondiscrimination-policy

* "How the Sackler Family Contributed to the Opioid Crisis :"

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* "Tonga struggles with ash, psychological trauma after eruption and tsunami:" https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/tonga-struggles-with-ash-psychological-trauma-after-eruption-tsunami-2022-01-23/

* "Tonga volcano: drinking water is priority as aid begins to arrive for stricken nation:" https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/jan/22/tonga-volcano-drinking-water-is-priority-as-aid-begins-to-arrive-for-stricken-nation

* "Storm Ana Kills at Least Three in Mozambique and Malawi:" https://www.usnews.com/news/world/articles/2022-01-25/tropical-storm-kills-two-injures-66-in-mozambique

* "Tonga eruption: Peruvians are using their own hair to clean oil spilled in Pacific Ocean:" https://www.bbc.co.uk/newsround/60127676

* "Explosion kills 13, flattens village in Ghana mining region:" https://www.reuters.com/world/africa/least-17-dead-after-explosion-ghana-mining-region-2022-01-21/

* CW: Child Death. "Parents of children killed in Arizona flood get probation:" https://apnews.com/article/floods-business-arizona-phoenix-child-abuse-10113b2fe339c40ca200d63a1c59ce15

* "California redwood forest to be returned to tribal group:" https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2022-01-25/california-redwood-forest-returned-native-tribal-group

* "False banana: Is Ethiopia's enset 'wondercrop' for climate change?:" https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-60074407

* "New space telescope reaches final stop million miles out:" https://apnews.com/article/nasa-james-webb-telescope-arrives-space-9ea15e4bddaead131d4fcb6b07c53529

* "Theranos: Fake it Until you Make a Lawsuit:"

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* "Peter the Great: Founder of the Russian Empire:"

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* "The History of Victorian Women in Sports:"

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* "Lucky Luciano: The Architect of the American Mafia:"

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* "Joy Reid on 1930s scheme by super-rich to allegedly topple U.S. government:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-reidout/watch/plot-to-overthrow-u-s-government-from-1930s-shares-parallels-with-jan-6-expert-says-131698245743

* "What Happened to Flight 739?:"

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* "The History of Gay Panic:" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=digub0QVCho

* "World remembers Holocaust as antisemitism rises in pandemic:" https://apnews.com/article/2022-international-holocaust-remembrance-day-58c7a1864907d9a80762a20d3c960487

* CW: Torture "Nazis' heinous crimes against thousands of LGBT+ people must never, ever be forgotten:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2022/01/27/holocaust-memorial-day-lgbt-nazi-concentration-camps/

* "There are still important lessons to be learned from Nazi persecution of gay people:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2022/01/27/holocaust-memorial-day-lgbt-gay-nazi/

* "6 of Thierry Mugler's most iconic collabs, from Bowie to Beyoncé:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2022/01/24/thierry-mugler-lady-gaga-david-bowie-beyonce/

* "SCOTUS Judge Stephen Breyer Announces Retirement:"

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* "Kyrsten Sinema: A Pain In The Butt For Years:"

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* "The Semi-Domestic Threat of Cat Misinformation Videos:"

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* "Dr. Fauci Rips Rand Paul Over "Fire Dr. Fauci" Fundraiser, Calls Sen. Marshall A Moron On Hot Mic:"

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* "Jordan Klepper Fingers the Pulse - January 6: One Year Later:" https://www.cc.com/video/kj56ox/the-daily-show-with-trevor-noah-jordan-klepper-fingers-the-pulse-january-6-one-year-later

* "Trump Accused of Fraud & Amazon Train Robberies:" https://www.cc.com/video/ejlld9/the-daily-show-with-trevor-noah-trump-accused-of-fraud-amazon-train-robberies

* "Keep Calm and Party On - Boris Johnson in Hot Water:" https://www.cc.com/video/5z5p1u/the-daily-show-with-trevor-noah-keep-calm-and-party-on-boris-johnson-in-hot-water

* "Votegasm 2022 - Voting Rights and Wrongs:" https://www.cc.com/video/g24zzq/the-daily-show-with-trevor-noah-votegasm-2022-voting-rights-and-wrongs

* "Beefzuz:" https://www.cc.com/video/psb7kt/the-daily-show-with-trevor-noah-beefzuz

* "If You Don't Know, Now You Know - Stock Trading in Congress:" https://www.cc.com/video/k14t7w/the-daily-show-with-trevor-noah-if-you-don-t-know-now-you-know-stock-trading-in-congress

* "Justice Breyer Retiring & Peter Dinklage Slams "Snow White":" https://www.cc.com/video/dzwoda/the-daily-show-with-trevor-noah-justice-breyer-retiring-peter-dinklage-slams-snow-white

* "Backlash to Biden's Supreme Court Promise & "Maus" Banned:" https://www.cc.com/video/slvk35/the-daily-show-with-trevor-noah-backlash-to-biden-s-supreme-court-promise-maus-banned

* "Getting Back to Normal-ish - COVID-19 Chaos in Schools:" https://www.cc.com/video/kwzk0u/the-daily-show-with-trevor-noah-getting-back-to-normal-ish-covid-19-chaos-in-schools

* "How We Don't Talk About Bruno Works & Why It's Amazing:"

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* "The BinaxNow Home Idiocy Test:"

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* Monday was bureaucracy and errands, all frustrating and fruitless. Tuesday I did get an answer on some of my phone tag, which was helpful, but not germane to the big questions. Nearby Millenial has quit, so I'm going to see about adjusting the hours back for head Millenial.

Wednesday, my social worker checked back in. No luck on stoves, but she's continuing to look, superhero that she is. Head Millenial postponed to Thursday, so I foraged alone and burned the tail end of my EBT on vegan cup of soups. Don't judge me, the trader Joe ones taste good and I can make them with hot water and I don't have a lot of spoons and the not being able to use the oven is still super hard on meal planning.

Thursday, I got a bunch of bureaucracy call backs. City guy's kid got infected at school and was seriously ill, though recovering. They are all quarantined. Honest Contractor is also ill, but hasn't been checked yet, so he's quarantined. I hope he's okay and that City Guy's kid doesn't get long term health issues. They were all so careful about infection and they are good people.

So the electricity is on hold for obvious reasons.

Tavy was so excited to see Head Millennial here. he is so worn out from all the excitement that he didn't even come out for lung time. HM got a lot done and stayed very late. Obviously, we are not caught up from quarantine, but it's very much progress.

* "'Eternals' star Brian Tyree Henry thought Marvel was going to ask him to lose weight to play a superhero. He was shocked to hear the director say, 'We want you exactly as you are.':" https://www.insider.com/eternals-brian-tyree-henry-wasnt-asked-lose-weight-2021-11

* Skywalker Reputation on Tatooine: https://magnesiumflare.tumblr.com/post/674689274487193600/whetstonefires-jumpingjacktrash-kyraneko

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

The help links are at the bottom under the cut.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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* Hardly any of the Sunday news made it onto this and i have a massive back up waiting to be scaffolded, but if I don't post it will get so much worse, so here we are.

* "Tensions flare as Chinese flights near Taiwan intensify:" https://apnews.com/article/tensions-flare-chinese-flights-near-taiwan-02b30ed449f663cf53ef0782482e35e9

* "Extremists target African village leaders in wave of assassinations:" https://www.reuters.com/investigates/special-report/africa-islamists-sahel-leaders/

* "An Asylum Seeker’s Wrenching Choice: Stay on the Run or Save His Child’s Life:" https://www.nytimes.com/2021/10/06/world/europe/poland-belarus-border-crisis.html

* "Authorities call fatal stabbing of UK lawmaker terrorist act:" https://apnews.com/article/europe-london-england-eda5b4786c84e68a59de9075efecbcf7

* "ASEAN to exclude Myanmar junta chief from leaders' summit:" https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/malaysia-does-not-want-myanmar-junta-leader-summit-if-no-progress-minister-2021-10-15/

* "Beirut's worst street violence in more than a decade kills at least 6:" https://www.cnn.com/2021/10/14/middleeast/lebanon-blast-gunfire-protest-intl/index.html

* "Lebanese firefighters put out fire at fuel facility:" https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/lebanons-al-jadeed-tv-reports-fire-near-zahrani-oil-facility-2021-10-11/

* "It’s time to drop the curtain on Japan’s colonial legacy :" https://lausan.hk/2021/japans-colonial-legacy/

* "Justin Trudeau Tells International Conference Left-Wing ‘Extremist Groups’ Are ‘Pushing White Supremacy’:" https://pressprogress.ca/justin-trudeau-tells-international-conference-left-wing-extremist-groups-are-pushing-white-supremacy/

* "British football coach sentenced to 25 years’ jail in Dubai over CBD vape liquid:" https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/oct/13/british-football-coach-sentenced-to-25-years-jail-in-dubai-over-cbd-vape-liquid

* "Australia's Daintree rainforest returned to Aboriginal ownership:" https://edition.cnn.com/travel/amp/australia-daintree-rainforest-aboriginal-owners-intl-hnk/index.html

* "Inside the manic race to replace Duterte as the Philippines' leader:" https://www.cnn.com/2021/10/09/asia/philippines-election-president-duterte-marcos-dst-intl-hnk/index.html

* "Help find this man wanted for BITING and assaulting Game Store Employees!:"

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* "Australia ends migrants housing deal with Papua New Guinea:" https://wtop.com/australia/2021/10/australia-ends-migrants-housing-deal-with-papua-new-guinea/

* "Austrian Chancellor Kurz resigns amid corruption allegations:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/europe/austria-kurz-resigns-corruption/2021/10/09/fd58ac5a-2927-11ec-8739-5cb6aba30a30_story.html

* "96-year-old German woman released after going on the run to skip Nazi war crimes trial:" https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/96-year-old-german-woman-released-after-going-run-skip-n1280876

* "Calls for investigation after court finds Dubai ruler hacked ex-wife’s phone:" https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/oct/07/calls-for-investigation-after-court-finds-dubai-ruler-hacked-ex-wifes-phone

* "Journalists who took on Putin and Duterte win 2021 Nobel Peace Prize:" https://www.reuters.com/world/philippines-journalist-ressa-russian-journalist-muratov-win-2021-nobel-peace-2021-10-08/

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* "Even Mild Cases of COVID May Leave a Mark on the Brain:" https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/even-mild-cases-of-covid-may-leave-a-mark-on-the-brain/

* "Ivermectin: How false science created a Covid 'miracle' drug:" https://www.bbc.com/news/health-58170809

* "Merck asks US FDA to authorize promising anti-COVID pill:" https://apnews.com/article/merck-asks-fda-to-authorize-covid-pill-e731ada126414396b402c4dfc3cf8d2c

* "South Sudan: How to deliver Covid vaccines in a country with few roads:" https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-58911911

* "New Zealand will phase out its zero-covid strategy, acknowledging it cannot eliminate coronavirus:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2021/10/05/new-zealand-zero-covid-strategy/

* "As Brazil passes 600,000 COVID-19 deaths, vaccines offer hope worst is over:" https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/brazil-nears-600000-covid-19-deaths-vaccines-offer-hope-worst-is-over-2021-10-08/

* "Brazil pandemic probe to recommend Bolsonaro face 11 criminal charges, senator says:" https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/brazil-pandemic-probe-recommend-bolsonaro-face-11-criminal-charges-senator-says-2021-10-15/

* "COVID Misinformation Has People Injecting Bleach:"

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* "US to reopen land borders in November for fully vaccinated:" https://apnews.com/article/coronavirus-pandemic-lifestyle-covid-19-pandemic-air-travel-health-c3f7e2b8feca4c8cdaf4301ae9c81a79

* "COVID-19 Vaccination:" https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/vaccines/booster-shot.html

