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* It was either finish the post or actually post it this morning. Apologies.

* "Beirut blast timeline: what we know and what we don't:" https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/aug/06/beirut-blast-timeline-what-we-know-and-what-we-dont-explosion-lebanon

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* "Pandemic at the disco: the COVID outbreak that began in a French bar:" https://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-france-bar-insight/pandemic-at-the-disco-the-covid-outbreak-that-began-in-a-french-bar-idUSKCN24W1KD

* "Drugmaker Moderna to Include People With HIV in COVID-19 Vaccine Trial:" https://www.hivplusmag.com/news/2020/8/06/drugmaker-moderna-include-people-hiv-covid-19-vaccine-trial

* "Cardiologist on Trump contradicting medical experts: He 'needs to stay in his lane':" https://www.msnbc.com/the-reidout/watch/cardiologist-on-trump-contradicting-medical-experts-he-needs-to-stay-in-his-lane-89500741801

* "Birx warns 9 cities, California's central valley about increasing coronavirus cases:" https://www.cnn.com/2020/08/05/health/birx-warning-cities-coronavirus/index.html

* "Data shows Kansas mask mandates have reduced COVID-19 cases:" https://www.kshb.com/news/coronavirus/data-shows-kansas-mask-mandates-have-reduced-covid-19-cases

* "It’s Not Obesity. It’s Slavery.:" https://www.nytimes.com/2020/05/25/opinion/coronavirus-race-obesity.html?searchResultPosition=1

* "Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine tests positive for coronavirus -- and then tests negative on second test:" https://www.cnn.com/2020/08/06/politics/mike-dewine-coronavirus/index.html

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* "US State Department lifts global 'Do Not Travel' advisory:" https://www.cnn.com/2020/08/06/politics/state-department-level-4-advisory-lifted/index.html

* "Trump will slap tariffs on Canada's aluminum again:" https://www.politico.com/news/2020/08/06/trump-canada-aluminum-tariffs-392386

* "Trump signs executive order requiring government to buy 'essential' drugs from U.S. companies:" https://www.cnbc.com/2020/08/06/trump-to-sign-executive-order-requiring-us-to-buy-essential-drugs-from-american-companies.html

* "'See you in court': ACLU files nearly 400 cases versus Trump:" https://apnews.com/81f61e7d5c381b707bd21efc9a704e93

* "FBI asked to investigate reports of Trump UK golf club scheme:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/fbi-asked-to-investigate-reports-of-trump-uk-golf-club-scheme-89691717672

* "Trump appoints ex-nominee to another Pentagon role, under fire for past controversial remarks:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-reidout/watch/trump-appoints-ex-nominee-to-another-pentagon-role-under-fire-for-past-controversial-remarks-89502789896

* "For 20th straight week, more than 1 million Americans filed jobless claims even as enhanced benefits expired:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2020/08/06/20th-straight-week-more-than-1-million-americans-filed-jobless-claims-even-enhanced-benefits-expired/

* "US Govt $756 million defense loan to Kodak raises eyebrows, stock surges 530% after deal:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-reidout/watch/us-govt-756-defense-loan-to-kodak-raises-eyebrows-stock-surges-530-after-deal-89502789969

* "Emboldened Pelosi takes hard line as relief talks drag on:" https://www.politico.com/news/2020/08/06/nancy-pelosi-coronavirus-relief-bill-391963

* "Trump says Biden will 'hurt the Bible, hurt God':" https://www.bbc.com/news/election-us-2020-53688009

* "Cori Bush: ‘I’m ready to bring that relief, be that champion’:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-reidout/watch/cori-bush-i-m-ready-to-bring-that-relief-be-that-champion-89613381840

* "Rep. Brian Sims on the Dangers of Performative Allyship:" https://www.advocate.com/commentary/2020/8/06/rep-brian-sims-dangers-performative-allyship

* "Top Democrats say postmaster general acknowledged new policies that workers say are delaying mail:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2020/08/06/top-democrats-say-postmaster-general-acknowledged-new-policies-that-workers-say-are-delaying-mail/

* "Sen. Peters launches investigation into postal service slowdown:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/-this-cannot-occur-sen-peters-launches-investigation-into-postal-service-slowdown-89688133587

