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* Please tell the Whitehouse anything you want them to do while there is still time: https://www.whitehouse.gov/contact/

* "Resources for helping Gaza, Sudan and Congo:" https://www.tumblr.com/swallowedabug/758070860436439040?source=share

* "Israel’s move into Golan Heights demilitarised zone:" https://www.reuters.com/graphics/SYRIA-SECURITY/MAPS/myvmbxdgwpr/#israels-move-into-golan-heights-demilitarised-zone

* "An elaborate global system exists to prevent famine. It’s failing.:" https://www.reuters.com/investigates/special-report/famine-response-overview/

* "Hundreds of arrests and mysterious beatings as Georgia cracks down on pro-EU protests:" https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/hundreds-arrests-mysterious-beatings-georgia-cracks-down-pro-eu-protests-2024-12-11/

* "Women despair over Taliban rules, but many Afghan returnees don’t see it:" https://archive.ph/QbWSV#selection-494.0-494.1

* "Ayman: Why did it take this long for Assad’s regime in Syria to collapse?:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/ayman-why-did-it-take-this-long-for-assad-s-regime-in-syria-to-collapse-226786373533

* "A look at the political storm caused by South Korean president’s martial law decree:" https://apnews.com/article/south-korea-yoon-martial-law-impeachment-turmoil-timeline-336b2e3defa5c4e36221ca08ae75cbc7

* "South Korea opposition leader urges president's party to back impeachment over martial law:" https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/south-korea-opposition-leader-lee-says-impeaching-yoon-best-way-restore-order-2024-12-13/

* "K-pop light sticks fire up Yoon's impeachment protests in South Korea:" https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/k-pop-light-sticks-fire-up-impeachment-protests-south-korea-2024-12-10/

* These are refugees. "Dominican Republic Is Deporting Haitians In Trucks With Built-in Cages In Immigration Crackdown:" https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/dominican-republic-is-deporting-haitians-in-trucks-with-built-in-cages-in-immigration-crackdown/ar-AA1vCCDL

* "Chinese espionage campaign scooped up data on thousands of US mobile phone users, sources say:" https://abcnews.go.com/US/chinese-espionage-campaign-scooped-data-thousands-us-mobile/story?id=116439853

* "The Hawaiians Who Want Their Nation Back: In 1893, a U.S.-backed coup overthrew the Islands’ sovereign government. What does America owe Hawai‘i now?:" https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2025/01/hawaii-monarchy-overthrow-independence/680759/

* "Ex-Judges Join Push for Biden to Commute Federal Death Sentences:" https://news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/ex-judges-join-push-for-biden-to-commute-federal-death-sentences

* As of this writing, it's not the death penalty cases yet, so now might be a good time to let Biden know. "Biden commutes sentences for 1,500 people. Some say he could do a lot more:" https://www.npr.org/2024/12/12/nx-s1-5226683/biden-commutations-pardons

* "Interior Sec. Deb Haaland - Honoring Native American History & Gift to Biden | The Daily Show:"

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* "FBI informant accused of lying about Bidens agrees to plead guilty:" https://www.politico.com/news/2024/12/12/smirnov-bidens-plea-agreement-00194004

* "US Supreme Court may limit environmental reviews in Utah railway fight:" https://www.reuters.com/legal/government/us-supreme-court-examines-utah-railway-environmental-review-fight-2024-12-10/

* "US v Skrmetti is a public health disaster:" https://www.advocate.com/voices/us-v-skrmetti

* "Trans Kids Are On The Chopping Block:"

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* "BREAKING: U.S. House passes defense spending bill with anti-trans provision:" https://www.advocate.com/politics/anti-trans-defense-bill-advances

* "Gay Democrat is lone LGBTQ+ vote in Congress for anti-trans national defense bill:" https://www.advocate.com/politics/chris-pappas-supports-transphobic-bill

* "40+ senators oppose anti-LGBTQ+, anti-abortion provisions in spending bills:" https://www.advocate.com/politics/senators-oppose-anti-lgbtq-ndaa

Remember how we spent all last year and the early part of this one fighting this sort of thing where they slip anti-bodily autonomy stuff into must pass funding bills?

Here we are again. Please, call your critters in the Senate, whether Republican or Democrat. Democrats actually had our backs through these fights in the last few years, but it's not guaranteed given the scapegoating in the press, so call Democratic critters too help stiffen their spines. Thank them if they are standing up for bodily autonomy; tell them your opinion if they aren't. Express support for trans healthcare as well as abortion

If you can't safely contact them 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://resist.bot/
To get your Critters' numbers to call direct: https://www.congress.gov/members/find-your-member

* Women in the Open misogyny/Women should be subordinate and have no say in anything party shocked SHOCKED that the party is misogynist and won't let them have a say in anything. "Republican women annoyed GOP Congress won't let them run committees: report:" https://www.rawstory.com/republican-women-in-congress/?fbclid=IwY2xjawHISwVleHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHdNfhvGLyRp5kBd98UrRP1ZhVjp2l_prDktsdkOxjaKP2d0ahXu54TmElw_aem_VSofeM4qZMNmHyTXyABnRQ&sfnsn=mo

* "Ocasio-Cortez launches bid for top role on Oversight, as some Dems predict she’ll win:" https://www.politico.com/live-updates/2024/12/06/congress/ocasio-cortez-prepares-oversight-bid-00193010

* "Donald Trump says he won’t debate trans bathroom use affecting ‘very small number of people’:" https://www.advocate.com/politics/trans-bathroom-ban-donald-trump

One. One person in particular. They singled out Sarah McBride to prevent her peeing safely at work.

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* Our job for the next two years is to survive, to build grassroots resistance, to do all in our power to slow the republican Christo-fascist agenda, and to prepare for 2026 in case there is still Democracy.

We are trying to build a good list of resistance resources.

Please add more below if you have them.

Trump 2.0 Indivisible Guide. https://indivisible.org/resource/guide

Have something you want to tell your Congress Critters? If you can't safely contact them 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://resist.bot/
To get your Critters' numbers to call direct: https://www.congress.gov/members/find-your-member

Run for Something: https://runforsomething.net/

How to render emergency aid in a riot: https://riotmedicine.net/static/downloads/riot-medicine_a5.pdf

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

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* "North Carolina GOP lawmakers override veto of bill to strip power from incoming Democratic officials:" https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/elections/north-carolina-republican-override-veto-democrat-governor-rcna183703

* "Elections board dismisses Republican protests in close North Carolina races:" https://abc11.com/post/elections-board-dismisses-republican-protests-close-north-carolina-races/15642973/

* "Texas City Council that targeted LGBTQ+ people gets voted out — and replaced with first gay member:" https://www.advocate.com/politics/texas-odessa-first-gay-city-council-member

* "Nancy Mace gets prominent foster care activist arrested on assault charges that eyewitnesses dispute:" https://www.advocate.com/crime/nancy-mace-disputed-assault-claims

* "Who is Scott Presler? The gay conservative even the RNC won't employ:" https://www.advocate.com/politics/who-is-scott-presler

* "Court ruling sends jolt through the core of U.S. conservatives, Fox News 'Trump staffing agency':" https://www.msnbc.com/alex-wagner-tonight/watch/court-ruling-sends-jolt-through-the-core-of-u-s-conservatives-fox-news-trump-staffing-agency-226736197803

* "Sen. Bernie Sanders on Making Government Deliver:" https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sen-bernie-sanders-on-making-government-deliver/id1583132133?i=1000679319133

* "Free Idea: No Democratic Votes For Loyalty-Tested Republicans:" https://www.offmessage.net/p/no-democratic-votes-for-loyalty-test-republicans

* "‘Enraging’: Hayes slams lawmakers, billionaires for submitting to Trump in advance:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/-enraging-hayes-slams-lawmakers-billionaires-for-submitting-to-trump-in-advance-226951749754

* "The triumph of anti-identity-politics identity politics:" https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/opinion/the-triumph-of-anti-identity-politics-identity-politics/ar-AA1vCC9Z

* "Conservatism in the Trump 2.0 Years with McKay Coppins:" https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/conservatism-in-the-trump-2-0-years-with-mckay-coppins/id1382983397?i=1000678257096

* "FBI didn’t deploy undercover agents on Jan. 6, watchdog report finds, undercutting conspiracy theories:" https://www.politico.com/news/2024/12/12/fbi-jan-6-undercover-agents-inspector-general-report-00194036

* "A leaked video of UnitedHealth CEO defending denial practices sparks more online backlash:" https://www.yahoo.com/news/leaked-video-unitedhealth-ceo-defending-183000779.html

* Well, fuck. "Bankruptcy judge rejects The Onion's bid for Infowars:" https://www.npr.org/2024/12/10/nx-s1-5224170/infowars-alex-jones-the-onion-bankruptcy-judge

* "Warren on UnitedHealthcare CEO’s killing: ‘People can only be pushed so far’: The Massachusetts lawmaker condemned the assassination of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, but added that the visceral reaction online should be a “warning” to the industry.:" https://www.politico.com/news/2024/12/11/unitedhealthcare-ceo-killing-00193776

* "You Don't Need to Be Luigi Mangione to Hate United Healthcare:"

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* I remain furious about this. "Former US Marine found not guilty in fatal New York subway choking:" https://www.reuters.com/world/us/former-us-marine-found-not-guilty-fatal-new-york-subway-choking-media-report-2024-12-09/
eacher suspended for LGBTQ+ books in her classroom sues school district:" https://www.advocate.com/news/ohio-teacher-lgbtq-books-lawsuit

* "Wisconsin man who killed girlfriend for having sex with another woman will now be tried for attacking guard:" https://www.advocate.com/crime/richard-stoka-wisconsin-new-charges

* "An Oregon teacher was chastised for supporting LGBTQ+ students. She sued and won $90,000:" https://www.advocate.com/news/oregon-steacher-whistleblower-lgbtq-lawsuit

* "Virginia Republicans vote to take control of local library after losing fight to remove LGBTQ+ books:" https://www.advocate.com/politics/samuels-library-front-royal-challenge

* Hint: TERFs are not feminists. They are anti-feminist racists. "JK Rowling Has Done it AGAIN!:"

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* CW: Sexual Misconduct. "PinkNews leaders Benjamin Cohen and his husband, Anthony James, accused of sexual misconduct: report:" https://www.advocate.com/news/pinknews-bbc-sex

* CW: Rape. "Former Texas park ranger charged with luring and sexually assaulting gay men:" https://www.advocate.com/crime/park-ranger-charged-assault

* Children will die because the UK government decided a biased TERF report biased on bad science over actual science. "U.K. bans puberty blockers for trans youth indefinitely:" https://www.advocate.com/news/uk-bans-puberty-blockers-indefinitel

* "Trans Kids Deserve Better:" https://transkidsdeservebetter.org/support

* "Supporting the Crick Kids:" https://chuffed.org/project/115124-supporting-the-crick-kids

* "Montana Supreme Court upholds block on gender-affirming care ban:" https://www.advocate.com/news/montana-trans-care-ban-blocked

* "Judge approves settlement in landmark LGBTQ+ fertility case:" https://www.advocate.com/news/lgbtq-fertility-case-settlement

* "Hospitals Gave Women Medications During Childbirth—Then Reported Them for Using Illicit Drugs:" https://www.motherjones.com/criminal-justice/2024/12/hospitals-gave-women-medications-during-childbirth-then-reported-them-for-using-illicit-drugs/

* "Teenagers are behind a rash of antigay crimes that have been tied to dating apps:" https://www.advocate.com/crime/antigay-crimes-sydney-australia

* "LGBTQ+ parents are rushing to adopt their children before Trump is sworn in:" https://www.advocate.com/news/lgbtq-parents-adopt-children-trump

* "Hate crimes skyrocket in Los Angeles, especially targeting LGBTQ+ people:" https://www.advocate.com/crime/anti-lgbtq-hate-crimes-skyrocket-la

* "Mistrial declared in case of missing Black gay Ole Miss student Jimmie ‘Jay’ Lee:" https://www.advocate.com/crime/jimmie-lee-murder-mistrial

* "A Washington city council cuts a pizza program for LGBTQ+ youth after concerns about turning kids transgender:" https://www.advocate.com/news/washington-community-lgbtq-youth-support

* "An Alabama city banned an LGBTQ+ Pride float from its Christmas parade. It marched anyways:" https://www.advocate.com/news/lgbtq-pride-float-christmas-parade

* "Poland's first-ever LGBTQ+ museum opens: 'For you and about you':" https://www.advocate.com/world/poland-lgbtq-museum

* "Why LGBTQ+ youth have high rate of mental health struggles and how to address them:" https://www.advocate.com/news/lgbtq-youth-mental-health-tracker

* "Big Pharma Is the Only Reason Anyone Still Dies From HIV:" https://newrepublic.com/article/188772/big-pharma-greed-hiv-drugs

* "Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza Detected in Sioux County, Iowa:" https://www.agriculture.com/highly-pathogenic-avian-influenza-detected-in-sioux-county-8758078

* "Medicare Paid Insurers Billions for Questionable Home Diagnoses, Watchdog Finds:" https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/insurance/medicare-paid-insurers-billions-for-questionable-home-diagnoses-watchdog-finds/ar-AA1sP5jl

* "Eat What you Kill: Hailed as a savior upon his arrival in Helena, Dr. Thomas C. Weiner became a favorite of patients and his hospital’s highest earner. As the myth surrounding the high-profile oncologist grew, so did the trail of patient harm and suspicious deaths.:" https://www.propublica.org/article/thomas-weiner-montana-st-peters-hospital-oncology

* "Is climate change lighting a fuse under Iceland's volcanoes?:" https://www.reuters.com/investigates/special-report/climate-change-glacier-volcanoes/

* "Death by water, burial by mud. Images of Spain’s floods of the century:" https://apnews.com/article/floods-spain-valencia-photo-gallery-af444afb79ad40dd4a01e9dcfa95d2ba

* "How a Team of Gophers Restored Mount St. Helens After Its Catastrophic Eruption With Less Than a Day of Digging:" https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/how-a-team-of-gophers-restored-mount-st-helens-after-its-catastrophic-eruption-with-less-than-a-day-of-digging-180985459/

* "Appeals court upholds TikTok ban, declining to block law that would force sale:" https://www.cbsnews.com/news/tiktok-ban-appeals-court-congress/

* "Keeping Your Personal Data Safe in the Age of Trump:" https://www.wired.com/story/politics-lab-keeping-your-personal-data-safe/

* "Monarch butterfly proposed for listing under the US Endangered Species Act:" https://xerces.org/press/monarch-butterfly-proposed-for-listing-under-us-endangered-species-act

* "When Songbird Couples Split: A warming climate may cause more bird couples to break up.:" https://nautil.us/when-songbird-couples-split-1168056/?

* "Medieval Daily Life on Birchbark:" https://www.medievalists.net/2024/11/medieval-daily-life-on-birchbark/

* "Self-Publishing and the Black American Narrative:" https://daily.jstor.org/self-publishing-black-american-narrative/?preview_id=320102

* "All about the nation's first gay rights group, the Society for Human Rights, founded 100 years ago:" https://www.advocate.com/news/first-gay-rights-group

* "Millions are reading a teen’s account of life and war. It’s from 1945.:" https://archive.ph/By0Rr#selection-476.0-476.1

* "The Soul of 1970s Harlem as Seen Through Jack Garofalo’s Camera:" https://rarehistoricalphotos.com/harlem-photographed-by-jack-garofalo/

* CW: Pedophilia. "Waco Primer:" https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/waco-primer/id1762494071?i=1000676606879

* "How To Lose A Rap Battle:"

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* The fundraiser is over. I want to tank everyone has helped since September. This has been a terrible year for all of us and it means so much to me that you are here.

* Amoung the Too Many Things that maid up my Wednesday, I went to get vaccinated. Yes, I know my Doctor suggested I should wait for February after my September COVID, according to current guidelines, but I am worried that that all vaccines may be banned by that point, if the Republicans fulfill their threats. I don't want to get caught in what I suspect will be a rush for boosters in January by people who are aware of the planned vaccine ban.

Sure, it might not happen, but this is one of the areas where they can move without Congress and there isn't much stopping them, so I decided on caution. I take vaccination seriously and there is a reason I was classed group 1B during initial vaccine roll out. I'm a medically fragile person who had to mask against things like influenza before 2020. I made it four and a half years before catching it, I'd rather not catch it again, as I am still tired from my first bout in September and I'd rather not lose any more function. I'd get an RSV vaccine if they'd let me. I have all my other shots.

So I was down at the poverty clinic pharmacy chatting with the guy giving me my shot, who has been there, I think, a couple decades, so I'm a familiar face. So I mentioned my worries about the public health policy situation to see how they were taking it at Poverty clinic.

He had a lot to say, not surprisingly. They are frightened and furious. They rely on grants and are absolutely essential to the healthcare infrastructure of the city. In my opinion, they are absolutely irreplaceable. They serve the poor and other marginalized communities. They've been essential to providing healthcare to the HIV+ population since the '80's, they are a hub for trans healthcare for several counties, they are queer friendly generally and safe, they have lots of immigrant services and translators, they do a lion's share of health care and dentistry for the homeless population. Him: We save lives here. I don't know what will happen if we lose our grants and close.

Me either, Sir. Me either.

* The asshole agency started sending cleaners again the back half of November. As they only sent one person for a two hour shift, not counting the lady who lied she was going to get gloves and drove away, between early June and then (The time we needed them most), I had a fuckton of hours that go away at the end of the year. I've been scheduling them twice a week and to my absolute shock they've been sending them. O.o I had five extra hours even so, so I scheduled a couple extra Mondays because of the holidays.

One of them is amazing, so I set it up so she gets first shot at my hours. Seriously, she's a delight. She's lonely and has hinted at maybe wanting to be friends outside of work. I'd invite her to join the friend group if she could bubble, but she has kids, so it wouldn't be safe, unfortunately. (Don't worry, we both mask for her visits). I sent her home with three full boxes of food forage sent us that neither we nor the Millennials could use, two boxes of which have been in my car since inspection because we needed to take them to donate. Better they go to a single Mom I know and like, I figure.

Part of why my original standard cleaner day for Friday morning is that the forage boxes usually arrive while cleaners are there and they can haul them inside and I can offer them things like the extra eggs (Squirrel isn't allowed to have them and I can only use whites in a baking context because my body can't handle an egg white omelette even so I never need more than one carton. I am always asking visiting Millennials if they want eggs.), or vegetables we are allergic to, or canned goods we have a surplus of or can't use for medical reasons, etc.. Some take them, some don't. My feeling is people who aren't poor don't take jobs like this. Poor people have to look out for each other.

The thing is, I needed to take a Millennial to a thing to sort out an ongoing thing left over from late last summer. The place closes at five which meant between 3/12- 4 Hours sleep for me. I am exhausted, but it was worth it. I do need to take them back a couple more times, but it is actually sorted out in a satisfactory way. We stopped at the good grocery on the way back and I got good tomatoes for sandwiches, which I had been wanting to do, but was too tired last couple of days what with the HOA drama and the booster shot. As Covid vaccine goes, this wasn't too bad and is noticeably less severe than this years flu shot was. I can live with extra tired, and slightly congested. I frequently do that without any vaccines. It's certainly better than a second bout of Covid would be.

I am not looking forward to figuring out how to get my flu and Covid boosters in Canada next year if they are banned. Sigh. That is next September me's problem, though.

I also had a Firefox crash and they no longer let you have access to a "restore session" button. I spent a couple hours reconstructing, but I suspect some news was lost and it is possible I may repost news items because I can't remember if they went out already. Apologies.

* "Meanwhile... Oregon's Controversial Googly Eyes | Drain Pipe Cat | Krispy Kreme Hacked:"

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* ""TV Ate my Family": Lance Loud & America's First Reality Show:"

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* "Fashion Doesn't Matter (like it used to):"

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* "Jane Austen - Sarcasm and Subversion - Extra History:"

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* "Horror Queers: Critters (1986):" https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/critters-1986/id1449041559?i=1000666871969

* "Hallmark Channel Targets Sad Singles:"

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* "The Anti-Holiday Rom-Com We Deserve After Surviving 2024 | The Daily Show:"

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* "A History of the Infant Christ Being Given Piggy-Back Rides in Western Art:" https://www.thechatner.com/p/a-history-of-the-infant-christ-being?utm_source=post-email-title&publication_id=5&post_id=152664256&utm_campaign=email-post-title&isFreemail=true&r=ykw2&triedRedirect=true&utm_medium=email

* "Reelin’ In The Years – DORK TOWER 27.11.24:" http://www.dorktower.com/2024/11/27/19227/

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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.

* "Trans Kids Deserve Better:" https://transkidsdeservebetter.org/support

* "Here are 26 organizations fighting Donald Trump that you can donate to:" https://www.advocate.com/politics/anti-donald-trump-charities

* Run for Something: https://runforsomething.net/

* "Buy Native List:" https://www.beyondbuckskin.com/p/buy-native.html?m=1

* Natural fiber fabric sources to buy from for sewing: https://www.tumblr.com/gwydionmisha/768880596478984192?source=share

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

* Disaster Preparedness stuff from the US Government: https://www.ready.gov/publications

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* I have halted working on this aggregate edition because of yet another HOA based emergancy and a time dependant action item for the military budget bill. No news from Wednesday is in here and very little Tuesday. Sorry. World news is super short because I didn't get to it. Apologies.

* Please tell the Whitehouse anything you want them to do while there is still time: https://www.whitehouse.gov/contact/

* "Resources for helping Gaza, Sudan and Congo:" https://www.tumblr.com/swallowedabug/758070860436439040?source=share

* "Biden administration announces nearly $1 billion aid package for Ukraine as Trump meets with Zelenskyy:" https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/biden-administration-announces-1-billion-aid-package-ukraine/story?id=116562732

* "Haiti gang massacres around 180 people, targeting elderly:" https://www.reuters.com/world/haiti-gang-massacres-least-110-people-cite-soleil-rights-group-says-2024-12-09/

* "Despite confusion, chaos in Syria, Assad's ouster hailed as an indisputably good thing:" https://www.msnbc.com/alex-wagner-tonight/watch/despite-confusion-chaos-in-syria-assad-s-ouster-hailed-as-an-indisputably-good-thing-226729541547

* A thing explaining the Canada Post Strike with good links to sources. I support the strike.: https://www.tumblr.com/thewynne/769397374327160832?source=share

* "Cancer-causing chemicals used in homes and workplaces banned by EPA:" https://abc7ny.com/post/epa-bans-2-cleaning-product-chemicals-both-known-potentially-cause-types-cancer/15635168/

* "USDA orders testing of milk for bird flu:" https://www.nbcnews.com/health/health-news/usda-orders-testing-milk-bird-flu-rcna183212

I bet Trump rolls it right back like he did all those food safety regulations last time, given RFK and Mark MacAfee being invested in killing as many people as possible with preventable illness and MacAfee's financial stake in the quarantine on his infected cows being lifted so he can go back to selling infected milk.

Trump is broadly opposed to food safety and public health in general hence the RFK Jr. choice and the plans to dismantle our entire public health infrastructure.

* "These parents of transgender kids have a lot to say about the Supreme Court case on gender-affirming care:" https://www.advocate.com/news/parents-react-gender-care-case

* This is a win. "Supreme Court rejects chance to review challenge to transgender-inclusive school policies:" https://www.advocate.com/news/supreme-court-rejects-transgender-case

* "BREAKING: U.S. House passes defense spending bill with anti-trans provision:" https://www.advocate.com/politics/anti-trans-defense-bill-advances

Remember how we spent all last year and the early part of this one fighting this sort of thing where they slip anti-trans stuff into must pass funding bills?

Here we are again. Please, call your critters in the senate. Democrats actually had our backs through these fights in the last few years, but it's not guaranteed given the scapegoating in the press, so call Democratic critters too help stiffen their spines.

* I suspect the Doctor is not wrong about weaponization. "Republican senators push for 'transparency' on trans youth care studies:" https://www.advocate.com/politics/republicans-demand-puberty-blocker-findings

* Our job for the next two years is to survive, to build grassroots resistance, to do all in our power to slow the republican Christo-fascist agenda, and to prepare for 2026 in case there is still Democracy.

We are trying to build a good list of resistance resources.

Please add more below if you have them.