* "F.D.A. Panel Unanimously Recommends Johnson & Johnson Booster Shots:" https://www.nytimes.com/2021/10/15/health/johnson-johnson-vaccine-booster.html

* "FDA panel endorses lower-dose Moderna COVID shot for booster:" https://apnews.com/article/coronavirus-pandemic-vaccine-moderna-booster-shot-fda-2de19cdff021ad11b95c6b67fd5d8617

* "J&J Covid vaccine recipients are better off getting Pfizer or Moderna booster, NIH study suggests:" https://www.cnbc.com/2021/10/13/jj-covid-vaccine-recipients-are-better-off-getting-pfizer-or-moderna-booster-nih-study-suggests.html

* "Big gap between Pfizer, Moderna vaccines seen for preventing COVID hospitalizations:" https://www.latimes.com/science/story/2021-09-17/study-finds-big-gap-between-pfizer-moderna-vaccines-at-preventing-covid-hospitalizations

* "Getting a Booster Too Soon Could Cause This Serious Side Effect:" https://bestlifeonline.com/booster-side-effect-news/

* "Boosters and mixes: Health officials consider most beneficial combinations:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/boosters-and-mixes-health-officials-consider-most-beneficial-combinations-123695685898

* "POLITICO-Harvard poll: Most Americans support vaccine mandates for schoolkids:" https://www.politico.com/news/2021/10/08/poll-support-vaccine-mandates-students-515657

* "Florida is only state not to submit school Covid-19 relief funding plan, US Education Department says:" https://www.cnn.com/2021/10/04/politics/florida-schools-covid-relief-funding-plan/index.html

* "Florida trying to block money Biden sent to school districts fined for mask mandates:" https://abcnews.go.com/Health/florida-working-block-money-biden-school-districts-mask/story?id=80419199

* "Agriculture Commissioner Nikki Fried urges Florida to speed up distribution of federal COVID relief dollars:" https://www.wptv.com/coronavirus/agriculture-commissioner-nikki-fried-urges-florida-to-speed-up-distribution-of-federal-covid-relief-dollars

* "Texas school COVID-19 cases: How those with mask mandates compare to those without:" https://www.kxan.com/investigations/texas-school-covid-19-cases-how-those-with-mask-mandates-compare-to-those-without/

* "Texas order reflects growing GOP vaccine mandates hostility:" https://apnews.com/article/coronavirus-pandemic-joe-biden-nba-sports-business-aa6c30fa6270b735acafc69e2ce26766

* "Texas Republicans spar over who is more pro-Covid:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/texas-republicans-spar-over-who-is-more-pro-covid-123393605771

* "Study: Vaccines Helped Reduce COVID-19 Deaths in Oklahoma:" https://www.usnews.com/news/best-states/oklahoma/articles/2021-10-05/study-vaccines-helped-reduce-covid-19-deaths-in-oklahoma

* "Stitt: Oklahoma ready to ‘take President Biden to court’ over COVID-19 vaccine mandates:" https://www.koco.com/article/kevin-stitt-oklahoma-president-biden-covid-19-vaccine-mandates/37963844

* "48 hours to live: An Oklahoma hospital’s rush to find an ICU bed for a covid patient:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/interactive/2021/hospital-covid-patient/

* "This Teen's Community Rallied As She Fought COVID. But Many Still Shun The Vaccine:" https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2021/09/03/1032665979/child-near-death-covid-vaccine-hesitancy-mis-c

* "TN doctor warns of ‘death lag’ with younger people hospitalized for COVID:" https://www.wate.com/news/tennessee/tn-doctor-warns-of-death-lag-with-younger-people-hospitalized-for-covid/

* "Tennessee physicians who spread COVID-19 misinformation could now face disciplinary action:" https://www.newschannel5.com/news/tennessee-physicians-who-spread-covid-19-misinformation-could-now-face-disciplinary-action

* "More than 20 Tennessee school staff members have died from COVID-19:" https://www.wkrn.com/news/more-than-20-tennessee-school-staff-members-have-died-from-covid-19/

* "Montana only state to ban vaccine requirements for employees:" https://apnews.com/article/business-health-coronavirus-pandemic-montana-8c47ca9308494b678f41f41764094800

* "Amid COVID crisis, Idaho health care workers grapple with burnout and misinformation: "I'm treating patients for their political views":" https://www.cbsnews.com/news/idaho-health-care-workers-covid/

* This is in line with the findings from Brazil earlier in the year. "Pregnant women at risk with COVID-19:" https://idahonews.com/news/local/pregnant-women-at-risk-with-covid-19

* "COVID spike pushes Alaska’s health care system to brink:" https://apnews.com/article/coronavirus-pandemic-science-business-health-pandemics-18bd9ffb116ce59872451f11067e94eb

* "Alaska reports 3 deaths, 871 COVID-19 cases as delayed monoclonal antibody shipments begin arriving:" https://www.adn.com/alaska-news/2021/10/05/alaska-reports-3-deaths-871-covid-19-cases-as-delayed-monoclonal-antibody-shipments-begin-arriving/

* "'Reckless': Parents sue school district for failing to protect kids from Covid:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/-reckless-parents-sue-wisconsin-school-district-for-failing-to-protect-kids-from-covid-123396165875

* "Anti-Vax Protesters Confront Parents About Masks Outside Beverly Hills School:" https://losangeles.cbslocal.com/2021/10/07/anti-vax-protesters-confront-parents-about-masks-outside-beverly-hills-school/

* A special place in hell. "10-Year-Old Died of COVID After Teacher Made Her Be ‘Nurse’ to Sick Kids, Parents Say:" https://www.thedailybeast.com/10-year-old-teresa-sperry-died-of-covid-after-teacher-made-her-be-nurse-to-sick-kids-parents-say?ref=scroll

* "'The mood is grim': Death threats and violence mark another pandemic school year:" https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2021-10-05/covid-vaccine-mask-fury-shakes-up-california-schools

* "Masks burned outside Brevard School Board meeting; board passes final budget:" https://www.floridatoday.com/story/news/education/2021/09/09/covid-19-masks-burnt-protest-outside-brevard-school-board-meeting/8264824002/

* "Cops Charge Zip-Tie Guys Who Ambushed School Principal Over COVID Rules:" https://www.thedailybeast.com/men-charged-for-ambushing-mesquite-elementary-school-principal-with-zip-ties-over-covid-rules

* "Marchers Attack Coronavirus Testing Station in Union Square:" https://www.curbed.com/2021/10/anti-vaccine-mandate-protest-new-york-city.html

* "Police unions across U.S. urge members to defy vaccine mandates:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/police-unions-across-u-s-urge-members-to-defy-vaccine-mandates-123688005985

* "Death Threats, Trolling Common for Scientists Who Speak to Media About COVID:" https://www.usnews.com/news/health-news/articles/2021-10-14/death-threats-trolling-common-for-scientists-who-speak-to-media-about-covid

* "Man charged federally with threatening former Baltimore health commissioner Dr. Leana Wen over COVID vaccine support:" https://www.baltimoresun.com/news/crime/bs-md-ci-cr-wen-threats-charges-20211012-iiiutjgxyfbslh2zmlpv3yntlu-story.html

* "Republican lawmaker banned from Alaska Airlines over mask rules tests positive for COVID:" https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2021/10/14/alaska-airlines-lawmaker-banned-flights-tests-positive-covid/8455352002/

* "Hayes: How America is processing the trauma of living through a pandemic:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/hayes-how-america-is-processing-the-trauma-of-living-through-a-pandemic-123492421658

* "Police Cite Anti-Vaccine Motive in Killing of Pharmacist and 2 Others:" https://www.nytimes.com/2021/10/07/us/jeffrey-burnham-pharmacist-brother-covid-vaccine.html

* "Eric Clapton Isn't Just Spouting Vaccine Nonsense--He's Bankrolling It:" https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-features/eric-clapton-vaccine-lockdown-racist-comments-1239027/

* "Allen West, Texas GOP gubernatorial hopeful, has COVID-19:" https://apnews.com/article/coronavirus-pandemic-allen-west-texas-pneumonia-health-03839ff2547c8895fb0e4f155705322a

* ""The tyranny of evidence-based medicine.":" https://solarbird.dreamwidth.org/1806319.html

* "Texas man sentenced to 15 months in prison for posting Covid-19 hoax on social media:" https://www.cnn.com/2021/10/06/us/texas-man-sentenced-covid-hoax/index.html

* "Fox News hosts deride vaccine mandates while complying with strict Covid policy:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/fox-news-hosts-deride-vaccine-mandates-while-complying-with-strict-covid-policy-122842693795

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* "Afghanistan: Deadly attack hits Kunduz mosque during Friday prayers:" https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-58842793

* "Afghanistan: Taliban unlawfully killed 13 ethnic Hazara people, Amnesty says:" https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-58807734

* "Global minimum tax effort moves forward as Ireland and Hungary join pact:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/us-policy/2021/10/08/minimum-corporate-tax-oecd-biden/

* "3 US-based economists win Nobel for research on wages, jobs:" https://apnews.com/article/nobel-prizes-business-europe-3cbc672f994ae6f4f486a68b52c2bb32

* "Maryland husband and wife arrested in nuclear submarine spy case:" https://www.politico.com/news/2021/10/10/maryland-husband-wife-arrested-espionage-case-515761

* "FBI: U.S. Navy engineer tried to sell nuclear submarine secrets :" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/fbi-u-s-navy-engineer-tried-to-sell-nuclear-submarine-secrets-123297861573

* "America Is Running Out of Everything:" https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2021/10/america-is-choking-under-an-everything-shortage/620322/

* "Americans Have No Idea What the Supply Chain Really Is:" https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2021/09/pandemic-supply-chain-nightmare-slow-shipping/620147/

* "Grocery store shelves aren't going back to normal this year:" https://www.cnn.com/2021/10/09/business/grocery-stores-food-supply-chain/index.html

* "Biden tries to tame inflation by having LA port open 24/7:" https://apnews.com/article/coronavirus-pandemic-joe-biden-business-los-angeles-health-48ff262b882a37308e4a3f15934b2ee4

* "Biden plan aims to untangle supply chain with focus on clearing backed up ports :" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/biden-plan-aims-to-untangle-supply-chain-with-focus-on-clearing-backed-up-ports-123505221529

* "US to restore full pension of FBI official fired under Trump:" https://apnews.com/article/donald-trump-business-lawsuits-james-comey-jeff-sessions-2be69b9a619dcbeb64469edd485b1a1b

* "Biden to restore 3 national monuments cut by Trump:" https://apnews.com/article/donald-trump-joe-biden-utah-environment-and-nature-b763897fc47136339bd12360a90079c0

* "New HUD rule aimed at preventing public housing evictions:" https://apnews.com/article/public-housing-evictions-biden-ab3191da5dbb1bd0db5ae91856383be4

* "Biden's Supreme Court commission is leaving everyone unhappy:" https://www.cnn.com/2021/10/15/politics/biden-supreme-court-liberals/index.html

* "Congress punts debt limit crisis into December:" https://www.politico.com/news/2021/10/12/congress-debt-limit-december-515820

* "Senate advances short-term debt limit hike after GOP scramble:" https://www.politico.com/news/2021/10/07/senate-leaders-strike-deal-on-short-term-debt-limit-patch-515578

* "Senate votes to extend debt limit after McConnell caves:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/senate-votes-to-extend-debt-limit-after-mcconnell-caves-123040837854

* I admit, I’d hoped Manchin and Sinema would give up on the filibuster. Ah well.

