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* I'm cutting the aggregate off here, despite not finishing. Some of the sort may be rough because it's a horrible fucking week and I'm burning spoons I don't have endlessly moving things around the kitchen if i want to eat.

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* "if you are struggling with choosing which fundraisers to support, please consider donating to the following places providing medical aid, food, and other supplies to Palestine at this time:" https://www.tumblr.com/gwydionmisha/750500230956564480?source=share

* Links for various Palestinian Aid Organizations: https://www.tumblr.com/gwydionmisha/750151174318112768?source=share

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* "UN Security Council adopts a cease-fire resolution aimed at ending Israel-Hamas war in Gaza:" https://apnews.com/article/un-us-security-council-israel-hamas-ceasefire-834734f606a5245cc46a2487a70ae3fa

* "Benny Gantz resigns as Israeli war cabinet member:" https://www.npr.org/2024/06/09/g-s1-3634/benny-gantz-israeli-war-cabinet-steps-down

* "Two journalists harassed, assaulted and detained during Flag March in Jerusalem:" https://cpj.org/2024/06/two-journalists-harassed-assaulted-and-detained-during-flag-march-in-jerusalem/

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* "Jordan Bardella: where does Marine Le Pen’s Rassemblement National protégé stand on LGBTQ+ rights?:" https://www.thepinknews.com/2024/06/10/jordan-bardella-lgbtq-rassemblement-national-marine-le-pen/

* "Starmer vs Sunak: How Britain's parties are addressing immigration concerns:" https://www.reuters.com/world/uk/why-immigration-is-major-issue-britains-election-2024-06-05/

* "What does the Conservative manifesto say on LGBTQ+ issues?:" https://www.thepinknews.com/2024/06/12/conservative-manifesto-lgbtq-issues/

* "What does the Green Party manifesto say on LGBTQ+ issues?:" https://www.thepinknews.com/2024/06/12/green-party-manifesto-2024-lgbt/

* "Under the Biden administration, family separations and other atrocities continue:" https://prismreports.org/2024/02/29/biden-family-separations-atrocities-continue/

* "Questions grow about how Biden’s border action will work without new funding:" https://www.nbcnews.com/news/investigations/questions-grow-bidens-border-action-will-work-new-funding-rcna155750

* "Biden visits a military cemetery that Trump reportedly said was 'filled with losers':" https://www.npr.org/2024/06/09/nx-s1-4993699/biden-trump-aisne-marne-cemetery-losers-suckers

* "Will President Biden Pardon America's First Corporate Political Prisoner?:" https://stevendonziger.substack.com/p/will-president-biden-pardon-americas

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* "US DEPARTMENT OF LABOR ANNOUNCES FINAL RULE ON CLASSIFYING WORKERS AS EMPLOYEES OR INDEPENDENT CONTRACTORS UNDER THE FAIR LABOR STANDARDS ACT:" https://www.dol.gov/newsroom/releases/whd/whd20240109-1

* "Trump-appointed judge blocks expansion of Title IX rights for LGBTQ+ students:" https://www.thepinknews.com/2024/06/14/title-ix-blocked-joe-biden/

* "Supreme Court preserves access to abortion pill mifepristone:" https://apnews.com/live/supreme-court-mifepristone-ruling-abortion-pill-updates

* "How the Supreme Court is setting the U.S. up for a major transformation this month:" https://www.msnbc.com/alex-wagner-tonight/watch/how-the-supreme-court-is-setting-the-u-s-up-for-a-major-transformation-this-month-213045317614

* "Supreme Court says marketer is not entitled to a trademark for 'Trump too small' T-shirts:" https://www.npr.org/2024/06/13/g-s1-2532/supreme-court-trump-t-shirts

* "New Audio: Alito Bashes ProPublica for Reporting on Supreme Court Ethics:" https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-features/samuel-alito-supreme-court-recording-propublica-windsor-1235037796/

* "Alito and his wife are captured in audio recordings talking about abortion leak, flag controversy :" https://www.politico.com/news/2024/06/10/alito-wife-supreme-court-recordings-00162610

* "Alito’s ‘Godliness’ Comment Echoes a Broader Christian Movement:" https://www.nytimes.com/2024/06/11/us/samuel-alito-christianity-law-democracy.html

* "Exclusive: Hear new, secret audio exposing Justice Alito's media gripes:" https://www.msnbc.com/alex-wagner-tonight/watch/exclusive-hear-new-secret-audio-exposing-justice-alito-s-media-gripes-212781125507

* "Exposed: How Justice Alito was caught on tape making unguarded remarks:" https://www.msnbc.com/alex-wagner-tonight/watch/exposed-how-justice-alito-was-caught-on-tape-making-unguarded-remarks-212782149955

* "'MAGA pilled': As mask slips on Supreme Court bias, radical Christian agenda comes into focus:" https://www.msnbc.com/alex-wagner-tonight/watch/as-mask-slips-on-supreme-court-bias-radical-christian-agenda-comes-into-focus-212876869688

* "Supreme Court justice’s wife wants to swap Pride flags for shame flags – that she’s already invented:" https://www.thepinknews.com/2024/06/12/supreme-court-samuel-alito-wife-pride-flag-vergogna/

* "Neighbor who clashed with Justice Alito's wife reacts to undercover audio of her ranting about flags:" https://www.msnbc.com/alex-wagner-tonight/watch/neighbor-who-clashed-with-justice-alito-s-wife-reacts-to-undercover-audio-of-her-ranting-about-flags-212878405673

* This isn't a repeat; it's a different one from earlier in the week. "Harlan Crow Provided Clarence Thomas at Least 3 Previously Undisclosed Private Jet Trips, Senate Probe Finds:" https://www.propublica.org/article/clarence-thomas-harlan-crow-private-jet-flights-senate-investigation-scotus

* "Retired judge David Tatel issues a stark warning about the Supreme Court:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/06/07/judge-david-tatel-supreme-court-memoir/

* "AOC: Supreme Court is ‘paving the path to authoritarianism’:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/aoc-supreme-court-is-paving-the-path-to-authoritarianism-212779589821

* "Federal Reserve sees some progress on inflation but envisions just one rate cut this year:" https://apnews.com/article/federal-reserve-inflation-prices-interest-rates-cuts-4384e6b128915458aba2d178bf31ee1b

* "Eugene passes renter protection rules with compensation for some evictions:" https://www.klcc.org/politics-government/2023-07-25/eugene-passes-renter-protection-rules-with-compensation-for-some-evictions

* "70 per cent of LGBTQ+ employees still feel marginalised at work:" https://www.thepinknews.com/2024/06/14/70-per-cent-of-lgbtq-still-feel-marginalised-at-work/

* "Garland defends DOJ against attacks: ‘This must stop’:" https://www.politico.com/news/2024/06/11/merrick-garland-doj-attacks-00162674

* "House GOP holds Garland in contempt of Congress, escalating Justice Department feud:" https://www.politico.com/live-updates/2024/06/12/congress/house-gop-clears-garland-contempt-00163046

For those who haven't been following, Garland promptly turned the transcripts over when asked, but the Republicans need the audio to cut up for political attack ads. Garland points out that they don't turn over audio for closed investigations and the transcripts contain the same words as the audio. Releasing the audio would set a new precedent.

* "Trump’s F-Bomb Rant to Mike Johnson Sparks Desperate GOP Moves:" https://newrepublic.com/post/182669/trump-hush-money-conviction-mike-johnson-desperate

* "AOC rips GOP for targeting Manhattan DA: ‘Outright abuse of power’:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/aoc-rips-gop-for-targeting-manhattan-da-outright-abuse-of-power-212780613527

* "Like a baby on a plane: Republicans sidetracked by efforts to mollify cantankerous Trump:" https://www.msnbc.com/alex-wagner-tonight/watch/like-a-baby-on-a-plane-republicans-sidetracked-by-efforts-to-mollify-cantankerous-trump-212967493519

* "Lindsey Graham Vows to Keep Supreme Court Corrupt:" https://newrepublic.com/post/182610/lindsey-graham-supreme-court-ethics-legislation

* "Six GOP senators vow to slow down Biden nominees to protest Trump's guilty verdict:" https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/congress/six-gop-senators-vow-slow-biden-nominees-protest-trumps-guilty-verdict-rcna157009

* "Republicans jam up government business with tantrum over Trump's felony conviction:" https://www.msnbc.com/alex-wagner-tonight/watch/republicans-jam-up-government-business-with-tantrum-over-trump-s-felony-conviction-212966981767

* "GOP blocks IVF bill as Senate Dems plan to keep hammering reproductive rights:" https://www.dreamwidth.org/update

* "Rep. Robert Garcia: 'The Army that defeated Hitler and saved the world included drag queens':" https://www.advocate.com/politics/robert-garcia-drag-ban-military

* "House Democrats launch group to respond to possible second Trump term:" https://www.politico.com/live-updates/2024/06/11/congress/new-democratic-trump-task-force-huffman-house-00162560

* 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

* "Groups that register voters are feeling besieged by new state laws:" https://www.npr.org/2024/05/16/1251289736/voter-registration-drive-state-restrictions

* "1 in 10 eligible U.S. voters say they can’t easily show proof of their citizenship:" https://www.npr.org/2024/06/11/nx-s1-4991903/voter-registration-proof-of-citizenship-requirement

* "Ron DeSantis’s Voter Suppression Machine Is Working:" https://newrepublic.com/article/180930/florida-voter-registration-suppression-desantis

* "Florida just got its first LGBTQ+ Latino state senator:" https://www.advocate.com/politics/carlos-guillermo-smith-florida-senate-2668531648

* "Rep. Jamaal Bowman on Calling for a Permanent Ceasefire, AIPAC Attacks, Reparations & Reelection:"

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* "Phonebank for Jamaal with Protect Our Power!:" https://www.mobilize.us/jamaalbowman/event/628179/

* "Sarah McBride on course to become first trans person in US congress:" https://www.thepinknews.com/2024/06/14/sarah-mcbride-on-course-to-become-first-trans-person-in-us-congress/

* "Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer will always 'fight like hell' to protect LGBTQ+ rights (exclusive):" https://www.advocate.com/politics/gretchen-whitmer-michigan-governor-pride-ivf

* Primaries are Ongoing:
Important! Remember to vote in all primaries!!!

NOTE: Important non-Presidential Primaries are also ongoing! Remember to vote in all the races, not just the top of the ticket. 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. This is how you push the party and the government left.

Georgia (State Primary Run off), Oklahoma (Congressional), Virginia (Congressional): 6/18/24

Colorado (House), New York (Senate and House), South Carolina (Run Off), Utah (Several important primaries): 6/25/24

Arizona (Congress), South Dakota (Run off): 7/30/24

Tennessee (Congress): 8/1/24

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.

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.

* "Baltimore Sun republishes reports from new owner’s TV station:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/style/media/2024/06/11/baltimore-sun-sinclair-fox-45-union-complaint/

* "Watch: Local Sinclair Anchors Read Same Shady Script on Biden’s Age:" https://newrepublic.com/post/182567/sinclair-right-wing-script-biden-age-local-news

* "The most important sentence you will read about the 2024 election:" https://i-know-how-much-you-care.ghost.io/the-most-important-sentence-you-will-read-about-the-2024-election/

* "‘We Didn’t Get All The Way There On Jan 6’: Trump Booster Pledges to End Democracy in CPAC Rant as Bannon Cheers On:" https://www.mediaite.com/trump/welcome-to-the-end-of-democracy-trump-booster-jack-posobiec-vows-to-finish-what-began-on-jan-6-as-steve-bannon-cheers-on/

* "In Trump’s orbit, some muse about mandatory military service:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2024/06/10/trump-military-draft-mandatory-service/

* "Trump floats eliminating U.S. income tax and replacing it with tariffs on imports:" https://www.cnbc.com/2024/06/13/trump-all-tariff-policy-to-replace-income-tax.html

This will dramatically raise taxes on ordinary people while massively increasing prices, but would mean the rich will pay hardly anything compared to income.

