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* My back up of links ready to be posted is massive, but it's been over a week, so....

* "They Call It ‘Insane’: Where Myanmar Sends Political Prisoners:" https://www.nytimes.com/2021/05/29/world/asia/myanmar-prison-coup.html

* "The Ryanair Hijacking Pierced the Delusion of Flight:" https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2021/05/belarus-ryanair-hijacking/619028/

"Of course the bomb threat was a trick. Belarus claims that Hamas emailed to inform Minsk National Airport that it intended to bomb a flight if the European Union did not “abandon its support for Israel in its war” in Gaza. Hamas’s purported email specifically noted the intention to kill participants in the Delphi Economic Forum, a Davos-like public-policy event in Athens. I was one of the speakers. Most of the foreigners appeared remotely, and the few who appeared in person, including myself, flew home when the forum concluded more than a week before the Belarus incident. The Ryanair flight may have carried a few stragglers, but to plant a bomb a week later would be like trying to pull off a Christmas attack on January 2. The Daily Beast and Newlines noted another inconsistency: The bomb threat arrived 24 minutes after the Minsk control tower radioed to the Ryanair flight crew.
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If Hamas and Belarus have invented clairvoyance and time travel, the national security implications for the United States and others will be considerable. Even in the absence of such developments, however, the world has changed in disturbing ways. Flying over a foreign country has, until now, felt to most people like teleporting past it—as if remaining tens of thousands of feet above hostile territory, we are not in some important sense in it, and vulnerable to being forced down and arrested. In the future, if the Belarus ruse is allowed to stand, the experience will come to resemble taking a train, with all the terrestrial legal risk that entails."

* "Tiananmen: Hong Kong vigil organiser arrested on 32nd anniversary:" https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-57353803

* "Mexico goes to the polls in elections marred by violence against candidates:" https://www.cnn.com/2021/06/05/americas/mexico-election-violence-intl/index.html

* "Mexico’s deadly elections: Crime groups target candidates in a fight for turf:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/interactive/2021/mexico-midterm-election-candidates-killed/

* "The trailblazing woman who won Samoa's election ... but still isn't allowed to run her country:" https://www.cnn.com/2021/05/29/asia/samoa-prime-minister-intl-hnk-dst/index.html

* "The Remains Of 215 Indigenous Children Have Been Found At A Former School In Canada:" https://www.npr.org/2021/05/29/1001566509/the-remains-of-215-indigenous-children-have-been-found-at-a-former-school-in-can

* "Indigenous groups call for Canada to identify graves after remains of 215 children found:" https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/indigenous-groups-call-canada-identify-graves-after-remains-215-children-found-2021-05-31/

"Tk'emlúps te Secwépemc First Nation announced last week they had found the remains of 215 children, some as young as three years old, buried at the site of the Kamloops Indian Residential School, once Canada's largest such school.

Between 1831 and 1996, Canada's residential school system forcibly separated children from their families, subjecting them to abuse, malnutrition and rape in what the Truth and Reconciliation Commission tasked with investigating the system called "cultural genocide" in 2015."

* "Man charged with conspiracy to murder over shooting of British BLM activist Sasha Johnson:" https://www.cnn.com/2021/05/28/uk/london-blm-activist-shooting-charge-intl-hnk/index.html

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* Rightly so. "Brazil: Protesters blame Bolsonaro for Covid crisis:" https://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-57294415

* "Brazil Covid: Deaths plunge after town's adults vaccinated:" https://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-57309538

* "Peru has world’s worst per capita Covid toll after death data revised:" https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/jun/01/peru-has-worlds-worst-per-capita-covid-toll-after-death-data-revised

* "Covid-19 Africa: What is happening with vaccines?:" https://www.bbc.com/news/56100076

* "Delta Covid variant first found in India spreads to 62 countries, hot spots form in Asia and Africa, WHO says:" https://www.cnbc.com/2021/06/02/delta-variant-first-found-in-india-spreads-to-62-countries-hot-spots-form-in-asia-and-africa-who-says-.html

* "How COVID Spiraled Out Of Control In Nepal:" https://www.npr.org/sections/goatsandsoda/2021/06/04/993878560/covid-is-crushing-nepal-from-remote-villages-to-kathmandu-to-mt-everest

* "India reports 132,788 new COVID-19 infections, 3,207 deaths:" https://www.reuters.com/world/india/india-reports-132788-new-covid-19-infections-3207-deaths-2021-06-02/

* "The Indian children orphaned by Covid-19:" https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-india-57264629

* "India COVID-19 variant exhibits resistance; antibody drug shows promise:" https://www.reuters.com/lifestyle/science/india-covid-19-variant-exhibits-resistance-antibody-drug-shows-promise-2021-05-28/

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

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

* "Biden admin reveals plans for first 25 million donated vaccine doses:" https://www.politico.com/news/2021/06/03/us-donate-covid19-vaccine-global-2021-491748

* "Covid cases in U.S. fall to levels not seen since March 2020:" https://www.nbcnews.com/health/health-news/covid-cases-u-s-fall-levels-not-seen-march-2020-n1268955

* "Offering beer, babysitting and barbershop outreach, the White House launches new initiatives to boost vaccinations:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/2021/06/02/biden-barbershop-salon-coronavirus-vaccine-initiative/

* "Researchers already tracking whether Covid vaccine boosters will be needed: Dr. Fauci:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/researchers-already-tracking-whether-covid-vaccine-boosters-will-be-needed-dr-fauci-114361925862

* "DeSantis' culture war on vaccine passports threatens to sink Florida cruise industry:" https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2020-election/cruise-lines-florida-gov-desantis-square-over-vaccine-passports-n1269029


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* "What the JBS cyberattack means for meat supply:" https://www.cnn.com/2021/06/01/business/jbs-cyberattack-meat-shortage/index.html

* "JBS will be back up and running Wednesday after its hack. But for some employees, that's too late:" https://www.cnn.com/2021/06/02/business/jbs-beef-hack-plant-closure-reopening/index.html

* "Biden recognizes LGBTQ Pride Month:" https://www.nbcnews.com/nbc-out/out-politics-and-policy/biden-recognizes-lgbtq-pride-month-rcna1066

* "President Biden's Pride Proclamation Highlights Anti-Trans Violence:" https://www.advocate.com/pride/2021/6/01/president-bidens-pride-proclamation-highlights-anti-trans-violence

* "Listen to Secretary Pete's Pride Message:" https://www.advocate.com/pride/2021/6/01/listen-secretary-petes-pride-message

* "Chasten Buttigieg Slams RNC Chair Over Pride Tweet:" https://www.advocate.com/pride/2021/6/04/chasten-buttigieg-slams-rnc-chair-over-pride-tweet

* "Biden freezes oil leases in Alaska refuge pending new environmental review:" https://www.politico.com/news/2021/06/01/biden-anwr-alaska-oil-491498

* "The CDC's No. 2 Official Says The U.S. Isn't Ready For Another Pandemic:" https://www.npr.org/2021/06/04/1003172065/anne-schuchat-discusses-her-time-as-the-cdcs-principal-deputy-director

* "Jobless claims fall below 400,000 for the first time since the early days of the pandemic:" https://www.cnbc.com/2021/06/03/weekly-jobless-claims.html

* "May jobs report shows lowest unemployment rate since coronavirus pandemic:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-sunday-show/watch/may-jobs-report-shows-lowest-unemployment-rate-since-coronavirus-pandemic-114401861694

* "Biden touts May jobs numbers as he pushes for infrastructure funding:" https://www.cnn.com/2021/06/04/politics/biden-may-jobs-report/index.html

* "GOP balks at Biden’s revised infrastructure plan:" https://www.politico.com/news/2021/06/03/gop-infrastructure-money-491776

* "The various dishonesties in Rand Paul’s cocaine-quail presentation:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2021/05/28/various-dishonesties-rand-pauls-cocaine-quail-presentation/

* "Why Rand Paul is upset about quails on cocaine:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/rand-paul-s-presentation-on-the-sex-life-of-japanese-quails-and-cocaine-114174021771

* "GOP Blocks $15 Million for Job Loss Benefit Administration:" https://www.usnews.com/news/best-states/wisconsin/articles/2021-06-02/wisconsin-republicans-block-medical-marijuana

* "Wisconsin Republicans quickly kill Medicaid expansion:" https://apnews.com/article/wisconsin-medicaid-business-health-government-and-politics-1ab60e341674584c3059511d35ec7c21

* "Republicans Want to Cut State Schools Spending, but Doing So Could Cost $1.5 Billion in Federal Aid:" https://upnorthnewswi.com/2021/05/27/republicans-want-to-cut-state-schools-spending-but-doing-so-could-cost-1-5-billion-in-federal-aid/

* "A frantic warning from 100 leading experts: Our democracy is in grave danger:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/06/01/frantic-warning-100-leading-experts-our-democracy-is-grave-danger/

* "Biden Says He Will Ramp Up Push To Expand Voting Rights, And Puts Harris In Charge:" https://www.npr.org/2021/06/02/1002487488/biden-says-will-ramp-up-push-to-expand-voting-rights-and-puts-harris-in-charge

* "Biden calls out 2 Democratic lawmakers for blocking agenda:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/biden-calls-out-2-democratic-lawmakers-for-blocking-agenda/2021/06/01/cf19c12e-c321-11eb-89a4-b7ae22aa193e_story.html

* "Obama calls for end of 'Jim Crow relic' filibuster if it blocks voting reforms:" https://www.politico.com/news/2020/07/30/barack-obama-john-lewis-filibuster-388600

* "Sen. Alex Padilla Thoughts on The Filibuster:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-sunday-show/watch/sen-alex-padilla-thoughts-on-the-filibuster-114024517705

* "Why Mitch McConnell has the ‘best of both worlds’ with the filibuster:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/why-mitch-mcconnell-and-republicans-have-the-best-of-both-worlds-with-the-filibuster-114355269734

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* For now. "Dems walk, stop Texas GOP's sweeping voting restrictions:" https://apnews.com/article/tx-state-wire-texas-government-and-politics-92d26e25c9db88a32e0fda890773b908

* "Texas Democrats Walk Out To Block Voting Restrictions; Governor Threatens No Pay:" https://www.npr.org/2021/05/31/1001940096/texas-governor-threatens-no-pay-after-democrats-stage-a-walkout-over-voting-righ

* "Republicans say they’ll tweak part of Texas elections bill criticized for impact on Black churchgoers:" https://www.texastribune.org/2021/06/01/texas-voting-bill-sunday-republicans/

* "Texas Gov. Greg Abbott defends controversial election bill while blasting Biden, Delaware:" https://www.dallasnews.com/news/politics/2021/06/01/texas-gov-greg-abbott-defends-controversial-election-bill-while-blasting-biden-delaware/

* "How Texas Democrats thwarted voter restrictions with a walkout:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/how-texas-democrats-thwarted-voter-restrictions-with-a-walkout-114174533776

* "Capehart addresses the ongoing battle on voters suppression in this week’s ‘Bye Line’:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-sunday-show/watch/capehart-addresses-the-ongoing-battle-on-voters-suppression-in-this-week-s-bye-line-114026053906

* "Beto O’Rourke: Biden, Senate Dems should ‘take a page’ from Texas Dems:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/beto-o-rourke-says-biden-and-senate-democrats-should-take-a-page-from-texas-democrats-114175045656

* "Chris Hayes: Breaking the legitimacy of our elections breaks everything else:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/chris-hayes-says-breaking-the-legitimacy-of-our-elections-breaks-everything-else-114233413997

* "Republican election misinformation scheme violates federal law: voting rights attorney:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/republican-election-misinformation-scheme-violates-federal-law-voting-rights-attorney-114313797511

* "Top Wisconsin GOP lawmaker hires retired police to probe 2020 election:" https://www.cnn.com/2021/05/27/politics/wisconsin-election-investigation/index.html

* "Pennsylvania A.G. draws 'bright line' on Republican election misinformation scheme:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/pennsylvania-a-g-draws-bright-line-on-republican-election-misinformation-scheme-114363461570

* "For Pride, Run for Office:" https://www.advocate.com/commentary/2021/5/31/pride-run-office

* "Democrat wins New Mexico special election for U.S. House, overcoming a Republican emphasis on rising crime:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/new-mexico-house-election/2021/05/31/a471fb46-c095-11eb-b26e-53663e6be6ff_story.html

* "Texas – yes, Texas – just elected its first ever openly gay Black officeholder:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2021/06/06/texas-openly-gay-black-san-antonio-jalen-mckee-rodriguez/

* "Maddow: Trump is taking Republicans down two dark paths, both put the U.S. in grave danger:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/maddow-trump-is-taking-republicans-down-two-dark-paths-both-put-the-u-s-in-grave-danger-114310213852

* "Chris Hayes on the dangers of the Big Lie—and Republicans actually believing it:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/chris-hayes-the-dangers-of-trump-s-big-lie-and-republicans-actually-believing-it-114305093557

* "Donald Trump pushes election fraud lie in North Carolina speech:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-sunday-show/watch/donald-trump-pushes-election-fraud-lie-in-north-carolina-speech-114400837956

* "Trump's new Hillary: Conservatives launch war on Fauci ahead of revived MAGA rallies:" https://www.axios.com/trump-fauci-wuhan-lab-leak-04913c77-b8bc-47c5-8e05-1b1dbbeb5a30.html

* "'It's all nonsense': Dr. Fauci dismisses targeting by right-wing media and Trump acolytes:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/-it-s-all-nonsense-dr-fauci-dismisses-targeting-by-right-wing-media-and-trump-acolytes-114360389945

* "Trump shuts down his blog, frustrated by its low readership.:" https://www.nytimes.com/2021/06/02/us/politics/trump-shuts-down-blog.html

* "Facebook gives Trump path to return — but not until at least 2023:" https://www.politico.com/news/2021/06/04/trump-facebook-ban-two-years-return-491908

* "Manhattan DA brought Trump Organization controller to testify before special grand jury: Sources:" https://abcnews.go.com/US/manhattan-da-brought-trump-organization-controller-testify-special/story?id=78088595

* "Trump criminal probe heats up as top executive called to testify:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/trump-criminal-probe-heats-up-as-top-executive-jeffrey-mcconney-called-to-testify-114354245755

* "Charges Coming for Trump?:"

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* "Justice Dept. asks judge to toss lawsuit against Trump, Barr for violent clearing of Lafayette Square:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/legal-issues/trump-lafayette-square-civil-lawsuit/2021/05/28/c413c840-bfb3-11eb-b26e-53663e6be6ff_story.html

* "Justice Dept. secretly obtained New York Times reporters’ phone records during Trump administration:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/new-york-times-phone-records-trump/2021/06/02/c1375918-c407-11eb-93f5-ee9558eecf4b_story.html

* "NY attorney general James demands Kodak CEO testify on alleged insider trading:" https://www.cnbc.com/2021/06/01/ny-attorney-general-james-demands-kodak-ceo-testify-on-alleged-insider-trading.html

