gwydion | Entries tagged with black lives matter

* Thursday's news mostly isn't on here.

* "Trump returns to a New York courtroom for second E. Jean Carroll defamation trial:" https://www.npr.org/2024/01/16/1224523186/trump-e-jean-carroll-defamation-trial

* CW: Sexual Assault "Judge threatens to boot Donald Trump from courtroom over loud talking as E. Jean Carroll testifies:" https://apnews.com/article/trump-carroll-defamation-lawsuit-70d4477120399373934253c7e450643e

* CW: Sexual Assault "Trump dares judge to kick him out of court: ‘I would love it’:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/trump-dares-judge-to-kick-him-out-of-court-i-would-love-it-202140741790

* CW: Sexual Assault "The Donald Trump Doom Loop:" https://www.newyorker.com/news/our-local-correspondents/the-donald-trump-doom-loop

* "'Fantastical narrative': Trump concocts DOJ, Biden conspiracy theory in new classified docs filing:" https://www.msnbc.com/alex-wagner-tonight/watch/-fantastical-narrative-trump-concocts-doj-biden-conspiracy-theory-in-new-classified-docs-filing-202046533884

* "Violent political threats surge as 2024 begins, haunting American democracy:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/01/09/public-officials-death-threats-swatting-surge/?pwapi_token=eyJ0eXAiOiJKV1QiLCJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJyZWFzb24iOiJnaWZ0IiwibmJmIjoxNzA0Nzc2NDAwLCJpc3MiOiJzdWJzY3JpcHRpb25zIiwiZXhwIjoxNzA2MTU4Nzk5LCJpYXQiOjE3MDQ3NzY0MDAsImp0aSI6ImVhZmQ1MDgyLTMwYTYtNDg5Ni05YzA0LWE1ZWI2Y2MyNDI3YSIsInVybCI6Imh0dHBzOi8vd3d3Lndhc2hpbmd0b25wb3N0LmNvbS9wb2xpdGljcy8yMDI0LzAxLzA5L3B1YmxpYy1vZmZpY2lhbHMtZGVhdGgtdGhyZWF0cy1zd2F0dGluZy1zdXJnZS8ifQ.PiUCh_5cfV5fR_rdKbvfV68TcQ2d54Q7FuXeZMMbuV4

* I don't understand how this is legal. "Texas Just Took Its Border Battle With the U.S. Government Up a Notch:" https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/texas-national-guard-shelby-park-eagle-pass-border-patrol-1234945639/

* "3 migrants drowned near area where Texas has denied entry to federal border agents:" https://www.cbsnews.com/news/3-migrants-drown-near-shelby-park-eagle-pass-texas-soldiers-denied-entry-federal-border-agents/

* "Governor Says Texas Isn’t Shooting Migrants Because Biden Would ‘Charge Us With Murder’:" https://www.huffpost.com/entry/greg-abbott-podcast-shooting-migrants-murder-charges_n_65a0b537e4b0fbd2bc062957

* "3 Tacoma police officers found not guilty in 2020 death of Manny Ellis:" https://www.kuow.org/stories/3-tacoma-police-officers-found-not-guilty-in-2020-death-of-manny-ellis?utm_source=sfmc&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=BOK062520&tier=&utm_id=774005&sfmc_id=133071869&sfmc_subkey=0034R0000463jY7QAI&utm_content=NL+BoK

* "There is little scrutiny of 'natural' deaths behind bars:" https://www.npr.org/2024/01/02/1219667393/there-is-little-scrutiny-of-natural-deaths-behind-bars

* "She risked her job to care for an incarcerated woman’s newborn. Now she wants to start a center to help others in need.:" https://mississippitoday.org/2023/08/11/roberta-bell-raised-baby-of-incarcerated-woman/#:~:text=Roberta%20Bell%2C%20a%2058-year-old%20grandmother%20who%20lives%20in,of%20a%20pregnant%20woman%20jailed%20at%20her%20workplace.

* "Things to know about Minnesota's new, non-racist state flag and seal:" https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/wireStory/things-minnesotas-new-racist-state-flag-seal-106064631

* "IU suspends professor after Palestine Solidarity Committee event. Other faculty denounce the decision:" https://www.idsnews.com/article/2024/01/iu-political-science-professor-sinno-suspended-psc-administration-palestine

* "In Texas, debate over school chaplains escalates school board culture wars:" https://religionnews.com/2023/12/14/in-texas-debate-over-school-chaplains-escalates-school-board-culture-wars/

* "Pornhub blocks access in two states after age verification laws take effect:" https://www.advocate.com/business/pornhub-access-north-carolina-montana

* CW: Domestic Abuse. "Gypsy Rose Blanchard released from prison early after serving time for the murder of her abusive mother:" https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/gypsy-rose-blanchard-released-prison-early-serving-time-murder-abusive-rcna131423

* "Russian rapper who attended ‘almost naked’ party jailed for second time:" https://meduza.io/en/news/2024/01/06/russian-rapper-who-attended-almost-naked-party-jailed-for-second-time

* "Leonard Leo is at the center of dark money effort to limit medication abortion:" https://minnesotareformer.com/2024/01/04/leonard-leo-is-at-the-center-of-dark-money-effort-to-limit-medication-abortion/

* "Americans Are Stockpiling Abortion Pills…Just in Case:" https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2024/01/abortion-pills-advance-provision-mifepristone/

* People have been asking for ways to help trans people in West Virginia, given the scary shit going on there. So far this organization is suggested. I'm keeping an eye out for more ways to help. If you have suggestions, please let me know. "Fairness West Virginia:" https://fairnesswv.org/donate/

* When I looked outside at dawn Wednesday, there was a lot of snow, so I figured, "I'll just call when they open and cancel Friday's appointment." Bwahahaha! No. The callback option takes 3-5 days so is useless under nearly every circumstance including this one. Waiting on hold longer than fifteen minutes breaks the hold system, which means hours of calling back over and over while three days of other people try to cancel appointments at the same time as the snow comes down alarmingly fast and hard even to my East coast Snow country trained eyes. It's basically a lottery since you start at the back of the line every fifteen minutes. I still need to do another round of physio things and eat and lung, none of which I can do while on hold. Grrrr.

I got through twice over the next two hours. They couldn't hear me.

Squirrel lent me his phone. I've now got two phones in one hand hold crap moving in and out of sync.

Bonus: My fingers are badly burned because whoever put the turn table back in the mic last time half assed it and there was a hot spot on my plate.

* I finally got through to a live human on Squirrel's phone after 11AM. It was still snowing when i went to bed Wednesday. It was also still snowing when I went to bed Thursday. It rained some in the evening, then iced over. I am worried about squirrel who keeps having to commute in this.

Some water leaked out of the bathroom ceiling from the indoor waterfall getting inside the walls. I can see damage to the plaster over my dryer. The bucket didn't catch anything Thursday. IDK. Anyway, I reported it as a slow leak when I discovered it, saying we're low priority. I'll do an addendum if there's still no more drips tomorrow.

I am trying to get up to three sets of all 14 physio exercises at 15 reps each to be the routine. I managed it two nights in a row. It is, as usual exhausting me and chewing me up generally. The imperative remains to get as much function back before surgery as possible, since that's the ceiling.

Three cleaner cancellations in a row, but this time, it's entirely reasonable. They even called for two of them to tell me. 1. Extreme cold and expectation of snow which didn't come until this week, but everyone thought it would. Forage delivery cancelled. People were not doing unnecessary travel. I didn't expect them. 2. Cleaner called out sick. She's a good worker and knows I'm a lung patient with high infection risk. I WANT people to cancel if they are sick both for their health and mine. 3. Snow and ice. No one is travelling unless they are essential workers. Squirrel is an essential worker in the health care sector. I did not expect a cleaner to the point that I called in and scheduled Tuesday about 15 minutes before the agency called to tell me no one is coming.

I should post the aggregate, but I would like to go to bed. Decisions, decisions.

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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.

* People have been asking for ways to help trans people in West Virginia, given the scary shit going on there. So far this organization is suggested. I'm keeping an eye out for more ways to help. If you have suggestions, please let me know. "Fairness West Virginia:" https://fairnesswv.org/donate/

* To track more general LGBTQIA+ Legislation: https://www.lgbtmap.org/

* An organization for the parents of trans youths: https://transparentusa.org/

* "2024 Trans Girl Scouts To Order Cookies From!:" https://www.erininthemorning.com/p/2024-trans-girl-scouts-to-order-cookies

* "Tell your Representative to Support Rep Tlaib's Resolution for a New Streaming Royalty:" https://actionnetwork.org/letters/tell-your-representative-to-support-the-resolution-for-a-new-streaming-royalty/

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

* Verified charities to help Palestinians: https://cleolinda.tumblr.com/post/737312194805612544

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

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* (I made a small start on the queer news, but it's tiny compared to the prepped link. Very little after that point went up. The backlog is daunting and this coming week turns out to also be a monster scheduling wise, plus the election coverage about to hit. We are in the midst of all hands on deck cleaning for an inspection, for example. See below.).

* "As unrest grips Iran’s schools, the government is going after children:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2022/11/01/iran-protests-children-hijab-amini/

* "Cleric killed in restive Iranian city, protests rage on:" https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/iranian-human-rights-lawyers-criticise-clerical-leaders-amid-unrest-2022-11-03/

* CW: Child Murder "Children among 10 feared dead in Iran crackdown, Amnesty says:" https://www.cnn.com/2022/11/05/middleeast/iran-protest-crackdown-amnesty-international-intl-hnk/index.html

* "Iranians defy crackdown with fresh protests, as president dismisses US vow to ‘free Iran’:" https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/nov/06/iranians-defy-crackdown-with-fresh-protests-as-president-dismisses-us-vow-to-free-iran

* "US and Saudi Arabia concerned that Iran may be planning attack on energy infrastructure in Middle East:" https://www.cnn.com/2022/11/01/politics/us-saudi-arabia-iran-energy-infrastructure-middle-east/index.html

* Well, fuck! "Israel election final results: Netanyahu, Jewish far right win power, fiasco for left:" https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/elections/2022-11-03/ty-article/israel-election-final-results-netanyahu-jewish-far-right-win-power-fiasco-for-left/00000184-3e80-daf1-abc4-7f9a53f40000

* Re: Netanyahu

I’ve stated some form of this over the years any number of times, but in the current climate, I should reiterate it.

My dislike of Netanyahu and his ultra-right positions is specific to Netanyahu because of his ultra-right positions, his corruption, his policies, etc.. His party and allies have policies I oppose, much in the way I oppose Trump and the Republicans, Rishi Sunak (and Liz Truss, Boris Johnson, and every Tory PM back to the much hated Thatcher which was about when I started following UK Politics in real time), Viktor Orbán, Jair Bolsanaro, and a host of other horrible extreme right wing politicians the world over to numerous to list.

This does not and should not be taken for anger at the Israeli left or Jewish people the world over who did not vote for a right wing party in the recent Israeli election. There is a reason my coverage of Israeli politics mostly originates from left leaning Israeli news sources like Haaretz.

There is far too much violent antisemitism in the world right now, far to many politicians of every stripe happy to stoke antisemitism for personal power, far too many antisemitic movements and the like. In my country one of the two political parties with any power proudly embraces it.

This I am furious about and very much wish to fight against.

Please don’t take the recent election in Israel as an excuse to do or say something that harms real people who have nothing to do with it or were actively wanting a better outcome.

It is important to separate a dislike of a particular person for political reasons from a wider attack on a large group living in many countries famously holding a wide variety of beliefs and opinions.

I try very hard to do that in this space.

* A relief! "Denmark election result keeps Social Democrats at the helm:" https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/nov/02/denmark-election-result-keeps-social-democrats-at-the-helm

* A massive relief!!! "Brazil election: Anti-LGBTQ+ tyrant Jair Bolsonaro beaten by leftist Lula:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2022/10/30/brazil-election-lula-beats-jair-bolsonaro-lgbtq/

* "Why Bolsonaro’s stunning loss should give humans a glimmer of hope:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2022/10/31/jair-bolsonaro-lula-brazilian-election-amazon-putin-ukraine/

* *digits cruciform* "We Might Finally Be Free From the Madness of Bolsonaro:" https://www.nytimes.com/2022/10/31/opinion/brazil-election-lula-bolsonaro.html

* Let’s hope things go well for democracy. "Trucks, Protesters Block Brazil Highways After Bolsonaro Rout:" https://www.barrons.com/news/trucks-protesters-block-brazil-highways-after-bolsonaro-rout-01667224207

* "Steve Bannon says Bolsonaro can't concede as he rails against Biden and CIA:" https://www.newsweek.com/steve-bannon-bolsonaro-brazil-election-lula-1755696

* "Brazil's Bolsonaro signals cooperation with transfer of power, but does not concede election defeat :" https://www.cnn.com/2022/11/01/americas/bolsonaro-brazil-elections-protests-intl-latam/index.html

* "Bolsonaro backers call on Brazil military to intervene after Lula victory:" https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/bolsonaro-backers-call-brazil-military-intervene-after-lula-victory-2022-11-02/

* "Rishi Sunak 'wants to gut trans rights from Equality Act':" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2022/11/01/rishi-sunak-trans-equality-act/

* "New women's minister defends troubling voting record on women's rights:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2022/11/01/minister-for-women-maria-caulfield-abortion-clinic-vote/

* "Manston migrant centre like a zoo, says asylum seeker:" https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-63481151

* "Dover petrol bomb attacker said he planned to ‘obliterate Muslim children’:" https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2022/nov/02/migrant-centre-attacker-planned-to-obliterate-muslim-children-in-final-tweet

* "Russia’s security service works to subvert Moldova’s pro-Western government:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2022/10/28/russia-fsb-moldova-manipulation/

* "Russia Expected to OK Stricter 'Gay Propaganda' Law This Fall:" https://www.advocate.com/world/2022/10/17/russia-expected-ok-stricter-gay-propaganda-law-fall

* "Bi OnlyFans Creator Sentenced to Prison Over Using the Site:" https://www.advocate.com/news/2022/10/13/bi-onlyfans-creator-sentenced-prison-over-using-site

* "How Halloween revelry turned to disaster in South Korea:" https://graphics.reuters.com/SOUTHKOREA-STAMPEDE/CHRONOLOGY/zjvqjqmmlpx/index.html

* "North Korea fired the highest number of short-range missiles in a day, says South Korea:" https://www.cnn.com/2022/11/01/asia/north-korea-missiles-wednesday-intl-hnk

* "North Korea ICBM may have failed in flight, officials say; residents in Japan told to shelter:" https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/north-korea-fires-ballistic-missile-south-koreas-military-2022-11-02/

* "How Spain looked on as dozens were crushed to death at its border:" https://www.bbc.com/news/extra/z8i55dsu8w/spain-morocco-border

* "Czechs rally against rising extremism and voice support for Ukraine:" https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/czechs-rally-against-rising-extremism-voice-support-ukraine-2022-10-30/

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* "'Scrabble variants' now cause the majority of new Covid-19 infections in the US:" https://www.cnn.com/2022/10/28/health/covid-variants-dominant-bq/index.html

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* "For the first time, Iran acknowledges it sent drones to Russia:" https://www.npr.org/2022/11/05/1134523148/ukraine-russia-war-iran-drones

* "Russia's hope for Ukraine win revealed in battle for Bakhmut:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/russias-hope-for-ukraine-win-revealed-in-battle-for-bakhmut/2022/10/28/d81ceb7e-5692-11ed-ac8b-08bbfab1c5a5_story.html

* "Ukraine's 58th Brigade in the Heart of the Bakhmut Mire:" https://www.voanews.com/a/ukraine-s-58th-brigade-in-the-heart-of-the-bakhmut-mire-/6815660.html

* "Kyiv reels as 'massive' wave of missile strikes hit Ukrainian cities; wheat prices rise as grain deal stalls:" https://www.cnbc.com/2022/10/31/ukraines-forces-repel-brutal-russian-offensive-in-donetsk-wheat-prices-rise-after-grain-export-deal-stumbles.html

* "Ukraine’s War Is Leading to a Nervous Breakdown:"

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* "Lions Rescued From Ukraine Find New Home:" https://www.outtraveler.com/news/2022/10/17/lions-rescued-ukraine-find-new-home

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* "US Announces New Sanctions on Iran for Bounty on Rushdie:" https://www.voanews.com/a/us-announces-new-sanctions-on-iran-for-bounty-on-rushdie-/6809948.html

* "Biden sends a stark warning about political violence ahead of midterms: 'We can't take democracy for granted any longer':" https://www.cnn.com/2022/11/02/politics/biden-speech-democracy-dc/index.html

* "Seeing danger in GOP election-deniers, Biden appeals to Americans to support democracy:" https://www.msnbc.com/alex-wagner-tonight/watch/seeing-danger-in-gop-election-deniers-biden-appeals-to-americans-to-support-democracy-152373317527

* "Dowd: Biden realized there isn't a sane GOP holding election deniers accountable:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-reidout/watch/president-biden-s-speech-addressing-threats-to-democracy-particularly-from-maga-republicans-praised-as-midterms-push-152353861727

* "Rep. Raskin: ‘Joe Biden was trying to strike that tone as the leader of the whole country’:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-reidout/watch/president-biden-s-speech-on-attacks-and-threats-to-democracy-responded-to-by-rep-raskin-152356421932

* "Biden administration to provide over $13 billion in aid to help American families lower energy bills:" https://www.cnbc.com/2022/11/02/biden-administration-to-provide-over-13-billion-in-aid-to-help-american-families-lower-energy-bills.html

* "More LGBTQ+ Spouses to Receive Survivors' Benefits, VA Announces:" https://www.advocate.com/news/2022/10/20/more-lgbtq-spouses-receive-survivors-benefits-va-announces

* "Rachel Levine Elected to National Academy of Medicine:" https://www.advocate.com/news/2022/10/21/rachel-levine-elected-national-academy-medicine

* "Conservatives Spew Transphobia at Already Anti-Trans Federal Agency:" https://www.advocate.com/news/2022/10/18/conservatives-spew-transphobia-already-anti-trans-federal-agency

* "Elie Mystal: Supreme Court pretended arguments in favor of affirmative action didn’t exist:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-reidout/watch/supreme-court-weighs-race-based-college-admissions-don-t-seem-supportive-of-campus-diversity-152115269631

* "Supreme Court to Hear LGBTQ+ Rights Case Before End of Year:" https://www.advocate.com/law/2022/10/19/supreme-court-hear-lgbtq-rights-case-end-year

* "White House Press Secretary Sits Down for an Exclusive Interview:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-sunday-show/watch/white-house-press-secretary-sits-down-for-an-exclusive-interview-151959621696

* I have concerns. "Fed hikes interest rates again, up 0.75 percentage points:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2022/11/02/fed-rate-hike/

* "'Ripped off': Katie Porter on how price-gouging companies are driving inflation:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/-ripped-off-katie-porter-on-how-price-gouging-companies-are-driving-inflation-152360005651

* "Living Homeless in the Desert:"

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* "What I Learned Watching a Co-Worker Get Forced Out:" https://index.medium.com/what-i-learned-watching-a-co-worker-get-forced-out-2418ca86411

* "Pennsylvania court orders election officials to not count ‘undated’ ballots:" https://www.politico.com/news/2022/11/01/pennsylvania-court-undated-ballots-00064549

* "Arizona, Michigan GOP ask voters to mail in ballots and use drop boxes as candidates and officials blast the practice:" https://www.cnn.com/2022/10/29/politics/kfile-arizona-michigan-gop-encourage-mail-ballots/index.html

* "Kristina Karamo seeks court order that could impact thousands of Detroit voters:" https://www.freep.com/story/news/politics/elections/2022/10/28/kristina-karamo-lawsuit-detroit-votes/69598090007/

* "Lawyer in Karamo lawsuit targeting Detroit yells at judge, cites debunked film:" https://www.freep.com/story/news/politics/elections/2022/11/03/hearing-karamo-lawsuit-targeting-detroit-voters/69616706007/

* "DeSantis Voter Fraud Unit Defends Arresting Former Felons:"

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* If people like this turn up at your door, close and lock it. Do not interact. "In the hunt for voter fraud, Republican door knockers are intimidating residents: officials:" https://www.reuters.com/legal/republican-door-knockers-intimidate-voters-while-hunting-voter-fraud-say-2022-11-03/

* "Election Officials Say Efforts to Intimidate Voters Are Widening:" https://www.nytimes.com/2022/11/03/us/politics/voting-intimidation-democracy.html

* "Voter intimidation, election worker threats part of voting climate ahead of midterms:" https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/voter-intimidation-election-worker-threats-part-voting-climate/story?id=92505277

* "North Carolina reports possible voter intimidation, threats ahead of midterm elections:" https://www.reuters.com/world/us/north-carolina-reports-possible-voter-intimidation-threats-ahead-midterms-2022-11-04/

* "Stacey Abrams - Fighting for Voting Access in Georgia:" https://www.cc.com/video/2hwoe3/the-daily-show-with-trevor-noah-stacey-abrams-fighting-for-voting-access-in-georgia

* "Justice Department says 'vigilante ballot security efforts' in Arizona are likely illegal:" https://www.cnn.com/2022/10/31/politics/arizona-voter-intimidation-doj/index.html

* "Americans face voter intimidation at the polls:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-sunday-show/watch/americans-face-voter-intimidation-at-the-polls-151960645695

* "Judge limits ballot drop box monitoring in Arizona after intimidation claims:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2022/11/02/arizona-ballot-clean-elections-liburdi/

* If Republicans actually cared about ending voter fraud they'd stop committing it instead of stealing people's right to vote. "Milwaukee Election Commission official Kimberly Zapata could face charges accusing her of fraudulently requesting military ballots:" https://www.jsonline.com/story/news/politics/2022/11/03/mayor-says-milwaukee-election-worker-fired-over-ballot-fraud/69616108007/

* "Obama says democracy ‘may not survive’ in Arizona if Republicans win:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2022/11/03/obama-says-democracy-may-not-survive-if-arizona-republicans-win/

* "‘Let's not pretend’ that Republicans and Democrats share equal blame for election denial, DCCC chair says:" https://www.politico.com/news/2022/10/30/sean-maloney-democrats-republicans-elections-00064138

* "The Five Scariest Statewide Republican Candidates You Haven’t Heard of:" https://newrepublic.com/article/168373/five-scariest-republican-candidates-statewide-office

* "In 5 key battlegrounds, most GOP state legislative nominees are election deniers, report finds:" https://www.cnbc.com/2022/10/29/in-5-key-battlegrounds-most-gop-nominees-are-election-deniers.html

If they win, Democracy dies in those states.

Please, please, please vote the whole ticket.

* "GOP candidate Mark Finchem's lawyer proposed fake elector votes that "aren't legal.":" https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2022/11/gop-candidate-mark-finchems-lawyer-proposed-fake-elector-votes-that-arent-legal/

"And this guy wants to be in charge of Arizona's elections."

* I am terrified. Literally every governor and secretary of state race we lose in this election is likely a state that will lose the right to free and fair elections, probably for a generation, possibly forever.

I am terrified because not enough Millennials and Gen z are early voting. We can't save democracy without you. We pretty much need all of you. If we don't save democracy there is zero chance of fixing any thing else in this country.

Yes, things are terrible and most democratic politicians haven't enough spine, but they are legitimately trying to fix things. Republicans are out right promising to crash the world economy if they win the house of representatives to force an end to the social safety net. They are openly promising that if they win in the states, they will fix it so republicans can never lose there again. They are promising a national abortion ban and a repeal of civil and human rights for queer folks. Kiss any attempt to stop the planet burning goodbye.

Fuckssake get out there and vote! This may be your last chance for it to count if Republicans win in your state. Vote because our lives depend on it!

* "GOP floats Medicare changes while ducking details:" https://www.axios.com/2022/11/03/gop-floats-medicare-reform

* "Yes, some Republican senators really are talking openly about Social Security cuts:" https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/yes-some-republican-senators-are-talking-openly-about-social-security-cuts/ar-AA13K0K4?ocid=msedgntp&cvid=b2fd7a3baaf5485b89016d7bbdf50c32

* "GLAAD Ads Remind LGBTQ+ Voters What's at Stake in Midterm Election:" https://www.advocate.com/politics/2022/10/12/glaad-ads-remind-lgbtq-voters-whats-stake-midterm-election

* "Forward thinking, playing offense are opportunities for Democrats as midterms approach:" https://www.msnbc.com/alex-wagner-tonight/watch/forward-thinking-playing-offense-are-opportunities-for-democrats-as-midterms-approach-152243269571

* "Can Republicans fulfill their role in a multi-party democracy?:" https://www.msnbc.com/alex-wagner-tonight/watch/can-republicans-fulfill-their-role-in-a-multi-party-democracy-152370757778

* Elizabeth Warren Extended Interview:

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* "House GOP uses grade school trick to inflate pad report with 'filler and Fox News' :" https://www.msnbc.com/alex-wagner-tonight/watch/house-gop-uses-grade-school-trick-to-inflate-pad-report-with-filler-and-fox-news-152618053708

* "Chris Hayes: If Republicans win, Trump will be the ‘shadow Speaker of the House’:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/chris-hayes-if-republicans-win-trump-will-be-the-shadow-speaker-of-the-house-152597061618

* "Judiciary Republicans hint at investigation into FBI, DOJ if they retake the House:" https://www.npr.org/2022/11/04/1134449665/republicans-investigation-fbi-doj-midterms

* "3 Lies Republicans Are Using This Election| Robert Reich:"

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* "Pro-LGBTQ+ PAC Targets Pa. Republican Candidates Oz and Mastriano:" https://www.advocate.com/news/2022/10/27/pro-lgbtq-pac-targets-penn-republican-candidates-oz-and-mastriano

* "Column: A speech-impaired John Fetterman is better than a fast-talking Mehmet Oz:" https://www.latimes.com/opinion/story/2022-10-30/john-fetterman-mehmet-oz-aphasia-debate

* "Dr. Oz's Campaign Is Stocked With Jan. 6ers:" https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/dr-oz-jan6-john-fetterman-donald-trump-1234620315/

* He doesn't even know where Pennsylvania IS! O.o "Pennsylvania by the sea: Mehmet Oz implies state has Atlantic coastline:" https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2022/nov/01/mehmet-oz-pennsylvania-republican-candidate

* "Doug Mastriano ally Toni Shuppe has a plan to ‘stop the steal of 2022.’ It’s full of misinformation.:" https://www.inquirer.com/news/toni-shuppe-doug-mastriano-election-steal-pennsylvania-20221030.html

* "Exclusive with Josh Shapiro: "Our fundamental freedoms are on the ballot":" https://www.msnbc.com/the-sunday-show/watch/exclusive-with-josh-shapiro-our-fundamental-freedoms-are-on-the-ballot-151960645652

* "Mehmet Oz’s medical research was rejected in 2003, resulting in 2-year ban:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/elections/2022/11/01/oz-senate-doctor-research/

* "Oprah says if she lived in Pennsylvania, she’d vote for Fetterman over Oz in U.S. Senate race:" https://www.inquirer.com/politics/pennsylvania/oprah-winfrey-john-fetterman-mehmet-oz-pa-senate-race-20221103.html

* "GOP candidate Mark Finchem's lawyer proposed fake elector votes that "aren't legal.":" https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2022/11/gop-candidate-mark-finchems-lawyer-proposed-fake-elector-votes-that-arent-legal/

* "How Democracy Is on the Line in 2022 & Beyond:"

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* CW: Rape "GOP candidate wants ‘community-level review’ on if rape victims can get abortions:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/gop-candidate-wants-community-level-review-on-if-rape-victims-can-get-abortions-152599109733

* "How Doug Mastriano ended up in a Holocaust film that troubles scholars:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2022/11/02/doug-mastriano-holocaust-film-agenda/

* "Endorsement: Please, don’t give your vote to Lauren Boebert:" https://www.denverpost.com/2022/10/29/opinion-lauren-boebert-vote/

* "Lauren Boebert posts particularly vile Tweet and the backlash is brutal:" https://www.queerty.com/lauren-boebert-posts-particularly-vile-tweet-backlash-brutal-20221103

* "Indiana's Democratic Candidates Sign Contract to Protect Abortion Rights:" https://advocatechannel.com/indianas-democratic-candidates-sign-contract-to-protect-abortion-rights

* "Republican says party ‘will never lose another election’ in Wisconsin if he wins:" https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2022/nov/02/wisconsin-republican-gubernatorial-candidate-tim-michels

* "Editorial: Vote for Tony Evers and Mandela Barnes to defend our democracy. Here's why.:" https://www.jsonline.com/story/opinion/2022/11/02/wisconsin-vote-for-mandela-barnes-and-tony-evers-to-defend-democracy/69588162007/

* "Ron DeSantis uses 'non-binary student' photo to push pathetic election campaign:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2022/11/03/ron-desantis-anti-lgbtq-non-binary-stock-photo/

* "Rep. Val Demings: Marco Rubio only likes to talk about crime when it is politically advantageous:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-reidout/watch/florida-u-s-senate-candidate-rep-val-demings-demolishes-marco-rubio-s-attempts-to-campaign-on-crime-152489541804

* "Midterms candidates Chris Jones in Arkansas, Charles Booker in Kentucky have impressive ground game:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-reidout/watch/midterms-candidates-chris-jones-in-arkansas-charles-booker-in-kentucky-winning-voters-by-focusing-on-forgotten-152605765559