The Rich continue to win their class war on the rest of us.

* "Chris Hayes: The Trump campaign’s ‘better off’ con game:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/chris-hayes-the-trump-campaign-s-better-off-con-game-212867141736

* "Kamala Harris: Supreme Court mifepristone ruling doesn’t mean abortion is safe under Trump:" https://www.advocate.com/politics/kamala-harris-mifepristone-caution

* "Trump calls Jan. 6 rioters 'warriors' during scorching Las Vegas rally:" https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/scorching-heat-trump-rally-las-vegas-sends-6/story?id=110974299

* "All Donald Trump cares about is Donald Trump:" https://lasvegassun.com/news/2024/jun/12/all-donald-trump-cares-about-is-donald-trump/

"In former President Donald Trump’s speech Sunday at Sunset Park in Las Vegas, he sent a chilling message to everyone: “I don’t care about you? I just want your vote, I don’t care.”

* "Wisconsin Dems tear into Trump after he reportedly called Milwaukee ‘a horrible city’ :" https://www.politico.com/news/2024/06/13/trump-milwaukee-horrible-wisconsin-democrats-00163243

* "Republicans Have No Idea What Happened in That Trump Meeting Either:" https://newrepublic.com/post/182700/house-republicans-reaction-trump-meeting

* "Trump says Brittney Griner’s release from prison in Russia was ‘not the greatest trade’:" https://www.thepinknews.com/2024/06/14/trump-says-brittney-griners-release-from-prison-in-russia-was-not-the-greatest-trade/

* "Trump’s Bizarre Moments With Dr. Phil and Hannity Should Alarm Us All:" https://newrepublic.com/article/182480/trump-dr-phil-hannity-bizarre-moments-alarm

* "Trump’s Shark-Phobia Gets the Best of Him During Meandering Rally Rant:" https://www.thedailybeast.com/trumps-shark-phobia-re-emerges-during-meandering-rant-at-las-vegas-campaign-rally

* "Trump Rails Against Broken Rally Teleprompters, Threatens to Stiff Contractors:" https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/unscripted-trump-broken-teleprompters-stiff-contractors-1235036263/

* "Trump cognitive decline increasingly difficult to conceal despite setting low bar:" https://www.msnbc.com/alex-wagner-tonight/watch/trump-cognitive-decline-increasingly-difficult-to-conceal-despite-setting-low-bar-213045317515

* "‘Millionaires tax’ has already generated $1.8 billion this year for Massachusetts, blowing past projections:" https://www.bostonglobe.com/2024/05/20/metro/millionaires-tax-massachusetts-generated-18-billion/?p1=BGSearch_Overlay_Results

* "A welcome victory for more information during election season:" https://www.seattletimes.com/opinion/editorials/a-welcome-victory-for-more-information-during-election-season/

* "New York’s Nassau County relentlessly advances more legislation to ban trans athletes:" https://www.thepinknews.com/2024/06/12/nassau-county/

* "My Breakfast Club Interview with Eric Adams: RECEIPTS:"

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* "Republicans call for Colorado GOP chair to resign after abhorrent Pride Month email:" https://www.advocate.com/politics/colorado-gop-chair-resign-pride-email

* "Republican says ‘unpatriotic lesbian’ Brittney Griner should be ‘rotting in a Russian prison’ :" https://www.thepinknews.com/2024/06/12/brittney-griner-anti-american-valentina-gomez/

* "Marjorie Taylor Greene mocked after comparing Trump to Jesus: ‘Did Jesus pay off a porn star?’:" https://www.thepinknews.com/2024/06/11/marjorie-taylor-greene-mocked-after-comparing-trump-to-jesus-did-jesus-pay-off-a-porn-star/

* "Hunter Biden found guilty on all counts:" https://www.npr.org/2024/06/10/nx-s1-5001231/hunter-biden-guilty

* "Republicans stick to attacking criminal justice system, echoing Trump, after Hunter Biden conviction:" https://apnews.com/article/hunter-biden-conviction-republicans-reaction-trump-eb7fe08832905f14dd8c5bd48ef9c716

* "Former SDNY prosecutor speaks out after Hunter Biden, Trump convictions:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/former-sdny-prosecutor-speaks-out-after-hunter-biden-trump-convictions-212776517761

* "Trump's campaign was rooting for Hunter Biden to be acquitted. Now, it's changing tactics.:" https://www.businessinsider.com/trumps-political-allies-hunter-biden-acquittal-report-2024-6

* "Hunter Biden Conviction Undercuts a Trump Narrative, and a Fund-Raising Pitch:" https://www.nytimes.com/2024/06/11/us/politics/donald-trump-hunter-biden.html

* "Fox News Suddenly Loves the Justice System After Hunter Biden’s Conviction:" https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2024/06/fox-news-suddenly-loves-the-justice-system-after-hunter-bidens-conviction/

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* "Judge Aileen Cannon denies another Trump motion to dismiss classified documents case:" https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/donald-trump/judge-cannon-denies-another-motion-trump-dismiss-classified-documents-rcna156482

* "Trump attends probation interview as legal team prepares to fight hush money verdict:" https://www.cnbc.com/2024/06/10/trump-probation-interview-hush-money-trial-verdict.html

* "Why Trump Is Guilty of 34 Felony Counts ft. Liz Dye:"

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* "Faith-Based Groups That Assist Migrants Become Targets of Extremists:" https://www.nytimes.com/2024/06/02/us/migrants-charities-shelters-threats.html

* "Federal authorities are investigating attacks on transgender and Latino students in Virginia:" https://www.advocate.com/news/transgender-latino-targeted-norfolk-school

* "Pulse shooting remains a grim moment in LGBTQ+ history 8 years later:" https://www.advocate.com/crime/pulse-shooting-8-years-ago

* "Remembering the 49 lives violently stolen in the Pulse nightclub shooting, eight years on:" https://www.thepinknews.com/2024/06/12/pulse-nightclub-shooting-anniversary-victims/

* "Christian group uses Pulse shooting anniversary to promote conversion therapy:" https://www.thepinknews.com/2024/06/14/pulse-nightclub-shooting-christian-group/

* "A neighborhood approach to combating hate crimes in Los Angeles:" https://www.advocate.com/crime/combating-hate-crimes-in-la

* "Used paperbacks change lives behind bars, even with growing prison book bans:" https://archive.ph/535Pa#selection-454.0-454.1

* "‘They Slave Us’: Prison Workers on Life Behind Bars:" https://archive.ph/UXM9L#selection-1296.0-1296.1

* "For some incarcerated women, getting ahold of menstrual products is a nightmare:" https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2024-06-02/for-some-incarcerated-women-getting-ahold-of-menstrual-products-isnt-easy

* Justice Denied: This is a national shame. "Oklahoma Supreme Court dismisses lawsuit of last Tulsa Race Massacre survivors seeking reparations:" https://apnews.com/article/1921-race-massacre-tulsa-black-survivors-b7a4c83514ce79640a8490d49efb9006

* "Indiana’s school censorship law threatens a small bookstore's future:" https://www.advocate.com/news/brain-lair-books-indiana-threatened

* "If your kid just told you they’re trans, here’s what you should know:" https://www.advocate.com/health/supporting-your-trans-kid

* "A Florida law blocking treatment for transgender children is thrown out by a federal judge:" https://apnews.com/article/transgender-rights-children-florida-592b24b28e365ded336ca841f2ac90ac

* "Bogus Doctors Group Pushed By Elon Musk, Fox News Against Trans Care:" https://www.erininthemorning.com/p/bogus-doctors-group-pushed-by-elon

* "Why the Southern Baptists’ vote opposing IVF could change national politics:" https://www.politico.com/news/2024/06/12/ivf-southern-baptist-convention-evangelical-00162994

* "This list shows most inclusive EU countries for LGBTQ+ professionals, and Ireland makes the top 10:" https://www.thepinknews.com/2024/06/13/most-inclusive-countries-to-work-in-europe/

* "A trans girl was assaulted at a Minnesota high school. Her family is demanding justice (exclusive):" https://www.advocate.com/crime/minnesota-trans-girl-assaulted-school

* "School district ordered to pay trans former student $4 million after barring him from male restroom:" https://www.thepinknews.com/2024/06/05/missouri-trans-rights/

* "Influencers promote raw milk despite FDA health warnings as bird flu spreads in dairy cows:" https://www.cbsnews.com/news/bird-flu-raw-milk-influencers-fda-warning/

* "New study finds most maternal-related deaths in the US happen after birth:" https://abcnews.go.com/US/new-study-finds-maternal-related-deaths-us-happen/story?id=110831141

* "Black Maternal Health Week shines light on alarming disparities, as CDC reports rising death rates:" https://www.thepinknews.com/2024/06/12/lynn-conway-obituary/

* "New drug to regenerate lost teeth:" https://www.kyoto-u.ac.jp/en/research-news/2021-03-31

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* "New study finds Earth warming at record rate, but no evidence of climate change accelerating:" https://apnews.com/article/climate-change-accelerating-record-hot-deadly-434881547b4585a32fa906cf5495d3f0

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* "The Floating Traffic Jam That Freaked Us All Out:" https://www.nytimes.com/2024/06/02/business/economy/covid-pandemic-global-supply-chains.html

* "The carbon impact of artificial intelligence:" https://www.nature.com/articles/s42256-020-0219-9

* "Generative AI’s environmental costs are soaring — and mostly secret:" https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-024-00478-x

* "AI’s excessive water consumption threatens to drown out its environmental contributions:" https://theconversation.com/ais-excessive-water-consumption-threatens-to-drown-out-its-environmental-contributions-225854

* "Tickle vs Giggle: in a world where transgender people are under attack, this is a test case for Australia:" https://theconversation.com/tickle-vs-giggle-in-a-world-where-transgender-people-are-under-attack-this-is-a-test-case-for-australia-227702

* "Apple iOS 18 to introduce hidden apps, and everyone is saying the same thing:" https://www.thepinknews.com/2024/06/11/ios-18-features/

* "Elon Musk accused of selling $7.5 billion of Tesla stock before releasing disappointing sales data that plunged the share price to two-year low:" https://fortune.com/2024/06/03/elon-musk-tesla-insider-trading-lawsuit-board-directors/

* "Elon Musk says X hiding likes is to stop people being ‘attacked’ for what they engage with:" https://www.thepinknews.com/2024/06/13/x-hide-likes/

* "The Internet’s Final Frontier: Remote Amazon Tribes:" https://www.nytimes.com/2024/06/02/world/americas/starlink-internet-elon-musk-brazil-amazon.html

* "Chatbot AI makes racist judgements on the basis of dialect:" https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-024-00779-1

* "Duolingo removes LGBTQ+ references from app in Russia:" https://www.thepinknews.com/2024/06/05/duolingo-removes-lgbtq-references-from-app-in-russia/

* "HER founder denounces ‘opportunistic’ new trans-exclusionary lesbian dating app:" https://www.thepinknews.com/2024/06/07/her-robyn-exton-lesbian-dating-app-trans/

* "The Collapse of the Roman Empire, or, Why were medieval people more primitive than the Romans?:"

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* "The Scandalous True History Behind "Mary & George":"

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I've never seen the show, but I've read quite a bit on this including a very well done book on the poisoning scandal. In other words, this tracks,

* "New ‘Rainbow Revolutionaries’ tour reveals Boston’s LGBTQ+ history:" https://www.advocate.com/news/rainbow-revolutionaires-boston-history

* "The Flapper Story - Roaring '20s Documentary:"

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* "Remembering Alan Turing, the gay British war hero who died after being persecuted by his country:" https://www.thepinknews.com/2024/06/07/alan-turing-gay-who-was-did-eingma-die-death-facts/

* "About 100,000 people are missing in Mexico. These mothers are trying to find them:" https://www.npr.org/2024/06/06/nx-s1-4977451/will-mexicos-president-elect-help-relatives-looking-for-missing-loved-ones

* "The Scottie Scheffler Arrest (But It's a True Crime Documentary):"

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* "Lynn Conway, trailblazing trans computer scientist, dies at 86:" https://www.thepinknews.com/2024/06/12/lynn-conway-obituary/

* Refridgerator repair man came. It turned out buying an entire new lower end fridge would cost about a hundred less than fixing this one. Fuck! So we are going to have to buy a new fridge. It's just under $900 with installation. Fuck sake! If it could have gone another 18 months we could have got a free one from the city. Apparently modern refrigerators, like modern water heaters only last a decade. I am used to the ones from my childhood with the 20-40 year life spans.

