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* I'm doing better, but I still tire easily and the physio is already getting ugly. This means I'm going to run out of things like energy and pain resistance without much warning. Posting may vary/

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* "Israel: ‘Investigate what?’:" https://www.politico.com/newsletters/national-security-daily/2024/04/26/israel-investigate-what-00154651#:~:text=Israel's%20military%20says%20the%20Biden,they%20already%20looked%20into%20it.

* "NBC News investigation reveals Israel strikes on Gaza areas it said were safe:" https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/palestinians-killed-israeli-strikes-safe-zones-exclusive-nbc-report-rcna148008

* "Rep. Katie Porter says the State Dept. is sitting on memos of human rights violations by Israel:" https://www.msnbc.com/ayman-mohyeldin/watch/rep-katie-porter-says-the-state-dept-is-sitting-on-memos-of-human-rights-violations-by-israel-209864261812

* Food aid to Gaza for Ramadan: https://support.anera.org/a/ramadan-2024

* "Palestine Children’s Relief Fund:" https://pcrf1.app.neoncrm.com/forms/gaza-recovery

* Verified charities to help Palestinians: https://cleolinda.tumblr.com/post/737312194805612544

* Fundraisers for Gaza: https://www.tumblr.com/el-shab-hussein/742344297699999744/hi-if-its-okay-i-saw-you-were-boosting?source=share

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* "Israel fears ICC will issue arrest warrants for Netanyahu and other top officials:" https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/israel-fears-icc-issue-arrest-warrants-netanyahu-gaza-war-hamas-rcna149739

* Ya think? "Exclusive: Some US officials say in internal memo Israel may be violating international law in Gaza:" https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/some-us-officials-say-internal-memo-israel-may-be-violating-international-law-2024-04-27/

* "US implicates 5 Israeli units in rights violations before Gaza war, no restrictions on assistance:" https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/us-found-five-israeli-military-units-committed-gross-human-rights-violations-2024-04-29/

* "U.S. pushes for Gaza cease-fire, seeing narrow window for a deal before Israel launches Rafah assault:" https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/israel-hamas-war-gaza-cease-fire-hostage-deal-antony-blinken-saudi-rcna149747

* "Protests over Israel-Hamas war continue at college campuses across the U.S. as graduation dates approach:" https://www.cbsnews.com/news/college-campus-protests-gaza-israel/

* "Police arrest dozens of pro-Palestinian protesters at Columbia University:"

* "'Tragic': Columbia community laments involvement of police in campus protests:" https://www.msnbc.com/alex-wagner-tonight/watch/-tragic-columbia-community-laments-involvement-of-police-in-campus-protests-210016837600

* "Violence erupts at UCLA as protests over Israel's war in Gaza escalate across the U.S.:" https://www.npr.org/2024/05/01/1248433624/protests-campus-ucla-universities-israel-gaza-palestinians

* "Four UCLA student journalists attacked by pro-Israel counterprotesters on campus:" https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2024-05-01/four-student-journalists-attacked-by-counterprotesters-at-ucla

* "Op-ed: Faculty stands with pro-Palestine protesters, demands full amnesty for all arrested:" https://dailybruin.com/2024/05/02/op-ed-faculty-stands-with-pro-palestine-protesters-demands-full-amnesty-for-all-arrested

* "79 arrested amid second crackdown on UT-Austin campus:" https://www.texastribune.org/2024/04/30/ut-austin-protest-arrests/

* "Tensions Rise at U.N.C. Chapel Hill After Dozens of Pro-Palestinian Demonstrators Are Detained:" https://www.nytimes.com/2024/04/30/nyregion/unc-chapel-hill-protests.html

* "College Crackdown Shines Spotlight on Violent Cops — Yet Again:" https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-features/gaza-protests-colleges-violent-cops-1235012276/

* It's almost as if negotiation were more effective than force at solving conflict, but tell that to Columbia's Admin. "At Brown University, protesters and administrators reach deal to end encampment:" https://www.npr.org/2024/05/01/1248403491/at-brown-university-protesters-and-administrators-reach-deal-to-end-encampment

* "Protests at Wesleyan University can continue under one condition:" https://www.wfsb.com/2024/05/01/peaceful-protest-continues-wesleyan-university/

* "Biden says he supports the right to protest but denounces 'chaos' and hate speech:" https://www.npr.org/2024/05/02/1248669695/biden-remarks-white-house-live

* "Republican Senators Demand Biden Use National Guard to Suppress Columbia Protests:" https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/tom-cotton-josh-hawley-biden-national-guard-columbia-1235008553/

* "Opinion: The student-led protests aren’t perfect. That doesn’t mean they’re not right.:" https://www.sltrib.com/opinion/commentary/2024/04/27/opinion-student-led-protests-arent/

* "Kent State Victim’s Sister Condemns Militarized Response To Pro-Palestinian College Protests:" https://www.huffpost.com/entry/kent-state-sister-militarized-police-college-protests-israel-gaza_n_662aa18de4b09d8df9d5e1b0

* "Toxic U.S. political themes distort view of campus Gaza protests:" https://www.msnbc.com/alex-wagner-tonight/watch/toxic-u-s-political-themes-distort-view-of-campus-gaza-protests-210099781912

* "Chris Hayes: Why campus protests are 'the easier debate':" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/chris-hayes-why-campus-protests-are-the-easier-debate-210090565985

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* "Russia breached global chemical weapons ban in Ukraine, U.S. says as it sanctions Chinese companies over war:" https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/russia-chemical-weapons-ban-ukraine-sanctions-china-rcna150342

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* "'Europe could die': Macron urges stronger defenses, economic reforms:" https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/macron-aims-cement-french-influence-eu-lift-party-fortunes-with-landmark-speech-2024-04-25/

* "Once a fringe Indian ideology, Hindu nationalism is now mainstream, thanks to Modi’s decade in power:" https://apnews.com/article/india-election-narendra-modi-hindu-nationalism-rss-79c30c8ae750a9c037d86b9e2c1b640c

* "To the Sound of Gunshots, Haiti Installs a New Ruling Council:" https://www.nytimes.com/2024/04/25/world/americas/haiti-council-gangs-henry.html

* "Meet the members of a transitional council tasked with choosing new leaders for beleaguered Haiti:" https://apnews.com/article/haiti-transitional-council-members-cfc792b231cd245fa704e4bcc86beb81

* "UK minister claims Rwanda is safe for gay migrants – these queer organisations disagree:" https://www.thepinknews.com/2024/04/24/rwanda-lgbt-mirgrants-bill/

* "UK's Labour claim big early win over PM Sunak's Conservatives:" https://www.reuters.com/world/uk/labour-claim-early-win-uk-vote-closely-watched-results-trickle-2024-05-03/

* "Rishi Sunak’s future hangs in the balance as Tories suffer worst local election losses in 30 years:" https://www.thepinknews.com/2024/05/03/local-elections-2024-labour-rishi-sunak-conservatives/

* "Boris Johnson turned away from voting due to his own ID law amid catastrophic Conservative results:" https://www.thepinknews.com/2024/05/03/boris-johnson-rejected-from-voting/

* "Humza Yousaf quits as Scotland’s First Minister in tearful address: ‘I will not trade in my values’:" https://www.thepinknews.com/2024/04/29/humza-yousaf-resigns/

* "Who will replace Humza Yousaf as First Minister and what does it mean for LGBTQ+ rights in Scotland?:" https://www.thepinknews.com/2024/04/29/kate-forbes-humza-yousaf-scotland-snp-lgbtq/

* "Canada Agrees 200 Islands Belong to the Indigenous Haida Nation:" https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/canada-agrees-200-islands-belong-to-the-indigenous-haida-nation/

* "Ahead of Paris Olympics, police oversee evictions, leading to charges of 'social cleansing':" https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/olympics/2024/04/17/2024-olympics-social-cleansing-paris/73353671007/

* "New Biden administration Title IX rule protects transgender and nonbinary students’ bathroom and pronoun use at school:" https://www.advocate.com/news/title-ix-rule-transgender-students

* "How did the Biden administration just make health care fairer for LGBTQ+ people?:" https://www.advocate.com/news/lgbtq-healthcare-biden-restores-protections

* "Biden Just Saved the 40-Hour Work Week:" https://newrepublic.com/article/180966/biden-overtime-rule-middle-class

* "U.S. bans noncompete agreements for nearly all jobs:" https://www.npr.org/2024/04/23/1246655366/ftc-bans-noncompete-agreements-lina-khan

* "Net neutrality restored as FCC votes to regulate internet providers:" https://apnews.com/article/net-neutrality-fcc-broadband-regulation-cc8421bc4f11a3e0f6ffc22c358fbfd0

* "Coal and new gas power plants will have to meet climate pollution targets:" https://www.npr.org/2024/04/25/1236609039/epa-power-plant-climate

* "Biden forgives more than $6 billion in loans for 317,000 Art Institutes students:" https://www.npr.org/2024/05/01/1248473475/art-institutes-student-loan-forgiveness-debt-relief

* "Biden administration poised to weaken weed restrictions, a seismic shift from decades of harsh policies:" https://www.politico.com/news/2024/04/30/biden-weed-restriction-policies-00133123

* "US Supreme Court split over Idaho's strict abortion ban in medical emergencies:" https://www.reuters.com/world/us/us-supreme-court-weighs-idahos-strict-abortion-ban-medical-emergencies-2024-04-24/

* "I’m an E.R. doc. Idaho’s argument to SCOTUS reveals an ignorance of what I do.:" https://www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnbc-opinion/supreme-court-idaho-abortion-ban-rcna148890

* "Idaho abortion case in front of SCOTUS is 'quite shocking':" https://www.msnbc.com/jonathan-capehart/watch/-idaho-abortion-case-in-front-of-scotus-is-quite-shocking-209833541974

* "The Trumpification of the Supreme Court:" https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2024/04/trump-presidential-inmunity-supreme-court/678193/

* "This Whole King Trump Thing Is Getting Awfully Literal:" https://www.nytimes.com/2024/04/26/opinion/trump-immunity-supreme-court.html

* "Trump’s 'Absolute' Immunity Case & Campus Protests Mark Inflection Point For U.S. Constitution:" https://www.msnbc.com/ayman-mohyeldin/watch/trump-s-absolute-immunity-case-campus-protests-mark-inflection-point-for-u-s-constitution-209834053671

* "Jack Smith’s odds of putting Trump on trial this year are sinking:" https://www.politico.com/news/2024/04/25/trump-supreme-court-immunity-arguments-00154324

* "Supreme Court rejects Peter Navarro's latest bid for release from prison during appeal:" https://www.cbsnews.com/news/supreme-court-peter-navarro-rejects-prison-release-appeal/

* "Fed holds interest rates steady at highest level since 2001:" https://abcnews.go.com/Business/fed-expected-hold-interests-rates-steady-highest-level/story?id=109781151

* "We Are In A Housing Trap. Can We Escape?:"

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* "How Marjorie Taylor Greene Raises Money by Attacking Other Republicans:" https://www.newyorker.com/news/daily-comment/how-marjorie-taylor-greene-raises-money-by-attacking-other-republicans

* "Majorie Taylor Greene is planning a vote next week to oust Speaker Johnson:" https://www.npr.org/2024/05/01/1248433401/marjorie-taylor-greene-motion-to-vacate-house-speaker-mike-johnson

* "House passes antisemitism bill over complaints from First Amendment advocates:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2024/05/01/antisemitism-awarness-act-campus-protests/

* "Johnson launches House-wide probes into campus antisemitism:" https://www.politico.com/news/2024/04/30/mike-johnson-campus-antisemitism-00155253

* Stop the government censoring queer and other minority voices off the Internet in the US : https://www.stopkosa.com/

* 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/
To get your Critters' numbers to call direct: https://www.congress.gov/members/find-your-member

* 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

* Well, fuck. "Court tosses map that created second Black House district in Louisiana:" https://www.politico.com/news/2024/04/30/louisiana-court-black-house-district-00155351

* "Number of Trump Allies Facing Election Interference Charges Keeps Growing:" https://www.nytimes.com/2024/04/26/us/politics/trump-election-interference-charges.html

* "Meadows, Giuliani, 11 'fake electors' from 2020 are among those indicted in Arizona:" https://www.npr.org/2024/04/24/1236998675/arizona-fake-elector-charges

* "Arizona defendant Christina Bobb plays key role on RNC election integrity team:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2024/04/26/christina-bobb-arizona-charges-rnc-election-integrity/

* "Democrats retain upstate New York congressional seat in special election:" https://apnews.com/article/special-election-congress-new-york-kennedy-dickson-e7b6956b577c63109491ccf805f0bc81

* "Meet the transgender minister representing LGBTQ+ rights in Georgia:" https://www.advocate.com/news/georgia-transgender-methodist-minister

* "Gay Pennsylvania Rep. Malcolm Kenyatta wins Democratic primary for auditor general:" https://www.advocate.com/news/malcolm-kenyatta-wins-democratic-primary

* "Assisted living home lawsuit, citations add to controversy over Hovde’s nursing home remarks:" https://wisconsinexaminer.com/2024/04/24/assisted-living-home-lawsuit-citations-add-to-controversy-over-hovdes-nursing-home-remarks/

Want to help Tammy Baldwin beat this guy? https://secure.actblue.com/donate/tammy-baldwin-4

* "Where is Mr. Rogers’ neighborhood?:" https://michiganadvance.com/2024/01/30/where-is-mr-rogers-neighborhood/

* "This G.O.P. Senate Candidate Says He Grew Up on a Family Farm. Not Exactly.:" https://www.nytimes.com/2024/04/19/us/politics/dave-mccormick-farm-pennsylvania.html

* "David McCormick is gearing up for a Senate run in Pennsylvania. But he lives in Connecticut:" https://apnews.com/article/pennsylvania-mccormick-residency-mansion-connecticut-oz-e84500b848f0be7efb9f9b3c495dd066

He's the son of a wealthy college president and currently resides in Connecticut, but claims to have grown up a poor farmer. He's running in Pennsylvania, because that worked so well for Dr. Oz.

* "Montana GOP Senate candidate says he lied to ranger about gunshot wound in 2015:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/04/06/tim-sheehy-montana-senate-gunshot-wound-national-park/

He claims he didn't shoot himself by accident being a dumbass, but rather that he had a super secret war wound no one knew about. *sideeye*

* "GOP Star Recruit Brags About ‘Rural’ Upbringing. He Grew Up 15 Minutes From the City.:" https://www.thedailybeast.com/gop-star-recruit-tim-sheehy-brags-about-rural-upbringing-that-wasnt

* "Kari Lake says 'unfortunately' Arizona isn't enforcing 1864 abortion ban, flipping again:" https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2024-election/kari-lake-says-unfortunately-arizona-isnt-enforcing-1864-abortion-ban-rcna148948

* "Republicans assemble oddly insulting set of 2024 candidates with Senate control on the line:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/republicans-assemble-oddly-insulting-set-of-2024-candidates-with-senate-control-on-the-line-209943621924

* Primaries are ongoing:
Important! Remember to vote in all primaries, not just presidential!!!

NOTE: There is a call for people to vote "uncommitted" in the Democratic primary as a protest against Biden's Israel policy. The time to pressure Biden with your vote is now, not in November. The pressure from all the different types of protests do seem to be working, if far slower than we'd like.

NOTE 2: There is a similar protest against Trump where people vote for a candidate who isn't running. Check your state to see who people are promoting.

NOTE 3: Important non-Presidential Primaries are also ongoing! Vote the whole ballot!

Indiana: 5/7/24 (Governer, Senate, House Primaries as well! Important!!!)

Maryland, Nebraska, West Virginia: 5/14/24 (Senate and House Primaries as well! Important!!!)

Georgia, Kentucky, Oregon, Idaho: 5/21/24 (House Primaries as well! Important!!!)

Idaho (Democrat): 5/23/24

Texas (Run Off Election): 5/28/24


Know your state's schedule and where to vote. Make sure you and your friends are registered. If you are voting in person, plan how to get there.

If you live in an open primary state consider voting strategically. Otherwise, vote your heart in the primary. Remember how all those votes for Sanders and Warren pushed Biden and the party platform further left?

Remember to vote in all the races, not just the top of the ticket even if it's in a separate primary (as it is in my state). Who runs congress, your state, and your local government really matters. In some states this is a separate primary. Check the rules for your state.

Never, ever sleep on a chance to vote.

It is always better to vote for someone who will listen to us than to let someone who is actively trying to kill us.

* "Democrats who investigated Trump say they expect to face arrest, retaliation if he wins presidency:" https://www.cbsnews.com/news/democrats-investigated-trump-expect-arrest-retaliation-if-trump-wins/

* "Opinion: We have a radical democracy. Will Trump voters destroy it?:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2024/04/24/trump-tyranny-christian-nationalist-democracy/

* "Trump does not rule out building detention camps for mass deportations:" https://www.reuters.com/world/us/trump-does-not-rule-out-building-detention-camps-mass-deportations-2024-04-30/

* "Trump says he’ll use National Guard to deport migrants, doubling down on anti-immigration rhetoric:" https://apnews.com/article/immigration-trump-deport-migrants-national-guard-bdbbc8e78c66adb66047e331ced6c2d3

* "Trump Refuses to Commit to Accepting 2024 Election Results:" https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/trump-refuses-commit-accepting-2024-election-results-1235013997/

* "Trump says 'it depends' if there will be violence if he loses 2024 election to Biden:" https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/trump-asked-violence-loses-november-election-biden-depends/story?id=109787140

* "The Trump campaign embraces Jan. 6 rioters with money and pardon promises:" https://www.npr.org/2024/01/04/1218672628/the-trump-campaign-embraces-jan-6-rioters-with-money-and-pardon-promises

* "Donald Trump says states should decide on prosecuting women for abortions, has no comment on abortion pill:" https://apnews.com/article/abortion-ban-trump-criminalize-mifepristone-election-7f43c7e9ab192ebe874a1f0b1b7ba60b

* "An oral history of how exactly Trump killed Roe v. Wade:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/an-oral-history-of-how-exactly-trump-killed-roe-v-wade-210089029864

* "Trump paints vivid picture of extremist plans for second term in new interview:" https://www.msnbc.com/alex-wagner-tonight/watch/trump-paints-vivid-picture-of-extremist-plans-for-second-term-in-new-interview-210018885583

* "Imperial presidency: Trump lays out plan to enlist military in deporting millions:" https://www.msnbc.com/alex-wagner-tonight/watch/imperial-presidency-trump-lays-out-plan-to-enlist-military-in-deporting-millions-210100805862

* "Donald Trump says liberals wanted him to overturn Roe v. Wade: ‘Everybody wanted this to be done!’:" https://www.thepinknews.com/2024/05/03/donald-trump-roe-v-wade/

* "Undeterred by past Big Lie failures, Trump primes followers for poll confrontations:" https://www.msnbc.com/alex-wagner-tonight/watch/undeterred-by-past-big-lie-failures-trump-primes-followers-for-poll-confrontations-210180677642

* "Chaos and division erupt at Washington Republican convention in Spokane:" https://www.opb.org/article/2024/04/20/chaos-erupts-at-washington-gop-convention-in-spokane/#:~:text=On%20Friday%2C%20the%20Washington%20State,to%20the%20party's%20own%20candidates.

