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* "Strike paralyzes Lebanon as economic conditions worsen:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/strike-paralyzes-lebanon-amid-worsening-economic-conditions/2022/01/13/9e80dedc-744f-11ec-a26d-1c21c16b1c93_story.html

* "Portraits of fear and loss:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/interactive/2022/women-life-taliban-afghanistan/?itid=mr_world_1

* "Russia moves more troops westward amid Ukraine tensions:" https://apnews.com/article/moscow-russia-europe-belarus-ukraine-555703583c8f9d54bd42e60aca895590

* "Sen. Murphy: We should be very worried about war in Europe over Russia-Ukraine tensions:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-reidout/watch/ukraine-facing-100-000-russian-troops-amassed-on-its-border-discussed-by-sen-chris-murphy-131253829691

* "The Day After Russia Attacks:" https://www.foreignaffairs.com/articles/ukraine/2022-01-21/day-after-russia-attacks

* "Biden predicts Russian invasion of Ukraine, but "minor incursion" may prompt discussion over consequences:" https://www.cnn.com/politics/live-news/joe-biden-press-conference-01-19-22/h_699d89bb5c17489b49a54ae70409fbca

* "Tory MP claims No 10 ‘blackmailing’ rebels as Wakeford says funding was threatened before he defected – as it happened:" https://www.theguardian.com/politics/live/2022/jan/20/boris-johnson-conservatives-tory-labour-latest-updates

* This is from tumblr, but it's an excellent summary of the Boris Johnson cluster of scandals: https://becausegoodheroesdeservekidneys.tumblr.com/post/673901375516753920/hoo-boy-the-circus-is-in-town-this-week-lads-i

* "As an MP, I've had death threats and been attacked, but I will never be silenced:" https://metro.co.uk/2022/01/07/as-an-mp-ive-had-death-threats-and-been-attacked-i-wont-be-silenced-15881199/

* "Woman jailed for death threats to Bradford MP Naz Shah:" https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2022/jan/14/naz-shah-mp-death-threats-sundas-alam-jailed

* "‘Unpalletable’: Scott Morrison hits reverse on plan to allow under-18s to drive forklifts:" https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2022/jan/20/unpalletable-scott-morrison-hits-reverse-on-plan-to-allow-under-18s-to-drive-forklifts

* "Kenyan vigilantes taking on avocado gangs:" https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-59989656

* "Belgian court jails trafficking gang leader for Vietnamese truck deaths:" https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/belgian-court-jails-trafficking-gang-leader-vietnamese-truck-deaths-2022-01-19/

* "China's births fall in 2021, as workforce shrinks:" https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/chinas-birth-rate-falls-2021-workforce-shrinks-rcna12446

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* "Study shows COVID-19 vaccines offer lasting protection:" https://uncnews.unc.edu/2022/01/12/study-shows-covid-19-vaccines-offer-lasting-protection/

* "Association of vaccination status with Long COVID symptoms:" https://www.news-medical.net/news/20220110/Association-of-vaccination-status-with-Long-COVID-symptoms.aspx

* "COVID-19 will continue but the end of the pandemic is near:" https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(22)00100-3/fulltext

* "Biden acknowledges his team should have done more COVID testing earlier:" https://www.npr.org/2022/01/19/1073825012/biden-press-conference-covid-19-aid-infrastructure

* "White House to distribute 400 million free N95 masks starting next week:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/2022/01/19/free-n95-masks/

* "“We’re about to catch on fire”: Inside a Texas hospital battling omicron and staffing shortages:" https://www.texastribune.org/2022/01/17/texas-hospital-omicron-staff-nurses/

* "For Texas children, COVID-19 hospitalizations are outpacing vaccinations:" https://www.texastribune.org/2022/01/14/texas-covid-19-children-hospitalizations/

* "COVID cases are at an all-time high in Mississippi. Are vaccination rates following?:" https://www.clarionledger.com/story/news/2022/01/17/covid-19-surges-mississippi-vaccination-rate-stays-stagnant/6539131001/

* "Alabama health leaders worried about youth COVID numbers:" https://www.rocketcitynow.com/article/news/local/alabama-health-officials-concerned-rising-number-kids-covid/525-7f7f1e6f-5140-4789-b345-a5f86dbc302e

