* "Taliban complete northeast Afghan blitz as more cities fall:" https://apnews.com/article/joe-biden-taliban-e2c0e7b46c03cebb4fdddca309e005e8

* "Malta: The teenagers pulled from the sea and accused of terrorism:" https://www.bbc.com/news/world-57988934

* "Lalibela: Ethiopia's Tigray rebels take Unesco world heritage town:" https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-58101912

* "Iran's new hardline President Ebrahim Raisi sworn in:" https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-58097195

* "Belarus protests: Trial of opposition figures begins:" https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-58083672

* "Jailed former South African President Zuma admitted to hospital for medical observation:" https://www.cnn.com/2021/08/06/africa/jacob-zuma-hospitalized-intl/index.html

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* "The world is nowhere near the end of the Covid pandemic, says famed epidemiologist Larry Brilliant:" https://www.cnbc.com/2021/08/09/covid-epidemiologist-larry-brilliant-on-delta-variant-vaccinations.html

* Given the shocking high COVID related maternal mortality rate, I am not surprised. "CDC urges COVID vaccines during pregnancy as delta surges:" https://apnews.com/article/health-coronavirus-pandemic-cdc-pregnant-women-vaccines-4e7f7231737a11fbe235fa7180dcfd3a

* Another reason to get the Vaccine: https://twitter.com/HTTOrganizers/status/1424893231674707968

* "India reports 44,643 new coronavirus cases in last 24 hours:" https://www.reuters.com/world/india/india-reports-44643-new-coronavirus-cases-last-24-hours-2021-08-06/

* "Delta threatens rural regions that dodged earlier COVID waves:" https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-021-02146-w

* "Brazil COVID cases top 20 million, death toll at 559,607:" https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/brazil-covid-cases-top-20-million-death-toll-559607-2021-08-04/

* "Brazil reports 43,033 COVID cases, 990 deaths in 24 hours:" https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/brazil-reports-43033-covid-cases-990-deaths-24-hours-2021-08-07/

* "US averaging 100,000 new COVID-19 infections a day:" https://apnews.com/article/health-coronavirus-pandemic-b0811d7287ef240ae619ba1e385e0a63

* "COVID vaccines to be required for military under new US plan:" https://apnews.com/article/coronavirus-vaccine-us-military-requirement-pentagon-3975940c732352f72e41f6e34a3a2669

* "Biden administration considers withholding funds and other measures to spur vaccinations:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/biden-vaccines-delta/2021/08/05/4359ac76-f567-11eb-a49b-d96f2dac0942_story.html

* "Florida breaks record for new daily Covid cases for third time this week:" https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/florida-breaks-record-new-daily-covid-cases-third-time-week-n1276263

* "As Covid Surges in Florida, DeSantis Refuses to Change Course:" https://www.nytimes.com/2021/08/06/us/ron-desantis-florida-covid.html

* "Florida grapples with record Covid surge as school year set to start for some:" https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/florida-grapples-record-covid-surge-school-year-set-start-some-n1276366

* "CDC revises Florida's COVID-19 data: 15,322 more cases, 16 deaths:" https://www.wptv.com/coronavirus/cdc-revises-floridas-covid-19-data-15-322-increased-cases-most-recently-16-deaths

* "Florida Hospitals Are Filling Up As COVID-19 Cases Hit An All-Time High:" https://www.npr.org/sections/coronavirus-live-updates/2021/08/08/1025964502/florida-hospitals-covid-19-cases-record-high

* "Florida's Governor Says School Leaders' Salary May Be Withheld If They Require Masks:" https://www.npr.org/sections/coronavirus-live-updates/2021/08/09/1026299001/florida-governor-desantis-school-superintendent-salary-masks

* "10 children with COVID-19 admitted to Baptist Health in Jacksonville in just 24 hours:" https://www.jacksonville.com/story/news/coronavirus/2021/08/09/jacksonvilles-baptist-health-admits-10-children-covid-19-day/5539768001/

