gwydion | Entries tagged with pronouns

* "Where Is Hamas Getting Its Weapons? Increasingly, From Israel.:" https://www.nytimes.com/2024/01/28/world/middleeast/israel-hamas-weapons-rockets.html

* "Gaza mediators and others warn Israel of disaster if it launches a ground invasion on crowded Rafah:" https://apnews.com/article/israel-hamas-war-news-02-10-2024-2d80dc890a5030757e2ae76684fa75da

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

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* "Netanyahu rejects Hamas cease-fire demands, vows to fight until ‘absolute victory’:" https://www.politico.com/news/2024/02/07/netanyahu-hamas-cease-fire-demands-00140182

* "Egypt steps up security on border as Israeli offensive in Gaza nears:" https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/egypt-steps-up-security-border-israeli-offensive-gaza-nears-2024-02-09/

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* "Russian missiles strike Ukrainian cities again, killing at least 7 and wounding dozens:" https://apnews.com/article/ukraine-russia-war-kyiv-missile-kharkiv-7c360faaeec27ac169b2abf4865a4522

* "War cats: Ukraine enlists feline friends in fight against Russia:" https://www.politico.eu/article/ukraine-russia-war-cat-army-social-media/

* "Farmer protests spread across Europe:" https://www.reuters.com/pictures/farmer-protests-spread-across-europe-2024-02-06/

* "Indian workers seek jobs in Israel, undeterred by conflict:" https://www.reuters.com/world/india/indian-workers-seek-jobs-israel-undeterred-by-conflict-2024-01-18/

* "Rishi Sunak’s tax bill sparks outcry after it’s revealed he paid the same rate as a teacher:" https://www.thepinknews.com/2024/02/10/rishi-sunak-tax/

* "Brianna Ghey’s father demands apology from Rishi Sunak for trans jibe in front of late teen’s mother:" https://www.thepinknews.com/2024/02/08/rishi-sunak-brianna-ghey/

* "Ex-prime minister Liz Truss brands supporters of LGBT people ‘left-wing extremists’:" https://www.thepinknews.com/2024/02/07/ex-prime-minister-liz-truss-brands-supporters-of-lgbt-people-left-wing-extremists/

* "Biden angrily pushes back at special counsel’s report that questioned his memory, handling of docs:" https://apnews.com/article/biden-hur-garland-classified-documents-836b99fe9cbef9ba7d32602f4928efec

* "'What the hell, man?': Hayes baffled by special counsel report on Biden:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/-what-the-hell-man-hayes-baffled-by-special-counsel-report-on-biden-203977797511

* "Karine Jean-Pierre defends Biden’s fitness in tense exchange with Fox News:" https://www.advocate.com/news/peter-doocy-karine-jean-pierre

* "EPA tightens rules on some air pollution for the first time in over a decade:" https://www.npr.org/2024/02/07/1229348646/epa-tightens-rules-on-some-air-pollution-for-the-first-time-in-over-a-decade

* "AI-generated voices in robocalls can deceive voters. The FCC just made them illegal:" https://apnews.com/article/fcc-elections-artificial-intelligence-robocalls-regulations-a8292b1371b3764916461f60660b93e6

* "The Supreme Court Has Itself to Blame for Texas Defying Its Orders: Greg Abbott is taking a stand to protect his state’s right to let children die in the Rio Grande, and four justices of the Supreme Court are encouraging him to do so.:" https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2024/01/greg-abbott-texas-border-stunt-supreme-court/677267/

* "Supreme Court justices appear skeptical of effort to remove Trump from a state ballot:" https://www.npr.org/2024/02/08/1229176555/supreme-court-trump-colorado-ballot

* "Trump’s Supreme Court Ballot Argument Posits That Jefferson Davis Wasn’t an Insurrectionist Either:" https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2024/02/trump-supreme-court-argument-jefferson-davis-insurrectionist.html

* "Meet the lawyers arguing the Trump ballot case at the Supreme Court:" https://www.politico.com/news/2024/02/07/trump-supreme-court-lawyers-00139974

* "Senate GOP blocks border bill, Democrats shift focus to Israel and Ukraine aid:" https://www.politico.com/live-updates/2024/02/07/congress/senate-supplemental-ukraine-border-aid-00140187

* "Republicans ‘absolutely allergic’ to fixing border, says Sen. Murphy:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/republicans-absolutely-allergic-to-fixing-border-says-sen-murphy-203824197878

* "House fails to pass standalone Israel aid bill as Senate package stalls:" https://www.cbsnews.com/news/house-of-representatives-israel-aid-vote-mike-johnson/

* Extended Elizabeth Warren Interview:

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* "Ukraine aid bill inches forward in US Senate:" https://www.reuters.com/world/us/ukraine-aid-bill-inches-forward-us-senate-2024-02-10/

* "House fails to pass articles of impeachment for Homeland Security Secretary Mayorkas:" https://www.npr.org/2024/02/06/1229642634/house-fails-to-pass-articles-of-impeachment-for-homeland-security-secretary-mayo

* "‘Laughable’: AOC blasts GOP’s ‘craven’ bid to impeach DHS Secretary:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/-laughable-aoc-blasts-gop-s-craven-bid-to-impeach-dhs-secretary-203827781561

* 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

* "Missouri Republican candidate burns LGBTQ+ books with flamethrower and posts the video online:" https://www.advocate.com/politics/missouri-gop-flame-thrower-books

* New Yorkers who live in the 3rd district, the last day to vote in the Special Election is Feb. 13! Don't sleep on it! We can flip a seat if enough of you vote for Tom Suozzi!!!

* "What to know about the special election to replace George Santos:" https://www.axios.com/2024/02/07/george-santos-special-elections-congress-new-york

* "Candidates clash and tempers flare at New York special election debate:" https://www.politico.com/news/2024/02/08/candidates-clash-and-tempers-flare-at-new-york-special-election-debate-00140634

* "Santos sequel? Republican candidate in NY-3 special election raises eyebrows:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/santos-sequel-republican-candidate-in-ny-3-special-election-raises-eyebrows-203978309541

* Presidential Primaries are ongoing:

Republicans: South Carolina votes 2/24/24

Michigan: All vote 2/27/24

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.

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.

* "Worse than you can imagine: Haley loses to ‘none of these candidates’ in Nevada:" https://www.politico.com/news/2024/02/07/haley-wins-nevada-primary-that-nets-no-delegates-00140036

* "The anti-abortion plan ready for Trump on Day One:" https://www.politico.com/news/2024/01/29/trump-abortion-ban-2024-campaign-00138417

* "Trump Says Jan. 6 Was an Insurrection:" https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/trump-says-jan-6-insurrection-1234964730/

* "West Virginia's 'Women's Bill Of Rights' Criticized As An Effort To Suppress Transgender People:" https://www.huffpost.com/entry/west-virginia-womens-bill-of-rights-criticized_n_65c56df0e4b0fb721d606684

* "New ‘Georgia Women’s Bill of Rights’ guts protections for trans women, eliminates gender identity:" https://www.advocate.com/georgia-womens-bill-of-rights

* "‘Patriotism Not Pride’ bill banning Oklahoma from spending funds on Pride Month passes key vote:" https://www.advocate.com/politics/patriotism-not-pride-bill-oklahoma

* Because Of Course. "Florida Republican lawmaker pivots from banning Pride flags — to protecting Confederate monuments:" https://www.advocate.com/politics/florida-confederate-monuments-pride-flags

* "Ohio won't restrict gender-affirming care for adults but still goes after trans youth:" https://www.advocate.com/politics/ohio-transgender-rules-revised

* "Transgender Virginians can breathe a sigh of relief after Democrats defeat all GOP anti-LGBTQ+ bills:" https://www.advocate.com/politics/virginia-democrats-protect-transgender-rights

* "Massachusetts Gov. Maura Healey nominates former partner for high court, raises GOP ire:" https://www.advocate.com/politics/maura-healey-nominates-former-partner

* "South Dakota tribe bans governor from reservation over US-Mexico border remarks:" https://www.politico.com/news/2024/02/04/south-dakota-us-mexico-border-00139485

* "Marjorie Taylor Greene pushes transgender care outrage with out-of-context, decade-old ‘Dateline’ clip:" https://www.advocate.com/news/transgender-dateline-video-outrage

* CW: Rape. "Moms for Liberty co-founder speaks out for first time after threesome revelations:" https://www.advocate.com/politics/moms-for-liberty-co-founder-speaks-out-for-first-time-after-threesome-revelations

* "North Carolina Republican says trans people should ‘find a corner outside somewhere’ to go to the bathroom:" https://www.advocate.com/politics/mark-robinson-trans-bathroom-nc

* "Trump’s Worst Lawyer Costs Him Millions (Carroll v. Trump):"

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* "Judge Engoron's Scathing Rebuke of Donald Trump's Lawyers:" https://www.newsweek.com/judge-engoron-scathing-rebuke-donald-trump-lawyers-1868348

* "Jack Smith Hits Back at Judge Cannon’s Dangerous Order on Trump Case:" https://newrepublic.com/post/178922/jack-smith-judge-cannon-dangerous-order-trump-classified-documents

* "“Awful and unethical”: Legal experts say Judge Cannon could face removal for “disturbing” order:" https://www.salon.com/2024/02/08/awful-and-unethical-legal-experts-say-cannon-could-face-removal-for-disturbing-order/

* "'Putting her on notice': Jack Smith losing patience with Judge Cannon in Trump documents case:" https://www.msnbc.com/alex-wagner-tonight/watch/-putting-her-on-notice-jack-smith-losing-patience-with-judge-cannon-in-trump-documents-case-203985989629

* "World Nears Dangerous Climate Tipping Point With Snow in Short Supply:" https://www.bloomberg.com/graphics/2024-snow-drought-climate-change/?accessToken=eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.eyJzb3VyY2UiOiJTdWJzY3JpYmVyR2lmdGVkQXJ0aWNsZSIsImlhdCI6MTcwNTQyODMwNCwiZXhwIjoxNzA2MDMzMTA0LCJhcnRpY2xlSWQiOiJTNzFaNEJUMVVNMFcwMCIsImJjb25uZWN0SWQiOiIzRDhGMEEzMTc2MDc0NUM5OTg4NkFCNzA1NDk2RUNEQSJ9.S2wF1RX63Z24vtPWlTsEaQvADjn7KRhnt0QuhhnOrdQ

* "Gold miners bring fresh wave of suffering to Brazil’s Yanomami:" https://www.reuters.com/investigates/special-report/brazil-environment-yanomami/

* "This camel has a very important job:" https://www.vox.com/down-to-earth/2024/2/2/24052025/camel-seed-mojave-desert-joshua-tree-fires

* This is why we need external safety inspections. "How Boeing put profits over planes:" https://www.vox.com/money/24052245/boeing-corporate-culture-737-airplane-safety-door-plug

* "The Rooftop Solar Industry Could Be on the Verge of Collapse:" https://time.com/6565415/rooftop-solar-industry-collapse/

* "Inside the Crime Rings Trafficking Sand:" https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/sand-mafias-are-plundering-the-earth/

* "Athleisure: Destroying Fashion & the Environment:"

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* "Meta’s new AI image generator was trained on 1.1 billion Instagram and Facebook photos:" https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2023/12/metas-new-ai-image-generator-was-trained-on-1-1-billion-instagram-and-facebook-photos/

* "Texas cold leaves alligators 'frozen' underwater, but still alive. Here's how:" https://www.npr.org/2024/01/25/1226660910/alligators-frozen-underwater-brumation-explanation

* "Foul-mouthed parrots are unlikely stars at a British zoo:" https://www.npr.org/2024/01/25/1226911707/parrots-swear-profanities-british-zoo

* "These Parrots Use Their Beaks to Swing Across Branches Like Monkeys:" https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/these-parrots-can-use-their-beaks-to-swing-across-branches-like-monkeys-180983694/