* "COVID not going away even after omicron wave peaks in Alabama, expert says:" https://www.al.com/coronavirus/2022/01/covid-not-going-away-even-after-omicron-wave-peaks-in-alabama-expert-says.html

* "Northeast TN COVID case rate up 86% in a week, just off record high:" https://www.wjhl.com/local-coronavirus-coverage/northeast-tn-covid-case-rate-up-86-in-a-week-just-off-record-high/

* "Indiana House passes bill restricting employer vaccine mandates despite COVID-19 surge:" https://www.indystar.com/story/news/politics/2022/01/18/indiana-house-passes-bill-restricting-vaccine-mandates-hb-1001/6529347001/

* "'Everyone is so tired': Inside IU Health Methodist as it is overwhelmed by COVID patients:" https://www.indystar.com/story/news/health/2022/01/13/indiana-covid-19-patients-iu-health-methodist-overwhelmed-coronavirus-pandemic/9135493002/

* "Indiana schools buckling under weight of eye-popping new record for COVID-19 cases:" https://www.indystar.com/story/news/education/2022/01/18/covid-indiana-schools-cases-last-week-double-previous-record/6561727001/

* "COVID-19 hits Missouri nursing homes again; staff hard hit:" https://www.ky3.com/2022/01/14/covid-19-hits-missouri-nursing-homes-again-staff-hard-hit/

* "As COVID-19 surges, Rhode Island Hospital welcomes help from military medical team:" https://www.providencejournal.com/story/news/local/2022/01/13/us-military-medical-team-dispatched-by-biden-welcomed-ri-hospitals-covid-cases-surge/6512218001/

* "New Hampshire hospitalizations rise as COVID-19 cases continue to hit record levels:" https://www.wmur.com/article/new-hampshire-hospitalizations-covid-19-cases-january-13-2022/38760941#

* "What the Omicron Wave Looks Like at One Brooklyn E.R.:" https://www.nytimes.com/2022/01/15/nyregion/brooklyn-omicron-cases.html

* "Gorsuch didn't mask despite Sotomayor's COVID worries, leading her to telework:" https://www.npr.org/2022/01/18/1073428376/supreme-court-justices-arent-scorpions-but-not-happy-campers-either

* "Justice Sotomayor works remotely due to apparent occupational hazard:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/justice-sotomayor-works-remotely-due-to-apparent-occupational-hazard-131159109913

* Why Covid is so much worse than the death rate: https://seananmcguire.tumblr.com/post/674056022331162624

* "Have I finally found the right word?:" https://solarbird.dreamwidth.org/1819999.html

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* "Newly Declassified Video Shows U.S. Killing of 10 Civilians in Drone Strike:" https://www.nytimes.com/2022/01/19/us/politics/afghanistan-drone-strike-video.html

* "‘Give Manchin the pen’: Markey, Khanna on how to get climate in Build Back Better:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/-give-manchin-the-pen-markey-khanna-on-how-to-get-climate-in-build-back-better-131437125850

* "Chris Hayes: Lawmakers must prioritize climate in the Build Back Better bill:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/chris-hayes-lawmakers-must-prioritize-climate-in-the-build-back-better-bill-131437125721

* "Sec. Buttigieg: We’re focused on making infrastructure jobs more workers of color, women:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-reidout/watch/biden-s-first-anniversary-infrastructure-bill-administration-s-plans-discussed-by-transportation-sec-buttigieg-131351621575

* "BNSF Railroad Tries to Block 17,000 Workers From Striking:" https://www.usnews.com/news/best-states/texas/articles/2022-01-19/bnsf-railroad-tries-to-block-17-000-workers-from-striking

* "Wisconsin Judge Orders At-Will Employees to Stay at Jobs:" https://themountain.news/news/wisconsin-judge-orders-at-will-employees-to-stay-at-jobs

* "Voting bill collapses, Democrats unable to change filibuster:" https://apnews.com/article/voting-rights-joe-biden-kyrsten-sinema-elections-voting-f6c2cfd9f79a1658c2998f3b7b14588d

* "Rep. Sewell: "A high sign of hypocrisy" that lawmakers who approved Voting Rights Act in 2006 won't act now:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-sunday-show/watch/rep-sewell-a-high-sign-of-hypocrisy-that-lawmakers-who-approved-voting-rights-act-in-2006-won-t-act-now-130992197829