* "Charles Booker touts abortion rights in Kentucky Senate bid:" https://abcnews.go.com/Health/wireStory/charles-booker-touts-abortion-rights-kentucky-senate-bid-92607940

* "Leading election denier is on the verge of leading Nevada's election system:" https://www.politico.com/news/2022/11/01/trump-aligned-jim-marchant-midterm-election-00064357

* "Nevada's MAGA secretary of state candidate appears to be blatantly ignoring campaign finance law:" https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2022/11/jim-marchant-nevada-secretary-state-maga-trump-citizens-united-campaign-finance/

* "This Bisexual Kansas Legislator Wants to Get Stuff Done:" https://www.advocate.com/politics/2022/10/18/bisexual-kansas-legislator-wants-get-stuff-done

* "‘Emasculating Vance Is Actually Part of Tim’s Effectiveness’:" https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2022/11/03/tim-ryan-senate-ohio-00064670

* "Tim Ryan on finding "gettable voters" in his quest for a Senate seat:" https://www.msnbc.com/alex-wagner-tonight/watch/tim-ryan-on-finding-gettable-voters-in-his-quest-for-a-senate-seat-152240709776

* "Abortion Is on the Ballot. Will It Help the Dems?:"

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* "Chris Hayes: The stakes of the New York governor's race between Zeldin and Hochul:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/chris-hayes-the-stakes-of-the-new-york-governor-s-race-between-zeldin-and-hochul-152107077663

* "Raphael Warnock - The Georgia Senator on His Midterm Race:" https://www.cc.com/video/8rlhtb/the-daily-show-with-trevor-noah-raphael-warnock-the-georgia-senator-on-his-midterm-race

* "What makes Virginia’s most competitive congressional race so close?:" https://wtop.com/virginia/2022/11/what-makes-virginias-most-competitive-race-so-competitive/

* "Luria makes final case for democracy, vies for Black voters:" https://apnews.com/article/elaine-luria-2022-midterms-strategy-a36ffe96b8d1ec2654ed67cb93639a16

* "Democratic star Katie Porter fights against a conservative resurgence in O.C.:" https://www.latimes.com/politics/story/2022-11-01/katie-porter-scott-baugh-california-congress-midterm-elections

* "Election Conspiracies Are Disrupting the Midterms:"

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* "N.J. Democrat once thought safe now in a close congressional race at campaign’s final week:" https://www.nj.com/politics/2022/11/nj-democrat-once-thought-safe-now-in-a-competitive-congressional-race-at-campaigns-final-week.html

* "GOP Candidate Said Elites Drink Blood, Sell ‘Baby Body Parts’ After Abortion:" https://www.vice.com/en/article/epzkdp/kristina-karamo-qanon-blood-body-parts

* "GOP rejection of democracy leaves force and violence as remaining governing option:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/gop-rejection-of-democracy-leaves-force-and-violence-as-remaining-governing-option-152124997513

* "Paul Pelosi's alleged attacker charged with attempted kidnapping:" https://www.politico.com/news/2022/10/31/justice-department-charges-depape-following-paul-pelosi-assault-00064282

* "Fears of Political Violence Following Attack on Paul Pelosi:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-sunday-show/watch/fears-of-political-violence-following-attack-on-paul-pelosi-151959621741

* "What we know about David DePape, the man accused in the Pelosi home invasion, attack:" https://www.cnbc.com/2022/10/29/what-we-know-about-david-depape-the-man-accused-in-the-pelosi-home-invasion-attack.html

* An elderly man was beaten with a hammer in an act of political terrorism. They are LYING when they say they are Law and Order candidates. Cruelty is the point. "Arizona GOP nominee Kari Lake mocks attack on Paul Pelosi at campaign event:" https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2022-election/arizona-gop-nominee-kari-lake-mocks-attack-paul-pelosi-campaign-event-rcna54960

* "Capitol Police cameras caught break-in at Pelosi home, but no one was watching:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2022/11/01/capitol-police-cameras-caught-break-in-pelosi-home-no-one-was-watching/

* "Fresh finger-pointing over Capitol Police's future after Pelosi home invasion:" https://www.politico.com/news/2022/11/04/fresh-finger-pointing-over-capitol-polices-future-after-pelosi-home-invasion-00065064

* "Swalwell: Pelosi suspect’s social media looks like that of Ted Cruz, MTG:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/swalwell-pelosi-suspect-s-social-media-looks-like-that-of-ted-cruz-mtg-152105029931

* "The Facts About the Attack on Paul Pelosi, According to Prosecutors:" https://www.nytimes.com/article/pelosi-paul-nancy-attack-facts.html

* "Joy Reid: There’s a long history of gaslighting and toxic politics regarding Speaker Pelosi:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-reidout/watch/paul-pelosi-assault-spawning-far-right-conspiracies-about-attack-decried-as-deplorable-152113733729

* "‘This is not normal, moral, human behavior’: Psaki on GOP response to Pelosi attack:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/-this-is-not-normal-moral-human-behavior-psaki-on-gop-response-to-pelosi-attack-152228933737

* "Right-wing resists facts about extremist violence to preserve identity of victimhood:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/right-wing-resists-facts-about-extremist-violence-to-preserve-identity-of-victimhood-152128069582

* "Trump joins growing GOP effort to whitewash, lie about Pelosi attack:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/trump-joins-growing-gop-effort-to-whitewash-lie-about-pelosi-attack-152227909623

* "Elon Musk tweets anti-LGBTQ+ conspiracy theory about Paul Pelosi attack:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2022/10/31/elon-musk-paul-pelosi-conspiracy-theory-gay-lgbtq/

* "Hate speech increased on Twitter after Elon Musk takeover, study finds:" https://abcnews.go.com/Business/hate-speech-increased-twitter-elon-musk-takeover-study/story?id=92445797

* "Twitter reportedly limits content moderation ahead of midterm elections:" https://www.msnbc.com/alex-wagner-tonight/watch/twitter-reportedly-limits-content-moderation-ahead-of-midterm-elections-152243269649

* Do not trust twitter. "Elon Musk appears in over his head with purchase of Twitter:" https://www.msnbc.com/alex-wagner-tonight/watch/elon-musk-appears-in-over-his-head-with-purchase-of-twitter-152617541762

* "Musk's attempt at trolling AOC backfires | Boing Boing:" https://boingboing.net/2022/11/03/musks-attempt-at-trolling-aoc-backfires.html

* "Elon Musk to the Rescue: Big Lie Fanatic Escapes Twitter Ban:" https://www.thedailybeast.com/arizona-election-denier-mark-finchem-credits-elon-musk-for-overturning-twitter-ban

* "What changes has Elon Musk made at Twitter and what might he do next?:" https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2022/nov/04/mass-sackings-monetisation-elon-musk-twitter-changing

* "Man pleads guilty to threatening to kill Rep. Eric Swalwell and staffers:" https://www.cnn.com/2022/10/28/politics/swalwell-threat-plea/index.html

* "Adams County investigates white powder found on ballot as officials reassure voters the election is safe:" https://www.denver7.com/news/politics/adams-county-investigates-white-powder-found-on-ballot-as-officials-reassure-voters-the-election-is-safe

* "Barrack acquittal another blow to DOJ’s foreign influence crackdown:" https://www.politico.com/newsletters/politico-influence/2022/11/04/barrack-acquittal-another-blow-to-dojs-foreign-influence-crackdown-00065258

* "Supreme Court Rules That Lindsey Graham Must Testify in Georgia Inquiry:" https://www.nytimes.com/2022/11/01/us/politics/supreme-court-lindsey-graham-georgia.html

* "Trump files a suit against New York attorney general, and against advice:" https://www.seattletimes.com/nation-world/nation-politics/trump-files-a-suit-against-new-york-attorney-general-and-against-advice/

* "Judge rules in favor of assigning monitor to oversee Trump Organization:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2022/11/03/judge-rules-favor-assigning-monitor-oversee-trump-organization/

* "Key Trump insider given immunity to testify in Mar-a-Lago documents investigation:" https://www.msnbc.com/alex-wagner-tonight/watch/key-trump-insider-given-immunity-to-testify-in-mar-a-lago-documents-investigation-152373829657

* "Litany of Trump legal entanglements grows ever longer as Trump Org criminal trial begins:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/litany-of-trump-legal-entanglements-grows-ever-longer-as-trump-org-criminal-trial-begins-152127557527

* "Trump asks Supreme Court to stop IRS from turning over his tax returns to the House:" https://www.cnn.com/2022/10/31/politics/trump-supreme-court-appeal/index.html

* "Trump lawyers saw Justice Thomas as 'only chance' to stop 2020 election certification:" https://www.politico.com/news/2022/11/02/trump-lawyers-saw-justice-thomas-as-only-chance-to-stop-2020-election-certification-00064592

* "Trump lawyers saw Justice Thomas as ‘key’ to post-election plan:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/emails-trump-lawyers-saw-justice-thomas-as-key-to-post-election-plan-152356421588

* "Trump loyalist Kash Patel questioned before Mar-a-Lago grand jury:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2022/11/03/kash-patel-grand-jury-trump/

* "Despite Eastman appeal, Jan. 6 committee accesses 8 disputed emails:" https://www.politico.com/news/2022/10/30/eastman-appeals-jan6-committee-disputed-00064166

* "House January 6 committee gives Trump more time to turn over subpoenaed documents:" https://www.cnn.com/2022/11/04/politics/trump-january-6-subpoena-deadline/index.html

* "Capitol Police officer disputes claims that Oath Keepers were seen protecting him during Jan. 6 attack:" https://abcnews.go.com/US/capitol-police-officer-disputes-claims-oath-keepers-protecting/story?id=92432188

* "Oath Keepers spent over $400 at post-US Capitol riot feast at the Olive Garden, prosecutors say:" https://www.cnn.com/2022/11/01/politics/oath-keepers-olive-garden-january-6/index.html

* "New Report Sheds Light on Gun Violence in LGBTQ+ Lives:" https://www.advocate.com/news/2022/10/11/new-report-sheds-light-gun-violence-lgbtq-lives

* "Chris Hayes: The myth of crime as a big-city, blue-state problem:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/chris-hayes-the-myth-of-crime-as-a-big-city-blue-state-problem-152230981820

* "Polly Klaas’s murder fueled the 90s crime panic. Her sisters fear ‘we’re repeating history’:" https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2022/oct/22/polly-klaas-sisters-criminal-justice-mass-incarceration

* "Detectives in Breonna Taylor Killing Confess to Falsifying Warrant Evidence:" https://advocatechannel.com/detectives-in-breonna-taylor-killing-admit-to-falsifying-warrant-evidence-based-on-gut-feeling

* "Police Killed a Boy. His Friend Was Charged With Murder:" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FFjFze39Dcc

* "Video Shows Sheriffs Choking, Tasing Unarmed Transgender Woman:" https://www.advocate.com/crime/2022/10/24/video-shows-sheriffs-choking-tasing-unarmed-transgender-woman

* "Comedian Eric André Files Lawsuit Against Atlanta Airport Police:" https://www.outtraveler.com/news/2022/10/20/two-black-comedians-file-lawsuit-against-atlanta-airport-police

* "I Spent Over 40 Years Working in Corrections. I Wasn’t Ready for Rikers.:" https://mailchi.mp/themarshallproject/i-spent-over-40-years-working-in-corrections-i-wasnt-ready-for-rikers

* "Ezra Miller Pleads Not Guilty to Burglary Charges in Vermont:" https://www.advocate.com/crime/2022/10/17/ezra-miller-pleads-not-guilty-burglary-charges-vermont

* "Bi Actor Andy Dick Arrested on Felony Burglary Charge:" https://www.advocate.com/crime/2022/10/21/bi-actor-andy-dick-arrested-felony-burglary-charge

* "Sheriff's office says antisemitic messages in Jacksonville were not crimes:" https://www.cnn.com/2022/10/30/us/florida-georgia-game-kanye-west/index.html

* "Pa. School District Allegedly Discriminated Against LGBTQ+ Students:" https://www.advocate.com/news/2022/10/09/penn-school-district-allegedly-discriminated-against-lgbtq-students

* "How The “No Child Left Behind” Act Failed on Every Level:"

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How The “No Child Left Behind” Act Failed on Every Level

When this was passed teachers called it things like “children Left behind” because we could see it was designed to starve neighborhood schools so Republicans could close them, forcing busing to other schools and shifting funding even further away from the schools that need it into charter schools that can bar students who are poor, or not white, or who have limited English, or who have special needs.

This is about de facto segregation. It’s about starving public schools of funds. it’s about excuses to deprive the students with the biggest needs of an education.

All “Back to Basics” school “reforms” are about defending music, art, social studies, and sciences, because Republicans hate anything that keeps children from dropping out and/or teaches critical thinking. Science and social studies teach things like applying logic to real world problems, evaluating evidence, and thinking for yourself. The last thing they want is accurate history or modern science taught to children.

All Republicans want is to create an ignorant easily manipulable permanent underclass that votes for them. Quality Public education in anathema to them.

Republicans keep saying, “you can’t just through money at the problem,” yet never once in the history of this country have we tried funding the schools for the poor at the level we fund schools for the well off. we know objectively that 15-18 students is the sweet spot for class size at all grades. why not for once try paying teachers a living wage and hire enough of them to give every class room the same student/teacher ratios private schools have. How about instead of pennies per student per day we actually buy enough equipment and supplies so that all students get to do hands on science instead of only students who already have all the advantages? How about paying for proper maintenance on schools so the heating works and the pipes don’t bang and the roof doesn’t leak? How about money for computers and library books? How about desks and chairs so every student in every class gets one as well as a locker that closes and locks?

Can’t we try that just once?

Teaching pays about as well as Burger King and teachers owe student loans and need to pay for continuing ed and certification re-upping. They need supplies for themselves and students and a professional wardrobe and money for transportation and to pay off massive student loans, plus food, housing, medical stuff, etc.. out of what amounts to minimum wage.

Nobody goes into teaching expecting to get rich; they do it because they want to teach. Punishing them because the schools are falling apart and the textbooks are as old as they are is counter-productive. Actually funding the schools properly would let them do their jobs.

But no one ever ask teachers when they do “school reform.” It is nearly always imposed by people who’ve never taught based on ignorance and a deep refusal to look at the research.

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* "LGBTQ+ World Cup fans told hand-holding fine – but don't kiss:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2022/10/28/holding-hands-world-cup-no-public-affection-qatar-ambassador/

The World Cup should never have been held here. A whole lot of mostly guest workers literally died building that stadium, worked to death in the heat.

Their human rights record with LGBTQIA+ people is horrific and should be disqualifying.

* "Qatar journalist says LGBTQ+ people are ‘abnormal’ ahead of World Cup:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2022/10/31/qatar-journalist-lgbtq-abnormal-world-cup/

* "Wales footballers won’t be silenced when it comes to Qatar’s LGBTQ+ atrocities:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2022/11/02/wales-footballers-wont-be-banned-from-addressing-qatars-lgbtq-rights-record-officials-confirm/

* "Gay Qatari man won't let World Cup 'bury' LGBTQ+ atrocities 'in the shadows':" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2022/11/05/qatar-gay-nas-mohamed-world-cup/

* "Gay men shot outside LGBTQ+ bar laid to rest as thousands take to streets:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2022/10/27/gay-men-shot-outside-slovakian-lgbtq-bar-laid-to-rest-as-thousands-take-to-streets-in-protest/

* "Czech MP comes out as gay after horrific Slovakia LGBTQ+ bar shooting:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2022/10/31/czech-mp-gay-jiri-navratil/

* "Malaysia police detain 20 people at LGBTQ+ Halloween party for 'cross-dressing':" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2022/10/31/malaysia-halloween-party-raid-religious-police-sharia-law/

* "Irish law protecting trans people from hate crime 'too little too late':" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2022/10/27/ireland-trans-hate-crime-violence-law/

* "Gay Palestinian Man Beheaded After Receiving Death Threats:" https://www.advocate.com/world/2022/10/07/gay-palestinian-man-beheaded-after-receiving-death-threats

* "Mexico celebrates as same-sex marriage becomes law of the land:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2022/10/27/same-sex-marriage-legalised-mexico/

* "Trevor Project Launches Services in Mexico:" https://www.advocate.com/youth/2022/10/11/trevor-project-launches-services-mexico

* "Former Cop Reveals Horrific Gay Bashings by Police:" https://www.advocate.com/crime/2022/10/05/former-cop-reveals-horrific-gay-bashings-police

* "Gender law reforms pass first vote in Scotland with 'overwhelming' support:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2022/10/27/scotland-trans-gender-recognition-reform-vote/

* "Conversion therapy ban delayed by equalities minister Kemi Badenoch:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2022/10/31/conversion-therapy-ban-kemi-badenoch/

* "Grindr Faces Boycott After Gay CEO's Right-Wing Tweets Are Revealed:" https://www.advocate.com/news/2022/10/13/grindr-faces-boycott-after-gay-ceos-right-wing-tweets-are-revealed

* "Social Security Will Allow Users to Select Own Gender Marker:" https://www.advocate.com/news/2022/10/20/social-security-will-allow-users-select-own-gender-marker

* "South Carolina governor says he wants a statewide ban on same-sex marriage:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2022/10/29/south-carolina-henry-mcmaster-same-sex-marriage-ban-supreme-court/

* "Men who violently attacked gay couple escape jail thanks to kindness of victims:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2022/10/27/miami-homophobic-attack-avoid-jail/

* "2022 U.S. Trans Survey:" https://www.ustranssurvey.org/

* Why you should fill it out "The biggest transgender survey in the US is underway. Here's why it's important:" https://www.cnn.com/2022/11/02/us/us-trans-survey-2022-cec/index.html

* "If I say "the queer community", I am referring to the community of self identified queers. If you're not a self identified queer, then I wasn't talking about you!:" https://laughingacademy.tumblr.com/post/699776198583238656

* Rightly so!!! CW: Rape, Murder, Cannibalism "Jeffrey Dahmer Halloween costumes banned by LGBTQ+ bars:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2022/10/31/jeffrey-dahmer-halloween-costumes-lgbtq-bars-wisconsin/

* "Heartstopper fans react to star Kit Connor being forced to come out as bisexual:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2022/11/01/kit-connor-bisexual-coming-out-fan-reaction/

It is wrong to bully people. It is extra wrong to bully teenagers.

No one owes you their coming out. People deserve to work stuff out without pressure.

What the fuck is wrong with people?

This isn’t a closeted anti-queer politician out to hurt us. This is a literal teenager who is just trying to live his life.

* "Kit Connor's coming out proves bi-erasure is rife even in LGBTQ+ community:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2022/11/02/kit-connor-biphobia-bi-erasure-bisexual/

* "The Outing of Kit Connor:"

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* "Why we should be watching the sun, not the clock:" https://www.theguardian.com/news/2019/jan/11/watching-the-sun-not-the-clock-sleep-body-clocks-daylight-saving-time

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* "Philippine death toll from storm Nalgae rises to 98, disaster agency says:" https://www.cnn.com/2022/10/30/asia/philippines-tropical-storm-nalgae-paeng-deaths-intl-hnk/index.html

* "Photos: The aftermath of tropical storm Nalgae in Philippines:" https://www.aljazeera.com/gallery/2022/11/1/photos-the-aftermath-of-tropical-storm-nalgae-in-philippines

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* "Greece: Dozens missing after boat carrying migrants sinks:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/greece-dozens-missing-after-boat-carrying-migrants-sinks/2022/11/01/52543176-59b9-11ed-bc40-b5a130f95ee7_story.html

* "What we know about India's deadly bridge collapse:" https://www.cnn.com/2022/11/01/india/india-gujarat-morbi-bridge-collapse-explainer-intl-hnk

* "We Need To Talk About The Latest SHEIN Scandal:"

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* "First wild bison born in UK for millennia after surprise pregnancy:" https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2022/oct/21/first-wild-bison-born-in-uk-for-millennia-after-surprise-pregnancy

* "The Gruesome History of Real Life Vampire Hunting:"

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* "Ghosts Are Legally Real:"

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* "Recalling LGBTQ+ Stories in Hispanic Heritage Month:" https://www.advocate.com/voices/2022/10/14/recalling-lgbtq-stories-hispanic-heritage-month

* "Pioneering singer who recorded first gay country songs dies aged 78:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2022/11/01/patrick-haggerty-gay-country-singer-dies-aged-78/

* "Proud to be a Gay Icon: Angela Lansbury's Life & Legacy:"

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* "Bail Reform:"

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* "Stephen's Message To Young Voters | Dick Bigger, Jr. Is The Breakout Star Of This Election Season:"

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* "Dr. Oz Surfs PA's Coast | Taylor Swift Dominates The Charts | Elon Negotiates With Stephen King:"

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* "Votedemic 2022: Atlanta - Day 1:" https://www.cc.com/video/q0462s/the-daily-show-with-trevor-noah-votedemic-2022-atlanta-day-1

* "Votedemic 2022: Atlanta - Day 2 :" https://www.cc.com/video/rsdbd4/the-daily-show-with-trevor-noah-votedemic-2022-atlanta-day-2

* "Votedemic 2022: Atlanta - Day 3:" https://www.cc.com/video/9udze9/the-daily-show-with-trevor-noah-votedemic-2022-atlanta-day-3

* "Kosta La Vista Baby - Atlanta:" https://www.cc.com/video/3yu223/the-daily-show-with-trevor-noah-kosta-la-vista-baby-atlanta

* "Is Atlanta the Real-Life Wakanda?:" https://www.cc.com/video/ap288q/the-daily-show-with-trevor-noah-is-atlanta-the-real-life-wakanda

* CW: Self Harm, Eating Disorders. "The Harmful Drive for Queer Perfection:"

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* "DefunctTV: The History of the First Muppet Show, Sam and Friends:"

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* "5 Spooky Musicals That Are Totally UNHINGED:"

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* "Dr. Oz Is Surfin' PA:"

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* "Olive Garden Is The Perfect Place To Subvert Democracy:"

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* "This Is How Kari Lake's Comments Would Sound If They Were Actually Creatively Edited:"

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* "President Biden Midterms Address Cold Open - SNL:"

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* "Weekend Update: Tammy the Trucker on Gas Prices and Definitely Not Abortion - SNL:"

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* "Vlad the Impaler vs Count Dracula. Epic Rap Battles of History:"

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* More attempts at Gothmas Phase II pictures: https://www.tumblr.com/gwydionmisha/699602590803083264

* The emperor has been trying to break into one of the presents since it arrived, including an attempt to unwrap it the second I pulled it from the box. Turned out it was a massive bag of hand dried catnip. https://www.tumblr.com/gwydionmisha/699682102668673024/gothmashalloween-2022-the-emperor-has-been-tryingfr.

* Since the Pandemic started, I put out bowls of candy. each bowl has a handful of things. Adults are welcome too, and I usually give out a lot of candy. This year one person stole the bowl itself, and no one else came. I think the three families with kids have moved out, since i haven't seen or heard them playing since summer. I've noticed that the other people that usually decorate in the complex didn't this year. It's sad.

I did get reverse trick or treated and Squirrel and I split the loot. Weirdly, it was not the bowl thief.

* October is always really hard on my body and particularly so in the back half. Halloween week takes everything I have really. Samhein is the most important holiday of my year and it takes everything.

Wednesday my body hard vetoed Wednesday errands. I called Head Millennial in time for them to get public transport and make evening arrangements. I could barely walk and had the pain shakes. One days like this, it's best to just take ones meds and go back to sleep and home a nap will reset things. This was correct. When I tried again later, I was a functional level of awful. We managed to take in the Halloween specific exterior stuff and box it all up. I'll need to tweek the "Harvest Display" and do a day time sweep to be sure we got everything before boxes go back into storage. Halloweentown is in chaos, but that's another day's problem.

Head Millennial went above and beyond today. I love how fundamentally kind and trustworthy they are. we had dinner together and watched a movie we'd started a week ago, geeking out together about the high quality lighting design and mourning the death of banter in modern romcoms as well as how few productions are willing to pay for really artistic lighting. (I sited Black Sails as proof the art isn't lost, even though we might think it was looking at the newest Halloween and Got/house of the dragon. Head Millennial is very grumpy about Halloween franchise in particular.)

It sounds like Visiting Millennial has decided to move up here, so at some point in the future they will be Newest Millennial. There is much rejoicing.

NOTE for newer readers: I like to use sobriquets to prevent people chain tracking through blogs. It was always my instinct and I got stricter after that reporter found me through the blog of a friend who wasn't as careful after Skye was murdered. It was fine. She was nice and professional and my friend changed the post in case of future accident. My point is that a determined swatter could find me, but I like to make them work for it if they want my friends.

* Another disabled Elder Goth friend suggested there should be a "Retired Goth Bat sanctuary" for people like us. This delights me.

There is talk of Tee shirts.

Possibly next week.

I already want one.

* Thursday was the blue beast's mechanic appointment. They are always booked for weeks out this time of year. This meant very little sleep, but the coolant situation is sorted and I should be okay on the engine not melting for a while. *Knock wood*

Friday I just wanted sleep, but of they woke me up trying to strong arm me into a home health assessment. Thing is, it's an excellent service and an important one. My mother used them in her last year of life when her health was failing. They assess the person; they assess the needs; they help organize complex meds schedules; they hook people up with services. I support the program and said so to the lady, but I do not want one.

Why? She wanted to know. I do not need what they are offering and I don't like strangers in my home it's invasive. I don't need a dementia test. I have a home health aid. My meds schedule is, indeed, complex, but it's logical. (Think of it as a logic puzzle. Pills needing to be taken on an empty stomach need to go first thing in the morning. Ppills needing to be taken with food need to be at least an hour after empty stomach pills, and need to work with meal scheduling. Some pills can't be taken within two hours of each other, etc.. Some pills need to be taken multiple times a day. For a while I had a pill that needed to go four times a day, at least two hours after eating and an hour before eating. It was a nightmare, but I did it.) I do not want people tampering with the schedule, because every adjustment is a hassle and a half, and I have it down. The point is, it's my body deteriorating, not my mind, and I handle things just fine within my physical limits and I hate all the invasive monitoring that comes with living in this complex and that comes with being disabled. I minimize it where I can.

So I go to the bathroom, give Livia a come for pettins offer, reset my pillow prop system, and settle back in to try to sleep.

The phone rings. It's the system that pay for my caregiver. Mandatory home inspection. *deep sigh* I managed to wiggle out of this one so far because of the pandemic. It's so intrusive and I fucking hate that I don't get to have privacy because I'm disabled. I can't manage without Head Millennial, so I guess we're doing that Monday, plus the already scheduled social worker call Tuesday.

* "Here are the Spookiest Cities in America:" https://www.outtraveler.com/best-travel/2022/10/21/spookiest-cities-america

* "America's 15 Most Haunted Hotels:" https://www.outtraveler.com/news/2022/10/22/americas-15-most-haunted-hotels#media-gallery-media-16

* Events towards the end of Dracula from the viewpoint of the locals: https://uri59.tumblr.com/post/699674996605403136/random-sailor-at-the-sereth-river-this-night-is

* Ed as Blackbeard: https://www.tumblr.com/gwydionmisha/699813146114818048/ok-i-just-have-to-ask-did-you-notice-ed-as

* Arden Powell at the The Midnight Society: https://twitter.com/midnight_pals/status/1585317897785647105

* Clive Barker vs JK Rowling at The Midnight Society : https://twitter.com/midnight_pals/status/1586397640186466304

* Goblin detecting sword: https://www.tumblr.com/gwydionmisha/699816725716287488

* I feel this in my bones: https://xkcd.com/2692/

* "You’ve been sentenced to 400 years for multiple murders. It’s been 399 years and your jailers are starting to get nervous.:" https://www.tumblr.com/elidyce/688193708499320832/writing-prompt-s-youve-been-sentenced-to-400

* "God of Arepo:" https://gallusrostromegalus.tumblr.com/post/699776328566800384

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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.

* "Plan Your Vote: 2022 Elections:" https://www.nbcnews.com/specials/plan-your-vote-2022-elections/index.html?language=english&state=WA

* If you would like to help support me and the Cats: paypal.me/Gwydion

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* It's been a truly terrible several weeks here at the Cat Asylum. A longer explanation is below. I have literally weeks of newslinks I haven't posted. My body is doing incredibly painful things. On top of the brakes emergency, we've had snow bad enough to knock out power in a bunch of places in town and imprison me likely for at least another week, and we've had some of the wiring fry, an expensive prospect that I haven't much hope of solving short of a miracle.

So 2021 continuing the streak, really. I have reached the fuck it point and am posting the aggregate with the understanding I'm sitting on I'd guess 100-200 prepped links that aren't included and that weeding and sorting are likely a bit rough.