* "Sighting of newborn great white shark ‘unlike anything we had ever seen before’:" https://www.science.org/content/article/sighting-newborn-great-white-shark-unlike-anything-we-had-ever-seen

* "Celebrate Winter in the Wild With 15 Photos of Animals Enjoying the Snow:" https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/celebrate-winter-in-the-wild-with-15-photos-of-animals-enjoying-the-snow-180983665/

* "Scientists Discover Stunning Evidence of Multiple Lost Prehistoric Societies:" https://www.vice.com/en/article/z3m5ye/scientists-discover-stunning-evidence-of-multiple-lost-prehistoric-societies

* "The Sensation Novelist Who Exposed the Plight of Victorian Women:" https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/the-sensation-novelist-who-exposed-the-plight-of-victorian-women-wilkie-collins-180983649/

* "Italy Returns Historic Plane to Ethiopia:" https://www.voaafrica.com/a/7463918.html

* "These Casual Snapshots Show What Kitchens Were Like in the 1960s:" https://rarehistoricalphotos.com/kitchen-desgins-1960s/

* "THE U.S. SHOULD APOLOGIZE TO GAY PEOPLE:" https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2024/01/lavender-scare-gay-people-public-service-erasure/677236/

* "Doll Houses, 1983:" https://www.presentandcorrect.com/blogs/blog/doll-houses-1983

* "Cecilia Gentili, trans activist, actress, and author, has died at 52:" https://www.advocate.com/obituaries/cecilia-gentili-trans-activist-obituary

* "It was deemed extinct. But now pentl'ach has been declared a living language thanks to Qualicum researchers:" https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/pentl-ach-officially-declared-a-living-language-added-to-b-c-list-of-first-nations-languages-1.7045803?cmp=rss

* "Los Angeles museum repatriates Asante artefacts to Ghana:" https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2024/02/05/fowler-museum-los-angeles-asante-repatriation-ghana

* "A pair of UK museums return gold and silver artifacts to Ghana under a long-term loan arrangement:" https://apnews.com/article/britain-ghana-museums-gold-colonial-theft-royal-e5aa77f9c07ab8952e507dd01e983c76

* "In South America, African-inspired religions gain more followers:" https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/south-america-african-inspired-religions-gain-more-followers-2024-02-03/

* "Tell Me Why the Watermelon Grows:" https://www.switchyardmag.com/issue-2/watermelon?src=longreads

* My surgery will be March 12th. As my dominant arm will be immobilized for two weeks, odds are I won't be doing news aggregation during that period as I suck at mousing with my off hand and I am slow. If I'm on at all it will likely be reblogs, queue, and the like. It can be up to a month after I'm freed to get up to speed, but I have no way of knowing what I can manage when, until very late March.

I'm giving people the heads up now so y'all know what's going on, and I'll remind people when we're closer. I know people worry if I drop off all social media for two weeks.

* "Meanwhile… Stolen Polar Bear | Monkey On The Run In Scotland | The $1,780 Lemon:"

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* "California’s Rainpocalypse | Taylor’s GRAMMY Surprise | Biden: Trump Is A “Sick F***”:"

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* "Meanwhile… Disco Bathroom | Kid Stuck In The Claw Game | Transatlantic Pot Bust:"

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* "Speaker Johnson Gets Spanked | Nobody Wins Nevada GOP Primary | Trump’s Pick To Run The RNC:"

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* "A History of Chuck E. Cheese: Last Squeak Tonight with John Oliver:"

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* "The Subversive Power of the Lesbian Cheerleader:"

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* "Sorry for adding to the Saltburn discourse:"

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This is pretty much where I was with this. I was low key obsessed with both Brideshead (Book and miniseries) and the Nureyev Nijinsky's Faun (and Nijinsky just generally. Also ballet) as a tween. I've seen talented Mr. Ripley any number of times.

On paper this was so exciting. The bones of something interesting were there. In practice? I kept thinking I'd rather be watching the Andrews/Irons miniseries of my youth.

* "Kwame Alexander Reads A Poem From “This Is the Honey: An Anthology Of Contemporary Black Poets”:"

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* "The 2023 Hugo nomination statistics have finally been released – and we have questions:" https://corabuhlert.com/2024/01/21/the-2023-hugo-nomination-statistics-have-finally-been-release-and-we-have-questions/

* World Con Stuff. "McCarty, Standlee, and Others Censured or Reprimanded:" https://locusmag.com/2024/01/mccarty-standlee-and-others-censured/

* "Why You Should Watch Straight Jacket, the Lost Gay Rom-Com:"

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* "Meet the 'Feud: Capote vs. The Swans' cast & the real people they play:" https://www.advocate.com/arts-entertainment/feud-capote-versus-swans#rebelltitem3

* "Lil Nas X has hilariously on-brand reaction to new single ‘J Christ’ charting at 69:" https://www.thepinknews.com/2024/01/25/lil-nas-x-j-christ-single-chart/

* "Donald Trump Has PACs For Days:"

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* "The Stakes Are High At Super Bowl LVIII:"

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* "Stephen Is Become Death, Destroyer Of Worlds:"

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* "Home Videos - SNL:"

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* "CNN Town Hall South Carolina Cold Open - SNL:"

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* "Dune Popcorn Bucket - SNL:"

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* "Where Ought The Human Part of Pan End and the Goat Part of Pan Begin?:" https://www.thechatner.com/p/where-ought-the-human-part-of-pan?utm_source=post-email-title&publication_id=5&post_id=141165230&utm_campaign=email-post-title&isFreemail=true&r=ykw2&utm_medium=email

* "Sometimes reading Arthuriana feels like reading Alice in Wonderland.:" https://www.tumblr.com/dduane/740748424532623360/sometimes-reading-arthuriana-feels-like-reading?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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

* "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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* "Ukrainian spies with deep ties to CIA wage shadow war against Russia:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/10/23/ukraine-cia-shadow-war-russia/

* "Let's talk about rumor about Ukrainian aid....:"

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* "A Small Country Far From Ukraine Is Sending Hundreds to War, on Both Sides:" https://www.nytimes.com/2023/10/20/world/asia/ukraine-russia-nepal.html

* "Friends From Childhood. Brothers in War.:" https://www.nytimes.com/2023/10/29/world/europe/ukraine-war-friends.html

* "Russia prison population plummets as convicts are sent to war:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/10/26/russia-prison-population-convicts-war/

* "Daughter Ivanka Trump must testify at Donald Trump’s civil fraud trial, New York judge rules:" https://www.politico.com/news/2023/10/27/ivanka-trump-must-testify-trial-00123992

* "Trump takes the stand and is fined $10,000 for violating a gag order in fraud case:" https://www.npr.org/2023/10/25/1208444786/trump-new-york-fraud-case

* "Judge in Trump NY fraud trial extends gag order to lawyers, says office has received ‘hundreds’ of threats since trial started:" https://www.cnbc.com/2023/11/03/judge-in-trump-ny-fraud-trial-extends-gag-order-to-lawyers-says-office-has-received-hundreds-of-threats-since-trial-started.html

* "Judge drops hammer on Trump: Gags entire legal team:" https://www.msnbc.com/deadline-white-house/watch/judge-drops-hammer-on-trump-gags-entire-legal-team-197075525979

* "Judge reinstates gag order against Trump:" https://www.politico.com/news/2023/10/29/trump-gag-order-reinstated-00124147

* "Trump Gagged; Immediately Violates Gag Order:"

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* "'Maybe they haven't been paying attention': Court agrees to hear Trump objections to gag order:" https://www.msnbc.com/alex-wagner-tonight/watch/-maybe-they-haven-t-been-paying-attention-court-agrees-to-hear-trump-objections-to-gag-order-197091909870

* "The impoverished imagination of neoliberal climate "solutions" :" https://pluralistic.net/2023/10/31/carbon-upsets/

* "New study warns climate is warming even faster than some think:" https://www.axios.com/2023/11/02/climate-change-warming-james-hansen

* "Amazon River falls to lowest in over a century amid Brazil drought:" https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/amazon-rainforest-port-records-lowest-water-level-121-years-amid-drought-2023-10-16/

* "Hurricane Otis: How a tropical storm turned into a 'nightmare scenario' overnight:" https://www.nbcnews.com/science/environment/hurricane-otis-rapid-intensification-climate-change-rcna122090

* "Credible missing persons list drops to 5 people unaccounted for from Lahaina fire:" https://mauinow.com/2023/10/27/credible-missing-persons-list-drops-to-5-people-unaccounted-for-from-lahaina-fire/

* "Deadly explosion off Nigeria points to threat posed by aging oil ships around the world:" https://apnews.com/article/oil-exploration-gasoline-environment-nigeria-1d4cc4791cbfc28e6ccf942075510a60

* "Let's talk about the Colorado River deal....:"

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* Golf courses should be illegal. "Abandoned golf courses are being reclaimed by nature:" https://www.cnn.com/2023/10/27/world/abandoned-golf-courses-reclaimed-by-nature-c2e-spc-scn-intl

* "What are roundabouts? A transportation engineer explains the safety benefits of these circular intersections:" https://theconversation.com/what-are-roundabouts-a-transportation-engineer-explains-the-safety-benefits-of-these-circular-intersections-215412

* "Here's What Ethical AI Really Means:"

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* "Elon Musk Offers to Also Ruin Wikipedia:" https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-features/elon-musk-wikipedia-twitter-x-encyclopedia-1234861220/

* "Sam Bankman-Fried found guilty in FTX crypto fraud case:" https://www.cbsnews.com/news/sam-bankman-fried-trial-verdict/

* "Fallen crypto king Sam Bankman-Fried found guilty on all counts:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/fallen-crypto-king-sam-bankman-fried-found-guilty-on-all-counts-196993605915

* "China’s youngest-ever astronauts blast off to space station:" https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2023/10/26/chinas-youngest-ever-astronauts-blast-off-to-space-station

* "US zoo saving endangered red wolf, one dental checkup at a time:" https://www.reuters.com/business/environment/us-zoo-saving-endangered-red-wolf-one-dental-checkup-time-2023-10-25/

* "Runaway zebras delighted the nation — and exposed their owner’s dark past:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/interactive/2023/maryland-zebras-jerry-holly/

* "How Scientists Tracked the Movements of a 17,000-Year-Old Woolly Mammoth:" https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/scientists-tracked-movements-17000-year-old-woolly-mammoth-180983064/

* "The Ancient Greek Woman Who Dressed as a Man to Seduce Men:" https://talesoftimesforgotten.com/2022/12/01/the-ancient-greek-woman-who-dressed-as-a-man-to-seduce-men/

* "The London History Show: Anne Boleyn:"

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* "The Chevalier d'Eon: the Trans 18th Century Spy:"

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* "How To Convince People To Volunteer: Joining Up In WWI:"

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* "15 Years After Pres. Obama's Historic Election:" https://www.msnbc.com/jonathan-capehart/watch/15-years-after-pres-obama-s-historic-election-197108293787

* "The Fight Between Cataphiles and Underground Police in the Paris Catacombs:" https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/strange-maps-paris-catacombs

I will never see the catacombs in person but I am horrified. Destroying them would be a desecration.

* "Illegal Body Trade: Modern-Day Corpse Theft:"

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* "Something Wicked This Way Paddles:" https://www.nytimes.com/2023/10/24/us/witches-paddle-halloween.html?unlocked_article_code=1.5Uw.qR51.sbD-6BoYNu4_&smid=url-share

* "A Professional Pumpkin Carver Spills His Guts:" https://www.nytimes.com/2023/10/22/style/halloween-professional-pumpkin-carver.html

* "New York unveils statue commemorating alligator sewer myth:" https://www.cnn.com/travel/article/nyc-alligator-sewer-statue-trnd/index.html

* Thursday a week ago dentist and hygienist were very astonished by my relaxed state during dentistry. I hadn't had time to warn them that sometimes I fall asleep before the dental dam went in ending my ability to explain. Luckily they didn't get scared as had happened before. I wasn't asleep, just meditating as is my usual practice when I'm not exhausted. Apparently even very chill patients don't normally relax at this level. I have no dental trauma or phobias. It's not that I enjoy dentistry, it's just I have no more emotion about it than I do around oil change. It's just maintenance.