* "Jonathan Capehart explains why he's worried about democracy:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-sunday-show/watch/jonathan-capehart-explains-why-he-s-worried-about-democracy-130994245730

* "Voting rights activists see hope in fight for access to the ballot:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-sunday-show/watch/voting-rights-activists-see-hope-in-fight-for-access-to-the-ballot-130994757844

* "Congressional Black Caucus chair offers political warning to voting rights opponents:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/congressional-black-caucus-chair-offers-political-warning-to-voting-rights-opponents-131084869950

* "Dr. Bernice King: I think it's time for massive civil disobedience, noncooperation with evil:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-reidout/watch/martin-luther-king-s-legacy-is-remembered-by-his-daughter-dr-bernice-king-131077189703

* "Marc Elias to GOP: Stop suppressing the vote, and I’ll stop suing:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/marc-elias-to-gop-stop-suppressing-the-vote-and-i-ll-stop-suing-131249221767

* "Senator Hassan shames Republicans for failure to stand up for democracy:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/senator-hassan-shames-republicans-for-failure-to-stand-up-for-democracy-131262533996

* "Protecting the Right to Vote: The Only Way to Safeguard LGBTQ+ Rights:" https://www.advocate.com/commentary/2022/1/17/protecting-right-vote-only-way-safeguard-lgbtq-rights

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

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

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

* "Idaho Supreme Court hears arguments over redistricting:" https://apnews.com/article/lawsuits-idaho-redistricting-boise-voting-districts-daef27a4d91bc6892753e9c449d2baae

* "DeSantis shakes up Florida redistricting as veto concerns grow:" https://www.politico.com/states/florida/story/2022/01/18/desantis-shakes-up-florida-redistricting-as-veto-concerns-grow-1405811

* "Plans to close all but one polling place in a rural Georgia county reverberate through a battleground state:" https://www.cnn.com/2022/01/19/politics/poll-closures-rural-lincoln-county-georgia/index.html

* "A Wisconsin judge rules absentee ballot drop boxes are not allowed under state law:" https://www.npr.org/2022/01/13/1072929277/a-wisconsin-judge-rules-absentee-ballot-drop-boxes-are-not-allowed-under-state-l

* "Texas rejects hundreds of mail ballot applications under new voting limits:" https://www.reuters.com/world/us/texas-rejects-hundreds-mail-ballot-applications-under-new-voting-limits-2022-01-18/

* "Republican voting restriction strategy already bearing fruit in Texas:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/republican-voting-restriction-strategy-already-bearing-fruit-in-texas-131084869857

* "Trump campaign officials, led by Rudy Giuliani, oversaw fake electors plot in 7 states:" https://www.cnn.com/2022/01/20/politics/trump-campaign-officials-rudy-giuliani-fake-electors/index.html

* "New Mexico Republican who signed bogus electoral certificate says he has 'no regrets whatsoever':" https://finance.yahoo.com/news/mexico-republican-signed-bogus-electoral-000924926.html?guce_referrer=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuZ29vZ2xlLmNvbS8&guce_referrer_sig=AQAAAINyCQrzPs6hkXAdjAHESwULWpkF6JBU29FbN0LShN8riN81g1tyGOKl3cbQCPOB9DnGbzYL3Hhlh_eUooETlQqUvT1zObgjUyxOBJjTFqlaStzo86br1tM0CaItqT-XgDkik_xFiMySv2ejcKtvbAEGEOdQVPg4NhZ2FKdajvAX

* "Legal line crossed? Nevada GOP’s faux electors draw scrutiny:" https://lasvegassun.com/news/2022/jan/20/legal-line-crossed-nevada-gops-faux-electors-draw/

* "Milwaukee County prosecutor seeks to pass off case over fake electors to state or federal agencies:" https://www.jsonline.com/story/news/politics/2022/01/20/milwaukee-county-seeks-pass-case-over-fake-electors-wisconsin-ag/6591509001/

* "Michigan GOP co-chair says Trump campaign directed fake electors, per CNN audio:" https://www.freep.com/story/news/local/michigan/detroit/2022/01/20/meshawn-maddock-donald-trump-fake-electors-cnn-audio/6599607001/

