gwydion | Entries tagged with public transit

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

* Have something you want to tell your Congress Critters? If you can't safely contact them in person, here are some other options:

Call the Capitol Switchboard at (202) 224-3121 and ask to be connected to the representative of your choice.
Here is one that will send your reps a fax: https://resist.bot/
To get your Critters' numbers to call direct: https://www.congress.gov/members/find-your-member

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Idaho (Democrat): 5/23/24

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

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

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

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

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

Never, ever sleep on a chance to vote.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

The help links are at the bottom under the cut.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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* Not even close to all the news, but this week was HARD.

* "Israel stages airstrikes across Gaza, makes arrests at hospital:" https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/israeli-stages-airstrikes-across-gaza-makes-arrests-hospital-2024-02-17/

* "Israel raids main Gaza hospital as Rafah concerns grow:" https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/israel-raids-main-gaza-hospital-rafah-concerns-grow-2024-02-15/

* Note: I don't trust a thing Netanyahu's government says, given how often they've lied before to justify war crimes in the last few months. "Israeli forces storm the main hospital in southern Gaza, saying hostages were likely held there:" https://apnews.com/article/israel-hamas-war-news-02-15-2024-d3a25caf6b60fe560e1a31d4f8f6b45e

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

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

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

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* *glares at Biden while tapping my watch* "Biden disparages Netanyahu in private but hasn’t significantly changed U.S. policy toward Israel and Gaza:" https://www.nbcnews.com/news/investigations/biden-disparages-netanyahu-private-hasnt-changed-us-policy-israel-rcna138282

* "Israeli strikes hit Rafah after Biden warns Netanyahu to have ‘credible’ plan to protect civilians:" https://apnews.com/article/israel-hamas-war-news-02-11-2014-785309c668e15728c6aac9905f290b4d

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* "Ukrainian civilians vanish and languish in Russian-run jails:" https://apnews.com/article/russia-ukraine-government-donetsk-business-prisons-59837e2f8006bfd1dc3347522e87efc5

* "Trump hit with $354.9 million penalty, 3-year ban in NY civil fraud case:" https://www.advocate.com/politics/maxwell-frost-credit-card-pulse

* "'He is a cheat.': Devastating court penalty shatters myth of Trump business savvy for good:" https://www.msnbc.com/alex-wagner-tonight/watch/-he-is-a-cheat-devastating-court-penalty-shatters-myth-of-trump-business-savvy-for-good-204398661867

* "Trump meets his match in U.S. justice system with another staggering court loss:" https://www.msnbc.com/alex-wagner-tonight/watch/trump-meets-his-match-in-u-s-justice-system-with-another-staggering-court-loss-204403269637

* "Trump's New York hush money trial will start March 25:" https://www.npr.org/2024/02/15/1231707111/trump-hush-money-case-new-york-trial

* "Stormy Monday: More than just a hush money case, Trump's first criminal trial gets a date:" https://www.msnbc.com/alex-wagner-tonight/watch/stormy-monday-more-than-just-a-hush-money-case-trump-s-first-criminal-trial-gets-a-date-204328517812

* "If the Atlantic Ocean Loses Circulation, What Happens Next?:" https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/if-the-atlantic-ocean-loses-circulation-what-happens-next/

* "Up to 47% of Amazon Rainforest At Risk of Collapse by Mid-Century Due to ‘Unprecedented Stress’ From Global Warming and Deforestation:" https://earth.org/up-to-47-of-amazon-rainforest-at-risk-of-collapse-by-mid-century-due-to-unprecedented-stress-from-global-warming-and-deforestation/

* "Climate change is erasing previous gains in air quality — fires are mostly to blame:" https://www.theverge.com/2024/2/12/24066572/air-pollution-quality-climate-change-wildfire-smoke-smog

* "The Perverse Policies That Fuel Wildfires:" https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2024/02/05/the-perverse-policies-that-fuel-wildfires

* "Hurricanes are getting so intense, scientists propose a Category 6:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/weather/2024/02/05/hurricanes-category6/

* "Victorian fires live: Half a million Victorians without power as bushfires, storms wreak havoc:" https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-02-13/live-blog-vic-fires-watch-and-act-warnings-grampians-wimmera/103459362

* "Blizzard conditions bear down on central US, closing schools and highways:" https://apnews.com/article/winter-storm-weather-09d8e810fc5d80a34ef8bf008bfec7a1

* "Los Angeles’s Floods Show Why Sewers Matter:" https://newrepublic.com/article/178814/sewers-floods-california-climate

* "Driver dead, 5 injured when vehicle crashes into emergency room in Austin:" https://www.nbcdfw.com/news/local/1-person-killed-and-10-injured-when-vehicle-crashes-into-emergency-room-in-austin/3461627/

* "Climate change is fueling the disappearance of the Aral Sea. It’s taking residents’ livelihoods, too:" https://apnews.com/article/kazakhstan-uzbekistan-aral-sea-drying-climate-change-cb565954d5bd2ef72c02a1db8231800d

* "Demand for minerals sparks fear of mining abuses on Indigenous peoples' lands:" https://www.npr.org/2024/01/29/1226125617/demand-for-minerals-sparks-fear-of-mining-abuses-on-indigenous-peoples-lands

* "The Case for Destroying Old Forest Roads:" https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/case-destroying-old-forest-roads-180983693/

* "Instagram and Threads won't promote ‘political’ content. No one knows what they define as ‘political’:" https://www.advocate.com/business/instagram-threads-no-longer-politics

* "Elon Musk demands users stop ‘deadnaming’ Twitter after Stephen King trolls the billionaire:" https://www.advocate.com/news/elon-musk-stephen-king-deadname

* "Ingenuity Mars helicopter mission ends after 72 flights:" https://spacenews.com/ingenuity-mars-helicopter-mission-ends-after-72-flights/

* "Zoozve — the strange 'moon' of Venus that earned its name by accident:" https://www.space.com/venus-quasi-moon-zoozve-radiolab-nasa

* "Japan's space agency says it may now have clues about the origins of the moon:" https://www.npr.org/2024/02/15/1231636892/japans-origins-of-the-moon

* "Big, dead European satellite will crash back to Earth this month:" https://www.space.com/european-space-agency-ers-2-satellite-reentry-preview

* "The ‘Unthinkable’ New Reality About Bedbugs:" https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2024/02/bedbugs-pesticide-resistant-tropical/677415/

* "James Holman, the “Blind Traveller”:" https://daily.jstor.org/james-holman-the-blind-traveller/

* "LOST PHOTOGRAPHS OF BLACK AMERICA:" https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2024/03/ernest-cole-true-america-photographs/677169/

* "How a Nuclear Weapons Lab Helped Crack a Serial-Killer Case:" https://undark.org/2024/02/09/wilo-serial-killer-nuclear-lab/

* "Steven Ostrow, creator of NYC's legendary Continental Baths, dead at 91:" https://www.advocate.com/obituaries/steven-ostrow-continental-baths-dead

* "In this centuries-old English pancake race, ‘you just have to go flat out’:" https://apnews.com/article/britain-pancake-race-england-3e6e2c1ed8b9aefefe7d13e9944009cb

* The decoy computer is not working as a decoy, but he likes sitting in front of it and staring at the cardboard "screen" as if contemplating how to reply to important email when Goth Millennial and I are on the sofa.