UPDATE: It turns out we also need a housecall from a plumber for another 300.00. Fuckssake!

Want to chip in? https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/Gwydion

* It's been an incredibly rough week. My arm is just terrible to the point where at Wednesday physio, he tried to start me on a new exercise after warm up, looked at what my arm was doing and his face fell. He scrapped the day's plans and we spent the rest of the session with him slowly, gently stretching my arm. So we're pulling back on expectations this week.

The dramatic barometer changes and extreme pollen situation are noticeably messing me up on a variety of levels. I get sicker when I leave my room with it's heavy filtration and outside is even worse. Standing and walking is a nightmare. I've gotten trapped on the ground three times in the last week unable to rise and there are so many problems I could solve if I could just lift things and move them instead of having to work around the blockages.

Then there is all the extra kitchen drama. It's really hard to make anything in there with the ongoing refrigerator situation and everything we have is going to deal with that both physically and financially.

It's just too many things right now on top of all the bureaucratic nightmare going on with the Millennials.

* Friday there was no real sleep. After I got back from helping with bureaucracy inflicted on Millennials. I kept having to get up to deal with things and answer phones. I am bad at sleeping in my clothes at the best of times and the bedroom air conditioner is not what it was. I am worse at getting back to sleep after being awakened over and over. Sigh. It took an hour to move enough things around in the kitchen to make a meal I could only half eat and I STILL had to attempt physio which is at a terrible and disappointing place. I don't really have spoons for the physio; all the extra spoons needed for just trying to eat and hydrate aren't helping at all.

* "Indian Elections: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO):"

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* "Jon Stewart Tackles The Trump Conviction Fallout & Puts The Media on Trial | The Daily Show:"

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* "Should We Separate Art from the Artist?: Crash Course Art History #5:"

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* "Armand called Lestat a clown in the most round about way:" https://www.tumblr.com/brigdh/751769521007771648?source=share

* This Makes so much sense! "‘Interview With the Vampire’: Luke Brandon Field Reveals His & Eric Bogosian’s Shared Inspiration for Daniel:" https://www.tvinsider.com/1139840/interview-with-the-vampire-season-2-episode-5-daniel-molloy-luke-brandon-field-eric-bogosian/

* Me: Every pride I learn new words. This is not a complaint, just a statement that I am an Old.
Me: Oh look! New gender just dropped!
Friend 1: Listen, bigots, every time you complain about gender, a new gender drops.
Friend 2: Every time!
Friend 3: We got more genders than you got complaints, guaranteed!
Me grinning: You get me. you always get me!
Friend 3: Heck I have three in reserve just in case!"

* "Sunday Sweets In Summer:" https://www.cakewrecks.com/home/sunday-sweets-in-summer-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.

* "Support a Global Plastics Treaty:" https://act.greenpeace.ca/en-ca/support-global-plastics-treaty

* "Do not ban transgender people from receiving care in mainstream hospital wards:" https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/661601

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

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

* "if you are struggling with choosing which fundraisers to support, please consider donating to the following places providing medical aid, food, and other supplies to palestine at this time:" https://www.tumblr.com/gwydionmisha/750500230956564480?source=share

* Links for various Palestinian Aid Organizations: https://www.tumblr.com/gwydionmisha/750151174318112768?source=share

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

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

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* "Five policemen arrested over India custody deaths:" https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-india-53260209

* "Singapore votes against backdrop of pandemic:" https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-53358650

* "Philippines top broadcaster refused renewal license:" https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-53360925

* "Safronov’s Arrest Is a New Low for Freedom of Speech in Russia:" https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2020/07/08/safronovs-arrest-is-a-new-low-for-freedom-of-speech-in-russia-a70820

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* "Tearful WHO director calls for global unity to fight the virus following U.S. pullout:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2020/07/09/tearful-who-director-calls-global-unity-fight-virus-following-us-pullout/

* "Serbia Protests Meet Violent Response in Europe’s 1st Major Virus Unrest:" https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/08/world/europe/serbia-protests-coronavirus.html

"“We don’t mind staying home for another three days — that wasn’t the problem,” said Dragana Grncarski, 45, a fashion events manager who protested on both days. However, they’re playing with our minds and with the truth,” Ms. Grncarski added. “When it suits them to do elections, there is no corona. They organized football matches and tennis matches, and because of that we have a situation where the hospitals are full.”

* "Serbia scraps virus curfew plan after protests:" https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-53353854

* "With nearly 300,000 COVID-19 cases, Chile overtakes Spain as 6th worst-hit country in the world:" https://santiagotimes.cl/2020/07/06/with-nearly-300000-covid-19-cases-chile-overtakes-spain-as-6th-worst-hit-country-in-the-world/

* "Bolivian president has COVID-19 as virus hits region's elite:" https://apnews.com/5f8260ba049a79f45fd96568370d3f3d

* "Venezuela socialist party boss announces he has COVID-19:" https://abcnews.go.com/Health/wireStory/venezuela-socialist-party-boss-announces-covid-19-71702747

* "Brazil's Bolsonaro Faces Suit For Unmasking As He Announced Coronavirus Diagnosis:" https://www.npr.org/sections/coronavirus-live-updates/2020/07/08/889268503/brazils-bolsonaro-sued-for-unmasking-as-he-announced-positive-test-for-covid-19

* "Fighting on Yemen's Covid front line:" https://www.bbc.com/news/av/world-middle-east-53342668/coronavirus-the-doctors-on-yemen-s-front-line

* "U.S. coronavirus cases pass 3 million:" https://www.politico.com/news/2020/07/08/us-coronavirus-cases-pass-3-million-352578

* "More than a fifth of Americans live in counties with new highs in coronavirus cases:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2020/07/08/more-than-fifth-americans-live-counties-with-new-highs-coronavirus-cases/

* "As coronavirus hospitalizations climb, Trump sidelines health advisers:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2020/07/09/coronavirus-live-updates-us/

* "A Spike in People Dying at Home Suggests Coronavirus Deaths in Houston May Be Higher Than Reported:" https://www.propublica.org/article/a-spike-in-people-dying-at-home-suggests-coronavirus-deaths-in-houston-may-be-higher-than-reported

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* "Why Trump's trade war failed:" https://theweek.com/articles/923813/why-trumps-trade-war-failed

* "Coronavirus follows Trump on tour; Next stop: New Hampshire:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/coronavirus-follows-trump-on-tour-next-stop-new-hampshire-87355973678

* "Jacksonville attorneys file lawsuit to block city from hosting Republican National Convention amid pandemic:" https://www.cnn.com/2020/07/08/politics/florida-lawyers-sue-republican-convention/index.html

* "Supreme Court splits on Trump tax cases, potentially shielding returns until after election:" https://www.politico.com/news/2020/07/08/supreme-court-trump-tax-returns-financial-records-353428

* "SCOTUS rejects presidential immunity; renders Trump regular:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/scotus-rejects-presidential-immunity-renders-trump-regular-87354437977

* "Michael Cohen taken into custody for violating terms of his early release from prison:" https://www.cnn.com/2020/07/09/politics/michael-cohen-in-custody/index.html

* "Trump scandals pass by, lose spotlight to new Trump scandals:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/trump-scandals-pass-by-lose-spotlight-to-new-trump-scandals-87355973702

* "Berman tells House panel that Barr's plans to replace him were 'unprecedented, unnecessary and unexplained':" https://www.cnn.com/2020/07/09/politics/geoffrey-berman-house-testimony/index.html

* "Vindman to retire from military. His lawyer blames White House 'campaign of bullying, intimidation and retaliation':" https://www.cnn.com/2020/07/08/politics/vindman-retiring-alleged-white-house-retaliation/index.html

* "Chief Justice John Roberts was briefly hospitalized in June after a fall:" https://www.cnn.com/2020/07/07/politics/john-roberts-hospitalized-after-fall-in-june/index.html

* "Unemployment claims are falling. But 1.3 million still applied for assistance last week:" https://www.cnn.com/2020/07/09/economy/unemployment-benefits-coronavirus/index.html

* "Televangelists, megachurches tied to Trump approved for millions in pandemic aid:" https://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-ppp-religious-idUSKBN2480CB

* "Sanders-Biden climate task force calls for carbon-free power by 2035:" https://thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/506432-sanders-biden-climate-task-force-calls-for-carbon-free-electricity

* "Bernie: Joint task force policies will make Biden ‘most progressive president since FDR’:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/bernie-joint-task-force-policies-will-make-biden-most-progressive-president-since-fdr-87244357520

* "GOP election lawyer explains how Trump’s war on mail-in voting could backfire:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/gop-election-lawyer-explains-how-trump-s-war-on-mail-in-voting-could-backfire-87245893552

* "Trump threatens to cut federal funds from schools that don't reopen:" https://www.politico.com/news/2020/07/08/trump-schools-reopening-federal-funding-352311

* "Trump disavows his own administration’s guidance for reopening schools:" https://www.politico.com/news/2020/07/08/trump-white-house-reopening-schools-352236

* "Hayes on Trump push to reopen schools: The last person we should trust with safety of kids:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/hayes-on-trump-push-to-reopen-schools-the-last-person-we-should-trust-with-safety-of-kids-87243333568

* "States sue U.S. Department of Education over diverted virus relief funds for schools:" https://www.pbs.org/newshour/education/states-sue-u-s-department-over-virus-relief-funds-for-schools

* "CDC director says no revised school guidelines despite Trump's push:" https://www.cnn.com/2020/07/09/politics/cdc-guidelines-school-reopenings/index.html

* "Harvard, MIT file suit over Trump administration visa rule for international students:" https://www.politico.com/news/2020/07/08/harvard-mit-visa-rule-international-students-352448

* "One million foreign students risk being frozen out of US colleges. Some might never come back:" https://edition.cnn.com/2020/07/08/americas/international-student-visa-united-states-intl-hnk/index.html

* He also may be a pedophile. "Police officer charged with being a member of banned homophobic, racist, neo-Nazi terrorist organisation:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2020/07/10/met-metropolitan-police-officer-national-action-terrorist-nazi-group-charged-benjamin-hannam/

* Can we make this universal? "New law inspired by gay man’s ordeal will make fake, racist 911 calls a criminal offence. It’s called the CAREN Act:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2020/07/09/karen-caren-act-san-francisco-fake-racist-911-calls-lisa-alexander/