* "Will false Trump electors’ attempt to hijack the Georgia vote be punished?:" https://www.gpb.org/news/2022/01/18/will-false-trump-electors-attempt-hijack-the-georgia-vote-be-punished

* "Arizona's phony electors aren't patriots, they're traitors:" https://www.azcentral.com/story/opinion/op-ed/ej-montini/2022/01/14/phony-electors-jan-6-house-committee/6525978001/

* "Rudy Giuliani reportedly the ringleader of fake Trump elector scheme:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/rudy-giuliani-reportedly-the-ringleader-of-fake-trump-elector-scheme-131362373903

* "U.S. charges Texas man for threatening Georgia election officials:" https://www.reuters.com/world/us/us-charges-texas-man-threatening-georgia-government-officials-2022-01-21/

* "People Left Death Threats for Election Workers. We Called Them Back.:"





* "DOJ task force brings first charges for threats against election workers:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/doj-task-force-brings-first-charges-for-threats-against-election-workers-131448389571

* "Republican hails infrastructure investment she bashed as 'socialism'; voted against it:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/republican-hails-infrastructure-investment-she-bashed-as-socialism-voted-against-it-131449413701

* "One-on-one with outgoing Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam, and lessons learned from "the yearbook incident.":" https://www.msnbc.com/the-sunday-show/watch/one-on-one-with-outgoing-virginia-gov-ralph-northam-and-lessons-learned-from-the-yearbook-incident-130994757727

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

* "Republicans enter 'post-election' phase, blindly disputing vote outcomes:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/republicans-enter-post-election-phase-blindly-disputing-vote-outcomes-131085381986

* "MAGA hats and QAnon: Inside Trump’s first rally of 2022:" https://www.politico.com/news/2022/01/16/trump-first-rally-2022-maga-527206

* "Trump shares stage with self-proclaimed Oath Keeper at Arizona rally:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/trump-shares-stage-with-self-proclaimed-oath-keeper-at-arizona-rally-131075141612

* "New York attorney general's office says it has identified numerous 'misleading statements and omissions' in Trump Org. financial statements:" https://www.cnn.com/2022/01/19/politics/new-york-attorney-general-trump-organization-investigation/index.html

* "Trumps surprisingly uninsulated from sketchy accounting, court documents suggest:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/trumps-surprisingly-uninsulated-from-sketchy-accounting-court-documents-suggest-131264581698

* "Court filings expose Trump pattern of exaggerating values of real estate holdings:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/court-filings-expose-trump-pattern-of-exaggerating-values-of-real-estate-holdings-131264069797

* "DA for Atlanta area requests special grand jury to probe Trump's election interference:" https://www.cnn.com/2022/01/20/politics/georgia-trump-grand-jury/index.html

* "Criminal investigation of Trump in Georgia takes key step with special grand jury request:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/criminal-investigation-of-trump-in-georgia-takes-key-step-with-special-grand-jury-request-131364421545

* "Even Trump’s Justices Rule Jan. 6 Panel Can See His Docs:" https://www.thedailybeast.com/supreme-court-allows-government-to-send-trump-docs-to-jan-6-panel

* "Draft document would have had Trump order seizure of voting machines, election equipment:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/draft-document-would-have-had-trump-order-seizure-of-voting-machines-election-equipment-131448389745

* "Luria: 'Concerning' that Trump doc to seize voting machines was among official records:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/luria-concerning-that-trump-doc-to-seize-voting-machines-was-among-official-records-131437637513

* "Trump held secret meetings in days before Capitol attack, ex-press secretary tells panel:" https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2022/jan/20/trump-secret-meetings-january-6-capitol-attack-stephanie-grisham

* "Rudy Giuliani among Trump allies subpoenaed by Jan. 6 panel:" https://apnews.com/article/capitol-siege-boris-epshteyn-bennie-thompson-donald-trump-subpoenas-871ecaecc54ffff987205684833850ed

* "Jan. 6 committee requests interview with Ivanka Trump:" https://apnews.com/article/ivanka-trump-donald-trump-bennie-thompson-elections-election-2020-b974bb17f8ce4ea0200f3b016e50176b

* "January 6th Committee uses evidence to paint Ivanka Trump into a corner on testifying:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/january-6th-committee-uses-evidence-to-paint-ivanka-trump-into-a-corner-on-testifying-131365445516