* "The WA GOP put it in writing that they’re not into democracy:" https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/politics/the-wa-gop-put-it-in-writing-that-theyre-not-into-democracy/

* "Just when you think the Arizona Republican Party couldn't get any crazier ...:" https://www.azcentral.com/story/opinion/op-ed/laurieroberts/2024/04/28/this-just-in-from-the-arizona-republican-party-we-be-crazy/73489433007/

* "Republican Party bears Big Lie's deep scars as Trump dances to avoid accountability:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/republican-party-bears-big-lie-s-deep-scars-as-trump-dances-to-avoid-accountability-209946181819

* "Inslee signed the 'strippers' bill of rights' into law. Here's what will change in Washington:" https://www.king5.com/article/news/local/inslee-signs-stripper-bill-of-rights-into-law-strip-clubs/281-666642a0-0352-4741-9b07-a010f172b407

* "Arizona lawmakers vote to undo near-total abortion ban from 1864, with Gov. Hobbs expected to sign:" https://apnews.com/article/arizona-abortion-1864-ban-repeal-24578e546b69ca087e01034bcaf4aa01

* "Mississippi Republicans fail to pass trans bathroom ban and law defining sex:" https://www.advocate.com/politics/mississippi-anti-lgbtq-bills-fail

* "Iowa governor signs bill that allows for arrest of some migrants:" https://www.cbsnews.com/news/iowa-governor-kim-reynolds-signs-bill-migrants-arrests/

* "Tennessee passes anti-trans bill to ‘intimidate families of transgender youth’:" https://www.thepinknews.com/2024/04/27/tennessee-anti-trans-bill/

* "Maine signs trans and abortion sanctuary bill into law, despite violent threats:" https://www.advocate.com/news/maine-trans-abortion-sanctuary-bill

* "Here's how Ron DeSantis is still tormenting LGBTQ+ kids after failed presidential campaign:" https://www.advocate.com/politics/ron-desantis-lgbtq-youth

* "Ted Cruz could be liable for taxes on payments from his iHeartMedia podcast, experts say :" https://www.houstonchronicle.com/politics/texas/article/ted-cruz-iheart-podcast-taxes-19416633.php

* "Parent arrested as Ryan Walters called 'bully and bigot' at Oklahoma meeting:" https://www.advocate.com/news/ryan-walters-oklahoma-meeting-arrest

* CW: Animal death. "Anti-LGBTQ+ Republican Kristi Noem brags about killing dog and goat in her new book:" https://www.advocate.com/politics/kristi-noem-book-killing-dog

* "Log Cabin Republicans chapter wishes for death of Joe Biden using 'kombucha girl' meme:" https://www.advocate.com/politics/log-cabin-republicans-biden-death

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* "Federal judge rejects Donald Trump's bid for new E. Jean Carroll defamation trial, upholds $83M judgment:" https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/federal-judge-rejects-donald-trumps-bid-new-jean/story?id=109634929

* "Donald Trump ordered to pay $9,000 for violating gag order in criminal hush money trial:" https://www.npr.org/2024/04/30/1244294199/trump-gag-order-hush-money-trial

* "Emails Reveal Top Trump Accountant Had Secret Campaign Role:" https://www.thedailybeast.com/emails-reveal-top-trump-accountant-allen-weisselberg-had-secret-campaign-role

* "Trump trial casts light on dirty side of celebrity tabloids:" https://www.msnbc.com/alex-wagner-tonight/watch/trump-trial-casts-light-on-dirty-side-of-celebrity-tabloids-210179141774

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* "Terrorist threat stops Nashville disc golf tournament with transgender player:" https://www.advocate.com/crime/nashville-disc-golf-natalie-ryan

* "Alleged Minneapolis mass shooters charged after killing one at LGBTQ+ punk rock show:" https://www.advocate.com/crime/minneapolis-mass-shooting-punk-show-charges

* "‘Faces of Gun Violence’ exhibit unveiled at inaugural survivors’ summit:" https://www.advocate.com/news/atf-faces-of-gun-violence

* "Tennessee parents beg judge not to release school shooter’s journals publicly:" https://www.advocate.com/news/covenant-school-shooter-journals

* "NYPD officers involved in fatal shooting of gay Black man Kawaski Trawick won't be disciplined:" https://www.advocate.com/news/outrage-kawaski-trawick-no-accountability

* "Cop City's Ivory Tower: Georgia State University is Ground Zero for Militarized Policing:" https://atlpresscollective.com/2024/02/13/cop-citys-ivory-tower-georgia-state-university-is-ground-zero-for-militarized-policing/?amp=1

* "Atlanta, Egypt, and Israel police forces share ‘crowd control’ weapons and military-industrial techniques:" https://www.mainlinezine.com/atlanta-egypt-israel-police-share-crowd-control-weapons/

* "Black Alliance for Peace’s Atlanta Citywide Alliance:" https://linktr.ee/bapatlanta
https://blackallianceforpeace.com/bapstatements/tortuguitaandtyrenichols

* Map of Cop Cities planned or being built: https://isyourlifebetter.net/cop-cities-usa/

* "College students, inmates and a nun: A unique book club meets at one of the nation’s largest jails:" https://apnews.com/article/jail-book-club-nun-activist-death-penalty-6307844935bdea8de812cd67f445745f

* "Catholic college accused of bias by nonbinary former DEI director for refusing to use their pronouns:" https://www.advocate.com/education/providence-college-discrimination-dei-complaint

* "After a Pennsylvania school board canceled a gay actor's talk, the community fought back:" https://www.advocate.com/news/pennsylvania-maulik-pancholy-speech

* CW: Rape "What’s Next for Harvey Weinstein After His New York Rape Conviction Was Overturned?:" https://www.rollingstone.com/tv-movies/tv-movie-news/harvey-weinstein-new-york-rape-conviction-overturned-1235010866/

* CW: Child Abuse. "I Was 6 When My Father Decided We'd Sail Around The World. I Would Be Trapped On That Boat For Nearly A Decade.:" https://www.huffpost.com/entry/wavewalker-memoir-raised-sailboat-sea_n_6536be56e4b0c85561022b16

* "Transgender health care must be paid for by state insurance, says an appeals court:" https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2024/04/29/1247896150/transgender-health-insurance-west-virginia-north-carolina-appeals-court

* "More people regret having children than having gender-affirming care, study finds:" https://www.thepinknews.com/2024/05/01/transition-regret-detransitioners/

* "Florida's 6-week abortion ban is now in effect, curbing access across the South:" https://www.npr.org/2024/05/01/1247990353/florida-6-week-abortion-ban-south

* "Emergency rooms refused to treat pregnant women, leaving one to miscarry in a lobby restroom:" https://apnews.com/article/pregnancy-emergency-care-abortion-supreme-court-roe-9ce6c87c8fc653c840654de1ae5f7a1c

* "Iraq’s criminalisation of same-sex relationships and LGBTQ+ people an ‘attack on human rights’:" https://www.thepinknews.com/2024/04/29/iraq-human-rights/

* "Drag Race Brazil host shares horrific conversion therapy experience: ‘They applied electric shocks’:" https://www.thepinknews.com/2024/05/02/grag-queen-conversion-therapy-drag-race-brazil/

* "Debate over gender-neutral language divides Germany:" https://www.politico.eu/article/debate-over-gender-inclusive-neutral-language-divides-germany/

* "Fury as Tories propose that trans women be banned from female NHS wards – and Keir Starmer agrees:" https://www.thepinknews.com/2024/05/01/tories-keir-starmer-nhs-trans-ban/

* "NHS reportedly set to remove inclusive language from documents in Tory ‘gender ideology’ crackdown:" https://www.thepinknews.com/2024/04/29/nhs-constitution-victoria-atkins/

* "Man jailed for ‘vicious homophobic attack’ on two men waiting for bus after Black Pride event:" https://www.thepinknews.com/2024/05/03/brixton-homophobic-attack/

* "Trans activist Charlie Craggs threatened with ‘beating’ minutes after giving an educational talk:" https://www.thepinknews.com/2024/05/02/charlie-craggs-speech-today/

* "Drag Queen Storytime founder defiant in face of threat to ‘cut him up and throw him into the river’:" https://www.thepinknews.com/2024/05/02/drag-queen-story-hour-liverpool/

* "United Methodist Church ends 40-year ban on LGBTQ+ clergy:" https://www.advocate.com/news/united-methodist-church-lgbtq-clergy

* "Over 90% of trans youth live in states pushing anti-trans legislation: report:" https://www.advocate.com/news/transgender-youth-state-laws

* CW: Suicide. "Anti-LGBTQ+ laws lead to 'public health crisis' with higher suicide rates among queer youth:" https://www.advocate.com/news/anti-lgbtq-laws-suicide-youth

* "Anti-Trans Legislative Risk Assessment Map: May 2024 Update:" https://www.advocate.com/anti-trans-legislation-risk-map

* "Arkansas sued over new restrictions on driver's license gender markers:" https://www.advocate.com/law/arkansas-drivers-license-gender

* "Community mourns Las Vegas trans woman stabbed ‘in broad daylight’: ‘She was something special’:" https://www.thepinknews.com/2024/05/03/sasha-williams-death/

* "Trans woman Andrea Doria Dos Passos beaten to death in Miami Beach; arrest made:" https://www.advocate.com/crime/transgender-woman-killed-miami-beach

* "Serial killer of gay men in New Orleans released after 46 years in prison:" https://www.advocate.com/crime/louisiana-killer-gay-men-paroled

* "Teen girls who protested against trans athlete plan to sue after being ‘barred from future events’:" https://www.thepinknews.com/2024/05/02/trans-athlete-school-board-lawsuit-becky-pepper-jackson/

* "A visual history of lesbian activism from around the world: 58 images of dyke marches:" https://www.advocate.com/lesbian/lesbian-activismfrom-around-the-world

* "‘Only 15 people in the world have my condition’: Disability activist uses TikTok to raise awareness:" https://www.thepinknews.com/2024/04/28/dylan-lombard/

* "Human infections from rat urine on the rise in New York City:" https://abcnews.go.com/US/human-infections-rat-urine-rise-new-york-city/story?id=109339745

* "Wildfire smoke contributes to thousands of deaths each year in the U.S.:" https://www.npr.org/2024/04/18/1245068810/wildfire-smoke-contributes-to-thousands-of-deaths-each-year-in-the-u-s

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* "Once praised, settlement to help sickened BP oil spill workers leaves most with nearly nothing:" https://apnews.com/article/gulf-spill-lawsuits-bp-health-chemical-exposure-f3845a3cb9da869d2689452a7dec0c9c?

* "Internet data centers are fueling drive to old power source: Coal:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/interactive/2024/data-centers-internet-power-source-coal/

* "You Can Still Die From World War I Dangers in France’s Red Zones:" https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/red-zones-in-france

* "The cloud under the sea:" https://www.theverge.com/c/24070570/internet-cables-undersea-deep-repair-ships

* "Suburbs Are Failing Us (for now...):"

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* "How the UN is Holding Back the Sahara Desert:"

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* "Recoding Voyager 1—NASA’s interstellar explorer is finally making sense again:" https://arstechnica.com/space/2024/04/recoding-voyager-1-nasas-interstellar-explorer-is-finally-making-sense-again/

* "A strange fungus could transform emerging cicadas into ‘saltshakers of death,’ scientists say:" https://www.cnn.com/2024/04/15/world/cicada-fungus-zombie-scn/index.html

* "Most people are disgusted by these animals. These New Yorkers are filling their homes with them.:" https://www.vox.com/climate/24112595/new-york-city-wildlife-rehabilitators-pigeons-opossums-squirrels

* "Ancient Fashion: The Oldest Pieces of Clothing and Accessories Ever Found:" https://rarehistoricalphotos.com/oldest-clothing-accessories-in-history/

* "The Former Slave Who Became a Cowboy, a Rancher, and a Texas Legend:" https://archive.is/2evqk#selection-2236.0-2236.1

* "This Chinese American Aviatrix Overcame Racism to Fly for the U.S. During World War II:" https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/this-chinese-american-aviatrix-overcame-racism-to-fly-for-the-us-during-world-war-ii-180984196/

* "Did London Have Segregation?: The London History Show:"

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* "How the FBI Destroyed the Careers of 41 Women in TV and Radio:" https://thereader.mitpress.mit.edu/how-the-fbi-destroyed-the-careers-of-progressive-women/

* "New Jersey Rep. Donald Payne Jr. Dies at 65, Just 3 Weeks After Heart Attack:" https://www.thedailybeast.com/new-jersey-rep-donald-payne-jr-dies-at-65-just-3-weeks-after-heart-attack

* "Conjoined twins Lori Schappell and trans man George Schappell dead at 62:" https://www.advocate.com/obituaries/conjoined-twins-trans-man-schappell

* 4/28/24: A massive bureaucracy packet arrived Wednesday afternoon. Sigh. It is exhausting and on top of everything handwriting with my dominant hand is difficult and unpleasant. There is nothing for it. i need the packet finished and out so I can focus on the other bureaucracy that arrived Tuesday. and Physio. And Everything else. It's time sensitive anyway.

Thursday I was still recovering from physio and I had to stay up for the cleaner. (Two times in a row! Things are clean!). Friday I spent a couple hours doing phone bureaucracy, mostly on hold. It'd be faster if Social security voice bot believed in my weird foreign name. Sigh.

Saturday was the Great Sorting. Sunday should be Actual Paperwork. I need Squirrel to print a thing out for me too which is always a drama and requires carrying the printer around.

And then there's the waiting for Things to Arrive in the Mail and the field trip to turn things in which involves highway driving, which I can hopefully manage at that point. *fingers crossed*

My arm still emphatically does not want to go up. I have devised an extra low impact stretch for myself where I rest it on the desk podium where Klaus laptop used to set before the Emperor executed Aidan lap top. It seems small and stupid, but is clearly a lot less dangerous than the official upward arm stretch. I do it in small batches when reading longer things on the internet. I wish I could do it Instead of, but I know better.

Goth Millennial has been very busy in the garden, which is needful. They are moving soon and have decided that they won't need metal outdoor shelving they had been using indoors at their place. They are therefore constructing more plant shelving on the patio. Livia is pretty sure it is actually the zombie hoard coming to get her. The garden is going pretty well despite the weird chill that has persisted most of April despite the weird late March heat wave. Climate change is do weird shit to our weather patterns.

* 5/3/24:
Monday was fire inspection. This involves about an hour of teeth rattling sirens at random interval and a Stranger in Boots invading the cat asylum. As a result, the cats have been incredibly stressed out all week, though things were finally settling down as of Thursday.

Squirrel has been having an ongoing medical issue that got acute enough that on Tuesday they agreed to fit him in extremely early Wednesday morning. I was able to cancel my medical transport for arm torture, and took him. While he was in there I cashed a bunch of the May OTC at the pharmacy and took my bureaucracy packet in to the office where it goes. The timing was excellent. I was a few blocks away when they released squirrel and there was just time enough to take him to his referral for more testing and then drop him home before my appointment. (Everyone's being reasonable about the situation including his employer. I feel a lot better knowing they are checking properly to rule out more serious things.)

Arm torture is arm torture. The new PT is really nice and a delight. We are at the lots and lots of stupid little exercise phase still. (The exercises are correct and there is already noticeable improvement, but they are also emotionally unsatisfying. It is hard to explain. This is probably an ex-athlete psychology problem. In any case, I am being good and not pushing dangerously hard. I dropped stuff my body was not up to Monday evening like I'm supposed to. I am doing everything I reasonably can, which is all of it most days. I am working the program). He added two extra ones to help my arm with the doesn't want to go up issue.

* CW: Animal Death "Kristi Noem, Puppy Killer | Did Trump Fart In Court? | Why Pecker Wouldn’t Pay Stormy Daniels:"

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* "Palestinians say Israeli troops fired at people seeking food. Israel says scene was deadly stampede:" https://apnews.com/article/israel-hamas-war-news-02-29-2024-f9b5a62a80d8b83eac4946d3c85af58b

* "Israel’s Cultural Genocide Is Destroying Gaza’s Very Memory:" https://www.thenation.com/article/world/gaza-cultural-genocide/

* "US military aircraft airdrop thousands of meals into Gaza in emergency humanitarian aid operation:" https://apnews.com/article/israel-hamas-gaza-airdrop-humanitarian-assistance-f8bc071193f89906abf21478bc70a084

* "'One step away from famine' for more than 500,000 people in Gaza, UN official says:" https://abcnews.go.com/International/half-million-people-gaza-one-step-from-famine-un-official/story?id=107630405

* "These babies were rescued from Gaza. What future awaits them?:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2024/02/15/gaza-babies-shifa-hospital-egypt/

* "Palestine Children’s Relief Fund:" https://pcrf1.app.neoncrm.com/forms/gaza-recovery

* Verified charities to help Palestinians: https://cleolinda.tumblr.com/post/737312194805612544

* Fundraisers for Gaza: https://www.tumblr.com/el-shab-hussein/742344297699999744/hi-if-its-okay-i-saw-you-were-boosting?source=share

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* "Israel and Hamas indicate no deal is imminent after Biden signals Gaza cease-fire could be close:" https://apnews.com/article/israel-hamas-war-news-02-27-2024-e17abedeaf5a005fcd5e7095fecacb7a

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* "Two Years of War in Ukraine:" https://www.theatlantic.com/photo/2024/02/photos-two-years-war-ukraine/677519/

* Republicans are playing politics with Ukrainian lives and freedom by siding with Russia. "Surprisingly Weak Ukrainian Defenses Help Russian Advance:" https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2024/03/02/world/europe/ukraine-defenses-avdiivka.html

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* "Billionaire politicians have become ‘shockingly common’ around the world, new study finds:" https://www.cnbc.com/2023/10/26/billionaire-politicians-shockingly-common-study.html

* "Why the 2024 elections will be a turning point for LGBTQ+ rights all over the world:" https://www.advocate.com/voices/maria-sjodin

* "It’s official: Sweden to join NATO: Hungary finally lets Sweden into the military alliance, dealing a blow to Russia.:" https://www.politico.eu/article/sweden-to-join-nato/

* "Russians embrace hope amid despair as Alexei Navalny says his final goodbye:" https://apnews.com/article/russia-alexei-navalny-funeral-c67cba86f99c0190cb3640c9e3fe67e8

* "US: Ex-FBI counterintelligence agent aided Russian oligarch:" https://www.kcra.com/article/ex-fbi-counterintelligence-agent-aided-russian-oligarch/42627263

* "A Canadian family moved to Russia to escape ‘wokeness’ and LGBTQ+ people. It did not go well:" https://www.thepinknews.com/2024/02/21/canadian-family-moved-to-russia-to-escape-wokeness/

* "An online dump of Chinese hacking documents offers a rare window into pervasive state surveillance:" https://apnews.com/article/china-cybersecurity-leak-document-dump-spying-aac38c75f268b72910a94881ccbb77cb

* "Something’s Fishy About the ‘Migrant Crisis’:" https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2024/02/asylum-seekers-migrant-crisis/677464/

* "Texas law allowing police to arrest migrants suspected of being in country illegally blocked by federal judge:" https://www.texastribune.org/2024/02/29/texas-arrest-migrant-illegal-senate-bill-4-blocked/

* "FTC and 9 states sue to block Kroger-Albertsons supermarket merger:" https://www.npr.org/2024/02/26/1232948796/ftc-lawsuit-krogers-albertsons-grocery-merger

* "Out State Dept. official Ned Price to be deputy to U.N. ambassador:" https://www.advocate.com/news/ned-price-deputy-ambassador

* "Supreme Court justices appear skeptical of Texas and Florida social media laws:" https://www.npr.org/2024/02/26/1233506273/supreme-court-social-media-laws

* "Supreme Court leaves sanctions in place against Sidney Powell and others over 2020 election suit in Michigan:" https://www.cbsnews.com/news/supreme-court-trump-sanctions-lawyers-sidney-powell-2020-election-michigan/#:~:text=Washington%20%E2%80%94%20The%20Supreme%20Court%20on,election%20was%20rife%20with%20fraud.

* "Bump-stock ban comes before Supreme Court:" https://www.scotusblog.com/2024/02/bump-stock-ban-comes-before-supreme-court/

* "SCOTUS torn on 'shooting device so horrifying even Trump wanted it banned':" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/scotus-torn-on-shooting-device-so-horrifying-even-trump-wanted-it-banned-205314629675

* End of April! Fuck!!! "Supreme Court agrees to consider Trump immunity claim in further delay of election interference trial:" https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/supreme-court/supreme-court-decide-trumps-immunity-claim-election-interference-case-rcna139026

* "‘The fix is in’: Coup trial delay reveals Supreme Court ‘in cahoots’ with Trump:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/-the-fix-is-in-coup-trial-delay-reveals-supreme-court-in-cahoots-with-trump-205146693530

* "‘This is B.S.’: Maddow shreds ‘cravenness’ of Supreme Court delaying Trump trial:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/-this-is-b-s-maddow-shreds-cravenness-of-supreme-court-delaying-trump-trial-205144645897

* "'Historic proof': If the Supreme Court wanted to move quickly it could:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/-historic-proof-if-the-supreme-court-wanted-to-move-quickly-it-could-205232709938

* "'Republicans in robes': Supreme Court critics see politics behind action on Trump immunity case:" https://www.msnbc.com/alex-wagner-tonight/watch/-republicans-in-robes-supreme-court-critics-see-politics-behind-action-on-trump-immunity-case-205156933869

* "Chris Hayes Extended Interview:"

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* "Exxon, Chevron ask US Supreme Court to toss ruling in Honolulu climate change suit:" https://www.reuters.com/legal/government/exxon-chevron-ask-us-supreme-court-toss-ruling-honolulu-climate-change-suit-2024-02-28/

* "Republican states can't join appeal in abortion pill case, Supreme Court rules:" https://www.reuters.com/legal/government/republican-states-cant-join-appeal-abortion-pill-case-supreme-court-rules-2024-02-20/

* "145 GOP Members of Congress Ask Supreme Court to Slash Access to the Abortion Pill:" https://www.jezebel.com/145-gop-members-of-congress-ask-supreme-court-to-slash-access-to-the-abortion-pill

* "Justice Samuel Alito wishes homophobia was acceptable:" https://www.advocate.com/news/samuel-alito-supports-homophobia

* "Samuel Alito is afraid of being called a bigot? Jim Obergefell has heard far worse (exclusive):" https://www.advocate.com/people/alito-jim-obergefell-homophobia

* "The Scandal of Clarence Thomas’s New Clerk:" https://www.newyorker.com/news/daily-comment/the-scandal-of-clarence-thomass-new-clerk?utm_social-type=owned&mbid=social_twitter&utm_medium=social&utm_brand=tny&utm_source=twitter

* "These are the regressive work culture trends currently fuelling the unfair LGBTQ+ pay gap:" https://www.thepinknews.com/2024/03/01/lgbtq-pay-gap-2/

* "Feds cite meatpacking cleaning company for 'oppressive child labor' practices:" https://abc7chicago.com/feds-cite-meatpacking-cleaning-company-for-oppressive-child-labor/14458692/

* "A Life Without a Home:" https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2024/02/21/opinion/homelessness-crisis-america-stories.html?unlocked_article_code=1.XE0.FDQj.MKmUIJ2sijGj&utm_source=DamnInteresting

* "Congress passes stopgap spending bill, preventing a partial government shutdown:" https://www.npr.org/2024/02/28/1234679367/congress-spending-deal-government-shutdown

* ""The clue phone is ringing. Pick it up.": Rep. Balint hammers GOP for failure to draft long-term spending deal:" https://www.msnbc.com/jonathan-capehart/watch/-the-clue-phone-is-ringing-pick-it-up-rep-balint-hammers-gop-for-failure-to-draft-long-term-spending-deal-205345349602

* "Russian Dolls Trump has finally remade Republicans into Putin’s playthings.:" https://nymag.com/intelligencer/article/donald-trump-republicans-vladimir-putin-puppets.html

* "Poland warns US House speaker: you're to blame if Russia advances in Ukraine:" https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/west-must-help-ukraine-more-prevent-spillover-polish-fm-says-2024-02-26/

* "Nearly two dozen European parliament leaders urge Johnson to act on Ukraine aid:" https://www.politico.com/live-updates/2024/02/28/congress/international-plea-for-johnson-ukraine-aid-house-republicans-00143828

* Extended Bernie Sanders interview: https://www.msnbc.com/alex-wagner-tonight/watch/-we-need-to-do-more-sanders-calls-for-increased-pressure-on-netanyahu-to-ease-suffering-in-gaza-205318213937

https://www.msnbc.com/alex-wagner-tonight/watch/where-sen-bernie-sanders-finds-optimism-amid-dismal-politics-205320773852

* "Ex-FBI informant will remain in jail while awaiting trial on charges of lying to FBI about Bidens:" https://www.politico.com/news/2024/02/26/fbi-informant-smirnov-hearing-california-00143335

* "Mitch McConnell will step down as Senate minority leader in November:" https://www.npr.org/2024/02/28/1163447619/mitch-mcconnell-steps-down