* "Man making racist comments caught on video identified as tech CEO Michael Lofthouse:" https://www.usatoday.com/story/tech/2020/07/07/tech-ceo-michael-lofthouse-video-racist-comments/5394122002/

* "Experts see no proof of child-abuse surge amid pandemic:" https://apnews.com/d7db9e073beb507bda0207408376cb87

* "Supreme Court upholds Trump's rollback of birth control coverage mandate:" https://www.politico.com/news/2020/07/08/supreme-court-upholds-trumps-limits-on-birth-control-coverage-352385

* "Forced conversion therapy should be considered a form of torture, says UN violence expert:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2020/07/08/un-conversion-therapy-torture-ban-lgbt-rights-gay-trans-victor-madrigal-borloz/

* "Christian group kicked out of leafy south England village after trying to recruit Pride goers into hateful conversion therapy:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2020/07/09/bethel-christian-assembly-conversion-therapy-shalford-village-pride-in-surrey/

* "Police chief gives speech about respecting young people. Days later, his officer is filmed calling a gang 'little f****ts':" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2020/07/09/jersey-police-investigation-homophobia-coronavirus-channel-islands-robin-smith/

* "Same-sex marriages are being 'blocked' in Northern Ireland. These trailblazing lesbians say the government is to blame:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2020/07/09/northern-ireland-secretary-brandon-lewis-same-sex-marriage-robyn-sharni-edwards-peoples/

* "Majority of women support trans people's right to self-identify despite relentless transphobia, eye-opening polling finds:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2020/07/09/trans-self-identify-liz-truss-gender-recognition-act-yougov-polling-women-dawn-butler/

* "Community rallies behind the last Black-owned queer bar in New York after threats from homophobes and a global pandemic:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2020/07/09/alibi-lounge-crowdfunder-coronavirus-pandemic-pride-gofundme-alexi-minko-black/

* "Politician sent threatening letter filled with homophobic, racist and misogynistic slurs admits he wrote it himself:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2020/07/09/jonathan-lopez-politician-received-racist-homophobic-letter-admits-he-actually-sent-it-to-himself-oregon/

* "Non-binary people gain legal recognition and birth certificate rights in historic Oregon ruling:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2020/07/10/oregon-non-binary-legal-recognition-birth-certificate-jones-hollister-gender/

* "Holding Hands Is an Act of Resistance for Same-Sex Couples:" https://www.advocate.com/commentary/2020/7/08/holding-hands-act-resistance-same-sex-couples

* "70 Nations Sound Alarm: We're Running Out of HIV Meds:" https://www.hivplusmag.com/news/2020/7/08/70-nations-sound-alarm-were-running-out-hiv-meds

* "History made as first person ever is 'cured' of HIV using medication alone:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2020/07/07/hiv-cure-cancer-aidsmap-aids-conference-nicotinamide-matthew-hodson-coronavirus/

“We need to know whether this finding will be replicated in other people, especially as it was not replicated in four other people on the trial."

* TW: Genocide. "History's Most Dangerous Toddler:" https://www.thedailybeast.com/simon-of-trent-historys-most-dangerous-toddler

* "Jolene (Bardcore | Medieval Style):"

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* "Alone Together Episode 1 - Alexander Siddig & Andrew Robinson:"

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* Little Miss Update: She's compensating really well for the mild issues with her right side. she has lots of comfy nap spots and the humans are giving her attention on demand. I'm noticed Tavy's been really good to both girls and taking out his boredom and the tress of being good in other ways. I can live with being occasionally bitten and doing extra laundry, so it is very worth it.

Neither Tavy nor Livia is sitting vigil, but they are starting to treat her the way LM treated hector his last year when he was failing. My feeling is they know she's not well, but they don't think death is immanent.

She is spending the evening with Squirrel, but she's very herself when I've seen her out and about. Her quality of life is still good; it's just once strokes start, it's best to prepare oneself, because it can be really sudden.

* During the Larry Kramer memorial stuff, people made mention of the homoerotic wrestling scene in Women in Love. You'd think I'd have seen it, given my admiration for Glenda Jackson, but I hadn't. It came out the year I was born and for obvious reasons wasn't on TV for me to see growing up. I want to be clear, I have never read Lawrence in a formal educational setting, and I've not read the scholarship either, so this is just my opinion with no clue where the discourse is, academic or other wise.

At my first college, I had a friend who read that set of novels and was utterly enamored of them, Women in love in particular. I tried. I really did, but I gave up around the drownings. The world is full of books; this one wasn't assigned, and when I read on my own time I pick things that don't simultaneously bore me and make me want to smack the characters and/or the author. My friend was a delight, but I couldn't with D.H Lawrence any of the times I attempted to read him.

I thought: I should see this movie. I could at least see what the rest of it was like without torturing myself with the novel. I've seen the movie referenced a lot over the years in assorted contexts. It has cinema and queer history cred. Two birds with one stone, right?

It was 1969, so there were strict limits on what they could get away with, and this thing really was riding the leading edge in a bunch of ways even though the more clear queer content turned out to be not good. (Creepy guy who was really assholish and pretentious and boorish with boy toy). Trust me main character nude wrestling in place of mlm sex with the men talking about love and being eternally bound to each other as they lay all sweaty in the aftermath? Seriously, this is as good as it gets for bisexual coded characters in film at this point in history. I think they may only have gotten away with it because of the kind of masculinity Oliver Reed projected, much the way only someone like warren Beatty could have played a male asexual at that point (Bonnie and Clyde 1967). So props for that in a late sixties movie based on a novel from 1920.

It is beautifully shot. It is so dull for long stretches I wanted to give up. It was a good adaptation of what I remember about the parts I got through when I was... I'm guessing 19? I say that because it annoyed me in exactly the ways I remember being annoyed. At this distance I can see exactly why that particular friend was obsessed with them at that point in his intellectual development. I couldn't articulate my issues with the book at that point, and wouldn't have because pissing on something that mattered to him in the particular way it did would have been dickish.

I've spent the three or so days it took me to drag myself;f through the movie in bites small enough to not throw things at the screen to figure out wording that would explain why it got my back up so much both then as a book and now as a movie. The men are infuriating in a way I was already far too familiar with at that age. Rupert thinks he's being modern and edgey, but he's just a boorish asshole who loves to hear himself philosophize. We've all met this guy, at parties and coffee shops and classrooms. He like to shock with his ideas and his theories. he loves the sound of his own voice. He thinks if he can persuade you to believe exactly what he does it will fix your life. Fuck that! Gerald is a crude and violent boor with no empathy. They just... Gah! Accurate, right? I'm not arguing with the art of it, I just wouldn't enjoy spending even a moment with any of the men in this book in real life, and I really didn't enjoy them in the movie any better despite the quality of the main cast acting.

Then there's the women. I remember how they were in the book because I'd seen in elsewhere in a lot of 20th century writing by men, although D. H. Lawrence must have been an early adopter. He writes his women exactly like a man who has a Theory about What Women are Like. Ugh. I have since studied history of feminism in enough depth to know how this particular view of women fits into various late Victorian/Edwardianish era debates. I also have the hindsight of knowing where that strand of thought was going to lead in the course of the 20th century. His women aren't real people; his women are expressions of an idea he has about women. I couldn't articulate my objection at 19 or 20, but I was instinctively grumpy about it.

So much of the characterization of the women was... not in the dialog, so I was trying to work out how they were going to manage it on screen. They clearly tried. The writer tried. The director tried. Glenda Jackson and Jennie Linden tried. Really they did. They all tried so terribly hard, but often I was looking at cyphers, who would suddenly act or express opinions out of the blue.

So I really, really didn't like it. I can see why he was taken with it and why it's meant to be a classic, but I hate it even more than Catcher in the Rye, which I wouldn't have guessed was possible. (Yes, I know why catcher in the Rye is considered a classic and I've had explained to me what the author was clearly trying to do. They made me reread it for one of my re-certification continuing ed things and having the prof explain context and subtext in it did help, but there are books doing similar work with trauma that do not make me want to curse and throw the book across the room). I'm not sorry I watched the movie once, because it really did clarify why I reacted to the book like a cat reacts to water, I just never want to have to touch another Lawrence anything again.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Doug Jones - Alabama
Gary Peters - Michigan

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

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

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

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

* Want to support Christy Smith in the primary for Katie Hill's seat?: https://secure.actblue.com/donate/dw_ca25

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

* "Ebola Epidemic in Congo Could Last Another Year, C.D.C. Director Warns:" https://www.nytimes.com/2019/03/16/health/ebola-congo-cdc.html

* "For Syrians, 8 years of war leaves stories of loss and hope:" https://www.apnews.com/11f21859afef4041b85dbefb68a4f2b7

* "Chris Hayes on the lessons of the Iraq war 16 years after it started:" http://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/chris-hayes-on-the-lessons-of-the-iraq-war-16-years-after-it-started-1462032963655

* "For Trump, Brazil’s President Is Like Looking in the Mirror:" https://www.nytimes.com/2019/03/19/us/politics/bolsonaro-trump.html

* "Trump Says Tariffs Will Stay Until China Complies With Deal:" https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-03-20/trump-says-tariffs-will-stay-on-until-china-complies-with-a-deal

* "Stephen's Heart Goes Out To New Zealand:"

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* "Trump’s Tax Cut Won’t Power the Growth He Predicts, Officials Concede:" https://www.nytimes.com/2019/03/19/us/politics/trump-tax-cut-economic-forecast.html

* "Kellyanne Conway defends Trump after he attacked her husband:" https://www.politico.com/story/2019/03/20/kellyanne-george-conway-trump-1229193

* "Judges lean toward Trump in hotel 'emoluments' case:" https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-emoluments-idUSKCN1R02M4

* "The Mueller Report Is Highly Anticipated. Here’s What We Already Know.:" https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2019/03/20/us/politics/mueller-investigation-people-events.html

* "Trump Lays Down Cover Fire Before Release Of Mueller Report:" https://talkingpointsmemo.com/news/trump-trashes-sessions-rosenstein-mueller-never-got-a-vote

* "Elijah Cummings accuses Trump administration of "unprecedented level of stonewalling, delay and obstruction":" https://www.newsweek.com/elijah-cummings-donald-trump-unprecedented-stonewalling-delay-obstruction-1368974

* "Lawyer: Prosecutors advise Gates not to cooperate with House probe yet:" https://www.politico.com/story/2019/03/20/flynn-documents-house-judiciary-panel-1228630

* "Former Trump confidante to cooperate with House Democratic probe into Trump:" https://www.cnn.com/2019/03/20/politics/hope-hicks-house-democratic-investigation/index.html

* "Trump disregard for congressional oversight untenable in America:" http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/trump-disregard-for-congressional-oversight-untenable-in-america-1462109763815

* "Federal judge demands Trump administration reveal how its drilling plans will fuel climate change:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/2019/03/20/federal-judge-casts-doubt-trumps-drilling-plans-across-us-because-they-ignore-climate-change/?noredirect=on&utm_term=.8feea3b557cd

* "Trump To Nominate Former Delta Air Lines Executive To Lead FAA:" https://www.npr.org/2019/03/19/704900992/trump-to-nominate-former-delta-airlines-executive-to-lead-faa

* "DeVos wants to cut budget funding for student loan forgiveness, again:" https://www.cnn.com/2019/03/13/politics/betsy-devos-student-loan-forgiveness-budget/index.html

* "Chris Hayes: Welcome To Twitter, Devin Nunes:"

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* "Jay Inslee - Running for President on a Platform of Fighting Climate Change - Extended Interview:"

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* "New Colorado law will give state's electoral college votes to national popular vote winner:" https://www.cnn.com/2019/03/16/politics/colorado-presidential-vote-electoral-college-law/index.html