* "January 6th probe tips its hand with eye-popping details in letter to Ivanka Trump:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/january-6th-probe-tips-its-hand-with-eye-popping-details-in-letter-to-ivanka-trump-131363397590

* "Mike Pence script change seems to address fake Trump elector scheme:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/mike-pence-script-change-seems-to-address-fake-trump-elector-scheme-131083845811

* "Is Ginni Thomas a Threat to the Supreme Court?:" https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2022/01/31/is-ginni-thomas-a-threat-to-the-supreme-court

* "Justice Thomas ignores basic ethics where wife's activism, lobbying conflict with cases:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/justice-thomas-ignores-basic-ethics-where-wife-s-activism-lobbying-conflict-with-cases-131445829777

* "Elie Mystal: Justice Thomas is lone dissenter on issues that may implicate his wife in Jan. 6:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-reidout/watch/supreme-court-justice-clarence-thomas-must-recuse-on-issues-impacting-far-right-activist-elie-mystal-says-131439685792

* "Why Some Chinese Dissidents Love QAnon:"





* "6 people have been injured in a mass shooting in Oregon:" https://www.npr.org/2022/01/15/1073323357/six-people-have-been-injured-in-a-mass-shooting-in-oregon

* "What it was like inside the Colleyville, Texas, synagogue during the 11-hour hostage standoff:" https://www.cnn.com/2022/01/17/us/inside-texas-synagogue-hostage-standoff/index.html

* "The Invisible Violence of Carceral Food:" https://inquest.org/the-invisible-violence-of-carceral-food/

* "White Supremacy, 4 Years After Charlottesville:"





* "The Necessity of Gay Crime | James Somerton:"





* "The Spiral of John McAfee:"





* CW: Pedophilia. "Catholic church suggests 12-year-old enjoyed abuse because he's gay :" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2022/01/16/catholic-abuse-poland-gay-priest-janusz-szymik/

* CW: Rape, Torture. "​​RAF accused of 'torturing' serviceman for days after finding out he was gay" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2022/01/17/raf-gay-torture/

* "Gracie Spinks death: Parents of 'stalking victim' call for law change:" https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-derbyshire-59913331

* "Supreme Court deals a setback to abortion providers' bid to quickly block Texas law:" https://www.cnbc.com/2022/01/20/texas-abortion-law-supreme-court-denies-bid-to-send-case-back-to-federal-judge.html

* "Afghan tradition allows girls to access the freedom of boys:" https://apnews.com/article/bacha-posh-Kabul-Afghanistan-ad82563ff1ddae630ca0e5b52236172b

* "LGBT+ activist flees Jordan and is finally ‘supported, seen and heard’ in Australia:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2022/01/16/jordan-lgbt-activism-australia-alshaima-omama-alzubi/

* It is amazing to me they solved this after all that time and got a conviction. I’m glad there will be some measure of justice. "Australian Man Convicted Over the 1988 Murder of Gay American:" https://www.advocate.com/crime/2022/1/13/australian-man-convicted-over-1988-murder-gay-american-scott-johnson

* "Anti-Trans Legislative Push Starts Again in 2022:" https://www.advocate.com/transgender/2022/1/13/states-anti-trans-legislative-push-starts-again-2022

* "Police open homicide investigation after LGBT rights hero found dead in landfill:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2022/01/15/jorge-diaz-johnston-police-homicide-florida/

* "Gay Adult Performer Cole Connor Beaten, Mugged by Group of Men:" https://www.advocate.com/crime/2022/1/20/gay-adult-performer-cole-connor-beaten-mugged-group-men

* "High Schooler Censored By School Administration Over Saying He's Gay:" https://www.advocate.com/news/2022/1/14/high-schooler-censored-school-administration-over-saying-hes-gay

* "NCAA Adopts New Policy for Transgender Athletes:" https://www.usnews.com/news/sports/articles/2022-01-19/ncaa-adopts-new-policy-for-transgender-athletes

* "Brave and beautiful 11-year-old trans girl is finalist for TIME's Kid of the Year:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2022/01/20/kai-shappelly-trans-texas-time-kid-of-the-year/

* "Biden Admin Speaks Out About Blood Donation Policy for Queer Men:" https://www.advocate.com/health/2022/1/19/biden-admin-speaks-out-about-blood-donation-policy-queer-gay-bi-men