* "‘Shameful’: Florida mom on why she’s suing Gov. DeSantis over mask mandate ban:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/-shameful-florida-mom-on-why-she-s-suing-gov-desantis-over-mask-mandate-ban-118330437680

* "Ron DeSantis Announces Plan to Basically Ensure Florida Schoolchildren Get COVID:" https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2021/08/ron-desantis-florida-covid-anti-mask-measures

* "Federal government sends ventilators to Florida as DeSantis says he's unaware of shipment:" https://www.cnn.com/2021/08/11/politics/florida-ventilators-desantis/index.html

* "As coronavirus rages again in Texas, Gov. Greg Abbott resists statewide action, hamstrings local leaders:" https://www.texastribune.org/2021/08/06/texas-greg-abbott-covid-restrictions/

* "Analysis: Schools open in Texas with unvaccinated K-6 students and months of learning loss to overcome:" https://www.texastribune.org/2021/08/05/texas-schools-covid-vaccinations/

* For comparison, they are required to tell parents about other contagious diseases and parasites like lice, scabies, measles, chicken pox.... "Texas won’t require schools to notify parents of COVID-19 cases:" https://www.texastribune.org/2021/08/06/texas-school-reopening-guidelines/

* "Dozens of Texas hospitals are out of ICU beds as COVID-19 cases again overwhelm the state's capacity:" https://www.texastribune.org/2021/08/10/coronavirus-texas-hospitals-icu-beds/

* "Texas judges temporarily allow officials in Bexar and Dallas counties to issue mask mandates, despite Gov. Greg Abbott’s ban:" https://www.texastribune.org/2021/08/10/texas-mask-mandate/

* "Texas Governor Asks for COVID Help After Royally F--king Up Pandemic Response:" https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2021/08/greg-abbott-texas-covid-catastrophe

* "Masks Required At Williamson County Elementary Schools Again, Amid Parent Protest And Rising COVID Cases:" https://wpln.org/post/masks-required-at-williamson-county-elementary-schools-again-amid-parent-protest-and-rising-covid-cases/

* "Ed Sec. says of DeSantis banning school mask mandates 'don't be reason school is interrupted again':" https://www.msnbc.com/the-reidout/watch/desantis-banning-school-mask-mandates-criticized-by-u-s-education-sec-dr-miguel-a-cardona-118436933710

* "Schools reopen with masks optional in many US classrooms:" https://abcnews.go.com/Health/wireStory/schools-reopen-masks-optional-us-classrooms-79314890

* "Schools caught between protecting against Covid and governor's political pandering:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/schools-caught-between-protecting-against-covid-and-governor-s-political-pandering-118099013661

* "Anti-government Republicans ask for help from the government:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/anti-government-republicans-ask-for-help-from-the-government-118327877957

* "Texas cities defy Governor Abbott to enact protections against surging Covid cases:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/texas-cities-defy-governor-abbott-to-enact-protections-against-surging-covid-cases-118346821512

* "Covid vaccinations in Arkansas, Mississippi, Louisiana and Alabama more than double since July:" https://www.cnbc.com/2021/08/05/covid-vaccinations-more-than-double-in-arkansas-mississippi-louisiana-alabama.html

* "Arkansas judge blocks state from enforcing mask mandate ban:" https://apnews.com/article/health-arkansas-coronavirus-pandemic-d79a14a84f0c7ba3bd6d8b3cf4039404

* "COVID deaths surge, continue to rise in Louisiana as leaders fear 'catastrophic situation':" https://www.nola.com/news/politics/article_cee2c97a-fa31-11eb-8680-93461c3f7996.html

* "3,488 new COVID-19 cases, 36 new deaths reported Tuesday in Mississippi:" https://www.wlox.com/2021/08/10/3488-new-covid-19-cases-36-new-deaths-reported-tuesday-mississippi/