* "Ted Cruz and John Cornyn opposed a debt-limit increase that will stave off economic catastrophe, but backed previous borrowing hikes:" https://www.texastribune.org/2021/10/08/ted-cruz-john-cornyn-debt-ceiling/

* "Progressives focus on key priorities to narrow BBB bill for Manchin, Sinema:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/progressives-focus-on-key-priorities-to-narrow-bbb-bill-for-manchin-sinema-122854981959

* "Watch Former Sen. Kyrsten Sinema Supporters Confront Her in Restroom:" https://www.advocate.com/politics/2021/10/04/watch-former-sen-kyrsten-sinema-supporters-confront-her-restroom

* "Sanders offers rejoinder to Manchin's "entitlement society" word games:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/sanders-offers-rejoinder-to-manchin-s-entitlement-society-word-games-122964549966

* "Sanders frustrated with lack of specificity of Manchin, Sinema objections to BBB bill:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/sanders-frustrated-with-lack-of-specificity-of-manchin-sinema-objections-to-bbb-bill-122963525955

* "'It's not a 50/50 deal.': Sanders critical of Manchin, Sinema obstructing popular will:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/-it-s-not-a-50-50-deal-sanders-critical-of-manchin-sinema-obstructing-popular-will-122964549928

* "Chris Hayes to Kyrsten Sinema: What are you doing here?:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/chris-hayes-to-kyrsten-sinema-what-are-you-doing-here-123595845509

* "‘Biden agenda overwhelmingly helps working class White people’ Dem strategist says:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-reidout/watch/democrats-face-trouble-going-into-midterms-experts-say-123300933692

* "Manchin pulls plug on U.S. clean electricity ambitions in Biden budget bill: NYT:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/manchin-pulls-plug-on-u-s-clean-electricity-ambitions-in-biden-budget-bill-nyt-123694661824

* "Climate Program Likely to be Dropped from Build Back Better Bill:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-sunday-show/watch/climate-program-likely-to-be-dropped-from-build-back-better-bill-123786821627

* "The reconciliation stalemate: when and how will this end?:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-sunday-show/watch/the-reconciliation-stalemate-when-and-how-will-this-end-123787333579

* "Museum Workers, Jolted by Pandemic Job Losses, Turn to Unions:" https://web.archive.org/web/20211005070657/https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-10-04/museum-workers-embrace-unions-after-pandemic-job-cuts

* "Elizabeth Warren backs Deere strike, saying workers have gotten the short end of the stick 'for decades':" https://www.cnn.com/2021/10/14/business/deere-strike-elizabeth-warren/index.html

* "Workers at all of Kellogg's U.S. cereal plants go on strike:" https://apnews.com/article/kelloggs-cereal-plants-strike-d9185eb8fa9054d34a078063c3db6c33

* "American workers gain upper hand to demand better working conditions:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/american-workers-gain-upper-hand-to-demand-better-working-conditions-123693637949

* "USPS pilot expands postal banking services after years of skepticism:" https://federalnewsnetwork.com/agency-oversight/2021/10/usps-pilot-expands-postal-banking-services-after-years-of-skepticism/

* "The ban on evictions has ended: Here's what to do if you're facing eviction:" https://www.cnet.com/personal-finance/your-money/the-ban-on-evictions-has-ended-heres-what-to-do-if-youre-facing-eviction/

* "ITT Tech: Profit Over Education :"

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* "How This Recession Could Set Us Back 30 Years:"

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* "Activists keen to keep voting rights bill in spotlight of Biden's attention:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/activists-keen-to-keep-voting-rights-bill-in-spotlight-of-biden-s-attention-122858053542

* "Ending the Filibuster | Where Do We Go From Here?:"

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* "Pennsylvania AG Shapiro vows to use ‘veto pen’ to protect state if elected governor:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-reidout/watch/pennsylvania-attorney-general-shapiro-running-for-governor-filed-motion-to-block-republican-election-investigation-123598917624

* "Republicans eyeing upcoming votes stack local elections boards with Trump loyalists:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/republicans-eyeing-upcoming-votes-stack-local-elections-boards-with-trump-loyalists-123408453715

* "In Dead of Night, Texas House Approves GOP's Gerrymandered Map:" https://www.commondreams.org/news/2021/10/13/dead-night-texas-house-approves-gops-gerrymandered-map

* "Congressional Redistricting Taking Place Across the Country:" https://www.msnbc.com/cross-connection/watch/congressional-redistricting-taking-place-across-the-country-123205701796

* "Joy Reid: We're still feeling impact of Voting Rights Act being gutted in 2013:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-reidout/watch/texas-passes-proposed-map-increasing-majority-white-districts-decreasing-latinx-and-black-majority-districts-123490885908

* "Georgia ballot inspection case dismissed after no fraud found:" https://www.ajc.com/politics/georgia-ballot-inspection-case-dismissed-after-no-fraud-found/OUVOQ5I5ARHMBJ62CX3YBHRMYM/

* "Judge stomps out Trump Big Lie case in Georgia; triggers Trump tantrum:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/judge-stomps-out-trump-big-lie-case-in-georgia-triggers-trump-tantrum-123505221632

* "Once central to Trump's Big Lie, Arizona conspiracy theory fizzles into incoherence:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/once-central-to-trump-s-big-lie-arizona-conspiracy-theory-fizzles-into-incoherence-123148869589

* "Why the Cyber Ninjas CEO Skipped the Oversight Hearing on His Own Audit in Arizona:" https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2021/10/cyber-ninja-ceo-skips-oversight-hearing-on-arizona-election-audit.html

* "Rep. Steve Scalise repeatedly refuses to say 2020 election wasn't stolen:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-sunday-show/watch/rep-steve-scalise-repeatedly-refuses-to-say-2020-election-wasn-t-stolen-123205189966

* "‘Stop the Steal’ Movement Races Forward, Ignoring Arizona Humiliation:" https://www.nytimes.com/2021/09/24/us/politics/arizona-election-audit-analysis.html

* "'Shut this fake investigation down': Clumsy Republican 'audit' stunt elicits blowback:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/-shut-this-fake-investigation-down-clumsy-republican-audit-stunt-elicits-blowback-123608645850

* "Joy Reid: The cancer of the Big Lie has spread through GOP ranks:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-reidout/watch/marjorie-taylor-greene-polls-her-supporters-on-potential-national-divorce-123400773762

* "Recap of the Trump-endorsed rally at the Michigan State Capitol:" https://www.wlns.com/news/michigan/live-updates-from-the-trump-endorsed-rally-at-the-michigan-state-capitol/

* "Trump Allies Call for 'Audit' of 2020 Results in Michigan:" https://www.usnews.com/news/best-states/michigan/articles/2021-10-12/trump-allies-call-for-audit-of-2020-results-in-michigan

* "Trump Tells Republicans Not to Vote in 2022 or 2024:" https://www.thedailybeast.com/trump-tells-republicans-not-to-vote-in-2022-or-2024

* "Trump suggests he will back primary challenges to Michigan GOP lawmakers:" https://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/politics/2021/10/13/trump-suggests-he-back-primary-challenges-michigan-lawmakers/8435061002/

* "Trump tells Republicans not to vote if his 2020 election loss isn't 'solved':" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/trump-tells-republicans-not-to-vote-if-his-2020-election-loss-isn-t-solved-123504709941

* "Head of GOP election inquiry compares Milwaukee newspaper to Nazi propagandist:" https://madison.com/wsj/news/local/govt-and-politics/head-of-gop-election-inquiry-compares-milwaukee-newspaper-to-nazi-propagandist/article_82287223-b974-5877-a297-990531bde8dc.html

* "Former Supreme Court Justice Gableman, head of Republican review of Wisconsin election, says he does not understand how elections work:" https://www.jsonline.com/story/news/politics/2021/10/06/republican-reviewing-2020-vote-says-he-doesnt-know-how-elections-work/6020978001/

* "Gableman video puts a polished gloss on election nonsense:" https://wisconsinexaminer.com/2021/09/21/gablemans-taxpayer-financed-video-puts-a-reasonable-face-on-election-fraud-craziness/

* "Republicans seeking to discredit Wisconsin elections off to a bumbling start:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/republicans-seeking-to-discredit-wisconsin-elections-off-to-a-bumbling-start-123147333958

* "Republican threat to Wisconsin elections no laughing matter despite farcical clumsiness:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/republican-threat-to-wisconsin-elections-no-laughing-matter-despite-farcical-clumsiness-123310149663

* "Impartial audit? Wisconsin Republicans tap Trump appointee, Trump lawyer:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/impartial-audit-wisconsin-republicans-tap-trump-appointee-trump-lawyer-123612229601

* "Mike Lindell now claims he's found people as old as 850 years who voted in 2020 election: report:" https://www.rawstory.com/mike-lindell-voter-fraud-2655251741/

* CW: Domestic Abuse "Senate Republicans Shrug Off Candidates’ Domestic Abuse Allegations:" https://www.huffpost.com/entry/senate-republicans-shrug-off-candidates-with-domestic-violence-allegations_n_615cb61ee4b06f0ef2897f2b

* "Stacey Abrams: Youngkin ‘should be rejected’ for backing election audit:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/stacey-abrams-youngkin-should-be-rejected-for-backing-election-audit-122948677666

* "Political Giants Stump for Terry McAuliffe:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-sunday-show/watch/political-giants-stump-for-terry-mcauliffe-123786309783

* "Joy Reid: Republican party has abandoned its once-lofty principles for Trumpism:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-reidout/watch/virginia-governor-race-gop-embrace-of-trumpism-and-erosion-of-voting-rights-analyzed-by-politics-experts-123492933901

* "Chris Hayes: What Chuck Grassley traded for Trump’s endorsement :" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/chris-hayes-what-chuck-grassley-traded-for-trump-s-endorsement-123298373686

* "AT&T funds rightwing channel One America News, Reuters reveals:" https://www.theguardian.com/media/2021/oct/07/att-source-revenue-one-america-news

* "Hayes: What 25 years of Fox News ‘poison’ has done to America:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/hayes-what-25-years-of-fox-news-poison-has-done-to-america-123130437945

* "Joy critiques GOP leaders cultivating an ‘Idiocracy’ normalizing stupidity:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-reidout/watch/republicans-conservatives-right-wing-extremists-slammed-for-cultivating-culture-of-stupidity-123138629986

* "'Think about democracy as something which has a future': Snyder on hope in troubled times:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/-think-about-democracy-as-something-which-has-a-future-snyder-on-hope-in-troubled-times-122963525615

* "Idaho governor repeals political rival’s executive order:" https://www.politico.com/news/2021/10/07/idaho-governor-repeals-political-rivals-executive-order-515542

* "This governor and lt. governor duo are trying to out-Trump each other:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/this-governor-and-lt-governor-duo-are-trying-to-out-trump-each-other-122950725570

* "Joy Reid critiques Idaho’s governor and lieutenant governor’s game of GOP one-upmanship:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-reidout/watch/idaho-s-governor-and-lieutenant-governor-engage-in-game-of-gop-one-upmanship-122952773947

* "Whistleblower testifies to Senate as patience with Facebook wears thin in Washington:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/whistleblower-testifies-to-senate-as-patience-with-facebook-wears-thin-in-washington-122858053507

* "Expert: Why Facebook’s business model is ‘incommensurable with democracy’:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/expert-why-facebook-s-business-model-is-incommensurable-with-democracy-122847813728

* This gets scarier the more we know. "New details on ‘democratic near-death experience’ of Trump election plot:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/new-details-on-democratic-near-death-experience-of-trump-election-plot-123038789931

* "Questions yet unanswered suggest probe of DOJ misuse by Trump shift focus to White House:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/questions-yet-unanswered-suggest-probe-of-doj-misuse-by-trump-shift-focus-to-white-house-123056197607

* "Senate report exposes 'a mini attempted coup d'état' within the DOJ under Trump:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/senate-report-exposes-a-mini-attempted-coup-d-etat-within-the-doj-under-trump-123055685783