* This is some serious voter suppression bullshit right here. ":" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/stacey-abrams-explains-gop-shenanigans-used-to-disenfranchise-inactive-voters-89687621532

* "Fmr. DOJ Director of Civil Rights: Trump ‘sowing seeds of confusion’ by discrediting mail-in voting:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-reidout/watch/fmr-doj-director-of-civil-rights-trump-sowing-seeds-of-confusion-by-discrediting-mail-in-voting-89502789632

* "Voters of Color Embrace Mail-in Option, Says HRC Survey:" https://www.advocate.com/politics/2020/8/06/voters-color-embrace-mail-option-says-hrc-survey

* "Is Trump suppressing his own voters with his false attacks against mail-in voting?:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-reidout/watch/is-trump-suppressing-his-own-voters-with-his-false-attacks-against-mail-in-voting-89548869958

* "‘There is not horrific fraud’: Colorado Sec. of State corrects Trump’s claims on vote by mail:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-reidout/watch/-there-is-not-horrific-fraud-colorado-sec-of-state-corrects-trump-s-claims-on-vote-by-mail-89610821743

* "We Can't Reopen Schools Safely With Trump and DeVos in Charge:" https://www.advocate.com/commentary/2020/8/05/we-cant-reopen-schools-safely-trump-and-devos-charge

* It's going to by so deadly. "Georgia Student Suspended Over Photo of Crowded Hall:" https://www.nytimes.com/2020/08/06/us/north-paulding-high-school-coronavirus-georgia.html

* "Stacey Abrams on census freeze: ‘This is more nefarious than people realize’:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/stacey-abrams-on-census-freeze-this-is-more-nefarious-than-people-realize-89687621827

* "New York Attorney General Moves To Dissolve The NRA After Fraud Investigation:" https://www.npr.org/2020/08/06/899712823/new-york-attorney-general-moves-to-dissolve-the-nra-after-fraud-investigation

* "NY AG lawsuit paints vivid picture of how NRA membership money is spent:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/lawsuit-paints-vivid-picture-of-how-nra-membership-money-is-spent-89693253866

* "Executives used NRA as 'personal piggy bank': New York A.G. lawsuit:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/executives-used-nra-as-personal-piggy-bank-new-york-ag-lawsuit-89691717789

* This is serious child endangerment. "Two Black moms took their kids to the Mall. Secret Service officers confronted them with guns, they said.:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/legal-issues/two-black-moms-took-their-kids-to-the-mall-secret-service-confronted-them-with-guns-they-said/2020/08/03/be4dfa8c-d4f1-11ea-9c3b-dfc394c03988_story.html

* If you are a grown ass adult holding a gun on an innocent weeping terrified six year old, you are the bad guy. "Aurora police apologize after Black children were detained, handcuffed in stolen car mixup:" https://www.denverpost.com/2020/08/03/aurora-police-black-kids-stolen-car-mixup/

* "‘Not good enough:’ Maya Wiley slams Aurora PD apology for handcuffing Black children:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-reidout/watch/-not-good-enough-maya-wiley-slams-aurora-pd-apology-for-handcuffing-black-children-89552453591

* "Disabled non-binary Black Lives Matter protestor violently arrested by police, misgendered and denied medical care:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2020/08/07/black-lives-matter-portland-protests-non-binary-police-juniper-simonis/

"But while Simonis’ experience was traumatising, they are clear that it should not be centred as the protests continue. “We can’t have everybody focusing on the white people getting kidnapped when Black people are still getting killed day-to-day,” they said."

* "Fmr. Liberty University Staffer: ‘Felt like I was back in the 1950s, 1960s and it hurt’:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-reidout/watch/fmr-liberty-university-staffer-felt-like-i-was-back-in-the-1950s-1960s-and-it-hurt-89550917890

* That thing where an organization forgets to have an LGBTQIA+ person reason over their documents. "‘Absolutely shameful’ NHS England report disturbingly compares being LGBT+ to having a disability:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2020/08/07/nhs-england-people-plan-lgbt-disabled-coronavirus-steve-russell-jackie-daniel-backlash/

* "Damning report ranks UK’s legal recognition of trans people among the very worst in Europe:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2020/08/06/uk-european-commission-legal-gender-recognition-act-hungary-poland-trans-transgender/