* "Enabling Trump, distorting the Supreme Court define McConnell legacy as he exits leadership:" https://www.msnbc.com/alex-wagner-tonight/watch/enabling-trump-distorting-the-supreme-court-define-mcconnell-legacy-as-he-exits-leadership-205159493682

* "Hyde-Smith blocks Senate vote on federal IVF protections:" https://www.politico.com/live-updates/2024/02/28/congress/blocks-ivf-vote-gop-senate-protections-00143918

* "Pelosi rips GOP anti-IVF bill: They 'need a lesson in the bird and the bees’:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/pelosi-rips-gop-anti-ivf-bill-they-need-a-lesson-in-the-bird-and-the-bees-205236293634

* "GOP spins in circles to reconcile anti-abortion zeal with public IVF support:" https://www.msnbc.com/alex-wagner-tonight/watch/gop-spins-in-circles-to-reconcile-anti-abortion-zeal-with-public-ivf-support-205322821774

* 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/
To get your Critters' numbers to call direct: https://www.congress.gov/members/find-your-member

* 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

* "New York Democrats reject bipartisan congressional map, will draw their own:" https://apnews.com/article/new-york-congress-redistricting-house-elections-4b8768b63e0ab7a05d184a52f8979968

* "The first trans voting centre in the US is set to open in Los Angeles:" https://www.thepinknews.com/2024/03/02/vote-centers-in-los-angeles-county/

* "Wisconsin ethics panel recommends felony charges against Trump committee, lawmaker:" https://apnews.com/article/donald-trump-wisconsin-vos-ethics-7d5dd7fd8d2da6001634a747b683b748

* "Federal judge affirms MyPillow’s Mike Lindell must pay $5M in election data dispute:" https://apnews.com/article/mike-lindell-election-denial-arbitration-award-a9b27dd8d37eab1d0f22111566feba93

* "Elon Musk Is Spreading Election Misinformation, but X’s Fact Checkers Are Long Gone:" https://www.nytimes.com/2024/01/25/us/politics/elon-musk-election-misinformation-x-twitter.html

* "Calls to 'fight' and echoes of Jan. 6 embraced by CPAC attendees:" https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2024-election/jack-posobiec-jan-6-2024-cpac-rcna140225

* "MAGA Republican Pledges “End of Democracy” to Rabid Cheers at CPAC:" https://newrepublic.com/post/179247/jack-posobiec-democracy-cpac-2024

* This IS the Republican Mainstream now. "Nazis mingle openly at CPAC, spreading antisemitic conspiracy theories and finding allies:" https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/nazis-mingle-openly-cpac-spreading-antisemitic-conspiracy-theories-fin-rcna140335

* "Matt Schlapp: “We have to intimidate, in the nicest of ways, all these elected officials that continue to flout the law”:" https://www.mediamatters.org/charlie-kirk/matt-schlapp-we-have-intimidate-nicest-ways-all-these-elected-officials-continue-flout

* "New Matt Schlapp Subpoenas Target Document-Shredding at CPAC:" https://www.thedailybeast.com/new-matt-schlapp-subpoenas-target-doc-shredding-at-cpac

* "Ohio Law Requires a Transgender Man to Use His Deadname on State Legislature Ballot:" https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2024/02/ohio-law-requires-a-transgender-man-to-use-his-deadname-on-state-legislature-ballot/

* "Republican Opposition to Birth Control Bill Could Alienate Voters, Poll Finds:" https://www.nytimes.com/2024/02/26/us/politics/republicans-birth-control-ivf.html

* "Maddow: With each new election cycle, Republicans accept Russian help with greater ease:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/with-each-new-election-cycle-republicans-accept-russian-help-with-greater-ease-204987461939

* Presidential Primaries are ongoing:

NOTE: There is now a call for people to vote "uncommitted" in the Democratic primary as a protest against Biden's Israel policy, I have voted that way in my up coming primary. The time to pressure Biden with your vote is now, not in November. The more of us who do this the more likely he'll actually do something.

District of Columbia: (Republicans), 3/3/24

North Dakota: (Republicans), 3/4/24

Alabama, Alaska (Republicans), Arkansas, California, Colorado, Iowa (Democrats), Maine, Massachusetts, Minnesota, North Carolina, Oklahoma, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Vermont, Virginia, American Samoa (Democrats): 3/5/24

Hawaii: (Democrats): 3/6/24

American Samoa (Republicans): 3/8/24

Know your state's schedule and where to vote. Make sure you and your friends are registered. If you are voting in person, plan how to get there.

If you live in an open primary state consider voting strategically. Otherwise, vote your heart in the primary. Remember how all those votes for Sanders and Warren pushed Biden and the party platform further left?

Remember to vote in all the races, not just the top of the ticket even if it's in a separate primary (as it is in my state). Who runs congress, your state, and your local government really matters. In some states this is a separate primary. Check the rules for your state.

Never, ever sleep on a chance to vote.

It is always better to vote for someone who will listen to us than to let someone who is actively trying to kill us.

* "Magician says political consultant hired him to create AI Biden robocall ahead of New Hampshire primary:" https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/magician-says-political-consultant-hired-him-to-create-ai-biden-robocall-ahead-of-new-hampshire-primary

* "Biden's substantive border visit exposes hollow Trump stunt:" https://www.msnbc.com/alex-wagner-tonight/watch/biden-s-substantive-border-visit-exposes-hollow-trump-stunt-205246021788

* "The push to vote 'uncommitted' to Biden in Michigan exceeds goal:" https://www.npr.org/2024/02/27/1234279958/biden-uncommitted-democrats-michigan-primary-election-2024-

* "Inside the Democratic rebellion against Biden over the Gaza war:" https://www.reuters.com/world/us/inside-democratic-rebellion-against-biden-over-gaza-war-2024-02-27/

* "'He needs to listen to us': Gaza ceasefire activists make statement in Michigan Democratic primary:" https://www.msnbc.com/alex-wagner-tonight/watch/gaza-ceasefire-activists-make-statement-as-uncommitted-in-michigan-democratic-primary-205070917730

* I have already done this. "Push for WA Democrats to vote ‘uncommitted’ instead of for Biden in March 12 primary picks up steam:" https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/politics/push-for-wa-democrats-to-vote-uncommitted-instead-of-for-biden-in-march-12-primary-picks-up-steam/

* "Washington state’s largest labor union endorses ‘uncommitted’ over Biden:" https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2024-election/washington-states-largest-labor-union-endorses-uncommitted-biden-rcna141139

* "Colorado "noncommitted" campaign launches Biden protest ahead of Super Tuesday primary:" https://www.axios.com/local/denver/2024/02/29/colorado-noncommitted-primary-vote-biden-protest-super-tuesday

* "Trump's 'rambling and incoherent' victory speech leads to Maddow bestowing new nickname:" https://www.msnbc.com/msnbc/watch/-uncle-ramble-standers-see-maddow-shred-trump-s-messy-south-carolina-victory-speech-204867141905

* "Trump wins Missouri, Michigan and Idaho caucuses, CBS News projects:" https://www.cbsnews.com/news/donald-trump-wins-missouri-michigan-idaho-republican-caucuses/

* "Donald Trump and Ron DeSantis rule out being US election running mates as their bickering continues:" https://www.thepinknews.com/2024/02/27/donald-trump-ron-desantis-not-running-mates-2024-election/

* "Illinois judge rules Trump ineligible for Republican primary ballot over Jan. 6 riot:" https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2024-election/illinois-judge-rules-trump-removed-republican-primary-ballot-jan-6-rio-rcna141065

* "The Pro-life Movement’s Not-So-Secret Plan for Trump:" https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2024/02/donald-trump-abortion-limit-republicans/677540/

* "Inside Trump's plan for mass deportations: 'America is going to target people who are not white':" https://www.msnbc.com/jonathan-capehart/watch/inside-trump-s-plan-for-mass-deportations-america-is-going-to-target-people-who-are-not-white-204901957994

* "'Burn it all down': Rule-of-law stands as bulwark against Trumpian lies, so he attacks it:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/rule-of-law-stands-as-bulwark-against-trumpian-lies-so-he-attacks-it-204991557767

* "An RNC member is trying to stop the party from paying Donald Trump’s legal bills:" https://apnews.com/article/trump-republican-national-committee-stop-legal-bills-ff51a7ae8b5d872344e64a9a18851350

* The Republican War on Bodily Autonomy continues. "An uptick in state personhood bills fuels growing fears over IVF restrictions:" https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/personhood-bills-ivf-restrictions-alabama-rcna140228

* "Alabama Senate and House pass bills to protect IVF after court ruling:" https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/alabama-senate-house-pass-bills-protect-ivf-rcna141184

* "The anti-trans legislation risk map: A state by state breakdown:" https://www.advocate.com/politics/anti-trans-laws-by-state

* "Wyoming bill could take trans kids from parents:" https://www.advocate.com/politics/wyoming-bill-could-take-kids

* "Mississippi bill would let those incarcerated sue state over trans inmates:" https://www.advocate.com/politics/mississippi-bill-trans-inmates

* "Florida LGBTQ+ activist is forcibly removed at a House hearing on gun laws:" https://www.advocate.com/politics/florida-lgbtq-activist-removed

* "LGBTQ+ community marches to Florida capitol en masse in powerful protest against Trans Erasure Bill:" https://www.thepinknews.com/2024/02/29/lgbtq-community-marches-to-florida-capitol-in-powerful-protest-against-trans-erasure-bill/

* "Good news: Utah kills bill banning LGBTQ+ Pride flags in classrooms:" https://www.thepinknews.com/2024/02/27/good-news-utah-kills-bill-banning-lgbtq-pride-flags-in-classrooms/

* "Montana issues rule banning gender marker changes on birth certificates:" https://www.advocate.com/news/montana-bans-trans-birth-certificates

* The Republican War on Marriage and Freedom continues. "Tennessee GOP quietly overturns marriage equality by giving officials the right to refuse:" https://www.advocate.com/politics/tennessee-marriage-licenses-officials-lgbtq

* CW: Suicide "West Virginia Republicans want to prevent suicidal transgender youth from receiving care:" https://www.advocate.com/politics/west-virginia-trans-care-suicide

* "Michael Whatley officially announces for RNC Chair:" https://www.politico.com/news/2024/02/26/michael-whatley-officially-announces-for-rnc-chair-00143364

* "America's first Black gay statewide elected official on being authentic and confident:" https://www.advocate.com/politics/erick-russell-black-gay-trailblzer

* "Virginia lieutenant governor misgenders trans senator Danica Roem, calling her ‘sir’:" https://www.thepinknews.com/2024/02/27/virginia-lt-gov-winsome-earle-sears-misgenders-trans-senator-danica-roem/

* "Fury as Oklahoma senator calls LGBTQ+ people ‘filth’ after being asked about Nex Benedict’s death:" https://www.thepinknews.com/2024/02/26/oklahoma-senator-tom-woods-lgbtq-filth-nex-benedict/

* "Utah governor condemns, censures transphobic school board member:" https://www.advocate.com/politics/utah-governor-condems-natalie-cline

* "Anti-LGBTQ+ congresswoman Lauren Boebert’s son arrested for alleged Colorado crime spree:" https://www.thepinknews.com/2024/02/28/anti-lgbtq-congresswoman-lauren-boeberts-son-arrested-for-alleged-colorado-crime-spree/

* "Watch Libs of TikTok’s Chaya Raichik exposed in stunning, cringe-worthy interview:" https://www.advocate.com/news/taylor-lorenz-chaya-raichik-interview

* "PETITION: Remove Libs of Tik Tok (Chaya Raichik) From Oklahoma Library Board:" https://www.fightforthefirst.org/petitions/petition-remove-libs-of-tik-tok-chaya-raichik-from-oklahoma-library-board

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* "Appellate judge refuses to halt Trump’s $454 million fraud penalty while he appeals:" https://apnews.com/article/trump-james-appeal-bond-fraud-new-york-3093352e94274f9daba3d84f0c43467e

* "Architect of Trump's social media deal sues to block transaction:" https://www.reuters.com/legal/architect-trumps-social-media-deal-sues-block-transaction-2024-02-29/

* "Trump Wants a Break on $464 Million Judgment. The AG Says Trump Is Sneaking Assets to Florida.:" https://www.thedailybeast.com/trump-wants-a-break-on-dollar464-million-judgment-the-ag-says-trump-is-sneaking-assets-to-florida

* "Scrambling to keep his fortune from being stripped away, Trump may have gone too far:" https://www.msnbc.com/alex-wagner-tonight/watch/scrambling-to-keep-his-fortune-from-being-stripped-away-trump-may-have-gone-too-far-205246021886

* "Donald Trump’s team tries to prevent porn star Stormy Daniels testifying at hush-money trial:" https://www.thepinknews.com/2024/02/28/donald-trump-stormy-daniels-block-testimony-hush-money-trial/

* "“More indictments await”: Experts say Jan. 6 architect’s secret tweets may lead to "felony charges”:" https://www.salon.com/2024/02/27/more-indictments-await-experts-say-jan-6-architects-secret-tweets-may-lead-to-felony-charges/

* "True the Vote fails to reveal evidence of Georgia voting fraud claims:" https://www.ajc.com/politics/true-the-vote-tells-court-it-has-no-records-to-back-up-fraud-claims/77FJUQMWBZFYHEYVF6M54BUBDQ/

* "Listen to Fani Willis' fiery testimony: 'You lied':" https://www.msnbc.com/jonathan-capehart/watch/listen-to-fani-willis-fiery-testimony-you-lied-204455493616

* "Key Witness Against Fani Willis Completely Crumbles on the Stand:" https://newrepublic.com/post/179339/key-witness-georgia-fani-willis-crumbles

* "Judge: I may not need more evidence to decide:" https://www.ajc.com/politics/judge-i-may-not-need-more-evidence-to-decide/3PXR5GV2AZEEJKU35XOCJM4B6A/

* "Judge Cannon signals doubts about Jack Smith’s timeline for Trump trial in Florida:" https://www.politico.com/news/2024/03/01/judge-cannon-signals-doubts-about-jack-smiths-timeline-for-trump-trial-in-florida-00144449

* "'Ice her': The likely scheme behind Trump's proposed start date for his classified documents trial:" https://www.msnbc.com/alex-wagner-tonight/watch/-ice-her-the-likely-scheme-behind-trump-s-proposed-start-date-for-his-classified-documents-trial-205248069764

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* "More than 60 religious institutions have been targeted for supporting LGBTQ+ rights: report:" https://www.advocate.com/news/lgbtq-religious-institutions-report

* This is from several years ago, but I've been thinking about it lately. "You’re My Line:" https://storycorps.org/animation/youre-my-line/

* "WHY THE MOST EDUCATED PEOPLE IN AMERICA FALL FOR ANTI-SEMITIC LIES:" https://archive.is/20240216133850/https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2024/02/jewish-anti-semitism-harvard-claudine-gay-zionism/677454/

* "How American Gun Culture Fuels Anti-Immigrant Politics:" https://www.thetrace.org/2024/02/us-gun-culture-immigration-politics/

* "'It is historic': US poised to see record drop in yearly homicides despite public concern over crime:" https://abcnews.go.com/US/homicide-numbers-poised-hit-record-decline-nationwide-americans/story?id=105556400

* "Debunking the right-wing myth of the ‘migrant crime surge’:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/debunking-the-right-wing-myth-of-the-migrant-crime-surge-205235269880

* "Man convicted in first federal hate crime trial based on gender identity for murder of Black trans woman:" https://www.advocate.com/crime/federal-hate-crime-gender-identity

* "Charges dropped against Florida family accused of blinding gay man in brutal assault:" https://www.advocate.com/crime/makarenko-family-charges-dropped

* "Watch alarming video of Nex Benedict explaining to police that they were bullied:" https://www.advocate.com/news/nex-benedict-police-video

* "Federal investigation opens into Owasso Public Schools after death of Nex Benedict:" https://www.advocate.com/news/federal-investigation-nex-benedict

* "In Oklahoma, a bathroom law and other policies endanger transgender residents:" https://www.advocate.com/transgender/oklahoma-bathroom-law-dangers

* "Karine Jean-Pierre ‘absolutely heartbroken’ over Oklahoma teen Nex Benedict’s death:" https://www.advocate.com/news/white-house-highlights-nex-benedict

* "How you can support queer and trans kids in Oklahoma after Nex Benedict’s death:" https://www.advocate.com/news/how-to-help-trans-kids

* "Historic $1 Billion Donation to N.Y.C. Medical School Means Students Won't Have to Pay Tuition Anymore:" https://people.com/usd1-billion-donation-n-y-c-medical-school-students-are-tuition-free-8600732

* "West Virginia Republicans want to prosecute 'pedophile librarians' over 'obscene' material:" https://www.advocate.com/politics/west-virginia-obscene-matter-books

* "Texas high school faces backlash after cancelling upcoming LGBTQ+ play The Laramie Project:" https://www.thepinknews.com/2024/02/29/matthew-shepard-play/

* CW: Rape, CSA. "Sarah Everard’s killer Wayne Couzens ‘should never have been a police officer’, inquiry finds:" https://www.thepinknews.com/2024/03/01/sarah-everard-wayne-couzens/

* CW: CSA "Police officer quits after sending ’14-year-old boy’ Grindr messages: ‘Let’s see this skinny bod’:" https://www.thepinknews.com/2024/03/01/anthony-french/

* CW: Sexual Assault. "Conservative anti-gay movement built on foundation of questionable credibility:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/conservative-anti-gay-movement-built-on-foundation-of-questionable-credibility-204988997940

* CW: Sexual Assault "Album producer accuses Diddy of sexual assault and forcing him to sleep with sex workers:" https://www.thepinknews.com/2024/02/27/sean-diddy-combs-accused-sexual-assault-male-producer/

* "Women take part in Japan’s Naked Man festival for first time in 1000 years:" https://www.nzherald.co.nz/travel/women-take-part-in-japans-naked-man-festival-for-first-time-in-1000-years/BG5RWUZ5HFE5VMO3TPRDKM6RTU/

* It IS work. "Most British people think that sex work should be legal, but is it ‘real work’?:" https://www.thepinknews.com/2024/03/01/most-british-people-think-that-sex-work-should-be-legal-but-is-it-real-work/

* "World’s largest psych organisation says ‘damaging’ gender affirming care bans are wrong:" https://www.thepinknews.com/2024/02/29/gender-affirming-care-report-american-psychological-association/

* "Family planning and fertility services grind to halt in Alabama after devastating ruling:" https://www.advocate.com/news/fertility-services-alabama

* "‘Wake up, America’: Birth control, IVF in jeopardy under GOP, warns Porter:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/-wake-up-america-birth-control-ivf-in-jeopardy-under-gop-warns-porter-205312069829

* "A South Carolina woman was forced to leave the state for an abortion. Now, she's suing:" https://www.advocate.com/south-carolina-woman-abortion

* Help Queer Folks in Ghana: https://www.silentmajorityghana.com/donate

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* "Richard Lewis, Comedian and ‘Curb Your Enthusiasm’ Star, Dies at 76:" https://variety.com/2024/tv/news/richard-lewis-dead-comedian-curb-your-enthusiasm-1235925744/

* I have lost track of how many missed cleaning appointments there were. It's been weeks. I've been scheduling twice a week since November in hopes of getting one a month. Which is annoying, but not nightmarish right now, but gets ugly fast in March, when Goth Millennial is going to burn through all their hours fast taking care of me post surgery.

The Millennials are working out a cooking schedule between them, but this is a huge load on Goth Millennial's shoulders.

Basically the company Medicare is out sourcing to is falling apart because treating their contract workers like shit and lying to them about things like mileage compensation when hiring them is a terrible business model in this economy on top of being an incredible shitty way to treat humans. My decision to start calling them the Asshole Agency within a week or two of starting to deal with them continues to be vindicated. The workers there need a union since the company is devoted to it's assholery, but I get why it's easier to quit.

The system is collapsing, basically. The Medicare advantage people know this and are "discussing options."

So Friday I spent hours playing phone tag with local volunteer organizations trying to get six weeks of help, but those systems are already flooded with people who are supposed to be getting Medicare advantage help, but can't because the Asshole agency isn't sending people and hasn't been for months. Still, I was hoping a short term acute need might get me in. The secular one got right back to me. They are full up. No word yet from the Catholics and the group that coordinates a bunch of protestant organizations.

I have been told over and over to try to get a church involved, but I'm not Christian and it feels weird, especially since most of my contacts with Christian strangers in the last couple decades involve aggressive proselytizers. I have Christian friends who are cool. I have no beef with the Quakers or the Unitarians or the Episcopalians or the Catholics who are trying to change things from within (Nuns on a Bus, queer friends trying to push their parish left) or what have you. I do have a beef with extremists, which most evangelicals are and the more conservative strands of catholic, orthodox, and Protestantism and there are a lot of door to door Mormons, Jehovah's witnesses, etc. in my part of the country.

Look, a had late family members who were very involved in their churches who were decent people with reasonable views. I was a Queer Medievalist and I have some sexy late medieval saint pin ups to prove it mixed in with all my other art, some of which references assorted other religions, despite never having been Catholic. I have a Quaker friend closer to me than my own sister.

I just... Christian religious strangers in my house make me uncomfortable as a queer non-Christian in a country where Christo-fascists are trying to make me literally illegal.

I know it would likely be fine. I did fine and made lots of friends at University which doing a major that is mostly Catholics, Ex-Catholics, and people in the process of converting. I come from a debate culture. I can quote scripture like Satan. ;) I was in Philosophy before I dropped out and moved west and switched to History in one form or another. I can talk theology across a whole lot of denominations and the major "heresies." I just don't want to anymore and I haven't wanted to for a long time. That was long ago and far away when I wasn't so exhausted and in pain.

I should have started looking last August or October.

I am likely fucked because I waited too long.

Sigh.

In other news, I've been really doing well on the massive number of now mostly advanced physio things I have to do every day.

Sunday I was about a third of the way in when my arm noped out of about another third of Sunday's quota. I am trying to do all the remaining ones that don't move my arm that way, but I'm not sanguine.

I forgot to do my blood work Friday. I have an afternoon pre-op appointment Monday. Let us hope I remember then. I am so tired and it all hurts so much.