Trump 2.0 Indivisible Guide. https://indivisible.org/resource/guide

Have something you want to tell your Congress Critters? If you can't safely contact them 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://resist.bot/
To get your Critters' numbers to call direct: https://www.congress.gov/members/find-your-member

Run for Something: https://runforsomething.net/

How to render emergency aid in a riot: https://riotmedicine.net/static/downloads/riot-medicine_a5.pdf

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

* If you live in North Carolina, now is a really good time to protest. "Rev. William Barber calls bill removing power from Democrats a ‘legislative coup’:" https://www.newsobserver.com/news/politics-government/article296843764.html

* "NC Democratic Party sues over GOP efforts to toss 60,000 votes. Race for Supreme Court seat hangs in balance:" https://www.wral.com/story/nc-democratic-party-sues-over-gop-efforts-to-toss-60-000-votes-race-for-supreme-court-seat-hangs-in-balance/21756693/

* "Meet the gay 19-year-old who made history as Utah's youngest elected official:" https://www.advocate.com/politics/jackson-lewis-youngest-elected-official-utah

* "RNC Co-Chair Lara Trump to step down amid speculation about Florida senate seat:" https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/rnc-chair-lara-trump-step-amid-speculation-florida/story?id=116590610

* "New Jersey just banned book bans with Freedom to Read Act:" https://www.advocate.com/education/new-jersey-book-bans

* "Ben Wikler - A Vision For the Future of the Democratic Party | The Daily Show:"

( Embed: )

* "Air Force defers NGAD decision to Trump administration:" https://www.msn.com/en-us/technology/aviation/air-force-defers-ngad-decision-to-trump-administration/ar-AA1vlB7V

* "Trump-era Justice Department subpoenaed congressional staffers, watchdog finds:" https://www.npr.org/2024/12/10/g-s1-37644/justice-department-subpoenae-trump

* This is some serious autocrat shit. "‘This is a signal flare’: Swalwell reacts to Trump DOJ secretly seizing his phone records:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/-this-is-a-signal-flare-swalwell-reacts-to-trump-doj-secretly-seizing-his-phone-records-226713669707

* "'Positively Orwellian': Bombshell report reveals Trump DOJ spied on members of Congress:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/-positively-orwellian-bombshell-report-reveals-trump-doj-spied-on-members-of-congress-226716229621

* "Autocratic Legalism:" https://lawreview.uchicago.edu/print-archive/autocratic-legalism

* "Big Lies and Small Lies: How the Right Controls the Narrative:"

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* "Maddow: Shambolic transition inspires little confidence in Trump's coming term:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/maddow-shambolic-transition-inspires-little-confidence-in-trump-s-coming-term-226626629694

* "'Watch what they do': Maddow points out loopholes in new Trump FBI vetting agreement:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/-watch-what-they-do-maddow-points-out-loopholes-in-new-trump-fbi-vetting-agreement-226626629775

* "Read the full transcript: President-elect Donald Trump interviewed by "Meet the Press" moderator Kristen Welker:" https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/donald-trump/trump-interview-meet-press-kristen-welker-election-president-rcna182857

* "Trump details sweeping changes he’ll carry out on day one and beyond in an exclusive interview:" https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/donald-trump/trump-details-sweeping-changes-ll-carry-day-one-exclusive-interview-rcna182858

* "Trump says he will end birthright citizenship:" https://www.politico.com/news/2024/12/08/trump-end-birthright-citizenship-00193184

* "Trump's Terrible Reason for Banning Birthright Citizenship:"

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* "Trump focuses on tariffs, immigration in first network TV interview:" https://www.npr.org/2024/12/08/g-s1-37377/trump-meet-the-press-tariffs

* "Trump Plans To Pardon Jan. 6 Rioters As Soon As He Returns To Office:" https://www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-pardon-january-6-rioters_n_6755e17de4b06b50ac930ba9

* "'Vengeance tour': Panel reacts to Trump's interview with NBC's Kristen Welker:" https://www.msnbc.com/jonathan-capehart/watch/trump-vows-vengeance-against-former-rep-liz-cheney-226510917621

* "Reality stubbornly resists Trump's January 6 narrative:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/reality-stubbornly-resists-trump-s-january-6-narrative-226626629530

* "Trump names ICE chief and makes another round of immigration announcements:" https://www.politico.com/live-updates/2024/12/05/congress/trump-ice-chief-rodney-scott-00192974

* "Blake Masters under consideration to become Trump’s top gun regulator:" https://www.semafor.com/article/12/06/2024/blake-masters-under-consideration-to-become-trumps-top-gun-regulator

* "Trump announces new role for his administration, names PayPal co-founder 'White House AI and crypto czar':" https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/trump-announces-new-role-administration-names-paypal-founder/story?id=116509911

* "Elon Musk funded a super PAC comparing Trump’s position on abortion to Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s:" https://apnews.com/article/elon-musk-rbg-pac-abortion-349e66f50b2cd08f6bcebed56f941a3e

* "Elon Musk's Mom Makes Multiple Controversial Statements About Her Son:" https://www.newsweek.com/entertainment/celebrity-news/elon-musk-mom-multiple-controversial-statements-about-son-1992579

* "Trump suggests he shares some of RFK Jr.’s concerns about childhood vaccines:" https://www.statnews.com/2024/12/08/trump-suggests-he-shares-some-rfk-jr-concerns-childhood-vaccines-autism/

* O.o. "I Took the Test RFK Jr. Is Using to Determine Who Should Work at His Health Department:" https://slate.com/life/2024/12/rfk-robert-kennedy-trump-health-human-services-job.html

* "Trump Picks Another One of His Personal Attorneys to Join Administration:" https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/alina-habba-trump-white-house-adviser-1235197669/

* "Trans inmates in Florida claim prison officials conducted breast checks, forced haircuts in lawsuit: report:" https://www.advocate.com/news/florida-trans-inmates-lawsuit

* "Why conditions like chronic fatigue syndrome and long COVID are still so mysterious:" https://www.salon.com/2024/12/08/why-conditions-like-chronic-fatigue-syndrome-and-long-are-still-so-mysterious/?lh_aid=126167&lh_cid=dxlolurdg7&lh_em=markalanix%40gmail.com&di=3a6fba894977f509e6a218562781652f

* "Nikki Giovanni, poet and literary celebrity, has died at 81:" https://apnews.com/article/nikki-giovanni-obit-e2232d5a003442afb76f084fe7c1b4a3

* So we are still waiting for Medicare to decide if I get more physio. In the meantime, the agency that pays for Goth Millennial and till the end of this year Asshole Agency cleaners as part of Medicare Advantage offered me "holistic" physio. She comes to your house. it's Mondays, looks like.

I was skeptical, but her suggestions look sound, target what needs targeting, and her credentials are excellent, so I'm going to try working this program.

I am trying not to freak out about the money for the third payment of the "Special Assessment" taking forever to transfer from Paypal. I am running out of time. I won't be able to raise a replacement if it fails to land and then I'm fucked as they will overdraw my account to take it.

* Paypal claims they sent the money for the special assessment on dec. 4th to my bank. It never made it there. HOA will try to draw the money beginning of next week regardless. If it's not there I am screwed. fees on both ends mounting exponentially into a debt I can never pay, until it threatens my housing.

Tuesday was four business days. I don't know what I'll do if it doesn't appear shortly. If I fuck everything for the month including insurance auto-withdraws. I still only have Squirrel's bit and my bill money and what the Millennials can scrape together short notice. Not enough, not enough.

We raised the money. This is terrifying that I'm still looking at being completely ruined over an illegally levied special assessment because either paypal or my bank made it disappear.

* So good news and bad news on the illegal "Special Assessment" all wrapped up together. For those following on Tumblr, I'd been waiting for the money for the third payment to arrive at my bank account after I transferred it on the 4th, so I could pay the third installment. I couldn't transfer it until the monthly housing auto-withdraw went past or risk my benefits because that would exceed the $2000 limit. My bank said paypal hadn't sent it when I called them. I got a live person at paypal who said it would be sorted today.

There was still only bill money in the account. This time my bank was able to go back further for me. (They were limited database when I'd called before).

HOA stole the whole third installment instead of taking the regular housing payment without informing me or sending a receipt. as of last Friday, their obnoxious customized "Portal" did not have any category for Illegal special assessments, nor did it show the payments for it in the regular legal housing payment category. (I discovered this evening it now does both.) My Social security in toto is significantly smaller than the third installment of the illegal special Assessment. This massively overdrew my account, wracking up fees, none of it anything anyone let me know about.

The operative word here is "Instead of." The Math doesn't add up. They did not take monthly housing. The email they sent threatening to auto-withdraw all accounts owing said it would pull on the 17th, whether we wanted it to or not. By my Math I now owe them the housing payment they did not take last week.

I would need $300ish more to cover the rest of housing I don't have, plus the auto-insurance autowithdraw.

This leaves nothing for bills at all, with is likely to be another 300-400, as I just had to over extend credit for gas for errands and medical stuff this month. I think I can float this part a little while, but January is also a month with extra bills in it and February is the other big semi-annual housing bill, so it's just going to keep getting uglier.

This is so cruel and exhausting and none of it didn't need to happen if the Boomers hadn't been set on (allegedly) wasting the emergency fund on a non-functional security theater fence they put up without asking anyone instead of doing necessary repairs to the buildings with the emergency funds, or if the HOA would just have taken what they were supposed to take and waited until I transferred the third payment as we agreed they would do.

So here I am stuck again, because I'm pretty sure they will overdraw me next Tuesday, causing cascading overdraft fees at the bank.

I hate to do this, but it's been one disaster after another this year, in large and small ways, and this absolutely blind-sided me. Twice.

If you can help: https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/Gwydion

* In other news, I had a really interesting poll this evening. They took standard demographics, then asked me to summarize 2024 in one word.

*Long pause*

Me: Sorry, I was trying to think of an answer that isn't profanity. I'll go with "Horrifying."

Then they asked a few of economy questions about now versus my expectations for 2025. Terrible now, worse next year.

Most of the rest of the poll was about abortion, birth control, IVF. It wasn't just policy in general questions and candidate questions, but in the middle of the section they asked some clarifying things like when did I think life began, should the law be based on science or religious belief. FASCINATING. No one asks questions like this in issue polls usually. If you have this kind of information you would have a better idea of what the polling around abortion timing and birth control types would actually mean. It would give you a better idea of what the person answering meant instead of what the poller thought they meant. I was for real impressed.

I wished they'd been asking about bodily autonomy broadly as well because I have Opinions.

Another notable thing to me, a connoisseur of political polls who gets polled A LOT because I have a landline and am willing to answer them, is how carefully everything was worded. Very neutral, very even handed, not a hint of push.

This poll was art if any poll can be said to be. Someone or someones really wanted this poll to elicit useful information instead of confirming a bias. It wasn't lazy or broad. It was finely detailed. *chef's kiss*

*****
* 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.

* "Here are 26 organizations fighting Donald Trump that you can donate to:" https://www.advocate.com/politics/anti-donald-trump-charities

* Run for Something: https://runforsomething.net/

* "Buy Native List:" https://www.beyondbuckskin.com/p/buy-native.html?m=1

* Natural fiber fabric sources to buy from for sewing: https://www.tumblr.com/gwydionmisha/768880596478984192?source=share

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

* Disaster Preparedness stuff from the US Government: https://www.ready.gov/publications

( More Links Underneath: )

* I'm doing better, but I still tire easily and the physio is already getting ugly. This means I'm going to run out of things like energy and pain resistance without much warning.

* "Russia to withdraw troops from Armenia’s border:" https://www.politico.eu/article/russia-to-withdraw-troops-from-armenias-border/

* "Meet the Candidate Challenging Venezuela’s Authoritarian President:" https://www.nytimes.com/2024/05/06/world/americas/edmundo-gonzalez-venezuela-elections.html

* "Is Venezuela Serious About Invading Guyana?:" https://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2024/05/venezuela-guyana-essequibo-border-dispute-referendum/678173/

* "Posie Parker’s Party of Women fails to gain any seats in local elections :" https://www.thepinknews.com/2024/05/03/posie-parker-party-of-women-local-elections-2024/

* "Controversial MSP Kate Forbes says she won’t run in the SNP leadership race, but John Swinney will:" https://www.thepinknews.com/2024/05/02/scotland-kate-forbes-snp-first-minister-leadership/

* "Bob Carr intends to sue NZ Foreign Minister Winston Peters for defamation over on-air insult:" https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-05-02/bob-carr-to-sue-nz-winston-peters-over-aukus-radio-interview/103794588

* This cost cutting at the expense of children's nutrition reminds me of Reagan declaring ketchup a vegetable so he could deprive children of actual vegetables in the Us when I was a kid.
"Parents, principals react to the Government's low-cost school lunch programme:" https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/politics/2024/05/parents-principals-react-to-the-government-s-low-cost-school-lunch-programme.html

* "Chechnya is banning music that's too fast or slow. These songs wouldn't make the cut:" https://www.npr.org/2024/04/09/1243632570/chechnya-music-ban-bpm

* "THE NEW PROPAGANDA WAR:" https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2024/06/china-russia-republican-party-relations/678271/

* "Biden administration toughens school nutrition standards:" https://www.reuters.com/world/us/biden-administration-toughens-school-nutrition-standards-2024-04-24/

* "Biden awards the Medal of Freedom to Nancy Pelosi, Medgar Evers, Michelle Yeoh, Al Gore and others:" https://www.latimes.com/world-nation/story/2024-05-03/biden-awards-the-presidential-medal-of-freedom-to-19-politicians-activists-athletes-yeoh-pelosi

* "Presidential Medal of Freedom recognizes the heroism of Judy Shepard:" https://www.advocate.com/news/judy-shepard-medal-freedom

* "Who is Jane Rigby, the lesbian scientist who just received a Medal of Freedom?:" https://www.advocate.com/news/jane-rigby-medal-of-freedom

* Republicans are suing for the right to incriminate against trans children in schools. "Nine GOP-led states sue Biden administration over new transgender protections under Title IX:" https://www.advocate.com/politics/gop-states-sue-title-ix

* "South Carolina education leader: schools should ignore LGBTQ-inclusive Title IX rule:" https://www.advocate.com/education/south-carolina-ignore-title-ix

* "Joe Biden lauds new Microsoft center on the same site where Trump’s Foxconn project failed:" https://apnews.com/article/biden-microsoft-tech-election-2024-ec3501d041d7b8b563563b22fcc23db5

* "Biden trolls Trump over Foxconn 'con job:' He 'didn't build a damn thing':" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/biden-trolls-trump-over-foxconn-con-job-he-didn-t-build-a-damn-thing-210540101852

* "The FDA grants trans-inclusive at-home cervical screening device a priority review:" https://www.thepinknews.com/2024/05/09/cervical-screening-at-home-test/

* "How immigrants are helping boost the U.S. job market without affecting inflation:" https://www.nbcnews.com/business/economy/immigrants-are-helping-us-job-market-grow-without-affecting-inflation-rcna146570

* "Many in Gen Z ditch colleges for trade schools. Meet the 'toolbelt generation':" https://www.npr.org/2024/04/22/1245858737/gen-z-trade-vocational-schools-jobs-college

* "Your Medicare Costs May Go Down Dramatically in 2024, Thanks to U.S. Law Kicking in:" https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/medicare-costs-have-gone-down-dramatically-thanks-to-inflation-reduction-act/

* "‘Failing act of political theater’: Greene ostracized after Johnson ouster push:" https://www.politico.com/live-updates/2024/05/09/congress/everybody-hates-mtg-00157030

* "800+ Jewish Professors Urge Biden, Senate to Oppose 'Dangerous' Antisemitism Bill: "Criticism of the state of Israel, the Israeli government, policies of the Israeli government, or Zionist ideology is not—in and of itself—antisemitic," reads a new letter.:" https://www.commondreams.org/news/antisemitism-bill

The Republican war on freedom of speech and the right to protest continues.

* Stop the government censoring queer and other minority voices off the Internet in the US : https://www.stopkosa.com/

* Have something you want to tell your Congress Critters? If you can't safely contact them 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://resist.bot/
To get your Critters' numbers to call direct: https://www.congress.gov/members/find-your-member

* The Indivisible Guide: "A Practical Guide to defeating MAGA:" https://indivisible.org/sites/default/files/2023-01/20220104_Indivisible_%20A%20Practical%20Guide%20to%20Defeating%20MAGA.pdf

* "Barron Trump to be a Florida delegate at the Republican National Convention this summer:" https://www.advocate.com/politics/barron-trump-republican-national-convention

* "Nevada GOP nominates indicted ‘fake electors’ for national convention:" https://lasvegassun.com/news/2024/may/10/state-gop-nominates-indicted-fake-electors-for-nat/

* "US Republicans target noncitizen voting, as Trump keeps up false voter fraud claims:" https://www.reuters.com/world/us/us-republicans-target-noncitizen-voting-trump-keeps-up-false-voter-fraud-claims-2024-05-08/

* "'They're tricking themselves!': Republicans contort election strategy around Trump's Big Lie:" https://www.msnbc.com/alex-wagner-tonight/watch/-they-re-tricking-themselves-republicans-contort-election-strategy-around-trump-s-big-lie-210721349622

* "Texas voters make history electing first LGBTQ+ state senator:" https://www.advocate.com/politics/texas-molly-cook-lgbtq-senator

* "West Virginia governor’s race is a battle of who can be the most anti-trans:" https://www.advocate.com/politics/west-virgina-governors-race-transphobes

* Primaries are Ongoing:
Important! Remember to vote in all primaries, not just presidential!!!

NOTE: There is a call for people to vote "uncommitted" in the Democratic primary as a protest against Biden's Israel policy. The time to pressure Biden with your vote is now, not in November. The pressure from all the different types of protests do seem to be working, if far slower than we'd like.

NOTE 2: There is a similar protest against Trump where people vote for a candidate who isn't running. Check your state to see who people are promoting.

NOTE 3: Important non-Presidential Primaries are also ongoing! Vote the whole ballot!

Maryland, Nebraska, West Virginia: 5/14/24 (Senate and House Primaries as well! Important!!!)

Georgia, Kentucky, Oregon, Idaho: 5/21/24 (House Primaries as well! Important!!!)

Idaho (Democrat): 5/23/24

Texas (Run Off Election): 5/28/24

Iowa (House Primary), District of Columbia (Democrats), Montana (General Primary, Important), New Jersey (General Primary, Important), New Mexico (General Primary, Important), South Dakota: 6/4/24

Know your state's schedule and where to vote. Make sure you and your friends are registered. If you are voting in person, plan how to get there.

If you live in an open primary state consider voting strategically. Otherwise, vote your heart in the primary. Remember how all those votes for Sanders and Warren pushed Biden and the party platform further left?

Remember to vote in all the races, not just the top of the ticket even if it's in a separate primary (as it is in my state). Who runs congress, your state, and your local government really matters. In some states this is a separate primary. Check the rules for your state.

Never, ever sleep on a chance to vote.

It is always better to vote for someone who will listen to us than to let someone who is actively trying to kill us.

* "RFK Jr. makes California ballot by collaborating with political party with a bigoted, anti-LGBTQ+ past:" https://www.advocate.com/news/rfk-junior-california-aip

* "RFK Jr. claims a doctor told him a worm ate part of his brain, reports New York Times:" https://www.politico.com/news/2024/05/08/rfk-jr-brain-worm-00156794

* "Ohio lawmakers are at odds over effort to ensure Biden appears on November ballot:" https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2024-election/ohio-lawmakers-are-odds-effort-ensure-biden-appears-november-ballot-rcna151369

* "Kamala Harris responds to Donald Trump’s views on state punishments for abortion: ‘It’s outrageous’:" https://www.thepinknews.com/2024/05/04/kamala-harris-donald-trump-response/

* "Is 2024 Doomed to Repeat 1968 or 2020—or Both?:" https://www.newyorker.com/news/letter-from-bidens-washington/is-2024-doomed-to-repeat-1968-or-2020-or-both

* "“As he sees fit”: Trump lays out the stakes — and the media is starting to hear his message:" https://www.salon.com/2024/05/03/as-he-sees-fit-lays-out-the-stakes--and-the-media-is-starting-to-hear-his-message/

* "Trump pressed oil executives to give $1 billion for his campaign, people in industry say:" https://www.politico.com/news/2024/05/09/trump-asks-oil-executives-campaign-finance-00157131

* "'Quid pro quo:' Trump vowed to gut climate laws in exchange for $1B from oil bosses:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/-quid-pro-quo-trump-vowed-to-gut-climate-laws-in-exchange-for-1b-from-oil-bosses-210711621735

* "Donald Trump says he'll revoke Joe Biden's protections for trans people 'on day one':" https://www.advocate.com/politics/trump-revoke-trans-protections

* "Donald Trump shows his true colors in a Time Magazine profile:" https://www.msnbc.com/jonathan-capehart/watch/donald-trump-shows-his-true-colors-in-a-time-magazine-profile-210275397524

* "Rep. Maxine Waters: 'Donald Trump is a pure racist':" https://www.msnbc.com/jonathan-capehart/watch/rep-maxine-waters-donald-trump-is-a-pure-racist-210304581899

* "'Energizing': Maddow puts U.S. fight to defend democracy in global context:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/-energizing-maddow-puts-u-s-fight-to-defend-democracy-in-global-context-210396229831

* "Maddow: Trump, Republican attacks on legal system are actively damaging U.S. rule of law:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/maddow-trump-republican-attacks-on-legal-system-is-actively-damaging-u-s-rule-of-law-210398789561

* "What to know about Louisiana's new tough-on-crime laws:" https://abcnews.go.com/US/louisianas-new-tough-crime-laws/story?id=107803112

* "Opinion | Bill to jail librarians appears to also make many stores “public nuisances”:" https://www.alreporter.com/2024/05/02/opinion-bill-to-jail-librarians-appears-to-also-make-many-stores-public-nuisances/

* "Mississippi Republicans pass anti-trans bathroom bill at last-minute:" https://www.advocate.com/politics/mississippi-republicans-trans-bathroom-bill

* "Utah auditor slams legislature for making him 'bathroom monitor' after 'snitch form' flooded with memes:" https://www.advocate.com/news/utah-snitch-line-auditor

* "Louisiana allows predominantly White area to form new city, sparking segregation concerns:" https://wpde.com/news/nation-world/louisiana-allows-predominantly-white-area-to-form-new-city-sparking-segregation-concerns-east-baton-rouge-parish-city-of-st-george-mayor-president-sharon-weston-broome-norman-browning

* ""The Tide Is Turning": Dozens Of Anti-LGBTQ Bills Die In Florida:" https://www.erininthemorning.com/p/the-tide-is-turning-dozens-of-anti?utm_source=share&utm_medium=android&r=c0rw8&triedRedirect=true

* "Rhode Island advances law protecting doctors who provide abortions & gender-affirming care:" https://www.advocate.com/news/rhode-island-shield-law-abortion-transgender

* The Republican Agenda in a nutshell: Allow corporations to steal from regular people. "Ted Cruz Wants Airlines to Keep Your Cash When They Cancel Your Flight:" https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/ted-cruz-airlines-automatic-refunds-faa-reauthorization-1235012248/

* My disappointment in her grows by leaps and bounds. "NY Governor Kathy Hochul Backpedaling After Ignorant Statement About Black Kids:" https://www.theroot.com/ny-governor-kathy-hochul-backpedaling-after-ignorant-st-1851467300

* "Months after threesome scandal, Bridget Ziegler attacks protections for Florida transgender students:" https://www.advocate.com/politics/bridget-ziegler-transphobic-title-ix

* "Oops: Kristi Noem’s New Book Includes a Made-Up Story About Meeting Kim Jong Un:" https://www.vanityfair.com/news/kristi-noems-new-book-includes-a-made-up-story-about-meeting-kim-jong-un

* CW: Animal Death. "South Dakota Republican Kristi Noem killed her dog. Now she wants to kill President Joe Biden's:" https://www.advocate.com/politics/kristi-noem-dog-commander-biden-kill

* CW: Animal Death. "Kristi Noem roasted by Trump Jr., Bannon over dog killing revelation:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/kristi-noem-roasted-by-trump-jr-bannon-over-dog-killing-revelation-210241605886

* "GOP congressman seems to endorse Ole Miss student's racist response to a Black protester:" https://www.salon.com/2024/05/03/congressman-seems-to-endorse-ole-miss-students-response-to-a-black/

* "Democratic US Rep. Henry Cuellar of Texas and his wife are indicted over ties to Azerbaijan:" https://apnews.com/article/henry-cuellar-texas-azerbaijan-ddb1dea393ba88d8d823557ec6c0d93a