No cleaner Friday, which is fine. So many people clocked out slightly late, they snatched 15 minutes here and 15 minutes there, so I am left with six visits at most to cover November and December instead of the surplus Math last summer suggested I should have. I am a bit grumpy as I generally let them off three to six minutes early.

Saturday, Goth Millennial exhausted the Tiny Terror with one of their Gothmas presents. Livia had her third oops in two weeks. I am pretty sure it's stress.

Sunday: Millennial pumpkin carving!

Monday I did a bunch of prep for the big day.

* Gothmas Phase 2 exterior decorations:
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* I lost the first version of this in the crash. The Management chased all the families with kids out and most of the grad students, replacing them mostly with retirees. I hardly even got adults raiding my table this year, and one of them stole a bowl. Sigh. This is why I use cheap Dollar Store bowls. The Millennials got big candy gift bags this year.

I love the pumpkins the Millennials carved so much. I'm going to be so sad when I take them down in a day or two.

A cheerful Gen Z person turned up to Clean Saturday, and we got most of the outside display down. I really liked them. Goth millennial got the things too high to reach Saturday. We are mostly focused on the Tuesday inspection right now.

* Squirrel has lost his job and needs about $800.00 for bills and food for a month. They have lost their health insurance which provides essential medication. They are an old RL friend and my roommate. https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/Squirrelmh

* My car broke yet again in late October. As I feared it was the hose that keeps the engine cool. Why feared? It's in the middle of all the gear under the hood. Hose and fluid replacements are cheap. an hour and a half of labor to take it all apart then put it back in is incredibly expensive. $280 worth in total. I have paid Squirrel back for the gas for the week and a halfish, I was borrowing his car, thanks to a donor. The repairs ate most of my bill money for the month. Yes, this is the forth repair this year. My car is about 25ish years old. I can't afford to replace it, nor can I do without it, being disabled: https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/Gwydion

* Squirrel has lost his job and needs about $800.00 for bills, meds and food for a month. They have lost their health insurance which provides essential medication. We can float bills a bit if we must, but it's extremely dangerous if they skip any of their meds. They have already had a ton of interviews, and it is likely they will be offered a very good job if they can hold out until December when it starts. They are an old RL friend and my roommate: https://www.gofundme.com/f/pay-rosies-dental-bills

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

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* "Meanwhile… Taylor Swift is a Billionaire | Doordash Tips | Florida’s Fake Cops:"

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* "World’s Longest Zucchini | Trump Kids Take the Stand | George Santos Survives Expulsion Attempt:"

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* "Why is Ron DeSantis Wearing Lifts? | Donald Trump v. The People | Biden’s Chilling AI Warning:"

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* "Barbie is Halloween’s Top Costume | Speaker Johnson’s Wife Runs Anti-LGBTQ Counseling Company:"

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* "Why Are Conservatives So Media Illiterate?:"

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* "Doctor Who vs Women:"

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* "Exploring the Emotions: Black Trauma vs. Black Horror:"

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* "From Protagonist to Romantic Prop: Mina Murray's Transformation:"

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* "The Gay Horror Manga You Should Be Reading:"

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* "True Facts: Incredible Crab Stories:"

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* "The Trump Kids in America:"

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* "See the Cutest Costumed Pups from New York City's Halloween Dog Parade:" https://people.com/dogs-costumes-2023-nyc-halloween-dog-parade-photos-8374321

* "Father and son make Halloween accessible to kids with disabilities one custom costume at a time:" https://www.cnn.com/us/walkin-rollin-costumes-halloween-iyw/index.html

* "Quirky Vintage Japanese Playgrounds Photographed at Night:" https://mossandfog.com/quirky-vintage-japanese-playgrounds-photographed-at-night/

* "Proposed: Counter-Halloween:" https://www.thestopgap.net/proposed/

* Ankh-Morpork Pride: https://www.tumblr.com/jamyesterday/732666837755691008?source=share

* A friend of Bertie Wooster transitions: https://www.tumblr.com/brigdh/732533098457268224?source=share

* "You work as the minor villain every new hero has to beat for their first battle.:" https://www.tumblr.com/seananmcguire/718085841933795328?source=share

* "Midnight Pals: A Chip off the old Block:" https://www.tumblr.com/bitterkarella/732631414044049408/midnight-pals-a-chip-off-the-old-block?source=share

* "Midnight Pals: Imaginarium:" https://www.tumblr.com/bitterkarella/732810170427752448/midnight-pals-imaginarium?source=share

* "Sunday Sweets: Drama Queens:" https://www.cakewrecks.com/home/sunday-sweets-drama-queens-2023

* "Sunday Sweets: It's Fall, Y'all!:" https://www.cakewrecks.com/home/sunday-sweets-its-fall-yall-2023

* "Sunday Sweets Gets SPOOPY:" https://www.cakewrecks.com/home/sunday-sweets-gets-spoopy-2023

* "Sunday Sweets: 10 Halloween Cuties:" https://www.cakewrecks.com/home/sunday-sweets-10-halloween-cuties-2023

* "Love Inks: 11 Tattoo Sweets!:" https://www.cakewrecks.com/home/love-inks-11-tattoo-sweets-2023

* "10 Enchanted Garden Cakes That Are Pure Magic:" https://www.cakewrecks.com/home/10-enchanted-garden-cakes-that-are-pure-magic-2023

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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.

* Where to donate for non-violent causes in Gaza and Israel: https://soc-puppet.dreamwidth.org/867894.html

* "Games for Gaza:" https://soc-puppet.dreamwidth.org/868099.html

* "If anyone wants to donate to Wadea Al-Fayoume's family then here:" https://www.tumblr.com/abigail-pent/731484616352989184/arab-mother-attacked-and-6-year-old-murdered-in?source=share

* Squirrel has lost his job and needs about $800.00 for bills and food for a month. They are an old RL friend and my roommate. https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/Squirrelmh

* An old friend of mine's beloved dog needs money for vet bills and special food: https://www.gofundme.com/f/pay-rosies-dental-bills

* Apply for Project 2025 so they have to pick through resumes, using their resources: https://apply.project2025.org/ords/r/p25/pub/questionnaire?p4_qid=1

* Want to help Andy Kim beat Bob Menendez? https://www.andykim.com/

* 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

( Links Underneath: )

* Both Sydney Powell and Kenneth Chesebro have plead guilty in the Election Interference Racketeering case. I don't have time for proper coverage if I want to put this out today and it's a busy weekend for me RL.

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* "After blast kills hundreds at Gaza hospital, Hamas and Israel trade blame as rage spreads in region:" https://apnews.com/article/israel-palestinians-gaza-hamas-war-biden-rafah-e062825a375d9eb62e95509cab95b80c

* "Biden expresses outrage over Gaza hospital attack, directs team to investigate:" https://www.reuters.com/world/biden-expresses-outrage-over-gaza-hospital-attack-directs-team-investigate-2023-10-17/

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* "Israel-Hamas war updates: Israel and Egypt agree to let aid into Gaza:" https://www.npr.org/live-updates/biden-israel-gaza-hamas-palestine

* "Biden offers example of recent U.S. past in cautioning Israel on revenge:" https://www.msnbc.com/alex-wagner-tonight/watch/biden-offers-example-of-recent-u-s-past-in-cautioning-israel-on-revenge-195941957697

* "Richard Madeley condemned for ‘racist’ question to MP Layla Moran about Hamas attack on Israel:" https://www.thepinknews.com/2023/10/18/richard-madeley-layla-moran-hamas-israel-palestine/

* "There’s no Jewish American consensus about the conflict in Israel and Gaza:" https://www.vox.com/23915948/jewish-american-israel-gaza-war-attacks-opposing-beliefs-progressive-movement

* "Muslim boy killed and woman wounded in Illinois hate crime motivated by Israel-Hamas war, police say:" https://apnews.com/article/muslim-boy-killed-chicago-landlord-will-county-5135dea218326d6e639a996564d9369e

* "If anyone wants to donate to his family then here: :" https://www.tumblr.com/abigail-pent/731484616352989184/arab-mother-attacked-and-6-year-old-murdered-in?source=share

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* "Saudi Arabia: Migrants workers who toiled in Amazon warehouses were deceived and exploited:" https://www.amnesty.org/en/latest/news/2023/10/saudi-arabia-migrants-workers-who-toiled-in-amazon-warehouses-were-deceived-and-exploited/

* "Canadian Human Rights commissioner resigns over new school pronoun rule to out kids to parents:" https://www.thepinknews.com/2023/10/17/canada-saskatchewan-heather-kuttai-education-pronouns-trans/

* "Anti-LGBTQ+ Tory MP Peter Bone facing suspension over bullying and sexual misconduct allegations:" https://www.thepinknews.com/2023/10/16/peter-bone-bullying-sexual-misconduct-suspension/

* "Anti-feminist, right-wing Manchester mayoral candidate makes trans ‘joke’ as part of campaign:" https://www.thepinknews.com/2023/10/16/nick-buckley-manchester-anti-trans/

* "Ukraine uses secretly shipped U.S. missiles to launch surprise strike :" https://www.politico.com/news/2023/10/17/ukraine-uses-secretly-shipped-u-s-missiles-to-launch-surprise-strike-00121932

* "600 days into the war, Russia’s assault on a key eastern Ukraine city appears to be weakening:" https://apnews.com/article/russia-ukraine-war-avdiivka-donetsk-counteroffensive-ae6a7dd33a43ae91bd9660aa5ca2b9a0

* "Russia destroyed 300,000 tons of grain since July in port, ship attacks, Kyiv says:" https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/russia-destroyed-300000-tons-grain-since-july-port-ship-attacks-kyiv-2023-10-13/

* "Ukraine claims a major strike on Russian airfields and thanks US for providing long-range missiles:" https://apnews.com/article/russia-ukraine-war-avdiivka-attacks-8b5fd038c7e496dcb8f015b759b74666

* "Trump tells judge he will appeal gag order in federal election interference case:" https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/donald-trump/trump-files-notice-appeal-judge-issues-partial-gag-order-rcna120924

* "Let's talk about Trump's DC gag order....:"

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* "When It Comes to Urban Trees, More Isn’t Always Better:" https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-10-09/what-mapping-every-tree-in-new-york-city-reveals

* "How L.A.’s bird population is shaped by historic redlining and racist loan practices:" https://www.latimes.com/environment/story/2023-10-11/historic-redlining-bird-biodiversity

* "Decades Later, Closed Military Bases Remain a Toxic Menace:" https://www.nytimes.com/2023/09/27/us/military-base-closure-cleanup.html

* "X, formerly known as Twitter, will begin charging new users $1 a year to access key features including the ability to tweet and retweet:" https://fortune.com/2023/10/17/twitter-x-charging-new-users-1-dollar-year-to-tweet/

* "Division of labor in ants, wasps, bees — and us:" https://knowablemagazine.org/article/living-world/2023/evolution-of-division-of-labor

* "Female frogs fake their own death to avoid unwanted attention from males: Study:" https://abcnews.go.com/International/female-frogs-fake-death-avoid-unwanted-attention-males/story?id=103859698

* "Black bears in the backyard: Why they’re everywhere, and what to do:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/home/2023/10/10/black-bears-backyard-sightings/

* "Feast Your Eyes on the Most Perfectly Preserved Dinosaur of All Time:" https://mossandfog.com/feast-your-eyes-on-the-most-perfectly-preserved-dinosaur-of-all-time/

* "When Lions Were King: Across the ancient world, people adopted the big cats as sacred symbols of power and protection:" https://www.archaeology.org/issues/522-features/11637-lions-ancient-world

* "‘Egyptian blue’ found on Parthenon sculptures at the British Museum:" https://www.cnn.com/style/greek-parthenon-sculptures-painted-egyptian-blue-scn/index.html

* "Scientists Have an Audacious Plan to Map the Ancient World Before It Disappears:" https://www.wired.com/story/scientists-have-an-audacious-plan-to-map-the-ancient-world-before-it-disappears/

* "1,700-Year-Old Sock Spins Yarn About Ancient Egyptian Fashion:" https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smartnews-history-archaeology/1700-year-old-sock-spins-yarn-about-ancient-egyptian-fashion-180970501/

* "Ninth Victim of Suspected Gay Serial Killer Herb Baumeister Identified:" https://www.advocate.com/crime/herb-baumeister-ninth-victim

* Tuesday I stayed up all morning with frustrating phone bureaucracy. Wednesday I managed to sort out the bare minimum on the extreior decorations. Thursday, I was frankensteining around because my legs were bad. I know I have a bunch of C7 bulbs somewhere, but I put thhem away somewhere clever last January. I also need a C5, apparently. I saw some Wednesday, not knowing I owned anything needing a C-5. Sigh.