* "DOJ investigating Louis DeJoy over campaign contributions from former employees:" https://www.politico.com/news/2021/06/03/justice-department-louis-dejoy-491778

* "DeJoy political fundraising draws eye of FBI investigators:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/postmaster-general-louis-dejoy-political-fundraising-draws-eye-of-fbi-investigators-114313797590

* "Postmaster General DeJoy under investigation for claim he once called ‘outrageous’:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/postmaster-general-louis-dejoy-under-investigation-for-political-fundraising-114306117863

* "Pro-Trump road show carries on keeping supporters deluded about Trump's 2020 loss:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/pro-trump-road-show-carries-on-keeping-supporters-deluded-about-trump-s-2020-loss-114181189552

* "Flynn says he didn't endorse Myanmar-style coup after he appears to back plan in video exchange:" https://www.cnn.com/2021/05/31/politics/michael-flynn-qanon/index.html

* "Michael Flynn poses a ‘clear and present danger,’ says Rep. Thompson:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/michael-flynn-poses-a-clear-and-present-danger-says-rep-thompson-114174021675

* "How authoritarianism spread and the U.S. faltered as a global model for democracy:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/former-obama-official-ben-rhodes-on-how-authoritarianism-spread-and-the-u-s-faltered-as-a-model-for-democracy-114180677572

* "Putin questions U.S. prosecution of Capitol rioters, saying mob carried only ‘political requests’:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/europe/putin-capitol-riot-biden-summit/2021/06/04/1521aac8-c2ec-11eb-89a4-b7ae22aa193e_story.html

* "Putin joins pro-Trump chorus in making excuses for January 6th rioters:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/putin-joins-pro-trump-chorus-in-making-excuses-for-1-6-rioters-114359877889

* "BUSTED: Trump met with CEO who helped organize 'Patriot Caravans' to Capitol riot -- 3 months later:" https://www.rawstory.com/trump-patriot-caravans-capitol-riot/

* "Report: Trump met man who helped organize ‘patriot caravans’ on Jan. 6:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/report-trump-met-with-tech-ceo-who-organized-patriot-caravans-at-u-s-capitol-on-jan-6-114236485747

* "Rep. Mo Brooks is avoiding an insurrection lawsuit. Rep. Eric Swalwell hired a private investigator to find him.:" https://www.cnn.com/2021/06/02/politics/mo-brooks-eric-swalwell-insurrection-lawsuit/

* "Pence: Won't see 'eye-to-eye' with Trump over riot where crowd threatened to 'hang' him:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/pence-won-t-see-eye-to-eye-with-trump-over-jan-6-riot-where-crowd-threatened-to-hang-him-114352197994

* "Reps. Madeleine Dean, Bonnie Watson Coleman on prominent GOP leaders continuing to downplay Jan. 6 insurrection:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-sunday-show/watch/january-6th-commission-fight-moving-to-senate-discussed-by-reps-madeleine-dean-bonnie-watson-coleman-112980549806

* "FBI: Norfolk man arrested in connection with Jan. 6 Capitol riot:" https://www.wavy.com/news/crime/fbi-norfolk-man-arrested-in-connection-with-jan-6-capitol-riot/

* CW: Rape, Domestic Abuse. "Capitol riot defendant once brutally attacked pregnant girlfriend: ‘I was afraid he was going to kill me’:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2021/06/03/capitol-riot-ryan-samsel-violence/

* "New defendants charged in Oath Keepers conspiracy case:" https://www.cnn.com/2021/05/30/politics/oath-keepers-capitol-riot-charged/index.html

* "In South Florida, shootings usher in bloody holiday weekend:" https://www.miamiherald.com/news/article251784393.html

* "2 Charged in Miami Beach Shooting, DaBaby Detained, Released:" https://www.usnews.com/news/us/articles/2021-06-01/miami-area-shootings-mark-bloody-memorial-day-weekend

* "Experts breakdown why violent crime is on the rise:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-sunday-show/watch/experts-breakdown-why-violent-crime-is-on-the-rise-114401349607

* "Descendants of Legendary Nonviolence Advocates Talk Peace in Time of Racial Tension:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-sunday-show/watch/descendants-of-legendary-nonviolence-advocates-talk-peace-in-time-of-racial-tension-114025029971

* "NFL pledges to halt 'race-norming,' review Black claims:" https://apnews.com/article/pa-state-wire-race-and-ethnicity-health-nfl-sports-205b304c0c3724532d74fc54e58b4d1d

* "Protests after North Carolina university denies tenure to 1619 Project journalist:" https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/may/20/university-north-carolina-chapel-hill-denies-tenure-nikole-hannah-jones-1619-project

* CW: Rape. "The policewoman facing abuse at work:" https://www.bbc.com/news/av/world-asia-57343435

* CW: Rape. "Scientology's secrets spill into open in Danny Masterson rape case:" https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2021-05-27/danny-masterson-rape-trial-secretive-scientology-polices

* "Federal prosecutors looking into whether Gaetz obstructed justice:" https://www.politico.com/news/2021/06/02/gaetz-obstruction-federal-probe-491705

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* CW: Sexual Harassment. "Chris Cuomo counseled Andrew Cuomo to plow through his sexual harassment scandal. Does CNN care?:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/05/26/chris-cuomo-counseled-andrew-cuomo-plow-through-his-sexual-harassment-scandal-does-cnn-care/

* "Chile's President Sebastián Piñera Supports Marriage Equality There:" https://www.advocate.com/news/2021/6/02/chiles-president-sebastian-pinera-supports-marriage-equality-there

* "Refusing to legally recognise non-binary genders is 'undemocratic' of Tory government:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2021/06/01/non-binary-legal-recognition-genders-tories-encompass-network/

* "Depicting LGBTQ+ People in the Media, Without Stereotypes:" https://www.advocate.com/media/2021/6/02/depicting-lgbtq-people-media-without-stereotypes

* "Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis Signs Anti-Trans Bill in Time for Pride:" https://www.advocate.com/transgender/2021/6/01/florida-gov-ron-desantis-signs-anti-trans-bill-time-pride

* "Wisconsin Governor Stands Against Conversion Therapy, for Trans Youth:" https://www.advocate.com/politics/2021/6/01/wisconsin-governor-stands-against-conversion-therapy-trans-youth

* "Non-binary 12-year-old 'stomped on' in heinous attack just for wearing a Pride flag:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2021/06/04/non-binary-student-leo-hoffman-anti-lgbt-attack-pride-flag-picnic-florida/

* "Swastika stickers found in Alaska Jewish museum and gay bar:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2021/05/29/swastika-stickers-alaska-jewish-museum-gay-bar-anchorage/

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* "Dr. Fauci on 40 Years of HIV and AIDS:" https://www.advocate.com/commentary/2021/5/28/dr-fauci-40-years-hiv-and-aids

* "'Science at its best': Fauci hails Covid vaccine research in progress toward HIV vaccine:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/-science-at-its-best-fauci-hails-covid-vaccine-research-in-progress-toward-hiv-vaccine-114361413684

* "California faces another drought as lake beds turn to dust – a photo essay:" https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/may/30/california-drought-water-shortage-photo-essay

* "A 10 per cent increase in global land evapotranspiration from 2003 to 2019:" https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-021-03503-5

* Last Monday we had our first unmasked full vax visitor in the house. It was a good visit. This visitor was last here last October, but that was a masked, outdoors, socially distanced visit. From the cat's perspective, it had been a year and a half. They scattered and hid, of course, but Tavy is old enough to have memories of the Before Time, and after a while he realized the voice was familiar and he had liked this visitor before so he came out to sniff stuff, get a quick scritch from the visitor, and watch the bird show. It was fine.

Livia is younger and doesn't remember the before times that well. She will clock that a stranger is vaguely familiar sometimes, but she's nearly from scratch with most people and has trouble with masks. She thought the visitor had left because it was silent when I was in the bathroom, so she came out of her cave to check. She found stange stuff by the door, went to sniff it, turned around and there waas a Stranger! On Tavy's sofa! The Horror! The Stranger had a good cat vibe and stayed still and made friend blinky eyes and was generally chill, show she opted not to return to her hidde, but hung out on my bed mostly. She was brave enough to come out for litter and I fed her her shreds in there. It was fine, if a bit stressful for her.

I was proud of them both. Brave kittens.

* Friday: So a lot of the medical stuff has been straightened out. Apparently the original specialist team is working on the slower growing set and the aggressive big boy went to the top guy in the county. The slow ones I'm thinking of calling McConnelville as they've been there forever and are slowly bleeding the life out of the body politic (me) for the benefit of a handful of precancerous colonies that will slowly kill me if not removed. likely these guys sent me to the ER recently. The massive, immediate threat has half choked off my esophagus right above my stomach, or, you know progress. In the form of food. It's dug in deep and is going to kill me (or democracy) fast if we can't get him to move out the way. I'm calling him Manchinville.

Timeline is they will do a special procedure to map Manchinville late this month or early next depending on when they can grab an ER slot. Likely they will then move him out of the way at some point this summer. McConnellville will be incredibly unpleasant to deal with and we are currently looking at an August to september timeline.

* Saturday, we finally started the table top. This is the early medieval old school Wod with home brew rule alterations that I've been running off and on since I moved north in the late '90's. This is the third fresh group in it. There's a lot of altered history, because player characters do stuff to change it.

It was a mix of full vax in person and zoom. We have two people who never played before, who I had with me. Squirrel ended up Zooming from his room so he could see better, and coming out when we needed to do some quick one on one. Everyone else played via zoom. I was a bit worried about the mixed format, but I think we can make it work.

It was a bit messy as some people had lost or not finished their character sheets, and I was mostly doing a world building/characters get to know you session. Also, we were rusty and had forgotten some rules. I've got a bunch of long planning done and a short term plot for next session that I plan to build the Constantinople section on, so it should be good to go.

I got my PRIDE flags up before the game. some of you may remember last year's pride flag battle. i used stimulus to buy a Queer Chevron flag from a queer owned small business, so I have that up to. I already have a sound bite length argument if the HOA decides to fight me. We'll see if they do. They are beautiful and i love the light effect through them in the livingroom.

For those who have expressed concern via PMs in places I post ,ore real time, I am perfectly comfortable with the medical procedure time table. They are prioritizing Manchinville because he grows quickly, is already in a tricky location requiring a specialist's specialist to remove, and that's going to get worse the longer delay. They are trying to find me a procedure and a surgery slot as soon as they can in a hospital with a massive fucking back up from the pandemic. They also need to leave time for me to recover from the next procedure before surgery. The reason the McConnellville procedure is a much longer wait is because I will need to recover from a pretty serious outpatient surgery to move Manchinbville out of the way and the McConnellville stuff is physically pretty brutal on the body even though it's not particularly hard in every other way.

Seriously I and everyone on my care team think this scheduling makes sense given the givens. Yes, I am worried about the Manchinville surgery going wrong, but assuming they don't cut anything they shouldn't and they get it fast enough, I'll be okay. The McConnellville thing will be a few days of hell on earth, like right up there with genital surgery in my do not want to experience again book, but it's not that dangerous as procedures go as long as I'm not weakened from the other surgery. The wait is appropriate. It's okay. It'll be an ugly summer, but I expect to survive it, if that makes sense.

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* ToS: Season 2 Rewatch:

- 2.23: The Omega Glory.

They find another Starfleet vessel orbiting Omega IV with no life signs, but beam over for some reason without any sort of protect from infection. How do they not even have 20th century tech level PPE? and they've gotten infected before doing exactly this, so there is zero excuse. Like, isn't this a job for space Suits? If it's a life form the suits would protect; if it's a pathogen, the space suits would protect them. Just saying. Anyway they find a bunch of uniforms with white powder where the people would be, which turn out to be the minerals in a desiccated human body. Log tells them they are dead and they should go to the planet and not return to infect their own ship. They actually listen.

A survivor (Captain Tracy) from the ship has broken the prime directive with the locals. The Survivor is living in a village of Asian locals, who are at war with the Yang, who are white 'savages.' This is the third time they used this basic plot, though this one annoys me less than the NAZI and Gangster iterations, even if the allegory alternate history thing is stupidly implausible. Sigh. Anyway, the infection is an old bio-weapon. The Yangs are massing for attack. Captain Tracy has been using phasors to help his hosts. Spock and McCoy are pissed. They agree formal charges make no sense, but they could take his phasor. He takes theirs instead and makes them prisoners.

Tracy tells the Enterprise the landing party is sick. They try to alert Sulu, but they are stopped. The locals are immune to disease and can live more than a millennia. Tracy wants Bones to work out how to get the near immortality without the dying if one leaves the planet part. Kirk loses a fight with Tracy. Kirk pretends to support the prime directive, which he only usually does when someone else breaks it. Tracy tosses him in a cage to fight the male Yang. Spock watches from the neighboring cage and makes comments that may or may not be snark. Eventually Spock neck pinches the Yang woman and the man stops fighting kirk to run to her.

Bones is working in a makeshift lab, while Spock tries to escape. Spock suspects the bioweapon destroyed the old civilizations. It turns out the Yang respond to the 'sacred word' freedom. Apparently they've been silent because they don't speak to Coms. The Yangs start helping, but Kirk collapses.

Bones says that after the war nature built up natural immunizing agents against the bioweapons. If the Exeter landing party had stayed a few more hours they'd have lived. The locals are long lived from evolutionary adaptation, so there is no fountain of youth to be found. Tracy reports that he massacred thousands but lost. Kirk, hysterical, screams at Tracy because he did this horrific thing on this planet for nothing. Bones joins in. The village will fall. kirk's like, we can just beam up. Tracy demands more weapons and makes him call for weapons at gun point. The bridge crew is rightly sticking to regs though.

Kirk tricks Tracy into draining the phasor, the Yangs capture them as they wrestle. Kirk works out Yang=Yanks, Com=Communists. Which is the bit I object to. Why would their be human Communists and Yankees with a US flag thousands of years ago on this planet? The whole thing would have worked better with allegory aliens than with literal 20th century humans from thousands of years ago turned "native american' who use the American pledge of allegiance. Tracy tries to convince them that Spock is Satan. (Given this was an early objection to Spock's original design, this is amusing). Kirk points out good is stronger than evil and talks them into trial by combat. Kirk and Tracy wrestle again. Tracy is beating up kirk yet again, so spock uses his variable strength telepathy on a Yang woman to get her to open a communicator. Kirk beats tracy, but won't kill him. The landing party beams down to arrest Tracy. The yangs try to worship them as Gods. Kirk says the sacred word weren't written for chiefs. "We the People" is for all the people. They literally have a copy of the declaration of independence. Shatner chews the scenery as he reads some of it dramatically. The Yangs promise to obey the declaration. "Liberty and freedom need to be more than just words."

They do not ever explain how the time traveling alternate universe Americans and Chinese got there. Sigh.