* "Trump could be left off some states’ ballots in 2020 if these bills become law:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2019/03/20/trump-could-be-left-off-some-states-ballots-if-these-bills-become-law/?noredirect=on&utm_term=.8016abec893e

* "Florida gave former felons the right to vote. Legislators want them to pay first.:" https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2019/03/florida-lawmakers-weaken-amendment-four-felon-voting-rights/

* "Gillum to launch Florida voter-registration campaign to trip up Trump:" https://www.politico.com/states/florida/story/2019/03/20/gillum-to-launch-florida-voter-registration-campaign-to-trip-up-trump-923517

* "Florida Republicans try to restrict felon voting rights:" http://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/florida-republicans-try-to-restrict-felon-voting-rights-1462034499631

* "America pays for the wall: thieves mock Trump by stealing border razor wire:" https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/mar/20/mexico-trump-border-wall-tijuana

* "Trump wants to use a big banking settlement to help build his border wall:" https://www.cnbc.com/2019/03/20/trump-wants-to-use-a-big-banking-settlement-to-help-build-the-wall.html

* "House Judiciary Committee Planning Hearing on the Rise of White Nationalism:" https://www.thedailybeast.com/house-judiciary-committee-planning-hearing-on-the-rise-of-white-nationalism

* TW: Child Abuse "A Louisiana teen with disabilities needed help. Why was he accused of trying to kill a cop?:" https://expo.nola.com/news/g66l-2019/03/f565c699759760/a-louisiana-teen-with-disabilities-needed-help-why-was-he-accused-of-trying-to-kill-a-cop.html

* "Will Packer - Documenting an American Tragedy with "The Atlanta Child Murders":"

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* TW: Pedophilia "Mystery parties seek secrecy in Jeffrey Epstein-related suit:" https://www.politico.com/story/2019/03/20/jeffrey-epstein-related-lawsuit-1229908

* TW: Pedophilia "New reporting bolsters case Epstein prosecutors misled judge:" http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/new-reporting-bolsters-case-epstein-prosecutors-misled-judge-1462136899717

* "A Judge Has Ruled That Trump’s Transgender Military Ban Can’t Take Effect Yet After All:" https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/dominicholden/trump-transgender-military-ban-still-on-hold-judge

* "Autism tips for teachers – by an autistic teacher:" https://www.tes.com/news/autism-tips-teachers-autistic-teacher

* "NY lawmakers propose bill to allow teens to get vaccinated without parental consent:" https://abcnews.go.com/US/amid-measles-outbreak-ny-lawmakers-propose-bill-teens/story?id=61628468

* "An Indigenous Critique of the Green New Deal:" https://psmag.com/ideas/indigenous-knowledge-has-been-warning-us-about-climate-change-for-centuries

* "How 'This Land Is Your Land' Roamed And Rambled Into American Life:" https://www.npr.org/2019/03/14/702792467/woody-guthrie-this-land-is-your-land-american-anthem

* "Devin Nunes's Twitter Lawsuit, Robert Kraft's Sweetheart Legal Deal & The 1.4 Million-Dollar Pigeon:"

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* "Boeing's 737 Max Safety Debacle & Airplane Manufacturers' Power Over the FAA:"

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* "Who's Responsible for the Rise of Socialism in America?:"

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* "Joe Biden's Sloppy 2020 Talk, Bernie Sanders's Shower Injury & Beto O'Rourke's Apology Spree:"

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* "Students vs. Climate Change & Oil Companies vs. Oceans:"

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* "Ted Rye The Science Funding Cut Guy:"

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* "Trump Is Ready For A Non-Metaphorical Fight:"

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* "Netflix's Next 'Sexy Serial Killer' Documentary:"

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* "Mick Mulvaney Asks 'How Many Times?':"

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* "All New Zealand Asked Trump For Was 'Love':"

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* "Space Is Bad For Herpes Flare-Ups:"

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* "Poppy Frenzy in California, Mike Trout's Jaw-Dropping MLB Contract & Razor Wire Theft at the Border:"

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* "Guess Who's Running?:"

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* "The Muslim Ban is Still A Thing:"

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* "Black Future Month:"

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* "Public Shaming: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver:"

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* Dishwasher guy was a nice older gentleman. He was, get this: on time at the start of the service window. We could not have fixed it ourselves. It was a small, fixable pump issue, plus a plug in the line.

No word back on the lung motor. I left another message.

Apparently my Medicare Advantage provider made some sort of mistake there end and mass mailed patients at the clinic cancelling everybody with them. Clinic got the first wave of panic Thursday and has been deluged since. Apparently Medicare Advantage are meant to be personally calling people to calm us down, but my guess is, I'm late in the alphabet, so...

Bonus? I am getting some free OTC stuff I am out of or low on. I get to place one order every three months. So. Much. Epsom.

Since it was a high mobility day, I got gas, went to a chaotic and nearly useless forage, and then spent the usual several hours camped in the tax line. I pretty much used everything I had, but the sink is empty and my gleanings put away.

The bill is already coming due, physically. Ugh. The shakes are terrible and my body is working up to a serious tantrum.

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

* Trans Helplines: https://www.translifeline.org/

* Want to complaint about Betsy DeVos's plan to coddle college rapists? https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2018/11/29/2018-25314/nondiscrimination-on-the-basis-of-sex-in-education-programs-or-activities-receiving-federal#open-comment

* Donate to HIAS to help refugees: https://act.hias.org/page/6048/donate/1

* Want to contribute directly to the Refugee and Immigrant Center for Education and Legal Services fund? "Refugee and Immigrant Center for Education and Legal Services:" https://www.raicestexas.org/

* Support Kids at the Border: http://brigdh.tumblr.com/post/175022384240/support-the-kids-at-the-border

* The Rainbow Road and other ways to help Gay Refugees: http://gwydionmisha.tumblr.com/post/160470723507/the-rainbow-railroad-is-helping-gay-men-escape

* Upset about the abuse of big cats by people who shouldn't be allowed to keep them? Big cat rescue is trying to change laws to protect wild animals. "Cat Laws:" https://bigcatrescue.org/cat-laws/

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

* Have something you want to tell your Congress Critters? If you can not protest in person, here are some other options:
Call the Capitol Switchboard at (202) 224-3121 and ask to be connected to the representative of your choice.

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

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

* This is a cool person and the swimsuits are being made from an ethical source. LGBTQIA+ swimsuits: https://www.etsy.com/shop/NerdyKeppie?ref=l2-shopheader-name§ion_id=24021616

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

* Birthday/Solstice master list: https://gwydion.dreamwidth.org/1925021.html

* "Kasai bishops endorse election of DRC's Tshisekedi:" https://www.news24.com/Africa/News/kasai-bishops-endorse-election-of-drcs-tshisekedi-20190128

* "Iraqis amid Mosul's silent ruins fear the loss of a dialect:" https://www.apnews.com/124c77b4f7504015bd8617d5483eece9

* Well this is terrifying. "Pipelines, power grid vulnerable to cyber attack by China, Russia:" http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/pipelines-power-grid-vulnerable-to-cyber-attack-by-china-russia-1435041859919

* "Trump tells intel chiefs to 'go back to school' after they break with him:" https://www.politico.com/story/2019/01/30/trump-national-security-1136433

* "Sen. Chris Murphy on what keeps him up at night:" http://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/sen-chris-murphy-on-what-keeps-him-up-at-night-1434932803954

* "Trump's Wisconsin Foxconn deal on the ropes:" http://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/trump-s-wisconsin-foxconn-deal-on-the-ropes-1434942019657

* "Mueller Witness’ Team Gamed Out Russian Meddling … in 2015:" https://www.thedailybeast.com/mueller-witness-team-gamed-out-russian-meddling-in-2015

* "Russians leaked Mueller investigation evidence online, prosecutors say:" https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/jan/30/mueller-evidence-leaked-online-russians

* "Russia accused of disinformation campaign in disinformation case:" http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/russia-accused-of-disinformation-campaign-in-disinformation-case-1435040835971

* "Russian propaganda ploy exploits integrity of U.S. legal system:" http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/russian-propaganda-ploy-exploits-integrity-of-u-s-legal-system-1435039299797

* "GOP delay in naming House Intelligence Committee members may have cost Mueller:" https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/congress/gop-delay-naming-house-intelligence-committee-members-may-have-cost-n964781

* "NRA says 2015 Moscow trip wasn’t 'official.' Emails, photos reveal gun group's role:" https://abcnews.go.com/beta-story-container/Politics/nra-2015-moscow-trip-wasnt-official-emails-photos/story?id=60715741

* Then God must really hate us. "Sarah Sanders: God 'wanted Donald Trump to become president':" https://www.cnn.com/2019/01/30/politics/sarah-sanders-god-trump/index.html

* "Mitch McConnell: making Election Day a federal holiday is a Democratic "power grab":" https://www.vox.com/2019/1/30/18203936/mitch-mcconnell-election-day-federal-holiday

* "In opposing voting access, McConnell shows his hand:" http://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/in-opposing-voting-access-mcconnell-shows-his-hand-1434943555541

* This. "Howard Schultz And The Plutocrat Revolt | Crooked Media:" https://crooked.com/articles/howard-schultz-plutocrats/

* "Bipartisan bill would withhold pay for president, lawmakers during shutdowns:" https://thehill.com/homenews/house/427496-dem-lawmaker-introduces-bill-to-withhold-pay-from-president-during-shutdowns

* "Growers Sue to Roll Back Farm Workers’ Wages:" https://prospect.org/article/growers-sue-roll-back-farm-workers-wages

* "'Several thousand' more troops preparing to deploy to the border, Shanahan says:" https://www.politico.com/story/2019/01/29/american-troops-us-mexico-border-1134086

* "$11 toothpaste: Immigrants pay big for basics at private ICE lock-ups:" https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-immigration-detention/11-toothpaste-immigrants-pay-big-for-basics-at-private-ice-lock-ups-idUSKCN1PC0DJ

* "Prisons Across the U.S. Are Quietly Building Databases of Incarcerated People’s Voice Prints:" https://theintercept.com/2019/01/30/prison-voice-prints-databases-securus/

* "5 facts about crime in the U.S.:" http://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2019/01/03/5-facts-about-crime-in-the-u-s/

* "Gillibrand vows to introduce 2.0 bill against Trump’s trans military ban:" https://www.washingtonblade.com/2019/01/22/gillibrand-vows-to-introduce-2-0-bill-against-trumps-transgender-military-ban/

* "CDC: Nearly 2 percent of high school students identify as transgender — and more than one-third of them attempt suicide:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/education/2019/01/24/cdc-nearly-percent-high-school-students-identify-transgender-more-than-one-third-them-attempt-suicide/?noredirect=on&utm_term=.4986e833c29d

* "The political battle behind the dismantling of a worker safety rule:" https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-beryllium-rule-specialreport/special-report-the-political-battle-behind-the-dismantling-of-a-worker-safety-rule-idUSKCN1PG1CQ

* Fucking Anti-Vaxxers. "Pacific Northwest measles outbreak grows to 40:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/health-science/authorities-38-now-sickened-in-northwest-measles-outbreak/2019/01/30/069a7802-24da-11e9-b5b4-1d18dfb7b084_story.html?noredirect=on&utm_term=.b405bfc74521

* "Opinion: Growing Up In Kenya Really Does Not Prepare You For Chicago's Deep Freeze:" https://www.npr.org/sections/goatsandsoda/2019/01/30/690069593/growing-up-in-kenya-really-does-not-prepare-you-for-chicagos-deep-freeze

* "Polar vortex: Your questions answered:" https://www.cnn.com/2019/01/28/us/polar-vortex-explained-wxc/index.html

* "Glaciers Are Retreating. Millions Rely on Their Water.:" https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2019/01/15/climate/melting-glaciers-globally.html

* "Midwest cities scramble to keep homeless from dangerous cold:" https://www.apnews.com/0a971200e68142e5bfbaf81154ffdd08

* "After the overdose: A family's journey into grief and guilt:" https://www.apnews.com/29951565580d45fc894696bada662302

* "Gwerful Mechain and the Joy of (Medieval) Sex:" http://www.medievalists.net/2019/01/gwerful-mechain-and-the-joy-of-medieval-sex/

* "Freezing Temperatures Leave Trump Confused About Global Warming :"

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* "Trump Blasts His Own Intelligence Agencies:"

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* "That's Fracked: Can a Colorado School Combat Environmental Racism?:"

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* "Roger Stone's Arrest Has Conservatives Calling Out Excessive Force:"

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* "Other Things Written On John Bolton's Notepad:"

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* "What The Hell Is Going On With 'Global Waming?':"

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* "Trump's Immigration Claims Are Right Out Of 'Sicario':"

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* I have lost track of how long I've had this lung infection. A month? I keep thinking I'm almost better, then it ramps up again. Today is what counts as bad even on my fucked up scale. (Coughing completely borking sleep, rising fever, shakes, dizzy spells, etc.). There's no proof it's bacterial, so I'm treating it as a virus until it proves not to be. It is exhausting and my concentration is not great. Quality and quantity of postings may be effected.