Friday late, my oldest continuous friend arrives for the birthday celebrations. everything is a mess, but I did get most of the boxes back in the closet, except for the light boxes I still need to search. I strung the house lights for halloweentown Wednesday, but all the figurines are randomly located as no one was up to making it pretty, which means I can't finish garlands and lights in time for party weekend. Ah well.

I did at least wrap presents for my birthday. For new readers: we do a halloween party for my birthday and we do secret pumpkins and take turns opening presents. I think birthday parties are more fun if everyone gets something to unwrap, and I am an Old, so this is how we do.

If I am scarce over the weekend, this is why.

* More Gothmas Decorations: https://www.tumblr.com/gwydionmisha/731563061736062976?source=share

* Squirrel (https://www.facebook.com/mike.hutton.16/) has lost his job and needs about $800.00 for bills and food for a month. They are an old RL friend and my roommate. https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/Squirrelmh

* An old friend of mine's beloved dog needs money for vet bills and special food: https://www.gofundme.com/f/pay-rosies-dental-bills

* "Food Safety: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver:"

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Regulations are written in blood.

* "Took my tiny child with me to the Halloween store.:" https://www.tumblr.com/cleolinda/731352627145818112/deadmomjokes-took-my-tiny-child-with-me-to-the?source=share

* A thing on Our Flag Means Death and what's going on with ed and stede: https://www.tumblr.com/gwydionmisha/731696319921602560/i-think-stedes-doing-a-lot-of-running-away-from?source=share

* OFMD: Izzy hand's Leg: https://www.tumblr.com/gwydionmisha/731697031851245568?source=share

* Black Sails and Our Flag Means Death Agree; Ned Low is a nasty, violent psychopath who needs to go.

* Cinderella after the Prince: https://batneko.tumblr.com/post/171036276147/cinderella-marries-the-prince-and-its-fine-the

* "Midnight Pals: The Dorsai:" https://www.tumblr.com/bitterkarella/731536960132448256/midnight-pals-the-dorsai?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.

* "If anyone wants to donate to Wadea Al-Fayoume's family then here:" https://www.tumblr.com/abigail-pent/731484616352989184/arab-mother-attacked-and-6-year-old-murdered-in?source=share

* Squirrel (https://www.facebook.com/mike.hutton.16/) has lost his job and needs about $800.00 for bills and food for a month. They are an old RL friend and my roommate. https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/Squirrelmh

* An old friend of mine's beloved dog needs money for vet bills and special food: https://www.gofundme.com/f/pay-rosies-dental-bills

* Apply for Project 2025 so they have to pick through resumes, using their resources: https://apply.project2025.org/ords/r/p25/pub/questionnaire?p4_qid=1

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* 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

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* The last few editions, I've been tinkering with how to sort and group items. The changes are fairly minor and I hope won't cause too much confusion. Let me know if it does.

This should have gone out Monday A, but I was tired.

* "Costs divide rich, poor countries ahead of WHO pandemic treaty talks:" https://www.reuters.com/investigates/special-report/global-pandemic-bats-treaty/

* "Guatemalan justice ‘being used politically’ against president-elect: OAS:" https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2023/9/1/guatemalan-justice-being-used-politically-against-president-elect-oas

* "Met Police deny targeting ‘woke’ issues after Mark Rowley interview in The Telegraph:" https://www.thepinknews.com/2023/08/29/met-police-woke-causes-mark-rowley/

* "The Culture War Funded by Russian Roubles:" https://bylinetimes.com/2022/03/09/the-culture-war-funded-by-russian-roubles/

* "10-Year-Old Ukrainian Boy Thrown Off Bridge in Germany for Not Speaking Russian:" https://www.thedailybeast.com/10-year-old-ukrainian-boy-thrown-off-bridge-in-germany-for-not-speaking-russian

* "In wartime Ukraine, going back to school means preparing for air raids and huddling in shelters:" https://www.cnn.com/2023/09/01/europe/ukraine-war-back-to-school-intl/index.html

* "Judge rejects Navarro’s ‘executive privilege’ claim for defying Jan. 6 committee:" https://www.politico.com/news/2023/08/30/navarro-trump-privilege-ruling-00113486

* "Let's talk about Navarro and signs....:"

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* "Rudy Giuliani is liable for defaming Georgia election workers, judge rules :" https://www.politico.com/news/2023/08/30/judge-rules-giuliani-is-liable-for-defaming-georgia-election-workers-orders-sanctions-00113462

* "New York AG seeks immediate verdict in fraud lawsuit against Trump:" https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/new-york-ag-seeks-immediate-verdict-in-fraud-lawsuit-against-donald-trump

* "When Elon Musk Fought Jack Smith's Search Warrant for Donald Trump:"

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* "Trump pleads ‘not guilty’ in Georgia racketeering case:" https://www.politico.com/news/2023/08/31/trump-georgia-not-guilty-plea-00113612

* "Why Protestors Blockaded Burning Man:" https://advocatechannel.com/burning-man-protest-blockade

* "Tens of thousands at Burning Man told to conserve water and food after heavy rains leave attendees stranded in Nevada desert:" https://www.cnn.com/2023/09/02/us/burning-man-storms-shelter-black-rock-city/index.html

* "Mishmash of how US heat deaths are counted complicates efforts to keep people safe as Earth warms:" https://apnews.com/article/counting-extreme-heat-deaths-7125ad9a5289625bd9ca312945996399

* "How wildfires are threatening the Mediterranean way of life:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/09/02/greece-fires-2023-rhodes/

* "Greece sends 100 extra firefighters to a massive northeastern wildfire as it burns for a 13th day:" https://apnews.com/article/greece-wildfires-massive-blaze-europe-77c0e818372ab86f11f2196f07237c54

* "A heat wave killed hundreds in Chicago nearly 30 years ago:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/history/2023/07/10/chicago-heat-wave-1995/

* "127-year-old water main gives way under NYC’s Times Square, flooding streets, subways:" https://apnews.com/article/water-main-break-times-square-a896d33258b86d4a77050b542413785b

* "America Is Using Up Its Groundwater Like There’s No Tomorrow:" https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2023/08/28/climate/groundwater-drying-climate-change.html

* "The Secret Life of the 500+ Cables That Run the Internet:" https://www.cnet.com/home/internet/features/the-secret-life-of-the-500-cables-that-run-the-internet/

* "Judge tears apart Republican lawsuit alleging bias in Gmail spam filter:" https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2023/08/judge-tears-apart-republican-lawsuit-alleging-bias-in-gmail-spam-filter/

* "Instagram Is Blocking LGBTQIA+ Accounts:" https://www.advocate.com/business/instagram-shadowbanning-lgbtq-content

* "Elon Musk: A smart businessman or an ‘impetuous narcissist’?:" https://www.thepinknews.com/2023/09/02/elon-musk-x-corp-twitter-bruce-daisley/

* "The Crane who Fell in Love with a Human:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/style/wp/2018/07/23/feature/the-crane-who-fell-in-love-with-a-human/

* "We Did Not Evolve to Be Selfish—and Humans Are Increasingly Aware We Can Choose How Our Cultures Can Evolve:" https://www.pressenza.com/2023/08/we-did-not-evolve-to-be-selfish-and-humans-are-increasingly-aware-we-can-choose-how-our-cultures-can-evolve/

* "Göbekli Tepe: The Place That Rewrote History:"

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* "Karahan Tepe: The Mysteries of The Oldest Known Settlement:"

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* "Did Vikings Really Prefer Axes to Swords? A Brief Look at Some Blades:"

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* "History Summarized: The Splendor of Kyiv:"

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* "The largest mass sedition trial in American history churns on. One final twist calls into question whether the Justice Department will see the case to the end.:" https://www.msnbc.com/msnbc-podcast/rachel-maddow-presents-ultra/episode-7-rinse-repeat-n1300745

* "In the wake of the sedition trial’s collapse, Justice Department prosecutor John Rogge travels overseas and uncovers a bombshell.:" https://www.msnbc.com/msnbc-podcast/rachel-maddow-presents-ultra/episode-8-ultra-vires-n1300884

* "Bill Richardson, former N.M. governor who worked to free Americans held abroad, dies:" https://www.npr.org/2023/09/02/1197430962/bill-richardson-former-new-mexico-governor-and-diplomat-dies-at-75

* Sometimes when other Olds are complaining about young people and their phones, I think about the Student Union at my first college in the days just before email happened to ordinary people.

It was a very small school and the student union was basically a very large basement, with an eatery, a mail room, and a bunch of seating areas. The mail room was central and four times a day they delivered mail. You might ask, "How was there enough mail to deliver four times a day, when the post office delivers once a day?" Most of it was junk. You got the real mail once a day and the rest was fliers and things for activities, messages from Profs or other students, that sort of think. Most of it went right into the conveniently placed recycling bins.

I admit, like everyone else, I'd turn up for the big distribution of outside mail as you had to catch package delivery when the window was open, and given the poor taste and nutritional value of the crap in the cafeteria, something edible from home was a Big Deal.

Four times a day though, the students would gather if they weren't in class in the seating areas closest to the mail boxes. Some benighted souls would hover, hover, right in front of their boxes, listening excitedly for the squeak of the sort cart and the rustle of the student workers on the other side, eyes fixed on the tiny box window.

These people knew perfectly well that the other three deliveries were 80-90% junk mail. They sat or stood, desperate as baby birds waiting for the worm anyway.

People haven't changed, they are just waiting for a ping instead of a squeak and rustle.

Human nature is human nature. I think a lot of people from before email and texts are forgetting that they too have run to the mailbox when they saw the USPS truck or mail person put stuff in, or dove for the letters lot hoping for something good, or hovered by a campus mail slot knowing odds were it was all or mostly trash. I try not to forget that, even though I stopped hovering after a week or so, even though if I check my email more than once a day it's a lot, even though I don't text. Who the fuck are we too judge? We've all done the analog version even if we aren't currently doing the digital and I feel like a lot of people who were email users but not frequent texters are pretending we all didn't refresh email like 8 times a day in the '90's.

* Saturday we wore ourselves out with necessary errands. I needed algae wafers for the plecoes and some special girl food to tide Livia over. They had her shreds but not her kibbles there. (As I bought the last two bags of kibbles at the local last month, she likely has about a month of kibbles left, but with today I think the bird flu may have fucked the cat food supply and for Livia, the choice is a small number of turkey dominant limited ingredient foods or going back on the even more expensive prescription stuff. There are three more places I could try left, but gas is low and two of them are further out and one is super expensive.