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News is not great. The easy to treat thing is ruled out. This leaves nastier options and the odds of caner just went way up, but we won’t know until Biospies are back.

Also, I apparently miscalculated something and my bank account is over drawn and accumulating fees. (It was 40.00 when i just checked today. it will be worse tomorrow. The next phase of the fuck is wrong with me is going to involve copays because it’s not entirelycovered, so that’s likely in the 50.00 range.

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

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* "Shielding Trump from extradition if he's indicted is an actual thing people are working on:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/shielding-trump-from-extradition-if-he-s-indicted-is-an-actual-thing-people-are-working-on-111925829964

* "Activists and Ex-Spy Said to Have Plotted to Discredit Trump ‘Enemies’ in Government:" https://www.nytimes.com/2021/05/13/us/politics/mcmaster-fbi-trump-project-veritas.html

* "Rudy Giuliani: I Am Being Treated Like ‘Head of Drug Cartel’:" https://www.thedailybeast.com/rudy-giuliani-says-he-is-being-treated-like-head-of-drug-cartel-after-raid-on-home-office

* "House Lawmakers Reach Bipartisan Deal On Panel To Investigate Jan. 6 Attack:" https://www.npr.org/2021/05/14/996822835/house-lawmakers-reach-bipartisan-deal-on-panel-to-investigate-jan-6-attack

* "Fox News host confronted over election lies by defiant union boss live on air:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2021/05/12/fox-news-randi-weingarten-martha-maccullum-1619-project-misinformation/

* "‘Truth matters’: Rep. Cicilline moves to censure GOP reps ‘downplaying’ Jan. 6:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/-truth-matters-rep-cicilline-moves-to-censure-gop-reps-downplaying-jan-6-111991365995

* "A Border Town Confronts the Reality of Police Surveillance:" https://www.wired.com/story/border-town-confronts-reality-police-surveillance/

* "Atlanta Spa Shootings Were Hate Crimes, Prosecutor Says:" https://www.nytimes.com/2021/05/11/us/atlanta-spa-shootings-hate-crimes.html

* "How A Consent Decree Has Changed Policing In Newark, N.J.:" https://www.npr.org/2021/05/02/992846138/how-a-consent-decree-has-changed-policing-in-newark-n-j

* "LGBTQ+ People Receive More Scrutiny, Negativity From Police: Study:" https://www.advocate.com/news/2021/5/14/lgbtq-people-receive-more-scrutiny-negativity-police-study

* "Online trolls take anti-vaxx hate speech to new level, attacking Peter Hotez:" https://www.houstonchronicle.com/news/houston-texas/health/article/Trolls-take-anti-vaxx-hate-speech-to-a-new-level-16160138.php

* "Gaetz associate agrees to cooperate in federal investigation:" https://apnews.com/article/greenberg-gaetz-investigation-sex-trafficking-596299907a6a4db09554cdf4a59d8ef7

* CW: Rape. "4 Women Say Matt Gaetz’s Wingman Pressured Them to Have Sex:" https://www.thedailybeast.com/4-women-say-matt-gaetzs-wingman-pressured-them-to-have-sex

* "'It's not just Greenberg.': Prosecutors building thorough case around Gaetz associate:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/-it-s-not-just-greenberg-prosecutors-building-thorough-case-around-gaetz-associate-111998533715

* "Good news and bad news for Gaetz as associate takes plea deal (and the good news is bad):" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/good-news-and-bad-news-for-gaetz-as-associate-takes-plea-deal-and-the-good-news-is-bad-111996997667

* "Shocking new allegations about how Matt Gaetz used campaign funds:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/new-allegations-about-gaetz-use-of-campaign-funds-after-a-gop-fundraiser-111990853746

* "Supreme Court will hear direct challenge to Roe v. Wade:" https://www.politico.com/news/2021/05/17/supreme-court-abortion-case-roe-challenge-488983

* "They Told Her Women Couldn’t Join the Ambulance Corps. So She Started Her Own.:" https://www.nytimes.com/2021/04/19/us/ezras-nashim-womens-EMT.html

* "Cameroonian transgender women convicted of 'attempted homosexuality':" https://www.reuters.com/world/africa/cameroonian-transgender-women-convicted-attempted-homosexuality-2021-05-11/

* "Ugandan LGBT+ activist urges world to speak out against brutal homophobic regime:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2021/05/14/pride-uganda-lgbt-yoweri-museveni-gay-queer-africa-same-sex/

* "UK slides even further down rankings of most LGBT-friendly nations in Europe:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2021/05/17/uk-europe-rainbow-map-ranking-ilga-idahobit-lgbt-rights/

* "Bishops urge lawmakers to ban ‘abusive and traumatising’ conversion therapy in Wales:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2021/05/17/bench-bishops-conversion-therapy-wales-uk-ban/

* "Conversion therapy survivor told to 'vomit up the evil inside her' during Christian 'exorcism':" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2021/05/12/conversion-therapy-ban-christian-religious-jayne-ozanne/

* "'Notorious homophobe' Edwin Poots wins DUP leadership:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2021/05/14/dup-leadership-edwin-poots-new-leader/

* "Life-changing penis surgery for trans men currently unavailable on NHS:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2021/05/14/nhs-bottom-surgery-trans-men-penis-phalloplasty-st-peters-andrology-centre/

* "Serial killer to marry prison fiancée who gave her a ‘no more murders’ ultimatum:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2021/05/14/joanna-dennehy-serial-killer-wedding-fiancee-prison/

* "First non-binary mayor 'of any city, anywhere' wins landslide election aged 22:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2021/05/12/non-binary-mayor-bangor-wales-owen-hurcum-genderqueer-agender/

* "Thug denies rape after beating man and fleeing with his £700 cardigan:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2021/05/11/luke-burling-reading-crown-court-rape-robbery-cashmere-cardigan/

* "NCAA Allows Games in States With Anti-Trans Laws:" https://www.advocate.com/transgender/2021/5/17/ncaa-allows-games-states-anti-trans-laws

* "Unequal Access to Puberty Blockers Is Producing Two Classes of Trans Kids:" https://slate.com/human-interest/2021/05/puberty-blocker-access-trans-youth.html

* "2021 now worst year for anti-LGBT+ legislation in US history – we're not even half-way:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2021/05/11/anti-lgbt-laws-passed-2021-any-other-us-history-trans-hrc/

* "Alaska launches its own cruel, 'horrific' attack on trans girls playing sports:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2021/05/14/alaska-trans-school-sports-ban-girls-shelley-hughes/

* "Ban on abhorrent gay and trans panic defence unanimously passed by Oregon:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2021/05/14/oregon-house-representatives-lgbt-gay-trans-panic-defence/

* "Tennessee Governor Signs Anti-Trans School 'Bathroom Bill' Into Law:" https://www.advocate.com/transgender/2021/5/14/tennessee-governor-signs-anti-trans-school-bathroom-bill-law

* "Nonbinary Indigenous Person Killed During Robbery in Pennsylvania:" https://www.advocate.com/crime/2021/5/11/nonbinary-indigenous-person-killed-during-robbery-pennsylvania

* "Two More Trans Women of Color Reportedly Killed:" https://www.advocate.com/crime/2021/5/12/two-more-trans-women-color-reportedly-killed

* "University condemns 'horrific incident' after student mob ​'broke into' LGBT+ safe space:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2021/05/15/bucknell-university-frans-house-break-in-lgbt-safe-space-fraternity/

* "Transphobia is Not Equality | Reacting to Transphobic Ad:"

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* "Judge: Man Convicted of Sodomy Shouldn't Be on Sex Offender Registry:" https://www.advocate.com/news/2021/5/13/judge-man-convicted-sodomy-shouldnt-be-sex-offender-registry

* "A Gay Man Says He Was Tormented at Liberty University. Now He's Suing:" https://www.advocate.com/commentary/2021/5/13/gay-man-says-he-was-tormented-liberty-university-now-hes-suing

* "Evangelical Lutheran Church Elects First Transgender Bishop:" https://www.advocate.com/religion/2021/5/10/evangelical-lutheran-church-elects-first-transgender-bishop

* "Christian School Reportedly Tells Teachers: Expel Gay Kids or Leave:" https://www.advocate.com/youth/2021/5/10/christian-school-reportedly-tells-teachers-expel-gay-kids-or-leave

* "Legalization of MDMA as PTSD Treatment Speeds Ahead:" https://www.hivplusmag.com/news/2021/5/11/legalization-mdma-ptsd-treatment-speeds-ahead

* "Paralysed man uses ‘mindwriting’ brain computer to compose sentences:" https://www.theguardian.com/science/2021/may/12/paralysed-man-mindwriting-brain-computer-compose-sentences

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* "Fleeing a Modern War, Syrians Seek Refuge in Ancient Ruins:" https://www.nytimes.com/2021/04/19/world/middleeast/fleeing-a-modern-war-syrians-seek-refuge-in-ancient-ruins.html

* "James Williams, American Gay Activist Working in India, Dies of COVID:" https://www.advocate.com/world/2021/5/05/james-williams-american-gay-activist-working-india-dies-covid

* "Lesbian penguins are this mating season’s hot new couple:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2021/05/12/lesbian-penguin-gentoo-couple-sea-life-london-aquarium/

* "The Most Frivolous Lawsuits Ever:"

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* "How Superhero Films Misunderstand Revolutionaries:"

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* "The Utopian's Code is BROKEN! (Jupiter's Legacy Netflix):"

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* So here's what's going on: I can't remember if I told y'all they had an opening at the hospital, so they moved my exploratory procedure up to next week. This is a good thing, given how quickly I'm deteriorating. It is quite possible in two weeks I'll be properly medicated and feeling better, assuming I don't also have cancer. I'm going to have a bunch of medic al stuff next week just generally, just like this week.

In other news, my glasses were ready a week early, so I am adjusting to bifocals again. These lack the line and are disconcerting if I move my head wrong, but are a dramatic improvement over the emergency non-bifocals I've been wearing and today was easier than yesterday, so I've hopes of being adjusted soon. These are by far the nicest glasses I've owned ever.

In other news, three of the millennials came over for an outdoor chargen picnic, held in accordance with current CDC guidelines. At some point in June my local friends will all be out of COVID jail. (Currently Squirrel, one of the Millennials, and I are all completely done. The others are half vax).

* I kept getting awakened Friday. Except for another beg from the Police Union, they were all important calls, but having long conversations, fetching my calendar etc., is not good for quality sleep.

Saturday I was too uncomfortable to sleep much. We did go and buy way too much juice and restricted diet/sick people foods for me to eat. I'm already in restriction, but I go up a level Monday and it gets worse from there. I need to sort out transport to the hospital, which is meant to be free and easy on my health plan, but the 24/7 number didn't connect. Like no error beep or message. No Ringing. Just dead line. Mmmmm... thanks? I spent like an hour looking for the direction sheet to get the number that went nowhere. I then tried typing in the title from the direction sheet which led me to another non-working number. O.o I added more search terms, found more directions. The first number it listed tried to sell me direct TV. WTF!?! The second number sounded correct, but says they are only Monday through Friday which is clearly not correct. My options are now call them Monday and see if they can give me the correct number or call my Social Worker and see if she has it. I don't understand why they would send me a directiion sheet with the wrong number and why my health plan site also lists a fake number.

squirrel will collect me after the proceedure and is trying to get off work. Caregiver Millennial has agreed to come and look after me in the evening. We plan to make good lemonade and sweet tea to store in the fridge on sunday, amoung other things.

I apparently have two different medical appointments at opposite ends of the day Monday. Fun!

* Monday was a nightmare. a scammer woke me at 7:59, fifteen minutes before the alarm. I spent a stupid amount of time trying to straighten out medical stuff on the phone. I spent the morning on medical stuff and other errands, all involving long waits, most of it standing up in stunning pain. I do not resent the lady with the baby taking one of two waiting room seats. I do resent the other six able bodied people who monopolized them during my 45 minute wait to drop off my specimen. I am visibly disabled, with a crutch and was obviously in massive pain, but I guess those able bodied people needed those two chairs more.

I went home to eat and lung and the like, then went out again for more medical stuff. Luckily the pre-proceedure COVID testing was drive through and very efficient. I am exhausted and in terrible pain. I get to do more medical stuff tomorrow. Sigh.

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

The help links are at the bottom under the cut.

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

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

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

* Want to help the Asian Community?
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https://www.gofundme.com/c/act/stop-aapi-hate
https://www.advancingjustice-atlanta.org/

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

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

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* "Myanmar's military disappearing young men to crush uprising:" https://apnews.com/article/united-nations-myanmar-technology-e5c0036949f7e7fb8ce1da5884f250a4

* "Three Months After Coup, Myanmar Returns to the ‘Bad Old Days’:" https://www.nytimes.com/2021/05/06/world/asia/myanmar-terror-military-coup.html

* "The Unbelievable Story of Europe’s Runaway Nazi:" https://www.vice.com/en/article/jg8ekk/runaway-nazi-golden-dawn-christos-pappas-greece

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* "‘We’ve cried ourselves dry’: COVID overwhelms Manila hospitals:" https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/4/19/for-kate-patients-die-as-covid-overwhelms-philippine-hospitals

* "Vaccinating the Amazon:" https://www.bbc.com/news/av/world-latin-america-56949409

* "In this Indian state, one in every two people tested is positive for Covid:" https://www.cnn.com/2021/05/07/india/india-covid-goa-positivity-intl-hnk/index.html

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

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

* "As COVID-19 rages in India, scientist warns further waves ‘inevitable’:" https://www.reuters.com/world/india/india-posts-record-daily-rise-coronavirus-deaths-2021-05-05/

* "Why India's Covid surge matters to the entire world:" https://www.msnbc.com/11th-hour/watch/why-india-s-covid-surge-matters-to-the-entire-world-111419973930

* "US backs waiving intellectual property rules on vaccines:" https://apnews.com/article/intellectual-property-coronavirus-pandemic-business-global-trade-health-c2f1ba1e6e150dc6c081b8eb6fe4f1e5

* "'Lives over profits': Biden backs Covid vaccine patent waiver; flexes U.S. leadership:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/-lives-over-profits-biden-backs-covid-vaccine-patent-waiver-flexes-u-s-leadership-111423045507

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* "‘It’s who we are as a country’: Sen. Brown on push to vaccinate rest of world:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/-it-s-who-we-are-as-a-country-sen-brown-on-push-to-vaccinate-rest-of-world-111473221950

* "Sen. Elizabeth Warren: ‘You want people to go to work? Then, invest in childcare’:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-reidout/watch/sen-elizabeth-warren-you-want-people-to-go-to-work-then-invest-in-childcare-111411269695

* Well, Fuck. "Federal judge rules national eviction moratorium exceeds the CDC's authority:" https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/justice-department/federal-judge-rules-national-eviction-moratorium-exceeds-cdc-s-authority-n1266399

* "Signaling to base not to trust elections is key to GOP voter suppression strategy:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/signaling-to-base-not-to-trust-elections-is-key-to-gop-voter-suppression-strategy-111480901742