* "Florida document dump reveals more about Christian and Bridget Ziegler's threesomes:" https://www.advocate.com/christian-ziegler-bridget-threesome

* "Trump Media's accountant is charged with "massive fraud" by the SEC:" https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-media-accountant-borgers-charged-with-massive-fraud-sec/

* "How Paul Manafort Tried to Make Money With a Project Supposedly Tied to the Chinese Regime:" https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2024/05/paul-manafort-china-trump-doorways/

* "Appeals court upholds Steve Bannon’s conviction for defying Jan. 6 probe:" https://www.politico.com/news/2024/05/10/appeals-court-upholds-steve-bannons-conviction-for-defying-jan-6-probe-00157301

* "Ex-Trump advisor Bannon's trial over border wall scheme set for May 2024:" https://www.reuters.com/legal/ex-trump-advisor-bannons-fraud-trial-set-may-2024-2023-05-25/

* "Bannon set to enter Trump campaign-to-prison pipeline, crossing paths with Manafort:" https://www.msnbc.com/alex-wagner-tonight/watch/bannon-set-to-enter-trump-campaign-to-prison-pipeline-crossing-paths-with-manafort-210719813822

* "New York man pleads guilty to sending threats to state attorney general and Trump civil case judge:" https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/news/nation-world/story/2024-04-18/new-york-man-pleads-guilty-to-sending-threats-to-state-attorney-general-and-trump-civil-case-judge

* "Europe is warming up faster than any other continent, and the heat is deadly:" https://www.npr.org/2024/04/22/1244791280/europe-is-warming-up-faster-than-any-other-continent-and-the-heat-is-deadly

* "Death toll from floods in Brazil's south climbs to 136:" https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/death-toll-floods-brazils-south-climbs-136-2024-05-11/

* "Rains return to flooded southern Brazil, interrupting rescues:" https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/death-toll-heavy-rains-brazil-hits-100-2024-05-08/

List of ways to help Brazil: https://www.tumblr.com/tuulikki/749885837529022464?source=share

* CW: Suicide. "Second Boeing Whistleblower Dies Suddenly:" https://www.newsweek.com/boeing-whistleblower-joshua-dean-dies-sudden-illness-1896401

* "Emergency Slide Falls Off Plane, Winds Up At Home Of Lawyer Whose Firm Is Suing Boeing:" https://www.huffpost.com/entry/missing-delta-boeing-emergency-slide-found-on-beach_n_6630f8fae4b0c558f741c0e5

* "San Francisco’s Train System Still Uses Floppy Disks—and Will for Years:" https://www.wired.com/story/san-francisco-muni-trains-floppy-disks/

* "In Serbian village, women fight to escape encroaching mine:" https://www.reuters.com/investigates/special-report/serbia-mine-village/

* "Farmers in India are hit hard by extreme weather. Some say expanding natural farming is the answer:" https://apnews.com/article/natural-farming-climate-change-resilient-india-cyclone-disaster-fbf86b092b42303f5ae9d8af35aac8d9

* "Angry farmers in a once-lush Mexican state target avocado orchards that suck up too much water:" https://apnews.com/article/mexico-drought-avocados-dried-up-lakes-faaad63fdf0d3f3cba7b33fb0456c053

* "E-waste is overflowing landfills. At one sprawling Vietnam market, workers recycle some of it:" https://apnews.com/article/electronic-waste-vietnam-recycling-workers-ewaste-fd437a066a967a3c8d2c8611a628c944

* "The Next Heat Pump Frontier? NYC Apartment Windows:" https://www.wired.com/story/the-next-heat-pump-frontier-nyc-apartment-windows/

* "Catholic Group Defrocks AI Priest After It Gave Strange Answers:" https://futurism.com/catholics-defrock-ai-priest-hallucinations

* "Dating app scams see ‘significant surge’ in Nigeria as victim opens up about being ‘set up’:" https://www.thepinknews.com/2024/04/30/dating-app-scams-see-significant-surge-in-nigeria-as-victim-opens-up-about-being-set-up/

* "Warner Bros says two independent directors resign after DOJ probe:" https://www.reuters.com/business/media-telecom/warner-bros-says-two-independent-directors-resign-after-doj-investigation-2024-04-01/

* "The Revenge of the Home Page:" https://www.newyorker.com/culture/infinite-scroll/the-revenge-of-the-home-page

* "The Shark Whisperer:" https://nautil.us/the-shark-whisperer-547680/

* "'Mind-blowing' deep sea expedition uncovers more than 100 new species and a gigantic underwater mountain:" https://www.livescience.com/animals/mind-boggling-deep-sea-expedition-uncovers-100-new-species-and-a-gigantic-underwater-mountain

* CW: Animal Death. "Wolf deaths have grown ‘alarming’ says Oregon Fish and Wildlife:" https://www.kezi.com/news/wolf-deaths-have-grown-alarming-says-oregon-fish-and-wildlife/article_6d0cf447-b182-5317-8eb5-8a302f767b6d.html?emci=0c33d4ba-8e02-ef11-96f3-7c1e521b07f9&emdi=948b6934-3a03-ef11-96f3-7c1e521b07f9&ceid=2308473

* "Alpaca Sex Is Even Weirder Than You Think:" https://gizmodo.com/alpaca-sex-is-even-weirder-than-you-think-1851449908

* "Orangutan's use of medicinal plant to treat wound intrigues scientists:" https://www.reuters.com/science/orangutans-use-medicinal-plant-treat-wound-intrigues-scientists-2024-05-02/

* "U.S. to restore more bison herds on tribal lands by tapping Indigenous knowledge:" https://www.pbs.org/newshour/nation/u-s-to-restore-more-bison-herds-on-tribal-lands-by-tapping-indigenous-knowledge

* "Bison return to Texas Indigenous lands, reconnecting tribes to their roots:" https://www.texastribune.org/2023/11/13/texas-native-american-tribes-bison-return/

* "Ancient gender-nonconforming Romans found refuge in a community dedicated to a goddess:" https://www.advocate.com/news/gender-nonconforming-romans-cybele

* "The Myth of Tuberculosis Fashion : Victorian History Debunked:"

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* "Resurrectionists: The Body Snatchers that Built Modern Medicine:"

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* "They Used to Award Olympic Medals for Art?:" https://www.nytimes.com/2024/05/02/us/paris-olympics-arts-medals.html

* "Intriguing Vintage Spy Cameras: Covert Wonders of Espionage's Golden Age:" https://rarehistoricalphotos.com/vintage-handheld-spy-cameras/

* "A Trail Gone Cold:" https://www.damninteresting.com/a-trail-gone-cold/

* "‘Did Something Happen to Mom When She Was Young?’:" https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2024/04/19/greek-children-adoptions-cold-war-00153120

* "The Forgotten War on Beepers:" https://newsletter.pessimistsarchive.org/p/the-forgotten-war-on-beepers

I used to sell them at a job I had in the very early '90's. They made us card people and take down all their details in case a minor got caught with them so we could prove we sold them to an adult.

* "Trans+ History Week: This diary of a gay man who died in 1991 is an amazing testament to trans joy:" https://www.thepinknews.com/2024/05/10/lou-sullivan-youngman-diaries-gay-trans-man/

* "‘We Left the Girls Too Long in That Place’:" https://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2024/04/complicated-psychology-victims-boko-haram/678030/

* "Inside the Kenyan cult that starved itself to death:" https://www.economist.com/1843/2024/04/19/inside-the-kenyan-cult-that-starved-itself-to-death

* "Cambodian villagers hold rare oxcart race, seeking to revive a centuries-old tradition:" https://apnews.com/article/cambodia-oxcart-race-lunar-new-year-4c85395cb0697780bfbeb812ef2fd99e

* "Tupperware Is in Trouble:" https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2024/04/tupperware-kitchen-storage-trouble/678046/

* "Forbidden to Watch Films as a Child, He Now Directs Somalia’s Top Shows:" https://www.nytimes.com/2024/04/19/world/africa/somalia-director-abshir-rageh.html?

* "The Life and Death of Hollywood:" https://harpers.org/archive/2024/05/the-life-and-death-of-hollywood-daniel-bessner/

* "Milton Diamond, Sexologist and Advocate for Intersex Babies, Dies at 90:" https://www.nytimes.com/2024/05/08/health/milton-diamond-dead.html

* "Bernard Hill, ‘Lord of the Rings’ and ‘Titanic’ Actor, Dies at 79:" https://au.variety.com/2024/film/news/bernard-hill-dead-lord-of-the-rings-13742/

* "John Waters is recovering after a car accident outside Baltimore:" https://www.advocate.com/people/john-waters-car-accident

* "Jon Stewart On Immigration Over the Years | The Daily Show:"

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

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* "Too many LGBTQ+ TV characters disappeared this year because their series was canceled: report:" https://www.advocate.com/arts-entertainment/lgbtq-characters-canceled-series-report

* "How to Look at Art: Crash Course Art History #2:"

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* The Road to Dracula's Castle: https://www.tumblr.com/immediatebreakfast/749686291790249984/the-very-constant-presence-of-religious-symbols-in?source=share

* A thing to mull. "Jonathan = Dracula's horses?:" https://www.tumblr.com/vickyvicarious/749686750056759296/not-sleepy-up-all-night-definitely-not-sleepy-at?source=share

* "You are the adventurer who went on an epic quest and defeated the evil king, all to gain the sacred amulet and use its one wish to revive your sister. Now everyone expects you to accept her death and use the wish to undo the damage instead. You refuse.:" https://www.tumblr.com/caffeinewitchcraft/749483314977603584/you-are-the-adventurer-who-went-on-an-epic-quest

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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.

* "Black Alliance for Peace’s Atlanta Citywide Alliance:" https://linktr.ee/bapatlanta

* Map of Cop Cities planned or being built: https://isyourlifebetter.net/cop-cities-usa/

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

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

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

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

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

* Fundraisers for Gaza: https://www.tumblr.com/el-shab-hussein/742344297699999744/hi-if-its-okay-i-saw-you-were-boosting?source=share

* Help Queer Folks in Ghana: https://www.silentmajorityghana.com/donate

* "Library of Congress Launches New Website for Americans to Share COVID-19 Stories:" https://newsroom.loc.gov/news/library-of-congress-launches-new-website-for-americans-to-share-covid-19-stories/s/d5739534-fec6-4e13-9f16-68d6117ee94b

* "We’re looking for English-speaking neopronoun users (aged 18+) to participate in a paid linguistics study.:" https://allthingslinguistic.com/post/741780492503990272/kirby-conrod-is-a-cool-linguist-whos-done-neat

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* I'm doing better, but I still tire easily and the physio is already getting ugly. This means I'm going to run out of things like energy and pain resistance without much warning. Posting may vary/

* "Federal judge rejects Donald Trump's bid for new E. Jean Carroll defamation trial, upholds $83M judgment:" https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/federal-judge-rejects-donald-trumps-bid-new-jean/story?id=109634929

* "Donald Trump ordered to pay $9,000 for violating gag order in criminal hush money trial:" https://www.npr.org/2024/04/30/1244294199/trump-gag-order-hush-money-trial

* "Emails Reveal Top Trump Accountant Had Secret Campaign Role:" https://www.thedailybeast.com/emails-reveal-top-trump-accountant-allen-weisselberg-had-secret-campaign-role

* "Trump trial casts light on dirty side of celebrity tabloids:" https://www.msnbc.com/alex-wagner-tonight/watch/trump-trial-casts-light-on-dirty-side-of-celebrity-tabloids-210179141774

* "Once praised, settlement to help sickened BP oil spill workers leaves most with nearly nothing:" https://apnews.com/article/gulf-spill-lawsuits-bp-health-chemical-exposure-f3845a3cb9da869d2689452a7dec0c9c?

* "Internet data centers are fueling drive to old power source: Coal:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/interactive/2024/data-centers-internet-power-source-coal/

* "You Can Still Die From World War I Dangers in France’s Red Zones:" https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/red-zones-in-france

* "The cloud under the sea:" https://www.theverge.com/c/24070570/internet-cables-undersea-deep-repair-ships

* "Suburbs Are Failing Us (for now...):"

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* "How the UN is Holding Back the Sahara Desert:"

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* "Recoding Voyager 1—NASA’s interstellar explorer is finally making sense again:" https://arstechnica.com/space/2024/04/recoding-voyager-1-nasas-interstellar-explorer-is-finally-making-sense-again/

* "A strange fungus could transform emerging cicadas into ‘saltshakers of death,’ scientists say:" https://www.cnn.com/2024/04/15/world/cicada-fungus-zombie-scn/index.html

* "Most people are disgusted by these animals. These New Yorkers are filling their homes with them.:" https://www.vox.com/climate/24112595/new-york-city-wildlife-rehabilitators-pigeons-opossums-squirrels

* "Ancient Fashion: The Oldest Pieces of Clothing and Accessories Ever Found:" https://rarehistoricalphotos.com/oldest-clothing-accessories-in-history/

* "The Former Slave Who Became a Cowboy, a Rancher, and a Texas Legend:" https://archive.is/2evqk#selection-2236.0-2236.1

* "This Chinese American Aviatrix Overcame Racism to Fly for the U.S. During World War II:" https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/this-chinese-american-aviatrix-overcame-racism-to-fly-for-the-us-during-world-war-ii-180984196/

* "Did London Have Segregation?: The London History Show:"

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* "How the FBI Destroyed the Careers of 41 Women in TV and Radio:" https://thereader.mitpress.mit.edu/how-the-fbi-destroyed-the-careers-of-progressive-women/

* "New Jersey Rep. Donald Payne Jr. Dies at 65, Just 3 Weeks After Heart Attack:" https://www.thedailybeast.com/new-jersey-rep-donald-payne-jr-dies-at-65-just-3-weeks-after-heart-attack

* "Conjoined twins Lori Schappell and trans man George Schappell dead at 62:" https://www.advocate.com/obituaries/conjoined-twins-trans-man-schappell

* 4/28/24: A massive bureaucracy packet arrived Wednesday afternoon. Sigh. It is exhausting and on top of everything handwriting with my dominant hand is difficult and unpleasant. There is nothing for it. i need the packet finished and out so I can focus on the other bureaucracy that arrived Tuesday. and Physio. And Everything else. It's time sensitive anyway.

Thursday I was still recovering from physio and I had to stay up for the cleaner. (Two times in a row! Things are clean!). Friday I spent a couple hours doing phone bureaucracy, mostly on hold. It'd be faster if Social security voice bot believed in my weird foreign name. Sigh.

Saturday was the Great Sorting. Sunday should be Actual Paperwork. I need Squirrel to print a thing out for me too which is always a drama and requires carrying the printer around.

And then there's the waiting for Things to Arrive in the Mail and the field trip to turn things in which involves highway driving, which I can hopefully manage at that point. *fingers crossed*

My arm still emphatically does not want to go up. I have devised an extra low impact stretch for myself where I rest it on the desk podium where Klaus laptop used to set before the Emperor executed Aidan lap top. It seems small and stupid, but is clearly a lot less dangerous than the official upward arm stretch. I do it in small batches when reading longer things on the internet. I wish I could do it Instead of, but I know better.

Goth Millennial has been very busy in the garden, which is needful. They are moving soon and have decided that they won't need metal outdoor shelving they had been using indoors at their place. They are therefore constructing more plant shelving on the patio. Livia is pretty sure it is actually the zombie hoard coming to get her. The garden is going pretty well despite the weird chill that has persisted most of April despite the weird late March heat wave. Climate change is do weird shit to our weather patterns.

* 5/3/24:
Monday was fire inspection. This involves about an hour of teeth rattling sirens at random interval and a Stranger in Boots invading the cat asylum. As a result, the cats have been incredibly stressed out all week, though things were finally settling down as of Thursday.

Squirrel has been having an ongoing medical issue that got acute enough that on Tuesday they agreed to fit him in extremely early Wednesday morning. I was able to cancel my medical transport for arm torture, and took him. While he was in there I cashed a bunch of the May OTC at the pharmacy and took my bureaucracy packet in to the office where it goes. The timing was excellent. I was a few blocks away when they released squirrel and there was just time enough to take him to his referral for more testing and then drop him home before my appointment. (Everyone's being reasonable about the situation including his employer. I feel a lot better knowing they are checking properly to rule out more serious things.)

Arm torture is arm torture. The new PT is really nice and a delight. We are at the lots and lots of stupid little exercise phase still. (The exercises are correct and there is already noticeable improvement, but they are also emotionally unsatisfying. It is hard to explain. This is probably an ex-athlete psychology problem. In any case, I am being good and not pushing dangerously hard. I dropped stuff my body was not up to Monday evening like I'm supposed to. I am doing everything I reasonably can, which is all of it most days. I am working the program). He added two extra ones to help my arm with the doesn't want to go up issue.

* CW: Animal Death "Kristi Noem, Puppy Killer | Did Trump Fart In Court? | Why Pecker Wouldn’t Pay Stormy Daniels:"

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* "Photos of life in war: Palestinians flee south in Gaza, Israel mourns dead soldiers:" https://www.npr.org/sections/pictureshow/2024/01/29/1225728725/israel-gaza-war-photos

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

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* "Document spells out allegations against 12 UN employees Israel says participated in Hamas attack:" https://apnews.com/article/israel-hamas-war-news-01-29-2024-4c49c2fb89c3bfd4963f2260b34943c1

* Sigh. "US says its Israel policy unchanged after report on leveraging weapon sales:" https://www.reuters.com/world/us-says-its-israel-policy-unchanged-after-report-leveraging-weapon-sales-2024-01-28/

* "State Department reviewing options for possible recognition of Palestinian state:" https://www.axios.com/2024/01/31/palestine-statehood-biden-israel-gaza-war

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* "Enemy drone that killed US troops in Jordan was mistaken for a US drone, preliminary report suggests:" https://apnews.com/article/jordan-drone-attack-attack-confusion-f175962e058b9b6f668303faf248d8e6

* "U.S. blames Iran-backed militia for deadly attack, leaving Middle East on edge:" https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/u-s-blames-iran-backed-militia-for-deadly-attack-leaving-middle-east-on-edge

* "Hayes on the ‘looming threat’ of a widening Middle East conflict:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/hayes-on-the-looming-threat-of-a-widening-middle-east-conflict-203279941771

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* "‘Kharkiv is their priority’: Deadly Russian attacks hit Ukraine’s northeast:" https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/1/29/kharkiv-ukraine-intensified-shelling

* "Russian mayor orders quote from ballet dancer Mikhail Baryshnikov on choreography school wall to be replaced by ‘words of a true patriot’:" https://meduza.io/en/news/2024/01/29/russian-mayor-orders-quote-from-ballet-dancer-mikhail-baryshnikov-on-choreography-school-wall-to-be-replaced-by-words-of-a-true-patriot?utm_source=email&utm_medium=briefly&utm_campaign=2024-01-30

* "The right-wing’s latest manufactured outrage? An EU inclusive language toolkit from 2019:" https://www.thepinknews.com/2024/01/29/european-union-language-gender/

* "Why has the Maori king of New Zealand called a national meeting?:" https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/1/19/why-has-the-maori-king-of-new-zealand-called-a-national-meeting

* "China's ageing population threatens switch to new economic growth model:" https://www.reuters.com/world/china/chinas-ageing-population-threatens-switch-new-economic-growth-model-2024-01-18/

* "FBI director warns Chinese hackers aim to 'wreak havoc' on U.S. critical infrastructure:" https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/national-security/fbi-director-warn-chinese-hackers-aim-wreak-havoc-us-critical-infrastr-rcna136524

* "Two LGBTQ+ women may soon be confirmed as lifetime judges: 'It's crucial right now':" https://www.advocate.com/news/federal-judge-lgbtq

* "Lost Highway: The trials of trucking school:" https://harpers.org/archive/2024/02/lost-highway-emily-gogolak/

* "Federal Reserve holds interest rates steady as consumer confidence improves and inflation slows:" https://www.nbcnews.com/business/economy/federal-reserve-interest-rate-decision-january-2024-increase-decrease-rcna136429

* "Trump slams deal that would give Biden authority to close border:" https://www.politico.com/news/2024/01/27/trump-dunks-on-bipartisan-senate-border-deal-00138210

* ""Chaos Caucus in Action" GOP split over tanking border deal for Trump:" https://www.msnbc.com/jonathan-capehart/watch/-chaos-caucus-in-action-gop-split-over-tanking-border-deal-for-trump-203113029829

* "House GOP turns immigration issue into political theater:" https://www.msnbc.com/alex-wagner-tonight/watch/house-gop-turns-immigration-issue-into-political-theater-203382853700

* "Wyden Slams Backroom Scheme to Cut Social Security, Medicare as Bill Clears House Committee:" https://www.finance.senate.gov/chairmans-news/wyden-slams-backroom-scheme-to-cut-social-security-medicare-as-bill-clears-house-committee

* "Can Federal Transit Operations Funding Foster Healthy, Thriving, Sustainable Communities? Yes, Here’s How.:" https://cleantechnica.com/2024/01/19/can-federal-transit-operations-funding-foster-healthy-thriving-sustainable-communities-yes-heres-how/

* This is some more racist bullshit in hopes of distracting people from the fact the Republicans are backing an adjudged sexual predator for president. "House Republicans unveil Mayorkas impeachment articles:" https://www.politico.com/news/2024/01/28/house-republicans-mayorkas-impeachment-articles-00138235

* "Rep. Maxine Waters: Mayorkas impeachment inquiry all comes back to Trump:" https://www.msnbc.com/jonathan-capehart/watch/rep-maxine-waters-mayorkas-impeachment-inquiry-all-comes-back-to-trump-203112005996

* "Gay Democratic reps demand Pentagon resolve cases of ‘don’t ask, don’t tell’ dishonorable discharges:" https://www.advocate.com/politics/dont-ask-dont-tell-pentagon

* Have something you want to tell your Congress Critters? If you can't safely contact them 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://resist.bot/
To get your Critters' numbers to call direct: https://www.congress.gov/members/find-your-member

* The Indivisible Guide: "A Practical Guide to defeating MAGA:" https://indivisible.org/sites/default/files/2023-01/20220104_Indivisible_%20A%20Practical%20Guide%20to%20Defeating%20MAGA.pdf

* We are fucked if the Supreme Court doesn't reverse this decision. "US court will not revisit ruling limiting voting rights lawsuits:" https://www.reuters.com/world/us/us-appeals-court-will-not-reconsider-ruling-limiting-voting-rights-laws-scope-2024-01-30/

* "Rep. Nancy Mace's former chief of staff files to run against her in South Carolina:" https://www.cbsnews.com/news/nancy-mace-former-chief-of-staff-daniel-hanlon-south-carolina/

* Early voting has already started in a few places.

Democrats: South Carolina votes 2/3/24

Democrats: Nevada votes 2/6/24

Republicans: Nevada votes 2/8/24
Republicans: Virgin Islands votes 2/8/24

Know your state's schedule and where to vote. Make sure you and your friends are registered. If you are voting in person, plan how to get there.

If you live in an open primary state consider voting strategically. Otherwise, vote your heart in the primary. Remember how all those votes for Sanders and Warren pushed Biden and the party platform further left?

Remember to vote in all the races, not just the top of the ticket even if it's in a separate primary. Who runs congress, your state, and your local government really matters. In some states this is a separate primary. Check the rules for your state.

Never, ever sleep on a chance to vote.

Remember, it is always better to vote for someone who will listen to us than to let someone who is actively trying to kill us.

* I forgot to mention I voted the other day. No, not in the Primary. My state is late in the calendar and has a tiny delegate count. No, it was a local special election.

A lot of people ignore special election and local elections, but as I keep saying, a lot of really important things for quality of life happen in local elections.

In this case, it was a pair of really important school funding measures, including one that made sure kids had access to modern computers.

This stuff feels small, but education funding is an important investment in the future.

Wherever you are, if you can legally vote, vote every chance you have.