* "200 years ago, everyone lacked democratic rights. Now, billions of people have them:" https://ourworldindata.org/democratic-rights

* "Afghans push through snowy Alps toward new lives in Europe:" https://apnews.com/article/afghanistan-migrants-trek-through-alps-seek-new-future-02613cb26351c9249c27ee20f5d1681f

* "Lesbian risks life and flees Afghanistan to escape forced marriage to Taliban brute:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2021/12/27/afghanistan-lesbian-taliban-forced-marriage/

* "Shining shoes for a piece of bread:" https://www.bbc.com/news/av/world-asia-59761535

* "Guterres in Lebanon: Fair elections in 2022, an ‘essential opportunity’ for voices to be heard:" https://news.un.org/en/story/2021/12/1108552

* "Lebanon's Aoun calls for defence dialogue, hinting at friction with Hezbollah:" https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/lebanons-president-calls-national-dialog-reach-understanding-defense-economic-2021-12-27/

* "Security forces loyal to Somalia PM gather outside presidential palace:" https://www.reuters.com/world/africa/us-says-supports-somalian-pms-efforts-rapid-credible-elections-2021-12-28/

* "Why Authoritarian Regimes Bother With Elections:" https://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2021/12/hong-kong-stunt-election-democracy/621071/

* "Hong Kong universities remove more monuments marking Tiananmen:" https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-china-59752089

* "Hong Kong pro-democracy news site closes after raid, arrests:" https://www.npr.org/2021/12/29/1068696336/hong-kong-police-raid-pro-democracy-news-outlet-arrest-6

* "'Erasing history': Russia closes top rights group, capping year of crackdowns:" https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/russian-orders-closure-top-rights-group-2021-12-28/

* "How the Kremlin Is Militarizing Russian Society:" https://www.nytimes.com/2021/12/21/world/europe/russia-military-putin-kremlin.html

* "Georgia: The rise of the right:" https://www.bbc.com/news/av/world-europe-59763185

* "We should all be worried by what Liz Truss is doing to our equalities watchdog:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2021/12/24/trans-equality-watchdog-liz-truss/

* "Barrister who slammed Stonewall trans inclusion advice given key equalities role:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2021/12/20/stonewall-akua-reindorf-ehrc/

* "Why North Shropshire result is good news for Labour as well as Lib Dems:" https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2021/dec/17/north-shropshire-byelection-result-good-news-for-labour-lib-dems

* "The Secretive Prisons That Keep Migrants Out of Europe:" https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2021/12/06/the-secretive-libyan-prisons-that-keep-migrants-out-of-europe

* "Indian Christians fear attacks or jail over conversions:" https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-india-59724425

* "Arrests, Beatings and Secret Prayers: Inside the Persecution of India’s Christians:" https://www.nytimes.com/2021/12/22/world/asia/india-christians-attacked.html

* First they came for the Muslims, then they came for the Christians....

This all looks part of the same violent Hindu nationalism that strips away basic rights and encourages violence and torture from both police and mobs.

* "Myanmar massacre: two Save the Children staff among dead:" https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/dec/28/myanmar-massacre-two-save-the-children-staff-among-dead

* "The ultra-violent cult that became a global mafia:" https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-59614595

* "The U.S. predicted his downfall but Maduro strengthens his grip on power in Venezuela:" https://www.npr.org/2021/12/07/1061290155/maduros-grip-on-power-in-venezuela-only-gets-stronger

* "Chile breathes sigh of relief as pro-LGBT president elected over far-right bigot:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2021/12/20/chile-election-gabriel-boric-president-lgbt/

* "Nonbelievers across Africa risk freedom and family support:" https://apnews.com/article/africa-religion-nigeria-ce936d8627ca1c233e479961ac440944

* "Kenyans find rural lifeline after Covid city exodus:" https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-59630164

* "Bruno Le Maire - An Inclusive Future for France:" https://www.cc.com/video/v9jyq7/the-daily-show-with-trevor-noah-bruno-le-maire-an-inclusive-future-for-france

* "Mali Says Chad to Send 1,000 Additional Troops as France Backs Off:" https://www.usnews.com/news/world/articles/2021-12-18/mali-says-chad-to-send-1-000-additional-troops-as-france-backs-off

* CW: Torture "Jailed for the killing of Haiti's president, five suspected assassins say they're innocent:" https://www.cnn.com/2021/12/18/americas/haiti-assassination-colombian-prisoners-exclusive-intl-cmd/index.html

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* "Omicron infects 70 times faster than previous COVID strains:" https://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/586074-omicon-infects-70-times-faster-than-previous-covid-strains-study?rl=1

* "A tantalizing clue to why omicron is spreading so quickly:" https://www.npr.org/sections/goatsandsoda/2021/12/15/1064597592/a-tantalizing-clue-to-why-omicron-is-spreading-so-quickly

* "UK data suggests hospitalization is less likely with omicron:" https://apnews.com/article/covid-omicron-variant-symptoms-hospitalization-less-likely-8ed5a786604ac1df349464296aa7e3c8

* "Europeans Ponder Living With, Not Defeating, Covid:" https://www.nytimes.com/2021/12/24/world/europe/europe-covid-pandemic-omicron.html

* "Spain's COVID-19 infections soar after Christmas:" https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/spains-covid-19-infections-soar-after-christmas-2021-12-27/

* Let Them Eat Cake. "Why is anyone surprised at Boris weaselling his way through another scandal?:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2021/12/08/boris-johnson-christmas-party-downing-street-covid/

* "Ecuador: Coronavirus vaccination mandatory for most citizens:" https://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/ecuador-coronavirus-vaccination-mandatory-citizens-81919392

* "Pfizer pill becomes 1st US-authorized home COVID treatment :" https://apnews.com/article/coronavirus-pandemic-pfizer-medication-f5f65e7e61d6aa9c7dfa193053e8878a

* "Game changer: New Covid treatment pill could be key to ending pandemic:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/game-changer-new-covid-treatment-pill-could-be-key-to-ending-pandemic-129431621896

* "CDC recommends Moderna, Pfizer COVID-19 vaccines over J&J's:" https://www.reuters.com/business/healthcare-pharmaceuticals/blood-clot-rates-after-jj-vaccine-higher-than-previous-estimates-cdc-advisers-2021-12-16/

* "Chris Hayes: How the booster shot messaging got muddled :" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/chris-hayes-how-the-booster-shot-messaging-got-muddled-129230405826

* "'No slack in the system': Struggling hospitals despair at prospect of Omicron wave:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/-no-slack-in-the-system-struggling-hospitals-despair-at-prospect-of-omicron-wave-129243205641

* "Maddow: If you've been putting off vaccination, the time to do it is now.:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/maddow-if-you-ve-been-putting-off-vaccination-the-time-to-do-it-is-now-129251909682

* "'It's a balancing act': New CDC guidance weighs practicality but raises questions:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/-it-s-a-balancing-act-new-cdc-guidance-weighs-practicality-but-raises-questions-129740869850

* "Hospitals' concern: Volume of Omicron cases could counter lower hospitalization rate:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/hospitals-concern-volume-of-omicron-cases-could-counter-lower-hospitalization-rate-129340997873

* "Army: 98% of active duty got COVID-19 vaccine by deadline:" https://www.kvoa.com/coronavirus/army-98-of-active-duty-got-covid-19-vaccine-by-deadline/article_ef26a17e-5e87-11ec-82a0-43255e602142.html

* "White House labels Orange County Florida ‘rapid riser,’ as state reports 29,568 COVID-19 cases:" https://www.orlandosentinel.com/coronavirus/os-ne-florida-coronavirus-dec-17-20211217-zbdv6y3cefd3lnqa2wqazfrlzi-story.html

* "University of Texas sees 'alarming' spike in COVID-19 cases likely due to omicron variant:" https://www.statesman.com/story/news/2021/12/16/ut-austin-spike-covid-19-cases-likely-omicron-variant/8923174002/

* "Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton says he’ll take fight against federal vaccine mandate for large businesses to Supreme Court:" https://www.texastribune.org/2021/12/17/vaccine-mandate-businesses-texas/

* "Kansas City COVID-19 deaths more than doubled in the past week, data shows:" https://amp.kansascity.com/article256597306.html

* "Kansas hospitals brace for 'long, tough winter' of COVID. Here's what experts fear if omicron surges.:" https://www.cjonline.com/story/news/coronavirus/2021/12/16/covid-19-kansas-hospitals-omicron-transfers-surge-full-beds/8908272002/

* "Tennessee nursing homes to enforce vaccine with federal mandate back in place Wednesday:" https://newschannel9.com/news/coronavirus/tennessee-nursing-homes-to-enforce-vaccine-with-federal-mandate-back-in-place-wednesday

* "New York state reports highest number of daily Covid cases of entire pandemic at more than 21,000:" https://www.cnbc.com/2021/12/17/new-york-state-reports-highest-number-of-daily-covid-cases-of-entire-pandemic-at-more-than-21000.html

* "‘We've Never Seen This Before in NYC': COVID Positivity Rate Doubles in 3 Days on Omicron Spread:" https://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/coronavirus/weve-never-seen-this-before-in-nyc-covid-positivity-rate-doubles-in-3-days-as-omicron-spreads/3454450/

* "NYC offers 500,000 free rapid Covid tests, 1 million masks amid case surge:" https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/nyc-offers-500000-free-rapid-covid-tests-1-million-masks-amid-case-surge/vi-AARTnRJ

* "Classroom closures spike as COVID-19 cases climb in NYC:" https://www.ny1.com/nyc/all-boroughs/education/2021/12/16/nyc-doe-school-closures-spike-as-covid-cases-climb-in-nyc

* "Several NYC Restaurants Temporarily Close Due to COVID Spike:" https://www.thrillist.com/eat/new-york/nyc-restaurants-are-closing-due-to-covid-surge

* "As Virus Cases Surge, New Yorkers Feel a Familiar Anxiety:" https://www.nytimes.com/2021/12/16/nyregion/new-york-covid-cases.html

* "U.S. Surgeon General decries Fox News commentator urging conservatives to ‘ambush’ Dr. Fauci:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-reidout/watch/jesse-watters-urging-conservatives-to-ambush-dr-fauci-decried-by-u-s-surgeon-general-129330245886

* "House oversight committee releases report detailing efforts of Trump administration officials to 'undermine' Covid-19 efforts in US:" https://www.cnn.com/2021/12/17/politics/house-committee-trump-covid-19/index.html

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* "Congress approves import ban targeting forced labor in China :" https://apnews.com/article/science-business-china-asia-beijing-d73f6a5b82a58209480f5aa010895100

* "President Biden reaches year's end with growing list of successes:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/president-biden-reaches-year-s-end-with-growing-list-of-successes-129655877954

* "Manchin says he won't vote for Biden's Build Back Better Act:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-sunday-show/watch/manchin-says-he-won-t-vote-for-biden-s-build-back-better-act-129114181654

* "Rep. Cori Bush: It's "not a huge surprise" that Sen. Joe Manchin won't vote for Build Back Better:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-sunday-show/watch/rep-cori-bush-it-s-not-a-huge-suprise-that-sen-joe-manchin-won-t-vote-for-build-back-better-129118789504

* "Wearied by Manchin perfidy, progressives eye 'two track process' to achieve BBB's goals:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/wearied-by-manchin-perfidy-progressives-eye-two-track-process-to-achieve-bbb-s-goals-129244229595

* "Manchin negotiated in bad faith to obstruct bill that would help his state Joy Reid says:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-reidout/watch/joe-manchin-slammed-or-withdrawing-support-for-biden-s-build-back-better-bill-129331781669

* "Bernie: Striking workers ‘courageous’ in face of Kellogg’s ‘abrasive’ tactics :" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/bernie-striking-workers-courageous-in-face-of-kellogg-s-abrasive-tactics-128943685558

* I hope they win. "Workers at candle factory hit by tornado file class-action lawsuit against employer:" https://www.cnn.com/2021/12/16/us/mayfield-candle-factory-lawsuit-tornado/index.html

* "MLK III on King holiday: "No celebration without legislation":" https://www.msnbc.com/the-sunday-show/watch/mlk-iii-on-king-holiday-no-celebration-without-legislation-129117765664

* "The Senate filibuster isn't what it used to be because the Senate isn't either:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/the-senate-filibuster-isn-t-what-it-used-to-be-because-the-senate-isn-t-either-129053765588

* "Senate Democrats get serious about protecting elections, voting rights:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/senate-democrats-get-serious-about-protecting-elections-voting-rights-128958021557

* "Sen. Klobuchar: I would get rid of the filibuster in a minute if I could:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-reidout/watch/biden-agenda-struggling-due-to-gop-conservative-democratic-senators-discussed-by-sen-amy-klobuchar-128948293717

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

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

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

* "Accountability elusive as Trump's Big Lie runs amok in Wisconsin:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/accountability-elusive-as-trump-s-big-lie-runs-amok-in-wisconsin-129341509806

* "Absent accountability, Republicans run roughshod over election system in Wisconsin:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/absent-accountability-republicans-run-roughshod-over-election-system-in-wisconsin-129341509594

* "Republicans bullying election officials achieve their ends even in failure:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/republicans-bullying-election-officials-achieve-their-ends-even-in-failure-129431621674

* "Republicans overhaul local election board, look to eliminate six of seven polling stations:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/republicans-overhaul-local-election-board-look-to-eliminate-six-of-seven-polling-stations-129434181622

* "Fmr. top general warns of potential ‘2024 insurrection,’ urges preparedness:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/fmr-top-general-warns-of-potential-2024-insurrection-urges-preparedness-129231941834

* "Michael Eric Dyson: American democracy is only as good as we are willing to fight for it:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-reidout/watch/jan-6-capitol-insurrection-anniversary-a-reminder-of-our-endangered-democracy-experts-say-129649733982

* "Is this seriously who Republicans want representing Georgia instead of Raphael Warnock?:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/is-this-seriously-who-republicans-want-representing-georgia-instead-of-raphael-warnock-129502277945

* "California's Out Insurance Commissioner Gets Reelection Backing:" https://www.advocate.com/politics/2021/12/15/californias-out-insurance-commissioner-gets-reelection-backing

* "Softening Trump political potency seen in endorsement flops, limp ticket sales:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/softening-trump-political-potency-seen-in-endorsement-flops-limp-ticket-sales-129051205777

* "Lawmaker targeted by Trump shares disturbing death threat voicemail:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/lawmaker-targeted-by-trump-shares-disturbing-death-threat-voicemail-129648709644

* "New details paint 'insane' picture of how right wing media obtained Biden daughter's diary:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/new-details-paint-insane-picture-of-how-right-wing-media-obtained-biden-daughter-s-diary-128959557852

* "Sketchy Chinese company under investigation is well suited to partner with Donald Trump:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/sketchy-chinese-company-under-investigation-is-well-suited-to-partner-with-donald-trump-129502789793

* "Legal expert says Trump lawsuit against New York attorney general will likely be thrown out:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-reidout/watch/trump-lawsuit-accusing-new-york-attorney-general-of-bias-will-likely-be-thrown-out-expert-says-129233477757

* "Republican Party helping Trump pay his personal legal bills:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/republican-party-helping-trump-pay-his-personal-legal-bills-wapo-128956997854

* "Basis of new Cohen lawsuit over Trump abuse of power warrants concern among Americans:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/basis-of-new-cohen-lawsuit-over-trump-abuse-of-power-warrants-concern-among-americans-129051717673

* "Jan. 6 committee weighs possibility of criminal referrals:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/nyt-jan-6-committee-weighs-possibility-of-criminal-referrals-129230917531

* "Legal expert: DOJ must immediately conduct 'full-blown' Jan. 6 probe:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/legal-expert-doj-must-immediately-conduct-full-blown-jan-6-probe-129492037712

* "Joy Reid: House GOP is trying to throw all the sand it can into Jan. 6 probe gears:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-reidout/watch/house-minority-leader-attempting-to-install-jim-jordan-on-jan-6-select-committee-129495109652

* "Jim Jordan and Trump's coup: The calls were coming from inside the House:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/jim-jordan-and-trump-s-coup-the-calls-were-coming-from-inside-the-house-128938565877

* "Legal expert believes Jim Jordan text to Mark Meadows is probable cause for criminal charge:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-reidout/watch/rep-jim-jordan-text-to-mark-meadows-probable-cause-for-criminal-charge-legal-expert-says-129041989724

* "Rep. Aguilar on why Rep. Jordan was never ‘fit to serve’ on Jan. 6 committee:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/rep-aguilar-on-why-rep-jordan-was-never-fit-to-serve-on-jan-6-committee-129420357806

* "CIA expert: Can you imagine what’s on Mark Meadows’ encrypted Signal app?:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-reidout/watch/mark-meadows-plotted-with-six-house-republicans-to-overturn-2020-election-washington-post-reports-128945733905

* "Legal expert believes Jim Jordan text to Mark Meadows is probable cause for criminal charge:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-reidout/watch/rep-jim-jordan-text-to-mark-meadows-probable-cause-for-criminal-charge-legal-expert-says-129041989724

* "Many who mock the Jan. 6 committee actively plotted with Trump’s White House:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-reidout/watch/trump-s-phone-calls-with-jim-jordan-on-jan-6-of-interest-to-house-select-committee-129423941806

* "Jan. 6 committee requests testimony, documents from Republican Rep. Scott Perry:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-reidout/watch/jan-6-select-committee-investigating-capitol-insurrection-reportedly-considering-more-criminal-referrals-129332805580

* "Legal expert says Department of Justice is ‘not doing its job' regarding Jan. 6 prosecutions:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-reidout/watch/jan-6-plot-reportedly-launched-by-steve-bannon-and-peter-navarro-analyzed-on-the-reidout-129731653881

* "'Rosanne didn't radicalize herself': After death on 1/6, family seeks accountability:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/-rosanne-didn-t-radicalize-herself-after-death-on-1-6-family-seeks-accountability-129653317889

* "'We took the Capitol’: Proud Boy pleads guilty to Jan. 6 conspiracy charges:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/-we-took-the-capitol-proud-boy-pleads-guilty-to-jan-6-conspiracy-charges-129493061593

* "Jan. 6 rioter provides evidence that may impact sentencing:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/jan-6-rioter-provides-evidence-that-may-impact-sentencing-129039429661

* "'We took the Capitol’: Proud Boy pleads guilty to Jan. 6 conspiracy charges:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/-we-took-the-capitol-proud-boy-pleads-guilty-to-jan-6-conspiracy-charges-129493061593

* "D.C. Attorney General Files Civil Lawsuit Against Proud Boys, Oath Keepers:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-sunday-show/watch/d-c-attorney-general-files-civil-lawsuit-against-proud-boys-oath-keepers-129117253787

* "Right’s ‘celebration of violence’ on full display at Turning Point USA convention:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/right-s-celebration-of-violence-on-full-display-at-turning-point-usa-convention-129328197797

* "Rep. Bass on Kim Potter guilty verdict: Communities fear she'll get a slap on the wrist:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-reidout/watch/kim-potter-guilty-verdict-for-killing-daunte-wright-could-still-result-in-slap-on-the-wrist-rep-bass-says-129494597620

* "‘Surprising is an understatement’: Civil rights attorney on Kim Potter verdict:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/-surprising-is-an-understatement-civil-rights-attorney-on-kim-potter-verdict-129493061543

* "Lawyer of Tulsa Race Massacre survivors: We must have closure, know where the mass graves are:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-reidout/watch/tulsa-race-massacre-survivors-have-lawyer-send-letter-to-department-of-justice-requesting-federal-investigation-129732677906

* "US regulators lift in-person restrictions on abortion pill:" https://apnews.com/article/coronavirus-pandemic-abortion-health-medication-a6634601a37fb048aecdd9f030e0863a

* "FDA makes access to abortion medication by mail permanent:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/fda-makes-access-to-abortion-pills-by-mail-permanent-128959045505

* "Campaigner Christie Elan-Cane dubs gender-neutral passport ruling an 'abomination':" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2021/12/15/christie-elan-cane-supreme-court-passport-ruling/

* Another reason to boycott all JK Rowling: https://seananmcguire.tumblr.com/post/671138868165296128

"But, of course, the law doesn’t (shouldn’t) discriminate, and if autistic teens and/or adults can’t legally consent to treatment of gender dysphoria, we can’t legally consent to the treatment of anything. We won’t be able to access any treatment or medication without approval from a responsible adult."

* "Jury Awards $4M to Trans Boy After School Denies Him Restroom Access:" https://www.advocate.com/transgender/2021/12/15/jury-awards-4m-trans-boy-after-school-denies-him-restroom-access

* "Uber Reportedly Blocked Trans Drivers’ Accounts For Being “Fraudulent”:" https://www.advocate.com/news/2021/12/15/uber-reportedly-blocked-trans-drivers-accounts-being-fraudulent

* CW: Elder Abuse. "How Nursing Homes Hide Profits While Residents Suffer:"

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* "How do Outbreaks End? Vaccines and Recovery: Crash Course Outbreak Science #14:"

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* "Debunking Anti-Vax: The Real History About Andrew Wakefield:"

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* "Autopsy: Severe brain trauma in ex-NFL player who shot 6:" https://apnews.com/article/nfl-sports-health-shootings-football-15b2c553682a7d122dbbc0d1eb76731c

* "Fresh Express Announces Recall of Fresh Salad Products Due to Potential Health Risk:" https://www.fda.gov/safety/recalls-market-withdrawals-safety-alerts/fresh-express-announces-recall-fresh-salad-products-due-potential-health-risk

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* "Chile Writes Its Constitution, Confronting Climate Change Head On:" https://www.nytimes.com/2021/12/28/climate/chile-constitution-climate-change.html

* "‘Receding before our eyes:’ Vancouver Island glaciers likely to be all gone by mid-century:" https://vancouversun.com/news/local-news/receding-before-our-eyes-vancouver-island-glaciers-likely-to-be-all-gone-by-mid-century

* "Super Typhoon Rai slams into the Philippines as rescue operations get underway:" https://www.cnn.com/2021/12/16/asia/super-typhoon-rai-philippines-intl-hnk/index.html

* CW: Dead Children. "Bouncy castle tragedy: Emotional police commissioner reveals 40 kids involved - NZ Herald:" https://www.nzherald.co.nz/world/bouncy-castle-tragedy-emotional-police-commissioner-reveals-40-kids-involved/MNAAFFSSGHKDLTBUTYRMNR5ZOY/

* "Rebuilding tornado-ravaged Kentucky town could take years:" https://apnews.com/article/tornadoes-kentucky-weather-mayfield-d67943a53d55d95db354011b45bfd995

* "Hurricane Ida Recovery Reveals Climate Change Inequalities to Come:"

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* "Entangled whale cannot be freed with newborn calf close by, ocean experts say:" https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2021/dec/15/entangled-whale-cannot-be-freed-newborn-calf

* "Archbishop Desmond Tutu dies at 90:" https://www.cnn.com/2021/12/26/africa/desmond-tutu-death-intl-hnk/index.html

* "Tributes pour in for anti-apartheid leader and LGBT+ ally Archbishop Desmond Tutu:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2021/12/26/desmond-tutu-death-lgbt-ally-anti-apartheid/

* "Harry M. Reid, pugnacious Senate majority leader, dies at 82:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/obituaries/harry-reid-dead/2021/12/28/775787dc-43f9-11e8-bba2-0976a82b05a2_story.html

* "Queer Black Feminist Writer bell hooks Dies at 69:" https://www.advocate.com/people/2021/12/15/queer-black-feminist-writer-bell-hooks-dies-69

* "Joan Didion, peerless prose stylist, dies at 87:" https://www.politico.com/news/2021/12/23/joan-didion-dies-526068

* "'Dallas Buyers Club' director Jean-Marc Vallée dies:" https://www.cnn.com/2021/12/27/entertainment/jean-marc-vallee-obit/index.html

* "Princeton teaches Ge'ez for the first time:" https://classics.princeton.edu/department/news/princeton-teaches-geez-first-time

* "Sweden's Gavle Christmas goat torched... again:" https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-59696442

* "U.S. Warns Russia Not To Take Ukraine | Earth's Black Box Will Record Humanity's Demise:"

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* "Meanwhile... Woman Seen Breastfeeding Her Cat On A Flight | Omicron (The Band) Is Not A Virus:"

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* "Fox News Christmas Tree Fire Wasn't Politically Motivated | The Debt Ceiling Shouldn't Be A Thing:"

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* ""He's Destroying His Legacy" - Scared Fox News Hosts Texted Mark Meadows During Capitol Attack:"

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* "As Wrong As It Gets - Republicans Don't Want You To Know What Happened On Jan. 6th:"

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* "GOP Says Covid Is Overhyped | Sheriff In Hot Water Over Pic Of Santa Getting A Gun Permit:"

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* "On The Next Season Of Succession: Who Will Replace Chris Wallace?:"

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* "Omicron Is Taking Over & Teachers Dash for Cash:" https://www.cc.com/video/srbo0b/the-daily-show-with-trevor-noah-omicron-is-taking-over-teachers-dash-for-cash

* "Mark Meadows Held in Contempt:" https://www.cc.com/video/piaqpv/the-daily-show-with-trevor-noah-mark-meadows-held-in-contempt

* "Dul-Sayin' - The History of Kwanzaa:" https://www.cc.com/video/lrx340/the-daily-show-with-trevor-noah-dul-sayin-the-history-of-kwanzaa

* "If You Don't Know, Now You Know - China's Africa Investments:" https://www.cc.com/video/xhwr8p/the-daily-show-with-trevor-noah-if-you-don-t-know-now-you-know-china-s-africa-investments

* "Man with Thong Mask & MLK's Family Calls for No Celebration:" https://www.cc.com/video/63uk0a/the-daily-show-with-trevor-noah-man-with-thong-mask-mlk-s-family-calls-for-no-celebration

* "Viral Clip Of Runaway Airport Luggage Is The Pixar Film We Needed | Seditionist Roundup Round Up:" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-dxsJAbchko&list=PLiZxWe0ejyv8n24CSzVDLGdvDR1qCX6jY&index=2

* "Santa Song - SNL:"

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* "The Global Warming Christmas Special - SNL:"

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* "The Viral Cat Spreading All That Misinformation Has Been Found:"

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* "The Hallmark Channel Presents: Frankenclaus:"

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* "Colbert's "Lord of the Rings" Rap Celebrates 20 Years Of The Greatest Trilogy In Movie History:"

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* Today I learned that Tumblr forcing me to look at the severed lady bits and buttocks from behind ad is significantly less disturbing than the dismembered anatomically correct torso, though still very do not want. I want to be clear that I don't judge people who buy these sex toys, I just think the images should be opt in.

* I've been thinking a lot about the Figure Skater, now choreographer, Kurt Browning. There were a lot of figure skaters I loved in his era, but there was something about him that really made him linger in my mind. I think that special something was that he fundamentally looked like he loved what he was doing. Oh, he definitely wanted to win, and he had bad skates like everything else, but that fundamental love was baked into his choreography, into his artistic expression, into the style of every element. It radiated out of him in interviews too.

The longer he skated both as an amateur and professional, the stronger his personal voice was in his work. He didn't always make choices to my taste. That happens when you have a strong and particular artistic voice. Still, I adored so many of his routines and even the ones that weren't for me were memorable.

At some point after he started to do choreography, some skater would come back from summer training completely transformed. They wouldn't be skating like him, but they would be skating with a new joy and with their own clear voice. They would have new routines that fit them like gloves, that helped them reach out to the audience, that gave them a particular magic they'd never had before. I would watch them and think "I wonder if they've been working with Kurt," and they almost invariably have.

What a beautifully gift to give the world.

I've no idea what he's like as a person beyond his public persona, but damned if he hasn't had a beautiful ripple effect in the world.

* So this is what's going on with me. My AS has been really terrible the last two months. It's hard to explain the level of debilitating too someone who's body works. To give yo and Idea of how hard basic stuff is, on the twenty third, it took me four hours to get dressed and do physio. My legs kept buckling as I shuffled about trying to do the bare minimum as far as feeding cats, fish, and myself. I literally scream from pain and nearly went over when I tried to feed Livia.

It's why the post schedule is so weird and I why I have...idk a couple weeks of link back log as of this writing. I am doing what I can, but even my high pain threshold ass can't make this work. The barometer has been yoyoing, and that generally just fucks me up.

So on the twenty forth, I was going to run out to grab a last minute thing before the store closed with the last of my EBT. Three hours for dressing and physio, two cats in cling mode. To give you an idea of the cling level, I was trying to put my shoe on, got as far as one sock and getting a shoe half on when Tavy leapt onto me and proceeded to nap in my arms. Me: Well I guess I'm doing lungs before instead of after the errand.

I was latter than I meant, but surely the shop was still open, right? We're a fairly secular college town. It is not that cold, but I step out to find flurries and a thin layer of snow on my car, though none sticking yet on the ground. I grew up with snow. the quality of the air and the look of the flurries told me they would be sticking soon. I figure I should be fine on a fifteen minute errand, but I'd been snowed in all weekend.

The temperature kept dropping noticeably; the snow was coming faster. Shop was closed. I likely would have made it if I'd fought Tavy over the shoes, but no matter. I'd guess I was gone five to seven minutes and it was brutal cold and coming down hard by the time I'd parked again. Squirrel had work and the driving was scary. I'd guess we got six inches, which is a lot in a town where the only people with snow tires either regularly commute over the Mountain pass or are skier/snowboarders. Our large town/small city has a snow plow, but they hit the big streets first, and generally the snow is melted before they get streets like ours, our worse the last three streets I lived on. My current street is an increasingly busy feeder instead of the true back streets I've always lived on between coming North and this place. Saturday it warmed up just enough for what little melted to freeze over after dark making it incredibly unsafe after. Squirrel was white as a sheet when he got home from work 7ish Sunday morning. It had snowed hard all night and my end of town the wind was so high it was blowing nearly horizontal. The cats sat in the window watching in fascination. It did that all day, i suspect, as it was still going past noon when I looked.

Luckily Squirrel didn't have work, and I don't leave the house unless all paths and streets are clear except for emergencies as I don't want to break anything or tear ligaments. The snow it utterly beautiful, but I'm someone finding the hobble to the bathroom challenging, and i don't want to go to the ER and spend a month laid up like last time.