All this is made worse by Livia having what is likely a psychiatric crisis, but could be early signs that her renal system may be failing again. Let us hope it's psychiatric, because that won't kill her and I think she's doing a little better tonight. There have been a lot of visitors and schedule disruptions, plus me being sick. That's a lot of stress for a cat who super extra is bad at change and gets stressed easily. Her urine remains normal, but her high anxiety behaviors aren't that different from the behaviors the time she almost died when she was a little over a year old, so I worry. She was eating almost normally tonight, so I'm still in the likely stress camp. *fingers crossed*

Anyway, OTC was right next to the way too hot pet supply store. I somehow miscalculated the tax again and also forgot surgical masks, of which I have nearly run out. @$&#!

The good cheap ethical grocery is right there, so I used the motor cart because most of me wasn't working well at this point. Inevitably, I forgot some things, but there were tiny oranges on sale and I have partially restocked some essentials.

My nails are doing almost okay for the first time in ages, so Goth Millennial painted them a subtly sparkly purple for me, just in time for social stuff with some of the Millennials.

I'm still not really caught up from all the spring car repairs. I am already seeing way more things I can't not buy like gas, litter, and probably kibbles and we are moving into the super expensive part of the year (September-January), where I have a bunch of extra things I can't not do like the oil/radiator thing my car now needs every six months, tabs, housing tax, Gothmas season). I had such high hopes when the COLA went up in January, but between the car and the extra electrical costs... yeah.

I'm not drowning. Not yet. It's been two straight years of everything breaking. I could sure use a year of nothing breaking. This was the first summer since the start of the pandemic I didn't need surgery in the summer. Let's hope the car and apartment follow suit.

* Me watching remastered Frankenstein 1931: Elizabeth, why are you trying to marry a gay man with no interest in you even if he did propose when you have offers from men actually attracted to you?

Much Later, Elizabeth: Something is coming between us!

Me: It's his preference for playing with men's bodies!

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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.

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* "Austria’s Sebastian Kurz charged with making false statements:" https://www.politico.eu/article/sebastian-kurz-charged-on-suspicion-of-making-false-statements/

* "Secret Messages Document Moscow Contacts with Staffer of Far-Right AfD:" https://www.spiegel.de/international/germany/germany-secret-messages-document-moscow-contacts-with-staffer-of-far-right-afd-a-0040e526-39d7-4f22-8bc1-6772bc2d840a

* "A top Russian general linked to the head of a rebellious mercenary group is reportedly dismissed:" https://apnews.com/article/russia-general-surovikin-dismissed-ukraine-wagner-036326ed0279a0c85600ef435e59a076

* "Russian mercenary chief and mutineer Prigozhin killed in jet crash, state media say:" https://www.latimes.com/world-nation/story/2023-08-23/jet-crash-in-russia-kills-10-wagner-chief-prigozhin-passenger-list

* "'Revenge served cold' suspected in plane crash death of Putin warlord:" https://www.msnbc.com/alex-wagner-tonight/watch/-revenge-served-cold-suspected-in-plane-crash-death-of-putin-warlord-191489605556

* "The new educational programme in Russia:" https://solarbird.dreamwidth.org/1932940.html

* "Ukraine forces raise national flag in Robotyne in Zaporizhzhia region:" https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/ukraine-forces-raise-national-flag-robotyne-zaporizhzhia-region-2023-08-23/

* "Turbulent Waters: How the Black Sea Became a Hot Spot in the War:" https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/08/world/europe/black-sea-russia-ukraine.html

* "Let's talk about Russia and who they don't want to face....:"

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* "Trump attorneys guided false electors in Georgia, GOP chair says:" https://www.politico.com/news/2023/08/22/trump-indictment-false-electors-00112229

* "Meet the 34-year-old judge who will oversee Trump prosecution in Georgia:" https://www.ajc.com/news/meet-the-34-year-old-judge-who-will-oversee-trump-prosecution/BSRME6N2DJFYDGZ3OGBOJUFUKA/

* "Trump ex-chief Mark Meadows asks judge to protect him from arrest as he seeks to move Georgia case to federal court:" https://www.cnbc.com/2023/08/22/trump-ex-aide-meadows-asks-judge-to-protect-him-from-arrest-in-ga-case.html

* "Indicted Trump lawyer Kenneth Chesebro demands speedy trial in Georgia:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/indicted-trump-lawyer-kenneth-chesebro-demands-speedy-trial-in-georgia-191470661865

* "Judge schedules Trump codefendant Ken Chesebro for October trial in racketeering case:" https://www.politico.com/news/2023/08/24/fulton-county-prosecutors-ask-judge-to-set-oct-23-trial-on-trump-racketeering-charges-00112816

* "Giuliani turns himself in on Georgia 2020 election charges after bond is set at $150,000:" https://apnews.com/article/trump-giuliani-georgia-election-indictment-fulton-county-203b1e69cbff227a0bf8cc59a6bb645f

* "Federal judge rejects bids to halt Georgia prosecution of Trump aides over 2020 election:" https://www.politico.com/news/2023/08/23/georgia-trump-racketeering-case-state-court-00112480

* "Long on bills, short on time: Trump co-defendants may consider their options:" https://www.msnbc.com/alex-wagner-tonight/watch/long-on-bills-short-on-time-trump-co-defendants-may-consider-their-options-191393349787

* "Judge approves $200,000 bond for Trump in Georgia election case:" https://apnews.com/article/trump-giuliani-georgia-election-indictment-fulton-county-203b1e69cbff227a0bf8cc59a6bb645f

* "Behold the First Ever Presidential Mugshot:" https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/trump-mugshot-released-georgia-election-meddling-arrest-1234812072/

* "Sen. Warnock (D-GA): We know who Trump is, but who are we?:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/sen-warnock-d-ga-we-know-who-trump-is-but-who-are-we-191309381982

* This is understandable and some of the most in depth stuff I've seen on the indictments. "It's RICO in Georgia:"

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* "Inside One ‘Egregious’ Mistake From Trump’s Florida Judge Aileen Cannon:" https://www.thedailybeast.com/inside-one-egregious-mistake-from-trumps-florida-judge-aileen-cannon

* "Prosecutors: Trump Mar-a-Lago security aide flipped after changing lawyers :" https://www.politico.com/news/2023/08/22/trump-witness-reversal-testimony-jack-smith-00112355

* "Key Mar-a-Lago witness flips after dumping Trump-aligned lawyer, court filings reveal:" https://www.msnbc.com/alex-wagner-tonight/watch/key-mar-a-lago-witness-flips-after-dumping-trump-aligned-lawyer-court-filings-reveal-191393349836

* "Bondsman Scott Hall released from Fulton Jail:" https://www.ajc.com/news/bondsman-scott-hall-released-from-fulton-jail/5U2LUVKRR5AZDPGVUNFQFUVYCU/

* "Justice Department objects to Trump’s proposed April 2026 date for DC trial:" https://apnews.com/article/trump-special-counsel-trial-justice-department-jan-6-d2648e51ddf2cdcebf74a197e4c547d7

* "How Trump (Allegedly) Tried to Steal the Election:"

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* "Queer environmental activists warn of LGBTQ+ people ‘suffering first’ from catastrophic climate change:" https://www.thepinknews.com/2023/08/24/climate-change-queer-activists-lgbtq-environmental-crisis/

* "Wishing you had more shade? Florida’s heat takes uneven toll.:" https://www.tampabay.com/news/tampa/2023/08/22/floridas-heat-takes-toll-health-shade-provides-relief-not-all/

* "Extreme heat has killed 103 people in 2 Arizona counties so far in 2023:" https://www.azfamily.com/2023/08/08/extreme-heat-has-killed-147-people-5-counties-coroners-report-real-number-is-likely-much-higher/

* "Arizona Republicans Don’t Want to Hear About the Deadly Heat Wave:" https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2023/08/09/phoenix-heat-wave-republicans-00110325

* "Park officials still looking for stranded visitors in remote Death Valley areas:" https://www.sfgate.com/california-parks/article/400-people-stranded-in-death-valley-after-hilary-18307664.php

* "Devastation in Death Valley as photos show flood damage; park to reopen in stages over weeks ahead :" https://www.8newsnow.com/news/local-news/devastation-in-death-valley-as-photos-show-flood-damage-park-to-reopen-in-stages-over-weeks-ahead/

* "Rain from Tropical Storm Hilary lashes California and Mexico, swamping roads and trapping cars:" https://apnews.com/article/hilary-tropical-storm-flooding-california-mexico-f89aeddeb62d55c935699ac81ca85f1d

* "Magnitude 5.1 earthquake strikes Ojai area, rattling nerves as Hilary pounds Southland:" https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2023-08-20/5-0-magnitude-earthquake-strikes-ojai-area

* "Photos: See the aftermath of flooding, mudslides from Tropical Storm Hilary:" https://www.npr.org/sections/pictureshow/2023/08/20/1194964251/photos-see-flooding-mudslides-tropical-storm-hilary-brings-to-southern-calif

* "Scorched Europe battles deadly fires, Turkey shuts shipping lane:" https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/scorched-europe-battles-deadly-fires-turkey-shuts-shipping-lane-2023-08-23/

* "How climate change drives heatwaves and wildfires in Europe:" https://www.reuters.com/business/environment/how-climate-change-drives-heatwaves-wildfires-europe-2023-08-17/

* "Greece wildfires fanned by strong winds, killing one:" https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/firefighters-greece-battle-blazes-fanned-by-gale-force-winds-2023-08-21/

* "City empties as thousands flee wildfire burning near capital of Canada’s Northwest Territories:" https://apnews.com/article/canada-wildfires-northwest-territories-7b8c327876d86a483c8e25df7bc2c566

* "Amid Canadian wildfires, experts warn state of emergency could continue into fall:" https://www.cbsnews.com/minnesota/news/amid-canadian-wildfires-experts-warn-state-of-emergency-could-continue-into-fall/

* "Warming Set the Stage for Canada’s Record Fires, Study Finds:" https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/22/climate/canada-wildfires-climate-change.html

* "Prime Minister Justin Trudeau slams Facebook for blocking Canada wildfire news:" https://apnews.com/article/canada-wildfires-facebook-news-blocking-734a5bc05796e38a011c6c9a473efea8

* "Lookout Fire in Lane County expands closures to include Blue Pool, Sahalie Falls and other popular recreation areas:" https://www.kgw.com/article/news/local/wildfire/lane-county-lookout-wildfire-closures/283-56604abb-8d12-49e2-832e-fa0efb6a8dec

* "Lookout Fire evacuation areas updated, visibility improves for aerial operations:" https://www.kezi.com/news/lookout-fire-evacuation-areas-updated-visibility-improves-for-aerial-operations/article_a621b392-41e8-11ee-8d4d-77150ec08332.html

* "Hawaii wildfires: More than 1,000 people reported missing in Maui weeks after blaze:" https://www.cnbc.com/2023/08/23/hawaii-wildfires-more-than-1000-people-reported-missing-in-maui.html

* "In deadly Maui fires, many had no warning and no way out. Those who dodged a barricade survived:" https://apnews.com/article/hawaii-fires-timeline-maui-lahaina-road-block-c8522222f6de587bd14b2da0020c40e9

* "Address on the Maui Wildfire Disaster:" https://governor.hawaii.gov/main/address-on-the-maui-wildfire-disaster-friday-august-18-2023/

* "‘The Devastation Is Overwhelming’: Biden Tours Wildfire Damage on Maui:" https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/21/us/politics/biden-maui-hawaii-wildfires.html

* "Immigrant workers’ lives, livelihoods and documents in limbo after the Hawaii fire:" https://apnews.com/article/hawaii-lahaina-foreign-workers-mexico-fires-ab24400f8e1c89ed099dbd3cd45fb890

* "Online posts spread misinformation about FEMA aid following Maui wildfires:" https://apnews.com/article/maui-wildfires-hawaii-fema-misinformation-8562e2e81e03626acc5be30700d73120

* "Let's talk about Hawaii, sirens, and changes....:"

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* "Lahaina used to be a wetland:" https://heated.world/p/lahaina-used-to-be-wetland

* "Let's talk about Hawaii and $700 payments....:"

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* 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