* "Biden planning post-UAW endorsement trip to Michigan:" https://www.politico.com/news/2024/01/30/biden-uaw-endorsement-trip-michigan-00138594

* "'Booming' Biden economy forces GOP to shift focus to new 'shiny object':" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/-booming-biden-economy-forces-gop-to-shift-focus-to-new-shiny-object-203368517740

* "Haley, shy with Trump attacks, reaches for alternative opponents:" https://www.msnbc.com/alex-wagner-tonight/watch/haley-shy-with-trump-attacks-reaches-for-alternative-opponents-203380805772

* "Trump stays on Illinois’ ballot as the election board says it lacks power to remove him over Jan. 6:" https://apnews.com/article/trump-14th-amendment-insurrection-ballot-illinois-8709a8dbf12f845ed30fce22c9bff469

* "Trump Urges States to Send Troops to Texas Border:" https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2024/01/trump-abbott-border-send-troops-national-guard-texas/

* "'Extraordinarily destabilizing and dangerous': 10 GOP Governors answer Trump’s call to send troops to border:" https://www.msnbc.com/ayman-mohyeldin/watch/-extraordinarily-destabilizing-and-dangerous-10-gop-governors-answer-trump-s-call-to-defy-biden-and-send-troops-to-border-203102277701

* "Trump calls UAW president a ‘dope’ after union endorses Biden:" https://www.politico.com/news/2024/01/29/trump-uaw-president-dope-biden-00138310

After all, Biden has merely stood with worker's his whole career and fought for union and worker's rights, while Trump has done the massive work of doing a few photo ops and made lies and hollow promises while helping the posses and trying to repeal things workers need.

What a dope for Fain to side with the interest of the people he represents instead of against them, like Republicans generally do.

* "Report: Trump spent $50 million in donor money on legal bills in 2023:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/report-trump-spent-50-million-in-donor-money-on-legal-bills-in-2023-203285061707

* "Trump Allies Pledge ‘Holy War’ Against Taylor Swift:" https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-features/donald-trump-more-popular-taylor-swift-maga-biden-1234956829/

* "Right-Wingers Say Super Bowl Is Rigged So Taylor Swift Can Endorse Biden:" https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/taylor-swift-targeted-conspiracies-chiefs-super-bowl-1234955940/

* "Utah is the latest state to ban diversity, equity and inclusion efforts on campus and in government:" https://www.seattletimes.com/nation-world/nation/utah-is-the-latest-state-to-ban-diversity-equity-and-inclusion-efforts-on-campus-and-in-government/

* This is a fundamental safety issue. "Florida criminalizes changing gender on driver’s licenses in latest attack on LGBTQ+ rights:" https://www.advocate.com/news/florida-criminalizes-changing-gender

* Republicans want you to know that as Pro-life Christians they believe in taking food out of the mouths of children for both the pleasure of it and political gain, just as Jesus would have wanted. "Republican governors in 15 states reject summer food money for kids:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2024/01/10/republican-governors-summer-lunch-program/

* "Ohio, Michigan Republicans in released audio: 'Endgame' is to ban trans care 'for everyone':" https://www.advocate.com/politics/ohio-republicans-ban-trans-care

* "Michigan’s GOP Chair Drama Takes Another Nasty Turn:" https://www.thedailybeast.com/ousted-michigan-gop-chair-kristina-karamo-now-claims-the-rnc-is-colluding-against-her

* "Arizona GOP boss quits after leaked tape shows him floating a job for Kari Lake to skip Senate race:" https://apnews.com/article/jeff-dewit-resigns-kari-lake-recording-bribe-07319f36b057f804f880a7e07f8d16b1

* "Oklahoma GOP rescinds censure of Sen. Lankford, calls meeting 'illegitimate':" https://okcfox.com/news/local/oklahoma-gop-censures-sen-lankford-for-open-border-deal-collaboration-with-democrats-rep-jacob-rosecrants-border-security-illegal-immigration-anthony-ferate-republican-party-bipartisanship-oath-constitution-ok-politics-chuck-schumer

* "Oregon’s newest Republican lawmaker says LGBTQ+ support is akin to child abuse:" https://www.advocate.com/dwayne-yunker-oregon-lawmaker-gop

* "Judge tosses Disney suit claiming Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis retaliated over 'don't say gay' critique:" https://www.advocate.com/law/disney-desantis-suit-dismissed

* "Nancy Mace said she wanted to 'get punched in the face' by rioters on January 6 for attention:" https://www.businessinsider.com/nancy-mace-wanted-to-get-punched-in-the-face-by-a-rioter-on-january-6-2024-1

* "Trumps Throw Tantrum Over Court Monitor’s Financial Bombshell:" https://www.thedailybeast.com/trumps-throw-tantrum-over-court-monitors-financial-bombshell

* "Bad timing for Trump as court-appointed monitor flags accounting of tens of millions of dollars:" https://www.msnbc.com/alex-wagner-tonight/watch/bad-timing-for-trump-as-court-appointed-monitor-flags-accounting-of-tens-of-millions-of-dollars-203297349831

* CW: Rape "E. Jean Carroll says she plans to use $83 million on 'something Donald Trump hates':" https://abcnews.go.com/GMA/Culture/jean-carroll-plans-83-million-donald-trump-hates/story?id=106751516

* CW: Rape "Don't fear Donald Trump, say the women who won an $83 million damages award:"
https://www.advocate.com/news/jean-carroll-trump-is-nothing

* CW: Rape "Why E. Jean Carroll's legal defeat of Donald Trump matters :" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/why-e-jean-carroll-s-legal-defeat-of-donald-trump-matters-203201605654

* "‘We beat Donald Trump’: E. Jean Carroll and lawyers on Trump's fallibility:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/-we-beat-donald-trump-e-jean-carroll-and-lawyers-on-trump-s-fallibility-203205701999

* "Criminal prosecution of Trump in Georgia bogs down with attacks on Willis:" https://www.msnbc.com/alex-wagner-tonight/watch/criminal-prosecution-of-trump-in-georgia-bogs-down-with-attacks-on-willis-203382853919

* "Meet the woman who secretly taped Trump saying, ‘I need 11,000 votes’:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/meet-the-woman-who-secretly-taped-trump-saying-i-need-11-000-votes-203286085898

* "Girls, ages 13 and 14, save tourists from riptide in Barbados:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/2024/01/17/teens-save-tourists-riptide-barbados/

* "Elon Musk says he's 'Jewish by association' after Auschwitz visit, sees 'almost no antisemitism':" https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/elon-musk-says-jewish-association-auschwitz-visit-sees-almost-no-antis-rcna135271

* "LGBTQ+ people have been arrested through social media. Meta must protect them, says human rights groups:" https://www.advocate.com/news/meta-lgbtq-digital-targeting-hrw

* "Stunned devs left scrambling for livelihoods in wake of yesterday's layoff bloodbath: 'In the end the contributions didn't matter':" https://www.pcgamer.com/stunned-devs-left-scrambling-for-livelihoods-in-wake-of-yesterdays-layoff-bloodbath-in-the-end-the-contributions-didnt-matter/

* "‘Serious Sketchball’: How a Crypto Pastor Scammed His Flock:" https://www.thedailybeast.com/colorado-crypto-pastor-was-always-a-serious-sketchball-acquaintances-say#:~:text=This%20month%2C%20Colorado's%20Securities%20Commissioner,misappropriated%20for%20their%20personal%20benefit.

* "Japan becomes the fifth country to land a spacecraft on the moon:" https://apnews.com/article/japan-moon-landing-jaxa-probe-slim-845d4868636df5ced2e1818c588f29a4

* "In World First, Horned Oryx Upgraded from Extinct in Wild to Endangered Owing to Decades of Zoo Work:" https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/in-world-first-scimitar-horned-oryx-upgraded-from-extinct-in-wild-to-endangered-owing-to-decades-of-zoo-work/

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* "‘Incredible.’ Mangled shark off Florida took just months to repair fin, study says:" https://www.miamiherald.com/news/state/florida/article283553633.html

* "Grizzly Bears Are Mostly Vegan: But humans made them more carnivorous.:" https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2024/01/grizzly-bear-california-carnivore-meat-eating/677070/

* "Billions of cicadas will emerge in the US this year in a rare double-brood event:" https://www.nbclosangeles.com/news/national-international/billions-of-cicadas-will-emerge-in-the-us-this-year-in-a-rare-double-brood-event/3317523/

* "Megalodon didn't look like a 50-foot great white shark, controversial study claims:" https://www.livescience.com/animals/extinct-species/controversial-study-claims-megalodon-didnt-look-like-a-50-foot-giant-great-white-shark

* "Broadway legend Chita Rivera dies aged 91:" https://www.thepinknews.com/2024/01/30/chita-rivera-movies-and-tv-shows/

* "Pioneering LGBTQ+ activist Ann Maguire has died at 80:" https://www.advocate.com/obituaries/pioneering-activist-ann-maguire-obituary

* Tuesday torture appointment was terrible, but not quite as bad as Thursday. Apparently the Medicare Advantage covered para-transit is also a lie as I discovered when I got picked up. Luckily I had a dollar left. so now I need to call around again to various social services that claimed it was a thing and find out WTF.

Being disabled is exhausting.

In other news, I'd forgotten our little storage closet is upstairs. Next to the elevator. The one that filled entirely with water and they had to pump out that still isn't safe to use.

So after physio I hobbled upstairs to check. There is zero chance of me pulling everything or much of anything out by myself, let alone carrying it all downstairs without an elevator. There is no one to help. Still I had to check in case I needed to try to work something out immediately. Asshole Agency Maybe? Idk.

The carpet just inside the closet was dry as were the boxes in front. There is no telling what's going on in the back. We'll still need to pull it all out and move it when they do damage inspections, but I have a little more time. Maybe the elevator will be fixed by then and we can use a dolly? Where to store it idk.

It was encouraging that the cleared and damaged ones were all closer to the waterfall, and the damage didn't look that bad. I am hoping that the closets on the other side of the elevator shaft were spared or partially spared by the water pouring down the shaft.

I think it's mostly paper records in the back in case of need, the ones that are oldest need recycling anyway as you only need to keep the seven years. I am hoping the missing photo album is further front. If the tax stuff sucked up any water it is not a loss. If it's old letter and the like, it's irreplaceable.

We are incredibly lucky. Most of the upper floors of two buildings have mostly been without electricity. some without water. People lost everything and have been living out of hotels. Dire damage happened in the apartments next door; We had a slow drip in the laundry closet that stopped on it's own.

It is apparently much worse in the other building.

Seriously, every time I look up at the darkened upper windows I think of how catastrophic this has been for so many people.

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* "Gaza Journalist Wael Al Dahdouh to Pres. Biden: Listen to Both Sides, Not Just One:" https://www.msnbc.com/ayman-mohyeldin/watch/gaza-journalist-wael-al-dahdouh-to-pres-biden-listen-to-both-sides-not-just-one-201913925535

* "Shot in ‘cold blood’: Killing of Palestinian grandmother sparks outcry:" https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/1/13/shot-in-cold-blood-killing-of-elderly-palestinian-woman-sparks-outcry

* "Looming Starvation in Gaza Shows Resurgence of Civilian Sieges in Warfare:" https://www.nytimes.com/2024/01/11/health/gaza-israel-hunger-starvation.html

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* I have serious concerns. "U.S. and allies launch military strikes on Houthis in Yemen in 'major escalation':" https://www.msnbc.com/alex-wagner-tonight/watch/u-s-and-allies-launch-military-strikes-on-houthis-in-yemen-in-major-escalation-201807941709

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* "White House says U.S. Ukraine assistance has ‘ground to a halt’; UK announces increased drone funding:" https://www.cnbc.com/2024/01/12/russia-ukraine-war-updates-for-jan-12-2024.html

* "Putin believes Ukraine will fall within just months without new US aid, says Senate Intelligence Chair:" https://www.businessinsider.com/putin-believes-ukraine-will-fall-months-without-us-aid-senate-2023-12

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* "Why the judge in Trump's fraud trial may have a heavy penalty in mind:" https://www.msnbc.com/alex-wagner-tonight/watch/why-the-judge-in-trump-s-fraud-trial-may-have-a-heavy-penalty-in-mind-201806917704

* "Donald Trump defies judge, gives courtroom speech on tense final day of New York civil fraud trial:" https://apnews.com/article/trump-fraud-lawsuit-new-york-closing-arguments-b36abe2fd695d0172e71f8ef9c5ee7f3

* "Trump caps New York civil fraud trial with courtroom tantrum:" https://www.msnbc.com/alex-wagner-tonight/watch/trump-caps-new-york-civil-fraud-trial-with-courtroom-tantrum-201809989639

* "Trump recorded pressuring Wayne County canvassers not to certify 2020 vote:" https://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/politics/2023/12/21/donald-trump-recorded-pressuring-wayne-canvassers-not-to-certify-2020-vote-michigan/72004514007/

* "George Conway: Trump’s lawyer walked into ‘nasty’ trap at immunity hearing:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/george-conway-trump-s-lawyer-walked-into-nasty-trap-at-immunity-hearing-201720901757

* "Hayes: We are already living with a version of Trump’s 'SEAL Team 6' argument:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/hayes-we-are-already-living-with-a-version-of-trump-s-seal-team-6-argument-201801285543

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* "Researchers find a massive number of plastic particles in bottled water:" https://www.npr.org/2024/01/10/1223730333/bottled-water-plastic-microplastic-nanoplastic-study

* CW: CSA. "AI image-generators are being trained on explicit photos of children, a study shows:" https://apnews.com/article/generative-ai-illegal-images-child-abuse-3081a81fa79e2a39b67c11201cfd085f

* "Facebook Is Being Overrun With Stolen, AI-Generated Images That People Think Are Real:" https://www.404media.co/facebook-is-being-overrun-with-stolen-ai-generated-images-that-people-think-are-real/

* "Elon Musk claims cis is a ‘heterophobic word’. He’s entirely incorrect:" https://www.thepinknews.com/2024/01/11/elon-musk-cisgender-slur/

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* "A missing person with no memory: How investigators solved the cold case of Seven Doe:" https://apnews.com/article/seven-doe-remains-missing-persons-reba-bailey-1d2edeacf3e6b6605ad4b509d4cc7be2

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* Aidan drained, but didn't reboot. I am losing hope.

It is actually cold here and even snowed a little. O.o

The simpler of the shirts my Aunt bought me arrived and it is much nicer than I expected. The texture is lovely, like the hurts I used to get from International Male in the '90's. I bought it two sizes up on the grounds that I wanted lots of extra fabric for comfort post surgery and zero drama getting it on and off, since I have enough trouble with button down shirts without one arm immobilized. It is gloriously tentlike, and I am now wondering if I can can just drape it over the arm and sling and only stick the other arm through an arm hole. I have options!

I ordered the fancier shirt two sizes up on the same principal. I like too large. Too large is so much easier with my sensory and mobility issues. I am actually excited for it.

* Saturday was incredibly challenging for us. The cats and I were having a nice sleep in my bed when we were jarred awake by the skull splitting alarm. It's hard enough on the rest of us, but Livia is super sensitive by cat standards. She hid of course, and there is no chance of us ever evacuating her in a fast emergency as it would be a three person job. This worries me, but it's a problem without a solution.

I could barely walk and it's bad cold outside. It took ages for me to dress and hobble out to the bench by the curb. (I certainly wasn't going out there naked, and it's too cold for me not to need to bundle up. I learned a long time ago you always grab the keys and go bag just in case). I could tell from the fact that it was still going while I struggled to get the shoes on that it was real, but also the fire engines didn't have the siren on. There was no smoke smell, and it was the non-fire emergency light that flashes for the deaf, so I guessed water emergency. Except when it's a false alarm or test, it's always been a water emergency. They want us to walk through the corridors and gather in the parking lot in the way of the fire engines in emergencies. This has always struck me as madness, so I hobbled out the back door. The gimp to the curb took ages and was incredibly painful. I said fuck this to going all the way around to gather with the others and grabbed the bench.

From there I watched the denizens of the other buildings walk dogs, etc. and glance occasionally at my ringing building. I saw a lot of dog owners sensibly evacuate their dogs into their cars with blankets, which made sense. Seriously, the blizzard missed us, but I think this is the coldest it's ever been where I lived since I moved west in the early '90's. We are talking unsheltered people freezing to death weather. This kind of thing is extra dangerous here because we barely even get snow normally in our weird little micro-climate, so a lot of unhoused people from nearby areas migrate here for cold weather precisely because it's safer than the plains or the mountains because, while it gets chilly it generally doesn't freeze much. (We fucking need housing first in this town with full social support services, because there's no excuse for people being forced to sleep rough when the area is this well off). We are talking when I took Goth Millennial home later, my fingers went numb in fifteen minutes with the car heater on cold. It wasn't quite that bad with the sun out, but it was close. I watched firefighters go in and out. I saw squirrel chatting with the firefighters, but they didn't see me. I read for a bit. The bench was a really good idea. I couldn't have stood that long and the wheelchair would have taken ages to get out given how bad my shoulder and hip joints were functioning. We got the all clear and I hobbled back in.

I decided to try to sleep clothed just in case. Tavy and I were settled back in bed, when squirrel popped in to tell me it was yet another water emergency involving an indoor waterfall, this time involving building pipes rather than a bad water heater or maintenance error (Previous causes of indoor/outdoor waterfall. There was a really impressive one from a forth floor balcony once when the guys replacing the roof had an ooopsie). As I wrote this, he came out to tell me that my suspicion it was frozen pipes was correct. Get this, they hadn't insulated the main building pipes for the forth floor so they burst. Duh. There is a reason they won a massive lawsuit against the guy that built this place. Indoor waterfall through four floors of maintenance area and out the front door to freeze in the parking lot. O.o. I think there is water in the wall between my bathroom and the hall. There is water in the carpet approximately where my washer and dryer are. I can't see water, but I can smell wet plaster in there. I have Concerns.

One of the other buildings had the same thing happen last week. I hope they quick wrap the pipes in the third building.

Livia had just emerged from the secure hide for her reassurance pet and was about a minute in when the alarm went off again. Cats panicked. I figured it was the inevitable multiple retriggering sequence after a water emergency. They shut off all the building alarms for the duration after the second retrigger. I didn't see Livia again until about 8. (I have furnished her favorite hide with a multilevel sleep complex and toys in the lower level. She's fine in there. Sometimes she sleeps in there for fun.

Fucking Low Bid contractors.

Update: Apparently the upper floors had to lose their electrical for safety reasons overnight, and the elevator shaft filled up with water which needs pumping out. Remediation is going to be expensive and time consuming.

I am horrified all those people are dealing with this in the kind of weather we've been having because asshole low bid contractor decided to save a few bucks by not wrapping the pipes. I'm furious he was hired to build this place given his reputation for exactly this sort of thing.

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* "Netanyahu's Supreme Court overhaul effort seen by protesters as threat to Israel's democracy:" https://www.cbsnews.com/news/benjamin-netanyahu-israel-supreme-court-60-minutes-transcript/

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* "Trump co-defendant Jeffrey Clark seeks to move Georgia election case to federal court:" https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/donald-trump/trump-co-defendant-jeffrey-clark-seeks-move-georgia-election-case-fede-rcna105555

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* "East Libya Strongman Keeps Tight Control Over Aid After Floods:" https://www.nytimes.com/2023/09/19/world/middleeast/libya-flood-aid-khalifa-hifter.html

* "Libyan flood survivors weigh water shortages against landmine risk:" https://www.reuters.com/world/africa/libyan-flood-survivors-weigh-water-shortages-against-landmine-risk-2023-09-17/

* "Survivors of Libya's deadly floods describe catastrophic scenes and tragic losses:" https://www.npr.org/2023/09/15/1199761659/libya-floods-derna-survivors-deaths

* "Moroccan earthquake shattered thousands of lives:" https://apnews.com/article/morocco-photos-earthquake-920c39947f895cdfc3448e5431df7562

* "Morocco's earthquake crumbled much of this adobe village nestled in the mountain:" https://www.npr.org/2023/09/19/1200132282/morocco-earthquake-atlas-mountain-village

* How to donate to Doctors Without Borders: https://donate.doctorswithoutborders.org/secure/donate

* "Today’s world requires vastly more copper than you could imagine, and the world of electric vehicles will require even more. That means finding new ways to find and extract copper from the earth’s crust and oceans.:" https://worksinprogress.co/issue/the-discovery-of-copper

* "LGBTQ+ indie game developers hit back at ‘worrying’ new Unity fees for installs:" https://www.thepinknews.com/2023/09/15/unity-development-fees-indie-games/

* "Elon Musk says X, formerly Twitter, could charge all users for access:" https://www.sfchronicle.com/tech/article/x-elon-musk-charge-all-users-18374233.php

* "‘The Trumpian Playbook’: Mehdi unpacks the GOP and Elon Musk’s war on truth:" https://www.msnbc.com/mehdi-on-msnbc/watch/-the-trumpian-playbook-mehdi-unpacks-the-gop-and-elon-musk-s-war-on-truth-192472133703

* "Eclipse Records Pin Dates of 12th and 13th Century Eruptions:" https://eos.org/articles/eclipse-records-pin-dates-of-12th-and-13th-century-eruptions

* "Triboulet the Butt-Slapping Jester: Investigating a Historical Meme:"

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* "The London History Show: The Great Fire:"

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* "The Pub Where They Hanged Pirates: The London History Show:"

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* "Was Victorian modesty a myth? Fashion history mythbusting with sunscreen and school dress codes:"

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* "How Queer Communities Created Secret Languages:"

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* "The Remarkable Versatility of Cloris Leachman: From The Last Picture Show to Young Frankenstein:"

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* Saturday I "won" a game of "What am I allergic to now?"

Spoiler: sandalwood. It was sandalwood. Sigh.

* Thursday was likely the last of the good fruit from the market garden down the street as I can't afford more. They were plums. The oval ones with the dark purple skin and the yellowish interior, perfectly rich of flavour and sweet. I already miss them. Sunday I ate one of the tomatoes that hadn't developed right from the garden and it was like the whole flavour of what would have been a full sized heirloom was compressed into something a tad larger than a cherry tomato. It was still warm from the sun. I dislike summer, but I do love the fresh fruit and veg it brings.

Last Wednesday we started Gothmas prep stuff. The Gothmas season stretches from when the first leaves start turning until some time first week of January. It has many phases. I didn't used to count prep as a phase, but it really is. Last Wednesday was basically Adult Arts and Crafts and cleaning air-conditioner vents. Sunday was things like break down and drain the living room air condition. admittedly a risk with this humidity, but we can't move forward without putting it away. We are hoping to start interior decorating Wednesday.

As always, the goal is to have everything up but the exterior by the end of the 27th. Let's hope i remember to start the curtains in the washing machine before I leave for Wednesday errands. (I really shouldn't be taking the curtains down myself, but I can't put them back up myself, so the timing needs to be a thing that happens when I'm dressed for the day, but with enough time for wash and dry while the Millennials are here.

I am so ready for Autumn, which should be much farther along, but the wind patterns have been radically fucked for half a decade thanks to climate crisis.

The cleaner tricked poor Livia Friday into thinking he was Goth Millennial. He was very quiet and making familiar doing things in the kitchen sounds, so without checking his identity she trundled out of her hide so she could watch birds from her padded podium by my bedroom window. About and hour and a quarter later, he loomed into her doorway. Panic! Goth Millennial was a doppelganger! a Tricksey shape Shifting stranger!

Saturday, she hid from Goth Millennial in case they performed the same shape shifting trick again. Fool me once….

Sunday she was on my bed with Tavy when I brought Goth Millennial in, and we were mid-chat, so she decided Goth Millennial was not a Decepticon because that meant she could keep enjoying the pet I was giving her and a nap in her Spot instead of repairing to her Fortress of Solitude for the evening. it was fine. no shape shifting shenanigans ensued.

* I'd have been harder on Tarantino, but otherwise, perfection. "The Campy Queer Sensibilities of Barbie:"

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* Dracula Thought: So here is the question: Knowing what we know now, is the maids begging to watch by Lucy earlier in her illness touching or sinister?

* "Midnight Pals: Playground of Death:" https://www.tumblr.com/bitterkarella/728732779485036544/midnight-pals-playground-of-death?source=share

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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 Adam Frisch beat Lauren Boebert: https://secure.actblue.com/donate/defeatlaurenboebertnowz

* Want to contribute to Gloria Johnson's senate run in Tennessee? https://www.votegloriajohnson.com/

* "US Patent Bureau call for comment on AI:" https://amaebi.dreamwidth.org/2286373.html

* "STOP Moms for "Liberty":" https://www.stopmomsforliberty.com/

* Want to help the people of Maui?