Except the fire alarm kept going off. Nothing was on fire. I'd been trying to get him to change the battery in his detector for a couple of months, but he kept spacing it. I knew it wasn't mine as I changed them last... it was before I got my second shot end of March, so I'd say less than a year ago, but not by a lot. The little detectors are wired to the big ones. It went on for hours, waking people up, terrifying cats. I finally gave him a battery, because I had one, being exactly that sort of anal retentive and the chirping will drive me bats because of my sensory stuff. (I hate being caught without an emergency 9 volt). A couple hours passed, but I could hear it chirping in his room again and it went off again, because of course it did. He pulled it out, which the management company hates. his theory is it's old and the equipment needs replacing, so I guess I'm staying up to deal with them.

I am tired and everything hurts, and I've lost track of how long the aggregate posting gap is. I am sorry. It likely won't be any better until the weather evens out.

* Tuesday I went to go to the bathroom in the middle of the night, flipped on a switch, and there was a flash of light and blue sparks. Attempts to flip the fuse elicited more of the same. This means no microwave, not bathroom or kitchen lights, no small appliances, no bathroom electricity at all. We suspect the wiring's fubared. squirrel is wondering if this it what was setting the fire alarms off. So I'm staying up to call iyt in, but i haven't much hope of a solution any time soon with snow and the holidays.

We've been waiting for nearly two years for them to connect squirrel's bathroom vent to the outside. They took three years not to fix a hole they put in my ceiling. I gave up and paid for fixing it myself. Who wants to bet they don't consider wiring burning in the walls an emergency?

* ...And We’re hosed. Even though the contracts said things inside the walls are them, they are making us pay for the wiring.

I have no idea how we’re going to manage it. I have no idea what it will cost even to get an estimate.

Bonus and extra 70.00 uncovered copay came in. Why the fuck not?

paypal.me/Gwydion
are there any lawyer friends/legal aid places that might remotely type up an official-sounding letter for free?

* FAQ: Everyone is asking some version of: "Are there any lawyer friends/legal aid places that might remotely type up an official-sounding letter for free?"

( They answer to this and what we are doing is very, very long and complicated: )

Wishful thinking though and best not to plan on it, so I am focusing on practical stuff like how to learn to live without non-major appliance power in the darkest parts of the Cat Asylum, and setting long term solutions in motion (See Parts One and Two).

You see why I’ve been short handing it. :)

* I am so used to normal blackouts that I am having a vaguely surreal time dealing with the current crisis. This is not a complaint, just an observation. The house we moved into just before I started high school was super prone to blackouts, just like the part of town where I've lived a majority of the time since I moved up here for third college, used to get regular black outs. The ones back East could be a day or two long, and happened a bunch of times in the November through December with such regularity, we all had assigned blackout chores in my family. We get little black outs here all the time, also most in November or December, but blackout season starts in October and runs until true spring. Most years we lose power all night at least once. Sometimes we have a good year or a bad year. Sometimes it's a day or two, but that's rare.

I'm that person with emergency candles and battery lanterns and black out contingency plans, so I have a battery lantern where I can grab it entering the bathroom with what light reaches from the living room. I have a stronger lamp set up further in that I can use the cheap light to find. (If the cheap light breaks it's not a big deal. I don't want to risk the expensive light where I can knock it off and break it easily or near water.) It a good spot to grab it if I need it in the kitchen. I'm basically living off stockpiled emergency vegetarian cup of soups because low mobility/low visibility stove top cooking is harder than it sounds because while I can navigate in there okay, it's hard to see details and the counters are in shadow. The range light and hood are dead, which means things like pasta aren't a good idea. I can make tea and cup of soups safely so it's that and cold foods and energy bars right now. I may branch out into stove top regular soup heating, but I can't walk away and sit down while I do that.

I desperately needed a bath so in the period Wednesday midday while I was waiting for return emails and phone calls, I took a bath. That's the surreal part. I've had power go out mid bath a bunch of times. I have a protocol for it. Turn off water (to save what hot water is left) and motor (so it doesn't turn on when the power does. I think there's a safety shut off when power goes out, but I don't want to chance it. Turn on the good emergency bathroom lantern (Stored where I can easily grope it in the dark, but where it's apt to stay safe from falls and water). Finish shampoo and rinse. Turn off any other switches that were on. Use the good emergency lantern to do last meds and set things up as far as bedroom emergency lighting for when I inevitable shamble out later to pee or if I'm unlucky and have to start the next meds cycle in the semi dark.

So water heater's on a dedicated circuit. So is my tub. I don't worry about either as they were city inspected at the beginning of the pandemic. It was so fucking weird to have hot water and the hydrotherapy motor going while bathing by light of a battery lantern. Did my head in, it did.

(Long term readers may remember the city buying me a new tub and my doctor managing to talk them into jets for my back and shoulders on medical grounds. These have been a life saver given how much my joints have deteriorated in the intervening twoish years. It was a whole saga that involved most of the plumbing and a bunch of appliances being replaced along with small stuff like us getting working exterior doorknobs).

Nearby Millenial has spiked hiking boots and lives a long block away in my old complex, so came for her shift. She also has a head lamp. (She's legally blind, but has low vision and walks around at night, so has things like a reflective safety vest and a powerful headlamp. She does chunk of her job by touch and she is very, very good as an Aid. Not kidding 10 out of 10). Picture her doing the dishes with her headlamp on. Picture us endlessly moving from dark to light flipping dead switches. She did a brilliant job today.

Still so fucking surreal to watch her doing it.

unless we are super super lucky in the morning, This will likely be how it is for weeks or months. If we are unlucky, this is our life now. I will get used to it, but it's strange.

It was just weird.

* "It's A Sweet Day For A Winter Wedding:" https://www.cakewrecks.com/home/2021/12/26/its-a-sweet-day-for-a-winter-wedding

* "Sunday Sweets: Your Holiday Happy Place:" https://www.cakewrecks.com/home/2021/12/19/sunday-sweets-your-holiday-happy-place

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

The help links are at the bottom under the cut.

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

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

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

* "The Rainbow Railroad:" https://www.rainbowrailroad.org/take-action

* Organizations working for reproductive rights in Texas: https://minoanmiss.dreamwidth.org/796848.html

* Even more Organizations working for reproductive rights in Texas: https://wendelah1.dreamwidth.org/788132.html

* Want to help Kimi Cole run for statewide office in Nevada? https://secure.actblue.com/donate/kimi-cole-4-nevada-1

* I used all the bill money to fix my brakes. I need about 250.00-300 to cover bills for the month. Paypal [email protected] or paypal.me/Gwydion

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* "Member of Brutal ISIS ‘Beatles’ Cell Pleads Guilty in Hostage Cases:" https://www.nytimes.com/2021/09/02/us/politics/isis-beatles-alexanda-kotey.html

* "New Zealand police were following extremist who stabbed 6:" https://apnews.com/article/police-new-zealand-islamic-state-group-2bbbbc9f3e4249fba2c519dda5e8f05f

* "Ethiopia's Tigray crisis: What's stopping aid getting in?:" https://www.bbc.com/news/57929853

* "Museum chief is only candidate for Estonia's presidency:" https://apnews.com/article/europe-estonia-f2d1f04b715d7827afbe2c7c0d585865

* "Milan mayor says cladding melted in tower block blaze, as in London's Grenfell:" https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/milan-mayor-says-cladding-melted-tower-block-blaze-londons-grenfell-2021-08-30/

* "China limits teens to just three hours a week of online gaming in latest crackdown:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2021/08/31/chinese-teens-online-gaming-limited/

* "Heavily armed criminal group ties hostages to getaway cars after storming Brazilian city:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2021/08/30/brazi-crime-hostages-araatuba/

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* "Breakthrough Infections Less Likely to Cause Long Covid, Large Study Finds:" https://www.nytimes.com/live/2021/09/01/world/covid-delta-variant-vaccine

* "Australian state of Victoria extends lockdown until 70% receive first vaccine dose:" https://www.cnn.com/2021/08/31/australia/australia-new-zealand-covid-19-september-intl-hnk/index.html

* "Turkey's coronavirus cases hit three-week high:" https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/turkeys-coronavirus-cases-hit-three-week-high-2021-09-01/

* "Philippines health workers protest neglect as COVID-19 strains hospitals:" https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/philippines-health-workers-protest-neglect-covid-19-strains-hospitals-2021-09-01/

* "The U.S. reaches a daily average of 100,000 Covid hospitalizations for the first time since the winter peak.:" https://www.nytimes.com/2021/08/30/us/delta-100000-covid-patients.html

* "America has wasted at least 15 million Covid vaccine doses since March, new data shows:" https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/america-has-wasted-least-15-million-covid-vaccine-doses-march-n1278211

* "Experts decry anti-vaccine, anti-mask conservative rhetoric as COVID-19 cases surpass 39 million:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-reidout/watch/covid-19-cases-surpass-39-million-as-disinformation-counter-to-cdc-guidance-persists-119832645694

* "Education Department to probe 5 states with ‘unacceptable’ school mask bans:" https://www.politico.com/news/2021/08/30/education-department-probe-unacceptable-school-mask-bans-507589

* "Florida grapples with COVID-19's deadliest phase yet:" https://apnews.com/article/business-health-florida-coronavirus-pandemic-7ed6d05626848aca4e2827681b315770

* "Florida changed its COVID-19 data, creating an ‘artificial decline’ in recent deaths:" https://www.miamiherald.com/news/coronavirus/article253796898.html

* "Covid News: Florida Withholds Funds From Schools That Defied Governor’s Mask Mandate Ban:" https://www.nytimes.com/live/2021/08/30/world/covid-delta-variant-vaccine

* "Ron DeSantis appeals mask mandate ruling as Florida Covid deaths set record:" https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/sep/03/florida-covid-ron-desantis-appeals-mask-ruling-record-covid-deaths

* "Florida teachers on edge as mask war, COVID surge mark first weeks of school:" https://www.reuters.com/world/us/florida-teachers-edge-mask-war-covid-surge-mark-first-weeks-school-2021-09-04/

* "Rep. Demings says Rubio ‘wants to be anywhere but Florida’ as clashes over COVID mandates escalate:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-reidout/watch/covid-mandates-leading-to-violent-clashes-in-florida-and-beyond-discussed-by-senate-candidate-val-demings-119924293541

* "Texas district closes schools after covid kills two teachers in one week:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/education/2021/09/01/texas-school-covid-teachers-dead/

* "Texas teacher trying to decide about Covid vaccine dies three days after testing positive:" https://www.cnn.com/2021/09/03/us/coronavirus-texas-teacher-deaths-trnd/index.html

* "When the New Covid Surge Struck, Mississippi Was Uniquely Unprepared:" https://www.nytimes.com/2021/08/29/us/when-the-new-covid-surge-struck-mississippi-was-uniquely-unprepared.html

* "SC reports 3-day total of more than 16,000 new COVID-19 cases:" https://www.live5news.com/2021/08/30/sc-reports-3-day-total-more-than-16000-new-covid-19-cases/

* "For second day in a row, Tennessee sets COVID-19 hospitalization record:" https://www.newschannel5.com/rebound/for-second-day-in-a-row-tennessee-sets-covid-19-hospitalization-record

* "OSDH: Over 7,800 new cases of COVID-19 in Oklahoma since Friday:" https://kfor.com/news/local/osdh-over-7800-new-cases-of-covid-19-in-oklahoma-since-friday/

* "Genesee County health officials receive death threat after issuing mask mandate:" https://www.freep.com/story/news/local/michigan/2021/08/25/mask-mandate-genesee-county-death-threats/5592047001/

* "Should doctors prescribing 'snake oil' Covid treatments face consequences?:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/chris-hayes-should-doctors-prescribing-livestock-medicine-for-covid-face-consequences-119916613656

* "AMA calls on doctors to immediately stop prescribing ivermectin for Covid:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/american-medical-association-calls-on-doctors-to-immediately-stop-prescribing-ivermectin-for-covid-120005189773

* "Instagram User

antivaxmomma Charged With Selling Fake Vaccine Cards:" https://www.nytimes.com/2021/08/31/nyregion/fake-vaccine-cards-woman-charged.html

* This teacher cared so little about the health and safety of the kids in their care that they refused vaccination, then came to school symptomatic and took their mask off so they could infect them, knowing it could kill or permanently damage them. I don't understand how this isn't child abuse. As someone who taught for a living I'm furious that someone who hates children enough to risk harming them this way on purpose was allowed in the classroom at all. "CDC: An Unvaccinated Teacher Took Off Their Mask to Read Aloud. Half the Class Got COVID:" https://www.edweek.org/leadership/cdc-an-unvaccinated-teacher-took-off-their-mask-to-read-aloud-half-the-class-got-covid/2021/08

* "When school isn't safe: 'You feel like you are sending your child into a lion's den':" https://www.cnn.com/2021/09/01/health/schools-parents-covid-teachers-wellness/index.html

* "At least 6 conservative radio hosts and anti-mask advocates have died from COVID-19 after bashing the vaccines:" https://www.businessinsider.com/conservative-radio-hosts-anti-maskers-death-covid-19-2021-9

* I suspect McSweeney speaks for many of us here. "Oh My Fucking God, Get the Fucking Vaccine Already, You Fucking Fucks:" https://www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/oh-my-fucking-god-get-the-fucking-vaccine-already-you-fucking-fucks

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* "Last troops exit Afghanistan, ending America's longest war:" https://apnews.com/article/afghanistan-islamic-state-group-e10e038baea732dae879c11234507f81

* "With final exit, U.S. joins list of countries unable to break Afghanistan's will:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/with-final-exit-u-s-joins-list-of-countries-unable-to-break-afghanistan-s-will-119838789679

* "Hayes: U.S. troops are finally out of Afghanistan—and it's remarkable:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/hayes-u-s-troops-are-finally-out-of-afghanistan-and-it-s-remarkable-119828037800

* "Afghan Women Sent Canada Requests for Help. When They Finally Got an Email Back, They Were Told The Evacuation Was Over.:" https://pressprogress.ca/afghan-women-sent-canada-requests-for-help-when-they-finally-got-an-email-back-they-were-told-the-evacuation-was-over/

* "Afghanistan’s Gay Men Fear Death as Taliban Judge OKs Stonings:" https://www.advocate.com/world/2021/8/23/afghanistans-gay-men-fear-death-taliban-judge-oks-stonings

* "Gay Afghan: The Taliban Killed My Boyfriend:" https://www.advocate.com/world/2021/8/26/gay-afghan-taliban-killed-my-boyfriend

* "Joe Manchin voted to advance the $3.5 trillion budget bill — now he says Democrats should press pause:" https://www.cnbc.com/2021/09/02/joe-manchin-opposes-3point5-trillion-biden-democratic-spending-bill.html

* "Dem Obstructionists Are Bankrolled By Pharma And Oil:" https://www.dailyposter.com/dem-obstructionists-are-bankrolled-by-pharma-and-oil/

* "Guaranteed Income Is a Queer Justice Issue:" https://www.advocate.com/commentary/2021/8/26/guaranteed-income-queer-justice-issue

* "Out Rep. Mark Takano Introduces Four-Day Workweek Legislation:" https://www.advocate.com/news/2021/8/18/out-rep-mark-takano-introduces-four-day-workweek-legislation

* "Nearly 20% of LGBT Renters Owe Back Rent, Half of Those Fear Eviction:" https://www.advocate.com/news/2021/9/01/nearly-20-lgbt-renters-owe-back-rent-half-those-fear-eviction

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

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

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* "The hard-fought Texas voting bill is poised to become law. Here's what it does.:" https://www.texastribune.org/2021/08/30/texas-voting-restrictions-bill/

* "Texas Legislature sends sweeping GOP voting bill to governor:" https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/wireStory/texas-gop-voting-cusp-governor-79749334

* "Judge orders Cyber Ninjas to preserve Maricopa vote audit records in lawsuit by The Arizona Republic:" https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2021/08/25/arizona-audit-judge-orders-cyber-ninjas-preserve-documents/5595991001/

* "Newsom has a huge cash advantage in California’s recall vote. It may mean nothing:" https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/aug/31/california-governor-recall-election-gavin-newsom

* "Gay California Lawmaker Joins Grindr to Campaign Against Recall:" https://www.advocate.com/news/2021/9/02/gay-california-lawmaker-joins-grindr-campaign-against-recall

* "Rep. Bass: Conservative Elder becoming California gov. ‘a thought to cause nightmares’:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-reidout/watch/california-recall-election-speech-by-gavin-newsom-highlights-his-covid-19-leadership-vs-gop-run-states-120096325898

* On the Left. "kind of a version 0.9 beta rant:" https://solarbird.dreamwidth.org/1803906.html

* "Tucker Carlson Lays Into Bisexual Governor Because She Wed a Man:" https://www.advocate.com/news/2021/8/30/tucker-carlson-lays-bisexual-governor-because-she-wed-man

* "Brian Sims Reports Huge Campaign Haul for Penn. Lt. Governor Race:" https://www.advocate.com/politics/2021/8/24/brian-sims-reports-huge-campaign-haul-penn-lt-governor-race

* "Corporations and trade groups are bankrolling the Sedition Caucus again:" https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2021/08/corporate-pacs-donations-republican-congress-members-sedition-caucus-trump-insurrection/?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=3f267d69-d8e4-4798-b866-0c1d8dfd3f70

* "Rep. Madison Cawthorn falsely suggests elections are ‘rigged,’ says there will be ‘bloodshed’ if system continues on its path:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/rep-madison-cawthorn-says-there-will-be-bloodshed-if-us-elections-continue-to-be-rigged/2021/08/30/297a9fa2-09c8-11ec-aea1-42a8138f132a_story.html

* "Rep. Swalwell: Madison Cawthorn should face consequences for 'bloodshed' warning:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-reidout/watch/rep-cawthorn-warning-of-bloodshed-if-fraud-occurs-in-future-elections-slammed-by-rep-swalwell-119920709627

* "Kurt Bardella: Democracy doesn't die in darkness, it's happening in broad daylight:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-reidout/watch/republicans-influencing-school-boards-nationwide-part-of-wider-plan-experts-say-120176709741

* "January 6 committee to ask telecommunications companies to preserve phone records of members of Congress who participated in 'Stop the Steal' rally:" https://www.cnn.com/2021/08/30/politics/january-6-phone-records-members-of-congress/index.html

* "Jordan reveals multiple calls with Trump on January 6; investigation seeks phone records:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/jordan-reveals-multiple-calls-with-trump-on-january-6-investigation-seeks-phone-records-119839813624

* "Donald Trump and family among phone records sought by January 6th committee: CNN:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/donald-trump-and-family-among-phone-records-sought-by-january-6th-committee-cnn-119838789963

* "‘He’s scared’: Schiff on McCarthy reaction to Jan. 6 panel’s records request:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/-he-s-scared-schiff-on-mccarthy-reaction-to-jan-6-panel-s-records-request-119915589511

* "McCarthy threatens companies that comply with Jan. 6 probe’s phone records requests:" https://www.politico.com/news/2021/08/31/mccarthy-january-6-threaten-phone-records-requests-508166

* "Joy Reid critiques the Republicans threatening major companies if they cooperate with Jan. 6 select committee:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-reidout/watch/kevin-mccarthy-and-other-republicans-threaten-major-companies-if-they-cooperate-with-jan-6-select-committee-120009797570

* "630 people have been charged in the Capitol insurrection so far. This searchable table shows them all.:" https://news.yahoo.com/most-arrests-capitol-riots-misdemeanor-225235647.html

* "Federal officials charge Lansing man in Jan. 6 siege at US Capitol:" https://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/local/michigan/2021/08/17/federal-officials-charge-lansing-man-logan-james-barnhart-jan-6-siege-us-capitol/8173456002/

* "The anti-vax lawyer representing January 6 rioters has suddenly gone missing:" https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2021/08/john-pierce-missing-lawyer/

* "Anti-LGBTQ+ 'Infowars' Host Charged in Capitol Riot:" https://www.advocate.com/crime/2021/8/23/anti-lgbtq-infowars-host-charged-capitol-riot

* "'QAnon Shaman' pleads guilty to felony in US Capitol riot:" https://www.cnn.com/2021/09/03/politics/qanon-shaman-guilty-plea-insurrection-jacob-chansley/index.html

* "Scott MacFarlane report: Jan. 6 defendant was told 'wait for Trump's pardon':" https://www.msnbc.com/the-reidout/watch/jan-6-insurrectionist-jacob-chansley-could-face-approximately-4-years-scott-macfarlane-reports-120178757676

* "AP sources: Intel shows extremists to attend Capitol rally:" https://apnews.com/article/capitol-siege-887b2b3a4bcc3c667858765b1281c959

* "Second resident of Nebraska’s one-person town just a figment of Census Bureau’s imagination:" https://journalstar.com/news/state-and-regional/nebraska/second-resident-of-nebraska-s-one-person-town-just-a-figment-of-census-bureau-s/article_3dade4b8-8736-57af-9270-3a65973f5464.html

* "Officers And Paramedics Are Charged In Elijah McClain's 2019 Death In Colorado:" https://www.npr.org/2021/09/01/1033289263/elijah-mcclain-death-officers-paramedics-charged

* "Elijah McClain’s father tells Joy Reid ‘all Blacks in Colorado’ have a fear of police:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-reidout/watch/elijah-mcclain-s-father-on-grand-jury-indicting-officers-medics-for-his-son-s-2019-death-120007237920

* "White Man Who Harassed Black News Anchor Almost Caused an Environmental Disaster in 2017:" https://www.theroot.com/white-man-who-harassed-black-news-anchor-almost-caused-1847596784

* "Proud Boys' Straight Pride Ends In Fights and Arrests:" https://www.advocate.com/news/2021/8/31/proud-boys-straight-pride-ends-fights-and-arrests

* CW: Abuse "Christian boot camp accused of ‘abuse’ and ‘targeting Black and LGBT+ teens’:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2021/05/19/bethany-church-christian-boot-camp-homophobia-racism-joel-jonathan-stockstill-220i/

* CW: Suicide Mention "TikTok Presents Hate: Cheering Trans Suicides, Calling Gays Pedophiles:" https://www.advocate.com/media/2021/8/24/tiktok-presents-hate-cheering-trans-suicides-calling-gays-pedophiles

"The report, released Tuesday by the U.K.-based think tank Institute for Strategic Dialogue, examined 1,030 TikTok videos for various kinds of hatred, including white supremacy, Holocaust denial, terrorism, misogyny, and more, in addition to anti-LGBTQ+ activity. TikTok monitors and takes down such content but does so inconsistently, the institute notes."

* "US marshal claims he was fired for defending lesbian colleague from disgusting harassment:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2021/08/27/bobby-ledogar-marshal-lesbian-harassment-fired/

* "Supreme Court allows Texas’ 6-week abortion ban to take effect:" https://www.politico.com/news/2021/09/01/supreme-court-texas-abortion-ban-508275

* "New Texas abortion law pushes women to out-of-state clinics:" https://apnews.com/article/abortion-lifestyle-health-travel-texas-fbc505c3db4a08af51ba409a91ea161c

* "'Maddening': Hayes on GOP quest to ban abortion—and their lies along the way:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/chris-hayes-on-gop-quest-to-ban-abortion-and-their-lies-in-overturning-roe-v-wade-120002117800

* "Abortion rights activists rally to help Texas women get access out-of-state:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/abortion-rights-activists-rally-to-help-texas-women-get-access-out-of-state-120020549695

* "Supreme Court looks away as Texas effectively bans abortion:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/supreme-court-looks-away-as-texas-effectively-bans-abortion-120020549546

* "Maddow: New Texas abortion law 'turns every anti-abortion zealot into a bounty hunter':" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/maddow-new-texas-abortion-law-turns-every-anti-abortion-zealot-into-a-bounty-hunter-120019525534

* "What Can Democrats Do to Fight Texas’s Abortion Ban? Lots.:" https://www.thenation.com/article/politics/texas-abortion-fight/

* "Judge Shields Texas Clinics From Anti-Abortion Group's Lawsuits:" https://www.npr.org/2021/09/03/1034254539/texas-abortion-planned-parenthood-law-judge-order-right-to-life

* "Sen. Warren: Congress could pass Roe v. Wade:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-reidout/watch/texas-abortion-law-banning-abortions-as-early-as-six-weeks-into-pregnancy-denounced-by-sen-warren-120010309575

* "Barbara Boxer: Wake up America. This is a full-throated overturning of Roe:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-reidout/watch/texas-abortion-law-how-biden-can-defend-rights-of-texas-women-discussed-by-experts-120094789665

* "‘Sidewalk con:' Hayes on why abortion law design is particularly egregious :" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/chris-hayes-on-why-texas-abortion-law-design-is-particularly-egregious-120090181757

* "What it’s like to work at a Texas abortion group right now:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/what-it-s-like-to-work-at-a-texas-abortion-group-right-now-120177221994

* "Why most Republicans won't defend the Texas abortion ban:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/chris-hayes-on-why-most-republicans-won-t-defend-the-texas-abortion-ban-120173637854

* "One of the things that I think a lot of people are missing when they focus on the ‘abortion rights’ portion of the concept of 'overturning Roe v. Wade’ is that the Roe v. Wade decision wasn’t legally centered on the question of abortion per se but on the right to privacy.:" https://vaspider.tumblr.com/post/661454503051231232/i-originally-wrote-this-post-as-a-twitter-thread

* Organizations working for reproductive rights in Texas: https://minoanmiss.dreamwidth.org/796848.html

* Even more Organizations working for reproductive rights in Texas:https://wendelah1.dreamwidth.org/788132.html

* "Two High School Teens Wore The Same Outfits To Prove Dress Codes Are Sexist, And It Worked:" https://www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/teens-decided-test-double-standard-235257030.html?.tsrc=daily_mail&uh_test=1_03&guccounter=1&guce_referrer=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuZ29vZ2xlLmNvbS8&guce_referrer_sig=AQAAACAOqttAlvpayohPJNT-cwgwpOxfe54lF9XzjsIEWHwMEbarKtqPdrGzGWWvNRX47aD1qdnB9XFNBpbmomAezVIjSP4Q2QwoEP_s2jnudlXiTaKC4gB2xXpb5cmLyQDMww2QRvUd-dD4Ejb0eGnGz_NZl49ifhUhrIme4fD7Am4H

* "Antigay Catholic Newsletter Threatens to Out More Priests via Grindr:" https://www.advocate.com/religion/2021/8/23/antigay-catholic-newsletter-threatens-out-more-priests-grindr

* "Police name victim of ‘horrific’ suspected homophobic murder in London cemetery:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2021/08/27/london-cemetery-ranjith-kankanamalage/

* "Police accused of victim blaming for warning gay people to avoid dimly lit areas:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2021/09/01/met-police-victim-blaming-murder-gay-ranjith-kankanamalage/

* "Couple who were told by boss their trans son was ‘evil’ awarded £70,000 by employment tribunal:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2021/05/29/couple-boss-trans-son-evil-going-hell-khi-ro-peterborough-employment-tribunal/

* "Police officer who sent homophobic email to 55 colleagues allowed to keep his job:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2021/08/30/metropolitan-police-homophobic-david-bewick/

* "NHS is 'failing' trans men and non-binary people, Sajid Javid warned:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2021/09/02/sajid-javid-nhs-trans-men-healthcare/

* "Women's health law draws surge of support in wake of Texas anti-abortion vigilante law:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/women-s-health-law-draws-surge-of-support-in-wake-of-texas-anti-abortion-vigilante-law-120101445924

* "'This is a courts problem': Supreme Court flop on abortion law prompts calls for reform:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/-this-is-a-courts-problem-supreme-court-flop-on-abortion-law-prompts-calls-for-reform-120104005730

* "‘This is not a drill’: Rep. Pressley urges action from ‘pro-choice majority’:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/-this-is-not-a-drill-rep-pressley-urges-action-from-pro-choice-majority-120090693969

* "Religious Groups Seek Right to Fire Workers for Grindr Use, Gay Sex:" https://www.advocate.com/news/2021/5/28/religious-groups-seek-right-fire-workers-grindr-use-gay-sex

* "High School Reportedly Forced LGBTQ+ Coaches Out for Being Queer:" https://www.advocate.com/news/2021/8/25/high-school-reportedly-forced-lgbtq-coaches-out-being-queer

* "FBI Report Finds Increase in Hate Crimes Against Transgender People:" https://www.advocate.com/crime/2021/9/01/fbi-report-finds-increase-hate-crimes-against-transgender-people

* "Female Couple Shot to Death at Utah Campsite:" https://www.advocate.com/crime/2021/8/20/female-couple-shot-death-utah-campsite

* "Washington Man Convicted of Murder, Hate Crime in Trans Teen's Death:" https://www.advocate.com/crime/2021/8/30/washington-man-convicted-murder-hate-crime-trans-teens-death

* "TSA called police on trans kid who refused strip search. Her mum is suing:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2021/08/28/strip-search-trans-passenger/

* "Trans teen viciously bullied by transphobes, but he could be the one punished:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2021/08/29/tennessee-trans-bathroom-bill-bullying/

* "Mormon Apostle: Take Up 'Muskets' Against LGBTQ+ Equality:" https://www.advocate.com/news/2021/8/24/mormon-apostle-take-muskets-against-lgbtq-equality