Monday, I was an hour later leaving for bureaucracy than intended, basically because my limbs were barely working. This turned an hourish errand into a two and a half hour errand. (Does not count the commute.) This ate nearly all the spoons I had. I ended up eating bread and the forage bananas for first meal, because I had the shakes and nothing left really for even cup of soup prep.

I took my eat with food meds and went to lie down, alarming the cats because this was a break in routine. They did settle down with me. Eventually. I was in far too much pain to sleep. sometimes you just have to lie still and see if it helps. after an hour or so, it became clear I'd need the strong meds and lying down was actually making the pain worse, so up I got to try to sort things. I couldn't even Start physio exercises until well after midnight and couldn't complete.

Tuesday is better, but not great. Sigh. Torture appointment is Wednesday.

And then a computer hiccup ate an evening's worth of work. I recreated most of it in about two hours. And then Firefox crashed wiping all my tabs. I spent an hour trying to recreate what I could as they weren't in history: recently closed pages for some reason. I lost so much data tonight and wasted so much time and energy. *facepalm*

I am seriously worried that I won't get enough rehab done in time.

* Wednesday's arm torture appointment was a nightmare. The new exercises are incredibly hard and painful. I was such a mess that I took home Goth Millennial early so I could go to bed eightish.

I am still slugglish to stand for more than a minute, which is really fucking with Thursday physio exercises, about half of which require standing. My system is under to much stress for my always barely function body temperature regulation to work. I keep getting the shakes and had trouble getting spaghetti to the table. I still have a bunch of sets to go as of this writing at 8:15PM. I outright couldn't do more than seven of the worst of the new ones and have nixed it for the night.

* "Carnival in Brazil: Scenes from the Sambadromes:" https://www.reuters.com/pictures/carnival-brazil-scenes-sambadromes-2024-02-12/

* "The 2023 Hugo Awards: A Report on Censorship and Exclusion:" https://file770.com/the-2023-hugo-awards-a-report-on-censorship-and-exclusion/comment-page-1/

* "Postgame Time:"

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* "Miss Universe National Costume 2023:" https://www.tumblr.com/gwydionmisha/742216698580566016?source=share

* "Superb Owl Sunday Sweets:" https://www.cakewrecks.com/home/superb-owl-sunday-sweets-2024

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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

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

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

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

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

* "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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* "Sudan ceasefire starts precariously as continued fighting reported:" https://www.reuters.com/world/africa/air-strikes-hit-khartoum-seven-day-ceasefire-approaches-2023-05-22/

* "UN: Sudan conflict displaces over 1.3 million, including some 320K to neighboring countries:" https://apnews.com/article/sudan-conflict-military-paramilitary-displaced-un-787b00cb9203335dc834369aabb3b202

* "As more women forgo the hijab, Iran’s government pushes back:" https://apnews.com/article/iran-headscarf-hijab-protests-unrest-7cfce99b8841d6df5e8ad95ec8032b28

* "Anti-overhaul protests enter 20th week as compromise talks remain stalled:" https://www.timesofisrael.com/anti-overhaul-protests-set-to-enter-20th-week-as-compromise-talks-remain-stalled/

* "Thousands in Jerusalem rally against budget, deals for ultra-Orthodox:" https://www.timesofisrael.com/thousands-in-jerusalem-rally-against-budget-deals-for-ultra-orthodox/

* "The State Of Israel:"

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* "France pension protest held on outskirts of Cannes Film Festival:" https://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/wireStory/france-pension-protest-held-outskirts-cannes-film-festival-99492995

* "Pakistan’s Imran Khan wins bail in multiple cases from anti-terrorist court:" https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/pakistans-imran-khan-wins-bail-multiple-cases-anti-terrorist-court-bloomberg-2023-05-23/

* "Key aide of Pakistan's Imran Khan resigns amidst standoff with army:" https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/pakistan-considering-banning-imran-khans-party-defence-minister-2023-05-24/

* "The Fugitive Princesses of Dubai:" https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2023/05/08/the-fugitive-princesses-of-dubai

* "Russian lawyer claims Putin is building settlements for conservatives looking to leave the US for 'ideological reasons':" https://www.rawstory.com/russian-lawyer-claims-putin-is-building-settlements-for-conservatives-looking-to-leave-the-us-for-ideological-reasons/

* "Life inside the South African gangs risking everything for copper:" https://www.ft.com/content/19973223-cda7-43c0-8ba5-ddd329fc9ff9?accessToken=zwAF-3NAn_Ggkc8ZlzIjzadDwNOLpd3TKfyf-Q.MEYCIQCdkXLApDF5LercBIVa5DHnMQA8t4Geek0BR_d5HLnjDwIhAItJ6AnaORpQmAUQHBHBj5RC3N5S6FP6_4oPCR5xKUNZ&sharetype=gift&token=ddc1c232-edc3-45e8-ac8a-fc676f0559dc

* "Jamaica’s break from British monarchy must bring about queer liberation, activists say:" https://www.thepinknews.com/2023/05/20/jamaica-republic-lgbtq-rights-kings-coronation/

* Looks like the opening salvo for political purges of schools and university and censorship to me. "Tory MP Miriam Cates thinks ‘cultural Marxism’ is ‘destroying children’s souls’. No, seriously:" https://www.thepinknews.com/2023/05/17/miriam-cates-cultural-marxism-national-conservatism-conference/

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* "The Counteroffensive:" https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2023/06/counteroffensive-ukraine-zelensky-crimea/673781/

* "Ukraine restores power to Russia-occupied nuclear plant:" https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/zaporizhzhia-nuclear-plant-switched-standby-russia-installed-official-2023-05-22/

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* How?!? "Conservative group Moms for Liberty claims Joe Biden is trying to turn kids trans and gay:" https://www.thepinknews.com/2023/05/24/moms-for-liberty-trans-gay-kids-joe-biden/

* "Joe Biden said “there are at least three” genders & shut down a conservative activist:" https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2021/01/joe-biden-said-least-three-genders-shut-conservative-activist/

* The Republicans continue to win their war against the environment and Humanity. "Supreme Court dramatically shrinks Clean Water Act’s reach:" https://www.politico.com/news/2023/05/25/supreme-court-dramatically-shrinks-clean-water-acts-reach-00098781

* "Harlan Crow refuses to cooperate with Dem senators’ Supreme Court probe :" https://www.politico.com/news/2023/05/23/harlan-crow-supreme-court-probe-00098401

* The Republican war on the Economy continues. Want to know how much Republicans hate America? This much apparently. "White House details ‘severe damage’ to the economy if debt ceiling crisis occurs:" https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/white-house/white-house-details-severe-damage-economy-debt-ceiling-default-occurs-rcna82743

* "Hayes: What the Republican debt ceiling threat is really about:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/hayes-what-the-republican-debt-ceiling-threat-is-really-about-175793221559

* "Saddled with Trump, unpopular policies, GOP toys with tanking economy under Biden:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/saddled-with-trump-unpopular-policies-gop-toys-with-tanking-economy-under-biden-175833157654

* "Hayes: ‘Deranged’ GOP debt plan would put these items on the chopping block:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/hayes-deranged-gop-debt-plan-would-put-these-items-on-the-chopping-block-176619589699

* Republicans don't want any further life saving vaccine research. When Republicans say the are pro-life, it looks like they mean pro-deadly virus life and on human type people. "White House Pushes to Save Key Covid Programs in Debt Ceiling Talks:" https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/23/us/politics/biden-debt-ceiling-covid.html