Maui Food Bank: https://mauifoodbank.org/

Maui Humane Society: https://www.mauihumanesociety.org/

Center for Native Hawaiian Advancement: https://www.memberplanet.com/campaign/cnhamembers/kakoomaui

Hawai'i Red Cross: https://www.redcross.org/local/hawaii/ways-to-donate.html

* Support the WGA. "Entertainment Community Fund:" https://entertainmentcommunity.org/

* Cool Blackwork Embroidery Patterns for Beginners: https://www.etsy.com/shop/thehaberdasheress/?etsrc=sdt

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

* I admit to having a wicked good time tormenting myself and other history geeks with my polls: https://www.tumblr.com/gwydpolls

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* "Escaping China with a spoon and a rusty nail:" https://www.codastory.com/authoritarian-tech/uyghur-thailand-escape-xinjiang-jail/

* "The Coup Is Over, but Putin Is in Trouble:" https://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2023/06/putin-russian-coup-over-prigozhin-wagner/674522/

* "Ukraine Will Be the Big Winner of Prigozhin Turning On Putin:" https://www.thedailybeast.com/ukraine-will-be-the-big-winner-of-prigozhin-turning-on-putin-in-russian-insurrection

* "Let's talk about Russia cooling off and stranger things to come....:"

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* "U.S. spies learned in mid-June Prigozhin was planning armed action in Russia:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2023/06/24/us-intelligence-prigozhin-putin/

* "Blinken on Russia crisis: ‘We haven’t seen the last act’ :" https://www.politico.com/news/2023/06/25/blinken-russia-crisis-00103552

* "Biden says U.S. and allies "had nothing to do with" Wagner rebellion in Russia:" https://www.cbsnews.com/news/biden-wagner-group-russia-mutiny/

* "How a 'sad sack nutball' ended up at the center of the Russia crisis:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/how-a-sad-sack-nutball-ended-up-at-the-center-of-the-russia-crisis-185201221916

* "Belarus starts taking delivery of Russian nuclear weapons:" https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/belarus-has-started-taking-delivery-russian-tactical-nuclear-weapons-president-2023-06-14/

* "Lukashenko offers nuclear weapons to nations willing ‘to join the Union State of Russia and Belarus’:" https://www.cnn.com/2023/05/28/europe/lukashenko-nuclear-weapons-belarus-russia-intl-hnk/index.html

* "UN puts Russian forces on blacklist for killing children in Ukraine:" https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/un-puts-russian-forces-on-blacklist-for-killing-children-in-ukraine

* "Ukrainian Forces take control of several positions near Krasnohorivka, which Russia held since 2014
Ukrainian Forces take control of several positions near Krasnohorivka, which Russia held since 2014:" https://www.ukrinform.net/rubric-ato/3727224-ukrainian-forces-take-control-of-several-positions-near-krasnohorivka-which-russia-held-since-2014.html

* "Ukraine war latest: Military reports advance on Bakhmut flanks; 2 Ukrainian teenagers reportedly killed by Russians in Berdiansk:" https://kyivindependent.com/ukraine-war-latest-june-25/

* "‘Pretending to live a civilian life’: How pro-Ukrainian residents of occupied Melitopol feel daily fear:" https://www.cnn.com/2023/06/11/europe/ukraine-life-under-russian-occupation-melitopol-intl-cmd/index.html

* "The Africans fighting on Russia’s front line in Ukraine:" https://www.reuters.com/investigates/special-report/ukraine-crisis-russia-wagner-africa

* "One year without Roe: Data shows how abortion access has changed in America:" https://www.nbcnews.com/data-graphics/dobbs-abortion-access-data-roe-v-wade-overturned-rcna88947

* "One Year After Dobbs: Keeping Up the Fight for Bodily Autonomy:" https://www.advocate.com/politics/dobbs-abortion-lgbtq-roe-wade

* "Taking Away Our Civil Rights Must Not Become the New Normal After Dobbs:" https://www.advocate.com/voices/abortion-rights-fight-back

* "Trans-led group helps people get safe abortions one year on from Roe v Wade ruling:" https://www.thepinknews.com/2023/06/24/roe-v-wade-supreme-court-year-trans-non-binary-abortion-bans/

* "What’s an Ex–Abortion Doctor in Alabama to Do? Fight for better pregnancies and births for those who have no choice.:" https://nymag.com/intelligencer/article/alabama-abortion-dr-yashica-robinson-roe-v-wade-dobbs-anniversary.html

* "After Roe v. Wade fell, this father-daughter duo left Texas to go on providing abortions:" https://www.reuters.com/investigates/special-report/usa-abortion-family/

* "Trans people are loved: Allies urged to take a stand in powerful new campaign:" https://www.thepinknews.com/2023/06/21/trans-people-are-loved-campaign-uk-pride/

* "Oslo Pride targeted with threats following 2022 shooting which killed two people:" https://www.thepinknews.com/2023/06/22/oslo-pride-police-warning-terror-threats/

* "Lesbian Mothers Targeted by Prosecutor Going After Children's Birth Certificates:" https://www.advocate.com/law/lesbian-mothers-italy-birth-certificates

* "Chinese diplomat claims trans people are a ‘deformity’ in abhorrent tweet:" https://www.thepinknews.com/2023/06/17/china-xue-jian-japan-trans-deformity/

* "Trans woman pushed to the brink in Russia amid fresh Putin crackdown: ‘I’m scared s**tless’:" https://www.thepinknews.com/2023/06/21/russia-trans-healthcare-ban-2/

* "More than 60 people detained at Istanbul Pride as thousands defy ban to march:" https://www.thepinknews.com/2023/06/25/istanbul-pride-turkey-arrests/

* "More than half the population of India supports same-sex marriage – where it is still illegal:" https://www.thepinknews.com/2023/06/20/india-same-sex-marriage-support-lgbtq/

* "LGBTQ+ Victories Did Happen in 2023:" https://www.advocate.com/voices/lgbtq-victories-did-happen-in-2023

* "Estonia Legalizes Marriage Equality:" https://www.advocate.com/world/estonia-marriage-equality

* "'More to Pride than celebration': Hamilton LGBTQ community calls for greater support:" https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/hamilton/lgbt-pride-month-celebration-against-hatred-1.6866839?cmp=rss

* "Celebration and protest erupts during Canada’s largest Pride parade in Toronto:" https://globalnews.ca/news/9792508/toronto-pride-parade-2023/

* "MP injured at trans protest says he’ll ‘take a punch for queer and trans youth any day’:" https://www.thepinknews.com/2023/06/13/joel-harden-canada-ottawa-trans-protest/

* "Olivia Blake MP: LGBTQ+ refugees suffer most in detention – it’s time to end this cruel practice:" https://www.thepinknews.com/2023/06/24/lgbtq-refugee-week-pride-month-immigration-detention/

* "UK government expected to enforce cruel ban on trans kids in school sports, reports claim:" https://www.thepinknews.com/2023/06/19/rishi-sunak-trans-schools-guidance-sports-parents/

* "Police apologise for three-year wait to deal with violent homophobic threats to gay man:" https://www.thepinknews.com/2023/06/21/dyfed-powys-police-homophobia-apology/

* "LGBTQ+ activist left bloodied after ‘punch from Met officer’ at anti-drag protest :" https://www.thepinknews.com/2023/06/24/met-police-honor-oak-turning-point-uk/

* "‘None of our pupils identify as a cat’: School shuts down widely-shared claims from right-wing press:" https://www.thepinknews.com/2023/06/23/pupil-identifies-as-cat-claims-denied/

* "Homophobic vandals invited to Gloucestershire Pride to ‘educate’ themselves after spate of attacks:" https://www.thepinknews.com/2023/06/24/homophobic-vandals-gloucestershire-pride-education/

* "Wickes faces boycott after boss says transphobes aren’t welcome in stores:" https://www.thepinknews.com/2023/06/17/wickes-fraser-longden-boycott/

* "Care homes host heartwarming Silver Pride events for LGBTQ+ elders: ‘I can finally be myself’:" https://www.thepinknews.com/2023/06/22/silver-pride-care-homes-uk/

* "Federal judge turns Ron DeSantis’ own law against him to block Florida drag ban:" https://www.thepinknews.com/2023/06/24/florida-drag-ban-injunction-ron-desantis/

* "Walgreens refuses to give trans man his hormone prescription due to ‘religious beliefs’:" https://www.thepinknews.com/2023/06/23/walgreens-trans-hormone-prescription/

I believe people should not sign up to do a job and then refuse to do it.

However, supreme court is consistently siding with Christians refusing services to Queer people. They literally just decided that the law against discrimination is trumped by the right to discriminate in the 303 Creative case.

I have a nasty suspicion that they will agree health care providers are allowed to let us die if they discriminator is Christian. After all, they are happy to let people who are pregnant bleed to death in front of hospitals or die of sepsis according to the Dobbs Decision.

I’d love to be wrong, I really would, but I don’t think we should bet our lives on SCOTUS deciding that Christian Pharmacists and doctors and EMT’s aren’t allowed to deny us care and make us die for their religion. After all they have decided pregnant people regardless of faith or lake their of should be forced by the state to die for it.

* "Fox News Accused of Altering AP & Reuters Stories to Incite Anti-Trans Rage:" https://www.advocate.com/media/fox-news-ap-reuters

* "These military sisters used to be brothers: 'Our situation is so unique':" https://www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/military-sisters-used-brothers-situation-221757047.html

* "‘We are everywhere’: How rural queer communities connect through storytelling:" https://www.nationalgeographic.com/history/article/country-queer-oral-history-connects-a-community-across-rural-america

* "How the Brain Protects Itself From Blood-Borne Threats:" https://www.quantamagazine.org/how-the-brain-protects-itself-from-blood-borne-threats-20230620

* From earlier reporting I strongly suspected this was the case. "Australia's 'worst female serial killer' freed after her children's deadly gene mutations come to light:" https://www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/australias-worst-female-serial-killer-153528557.html

* "Voluntary Recall of Specific Frozen Fruit Products Due to Possible Contamination by Listeria monocytogenes:" https://www.fda.gov/safety/recalls-market-withdrawals-safety-alerts/voluntary-recall-specific-frozen-fruit-products-due-possible-contamination-listeria-monocytogenes

* Looks like mass murder to me."‘If they had left us be, we wouldn’t have drowned:’ CNN investigation raises questions about Greek coast guard’s account of shipwreck tragedy:" https://www.cnn.com/2023/06/23/europe/greece-migrant-boat-disaster-investigation-intl-cmd/index.html

* "More Than 30 Feared Dead as Boat Bound for Spain's Canary Islands Sinks:" https://www.voanews.com/a/more-than-30-feared-dead-as-boat-bound-for-spain-s-canary-islands-sinks-/7147772.html

* "Four boats with over 300 migrants rescued in Spain's Canary Islands:" https://www.lemonde.fr/en/international/article/2023/06/22/four-boats-with-over-300-migrants-rescued-in-spain-s-canary-islands_6035448_4.html

* "Turbulence on flights is getting worse because of climate change:" https://www.newscientist.com/article/2377658-turbulence-on-flights-is-getting-worse-because-of-climate-change/

* "How South Korea Puts Its Food Scraps to Good Use:" https://www.nytimes.com/2023/06/14/world/asia/south-korea-food-waste.html

* "How ‘Daylighting’ Buried Waterways Is Revitalizing Cities Across America:" https://www.smithsonianmag.com/innovation/how-daylighting-buried-waterways-is-revitalizing-cities-across-america-180981793/

* "NYC Sets Fines for Extra Forks, Ketchup and Soy Sauce Packets in Takeout Orders:" https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-06-20/nyc-sets-fines-for-extra-forks-ketchup-and-soy-sauce-packets-in-takeout-orders

* "If humans went extinct, what would the Earth look like one year later?:" https://theconversation.com/if-humans-went-extinct-what-would-the-earth-look-like-one-year-later-199737

* "r/Blind's Meetings with Reddit and the Current Situation Regarding Accessibility and API Changes:" https://www.reddit.com/r/Blind/comments/14ds81l/rblinds_meetings_with_reddit_and_the_current/

* "Twitter accused of failing to pay millions in employee bonuses after Musk takeover:" https://www.cnn.com/2023/06/21/tech/twitter-bonus-lawsuit/index.html

* "Elon Musk’s ‘cowardly’ cisgender Twitter ban slammed by researcher who coined the term:" https://www.thepinknews.com/2023/06/22/elon-musk-cisgender-twitter-creator-response/

* "17 fatalities, 736 crashes: The shocking toll of Tesla’s Autopilot:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2023/06/10/tesla-autopilot-crashes-elon-musk/

* "Billionaire Brings Tesla Autopilot Rebuke. Outspoken critic delivers sobriety check on EV maker’s Full Self-Driving mode:" https://spectrum.ieee.org/tesla-full-self-driving-critic

* "Trapped Under Trucks:" https://www.propublica.org/article/underride-crashes-nhtsa-dot-iihs-safety-cars-trucks

* "Humans traveled less during COVID restrictions. Animals traveled more:" https://www.npr.org/2023/06/08/1181043524/humans-traveled-less-during-covid-restrictions-animals-traveled-more

* "Nearly half of US honeybee colonies died last year. Struggling beekeepers stabilize population:" https://apnews.com/article/honeybees-pollinator-extinct-disease-death-climate-change-f60297706e19c7346ff1881587b5aced

* "Bees Get All the Love. Won’t Someone Think of the Moths?:" https://www.wired.com/story/bees-get-all-the-love-wont-someone-think-of-the-moths/

* "Poland investigating bird flu outbreak among cats:" https://bnonews.com/index.php/2023/06/poland-investigating-bird-flu-outbreak-among-cats/

* "150 years of Masc Women causing a Moral Panic:"

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* "Florida’s first war on woke:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/rachel-maddow-presents-deja-news/episode-2-floridas-first-war-woke-rcna89983

* "3 Black and Queer Trailblazers You Might Not Have Heard of:" https://advocatechannel.com/black-queer-trailblazers

* "50 Year Ago, the Fire at the Up Stairs Lounge Gay Bar in New Orleans Killed 32:" https://www.advocate.com/history/upstairs-lounge-fire-50-years

* "How the decriminalisation of homosexuality set Ireland on a rapid, awe-inspiring path to modernisation:" https://www.thepinknews.com/2023/06/25/ireland-lgbtq-rights-homosexuality-decriminalisation/

* "Senator David Norris: The man who overturned Ireland’s homosexuality ban, 30 years on:" https://www.thepinknews.com/2023/06/24/david-norris-decriminalisation-homosexuality-anniversary/

* "Equality Day: Why Is June 26 So Momentous for LGBTQ+ Rights?:" https://www.advocate.com/politics/june-26-equality-day-lgbtq

* Glenda Jackson meant a lot to me both for her acting and her politics. She will be so missed. "Glenda Jackson, Revered Actress, Politician, and LGBTQ+ Ally, Dead at 87:" https://www.advocate.com/obituaries/glenda-jackson-lgbtq-ally

* "Photos: Juneteenth celebrations across the US:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/interactive/2023/photos-juneteenth-celebrations-across-us/

* On Biblical Translation around Eve: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/VIXKQb1E22s

* "True Facts: The Curious Adaptations of Sharks:"

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* "The Matrix films are about Neo’s trans journey into becoming Trinity, author argues:" https://www.thepinknews.com/2023/06/24/the-matrix-trans/

* Meds Update: My notorious super sensitivity to drugs is possibly working in my favour for once. After the first two nights I was able to adjust to the bits of side effects. It very much is working. sub-clinical my ambiguous ass. I notice it's kicked in because it peels out about a third of the pain. I get about eight ours of prime relief and about four hours of lesser coverage. I am considering letting them scale up with the second pill to cover sleep. I'm worried about side effects scaling up too to something I can't handle still, but we'll see when we get there.

* The car is a good news/bad news situation. I was legitimately scared it was going to be the transmission this time, which is a death sentence for the car. I am disabled. I need this car for transport. There is no chance of me saving up the kind of money I'd need for a new used car.

It was not the transmission. It was, get this, the speed sensor. Which needed replacing. I have no idea why the speed sensor going wonky was messing the gear lights. Let us hope that's not a separate problem. In any case, the parts and labor was $250. They know me and the guy running it is a sweetheart, so they let me down pay what I had which was the fifty dollars I'd intended for gas and a birthday present for my sister. all I have left in my account is just enough to cover car insurance auto withdraw. I can't touch it or I get cascading overdraft fees so that's right out. This leaves two hundred I still will need to pay them.

I know, it's asking a lot. This is four total car repairs between me and squirrel in three months and y'all bought me a replacement stove last summer when mine went kaput, but here we are again.:

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* "Pride in Makeup: Unleashing Your Artistic Expression:" https://www.out.com/gay-lifestyle/pride-in-makeup-unleashing-your-artistic-expression

* Listen to the end. It's worth it: https://www.tumblr.com/gwydionmisha/721054948286169088?source=share

* "Steve Irwin and the Unicorn:" http://strangehorizons.com/poetry/steve-irwin-and-the-unicorn/

* "Midnight Pals: Raw Deal:" https://www.tumblr.com/bitterkarella/721135161945751552/midnight-pals-raw-deal?source=share

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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.

* BPAL Charity Fundraiser "TRIUMPH IN MY SONG:" https://blackphoenixalchemylab.com/product-category/activism/triumph-in-my-song/

* Support the WGA. "Entertainment Community Fund:" https://entertainmentcommunity.org/

* My oldest continuous friend is trying to raise money to buy games for a Cat Rescue fundraiser. This cat rescue is no kill and places most cats in foster homes until they can be adopted. They are good people there and it's a huge number of cats many needing basic or more serious healthcare.

https://www.gofundme.com/f/318lgf6fa0?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=p_cf%20share-flow-1&fbclid=IwAR1smSQTz7deMSVUBsEg30AdhQ-zeAEHGXOcHXqVUILTlF2MqnIIW49SDVU

* Cool Blackwork Embroidery Patterns for Beginners: https://www.etsy.com/shop/thehaberdasheress/?etsrc=sdt

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

( Links Underneath: )

* "Ukraine is hit by a massive cyberattack that targeted government websites:" https://www.npr.org/2022/01/14/1073001754/ukraine-cyber-attack-government-websites-russia

* "Ruth Davidson blasts Boris Johnson over 'indefensible' lockdown party:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2022/01/12/ruth-davidson-boris-johnson-downing-street-party/

* "'Pathetic' Boris Johnson accused of 'lies and corruption' by furious LGBT+ MPs:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2022/01/14/boris-johnson-lockdown-party-resignation-lgbt/

* "South African parliament fire suspect charged with terrorism offences:" https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/jan/11/south-african-parliament-fire-suspect-charged-with-terrorism-offences

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* "WHO recommends two new drugs to treat COVID-19:" https://www.who.int/news/item/14-01-2022-who-recommends-two-new-drugs-to-treat-covid-19

* "Thousands of Hindus take holy dip in India, defying COVID surge:" https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2022/1/14/india-hindus-holy-dip-makar-sankranti-covid-surge

* "Supreme Court halts COVID-19 vaccine rule for US businesses:" https://apnews.com/article/supreme-court-vaccine-mandate-eb5899ae1fe5b62b6f4d51f54a3cd375

* "White House promises to provide schools 10 million free coronavirus tests per month:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/education/2022/01/12/biden-covid-tests-schools-antigen/

* "19 states have fewer than 15% of ICU beds left as health care staffing shortages complicate care:" https://www.cnn.com/2022/01/13/health/us-coronavirus-thursday/index.html

* "Lab Sued Over Covid Test Fees By Another Blue Cross, Blue Shield Insurer:" https://khn.org/morning-breakout/lab-sued-over-covid-test-fees-by-another-blue-cross-blue-shield-insurer/

* "FEMA administrator to announce expanded flexibility for National Guard to help support hospitals:" https://www.cnn.com/2022/01/14/politics/fema-national-guard-support/index.html

* "Crush of Covid on U.S. hospitals calls for 'thinking outside of dogma' for solutions:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/crush-of-covid-on-u-s-hospitals-calls-for-thinking-outside-of-dogma-for-solutions-130934853930

* "Dr. Fauci on why he ‘called out’ GOP Sen. Rand Paul: ‘Pure ad hominem’:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/dr-fauci-on-why-he-called-out-gop-sen-rand-paul-pure-ad-hominem-130647621751

* "Fox News' Tucker Carlson pushes Viagra as a COVID-19 cure, because of course:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2022/01/11/tucker-carlson-viagra-covid-19-treatment/

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* "Joy Reid: The fact that Guantanamo is still open after 20 years is a national embarrassment:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-reidout/watch/guantanamo-bay-received-its-first-prisoners-20-years-ago-this-week-130651717878

* "States send kids to foster care and their parents the bill — often one too big to pay:" https://www.npr.org/2021/12/27/1049811327/states-send-kids-to-foster-care-and-their-parents-the-bill-often-one-too-big-to-

* CW: Child Abuse. "“They Took Us Away From Each Other”: Lost Inside America’s Shadow Foster System:" https://www.propublica.org/article/they-took-us-away-from-each-other-lost-inside-americas-shadow-foster-system

* "Kyrsten Sinema preempts Biden, dashing Democrats’ illogical hopes she would move on the filibuster:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2022/01/14/kyrsten-sinema-filibuster/

* "How Biden swung for filibuster reform — and missed with Manchin and Sinema:" https://www.politico.com/news/2022/01/13/manchin-sinema-sink-filibuster-reform-527082

* "Sen. Kyrsten Sinema: The Dagger at the Throat of Democracy:" https://www.advocate.com/commentary/2022/1/14/sen-kyrsten-sinema-dagger-throat-democracy

* "Blurring Party Lines: The Democrats in Name Only:"

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* "Schumer says Senate will take up voting rights Tuesday as Democrats face grim odds:" https://www.cnn.com/2022/01/13/politics/biden-voting-rights-senate-democrats/index.html

* "Biden calls on Senate to change filibuster rules to pass voting rights bills in forceful speech: 'I'm tired of being quiet':" https://www.cnn.com/2022/01/11/politics/biden-atlanta-voting-rights-speech/index.html

* "Joy Reid: What leverage does Biden have to get voting rights bills passed now?:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-reidout/watch/voting-rights-legislation-passing-in-senate-promoted-by-biden-as-many-demand-plan-of-action-130653253541

* "McConnell makes racist argument to defend blocking voting rights Elie Mystal says:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-reidout/watch/mcconnell-blasts-biden-for-saying-senate-gop-could-be-on-wrong-side-of-history-on-voting-rights-130743877806

* "Warren: We can launch voting rights bill, but don’t yet have landing gear:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/warren-we-can-launch-voting-rights-bill-but-don-t-yet-have-landing-gear-130741317573

* "Voting rights is a democracy issue, not a niche issue for Black people Sherrilyn Ifill says:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-reidout/watch/biden-challenging-senators-to-stand-up-for-voting-rights-discussed-by-sherrilyn-ifill-130651205836

* "Democrats work to convince Manchin, Sinema of the 'changed circumstance' needing new rules:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/democrats-work-to-convince-manchin-sinema-of-the-changed-circumstance-needing-new-rules-130666565860

* "Voting rights expert: GOP plotting next coup as Sinema, Manchin say they won’t stop it:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-reidout/watch/kyrsten-sinema-confirmed-opposition-to-changing-filibuster-despite-co-sponsoring-voting-rights-bill-named-after-john-lewis-130839621890

* 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/

* "Top Ohio court strikes down state's gerrymandered congressional map:" https://www.politico.com/news/2022/01/14/ohio-congressional-map-struck-down-527116

* Bock, Bock, Bock! "RNC feud with presidential debate commission escalates with boycott threat:" https://www.politico.com/news/2022/01/13/rnc-threatens-to-bar-candidates-from-presidential-debates-527037

* "The party of sabotage commits sabotage because it works:" https://solarbird.dreamwidth.org/1819401.html

* "Michigan AG asks feds to investigate fake GOP electors:" https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/wireStory/michigan-ag-asks-feds-investigate-fake-gop-electors-82263515

* Why haven't they been arrested yet? "Similarities suggest coordination in fake elector letters from Republicans in five states:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/similarities-suggest-coordination-in-fake-elector-letters-from-republicans-in-five-states-130662469836

* "Fake elector struggles to explain role in scheme to submit false election papers:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/fake-elector-struggles-to-explain-role-in-scheme-to-submit-false-election-papers-130755653627

* "January 6th Committee documents suggest Meadows involvement in fake elector scheme:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/january-6th-committee-documents-suggest-meadows-involvement-in-fake-elector-scheme-130753093989