* "Nearly 1,000 Mississippi school students test positive for COVID-19 in past week:" https://www.wapt.com/article/nearly-1000-mississippi-school-students-test-positive-for-covid-19-in-past-week/37272725

* "Covid delivers tragic lesson to Mississippi county's sheriff's office:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/covid-delivers-tragic-lesson-to-mississippi-county-s-sheriff-s-office-118344261793

* "Already exhausted health workers overwhelmed by new wave of unvaccinated Covid patients:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/already-exhausted-health-workers-overwhelmed-by-new-wave-of-unvaccinated-covid-patients-118452293934

* "'Next level disaster' as hospital capacity runs out due to Covid crisis in Mississippi:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/-next-level-disaster-as-hospital-capacity-runs-out-due-to-covid-crisis-in-mississippi-118453317633

* "Atlanta hospitals swamped, patients being diverted as COVID-19 cases surge:" https://atlantaintownpaper.com/2021/08/atlanta-hospitals-swamped-patients-being-diverted-as-covid-19-cases-surge/

* "'We are in a very bad place': Alabama COVID-19 hospitalizations breach 2,100 as ICU beds dwindle:" https://www.montgomeryadvertiser.com/story/news/local/2021/08/09/alabama-covid-cases-hospitalizations-strain-state-icu-capacity/5538009001/

* "Alabama reports 88 COVID deaths in August, 24 in one county:" https://www.al.com/news/2021/08/alabama-reported-88-new-covid-deaths-in-first-week-of-august-24-in-one-county.html

* "Arkansas reports 3,037 new COVID cases, 22 more deaths:" https://katv.com/news/local/arkansas-reports-3037-new-covid-cases-22-more-deaths

* "The State Of Arkansas Has Only 8 Empty ICU Beds, As COVID-19 Cases Resurge:" https://www.npr.org/sections/coronavirus-live-updates/2021/08/10/1026409785/arkansas-hospital-bed-icu-shortage-covid-19-surge

* "'We are tired': Los Angeles considers vaccine mandate as Covid surge threatens disruptions:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/-we-are-tired-los-angeles-considers-vaccine-mandate-as-covid-surge-threatens-disruptions-118098501715

* This should be universal unless there is a bona fide medical reason not. "California Becomes The 1st State To Require Vaccination For All School Staff:" https://www.npr.org/2021/08/11/1026798288/california-teachers-covid-vaccination-mandatory-schools

* "It was a superspreader event in 2020. Now it’s roaring back in time for delta.:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/annual-motorcycle-rally-in-sturgis-south-dakota-arrives-just-in-time-during-delta-variant-covid-surge-118089797673

* "Even libertarians aren’t buying the ‘freedom to be unvaccinated’ argument:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/even-libertarians-aren-t-buying-the-freedom-to-be-unvaccinated-argument-118438469507

* To sum up, his children are precious and should be protected from the risk of death and permanent disability, but it's essential that we expose and many children of the Poors as possible to Pwn the libs. "Cruz calls for ‘zero’ Covid mandates as his kids safely attend school requiring masks:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/cruz-calls-for-zero-covid-mandates-as-his-kids-safely-attend-school-requiring-masks-118436421756

* "Marjorie Taylor Greene suggests Alabamians would shoot Biden’s ‘police state friends’: Leaked video:" https://www.al.com/politics/2021/08/marjorie-taylor-greene-suggests-alabamians-would-shoot-bidens-police-state-friends-leaked-video.html

* "Joy Reid calls out GOP leaders retooling party around vaccine refusal:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-reidout/watch/republican-leaders-focused-on-vaccine-refusal-slammed-by-joy-reid-118091845827

* Rightly so! "Sen. Rand Paul suspended from YouTube for a week after misleading video on face masks:" https://ktla.com/news/coronavirus/sen-rand-paul-suspended-from-youtube-for-a-week-after-misleading-video-on-face-masks/