* "House Dems take pessimistic tone on debt as McCarthy pushes to ‘finish up’ talks:" https://www.politico.com/news/2023/05/24/debt-limit-talks-wednesday-kevin-mccarthy-00098564

* "Rich People’s Gain is Worth Less Than Poor People’s Pain:" https://doctorow.medium.com/rich-peoples-gain-is-worth-less-than-poor-people-s-pain-6c3631292841

* "From stakeouts to warrants: How federal investigators found more than 100 children cleaning slaughterhouses:" https://www.cbsnews.com/news/government-investigation-into-slaughterhouse-cleaning-company-that-hired-children-60-minutes-transcript-2023-05-07/

* "'They Just Need a Safe Place to Be:' How Public Transit Became the Last Safety Net In America:" https://www.vice.com/en/article/y3wvq5/they-just-need-a-safe-place-to-be-how-public-transit-became-the-last-safety-net-in-america

* "Low-income tenants lack options as old mobile home parks are razed:" https://apnews.com/article/mobile-home-evictions-housing-homelessness-796097305c4ef90d7d98e1fee1489284

* "Silo creator Graham Yost on why struggling writers needed to go on strike:" https://www.thepinknews.com/2023/05/21/graham-yost-silo-writers-strike/

* "Why Writers Are On Strike:"

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* This is a little round about, but please bear with me.

( Musings on B5, TV Production, and the writer's strike: )

All the actors were amazed that they always got to go home at five. Shooting stopped on time! This hardly ever happens! They could make dinner plans even on a Friday and get proper sleep instead of Friday shooting running into Saturday to make up missed shots. Which I suspect means that all the tech side folk js too got to have personal lives and sleep. O.o For five years! Steady employment with a reliable schedule in TV! I bet it saved money too, to not have to pay over time, to not have all that standing around when they could be setting up the next shot which wastes everyone's time and money. People were happier and they weren't run as nearly ragged and they made five seasons of antifascist and anti-colonialist science fiction with characters and dialog that will live in my heart and mind until I die.

All because they let the showrunner show run and write with a staff of writers who could stay on the project long term. Stuff that got seeded in season one paid off in later seasons. The writers all knew the lore and backstories and the relationships and where things were going.

You can't make TV like that without writers. You can't make TV like that with minirooms and gig employees.

I know I keep harping on how important that the WGA wins and wins big on Tumblr. (I do things on it on the aggregate as well, but I don't trust a lot of the journalism because it tends to be slanted for the greedy ass corporations, so way less turns up there). This is why I care so much. Because tech crew got to drive home safe after a reasonable work day instead of falling asleep at the wheel and crashing. Because it was a huge benefit to the actors who got a chance to really practice their craft and still go home at night. Because the directors could focus on making the best show possible every week without mountains of extra hassle. Because things like B5 and Black sails and stranger Things and Umbrella Academy and pretty much every show I've loved intensely as an adult absolutely require a reasonably stable writer's room with writers paid well enough to live while they do it.

If WGA wins, everybody wins. The tiny sliver of profits it takes to make all this happen is negligible.

I hope SAG and DGA strike too. I hope they all stand together and stop the Capitalist horror that grinds up writers and tech folk like they were components and not utterly essential.

The WGA are not greedy; they are fighting for their livelihoods and their art and it infuriates me that people can't wait a little longer for all the ways it will make the world better if the Studios blink first.

* "Jewish Democrats call on McCarthy to censure Gosar over staffer’s reported beliefs:" https://thehill.com/homenews/house/4010382-jewish-democrats-call-on-mccarthy-to-censure-gosar-over-staffers-reported-beliefs/

* "George Santos Just Hired the Only Man He Can Trust:" https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2023/05/george-santos-just-hired-the-only-man-he-can-trust/

* "George Santos Is In Trouble:"

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* "FBI ‘Called Bluff’ on Jim Jordan Hearing, Says Ex-Asst. Director:" https://www.thedailybeast.com/fbi-called-bluff-on-jim-jordan-hearing-ex-asst-director-for-counterintelligence-frank-figliuzzi-says

* "Jordan’s FBI “whistleblower” may have lied under oath about funding from Trump ally: report:" https://www.salon.com/2023/05/23/jordans-fbi-whistleblower-may-have-lied-under-oath-about-funding-from-ally-report/

* Again? ""Nothing is off the table": Jim Jordan says he'll give a "hard look" at launching new Hillary probe:" https://www.salon.com/2023/05/22/nothing-is-off-the-table-jim-jordan-says-hell-give-a-hard-look-at-launching-new-hillary-probe/

* "House passes measure to block Biden's student debt relief program:" https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/congress/house-vote-measure-block-bidens-student-debt-relief-program-rcna85974

* 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/

* 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

* "Harris County must remove its elections chief under new legislation headed to Gov. Greg Abbott:" https://www.texastribune.org/2023/05/23/texas-legislature-harris-county-elections/

This is the end of Democracy. They have given themselves the power to overturn any election not in their favor in the most populous county in the state because it's majority minority. If votes don't count, then all the people living there have been permanently disenfranchised, since there is no mechanism to undo this outside of a court system republicans have also fixed.

This is the fascist agenda at work.

* "Ohio Republicans try to change state rules to keep abortion off ballots:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/ohio-republicans-try-to-change-state-rules-to-keep-abortion-off-ballots-176197701972

* "Let's talk about how there are no red states....:"

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* The Republican war on children continues. "Kentucky Republican Candidate: ‘Will Not Have Transgenders in School’ if Elected:" https://www.advocate.com/politics/kentucky-kelly-craft-transgenders

* "2024 Republican candidates: Who’s running and how bad would they be for LGBTQ+ rights?:" https://www.thepinknews.com/2023/05/25/2024-republican-candidates-lgbtq/

* "Republican Nikki Haley rants about trans women and Dylan Mulvaney on 2024 campaign trail:" https://www.thepinknews.com/2023/05/25/nikki-haley-2024-election-dylan-mulvaney/

* "9 Ways Vivek Ramaswamy Can Beat Donald Trump, According to Andrew Yang:" https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2023/05/17/vivek-ramaswamy-how-you-win-00097211

* "Twitter glitches plague Ron DeSantis’ much-hyped presidential announcement with Elon Musk:" https://www.cnbc.com/2023/05/24/twitter-glitches-plague-desantis-presidential-announcement.html

* "First day of DeSantis campaign not likely as threatening to Trump as he hoped:" https://www.msnbc.com/alex-wagner-tonight/watch/first-day-of-desantis-campaign-not-likely-as-threatening-to-trump-as-he-hoped-176656965515

* "‘Blood in the water for DeSantis’: Trump world embraces Tim Scott’s candidacy :" https://www.politico.com/news/2023/05/22/trump-tim-scott-2024-00098292

* "DeSantis needs a new Republican lane. Elon Musk might be paving it. :" https://www.politico.com/news/2023/05/24/desantis-musk-thiel-sacks-tech-00098555

* " DeSantis sees a path to the White House — 280 characters at a time:" https://www.politico.com/news/2023/05/23/ron-desantis-to-launch-his-presidential-campaign-on-twitter-with-elon-musk-00098412

* "Scarred DeSantis staffers form a support group:" https://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/552308-former-desantis-staffers-form-support-group/

* "DeSantis' cringeworthy strain for 'likeability' is contradicted by hostile policies:" https://www.msnbc.com/alex-wagner-tonight/watch/desantis-cringeworthy-strain-for-likeability-is-contradicted-by-hostile-policies-176248901845