* Sunday the Millenials helped me make bread, as kneading's been beyond me for years, but I've been wanting fresh baked bread for weeks. I got started way later than intended, and then discovered my yeast was too old which added yet more delay so they went home before it was rteady, which saddened me, I was trying the recipe from B. Dylan Hollis's cookbook that went against every instinct in my body as someone who grew up poor and who's mom baked bread a lot. Like I've been involved in bread making since I was a toddler. The instinct is a well worn groove.

I made some small modifications because 1. I don't put that much salt in anything. (I put in some salt, just not as much as one is supposed to). 2. There was more yeast in it than intended as I added the fresh ayeast on top of the mostly exhausted yeast I'd already put in. 3. I wanted a round loaf rather than a loaf shape, so YMMV.

The yeast did not perform the way I am used to, which I theorize is do to the weird slurry situation they have going on instead of the classic water/sugar/yeast and wait situation I'm used to. As a result it is possible my yeast was mostly fine, but I didn't know that at this stage. Indeed, at no point did this bread rise the way I am used to bread rising, which both I and the Millenial who'd also grown up baking bread found vaguely unnerving. Like it did rise some, but not even close to our expectation.

This bread is dense. Super dense. Even knowing the ingredients and predicting it would be dense from the rise pattern, I was not remotely ready for the texture of the finished product. Don't get me wrong, it's not a bad texture, just way closer to cornbread than bread bread despite the comparatively small amount of corn meal in it. I knew this was a molasses heavy bread and was expecting it to be slightly sweeter than normal bread. I don't think I had quite envisioned the particular way the molasses shifted the flavor profile. Again, not bad, just different and with the unexpected texture I took a while to adjust.

It's very filling to the point where I'm not convinced we can eat a whole loaf before it turns. Like armies could march on this. It is exactly a thing that would be good to feed people plowing a field with horse or ox. It's hearty in a way I associate with early modern and 19th century food. I need to think about what to pair it with besides the butter I already tried on it. I'm not sorry I tried it as it is interesting. I'm not sure I'd make it again as I like other breads I know how to make better.

* The Catholics are a no go on helping. I am now waiting on the Protestant Coalition to see if they will send anyone to help. In related news, the nice lady in charge of my disability aide stuff has put in for a bunch of extra hours for Goth Millennial for March, given how much help I'm going to need. We should here back from the supervisor soon so Goth Millennial can plan. I am thinking I'm going to up reservations with the asshole agency to four a week or so after my first forty eight post surgury in hopes of getting two cleaning sessions a month instead of one. I need to think about distribution for when we have our no one is coming again conversation Friday morning.

I have done my pre-op consult thingie. It looks like as the surgery is less extreme than what had initially been projected they won't need to completely immobilize the arm, just severely limit it. I am hoping "can move it slightly in an up and down fashion" will really help with the trousers on and off situation when I need the bathroom. It is a small thing making a massive difference. I will see if I will be able to type at all when we get there.

It took me three days, a ridiculous amount of time, energy, gas, and most of the oil in my car to get the blood work they wanted. It was an infuriating saga. Hospital won't take blood work from the normal easy to access lab. The one I was sent to consists of a collection of chairs and a sign directing me to what two hours of driving through the street maze north of a certain middle school suggests is a mythical location. waited an hour with an annoyingly loud loop blasting directions in a tiny windowless waiting room to be sent home to try again. That site had the wrong hours listed on the internet and was closing also indefinitely.

This left literally two open slots at the one remaining site, which was the basement of a very pretty craftsman house with no signage visible from the street. I parked in the right place, but the person in the building proper had no idea they had a phlebotomist in the basement, so I spent the next 20 minutes driving up and down and eventually systematically trying unmarked buildings on foot until a kind older gentleman led me to the secret vampire basement. Then I had to hobble up hill back to my car.

This could have easily been solved by a larger sign instead of a tiny one half hidden by landscaping, or one of those tent signs closer to the street. Just saying.

So they have their four vials of blood.

I've had my phone consult with the hospital about meds and things, during which I discovered that the intake lady at the formerly Extremely Catholic Hospital now owned by an Evil Corporate Conglomerating that has successfully enshitified healthcare across broad sectors in at least two counties knows nothing at all about gender confirmation surgeries, literally didn't understand what I was talking about without a five minute explanation, and had no way to enter such a thing into the computer so had to hand write it into my previous surgery list in vague terms because her google fu wasn't up to trans stuff and there was no medical code for it in the computer. O.o

And this is why I never feel safe at that hospital even though I'm pretty sure they stopped having everyone drop whatever they were doing including surgery prep for mandatory prayers when the Evil Corporate Overloard took over. I trust neither super Christian hospital not evil corporate hospital that fires whistle blowers, and wish we were doing this at the modern hospital one county south, but here we are.

I do have trust in my surgeon though. The person who did my swabs, BP, and med list at the surgeons place was clearly trans. I wasn't sure which direction they were going or if they were nonbinary, but it made me feel safer. They weren't weird about my botched surgery situation when I had to partially disrobe for swabs. He also has good recommendations for joint surgery from the physios because the outcomes are excellent without much in the way of complications. My interactions with him show he listens and takes problems seriously. I am comfortable with no nonsense, which he is.

I am going to hate being mostly helpless. The rehab will Suck, but it would be harder to suck more than physio already is. I am already thinking about maybe trying for a new hip next year or the year after. Best to start cycling through the process on big four since I've already started, and that left hip is deteriorating noticeably faster than the right.

My car needs to go in Monday. I need to make a mental note that oil is now three times a year. Sigh. And jiffy lube won't touch anything under my hood for liability reasons. I am trying not to stress out about housing tax, as right now I just need to focus on doing as much physio as my arm can take, laying in supplies for March, getting through what is about to be a terrible, terrible month.

I would like to thank the donor who sent some funds to allow me to order out a couple times while I'm laid up, and the Millennials who are organizing Batch Cooking so I will have things I can heat up to eat.

* Friday I kept being awakened by medical phonecalls, as has been the case all week, but it was 8 or 9 today, which feels like a lot. Nevertheless, I think I am actually getting a handle on the last two batches of advanced exercises, which is a relief.

I think I figured out why the Emperor has been so anxious and Livia's been extra cuddly. They think something is very wrong with me from how I'm moving, poor buttons. They spent most of the week trying to herd me back into bed every time I leave it.

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* "What’s Going On Over There? The Late Show's News From Around The World:"

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* Matthew Peary vs Matthew Henson: http://www.harkavagrant.com/index.php?id=208

* "Sunday Sweets Brings You SKULLS ON PLATTERS:" https://www.cakewrecks.com/home/sunday-sweets-brings-you-skulls-on-platters-2024

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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.

* People have been asking for ways to help trans people in West Virginia, given the scary shit going on there. So far this organization is suggested. I'm keeping an eye out for more ways to help. If you have suggestions, please let me know. "Fairness West Virginia:" https://fairnesswv.org/donate/

* To track more general LGBTQIA+ Legislation: https://www.lgbtmap.org/

* "How you can support queer and trans kids in Oklahoma after Nex Benedict’s death:" https://www.advocate.com/news/how-to-help-trans-kids

* An organization for the parents of trans youths: https://transparentusa.org/

* "2024 Trans Girl Scouts To Order Cookies From!:" https://www.erininthemorning.com/p/2024-trans-girl-scouts-to-order-cookies

* "World Central Kitchen:" https://wck.org/

* "Palestine Children’s Relief Fund:" https://pcrf1.app.neoncrm.com/forms/gaza-recovery

* Verified charities to help Palestinians: https://cleolinda.tumblr.com/post/737312194805612544

* Fundraisers for Gaza: https://www.tumblr.com/el-shab-hussein/742344297699999744/hi-if-its-okay-i-saw-you-were-boosting?source=share

* Help Queer Folks in Ghana: https://www.silentmajorityghana.com/donate

* "Library of Congress Launches New Website for Americans to Share COVID-19 Stories:" https://newsroom.loc.gov/news/library-of-congress-launches-new-website-for-americans-to-share-covid-19-stories/s/d5739534-fec6-4e13-9f16-68d6117ee94b

* "We’re looking for English-speaking neopronoun users (aged 18+) to participate in a paid linguistics study.:" https://allthingslinguistic.com/post/741780492503990272/kirby-conrod-is-a-cool-linguist-whos-done-neat

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* "Body of arrested Myanmar poet Khet Thi returned to family with organs missing:" https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/may/10/body-of-arrested-myanmar-poet-khet-thi-returned-to-family-with-organs-missing

* "Arrest of journalists a litmus test for how Thailand treats those fleeing persecution in Myanmar:" https://www.cnn.com/2021/05/11/media/myanmar-thailand-arrested-journalists-intl-hnk/index.html

* "Myanmar’s coup is uniting a country riven by ethnic divisions. Will it last?:" https://www.vox.com/22412118/myanmar-coup-protesters-rohingya

* "Alleged neo-Nazi charged with 12 terror offences 'wanted to start race war':" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2021/05/07/andrew-dymock-neo-nazi-bisexual-homophobic-terrorism-trial/

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* "Covid-19 vaccines: Why some African states have leftover doses:" https://www.bbc.com/news/56940657

* "Covid: DR Congo in race against time to vaccinate people:" https://www.bbc.com/news/health-57028747

* "South Africa warns of 'vaccine apartheid' if rich countries hog shots:" https://www.reuters.com/world/africa/south-africa-warns-vaccine-apartheid-if-rich-countries-hog-shots-2021-05-10/

* "The misinformation bubble threatening Brazil's indigenous people:" https://www.bbc.com/news/blogs-trending-56919424

* "Looking For A Bed For Daddy Lolo: Inside The Philippines' COVID Crisis:" https://www.npr.org/sections/goatsandsoda/2021/05/07/994187886/looking-for-a-bed-for-daddy-lolo-inside-the-philippines-covid-crisis

* "A coronavirus variant first found in India is now officially a ‘variant of concern,’ the W.H.O. said.:" https://www.nytimes.com/2021/05/10/world/asia/india-covid-virus-variant.html

* "Inside the Indian rural hospitals unable to cope:" https://www.bbc.com/news/av/world-asia-india-57029452

* How to help India: https://www.khalsaaid.org/donate

* "How to Help India Amid the Covid Crisis:" https://www.nytimes.com/article/india-covid-how-to-help.html

* "CDC recommends use of Pfizer's Covid-19 vaccine in 12-15-year-olds:" https://www.cnn.com/2021/05/12/health/acip-cdc-pfizer-vaccine-teens/index.html

* Not mentioned in any of the coverage I've seen including this is all the people with chronic medical conditions who have to wear a mask in non-pandemic times on a regular basis. It's incredibly ablist to insist a parent protecting a child with Cf or mid-chemo or whatever is committing child abuse when it's absolutely the opposite. "Follow Tucker Carlson, Go to Jail?:"

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* "'Jugular' of the U.S. fuel pipeline system shuts down after cyberattack:" https://www.politico.com/news/2021/05/08/colonial-pipeline-cyber-attack-485984

* "US fuel pipeline hackers 'didn't mean to create problems':" https://www.bbc.com/news/business-57050690

* "Russia seen as safe haven for cyber crime as pipeline hack prompts Biden admin crackdown:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/russia-seen-as-safe-haven-for-cyber-crime-as-pipeline-hack-prompts-biden-admin-crackdown-111673925884

* "Origin of concern about Russian bounties in Afghanistan clarified in new report:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/origin-of-concern-about-russian-bounties-in-afghanistan-clarified-in-new-report-111538757930

* "1 million people sign up for Affordable Care Act coverage after Biden reopens exchange:" https://www.cnn.com/2021/05/11/politics/affordable-care-act-sign-ups/index.html

* "Biden administration revives anti-bias protections in health care for transgender people:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/transgender-protection-hhs/2021/05/10/0852ce88-b17d-11eb-a980-a60af976ed44_story.html

* "Interior Department approves first large-scale offshore wind farm in the U.S.:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2021/05/11/interior-department-approves-first-large-scale-offshore-wind-farm-us/

* "Biden administration formally launches task force to ensure scientific decisions are free from political influence:" https://www.cnn.com/2021/05/10/politics/biden-task-force-science/index.html

* "Top CDC official resigns from post following reassignment:" https://www.politico.com/news/2021/05/07/nancy-messonnier-resigns-485684

* "Jobs surprise triggers battle over federal aid:" https://www.politico.com/news/2021/05/07/jobs-report-federal-aid-unemployment-benefits-485716

* "Infrastructure plan should cost up to $800 billion, McConnell says ahead of Biden meeting:" https://www.cnbc.com/2021/05/10/biden-infrastructure-plan-mitch-mcconnell-says-bill-should-cost-up-to-800-billion.html

* "GOP governors slash jobless aid to try to force more Americans to return to work:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/us-policy/2021/05/08/republicans-unemployment-worker-shortage/

* "Americans Will Lose Unemployment Benefits If They Turn Down Jobs, Biden Says:" https://www.npr.org/2021/05/10/995518597/americans-will-lose-unemployment-benefits-if-they-turn-down-jobs-biden-says

* "Jeff Bezos buys superyacht as Americans sink into poverty:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/jeff-bezos-buys-superyacht-as-americans-sink-into-poverty-111670853822

* "Sen. Warren: Bezos superyacht gives ‘new round of ammunition’ for wealth tax:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/sen-warren-says-bezos-500m-superyacht-gives-new-round-of-ammunition-for-wealth-tax-111671365753

* "Elizabeth Warren - "Persist":" https://www.cc.com/video/m837xx/the-daily-show-with-trevor-noah-elizabeth-warren-persist

* "How Mitch McConnell is keeping his ‘Grim Reaper’ brand alive in 2021:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/how-mitch-mcconnell-is-keeping-his-grim-reaper-brand-alive-in-2021-111534149705

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

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

This App phones your rep for you: http://takeastance.us/

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

* "Exchange Over ‘Purity’ of Vote Puts Texas G.O.P. Firebrand in Spotlight:" https://www.nytimes.com/2021/05/12/us/politics/briscoe-cain-texas-voting-laws.html

* "As Texas Voting Restrictions Near Passage, Democrats Stage Protest:" https://www.nytimes.com/2021/05/08/us/texas-voting-legislature-protest.html

* "Texas House passes election overhaul bill that adds new restrictions:" https://www.cnn.com/2021/05/07/politics/texas-elections-bill-house/index.html

* "Racist relic caught creeping into new Texas voter suppression bill:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/racist-relic-caught-creeping-into-new-texas-voter-suppression-bill-111538757621

* "Opinion: What Florida's attack on voting rights is really about:" https://www.cnn.com/2021/05/10/opinions/florida-attack-voting-rights-king/index.html

* "Republicans Have Made It Harder To Vote In 11 States So Far:" https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/republicans-have-made-it-harder-to-vote-in-11-states-so-far/

* "Democrats add feedback from state-level Republicans to bolster new voting rights bill:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/democrats-add-feedback-from-state-level-republicans-to-bolster-new-voting-rights-bill-111677509907

* "Real purpose of pro-Trump AZ ballot circus seen in plans to take it on the road:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/real-purpose-of-pro-trump-az-ballot-circus-seen-in-plans-to-take-it-on-the-road-111678021626

* "Ducey orders DPS protection for Secretary of State Katie Hobbs and her family following death threats:" https://www.azcentral.com/story/news/local/arizona/2021/05/07/arizona-audit-secretary-state-katie-hobbs-dps-protection-death-threats/4994172001/

* "A defiant Cheney tears into Trump, GOP: 'We must speak the truth':" https://www.politico.com/news/2021/05/11/liz-cheney-trump-truth-republicans-487324

* "Defiant Cheney blasts Republicans for emboldening 'liar' Trump, opposing the constitution:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/defiant-cheney-blasts-republicans-for-emboldening-liar-trump-opposing-the-constitution-111743045786

* "Cheney technically Trumpier than Stefanik but GOP prioritizes supplication over policy:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/cheney-technically-trumpier-than-stefanik-but-gop-prioritizes-supplication-over-policy-111745093621

* "GOP actively constructing alternate reality to support Trump's election fraud fantasy:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/gop-actively-constructing-alternate-reality-to-support-trump-s-election-fraud-fantasy-111840325784

* Don’t hold your breath. "‘Rationals’ vs. ‘radicals’: Anti-Trump Republicans threaten third party:" https://www.reuters.com/world/us/rationals-vs-radicals-anti-trump-republicans-threaten-third-party-2021-05-11/

* "Chris Hayes: Lindsey Graham bets on Trump-led GOP—no matter the cost to America:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/chris-hayes-lindsey-graham-bets-on-trump-led-gop-no-mater-the-cost-to-america-111531077919

* "Rep. Bera on Democrats’ goal to prevent utterance of words ‘Speaker Kevin McCarthy’:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-sunday-show/watch/trump-won-t-help-gop-win-democrats-can-maintain-house-majority-rep-ami-bera-says-111599173643

* "Democrats must make 2022 elections ‘referendum on return of Trump’ elections expert says:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-sunday-show/watch/trump-republican-party-must-be-2022-ballot-referendums-for-democrats-to-keep-house-expert-says-111596613877

* "F.E.C. Drops Case Reviewing Trump Hush-Money Payments to Women:" https://www.nytimes.com/2021/05/06/us/politics/trump-michael-cohen-fec.html

* "House Democrats and White House Reach Deal Over Testimony by Ex-Trump Aide:" https://www.nytimes.com/2021/05/11/us/politics/mcgahn-testimony.html

* "Potential Trump indictment moves closer with McGahn agreement to testify to Congress:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/potential-trump-indictment-moves-closer-with-mcgahn-agreement-to-testify-to-congress-111837765683

* "Trump family members got ‘inappropriately close’ to Secret Service agents, book claims:" https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/may/11/trump-family-members-secret-service

* "Michael Cohen on Giuliani’s legal, financial woes: ‘He’s going to get stiffed’:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-reidout/watch/michael-cohen-on-giuliani-s-legal-financial-woes-he-s-going-to-get-stiffed-111531077549

* "'Cancel culture' becomes synonymous with 'consequences' after endless Fox News memeing:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/trainer-of-kentucky-derby-winner-medina-spirit-responds-on-fox-news-to-failed-drug-test-with-cancel-culture-reasoning-111674437880

* "Top law enforcement officials say the biggest domestic terror threat comes from white supremacists.:" https://www.nytimes.com/2021/05/12/us/politics/domestic-terror-white-supremacists.html

* "Former Trump Officials To Defend Federal Response To Capitol Riot:" https://www.npr.org/2021/05/11/995983576/former-trump-officials-to-defend-federal-response-to-capitol-riot

* "Joy calls insurrectionists and their ‘ridiculous excuses’ the absolute worst:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-reidout/watch/joy-calls-insurrectionists-and-their-ridiculous-excuses-the-absolute-worst-111531589751

* "DHS is gathering intelligence on security threats from social media:" https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/national-security/dhs-launches-warning-system-find-domestic-terrorism-threats-public-social-n1266707

* "Judge dismisses NRA's bankruptcy petition, allowing New York AG lawsuit to move forward:" https://www.cnn.com/2021/05/11/politics/national-rifle-association-bankruptcy/index.html

* "Court ruling could mean the beginning of the end of the NRA:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/court-ruling-could-mean-the-beginning-of-the-end-of-the-nra-111747141645

* "Colorado Springs mass shooting leaves 7 dead, including suspect, at birthday party: police:" https://gazette.com/news/local/colorado-springs-mass-shooting-leaves-7-dead-including-suspect-at-birthday-party-police/article_4186ea1a-b0cc-11eb-b3e5-9f195dc56ec0.html

* "Justice Department Brings Federal Criminal Charges Against Derek Chauvin, 3 Others:" https://www.npr.org/sections/trial-over-killing-of-george-floyd/2021/05/07/987737695/justice-department-brings-federal-criminal-charges-against-derek-chauvin-3-other

* "Michelle Obama on the Chauvin verdict: ‘Many of us still live in fear’:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-reidout/watch/michelle-obama-on-the-chauvin-verdict-many-of-us-still-live-in-fear-111530565665

* "Joy Reid: The GOP is obsessed with lying about critical race theory:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-reidout/watch/joy-reid-the-gop-is-obsessed-with-lying-about-critical-race-theory-111531077713

* "Experts debunk many GOP leaders’ attempts to launder America’s racist history:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-sunday-show/watch/gop-leaders-attempts-to-deny-american-s-racist-history-debunked-by-experts-111595589856

* CW: Pedophilia. "I Went on a Vigilante Raid to “Save” Kids Sold for Sex. What We Did Haunts Me Now.:" https://slate.com/human-interest/2021/05/sex-trafficking-raid-operation-underground-railroad.html

* "Sex workers in Germany 'at risk':" https://www.bbc.com/news/av/world-europe-57029723

* "German Priests, Defying Pope, Offer to Bless Same-Sex Unions:" https://www.advocate.com/religion/2021/5/07/german-priests-defying-pope-offer-bless-same-sex-unions

* CW: Suicide. "Gay man left suicidal after 'brainwashing' religious conversion therapy:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2021/05/11/religious-conversion-therapy-northern-ireland/

* "Conversion therapy consultation 'will be hard for LGBT+ communities':" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2021/05/11/conversion-therapy-ban-uk-public-consultation/

* "LGBT+ high schoolers told to 'die' in 'terrifying' graffiti daubed over Pride flag:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2021/05/08/norfolk-broadland-high-school-lgbt-gay-homophobia-graffiti-transphobia/

* "Why Is the State Dept. Still Discriminating Against LGBTQ+ Families?:" https://www.advocate.com/commentary/2021/5/07/why-state-dept-still-discriminating-against-lgbtq-families

* "Montana governor signs dehumanising bill banning trans people from playing sports:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2021/05/08/montana-greg-gianforte-transgender-sports-bill-ban/

* What would Jesus do? Mark Samsel beat up a CHILD. At School. While drawing teacher pay. Because Jesus. "Teacher arrested for 'kneeing student in crotch' after homophobic classroom rant:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2021/05/07/kansas-republican-representative-mark-samsel-misdemeanour-batter-homophobic-rant/

* "Armed robbers are using Grindr to target queer victims, police warn:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2021/05/07/atlanta-georgia-lgbt-armed-robbers-grindr-police/

* "Elliot Page, Transness, the Pain of Consumable Identity:"

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* "Blood donation rules for gay and bisexual men to finally be relaxed next month:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2021/05/11/blood-donation-rules-gay-bisexual-men-relaxed/

* "A Backdoor Lets the Immune System Monitor the Brain:" https://www.quantamagazine.org/how-the-immune-system-protects-the-brain-20210428/

* "USDA dietary guidelines are driven by milk marketing concerns — not nutrition — lawsuit alleges:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2021/04/29/usda-milk-guidelines-lawsuit/

* "Air pollution from farms leads to 17,900 U.S. deaths per year, study finds:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/2021/05/10/farm-pollution-deaths/

* "Life finds a way: in search of England’s lost, forgotten rainforests:" https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2021/apr/29/life-finds-a-way-in-search-of-englands-lost-forgotten-rainforests

* "How to Kill a Zombie Fire:" https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/underground-peat-fires

* "Rerouting the Mississippi River could build new land—and save a retreating coast:" https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2021/04/rerouting-mississippi-river-could-build-new-land-and-save-retreating-coast

* "High-Tech Tools Join the Hunt for Forgotten Mines:" https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-04-23/the-delicate-art-and-science-of-mine-removal

* "An Entire Group of Whales Has Somehow Escaped Human Attention:" https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2021/03/beaked-whales-holding-their-breath/618455/

* "Fred West police search Gloucester cafe for Mary Bastholm:" https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-gloucestershire-57084814

* I’ve not read the O’Brien, but I kept thinking of the haunting “The Last True Story I'll Ever Tell: An Accidental Soldier's Account of the War in Iraq” by John Crawford listening to this. "The Hypocrisy of “Apolitical” War Stories:"

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* "Shadow and Bone: Finally A Good Book Adaptation?:"

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* "Hair: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver :"

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* "CP Time - The History of Black Royalty:" https://www.cc.com/video/qsotb7/the-daily-show-with-trevor-noah-cp-time-the-history-of-black-royalty

* "The Daily Showography of Ted Cruz:" https://www.cc.com/video/p6an1j/the-daily-show-with-trevor-noah-the-daily-showography-of-ted-cruz

* "A Ray of Sunshine - Biden-Carter Photo Op, Josh Fight & More:" https://www.cc.com/video/cptx5y/the-daily-show-with-trevor-noah-a-ray-of-sunshine-biden-carter-photo-op-josh-fight-more

* "P!nk - All I Know So Far:"

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* "Just One Day - 2winz² (Official Video):"

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* I woke up with the spins Friday from a clear case of labyrinthitis, so I basically stayed up long enough to do the essential things, then went the hell back to bed. I used to catch this periodically when teaching, and really the best thing is to stay hydrated and sleep. I intersected with Squirrel Saturday morning and his reaction was disproportionate enough to legitimately confuse me.