* "Politics expert says of GOP COVID deniers ‘The Republican Party only cares about ME’:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-reidout/watch/florida-and-texas-governors-ban-school-mask-mandates-covid-19-as-delta-variant-surges-118246981931

* "'Inciting lawlessness': Rand Paul ripped for urging people to 'resist' CDC:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/-inciting-lawlessness-rand-paul-ripped-for-urging-people-to-resist-cdc-118243909915

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* "9/11 families to President Biden: Don’t come to our memorial events:" https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/9-11-families-president-biden-don-t-come-our-memorial-n1276138

* "Biden extends freeze on student loans as progressives push to cancel them:" https://www.politico.com/news/2021/08/06/student-loan-payment-freeze-extended-502720

* "Is the CDC's Eviction Moratorium a Third Amendment Violation?:" https://reason.com/2021/08/10/is-the-cdcs-eviction-moratorium-a-third-amendment-violation/

* "Senate adopts budget that paves way for $3.5T spending plan:" https://www.politico.com/news/2021/08/10/senate-vote-a-rama-503427

* "Dems reveal $3.5T budget that sidesteps debt ceiling:" https://www.politico.com/news/2021/08/09/democrats-unveil-budget-to-launch-35t-plan-without-republican-help-502822

* "Sec. Buttigieg: We also need to move forward on 'human infrastructure' track:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-reidout/watch/infrastructure-bill-passing-in-the-senate-must-be-followed-by-human-infrastructure-track-sec-buttigieg-says-118331973605

* "Rep. Cori Bush: Have eviction moratorium go through course of pandemic:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-reidout/watch/eviction-moratorium-extension-and-eviction-relief-charge-led-by-rep-cori-bush-118021189979

* "Sen. Van Hollen responds to Manchin concern about $3.5T budget deal price:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/sen-chris-van-hollen-responds-to-joe-manchin-s-concern-about-3-5t-budget-deal-price-118435397932

* "Joy Reid critiques statements by Sen. Kyrsten Sinema in this edition of ‘The Absolute Worst’:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-reidout/watch/infrastructure-bill-negotiations-bipartisanship-and-the-filibuster-as-discussed-by-sen-kyrsten-sinema-critiqued-by-joy-reid-118249541722

* "Dark money, gerrymandering, ballot access: Democrats streamline voting rights bill :" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/dark-money-gerrymandering-ballot-access-democrats-streamline-voting-rights-bill-118098501775

* I am frightened if we lose this time we lose for generations, the way it happened when Radical Reconstruction ended. We lose the right to vote, we lose everything.

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* "Texas Supreme Court halts ruling that protected Democrats from arrest in voting rights standoff:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2021/08/09/texas-democrats-arrest-judge-voting-restrictions/

* "Texas House speaker signs arrest warrants for Democrats who broke quorum over voting restrictions:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/texas-house-speaker-signs-arrest-warrants-for-democrats-who-broke-quorum-over-voting-restrictions/2021/08/10/fd739c52-fa12-11eb-943a-c5cf30d50e6a_story.html

* "Evers vetoes election bills as Republicans question presidential election that has repeatedly been upheld:" https://www.jsonline.com/story/news/politics/2021/08/10/gov-tony-evers-vetoes-string-republican-backed-election-bills-wisconsin/5496702001/

* "Joy Reid on the 185,000 people Georgia is set to purge from voter rolls:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-reidout/watch/georgia-to-purge-up-to-185-000-people-from-voter-rolls-118090821857

* "Wisconsin GOP lawmaker takes first step toward launching Arizona-style election review:" https://www.politico.com/news/2021/08/06/wisconsin-gop-lawmaker-arizona-election-502708

* "Joy Reid critiques Tucker Carlson and many conservatives’ love of autocrats:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-reidout/watch/tucker-carlson-broadcasting-his-show-from-hungary-critiqued-by-joy-reid-118021701608