* "Maddow: Republicans running against democracy not Democrats:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/maddow-republicans-running-against-democracy-not-democrats-111478853832

* "Joy Reid: Being a Republican today means parroting the ‘Big Lie’:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-reidout/watch/joy-reid-being-a-republican-today-means-parroting-the-big-lie-111345733920

* "Joy Reid: The Republican party is ‘in moral crisis’:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-reidout/watch/joy-reid-the-republican-party-is-in-moral-crisis-111408197886

* "‘Soulless’: Rep. Gallego on why he’s no longer friends with this congresswoman:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/-soulless-rep-gallego-on-why-he-s-no-longer-friends-with-this-congresswoman-111473221634

* "Joy Reid on GOP’s push to oust Liz Cheney: ‘This is what total surrender to Trump looks like’:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-reidout/watch/joy-reid-on-gop-s-push-to-oust-liz-cheney-this-is-what-total-surrender-to-trump-looks-like-111469125576

* "Florida governor signs new restrictive bill in ‘blatant attack on right to vote’:" https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/may/06/florida-restrictive-voting-bill-governor-ron-desantis

* "Gov. DeSantis signs Florida restrictive voting law while shutting out all media but Fox News:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-reidout/watch/gov-desantis-signs-florida-restrictive-voting-law-while-shutting-out-all-media-but-fox-news-111469637852

* "Texas lawmakers race against the clock to push through new voting restrictions:" https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/may/06/texas-voting-restrictions-access-lawmakers

* "Beto O’Rourke on new voting restrictions: Texas is ‘already the hardest in the country to vote’:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-reidout/watch/beto-o-rourke-on-new-voting-restrictions-texas-is-already-the-hardest-in-the-country-to-vote-111347269966

* "Major corporations come out against proposed voting restrictions in Texas:" https://www.texastribune.org/2021/05/04/texas-voting-restrictions/

* "Arizona Is Holding Yet Another Trump 2020 Recount—and It Gets Worse:" https://slate.com/technology/2021/05/arizona-recount-cyber-ninjas-doug-logan-explained.html

* "Extending Arizona ballot recount past May 14 is 'not feasible', state fair official says:" https://www.azcentral.com/story/news/politics/arizona/2021/05/05/arizona-audit-fair-official-says-extending-recount-not-feasible/4960234001/

* How is this legal? "Maricopa County Senate audit observers forced to sign non-disclosure agreements:" https://www.abc15.com/news/state/maricopa-county-senate-audit-observers-forced-to-sign-non-disclosure-agreements

* "Arizona’s Republican-Run Election Audit Is Now Looking for Bamboo-Laced “China Ballots”:" https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2021/05/arizona-republican-audit-bamboo-ballots-china.html

* "Built on nonsense, Trump makes election fantasy the core of Republican doctrine:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/built-on-nonsense-trump-makes-election-fantasy-the-core-of-republican-doctrine-111479877533

* "‘Bring in the pandas’: Election ‘audit’ continues to bamboo-zle onlookers:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/-bring-in-the-pandas-election-audit-continues-to-bamboo-zle-onlookers-111473221815

* "‘A sham’: Arizona State Rep says GOP audit ‘destroying democracy’:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-reidout/watch/-a-sham-arizona-state-rep-says-gop-audit-destroying-democracy-111469125910

* "Virginia Republican Politician Sues Over Being Called 'Gay Democrat':" https://www.advocate.com/politics/2021/5/05/virginia-republican-politician-sues-over-being-called-gay-democrat

* "Chris Hayes: How Republicans trade dignity to stay in Party of Trump:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/chris-hayes-how-republicans-trade-dignity-to-stay-in-party-of-trump-111413317672

* "Donald Trump's Facebook ban upheld – but he could be reinstated in months:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2021/05/05/donald-trump-facebook-ban-oversight-board-ruling/

* "Donald Trump launches 'communications platform' and it's basically a Tumblr blog:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2021/05/05/donald-trump-communications-platform-blog-social-media/

* "Judge orders release of DOJ memo justifying not prosecuting Trump:" https://www.politico.com/news/2021/05/04/trump-obstruction-justice-doj-485360

* "Rep. Val Demings on Barr letting Trump off the hook: If it was you or me, we’d be prosecuted:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-reidout/watch/rep-val-demings-on-barr-letting-trump-off-the-hook-if-it-was-you-or-me-we-d-be-prosecuted-111412293531

* "Supreme loser Donald Trump tried to sneak back onto Twitter – and failed miserably:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2021/05/07/donald-trump-twitter-ban-suspended-djtdesk-capitol-riots/

* "ICE deportations fell in April to lowest monthly level on record, enforcement data shows:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/biden-ice-deportations-record-low/2021/05/05/522ee35c-adb8-11eb-8109-f8ba1ea2eeab_story.html

* "Number of unaccompanied migrants drops—along with border media coverage:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/number-of-unaccompanied-migrants-drops-along-with-border-media-coverage-111412805873

* "DHS head on immigration: ‘We inherited a system that was entirely dismantled’:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/dhs-head-on-immigration-we-inherited-a-system-that-was-entirely-dismantled-111414853701

* "Prosecutors seek tougher sentence for Derek Chauvin in George Floyd's death:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-reidout/watch/prosecutors-seek-tougher-sentence-for-derek-chauvin-in-george-floyd-s-death-111281733773

* "Derek Chauvin files motion for new trial in George Floyd case, alleging jury misconduct:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-reidout/watch/derek-chauvin-files-motion-for-new-trial-in-george-floyd-case-alleging-jury-misconduct-111349317836

* "Firing of Atlanta officer who shot Rayshard Brooks reversed:" https://apnews.com/article/rayshard-brooks-shooting-664fefd79db05fdb3bfed1873bab04b5

* "One High School, Five Students Fatally Shot:" https://www.nytimes.com/2021/04/23/us/knoxville-anthony-thompson.html

* More "frothy residue" from the mouth of Rick Santorum. "Don Lemon eviscerates Rick Santorum over non-apology for Native American comments:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2021/05/04/don-lemon-rick-santorum-chris-cuomo-cnn-tonight-native-americans/

* "‘Making America worse’: Joy Reid's mini-biography on Tucker Carlson's many failures:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-reidout/watch/-making-america-worse-joy-reid-s-mini-biography-on-tucker-carlson-s-many-failures-111282757981

* They voted to censor US History. "TN Legislature passes bill that would ban schools from teaching Critical Race Theory:" https://www.wmcactionnews5.com/2021/05/05/debate-about-teaching-critical-race-theory-tn-classrooms-moves-conference-committee/

* "'Whitewashing history': State GOP reps seek to ban lessons on systemic racism:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/-whitewashing-history-tennessee-gop-wants-to-ban-lessons-on-systemic-racism-111350853629

* "The GOP's culture war: 1619 Project and Transgender rights:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-reidout/watch/the-gop-s-culture-war-1619-project-and-transgender-rights-111354437582

* "LGBTQ+ Travel Safety Index: 150 Countries Ranked Worst to Best:"https://www.outtraveler.com/best-travel/2021/5/05/lgbtq-travel-safety-index-150-countries-ranked-worst-best

* "Elderly Christian kisses feet of Polish LGBT+ protestor in extraordinary video:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2021/05/04/poland-radio-maryja-lgbt-protest-christian-woman-kiss-feet-activist/

* "Lesbian stabbed to death as wave of homophobia washes over South Africa:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2021/05/05/south-africa-phelokazi-ndlwana-lesbian-stabbed-murder-hate-crime/

* "Judge throws out LGB Alliance founder's fight to ban trans women from women's spaces:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2021/05/06/lgb-alliance-ann-sinnott-judicial-review-fails-london-high-court-equality-act/

* "Tennessee Will Excuse Students From Lessons With LGBTQ+ Content:" https://www.advocate.com/politics/2021/5/04/tennessee-will-excuse-students-lessons-lgbtq-content

* This one is Louisiana. "Cruel ban on trans athletes thwarted by single vote. Another bill is right behind it:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2021/05/05/louisiana-lawmakers-ban-trans-sport-one-vote-hb542/

* "Pointlessly cruel anti-trans sports bill fails to reach the finish line in Texas:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2021/05/05/texas-anti-trans-athletes-sports-ban-bill-sb29-senate/

* "Three More Trans or Gender-Nonconforming Americans Killed in U.S.:" https://www.advocate.com/crime/2021/5/04/three-more-trans-or-gender-nonconforming-americans-killed-us

* "'Precious' Black LGBT+ teen found dead after being 'beaten by racist, violent' thugs:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2021/05/06/mikayla-miller-death-racism-hopkinton-massachusetts-lgbt-police-investigation/

"One police official even “warned” her “not to go to the media” or else they would out her late daughter."

* "Weight Lifter Laurel Hubbard Likely to Be First Out Trans Olympian:" https://www.advocate.com/sports/2021/5/06/weight-lifter-laurel-hubbard-likely-be-first-trans-olympian

* "America's new normal: A degree hotter than two decades ago:" https://apnews.com/article/climate-change-science-environment-and-nature-414a77846631e50d3c528204b8beb3d9

* "Then and now: Restoring coral reefs in Indonesia:" https://www.bbc.com/news/av/science-environment-56985594

* "At Clemson, unmarked slave graves highlight plantation past:" https://apnews.com/article/clemson-unmarked-slave-graves-plantation-past-e893ad1edc60d51706e0dc6f6ff8240d

* "'Beautiful' actor remembered by husband after losing battle with COVID-19:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2021/05/05/paulo-gustavo-dead-covid-19-brazil-queer-comedian/

* "TRICK-OR-TRAUMA: The Complex Ethics of The Haunted House Industry:" https://www.shopkalma.com/post/trick-or-trauma-the-complicated-ethics-of-the-haunted-house-industry

* "Stranded giraffes in raft rescue:" https://www.bbc.com/news/av/world-africa-55238533

* "Bonding s1 + Bondage Gear | Kat Blaque:"

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* "Hasn't Star Trek Always Had Transgender Characters?:"

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* "2021 Oscars, Gender Reveal Blast & Rioter Caught via Bumble:" https://www.cc.com/video/lid9b9/the-daily-show-with-trevor-noah-2021-oscars-gender-reveal-blast-rioter-caught-via-bumble

* "Keeping Up with Coronavirus - India's in a Bad Place & More:" https://www.cc.com/video/658k7o/the-daily-show-with-trevor-noah-keeping-up-with-coronavirus-india-s-in-a-bad-place-more

* I remember how Exciting Roxanne's Revenge and Ladies First were the first time I heard them. "Dul-Sayin' - Pioneering Women Rappers:" https://www.cc.com/video/sl86fc/the-daily-show-with-trevor-noah-dul-sayin-pioneering-women-rappers

* "State of Black S**t 2021:" https://www.cc.com/video/rjgo17/the-daily-show-with-trevor-noah-state-of-black-s-t-2021

* "Vaccine Incentives Get Creative:" https://www.cc.com/video/hvzjk1/the-daily-show-with-trevor-noah-vaccine-incentives-get-creative

* My glasses broke back in April. I tried gluing them together, but it wouldn’t hold and they were giving me a headache from the wobbles, so i reverted to the previous, non-bifocal pair, which was annoying, but the top prescription was very close, so I could do things like drive and watch TV, which matters. It took a few weeks for an optometrist opening.

I didn't get to bed until noon and the Millennial came sat three, so I am a mess, but today was super productive.

OMG, though, they dramatically improved vision coverage since last time! They more than doubled the frame allowance, so instead of crappy ones that break in a year that must be constantly repaired, we can get really nice sturdy ones and they added a bunch of discounts for things that were wholly out of pocket like bifocals. I couldn't do progressive lenses as they more than doubled total cost, but I got everything else for less than I paid last time for bare minimum I could get away with. (I need bifocals like whoa, and they do not make my prescription without doing the ultra light style, so that was always out of pocket and I usually buy scratch resistance because at my level of clumsy it’s counter productive not too.)

They had a trainee so two very excited ladies helped me pick frames. (They liked my polish and wanted to talk me into these kicky very Zoomer ones, but I'm like orange is no good. here's why, and I put my hand next to the frames and they visibly winces at what it did to my completion. we are getting black with lapis blue pointings. These may be the cutest glasses I've ever owned. (I had contacts all through my teens to whenever in my thirties I stopped being able to afford them).

Apparently, my eyes no longer align right and are just sort of doing their own thing, so add “prism” to astigmatism. Sigh.

I am used to glasses being 2-3 weeks to a month at the outside to replace as they have to special order materials because fucked up eyes. They were all apologetic about it being two.

I am really excited for these glasses. When i first started getting Medicaid glasses they had six ugly styles in cheap frames that broke about a year in. Medicare advantage eventually switched from government produce frames to a very low frame allowance that was usually the eight cheapest frames in the store which also broke a year in and my optometrist while in network for exams was out of network for frames so it was a whole other drama going to the one store in town that was in network. apparently they are back in network again, so I could just get them there which was also a massive help.

So in two weeks I’ll be able to read ingredient lists on boxes again without taking off my glasses and holding them right up to my face.

Both Caregiver Millennial and I were wiped so I’m like want to go home after errands? And he’s like “I’ll do dishes after putting away groceries,” so he went home. I’ll be going to bed super early once I’m done some necessary things.

The poor thing asked me a small question about the British monarchy and made a comment about bathing culture that lend to me giving the poor guy a wide ranging lecture on English parliamentary development, the constitutional monarchy, and medieval-early modern western European comparative attitudes around sex work and bathing....

I am a monster, but I ramble when I’m tired. Or you ask history questions. Or encourage me to roast the house of Hanover/Windsor

* My plan for the stimulus went all to hell. I had intended to blow 2-3 hunfdred on things like food and gardening stuff and things needed around the house, plus a special treat for me. The rest I was going to use to get ahead on bills and hopefully save for either air conditioning in the common area or the next emergency.

Ha!

Rupert Laptop died and needed replacing, poor fellow. (This was one of the emergencies I was expecting and Aidan laptop is so much brighter and faster than poor Rupert who tried his best. It was going to happen eventually, and best it happen when i was in funds). The car needed repairs. (The car is ancient and this was one of the three big emergencies I was imagining). I rather desperately needed more bedding, as the padded liner gave up the ghost and I was on emergency back up bedding that interfered with sleep. I may have gone a little berserk with garden things. One thing after another happened. Things broke or ran out or.... The glasses were also on my list of expected emergencies. Let's hope the TV (second hand and likely even older than my car) survives, as the glasses ate the last of the cushion from the stimulus.

* I really appreciate that Debris made me hate the alternate timelines almost as much as the protagonists do.

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

The help links are at the bottom under the cut.