* "Left-wing MPs troll Poland's Andrzej Duda at his swearing in with a powerful kaleidoscopic display of queer solidarity:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2020/08/06/poland-andrzej-duda-president-left-alliance-rainbow-face-masks-lgbt-solidarity/

* "Unless Labour chooses to fight against transphobia now, Keir Starmer risks losing hard-won LGBT+ votes:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2020/08/06/keir-starmer-transphobia-rosie-duffield-labour-campaign-transgender-rights-torr-robinson/

* I am still furious about this, and she's not the only one this has happened to. This is why we're all so angry about the republicans bringing back the right for hospitals to deny trans patients life saving care. "25th Anniversary Of Tyra Hunter's Death:" https://transgriot.blogspot.com/2020/08/25th-anniversary-of-tyra-hunters-death.html

* "Gay Democrat denies ‘aggressive, hostile and threatening’ verbal attack on Republican over ‘joke’ LGBT+ rights bill:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2020/08/06/brian-sims-pennsylvania-gay-democrat-tom-murt-phone-call-lgbt-discrimination-bill/

* "Fundraiser For Our Black Trans Masculine Elders:" https://transgriot.blogspot.com/2020/08/fundraiser-for-our-black-trans.html

* "Criminalization of Gay Sex Linked to Staggering HIV Rates in Africa:" https://www.hivplusmag.com/news/2020/8/04/criminalization-gay-sex-linked-staggering-hiv-rates-africa

* CW: Dead Bodies "What is the Oldest Mummy in the World?:"

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* "The Donner Party: What Really Happened?:"

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* "ICONIC CORPSE: The Preservation of Eva Perón:"

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* I really do think it's a normal cold/sore throat, but I called it in like a grownup Thursday morning.

The cats are still avoiding the bedroom in the wake of us medicating them last week. Wednesday Livia decided that she can sleep in my office chair when I'm not using it. This has been a long cherished dream of hers, but Elder kitty was super possessive of the chair and kept chasing her out of it when she was a kitten and she stopped trying a few months after she came to us. It's her chair now. I've been forced to establish new, dramatically less convenient feeding ritual as she's still too distressed to eat her meat if I feed her normally, but I've had four days in a row of compliance so this is what we're doing now.

In elder Kitty's last month, Squirrel bought her a new cat bed that warms up when a cat sits in it. She was resistant to it and only used it a few times. After she died, he handed it over to me on the grounds that someone ought to get good use of it. I've tried it in various spots around the common area. I've started to get success by putting it on the window bench. Livia had a nap in it earlier in the week, but it turns out she prefers sleeping next to it using the soft fuzzy edge as back rest, sort of like napping with a friend who doesn't randomly try to vigorously groom one's head while one's trying to sleep. Tavy discovered it Thursday and slept in it for hours. They moved over to the sofa back spots where they can be closer to me once I settled at the desk, but I think the cat bed may be an Imperial acquisition after all.

* This is from The Old Guard fandom, but Op is a medieval historian who is writing a book I very much want to read and the second poster is clearly a Byzantine expert though I don't know them. The following is an excellent discussion of how an Italian and a Muslim person might be perceived, primarily in Constantinople, but also some other places in the middle ages. It takes a pretty complex look at geo-politics in that part of the world. Seriously, this was catnip to me. https://qqueenofhades.tumblr.com/post/625461185254408193/do-you-have-an-estimation-how-much-racism-or

* "Hesiod's Catalogue of Women:" https://www.shatnerchatner.com/p/hesiods-catalogue-of-women?token=eyJ1c2VyX2lkIjoxNjEzMzc4LCJwb3N0X2lkIjo4MjA0NTgsIl8iOiJINmxnVyIsImlhdCI6MTU5Njc3OTYyOCwiZXhwIjoxNTk2NzgzMjI4LCJpc3MiOiJwdWItNSIsInN1YiI6InBvc3QtcmVhY3Rpb24ifQ.jysm-OCQkhL1E0DPCKkKyHvAXLnuO8uVSJMllMroIlk

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

* Want to help people in Beirut? https://karolinadeaen.tumblr.com/post/625576504313741312

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Doug Jones - Alabama
Gary Peters - Michigan

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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