* "Rep. Swalwell: The twin lies that the election was stolen and vaccines don’t work are killing us:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-reidout/watch/trump-era-violent-extremism-of-jan-6-capitol-insurrection-and-beyond-analyzed-by-rep-eric-swalwell-malcolm-nance-118437445651

* "Federal judge says Trump’s accountants must turn over tax records to House panel:" https://www.politico.com/news/2021/08/11/trump-taxes-house-subpoeana-503800

* "Mary Trump: Donald Trump would end American experiment for his empowerment:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-reidout/watch/trump-s-niece-mary-trump-calls-former-president-much-worse-than-a-sociopath-in-new-book-118020677789

* "Election law expert: Trump is planning much more reasonable coup next time:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/election-law-expert-rick-hasan-says-donald-trump-is-planning-much-more-reasonable-coup-next-time-118088773733

* "January 6 committee considers whether to seek Trump White House call logs as investigators eye next steps:" https://www.cnn.com/2021/08/06/politics/january-6-committee-investigation-white-house-phone-logs/index.html

* "Sen. Whitehouse says U.S. came ‘pretty close’ to seeing democracy dismantled:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-reidout/watch/trump-s-apparent-attempts-to-overturn-2020-elections-discussed-by-sen-sheldon-whitehouse-118248005522

* "The one line that exposes Trump's real plan to overturn the 2020 election:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/the-one-line-that-exposes-trump-s-real-plan-to-overturn-the-2020-election-118255685533

* "Former Acting Attorney General Testifies About Trump’s Efforts to Subvert Election:" https://www.nytimes.com/2021/08/07/us/politics/jeffrey-rosen-trump-election.html

* "Hayes breaks down Trump’s ‘unnervingly plausible path’ to stealing the election:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/chris-hayes-breaks-down-trump-s-unnervingly-plausible-path-to-stealing-the-2020-election-118018629563

* "Mehdi: Why hasn’t Trump been charged for attempting to overturn election?:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/mehdi-why-hasn-t-trump-been-charged-for-attempting-to-overturn-election-118242885720

* "Facts so far in Trump coup probe suggest criminal referral likely:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/facts-so-far-in-trump-coup-probe-suggest-criminal-referral-likely-118256197654

* "Resignation of U.S. attorney takes spotlight in probe of Trump effort to overturn election:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/resignation-of-u-s-attorney-takes-spotlight-in-probe-of-trump-effort-to-overturn-election-118452293982

* "‘The stuff of which violent insurrections are made:’ Federal judge punishes Colorado lawyers for 2020 election lawsuit:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/colorado-sanctions-trump-lawsuit/2021/08/04/704dec92-f53a-11eb-a49b-d96f2dac0942_story.html

* "Capitol rioters enter first guilty pleas to assaulting police, a possible benchmark for other cases:" https://www.latimes.com/politics/story/2021-08-06/capitol-rioters-enter-1st-guilty-pleas-to-assaulting-police

* "'Ordinary police work' keeps the innocent on death row:" https://scalawagmagazine.org/2021/06/qualified-immunity/

* "SECRET NYPD DOCUMENT TEACHES COPS TO ILLEGALLY RAID SEALED RECORDS:" https://theintercept.com/2021/07/21/nypd-secret-training-sealed-arrest-records/

* "Black man remains imprisoned after prosecutor says he’s innocent, but Missouri governor pardons gun-toting couple:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-reidout/watch/missouri-governor-pardons-gun-toting-couple-black-man-prosecutors-say-is-innocent-remains-imprisoned-118092357585

* CW: Rape, Torture, Domestic Abuse. "EXTORTION AND LIES? Manson Case Update & FOURTH Lawsuit:"





* CW: Pedophilia. "Gay Arizona Politician Arrested, Accused of Sexual Contact With Minor:" https://www.advocate.com/crime/2021/8/07/gay-arizona-politician-arrested-accused-sexual-contact-minor