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

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

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

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

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

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* "Evergreen Truck Blocks Chinese Motorway Just Days After Evergreen Ship Jams Suez Canal:" https://www.unilad.co.uk/viral/evergreen-truck-blocks-chinese-motorway-just-days-after-evergreen-ship-jams-suez-canal/

* CW: Dead Bodies. "Images From a Deadly Weekend of Protests in Myanmar:" https://www.nytimes.com/2021/03/27/world/asia/myanmar-protests-military-pictures.html

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* "First Covid, Then Psychosis: ‘The Most Terrifying Thing I’ve Ever Experienced’:" https://www.nytimes.com/2021/03/22/health/covid-psychosis.html

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* "House Democrats rattle Social Security Administration to put Covid relief checks in motion:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/house-democrats-rattle-social-security-administration-to-put-covid-relief-checks-in-motion-109180485703

* "In the shadow of its exceptionalism, America fails to invest in the basics:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/interactive/2021/america-growing-disparities/

* "Union-friendly states enjoy higher economic growth, individual earnings:" https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2021/03/210323150819.htm

* "Does Puerto Rico Want Puerto Rican Statehood?:" https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2021/03/puerto-rico-statehood-us-politics-democrats.html

* "D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser on the new push for D.C. statehood:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-sunday-show/watch/d-c-statehood-new-york-city-ending-qualified-immunity-for-nypd-officers-discussed-by-d-c-mayor-bowser-109227589907

* "The GOP Is Dying. The Only Way They Can Win Is by Cheating:" https://www.advocate.com/commentary/2021/3/22/gop-dying-only-way-they-can-win-cheating

* "Voter suppression bills that could pass nationwide slammed as danger to democracy:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-sunday-show/watch/georgia-s-voter-suppression-laws-similar-bills-nationwide-slammed-as-danger-to-american-voting-rights-109227589586

* "'It's a power struggle.': Warnock outlines what's at stake in Republican war on democracy:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/-it-s-a-power-struggle-warnock-outlines-what-s-at-stake-in-republican-war-on-democracy-109178949870

* "Sen. Merkley: ‘I am already at the point of saying the filibuster must be reformed’:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-sunday-show/watch/filibuster-reform-passing-the-sr-1-voting-rights-bill-discussed-by-sen-merkley-109228101662

* "Capehart on abolishing the filibuster to defend voting rights in this week’s ‘Bye Line’:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-sunday-show/watch/passing-the-hr-1-voting-rights-bill-abolishing-the-filibuster-analyzed-by-jonathan-capehart-109228613637

* Have something you want to tell Manchin and Sinima? 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.

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* "Overwhelming number of Americans back laws protecting LGBT+ community:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2021/03/26/equality-act-majority-americans-support-lgbt-protections-prri-poll/

* "Republican wants the Bible designated the official book of Tennessee:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2021/03/25/tennessee-republic-jerry-sexton-bible-official-state-book/

* "Missouri Republicans refuse to honor vote on Medicaid expansion:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/missouri-republicans-refuse-to-honor-vote-on-medicaid-expansion-109179461586

* "Experts analyze new information on Oath Keepers, Proud Boys linked to Capitol insurrection:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-sunday-show/watch/oath-keepers-proud-boys-new-findings-linked-to-capitol-insurrection-analyzed-by-experts-109229637557

* "'A nightmare scenario': Extremists in police ranks spark growing concern after Capitol riot:" https://www.usatoday.com/in-depth/news/politics/elections/2021/03/21/police-charged-capitol-riot-reignite-concerns-racism-extremism/4738348001/

* "A Tale Of 2 Radicalizations:" https://www.npr.org/2021/03/15/972498203/a-tale-of-2-radicalizations

* "Migrants are not overrunning U.S. border towns, despite the political rhetoric:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/migrants-are-not-overrunning-us-border-towns-despite-the-political-rhetoric/2021/03/15/b193f3f2-8345-11eb-ac37-4383f7709abe_story.html

* "Girl's solo journey to US border shows risks parents take:" https://apnews.com/article/7-year-old-girl-solo-journey-migrants-us-border-e20532411e351499fffcc79beddab83a

* "Rep. Veronica Escobar still sees ‘heartbreaking’ conditions in border facilities for children:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-sunday-show/watch/border-facilities-housing-migrant-children-still-heartbreaking-rep-veronica-escobar-says-109228613608

* "In City After City, Police Mishandled Black Lives Matter Protests:" https://www.nytimes.com/2021/03/20/us/protests-policing-george-floyd.html

* "The Secret Recordings That Rocked a Community—and Its Police Force:" https://www.esquire.com/news-politics/a35300854/mount-vernon-police-corruption-abuse-whistleblower/

* "White Terrorism Often Leads to Harsher Punishment for People of Color:" https://www.themarshallproject.org/2021/01/14/white-terrorism-often-leads-to-harsher-punishment-for-people-of-color

* "On federal death row, inmates talk about Biden, executions:" https://apnews.com/article/federal-death-row-inmates-talk-biden-executions-6381ed8b3e821a34a6b6ade6bb3375c0

* "A high school student needed help with tuition, so an unlikely group stepped up: Prison inmates:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/2021/01/01/high-school-student-needed-help-with-tuition-so-an-unlikely-group-stepped-up-prison-inmates-raised-32000/

* "2020 Saw an Unprecedented Surge in White Supremacist Propaganda:" https://time.com/5947281/white-supremacist-propaganda-2020/

* "We Need To Talk About Anti-Asian Hate:"

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* "What Science Says About Trans Men:"

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* "Judge throws out Scottish anti-trans group’s bid to block to trans inclusion:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2021/03/23/for-women-scotland-supreme-court-gender-representation-public-boards-act/

* "Two men and teen boy found guilty of killing gay man in harrowing 'feral attack':" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2021/03/26/jerry-appicella-gay-man-murder-attack-brick-pipe-guilty-verdict/

* "Pope Names Gay Survivor to Commission Fighting Clergy Sex Abuse:" https://www.advocate.com/religion/2021/3/24/pope-names-gay-survivor-commission-fighting-clergy-sex-abuse

* "Chechen Crackdown Continues With Persecution of Gay Men's Families:" https://www.advocate.com/world/2021/3/24/chechen-crackdown-continues-persecution-gay-mens-families

* "Queer couple cowered in fear as thug shouted homophobic abuse from outside their home:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2021/03/28/homophobic-abuse-staffordshire-alex-johnson-jason-smith-stephen-lanza/

* "Justin Ling Reveals the Full Story of Gay Serial Killer Bruce McArthur:" https://www.advocate.com/books/2021/3/24/justin-ling-reveals-full-story-gay-serial-killer-bruce-mcarthur

* "2 More Anti-Trans Bills Advance: 'Alpha Males Must Defend Our Ladies':" https://www.advocate.com/transgender/2021/3/18/2-more-anti-trans-bills-advance-alpha-males-must-defend-our-ladies

* "South Dakota Gov. Spearheading National Effort Against Trans Athletes:" https://www.advocate.com/transgender/2021/3/22/south-dakota-gov-spearheading-national-effort-against-trans-athletes

* People will die. "Arkansas passes hateful bill allowing doctors to refuse to treat LGBT+ people:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2021/03/26/arkansas-anti-trans-healthcare-lgbt-bill-medical-ethics-diversity-act/

* "New Ad: 'Governors Signing Anti-LGBTQ+ Laws Should Be Ashamed':" https://www.advocate.com/politics/2021/3/26/new-ad-governors-signing-anti-lgbtq-laws-should-be-ashamed

* "Tennessee Republicans launch chilling bid to ban LGBT+ books from schools:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2021/03/26/tennessee-lgbt-books-schools-lessons/

* "Long Beach's Rainbow Lifeguard Tower Burns Down, Likely 'Act of Hate':" https://www.advocate.com/crime/2021/3/23/long-beachs-rainbow-lifeguard-tower-burns-down-likely-act-hate

* "Notorious School District to Pay Trans Youth $300K to Settle Suit:" https://www.advocate.com/transgender/2021/3/23/notorious-school-district-pay-trans-youth-300k-settle-suit

* "Catholic bishops lobbied against national suicide hotline over LGBT funding:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2021/03/26/catholic-bishops-us-conference-national-suicide-hotline-lgbt-equality-act-violence-against-women/

* "‘I Am Worth It’: Why Thousands of Doctors in America Can’t Get a Job:" https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/19/health/medical-school-residency-doctors.html

* "He wanted to get his home off fossil fuels. There was just one problem.:" https://grist.org/buildings/he-wanted-to-get-his-home-off-fossil-fuels-there-was-just-one-problem/

* "The Coal Plant Next Door:" https://www.propublica.org/article/coal-ash-georgia-power#1053718

* "Scientists may have solved ancient mystery of 'first computer':" https://www.theguardian.com/science/2021/mar/12/scientists-move-closer-to-solving-mystery-of-antikythera-mechanism

* "How a Cuban Spy Sabotaged New York's Thriving, Illicit Slave Trade:" https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/when-new-york-became-americas-last-slave-trading-port-cuban-spy-tried-stop-it-180977178/

* "How Three Women Led the Fight against Pertussis:" https://daily.jstor.org/how-three-women-led-the-fight-against-pertussis/

* "From GI Joe to GI Jane: Christine Jorgensen’s Story:" https://www.nationalww2museum.org/war/articles/christine-jorgensen

* "Murders of Gay, Bi Men Show How Police, Media Fail the Queer Community:" https://www.advocate.com/exclusives/2021/3/24/murders-gay-bi-men-show-how-police-media-fail-queer-community

* "Did this Queer Man Kill His Wife?:" https://www.advocate.com/crime/2021/3/24/did-queer-man-kill-his-wife#media-gallery-media-8

* "Why Hollywood Won't Stop Making Some Foreign Countries Look Awful:"

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* "Editorial Template for Every Time a White Person Commits an Atrocious Crime:" https://www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/editorial-template-for-every-time-a-white-person-commits-an-atrocious-crime

* "Dul-Sayin' - Celebrating Activist Women Athletes:" https://www.cc.com/video/f4zuaq/the-daily-show-with-trevor-noah-dul-sayin-celebrating-activist-women-athletes

* "Violence Against Women:" https://www.cc.com/video/afp475/the-daily-show-with-trevor-noah-violence-against-women

* "Cargo Ship Blocks Suez Canal & Utah's Phone Porn Ban:" https://www.cc.com/video/5rsybp/the-daily-show-with-trevor-noah-cargo-ship-blocks-suez-canal-utah-s-phone-porn-ban

* "The Real March Madness? NCAA’s Treatment of Female Athletes:"

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* "The Cyberattacks Plaguing America’s Hospitals:"

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* "If There’s Hope for Atlantic City, There’s Hope for America...Maybe?:"

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* "Boomers Got the Vax - SNL:"

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* "Dr. Seuss Is Not Cancelled, It's Just Time To Retire Books With Racist Imagery:"

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* "The Princes of Saxony Collected These Kitschy Miniature Mountains:" https://daily.jstor.org/the-princes-of-saxony-collected-these-kitschy-miniature-mountains/

* "50 Very Bad Book Covers for Literary Classics:" https://lithub.com/50-very-bad-book-covers-for-literary-classics/

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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.

* 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/

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* "Sarah Everard: Met Police chief will not resign over vigil scenes:" https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-56389824

* "South Africa's Beloved Zulu Monarch Dies:" https://www.voanews.com/africa/south-africas-beloved-zulu-monarch-dies

* "Alleged terror plotter says he can't be homophobic because he kissed a man in a gay bar:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2021/03/02/sahayb-abu-isis-telegram-old-bailey-court-terror-attack-gay-lgbt/

* "Three workers for foreign media arrested in Ethiopia's Tigray region:" https://www.reuters.com/article/us-ethiopia-conflict-journalists/three-workers-for-foreign-media-arrested-in-ethiopias-tigray-region-idUSKCN2AU163

* "Three Women Working for a News Outlet Are Gunned Down in Afghanistan:" https://www.nytimes.com/2021/03/02/world/asia/afghanistan-women-journalists-killed.html

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* "Eli Lilly's combo therapy for COVID-19 cuts serious illness and death in large study:" https://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-lilly-idUSKBN2B21C0

* "New Biotechnology Covid Treatment Reduces Risk of Death:" https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-03-11/glaxo-vir-biotechnology-covid-treatment-reduces-risk-of-death

* "Long Covid symptoms aren’t as unique as we thought:" https://www.vox.com/22298751/long-term-side-effects-covid-19-hauler-symptoms

* "Unlocking the Mysteries of Long COVID:" https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2021/04/unlocking-the-mysteries-of-long-covid/618076/

* "Mexico City Is Running Low On Oxygen, and Gangs Are Making a Profit:"

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* Total confirmed COVID-19 cases in the U.S.A for 3/10/21 are 29,207,000. The official death toll is 531,000. Fully Vaccinated: 10.0%.

* "Virus drove record U.S. death rate in 2020, CDC finds:" https://www.politico.com/news/2021/03/10/cdc-finds-covid-19-drove-15-percent-spike-in-death-rate-475219

* "Biden Sets Goal Of July 4th To 'Mark Independence' From Coronavirus:" https://www.npr.org/sections/coronavirus-live-updates/2021/03/11/975420676/biden-to-address-the-nation-marking-1-year-of-coronavirus-pandemic

* "Biden vaccination strategy aims to help lagging states, reach out to underserved areas :" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/biden-vaccination-strategy-aims-to-help-lagging-states-reach-out-to-underserved-areas-104713285680

* "Why mutated variants could make future Covid booster shots necessary:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/why-mutated-variants-could-make-future-covid-booster-shots-necessary-104708165541

* "Expect further guidance for vaccinated people 'very soon': Dr. Fauci:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/expect-further-guidance-for-vaccinated-people-very-soon-dr-fauci-104699461522

* "All living former presidents, first ladies appear in new vaccine PSAs — except the Trumps:" https://www.politico.com/news/2021/03/11/former-presidents-vaccine-psa-trump-475293

* "‘The absolute worst’: Texas AG threatens to Austin for defying governor’s mask mandate repeal:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-reidout/watch/-the-absolute-worst-texas-ag-threatens-to-austin-for-defying-governor-s-mask-mandate-repeal-104539205791

* "'Really ill advised': Fauci laments risks of Florida motorcycle rally:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/-really-ill-advised-fauci-laments-risks-of-florida-motorcycle-rally-104694341762

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* "US resumes aid to Yemen's rebel north as famine threatens:" https://apnews.com/article/joe-biden-world-news-famine-blockades-united-nations-3386dc685c1a7668e66852c2b010abdd

* "As Garland arrives at DOJ, Capitol rioter cases take shape, whistleblowers ding Trump:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/as-garland-arrives-at-doj-capitol-rioter-cases-take-shape-whistleblowers-ding-trump-104716357874

* "Senate confirms Michael Regan to lead EPA:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/2021/03/10/regan-epa-confirmed/

* "The Mothers Facing Eviction During COVID:"

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* "Biden signs $1.9 trillion Covid relief bill:" https://www.politico.com/news/2021/03/11/biden-signs-covid-relief-bill-475344