* "Political hijacking of Justice Department by Trump raises cleanup questions for Garland:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/political-hijacking-of-justice-department-by-trump-raises-cleanup-questions-for-garland-123056197797

* "Group files complaint with California bar association against John Eastman, lawyer who advised Trump on election challenges:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/eastman-trump-bar-complaint/2021/10/04/26dc7d50-2535-11ec-8831-a31e7b3de188_story.html

* "Trump hotel lost $70M despite millions in foreign business:" https://apnews.com/article/donald-trump-politics-business-4203026146d39a3a2315eecd7fe79486

* "Trump must give videotaped deposition in protest lawsuit, judge orders:" https://abcnews.go.com/US/trump-give-videotaped-deposition-protest-lawsuit-judge-orders/story?id=80579982

* "State Department Investigating if Trump Officials Stole G-7 Gift Bags Meant for Foreign Leaders:" https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2021/10/trump-gift-bags-g7-missing-gifts-saudi-fake-fur.html

* This is very 45. "White Tiger and Cheetah Furs: A Mess of Trump Gift Exchanges:" https://www.nytimes.com/2021/10/11/us/politics/trump-gifts.html

* "Schiff book documents when Republicans gave up and gave in to Trump:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/schiff-book-documents-when-republicans-gave-up-and-gave-in-to-trump-123309637776

* "Rep. Bennie Thompson: Merrick Garland has to do his job in a timely manner:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-reidout/watch/bannon-defying-subpoena-what-garland-should-do-discussed-by-jan-6-select-committee-chair-thompson-123596358002

* "Biden White House waives executive privilege for initial set of Trump-era documents sought by Jan. 6 panel:" https://www.politico.com/news/2021/10/08/bannon-jan-6-subpoena-515681

* "Senate Judiciary Committee issues sweeping report detailing how Trump and a top DOJ lawyer attempted to overturn 2020 election:" https://www.cnn.com/2021/10/07/politics/senate-judiciary-committee-investigation-trump-2020-election/index.html

* "Trump tells 4 former aides to defy Jan. 6 committee's subpoena:" https://www.politico.com/news/2021/10/07/trump-jan-6-committees-subpoena-515593

* "Top Trump aides set to defy subpoenas in Capitol attack investigation:" https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/oct/06/trump-aides-capitol-attack-house-select-committee

* "Jan. 6 Panel Threatens to Pursue Charges Against Bannon:" https://www.nytimes.com/2021/10/08/us/politics/steve-bannon-capitol-riot.html

* "Schiff: Enforcing select committee subpoenas tests ‘principle no one is above the law’:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-reidout/watch/steve-bannon-defying-jan-6-select-committee-subpoena-discussed-by-rep-adam-schiff-123691077812

* "Rosen, former acting AG under Trump, appears before Jan. 6 committee:" https://www.politico.com/news/2021/10/13/rosen-jan-6-committee-515910

* "Jan. 6 panel moving swiftly as it sets Bannon contempt vote:" https://apnews.com/article/steve-bannon-donald-trump-capitol-siege-subpoenas-bennie-thompson-9823b7d1c15eabd235cd3a9887b1f46e

* "Capitol Police whistleblower delivers scathing rebuke to 2 of its senior leaders Jan. 6:" https://www.politico.com/news/2021/10/08/capitol-police-whistleblower-rebuke-jan-6-515696

* "Prosecutors: Capitol cop told Jan. 6 rioter to hide evidence:" https://abcnews4.com/news/nation-world/capitol-police-officer-indicted-for-obstruction-after-riot

* "‘Just looking out’: Capitol officer charged with telling rioter to delete evidence:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/-just-looking-out-capitol-officer-charged-with-telling-rioter-to-delete-evidence-123686469722

* "Judge holds DC jail officials in contempt in 1/6 riot case:" https://apnews.com/article/proud-boys-district-of-columbia-capitol-siege-b944fd79b8e132f633bfb0111adfaba8

* "100 Capitol Rioters Have Pleaded Guilty. Here’s What They Did And What They’re Facing.:" https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/zoetillman/100-capitol-riot-guilty-pleas

* "Capitol rioter admits to two new felonies while representing himself in bond hearing:" https://www.wusa9.com/article/news/national/capitol-riots/capitol-rioter-brandon-fellows-admits-to-two-new-felonies-while-representing-himself-in-bond-hearing-judge-trevor-mcfadden/65-a40af9c2-9809-4adb-aaec-7e36ad12b308

* "Capitol rioter represents himself, accidentally admits to more crimes:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/capitol-rioter-represents-himself-accidentally-admits-to-more-crimes-123491909794

* "Gay Trump Supporter Brandon Stratka Pleads Guilty in Capitol Riot Role:" https://www.advocate.com/crime/2021/10/08/gay-trump-supporter-brandon-stratka-pleads-guilty-capitol-riot-role

* "U.S. Capitol Police arrest man who parked suspicious vehicle outside Supreme Court:" https://www.reuters.com/world/us/capitol-police-says-it-investigating-suspicious-vehicle-front-us-supreme-court-2021-10-05/

* "Maryland senior housing shooting kills 2; suspect held:" https://www.khq.com/regional/gunman-held-in-shooting-of-2-staffers-inside-senior-facility/article_adb26ce1-aba9-50cb-b1b3-d8a254f771cf.html

* "How Thousands of Haitians Became Trapped in Mexico:"

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* "Reporting on the Humanity of the Immigration Crisis | Field Notes:"

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* How is it legal to deport kids to Haiti when they aren't from there? Why would anyone deport anyone to Haiti right now let alone Brazilian and Chilean children? More than 40 children with non-Haitian passports deported to Haiti: IOM":" https://www.cnn.com/2021/09/23/americas/haitian-kids-deportees-intl-latam/index.html

* "Biden administration canceling more border wall contracts:" https://www.cnn.com/2021/10/08/politics/border-wall-contacts-canceled-biden-administration/index.html

* "At least 1,000 migrant children separated under Trump still haven't been reunited with parents:" https://www.axios.com/migrant-children-still-separated-from-parents-92a72738-f295-410b-ac61-076c634eaaea.html

* "Family Demands Surveillance Video After Alabama Woman Christina Nance Was Found Dead in Unused Police Van:" https://lawandcrime.com/high-profile/family-demands-surveillance-video-after-alabama-woman-christina-nance-was-found-dead-in-unused-police-van/

* "Feds won't seek charges against cop in Jacob Blake shooting:" https://apnews.com/article/us-news-us-department-of-justice-rusten-sheskey-jacob-blake-kenosha-4f8493dd0776ef6046e052a538cd1460

* "Black Children Were Jailed for a Crime That Doesn’t Exist. Almost Nothing Happened to the Adults in Charge.:" https://www.propublica.org/article/black-children-were-jailed-for-a-crime-that-doesnt-exist#1133516

* "‘County with staggering history of detaining children’ revealed in shocking report:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-reidout/watch/tennessee-county-was-profiting-off-jailing-black-children-as-young-as-seven-123298885901

* "A homeless man was arrested for a 43-cent ‘theft’ of a Mountain Dew. He could face 7 years in prison.:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2021/09/21/pennsylvania-mountaindew-theft-joseph-sobolewski/

* "Texas Board Recommends Posthumous Pardon for George Floyd:" https://www.nytimes.com/2021/10/05/us/george-floyd-pardon-texas.html

* "FBI raids New York's police sergeants union offices and the union president resigns:" https://www.npr.org/2021/10/05/1043567201/fbi-raid-new-york-police-sergeants-union-ed-mullins

* "A look at track record of NYPD union head who resigned after FBI raid:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/a-look-at-track-record-of-nypd-union-head-who-resigned-after-fbi-raid-123042373581

* "Derecka Purnell - "Becoming Abolitionists":" https://www.cc.com/video/0w8kcq/the-daily-show-with-trevor-noah-derecka-purnell-becoming-abolitionists

* "How the nation's Chinese American communities grapple with systemic racism and gentrification:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-sunday-show/watch/how-the-nation-s-chinese-american-communities-grapple-with-systemic-racism-and-gentrification-123205189953

* "The Latest in Jussie Smollett's Ongoing Alleged Hoax Attack Case:" https://www.advocate.com/crime/2021/10/06/heres-latest-jussie-smolletts-ongoing-hoax-attack-case

* "Black Lives Matter, She Wrote. Then ‘Everything Just Imploded.’:" https://www.nytimes.com/2021/10/10/us/politics/maryland-superintendent-racism-black-lives-matter.html

* "Texas school official says classrooms with books on Holocaust must offer ‘opposing’ views:" https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/oct/14/texas-school-holocaust-books-race-southlake

* "Islamophobia: An Analysis | Philosophy Tube:"

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* CW: Pedophila, Rape. "French clergy sexually abused over 200,000 children since 1950, report finds:" https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/report-finds-216000-children-were-victims-french-clergy-sex-abuse-since-1950-2021-10-05/

* CW: Rape. "UK police won't act against Prince Andrew over abuse claim:" https://apnews.com/article/prince-andrew-sexual-assault-allegations-jeffrey-epstein-f0e955fd2345884173ba1321bb105048

* "NFL players attack ‘fraud’ Jon Gruden after racist and homophobic emails:" https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2021/oct/12/nfl-players-reaction-jon-gruden-emails-racist-homophobic

* CW: Sexual Harassment "'Toxic culture': NFL cheerleaders demand release of full workplace inquiry:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/-toxic-culture-nfl-cheerleaders-demand-release-of-full-workplace-inquiry-123494469775

* CW: Sexual Harassment "'We feel invisible': Washington Football Team employees experienced decades of abuse, sexual harassment:" https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/voices/2021/10/14/jon-gruden-washington-football-team-owner/8450505002/

* "California Outlaws 'Stealthing,' Mandates Gender-Neutral Toy Sections:" https://www.advocate.com/news/2021/10/12/california-outlaws-stealthing-mandates-gender-neutral-toy-sections

* "Appeals court puts temporary hold on judge's order blocking Texas 6-week abortion ban:" https://www.cnn.com/2021/10/08/politics/texas-abortion-appeal/index.html

* "Biden administration: Texas abortion ban, in place despite constitutional questions, offers road map for other states:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/courts_law/texas-abortion-ban-appeal/2021/10/12/fd649804-2b60-11ec-baf4-d7a4e075eb90_story.html

* "Justice Department to ask Supreme Court to block Texas abortion ban:" https://www.politico.com/news/2021/10/15/biden-justice-department-supreme-court-texas-abortion-516093

* "DOJ rips Texas abortion ban in new appeals court filing:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/doj-rips-texas-abortion-ban-in-new-appeals-court-filing-123312197593

* "DOJ will ask Supreme Court to halt Texas abortion law:" https://apnews.com/article/us-supreme-court-health-texas-aeedf9630e395f9115909ce5fb63eea5

* "Attacks on abortion rights already forcing women to dangerous 'back alley' alternatives:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/attacks-on-abortion-rights-already-forcing-women-to-dangerous-back-alley-alternatives-123409477923

* "Fact check: Pennsylvania bill proposing restrictions on male reproductive rights is satirical:" https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/factcheck/2021/10/07/fact-check-legislation-male-reproductive-rights-parody-bill/6032780001/

* "A Botched Circumcision and Its Aftermath:" https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2021/10/11/a-botched-circumcision-and-its-aftermath

* "Justice secretary Dominic Raab thinks misogyny can be a 'woman against a man':" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2021/10/06/dominic-raab-tory-misogyny/

* "Daddy Issues, Misogyny, and the Pinnacle of Male Privilege:"

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* "Gay couple’s son finally granted citizenship in landmark Namibian ruling:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2021/10/16/namibia-gay-couple-children-citizenship-win/

* "Evangelist who backed death penalty for gays wants to run the National Trust:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2021/10/15/national-trust-christian-voice-stephen-green/