Someone blerped all over the office. I managed to break the pettin throne cleaning it. I am apparently out of wood epoxy and haven't really the hand dexterity r strength to fix it even if I did. I have brought out the light box, which is super fragile, too tall, and wide to be ideal for a cat of LM's years or the spot where I put it, but I know it can hold Livia's weight as she's biggest. Moving it has already rather distressed livia as she likes to nap on it where it was. As with the dying space heater, I need to start looking for some sort of replacement. I am furious at myself for ruining the pettin throne with my clumsiness when it could have easily served another generation of cats.

Update 12:13AM: LM has accepted the emergency backup temporary pettin throne. Tavy is wary; Livia is put out.

* Is it just me, or is the Republican war on Reality particularly exhausting this week?

* "The Real Villain:" https://www.smbc-comics.com/comic/the-real-villain

* "Z Nation, Season 5, Episode 12: At All Costs:" http://www.fangsforthefantasy.com/2019/01/z-nation-season-5-episode-12-at-all.html

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

* Trans Helplines: https://www.translifeline.org/

* Want to complaint about Betsy DeVos's plan to coddle college rapists? https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2018/11/29/2018-25314/nondiscrimination-on-the-basis-of-sex-in-education-programs-or-activities-receiving-federal#open-comment

* Donate to HIAS to help refugees: https://act.hias.org/page/6048/donate/1

* Want to contribute directly to the Refugee and Immigrant Center for Education and Legal Services fund? "Refugee and Immigrant Center for Education and Legal Services:" https://www.raicestexas.org/

* Support Kids at the Border: http://brigdh.tumblr.com/post/175022384240/support-the-kids-at-the-border

* The Rainbow Road and other ways to help Gay Refugees: http://gwydionmisha.tumblr.com/post/160470723507/the-rainbow-railroad-is-helping-gay-men-escape

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

* Have something you want to tell your Congress Critters? If you can not protest in person, here are some other options:
Call the Capitol Switchboard at (202) 224-3121 and ask to be connected to the representative of your choice.

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

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

* This is a cool person and the swimsuits are being made from an ethical source. LGBTQIA+ swimsuits: https://www.etsy.com/shop/NerdyKeppie?ref=l2-shopheader-name§ion_id=24021616

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

* Birthday/Solstice master list: https://gwydion.dreamwidth.org/1925021.html

* "If Denmark is so liberal, why was it late to #MeToo?:" https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2018/jun/13/liberal-denmark-metoo-harassment-men-women

* How stupid does 45 want us to think he is? This stupid, apparently. O.o "Trump declares North Korea 'no longer a nuclear threat':" https://www.cnn.com/2018/06/13/politics/trump-north-korea-nuclear-threat/index.html

* "Company owned by Chinese government awarded another contract at Trump development:" http://www.mcclatchydc.com/news/politics-government/white-house/article213164779.html

* "Trump Told G7 Leaders That Crimea Is Russian Because Everyone Speaks Russian In Crimea:" https://www.buzzfeed.com/albertonardelli/trump-russia-crimea?utm_term=.kp1eeRGq4#.vwYKKBOxl

* "'What the hell?' Trump-Kim lovefest ignores human rights nightmare:" https://www.politico.com/story/2018/06/12/trump-north-korea-human-rights-642336

* "Warren: Trump shameless even about illegality:" http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/warren-trump-shameless-even-about-illegality-1256243779821?playlist=associated

* "Warren: Even partial Democratic 2018 win can 'stop of the bleed':" http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/warren-even-partial-democratic-2018-win-can-stop-of-the-bleed-1256249923938?playlist=associated

* "Comey Was ‘Insubordinate’ in Clinton Probe, But Free of Bias:" https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-06-14/comey-broke-from-fbi-procedures-in-clinton-probe-watchdog-finds

* "New York AG Sues Trump Foundation For ‘Persistent Illegal Conduct’:" https://talkingpointsmemo.com/muckraker/new-york-attorney-general-suit-trump-foundation-illegal-conduct

* "James Comey used Gmail for FBI business numerous times when director:" https://www.cnbc.com/2018/06/14/james-comey-used-gmail-for-official-fbi-business-numerous-times.html

* "White House counsel McGahn recused his office from Mueller probe:" https://www.politico.com/story/2018/06/13/mcgahn-mueller-russia-probe-recusal-white-house-counsel-643709

* "Rosenstein plans to call on House to investigate its own staff:" https://www.cnn.com/2018/06/12/politics/rod-rosenstein-house-investigation/index.html

* "Andrew McCabe’s lawyer sues Justice Department:" https://www.politico.com/story/2018/06/12/andrew-mccabe-justice-department-643386

* "Mueller unveils more proof Manafort led Ukraine lobbying in U.S.:" https://www.politico.com/story/2018/06/12/mueller-manafort-evidence-ukraine-lobbying-643476

* "Mueller sees Russian effort to influence 2018 midterms:" https://www.politico.com/story/2018/06/12/mueller-russia-midterms-influence-641851

* "Nixon lawyer's prison time casts shadow over Michael Cohen:" http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/nixon-lawyer-s-prison-time-casts-shadow-over-michael-cohen-1255392323728?playlist=associated

* "Tom Barrack draws Mueller's eye to UAE, Saudi Arabia:" http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/tom-barrack-draws-mueller-s-eye-to-uae-saudi-arabia-nyt-1255451203631?playlist=associated

* "DoJ IG report lesson: Republican bulling of law enforcement works:" http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/doj-ig-report-lesson-republican-bulling-of-law-enforcement-works-1256213059812?playlist=associated

* "GOP keeps pressure on DoJ in effort to sink Trump Russia probe:" http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/gop-keeps-pressure-on-doj-in-effort-to-sink-trump-russia-probe-1256230979997?playlist=associated

* "Corrupt 'foundation' catches up with Trump in new NYAG lawsuit:" http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/corrupt-foundation-catches-up-with-trump-in-new-nyag-lawsuit-1256233539870?playlist=associated

* "Podesta reacts to DOJ watchdog report on election:" http://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/podesta-reacts-to-report-showing-fbi-helped-tip-election-to-trump-1256163395864

* "Scott Pruitt reportedly assigned EPA aide with getting his wife a job with conservative group:" https://www.cnbc.com/2018/06/13/scott-pruitt-reportedly-tasked-epa-aide-with-getting-his-wife-a-job.html

* What would Jesus do? Steal people's children and put them in horrible inhumane internment camps, then bare false witness against the victims by lying that they broke the law when they did not, apparently. "Trump Administration Argues For Family Separation On Biblical Grounds:" https://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/trump-administration-argues-for-family-separation-on-biblical-grounds

* "Giuliani's son loses West Wing access:" https://www.axios.com/andrew-rudy-giuliani-son-loses-west-wing-access-63f0ef76-6170-4fdf-b8a6-558ed4bcb8c2.html

* "DeVos reinstated for-profit college accreditor despite staff objections, report shows:" https://www.politico.com/story/2018/06/09/devos-for-profit-college-accreditor-report-611935

* "Trump White House recruits at a Hill job fair amid staff exodus:" https://www.politico.com/story/2018/06/13/white-house-hill-job-fair-645592

* "Kudlow says he will return to White House:" https://www.politico.com/story/2018/06/14/kudlow-heart-attack-645595

* "The Supreme Court Blesses Voter Purges:" https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2018/06/the-supreme-court-blesses-voter-purges/562589/

Vote in every election, special election and primary. They are using skipped votes to take away your vote. If you live in Ohio and haven't voted in the last year, it is a good idea to re-register just in case.

* "Women dominated the Virginia Democratic primary on Tuesday:" https://www.vox.com/2018/6/12/17457024/record-number-of-women-win-virginia-primary

* This looks to be an attempt to derail the better one the Democrats are trying to push through. "House To Vote Next Week On Competing Immigration Bills:" https://www.npr.org/2018/06/12/619414203/house-to-vote-next-week-on-competing-immigration-bills

* "Rep. Jayapal: Mothers didn't even get to say bye to kids:" http://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/rep-jayapal-mothers-didn-t-even-get-to-say-bye-to-kids-1254390339649

* So the Republican plan is to take kids out of accredited facilities and put them in unregulated internment camps. "Kids in immigrant detention center 'effectively' incarcerated:" http://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/kids-in-immigrant-detention-center-effectively-incarcerated-1255334979617

* "Whistleblower: Family separation is 'recipe for disaster':" http://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/whistleblower-family-separation-is-recipe-for-disaster-1256163907923

* "BriGette McCoy, Kirsten Gillibrand and Don Christensen - Military Sex Crimes - Extended Interview:"

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* The cats were delightful during this crisis. They sat vigil. Tavy let Livia sit on me as much as she wanted. There was group grooming and many, many pettins. I am not well today either, but this is a more functional level of physical inconvenience. Tavy has decided i am well enough that as of late this afternoon he is no longer on his best behavior. He has three and a half days of pent up trouble to get into, so I suspect it's going to be rather chaotic for the next while. I can't tell how long it will be until I can sit up long stretches, but I have hopes for tomorrow. We'll see.

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

* How to help Rohingya refugees: https://www.nytimes.com/2017/09/29/world/asia/rohingya-aid-myanmar-bangladesh.html?emc=edit_nn_20171012&nl=morning-briefing&nlid=50784086&te=1&_r=0

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

* Have something you want to tell your congress Critters? Call the Capitol Switchboard at (202) 224-3121 and ask to be connected to the representative of your choice.