* "4 tornadoes hit New England, cause damage in Massachusetts, Rhode Island:" https://www.wcvb.com/article/4-tornadoes-hit-new-england-on-aug-18-2023-cleanup-continues/44858073

* "Ecuadorians reject oil drilling in the Amazon, ending operations in a protected area:" https://www.thestar.com/news/world/americas/ecuadorians-reject-oil-drilling-in-the-amazon-in-historic-decision/article_43ec3d1c-6d3b-5f83-b2bf-8933184bfd2b.html

* "Elon Musk is threatening to remove the ‘block’ button on X – here’s why it matters for queer users:" https://www.thepinknews.com/2023/08/21/elon-musk-block-x-twitter/

* "Far too many of Musk's followers and Twitter's users appear fake; advertisers may never return:" https://boingboing.net/2023/08/18/far-too-many-of-musk-and-twitters-followers-appear-fake-advertisers-may-never-return.html

* "The Big List of Elon Musk’s Hyperbole, Evasions, and Outright Lies:" https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-lists/elon-musk-twitter-zuckerberg-lies-1234808808/

* "Chandrayaan-3 spacecraft lands on the moon in 'victory cry of a new India':" https://www.reuters.com/world/india/india-counts-down-crucial-moon-landing-2023-08-23/

* "Ibis use 'stress and wash' technique to eat poisonous cane toads:" https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-11-23/ibis-find-way-to-eat-toxic-cane-toads/101683596

* "Miracle Plant Used in Ancient Greece Rediscovered After 2,000 Years:" https://greekreporter.com/2023/08/13/plant-ancient-greece-rediscovered/

* "History Summarized: Malta – An Empire In Miniature:"

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* "Met Museum Acquires Rare 19th-Century Portrait of Enslaved Child :" https://hyperallergic.com/839231/met-museum-acquires-rare-19th-century-portrait-of-enslaved-child/

* "The Surprising Contents of an American POW’s Journal:" https://daily.jstor.org/the-surprising-contents-of-an-american-pows-journal/?preview_id=303822

* "He was killed in the Holocaust. His family just got back his book of scripture.:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/2023/08/08/holocaust-auschwitz-dov-forman-bela/

* "Vivid Kodachrome Photos Show the Bygone Manhattan of the Early 1940s:" https://rarehistoricalphotos.com/manhattan-in-kodachrome-photos/

* "The struggle for land rights in Hawai’i.:" https://thenib.com/owning-an-island/

* "They wanted a Bollywood ending, not an arranged marriage. Their escape came at a cost:" https://www.npr.org/2023/08/06/1188366128/india-arranged-marriage-love-commandos

* "Seaside screen brings magic of movies to Gaza years after cinemas closed:" https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/seaside-screen-brings-magic-movies-gaza-years-after-cinemas-closed-2023-08-16/

* "Meghan Buell, Founder of Indiana Trans Organization, Dead at 58:" https://www.advocate.com/obituaries/trans-activist-meghan-buell

* "Director William Friedkin's Controversial Gay Film Legacy:" https://www.advocate.com/film/william-friedkin-cruising-boys-band

* "Darcie Silver: British trans comedian dies in Thailand, aged 35:" https://www.thepinknews.com/2023/08/22/darcie-silver-trans-comedian-death-thailand/

* "Holocaust Monument for LGBTQ+ Victims Vandalized in Berlin:" https://www.advocate.com/crime/german-police-berlin-holocaust-memorial

* I am still struggling with the Asshole agency. I was awakened Sunday morning by a cleaner checking in on her way to my place. Fuckssake! I do not understand why it's so hard to grasp only send cleaners every Friday morning unless I say other wise. They tried to send a morning and afternoon cleaner last Tuesday. Every day i have the same conversation about me only wanting weekly care Friday mornings. Every day they cancel the next day's cleaner, but not the day after. I only get so many hours a year and we are saving the extras for Autumn when millennials are busy with Gothmas season and the like.

I did not cancel the morning cleaner Sunday, because she'd already been booked and if I cancel that's money she loses. It was hours of sleep I needed, but oh well. Asshole agency. I did have about two hours of work for her, but I've no idea what happens if the telephone operator lady didn't sort it and a surprise cleaner comes Monday, as the stuff that's left is either complicated or not in the cleaner's remit. She said she'd switched me from daily back to weekly. *Fingers crossed*

This cleaner was very quiet. Tavy liked her. She was so quiet, Livia thought she'd gone and wandered into my bathroom to use her personal litter box and there she was: cleaning! Livia: The horror! The horror! Quiet was good. it meant I could do some tumblr programming with only occasional interruption for directions.

Winds from the tropical storm in Mexico and California are sending air currents along the coast that bring us smoke from the fires between us and there. Air quality was bad all weekend as a result. Instead of swimming we gathered in my place and goth Millennial made their excellent lasagna.

* I would like to thank my donor for the gift of excellent litter. Things are so much less dramatic here as a result.

The Asshole Agency has not surprised me with a cleaner I did not ask for two days in a row. Yay!

* I had my shoulder situation investigated again Tuesday. It was painful, of course, and my shoulders are still recovering. The new doctor had not grasped how extreme the situation is. We will be doing another round of specialists as a result. I have just started a new med. I am not sanguine it will be to the point and I worry it will fuck me up, but having eliminated the best option, we are down to two less ideal classes. I thought the other option too high risk for extreme side effects, so here we are.

* I explain my process and give some likely inadequate advice on tumblr to someone who asks "How do you keep up with all these articles and websites?:" https://www.tumblr.com/gwydionmisha/726275476259241984/how-do-you-keep-up-with-all-these-articles-and?source=share

* "No Second Season for A League of Their Own:" https://www.advocate.com/television/a-league-of-their-own-canceled

A better take would have been: it won't happen now because Amazon Prime didn't care about its audience and the greedy rich people in charge hate paying writers, Actors, etc. fair compensation for their work.

* "True Facts: Fish That Suck:"

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* "First day as a second century warlord:" https://www.tumblr.com/jonquility/706918292384776192?source=share

* "Alexander the Great Explaining Proskynesis To The Boys:" https://www.thestopgap.net/alexander-the-great-explaining-proskynesis-to-the-boys/

* "Midnight Pals: Mexican Gothic:" https://www.tumblr.com/bitterkarella/726203038247878656/midnight-pals-mexican-gothic?source=share

* "Midnight Pals: Florence Balcombe:" https://www.tumblr.com/bitterkarella/726470108741025792/midnight-pals-florence-balcombe?source=share

*****
* 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.

* 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

* Want to help queer folk in Russia?

Queer Svit - https://queersvit.taplink.ws/ Helping LGBTQ+ and BIPOC аffected by the war and political repressions
Center-T - https://centre-t.com/english Helping transgender people in Russia
КилькоТ-Действие - https://boosty.to/kilkota
Delo LGBT+ - https://www.delo.lgbt/ || https://boosty.to/delolgbt

* 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/

* "DIY Box Fan Air Filter Directions:" https://aghealth.ucdavis.edu/sites/g/files/dgvnsk261/files/inline-files/DIY%20Air%20Purifier%20Directions_English.Spanish_0.pdf

* "Collection of links to trans & gnc related content that's free to read/ watch.:" https://translibrary.carrd.co/

* Useful state of trans links for making an arguement that we are real and nead human and civil rights: https://www.tumblr.com/gwydionmisha/722268284819570688/you-are-a-great-source-of-news-and-information-and?source=share

* Fundraiser to help some friends of a friend survive: https://www.gofundme.com/f/help-tara-candice-survive-unemployment

* Minoan miss needs funds to get around for training: https://minoanmiss.dreamwidth.org/1232423.html#cutid1

* 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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* "Israelis rally against Netanyahu’s judicial plan for 22nd week:" https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2023/6/4/israelis-rally-against-netanyahus-judicial-plan-for-22nd-week

* "Thai PM frontrunner vows to legalise same-sex marriage: ‘Love must win’:" https://www.thepinknews.com/2023/06/07/thailand-prime-minister-pita-limjaroenrat-same-sex-marriage/

* "Latvia elects Edgars Rinkevics as president – the first openly gay head of state in Europe:" https://www.thepinknews.com/2023/05/31/latvia-gay-president-edgars-rinkevics/

* "Ireland Has Been Giving Creative Workers $1,400 a Month in an Economic Experiment That Will Soon Shape National Policy:" https://news.artnet.com/art-world/ireland-artists-basic-income-results-2278099

* "Senior Tory peer thinks plan to fight next election on ‘trans debate’ is ‘really, really dumb’:" https://www.thepinknews.com/2023/06/08/ian-duncan-conservative-lord-general-election-trans/

* "Met Police apologises for past homophobia and acknowledges ‘racists and misogynists’ in force:" https://www.thepinknews.com/2023/06/07/met-police-apology-homophobia/

* "Meet the Robin Hood-Style Activists ‘Shoplifting’ for Food Banks:" https://novaramedia.com/2023/06/06/meet-the-robin-hood-style-activists-shoplifting-for-food-banks/

* "Blasts at major dam in southern Ukraine unleash floodwaters" https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/ukraine-says-russia-blows-up-major-nova-kakhovka-dam-southern-ukraine-2023-06-06/

* CW: Animal Death. "Hundreds of Animals Killed After Dam Attack Floods Ukraine Zoo:" https://www.newsweek.com/hundreds-animals-killed-after-dam-attack-floods-ukraine-zoo-1804856

I have a particular horror of things like floods hitting zoos.

* "Liverpool to host KyivPride march on behalf of Ukraine:" https://www.thepinknews.com/2023/06/02/liverpool-kyiv-pride-march/

* Women are dying. "Polish prosecutors and ombudsman investigate death of pregnant woman in hospital:" https://apnews.com/article/poland-pregnancy-death-abortion-law-b0d095dfd704e2b9e3534e6b07e4397c

* "Climate Crisis Is on Track to Push One-Third of Humanity Out of Its Most Livable Environment :" https://www.propublica.org/article/climate-crisis-niche-migration-environment-population

* "‘How Could This Happen?’: Canadian Fires Burning Where They Rarely Have Before:" https://www.nytimes.com/2023/06/08/world/canada/quebec-canada-wildfires-locations.html

* "International help rolls in to fight persistent Canadian wildfires:" https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/wildfires-burn-across-canada-with-little-relief-sight-2023-06-08/

* "A third day of smoky air gives millions in US East Coast, Canada a new view of wildfire threat:" https://apnews.com/article/wildfires-canada-quebec-smoke-new-york-washington-86eb7685c5330c548fd93891fffcfd65

* "Deadly Indian rail crash shifts focus from new trains to safety:" https://www.reuters.com/world/india/deadly-indian-rail-crash-shifts-focus-new-trains-safety-2023-06-03/

* "What Wildfire Smoke, Gas Stoves and Covid Tell Us About Our Air:" https://www.nytimes.com/2023/06/07/opinion/wildfire-smoke-air-quality-viruses.html

* "How Corporate America's Toxic Waste Destroys Farms:"

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* "Debunking the Tech Hype Cycle with Dan Olson:"

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* "Sci-fi writer Ted Chiang: ‘The machines we have now are not conscious’:" https://archive.ph/CUd6G#selection-1585.14-1585.24

* "Twitter’s potential collapse could wipe out vast records of recent human history:" https://www.technologyreview.com/2022/11/11/1063162/twitters-imminent-collapse-could-wipe-out-vast-records-of-recent-human-history/

* "Ten Juneteenth Myths:" https://www.worldhistory.org/article/2240/ten-juneteenth-myths/?utm_source=Tumblr&utm_medium=Pabbly&utm_campaign=whencyclopedia

* "Before Stonewall, this Kansas City activist helped unite the national gay rights movement:" https://www.kcur.org/arts-life/2022-06-01/before-stonewall-this-kansas-city-activist-helped-unite-the-national-gay-rights-movement

* "Robert Hanssen, FBI agent who spied for the Russians, dies in supermax prison:" https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/robert-hanssen-fbi-agent-spied-russians-dies-supermax-prison-rcna87806

* Get out your dancing shoes! "Pat Robertson, Conservative Anti-LGBTQ+ Televangelist, Dies at 93:" https://www.advocate.com/obituaries/pat-robertson-dead

* "The hateful legacy of Pat Robertson, the televangelist who blamed 9/11 on gay people:" https://www.thepinknews.com/2023/06/10/pat-robertson-dead-televangelist-gay-9-11/

* "Antisemitism and the Gothic:" https://shows.acast.com/re-dracula/episodes/bonus-3-antisemitism-and-the-gothic

* "When Hollywood Came Out of the Closet:"

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* Homoerotic and possibly NWS though their clothes stay on. "Arrow—The Irrepressibles唯美的性感男男钢圈舞Rim dance:"

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* I only got threeish hours of sleep for Monday, and spent all day out in heat and allergens or a waiting room. It was very worth it, given the results, but I am burnt and there is no real rest until Thursday.