* CW: Sexual Abuse. "Cuomo Resigns Amid Scandals, Ending Decade-Long Run in Disgrace:" https://www.nytimes.com/2021/08/10/nyregion/andrew-cuomo-resigns.html

* CW: Sexual Abuse. "Cuomo Lawyers Hit Back as Aide Who Says He Groped Her Files Complaint:" https://www.nytimes.com/2021/08/06/nyregion/andrew-cuomo-criminal-complaint.html

* CW: Sexual Abuse. "Melissa DeRosa, top aide to Cuomo, resigns in wake of state attorney general’s report:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/melissa-derosa-top-aide-to-cuomo-resigns-in-wake-of-state-attorney-general-report/2021/08/08/f56ae2e0-f8b4-11eb-943a-c5cf30d50e6a_story.html

* "Hochul poised to lead N.Y., a rare exception to state's gross, creepy political legacy:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/hochul-poised-to-lead-n-y-a-rare-exception-to-state-s-gross-creepy-political-legacy-118343749698

* "Is Medicine Sexist?:"





* "Trans women stripped naked, beaten and threatened by mob after escaping prison 'hell' in Cameroon:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2021/08/11/cameroon-trans-women-shakiro-mob/

* "London trans rights protest condemns 'absolute shambles' of Tory government: 'This cannot go on':" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2021/08/06/london-trans-rights-protest/

* "Tierramarie Lewis, Black Trans Woman, Killed in Cleveland:" https://www.advocate.com/crime/2021/8/09/tierramarie-lewis-black-trans-woman-killed-cleveland

* "Snickers Yanks Homophobic Spanish Ad Under Pressure from LGBTQ+ Groups:" https://www.advocate.com/media/2021/8/09/snickers-yanks-homophobic-spanish-ad-under-pressure-lgbtq-groups

* "Study: COVID Vax as Effective for People With HIV as Those Without:" https://www.hivplusmag.com/news/2021/8/10/study-covid-vax-effective-people-hiv-those-without

* "Ejaculating 21 Times a Month May Cut Prostate Cancer Risk:" https://www.hivplusmag.com/news/2021/8/05/ejaculating-21-times-month-may-cut-prostate-cancer-risk

* "Manchester Gay Village raises thousands for life-saving condom scheme after Pride cuts funding:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2021/08/09/manchester-pride-gay-village-condom/

* CW: Torture, Extreme Abuse. "Yemen's Mentally Ill Are Chained, Tranquilized & Abandoned:"





* "How the Travel Industry Ignores The Disabled:" https://www.outtraveler.com/news/2021/8/09/how-travel-industry-ignores-disabled

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The World is basically on Fire/Melting. I'm putting stuff to do with it here.

* "'Code red': UN scientists warn of worsening global warming:" https://apnews.com/article/asia-pacific-latin-america-middle-east-africa-europe-1d89d5183583718ad4ad311fa2ee7d83

* "A critical ocean system may be heading for collapse due to climate change, study finds:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/2021/08/05/change-ocean-collapse-atlantic-meridional/

* "Earth has been trapping heat at an alarming new rate, study finds:" https://www.theverge.com/2021/6/18/22539924/earth-trapping-heat-climate-change-nasa

* "As China Boomed, It Didn’t Take Climate Change Into Account. Now It Must.:" https://www.nytimes.com/2021/07/26/world/asia/china-climate-change.html

* "Heavy rain in Sichuan forces evacuation of 80,000 people:" https://www.reuters.com/world/china/heavy-rain-sichuan-causes-economic-losses-houses-collapse-state-media-2021-08-09/

* "Siberia’s wildfires are bigger than all the world’s other blazes combined:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2021/08/11/siberia-fires-russia-climate/

* "For The 1st Time In Recorded History, Smoke From Wildfires Reaches The North Pole:" https://www.npr.org/2021/08/10/1026423546/first-time-ever-smoke-wildfires-siberia-russia-north-pole