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

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

* This is a cool person and the swimsuits are being made from an ethical source. LGBTQIA+ swimsuits: https://www.etsy.com/shop/NerdyKeppie?ref=l2-shopheader-name§ion_id=24021616

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

* Birthday/Solstice master list: https://gwydion.dreamwidth.org/1925021.html

* Want Game of Thrones without the creepy? We need new players. We are very inclusive. "Game of Bones MUSH:" gobmush.wikidot.com

* "Russia Targets NATO Soldier Smartphones, Western Officials Say:" https://www.wsj.com/articles/russia-targets-soldier-smartphones-western-officials-say-1507109402

* "Exclusive: Russian-linked Facebook ads targeted Michigan, Wisconsin:" http://www.cnn.com/2017/10/03/politics/russian-facebook-ads-michigan-wisconsin/index.html

* "Trump on Puerto Rico debt: 'We’re going to have to wipe that out:" http://www.politico.com/story/2017/10/03/trump-puerto-rico-debt-geraldo-243430

* "Tillerson's fury at Trump required an intervention from VP Pence:" https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/white-house/tillerson-s-fury-trump-required-intervention-pence-n806451

* "Ivanka and Donald Trump Jr. Were Close to Being Charged With Felony Fraud:" https://www.propublica.org/article/ivanka-donald-trump-jr-close-to-being-charged-felony-fraud

* "Jared Kushner fined again for late ethics form, Ivanka Trump fined too:" http://www.mcclatchydc.com/news/politics-government/white-house/article176849096.html

* "Ex-Trump adviser Paul Manafort conspired to mislead bankruptcy court, son-in-law charges:" https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2017/10/04/ex-trump-adviser-paul-manafort-conspired-mislead-bankruptcy-court-son-in-law-charges/723689001/

* "Donald Trump’s Voter Fraud Commission Just Suffered a Court Defeat:" https://www.thedailybeast.com/donald-trumps-voter-fraud-commission-just-suffered-a-court-defeat

* "Trump EPA to propose repealing Obama's climate regulation: document:" https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-epa-carbon-exclusive/exclusive-epa-to-propose-repealing-obamas-climate-regulation-document-idUSKCN1C90BY

* "Continued rain, money woes add to crisis in Puerto Rico:"

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* "Gun slaughter used to move Congress to action, until NRA lobbing:"

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* "1,516 mass shootings in 1,735 days: America's gun crisis – in one chart:" https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-interactive/2017/oct/02/america-mass-shootings-gun-violence

* "The Trump administration didn't notify immigrants about an abrupt deadline to renew DACA:" https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2017/10/4/16401014/daca-renewal-deadline-trump

* "2,000-year-old toys discovered inside children's tombs in Turkey's Çanakkale:" https://www.dailysabah.com/history/2017/09/28/2000-year-old-toys-discovered-inside-childrens-tombs-in-turkeys-canakkale

* "Roman-British settlement found at Wylfa Newydd:" http://www.dailypost.co.uk/news/north-wales-news/roman-british-settlement-found-wylfa-13691613

* "Metal detectorists unearth unique hoard of Roman artifacts:" https://www.theguardian.com/science/2017/sep/27/metal-detectorists-unearth-unique-hoard-of-roman-artefacts

* "On This Day in Anti-Fascism: October 4th 1936: The Battle of Cable Street!:" http://lettersfromtitan.tumblr.com/post/166041810865/class-struggle-anarchism-dirtysquatter-on

* "Trump Blames Puerto Rico For Running Up His Budget:"

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* "If Now Isn't The Time To Talk About Guns, When Is?:"

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* Today was the Doctor and a bunch of small, exhausting things involving long lines. They did not have my apricot straws and I am entirely out of them too. My Doctor was booked solid for two weeks and then on vacation, so I was forced to see a back up, luckily one who used to cover me a while back during the great practitioner shortage. Given the size and complexity of my medical history, it is a mess dealing with strange Doctors. As is often the case when I make an appointment, my lungs and breathing improved in the night, but too late to cancel, and then got worse when I got home. *facepalm* Let us hope I'm finally kicking this thing. If not, I have my marker in and there is a reasonable chance of me being able to go through the nurse if I end up needing the antibiotics after all.

* The best David Bowie story: http://gwydionmisha.tumblr.com/post/166068321902/my-friend-told-me-a-story-he-hadnt-told-anyone

* Sansa Stark and Empathy: http://turtle-paced.tumblr.com/post/166025325567/why-is-sansa-so-associated-with-empathy-in

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

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

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

* "Congress Wants to Change the Americans with Disabilities Act and Undermine the Civil Rights of People with Disabilities:" http://gwydionmisha.tumblr.com/post/165470116342/congress-wants-to-change-the-americans-with

* How to help Flood victims in India, Nepal, and Bangladesh: http://gwydionmisha.tumblr.com/post/165235609582/woke-up-on-derse-f-f-f-fight

"How to Help Puerto Rico from the outside:" http://gwydionmisha.tumblr.com/post/165733774359/how-to-help-puerto-rico-from-the-outside

* How to help Caribbean victims of Irma: http://gwydionmisha.tumblr.com/post/165240981876/hedaclara-hedaclara-hedaclara-guys-the

* "How to Help Hurricane Harvey Victims:" http://www.slate.com/blogs/the_slatest/2017/08/27/how_to_help_hurricane_harvey_victims.html

* "Disaster Relief and Support for Libraries:" http://www.txla.org/news/2017/08/disaster-relief-and-support-for-libraries

* How to help the protesters and ordinary people in Venezuela: https://thewynne.tumblr.com/post/163738805241/softestjohn-fiftyeightminutes-softestjohn

* "Ten Ways to Fight Hate: A Community Response Guide:" https://www.splcenter.org/20170814/ten-ways-fight-hate-community-response-guide

* A list of links to Charlottesville charities if you want to give the NAZIs a financial fuck you: https://twitter.com/SaraJBenincasa/status/896260623905861633

* How white Protesters can weaponize their whiteness: http://gwydionmisha.tumblr.com/post/164390645622/alvaroarbeloa-vaspider-okay-friends-lets

* List of places to donate to help trans service members and fight the planned attack on active duty trans soldiers: https://vaspider.tumblr.com/post/163475550346/moonbian-hey-i-know-reblogging-posts-about-how

* Red Cross is taking donations for Western Wildfire Relief: http://www.redcross.org/local/oregon/ways-to-donate/wildfires

* (This is here as a reminder to me for later). "Can you recommend me some good books, essays, etc. about witches, witchcraft, witch trials in England?:" https://laughingacademy.tumblr.com/post/164664427028/dear-pauline-can-you-recommend-me-some-good

* Help pay for cat food, litter, meds, medical copays: Paypal Lethran@gmail.com

* Want Game of Thrones without the creepy? We need new players. We are very inclusive. "Game of Bones MUSH:" gobmush.wikidot.com

* How to help the protesters and ordinary people in Venezuela: https://thewynne.tumblr.com/post/163738805241/softestjohn-fiftyeightminutes-softestjohn

* As it has since last November, the news continues to feel like a how the world ended montage at the start of a post apocalyptic horror movie.

* "North Korea now making missile-ready nuclear weapons, U.S. analysts say:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/north-korea-now-making-missile-ready-nuclear-weapons-us-analysts-say/2017/08/08/e14b882a-7b6b-11e7-9d08-b79f191668ed_story.html?utm_term=.fb9ddeb48b23

* "Trump Threatens ‘Fire and Fury’ Against North Korea if It Endangers U.S.:" https://www.nytimes.com/2017/08/08/world/asia/north-korea-un-sanctions-nuclear-missile-united-nations.html

* "North Korea says seriously considering plan to strike Guam:" https://www.reuters.com/article/us-northkorea-missiles-usa-idUSKBN1AO2L9

* Because of course he did. "Trump retweets Fox News story containing classified info:" http://www.cnn.com/2017/08/08/politics/trump-retweet-fox-news-north-korea-story-haley/index.html

* Meanwhile, Machiavelli weeps in his grave. "Trump White House weighs unprecedented plan to privatize much of the war in Afghanistan:" https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2017/08/08/war-afghanistan-trump-white-house-weighs-bold-plan-privatize/548004001/

* "'Crypto-currency' may help Russian oligarchs beat sanctions:"

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* "Trump bellicosity is frightening new variable in N Korea standoff:"

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* "Trump presidency-for-profit violates founding American principles:"

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* "Trump profits from hotel as GOP social center:"

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* "Trump exploits loophole to hire foreign workers at Mar-a-Lago:"

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* "Feeling legal heat, Trump resorts to bullying:"

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* "Trump gets a folder full of positive news about himself twice a day:" https://news.vice.com/story/trump-folder-positive-news-white-house

* "Pro-Trump corp targets local news stations as propaganda outlets:"

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* "Nunes aide behind secretive UK trip to find Trump dossier author:"

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* "GOP members of Congress get angry earful on health care at home:"

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* "Remember Roy Moore of Alabama? He may soon be a senator:"

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* It is looking like Devin Nunes is once again interfering in the Trump-Russia investigation, from which he is supposed to be recused because of previous unethical conduct intended to damage the investigation, this time secretly dispatching staffers at taxpayer's expense to London in hopes that if they harass Christopher Steele he'll not aid the investigation.

* As a trans person, bodily autonomy is a redline for me and it's how Bernie lost me. "Of Course Abortion Should Be a Litmus Test for Democrats:" https://mobile.nytimes.com/2017/08/02/opinion/trump-democrats-abortion-litmus-test.html

* Jeff Sessions continues the Republican War on Voting by insisting it’s completely reasonable for people to lose the right to vote if they only vote in Presidential election years instead of every election. Since poor people have a harder time getting off work to vote, they are going to be disproportionately harmed by a law that purges people if they haven’t voted in the last two years, which is the goal of the legislation, of course. "Justice Dept. sides with Ohio’s purge of inactive voters in case headed to Supreme Court:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/justice-department-reverses-position-to-allow-ohio-to-purge-inactive-voters-from-rolls/2017/08/08/e93c5116-7c35-11e7-9d08-b79f191668ed_story.html?utm_term=.8cdec58d5586

* A police officer in Grand Praire Texas hunted, assaulted, and permanently disfigured Rashuan Barnes even though the man was not suspected of any crime and unarmed. The police point out that there is no law against unprovoked assaults against black men by police and therefore the officer acted correctly in both maiming the man for no reason and failing to file a report, as were the other officers who refused to investigate the savage assault.

* "Dallas Mother Wants Cop Fired Who Arrested Her Sons:" https://blackamericaweb.com/2017/07/14/dallas-mother-wants-cop-fired-who-arrested-her-sons/

* "The Unstoppable Rise of Intersex Supermodel Hanne Gaby Odiele:" https://www.out.com/out-exclusives/2017/7/24/unstoppable-rise-intersex-supermodel-hanne-gaby-odiele

* "Leah Remini Argues That Scientology Isn't A Religion:"

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* "US federal department is censoring use of term 'climate change', emails reveal:" https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2017/aug/07/usda-climate-change-language-censorship-emails

* "Scientists Fear Trump Will Dismiss Blunt Climate Report:" https://www.nytimes.com/2017/08/07/climate/climate-change-drastic-warming-trump.html

* This is genuinely fascinating. I've never seen all the little underpinings. Little hooks! bands to hold things in place! "The Bowes Museum The Art of Dressing:" http://hoop-skirts-and-corsets.tumblr.com/post/163921970162/the-bowes-museum-the-art-of-dressing-we-filmed

* "Border Patrol: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver:"

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* "A Boy Scouts Ghost Story: The Pumpkin Man Phone-eth:"

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* "Trump Begins His 17-Day Summer Vacation:"

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* "‘Real News Tonight’ Adds Lara Trump As Correspondent:"

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* "Trump's 'Working' Vacation (He's Working On His Golf Swing):"

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* "Mike Pence Looks Thirsty For The Presidency In 2020:"

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* "Eric Bolling is Fox News' Disgraced Employee Of The Month:"

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* "The Late Show's 'WTF Is Up With Millennials?':"

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* "The Strain, Season 4, Episode 4: New Horizons:" http://www.fangsforthefantasy.com/2017/08/the-strain-season-4-episode-4-new.html

* Snerk. "Game of Thrones Season 7, Episode 4:" http://imgur.com/a/TWGgF#Xf890uh

* "Exposition Paintings, Bad Hugs, and Missed Opportunity Dominates Thrones:" https://www.thefandomentals.com/exposition-paintings-bad-hugs-missed-opportunity-dominates-thrones/

* Relateable "How’s It Going:" http://dorktowerfeed.livejournal.com/464080.html

* Death by Silver is delightful! It's very, very me. I would like to thank whichever of you recommended it. For those of you who did not know of this book, it is about two Victorian gentlemen who prefer gentlemen solving a murder in a Victorian London in which metaphysics (Hermetic magic) is a thing. The world building is A++. Patent from a kit magic that completely botches enchantments. Terrible boarding school hazing. A sort of Perter Whimsey/Sherlock Holmes atmosphere with plenty of Waugh tossed in. I am charmed.