* "Genderfluid Person in Dress and Heels Attacked, Left Black and Blue:" https://www.advocate.com/crime/2021/10/08/genderfluid-person-dress-and-heels-attacked-left-black-and-blue

* "Thug beats man with wine bottle for ‘holding another man’s hand’ near gay village:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2021/10/11/birmingham-homophobic-attack-kesseler/

* "Birmingham announces major steps to combat spike of anti-LGBT+ violence:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2021/10/15/birmingham-homophobic-attacks-lgbt/

* "Protesters demand the Guardian 'stop platforming transphobia' at newspaper's HQ:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2021/10/08/guardian-transphobia-protest-london/

* "LGBT+ students demand university fire anti-trans professor: 'We've had enough':" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2021/10/07/kathleen-stock-university-sussex/

* "Biden Calls Out Anti-LGBTQ+ Legislation on National Coming Out Day:" https://www.advocate.com/politics/2021/10/11/biden-calls-out-anti-lgbtq-legislation-national-coming-out-day

* "Black Trans Man Mel Groves Shot to Death in Mississippi:" https://www.advocate.com/crime/2021/10/13/black-trans-man-mel-groves-shot-death-mississippi

* "The Queer Tax on LGBTQ+ Women Who Partner With Women:" https://www.advocate.com/commentary/2021/10/07/queer-tax-lgbtq-women-who-partner-women

* "Trans writer cuts ties with Netflix over 'transphobic' Dave Chappelle special:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2021/10/07/dave-chapelle-netflix-the-closer-criticism/

* "The Complex Transphobia of Dave Chappelle:"

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* They used her name without her consent, the bastards. "Hannah Gadsby slams Netflix boss over Dave Chappelle: ‘F**k you and your amoral algorithm cult’:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2021/10/15/hannah-gadsby-netflix-dave-chappelle-the-closer/

* "Trans Worker Who Criticized Netflix's Chappelle Special Is Suspended:" https://www.advocate.com/arts-entertainment/2021/10/11/trans-worker-who-criticized-netflixs-chappelle-special-suspended

* "The Bye Line: Jonathan Capehart calls out Tucker Carlson's homophobia:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-sunday-show/watch/the-bye-line-jonathan-capehart-calls-out-tucker-carlson-s-homophobia-123784773952

* "Sally Ride and Nina Otero-Warren to Be 1st LGBTQ+ Faces on U.S. Coins:" https://www.advocate.com/news/2021/10/12/sally-ride-and-nina-otero-warren-be-1st-lgbtq-faces-us-coins

* CW: Suicide. "Texas Removes Access to Youth LGBTQ+ Suicide Hotline, Resource Page:" https://www.advocate.com/politics/2021/10/13/texas-removes-access-youth-lgbtq-suicide-hotline-resource-page

* "Trans-inclusive cervical screenings aren't a debate. They can be life-saving:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2021/10/09/trans-cervical-cancer-screenings/

* "Why Do We Have Fewer Outbreaks? Epidemiological Transition: Crash Course Outbreak Science #3:"

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* "The Weaponization of Outbreaks: Crash Course Outbreak Science #5:"

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* "The Spanish Flu: The Greatest Pandemic of the 20th Century:"

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* "BSE: Britain’s Deadly Disease Scandal:"

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* "NHS England to offer breakthrough treatment for sickle cell disease:" https://www.theguardian.com/society/2021/oct/05/nhs-england-breakthrough-treatment-sickle-cell-disease

* "WHO backs malaria vaccine rollout for Africa's children in major breakthrough:" https://www.reuters.com/business/healthcare-pharmaceuticals/who-experts-back-using-malaria-vaccine-african-children-2021-10-06/

* "COVID is changing medical fly-in missions — and it might be for the better:" https://www.npr.org/sections/goatsandsoda/2021/10/07/1041862629/covid-is-changing-medical-fly-in-missions-and-it-might-be-for-the-better

* "Maddow: Look past conspiracy nonsense and weirdos to appreciate modern medical science:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/maddow-look-past-conspiracy-nonsense-and-weirdos-to-appreciate-modern-medical-science-123411013592

* "‘This is a crisis’: Tens of thousands of children affected by pandemic-related deaths of parents:" https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/this-is-a-crisis-tens-of-thousands-of-children-affected-by-pandemic-related-deaths-of-parents/ar-AAPdH5o?ocid=msedgntp

* "Valley Fever Is Spreading Through a Hotter, Drier Western US:" https://www.wired.com/story/valley-fever-is-spreading-through-a-hotter-drier-western-us/

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* "Pope, other religious leaders issue pre-COP26 appeal on climate change:" https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/pope-world-religious-leaders-issue-pre-cop26-appeal-climate-change-2021-10-04/

* "Climate change: Carbon emissions from rich countries rose rapidly in 2021:" https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-58897805

* "At least 15 dead after heavy rainfall and flooding in northern China:" https://www.cnn.com/2021/10/12/china/flooding-china-shanxi-ntl-hnk/index.html

* "China floods: Nearly 2 million displaced in Shanxi province:" https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-china-58866854

* "Torrential rain follows summer wildfires, flooding homes across Greece:" https://www.reuters.com/business/environment/torrential-rain-follows-summer-wildfires-flooding-homes-across-greece-2021-10-15/

* "Flash flooding in parts of Alabama kills at least four, prompts dozens of rescues:" https://www.reuters.com/world/us/rescues-underway-after-flash-flooding-parts-alabama-2021-10-07/

* "Elite Firefighters Have a Secret Skill:" https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2021/10/smokejumpers-wildfires-sew-their-own-gear/620323/

* "More flee as Canary Island eruption continues, creates 'lava tsunami':" https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/more-flee-canary-island-eruption-continues-creates-lava-tsunami-n1281690

* "'Catastrophic' California oil spill kills fish, damages wetlands:" https://www.reuters.com/world/us/major-oil-spill-washes-ashore-california-killing-wildlife-2021-10-03/

* "At least 2 dead in California plane crash that torched homes:" https://apnews.com/article/san-diego-california-plane-crashes-fires-suburbs-44a0451856e261b5314fb9528d9fa644

* "Strong earthquake in southwest Pakistan kills at least 23:" https://apnews.com/article/science-pakistan-earthquakes-bd2be7e2982a44a0f02ecb4f12e9d0e3

* "City in Michigan urged to use bottled water due to lead risk:" https://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/city-michigan-urged-bottled-water-due-lead-risk-80444860

* "Majority Black city in Michigan faces water lead levels higher than Flint’s at height:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-reidout/watch/michigan-tells-majority-black-city-of-benton-harbor-not-to-drink-lead-laced-water-123401797648

* "How economists helped Big Oil obstruct climate action for decades:" https://www.motherjones.com/environment/2021/10/economists-helped-big-oil-companies-obstruct-climate-action-benjamin-franta-stanford-university/

* "Masai Woman Builds Beautiful Off-Grid Homestead in the African Bush:"

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* "In Kenya, An Inspiring Maasai Man Creates Change Through Permaculture:"

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* "How Dying Gas Wells Are Making One Company Rich:"

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* "Climate change is killing the world's coral reefs as oceans warm, study shows:" https://www.reuters.com/business/environment/climate-change-is-killing-worlds-coral-reefs-oceans-warm-study-2021-10-05/

* "Inside the Indigenous Fight to Save the Amazon:"

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* "Fast fashion: The dumping ground for unwanted clothes:" https://www.bbc.com/news/av/world-africa-58836618

* "What It's Like to Document the Death of Ecosystems:"

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* "Mathematicians Prove Melting Ice Stays Smooth:" https://www.quantamagazine.org/mathematicians-prove-melting-ice-stays-smooth-20211006/

* "A Centuries-Old Physics Mystery? Solved:" https://scitechdaily.com/a-centuries-old-physics-mystery-solved/

* "Planet with iron rainfall is even more extreme than scientists thought:" https://www.cnn.com/2021/10/05/world/iron-rain-exoplanet-scn/index.html

* "Facebook Banned Me for Life Because I Help People Use It Less:" https://slate.com/technology/2021/10/facebook-unfollow-everything-cease-desist.html

* "If Social Media Can Be Unsafe for Kids, What Happens in VR?:" https://slate.com/technology/2021/10/facebook-virtual-reality-metaverse-safety-children-jakki-bailey.html

* "The White Sands discovery only confirms what Indigenous people have said all along:" https://www.hcn.org/articles/indigenous-affairs-archaeology-the-white-sands-discovery-only-confirms-what-indigenous-people-have-said-all-along

* "Scientists solve the mystery of the Etruscans’ origins:" https://www.livescience.com/origins-of-etruscans-discovered

* CW: Lynching, Sexual Assault "Ida B. Wells: Crash Course Black American History #20:"

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* "Jailbreak! The International King of Escapes:"

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* I was angry about what happened to Monika Lewinsky while it was happening. Everyone else in the scandal was absolutely vile. The media and the comics decided to completely destroy her life. It was very there but for the grace and I had huge empathy for her. I love the person she grew up to be, and every time I see her out and about doing activism it makes be happy. She not only survived the terrible thing our whole society did to her; she took that trauma and made something beautiful and powerful out of it.

"Monica Lewinsky - "15 Minutes of Shame":" https://www.cc.com/video/6of5s5/the-daily-show-with-trevor-noah-monica-lewinsky-15-minutes-of-shame

* "‘Do right by Henrietta Lacks’ family attorney of Black woman whose cells are commercialized by pharmaceutical company asks:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-reidout/watch/henrietta-lacks-family-member-discusses-suit-filed-over-black-woman-s-cells-sold-to-advance-medicine-science-122849861560

* CW: Suicide mention. "The Disappearance of Elisa Lam:"

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* "Gentrification Is Erasing Philly’s Black Horse Stables:"

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* "Two men arrested for alleged illegal smuggling of Kentucky Fried Chicken:" https://www.yahoo.com/now/two-men-arrested-alleged-illegal-171700302.html

* "Thank Me Later - Crusade for Clitoral Awareness:" https://www.cc.com/video/6bwz5l/the-daily-show-with-trevor-noah-thank-me-later-crusade-for-clitoral-awareness

* "Facebook Hearings Cold Open - SNL:"

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* "Misinformation: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO):"

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* "PFAS: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver:"

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* "TikTok Challenge Incites School Vandalism:" https://www.cc.com/video/l5foji/the-daily-show-with-trevor-noah-tiktok-challenge-incites-school-vandalism

* "Coronavirus Deaths Surpass Spanish Flu:" https://www.cc.com/video/hk1pbh/the-daily-show-with-trevor-noah-coronavirus-deaths-surpass-spanish-flu

* "The Rise of Water Witches in California:" https://www.cc.com/video/qr1e8g/the-daily-show-with-trevor-noah-the-rise-of-water-witches-in-california

* "New Zealanders Smuggle KFC & Man Faces Prison Over 43 Cents:" https://www.cc.com/video/biv64w/the-daily-show-with-trevor-noah-new-zealanders-smuggle-kfc-man-faces-prison-over-43-cents

* "Climate Week - Trickle-Down Effects of the Global Crisis:" https://www.cc.com/video/3a9x5k/the-daily-show-with-trevor-noah-climate-week-trickle-down-effects-of-the-global-crisis

* "Ongoing Crisis at the U.S. Border:" https://www.cc.com/video/jshkgv/the-daily-show-with-trevor-noah-ongoing-crisis-at-the-u-s-border

* "Jordan Klepper Fingers the Pulse - Anti-Mask Rally:" https://www.cc.com/video/dxm2d3/the-daily-show-with-trevor-noah-jordan-klepper-fingers-the-pulse-anti-mask-rally