Turns out he likely had it earlier in the week and had been quietly trying to work out if he should see a Doctor under the belief that it might be a reassurance of the serious health situation that nearly killed him the Winter we moved to this apartment. So he had a lot of feelings about it being a 48 hour virus I considered an unpleasant periodic nuisance.

So odds are he gave it to me. We all wear masks when Caregiver Millennial is here, but I have already informed him he may have been exposed just in case and told him to take the weekend off.

I was well enough today to may from scratch soup. (All I had yesterday was emergency soup and some forage fruit.) Soup figures heavily in my labyrinthitis stay hydrated response. I also managed to sort and put away the non-perishable forage, most of which was zero use, but there was a soup ingredient in one of the boxes, so bravo there. (Very little food is wasted. I let the millennials have whatever we can't use, which was about 2/3rds of what they sent this week. The perishable boxes were better and luckily turned up just before I went to sleep Friday when i was still merely under the weather instead of staggering like I was drunk.)

Anyway, I was upright and hydrating when I wrote this, though I sense a nap in my future. I feel generally crappy, but a reasonable amount for day two and I'll likely be as okay as I get with the other health stuff going on right now by Sunday evening. It's unpleasant, but quick and non-life threatening as long as one avoids things like stairs and operating heavy machinery, which is so much better than a lot of the things I catch.

* "Sunday Sweets: Story Time With Mom:" https://www.cakewrecks.com/home/2021/5/9/sunday-sweets-story-time-with-mom

* "Sunday Sweets: Modern Chic:" https://www.cakewrecks.com/home/2021/5/2/sunday-sweets-modern-chic

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

The help links are at the bottom under the cut.

* How to help India: https://www.khalsaaid.org/donate

* "How to Help India Amid the Covid Crisis:" https://www.nytimes.com/article/india-covid-how-to-help.html

* Mutual Aid Link Round Up: https://laughingacademy.tumblr.com/post/645696532415447040/popss-great-big-mutual-aid-masterpost

* Want to help the Asian Community?
https://nymag.com/strategist/article/where-to-donate-to-help-asian-communities-2021.html
https://www.gofundme.com/c/act/stop-aapi-hate
https://www.advancingjustice-atlanta.org/

* What to help save bats, and essential part of our ecosystem? "Merlin Tuttle's Bat Conservation:" https://www.merlintuttle.org/

* My oldest continuous Real Life friend is doing this project. "Bed, Bath, & Behemoth: An Epic D&D 5e Adventure:" https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/482738549/bed-bath-and-behemoth-an-epic-dandd-5e-adventure?fbclid=IwAR2pA1NFVGG7aZyrLDC5h9Q0a_g7yMh_rY5rWxrnpZ3sJRSe6yO8gAAEq4M

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* "For Women in Afghan Security Forces, a Daily Battle:" https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/20/world/asia/afghanistan-women-police.html

* "Hagia Sophia to welcome Muslims for Friday prayers:" https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-53506445

* "Echoes of empire: Kenya clan 'branded evil':" https://www.bbc.com/news/av/world-africa-53514916/legacy-of-kenyan-clan-branded-evil-by-colonialists

* "Fifty-Five arrested as thousands gather in Jerusalem for anti-Netanyahu protest:" https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/.premium-jerusalem-bracing-for-another-night-of-anti-netanyahu-protests-1.9016209

* "Floods in India, Nepal displace nearly four million people, at least 189 dead:" https://www.reuters.com/article/us-india-floods/floods-in-india-nepal-displace-nearly-four-million-people-at-least-189-dead-idUSKCN24K06S

* "Thousands evacuated in China after floods threaten villages:" https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2020/07/thousands-evacuated-china-floods-threaten-villages-200722045507013.html

* TW: Domestic Violence. "She Went to Prison for Killing Her Husband. The Pandemic Set Her Free.:" https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/14/magazine/afghan-women-prison-coronavirus.html

* "Russia report reveals UK government failed to investigate Kremlin interference:" https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/jul/21/russia-report-reveals-uk-government-failed-to-address-kremlin-interference-scottish-referendum-brexit

* "EU leaders seal deal on spending and €750bn Covid-19 recovery plans:" https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/jul/20/macron-seeks-end-acrimony-eu-summit-enters-fourth-day

* "Belarus: Anti-government protesters rally ahead of presidential vote:" https://www.dw.com/en/belarus-anti-government-protesters-rally-ahead-of-presidential-vote/a-54237095

* "'Australia's colonial legacy not the past for us':" https://www.bbc.com/news/world-australia-53436225

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* This is preliminary and not peer reviewed, but fingers crossed on their being another useful therapeutic. "Covid treatment trial described as 'breakthrough':" https://www.bbc.com/news/health-53467022

* "Older Children Spread the Coronavirus Just as Much as Adults, Large Study Finds:" https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/18/health/coronavirus-children-schools.html

* "Autopsies reveal surprising cardiac changes in COVID-19 patients:" https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2020/07/200721114722.htm

* "It's not just dexamethasone: Other steroids may be used to treat critically ill COVID-19 patients, study says:" https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/health/2020/07/22/covid-19-prednisone-linked-reduced-risk-coronavirus-death/5478793002/

* "During Coronavirus Lockdowns, Some Doctors Wondered: Where Are the Preemies?:" https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/19/health/coronavirus-premature-birth.html

* "Isolated coronavirus antibodies offer hope for vaccine, treatment:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/isolated-coronavirus-antibodies-offer-hope-for-vaccine-treatment-88162374001

* "Glory Holes Officially Recommended for Safer Sex Amid the Pandemic:" https://www.advocate.com/health/2020/7/22/glory-holes-officially-recommended-safer-sex-amid-pandemic

* "Australia's Victoria requires masks for Melbourne hit by COVID-19:" https://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-australia/australias-victoria-requires-masks-for-melbourne-hit-by-covid-19-idUSKCN24K02O

* "Nearly all coronavirus cases now in Victoria may have link to hotel quarantine, inquiry told:" https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2020/jul/20/nearly-all-coronavirus-cases-now-in-victoria-may-have-link-to-hotel-quarantine-inquiry-told

* "Masks mandatory in France amid new virus outbreaks:" https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-53471497

* "Inside South Africa's 'hospitals of horrors':" https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-53396057

* "Coronavirus stokes Pakistan doctors' anger:" https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-52243901

* "Trump cancels Republican national convention as U.S. surpasses 4 million coronavirus cases:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2020/07/23/covid-live-updates-us/?hpid=hp_hp-top-table-high_virus-luf-1225am%3Aprime-time%2Fpromo

* "America's daily virus death toll passes 1,000 again:" https://www.politico.com/news/2020/07/21/americas-daily-virus-death-toll-passes-1-000-again-376973

* "Dire U.S. COVID-19 death rate seen in graph excluding NY, NJ, CT:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/dire-u-s-covid-19-death-rate-seen-in-graph-excluding-ny-nj-ct-88162885745

* "Most people in the United States are still highly susceptible to the coronavirus, CDC study finds:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/2020/07/21/coronavirus-immunity-us-cdc-study/

* "U.S. hospitals scramble to adopt new HHS coronavirus data system, some states see 'data blackout':" https://www.cnbc.com/2020/07/22/us-hospitals-scramble-to-adopt-new-hhs-coronavirus-data-system-some-states-see-data-blackout.html

* "Officials warn they lack key resources to confront surge in coronavirus cases:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2020/07/19/coronavirus-update-us/

* I saw it; it was half assed and he undermined it my claiming the masks also caused problems. "Trump says face masks are 'patriotic' after months of largely resisting wearing one:" https://www.cnbc.com/2020/07/20/trump-says-coronavirus-masks-are-patriotic-after-months-of-largely-resisting-wearing-one.html

* "Biden says Trump ‘surrendered,' waved 'the white flag' in his handling of the pandemic:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-reidout/watch/biden-says-trump-surrendered-waved-the-white-flag-in-his-handling-of-the-pandemic-88026693592

* "Trump insists he's 'right' on the virus as more Americans get sick and die:" https://www.cnn.com/2020/07/20/politics/donald-trump-coronavirus-election-2020-joe-biden/index.html

* Today he pretended he supported mask wearing and that he takes the virus seriously. I guess someone convinced him killing his base for fun wasn't win win. A little later, he went into a crowded room without a mask to show he didn't mean it. "Trump Says Virus Will Probably ‘Get Worse Before It Gets Better’:" https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/21/world/coronavirus-covid-19.html#link-743b1f5c

* "Trump discards 'patriotic' mask for meeting at Trump hotel:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-reidout/watch/trump-discards-patriotic-mask-for-meeting-at-trump-hotel-88096837692

* "Trump attended a fundraiser without a mask. The city sent an investigator to inspect his hotel.:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/dc-politics/trump-hotel-coronavirus-masks/2020/07/22/47b5b702-cc36-11ea-b0e3-d55bda07d66a_story.html

* And yet in the hot zones, people wait in line all day and get sent home without being tested because we don't have enough. 45 has said repeatedly that we should slow down or stop testing for everyone else as then we wouldn't have cases anymore. "White House says Trump gets tested ‘multiple times a day’ for coronavirus:" https://www.politico.com/news/2020/07/21/trump-tested-coronavirus-multiple-times-day-375957

* "‘Trump has put his head in the sand’: Schumer rips U.S. coronavirus response:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/-trump-has-put-his-head-in-the-sand-schumer-rips-u-s-coronavirus-response-88032325507

* "Why Trump's failure to lead national response prolongs coronavirus crisis:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/why-trump-s-failure-to-lead-national-response-prolongs-coronavirus-crisis-88166981530

* "Despite Trump claim, 13 states say some orders for coronavirus supplies still unfilled:" https://abcnews.go.com/Health/trump-claim-12-states-orders-coronavirus-supplies-unfilled/story?id=71946598

* "Texas county, overwhelmed by COVID-19, will deny treatment to those deemed unlikely to survive:" https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2020/7/23/1963124/-Texas-county-overwhelmed-with-Covid-19-will-deny-treatment-to-those-deemed-unlikely-to-survive

* "Texas Rio Grande Valley suffering COVID-19 'worst case scenario':" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/texas-rio-grande-valley-suffering-covid-19-worst-case-scenario-88210501998

* "Gov. Reeves extends Safe Return order, adds 10 new counties to mask mandate:" https://www.wlox.com/2020/07/20/gov-reeves-extends-safe-return-order-extends-counties-under-mask-mandate/

* "Nearly 50 Florida ICU Units Out of Hospital Beds:" https://www.voanews.com/covid-19-pandemic/nearly-50-florida-icu-units-out-hospital-beds

* "Atlanta Mayor: Despite rising cases, Georgia Governor ‘wants to silence me’:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-reidout/watch/atlanta-mayor-despite-rising-cases-georgia-governor-wants-to-silence-me-88028229625

* "Extremity of Texas COVID-19 curve puts hospital ICUs in a bind:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/extremity-of-texas-covid-19-curve-puts-hospital-icus-in-a-bind-88038469581

* "Local mask rules to slow coronavirus undercut by GOP governors:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/local-mask-rules-to-slow-coronavirus-undercut-by-gop-governors-88103493767

* "Beto O’Rourke: Texas GOP is a ‘death cult’ that wants you to do the dying:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/beto-o-rourke-texas-gop-is-a-death-cult-that-wants-you-to-do-the-dying-88098373720

* "Nearly 75% of detainees at US immigration facility in Virginia have coronavirus:" https://www.cnn.com/2020/07/23/politics/immigration-ice-detention-coronavirus-farmville/index.html

* "ICE, CBP, TSA employees join lawsuit seeking hazard pay for work during pandemic:" https://www.upi.com/Top_News/US/2020/07/23/ICE-CBP-TSA-employees-join-lawsuit-seeking-hazard-pay-for-work-during-pandemic/4161595541514/

* "Texas inmates hit by largest COVID-19 outbreaks at federal jails:" https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2020/07/texas-inmates-hit-largest-covid-19-outbreaks-federal-jails-200722081039471.html

* "The coronavirus is keeping Texas prisoners who've been approved for parole behind bars:" https://www.texastribune.org/2020/07/23/texas-prisons-coronavirus-parole/

* "2 Cafeterias Used by White House Staff Close After Employee Contracts the Virus:" https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/22/us/politics/white-house-employee-covid-19.html

* "Marine assigned to Trump's helicopter squadron tests positive for Covid-19:" https://www.politico.com/news/2020/07/23/marine-one-helicopter-covid-positive-380444

* "Stephen Miller's grandmother died of COVID-19. Her son blames the Trump administration.:" https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2020/07/stephen-millers-grandmother-died-of-covid-19-her-son-blames-the-trump-administration/

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* "DOJ says Chinese hackers targeted coronavirus vaccine research:" https://www.politico.com/news/2020/07/21/doj-chinese-hackers-coronavirus-research-375855

* "Trump blasts Beijing in public, but privately Trump org imports tons of Chinese goods:" https://www.cnn.com/2020/07/21/politics/trump-org-china-imports/index.html

* "US orders closure of Chinese consulate in Houston:" https://www.cnn.com/2020/07/22/politics/china-us-houston-consulate-intl-hnk/index.html

* "China expands amphibious forces in challenge to U.S. beyond Asia:" https://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-military-amphibious-specialrepo/special-report-china-expands-amphibious-forces-in-challenge-to-u-s-beyond-asia-idUSKCN24L17B

* "US fighter jet 'challenges' Iran passenger plane:" https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-53521726

* "Trump’s Request of an Ambassador: Get the British Open for Me:" https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/21/world/europe/trump-british-open.html

* "Trump pushed diplomat to boost golf club at expense of US stature: NYT:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/trump-pushed-diplomat-to-boost-golf-club-at-expense-of-us-stature-nyt-88105541640

* "Classified status hides fired IG's report on Trump golf club scheme:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/classified-status-hides-fired-ig-report-on-trump-golf-club-scheme-88160837929

* If 45 thinks a dementia test is hard.... "Chris Wallace to Trump: Cognitive Exam 'Not the Hardest Test’, Involves Identifying an Elephant:" https://www.thedailybeast.com/fox-news-chris-wallace-to-trump-cognitive-exam-not-the-hardest-test-involves-identifying-an-elephant

* There are no extra points and remembering the sequence from beginning to the end of the test is dead easy if you don’t have dementia. "'Person, woman, man, camera, TV': Trump insists cognitive test was difficult:" https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/jul/23/person-woman-man-camera-tv-trump-insists-cognition-test-was-difficult

* Meanwhile in Autocracy News. "Trump not ready to commit to election results if he loses:" https://apnews.com/aa07c0a980b3353b15f94442eb8191a5

* "White House portraits of Bill Clinton and George W. Bush moved from prominent space to rarely used room:" https://www.cnn.com/2020/07/17/politics/white-house-portraits-clinton-bush-trump/index.html

* "How Donald Trump Moved Millions From His Campaign Donors To His Private Business:" https://www.forbes.com/sites/michelatindera/2020/07/21/how-donald-trump-moved-millions-from-his-campaign-donors-to-his-private-business/#76b5ae8a735c

* "Joy Reid: Trump has always been a ‘really racist man, whose insecurities caused him to crave power’:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-reidout/watch/joy-reid-trump-has-always-been-a-really-racist-man-whose-insecurities-caused-him-to-crave-power-88096837730

* "'We can't pull it off': Florida sheriff says he can't muster security for GOP convention:" https://www.politico.com/news/2020/07/20/florida-sheriff-gop-convention-security-373089

* "Michael Cohen to be released from prison after judge sides with claims of retaliation:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/michael-cohen-released-from-prison-retaliation/2020/07/23/f8adefe8-ccf9-11ea-91f1-28aca4d833a0_story.html

* "Judge calls out Trump, Barr DOJ for punishing Cohen over new book:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/judge-calls-out-trump-barr-doj-for-punishing-cohen-over-new-book-88213573609

* "GOP leaders vow to fill a potential Supreme Court vacancy this year, despite some apprehension:" https://www.cnn.com/2020/07/20/politics/supreme-court-senate-republicans-election-year/index.html

* "New unemployment claims rose last week to 1.4M, ending months of declines:" https://www.politico.com/news/2020/07/23/unemployment-claims-numbers-coronavirus-379729

* "Black, Latino and poor people are less likely to get $1,200 coronavirus stimulus checks, new report says:" https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2020/07/20/coronavirus-blacks-latinos-poor-less-likely-get-1-200-checks/5471086002/

* "White House objects to Senate GOP push for more CDC money for coronavirus testing and tracing:" https://www.cnn.com/2020/07/18/politics/cdc-funding-white-house-senate-republicans/index.html

* "Trump doubles down on threats to defense, coronavirus relief bills:" https://www.politico.com/news/2020/07/19/trump-defense-spending-coronavirus-relief-370619

* "Rep. Ayanna Pressley says the pandemic illustrates the need for Medicare-For-All:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-reidout/watch/rep-ayanna-pressley-says-the-pandemic-illustrates-the-need-for-medicare-for-all-88094789662

* "Democrats Warn of Possible Foreign Disinformation Plot Targeting Congress:" https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/20/us/politics/congress-disinformation-biden-russia-ukraine.html

* "Dem leaders demand FBI briefing on 'foreign interference campaign' targeting lawmakers:" https://www.politico.com/news/2020/07/20/democrats-fbi-briefing-foreign-interference-campaign-373134

* "Joe Biden, citing intelligence briefings, warns that Russia, China are engaged in election interference:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/joe-biden-citing-intelligence-briefings-warns-that-russia-china-are-engaged-in-election-meddling/2020/07/17/3ce81580-c89a-11ea-a99f-3bbdffb1af38_story.html

* "GOP tested as Democrats call out foreign interference in election:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/gop-tested-as-democrats-call-out-foreign-interference-in-election-88037445982

* "‘Violation of our sovereignty': Biden says Russian interference in US elections will not go unnoticed:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-reidout/watch/-violation-of-our-sovereignty-biden-says-russian-interference-in-us-elections-will-not-go-unnoticed-88027717730

* "Stacey Abrams: 'Georgia is absolutely a swing state.':" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/stacey-abrams-georgia-is-absolutely-a-swing-state-88211013974

* "Biden says four Black women are on his VP list:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-reidout/watch/biden-says-four-black-women-are-on-his-vp-list-88032325600

* "Eric Holder on Trump: 'He's got to be beat, he has to be beaten badly':" https://www.msnbc.com/the-reidout/watch/eric-holder-on-trump-he-s-got-to-be-beat-he-has-to-be-beaten-badly-88097349875

* "Georgia State Sen. Nikema Williams To Replace Rep. John Lewis On November Ballot:" https://www.npr.org/2020/07/20/893152211/georgia-state-sen-nikema-williams-to-replace-rep-john-lewis-on-november-ballot

* "A wannabe sheriff saw two men holding hands. He responded by asking ‘where’s my gun’:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2020/07/22/sheriff-terry-king-alpena-michigan-homophobic-text-messages/

* "Biden vs. Trump: How to reopen the nation’s schools:" https://www.politico.com/newsletters/weekly-education/2020/07/20/biden-vs-trump-how-to-reopen-the-nations-schools-789272

* "Gov. Laura Kelly mandates masks in Kansas schools, awaits board’s vote on start of classes:" https://www.kwch.com/2020/07/20/gov-laura-kelly-to-sign-executive-order-to-delay-reopening-kansas-schools/