* "Ron DeSantis’ presidential bid: Sad attempt to ‘export extremist, anti-LGBTQ+ agenda to the nation’:" https://www.thepinknews.com/2023/05/25/ron-desantis-presidential-campaign-bid-florida-lgbtq-activists/

* "DeSantis faith in Musk for campaign launch results in humiliation; Trump gleeful:" https://www.msnbc.com/alex-wagner-tonight/watch/desantis-faith-in-musk-for-campaign-launch-results-in-humiliation-trump-gleeful-176650821634

* "Asked about pardoning Trump as president, DeSantis says he would be 'aggressive':" https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/asked-pardoning-trump-president-desantis-aggressive/story?id=99609762

* "DeSantis attempts to redefine Trump to make room for himself on GOP's right wing:" https://www.msnbc.com/alex-wagner-tonight/watch/desantis-attempts-to-redefine-trump-to-make-room-for-himself-on-gop-s-right-wing-177058885852

* "Republican senator says gender-neutral bathrooms will lead to violence from ‘dads like me’:" https://www.thepinknews.com/2023/05/24/illinois-neil-anderson-gender-neutral-toilets/

* "Texas House committee issues 20 articles of impeachment against Attorney General Ken Paxton:" https://www.texastribune.org/2023/05/25/ken-paxton-impeachment-investigation/

* "House panel investigating AG Ken Paxton’s office; Paxton calls on Speaker Dade Phelan to resign:" https://www.texastribune.org/2023/05/23/dade-phelan-ken-paxton-resign-intoxication/

* "‘Literal dumpster fire’: Infighting erupts among Texas Republican leaders:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/-literal-dumpster-fire-infighting-erupts-among-texas-republican-leaders-177032773957

* "Florida State Guard could triple in size, gain military police-like arm:" https://floridaphoenix.com/2023/04/25/florida-state-guard-could-triple-in-size-gain-military-police-like-arm/

* "Unlicensed religious chaplains may counsel students in Texas’ public schools after lawmakers OK proposal:" https://www.texastribune.org/2023/05/24/texas-legislature-chaplains-schools/

Republicans rammed it through because replacing licensed, trained counselors who've had background checks with untrained, unlicensed proselytizers is an emergency somehow, unlike mass shootings.

"Earlier this month, House Democrats also offered amendments to bar proselytizing or attempts to convert students from one religion to another; to require chaplains to receive consent from the parents of school children; and to make schools provide chaplains from any faith or denomination requested by students. All of those amendments failed."

"Worse, opponents say, the bill could deepen the state’s youth mental health crisis by providing students with unproven, lightly supervised and nonscientific counseling that treats common childhood problems, such as anxiety, as “sins” or issues that can merely be prayed away."

* "Texas Senate passes revamped school funding bill in last-minute bid to implement voucher program:" https://www.texastribune.org/2023/05/22/texas-senate-school-voucher/

* "As legislative session ends, Texas ignores gun violence crisis for culture war issues:" https://www.msnbc.com/alex-wagner-tonight/watch/as-legislative-session-ends-texas-ignores-gun-violence-crisis-for-culture-war-issues-176245829951

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* "E. Jean Carroll adds Trump’s post-verdict remarks to defamation case, seeks at least $10M:" https://apnews.com/article/trump-rape-trial-carroll-536e9f38e84f42d53b0216293b848e08

* "Carroll moves to teach Trump lesson he failed to learn from loss in court:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/carroll-moves-to-teach-trump-lesson-he-failed-to-learn-from-loss-in-court-175833157524

* "Donald Trump criminal trial is set for March 2024; judge informs Trump what he can’t say about hush money case:" https://www.cnn.com/2023/05/23/politics/donald-trump-protective-order-hearing/

* "Prosecutors Sought Records on Trump’s Foreign Business Deals Since 2017:" https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/22/us/politics/trump-records-foreign-deals.html

* "DOJ's reported interest in Trump foreign business deals reframes scope of Mar-a-Lago probe:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/doj-s-reported-interest-in-trump-foreign-business-deals-reframes-scope-of-mar-a-lago-probe-175837765937

* "“Shocked at the stupidity”: Prosecutors obtain lawyer notes that blow up Trump’s Mar-a-Lago defense:" https://www.salon.com/2023/05/22/shocked-at-the-stupidity-prosecutors-obtain-lawyer-notes-that-blow-up-trumps-mar-a-lago-defense/

* "Trump employees moved boxes at Mar-a-Lago a day before visit from feds:" https://www.cbsnews.com/news/mar-a-lago-boxes-moved-trump-employees/

* "New reporting on documents moved at Mar-a-Lago suggests shape of case against Trump:" https://www.msnbc.com/alex-wagner-tonight/watch/new-reporting-on-documents-moved-at-mar-a-lago-suggests-shape-of-case-against-trump-177068101886

* "Trump attorneys ask to meet with Atty. Gen. Merrick Garland on investigation:" https://www.cbsnews.com/atlanta/news/trump-attorneys-ask-to-meet-with-atty-gen-merrick-garland-on-investigation/

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* "Officers describe chaos, fear on Jan. 6 as judge weighs prison time for Oath Keepers’ Rhodes:" https://apnews.com/article/oath-keepers-sentencing-jan-6-stewart-rhodes-a33d6432875bd97fda41a60b4bb967f9

* "Oath Keepers to receive first seditious conspiracy sentences over Jan. 6:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/oath-keepers-to-receive-first-seditious-conspiracy-sentences-over-jan-6-176611397965

* "Man with Nazi flag who crashed U-Haul near White House praised Hitler:" https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/driver-white-house-crash-kill-biden-seize-power-nazis-rcna85905

* "Let's talk about what happened in DC....:"

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* "Pittsburgh confronts antisemitism as Tree of Life shooting trial nears :" https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2023/05/20/tree-of-life-shooting-trial-pittsburgh/

* "The U.S. Left Them Behind. They Crossed a Jungle to Get Here Anyway.:" https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/21/world/americas/darien-gap-afghan-migration.html

* "Florida judge blocks quick migrant release policy, raising concerns about overcrowding:" https://www.cbsnews.com/news/florida-judge-blocks-quick-migrant-release-policy-overcrowding-concerns-title-42-expiring/

* CW: Child Abuse, Child Death. "Child who died in Border Patrol custody ‘begged’ for medical help, her mother says:" https://www.pbs.org/newshour/nation/child-who-died-in-border-patrol-custody-begged-for-medical-help-her-mother-says

* CW: Child Abuse, Child Death. "Honduran teen dies in US immigration custody: ‘He wanted to live the American Dream’:" https://www.wbtv.com/2023/05/14/honduran-teen-dies-us-immigration-custody-he-wanted-live-american-dream/

* "Fox News runs with fake story about migrants displacing homeless veterans:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/fox-news-runs-with-fake-story-about-migrants-displacing-homeless-veterans-175800901614

* "FBI misused surveillance authorities to investigate Black Lives Matter protesters :" https://www.politico.com/news/2023/05/19/fbi-surveillance-black-lives-matter-protesters-00097924

* "Every state offers victim compensation. For the Longs and other Black families, it often isn't fair:" https://apnews.com/article/crime-victims-compensation-racial-bias-58908169e0ee05d4389c57f975eae49b

* "Investigation continues in death of Rasheem Carter:" https://magnoliatribune.com/2023/05/24/investigation-continues-in-death-of-rasheem-carter/