I lost two hours of sleep to that thing where I wake up coughing and can't stop, plus pain and sensory stuff making it hard to get back to sleep once my body calmed the fuck down, plus a very long and distressing phone call from the doctor's office.

so I lost my incredibly cool superstar doctor in... was it February? The replacement turned out to be cool and we were going to do an appointment on a different topic every month until he caught up because my medical file is war and peace plus Moby Dick plus the whole of the Wheel of Time saga and takes ages to get a real handle on, and I very much need a Doctor who takes things like my lungs and joints seriously.

I liked him. He was charming and cheerful and well vouched for, but he's an older gentleman, and my may appointment got rescheduled as did the June appointment, and I got worried he might be having health issues. I don't know if the whatever I was led to him retiring or if something way more serious happened, but he's done and I'm to start from scratch with a new Doctor and no clue what if any prep they got before taking over the degenerative disease library that is me.

I hope he’s okay, wherever he is.

I am less worried about the trans stuff than i would normally be. Me and another trans person pioneered trans treatment at this clinic, and because the nearest trans services were down in Seattle back then, not counting the transphobe endocrinologist who rarely took new patients, they got a massive influx of trans people once we spread word of mouth that they would take us. back then it was really basic and we had to educate them, but once they realized how desperately they were needed, a second and better doctor started taking trans patients there, and then they started doing periodic how can we improve services and do serious training, and taking people on who were interested in learning.

They literally changed the clinic name because a lot of queer folk in poverty were afraid to go there. People who aren't comfortable with trans bodies, preferred names, and neo-pronouns don't work there and we are all incredibly lucky to have this clinic. I've been the first trans patient in a lot of specialist and surgical practices It is always a little nerve wracking and I had to do a lot of 101 for doctors and nurses over the years. I am pretty sure I am safe here.

It's the whole 'will they think I'm a hypochondriac or a drug seeker' thing that plagues all chronic illness/chronic pain patients that makes me wary.

* ...And no call and no cleaner Tuesday. I had to be up anyway for the medical social worker, but I'm becoming rather miffed.

* Management banned all flags in the complex this year to stop me putting pride flags in my windows. Our plan is to hang them inside the regulation white curtains instead of outside them and see if they send us a written notice to take them down. The white curtains are thin, but it's not clear how visible they will be at different times of day and night. They are up. The progress flagg is somewhat visible when backlit with the light still out. I'm not convinced the chevron Queer Flag will be. When I loop the curtain and not the flag, more of the flag is easily seen than not.

We thought of some other loopholes. I have a compliant white and blue chair on the porch. Head Millenial will be painting pink stripes hopefully next week if we can get the stuff that makes paint stick to fabric. The stripes won't be the right order, but we can at least have the colour.

We went to the Dollar store Wednesday in search of rainbow pinwheels, but all they had were red/white/blue. Sigh. A friend bought a big flower pinwheel with the correct number of petals and has undertaken to paint it pride flag colours.

We also plan to report every US flag we see when it gets close to July 4th as the wording bans those too. If you ban flags, you better not only enforce on minorities.

So here's the thing. We are all really poor, but we are also angry. If you have good cheap suggestions for how to make pride stuff without actual flags, please, please write in. Most of the Millennials are good at DIY and we are all very much in the mood for malicious compliance.

* As of Friday, the cleaners haven't turned up the last five times they've been scheduled. I spent an hour on the phone with they Asshole Agency, mostly on hold, getting cut off "accidentally" before the operator got an answer from management. The second lady double checked my phone number so she could call back if we got cut off. This too was a lie. Remember, every time they cut me off, I have to start over, waiting on hold for an operator, explaining from scratch, them trying to reach a supervisor.

Am I being blackballed? Inquiring minds want to know.

In any case I have to wait up for the imaginary cleaner, then call the Asshole Agency to ask if the cleaner has cancelled, because once again they didn’t bother to call, which means i lose nearly as much sleep only no dishes are washed.

PRIDE Loophole Update: The Progress shows up fine at night. I have to loop up the curtain to reveal the queer chevron.

* 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.

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* "Midnight Pals: The Future is Now:" https://www.tumblr.com/bitterkarella/719037361912201216/midnight-pals-the-future-is-now?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.

* 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.

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* "Where the bloody hell was he? How Scott Morrison spent the past week of the bushfire crisis:" https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2020/jan/03/where-the-bloody-hell-was-he-how-scott-morrison-spent-the-past-week-of-the-bushfire-crisis

* "Angry Australians berate PM in fire-hit town:" https://www.bbc.com/news/world-australia-50973232

* "Australia Is Committing Climate Suicide:" https://www.nytimes.com/2020/01/03/opinion/australia-fires-climate-change.html

"Mr. Morrison made his name as immigration minister, perfecting the cruelty of a policy that interns refugees in hellish Pacific-island camps, and seems indifferent to human suffering. Now his government has taken a disturbing authoritarian turn, cracking down on unions, civic organizations and journalists. Under legislation pending in Tasmania, and expected to be copied across Australia, environmental protesters now face up to 21 years in jail for demonstrating."

* Meanwhile. "Beautiful gestures: the good news stories coming out of Australia's bushfires:" https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2020/jan/04/beautiful-gestures-the-good-news-stories-coming-out-of-australias-bushfires

So to recap, Scott Morrison went on vacation during one of the worst fires in the modern history of the world, returned only to force people to do photo ops against their will instead of bringing food and water to the fire survivors, but the Muslim refugees Morrison and his party have been trying to keep out and vilify as part of their white nationalist agenda turned up to feed people where he didn't. Meanwhile they have criminalized peaceful climate protesters and are handing out semi-autmaic weapons to police even though climate change caused drought is clearly at fault here and you can't shoot climate change or droughts to stop fires and the peaceful protesters are not the enemy here, but the voice of resown with actual solutions.

* "Australian magpie mimics emergency siren during NSW bushfires:"

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* "Iran's past suggests range of potential threats to US interests:" http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/iran-s-past-suggests-range-of-potential-threats-to-us-interests-76040261653

* "US servicemembers abroad at increased risk after Trump Iran attack:" http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/us-servicemembers-abroad-at-increased-risk-after-trump-iran-attack-76041285719

* "Shiite protests in Baghdad hold potential for conflict with U.S.:" http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/shiite-protests-in-baghdad-hold-potential-for-conflict-with-u-s-76041285774

* "Rice: Risks likely outweigh benefits of killing Qassem Soleimani:" http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/rice-risks-likely-outweigh-benefits-of-killing-qassem-soleimani-76039749935

* "Asymmetry of Iranian attacks makes defense difficult to plan for:" http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/asymmetry-of-iranian-attacks-makes-defense-difficult-to-plan-for-76039749887

* "‘No question there will be retaliation:’ Majd on Iran’s imminent response:" http://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/-no-question-there-will-be-retaliation-majd-on-iran-s-imminent-response-76038725694

* "Chris Hayes breaks down Soleimani's influence in the Middle East:" http://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/chris-hayes-breaks-down-soleimani-s-influence-in-the-middle-east-76039749564

* "Rep. Max Rose on the importance of diplomacy throughout history:" http://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/rep-max-rose-on-the-importance-of-diplomacy-throughout-history-76037189985

* "Australian Doctors Already Have Signs Up Saying They Won't Provide Contraception Or Pregnancy Terminations:" https://www.buzzfeed.com/ginarushton/religious-discrimination-bill-reproductive-conscientious

* "Anti-LGBTQ Iranian Regime Promises Retaliation Against U.S.:" https://www.advocate.com/world/2020/1/03/anti-lgbtq-iranian-regime-promises-retaliation-against-us

* "Boris Johnson adviser Dominic Cummings says Westminster doesn’t need any more ‘drivel’ about gender identity:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2020/01/03/dominic-cummings-boris-johnson-number-10-westminster-blog-job-post-gender-identity/

* "With Keir Starmer the current frontrunner for new Labour leader, here’s an in-depth look into his record on queer rights:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2020/01/03/keir-starmer-labour-leadership-contest-lgbt-rights/

* "John Barrowman claims he had to lie about his sexuality to get a mortgage with his husband:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2020/01/03/john-barrowman-husband-lie-sexuality-mortgage-loose-women/

* "US linguists select singular ‘they’ as word of the decade:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2020/01/04/word-of-the-decade-us-linguists-american-dialect-society-singular-they-them-pronouns-trans-non-binary/

* "Homophobe Bryan Fischer: 'The Nazi Party Started in a Gay Bar':" https://www.advocate.com/media/2020/1/03/homophobe-bryan-fischer-nazi-party-started-gay-bar

"In reality, gay people were persecuted in Nazi Germany and were among the marginalized groups sent to concentration camps. While Fischer acknowledged that gay men were killed in the Holocaust, he claimed that it was only feminine men who were targeted."

* "Republican politician introduces law to ban trans athletes from playing on teams that match their gender identity:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2020/01/03/republican-politician-introduces-law-ban-trans-athletes-playing-teams-gender-identity/

* "Republican politician refuses to apologise after somehow using homophobic slur in comment about church shooting:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2020/01/03/republican-politician-chris-rowe-refuses-apologise-homophobic-slur-resigns-locker-room-talk/

* Friday I got five scammer calls in the last hour and ten minutes before the alarm went off. Oky, technically, I don't know the first one was a scammer, but they were cold calling me for a "pledge drive" for an organization who's name they mumbled, so I'm assuming scam.

Thus instead of getting out with lots of extra time, I needed an extra nap and barely found parking in hobbling distance to forage before they closed. It was good I went as they had pistachios again and stockpiling them is well worth the pain.

Then it was off to do the worst of the in person bureaucracy. This is grueling at the best of times, but they contrived to make it so much worse by replacing the copier I could load a hopper and sit while it printed with one in a new location inaccessible to people in wheelchairs without help, where I a person in a huge amount of pain and damaging myself every second I am standing up, had to individually load, flip, and remove every piece of paper in the big ass stack I have to hand in. Did I mention that it feels like I have a knife bisecting my heel when I put any weight on it at all? Because it does. however, this saves them money since people can't steal copies as easily, so it is worth it to them. Ouch.

And then I still needed to replenish supplies after holiday baking and the fridge disaster now my EBT is in. Also where there was no parking, but it was right there and I can't afford to waste gas on a separate trip. By the time I got home, I was exhasted and horrible pain and struggling to breath. Squirrel was out, which meant carrying all the forage and groceries in myself. he turned up in time to carry the last bag and help me get them from patio to kitchen once I went around to open the door. Then putting it all away.

I am struggling to make it to and from the bathroom, but the lung treatment helped at least.