* "Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick will win Florida special election to replace the late Alcee Hastings, CNN projects:" https://www.cnn.com/2022/01/11/politics/florida-special-election-sheila-cherfilus-mccormick/index.html

* "Clay Aiken decided on Congress run after Republican's homophobic rant:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2022/01/11/clay-aiken-congress-north-carolina-homophobic-rant/

* "Georgia Senate candidate Herschel Walker promoted a ‘mist’ that he claimed would ‘kill any covid on your body’:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/georgia-senate-candidate-herschel-walker-promoted-a-mist-that-he-claimed-would-kill-any-covid-on-your-body/2022/01/12/230ec9a8-73b9-11ec-bc13-18891499c514_story.html

* "Another cringey performance calls into question competence of favored Georgia Republican:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/another-cringey-performance-calls-into-question-competence-of-favored-georgia-republican-130753605896

* "Andrea Jenkins Is Nation's First Trans City Council President:" https://www.advocate.com/politics/2022/1/11/andrea-jenkins-nations-first-trans-city-council-president

* "Read NPR's full interview with former President Donald Trump:" https://www.npr.org/2022/01/12/1072176709/transcript-full-npr-interview-former-president-donald-trump

* "Donald Trump continuing to inspire GOP cult of personality critiqued by Joy Reid:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-reidout/watch/trump-cult-of-personality-in-gop-slammed-by-joy-reid-in-the-absolute-worst-130840645705

* "Capitol attack panel subpoenas Google, Facebook and Twitter for digital records:" https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2022/jan/13/capitol-attack-subpoenas-google-facebook-twitter-reddit-january-6

* "GOP leader McCarthy says he won't cooperate with 1/6 panel:" https://apnews.com/article/donald-trump-kevin-mccarthy-mark-meadows-bennie-thompson-congress-92d310c0bb0232afc0c3d0a6b179874a

* "Jan. 6 panel subpoenas Trump Jr. advisers, Trump speechwriter:" https://www.politico.com/news/2022/01/11/jan-6-panel-subpoenas-trump-jr-aides-trump-speechwriter-526916

* "Ted Cruz pushes far-right’s favorite Jan. 6 conspiracy theory to prove loyalty:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/ted-cruz-pushes-far-right-s-favorite-jan-6-conspiracy-theory-to-prove-loyalty-130835013790

* "A year after Jan. 6, FBI still hunting for pipe bomber and other insurrection suspects:" https://www.pbs.org/newshour/nation/a-year-after-jan-6-fbi-still-hunting-for-pipe-bomber-and-other-insurrection-suspects

* "Justice Dept. creating unit focused on domestic terrorism:" https://apnews.com/article/united-states-national-security-terrorism-899caf47624dd8741d04f73e65659e68

* "Seditious conspiracy: 11 Oath Keepers charged in Jan. 6 riot:" https://apnews.com/article/stewart-rhodes-arrested-oath-keepers-jan-6-insurrection-70019e1007132e8df786aaf77215a110

* "'Seditious conspiracy' is tough to prosecute but couldn't be a more fitting case: McQuade:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/-seditious-conspiracy-is-tough-to-prosecute-but-couldn-t-be-a-more-fitting-case-mcquade-130934853736

* "'Big deal': First ‘seditious conspiracy’ charge handed down to Jan. 6 suspect:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/-big-deal-first-seditious-conspiracy-charge-handed-down-to-jan-6-suspect-130837061725

* "Joy Reid: Oath Keepers went from anti-government to pro-government with Trump’s election:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-reidout/watch/oath-keepers-leader-stewart-rhodes-charged-with-seditious-conspiracy-130925637913

* "New Braunfels police investigating after shovel-wielding woman smashes door of Democrats HQ:" https://herald-zeitung.com/community_alert/article_486ed54c-73d9-11ec-978a-db95131a66c7.html

* "All hostages out and safe at Texas synagogue, governor says:" https://www.cnn.com/2022/01/15/us/colleyville-texas-hostage-situation/index.html

* "The Data Are Pointing to One Major Driver of America’s Murder Spike:" https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2022/01/gun-sales-murder-spike/621196/

* "Queer Couple Flee After Being Charged With Murdering Young Woman:" https://www.advocate.com/crime/2022/1/11/queer-couple-flee-after-being-charged-murdering-young-woman-dallas-marisela-botello-valadez

* "Man free after 37 years due to 'sex for lies' false witness:" https://apnews.com/article/business-philadelphia-0f7a11db87d71a64f4acf07046b9e8be

* "Colston statue verdict ‘landmark’ in Britain's slave history:" https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-bristol-59892211

* "Path of resistance: a timeline of protest against Edward Colston:" https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/jan/05/colston-timeline-of-protest-against-one-slave-trader

* "Homer Plessy, US civil rights pioneer, receives pardon 130 years on:" https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2022/jan/05/homer-plessy-supreme-court-pardon-louisiana-new-orleans

* CW: Pedophilia. ""Christian Values": The Twisted Truths of the Duggar Family :"

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* CW: Sexual Assault "Prince Andrew loses military titles and use of HRH:" https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-59987935

* "Gaetz's ex-girlfriend testifies before grand jury investigating the Florida congressman:" https://www.cnn.com/2022/01/12/politics/matt-gaetz-grand-jury/index.html

* "McCarthy facing another possible Republican indictment as Gaetz case develops:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/mccarthy-facing-another-possible-republican-indictment-as-gaetz-case-develops-130753605517

* CW: Sex Trafficking. "Ghislaine Maxwell: Lawyers call for retrial over juror comments:" https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-59884806

* CW: Sex Trafficking. "Prosecutors willing to drop Ghislaine Maxwell perjury charge if no retrial:" https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2022/jan/10/ghislaine-maxwell-retrial-perjury-latest

* CW: Sexual Abuse. "Why Ghislaine Maxwell Was Convicted (And How A Juror Might Undo It):"

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* CW: Sexual Abuse. "I Will Not Be Silenced by the Army or My Alma Mater:" https://www.advocate.com/commentary/2021/12/18/i-will-not-be-silenced-army-or-my-alma-mater

* "Ashley Madison's Affair with User Data and Shady Practices:"

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* "Priest charged with hate speech for homophobic rant about murder suspect:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2022/01/08/malta-david-muscat-hate-speech/

* "Sejm passes horrific anti-LGBT+ bill in Poland:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2022/01/15/poland-sejm-lgbt-propaganda-lex-czarnek/

* "South Korea rejects gay couple's lawsuit for equal healthcare benefits:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2022/01/09/south-korea-court-equal-healthcare-benefits/

* "Senegal rejects chilling bill targeting LGBT+ people and allies:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2022/01/05/senegal-lgbt-bill-homosexuality/

* "Judge tells gay man he can adopt his husband’s child in historic step for Taiwan:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2022/01/06/taiwan-same-sex-lgbt-adoption-gay-couple/

* "'Warrior' trans rights activist Thalía Rodríguez shot dead on her doorstep:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2022/01/11/honduras-trans-thalia-rodriguez-murder/

* "Man stabbed, beaten and called ‘batty boy’ by group of boys who suspected him of being gay:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2022/01/09/ghana-man-stabbed-suspected-gay-tema/

* "Tory plot to gut human rights law should horrify LGBT+ Brits, law professor warns:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2022/01/05/tory-human-rights-act-lgbt/

* "6 reasons 'prime minister Liz Truss' is a terrifying concept for LGBT+ people:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2022/01/10/liz-truss-prime-minister-lgbt/

* "Unelected Tory peer wants to force trans people into the wrong prisons:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2022/01/11/house-of-lords-trans-prison-lord-blencathra/

* "Biphobic boy stabbed woman in attack that has 'scarred victim for life':" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2022/01/08/jack-green-bisexual-canterbury-england/

* "Trans man refused haircut by bigoted barber left feeling 'disgusted and ashamed':" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2022/01/12/trans-man-barber-bolton/

* "Canada's armed forces to 'eliminate binary uniform' so all members feel 'safe':" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2022/01/08/canada-armed-forces-gendered-uniforms/

* "Bid to outlaw forced genital surgeries on intersex children in California pulled:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2022/01/05/intersex-forced-genital-surgeries-children-california-scott-weiner-sb225/

* "Republican lawmaker rings in the new year with 'hateful' attack on trans kids:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2022/01/03/arizona-republican-wendy-rogers-trans-bills-2022/

* "Black Trans Woman Duval Princess Shot and Killed in Jacksonville:" https://www.advocate.com/crime/2022/1/14/black-trans-woman-duval-princess-shot-and-killed-jacksonville-florida

* There are straight women's lacrosse coaches? "Monks Sever Ties With School Months After It Hires Lesbian Coach:" https://www.advocate.com/news/2022/1/05/monks-sever-ties-catholic-school-months-after-it-hires-lesbian-coach

* "Students take the gay out of Gay-Straight Alliance after parents' furious protest:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2022/01/05/gay-straight-alliance-tennessee-lakeland-gsa-school-board/

* "Examining Chick-Fil-A's Strict Anti LGBTQ+ Practices:"

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* "Officials urged to throw out queer blood ban amid 'national blood crisis':" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2022/01/14/queer-blood-ban-crisis-usa-officials-fda/

* "France Just Lifted Homophobic Blood Ban on Men Who Have Sex With Men:" https://www.advocate.com/world/2022/1/12/france-lifted-homophobic-blood-ban-men-who-have-sex-men-queer

* "Black-owned hospice seeks to bring greater ease in dying to Black families:" https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2021/12/28/1064096741/black-owned-hospice-seeks-to-bring-greater-ease-in-dying-to-black-families

* "Psychiatrists are uncovering connections between viruses and mental health. They’re surprising.:" https://www.vox.com/science-and-health/22783685/covid-19-depression-mental-health-risks-immunology

* "Can COVID-19 alter your personality? Here's what brain research shows.:" https://www.nationalgeographic.com/science/article/can-covid-19-alter-your-personality-heres-what-brain-research-shows

* "The Weight Game: How Body-Size Bias Can Hold Back Health Science:" https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/the-weight-game-how-body-size-bias-can-hold-back-health-science/

* "‘It’s devastating’: how fentanyl is unfolding as one of America’s greatest tragedies:" https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/nov/22/fentanyl-deaths-spike-us-tragedy

* "This Disability Activist Died After an Airline Broke Her Wheelchair:" https://www.outtraveler.com/news/2022/1/14/disability-activist-died-after-airline-broke-her-wheelchair

* "Sometimes, Life Stinks. So He Invented the Nasal Ranger.:" https://www.nytimes.com/2022/01/13/climate/nasal-ranger-chuck-mcginley.html

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* "EU scientists say 2021 was world's fifth-hottest year on record:" https://www.reuters.com/markets/commodities/eu-scientists-call-action-greenhouse-gas-levels-hit-high-2021-2022-01-10/

* "Nearly quarter of world’s population had record hot year in 2021, data shows:" https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2022/jan/13/hot-year-temperatures-climate-crisis-2021

* "Beekeepers protest as Chile megadrought hits honey production:" https://www.independent.co.uk/climate-change/news/beekeepers-chile-megadrought-climate-crisis-b1986391.html

* "Saving History With Sandbags: Climate Change Threatens the Smithsonian:" https://www.nytimes.com/2021/11/25/climate/smithsonian-museum-flooding.html

* "Philadelphia house fire:" https://www.cnn.com/us/live-news/philadelphia-house-fire-01-05-22/index.html

* "'Readiness and courage': Coast Guard rescuers pull body from car near edge of Niagara Falls:" https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2021/12/08/us-coast-guard-diver-body-car-niagara-falls/6437706001/

* "How Humans Are Changing the Oceans:"

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

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* "The Quest to Trap Carbon in Stone—and Beat Climate Change:" https://www.wired.com/story/the-quest-to-trap-carbon-in-stone-and-beat-climate-change/

* "These scientists want to solve the solar e-waste crisis:" https://www.theverge.com/2021/12/29/22857157/solar-recycling-new-better-method

* "First space station tourist in ten years docks at ISS:" https://www.cnn.com/2021/12/07/tech/space-tourism-maezawa-soyuz-scn/index.html

* "This $10 billion high-tech detective will reveal the secrets of the universe:" https://www.cnn.com/2021/12/24/world/james-webb-space-telescope-infrared-scn/index.html

* Nope! Nopenopenope! Do not Want! "Taste the TV: Japan invents lickable screen to imitate food flavours:" https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/dec/23/taste-the-tv-japan-invents-lickable-screen-to-imitate-food-flavours

* "Hierotopia:" https://www.kierandodds.com/work/hierotopia/

* "World’s vast networks of underground fungi to be mapped for first time:" https://www.theguardian.com/science/2021/nov/30/worlds-vast-networks-of-underground-fungi-to-be-mapped-for-first-time

* "This subterranean creature has 1,306 legs. Yes, that's a record.:" https://www.reuters.com/lifestyle/science/this-subterranean-creature-has-1306-legs-yes-thats-record-2021-12-16/

* "An extinct millipede the length of a car once roamed northern England:" https://www.npr.org/2021/12/20/1065759563/extinct-millipede-car-northern-england-arthropleura

* "Saving Kyrgyzstan's deer from brink of extinction:" https://www.bbc.com/news/av/world-asia-59731003

* "A Gene-Tweaked Jellyfish Offers a Glimpse of Other Minds:" https://www.wired.com/story/gene-tweaked-jellyfish-neurology/

* "Impeccably preserved dinosaur embryo looks as if it 'died yesterday':" https://www.livescience.com/dinosaur-embryo-fossil-egg-discovered

* "Lion Bones Are Popping Up in Some Very Unexpected Places:" https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2022/01/archaeologists-find-lion-bones-europe/621201/

* "The One-Eyed African Queen Who Defeated the Roman Empire:" https://narratively.com/the-one-eyed-african-queen-who-defeated-the-roman-empire/

* "Gold rings, ancient coins and early Christian art found in shipwrecks off Israel's coast:" https://www.haaretz.com/archaeology/gold-rings-coins-and-early-christian-art-found-in-shipwrecks-off-israel-s-coast-1.10485635

* "Why was Roman Concrete Forgotten during the Middle Ages?:"

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* "Joan of Arc: The Maid of Orléans:"

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* "Gilles de Rais: Serial Killer or Victim of an Unjust System | Prism of the Past:"

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* CW: All the Things "The Real Story of Elizabeth Bathory:"

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* "Stede Bonnet: The Gentleman Pirate:"

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* CW: War Crimes "Henry Wirz: The Only Confederate Officer to Be Executed for War Crimes After the American Civil War:"

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* "An 1875 almanac, books and a coin were revealed in time capsule discovered in the pedestal of Robert E. Lee statue:" https://www.cnn.com/2021/12/22/us/virginia-lee-time-capsule-open-trnd/index.html

* "Chopin's last piano gets its 19th-century features back:" https://apnews.com/article/europe-arts-and-entertainment-poland-paris-warsaw-90d18cca1a8467a453ca880d26ce5068

* "The Disappearance of Japan’s “Third Gender”:" https://daily.jstor.org/the-disappearance-of-japans-third-gender/?preview_id=280817

* "The Completely Bonkers History of the Bathroom Scale:" https://elemental.medium.com/the-completely-bonkers-history-of-the-bathroom-scale-35ba54e04805

* "Harlem Hellfighters: Rare photographs of the African American regiment renowned for courage despite prejudice, 1917-1918:" https://rarehistoricalphotos.com/harlem-hellfighters-photographs/

* CW: Antisemitism, Racism "H.P. Lovecraft: A Titan of Terror:"

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* "The Fearless Mother-Daughter Duo Who Tamed Lions to Save the Circus:" https://narratively.com/the-fearless-mother-daughter-duo-who-tamed-lions-to-save-the-circus/

* CW: Animal Cruelty, Child endangerment. "Inside California Alligator Farm where kids could ride and play with alligators, 1920s:" https://rarehistoricalphotos.com/california-alligator-park-photographs/

* "The First Soviet Five Year Plan:"

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* "These Forgotten Essays Reveal the Secrets and Dreams of Jewish Teens As Hitler Drew Near:" https://narratively.com/these-forgotten-essays-reveal-the-secrets-and-dreams-of-jewish-teens-as-hitler-drew-near/

* "These Photos Capture the Lives of African American Soldiers Who Served During World War II:" https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/african-american-soldiers-served-during-world-war-ii-180974962/

* "He Bombed the Nazis, Outwitted the Soviets and Modernized Christmas:" https://www.nytimes.com/2021/12/17/nyregion/bomber-pilot-christmas-trees.html

* "That Time the British Tried to Save Its Empire with Peanuts (And the Hilarity that Ensued):"

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* "The Somerton Man: Australia's Greatest Crime Mystery:"

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* "Did Anyone Escape Alcatraz?:"

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* "Wascally Wabbits: The Rabbit-Proof Fence That's Sealing Off Australia:"

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* "The Villisca Axe Massacre:"

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* CW: Pedophilia "One of the Most Disgusting Priests: Joseph Maskell :"

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* "Vacuum-Sealed Container From 1972 Moon Landing Will Finally Be Opened:" https://gizmodo.com/vacuum-sealed-container-from-1972-moon-landing-will-fin-1848234198

* "The Troubling and Disgusting Case of Luka Magnotta:"

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* "The Unfortunate Case of Otto Warmbier :"

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* "Pioneering chemsex activist and campaigner dies suddenly: 'We owe him a huge debt':" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2022/01/12/david-stuart-chemsex-56-dean-street-hiv/

* "Naughty Children Get… EATEN? The Creepy History of Europe’s Christmas Folk Villains:"

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* "A Black People's History of Christmas:"

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* "Why Celebrities Are Getting Sued for Posting Photos of Themselves:"

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* "The Centuries-Old Plays Helping to Revitalize a Once-Lost Language:" https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/ordinalia-play-revitalize-cornish

* "Kidnapped as a Boy, This Man’s Hand-Drawn Map of Home Helped Him Find His Mom:" https://www.vice.com/en/article/akvkze/mans-hand-drawn-map-helped-find-mom

* "Real-life Ammonite fossil hunter to finally be honoured, 'righting historic wrong':" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2022/01/04/ammonite-fossil-hunter-mary-anning-kate-winslet-lyme-regis/

* "Covering Up Hate:" https://thenib.com/covering-up-hate/

* "Maryland homeowner uses smoke to battle snakes, burns down house:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2021/12/03/snake-infested-house-fire/

* "11-year-old honored for saving fellow student from choking and woman from house fire all in one day:" https://www.cnn.com/2021/12/22/us/student-saves-two-people-davyon-johnson-trnd/index.html

* "Cat stuck inside chair that was donated to thrift store reunited with owners:" https://www.newsweek.com/cat-stuck-inside-chair-that-was-donated-thrift-store-reunited-owners-1666464

* "Woman reportedly breastfed her cat on flight to Atlanta:" https://www.nbc12.com/2021/12/06/woman-reportedly-breastfed-her-cat-flight-atlanta/

* "The Strangest Legal Defenses (That Worked!):"

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* ""Dressed Like A Man" aka The History Of Masculine Style In Women's Fashion:"

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* "The Problem With Asexual Representation:"

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* I'm not one hundred percent in agreement (call it 95%), but this captures the complexity of my thought in this area. "Why We Keep Retelling Persephone's Story:"

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* It’s funny, I used to teach this book as part of the middle School Curriculum here. It never once occurred to me it might not be intentional because the politics of it was so clear and thematic. "Holes & The Prison-Industrial Complex:"

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* "Ranking Every 2021 Costume Drama on Historical Accuracy || The 19th Century:"

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* "Freaks Isn't a Horror Film:"

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* "The Darkest Fairytale Ever Written:"

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* "Ben Shapiro's School Shooter Movie That No One Wanted:"

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* "When Gomer Pyle Married Rock Hudson: The Secret Life Jim Nabors:"

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* "The Right Still Can't Meme:"

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* "I've Got an Ace up My Sleeves | Asexual Memes:"

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* "Patton Oswalt - Christmas Shoes:"

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* "Jurassic Park but with a Cat:"

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* "All JASKIER Songs With Lyrics | The Witcher Season 2:"

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* Wednesday: Squirrel got his booster too late, looks like. (They take two weeks for full coverage). He gets tested at work and had yesterday off, so 2-3 days since infection. We resigned ourselves to the inevitability of infection when they informed him he'd be working with COVID patients. They've been taking all precautions, but Omicron is so terribly infectious.

He is staying entirely in his room; the cats and I are staying out here. I'm bringing him provisions and the like, and the plan is for us not to interact directly, but we must assume my exposure, given how terribly infectious omicron is. I was boosted in early December, so the risk to me is not that great. Either I'm in the unlucky 10% or I'm not. I must hope Pfiser will protect me. I told the Millennials to stay away, lest we infect them, because that is the far greater risk.

* Thursday I masked up with the best mask I had left and went out for provisions to tide Squirrel over in his room for quarantine, since someone had to go, and better me than him. Once I returned, I considered myself in quarantine too. This took all the Thursday spoons and likely some of Friday's.

Friday, I dealt with phone stuff and scheduled a Covid test for Tuesday. I dragged in forage delivery from the patio and sorted and put it away. I did the usual essential things. I am exhausted, but I would be in any case. I have a chronic sinus infection that comes in waves so is that mild stuffiness COVID or the usual? My lungs are in the normal range for this time of year and weather, though on the slightly goopier end of normal. COVId or just my CF Carrier/Allegries/COPD?

Squirrel was still recovering from the booster when he got COVID. We both are pretty sure his symptoms are all or mostly booster recovery, since his arc is pretty much the same one I experienced early December. He is noticeably better every day, but the other shoe could drop and he's higher risk than me.

Tavy can't understand any of this and is extra bitey. He doesn't understand why there are no Millennials. he can't understand why squirrel doesn't pet him. he can't understand why I won't crack the door so he can see what Squirrel is doing and maybe hang out with him. All the routines are in tatters. He gratuitously bit me so hard during lung time Thursday night that he left a dark bruise on my wrist. (The arm was innocently lying across my stomach a couple inches away. I was still. It was definitely nothing I did.) Livia is subtly unsettled and clearly missing his butt pets, but she is very much my cat, if you follow, and more cat social oriented than a people cat. This is so much harder on the emperor who is very much an extrovert.

* Not surprisingly, me having been a 14th century specialist before my break with academia and having been interested in yersina pestis since before even that other major plague struck like lightening and burned through the most vital and creative of two generations, I have thought about the Great Pestilence a lot in the past two years. I have written about that and the Great Plague of Athens in this space and others off and on.

What I haven't written of much or possibly at all is how much I've been thinking about wars. About all the soldiers marching into or later airlifted into meat grinders in places like the Somme or Galipoli or Gettysburg or Omaha Beach or Dien bien Phu. Really all of the Crimean War, or our American Civil War or WWI, and big chunks of all the wars after, once the gun tech reached a certain level.

I think about this when it comes to medical workers in the current Covid crisis. I think about two years of Doctors, nurses, and paramedics, exhausted beyond weeping begging over and over for people to where their masks and stay inside. I think of wave after wave grinding them down to burnt out nubs. I think of men baaing like sheep as they leave their troop transports because that was the only protest they were allowed as they were marched towards the meat grinder battles of WWI, most to come back badly damaged or not at all. You generally can't see neurological and cardiac damage the way you can see missing limbs or a ruined face, but oh the scars are their and so is the PTSD by whatever name an era chooses to call it.

In my highly vaccinated area, in the gap between the Delta spike and the Omicron wave that is drowning us now, the hospital sucked up 130+ nurses out of surrounding nursing home to fill the holes left by those leaving one way or another. (Burnt out, damaged irreparably, psychological damage, and those who don't care enough about other people that infecting and killing people for the Republican political cause made them no longer suitable for a profession that is fundamentally about empathy when practiced well). I kept thinking of the terrible stage in war where the old men and children are the only ones left to call up as a last defense. The healthy nurses went over the top long ago and the people left are people like Squirrel in the most vulnerable categories still able to work. Those nursing homes are now killing fields staffed by a skeleton crew.

Those people lost to death and disability and physical and emotional fatigue... We aren't getting them back. All that skill and intelligence and experience, they have moved on one way or another. The best case scenario here is things like private practice and medical bureaucracy. Far too many are gone for good. The first health care worker to die in NYC's first wave was a gay man. So many followed him.