* TOS Rewatch, Season 2:

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* TNG Rewatch, Season 6:

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* Next Monday, 9am
September 4 2017, 10am
Next Friday, 7pm

+news +log @recycle Enter Seal Lord Sail water l/out

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

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

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

* How to help the protesters and ordinary people in Venezuela: https://thewynne.tumblr.com/post/163738805241/softestjohn-fiftyeightminutes-softestjohn

* List of places to donate to help trans service members and fight the planned attack on active duty trans soldiers: https://vaspider.tumblr.com/post/163475550346/moonbian-hey-i-know-reblogging-posts-about-how

* Help pay for cat food, litter, meds, medical copays: Paypal Lethran@gmail.com

* Want Game of Thrones without the creepy? We need new players. We are very inclusive. "Game of Bones MUSH:" gobmush.wikidot.com

* Russia keeps violating Turkish airspace with there bombers, which is understandably alarming to the Turks.

* Given we've changed our story four times on our catastrophic bombing of a Doctors without Borders hospital, killing 12 staff and a large number of patients who burned in our beds, I can only assume we are lying and thus I support the Doctors without Borders calls for an independent investigation of this heinous war crime.

* "Can big-game hunting actually lead to conservation?:"

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* "Stalkers, domestic abusers the object of new gun safety bill:"

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* "Kiesha Jenkins Becomes 20th U.S. Trans Woman Murdered This Year:" http://www.advocate.com/transgender/2015/10/06/kiesha-jenkins-becomes-20th-us-trans-woman-murdered-year

* In Australia, even the toddlers are hard core. "Australian toddler's head re-attached to spine:" http://www.bbc.com/news/world-australia-34462990

* "A Linguist Explains What Old-School British Accents Sounded Like:" http://the-toast.net/2014/03/19/a-linguist-explains-british-accents-of-yore/

* "Not So Pro-Life After All:"

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* "Terrible, Unending National Tragedies:"

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* "Shoot First, Ask Questions Never - America's Conversation About Not Talking About Guns:"

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* "That State Is Cray - Deny My Vote - Alabama's DMV Shutdown:"

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* Ebay, One More time:

A Low Candle-Lit Room 2013 (LE, Yules): (Company says: Candle wax and waxen "skin," rotting leather and reeking damp wood, and the ashes of a yawning, cold fireplace.). 3/4 Full.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/301757378182?ssPageName=STRK:MESELX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1555.l2649

* Organizations helping with the refugee crisis: http://captainofalltheships.tumblr.com/post/128790538169/an-updated-list-of-organizations-to-donate-to-help

* A list of LGBTQA Charities to donate money to instead of seeing the racist Stonewall Movie that decided to portray a black trans woman activist as a cis white man. http://awkward0w1.tumblr.com/post/126399233673

* Want Game of Thrones without the creepy? We desperately need new players. We are very inclusive. "Game of Bones MUSH:" gobmush.wikidot.com

* "Rescuers in Myanmar struggle to reach flood-hit areas as death toll rises:" http://america.aljazeera.com/articles/2015/8/3/rescuers-in-myanmar-struggle-to-reach-flood-hit-areas-toll-seen-rising.html?utm_content=nobylines&utm_campaign=ajam&utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=SocialFlow

* "Garda arrested prostitute, and later he went back and had sex with her:" http://www.independent.ie/irish-news/courts/garda-arrested-prostitute-and-later-he-went-back-and-had-sex-with-her-31369850.html

* "President Obama Says Racism And Homophobia Come From The Same Mindset:" http://www.thenewcivilrightsmovement.com/uncucumbered/president_obama_says_racism_and_homophobia_come_from_the_same_mindset

* "Rachel Campos-Duffy: Donald Trump attacked the conservative 'darling':" http://on.msnbc.com/1UvrBEs

* "The battle for voting rights is far from over:"

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* It's like she's saying, "Let them Eat Cake!" "Oklahoma governor's solution for homeowners dealing with swarms of earthquakes? Buy more insurance:" http://www.dailykos.com/story/2015/08/05/1409102/-Oklahoma-governor-s-solution-for-homeowners-dealing-with-swarms-of-earthquakes-Buy-more-insurance?detail=tumblr#

* "College Board Caves To Conservative Pressure, Changes AP U.S. History Curriculum:" http://thinkprogress.org/economy/2015/07/30/3686060/conservatives-get-major-win-fight-ap-history-classes/

* "Court fees trap ex-inmates in a prison of debt :" http://america.aljazeera.com/multimedia/2015/8/court-fees-trap-ex-felons-in-a-prison-of-debt.html?utm_content=bylines&utm_campaign=ajam&utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=SocialFlow

* "Why is a third-grader in handcuffs?" http://on.msnbc.com/1Uvzc5V

* "Superintendent Alberto M. Carvalho: It's time to redefine school discipline:" http://on.msnbc.com/1MhrPhc

We did something similar in the schools where I taught. It doesn’t solve everything, but it is way more logical and better for the students.

* "#OneYearAfterFerguson: #FergusonForward Leslie McSpadden: 'Honor My Son':" http://www.ebony.com/news-views/ferguson-forward-leslie-mcspadden-honor-my-son-606#axzz3iIcMN6j5

* "Two Nine-Year-Olds’ Magnificent Open Letter to Disney About Racial and Gender Stereotypes:" http://www.brainpickings.org/2015/08/03/dexter-disney/

* "How did the divisions of kingdoms and territories come about?" http://seanan-mcguire.livejournal.com/633689.html

* "Criminal - Vintage Torch Song Fiona Apple Cover ft. Ariana Savalas :"

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* Ebays, Links fixed, 2ish days:

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* Want Game of Thrones without the creepy? We desperately need new players. We are very inclusive. "Game of Bones MUSH:" gobmush.wikidot.com

* My RL oldest continuous friend is doing a fundraiser: http://www.gofundme.com/x9g7q2k

* Trying to stay afloat until August: http://www.gofundme.com/cuovws or Lethran@gmail.com

* The U S Embassy in Cuba opened yesterday.

* "MHP: Walker, not Trump, is 'most outrageous candidate':"

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* "Judge Sends Children to Detention Center for Refusing to Speak to Allegedly Abusive Father:" http://www.slate.com/blogs/the_slatest/2015/07/09/judge_sends_children_to_detention_center_for_refusing_to_speak_to_allegedly.html

* "Where’s My Cut?: On Unpaid Emotional Labor:" http://www.metafilter.com/151267/Wheres-My-Cut-On-Unpaid-Emotional-Labor

* "East Lansing Is Getting a New Sex-Ed Curriculum :" http://www.thestranger.com/blogs/slog/2015/07/15/22551061/east-lansing-is-getting-a-new-sex-ed-curriculum

* Given my physical state, I haven't been up to doing a proper debunk of the latest attack on Planned Parenthood, but this says what I would likely have said and more, more elegantly than I would have: http://gwydionmisha.tumblr.com/post/124697634377/mediamattersforamerica-dont-buy-into-the

* "Single mom arrested for ‘abandoning’ her kids at food court while interviewing for job 30 feet away:" http://www.rawstory.com/2015/07/single-mom-arrested-for-abandoning-her-kids-at-food-court-while-interviewing-for-job-30-feet-away/

* "More questions than answers in Sandra Bland case:"

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* "Sure, Whites Are Privileged—but Not Me Personally!:" http://www.psmag.com/politics-and-law/sure-whites-are-privileged--but-not-me-personally

* "Eric Garner's family renews call for criminal charges against NYPD officer:" http://america.aljazeera.com/articles/2015/7/14/eric-garners-family-wants-officer-charged.html?utm_content=nobylines&utm_campaign=ajam&utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=SocialFlow

* "Clock has 'turned back' on voting rights:"

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* "Cara Delevingne: "My Sexuality Is Not A Phase":" http://www.advocate.com/bisexuality/2015/07/19/cara-delevinge-my-sexuality-not-phase

* "Indonesia's Transgender Muslims, Known As Waria, Celebrate Ramadan:" http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/indonesias-transgender-muslims-celebrate-ramadan-photos_55a53543e4b0ecec71bd0ced

* "AZ jails and prisons evaluating transgender policies:" http://www.kpho.com/story/29569709/az-jails-and-prisons-evaluating-transgender-policies

* "Ask a Mortician- Hair & Mourning Jewelry :"

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* "The Seldom-Seen Faces Of The 'Humans Of Kabul':" http://www.npr.org/sections/goatsandsoda/2015/07/18/419549880/the-seldom-seen-faces-of-the-humans-of-kabul

* Where have I been? The heat exhaustion pretty much laid me out. It was overcast today, which helps. I was well enough to bring in the lilies and rearrange the garden.

I finished Staying Power, which I’ve been reading off and on for something like two months. The research involved blows me away and I learned a lot, particularly about the late 19th and 20th Century stuff. It was just incredibly hard to read, For the same reason things about the colonization of the Americas and the resulting genocides are hard to read. For the same reason US History is hard to read. English Imperialism, slavery, racism, police violence, etc. so much like our own, but so much less talked about. These pages drip with the blood of real people, and no person with any decency can read them without feeling the unrelenting cruelty of it. A lot has happened since this was published as far as scholarship on people of African and Asian decent in Medieval England, and we are still trying to piece together that story, so that isn’t to be found in these pages. This book starts with Tudors and goes to the end of the ‘70’s. I am still stunned by the amount of material here organized and documented. It is a reference from which so much scholarship out to spring.

I have read “Black London,” one of these scholarly daughters, some months ago, well written and researched. It goes into depth about the lives of individual 17th and 18th century black Londoners. I hope more such jewels of scholarship will be written in future. These lives deserve to be studied and known. Where their voices survive, they ought to be heard. It’s time to stop whitewashing the past and to stop hiding the blood stains.

* The last of the lilies: http://gwydionmisha.tumblr.com/post/124693900227/the-last-of-the-lilies

* How to make Spiderman relevant: http://gwydionmisha.tumblr.com/post/124723030577/she-got-the-jazz-plintoon-reblogs

* Villains: http://gwydionmisha.tumblr.com/post/124663857054/skarrin-thewightknight-thewightknight-tom

* "The Strain, Season 2, Episode 1: BK, NY :" http://www.fangsforthefantasy.com/2015/07/the-strain-season-2-episode-1-bk-ny.html

* Ebay Time:
AUTUMN FANCIES 2013 (LE, Halloweenies): (Company says: Dry grasses bathed in amber light, muted by gentle shadows.) Top of label.:http://www.ebay.com/itm/-/301667294922?ssPageName=STRK:MEBIDX:IT

* Want Game of Thrones without the creepy? We desperately need new players. We are very inclusive. "Game of Bones MUSH:" gobmush.wikidot.com

* My RL oldest continuous friend is doing a fundraiser: http://www.gofundme.com/x9g7q2k

* Trying to stay afloat until August: http://www.gofundme.com/cuovws or Lethran@gmail.com