* "Raging wildfires in Greece, Turkey, force thousands to flee:" https://apnews.com/article/europe-fires-athens-heat-waves-4fca06093b6e4c0c463210dfe7fb4cfb

* "Drone footage shows devastation after wildfires ravage Turkey's pine forests:" https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/drone-footage-shows-devastation-after-wildfires-ravage-turkeys-pine-forests-2021-08-09/

* "Greece faces 'disaster of unprecedented proportions' as wildfires ravage the country:" https://www.cnn.com/2021/08/09/europe/greece-wildfire-warning-climate-intl/index.html

* "Greece wildfires spread, causing mass evacuations:" https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-58124129

* "Forest fire in Greece threatens Olympics birthplace:" https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/8/5/raging-forest-fire-in-greece-threatens-olympics-birthplace

* "Arsonists Behind More than Half of Italy's Wildfires, Officials Say:" https://www.voanews.com/europe/arsonists-behind-more-half-italys-wildfires-officials-say

* "As Mediterranean Wildfires Rage, Italy Counts Environmental Losses :" https://www.voanews.com/europe/mediterranean-wildfires-rage-italy-counts-environmental-losses

* "Forest fire forces evacuation of 160 residents in Spain’s Valencia Province:" https://www.theolivepress.es/spain-news/2021/08/09/forest-fire-forces-evacuation-of-160-residents-in-spains-valencia-province/

* "Turkey’s wildfires tell a devastating story of neglect and failure:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/08/04/turkey-wildfires-coast-erdogan-climate-change/

* "Canada, U.S. seek new approach as blistering 2021 wildfire season drains resources:" https://www.ctvnews.ca/climate-and-environment/canada-u-s-seek-new-approach-as-blistering-2021-wildfire-season-drains-resources-1.5534576

* "Canadian wildfires could intensify from a looming heat wave.:" https://www.nytimes.com/2021/08/09/world/canada/canada-wildfires.html

* "The Dixie Fire Explodes To Become The 3rd-Largest Wildfire In California's History:" https://www.npr.org/2021/08/06/1025495042/dixie-fire-california-wildfire-greenville

* "'We lost Greenville': Wildfire decimates California town:" https://apnews.com/article/fires-environment-and-nature-california-13faa6976260a4a9e10906c70b4ed2d0

* "Global Temperature Over My Lifetime:" https://xkcd.com/2500/

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* "Did Chevron Imprison Environmental Lawyer Steve Donziger:"





* "Farm pesticides killing more bees - study:" https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-58089545

* "The Hard Sell of Whale Sanctuaries | Hakai Magazine:" https://www.hakaimagazine.com/features/the-hard-sell-of-whale-sanctuaries/

* "In the 1500s, Mail Disinfection Was Really, Really Weird:" https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2021/07/disinfected-mail-history-quarantine/619475/

* CW: Rape. "Women's Experience Under Slavery: Crash Course Black American History #11:"





* "The Louisiana Rebellion of 1811: Crash Course Black American History #12:"





* "Could You Really Legally Kill Someone with a "Wanted Dead or Alive" Bounty on Their Head?:"





* "The Railroad Journey and the Industrial Revolution: Crash Course World History 214:"





* "That Time Teddy Roosevelt Got Shot in the Chest But Gave a 90 Minute Speech Anyway:"





* "WHAT HAPPENED TO TITANIC'S DEAD?:"





* "How Switzerland Managed to Remain Neutral with WWI and WWII Raging Around Them:"





* "That Time British Witches Tried to Stop a Nazi Invasion Using Magic:"





* "Special Report-In Russian city haunted by 1962 protest massacre, Navalny gains little traction:" https://www.reuters.com/article/us-russia-navalny-protest-city-special-r/special-report-in-russian-city-haunted-by-1962-protest-massacre-navalny-gains-little-traction-idUSKBN2F01IO

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* I have serious ethical qualms with the Olympics for a multitude of reasons. At the same time there are some stories I feel are important to note, so I've decided to carve out a section between the lines.