* "Booster Shots Approved & 46% of Americans Believe in Ghosts:" https://www.cc.com/video/53kjvm/the-daily-show-with-trevor-noah-booster-shots-approved-46-of-americans-believe-in-ghosts

* "Switzerland OKs Same-Sex Marriage & Kids Face Climate Woes:" https://www.cc.com/video/6ig1jw/the-daily-show-with-trevor-noah-switzerland-oks-same-sex-marriage-kids-face-climate-woes

* "CP Time - Black Fashion Models:" https://www.cc.com/video/2vcs6m/the-daily-show-with-trevor-noah-cp-time-black-fashion-models

* "Can We Convo? - Reporting on Missing White Women:" https://www.cc.com/video/sp35bc/the-daily-show-with-trevor-noah-can-we-convo-reporting-on-missing-white-women

* "Keeping Up with the Congressians - Capitol Hill Crunch Time :" https://www.cc.com/video/2on71h/the-daily-show-with-trevor-noah-keeping-up-with-the-congressians-capitol-hill-crunch-time

* "Amazon Unveils $1K Robot & Man Traps Alligator in Trash Can :" https://www.cc.com/video/ghjlcw/the-daily-show-with-trevor-noah-amazon-unveils-titlek-robot-man-traps-alligator-in-trash-can

* "Pandora Papers Expose Wealthy Tax Dodgers:" https://www.cc.com/video/52gnv2/the-daily-show-with-trevor-noah-pandora-papers-expose-wealthy-tax-dodgers

* "Black Family vs. Racist Neighbor & Meghan Trainor's Toilets:" https://www.cc.com/video/vyqduj/the-daily-show-with-trevor-noah-black-family-vs-racist-neighbor-meghan-trainor-s-toilets

* "Red, White and Broken - Religious Exemptions for Vaccines :" https://www.cc.com/video/05hv1g/the-daily-show-with-trevor-noah-red-white-and-broken-religious-exemptions-for-vaccines

* "Remotely Educational - How Hollywood Works:" https://www.cc.com/video/2o4rhr/the-daily-show-with-trevor-noah-remotely-educational-how-hollywood-works

* "If You Don't Know, Now You Know - Right to Repair:" https://www.cc.com/video/iv0hvu/the-daily-show-with-trevor-noah-if-you-don-t-know-now-you-know-right-to-repair

* "Freedom of Speech Battle in New Jersey:" https://www.cc.com/video/fpz5ow/the-daily-show-with-trevor-noah-freedom-of-speech-battle-in-new-jersey

* "Back in Black - Hollywood's De-Aging Problem :" https://www.cc.com/video/wr6ipp/the-daily-show-with-trevor-noah-back-in-black-hollywood-s-de-aging-problem

* "Getting Back to Normal-ish - America's Great Resignation:" https://www.cc.com/video/26ld3k/the-daily-show-with-trevor-noah-getting-back-to-normal-ish-america-s-great-resignation

* "Ladies Night Song - SNL:"

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* "End Of Iris - El Tango De Roxanne (Moulin Rouge Cover):"

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* Wednesday I spaced a Doctor's appointment. (In my defense, I was very aware of it Monday and planning to go, but they never sent a reminder call and scheduling on Tuesday and Wednesday was tight, so it just fell out of my head with all the other stuff I needed to remember). I remembered it about an hour too late. Sigh. The reschedule and the long wait times between nurse and doctor because they were squeezing me into cracks meant I only got a few hours of sleep.

Add to this that all the gimping about Wednesday led to my dicey left hip joint trying to dislocate itself later that night, which is a thing it just sort of does periodically, but hadn't for several years. The pain of even a failed dislocation is stunningly painful and means the leg stops being load bearing sporadically. Luckily, Thursday it waited until I was parked at home to make another series of attempts to escape it's socket. (This has to do with my AS made worse by things like the distance running and ballet in my youth. My cartilage is under constant attack by my immune system. Yes, I know this isn't a problem most people have. It was always the left hip joint that used to pop out. I think I must have done extra damage to it in my teens somehow). The weather being changeable enough to ramp my arthritis pain level way up is not helping either and is likely contributing though I can't prove it. I just know when I dislocate, it tends to be in autumn or Winter.

Also, I needed head Millennial for an essential project, which meant I needed to bail the tanks myself (Nearby Millennial is the best at all the other tank cleaning components, which I flat out can't do since the AS started gnawing that shoulder joint which sent the fragile right shoulder joint. Normally Head Millennial does the bailing when things are running smoothly, as it's something Nearby Millennial absolutely can't do), into it's own exciting pain Wednesday night. Luckily this is more remediable than the hip joint thing, and the measures I took Wednesday night moved it make into the unpleasanter end of functional, which is really all I could ask for given the givens.

So I've been a serious mess physically for a couple of days, add in the lack of sleep and the way the need to get to the appointment on short notice threw my meds schedule into chaos and basically, I'm just trying to stay up late enough that Friday will still work and doing stuff that doesn't require too much eye focus.

* Over the weekend we managed to nearly finish decorating for Phase II, and on Sunday a friend came to visit. Livia is still full of complaints about the lack of live mice in food deliveries, but there is nothing to be done.

* I've been having a particularly bad chronic pain week, made worse by the nobody will let me sleep thing. I'm getting Police union auto-dialers from at least three different zip codes and as between them they have about twenty and I can only block 25 numbers, every time I block one another one wakes me up later. I wish there were a do not call list for police unions, but... America. they called twice today. It was so bad Thursday and Friday that after call five Friday, Tavy stood on my hip and complained angrily until I hung up. There were four more calls to come in the next couple hours including two separate calls from my dentist reminding me of the same appointment, one live and one robo.

I'm also getting daily harassment from a robot claiming to be a pharmacy, which insists on calling me every morning between 9-9:30AM wanting me to get up, find pen and paper and in the short time it takes for the robot to read the number, and write down their number and call them back, you know, exactly the way scammers trying to steal your social security or credit card numbers like to do. I haven't blocked them on the grounds that I haven't heard from lung ampule people for a while and it's just possible they subcontracted out. Medicare advantage does the same thing some times, you see. They like to wake me up once or twice a day with a rambling generic robot message that doesn't properly identify themselves and what they want in the thirty seconds before I hang up. Eventually they give up and have a live person call and properly identify themselves. So I tend not to block medical type things that behave like that on the off it actually is Medicare being too lazy to properly contact me. I hoping if that's what's going on here, do that before I have to start a game of phone tag with the wildly incompetent folks at lung medicine head office. which took most of a month last time my machine died.

* I voted Saturday. Yes, it's election season again. I know people have trouble caring about off year elections, but state and local elections have a massive effect on your quality of life. My ballot had a ton of initiatives and common sense tax stuff needing affirming. Turn out matters. My ballot had a ton of local and county offices that very much mattered for issues like affordable housing and environmental measures.

Don't sleep on this election. Republicans are pushing hard most places to take over state election positions with partisan extremists who want to end democracy. They are packing school boards with people who want to censor history and thing that you need to teach "The other side of the holocaust." Who your sheriff is can make the difference between mental health and drug diversion vs. Stop and frisk.

Don't sleep on this, I beg you. People sleeping on state level elections is why so many states are getting extreme racial gerrymandering next year.

* I am worried about Tavy. He slipped past Squirrel when he came home from work a few days ago, and I didn't notice until after lung time. Late Saturday, he got diarrhea. He slept most of Sunday and was still ill. He's drinking lots of water and is behaving normally while awake, but not eating much and is low energy for him. I'm worried he ate something he shouldn't while he was lose in the pre-dawn or caught a paracite from one of the complex dogs, since a lot of the owners are too lazy to toss their feces in the receptacle.

I'll see how how is tomorrow. I definitely can't afford the vet and squirrel is skint this month. *digits cruciform*

* "AI improves your Halloween costumes!:" https://gwydionmisha.tumblr.com/post/665293325032669184

* ToS: Season 2 Rewatch:

- 3.5: Is There in Truth No Beauty?

They are escorting the Medusan ambassador to the Federation home. Humans can't talk to the Medusans face to face as sight of the Medusan driving them insane. Spock must wear a visors, though there is concern about his human half. The Medusan is traveling in a future tech cat carrier apparently with Larry and Miranda. The cat carrier opens. Spock flinches, but gazes on the entity for a while. He tells Miranda, the woman assisting the Ambassador that he envies her assignment. The Assistant tries to touch his mind. She seems to project her envy on Spock. Clue number one. Apparently he telepathy is why he studies on Vulcan. She wishes she could see the Medusan.

They have a dinner party where they discuss Vulcan telepathy and the need to block out other's thoughts. Miranda takes a badge he wore in honor of her as a taunt. Clue number 2. Bones argues that Vulcan is boring and that the Medusans must be evil because they are ugly. Spock keeps gently rebuking McCoy instead of slapping him. Spock is a better man than I. Kirk calls beauty the last prejudice, but then toasts Miranda's beauty. Bones is racist and paternalistic. Miranda rebukes him on the racism. Miranda says she senses someone thinking about murder, but can't say who. She rebuffs Bones' attempt to escort her to her room. Scotty invites the other guy that came with the Medusan to go drinking, but he too turns down the offer. Bones says she's 'disturbing' possibly because she doesn't want to fuck. *side eye*

Larry has a deep crush on Miranda and is losing his shit because she's going to live with the Medusa instead of having sex with him. He kisses her. she is not into it and tells him to leave. She now knows the murdery feelings and envy are from Larry. The Creep. He goes to murder the Medusa out of sexual jealousy, thus seeing the Medusa and going violently mad. He runs around attacking people. Miranda tells the feds about Larry.

Larry the Incel turns up at engineering. Scotty gives him the controls before the announcement of Larry's homicidal insanity comes over. He knocks out Scotty and starts driving the Enterprise dangerously fast. He sends them beyond the galaxy boundaries before they subdue him. He is raving about dreams. Only Miranda can calm him. He thinks about the Medusa, they calls her a liar and tries to kill her, but he dies instead. Everything just stopped.

So now they are lost in space. (Danger Will Robinson). It's a void. they can't recross the barrier in sub-light and the sensory distortion in warp makes navigating impossible. The only solution is a mindlink with the Medusan which Spock suspects Dr. Miranda Jones won't allow. Kirk volunteers to distract her with a date to the arboretum. *side eye* Kirk tries to talk her out of her asexuality. *side eye* She doesn't enjoy other people's violent emotions and finds the Medusans restful. Kirk keeps trying to seduce her anyway, insulting her Medusan friend. Asshole.

Miranda works out what Spock is planning and tries to take his place. he points out she doesn't know how to pilot the ship. Bones points out a blind person can't fly the ship. (He'd been keeping her blindness private because ethics, but he couldn't let her endanger the ship). Her dress contains a sensor web. Kirk works out she hides her blindness to avoid pity. She insists. Kirk says to ask the Medusan, who says no.

Spock mind melds with the Medusan and the two become one. The blend quotes Byron at Uhura and the Tempest at Miranda. They navigate back to entry point, at which point the Medusan waxes poetic about the wonder of being embodied but also the intense loneliness of it. Spock goes to put the entity back in the cat carrier, but forgets his visor. He goes berserk and Kirk has to stun him. Nimoy's performance in this scene is really beautiful, with all the switches back and forth in both personality and emotion.

Miranda is Spock's only hope, via Mind Meld. Kirk gets impatient and finds her in there without her net. Kirk thinks she should wake him with a kiss then accuses her of trying to kill Spock. She goes all the way down, risking them both. Spock recovers. Kirk gives Miranda a rose and she goes off to live with the aliens. She and Spock respect each other now.

The men (except Spock are just really gross in this one.

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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.