* "Locks of Love: Corporate Casket:"





* "The Battle Over Psychedelic Therapy’s Future:"





* "The Soldiers Came Home Sick. The Government Denied It Was Responsible.:" https://www.nytimes.com/2022/01/11/magazine/military-burn-pits.html

* "Telehealth changes ‘devastating’ for psychiatry patients in regional areas:" https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2022/jan/04/telehealth-changes-devastating-for-psychiatry-patients-in-regional-areas

* "Specialist mental health unit failures exposed by patients:" https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-59964353

* "No way to Grow Up:" https://www.nytimes.com/2022/01/04/briefing/american-children-crisis-pandemic.html

* "Epstein-Barr virus may be leading cause of multiple sclerosis:" https://www.hsph.harvard.edu/news/press-releases/epstein-barr-virus-may-be-leading-cause-of-multiple-sclerosis/

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* "Two-Spirit activists explain why LGBT+ folk must unite against climate disaster:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2022/01/15/indigenous-environmental-activist-two-spirit-lgbt/

* "How the speed of climate change is unbalancing the insect world:" https://www.theguardian.com/news/2022/jan/11/climate-change-insect-world-global-heating-species

* "All homes on one of Tonga's islands destroyed, three dead:" https://www.reuters.com/world/significant-damage-reported-tongas-main-island-after-volcanic-eruption-2022-01-17/

* "Three Tiny Islands Have Borne the Brunt of Tonga’s Tsunami:" https://www.nytimes.com/2022/01/21/world/asia/tonga-tsunami-volcano.html

* "‘Unacceptably high’ risk of tailings dam failure in Canadian miner’s Amazon project:" https://news.mongabay.com/2020/07/unacceptably-high-risk-of-tailings-dam-failure-in-canadian-miners-amazon-project/

* "‘Like a work of art’: rare stretch of pristine coral reef discovered off Tahiti:" https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2022/jan/20/like-a-work-of-art-rare-stretch-of-pristine-coral-reef-discovered-off-tahiti-age-of-extinction

* "New York's Central Park Becomes a Living Climate Laboratory:" https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/new-yorks-central-park-becomes-a-living-climate-laboratory/#

* "‘Tenants have no choice’: Racism in urban planning fuels high rate of Black fire deaths:" https://www.nbcnews.com/news/nbcblk/tenants-no-choice-racism-urban-planning-fuels-high-rate-black-fire-dea-rcna11986

* "Other Countries Have Gates That Would Have Prevented NYC’s Subway Killing:" https://www.vice.com/en/article/bvn7y5/other-countries-have-gates-that-would-have-prevented-nycs-subway-killing

* "Citizen scientists discover planet the size of Jupiter that NASA algorithms missed:" https://www.cnet.com/news/citizen-scientists-discover-planet-the-size-of-jupiter-that-nasa-algorithms-missed/

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





* "After rain burst, California salmon reclaim old spawning grounds:" https://www.reuters.com/world/us/after-rain-burst-california-salmon-reclaim-old-spawning-grounds-2022-01-19/

* "Study: Dolphins Have Lots of Lesbian Sex Due to Evolved Clitorises:" https://www.advocate.com/news/2022/1/18/study-dolphins-have-lots-lesbian-sex-due-evolved-clitorises

* CW: Torture, Rape, Incest "Caligula – Rome’s Mad Emperor:"





* "Tikal: The Mayan City of the Jaguar God:"





* "Niccolo Machiavelli: "It is Better to Be Feared Than Loved... If You Cannot be Both":"





* "A Day in the Life of an Enslaved Cook:"





* I was happier not knowing, and it's speculative, but ymmv. "Cold case team believes it has solved the mystery of who may have betrayed Anne Frank:" https://www.npr.org/2022/01/17/1073618330/anne-frank-cold-case-investigation

* "The Black Arts Movement’s Revolution in the South:" https://www.thenation.com/article/society/james-smethurst-black-arts-movement/

* "White Shoes, WASPs and Law Firms:" https://daily.jstor.org/white-shoes-wasps-and-law-firms/

* "Martin Luther King's Gay Best Friend // Bayard Rustin:"





* "Singer Meat Loaf dies aged 74:" https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-60080934