* "Olympic Soccer Player Quinn Becomes First Trans Athlete to Medal:" https://www.advocate.com/sports/2021/8/06/olympic-soccer-player-quinn-becomes-first-trans-athlete-medal-0

* "Tom Daley Wins Bronze Amid Anti-LGBTQ+ Insults From Russian TV:" https://www.advocate.com/sports/2021/8/09/tom-daley-wins-bronze-amid-anti-lgbtq-insults-russian-tv

* "Team USA Women's Basketball Wins Gold, Sue Bird Kisses Megan Rapinoe:" https://www.advocate.com/sports/2021/8/09/team-usa-womens-basketball-wins-gold-sue-bird-kisses-megan-rapinoe

* "A Brief History of LGBTQ+ Olympians:" https://www.advocate.com/exclusives/2021/8/06/brief-history-out-lgbtq-olympians#media-gallery-media-15

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* "AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka dead at 72:" https://www.politico.com/news/2021/08/05/afl-cio-trumka-dead-502573

* "Chris Hayes honors union leader Richard Trumka who passed away at 72:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/chris-hayes-honors-union-leader-richard-trumka-who-passed-away-at-72-118020677564

* "Offers flooding in after woodland hermit's cabin burns down:" https://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/woodland-hermits-cabin-fire-leads-state-investigation-79291789

* "Sugar Daddies, Con Artists, & The Downfall Of Erika Jayne:"





* "Chernobyl Doctor Fact Checks the HBO Series:"





* "Gay Bar Murder Mysteries, from Starsky & Hutch to Murder She Wrote:"





* "Villain Therapy: LOKI:"





* "Earthsea: What the Original Wizard School Got Right:"





* CW: Sexual Assault, Domestic Abuse. "The Sadism of Class:"





* "He Sees Right Through Me — A Gelatinous Cube Love Song:"





* On Monday, The Emperor Octavian formally claimed Nearby Millennial for his clowder. The Empress did NOT approve.

* Black Olympians: https://efti.es/noticias/ana-martinez-para-neo2

* I endorse all of this on the Green Knight: https://beast-glatisant.tumblr.com/post/658732217544146944/one-criticism-they-made-sir-gawain-say-no-homo

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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.

* Hey! Want to propose Washington State geographical features to be renamed? "Committee on Geographic Names:" https://www.dnr.wa.gov/about/boards-and-councils/board-natural-resources/committee-geographic-names

* Want to help get Rand Paul out of the senate? Support Charles Booker:" https://secure.actblue.com/donate/cb-ads-dd-google-senate-launch?source=ads_ms_CHB_20210701-DD-GS-SenateLaunch_brandedkw-Natl-1865U-MF_a003-CHB-cbfuss-gstxt-txt&gclid=Cj0KCQjwxJqHBhC4ARIsAChq4auMxkyB4EqbiJYINuvQfZwWndHRj6juSW_B_MPhbIc8BhM8dJPkZbEaArBaEALw_wcB

* Want to help Chris Jones against Sarah Huckabee sanders in Arkansas? https://secure.actblue.com/donate/chrisjonesar

* Chicksaw bead artist and cool person has Kiamichi Beading suitable for non-native sale: https://www.instagram.com/kiamichi_beading/

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

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

* Cat Rescue Fundraiser: https://gwydionmisha.tumblr.com/post/642429918533304320/design-a-tea-where-tea-leaves-dream-custom

* "The Midwest Immigration Bond Fund!:" https://secure.actblue.com/donate/midwestibf

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

* 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

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

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

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

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

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* Help pay for cat food, litter, meds, medical copays: Paypal [email protected] or paypal.me/Gwydion

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