The first wave could have been less deadly if people like 45 and Boris Johnson and Jair Bolsanaro weren't entirely devoid of ethics and empathy, but a lot of the early part couldn't be helped. It was better in places like the one where I live with responsible leaders who saw saving lives as the goal; it was a nightmare in most Republican controlled areas where killing as many people as possible for capitalism is a linchpin of the "pro-life" agenda. After that first wave though? That's all pretty much on purpose. Selfishness from the International down to the individual level.

Healthcare workers are being endlessly pushed into the meat grinder, and it is inexcusable and irreparable. We'll be lucky if the system recovers in a generation and that's an optimistic view. The people? So many of the people won't, and there's not really a token attempt anymore at saving them.

* "Stonehenge: History and Restoration through old photographs, 1880-1960:" https://rarehistoricalphotos.com/stonehenge-history-restoration-old-photographs/

* A Romance Writer Asks a Doctor: https://twitter.com/sarahmaclean/status/1481757763999043586

* Iphegenia: https://twitter.com/mayadeanewriter/status/1472951601656700930

* Draculas: https://gothiccharmschool.tumblr.com/post/673494941662576640/cognitiveinequality-zooophagous-obsle

* Evaporated Milk: https://s-leary.tumblr.com/post/673391664499507200/can-someone-please-explain-to-me-what-evaporated

* Is Cum faery Food? https://rubynye.tumblr.com/post/673219413102804992/thewinterotter-constant-instigator-audsbot

* "First Of All, There's Nothing Charlotte of "Charlotte's Web" Says About Wilbur That Isn't Also True Of The Virgin Mary:" https://www.thechatner.com/p/first-of-all-theres-nothing-charlotte?token=eyJ1c2VyX2lkIjoxNjEzMzc4LCJwb3N0X2lkIjo0NzAxMjkwNSwiXyI6IkhrV0dsIiwiaWF0IjoxNjQyMDQxMTU0LCJleHAiOjE2NDIwNDQ3NTQsImlzcyI6InB1Yi01Iiwic3ViIjoicG9zdC1yZWFjdGlvbiJ9.DFCo-zkCeHRvC2DQl2OdZhMQ25ja5J6WVTzlb-KnerM

* "Street Photographer Captures the Magical Moments That Happen When We’re Not Looking:" https://mymodernmet.com/eric-kogan-magical-street-photos/

* "'It broke something inside me,' writer says of bizarre meal at Michelin-starred restaurant:" https://www.cbc.ca/radio/asithappens/as-it-happens-the-friday-edition-1.6281437/it-broke-something-inside-me-writer-says-of-bizarre-meal-at-michelin-starred-restaurant-1.6281479

* "A Food Critic Reviews the Swedish Chef’s New Restaurant:" https://www.newyorker.com/humor/daily-shouts/a-food-critic-reviews-the-swedish-chefs-new-restaurant

* "Making The News A Little More Fun:" https://www.thechatner.com/p/making-the-news-a-little-more-fun?token=eyJ1c2VyX2lkIjoxNjEzMzc4LCJwb3N0X2lkIjo0NTYzODYwOSwiXyI6Ilprb2d4IiwiaWF0IjoxNjM5ODA0MTM0LCJleHAiOjE2Mzk4MDc3MzQsImlzcyI6InB1Yi01Iiwic3ViIjoicG9zdC1yZWFjdGlvbiJ9.o9H7Sde1BoppRGR4nDVt2Yw-7nEq7OoAaHGM2T9YxgY

* "The Great Sphinx of Giza through vintage photographs, 1850-1940:" https://rarehistoricalphotos.com/great-sphinx-giza-old-photographs/

* "The 14 Best Moments In Willow, Ranked:" https://www.slashfilm.com/709595/the-best-moments-in-willow-ranked/

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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

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* "Neguse reacts to redistricting map that would put Boebert against him in 2022 :" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/rep-joe-neguse-reacts-to-redistricting-map-that-would-put-rep-lauren-boebert-against-him-in-2022-120372293605

* "Aaron Schock and Richard Grenell to lead Republican Pride event:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2021/09/10/aaron-schock-richard-grenell-republican-pride/

* "‘There is no legal authority McCarthy has to issue threats’ to telecom, social media firms expert says:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-reidout/watch/kevin-mccarthy-s-phone-records-are-subject-to-preservation-requests-jan-6-select-committee-issued-reports-say-120178245982

* "GOP not conducting own Jan. 6 investigation despite McCarthy's vow:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/gop-not-conducting-own-jan-6-investigation-despite-mccarthy-s-vow-120370757678

* "McCarthy flirts with felony by threatening telecom companies on Jan. 6 Committee request:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/mccarthy-flirts-with-felony-by-threatening-telecom-companies-on-jan-6-committee-request-120556101722

* "Threats, harassment inspired by Trump's Big Lie terrorize election officials: Reuters:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/threats-harassment-inspired-by-trump-s-big-lie-terrorize-election-officials-reuters-120468037922

* "Lawyers organize to protect elections officials threatened with violence:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/lawyers-organize-to-protect-elections-officials-threatened-with-violence-120469573765

* "The increasing danger of America’s domestic terrorism:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-sunday-show/watch/the-increasing-danger-of-america-s-domestic-terrorism-120699973588

* "Capitol Police memo warns of potential for violence during September 18 rally:" https://www.cnn.com/2021/09/08/politics/capitol-hill-security-september-18-rally/index.html

* "Ex-Marine held without bond in shooting of Florida family:" https://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/marine-held-bond-shooting-florida-family-79858656

* "How to Persuade Americans to Give Up Their Guns:" https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2021/10/responsible-gun-ownership-is-a-lie/619811/

* "9 steel gates of Arizona's border wall ripped off by monsoon storms, 5 completely missing:" https://www.12news.com/article/news/special-reports/at-the-border/9-steel-gates-of-arizona-border-wall-ripped-off-by-monsoon-storms-5-completely-missing/75-d1140599-f255-4b95-ad58-79f8b65cdce0

* CW: Suicide "The U.S. Must Release All LGBTQ+ Immigrants From Detention:" https://www.advocate.com/commentary/2021/8/31/us-must-release-all-lgbtq-immigrants-detention

* "Biden administration appeals ruling that found DACA unlawful:" https://www.cnn.com/2021/09/10/politics/daca-biden-administration-appeals-ruling/index.html

* "Stuck at the border, migrant mothers confront a complex maze:" https://www.nationalgeographic.com/culture/article/stuck-at-the-border-migrant-mothers-confront-toughened-us-policies

* "A mother and her four daughters were separated at the border in 2018. This is what they lost:" https://www.cnn.com/2021/09/01/us/us-mexico-border-family-separation-mother-daughters/index.html

* "How True Crime Reveals the Corruption and Failures of the Legal System:"

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* "Teacher under investigation for lessons on LGBT+ rights and Black Lives Matter:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2021/09/03/illinois-teacher-lgbt-tiktok/

* "Hayes: What Robert E. Lee's statue says about battle for multi-racial democracy:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/chris-hayes-what-robert-e-lee-s-statue-says-about-battle-for-multi-racial-democracy-120456261554

* "Antiracism educator questions celebrating Lee statue removal 156 years after Civil War:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-reidout/watch/robert-e-lee-statue-removal-sign-that-right-wing-fringe-is-losing-culture-wars-120459845960

* "The Bye Line: Donald Trump and Robert E. Lee:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-sunday-show/watch/the-bye-line-donald-trump-and-robert-e-lee-120699461792

* "QAnon & Sovereign Citizens Are Coming for the Child Welfare System:"

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* "California poised to become the first state to outlaw ‘stealthing’:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2021/09/11/stealthing-remove-condom-sex-california-outlaw/

* CW: Domestic Violence and Domestic Homicide. "Ending the Myths about Domestic Homicide:" https://daily.jstor.org/ending-myths-domestic-homicide/

* "Mexico Supreme Court strikes down abortion ban in contrast with neighbor, Texas:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/mexico-supreme-court-strikes-down-abortion-ban-in-contrast-with-neighbor-texas-120383045554

* "UN experts condemn Texas abortion law as sex discrimination ‘at its worst’:" https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/sep/07/un-experts-condemn-texas-anti-abortion-law

* "Justice Department will 'protect' abortion seekers in Texas:" https://apnews.com/article/abortion-business-health-texas-738cfb097227037ac0ce33ccb79c2e4f

* "Senate Judiciary Committee to hold hearing on Supreme Court's abortion ruling and 'shadow docket':" https://www.cnn.com/2021/09/03/politics/senate-judiciary-hearing-supreme-court-shadow-docket/index.html

* "Late night Supreme Court decision on Texas abortion law spotlights controversial shadow docket:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-reidout/watch/supreme-court-decision-on-texas-abortion-law-sparks-calls-for-democrats-to-pay-attention-to-courts-120179269793

* "Supreme Court upholds restrictive abortion law in Texas:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-sunday-show/watch/supreme-court-upholds-restrictive-abortion-law-in-texas-120236613838

* How to help clog the snitch line: https://magnesiumflare.tumblr.com/post/661634297427542016

* "How the case of one bar's liquor license could bring down the new Texas abortion ban:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/how-the-case-of-one-bar-s-liquor-license-could-bring-down-the-new-texas-abortion-ban-120383557676b

* "Rep. Jayapal: We must 'enshrine' women's right to choose as federal law:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-reidout/watch/texas-abortion-law-and-enacting-federal-legislation-to-protect-women-s-right-to-choose-discussed-by-rep-jayapal-120461381814

* CW: Rape. Greg Abbot insists that Republicans have had a secret magic power that stops all rape all this time and they’ve been refusing to use it, just like they don’t prioritize rape kit processing and rape prosecution. "Texas governor defends abortion ban with promise to ‘eliminate’ rapists:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/texas-governor-greg-abbott-defends-abortion-ban-with-promise-to-eliminate-rapists-120456773657

* "Justice Department sues Texas over six-week abortion ban:" https://www.cnn.com/2021/09/09/politics/biden-administration-texas-abortion-law/index.html

* "Texas abortion ‘whistleblower’ website forced offline:" https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/sep/07/texas-abortion-whistleblower-website-forced-offline

* "This Black Queer Woman Counsels Texas Women on Terminating Pregnancies:" https://www.advocate.com/commentary/2021/9/09/black-queer-woman-counsels-texas-women-terminating-pregnancies

* "Garland meets first challenge of defeating Texas abortion ban: getting the law into court:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/garland-meets-first-challenge-of-defeating-texas-abortion-ban-getting-the-law-into-court-120556613595

* "Tucker Carlson targets trans men in unhinged abortion rant riddled with falsities:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2021/09/03/tucker-carlson-fox-news-trans-abortion/

* "Stephen Breyer calls Supreme Court decision on Texas abortion law 'very, very, very wrong':" https://www.cnn.com/2021/09/09/politics/stephen-breyer-texas-abortion/index.html

* "DOJ sues Texas over restrictive abortion law:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-sunday-show/watch/doj-sues-texas-over-restrictive-abortion-law-120699973615

* I haven't been covering this much because so much is speculation and she said vs she said vs untrustworthy cops said, and I'd like way more facts before commenting. However, this does a decent job of laying out the complications in a reasonably nuanced way. "Sex Offender Charged In Wi Spa Incident... Let's Talk About It:"

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* "I've Been Targeted & Doxxed By Transphobic Hate Raids:"

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* "Bible passages justifying homophobia have been woefully 'misinterpreted':" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2021/05/05/catholic-church-lgbt-gay-relationships-bible-wigngaards-institute-study-mary-mcaleese/

* "China Bans Effeminate, 'Sissy' Men from Television Broadcasts:" https://www.advocate.com/world/2021/9/03/chinese-bans-effeminate-sissy-men-television-broadcasts

* "Tens of thousands march for same-sex marriage in Switzerland ahead of national referendum:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2021/09/05/switzerland-pride-march-same-sex-marriage/

* "Six Men Convicted of Killing LGBTQ+ Activist and USAID Worker:" https://www.advocate.com/world/2021/9/02/six-men-convicted-killing-lgbtq-activist-and-usaid-worker

* "Bisexual, non-binary student scared to leave home after hateful street attack:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2021/09/10/non-binary-zerhanah-galway/

* "Anti-trans protesters in suffragette colours boo Nicola Sturgeon without irony:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2021/09/03/nicola-sturgeon-anti-trans-protest-suffragette-holyrood-edinburgh/

* "Couple beaten and stabbed in another homophobic attack in Birmingham Gay Village:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2021/09/06/birmingham-gay-village-homophobic-attack-2/

* "Police ‘stepping up’ presence in Birmingham following violent attack on gay couple:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2021/09/04/birmingham-police-patrols-attack-gay-couple/

* "Violent homophobe pushes man into canal in dangerous, 'despicable' hate crime:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2021/09/06/liverpool-canal-hate-crime/

* "Teen walks free after violently attacking gay couple while singing song from Frozen:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2021/09/02/lancashire-attack-gay-couple-homophobia/

* "Preacher who called gay man 'worse than a terrorist' convicted of hate crime:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2021/09/02/omar-mohamad-hate-crime-speakers-corner-preacher/

* "A Message for Black LGBTQ+ Youth:" https://www.advocate.com/commentary/2021/9/03/message-black-lgbtq-youth

*CW: Suicide. "I'm a Doctor: Gender-Affirming Care Saves Trans Lives:" https://www.advocate.com/commentary/2021/5/03/im-doctor-gender-affirming-care-saves-trans-lives

* "California passes America’s first bill tracking violent deaths of LGBT+ people:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2021/09/04/california-passes-ab-1094-violent-deaths-lgbt/

* "Trans Makeup Artist Pooh Johnson Murdered in Louisiana:" https://www.advocate.com/crime/2021/9/01/trans-makeup-artist-pooh-johnson-murdered-louisiana

* "Killer who strangled trans teen Nikki Kuhnhausen to death sentenced to 20 years:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2021/09/10/nikki-kuhnhausen-killer-sentenced-20-years/

* "Gay teacher forced to quit after school banned him from discussing his sexuality:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2021/09/09/missouri-teacher-resigns-gay/

* "Todrick Hall tears into wedding venues refusing gay couples over religious beliefs:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2021/09/02/todrick-hall-boycott-wedding-venues/

* "LGBT history exhibit pulled from Missouri Capitol after just four days following complaints:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2021/09/04/lgbt-history-exhibit-missouri-capitol-museum/

* "Parents of queer teen ‘stopped loving’ them when they came out. Now, they’re looking for a new family:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2021/09/11/queer-teen-new-family-dax-oklahoma-come-out/

* "Skater Amber Glenn on How Coming Out Changed Her Life:" https://www.advocate.com/exclusives/2021/8/26/skater-amber-glenn-how-coming-out-changed-her-life

* "Former HRC president Alphonso David says he was unjustly fired:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-sunday-show/watch/former-hrc-president-alphonso-david-says-he-was-unjustly-fired-120700485568

* "How Transphobes Weaponize Burnout Against Neurodivergent Trans People:"

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* "Study: Combining PrEP With U=U Yields Incredible Results:" https://www.hivplusmag.com/news/2021/9/01/study-combining-prep-uu-yields-incredible-results

* "The Gruesome Tale of the Laughing Death Epidemic:"

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* "Black Lives Are Shorter in Chicago. My Family’s History Shows Why.:" https://www.nytimes.com/2021/04/27/magazine/life-expectancy-racial-gap.html

* "The Plan to Stop Every Respiratory Virus at Once:" https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2021/09/coronavirus-pandemic-ventilation-rethinking-air/620000/

* CW: Elder Abuse. "Phony Diagnoses Hide High Rates of Drugging at Nursing Homes:" https://www.nytimes.com/2021/09/11/health/nursing-homes-schizophrenia-antipsychotics.html

* "Smallpox and the photos anti-vaxxers don't want you to see:" https://www.nzherald.co.nz/lifestyle/smallpox-and-the-photos-anti-vaxxers-dont-want-you-to-see/24MJGHWAIJRJYD6LIPQ6ZTBKHI/

* "Will Americans wear masks to prevent sickness beyond COVID-19?:" https://www.nationalgeographic.com/science/article/will-americans-wear-masks-to-prevent-sickness-beyond-covid-19

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

* "Climate change: Big increase in weather disasters over the past five decades:" https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-58396975

* "16 die as floods swamp public hospital in central Mexico:" https://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/flooding-central-mexico-kills-10-hospital-79877433

* "Floods sweep cars into sea, damage homes in northeast Spain:" https://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/floods-sweep-cars-sea-damage-homes-northeast-spain-79784040

* "Growing wildfire near Penticton sparks evacuation alerts by First Nation and regional district:" https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/bc-wildfires-sept-4-2021-1.6165208

* "Nearly 1 in 3 Americans experienced a weather disaster this summer:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/2021/09/04/climate-disaster-hurricane-ida/

* "Engineers Bent the Rules, and May Have Saved New Orleans:" https://time.com/6094221/hurricane-ida-engineering-protection/

* "Ida and COVID-19: 'Twin-demic' slams Louisiana hospitals:" https://apnews.com/article/hurricane-ida-environment-and-nature-louisiana-pandemics-health-e1ba589ce2b70b6fb3994fbe101c514f

* "What a hurricane means when you live in Louisiana's 'Cancer Alley':" https://www.cnn.com/2021/09/06/us/hurricane-ida-cancer-alley-pollution/index.html

* "Louisiana areas hardest-hit by Hurricane Ida need a fundamental change in how they're protected, official says:" https://www.cnn.com/2021/09/10/us/hurricane-ida-aftermath-louisiana-friday/index.html

* "Shortages of supplies and workers will delay Gulf rebuilding:" https://apnews.com/article/lifestyle-business-1ebb836d454ad09b0da429e0ba10e98a

* "New Orleans: Seniors left in dark, hot facilities after Ida:" https://apnews.com/article/louisiana-dd7efb4ba9b29389fa5888fd930dec5a

* "New York City's illegally converted apartments proved deadly in Ida's path:" https://www.cnn.com/2021/09/03/us/new-york-city-flooding-illegal-basement-apartments/index.html

* "New York City was never built to withstand a deluge like the one Ida delivered. It showed.:" https://www.cnn.com/2021/09/05/us/new-york-infrastructure-climate-change/index.html

* "Scenes from Ida’s Chaotic, Tragic Night in New York City:" https://www.curbed.com/2021/09/tropical-storm-ida-new-york-city.html

* "NYC's Subway Flooding Isn't A Fluke. It's The Reality For Cities In A Warming World:" https://www.npr.org/2021/09/02/1021185475/climate-change-means-more-subway-flooding-worldwide-like-new-york-just-experienc

* "Climate change’s ‘fingerprint’ seen in Ida flooding, including in Pennsylvania:" https://www.witf.org/2021/09/07/climate-changes-fingerprint-seen-in-ida-flooding-including-in-pennsylvania/

* "One week later, some Phoenixville flood victims still taking stock of damage:" https://6abc.com/phoenixville-flooding-pennslvania-chester-county-hurricane-ida/11009127/

* "Satellite Photos Show Just How Bad The Flooding From Ida Has Been In New Jersey:" https://www.npr.org/sections/pictureshow/2021/09/05/1034459845/satellite-photos-flooding-ida-new-jersey

* "Responders Are Gaining On The Caldor Fire, But Now They've Got New Blazes To Battle:" https://www.npr.org/2021/09/07/1034711477/updates-wildfires-california

* "Lightning threatens California as fires continue to burn across the state:" https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/sep/09/california-fire-weather-caldor-dixie-latest

* "An Unprecedented Fire Season Is Devastating California… Again:"

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* "‘They just forgot about us’: a US motel of climate refugees with nowhere to go:" https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/aug/26/oregon-wildfires-climate-change-motel

* "Watch Pets And People Run For Cover As A Powerful Earthquake Strikes Mexico:" https://www.npr.org/2021/09/08/1035108690/mexico-earthquake-video-acapulco-damage

* "Imagine If We Had Spent the Last 20 Years Fighting Climate Change Instead of the War on Terror:" https://inthesetimes.com/article/climate-change-floods-war-on-terror-crisis-china

* "Climate change: Shetland's power struggle between oil and wind:" https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-scotland-58464439

* "The snows of Kilimanjaro:" http://www.bbc.com/storyworks/travel/fit-for-purpose/climate-change-kilimanjaro

* "Ancient fleece paving method used to protect soft peatland route:" https://www.irishtimes.com/news/environment/ancient-fleece-paving-method-used-to-protect-soft-peatland-route-1.4659414

* "The World’s First Underwater Veggie Garden is Growing Lettuce, Tomatoes & More. Because, Waterworld.:" https://www.messynessychic.com/2021/09/01/the-worlds-first-underwater-veggie-garden-is-growing-lettuce-tomatoes-mushrooms-and-more-because-waterworld/

* "The lost generation of ancient trees:" https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20210908-the-lost-generation-of-ancient-trees

* ""The unlikely protector against Bangladesh's rising seas:" https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20210827-the-unlikely-protector-against-rising-seas-in-bangladeshCare at Scale:" https://www.cardus.ca/comment/article/care-at-scale/

* "There’s One Surefire Way to End Big Sewage Spills: End Big Sewage:" https://undark.org/2021/09/02/end-big-sewage/

* "Is Mycelium Fungus the Plastic of the Future?:"

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* "Judge loosens Apple's grip on app store in Epic decision:" https://abcnews.go.com/Business/wireStory/judge-loosens-apples-grip-app-store-epic-decision-79942612

* "DoorDash, Grubhub And Uber Eats Sue New York City Over Price Caps:" https://www.npr.org/2021/09/10/1035905604/doordash-grubhub-uber-eats-lawsuit-sue-new-york-city

* Not Okay. "Bar live-streams footage from bathrooms for rest of patrons to see, says it's for "safety":" https://www.newsweek.com/bar-live-streams-footage-bathrooms-rest-patrons-see-says-its-safety-1627171

* "UN hails end of poisonous leaded gas use in cars worldwide:" https://apnews.com/article/business-health-environment-and-nature-united-nations-d59bba0c54004966f16e4af38246194d

* "Streamers angry at Twitch changes that force them to work long hours or lose money:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2021/09/11/twitch-streamers-local-subscription-pricing/

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* Wednesday, the Nearby Millenial did her first training shift under the supervision of caregiver Millenial, now promoted to Head Millenial. It was charming. The plan is we all forage Wednesday afternoons, and then Nearby Millenial clocks in for her two hours. Wednesday's are crazy busy work wise for Head Millenial at it's a huge help to everyone involved. The goal is for nearby Millenial to register to work other caregiving gigs in the area, but also be available if Head Millenial gets sick, etc..

Tavy is on day three of nightmares and high anxiety, which I am doing my best to help him with. I long for good sleep though. It'll pass eventually.

I need to take the car in again. *fingers crossed*

* Tavy was feeling much better by Friday. I alas, had crap for sleep. I had to get up mid sleep cycle to take the car in to get poked at by the honest mechanics. I was lucky. It was the lower end of the range, rather than the high end. They can't actually fix it properly until the 20th, as they are swamped and short staffed, but they patched it together so I can drive it until then if I am careful and don't drive it too much. The fix is going to be about 90, which means I can't pay a bill this month, but luckily, I have not paid it yet, so the money physically exists.

Want to help fund the car repair? Paypal [email protected] or paypal.me/Gwydion

Friday was also forage food delivery. It arrived while I was out and I brought it right in and unpacked it. No mice. It was also pharmacy delivery day. I was also double booked to finish a scene on line I'd started Wednesday that was rather important for both plot and character reasons, while I was also supposed to get a visit from a Millennial to do a thing. Luckily, the timing worked pretty well and everything got done.

From the time I got up for pharmacy delivery to the actual arrival of the Millennial, poor Tavy was in an agony of excitement. From my behavior, clearly a Millennial was coming, possibly his personal favorite Millennial. Unfortunately, said Millennial arrived two hour after the usual Millennial visitor arrival time, so every time he heard a small noise or caught movement out of the corner of his eye through one of the windows he went running over to check. He was too worked up to settle. At one point he escaped onto the patio to see if the millennial was out there gardening.

The Visitor was only here for about an hour, and the Emperor tried to leave with him. Poor Button. Saturday game will be more satisfying as he likes both Millennials who are coming and they will arrive at the usualish time. (Don't worry, we mask. we are taking delta seriously. These are also the ones who literally work in the apartment and they follow proper infectious disease protocols when in public and visiting me or each other. So basically a bubble with masks.