* "Mormon university investigates man who defaced rainbow art, said 'f****ts go to hell':" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2021/08/28/mormon-byu-university-homophobia-lgbt/

* "Students Walk Out In Protest After Gay Coach Forced to Quit:" https://www.advocate.com/news/2021/8/26/students-walk-out-protest-after-gay-coach-forced-quit

* "Gavin Grimm to Get Laughable Amount of Money in $1.3M Legal Payout:" https://www.advocate.com/transgender/2021/8/27/gavin-grimm-get-laughable-amount-money-13m-legal-payout

* "Questions, Allegations After Black AIDS Institute CEO Pushed Out:" https://www.hivplusmag.com/news/2021/8/30/questions-allegations-after-black-aids-institute-ceo-pushed-out

* "Trans adults twice as likely to die as cis adults, eye-opening study finds:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2021/09/03/trans-cis-death-study-amsterdam-gender-clinci/

* "Johnson & Johnson HIV vaccine fails clinical trials in devastating setback:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2021/08/31/hiv-vaccine-johnson-clinical-trial/

* "This Region Has the Highest HIV-Related Death Rate in U.S.:" https://www.hivplusmag.com/news/2021/8/25/region-has-highest-hiv-related-death-rate-us

* "Why the War Against HIV Rages in the South:" https://www.advocate.com/commentary/2021/8/20/why-war-against-hiv-rages-south

* "Report: Less Than Half of Americans Understand HIV:" https://www.hivplusmag.com/news/2021/8/26/report-less-half-americans-understand-hiv

* "Britney Spears' attorney says singer 'will not be extorted' by her father:" https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/music/story/2021-09-01/britney-spears-jamie-spears-conservatorship-fight

* "The Brain ‘Rotates’ Memories to Save Them From New Sensations:" https://www.quantamagazine.org/the-brain-rotates-memories-to-save-them-from-new-sensations-20210415/

* "For Some College Students, Remote Learning Is a Game Changer:" https://www.nytimes.com/2021/08/23/health/covid-college-disabilities-students.html

* "Why Hooked on Phonics Was Way More Controversial Than You Remember:" https://tedium.co/2021/05/05/hooked-on-phonics-history/

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

* "Major flooding expected on Turkey, Wapsipinicon Rivers:" https://www.kcrg.com/2021/08/29/major-flooding-expected-turkey-wapsipinicon-rivers/

* "More heavy rain and floods in China:" https://www.scmp.com/video/china/3146859/heavy-rain-china-forces-thousands-evacuate-deluge-causes-flooding-and

* "Storm hits Spain, flooding towns, cutting electricity, rail services:" https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/storm-hits-spain-flooding-towns-cutting-electricity-rail-services-2021-09-01/

* "Hurricane Ida traps Louisianans, shatters the power grid:" https://apnews.com/article/hurricane-ida-louisiana-new-orleans-c43c2c68946ceb6100c2239534c6c290

* "These Images Show Just How Bad Hurricane Ida Hit Louisiana's Coastline:" https://www.npr.org/2021/08/31/1032737199/images-louisiana-hurricane-ida

* "'This is a long road ahead of us': Lack of electricity slows Hurricane Ida recovery:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/-this-is-a-long-road-ahead-of-us-lack-of-electricity-slows-hurricane-ida-recovery-120021061673

* How to help Louisiana: https://auressea.tumblr.com/post/661189695761530880

* "After Ida, Small Recovery Signs Amid Daunting Destruction:" https://www.usnews.com/news/us/articles/2021-09-01/in-idas-aftermath-no-quick-relief-in-sight-for-louisiana

* "Louisiana And Mississippi Were Overwhelmed By COVID-19 Cases. Then Ida Struck:" https://www.npr.org/2021/08/30/1032441006/storm-ida-covid-19-surge-louisiana-mississippi-hospitals-vaccines

* "Ida’s sweltering aftermath: No power, no water, no gasoline:" https://www.miamiherald.com/news/business/article253872203.html

* "More than 45 dead after Ida's remnants blindside Northeast:" https://apnews.com/article/northeast-us-new-york-new-jersey-weather-60327279197e14b9d17632ea0818f51c

* "Searches, sorrow in wake of Ida's destructive, deadly floods:" https://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/cleanup-mourning-continue-ida-soaks-northeast-us-79809550

* "Wildfire expected to grow in intensity as it forces further evacuations in western U.S. :" https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/california-lake-tahoe-wildfire-1.6159349

* "Caldor Fire prompts states of emergency in Nevada and California, with more than 50,000 told to evacuate the Lake Tahoe region:" https://www.cnn.com/2021/08/31/weather/western-wildfires-tuesday/index.html

* "Wildfire evacuees flood Lake Tahoe roads in rush to flee:" https://apnews.com/article/wildfires-lake-tahoe-57d7b821afacfac5ffd586bb897150d8

* "Firefighters battle wildfires, fatigue and Covid-19 as California braces for an extended fire season:" https://www.cnn.com/2021/09/03/weather/us-western-wildfires-friday/index.html

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* "Climate change: Families in Wales urged to plant more trees:" https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-wales-58259637

* "One in three trees face extinction in wild, says new report:" https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-58394215

* "Cats Take 'If I Fits I Sits' Seriously, Even If The Space Is Just An Illusion:" https://www.npr.org/2021/05/10/994262792/cats-take-if-i-fits-i-sits-seriously-even-if-the-space-is-just-an-illusion

* "Wild cockatoos observed using tools as ‘cutlery’ to extract seeds from tropical fruit:" https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/sep/01/wild-cockatoos-observed-using-tools-as-cutlery-to-extract-seeds-from-tropical-fruit

* "Fallen tech star Elizabeth Holmes prepares to go on trial:" https://apnews.com/article/technology-entertainment-business-health-trials-6c0651bac5517bcfa9439e13a1337d10

* "O (No!) Canada: Fast-Moving Proposal Creates Filtering, Blocking and Reporting Rules—and Speech Police to Enforce Them:" https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2021/08/o-no-canada-fast-moving-proposal-creates-filtering-blocking-and-reporting-rules-1

* "This Wasp Nest of Mine, I’m Gonna Let It Shine:" https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2021/08/paper-wasp-nest-fluorescent/619877/

* "During the Mexican-American War, Irish-Americans Fought for Mexico in the 'Saint Patrick's Battalion':" https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/mexican-american-war-irish-immigrants-deserted-us-army-fight-against-america-180971713/

* This happened to Squirrel and some roommates once, only without the murder. "Theodore Edward Coneys: The Denver Spiderman:"

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* CW: Domestic Violence "The Lake Bodom Murders:"

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* CW: Rape, Necrophilia, Cannibalism "Issei Sagawa: The Kobe Cannibal:"

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* "Paralympian Robyn Lambird makes history as first non-binary medal-winner:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2021/08/31/paralympics-robyn-lambird-non-binary/

* "The Great Maple Syrup Heist:"

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* "Ten Thought Patterns that Trip Up Former Bible Believers:" https://new.exchristian.net/2021/06/ten-thought-patterns-that-trip-up.html#.YS4Ic99lBPb

* "Ed Asner Dies; Show 'Lou Grant' Had Notable Gay Episode:" https://www.advocate.com/people/2021/8/29/ed-asner-dies-show-lou-grant-had-notable-gay-episode

* "Reviving a once-forbidden dialect: ‘All French is good French’:" https://www.nationalgeographic.com/culture/article/reviving-the-cajun-dialect

* "First full image of ‘new’ Vermeer with uncovered Cupid released by Dresden museum:" https://www.theartnewspaper.com/news/first-look-at-new-vermeer-painting-as-whole-hidden-cupid-finally-revealed

* "Covid Truthers Claim Unvaccinated Sperm Will Be The Next Bitcoin:"

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* "Come Visit The Colorado River:"

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* "Get Vax-Free Seed At Gary's Man Seed Emporium:"

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* "The ADDAMS FAMILY DOLLHOUSE is DONE! Final Projects and Tour!:"

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* The exhaustion is still really bad, though a little better Saturday. I think part of it is damage from fire season, part is people endlessly waking me up, and part is a couple weeks of warm extremely muggy weather, which I don't deal with very well. It rained today which helped some. The Married Millieniels came to visit today, after caregiver Millennial and I did a ton of grocery shopping.

* "Sunday Sweets: Modern Marvels:" https://www.cakewrecks.com/home/2021/8/29/sunday-sweets-modern-marvels

* My oldest continuous friend's next project. "Goblingrief: A D&D 5e Adventure:" https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/482738549/goblingrief-a-dandd-5e-adventure?fbclid=IwAR0jBz9AdmIPSOk4KiCxiykxktX_ePCGTI0iCv9YFcnN2ENmdj5zna3LZnk

* ToS: Season 2 Rewatch:

- 3.2: The Enterprise Incident.

Kirk is cranky and assholish. he is refusing psychiatric tests and R&R. He orders them into the Romulan Neutral Zone, then Romulan Space without orders. They see what look like Klingon ships, but are really Romulan. Kirk says he'll blow the ship rather than surrender. The Romulans are interested in Spock. They give the feds an hour to surrender. he asks opinions. Command crew are shirty about the going into Romulan territory without orders.

The Romulans want Kirk and Spock to come over to parlay. They offer two hostages in exchange. The commander speaks to Kirk alone first. She wants to know why they crossed. Kirk lies it's instrument failure. she doesn't believe them. Then She questions Spock. They have the same ancestors. She tests the myth that Vulcans can't lie. "It is not a lie to keep a truth to oneself." She accuses them of spying on the cloaking systems. She says her methods of questioning won't work on Vulcans, but may damage or kill Kirk. Spock points out that "the strain of command" has gotten to Kirk. Kirk behaves erratically and yells, "That's a lie!" Thus explaining Kirk's previous assholery was meant to convince truthful Spock of his instability in preparation for this moment. Spock says what he thinks is true and the Romulans know Vulcans don't lie, so... Anyway, Spock states for the record Kirk is insane and they had no orders.

Kirk is facing espionage charges, but Spock's testimony exonerates the Enterprise crew. Scott refuses to surrender the ship and threatens to blow up the ship if they are boarded. Kirk accuses Spock of disloyalty. The Romulan questions Spock about being a Vulcan on Kirk's ship. Spock explains about being half Vulcan with a human mother. He stands on his duty. She tries to tempt him with his own ship to command. He points out that she's the one wanting a ship: The Enterprise. She keeps trying to turn him.

Kirk is injured by guards. They beam McCoy over. The Romulan invites Spock to dinner. He discovers which corridor is forbidden. he keeps playing with her. "It is illogical to assume all conditions remain stable." McCoy claims Kirk is insane, supporting Spock's testimony. Spock is now in command. Kirk attacks Spock. Spock puts him out with a supposed Vulcan death grip. McCoy pronounces Kirk dead.

The death is faked of course, and McCoy brings him back aboard the enterprise. Nurse chapel catches them. Kirk tells them to keep pretending he's dead. McCoy summons Scott. McCoy has altered Kirk to look like a Vulcan, which startles Scott. Scott gets him a Romulan uniform.

The Romulan commander plies him with Vulcan cooking, strong drink, and her seductive powers. Spock hasn't sent coordinates. Kirk pretends to be an escaped centurion and goes looking for intelligence. The Romulan tells Spock to lead a small group across to take the enterprise. He puts her off for an hour, making it look like he was seduced.

While she goes to change, Spock sends Kirk the location of the devise. The Romulan crew notice a transmission. Spock and the Romulan hand fuck. Spock claims to be moved "emotionally." The Romulan Captain cock blocks them and fingers Spock. The Comander works out they are stealing the cloaking devise. Kirk is caught, but claims to be looking for the spy. He drops his weapon as ordered, but attacks the guards, stealing the devise and beaming away.

The commander is betrayed and wants to know what is he that he could do this to her. "First officer of the Enterprise." Then he asks about "your present form of execution." Very gloriously Spock. Meanwhile Scotty tries to install the cloaking device while Spock stalls, and the Enterprise techs try to pinpoint his life signature. The Romulan Commander orders a boarding action on the Enterprise.

Spock demands the rite of statement according to Romulan tradition. He gives a long speech. Romulan and Vulcan life signs are almost the same. They manage to beam up Spock and the commander, then flee. The Commander orders the destruction of the Enterprise. Scotty gets the cloaking devise to work and they change course so they aren't hit. Spock sort of apologizes Vulcan wise and admits to being tempted without saying it directly. "It was the only choice possible. You would not respect any other." Seriously this whole exchange is beautiful. They put Kirk's ears and eyebrows back.

As bad as some of the season three scripts often are, this one was really good and I particularly appreciate both the subtly of Spock's dialog and the delicacy of Nimoy's performance are really impressive. the guest star playing the commander does some really lovely acting too and rises above the lack of subtly in some of her earlier dialog.

* Me watching Titans: https://tomsmith.bandcamp.com/track/rotten-robin

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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.

* Organizations working for reproductive rights in Texas: https://minoanmiss.dreamwidth.org/796848.html

* Even more Organizations working for reproductive rights in Texas: https://wendelah1.dreamwidth.org/788132.html

* How to help Louisiana: https://auressea.tumblr.com/post/661189695761530880

* "How You Can Help LGBTQ+ Afghans in Crisis:" https://www.advocate.com/world/2021/8/17/how-you-can-help-lgbtq-afghans-crisis

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

* My oldest continuous friend's next project. "Goblingrief: A D&D 5e Adventure:" https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/482738549/goblingrief-a-dandd-5e-adventure?fbclid=IwAR0jBz9AdmIPSOk4KiCxiykxktX_ePCGTI0iCv9YFcnN2ENmdj5zna3LZnk

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* "Gay refugee activist sued by cabinet minister raises $100,000:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2021/05/26/peter-dutton-defamation-shane-bazzi-refugee-gay-brittany-higgins/

* "Assad wins Syrian election dismissed as farce by critics:" https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-57277336

* "Jacob Zuma trial: South Africa’s ex-president denies corruption charges:" https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/may/26/jacob-zuma-trial-south-africas-ex-president-denies-corruption-charges

* "UN rights council votes for probe into 'crimes' committed in Israel-Gaza fighting:" https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/un-rights-council-votes-for-probe-into-crimes-committed-in-israel-gaza-fighting-1.9851428

* "Samoa's Tuilaepa told his 'perversity' will be dealt with soon:" https://www.rnz.co.nz/international/pacific-news/443624/samoa-s-tuilaepa-told-his-perversity-will-be-dealt-with-soon

* "Putin offers Belarus leader support against West in Ryanair plane standoff:" https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/belarus-leader-flies-into-russia-talks-with-putin-amid-uproar-over-air-piracy-2021-05-28/

* "Germany officially recognises colonial-era Namibia genocide:" https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-57279008

* "Nigerian rescuers find dozens of bodies after boat tragedy:" https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/5/27/nigerian-rescuers-find-dozens-of-bodies-after-boat-tragedy

* "Downing Street defends Boris Johnson's meeting with homophobe Viktor Orban:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2021/05/28/boris-johnson-viktor-orban-downing-street-visit-hungary-homophobe/

* "U.K. Police Detain 5 People Over Black Activist Sasha Johnson's Shooting:" https://www.npr.org/2021/05/26/1000700107/uk-police-detain-5-people-over-black-activist-sasha-johnsons-shooting

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* "Vietnam detects hybrid of Indian and UK COVID-19 variant:" https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/vietnam-detects-hybrid-indian-uk-covid-19-variant-2021-05-29/

* "South Africa starts jabs for elderly as virus surge looms:" https://apnews.com/article/south-africa-africa-coronavirus-vaccine-coronavirus-pandemic-business-3dbbdc32c5fef9ddfcfe4e6c3f960aa2

* "Just How Big Could India’s True Covid Toll Be?:" https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2021/05/25/world/asia/india-covid-death-estimates.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

* "Dems back growing calls for Congress to probe Covid lab leak theory:" https://www.politico.com/news/2021/05/26/democrats-covid-lab-leak-theory-490951

* "U.S. Is Said to Have Unexamined Intelligence to Pore Over on Virus Origins:" https://www.nytimes.com/2021/05/27/us/politics/coronavirus-origins-intelligence.html?referringSource=articleShare

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* "Russia Appears to Carry Out Hack Through System Used by U.S. Aid Agency:" https://www.nytimes.com/2021/05/28/us/politics/russia-hack-usaid.html

* "Pentagon Accelerates Withdrawal From Afghanistan:" https://www.nytimes.com/2021/05/25/us/politics/us-afghanistan-withdrawal.html

* "Biden administration backs Alaska oil project approved under Trump:" https://www.politico.com/news/2021/05/26/biden-alaska-oil-project-trump-491132

* "Democrats say David Chipman’s the perfect candidate to run the agency conservatives hate: ATF:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/powerpost/david-chipman-looks-to-become-the-second-permanent-head-of-the-atf-in-15-years/2021/05/25/bae71380-bd8d-11eb-b26e-53663e6be6ff_story.html

* "Karine Jean-Pierre: 1st Gay Person to Lead White House Press Briefing:" https://www.advocate.com/politics/2021/5/26/karine-jean-pierre-1st-gay-person-lead-white-house-press-briefing

* "White House ousts four Trump-appointed members of prestigious arts commission:" https://www.cnn.com/2021/05/25/politics/white-house-arts-commission/index.html

* "Senate Democrats pile on GOP infrastructure counteroffer:" https://www.politico.com/news/2021/05/27/republicans-infrastructure-counter-491153

* "White House to propose $6 trillion budget for 2022:" https://www.cnn.com/2021/05/27/politics/joe-biden-budget/

* "'Embarrassing counteroffer': GOP lowballs infrastructure package negotiations:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/-embarrassing-counteroffer-gop-lowballs-infrastructure-package-negotiations-113770565625

* "Senate R&D bill to counter China shelved by GOP opposition:" https://apnews.com/article/china-science-health-coronavirus-pandemic-bills-99579596114673248a3a02e78f922cef

* Texas Democrats fight for voting rights amid onslaught of GOP restrictions":" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/texas-democrats-beto-o-rourke-lina-hidalgo-fight-for-voting-rights-amid-onslaught-of-gop-restrictions-113747013831

* "It's not just Arizona: Push to review 2020 ballots spreads:" https://apnews.com/article/donald-trump-arizona-election-2020-election-recounts-government-and-politics-4d5038b2bea05d2132cb4ada43516f67

* "What’s Happening In Arizona Is Not Really An Audit Or A Recount. It’s A Partisan Inquisition.:" https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/post-election-audits-are-normal-whats-happening-in-arizona-is-anything-but/

* "Republican Election Chief In Arizona Blasts Madness Of Vote Recount:" https://www.huffpost.com/entry/stephen-richer-madness-maricopa-county-recount_n_60b1859fe4b0c5658f93e5cf

* "Arizona recount tech company backs out of election audit: 'They were done':" https://news.yahoo.com/arizona-recount-tech-company-backs-181934607.html

* "Proud Boy says he voted in censure of Nevada state official:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/member-of-far-right-group-proud-boys-says-he-voted-in-censure-of-nevada-state-official-113398853556

* "Twitter Roasts Lauren Boebert for Claiming 'Patriot' Is Her Pronoun:" https://www.advocate.com/politics/2021/5/26/twitter-roasts-lauren-boebert-claiming-patriot-her-pronoun

* "‘Cloud of nerves’ hovers over Trump land after grand jury report:" https://www.politico.com/newsletters/playbook/2021/05/26/cloud-of-nerves-hovers-over-trump-land-after-grand-jury-report-493006

* "Prosecutors investigating Trump tell witness to prepare for grand jury testimony:" https://www.cnn.com/2021/05/26/politics/donald-trump-grand-jury/index.html

* "As Manhattan D.A. moves to grand jury in Trump Org probe, other Trump investigations loom:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/trump-investigations-loom-manhattan-d-a-moves-to-grand-jury-in-trump-org-probe-113245253572

* "Trump grand jury suggests prosecutors found evidence of a crime, experts say:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/trump-grand-jury-suggests-prosecutors-found-evidence-of-a-crime-113235013780

* "‘Quick sand getting thicker’: Trump criminal investigation ramps up:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/new-yorker-s-jane-mayer-compares-trump-investigation-to-quicksand-getting-thicker-113394245878

* "Why Trump's moneyman may be the key to the Manhattan D.A.'s investigation of Trump:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/why-trump-s-moneyman-may-be-the-key-to-the-manhattan-d-a-s-investigation-of-trump-113765445766

* "Embattled Trump CFO now tied to inauguration scandal:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/embattled-trump-cfo-allen-weisselberg-now-tied-to-inauguration-scandal-113714245749

* "Prosecutors Investigating Whether Ukrainians Meddled in 2020 Election:" https://www.nytimes.com/2021/05/27/nyregion/trump-ukraine-rudy-giuliani-2020-presidential-election.html?referringSource=articleShare

* "Court to name special master to examine materials seized from Giuliani:" https://www.politico.com/news/2021/05/28/court-special-master-giuliani-materials-491321

* "NYT: Feds probing if Ukrainians used Rudy Giuliani to meddle in 2020 election:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/new-york-times-feds-probing-if-ukraine-used-giuliani-to-meddle-in-2020-election-113954373788

* "Judge says Trump's 'steady drumbeat' of the Big Lie could continue to inspire his supporters to take up arms:" https://www.cnn.com/2021/05/26/politics/trump-supporters-big-lie-capitol-riot/index.html

* "Senate GOP blocks Jan. 6 commission, likely dooming independent investigation:" https://www.politico.com/news/2021/05/28/senate-republicans-filibuster-jan-6-commission-likely-dooming-independent-investigation-491323

* "Senate GOP moderates fume as McConnell prepares to block Jan. 6 commission:" https://www.politico.com/news/2021/05/27/republicans-to-block-january-6-commission-491162

* "‘Disillusionment’ from Dems on display after GOP sinks Jan. 6 commission:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/nbc-news-sahil-kapul-says-democrats-are-disillusioned-after-gop-sinks-jan-6-commission-113954373556

* Have something you want to tell Manchin? 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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* "FBI arrests 2nd Maine resident linked to Jan. 6 Capitol riot:" https://www.pressherald.com/2021/05/27/fbi-arrests-2nd-maine-resident-linked-to-jan-6-capitol-riot/

* "Covington, Kentucky man arrested by FBI Thursday in connection to U.S. Capitol breach:" https://www.cincinnati.com/story/news/local/covington/2021/05/27/jan-6-capitol-riot-fbi-arrested-northern-kentucky-man-thursday/7468875002/

* "Transit worker opens fire at California rail yard, killing 9 and self:" https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/active-shooter-near-northern-california-rail-yard-authorities-say-n1268623

* "'Enough': Biden calls for action on guns in wake of San Jose shooting:" https://www.cnn.com/2021/05/26/politics/biden-san-jose-shooting/index.html

* "With police reform fight ongoing, the year since George Floyd's death saw some victories:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/rachel-maddow-on-the-police-reform-fight-one-year-since-george-floyd-113250373606

* "Has corporate America kept its promise to fight racial injustice?:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/chris-hayes-discusses-whether-corporate-america-kept-its-promise-to-fight-racial-injustice-after-george-floyd-113238085584

* "Black Lives Matter co-founder Patrisse Cullors steps down from movement’s foundation:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2021/05/28/black-lives-matter-co-founder-patrisse-cullors-steps-down/

* "Central Park Karen sues former employer for anti-white 'discrimination':" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2021/05/27/central-park-karen-amy-cooper-former-employer-franklin-templeton-discrimination-gender-race/

* CW: Rape. I am so angry about this. "Lesbian victim of alleged sexual assault forced to justify her sexuality in court:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2021/05/28/lesbian-sexual-assault-consent-sexuality-paisley-scotland-court/

* "Zoo accused of homophobia after telling two women they didn’t count as a couple:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2021/05/27/zoo-women-homophobia-china-guangzhou-chimelong-safari-park/

* "More people identifying as lesbian, gay or bisexual in UK than ever before:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2021/05/27/lesbian-gay-bisexual-uk-office-national-statistics-annual-population-survey/

* "UK theatres make powerful pledge to only cast trans actors in trans roles:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2021/05/27/uk-theatres-trans-casting-statement-actors-roles-non-binary-royal-court-oxford-playhouse-royal-exchange/

* "'Protect trans kids' chants ring through Texas Capitol in powerful video:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2021/05/26/texas-capitol-trans-schol-sports/

* CW: Suicide "Violent Bullying of Trans Florida 13-Year-Old Caught on Video:" https://www.advocate.com/news/2021/5/26/violent-bullying-gay-florida-13-year-old-caught-video

* "A bad day for Big Oil:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/2021/05/26/exxonmobil-rebel-shareholders-win-board-seats/

* "Exxon, Shell, and Chevron suffer major setbacks as climate concerns cause power shift:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/exxon-shell-and-chevron-suffer-major-setbacks-as-climate-concerns-cause-power-shift-113420869883

* "Court orders Royal Dutch Shell to cut carbon emissions by 45% by 2030:" https://www.theguardian.com/business/2021/may/26/court-orders-royal-dutch-shell-to-cut-carbon-emissions-by-45-by-2030

* "Chevron investors back proposal for more emissions cuts:" https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/1-chevron-shareholders-approve-proposal-171654107.html

* "Oil company reaps, sows effects of climate crisis:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/chris-hayes-take-on-how-big-oil-reaps-sows-effects-of-climate-crisis-113717317527

* "A Drag King's Journey From Cabaret Legend to Iconic Activist:" https://www.them.us/story/drag-king-cabaret-legend-activist-storme-delarverie

* "Māori are trying to save their language from Big Tech:" https://www.wired.co.uk/article/maori-language-tech

* "Eric Carle, Creator Of 'The Very Hungry Caterpillar,' Has Died:" https://www.npr.org/2021/05/26/970974320/eric-carle-creator-of-the-very-hungry-caterpillar-has-died

"Carle, who first illustrated the 1967 children's book Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See? by his friend Bill Martin Jr., wanted The Very Hungry Caterpillar to serve as a literary cocoon for children getting ready for kindergarten. As little kids prepare to leave the warmth and safety of home for school, they're meant to identify with beautiful, soaring butterflies.

"I think it is a book of hope," Carle said in a commemorative video released by Penguin Random House in 2019. Then 89 and retired at his Florida home, he was wearing black suspenders and a blue shirt matching his lively eyes. "Children need hope. You, little insignificant caterpillar, can grow up into a beautiful butterfly and fly into the world with your talent. Will I ever be able to do that? Yes, you will. I think that is the appeal of that book."

* "Pioneering Lesbians Kay Lahusen, Rusty Warren Dead:" https://www.advocate.com/news/2021/5/26/pioneering-lesbians-kay-lahusen-rusty-warren-dead

* "Black D.C. Trans Activist Nona Conner Has Died at Age 37:" https://www.advocate.com/news/2021/5/27/black-dc-trans-activist-nona-conner-has-died-age-37

* "Republican Attacks on Trans Athletes Are Escalating - Extended Cut:"

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* "Matt Gaetz and The Republican Double Standard:"

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* "It’s Time to Call Out Connecticut for Prison Phone Costs:"

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* "Full Frontal Wants to Take Your Guns - Full Special:"

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* "Dark Knight: The Joker Is a Liar:"

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* "Is Starfleet Actually the Bad Guy?:"

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* "How Deep Space Nine Actually Redeems Garak:"

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* "Is Captain Sisko Actually a War Criminal?:"

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* "Looking at Star Trek: The Animated Series | Trek's First Comeback:"

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* Thursday I was feeling pretty terrible but I had a preliminary hearing on the thing where a very nice, over-enthusiastic social worker accidentally filed paperwork before we got clearance, thus costing me a hundred dollars and change. She is helping me get the debt to go away on the grounds that it was not caused by anything I did. Apparently this is not a simple thing as I had assumed, but a process involving a real judge. *facepalm* So now I need a pro bono lawyer because I've no idea wtf I am meant to be doing. Like what documents? What witnesses? How do I write and submit a filing?

I should have just paid it out of my stimulus even though it wasn't my fault, but that money is gone and the lady was so distressed about it that I went along with it so here we are. It was too late to call the free lawyer number after the hearing so that and calling the social worker about being a witness are on my to do along with figuring out the portal for the administrative hearing thingie.

Meanwhile I spent all day trying to deal with a massive amount of pain and trying not throw up. There will be basically no real sleep tomorrow because things are arranged so people are going to wake me up every couple of hours needing me to do stuff.

Oh and while I was asleep today the cats held Blerpfest 2021 in the common areas of the apartment. It's my fault. I should have given them the medicine finger a couple of days ago, but I'm on week two of barely keeping food down and medical stuff and blood loss and I am pretty much barely managing basics like leaving bed, feeding cats and fish, watering plants, etc.. Everyone's had the medicine finger, but Tavy didn't get a full dose, so I';ll likely have to distress him again in a couple of days.

* Biopsy results came in. Two types of precancerous cells, including a colony of particularly aggressive ones, which are likely causing the problem.

When I had that tumor colony back in '07, we named it Herberton on the grounds that Herbert struck us as a good name for a tumor.

The little monsters currently growing in my innards need a name. Suggestions? Quirky is good.

* So a friend is wanting to get a better idea of "How we got here," if you follow me. I'm not an Americanist, and I'd love help with suggestions. I suggested Drift, but Rachel Maddow, which he liked. He's currently reading "The General vs. the President: MacArthur and Truman at the Brink of Nuclear War" on his own account. I've suggested a few other things like Foner's reconstruction and Bag Man. I did toss in a decent thing on the Vietnam War. Anyone have good suggestions for other US History Stuff? Something modern and nuanced on the Great Depression? Something on the rise of the Religious Right? Really anything that does good progressive US history how we got here stuff.