* "Stimulus checks could start hitting bank accounts this weekend, White House says:" https://www.cnbc.com/2021/03/11/stimulus-checks-could-start-hitting-bank-accounts-this-weekend-white-house-says.html

* I know this is tumblr, but it's a good short summary the most important bits: https://tuulikki.tumblr.com/post/645429063513718784/the-idea-that-any-sane-person-could-genuinely-stan

* "Sen. Sherrod Brown says covid relief has 'so many things that'll make the country better':" https://www.msnbc.com/the-reidout/watch/sen-sherrod-brown-says-covid-relief-has-so-many-things-that-ll-make-the-country-better-103690309797

* "Democrat Skewers Republican Lawmaker's Attack On Black Lives Matter:" https://www.huffpost.com/entry/stacey-plaskett-glenn-grothman-black-lives-matter_n_6049543ec5b636ed3377f723

* "‘No longer being coded’: Stacey Plaskett says Rep. Grothman has a history of ‘very racist remarks’:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-reidout/watch/-no-longer-being-coded-stacey-plaskett-says-rep-grothman-has-a-history-of-very-racist-remarks-103714373614

* "Susan Collins, Joe Manchin Vote for Anti-Trans Language in COVID Bill:" https://www.advocate.com/politics/2021/3/08/susan-collins-joe-manchin-vote-anti-trans-language-covid-bill

* "Republicans turn on transphobe Marjorie Taylor Greene after 'pain in the a**' stunts:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2021/03/11/marjorie-taylor-green-republican-house-representatives-trans-transphobia/

* "AOC eviscerates Republicans' childish 'cancel culture' obsession in single tweet:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2021/03/12/alexandria-ocasio-cortez-kevin-mccarthy-dr-seuss-cancel-culture-covid-relief/

* "Chris Hayes breaks down some hidden gems of the Covid relief bill:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/chris-hayes-breaks-down-some-hidden-gems-of-the-covid-relief-bill-105350725553

* "Biden Administration to take ‘victory lap’ to sell covid relief package:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-reidout/watch/biden-administration-to-take-victory-lap-to-sell-covid-relief-package-104529477814

* "How House progressives set the bar for the Covid relief bill:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/how-house-progressives-set-the-bar-for-the-covid-relief-bill-105487941631

* "‘It’s indicative of who he is’: Trump makes voter suppression a part of his post presidency:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-reidout/watch/-it-s-indicative-of-who-he-is-trump-makes-voter-suppression-a-part-of-his-post-presidency-103116869985

* "Nicolle Wallace: Republicans are openly trying to disenfranchise voters:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-reidout/watch/nicolle-wallace-republicans-are-openly-trying-to-disenfranchise-voters-103696965636

* "'Corporations have a responsibility': Georgia firms pressed to stand up for voting rights:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/-corporations-have-a-responsibility-georgia-firms-pressed-to-stand-up-for-voting-rights-105480261763

* "Kyrsten Sinema Proves LGBTQ+ Representation Isn't Everything:" https://www.advocate.com/commentary/2021/3/08/kyrsten-sinema-proves-lgbtq-representation-isnt-everything

* "Republicans take spanking from Trump, ask for more:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/republicans-take-spanking-from-trump-ask-for-more-105496645671

* "New York prosecutor investigating Trump announces he won't seek reelection:" https://www.cnn.com/2021/03/12/politics/cyrus-vance-not-running/

* "Michael Cohen has seventh meeting with Manhattan DA as Trump investigation ramps up:" https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/donald-trump/michael-cohen-has-seventh-meeting-manhattan-da-trump-investigation-ramps-n1260548

* "Trump pressured a Georgia elections investigator in a separate call legal experts say could amount to obstruction:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/trump-call-georgia-investigator/2021/01/09/7a55c7fa-51cf-11eb-83e3-322644d82356_story.html

* "Newly Revealed Call Details How Trump Pressed Georgia Investigator To Find Vote Fraud:" https://www.npr.org/2021/03/11/976030079/newly-revealed-call-details-how-trump-pressed-georgia-investigator-to-find-vote-

* "Even Trump’s Defense Secretary During the Capitol Riot Blames Him for Inciting It:" https://www.vice.com/en/article/wx83v4/even-trumps-defense-secretary-during-the-capitol-riot-blames-him-for-inciting-it

* "Army reviewing investigation into Michael Flynn’s dealings with Russia, foreign firm:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/michael-flynn-investigation-russia-turkey/2021/03/12/3492549a-8366-11eb-bb5a-ad9a91faa4ef_story.html

* "Prosecutors seek a slowdown in Capitol attack cases, calling probe the ‘most complex’ in history:" https://www.politico.com/news/2021/03/12/prosecutors-capitol-riot-investigation-475505

* "‘QAnon Shaman’ stays in jail as judge slams his arguments: ‘So frivolous as to insult the Court’s intelligence’:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2021/03/09/qanon-shaman-jacob-chansley-jail/

* "Man Charged With Attacking Cop At Capitol Riot Buried Police Badge In Backyard:" https://www.huffpost.com/entry/thomas-sibick-mike-fanone-capitol-riot-police_n_604bdecec5b672fce4ec9e5d

* "Pennsylvania Man Arrested for Threatening to Kill Members of Congress and Shoot Black People to ‘Keep Them in Line’:" https://www.theroot.com/pennsylvania-man-arrested-for-threatening-to-kill-membe-1846328985

* "DeKalb Police make 5th arrest in brutal murder of man in own home:" https://www.11alive.com/article/news/crime/five-custody-man-beaten-shot-death-dekalb/85-9ed7c0f8-cdb2-4d21-adf4-7da48bc06ada

* "House Passes Bills To Strengthen Gun Laws, Including Expanding Background Checks:" https://www.npr.org/2021/03/11/976000003/house-passes-bills-to-strengthen-gun-laws-including-expanding-background-checks

* "Number of children in Border Patrol custody surpasses 3,700 amid ongoing surge:" https://www.cnn.com/2021/03/11/politics/children-border-patrol-surpasses-3700/index.html

* "Biden admin to end policy that let DHS deport caregivers for migrant kids:" https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/immigration/biden-admin-end-trump-policy-let-dhs-deport-caregivers-migrant-n1260920

* "Special Report: How Trump administration left indelible mark on U.S. immigration courts:" https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-immigration-trump-court-special-r/special-report-how-trump-administration-left-indelible-mark-on-u-s-immigration-courts-idUSKBN2B0179

* "Minneapolis will pay George Floyd's estate $27 million after city council votes to settle lawsuit with family:" https://www.cnn.com/2021/03/12/us/george-floyd-minneapolis-settlement/index.html

* "Cori Bush on $27 million George Floyd settlement: ‘We can’t put a price tag on this man’s life’:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-reidout/watch/cori-bush-on-28-million-george-floyd-settlement-we-can-t-put-a-price-tag-on-this-man-s-life-105299525825

* "Louisville's failure to address racial disparities prompts fears 'there will be another Breonna Taylor':" https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/mar/13/breonna-taylor-louisville-kentucky-one-year-on-blm

* "Police officer 'hurled slurs and shoved trans woman who was being assaulted':" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2021/03/09/nypd-trans-woman-attack-luis-cruz/

* "Black Trans Lives Matter vigil held ahead of George Floyd murder trial:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2021/03/10/black-trans-lives-matter-vigil-seattle-george-floyd-derek-chauvin-trial/

* "Prisons are ‘traumatising and dangerous places’ for LGBT+ inmates, eye-opening study finds:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2021/03/10/prisons-lgbt-england-scotland-trans-inmates-university-dundee/

* "Covid 'hate crimes' against Asian Americans on rise:" https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-56218684

* "Congress preps legislation addressing anti-Asian violence:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-reidout/watch/congress-preps-legislation-addressing-anti-asian-violence-105305669727

* "Shocked judge bumps into hate crime suspect in restaurant after he was jailed:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2021/03/09/texas-judge-hate-crime-suspect-restaurant/

* "Neo-Nazi Terrorists Planned Fortified Compound in Michigan:" https://www.vice.com/en/article/3anwyw/neo-nazi-terrorists-planned-fortified-compound-in-michigan

* "The absolute worst: The right wing media’s reaction to the Meghan and Harry’s interview:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-reidout/watch/the-absolute-worst-the-right-wing-media-s-reaction-to-the-meghan-and-harry-s-interview-103129157954

* CW: Sexual Abuse. "Women allege sexual misconduct against North Carolina GOP lawmaker as his biography is under new scrutiny:" https://www.cnn.com/2021/03/01/politics/madison-cawthorn-sexual-misconduct-allegations/index.html

* CW: Sexual Harassment. "Schumer is latest Dem to call on Cuomo to resign as scandals intensify:" https://www.politico.com/news/2021/03/12/cuomo-ny-congress-democrats-resignations-475522

* CW: Sexual Harassment. "Schumer, Gillibrand call for Cuomo to resign amid accusations of inappropriate conduct:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/schumer-gillibrand-call-for-cuomo-to-resign-amid-accusations-of-inappropriate-conduct-105335877742

* "‘He's the absolute worst’: Rep. Houlahan calls out Tucker Carlson for attacking women in military:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-reidout/watch/-he-s-the-absolute-worst-rep-houlahan-calls-out-tucker-carlson-for-attacking-women-in-military-105315397503

* "Arkansas Passes Near-Total Abortion Ban — And A Possible 'Roe V. Wade' Test:" https://www.npr.org/2021/03/10/975546070/arkansas-passes-near-total-abortion-ban-as-lawmakers-push-for-supreme-court-case

* I fucking hate gender policing. "Rugby star with alopecia forced to lift her shirt to prove her gender when using bathroom:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2021/03/09/heather-fisher-rugby-alopecia-gender-england-worcester-olympics-bathroom/

* "Polish ‘LGBT-free zone’ refuses entry to gay French minister who vowed to ‘fight for tolerance’:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2021/03/09/clement-beaune-france-gay-poland-lgbt-free-zones/

* "Poland to ban gays from adopting, even as single parents:" https://www.reuters.com/article/idUSKBN2B31WN?il=0

* "Tory minister refuses to rule out UK conversion therapy ban for minors only:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2021/03/09/kemi-badenoch-conversion-therapy-ban-equalities-office-liz-truss-lgbt-crispin-blunt-john-nicolson-charlotte-nichols/

* "'Failing' NHS gender clinic The Laurels assessed just two new patients in 12 months:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2021/03/08/the-laurels-nhs-trans-waiting-times-west-england-gender-identity-clinic-waiting-list-exeter-devon-partnership-trust-transgender/

* "Census guidance on sex question to be amended after High Court challenge by anti-trans group:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2021/03/09/census-2021-sex-question-gender-identity-ons-anti-trans-fair-play-women/

* "Two more top advisers quit over Tories' 'hostile environment' for LGBT+ people:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2021/03/11/james-morton-ellen-murray-government-lgbt-advisory-panel-kemi-badenoch-liz-truss-conversion-therapy/

* "First openly genderqueer Plaid Cymru candidate resigns, claiming party ‘platforms transphobia’:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2021/03/07/plaid-cymru-genderqueer-agender-candidate-owen-hurcum-transphobia-helen-mary-jones/

* "Gay Russian priest who fled to Holland after coming out claims clergy have sex to get promotions:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2021/03/06/gay-priest-russian-orthodox-church-metropolitan-mercurius-holland-alexander-usatov/

* "UK’s first LGBT+ retirement community given green light to open in 2021:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2021/03/02/lgbt-retirement-community-uk-london/

* Warning: This one’s pretty graphic."Homophobic thug jailed for group attack on gay, trans couple that left both victims in trauma unit:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2021/03/13/homophobic-thug-jailed-gay-trans-couple-attack-worcester/

* "White House warns states cruelly targeting trans rights that they’re breaking the law:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2021/03/09/white-house-joe-biden-trans-rights-jen-psaki-transphobia-mississippi-south-dakota/

* "More than 500 college athletes unite to demand action on anti-trans sports laws:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2021/03/12/transgender-athletes-college-ban-ncaa-trans/

* "There Are Currently 108 Bills Targeting LGBTQ+ People:" https://www.advocate.com/politics/2021/3/06/there-are-currently-108-bills-targeting-lgbtq-people

* "South Dakota Governor Signs Discriminatory 'Religious Freedom' Bill:" https://www.advocate.com/politics/2021/3/11/south-dakota-governor-signs-discriminatory-religious-freedom-bill

* "Mississippi officially bans trans athletes from competing as their correct gender:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2021/03/11/mississippi-trans-sports-ban-governor-tate-reeves-transphobic/

* "Tennessee Advances Anti-Trans School Sports Bill:" https://www.advocate.com/transgender/2021/3/02/tennessee-advances-anti-trans-school-sports-bill

* "South Dakota Revives, Passes Anti-Trans Sports Bill, Sends to Governor:" https://www.advocate.com/transgender/2021/3/08/south-dakota-revives-passes-anti-trans-sports-bill-sends-governor

* O.o "Trump sycophant thinks Demi Lovato inspired a 'woke mob' to cancel International Women's Day:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2021/03/09/real-america-dan-ball-demi-lovato-woke-mob-left-gender-reveal-international-womens-day-cancel/

* "Republican politician whines the left wants everyone to be bisexual and miserable:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2021/03/08/utah-republican-david-alvord-bisexual-polyamorous-trans-transphobia/

* "Rally descends into chaos with speaker calling gay mayor a ‘little f****t’:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2021/03/02/rally-descends-into-chaos-with-speaker-calling-gay-mayor-a-little-ft/

* "North Carolina Ends Deadnaming of Students on Report Cards, Documents:" https://www.advocate.com/transgender/2021/3/12/north-carolina-ends-deadnaming-students-report-cards-documents

* "Anti-LGBTQ+ Christian Woman Harasses Teens in Viral TikTok Clip:" https://www.advocate.com/youth/2021/3/12/anti-lgbtq-christian-woman-harasses-teens-viral-tiktok-clip

* Why were they selling these in the 21st century at all? "Amazon Won't Sell Books Calling LGBTQ+ Identity a Mental Illness:" https://www.advocate.com/transgender/2021/3/12/amazon-wont-sell-books-calling-lgbtq-identity-mental-illness

* "Alexandra Grey's True Hollywood Story Is Breaking Barriers:" https://www.out.com/print/2021/2/08/alexandra-greys-true-hollywood-story-breaking-barriers

* "Ryan O'Connell Is Horny for Representation:" https://www.out.com/celebs/2020/8/26/ryan-oconnell-horny-representation

* "Black, Gay, Autistic, and Beautiful:" https://www.advocate.com/commentary/2021/3/08/black-gay-autistic-and-beautiful

* "We need to talk about queer mental health [CC]:"

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* "As an HIV Survivor, COVID-19 Stigma Is Sadly Familiar:" https://www.hivplusmag.com/opinion/2021/3/11/hiv-survivor-covid-19-stigma-sadly-familiar

* "It’s not just gut bacteria, our fungal mycobiome can also affect health:" https://newatlas.com/health-wellbeing/fungal-mycobiome-gut-bacteria-microbiome-health-metabolism/

* "‘Zombie’ Microbes Redefine Life’s Energy Limits:" https://www.quantamagazine.org/zombie-microbes-redefine-lifes-energy-limits-20200812/

* "These Sea Slugs Decapitate Themselves and Grow New Bodies:" https://www.wired.com/story/sea-slugs-decapitate-themselves-and-grow-new-bodies/

* "The Town Trying to Pump Billions of Gallons of Water to Their Desert Community:"

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* "She sued her enslaver for reparations and won. Her descendants never knew.:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/history/2021/02/24/henrietta-wood-reparations-slavery/?arc404=true

* "The Greatest Defense of All Time: Clement Vallandigham:"

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* "Everything Was Fake but Her Wealth:" https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/everything-was-fake-but-her-wealth-4621153/

* I want it gone. "Group of bipartisan senators pushes for permanent Daylight Saving Time:" https://www.cbsnews.com/news/daylight-savings-time-permanent-bill-senate/

* "Yaupon: The rebirth of America's forgotten tea:" http://www.bbc.com/travel/story/20210223-yaupon-the-rebirth-of-americas-forgotten-tea

* "Why do some people put their c**ks in cages – a guide to male chastity:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2021/03/07/what-are-chastity-cages-cage-belt-gay-male-penis-cock-fetish-device/

* "Common Women's History Myths We Need To Let Go:"

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* "The Dangerous Mentality of The Thrombey Family (Knives Out):"

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* "Meet The White Women Empowering QAnon:"

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

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* Wednesday I was back to annoying chronic illness stuff, including my often problematic eye pulling out the stops and the right shoulder joint stuff being extra, but I seem to be over the Pfiser shot. I ended up doing a bunch of scheduling and rescheduling of medical stuff, careful of the second shot timing.