* Saturday's game the players planned a raid/heist against the Imperial Palace of the East Roman Empire. Initially, we had four mages (plus a mortal+ henchperson), and three assorted shifts. Two of the shifters had to drop off over the summer for assorted life reasons. Last season one of the characters acquired an NPC through play, but they are still not sure what he can do. This means we have 1 Garou Ragabash in a group of mages. <.< >.> They were not a fight heave group as the other two shifters were not werewolves, so the game is designed with the best fighters in the group being the mortal plus and a literal goose. (Long story on the goose. Basically this is a group that gathers information, and ideally sneaks rather than fights.

The way I world built, some places tend to be one or another species dominant, but the big, cosmopolitan centers are generally neutral by treaty and often have mixed defenses made and maintained by mixed species. there is also some cross species cooperation, particularly between certain groups in cosmopolitan settings. (Some factions, tribes, species, etc. don't cooperate ever. Some do in limited emergency circumstances. Some are way more open and relaxed. When I run mixed groups we select for backgrounds tribes, factions, clans, traditions, species that would ICly be more open and for play balance. shifters are first level to start. mages are arete two to start which makes sense if you've ever played mage. You can do A Lot with arete two, arete one not so much. A level one shifter is about as competent as a level two mage for dealing with starter character challenges). My general way of running things is to put makes sense and fun over often conflicting source books.

The Palace is species neutral by treaty (between a limited number of species), defended by multiple species, with a whole lot of political faction ebb and flow within. The group was working as outsiders to the city power structure so the important faction heads could have plausible deniability. They infiltrated the palace and have been spying basically. Studying the physical and political layout, trying to track down the mystical source of a virulent fever that had been burning off and on for a couple of years. they discovered that and more. So much more.

In the previous session they'd found something so big it really did require a city wide response. A council of the assorted friendly Shifter and Mage faction heads from various species was called on neutral ground. The group reported the fever source and called for help with some taint cleansing in the Palace, because one Ragabash with a cleansing ritual was not going to cut it. The mage PCs couldn't go inside because the Euthantos PC had done what amounted to a plague return to sender type thing. The mystic fever did not effect Garou, but is a pain in the ass to heal in the few mages likely to catch it. (level two and up life mages aren't catching it, but not everyone has two levels in Life.) Also, the mages needed to make and hold a temporary opening in a weak place in the wards to allow Garou in the penumbra through. They also reported the threat big enough to destroy the whole city they'd discovered.

The initial higher up plan to deal with the big threat turned out to be likely worse than doing nothing when it turned out the NPC had information about a similar previous attempt a very, very long time ago. That got tabled, but the raid/heist went ahead. Mages got the cleansing party in lead by our Garou who had found the taint and knew how to get to both sites. Some of them held the hole open, while the others fought the guards who inevitably found them and a cluster of mages come to investigate the hoopla. There had been a tiny combat once before, but this was their first multi-wave, multi-round combat. Meanwhile, the Garou used a thing he'd gotten in the umbra previously to bribe some small spider spirits into helping. They stealthed about, did their cleansings, avoided spirit guardians, and did some nice looting. A guard was beheaded. a mage was cleaved in two. A couple people were battered and bitten unconscious by a Horrible Goose. (Unleash the goose of war. Some others ran away. The group escaped.

They are now at the point where they are ready to formalize the group. Progress!

* After Saturday game, I needed to get gas so I could take Head Millennial home. I usually budget $30, but prices were so high it was just short of $50. This on top of the repairs I need to the car. I was just loading back into the car, when an out of breath man jogged up. He had very little English. I have even less Spanish, since it's just random words and phrases I picked up living here over the years (slowly deteriorating since I quit teaching), plus things I can deduce from what is left of my deteriorating French and Latin vocabulary. Plus Mime.

I worked out his car had run out of gas and he'd left his family there to come try to get some. He seemed legitimately freaked out and desperate for help. I gave him one of my cheap emergency cloth masks I keep in the car so we could go inside. At some point I had a gas can, but Skye gave it away in a move, and they were now charging 18+tax for a one gallon plastic can. (Jesus, Fuck!) Luckily he had it, because I didn't, having just blown it gassing my car. I negotiated the purchase. He only had cash and the change wasn't enough, so I bought him the gallon of fuel with what was left on my card, which legitimately startled him. I kept saying and miming zero when he asked how much. I was imagining he'd need what else he might have to gas up and possibly find food and lodging for his family, and it was the least I could do. There was no question of me not offering him a ride. I've been rescued by strangers when I had car trouble before and there was simply no question of me not doing the same.

Now we had to figure out where his car was. O.o Luckily Head Millennial had taken a little Spanish via language learning program, so had about as much as the gentleman had English. This was not enough for anything like clear directions, but we did manage to work out he wanted us to get on the highway going south, which was odd, because he was definitely saying North also, but I worked it out.

They'd been travelling North through the twisty, foggy, mostly unlit mountain pass at night, which can be scary on it's own. Also, there is a very long stretch of farmland with no gas South of the mountain, and literally one place to get gas in the pass. It's not as bad as the 40ish miles of farmland on a stretch further south where I got stranded on a shoulder at night once, but it is bad and waaaaaay the fuck scarier. The shoulder is narrow, and people get nervous driving a twisty two laner that high up. especially in fog. (South bound is far lower of the slope and nowhere near as alarming at night). No one was going to stop for a latino man, even with kids anywhere up there. Odds are no one would much notice them, being too busy driving and not tangling with trucks. If you runout there you are fucked 'til morning and there is a non zero chance of someone messing up and clipping you or your car. Jesus fuck! No wonder he was so happy to see us and grateful for our help. It was a massive relief to him when I mimed turning around. he must have been terrified. I'd suspected that when he was willing to get in a beat up old car with two strange white people at night).

It was a very, very long drive to the next exit south of the gas station where we collected him. I'm not kidding about how little flatland there is on that stretch of coast. The small ass community where the last gas station before the really rocky bit is well past the high bits. We found the north on ramp after a bit of fumbling with shitty signage in the dark. (I've pulled off here maybe three times since I moved up here in '98. I know how empty the passes are, so I am super careful about enough gas. A non-local wouldn't know that though). Then there was the long drive back, with us not sure how far they'd gotten before their gas ran out.

I spotted the car in time to stop. They cleverly owned flares (I don't) and had blinkers going. He must have jogged two to three miles for help, luckily down hill, but if I hadn't offered the ride, he'd have had to do that uphill going the wrong way. I just kept thinking how scary this would have been for him even without the language barrier and not knowing if American convenience stores carried gas can. They were so happy when they saw him get out of the car with the gas, I was incredibly happy they were all safe. (We could have easily been a car full of MAGA monsters or Proud Boys with guns or bats instead of someone bringing their husband and father back).

Yes, I've had people try to scam me with out of gas stories. Yes, the PNW has a history of robbing people who stop to help stranded drivers. Yes, there is always a risk taking a stranger into one's car. It's just I am good at reading people, and I absolutely believed him. He was clearly trying very hard not to freak the fuck out and was just as clearly out of breath. He had way more reason to be frightened of approaching white strangers at night. I'm glad it was us, a couple of mild mannered goth weirdos and not some asshole he approached in his desperation. We’re a blue state because of the cities strung like necklaces on the highway strings, but scratch blue here and you get red. I hope wherever they are going, they get there safely.

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* ToS: Season 2 Rewatch:

- 3.3: The Paradise Syndrome.

Kirk, Spock, and McCoy beam down to an 'improbably' earthlike planet. ('Improbable' despite lots of AU planets they've landed on already). They find an ancient advanced large metal artifact. They need to deflect an asteroid from the planet in thirty minutes, so clearly faffing about on the surface instead of solving the problem at any time before the last minute. They find a mix of Navaho, Mohican, and Delaware native Americans living traditional lifestyles there. There is a lot of extremely unfortunate dialog here, but it's nothing next to the appropriation, use of red face, and white savior crap to come.

Spock wants them to stop wasting time while a planet is at stake. (I agree, Spock, I agree). Kirk insists on futzing about with the obelisk for fun and to raise the stakes by wasting more time and gets sucked in. The search parties fail. Spock beams everyone up to go save the planet. McCoy has hysterics about abandoning Kirk even though logically saving the planet will save Kirk, while not saving the planet will definitely kill Kirk. Um, duh! Despite supposedly being a Doctor, McCoy somehow couldn't grasp this without it being explained as if to a three year old. McCoy gives no fucks that the entire planetary population of Native Americans will die if they don't stop the asteroid hitting the planet.

Kirk has amnesia. When he emerges from the obelisk the locals take him for their long awaited Savior God which...*head desk* Seriously, this is painful to watch. The local Elders want Kirk to prove he's a God. Kirk is supposed to rouse the Temple spirits to save them from the asteroid. Kirk vaguely remembers being from the sky and saves a drowned child with CPR, thus proving his white savior godhood. If you can not hear my disgust with this whole plot line in my typing, trust me, it's there.

Spock exceeds the safety margin to make up time for the time Kirk and McCoy wasted for no good reason. Scotty tells him off. Whatever they are paying Spock is clearly not enough. They try to deflect the asteroid, but the engines are damaged and they don't deflect the asteroid enough. Spock puts the ship in front of the asteroid in hopes of breaking it up. McCoy is still hysterical and obstructionist, unable to grasp that they need to save the planet or everyone on it dies, including Kirk.

Apparently the white lady made up in red face named Miramanee was engaged to a local named "Salish," which is the name of a real tribe near where I live. I have so many questions this episode will never answer. She breaks up with him to be Kirk's lover, because of course. Somehow Miramanee isn't bright enough to pull a tunic off using the head hole. Way to depict a grown woman as childlike. The Elders grovel in a way that turns my stomach and want to know how to advance and improve to please the Sky Gods. Ugh. I just... Why even is this episode? Kirk is happy and relaxed for the first time ever.

Miramanee is betrothed to Kirk because tribal law demands it. Suuuuurrrre. Anyway Kirk is into it, so they are to be married tomorrow. Meanwhile, the Enterprise is reduced to impulse power and they need to go to a repair base. The Rock is still headed for the planet. They will arrive in months, but four hours ahead of the asteroid. McCoy has more hysterics and berates Spock.

Salish attacks Kirk. The blood proves he's not a God. Kirk refuses to kill Salish. He and Miramanee marry. Months later, he's having nightmares and believes he doesn't deserve this happiness. Miramanee is pregnant. He invents irrigation and a lamp even though they would have had that technology.

Spock refuses to go to sick bay, being busy deciphering the obelisk. McCoy berates Spock and threatens to call security. Spock pretends to rest, then goes back to work. The symbols are both notes and an alphabet. The Preservers seeded "primitive cultures" throughout the galaxy. Their asteroid deflector has become defective. They need to fix it fast.

The asteroid approaches. Kirk tells them to go to the caves, but the locals say the caves aren't safe and he needs to go rouse the temple spirits. He prays fruitlessly. Chaos ensues. The mob stones Kirk and Miramanee. Spock and McCoy beam in, terrifying the locals. They save Kirk, but let Miramanee and her unborn baby die with only palliative care. Spock mind melds with Kirk to bring back his memory. Kirk resists, but it eventually works.

Spock catches Kirk up on the plot. He repeats his original message which accidentally opens the trap door. They try to figure out what Kirk did to screw up the system. Spock sorts it. Zap! Miramanee dies still believing in Kirk. They all bugger off having endangered a planet and contaminated another culture because they like site seeing.

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* "‘This is our moment’ How Biden and Harris are bringing hope in the age of Trump:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/-this-is-our-moment-how-biden-and-harris-are-bringing-hope-in-the-age-of-trump-90103365511

* "Trump gives credence to false, racist Harris conspiracy:" https://apnews.com/841b2ae6f1b3bd7815a9a0b21c046e60

* "Zerlina: Let’s call ‘birtherism’ what it is—racism:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/zerlina-let-s-call-birtherism-what-it-is-racism-90101317825

* "Postal service warns nearly every state it may not be able to deliver ballots in time based on current election rules:" https://www.cnn.com/2020/08/14/politics/usps-warn-states-mail-in-ballot-delivery/index.html

* "Internal USPS Documents Outline Plans to Hobble Mail Sorting:" https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/pkyv4k/internal-usps-documents-outline-plans-to-hobble-mail-sorting

* "New Postmaster Hasn't Yet Met Election Officials About Mail-In Ballot Concerns:" https://www.npr.org/2020/08/14/902545891/amid-fears-about-mail-in-ballots-election-officials-havent-met-with-new-postmast

* "Exclusive: Postal service inspector general reviewing DeJoy's policy changes and potential ethics conflicts:" https://www.cnn.com/2020/08/14/politics/postal-service-inspector-general-reviewing-dejoy/

* "Trump and first lady request mail-in ballots despite attacks:" https://www.cnn.com/2020/08/13/politics/donald-trump-melania-florida-mail-in-ballot/

* This is an excellent summary of what's going on with links "I've never loved the post office more than I do now that it's being dismantled:" https://marahmarie.dreamwidth.org/560916.html

* "New Jersey will send ballots to all active registered voters for November election, governor says:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/new-jersey-will-send-ballots-to-all-active-registered-voters-for-november-election-governor-says/2020/08/14/d7c5fb7e-de36-11ea-809e-b8be57ba616e_story.html

* "Widespread public outrage halts Post Office removal of mailboxes:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/widespread-public-outrage-halts-post-office-removal-of-mailboxes-90107461739

* "Outspoken worker brings national attention to Trump's postal service attack:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/outspoken-worker-calls-attention-to-trump-s-postal-service-attack-90107973861

* "'Constituent power' key to pushing Congress to protect Postal Service:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/-constituent-power-key-to-making-congress-to-save-postal-service-90107461856

* "'Constituent power' key to pushing Congress to protect Postal Service:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-reidout/watch/joy-gop-does-not-care-the-destruction-trump-s-attacks-on-the-usps-have-inflicted-on-people-90096197956

* "Postal Service Inspector General investigating recent policy changes by Trump’s Postmaster General:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-reidout/watch/postal-service-inspector-general-investigating-recent-policy-changes-by-trump-s-postmaster-general-90095685798

* "Mich. Sec. of State explains ‘two-pronged strategy’ to fight election sabotage:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/mich-sec-of-state-explains-two-pronged-strategy-to-fight-election-sabotage-90100293746

* "Two trans women were marching for liberation. They were put in jail, misgendered and interrogated about their genitals:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2020/08/14/trans-women-dehumanising-treatment-miami-jail-officers-interrogate-genitals-miami-florida/

* "Rival protesters descend on Stone Mountain, Georgia, near country's largest Confederate monument:" https://www.cbsnews.com/news/stone-mountain-georgia-protests-confederate-monument-stone-mountain-park/

* "A man who was sentenced to life in prison for selling $30 of marijuana will be freed:" https://www.cnn.com/2020/08/08/us/man-freed-life-sentence-marijuana-trnd/index.html

* "Bigot admits to hurling ‘disgusting’ transphobic abuse at a trans woman who had the audacity to exist:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2020/08/14/annabel-forbes-transphobic-trans-abuse-southend-essex-seafront-magistrates-court/

* "Doctors dismissed her, but she turned out to be right after years of needless suffering:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/health-science/doctors-dismissed-her-but-she-turned-out-to-be-right-after-years-of-needless-suffering/2018/09/14/b5364c64-9593-11e8-810c-5fa705927d54_story.html

* "A new study finds that giving kids deworming treatment still benefits them 20 years later:" https://www.vox.com/future-perfect/2020/8/6/21354847/kremer-miguel-worms-deworming

* "Switzerland fights heroin with heroin:" https://www.northcarolinahealthnews.org/2019/01/28/switzerland-fights-heroin-with-heroin/

* "What Scars Say About Sex and Stereotypes:" https://www.sapiens.org/culture/scarification/

* "Cedar Rapids and nearby Iowa communities, still in shambles days after destructive derecho, plead for help:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/weather/2020/08/14/cedar-rapids-iowa-derecho/

* "Getting to Know Dem - Kamala Harris:"

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* "Trump Targets Showerhead Rules & Belarus Election Protests:"

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* "Trump Admits to Sabotaging the Mail:"

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* "Kamala Harris Fires Back & Sexist Punditry - Uncensored:"

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* "We Must Stop Dogs From Voting In The 2020 Election:"

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* Saturday: The Antibiotic is working on my lungs and sinuses, but it's also making me very sick, as in spend all day throwing up sick. The problem is, I've burned through a lot of the supplies of things to eat when I'm that kind of sick since March and there are fundamental problems, like the people buying my food for me don't shop anywhere that they sell the two types of crackers can manage on days when it's this bad. Crackers were essential for stopping the cycle.

I burned the insurance autodraw money on things to eat when I'm throwing up. I know I shouldn't have, but I have nearly a week more of this and I can't keep meds down when I can't stop puking. I'd already paid everything but the car insurance, so there was no cushion.

Want to keep me from being overdrawn? Paypal [email protected] or paypal.me/Gwydion

UPDATE: I am overdrawn. Apparently that confusing message from my insurer a couple days ago meant they were taking a brand new forty dollar annual fee out Sunday instead of just the usual amount at the end of the month. I am completely fucked. Some kind person chipped in 15.00 Sunday, but when I checked this morning I was negative 36.00 and the fees are going to accumulate daily. I am fucked. Please help, because except that 15.00, nothing is coming in until the 5th or so of September.

(I’d still have been overdrawn if i hadn’t bought the crackers etc., but i thought I’d have ‘til almost the end of the month before the autodraw. I think they are still doing the autodraw.)

* Sunday. The crackers have stabilized things enough for me to eat things like cheese and crackers (cheese also bought on Saturday's mission). It's still bad though. I don't know how I can make it until next Friday.

I forgot to mention, this is the best tomato crop I've grown since I left the East Coast. Some alchemy of sun and water has balanced things just right. Before I got too sick, I'd harvested four from the oldest two plants. One of the special gift plants has what looks like a full sized green tomato, another is in the early stages. The third gift plant is budding. Growing season is long here, so I have hopes they will all produce before frost takes them like most of last year's crop. (The plants matured late last year. It was heart breaking.)

Livia has clearly figured out that I hide the kibbles until she eats enough of her meat. I can tell, because she'll eat a few mouthfuls then come check to see if I put the bowls out. When I haven't she goes back, eats a little more, rinse and repeat until I feel like she's eaten enough. Me to Livia: If you don't eat yer meat, you can't have any cookies. How can you have any cookies if you don't eat yer meat?

In other cat news, Squirrel got home from work the other night to find Tavy asleep on the same spot on the sofa as when he left. He was interrogating him about it while petting him and I was like, "The Emperor has recently discovered he's a middle aged Terror and that long naps between rampages are excellent." Squirrel was like "Middle Aged? What is he, three?" Me: Livia is three; Tavy is five. Squirrel: O.o Me: really shows one the passing of time doesn't it? Him: *sad sound of late middled aged regret*

* NOTE: I was never an English major and am certainly not an Austen scholar, nor have I studied any of these in a school setting since P&P in HS in the '80's. I just like the books.

Some of you may know that Persuasion is my favorite Austen book. I fell in love with it the first time I read it, and I just love it more each time I reread it. This may seem odd, given how much I dislike Mansfield Park. After all, Persuasion has some of Austen's sharpest social criticism along similar lines as Pride and Prejudice, but has a gentle, understated heroine, more like Fanny from Mansfield. It would surprise no one that I adore Eliza Bennent, but I also love Catherine from Northanger and Elinor Dashwood from Sense an Sensibility (The writing is a bit sluggish in S&S, which means I don't reread it often, but the bones are good). My point is, that these are three different character types who I am perfectly capable of enjoying. I would argue that my beloved Anne is another atempt at some of the things she was trying to convey with Elinor and to a certain extent with Fanny, only written at the height of her skill at the end of her life.

I have always had trouble explaining why exactly I adore Persuasion the way I do. I mean, sure, it's overtly feminist in spots. (I'd argue all her writing is feminist, it's just a lot of it is less overt, than say, the exchange in which Anne points out at that all the books being cited are by men and thus biased). Anne is far from the first heroine trapped in and constantly punished by gendered expectation and manners in her society, but Persuasion really brings that to the fore. This isn't exactly it though.

Tonight I finally put my finger on it: It's a queer culture thing. Bear with me. I'm not claiming this is what Austen was intending. People have made arguments for queer subtext around certain of the men in Persuasion, but I'm not talking about that. I'm talking about Anne and Wentworth. Yes, it's very clearly a straight relationship. I'm talking about a deeper resonance, and it's a struggle to put it into words.

Modern dating apps and social media and queer liberation and all the rest have made LGBTQIA+ dating easier, but it's a recent change and in some places it's still like it was. For a lot of the last millennium or so in European culture, courtship, seduction, etc., had to be underground. Subtle things conveyed in silences, in looks exchanged over innocuous sounding conversations with double meanings, in body language, in coded clothes and secret passwords. Outside of sex work, the way a lot of people connected was a careful, often slow business, involving feeling each other out and the suppression of more overt displays of interest while people tried to work out if the other person felt the ame. It's been pointed out that this is why the image of hands hesitantly touching and than grasping each other more firmly when the other person reciprocates is such a prominent image in queer cinema and now TV.

Touch is still so often dangerous. It can attract homophobic harassment and violence. Particularly for transfolk, though for queer folk in general there is always a chance that the person one reaches towards might beat or murder one.

Touch is dangerous, but it is so powerful. It is liberation, it is love.

So back to Anne, loving and desiring Wentworth so intently without any hope, being treated as sexless and a useful convenience by people who should value her. Back to Anne who is only really SEEN by the select few with the discernment to look. Most people only see the surfaces, and she is fundamentally at the mercy of those judgements from the undecerning for most of the novel. she has a fine appreciation of music, books, and poetry, that most people in her circle don't share.

Once Wentworth realizes he is interested in her, the courtship is done under everybody else's radar. They are at the mercy of other people's whims, of social constraints, of societal expectation. They snatch moments to exchange a few inadequate sentences and telling looks. They are in constant peril of never understanding each other becaue of gossip, because those snatched moments and cryptic messages are inadequate to convey what they feel. They are both deathly afraid of being rejected and irreparably hurt if they declare to the other one something of what the want too boldly first. What if they read the hints wrong? What if Wentworth believes all the gossip? What if Anne is reading him wrong in Bath? For how many centuries have queer couples danced this dance in one form or another. They are very straight, but this feels like a queer courtship. the dilemna is resolved because he overhears her in conversation with another character and reads the signals right. Finally. He declares his feelings clearly with his pen. Finally. When she's handed off to him casually in the street to take home and they finally, finally connect... Damn. It's earned, it's so earned, and it feels like magic.

I am nothing like Anne. My oldest continuous friend has referred to me in my heyday as Sexzilla, for fuck's sake. I did now and then play with subtlety because I could, but for the most part, I decided who I wanted and ethics and orientation permitting, I went hunting and generally caught who I aimed for. In my youth I didn't need much patience or finesse. I came from a place and culture and time where flirtation needed to do the heavy lifting of trading disease status and sexual interests, and I have likened it to contract bridge, though it also happened to be very sexy. there is no choice in waisting time with someone who wasn't serious about condoms and who didn't have enough overlap in taste to be worth the effort. Better to move on and find someone else. Now in the long twilight celibacy of my disability I have had to learn to bank my flames, but I was a bold thing once upon a time.

Anne still speaks to be on some fundamental level, some ancestral queer cultural resonance perhaps, or maybe it's a generational thing: the way plague shaped half of of us into people cautious of making that first move because the stakes were so high and the other half into risk takers trying to grab what joy we could before it all got snuffed out by bombs or virus. I was never an Anne, but we all have known some. Those pre-stonewall men I hung out with for a while still had a lot of those habits of carefulness, of slowly feeling things out, of flirtation that could be brushed off as no such thing if not reciprocated. They'd lived through more than one revolution, but you could see echoes of the terrible world before the year of my birth in their eyes, in their manners, in their references, in the way they flirted with me and each others. there was something similar in the late in life trans women I used to hang out with. It was so alien to the younger transfolk that the other Xer and I used to have to translate back and forth between the Boomers on one hand and Millenials on the other. Their cultures and frames of reference were so far apart it was like the divide between middle and modern English.

I have said often, I'm terribly glad we've moved on. I have always wanted something better for those coming behind us, but I come from a culture and a time and a place, and Anne has spoken to my heart from the first day i met her in the pages of Persuasion. I suspect she always will.

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

Doug Jones - Alabama
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