* "Evgenia Medvedeva SP Rostelecom Cup 2019 Moscow:"

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* "Alena Kostornaia's record-breaking short program at NHK Trophy:"

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* "Kévin Aymoz Short Program Championnat de France Elite Patinage 2018:"

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* "WC2019 Yuzuru HANYU SP:"

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* "Yuzuru Hanyu FS NHK Trophy 2019:"

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* The NHK Men's short program was pretty brutal. I feel really bad for poor Jason Brown who had a chance at the final after the way he skated in france, but pretty much fell apart here. I was heart broken for him. Hanyu, of course, skated like a god in both programs.

* If you are interested in helping with Livia's recovery, right now the Cat things we need are:
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* "All The LGBTQ Books We Loved in 2019:" https://www.advocate.com/exclusives/2020/1/03/all-lgbtq-books-we-loved-2019

* I just rewatched he season one B5 episode with the disgraced Doctor and the alien healing/killing machine. Watching it, I realized that they were telling Dr. Franklin his future, giving him a warning. You really can see the advantages of having the whole five year arc pre-plotted.

Now I just rewatched the Nw Year's episode at the end of Season one when the seeds of the catastrophic great war are planted by assassination of a human leader and the death of so many Narn civilians. I just spent new a years watching much the same out here in reality....

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

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* Birthday/Solstice master list: https://gwydion.dreamwidth.org/2108835.html

* "Christmas in Hong Kong marked by demonstrations and tear gas:" https://www.cnn.com/2019/12/25/asia/hong-kong-christmas-protests-intl-hnk/index.html

* "Christmas Eve wildfires in Chilean city destroy 200 homes:" https://www.cnn.com/2019/12/25/americas/chile-fires-homes-damaged-intl-hnk/index.html

* "Philippines typhoon brings Christmas Day misery:" https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/dec/25/philippines-typhoon-brings-christmas-day-misery

* "Australia weather: firefighters battle Boxing Day bushfires ahead of looming heatwave:" https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2019/dec/25/australias-east-coast-faces-extreme-heat-as-bushfire-threat-looms-again

* "Scott Morrison threatens crackdown on protesters who would 'deny liberty':" https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2019/nov/01/scott-morrison-threatens-crackdown-on-secondary-boycotts-of-mining-companies

“The prime minister’s commitment to outlaw the peaceful, legal protest of Australian individuals and community groups reads like a move straight from the totalitarian’s playbook,” he said.
“Instead of getting tough on the climate crisis, Scott Morrison is dismantling democracy.”

* "Going west, migrants wander through Bosnia in Balkan winter:" https://apnews.com/b82401d0454f4ac7003a06566eaa4d1f

* "Russian-backed Syrian offensive kills dozens, displaces tens of thousands:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/middle_east/russian-backed-syrian-offensive-kills-dozens-displaces-tens-of-thousands/2019/12/25/3f5ce2f6-235d-11ea-b034-de7dc2b5199b_story.html

"The province, with 3 million people, has borne the brunt of a Russian and Syrian air campaign that has struck hospitals and leveled homes and markets, human rights groups say. The province and surrounding areas are largely controlled by Hayat Tahrir al-Sham, an extremist Islamist group that began as al-Qaeda’s affiliate in Syria and has tried to rebrand itself several times during the war."

* "Russia 'successfully tests' its unplugged internet:" https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-50902496

* "How border crossings and ICE arrests are popping up on the pages of children's books:" https://www.cnn.com/2019/12/21/us/immigration-childrens-books/index.html

* "Black, Homeless and Burdened by L.A.’s Legacy of Racism:" https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2019/12/22/us/los-angeles-homeless-black-residents.html

* "Why Are Cops Around the World Using This Outlandish Mind-Reading Tool?:" https://www.propublica.org/article/why-are-cops-around-the-world-using-this-outlandish-mindreading-tool

* "How Locales Are Filling Their Expensive New Jails:" https://www.citylab.com/perspective/2019/12/mass-incarceration-rates-state-county-city-jail-poverty-bail/603166/

* "Most US workers still pay price of no paid parental leave:" https://apnews.com/816d3d0faa40f156f7682bae43256fd8

* "A New Effort In Argentina Seeks To Make Spanish Nouns Gender Neutral:" https://www.npr.org/2019/12/08/786135746/a-new-effort-in-argentina-seeks-to-make-spanish-nouns-gender-neutral

* "MSNBC Analyst Karine Jean-Pierre Is Proof Representation Matters:" https://www.advocate.com/exclusives/2019/12/25/msnbc-analyst-karine-jean-pierre-proof-representation-matters

* "Wheelchairs On Planes: Why Can't Passengers Use Their Own Onboard?:" https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2019/12/10/786559969/wheelchairs-on-planes-why-cant-passengers-use-their-own-onboard

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* The Problem of the Cannibal Baby: https://twitter.com/erik_kaars/status/1139106297339686912?s=09

* "Starbucks Theater: An Iditarod Love Story (ft. Max Greenfield):"

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* Seanan McGuire and Mari Lwyd, pt. 1: https://twitter.com/seananmcguire/status/1209858498994962433

* Seanan McGuire and Mari Lwyd, pt. 2: https://twitter.com/KBSpangler/status/1209863909345247233

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

* A small, cheap thing to help climate change if you have little money to spare: https://onetreeplanted.org/products/amazon-rainforest-peru

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* "‘Dump Trump!’ Protesters across the nation rally for impeachment:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/dump-trump-protesters-across-the-nation-rally-for-impeachment/2019/12/17/b010b272-213a-11ea-9c2b-060477c13959_story.html

* "A Third of Trump Judicial Appointees Are Anti-LGBTQ:" https://www.advocate.com/politics/2019/12/24/third-every-trump-judicial-appointment-anti-lgbtq

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* "The Hidden Cost of Incarceration:" https://www.themarshallproject.org/2019/12/17/the-hidden-cost-of-incarceration

* "Brazil's Antigay President: Reporter's Face Is 'Like a Homosexual's':" https://www.advocate.com/world/2019/12/24/brazils-antigay-president-reporters-face-homosexuals

* "A group of boys as young as 12 are wanted by police for a suspected homophobic attack:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2019/12/24/netherlands-eindhoven-homophobic-attack-12-year-olds/

* TW: Sexual Assault "Kansas City Police Misgender Missing Trans Teen:" https://www.advocate.com/news/2019/12/24/kansas-city-police-misgender-missing-trans-teen

"But advocates nationwide say police not only risk offending individuals with misgendering, but as this case shows, lives can be placed at risk. The public won’t recognize the missing person if they express a different gender than appears on fliers, and often won’t respond to a name they no longer use."

* "What Quakers Can Teach Us About the Politics of Pronouns:" https://www.nytimes.com/2019/11/16/opinion/sunday/pronouns-quakers.html

* "A guide to how gender-neutral language is developing around the world:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2019/12/15/guide-how-gender-neutral-language-is-developing-around-world/

* "Transphobia: An Analysis | Philosophy Tube:"

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* "When Will Security Go Back to Normal? | Philosophy Tube:"

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* "Elon Musk | Philosophy Tube:"

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* "When a DNA Test Says You’re a Younger Man, Who Lives 5,000 Miles Away:" https://www.nytimes.com/2019/12/07/us/dna-bone-marrow-transplant-crime-lab.html

* "The Startling Secret of an Invincible Virus:" https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2019/12/startling-secret-invincible-virus/603412/

* "The Changing Geography of the Opioid Crisis:" https://www.citylab.com/life/2019/12/opioid-crisis-us-map-urban-rural-heroin-fentanyl-overdose/603100/

* "Separated by Design: Why Affordable Housing Is Built in Areas With High Crime, Few Jobs and Struggling Schools:" https://www.propublica.org/article/separated-by-design-why-affordable-housing-is-built-in-areas-with-high-crime-few-jobs-and-struggling-schools

* "For Tech Jobs, the Rich Cities Are Getting Richer:" https://www.wired.com/story/tech-jobs-rich-cities-getting-richer/

* "In A Warming Greenland, A Farming Family Adapts To Drought — And New Opportunities:" https://www.npr.org/2019/12/07/784557923/in-a-warming-greenland-a-farming-family-adapts-to-drought-and-new-opportunities

* "3,600-year-old disposable cup shows even our ancestors hated doing dishes:" https://www.cnn.com/style/article/ancient-single-use-cup-intl-scli-gbr-scn/index.html

* "When Dancing Plagues Struck Medieval Europe:" https://daily.jstor.org/when-dancing-plagues-struck-medieval-europe/

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

* A small, cheap thing to help climate change if you have little money to spare: https://onetreeplanted.org/products/amazon-rainforest-peru

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* Here are a bunch of state level links to help people in immigrant detention: https://taibhsearachd.tumblr.com/post/186058182962/woundability-this-4th-of-july-celebrate-the

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* "More Organizations to Support Helping Kids in Concentration Camps:" https://thisfinecrew.dreamwidth.org/201920.html

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

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

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

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

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

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

* HorrorMux is currently running a Max Mad type thing. Available Archetypes are here. I'm Martyr if you want to find me.: http://horrormu.com/index.php/Available

* Help pay for cat food, litter, meds, medical copays: Paypal [email protected] or paypal.me/Gwydion

* If you are interested in helping, right now the Cat thing we need most is:
https://www.chewy.com/wellness-core-signature-selects/dp/147047

The dry food I was going to try (less urgent) is this one: https://www.chewy.com/blue-buffalo-wilderness-flatland/dp/176663

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* Birthday/Solstice master list: https://gwydion.dreamwidth.org/2108835.html

* "One Horrifying Quote From the Brock Turner Case Shows Rape Culture Is Alive and Well:" https://mic.com/articles/145470/one-horrifying-quote-from-the-brock-turner-case-shows-rape-culture-is-alive-and-well?utm_source=policymicTBLR&utm_medium=main&utm_campaign=social#.kQV5Thsce

* "Woman With Dwarfism Shares the "Gift of Being Different" in Powerful Video:" https://mic.com/articles/145442/woman-with-dwarfism-shares-the-gift-of-being-different-in-powerful-video?utm_source=policymicTBLR&utm_medium=main&utm_campaign=social#.bUrJR591E

* I hate that this is a thing that still needs saying in the 21st century: It is incredibly dehumanizing to call a human being "it." Don't do it. I've written a lot about the way that pronoun gets used against trans people, often as a prelude to physical violence. Please, please, please don't use "it" to describe anybody. Don't use "it" for people with physical differences. Don't use "it" for people with gender expressions different than you. Don't use "it" for people with intellectual differences. Never use "it" to describe a human being. Don't be that asshole. Calling people "it" hurts people, poisons the culture, and emboldens discrimination, violence, and murder.

* "Young Black boys confidently salute their hero, Muhammad Ali - "Get Used to Me!":"

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* "On correct homeric assignations:" http://sagestreet.tumblr.com/post/145218753002/on-correct-homeric-assignations

* It’s funny, I don’t see most of the wigs as silly as I’m used to them as part of period fashion, but I always thought of Richard Guthrie’s as “That dead rat on his head,” which is as it should be character wise. "Now, about those wigs… :" http://sagestreet.tumblr.com/post/145327827567/now-about-those-wigs

* Me watching Game of Thrones earlier in the season: That was a criminal waste of Alexander Siddig. Me watching last weeks episode: That was a criminal waste of Richard E. Grant. Me watching last night's episode: That was criminal waste of Ian McShane. Sigh. I did like Lynna Mormont and they had some nice moments, but I am so furious and disgusted by some other things, particularly the mess they made of the Iron islands, that it's hard to enjoy anything.

* "Sunday Sweets Gets A Case Of The Butterflies:" http://www.cakewrecks.com/home/2016/6/5/sunday-sweets-gets-a-case-of-the-butterflies.html

* "MCU Later: Why The Marvel Cinematic Universe Is Falling Apart:" http://www.fandomfollowing.com/mcu-later-marvel-cinematic-universe-falling-apart/

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* A list of LGBTQA Charities: http://awkward0w1.tumblr.com/post/126399233673

* Want Game of Thrones without the creepy? We desperately need new players. We are very inclusive. "Game of Bones MUSH:" gobmush.wikidot.com

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