How to tell I'm old: It occurred to be that by the time the farmer's market is open and in full swing, It'll be safe for me to shop outside. I could buy my own starts and vegetables. It was really exciting.

* Saturday: Rupert laptop has been having conniptions and between crashes and Tavy rebooting him a bunch I lost a massive, unrecoverable amount of data. I am too exhausted at this point to spend more than a couple of hours trying to get it back.

Update: Rupert Laptop is dying. I guess I know the first thing I need to do with stimulus money. Needless to say, trying and failing to solve Rupert's issues ate Saturday.

I know fuck all about what's good. If any of you are tech inclined, I'd love suggestions for reasonably priced 8GB Ram laptop with large screen or a desk top I can plug in to Main Computer's old monitor.

* This conversation about Wilder's Wonka is glorious: https://gwydionmisha.tumblr.com/post/645618159710306304/i-am-very-drunk-and-listening-to-totos-africa

* "So your grandmother is a starship now: a quick guide for the bewildered:" https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-021-00503-3?utm_source=twt_nft&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=futures

* I hate the glorification of the loose cannon cop "who doesn't play by the rules" in American Media. You know what a cop that doesn't play "by the rules" is? A particularly dangerous person who hurts and kills people with impunity. Those "rules" are literally laws. Laws designed to protect people. A loose cannon hurts everyone near it. (Look it up. A cannon was heavy as fuck and on wheels. A loose one on a rolling ship crushes the gun crew.)

I want less of the the laws are in the way and more anti-lynching, anti-police violence and corruption things. Lets treat IA as the good guys for once. Make things like the Ox Bow incident about how the rush to judgement kills innocent people. We've had generations of propaganda rolling out about how it's good if cops dehumanize and harm people with hardly any counter. Let's go the whole other way. Make Dirty Harry the bad guy, because cops executing children for playing in the park or fathers for selling a cigarette need to be reviled for the monsters they are and cop shows are still pretending rough rides are good policing.

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

The help links are at the bottom under the cut.

* Ways to help people in Texas: https://spockvarietyhour.tumblr.com/post/643435770019987456
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More Texas how to help links: https://omgthatdress.tumblr.com/post/643431809724628992

* "You Can Buy Girl Scout Cookies From Troop Of Girls In NYC Shelter System:" https://www.scarymommy.com/troop-6000-girl-scouts-nyc-shelters/

* More Girl Scout Troops in Particular Need: https://tuulikki.tumblr.com/post/643247412337639424/girl-scout-cookie-time

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

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* "China NPC: Beijing to overhaul Hong Kong electoral system:" https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-china-56264117

* "Nigeria kidnapped girls: Shots fired at Zamfara reunion ceremony:" https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-56230525?xtor=AL-72-%5Bpartner%5D-%5Binforadio%5D-%5Bheadline%5D-%5Bnews%5D-%5Bbizdev%5D-%5Bisapi%5D

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* Total confirmed COVID-19 cases in the U.S.A for 3/5/21 are 28,882,000. The official death toll is 523,000. Fully Vaccinated: 8.4%.

* "Covid-19: U.S. Vaccination Pace Increases to 2 Million Doses a Day:" https://www.nytimes.com/live/2021/03/04/world/covid-19-coronavirus#the-united-states-is-now-averaging-2-million-vaccine-doses-administered-per-day

* "Why the flu season this winter was virtually nonexistent :" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/why-the-flu-season-this-winter-was-virtually-nonexistent-102069317658

* I wish there were a law against public officials misappropriating funds. "Trump administration spent billions in hospital funds on Warp Speed:" https://www.statnews.com/2021/03/02/trump-administration-quietly-spent-billions-in-hospital-funds-on-operation-warp-speed/

* "DeSantis denies involvement in vaccine drive following revelation of $250,000 PAC donation from former Illinois governor:" https://www.cnn.com/2021/03/04/us/desantis-vaccine-ocean-reef-florida-keys/index.html

* "Three of Gov. Greg Abbott’s four coronavirus medical advisers say they weren’t directly consulted before he lifted mask mandate:" https://www.texastribune.org/2021/03/03/abbott-mask-order-texas-advisers/

* "Detroit mayor declines Johnson & Johnson allotment, saying the other vaccines are better:" https://www.cnn.com/2021/03/04/health/detroit-mayor-johnson-and-johnson-vaccine/

* "New York Times and Wall Street Journal: Top Cuomo aides rewrote nursing home report from state health officials to hide higher death toll:" https://www.cnn.com/2021/03/05/politics/andrew-cuomo-nursing-homes-report/

* "Effort on to Vaccinate California's Enormous LGBTQ+ Population:" https://www.advocate.com/health/2021/3/04/effort-vaccinate-californias-enormous-lgbtq-population

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* "Tom Cotton Demands to Know if Merrick Garland Supports Equity:" https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2021/02/merrick-garland-tom-cotton.html

* "U.S. economy gains 379,000 jobs in February, in first full monthly employment report under Biden:" https://www.nbcnews.com/business/business-news/u-s-economy-gains-379-000-jobs-february-first-full-n1259679

* Joe Manchin: Making the Bill worse for fun. Republicans: Doing everything in their power to hurt Americans by slowing things down for fun. "Senate poised to pass $1.9 trillion Covid aid bill:" https://www.politico.com/news/2021/03/05/covid-aid-bill-senate-vote-amendments-473805

* "Pressure grows on Biden to end the filibuster:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/biden-kill-the-filibuster/2021/03/05/09c0d774-7857-11eb-8115-9ad5e9c02117_story.html

* "What supporters of the filibuster get wrong about how it works:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/what-supporters-of-the-filibuster-get-wrong-about-how-it-works-102075973807

* "Chris Hayes: GOP offers no policy ideas, just obstruction and trolling:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/chris-hayes-gop-offers-no-policy-ideas-just-obstruction-and-trolling-102067781770

* Watching them drag the Republicans over this gave me life. "‘More important to them than health care’: Joy Reid says Potato Head is ‘the Republican Platform’:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-reidout/watch/-more-important-to-them-than-health-care-joy-reid-says-potato-head-is-the-republican-platform-102066757525

* "Warnock: Raising minimum wage is both smart and morally right:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/warnock-raising-minimum-wage-is-both-smart-and-morally-right-102194245931

* "Mehdi Hasan: ‘Absurd’ for GOP to claim to be a worker’s party when ‘they have no interest in workers’:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-reidout/watch/mehdi-hasan-absurd-for-gop-to-claim-to-be-a-workers-party-when-they-have-no-interest-in-workers-102192197581

* "House passes expansive policing overhaul bill named in honor of George Floyd:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/george-floyd-police-reform-bill-vote/2021/03/03/5ea9ba3a-7c6c-11eb-85cd-9b7fa90c8873_story.html

* "House Democrats pass sweeping elections bill as GOP legislatures push to restrict voting:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/house-elections-voting-pelosi-/2021/03/03/e434df58-7c22-11eb-a976-c028a4215c78_story.html

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* "Voting rights advocates organize against 'tsunami of anti-voter bills' from Georgia GOP:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/voting-rights-advocates-organize-against-tsunami-of-anti-voter-bills-from-georgia-gop-102199365778

* "Transphobic Voices Elevated in Media Coverage of Equality Act:" https://www.advocate.com/media/2021/3/04/transphobic-voices-elevated-media-coverage-equality-act

* "LGBTQ+ Reverend to Run Against Far-Right Rep. Madison Cawthorn:" https://www.advocate.com/politics/2021/3/04/lgbtq-reverend-run-against-far-right-rep-madison-cawthorn

* "Trump’s Strategy for Returning to Power Is Already Clear:" https://www.newyorker.com/news/our-columnists/trumps-strategy-for-returning-to-power-is-already-clear

* "Trump Administration Referred a Record Number of Leaks for Criminal Investigation:" https://theintercept.com/2021/03/02/trump-leaks-criminal-investigation/

* "Trump Appointee At VOA Parent Paid Law Firm Millions To Investigate His Own Staff:" https://www.npr.org/2021/03/04/973765185/trump-appointee-at-voa-parent-paid-law-firm-millions-to-investigate-his-own-staf

* "Rudy Giuliani tried dodging getting served with $1B Dominion Voting Systems suit: source:" https://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/ny-giuliani-dominion-lawsuit-service-20210222-6ejrl7c3rva3xbvhzqijoloe3y-story.html

* The people doing the online sleuthing are heroes. "Trump appointee arrested in connection with Capitol riot:" https://www.politico.com/news/2021/03/04/trump-appointee-arrested-for-capitol-riot-473825

* "Trump appointee with ‘top-secret clearance’ arrested for role in Capitol riot:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/trump-appointee-with-top-secret-clearance-arrested-for-role-in-capitol-riot-102194757595

* "Revealed: The Star-Spangled Trumper Filmed Attacking Cops At The Capitol:" https://www.huffpost.com/entry/robert-palmer-capitol-attack-sedition-hunters_n_604231acc5b60208555e0b6a

* "Turmoil at U.S. attorneys' office in D.C. complicates January 6 investigations:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/turmoil-at-u-s-attorneys-office-in-d-c-complicates-january-6-investigations-102200389534

* "Online sleuths, media, boost FBI effort to track down Capitol rioters:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/online-sleuths-media-boost-fbi-effort-to-track-down-capitol-rioters-102199877625

* "Federal investigators are examining communications between US lawmakers and Capitol rioters:" https://www.cnn.com/2021/03/04/politics/capitol-riot-investigation-lawmakers/index.html

* "Parler v. Amazon Dies. Is Reborn!:"

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* "Texas family detention centers expected to transform into rapid-processing hubs:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/texas-family-detention-centers-changed/2021/03/04/6a0bfa8a-7b6f-11eb-b3d1-9e5aa3d5220c_story.html

* Given the high infection rate in Texas, the lack of mask mandate, and the complete opening of all businesses, isn't it more likely the other way around? "Texas Gov. Abbott stalled federal offer to test migrants then blamed them for spreading Covid:" https://www.cnn.com/2021/03/04/politics/abbott-migrants-covid-testing/index.html

* "Governor Abbott lifts all covid precautions, accuses migrants of bringing covid to Texas:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-reidout/watch/-absolute-worst-gov-abbott-lifts-all-covid-precautions-and-dishes-out-anti-immigrant-xenophobia-102065733739

* "South Carolina Senate adds firing squad to execution methods:" https://apnews.com/article/columbia-bills-executions-south-carolina-prisons-d2109813b075045377aae18e25b2fef5

* CW: Suicide. "South Korean soldier found dead after she was kicked out of army for being trans:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2021/03/03/south-korea-trans-soldier-byun-hee-soo-found-dead-a-year-after-being-booted-out-of-the-army/

* "PR boss resigns after saying his firm doesn’t hire ‘Blacks, gays or Catholics’:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2021/03/05/pr-scotland-resigns-doesnt-hired-blacks-gays-catholics-gordon-beattie-communications/

* "Lady Phyll rejects Ghana’s attacks on LGBT+ community: ‘It is un-African to treat people with hate’:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2021/03/03/lady-phyll-ghana-lgbt-community-attack-un-african-uk-black-pride/

* "Queer kids are being offered conversion therapy, right now, in the UK. It has to stop:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2021/03/04/conversion-therapy-uk-ban-mou-psychologist-dr-igi-moon-lgbt/

* CW: Torture. "NHS doctors electrocuted woman in sinister bid to ‘cure’ her transness just 60 years ago:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2021/03/04/conversion-therapy-ban-stonewall-trauma-trans-woman-carolyn-mercer-nhs/

* "America’s leading psychiatric organisation finally accepts being trans is not a ‘mental disorder’:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2021/03/04/americas-leading-psychiatric-organisation-finally-accepts-being-trans-is-not-a-mental-disorder/

* "Porn star and rapper charged with murder after ‘hunting queer men through dating apps’:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2021/03/04/indianapolis-porn-star-rapper-murder-gay-apps-diabolique-paris-johnson-chuck/

* "Trans and Nonbinary Siblings Shot to Death; Mother Charged:" https://www.advocate.com/crime/2021/3/04/trans-and-nonbinary-siblings-shot-death-mother-charged

* "Court: Principal Was Right to Ban Fourth-Grader's Pro-Trans Essay:" https://www.advocate.com/transgender/2021/3/03/court-principal-was-right-ban-fourth-graders-pro-trans-essay

* "Parents of trans kids urged to flee Alabama after ban on trans healthcare passes:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2021/03/05/alabama-trans-transgender-healthcare-bill-tiktok/

* "Laverne Cox delivers powerful, defiant message against sickening wave of anti-trans attacks:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2021/03/05/laverne-cox-trans-attacks-bills-alabama-video/

* "Activists Light Up Mormon University's Iconic Y With Rainbow Colors:" https://www.advocate.com/religion/2021/3/05/activists-light-mormon-universitys-iconic-y-rainbow-colors

* "Montana Senate Approves Two Anti-LGBTQ+ Bills, Sends to House:" https://www.advocate.com/politics/2021/3/03/montana-senate-approves-two-anti-lgbtq-bills-sends-house