* "Civil rights groups warn tourists about traveling to Florida:" https://www.npr.org/2023/05/22/1177455149/civil-rights-groups-warn-tourists-about-traveling-to-florida

* "Hamburger Mary’s sues Ron DeSantis over Florida drag ban: ‘When does it stop?’:" https://www.thepinknews.com/2023/05/24/ron-desantis-hamburger-marys-florida/

* "Florida school limits access to Amanda Gorman’s inaugural poem after parental complaint :" https://www.politico.com/news/2023/05/23/florida-school-inaugural-poem-ban-00098492

* This contains the full text of the banned poem if you scroll down: https://www.cnbc.com/2021/01/20/amanda-gormans-inaugural-poem-the-hill-we-climb-full-text.html

* "Florida school bans Amanda Gorman poem over one parent’s CRT fears:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/florida-school-bans-amanda-gorman-poem-over-one-parent-s-crt-fears-176202309953

* "Florida Mom Behind Amanda Gorman Book Ban Has Proud Boy Links:" https://www.thedailybeast.com/florida-mom-behind-amanda-gorman-book-ban-has-proud-boy-links

* "Amanda Gorman’s Books Sky Rocket in Sales Despite Florida Book Ban :" https://variety.com/2023/politics/news/amanda-gorman-poem-banned-florida-1235623558/

* "PEN America v. Escambia County School District:" https://pen.org/pen-america-v-escambia-county/

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* Planned Parenthood is being sued for a massive amount of money because they followed a court order. "Trump’s worst judge will hear a $1.8 billion attack on Planned Parenthood:" https://www.vox.com/politics/2023/5/24/23725897/abortion-planned-parenthood-matthew-kacsmaryk-supreme-court-medical-progress-medicaid

* "Judge from abortion pill case to hear $1.8B suit against Planned Parenthood:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/judge-from-abortion-pill-case-to-hear-1-8b-suit-against-planned-parenthood-177037381937

* "South Carolina 6-week abortion ban signed into law, providers file lawsuit:" https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/south-carolina-6-week-abortion-ban-heads-governors/story?id=99565825

* "How South Carolina Ended Up With an All-Male Supreme Court :" https://www.propublica.org/article/how-south-carolina-ended-up-with-all-male-supreme-court

* "More women sue Texas saying the state's anti-abortion laws harmed them:" https://www.wesa.fm/2023-05-22/more-women-sue-texas-saying-the-states-anti-abortion-laws-harmed-them

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* "Romania breaching LGBTQ+ couples’ human rights, European court rules:" https://www.thepinknews.com/2023/05/23/romania-same-sex-couples-echr/

* "South Korea: Human rights boss makes crude, homophobic ‘anal rupture’ claim in draft ruling:" https://www.thepinknews.com/2023/05/23/lgbtq-south-korea-human-rights-commissioner-homophobic-remark/

* Bet his mom is proud of him for being such a big strong man that he can beat up elderly ladies dementia for pleasure. "Woman with dementia, 86, beat up by thug and put in wheelie bin because he thought she was trans:" https://www.thepinknews.com/2023/05/23/woman-86-beaten-wheelie-bin-trans/

* "Tory MP Nick Fletcher wants pronouns taken out of all schools: ‘We’re confusing people’:" https://www.thepinknews.com/2023/05/24/tory-mp-nick-fletcher-pronouns-schools-joshua-sutcliffe/

* "EHRC chair Kishwer Falkner under investigation ‘over bullying, transphobia and harassment claims’:" https://www.thepinknews.com/2023/05/24/ehrc-chair-kishwer-falkner-kemi-badenoch/

* "Grassroots trans group uncovering EHRC ‘attacks’ and the UK’s well-connected anti-trans movement:" https://www.thepinknews.com/2023/05/24/trans-safety-network-ehrc-un-abuse-hate/

* "Christian teacher banned after misgendering student on This Morning and posting Islamophobic videos:" https://www.thepinknews.com/2023/05/23/joshua-sutcliffe-teacher-banned-misgendering-this-morning/

* "Florida Agencies Manipulated Research To Ban Trans Care And Coverage:" https://www.erininthemorning.com/p/florida-agencies-manipulated-research?fbclid=IwAR0aJIga-j58jQkP7N9kBOIGXPcpjf878Or2h_fgeaI9E5vIDHJ0mxHoHxk

* "Florida parents sue to block enforcement of state’s gender-affirming care restrictions :" https://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/4010677-florida-parents-sue-to-block-enforcement-of-states-gender-affirming-care-restrictions/

* "How it's going as a trans person in Florida:" https://www.tumblr.com/bibliomancer7/718065561652871168?source=share

* "The next target of the right’s campaign against woke companies: Fox News?:" https://www.vox.com/2023/5/22/23732777/fox-news-trans-bud-light-employee-handbook

* "Target to pull some LGBTQ items after ‘threats’ to employees:" https://www.politico.com/news/2023/05/24/target-lgbtq-clothing-backlash-00098529

* "Target Pride artist responds after stores pull collection: ‘They haven’t contacted me once’:" https://www.thepinknews.com/2023/05/24/target-pride-collection-erik/

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* "Ending Guardianship: How State Governments Take Away Our Right to Make Choices and How We Can Stop It:" https://autisticadvocacy.org/actioncenter/issues/choices/guardianship/#how-guardianship-works

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* "Extreme weather has killed 2 million people over past half century, U.N. says:" https://www.nbcnews.com/science/environment/extreme-weather-killed-2-million-people-half-century-un-says-rcna85537

* "One in Three People Will Live in Dangerously Hot Areas by 2080:" https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-05-22/one-in-three-people-will-live-in-dangerously-hot-areas-by-2080?srnd=premium&sref=MIBMEEoj&leadSource=uverify%20wall

* "How global warming and a wet winter may impact the U.S. wildfire season:" https://www.nbcnews.com/science/environment/wildfire-season-2023-predictions-climate-change-snow-rcna85129

* "Flood watch issued for parts of B.C. already dealing with wildfires:" https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/flood-watch-heavy-rain-peace-fort-nelson-1.6851171

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* "Colorado River states announce breakthrough water sharing deal:" https://www.npr.org/2023/05/22/1177511800/colorado-river-states-announce-breakthrough-water-sharing-deal

* "On this day in 1892:" https://mississippitoday.org/2023/05/21/on-this-day-in-1892-ida-b-wells-column-exposes-lynchings/

* "'Queen of rock 'n' roll' Tina Turner dies at 83:" https://www.reuters.com/world/singer-tina-turner-dies-aged-83-2023-05-24/

* "Tina Turner was a fearless LGBTQ+ ally – long before it was popular to be one:" https://www.thepinknews.com/2023/05/25/tina-turner-lgbtq-ally-legacy/

* "The Breaking of “Narrative Promises” Through the Lens of Supernatural, Marvel, & More:" https://www.themarysue.com/the-breaking-of-narrative-promises-through-the-lens-of-supernatural-marvel-more/

* "Hurt - Nine Inch Nails (Bardcore | Medieval Style Cover) Hildegard von Blingin':"

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* "Tina Turner - What's Love Got To Do With It:"

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* Spoke to the Allergist today. They are plateauing me for the summer and are guaranteeing me treatment until September. This is good, as my lungs haven't been doing this well in Spring for years. I think it's peeling the trees and weeds away. Grasses remain a major problem. As I'm on Medicare, she's advocating for my transfer to a clinic by the hospital that will take it if they aren't full and my chances are good given the extreme severity of the grass allergy and my general improvement in other areas. They are full to bulging with patients already, especially with the influx from the closing clinic, but digits cruciform, yes?