We're also looking for world history stuff. Most of the really good books I know for the last couple centuries are things like BAME in UK, or women's history, or random things like that, or medieval or early modern. I pay attention, but my modern World history studies have been random, based on things that particularly interested me.

I should dig up my old syllabi if I can find them, but in the mean time I'd love suggestions. Have a favorite history book in English explaining how the world or a particularly country got in this mess? Toss it up!

* "Sunday Sweets: 80s Movie Night:" https://www.cakewrecks.com/home/2021/5/23/sunday-sweets-80s-movie-night

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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?
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/

* 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?
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/

* 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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* "Coronavirus: What's driving India's 100,000 Covid-19 deaths?:" https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-india-54352222

* Total confirmed COVID-19 cases in the U.S.A for 10/10/20 are 7,649,000. The official death toll is 214,000. The real number is likely much higher.

* "Trump pushes FDA to quickly clear coronavirus antibody treatments, erroneously calling them a ‘cure’:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/2020/10/08/trump-regeneron-antibodies-covid/

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* "Trump outraged by Democrats' plan to assess president's fitness to serve:" https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/oct/09/donald-trump-fitness-to-serve-commission-democrats-nancy-pelosi

* "Rep. Maxine Waters: 'Long past time' to invoke 25th amendment on Trump:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-reidout/watch/rep-maxine-waters-long-past-time-to-invoke-25th-amendment-on-trump-93561413893

* "Trump’s Taxes Show He Engineered a Sudden Windfall in 2016:" https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/10/09/us/donald-trump-taxes-las-vegas.html

* "Trump got a $21 million tax break for saving the forest outside his N.Y. mansion. Now the deal is under investigation.:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/trump-got-a-21-million-tax-break-for-saving-the-forest-outside-his-ny-mansion-now-the-deal-is-under-investigation/2020/10/07/de84c1ba-ff6b-11ea-830c-a160b331ca62_story.html

* "NYT: Trump borrowed $30 million seven weeks before 2016 election:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-reidout/watch/nyt-trump-borrowed-30-million-seven-weeks-before-2016-election-93561413728

* "Trump gets angry when told that findings from Durham probe might not come out before election:" https://www.cnbc.com/2020/10/09/trump-fumes-when-told-durham-probe-findings-might-not-come-out-before-election-day.html

* "Amy Coney Barrett initially failed to disclose talks on Roe v. Wade hosted by anti-abortion groups on Senate paperwork:" https://www.cnn.com/2020/10/09/politics/kfile-amy-coney-barrett-roe-v-wade-talks/index.html

* "White House floats new Covid deal to Pelosi as McConnell remains skeptical:" https://www.politico.com/news/2020/10/09/mcconnell-coronavirus-relief-package-428315

* "Presidential debate in Miami canceled after Trump refuses to participate virtually:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-reidout/watch/presidential-debate-in-miami-canceled-after-trump-refuses-to-participate-virtually-93560389574

* "Alex Wagner - "The Circus" and America on the Precipice:"

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* "'Reckless': Doctors Question Trump Resuming Activities So Quickly:" https://www.npr.org/sections/latest-updates-trump-covid-19-results/2020/10/09/922122539/reckless-doctors-question-trump-resuming-activities-so-quickly

* "Trump To Speak At White House Saturday, 1st Public Event Since COVID-19 Diagnosis:" https://www.npr.org/sections/latest-updates-trump-covid-19-results/2020/10/09/922383975/trump-to-speak-at-white-house-saturday-first-public-event-since-covid-19-diagnos

* "Trump's physician expects him to return to public events on Saturday:" https://www.cnn.com/2020/10/08/politics/donald-trump-coronavirus-contagious-immunity/index.html

* "Why won’t the White House reveal the date of Trump’s last negative test?:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/why-won-t-the-white-house-reveal-the-date-of-trump-s-last-negative-test-93566533820

* "Lifelong Republican, 94, pledges to vote Biden to protect the LGBT+ community after gay grandson’s emotional appeal:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2020/10/09/grandmother-republican-democrat-gay-grandson-brennan-suen-twitter-thread/

* "McCaskill: We can see ‘cracks in the very firm foundation’ of Trump’s GOP ‘minions’:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/mccaskill-we-can-see-cracks-in-the-very-firm-foundation-of-trump-s-gop-minions-93564997646

* "South Carolina US Senate debate changes format after Lindsey Graham refuses to take Covid-19 test:" https://www.cnn.com/2020/10/09/politics/south-carolina-debate-lindsey-graham-jamie-harrison/index.html

* "Republican senator says 'democracy isn't the objective' of US system:" https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/oct/08/republican-us-senator-mike-lee-democracy

* "'The arguments are getting more and more absurd': Joy blasts Mike Lee’s attacks on democracy:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-reidout/watch/here-s-what-joy-thinks-of-sen-mike-lee-attacking-rank-democracy-the-arguments-are-getting-more-and-more-absurd-as-trump-gets-more-and-more-absurd-93476421651

* "With Election Day looming, Twitter imposes new limits on U.S. politicians — and ordinary users, too:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2020/10/09/with-election-day-looming-twitter-imposes-new-limits-us-politicians-ordinary-users-too/

* This is why you need Democrats in your state legislature. Otherwise they will increase the gerrymander and make it even harder for the next decade. Vote in every race. "Kansas Republican leader says the quiet part out loud: GOP wants to rig redistricting:" https://www.kansascity.com/opinion/editorials/article246347750.html

* "Kansas GOP caught plotting to rig redistricting:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/kansas-gop-caught-plotting-to-rig-redistricting-93565509954

* "Pa. Republicans drop effort to create ‘election integrity’ panel with subpoena power:" https://www.inquirer.com/politics/election/spl/pa-election-integrity-committee-house-republicans-20201009.html

* "Sheriff Pal of Militia Twins: Whitmer Kidnap Plot Could’ve Been a Legal ‘Citizen’s Arrest’ Attempt:" https://www.thedailybeast.com/sheriff-pal-of-militia-twins-suggests-whitmer-kidnap-plot-couldve-been-a-legal-citizens-arrest-attempt

* On who are doing the terrorism in rural areas and asshole assumptions: https://twitter.com/SarahTaber_bww/status/1314578622246719488

* "Cop caught calling Black Lives Matter protestor a ‘f****t’ was just upset because a traffic cone was thrown at him, union says:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2020/10/09/chicago-police-union-black-lives-matter-protester-fire-officer-homophobic-slur-recommendation/

* "Far-right activist calls Chicago mayor Lori Lightfoot a ‘disgusting homosexual demon’ after being arrested outside her home:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2020/10/09/lori-lightfoot-bevelyn-beatty-arrest-court-protest/

* "World Rugby bans trans women from playing at elite women’s level in devastating blow to players:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2020/10/10/world-rugby-ban-transgender-women-policy-document-athlete-ally-stonewall-criticism/

* "Homophobic hate crimes have trebled in five years, shocking new figures reveal – and that’s ‘just the tip of the iceberg’:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2020/10/09/homophobic-hate-crimes-uk-police-2020-tommy-barkwick-stonewall-nancy-kelley/

* "Stephen King, Margaret Atwood and more than 1,000 literary heroes 'put their names on the line' for trans people:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2020/10/09/stephen-king-margaret-atwood-neil-gaiman-trans-transgender-rights-open-letter/

* "2020 is officially the deadliest year for transgender violence since records began – and there’s still three months left:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2020/10/09/transgender-violence-2020-deaths-deadliest-year-human-rights-campaign-felycya-harris/

* "Tropical Storm Delta Strikes a Louisiana Region That Was Already Reeling:" https://www.nytimes.com/2020/10/09/us/hurricane-delta-louisiana.html

* "The 1851 Women's Pants That Made The Victorians Go Crazy:"

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* "The Election of 1860 & the Road to Disunion: Crash Course US History #18:"

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* "The Civil War, Part I: Crash Course US History #20:"

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* "The Civil War Part 2: Crash Course US History #21:"

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* "How Did Victorian Women Deal With Their Periods?:"

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* Bring tissues. Contains 20th century Polish History. "100 Years of Beauty - Poland:"

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* "The New Deal: Crash Course US History #34:"

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* "Highlights of the Pence-Harris Vice Presidential Debate:"

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* "Trump Objects to Virtual Debate and Claims COVID-19 Immunity:"

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* "Jordan Klepper Fingers the Pulse - Trump Rally-Goers in PA:"

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* Friday is forage boxes day and I had a Thing in the afternoon scheduled, but it fell through, but I set the alarm because I didn't know at the time nothing was going to happen. Plus a long surprise phone call about getting services we need, plus scammer autodialers... I was going to be short sleeped anyway, but none of the sleep chunks I got were longer than an hour and a half and I take ages to fall back asleep under these circumstances so, basically hardly any spoons and nowhere near enough concentration it was past three AM before my head was together enough to do real work instead of just prepping and faffing about, by which point Rupert Laptop was balky. Mostly from there on I read stuff and fed things into the dramwidth scaffold, but really, mostly faffing about. Sorry.

Saturday: I meant to get up early today but that was before a scammer called me 20 times during my sleep cycle from different autodialers carefully timed so I'd have just enough time to drift back to sleep between and then I had to spend 45 minutes trying to talk someone into considering doing something about it. I am not sanguine anything will happen and I only get 25 blocked numbers, so....

Anyway, that ate three hours of sleep time and then I read Murderbot for a while, but the nap that followed was low quality. I managed to get as far as medicated and dressed before getting sucked down into slightly less crappy sleep, but still low quality.

* "Saga Brief 3: Krákumál:" https://sagathingpodcast.wordpress.com/2015/03/05/saga-brief-3-krakumal/

* "One the first day of halloween my lost love gave to me....:" https://twitter.com/moofable/status/1311815843781709825

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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.

* "2020 wildfires in California and the west: Everything we know and how you can help:" https://www.cnet.com/how-to/2020-wildfires-in-california-and-the-west-everything-we-know-and-how-to-help/

* Want a quick way to donate money to close senate races in hopes of flipping the senate? https://secure.actblue.com/donate/ky_mcconnell_vid

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* "Who Is Svetlana Tikhanovskaya, Belarus’s Unlikely Opposition Leader?:" https://www.nytimes.com/2020/08/13/world/europe/belarus-opposition-svetlana-tikhanovskaya.html

* "Leo Varadkar just leapt to the defence of white, middle class men slap-bang in the middle of a global civil rights movement:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2020/08/13/leo-varadkar-ireland-white-middle-class-men-fine-gael-twitter-backlash-sinn-fein/

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* "U.S. reports highest number of covid-19 deaths in one day since mid-May:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/us-reports-highest-number-of-covid-19-deaths-in-one-day-since-mid-may/2020/08/12/4cafe146-dcae-11ea-8051-d5f887d73381_story.html

* "Trump adds coronavirus adviser who echoes his unscientific claims:" https://www.cnn.com/2020/08/12/politics/scott-atlas-donald-trump-coronavirus/index.html

* Can we stop forcing reopening now? "Rushing reopening could have devastating consequences, Dr. Fauci says:" https://www.cnn.com/2020/08/13/health/us-coronavirus-thursday/index.html

* "‘This is no longer a debate’: Florida sheriff bans deputies, visitors from wearing masks:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2020/08/12/masks-florida-ban-billy-woods/

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* "US proposes change to shower rules after Trump's hair-washing moan:" https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/aug/12/us-shower-pressure-trump-hair-water

* "Negotiators 'miles apart' on Covid funding, with little hope for deal until September:" https://www.politico.com/news/2020/08/13/coronavirus-relief-talks-394829

* They aren't even pretending anymore. "Kudlow: Money for voting rights is a ‘really liberal left’ wish list item:" https://www.politico.com/news/2020/08/13/kudlow-money-voting-rights-liberal-left-wish-list-394715

* "Nancy Pelosi on Trump’s executive actions: ‘What we’re seeing is illusion’:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-reidout/watch/nancy-pelosi-on-trump-s-executive-actions-what-we-re-seeing-is-illusion-89868869771

* "Rev. William Barber says Mitch McConnell, GOP have ‘disdain for the poor and low income’:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-reidout/watch/rev-william-barber-says-mitch-mcconnell-gop-have-disdain-for-the-poor-and-low-income-89870917683

* "Sherrod Brown calls Republican inaction on COVID-19 relief ‘cruel, stupid policy’:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-reidout/watch/sherrod-brown-calls-republican-inaction-on-covid-relief-cruel-stupid-policy-89869893563

* "Civil society is last line of defense to protect U.S. from Trump authoritarianism:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/civil-society-is-last-line-of-defense-to-preserve-u-s-democracy-90048069944

* "Rice: Overwhelming vote needed to end Trump threat to democracy:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/rice-overwhelming-vote-needed-to-end-trump-threat-to-democracy-89990213891

* "Booker on why Trump’s racist tweet to ‘suburban housewives’ is extra personal:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/booker-on-why-trump-s-racist-tweet-to-suburban-housewives-is-extra-personal-90042949812

* "Biden calls for national mask mandate:" https://www.cnn.com/world/live-news/coronavirus-pandemic-08-13-20-intl/h_e18c953da1c7e03b79f3e2470cf32005

* Re: Kamala Harris. Given the givens, I think she's a solid choice. He needs someone with a national profile and he said a while ago he was picking a women. Stacey Abrams dropped out of the running herself, as she mentioned in an interview I saw about a week ago. (It doesn't surprise me. Given the level of voter suppression and out right cheating in the governor's race last time around, I'd bet real money she decided she needed to put her full attention into fighting for a fair election this time around. Like, I don't know, but that's ind of her thing.) The mayors on the likely list all had at least some national name recognition, but Lightfoot, and to a certain extent Bottoms, made some serious mistakes after George Floyd, and that's not a help right now. Klobacher would have been shooting himself in the foot, rather like Hillary did with Tim Caine last time only worse, because her prosecutorial record is palling enough to be a serious negative and her only positive is Biden gets along with her. They are about the same level of moderate, but she doesn't bring excitement or a new constituency with her. Honestly, Warren's better in the Senate, than as VP. Susan Rice was a solid option. Really bright, the right sort of stubborn and poise to stand up to the misgynoir that would be heaped on her, because she's weathered it before, and he'd worked well with her in the past, but she's not that charismatic, and turn out is everything right now.

Look folks, I am completely aware of her mixed prosecutorial legacy, but she's a lot better than Klobacher. She's shown a willingness to listen to criticism and learn from it. There's been an upward trend policy wise. She admits her mistakes. (Lack of flexibility was one of Bernie sander's weak points as a candidate. It's one of 45's worse traits. Both Biden and Harris have fucked up quite a bit over the years, but they actually learn and change positions based on new data. Don't discount it).

She's a little week in a bunch of policy areas, but she's incredibly fucking bright and motivated and I trust her to be able and willing to do the kind of work she'll need to do to get up to speed. Don't underestimate this quality either, because it's essential, especially given Biden's age. She has no shortage of mental and physical energy which she is going to need for both the campaign and if they (let us all hope) win. She was one of if not the most left of the moderate candidates in the primary cycle. In an ideal world, would I want more? Yes, but look out your window, we are living in the bad timeline, the one step away from apocalypse in our lifetime times line. Look at the first paragraph: This is as good as it was going to get after they way primary season shook out, and there's a reason she was on my VP short list once Biden looked likely.

I've seen her in debate and questioning witnesses in senate hearings. She will eat Pence (or any other VP 45 is likely to pick) for breakfast. One of the best arguments for her in the primary was that she would likely do the same to 45. The job of the VP is to fight. It's important in the campaign, but exponentially more important in governing. A lot of the vp job is running around behind the scenes and doing the carrot and stick to get votes lined up in congress to push the executive agenda through. (Does this sound like about half of what I said Nancy Pelosi's job was ina bunch of other posts? Yes. That's because most of the leadership jobs in Congress involve some mix of that and fundraising. The VP mostly does that and diplomacy, plus defend the president and show up for functions the President hasn't time for. A lot of real governing is sausage making). She's been senator long enough and has the right kind of relationships to make a kick ass vp as far as sausage making and she's excellent at thinking on her feet and being incredibly fucking tough with the kind of people we'll be up against in the campaign and the next five years. She has thick skin and will be up to handling the misgynoir already being dumped on her from the other side. I don't think the claims that she's a bolshevik are gong to stick, because, um, prosecutor, and a lot of the attacks I'm seeing are going to slide right off because they are about as mind numbingly out of touch with reality.

She can do this job, and she's the best we could reasonably have gotten at this point.

Please, please, let's the fuck elect them. We can push from the left after we get them in. They are rational people we can deal with, who actually think democracy is a good idea and don't want the world to burn, which puts them worlds ahead of what we have now. Don't let the perfect get in the way of good or better.

Are you registered to vote? Have you been illegally kicked off the voter rolls in the latest republican push to kill the right of ordinary people to vote? Go! Check now! While you are at it, order your absentee ballot so you don't have to breath Covid in a six hour line on November 3rd. If you haven't filled out your household census, do that too. It's like an extra five minutes and it does things like get money and congressional representation for your community. It also helps fight Republican gerrymandering.

Don't fuck around with this! Do it now if you haven't already!

* "Joe Biden and Kamala Harris put LGBT+ rights front and centre in first public appearance since becoming running mates:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2020/08/13/joe-biden-kamala-harris-lgbt-rights-black-lives-matter-presidential-election-delaware-speech/

* "Pose star Angelica Ross believes Kamala Harris ‘holds herself accountable’ on her uneven trans rights record:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2020/08/12/kamala-harris-trans-rights-trangender-pose-angelica-ross-lgbt/

* "Kamala Harris blames Trump for severity of U.S. coronavirus outbreak: He failed to take it 'seriously from the start':" https://www.cnbc.com/2020/08/12/kamala-harris-blames-trump-for-severity-of-us-coronavirus-outbreak-he-failed-to-take-it-seriously-from-the-start.html

* "Kamala Harris describes her incredible fight for marriage equality that changed LGBT+ history in America forever:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2020/08/12/kamala-harris-marriage-equality-gay-lgbt-same-sex-prop-8-california/

* "Kamala Harris’ new chief of staff is proud Black lesbian and trailblazing political heavyweight Karine Jean-Pierre:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2020/08/12/kamala-harris-chief-of-staff-karine-jean-pierre-black-lesbian-joe-biden-democratic-nominee-presidential-election-2020/

* "Right-wing lawyer takes a break from hating queer people to launch a ‘racist’ conspiracy theory against Kamala Harris:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2020/08/13/kamala-harris-joe-biden-vice-president-racism-birther-conspiracy-theory-newsweek-john-eastman/

* "Maxine Waters on Biden picking Harris: 'You can see that change is taking place':" https://www.msnbc.com/the-reidout/watch/maxine-waters-on-biden-picking-harris-you-can-see-that-change-is-taking-place-89920581978

* "Cory Booker: Kamala Harris is my sister:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/cory-booker-kamala-harris-is-my-sister-90042949736

* "Howard U. President: Kamala Harris stood on the shoulders of those before her, now she clears a path:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-reidout/watch/howard-u-president-kamala-harris-stood-on-the-shoulders-of-those-before-her-now-she-clears-a-path-89921093818

* "Joy: Joe Biden, Kamala Harris ticket belongs to 'the emerging America,' what Trumpism cannot stop:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-reidout/watch/joy-joe-biden-kamala-harris-ticket-belongs-to-the-emerging-america-what-trumpism-cannot-stop-89921605626

* "Rep. Karen Bass: Kamala Harris as the VP pick is 'exciting all the way around':" https://www.msnbc.com/the-reidout/watch/rep-karen-bass-kamala-harris-as-the-vp-pick-is-exciting-all-the-way-around-89975877764

* "Another QAnon victory and 2 other takeaways in key primary races in Minnesota and Georgia:" https://www.cnn.com/2020/08/11/politics/primary-runoff-highlights-minnesota-georgia/index.html

* "Trump embraces QAnon congressional candidate, calls her ‘a future Republican star’:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/trump-embraces-qanon-congressional-candidate-calls-her-a-future-republican-star-89980997827

* "GOP takes step towards dangerous conspiracy theory with a primary win by QAnon supporting candidate:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-reidout/watch/gop-takes-step-towards-dangerous-conspiracy-theory-with-a-primary-win-by-qanon-supporting-candidate-89976389776

* "When and how to vote in all 50 states:" https://www.axios.com/how-to-vote-by-state-2020-307c3d17-ee57-4a1b-8bad-182ca1cdb752.html

* "U.S. Supreme Court allows easing of Rhode Island voting restrictions:" https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-court-voting/u-s-supreme-court-allows-easing-of-rhode-island-voting-restrictions-idUSKCN2592BG

* "Trump says the USPS is too poorly funded to handle mail-in voting — while opposing additional funding for it:" https://www.businessinsider.com/trump-usps-lacks-funds-mail-votes-opposoes-more-funding-2020-8

* He’s open about this being an attempt to fix the election. "Trump Seemingly Admits Why He’s Blocking Postal Service Funding:" https://www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-postal-service-usps-mail-in-voting_n_5f3537a9c5b64cc99fe32d58

* "House Democrats demand Postal Service chief roll back changes ahead of Election Day:" https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2020-election/house-democrats-demand-postal-service-chief-roll-back-changes-ahead-n1236570

* "Judge orders Trump campaign to produce evidence of voter fraud in Pennsylvania:" https://www.cnn.com/2020/08/13/politics/trump-campaign-voter-fraud-lawsuit-pennsylvania/index.html

* "Postal service changes pose threat to voting, says former USPS deputy:" https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/aug/13/united-states-postal-service-trump-republicans

* The Republicans claim removing sorting machines, breaking them apart, and throwing them out without replacinng them is essential to both cost savings and efficiency. A toddler could see through it. "The Post Office Is Deactivating Mail Sorting Machines Ahead of the Election:" https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/n7wk9z/the-post-office-is-deactivating-mail-sorting-machines-ahead-of-the-election

* "Mail sorting equipment being “removed” from post offices, leaving mail to “pile up”: union leader:" https://www.salon.com/2020/08/12/mail-sorting-equipment-being-removed-from-post-offices-leaving-mail-to-pile-up-union-leader/

* "U.S. postal service reorganization sparks delays, election questions:" https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election-postoffice/u-s-postal-service-reorganization-sparks-delays-election-questions-idUSKCN258197

* "Financial disclosures reveal postmaster general's business entanglements and likely conflicts of interest, experts say:" https://www.cnn.com/2020/08/12/politics/postal-service-dejoy-conflicts-amazon-trades-xpo-stake/index.html

* "Trump's authoritarian leanings threaten to corrupt 2020 election:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/trump-s-authoritarian-leanings-threaten-to-corrupt-2020-election-90047045846

* "Trump postmaster downgrading of political mail draws scorn:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/trump-postmaster-downgrading-of-political-mail-draws-scorn-89992773598

* Things you can do to help save the post office: https://gwydionmisha.tumblr.com/post/626472377433358336

* I'm not kidding folks. If we lose this election, I don't think we'll have another real one here.

* "1,193 Quarantined for Covid. Is This a Successful School Reopening?:" https://www.nytimes.com/2020/08/12/us/georgia-school-coronavirus.html

* "New Jersey school district changes course on "fruitless" plan for in-person learning after over 400 teachers opt out:" https://www.cbsnews.com/news/coronavirus-school-reopening-plan-new-jersey/

* "Rashad Robinson on How Everyone Wins When Black People Do:" https://www.advocate.com/exclusives/2020/8/13/rashad-robinson-how-everyone-wins-when-black-people-do

* "Pramila Jayapal - How to "Use the Power You Have":"

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* "After the Blast: Lebanon’s Largest LGBTQ+ Group Picks Up the Pieces:" https://www.advocate.com/commentary/2020/8/12/after-blast-lebanons-largest-lgbtq-group-picks-pieces

* "Polish MP labelled ‘lesbian plague’ in threatening letter after powerful show of solidarity with persecuted queer community:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2020/08/14/poland-spring-mp-malgorzata-prokop-paczkowska-note-andrzej-duda-homophobia/

* "Trans woman demands to speak to the manager after being misgendered by staff – and it only gets worse from there:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2020/08/14/manchester-misgendered-trans-woman-restaurant-20-stories-spinningfields-jamie-rose-dee/

* "Trans patients are being forced to wait up to 193 weeks for vital healthcare. The NHS target is 18 weeks:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2020/08/13/nhs-trans-patients-laurels-gender-identity-clinic-south-west-waiting-list-yeovil-pride/

* "'Harmful and unethical' conversion therapy finally banned in parts of Australia. Meanwhile, the UK twiddles its thumbs:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2020/08/13/conversion-therapy-ban-banned-australia-queensland-torture-new-law-steven-miles-boris-johnson/

* "Meanwhile, in Andrzej Duda’s Poland, a gay man was brutally attacked by drunk thugs in broad daylight. And nobody helped:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2020/08/14/poland-gay-man-homophobia-attack-warsaw-andrzej-duda-milosz-miklaszewski-police/

* "Ashlee Marie Preston on What’s Next for Black Trans Americans:" https://www.advocate.com/exclusives/2020/8/13/ashlee-marie-preston-whats-next-black-trans-americans

* "Pandemic has driven Americans to depression and drinking, CDC says:" https://news.yahoo.com/coronavirus-is-devastating-americans-mental-health-cdc-says-170026332.html

* "Mississippi Says Including Giant Mosquito State Flag Redesign Was a Mistake:" https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2020/08/mississippi-giant-mosquito-emblem-state-flag-redesign-mistake.html

* "Beirut Explosion Sparks Protests & Biker Rally Draws Crowds:"

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* "Trump Signs Dubious Executive Orders:"

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* "Trump Tries to Sabotage the U.S. Postal Service :"

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* "How Is This Still a Law? - Citizen's Arrest Edition:"

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* "Kamala Harris Is Joe Biden's VP Pick:"

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* "Republicans Fumble Their Response to Kamala Harris VP Pick:"

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* Wednesday: Props to the Washington State medical System! I got my results back this evening, and I'm negative as expected. I have started my antibiotics as a result and am already queasy. This week and a half is going to suck, above and beyond the off the AS meds for the duration, but I can't afford to fuck around in a Plague Summer. I still have to go in for a doctor thing Friday for meds revision at the worst time of the day sleep wise, but this could all be much worse.

I got four phone calls today. I had just started to drift off when one of the usual scammers woke me. Unless there is a real emergency (someone in the hospital or dead) or a prior arrangement (like an airport pick up), no one legitimate phones at 7:09AM. About an our later a fucking Police PAC woke me up spewing robot generated hate and fear. Fuck those guys! Second number blocked. The other two were medical and completely reasonable. I was up, medicated, and dressed by the time the COVID test people called.

Alas, no cats came for bed pets. It's a work in progress.

* Friday: I very nearly finished the aggregate in time to go to my Doctor's appointment. Nearly is not did, alas.

She wants to make sure the rotater cuff isn't actually injured, before trying AS mitigation on the shoulder joint, so I had to go get rather a lot of x-rays. I get a shoulder ultrasound late next week, after which we'll see about sorting it one way or the other.

I am so used to things like this not having much that can be done beyond what I'm already doing, that it startled me when it turned out there actually might be things that could be done.

She wanted to double check some things before switching muscle relaxants, but odds are Monday or Wednesday, I'll have something I can use more often than every two or three days.

I had next to no sleep and an online social engagement that precluded me working as drugged as I need to be not to curl up in a ball and weep from the pain and nausea. The amount of holding my arm in extremely painful positions involved in the x-ray process really fucked up the shoulder again and I'm back in the sling. I'm going to post the aggregate, do bath and lungs and then go to bed. sorry about not doing any Friday news and the lateness of the Tuesday/Wednesday aggregate.