* "I'm a versatile gay man but I can't bottom. If I ever do, I could die:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2021/03/03/chris-moore-gut-feelings-gay-sex-top-bottom-versatile-familial-adenomatous-polyposis/

* "A Primer on HIV Drug Resistance:" https://www.hivplusmag.com/resistance/2021/3/03/primer-hiv-drug-resistance

* "America’s Mothers Are in Crisis:" https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/04/parenting/working-moms-mental-health-coronavirus.html?smid=url-share

* "Toad breeding success is world first:" https://www.miragenews.com/toad-breeding-success-is-world-522375/

* "NYC Woman Discovers 'Secret' Room Behind Her Bathroom Mirror:" https://people.com/home/new-york-city-woman-discovers-secret-abandoned-apartment-hidden-behind-her-bathroom-mirror/

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

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* "Tumblr's FAKEST Story: The Tale of Oppa Homeless Style:"

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* "Captain America: A Proper Movie Trilogy (Feat. Nando v Movies) | READUS 101:"

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* "Ron Johnson Forces Coronavirus Relief Bill Reading:" https://www.cc.com/video/x2ljv3/the-daily-show-with-trevor-noah-ron-johnson-forces-coronavirus-relief-bill-reading

* "If You Don't Know, Now You Know - First Ladies of the U.S.:" https://www.cc.com/video/byd4oc/the-daily-show-with-trevor-noah-if-you-don-t-know-now-you-know-first-ladies-of-the-u-s

* "Hate Monger Of The Week: Marjorie Taylor Greene:"

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* "Women, COVID, and the Myth of Having It All:"

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* "The Allegations Against Andrew Cuomo and Why We Hold Elected Officials Accountable:"

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* "Palm Beach To Trump: No Welcome Back Party:"

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* "Vaccine Game Show Cold Open - SNL:"

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* "Mirror Workout - SNL:"

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* "Murder Show - SNL:"

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* "Weekend Update: Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene on Science - SNL:"

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* "Bachelor Party - SNL:"

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* Friday: I got my vaccine appointment! First shot is Monday! As a result do not expect postings on Monday after 9AM Pacific, as I have to go at an inconvenient time in my sleep cycle and I expect the shot to exhaust me. My plan is to pick up my library curbside after then go right home to bed and stay there

In other medical news my doctor won the second appeal over a higher dosage of a med Medicare hates paying for at all on Wednesday afternoon. It came late Thursday afternoon. There is already improvement.

In yet more medical news, I got test results back about fifteen minutes after the vaccine appointment scheduling. They are likely going to need to investigate my whole digestive system, a thing I dread as I remember what it was like when they did some of that in the 90's. I also am not even a little surprised in needs doing. Sigh. Trying set up appointments is next week's problem though.

Bonus? I lost hours of work I a hard crash and had to rewrite this amoung all the rest. Sigh.

* I watched Peninsula and I figured out what went wrong.

1. The obvious thing I guessed before I watched it, is a problem, but not the main one. Still, it needs saying: The Train to Busan is a perfect movie. It really is. The solid world building makes the thing compelling from the start. It's beautifully shot and acted. It has a strong thematic thread running through it. The timing is flawless, with action and quiet moments in a perfect balance designed to keep the viewer engaged. Most of all, it has heart. The viewer really cares what happens to the people, and those character stories are perfectly twined with the thematic thread. It's incredibly compelling and rewatchabe.

It is absolutely impossible to catch that kind of magic in a sequel. Viewers will want to feel that way again and you can't win no matter what you do. You can do the same thing again, which will be tired and derivative. you can do something different which will inevitably disappoint and/or piss off fans. It's why second albums are often a mess too. So they started this project with that against them.

2. But here is the real mistake: They picked the wrong protagonist. No really. If one hadn't watched Train to Busan this would have been a solid post apocalyptic action story with a really long boring start. Picture Escape from New York and Road warrior mashing up with a Korean Speculative Fiction Movie. It's the long boring bit that is the issue for this as a stand alone set in the same world as Train to Busan and Seoul station, and it isn't the actors' faults.

Why doesn't the first part of the movie work? Because they picked the wrong protagonist. Think about it. Where is the emotional heart of the movie? Where it always is the best of this kind of film coming out of Korea (For example: The Host, Snowpiercer, Train to Busan, Flu) with the family. It may be small (a parent and daughter) and/or broken and/or found but that's where the heart is. The family add and lose people along the way, but that heart carries the viewer through. When does Peninsula start getting interesting? When the girls turn up and you have the family that's the narrative center for most of the rest of the film.

I'm not saying it's all bad up to that point. There is that beautiful, haunting, Checkov's gun moment on the way in, for example, but mostly? It's filler.

So here's how to fix it. Just put the main narrative focus on the Mom and family. No really. It cuts most of the boring bits right out. Let me show you how.

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It still wouldn't be great art, but it could be a fun action movie.

* "Why Queer People Love WandaVision's Agatha:" https://www.advocate.com/television/2021/3/04/why-queer-people-love-wandavisions-agatha

* "Gore Vidal and Orson Welles Play Warhammer:" https://www.shatnerchatner.com/p/gore-vidal-and-orson-welles-play?token=eyJ1c2VyX2lkIjoxNjEzMzc4LCJwb3N0X2lkIjozMzIwNjIwMywiXyI6Ikg2bGdXIiwiaWF0IjoxNjE0ODY3NDIyLCJleHAiOjE2MTQ4NzEwMjIsImlzcyI6InB1Yi01Iiwic3ViIjoicG9zdC1yZWFjdGlvbiJ9.CwyqPDDJvec-qCPTrpbXvO22kd98YBiGpyws7MSBMgc

* Arthur Machen and Sir Arthur Conan Doyle at The Midnight Society: https://twitter.com/midnight_pals/status/1367172500879151105

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

The help links are at the bottom under the cut.

* Ways to help people in Texas: https://spockvarietyhour.tumblr.com/post/643435770019987456
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More Texas how to help links: https://omgthatdress.tumblr.com/post/643431809724628992

* "You Can Buy Girl Scout Cookies From Troop Of Girls In NYC Shelter System:" https://www.scarymommy.com/troop-6000-girl-scouts-nyc-shelters/

* More Girl Scout Troops in Particular Need: https://tuulikki.tumblr.com/post/643247412337639424/girl-scout-cookie-time

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

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* "Schoolchildren freed after abduction in northern Nigeria, governor says:" https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/feb/27/schoolchildren-freed-northern-nigeria-abduction-governor-says

* "Rohingya Refugees From Myanmar Adrift In Indian Ocean:" https://www.npr.org/2021/02/25/971301866/rohingya-refugees-from-myanmar-adrift-in-indian-ocean

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* "White House: Biden not considering sharing Covid vaccine with Mexico:" https://www.politico.com/news/2021/03/01/biden-mexico-covid-vaccine-sharing-471939

* Total confirmed COVID-19 cases in the U.S.A for 3/1/21 are 28,649,000. The official death toll is 515,000. Fully Vaccinated: 7.7%.

* "FDA panel endorses Johnson & Johnson vaccine in 22-0 vote:" https://www.politico.com/news/2021/02/26/fda-johnson-johnson-vaccine-advantages-471766

* "As vaccine science makes major breakthroughs, manufacturing strains to keep up with demand:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/as-vaccine-science-makes-major-breakthroughs-manufacturing-strains-to-keep-up-with-demand-101682757854

* "Wealthy LA residents gain access to COVID-19 vaccination codes meant for Black and Latino communities:" https://www.businessinsider.com/wealthy-la-residents-access-covid-19-vaccine-codes-people-color-2021-2

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* "US announces $125 million defense aid package for Ukraine:" https://www.nbc29.com/2021/03/01/us-announces-million-defense-aid-package-ukraine/

* "US intelligence report finds Saudi Crown Prince responsible for approving operation that killed Khashoggi:" https://www.cnn.com/2021/02/26/politics/biden-administration-khashoggi-report/index.html

* I'm not okay with this. "Biden won’t release White House virtual visitor logs:" https://www.politico.com/news/2021/03/01/biden-white-house-transparency-trump-obama-471868

* "Garland nomination advances out of committee:" https://www.cnn.com/2021/03/01/politics/merrick-garland-confirmation-committee-vote/index.html

* "House passes Biden's $1.9 trillion coronavirus aid package:" https://www.politico.com/news/2021/02/26/house-biden-covid-relief-bill-passage-471733

* "Progressives push to squash Senate filibuster after minimum wage defeat:" https://www.politico.com/news/2021/02/26/progressives-minimum-wage-defeat-471772

* "Biden’s minimum wage increase runs afoul of budget rules:" https://www.politico.com/news/2021/02/25/minimum-wage-senate-parliamentarian-471688

* "Senate Democratic leaders explore tax penalties on corporations paying below $15 an hour:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/us-policy/2021/02/26/wyden-sanders-minimum-wage-tax-penalties/

* "Democrats look for path around Republican intransigence to increase minimum wage :" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/democrats-look-for-path-around-republican-intransigence-to-increase-minimum-wage-101683269696

* "Rep. Bush: Minimum wage hike could be ‘difference between life and death’ for some:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/rep-bush-minimum-wage-hike-could-be-difference-between-life-and-death-for-some-101678149692

* "Senate Parliamentarian rules that minimum wage increase cannot be included in covid relief bill:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-reidout/watch/senate-parliamentarian-rules-that-minimum-wage-increase-cannot-be-included-in-covid-relief-bill-101610053855

* "Rep. Jayapal: ‘1.3 million would be lifted out of poverty’ if we increased the minimum wage:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-reidout/watch/rep-jayapal-1-3-million-would-be-lifted-out-of-poverty-if-we-increased-the-minimum-wage-101802053834

* "‘It’s your right:’ Biden releases video in support of workers voting on unionization:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/-it-s-your-right-biden-releases-video-in-support-of-workers-voting-on-unionization-101806661806

* "The Equality Act has been dragging on for so long some of the bill’s original sponsors are dead:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2021/02/26/equality-act-original-bill-sponsors-now-dead-bella-abzug-senate/

* "New Anti-LGBTQ+ Coalition Calls Equality Act a Threat to Children:" https://www.advocate.com/politics/2021/2/26/new-anti-lgbtq-coalition-calls-equality-act-threat-children

* "GOP-backed Iowa bill aimed at restricting voting access heads to governor's desk:" https://www.cnn.com/2021/02/25/politics/iowa-voting-gop-bill-governor/index.html

* "Judge rules Maricopa County must provide 2020 ballots to Arizona Senate for audit under subpoenas:" https://www.azcentral.com/story/news/politics/elections/2021/02/26/judge-says-maricopa-county-must-provide-2020-ballots-arizona-senate/6825892002/

* "Republican freakout over 2020 election losses sparks war on voting in several states:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/republican-freakout-over-2020-election-losses-sparks-war-on-voting-in-several-states-101682757652

* "Stacey Abrams calls GOP efforts to restrict voting ‘new Jim Crow era laws’:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-reidout/watch/stacey-abrams-calls-gop-efforts-to-restrict-voting-new-jim-crow-era-laws-101805637670

* "Rep. Gosar criticizes ‘white racism’ after speaking at event whose organizer called for white supremacy:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/gosar-racism-remarks/2021/02/27/64f8ffa4-7901-11eb-948d-19472e683521_story.html

* How to tell McConnell is in favour of overthrowing democracy in favor of fascist autocracy. "McConnell says he would 'absolutely' support Trump as 2024 nominee:" https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/politics-news/mcconnell-says-he-would-absolutely-support-trump-2024-nominee-n1258911

* "Trump teases 2024 run in CPAC remarks, as he looks to keep his grip on GOP:" https://www.politico.com/news/2021/02/28/trump-cpac-2024-biden-471869

* "Donald Trump mocks trans athletes in first sinister speech since leaving the White House:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2021/03/01/donald-trump-transphobia-trans-athletes-lgbt-conservative-political-action-conference/

* "Prosecutors Investigating Trump Focus on His Finance Chief:" https://www.nytimes.com/2021/03/01/nyregion/trump-vance-investigation.html

* "Rewriting January 6th: Republicans push false and misleading accounts of Capitol riot:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/powerpost/republicans-riot-false-accounts/2021/02/28/9230e3b6-784c-11eb-9537-496158cc5fd9_story.html

* "F.B.I. Said to Have Singled Out Potential Assailant in Capitol Officer’s Death:" https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/26/us/politics/brian-sicknick-capitol-riot-investigation.html

* "Revealed: Meet The Trump Fanatic Who Tasered A Cop At The Capitol Insurrection:" https://www.huffpost.com/entry/fanone-taser-maga-trump-capitol_n_6037bb23c5b69ac3d35cdb71

* "Biden administration preparing another tent facility to cope with border influx:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/immigration-facility-del-rio-texas/2021/02/26/a317bed4-7847-11eb-ae66-8b9e3c6918a1_story.html

* "Biden to allow migrant families separated under Trump to reunite in the U.S.:" https://www.politico.com/news/2021/03/01/biden-reunite-separated-families-border-471940

* CW: Extreme Abuse, Torture. "We Need To Talk About Marilyn Manson.:"

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* "Yes LGBTQ+ Conversion Therapy is still a thing // Queer History 101 [CC]:"

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* "Ghana’s top police officer issues chilling threat of more attacks on LGBT+ rights:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2021/03/01/ghana-lgbt-rights-police-inspector-general-james-oppong-boanuh/

* CW: Dead Bodies, cannibalism. "The Rugby Team That Fell From the Sky:"

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* "Amazon rainforest plots sold via Facebook Marketplace ads:" https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-56168844

* "For Centuries, Alewives Dominated the Brewing Industry:" https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/women-making-beer

* "First Black female NASA engineer hidden no more:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/first-black-female-nasa-engineer-hidden-no-more-101682245593

* "Lady Gaga's dog walker breaks silence after being shot and left for dead by dognappers:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2021/03/01/lady-gaga-dog-walker-ryan-fisher-dognapping-asia-koji-gustav-instagram/

* "Artist says reaction has put a smile on his face after he puts up Margaret Thatcher statue in Grantham:" https://www.granthamjournal.co.uk/news/artist-says-reaction-has-put-a-smile-on-his-face-after-he-puts-up-margaret-thatcher-statue-in-grantham-9157818/?cmpredirect

* "Tim Burton's Batman (1989): 30 Years Later:"

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* "Alien: A Proper Movie Trilogy | READUS 101:"

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* Still no vaccine for me. I even got up stupid early to call around trying to find some, but they just aren't sending much to our county.

* This is delightful: https://twitter.com/kj_charles/status/1365242143758049282

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

The help links are at the bottom under the cut.

* Ways to help people in Texas: https://spockvarietyhour.tumblr.com/post/643435770019987456
https://omgthatdress.tumblr.com/post/643431809724628992

More Texas how to help links: https://omgthatdress.tumblr.com/post/643431809724628992

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