* "Harris County officials recommend, not mandate, that school districts stay closed to in-person instruction until October:" https://www.texastribune.org/2020/07/16/dallas-county-schools-closed-september-texas-coronavirus/

* "Rep. Hayes: Trump, DeVos need to rely on ‘science and data’ to reopen schools:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/rep-hayes-trump-devos-need-to-rely-on-science-and-data-to-reopen-schools-88096837772

* "Democrat found in hotel room with gay escort who ‘overdosed’ on meth thanks wife for standing by him:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2020/07/22/andrew-gillum-gay-escort-drug-overdose-meth-wife-rehab-video/

* "QAnon, Covid-19 and the conspiracy cult:" https://www.bbc.com/news/av/world-53507579/qanon-coronavirus-and-the-conspiracy-cult

* "Gay Trump Ex-Appointee Richard Grenell Goes on Bizarre Twitter Rampage:" https://www.advocate.com/politics/2020/7/20/gay-trump-ex-appointee-richard-grenell-goes-bizarre-twitter-rampage

* The Republican plan is to violate the 14th Amendment by throwing out the census data in favor of a number pulled out of Wilbur Ross' ass. "Trump wants immigration out of the census — and at the center of the election:" https://www.politico.com/news/2020/07/21/trump-undocumented-immigrants-census-376241

* "Judge rejects plea to release immigrant families in detention due to Covid-19:" https://www.cnn.com/2020/07/22/politics/immigration-detention-coronavirus/index.html

* This is both cruel and illegal. "AP Exclusive: Migrant kids held in US hotels, then expelled:" https://apnews.com/c9b671b206060f2e9654f0a4eaeb6388

* "House passes defense bill removing Confederate names from bases, defying Trump:" https://www.politico.com/news/2020/07/21/white-house-confederate-army-bases-defense-bill-376389

* "U.S. Senate passes $740 billion defense bill, bucking Trump on Confederate names:" https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-congress-defense/u-s-senate-passes-740-billion-defense-bill-bucking-trump-on-confederate-names-idUSKCN24O2TF

* "The Pentagon just banned Confederate and Pride flags from flying at military bases:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2020/07/20/pride-flag-rainbow-banned-us-military-confederate-pentagon/

* "Trump administration weighs a show of force in more cities:" https://www.politico.com/news/2020/07/21/trump-federal-force-cities-377273

* "Esper concerned over federal agents dressed like military troops in U.S. cities:" https://www.politico.com/news/2020/07/21/esper-federal-agents-military-protests-376381

* "Trump consults Bush torture lawyer on how to skirt law and rule by decree:" https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/jul/20/trump-john-yoo-lawyer-torture-waterboarding

* "Federal Officers Tear Gas Moms and Dads: A Digest of the 54th Night of Portland Protests:" https://www.portlandmercury.com/blogtown/2020/07/21/28661957/federal-officers-tear-gas-moms-and-dads-a-digest-of-the-54th-night-of-portland-protests

* "Trump's vow to send federal officers to US cities is election ploy, critics say:" https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/jul/20/donald-trump-us-cities-federal-agents-officers

* "By deploying police without badges, Barr threatens force without accountability:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/by-deploying-police-without-badges-barr-threatens-force-without-accountability/2020/06/04/8c6b8f8a-a68d-11ea-b619-3f9133bbb482_story.html

* "Oregon expanding criminal probe of unmarked federal troops:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/oregon-expanding-criminal-probe-of-unmarked-federal-troops-88038469617

* "Kamala Harris: We need answers to why these federal agents are being deployed:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-reidout/watch/-violation-of-constitutional-rights-kamala-harris-wants-answers-on-deployment-of-federal-officers-88092229935

* "Veteran speaks out after attack by federal agents in Portland:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/veteran-speaks-out-after-attack-by-federal-agents-in-portland-88031301795

* "Trump following Nixon 'law and order playbook on steroids': former DHS secretary:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/trump-following-nixon-law-and-order-playbook-on-steroids-former-dhs-secretary-88105541611

* "U.S. Homeland Security confirms three units sent paramilitary officers to Portland:" https://www.reuters.com/article/us-global-race-protests-agents-idUSKCN24M2RL

* "In Trump’s America, only those who bear arms can open their mouths:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2020/07/22/trumps-america-first-amendment-protects-only-those-who-exercise-second/

* "DOJ IG launches probe into law enforcement actions in Portland and Washington, D.C.:" https://www.politico.com/news/2020/07/23/doj-ig-probe-law-enforcement-portland-washington-dc-380383

* "Portland mayor teargassed by federal agents at protest:" https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/jul/23/donald-trump-portland-oregon-mayor-ted-wheeler-teargas-federal-agents

* "‘Wall of Moms’ organizer in Portland speaks out after teargassing by federal agents:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/-wall-of-moms-organizer-in-portland-speaks-out-after-teargassing-by-federal-agents-88155717813

* "‘Speechless’: Madeleine Albright reacts to deployment of federal agents in U.S. cities:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/-speechless-madeleine-albright-reacts-to-deployment-of-federal-agents-in-u-s-cities-88153669918

* "Trump’s agents are sweeping peaceful citizens off the streets. This is not America.:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2020/07/17/whats-happening-portland-shows-trump-is-ignoring-constitution-attacking-america/

* "Wyden, Merkley bill targets feds' Portland 'shadowy paramilitary occupations' - KTVZ:" https://ktvz.com/news/oregon-northwest/2020/07/20/wyden-merkley-bill-targets-feds-portland-shadowy-paramilitary-occupations/

* "Workers protest racial inequality on day of national strike:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/workers-protest-racial-inequality-on-day-of-national-strike/2020/07/20/0a9570dc-caf2-11ea-99b0-8426e26d203b_story.html

* "Senate rejects strict limits on military gear to civilian police:" https://www.politico.com/news/2020/07/21/senate-rejects-military-civilian-police-375990

* "Trump says "the game is over for me" if he sees a player kneel during the national anthem:" https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-anthem-kneel-sporting-event-support/

* "Rudy Giuliani: Black Lives Matter is going to take away “your property” and give it to Black people:" https://www.mediamatters.org/rudy-giuliani/rudy-giuliani-black-lives-matter-going-take-away-your-property-and-give-it-black

* "'Black Lives' mural outside Trump Tower defaced for 3rd time:" https://apnews.com/f4b43bdd01f181938feb1a795002803f

* "Neo-Nazi thugs march though Pennsylvania, flying swastikas and chanting ‘f**k you f****ts’:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2020/07/20/neo-nazi-march-pennsylvania-williamsport-swastika-homophobia-racism-anti-semitism/

* "Gay porn star who unleashed vile racist rant before assaulting a bystander dropped by studio:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2020/07/22/gay-porn-star-racist-rant-new-york-city-dustin-gold-helix-studios/

* "Woman who woke up from surgery with hair braided by doctor makes the case for more Black physicians: 'It can save lives':" https://www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/woman-who-woke-up-from-surgery-with-hair-braided-by-doctor-makes-the-case-for-more-black-physicians-it-can-save-lives-214631620.html?.tsrc=daily_mail&uh_test=1_02

* "Sports commentator fired after lecherous, misogynistic comments sues for anti-straight discrimination. Yes, really:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2020/07/21/jeremy-roenick-sues-nbc-sports-kathryn-tappen-spitten-chiclets-podcast-straight-discrimination/

* TW: Pedophilia. "Trump on Ghislaine Maxwell: ‘I wish her well’:" https://www.politico.com/news/2020/07/21/trump-ghislaine-maxwell-376820

* TW: Pedophilia. "Student, 27, jailed after asking 14-year-old for sex on Grindr. His defence? He was lonely in lockdown:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2020/07/23/oxford-university-phd-student-grindr-sex-jail-lonely-lockdown-shiraaz-kureembokus/

* "First-ever trans woman to run for office in Romania vows to make life better for women, sex workers and the Roma community:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2020/07/20/first-ever-trans-woman-to-run-for-office-in-romania-vows-to-make-life-better-for-women-sex-workers-and-the-roma-community/

* "Law firm partner fined thousands for asking if it was acceptable to call a gay trainee a ‘poofter’:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2020/07/20/leicester-law-firm-freeths-charles-jerome-darby-fine-poofter-gay-homophobia-investigation/

* "Boris Johnson appears to confirm the Tories are kicking Gender Recognition Act reform into the long grass – again:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2020/07/20/boris-johnson-gender-recognition-act-announcement-delayed-liz-truss-reform/

* "Northern Ireland’s chief conversion therapist says the LGBT+ community is like a ‘cult’ that you’re not allowed to leave:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2020/07/20/northern-ireland-conversion-therapy-mike-davidson-core-issues-trust-christian-today-gay-cure-lgbt/

* "World Rugby ‘considers outright ban on trans women’ after inviting anti-trans campaign group to weigh in on current rules:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2020/07/20/world-rugby-ban-trans-women-transgender-london-forum-draft-document/

* TW: Rape "Russian trans woman who picketed against Vladimir Putin’s vile rollback of LGBT+ rights ‘faces rape’ in male prison:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2020/07/21/russia-trans-activist-polina-simonenko-vladimir-putin-lgbt-rights-rollback/

* "Police officer reprimanded after being caught on video calling youths ‘little f****ts’ – but will keep his job:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2020/07/21/police-officer-jersey-reprimanded-homophobia-channel-island-robin-smith/

* "Israel moves to ban 'gay conversion' therapy:" https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-53511329

* "Male Bisexuality Is Real, a New Study Confirms Once and for All:" https://www.advocate.com/bisexual/2020/7/21/male-bisexuality-real-new-study-confirms-once-and-all

* "First-ever homeless shelter for transgender Americans set to open in New Orleans:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2020/07/20/house-of-tulip-new-orleans-transgender-homeless-shelter-refuge-housing/

* "Non-binary people win vital legal recognition as Maine becomes 12th state to issue ‘X’ gender birth certificates:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2020/07/20/maine-non-binary-birth-certificates-x-legal-recognition/

* "One of Donald Trump's senior advisers just shared support for traumatising conversion therapy:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2020/07/21/donald-trump-adviser-jenna-ellis-conversion-therapy-homophobia-paul-dirks-twitter-lgbt/

* "Almost half of America is suing the Trump administration over its debased rollback of LGBT+ healthcare protections:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2020/07/21/donald-trump-hss-sued-lgbt-healthcare-obamacare-affordable-care-act/

* "Trans man sues Catholic hospital that refused him healthcare because staff found it ‘immoral’:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2020/07/21/trans-man-catholic-hospital-st-joseph-maryland-us-jesse-hammons/

* "Are clear masks helpful?:"

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* "Civil War-era smallpox vaccination kits offer new insights on how the virus was eradicated:" https://www.cnn.com/2020/07/21/us/smallpox-vaccination-virus-eradication-scn-trnd/index.html

* "94-year-old ‘Rosie the Riveter’ once made warplanes and red bandannas. Now she makes face masks with the same cloth.:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/2020/07/21/mae-krier-rosie-riveter/

* CW: Eating Disorders. "‘Knowing it could kill you isn’t a deterrent’: the deadly trade in diet pills:" https://www.theguardian.com/society/2020/jul/21/dnp-deadly-diet-pills-online-trade

* "It’s The Perfect Time to Make Our Schools LGBTQ-Inclusive:" https://www.advocate.com/commentary/2020/7/22/its-perfect-time-make-our-schools-lgbtq-inclusive

* "Deepfake used to attack activist couple shows new disinformation frontier:" https://www.reuters.com/article/us-cyber-deepfake-activist-idUSKCN24G15E

* "UAE successfully launches Hope probe, Arab world's first mission to Mars:" https://www.theguardian.com/science/2020/jul/20/uae-mission-mars-al-amal-hope-space

* "Bacteria that eats metal accidentally discovered by scientists:" https://www.cnn.com/2020/07/16/world/metal-eating-bacteria-intl-scli-scn/index.html

* "The African continent is very slowly peeling apart. Scientists say a new ocean is being born.:" https://www.nbcnews.com/science/environment/african-continent-very-slowly-peeling-apart-scientists-say-new-ocean-n1234128

* CW: Animal Abuse. Just as I've been hoping the pandemic will end the pangolin trade, I am really hoping the same for the moon bear trade. "South Korea's moon bears slaughtered for medicine:" https://www.bbc.com/news/av/world-asia-53491515/moon-bears-korean-campaigners-call-for-farm-closures

* "The Terrible Consequences of Australia’s Uber-Bushfires:" https://www.wired.com/story/the-terrible-consequences-of-australias-uber-bushfires/

* "I finally made GARUM | Ancient Rome's favorite condiment:"

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* "Anglo-Saxon Oatcakes - How Not To Burn King Alfred's Cakes:"

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* "Making Hippocras at Home | Medieval Spiced Wine:"

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* "Here are seven things you probably didn't know were connected to slavery:" https://www.cnn.com/2020/07/19/us/us-slavery-connections-trnd/index.html

* "The Black Woman's Forgotten Fight against the Laws that Banned her Hair:" https://www.messynessychic.com/2020/07/21/the-black-womans-forgotten-fight-against-the-laws-that-banned-her-hair/

* "Chris Colfer Pens Heartrending Tribute to 'Glee' Costar Naya Rivera:" https://www.advocate.com/people/2020/7/21/chris-colfer-pens-heartrending-tribute-glee-costar-naya-rivera

* "Remembering Tony Fenwick, a ‘giant of the LGBT+ movement’ who dedicated his life to queer students and teachers:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2020/07/22/tony-fenwick-mbe-ceo-lgbt-history-month-schools-out-teacher-outing-history-sue-sanders/

* "Human Rights Campaign Honors John Lewis: 'Fight the Good Fight':" https://www.advocate.com/news/2020/7/20/human-rights-campaign-honors-john-lewis-fight-good-fight

* "Coronavirus: Conspiracy Theories: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO):"

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* I think I wrote this Monday: Tavy and Livia had a rough evening. Late afternoon they chased the grad students doing socially distanced and masked sunbathing off the lawn so they could power wash the gazebo. Tavy thought the workers were hissing and growling at him and he spent a couple of hours sporadically hissing and growling back.

Something's also clearly on fire near enough to us that the nasty smoke smell and lowered air quality are really messing with me.

Then the smoke detector went off, panicking the Imperial couple who ran out to see if I was scared. Long silence. Me: Could it be the smoke? Detector: CHIRP! Imperial couple *panics* I double check to make sure nothing inside could be doing it and turn on the hood and the bathroom vents just in case. Detector: CHIRP! It was too sporadic to be reacting to something. It went off again while I was putting on my shoes.

I bought two new 9 volts braving the store before it closed. Luckily it was sparsely populated and people were following the mandatory mask and distancing order. Luckily, there was just enough left on a card to cover two 9-volts. Let's hope I don't need meds again this month, shall we?

My arm is borked again, but it was finally cool enough for squirrel to sleep, so my unsteady ass climbed the ladder. I had to let go the lintel to futz with it and it still wasn't fixed. I made multiple attempts. I ended up waking him after all. Turned out it was my bedroom detector a couple feet away from the one I was trying to fix. Or possibly both of them. IDk. We spent an hour between us. I had two cats hiding under my desk for most of it. I had to go collect Elder kitty from the top of the thirty in the middle of it, as those lights are fragile and I'm scared she'll fall. (The light on the twenty she sits on is sturdier and the tank is a lot lower. She can get on and off easily. I've seen her thinking about trying to straight jump off the thirty). I've had to do this once or twice most nights since her stroke.

The Imperial couple did eventually come out to lounge around the livingroom where they could see me and each other, but they are jumpy. While I was writing this, I blew my nose, and Tavy jumped high in the air sideways off the sofa landing about 5 feet away, terrifying poor Livia who couldn't work out which way to run.

* Wednesday: I had that thing where when I tried to get up the first time I almost threw up from the pain. I opted for extra medication and comforting the Imperial couple, who are understandably distressed. Livia in particular is taking it hard. At one point she was wandering around the area where elder kitty died squeaking plaintively. Elder kitty had warmed up to her enough that they would hang out together a couple of feet apart just like Livia wanted, and they'd been extra close after the first stroke. She kept waking me up for reassurance, poor thing. Tavy's just generally been discombobulated for the last week and a half and he needed a lot of extra cuddle time this evening.

Once I did make it up there was a lot of cleaning to do. The bed to strip and change, boxes to tend to, livingroom soft furnishings to hand clean and febreeze, and lots of little things I'd been too busy to sort out properly between the ongoing right arm issue and Elder Kitty's rapid decline. There will be more of that tomorrow if my arms are working well enough.

We all miss her.

* Livia still doesn't have much appetite and they are both clingy and unsettled. I can't blame them.

I can't seem to make any headway on the pain situation. It's my own fault; I keep moving in my sleep. I'm usually more disciplined than this. I think it's a bit of a spiral. I was undisciplined a couple weeks ago once, which made me feel crap so it's harder to remember to stay still after I drift off. When I'm awake I try to roll it back, but even the magic tub can't shave off enough to undo more damage than I do when I sleep. I am out of tricks. I would call the doctor at this point, except I know perfectly well there is nothing to be done, but endure and try to keep my meds down.

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

* Organizations to help trans folk: https://gwydionmisha.tumblr.com/post/620857152453640195/about-us

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

* Master Post for how to help organizations fighting Police violence: https://gwydionmisha.tumblr.com/post/620861026680881152/oberynmartell-list-of-black-lives-matter-and

* How to donate to Doctors Without Borders: https://donate.doctorswithoutborders.org/onetime.cfm?source=ADD200U0U00&utm_source=google&utm_medium=cpc&utm_campaign=googlepaid&utm_content=brand&gclid=EAIaIQobChMIz8D9kYu46QIVqh6tBh2WogxQEAAYASAAEgK4FfD_BwE

* "More on the Mashpee Wampanoag Reservation and Reaffirmation Act:" https://amaebi.dreamwidth.org/1769250.html

* "Covid 19 Support for Indigenous Communities:" https://bibliomancer7.tumblr.com/post/616704253038395392/covid-19-support-for-indigenous-communities

* "Navajo Nation COVID-19 Relief Fund:" http://www.nndoh.org/donate.html

* "NYSCI has a set of activities and resources up on their website:" https://conuly.dreamwidth.org/2999942.html

* "How to Help Librarians and Archivists From Your Living Room:" https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/archives-to-browse-from-home

* "Free Meals:" https://www.schools.nyc.gov/school-life/food/free-meals

* "Learning Through Play: 101 Ways To Keep Young Minds Occupied At Home:" https://www.marksdailyapple.com/importance-of-play/

* Free lessons: https://www.mybluprint.com/

* CDC Foundation: https://www.cdcfoundation.org/give/ways-to-give

* "SUPPORT WORKERS IN CRISIS:" https://ofwemergencyfund.org/

* "Make to Give - Support Our Medical Personnel:" https://www.joann.com/make-to-give-response/

* "Snopes on COVID-19 Fact-Checking:" https://www.snopes.com/2020/03/20/snopes-on-covid-19-fact-checking/

* "Help the California food industry survive this crisis:" https://www.change.org/p/governor-gavin-newsom-support-the-california-food-industries-most-vulnerable-workers

* "Support Artists Impacted By the Covid-19 Pandemic:" https://daily.bandcamp.com/features/bandcamp-covid-19-fundraiser

* Register to vote: https://vote.gov/

* A list of organizations to help you run for office: http://lovingmyselfishard.tumblr.com/post/167330144634/psst-hey

* The Indivisble guide exists to help you organize effective resistance: https://indivisible.org/

* Here’s a list of vulnerable republican senators up for election this year:

Martha McSally - Arizona
Susan Collins - Maine
Cory Gardner - Colorado
Thom Tillis - North Carolina
Pat Roberts - Kansas
David Perdue and Kelly Loeffler - Georgia
Joni Ernst - Iowa

Here’s a list of vulnerable democratic senators that NEED votes to keep their seats:

Doug Jones - Alabama
Gary Peters - Michigan

* Want to get rid of Mitch McConnell? Help Amy McGrath: https://secure.actblue.com/donate/mcgrath2020-dd-om-gsearch?utm_source=g&utm_medium=om&utm_campaign=dd&utm_content=om_g_dd_20190709_g-dd-namenat-search_namedon-nat_amosdn&refcode=om_g_dd_20190709_g-dd-namenat-search_namedon-nat_amosdn&gclid=EAIaIQobChMI5IL1uLKa6gIVcz2tBh1njwpEEAAYASAAEgLCYvD_BwE

* Want to get rid of Lindsey Graham? Help Jaime Harrison: https://secure.actblue.com/donate/ms_harrison_fr_q12019_jaime-a?refcode=MS_AD_D-DD_2019.03.08_X_GG_KW__X__eyJjcmVhdGl2ZSI6IkFkZCBEb25hdGlvbiBOb3ciLCJhdWRpZW5jZSI6IkphaW1lSGFycmlzb24ifQ&recurring=TRUE&gclid=EAIaIQobChMIn4a_583I5gIVC8RkCh0MowFeEAAYASAAEgIXZfD_BwE

* There's a decent chance of flipping this Senate seat blue. Want to help? https://secure.actblue.com/donate/ads-mek-egsearch_dtd?refcode=ads-200108-gs-evergreensearch-dtd-natl-mix-8753679275-87807510469-410037583123-%2Bmark%20%2Bkelly%20%2Bdonate&gclid=EAIaIQobChMIpKSR192K5wIVAsNkCh0EeAFSEAAYASAAEgLY7fD_BwE

* Want to help Ritchie Torres beat a homophobe in New York? https://secure.actblue.com/donate/dkendorsestorres?refcode=20200605fpdn1mid

* Want to help Doug Jones defend his seat against a Trumpist homophobe? https://secure.actblue.com/donate/stand-with-doug?refcode=gaa1&gclid=EAIaIQobChMIx8n4rdfT6gIVvxitBh0BfQmNEAAYASAAEgJSwfD_BwE

* Want to help Sara Gideon unseat Susan Collins? https://secure.actblue.com/donate/adopt-me-dem-susan-collins-seat

* Have something you want to tell your Congress Critters? If you can not protest in person, here are some other options:

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

This App phones your rep for you: http://takeastance.us/

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

* Some RL friends of mine who were barely scraping by just lost one of the part time jobs they collectively hold and it's really fucking things up for them. These are good people, who do so much for others. Want to help? https://www.gofundme.com/f/help-a-gig-worker-get-through-the-winter/share

* "Keep Me Safe! Help me get a gate organized by Briel Moore:" https://www.gofundme.com/f/keep-me-safe-help-me-get-a-gate?utm_medium=copy_link&utm_source=customer&utm_campaign=p_lico+share-sheet+expWdV

* Help pay for cat food, litter, meds, medical copays: Paypal Lethran@gmail.com or paypal.me/Gwydion

* If you are interested in helping, right now the Cat thing we need most is:
https://www.chewy.com/wellness-core-signature-selects/dp/147047

The dry food I was going to try is this one: https://www.chewy.com/blue-buffalo-wilderness-flatland/dp/176663

* Birthday/Solstice master list: https://gwydion.dreamwidth.org/2108835.html

* "Five of the countries most at risk from famine in 2020:" https://www.bbc.com/news/world-52379956

* "A 56-Year-Old Finally Learned To Write His Name — Because Of A Coronavirus Lockdown:" https://www.npr.org/sections/goatsandsoda/2020/04/25/844082712/a-56-year-old-finally-learned-to-read-and-write-because-of-a-coronavirus-lockdow

* I'm sectioning off epidemic specific stuff in the aggregation between the dotted lines, so people who need to skip can skip without losing the other stuff. I'm putting secondary effects things in their usual slots.