This does not diminish my horror and distress for all the Medicaid patients and the people who are about to lose their jobs, but I for real was dreading the slow slide into allergy based ER visits that is near future if we stop treatment.

So I'm on maintenance for the Summer while we wait it all out.

* Thanks to a kind donation, the bills wil be up to date by early next week. Thank you all again for your help.

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

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

* Some Interesting Poison Ivy Thoughts: https://www.tumblr.com/allaboardthecolumboat/718353871863414784/im-glad-i-could-share-i-originally-got-into?source=share

* "Chess tournament put on hold briefly as White's bishops are having a schism:" https://www.tumblr.com/knowlesian/718061108513177600?source=share

* "The Story is Wrong:" https://www.tumblr.com/brigdh/717870485894037504/charminglyantiquated-a-short-comic-about-the?source=share

* "We don’t appreciate the fact that Bruce Wayne is a Kardasian level celebrity enough:" https://www.tumblr.com/seananmcguire/717956049256300544/we-dont-appreciate-the-fact-that-bruce-wayne-is-a?source=share

* "Midnight Pals: Hungry Trees:" https://www.tumblr.com/bitterkarella/718136484989894656/midnight-pals-hungry-trees?source=share

* "Midnight Pals: Faust Love:" https://www.tumblr.com/bitterkarella/718228107372445696/midnight-pals-faust-love?source=share

* "The Significance of Lucy’s Letters to Mina:" https://www.tumblr.com/fridge-full-of-feels/718337149559259137/i-cant-stop-thinking-about-the-significance-of?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/

* A resistance website for organizing and publicizing anti-censorship pro-education etc. rallies/protests/walkouts. "Walkout2learn:" https://www.walkout2learn.org/

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

* A very old friend and all around stand up guy wrote this. "Safest Family on the Block: 101 Tips, Tricks, Habits, and Hacks to Protect Your Family at Home, at School, and in the World:" https://www.amazon.com/Safest-Family-Block-Tricks-Protect-ebook/dp/B0C4JZ1QRX

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

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

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

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

( Links Underneath: )

npr on Twitter to 'another company':" https://www.npr.org/2023/05/02/1173422311/elon-musk-npr-twitter-reassign

* "Big Tech's big downgrade:" https://www.businessinsider.com/tech-companies-ruining-apps-websites-internet-worse-google-facebook-amazon-2023-3

* CW: All the Things. "150 African Workers for ChatGPT, TikTok and Facebook Vote to Unionize at Landmark Nairobi Meeting:" https://time.com/6275995/chatgpt-facebook-african-workers-union/

* "Rewilding the planet: how seven artificial islands could help a dying Dutch lake:" https://www.nature.com/immersive/d41586-023-01370-w/index.html

* "Zoonomia: Genetic research reveals all we share with animals:" https://apnews.com/article/zoonomia-project-genetics-animals-f80d1570acf5a97a8ed9e2a1104e74e9

* "New Species of Symbiotic Sea Anemone Discovered Off Coast of Japan:" https://www.sci.news/biology/stylobates-calcifer-10932.html

* "World’s oldest yarn hints that Neanderthals had basic math skills:" https://arstechnica.com/science/2020/04/neanderthals-made-the-worlds-oldest-thread/

* "Royalty, Debauchery and Executions - a Brief History of the OTHER King Charles:"

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* "The Long Forgotten Love Story of the Titanic's Interracial Couple:" https://www.messynessychic.com/2023/05/03/the-long-forgotten-love-story-of-the-titanics-interracial-couple/

* "The Helmet Art: Vintage Photographs of Graffiti on Soldiers’ Helmets During the Vietnam War:" https://rarehistoricalphotos.com/helmet-graffiti-vietnam-photos/

* "Game of Thrones’ Hodor witnessed gay club shooting:" https://www.thepinknews.com/2023/05/03/game-of-thrones-kristian-nairn-belfast-gay-shooting/

* "Hawaii’s Native language nearly vanished—this is the fight to bring it back:" https://www.nationalgeographic.com/culture/article/hawaii-native-language-efforts-to-preserve-revive

* "The [Queer] Politics of Eurovision:"

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* My mother loved his music. His voice is one of the sounds of my childhood. "Gordon Lightfoot, Canadian folk legend, dies at 84:" https://www.npr.org/2023/05/01/133464279/gordon-lightfoot-canadian-folk-legend-dies-at-84

* "Nonbinary, Gender-Nonconforming Actors Make Tony Awards History:" https://www.advocate.com/theater/tony-awards-nonbinary-actors

* "Photos: Harvey Guillén on Bringing His Queer, Fat, POC, Self to the Met Gala:" https://www.advocate.com/people/harvey-guillen-met-gala-siriano#rebelltitem21

* "Carrie Fisher Honored With Walk-of-Fame Star on May 4th, Star Wars Day:" https://advocatechannel.com/carrie-fisher-honored-walk-of-fame-star-wars-day-may-4th

* "Newfoundland man captures phallic iceberg in Conception Bay:" https://toronto.citynews.ca/2023/04/29/newfoundland-man-captures-phallic-iceberg-in-conception-bay/

* "Tucker Carlson Gets To Say Goodbye To His Viewers:"

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* "Gordon Lightfoot - Wreck Of The Edmund Fitzgerald :"

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* "Sit Down Young Stranger - Gordon Lightfoot:"

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* Sunday we did a bunch more cleaning and then dropped off the car at the mechanic. It was good I did, as my belief we were down to the metal on the driver's side proved correct. This cost $450.00, which is quite literally everything except housing and autowithdraws.

There is now nothing at all for gas or any of the other bills. I need at least 150.00 to cover gas and a bill that I had to put off due to the previous car repairs last month. The rest will still need paying, but is less urgent.

If you would like to help: paypal.me/Gwydion

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

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

* In person bureaucracy errand turned out to be disorientingly in the same building as and down the hall from the people who did my root canal. There was an extra fifteen minute wait, as the lady who unlocks the doors was out sick and the lady replacing here was from another office and didn't know she was meant to do it. I flagged down someone going in the employee door and asked when they were opening. “It opens at eight. What time is it?” “8:15. It’s still locked.” It was quickly sorted and the rest was way faster than the old process with the only wait being for copying, which I did not have to do myself, so wins all around even if I did have to deal with a much longer hobble and the dangers of stairs.

The place with the good veg and starts that closed last year reopened with much shorter hours and was only two blocks out of the way on my way home, so I went and sat for fifteen minutes while I watched them open up, scoring some nice tomato plants and fresh fruit and veg for cheap. The short hours mean we will go their rarely, but I am glad they are back.

The for profit people that took over payroll for home care givers so disastrously two Januaries ago, are jerking around a big chunk of home caregivers over pay for May and June. Head Millennial has email saying very specifically they aren't, but their website says they are, which will be a hardship for them and me both.

Things will be very rough the next few months if we can't sort it. (We are both trying to sort it, and have been for several weeks, but have made plans for the worst case).

For profit is so much worse than government direct control, but no one ever asks me about these things. Sigh.

* Something I said on Tumblr that I often say in one gform or another:

Once a gift leaves my hand, it is not mine. To do anything else is not to give a gift, but an obligation.

Context doesn’t matter. Gifts are Gifts.