* 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 a say in Washington redistricting? "Draw Your WA | Washington State 2021 Redistricting Commission:" https://www.redistricting.wa.gov/

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* "Sarah Everard: Met Police chief will not resign over vigil scenes:" https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-56389824

* "South Africa's Beloved Zulu Monarch Dies:" https://www.voanews.com/africa/south-africas-beloved-zulu-monarch-dies

* "Alleged terror plotter says he can't be homophobic because he kissed a man in a gay bar:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2021/03/02/sahayb-abu-isis-telegram-old-bailey-court-terror-attack-gay-lgbt/

* "Three workers for foreign media arrested in Ethiopia's Tigray region:" https://www.reuters.com/article/us-ethiopia-conflict-journalists/three-workers-for-foreign-media-arrested-in-ethiopias-tigray-region-idUSKCN2AU163

* "Three Women Working for a News Outlet Are Gunned Down in Afghanistan:" https://www.nytimes.com/2021/03/02/world/asia/afghanistan-women-journalists-killed.html

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* "Eli Lilly's combo therapy for COVID-19 cuts serious illness and death in large study:" https://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-lilly-idUSKBN2B21C0

* "New Biotechnology Covid Treatment Reduces Risk of Death:" https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-03-11/glaxo-vir-biotechnology-covid-treatment-reduces-risk-of-death

* "Long Covid symptoms aren’t as unique as we thought:" https://www.vox.com/22298751/long-term-side-effects-covid-19-hauler-symptoms

* "Unlocking the Mysteries of Long COVID:" https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2021/04/unlocking-the-mysteries-of-long-covid/618076/

* "Mexico City Is Running Low On Oxygen, and Gangs Are Making a Profit:"

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* Total confirmed COVID-19 cases in the U.S.A for 3/10/21 are 29,207,000. The official death toll is 531,000. Fully Vaccinated: 10.0%.

* "Virus drove record U.S. death rate in 2020, CDC finds:" https://www.politico.com/news/2021/03/10/cdc-finds-covid-19-drove-15-percent-spike-in-death-rate-475219

* "Biden Sets Goal Of July 4th To 'Mark Independence' From Coronavirus:" https://www.npr.org/sections/coronavirus-live-updates/2021/03/11/975420676/biden-to-address-the-nation-marking-1-year-of-coronavirus-pandemic

* "Biden vaccination strategy aims to help lagging states, reach out to underserved areas :" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/biden-vaccination-strategy-aims-to-help-lagging-states-reach-out-to-underserved-areas-104713285680

* "Why mutated variants could make future Covid booster shots necessary:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/why-mutated-variants-could-make-future-covid-booster-shots-necessary-104708165541

* "Expect further guidance for vaccinated people 'very soon': Dr. Fauci:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/expect-further-guidance-for-vaccinated-people-very-soon-dr-fauci-104699461522

* "All living former presidents, first ladies appear in new vaccine PSAs — except the Trumps:" https://www.politico.com/news/2021/03/11/former-presidents-vaccine-psa-trump-475293

* "‘The absolute worst’: Texas AG threatens to Austin for defying governor’s mask mandate repeal:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-reidout/watch/-the-absolute-worst-texas-ag-threatens-to-austin-for-defying-governor-s-mask-mandate-repeal-104539205791

* "'Really ill advised': Fauci laments risks of Florida motorcycle rally:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/-really-ill-advised-fauci-laments-risks-of-florida-motorcycle-rally-104694341762

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* "US resumes aid to Yemen's rebel north as famine threatens:" https://apnews.com/article/joe-biden-world-news-famine-blockades-united-nations-3386dc685c1a7668e66852c2b010abdd

* "As Garland arrives at DOJ, Capitol rioter cases take shape, whistleblowers ding Trump:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/as-garland-arrives-at-doj-capitol-rioter-cases-take-shape-whistleblowers-ding-trump-104716357874

* "Senate confirms Michael Regan to lead EPA:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/2021/03/10/regan-epa-confirmed/

* "The Mothers Facing Eviction During COVID:"

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* "Biden signs $1.9 trillion Covid relief bill:" https://www.politico.com/news/2021/03/11/biden-signs-covid-relief-bill-475344

* "Stimulus checks could start hitting bank accounts this weekend, White House says:" https://www.cnbc.com/2021/03/11/stimulus-checks-could-start-hitting-bank-accounts-this-weekend-white-house-says.html

* I know this is tumblr, but it's a good short summary the most important bits: https://tuulikki.tumblr.com/post/645429063513718784/the-idea-that-any-sane-person-could-genuinely-stan

* "Sen. Sherrod Brown says covid relief has 'so many things that'll make the country better':" https://www.msnbc.com/the-reidout/watch/sen-sherrod-brown-says-covid-relief-has-so-many-things-that-ll-make-the-country-better-103690309797

* "Democrat Skewers Republican Lawmaker's Attack On Black Lives Matter:" https://www.huffpost.com/entry/stacey-plaskett-glenn-grothman-black-lives-matter_n_6049543ec5b636ed3377f723

* "‘No longer being coded’: Stacey Plaskett says Rep. Grothman has a history of ‘very racist remarks’:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-reidout/watch/-no-longer-being-coded-stacey-plaskett-says-rep-grothman-has-a-history-of-very-racist-remarks-103714373614

* "Susan Collins, Joe Manchin Vote for Anti-Trans Language in COVID Bill:" https://www.advocate.com/politics/2021/3/08/susan-collins-joe-manchin-vote-anti-trans-language-covid-bill

* "Republicans turn on transphobe Marjorie Taylor Greene after 'pain in the a**' stunts:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2021/03/11/marjorie-taylor-green-republican-house-representatives-trans-transphobia/

* "AOC eviscerates Republicans' childish 'cancel culture' obsession in single tweet:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2021/03/12/alexandria-ocasio-cortez-kevin-mccarthy-dr-seuss-cancel-culture-covid-relief/

* "Chris Hayes breaks down some hidden gems of the Covid relief bill:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/chris-hayes-breaks-down-some-hidden-gems-of-the-covid-relief-bill-105350725553

* "Biden Administration to take ‘victory lap’ to sell covid relief package:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-reidout/watch/biden-administration-to-take-victory-lap-to-sell-covid-relief-package-104529477814

* "How House progressives set the bar for the Covid relief bill:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/how-house-progressives-set-the-bar-for-the-covid-relief-bill-105487941631

* "‘It’s indicative of who he is’: Trump makes voter suppression a part of his post presidency:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-reidout/watch/-it-s-indicative-of-who-he-is-trump-makes-voter-suppression-a-part-of-his-post-presidency-103116869985

* "Nicolle Wallace: Republicans are openly trying to disenfranchise voters:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-reidout/watch/nicolle-wallace-republicans-are-openly-trying-to-disenfranchise-voters-103696965636

* "'Corporations have a responsibility': Georgia firms pressed to stand up for voting rights:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/-corporations-have-a-responsibility-georgia-firms-pressed-to-stand-up-for-voting-rights-105480261763

* "Kyrsten Sinema Proves LGBTQ+ Representation Isn't Everything:" https://www.advocate.com/commentary/2021/3/08/kyrsten-sinema-proves-lgbtq-representation-isnt-everything

* "Republicans take spanking from Trump, ask for more:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/republicans-take-spanking-from-trump-ask-for-more-105496645671

* "New York prosecutor investigating Trump announces he won't seek reelection:" https://www.cnn.com/2021/03/12/politics/cyrus-vance-not-running/

* "Michael Cohen has seventh meeting with Manhattan DA as Trump investigation ramps up:" https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/donald-trump/michael-cohen-has-seventh-meeting-manhattan-da-trump-investigation-ramps-n1260548

* "Trump pressured a Georgia elections investigator in a separate call legal experts say could amount to obstruction:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/trump-call-georgia-investigator/2021/01/09/7a55c7fa-51cf-11eb-83e3-322644d82356_story.html

* "Newly Revealed Call Details How Trump Pressed Georgia Investigator To Find Vote Fraud:" https://www.npr.org/2021/03/11/976030079/newly-revealed-call-details-how-trump-pressed-georgia-investigator-to-find-vote-

* "Even Trump’s Defense Secretary During the Capitol Riot Blames Him for Inciting It:" https://www.vice.com/en/article/wx83v4/even-trumps-defense-secretary-during-the-capitol-riot-blames-him-for-inciting-it

* "Army reviewing investigation into Michael Flynn’s dealings with Russia, foreign firm:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/michael-flynn-investigation-russia-turkey/2021/03/12/3492549a-8366-11eb-bb5a-ad9a91faa4ef_story.html

* "Prosecutors seek a slowdown in Capitol attack cases, calling probe the ‘most complex’ in history:" https://www.politico.com/news/2021/03/12/prosecutors-capitol-riot-investigation-475505

* "‘QAnon Shaman’ stays in jail as judge slams his arguments: ‘So frivolous as to insult the Court’s intelligence’:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2021/03/09/qanon-shaman-jacob-chansley-jail/

* "Man Charged With Attacking Cop At Capitol Riot Buried Police Badge In Backyard:" https://www.huffpost.com/entry/thomas-sibick-mike-fanone-capitol-riot-police_n_604bdecec5b672fce4ec9e5d

* "Pennsylvania Man Arrested for Threatening to Kill Members of Congress and Shoot Black People to ‘Keep Them in Line’:" https://www.theroot.com/pennsylvania-man-arrested-for-threatening-to-kill-membe-1846328985

* "DeKalb Police make 5th arrest in brutal murder of man in own home:" https://www.11alive.com/article/news/crime/five-custody-man-beaten-shot-death-dekalb/85-9ed7c0f8-cdb2-4d21-adf4-7da48bc06ada

* "House Passes Bills To Strengthen Gun Laws, Including Expanding Background Checks:" https://www.npr.org/2021/03/11/976000003/house-passes-bills-to-strengthen-gun-laws-including-expanding-background-checks

* "Number of children in Border Patrol custody surpasses 3,700 amid ongoing surge:" https://www.cnn.com/2021/03/11/politics/children-border-patrol-surpasses-3700/index.html

* "Biden admin to end policy that let DHS deport caregivers for migrant kids:" https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/immigration/biden-admin-end-trump-policy-let-dhs-deport-caregivers-migrant-n1260920

* "Special Report: How Trump administration left indelible mark on U.S. immigration courts:" https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-immigration-trump-court-special-r/special-report-how-trump-administration-left-indelible-mark-on-u-s-immigration-courts-idUSKBN2B0179

* "Minneapolis will pay George Floyd's estate $27 million after city council votes to settle lawsuit with family:" https://www.cnn.com/2021/03/12/us/george-floyd-minneapolis-settlement/index.html

* "Cori Bush on $27 million George Floyd settlement: ‘We can’t put a price tag on this man’s life’:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-reidout/watch/cori-bush-on-28-million-george-floyd-settlement-we-can-t-put-a-price-tag-on-this-man-s-life-105299525825

* "Louisville's failure to address racial disparities prompts fears 'there will be another Breonna Taylor':" https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/mar/13/breonna-taylor-louisville-kentucky-one-year-on-blm

* "Police officer 'hurled slurs and shoved trans woman who was being assaulted':" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2021/03/09/nypd-trans-woman-attack-luis-cruz/

* "Black Trans Lives Matter vigil held ahead of George Floyd murder trial:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2021/03/10/black-trans-lives-matter-vigil-seattle-george-floyd-derek-chauvin-trial/

* "Prisons are ‘traumatising and dangerous places’ for LGBT+ inmates, eye-opening study finds:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2021/03/10/prisons-lgbt-england-scotland-trans-inmates-university-dundee/

* "Covid 'hate crimes' against Asian Americans on rise:" https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-56218684

* "Congress preps legislation addressing anti-Asian violence:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-reidout/watch/congress-preps-legislation-addressing-anti-asian-violence-105305669727