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* "WHO says no evidence shows that having coronavirus prevents a second infection:" https://www.cnn.com/2020/04/25/us/who-immunity-antibodies-covid-19/

* "Adding A Nylon Stocking Layer Could Boost Protection From Cloth Masks, Study Finds:" https://www.npr.org/sections/goatsandsoda/2020/04/22/840146830/adding-a-nylon-stocking-layer-could-boost-protection-from-cloth-masks-study-find

* "CDC confirms six coronavirus symptoms showing up in patients over and over:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/2020/04/27/six-new-coronavirus-symptoms/

* "Special Report: Countries, companies risk billions in race for coronavirus vaccine:" https://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-vaccine-specialrep/special-report-countries-companies-risk-billions-in-race-for-coronavirus-vaccine-idUSKCN2270U1

* "What immunity to Covid-19 might actually mean:" https://www.vox.com/science-and-health/2020/4/23/21219028/covid-19-immunity-testing-reinfection-antibodies-explained

* "Why wearing a mask matters: coronavirus transmission explained:"https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/why-wearing-a-mask-matters-coronavirus-transmission-explained-82552901606

* "6 Solutions To Beat COVID-19 In Countries Where The Usual Advice Just Won't Work:" https://www.npr.org/sections/goatsandsoda/2020/04/26/844207862/6-solutions-to-beat-covid-19-in-countries-where-the-usual-advice-just-wont-work

* "India Coronavirus Map and Case Count:" https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/world/asia/india-coronavirus-cases.html

* "As coronavirus swamps India, hospitals turn away other sick people:" https://www.latimes.com/world-nation/story/2020-04-06/coronavirus-fears-india-ration-medical-care

* "Trans sex workers who don’t have legal gender recognition unable to access COVID-19 financial support:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2020/04/26/trans-sex-workers-legal-gender-recognition-covid-19-financial-support/

* "New Zealand Says It Has Won 'Battle' Against COVID-19:" https://www.npr.org/sections/coronavirus-live-updates/2020/04/27/845304917/new-zealand-says-it-has-won-battle-against-covid-19

* "U.S. says will not take part in WHO global drugs, vaccine initiative launch:" https://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-who-usa/us-says-will-not-take-part-in-who-global-drugs-vaccine-initiative-launch-idUSKCN2261WJ

* "Trump expands battle with WHO far beyond aid suspension:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/trump-expands-battle-with-world-health-organization-far-beyond-aid-suspension/2020/04/25/72c754e6-856e-11ea-9728-c74380d9d410_story.html

* "Experts answer pressing questions about COVID-19:" https://www.msnbc.com/am-joy/watch/coronavirus-questions-answered-by-public-health-experts-82587717848

* "U.S. deaths soared in early weeks of pandemic, far exceeding number attributed to covid-19:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/investigations/2020/04/27/covid-19-death-toll-undercounted/?arc404=true

* "President’s intelligence briefing book repeatedly cited virus threat:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/presidents-intelligence-briefing-book-repeatedly-cited-virus-threat/2020/04/27/ca66949a-8885-11ea-ac8a-fe9b8088e101_story.html

* "The Trump administration, in the midst of a deadly pandemic, is moving to scrap vital protections for LGBT+ patients:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2020/04/24/donald-trump-lgbt-administration-department-health-human-services-rollback-obamacare/

* "Fauci calls for at least doubling virus testing before reopening country:" https://www.politico.com/news/2020/04/25/anthony-fauci-coronavirus-testing-reopen-207962

* "White House is reviewing expanded guidance on reopening society:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/2020/04/28/white-house-is-reviewing-expanded-guidance-reopening-society/

* "‘This guy hasn’t changed one iota’: Coronavirus or not, it’s the same old Trump:" https://www.politico.com/news/2020/04/24/trump-coronavirus-same-207221

* "13 hours of Trump: The president fills briefings with attacks and boasts, but little empathy:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/13-hours-of-trump-the-president-fills-briefings-with-attacks-and-boasts-but-little-empathy/2020/04/25/7eec5ab0-8590-11ea-a3eb-e9fc93160703_story.html

* "Trump grapples with a surprise threat: Too much Trump:" https://www.politico.com/news/2020/04/25/trump-team-2020-polling-207675

* "Chris Hayes: Instead of plan, White House gives us pathological, narcissistic propaganda show:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/chris-hayes-instead-of-plan-white-house-gives-us-pathological-narcissistic-propaganda-show-82552901554

* Someone needs to explain to 45 what Sarcasm means. He keeps using that word. It does not mean what he thinks it means. "Freed of briefing duty, wounded Trump airs full collection of grievances on Twitter, retweeting claim of ‘coup attempts’:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2020/04/27/trump-twitter-media-coronavirus/

* Al Gore Extended interview:

https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/al-gore-on-trump-pandemic-response-irresponsible-incompetent-and-disgraceful-performance-82642501506

https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/al-gore-on-environmental-implications-of-coronavirus-crisis-82643525760

* "FEMA Diverted Masks From Veterans Hospitals, VA Official Says:" https://talkingpointsmemo.com/news/fema-diverted-masks-from-veterans-hospitals-va-official-says

* "Months into coronavirus crisis, federal response has not improved:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/months-into-coronavirus-crisis-federal-response-has-not-improved-82649669720

* "Nearly 50 On USS Kidd Test Positive For Coronavirus, Navy Confirms:" https://www.npr.org/sections/coronavirus-live-updates/2020/04/27/846377848/nearly-50-on-uss-kidd-test-positive-for-coronavirus-navy-confirms

* "AP review: State supply stocks sparse and dated before virus:" https://apnews.com/1f123d323b4089a6f7b242abcceb6d08

* "Florida’s No-Rules Vibe Gets a Coronavirus Reality Check:" https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2020/04/25/ron-desantis-re-open-florida-coronavirus-204833

* "Michigan task force to address disproportionate impact of coronavirus on black communities:" https://www.nbcnews.com/news/nbcblk/michigan-task-force-address-disproportionate-impact-coronavirus-black-communities-n1189121

* "Family ravaged by coronavirus begged for tests, hospital care but was repeatedly denied:" https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2020/04/20/coronavirus-racial-disparity-denied-tests-hospitalization/5163056002/

* "Detroit says it's restored water to nearly everyone amid COVID-19:" https://www.michiganradio.org/post/detroit-says-its-restored-water-nearly-everyone-amid-covid-19

* How many people are going to die because Brian Kemp decided to fix the last election? "No rest for Kemp from critics as GA launches reopening amid COVID-19:" https://www.ajc.com/news/rest-for-kemp-from-critics-launches-reopening-amid-covid/iFRXx4Ws0sAqqIdMJpnKSN/

* "Seattle successfully curbed infections while New York became global epicenter:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/seattle-successfully-curbed-infections-while-new-york-became-global-epicenter-82641477534

* "Two states: one Democrat, one Republican. Two very different outcomes:" https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/apr/23/us-coronavirus-outbreak-tennessee-kentucky

* "Meat and Poultry Processing Workers and Employers:" https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/community/organizations/meat-poultry-processing-workers-employers.html

* "Madison Tyson plant outbreak up to 58 cases:" https://www.1011now.com/content/news/Madison-Tyson-plant-outbreak-up-to-58-cases-569963541.html

* "JBS sends cease-and-desist letter to union over media comments amid COVID-19 outbreak:" https://www.thedenverchannel.com/news/local-news/jbs-sends-cease-and-desist-letter-to-union-over-media-comments

* "Meat plants become COVID-19 hotspots after poor handling of outbreaks:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/meat-plants-become-covid-19-hotspots-after-poor-handling-of-outbreaks-82650181948

* "Workers voice concerns as meat plant re-opens amid coronavirus outbreak:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/workers-voice-concerns-as-meat-plant-re-opens-amid-coronavirus-outbreak-82651717577

* "It was my job to call people who tested positive for Covid-19. I learned a lot:" https://www.statnews.com/2020/04/24/call-people-covid-19-positive-lessons-learned/

* "The Body Collectors of the Coronavirus Pandemic:" https://www.newyorker.com/news/our-local-correspondents/the-body-collectors-of-the-coronavirus-pandemic

* "What It’s Like to Be a Public Defender Right Now:" https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2020/03/baltimore-public-defender-during-coronavirus.html

"Part of the arguments against release that we face from judges, prosecutors, and even the governor is that jails are “safer” for our clients than the community. Medical professionals do not agree. Essentially, the basic premise of prisons is to house individuals in small, tightly confined spaces near one another. How is that safe? It’s ironic that prosecutors and judges have been praised in the media for releasing older prisoners and dropping low-level cases, despite being the ones responsible for these often questionable incarcerations in the first place."

* "I did not sign up for the military. I signed up for Walmart.:" https://www.vox.com/2020/4/23/21229942/coronavirus-grocery-store-workers-walmart-covid-pandemic

* "This Is Not the Apocalypse You Were Looking For:"https://www.wired.com/story/coronavirus-apocalypse-myths/

* "Trump’s Disinfectant Remark Raises a Question About the ‘Very Stable Genius’:" https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/26/us/politics/trump-disinfectant-coronavirus.html?action=click&module=Top%20Stories&pgtype=Homepage

* "Media condemned for playing Trump coronavirus briefings in full:" https://www.msnbc.com/am-joy/watch/trump-led-coronavirus-briefings-must-end-politics-expert-says-82589765509

* "NYC Poison Control Sees Uptick In Calls After Trump's Disinfectant Comments:" https://www.npr.org/sections/coronavirus-live-updates/2020/04/25/845015236/nyc-poison-control-sees-uptick-in-calls-after-trumps-disinfectant-comments

* "Coronavirus: medical experts denounce Trump's theory of 'disinfectant injection':" https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/apr/23/trump-coronavirus-treatment-disinfectant

* "The EPA is reminding people to use disinfectant only on surfaces:" https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/politics-news/epa-reminding-people-use-disinfectant-only-surfaces-n1191656

* "Trump's COVID-19 disinfectant ideas horrify health experts:" https://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-trump-disinfectant/trumps-covid-19-disinfectant-ideas-horrify-health-experts-idUSKCN2261N7

* "Please Don't Drink Disinfectant, Lysol And Dettol Maker Says After Trump Claimed People Could Inject It To Kill The Coronavirus:" https://www.buzzfeed.com/emilyashton/coronavirus-donald-trump-disinfectant-warning

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* "Navy Leaders Recommend Reinstating Roosevelt Captain Fired Over Virus Warning:" https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/24/us/politics/coronavirus-navy-roosevelt-brett-crozier.html

* "Top Pentagon leaders split on next steps for fired captain who warned of coronavirus:" https://www.politico.com/news/2020/04/25/brett-crozier-investigation-coronavirus-208027

* "Schumer to introduce legislation preventing Trump from signing stimulus checks:" https://www.politico.com/news/2020/04/27/schumer-trump-stimulus-checks-signature-210356

* "Small business rescue stumbles in relaunch:" https://www.politico.com/news/2020/04/27/small-business-rescue-stumbles-211986

* "Pelosi says Democrats will push for vote by mail in next coronavirus relief package:" https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/congress/pelosi-says-democrats-will-push-vote-mail-next-coronavirus-relief-n1193276

* "White House aiming for Trump pivot from virus to economy:" https://apnews.com/f4e3cde87550e442f2375ffa4b0727ee

* "Fauci calls for at least doubling virus testing before reopening country:" https://www.politico.com/news/2020/04/25/anthony-fauci-coronavirus-testing-reopen-207962

* "Pelosi: President has been irresponsible, we've insisted on truth:" https://www.msnbc.com/am-joy/watch/trump-statements-on-coronavirus-cares-act-discussed-by-pelosi-82583621821

* "Rep. Tlaib: Thousands in Detroit lack water to wash hands:" https://www.msnbc.com/am-joy/watch/coronavirus-exposing-economic-disparities-analyzed-by-tlaib-82588229639

* "Americans too scared to go to work risk losing unemployment aid, experts say:" https://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-georgia-worker/americans-too-scared-to-go-to-work-risk-losing-unemployment-aid-experts-say-idUSKCN2251RD

* "Trump supporters are singing ‘MAGA’ to the tune of YMCA because truly nothing is sacred anymore:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2020/04/27/donald-trump-ymca-maga-village-people-coronavirus-lockdown-protest-wisconsin-madison/

* "Major US meat producer warns 'food supply chain is breaking':" https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/apr/27/tyson-foods-coronavirus-food-supply-chain

* "SCOTUS Just Found a Way to Inflict More Terror on Immigrants:" https://www.thenation.com/article/society/scotus-barton-immigrants/

* "O'Rourke: Remember many working in hospitals are immigrants:" https://www.msnbc.com/am-joy/watch/trump-signing-order-limiting-immigration-criticized-by-o-rourke-82587205617

* TW: Rape. "‘Evil’ predator asked a guy in a gay bar to share a taxi home. He’d go on to drug and sexually assault him in his own home:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2020/04/27/carol-simon-sexual-assault-theft-drugged-london-city-quebec-pub-met-police-jail/

* "This is how a cruel arranged marriage scam is manipulating ‘vulnerable’ LGBT+ Asians in search of love:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2020/04/27/vice-arranged-marriage-bureau-reeta-loi-documentary-asian-dating-scam-lgbt-urvi-shah/

* "Promising new HIV research is ‘a paradigm shift’ in understanding how the disease works:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2020/04/26/hiv-aids-research-breakthrough-virus-rna-paradigm-shift-university-maryland/

* "Drug used in HIV treatment triples in price after being rejected for coronavirus use:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2020/04/26/mytesi-hiv-treatment-triples-price-fda-approval-coronavirus-covid-19/

* "USA vs USSR Fight! The Cold War: Crash Course World History #39:"

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* "The Pandumbic - Trump's Disinfectant Injection Fallout:"

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* My head seems improved today, but I'm still having to limit screen time or the pain comes back.

I poked around the garden and discovered a weed problem. I was rather aggressive with it. We'll see. I also noticed some of the second batch of lettuce seeds sprouting. Not as many as I'd like, but essential given the givens.

* It turned out the internet provider autodraw from Squirrel's bank failed despite funds being abundant. Me paying for groceries the other night despite having funds also failed and they seem to be charging daily fees. The electric bill failed mid month under the same conditions. Two separate banks. The intermittent fails the last couple nights were them cutting most of our service without telling us. Check your stuff. I think if it's multiple banks, something is really wrong.

* "Stereotype Technology:" https://cupcake-goth.dreamwidth.org/1186771.html

* "Sunday Sweets Is For The Birds This Audubon Day:" https://www.cakewrecks.com/home/2020/4/26/sunday-sweets-is-for-the-birds-this-audubon-day

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

* "NYSCI has a set of activities and resources up on their website:" https://conuly.dreamwidth.org/2999942.html

* "How to Help Librarians and Archivists From Your Living Room:" https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/archives-to-browse-from-home

* "Free Meals:" https://www.schools.nyc.gov/school-life/food/free-meals

* "Learning Through Play: 101 Ways To Keep Young Minds Occupied At Home:" https://www.marksdailyapple.com/importance-of-play/

* Free lessons: https://www.mybluprint.com/

* CDC Foundation: https://www.cdcfoundation.org/give/ways-to-give

* "SUPPORT WORKERS IN CRISIS:" https://ofwemergencyfund.org/

* "Make to Give - Support Our Medical Personnel:" https://www.joann.com/make-to-give-response/

* "Snopes on COVID-19 Fact-Checking:" https://www.snopes.com/2020/03/20/snopes-on-covid-19-fact-checking/

* "Help the California food industry survive this crisis:" https://www.change.org/p/governor-gavin-newsom-support-the-california-food-industries-most-vulnerable-workers

* "100 Million Mask Challenge:" https://www.providence.org/lp/100m-masks

* "Coronavirus: Deaconess asks public to sew CDC-compliant face masks for staff:" https://www.courierpress.com/story/news/2020/03/18/coronavirus-deaconess-ask-public-provide-medical-face-masks/2865273001/

* Register to vote: https://vote.gov/

* A list of organizations to help you run for office: http://lovingmyselfishard.tumblr.com/post/167330144634/psst-hey

* The Indivisble guide exists to help you organize effective resistance: https://indivisible.org/

* Here’s a list of vulnerable republican senators up for election this year:

Martha McSally - Arizona
Susan Collins - Maine
Cory Gardner - Colorado
Thom Tillis - North Carolina
Pat Roberts - Kansas
David Perdue and Kelly Loeffler - Georgia
Joni Ernst - Iowa

Here’s a list of vulnerable democratic senators that NEED votes to keep their seats:

Doug Jones - Alabama
Gary Peters - Michigan

* Want to get rid of Mitch McConnell? Help Amy McGrath: https://secure.actblue.com/donate/am-website?refcode=website-nav

* Want to get rid of Lindsey Graham? Help Jaime Harrison: https://secure.actblue.com/donate/ms_harrison_fr_q12019_jaime-a?refcode=MS_AD_D-DD_2019.03.08_X_GG_KW__X__eyJjcmVhdGl2ZSI6IkFkZCBEb25hdGlvbiBOb3ciLCJhdWRpZW5jZSI6IkphaW1lSGFycmlzb24ifQ&recurring=TRUE&gclid=EAIaIQobChMIn4a_583I5gIVC8RkCh0MowFeEAAYASAAEgIXZfD_BwE

* There's a decent chance of flipping this Senate seat blue. Want to help? https://secure.actblue.com/donate/ads-mek-egsearch_dtd?refcode=ads-200108-gs-evergreensearch-dtd-natl-mix-8753679275-87807510469-410037583123-%2Bmark%20%2Bkelly%20%2Bdonate&gclid=EAIaIQobChMIpKSR192K5wIVAsNkCh0EeAFSEAAYASAAEgLY7fD_BwE

* Want to support Christy Smith in the primary for Katie Hill's seat?: https://secure.actblue.com/donate/dw_ca25

* Have something you want to tell your Congress Critters? If you can not protest in person, here are some other options:

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

This App phones your rep for you: http://takeastance.us/

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

* Some RL friends of mine who were barely scraping by just lost one of the part time jobs they collectively hold and it's really fucking things up for them. These are good people, who do so much for others. Want to help? https://www.gofundme.com/f/help-a-gig-worker-get-through-the-winter/share

* Help pay for cat food, litter, meds, medical copays: Paypal Lethran@gmail.com or paypal.me/Gwydion

* If you are interested in helping, right now the Cat thing we need most is:
https://www.chewy.com/wellness-core-signature-selects/dp/147047

The dry food I was going to try is this one: https://www.chewy.com/blue-buffalo-wilderness-flatland/dp/176663

* Birthday/Solstice master list: https://gwydion.dreamwidth.org/2108835.html

* "Why People Are Protesting in India:" https://www.nytimes.com/2019/12/17/world/asia/india-protests-citizenship-muslims.html

"All 33 million residents of Assam, a state bordering Myanmar and Bangladesh, had to provide documentary evidence, such as a property deed or a birth certificate, showing that they or their ancestors lived in India before 1971. Those who could not would be declared foreign migrants, at risk of being sent to huge new detention camps.

More than two million people, many of them Muslims, failed to pass the test and could end up stateless. The governing party of Mr. Modi has vowed to extend the test to other parts of India.

The government has said the test was intended to root out undocumented immigrants from Bangladesh. India’s home minister, Amit Shah, has repeatedly referred to these migrants as “termites.”"