* "Alone Together Episode 2 - Alexander Siddig, Andrew Robinson & Cirroc Lofton:"

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* "Alone Together Episode 3 - Alexander Siddig, Andrew Robinson, Cirroc Lofton, Nana Visitor:"

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* "Alone Together Episode 4 - Alexander Siddig, Andrew Robinson, Cirroc Lofton, Armin Shimerman:"

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

* "When and how to vote in all 50 states:" https://www.axios.com/how-to-vote-by-state-2020-307c3d17-ee57-4a1b-8bad-182ca1cdb752.html

* Things you can do to help save the post office: https://gwydionmisha.tumblr.com/post/626472377433358336

* 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

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* 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

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

* "Lebanese government resigns as public anger grows:" https://www.bbc.com/news/av/world-middle-east-53730902/lebanese-government-resigns-as-public-anger-grows

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* "Fresh guidance on sex during coronavirus says no kissing, no face-to-face positions – and condoms for oral:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2020/08/11/sex-covid-19-coronavirus-face-mask-kissing-terrence-higgins-trust-condom-dental-dam-michael-brady/

* This is a terrible idea. It’s not properly tested or peer reviewed. "Russian coronavirus vaccine given green light, says Putin:" https://www.politico.eu/article/russia-coronavirus-vaccine-vladimir-putin-given-green-light/

* "New Zealand considers freight as possible source of new coronavirus cluster:" https://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-newzealand/new-zealand-considers-freight-as-possible-source-of-new-coronavirus-cluster-idUSKCN25801P

* The Republican War on Reality continues. "Trump dismisses coronavirus cases in children, says they’re a ‘tiny fraction’ of deaths:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2020/08/10/coronavirus-covid-live-updates-us/

* "How Trump Killed Tens of Thousands of Americans:" https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2020/08/trump-coronavirus-deaths-timeline.html

* "The lost days of summer: How Trump fell short in containing the virus:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/trump-struggled-summer-coronavirus/2020/08/08/e12ceace-d80a-11ea-aff6-220dd3a14741_story.html

* "'Play College Football!' Trump demands as fall seasons collapse:" https://www.politico.com/news/2020/08/10/trump-gop-college-football-393135

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* "Trump wielding presidency like an autocrat: to preserve his power:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/trump-wielding-presidency-like-an-autocrat-to-preserve-his-power-89877061948

* "Secret Service escorts Trump from press briefing after shooting outside White House:" https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/aug/10/trump-white-house-shooting-secret-service

* Sigh. "Trump unloads in morning interviews as U.S. struggles to tame virus:" https://www.politico.com/news/2020/08/11/trump-morning-interviews-coronavirus-393488

* I... have no words. "Trump erroneously says 1918 Spanish Flu 'probably ended' WWII, which happened two decades later:" https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2020/08/10/trump-1918-spanish-flu-probably-ended-wwii-which-happened-two-decades-apart/3340770001/

* "Trump walks out of news conference after reporter asks him about Veterans Choice lie he's told more than 150 times:" https://www.cnn.com/2020/08/08/politics/trump-veterans-choice-paula-reid/index.html

* We are wandering deep into Dear Leader territory here. "Donald Trump denies asking how to add face to Mount Rushmore:" https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/aug/10/donald-trump-denies-asking-how-to-add-face-to-mount-rushmore

"White House reportedly asked South Dakota official about expanding monument"

* Anyone believe him? Bueller? "Trump claims he would have not called for Obama to resign over 160,000 virus deaths:" https://www.axios.com/trump-obama-resign-787b042d-0361-48f1-bba5-c97b05837331.html

* "Judge balks at White House’s executive privilege claim over Ukraine emails:" https://www.politico.com/news/2020/08/10/judge-trump-executive-ukraine-393153

* After all there's only been sworn testimony, multiple press reports, and a book credibly aledging a wide range of felonies. "Manhattan DA Vance 'still fishing for ways to justify' harassment of Trump over tax records, lawyers claim:" https://www.cnbc.com/2020/08/10/trump-defends-challenge-to-tax-records-subpoena-by-manhattan-da-cyrus-vance.html

* "Sen. Blumenthal calls classified briefing on Russian interference "absolutely chilling":" https://www.axios.com/blumenthal-briefing-russian-interference-2ecde46b-1a7a-4f1e-a2c7-1215db70d348.html

* "Intelligence officials risk Trump's wrath delivering hard truths:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/intelligence-officials-risk-trump-s-wrath-delivering-hard-truths-89878597943

* The point of Deregulation is to remove all barriers to corporations harming ordinary people. "E.P.A. to Lift Obama-Era Controls on Methane, a Potent Greenhouse Gas:" https://www.nytimes.com/2020/08/10/climate/trump-methane-climate-change.html

* "Trump says he's considering order on pre-existing condition protections, which already exists:" https://www.axios.com/trump-executive-order-insurance-preexisting-conditions-6482b96a-e9fe-4efe-8d40-141d1adee730.html

The ACA, which 45 is trying to actively destroy, already does this. It's literally right there in the law. Indeed, part of the urgency republicans feel for getting rid of the ACA in the middle of a pandemic that can cause serious permanent disability is to not only prevent the sick from getting health care, but to make sure they won’t be able to get health insurance in future so they might afford medications and care they need going forward which would cost insurance companies money.

If Republicans have changed their minds on this policy goal, why not withdraw their suits to strike down the ACA? This executive order does nothing; it’s just political theater.

* "Nation’s governors raise concerns about implementing Trump executive moves, call on Congress to act:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/us-policy/2020/08/10/trump-coronavirus-stimulus-congress/

* "Trump’s Orders on Coronavirus Relief Create Confusion:" https://www.nytimes.com/2020/08/09/us/politics/trump-stimulus-bill-coronavirus.html

* "Rep. Jeffries on COVID-19 relief: GOP cares about the 'rich and shameless':" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/rep-jeffries-on-covid-19-relief-gop-cares-about-the-rich-and-shameless-89871429779

* "Sensitive to claims of bias, Facebook relaxed misinformation rules for conservative pages:" https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/tech-news/sensitive-claims-bias-facebook-relaxed-misinformation-rules-conservative-pages-n1236182

* "BLM Co-Founder Alicia Garza is Bringing Black Queer Folks to the Polls:" https://www.advocate.com/exclusives/2020/8/11/blm-co-founder-alicia-garza-bringing-black-queer-folks-polls

* "Rep. Clyburn: Joe Biden does not take the Black community for granted:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/clyburn-joe-biden-does-not-take-the-black-community-for-granted-89932357710

* "Sen. Kamala D. Harris named as Joe Biden’s running mate:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/kamala-harris-joe-biden-vp-pick/2020/08/11/d7a51930-d1b7-11ea-8c55-61e7fa5e82ab_story.html

* "How the United States met Kamala Harris:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/how-the-united-states-met-kamala-harris-89932869590

* This is includes a pretty nuanced description of Kamala Harris as prosecutor from a defense attorney who regularly went up against her. "Vanita Gupta: Kamala Harris 'reflects the coalition that is the future of America':" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/kamala-harris-reflects-the-coalition-that-is-the-future-of-america-89931845940

* "Obama Senior Adviser: Kamala Harris is ‘more than ready’:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/obama-senior-adviser-kamala-harris-is-more-than-ready-89924677676

* This is what the death of Democracy looks like. "Trump aides exploring executive actions to curb voting by mail:" https://www.politico.com/news/2020/08/08/trump-wants-to-cut-mail-in-voting-the-republican-machine-is-helping-him-392428

* "The Postal Service is Not Ready for November:" https://www.democracydocket.com/2020/08/usps-not-ready/

* Who could have guessed this would happen, except everyone including literal children? "Georgia school in viral photos will close for cleaning after nine people test positive for coronavirus:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/education/2020/08/09/nine-people-test-positive-coronavirus-georgia-school-where-photos-packed-hallways-went-viral/

* We are the most infected country in the world! He wants to break the law to keep Americans from coming home from significantly less infected countries. "White House looks at plan to keep out citizens and legal residents over virus:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/white-house-looks-at-plan-to-keep-out-citizens-and-legal-residents-over-virus/2020/08/10/d8233910-db0c-11ea-b205-ff838e15a9a6_story.html

* They claim that they are keeping children with COVID and sending ones that don't have it, because breaking the law and denying them their legal rights somehow prevents uninfected children from spreading a disease they don't have. "ICE Is Making Sure Migrant Kids Don’t Have COVID-19 — Then Expelling Them to “Prevent the Spread” of COVID-19:" https://www.propublica.org/article/ice-is-making-sure-migrant-kids-dont-have-covid-19-then-expelling-them-to-prevent-the-spread-of-covid-19

* That is some stunning projection on display there. Also, can we take a minute to appreciate that he is claiming anti-fascists are fascists? Is it just me or is the news extra Wonderland logic today? "'Their tactics are fascistic’: Barr slams Black Lives Matter, accuses the left of ‘tearing down the system’:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2020/08/10/barr-fox-antifa-blm/

* "BLM Co-Founder Patrisse Cullors’s Ongoing Fight for Racial Justice:" https://www.advocate.com/exclusives/2020/8/11/blm-co-founder-patrisse-cullorss-ongoing-fight-racial-justice

* "A gay man was refused entry to a casino because ‘men do not carry purses’. Yes, really:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2020/08/11/gay-man-refused-entry-casino-men-do-not-carry-purses/

* "Thugs beat a gay man unconscious while screaming homophobic slurs. Police refuse to recognise it as a hate crime:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2020/08/11/christian-council-beaten-unconscious-homophobia-hate-crime-attack-police-fbi-oklahoma/

The police want to remind yoou that people beating a man unconscious while screaming anti-gay slurs does not constitute any sort of proof of homophobia, so they were entirely justified in leaving these details out of the police report as well as the name and details of one of the participants as neither wwere pertinent to the minor crime of beating up a gay man.

* "'Bigot' Trump adviser launches transphobic attack on 'world class' trans official leading the fight against coronavirus:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2020/08/11/dr-rachel-levine-jenna-ellis-donald-trump-legal-adviser-transphobic-pennsylvania/

* "University that bans gay students on ‘morality’ grounds replaces scandal-hit anti-LGBT boss with another homophobic evangelist:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2020/08/11/liberty-university-bans-gay-students-scandal-anti-lgbt-homophobe/

* "Evil Queens: A Queer Look at Disney History:"

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* CW: Abuse. I wasn't a fan of her music, but I was furious about the way she was being treated when this was happening, and I am still horrified about the way the system is still abusing her. "Why #FreeBritney is a Disability Rights Issue:"

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* "Satellites record history of Antarctic melting:" https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-53725288

* "Beer unsold during lockdown has been turned into renewable energy:" https://www.cnn.com/2020/08/11/australia/coronavirus-australia-beer-energy-intl-hnk-scli/index.html

* "DNA study finds London was ethnically diverse from start:" https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-34809804

* "A Short History of Human Skulls as Drinking Cups:"

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* "The Grave of the SECRET PORPOISE *ssshh*:"

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* "Ok, But What Did Poor People Wear?:"

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* CW: Dead Bodies "We Recreated A Victorian Funeral:"

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* "Donald MacLean: The First of the Cambridge Five:"

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* "Kim Philby: Soviet Spy in the West:"

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* "Clown Motel & Ghost Towns | Deathstination:"

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* So it turns out the reason they didn't send me for the expected COVID test Friday, was my nurse was out sick (not with COVID, she's fine). Apparently the sub was supposed to call me back and make an appointment for the ordered test, but I fell through the cracks and she was all, wait, where's the follow up on the pathogen and the shoulder?

So today I went down there and they sent me to the COVID hut. My belief that my oxygen level was likely fine was born out. I hated the test itself, but it was not nearly as bad as I was imagining, if that makes sense. It occurs to me in retrospect that I was remembering that time they stuck a tube down my nose without anesthesia at the ER and i bled off and on for a couple days.

Given my symptom set and medical history, she prescribed an antibiotic for the lungs. I'm going to see how I feel tomorrow before I start it, because it's strong and I'll need to go off my AS meds, plus, it's possible my immune system can beat it itself I want to give it another day or too to make the attempt. Seriously, right now it's a nuisance illness. Any lung thing has a chance to dangerous escalate given my immune system is much more interested in own goals than pathogens, but this doesn't feel like a particularly bad one just now, just the usual cf carrier nonsense that happens multiple times a year. The cold symptoms are solving themselves except for the sinus/runny nose/ear stuff which can as easily be at least half allergies, since this is the season for it. A rhinovirus should solve itself tomorrowish or the day after, which seems about right. Generally I pick up a bacterial secondary infection if I catch anything else or really if my bodies under a hint of stress and when I shifted from the dry upper respiratory cough to the deep in the lung wet cough I got the usual bacterial type results.

Better safe than sorry, so I'm following protocol for Covid. Squirrel's off work and we'll have results before he needs to go back in. Seriously though? It's likely going to be negative.

The pharmacy runner was only half listening and tried to get me to wait inside, because we had a chilly Alaskan wind off the bay ad I was just in a tee shirt. I was like, "I don't think that's safe; I don't want to breath on anyone even with masks. I think I should sit over there." Me pointing to an outside spot. Him: Oh right! Yellow Protocol!

I expect results in 2-3 days, this being a well run blue state with a robust health care system. I'll let y'all know, but don't panic, okay?

* In cat news, Tavy knocked over a bunch of pillows, which panicked Livia who clearly though the sky was falling. She instinctively ran for the safety of my bed. Which was comfortable. Really comfortable. She was wary, being afraid we'd come medicate her again, but next time I wandered by I offered her a finger to sniff, but otherwise left her alone. Next time, She let me pet her butt after the finger sniff. Time after that, she let me scritch her head. Squirrel came by after I'd warned him not to stress her out and she let him pet her butt. She was in there most of the evening. When I came in to go to bed she let me rub her tummy, which she hadn't allowed sine elder kitty, because she only wants a tummy rub if 1. she feels really safe and comfortable and 2. If she has room to roll around and that doesn't leave many options besides the bed and my bathroom. Once I was ready settled, she came for most of an hour of loves. She didn't sleep in the bed, but it's progress.

What little sleep I got today was massively and repeatedly disrupted. I may or may not get much accomplished. We'll see.

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

* 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

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

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* 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

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* "Lebanon’s rising power cuts add to gloom of economic crisis:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/middle_east/lebanons-rising-power-cuts-add-to-gloom-of-economic-crisis/2020/07/07/95498db4-c05f-11ea-8908-68a2b9eae9e0_story.html

* "Sudan reforms strict Islamist laws after 30 years:" https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-53379733

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* "Russians sought to meddle in UK election:" https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-politics-53433523

* "Trudeau admits 'mistake' amid third ethics inquiry:" https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-53394272

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* "Nepal: 60 dead, 41 missing in floods, landslides:" https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/south-asia/nepal-60-dead-41-missing-in-floods-landslides/articleshow/76934877.cms

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* "Moderna coronavirus vaccine shows 'promising' results in published Phase 1 study:" https://www.cnn.com/2020/07/14/health/moderna-coronavirus-vaccine-phase-1-study/index.html

* "Journalists are demystifying Covid-19 by sharing first-hand accounts on what it's like to be sick:" https://www.cnn.com/2020/07/15/media/journalists-coronavirus-diaries/index.html

* "The Math of Social Distancing Is a Lesson in Geometry:" https://www.quantamagazine.org/the-math-of-social-distancing-is-a-lesson-in-geometry-20200713/

* "Masks offer much more protection against coronavirus than many think:" https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2020-07-14/evidence-mounts-that-masks-help-lower-your-exposure-to-the-coronavirus

* "Pandemic exposes scientific rift over proving when germs are airborne:" https://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-airborne/pandemic-exposes-scientific-rift-over-proving-when-germs-are-airborne-idUSKBN24B2YG

* "New Covid-19 alcohol ban divides South Africans:" https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-53390287

* "How coronavirus swept through Brazil:" https://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-53429430

* "Brazil's Bolsonaro, Infected With COVID-19, Touts Unproven Drug:" https://www.usnews.com/news/world/articles/2020-07-15/brazil-president-bolsonaro-again-tests-positive-for-coronavirus-says-cnn-brasil

* "Brazil surpasses 2 million coronavirus cases, with more than 76,000 dead:" https://www.cbsnews.com/news/brazil-coronavirus-2-million-cases-more-than-76000-dead/

* "Why aren't more of our politicians wearing masks?:" https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-53346923

* "Colombian cartels killing those who don't obey their Covid-19 lockdowns:" https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2020/jul/15/colombia-cartels-rebel-groups-coronavirus-lockdown-human-rights-watch

* "India records 1 million cases of Covid-19 ... and it's the poorest who are hardest hit:" https://www.cnn.com/2020/07/16/asia/india-wealth-gap-coronavirus-intl-hnk/index.html

* "U.S. shatters coronavirus record with over 77,000 cases in a day:" https://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-records-idUSKCN24I014

* "Confirmed US virus cases rise amid new global restrictions:" https://apnews.com/605b05fe86eef1d927fbc21a371d623a

* "A Second Coronavirus Death Surge Is Coming:" https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2020/07/second-coronavirus-death-surge/614122/

* "Mandatory Mask Use Could Have Saved 40,000 Lives, Study Says:" https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-07-16/mandatory-mask-use-could-have-saved-40-000-lives-study-says?sref=MIBMEEoj

* "Fauci is sidelined by the White House as he steps up blunt talk on pandemic:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2020/07/11/fauci-trump-coronavirus/

* "‘Everyone is lying’: Trump undercuts public health officials in fresh attacks:" https://www.politico.com/news/2020/07/13/trump-questions-public-health-experts-twitter-359388

* "‘None of us lie’: Coronavirus testing czar rejects Trump’s attacks on health officials:" https://www.politico.com/news/2020/07/14/coronavirus-testing-czar-trump-health-officials-360684

* "Trump’s Health Officials Warn More Will Die as Covid Cases Rise:" https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/12/health/coronavirus-trump-deaths.html

* "Former CDC chiefs rebuke Trump for ‘undermining’ agency’s guidelines:" https://www.politico.com/news/2020/07/14/former-cdc-chiefs-trump-agency-guidelines-360527

* "Concerns raised of corrupted data as Trump orders bypass of CDC:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/concerns-raised-of-corrupted-data-as-trump-orders-bypass-of-cdc-87722053775

* Does this sound like a Mad Lib to you, or am I just tired? ":" https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/2020/07/13/trump-administration-recommend-national-guard-an-option-help-hospitals-report-covid-19-data/

* "'He Shouldn't Be Doing That': Trump Weighs In On Navarro Op-Ed Attacking Fauci:" https://www.npr.org/sections/coronavirus-live-updates/2020/07/15/891327661/white-house-disavows-attack-on-fauci-from-trump-trade-adviser

* "Coronavirus hospital data removed from CDC website following Trump plan to reroute information:" https://www.cnn.com/world/live-news/coronavirus-pandemic-07-16-20-intl/h_a2f3cf2d40ea823e143aa4222f25e0d7

* How is this not proof he is too impaired to continue? "Trump says U.S. would have half the number of coronavirus cases if it did half the testing:" https://www.cnbc.com/2020/07/14/trump-says-us-would-have-half-the-number-of-coronavirus-cases-if-it-did-half-the-testing.html

* "Federal stockpile is thin amid coronavirus surge, documents show:" https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/politics-news/federal-stockpile-thin-amid-coronavirus-surge-documents-show-n1233791

* "White House document shows 18 states in coronavirus "red zone":" https://publicintegrity.org/health/coronavirus-and-inequality/exclusive-white-house-document-shows-18-states-in-coronavirus-red-zone-covid-19/

* "Officials begin to roll back reopenings as COVID-19 cases explode:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/officials-begin-to-roll-back-reopenings-as-covid-19-cases-explode-87647813687

* "Mask Rules Expand Across U.S. as Clashes Over the Mandates Intensify:" https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/16/us/coronavirus-masks.html?action=click&module=Top%20Stories&pgtype=Homepage&action=click&module=RelatedLinks&pgtype=Article

* "Sen. Dianne Feinstein proposes withholding relief funds from states without mask mandates:" https://www.axios.com/dianne-feinstein-state-relief-funds-mask-mandate-092c10fc-900b-4629-b7a3-e176723d5add.html

* "Three U.S. states account for about one-fifth of the world's new coronavirus cases:" https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/florida-texas-california-account-about-one-fifth-world-s-new-n1233793

* "More than 77,000 new cases of coronavirus were reported in the US on Thursday, the most ever:" https://www.cnn.com/2020/07/16/health/us-coronavirus-thursday/index.html

* "California rolls back reopening plans as new outbreaks force major reversal:" https://www.politico.com/states/california/story/2020/07/13/newsom-orders-statewide-shutdown-of-california-indoor-businesses-1300309

* "Governor shuts bars, dining as virus hits California hard:" https://abcnews.go.com/Health/wireStory/governor-shuts-bars-dining-virus-hits-california-hard-71767099

* This is so reckless I have no words. "Masks And Mouse Ears: Disney World Reopens As Coronavirus Cases Climb In Florida:" https://www.npr.org/sections/coronavirus-live-updates/2020/07/11/890033833/masks-and-mouse-ears-disney-world-reopens-as-coronavirus-cases-climb-in-florida

* "Florida reports 15,000 new coronavirus cases, smashing national record:" https://www.politico.com/states/florida/story/2020/07/12/florida-reports-15k-new-cases-smashing-national-record-1299981

* "No end in sight for COVID-19 in Arizona as governor remains idle:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/no-end-in-sight-for-covid-19-in-arizona-as-governor-remains-idle-87647813879

* "Kemp bans cities, counties from mandating masks:" https://www.ajc.com/news/georgia-governor-extends-coronavirus-restrictions/75SLQWLJ6FBULIGVEDMNSY5M64/

* "'This is as real as it gets': FL Hospital CEO on COVID-19 crisis:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/-this-is-as-real-as-it-gets-fl-hospital-ceo-on-covid-19-crisis-87724613731

* "Bottleneck for U.S. Coronavirus Response: The Fax Machine:" https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/13/upshot/coronavirus-response-fax-machines.html

* "Former Trump physician Ronny Jackson: ‘Wearing a mask is a personal choice’:" https://www.politico.com/news/2020/07/15/former-trump-physician-ronny-jackson-masks-363549

* "Oklahoma governor who rejected mask order tests positive for coronavirus:" https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/jul/15/oklahoma-kevin-stitt-coronavirus-covid-19

* "Nevada Official Traces New High in COVID-19 Cases to July 4:" https://www.usnews.com/news/best-states/nevada/articles/2020-07-14/nevada-official-traces-new-high-in-covid-19-cases-to-july-4

* "Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey Issues Face Mask Mandate:" https://www.usnews.com/news/health-news/articles/2020-07-15/alabama-gov-kay-ivey-issues-face-mask-mandate

* "City halves its coronavirus case rate after month of mask policy:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/city-halves-its-coronavirus-case-rate-after-month-of-mask-policy-87790149703

* "Tulsa city council votes for mask ordinance to stem coronavirus:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/tulsa-city-council-votes-for-mask-ordinance-to-stem-coronavirus-87791685657

* "Georgia governor sues to stop Atlanta mask mandate:" https://www.politico.com/news/2020/07/16/georgia-mayors-brian-kemp-face-masks-366497

* "Target, CVS, Walgreens to require customers wear masks at U.S. stores:" https://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-cvs-health/target-cvs-to-require-customers-wear-masks-at-u-s-stores-idUSKCN24H2FY

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* "UK, US and Canada allege Russian cyberattacks on Covid-19 research centers:" https://www.cnn.com/2020/07/16/politics/russia-cyberattack-covid-vaccine-research/index.html

* "China announces retaliatory sanctions against Marco Rubio and Ted Cruz:" https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/jul/13/china-announces-retaliatory-sanctions-against-us-officials-ted-cruz-marco-rubio

* "At event meant to announce China actions, Trump rambles into political attacks:" https://www.cnn.com/2020/07/14/politics/donald-trump-china-rose-garden-event/index.html

* "U.S. Weighs Sweeping Travel Ban on Chinese Communist Party Members:" https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/15/us/politics/china-travel-ban.html

* "Inside the White House, a Gun Industry Lobbyist Delivers for His Former Patrons:" https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/13/us/trump-gun-silencer-exports.html

* "Trump claims 'nobody ever heard' Abraham Lincoln was a Republican before he pointed it out:" https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/trump-abraham-lincoln-president-doral-golf-resort-venezuela-a9613666.html

* "The Trump campaign is investigating campaign spending, Parscale contracts:" https://outline.com/HKvaby

* "Trump properties have made over $17 million from the campaign and the RNC since 2016:" https://www.cnbc.com/2020/07/17/trump-properties-made-over-17-million-from-campaign-rnc-since-2016.html

* "Trump wears a mask during visit to wounded service members at Walter Reed:" https://www.cnn.com/2020/07/11/politics/trump-walter-reed-visit-mask/index.html

* "Trump will further challenge Manhattan DA's subpoena following Supreme Court decision on tax records:" https://www.cnn.com/2020/07/15/politics/trump-lawsuit-tax-records/index.html

* "Judge lifts restraining order on Mary Trump on eve of book release:" https://www.axios.com/mary-trump-restraining-order-29a423b5-afdc-453e-811b-40a8f0dee625.html

* "Trump shakes up campaign leadership as he struggles in latest polls:" https://www.cnn.com/2020/07/15/politics/trump-campaign-manager-demoted/index.html

* "Trump says he would welcome Michael Flynn back to his administration:" https://www.politico.com/news/2020/07/15/trump-administration-michael-flynn-363743

* Meanwhile in Autocracy News. "Trump team launches a sweeping loyalty test to shore up its defenses:" https://www.politico.com/news/2020/07/15/trump-appointees-loyalty-interviews-364616

* "Mail delays likely as new postal boss pushes cost-cutting:" https://apnews.com/59c25efd4d325c4895f8ba85517f9bfd

* "White House sent document bashing Vindman as Pentagon eyed promotion:" https://www.nbcnews.com/news/military/white-house-officials-sent-document-pentagon-criticizing-vindman-after-impeachment-n1233613

* "Inspector general: Medicare chief broke rules on her publicity contracts:" https://www.politico.com/news/2020/07/16/medicare-chief-rules-publicity-contracts-365482

* "Exclusive: Secret Trump order gives CIA more powers to launch cyberattacks:" https://news.yahoo.com/secret-trump-order-gives-cia-more-powers-to-launch-cyberattacks-090015219.html

* "Watchdog group files Hatch Act complaint against Meadows:" https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/507474-watchdog-group-files-hatch-act-complaint-against-meadows

* "Ivanka Trump tweets support for Goya Foods amid backlash over CEO's praise of president:" https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/politics-news/ivanka-trump-tweets-support-goya-foods-amid-backlash-over-ceo-n1233868

* This is illegal. "Donald Trump Poses With Goya Products One Day After Ivanka Tweets Support:" https://www.huffpost.com/entry/donald-trump-goya-instagram-endorsement_n_5f0f7726c5b6d14c3362878d?_guc_consent_skip=1594906673&guccounter=1

* "Ruth Bader Ginsburg discharged from the hospital and doing well:" https://www.cnn.com/2020/07/15/politics/ruth-bader-ginsburg-home-from-hospital/index.html

* "1.3 million Americans filed first-time unemployment claims last week:" https://www.cnn.com/2020/07/16/economy/unemployment-benefits-coronavirus/index.html

* This is on purpose. 45 refused to reopen enrollment specifically in order to prevent people who lost their jobs in the financial crisis from getting health care coverage in the middle of pandemic because Republicans strongly believe that only the rich should be allowed to get health care. Republicans are hoping these Americans will die. "A Record 5.4 Million Americans Have Lost Health Insurance, Study Finds:" https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/13/world/coronavirus-updates.html#link-4a45abca

* "Coronavirus crisis compounded by job losses, uninsured rate:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/coronavirus-crisis-compounded-by-job-losses-uninsured-rate-87790661595

* "Sanders aims to refocus U.S. priorities with defense budget cuts:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/sanders-aims-to-refocus-u-s-priorities-with-defense-budget-cuts-87791173728

* "House Education Democrats say CDC director blocked from appearing before Congress:" https://www.politico.com/news/2020/07/17/education-democrats-cdc-director-congress-367935

* Let them eat cake. "New Ivanka Trump initiative tells out-of-work Americans to 'find something new':" https://www.cnn.com/2020/07/14/politics/ivanka-trump-find-something-new-unemployment/index.html

* "Mehdi Hasan reacts to Ivanka Trump telling jobless Americans to ‘find something new’:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/mehdi-hasan-reacts-to-ivanka-trump-telling-jobless-americans-to-find-something-new-87716421971

* "Alabama Votes for Tommy Tuberville, and Democrats Name a Challenger in Maine:" https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/14/us/elections/primary-runoff-alabama-maine-texas.html?action=click&module=Top%20Stories&pgtype=Homepage#link-43d5e4a2

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

* "Disgraced homophobe Jeff Sessions is watching his political career dissipate in front of his very eyes:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2020/07/15/jeff-sessions-alabama-republican-primary-tommy-tuberville-doug-jones-democrat/

* 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

* "Republican convention to be scaled back due to coronavirus:" https://www.cnn.com/2020/07/16/politics/republican-national-convention-planning-florida-coronavirus/index.html

* Poll Taxes are now legal. "The Supreme Court Just Stopped 1 Million Floridians From Voting in November:" https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2020/07/supreme-court-florida-felons-poll-tax.html

* "New York Times: Internal CDC documents warn full reopening of schools is 'highest risk' for coronavirus spread:" https://www.cnn.com/2020/07/11/politics/cdc-documents-warn-high-risk-schools-reopening/index.html

* "Not dangerous: DeVos defends schools reopening according to CDC guidelines:" https://www.politico.com/news/2020/07/12/betsy-devos-schools-reopen-357840

* I have no words that are fit to print. "White House: 'The science should not stand in the way' of reopening schools – as it happened:" https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/live/2020/jul/16/coronavirus-us-covid-donald-trump-anthony-fauci-joe-biden-live-updates

* "Sen. Jones: Teachers in Ala. are ‘scared to death’ amid Trump push to open schools:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/sen-jones-teachers-in-ala-are-scared-to-death-amid-trump-push-to-open-schools-87625797898

* "L.A. Unified will not reopen campuses for start of school year amid coronavirus spike:" https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2020-07-13/l-a-unified-will-not-reopen-campuses-start-of-school-year

* "What To Do About Part-Time School? NYC Announces Free Child Care For 100,000 Students:" https://www.npr.org/sections/coronavirus-live-updates/2020/07/16/892043766/what-to-do-about-part-time-school-nyc-announces-free-child-care-for-100-000-stud

* "17 states, DC sue Trump administration over visa rules for college students:" https://www.cnn.com/2020/07/13/politics/trump-administration-visa-rules-lawsuit/index.html

* "Trump administration drops restrictions on online-only instruction for foreign students:" https://www.cnn.com/2020/07/14/politics/immigration-harvard-visa-policy-online-only/index.html

* "Trump on private border wall segment: ‘It was only done to make me look bad’:" https://www.politico.com/news/2020/07/12/trump-border-wall-make-me-look-bad-357706

* "Pentagon effectively bans Confederate flags on all military property:" https://www.politico.com/news/2020/07/17/pentagon-bans-confederate-flag-367550

* "Edward Colston's statue stood for 125 years. The Black Lives Matter statue that replaced it stood for about 25 hours:" https://www.cnn.com/style/article/black-lives-matter-bristol-statue-removed-scli-gbr-intl/index.html

* "New police video reveals George Floyd’s desperate pleas before his death:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/new-video-reveals-george-floyds-desperate-pleas-before-his-death/2020/07/15/c81e9d3c-c6b4-11ea-b037-f9711f89ee46_story.html

* "British Vogue's Black Gay Editor Says He Was Racially Profiled:" https://www.advocate.com/race/2020/7/16/british-vogues-black-gay-editor-says-he-was-racially-profiled

* "Chris Hayes: Tucker Carlson's racist writer is no surprise:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/chris-hayes-tucker-carlson-s-racist-writer-is-no-surprise-87625797983

* TW: Pedophilia. "US judge denies Ghislaine Maxwell bail in sex case:" https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-53403270

* "Russia Begins Targeting LGBTQ+ People, Per Putin's Orders:" https://www.advocate.com/world/2020/7/15/russia-begins-targeting-lgbtq-people-putins-orders

* "A Poland court just annulled one of the country’s abhorrent ‘LGBT-free’ zones for turning a ‘blind eye to reality’:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2020/07/15/poland-lgbt-free-zone-istebna-court-annulled-violation-constitution-discrimination-homophobia/

* "Not even the BBC’s Pride network knows why the broadcaster quietly dropped vital charities from its transgender support page:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2020/07/15/bbc-pride-transgender-support-page-editorial-policy-action-line-trans-institutional-transphobia/

* "Tory MP Jackie Doyle-Price seems to think she knows more about trans people’s bodies than they do:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2020/07/14/tory-mp-jackie-doyle-price-posie-parker-trans-healthcare-jk-rowling-transphobia/

* "Colorado Bans Gay and Trans 'Panic' Defenses, Eases Access to PrEP:" https://www.advocate.com/politics/2020/7/14/colorado-bans-gay-and-trans-panic-defenses-eases-access-prep

* "Maine Adds 'Nonbinary' Gender Marker on Birth Certificates:" https://www.advocate.com/transgender/2020/7/15/maine-adds-nonbinary-gender-marker-birth-certificates

* "A Long and Difficult Journey, or The Odyssey: Crash Course Literature 201:"

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* "A Bizarre 1970 Arctic Killing Offers a Road Map for How Not to Deal With Murder in Space:" https://slate.com/technology/2020/07/arctic-t3-murder-space.html

* "Flossie Wong-Staal, History-Making Female HIV Scientist, Died:" https://www.hivplusmag.com/news/2020/7/15/flossie-wong-stahl-history-making-female-hiv-scientist-died

* It feels like the headlines are being written by a fuzzy logic AI trained on Onion Articles.