* "Shocked judge bumps into hate crime suspect in restaurant after he was jailed:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2021/03/09/texas-judge-hate-crime-suspect-restaurant/

* "Neo-Nazi Terrorists Planned Fortified Compound in Michigan:" https://www.vice.com/en/article/3anwyw/neo-nazi-terrorists-planned-fortified-compound-in-michigan

* "The absolute worst: The right wing media’s reaction to the Meghan and Harry’s interview:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-reidout/watch/the-absolute-worst-the-right-wing-media-s-reaction-to-the-meghan-and-harry-s-interview-103129157954

* CW: Sexual Abuse. "Women allege sexual misconduct against North Carolina GOP lawmaker as his biography is under new scrutiny:" https://www.cnn.com/2021/03/01/politics/madison-cawthorn-sexual-misconduct-allegations/index.html

* CW: Sexual Harassment. "Schumer is latest Dem to call on Cuomo to resign as scandals intensify:" https://www.politico.com/news/2021/03/12/cuomo-ny-congress-democrats-resignations-475522

* CW: Sexual Harassment. "Schumer, Gillibrand call for Cuomo to resign amid accusations of inappropriate conduct:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/schumer-gillibrand-call-for-cuomo-to-resign-amid-accusations-of-inappropriate-conduct-105335877742

* "‘He's the absolute worst’: Rep. Houlahan calls out Tucker Carlson for attacking women in military:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-reidout/watch/-he-s-the-absolute-worst-rep-houlahan-calls-out-tucker-carlson-for-attacking-women-in-military-105315397503

* "Arkansas Passes Near-Total Abortion Ban — And A Possible 'Roe V. Wade' Test:" https://www.npr.org/2021/03/10/975546070/arkansas-passes-near-total-abortion-ban-as-lawmakers-push-for-supreme-court-case

* I fucking hate gender policing. "Rugby star with alopecia forced to lift her shirt to prove her gender when using bathroom:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2021/03/09/heather-fisher-rugby-alopecia-gender-england-worcester-olympics-bathroom/

* "Polish ‘LGBT-free zone’ refuses entry to gay French minister who vowed to ‘fight for tolerance’:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2021/03/09/clement-beaune-france-gay-poland-lgbt-free-zones/

* "Poland to ban gays from adopting, even as single parents:" https://www.reuters.com/article/idUSKBN2B31WN?il=0

* "Tory minister refuses to rule out UK conversion therapy ban for minors only:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2021/03/09/kemi-badenoch-conversion-therapy-ban-equalities-office-liz-truss-lgbt-crispin-blunt-john-nicolson-charlotte-nichols/

* "'Failing' NHS gender clinic The Laurels assessed just two new patients in 12 months:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2021/03/08/the-laurels-nhs-trans-waiting-times-west-england-gender-identity-clinic-waiting-list-exeter-devon-partnership-trust-transgender/

* "Census guidance on sex question to be amended after High Court challenge by anti-trans group:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2021/03/09/census-2021-sex-question-gender-identity-ons-anti-trans-fair-play-women/

* "Two more top advisers quit over Tories' 'hostile environment' for LGBT+ people:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2021/03/11/james-morton-ellen-murray-government-lgbt-advisory-panel-kemi-badenoch-liz-truss-conversion-therapy/

* "First openly genderqueer Plaid Cymru candidate resigns, claiming party ‘platforms transphobia’:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2021/03/07/plaid-cymru-genderqueer-agender-candidate-owen-hurcum-transphobia-helen-mary-jones/

* "Gay Russian priest who fled to Holland after coming out claims clergy have sex to get promotions:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2021/03/06/gay-priest-russian-orthodox-church-metropolitan-mercurius-holland-alexander-usatov/

* "UK’s first LGBT+ retirement community given green light to open in 2021:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2021/03/02/lgbt-retirement-community-uk-london/

* Warning: This one’s pretty graphic."Homophobic thug jailed for group attack on gay, trans couple that left both victims in trauma unit:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2021/03/13/homophobic-thug-jailed-gay-trans-couple-attack-worcester/

* "White House warns states cruelly targeting trans rights that they’re breaking the law:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2021/03/09/white-house-joe-biden-trans-rights-jen-psaki-transphobia-mississippi-south-dakota/

* "More than 500 college athletes unite to demand action on anti-trans sports laws:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2021/03/12/transgender-athletes-college-ban-ncaa-trans/

* "There Are Currently 108 Bills Targeting LGBTQ+ People:" https://www.advocate.com/politics/2021/3/06/there-are-currently-108-bills-targeting-lgbtq-people

* "South Dakota Governor Signs Discriminatory 'Religious Freedom' Bill:" https://www.advocate.com/politics/2021/3/11/south-dakota-governor-signs-discriminatory-religious-freedom-bill

* "Mississippi officially bans trans athletes from competing as their correct gender:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2021/03/11/mississippi-trans-sports-ban-governor-tate-reeves-transphobic/

* "Tennessee Advances Anti-Trans School Sports Bill:" https://www.advocate.com/transgender/2021/3/02/tennessee-advances-anti-trans-school-sports-bill

* "South Dakota Revives, Passes Anti-Trans Sports Bill, Sends to Governor:" https://www.advocate.com/transgender/2021/3/08/south-dakota-revives-passes-anti-trans-sports-bill-sends-governor

* O.o "Trump sycophant thinks Demi Lovato inspired a 'woke mob' to cancel International Women's Day:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2021/03/09/real-america-dan-ball-demi-lovato-woke-mob-left-gender-reveal-international-womens-day-cancel/

* "Republican politician whines the left wants everyone to be bisexual and miserable:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2021/03/08/utah-republican-david-alvord-bisexual-polyamorous-trans-transphobia/

* "Rally descends into chaos with speaker calling gay mayor a ‘little f****t’:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2021/03/02/rally-descends-into-chaos-with-speaker-calling-gay-mayor-a-little-ft/

* "North Carolina Ends Deadnaming of Students on Report Cards, Documents:" https://www.advocate.com/transgender/2021/3/12/north-carolina-ends-deadnaming-students-report-cards-documents

* "Anti-LGBTQ+ Christian Woman Harasses Teens in Viral TikTok Clip:" https://www.advocate.com/youth/2021/3/12/anti-lgbtq-christian-woman-harasses-teens-viral-tiktok-clip

* Why were they selling these in the 21st century at all? "Amazon Won't Sell Books Calling LGBTQ+ Identity a Mental Illness:" https://www.advocate.com/transgender/2021/3/12/amazon-wont-sell-books-calling-lgbtq-identity-mental-illness

* "Alexandra Grey's True Hollywood Story Is Breaking Barriers:" https://www.out.com/print/2021/2/08/alexandra-greys-true-hollywood-story-breaking-barriers

* "Ryan O'Connell Is Horny for Representation:" https://www.out.com/celebs/2020/8/26/ryan-oconnell-horny-representation

* "Black, Gay, Autistic, and Beautiful:" https://www.advocate.com/commentary/2021/3/08/black-gay-autistic-and-beautiful

* "We need to talk about queer mental health [CC]:"

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* "As an HIV Survivor, COVID-19 Stigma Is Sadly Familiar:" https://www.hivplusmag.com/opinion/2021/3/11/hiv-survivor-covid-19-stigma-sadly-familiar

* "It’s not just gut bacteria, our fungal mycobiome can also affect health:" https://newatlas.com/health-wellbeing/fungal-mycobiome-gut-bacteria-microbiome-health-metabolism/

* "‘Zombie’ Microbes Redefine Life’s Energy Limits:" https://www.quantamagazine.org/zombie-microbes-redefine-lifes-energy-limits-20200812/

* "These Sea Slugs Decapitate Themselves and Grow New Bodies:" https://www.wired.com/story/sea-slugs-decapitate-themselves-and-grow-new-bodies/

* "The Town Trying to Pump Billions of Gallons of Water to Their Desert Community:"

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* "She sued her enslaver for reparations and won. Her descendants never knew.:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/history/2021/02/24/henrietta-wood-reparations-slavery/?arc404=true

* "The Greatest Defense of All Time: Clement Vallandigham:"

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* "Everything Was Fake but Her Wealth:" https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/everything-was-fake-but-her-wealth-4621153/

* I want it gone. "Group of bipartisan senators pushes for permanent Daylight Saving Time:" https://www.cbsnews.com/news/daylight-savings-time-permanent-bill-senate/

* "Yaupon: The rebirth of America's forgotten tea:" http://www.bbc.com/travel/story/20210223-yaupon-the-rebirth-of-americas-forgotten-tea

* "Why do some people put their c**ks in cages – a guide to male chastity:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2021/03/07/what-are-chastity-cages-cage-belt-gay-male-penis-cock-fetish-device/

* "Common Women's History Myths We Need To Let Go:"

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* "The Dangerous Mentality of The Thrombey Family (Knives Out):"

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* "Meet The White Women Empowering QAnon:"

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* "Unemployment: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver:"

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* Wednesday I was back to annoying chronic illness stuff, including my often problematic eye pulling out the stops and the right shoulder joint stuff being extra, but I seem to be over the Pfiser shot. I ended up doing a bunch of scheduling and rescheduling of medical stuff, careful of the second shot timing.

How to tell I'm old: It occurred to be that by the time the farmer's market is open and in full swing, It'll be safe for me to shop outside. I could buy my own starts and vegetables. It was really exciting.

* Saturday: Rupert laptop has been having conniptions and between crashes and Tavy rebooting him a bunch I lost a massive, unrecoverable amount of data. I am too exhausted at this point to spend more than a couple of hours trying to get it back.

Update: Rupert Laptop is dying. I guess I know the first thing I need to do with stimulus money. Needless to say, trying and failing to solve Rupert's issues ate Saturday.

I know fuck all about what's good. If any of you are tech inclined, I'd love suggestions for reasonably priced 8GB Ram laptop with large screen or a desk top I can plug in to Main Computer's old monitor.

* This conversation about Wilder's Wonka is glorious: https://gwydionmisha.tumblr.com/post/645618159710306304/i-am-very-drunk-and-listening-to-totos-africa

* "So your grandmother is a starship now: a quick guide for the bewildered:" https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-021-00503-3?utm_source=twt_nft&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=futures

* I hate the glorification of the loose cannon cop "who doesn't play by the rules" in American Media. You know what a cop that doesn't play "by the rules" is? A particularly dangerous person who hurts and kills people with impunity. Those "rules" are literally laws. Laws designed to protect people. A loose cannon hurts everyone near it. (Look it up. A cannon was heavy as fuck and on wheels. A loose one on a rolling ship crushes the gun crew.)

I want less of the the laws are in the way and more anti-lynching, anti-police violence and corruption things. Lets treat IA as the good guys for once. Make things like the Ox Bow incident about how the rush to judgement kills innocent people. We've had generations of propaganda rolling out about how it's good if cops dehumanize and harm people with hardly any counter. Let's go the whole other way. Make Dirty Harry the bad guy, because cops executing children for playing in the park or fathers for selling a cigarette need to be reviled for the monsters they are and cop shows are still pretending rough rides are good policing.

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

The help links are at the bottom under the cut.

* Ways to help people in Texas: https://spockvarietyhour.tumblr.com/post/643435770019987456
https://omgthatdress.tumblr.com/post/643431809724628992

More Texas how to help links: https://omgthatdress.tumblr.com/post/643431809724628992

* "You Can Buy Girl Scout Cookies From Troop Of Girls In NYC Shelter System:" https://www.scarymommy.com/troop-6000-girl-scouts-nyc-shelters/

* More Girl Scout Troops in Particular Need: https://tuulikki.tumblr.com/post/643247412337639424/girl-scout-cookie-time

* Cat Rescue Fundraiser: https://gwydionmisha.tumblr.com/post/642429918533304320/design-a-tea-where-tea-leaves-dream-custom

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