* "The year in protests: What happened next?:" https://www.bbc.com/news/world-50822363

* "Hong Kong protest tide turns into sea of flames:" https://www.reuters.com/article/us-global-poy-hong-kong-widerimage/hong-kong-protest-tide-turns-into-sea-of-flames-idUSKBN1YR1T4

* "U.S. Braces for Major North Korean Weapons Test as Trump’s Diplomacy Fizzles:" https://www.nytimes.com/2019/12/21/world/asia/north-korea-missile-test-trump-kim.html

* "Russia’s State TV Calls Trump Their ‘Agent’:" https://www.thedailybeast.com/russias-state-tv-calls-trump-their-agent

* "Trump airs his grievances as MAGA millennials mingle:" https://www.politico.com/news/2019/12/21/trump-turning-point-usa-speech-089182

* "‘Who is Mar-a-Lago?’ Arrested Chinese woman appears confused after intrusion at Trump club:" https://www.miamiherald.com/news/state/florida/article238538558.html

* "Trespassing Chinese nationals suggest an alarming pattern:" http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/trespassing-chinese-nationals-suggest-an-alarming-pattern-75638341667

* "Rev. Barber on relationship between Evangelical movement and Trump:" http://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/rev-barber-on-relationship-between-evangelical-movement-and-trump-75629637959

* "Donald Trump’s vendetta against the wind:" http://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/donald-trump-s-vendetta-against-the-wind-75631173743

* "President Trump’s written tirade to Nancy Pelosi, annotated:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2019/12/17/president-trumps-written-tirade-nancy-pelosi-annotated/

* "Battle lines harden over Trump impeachment trial witnesses:" https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-impeachment-idUSKBN1YQ0I6

* "House counsel suggests Trump could be impeached again:" https://www.politico.com/news/2019/12/23/doj-impeachment-vote-undercut-house-mcgahn-testimony-089604

* "New evidence shows fears about legality of Trump Ukraine scheme:" http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/new-evidence-shows-fears-about-legality-of-trump-ukraine-scheme-75635781983

* "Sen. Van Hollen: Trump violated another law with Ukraine aid hold:" http://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/sen-van-hollen-trump-violated-another-law-with-ukraine-aid-hold-75630149899

* "Chris Hayes on the ‘damning’ emails sent right after the Ukraine phone call:" http://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/chris-hayes-on-the-damning-emails-sent-right-after-the-ukraine-phone-call-75631685829

* "Does media coverage appear to attack Democrats for impeachment?:" http://www.msnbc.com/am-joy/watch/trump-impeachment-media-coverage-seems-to-criticize-democrats-75549765878

* "Millions of Americans Are at Risk of Losing Health Care, Yet Again:" https://www.hivplusmag.com/treatment/2019/12/23/millions-americans-are-risk-losing-health-care-yet-again

* "Trump adviser: Expect more aggressive poll watching in 2020:" https://apnews.com/af2f0ede054d8baebbe1bb6ca47b4895

* "Democrats strategize against renewed GOP vote suppression efforts:" http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/democrats-strategize-against-renewed-gop-vote-suppression-efforts-75637317560

* "50+ LGBTQ Women, Nonbinary Activists Back Elizabeth Warren:" https://www.advocate.com/election/2019/12/24/exclusive-50-lgbtq-women-nonbinary-activists-back-elizabeth-warren

* "Elizabeth Warren launches investigation into FOSTA/SESTA on International Day to End Violence Against Sex Workers:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2019/12/17/fosta-sesta-elizabeth-warren-international-day-end-violence-sex-workers-trans-rights/

* "Under secret Stephen Miller plan, ICE to use data on migrant children to expand deportation efforts:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/under-secret-stephen-miller-plan-ice-to-use-data-on-migrant-children-to-expand-deportation-efforts/2019/12/20/36975b34-22a8-11ea-bed5-880264cc91a9_story.html

* "Does white nationalism remain a problem for active-duty troops?:" http://www.msnbc.com/am-joy/watch/-white-nationalist-term-removed-from-military-screening-measure-75547717869

* "New Jersey Is Third State to Ban Discrimination Based on Hair:" https://www.nytimes.com/2019/12/20/us/nj-hair-discrimination.html

* "Antigay, Tax-Exempt Mormon Church Accused of Misusing Billions:" https://www.advocate.com/religion/2019/12/17/antigay-tax-exempt-mormon-church-accused-misusing-billions

* "Modern Life: Crash Course European History #30:"

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* "Indonesia Is Trying to Screen Out Queer Teachers:" https://www.advocate.com/world/2019/12/23/indonesia-trying-screen-out-queer-teachers

* "U.S. Ambassador to Zambia Relieved of Duty After Denouncing Homophobia:" https://www.advocate.com/world/2019/12/23/us-ambassador-zambia-relieved-duty-after-denouncing-homophobia

* "An Open Letter to My LGBTQ Family This Holiday Season:" https://www.advocate.com/commentary/2019/12/23/open-letter-my-lgbtq-family-holiday-season

* "Will a Post-HB 2 North Carolina Elect Its First Trans Senator?:" https://www.advocate.com/politics/2019/12/23/will-post-hb2-north-carolina-elect-its-first-trans-senator

* TW: Death Threat "High school student makes a powerful statement after being called a ‘f****t’ one too many times:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2019/12/17/high-school-student-pride-flag-cape-eastern-hancock-indiana/

* "'Lost crops' could have fed as many as maize:" https://phys.org/news/2019-12-lost-crops-fed-maize.html

* "‘Tis Impeachment Season:"

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* ""Once Upon Impeachment," A Late Show Animated Christmas Classic:"

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* The Refrigerator is officially fixed. It really was a very easy repair of yu have the right toolsand know what you're doing. It was absolutely nothing I could fix myself. It turns out Rubbermaid makes a kick ass cooler. As in, the large baby sized ice block I had put in the bottom was barely even a tiny bit melted and most of the loose ice stayed intact. It did fit in the storage unit with the small borrowed cooler inside. Like, all the perishables made it through from Friday to Sunday. I lost half my food at least in the initial emergency, but nothing over the weekend. It's nice and cool/cold and the ice maker is happily making ice.

I did my Solstice thing, but was too tired after to even touch a computer, hence Sunday being all preprogrammed stuff on tumblr and it being crickets on Dreamwidth. I am till finding things and returning them to their proper homes, as the table clearing had to be hasty.

The great fish migration is going to be next Saturday. *crosses fingers* I spotted a live whiptail in the by the door twenty and those are the worst to catch and transport. Current plan is to migrate the other twenty across to the thirty and what until I hear from the contractor in January to see if I actually have to move the door twenty at all. If I do, they will join their comrades in the office thirty. If not, after the renovation I'll move the tank with fish inside across the living room and put the thirty back on it's pedestal in the living room where the door twenty currently is.

Today I went out to do forage, library and pick up a few replacements for things that died in the fridge last week. It was a good forage in a lot of ways (pistachios!), but was light on bread and fresh veg. Then I went through a stack of yet more phone bureaucracy. They are not cancelling my medicaid, it turns out, but the COLA on Social security starting January was just enough to push everyone on Social Security out of the Categorically needy program into the Medically needy program, which despite the you are going to lose some benefits wording is essentially the same according to the Health and Human Services guy. I have not started the end of year bureaucracy packet, which came last Friday, but a lot of Friday's phone bureaucracy was me calling around to get people to mail me the documentation I need to do the packet. Obviously, none of that is here yet. The weekend ate all the spoons, and I'm wiped today from errands. Hopefully, I'll get my shit to do the parts I can manage with the paperwork I have in the next three days, and fill in the bits that need documents when they turn up. Then I laboriously put forage away. Squirrel emptied the dishwasher yesterday, so there was room for me to reload it. Which meant exhausting and painful prewashing. I still have one side of the sink worth of prewashed things ready for the next load. Sigh.

I still have a lot of last week's news to chew through on top of toy's stuff. My hope is, I'll have a chance to catch up this week.

* I want to thank all of my readers. no really, y'all make me feel less like a voice crying in the wilderness or Cassandra speaking prophecy to those who don't listen.

I especially want to thank those of you who helped keep Livia kitten alive through her medical crisis. Seriously, she would have died without you all coing together to pay her vet bills and get her the food she needed/s to stay alive. She seems to be doing really well on limited ingredient shreds and odds are I'll be getting normal limited ingredient turkey based grain free kibbles and try transitioning her off the prescription kibbles in January once I'm in funds again. She likes the shreds so much she looks forward to them every day, milling around excitedly when she thinks I'm making them and giving one small worried squeak if I'm too slow. I make the sounds that means it's coming and she is reassured. Elder kitty thinks the shreds are the best food ever, and I think they are helping her digestion. Elder Kitty is doing so well, it like the clock has turned back to when her cohort clowder were alive. she's still frail, but she's eating better, has taken back all her common area nap spots and seems to have mostly recovered from her long depression.

I also wanted to give a special thanks to everyone who helped keep the car, dishwasher, and refrigerator running. You are all super stars.

* "The 30 Best LGBTQ Films of the Decade:" https://www.advocate.com/film/2019/12/23/30-best-lgbtq-films-decade#media-gallery-media-31

* TW: Eating Disorders. "Why Can't Marvel Superheroes Have 'Normal' Bodies?:" https://www.advocate.com/commentary/2019/12/18/why-cant-marvel-superheroes-have-normal-bodies

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

* A small, cheap thing to help climate change if you have little money to spare: https://onetreeplanted.org/products/amazon-rainforest-peru

* How to donate to Rainbow Road: https://www.rainbowrailroad.com/donate

* Here are a bunch of state level links to help people in immigrant detention: https://taibhsearachd.tumblr.com/post/186058182962/woundability-this-4th-of-july-celebrate-the

* Angry about the concentration camps on our Southern Border? Here is a list of useful things you can do: https://medium.com/@togetherandfree/feel-helpless-amidst-the-horrific-immigration-news-youre-not-how-you-can-make-difference-today-108dc42de88e

* "More Organizations to Support Helping Kids in Concentration Camps:" https://thisfinecrew.dreamwidth.org/201920.html

* Here is a massive list of things you can do to help refugees inside and outside of the Camps: https://s-leary.tumblr.com/post/185783586806/so-youve-probably-seen-the-post-going-around

* A list of organizations to help you run for office: http://lovingmyselfishard.tumblr.com/post/167330144634/psst-hey

* The Indivisble guide exists to help you organize effective resistance: https://indivisible.org/

* Want to support Christy Smith in the primary for Katie Hill's seat?: https://secure.actblue.com/donate/dw_ca25

* Want to get rid of Mitch McConnell? Help Amy McGrath: https://secure.actblue.com/donate/am-website?refcode=website-nav

* Want to get rid of Lindsey Graham? Help Jaime Harrison: https://secure.actblue.com/donate/ms_harrison_fr_q12019_jaime-a?refcode=MS_AD_D-DD_2019.03.08_X_GG_KW__X__eyJjcmVhdGl2ZSI6IkFkZCBEb25hdGlvbiBOb3ciLCJhdWRpZW5jZSI6IkphaW1lSGFycmlzb24ifQ&recurring=TRUE&gclid=EAIaIQobChMIn4a_583I5gIVC8RkCh0MowFeEAAYASAAEgIXZfD_BwE

* Have something you want to tell your Congress Critters? If you can not protest in person, here are some other options:

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

This App phones your rep for you: http://takeastance.us/

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

* Some RL friends of mine who were barely scraping by just lost one of the part time jobs they collectively hold and it's really fucking things up for them. These are good people, who do so much for others. Want to help? https://www.gofundme.com/f/help-a-gig-worker-get-through-the-winter/share

* HorrorMux is currently running a Max Mad type thing. Available Archetypes are here. I'm Martyr if you want to find me.: http://horrormu.com/index.php/Available

* Help pay for cat food, litter, meds, medical copays: Paypal Lethran@gmail.com or paypal.me/Gwydion

* If you are interested in helping, right now the Cat thing we need most is:
https://www.chewy.com/wellness-core-signature-selects/dp/147047

The dry food I was going to try (less urgent) is this one: https://www.chewy.com/blue-buffalo-wilderness-flatland/dp/176663

Or possibly this: https://www.chewy.com/instinct-by-natures-variety-limited/dp/44654

* Birthday/Solstice master list: https://gwydion.dreamwidth.org/2108835.html

* "Trump to sanction Russia over chemical weapons use:" https://www.politico.com/story/2019/08/01/trump-sanction-russia-chemical-weapons-1444845

* "White House Finally Acknowledges Trump-Putin Phone Call During Democratic Debate:" https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2019/08/white-house-acknowledges-trump-putin-phone-call-says-it-was-about-wildfires.html

* "Trump casts doubt on Russian interference in 2020 election:" https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/politics-news/trump-casts-doubt-russian-interference-2020-election-n1038636

* O.o "A Trump history lesson:" http://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/a-trump-history-lesson-65210437633

* "Trump says he will impose new tariffs on $300 billion of imports from China starting next month, ending brief cease-fire in trade war:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/economy/trump-says-he-will-impose-new-tariffs-on-300-billion-in-chinese-imports-starting-next-month-ending-brief-cease-fire-in-trade-war/2019/08/01/d8d42c86-b482-11e9-8949-5f36ff92706e_story.html?noredirect=on&utm_term=.e118f2f1f8d5

* "Tariffs backfiring on US, says ex-Trump adviser:" https://www.bbc.com/news/business-49187126

* The Republican war on the U. S. Economy continues. "How Trump's latest China tariffs could squeeze US consumers:" https://apnews.com/bb149842a3d04f29a784824edd15db72

* "Senate passes massive 2-year budget deal:" https://www.politico.com/story/2019/08/01/budget-deal-senate-vote-1444084

* "Pentagon puts $10B contract on hold after Trump swipe at Amazon:" https://www.politico.com/story/2019/08/01/pentagon-amazon-contract-1630381

* "Trump orders lawyers’ achievement awards revoked in Navy SEAL murder case:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/trump-orders-lawyers-achievement-awards-revoked-in-navy-seal-murder-case/2019/07/31/11a74d2c-b3cf-11e9-951e-de024209545d_story.html?noredirect=on&utm_term=.130245d89494

* "Trump warm-up speaker utters "QAnon" slogan:" http://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/trump-warm-up-speaker-utters-qanon-slogan-65212997585

* "Manhattan D.A. subpoenas Trump Org beyond Barr's protective reach:" http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/manhattan-d-a-subpoenas-trump-org-beyond-barr-s-protective-reach-65124933620

* "Gates, former Trump official, Mueller source, begins next phase:" http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/gates-former-trump-official-mueller-source-begins-next-phase-65225285850

* "Congress eyes potential corruption by Trump inaugural chairman:" http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/congress-eyes-potential-corruption-by-trump-inaugural-chairman-65224773515

* "Majority of House Democrats now support impeachment inquiry:" https://www.politico.com/story/2019/08/01/majority-house-democrats-support-impeachment-1440799

* "Nearly half of all House Democrats support impeachment inquiry:" http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/nearly-half-of-all-house-democrats-support-impeachment-inquiry-65129029545

* "Justice Dept. won't prosecute James Comey over handling of FBI memos, despite watchdog referral:" https://www.cnn.com/2019/08/01/politics/james-comey-justice-department-ig/index.html

* "I can't probe Kushner security clearance till Trump asks:" https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/national-security/watchdog-tells-democrats-he-can-t-probe-white-house-security-n1037486

* "Manhattan D.A. Subpoenas Trump Organization Over Stormy Daniels Hush Money:" https://www.nytimes.com/2019/08/01/nyregion/trump-cohen-stormy-daniels-vance.html

* Any suggestions how we stop this? It's terrifying. "Pentagon testing mass surveillance balloons across the US:" https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/aug/02/pentagon-balloons-surveillance-midwest

* "White House Asks for List of Top Spies During Intelligence Shakeup:" https://www.thedailybeast.com/white-house-asks-for-list-of-top-intel-officials-amid-intelligence-shakeup

* "Trump dumps ill-considered intelligence pick after just five days:" http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/trump-dumps-ill-considered-intelligence-pick-after-just-five-days-65226821506

* "New acting federal lands director opposes federal land ownership:" http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/new-acting-federal-lands-director-opposes-federal-land-ownership-65224773764

* "Meet your new U.N Ambassador, Kelly Knight Craft:" http://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/meet-your-new-u-n-ambassasor-kelly-knight-craft-65121349744

* "Cory Booker Isn’t Afraid to Talk About Racism and Reparations With White Voters:" https://news.vice.com/en_us/article/3k3xg8/cory-booker-isnt-afraid-to-talk-about-racism-and-reparations-with-white-voters

* "Booker takes care to keep criticism of Biden apart from Obama:" http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/booker-takes-care-to-keep-criticism-of-biden-apart-from-obama-65122373808

* "Joe Biden and the choice facing Democratic voters:" http://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/joe-biden-and-the-choice-facing-democratic-voters-65120837718

* "Biden's front-runner status makes him a target at second debate:" http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/biden-s-front-runner-status-makes-him-a-target-at-second-debate-65130053515

* "Obama legacy takes friendly fire in debate attacks on Joe Biden:" http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/obama-legacy-takes-friendly-fire-in-debate-attacks-on-joe-biden-65126981602

* "Gillibrand, Inslee Make Only Mentions of LGBTQ Rights at Debate:" https://www.advocate.com/politics/2019/8/01/gillibrand-inslee-make-only-mentions-lgbtq-rights-debate

* "Marianne Williamson told AIDS patients that sickness is 'an illusion':" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2019/08/03/presidential-candidate-marianne-williamson-told-aids-patients-sickness-is-an-illusion/

* "Texas Rep. Hurd, lone black Republican in House, won’t seek reelection:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/powerpost/texas-rep-hurd-lone-black-republican-in-house-wont-seek-reelection/2019/08/01/0927745c-b487-11e9-8949-5f36ff92706e_story.html?noredirect=on&utm_term=.34204ff5478d

* "The Biggest Abuser of Forced Arbitration Is Amazon:" https://prospect.org/article/biggest-abuser-forced-arbitration-amazon

* "Democratic pushback on Trump-pleasing stunt puts Graham in a snit:" http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/democratic-pushback-on-trump-pleasing-stunt-puts-graham-in-a-snit-65225285815

* "The Ronald Reagan tape:" http://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/the-ronald-reagan-tape-65120325900

* "Ta-Nehisi Coates defends his hometown of Baltimore:" http://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/ta-nehisi-coates-defends-his-hometown-of-baltimore-65209413938

* "At STEM Competitions, Gender Norms Still Hold Girls Back:" http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/d-brief/2019/07/16/stem-competitions-science-fair-olympiad-gender-disparities/

* "14 years after legalisation, one in four Canadians opposes equal marriage:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2019/08/02/14-years-legalisation-canada-opposes-equal-marriage/

* "Canada facing calls for federal ban on 'hateful and harmful' conversion therapy:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2019/08/02/canadian-officials-call-federal-ban-hateful-harmful-conversion-therapy/

* "Scottish Greens launch campaign to get more non-binary people into politics:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2019/08/02/scottish-greens-campaign-more-non-binary-people-politics/

* "Suspect arrested in murder of Russian LGBT rights activist:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2019/08/01/suspect-murder-russia-lgbt-activist-yelena-grigoryeva/

* "Trans woman in battle with bank who say she 'sounds like a man':" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2019/08/01/trans-woman-battle-bank-she-sounds-like-man/

* "Male sex workers take over Amsterdam’s Red Light District windows for Pride:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2019/08/03/male-sex-workers-amsterdam-red-light-district-windows-pride/

* "Police officer sacked after ‘calling for parents of trans kids to be shot’:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2019/08/03/police-officer-sacked-after-calling-for-parents-of-trans-kids-to-be-shot/

* "Outraged by the Catholic Church Firing LGBTQ People? Write a Letter:" https://www.advocate.com/religion/2019/8/01/outraged-catholic-church-firing-lgbtq-people-write-letter

* "Washington to add non-binary X option to driving licenses:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2019/08/01/washington-add-non-binary-gender-driving-licenses/

* "North Carolina Governor Ends Funding of Conversion Therapy on Minors:" https://www.advocate.com/politics/2019/8/02/north-carolina-governor-ends-funding-conversion-therapy-minors

* "Three arrested over alleged ‘hate-motivated’ murder of gay social worker:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2019/08/03/three-arrested-alleged-hate-motivated-murder-gay-social-worker-georgia/

* "Numbewr 13-Rest In Power and Peace Marquis 'Kiki' Fantroy:" https://transgriot.blogspot.com/2019/08/numbewr-13-rest-in-power-and-peace.html

* "Lyft Adopts New Policies After Drag Queens Refused Rides:" https://www.advocate.com/news/2019/8/02/lyft-adopts-new-policies-after-drag-queens-refused-rides

* "This is what billions of tons of melting Arctic ice looks like:" http://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/this-is-what-billions-of-tons-of-melting-arctic-ice-looks-like-65223749653

* "Boris Johnson: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver :"

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* The pills are flavored, she said. Just hide it in a bit of butter and she’ll eat it right up, she said.
Me: side eyes the vet.
Livia: runs in terror from obviously Doctored butter even if I stick a treat on top.
Livia: This is an obvious trap. Do they think I’m an imbecile?

* Both girls are definitely eating the new goosh. Livia took a good piss on the sofa, so that's proof she's not blocked. We have a pee proof cover now so I'm not dealing with a week plus of cushion cleaning, just laundry. Do I want her peeing on the sofa? no, but it's better than cat literally dying. I figure ss long as she's eating the medicinal goosh and peeing every twelve hours or so, it's good. She is really scared we'll pill her and/or take her to the vet. she's not wrong about either really, but it means she is very wary and pettins are rare and in unusual locations where she is entirely in control.

Livia Addendum: She peed on the sofa three times Tonight. I know I said I was using all proceeds to buy cat food and vet care, but I think another pee cover just got urgent. On the upside, this means she’s probably not dying and is on the mend.

* Reviews of Aziraphale's Book Shop: https://itsclydebitches.tumblr.com/post/186055292445/hey-all-remember-when-i-said-id-never-do-another

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

* Here are a bunch of state level links to help people in immigrant detention: https://taibhsearachd.tumblr.com/post/186058182962/woundability-this-4th-of-july-celebrate-the

* Angry about the concentration camps on our Southern Border? Here is a list of useful things you can do: https://medium.com/@togetherandfree/feel-helpless-amidst-the-horrific-immigration-news-youre-not-how-you-can-make-difference-today-108dc42de88e

* "More Organizations to Support Helping Kids in Concentration Camps:" https://thisfinecrew.dreamwidth.org/201920.html

Here is a massive list of things you can do to help refugees inside and outside of the Camps: https://s-leary.tumblr.com/post/185783586806/so-youve-probably-seen-the-post-going-around

* A list of organizations to help you run for office: http://lovingmyselfishard.tumblr.com/post/167330144634/psst-hey

* Have something you want to tell your Congress Critters? If you can not protest in person, here are some other options:

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

This App phones your rep for you: http://takeastance.us/

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

* This is a cool person and the clothes are being made from an ethical source. Looking for cool inclusive Pride themed merch? www.nerdykeppie.com

* HorrorMux is open for apping the next story, which is a 1994 Lost Boys type thing. Available Archetypes are here. I'm Martyr/Angel if you want to find me.: http://horrormu.com/index.php/Available

* Help pay for cat food, litter, meds, medical copays: Paypal Lethran@gmail.com or paypal.me/Gwydion

* Birthday/Solstice master list: https://gwydion.dreamwidth.org/1925021.html