* The King and the Healer: https://www.tumblr.com/johannestevans/716711460986830848/thinking-about-a-king-who-is-travelling-from-his?source=share

* "Midnight Pals: The Case of the Martian Invasion:" https://www.tumblr.com/bitterkarella/716505284287283200/midnight-pals-the-case-of-the-martian-invasion?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/

* A resistance website for organizing and publicizing anti-censorship pro-education etc. rallies/protests/walkouts. "Walkout2learn:" https://www.walkout2learn.org/

* "Donate to The Committee to Elect Justin J. Pearson:" https://secure.actblue.com/donate/justinjpearson86?fbclid=IwAR1jXHNa6_VbtScA9wxsHH7Kun5llZGqvp6MdolMhgJ31-z1CZK3YSL9mpM&mibextid=Zxz2cZ

* "You can now sponsor refugees yourself. Here’s how.:" https://www.vox.com/future-perfect/23569848/how-to-sponsor-refugees-welcome-corps-biden

* "LGBTQ Refugees Welcome campaign:" https://www.gofundme.com/f/lgbtq-refugees-welcome

* New 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

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

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

* Black Phoenix Activism Fundraisers: https://blackphoenixalchemylab.com/product-category/activism/

* This is a long time friend of mine. They have secured future housing, but have spent everything in the previous fundraiser on gofundme to survive to this point and they need They need $5000 over the next couple months until their move in date.

Gofundme here: https://www.gofundme.com/f/hdykv-housing-crisis?utm_campaign=p_lico+share-sheet&utm_medium=copy_link&utm_source=customer

You can also support them via their Redbubble: https://www.redbubble.com/people/Kandrinchae/shop?fbclid=IwAR0E1PRHlG45LWhBfDtVpGigD1YUk9Njm-__SviL4W7C8JZUCppFc1oG9Gs%22

* My Oldest Continuous friend's Elder Cat is getting up there and her special diet and health care for kidney failure is expensive. Gigi is a sweet, extremely cuddly girl and could use extra help. :

SupportGigiInHerOldAge:" https://www.spotfund.com/story/18393388-9914-4f6c-9f99-876aa019bdee

They are also trying to GM for pay. They are an excellent GM. Here's where to sign up: https://startplaying.games/gm/1617744454089x564714756631343740

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

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* "More than 10,000 join peaceful anti-Netanyahu protest in Jerusalem, for fourth week in a row:" https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/.premium-thousands-in-jerusalem-for-anti-netanyahu-demo-protesters-allegedly-attacked-1.9057410

* Well, fuck. "Sri Lanka's Rajapaksa brothers strengthen grip in landslide election win:" https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/aug/07/sri-lankas-rajapaksa-brothers-strengthen-grip-in-landslide-election-win

* "Macron promises help, Beirut residents vent fury at leaders:" https://apnews.com/9d10149b5d5f3e0e837edd6d5a8e0d8f

* "Indian Ocean island nation Mauritius scrambles to counter oil spill from grounded tanker:" https://www.chicagotribune.com/nation-world/ct-nw-mauritius-indian-oil-spill-20200808-qhoekdvajnbtre6dk4qtduixuu-story.html

* "Nearly 40% of A-level result predictions to be downgraded in England:" https://www.theguardian.com/education/2020/aug/07/a-level-result-predictions-to-be-downgraded-england

The plan is to institutionalize wealth and social inequalities by over riding teacher assessments in favor of a percentage system that harms students from less privileged backgrounds.

Look, I’m American, but I furious on behalf of both teachers and students. They are not treating these teachers like professionals who know their kids and how to do their jobs. They are fucking over students for classicist bullshit reasons, and none of it takes into account natural variation

And seriously, I've DONE grading for kinds who missed a portion of the term. you just use the grades you have. It's not that hard. Like you can't reasonably penalize a kid because their parents moved during term. Teachers know how to do this.

Grading on a curve based on three years previous performance? A, not a big enough sample size, and B institutionalizes inequalities and punishes kids on the bubble. Also, in real life out in the field, you get better and worse years. One class will randomly have 10 kids with serious intellectuals challenges and an extra dollop of asshole kids, or a toxic combination of personalities. Another class will get an extra helping of gifted or just a magic social dynamic.

There is shit you can't predict, like that one kid with learning disabilities who happened to look like Peeta in the Hunger Games movies (Which weren’t out yet, but that’s pretty much what he looked like only younger) in the 8th grade I student taught who was sweet and charismatic and the bright girls all took turns tutoring him so he was performing above what you'd expect even on stuff he did completely independently, or that kid with learning disabilities and massive executive function stuff who really loved his paper topic and worked incredibly hard on it and pulled out a grade in spring in English that might have looked like cheating compared to previous terms, but I was literally standing right there when he wrote it. Statistics can't account for me randomly being really into Latin senior year and getting near perfect scores on every test because I finally got a teacher I liked enough to actually work for instead of resist.

Using statistics leaves out the chance of the exceptional and punishes middle of the road kids who really pulled out the stops for whatever reason. Maybe they randomly got a higher percentage of kids who were really good at math or extra motivated for some reason this year.

My entire grade was notoriously nightmarish for every teacher we hit. We had an above average level of assholes and future sociopaths and they'd work together to torment teachers in often creative and psychologically adept ways. (Not me personally, but my grade in aggregate). As a group we caused several nervous breakdowns and drove several people out of the teaching profession entirely. Our grades weren't average either because, you know massive disruption. We also had a lot of kids with trauma (see assholes and future sociopaths and add in some incredibly psychologically abusive stuff from staff, targeted at already traumatized or marginalized kids). There was a ton of attrition in grades 4-9 because of mental health stuff, as in kids being pulled out for health and safety reasons sent to less traumatic and violent prep school. Would it be fair to judge the grade ahead or behind based on my classes scores? Would it be fair to average all three of those grade sets and impose a curve based on them on the grade below them?

Statistical average doesn't prove individual performance.

Or maybe,just maybe, we should just the fuck give kids a break because there's a fucking pandemic on.

* I've been watching the latest row between UK andfrance over refugees, and I have to admit, in France's place I'd be very tempted to step down patrols to rescue missions only. <.< >.>

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* "How a Popular Medical Device Encodes Racial Bias:" https://bostonreview.net/science-nature-race/amy-moran-thomas-how-popular-medical-device-encodes-racial-bias

* "There Is Little Evidence That Mass Transit Poses a Risk of Coronavirus Outbreaks:" https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/there-is-little-evidence-that-mass-transit-poses-a-risk-of-coronavirus-outbreaks/

* "India passes two million Covid-19 cases:" https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-india-53674857

* "Fauci says he'll repeat the importance of public health principles 'until I'm exhausted':" https://www.cnn.com/2020/08/07/health/us-coronavirus-friday/index.html

* Republicans continue to insist that slowing testing deliberately is the right thing to do as if you don't test for Covid you don't have cases, much in the way if you don't test for cancer no one gets it and if you don't take a pregnancy test you can't get pregnant. "Virus testing in the US is dropping, even as deaths mount:" https://apnews.com/aebdc0978de958f20ab3f398cdf6f769

* "Ben Rhodes: Trump ‘literally withdrew us from the rest of the world’ with WHO decision:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-reidout/watch/ben-rhodes-trump-literally-withdrew-us-from-the-rest-of-the-world-with-who-decision-89678917541

* "‘Like a Horror Movie’: A Small Border Hospital Battles the Coronavirus:" https://www.nytimes.com/2020/08/04/us/texas-coronavirus-rio-grande-valley-starr-county.html