* Wednesday: Monday they mowed the lawn, kicking up lots of allergens, plus it's humid and no rain for a few days, plus I was outside in the allergens for a few hours. A cloth mask isn't that much help under the circumstances and I need to save the last heavy mask for emergencies. I only managed a few hours of sleep Monday anyway between AS stuff and allergens, and mowing related sinus headache. It got worse over the course of the evening to the point of things being really impossible. Like massive pain, serious lung congestion, and my throat completely fucked because lawn grass is the worst of my allergies.

I did a lung treatment, drained my sinuses, washed off the allergens, and went to bed. it's not COVID. I can tell because ten hours under filtration nearly cured my throat and cut the congestion in half. I am using maximum medication. I am washing bedding over and over. I am using all the tricks both for allergies and AS. I'm still periodically in too much pain to read, which makes be so queasy it's hard to keep the meds down.

I have to lie down a lot, often on very short notice. I could cope with either AS pain or the headache but both got to be too much, so I've given up and broken out the emergency meds. Even with that, I still had day three of pain insomnia, though the quality when I did manage to get to sleep a couple times was higher.

I have the shakes, am pasted together with more meds than I like, and I make no promises of quality. I also have a massive backlog of links ready to post. I'll see how much can get up before I have to lie down again.

* Tuesday night I had a scare when i went to take my bath. The washer Dryer area looked like a crime scene on a cat scale. Small, fresh pools of blood. Spatter. Tiny bloody paw prints. I was terrified Elder Kitty was dead or dying. I roused Squirrel from his game, by which point the pounding and yelling required to get his attention over his head phones had summoned the Elder Kitty from wherever she was.

I had heard no arguments, so I knew it hadn't been a fight. Livia and Tavy were both napping, but also woke up in the commotion. It couldn't have been Livia anyway, because the paw prints. Squirrel examined her for injuries. She'd ripped out a claw. It was an alarming amount of blood, but nothing else was wrong with her beyond the expected. She was walking about as well as she was earlier in the evening.

I'd been doing laundry, and she's recently developed an interest in the dryer, which was running at the time. Current theory is she crit failed a dex roll making a jump she couldn't handle with the stroke clumsy, panicked, and ripped the nail in the process.

By the time Squirrel examined her, it'd already stopped bleeding, and she's getting around okay on it.

It was scary as fuck, and the clean up was horrible.

* Wednesday 2:51PM: Good Girl Livia just rescued Elder Kitty.

I heard thumps at the patio door, like there used to be when Elder Kitty was angry at a stranger cat being on the patio, so I look up. No visible stranger cat and Livia is very excited about something, so I assumed it was a hummingbird. Only every time I look down she starts squeaking emphatically. Finally I look up in time to spot Elder kitty on the wrong side of the glass. she must have escaped while I was watering plants. she went and hid when I came to the door, but I coaxed her in with the promise of shreds. (I talk to them a specific way at meal times so they know to gather when I make sounds like that. I told them what good girls they were and now is shred time.

* Thursday: My head still feels like it's a rotten pumpkin someone keeps trying to carve. The AS is also kicking my ass so I'm stiff, clumsy, and in pain. The amount of medication I need to not be in unbearable agony makes me foggy. I still need to lie down a lot.

There has been a lot of cat excitement today. Livia was on her forth pettin for the day when she got all excited, ran to the foot of the bed. and tail waving excitedly she started actually meowing in that weird high pitched voice she has instead of just squeaking. I went to look. It was Elder Kitty! In my room! Of her own volition! I kept happening as I finished Spindrift and got it together as I was getting ready to leave the bed.

She clearly wanted up, but didn't quite dare. It's Tavy turf and he can get really nasty about it when he's in a jealous mood. The bed is also really high. She knew Livia and I were up there, as we had peered over the edge, but she didn't know where he was. I know she can get down, and there's a mounting stool, so I lifted her up when I left, which seemed to please her even if she dislikes being picked up. Livia was very excited, but gave her space. I went off to do the necessary chores and start the potato I was hoping I could keep down. Each time I passed, the girls were peaceably hanging out on opposite sides of the bed.

She must have heard me going out to water the plants, as when I returned with the watering can, she was at the door all hopeful. I moved her to the sill and quick tried to put the can outside, but she darted between my legs and was gone before I could bend to grab her. See AS kicking my ass above.

There was nothing for it to get Squirrel, who was up for some reason. He did find her eventually and bring her back in. I felt terrible until he admitted she'd done the same to him when he got home from work. normally she's scared of outside and scared of Tavy attacking her on my bed. She likely tore out that claw trying to make an impossible for her jump in my bathroom and last night she tried to steal my buttered noodles. I'm thinking maybe it's the dementia advancing or stroke after effects giving her the wanders and/or making her fearless.

After lungs, I spotted her napping on my bed on the opposite side from where Livia was napping. I snuck out to take the Lily pictures, as she escaped again on my way back in and trying to get around in the bushes with a crutch and AS this bad was a nightmare, but I got her back in the end, but not without getting a bunch of micro splinters in my foot.

* Anyway, the first triffid lily of the season: https://gwydionmisha.tumblr.com/post/623843173744164864/the-first-triffid-lily-of-the-season

* Elder Kitty sitting on top of a Fish Light. This is normally forbidden, but she’s very light, and also a week and a half post-stroke, so she gets to sit where she wants.: https://gwydionmisha.tumblr.com/post/623860235955847168/elder-kitty-sitting-on-top-of-a-fish-light-this

* Friday: I am improving, but still needing a lot of rest and medication. It helps that there is a cooler breeze off the bay so i could tolerate a slightly longer bath, though not long enough. My plan was to get lots of sleep. Ha! No! I got up to go to the bathroom and found an extra girl in my bed. I stroked her back so she'd know that she was in fact welcome. When I returned, she'd co-opted my head pillow. I don't blame her, that thing is ridiculously comfortable. She had kindly left enough room for my head, so i settled in next to her and gave her a long pet.

At which point the Emperor turned up wanting HIS Pet, as i had all the filter on, but not the fan. He climbed onto my hip and spotted That Other Cat brazenly sleeping in the Imperial Bed, Imperial territory and the most important territory in the apartment, especially when I'm on it. He perched on my hip glaring at her, but we think the stroke damaged the part of her brain that does things like fear, so she just stared back at him. He sensibly intuited that I was kicking everyone out if they started a fight on top of me, so he was grumpily accepting a pet when Livia turned up with the clear intention of claiming her pettin. Hear head swiveled between them in alarm. I offered her a scritch, but she decided the atmosphere was way too heavy for her to want to drape herself across my torso between them, so she settled down on the other side of her favorite body pillow.

Then the phone rang. Tavy lept off, because he knows that sound means I'm about to move to grab it. Elder Kitty: ha! I win! It was the police charity scammers. I had to block a scammer a few days ago, which means ublocking a number. It looks like I'm bout to get the police/fire charity scammers out of Seattle cascade for the next week or two as I block/unblock numbers. They are relentless and call up to three times a day if they aren't blocked. Sigh.

I settle back down, lure Tavy back on, and he decides, Fuck it, he wants the full curl up on my tummy for a long cuddle pet even if That Other Cat is pressed up against my head. I'd just started petting him, when the phone rang. Moherfucker! Everyone left. It was an autodialer. And i can't block the ring and run autodialers, because sometimes it's Medicare or Medicare advantage. I drink some water and roll offer, headache blooming.

I start to drift off anyway; the phone rings. Of curse it did. Medicare advantage calling to inform me I hadn't used any of my behavioral heath coverage. Which of course I can't even if I needed it because trauma. I'm really the fuck good at dealing which my own shit and have spent a lifetime quietly dismantling triggers and healing myself, and am honestly one of the most stable people I know. I'm highly adaptive and good at things like coping with lockdown etc.. I am extremely disciplined about working through trauma. I have to be: see long history of incredibly abusive child psychology.

What I actually say is: "I'm fine. Yes, I know the benefit exists, but I don't need it." Which is true. Would I rather we didn't have a monster in charge of our government who is deliberately trying to infect and kill as many people as possible? Yes, but I am dealing with my responses to that as I need to. At which point she tries to hard sell me, and I get it. There is a global mental health crisis and this plan is for disabled and/or elderly people in extreme poverty, a group that is particularly vulnerable and isolated right now. I know she meant well and bullying boomers into behavioral health could save lives. Except I'm an Xer and not isolated and I have a particular set of psychological tools that work pretty damned well in this emergency. Me: "I'm fine and I'd rather save those slots for people who need help. There's a global mental health crisis on a limited resources." She reiterated that the benefit is there if I need it.

I am now far to awake to sleep. This is just way to much disruption. I reach for my book. The phone rings. %#$&! It's the lung people wanting to arrange a shipment of ampules. Which is a long conversation in itself. This is why I can't turn off the phone when I sleep. Medicare, Medicare advantage, doctors, dentists, the lung people, and my regular pharmacy like to call when I'm sleeping and it's way better to just answer the thing and deal with whatever it is they want than play daytime phone tag with them.

So sleep was done, despite me rather needing another 2-3 hours of it. Oh well. I finished the nice queer fantasy/sf anthology I'd been reading (Tangle) and petted cats all day. Elder kitty returned to what is now her pillow. The Imperial couple periodically cadged pets. At one point Elder Kitty was wrapped around my head the way hector used to like, Tavy was crashed out on my hip, and Baby Girl was stretched on her favorite body pillow next to me while they all had a good nap. Livia's idea of a really good day involves loves from her personal human, hanging out peaceably with the clowder, and bird and/or fish TV. This may be Livia's best day ever.

At one point I heard squirrel moving around, and I had a suspicion he was worried about his cat. Given her age and state of health.... Yeah. And she usuall spends some of her day sleeping with him in his bed. He saw my light and called my name. I didn't wait for the question. "I have her in hear. She's fine." I was under the sheet and he peeked in and checked, relief in his voice. I explained she'd been there all day. We talked a bit about her and he went off relieved.

When I came out, Tavy had pissed on the sofa and the floor in front of it, the puddle soaking two other layers. I don't blame him, really. He had to take out his feelings somehow and starting a fight in bed just wasn't on.

* "Rocky Horror Hamilton:" https://soundcloud.com/jason-specland/rocky-horror-hamilton?fbclid=IwAR38G_eCYlre9eJgJuCiwJhYmt_9FkMPnovXEVzaYeiCIvHo1WY9VjU8cUg

* A thing on why malachite makes a bad dildo and the Flint water crisis: https://butlerbookbinding.tumblr.com/post/623839456966868992/ahgoodthesea-astolat

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Doug Jones - Alabama
Gary Peters - Michigan

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* "Hydroxychloroquine, a drug promoted by Trump, failed to prevent healthy people from getting covid-19 in trial:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/2020/06/03/hydroxychloroquine-clinical-trial-results/

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* "U.S. Plans to Block Flights by Chinese Airlines:" https://www.wsj.com/articles/u-s-to-blockchinese-airline-flights-to-and-from-u-s-says-dot-11591194145?mod=hp_lead_pos1

* "Senate panel approves legislation requiring campaigns to report foreign election help:" https://www.cnn.com/2020/06/03/politics/senate-intelligence-committee-reporting-foreign-election-help/index.html

* They've got an out of Control COVID-19 outbreak and resisted the idea of packing people in elbow to elbow without masks to yell, spreading droplets up to twelve feet. "Trump slams North Carolina and says he's moving GOP convention elsewhere:" https://www.politico.com/news/2020/06/02/north-carolina-governor-rejects-gops-demand-for-full-fledged-convention-296566

* "President Trump tried to register to vote in Florida using an out-of-state address:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/style/president-trump-tried-to-register-to-vote-in-florida-using-an-out-of-state-address/2020/06/03/687d0014-a4f2-11ea-b473-04905b1af82b_story.html

* "Rod Rosenstein blames FBI while defending Russia probe5:" https://www.politico.com/news/2020/06/03/rod-rosenstein-testimony-russia-probe-298253

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* "An obituary for George Floyd:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/an-obituary-for-george-floyd-84415557780

* "All four former officers involved in George Floyd's killing now face charges:" https://www.cnn.com/2020/06/03/us/george-floyd-officers-charges/index.html

* "MN AG cites 'additional evidence' in new charges in Floyd case:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/mn-ag-cites-additional-evidence-in-new-charges-in-floyd-case-84340805874

* "Attorney for family of George Floyd reacts to new charges in case:" https://www.msnbc.com/msnbc/watch/attorney-for-family-of-george-floyd-reacts-to-new-charges-in-case-84345925566

* "Mattis tears into Trump: 'We are witnessing the consequences of three years without mature leadership':" https://www.cnn.com/2020/06/03/politics/mattis-statement-trump/index.html

* "Trump and the Military: A Mutual Embrace Might Dissolve on America’s Streets:" https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/04/us/politics/trump-military-protests.html

* "McConnell blocks resolution condemning Trump's actions against peaceful protesters:" https://www.axios.com/mcconnell-trump-peaceful-protesters-4f2209d1-7cad-477c-a5fa-1a9fee4e625a.html

* You know, tear gas and rubber bullets, not tear gas and rubber bullets. "White House says police didn’t use tear gas and rubber bullets in incident that cleared protesters with chemical irritants and projectile munitions:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/media/trump-demands-journalists-correct-stories-on-the-use-of-tear-gas-according-to-the-cdc-it-was-tear-gas/2020/06/02/bf68726c-a544-11ea-bb20-ebf0921f3bbd_story.html

* "60 minutes of mayhem: How aggressive politics and policing turned a peaceful protest into a violent confrontation:" https://edition.cnn.com/2020/06/02/politics/trump-white-house-protest-police-church-photo-op/

* "‘This can’t be happening’: An oral history of 48 surreal, violent, biblical minutes in Washington:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/style/this-cant-be-happening-an-oral-history-of-48-surreal-violent-biblical-minutes-in-washington/2020/06/02/6683d36e-a4e3-11ea-b619-3f9133bbb482_story.html#click=https://t.co/Lp9Br7CzvX

* "Trump denies sheltering in White House bunker amid protests:" https://www.politico.com/news/2020/06/03/trump-denies-sheltering-in-white-house-bunker-amid-protests-298406

* "James Mattis Denounces President Trump, Describes Him as a Threat to the Constitution:" https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2020/06/james-mattis-denounces-trump-protests-militarization/612640/

* "Pentagon disarms National Guard activated in D.C., sends active-duty forces home:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/pentagon-disarms-guardsmen-in-washington-dc-in-signal-of-de-escalation/2020/06/05/324da91a-a733-11ea-8681-7d471bf20207_story.html

* "Rep. Val Demings On Ways America Can Heal and Evolve:"

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* "‘Performing fascism': Masha Gessen on Trump’s dictatorial turn:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/-performing-facism-masha-gessen-on-trump-s-dictatorial-turn-84416069972

* "Schmidt: Trump, Barr building 'thugocracy' with secret police:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/schmidt-trump-barr-building-thugocracy-with-secret-police-84456005946

* "D.C. mayor on Trump using federal forces in her city: Who's next?:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/d-c-mayor-on-trump-using-federal-forces-in-her-city-who-s-next-84452933623

* Bonus! Bill Barr’s Secret Police are likely spreading COVID. "Some of Trump's unmarked police force traced to Texas prison:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/some-of-trump-s-unmarked-police-force-traced-to-texas-prison-84546117980

* "Unidentified, armed federal troops raise accountability concerns:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/unidentified-armed-federal-troops-raise-accountability-concerns-84448325645

* You know how it sounded like they were lying about Antifa? Yep, they were. "The FBI Finds ‘No Intel Indicating Antifa Involvement’ in Sunday’s Violence:" https://www.thenation.com/article/activism/antifa-trump-fbi/

* A Quick History of "Antifa." https://twitter.com/chick_in_kiev/status/1266867554041188353

* "Puerto Ricans bring out a guillotine and trans Pride flags as hundreds join Black Lives Matter protest:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2020/06/04/puerto-ricans-bring-out-a-guillotine-and-trans-pride-flags-as-hundreds-join-black-lives-matter-protest/

* "Chris Hayes: Yes, Gov. Cuomo, NYPD are beating peaceful protesters:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/chris-hayes-yes-gov-cuomo-nypd-are-beating-peaceful-protesters-84419653909

* "Buffalo mayor addresses horrific video of police shoving protester:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/buffalo-mayor-addresses-horrific-video-of-police-shoving-protester-84525125861

* Any police force that riots the way they have been in NYC, Philly, D.C. etc. needs to be disbanded. They no longer serve any positive function in society.

* As far as I'm concerned any officer who witnessed the attempted murder on the elderly man in Buffalo and didn't immediately arrest the officers involved for attempted murder and call 911 should have been fired immediately. Their whole unit is protesting the suspension of the men who brutally assaulted an elderly man? Fire the whole fucking unit, because they are unfit for the responsibility. If they aren't okay with any discipline at all for attempted murder on an unarmed non aggressive elderly man, they need to go.

There are too many cops who may not have done the bad things, but are willing to defend or cover up or not intervene in the bad things while being clearly aware of them.

It's time to grow a spine. Whole department protests those firings? Fire them. Anyone left may still have at least some ethical sense.

I'm generally pro-Union, but you don't see mass teacher walk outs when a union member is exposed as a pedophile. Police need to be held to a higher standard, not no standard at all. Teachers are held to a higher standard because they basically have the safety of children in their hands. Police are way more dangerous than teachers, so....

* I keep thinking about the conversation I had with the Millenials Friday about systemic police violence and corruption, and the way where I'm from influences my thinking about these matters. I keep thinking about my having to explain to my Oregon friends why the police thought what they did to Rodney king was fine and why the riots.

So I'm originally from Philly, where like NYC the police have been violent and corrupt since there were police. That was the reality. The local precinct when I was a teen was run on principals of nepotism and patronage. It just was. It became quickly obvious to me, working at a popular police hang out that this was just another form of organized crime.

Oh they were charming guys, very nice to us. They were terrifying. We gave them anything they wanted free and they'd come fast if there was trouble instead of slow walking it. We had a get out of traffic tickets free deal if we were in uniform or they knew us. It's low level extortion. Only the businesses that gave them free stuff got protection.

They'd sit around telling funny to them stories about people they put in the hospital with group beatings for personal vendettas or for fun. They freaked my dad out my telling him about the time they thought this guy was sleeping with one of their wives, so they broke into his house and beat him near to death. Haha! We really got that guy! There was no law where I lived, only order imposed by a violent gang in blue that acted with utter impunity.

It was the '80's and we were in the metro area, outside the city limits though. There was one black cop and one woman cop at that precinct. They had been hired outside the patronage system to ward off discrimination suits. They were partners. They were not corrupt or violent as far as I could tell. We still gave them free food.

I've spent a lot of time thinking about the entire policing system in this country since I got that job at 15. I've heard a lot of people say "just a few bad apples" as if it were an excuse not to hold police accountable, as if it were some kind of excuse for letting officers beat and even kill whoever they like with impunity. People never seem to quote the entire saying. A few bad apples spoil the barrel. It's not an argument for allowing police to do as they like. It's an argument for prosecuting the shit out of every single violent and/or corrupt cop you find.

A few bad apples is like a little bit of gangrene; if you don't get rid of them they corrupt everything. You get even a hint of gangrene you act aggressively to get rid of it. you don't and you can lose the limb. It can get into the blood stream and kill the patient. Get some antibiotic on the case! Let maggots remove the dead tissue!

Instead, we've collectively decided to let whole cities rot. Promote the bad apples, let them train the next generation of cops, like Minneapolis did, then you get a whole culture of violence and corruption. Make it so you punish and force out cops who report the crimes, then good people stop signing p to do the job and only the sadists, the psychopaths, and the wildly corrupt remain.

When your blueberry bushes get the mummy virus, there's no saving them. Uproot them and plant something new that can cleanse the soil.

I've forgotten the name of the place in I think Georgia that got incorporated as a town a few years back. They got to build their justice system from the ground up. They are majority black. Almost all of the judges ended up being black women. Their policing model was based on the concept that they really were their to protect and serve the community. The police were living in the communities they served. They knew the people they were policing and the citizens knew them. Their court system was based on concepts like restitution and drug and mental health diversion. Sentences tended to be about trying to fix the damage the crime had done. Getting a schizophrenic treatment is kinder and long term all around better than locking them up for disturbing the peace. Getting someone drug and/or alcohol treatment is kinder and better than locking them up. Once they are doing better they are more likely to be able to do good restitution for an damage they did. The arrestees were being talked to and treated like people in the courtroom proceedings they filmed. It was a joint effort that everyone was engaged in to make their town better and safer for everyone in it, not a fundamentally oppositional process with cops as judge, jury and executioners. The people who were arrested were seen as part of that community and the goal was to help them stop fucking up in destructive or potentially destructive ways. It was a wildly different police culture and a wildly different police and judicial mindset.

We need to start over most places at this point. We need to rebuild from the ground up. We need a system that serves and protects everybody, not an occupying army that terrorizes citizens with impunity. that stuff happening in New York and Washington and a bunch of other places? That's terrorism. That's an occupying army trying to scare and dehumanize and crush.

We are long past removing a few rotten apples from the barrel. The barrel is full of rot; the gangrene is everywhere compromising the whole system; the mummy virus has infected all the blueberry bushes.

Time to start over and grow something new and so much better.

* "Police, policing, social issues and #AbolishThePolice:" https://amaebi.dreamwidth.org/1784909.html

* "The Double Standard of the American Riot:" https://www.theatlantic.com/culture/archive/2020/06/riots-are-american-way-george-floyd-protests/612466/

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* "House amendment would require warrants for web history searches:" https://www.engadget.com/patriot-act-reauthorization-house-deal-section-215-174813899.html

* "The Real Moby Dick Was So Much Worse:"

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* Thursday: I've been short sleeped for a few days due to a variety of competing commitments. Wednesday I was a mess, so I couldn't really multitask properly which meant very little work could reasonably get done. Sorry.

Livia and I were at my desk and Tavy was peering out the patio window. It was the middle of the night and the curtains were closed. I heard a soft sound like someone futzing about on the porch. Tavy panicked and ran for my bed. Livia and I looked up in response to the sound, so we both saw him zoom out of there freaked the hell out. I could actually see the processing delay as Livia tried to work out if she should panic too, but by then I was up and calmly going around to see wtf, so she decided to come with, hiding behind my legs as I lifted the door curtain. Meanwhile, Tavy saw us going to look, so he decided he should come look. People who say they aren't social beasties are liars. So I've got two of them peering around my legs as I look out into the darkness.

It wasn't an intruder, but I did not blame Tavy Baby at all for freaking out. The wind had knocked bunch of plant stands over. Me: Fuck! It's not the windy season but were are having a weird unseasonalble blast out of Alaska that's messing with the local weather and I live in a wind tunnel between two foothills near the bay so... Surprise! Our porch light is basically crap, so I couldn't properly assess the damage. i went out and set things to rights, but I was not happy. A whole bunch of budding carnation branches got chopped along with assorted thing from the neighboring planters. The container with the most mature of the tomatoes and a bunch of juvenile lettuce was amoung the casualties. I couldn't tell immediately how bad it was, so I did my best.

I got a few hours of sleep and then had a scheduled conversation call with some millennials. Afterwards I trotted out there to fix things up properly. The carnation will live, but I lots 6-8 future blooms, I'd estimate. The container with the tomato and lettuce was the one construction workers damaged a few years ago, but it was still usable and it also has a perennial thing in it which added to it's size made reporting in a newer container a serious undertaking. Oh, I purchased a replacement the time and had a really nice potting soil compost mix in it ready for the grand repotting, but it was really a two person job and there was always that perennial and... yeah.

One of the sides was smashed most of the way in. I had long thought the least damaging way to repot would be to basically take the pot itself the rest of the way apart and resettle it in the replacement. see really a wo person job. Problem is I really needed a tool for that, like wire cutters or a saw or something. I had no tools and no help. I positioned new pot by the chair and had at it the hard way with my bear hands. Luckily the damage to the structural integrity and time and plastic fatigue had moved this just into the realm of the possible barely. The construction workers had broken off the thicker plastic rim and big sections of the top 3-4 inches, leaving the thinner plastic sides. I managed to pull the section between the massive hole and the ragged top okay, but I needed wider hole and worse, a chunk of the thicker bottom plastic to go. I had to do the bottom one handed as I needed the other to balance the pot and I'm pretty sure this is how I got all the scratches on my arm.

Anyway it's done, but I think I lost one-three lettuce plants. The tomato looks okay, the perennial is badly damaged, but I have more and it doesn't matter. The tomato and lettuce do, however, so fingers crossed. They are off the stands as it's safer for that pot and the carnation on the ground anyway and the light at ground level is descent up front, especially after asshole bush got the aggressive pruning. The rank behind them aren't as they really need elevation to get enough light. I may shift some stuff around some more tomorrow though.

And then I swept the patio and watered the plants and mopped the floor because I got water everywhere, and delta with the mess on the floor Squirrel left when he took out the trash and cleaned all his pork grease off the counters and microwaves and he'd finally put the dishes away so the I prewashed a whole other load as he'd waited that long to empty it and found more pork grease wish I cleaned and hung a fly strip which is ow i got glue in my hair which I had to wash and put the shower curtain rod back up because it fell again, and, and.... Yeah.

* Friday: Livia's day started out so well. Everyone knows the best love is the one where you catch the human awake, but in the bed with all the machines off. Not only did she succeed at that. Not only that but Tavy was conked out on the sofa. She had the human all to herself! For as long as she liked with no interruption! A Red Letter Day!

Except...

The human snuck up on her later and gave her the medicine paw! I mean yes, the Emperor got one too, but still! Betrayed!

* The last couple nights I've been dealing with chronic illness stuff. Friday was particularly bad as I had the dreaded spasms, which meant until... 2AMish, I was super limited in how much time I could spend at my desk. It seriously messes with my concentration when I can actually work too. The result is the last ew nights I mostly get through prep and post a few links on tumblr, but I'm drowning in hundreds of things I couldn't look at properly. It's not that I don't care, it's that I'm federally disabled for a reason.

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* "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/

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* 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/

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Thom Tillis - North Carolina
Pat Roberts - Kansas
David Perdue and Kelly Loeffler - Georgia
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Doug Jones - Alabama
Gary Peters - Michigan

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