* "Iconic Vogue Editor André Leon Talley Has Died at Age 73:" https://www.advocate.com/people/2022/1/18/iconic-vogue-editor-andre-leon-talley-has-died-age-73

* "Biden’s 1st Year as POTUS: The Yays and Mehs:"





* "Insurrection Investigation Committee Reveals GOP's Batshit Plan To Overturn 2020 Election:"





* "Put Down Your Pandemic Pet: We’ve Got a COVID Mental Health Crisis:"





* "Ingraham Angle Cold Open - SNL:"





* "Message from the President Cold Open - SNL:"





* "Eric Adams Press Conference - SNL:"





* "Ranking Every 2021 Costume Drama on Historical Accuracy || "Ancient" - 18th Century:"





* "What Hawkeye gets right about Deafness:"





* "Winter Formal - SNL:"





* "The Greatest Musical NEVER Made | Rogers the Musical the Documentary:"





* "MacGruber: Coronavirus - SNL:"





* "Meat Loaf - I'd Do Anything For Love (But I Won't Do That):"





* Rest in Peace, Man. "Rocky Horror Picture Show-Hot Patootie-Bless my soul:"





* To our great surprise, I tested negative for COVID. I guess that booster shot, plus our best efforts at quarantine protocol worked. This means that last weekend's terrible cold symptoms really were a head cold. Which I thought I was mostly over, but apparently not. Sigh. Squirrel seems to have caught it despite masking and quarantining in his room. idk. Maybe the food and medicine packages I handed off by putting them outside his door?

By current CDC standards he'd have been out of quarantine earlier in the week, but we opted for the older, stricter standards because there is debate about the new ones. He was supposed to be out tomorrow, but his cold came with a sore throat and is significantly worse than mine was even last weekend, so idk.

Being out of quarantine, I did curbside library pick up, much to Tavy's delight and had an excellent game of cat in Bag followed by the Ribbon Game. The poor little button has been pining for Millenials and when he hears people passing outside in the late afternoon/early evening runs to the nearest window to check.

I actually did have enough to catch up bills and cover the medical copay thanks to all you benefactors, plus get kibbles for the cats, as Livia's special girl kibbles ran out last week. (Long term readers will remember Livia nearly dying as a teenager. She has to have a special diet to prevent a recurrence so I can just get them ocean friskies or the like.). I'm still expecting a car tab renewal bill and then it's time to work out how to pay this year's housing tax, but there is no point in panicking until the bills arrive. For now, the cat asylum is afloat. Ish.

I keep eyeing my last two burners with concern. I keep trying to work out what I want for dinner then remember I can't make the thing because the oven's dead. I've never lived with out an oven before; it's disturbing.

But for now, we are all alive if not well, and housed for which we are grateful.

* On Seward Johnson: https://laughingacademy.tumblr.com/post/673956797047013376/sam-i-have-an-important-chicago-question-just

* A Cool thing on costuming Geralt and Jaskier in the Witcher: https://tuulikki.tumblr.com/post/673328227570384896

* I watch a lot of shows and movies not originally in English. I am one of those people who really likes subtitles. I use them with English language stuff anyway, because it helps cover if I have sensory processing issues with the dialog, so watching subtitled foreign language stuff isn't that different for me. Subtitles mean you keep the original vocal performance that can really matter.

At the same time there are problems. They with use white subtitles on white backgrounds or black subtitles on dark backgrounds, t which point, why subtitle at all? They will sometimes make them too small, as if everyone is watching on a massive screen. They will sometimes cover something essential with words that I kind of need to see. (some productions will move the subtitles around so they stay in negative space. Some subtitles with be white in a black band to cut down on the lack of contrast issue).

Then there are all the people subtitles don't work for. My Mother's eyes weren't good enough the last several decades of her life, which was unfortunate as she was also HoH for about that long. It sucked a lot of fun out of her life to have to give up anything with subtitles or accented English or muddy sound design. There are people who don't have the vision or literacy level. There are people with dyslexia and the like.

Yes, dubbing exists, but it's often, frankly a mess. No translation is ever going to be perfect. it's a fundamental problem with subtitles too. No language maps one to one on another. Information is lost and/or added inevitable. Ambiguity is created or lost. Often the dubbed performance is frankly bad voice acting.