* "'We are no less American': Deaths pile up on Texas border:" https://apnews.com/c5da90cb311e320d9ece7310b4fe257e

* "He fled Congo to work in a U.S. meat plant. Then he — and hundreds of his co-workers — got the coronavirus.:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/he-fled-the-congo-to-work-in-a-us-meat-plant-then-he--and-hundreds-of-his-co-workers--got-the-coronavirus/2020/08/06/11e7e13e-c526-11ea-8ffe-372be8d82298_story.html

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* "TikTok threatens legal action against Trump executive order:" https://www.politico.com/news/2020/08/07/tiktok-trump-executive-order-392558

* "Trump advisers hesitated to give military options and warned adversaries over fears he might start a war:" https://www.cnn.com/2020/08/06/politics/trump-advisers-fears-military-options/index.html

* "Pompeo Warned Russia Against Bounties on U.S. Troops in Afghanistan:" https://www.nytimes.com/2020/08/07/world/asia/pompeo-russia-afghanistan-bounties.html

* "Appeals court rules for U.S. House over subpoena for ex-White House lawyer:" https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-court-trump-idUSKCN25326S

* "Covid-19 Pandemic Triggers Wave of Long-Term Unemployment:" https://www.wsj.com/articles/covid-19-pandemic-triggers-wave-of-long-term-unemployment-11596817137?mod=hp_lead_pos5

* "Queer Black Americans have taken a ‘disproportionate’ financial hit during COVID-19 by every measure:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2020/08/07/black-lgbt-covid-19-americans-disproportionate-economic-impact-coronavirus-pandemic-report-human-rights-campaign/

* "James Carville on Trump deferring payroll tax to next year: Not very good policy, a lot of people not on a payroll:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-reidout/watch/james-carville-on-trump-deferring-payroll-tax-to-next-year-not-very-good-policy-a-lot-of-people-not-on-a-payroll-89751109777

* I don't understand how he has the power to do that. I thought the Congress was the only branch empowered by the constitutions to make appropriations. "Coronavirus relief package talks stall; Trump might use executive actions to bypass congress:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2020/08/07/coronavirus-covid-live-updates-us/

* "Bennet Statement Following President Trump’s Inadequate Executive Orders to Extend COVID-19 Economic Relief:" https://www.bennet.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/press-releases?id=5E7FC20B-13A0-47FE-BA67-7E78FA9E396F

* "Facebook Fired An Employee Who Collected Evidence Of Right-Wing Pages Getting Preferential Treatment:" https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/craigsilverman/facebook-zuckerberg-what-if-trump-disputes-election-results

* "Russian anti-Biden election interference finds ready conduit in Republican senators:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/russian-election-interference-finds-ready-conduit-in-gop-senators-89763397688

* "Sam Seder: Trump flails for reelection strategy after Plan A falls apart:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/sam-seder-trump-flails-for-reelection-strategy-after-plan-a-falls-apart-89756229774

* "Trump campaign reportedly considering whether to weaponise transphobia to save the president’s flailing re-election bid:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2020/08/07/donald-trump-campaign-november-election-weaponise-transgender-rights-lgbt/

* "Postal Service overhauls leadership as Democrats press for investigation of mail delays:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2020/08/07/postal-service-investigation-dejoy/

* "Postal Workers Union head confirms slowdown of postal service:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/postal-workers-union-head-confirms-slowdown-of-postal-service-89754181966

* "Hybrid Schooling May Be the Most Dangerous Option of All:" https://www.wired.com/story/hybrid-schooling-is-the-most-dangerous-option-of-all/

* This is going to be incredibly deadly. "Cuomo OKs New York schools for in-person instruction:" https://www.politico.com/states/new-york/city-hall/story/2020/08/07/cuomo-oks-new-york-schools-for-in-person-instruction-1305884

* "Virus keeps spreading as schools begin to open, frightening parents and alarming public health officials:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/virus-keeps-spreading-as-schools-begin-to-open-frightening-parents-and-alarming-public-health-officials/2020/08/06/7ef4f362-d80d-11ea-930e-d88518c57dcc_story.html

* "Health directors told to keep quiet as Fla. leaders pressed to reopen classrooms:" https://www.palmbeachpost.com/news/20200807/health-directors-told-to-keep-quiet-as-fla-leaders-pressed-to-reopen-classrooms

* "Charles Booker: We are dealing with the trauma of gun violence as a public health crisis:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-reidout/watch/charles-booker-we-are-dealing-with-the-trauma-of-gun-violence-as-a-public-health-crisis-89680453861

* CW: Dead Animals "VULTURES, FORENSICS, & BORDER POLICY: Why Migrant Bodies Disappear:"

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* "Brittany Gilliam, handcuffed with kids by Aurora Police, says their apology is ‘not good enough’:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-reidout/watch/brittany-gilliam-handcuffed-with-kids-by-aurora-police-says-their-apology-is-not-good-enough-89679941752

* "Breonna Taylor warrant was part of gentrification scheme, attorneys say:" https://www.ajc.com/news/breonna-taylor-warrant-was-part-gentrification-scheme-attorneys-say/gWlfh0zwq84wL0AshqizmM/

* "Joy on 'pig laws': ‘The rot from slavery is still with us in a thousand different ways’:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-reidout/watch/joy-on-pig-laws-the-rot-from-slavery-is-still-with-us-in-a-thousand-different-ways-89751621631

* CW: Rape "E. Jean Carroll, Who Accused Trump of Rape, Can Go Forward With Suit:" https://www.nytimes.com/2020/08/07/nyregion/jean-caroll-donald-trump-lawsuit-rape.html

* "Satanic Temple says religious freedoms exempt abortion rights from state laws:" https://kutv.com/news/nation-world/satanic-temps-says-religious-freedoms-exempt-abortion-rights-from-state-laws

* "Terrified queer Poles are fleeing the country as homophobic president Andrzej Duda is sworn in for second term:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2020/08/06/poland-president-andrzej-duda-swearing-in-homophobia-lgbt-rights-same-sex-marriage-family/

* "‘Violent and homophobic’ cyclists threaten same-sex couple simply for asking them not to use a private lane:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2020/08/08/homophobic-hate-crime-rothwell-caistor-west-yorkshire-cyclists-queer-couple/

* Looks like William is really putting the "Shat" in Shatner yet again. Bonus points for making our lives all about him.

* "Autism Tropes in Media:"

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* "Devastating impact of lockdown on LGBT+ mental health laid bare as study reveals seven in 10 are suffering from depression:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2020/08/08/lgbt-mental-health-lockdown-queeratine-study-university-college-london-sussex/

* "The (Real) Delusion That You're a Corpse:"

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* "'I'm not Batman': Libertarian presidential candidate makes light of bat bite:" https://www.politico.com/news/2020/08/08/jo-jorgensen-bat-bite-libertarian-392698

* CW: Dead People, Body Horror, Dissection. "A Brief History of the Dead in Art:"

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* "ICONIC CORPSE- Warrior Women Scorned!:"

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* "The Mask Slackers of 1918:" https://www.nytimes.com/2020/08/03/us/mask-protests-1918.html

* This is even faster than that time a new character was so obnoxious we hunted and killed him about an hour in: https://gwydionmisha.tumblr.com/post/625855710003118080

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Doug Jones - Alabama
Gary Peters - Michigan

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

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

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

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

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

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

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