Sometimes it is an adequate performance, but doesn't remotely match the tone of the original performance. I notice this a lot with things dubbed out of French. I'm no longer fluent and mostly only speak it to cats, but I was fluent once and as long as there isn't a thick regional accent or too much technical vocabulary or unfamiliar slang or they aren't going extremely fast, I can usually still follow.

There is a tendency to hire people with English received pronunciation type accents to do the voices for french costume dramas and the results are terrible. You have all these restrained upper class English performances that not only lose the class and regional nuances, but they are sort of flat and restrained vocals over often intense physical performances. It is so dissonant it hurts my head. They lose the tone siblings use to tease and bicker; they lose the angry arguments between heroine and villain; they lose the passion and warmth between friends or lovers.

A lot of the 19th century french literature I read back in the day would do these clever and often playful things with formal and informal language: describe something intimate in formal language, do something formal with bits of intimate language tucked here and there, that sort of thing. There is a flavour to it that I often find in the french dialog and performances, that gets utterly lost in translation. 18th and 19th century English language dramas tend to go either formal or informal. They don't play back and forth much. Inevitably I switch it back to french.

I don't know if it's this bad for other languages, but it wouldn't surprise me. But what if they decided to do better? The foreign language things I watch most often are either Korean or French. I frequently see people in major roles who I know also speak English well enough to act beautifully in English language productions. Why the fuck don't they spend the money to hire them to do the dubbing for their own characters? I know there are plenty of people who act in more than one language. Speak German and french? Why not dub the other language too? I bet the original actor would be better at preserving the tone of the performance than a stranger.

For monolingual actors, you could hire someone with a similar class and regional accent who comes from the original language group but also speaks the target language, so there'd be a better chance of carrying original emotional tone and meaning across even where the words can't quite convey by themselves.

And hire people who are good voice actors instead of doing it the cheap. Would it be perfect, no, but it would be better than some goofy sounding bad actor or a performance so off tone as to make it hard to watch. It would be something at least.

* I was not and am still not convinced that Peacemaker ought to be foregrounded by giving him a show, however, I am legitimately appreciating how queer the show is. There's marvel over there to scared to do anything like good representation, the little hints designed to be clipped out for China. (Do not start me on the people who wrote Loki not understanding what "gender fluid" means. yes, it's nice they tried, but it's not exactly hard to google that, or hire a nonbinary person onto the writing staff. just saying). Meanwhile DC is doing a Batwoman, a show full of queer women characters, Doom Patrol, etc., and now Peacemaker with multiple lesbian and bi characters. Watching the opening credits for the first episode I was wondering, "Is that bisexual lighting on purpose? Are they teasing me?" No, no they were not. So points there.

I am concerned about things like their uneven lighting for characters of color and a number of things about the basic show design. On the one hand, the horrible racist/misogynist characters are consistently called out by disgusted other characters, and the narrative seems to be of the same opinion. At the same time, having a horrible racist and misogynist right wing character as the main character the show is named after, even if they are clearly not the good guy has a messy history. Carrol O'Conner was a strong civil rights advocate, but an awful lot of right wing folks liked Archie Bunker and took that character as permission. Similarly, the Colbert Report was an elaborate mock of the Right, but a lot of the right didn't get the joke and took him for serious. The things Peacemaker and his father say are clearly terrible. That doesn't mean they won't reinforce that in our culture.

I like the women in this. A lot. I appreciate the horrifying psychopath friend/sidekick and associated humor. I appreciate the ruthless way the narrative and other characters treat Peacemaker. At the same time? I am afraid of where this is going. I do not want him to win over the blond agent. I am scared of an easy redemption arc that rewards him without drastic fucking change. Maybe it will be okay, but I don't trust like that. I'm sticking with it for now. Warily.

* "Sunday Sweets: Watercolor Cakes:" http://www.cakewrecks.com/home/2022/1/23/sunday-sweets-watercolor-cakes

* "Stray Cats Save Osaka Restaurant from Going Out of Business During Pandemic:" https://www.spoon-tamago.com/2022/01/13/diorama-restaurant-stray-cats/

* "Sunday Sweets: Pretty as a Peacock:" https://www.cakewrecks.com/home/2022/1/16/sunday-sweets-pretty-as-a-peacock

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

The help links are at the bottom under the cut.

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

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

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

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